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Summarize the following article: The rock fall happened on the East Cliff section of West Bay on Dorset's Jurassic Coast on Tuesday evening. No-one was hurt but coastguards and police urged people to stay away from the top and bottom of the cliff. In 2012, tourist Charlotte Blackman died at nearby Hive Beach when she was buried under a rock fall. A specialist urban response team and dog unit searched the area of the latest collapse but coastguards said there was no evidence anyone was trapped. The beach and South West Coast Path, which has been assessed by Dorset County Council's coast and countryside service, remain open. The authority said the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site team, West Bay Harbour Master and the landowner, Freshwater Beach Holiday Park, had carried out a survey to assess the fall and the stability of the cliff. The rock fall follows a previous one in the same area in July. Sam Scriven, Jurassic Coast earth science manager, said: "Rock falls like this are entirely unpredictable. "However, East Cliff at West Bay does seem to be particularly active at the moment." He added: "Landslides and rock falls can, and do, happen at any time - and you can be at risk even at low tide." Coastguard duty controller Peter Davies urged people to stay away and said: "Last night's cliff fall is an example of just how unstable cliff edges can be. "The incident could have had a very different outcome, and fortunately no-one was seriously hurt or worse." Ch Insp Steve White of Dorset Police warned further rock falls could occur. He said: "We urge the public to obey warning signs, not to stand near the edge of cliffs or stand directly underneath them." Gem Gilbert, who photographed the landslip, said on Twitter: "Cute evening down the beach chilling, next thing you know part of the Clift [sic] had fallen down." Police initially said some people suffered minor injuries but since confirmed no-one was hurt. Coastguards said an infra-red helicopter search was completed but the warm temperature of the rocks meant it was inconclusive.

Sightseers have been seen clambering over rocks where a section of cliff collapsed, despite warnings from emergency services to stay away.

Summarize the following article: The Jags had been accused of listing an ineligible player by naming Callum Murray as a substitute in last week's game against Formartine United. But the league's management committee decided no action would be taken against the club. However, it also decided that its rules would be reworded. Murray, who did not play in the 0-0 draw with Formartine, had recently been recalled from a loan spell with Highland League rivals Deveronvale to cover for injuries. In season 1992-1993, Elgin City won the Highland League but were later stripped of the title after having been found to have fielded ineligible players. Buckie are likely to win the championship if they beat bottom side Strathspey Thistle on Saturday. The Jags and Cove Rangers are two points behind Brora Rangers, but the present leaders have played all of their games. Buckie have a superior goal difference over Cove, who face 12th-placed Lossiemouth, going into the final game of the season. The title winners will have a chance to win promotion to League Two of the Scottish Professional Football League. Victors of the Highland and Lowland Leagues will meet in a play-off to decide who should face League Two's bottom club in the play-off final.

Highland League title challengers Buckie Thistle have avoided a points deduction that would have cost them the chance to win the title on Saturday.

Summarize the following article: Northern Ireland Water (NIW) had to shut down five hydrants in the New Lodge and North Queen St areas on Saturday evening because of vandalism. NIW received about 20 reports from residents who had lost water supply. It appealed to the community and public representatives to stop children and young people from damaging hydrants. "Some may see it as 'harmless fun' by kids," the company said in a statement. "The reality is, as they play in the water, homes and businesses are suffering low water pressure or no water at all." The firm added: "The whole community needs to help us put a stop to this behaviour before the unthinkable scenario occurs where a fire breaks out and there is no water for the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service to deal with the fire." Last week, SDLP MLA Nichola Mallon told the BBC disruption to supply began on Sunday, 18 June. She said it was "particularly hard" for elderly people and parents with young children "when there is no access to water to bath them". At the time, Ms Mallon called on NI Water to find a "more robust way of securing the hydrants to prevent this abuse". She asked: "Surely, in this day and age, there must be a way of securing them so they cannot be tampered with?" However, NI Water replied it had used "vandal-proof" hydrant lids but insisted "if someone has the time and the resources, they can eventually break these open".

The water supply in part of north Belfast has been disrupted after vandals damaged fire hydrants in the area for a second time in seven days.

Summarize the following article: This week's statement by Iain McNicol, general secretary of the Labour Party, was blunt: "There is no place for abuse of any kind in the party," he declared. "There is simply too much of it taking place and it needs to stop." Politics involves debate and sometimes it gets heated; but when a party has to restrain the discussion within its own ranks, something has gone seriously wrong. Labour is holding a leadership election this summer, but has had to suspend its most basic forums for debate - the regular meetings of its constituency parties. That's how bad things have got between those who support Jeremy Corbyn and those who do not. I heard an example of this from Nora Mulreedy, a member from north London. When she complained about postings in a closed Facebook group in which a fellow member had referred to "killing" disloyal MPs, she found herself the subject of complaint for raising it in public. Mr McNicol argues that condemning abuse is not enough, and he urged members to report such behaviour to Labour's "validation" department. I assume these are the same people currently scrutinising those wanting to vote in this leadership election who applied during last week's 48-hour window for registered supporters. According to those involved, there are just 15 people scrutinising around 183,500 would-be voters. Software "cobbled together in-house" is checking social media posts for any evidence that applicants don't share Labour's values. They're "looking at bile", a source inside the party says, and expect a number in the low thousands to be rejected for that reason. On the surface, Labour is in rude health. It's size has more than doubled in a year, to more than 515,000, something that these days is pretty rare. Many in its establishment, though, are nervous of these new members; older hands fear a re-run of the early 1980s, when what was called the "Militant Tendency" was accused of infiltration. At a telephone canvassing event at the offices of Unite, one of the big unions which affiliate to Labour, one woman told me her attempts to join the party had been rejected; for nearly a year, she'd tried without success to get an explanation. She told me she'd last been in the party in the early 1980s, and hadn't belonged to any other party since. She did admit to having been a member of Militant at the time, "but that was thirty years ago," she said. "I'm over sixty now, I work with children, I'm not going to be lobbing bricks through anyone's window." A few years ago, she might well have been readmitted. After all, some ex-Militants even ended up as MPs (one I know of was a pretty successful Business Minister). On the other side, quite a lot of those who defected to the SDP also rejoined without fuss. Now, though, suspicion and mutual distrust suggest neither side is willing to believe the declared motives of the other. Abuse is a symptom of that, magnified by social media which seems to have the same effect on some people as getting behind the wheel does on others. Twitter rage, like road rage, has its casualties. Professor Tim Bale and colleagues at Queen Mary, University of London surveyed new members. Of those who've joined since 2015, only around 30 per cent of them have delivered leaflets and half that number have done canvassing. "Far more of them actually are prepared to re-tweet and to share things on Facebook. These are people who are in politics electronically, as it were; they're clicktavists, not activists." Things will be particularly intense online and everywhere else between now and 8 August, the final deadline for leadership votes. It's too late to become a party member or registered supporter; but members of affiliated organisations, including unions and the quaintly named Woodcraft Folk among others, who can apply for a vote until that date. Nora, who I mentioned earlier, is part of Saving Labour, the online campaign seeking to counter the Corbyn surge. Her opposition to Mr Corbyn remaining leader is because she believes he lessens the chances of a general election victory. She's irritated that people like her are dismissed as "Blairite", a word that's used as a term of abuse. "If wanting a Labour Government that can fight against poverty in a meaningful way, changes laws, gets people more money in their pocket makes me a Blairite, fine. I'll take that label and wear it proudly," she says. Still, there are signs that the ten months of Mr Corbyn's leadership has diminished some of the euphoria. The telephone canvassing event I mentioned was organised by Momentum, a group which helped him to win. During the telephone conversations, I noticed one of the questions being asked was a respondent's "reason for dropping support for JC". Among the potential boxes to tick in response was "bad party leader". One of those I met there was Noel, a smartly dressed elderly man who'd joined Labour on leaving the RAF in 1969. He's frustrated at the growing gulf between Corbyn supporters like him and most of the party's MPs. "The Labour Party in parliament is a flower without any roots," he says. "The party in the country are roots without any flowers." Jeremy Corbyn's critics doubtless would say the roots are fine, but too many weeds have now attached themselves. Yet Mr Corbyn still enjoys one big advantage - the passion of his supporters. By contrast, at the end of my interview with Nora and two of her fellow supporters of Saving Labour, my producer noticed that they hadn't mentioned Owen Smith, the leadership challenger, at all. Shaun Ley presents The World This Weekend during the summer, at 1300 BST on Sundays, and afterwards available on the Radio 4 website.

Can this summer's Labour leadership contest unite the party's warring factions?

Summarize the following article: When Mrs May took over as prime minister last summer she inherited a Commons majority of 12. That was the Conservatives' margin of victory in the 2015 general election. When you factor in Sinn Fein MPs, who don't take up their seats, deputy speakers who as a rule don't vote, and changes to the make-up of the Commons over the past 18 months after by-elections it adds up to a working majority of 17. This is the smallest majority a government has faced a year into office since Labour's Harold Wilson was prime minister in the 1960s. It should take just nine rebels to overturn it. But this doesn't explain the whole situation when it comes to Brexit. It's not just Conservative MPs who will support the government on Article 50. Joining them are the DUP, the only party in the Commons, aside from UKIP who officially backed Brexit. Labour has a splinter group of 10 MPs who advocated a leave vote. Six of them - Frank Field, Kelvin Hopkins, Kate Hoey, John Mann, Graham Stringer and Gisela Stuart - generally support the government in votes on Brexit. They are also joined by the UUP, who are closely aligned to the Conservatives, and UKIP's sole MP Douglas Carswell. This inflates Theresa May's majority to around 50 and gives her a "Brexit firewall" with much greater room for manoeuvre in the event of a rebellion within her own party. If all the pro-Brexit MPs back the government in the crucial vote on the Article 50 bill later, it would take a much bigger rebellion of 26 Conservatives to block Brexit legislation. The number of rebels at earlier stages of the bill was much smaller than that. So Mrs May looks likely to get the bill formally triggering Brexit into law unamended with the support of MPs from outside the ranks of her own party, giving her the free hand to negotiate Britain's exit from the EU.

Prime Minister Theresa May faces a battle to get Brexit through Parliament - but votes from non-Conservative MPs who support leaving the EU should help her swing it.

Summarize the following article: The chief veterinary officer for Wales confirmed the H5N8 infections in a back yard in Pontyberem on Tuesday - after the birds had been culled. It is the same strain of the virus found in an infected wild duck in Llanelli and turkeys in Lincolnshire. A 3km (1.8 mile) protection zone and 10km (6.2 mile) surveillance zone have been put in place around the premises. It comes on the same day the National Welsh Poultry Weekend in Pembrokeshire was cancelled over avian flu fears. Public Health Wales has said the risk to public health was "very low" with the Food Standards Agency having also said avian flu does not pose a food safety risk for UK consumers. Thoroughly cooked poultry and poultry products, including eggs, are safe to eat. The Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs Lesley Griffiths said: "It serves to reinforce the need for all bird keepers, particularly back yard flock keepers, to adhere to the requirements set out in the Prevention Zone, remain vigilant for signs of disease and practice good biosecurity at all times." National Farmers Union Cymru president Stephen James said it remained in "close dialogue" with the Welsh Government on the issue and it was keeping members informed with the latest information. The chief veterinary officer, Prof Christianne Glossop, said it was "extremely important" bird keepers practiced the "highest levels of biosecurity". "Even when birds are housed, there remains a risk of infection and keepers of poultry and other captive birds should ensure every effort is made to prevent contact with wild birds. "The movement of poultry should be minimized, and clothing and equipment should always be disinfected," she added. Members of the public have been encouraged to report dead wild waterfowl or gulls, or five or more dead wild birds of other species in the same location.

Chickens and ducks have been found with avian flu at a property in Carmarthenshire.

Summarize the following article: The female attacker made off with the bag on the footpath between Crimon Place at St Mary's Cathedral and Huntly Street on Monday at about 15:00. The assailant was described as white, in her mid-20s, 5ft 3in to 5ft 6in tall, and slim. She had red/ginger hair tied back in a ponytail and spoke with a local accent. She was wearing a green jacket, blue jeans with holes in both knees, and ankle boots. Det Sgt Jamie Sherlock said: "This is an attack on a lone woman who had been at the shops in Aberdeen. She was pulled to the ground in the incident and had her bag its contents taken from her. "We are appealing for anyone who recognises the description given and saw the woman in the area to contact us as soon as possible."

A 75-year-old woman was pulled to the ground when a robber grabbed her bag in Aberdeen city centre.

Summarize the following article: Aldred joined Blackpool from Accrington on an initial loan deal in February 2015 and went on to make 103 appearances for the club. The 26-year-old featured in 52 games last season as Blackpool won promotion from League Two. "He's strong, physical and a leader and a great communicator both on and off the pitch," manager Lee Clark said. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Bury have signed defender Tom Aldred on a two-year contract after he turned down a new deal with Blackpool.

Summarize the following article: He warned of their "apocalyptic, end-of-days strategic vision", argued that they pose "an imminent threat to every interest we have, whether it's in Iraq or anywhere else", and depicted them as "beyond anything that we've seen". Is this reckless threat inflation, or is Mr Hagel correct? The US has faced a variety of effective militant groups in the past, a number of which have successfully targeted American interests. The most significant of these has been al-Qaeda, which bombed three US embassies in 1998, a US warship in 2000, and attacked New York and Washington with hijacked aircraft in 2001. Over the past decade, al-Qaeda's regional allies have killed numerous other Americans, mostly in war zones. One such ally, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, has successfully placed bombs on US-bound aircraft, forcing heightened airport security as recently as July 2013. By contrast, IS has never come close to attacking the US homeland and has only claimed one American life, journalist James Foley. A Frenchman who fought with IS did succeed in killing four people at Brussels' Jewish Museum in May. But, as my RUSI colleague Raffaello Pantucci observes, there is no evidence that this, or four other disrupted plots, were directed by IS. The potential return of thousands of European citizens from IS ranks does pose a serious challenge to European intelligence agencies and police forces, even if only a tiny proportion of those returnees are inclined to and capable of conducting attacks. But this is not a new problem. As early as November 2013, terrorism expert Thomas Hegghammer pointed out that were witnessing "the largest European Muslim foreign fighter contingent to any conflict in modern history". Unless Mr Hagel has secret intelligence to the contrary, it therefore seems wildly implausible that IS presents, as he put it, an "imminent threat to every interest… anywhere". Even within Iraq, the threat to US forces in Irbil and Baghdad is modest. Mr Hagel's use of the word "imminent" was probably intended to establish a legal rationale for forthcoming US military strikes, and address US domestic concern over Mr Foley's murder. On the other hand, it should be recognized that IS is one of the most powerful jihadist movements in modern history. The group possesses an estimated 10,000-17,000 fighters, including an estimated 2,000 Europeans, and billions of dollars, according to the French foreign minister. They control 35,000 square miles of territory across two countries, on which they operate advanced US military equipment seized from the Iraqi army. In places, they enjoy the support of former Iraqi officers once loyal to Saddam Hussein and some Sunni tribes. IS should therefore be understood not merely as a terrorist group, but as a hybrid revolutionary movement with nation-building aspirations and conventional armed forces. This makes them vulnerable - they have more material infrastructure and capabilities to target than, say, al-Qaeda - but also more resilient. In this sense, it is reasonable for Mr Hagel to depict IS as unprecedented. Other fundamentalist groups that controlled states, such as the Taliban in Afghanistan, have been relatively parochial movements far less extreme in their methods and objectives. The US has faced far more powerful state adversaries. The Soviet Union, for instance, killed many more people under its control than IS has done and could have inflicted far greater damage on the US had it chosen to do so. But Moscow could be deterred, whereas the "apocalyptic" ideology of IS is perceived as incapable of long-term coexistence or compromise. Very few groups have combined this territorial control, state-like structure, and avowed intention to attack the West. Mr Hagel, despite his hyperbole, has a point.

US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has used a remarkable set of words to describe the militants of Islamic State (IS).

Summarize the following article: Media playback is unsupported on your device 16 August 2015 Last updated at 08:53 BST An emergency rescue helicopter lifted him to safety from the storm drain he was sheltering in as flames burned all around him. Pilots had to fly through thick smoke to swoop in and pick him up. Captain Scott Dettorre, from Ventura County Fire, said: "What made this challenging was we had the brush fire going... Visually it was a challenge for these pilots to locate and get this patient out."

A driver in California has had a very lucky escape after his truck crashed off a road and fell 100m down a ravine, before starting a bush fire.

Summarize the following article: Damian O'Hagan, 60, of Homestall Road in Norris Green, Liverpool, was jailed for 18 months after admitting VAT fraud at Liverpool Crown Court. Checks by HM Revenue and Customs found O'Hagan had kept more than £90,000 of VAT which he had charged a client. O'Hagan attempted to cover up his crime by trying to become VAT-registered. The director of Foodservice Interim Management Limited, who owed £91,761 in VAT, moved to Benidorm in January 2015 to run a bar but could not resist the lure of the Toffees. He was arrested as he tried to enter Goodison Park ahead of Everton's 2-0 defeat against Manchester City on 23 August 2015. Sandra Smith, assistant director of the HMRC's fraud investigation service, said: "O'Hagan knew his business transactions were under scrutiny and the game was up. This was one match he wasn't going to win. "He chose to pocket the VAT he had collected from his client at the expense of UK taxpayers and because of his dishonesty he has been jailed." O'Hagan also faces a full confiscation hearing to recover the VAT.

A tax cheat who fled to Spain before returning home to watch his beloved Everton play was arrested at the stadium turnstiles, a court has heard.

Summarize the following article: Teenager Charlotte Brown cleared 3.5m and was joined on the podium in Austin by her guide dog Vador. Brown developed cataracts at 16 weeks and had artificial lenses inserted, but her vision began to worsen aged 11 and she is now blind with only a "jigsaw puzzle" of light and dark shades. "This story really wasn't about me," said the 17-year-old. "It was about everybody that struggles with something." The Emory Rains student has pursued a medal for the past two years, finishing eighth and then fourth before taking third as a high school senior on Saturday. Brown first took up pole vaulting, which is not a Paralympic sport, in seventh grade because she wanted something a little "dangerous and exciting". She counts the seven steps of her left foot on her approach, listening for the sound of a faint beeper placed on the mat that tells her when to plant the pole and push up. "It took me three years to get on the podium, and I finally did it," added Brown, who is heading to university at Purdue on an academic scholarship. "If I could send a message to anybody, it's not about pole vaulting and it's not about track. It's about finding something that makes you happy despite whatever obstacles are in your way."

A blind pole vaulter has realised her dream by winning a bronze medal in the Texas state high school championships.

Summarize the following article: Energy ministers from Opec, the oil exporters' group, are meeting at their headquarters in Vienna to do something about it. They will be joined by delegates from some oil suppliers outside the group. On the agenda: whether to extend the oil production curbs agreed last year that are due to expire next month. There is widespread support in the group for taking this step, and members could also discuss reducing the ceiling on oil output even further. The formal meeting happens on Thursday but key bilateral talks will take place in Vienna hotels ahead of the official gathering. Two key players have already agreed that they want to extend the existing limit until March next year: Opec's biggest producer, Saudi Arabia, and Russia, the biggest exporter outside the organisation. The problem for Opec and other oil exporters started almost three years ago, when the price of oil began to slide. North Sea Brent crude oil, which is widely used as a price benchmark, hit a high of around $115 (£88) a barrel in June 2014 but by the end of the year it was half that amount. While Opec members may not sell Brent crude, the prices they get for their oil do move in parallel to this benchmark. And it got worse still from OPEC's perspective; in January 2016 the price of Brent fell below $28 a barrel. Since then it has rebounded, but has not got much beyond the mid-$50s per barrel. That partial recovery has taken some of the strain off Opec members' finances. Many have also responded with cuts to government spending. But they could really do with a stronger price recovery. To take one example; last year Saudi Arabia had a deficit in the government's finances equivalent to 17% of national income. This year the IMF projects it will be 10%. It's a substantial improvement but still far too high for the long term. Surpluses generated in times of higher prices in the past mean the Saudis do not, however, have an imminent problem of unmanageable government debt. What Opec and a group of other oil exporting countries including Russia have already done is cut back production in an effort to boost prices. They agreed that last December. The reduction was almost 1.8 million barrels per day - equivalent to about 2% of global oil production. Often in the past Opec countries have agreed to cut production but failed to comply with their own commitments. The temptation is for individual countries to cheat and sell more while hoping that others will cut production and push prices higher for all. This time, however, Opec discipline has been remarkably strong. The International Energy Agency (IEA) a rich countries' watchdog, estimates compliance with the restraints is at more than 95%. That said, the agreement has not been very effective. Today the price is actually a few dollars less than it was on the day the deal was done. Without the cuts, though oil might have been even cheaper. OPEC members do have a relatively new problem: the American shale oil industry. It has grown from very little 10 years ago, to become a major player. In fact it made an important contribution to the abundant supplies of crude oil that were behind the price fall that began in 2014. In 2005, US crude oil production covered a third of the country's needs, now the figure is more than 60%. In the early stages of the price fall Saudi Arabia appeared to be willing to live with the decline in the hope that it would put pressure on US shale producers and force many out of business. It was uncomfortable for America's oil industry but it proved to be more resilient than the Saudis probably expected, and their producers were very effective at reducing costs. Total US oil production did decline in 2016, but it is rebounding this year. Opec's production cuts have made space for other producers in non-member countries and the recovery in prices from their lows of early 2016 has eased the financial pressure. One manifestation of the abundant supply is the fact that stocks of crude oil held by refineries and governments are well above normal levels; a new historical high in the rich countries in March, according to the IEA. The objective shared by Opec and Russia is to get stocks down to the average level of the last five years. The signs are that Opec members are mostly well disposed to continuing the cuts beyond next month's planned expiry. There may well be some debate about how long to extend them, and there have been reports that some would like to make the cuts deeper. Outside Opec, Russia is in agreement but Kazakhstan wants to increase production, while others have been holding discussions with Opec countries. Assuming they do take extend the production limits, what will be the impact on oil prices? They may stay towards the upper end of the recent range - but it will take a while for those stocks of crude oil to come down to levels that could support a stronger rally. Opec's likely action could certainly ensure that prices don't take a renewed dive but the prospect of a powerful surge in prices is not strong. There is a new complication for the producers' calculations. President Trump's budget plan includes a proposal to sell half the oil in the US government's emergency reserves, the strategic petroleum reserve, starting from the next financial year. It is just a proposal at this stage but it has still been enough to move international oil prices down. Yet in the longer term, the weakness of oil prices does perhaps contain the seeds of its own reversal. The low prices have undermined investment in new production capacity in the last two years, which in turn means that there could be a supply crunch. The IEA has warned this could come sometime after 2020. In the even longer term, the big question for Opec is whether a shift away from oil-based transport fuels - in favour of electrically-powered vehicles, for example - will cast a shadow over the viability of their natural resources.

Crude oil is too cheap for the taste of many producers.

Summarize the following article: It hopes the move will lead to gathering more evidence, changing the behaviour of offenders and prevent an increase in violence at a scene. The cameras should allow more time on the beat and reduce paperwork, while they can also be used to investigate complaints against officers. It would be one of the largest body camera roll-outs outside of London's Metropolitan Police. Assistant chief constable Richard Lewis said: "The technology is very exciting and will assist officers and staff in doing their jobs, it will ensure that we are more accountable to the public that we serve and in turn build trust with our communities. "This will be one of the largest deployment of body worn video cameras to police officers outside of the Metropolitan Police with all uniform frontline officers being personally equipped with devices and all our PCSOs."

