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United were already on top when City midfielder Conor McCormack was sent-off for two yellow cards on 28 minutes.
Derry keeper Ger Doherty twice kept out John Sullivan efforts as the hosts were denied by poor finishing and determined Derry defending.
Aaron McEneff almost snatched a later Derry winner when his strike was superbly saved by Conor Winn.
Derry were on the backfoot from the start at Eamonn Deacy Park and Ruairi Keating saw his shot headed off the line by Dean Jarvis.
Stephen Folan headed over and Gary Shanahan hit the side-netting while Ryan Connolly directed affairs from midfield.
McCormack was booked for simulation before a heavy challenge resulted in his dismissal.
Candystripes striker Rory Patterson was forced off with injury minutes later on his return after a hamstring problem.
The visitors kept Galway at bay for the remainder of the half and the tempo slowed early in the second half.
Enda Curran's header, which flew just wide, signalled the resumption of a concerted threat on the Derry goal and Doherty had to be at his best while skipper Ryan McBride was an outstanding leader of the rearguard.
Vinny Faherty netted but he was ruled offside before McEneff forced Winn into action after 85 minutes.
Folan headed wide with the last opening of the game as Derry came away with a point to remain third going into the mid-season break.
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Derry City managed to secure a scoreless draw with Galway despite playing for over an hour with 10 men.
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The Rangers midfielder was given until Wednesday to respond after he was accused of placing 44 bets on games between 1 July and 15 September.
But he has asked for an extension to examine the paperwork in the case against him.
The 34-year-old's request is expected to be considered by the SFA's judicial panel on Thursday.
A hearing date was set for 27 October when the charge was announced last week.
SFA disciplinary rules prohibit players, coaches, club officials and referees in Scotland from betting on football anywhere in the world.
Barton was due to return to training on Monday after serving a month-long club suspension following an internal dispute.
But Rangers announced on Sunday that the player has been told to stay away for another seven days after launching a "formal disciplinary procedure".
Manager Mark Warburton's media conference on Wednesday was halted briefly by the club's PR advisor Jim Traynor after repeated questions on the Barton situation.
Warburton would only say: "I'm not going to make comment on it, I haven't made comment on it. It's being dealt with by the powers that be at the club.
"When there's news it will come out, but until then there's no comment."
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Joey Barton has requested extra time to consider his Scottish Football Association gambling charge.
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The former Springbok Under-20s international, 26, most recently played for the Eastern Province Kings.
Bulbring's immediate arrival is a lift for Scarlets, who are currently without locks Jake Ball and Maselino Paulino.
"We're delighted to welcome David to the Scarlets ... to utilise his experience for the remainder of the season," said head coach Wayne Pivac.
"Injuries have hampered us in that area of the pack in recent months and having a player of David's experience and high work rate join us at this all-important period of the Pro12 has a huge significance."
Bulbring has significant Currie Cup and Super Rugby experience, having represented Golden Lions, Southern Kings, Blue Bulls and most recently Eastern Province Kings.
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Scarlets have signed South African lock David Bulbring on a three-and-a-half year contract.
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David Wood, 62, fell into the crack after getting out of his helicopter during a routine fuel drop on Monday.
He was rescued after three hours and flown to the research station for treatment, with medical advice given by telephone from Australia.
But he died from his injuries the following day.
Authorities say they are working to return his body to Australia.
Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) director Nick Gales said Mr Wood had more than 30 years flying experience in both the Antarctic and Arctic.
"Mr Wood was a respected colleague and friend to many in the Australian Antarctic program, with which he has been involved for a number of years," he said.
Canadian media said Mr Wood lived most of the year in Manitoba where he worked as charter pilot and helped fight forest fires.
Fellow pilot Bruno Meili said he had "lived and breathed helicopters".
He told Canadian media an accident like this was "not what you think would happen in our kind of business".
The AAD is an arm of the Australian government's environment department, carrying out scientific research in Australian Antarctic and sub-Antarctic territories.
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A Canadian helicopter pilot has died after falling 20m (65ft) into an icy crevasse near Australia's Davis base in Antarctica.
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Edwards, 52, became a household name when he famously came last at the Calgary Winter Olympics in 1988.
Speaking at the UK premiere of Eddie The Eagle, he said he feared it might show him as "an object of ridicule" but it had "kept the heart" of his story.
One of the stars, Hugh Jackman, said "underdog" stories had wide appeal.
Britain's first and most famous Olympic ski jumper was working as a plasterer in Cheltenham when he qualified, entirely self-funded, for the Calgary Games.
Despite finishing last in both the 70m and 90m events, he captured the nation's imagination and became a household name.
Edwards, who now lives in Stroud, Gloucestershire, said: "I was worried that they would either turn me into some sort of superhero, or worse - an object of ridicule, a clown, a joke, but they've done a fantastic job.
"And they kept the heart, the essence and the spirit of the story just right."
He told BBC Points West it was "very close" to the truth: "The only things that were really obvious were that my dad was just as supportive as my mum, which isn't shown in the film, and Hugh Jackman was an amalgamation of all my coaches."
Jackman, who plays fictional coach Bronson Peary, said: "We've all felt like underdogs at some point.
"I think that's why we love seeing these stories, to watch someone who did it and also who did it with such fun and charisma and positivity."
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Britain's best known ski-jumper Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards has admitted he was worried a film based on his life might portray him as a "joke".
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Alaeldien Ahmed is accused of killing Anthony Banting, 57, of Sparkhill, Birmingham, at Soho Benson Road in the Winson Green area on 31 March.
The 26-year-old, of Eva Road, Winson Green, was arrested on Friday in connection with Mr Banting's death.
Father-of-four Mr Banting died from multiple stab wounds shortly after getting off a tram at 16:40 BST.
Mr Ahmed is due to appear before Birmingham Magistrates' Court on Monday.
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Detectives investigating the death of a man at a tram stop in Birmingham have charged a man with murder.
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The Ireland captain, 30, struck a century as Warwickshire beat Sussex on Monday to stay in the hunt for a quarter-final spot in the One-Day Cup.
"We're going well in red-ball cricket and you've got to get runs to get back into the side," said Porterfield.
"I feel in decent nick and I've just got to be ready for the opportunity."
Porterfield played the last of his four Championship matches in the Bears' defeat by Durham in late May but, with the side third in the Division One table, he understands why it has been hard getting another crack.
"When you're winning and playing good cricket, then you can't complain," Porterfield told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire.
"All you can do is look after your own game and make sure that's in order for when that opportunity comes along.
"It's a long season and we've still got four big games left in the Championship to go as high as we can."
With the Bears now 50 points adrift of Yorkshire in the Division One table and having played a game more, their most realistic chance of silverware comes in one-day cricket.
The defending T20 Blast champions have clinched their place back at Finals Day and know a win against Kent in Wednesday's last pool game should see them through to the quarter-finals of the One-Day Cup.
"We're playing well and winning games in all formats and up there in all competitions," added Porterfield.
"When the side's like that you've got to stay on top of your game."
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Warwickshire batsman William Porterfield says he hopes his one-day form will give him the chance to get back into the Bears' Championship side.
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Two people were found dead at an address on Midland Street on Saturday night, with early indications suggesting they had taken heroin.
Police said there had been a number of deaths in the area linked to drugs over the past couple of weeks, with users urged to be "cautious and vigilant".
Tests are due to take place to confirm the causes of death in each case.
Det Ch Insp Paul Kirby, of Humberside Police, said: "It is not clear whether all these tragic events are directly related, however we can't rule out the possibility.
"To prevent other deaths I would urge drug users to be especially cautious and vigilant. If they experience any unusual symptoms after taking drugs, they should seek medical attention immediately."
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A warning has been issued after an "unusually high" number of deaths connected to drug use in Hull.
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Baby Angelina was conceived from sperm taken from Det Wenjian Liu and frozen on the night he was killed in December 2014, at the age of 32.
He and his widow Pei Xia Chen, also known as Sanny, had been planning to start a family, New York police said.
Officer Liu and partner Rafael Ramos were shot by an African-American gunman with a grievance against the police.
Sanny Liu said she had a dream the night after Det Liu was killed in which he handed her a baby girl, the NYPD said on its Facebook page.
She became pregnant through IVF.
"I told my friend 'It's going to be a baby girl'. My friend said 'No, you haven't even checked the sonograms', but I was right!" she said.
Det Liu's killer claimed to be avenging black men killed by white police.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Mr Liu, who arrived in the US from China with his parents at the age of 12, had lost his life while fighting for "all that is decent and good".
However hundreds of police officers turned their backs on Mr de Blasio at Mr Liu's funeral in protest at his expressions of sympathy for anti-police protesters earlier in 2014.
The killing of Mr Liu and Mr Ramos followed a wave of demonstrations against US police brutality.
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The widow of a New York police officer shot dead on duty has given birth to his daughter more than two years later.
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The woman, 74, was on the hard shoulder cycling between junction 10 for Cobham and junction 11 for Chertsey.
Police said she was seen earlier using the motorway as a shortcut at about 14:20 BST, Surrey Police said.
A spokesman said the woman, from New Haw, was given a fixed penalty notice and "words of advice" before her bike was put in the back of a patrol car.
She was then taken to another road to continue her journey.
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A cyclist found using a section of the M25 as a shortcut, has been stopped by police.
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The man, identified only by his surname Lee, allegedly posted the threat on the White House website earlier this month.
Yonhap said Lee, who denies guilt, was arrested on 14 July at the request of US authorities and found to have draft copies of the letter on his laptop.
Mr Lippert was injured in an knife attack in Seoul last year.
He suffered deep gashes to his face and hand when Korean nationalist Kim Ki-jong lunged at him with a knife at a breakfast meeting in a hotel.
Mr Kim is on trial for a string of charges linked to the attack.
Yonhap said that as well as the draft letter - the details of which have not been made public - Mr Lee's confiscated laptop showed he had visited the White House homepage and was storing a screen grab of when he posted the letter.
Police told Yonhap they believed he was acting alone.
A spokeswoman at the US embassy told the BBC the threat had not affected Mr Lippert's activities as ambassador.
She said the US appreciated the "quick action of the Korean authorities of looking into this and identifying a suspect," and that US law enforcement agencies were co-operating with South Korea on the investigation.
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Police in South Korea have arrested a man accused of making an online threat to kill the US ambassador to Seoul, the Yonhap news agency reports.
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The 17-year-old central defender is in his second year at the League Two club's academy and played in their pre-season win over Bedford Town.
He is the sixth youth team player to sign professional terms this summer.
"We saw in the game the other day that as a centre-half, he's an excellent prospect," Luton boss Nathan Jones told the club website.
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Luton Town youth team player Akin Famewo has signed his first professional contract with the Hatters.
