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Thomas Mikkelsen scored the only goal of the game after good work by Simon Murray.
Dunfermline striker Nicky Clark missed a glorious opportunity seconds prior to the home team scoring.
The win takes United above Greenock Morton and to within one point of Falkirk in the battle for a place in next year's Premiership.
Dunfermline remain in sixth place, six points clear of Fife rivals Raith Rovers in second-bottom spot.
Both teams had early chances, with Pars striker Michael Moffat threatening with a glancing header before Mikkelsen was inches away from a Murray cross.
Ray McKinnon's United have the best home form in the league with only one defeat in their 15 games played at Tannadice and Murray twice came close after excellent build-up work by Tony Andreu.
The goal came just before the half hour mark in what was a bizarre 60 seconds in the game.
Rhys McCabe played a wonderful ball straight into the path of Clark, who looked set to score but kicked the ground instead of the ball and the chance was gone.
The ball was played immediately up field to Murray, who played in Mikkelsen with the Dane sliding in from six yards out - his sixth goal since joining the club on loan from Odense.
It was a lead the home side just about deserved on the balance of play.
Norwich City's on-loan midfielder, Andreu, has been a shining light in what has been an uninspiring season for United and was proving to be a real thorn in the side of the Pars defence.
Sean Murdoch in the visitors goal raced out to deny the 28-year-old then Andreu smashed a shot from 25 yards off the inside of the post before the ball was cleared.
Dunfermline introduced Gavin Reilly into the attack to try and force their way back into the game, but chances were slim on the ground for the on-loan Hearts striker.
In the last minute, United had a glorious chance when substitute Nick Van Der Velden had an open goal just six yards out but blasted the ball straight at Murdoch.
Match ends, Dundee United 1, Dunfermline Athletic 0.
Second Half ends, Dundee United 1, Dunfermline Athletic 0.
Attempt saved. Nick van der Velden (Dundee United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Dunfermline Athletic. Conceded by Mark Durnan.
Corner, Dunfermline Athletic. Conceded by Jamie Robson.
Nathaniel Wedderburn (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Tony Andreu (Dundee United).
Substitution, Dundee United. Alistair Coote replaces Thomas Mikkelsen.
Foul by Callum Morris (Dunfermline Athletic).
Thomas Mikkelsen (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Gavin Reilly (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lewis Toshney (Dundee United).
Substitution, Dundee United. Nick van der Velden replaces Blair Spittal.
Substitution, Dunfermline Athletic. Joe Cardle replaces Paul McMullan.
Attempt saved. Blair Spittal (Dundee United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Foul by Paul McMullan (Dunfermline Athletic).
Blair Spittal (Dundee United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Dundee United. Lewis Toshney replaces Scott Allardice.
Substitution, Dunfermline Athletic. Gavin Reilly replaces Michael Moffat.
Substitution, Dunfermline Athletic. Ryan Williamson replaces Andrew Geggan.
Jason Talbot (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stewart Murdoch (Dundee United).
Attempt saved. Nicky Clark (Dunfermline Athletic) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Dunfermline Athletic. Conceded by Willo Flood.
Andrew Geggan (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Willo Flood (Dundee United).
Tony Andreu (Dundee United) hits the left post with a right footed shot from outside the box.
Foul by Callum Morris (Dunfermline Athletic).
Thomas Mikkelsen (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Paul McMullan (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stewart Murdoch (Dundee United).
Corner, Dundee United. Conceded by Paul McMullan.
Attempt saved. Blair Spittal (Dundee United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Second Half begins Dundee United 1, Dunfermline Athletic 0.
First Half ends, Dundee United 1, Dunfermline Athletic 0.
Foul by Rhys McCabe (Dunfermline Athletic).
Thomas Mikkelsen (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Nicky Clark (Dunfermline Athletic) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Simon Murray (Dundee United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Rhys McCabe (Dunfermline Athletic).
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Dundee United leapt into third place in the Championship with a single-goal win over Dunfermline Athletic at Tannadice.
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Detailed debate on both the Scotland Bill (Monday) and the Trade Union Bill (Tuesday) look likely to provoke some bare-knuckle politics in the Chamber.
The Commons opens for business at 14.30 ( GMT) with genial Communities and Local Government Secretary, Greg Clark providing the warm-up. But the key to the rest of the day's action will be whether or not time is then absorbed by ministerial statements or urgent questions.
MPs are due to spend the bulk of their afternoon on the report stage of the Scotland Bill, where there are a shedload of amendments from all quarters. One government amendment makes the Scottish Parliament and government "permanent parts of the United Kingdom's constitutional arrangements" which cannot be abolished except by a decision of the people of Scotland in a referendum. Another provides competence to legislate for social security benefits, if paid for by the Scottish Government.
Labour's shadow Scottish secretary, Ian Murray, calls for an independent commission on full fiscal autonomy, to provide an authoritative analysis of the implications of devolving full tax and spend powers to Holyrood. It would be required to report by next March and there's a similar amendment calling for a committee to oversee the transition and implementation of welfare powers.
He also has an amendment to allow the VAT take from Scotland to be, in effect, paid to the Scottish government. Uber-localist, Labour's Graham Allen wants to give extra tax-raising powers to Scottish councils and a power of general competence which would allow them greater freedom of action (he attaches amendments on this sort of thing to every possible bill).
The Liberal Democrat former Scottish Secretary, Alistair Carmichael wants to remove the word "normally" from this clause: "But it is recognised that the Parliament of the United Kingdom will not normally legislate with regard to devolved matters without the consent of the Scottish Parliament." And add a ban on any alteration to the powers of the Parliament itself.
But the real kickers are the SNP's amendments.
There's one to ensure that the UK Parliament can only legislate in devolved areas with the consent of the Scottish Parliament, putting the Sewel Convention onto a statutory footing. Another would enable the Scottish Parliament to amend the Scotland Act 1998 to remove the reservation on taxation, borrowing and public expenditure in Scotland, with the effect that the Scottish Parliament could move to full fiscal autonomy. They also call for power over child tax credit, and working tax credit to be transferred to Holyrood and yet another amendment would permit the Scottish Parliament to decide whether and when to hold another independence referendum.
How much of this will get debated is an interesting question, the programme motion sets aside six hours for debate, but there are some very big issues here, and some will certainly not get discussed on the floor of the House. It's a far cry from Sir George Young's tenure as Leader of the Commons, when report stage discussion frequently stretched over a couple of days and it does open the door for peers to tinker with matters that MPs didn't get around to talking about. This could end up providing a textbook example of why the apparently boring details of scheduling in the Commons can matter rather a lot.
The day ends with an adjournment debate on human rights in Eritrea led by Labour's Matthew Pennycook. He says: "Cruelty, tyranny, and forced conscription and labour are everyday experiences for Eritreans under the hermetic regime of President Isaias Afwerki. The oppressive nature of the regime is why 5,000 Eritreans embark each month on a treacherous exodus from their Horn of Africa homeland. "
In the Lords (14:30 GMT) proceedings open with the arrival of two Tory ex-ministers Viscount Hailsham of Kettlethorpe (ex-Agriculture Minister Douglas Hogg) and Lord Robathan (early Cameron backer and defence minister Andrew Robathan).
The day's questions cover; updating legislation on dog breeding and boarding, incursions by Spanish vessels and aircraft into UK waters and airspace, the number of refugees in the UK under the vulnerable persons relocation scheme and the cost of operations and procedures undertaken in hospitals and by GPs.
The day's legislating is on the detail of the Bank of England and Financial Services Bill which covers the Bank of England's governance and financial arrangements. And there will also be a short debate on the tabling of Parliamentary questions led by Labour's Lord Hunt of Chesterton.
The Commons begins, (11.30 GMT) with business, innovation and skills questions and then Labour MP Ian Austin has a ten minute rule bill to decentralise government departments and move much of their operations away from London.
Then the real action starts with the report stage of the Trade Union Bill. Here, all sorts of issues are in play and there's a bit of competition to champion union rights between Labour and the SNP.
Labour have a series of amendments down on the conduct of strike ballots, including allowing online voting. And watch out for the issue of banning employers from deducting union subscriptions from pay packets, a number of Conservative MPs think the Government has no business interfering in voluntary arrangements between unions and employers.
The SNP have an amendment to ban employers from hiring agency workers to replace strikers, and another to make the obligation of picket organisers to show their union letter taking responsibility for a picket to the police, only if the police officer concerned, in turn identifies themselves by name and station.
The adjournment debate, led by the Conservative Oliver Colvile, is on hedgehog conservation.
In Westminster Hall, Jess Phillips' debate on the family-friendliness of the Houses of Parliament (14.30 - 16:00 GMT) caught my eye. And, after that there's an interesting looking excursion into the role of devolved administrations in UK renegotiation of EU membership led by the SNP's Stephen Gethins.
In the Lords (14.30 GMT) there are two more new arrivals, Lord Barker of Battle (former Conservative energy minister Greg Barker) and Baroness (Lorely) Burt of Solihull a former Lib Dem MP.
Questions to ministers cover; the spread of Japanese knotweed, the basic farm payment to be paid to qualifying farmers and the policy review of resettlement in the Chagos Islands.
Then peers move to a House motion to set up a Lords foreign affairs committee, which may lead to a brief debate. The day's legislation is on the second readings of the National Insurance Contributions (Rate Ceilings) Bill and then all stages of the Finance Bill. This enacts measures from the June Budget, but given the Lords don't interfere in money bills it will morph into a general economic debate, expect lots of laboured emphasis on their Lordships' respect for the convention that they leave money bills alone, given the tax credits vote a couple of weeks ago.
It's a Lords-only day in Westminster and peers begin at 11:00 ( GMT) with questions to ministers. The subjects include the tourism benefits to the UK of hosting the Rugby World Cup.
Then they move onto the second day of detailed scrutiny of the Bank of England and Financial Services Bill, which covers Bank of England prudential regulations, and financial services. In the lunch break there will be a short debate on bilateral trade between the UK and African countries.
After that, peers follow MPs off onto their half-term break both Houses return on Monday November 16th. I'll preview their scheduled adventures then , next week.
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It's a short Parliamentary week, but MPs have some contentious legislating to get through before they can enjoy a long November weekend.
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Clarke, 48, will be eligible for the lucrative Champions Tour in the US when he turns 50 in August 2018 and he hopes to "hit the ground running".
"I'm 48 now so it's not too long until the Seniors Tour," Clarke told the BBC.
"When I do get there, I want to be competitive. So until then I'll be playing on the European Tour."
By dint of his 2011 Open win, Clarke will be assured of number of starts on the Champions Tour and he is likely to operate in a similar fashion to Miguel Angel Jimenez by combining senior events in the US with regular European Tour outings.
With his focus almost exclusively on preparations for the Ryder Cup at Hazeltine, Clarke competed in only 11 European Tour events this year, with his best performance a share of 30th at the Open Championship.
Earnings of just over 85,000 Euro left Clarke down in 169th spot in the Race to Dubai standings although his European Tour card remains secure thanks to his emotional win at Royal St George's five years ago.
With his Ryder Cup commitments now over, Clarke is determined to at least attempt to regain some of the form which has helped him accumulate 15 career wins, including World Golf Championship triumphs in 2000 and 2003.
"I want to get back to playing again. The last couple of years have been taken up with the Ryder Cup.
"The golf swing is alien to me at the moment and the timing is not there.
"But you get sharper playing in tournaments and I need to get myself back into that. I still have a burning desire to compete."
The Northern Irishman will begin his 2017 campaign at the South African Open in the second week of January before competing in two legs of the middle east swing in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
A globe-trotting start to the season continues with the Maybank Championship in Malaysia in early February before he returns to South Africa for a two-week stint at the Joburg Open and Tshwane Open.
Clarke was speaking at Royal Portrush after surveying some of the course changes being made for the Open's return to the Northern Ireland venue in 2019.
The 2011 champion believes the course alterations being made by the R&A in conjunction with course architect Martin Ebert are "sensational".
"It already was an unbelievable golf course and they have just made it better," added Clarke.
"It has probably made the golf course maybe one and a half to two shots shots more difficult than it was before."
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Beaten Europe Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke will play a lengthy European Tour schedule next year in preparation for his Senior Tour debut in 2018.
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He directed films such as Blood Feast, The Gruesome Twosome and Two Thousand Maniacs.
Gordon Lewis died in his sleep at his home in Pompano Beach, Florida, his spokesman James Saito confirmed.
The director pioneered the horror genre in the 1960s known as the "splatter film," which intentionally focused on gore and gruesomeness.
Blood, violence and nudity usually featured heavily in his films - many of which he financed himself.
Other horror films directed by Gordon Lewis included A Taste of Blood, The Wizard of Gore, Colour Me Blood Red and Just for the Hell of It.
John Waters, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino and James Gunn are among the modern-day filmmakers who were inspired by his work.
Gunn posted his condolences on Twitter, writing: "RIP Herschell Gordon Lewis, the creator of splatter films and the director of Blood Feast & Two Thousand Maniacs. He changed cinema."
Gordon Lewis was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1929.
He went on to study journalism in college and became a professor of English literature at Mississippi State University.
The director briefly worked for a radio station in Oklahoma before joining an advertising agency in Chicago, where he made TV commercials.
Gordon Lewis's first film credit came in 1959 with the release of The Prime Time, which he produced, and two years later, he directed his first movie - Living Venus.
He continued directing films for the next decade but took a break after 1972's The Gore Gore Girls to work in marketing.
He returned to filmmaking in 2002 with Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat.
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Herschell Gordon Lewis, the horror filmmaker known as the "godfather of gore", has died at the age of 87.
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Midfielder Agg joined in January from Brighton & Hove Albion, while 18-year-old centre-back Katie Jones made her debut in 2015.
Striker Sawyer, also 18, played her first game for the Vixens against QPR in the Women's FA Cup.
Midfielder Jodie Brett has returned to parent club Chelsea after a loan spell last season.
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Lily Agg, Katie Jones and Paige Sawyer have all left Bristol City ahead of the new Women's Super League One season.
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None of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries in the incident on Monday night, and police on Tuesday said they had arrested one man.
Regular protests have taken place since Jamar Clark was shot by police 10 days ago. Police deny he was handcuffed.
Police use of force against African Americans has been an ongoing issue.
Protests have been held nationwide for more than a year after a series of incidents, some of them fatal.
The shooting of the five protesters happened about a block from a Minneapolis police station that has been the site of demonstrations for about a week.
A witness told the Associated Press news agency that three mask-clad people, who "weren't supposed to be there", showed up at the protest site.
They soon left and were followed by a few protesters to a street corner, where the masked men began firing.
The shooting on Monday has prompted Clark's brother to call for an end to the protests "out of imminent concern for the safety of the occupiers".
Black Lives Matter, the movement organising the protest, had planned to announce "next steps" in their protest strategy. It is not clear if the announcement will happen in light of the shooting.
Police said that Clark was the suspect in an assault case, and was shot during a struggle with police that followed him trying to interfere with paramedics tending to the assault victim.
Protesters have alleged that Clark was handcuffed when he was shot - a claim that police deny.
A federal investigation is also being conducted to determine whether police intentionally violated Clark's civil rights during the incident.
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Three white men wearing masks have shot five people protesting about the fatal police shooting of a black man in Minneapolis, say witnesses.
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They said it had been a six year battle for the truth.
The newly-published Kirkup report identified 20 failures that led to the deaths of 11 babies and a mother between 2004 and 2013.
James Titcombe said his son Joshua would still be alive now if issues had been dealt with.
Joshua died in 2008, nine days after being born at the hospital run by the Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust.
Mr Titcombe said the report, which called the deaths unnecessary, prompted mixed feelings.
Investigators identified 20 cases where families were failed, 19 involving deaths.
In 12 cases the deaths could have been avoided with better care, in the others poor care may have contributed to their deaths, the inquiry said.
In 2004 newborn Elleanor Bennett died from the effects of a shortage of oxygen due to a mismanaged labour.
The investigation carried out was "rudimentary" and protective of the midwife involved.
Between 2006 and 2008 there was a series of further incidents, each was investigated, but so inadequately that the underlying problems went unnoticed.
In 2008, there was a cluster of five serious incidents.
A baby suffered complications shortly after pre-term delivery following poor assessment and care, while a mother died in pregnancy because of the effect of high blood pressure that had been inadequately monitored.
Another mother - Nittaya Hendrickson - died following a series of poor decisions and her baby Chester subsequently died from the effects of shortage of oxygen.