South Wales Police has become the last Welsh force to introduce body cameras.

Summarize the following article: Wiser heads are advising new members to enjoy the relative quiet while they can, on the expectation that Brexit hostilities will commence when they return in September, and the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill is debated. They expect long sittings, knife-edge votes, ambushes and guerrilla warfare at every turn. The change of pace could be pretty startling for newcomers who have only experienced the torpid pace of this short post-election interlude - they will move from gentle ambling to a cross-country yomp under fire. In the meantime, the lesson of these initial few weeks is that even apparently anodyne general debates, in Westminster Hall as well as in the chamber, can be used to put pressure on the government, as this week's Euratom debate has demonstrated. A government with no majority is always vulnerable and can't ignore its backbenchers, and with the prospect of a new election at any moment, even the most loyal will be tempted to push some constituency cause. Here's my rundown of the week ahead.... The Commons day opens (2.30 pm) with Communities and Local Government questions, which will be followed by any urgent questions or ministerial statements. One subject that may be raised is the final confirmation of the HS2 route through South Yorkshire, which is expected from the Department for Transport ahead of the parliamentary recess. Local press reports suggest that the unpopular so-called "M18" route will be announced in a written ministerial statement. The proposals would then go to consultation. Then comes the emergency debate on the scheduling of parliamentary business, which Labour's shadow leader of the Commons, Valerie Vaz, applied for, complaining that since the Queen's Speech there had only been seven votes in the Commons, and no Opposition debates. This could provide an opportunity for a number of MPs to raise other complaints about the way Commons business is being handled - one issue is the number of Commons days allocated to debate private members' bills across what the government intends will be a two-year parliamentary session. Essentially there will be one year's ration of private members' bills across a two-year period, and there may be an attempt to amend the government's procedural motion setting that out, which could attract support from some rebel Conservatives. Watch this space. Following on from Wednesday's Westminster Hall debate on abuse directed at candidates during the general election, there will be a full-dress debate in the Commons chamber. The adjournment debate is on acid attacks - former minister Stephen Timms is worried about the increase in the level of crime involving acid (since 2010 there have been 415 attacks in Newham) and wants to raise the issue after an attack in his constituency. He wants to highlight the level of alarm in his community and will be pressing the government to introduce restrictions on the purchase and carrying of acid, in line with those that already exist for knives. In the Lords (2.30 pm) questions to ministers include one from Labour's Baroness Jones of Whitchurch on lifting the ban on fox hunting. The main debates are on the report from the European Union Committee Brexit: UK-EU movement of people and the report from the Economic Affairs Committee The Price of Power: Reforming the Electricity Market. In the Commons (at 11.30am), MPs open with Treasury questions. Look out for the debut of the new select committee chair, Nicky Morgan. That is followed (barring any statements or UQs) by a general debate on drugs policy. In Westminster Hall, the debates include: Anglo-Polish relations (9.30am-11am) led by the Conservative Daniel Kawczynski; the risk to UK aviation from drones, led by the Conservative Jeremy Lefroy, who warns that the risks posed by drones to aviation are increasing all the time, as the recent closure of runways at Gatwick showed. He is calling for regulation and effective 'electronic fencing' to protect civil and military aircraft. In the afternoon sitting, the subjects include the future of the taxi trade (2.30pm-4pm) - the Labour MP Wes Streeting, who chairs the all-party group on taxis, will lead a discussion of its new report on the future of the taxi trade, which highlights inconsistent licensing practices between different local councils and calls for new powers for elected mayors to control the number of private hire vehicles, to control pollution and protect public safety. Then, (4pm-4.30 pm) the subject is "catfishing and social media" - led by Labour's Ann Coffey. Catfishing is when someone creates fake profiles on social media sites to trick people into thinking they are somebody else. It is most common on social media and dating apps like Tinder. The final debate (4.30pm-5.30pm) is on British prisoners in Iran. The Labour MP Tulip Siddiq will raise the case of her constituent Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe who has been held in an Iranian prison since April 2016, under conditions she describes as "torture". In the Lords (2.30 pm), question time is followed by a debate on a report from the European Union Committee on Brexit: trade in goods. Commons business opens (11.30 am) with Scottish questions, followed at noon by the final Prime Minister's Questions before the summer break. Then the MPs who've won places in the annual private members' bill ballot will present their chosen bills - this year's list was topped by the Labour MP Chris Bryant who wants to make attacks on emergency workers such as police, fire and ambulance crews an aggravated offence. In the 2016/17 session, five bills from the private members' ballot became law. The main event is a general debate on Brexit and sanctions. In Westminster Hall, the opening debate (9.30am) is on Wales and the Queen's Speech, led by Labour's Jo Stevens. The long afternoon debate (2.30pm- 4 pm) is led by the new Conservative MP Leo Docherty, a former Army officer and defence expert. His chosen subject is the future shape of the armed forces. He will certainly argue that the army, in particular, needs to be bigger, but his main point will be the need to reshape the structure of the armed forces to meet new threats, and for the government to be smarter and more strategic in its deployments in future. In the Lords (3pm), there will be another hereditary by election following the retirement of Lord Walpole, a crossbench hereditary peer - 31 crossbench peers will choose between 10 candidates. The day's main legislating is on the detail of the Financial Guidance and Claims Bill, which aims to ensure people can access free and impartial money guidance, pensions guidance and debt advice. It would set up a Single Financial Guidance Body. That is followed by a short debate on a new report by the All Party Group on refugees, Refugees Welcome? The Experience of New Refugees in the UK. Its the final day before summer, when our parliamentarians are allowed to bring in games - or, alternatively, take part in the final debates of term. They open (9.30 am) with Environment, Food and Rural Affairs questions followed at 10.10am by mini question times for the MPs who speak on behalf of the Church Commissioners, the House of Commons Commission, the Public Accounts Commission and the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission. Presentation bills - which come behind the winners of the private members bill ballot in the parliamentary pecking order - will be unveiled today....look out for one from Labour's David Hanson to abolish the system of by-elections to top up the contingent of 92 hereditary peers which remains in the House of Lords. This will be his second attempt to get that through. The main event will be the recess adjournment debate, which gives MPs the chance to make a subject on any subject they fancy. (Incidentally, nominations close at 4pm for candidates for the Lib Dem leadership - will anyone run against Vince Cable?) In the Lords from 11am, the last day of term begins with the introduction of a new boy...Lord Duncan of Springbank, the Conservative candidate who narrowly failed to unseat the SNP's Pete Wishart and win a Commons seat, in the fierce election battle in Perth and North Perthshire, which he lost by just 21 votes. The appointment was criticised by the Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon who tweeted; This should not be allowed. Rejected by the voters - but installed in government anyway, via the unelected House of Lords. Question time includes the Labour peer Lord Campbell-Savours asking about the introduction of ID cards to contribute to the maintenance of security. Then peers debate the transport needs of remote island communities in England, and the implications of leaving Euratom, and ensuring the continued uninterrupted cross-border supply of nuclear materials, including for medical use, post-Brexit. Friday 21 July is the first day of the summer recess - barring an emergency big enough to prompt a recall, Parliament will next sit on Tuesday 5 September.

It's the final four days of Parliament before the summer recess, with not all that much to occupy honourable members and noble lords, although Labour have succeeded in engineering an emergency debate to complain about the way the Commons has been managed, since the election.

Summarize the following article: The game was organised after Thursday's scheduled match at Bready was called off without a ball being bowled. The match in Belfast did get underway, with Cecelia Joyce and debutant Meg Kendal making a positive start before play was halted. The pair shared an unbeaten opening stand of 68 runs in 18 overs. Joyce hit five fours in her 37 not out, while Kendal found the boundary twice in her 26 not out. Ireland's Lucy O'Reilly did not make it on to the field as she made her 50th international appearance aged just 16. The teams will meet again on Saturday (10:30 BST) at the same venue in the final game of the series.

Ireland and Bangladesh were thwarted by the weather again on Friday when their rearranged one-day international at Shaw's Bridge had to be abandoned.

Summarize the following article: At this year's Moscow International Security Conference, the official theme is fighting terrorism. But there is an unofficial theme, too - blaming the West. A string of Russian military figures and experts have accused the US and Nato of causing global insecurity and waging an "information war" against Moscow. "Terrorism has become the number one problem for all of us," said Russia's Defence Minister, Sergey Shoygu. He promptly went on to accuse the US and Nato of "building up military infrastructure close to Russia's borders and carrying out dangerous plans for missile defence". Speaking at the conference, the Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, said the rise of terrorism was partly the result of "attempts to transfer the values of Western democracy to countries with their own mentality, spiritual values and traditions... this had exploded North Africa and the Middle East". When I ask Veronika Krasheninnikova, a member of the Russian Public Chamber, who she views as the greatest threat in the world today, she points to Washington. "The biggest threat is the adventurous military and political policy of some countries, like the US and its close allies, in the Middle East," she tells me. Putin creates new National Guard in Russia 'to fight terrorism' Putin warns of 'foreign foes' West faces up to Putin aggression Another Cold War? Russia and Syria 'weaponising' migration Mr Shoygu described the security situation in Europe as "deplorable". But neither he nor any other Russian official has acknowledged Moscow's annexation of Crimea is in any way responsible for this state of affairs. Crimea is not on the conference agenda. "For the Russian leadership, the question of Crimea is now closed," Russia's ambassador to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Alexander Lukashevich, tells me. The message from Moscow is clear - Russia wants improved relations with the West, but the West must accept Russia as it is. "One of the common themes of this conference is that we need to rethink issues, rethink the security environment, rethink our relationship," says Richard Weitz, from US think tank the Hudson Institute. "But when you get specific, what they're saying is that the West needs to rethink its approach to Russia." But, if Russia is serious about improving ties with the West, doesn't it take two to tango? Ms Krasheninnikova is in no mood to share the dance-floor. "It takes two to tango, but it takes one to start a war," she tells me. "It takes one country to bomb other countries such as Libya." "The West would argue, 'It takes one country to annex Crimea,'" I respond. "Wasn't what Russia did in Crimea a watershed moment for international security?" "It wasn't Russia that annexed Crimea," Ms Krasheninnikova replies. "It was Crimea that ran away from the Kiev regime after a state coup." When it comes to security issues, it often feels as if Russia and the West are talking past each other. But some delegates here sense cause for optimism. "The Russians are always blaming the Americans, of course, and we have a lot of reasons to blame Russia, as well, for example on Crimea," says August Henning, former director of Germany's Federal Intelligence Agency. "But my impression is that there is more openness in Russia to go ahead and find solutions. "We should do this in a more discreet manner, not publicly - that would be not be very helpful. Mr Henning says a solution to the question of Crimea is possible. "I have made some proposals privately, even on Crimea," he tells me. "I have no doubt the majority of the population of Crimea voted for being part of Russia. "Nevertheless, the way it happened is not acceptable for us. "My idea is to try to establish a free trade zone in Crimea, we should try to have a [kind of] Hong Kong, for example, in consensus with Ukraine, with the West, with the European Union. "We need more [imagination] for this question. Now is not the time, but there may be an opportunity in the future."

A conference often has an official theme or issue that features in all the panel discussions and debates.

Summarize the following article: Troon is the only club on the Open rota to have a male-only membership policy. A majority is needed to remove the ban, with the club reporting in June that "over three quarters of the members" supported admitting female members. Muirfield still has a ban on female members and has been told by the governing body they cannot stage another Open until it is removed. That left Troon as the only club on the Open that has men-only membership after Royal St George's, which hosted the Open in 2011, voted last year to end its 128-year ban on female members. The club consulted members in May over the its men-only policy but brought forward a vote on the issue following Muirfield's ban. Muirfield said in June it wanted to hold a fresh ballot on admitting female members before the end of the year. The 145th Open Championship will begin on 14 July.

Royal Troon, the host of the 2016 Open Championship, will vote on allowing women members on Friday.

Summarize the following article: Warwick Medical School is leading the trial after concerns adrenaline, used to restart the heart, could cause brain damage and even death. West Midlands Ambulance Service said the work could ultimately save "hundreds of patients". The trial, involving some 8,000 patients, will start in the autumn. It will see ambulance staff in the West Midlands, London, Wales, and on the south coast and north-east of England inject roughly half of the the patients with adrenaline and the others with a salt solution placebo. Patients, however, will not be able to give consent as they will be unconscious, prompting criticism from some experts. Paramedics and other clinical staff will also be unaware which patients received the placebo. West Midlands Ambulance Service medical director Dr Andy Carson said: "Although adrenaline has been used for many years in cardiac arrest management, there is growing evidence that it may result in poorer outcomes for patients, hence the trial." He said developments in technology suggested the drug "may cause more harm than good". The British Heart Foundation has also supported the study. Ken Timmis, chair of the Wolverhampton Coronary Aftercare Support Group, said he was confident his members would support any project that could ultimately "lead to better survival rates". About 50,000 people a year in the UK suffer a cardiac arrest, according to Warwick Medical School, but resuscitation is successful in just one in four cases. Dr Carson said defibrillation and CPR would be used as normal, while the trial would not affect patients suffering from conditions such as anaphylaxis. He said patients suffering heart attacks would not be affected as adrenaline is not used as part of the treatment.

A study that will see some of its patients suffering cardiac arrest given a dummy drug has been backed by West Midlands Ambulance Service.

Summarize the following article: The building is to close for a two-year refurbishment after being taken over by the Willow Tea Rooms Trust in 2014. The Willow Tea Rooms inside, however, is a separate business and will not re-open there when the revamp is complete. Its owner, Anne Mulhern, confirmed she would be recreating the Tea Rooms, which she has run since 1983, inside the nearby Watt Brothers store. The Sauchiehall Street building and interiors were designed by Rennie Mackintosh and built in 1903 for Kate Cranston, who ran several tearooms in the city. Ms Mulhern transformed the Tea Rooms back to their original use in 1983 after the building had been used as a retail unit. She did not own the building, however, which was acquired by the Willow Tea Rooms Trust in 2014. The trust now aims to close the building on 22 June for a two-year refurbishment which aims to restore the structure to its former glory. Ms Mulhern, who also operates the Willow Tea Rooms on Buchanan Street, said it was necessary to move to secure her business. "When we found out that the repairs to our existing building meant that we would have to close for two years, we were devastated," she said. "We still have the Willow Tea Rooms in Buchanan Street but were keen to open near Sauchiehall Street and secure the jobs of our fantastic staff. "It's great that we can remain open with the same staff, same menu, same interiors and same great waitress service - just a few blocks down the street." Ms Mulhern said the Sauchiehall Street Willow Tea Rooms would be recreated on the third-floor of the nearby Watt Brothers department store. It is hoped that the new premises will be ready for customers in July. Watt Brothers, which has operated as a family-run business in Glasgow since 1915, is located at the corner of Sauchiehall Street and Hope Street. Managing director Willie Watt said the addition of the Willow Tea Rooms to the Glasgow store would work for both businesses. He said: "We are a company proud of its history and we're particularly pleased to be working with Anne and her team in including a high-quality, prestige tea room which will complement both our business and the Willow Team Rooms' business which pays tribute to one of our city's great architects. "What could be more appealing for shoppers than a stop-off in our store where they can enjoy a cuppa and some fine food?"

Glasgow's Willow Tea Rooms is to leave its Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed building in Sauchiehall Street.

Summarize the following article: She had posted a screengrab of a message she received which featured images mocking her 14-year-old son, Harvey, who is blind. The man, 19, from Newick, near Lewes, was arrested on suspicion of racially or religiously aggravated harassment, alarm or distress. He has been released on bail until 25 February, Sussex Police said. More news from Sussex here

A man has been arrested after offensive messages were posted on Twitter about TV star Katie Price's disabled son.

Summarize the following article: The crash happened at the junction of Evesham Road and Luddington Road at about 15:50 BST. West Midlands Ambulance Service said crews arrived to find the car upside down and partially submerged in a brook. It took about 40 minutes to free the woman, in her 70s, who escaped with only minor injuries. She was taken to Warwick Hospital for further checks.

A motorist has been rescued after her car crashed over a bridge and plunged into a brook in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Summarize the following article: David Drury said the car, which had been parked on a zebra crossing, mounted the pavement, lifting him on to the bonnet. Police said no-one had been arrested, despite the warden's body-worn camera capturing images of the attacker. Mr Drury has been off work injured since the hit-and-run on the Isle of Sheppey on 8 July. He said he was helping a colleague issue a ticket on a car parked on zigzag lines when the "driver got into the vehicle and went into me". "I heard the accelerator go, didn't look up and didn't realise he was going to come towards me. "He went straight into me, mounted the pavement and drove into me. I went on to the bonnet and crashed down to the side of the pavement." Mr Drury, who suffered neck and shoulder damage, said in six years as a traffic warden he had been "pushed over a few times" and receives "verbal abuse every day". Kent Police said enquiries into the attack were ongoing.

A traffic warden was mown down by a motorist who had just been given a parking ticket.

Summarize the following article: A gunman opened fire in Reina nightclub at about 01:30 local time (22:30 GMT), as revellers marked the new year. Suleyman Soylu said efforts were continuing to find the attacker, who was believed to have acted alone. At least 69 people were being treated in hospital, the minister added. Four were said to be in a serious condition. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the attackers were trying to "create chaos" and pledged to "fight to the end" against terrorism. Addressing reporters, Mr Soylu said: "A manhunt for the terrorist is under way. Police have launched operations. We hope the attacker will be captured soon." Only 21 of the victims had been identified, he said. Fifteen or 16 were foreigners, he said, and at least three of the Turkish victims may have been employees at the club. "This was a massacre, a truly inhuman savagery,'' he said. Early media reports suggested the attacker may have been wearing a Santa Claus outfit, but newly-obtained CCTV footage shows the suspected attacker in a black coat outside the club. Mr Soylu said the gunman was wearing a coat and trousers, but "we were informed that he was wearing different clothes inside". Reina nightclub, in the the Ortakoy area of Istanbul, is an upmarket venue on the banks of the Bosphorus. Istanbul Governor Vasip Sahin said the attacker killed a policeman and a civilian outside the club before entering and opening fire. "Before I could understand what was happening, my husband fell on top me,'' the Associated Press news agency quoted Sinem Uyanik, who was inside the club, as saying. "I had to lift several bodies from (on) top of me before I could get out. It was frightening.'' There were reportedly as many as 700 people in the nightclub at the time of the attack, some of whom jumped into the water to escape. The Turkish authorities have imposed a media blackout on coverage of the attack, citing security and public order concerns, but it does not extend to official statements. Some media reports spoke of more than one attacker and Dogan news agency reported that some witnesses claimed the attackers were "speaking Arabic", but there is no confirmation of this. Despite there being no official statement about who might be behind this brutal attack, the finger of blame is being pointed at the so-called Islamic State. In the last two years of attacks in Turkey, Kurdish militants have mostly targeted military forces and police, while IS is known to target civilians. IS leaders have threatened Turkey and called on their followers to carry out attacks inside the country. Turkey began a ground operation against IS as well as Kurdish groups inside Syria four months ago. In a statement, President Erdogan condemned those trying to "demoralise our people and create chaos with abominable attacks which target civilians". "We will retain our cool-headedness as a nation, standing more closely together, and we will never give ground to such dirty games." US President Barack Obama, who is on holiday in Hawaii, was among the first international leaders to make a statement after being briefed by his team. "The president expressed condolences for the innocent lives lost, directed his team to offer appropriate assistance to the Turkish authorities, as necessary, and keep him updated as warranted," White House spokesman Eric Schultz said in a statement. Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the "cynical" murder of civilians. "Our shared duty is to decisively rebuff terrorist aggression," he said in a telegram quoted on the Kremlin website. Turkey and Russia are working together on efforts to end the fighting in Syria, though they support different sides in the conflict. Istanbul was already on high alert with some 17,000 police officers on duty in the city, following a string of terror attacks in recent months. Many were carried out by so-called Islamic State (IS) or Kurdish militants. Less than a fortnight ago, Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov was shot dead by off-duty Turkish policeman Mevlut Mert Altintas as he gave a speech in the capital Ankara. After the shooting, the killer shouted the murder was in revenge for Russian involvement in the conflict in the Syrian city of Aleppo. 10 December: Twin bomb attack outside a football stadium in Istanbul kills 44 people, Kurdish militant group claims responsibility 20 August: Bomb attack on wedding party in Gaziantep kills at least 30 people, IS suspected 30 July: 35 Kurdish fighters try to storm a military base and are killed by the Turkish army 28 June: A gun and bomb attack on Ataturk airport in Istanbul kills 41 people, in an attack blamed on IS militants 13 March: 37 people are killed by Kurdish militants in a suicide car bombing in Ankara 17 February: 28 people die in an attack on a military convoy in Ankara

At least 39 people, including at least 15 foreigners, have been killed in an attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey's interior minister says.

Summarize the following article: The Welsh team issued a statement confirming that Michu had "completed a medical earlier today and will now link up with Rafa Benitez's side". The Spain forward, 28, did not travel to the USA for Swansea's pre-season tour because of the talks with Napoli. The president of the Italian side, Aurelio de Laurentiis, tweeted a welcome message: "Benvenuto a Michu." It was understood that the Serie A club wanted Michu on loan, while the Swans were thought to be keen on a permanent deal. Michu will play in Italy for at least a season, while Napoli may exercise their right to buy during the loan spell. The Spaniard joined Swansea from Rayo Vallecano for £2.2m during the summer of 2012 and was the club's top scorer with 22 goals in his first full season. His performances saw him linked with big-money moves, but he extended his stay in south Wales by signing a four-year deal in January 2013. The former Oviedo and Celta de Vigo player's second season with the Swans was marred by knee and ankle problems and he scored only two goals in 15 starts in the Premier League. Before the club left for the States, Swansea manager Garry Monk said he planned to hold talks with Michu and wanted the striker to stay. But former Wales and Swansea winger Leighton James believes the time is right for his former club to sell Michu, even though he has two years remaining of his current contract. "If he's going to go, then get it sorted," James had previously told BBC Radio Wales Sport. "Even before he was injured last season he was giving out the impression that he didn't want to be here. "His price has dropped drastically through his poor form last season and his long-term injury. "So you can't expect to command the same sort of fee that you could have done 12 months ago after he had such a good season. "But it doesn't do the club, the players or the manager any good to have this hanging over their heads during pre-season."

Swansea City striker Michu has joined Napoli on a season-long loan with an agreed option to buy.

Summarize the following article: Mr Weir was speaking during a visit to an Irish language school, his first ministerial visit since taking up office last week. He met staff and pupils at Coláiste Feirste in west Belfast on Thursday morning. The DUP minister was also shown a new £15.5m extension at the school. During the visit, he told the BBC that "no pupil should be disadvantaged by what is on their school badge". He said he was determined to be a "minister for all" and said that throughout his tenure in office he will "try to treat everyone equally". Questioned on whether the funding of Irish language schools marked a DUP policy shift, he said there is "always a balance to be struck between what parents demand and what is an efficient use of resources". The extension is one of 18 major capital projects announced in 2012 and will provide new enhanced sports and teaching facilities. The £15m investment at Coláiste Feirste is one of 18 major capital projects announced in 2012. It will result in a new sports hall, changing rooms, new sports pitches, including a full-size 3G Gaelic games pitch, and enhanced teaching facilities. The visit of Mr Weir was welcomed by school principal Garaí Mac Roibeaird. He said the visit marked "the start of a new relationship with the new minister". He added: "We are so glad so early in his term of office that he came out to an Irish medium school." The school building in west Belfast was originally designed to house 300 pupils and now has 612.