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The 28-year-old agreed a deal to rejoin former club Wasps from the 2016-17 campaign after four seasons with Sale.
"I don't think anybody can emulate what Cips can do in his maverick mind, that's why he's so fantastic," Diamond told BBC Radio Manchester.
"Unfortunately we've not got anybody ready in the academy, so the first port of call will be to look in England."
Cipriani, who has been capped 14 times by England but was omitted from their 2016 Six Nations squad, will remain with Sale until the end of the season.
"It's not really a divorce, it's just a separation really," continued director of rugby Diamond. "It's a cycle that happens. You don't get too attached and you don't build your team round one man, you'll see what we've got every week.
"The surprising thing for me is that he's gone to Wasps with the fact that they've got [Jimmy] Gopperth, they've got [Ruaridh] Jackson there already.
"To play for England, if that's your ambition, you've got to be playing every week and I'm not sure that'll happen for him there."
Cipriani, who had been linked with a summer move to Toulon, was approached by the French Top 14 side earlier this year but Diamond says Sale would not approve his early release.
"I thought a couple of weeks ago he'd decided to stay," said Diamond. "He had an offer for Toulon to take him this year only but obviously we were never going to release him for that."
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Sale Sharks boss Steve Diamond says that no one can replace what fly-half Danny Cipriani offered the club.
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Latest figures show 4.8% of 16 to 64 year olds in Wales were out of work in the first three months of this year, compared with 4.6% across the UK.
There were 25,000 more people in work in Wales during those months than in October to December says the ONS.
But there were also 6,000 more people out of work.
That is because there were 27,000 fewer people counted as economically inactive - not available for work because for instance they are ill, a student or caring for someone.
The UK's unemployment rate is down from 5.1% for a year earlier and the lowest since 1975.
Read more: Joining the ranks of the self-employed
First Minister Carwyn Jones said employment in Wales stood at "an historic high level".
"Improvement in the rate of economic inactivity in Wales has outperformed all parts of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland over the past year, while employment in Wales has improved at a rate of more than double the UK average over that same period," he said.
"Our ambitions for the Welsh economy are enormous and will continue to work hard to support business and ensure the economic conditions to create and safeguard sustainable jobs and training in Wales."
Mr Jones said creative industries was one sectors in Wales which continued to boom and he pointed to film and TV productions spending more than £113m over the last three years.
Conservative economy spokesman Russell George AM said: "Rising employment in Wales is a sign that the strong and stable leadership of Theresa May is working, and delivering huge investment opportunities for the country.
"It is essential now that we have a UK Government which can drive forward Wales' interests and keep employment rates stable."
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The rate of unemployment in Wales has remained higher than in the rest of the UK, after a year of being below the average.
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Birmingham-born Grealish, 20, has played for Ireland at youth and under-21 level.
The Football Association submitted paperwork five weeks ago to move his allegiance to England.
"The matter is pending and being investigated by our services," said Fifa in a statement.
"As a result, we are not in a position to comment on it any further nor to give an estimation as to the relevant time line."
The FA is not expecting any problems registering Grealish and the process can take six weeks.
On Thursday England boss Roy Hodgson will name his squad for the friendly matches against Spain (in Alicante on 13 November) and France (at Wembley on 17 November), but is not expected to include Grealish.
Hodgson could invite Grealish to Alicante next week in order to get some experience of being around the squad.
Grealish has played 37 times for Villa, scoring one goal.
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Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish's England debut will have to wait until next year while Fifa ratifies his switch from the Republic of Ireland.
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It has been generating electricity on the island since 1971, employing thousands of workers since work began on construction in 1963.
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The last working Magnox nuclear reactor in Britain is being switched off at Wylfa on Anglesey.
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The Stagecoach bus was returning to depot when it collided with the bridge in Joshua Lane, Middleton, Greater Manchester, at about 19:00 BST on Tuesday.
No passengers on board and the driver was uninjured.
Greater Manchester Police tweeted a picture with the caption: "Big recover bill and 1 less bus on the roads".
The force later tweeted: "Luckily no one was on the top deck and no one hurt."
Stagecoach confirmed the bus was out of service and the company was assisting police with inquiries.
It is also carrying out its own investigation.
In September, 17 people were injured when a First Bus double-decker hit a railway bridge in nearby Rochdale.
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The roof of a double-decker bus was ripped off when it crashed into a railway bridge.
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The Briton jumped 8.31m in round two of the event, the same mark he achieved to claim gold at London 2012.
American Marquise Goodwin was second with 8.19m, just ahead of Australia's Fabrice Lapierre, who jumped 8.18m.
After his win, Rutherford, who remains unbeaten in 2016, hinted he may pull out of Sunday's Birmingham Diamond League to rest his body.
He is unhappy with changes to the Diamond League competition that mean four athletes contest the closing stages rather than eight.
With less recovery time between jumps, Rutherford said athletes were "incredibly frustrated", adding: "You can't perform."
He also hinted he may pull out of Birmingham to "preserve the body".
The Birmingham event, which is live on BBC One from 13:30 BST, is expected to feature 21 world champions.
London 2012 bronze medallist Robbie Grabarz, who is expected to compete in Birmingham, jumped 2.30m to come second in the high jump.
It was a best outdoor height for the the Briton since 2013, but he fell short of Ukrainian Bohdan Bondarenko's effort of 2.33m.
American Justin Gatlin won the 100m in a non-Diamond League race, clocking a season's best of 9.93 seconds to edge out compatriot Ameer Webb (9.94).
Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana missed out of the women's 5,000m world record by just over a second, clocking 14 minutes 12.59 seconds.
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Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford produced a season's best to win the Diamond League meeting in Rome.
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The hosts, who sit fourth in League Two, had toppled Premiership side Hamilton Academical.
But McCluskey ensured there would be no such repeat, scoring from Denny Johnstone's cross before Joe McKee powered home before half-time.
McCluskey soon completed his treble, with Matt Flynn grabbing a consolation.
McCluskey opened the scoring with an emphatic finish following a deft Johnstone assist, the latter also setting-up McKee for Morton's second goal.
Rabin Omar pulled a chance wide for Annan early in the second period but Morton pulled further ahead when McCluskey added his second with a low finish after being teed-up by Bobby Barr.
McCluskey iced the cake two minutes later with a fine angled finish from inside the penalty area before Flynn headed home Smart Osadolor's cross with 14 minutes remaining.
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Stefan McCluskey bagged a fine hat-trick as a dominant Morton quelled Scottish Cup giant-killers Annan Athletic at Galabank.
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In western and northern parts of England, there was flooding and thunder and lightning.
It caused chaos on the motorways and for people travelling on public transport.
Some businesses were flooded and Manchester City's Champions League match against Borussia Monchengladbach was cancelled.
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It might have been the hottest September day in Kent yesterday but in some parts of the UK, the hot weather turned to storms.
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Thousands of the small seabirds have been driven from wintering grounds off Scandinavia by stormy easterly winds.
RSPB Scotland said the event was on a "massive scale" and auks have appeared as far inland as Lentran near Beauly.
While large numbers of birds have survived the ordeal, others have been found dead including at Rosemarkie.
The birds discovered at Rosemarkie in the Black Isle were thought to have tried to find shelter among large clumps of seaweed on the beach.
Stuart Benn, of RSPB Scotland, said many of the birds were finding shelter in the Moray Firth.
He said: "What is going on is on a massive scale. I've never known anything quite like it.
"To get this number of birds so close inshore is unprecedented."
Another ornithological organisation, Rare Bird Alert, has been recording sightings of little auks at other locations in Scotland and the rest of the UK, including Orkney, Shetland, Caithness and Fife.
The birds winter in the North Sea off Denmark and also off the coast of Sweden, feeding on plankton.
They breed in colonies numbering hundreds of thousands of birds in the Arctic, including on Svalbard and Spitsbergen.
Mr Benn said the wind-blown little auks should eventually find their way back to their usual territories once the weather calms down.
Dozens of the seabirds have been rescued. The Scottish SPCA said it was caring for more than 100 of the auks at its National Wildlife Rescue Centre in Fishcross.
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The numbers of wind-blown little auks appearing in Scotland have been "unprecedented", a bird conservation charity has suggested.
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Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli are being examined over "the accuracy of certain past tax filings by them as individuals in respect of foreign-owned companies", it said in a statement.
The inquiry comes after Prada disclosed it was bringing its holding company back to Italy from Luxembourg in 2013.
The alleged tax evasion stems from the 10 years they were based in Luxembourg.
"Neither the company nor any of its subsidiaries was or is involved in this matter," Prada chairman Carlo Mazzi said in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, where the company is listed.
The luxury fashion house has seen weak sales in Asia and Europe this year, which led to a 21% drop in first-half profit.
Prada shares fell by nearly 2% on Monday. They have lost about 30% of their value this year.
This is not the first time Italian tax authorities have targeted high-profile brands. Last year fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, also known as Dolce & Gabbana, were investigated.
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Prada's two chief executives are being investigated by Italian authorities for possible tax evasion, the company said.
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The 33-year-old took charge of the Sandgrounders in March after former manager Dino Maamria left the club for "family and travel reasons".
Southport have lost just once in seven games under player-manager Bishop to climb from 17th in the table to 15th.
"I've played a lot at this level so I know what it takes," he told the club website.
"I've really enjoyed every aspect of management so far. My target is to improve on this season and let's see where it takes us."
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National League side Southport have appointed interim boss Andy Bishop as manager on a full-time basis.
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The 25-year-old is currently playing with France at Euro 2016 and scored for Les Bleus in the 2-0 win over Albania.
Griezmann, who scored 32 goals in 54 appearances last season, has been linked with a move away from Madrid, including to the Premier League.
Last week Atletico agreed to sign striker Nicolas Gaitan from Benfica.
Griezmann told the club website: "I'm very satisfied, very happy to keep belonging to this family and this project.
"I want to improve every year, and the club, the coaches and my team-mates can help me to reach this goal."
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Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann has signed a new deal with the Champions League finalists, keeping him at the club until 2021.
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The 26-year-old amateur, who does not even have a world ranking and is seeded 121 for the event at the York Barbican, won 6-2 to cause one of the biggest upsets in the tournament's history.
"I am still in shock," the Sheffield star told BBC Sport.
"But I knew how well I was playing and was confident, and I pulled it out."
Two-time UK Championship winner Ding heavily criticised the playing conditions after his exit.
But Duffy, who faces Northern Ireland's Joe Swail in the second round on Saturday, was "buzzing".
"It's crazy," said Duffy. "What a feeling. He is a class player. Playing Joe Swail will be tough, but I am looking forward to it.
"In the last couple of years I have not been putting in the hours I should have done and have been punished.
"But I have been working really hard and been putting in loads of hours. If I do that I know how good I am."
