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The stone bridge at Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, partially collapsed into the River Wharfe last Tuesday after major flooding in the town.
A bus has been transporting people from one side of the river to the other after the bridge remained closed.
The council said it was looking at all options to create pedestrian access.
Shops and businesses in the town were badly affected by floods after river levels rose following heavy rain on 26 December.
The authority said building a temporary road bridge was "not an option given the span required and the constraints of the location".
Instead it had agreed to reconstruct the historic bridge following a meeting with the military, Highways England and the Department for Transport earlier.
North Yorkshire County Council said reconstructing "a listed bridge of this nature, with its series of masonry arches, is a highly complex and skilled operation which the county council is best placed and has the necessary expertise to carry out".
"The council is hoping that the reconstruction of the bridge can be carried out within 12 months, circumstances permitting. It is estimated that the reconstruction will cost around £3m. The county council will therefore be looking for financial support from government."
An option to create a temporary footbridge across the river using pontoons was being examined, the council said.
The authority said it was also looking to "stabilise the bridge further with concrete underpinning of the bridge's pier due to flood waters scouring part of the river bed underneath".
Divers are due to carry out an underwater survey of the bridge this week.
Other bridges in Yorkshire suffered serious damage during the recent floods, including Elland Bridge in Calderdale, and a 180-year-old bridge collapsed in Copley, near Halifax.
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An 18th Century bridge which was badly damaged in recent flooding is expected to cost £3m and take up to 12 months to repair, a council has estimated.
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Police say the men, both 28, found the trolley and were riding it down a steep hill in the eastern suburb of Randwick just after midnight when they hit a car coming the other way.
The man who survived had just arrived in Australia - he remains in hospital and police said he could face charges.
The trolley had reached speeds of up to 80km/h (50mph), said police.
"The male that was in the shopping trolley was catapulted out landing in a kerb," Det Supt Gavin Dengate told local media.
"Unfortunately we all know what shopping trolleys are like, and they are very difficult to control [it's] very very tragic."
He said riding in a shopping trolley "must be one of the most dangerous things you can do".
The 45-year-old driver of the car, who was not injured, tested negative for drugs and alcohol.
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A Swedish man has died and another has been seriously injured in a shopping trolley accident in Sydney, Australia.
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The boy had sneaked up on the guard in an attempt to scare him, and the guard responded by opening fire, police said.
The boy was taken to hospital, but died of his injuries. The guard has been arrested.
Correspondents say Karachi has thousands of private security guards, but many are poorly paid and have not received proper training.
The boy's family and local residents have staged a protest over the shooting, which occurred late on Sunday.
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A security guard in the Pakistani city of Karachi has shot dead an 11-year-old boy wearing a monster mask, police say.
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Firms are selling data about people's salaries, investment values and pension size for as little as 5p without their knowledge, the Daily Mail said.
It is feared it will be used to scam pensioners who can access their full pension pots under new rules in April.
Information Commissioner Christopher Graham said he was investigating.
He told the BBC that the claims were "very serious" and said he was in touch with the Pensions Regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority and the police.
"There are lots of people out there who are trying to take advantage of leads that they get to sell you stuff," he said.
However, at least one of the firms accused of selling data has denied doing anything illegal.
The Daily Mail said its undercover reporters were able to buy pension details by claiming they were from a cold-calling company.
However, one of the companies that offered information to the reporters - B2C Data - denied selling "highly sensitive details of salaries, investments and pensions".
It said its data business was "entirely legitimate and legally compliant".
"Importantly, it does not receive or process information other than in respect of those customers of its members who have opted in," said a B2C spokesperson.
Previously B2C told the paper that it gathered some details from mortgage application forms.
Mortgage applicants have to give details of their savings, and may not always tick a box to stop their data being passed on.
Another suggestion being made is that people give away information unwittingly when filling in forms for savings products such as Individual Savings Accounts (Isas).
About 300,000 people are expected to be able to take immediate advantage of changes in pension rules on 6 April, and the industry has repeatedly warned about the dangers of scams.
The Association of British Insurers, which represents many of the big pension companies, is among those who have already called for a tightening of the rules.
But the real question is: How are these data firms obtaining personal details of salaries and pensions in the first place? Pension companies themselves naturally deny selling information.
However, it is not necessarily illegal to sell data lists, when people have given away information freely.
Steve Webb - pensions minister in the coalition government - has already admitted there will be a lot of crooks wanting to take advantage of the pension reforms, and has advised people to take professional advice.
A second company - Targeted Response Direct (TRD) - denied the Mail's accusations of selling unregulated high-risk investments to pensioners.
"For the record, we don't sell pension details," said David Billington of TRD.
"We do not target pensioners for any investment product or service," he said.
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) advised people to be on their guard against unsolicited approaches from financial companies.
The ICO has the power to issue fines of up to £500,000 for the most serious breaches and can pursue criminal prosecutions around unlawfully obtaining or accessing personal data.
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Commonwealth champion Taylor takes on South African Warren Joubert at Meadowbank on Friday.
"He gives me bits of advice - how to carry myself outside the gym as well as inside it," Taylor said of compatriot Buchanan.
"And [he gives me advice] on how to dedicate my life. You can't buy that experience."
The pair first met at the gym where Taylor started training as an amateur, and Buchanan recently tipped the southpaw to go all the way to a world title.
"I used to spend a lot of time with him in the gym, he still comes in," Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Taylor said of Buchanan.
"I see him all the time and have a chat with him every time he's in. He sees that I am dedicated and he gives me good advice every time he's in, which is brilliant."
Taylor, 26, saw off Alfonso Olvera in Las Vegas in January to maintain his unbeaten record, but should face a step up in class against Joubert, who has fought 35 times, losing on only four occasions.
The East Lothian boxer is, however, still hopeful of an early finish against the man nicknamed 'The Warrior'.
"If I can get him out of there in the first round I will, you don't get paid any overtime, but I don't think it's going to go that way," said Taylor. "I've trained for a hard fight so I'm expecting one and if it is a hard fight I'm more than ready for it.
"We'll put his character to the test on Friday, we'll put his chin to the test and we'll put his body to the test as well.
"I'm getting into the zone now, into fight mode. The training is all done now and I just want to get in there and get the job done."
Taylor said fighting in front of a home crowd will give him an extra 10-15% on the night but Joubert is unconcerned about the hostile atmosphere.
"The crowd might inspire Josh a bit but they can't get in the ring and fight for him, so it comes down to the two of us coming face-to-face," said Joubert, who believes the fight will be the biggest of his career so far.
"I am confident but I never want to be one of those fighters who are over-confident. I know I have a tough fight ahead. Josh is a good fighter but we haven't come here for a holiday, we've come for a fight and that's why they call me The Warrior - I'm ready for tough fights."
Joubert hopes to use his experience against the Scot, but admits the fight is about much more than minutes banked in the ring.
"At the end of the day it also comes down to ability," he added. "I believe my experience will play a part but I'm not short on ability either.
"We've put in the right preparation for the fight and are ready for it."
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Josh Taylor has taken inspiration from Scottish great Ken Buchanan before his super-lightweight title defence.
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The Italians have won all 11 knockout ties against Ligue 1 opponents.
Monaco have never won a game in Italy in seven attempts.
Only two teams have ever won a knockout tie in the competition after losing at home in the first leg and it has never been done from two goals down.
Ajax overcame Panathinaikos in 1996 and Inter Milan managed to beat Bayern Munich in 2011 - both, however, only needed to recover from a one goal deficit.
Monaco coach Leonardo Jardim has said that an early goal could be the catalyst for an upset.
"We have to stay confident, try to play our game and put on a good performance and if we score at the start of the game, maybe that could change things," he said.
Monaco, who themselves were the last French side to reach the final when they lost to Jose Mourinho's Porto in 2004, would also have to end Juve's four-year unbeaten home record in Europe and a run of six successive clean sheets in the competition.
Both teams lead their own leagues and are on the brink of winning their respective titles while Juventus have also reached the Italian Cup final, putting them on course for a treble.
Juventus forward Paulo Dybala limped off during Saturday's 1-1 draw at home to Torino but coach Massimiliano Allegri said it was just cramp.
"It was normal in the circumstances and towards the end of the season," said Allegri, who warned his team not to think about any another result than a win.
"Monaco are a side with great talent and we have absolutely not yet sealed our qualification. We need to win the second leg," he added.
Monaco's 18-year-old striker Kylian Mbappe, one of the hottest properties in European football, has scored 18 goals in his past 20 competitive games, while the team also features resurgent Colombian forward Radamel Falcao.
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Monaco are hoping for a historic comeback as they try to overturn a 2-0 first-leg deficit in their Champions League semi-final against Juventus on Tuesday.
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The body of Stuart Brown, 35, was discovered in bushes in Horsell Moor, near Woking, on 22 April last year.
His cause of death has never been established.
A man in his 30s, who was arrested in November on suspicion of assault, manslaughter and perverting the course of justice, faces no further action.
Mr Brown was last seen walking away from Woking town centre along Constitution Hill at 16:20 BST on 21 April.
In a statement, Surrey Police said: "Officers have completed their investigation into the death of Stuart Brown... the police investigation concluded that there was no evidence to support any criminal proceedings and a file will be submitted to the Coroner's Office."
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A police investigation into the death of a man whose body was found in Surrey has been closed after no evidence was found to support criminal proceedings.
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Jon Nolan crashed the ball home early on for the hosts, but the Blades controlled much of the first half.
Kieron Freeman levelled with a powerful header and John Fleck put the Blades in front from outside the box.
Billy Sharp got the third a minute later with a far-post header before Leon Clarke rounded off the win with a low curling strike from 25 yards out.
United have scored 26 goals in their past seven games in all competitions, and move up to third place in League One, having gone 12 games without defeat in the third tier.
Danny Wilson's Chesterfield are seven points from safety and have lost eight of their past nine league games.
Match ends, Chesterfield 1, Sheffield United 4.
Second Half ends, Chesterfield 1, Sheffield United 4.
Substitution, Sheffield United. Caolan Lavery replaces Billy Sharp.
Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Tom Anderson.
Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Gary Liddle.
Connor Dimaio (Chesterfield) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by John Fleck (Sheffield United).
Goal! Chesterfield 1, Sheffield United 4. Leon Clarke (Sheffield United) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Paul Coutts.
Foul by Liam O'Neil (Chesterfield).
Mark Duffy (Sheffield United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by John Fleck.
Substitution, Sheffield United. Jack O'Connell replaces Matt Done.
Attempt saved. Tom Anderson (Chesterfield) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner.
Ian Evatt (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Leon Clarke (Sheffield United).
Goal! Chesterfield 1, Sheffield United 3. Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Mark Duffy.
Goal! Chesterfield 1, Sheffield United 2. John Fleck (Sheffield United) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mark Duffy.
Substitution, Chesterfield. Ritchie Humphreys replaces Jon Nolan because of an injury.
Substitution, Sheffield United. Leon Clarke replaces Jake Wright.
Attempt missed. Matt Done (Sheffield United) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Substitution, Chesterfield. Kristian Dennis replaces Ched Evans because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Daniel Lafferty (Sheffield United) header from the left side of the box misses to the left.
Foul by Gary Liddle (Chesterfield).
Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt blocked. Ched Evans (Chesterfield) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Ched Evans (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Paul Coutts (Sheffield United).
Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Anderson (Chesterfield).
Foul by Gboly Ariyibi (Chesterfield).
Jake Wright (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ched Evans (Chesterfield).
Paul Coutts (Sheffield United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Kieron Freeman (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
Goal! Chesterfield 1, Sheffield United 1. Kieron Freeman (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by John Fleck.
Attempt saved. Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Ched Evans (Chesterfield) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Paul Coutts (Sheffield United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Liam O'Neil (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Billy Sharp (Sheffield United).
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The International Monetary Fund's exposure is small compared with the Eurozone.
In the 2010 bailout it paid out over €20.7bn and in the following 2012 rescue it contributed €11.6bn
The real threat is to its credibility as the world's biggest multinational lender.
It is a story of conflict with Europe - and with itself.
On July 7 IMF managing director Christine Lagarde said that the situation in Greece demanded a restructuring of debt.
Chief economist Olivier Blanchard told the BBC a few days later that the IMF had been privately urging the European creditors for several months that sizeable debt relief was the only credible option.
By going public the IMF hoped it could swing the argument against the European creditors, in particular Germany who believed debt forgiveness was unacceptable.
In what was obviously a co-ordinated move US Treasury secretary Jack Lew came out with a near identical statement.
In short, they argued Greece's debt position was unsustainable. There had to be restructuring.
As the world knows, the agreement was proposed with Greece - without any debt restructuring at all, as the IMF stood by.
Now the IMF has made a dramatic attack on the deal, saying it will have nothing to do with it.
It's a picture of fraction and impotence that could do lasting damage to an organisation that has been the world's lender of last resort for 70 years.
The problem started when the IMF entered the euro crisis in 2010 with the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Commission (EC) as part of the Troika.
Many believe that as an international economic institution it was on thin ice dallying with a political construct such as the euro, not to mention the European powers represented through the EC and the ECB.
Susan Schadler, Senior Fellow, CIGI and former deputy director, European Department IMF says: "It unleashed unusually severe political influence on the IMF, and in turn the IMF could not bring the full force of its vast experience in managing financial crises and ensure that all options for dealing with the crisis were put on the table and carefully considered."
Perhaps more important, it broke its own rules.
Its "Exceptional Access Policy " which allows nations in dire straits access to it funds has four strict criteria.
Criterion number two requires that a "rigorous and systematic analysis indicates that there is a high probability that the member's public debt is sustainable in the medium term".
IMF officials in all honesty could not agree even back in 2010 that, with the kind of reforms and austerity measures needed, Greece's economy could sustainably support the billions of euros of debt on offer.
However the criteria were tweaked, allowing the sustainability issue to be pushed to one side on the grounds that there was a real risk that the Greek crisis was a systemic risk to the international financial system.
But the sustainability issue has come back to haunt the IMF, with Greece defaulting on its IMF debt, the first developed nation to do so.
Now, by demanding that Greece's debts are "sustainable" it is quoting the very criterion it laid aside five years ago.
Ms Schadler says: "Better late than never, but it is very very late, and the five years has been damaging not just to its credibility but to its effectiveness in how it gets countries out of debt crises."
By weakening the criteria by which it operates the IMF jeopardised its reputation as the world's lender of last resort.
That reputation is crucial.
It has allowed the IMF to claim "Preferred Status" as a lender, i.e. it can generally demand to be first in line when a country pays off its debts. That standing as the leader of the world's international lenders allows it to lend at low rates and impose strict conditions on its borrowers.
Certainly, those conditions have been the target of criticism over the decades.
Many believe it has been a slave to free market economics, imposed inappropriate privatisation programmes, tough spending cuts and high interest rates which can turn modest problems into full blown crises.
There is truth in all of this. But it is also worth remembering the IMF's Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative has approved debt reduction packages for 36 countries, 30 of them in Africa, which over time is providing $76 billion in debt-service relief.
Philippa Malmgren, a former Special Assistant for Economic Policy to President Bush, believes the IMF is at a critical position in its history - because there are others only too ready to step into its shoes.
"China and other developing countries have been asking for changes in the way the IMF is run - and they have not got those changes. So they have gone off a set up an alternative, the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank.
"Make no mistake, this is designed as a replacement for the IMF - a whole new architecture designed to funnel investment into China's own markets and its own companies."
"The IMF's level of misjudgement here in Greece is of epic proportions. If you can't save Greece how can you save bigger problems when they come along? Like France. Because the real problem isn't Greece, it's the bigger ones further down the track."
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Some 4,745 new homes were sold under the equity loan part of the scheme, the highest total since it began in April 2013.
Since then, a total of 112,803 mortgages have been arranged under Help to Buy.
The majority of sales - 80% - have been made to first-time buyers.
The two parts of the scheme are running neck-and-neck, with 56,401 homes sold under the mortgage guarantee part.
A similar number - 56,402 - have been sold under the equity loan scheme.
The mortgage guarantee scheme - under which the government promises that a mortgage is repaid - is due to end in December 2016.
The equity loan scheme - under which the government takes a stake of up to 20% in the value of a home - has been extended to 2020.
Both schemes enable buyers to put down a deposit of just 5%.
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The number of homes sold under the government's Help to Buy scheme hit a record during the month of June, figures show.
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Theresa May told BBC Wales she wanted to hear "the particular issues" in different parts of the UK via talks with devolved administrations.
But she stressed the UK would do the negotiating.
The Welsh Government said it must "have a place" at the negotiation table.
Mrs May said on Sunday that Britain will begin the formal process of leaving the EU by the end of March.
She told the Conservative conference there would be no opt-out from Brexit - and she would never allow "divisive nationalists to undermine the precious union between the four nations of our United Kingdom".
Mrs May told BBC Wales the Welsh Government would be involved in discussions.
She said she was "very pleased" that during a visit to Cardiff in July she spoke with First Minister Carwyn Jones and Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns about how the Welsh Government would be involved in Brexit talks.
"Of course, it will be the UK that is negotiating with the European Union in terms of the terms for Brexit," she said.
"I want to make a real success of it but, in doing our preparations, I want to listen to the devolved administrations, to hear the particular issues in different parts of the United Kingdom so they are fully engaged and will continue to be fully engaged."
When challenged over the future of EU-funded projects in Wales, she said the UK government would protect money from Brussels earmarked for farmers until 2020.
She said, however, her government needed to discuss what would happen thereafter.
She said the changes gave Britain an "opportunity".
"It gives us the control. That's one of the key issues," she said.
"I think a lot of people, when they voted to leave the European Union, it was about not having control over their lives and, as a British government, we will be the ones who will be able to make decisions about how we ensure that the economy is working for everyone across the country and society is working for everyone across the country."