Alex Davey-Brady was stillborn because of a shortage of oxygen in labour, then in October Joshua Titcombe died from an infection after "inadequate" treatment.
After 2008, there were another 10 deaths where there were significant or major failures of care - six could have expected to be prevented with better care.
Nick Triggle, BBC News health correspondent
The father, who has spent six years campaigning for information, said: "I feel sad and angry but also a big sense of relief and vindicated for the battle over the past six years."
He said if basic lessons had been learnt from deaths as early as 2004, his son would still be alive.
"Until now there hasn't been a proper acceptance of the failures, the scale, the wrong doing," he said.
"They have got to put their hands up and acknowledge the scale of it, it's cost a lot of people their lives."
Simon Davey and Liza Brady have endured a similar struggle for information since their son Alex was stillborn in 2008.
Mr Davey said: "The report has highlighted everything we've been saying.
"We've felt ignored for six-and-a-half years, we finally feel we have been listened to.
"It is there in black and white now and needs to be acted on."
Both families said it was now important the recommendations made by Dr Bill Kirkup were acted upon.
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Families who fought for the investigation into baby deaths at Furness General Hospital said they feel vindicated after failures were exposed.
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The London businesswoman carried out "six years of deception" on her ex-partner, a judge was told. Neither can be identified for legal reasons,
The man said the boy, now nine, was five when she told him the truth.
He had claimed the child was created without his knowledge with the use of sperm from a former boyfriend.
He was said to have suffered considerable "distress and humiliation" when he found out.
Judge Deborah Taylor made the ruling following a hearing of the evidence at Central London County Court at which the couple were referred to as X and Y.
She ordered the woman to pay the damages, plus interest.
The couple married in 2002 and two years later they travelled to a clinic in Spain for IVF treatment, where the man gave a sample of his sperm.
A few months later the woman returned to the clinic with a former boyfriend.
Barrister Thomas Brudenell, who represented the man, said during the later visit the woman was impregnated with her former boyfriend's sperm.
The boy was born in late 2005 and when he was around six months old the couple separated.
The man looked after the child when the woman was working and paid more than £80,000 in maintenance, his lawyer told the court.
When a dispute arose over the amount of contact he was having with the child in 2011, the woman revealed he was not the "biological father" and this was confirmed when he took a DNA test.
Mr Brudenell said the couple had drawn up an agreement prior to the IVF treatment under which the man said he would not have the "normal" financial responsibility for any child and it seemed the agreement had "upset" the woman.
The woman had asked whether any "normal, loving, caring, husband" would have "forced his wife" to sign such an agreement.
"He didn't want to go back [to the Spanish clinic]," she said. "The only reason I took [my ex-boyfriend] was because my ex-husband gave me that document to sign.
She told the court there was "no merit" in the damages claim, saying she had always believed her former husband was aware he was "not necessarily" the boy's father.
She said there had been no deceit, no fraud and no misrepresentation.
Mr Brudenell told the court that the man wanted damages for "distress and humiliation", damages to cover the amount he had paid in maintenance, and compensation for loss of earnings.
Speaking anonymously to BBC Radio 4's PM programme the man revealed he had been refused the right to continue seeing the child after a separate court case.
"Now I have to wait until he is 18 and by then who knows," he said.
"I don't regret any of the time I spent with my child at all. I don't regret that ever, but when someone actually comes along years later and spoils everything that way, you're revisiting all those experiences thinking, that wasn't right was it, and not for him either."
Cara Nuttall, a lawyer who specialises in family cases said the judge had sent a "clear message to parents that concealing the truth from each other is unacceptable".
"What parents must remember however is that whilst financial damages are one thing, the emotional and psychological impact such deceit can have can have far more devastating consequences."
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A woman who conned her former husband into believing he was the father of her IVF baby has been ordered to pay £39,000 in damages at the High Court.
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Addicks striker Simon Makienok missed the two best chances of the first half, heading crosses from Morgan Fox and Cristian Ceballos over while unmarked.
Forest's David Vaughan shot just over the bar from 20 yards after the break.
Goalkeeper Dorus de Vries then kept Charlton at bay, tipping Makienok's header onto the post and saving Patrick Bauer's close-range effort.
Charlton, who started the season with a 2-0 win over QPR, have drawn their past two games but could consider themselves unlucky not to come away from the City Ground with all three points.
The hosts started the brighter before Charlton's giant Danish forward Makienok, on loan from Palermo, twice nodded off target in the space of four minutes.
After De Vries' two outstanding saves in the second half, Forest pushed for a winner but were restricted to half-chances as Henri Lansbury went close with a curling 25-yard strike and Jorge Grant blazed over from six yards.
Forest winger Michail Antonio was not included in his side's matchday squad and manager Dougie Freedman confirmed after the match that a bid from Derby had been rejected.
Nottingham Forest boss Dougie Freedman on teenagers Tyler Walker, Jorge Grant and Oliver Burke playing:
"They can see what we are trying to do. They had spirit, they had energy and there were loads of positives.
"These senior players are leading by example, and the young players are following in their footsteps.
"These young players are only going to get better with his experience.
"If Forest fans see their young players, their own players running around, they will love it. These players are only going to get better."
Charlton boss Guy Luzon:
"Their keeper is the man of the match without question. His saves showed how much we dominated; how well we played.
"I do feel that we should have won. We are disappointed because we had some great chances to score. We came to a tough place and played some very positive football.
"Our organisation was good, we pressed well and we generally did well. We had the chances to win the game and we are upset that we didn't take them."
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Charlton maintained their unbeaten start in the Championship with a goalless draw at Nottingham Forest.
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It happened in the area of Meadow Farm Drive and Moston Road, in Shrewsbury, at about 10:30 BST on Sunday.
The car, described as silver and thought to be a Peugeot 407 or similar, with an 04 or 54 plate, was driven off down Darville.
Det Insp Mark Jones, of West Mercia Police, said there were grave concerns for the safety of the attacked man.
The attacker was a man described as white, of a stocky build and more than 6ft (1.8m) tall with an eastern European accent.
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A man was attacked and thrown into the boot of a car in what police are treating as a suspected kidnapping.
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The 46-year-old is charged with shaping the new era that was meant to be Sam Allardyce's province, but which ended after one World Cup qualifying win in Slovakia when the now Crystal Palace manager was caught in a newspaper sting.
Southgate ended his run in temporary charge undefeated, but this was the start of the serious business as he prepares his plans to take England to the World Cup in Russia next year.
So what can be taken from the 1-0 loss in Dortmund's magnificent Signal Iduna Park before Sunday's World Cup qualifier against Lithuania at Wembley?
Southgate has cut an impressive figure in his early days as England manager, and certainly here in Germany. He was calm and measured throughout, firm in what he demanded in his pre-match media briefing in Essen and cautiously optimistic post-match in Dortmund.
His insistence England must "get off the island" in a football context struck a chord, and it is clear he wants to embrace tactical flexibility and the factors that have made so-called rivals so much more successful.
He experimented with a three-man defensive system England last used in defeat by Croatia in October 2006, a 2-0 loss that exposed the first cracks in the Steve McClaren regime.
Southgate chanced his arm in circumstances that suited experimentation - this was effectively a testimonial for Germany striker Lukas Podolski, who scored the winner on a night when he was lavishly feted before, during and after (seemingly endlessly) by the home fans.
And, while placing it in this context, it worked well enough and integrated the excellent Michael Keane to such an extent it certainly gave Southgate food for thought.
To add extra lustre to this new era of open, non-island thought from Southgate and the Football Association, it was announced before kick-off that a memorandum of understanding has been signed with the DFB, German football's governing body, to share ideas about coaching, youth development and administration.
It was signed by FA chairman Greg Clarke and chief executive Martin Glenn in Dortmund and will run for two years, with DFB president Reinhard Grindel saying: "Both parties have a tremendous amount of expertise and it only makes sense to connect and share this knowledge."
Cynics may suggest World Cup holders Germany's record of regular success, consistent excellence and history of developing world-class young players makes this potentially a very one-sided arrangement.
What is does mean is the FA and Southgate flew out of Germany with tangible evidence of the determination to embrace a wider culture and a performance that at least illustrated the new manager's willingness to carry it through.
And so he would, say those used to the years of under-achievement, unfulfilled promise and now the acceptance of England as a strictly second-tier football power following the embarrassment of defeat by Iceland in the last 16 at Euro 2016 that led to Roy Hodgson's resignation as manager.
The debacle of Allardyce's 67-day reign only increased the feeling that England, as a football nation, was born under a bad sign.
Southgate has to start somewhere and, even though this was his first defeat, he was well within his rights to suggest there were at least some shoots of recovery.
He proved he is prepared to extend his net beyond the established order with the selection of Burnley's Keane, who did so well in testing circumstances, and West Bromwich Albion's Jake Livermore, who may not have been as eye-catching but did himself no harm.
England's performance must be framed by the fact they were playing a second-string Germany who were effectively staging a testimonial for Podolski and rarely went through the gears - but it was still a display laced with promise.
Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli confirmed he has all the tools to be an international player while Liverpool's Adam Lallana demonstrated the energy and creation that now makes him an automatic choice for England.
Yes, England lost, but there was enough to suggest Southgate and his players deserved a break from negative reflection on this 90 minutes.
England were missing key players who will improve them, and give Southgate even further room for optimism.
Tottenham striker Harry Kane was a very obvious absentee from the squad to face Germany and Lithuania, perhaps more significantly than England's all-time record goalscorer Wayne Rooney, with the sense growing that the Manchester United man's international career is more or less over.
Kane, sidelined with an ankle injury, has 19 Premier League goals this season and, while he has had a dip in form at international level, the 23-year-old has the quality to be a centrepiece for Southgate for years to come.
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson will add his growing authority to midfield when fit, while Tottenham's Danny Rose has matured at left-back.
Elsewhere, Manchester United teenager Marcus Rashford, who featured briefly in Dortmund, is a shining light for the future in attack while Southampton's James Ward-Prowse and Nathan Redmond got a taste of the action on their debuts on Wednesday.
John Stones only emerged in the final seconds but most shrewd judges see the Manchester City defender, still only 22, as a fixture in England's defence for years to come.
Everton's Ross Barkley is in the form of his life at 23 after some big-stick cajoling from manager Ronald Koeman, and even 22-year-old Raheem Sterling's fiercest critics accept he is improving under Pep Guardiola at Manchester City.
It is the hope that has made life such a misery for England before - but Southgate was right to fly out of Dortmund in optimistic mood.
Podolski scored his 49th goal for Germany, in his 130th and last appearance. This whole night was dedicated to this hugely popular and fun-loving 31-year-old.
He gave a speech before the game that delayed the kick-off as a mosaic was formed in his honour at one end of the ground and, after scoring the winner, he departed to a standing ovation and the music from Gladiator.
At the final whistle, he was joined by his Germany team-mates in a celebration of his career before embarking on a lap of honour that seemed to end when only stewards and those others in place to keep order were left.
Podolski's farewell was loud, long, heartfelt and a tribute to a player who served his country so well, including in Germany's World Cup win in 2014.
It was brilliantly stage-managed to pay full tribute - so will Rooney get something along similar lines from the FA and England?
His England career may yet be over. Who knows? But, if he comes back, can he expect the Podolski treatment?
After all, Manchester United's all-time record goalscorer has a better record than Podolski. He is also 31, and his 53 goals in 119 games for England mean he has eclipsed the great Sir Bobby Charlton for club and country.
Rooney, out injured, was restricted to sending a "good luck" message to his England colleagues, and he has been given no guarantees by Southgate either as player or captain.
Germany and the DFB gave Podolski the most spectacular send-off, and he left the field to a prolonged standing ovation.
But will Rooney get the same treatment, or even the chance to say goodbye, after an England career that stretches back to his debut against Australia aged just 17 years and 111 days?
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Gareth Southgate's first game as permanent England manager, following a four-game spell in interim charge, ended in defeat - but it was a loss with honour here in Germany.
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The Oscar-winning actress will take the role of Broadway star Margo Channing, originally played by Bette Davis.
The production will open in Spring 2018, with further details to be announced.
Ivo van Hove, whose recent plays include Hedda Gabler at the National and Obsession at the Barbican, will direct.
The last time she was on stage in London, Blanchett was hailed as "mesmerising", "magnificent" and "beyond terrific".
That was in 2012, in a play called Big And Small (Gross und Klein) produced by the Sydney Theatre Company.
Earlier this year, Blanchett received rave reviews for her Broadway debut in New York in The Present, a reworking of Chekhov's play Platonov.
The plans for All About Eve were confirmed by Sonia Friedman Productions and Fox Stage Productions.
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.
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Cate Blanchett is to return to the London stage in a new adaptation of the classic 1950 film All About Eve.
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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the first bombing left 23 dead in the village of Hawar Kilis, near the border with Turkey.
Three rebel commanders were among nine killed when a joint rebel headquarters was later hit in the town of Marea.
Rebels in Syria have fought bloody battles against IS since early 2014.
They reject the group's tactics and its treatment of civilians living in areas under its control.
The Syrian Observatory said Wednesday's bombings appeared to be an attempt by IS to "expand its reach" in Aleppo province, where the group already has a significant presence.
Among those killed by the bombing in Marea were the local "emir" of the jihadist group al-Nusra Front, al-Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, and two commanders of the Islamist rebel groups Jabha al-Shamiya and Jaish al-Mujahideen.
The Syrian Observatory said clashes erupted between rebels and IS militants around the town after the blast, but that they subsided later on Wednesday.
Al-Nusra blamed IS for the attack and posted online a photo of what appeared to be the body of its emir, whom it said was known as Abu Marea, on a blanket.
A spokesman for the main Western-backed opposition alliance, the National Coalition, condemned the bombings.
"[IS] exploited the rebels' concentration on fighting pro-regime forces who have been trying desperately to encircle [the city of] Aleppo," Salem al-Meslet said.
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At least 32 people were killed in two overnight car bomb attacks on rebel fighters in northern Syria by Islamic State (IS), a monitoring group says.
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A sample from the Heart and Lung Centre at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton failed a test, the trust said.
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust said it was working with the fire service.
Samples that failed tests from five other providers were from buildings that did not house patients overnight, NHS Improvement said.
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All NHS trusts and foundation trusts were asked to carry out urgent fire safety checks after the Grenfell Tower fire.
NHS Improvements said six NHS organisations had submitted building material samples found to be aluminium composite material [ACM] and subsequently failed a combustibility test.
NHS Improvement said after discussions involving the fire service, it "has been decided it is safest and most appropriate to continue to treat patients" in the Wolverhampton unit.
It added measures being taken included 24/7 fire warden patrols, changes to some fire safety procedures, increased security and raising staff awareness.
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust chief executive David Loughton said after the sample failed the test, it had "since been inspected twice by local fire safety inspectors" who were "satisfied" with precautions the trust was taking.
He added: "There are high standards of general fire precautions in the Heart and Lung Centre, well trained staff available 24-hours-a-day and other security measures in place.
"We are also working with the fire service and NHS Improvement on additional measures, including enhanced fire warden patrols, keeping vehicles at least 6m away from the premises, increased security and staff awareness and a slight amendment to evacuation procedures."
NHS Improvement had previously announced samples from five NHS providers had failed ACM combustibility tests.
They were King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust and University College Hospitals London NHS Foundation Trust.
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Building material from an inpatient unit at a Midlands hospital has failed a combustibility test following the Grenfell Tower fire.
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The resolution was passed by 116 votes to 20, with more than 50 abstentions.
The UN Security Council is expected to discuss the resolution on Monday, but it is likely to face stiff opposition from China and Russia.
North Korea said the resolution was "a product of political plot and confrontation".
A UN report released in February revealed ordinary North Koreans faced "unspeakable atrocities".
The report detailed wide-ranging abuses in North Korea after a panel heard evidence of torture, political repression and other abuses.
It added that those accused of political crimes were "disappeared" to prison camps, where they were subject to "deliberate starvation, forced labour, executions, torture, rape and the denial of reproductive rights enforced through punishment, forced abortion and infanticide".
Most of the evidence came from North Korean defectors who had fled the country.
North Korea refused to co-operate with the report and condemned its findings.
The report led to a vote in the UN's human rights committee last month, which voted in favour of referring North Korea to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
China, North Korea's main international ally, is expected to veto any Security Council resolution when the matter is discussed next week.
On Thursday, the General Assembly also passed resolutions condemning the human rights records of Syria and Iran, but did not go as far as recommending a referral to the ICC.
General Assembly resolutions are non-binding but are seen as indicators of world opinion.