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Adam Duffy insisted he was confident he could beat world number nine Ding Junhui in the first round of the UK Championship.
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Cink, 42, a five-time Ryder Cup player, is currently ranked 208th in the world.
"Since I was 15 years old, Lisa Cink has been my biggest supporter," he wrote on Twitter. "It's now time for me to return the favour.
"In order to assist Lisa in meeting this challenge, I will be stepping away until circumstances improve for her."
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American Stewart Cink, the 2009 Open champion, has announced he is taking a break from professional golf after his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer.
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Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick announced the move at an event in Beijing held by one of Uber's Chinese investors, Baidu.
The service is already available in around 20 cities in the country.
The expansion puts it head-to-head with local rival Didi Kuadi which recently raised $3bn in funding.
China's internet-linked transport market is rapidly becoming the world's biggest and is proving lucrative for Uber.
Mr Kalanick said the firm had gone from a tiny 1% share of the lift-hailing market in China nine months ago to its current 30%-35% market share.
He did not specify what percentage of this was for private cars and what for taxis, where it faces tough competition from dominant player Didi Kuadi.
New regulations governing lift-hailing services in China are expected later this year.
Mr Kalanick said he welcomed the new rules but in other parts of the world, regulation is proving a thorn in its side.
Last week, a judge in California paved the way for Uber drivers to sue the company over their status. Some drivers claim they are employees rather than contractors and, as such, should be allowed to claim expenses and receive tips.
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Controversial app-based taxi service Uber plans to expand into 100 Chinese cities over the next 12 months.
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Police said the driver of a Seat Leon, who received minor injuries, was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
A passenger in the other vehicle involved in the crash was seriously injured and has been taken to hospital.
The driver of the second vehicle received minor injuries.
The crash closed the M20 in both directions between junctions 10 and 11.
Traffic was diverted via the A20 but delays of several hours were reported in the Ashford area.
Driver Clare Bray, who was stuck in traffic, said: "There are container lorries trying to get through narrow country lanes and even the diversion routes are completely blocked."
Kent Police have appealed to drivers who may have dashboard camera footage of the crash to come forward.
"There will be a number of people who would have seen this incident," said PC Simon Masterson.
"I would appeal for anyone who has any information that they think could be relevant to call us as soon as possible."
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A driver has been arrested after a collision on the M20 in Kent amid reports of a car travelling the wrong way on the London-bound carriageway.
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Dominic Smith was amused that the 07:55 journey from Cambridge called at "Letchworth, thence King's Cross".
He tweeted "wow" and said he had not seen the Middle English word used on a train platform before.
Greater Anglia, which manages the station, said it was a "one-off" and not a word staff would be using again.
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"The word 'thence' was added to one destination board this morning for the 07:55 Cambridge to King's Cross service. It is the first and last time it will be used at a Greater Anglia station," a spokeswoman for the operator said.
"It was a one-off and not a word we'll be using again."
The station manager had assured the company "thence" would not appear at the Cambridge station in the future, she added.
Dr Bettina Beinhoff, senior lecturer in applied linguistics and English language at Anglia Ruskin University, said: "According to the Oxford English Dictionary, thence is a Middle English word meaning 'from a place'.
"It is associated with archaic language and is now only occasionally used in formal contexts, so it is quite unexpected to see this word in such a modern setting."
The OED further classifies Middle English as the historical period spanning 1150 to 1500.
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A train company has pledged never again to use archaic language after a commuter poked fun at the word "thence" on a departure board.
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The River Seine in Paris burst its banks, and the French Open tennis tournament in the city was hit for a second day by the miserable weather.
In the centre of the country a prison had to be evacuated, with detainees bussed to other facilities.
On the Franco-Belgian border, six weeks' worth of rain fell in 24 hours.
Dozens of villages and hamlets are under water and forecasters have predicted more rain for Wednesday.
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve advised people to exercise the "greatest caution".
Emergency services were called out 4,500 times across the country between Monday evening and Tuesday morning as hundreds of evacuations were carried out.
On Tuesday only two of 10 scheduled tennis matches at the French Open were completed following Monday's washout, the first time in 16 years a whole day's play had been cancelled.
Bad weather has been affecting parts of Europe for days.
On Sunday, a child of three drowned in the Yonne department after apparently slipping and falling.
Lightning injured 11 people in a Paris park on Saturday, most of them children.
A man was also killed by lightning in southern Poland while descending a mountain.
Storms and torrential rain caused severe flooding in southern Germany on Sunday and Monday, leaving four people dead and several injured.
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Torrential rain has continued to lash northern Europe, causing extensive flooding in France, Belgium and Germany.
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PC Lisa Ritchie and her colleague PC Ryan Campbell spotted the swan on a road in Tongland near Kirkcudbright.
They feared it had become lost and it was in danger of being hit by passing vehicles.
PC Campbell said: "It looks like the swan had flown off from the cygnets to get food and thereafter became disorientated.
"It was a bit daunting to try and capture the swan however it didn't seem to mind the ride in the police car."
The officers took the bird to Castle Douglas police office before contacting the Scottish SPCA.
The swan was later returned to the water by Scottish SPCA officers following the rescue on Friday, and it was reunited with its cygnets.
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A swan rescued by two police officers was taken to safety in the back of a patrol car.
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The Great Britain international, 19, has joined AC Fafe, who play in Portugal's top division.
"I'm really looking forward to the challenge. I'll be competing with some of the best in Europe," said Da Silva.
England Handball has supported the programme since the GB team lost its UK Sport funding after London 2012.
After a break of two years, and unable to go through the Rio Olympics qualifying process, GB men returned to the international stage in June 2015.
The GB men's team is now overseen by England Handball and the women's side is run by Scotland Handball.
England Handball CEO David Meli said: "Josh is an example of the great strides forward handball has made in this country over the last five years.
"Legacy was a buzzword of London 2012 and Josh is a true example of that legacy."
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Family court judge Lynn Roberts was told the 16-year-old boy had too little space to move around in.
His parents had "huge amounts of belongings" which had "taken over their home", the hearing in Ipswich was told.
The judge said the teenager, who was born with "profound disabilities", had been spending days "mainly confined to a very small space on the floor".
Judge Roberts said the youngster had been schooled at home and she had "great concern" he had not been seen in his "home environment" by education officials.
She was also concerned professionals with responsibility for his care had "just accepted" what his parents had said about his abilities without carrying out tests.
Judge Roberts made a care order following a request from social services at Essex County Council.
The judge did not identify the boy or his parents.
His parents were "loving" but had been "neglectful" and had caused him to become "socially isolated", she said.
"The parents, for their own personal reasons, had collected or inherited huge amounts of belongings which had taken over their home," the written ruling said.
"This meant (he) had very little space in which to move around and that, with his mobility difficulties, his ability to move around was greatly inhibited."
The judge concluded there was "too much stuff around".
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A disabled teenager is to be taken into local authority care because his Essex home has been deemed "too cluttered".
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Nicky Wroe volleyed over for the hosts following Marek Rodak's weak punch, before the Welling keeper did well to save from Richard Peniket.
Kingsley James put the Shaymen in front when he reacted quickest after Rodak could only parry Connor Hughes' shot.
But Kadell Daniel curled an effort past Sam Johnson late on to secure a point for Welling.
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They are both very young - under seven years old.
The boy's slicked-back hair and the girl's smocked dress whisper post-war chic.
On the back, it reads: "David and Sandra, Neville Road, Birmingham, 1946." But the snap got separated from its owner at Terminal 1 in Dublin airport.
Now, big-hearted airport staff have put out a plea in the hope of reuniting photograph and owner.
They tweeted: "A passenger left this photo at the security area in T1 today. Dated 1946.
"Please RT so we can find the owner."
Paul O'Kane, chief communications officer for the airport said this was one lost item that they just could not ignore.
"We have more than 20 million passengers going through the airport every year," he said.
"One of our staff found the photograph under a plastic security tray and we felt we couldn't ignore it.
"The caption suggests it belongs to someone of Irish origin who is perhaps living in Birmingham. It is clearly of tremendous sentimental value.
"We shall also send a message to Birmingham airport to see if they can help us reunite the photograph with its owner."
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The match against Italians - who finished 10th in Serie A - is to take place at the Aviva Stadium on 2 August.
Jose Mourinho's side play Ajax of the Netherlands in the Europa League final on Wednesday, having finished sixth in the Premier League.
Victory in Stockholm would see United secure a place in next season's Champions League.
United will come to Ireland after a five-match tour in the United States, and 10 days before the start of the Premier League season.
They last played in Dublin in 2010.
Former Republic of Ireland star Liam Brady, who played for Sampdoria from 1982 to 1984, predicted a capacity crowd at the 51,000-seater stadium.
"This will be a full house. It is going to be great for Sampdoria to come here," he said.
"There is a lot of history to Sampdoria - they are one of Italy's favourite teams."
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The 28-year-old Israel international, who is recovering from surgery on an ankle injury, will remain at the Amex Stadium until the summer of 2019.
Kayal has scored three goals in 72 appearances for the Seagulls since joining from Celtic in January 2015.
"It is important to us that we keep hold of our key players," Albion boss Chris Hughton said.
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Brighton midfielder Beram Kayal has signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract with the Championship club.
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Stephen Board, 66, is charged with three sexual assaults on a woman then aged 78 at St Richard's Hospital in Chichester on 10 December 2015.
He is also charged with four sexual assaults on a woman then aged 34 at Worthing Hospital on 7 February 2008.
Mr Board of Linden Road, Bognor, is due to appear at Worthing Magistrates's Court on 29 November.
He is also facing charges of two sexual assaults on a woman then aged 19 at Worthing Hospital on 28 January 2006, Sussex Police said.
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A former nurse has been charged with a string of sexual assaults at two hospitals where he was working.
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He faces charges of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and having an offensive weapon.
A 24-year-old man was found with slash marks to his face in an entry off Glencairn Way.
He was treated for his injuries in hospital but they were not believed to be life-threatening.
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A 29-year-old man has been charged over an assault in north Belfast on New Year's Day.
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The omission of Colin Worrall, who is standing in the Bransholme West Ward for Yorkshire First, emerged during the verification process.
The council said the error had affected 168 ballot papers
It is a second ballot error in the city. Two candidates for the Hull East parliamentary election were left off postal ballots sent out in April.
Hull returning officer Ian Anderson said the latest error had been made by the print and distribution company.
"The total number of votes cast was 2,674," he said.
"Given the very limited numbers affected, the decision has been made to continue with the election and the count as normal."
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A candidate for elections to Hull City Council has been left off some ballot papers.
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At each performance, audiences are being invited to turn up dressed as a fish or fisherman to get a complimentary ticket in a private box.
The play, which Rylance co-wrote with American poet Louis Jenkins, opens in November at the Harold Pinter Theatre.