With the Conservative conference under way in Birmingham, Mrs May signalled that one of the party's "key messages" would be to highlight the Labour-run Welsh Government's record on the NHS and education.
She said: "I'm pleased that, when I visited Cardiff shortly after I became prime minister, I was also able to talk to Andrew RT Davies and I'll be talking to him about how we can take this message across Wales as Welsh Conservatives, that we're going to be a government that works for everyone," she added.
A Welsh Government spokesman said the first minister had been "crystal clear" about free access to the European single market being "a must for Wales' economic future".
"We must also have a place at the negotiating table, so that we can secure the very best outcome for Wales," he added.
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Uncovered in 2014, the pre-historic footprints of children and adults at Port Eynon on Gower were initially thought to date to the Bronze Age.
But radiocarbon dating by Cardiff University has revealed they are 3,000 years older than that.
Archaeology PhD student Rhiannon Philp said they could belong to a Mesolithic hunting party.
Ms Philp, a student in the university's School of History, Archaeology and Religion, said: "These 'frozen' footprints made in freshwater marshland give us a fleeting glance of a group of adults and children travelling together seven millennia ago.
"But the picture is even more precise. Wild animal tracks suggest deer and wild boar moving in the same direction.
"What we might be witnessing 7,000 years later is a snapshot moment of a Mesolithic hunting party tracking their prey through an open, boggy landscape now lost to the waves."
A spokeswoman for the university said post-Ice Age human footprints were rare in the UK, with only nine recorded tidal sites - the majority of which are in Wales.
Ms Philp added: "Given the fragility of these examples and climate change now and then, it is incredibly important to obtain as much information as possible whenever the opportunity arises."
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Ancient footprints discovered on a beach in south Wales are 7,000 years old, researchers have discovered.
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But in a country torn apart by civil war, the disposal process is likely to be fraught with difficulties. So how will it work?
Different techniques are used for destroying chemical munitions and chemical agents, but most methods involve either:
Destroying chemical weapons, armed with explosives, carries extra risks. One solution is the use of mobile destruction units, which can be moved into place relatively quickly and therefore avoid the dangers of transporting live weapons through a warzone.
Some of these mobile units destroy chemical agents by surrounding them with explosives and placing them in an armour-plated chamber, known as a "bang box". The explosion destroys the munition and the chemical agent.
The US military has developed a mobile unit, called the Explosive Destruction System (EDS), which uses chemicals to neutralise the toxic agent. It has been used to destroy more than 1,700 items in the US since 2001 and can handle up to six weapons at a time.
Another system which may be employed in Syria uses so-called "hot-detonation technology". It heats the munitions inside a detonation chamber to about 550 degrees C - hot enough to destroy the weapon and its chemical contents.
This method has been developed by a Swedish company Dynasafe and is being used in the destruction of chemical weapons in China, Germany and the US.
It remains unclear which techniques will be used to destroy the Syrian chemical weapons. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) - which is supervising the task - has said all "expedient methods" would be used.
Chemical agents that have not been loaded into weapons are simpler to deal with. The intense heat of the furnace transforms the agent into less harmful products that can be dealt with as hazardous waste at a commercial treatment centre.
But environmental concerns about incineration have meant that the neutralisation has grown in popularity as a process. The chemical agent is pumped into a tank, where water and caustic soda are added, which makes it less toxic and treatable either as hazardous waste or it can be incinerated in a second tank.
The chemical weapons can be destroyed in situ using mobile units, or moved to another location for large-scale processing.
Ralph Trapp, formerly with the OPCW, said: "One thing I can say for sure is they are not going to do it the normal way, where you have the time and leisure to consolidate the stockpile. That is going to take a few years. They don't have the time to do that."
He suggests the Syrians may have to adopt a more "patchwork approach" where weapons are first put beyond use, by removing the charges and filling the payloads with concrete, or burying them in concrete.
Under the terms of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), dumping chemical agents at sea or burying them deep underground is not allowed.
Destroying weapons by carrying out controlled explosions in deep pits - an approach used in Iraq in the 1990s - would also be excluded by the convention, because of the risks to the surrounding population.
Patricia Lewis, from the London-Based think tank Chatham House, says she would favour shipping the bulk agent out of Syria to a country like Russia.
"Because Russia has taken the initiative here, they have that responsibility now to make sure it works."
Russia has a naval base at Tartus in Syria where the chemical weapons could be taken and then shipped to another location. But there may be concerns, under the CWC, about allowing the shipment of chemical munitions through foreign waters.
Russia already has a chemical weapons destruction programme, although it is currently operating at full capacity and still has a considerable amount of Russian weapons to destroy before its programme is complete.
Iraq and more recently Libya have both had chemical weapons stockpiles destroyed.
In Iraq, UN weapons inspectors located chemical weapons facilities and sealed them up. Once sealed they were effectively put beyond use.
Alastair Hay, professor of environmental toxicology at Leeds University, said the Iraq model was a possible option.
"As long as these things are secure, that is the first guarantee and then you have to set about destroying them in the best way possible," he said.
The Libyan stockpile was much smaller and a disposal plant was built to deal with it - although a further stockpile of mustard gas was later uncovered after the overthrow of the Gaddafi regime.
Under the terms of the CWC, Syria has been given nine months to complete the destruction of its chemical weapons.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said he is committed to a plan to destroy his country's chemical weapons but warned it could take about a year.
Professor Hay said he hoped the Syrians should be given a bit of "latitude" - if the destruction programme falls behind: "If the work is going well, and for some technical reason there is a hiccup, or if the sheer volume of material cannot be processed in time, I am reasonably hopeful that if it is clear that Syria is not just stalling for time, then there will have to be some give in the deadline."
US and Russia have the biggest stockpiles of chemical weapons-related equipment in the world.
According to the OPCW about 81% of the world's declared stockpile had been destroyed by July 2013. The US had destroyed about 90% and Russia about 74%.
However deadlines had already been extended from 2007 to 2012 and now Russia has pledged to complete its programme by 2015 and the US 2023.
Both Russian and the US are signatories to the CWC and enforcement of the convention is overseen by the OPCW, based in The Hague. The OPCW provided the scientists who carried out the recent weapons inspections in Damascus and it is likely it would oversee the destruction programme.
The chief UN weapons inspector, Ake Sellstrom, told the BBC it would be difficult to find and destroy all of Syria's chemical weapons, but he believes it is achievable: "It is doable, but of course it will be stressful work.
"Depending on the position by the Syrian government and the position by the opposition. Depending on how much they could negotiate. It could be done. It would be a difficult job."
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Twelve Thai nationals and five Americans were charged with illegally transporting hundreds of women from Thailand.
Their victims were forced to work as prostitutes across the US.
A US lawyer said the ring promised poor women a bright future, then "forced them to live a nightmare".
The women were driven into prostitution in Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington DC, and other cities, to pay off "bondage debts" of between $40,000 and $60,000 (£31,000 and £47,000).
"The 17 people charged in this indictment ran a highly sophisticated sex trafficking scheme," US lawyer Andrew Luger, of the district of Minnesota, said in a statement.
"They promised women in Thailand a chance at the American dream, but instead exploited them, coerced them and forced them to live a nightmare. In short, the victims lived like modern day sex slaves."
Brought into the US on fraudulent visas, the trafficking victims were made to work long hours to repay the criminal gang. They were encouraged to have breast implants in a bid to make them more appealing to potential clients, and the cost of the surgery was added to their debt.
As soon as they arrived on US soil the women were trapped in massage parlours, hotels and apartments and ordered to sell sex. They were not allowed to leave without escorts, who also had sex with the victims as part of their payment.
Alex Khu, a special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Minneapolis, said the gang threatened to harm the women's families if they tried to escape.
In one case, the group sent thugs to assault a victim's relative in Thailand, breaking his bones.
US authorities believe the scheme has been operating since at least 2009.
According to the indictment, the lynchpin in the vice ring was Sumalee Intarathong - a 55-year-old woman who was recently arrested in Belgium for separate trafficking offenses there. The US plans to seek her extradition.
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Lutfur Rahman was found guilty of corrupt practices at the High Court on Thursday and removed from office with immediate effect.
The mayoral election of May 2014 was also declared void and must be re-run.
Mr Rahman has denied any wrongdoing and a statement on his website said he would appeal against the ruling.
The statement reads: "Lutfur Rahman will be appealing the judgement made against him at last Thursday's election court. He continues to reject all claims of wrongdoing and we hold that the integrity of the court system was marred by the bias, slurs and factual inaccuracies in the election judgement."
"Tower Hamlets First councillors reject the election court's claims that we are nothing more than a 'one man band'," it continued.
Because the mayor has been removed from office, the council said it was unable to confirm the accuracy of the latest information given on his website.
On the site, the Tower Hamlets First party, founded by Mr Rahman, said it supported him because of his work to support people in accessing social housing and affordable homes.
The election court judgement predicted on Thursday that Mr Rahman would not accept the ruling.
Judge Richard Mawrey said in his ruling: "On past form it appears inevitable that Mr Rahman will denounce this judgement as yet another example of the racism and Islamophobia that have hounded him throughout his political life.
"It is nothing of the sort."
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The corrupt mayor of Tower Hamlets in east London is believed to be planning to challenge a High Court ruling that found him guilty of election fraud.
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Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) and Aslef will walk out at 00:01 GMT on Thursday until 23:59 on Friday.
Union officials accused the company of being unwilling to table an adequate pay and conditions deal.
The rail operator said negotiations are continuing - but warned passengers to make alternative travel plans.
The RMT said talks aimed at ending the dispute had "broken down without agreement".
The union accused the train company of failing "to improve working conditions and safety, and to reduce fatigue"
"RMT also wants Arriva to pay train drivers in Wales a salary which compares favourably to drivers elsewhere," said RMT general secretary Mick Cash.
The Aslef union said its executive committee met with Arriva Trains Wales (ATW) on Tuesday but also found "offers to be unacceptable".
On Tuesday ATW confirmed all its services in Wales and to other parts of England would be cancelled for the duration of the strike action, with no replacement road transport.
"We are obviously disappointed that the drivers' union has not accepted our improved pay offers and that they have opted to take industrial action even though negotiations are ongoing and progress continues to be made," added ATW director Gareth Thomas.
The train operator said its increased offer to the RMT would see drivers' base salary rise from £43,869 to £44,966, with a pledge to cut the maximum working day by an hour to 9.5 hours-a-day.
The strike will coincide with the Wales v Netherlands football international friendly at Cardiff City Stadium on Friday.
Both the train company and the unions said efforts to prevent the strike would continue.
"We continue to do all we can to avert strike action however we are advising customers to make alternative travel arrangements for these days," said an ATW official.
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Ordnance Survey (OS) said 3,779 of the almost 400,000 routes downloaded by its subscribers in the past year passed through the peak.
The mountain's Pyg track and Pen y Pass also made the top 20, coming seventh and 12th respectively. Pen y Fan in the Brecon Beacons, Powys was number 11.
The Lake District and Peak District took 16 of the top 20 spots.
The national mapping agency compiled the list by dividing Britain into square kilometres and counting the number of downloaded routes that passed through each square.
The top 20
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Snowdon's summit has topped a list of most popular areas for walkers, cyclists and runners in Britain.
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It has agreed the figure in a loan with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to cover some of its investment costs.
Bosses are meeting in Wrexham on Thursday at a waste water works it is turning into an energy park.
It is investing £36m to harness solar and hydro power at Five Fords, Marchwiel.
The company said it was also developing an advanced anaerobic digestion plant on the site, which will use waste to generate enough energy to supply about 3,000 homes.
Welsh Water, which serves Wales and Herefordshire, generates 20% of its own energy needs through wind, hydro, solar and anaerobic digestion technology.
It said the majority of its power was spent on pumping water and waste water through thousands of miles of pipes.
It has pledged to invest £1.7bn in its businesses between 2015-2020.
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The event is held in Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, at the society's Royal Welsh Showground.
This year's event has a new smallholder centre, offering advice as well as equipment and ideas on how to get started.
It is also holding its traditional main ring livestock and animal displays.
There will be a new food and drink quarter promoting Welsh and border counties' produce, including a street food area.
In recent years, over 20,000 people have attended the festival over the course of the weekend, with 22,442 coming in 2014.
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Thousands of people are expected to head to mid Wales on Saturday and Sunday for the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society's spring festival.
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The crew from Dublin Fire Brigade were alerted to a fire at a house in the south of the city on Tuesday evening.
But when they arrived, they were surprised to find the smoky suspect was in fact a barbecue.
Luckily, officers saw the funny side and tweeted about it.
It was not their only summer themed callout on Tuesday - a car fire saw the firefighters making a trip to the beach too.
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8 May 2017 Last updated at 08:39 BST
They were originally designed to help kids with conditions like autism deal with stress.
Loads of you have been sending us your thoughts on the fidget spinner but could there a new fidget game to rival it.
Watch Ricky's report to find more.
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Dan Robson's early try put Wasps ahead but a Michael Rhodes try and Owen Farrell penalty saw Sarries lead 8-7.
Three more Farrell penalties and a penalty try made it 24-10.
And although Ashley Johnson scored late on for Wasps, it is Saracens who will meet Leicester or Racing 92 in the Champions Cup final.
The Tigers play Parisians Racing in the second semi-final on Sunday for the right to face English champions Saracens in Lyon on 14 May.
Report: Montpellier 22-12 Newport Gwent Dragons
Despite dominating possession and territory after their early set-back, Mark McCall's Saracens side only led for the first time on the stroke of half-time.
Their tries came when Rhodes charged down Jimmy Gopperth's attempted clearance and when Wasps illegally collapsed a surging maul late on.
Farrell, who missed three kicks in total, rediscovered his range and accuracy in the second half and although Wasps produced a brave display of gutsy, attacking rugby in the latter stages, Johnson's try was all they could manage.
Robson's try in the opening 90 seconds was created by an electric 60-metre break from Christian Wade, who was by far the Coventry-based side's sharpest attacking weapon in the face of Saracens' smothering defence and superb control of the ball.
Fresh from his Premiership record-equalling six tries against Worcester last week, Wade sizzled past two would-be tacklers before feeding inside to Robson, who finished off a fine move.
Wade's burst of pace frightened Saracens, but the home side's reputation for dogged defence and relentless work at the breakdown was shown to be well deserved as they strangled the life out of Wasps.
As the game went on both Vunipola brothers, Mako and Billy, alongside hooker Schalk Brits and Grand Slam-winning second rows George Kruis and Maro Itoje, turned the screw up front for Saracens.
There were two yellow cards - one for each side - during what was, at times, a tempestuous encounter.
Farrell was the first man in the sin bin when Romain Poite and television match official Eric Gauzins adjudged the fly-half's tackle on Robson - which led to the Wasps scrum-half being taken off on a stretcher after a sickening clash of heads - to be illegal.
Wasps replacement prop Simon McIntyre was the second man in the sin bin when he was caught kicking out at Itoje's face at the back of a ruck after the England man held onto the front-rower's leg.
While Itoje - who was imperious in the line-out and got the official award - second row partner Kruis and the Vunipola brothers may be in fashion following England's Grand Slam victory last month, Saracens' South Africa hooker shone alongside them.
Strong in the tackle and accurate with his line-out throws, Brits' work on the floor also helped turn the tide in Saracens' favour in the first half and again as Wasps' discipline began to desert them in the second.
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall:
"Our scrum was dominant both on our put-in but also when they had the ball, and our defensive line-out was outstanding.
"When they did get good positions, we were able to put them under pressure in the air.
"There were times when we could have got a bit frustrated, but we were really composed and able to combine that with unbelievable energy and physicality."
Wasps director of rugby Dai Young:
"In the first half Saracens had a bit of a stranglehold on us. We didn't get a lot of possession or territory, but you've got to give them a lot of credit for that.
"For 10 minutes in the first half, we resorted to a bit of a kicking game, which is not us. But that was due to the pressure and accuracy of Saracens.
"There's a lot of things we could have done better, some things we're disappointed with, but I couldn't be prouder of the group."
Saracens: Goode; Ashton, Taylor, Barritt, Wyles; Farrell, Wigglesworth; M Vunipola, Brits, Du Plessis, Itoje, Kruis, Rhodes, Fraser, B Vunipola.
Replacements: De Kock for Wigglesworth (76), Saunders for Brits (74), Lamositele for du Plessis (76), Wray for Rhodes (62).
Not Used: Barrington, J Hamilton, Hodgson, Bosch.
Sin Bin: Farrell (50).
Wasps: C Piutau; Wade, Daly, S Piutau, Halai; Gopperth, Robson; Mullan, Festuccia, Cittadini, Launchbury, Davies, Haskell, Smith, Hughes.
Replacements: Simpson for Robson (50), McIntyre for Mullan (60), Johnson for Festuccia (69), Swainston for Cittadini (65), Young for Haskell (60), Jones for N Hughes (69).
Not Used: Jackson, Miller.
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If approved the workforce would increase by 200 so that the current phase of the decommissioning is completed by 2016 instead of 2022.
It would mean more than 800 are employed, up from the 620 currently working there.
But work to lower the towers would not begin until around 2020.
The plan to speed up the process was first mooted in July and is now been included in the proposed budget of £86m for 2011/12.
It would see the pace of work increase with the aim of reaching the "care and maintenance" stage six years sooner than planned.
There are currently 620 people working at the station - roughly two thirds of them employed by contractors. Around 600 worked at the plant when it generated electricity between the mid-1960s and 1991.
The new jobs would be with contractors with the maximum number reached by the end of 2014 - then the workforce would slowly reduce as work nears completion.
In terms of lowering the towers the work had been scheduled to finish by 2022, but that date has now moved back to 2025.
Site director Dr Phil Sprague said Trawsfynydd was "firmly at the front of nuclear decommissioning in the UK" for a number of years.