Education Minister Peter Weir has said he will be a minister for all schools and will not give preferential treatment to one sector over another.

Summarize the following article: It will mean £1bn extra for Northern Ireland over the next two years - but may not trigger new funding for Wales. Carwyn Jones said the deal "kills the idea of fair funding". But Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said the deal was the sort of positive intervention already made through the two Welsh city deals. The Welsh Government previously demanded "fair funding" for Wales as a result of any deal to give the Conservatives a working majority following the general election. Sources have told the BBC the agreement may not affect the so-called Barnett formula - which decides how the UK's nations are funded in comparison with each other - because most of the money will go to specific projects rather than general spending. But a spokesman for the first minister said the equivalent funding under the Barnett formula would result in an extra £1.67bn for Wales over the course of the current parliament. Mr Jones said: "Today's deal represents a straight bung to keep a weak prime minister and a faltering government in office. "Only last week we were told that the priority was to 'build a more united country, strengthening the social, economic and cultural bonds between England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales'. "This deal flies in the face of that commitment and further weakens the UK and as currently drafted all but kills the idea of fair funding for the nations and regions. "It is outrageous that the prime minister believes she can secure her own political future by throwing money at Northern Ireland whilst completely ignoring the rest of the UK. "This is a short-term fix which will have far-reaching and destabilising consequences." The first minister said he had spoken to the Secretary of State for Wales to state his views, saying Mr Cairns "has a duty to fight against this deal and secure additional funding for our country". Mr Cairns said: "For decades people complained about underfunding for Wales but I resolved that in December with a funding floor agreed with the Welsh Government. Wales currently gets £120 for every £100 spent in England. "The funding announced today for Northern Ireland - which faces unique circumstances and specific challenges - is the sort of positive intervention that the UK government has already made across different parts of the UK to support economic growth, for example through City Deals for Swansea and Cardiff." Meanwhile Mr Cairns's predecessor as Welsh Secretary, Stephen Crabb, told the BBC's Daily Politics programme the deal was "the cost of doing business" to keep his party in power. Labour's former Northern Ireland and Welsh Secretary Lord Hain admitted that Northern Ireland's "conflict-ridden history" made it a special case. But he condemned "such a nakedly party-interested deal to keep the prime minister in power". "That's what makes this so toxic to so many people," he said. Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood called the deal a "bribe", while the party's Westminster leader Liz Saville Roberts said: "Any commitments for Northern Ireland should be matched for Wales. "If reports that the DUP has secured a £1bn increase in public spending in Northern Ireland are realised, Wales' population share would be around £1.7bn - a substantial boost to the Welsh economy that must be delivered." A spokesman for UKIP in the assembly said the DUP had "only done what any other party would have done", but added that any increase in funding for Northern Ireland "should be replicated on a pro-rata basis for Wales". Politically, this deal will be considered a gift for Carwyn Jones, and he has given it both barrels, particularly with his claim that it "kills the idea of fair funding". The long-held grievance about funding for Wales, compared with Scotland and Northern Ireland, appeared to have gone away after the financial deal put together by the Treasury last year. This language suggests that grievance will rocket back up the agenda for Labour and Plaid Cymru. The pressure on the Conservatives will be to persuade people of the merits of the city deals, as these have not only become levers for economic development, but also symbols of the UK Government's investment in Wales.

A deal signed by the Democratic Unionist Party to keep Theresa May in 10 Downing Street is a "straight bung", Wales' first minister has said.

Summarize the following article: Owners and creditors of the airline have a plan to cut costs and jobs, but it needed approval from eight trade unions representing pilots and cabin crew in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. The airline said on Monday afternoon it had reached agreement with the one remaining union that had held out. SAS wants to cut 6,000 jobs. Agreement with seven of the unions had been reached by early morning on Monday, with the Danish cabin crew union the only remaining obstacle. "I am very happy that we managed to get a deal," said Helge Thuesen, the union's chairman. "We have stretched ourselves very, very far to reach out to SAS." SAS said that the Danish pilots' union still needed to obtain approval from one-third of its members, which will be "finalised in the next few days" according to the airline's statement. Shares in the company jumped by almost a quarter in Monday trading. Even so, they are still down by 98% since their peak in 2007. "We have successfully negotiated seven of eight collective agreements, which is gratifying," said chief executive Rickard Gustafson. "But there remains one union and we must have it on board too. That is a condition for carrying out our plan." An agreement with all eight unions is a precondition for SAS to receive a 3.5bn-Swedish krona ($518m, ??325m) loan from its three government parents and from seven current lenders. Despite the encouraging turn of events, rating agency Standard & Poor's said on Monday that it had cut SAS's credit rating from B- to CCC+, and placed it on review for further downgrade. S&P attributed its downgrade decision to the company's weak cashflow position, noting it had debts coming up for repayment over the next 12 months, and risked a loss of confidence by its suppliers. The rating agency made no reference to the union negotiations, but said it would make a decision about a possible further downgrade in the next three months, once it becomes clear whether SAS's restructuring plan is successful, including the possible knock-on impact on ticket sales. SAS has struggled to deal with stiff competition from rival discount airlines, despite several attempts to cut its own costs. The airline, in which the governments of Sweden, Denmark and Norway control key stakes, had set Sunday as a deadline for an agreement with trade unions on wage cuts, as well as changes to pensions and working hours for staff, but talks were extended into Monday. In the early hours of Monday, at Copenhagen's main airport, negotiators were seen entering and leaving the company's headquarters, taking a break for food and drink. "It has been a very gruelling process," said Espen Pettersen, deputy head of the main Norwegian cabin union. "We have made big concessions in this agreement. We are not very happy, but we felt we had no other choice but to sign to secure the jobs and the company." According to Norwegian press, pilots have agreed to a pay cut equivalent to one month's salary, as well as an 8% increase in their workload. The company's turnaround plan - dubbed "4 Excellence Next Generation" - aims to reduce costs by 3bn krona per year, and sell 3bn krona of assets. Fears have been widely expressed in the Scandinavian media that a lack of a deal might prompt the airline to apply for immediate bankruptcy. SAS has told crews to ensure planes are fully fuelled, so that they are able to return home if necessary. The carrier has also given cash to staff to ensure they can get access to hotels in the case of a bankruptcy. SAS has said that it wants to cut staff numbers from 15,000 to 9,000, as well as cut salaries by up to 17%.

The troubled Scandinavian airline SAS has said it has reached a deal with trade unions needed to avoid bankruptcy, following all-night talks.

Summarize the following article: Chasing 290 to win, the visitors were restricted to 237 despite Michael Klinger's 52 and Benny Howell's late strokeplay with 77. Glamorgan built their innings on a second-wicket century stand between Will Bragg and Jacques Rudolph. Gloucestershire's seamers struck back before Graham Wagg's 49 hoisted Glamorgan to a winning total. Bragg's aggressive 75 off 68 balls got the scoreboard moving well, while Rudolph's cautious 53 was his first half-century off the season. Matt Taylor, Liam Norwell and Howell all bowled intelligently to restrict Glamorgan's acceleration in the latter stages. But the target of 290 looked a long way off as Graham Wagg claimed two early wickets and part-time spinner Colin Ingram took two cheap ones in the middle of the innings, including the vital one of Klinger. Howell's hitting took the game into the closing overs and made it a fine personal performance, before becoming Timm van der Gugten's third wicket. Glamorgan face Sussex in Cardiff on Wednesday 8 June while Gloucestershire host Middlesex on the same day, still looking for a first win.

Glamorgan began their one-day Cup campaign with a convincing 52-run victory over champions Gloucestershire.

Summarize the following article: When students from Wolfreton School in Hull set out on their school trip to France, none would have thought their classmate Jessica Lawson would not be returning with them. The 12-year-old, who died while swimming in a lake, is the latest child to die while on a school trip - but such tragedies are rare. On average, one child a year dies while on a school trip in the UK according to figures from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. "That is still one too many," says Steve Lenartowicz, chairman of the Outdoor Education Advisers Panel, "but there are 114 who die in road transport accidents, 24 die in fires, and we've got to balance the benefits against the risks." Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Lenartowicz said school trips were fundamentally good for children. "There are so many benefits to young people getting involved in sporting activities in outdoor education. "Health benefits, benefits to developing their confidence and character and so on and, while obviously one accident is too many, we really need to make sure we understand those benefits as well as the risks." British school trip tragedies School excursions are a long established part of a child's education, an exciting chance to get out of the classroom and try something new. And while legislation is in place to ensure proper risk assessments are done and reduce the chance of harm befalling children, no enterprise is entirely risk free. John Kileen, from the National Association of Head Teachers, told BBC Radio Humberside: "It's something that you hope will never happen, you hope that the plans you put in place will protect the young people but, as all parents know, accidents happen. "Obviously, we do not know the full details but sadly each year, even on family holidays, these tragic events happen." Mr Kileen said extensive assessments were carried out before a trip takes place. "The schools do not undertake this lightly." It is "inevitable" some schools will now shy away from such trips, but that would be a mistake, Mr Kileen added. He said tens of thousands of children go on trips each year. "These activities create sometimes once-in-a-lifetime and sometimes quite life-changing opportunities for young people. "When a tragic event like this happens each and every school, head teacher and teacher rethinks why they are doing this because this is not part of their contractual duties. "They do it because they want to develop the whole child and in some cases this might be the only opportunity for these young people to take part in that sort of activity or go and visit that sort of place. "But, each time these accidents happen - and you can imagine how people at Wolfreton School are feeling now - they will think 'Is it worth it? Dare we?' and you would understand if the schools and teachers withdrew from that. "Sadly, in previous tragic events schools have rethought and some schools have withdrawn from taking part in these, but that would be a retrograde step as far as I am concerned."

The death of a child while away with a school raises serious concerns about the risks involved with such ventures - just how safe are school trips?

Summarize the following article: The tribute will be unveiled on 31 January to mark the 60th anniversary of the flood. Former Mayor of Mablethorpe and Sutton on Sea Helen Parkhurst helped raised the funds for the memorial as part of her civic engagements in 2010. The 6ft tall, six tonne Norwegian granite stone will be placed on the seafront. The flood victims died on 31 January when sea water breached the coastal defences causing widespread damage along England's east coast. A total of 307 people drowned in England and 24,000 homes were damaged. Mrs Parkhurst said: "The memorial rock, which is the same type as those used in sea defences, will provide a lasting memorial to those who lost their lives." Leader of East Lindsey District Council, Councillor Doreen Stephenson, said: "Although 60 years have passed it is important we remember that flood risk is still an issue we face. "We must ensure we're all prepared should sea waters breach our defences again in such a way." The memorial will be located by the skate park on North Promenade.

A memorial to 42 victims of the Great Flood in 1953 is being installed in the Lincolnshire resort of Mablethorpe.

Summarize the following article: HP said the acquisition would help it to "disrupt and reinvent" the $55bn copier industry, a segment that "hasn't innovated in decades". It is buying a big printing presence in Asia, as well as Samsung's laser printing technology and patents. The deal comes days after HP's sister company sold its software business to rising UK tech champion Micro Focus. Hewlett-Packard split into two businesses last year: HP Inc, which focuses on printers and computers; and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, which sold its software business to focus on data storage. "When we became a separate company just 10 months ago, it enabled us to become nimble and focus on accelerating growth and reinventing industries," said Dion Weisler, chief executive of HP Inc. HP Inc said: "Copiers are outdated, complicated machines with dozens of replaceable parts requiring inefficient service and maintenance agreements." It added that customers were frequently frustrated with broken copiers and the deal would help HP invest in better technology. Samsung's printer business made $1.4bn in revenue last year and includes more than 6,500 printing patents as well as nearly 1,300 staff with expertise in laser printer technology. Meanwhile, shares in Samsung fell 9% after it urged customers to hand in Galaxy Note 7 phones as they risk exploding.

US computer giant HP has struck a deal to take over Samsung's $1bn (£750m) printer business.

Summarize the following article: 15 January 2015 Last updated at 08:11 GMT Snow fell on Tuesday and Wednesday, mostly across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland. More than 200 schools are closed across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Wintry weather is sweeping through parts of the UK and warnings of high winds for much of the west and north are still in place.

Summarize the following article: She was also the last of the fabled Mitford sisters, whose doings fascinated - and sometimes scandalised - society in the 1940s. Deborah had a refreshingly homespun outlook on life, unlike Hitler's acolyte Unity, left-wing polemicist Jessica and Diana - second wife of British fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley. Nicknamed the "housewife duchess", she made Chatsworth one of the most successful and profitable stately homes in England. The Honourable Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford was born on 31 March 1920, the sixth daughter of the 2nd Baron Redesdale. The Mitfords' childhood, immortalised in her sister Nancy's novels, The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate, was the quintessence of British eccentricity. Her parents made a poor job of hiding their disappointment that Deborah hadn't been born a boy, leaving their son Thomas the only male in the brood. Their father disapproved of educating girls, famously insisting that hockey would make their ankles fat, so Deborah spent most of her formative years skating and hunting. She was brought up at the Mitford home in the Oxfordshire village of Swinbrook and was distraught when the family moved in 1936. Her sister Unity's infatuation with Hitler saw the young Deborah invited to tea with the German dictator in Berlin, although the visit made little impression on her. "If you sat in a room with Churchill," she later recalled, "you were aware of this tremendous charisma. Kennedy had it too. But Hitler didn't - not to me anyway." A year later she met the young John F Kennedy and became close friends with the future US president. She never shared the fascist inclinations of Unity and Diana or the leanings of Jessica, who became a communist. She was closest to Diana, whom she adored. "Their politics," she once said, "were nothing to do with me." Having studied at the Cordon Bleu cookery school in Paris, she married Andrew Cavendish in 1941. The second son of the 10th Duke of Devonshire, he was then an officer in the Coldstream Guards and a noted amateur jockey. "If it wasn't love at first sight, it was certainly attraction at first sight," she later wrote. He unexpectedly became heir to the Devonshire estate after his elder brother, William - who had married John F Kennedy's sister, Kathleen - was killed by a German sniper in Belgium. She suffered heartbreak when her first child, born prematurely, died within hours in 1941. She would later lose two more children in the same way. When her husband's father died in 1950, aged just 55, he left a vast estate and huge death duties, which would not have been due had he survived for another four months. The new duke and his duchess took up their inheritance and the obligations that came with it, including a £7m tax bill. Against all the odds, the Devonshire estates remained remarkably intact, though Hardwick Hall was given to the National Trust. And more than 50,000 acres of land, and a tranche of Old Masters - including Holbein's portrait of Henry VIII - had to be sold to meet the death duties. A huge amount of work had to be done in the main house before the duchess and her husband, who had been living in Edensor House on the estate, finally moved to live in Chatsworth in 1959. Parts of the house had been opened to the public in 1949 but a decision was taken to expand this business to raise the huge sums necessary to maintain the property. The duchess became the driving force behind many of the enterprises such as the farm shop, gift shop and restaurant. She set up the Farmyard in 1973 to show city children where their food came from, an idea that was way ahead of its time. She also marketed her own food brand and opened a cookery school and furniture workshop as well as a number of highly regarded hotels. "To me, the most fascinating part of retailing," she once said, "is seeing what people want, and to be able to up the taste a bit, instead of dumbing it down." In 1974, with £21m raised by the sale of Poussin's Holy Family, the Devonshires set up the Chatsworth Trust, securing the house's future as home to arguably the greatest private art collection in the UK. Filled to the brim with works by Rembrandt, van Dyck, Lucien Freud and boasting Canova's bust of Napoleon, the estate now pays its way. The marriage remained a happy one, despite the duke's serial philandering, and his alcoholism, which he finally overcame in the 1980s. "He may have been difficult at times," she once said. "But he was never boring." During her years at Chatsworth, the duchess was a hostess in the grand manner, entertaining everyone from members of the Royal Family to her husband's cousin, Harold Macmillan, and Sir John Betjeman. When the duke died in 2004, the now dowager duchess remained at Chatsworth for 18 months before moving to a house on the estate. She was realistic about the move, made to give her son Stoker, the new duke, room to create his own life. "Nothing belongs to the person," she said. "It all goes with the title. I've lived in furnished rooms since I was married." At the age of 90 she published her own account of her upbringing because she felt the media had portrayed her family unfairly. Wait For Me: Memoirs of the Youngest Mitford Sister shines a light on the vanished world of high society, debutantes and their delights and the traumas of World War Two. Deborah Devonshire was an insightful literary reviewer, an outspoken defender of hunting and a longstanding fan of Elvis Presley. She never stopped loving her family home. "In all those years I never took the place for granted but marvelled at it and the fact we were surrounded by beauty at every turn."

Deborah Devonshire was the astute chatelaine of Chatsworth House for more than half a century.

Summarize the following article: Goalkeeper Foderingham, 25, who arrived last summer after being released by Swindon, has committed himself to the Ibrox side until 2019. Kiernan's new deal takes the 25-year-old up until the summer of 2018. They join captain Lee Wallace and manager Mark Warburton in extending their contracts with the club.

Rangers duo Wes Foderingham and Rob Kiernan have signed one-year extensions to their contracts with the newly-promoted Scottish Premiership club.

Summarize the following article: Treasury chief secretary Danny Alexander revealed the plan to upgrade the section as part of the "biggest investment in roads in 40 years". While Hull City Council said it was "delighted", one of the city's Labour MPs took a different view. Diane Johnson, Labour MP for Hull North, said the post-2015 scheme was "jam tomorrow, but jams today". Mr Alexander told the House of Commons on Thursday the A63 scheme was part of a package of road improvements to be rolled out in the next parliament. A campaign to upgrade the road has been under way for several years with Hull and Humber Chamber of Trade saying in 2011 it was a "hugely important we get this sorted, it's a critical road in and out of Hull and without it being improved we'll really struggle to get any serious development going." After the announcement Hull City Council said: "We are delighted with today's news and we can now move forward with the Highways Agency to improve this important road. "It will make a huge difference to the economy, local businesses, regeneration of the city as well as helping our aims to improve the city as a visitor destination. "The announcement will also support Hull's City Plan and to help harness all Hull's assets to become the leading UK Energy City." But MP Ms Johnson dismissed the announcement as "more news management than traffic management". Ms Johnson said: "Ministers have announced that the A63 improvement works would only start 'post-2015' - that's no earlier than has been planned in Whitehall for years. "This is jam tomorrow, but jams today for Hull. "I'm relieved that the A63 scheme's not been put back further. "However, given this coalition's record of cancelling or delaying capital schemes that have been announced previously, especially in the north, our campaign for the A63 upgrade should not end today."

A £160m scheme to upgrade the A63 Castle Street in Hull has been announced by the government.

Summarize the following article: The County Tyrone teenager has jetted out to Miami after making it through to the next stage of the television show with a stirring performance of Aerosmith's I Don't Want To Miss A Thing. The 16-year-old singer from Gortin wowed a crowd of 5,000 people at Wembley Arena on Sunday night to seal a spot in judge Kelly Rowland's house. She will now be mentored by the former member of Destiny's Child who will be joined by former American Idol contestant and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson. Nigel Frith, the principal of Janet's school, Drumragh Integerated College, said he was delighted at her success to date. He said Janet was "living the dream" at present, but that the option was there to return to the school and study for her A-Levels even if she wins. "We have encouraged her to keep an eye on her A Level studies as showbiz is a fickle business and it is good to have a back-up plan," he said. "If she is to go all the way and win the competition she is welcome to return to us next September." Mr Frith said Janet's fellow pupils had taken her new-found fame "in their stride" as she progressed through the competition. "She has not been treated as a pop star," he added. "When she returned to school for a brief period at the start of the term, she would sit in the canteen with her friends. "She was not mobbed by autograph hunters. "When her GCSE results came out there were a lot of reporters in the car park, but she waited until most people had gone before getting them." The X Factor judges were fulsome in their praise for Janet at the weekend with Louis Walsh tipping her as the "one to beat in the competition". Take That singer Gary Barlow said:"Every time she sings, it's like I've never heard that song before and I like it better." The headmaster said the school had been aware of her musical prowess and that this had been illustrated when she reached the final of a regional talent competition in Northern Ireland. "She was involved in music both in and out of school, a lot of it is self-taught, people will have seen her videos on YouTube," he added. "She won the local heat of the Stars In Their Eyes competition which was held in the school and went through to the final in Belfast, that was about six months ago." He described Janet as an intelligent girl and said he was impressed with the way she had handled herself both on and off stage. "She speaks well and does not come across as half-crazed like some contestants," he said. "She is balanced and humble."

The headmaster at X Factor starlet Janet Devlin's school has spoken of his pride at her achievements in the competition.

Summarize the following article: Dumfries and Galloway Council turned down the five-turbine Blackwood project east of Auldgirth in May this year. An appeal was lodged by Force 9 Energy Partners and EDF Energy Renewables against that decision. They argued the council's approach had been "unbalanced" but the Scottish government said the appeal was out of time and could not be considered. The developers claimed that "limited environmental issues" had been given a "disproportionate weight" in the local authority's assessment of the project. However, the Scottish government said it had "no scope to accept or consider" their appeal. It said it had been submitted after a three-month deadline from the original decision had passed.

An attempt to overturn the rejection of a wind farm has failed - because the appeal was lodged too late.

Summarize the following article: The 26-year-old was struck on the northbound carriageway of the A4067 at Morriston, near Wychtree roundabout and the overhead pedestrian footbridge. Emergency services were called to the scene at 03:05 GMT on Saturday and the man was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Ford Transit van involved was uninjured.

A man has died after being hit by a van in Swansea.

Summarize the following article: The Met Office has warned of gusts of up to 80mph in coastal areas. Highways England said there was an increased risk of lorries, caravans and motorbikes "being blown over". The weather has already led to some ferry disruption. Some Friday evening services have been cancelled and other services will not run on Monday. Highways England has urged drivers of lorries, vehicles towing caravans and motorcyclists to "take extra care" and delay their journeys if the "weather becomes severe". A spokesman said if the wind speed went above the threshold for the Severn crossings and QEII Bridge at Dartford they would have to introduce speed restrictions or shut them temporarily. "We are keeping a close eye on the situation. There is a greater likelihood that there may be restrictions on the Severn crossing." The Commodore Goodwill 18:30 GMT Portsmouth to Guernsey crossing and DFDS Seaways 23:30 Newhaven to Dieppe service have both been cancelled. Sea conditions also meant one of the operator's Dover to Calais ferries was delayed earlier on Sunday. Storm Imogen warning halts ferries The St Malo to Jersey ferry service was brought forward by three hours. Check if this is affecting your journey All sailings between the Channel Islands, St Malo and the UK have been halted on Monday because of the expected stormy weather conditions. Brittany Ferries has cancelled and delayed services between Portsmouth, Santander and Bilbao for the next few days. Crossings between Poole and Cherbourg have also been halted on Monday. The Met Office said Storm Imogen was likely to affect the Bristol Channel area and coastal areas of Sussex and Kent between 03:00 GMT and 18:00 GMT. A yellow warning of rain is already in place for Devon, Torbay, Somerset, north Somerset and Plymouth. There are 35 flood warnings in place in England, including five on the River Avon in Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, indicating that flooding is expected and "immediate action is required". Fifteen racehorses had to be rescued from a champion trainer's yard in Ditcheat, Somerset, overnight after flash floods hit their stables. Large waves are also expected to cause flooding to coastal properties in several locations in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset. Forecaster Craig Snell said: "We have issued a broad yellow warning of wind that encompasses Cardiff, Bristol and into the Thames Estuary. "There is an amber warning for wind mainly focused on Devon and Cornwall but stretching into central England on Monday morning. "This means people should be prepared for disruption to travel on roads, rail, bridges and ferries and we could see possible damage to structures and downed trees risk affecting power. "The wind will be combined with some hefty showers with some thunder along the south coast."