Both Syria and Iran condemned the respective resolutions against them.
Iran said the vote condemning its human rights record was "political, prejudicial and unbalanced".
The Syria resolution condemned both the government's violence against civilians and abuses perpetrated by the Islamic State group.
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The UN General Assembly has voted in favour of referring North Korea to the International Criminal Court to face charges of crimes against humanity.
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Ian Hamilton, 40, owns the garage in Stevenston, North Ayrshire, where Steven Kirkwood is alleged to have killed Michael O'Hanlon on 25 July.
Mr Hamilton told the High Court in Glasgow he saw Mr O'Hanlon and Mr Kirkwood embroiled in a fight.
Mr Kirkwood denies murder, lodging a special defence of self-defence.
Mr Hamilton told prosecutor Richard Goddard that Mr Kirkwood drove up and walked into the garage at about midday.
He told the jury that Mr O'Hanlon, who was 5ft 10in and 17 stone, arrived about a minute later with his friend Forbes Cowan, a past runner-up in the World's Strongest Man competition, who is 6ft 3in and at the time weighed about 20 stone.
Mr Hamilton said there was a heated exchange between Mr Cowan and Mr Kirkwood.
Mr Kirkwood had said the issue had nothing to do with Mr Cowan, and was about Mr O'Hanlon's "stupid bird".
The court had earlier heard that abusive texts and Facebook messages had been exchanged between Mr Kirkwood and his former partner Eileen O'Hanlon, who was planning to marry Mr O'Hanlon.
Mr O'Hanlon then approached Mr Kirkwood and they became embroiled in a fight for about five seconds.
Mr Goddard asked: "What happened next," and Mr Hamilton replied: "Michael backed up out the office stumbling backwards. At that point I saw Steven had a knife in his right hand."
He said: "It was a large Bowie-type knife with a six to eight inch blade with a bright coloured handle. A Rambo serrated on one side."
Defence QC Derek Ogg said to Mr Hamilton: "The only way Steven Kirkwood was going out of that office was through Mr O'Hanlon and Mr Cowan," and he replied: "Yes".
Mr Hamilton confirmed that both Mr O'Hanlon and Mr Kirkwood had exchanged blows during the struggle.
The jury also heard Mr Cowan's Nissan Outlander had been blocking the entrance to the garage.
Prosecutors allege that Mr Kirkwood struggled with Mr O'Hanlon, punched him and repeatedly struck him on the body with a knife or similar item.
Mr O'Hanlon's friend Forbes Cowan, 53, later told the court he had travelled to the meeting with the bodybuilding champion.
Mr Cowan was asked by prosecutor Richard Goddard: "Did you take any weapons with you," and he replied: "No."
He described Mr Kirkwood as "aggressive" and said that it looked as if he and Mr O'Hanlon started punching each other.
Mr Cowan added: "It looked as if he was punching Michael a few times with his right hand."
When asked where the blows came into contact on Mr O'Hanlon's body, he replied: "The torso."
Mr Cowan said Mr O'Hanlon left the garage office first and as he looked in the office he saw Mr Kirkwood with a knife in his right hand.
He was asked about Mr O'Hanlon's condition and replied: "He wasn't in a good state. I was speaking to him and keeping a eye on Steven Kirkwood who was still holding the knife."
Mr Goddard asked: "Did Mr Kirkwood do anything to assist," and Mr Cowan told the court: "Nothing. He just stood there with the knife in his right hand. He just stood looking at Michael for three or four minutes then he left the office and walked out."
Mr Cowan told the jury he saw four injuries to Mr O'Hanlon on both sides of his abdomen, his left shoulder and under his left arm and added: "There could have been one to his right shoulder."
He said: "I thought he was breathing but it was just air coming from his lungs."
Mr Kirkwood also denies a separate charges of having a knife in a public place and attempting to defeat the ends of justice by disposing of it.
The trial before judge Lady Rae continues.
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A garage owner has told a trial he saw the man accused of murdering Mr Scotland bodybuilding champion holding a bloodstained "Rambo" knife.
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They may have lost out to Chris Martin and his boys but their ability to turn a sold-out Alexandra Palace crowd of 10,000 fans into a bunch of gibbering wrecks cemented their reputation as one of best live bands in the country.
But how did they get there and what makes a great gig? Singer Justin Hayward-Young and bassist Arni Arnason share their tips.
Arni: Normally, what is the Wifi like at the venue?
Justin: There's a very defined line. Is it our show or is it someone else's show, or a festival? Are we preaching to the converted, where they're going to lift us up with their energy, or are going to have to lift them? That's always the first thing, what's our role in this?
I really do think there's a difference between a show and a gig and for me it's important that it's not just a gig. There's an element of entertainment in the same way that you are entertained at the theatre or watching a movie. When you're half a mile away from a band and you can't see them and the sound is not great in a windy field, then sometimes the music is not enough.
Justin: We like going to big cities for obvious reasons, but we like going to smaller cities because fewer shows go there and crowds go crazy. I remember when we got a call asking if we wanted to play the O2, and I was like, 'Yes, obviously' and then I phoned back and I was like, 'Are you sure this is a good idea?'. Because there's something about playing a venue where you've been to see Bruce Springsteen or Fleetwood Mac.
Playing Ally Pally (Alexandra Palace) was a real landmark in any band's career or playing the Troubadour in LA or the Bowery Ballroom in New York. Venues can have some special significance regardless of their size.
You will want to play new songs like Handsome and Dream Lover, but will be expected to play fan favourites like Post Break-up Sex and Teenage Icon. How long do you spend deciding the setlist?
Justin: We've been accused of many things as a band but I don't think self-indulgence would be one of them, so I think we are always aware of striking a balance. We love playing those old songs because we love seeing people react in the way they do.
Often we'll sandwich a new song between two old ones so as not to be be punishing, it should be entertaining. We have a lot of belief in the new songs but equally they're not ingrained in people's hearts and minds.
Justin: I think energy, we're always completely in the moment and playing with conviction. I can't remember the last time I came off stage and felt, 'Oh I could have given more'.
Arni: Consistency.
Justin: There's a tendency, certainly when you're starting out, you have this energy and you want to prove yourself and you think, 'I've got to be crazy, otherwise it's not exciting' and then you realise that some of the most powerful performers allow their music to do the talking and, often, less is more.
I think we are all learning when to go and when to hold back.
Justin: It's incredibly important to us to put on an amazing night of music. We're lucky enough to have a platform, so I think it's almost a responsibility of ours to share that.
It's also really important that we hear our favourite songs coming through the wall or ceiling every night, rather than some band who just signed to the same label as us and need some exposure. Every band we've ever had on tour with us is because we like their music and they've been our friends.
I think once you're on the show, it's an incredible opportunity. We've supported Rolling Stones, Muse, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Arctic Monkeys. There's no way that, at the end of those tours, you're not a better band, not just for playing 10 nights in a row but working harder to convert a crowd.
Going on tour with a good band is like going to rock school, you learn so much.
Arni: I think hard work is the key, there are so many artists you speak to that did an EP last year and played two shows and sit back and say, 'Why isn't it happening?'. You have to rehearse for a year and play every single show that you can find.
Justin: There seems to be a bit of a culture now like, 'we've got to make sure that everything is perfect', and actually that does work for some people but I think you've just got to play, play play, write, write, write, play, play play...
Justin: That's how I made my money when I was doing support shows, i just copied CDRs every day, as many as I could between sound check and playing and I would go and sell them, that's how I got by for a year or so.
It's funny the things you have to think about when you get into the world of 'Officialdom'. But it's all an extension of the art, we just make whatever we want, like, 'I want a skateboard or we want some bomber jackets'.
I love designing all the t-shirts. You look at people standing outside Smith gigs with Morrissey haircuts and you think, 'I'd love to create this legion of people who are all dressed how I dress.' Obviously I'm not as iconic as Morrissey, but I do like this idea of creating this army of people.
Arni: Our motto is 'don't try to flog anything you wouldn't wear yourself'.
English Graffiti is released on 25 May.
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At last year's Brit awards, The Vaccines found themselves in the company of Coldplay, Mumford & Sons, Muse and The Rolling Stones in the category of best live act.
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Lawro's opponent for this week's Premier League fixtures is four-time Olympic cycling champion Laura Trott.
Trott is a Tottenham fan and told BBC Sport: "My mum and dad support Spurs but my sister supported Arsenal because my granddad was a Gunners fan.
"You know how it is with siblings - I just chose the team my sister didn't like."
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A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
Last week, Lawro got six correct results, including one perfect score, from 10 Premier League matches. That gave him a total of 90 points.
He beat comedians Bob Mortimer and Andy Dawson, who got four correct results, with one perfect score, for a total of 70 points.
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This is an interesting one. Going forward, Tottenham have not really started firing properly yet but they have still shown why they are very hard to beat.
Mauricio Pochettino's teams always protect their back four and summer signing Victor Wanyama does that job very well because he covers so much ground.
I don't think Liverpool's defeat by Burnley will knock their confidence, but the way that game went for them could happen a lot this season, especially against teams from the bottom half of the Premier League.
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The way the Reds are set up and with the players they have got, I think they are going to win quite a few games easily but, when teams score against them first, it is going to be difficult for them.
Burnley were very rigid, and very well organised and defended very deep. Although Liverpool have lots players that can give them options up front, they are all quite similar and do not allow them to mix up their style of play when they are chasing a game.
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Laura's prediction: I'm going with Tottenham but I don't think we are going to run away with it. 2-1
I was at Burnley's defeat at Accrington in the EFL Cup on Wednesday for BBC Radio 5 live but I effectively saw the Clarets' reserves because Sam Vokes was the only player likely to start on Saturday who started that game too.
So I don't think that result will spoil Burnley's week after their excellent win over Liverpool, but this is still a tough task for them.
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Chelsea have just done enough to win both their league games so far and the way they have done it, with late goals, will have given their players a lot of belief.
They know they are fit and competitive already at this stage of the season and, on top of that, even if they go behind in the future they will now think they will still go on and win.
I don't see them having to do things the hard way on Saturday, though.
I expect Burnley to be in their usual 4-4-2 formation. They will be hard to break down, and will not care about not seeing much of the ball after winning last week with only 19% possession.
But that was after they scored an early goal and I don't see the same thing happening again at Stamford Bridge.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Laura's prediction: 2-1
I think it is ridiculous that Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew is already perceived to be under pressure.
We have only had two league games, but supposedly it is because of Palace's poor run in the second half of last season - they did not win a league game between 19 December and 9 April.
I always think you should take the season as a whole anyway, but just looking at the above ignores Palace's run to the FA Cup final.
Also, Pardew has just spent £27m on Christian Benteke - why would you give him that sort of money and then give him two games to save his job?
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Like Palace, Bournemouth are yet to pick up a point this season, but thankfully nobody seems to be saying Eddie Howe's future is in doubt.
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Laura's prediction: 1-0
The scoreline was a bit harsh on Stoke in their 4-1 defeat by Manchester City last week but I agreed with the penalty decision for City's opener because Ryan Shawcross has been doing that for years.
Everton have made a strong start and have integrated their new players in nicely, and I am backing them to continue that on Saturday.
I think Ronald Koeman is an excellent manager and he was really clever when he made Ross Barkley captain for the Toffees' EFL Cup win over Yeovil.
Koeman was basically saying 'you're a local lad and a great talent, go and show me what you can do'.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Laura's prediction: 2-1
Swansea worry me a little bit after seeing their first two games of the season.
They were rather fortunate to beat Burnley on the opening weekend, and then they got turned over at home by Hull.
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Against the Tigers, they did not look like a team that had gelled - they were more like a bunch of strangers. It is early days, of course, but they have a lot of work to do.
I not predicting the Swans will be relegated, but what I am saying is that, as things stand, would I be surprised if they finish 15th or 16th? I would say no.
I also do not see them getting anything at Leicester. The Foxes' draw with Arsenal was a bit of a nothing game but I think they will be back on song for this one.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Laura's prediction: 1-0
What I have seen of Southampton so far does not change my opinion that this is going to be their hardest season for a while.
I know their recruitment is very good but if you keep selling all of your best players then, sooner or later, it catches up with you.
As far as this game is concerned, I'm going for a draw, which will be a much better result for Sunderland. They are still trying to strengthen, especially in midfield.
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Laura's prediction: 1-2
Here are two more teams who are without a win but we know that with Arsenal it will just be a matter of time. Watford might have a longer wait.
The Gunners looked a lot stronger defensively with Laurent Koscielny back in the side against Leicester and I think they will pick up three points here.
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Laura's prediction: 1-0
Hats off to Hull for their start to the season with six points out of six, and the way they are playing too.
But this is the Tigers' toughest game so far by a long way. This Manchester United side can score goals from all over the pitch and they are starting to get their swagger back too.
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Laura's prediction: 0-2
Middlesbrough have got four points from their first two games and look solid defensively but I still expect West Brom to find a way through.
The Baggies are looking to do some business before the transfer window shuts because I think Tony Pulis knows he has to strengthen, but their set-piece strength should see them through on Sunday.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Laura's prediction: 1-2
It is a case of so far, so good for Pep Guardiola and Manchester City, who are safely into the group stage of the Champions League and have won both Premier League games so far.
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It is brave of Guardiola to let Joe Hart leave but my worry for City is up front. Wilfried Bony has been linked with West Ham and, if they let him go, they are short of cover in attack.
If anything happens to Sergio Aguero, that only leaves Kelechi Iheanacho to lead the line - and he is a doubt himself after picking up an injury against Steaua Bucharest.
I still fancy City to win this one, though.
West Ham have been hit by a few injuries and were pretty ordinary for long spells against Bournemouth last week, although the most important thing for them was winning the game.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Laura's prediction: 1-0
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
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BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson will be making a prediction for all 380 Premier League games this season against a variety of different guests.
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Yakubu, 33, lives close to Wood's ground and played in Saturday's friendly versus former club Reading.
"He's like a Rolls Royce, especially at this level. When he lands on the ball he's phenomenal," said Garrard.
"Is he as sharp as he used to be in the Premier League? No, but at 33 he could definitely do a job in the League."
Yakubu has scored more than 140 goals in his career for clubs also including Middlesbrough and Blackburn and has returned to England after a spell in the Turkish top flight with Kayserispor.
Garrard got in touch with the forward through a mutual friend and invited him down for two training sessions, before he appeared in the match against the Royals.
"I can imagine he's got interest especially after he'd been with us and played against Reading, so I can imagine something will happen in the next week or so but until then we'll enjoy his company," Garrard told BBC Sport.
"It's a long shot (signing him for Boreham Wood).
"I spoke to him on Sunday and he was very open in terms of a few bits that are going on but I've heard a little rumour someone in the League has put an offer to him so it will be very interesting to see how that pans out."
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Boreham Wood manager Luke Garrard admits signing Yakubu is a "long shot", despite the ex-Nigeria and Everton striker training with the club.
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The video entitled 'Hwages', loosely translated in English as 'Concerns', shows women in Saudi Arabia skateboarding, playing basketball and dancing.
Created by media production company 8ies, the video has been viewed nearly three million times on YouTube since it was uploaded in late December.
It features women in full Islamic dress taking part in various activities, singing lyrics that include: 'If only God would rid us of men'.
The video appears to express women's frustration with the male-dominated society in Saudi Arabia.
Male guardians decide on what women can do, for example permission to travel abroad or to undertake higher education.
On YouTube, one user commented: "Unbelievable video clip!! The voice is bad and the content is worse.. Imagine the girls drive (cars) and men are dressed like that and dance. May Allah protect us."
While another added: "The video clip is beautiful. With all the comedy, it shows one aspect of oppression girls are subjected to."
A third commenter said: "Foreign newspapers are mentioning it. Creatives - let the world know that there are talented people who appreciate art in Saudi Arabia. It is not all about religious police, clerics IS members and retardation."
It's the latest content on social media to put the male guardianship system in Saudi Arabia under the spotlight.
In 2013, a Saudi comedian recorded the song No Woman No Drive about women not being allowed to drive.
Written by Andree Massiah, UGC & Social News team
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A video of a pop song that highlights the oppression of women in Saudi Arabia has amassed millions of views on social media.
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Bowen's first of the night put the hosts 2-0 up, the forward nodding home a Kamil Grosicki cross six minutes after the Poland winger had teed up the opener for Adama Diomande.
Grosicki then finished a fine solo run himself for Hull's third.
Adam Armstrong tested Hull goalkeeper Allan McGregor with Bolton's best chance before Bowen added a fourth.