He said if the funding was made available it could be the first of the UK's Magnox nuclear power station to reach the "care and maintenance" stage.
That stage will last until 2065 when the nuclear waste is deemed safe enough to remove.
The timing too could help workers who wanted to stay in the nuclear industry, he added.
"It is hoped that around 2016 that construction of a new nuclear power station will be underway at Wylfa on Anglesey," he said.
Staff and contractors who wished to remain in the nuclear industry could do so if that happened, he added.
"For others we recently announced a £4.2m package of funding to retrain and re-skill our staff to work in other industries," he added.
The eight-week public consultation period will last until January.
Subject to both the UK and Scottish Governments the final version of the business plan will be published by the end of March.
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Exeter started brightly and Troy Brown saw a header cleared off the line early on, and Ryan Harley dragged a shot wide with a shot from 20 yards.
However, Stevenage broke the deadlock with their first attempt at goal on 31 minutes. Jobi McAnuff picked the ball up in midfield and ran at the heart of the defence, who backed off, and the winger fired a low shot past the recalled Bobby Olejnik and into the bottom corner.
However, Exeter equalised on 52 minutes when an excellent cross by Lloyd James picked out Reuben Reid and he bundled the ball in from six yards.
Exeter always looked more likely to score in a second half of few clear-cut chances. Substitute Liam McAlinden saw a shot deflect over the bar and Jack Stacey fired wildly over the bar as the game drifted into stoppage time.
Stevenage failed to register a shot on target in a one-sided second half, but defended well to limit Exeter to so few opportunities.
Match report supplied by the Press Association
Match ends, Exeter City 1, Stevenage 1.
Second Half ends, Exeter City 1, Stevenage 1.
Attempt missed. Joel Grant (Exeter City) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.
Jobi McAnuff (Stevenage) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jobi McAnuff (Stevenage).
Lloyd James (Exeter City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Kaylen Hinds (Stevenage).
Attempt missed. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Jack Stacey (Exeter City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right.
Substitution, Stevenage. Kaylen Hinds replaces Matt Godden.
Hand ball by Ben Kennedy (Stevenage).
Attempt blocked. David Wheeler (Exeter City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Michael Tonge.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Fraser Franks.
Substitution, Exeter City. Joel Grant replaces Jordan Tillson.
Attempt blocked. Liam McAlinden (Exeter City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked.
Delay in match Matt Godden (Stevenage) because of an injury.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Jamie Jones.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Fraser Franks.
Attempt blocked. Liam McAlinden (Exeter City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Foul by Lloyd James (Exeter City).
Tom Pett (Stevenage) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Exeter City. Liam McAlinden replaces Reuben Reid.
Foul by David Wheeler (Exeter City).
(Stevenage) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Connor Ogilvie.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Luke Wilkinson.
Attempt blocked. Jobi McAnuff (Stevenage) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
(Exeter City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matt Godden (Stevenage).
Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Robert Olejnik.
Attempt saved. Henry Cowans (Stevenage) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt saved. Matt Godden (Stevenage) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Craig Woodman.
Attempt blocked. Ben Kennedy (Stevenage) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Stevenage. Henry Cowans replaces Steven Schumacher.
Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Jordan Moore-Taylor.
Substitution, Stevenage. Ben Kennedy replaces Josh McQuoid.
Attempt missed. Jordan Moore-Taylor (Exeter City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
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The trial was stopped one week early in all 59 volunteers "as a measure of precaution", the University of Geneva Hospital said.
The vaccine being tested is one developed by NewLink, and recently bought by Merck.
There is currently no vaccine licensed for use to protect against Ebola.
Two vaccines are currently being tested in humans in a number of countries.
The side-effects in the Geneva trial were experienced by four volunteers.
The hospital said human safety trials would resume on 5 January in up to 15 volunteers after checks had taken place to ensure the joint pain symptoms were "benign and temporary".
"They are all fine and being monitored regularly by the medical team leading the study," the hospital said.
Four trials of another Ebola vaccine developed by GlaxoSmithKline, in collaboration with the United States National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, are also underway.
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The clinical trial of an Ebola vaccine in Switzerland has been interrupted after some patients complained of joint pains in their hands and feet.
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Welcome to my office kitchen and help yourself to some chapatis.
I'll write this as I cook and you can read it as you eat.
You see I am trying to find an alternative to my staple dish. And I would also like to explain why it has become a source of political controversy.
I'm now learning how to make chapatis - a type of flatbread that is reserved for special occasions here - because it's normally quite expensive.
Ok, so it says on this internet recipe that I'll need:
•2 cups of wheat flour
•1 cup of lukewarm water
•1 tablespoon of salt
And this will give me about 10 chapatis. Excellent!
So why am I making chapatis?
Because the national staple food, ugali, is proving to be out of reach for many people.
They call it foofoo in West Africa, sadza in Zimbabwe or nshima in other parts of southern Africa.
Ugali is made from maize flour - and maize has been scarce in the last few weeks in Kenya, forcing the price of its flour to almost double.
But the price of its close cousin, wheat flour, is friendlier. With ugali becoming unaffordable, many Kenyans have switched to chapatis.
For ugali all you need is boiling water, maize flour and strong hands to pound, mash, and knock the stuff into some edible form. Chapatis on the other hand require skill…
Let's see - my recipe says I should pour the wheat flour, salt, some sugar and cooking oil into a bowl and mix the ingredients together… ok, that's done!
As politicians in many parts of Africa know, you can mess with the economy and meddle with the justice system, but you should never ever play around with the people's staple food.
So when the Kenyan government saw the price of maize flour spiral to one of its highest points in over six years, it decided to act.
It removed duty on the importation of maize and subsidised local millers to produce cheaper maize flour.
The government initially told its people that it had imported almost half a million bags of maize from Mexico in a record time of two days.
This was until someone pointed out that Mexico is not a neighbouring country and it would have required almost six weeks for the shipment to arrive in the port of Mombasa from Mexico.
This was the start of an ugly game of ugali wars.
Sorry, give me a moment as I check on my chapatis. I need to place the dough into a bowl and cover it with a cloth to give it time to come together. That was quite easy!
Back to ugali politics.
The general election in Kenya is in early August.
No African quite believes that any government would risk a food shortage this close to an election.
So, as some were praising the food subsidies as the actions of a caring government, critics have jumped in accusing the government of creating an artificial shortage in order to be seen as the angel of mercy coming to the aid of hungry Kenyans.
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So why exactly is ugali missing from my plate?
In my chapati wisdom, the explanation has nothing to do with erratic weather patterns, nor poor food production.
We are simply victims of the ever-hungry cartels that have exploited all sectors of the Kenyan economy with impunity.
After gobbling up public finances in shady tender deals and manipulating other areas of production and service delivery, the cartels turned their attention to a basic commodity - maize.
The powerful cartels capitalise on one big weakness among Kenyans - their short memory.
They may not remember that in 1964, just one year after independence, one of Kenya's first major scandals revolved around maize shortage.
The then minister for agriculture, the late Paul Ngei was accused of abusing his office and smuggling maize leading to shortages in 1964 and 1965.
The modern cartels have been accused of using similar tactics of mopping maize from the market, creating a shortage and then reselling the commodity at a higher price.
It says here that I should divide the dough into 10 small balls and dip them into flour. Each ball should have a diameter of around 8 centimetres. Who measures this kind thing!
Back to the shadowy world of the cartels.
They understand the politics of the stomach, that food is at the heart of the Kenyan psyche and dominates social interactions.
Bribes are known as chai or tea.
When an ethnic group is vying for political office, it will argue that it is "our time to eat".
When seeking the approval of or official documentation from a government office, you'll hear that the official in charge is "hungry" - meaning for some little food (a fee) he or she can be persuaded to speed up the process.
I'm on chapati number nine so not long to go now before we eat…
Joseph Warungu:
"The last thing Kenyans need today, is for ugali to become an endangered dish. Which is why, I'm learning how to make chapatis.
By September last year, it was well known that the drought affecting the Horn of Africa would mean food problems in Kenya in 2017.
Indeed in February, President Kenyatta declared the drought a national disaster and warned that those found taking advantage of the situation to enrich themselves would be punished.
Unfortunately because the government did not present a clear agenda for countering the effects of the drought, the cartels moved in.
Which is why a 2kg bag of maize flour presented to a hungry voter turns into a Yes vote for the political donor at the ballot box.
So how exactly did the maize shortage come about?
In other words, how did ugali go missing from my plate?
We don't know.
Instead of answers and data, the president said the shortage of maize and the high food prices date back to 2011 and the man to blame was the then Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
Mr Odinga, who is running against President Kenyatta in the August's vote, responded by saying: "Don't blame me, blame corruption in your government for the current high prices of food".
None of this back and forth is making ugali any cheaper, so let me see how my chapatis are doing.
They've all turned into the golden-brown colour I was aiming for… not bad at all for a trainee chef!
We're facing the prospects of the most expensive election in Kenya's history.
Politicians are pouring insane amounts of money into the economy thus driving up inflation.
Banks have slowed down their lending and people's wages have stagnated.
Politically, stakes are extremely high and we are already seeing signs of violence ahead of the elections.
Election year in Kenya historically slows down the economy.
The last thing Kenyans need today is for ugali to become an endangered dish.
But just in case, I'm now mastering the art of making of chapattis.
More from Joseph Warungu:
Should degrees be necessary for leaders?
What to look out for in Africa during 2017
How to stop exam cheats
Party time in Kenya
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In our series of letters from African journalists, Joseph Warungu explains why maize, Kenya's staple food has gone missing from dinner tables amid escalating food prices.
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Their boats are thought to have capsized while crossing to the island of Lesbos.
The bodies were found on beaches at Ayvalik and Dikili some 30 miles (50km) apart. Several were children.
More than one million migrants crossed the Mediterranean in 2015 and the vast majority went from Turkey to Greece.
According to the UN, 3,771 people were listed as dead or missing.
Conditions in the Aegean Sea in the early hours of Tuesday were described as rough and officials said the migrants who had tried to reach Lesbos were in rubber dinghies.
Coast guards at Ayvalik searched the area for survivors and rescued eight people who had climbed on to a breakwater, reported Dogan news agency.
Residents said the boat that sank off Ayvalik appeared to have hit rocks. "I'm guessing these people died as they were trying to swim from the rocks," one man said.
Security forces pulled some bodies from the water while others could be seen on the beach, all wearing life jackets. Some were clearly children.
Police told Turkish media that 24 bodies were found on the beach or in the sea off Ayvalik while 10 more were discovered near Dikili.
Although their nationalities were not confirmed, local governor Namik Kemal Nazli Hurriyet said they were Syrians, Iraqis and Algerians.
On Sunday, dozens of people were rescued from a small island off the town of Dikili as they tried to cross to Lesbos. Helicopters had to be called in because the island was too rocky for rescue boats to get to.
Boats are continuing to arrive on the Greek islands every day, despite the wintry weather. Lesbos is by far the most popular destination for migrants leaving Turkey. More than 500,000 reached the island in 2015.
Late last year, Turkey reached a deal with the European Union to tighten its borders and reduce the numbers crossing to Greece in return for €3bn (£2.1bn) and political concessions.
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At the moment the poorest two-year-olds get 15 free hours of childcare a week in term time.
All three and four-year-olds can already get 15 free hours and, under existing conservative plans that is due to increase to 30 hours for working parents from September.
So Labour's proposals go much further, with all parents - in work or not - entitled to 30 hours by the end of the next parliament.
Overall it means better-off parents would benefit as much as those on lower incomes from a greater entitlement to free hours of childcare.
Some may see that as a subsidy to middle-class voters who will simply switch from paying for childcare to having free hours.
But research suggests it would be the poorest children who have most to gain from another promise - to increase the proportion of qualified graduates working in early years.
Quite how much is hard to tell, as there has been a move to improve the levels of qualifications.
A change which came into effect in April says staff with an A-level equivalent early years qualification should also have GCSE maths and English.
Labour says by the end of the parliament the additional cost would be just over £5bn a year.
This doesn't include some of the other longer term promises included in the manifesto, such as extending free hours of childcare to one year olds.
That, it seems, is intended as a long term aspiration.
Nor does it include the extra money Labour says it wants to provide for Sure Start.
As well as offering more parents more free hours Labour also wants to make a radical change.
Instead of government money being given to parents through tax and benefit subsidies, under these plans it would go directly to childcare providers to help reduce the costs.
This would mean getting rid of all existing childcare subsidies for children under five - including universal credit, childcare vouchers and the new tax free childcare system.
No decision has been made about what would happen in the long term to existing subsidies for childcare for the over fives, which are just as essential for many parents.
So why the generous offer to parents?
The UK has some of the most expensive childcare in the world.
Although providing more free hours has had a relatively modest effect in encouraging more mothers to go out to work.
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It is a bold promise to parents - 30 hours of free childcare for all two, three and four-year-olds in England by 2021.
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The body was found at about 11:30 BST on Thursday in Highgate Road, Brierley Hill.
Officers are trying to identify the woman so they can inform her family and have asked for anyone with information about the death to contact them.
A 24-year-old man, arrested in Walsall on Thursday on suspicion of murder, remains in police custody.
More Birmingham and Black Country updates here
Det Supt Tom Chisholm said "This investigation is moving swiftly and our inquiries have already led to one arrest.
"I would urge anyone with information which could help us to call us on 101."
A post-mortem examination is due to take place on Saturday to determine the cause of the woman's death.
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A woman's body has been found in Dudley and the area has been sealed off for searches by forensic experts.
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Lucy Dickenson, 32, from Barry, was helping farmers in the south-eastern African country when she died in 2012.
The driver of the car she was travelling in was arrested but no action was taken at Ms Dickenson's family's request.
Her death was recorded as accidental at an inquest in Cardiff.
Ms Dickenson travelled the world after setting up the SAFE Foundation in 2007 with her twin sister, Hannah Fitt.
They ran the international development charity initially from her mother's home in Barry raising money in the United Kingdom to fund projects around the world.
The organisation later moved to Cardiff where they worked with young people not in education, employment or training to boost their self-esteem by sending them to lead workshops in Africa and Asia.
She had been helping female farmers in the Zambia grow their own food in August 2012 as part of a project funded by the Welsh Government.
The inquest heard how she had been in a car returning from a day out to a lake when the tyres burst and the driver lost control and crashed.
Coroner Philip Spinney said she was taken to hospital but died from multiple injuries.
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The BBC has spoken to two women, one whose fiance used the site and one who used it herself.
Neither wanted to be identified, but their stories give some hint of just how dramatic and wide-reaching the impact of the hack has been.
The first only wanted to be named as "Maria". She says she used an online tool to search for her fiance's email address in the dumped data.
"I really didn't think I would find anything on anybody," she comments.
She wanted to check, though, because one of her own email accounts had been compromised recently.
When she entered her fiance's address as well, the database not only confirmed it was there but it spat back a postcode, city and birthdate. All were accurate.
"These things logged your IP [Internet Protocol] address, they logged your provider, they logged everything and not only that, it was your physical description," she explained to the BBC. "It matched his to a T."
Maria quickly confronted her fiance.
"He denied and denied and denied at first and then he acquiesced and confessed what he did.
"Yes, (he said) he did have multiple affairs, yes. It just... it came out," she says.
Her fiance said that he couldn't explain fully why he did what he did and that Maria meant more to him than the women he had met on Ashley Madison. But the conversation didn't last long.
Maria packed a week's worth of clothes and left to stay with a friend. The wedding they had been planning is cancelled.
She has since booked a sexual health check, she says, and tried to distance herself as much as possible from her fiance. The whole experience has been "shattering", she adds.
"It's one thing if you come forward and say I'm not satisfied or I'm not happy or I'm finding it hard to remain faithful - as long as you're open," she says.
"It's just completely unfair to waste years of a person's life with duplicity."
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You don't have to look far online to find examples of internet users who seem to be personally affected by the hacking of Ashley Madison. Various forums are full of threads from those who believe their "SO" (significant other) was on the site.
But users of the dating site are also turning to the web for help.
One woman who used Ashley Madison, but who did not want to be named, has also spoken to the BBC. For the purposes of this article, we will refer to her as "Amy".
She has been married to her husband for 10 years.
But recently she became interested in the idea of having an affair. She had heard advertisements for Ashley Madison on local radio, so a year ago she signed up and began looking for a man with whom to have a relationship.
However, she says she never messaged anyone and soon closed down the account. But six months ago she created another and this time she wanted to address questions she had about her sexuality by contacting other women.
This time she did find someone to talk to. They emailed one another, she says, for several weeks.
"She was close to where I live and we seemed to hit it off," says Amy.
"Her story seemed so much similar to mine. She was someone who had been married for a while [and] she had always been curious about that side of herself."
Amy says the woman she corresponded with told her she thought she was attractive, which made Amy feel flattered.
They were due to to meet, but at the last moment Amy called it off. She says she became fearful and began to feel that her marriage was something she didn't want to jeopardise.
"Using it kind of made me realise that there were other things that I need to look at," she explains.
"It's scary when you have this person that you love so much and you think about hurting them."
Amy says that so far she hasn't told anyone who knows her about what happened, but she's now worried that her husband might find out that she used the site.
She has distracted herself with work for now, but comments that she feels stressed and that the episode has affected her sleep.
Ashley Madison offered users a $19 (£12) "Full Delete" service, which Amy says she used. She checked an online tool to search for her email address in the leaked database and was surprised to find it there, along with other information such as her postcode, gender and the name associated with her credit card.
It's not clear what has happened in this case, but it's possible that the database was downloaded by hackers before the date on which Amy paid for her information to be removed.
Either way, she thinks there is now a possibility she'll be found out.
"If my husband were to come home from work today and say someone found my information I would be open and honest with him about it," she says.
"It's really made me think about my behaviour and why I did what I did - and to cherish what I have."
For now, though, Amy just hopes her husband won't find out.