It has had previous runs at Harvard University in Cambridge and St Ann's Warehouse in New York.
According to the play's website, four free tickets will be available for each performance to those who "come dressed as a fish or fisherman (with your fishing rod)".
"Tickets located in Box A and B only, and allocated at the discretion of the Box Office. Don't be shellfish, bring a friend!" it says.
Nice Fish will be directed by Claire van Kampen, who also directed her husband Rylance in her Olivier Award-winning Farinelli and the King in the West End and at Shakespeare's Globe.
The story involves two old friends, Ron (Rylance) and Erik (Jim Lichtscheidl), on a fishing trip to a frozen Minnesota lake. It sees Rylance draw on his experiences as a teenager in the frozen winters of the American Midwest.
Rylance won an Oscar this year for his role in Steven Spielberg's Bridge of Spies. He also plays the title role in Spielberg's film of Roald Dahl's The BFG.
Nice Fish is at the Harold Pinter Theatre, London, 15 November 2016 - 21 January 2017.
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Mark Rylance is returning to the West End in the winter in a new comic play Nice Fish.
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Several protesters were arrested during the dawn work to cut down eight trees in Rustlings Road last year.
The city council, which apologised, said it now planned to "work better with residents to get the job done".
The felling was part of a wider scheme to improve streets and remove diseased, damaging or dangerous trees.
There were angry scenes in November when work began to fell trees in Rustlings Road at 05:00 GMT.
Two women arrested were charged under trade union legislation and are due to appear at Sheffield Magistrates' Court later in January.
It was the latest in a series of stand-offs between contractors and protesters in the city.
The Streets Ahead project is a 25-year agreement between the council and contractors Amey to upgrade Sheffield's roads, pavements, street lights and bridges.
The council said it wanted to work in a "collaborative way... to regain the trust of people in Sheffield".
The council had already promised that tree felling would not now begin before 07:00. The advice of an Independent Tree Panel is to be published before work begins on replacing other trees.
A working group is also to look at plans to chop down trees in the Western Road First World War Memorial, planted to honour school pupils killed in World War One.
The council is also "to retain and improve" four other war memorials containing trees.
"Our commitment to the street trees programme remains as strong as ever, and the job has got to be done. We know we have to do better when it comes to working with people," said the council.
The council plans to replace an estimated 10,000 trees out of 36,000 on the city's streets.
Felled trees are replaced and additional ones planted, said the council.
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A council which sparked fury with a controversial tree-felling operation has pledged to "regain the trust" of the people of Sheffield.
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No player is level par or under after a gruelling day played in howling rain.
United States trio Tom Lehman, Steve Flesch and Billy Mayfair are tied with Langer on one over par, along with Argentine Mauricio Molina.
Rival 2010 Ryder Cup captains Colin Montgomerie and Corey Pavin are five over par, as is the best-placed Welshman, Phillip Price.
Defending champion Paul Broadhurst is seven off the lead, but well inside the cut mark.
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Bernhard Langer is one of five players with a share of the lead at the Senior Open at Royal Porthcawl.
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The tour of Commonwealth nations and territories will span 388 days, 71 countries and 200,000 miles before reaching the host nation of Australia.
The baton will be carried on the Isle of Man by Commonwealth athletes and will visit the top of Snaefell, Tynwald Hill and a kipper factory.
The 2018 Games begin on 4 April on Australia's Gold Coast.
Events will be held around the Island giving residents the opportunity to see the baton and celebrate Team Isle of Man, said the Manx government.
The official route for the 2, 3 September is available online and will see the baton travel on the island's horse tram.
It will be officially welcomed by the Isle of Man Commonwealth Games Association's President Basil Bielich, the Chief Minister and CGA officials.
The Isle of Man has earned an impressive medal tally over the years with three gold, two silver and six bronze at the competition.
At the 2014 Games in Glasgow, cyclist Peter Kennaugh won a silver medal. in the men's 40km points race.
The island's last Commonwealth gold was won by Mark Cavendish at the 2006 Games in Melbourne.
The Queen has started the countdown to the 2018 Commonwealth Games, launching the baton relay at Buckingham Palace in March.
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The colt was going for a dual Derby win at the Curragh but finished third in what has proved the horse's final race.
A statement issued by the Coolmore racing operation on Sunday said he "was found to be lame this morning".
It added that a veterinary surgeon had "diagnosed a fracture of his left front sesamoid" and that "sadly this is a career-ending injury".
Wings Of Eagles, ridden by jockey Padraig Beggy, was a 40-1 outsider but came from deep to win the Epsom Derby in early June.
Beggy was replaced by Ryan Moore for the Irish Derby.
The a son of a Derby winner in Pour Moi, Aidan O'Brien's colt won two of his seven starts and earned more than £1m in win and place prize money.
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Even by the standards of the often-fleeting careers of flat-racing stars, this has all been brief. It's less than a year since Wings Of Eagles made his debut, down the field in a race at Galway.
Being such an outsider when propelling both himself and his jockey from obscurity in the Derby will always have some saying it was a fluke.
He ran too well on his finale to say that with certainty, but he will probably be more remembered for the shock result at Epsom than for anything else - unless he proves a big hit at stud.
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Her novel The Green Road won in the adult fiction category, beating works by Bill Bryson and Kate Atkinson.
Enright said it was "such an honour to be selected for this award by my favourite people - booksellers".
The author also took the opportunity to praise independent bookshops, saying: "Long may they remain."
"Four or five years ago, we were all in a panic that the internet would eat booksellers and paper. But they've battled on and they're starting to flourish," she said, speaking ahead of Independent Bookshop Week.
The Green Road will now be entered into a "best of the best" competition, which will pit previous winners of the award - from Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall to Sarah Waters' The Paying Guests - against each other in a public vote.
'Tastes and passions'
Official figures for the number of UK independent bookshops show they fell by 3% last year to 894, down on the previous year.
However, Meryl Halls, head of membership services at the Booksellers Association, said the mood had been "cautiously optimistic" in the sector for the last two years, and that shops "are starting to feel properly confident now".
Independent Bookshop Week, which begins on Friday, is a seven-day celebration of independent retailers and will see events taking place across the UK and Ireland.
"I am a big fan of independent bookshops," said Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson. "I like the way each have their own character... with stock reflecting the tastes and passions of their owners and customers."
Other winners at this year's awards include Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre's victory in the children's category for Pugs of the Frozen North, while the best picture book was won by Stanley the Amazing Knitting Cat by Emily MacKenzie.
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Anne Enright, the Irish Fiction Laureate, has won the Independent Bookshop Week award voted for by independent booksellers.
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The family were leaving De Montfort Veterinary Hospital in Evesham when the mog decided to flee, Hereford and Worcester fire service said.
Crews had to dismantle part of a Vauxhall Vectra in the Merstow Green car park to free the cat, called Mousey, at about 10:30 BST.
Watch commander Russell Broadbent said the cat was unharmed.
"He had been for some injections and I think he managed to get out of the basket on the way to the car," he said.
"He went under one car and got into the engine.
"I think he was just a little bit agitated."
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A cat ended up stuck in the engine compartment of a car when it escaped its owners after a trip to the vet.
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The 22-year-old will be the White Rose's youngest skipper since limited-overs games were introduced in 1963.
Lees led the side for the last few games of last season after Championship skipper Andrew Gale stood down.
"After considering a number of candidates, we feel Alex is the right fit for us as captain," coach Jason Gillespie told the county's website.
"He learnt a lot on the job last season and we think he can develop as a leader further. We are delighted to afford him this opportunity and believe that he will do a fantastic job for our club."
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Yorkshire batsman Alex Lees has been appointed as the county's captain for 50-over and Twenty20 cricket.
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Brig Young founded The Sealed Knot Society which held its first meeting at The Mitre pub on High Street in the city in 1968.
The society is recreating Civil War scenes at Trinity College on Broad Street on Saturday and Sunday.
Mike Molcher said the society had "gone from strength to strength".
Brig Young was decorated in World War Two and went on to become an expert on the English Civil War.
He formed the Sealed Knot with a group of friends following a garden party in cavalier costume to publicise the launch of a book he had written on the Battle of Edgehill.
Mr Molcher said: "The public are so fascinated by what we do - the enthusiasm and passion for this period really come through."
The society now has thousands of members worldwide who stage massed battles in period costumes and provide personnel for television and film productions.
The event in Trinity College, Oxford, recreates the period when the city was King Charles I's base during the First English Civil War.
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Historical re-enactment enthusiasts are gathering in Oxford to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of their founder, Brigadier Peter Young.
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The suspected thief also suffered a cardiac arrest in the altercation in The Shires car park in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, on Thursday afternoon.
He was treated by paramedics but died at the scene, police said.
The 20-year-old security guard, from Trowbridge, was arrested shortly after.
He was later released on unconditional bail.
Det Ch Insp Jeremy Carter said: "He tackled the suspected shoplifter causing a number of glass bottles he was concealing to smash.
"He suffered significant bleeding from which he died."
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He said the victim, who was aged 30 and thought to be from Cornwall, was suspected of committing a number of shoplifting offences in the town and there had been "various episodes involving this individual and security staff from surrounding stores during the day".
"We need to understand whether or not the force being used was proportionate to the circumstances that unravelled during the course of the day," added Mr Carter.
"Formal identification is yet to be carried out and a post-mortem is due to be carried out later today [Friday]."
An Asda spokesman told BBC News its security staff were not involved.
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A security guard was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after an alleged shoplifter was tackled to the ground and bled to death when bottles he was carrying smashed.
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Michelle Lewis discovered the move while visiting Addenbrooke's in Cambridge, when she asked for ice for her friend's water on an oncology ward.
The hospital, which has a deficit of about £1.2m per week, said the move would save almost £40,000 per year.
Ice was "still freely available for clinical use only", including mouthcare and ice packs, a spokesman said.
Mrs Lewis requested ice for her friend, who is undergoing treatment for cancer, during a visit on Sunday, as "very cold water makes it easier for her to swallow her tablets", she said.
She said she was "horrified and gobsmacked" when two healthcare workers and a member of catering staff told her ice had been removed from jugs "because of budget cuts".
Ms Lewis said staff also told her she could not bring her own ice "for health and safety reasons".
A hospital spokesman said it was "reviewing who needs ice for clinical treatments".
"Wards need to call patient catering and it is issued on a bag-by-bag basis," he said.
"We are looking at how we save money across the trust. Currently £39,000 [per year] is spent on ice in water jugs."
"We also need to ensure that the water is coming out of the taps at the right temperature and there is a piece of work we will be undertaking into that," the spokesman added.
He was unable to provide details of how this would be carried out.
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Pictures from the scene showed the tour bus lying on its side.
Most of those on board were local elderly tourists returning from a cherry blossom tour in Taichung, local media said.