Defeat extends Bolton's winless away run in the second tier to 28 games dating back to April 2015, which was the season before they were relegated from the Championship.
Bolton's cause also took a heavy early knock as Jem Karacan was forced off following a challenge from David Meyler, which had the Trotters appealing for the Hull midfielder's dismissal.
While Bolton's woes away from home were compounded - and they remain winless since earning promotion - Hull put four past visiting opposition for the second time this season.
Grosicki, who was instrumental in Hull's devastating first-half display, was also among the scorers when Hull beat Burton 4-1 earlier this month for what was the Tigers' first win under manager Leonid Slutsky.
Norway international Diomande ensured he marked his first start of 2017-18 in style, creating Bowen's second goal a minute from the end after getting Hull started with his first goal since December.
Hull boss Leonid Slutsky:
"We are working very hard on the transfer market. The international break is a very important time for us. For everybody it's a break but for me and the club it's a very difficult time.
"We have a lot of players on our list. We're working very hard. Each player on the list is a really good player. But it's not easy because we have serious competition."
Bolton boss Phil Parkinson:
"How that's not a sending-off I'll never know. Meyler's left the ground two-footed and launched himself into Jem's standing leg.
"It's a leg-breaking challenge. It should have been a straight red. We won't know until we get him back to Bolton the seriousness of the injury."
"We were second best all over the pitch. They [Hull] were outstanding."
Match ends, Hull City 4, Bolton Wanderers 0.
Second Half ends, Hull City 4, Bolton Wanderers 0.
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Michael Dawson.
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Allan McGregor.
Attempt saved. Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Filipe Morais with a cross.
Michael Dawson (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers).
Foul by Jon Toral (Hull City).
Reece Burke (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Reece Burke (Bolton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gary Madine.
Goal! Hull City 4, Bolton Wanderers 0. Jarrod Bowen (Hull City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adama Diomande with a through ball.
Attempt saved. Adam Armstrong (Bolton Wanderers) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Derik.
Foul by Jarrod Bowen (Hull City).
Darren Pratley (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Hull City. James Weir replaces Kamil Grosicki.
Jon Toral (Hull City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Adam Le Fondre (Bolton Wanderers).
Substitution, Hull City. Jon Toral replaces David Meyler.
Substitution, Hull City. Stephen Kingsley replaces Max Clark.
Derik (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
Adama Diomande (Hull City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Darren Pratley (Bolton Wanderers).
Foul by Adama Diomande (Hull City).
Mark Beevers (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Ondrej Mazuch.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Adama Diomande (Hull City) because of an injury.
Michael Dawson (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers).
Attempt saved. Adam Le Fondre (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Filipe Morais.
Attempt missed. Michael Hector (Hull City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jarrod Bowen with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Reece Burke.
Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Andrew Taylor.
Attempt missed. Jarrod Bowen (Hull City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Michael Hector.
Sebastian Larsson (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Darren Pratley (Bolton Wanderers).
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Adam Le Fondre replaces Josh Cullen because of an injury.
Michael Hector (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers).
Jarrod Bowen (Hull City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Jarrod Bowen took his tally to four goals in five games by scoring twice in Hull's convincing win over Bolton.
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The court ruled that the government's changes to housing benefit discriminated against them.
But five other people had similar challenges dismissed by the court.
The court said councils should be able to decide which tenants were given discretionary payments to help them.
Disability campaigners have been protesting against the system, which removed subsidies for social housing tenants who were deemed to have "spare" rooms in their homes, since it was introduced by the government in 2013.
Dubbed the "bedroom tax" by Labour, tenants affected had payments cut by 14% for one spare bedroom and 25% for two or more spare bedrooms.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) had argued that it had given councils money to make discretionary payments to people facing hardship because of the policy change.
Welcoming the ruling, a DWP spokesman said: "In most cases, local authorities are best placed to understand the needs of their residents."
Delivering the judgement on Wednesday, Lord Toulson said the judges had unanimously agreed that the claim the benefit change had discriminated against disabled people was "too broad".
He said: "There is a line to be drawn between on the one hand those who have a medical need for an additional bedroom and on the other hand, those who do not have a direct medical need for an additional room but may have powerful reasons for staying where they are, because of their particular personal circumstances."
For spina bifida patient Jacqueline Carmichael, 44, from Southport, Merseyside, the need for an extra bedroom was medical, he said, with judges unanimously ruling that "the scheme in relation to her is discriminatory".
Her condition means she has to sleep in a hospital bed in a fixed position. There is not enough space for a second bed so her husband Jayson sleeps in a separate bedroom.
Mr Carmichael brought the court challenge along with four others after suffering defeat at both the High Court and Court of Appeal in January.
Outside the court on Wednesday, he said he hoped their victory would help others.
He said: "It's put a dent in this undemocratic policy which was never, never voted, never in any party's manifesto in the first place, the 'bedroom tax'.
"We are pleased now, we hope Theresa May will look at the policy again so that, so that it will take into consideration a lot of people's personal circumstances, which it hasn't in the past."
The court also ruled in favour of Pembrokeshire couple Paul and Susan Rutherford and their 15-year-old grandson Warren. Their case focused on the impact of the policy on disabled children needing overnight care.
Speaking outside the court, Mr Rutherford said: "It's probably the best day we've had in the last three-and-a-half years and we're just really glad that it's all over.
"Glad that we've won for everybody else who's in our situation, because there's quite a few out there who are."
However, the judges rejected the cases of five others who have had their housing benefit reduced as a result of the government's changes. They are:
The solicitor for the woman known as "A" said her client intended to challenge the ruling in the European Court of Human Rights, for the breach of her rights and "other vulnerable women whose lives are at risk".
Rebekah Carrier, at Hopkin Murray Beskine solicitors, added: "Although we welcome today's ruling that A must continue to receive Sanctuary Scheme protection for as long as she needs it, we are disappointed and frankly baffled by the majority's finding that there is no need to formally exempt Sanctuary Scheme users from the effects of the bedroom tax."
Lord Toulson said there was "no dispute" that A needed protection under the government's Sanctuary Scheme. However, he said that her property, which has been adapted, was larger than she needed and she did not necessarily need to stay in it.
The government argues that the benefit changes encourage people to move to smaller properties and saves about £480m a year from the housing benefit bill.
A DWP spokesman said: "It is welcome that the court found in our favour in five out of the seven cases.
"The court also agreed with our view that discretionary housing payments are generally an appropriate and lawful way to provide assistance to those who need extra help. In the two specific cases where the court did not find in our favour, we will take steps to ensure we comply with the judgement in due course."
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A woman who has spina bifida and a couple who look after their severely-disabled grandson have won their Supreme Court appeals against the so-called "bedroom tax".
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Ten firefighters are continuing to dampen down the flames and are checking for hot spots at a building housing recycled waste and carpets in Saltney.
It started shortly after 11:30 BST on Wednesday and crews from six fire stations were sent to the scene at the height of the fire.
Workers at 11 industrial units had to be evacuated.
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Fire crews are still at the scene of a blaze which broke out at a storage warehouse in Flintshire.
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The court ruled in favour of researchers who say human embryonic stem cell research involved the destruction of human embryos.
Judge Royce Lamberth said lawsuits brought against the new guidelines could now go ahead.
President Obama lifted a ban on funding for stem cell research in March.
Critics say the ban, which was kept in place by Mr Obama's predecessor, George W Bush, impeded the fight to find treatments for diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and diabetes.
The suit, which was also backed by some Christian groups, is against the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Those against the new plan to increase funding argued the NIH policy violated US law and also took funds from researchers seeking to work with adult stem cells.
"ESC (embryonic stem cell) research is clearly research in which an embryo is destroyed," Judge Lamberth said.
He added: "To conduct ESC research, ESCs must be derived from an embryo. The process of deriving ESCs from an embryo results in the destruction of the embryo. Thus ESC research necessarily depends upon the destruction of a human embryo."
But Judge Lamberth said an injunction would not "seriously harm" the embryonic studies because it did "not interfere with their [researchers'] ability to obtain private funding for their research".
The Dickey-Wicker Amendment, which Congress adds to budget legislation each year, played an important role in the case. The amendment bans the use of federal funds to destroy human embryos.
With the injunction in place, Judge Royce Lamberth is now likely to hear groups on both sides of the case argue whether the new guidelines should be permanently blocked or allowed to continue.
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A US district court has issued a temporary injunction blocking plans by the Obama administration to increase funding for stem cell research.
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"Unity does not mean uniformity," French President Francois Hollande said as he hosted the other leaders in the ornate Versailles Palace near Paris.
The EU Commission accepts that projects do not have to involve all EU members.
Brexit - a psychological and budgetary blow - now overshadows the anniversary, the BBC's Kevin Connolly reports.
EU leaders are focusing on a strategy of promising both deeper co-operation but also the possibility of different member states joining common projects at times that suit them, our correspondent says.
In some respects the EU is already a multi-speed organisation. Not all members are in the Schengen border-free zone, and 19 of the 28 use the euro.
The UK, poised to trigger the withdrawal mechanism soon, already has many opt-outs from EU policies.
"Italy wants a more integrated EU, but one that can allow various levels of integration," Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said.
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Versailles was a symbolic place to hold such talks - the palace where peace in Europe was mapped out after World War One.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said "we need to have the courage for some countries to go ahead if not everyone wants to participate.
"A Europe of different speeds is necessary, otherwise we will probably get stuck. If Europe gets stuck and doesn't develop further, then this work of peace may run into danger faster than one might think," she said.
The 1957 Treaty of Rome established the goal of "ever closer union". And the 60th anniversary is an occasion to stress unity, amid widespread speculation that the EU could disintegrate.
Poland is among the newer EU member states which view multi-speed development with suspicion.
Since the end of communism they have been catching up economically. And as net recipients from the EU budget they fear being left behind by their stronger European partners.
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France, Germany, Italy and Spain have backed the idea of a multi-speed EU, as the 28-nation bloc prepares to mark 60 years since its founding treaty.
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The data was stolen by a computer contractor working for a company called the Korea Credit Bureau that produces credit scores.
The names, social security numbers and credit card details of 20 million South Koreans were copied by the IT worker.
The scale of the theft became apparent after the contractor at the centre of the breach was arrested.
Managers at the marketing firms which allegedly bought the data were also arrested.
Early reports suggest that the contractor got hold of the giant trove of data thanks to the access Korea Credit Bureau enjoys to databases run by three big South Korean credit card firms. The contractor stole the data by copying it to a USB stick.
Regulators are now looking into security measures at the three firms - KB Kookmin Card, Lotte Card, and NH Nonghyup Card - to ensure data stays safe. A task force has been set up to investigate the impact of the theft.
The three bosses of the credit card firms involved made a public apology for the breach.
In a statement the Financial Services Commission, Korea's national financial regulator, said: "The credit card firms will cover any financial losses caused to their customers due to the latest accident."
Another official at the FSC said the data was easy to steal because it was unencrypted and the credit card firms did not know it had been copied until investigators told them about the theft.
This theft of consumer data is just the latest to hit South Korea. In 2012, two hackers were arrested for getting hold of the details of 8.7 million subscribers to KT Mobile. Also, in 2011, details of more than 35 million accounts of South Korean social network Cyworld were exposed in an attack.
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Credit card details from almost half of all South Koreans have been stolen and sold to marketing firms.
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Many of these people are living in a makeshift camp in Calais known as "The Jungle".
They have tried to make the camp as liveable as possible - constructing shelters, a school and a community canteen.
Martin has been to the French town to find out more the growing migrant crisis there.
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The British and French governments are coming under increasing pressure to deal with the migrant crisis in Calais, France, from where thousands of people have tried to enter the Channel Tunnel in an attempt to get to the UK.
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The patient, Mr X, had a history of chronic renal failure and died at Glan Clwyd Hospital, Denbighshire, in 2014.
The ombudsman said his family "will never know" if he could have been saved had he received "timely treatment".
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board admitted failings in his care.
The report by ombudsman Nick Bennett said Mr X, who also had other medical conditions, had received dialysis at the hospital three times a week since February 2012.
After becoming seriously ill while on holiday abroad in February 2014, he was brought back to Glan Clwyd but was not seen by a consultant until the following day.
His wife, referred to as Mrs X, complained about the decision not to treat her husband immediately in the Intensive Therapy Unit (ITU) which she believed would have increased his chances of survival.
She also complained about the "misplacing" of Mr X's medical notes for six months following his death, the report said.
Mr Bennett said his death was "potentially avoidable" and found a number of serious failings including:
He made recommendations to the health board, including that it pays £20,000 to Mrs X "for the distress caused by the manner of her husband's death".
He also called for improvements to renal patients' care.
Mr Bennett said: "It is a travesty that Mr X waited over 12 hours before being seen by a senior clinician and that the absence of specialist renal consultants at the hospital meant crucial dialysis treatment sadly came too late.
"Mr X's family will always have to live with the uncertainty of knowing that had the opportunities for treatment been taken his life could potentially have been saved. This is a significant injustice."
In response, the health board's chief executive Gary Doherty said improvements had since been made.
"I am truly sorry that we did not deliver the standard of care that we should have, and I will be contacting the family directly to offer our apologies both for this, and the way the complaint was subsequently handled," he said.
"We have taken note of all of the ombudsman's comments and accept all the recommendations that he has made.
"We will build on the work we have already done to ensure that all of these are implemented in full, and will be reporting our progress on this to the ombudsman in three months."
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The health board for north Wales should pay £20,000 to the wife of a hospital patient who did not see a consultant for 12 hours and later died, the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales has said.
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The botched scheme could end up costing the taxpayer up to £400m over 20 years.
Mr McGuinness said it was clear that the RHI scheme had resulted in an "enormous financial scandal".
But, he said his party would not pull the plug on Stormont.
He also called the day's business in the assembly a "shambles" after a vote of no confidence in First Minister Arlene Foster was voted down.
Some 39 MLAs voted for the motion, but it needed 'cross-community support' to pass.
"From my perspective there is an urgent need to restore credibility in the institutions," Mr McGuinness said.
"It is very, very important that the highest level of government - i.e the executive office, that we find a way forward to resolve the quite clear difficulties that are there."
Mr McGuinness suggested that an independent investigation and a credible working relationship between Economy Minister Simon Hamilton and Finance Minister Máirtín Ó Muilleoir could help to cut back on that figure of £400m.
He also called again for Mrs Foster to stand aside while an investigation takes place.
"In my conversation with Arlene Foster a number of days ago I outlined, not an instruction, but what I would do if I were in her position," he told BBC News NI.
"Number one is accept a robust investigation and number two is step down for, what I believe, would be a short period."
On a separate matter, Mr McGuinness commented briefly on his health.
"I am being attended to by a wonderful group of doctors and nurses from our health service and I think that's all I have to say about it at the moment," he said.
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The Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness has told the BBC that Sinn Féin will put forward a motion calling for an investigation into the Renewable Heating Incentive (RHI) when the assembly meets again in January.
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Despite Wednesday's Champions League last-16 first-leg thrashing at Bayern Munich, there is currently no prospect of Wenger leaving before the summer.
It is expected the decision for him to stay or leave will be mutual between the club and the Frenchman, 67.
Wenger, in charge since 1996, was offered a new deal earlier this season.
He typically makes his decisions at the end of a campaign, when he is able to reflect on how the year has unfolded and what needs to happen next.
His current contract with the Premier League club expires at the end of the season.
Arsenal have not won the league since 2004, though Wenger has consistently guided them to Champions League qualification, reaching the knockout stages 14 years running.
However, the Gunners will almost certainly exit the competition at the last-16 round for the seventh straight year after the 5-1 defeat at Bayern Munich.
The nature of the loss, coupled with successive league defeats by Chelsea and Watford, has prompted several former Arsenal stars - some of whom played under Wenger - to suggest his time at Emirates Stadium is coming to an end.
The Gunners ended a nine-year wait for a trophy by beating Hull City in the 2014 FA Cup final, and won the competition again the following season,
Speaking after the 4-0 win over Aston Villa at Wembley in 2015, Arsenal's players said they were convinced the consecutive titles would herald greater success, but failure to secure further silverware has seen pressure on Wenger grow.
After the Gunners lost 3-1 to Premier League leaders Chelsea earlier this month - a result that left them 12 points behind the Blues - ex-England defender Danny Mills said Arsenal "have settled for fourth again".
Earlier, former striker Ian Wright, who scored 185 goals for the club between 1991 and 1998, said he believed Wenger's time as Arsenal boss was "coming to the end", although the Frenchman later denied giving any indication of his future plans.