Ferry services have been cancelled because of severe weather warnings for the south and west of England as Storm Imogen approaches.

Summarize the following article: The 13th seed trailed 5-2 in the first set but reeled off five straight games on her way to a 7-5 7-5 win. She will face world number one Serena Williams, who later beat 23rd seed Timea Bacsinszky, in Saturday's final. "It is a dream come true. I cannot believe it," said Safarova after converting a third match point. "I started slowly but tried to keep up the level and play really aggressively because that was the only way to win." Safarova made the Wimbledon semi-finals last year, but is through to her first Grand Slam final. The 28-year-old will try to match the achievement of her compatriot, Hana Mandlikova, who won the title in 1981. It was seventh seed Ivanovic, playing her first major semi-final since winning the title in 2008, who started better as she raced 5-2 ahead, only to crumble with the set in her grasp. Safarova reeled off five straight games and moved ahead early in the second, but there was another twist to come. Serving for a place in her first Grand Slam final at 5-4, the Czech double-faulted three times - once on match point - before giving up her serve with a net cord. Ivanovic, 27, could not capitalise, however, handing the initiative straight back, and at the second time of asking Safarova closed it out before falling to the clay in celebration. "The game at 5-4 I was really overthinking and couldn't really concentrate to be there in the moment," said the Czech. "My serve wasn't working and, yes, I was a little bit fighting with everything on the court at that moment. "But when I lost the serve, I shook it off and started to play aggressive again, and then I served it out." Ivanovic said: "I really started well, like every other match. I really had a good plan coming into the match, but I just felt like I ran a little bit out of gas. "I started dropping short and she played really, really well. She was very aggressive."

Lucie Safarova fought back to beat Serbia's Ana Ivanovic and become the first Czech woman to reach the French Open final in 34 years.

Summarize the following article: The poorly-reviewed buddy movie, which stars Reese Witherspoon and Modern Family's Sofia Vergara, made $13.3m (£8.6m) to take second place. The Avengers sequel has now taken $313m (£203m) in just 10 days in the US. It is the joint second fastest film to pass $300m, tying with The Dark Knight. The first film in the Avengers series, which features Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America and Black Widow, reached that mark in just nine days in 2012. Warner Bros admitted Hot Pursuit's opening weekend total was "a little lighter" than it had hoped, with the studio having estimated takings of $18m (£11.7m) or higher. "Critics were very tough on Hot Pursuit," said Paul Dergarabedian from box office analysts Rentrak. "It was a formula [that] for whatever reason didn't resonate with the critics, and I think that had an impact on its box office." Mr Dergarabedian added: "Ultron is just so big, it's such a behemoth, it's hard for a newcomer to get attention." That should all change next week though, when Mad Max: Fury Road and Pitch Perfect 2 open. Blake Lively's fantasy drama The Age of Adaline was this weekend's third placed film with takings of $5.6m (£3.6m), while Furious 7 took $5.2m (£3.4m) in fourth place. The action blockbuster, starring Vin Diesel and the late Paul Walker, has earned $1.5bn (£970m) globally to date. Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 completed the top five with takings of just under $5.2m (£3.4m).

Avengers: Age of Ultron has topped the US and Canada box office for a second weekend, taking $77m (£50m) - more than five times the earnings of its closest rival, action comedy Hot Pursuit.

Summarize the following article: The statue would be designed by Paul Kidby who illustrated many of the book covers for the Discworld books of Sir Terry, who lived locally. Mr Kidby said: "It would be beneficial for Salisbury to have a permanent sculpture of Terry because he had such a big influence on popular culture." The hope is to install the statue in the marketplace or Elizabeth Gardens. Although Salisbury City Council's services committee has backed the plans, money still needs to be raised to build it and planning consent also needs to be obtained. Sir Terry died last March aged 66, eight years after he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. He lived in Broad Chalke, near Salisbury and played an active role in the community, visiting schools and supporting the local hospital. His comic fantasy series sold millions around the world but he was also known for supporting research into the causes of Alzheimer's. In 2009, he also became a campaigner for assisted suicide. The campaign to build the statue is being led by Mr Kidby with the support of Sir Terry's family. "Terry was always like, 'I don't want pigeons sitting on my head'," Mr Kidby continued. "His take on it was always off on a tangent but we hope he will be pleased if it goes ahead." The aim is to pay for the statue through crowd-funding and sponsorship from local companies. A initial sketch has been made by the artist, but it will take about six months to build the life-size sculpture. "It would be Terry, life-sized standing on a granite base which will have a depiction of Discworld on it. "People would hopefully be able to stand next to Terry and hopefully interact with it," said Mr Kidby.

Plans for a life-sized bronze statue of Sir Terry Pratchett for Salisbury have been backed by the city council.

Summarize the following article: As I wrote over Easter, the £8bn identified by Mr Stevens last autumn as part of his proposed solution to a looming NHS funding gap had generated a mixed response from the leading parties. Now it has fuelled a heated series of exchanges dominating the campaign debate. To recap - Simon Stevens and other NHS leaders in England predicted a £30bn gap by the year 2020. That's the difference between anticipated demand for health care from a rising population and a budget increasing in line with inflation and no more. More than two thirds, they said, could be covered by efficiency savings, in effect seeing more patients and carrying out more procedures for a set amount of money. But that still left £8bn above inflation, they argued, which the government of the day would need to stump up in 2020. That figure would be reached, it was assumed, after a steadily increasing injection of cash over preceding years. The Liberal Democrats said a little while ago they would find the £8bn if they were in office. Some of this would be funded by identified tax measures, but the bulk of it would, in the words of Nick Clegg, come from the "proceeds of growth". In other words the Lib Dems assume they will find the money if the economy is growing normally in the years leading up to 2020. Now, after skirting around the subject and dropping various hints, the Conservatives say they will as a manifesto pledge commit to finding the £8bn in real terms in 2020. Actually it will be "at least" £8bn and could be more, according to party sources. There are no revenue-raising plans linked to this plan. The Tory line is that voters can trust them to deliver next time on the back of their record of increasing NHS funding over the last parliament. They say the NHS budget in England in 2015/16 is more than £7bn higher than in 2010/11 so finding £8bn by the end of the next parliament should not be a problem. It's worth noting that the £7bn extra figure was reached over six financial years so over a longer time frame than a single parliament. So where does that leave Labour? Unlike the other main parties it has not signed up to the Stevens financial numbers. It is sticking with its pledge to raise NHS funding in England by £2.5bn a year from 2016, in effect making a start on the journey towards £8bn. Labour points out it has specific tax-raising plans, including the mansion tax, which cover this spending commitment. It argues this is real money and that the Conservatives and Lib Dems are guilty of promising "funny money" and making unfunded spending pledges. The debate is in essence between "trust us, we can deliver" with a higher long-term spending pledge and a more cautious and funded shorter-run plan. As always it will be down to voters to assess the arguments either way. In the end £8bn could prove too small a government top-up for the NHS. The efficiency savings talked about look extremely ambitious and may not be achieved. And of course there could be unpalatable decisions about even deeper cuts in other Whitehall departments or tax rises to sustain cash injections required by the health service. This issue includes NHS funding, GP access and social care, particularly of older people. Policy guide: Where the parties stand

It's another sign of the power of the head of NHS England Simon Stevens in shaping the political debate over health.

Summarize the following article: The tourists play a Western Australia XI in a two-day match in Perth from 4 November, followed by a day-night match of four days against a Cricket Australia (CA) XI, from 8 November. They take on another CA XI over four days in Townsville from 15 November. The Ashes series starts in Brisbane on 23 November at 00:00 BST, with the second Test to be a day-night game. That takes place in Adelaide from 2 December. England will also play a CA XI in a two-day game in Perth between the second and third Tests of their five-match series with Australia - that match will start on 9 December. And before England and Australia begin their five-match one-day series after the Ashes - the first is scheduled for 14 January - England will play a one-day match against a CA XI on 11 January in Sydney.

England will play three warm-up games in Australia before this year's Ashes series gets under way in November.

Summarize the following article: Poppy Widdison, four, from Grimsby, died from a cardiac arrest in June 2013 at Sheffield Children's Hospital. Her mother Michala Pyke, 37, and Ms Pyke's ex-partner John Rytting, 40, both deny child cruelty. Opening the case against them at Hull Crown Court, prosecutors said Poppy had ingested a variety of drugs for up to six months before her death. Read more about this and other stories from across East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire Prosecutor David Gordon said the drugs included sedatives, heroin, methadone and ketamine. Mr Gordon said text messages between the couple referred to the child having a "blue Smartie" and going to sleep, which he said was a reference to the sedative diazepam. "We say the defendants are just wanting to get on with their love life, wanting to enjoy each other's company and it may be this young girl was something of an encumbrance," he said. Mr Gordon said: "She regarded her child, her own daughter, as something of a nuisance and interfering with Miss Pyke's enjoyment of her relationship with Mr Rytting." The exact cause of Poppy's death is not known but Mr Gordon said experts agreed there was a a long-period of ill-treatment and neglect. Quantities of prescription and controlled drugs were found at Mr Rytting's house in Grimsby when it was searched. The prosecutor said: "It was clear that various types of drug were simply left lying around the house." Both defendants have pleaded guilty to child cruelty by allowing Poppy to live in a house where prescribed and controlled drugs were unsecured and within reach. Miss Pyke has also admitted child cruelty by emotional abuse. Both Miss Pyke and Mr Rytting deny one count of child cruelty by encouraging Poppy to ingest prescription and/or controlled drugs and one count of child cruelty by assault causing bruising. Miss Pyke denies two charges of possessing methadone with intent to supply and supplying the same drug. Mr Rytting denies possessing cannabis with intent to supply but admitted one count of importing drugs and two counts of supplying controlled drugs. The trial continues.

A mother fed her daughter sedatives in order to spend time with her boyfriend, a court has been told.

Summarize the following article: Speaking at CIA headquarters, he said some officers acted beyond their authority but most did their duty. A scathing Senate report two days earlier said "brutal" methods like waterboarding were ineffective. Senator Dianne Feinstein, whose committee produced the report, said torture should now be banned by law. In his comments Mr Brennan asserted the CIA "did a lot of things right" at a time when there were "no easy answers". "Our reviews indicate that the detention and interrogation programme produced useful intelligence that helped the United States thwart attack plans, capture terrorists and save lives," Brennan told a rare CIA news conference in Virginia. But we have not concluded that it was the use of "enhanced interrogation techniques" (EITs) within that programme that allowed us to obtain useful information from detainees who were subjected to them, he added. "The cause-and-effect relationship between the use of EITs and useful information subsequently provided by the detainee is, in my view, unknowable." While he was speaking, Senator Feinstein was rejecting his arguments on Twitter. One tweet said: "Brennan: 'unknowable' if we could have gotten the intel other ways. Study shows it IS knowable: CIA had info before torture. #ReadTheReport". Mr Brennan was a senior CIA official in 2002 when the detention and interrogation programme was put in place. George W Bush, who was US president at that time, has not commented on the report, but his Vice-President Dick Cheney strongly rejected criticism of the CIA's techniques. "The men and women of the CIA did exactly what we wanted," he told Fox News. "We said we've got to go use enhanced techniques … and we're going to find out. "We've got Khaled Sheikh Mohammed who's the mastermind of 9/11 and he is in our possession, we know he's the architect. And what are we supposed to do? Kiss him on both cheeks and say please tell us what you know? Of course not." At the scene - Tara McKelvey, BBC News, Langley, Virginia John Brennan spoke in measured tones and with a deep booming voice in a place that clearly made him uncomfortable - standing at a podium in front of journalists and cameras. In his speech he tried to show the human side of the CIA. He said that after 9/11 the staff, like others in the US, grieved and prayed. He said this week was a tough time for people at the agency because of the release of the Senate report. But as he described their situation, he kept his head down and read carefully from the text in front of him. He wanted to make sure he got the words right. Occasionally he looked up but when he did he gazed at the ceiling as if no-one was in the room. As a result the speech came across as anodyne and bloodless despite the emotionally charged words that were on the page. An outgoing Democratic Senator, Mark Udall, has called on Mr Brennan to quit, citing interference from the CIA in preparing the report. The report, a summary of a longer 6,000-page classified report, says that the CIA carried out "brutal" and "ineffective" interrogations of al-Qaeda suspects in the years after the 9/11 attacks on the US and misled other officials about what it was doing. The information the CIA collected using "enhanced interrogation techniques" failed to secure information that foiled any threats, the report said. Mr Brennan described the actions of some CIA agents as "harsh" and "abhorrent" but would not say if it constituted torture. He added an overwhelming number of CIA agents followed legal advice from the justice department that authorised some of the brutal methods. "They did what they were asked to do in the service of their nation." The UN and human rights groups have called for the prosecution of US officials involved in the 2001-2007 programme. But the chances of prosecuting members of the Bush administration are unlikely - the US justice department has pursued two investigations into mistreatment of detainees and found insufficient evidence. On Wednesday, an unnamed justice department official told the Los Angeles Times prosecutors had read the report and "did not find any new information" to reopen the investigation. Key findings: What is 'enhanced interrogation'? Who knew what when? Who were the detainees? US President Barack Obama, who stopped the programme in 2009, said some methods amounted to torture. When asked whether there was a situation where the CIA would use similar interrogations again, Mr Brennan said the CIA was "not contemplating" it, but said he left such decisions up to "future policymakers".

CIA Director John Brennan has defended the agency's post-9/11 interrogation methods but admitted some techniques were "harsh" and "abhorrent".

Summarize the following article: A Scottish FA disciplinary tribunal found that the striker was guilty of "not acting in the best interests of association football". The 25-year-old was last week admonished by a sheriff after confessing to the incident in court. The singing about the former Hearts player took place in March 2014. The incident happened as fans gathered before a Hearts-Hibs derby game at Tynecastle and led to Celtic fining the player four weeks' wages. Following his brief court appearance in Edinburgh, Griffiths released a statement, saying: "I made a mistake, I wrongly became involved in this incident and did not fully consider my actions. "I apologise unreservedly for this." The SFA says the fine is payable within 30 days and that the suspension will be triggered if there is a further breach of disciplinary rule 77 before the end of the season.

Celtic's Leigh Griffiths has been given a suspended two-match ban and fined £2,500 after admitting singing an offensive song about Rudi Skacel.

Summarize the following article: The two men were taken off a plane, bound for the US, for questioning late on Wednesday and released hours later. Two teammates - Ryan Lochte and James Feigen - were barred from leaving the country, but Lochte had already left. Police have queried their accounts of a robbery they reported in Rio on Sunday. The four swimmers said they had been robbed at gunpoint in a taxi in Rio. But police say their account of when they arrived at the Olympic village does not square with CCTV recordings. A statement from the US Olympic team said that Bentz and Conger "were released by local authorities with the understanding that they would continue their discussions about the incident on Thursday". "James Feigen is also communicating with local authorities and intends to make further statements regarding the incident on Thursday as well," said TeamUSA. Lochte's lawyer told the BBC he got back to the US two days ago. "He arrived back before the judge issued anything," said Jeffrey Ostrow. "He was never asked to remain for further investigation or for any other purpose after he met with Brazilian authorities after he gave a statement." Lochte is one of the most successful swimmers in history, with 12 Olympic medals, and he once had his own reality television show in the US. In Rio, he swam in two events, winning gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay. Feigen, who told the San Antonio Express he was still in Brazil, won gold in the 4x100m freestyle relay. Bentz competed in the 4x200m preliminaries, but not the final. He still received a gold medal after the US team's win. Accounts of what happened to the swimmers have been confusing from the beginning. Lochte gave an initial account of the events to US TV network NBC, but International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams said reports of the robbery were "absolutely not true". The US Olympic Committee (USOC) later confirmed the swimmers' accounts. Lochte himself told police that he and team mates Feigen, Bentz and Conger had all attended a party in the French Olympic team's hospitality house on Saturday evening. He said that during their return drive to the Olympic village, their cab was stopped by men who pulled a gun and robbed him of his money and personal belongings. But police investigating the case say they have found no evidence of the robbery. They also point to "inconsistencies" in the swimmers' accounts. Lochte and Feigen told police they and their fellow swimmers had returned to the Olympic village at 04:00 local time (08:00 GMT). But CCTV recordings appear to show the swimmers returning to the Olympic village at 07:00 local time. Police say they have not been able to track down the driver who the swimmers said drove them back to the village. They also said that Feigen and Lochte had given different accounts of how many men robbed them. Investigators have requested a search warrant for the rooms the swimmers stayed in with a view to examining Feigen's mobile phone.

The Brazilian authorities have stopped US swimmers Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger from boarding a flight at Rio de Janeiro airport, the US Olympic Committee has confirmed.

Summarize the following article: The coverage map is based on data provided by mobile operators as well as Ofcom's own testing of signal strengths around the UK. The webpage has gathered data about the quality of voice calls as well as 3G and 4G data. The watchdog said it was seeking feedback to fine tune the map to make it more accurate. "Access to reliable mobile phone coverage used to be a 'nice to have'," said Steve Unger, Ofcom's chief technology officer in a statement. "Now it's essential to many people's lives." The map-based system can be searched via postcodes, or visitors to the page can simply zoom in to a location. Coverage strength is given for both indoors and outdoors. In addition, the map provides information about geographic features, such as valleys or hills, that might mean signal strengths are lower than expected. Ofcom said the coverage the map showed might not be the same as that seen on operators' websites because it amalgamated data from phone firms - each one of which used slightly different methods of measuring signal strength. If a phone was being used in a busy area this might also affect a person's experience as congestion might limit data rates to an individual handset. Ofcom added signal strength and available services can be changed by the handset that someone uses. If people were getting very a different service to that seen on the map, Ofcom said people should provide feedback so the data can be updated.

Ofcom has created an online tool that lets people see what kind of mobile coverage they should be getting.

Summarize the following article: Media playback is not supported on this device Johnny McNicholl crossed early into his Scarlets debut, and Werner Kruger extended the hosts' lead. Richardt Strauss cut the deficit but Leinster had Barry Daly sent off for a high tackle on Aled Thomas. Will Boyde and Ryan Elias put Scarlets into what looked to be a comfortable lead but a late Andrew Porter try salvaged a bonus point for Leinster. Scarlets, who were without Wales players Samson Lee, Ken Owens, Scott Williams, Jonathan Davies, Gareth Davies and Liam Williams, move up to fourth, while Leinster remain top despite the defeat. McNicholl, who joined Scarlets from New Zealand Super Rugby side Crusaders, scored his first try for the region inside the opening 10 minutes. After Leinster's Mike McCarthy was sent to the sin-bin, Scarlets made their advantage count as Kruger drove the ball over to extend their lead. The visitors were made to pay further when Steff Evans kept the ball alive and rewarded Scarlets' perseverance as he touched down just before McCarthy returned. A frustrating period for Leinster continued when, just moments after the restart, Daly was red-carded for a dangerous tackle on Thomas. Two minutes later, Boyde caught Leinster's defence open and sealed Scarlets' bonus point with the majority of the second half still to play. There was late drama, however, as Adam Byrne and Tom Daly got on the scoreboard for Leinster, who ensured they did not leave empty-handed as Porter touched down with a late try. Scarlets: Aled Thomas; Johnny McNicholl, Steff Hughes, Hadleigh Parkes (capt), Steff Evans; Rhys Patchell, Jonathan Evans, Wyn Jones, Ryan Elias, Werner Kruger, Tom Price, David Bulbring, Aaron Shingler, James Davies, Will Boyde. Replacements: Emyr Phillips, Dylan Evans, Peter Edwards, Tadhg Beirne, Josh Macleod, Aled Davies, Dan Jones, Gareth Owen. Leinster: Isa Nacewa (capt); Adam Byrne, Rory O'Loughlin, Noel Reid, Barry Daly; Ross Byrne, Jamison Gibson-Park; Peter Dooley, Richardt Strauss, Michael Bent; Mike McCarthy, Ian Nagle; Dominic Ryan, Dan Leavy, Jack Conan. Replacements: James Tracy, Andrew Porter, Oisin Heffernan, Ross Molony, Peadar Timmins, Luke McGrath, Tom Daly, Zane Kirchner. Referee: Sean Gallagher (IRFU) Assistant referees: Leo Colgan (IRFU), Elgan Williams (WRU) Citing commissioner: Gwyn Bowden (WRU)

Scarlets ran in five tries to move into the Pro12 top four as they survived a scare to beat league leaders Leinster.

Summarize the following article: The 32-year-old led his side at the recent Asia Cup where they performed poorly, losing to Bangladesh. He has been struggling with a knee injury but hopes to return for selection for their first group-stage match on 17 March. Test captain Angelo Mathews will take over Malinga's role. The announcement came hours after Sri Lanka's sports minister sacked the country's cricket selectors and appointed a new panel, headed by former player Aravinda de Silva. The new selectors also made two late changes to the squad, bringing in batsman Lahiru Thirimanne and seamer Suranga Lakmal for keeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella and leg-spinner Jeffrey Vandersay. Sri Lanka won the last World Twenty20 in Bangladesh in 2014 but since then batsmen Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene have retired and they have dropped to eighth in the world rankings. In another late squad change, West Indies have replaced injured batsman Lendl Simmons with 24-year-old uncapped Trinidadian left-hander Evin Lewis. Click here for the full World Twenty20 squad lists.

Lasith Malinga has stepped down as captain of defending champions Sri Lanka before Tuesday's start of the World Twenty20.