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His 85th-minute header gave the Republic a 1-0 win over Italy and set up a tie with France in Lyon on Sunday.
"What a moment for everyone involved. I am over the moon. I am emotional," said midfielder Brady.
"I grew up waiting to play at [the Euros]. I don't think we've anything to fear this weekend. Roll on France."
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Wes Hoolahan missed a glorious chance shortly before his superb left-footed cross from the right allowed Norwich team-mate Brady to secure the Republic's place in the knockout stages for the first time in their history.
"We stuck at it and put in a great performance and in the end got the result we deserved," said 24-year-old Brady.
"We said we were going to do a job and we did it. To do it in front of my family is great.
"This was the last chance for us to push ourselves through. It has been a two-year project and we were not going to give up.
"All the plaudits to Wes Hoolahan as well. He put it right on my head. I would have done well to miss it."
Republic manager Martin O'Neill, who celebrated on the pitch with his players at the final whistle, said: "I thought the chance had gone when the goalkeeper saved from Wes.
"I didn't want it to be one of those nights of 'if only'.
"We deserved to win it. We dominated for periods of the game and played some phenomenal stuff."
He added: "There is a great spirit among the players.
"Spirit alone won't win you games. You have to have ability and we have shown that.
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"Some players have come of age. We keep going; the players never give up."
France beat the Republic in the World Cup play-off in 2009 when Thierry Henry handled the ball in the build-up to William Gallas' winning goal in the two-legged tie.
"It is great for us because we are playing the host nation," said O'Neill.
"France are very strong. They will be favourites. It will be a big test for us, but one we are looking forward to immensely."
Brady added: "We can go as far as we allow ourselves in this tournament."
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The findings of Dundee's first Fairness Commission follow a year of "eye-opening" research into the issue.
The commission has made recommendations in six areas, including food and fuel, benefits, and education.
The 17 members have met on a monthly basis over the last year.
Among the recommendations are support and flexibility by service providers for people moving between benefits and work or between jobs and reducing the education attainment gap.
The commission also aims to campaign to change national policies and target resources locally at those most in need.
Other areas covered in the 26-page report are housing and communities, advice and support, and work and wages.
The commission members are drawn from Dundee City Council, Scottish Enterprise, Police Scotland and NHS Tayside, along with local academic institutions and representatives of the business, voluntary and community sectors.
Convener of the commission, Dundee councillor Jimmy Black, said: "We made a commitment to bring forward a thorough and well-researched plan to deal with one of the most difficult issues facing our city and I believe these recommendations fulfil that promise.
"I said when we launched the commission that I wanted to see us make recommendations that will lead to real change and that will make the well established strategy for tackling poverty in Dundee much more successful and that is exactly what this report does.
"Our work with the commission to date has been eye-opening, even for those of us who deal with poverty and its effects on people and communities.
"To be at a point where we can offer tangible actions to begin the journey that will rid our city of its most corrosive consequences is extremely encouraging."
Alison Henderson chief executive of Dundee and Angus Chamber of Commerce, said: "Eradicating poverty in Dundee must be a priority for all of us and the business community can play its part by looking closely at its own employment and recruitment practices.
"I am confident that our members will seize the baton that the Fairness Commission has extended and run with it to improve the lives of people blighted by poverty in the city."
Ginny Lawson of the Brooksbank Partnership said: "We see the effects of poverty on individuals and families in our communities on a daily basis.
"The commission has helped raise the voice of the voluntary sector to fully endorse the findings and recommendations and we are looking forward to playing our part in achieving the aims laid out in the report."
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Sarries scrum-half Ben Spencer was the day's first try scorer with the first of his two tries for the reigning champions and European Cup holders.
But home flanker Thomas Young - son of Wasps boss Dai - scored the first two of his three tries before the break.
Second-half tries from Christian Wade, Elliot Daly and Young sealed victory.
Sarries' other points came from a conversion by Wasps old boy Alex Lozowski and an enormous first-half penalty by Argentina centre Marcelo Bosch.
Third-placed Sarries, who must now travel to Exeter in the semis in a fortnight's time, played a weakened side.
Ahead of their European Champions Cup final against Clermont Auvergne at Murrayfield on 13 May, they were missing their main England quartet of Owen Farrell, Maro Itoje and the Vunipola brothers.
Wasps' four tries not only earned the bonus point which stopped second-placed Exeter sneaking into top spot but took their tally to 88 for the season, surpassing Newcastle's Premiership record, set back in the 1997-98 season.
The best was Young's first try, created by a grubber kick to the left corner from Danny Cipriani, and he then got his second when Sarries were a man down after Sean Maitland was yellow carded for needlessly obstructing Wade.
In front of a capacity 32,000 crowd, which caused kick-off to be delayed by 15 minutes, the only sour note for Wasps was the first-half loss of hooker Tommy Taylor with an ankle injury, while prop Jake Cooper-Woolley finished with a foot injury.
But Wasps boss Young, who played for Wales at both rugby codes, was doubly thrilled with son Thomas's treble and hopes that it will guarantee selection by his country for Wales' June Tests against Samoa and Tonga.
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Wasps boss Dai Young:
"Thomas is not a bad player. I think his mother would be pretty pleased. With the Welsh squad picked on Tuesday I hope he gets his opportunity in the summer.
"He played really well in attack and defence. And I don't know where he gets his pace from. The milkman stopped delivering years ago!
"That win will do us a world of good. Finishing top is a major achievement and we're happy with that. We were the better team but they could have won. Saracens take some shifting. You have to beat them three or four times.
"We left a few points out there, to be honest. We were a bit edgy and you could see we're not quite used to the big occasions. But the more you play them the more comfortable you get. I'm sure Leicester will want to upset the party, but we are looking forward
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall:
"Wasps definitely deserved to win. Our effort was good but we made a lot of mistakes and they're not the type of team you want to make handling errors against. We were hanging on for a bit but the effort meant we were always in the fight.
"Whether people do or don't agree with the team we picked, we felt it was the right thing, We take the Premiership very seriously but we had some choices to make. The Champions Cup is a massive competition, so to be in the final again is brilliant.
"The other Premiership semi-finalists all get to rest their players next weekend. We feel we've done the right thing because there were some players who we really felt needed to rest.
"One or two were carrying small injuries who would have played had this been the semi-final, but it would have been a gamble playing them."
Wasps: Beale; Wade, Daly, Gopperth, Le Roux; Cipriani, Simpson; Mullan, T Taylor, Cooper-Woolley, Launchbury (capt), Symons, Haskell, Young, Hughes.
Replacements: Robson for Simpson (55), McIntyre for Mullan (64), Thompson for Haskell (64), Myall for Symons (69), Bassett for le Roux (72),
Not used: Johnson, Swainston, Leiua.
Saracens: Wyles; Ellery, Bosch, Tompkins, Maitland; Lozowski, Spencer; Lamositle, Brits (capt), Koch, Hamilton, Kruis, Rhodes, Wray, Burger.
Sin bin: Maitland (35)
Replacements: du Plessis for Koch (43), Barrington for Lamositele (51), George for Brits (51), Earle for Ellery (54), Isiekwe for Hamilton (60), H Taylor for Maitland (69).
Not used: Brown, Goode.
Referee: Wayne Barnes.
For the latest rugby union news follow @bbcrugbyunion on Twitter.
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The site is home to higher and further education institutions, business premises and conference facilities.
Draft figures from the Crichton Trust, which runs the estate, show turnover of £2.6m and a net profit of £20,000 for the financial year 2015/16.
Its budget for 2016/17 predicts turnover to rise by £500,000 and profit to increase to £323,000.
The figures will be reported to Dumfries and Galloway Council's Crichton sub committee when it meets on 10 June.
It will also receive a progress report on plans to develop the estate.
It highlights a £40,000 profit forecast for a new spa, bistro, restaurant and bar which opened last year.
The report also flags up increased costs for a proposal to create a visitor centre in the crypt of the Crichton Memorial Church after preparatory works revealed the need for further works.
Talks are ongoing about plans for the number of student residences on the site.
Universities and colleges on site are said to be "reviewing their curriculum offering" which could see the need for accommodation change.
The potential for the Scottish Rural College to relocate its operations to the site could also have an impact.
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England were knocked out of Euro 2016 at the last-16 stage after a shock 2-1 defeat by Iceland on Monday.
Manager Roy Hodgson resigned immediately after the game in Nice.
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live, ex-England striker Lineker, 55, backed Glenn Hoddle to succeed Hodgson.
England's conquerors Iceland - with a population of just 330,000 - were among the lowest-ranked teams in France at 34th in the world.
England started the finals with a 1-1 draw against Russia before beating Wales 2-1 and drawing 0-0 with Slovakia in their final Group B game - results that left them in second place and in a tougher half of the draw.
"There's a degree of a lack of mental strength which maybe comes from a lack of success in recent tournaments and the pressure that comes on the England team.
"But don't you think for one minute that there is more pressure on the England team than there is on the Spanish team, the German team, the Italian team. The expectancy in those countries is higher than it is in our country. We tend to be quite realistic because we're quite used to failure.
"Perhaps we're not quite used to it on this scale. I'm sure once it started to go wrong and they got behind, you could sense nobody seemed to know what to do. There was no real game plan, no plan B.
"I always thought this tournament was a bit early for this lot because they're very young and a bit inexperienced.
"Hopefully this doesn't damage them too much mentally and they'll turn it around in the future because we have got some good young players coming through.
"They need to know on the pitch exactly what their jobs are, what they're supposed to do in certain circumstances and I'm not sure that was the case. It's like an actor. An actor can be as good as he likes but he still needs a really good director.
"Mental strength really comes from confidence. It comes from winning and that's the same in all sports. I don't think there's anything in our national DNA that makes us bottlers or chokers. I don't think that's the point because we're so successful in other sports."
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Hodgson faced heavy criticism following the goalless draw against Slovakia for making six changes to the side that had beaten Wales, despite knowing a victory would mean England topped the group.
He was also criticised for the tactic of having Tottenham striker Harry Kane take corners during the tournament and starting Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling against Iceland. England scored just four goals in the tournament despite averaging 63% possession.
"Look at the game before [Italy's 2-0 win over Spain] - Italy went out there and they had a real game plan.
"You could see the coach on the sidelines orchestrating everything, they played a pressing game for a while, then they sat for a while.
"You could see that every single player on that pitch knew exactly what his job was at any given time and the positions they should be in. the organisation and the game plan was obvious and it worked.
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"You couldn't really see that with England. It seemed a little bit slapdash, a little bit scattergun. I think they caught England by surprise by playing quite high up the pitch. We just didn't know how to exploit it.
"There were plans and then there were changes. It kind of worked against Wales - in the second half he went for it then and you give him credit for that because he turned it round. I'm not quite sure he ever really had a great deal of faith in the 4-3-3.
"Roy is traditionally a 4-4-2 guy, he has been all of his career. He's kind of changed and, understandably at times, tried different things.
"We didn't really have the players to change the system. We haven't got any wingers - we've only got Raheem Sterling, who is bang out of form and confidence.
"He didn't give himself those alternatives by picking five or six central strikers.
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"We've always been a bit tactically behind and it's unquestionable that we've always been technically behind. There will always be exceptions to the rule - and we are teaching our young players better now - but it's only really in the academies where we get any decent coaching.
"We are getting technical footballers. If you look at our under-21s, under-19s and under-17s, they play the same kind of football that we see the Spanish players, Italian players playing, keeping the ball on the floor.
"Gradually that influx of young talent will come through in our first team. Hopefully they will improve our performances over time because we can compete technically."
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Hodgson and FA chief executive Martin Glenn both dismissed suggestions that England players lacked passion against Iceland.
"We have some decent players, you can't just say they're all useless - that's nonsense. You can't say they don't care, we saw how much they care against Wales.
"That's always been a myth - there's no passion. Our problem is there's too much passion, we care too much. We get a little bit tense - we're not technically good enough, tactically sound enough.
"Everyone thinks the players have so much money they don't care, they are not focused - but why does that not apply to Italians or Germans or Spanish? They earn fortunes and it does not affect them, so why does it affect us?
"The players who are truly successful are never there for money, they play for passion, joy and love of football - and to be successful.
"I can't tell you how much it will have hurt those players. It was the worst possible nightmare, total humiliation to a country the size of Leicester.
"It is not about effort - it has never been with England - but sometimes it matters too much and that encumbers our performance."
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Martin Glenn, a former CEO of United Biscuits, was appointed chief executive of the FA last May. He said on Tuesday he was "not a football expert" and would be drawing on experienced figures in the game to help an FA three-man panel select the next England manager.
FA technical director Dan Ashworth and board member and ex-Manchester United chief executive David Gill will sit on the panel with Glenn.
The 54-year-old, who has also worked for Cadbury Schweppes, Mars and Deloitte, was a non-executive director at Leicester City from 2002 to 2006.
"Martin Glenn is not a football expert and neither is [FA chairman] Greg Dyke, no-one at the FA has been for a long time with the exception of Trevor Brooking. We don't really have football people there, but Martin is an intelligent man, I know him very well. He is the kind of person who will seek advice from people that are football people.
"It is an advantage if you have played the game at this level. If not, it is hard to realise what it feels like, how it is to play in these matches, to play against the very best, to compete to win games and lose games and understand the tactical nuances of football."
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Glenn has not ruled out appointing a foreign manager as Hodgson's successor and the FA says it has an interim plan - likely to mean giving the job to England Under-21 boss Gareth Southgate on a temporary basis - if a permanent manager is not found before England's World Cup qualifying campaign starts in September.
"There is no-one particularly obvious out there. You could take a punt with someone that's played at the top.
"Alan Shearer volunteered his services, he is a passionate man and understands the game - but he doesn't think for a minute they will consider him.
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"You could go down the route of a foreigner, but that has not worked before. We were really unlucky with Fabio Capello - Italians are so good at tactics and we found the one who probably wasn't, according to the players that I have spoken to who played under him.
"If you go English, it is really difficult. There are two or three in the top flight, Sam Allardyce, Eddie Howe and Alan Pardew - but they have not won the trophies you would anticipate.
"Do you go back to perhaps Glenn Hoddle? He was one of England's best coaches.
"Hoddle has been out of the game for a while, but he understands the game technically. He is the kind of guy who understands how to get over to players how to play in various systems.
"Gareth Southgate has come through and done well with the under-21s. Maybe someone with experience with Southgate like Hoddle?"
Lineker was speaking to BBC Radio 5 live's Mark Chapman. You can listen to the interview here.
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Private chambers were created in Leicester's Building for her visits to Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire.
It was built by the Earl of Leicester, Robert Dudley, to try and win her hand in marriage, historians said.
English Heritage has installed new staircases and viewing platforms.
Head curator Jeremy Ashbee said: "Leicester's Building was one of the most spectacular works of architecture in Elizabethan England, a soaring tower expressly built to win the queen's hand in marriage.
"Visitors can now get right up to the top of this building and get a real sense of the luxury and views she enjoyed."
The new staircases take visitors up 18m (60ft) to the queen's former bedroom and views over the castle grounds and woodland.
Elizabeth I granted Kenilworth Castle to Robert Dudley in 1563 and the following year he was created Earl of Leicester.
Dudley, who shared the Queen's passion for riding and dancing, spent a fortune transforming the castle and building a garden for her.
Despite her making four visits to the tower, the last coming in 1575 and lasting for 19 days, Dudley failed to win her hand in marriage.
After the English Civil War ended in 1651, Leicester's Building was left in ruins.
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It will have to navigate a route through the wall of clouds and rain to continue its epic journey to Hawaii.
Solar Impulse took off from Japan's Nagoya Airfield at 18:03 GMT on Sunday, and is expected to spend about 120 hours in the air.
It will have to cross another front on the fourth or fifth day of the flight.
The plane has now entered US airspace, and has set the record for the longest flight made by a solar plane.
If the pilot, Solar Impulse co-founder Andre Borschberg, completes the journey, he will also have achieved the longest-duration solo flight in aviation history.
A spokesperson for Solar Impulse said the team had come up with a strategy for crossing the weather front.
While it is night-time for the pilot, he has been asked to keep the plane in a holding pattern at an altitude of about 7,000ft.
But at about 20:00 GMT, as the Sun rises, he will start to gently ascend.
While he is waiting in the same position, circling above the ocean, the weather front should start to weaken.
The team's meteorologists have forecasted that the clouds will become more disparate, which, as day breaks, should give Mr Borschberg a safe route through.
After this, the plane should have two days of clear weather, before hitting another weather front just before it nears Hawaii.
The meteorologists are closely watching to see whether the second front gets more or less active. When they have more accurate information, they will begin to plan the final stages of the flight.
They are under a great deal of pressure. If something goes wrong with the flight, Mr Borschberg may have to bail out into the Pacific Ocean and await rescue.
If the flight succeeds, the team will continue with the final stages of their epic journey around the world.
The plane will head to America, then cross the continent, before flying across the Atlantic and returning to Abu Dhabi from where the global circumnavigation began.
LEG 1: 9 March. Abu Dhabi (UAE) to Muscat (Oman) - 441km; in 13 hours and 1 minute
LEG 2: 10 March. Muscat (Oman) to Ahmedabad (India) - 1,468km; in 15 hours and 20 minutes
LEG 3: 18 March. Ahmedabad (India) to Varanasi (India) - 1,215km; in 13 hours and 15 minutes
LEG 4: 19 March. Varanasi (India) to Mandalay (Myanmar) - 1,398km; in 13 hours and 29 minutes
LEG 5: 29 March. Mandalay (Myanmar) to Chongqing (China) - 1,459km; in 20 hours and 29 minutes
LEG 6: 21 April. Chongqing (China) to Nanjing China - 1,241km; in 17 hours and 22 minutes
LEG 7: 31 May. Nanjing (China) to Kalaeloa, Hawaii (USA) - 8,200km; journey aborted, plane diverted to Nagoya, Japan
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In a statement, the 31-year-old said he knows "few" details about the investigation but it involves his 2011 transfer from Rennes to Newcastle.