Taiwan is considered one of the safest places in the world - but critics say safety standards need to be improved.
News agency CNA said no foreign nationals were thought to be on the bus.
A Taipei official, Tu Bing-cheng, said the incident "happened on a curve, so the bus flipped and that could be due to excess speed".
"The whole frame of the bus changed shape" and was "crushed", he said.
Twenty ambulances and 200 firefighters were deployed to the scene and rescuers have now extracted all of those on board, CNA added.
The emergency services are using a crane to move the bus into an upright position.
The injured have been taken to nearby hospitals.
Some family members of the deceased are at the scene, reciting prayers for their loved ones, reports say.
In July, 26 people died after a tour bus in Taiwan's Taoyuan city caught fire.
Investigators said a suicidal driver was the cause of that fire.
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Thirty-two people were killed and 13 injured after their tour bus overturned on a road near Taiwan's capital, Taipei, emergency officials say.
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Bird, who was assistant head coach last season, replaces Mo'onia Gerrard, who stepped down at the end of the 2017 campaign, their first in Superleague.
"She's got a wealth of experience as a coach, with Hertfordshire Mavericks previously," said Severn Stars co-founding director Dr Anita Navin.
"We're pleased Sam will take the helm. It's continuity. Our players know her."
Navin told BBC Hereford & Worcester: "We've been through a rigorous process. Sometimes it's harder being an internal candidate than external but Sam's experience as head coach was what shone through."
Bird, who works as a solicitor for the Metropolitan Police, is also a national selector and England's mid-court technical coach.
In her 11 years with Hertfordshire Mavericks, they twice finished top of the Superleague table.
Severn Stars co-founding director Dr Anita Navin was talking to BBC Hereford & Worcester's Dan Wheeler.
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The incident happened at Bathgate Fire Station in West Lothian at about 00:30 on Wednesday.
A fire community vehicle was damaged as well as eight cars that belonged to the firefighters.
Police have appealed for any witnesses to the "mindless act of destruction" to come forward.
Ch Insp Paul Cameron said: "This has been a mindless act of destruction targeting the local fire service while the crew was out assisting the community.
"In addition to the damage sustained to fire officers' cars, a community fire vehicle was also damaged and will require repair, taking the vehicle out of service which deprives the community of this resource.
"We are keen to hear from anyone who remembers seeing anything suspicious around the station in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
"Similarly, anyone with any further information relevant to this investigation should contact police immediately."
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A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere in the world this week.
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The gale force winds of Storm Barney brought down trees on power lines.
The worst affected areas were Portlaoise, Kilkenny, Ennis, Athlone, Naas, Wicklow, North Wexford, Tullamore, Mullingar and Celbridge.
Electricity has been restored to 10,000 households overnight. Most homes should be back on the grid by early evening.
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Engineers are working to restore power to up to 15,000 homes still without electricity following overnight storms in the Republic of Ireland.
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Stephen Reed, 58, and David Ragozzino, 33, were charged after an investigation into text messages sent to Mr Oyston.
Mr Reed, of Common Edge Road and Mr Ragozzino, of Oakwood Close, both Blackpool, appeared before city magistrates earlier.
The court heard the Crown Prosecution Service has discontinued the case after a review of the evidence.
A CPS spokeswoman said: "After receiving further information from the police we have conducted a review of all the evidence in the case and have concluded that there is no longer a realistic prospect of conviction against either defendant for a charge of harassment and have therefore taken the decision to discontinue the case."
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Charges have been dropped against two Blackpool fans accused of harassing the football club's chairman Karl Oyston.
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Aurimas Butkys, 25, ran off earlier, shortly after he entered Boston Police Station in Lincolnshire.
He had been detained on a extradition warrant in connection with an assault in Lithuania, Lincolnshire Police said.
The suspect was last seen on Tower Street wearing a dark t-shirt and brown shorts. The force has asked for any sightings of him to be reported.
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Police across three counties tracked the vehicle before stopping it Junction 11 at Dunstable, Bedfordshire.
The lorry, which is thought to have set out from Romania, was heading north from Essex when it was halted.
The East of England Ambulance Service said it assessed all those who were found aboard, all of whom are in a stable condition.
Bedfordshire Police said some were experiencing breathing difficulties and were taken to hospital as a precaution before being taken into custody.
A police spokeswoman said: "The driver was Romanian so it may be those on board came from Romania."
A police helicopter has been searching the area for any more suspected illegal immigrants.
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About 40 people used Trinity Centre, Llandudno, for eight years but had their contract terminated in January.
The centre said they had failed to comply with a request to stop using accelerants, like wax, on the floor.
A complaint has been made to the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales.
It is against Llandudno town councillor Linda Groom, the centre's committee chairwoman, saying she breached its code of conduct.
One of the dancers, Margaret Waddingham, said the dancers had been "unfairly treated", denying accelerants were used on the floor.
She added: "Apart from anything else, we're all pensioners and we don't exactly want to go any faster."
A spokesman for the ombudsman said: "The complaint will now be assessed before a decision is taken on whether the matter should be investigated."
Ms Groom declined to comment.
But town councillor Carol Marubbi said it was costing the committee £25 a time to clean the floor after dancers had used it.
"A letter was sent out to all the different dance groups - not just the ballroom users - reminding them to leave the hall in the state they find it," she said.
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The world champion, 28, is part of a 12-strong GB table tennis team for this summer's Paralympics in Rio and told BBC Sussex he is "definitely" targeting gold this time around.
Bayley, from Groombridge, added: "My fitness is better and I'm a stronger player than I was in London for sure.
"There's lots of development that's happened. I've been training every day and working really hard."
Bayley is hoping to improve on the Class 7 individual silver and team bronze he won four years ago.
"The competition is really strong at the moment. There are probably seven or eight players that think they can win the tournament," he said.
"It's going to be tough, but I'm really well prepared and am training my heart out every day, so I hope I can do well."
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Mr Justice Cobb said the case exposed "serious and systemic flaws" in West Yorkshire Police and Wakefield Council.
The children aged seven and two at the time were taken into care after their parents' arrest, the Family Division of the High Court in Bradford heard.
They spent nearly 10 months away from their mother despite her not being charged with any offences.
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The family members could not be identified, said the judge.
Each child would get £5,000 and their mother £10,000 in damages.
The joint police and investigation started about two years ago when the children were placed into foster care following their parents' arrest.
The children's father had been jailed after admitting offences but the mother had not been charged with any offences, said the judge.
Mr Justice Cobb said the upshot had been the children had unfairly stayed in care and not been reunited with their mother for nearly 10 months.
The investigation had casual regard, and in some respects total disregard, of "ordinary principles of good professional practice".
The judge also criticised "a lack of discipline" in the officer in charge.
He said the investigation had been conducted in a way that "profoundly and obviously" breached rights to a fair trial and to respect for family life.
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Two children who were kept in care for too long have been awarded damages from a police force and council.
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The songs went straight to the top, and Ed said "Both tracks mean a huge amount to me so it really is amazing to see them go to the top of the chart together."
The Official Charts Company says that Ed is the first artist in history to take the top two chart positions with brand new songs.
The singer released 'Shape Of You' and 'Castle On The Hill' after a year out of the spotlight, when he stopped using social media so that he could concentrate on his third album.
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Ed Sheeran says he is 'incredibly chuffed' after his two new singles entered the UK singles chart at number one and number two.
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Kenya was given "clear and reliable intelligence" about the threat, General Abas Ibrahim Gurey told the BBC.
The Islamist militants say they killed more than 100 Kenyan troops in the attack, which would make it the deadliest attack on Kenya's army.
The Kenyan military has not given a death toll or responded to Gen Gurey.
In the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, President Uhuru Kenyatta told a memorial service for the fallen soldiers that Kenyan troops would stay in Somalia despite the attack.
"We are at war with extremists, terrorists and it is a war we must win. We remain unbowed," Mr Kenyatta told the audience, which included families of the victims and some of the soldiers injured in the attack.
Gen Gurey, who commands Somali troops in Gedo region, where the Kenyan army base is located in the town of el-Ade, told the BBC Somali service that the attack was foreshadowed by a build-up of militants in the area:
"We were told that al-Shabab was bringing fighters from all over the regions in south Somalia - from Gedo region, Middle and Lower Shabelle and Juba. They were very strong."
Kenya has said that the bombs used by insurgents at the base were three times more powerful than that used in the 1998 US embassy attack in Nairobi, which killed 224 people.
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Kenyan forces in Somalia were warned of an impending al-Shabab attack 45 days before the group overran one of their bases, a Somali general says.
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Aaron Carriere, 21, and Josiah Manful, 20, were both repeatedly stabbed after their car was stopped in Montague Road, Leytonstone, last Saturday.
A gang of hooded attackers surrounded the car leaving Mr Carriere with fatal knife wounds to his neck.
Mr Manful died from fatal stab wounds to the chest.
In total, 11 people have been arrested over the murders.
Five men, aged 18 to 22, were arrested on suspicion of murder on Wednesday while a woman, 46, was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. They have been bailed pending further inquiries, police said.
Detectives are still trying to establish the motive for the double murder which happened at about 01:00 GMT, and why the Ford Fiesta stopped in Montague Road.
Another four cars were believed to be nearby at the time of the attack and police say they are keen to identify the vehicles and their occupants.
Det Ch Insp Neil Attewell said: "Someone knows the reason why these two young men were murdered and I am urging those who hold the information not to remain silent but to come forward."
Post-mortem examinations revealed Mr Carriere died as a result of the stab wounds to his neck, while the cause of death for Mr Manful was given as shock and haemorrhaging, as well as stab wounds to the chest.
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The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) was alerted at 06:49 and two appliances were sent to the city centre building.
A SFRS spokesman said firefighters quickly traced the fire to the basement. The incident has not been treated as deliberate.
The Scottish Courts Service said the building's power had been shut off.
A spokesperson said the court would be re-opened "as soon as possible".
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Inverness Sheriff Court has been closed temporarily following a small early morning fire.
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The Fire Service said that while some blazes on Friday were accidental, others were started deliberately.
Fire commander Kieran Doherty said one fire on a hill at Ardmore was spread over a mile.
"You have to attack it from both sides, and a lot of personnel need to be deployed - we always have to be very vigilant for risk to life and property," he said.
"If the wind changes, a fire can turn on its head very quickly."
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There were 40 gorse fires in Counties Tyrone and Londonderry in a single day.
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The Honduras left-back has ended seven seasons with the Scottish champions after moving for an undisclosed fee and signing a two-year contract.
"I never thought that one day I had to say goodbye to a club that I love so much and that gave me everything in football - all my dreams came true in my professional career as a football player," he said on Instagram.
The 31-year-old thanked Neil Lennon, the former Celtic manager who signed him from Motagua in his homeland, "for trusting me and for giving me this fantastic opportunity".