Summarize the following article: Francois Trinh-Duc starts at fly-half and Scott Spedding at full-back in the side named by head coach Guy Noves. Wesley Fofana, usually a centre, comes in on the wing, while Gael Fickou is at centre for the game in Edinburgh. Yoann Maestri is promoted from the bench to start at lock, while Yacouba Camara replaces the injured Antoine Burban at open-side flanker. Jules Plisson and Maxime Medard both drop to the bench to make way for Trinh-Duc and Spedding. Noves said it was always his intention to give Trinh-Duc, who was a replacement against Wales, a start at some stage during the tournament. "With Jules, Francois has the keys to the lorry at the moment," said the France coach. "He was in our original squad and wasn't quite fully fit, but he has played a few games for his club and a bit for us, so we felt it would be interesting to see him start this match." Djibril Camara makes way for Fofana, while Fickou replaces Jonathan Danty. Paul Jedrasiak drops out as Maestri starts the game and Sebastien Vahaamahina joins the replacements. With an eye on developing the core of a squad that will take Les Bleus through to the 2019 World Cup, Noves has made a host of changes for each match of the tournament. "We are still in the early stages of our development," he noted. "We have set out on a path and we will go down it with a strong group of 35 or 40 guys." Noves believes Scotland, who have not beaten France since 2006, are at a higher level under coach Vern Cotter than some recent results might suggest. "They are taking on a certain dimension and that is down to Vern," he added. "He gives them confidence despite some of the results. "You can see a team which is evolving and progressing, so that again could be an example for our own rugby." France: S Spedding (Clermont Auvergne); W Fofana (Clermont Auvergne), M Mermoz (Toulon), G Fickou (Toulouse), V Vakatawa (French Rugby Federation); F Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), M Machenaud (Racing 92); J Poirot (Bordeaux-Begles), G Guirado (Toulon, capt), R Slimani (Stade Francais), Y Maestri (Toulouse), A Flanquart (Stade Francais), W Lauret (Racing 92), Y Camara (Toulouse), D Chouly (Clermont Auvergne). Replacements: C Chat (Racing 92), V Pelo (Montpellier), U Atonio (La Rochelle), S Vahaamahina (Clermont Auvergne), L Goujon (La Rochelle), S Bezy (Toulouse), J Plisson (Stade Francais), M Medard (Toulouse).

France have made six changes to face Scotland in Sunday's Six Nations match at Murrayfield.

Summarize the following article: Saturday's loss at Reading left Wolves one point above the relegation zone. But Lambert told BBC WM: "I won't let this place feel negative or down. "The players are in the same mindset," said Lambert, 47, who won the European Cup with Borussia Dortmund in 1997 then did his coaching badges in Germany. "I played in Germany. I know to handle different things. And I tend to fall back on that mentality. "My mindset's different from most," admits the ex-Livingston, Wycombe, Colchester, Norwich, Aston Villa and Blackburn boss. "My whole outlook changed when I went over to Germany. And I don't intend to let it go. "There's a time to laugh and a time to be serious and a time to be level headed. "The big moments in games have gone against us. But you just concentrate on getting to the end of the season with as many points as you can." Wolves go into Tuesday's trip to former Wolves boss Mick McCarthy's Ipswich Town on the back of a six-game losing run. Since winning at Barnsley on 31 January, just three days after their FA Cup fourth-round win over Liverpool at Anfield, Wolves have lost five successive Championship games. But the wily McCarthy is not fooled, admitting that the reports he has had on Wolves are that the luckless Molineux men are not getting the points their performances deserve. "It looked like Paul had them going and that they were going to be a force," McCarthy told BBC Radio Suffolk. "But I think they've actually been playing better than their results will testify to. "I know they played very well on Saturday at Reading and were unfortunate to lose. But it doesn't really matter you how you play. It's about results and the same applies to us too." Now into his fifth year as Ipswich Town manager, McCarthy has just passed the fifth anniversary of his exit as Wolves manager. Although he has generally happy memories of his time at Molineux, capped by leading Wolves to the Premier League in 2009, he still wonders about what might have been. "It's all history now but I loved my time there," the 58-year-old added. "I have no resentment at the way it all ended. If you get the sack, it never ends up as you wish. But I still don't think we'd have gone down. We'd been in that position before in the bottom three and stayed up. We'd got enough games to get out of it. "It wasn't like the dressing room was against me. It wasn't like Leicester. They sacked the manager, then suddenly win two games and look brilliant. "Poor TC (Terry Connor - now McCarthy's coach again at Ipswich) was left on his own. And I'm sure we were better together than we were individually."

Wolves head coach Paul Lambert says that the strong mindset he still possesses from his time in Germany can help to inspire the Championship club in their bid to escape relegation.

Summarize the following article: Soares, 26, joined the Potters in 2008 but made just eight first-team starts in four years with the club. Ebanks-Landell, 19, is yet to feature for the first team at Molineux. He links up with who is also on loan at Bury. Both players go into the squad to Bury will be looking to extend their unbeaten sequence in all competitions to five games against Soares began his career at Crystal Palace, playing more than 100 times for the Eagles, but his £1.25m switch to the Britannia Stadium did not go as planned. After struggling to break into Tony Pulis's side, he went out on loan to Charlton, Sheffield Wednesday and Hibernian before being released by the Premier League club in the summer.

Bury have signed former Stoke City midfielder Tom Soares on non-contract terms and teenage defender Ethan Ebanks-Landell on loan from Wolves.

Summarize the following article: Other mail order companies were also found giving out the wrong information about their refund policies. A customer returning goods within seven working days is entitled to a full refund and the initial delivery charge, under the Distance Selling Regulations. Next told the BBC it would change its policy from the start of August. The Distance Selling Regulations (DSRs) are legally binding rules and were introduced in 2000 to protect customers who, unlike High Street shoppers, are unable to inspect goods before they buy them. Even if you simply inform a company that you wish to return the goods within the seven working days, you should get a refund of the initial delivery costs. The law does not cover the cost of returning the unwanted items. But Next has been breaching the regulations by billing customers for delivery costs - even if goods are returned within the seven working days. A spokesman for Next said: ''During the last three years, Next has not offered a refund of the delivery charge. "This was in line with our interpretation of the Distance Selling Directive. However following clarification from the European Court of Justice in April this year on interpretation of the Directive, Next is in the process of implementing the necessary changes to ensure that delivery charges will be refunded. " The spokesman pointed out though that customers had not had to pay for returning the goods. There is no obligation for retailers to offer free returns. Trading Standards said that since the DSRs had been legally binding in the UK for ten years, there was no excuse for not adhering to them. Andy Foster, operations director at the Trading Standards Institute, said: ''If there is a failure to refund delivery charges that is clearly wrong and we will interpret that to be a breach of contract." Mr Foster said there were steps customers could take if the rules were not adhered to. "What they should do is approach the retailer and ask them to give them their money back or they can take their case to the small claims court," he said. He added: ''The majority of businesses we speak to are law-abiding, but there is a small minority that are not and those are the companies we need to take action against.'' Other major companies appear confused about the DSRs. On its website, Debenhams says it only refunds delivery charges if the product is faulty. Helpline staff said that was the case even if the item was returned within a week. But a spokeswoman from the retailer said this was not actually the company's policy and that staff would be re-apprised of the rules: ''Unfortunately the wrong information was given out. Delivery charges are refunded within seven days, even for goods that are simply unwanted. "We will make sure all our customer services staff know the correct policy and we will look at updating the website.'' Littlewoods call centre staff told BBC researchers that customers must pay the delivery fee no matter how quickly the product is returned. Its website states it will not refund delivery charges unless the product is faulty. Littlewoods said it was operating within the rules: "We believe that we do comply with the requirements of the Distance Selling Regulations and many of our brands offer free delivery and returns.'' Matt Bath, technology editor of Which?, said many customers were not aware of their online rights. ''People face an uphill struggle when trying to convince online stores to give them the money back that they are rightfully owed, the only recourse we have [is] to complain to Trading Standards or go to the small claims court," he said. "Both are long and laborious processes and it's unfair that consumers have to go through that.'' Shopper Kate Porter from Sydenham in south-east London buys lots of clothes online but was not aware of the DSRs. ''I have not been refunded the delivery charge on a number of occasions. I didn't mind because I buy so much online rather than going to the shops, but now I know I feel a bit cheated,'' she said. If consumers do believe they have been unfairly charged Trading Standards is now urging them to get in touch. Consumers do not have the right to full refunds under the DSRs for perishable goods, personalised or custom-made products, magazines and unwrapped CDs.

Next has been breaking consumer law by failing to refund delivery charges on goods bought online but then returned, a BBC investigation has found.

Summarize the following article: The ward at the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, where the patients were treated, has been closed to new admissions as a precaution. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC) said one of the patients who died had significant underlying health issues. The other had been discharged but later died in another hospital. A third patient is said to be giving "cause for concern". NHS GGC said that seven patients had tested positive with Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). It described RSV as a "common germ that causes lung and airway infections in infants and young children". The health board said that in young children and ‎adults with compromised immune systems, the illness can be more severe and cause pneumonia. Dr Teresa Inkster, infection control doctor with NHS GGC, said: "Initially four patients tested positive for RSV, one was community acquired and the other three were healthcare acquired, and appropriate infection control measures were put in place including closing the ward to new admissions. "We also tested the other patients in the ward and a further three patients tested positive." Dr Inkster said two of the patients who had tested positive for RSV died this week. "One of the patients who died had significant underlying health issues," she said. "This patient was extremely unwell as a result of these significant health issues and RSV was not the cause of their death. "The second patient who died had been discharged from the Beatson after being assessed as clinically fit,. However, this patient's condition subsequently deteriorated and they were admitted to a hospital out with the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area where they sadly passed away." Dr Inkster said that a third patient who was "giving cause for concern" was in a stable condition after being transferred to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. She added: "Two patients remain in the ward who have tested positive but are not giving any cause for concern as a result of the RSV. "The other two patients have already been discharged home. We also tested staff of which two tested positive and are at home recovering." The health board said RSV is spread by tiny droplets and sneezing or by touching surfaces with the virus on it. Symptoms in babies include difficulty breathing, high fever, nasal discharge, cough mucus, irritability or inactivity and refusal to feed. The best way to control it is to use tissues when coughing and sneezing and washing hands regularly. The incubation period for RSV is five to seven days and the illness usually lasts about a week. People with concerns are advised to see a GP or ring NHS 24.

A respiratory virus which affected seven patients at Scotland's largest cancer hospital was a contributory factor in two deaths, it has emerged.

Summarize the following article: Offensive songs were heard during Liverpool's 2-0 win at Anfield in the first leg of their last-16 tie. Ninety-six Liverpool fans died as a result of a crush at Hillsborough in an FA Cup semi-final between the Reds and Nottingham Forest in 1989. United said the chants "have no place in the game". "It has always been the position of Manchester United that chants of this nature, which refer to historical tragedies, do not reflect the values the club holds," a spokesman said. "We are in discussion with our fans' groups to seek their support in preventing this type of behaviour in the future." Former Liverpool midfielder Ray Houghton told BBC Radio 5 live the chants were "dreadful". "It has to come out of our game," he said. "There were people in the crowd who lost loved ones at Hillsborough and that's really hard to take. "It's something we don't want to hear. It's happened in the past with Liverpool fans to Manchester United with what happened at Munich. It's uncalled for." In February 1958, eight United players and three club officials lost their lives in a plane crash in Munich following a European Cup tie. "When you lower yourself to that level [of those fans], it's quite remarkable," said Houghton. "It should have been a night of celebration - they haven't played each other in a European tie before. The fans should have been getting behind their own team. When you stoop as low as they did last night, for me, it's dreadful." A story in the Sun newspaper four days after the Hillsborough disaster criticised Liverpool fans' behaviour at the time. The newspaper is still heavily boycotted in Merseyside as a result. "There were chants during the first half - 'the Sun was right', referring to the Hillsborough tragedy," said BBC Sport's Juliette Ferrington, who was at Anfield. "It wasn't continuous but it was clearly audible, maybe four or five times. It kind of got drowned out. The noise at the game was deafening. "It happened again just after the full-time whistle - it was drowned out by: 'You'll Never Walk Alone' and 'we won it five times' (a reference to Liverpool's five European Cup triumphs). There was lots of saddened head-shaking in the press-box." Former United striker Dion Dublin told BBC Radio Manchester the songs were "disgusting". "It leaves a bad taste in your mouth," he said. "It's not in good taste, and the people that were actually singing it should feel embarrassed."

Manchester United have criticised the fans who sang chants about the Hillsborough disaster during Thursday's Europa League defeat at Liverpool.

Summarize the following article: In a televised address, Abdel Malek al-Houthi accused President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and other leaders of putting their interests ahead of the Yemeni people. Earlier, Houthi rebels shelled the president's home in Sanaa and seized control of the presidential palace. The UN Security Council condemned the attack and voiced support for Mr Hadi. Yemen, a key US ally in the fight against al-Qaeda in the region, has been beset by unrest for months. "What happened was that they [the political leadership] have sunk deep into corruption and tyranny," Mr Houthi said. "The nation has started moving towards a tragic situation and complete collapse. The situation has worsened on all fronts - political, economic and security - on a large scale." Mr Houthi also accused the government of encouraging the spread of al-Qaeda in Yemen. "They helped them to grow in all provinces and the president refused to order the army to wage war against them," he said. Houthi militias, who are seeking greater autonomy for their home province, overran the capital Sanaa in September after moving out of their northern stronghold. However, the capital's presidential buildings had remained outside their control. President Hadi was reported to be inside his house when it was shelled but an official insisted he was safe. Information Minister Nadia al-Sakkaf said on Twitter the president's home had come under heavy shelling from armed forces positioned on rooftops nearby. The ceasefire that broke down on Tuesday had been agreed just one day earlier after hours of fierce clashes in the city between the presidential guard and the rebels. Under an agreement with President Hadi, the Houthis - who abducted presidential chief of staff Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak on Saturday - pledged to withdraw from the capital once a new unity government was formed. The UN Security Council said in a statement adopted by all 15 members that President Hadi was "the legitimate authority". It urged "all parties and political actors in Yemen" to stand with him and the government to "keep the country on track to stability and security". The Houthis, who adhere to a branch of Shia Islam known as Zaidism, have staged periodic uprisings since 2004 in an effort to win greater autonomy for their northern heartland of Saada province. They consolidated their control over Saada during the 2011 uprising that forced long-time President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down. Since July the rebels have inflicted defeats on tribal and militia groups backed by the leading Sunni Islamist party, Islah, and battled jihadist militants from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), which has vowed to defend the country's Sunni community. Opponents allege that the rebels ultimately hope to reinstall the Zaidi imamate, which ruled North Yemen for almost 1,000 years until 1962.

The leader of Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen has said that the country is at a critical and defining moment.

Summarize the following article: Saints parted company with club legend Cunningham on Monday after 24 years as a player and then coach. The 40-year-old ex-hooker had been in charge for just over two years. His assistants Long and Lolesi, as well as Under-19s coach Traynor, were placed in temporary charge of the side. "There is a lot of emotion within the club but there is no time to sit around and feel sorry for ourselves," Lolesi, 36, told BBC Radio Merseyside. "Keiron rang me to give me the news. It's disappointing but it is a measure of the man that he just wanted to get on with the game and get a win, that's more important than his situation which is the way he has always been. "We're paid to make sure we do our best with the group we have got and we will continue to do that until the powers that be bring in a new head coach. "The chairman asked us to stay on and steer the ship for the time being and we'll try and do our best job."

St Helens have told BBC Radio Merseyside that Sean Long, Jamahl Lolesi and Derek Traynor could remain in charge for the rest of 2017 as they look for Keiron Cunningham's successor.

Summarize the following article: It may also prove crucial for Richie Foran's future as manager with his position under increasing scrutiny in and outside the club. Defeat may not be fatal as they could remain four points adrift of 11th place, should Hamilton Academical lose at Dundee and slip below Well. However, with five post-split games to come and just four league wins all season, recovery would seem a tall order. The Highlanders cannot keep relying on others to retain hope. Just one victory in 21 league matches is a horrible statistic. It's a win ratio of less than 5%. That measure alone understandably raises questions about the manager's position as well as player performance. So where has it gone wrong? At his introduction to the media as manager last May, Foran said: "For me, management is all about recruitment. It's the most important aspect of my job." He may not have the resources of others but the board can legitimately argue they have backed him. Over an entire starting XI has arrived since his appointment. Kevin McNaughton was an early long-term casualty with injury but few of the other signings stand out. The arrival of Billy Mckay, back on loan from Wigan, did look like a solution but the Northern Irish striker has not made much of an impression other than a dramatic winner against Rangers - their last victory. Service to him has been a clear issue. Delivering exciting, attacking football was a priority but players such as Jake Mulraney, Larnell Cole and Billy King have not produced consistently in achieving that goal. Another long-term injury to Aaron Doran has not helped matters. Now, it's solely about results and some of Foran's recruits have to step up. To this point, the majority have not. Foran had been earmarked for this position for some time given his contribution around the club over the years. The board were convinced the former skipper had the qualities to lead and step out of the dressing room smoothly. That transition appears to have been harder than anticipated. He was awarded a four-year deal, with certain clauses, which seemed a tremendous show of faith in an untried manager. He inherited assistant Brian Rice, who is contracted until the end of this season. Rice is very experienced; a well thought of coach, but the dynamic does not appear to have worked. Foran is a man of conviction and belief. Perhaps having someone of his choosing alongside him might have helped balance his lack of experience. Clean sheets have been very hard to come by with only one since their most impressive league result, a 3-0 win over Motherwell in October. Inverness have conceded in all but two league games and have lost the first goal 23 times - 23 games they have not won. Statistics can be misrepresentative, but not those. The loss of Josh Meekings to long-term injury has been significant. He formed a very successful centre-half partnership with Gary Warren under Foran's predecessor John Hughes. Caley Thistle have drawn 13 times this season and earned creditable points against Celtic, Aberdeen and Hearts. On their day, they are capable of being robust. Their day has not arrived nearly enough and has been undermined by conceding cheap goals. As Foran stated following last Saturday's 3-0 defeat by St Johnstone, one win can change things. They are still in this fight and are, by Foran's admission, fortunate to be so. Saturday is paramount. Defeat might prove decisive but victory would deliver a significant shot in the arm that might spark a revival. The pressure would sharply turn to sides above them. It may galvanise his squad and the support for one last push. The Inverness board tends to be patient with managers. There's a lot at stake for the club and the manager. It's recoverable but chances are running out. If Foran is to successfully negotiate his way to safety, it may be the making of him and allow the club to build for the longer term.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle's Premiership trip to face Motherwell on Saturday is critical in their quest to escape relegation.

Summarize the following article: Jamie Spendiff's attack on Craig Logie, who was out with friends on a stag night, was captured on CCTV. Spendiff took part in a further assault on other men with co-accused Shaun McCarthy after killing the married 36-year-old last August. McCarthy was sentenced to 250 hours of unpaid work and a weekend curfew. In CCTV footage, Mr Logie can be seen lying motionless on the ground after the assault. Advocate depute Andrew Brown QC told the court: "Witnesses speak to hearing the sound of a crack as the deceased's head hit the ground and he did not move thereafter." The construction manager suffered a brain injury and fracture to the back of his head following the attack at Friars Street on 7 August. Spendiff, of Cullercoats, North Tyneside, admitted assaulting and killing Mr Logie by punching him on the head causing him to fall to the ground where he struck his head. He also pled guilty to committing a breach of the peace along with Shaun McCarthy by conducting themselves in a disorderly manner and fighting with others. Both also pled guilty to assaulting Paul Stubberfield and Stuart McKee in a taxi in Friars Street. The court heard that Spendiff and McCarthy had gone out drinking for the evening after working together as technicians on wind turbines. Mr Brown said that everyone appeared to be in good spirits, but a member of the stag party and another drinker then became involved in a heated argument. After patrons left the pub, a general melee broke out which ended with the fatal blow to Mr Logie. Mr Brown said: "With the deceased now on the ground Spendiff initially moved away before returning and danced round the deceased, at all times being moved away by the accused McCarthy and at one stage a female passer-by." At the High Court in Glasgow, judge Lady Stacey told Spendiff: "After you had punched Mr Logie and must have known that he had hit his head and was flat out on the ground, you went up to a taxi and punched other people. "I accept you did not intend to cause his death, but that is in fact what happened. "I understand you are remorseful and you are accepting responsibility for the terrible harm caused by your actions."

A man who danced around his victim after delivering a fatal blow during a street attack in Stirling has been jailed for 32 months.

Summarize the following article: England will play against the Republic of Ireland in a friendly on 7 June. UK police are taking action because of a "deterioration in fan behaviour" during England's last four away games. Banned England fans will have to sign in at a police station on match day, in addition to the usual requirement of surrendering their passports. The National Police Chiefs' Council said it will be "running a national operation to round up those who fail to comply before and immediately after the fixture". Twenty years ago, a match between England and the Republic of Ireland in Dublin was billed as a friendly, yet turned into a riot. Forty people were arrested after seats were ripped up and missiles thrown during the first half of the game at Lansdowne Road on 15 February 1995. The National Police Chiefs' Council said it is working closely with An Garda Síochána (Irish police) to prevent any fan trouble ahead of next week's fixture in Dublin's Aviva stadium. The officer leading the UK's football policing operations, Assistant Chief Constable Mark Roberts, said it will be the first time in four years that the additional enforcement measures have been re-introduced against fans subjected to Football Banning Orders. "It has been a point of pride in recent years that England fans' behaviour has completely moved on from the dark days of the 1980s," he said. "While the majority of fans continue to behave themselves, in the last four England away fixtures we have seen a significant amount of drunken anti-social behaviour, unpleasant chanting aimed at provoking home supporters and a small number of people who seem to take every opportunity to create distress for others. "Regrettably that means we have to increase our enforcement activity using tactics that proved successful in addressing these problems in the past." In addition, he said football policing "spotters" from England will go to Dublin and the Aviva stadium to "gather evidence of any bad behaviour and ensure anyone who offends faces the consequences of their actions". All official England Supporters Travelling Club members will be required to collect their tickets in person in Dublin with photographic identification. ACC Roberts said: "I am in regular contact with the FA and other partners in the football community and, while there is no specific intelligence as yet to suggest planned disorder there is sufficient concern to take proactive action to ensure that fans are clear that bad behaviour is not acceptable and will face serious sanctions."

England football fans who have been banned from matches face additional enforcement measures to stop them going to next week's game in Dublin.

Summarize the following article: Media playback is not supported on this device Kyrgios, 20, won 5-7 7-5 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 to secure a place in round four - the stage at which he beat Rafael Nadal in 2014. The 26th seed hit 34 aces and 61 winners as he gained revenge for last year's quarter-final defeat by Raonic. "I don't fear anyone," said Kyrgios, who will play 21st seed Richard Gasquet in the last 16. "Whoever I play I will just play aggressively and just keep that mind set." The Australian hit a blizzard of winners and just 13 unforced errors as he thrilled the court two crowd over two hours and 43 minutes. Kyrgios had clashed with officials in his previous two matches and there was a code violation this time for bouncing his racquet in anger, but for the most part his on-court antics were limited to conversations with the crowd and himself. At one point, he put on an official Wimbledon headband only to be told it was too colourful for the tournament's all-white clothing policy, so he duly turned it inside out. Raonic, 24, had won both their previous matches and had the upper hand once again when Kyrgios double-faulted three times to drop the first set in a woeful game. With serve dominating, Kyrgios was in deep trouble facing a break point midway through the second set but he saved it and began to dominate. A looping forehand winner finally earned him a break at 5-5 and he served out the set with three aces as court two came alive to the Australian's surge of energy. The third set was a serving deadlock and once again it was Kyrgios who found the inspiration when required, reeling off six points in a row in the tie-break before hitting a second serve ace on set point. Raonic looked to be suffering physically in the fourth as his serve speed dipped and one break was all Kyrgios required to earn another landmark win at the All England Club. Kyrgios explained that the continual chatter and interaction with spectators and officials during matches actually helps him concentrate. "I think when I'm in that state of mind, when I feel relaxed and I'm playing around, I think that's when I play my best tennis," said the world number 29 from Canberra. "I'm focusing, but at the same time I'm having fun. When I find that balance, I play some really good tennis. I thought I was doing that today in the second, third and fourth. "I was chanting to the crowd every now and then, playing with the ball boys. That's a good place to be out there." John Newcombe, three-time Wimbledon champion: "Nick is an exceptional talent and he doesn't beat to the same drum as everyone else - he's a real individual. Some media people will take the little negative things and build them into big issues, rather than looking at more positive things, which far outweigh the negative things." Todd Woodbridge, nine-time Wimbledon doubles champion: "How you are going to be remembered at 19 or 20 is irrelevant. He is going to mature and he is going to grow and realise some of the things he's done and said were not the right thing. There is so much focus on him at 20 and he has to learn to cope with that. He has people round him who can help him deal with it." Tim Henman, four-time Wimbledon semi-finalist: "Kyrgios is a performer, an entertainer and will go out and play the tennis he is capable of. He can beat anyone because he is seriously talented. He is a bit different and speaks his mind but the most important thing is that he doesn't get distracted from what's happening on the court."