The Frenchman, one of four people arrested in the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) case, has now been released.
He made 39 appearances for the Magpies before returning to France last year.
French authorities said secret payments made to players and agents during deals between French and Premier League clubs are the focus of the investigation.
Newcastle and West Ham's grounds were raided on Wednesday, as HMRC deployed 180 officers across the UK and France.
Newcastle's managing director Lee Charnley was also arrested, but later released without charge.
The French Prosecutor's office says 10 searches were carried out in France and four people were placed in police custody.
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The Aberdeen-based oil services company said the multi-million dollar framework agreement involved onshore capital programmes.
The contract also includes three one-year extension options.
The services will be supported by Wood Group's office in Al Khobar.
Wood Group first won a contract to provide general engineering services for Saudi Aramco in 2010.
Dave Stewart, from Wood Group, said: "This contract renewal demonstrates Wood Group's proven technical and engineering capabilities in working with Saudi Aramco to deliver projects and modifications, automation and control, pipeline and industrial engineering over the last five years."
In 2015, Wood Group was awarded an offshore contract with Saudi Aramco for greenfield and brownfield engineering services, procurement and construction management support for new facilities in the Arabian Gulf.
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The US energy giant said the sale reflected its plans to generate cash to support long-term priorities.
"It is aligned with our previously announced asset sales commitment," said Michael Wirth, executive vice president of downstream and chemicals.
Media reports said Chevron would sell the shares at A$34.20 each.
That is a near-10% discount from Caltex's closing share price on Friday of A$37.88.
Chevron added that it would continue to be one of Australia's largest foreign investors and the largest owner of natural gas resources in the country.
The move to sell its stake in Caltex would not alter the company's plans for liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in Australia, Chevron said.
In January, Chevron, the second largest US oil producer, reported its lowest quarterly profit in five years as a result of the collapse in oil prices.
By the end of 2014, oil prices had halved from their peak in the middle of the year.
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The Saturday night show was given a darker edge in the second series.
The announcement comes after the BBC said it would not be re-commissioning its Bafta award-winning BBC Three series In The Flesh because of budgets.
The second half of series two is due to air soon.
In a statement the BBC said: "The final seven episodes of Atlantis will transmit on BBC One in spring.
"We would like to thank Urban Myth Films and all the cast and crew but the series will not be re-commissioned.
"We are very proud of both series but to keep increasing the range of BBC One drama we have to make difficult decisions to bring new shows through."
The show starred Jack Donnelly as Jason, Mark Addy as Hercules and Robert Emms as Pythagoras with supporting roles from Sarah Parish, Juliet Stevenson, Aiysha Hart and Jemima Rooper.
Last week the BBC announced a raft of new exclusive content for the BBC iPlayer, including nine original comedy shorts and specific programmes starring the likes of Tinie Tempah and Abbey Clancy.
The BBC's controller of television, Danny Cohen, told Newsbeat: "The thing about our dramas is that if you want to try new things, you have to make room for the new things and you have to stop spending money on the ones that are there already to create the space for the new things.
"So there was a time when we had to stop doing something in order to create the space for In The Flesh. Now we have to move on again, so that we can keep providing exciting new things for audiences.
"Along with those two announcements, we also announced a brand new drama for BBC Three, 13. So you have to keep creating space, you have to keep trying new things, otherwise you keep offering the audience the things they had before."
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The patient is being monitored at London's Royal Free Hospital and does not currently have a diagnosis or symptoms of the virus.
Public Health England says there is no risk to the general public.
The patient will be watched for 21 days to see if they develop Ebola.
Another military health worker was sent to the UK on Saturday following a similar incident and is also being observed at the hospital.
Prof Paul Cosford of Public Health England said: "We can confirm that all the appropriate support is being offered to this individual and that strict protocols have been followed to transfer them back to the UK.
"We would like to emphasise that there is no risk to the general public's health.
"Our thoughts are with both of the healthcare workers, and their families, affected at this time."
Minister for the Armed Forces Mark Francois said: "This is entirely a precautionary measure and our priority is the wellbeing of the individual involved.
"Their family has been informed and will receive all possible support from the government."
He said although the two similar incidents had occurred within a short space of time, they appeared to be unrelated.
"Our personnel receive the highest standard of training and briefing prior to deployment," he said.
Needle-stick injuries involve a piercing of the skin by a sharp instrument or object, typically a needle.
Experts have said such injuries are one of the most dangerous risks for infection as the virus could be delivered directly into the bloodstream.
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The woman, who is believed to be in her 50s, was taken to Craigavon Area Hospital by the police helicopter.
The Coastguard was contacted shortly after 17:00 BST.
The woman is being treated in the hospital's decompression chamber and is in a stable condition.
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A female diver has been airlifted to hospital after becoming ill in the sea near Ballycastle, County Antrim, on Saturday afternoon.
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Azelle Rodney, 24, was killed in Mill Hill, north London, in April 2005.
Anthony Long told the Old Bailey he made the split-second decision to open fire as he thought his colleagues were in "imminent" danger.
Mr Long, 58, allegedly took just six hundredths of a second to open fire on Mr Rodney in a police operation to foil an attempted robbery.
The trial heard he fired off eight shots in 2.1 seconds, six of which fatally injured Mr Rodney, who was the back seat passenger of a Volkswagen Golf, which was boxed in during the "hard stop" by armed police in Hale Lane.
In making the split-second decision to open fire, the prosecution asserted Mr Long would not have had time to see whether Mr Rodney was doing anything that might pose a risk to the public and police.
But retired Mr Long, who was commended seven times during his distinguished 33-year career with the force, maintained he believed his colleagues were in danger.
Following the verdict, Mr Long said: "I am very grateful to the jury for returning a not guilty verdict.
"It has been very difficult facing trial for something that happened 10 years ago when I had acted to protect the lives of others as a part of my job and based on my training and experience.
"Police firearms officers do not go out intending to shoot people and, like me in this case, have to make split second life or death decisions based on the information available to them at the time.
"I want to thank my family and friends who have stuck by me and supported me during this difficult time."
Why was a former police firearms officer found not guilty of the murder of a suspect he shot six times - a shooting that occurred a split second after the target came into view?
A police officer can only justifiably open fire if he or she genuinely believes that the trigger must be pulled to protect either himself, his colleagues or the public.
But what if the officer was mistaken or acted in more complicated circumstances?
That rule of genuine belief remains key - and the law allows for genuine belief being the product of panic or misinformation.
But crucially, the jury, who watched complex forensic reconstructions of the scene, had to be absolutely sure that the officer knew that he didn't need to open fire - and that was a conclusion they ultimately could not reach - bringing this exceptionally long and controversial case to a close.
Police shooter evidence explained
Details of Mr Long's operational history, which included an incident in which he shot two other suspects dead, were not divulged in evidence.
At the conclusion of the inquiry, Mr Rodney's mother Susan Alexander had said of her son's "wholly avoidable" death: "The fact that he was strongly suspected of being involved in crime does not justify him or anyone else being summarily killed."
At the time, police intelligence had suggested the gang was armed with at least one deadly machine gun as they prepared to strike a gang of Colombian drug dealers in Edgware, north London, on the evening of Saturday 30 April 2005.
However, a search of the car later revealed that although there were three weapons, none were automatic and only one was loaded, the Old Bailey heard.
After deliberating for 12 hours and nine minutes the jury found Mr Long not guilty of murder.
The jury was not told the outcome of a judge-led inquiry in 2013 that concluded the shooting was not legally justified and Mr Long's accounts of what he saw in the seconds before opening fire should not be accepted.
After the verdict, Mr Rodney's mother Ms Alexander repeated her view that her son's death was "wholly avoidable" and she was still waiting for an unreserved apology from the police and Independent Police Complaints Commission.
"Almost exactly two years ago, I welcomed the thorough and excellent public inquiry report of Sir Christopher Holland published on 5 July 2013," she said.
"I said then that I hoped the report would be ground-breaking and cause a shift in thinking by the police.
"I am still unclear on whether the police fully accept the recommendations made two years ago and that similar deaths in the future have been made less likely."
BBC Home Affairs Correspondent Danny Shaw said the verdict would be a huge relief to the Met Police, with there being serious concerns a guilty verdict would have led firearms officers to withdraw from the role.
Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Patricia Gallan said: "Police officers are not exempt from the law, and would not wish to be.
"However, standing trial for murder will have been a very stressful and difficult time for Tony Long, a police officer for over 30 years.
"This must also have been a difficult time for Mr Rodney's family. The Metropolitan Police regrets Mr Rodney's death, and we express our full sympathy to his family."
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Laura Pulley, from Canvey Island in Essex, was told she could not travel when she tried to pay 25p in coppers.
Bus company First wrote to her to say the driver realised "the situation could have been handled better".
"I hope he thinks twice next time in handling the situation differently," said Ms Pulley, 35.
"I've had a letter from First bus company saying they had confirmed the operations team had spoken to the bus driver and they genuinely apologised for the incident.
"The driver has confirmed that after reflection the situation could have been handled better and he would like the opportunity to apologise personally to me.
"I accept the apology in the letter but I am still unsure whether I shall let him apologise to me personally.
"I'm pleased to have the letter. There had been a couple of nasty comments suggesting I had been aggressive and abusive.
"This is for my own peace of mind - I know I wasn't rude. To have him accept responsibility and apologise makes me happy."
Ms Pulley was refused travel when trying to make a short journey on Canvey Island on Monday.
After the driver called police, an officer spoke to him and then offered Ms Pulley some spare change.
"I couldn't believe the audacity of the driver to tell me I couldn't travel," Ms Pulley said.
The Coinage Act 1971 says 1p and 2p coins are legal tender for any amount not exceeding 20p.
But "both parties are free to agree to accept any form of payment whether legal tender or otherwise according to their wishes", the Royal Mint says.
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The Brecon Beacons National Park Authority said it was reducing its budget by 5% because of Welsh government funding cuts.
Chief executive John Cook met staff to announce a consultation and outline proposals to lose eight jobs.
The authority will meet on 5 February to discuss the proposals and make its decision.
The measures include "significant rationalisation" of visitor centres, reducing office space and sharing IT service management with Pembrokeshire council.
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Jobs are at risk at a national park as the authority running it looks to make savings of more than £200,000.
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It was found on the beach at Victoria Park by a member of the public at about 08:40.
Officers said they have not yet formally identified the man but the family of 18-year-old Ralph Smith have been informed of the discovery.
Mr Smith, of Dundee, has been missing since he was reported to have fallen from Arbroath cliffs on February 25.
A coastguard helicopter, lifeboats and coastguard rescue teams all took part in a search for the teenager.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "Officers are currently making inquiries and it is confirmed that the body of a male has been recovered.
"The identity of the male has not yet been established, but it not believed that there are any suspicious circumstances
"The family of missing person Ralph Smith from Dundee have been informed of developments."
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Dominic Selvaraj is accused of driving off with the van while his colleague went inside a bank to use the toilet.
Police said the vehicle was found abandoned in Bangalore the same day.
ATMs have seen long lines since India banned 500 and 1,000 rupee notes in an effort to crack down on corruption.
The government has introduced new 500 and 2,000 rupee notes, but these are still in the process of being injected into the economy and banks often run out of the new money.
Senior police official Charan Reddy told BBC Hindi's Imran Qureshi that Mr Selvaraj had been hired as a driver three weeks ago by a firm that transfers cash between ATMs and banks.
"`He has not taken the [van] guard's rifle. We have set up four teams to track him down," Mr Reddy said.
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Another police official said "the van did not have a GPS facility".
"We found it strange that one set of the keys to the cash chest [in the van] was also given to the driver," he added.
There have been chaotic scenes in India ever since the currency ban was announced two weeks ago.
It has brought India's largely cash economy to a virtual standstill as the two banned notes accounted for 86% of the money in circulation.
People have been told they can deposit or change their old notes in banks until 30 December.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who made the surprise announcement in an address to the nation, said the decision was made to target people who have hoards of unaccounted cash, known in India as "black money".
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Police in the southern Indian city of Bangalore are hunting for the driver of a van carrying cash for ATMs, after he made off with 9.2m rupees ($134,000; £107,000) in new 2,000 rupee notes.
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Training sessions, which replicated conditions after heavy rain, were held at the National Water Sports Centre, in Holme Pierrepoint, over four years.
The Fire Brigades Union claimed the water was a known public health risk.
Nottinghamshire County Council, who runs the centre, confirmed almost £90,000 has been paid in compensation without accepting liability.
The firefighters flood training sessions took place between 2008 and 2012.
More than 60 members swallowed water believed to be infected with harmful pathogens and bacteria, during training, which the union claimed led to diarrhoea and sickness.
The claims have been made against the county council and a number of fire brigades.
Tam McFarlane, of the fire union, said: "Despite the overwhelming numbers of attendees becoming sick, and the expert evidence obtained, brigades continued to put my colleagues at risk of illness."
The firefighters have received compensation of up to £10,000 each.
Derek Higton, service director for the county council, said: "The council has recently settled 54 claims, without accepting liability, brought against it by fire service trades unions relating to stomach upsets allegedly caused by use of the National Water Sports Centre by Fire Services for submerged water training for firefighters."
The centre is not currently used for such training.
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He has spent 24 years at the club as a player and on the coaching staff, and has a statue outside their home ground.
Cunningham, 40, played 496 times for Saints during his career and had been in charge for more than two years.
"It is both upsetting and disappointing for us all that it has ended at this point in time," St Helens chairman Eamonn McManus said.
Saints will be led by assistants Sean Long and Jamahl Lolesi, as well as under-19s coach Derek Traynor, on an interim basis until a new head coach is appointed.
"The commitment that he has shown to the club throughout, and in every capacity, has been without equal," McManus said.
"Keiron nevertheless understands the position and, as a mark of the man that he is, wishes only well and good to the club, its players and everyone associated with it."
Cunningham was assistant to Nathan Brown when Saints last won the Super League title in October 2014 and succeeded the Australian later that month.
The former Great Britain hooker, who signed a contract extension in January 2016, was in charge for 76 games and his tenure included two Super League semi-final appearances and one Challenge Cup semi-final.
St Helens have won only three of their eight Super League matches this season and are seven points behind leaders Castleford.
McManus' programme notes before Friday's home game with Huddersfield left no doubt about the pressure on Cunningham.
Saints were 14-0 ahead at half-time but produced, according to Cunningham, a "really weak" second-half display to draw 14-14.
Before that match, McManus wrote: "Given the quality and depth of the squad that we have, we should realistically be aiming for the top of the league and therefore we need to start stringing games together.
"Because of the unexpected losses already against Leigh, Wakefield and Salford, the room for further slips-ups is now very limited and the block of four games against Huddersfield, Wigan, Castleford and Widnes will go a long way to giving us a good indication of how our overall season is likely to unfold.
"Silverware must be our objective in 2017."
BBC rugby league correspondent Dave Woods
Keiron Cunningham the player will forever remain the ultimate idol at St Helens.
But Keiron Cunningham the coach never quite connected with the Saints fans.
The team's style of rugby under his stewardship was deemed dour by supporters who remember the often electrifying performances of the teams that he played in.
The growing disquiet amongst those fans began last year when Saints went out of the Challenge Cup early with a whimper and only a late surge took them into the top four after a mediocre season.
This year, defeats to Wakefield, Leigh and Salford and the most recent draw with Huddersfield have been rated calamitous by those connected with the club.
It will be interesting to see if Cunningham comes back into the game and, if so, where. And also where Saints find their replacement, with no obvious candidate standing out at the moment.
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A murder investigation has begun after the 44-year-old woman died at an address in Somertrees Avenue, Lee, on Friday evening.
A 37-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody.
Next of kin have not yet been informed. A post-mortem examination will take place later.
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Merseyside Police said another man, 41, is also critically ill after the Cream Grand Finale at Nation in Wolstenholme Square on Saturday.
The first man was taken ill at about 03:30 GMT and died in hospital a short time after admission.
A post-mortem examination is due to take place, police said.
The circumstances surrounding what happened to both men are being investigated by officers.
Det Ch Inspector Andy Ephgrave said: "At this stage of the investigation, we are exploring a number of lines of inquiry and it is unclear if both men took illegal substances. The men were not in a group together."
He added: "We would like to take this opportunity to remind people of the dangers of taking illegal drugs."
The so-called "super club" first opened its doors at Nation in 1992 and went on to become an international brand branching out into Cream Ibiza and the Creamfields festival.
Nation is closing to be replaced by a new music venue.
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A 19-year-old man has died after falling ill at an event marking the last Cream club night at the Liverpool venue where it first started.
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Kasungu Aerodrome, in central Malawi, will be used as a test site for aerial scouting in crisis situations, delivering supplies and using drones to boost internet connectivity.
Universities and other partners will also have access to the site.
The project will run until 2018.
Rwanda also launched a commercial drone delivery service last year to deliver medical supplies.
The project, in partnership with US company Zipline, has cut delivery of medical supplies to minutes instead of hours.
Unicef says it is working globally with a number of governments and private sector partners to explore how drones can be used in humanitarian and development missions.
The UAVs will have a range of 40km (24 miles).
Unicef says its projects adhere to a strict set of innovation principles and it is committed to sharing its knowledge with the fledging drone community.
It says that the project was launched after a successful test flight last year to deliver dried blood for early infant diagnosis of HIV in hospitals in Malawi.
The organisation also used camera-equipped drones to assess the needs of people cut off during a flood.
Unicef's Malawi Representative Johannes Wedenig said that poor infrastructure in the country made UAVs relevant and cost-effective:
"With UAVs we can easily fly over the affected area and see clearly what the impact has been on the ground. This is cheaper and better resolution than satellite images."