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A decision on the future of Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will be made at the end of the season - but a new contract remains on the table.
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Police and Crime Commissioner Stephen Bett has nominated Deputy Chief Constable Simon Bailey as his preferred choice for Chief Constable.
Mr Bailey's nomination will now be referred to the police and crime panel for confirmation on 25 October.
Mr Bett said the recruitment process had been completely open.
"Mr Bailey has proved himself to be highly competent in all his Association of Chief Police Officers roles to date.
"I am confident he is the right person to take the Norfolk Constabulary forward in these challenging times.
"He is an excellent leader and I will look to him to ensure that Norfolk remains an exemplary force driving through efficiencies and economies.
"I hope that the police and crime panel will endorse my choice".
Mr Bailey has been a police officer for 27 years, serving predominantly as a detective.
In 1998, he was seconded to the National Crime Squad and as detective inspector he was responsible for managing covert operations targeting organised crime gangs.
In 2000, he worked on the investigation into the murder of human rights lawyer Rosemary Nelson, who was killed by a loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland in 1999.
He worked for three years on the probe before he returned to Norfolk as a detective superintendent with responsibility for intelligence.
Mr Bailey was promoted to Deputy Chief Constable with responsibility for legal services, human resources, and force performance in September 2010.
He was promoted to temporary Chief Constable when Phil Gormley left to join National Crime Agency in June this year.
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A police officer who has risen through the ranks from constable is the preferred candidate to become head of the force in Norfolk.
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Mr Peake said on Twitter it was not intended to be a "prank call".
The astronaut, a father-of-two from Chichester, West Sussex, arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday 15 December.
He is spending six months conducting scientific experiments on the station.
Earlier in the week, Mr Peake helped two fellow crew members to conduct a space walk outside the ISS.
Astronauts Tim Kopra and Scott Kelly, from the US space agency Nasa, went outside the ISS to fix a broken component.
Mr Peake, who is a former major in the Army, is the first Briton to join the crew of the ISS and is employed by the European Space Agency.
Helen Sharman became the first British citizen to travel to space when she visited the Soviet Mir orbiting station in 1991.
Other Britons who have flown into space have done so either as private individuals or by taking US citizenship.
Earlier this month Mr Peake, 43, was waved off by his wife and two sons, Thomas, six, and Oliver, four, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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UK astronaut Tim Peake has tweeted a light-hearted apology after dialling a wrong number from space and saying to a woman on the other end of the line: "Hello, is this planet Earth?"
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Launched in September 1977, the probe was sent initially to study the outer planets, but then just kept on going.
Researchers studying its data say the craft appears now to be in a realm of space beyond the influence of our Sun.
But the US space agency (Nasa), which manages Voyager, says that it regards the probe as still being inside the Solar System.
The mission is currently moving more than 18 billion km from Earth, or 123 times the distance between our planet and the Sun.
By David ShukmanScience editor, BBC News
No human artefact has ever reached so deep into the cosmos.
A measure of the distance travelled is that it takes a staggering 16 hours for Voyager 1's radio messages to arrive on Earth.
Standing in Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California two years ago, I watched as data from the lonely craft flickered across giant screens.
The scientist behind the mission, Ed Stone, talked in adoring terms of the 70s technology that has survived decades of hurtling through space to become mankind's most distant emissary.
Nasa has speculated for years about the actual moment of crossing from our Solar System into the void; and now this may finally have happened.
The next time the craft will come even remotely close to another star? About 40,000 years.
The latest research is published online in the journal Geophysical Research Letters (GRL).
It concerns data the spacecraft has been gathering about changes in its environment which for some time now have suggested it is about to cross over the Solar System's border - the so-called heliopause.
It has been detecting a rise in the number of high-energy particles, or cosmic rays, coming towards it from interstellar space, while at the same time recording a decline in the intensity of energetic particles coming from behind, from our Sun.
A big change occurred on 25 August last year, which the GRL paper's authors say was like a "heliocliff".
"Within just a few days, the heliospheric intensity of trapped radiation decreased, and the cosmic ray intensity went up as you would expect if it exited the heliosphere," explained Prof Bill Webber from New Mexico State University in Las Cruces.
Nasa funded the study but said any assessment that Voyager might be in interstellar space did not reflect the view of everyone working on the project, and Prof Weber acknowledges there is an ongoing debate about the probe's status.
Many researchers would like a long period with the data all pointing in one direction before calling the exit definitive.
"It's outside the normal heliosphere, I would say that," Prof Webber said in a release from the American Geophysical Union, publishers of GRL.
"We're in a new region. And everything we're measuring is different and exciting."
The Voyager project scientist at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Ed Stone, said he wanted to see a reorientation of the magnetic fields around the probe before declaring it to be in interstellar space. This was a "critical marker", he added. "…that change of direction has not yet been observed."
Voyager-1 was launched on 5 September 1977, and its sister spacecraft, Voyager-2, on 20 August 1977.
The probes' initial goal was to survey the outer planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune - a task they completed in 1989.
They were then despatched towards deep space, in the general direction of the centre of our Milky Way Galaxy.
Their plutonium power sources will stop generating electricity in about 10-15 years, at which point their instruments and transmitters will die.
Voyager-1 is on course to approach a star called AC +793888, but it will only get to within two light-years of it and it will be tens of thousands of years before it does so.
This page was updated following clarifications issued by both the AGU, the GRL publishers, and Nasa.
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The possibility that the Voyager-1 spacecraft may have left the Solar System is being hotly debated.
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While women are just as likely to ask for a pay rise as men, they are less likely to receive one, according to research.
Here we speak to three women about the excuses they have heard when asking for a pay rise, and find out whether they were successful in their attempts.
Susan Raines is a professor of conflict management at Kennesaw State University in the US state of Georgia. She was told a male colleague was paid more than her because he had a wife to support.
"A male colleague and I competed for the same job, for which I was selected.
"My employer liked the male candidate too, so a year later they hired him, paying him $4,000 (£2,977) more per year for the same job I had been doing for a year.
"When I asked my (female) boss why this was so, she said it was because he had a wife to support.
"I told her I was a divorced single mom with a disabled child, but that I had not thought to use that status to raise my pay.
"She refused to give me equal pay.
"I was so frustrated, I started to look for another job.
"I applied for and was offered a much higher salary from a competing university in North Carolina.
"I told my boss I would not like to move my family to North Carolina, but they would have to match the salary to keep me.
"They scrambled to find the money to keep me.
"I teach graduate courses in negotiation and one of the strategies I teach is to ask yourself if there is a better offer elsewhere - the risk is your employer could say 'Go with God!', so you can't be fully bluffing."
Women have been emailing the BBC with the reasons they have been given for not getting a pay increase. Here is a selection of some of them:
Examples drawn from responses received by the BBC to this news story Women seek pay rises as much as men - with less success
Belinda Bauer from Wales worked as a newspaper sub-editor, but resigned after failing to receive a pay rise.
Despite becoming an award-winning crime fiction writer, Belinda still feels aggrieved over what she sees as a lack of fairness in her pay.
"I worked as a sub-editor for a newspaper and about a year into the job I found everyone else in my department was earning more than me.
"I asked for a pay rise to bring me into line with the rest of the desk and the editor agreed that I deserved it, and that he would see about a pay rise at the next round of pay negotiations.
"I was really nervous. I am not at all assertive in the workplace. But I was upset. I knew how hard I was working.
"In the end I didn't get the rise. I was so cross that I handed in my notice. I was on friendly terms with my editor. I told him what he already knew - that I deserved more money.
"I have a highly tuned sense of fair play. I still feel aggrieved.
"Most women could feel quite beaten down by the experience. Most people would shrug their shoulders and say OK. I think men are more likely to quit or to make a fuss.
"I was really worried about leaving a job and colleagues I loved, especially as I only had a bit of freelance writing work to fall back on, but felt so upset by the injustice of my position that I quit on principle. It was scary but empowering!
"I am now writing my seventh novel. I earn many times more than I did when I worked at the newspaper. In the end not getting that pay rise was the best thing that ever happened to me."
Mary worked in a law firm until her request for better pay led to her being ostracised in the industry. She lives in Bristol, in the UK.
"I asked for more money and pointed out what I believed were the discrepancies between the salaries paid to male staff and the salary paid to me.
"After I asked I suffered months and months of abuse until I couldn't take it any more. I eventually complained and then left.
"I wasn't the only female member of staff to ask about pay. Others left as they felt they weren't being promoted.
"In 2012, a male colleague was given an associate partnership. I felt I was being overlooked. In the legal world it's all about post-qualification experience and he started two years after I did.
"I raised this, but then the ceiling crashed in.
"I had worked there for 11 years and was as loyal as could be, but afterwards I wasn't invited to meetings - it felt oppressive.
"I was in a meeting for two hours with the CEO, a director and the head of personnel. They kept asking if I was bringing up a sex discrimination case. I was in tears. I felt like I was being attacked. It was a barrage of criticism and threats.
"I knew if I made a formal complaint there was no turning back. I didn't want to, but I took advice from an outside firm.
"In the end I resigned. I haven't worked since 2014 as the law is such a close-knit community and so specialised."
Produced by the BBC's UGC and Social Media team
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Don't go in angry, make your case based on the facts and go with positive examples of your work - three tips from three women who have asked their employers for a pay rise.
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The document, released before the general election, had suggested that Nicola Sturgeon wanted David Cameron to remain as prime minister.
On Friday, a report revealed the Lib Dem MP for Orkney and Shetland had given permission for it to be leaked.
Opponents have urged him to stand down, but he said he wanted to "get on with" working for his constituents.
The confidential memo was written by a civil servant in the Scotland Office and was a third-hand account of a conversation between the Scottish first minister and the French ambassador, in which Ms Sturgeon was reported to have said she wanted David Cameron to remain as prime minister.
Both the first minister and the ambassador insisted this was not the case, and the memo had contained a disclaimer that parts of the conversation may have been "lost in translation".
The official cabinet office inquiry into the leaking of the memo said Mr Carmichael's former special adviser Euan Roddin gave the details to the Daily Telegraph - but he had Mr Carmichael's permission to do so.
The SNP said Mr Carmichael faced a "credibility crisis".
The nationalists have repeated calls for a formal investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards into Mr Carmichael's behaviour.
Speaking to BBC Radio Orkney, Mr Carmichael said: "I have said already that I very much regret the position I am in. I have been the member of parliament for Orkney and Shetland for the last 14 years.
"I have worked hard for local people and believe that's the record on which I am entitled to rely and that's the job that I am now going to be getting on with. None of that has changed."
On Saturday, the Scottish Lib Dem's party executive agreed Mr Carmichael would not face any disciplinary action and the party's leader Willie Rennie has said the MP "deserved a second chance".
Ms Sturgeon previously called for Mr Carmichael to consider his position as an MP and described the leak of the confidential memo as a "blatant election dirty trick".
Protests have been held in Kirkwall in Orkney, and Lerwick in Shetland, calling for Mr Carmichael to resign.
Mr Carmichael told BBC Radio Orkney: "We had an account of a discussion, which we believed to be true.
"The first minister and the French ambassador have both said that that was not part of the conversation and we have to accept that as being the truth.
"But the fact of the matter is that the information that came to me, I had no reason to doubt."
SNP MP Pete Wishart said Mr Carmichael must explain if he was sent a copy of the memo.
He said: "Mr Carmichael no longer has any credibility as an MP - the best course of action would be for him to stand down.
"Mr Carmichael must now explain if he was sent a copy of the memo before authorising the leak. If he was, he must then explain why he apparently failed to read his own ministerial papers.
"A formal investigation by the Standards Commissioner would help shed light on these matters."
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Former Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael has rejected calls for him to resign over a leaked memo.
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A brawl broke out injuring at least 10 people, including the Social Democrat leader Zoran Zaev, who was left with blood pouring down his face.
The protesters, supporters of ex-Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski's VMRO party, are demanding new elections.
Politics in the former Yugoslav republic has been deadlocked since an inconclusive election in December.
But the crisis goes back further, to a phone-tapping scandal two years ago.
Mr Zaev has created a coalition with ethnic Albanian parties, but his attempts to form a government have been blocked by the president.
Macedonian nationalists have been protesting on the streets since Mr Zaev tried to form the coalition.
Ethnic Albanians make up around a quarter of the country's population.
The people who stormed parliament were angered by the coalition's decision to elect Talat Xhaferi as speaker.
They fear moves to improve the status of Albanians threaten Macedonian unity.
Some of the 200 protesters were masked. Witnesses saw broken glass on the floor and traces of blood in hallways.
Police fired stun grenades to disperse protesters and allow politicians to exit the parliament building.
A statement from the US Embassy in Macedonia, published on Twitter, said: "We condemn the violence in the strongest possible terms.
"It is not consistent with democracy and is not an acceptable way to resolve differences."
The secretary general of Nato, Jens Stoltenberg, tweeted that he was "shocked" by the "attacks".
"All parties should respect democratic process and engage in dialogue, not violence," he wrote.
"Violence has NO place in Parliament. Democracy must run its course," tweeted European Union Commissioner Johannes Hahn.
Skopje has also seen regular protests against the coalition by demonstrators who believe it will damage the country's national unity.
Macedonia came close to civil war in 2001 after an Albanian uprising.
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Protesters stormed into Macedonia's parliament on Thursday after an ethnic Albanian was elected as speaker.
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The Wellington Street offices were home to the Yorkshire Post and Yorkshire Evening Post for more than 40 years.
The tower displaying the time and temperature is a familiar sight for commuters driving into the city on the inner ring road.
Staff were moved out of the building last year and demolition has begun.
Paul Fox, of agent Fox Lloyd Jones, said: "The developers have noted the affection people have for the tower and wish to retain it as a landmark."
Mr Fox added the public had a "love/hate relationship" with the building but the tower would provide a "lasting memory".
It is planned to re-clad the tower at a cost of £250,000 and for it to display digital marketing, he said.
A planning application has also been submitted for the rest of the site to become a temporary car park with about 500 spaces, Fox Lloyd Jones said.
The Wellington Street building, which was opened by the Prince of Wales in 1970, once housed more than 1,300 staff.
Demolition of the building is due to be completed by June.
The newspapers' staff have moved to a new development on Whitehall Road in the city.
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Plans to leave a landmark concrete tower in place after the demolition of the rest of a newspaper building in Leeds have been announced.
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He said India had "set an example for the world in holding the largest democratic election in history".
The 36-day, nine-phase polls ended on Monday. The Election Commission said voter turnout was a record 66.38%.
The main contest is between the Congress and the main opposition BJP. Votes will be counted on 16 May.
"India has set an example for the world in holding the largest democratic election in history, a vibrant demonstration of our shared values of diversity and freedom," Mr Obama said in a statement.
"We look forward to the formation of a new government once election results are announced and to working closely with India's next administration to make the coming years equally transformative."
The election began on 7 April and has been held in nine phases for security and logistical reasons. With 814 million eligible voters, it is the world's biggest exercise in democracy.
A number of exit polls are suggesting that BJP leader Narendra Modi, the leader of India's main opposition BJP, is on course to win the general election.
The BJP dominated the campaign but analysts warn that exit polls have often been wrong in the past.
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US President Barack Obama has congratulated India on its marathon general election and pledged to work closely with the next government.
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Sir Nigel Hamilton said the Sinn Féin politician, who died this week, had proved many doubters wrong.
"He was appointed a minister, and deputy first minister but in my judgement he became a statesman," said Sir Nigel.
"He helped to solve many issues, he was determined to make things work."
In 1999, Sir Nigel was the first senior civil servant to shake hands in public with Mr McGuinness, a former IRA commander.
The handshake came at a time when many unionist politicians would not engage directly with Sinn Féin, and some refused to even share television studios with the party.
Sir Nigel was the permanent secretary in Stormont's Department of Education when Mr McGuinness was appointed education minister on 30 November 1999.
"This was the very first Sinn Féin minister in the history of Northern Ireland," said Sir Nigel.
"There was a mixture of apprehension, of curiosity and disbelief that this man had been appointed as the minister."
On his first full day in office, Mr McGuinness travelled to the department's headquarters in Bangor, County Down.
Sir Nigel was waiting outside the building, surrounded by a 30-strong media pack.
"As the car came in, the door opened, Martin stepped out and I shook his hand," he recalled.
"One of the press shouted: 'Hold that!'
"So we held it and this was the photograph that appeared for posterity.