Australia's Nick Kyrgios won the battle of the big servers against Canadian seventh seed Milos Raonic at Wimbledon.

Summarize the following article: The Madonna del Silenzio (Madonna of Silence), created in 1538, is part of the Cavendish-Bentinck family's Portland Collection. The gallery, on the family's Welbeck Estate near Sherwood Forest, also has works by Van Dyck and George Stubbs. A pearl earring worn by Charles I at his execution has also gone on show. The current head of the family and grandson of the 7th Duke of Portland, William Parente, said the collection had been "painstakingly assembled over the last 400 years or so". "These things are our history; each generation learns from them and adds to them if they can. "But they are also part of our collective history as people; they chart the way people, places, tastes and society have changed - everyone should be able to enjoy them." Alongside the painted masterpieces, the 800 sq m gallery also houses miniatures by Nicholas Hilliard and Christian Friedrich Zincke, Meissen porcelain and jewellery by Cartier.

A Michelangelo work that has not been shown in public for 50 years has gone on permanent display at the new Harley Gallery in Nottinghamshire.

Summarize the following article: Little Angels Nursery in Calne closed down in September, a month after a man and a woman were arrested and bailed by detectives. The pair have now been released without charge and the investigation has concluded, police said. The nursery opened in 2009 and had been previously rated as good by Ofsted. A spokesman for the Wiltshire force said: "Whilst we appreciate this has caused a considerable amount of concern in the local community, due to the nature and scope of the investigation, it was imperative given the information passed to us that our enquiries were comprehensive and thorough." The owner of the nursery Rachel Cartmell, who was not arrested, had previously said she and her staff were fully co-operating with police. Before its closure the nursery looked after 78 children and its nine staff members had all been vetted appropriately according to Ofsted.

A police inquiry into alleged sexual abuse at a children's nursery in Wiltshire has been dropped after a five-month investigation.

Summarize the following article: The relay team had to call off previous attempts in May and July because of bad weather. The charity swimmers tried to complete the swim last year but had to abandon it about 24 miles (38km) into the 60-mile (96km) crossing. They hope to take advantage of a spell of fine weather and struck out from Village Bay on Hirta early on Monday. The swimmers hope to reach Huisinish in Harris by 22:00 on Tuesday.

Seven swimmers have started their third attempt this year to swim between St Kilda and the Isle of Harris.

Summarize the following article: Lawyer Gloria Allred, who represents Judy Huth, said her client would seek a second deposition - giving out-of-court evidence - of Mr Cosby on Thursday. Ms Allred added that a judge would decide in December if either testimony could be made public. Mr Cosby, 78, has previously said Ms Huth's claims are "absolutely false". BBC Entertainment Live: News updates Ms Huth has accused the former Cosby Show star of forcing her to perform a sex act at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles in 1974 when she was aged 15. It was the first time the veteran comedian has testified under oath since dozens of women came forward with accusations of sexual abuse, many of which are historic claims. Mr Cosby has never faced criminal charges over the allegations which he has denied. He also faces two other cases: a defamation case brought by three women who claim he abused them decades ago and a civil case filed last Tuesday by a model who alleges he drugged and sexually assaulted her. In relation to the defamation case, a federal judge in Massachusetts on Friday ruled it could go ahead. The women - Tamara Green, Therese Serignese and Linda Traitz - claim that Mr Cosby's representatives damaged their reputations by denying their allegations in sometimes disparaging language. Mr Cosby's lawyers had asked the judge to dismiss the case, arguing the remarks were personal opinions protected by the First Amendment and legal declarations made in his defence. But in his ruling on Friday, US district court judge Mark Mastroianni rejected Cosby's bid to dismiss the case before it goes before a jury. The trio have accused Cosby of drugging them and then having unwanted sexual contact with them.

Bill Cosby testified under oath for several hours on Friday in response to a civil case brought by a woman who accused him of sexually abusing her.

Summarize the following article: Barby Dashwood-Morris admitted renovating the 600-year-old property while chairman of Wealden District Council's planning committee. Brighton Magistrates Court heard the work was a "substantial erosion" of history. Her former partner and co-defendant, Alan Proudfoot, was also fined £48,000. The changes to her Hellingly house, which included knocking down a wall and installing windows, were discovered when she tried to sell it. District judge Teresa Szagun said she "intentionally disregarded the requirement for consent - focussing on [her] own needs". Dashwood-Morris had earlier admitted six counts of breaching planning law, while Proudfoot pleaded guilty to four charges of breaching planning regulations. Mitigating, Stephen Whale told magistrates: "There was certainly no intention to commit offences and neither were they reckless." In a statement Dashwood-Morris told the court the pair "strongly believed at the time" the works did "not require authorisation." Michael Sanders, of the Hailsham Historical and Natural History Society, described the changes as "historic vandalism". He added: "We can't have people going around changing things whenever they like. It is very alarming." The interior was filmed for Channel 4 show Double Your House for Half the Money, but it was never aired. Kelvin Williams, the council's head of planning, said: "Owners of historic properties should be aware of their responsibilities to the property and future generations."

A former council planning boss has been fined £75,000 for making illegal and irreversible changes to her Grade II-listed home.

Summarize the following article: Barker defied illness to help GB take bronze in the team pursuit at the recent Track World Cup in Colombia. The 21-year-old, a World and European team pursuit champion, says they will have to be at their best to break the record. "What we're really hoping for is the world record," Barker said. "What the world record is as that point, nobody knows. At the minute it's 4:13, which is about three seconds faster than we've ever gone ourselves. "The world record really did jump up at the most recent World Championships and if we can beat that then we can be really happy." Australia women's pursuit team set a new world record time of four minutes 13.683 seconds at the 2015 World Championships in February. London will host the next World Championships in March 2016, and Barker is focused on winning team pursuit gold. "Individual events for me at the moment are being pushed aside and I'll wait and see the programme as to whether I'll ride any of them or not," Barker added. Barker was unwell at the Track World Cup but took to the line with team-mates Joanna Rowsell Shand, Katie Archibald and Ciara Horne in order to fulfil competition rules. She then stepped off the track when the race started with Great Britain beating China by less than two-tenths of a second to seal third. "I had to start the race and that was it. The girls had to carry on as three and it was a new experience for all of us," Barker said. "We rose to the occasion and I'm really proud of the girls for still getting bronze with three riders right at the very start. That must have been very tough."

Welsh cyclist Elinor Barker has targeted a world record if Great Britain women's pursuit team qualify for Rio 2016.

Summarize the following article: 25 February 2016 Last updated at 12:41 GMT The drone carried a box of bread and milk and reached its destination 500 metres away in about four minutes. In another test flight, the drone successfully delivered boiled eggs without any of the shells cracking. The drone flew 30 metres away from people, to ensure it wasn't breaking air safety rules in Japan. Japan hopes to put the service into use by 2018. It's hope it will help people living in unpopulated, rural areas. Before launching the service, more studies are planned to see how the drones will work in bad weather and to address any safety concerns of residents.

Japan have carried out a test exercise, using a drone to deliver food to elderly people living in rural areas.

Summarize the following article: His assistant Brian Atkinson wasn't there either because he was best man. It may look like poor planning from the Quakers manager, but the date of the wedding was arranged two years ago, when his team were in a different division. Gray, 45, said the club asked Halifax to reschedule the game "but with all due respect, they refused". "As I am sure everyone can appreciate, moving the wedding at that stage was not an option," he said. Former Sunderland and Oxford midfielder Gray gave the players a team talk on Sunday morning, before heading off to marry partner Jill. That left coach Sean Gregan and chief scout Harry Dunn to take charge of the National League North fixture, which finished 2-2. The result meant one wedding present Gray had hoped for didn't materialise. Speaking before the game, he said: "I am confident we can get a win, and after becoming a married man, I look forward to hearing we have won three points." Take part in our new Premier League Predictor game, which allows you to create leagues with friends.

Darlington boss Martin Gray missed his side's game at Halifax on New Year's Day - because he was getting married.

Summarize the following article: Tracey Crouch had been talking about the savings some claimants would have to make because of cuts to tax credits. She told the Spectator that in certain cases some people had not realised "you have to sometimes go without to make ends meet". Labour criticised her remarks, saying they were offensive to working people. Ms Crouch later apologised "for causing any offence", and said: "I'm sorry for giving the impression of a lack of understanding of the financial pressures many families faces - nothing could be further from the truth." The government plans to cut £4.4bn from tax credits as part of wider plans to save £12bn from the overall welfare bill. But following a defeat in the House of Lords and amid continued opposition - including from Conservative MPs - to the policy, George Osborne is to announce revised proposals in his Autumn Statement to ease concerns about the impact of the cuts. Ms Crouch defended the policy, telling the Spectator "I think it's about communication." She said: "We will be discussing this, and I'm sure that DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) are looking at all of these issues, in great detail. "But I think at the end of the day one of the kindest things that we can do is try to help people to support themselves and work around their finances. "Some of my most heartbreaking cases are those that come to me saying that they are struggling and then you go through with them their expenditure and income - I'm not generalising at all, I'm talking about some very individual cases - and actually they just haven't realised some of the savings that they need to make themselves. "You know it can be… things like paid subscriptions to TVs and you just sit there and you think you have to sometimes go without if you are going to have people make ends meet." Shadow Treasury minister Rebecca Long-Bailey said the minister's comments were "outrageous", "offensive" and showed the Conservatives were "out of touch". "Losing £1,300 a year isn't about cutting back on luxuries, it's about families being able to pay the bills," she said.

A sports minister has apologised for suggesting some of her constituents struggling to make ends meet should give up things such as subscription TV.

Summarize the following article: IBM, which wanted to avoid the cost of upgrading the unit's technology, said it would now focus on cloud computing, mobile and big data analytics. IBM will take a $4.7bn charge in the third quarter as a result of the sale. The sale came as IBM announced a 17% drop in third quarter profit, IBM said it made $3.5bn profit for the three months to the end of September, with revenues down 4% to $22.4bn. "We are disappointed in our performance," chief executive Ginni Rometty said. Ms Rometty blamed a "marked slowdown" in client buying behaviour for the drop in sales, which were lower than analysts had expected. However, she said the results also reflected "the unprecedented pace of change in our industry." IBM is trying to adapt to industry-wide changes and has been restructuring to focus on its software products. The disposal of the unprofitable chip making business is the latest step by Ms Rometty to sharpen this focus. IBM said the sale would enable it to "focus on fundamental semiconductor and material science research, development capabilities and commitment to delivering future semiconductor technologies". GlobalFoundries said it would offer jobs to all IBM employees affected. IBM will spread the $1.5bn payment to GlobalFoundries over the next three years. Under the terms of the deal, GlobalFoundries will get intellectual property and technologies related to the chip business. "IBM needs to find success and growth in the cloud through organic and acquisitive means in our opinion, otherwise there could be some darker days ahead for the tech giant," said FBR Capital Markets analyst Daniel Ives.

IBM is to pay $1.5bn (£930m) in cash to offload its loss-making chip manufacturing division to Abu Dhabi owned GlobalFoundries.

Summarize the following article: The task force investigating the hoard says the piece belongs to the family of a Paris art dealer. Femme Assise [Seated Woman] was in the Munich apartment of Cornelius Gurlitt, who died last month aged 81. It is one of more than 1,000 Gurlitt pieces under investigation. "Even though it could not be documented with absolute certainty how the work came into Hildebrand Gurlitt's possession, the task force has concluded that the work is Nazi loot and was taken from its rightful owner Paul Rosenberg," Ingeborg Bergreen-Merkel, the head of the task force, said in a statement. The priceless collection was confiscated in 2012 by Bavarian authorities from Gurlitt's apartment. Gurlitt's father, Hildebrand Gurlitt, was ordered by Adolf Hitler to deal in works that had been seized from Jewish families, or which the Nazis considered "degenerate" and had been removed from German museums in the 1930s and 1940s. The Matisse was taken from a Jewish art dealer, Paul Rosenberg, in Paris in 1941. The family had been searching for it until it turned up in Gurlitt's flat in Munich. The task force has now said the Matisse should be returned to the Rosenbergs. Intense legal and investigative work remains to be done on the rest of the estimated 1,280 paintings, The German government had tasked the experts with settling a dispute over ownership of the Matisse between the Rosenberg heirs and a second party, whose identity has not been revealed. The experts consulted archives in Germany, France and the United States, Chris Marinello, the director of Art Recovery International, who is representing the Rosenberg family, said the decision came as no surprise "given the strength of the documentation". "With this acknowledgement, we look forward to a swift and efficient restitution of this looted work to the family after a 73-year wait." Before his death last month, Gurlitt made the Bern Art Museum in Switzerland the "sole heir" of the collection. The museum has yet to accept the role of legal heir of the estate. However, Gurlitt had also agreed to co-operate with the German authorities on establishing the paintings' provenance, and returning them if they were shown to be stolen. Gurlitt, who had no close relatives, wrote the will within his last few weeks, shortly before undergoing heart surgery. His collection only came to light after a routine check found he was carrying wads of cash on a train from Switzerland, triggering a tax inquiry. Investigators found the works in his flat in February 2012 but only revealed the discovery in late 2013. A further 60 paintings were found in his house near Salzburg, Austria, earlier this year. Among them were works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Emil Nolde and Max Liebermann. Under German law, Gurlitt was not compelled to return any paintings because the incidents happened more than 30 years ago.

A Matisse painting found among a huge trove of art amassed by the son of a Nazi art dealer is the first painting to be confirmed as looted.

Summarize the following article: Another praised his "fine" portrayal of the Roman soldier whose inability to compromise results in tragedy. Hiddleston, The Guardian's review goes on, "conveys the hero's complexity" as well as his "reckless impetuosity". Sam Mendes and Sir Nicholas Hytner were among Tuesday's first night audience at London's Donmar Warehouse theatre. The BBC's John Humphrys was also in attendance to see the first Shakespeare play the Donmar's artistic director Josie Rourke has directed for the venue. According to The Guardian's Michael Billington, Rourke "uses the Donmar's intimacy to come up with a fast, witty, intelligent production". Dominic Maxwell in The Times found the show "intimate and compelling", while the Daily Telegraph's Charles Spencer called it "exciting and intense". Yet Quentin Letts expressed reservations in the Daily Mail, saying the production's "numerous good points" were "diminished" by Rourke's "silly directorial touches". Letts cites one of these "touches" - a shower scene in which Hiddleston's soldier removes his shirt and washes his wounds - as a "slightly desperate gambit". The Times' man was more appreciative though, saying the scene would "please the MTV viewers who have just voted Hiddleston the sexiest man in the world". Spencer also singled out the "extraordinary moment" in which his "lean, mean killing machine... takes a shower after the battle and gasps with pain". Speaking earlier this year, Hiddleston - known to millions for his villainous Loki role in the Thor and Avengers films - said the play had "an interesting contemporary resonance". "Coriolanus is an impeccable soldier who becomes a war hero," the actor told the BBC News website. "That leads him to be corralled into politics, an arena he has no place in." The political arena is represented in the play by the wily Menenius, played by Mark Gatiss of Sherlock and The League of Gentleman fame. The cast also includes Deborah Findlay as Coriolanus's fierce mother Volumnia and Borgen actress Birgitte Hjort Sorensen as his wife Virgilia. The Donmar's sold-out production, which will be broadcast live in cinemas on 30 January, is one of several high-profile Shakespeares running in London over Christmas. Jude Law can currently be seen as Henry V at the Noel Coward theatre, while David Tennant is portraying Richard II at the Barbican following its run in Stratford-upon-Avon. Laurence Olivier, Sir Ian McKellen and Toby Stephens are among the many notable actors to have played Coriolanus on stage, while Ralph Fiennes played him on screen in 2011 film version that he also directed.

Thor star Tom Hiddleston gives a "powerhouse performance" in a new London production of Shakespeare's Coriolanus, according to one critic.

Summarize the following article: Nato "must remain the cornerstone of our defence and the defence of Europe", he said, ahead of informal talks with EU defence ministers in Bratislava. Sir Michael said the UK was not alone in opposing a common EU defence policy. European Parliament President Martin Schulz has said the UK would not have a veto over closer defence co-operation. France and Germany are set to make the case for increased military co-operation at the informal meeting in the Slovakian capital later. Speaking in Bratislava, Sir Michael said the UK "remains committed" to Europe's security despite the vote to leave the EU, and said the bloc needs to "step up to the challenges" of terrorism and migration. "But we're going to continue to oppose any idea of an EU army, or an EU army headquarters which would simply undermine Nato. "Nato must remain the cornerstone of our defence and the defence of Europe." The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) is an international military alliance comprised of 28 members, including the UK, US, Germany, Canada and Turkey. It was set up after the end of the second world war in 1949. Asked whether the UK would be able to veto moves towards a common European army, given Mr Schulz's comments, Sir Michael said other countries in the bloc shared the UK's concerns. "There is no majority here for an EU army. There are a number of other countries who believe with us that that cuts across the sovereignty of individual nation states." He added: "We agree that Europe needs to do more, it's facing terrorism, it's facing migration, but simply duplicating or undermining Nato is the wrong way to do it." European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker called for the creation of a European army back in 2015 to confront threats from Russia or elsewhere., and the idea has gained renewed impetus after the UK's vote to leave the EU. In August this year, the leaders of the Czech Republic and said a "joint European army" was needed to bolster security in the EU.

The UK will oppose any attempts to create an EU army because it could "undermine" the role of Nato, Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has said.

Summarize the following article: The announcement comes hours ahead of President-elect Nicolas Maduro's inauguration. Opposition leader Henrique Capriles has challenged Mr Maduro's narrow victory, calling for a vote-by-vote recount. The decision to audit all the paper receipts of electronic votes is seen as a major concession to the opposition. The electoral authorities had earlier audited 54% of the vote and said this showed that Mr Maduro, the chosen successor of the late President Hugo Chavez, had won a slim majority. The official count indicates Mr Maduro won by a narrow margin of about 1.5%, winning 50.8% of votes to Mr Capriles's 49.0% Mr Capriles said he believed the crucial votes that cost him the presidency are among the unaudited 46% of the vote. He said there were more than 3,000 incidents from Sunday's poll that needed to be examined. Correspondents say the announcement comes as a surprise to many after the National Electoral Council initially said the the results, which it announced on Sunday night, were "irreversible". The council's president, Tibisay Lucena, told AFP news agency that the expanded audit was not a recount but would cover all ballot boxes not audited on election day by reviewing a sample two-thirds of them over the next month. Venezuela uses electronic voting machines which register an elector's decision and then emit a printed receipt for the voter to deposit into a sealed ballot box. For the audit, the receipts will be compared with the electronic tallies, to check for any irregularities. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Cuban leader Raul Castro were among the first heads of state to congratulate Mr Maduro on his win. The governments of Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia and Argentina, among others, have also voiced their backing for Mr Maduro's victory. But the US has so far refused to recognise Mr Maduro's win, calling for an audit of the results. Secretary of State John Kerry said the US was not yet ready to validate the results of Sunday's poll. Several opposition-led protests erupted across the country after the official results were announced on Sunday. But Mr Capriles has urged his supporters to back down from confrontation and instead engage in peaceful rallies, play music and bang on pots in protest. Mr Maduro is scheduled to be sworn in at 15:30 GMT.

Venezuela's electoral body has announced it will carry out a full audit on all the votes cast in Sunday's disputed presidential poll.

Summarize the following article: The 18-year-old scored twice in 12 appearances for the Bees, but was out of contract with the League Two club. He was offered a new Barnet deal so Posh must pay compensation for the player, currently with the squad at their pre-season camp in Portugal. Meanwhile, captain Chris Forrester, 23, has signed a new long-term contract with Posh. The midfielder was called into the Republic of Ireland squad prior to Euro 2016 after making 41 appearances in his debut season for Posh, but failed to make the final 23. Stevens is the sixth Posh signing of the summer, following the arrival of defenders Hayden White, Ryan Tafazolli and Andrew Hughes, and midfielders Gwion Edwards and Brad Inman. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

League One side Peterborough United have signed Barnet striker Matty Stevens on a three-year deal.

Summarize the following article: The region experienced a brief period of independence in the 1940s but China regained control after the Communists took power in 1949. It is home to the Turkic-speaking Muslim Uighur minority who make up about 8 million of the province's 19 million people. Rich in natural resources, economic development in the region has been accompanied by large-scale immigration of Han Chinese. Many Uighurs complain of discrimination and marginalisation by the Chinese authorities. Anti-Han and separatist sentiment has become more prevalent since the 1990s, flaring into violence on occasion. Population 21.8 million Area 1,660,000 sq km (640,930 sq miles) Major language Chinese, Uighur Major religion Islam Life expectancy 71 (men), 71 (women) Xinjiang's media are tightly controlled by the local Communist Party and government. The Urumqi People's Broadcasting Station and the Xinjiang People's Broadcasting Station run radio and television broadcasts in Chinese, Uighur and minority languages. Major state-run newspapers include the Chinese-language Xinjiang Economic Daily. The authorities imposed a months-long shutdown of internet access in Xinjiang following the violent unrest in July 2009. Bloggers, netizens and website managers were "singled out for repression", Reporters Without Borders said.

China's largest province Xinjiang is bordered by eight countries including the former Soviet Central Asian republics, Mongolia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.