Malawi's Department of Civil Aviation has given permission and specifications for operating delivery drones in the air corridor. They include:
• Maximum distance of 80km (50 miles)
• Altitude limit at 400 metres above ground
• The corridor will run for 1-2 years.
For drone enthusiasts and campaigners, this development is another important step in the right direction.
After years of opposing the commercial and civilian use of drones, African governments are slowly allowing the integration of UAVs in the airspace.
The Malawi air corridor project is a close copy of an idea proposed to the Kenyan government by a Swiss polytechnic about four years ago to operate a drone delivery service called Flying Donkey.
The plan was to operate fixed-wing drones, carrying a payload of up to 20 kg (44lbs), in sparsely populated and infrastructure poor northern Kenya to supplement the postal services.
The project did not take off because the authorities saw it as a threat to security.
While there are legitimate concerns about privacy and safety, the absence of progressive drone laws to regulate the industry means African countries have been missing out on the multi-billion dollar industry.
Malawi now joins Rwanda, South Africa and Mauritius on the list of countries leading cutting-edge research on drone use to address real-life challenges.
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Malawi has launched Africa's first air corridor to test the use of drones, or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, in humanitarian missions in partnership with the UN children's agency, Unicef.
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John Hulme, Darren Price and Anne Price appeared at Mold Crown Court and denied intending to make a gain for Gwynedd-based Padarn Bus and falsifying a claim form.
Mr Hulme, 54, Mr Price, 44, both of Caernarfon, and Ms Price, 29, of Llanberis, deny the charges.
It is alleged the company exaggerated the number of concessionary passengers it carried to Gwynedd council.
Mr Hulme is accused of a £496,000 fraud between July 2011 and December 2012 while Mr and Ms Price both deny fraud involving £318,500 between January 2013 and February 2014 and falsifying council claim documents.
All three pleaded not guilty on Friday and will go on trial in November.
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The memos sent between 2001 and 2007 were released alongside Sir John Chilcot's report of his inquiry into the Iraq War. Mr Bush's replies were not included in the report.
Tony Blair to George Bush, 12 September 2001
In one of the oldest notes to be released, sent the day after the attack on New York's Twin Towers, Mr Blair offered his support to bring to justice the hijackers and looked ahead to the "next stage after this evil".
Mr Blair said some would "baulk" at the measures necessary to control "biological, chemical and other weapons of mass destruction", but added: "We are better to act now and explain and justify our actions than let the day be put off until some further, perhaps even worse catastrophe occurs."
Tony Blair to George Bush, 11 October 2001
"There is a real willingness in the Middle East to get Saddam out but a total opposition to mixing this up with the current operation [bombing Afghanistan]... I have no doubt that we need to deal with Saddam. But if we hit Iraq now, we would lose the Arab world, Russia, probably half the EU and my fear is the impact of all of that on Pakistan. However, I am sure we can devise a strategy for Saddam deliverable at a later date."
Mr Blair went on to say phase one had to be military action in Afghanistan where the perpetrators of 9/11 were hiding, then phase two would be the campaign against terrorism "in all its forms".
This memo reveals that Mr Blair and Mr Bush were openly discussing toppling Saddam Hussein as early as 2001, and just a month after the Twin Towers' attack, which killed nearly 3,000 people.
Tony Blair to George Bush, 4 December 2001
Mr Blair suggested a strategy for regime change that builds over time was needed "until we get to the point where military action could be taken if necessary without losing international support".
"If toppling Saddam is a prime objective, it is far easier to do it with Syria or Iran in favour or acquiescing rather than hitting all three at once, I favour giving these two a chance at a different relationship…
And referencing involvement in Afghanistan, Mr Blair said if that gave new hope to people "in particular we shall have given regime change a good name which will help us in our argument over Iraq".
Tony Blair to George Bush, 28 July 2002
"I will be with you, whatever...
Getting rid of Saddam is the right thing to do. He is a potential threat. He could be contained. But containment as we found with Al Qaida is always risky. His departure would free up the region. And his regime is probably, with the possible exception of North Korea, the most brutal and inhumane in the world.
The first question is: In removing him, do you want/need a coalition? The US could do it alone, with UK support. The danger is, as ever with these things, unintended consequences.
Suppose it got militarily tricky. Suppose Iraq suffered unexpected civilian casualties. Suppose the Arab street finally erupted. Suppose Saddam felt sufficiently politically strong, if militarily weak in conventional terms, to let off WMD [weapons of mass destruction]. suppose that, without any coalition, the Iraqis feel ambivalent about being invaded and real Iraqis, not Saddam's special guard, decide to offer resistance.
If we win quickly, everyone will be our friend. If we don't and they haven't been bound in beforehand, recriminations will start fast."
This extract comes from the start of a six-page note, marked Secret Personal, to the US president, which was seen only by Number 10 officials before being sent, the report stated.
Neither then Foreign Secretary Jack Straw nor Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon were shown a copy in advance, and only Mr Straw got to see it afterwards.
Sir John said it was marked "personal" but it represented an extensive statement of the UK government's position eight months before the invasion, and both secretaries-of-state should have been given the chance to comment on it before it was sent.
Tony Blair to George Bush, 28 July 2002
"In my opinion, neither the Germans or the French, and most probably not the Italians or Spanish either, would support us without specific UN authority. And - and here is my real point - public opinion is public opinion. And opinion in the US is quite simply on a different planet from opinion here, in Europe or in the Arab world.
"In Britain, right now I couldn't be sure of support from Parliament, Party, public or even some of the Cabinet. And this is Britain. In Europe generally, people just don't have the same sense of urgency post 9/11 as people in the US… At the moment oddly, our best ally might be Russia."
Mr Blair told Mr Bush that if he wanted a wider military coalition he would have to get UN backing, make progress on Middle East peace and engineer a "shift" in public opinion. He acknowledged that there would be "reluctance" in the US about taking the issue to the UN Security Council, but insisted it was the best way to provide them with a legitimate case for military action.
Tony Blair to George Bush, 28 July 2002
In a paragraph entitled The Evidence, Blair writes: "Again, I have been told the US thinks this unnecessary. But we still need to make the case. If we recapitulate all the WMD evidence, add his attempts to secure nuclear capability, and as seems possible, add on Al Qaida link, it will be hugely persuasive over here. Plus, of course, the abhorrent nature of the regime."
Mr Blair emphasises the importance of presenting the evidence about Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's supposed weapons of mass destruction as well as trying to establish a link with al-Qaeda in the aftermath of 9/11 the previous year - although none was ever found.
Within two months of sending this note, Mr Blair told President Bush at a summit at Camp David, his country retreat, if it came to war, the UK would take a significant military role. This was despite no decision having been taken on which military package might be offered to the US for planning purposes.
Tony Blair to George Bush, 28 July 2002
"I would be happy to try to put all this together... But it needs a huge commitment in time and energy. So it's only really worth doing if we are all on the same page. On timing, we could start up after the (summer) break. A strike date could be Jan/Feb next year (2003). But the crucial issue is not when, but how."
In a handwritten note, Mr Blair compliments the president on a "brilliant speech" to the United Nations General Assembly in September 2002 which "puts us on exactly the right strategy".
Tony Blair to George Bush, 24 January 2003
"What's the problem? If we delay, we risk Saddam messing us about, sucking us back into a game of hide and seek with the [UN] inspectors where, unless they find 'the smoking gun', the thing drags on forever until we give up or get distracted."
Mr Blair goes on to say that if former UN chief inspector Hans Blix finds "the smoking gun", "(and we are working very hard to get it for him), that is it and immediately the UN should discuss action".
Tony Blair to George Bush, 30 January 2003
In a memo entitled Countdown, sent two months before the Iraq invasion, Mr Blair asks:
"Have we sound plans for the following:
1. Saddam use of WMD against US and/or his own people;
2. Saddam attack on Israel;
3. Saddam destruction of oil wells;
4. Keeping apart rival groups and tribes."
A fifth point is added, in Mr Blair's handwriting: "Avoiding civilian casualties".
The memo then considers questions to be asked of the aftermath.
Tony Blair to George Bush, 19 February 2003
Outlining a course of action and a timeframe for putting down a second UN resolution, Mr Blair gives six reasons, the last one being: "It allows us to show the world we are going to war, not because we want to, but because we have to.
"Above all, it shows the US reaching out, understanding concerns, but still firmly willing to act. It sets the UN a fundamental test. It gives the Europeans something to rally round. When we do act, it will show we went the last mile for peace."
Tony Blair to George Bush, 26 March 2003
Mr Blair wrote to Mr Bush six days after US missiles hit the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, signalling the start of the US-led campaign to topple Saddam Hussein, in a memo called The Fundamental Goal.
"This is the moment when you can define international politics for the next generation: the true post-cold war world order. Our ambition is big: to construct a global agenda around which we can unite the world; rather than dividing it into rival centres of power.
So our fundamental goal is to spread our values of freedom, democracy, tolerance and the rule of law, but we need a broad based agenda capable of unifying the world, to get it. That's why, though Iraq's WMD is the immediate justification for action, ridding Iraq of Saddam is the real prize."
Tony Blair to George Bush, 2 June 2003
Less than three months after the war began, Mr Blair referred to the difficulties of rebuilding Iraq in a note to Mr Bush.
"The task is absolutely awesome and I'm not at all sure we're geared for it. This is worse than re-building a country from scratch.
"We start from a really backward position. In time, it can be sorted. But time counts against us…
"My sense is: we're going to get there but not quickly enough. And if it falls apart, everything falls apart in the region."
Tony Blair to George Bush, 5 October 2003
Mr Blair said losses in Iraq and a failure to find "enough on WMD" were leading the public to doubt the action and suggested there was a need to "get our confidence in our story back. Iraq is better without Saddam".
"And by this time next year, it better be going right, not wrong. For us and for the world!"
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Under the plans, women who are offered a routine smear test for cervical cancer will also be checked for Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), which has been strongly linked to the cancer.
The new test is expected to be available to patients by 2019-20.
Health Secretary Shona Robison said it would help make sure cervical cancer cases are caught and treated quickly.
Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in women under the age of 35, and incidence has increased 22% over the last decade.
Each year, more than 3,200 women are diagnosed across the UK, and more than 890 lose their lives.
Treatment as a result of screening prevents eight out of 10 cervical cancers from developing, and saves around 5,000 lives in the UK every year. However, uptake of screening is on a downward trend in Scotland, with the latest figures showing just under 70% of eligible women attending a test, compared to 80% a decade previously.
The new tests, which were approved for the NHS in England after a successful trial in 2016, follow recommendations from the UK National Screening Committee and will be given to all women aged between 25 and 64 who are offered a smear test.
Having HPV will not always cause cancer, but the virus contributes to virtually all cases of cervical cancer. However, up until now a test for it has only been done if doctors noticed abnormal cells in the smear sample.
Anyone who has ever been sexually active is at risk of catching HPV. A campaign to vaccinate girls against it has led to a dramatic decrease in reported cases, with scientists hoping this would then lead to a reduction in future cervical cancer cases.
Robert Music, chief executive of Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust, said that HPV testing had been shown to provide a more reliable indicator of women at risk of cancer than the current screening system.
He said: "It is positive to see the NHS in Scotland following advice from the UKNSC and changing to this more effective test which will reduce incidence of cervical cancer in Scotland and save lives.
"We look forward to working with the screening programme to ensure this change is made as smoothly as possible, communicated effectively to the public, and that the workforce in particular is supported to adapt to the changes."
Cancer Research UK's Gregor McNie said it was a "huge step forward" that the Scottish government was embracing the HPV test.
He said: "Testing first for the human papilloma virus will help prevent more cervical cancers, as it can pick up the cancer-causing infection before any abnormalities could develop in the cells.
"The need for improvements to the cervical screening programme was set out in the Scottish government's cancer strategy published last year, so it's good to see progress being made."
Ms Robison added: "Cervical screening is an important health service that can reduce cases of cervical cancer and death. We must continue to invest in more accurate and accessible tests.
"I am pleased to announce that investment from our cancer strategy will be used to introduce this new test, which will help ensure the early signs of cervical cancer are identified and treated earlier."
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The tie-up would have been the latest expansionary move by Steinhoff, which bought the UK's Poundland discount chain last year.
But the merger talks foundered after Shoprite shareholders complained they were getting a bad deal.
Steinhoff shares rose 7% in Johannesburg, while Shoprite jumped 6%.
Paul Chakaduka, a trader at Global Trader, said the collapse of the deal would please many Steinhoff shareholders.
"For Shoprite there has been this major overhang around this acquisition for a very long time and I think it will free up any uncertainties," he said.
Steinhoff's brands include Hardware Warehouse and clothing store Pep.
As well as its South African operations, Shoprite also has stores in Angola and Nigeria.
Steinhoff owns 40 retail brands in 30 countries, including Bensons for Beds and Harveys in the UK.
One of the main backers of the deal was Christo Weise, the South African retail billionaire ranked by Forbes as the second-richest man in Africa.
Mr Weise owns 23% of Steinhoff and 16% of Shoprite.
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For the first time ever in a Strictly final, she scored a perfect 40 for all three of her dances alongside partner Pasha Kovalev.
She beat off competition from Frankie Bridge and Simon Webbe, who finished as runners up, while Mark Wright went out first on the night.
The judges were wowed by Flack's Charleston and Cha Cha Cha. Watch the moment she found out she won above!
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The plug-in is installed on many PCs to let them to run small programs written in the Java programming language.
Its distributor Oracle has agreed to issue an alert on both social media and its own site following an investigation by the US's Federal Trade Commission.
By doing so it has avoided the risk of being fined.
However, the firm has not formally admitted to any wrongdoing.
According to the FTC's complaint, Oracle was aware of security issues in the Java SE (standard edition) plug-in when it bought the technology's creator Sun in 2010.
"The security issues allowed hackers to craft malware that could allow access to consumers' usernames and passwords for financial accounts, and allow hackers to acquire other sensitive information," the FTC said.
The regulator alleged that Oracle had promised consumers that installing its updates would ensure their PCs would be "safe and secure".
But it said the firm had failed to acknowledge that a risk remained.
This was because Sun's original update process did not delete earlier versions of its software, which hackers could exploit to carry out their attacks.
When Oracle initially tried to address this, its update tool only removed the most recent prior version of Java, leaving earlier editions behind.
It was not until August 2014 that the company finally rectified the problem.
Oracle could not plead ignorance because the FTC had obtained internal documents dated from 2011 that stated "[the] Java update mechanism is not aggressive enough or simply not working".
According to the watchdog, Java SE is installed on more than 850 million computers.
Because many of those will still not have installed the latest versions of the plug-in, the warning still serves a purpose and provides a link that can be used to detect and uninstall the code.
Java is still used to power some web browser-based games, calculator, chat tools and other functions.
However, one expert said most users should take this opportunity to trash it.
"Java is one of the top three applications that criminals target," commented Rik Ferguson, vice president of security research at anti-malware firm Trend Micro.
"It comes pre-installed on a lot of machines, so a lot of people don't know they are using it.
"There are times in some businesses where they may be internal applications that require Java in the web browser, so you won't have much option, but our recommendation for others is to remove it and stop using it."
Mr Ferguson added that the ruling sent out a message to other software providers that the FTC was concerned about update procedures and might not settle future cases without imposing a financial penalty.
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Johnstone, 21, has been ruled out for up to eight months, a lay-off that has also ended any hopes of him making the England squad for the World Cup.
He will undergo surgery once the knee has settled from the initial damage.
"I'm trying to be positive about it," Johnstone told the club website.
"The amount of pain I was in I didn't think it was good, but I didn't think it was anywhere near as serious as it is."
Johnstone's injury is a big blow to Wakefield, as his eight tries in 12 games have been key in their rise to sixth place in the table.
Last season he scored 20 tries in 25 games to help Trinity reach the Challenge Cup semi-final and finish in the top eight.
"We've got to wait a couple of weeks for the inflammation to settle down," physio Ryan Carmody said.
"Unfortunately he will require surgery but the surgeon is really good, he's worked with a lot of rugby players.
"We're looking at six-to-eight months, it's standard protocol. We're really confident Tom's going to be absolutely fine."
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Experts say understanding deer numbers is crucial to monitoring their impact on the natural environment and ensuring their safety.
BBC London's Tom Edwards spoke to Tom Hayward, from the London Wildlife Trust, and councillor Andrew Curtin, from Havering Borough Council.
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It's thought to be at least 90m deep and in an area of the county where a lot of mining used to happen.
It was discovered when experts drilled down the patio after looking at old maps of the area.
Nobody was hurt and both houses nearby were empty.
Take a look at how big the sinkhole is!
Footage courtesy of Mark Thomas
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He told the House Intelligence Committee that "it felt pretty good".
The 75-year-old top American spy had been expected to step aside, as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to appoint his own officials.
Analysts believe that he is sending a signal to the Trump administration that they must now speed up the transition.
Mr Trump has denied that his transition team is in turmoil, despite having only filled two postings so far.
One of his close advisers, Kellyanne Conway, told reporters at Trump Tower in New York that announcements would be made before or after Thanksgiving, which is one week away.
Mr Clapper will remain in post until President Barack Obama leaves office.
"I submitted my letter of resignation last night which felt pretty good. I've got 64 days left," he said.
Committee members jokingly asked him to stay for four more years.
Mr Clapper has authority over 17 different agencies including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), and the (Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
More than 107,000 employees report to him with a combined budget of over $52 billion (£41.8 billion).
In a profile published by Wired magazine only hours before his announcement, he said that he never questioned the morality of his profession.
In his role, he has often been in the position of defending the National Security Agency (NSA), just one of the covert agencies that his office oversees.
Its image was badly damaged after Edward Snowden revealed how they collect information on American citizens.