Izaguirre, who has 88 caps for his country, became a first-team regular but last season was second choice to Scotland left-back Kieran Tierney.
He made nearly 250 appearances for Celtic, but he played only 18 times in the last campaign.
Izaguirre also thanked all the staff at the cub and his team-mates, "especially my captain Scott Brown".
"Hail, hail, I love Celtic forever," he added in a post in which he included a video of himself kissing the Celtic badge on his jersey.
Izaguirre becomes the third overseas player to join the squad at Al-Faya, who were promoted to the Saudi Professional League after winning the First Division last season.
They enter the season under a new head coach, with former Romania midfielder Constantin Galca, who has spells in charge at Steaua Bucaresti and Espanyol, arriving from top-flight rivals Al-Taawoun.
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Emilio Izaguirre has described it as "a very sad day in my life" as he completed his transfer from Celtic to Saudi Arabian club Al-Fayha.
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Kezia Dugdale said she would announce her decision regarding the contest in the next few days.
At the weekend Mr Murphy told the media that he would step down from his role as leader next month.
Labour MSP Ken Macintosh confirmed he would stand for leadership of the party which lost 40 MPs in the election.
The results left the party in Scotland with just one MP, Ian Murray who represents the Edinburgh South constituency.
When Mr Murphy steps down in June, Ms Dugdale will become acting leader.
However, she has yet to say whether or not she wants to keep the job.
On Tuesday, Labour MSPs met at Holyrood for the first time since Mr Murphy's announcement.
On leaving the meeting, Ms Dugdale said she would share her intentions in the "next couple of days".
As his deputy, Kezia Dugdale will become acting leader when he goes.
Although Mr Macintosh has confirmed his intention to stand, he will not formally announce that until Labour's election rules are agrees.
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Scotland's deputy Labour leader is still considering whether to run for election to replace Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy.
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The reigning Premier League champions are in real danger of relegation as they sit just one place and one point above the bottom three after a run of five successive defeats.
The Foxes issued a statement last week backing their Italian manager.
"I don't see how Ranieri can keep his job," Sutton told BBC Radio 5 live.
"Had they finished 12th last season and they were on this run of form everyone would be saying he has to go. Football is a ruthless business. The players are not playing for him.
"I think they are in absolutely enormous trouble."
If Leicester go down, they would be the first defending top-flight champions to be relegated since Manchester City in 1938.
They have not won a Premier League game in 2017 or scored a league goal.
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Leicester City are taking a "huge risk" keeping Claudio Ranieri as manager, says former Blackburn Rovers striker Chris Sutton.
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The yellow sign outside Highfield Community Primary School, Blacon, near the Welsh border, was meant to read "clear" but instead said "claer".
"Claer" has no meaning in English or across the border in Wales.
The sign was wrongly painted on Tuesday and corrected at no cost to Cheshire West and Chester Council earlier.
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Children were given a lesson in how not to spell when council contractors bungled a painted road sign outside their Chester school.
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The pieces of gutta percha have been found on beaches in Cornwall, Devon, northern France and the Netherlands in the last year.
The Porthcurno Telegraph Museum in Cornwall said the blocks bore the name of a 19th Century plantation.
The material was used to insulate telegraph cables on the seabed.
Marc Cragg from the museum said: "Gutta percha is from Indonesia and is very similar to rubber.
"It has been a central part of telegraph systems for the last 100 years or so."
His colleague Rachel Webster said: "Many of the cables which were insulated with it remain in situ on the seabed."
Mr Cragg said: "It looks like there was a shipwreck 80 miles (130km) or so off the coast of Brittany in the Western Approaches."
He added that the gutta percha, which would have been stored as cargo, could have been released during a salvage operation.
"If you look at the distribution, it would make sense," Mr Cragg said.
The museum said the blocks, which were about 12in (30cm) by 14in (35cm) had the letters "TJIPETIR", which was believed to be the name of a rubber plantation in the Dutch East Indies in the 19th Century.
In recent months staff have been working to find out how many blocks have washed-up.
It added that gutta percha was used to make golf balls, teddy bear noses and decorative items such as picture frames and jewellery.
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The rush happened in the city's Hassan II mosque, which was full of worshippers on Monday evening.
It was the holiest night of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, the Moroccan news agency reported.
It quoted officials as saying that the injured were mostly women who suffered light injuries and fractures.
Worshippers were reported to have fainted after a mouse crossed over a woman's foot while she was praying, causing her to rush outside and creating panic among worshippers, Morocco World News reported.
The Hassan II mosque is believed to be the largest in Africa and the seventh largest in the world.
Its minaret is 210 m (689 ft) high.
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A mouse is responsible for triggering a stampede in a mosque in the Moroccan city of Casablanca which left more than 80 people injured, officials say.
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Heaton Manor in Newcastle was rated "inadequate" by Ofsted after an inspection in November last year.
Gosforth Academy has been asked to take over temporary leadership in September.
Academy head teacher Hugh Robinson said any involvement needed agreement from his governors, who did not want to "steamroller" in.
He had been asked to consider taking over the school permanently but further discussion was needed, he said.
But it "would be beneficial for the city if we all work together", rather than a group from outside the area running the school, he added.
The Ofsted report highlighted weak leadership and a decline in Heaton Manor's performance, though some parents have said the findings do not reflect the school as they know it.
Head teacher Lynne Ackland retired suddenly over Christmas and St Mary's Catholic School has led the school on an interim basis.
A letter to parents from Heaton Manor's governors said St Mary's was not able to extend its involvement beyond the end of the school year because of other commitments.
It said an order had been issued requiring Heaton Manor to be converted into a sponsored academy but that no decisions had been made.
Newcastle City Council said Gosforth Academy had "good experience of supporting other educational settings across the city".
It was confident the academy would "develop a positive relationship with Heaton Manor employees, governors, pupils and their families and work through the action plan that was put in place following the Ofsted inspection".
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A school put into special measures only two years after being rated "good" by inspectors is to be taken over by a second caretaker school in six months.
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Anthony Senecal wrote in a Facebook post that Mr Obama "should have been taken out by our military and shot as an enemy agent in his first term".
Mr Senecal worked for Mr Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, for nearly 30 years.
The Trump campaign quickly disavowed Mr Senecal's remarks.
"He is not employed by Mr Trump, and hasn't been since June of 2009," Trump campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks said in a statement. "We strongly condemn these horrible comments from Mr Senecal."
Mr Senecal's post, which was not public, was first reported by Mother Jones, but he later confirmed its authenticity to several news organisations.
Later on Thursday, Mr Senecal, 84, told CNN that Mr Obama should be "hung" outside the White House. He also called the White House the "White Mosque".
The New York Times profiled Mr Senecal in March, saying despite retiring in 2009 he has stayed at Mr Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida as "a kind of unofficial historian".
"He understands Mr Trump's sleeping patterns and how he likes his steak ("It would rock on the plate, it was so well done"), and how Mr Trump insists - despite the hair salon on the premises - on doing his own hair," the profile read.
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The US Secret Service has launched an investigation after Donald Trump's former butler called for the death of President Barack Obama.
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A 32-year-old man was treated in hospital for an injury to his abdomen following the incident at the Cutty Sark on Kingsway East at about 21:50 on 7 May.
The man's injuries were not life-threatening.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said the 40-year-old man was expected to appear at Dundee Sheriff Court on Tuesday.
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A man has been arrested in connection with an alleged stabbing at a Dundee pub.
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Ewan Gordon, from Bicester, Oxfordshire, grew out his hair and beard to emulate the film character, to run the length of the UK.
He ran about 26 miles each day (42km) for 42 days, from John O'Groats to Land's End.
Mr Gordon did it in memory of Thomas Laurie, who died last year from Cockayne Syndrome - a rare premature ageing condition.
Nine-year-old Thomas, who died last February at Oxford hospice Helen and Douglas House, was one of about 10 children in the UK who have the genetic condition.
Mr Gordon said the idea to run dressed as Forrest Gump started as a bet.
In the 1994 film, the title character, played by Tom Hanks, ran across America, attracting a group of followers.
Mr Gordon, who left John O'Groats on 4 May, said other runners had also joined him along the route.
"People just think it's really funny and a lot of people just shout 'run Forrest run'," he said.
On arriving at Land's End on Sunday, Mr Gordon said he was "delighted" to have finished.
He added: "I haven't got a single blister - your body just gets used to running that far every day."
Mr Gordon's run has so far raised almost £9,000 for three charities that supported Thomas and his family: Respite Nursing for Oxfordshire's Sick Youngsters, Helen and Douglas House, and Amy and Friends, a Cockayne Syndrome support group.
Thomas's mother Catherine Laurie said: "We are so very proud of Ewan and totally humbled by his fundraising in memory of Thomas."
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A man has completed a 1,050-mile charity run dressed as Forrest Gump.
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Geraint Hawkes, 48, and another man, 43, both from Swansea, were arrested as part of a fraud investigation by the Wales Regional Asset Recovery Team, supported by the National Crime Agency.
Arrests were made at addresses in south Wales, including at Neath RFC.
Gwent Police said two men had been released pending further inquiries.
Mr Hawkes's lawyer said: "Mr Hawkes doesn't really have anything further to add save to confirm that he has been released from police bail and will continue to cooperate with the police."
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The owner of Neath Rugby Club has been released from police bail, one year after being arrested on suspicion of fraud and money laundering.
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Police said the student was one of two taken to hospital, but gave no further details.
Witnesses said police used tear gas and batons against around 200 students protesting against escalating violence in the Darfur region.
There has been an upsurge in violence in the region where rebels are fighting forces of President Omar al-Bashir.
Darfur has been wracked by conflict since 2003 when rebels took up arms.
A statement posted on the interior ministry's website on Tuesday did not say how the student had died.
Police "got information that two students were injured and taken to hospital. One of them died," the statement said.
An AFP news agency reporter at the scene said police fired tear gas and beat some of the protesters as they tried to take to the streets outside the university.
Students retaliated by throwing stones. Some chanted: "Peace, peace for Darfur - we want to bring the criminals to the ICC (International Criminal Court)."
Earlier on Tuesday, UN human rights chief Navi Pillay said peacekeepers and aid agencies had been blocked from entering affected areas of Darfur.
On Monday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was deeply concerned about violence in Darfur and he urged all parties to stop hostilities.
The ICC has issued an arrest warrant for President Bashir, accusing him of committing war crimes and genocide against black African communities in Darfur.
He denies the charge.
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Hitachi Rail Europe's Newton Aycliffe plant opened in 2015 after the company won a £5.7bn contract to supply express trains for the East Coast and Great Western main lines.
It will fit out 110 high-speed trains, which are manufactured in Japan.