Summarize the following article: Officials have already issued warnings about jellyfish in Mediterranean coastal waters for France and Italy. But local marine biologists said this year's increase was "no different" from other years and that the blooms consisted of non-stinging species. They added that they were monitoring the situation very closely. A Foreign Office spokeswoman told BBC News: "We have been alerted to large numbers of jellyfish in the Mediterranean this summer, especially in a number of key holiday destinations for UK tourists. "We have updated our travel advice for a number of Mediterranean countries to reflect this issue." She added that the Foreign Office aimed to keep its advice "as informative and useful for visitors as possible". Global problem However, Stefano Piraino - project co-ordinator of the Mediterranean JellyRisk programme - said there was no need for tourists to be unduly concerned. "Of course, as in any other ocean or sea in the world, there might be some problems," he said. "In the Mediterranean, we are lucky and do not have deadly [jellyfish]." But he did acknowledge: "We are experiencing, as in many other places around the world, an increase in jellyfish." Prof Piraino, a marine biologist at the University of Salento in southern Italy, said the JellyRisk programme - also involving researchers from Spain, Tunisia and Malta - was set up because there was growing concern about the impact of increasing number of jellyfish on human activities in the region, such as fishing as well as tourism. He told BBC News that the programme's main focus was on a citizen science campaign. "This is a very important tool," Prof Piraino observed. "We have, since 2009, used this approach where we are asking tourists, sailors, fishermen, divers - all the people that are in the sea - to send information about the presence of jellyfish." The team have developed a smartphone application that not only allows people to send information, but also receive details about the abundance of jellyfish in their area. The app also provides scientifically sound information about how to treat stings because the venom of jellyfish varies according to the species that inflicted the injury. "We have collated scientific evidence and results from clinical trials, which we have reviewed so we can now, through the app and printed material, offer advice on the treatment of stings," he explained. The team will also install anti-jellyfish nets at a number of popular beaches in order to assess their effectiveness. Prof Piraino said it was difficult to pinpoint a single cause for the increase in the abundance of jellyfish. "This is a result of many different causes. These can be different from site to site," he said. "Generally, there is evidence that there is an increased abundance because of an increase in sea surface temperature. "This is coupled with other things, such as the fact that we are changing the coastal marine environment." One example he cited was the construction of artificial reefs for flood defences, which used a material favoured by jellyfish. He added that this has been observed more often in other European bodies of water, such as the North Sea. "This places a hard substrate in the sea, which is the preferred substrate for the larvae stage of jellyfish. 'Vicious cycle' Overfishing was another contributing factor, he added. "We are overfishing the oceans, which means we are catching all the big fish so the fish population is being reduced and we eliminate competitors and leave more food for the jellyfish." A recent report published by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) concluded that the increasing number of jellyfish was creating a "vicious cycle" because the jellyfish were also feeding on the eggs and larvae of commercially important fish species. In June, marine researchers gathered in Japan for the fourth International Jellyfish Bloom Symposium to share research on the global problem. According to the FAO report, some experts have warned that, if the trend continued unabated, jellyfish could supplant fish in the world's oceans, triggering a "global regime shift from a fish to a jellyfish ocean". Prof Piraino offered a solution, saying that people had to "learn to love jellyfish". "The Chinese have been eating jellyfish for millennia," he said. "Now there is documented evidence that non-stinging jellyfish in the Mediterranean can be eaten - they are full of antioxidants and they provide molecules that can be used in the pharmaceutical or cosmetic industries. "Therefore the creatures should be viewed as a resource rather than a pest."

The UK Foreign Office has updated its travel advice for Greece, warning that jellyfish blooms have been reported and for people to heed local advice.

Summarize the following article: The man was found by the emergency services outside a house in Green Acres, Gamlingay at 05:33 GMT. He was taken taken to hospital with 50% burns. Fire officers said there was a failure in the supply which went directly to the kitchen hob. They said the blast caused "catastrophic damage". Follow the latest updates on this story and others from Cambridgeshire here Neighbours of the man called the emergency services after hearing an explosion at the property. Fire crews treated the man for serious burns until paramedics arrived and isolated the gas supply. Station Commander Kevin Napier said: "We believe the gentleman heard hissing this morning and unfortunately then switched on the light to the kitchen. An explosion took place that has caused some catastrophic damage to the house. "The man sadly has suffered 50% burns to his body." The property will be assessed by a structural engineer. Mr Napier added that any suspicions of a gas leakage should be reported immediately and everyone inside should leave the premises.

A pensioner has suffered severe burns when a suspected gas explosion blew doors and windows off his house after he switched on a kitchen light.

Summarize the following article: People have been told they will have to travel to Flint after the office shuts on Friday. The jobseekers found out when they overheard staff being told. PeoplePlus said "rising employment" was responsible, and it would continue to pay for jobseekers' travel. The company offers support and training to people looking for work on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions. Former steel erector Ieuan Mulholland, 21, who has been unemployed for a year, said he felt people in Rhyl were being discriminated against. "This will decrease my chances of finding a job. "I have to use the service twice a week, but can pop in any time and often use it up to four times a week. I won't have that option any more." Joel Payne, PeoplePlus's regional director for Wales, said the organisation would continue to run an outreach office in Rhyl. "However, due to rising employment and fewer referrals to the scheme, most of our activities will be based in Flint," he added. "Those who are unable to make the journey will be able to use our office in Rhyl."

Up to 100 jobseekers in Rhyl face a round trip of more than 40 miles to attend mandatory job search appointments, following the closure of the local PeoplePlus office.

Summarize the following article: To outside eyes, the rise of Donald Trump especially looks like the ultimate "Only in America" story, but many of his compatriots wish it was a "Not in America" phenomenon. Just ask Jerry Springer, who recently told the Financial Times that the Republican race is too crazy even for his own show, a programme known for its on-stage punch-ups, pixelated nudity and madcap segments, such as "the man who married his horse". For all the billionaire's dominance in the Republican race, for all the free airtime lavished upon him by the media, polls repeatedly suggest that he is the most unpopular presidential candidate in modern history. A recent survey conducted for the Washington Post and ABC News showed that 67% of voters have an unfavourable view of him. What's also striking about the polling data is that the more exposure the billionaire gets, the higher his negatives soar, whether it is women angered by his misogyny, Latinos upset by his racial demagoguery, African-Americans who don't take kindly to being called "the blacks" or fellow Republicans who believe he will lead their party off a cliff. His hard-line stance on abortion - this week, before hastily backtracking, he said that women who opted for the procedure should be punished if abortion were made illegal - had the unusual effect of angering both pro-choicers and pro-lifers. Though 7.8 million voters have backed Trump, often precisely because of his rollicking approach, more Republicans continue to vote against him than for him. In primaries and caucuses he's won 37.1% of the vote and never more than 50% in any one primary. As the Harvard political scientist Danielle Allen recently pointed out, Trump claims to be the spokesman of America's "silent majority" but, like so many of his boasts, it does not withstand close scrutiny. Presently, he represents a minority. So far, Trump has won the votes of just 6% of the American electorate. The 40-year hurt - How Bruce Springsteen articulated the forces that underpin the rise of Trump Trumpisms - 22 things that Trump believes A civil war - Lifelong Republicans turned off by Trump It would be wrong, however, to think that all the negativity and voter antipathy is directed against Trump. Though Hillary Clinton is more popular than the property tycoon with general election voters, she still has the highest unfavourable rating - 53% - of any Democratic candidate in the past 30 years. To many, she fails the basic trust and likeability tests. So with polls repeatedly suggesting that both Clinton and Trump are viewed unfavourably by a majority of Americans, with historically unprecedented negative ratings, America is heading towards a lesser of two evils style presidential election. Travels with Hillary - On the campaign bus with Clinton Women problems - Clinton's struggle to appeal to female voters Shouting row - Clinton's voice and tone under fire The unpopularity of the front-runners is a reminder that we live in a "None of the Above" era of politics, in America and elsewhere. Out of the five remaining candidates, only two, Bernie Sanders and John Kasich, have positive approval ratings, but neither is translating that relative popularity into getting enough votes to win at present. Part of the reason for this none of the above dynamic is a rejection, globally, of the political class. Voters just don't seem to warm to careerist politicians who have devoted their working lives to politics, a self-perpetuating cadre who seem to be increasingly detached from the people they represent. Their sound bites sound contrived, prefabricated and overly rehearsed. Their views often seem to be dictated by focus groups rather than conviction. Their primary goal, their overriding motivation, frequently seems to be accruing power, rather than using it to effect change. To many, figures like Hillary Clinton just seem too pre-programmed, too pragmatic and too overtly political. As the veteran commentator Jeff Greenfield wrote in Politico last month: "It's almost as if her brain and tongue were on a seven-second delay in which every word is subject to a pre-utterance examination for potential damage." Marco Rubio suffered from the same affliction and never recovered from the charge that he was a robot, a political automaton. Antipathy towards the political class explains the rise of protest candidates like Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. Self-styled anti-politicians - Sanders has successfully cast himself as an outsider, despite serving in Washington since 1991 - their unexpected success stems from their defiance of political convention and an authenticity, however idiosyncratic, that sets them apart from conventional politicians. Trump and Sanders have not just benefited from the repudiation of the political class, but also its qualitative weakness. In all the coverage devoted to Trump's rise, one key point often gets overlooked: his unexpected strength is due in part to the weakness of his Republican rivals. The billionaire has risen to the top of a shallow Republican talent pool. The best that the GOP establishment could come up with - Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Chris Christie and John Kasich - managed between them to win only three contests to date, in Minnesota and Puerto Rico (Rubio) and Ohio (Kasich). The upshot is that many conservatives complain they are now being presented with a woeful choice, either Trump or his main rival Ted Cruz. Senator Lindsey Graham, a failed candidate himself, described it as akin to choosing between being poisoned or shot, perhaps the most pungent description yet of the none of the above trend in politics. This is not solely an American problem. Just cast your eye across the pond. In last year's Labour leadership contest, Jeremy Corbyn, another anti-politician, was the beneficiary of a weak and underperforming field of rivals, all of whom were career politicians. Labour's political class failed to produce a strong enough candidate to beat him, just as the Republican political class has seemingly failed to produce a strong enough candidate to halt Trump. However, as Trump and Corbyn demonstrate, there are limits to the appeal of protest candidates and anti-politicians. While both have, in wildly different ways, energised their bases, they have also struggled to appeal to general election voters. Though Trump probably has a better chance of occupying the White House than Corbyn does of living in Downing Street, polls suggest that both are long shots and that voters will ultimately opt for more conventional politicians, albeit without any great enthusiasm. Thus, the rise of anti-politicians has not done much to improve the political choice for voters, or alter the none of the above paradigm. There remain leaders in the political Anglosphere who voters not only seem to respect but also like and trust. Three examples are Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's First Minister, Justin Trudeau, the new Canadian Prime Minister, and Malcolm Turnbull, Australia's Prime Minister. But what's been noticeable in recent times is how many strong candidates choose not to seek high office - in the Labour leadership race, Alan Johnson and David Miliband were notable absentees - and how many best-in-their-generation figures steer clear of politics altogether, choosing instead to change the world through working in business, NGOs or tech start-ups. One politician whose standing has risen in this election season is President Barack Obama. His approval rating is higher than at any time in the past three years. But the most persuasive explanation for his surging popularity is the hostility towards his two possible successors and the sense of pre-emptive nostalgia that Campaign 2016 has brought on for presidency. Still, it is worth remembering that President Obama's ratings are hardly stratospheric. His most recent approval rating - 53% - is a far cry from the 60-plus approval ratings that Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton enjoyed in the twilight of their presidencies, what now look like halcyon political days. For whether products of the establishment or protest candidates pushed by anti-establishment insurgents, rarely have those running for high office been held in such low esteem. Politics may be broken, but anti-politics doesn't appear to offer a fix.

As the world looks on askance at the freakishness of the US presidential election, it is worth bearing in mind that a large number of Americans feel much the same sense of unease.

Summarize the following article: The Loons were comfortable 4-1 winners while Clyde won 2-0 at Elgin City. Berwick Rangers leapfrogged Arbroath into third thanks to a 2-0 victory at Cowdenbeath as Arbroath grabbed a late 1-1 draw against Annan Athletic. And Montrose beat bottom side Edinburgh City 1-0 to go eighth and leave City on one point - four points adrift. Andy Munro headed home a David Cox corner to give Forfar the lead before Sean Dickson levelled for the visitors on the stroke of half-time with a superb strike from the edge of the area. Forfar went in front again when Gavin Swankie teed up Josh Peters, who soon grabbed his second with a shot from distance. Danny Denholm completed the scoring in added time as Forfar maintained their 100% league record. Sean Higgins' early strike was added to by Peter MacDonald for Clyde, who had Martin McNiff sent off near the end. Gary Fraser's close-range strike was enough for Montrose to secure victory away to City, despite Terry Masson being dismissed. Two first-half goals from Steven Thomson moved Berwick up to third in the table. Ryan McCord's stoppage-time equaliser denied Annan at Gayfield. Earlier, Arbroath goalkeeper Robbie Mutch could only parry Omar Kadar's shot into the path of David McKenna, who put the visitors ahead.

Forfar Athletic maintained their five-point lead at the top of Scottish League Two by beating Stirling Albion as second-placed Clyde also won.

Summarize the following article: A former British protectorate which became self-governing in 1965, the territory is now in free association with New Zealand. Its economy centres on tourism; the territory's natural assets include fine beaches and volcanic mountains. Named after Captain Cook, who explored them in 1773, the islands were once autonomous, home to tribes of mixed Polynesian ancestry. Governments still seek advice on matters of culture, custom and land ownership from a council of hereditary leaders known as the House of Ariki. More than twice as many native Cook Islanders live in New Zealand than live in the islands themselves. Most of them have left in search of a brighter economic future. As New Zealand citizens they can also live in Australia. Black pearls are the chief export. Agriculture, the sale of fishing licences to foreign fleets and offshore finance are also key revenue earners. Status Self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand Population 15,600 Area 237 sq km (91 sq miles) Major languages English and Cook Islands Maori Major religion Christianity Life expectancy 70 (men), 76 (women) Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a governor Prime Minister: Henry Puna Lawyer and pearl farmer Henry Puna took office in December 2010 after his Cook Islands Party won a comfortable majority in elections. The Cook Islands Party unseated the Democratic Party which had dominated politics on the islands for the past decade. Mr Puna's party won a two-thirds majority of the 24 seats in parliament. Before the elections he was quoted as saying he planned to pay a $770 "baby bonus" to the mother of each child born in the Cook Islands to try reverse a steady decline in population caused by migration to New Zealand. His government retained a narrow majority in the 2014 parliamentary elections. Mr Puna studied law in Auckland University and the University of Tasmania before returning to practice law in the Cook Islands. The main radio and TV stations are operated by the privately-owned Pitt Media Group, which also publishes weekly newspapers. Radio Australia broadcasts on FM on Rarotonga. Some key dates in the history of the Cook Islands: 1596 - Spaniard Alvaro de Mendana is the first European to sight the islands. 1773 - Captain James Cook explores the islands and names them the Hervey Islands. Fifty years later they are renamed in his honour. 1821 - English and Tahitian missionaries arrive, become the first non-native settlers. 1888 - Cook Islands are proclaimed a British protectorate and a single federal parliament is established. 1901 - Islands are annexed to New Zealand. 1946 - Legislative Council is established. For the first time since 1912, the territory has direct representation. 1965 - Islands become a self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand. 1985 - Agreement on creating a South Pacific nuclear-free zone - the Rarotonga Treaty - is opened for signing on the main island. 2012 - The Cook Islands announces the creation of the world's largest marine reserve - a one million-sq-km (411,000-sq-mile) swathe of the Pacific Ocean.

The 15 volcanic islands and coral atolls of the Cook Islands are scattered over 770,000 square miles of the South Pacific, between American Samoa to the west and French Polynesia to the east.

Summarize the following article: One of the army generals involved in the plan to seize power while the president was in Tanzania has admitted defeat. The crisis follows weeks of protests against the president, mainly in the capital, Bujumbura. The trouble began in April when it was announced that President Nkurunziza would run for a third term. Protesters took to the streets saying the former rebel leader, who has been in power for nearly 10 years, was not entitled to do so. They are unhappy that the constitutional court ruled that as Mr Nkurunziza was appointed by parliament in 2005 - and not directly elected - he could stand again. Some army generals agreed that this flew in the face of the peace accord that ended a brutal 12-year civil war - and said they had relieved the president of his duties. Burundi country profile Loyalist forces have regained control of Bujumbura after two days of fighting in the city, with the last main battle centred around the offices of the national broadcaster. Coup bid leader Maj Gen Godefroid Niyombare, a former ally of the president, is still on the run, though three of his colleagues have been arrested. Gen Niyombare was dismissed as intelligence chief in February after advising Mr Nkurunziza against seeking a third term. On Wednesday, he announced on radio that a committee, including five generals, was taking command - and thousands took to the streets of the capital to celebrate. President Nkrunziza profile Burundi is a densely populated, landlocked country, like neighbouring Rwanda. It also has a similar ethnic make-up, with a Hutu majority and Tutsi minority, which had long controlled the country. It has had prolonged periods of conflict, including assassinations, coups and ethnic massacres. Some 300,000 people were killed in the civil war between ethnic Hutu rebels and the Tutsi-dominated army. The country has been largely peaceful since 2000, when international mediators brokered a deal to end the conflict. Under the agreement, the army was split 50-50 between Hutus and Tutsis. This means that unlike the police, whose officers have been forceful in putting down the anti-third term protests, the army is regarded as a neutral force. No. There are internal divisions - with former Hutu rebels regarded as loyal to the ruling party and those in the old Tutsi-dominated army seen sympathetic to the opposition. However, these historic ethnic tensions do not appear to have been a factor in the coup attempt. The announcement was made by Gen Niyombare, a Hutu like the president with whom he had fought as a rebel. He had the support of Defence Minister Pontien Gaciyubwenge, a Tutsi. On the other hand, the Hutu army chief of staff, Gen Prime Niyongabo remained loyal to Mr Nkurunziza. There are reports that the ruling party's youth wing, Imbonerakure, is turning into a militia group. Weapons are alleged to have been handed out to them, and they are said to have been behind the attacks on private radio stations seen to be supporting the coup bid. There are also allegations that some of its members have received military training by Burundian officers over the border in the Democratic Republic of Congo - denied by the ruling CNDD-FDD Some of the thousands people who have recently fled to neighbouring countries say they were threatened by Imbonerakure's members ahead of elections in June. One of the world's poorest nations, it had begun to reap the dividends of peace and rebuild its shattered economy - though corruption is still a huge issue. Until the recent unrest, Burundi had proved better at forging national unity following the turbulent 1990s than Rwanda. The fear now is that the row over the third presidential term could descend into conflict again, either along ethnic lines or along the new divisions in the military. What Burundi could teach Rwanda about reconciliation Burundi: Where jogging is a crime President Nkurunziza, who enjoys most support in rural areas, has now returned to the capital. When he tried to return from Tanzania on Wednesday, he was forced to turn back because troops supporting the coup had seized the airport. Key will be whether he presses ahead with his intention to run in elections in June. A civil society group has called for renewed protests. The African Union, whilst condemning the coup bid, said the polls should be postponed. Earlier this month, AU commission head Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma also questioned the decision by Burundi's constitutional court, saying the peace accord clearly stated a president should not run for a third term. East African countries are also keen to stop any further unrest in case it spills into Rwanda, Tanzania and DR Congo - in the last week the figure of those fleeing to neighbouring nations has risen from 50,000 to 105,000.

An attempt to overthrow Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza has ended in failure.

Summarize the following article: Addressing the Conservative Political Action Congress (CPAC), he vowed to always put American citizens first and build a "great, great border wall". He also promised to focus on "getting bad people out of this country". Mr Trump was greeted by chants of "USA, USA, USA!" as he addressed the annual forum in Maryland. "We're building the wall," he said. "In fact it's going to start very soon. Way ahead of schedule. It's way, way, way ahead of schedule." His comments come a day after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly met their Mexican counterparts in Mexico City. Neither made any mention of the wall in Thursday's news conference after their closed-door meetings. The wall could cost up to $21.5bn (£17.2bn), according to Reuters, citing a Department of Homeland Security internal report - much higher than Mr Trump's estimated price tag of $12bn (£9.6bn). On Thursday senior White House strategist Steve Bannon told the crowd at CPAC that Donald Trump wasn't moderating his views or backing down from his controversial campaign promises. On Friday the president took the stage and proved his top adviser right. In a wide-ranging speech to a crowd of right-wing activists and students, Mr Trump continued his efforts to reshape the Republican Party in his own image. He condemned trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Nafta, which previously had widespread conservative support, to cheers. He promised once again to build the Mexican border wall - ahead of schedule, no less - and crack down on illegal immigration, just a few years after many in his party supported comprehensive immigration reform. In a conference hall that contained more than a few career political operatives and professional Washington lobbyists, he condemned a "broken" political system full of "blood-sucking consultants" who peddle government influence. Two years ago Mr Trump's presence at CPAC was treated as an afterthought and a reality television joke. A year ago he decided to skip the event entirely. On Friday morning he arrived in a presidential motorcade. It's a brave new world for conservatives and their movement. Mr Trump, who has insisted Mexico would later pay for the wall, needs Congressional approval for funding before moving forward with construction. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has said he would not finance Mr Trump's wall. On Friday, President Trump also said he was working on a plan to "totally obliterate" the so-called Islamic State. "Foreign terrorists will not be able to strike America if they can't get in to America," he said. Mr Trump continued that he "took a lot of heat on Sweden", referring to his erroneous claim that an attack had recently happened there. He told the crowd: "I love Sweden... but the people over there understand I'm right." The president then referred to terrorist attacks in France before telling an anecdote about a friend who used to love travelling to Paris every year, but has stopped because "Paris is no longer Paris". One of the loudest rounds of applause came when he emphasised his "America First" outlook. "Global co-operation, dealing with other countries, getting along with other countries is good," he said. "It's very important. "But there's no such thing as a global anthem, a global currency or a global flag. "This is the United States of America that I'm representing. I'm not representing the globe; I'm representing your country." He devoted the first 13 minutes of his speech to criticising the media and its use of unnamed sources, without saying which stories he was unhappy with. Relations between the White House and the media hit a new low for his presidency a few hours later. Reporters from the BBC, The New York Times, CNN and other outlets were excluded from a briefing by the White House press secretary Sean Spicer. No reason was given, but Associated Press and Time magazine boycotted the so-called gaggle in protest. Mr Trump is the first president to address the group during his first year in office since Ronald Reagan in 1981, according to American Conservative Union chairman Matt Schlapp.

US President Donald Trump has vowed to start building a wall on the Mexican border "soon, way ahead of schedule", in a speech at a conservative event.

Summarize the following article: The officers were executing a warrant at a house in Bordesley Green at about midnight, West Midlands Police said. Three men, aged 21, 27 and 34, are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to possess a controlled drug with intent to supply. Officers seized a "large quantity" of suspected Class A drugs, police said. All 11 have since been released from hospital. "Inquiries are ongoing to establish exactly what the liquid was, although early indications suggest it may have been petrol mixed with an illegal drug, possibly heroin," a police spokesman said. Fire crews assessed the scene, in Mill Burn Way, and established there was no further risk posed by the substance. The house remains cordoned off and a number of road restrictions have since been lifted, police added. Both the officers and men arrested suffered sickness and breathing difficulties after being exposed to the substance. West Midlands Police was supporting officers from the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), who executed the warrant in relation to illegal drugs. Officers from both Soca and the West Midlands force became ill, West Midlands Police said. Ch Insp Lee Wharmby said: "Events such as this always raise concern in communities, but I want to be clear that this is about drugs alone and not connected to terrorism." He said the men were taken to Heartland Hospital for treatment. "There are no long lasting effects for anybody within the local community," he added. West Midlands Ambulance Service said 12 decontamination staff were put on standby but not needed.

Eight police officers and three suspects were taken to hospital after being overcome by an unknown substance during a drug raid in Birmingham.