"He said to me many times subsequently that one of the most important things that I did was that I shook his hand in public.
"But then I had to remind him that I had all the staff looking out the window, wondering what I was going to do and how I was going to relate to him.
"So it just seemed to me important - both for him and for the staff - that I did that.
"And I guess it was one of the many significant handshakes that he made in his life."
The former IRA commander was a controversial figure who became one of the most significant individuals in the Northern Ireland peace process.
His transition from paramilitary to politician was praised across the political divide in the aftermath of his death on Tuesday, but many IRA victims were angered and hurt by how his legacy has been assessed.
After his time in the Department of Education, Sir Nigel was later promoted to head of the Civil Service.
He was in the post when Mr McGuinness became deputy first minister of Northern Ireland in 2007, with Ian Paisley as first minister.
He said: "What you saw in public - they were affectionately known as the Chuckle Brothers - mirrored accurately how they got in private.
"They worked extremely well together, they had a respect for one another.
"If there were difficulties around executive meetings, they would have enough sense to adjourn for 20 minutes."
Mr McGuinness stayed in touch with Sir Nigel after he left the Civil Service.
"Two years after I retired, I had major surgery and he rang me at home to ask me how I was and to wish me all the best," said Sir Nigel.
In his latter years, Mr McGuinness forged a number of unlikely friendships outside his traditional republican comfort zone.
His relationship with Sir Nigel Hamilton can now be added to the list.
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A former head of the Civil Service in Northern Ireland has praised Martin McGuinness' time as a minister and described him as a "statesman".
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Contract talks with Ozil, 28, and Sanchez are on hold until the summer.
Sanchez, 28, has been quoted stating he wants to stay in London at a club with a "winning mentality", prompting speculation of a move to Chelsea.
"I personally believe both of them want to stay and I hope the club will find an agreement with them," said Wenger.
Both players are under contract until June 2018 but speculation over their futures has been widespread during the current campaign.
The Arsenal manager, 67, stressed the situation was "not an immediate concern" and that there was no need to sell key players, unlike in past seasons when the club did so based on their financial position.
Chilean Sanchez was quoted in his homeland saying: "I'm happy in London [home of both Arsenal and current Premier League leaders Chelsea] and I want to finish my contract. I like to stay in one place, one city, where the team fights for titles."
Wenger emphasised he took Sanchez's words in "a very positive way".
"Alexis said he wants to win the championship, that's what everybody wants," added Wenger.
Wenger was offered a new contract earlier this season but several ex-Arsenal players have stated his 21 years at the club are coming to an end in the face of mounting fan frustration at perceived underachievement.
The Gunners remain in the FA Cup but have exited the Champions League and sit sixth in the Premier League, form which has seen sections of supporters hold banners and sing songs asking Wenger to leave.
He promised clarity on his future "soon" less than two weeks ago, but on Thursday said: "It's a subject that at the moment it is not sorted completely out.
"I'm very clear in my mind. Do I stay two months or two years? My commitment will be exactly the same all the time. It does not influence my attitude."
Striker Lucas Perez has told Spanish media that Wenger has not communicated any decision to the players, but that he expects the manager to stay.
Arsenal have lost six of their last nine games but, asked if the issue was creating a distraction, Wenger added: "I believe the priority in life is to focus on what is important, not to look for excuses."
Arsenal meet hosts Manchester City on Sunday and the visitors' boss Pep Guardiola has called criticism of Wenger "unacceptable".
In turn Wenger said: "I respect him hugely as a manager, exceptional career, once he's been at Man City 20 years don't worry, he'll get the same treatment."
Wenger confirmed midfielder Santi Cazorla's season was over because of the ankle injury which has kept him out since October, while Petr Cech could also miss the next two fixtures.
The former Monaco boss also praised the impact of video technology in Spain's 2-0 win in France on Tuesday, stating the move "should have happened a long time ago".
The use of technology saw an Antoine Griezmann goal ruled out and later a Gerard Deulofeu goal awarded after a 40-second wait while the decision was made.
Wenger said: "I thought we are really stupid, why did that not happen 15 years ago? The football world is a regressive world that's scared to move forward."
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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is confident Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil want to stay at the club but says his own future is "not sorted completely".
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He was among group of four men who confronted the woman and demanded she get out of the car when she stopped at traffic lights in Solihull.
As she attended to her baby, one of them got into the Audi RS6 and drove off.
She escaped with the infant when the driver pulled into a side road before driving off again. No-one was hurt.
The woman had stopped at lights on Lode Lane when the men pulled up behind her at about 18:00 BST on Saturday.
The offender drove the car at speed down Seven Star Road towards Warwick Road.
Police appealed for witnesses.
Det Sgt Stew Lewis said: "Luckily the woman and her baby were not hurt but the woman is very shaken by what happened."
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A man who stole a woman's car while she and her baby were still inside is being sought by police.
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The 26-year-old Bulgarian moved to Dens Park in January 2015 following his release from Dobrudzha Dobrich in his homeland.
He made 15 appearances in the past campaign and scored his first goal for the club in a derby win over Dundee United in May.
In his first half-season with Dundee, Gadzhalov turned out for the Dark Blues on nine occasions.
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Defender Kostadin Gadzhalov has signed a new one-year deal at Dundee.
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At the height of the Cold War, in 1968, the K-27 met with disaster when radiation escaped from one of its reactors during a voyage in the Arctic.
Vyacheslav Mazurenko, then 22, was serving as a chief warrant officer (CWO) on the vessel, which now lies abandoned in the Arctic's Kara Sea. Today he lives in Ukraine and he told BBC Russian what happened.
"We were on a five-day trip to check everything was working normally, before a 70-day round-the-world mission without resurfacing," he said.
"It was the end of the third day and everything seemed to be going well. The crew was really tired."
The mission would be to collect data about Nato and other enemy bases. K-27 had two experimental liquid metal-cooled reactors - a design never tried before in the Soviet navy. Nuclear power enabled the sub to stay underwater for weeks without resurfacing and without having to refuel.
"At 11:35 everything was peaceful," he said.
"The bulkheads were open. I was in the fifth compartment, next to the fourth compartment with the two nuclear reactors, talking to some crew members there. We suddenly noticed some people running.
"We had a radiation detector in the compartment, but it was switched off. To be honest, we hadn't paid much attention to the radiation dosimeters we were given. But then, our radiation supervisor switched on the detector in the compartment and it went off the scale. He looked surprised and worried."
They did not understand what had happened immediately because the radioactive gas had no odour or colour. But two hours later, some crewmen came out of the fourth compartment - and some of them had to be carried, because they could not walk, CWO Mazurenko said.
He put it down to fatigue, because the crew had spent three days with almost no sleep.
The submarine headed back to its base on the Kola Peninsula, by the Barents Sea, which took five hours.
As the sub approached, the base's command fled the dockside, because special radiation alarms onshore were emitting a deafening roar, CWO Mazurenko recalled.
Soon after, the base commander picked up the captain in a car, but most of the crew had to walk 2km (1.2 miles) back to their barracks under their own steam.
Several specialist crew members were left on board the toxic sub for about a day, because they were under orders to keep watch.
Some have blamed K-27's Capt Pavel Leonov over the accident, but CWO Mazurenko says the captain faced a life-or-death choice.
"When the sub surfaced to make the trip back to the docks, the division ordered it to cut its engines and await special instructions. The captain, however, decided to keep going, because if the sub stopped for several hours nobody would survive long enough to get it back to base."
The crew of 144 were poisoned - nine died of radiation sickness soon after the emergency, and the others were ill for years before their premature deaths.
K-27 went into service in 1963, about five years after construction had started. It was very expensive and took longer to build than other Soviet nuclear submarines. So the sailors called it the "Little Golden Fish" - or "Zolotaya Rybka" in Russian - after a magical, fairy-tale fish which makes people's wishes come true.
"In Soviet times, we were told that our subs were the best, and we had to be different from the 'imperialists'. But the first subs were far from perfect. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev said: 'We'll catch up with you and overtake you'. They kept churning out new subs, regardless of the risk to people," CWO Mazurenko said.
The crew were part of the military elite. They got lemons and oranges - citrus fruit that most Soviet citizens, battling daily with shortages, never saw.
The crew were told that their reactors were extremely safe and could not suffer the breakdowns that had plagued some other Russian submarines in the past, CWO Mazurenko said.
"When the assessment commission came round, its members were often afraid to visit the reactor compartment. They always tried to avoid it, but Captain Leonov actually sat on one of the reactors, to show them how safe it was."
However, CWO Mazurenko says radioactive particles had been detected aboard the submarine from the very start.
He was among 10 lucky crew members to be sent to a Leningrad hospital within a day of the disaster. The fate of the rest of the crew was in the hands of the Communist Party in Moscow.
Five days after the accident, the rest were taken to Leningrad - now called St Petersburg. They were each isolated from the outside world.
Many Soviet sailors and officers were ordered to donate blood and bone marrow, knowing nothing about the accident, which remained an official secret for three decades.
K-27 officers were later warned they should not have children for five years and were given regular check-ups, but there was no proper medical follow-up for the ordinary submariners, according to CWO Mazurenko. Many of them were declared "healthy" by military doctors, despite their illnesses, he added.
On the medical certificate they received 25 years after the disaster, it simply read: "Participated in nuclear accident elimination on the submarine. Exposed to radiation."
Despite what happened, Vyacheslav Mazurenko told the BBC: "I do not regret that I served almost four years on this submarine, with these people."
Of the original 144 crew, only 56 are still alive. Most of them became physically handicapped and they still do not know the level of radiation they were exposed to.
In 1981, K-27 was sunk at a depth of just 30m (99ft) in the Kara Sea - far shallower than the depth required by international guidelines.
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The Russian authorities are investigating whether a sunken Soviet nuclear-powered submarine, the K-27, can be safely raised so that the uranium in its reactors may be removed.
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Former Cameroon captain Eto'o was suspended by the club until further notice last month after allegedly accusing the club leadership of racism on social media.
Antalyaspor chairman Ali Safak Ozturk said Eto'o had expressed regret over the posting and had insisted it was not aimed at the club leadership.
"We hope he will behave more carefully in the future and make a positive contribution to the team." Ozturk announced during a meeting with the squad.
35-year-old Eto'o had written the controversial post on his Instagram account last month in reference to a public criticism, saying:
"Perhaps some people do not feel respect for me because I am black."
Eto'o later made a second post denying the criticism was aimed at Antalyaspor chairman Ali Safak Ozturk, who had criticised Eto'o for his performances earlier in the season. Ozturk said at the time, "no player is above the interests of Antalyaspor. Everyone must know their place."
Eto'o called Ozturk his "brother" in his second Instagram post, adding that the Turkish people had supported him "wholeheartedly".
"My message was to a person who criticises me unjustly for years and while he continues his criticisms, I kept winning trophies," Eto'o wrote, with the Turkish club stating Eto'o would have a separate training programme until his case was heard by their executive board.
Eto'o, who came off the bench in the first half, could not prevent Antalyaspor from losing 3-1 at Galatasaray.
His side remain bottom of the Turkish Super Lig.
Three-time Champions League winner Eto'o moved to Antalyaspor in June 2015 as the keystone of the club's bid in the southern Mediterranean resort city to find national and even European success.
But his stint has turned sour since August amid intense rumours in the close season that he would join Istanbul arch rivals Besiktas.
Four-time African footballer of the year Eto'o enjoyed much of his club success at Barcelona, where he played from 2004 to 2009.
His trophies there included three La Liga crowns, alongside former Brazil forward Ronaldinho, and two Champions League titles.
He also won the Champions League, under Jose Mourinho, at Inter Milan in 2010, and has an Olympic gold medal, which he won with Cameroon in 2000.
Eto'o is the leading all-time scorer in the Nations Cup with 18 goals and he appeared at four World Cup finals - 1998, 2002, 2010 and 2014 - playing in eight matches and scoring three goals.
Cameroon's 54-goal all-time leading scorer won back-to-back African Cup of Nations with his country at the 2000 and 2002 editions.
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Turkish club Antalyaspor lifted Samuel Eto'o's suspension and included him in the squad to face Galatasaray on Sunday, after warning him over his future conduct.
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After his deflected shot looped in to secure a 2-1 victory, Sterling ran to the City fans and was shown a second yellow card by referee Mike Dean.
"I don't understand. Hopefully they can call me and explain the reason why," Guardiola told BBC Sport.
Gabriel Jesus had earlier cancelled out Charlie Daniels' goal for Bournemouth.
The home side dominated the early exchanges and took a deserved lead on 13 minutes when Daniels drilled home a stunning half-volley off the crossbar from the edge of the area.
But City equalised eight minutes later with their first shot on target, David Silva picking out Jesus with a perfectly weighted pass for the Brazilian to roll the ball home.
The goal seemed to spark the visitors into life and they dominated the rest of the half without adding to their score.
Both teams had chances after the break, with Bournemouth's Joshua King and City's Nicolas Otamendi hitting the post.
King had another opportunity to win it for the hosts when he outmuscled Benjamin Mendy, but his shot was straight at Ederson.
Sterling's winner came moments later, sparking wild celebrations in a finale City captain Vincent Kompany described it as "madness".
He told Sky Sports: "The first thing I did was say to Benjamin Mendy and Bernardo Silva: 'Welcome to the Premier League'."
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While City's fighting spirit will draw praise, Dean's performance will not elicit the same response.
Football's laws state players must be cautioned if they "approach the spectators in a manner which can cause safety and/or security issues".
"We don't invite the fans? Maybe we play without fans?" Guardiola said to Sky Sports.
Former England striker Alan Shearer tweeted: "Don't give me 'it's the law' nonsense. Mike Dean has clearly never experienced scoring the winning goal.
"And for all saying 'but it is the law' if we are going to rigidly apply law with no common sense, why did he only book Sterling?"
Ex-West Ham striker Bobby Zamora wrote: "Can't celebrate a goal now? Absolute joke."
And former Spurs striker Garth Crooks, speaking on the BBC's Final Score, said: "Who is Mike Dean appealing to by sending him off for that? It's certainly not the crowd."
Sterling is the first Premier League player to be sent off for excessive celebration since Frederic Piquionne for West Ham against Everton in January 2011.
But his dismissal was not the only controversial decision in the match.
Bournemouth's Nathan Ake could have been sent off for a blatant first-half trip on Jesus when the striker was through on goal. He was only booked.
"I think Mike Dean has got that one wrong," said former Premier League goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer on BBC Radio 5 live. "Ake should have been sent off."
While Sterling's dismissal dominated the post-match analysis, all the talk before the game had centred on Guardiola's team selection.
The Spaniard made four changes to the side that drew 1-1 with Everton on Monday, with striker Sergio Aguero dropping to the bench.
Defender John Stones was also among the substitutes, while Mendy made his debut and Danilo came in for the suspended Kyle Walker.
City, who played three at the back against Everton and Brighton, reverted to a back four, with full-backs Mendy and Danilo pushed high up the pitch.
In between them, and after an uncomfortable opening 20 minutes, Otamendi eventually settled alongside Kompany.
City had more than 70% possession in the match, and Guardiola was happy his team came away with all three points.
He told Sky Sports: "Winning in the last minute is always special.
"It was a tough game. It is always complicated against Bournemouth. They play long balls, balls into the channels and play set-pieces, but we got into the game."
For Bournemouth's part, though they impressed for periods of the match, their third successive league defeat means they are yet to win a point this season.
Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe told BBC Sport: "We thought we had hung on for a point. We had chances to win it, too. I am disappointed for the players and the supporters.
"The second half was bitty, we wanted that to be the case. I am enthused by the performance, which was better than our first two.
"We started really well, very positively. We created more chances today than in our first two games, but we need to start getting some points quickly.
"We knew it would be a different test. We had to be disciplined, which I felt we were, but one or two moments of class from them can hurt you."
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After the international break, City host Liverpool on Saturday, 9 September, while Bournemouth travel to Arsenal.
Match ends, Bournemouth 1, Manchester City 2.
Second Half ends, Bournemouth 1, Manchester City 2.
Attempt blocked. Steve Cook (Bournemouth) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Manchester City. John Stones replaces David Silva.
Second yellow card to Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) for excessive celebration.
Goal! Bournemouth 1, Manchester City 2. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Danilo with a cross.
Harry Arter (Bournemouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lys Mousset (Bournemouth).
Attempt saved. Joshua King (Bournemouth) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Charlie Daniels.
Adam Smith (Bournemouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Leroy Sané (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Adam Smith (Bournemouth).