Transport secretary Chris Grayling and the Japanese ambassador to the UK were among those present at the launch.
The trains are capable of running at 140mph, but will be limited to 125mph unless rail tracks are upgraded.
Karen Boswell, managing director of Hitachi Rail Europe, said: "Today is a celebration of the return of train manufacturing to the north east, supporting thousands of jobs and developing a strong engineering skills base in the region.
"Trains running across the country's rail network will be built by a proud workforce harnessing the best of Hitachi's long-standing rail expertise."
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A new high-speed Intercity train developed at a County Durham factory has rolled off the production line.
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The Yorkshire Agricultural Society confirmed a "substance" was used on the cow's udders, contravening show rules.
Chief Executive Nigel Pulling said the competitor's animal had been banned with immediate effect.
"We take any allegation of tampering very seriously as the welfare of animals is paramount," he said.
The Society confirmed the breach was discovered on Tuesday, the first day of the show in Harrogate.
The animal and others entered by the exhibitor have been barred from taking part in the event for three years.
The competitor can appeal.
The show's rules state any interference with an animal which has an affect on its milk flow will lead to disqualification.
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A dairy cattle exhibitor has been disqualified from the Great Yorkshire Show after an animal was tampered with, organisers have said.
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A lorry drove into crowds at the market in the evening.
Twelve people died and 48 were injured.
Police said that the driver drove into crowds on purpose and that it was probably a terrorist attack.
Their main suspect was a man from Tunisia in North Africa.
On Friday 23 December, the Tunisian man who police believe carried out the attack was shot dead by officers in Italy.
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was "shocked and very saddened" by what happened at the Christmas market.
A group called Islamic State have said they were responsible for it, but there has been no evidence to prove that is true yet.
After it happened, police in Germany stepped up security in big towns and cities to keep people safe.
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On Monday 19 December, an attack took place in the German city of Berlin at one of the Christmas markets.
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There are reports that a quarter of the workforce could lose their jobs in a major restructuring at the plant.
Tata Steel Europe, which employs 17,000 in the UK. including 4,000 at Port Talbot, is in the throes of a wide-scale reorganisation of its business.
The moves have been prompted by a slump in the price of steel.
The Port Talbot plant is the UK's largest steel works.
A spokesperson for Community, the steelworkers' union said: "These reports of potential job losses at Port Talbot should serve as a stark reminder of the ongoing steel crisis and the urgent need for government to deliver upon the agreed steps to protect this vital foundation industry.
"We need a level playing field for UK steel makers, especially on issues like business rates and energy costs.
"Community will be meeting with Tata Steel... to discuss these reports and how best we can build a sustainable steel industry together."
Late last year, Tata Steel said it was in talks with an investment firm to sell its Long Products business, which includes plants in Scunthorpe and Lanarkshire.
There have been waves of job losses in the steel industry in the UK, which the sector has blamed on cheap Chinese imports and a collapse in prices.
In October, Tata Steel announced nearly 1,200 roles were to be axed in Scunthorpe and Lanarkshire.
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The Community Union says it expects to meet bosses from Tata Steel this week amid reports of hundreds of potential job losses at Tata's Port Talbot plant.
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A bitter feud for Brazil's 1987 football championship has finally been laid to rest by judges.
Brazil had competing leagues back then and the Supreme Court has ruled that Sport Recife, and not Flamengo, be deemed the overall champions.
The judges said this was the final whistle on the matter, but the clubs' Twitter responses begged to differ.
Sport Club do Recife said that 1987 was "indisputably ours, again... In court, once more, Sport beat those who ran away."
Flamengo wrote "in the field, on the ball, always Flamengo. Champions of Brazil 1987".
At the time, a dispute led to two leagues running at the same time - a breakaway competition that was won by Flamengo and the traditional Campeonato Brasileiro organised by Brazil's football confederation, which was taken by Sport.
The confederation tried to get the two to play off for the overall title but the Rio-based Flamengo, one of the biggest clubs in the country, refused.
So Sport took the slot in the Copa Libertadores, South America's Champions League.
The panel of five judges gave Sport a 3-1 victory. One of the justices abstained as his son was linked to a Flamengo lawyer.
But the judges were clearly unhappy that the ball had been put in their, erm, court.
Justice Luis Roberto Barroso voted to split the title between the clubs, saying: "There is no place worse than the judicial system to discuss sports."
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"Thirty years of hurt" the song goes, and it's just as relevant in Brazil as it was for England back in 1996.
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Mark Cookson, 42, was found dead at his flat in Leicester Road, Wigston on 25 March.
The footage is from an Arriva 48A bus as it travelled down Welford Road near the area where Mr Cookson was seen walking at 18:40 GMT on 22 March.
Police want to speak to any of the passengers pictured in the video.
Mr Cookson was last seen alive at the junction of Hillcrest Road and Welford Road in Wigston, Leicester.
Two men, aged 20 and 24, and a 49-year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and released on police bail pending further enquiries.
Det Insp Simon Shuttleworth said: "I am keen to stress that none of the people in this footage have done anything wrong and are in no way under suspicion.
"However, they could have information which may prove vital to our enquiry."
Police said he was believed to have been wearing an olive green zip-up hooded top and blue jeans when he was last seen.
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Police investigating the suspicious death of a man in Leicester have released CCTV footage of people they would like to contact.
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Belgium-born Moussa, 26, joins the League One Saddlers after his short-term deal with the Shrimpers finished at the end of last season.
"I'm really pleased to have signed and I feel this is a club where I will fit in nicely," Moussa told the club's official website.
He becomes Walsall boss Jon Whitney's eighth signing of the summer.
Moussa started his career at Southend, scoring eight goals in 103 games, before moving to Leicester City in August 2010.
He had a more prolific spell in two seasons with the Sky Blues from September 2012, where he scored 20 times in 92 appearances.
Moussa rejoined Southend in March on non-contract terms after spending most of last season at Charlton.
"I feel this is a big season for me," Moussa added. "A lot of trust and confidence has been put in me to perform and I really want to do that and hopefully we can have success as a team."
Moussa's deal has an option for a further year and he joins Joe Edwards, Kacy Milan Butterfield, Erhun Oztumer, Florent Cuvelier and Theo Vassell in signing permanent contracts at the Banks's Stadium.
Southampton defender Jason McCarthy and West Ham midfielder George Dobson have also arrived on loan.
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Walsall have signed former Southend United and Coventry City midfielder Franck Moussa on a one-year contract.
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After six months out with a foot injury Haskell played almost an hour in Wasps' Champions Cup win at Zebre on Sunday.
He reported minor soreness in his foot after the game, but still expected to attend the training camp as planned.
Back-row forward Jack Clifford will also remain at his club Harlequins.
He picked up an injury in the Challenge Cup defeat by Stade Francais in Paris, having only recently returned from ankle surgery.
It is unclear when Haskell, who has 70 caps, will be able to join up with the England squad. He will stay at Wasps for treatment for the time being.
"Both players sustained injuries in their club games on Sunday and were due to arrive in Vilamoura today but will instead stay in the UK to undergo further medical assessments after which a decision will be made on when they join up with England," the RFU said.
England's first match in the tournament is against France on 4 February.
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Flanker James Haskell's hopes of playing in England's Six Nations opener against France have been dealt a blow, after it was revealed he would not yet be joining the squad in Portugal.
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Vardy has reportedly been the subject of a £20m bid from Arsenal.
The 29-year-old's representatives have told the Gunners that Vardy wants to focus on Euro 2016 at the moment.
"I have spoken to Jamie. Everyone wants him to stay. We would like everyone to stay, even if it's just for one more year," Simpson told BBC's Sportsweek.
"It's his decision, and he says he wants to concentrate on the European Championships. Jamie knows what I think of him as a lad and a player.
"No money can buy the bond that we have got at the club. It's a special group. Why not carry on and kick on as a group and squad?"
Simpson, 29, felt England manager Roy Hodgson should have included Vardy in his starting line-up for their Euro 2016 opener with Russia, which ended in a 1-1 draw.
"I was disappointed he didn't start never mind that he didn't come on. I am sure he will get an opportunity soon," Simpson added.
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Leicester City defender Danny Simpson has urged England striker Jamie Vardy to stay with the Premier League champions.
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Pat Hume said the 78-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner has problems remembering day-to-day occurrences.
She was speaking to Irish state broadcaster RTÉ about her life with the Londonderry politician.
Mrs Hume said her husband's dementia "hasn't actually taken away all his quality of life".
"Derry is a very dementia-friendly city," she said. "People love John."
Mr Hume came to prominence through the civil rights movement in the late 1960s and helped to found the SDLP, becoming its leader in 1979.
He was jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his reconciliation work with then Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble in 1998.
He first became ill in the late 1990s when he was speaking at a conference in Austria, his wife told RTÉ Radio 1's Sunday with Miriam programme.
It is believed he suffered some brain damage as a consequence of the illness, she said, and that has gradually worsened in the intervening years.
She said he was "having severe memory difficulties at the moment".
"If John was speaking to you now and I said to him in half-an-hour: 'It was lovely to see Miriam', he would say: 'Where did we see Miriam?'
"He just wouldn't know that he'd seen you... so it really is very sad."
She has written about her marriage in a new book that is set to be launched in Dublin next week, but said her husband would not be attending as he "doesn't like being away from home now".
Mrs Hume added that caring for someone with dementia "can be very tough".
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Former Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) leader John Hume is having "severe difficulties" in his struggle with dementia, his wife has said.
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Former WBA super-bantamweight champion Quigg would be closer to facing Wales' Lee Selby if he wins on Saturday.
"It's a great opportunity for Scott," said Quigg's promoter Eddie Hearn.
"With uncertainty over [Selby's mandatory challenger] Jonathan Barros, it's very likely the winner will fight Lee Selby next."
Quigg made the step up to featherweight after losing his WBA title in a unification bout against Carl Frampton in February 2016 - his sole loss in 35 career fights.
The 28-year-old fights for the first time since recruiting American Freddie Roach as his trainer.
Quigg has fought and won only once since his defeat by Carl Frampton last February and his profile has suffered as those of rivals Selby and Frampton have grown.
His match-up with Simion, 35, comes on the undercard of Anthony Joshua's IBF and WBA heavyweight title fight with Wladimir Klitschko.
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Scott Quigg's fight with Romanian Viorel Simion at Wembley Stadium has been upgraded to an eliminator for the IBF featherweight title.
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The 1967 work painted in three 11 x 14 inch (28 x 36cm) frames is thought to be based on photographs taken by Bacon's friend John Deakin.
The painting is one of only five known triptychs of Dyer in the small scale format.
It was the first time the piece had appeared at auction, having been in a private collection since 1970.
Sotheby's said the sale beat Bacon's previous record of £23m for a work in the format.