During a 2013 congressional hearing, Mr Clapper was asked: "Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions, or hundreds of millions, of Americans?"
"No, sir," Mr Clapper replied.
"It does not?" the incredulous senator responded.
"Not wittingly," Clapper said. "There are cases where they could inadvertently, perhaps, collect, but not wittingly."
On Thursday, he was asked if Mr Trump will open up a rapprochement with Russia's President Vladimir Putin, but answered that he does not predict a "significant change in Russian behaviour".
Mr Clapper has served in the job for six years after previously working for the US Air Force and the Defence Intelligence Agency.
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The Association of British Insurers (ABI) data found all age groups except those aged under 21 saw costs rise.
The average price paid for comprehensive motor insurance across all ages hit a record £462, a rise of 8% on the year before, according to the ABI Motor Premium Tracker.
Drivers in their late 50s faced the highest rises, at nearly 13%.
Those aged under 21 have the highest average premium at around £923 annually.
However technology used to track driving habits of young drivers meant those aged between 18 and 21 were the only age group to see motor insurance premiums fall, down 2.3% between 2015 and 2016.
The insurance industry group said premiums could rise further between now and the start of 2018 as insurers pass on costs such as the insurance premium tax and changes to the discount rate, which increased the claims for insurers.
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Bliss said there was a shortage of neonatal nurses and doctors, and safety standards were not being met.
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) joined the charity in asking for more investment.
The Welsh Government said £85m was being spent on training staff.
In a report published on Wednesday, Bliss claimed:
The report said "investment in staffing is desperately needed", and the Welsh Government must fund more nurse training places in child health.
Bliss chief executive Caroline Davey said: "It is clear that neonatal services in Wales are under extreme pressure and staff are being spread too thin.
"Without urgent action, the gap between the standards required and the care provided will widen even further."
Dr Mair Parry, RCPCH officer for Wales, agreed that vacancy levels are too high and supported Bliss's recommendations.
She said: "Babies in neonatal units are extremely vulnerable - they need and deserve the highest level of care. To do this, all neonatal units must meet the required service standards.
"This is only possible if they have adequate staffing levels allowing them to cope with the demand placed upon them."
A Welsh Government spokesman said there has been steady and continuing improvement in neonatal standards since 2008.
"To support the development of our workforce, we have announced an £85m package of investment in the education and training of healthcare professionals in Wales, including neonatal staff.
"The findings of the Bliss report will be used by the neonatal network to help all units reflect on, and plan, for any changes needed for the future."
Dr Jenny Calvert, of the Wales Neonatal Network, said they are working to further develop medical training in neonatology to help recruit more trainee doctors.
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The youngster, from Blackhall in County Durham, who has neuroblastoma, has struck up a moving friendship with Sunderland player Jermain Defoe.
He was due to be a mascot for Sunderland in their game with Middlesbrough on Wednesday night.
But his family said the youngster was "not good" and in "horrendous pain".
Earlier this month Bradley's family revealed that his latest and final round of treatment had failed.
His mother, Gemma, said: "Bradley is not good. He has been in horrendous pain with his leg since yesterday to the point [where] he couldn't move in bed.
"We have had him to the hospital and they have given him an X-ray, but it didn't show anything.
"The doctors' gut feeling is that it is his cancer progressing, but we need to wait and watch for a few days to see what happens.
"I am hoping and praying that it is nothing serious and he starts to improve as I'm not ready for this to happen yet."
Bradley got a rousing reception from England fans as he walked out as a mascot for last month's World Cup qualifier against Lithuania at Wembley. An online fundraising campaign for treatment has raised almost £67,000
Jermain Defoe has been a regular visitor to his hospital bedside and has promised to attended his sixth birthday party next month.
Neuroblastoma is a rare cancer with an unknown cause that affects babies and young children.
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David Black was shot dead while driving to work in Maghaberry Prison in 2012.
Damien McLaughlin, 39, of Kilmascally Road in Dungannon faces four charges.
His legal team said he should not face trial as the wrong legal test was applied and he was unfairly denied the chance to cross-examine a key prosecution witness.
However, Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan, ruled that this was not the case.
Mr McLaughlin is charged with aiding and abetting Mr Black's murder, having a Toyota Camry car for use in terrorism, preparing a terrorist act by starting and moving the vehicle which the killers used, and belonging to a proscribed organisation, namely the IRA.
Mr Black, a 52-year-old father of two, was the first Northern Ireland prison officer to be murdered in nearly 20 years.
Last June, a preliminary investigation resulted in the district judge ordering Mr McLaughlin to be returned for trial.
Mr McLaughlin's legal team began judicial review proceedings against decisions to admit hearsay evidence and to return him for trial.
Their challenge centred on statements from a man who was arrested and interviewed as a suspect in the murder plot but was not called as a witness during the preliminary investigation.
Mr McLaughlin's legal team said there is a statutory right to cross-examine witnesses before trial.
A prosecution barrister countered that the proceedings were a form of satellite litigation.
He also stressed that the district judge was not deciding on the issue of guilt or innocence.
Dismissing the application, Sir Declan said: "There were material circumstances in this case including the availability of audiovisual material, the CCTV evidence, the fact that the witness was outside the jurisdiction and that his reluctance may be related to his being interviewed as a suspect which lead us to reject the submission that the admission of the evidence was irrational or perverse."
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They drag the small boy into a minibus - he is shoeless and wearing torn shorts and a dark blue shirt that is at least three sizes too large.
Ousseynou is one of an estimated 30,000 children who beg on the streets of the capital, Dakar.
"This is the emergency phase of our operation," says Niokhobaye Diouf, the national director of child protection.
In the past, Senegal's authorities have been accused of complacency over tackling child begging.
But in June the president ordered "the immediate removal of all children from the street".
Since then more than 500 children have been "extracted" from the streets by a child protection unit.
On the bus sit another 30 boys, aged between four and 13 years old, who are being taken to a shelter.
Ousseynou will not stop crying, saying that his marabout, or spiritual guide, is waiting for him at a Koranic school on the outskirts of Dakar.
It is common for Senegalese Koranic schools to send their students, known as "talibe", out to beg for food and money.
Alioune Badara Seydi, Koranic teacher
"A child's place is not on the street, but how else can we provide for them?"
In the poor suburb of Sica Mbao, about 75 talibe beg for food and money every morning, from between 07:00 and 10:00.
Koranic teacher Alioune Badara Seydi argues that poverty and lack of state support leave the schools with no other alternative.
"These children are sent to us by parents across the country who live in extreme poverty, but who want their children to learn the Koran," he says.
"A child's place is not on the street, but how else can we provide for them?"
He goes on to explain that the religious education they provide is valuable and begging teaches humility as well as reinforcing solidarity within a community.
"Many of the children that have been educated in this Daara [Koranic school] became important marabouts," he says.
When most of Senegal's population lived in villages, begging seldom led to exploitation, and did not expose the children to the hardships of a big city's streets.
In Dakar - which has a population of more than a million people - it is a different story.
Children have reported being beaten if they fail to earn the sums demanded by marabouts, which can range from between 350 CFA ($0.50, £.049) and 500 CFA.
At least five children living in residential Koranic schools died in the first half of 2016 allegedly as a result of beatings meted out by their teachers or in traffic accidents while being forced to beg, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report published in July.
Dozens of other children have been severely beaten, chained and sexually abused or violently attacked while begging over the last 18 months, the report said.
Although arrests of abusive teachers have increased slightly over the past year, courts in Senegal have prosecuted only a handful of cases and prosecutions for forced child begging are almost never pursued, HRW says.
Activists say leaders have been worried about the potential political fall-out of such arrests.
"Politicians don't want to upset influential Muslim leaders," says Moussa Ndoye, who is in charge of a community project aiming to reduce child begging.
"I have yet to see any strong actions to support the president's recent declarations."
But authorities argue the "removal" operations which started in June have already had an impact.
"This is the first time the police have ever forcibly removed children from the streets to protect them," says child protection director Mr Diouf.
"Already there are visibly less children begging in the city's business centre. We know some marabouts are returning to their villages".
But Mr Ndoye believes these measures are insufficient.
"It makes no sense to just pull children off the streets, no thought has been put into this action, there is no plan," he says.
"The action must be clearly mapped out and funded and involve the entire community. The state and the marabouts must speak to each other."
Mr Diouf does concede that policing the streets in search of children will not be enough to end the practice.
He says the authorities are in the process of registering all of the Koranic schools so they can be properly regulated.
At the state-run shelter for rounded up children, Ousseynou is provided with clean clothes, medical care and food.
The children's guardians, either their parents or their marabout, will be summoned to pick them up.
They will be issued with a warning: If the same child is found on the streets again, they will face prosecution.
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The rover snapped some pictures of the sunset in between several dust storms on the planet while dust was still floating in the atmosphere.
And the reason it looks blue is because the reds and yellows from the sun were absorbed by the dust.
That meant the blue coloured light was able to get through the dust more easily and was picked up by the rover.
Mark Lemmon, a Curiosity science-team member from Texas A&M University said: "The colours come from the fact that the very fine dust is the right size so that blue light penetrates the atmosphere slightly more efficiently".
Since landing on Mars in 2012, the Curiosity rover has been sending back lots of pictures and data on the planet so we can learn more about it.
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McCoy, regarded as the greatest jump jockey ever, has been made a knight while world champion boxer Frampton becomes an MBE.
Paralympic swimmer Diane McMillan, from Larne, former Ireland cricketer Roy Harrison and rugby official Ian Beggs have been appointed MBEs.
McCoy, 41, retired in April after riding more than 4,300 winners.
He was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2010, the year in which he won the Grand National at the 15th attempt on Don't Push It.
As well as that long-awaited Aintree triumph, McCoy won the Cheltenham Gold Cup twice, three Champion Hurdles and the Champion Chase.
Earlier, this month the man from Moneyglass in County Antrim received a lifetime achievement award at the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year show.
Frampton, managed by former WBA featherweight champion Barry McGuigan, is currently preparing for a big unification contest with England's Scott Quigg in Manchester on 27 February.
The 28-year-old, from north Belfast, holds the IBF super-bantamweight belt while Bury boxer Quigg has the WBA title.
Frampton turned professional in 2009 after winning Irish amateur titles, and became European champion in 2013 by beating Kiko Martinez.
Spaniard Martinez was again the opponent when Framption, nicknamed The Jackal, took the IBF world crown at Belfast's Titanic Quarter in September 2014.
McMillan, then Dianne Barr, won two gold medals at the Seoul Games in 1988 at the age of 16.
The below-the-knee amputee also won one silver and two bronze medals in Korea, and four years later got another Paralympic bronze medal in Barcelona.
She has been recognised for services to swimming and disability awareness.
Roy Harrison, a long-serving player and official of Waringstown Cricket Club, won three caps for Ireland and his brothers Deryck, Garfield and Jim were also internationals.
He was an opening batsman for Waringstown, scoring more than 9,000 runs and taking in excess of 300 wickets in a long and distinguished club career.
Off the pitch, Harrison was a dedicated and respected official, serving as president of the Northern Cricket Union in 2001 and the Irish Cricket Union five years later.
Ian Beggs has been recognised for his long service as an administrator with Carrickfergus Rugby Club and the Ulster Branch of the IRFU.
Beggs served as club secretary and was heavily involved in the successful Carrick Sevens tournament during an association with the County Antrim club which stretches back almost 60 years.
In 2012, he was elected an honorary life vice-president of the Ulster Branch, an honour which has been awarded on just three occasions.
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Du Plessis went into the day-night match having been fined for ball-tampering in the second Test, and was booed on his way to the crease.
He responded with a century as wickets fell around him and put the hosts into bat for the day's final 12 overs.
Australia reached 14-0 with the pink ball under lights by the close.
Usman Khawaja had to fill in as opener for David Warner, who was not allowed to bat having spent time off the pitch for treatment to a shoulder injury.
Du Plessis admitted he made his declaration after Warner spoke to the umpires.
"I listened to the conversation he had with the umpires - one ear talking to the batter, one ear listening to him," said Du Plessis.
"And then I heard he had six minutes left before he could bat again so I thought 'let's have a crack'."
The hosts, 2-0 down in the three-match series, had made five changes from the second Test defeat, with batsmen Matthew Renshaw, Peter Handscomb and Nic Maddinson making their debuts.
Wicketkeeper Matthew Wade and bowler Jackson Bird were also recalled and Australia quickly made inroads into the tourists' line-up, with Josh Hazlewood taking 4-68.
Du Plessis stood firm, though, and his declaration was the second lowest in an opening innings of a Test in Australia.
The South Africa captain was fined 100% of his match fee after television footage appeared to show the 32-year-old licking his finger and shining the ball while eating a sweet in the second Test.
Du Plessis pleaded not guilty to the charge and denied any wrongdoing as he claimed he had been made a "scapegoat".
England bowler Chris Woakes, who is in India for the side's ongoing Test series, called the issue a "grey area".
"A lot of people have said I think we all shine the ball in a very similar way," he told BBC Radio 5 live. "You don't try and overstep the rules of the game.
"We all shine the ball, we all try and make the balls move in the air as, otherwise, it'd be a pretty dull game if it didn't.
"I heard Hashim Amla saying about having chewing gum in his mouth and if he is shining the ball is that deemed as cheating? I don't think that is deemed as cheating."
Despite Du Plessis' century, the Adelaide Advertiser preferred to concentrate on Australia's hard-fought 14-0 on their sports pages.
After a series of humiliating collapses, maybe such an achievement should be cheered?
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The assessment by UN-Habitat said that the world's cities were responsible for about 70% of emissions, yet only occupied 2% of the planet's land cover.
While cities were energy intensive, the study also said that effective urban planning could deliver huge savings.
The authors warned of a "deadly collision between climate change and urbanisation" if no action was taken.
The Global Report on Human Settlements 2011, Cities and Climate Change: Policy Directions, said its goal was to improve knowledge of how cities contribute to climate change, and what adaptation measures are available.
Worrying trend
Joan Clos, executive director of UN-Habitat, said the global urbanisation trend was worrying as far as looking to curb emissions were concerned.
"We are seeing how urbanisation is growing - we have passed the threshold of 50% (of the world's population living in urban areas)," he told BBC News.
"There are no signs that we are going to diminish this path of growth, and we know that with urbanisation, energy consumption is higher.
According to UN data, an estimated 59% of the world's population will be living in urban areas by 2030.
Every year, the number of people who live in cities and town grows by 67 million each year - 91% of this figure is being added to urban populations in developing countries.
The main reasons why urban areas were energy intensive, the UN report observed, was a result of increased transport use, heating and cooling homes and offices, as well as economic activity to generate income.
The report added that as well as cities' contribution to climate change, towns and cities around the globe were also vulnerable to the potential consequences, such as:
The authors also said that as well as the physical risks posed by future climate change, some urban areas would face difficulties providing basic services.
"These changes will affect water supply, physical infrastructure, transport, ecosystem goods and services, energy provision and industrial production," they wrote.
"Local economies will be disrupted and populations will be stripped of their assets and livelihoods."
A recent assessment highlighted a number of regions where urban areas were at risk from climate-related hazards, such as droughts, landslides, cyclones and flooding.
These included sub-Saharan Africa, South and South East Asia, southern Europe, the east coast of South America and the west coast of the US.
Time to act
Dr Clos told BBC News that while climate change was a problem that affected the entire world, individual towns and cities could play a vital role in the global effort to curb emissions.
"The atmosphere is a common good, which we all depend upon - every emission is an addition to the problem," he explained.
But, he added: "Consumption is carried out at an individual level; energy consumption is also an individual choice.
"This is why local governments and communities can a big role, even when their national governments do not accept or acknowledge the challenges."
The report called on local urban planners to develop a vision for future development that considered climate change's impact on the local area.
It said that it was necessary to include mitigation measures (reducing energy demand and emissions) as well as adaptation plans, such as improving flood defences.
In order to achieve the most effective strategy, it was necessary for urban planners to seek the views of the local community, including businesses and residents.
However, the UN-Habitat authors said international and national policies also had a role to play in supporting urban areas.
These included financial support, reducing bureaucracy and improving awareness and knowledge of climate change and its possible impacts.
Dr Clos was launching the report on Monday evening at an event in central London, hosted by the London School of Economics.
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The 35-year-old arrived before the 2016-17 season as a player-coach.
He has understudied leading goalkeeper Joe Day and became joint caretaker manager after Graham Westley's departure in March, 2017.
Newport survived in League Two and boss Mike Flynn said Bittner is "another good pair of eyes on the touchline".
Bittner said: "After an unbelievable finish to last season, when I think we showed to everyone what we are capable of, I am delighted to have re-signed for the club."
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Charlie Heywood, from Great Barr, was walking along Birmingham Road near Barhill Close at about 03:35 BST when he was knocked down.
In tribute, his family described him as an "endlessly kind young man and a much loved son, brother and grandson".
A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of driving while under the influence of drugs, West Midlands Police said.
Passers-by stopped to help Mr Heywood but, despite their efforts and the intervention of paramedics, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The University College London history undergraduate was the eldest of four brothers.
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There were a total of 4,069 patients waiting in January, compared to 3,290 in the same month the year before.
The proportion of patients waiting less than four hours held steady, according to the latest monthly figures.
In January, 79% of patients waited under four hours to be seen, a slight improvement on 78.6% for the same month in 2016.
The monthly figures look at times patients wait from arrival to their discharge, admission or transfer.
There is a target of seeing 95% of patients within four hours and no patients should wait more than 12 hours.
The picture in Wales appears steadier than the position in NHS England, where leaked figures suggested record numbers of patients were waiting more than four hours to start treatment. In Wales:
Analysis from Owain Clarke, BBC Wales health correspondent
The rise in the proportion and numbers of patients spending the longest amount of time in A&E will worry NHS Wales and the health secretary. Particularly because, according to the targets, nobody should be waiting that long.