Substitution, Bournemouth. Lys Mousset replaces Benik Afobe because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Benik Afobe (Bournemouth) because of an injury.
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Raheem Sterling (Manchester City).
Harry Arter (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Adam Smith.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Dan Gosling (Bournemouth) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
Tyrone Mings (Bournemouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tyrone Mings (Bournemouth).
Attempt missed. David Silva (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
Substitution, Manchester City. Leroy Sané replaces Gabriel Jesus.
Offside, Manchester City. Danilo tries a through ball, but Gabriel Jesus is caught offside.
Benjamin Mendy (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Benjamin Mendy (Manchester City).
Joshua King (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adam Smith (Bournemouth).
Steve Cook (Bournemouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Steve Cook (Bournemouth).
Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City) hits the left post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross following a corner.
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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola wants an explanation after Raheem Sterling was sent off following his 97th-minute winner against Bournemouth.
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The EFL said in May it wanted to create an extra division and have 20 teams in each from 2019-20.
The plans required the English football authorities to find additional weekends for league football.
The FA says it is no longer viable.
The EFL, which currently has 72 teams - 24 each in the Championship, League One and League Two - said the move would tackle fixture congestion and boost the finances of its members.
The rescheduling would have involved moving FA Cup fixtures into midweek slots, but the FA has informed the EFL it is no longer prepared to consider such a move following a new international broadcasting deal - reported to be worth £820m.
"If the weekend slots are not available, then there is simply no way we can meet the financial conditions as outlined at the very outset," said EFL chief executive Shaun Harvey.
"The stance the FA has adopted has brought the discussions to a premature end, before fully understanding what the financial outcome from the creation of a new distribution model could be. "
Harvey said the EFL would still welcome a change in the FA's position.
"We are, of course, open to re-engaging in what is a hugely important debate that was designed to help shape the future of football in this country," he added.
The EFL believed the move, which Harvey said had been backed in principle by the Premier League and the FA, would help:
For the proposal to be approved they would have needed the backing of 65 EFL clubs (90%) at next year's annual general meeting.
Currently, the bottom two teams in League Two are relegated from the EFL to the National League, but the plans proposed scrapping those relegation spots in the 2018-19 season.
Six other clubs - in addition to the two clubs already promoted from the National League - would have then joined the EFL.
Scottish Premiership sides Celtic and Rangers have long been linked with moving into the English pyramid, and such a move had not been ruled out by Harvey.
EFL clubs would have seen their number of league matches reduced from 46 to 38 per season.
Despite the potential of losing revenue from three fewer home matches, Harvey had asked the 72 clubs to take a "broader view of English football".
He also said long midweek trips across the country for fans would "in the main" disappear, but that Saturdays would become "more special and more important".
Exeter City chairman Julian Tagg: "People were very uncomfortable with it, and as a result were watching very carefully and trying to understand the nuances and reasoning behind it.
"Many fans across the country didn't like the idea of change and I think that was the same with our club. I think there'll be a little bit of a sigh of relief.
"As you go down the pyramid the more you're reliant on your gate receipts, unless you have some kind of philanthropic chairman who's going to throw money in, which we don't."
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Plans for a shake-up of English football to create 100 teams in five divisions have been cancelled after talks between the English Football League and the Football Association broke down.
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The 43-year-old man and 39-year-old woman who died were found by ambulance crews called to Laneside Gardens, Walsall, shortly after 01:30 BST.
A man, 23, and woman, 22, were arrested nearby and are being questioned by West Midlands Police. The arrested man is related to one of the deceased.
Police said the double murder case was an "isolated incident".
The two people who died sustained gunshot injuries.
Head of crime and operations for Walsall, Supt Keith Fraser, said: "I don't underestimate the impact this could have and will have on the local community.
"I do want to reassure the community that this is an isolated incident with the information that we have at the moment."
Neighbours told BBC reporters the victims were a mother of three sons and her long-term partner, but this has not been confirmed by police.
The force said it was not "100% sure on what the murder weapon is at this moment in time" and there had not been a post-mortem examination.
Asked if police had recovered a gun, Supt Fraser said: "(I) believe a firearm has been recovered in situ.
"Now whether or not that is the firearm concerned (in) this matter I don't know."
He said the arrests were made "very soon after" the incident, "possibly within about an hour, if that".
The two people died at the scene "despite the best efforts of medical staff", police said.
The property and cul-de-sac have been sealed off while forensic searches are carried out.
Det Insp Michaela Kerr, from West Midlands Police, said: "Both the man and woman... received emergency treatment at the scene, however they could not be saved and died a short time later.
"We are treating their deaths as suspicious and two people were arrested nearby in connection with the incident."
The force said officers would be speaking to residents who may have information or concerns following the incident.
Kenneth Lloyd, who lives nearby said: "It's terrible. We've been here 40, 42 years and we've never had anything like this on the estate before."
His wife Pamela said the incident had left her "shaking like a leaf".
Walsall councillor Harbans Sarohi said there was support available for residents.
"I think people are very shocked because these things never happen here," he said.
"So all I can say is that if they need any help from the council or from police - that will be provided."
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A man and a woman have died in a shooting at a West Midlands house, leading to the arrest of two people.
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Artist Warren Elsmore led a team, which included volunteers, in building the 6ft 6in (2m) version of the piece known as the Berserker.
The Lego model will be on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh until 24 March.
The chessmen are thought to have been made in Scandinavia, possibly Norway, in about AD1150-1200.
The 93 figures were found buried in a sand dune near Uig on the west coast of Lewis in the 1800s.
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One of the historic Lewis Chessmen has been recreated on a larger scale using more than 90,000 Lego bricks.
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The party said it has signed up 12,500 new members since last week - and is expected to reach its highest total in its history "within days".
Leader Tim Farron said Lib Dems are the only party opposing Mrs May's "hard Brexit agenda".
He insisted the party would not enter a coalition with the Tories or Labour.
The biggest membership number the Lib Dems have had since their formation was 101,768 members in 1994.
The recent flurry of interest means more than 50,000 members have joined since last year's European referendum - and more than 67,500 since the party's electoral low point, at the 2015 general election.
Mr Farron, who pledged to build the membership to 100,000 when he became leader in 2015, said reaching the goal "tells us that there's an appetite for change in British politics and Liberal Democrats are the vehicle for that change".
He said: "People want a strong opposition to Theresa May's hard Brexit agenda and the Liberal Democrats are the only party challenging them up and down the country."
In an appeal to would-be supporters, he said: "This election is your chance to change the direction of our country. If you want to stop a disastrous hard Brexit, if you want to keep Britain in the single market, if you want a strong opposition to fight for an open, tolerant and united Britain - this is your chance."
The Lib Dem leader also repeated his insistence that there are "no circumstances whatsoever" that the party will go in to a coalition with the Conservatives or Labour after the 8 June election, given the current approaches of those two parties.
He also dismissed an informal arrangement to offer his party's support on budget measures and other key votes to help a minority Tory or Labour administration.
On Sunday he told ITV's Peston on Sunday: "What Britain needs in this election is clarity and a contest. Theresa May has called this election because she believes it'll be a coronation.
"The Liberal Democrats are determined to make it a contest with a clear alternative position, and I don't want people thinking a vote for the Liberal Democrats is a proxy for anything else."
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Lib Dem membership has passed the 100,000 mark following a surge of new joiners since Theresa May announced a snap general election.
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Amy Cluskey had part of her nose and upper lip ripped off during the attack.
The judge questioned why police had not told Lee Cluskey, 19, that Mooch was illegal after it killed a cat months before the August 2014 incident.
Cluskey, of Mount Pleasant, Waterloo, who pleaded guilty to possessing a fighting dog got a suspended jail term.
He also admitted a charge of having a dog dangerously out of control and was told his custodial sentence would be suspended for nine months.
The court heard he had contacted Merseyside Police following the incident with the cat.
In response the judge, Recorder Simon Medland QC, said: "Last year, I am very surprised the police did not realise this was in fact a pit bull terrier, which is a prohibited fighting dog.
"It has, to my lay eye, all the appearance of one. It seems a most odd conclusion they came to. The dog has not changed in the last 12 months."
He said an expert "very clearly" identified it as a pit bull breed.
"Quite why the police missed that in 2014 I don't know, but they did," the judge added, describing the information they gave to Cluskey as "duff".
He said Cluskey's remorse was genuine and "one could almost say palpable".
The court heard he told police he turned his back to get the dog's food when he heard his sister screaming.
"The dog had jumped up at her face and latched on," he said.
He prised its mouth open, struck it on the head with his elbow and pulled its tail before forcing it away and locking it in a bathroom.
His sister lost some of her gum and front teeth and underwent emergency surgery, spending a week in hospital and having a series of operations.
A Merseyside Police spokeswoman said: "We note the findings of the court case.
"An internal review of the police response to an animal attack in Bootle in August 2014 is to be conducted to establish the full facts of the matter.
"As such it would be inappropriate to comment any further at this time."
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A six-year-old girl was savaged by her brother's pit bull dog after police failed to tell him it was a banned breed, Liverpool Crown Court heard.
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The Royals clinched the WSL 2 title on Sunday with a 3-2 win over Aston Villa.
"There will be a restructuring at the club, going full-time," Chambers told BBC Sport. "Then it's a case of sitting down and talking with the players.
"They won't get that long off. They think they might, but they're back in before Christmas, and we go again."
Reading and second-placed Doncaster Rovers Belles had already sealed promotion to the top flight, but Chambers' side held on to top spot on the final day on goal difference.
It was confirmed on Sunday that both clubs have officially met the Football Association's criteria to join the top tier.
"It is a fantastic feeling," Chambers added. "I've known the girls have been able to do it since the start of the season.
"I've been here from the start, since 2006. It's been a rollercoaster. The club are fully behind us. They want us to grow."
Royals captain Kirsty McGee added: "Our togetherness has won us the league this year.
"I'm sure Kelly and the staff are going to strengthen the squad, and we're only going to go on and do better and bigger things now."
Harriet Scott, who scored Reading's opening goal against Villa, added: "I've been with the club since I was 12.
"Promotion was the best thing that ever happened to this club, and this is just the cherry on the top."
Belles boss Glen Harris started his side's final game with four strikers on the field, in an attempt to overturn Reading's superior goal difference.
"I think there's a tinge of disappointment with the players," he told BBC Sport after the Belles' 4-0 win over Millwall Lionesses. "We didn't quite get enough goals.
"But I can't fault the girls today. We're nine games unbeaten in the league now so it gives us momentum to go on for next season.
"We want Belles back where we believe they belong. Once the girls get over this, they'll realise their achievement."
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Reading Women face a winter of hard work as they prepare for life in Women's Super League One, according to boss Kelly Chambers.
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Mr Lightyear, formerly Sam Stephens, had changed his name by deed poll but said the DVLA would not honour his request, citing reputational damage.
The 26-year-old from Devon, who also has a tattoo of the character, said he had now been issued with a new licence.
The DVLA said a "range of evidence" was needed with the application.
The spokesman said: "We recognise people may choose to change their name for many reasons. The driving licence is an important official document which is used both here and abroad.
"That is why we look for a range of evidence to support the application before we update our records."
Mr Lightyear said he wanted to do "the most outrageous thing" possible to raise money for the children's cancer charity CLIC Sargent, and chose the Buzz Lightyear theme because Toy Story was his favourite childhood film.
As part of his fundraising campaign, Mr Lightyear got a tattoo on his leg, ran the Brighton marathon in April 2015 and signed the deed poll on the finishing line when he reached his target of £2,000.
"Cancer's not the greatest thing and in children it's horrible", he said.
He said his original application to change his driving licence was rejected in May 2015, despite having sent the DVLA his legal paperwork.
The electrical wholesale manager described how his new name meant he had struggled to book tables at restaurants, and had had online shopping orders cancelled, but would still do another "name-changing fundraiser".
"I'm not married yet - I am looking for Mrs Lightyear", he said
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A man who changed his name to Buzz Lightyear for charity has won a battle with the DVLA to have a driving licence in his new name.
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Just five of the animals remain on the planet, after two adult males died within months of each other at the end of 2014.
At a meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, on Tuesday, conservationists decided to harvest eggs from the remaining females.
The eggs will be stored with a view to being used for IVF in the future.
While offering some hope for the rhino sub-species, it also underlines the dire prospects for the last animals.
The eggs will join frozen northern white rhino sperm already stored at an institute in Berlin, Germany.
Experts say IVF will only be attempted after techniques improve, but have set no expected timeframe for this.
After harvesting the oocytes (immature egg cells), experts will "wait for a time when the IVF techniques will be developed and tested enough to give us a reasonable chance that usage of (northern white rhino) samples would lead to a successful embryo transfer", said Jan Stejskal, from the Dvur Kralove zoo in the Czech Republic, which owns the last animals.
He told BBC News: "This still needs to be carefully discussed with the experts in the field, but in general we can say we decided to do a first step towards IVF."
Analysis
By David Shukman, Science Editor
The grim truth that few want to discuss too openly is that extinction is now the likeliest outcome for the northern white rhino.
The most successful conservation schemes with other animals have all involved larger bands of survivors.
Once the numbers dwindle into single figures there are fewer options, fewer chances of any kind of assisted reproduction and a greater risk of in-breeding.
For those involved in caring for the last five, these are painful times. At Dvur Kralove zoo in the Czech Republic, which owns the animals and houses one of them, a female called Nabire, the keepers are devoted to her, and she appears relaxed with them.
And this raises the question of how best to be humane: the sedations and interventions all carry risk. When we broadcast a story about the plight of the northern whites earlier this month, many people told me they believed the animals should be left in peace, that it was kinder for nature to take its course.
If that is the outcome it will make conservationists all the more determined to save other species under threat.
Many of the remaining animals are of advanced age, and by the time IVF becomes possible, scientists might have to implant an embryo in a surrogate female from the northern white's close relative, the southern white rhino.
Mr Stejskal said there was no current plan to use artificial insemination as a strategy. This had previously been a theoretical possibility for one of the animals, Naijin, which lives at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya.
2014 turned out to be an annus horribilis for the sub-species. On 17 October, a 34-year-old male called Suni died of a suspected heart attack at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya.
Then, on 14 December, Angalifu, a 44-year-old male living at San Diego Zoo in the US also passed away.
The last remaining male is 43 years old - elderly by rhino standards - and is considered incapable of mating on his own.
Experts have already taken the first steps towards harvesting eggs from Nabire, a 31-year-old female living at the Dvur Kralove Zoo. But the procedure in October last year had to be stopped out of concern for the health of the animal. But the scientists could resume the effort at some point soon.
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Experts are pinning their hopes on in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) to save the northern white rhino from extinction.
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The project team are to announce the milestone and call for more investors at a series of roadshows around Scotland next month.
The latest round of investments includes funding for the V&A design museum, the city's new railway station, a new Hilton hotel and blocks of flats.
Investment roadshows will be held in Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow.
The waterfront redevelopment is projected to draw in £1bn in investment over a period of 30 years.
Other recent investments to be highlighted in the roadshow include the new Seabraes pedestrian footbridge, money for the creation for a marina and the upgrade of lock gates at City Quay, and an expansion of Dundee Science Centre.
City development director Mike Galloway said there was rising interest from local, national and international investors from fields including life sciences, renewables, financial and creative industries.
He said: "We are delighted at the interest being shown in the business potential on offer in the waterfront area. We are keen to encourage sustainable, design-led development that reflects Dundee's status as the UK's first Unesco City of Design.
"Most of the land in the central Waterfront is owned by Dundee City Council, so we can work in partnership with investors and take a long-term holistic approach to development.
"We are also open to joint ventures so would encourage businesses and entrepreneurs to contact us with their concepts."
Dundee Waterfront recently launched a 3D interactive app that allows users to explore what the central waterfront will look like in 2018, including the interior of the V&A Dundee museum.
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Dundee's waterfront redevelopment project has secured more than £600m of committed investment.
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Flash Day, 46, of Rose Allen Avenue, Colchester, was angry about not being the sole inheritor of his 70-year-old stepfather John Sales' home.
Chelmsford Crown Court heard Day hired Ryan Hynes, 22, who stabbed Mr Sales 11 times in the face, head, neck, chest, shoulder and back.
Day denied conspiracy to commit murder.
The court heard Hynes, of Long Road, Lawford, went into the garden of Day's stepfather's house in Hythe Hill, Colchester, on 10 November 2015 and carried out the attack.
Police described it as "ferociousness" with the aim to kill.
The pensioner managed to dial 999 and officers arrived to find him critically injured on his doorstep.