"The driving force tonight was passion," Sotheby's Cheyenne Westphal said.
"The Bacon was bought by collectors who truly wanted to own it. It was a completely private market that came from virtually every side of the world and people wanted to own this wonderful piece and live with it."
Sotheby's senior international specialist in contemporary art Oliver Barker added: "The story between Francis Bacon and George Dyer is actually extraordinary, they actually met because George Dyer broke into Francis Bacon's mews house and they became friends, lovers and extremely close.
"Very sadly George Dyer committed suicide on the night of Bacon's biggest and most important exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris in 1971 and that was just for Francis one of the most horrific things."
Haunted by his loss, Bacon continued to paint Dyer for some years, producing his famous Black Triptychs in the 1970s.
Other sales at the contemporary auction included a record £8.5m for Scottish artist Peter Doig for his oil painting Country-rock (wing mirror), and Andy Warhol's Nine Multicoloured Marilyns which sold for £4.6m.
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A small-format Francis Bacon triptych of his lover George Dyer has sold for £26.7m at a London auction.
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Between 2008 and 2016 investors quintupled the amount of money they put into such platforms, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said.
Companies such as Hargreaves Lansdown, Nutmeg and Interactive Investor now manage £592bn of savers' money.
The FCA will examine whether such firms help investors make good decisions.
It follows a previous inquiry into those who manage the funds that are sold on investment platforms, which found high levels of profitability.
The study found typical profit margins in the industry of 36% - and concluded that investors should be quoted a single fee, rather than a complex mix of charges.
Savers putting money into investment platforms pay a fee to each fund manager, as well as to the platform itself.
"With the increasing use of platforms, and the issues raised by our previous work, we want to assess whether competition between platforms is working in the interest of consumers," said Christopher Woolard, the FCA's executive director of strategy and competition.
"Platforms have the potential to generate significant benefits for consumers, and we want to ensure consumers are receiving these benefits in practice."
The FCA will look at:
One of the UK's biggest investment platforms, Hargreaves Lansdown, saw its share price hit in May when US firm Vanguard announced a cut-price service for UK investors.
Vanguard plans to charge investors a maximum fee of 0.15% on its tracker funds, capped at £375 a year.
Hargreaves Lansdown charges 0.45% to hold investments in its Vantage service.
The FCA will also look at investment platforms' "model portfolios" where they suggest recommended funds to their clients.
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The City regulator is to examine whether savers get value for money from so-called investment "platforms" - otherwise known as fund supermarkets.
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Olds, 73, was given the Academy of American Poets' prestigious Wallace Stevens Award for "proven mastery in the art of poetry".
It comes three years after she received the Pulitzer for Stag's Leap, a sequence of poems about a divorce.
Ex-Pulitzer winner and former US poet laureate Natasha Trethewey was awarded $25,000 (£18,700) and a fellowship.
Lynn Emanuel's The Nerve of It, a selection of "new and selected poems" won the $25,000 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize for the best poetry book published last year.
Other winners of the Academy of American Poets' prizes included Mary Hickman for Rayfish, Ron Padgett for his translation of Zone: Selected Poems by Guillaume Apollinaire and Stephen Sartarelli for his translation of The Selected Poetry of Pier Paolo Pasolini.
Donte Collins, 20, was given an award for most promising young poet.
Previous award winners include Sylvia Plath, Robert Pinsky and Mark Strand.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning US poet Sharon Olds has been given a $100,000 (£75,000) lifetime achievement award.
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Bellew's champion status was changed as a result of potential ongoing involvement in the heavyweight division.
The 34-year-old has held the title since May, but the WBC made him Emeritus Champion - so he can return to contest the title at any time.
Latvian 32-year-old Briedis remains unbeaten with a 22nd career victory.
The three judges scored the fight 118-109, 116-111 and 117-110 in his favour, with German 32-year-old Huck suffering a fifth defeat in 41 bouts.
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Mairis Briedis beat Marco Huck in a unanimous decision to claim Tony Bellew's WBC cruiserweight title.
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Cairns was cleared of perjury and perverting the course of justice last November after an eight-week trial.
McCullum gave evidence accusing Cairns of twice asking him to fix matches.
Cairns said McCullum's version of events was wrong and that he was "shocked" McCullum would accuse him of trying to recruit him to fix results.
Cairns, also a former New Zealand captain, was found not guilty on all charges by a jury.
Speaking to TVNZ, on the eve of the release of his autobiography, Declared, McCullum said: "Whether they believed me, whether they didn't, none of that really matters. It wasn't about a guilty or not guilty verdict. It was a matter of fulfilling a moral obligation I felt I had.
"I was prepared to stand up, even under pressure and under fire from various quarters, and do what I thought was morally right at the time.
"The last thing I wanted to do was be in a courtroom testifying against one of my old mates. It's certainly not how I was brought up as well."
McCullum and Cairns became friends after playing for the Black Caps.
But McCullum, who retired from international cricket in February, added: "I'm sure he'll get on with his life, and I'll get on with mine, and let's hope they never cross paths."
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Ex-New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum said he had a "moral obligation" to testify in court against former team-mate Chris Cairns.
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Speaking in response to a comment about it being "a lovely sunny day," Lord Morrow said: "It's hot. Yes, the boilers are all working."
Mrs Foster replied: "Stop".
The (RHI) scheme was set up to encourage uptake of eco-friendly heat systems over the use of fossil fuels.
But its overgenerous offer of fuel subsidies meant it could cost taxpayers an extra £490m.
Some politicians hit out on social media at the exchange shown on BBC's Newsline.
Alliance Leader Naomi Long reacted on Twitter saying, "Nothing as amusing as risking £480m of tax payer's money, Lord Morrow? Except this joke's on all of us."
TUV leader Jim Allister said, "Frivolous remark today by DUP Chair, Lord Morrow, about the boilers all being on, shows DUP just doesn't get it. Voters do."
The DUP has been contacted for comment.
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There has been condemnation from some political parties of an exchange between DUP party chairman Lord Morrow and former First Minister Arlene Foster on Friday.
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The inquiry was conducted over nine months involving US and German experts.
It concluded that Wolfgang Priklopil in all likelihood acted alone when he abducted the 10-year-old in 1998.
Ms Kampusch escaped from a windowless cell in the suburb of the capital, Vienna, in 2006. Priklopil committed suicide the same day.
DNA tests and the questioning of 113 witnesses had led to theories being discounted that Priklopil had accomplices, the report said.
Ms Kampusch, now 25, has said that she never saw anyone else during her time in captivity.
"Although the involvement of others in the kidnap cannot be completely ruled out, there is no objective proof this was the case and no leads could be found," read the report commissioned last year by the Austrian parliament.
However, the head of the Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany, Joerg Ziercke, said there was no definitive scientific proof as Priklopil was no longer alive.
Conspiracy theories abounded after a schoolgirl said that she had seen Ms Kampusch being forced into a vehicle by two men. Her subsequent statements contradicted her initial testimony. The girl later withdrew her statement entirely.
Mr Ziercke said that the girl had mistakenly identified the kidnapper's car for another, seen a little later, where there were indeed two men sat inside.
Priklopil's car and house in Strasshof were searched for DNA and evidence of further suspects but nothing was found, he said.
The death of the unemployed telecoms engineer was confirmed as suicide, after the report authors re-interviewed the driver of the train that he threw himself in front of.
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A new investigation into the kidnapping of Austrian girl Natascha Kampusch has debunked conspiracy theories, saying her captor "most likely" acted alone.
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Gary Coxall will replace Ken Hodcroft, who stepped down on Friday, as the club's chairman, while Russ Green will remain as chief executive.
Previous owners Increased Oil Recovery Limited had run Hartlepool since 1997.
"This is a very well-run club and we aim to build on the positive momentum created by the finish to last season," Coxall told the club's website.
"JPNG will not be coming in here to make wholesale changes; the players that [manager] Ronnie Moore targeted before we arrived are still the players he'll be targeting going forward.
"We're in a great position to progress the club now and Ronnie and Sam Collins [assistant manager] can look forward to our full support as they continue to improve the squad ahead of the new campaign."
The takeover comes four months after a proposed sale of the club to TMH2014 fell through.
Hartlepool finished 22nd in League Two last season, four points clear of the relegation zone.
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The JPNG recruitment group has completed its takeover of League Two side Hartlepool United.
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Bairstow and Liam Plunkett, who made his first century for Yorkshire, put on 227 runs for the seventh wicket.
Tom Alsop eventually had Bairstow caught at long-on, while Plunkett made 126 before being bowled by Will Smith as Yorkshire declared on 593-9.
An unbeaten 76 from James Vince helped the visitors reach 141-5 in reply.
Hampshire used nine bowlers in total, with only opener Michael Carberry and wicketkeeper Adam Wheater not being thrown the ball.
Despite four of their top six batsmen making just 20 runs between them, Yorkshire reached their highest total against Hampshire.
The away side's response got off to the worst possible start as opener Alsop was trapped lbw by Ryan Sidebottom before Plunkett had Carberry caught as slip by Alex Lees.
Vince's faultless innings, which included 11 fours, was in complete contrast to that of his batting partners, with Hampshire losing wickets at regular intervals.
They need another 302 runs to avoid the follow-on.
Bairstow said he and Plunkett had played their "natural games" and praised the Adil Rashid's "intent" early on.
"Then the way Liam came out and played was absolutely fantastic," added Bairstow. "You saw from ball one how cleanly he struck it. When someone's striking it like that, you just let them go as long as possible."
Bairstow thinks Hampshire have a "tough task" to make up ground.
"Potentially, we've got 250 overs, which I'm sure the bowlers are really looking forward to," he said. "If they pull their finger out, we hope it will be a bit less than that."
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England batsman Jonny Bairstow hit a career-best 246 as Division One champions Yorkshire dominated day two against Hampshire at Headingley.
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It said the majority of the charge related to its Hawkville gas field in South Texas, with the rest stemming from its deal to buy US firm Petrohawk Energy in 2011
BHP announced in January that it was cutting its shale operations by 40% because of falling oil prices.
It also took a $3.3bn writedown in 2012, blaming a drop in US gas prices.
"While the impairment of the Hawkville is disappointing, it does not reflect the quality of our broader onshore US business," said BHP's petroleum president Tim Cutt.
BHP said it expected to take an impairment charge of about $2bn post-tax, or $2.8bn pre-tax, in its 2015 financial year results.
The firm also said it planned to invest $1.6bn in its onshore US operations in the 2016 financial year.
BHP has bet heavily on shale, a type of rock that can yield gas and oil.
That investment has been hurt as oil prices have fallen, with the price of both Brent and US crude now below $60 a barrel, down nearly half since last summer.
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Mining giant BHP Billiton has said it is taking a $2bn (£1.3bn) writedown on the value of its US energy business.
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