Summarize the following article: They hope the genetic data will offer clues on how to suppress the spread of Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD), which is transmitted via biting. Since DFTD was first recorded in 1996, populations in some areas are estimated to have declined by up to 90%. Details of the research have been published in the journal Cell. DFTD refers to a fatal condition that is characterised by the appearance of facial tumours. As these develop into large cancerous growths, the animal finds it hard to eat. As it becomes weaker, it is unable to compete with other animals for food. Researchers say that affected animals appear to die within three to five months of the lesions first appearing. The international team of scientists that sequenced the genome (complete set of genetic material) of DFTD built on earlier work that sequenced the genome of the Tasmanian devil itself, and the combined work could play a role in preventing the continual spread of the contagious cancer. "We can now look for mutated pathways that might be responsible for the cancer's growth, which may offer potential targets or ideas for therapeutic interventions that could help the devils in the wild," explained co-author Elizabeth Murchison, a researcher at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK. "It has also allowed us to identify a number of genes that have a number of mutations, which makes it different to a normal devil's genome," she told BBC News. "Of course, we are also keen to develop vaccines that help the devils' bodies detect that the cancer is foreign, and by using these genes that are different between the cancer and the host, they may present ideas for developing vaccines." 'Immortal devil' Dr Murchison added that the sequencing also allowed the researchers to understand the dynamics of the disease. "Because the cancer is spread by living cancer cells, it actually arose from one individual devil," she said. BBC Nature - Tasmanian devil videos, news and facts By using "genetic detective work", Dr Murchison and the team said the disease first arose in a female more than 15 years ago. "As far as we know, it was just a normal, wild Tasmanian devil but for some reason it developed this tumour that became transmissible." As the cancer cells were passed from one animal to another over the years, the original host was nicknamed the "immortal devil". "She is, in a way, living on long after her own death," observed Dr Murchison. Previous research revealed that DFTD was spread by biting, which played a major part in the devils' social interaction, such as mating and competing for food. "Normally, a cancer that arises within the body of one person dies when that person dies," she explained. "It doesn't normally have an existence outside the body of its host. "What is so unusual about the devils' cancer is that it has been able to survive after the death of its host. "This has been facilitated by the fact that devils do bite each other, which has created a route for the transmission for the cancer." The rapid spread of the contagious DFTD saw a steep decline in the wild population of the devils, prompting the Australian government in May 2009 to list the species (Sarcophilus harrisii) as Endangered. As the world's largest marsupial carnivore is only found in the wild within Tasmania, the species is also listed as Endangered by the IUCN's global Red List of Threatened Species. The outlook for the devils was so bleak that it prompted the government-backed Save the Tasmanian Devil Program to establish an "insurance population" in 2005. This involved placing more than 270 disease-free devils in captivity in case it became necessary in the future to re-establish a healthy wild population. But Dr Murchison added: "My goal is to do something to stop the spread of the disease in the wild before it is too late, [but] the wild population is declining at a very rapid rate, and there are some fears that the species in the wild could go extinct in 20-30 years. "It would be impossible to re-introduce devils into the wild until we were certain that there were no diseased devils left out there, otherwise the [reintroduction] would be pointless because the disease would just come back again." Explaining why it was important to continue research into developing a treatment for DFTD, she said: "Even if we do have to wait to re-introduce devils into the wild, it is going to be really important to be able to prevent those devils from getting the disease, and suppress the disease, just in case there are still reservoirs of it still left in the wild."

Researchers have sequenced the genome of the killer disease that is driving the remaining wild populations of Tasmanian devils towards extinction.

Summarize the following article: The partnership between One Laptop per Child (OLPC) and the East African Community (EAC) aims to deliver 30 million laptops in the region by 2015. OLPC has also announced a partnership with a UN agency which aims to deliver 500,000 machines in the Middle East. Both the UN agency and the EAC first need to raise cash for the laptops. The two groups aim to find donors to help pay for the machines, which currently sell for more than $200, despite intentions to sell them for less. "At the end of the day, it all comes down to money," Matt Keller of OLPC told BBC News, talking about the EAC partnership. "Ideally, we would live in a world where governments can equip every kid to be educated, but that's not the case." He said the EAC was currently drafting a letter to US President Barack Obama to ask if the US could provide assistance to pay for the project. The countries were also exploring links with the aid community, he said. Laptops given to Gaza's children "This is a very ambitious project for which we will have to partner with various people and institutions to mobilise and fund the resources required to meet our objectives by 2015," said Ambassador Juma Mwapachu, secretary general of the EAC. The organisation represents the governments of Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda and Burundi. Some of the countries have already run small trials with the machines, including Rwanda which has more than 20,000 pupils using them. Mr Keller said the country already had an order for 70,000 more and had shown the other countries in the area the benefit of technology in schools. The partnership with the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) aims to distribute half a million laptops to Palestinian children throughout the Middle East. UNRWA looks after more than four million Palestinian refugees in five countries It has been conducting trials with 1,500 machines in the region and has begun to distribute a further 2,100 to a school in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza strip. "For us it is vital to get computers to our kids," Adnan Abu Hasna of UNRWA told BBC News. "We think many people and individuals will support the idea." OLPC has had difficulty selling its computers and its alternative vision of education around the world. The organisation - a spin out from US university MIT - originally aimed to sell the low-cost laptops in lots of one million to governments in developing countries for $100 each. However, it had difficulty getting governments to commit to bulk orders. The rugged machines - which are designed specifically for children in the developing world and run both Linux and Microsoft Windows - are now offered in single units for around $200 each. Mr Keller said that there were currently around 1.6 million machines distributed around the world, with commitments for another 400,000. He admitted the project had still not reached its "tipping point", but said if the EAC was successful it may prove to be the decisive moment for the project. "We want [these computers] to be as a fundamental as electricity," he said.

The group behind the "$100 laptop" has formed a partnership which it hopes will deliver computers to every primary school child in East Africa.

Summarize the following article: Greater Manchester Police said officers were called to reports of a knife attack shortly before 11:00 GMT at a house on Redwood Drive, Bredbury. A police spokeswoman said officers found a 60-year-old woman with stab wounds who was declared dead at the scene. A post-mortem examination into her death is due to take place later.

A 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found stabbed in Stockport.

Summarize the following article: The Senate judiciary committee approved the ban, similar to one that expired in 2004, on a 10-8 party-line vote. The narrow margin underlines the uphill battle faced by the White House drive for new gun regulations, after a school massacre that killed 26 in December. Polls show a majority of Americans back a ban on assault weapons. The bill's sponsor, Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, says such guns have been used in too many mass shootings. But opponents say the measure would violate the Second Amendment, the clause in the US Constitution that refers to the right of citizens "to keep and bear arms". Critics also argue it would hamper the ability of citizens to defend themselves from criminals with illegal guns. The same Senate committee has already approved expanding the requirement for background checks on gun buyers, increasing penalties for gun traffickers and boosting aid for school safety. Thursday's measure would ban the sale of 157 kinds of semi-automatic weapons, guns that automatically reload, and large-capacity ammunition magazines carrying more than 10 rounds. But it allows 2,258 rifles and shotguns that are frequently used by hunters and does not include weapons already lawfully owned. Ms Feinstein said such exemptions would leave Americans with more than enough weapons to defend themselves. "Do they need a bazooka?" she asked at the hearing. "I don't think so." However, even with those concessions the proposal is viewed as dead on arrival in the Republican-dominated House of Representatives. It is also seen as highly unlikely to pass the US Senate. Democrats hold a 55-45 edge in that chamber, but President Barack Obama's party may need 60 votes to pass the measure. And not all Democratic votes are assured, given intense lobbying from the National Rifle Association (NRA) and other pro-gun groups. Many senators from states with strong gun traditions fear that backing such a ban could cost them re-election. Senator Charles Grassley, the top Republican on the judiciary committee, told Reuters news agency he did not think the proposal could win more than 50 votes. "We are focused on the next step of the legislative process," Chris Cox, the NRA's chief lobbyist, said on Wednesday.

A sharply split US Senate panel has passed a bill to ban assault weapons, but the measure is viewed as unlikely to go much further in Congress.

Summarize the following article: The tie looked done at the break with ruthless first-half finishes from Arnaud Djoum and Sam Nicholson. Hibs displayed their character and their class thereafter, dominating much of the second half at Tynecastle. Jason Cummings headed in 12 minutes from time to set up a frenetic finish, before Paul Hanlon slid home the equaliser in injury time. Media playback is not supported on this device Even at that painfully late stage, there could have been a winner. Hearts responded and, under pressure, Niklas Gunnarsson almost turned the ball into his own net. Instead, it came back off his crossbar. Tynecastle gasped in that moment. Breathless stuff and the right result. They go again at Easter Road a week on Tuesday, 16 February, and thank heavens for that. This was hard and fast and ultra physical. There were lusty tackles by the barrowload, bookings galore, men going off injured and a second-half fracas. Though they were two goals down at the break, it was Hibs who created the early chances, a neat turn and curling shot by John McGinn forcing Neil Alexander into a save and then Anthony Stokes heading just over from a corner. Hibs lost Dylan McGeouch through injury after half an hour - Kevin Thomson replaced him for yet another Hibs 'debut'. The visitors missed McGeouch's industry and energy and within a minute of his exit his team were behind. It came from nothing. Hearts - with new signing Abiola Dauda selected ahead of the departing Osman Sow - had posed no threat until Lewis Stevenson headed a weak clearance to Djoum, standing free outside the penalty area. Djoum unleased a missile that flew past Mark Oxley. It was the purest strike you could hope to see and it sent Tynecastle into raptures. Their delirium had barely died down when they were on their feet again celebrating the second. Callum Paterson hit a diagonal ball to the left side of the Hibs' box, where Nicholson took it on his chest and planted his shot beyond Oxley. The question now was what could Hibs find after the break. This is a team that has already beaten three Premiership teams this season - Aberdeen, Dundee United and St Johnstone all swept aside on their road to the League Cup final. They rallied and pegged Hearts back and gave them a real fright. Gunnarsson came on as a replacement for David Gray and helped turn the tide, getting on the ball, finding space, making things happen. Marvin Bartley was like a rock in the middle of the park. After a bout of pushing and shoving, a player pile-up and three bookings, Hibs started to create. Gunnarsson had a header saved by Alexander, then Stokes smashed one into the side-netting. Hibs were dominating now, Hearts hanging on. All the energy belonged to Hibs - and all the chances. In the 78th minute, just when you started to doubt their capacity to turn possession into goals, Liam Henderson dinked in a cross and Cummings' terrific header looped in over Alexander's head. The equaliser was late but deserving. Alexander thought he had repelled Hibs when he beat away Darren McGregor's header, but Hanlon followed up to complete the comeback. There was time for a Hearts response. There was that Gunnarsson moment and then Thomson had to kick a Blazej Augustyn effort off the line. Tumultuous stuff in the capital. Round two is a prospect to quicken the pulse.

A riveting Edinburgh derby ended with Hibs storming back from 2-0 down to earn a Scottish Cup fifth-round replay.

Summarize the following article: The composite of the extinct flightless bird was put together from bones collected over a number of decades. The private collector offering it for sale only lacked part of the skull and one set of claws when he assembled the specimen in the early 2000s. It is being sold by Summers Place Auctions in West Sussex in November, and is set to fetch a six-figure sum. Director Rupert van der Werff said: "The rarity and completeness of this specimen cannot be overemphasised. "It provides a unique opportunity for an individual or an institution to own a specimen of this great icon of extinction." The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) was native to Mauritius but became extinct in the late 17th Century, within less than 100 years of Europeans settling the Indian Ocean island. The bird, which could not swim or fly, was bigger than a turkey and weighed about 50lbs (23kg). It evolved in isolation from predators and had no fear of humans. Dodo meat was said to be very tasty, although very little is known about the animal. The majority of the bones in the specimen up for auction were recovered from the Mare aux Songes swamp, in south-eastern Mauritius, in the 19th Century. The Mauritian government has since banned all exports of dodo bones. Only one dodo skeleton exists that is made up from the bones of a single animal. It is on display in Port Louis, Mauritius. About a dozen other specimens are composites made up from bones from several birds. The 95% complete composite skeleton being offered for auction is said to be the first put together since the early 20th Century. It will be part of the fourth Evolution sale at the auction house in Billingshurst on 22nd November.

The first almost complete skeleton of a dodo to come up for sale in nearly a century is to be sold at auction.

Summarize the following article: As of March 2016, the number employed by local authorities fell by 170 to fewer than 600 compared to three years earlier - a drop of 23%. Many of the patrols have not been replaced by cash-strapped councils after crossing assistants retired. Road safety charity Brake said patrols played a "key role" in keeping children safe. However, there is no legal duty for councils in Wales to provide them and many have reviewed the use of crossing staff in a bid to address budget deficits. The Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) said financial pressures and recruitment issues were making it hard for councils to fill roles - with bad weather and "commonplace" abuse from drivers putting people off. Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, show all but three of Wales' 22 councils saw a reduction in the number of crossing patrol staff between 2013 and 2016. Many councils said crossings were being reassessed and scrapped when staff retired. Carmarthenshire saw the biggest cut - with 23 posts being lost since 2013. Road safety and traffic manager for the council, John McEvoy said: "A number of school crossing patrol sites have remained vacant for a long period of time due to difficulties with recruitment." In Neath Port Talbot 19 posts were lost, as the council tried to address a £17.3m deficit in 2014-15. Many schools, town and community councils, now fund patrols in the area. Seven roles have gone in Newport and the council said it struggled to recruit suitable candidates, adding it was not unusual for a vacancy to fail to attract a single applicant. Only Monmouthshire increased the number of patrols in the period, from five to eight in March 2016, while Powys employed no-one in the period. In Pembrokeshire - where seven posts have been lost due to retirement and ill health - the council reviewed the use of school crossings across the county, carrying out surveys to check their use. The authority's assistant road safety officer, Sally Jones, said the review had led to plans to cut services in the region being scrapped, and no roles were cut. A spokeswoman for Brake, said: "School crossing patrols provide a vital service by helping children cross roads safely on their way to school. "Local authorities have a duty to promote the use of sustainable transport, especially for children on their way to school, yet the number of lollipop people are declining." Eirlys Twigg started helping children cross the road in 1987. Almost 30 years later, she is still guiding school children outside Ysgol y Frenni, Crymych. Her role was under threat during the review, but she said it was saved after support from the community. "You meet the parents, you meet the children, it's something you do in the community: you are helping the community by doing this job," she said. "[Lollipop ladies] are very important for the safety of the children to cross to the school and even more important in the afternoon." Cath Charlton has been helping children cross the road in Merlin's Bridge for the last decade. When she started, her son, now aged 21, was at the school, and she said helping the children and talking to them always made her day. "When Merlin's bridge is gridlocked and when the lanes are flooded it does get busy here, and it can be dangerous sometimes," she said. She believes if the crossing was to be scrapped children could get hurt.

The number of school lollipop staff in Wales has fallen by almost a quarter in the past three years, figures show.

Summarize the following article: Now imagine for a second you're Donald Trump, and you've just been given that piece of homework. I think the first thing you're going to do is ask for a few extra sheets of paper because, what a summer. From distant, foggy memory, I also seem to remember that the one other instruction you got from the teacher was to make it descriptive, and not too much of a list. Well, sorry about that, Miss. This is what Donald and his pals in the White House got up to: And this is the quiet season. This is the still, millpond of August when nothing happens; when days are long and news bulletins are slim, when surfing dogs and the battle of the bake-offs should dominate the news cycle. Barack Obama's former chief of staff, and now the Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, tweeted at one point that he was going to nominate the White House for a Tony award for most drama. Not best drama. Just most. There is no shortage of pundits and political professionals in Washington who will tell you things can't continue like this, and that there is no way that Donald Trump can last a full four years in office. There is a degree of wishful thinking in that for some people. For others it is a genuine, cold-eyed assessment. I am unconvinced. For a start the drama, the chaos and noise are what this president thrives on. If he hated the drama, he wouldn't stoke and provoke as much as he does. Where it does matter is in his relationships with the lawmakers on Capitol Hill, with the business leaders across the country, with the money men on Wall Street, with the military high command who seem to have bristled at the way their commander-in-chief is behaving and with his fellow leaders around the world. Just consider for a minute his threat to allow a government shutdown if he doesn't get funding for the border wall with Mexico. The president says it's making good on a campaign pledge: the lawmakers, still under their breath, say: "Yeah, and the other part of the pledge was that Mexico was going to pay." He has publicly lambasted the Republican Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell. On any number of occasions. How does that help him to get an infrastructure bill passed? How does that help to get tax reform through? And then there's the Trump base. Has support for Donald Trump fractured? Yes, a bit. Do the polls that chart approval ratings for him make alarming reading? Yep, the numbers disapproving seem to be rising, and the approving seem to be dwindling. But his base is still 100% with him. Cheering, whooping and lapping it up. He is their man, fighting the system and draining the swamp and taking on the establishment. Just look at the crowds in Phoenix, Arizona, last week. You see, I think there is a perfectly plausible scenario where by a squeak and a cigarette-paper width of margin he gets his legislative agenda through. In which case in 2020 he could go to the American people and say: "Look, I delivered on what I promised." There is perhaps a more likely set of circumstances where he is blocked and thwarted - and fails on all the big legislative tests - no repeal and replacement of Obamacare, no significant change to the tax code, no wall with Mexico, no change to America's crumbling infrastructure. But that doesn't mean it's over for Trump. He then goes to the country and says: "The system is rigged. Draining the swamp is going to take even longer than I ever thought. Parts of the Republican leadership need to be swept away. The fight goes on. We'll Make America Great Again." And that brings us to Donald Trump's ego - and maybe a choice that this White House must confront as it takes stock of this chaotic summer. Does Donald Trump want to go down in history as a heroic failure, or the winner who turned things around with his relentless energy and deal-making nous? If it's the latter then he needs to start nurturing all those people he has alienated, and in record fast time. And if it's the former, then carry on with the rallies that pump up the base and leave many others feeling queasy.

This week across America, millions of children will be getting ready to go back to school and returning home that evening with their first work assignment - an essay with the title: "What I did on my summer holidays."

Summarize the following article: The 60009 Union of South Africa will haul the service between Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank on 10 September, just four days after the new railway opens. It is one of six remaining LNER Class A4 steam locomotives in the UK, which were built in Doncaster in 1937. The train will run through the Borders three days a week, for six weeks. Mike Cantlay, the chairman of VisitScotland, said the steam trains would be an additional boost to tourism in the region. He said: "The opening of the Borders Railway is a fantastic opportunity for Scottish tourism and the introduction of steam trains is excellent news. "It is a chance for passengers to step back in time and enjoy the beautiful countryside on another level as these majestic locomotives make their way through Midlothian. "The magical Scottish Borders is one of Scottish tourism's greatest assets and I'm convinced the addition of steam trains will make our new railway one of Scotland's most sought-after attractions. I for one cannot wait to enjoy this amazing experience." The ScotRail service has been introduced following the success of a similar scheme which operated between Inverness and Carlisle in June. Transport Minister Derek Mackay said: "It's fantastic to see these iconic trains back in operation, allowing so many people the opportunity to appreciate Scotland's countryside and railways from a unique and very special point of view, and to see them running on the long-awaited Borders Railway will be a real jewel in the crown both for Scotland's tourism and rail industries. "There can be few railway journeys which match the outstanding scenery on this new route, and I look forward to it being extremely successful. Steam services running on the reopened Borders Railway really will recapture the golden age of Scottish rail travel."

The first steam trains will travel along the new Borders Railway line in September, ScotRail has confirmed.

Summarize the following article: Media playback is not supported on this device Konta, who will be seeded for the first time at Wimbledon this year, overcame her Ukrainian opponent 7-6 (7-4) 6-1. Kvitova won her only previous meeting with Konta, coming through 7-5 6-3 in the US Open last 16 in September. Top seed Agnieszka Radwanska and former world number one Caroline Wozniacki also advanced to the third round. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni of Croatia was forced to retire from her match against Poland's Radwanska because of illness while trailing 6-4 2-1. Dane Wozniacki - now ranked 37th in the world - produced a superb performance to beat Australian Sam Stosur 6-2 6-1. Find out how to get into tennis in our special guide. Radwanska will play 2014 Wimbledon runner-up Eugenie Bouchard next after the Canadian - who has fallen to 48th in the world from a high of fifth in October 2014 - beat Romanian 15th seed Irina-Camelia Begu 6-3 6-1. Earlier in the day Czech fifth seed Kvitova saw off Hungary's Timea Babos 6-4 7-6 (7-5), but Italian second seed Roberta Vinci and Swiss fourth seed Timea Bacsinszky were upset by Russia's Ekaterina Makarova and France's Kristina Mladenovic respectively. Media playback is not supported on this device Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox.

British number one Johanna Konta has beaten Lesia Tsurenko to set up a last-16 meeting with two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova at Eastbourne.

Summarize the following article: The body of the 51-year-old was found in a cesspit at her home in Royston, Hertfordshire, in July. Her fiancé, Ian Stewart, 56, who denies murder, visited her solicitor in Ms Bailey's place on 11 April, the day she went missing, to discuss the sale. He claimed she was "too unwell" to attend, St Albans Crown Court was told. The Northumberland-born author of the Electra Brown series for teenagers, was last seen alive on 11 April. More news from Hertfordshire Mr Stewart reported her missing on 14 April. Her body, together with that of her dog was found in the excrement-filled septic tank beneath a garage three months later. The prosecution alleges Mr Stewart murdered his partner, who was worth an estimated £4m, for her money. Ms Bailey had been due to meet her solicitor Timothy Penn to discuss the sale of her £185,000 Gateshead flat on the afternoon of 11 April. Instead, Mr Stewart attended saying his partner was unwell, Mr Penn told the jury. While she was missing, Mr Stewart tried to push the sale through and was "not at all pleased" by the lack of progress, the solicitor said. Mr Penn told the jury during one phone call Mr Stewart said: "You probably know that Helen is missing and I'm wondering if you can carry on with this transaction in the meantime." Mr Penn said: "I said effectively no. He talked about a power of attorney and I said in these circumstances we would want to hear from Helen." Earlier in the trial, the court heard Mr Stewart had been given power of attorney alongside Ms Bailey's brother John in 2015, allowing him to control her affairs should she become unfit to administer them. Mr Stewart's sons Jamie and Oliver Stewart were also in court to give evidence on the fifth day of the trial. Following Mr Stewart's arrest, the court heard he told his son Oliver that two men, named as Nick and Joe, had repeatedly showed up at the home to demand paperwork. He claimed he had been assaulted by the men and on one occasion was given a mobile phone and forced to follow certain instructions. Oliver Stewart, 21, told the court: "When he was telling me about these people, I could see that he was not joking, I could see the fear. "Purely by him telling me that, that was the road I can see he was going down." When asked by prosecutor Stuart Trimmer QC "what road was that?", Mr Stewart replied: "I concluded they were involved in taking Helen because of the way he was telling me - there was fear in his face, he was not just joking about this." Jamie Stewart said on the day of the alleged killing, his father had travelled to Cambridge to watch him in a bowls match. Later that evening the pair had a Chinese takeaway at their Royston home. Jamie Stewart told the court, when he got home from work the following day - 12 April - his father told him Ms Bailey had left him a note saying she had gone to Broadstairs "to get some time for herself". "Throughout that week, he began to get visibly more stressed out. He was spending a lot more time with myself and my brother and wanting to be around us," he said. Several days later his father told Jamie he had reported Ms Bailey missing. Ian Stewart denies charges of murder, preventing a lawful burial, fraud and three counts of perverting the course of justice. The trial continues.

The man accused of murdering author Helen Bailey twice tried to use power of attorney while she was missing in order to sell her flat, a court heard.