However, there is better news in that A&E departments in Wales seem to be holding steady this winter, compared to last on performance against the headline four hour target.
That will be particularly encouraging to NHS chiefs considering the statistics emerging from England suggest a serious deterioration on this measure this winter.
Undoubtedly there will be sighs of relief in the Welsh Government that the system appears to have recovered somewhat after what many judged to be an immensely difficult first week in January.
However, that will be little comfort to more than 4,000 patients who had to stay longer than half a day in emergency departments.
The Welsh Government said urgent and emergency care services were under "extraordinary pressure at times in January".
"Despite this, A&E clinicians and support staff have enabled almost eight in every 10 patients to spend less than four hours in emergency care departments from their arrival, until admission, transfer or discharge," said a spokesperson.
Conservative health spokeswoman Angela Burns AM called the figures extremely disappointing and the marked increase in 12 hour waits "especially frustrating".
She added: "There are a number of factors which have contributed to this rise - too few hospital beds, difficulties accessing GP appointments, and of course, the closure of local minor injury units."
Plaid Cymru health spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth AM said staff were being asked to do the impossible.
"We're seeing the predictable results of a failure to recruit enough doctors, centralising services and a chronic under-investment in out of hours and social care, and it's getting worse every winter," he said.
Vanessa Young, director of the Welsh NHS Confederation, said: "Staff have been working incredibly hard to deliver care to patients and it's important that we recognise these efforts."
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The deal comes seven months after the collapse of Publicis' bid to boost its US presence via a merger with Omnicom.
Sapient, an internet marketing specialist, made profits of $85.9m on turnover of $1.36bn last year.
Publicis, the world's third largest advertising group, is trying to catch up ground on its bigger rivals WPP and Interpublic.
Publicis chief executive Maurice Levy said the deal "will give Publicis access to new markets and create new revenue streams".
Sapient's clients include Fiat, Unilever, and Marks & Spencer.
Sapient boss Alan Herrick will continue to run the company and is to join Publicis' management team, while Jerry Greenberg, the current co-chairman of Sapient's board will become a board member of Publicis.
The collapse of the Omnicom deal, as a result of a failure to resolve tax issues and cultural differences between the companies, prompted a boardroom shake-up at Publicis.
The $35bn merger would have created an advertising giant to overtake WPP, employing 130,000 staff with annual sales of €20bn.
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Katie Rough was found injured in the Woodthorpe area of the city on 9 January and died later in hospital.
A 15-year-old girl has been charged with her murder.
Katie's family said the balloon release was to celebrate the life of a "beautiful. creative and special little girl".
Read more about this story and others from across York
People gathered near Westfield Primary School, where Katie was a pupil, a week after her death to release 200 balloons.
Andrew Waller, Liberal Democrat councillor for the area, said he was not surprised by the large turnout.
"People do pull together and people wanted to express support and sympathy for the family but in a respectful way," he said.
Organisers said Katie's parents had thanked everyone for "their kind words and ongoing support through this very difficult and sad time".
People were asked to donate £1 for a balloon with any money raised going to a fund established to help Katie's family.
The fund has raised nearly £24,000 in less than a week.
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Matalan opened its Cardiff store on Queen Street on Thursday, in the unit vacated by Primark which has moved across the road.
Previously, Matalan stores have always opened in out of town retail parks.
The 40,000 sq ft (3716 sq m) shop, is employing 350 sales assistants and 16 managers.
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Jacqueline Angrave, 48, from Leicester, was convicted of two counts of child cruelty in July but was handed a suspended sentence.
However, judges at the Appeal Court in London have jailed her for two years.
It follows a bid by the Attorney General, Jeremy Wright QC, to have her "unduly lenient" punishment increased.
Lord Justice Treacy told the hearing Angrave carried out the campaign of abuse, which included physical attacks, when her daughter was aged between five and 10, from 1997 to 2003.
He said: "The offender used to walk her to school using a dog lead when she was aged between seven and 10.
"[She] took care to see no-one was able to observe this by removing the lead before they arrived at the school gate."
Angrave, of Hughenden Drive, would also drag her daughter by the hair, punch, kick and scratch her, and force her to take cold showers while rubbing shampoo and soap into her eyes.
"It seemed to the victim that the offender was taking pleasure in hurting her," the judge told the hearing.
The daughter also suffered psychological cruelty, with Angrave blaming the girl for her own problems, the court heard.
"The impact of this campaign of relentless insults was to destroy the victim's self-esteem and to blight her childhood," Lord Treacy said.
A pre-sentence report said Angrave continued to show no remorse, while reports showed she suffered from diabetes, failing eye sight and some mental health problems.
However, the judge ruled these were not reason enough for her to avoid a custodial sentence.
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Hundreds of meteors will streak across the sky in the beautiful natural firework show, visible around the world.
The shower peaks in mid August but a full moon on August 7th means that this weekend may be the best time to see the natural wonder.
And it's not just the Perseid, two other meteor showers will be visible this weekend also.
The Alpha Capricornids Shower will peak tonight and then hang around a few more nights, and the Southern Delta Aquariids showers will peak Saturday and Sunday.
The Perseids are actually tiny pieces of the Swift-Tuttle comet that can be seen every year when the Earth passes through a cloud of the comet's debris.
They're bits of ice and dust, which can be as small as a grain of sand or as big as a pea.
The fragments were left behind whenever Swift-Tuttle passed close to Earth - the last time was in 1992.
The meteors appear to come from a point in the constellation of Perseus, hence the name Perseid.
They hit the Earth's atmosphere at a whopping speed of 134,000 mph, but don't pose any danger to us on Earth.
The celestial show is expected to hit its peak overnight between 11-12 August but you can see it any night until then starting tonight.
Unlike some other cosmic events, spectators don't need special technology to watch the Perseids unfold.
It's best to find a wide open space away from tall buildings or trees, and with as little light as possible.
The more of the sky you can see, the better.
This year's shower could see 200 meteors an hour become visible in the night's sky, in an event known as an "outburst".
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Toulon confirmed on Monday night that the contract had been finalised, just hours before the French transfer deadline.
The 35-year-old second row's farewell match in a Munster shirt was the Pro12 final defeat by Glasgow in May.
He will quit internationals after the World Cup, having won a Grand Slam plus two Six Nations Championships.
The Limerick man had been contracted until June 2016 but the IRFU and Munster agreed to his request for an early release.
O'Connell made his senior Munster debut in August 2001 and won two European Cups, three League titles and a Celtic Cup with the Irish province.
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The 25-year-old joins the Premiership club from Bradford Bulls, for whom he has scored 17 tries in 55 Super League appearances over three seasons.
Capped 15 times, Kear played in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup and has represented clubs in the UK and France.
"I always followed rugby union up until I was 18 in Cardiff and it's always been a view of mine to come back and really give it a go," he said.
Kear appeared for the Exiles in the club's pre-season friendly at Henley Hawks, scoring one of Welsh's 10 tries in a 64-0 victory.
A product of the Cardiff Demons academy system, he made his Super League debut for Crusaders against Leeds Rhinos in August 2009 and joined Bradford Bulls in 2012.
"I've always wanted to play rugby union and to have signed for London Welsh and to play at the highest level is definitely something I've wanted to do for a long time. Hopefully now I can take my chance and be the best I can be.
"Everyone has the view we can still stay up - it only takes a few results. That's what we're searching for, a result, and hopefully we can get that on the weekend," he said.
Welsh, who were promoted in the summer, are yet to win a game this season, but head coach Justin Burnell is hopeful Kear can help them turn things around.
"Elliot had some excellent performances for Bradford in the Super League last year and won numerous man of the match awards, most notably against Wigan," he said.
"He's got a lot of pace and with our mounting injury list he's a fantastic addition to our squad."
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The BBC said the radio show would "explore of what cars symbolise to women today, including freedom, power, refuge, novelty and familiarity".
The four-part series, which will feature a different guest every week, begins on 30 November.
Dawn French, Olivia Colman, Sarah Millican and Germaine Greer will be among the interviewees.
Coren Mitchell said: "I'm really looking forward to sitting down with some of the greatest women in modern British culture and talking about the pros and cons of the five-speed manual gearbox."
Cars will be used "as a vehicle to share memories and take a comic look at life, love, sex, work, childhood, adulthood and adventure", the BBC said.
The episodes will be recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's Radio Theatre in London.
Members of the public will be invited to take part in the programme and share their own memories, such as driving to a first job, doing the school run or picnic trips in a campervan.
French, who will appear on the first episode, said: "It will be great to get together with Victoria for a good old girly natter about the torque stats on the BMW Luxus 850."
BBC Radio 4 comedy commissioning editor Sioned William said of Coren Mitchell: "She's brainy, witty and - I'm reliably informed - can change a tyre in under five minutes."
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or if you have a story suggestion email [email protected].
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Ibrahimovic collected a pass from Angel di Maria, shrugged off two defenders and scored from the edge of the area.
PSG will now play either Sochaux or Marseille in the final.
Laurent Blanc's side are already Ligue 1 champions and play Lille in the League Cup final this weekend.
Last season they won the league by eight points, thrashed Bastia 4-0 to win the League Cup and beat Auxerre in the Cup final to seal the clean sweep.
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Wang Zheng told the BBC she was inspired to set up the Zhi Xian Party after following the trial of Bo.
It is a highly unusual move in China, where the ruling Communist Party retains a monopoly on power.
Bo, the former Chongqing Party chief, was given a life sentence in September for corruption and abuse of power.
Ms Wang, a university professor, said her party would act in a similar manner to a special interest group, calling for the Chinese constitution to be upheld and for income inequality to be tackled.
"The goal of the party is to guard the constitution," Ms Wang said. "In the past, for so many years, the ruling party has often done things that are against the constitution."
She said the party was inspired by Bo's work to help the poor as Chongqing party chief.
"In recent decades, China's reform methods were against the constitution" as the political system had allowed the gap between the rich and the poor to increase, she said.
She added that what she was doing was consistent with Chinese law.
"The Communist Party is the ruling party. According to the constitution, the nation is led by the Communist Party that co-operates with the other parties, and we are one of the participating parties."
Ms Wang said there had been an overwhelmingly positive response to her party, but did not reveal the size of her party's membership.
The party has named Bo its honorary chairman, although it is unclear whether Bo has agreed to any association with the group.
The Zhi Xian Party translates into "The Supremacy of the Constitution" Party in Chinese.
The formation of a new political movement comes as a rare open challenge to the ruling Communist leadership, the BBC's Celia Hatton in Beijing reports.
Ms Wang is already facing a backlash by the government for her actions, and her home is under police surveillance, our correspondent adds.
However, Ms Wang said she was "not scared".
"I have the confidence that what I am doing is not illegal and most of the people I am in touch with, including the security police, they are actually nice people," she said.
China has jailed activists in the past for setting up political parties. Activist Qin Yongmin was jailed for 12 years in 1998 after trying to register the China Democracy Party.
Bo Xilai was removed from office in 2012 amid a scandal which saw his wife convicted of a British businessman's murder.
During his time in Chongqing, Bo was popular with the city's poor and rural citizens for running a high-profile crackdown on crime and promoting China's communist past, including the public singing of "red songs".
However, his open ambition and flamboyant style earned him political enemies, analysts said.
In September he was found guilty of taking bribes amounting to 20m yuan ($3.3m; £2m) either personally or through his family. He was also accused of abusing his office by using his position to cover up for his wife's crime.
His supporters, however, believe he is the victim of a political purge.
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Michael O'Kane was suspended from his post in September while an internal investigation was carried out.
The tabloid published pictures of the duchess and Prince William sunbathing on a private holiday in France.
Media tycoon Richard Desmond, whose Northern and Shell group co-owns the paper, had threatened to shut it down.
The Dublin-based Irish Daily Star said in a statement: "As a result of the publication on 15 September 2012, issues arose with the shareholders of Independent Star Limited.
"Having considered those issues in tandem with Mr O'Kane, it is Mr O'Kane's decision to resign as editor of the Irish Daily Star, effective immediately."
Northern and Shell group co-owns the newspaper with the Irish-based Independent News and Media.
Independent News and Media said Mr O'Kane acted at all times in a highly professional and appropriate manner and in the best interests of the newspaper.
He followed all editorial policies and guidelines, it added.
Both co-owners had criticised the decision of Mr O'Kane to publish the pictures, although Independent News and Media said closing down the title would be disproportionate.
The Irish Daily Star re-published the photographs in September after they appeared in French celebrity gossip magazine Closer.
The pictures were used by publications in France, Italy, the Irish Republic, Sweden and Denmark. No British newspaper has printed them.
They did not feature in the Northern Ireland edition of the Irish Daily Star.
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Nellie Spindler died aged 26 in a blast at a hospital three miles from the front line near Ypres in 1917.
Ms Spindler was buried with full military honours and is the only woman buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, among 10,000 men.
The service, at St James's Hospital in Leeds, is due to start at 11:30 BST.
Ms Spindler, born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, joined the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service and in July 1917 she was transferred from France to Belgium.
Working for No 44 Casualty Clearing Station she helped treat seriously injured soldiers at a hospital situated within the range of German shells at the Battle of Passchendaele.
Minnie Wood, a matron, held her as she died and wrote to Ms Spindler's parents telling them their daughter died "perfectly peacefully".
Officially known as the Third Battle of Ypres, Passchendaele was fought from 31 July to 6 November 1917 in West Flanders, northern Belgium, and is recorded as one of the harshest battles of the war.
The other woman who died during World War One to be buried in Belgium is Elsie Mabel Gladstone, who also worked as a nurse, and died of pneumonia.
Relatives of Ms Spindler are expected to attend the service at the hospital's chapel.
Chris van D'Arque, deputy head of chaplaincy at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, who is leading the service, said: "Another nurse raced to be with her and care for her as she died, putting herself in danger, which shows her popularity.
"The service is based on the core values of honour, courage and continuing commitment to the same cause of care."
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The B-1B Lancers took part in joint military drills with Japan in the East China Sea, the US Air Force said in a statement.
They then flew over the highly contentious South China Sea.
On Tuesday, North Korea test-fired a long-range missile some believe could reach Alaska, sparking concerns over its weapons capabilities.
A statement by the US Pacific Air Forces said the flights with Japan "demonstrate the solidarity between Japan and the US to defend against provocative and destabilising actions in the Pacific theatre".
Tuesday's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) by North Korea sparked a warning from the US that it would use military force "if we must".
The US has been firing missiles into South Korean waters in joint ballistic missile drills in response to the missile test.
Japan, which sent two F-15s for the joint drill, also has competing claims with China in the East China Sea.
After the joint flypast, which took place at night, the two bombers headed to the South China Sea to "exercise the rights of freedom of navigation", said the US statement.
They then returned to the US airbase in Guam.
China claims sovereignty over almost all of the South China Sea, which the US has challenged.
Last weekend a US warship sailed near one island sparking an angry response from Beijing.
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Westminster politics, scientific research and diplomatic matters have not been on the agenda.
Instead, this international gathering was all about making hospitals safer.
The patient safety conference was the first such global meeting of its kind led by ministers.
At the centre of the discussions was a striking figure - there are apparently one million deaths every year around the world caused by medical mistakes.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who co-hosted the conference with his German counterpart, said the figure for such avoidable deaths in England was about 150 a week.
"We need," he told the conference, "to ask what is blocking the development of the supportive, learning culture we need to make our hospitals as safe as they should be".
Much progress had been made in England, said Mr Hunt, since the Mid-Staffordshire scandal, with a tougher inspection regime playing a part.
But change was still needed, with a move away from a "blame" culture, he added.
New measures were unveiled by the secretary of state to try to achieve this shift, including tougher legal protection for NHS whistleblowers, and staff participating in internal trust investigations and enquiries on safety incidents mounted by external agencies.
The airline industry is widely quoted in this context.
Journalist Matthew Syed, author of Black Box Thinking, spoke at the conference. He referred to an accident which changed the safety culture in aviation.
A crash in the 1970s which left 10 dead was blamed on the pilot failing to notice that his plane was dangerously low on fuel.
But at the time, he was dealing with another potentially lethal problem with the landing gear.
Colleagues either had not noticed or for whatever reason did not tell him about the fuel issue.
The lesson was that there had to be much more open discussion, with the most junior team members encouraged to speak up.
Airlines have transformed safety training and reduced accidents. Now there is a push to take health in the same direction.
The newly-announced policies include a health-safety investigation agency following the precedent of the Air Accident Investigation Branch.
A crucial part of its brief will be to hold "no-blame" investigations.
That is where the legal protection aspect is so important. Staff will know they can speak frankly about hospital incidents without fear of their evidence being used against them.
Central to this philosophy is the idea of continuous improvement and that however senior a clinician or manager may be, there is always scope to test procedures and experiment with new ways of working.
Ministers believe that the NHS delivers world-class performance in many areas - but must be honest about those failures which do happen.
Openness about safety and rectifying mistakes must be embedded in everyday working, they say.
Jason Leitch, who heads the patient safety programme at NHS Scotland, was also at the conference. He says there has been 16.5% drop in hospital mortality rates since the programme was started in 2007.
Some at the conference see the renewed safety drive by the Department of Health as a watershed moment.
But Peter Walsh, of Action against Medical Accidents, has questioned the protection against future litigation for NHS staff giving evidence to investigations.
He argues this will mean patients who have suffered because of mistakes could be denied access to justice.
Junior doctors out on picket lines in England this week have also criticised the government's credentials on safety because, in their view, a new contract is being imposed with weaker safeguards on working hours.
Mr Hunt has made transparency and honesty over safety in the NHS one of his mantras.
It is his chosen agenda rather than the growing pressures on A&E and other declining performance issues also highlighted this week.
The patient safety conference and pronouncements will ultimately have to be judged against outcomes.
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