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He was taken to hospital and placed in an induced coma. He needed five operations and requires continuing medical treatment.
In the month before the stabbing, Day had also requested a copy of the deeds to the house Mr Sales' house from the Land Registry, the court heard.
Day had tried to mislead officers during the course of their investigation by deleting mobile phone text messages, but detectives recovered several that implied his involvement in the attack.
Forensic evidence linked Hynes to the incident and in October he admitted attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
In May last year, a 17-year-old girl from Colchester, who had given Hynes an alibi, admitted perverting the course of justice.
Det Insp Al Pitcher said: "This was an horrific act born out of sheer greed and it was only good fortune and the efforts of emergency services and medical professionals that the victim survived."
Day - who changed his name from Ashley to Flash by deed poll - Hynes and the teenager will be sentenced in June.
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A man who hired a hitman to kill his stepfather has been convicted of planning to murder him in a "horrific act born out of sheer greed".
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That was achieved despite annual turnover falling by 4% to £190m.
Coca-Cola HBC NI said that was down to improvements in buying, inventory management and other cost savings.
The firm runs a large bottling plant near Lisburn and is responsible for 95% of Coca-Cola products sold throughout Ireland.
It employs more than 500 people, paying wages of more than £19m.
The company said the soft drinks market "remain highly competitive".
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The Coca-Cola manufacturing franchise in Northern Ireland made pre-tax profits of £10.5m in 2014, up from £7.1m in 2013.
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Beloy moved to Belgium from what was then Zaire now DR Congo as a young boy, and says he had bananas thrown at him in his early football career.
He says racism is still an issue at varying levels in Belgian football.
"In Mechelen, I was the first black person," he told BBC Sport.
"People came to our garden to look at the young black kids as they told each other: 'Their parents live in Africa and still live in the trees.' We were a novelty, a curiosity" said Beloy.
The 59-year-old claims the abuse continued into his playing career and in April 1978 during a game between his Beerschot VAC side and Antwerp, a banana was thrown at him from the stands.
"I picked up that banana and put it aside to continue playing," he continued.
"The next day the newspaper published a cartoon, depicting 'Beloy' with a banana skin. But that was the only reaction, that was it, full stop."
Beloy believes not much has changed over the years especially for youngsters. He currently works with a club in Antwerp whose youth teams are predominantly made up of immigrants.
"Everywhere they go, they face racism - it's the black team playing against the white team - but these kids are just six, seven or eight years old," he says.
"At youth level, matches shouldn't be competitive. That's what Club Brugge do.
"Alternative solutions to combat the problem would be time outs or a centralised hotline for complaints."
Beloy also feels that even at senior level there are issues.
"Beveren were a team entirely made up of Ivorians, who cost Beveren nothing and they sold them on to the biggest clubs in the world," he points out.
"For me that was pure human trafficking, another form of racism."
It seems that there are still problems in the lower leagues too according to Anthony Mbachu, a striker of Nigerian origin, who plays for amateur side Kalmthout.
He highlights abuse he suffered while playing against Maria-ter-Heide.
"The assistant coach [Patrick] Supilie began to shout - 'it is always the same with you, banana head' - all kinds of racial slurs were hurled my way," said Mbachu.
Supilie later apologised for his comments after the Kalmthout players walked off in protest.
The Belgium Football Association (KBVB) awarded the match to Maria-ter-Heide because the game had to be abandoned.
However Maria-ter-Heide were eventually sanctioned with a three-point deduction for racism.
"I played with Christian Benteke at Standard Liège at youth level and I never encountered a problem then," Mbachu continued.
"It all changed when I went to the provincial level. Opposing defenders often say 'go back to your country.'
"Why? I don't understand. I swallow it, but privately it destroys me."
Crystal Palace striker Benteke was born in the DR Congo capital Kinshasa and was one of ten players with African ancestry who featured in November's Belgian squad for a friendly against the Netherlands and a World Cup qualifier against Estonia.
"The Red Devils are the standout example of how a multicultural society can function," said Frank Van Laeken, who co-authored a book on racism in Belgian football with Beloy.
"They are a mix of traditional Belgians and 'new' Belgians, all working together at the top but it's an exception, you don't find that mix of colours and different backgrounds anywhere else in society."
Beloy believes one of the problems is that the football association has been left to deal with the issue of racism.
"One of the problems is that Belgium doesn't have a federal minister of sport," he explained.
"The FA is responsible for the national team and the amateur leagues, the Pro League for the professional club game, but the Belgian system is too fragmented to monitor racism," highlighted Beloy.
The KBVB says that it receives about 25 complaints about racism a year.
"We can't hide behind the Red Devils. Every case of racism is a case too many. It's totally unacceptable," said Belgian FA president François De Keersmaecker.
"We focus on three issues: regulation, repression and prevention.
"To end racism is difficult, but it is paramount that at youth level, in clubs, in schools and in work shops, we act. Young people understand the problem better than the older generation."
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Paul Beloy, one of the first black players to feature in the Belgian league, says racism is still a problem in the country - despite Belgium's national team boasting players from a wide range of different backgrounds including Morocco, Kenya, DR Congo and Indonesia.
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Reportedly close to tears, he urged his "fantastic team" to "stay strong".
Mr Blatter stood down just days after he was re-elected, amid a corruption scandal engulfing world football.
South Africa has meanwhile denied paying a $10m bribe to secure the hosting of the 2010 World Cup.
Mr Blatter reportedly addressed staff in the same hall in which he announced he was resigning a day earlier.
He emphasised the reform work that Fifa now needed to undertake.
Director of communications Walter de Gregorio told the BBC that reform of Fifa's executive committee was key and that members should undergo integrity checks.
He said it was not right for the president to say he was unable to monitor all of the executive committee members all of the time.
Mr Blatter had made those comments as he responded to the arrest in Switzerland last week of seven senior Fifa members - including two vice-presidents - as they awaited the Fifa congress, arrests that precipitated the latest crisis.
They were detained as part of a US prosecution that has indicted 14 people on charges of racketeering and money laundering. The US justice department alleges they accepted bribes and kickbacks estimated at more than $150m (£97m) over a 24-year period.
US officials quoted in the New York Times also said on Tuesday that Mr Blatter, 79, was under investigation as part of the inquiry. They said they hoped some of the Fifa figures charged would help to build a case against him.
Despite the arrests and the indictments last week, Mr Blatter was re-elected Fifa president two days later.
However on Tuesday, Mr Blatter said it appeared his mandate "does not seem to be supported by everyone in the world of football".
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He said he would continue in his post until an extraordinary congress was called to elect a new president. It is expected to take place between December 2015 and March 2016.
One outgoing Fifa vice-president, Jim Boyce, told BBC Northern Ireland he did not think Mr Blatter would be found guilty of corruption but that the president should have dealt with "criminals" in his organisation earlier.
A separate criminal investigation by Swiss authorities into how the 2018 and 2022 World Cups were allocated is also under way.
Australian football chief Frank Lowy said in an open letter on Wednesday that the race to win the 2022 bid, which was awarded to Qatar, was "not clean" and that he had shared what he knew with the authorities.
Interpol has issued a wanted persons alert for two former Fifa officials, including Trinidadian former vice-president Jack Warner, as well as four corporate executives. All six were on the list of US indictments last week.
South African Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has meanwhile launched a passionate defence of the country's integrity over its hosting of the 2010 World Cup.
US officials allege South Africa paid a $10m bribe in exchange for support for its 2010 bid from Mr Warner and several other members of the North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf).
Mr Mbalula denied South Africa had paid a bribe, saying the money in question was above board and went towards an approved programme to support football among the African diaspora in the Caribbean.
Mr Mbalula railed against those who sought to be "world policemen", adding "we believe in multilateralism not unilateralism".
He added: "It is for the British and the Americans to fight their battles and... we'll never be part of the vested interests. We have fought colonialism and defeated it and we still fight imperialism and we will fight it whenever it manifests itself."
The Fifa official named by the New York Times and other media as the person responsible for the transfer of the $10m, secretary general Jerome Valcke, on Wednesday denied any wrongdoing.
"I have nothing to blame myself for and I certainly do not feel guilty so I do not even have to justify my innocence," he told the France Info radio station.
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Analysis: Richard Conway, BBC Sport, Zurich
Sepp Blatter's key advisers cut dejected figures last night as their boss announced he was stepping aside.
The air of despondency in Zurich contrasts sharply with that in the rest of Europe. English Football Association chairman Greg Dyke and others who have pushed for reform rejoiced at the news that the man who has controlled Fifa with an iron grip since 1998 was finally going.
The question now turns to who will replace Sepp Blatter. What sort of Fifa will the winner inherit if the promised radical reforms take place? What next for the World Cup hosts Russia and Qatar?
Unless the electoral process changes dramatically, Asian and African countries will once again be the power brokers.
Given anti-European sentiments amongst many nations in those continents, the winner will need to be acceptable to all sides.
With Prince Ali of Jordan backed by Uefa, could he now return and claim the Fifa crown he was denied by Sepp Blatter last Friday?
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Fifa president Sepp Blatter has been given a 10-minute standing ovation by some 400 staff as he returned to its Zurich headquarters a day after announcing he was to step down.
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Speaking in Islamabad after talks with Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, she also urged Pakistan to encourage the Taliban to enter talks "in good faith".
Ms Khar admitted Pakistan could do more to stop militants from operating within its borders.
Relations between the US and Pakistan are at their lowest point for a decade.
Mrs Clinton is delivering a blunt message that Pakistan must step up its counter-terror efforts.
After months of tension, she is heading a high-powered delegation that includes CIA chief David Petraeus and the new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen Martin Dempsey.
They are meeting senior military staff as well as top political leaders.
Speaking in Kabul on Thursday, Mrs Clinton called for a new partnership between the US, Afghanistan and Pakistan to fight militants, who she urged to pursue peace. She said Pakistan "must be part of the solution" to the Afghan conflict.
For years Washington has urged Islamabad to tackle militants in tribal areas along the Afghan border - especially the Haqqani network - who have been blamed for a series of recent attacks in Afghanistan.
The verbal and military assault waged by the US against the network has intensified in recent months. Accusations from US officials that Pakistan backs the Haqqani group have put further strain on ties between the US and Pakistan, which hotly denies the claims.
Relations nosedived after US troops killed Osama Bin Laden in a covert operation on Pakistani soil in May. Analysts now detect a desire on both sides to improve the relationship but say it is too early to tell how successful the efforts will be.
Mrs Clinton insisted the US remained committed to a long-term relationship with Pakistan, saying it "has a critical role in supporting Afghanistan reconciliation and ending the conflict".
But she called for action against militants "over the next days and weeks, not months and years".
Doing so, she said, was in the interests of Pakistan, where thousands have died in militant violence in recent years.
"You can't keep snakes in your backyard and expect them only to bite your neighbours," Mrs Clinton said.
"We asked very specifically for greater co-operation from the Pakistani side to squeeze the Haqqani network and other terrorists... trying to eliminate terrorists and safe havens on one side of the border is not going to work," Mrs Clinton told a joint news conference in Islamabad.
"It's not just military action. There is greater sharing of intelligence so we can prevent and intercept the efforts by the Haqqanis or the Taliban to try to cross the border or to plan an attack."
Pakistan's foreign minister appeared to commit to doing more.
"Do safe havens exist? Yes, they do exist both sides," Ms Khar said. "Do we need to co-operate? Yes. We can co-operate more and achieve better results."
However, it is not clear whether Pakistan's powerful military is ready to do more to help the Americans.
On Wednesday the country's army chief signalled again that Pakistani forces would not be rushed into any crackdown in North Waziristan.
Gen Ashfaq Kayani said Washington should focus on stabilising Afghanistan instead of pushing Pakistan to attack militant groups in the crucial border region.
The BBC's Orla Guerin in Islamabad says Pakistan sees the Haqqanis as old allies who could protect its interests in the future Afghanistan - and it will not take them on at a time when America prepares its exit from the region in 2014.
Both the US and Pakistani governments had close ties with the group's founder, Jalaluddin Haqqani, during the war against Soviet troops in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on Pakistan to take "strong steps" to deny Afghan insurgents sanctuary on its soil.
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Owner Smurthwaite stepped down as chairman after the club were relegated to League Two last season before rejecting a £1.25m takeover from two local firms.
Fradley told BBC Radio Stoke that he will discuss any potential sale in the next two weeks.
"I will ask the question but the answer needs to come from him," he said.
"Right from day one, I've separated that issue with the owner. His strategy will be his strategy and I'll leave that to him."
Smurthwaite resigned after Vale's four-year tenure in League One ended last May, saying he had "seriously damaged the club."
However, Fradley believes that leaving off-field issues to the owner has allowed the club to stabilise, but cannot give a definitive answer on any offers considered to sell the club.
"I think that has give us some stability to get things going and give the players confidence that they can join the club," he said.
"I haven't seen Norman for a while. I will do shortly but he hasn't mentioned anything to me (about selling). I can't give an answer."
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Port Vale chairman Tony Fradley will meet with owner Norman Smurthwaite to clarify plans to sell the club.
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As Soren Kjeldsen and Thorbjorn Olesen moved into a three-shot lead by firing a 12-under-par 60 in the fourballs, the Irish pair could only manage a 69.
The Irish started with a destructive bogey at the first and carded only four birdies, as they parred the last seven holes in Melbourne.
Combined with their opening foursomes 72, the Irish duo are sharing 16th.
Danish duo Kjeldsen and Olesen lead Chinese pair Wu Ashun and Li Haotong by three shots with Spain's Rafa Cabrera Bello and Jon Rahm a further stroke back.
The Chinese players shot a 65 on Friday with the Spaniards carding a 67.
English duo Chris Wood and Andy Sullivan are five off the pace after their 66 on Friday which left them in a share of fourth spot along with Italy, the USA and France.
Welsh pair Bradley Dredge are a stroke ahead of Ireland in 14th spot after carding a second-round 66 while Scotland appear out of contention, 11 off the pace, despite their 65 on Friday.
The Scottish pair of Russell Knox and Duncan Stewart propped up the field following a first-round 78 in the foursomes.
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Ireland duo Graeme McDowell and Shane Lowry are nine behind leaders Denmark at the halfway stage of the World Cup.
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Philander, who signed for Sussex in December, will now be unavailable for the Sharks in their One-Day Cup games.
The 31-year-old South Africa international is expected back for four County Championship games before his contract ends in the middle of June.
He scored 21 runs and failed to take a wicket as Sussex lost their season opener to Kent by 226 runs.
Meanwhile, Sussex have confirmed that they have brought in former Leicestershire opening batsman Angus Robson on a season-long trial.
The 25-year-old, who left the Foxes by mutual consent on 11 April, will be able to play for Sussex's second team with a view to earning a contract for next season.
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Sussex all-rounder Vernon Philander will miss two to three weeks after suffering a groin injury against Kent.
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The Citation CJ2 came to a stop on the grass at Norwich Airport just after 18:00 GMT on Saturday.
No-one was injured in the incident, an airport spokeswoman said.
The defender, who did not play in his team's FA Cup tie against Norwich, is understood to have been among five people on board.
The airport was closed to "fixed wing traffic" while the aircraft was removed, the spokeswoman said.
"The airport remained open to helicopter traffic. The Air Accident Investigation Branch has been informed, which is standard practice," the airport announced in a statement.
Kompany is currently sidelined with a calf injury. His team beat the Canaries 3-0 in Saturday's third round tie at Carrow Road.
A spokesman for the plane's operator, Centreline Air Charter, said it would not be making a comment until investigations had been completed.
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Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany was on a charter plane which came off the runway during take-off, the BBC understands.
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The 88-year-old was awarded the BFI fellowship at a private event in London on Friday.
Brooks performs a solo show at London's Prince of Wales Theatre on Sunday.
"When I was informed that I had been chosen, I was surprised and delighted," Brooks said.
"Not many Americans have been offered this prestigious award... and for good reason."
The fellowship is the highest accolade the BFI can bestow.
"His brilliant wit and satire have continued to surprise and delight and, sometimes, astonish, as he delights in flouting convention, taking comedy to areas once held taboo," said Greg Dyke, BFI chair.
"Mel's irrepressible energy and dazzling originality have made the world a much funnier place."
Mel Brooks began his career as a stand-up comic in the 1940s and went on to make his name as a writer, actor, producer and director.
In 1969, he won an Oscar for writing The Producers, a comedy about two schemers who figure out how to make money by producing a sure-fire Broadway flop - a musical about Adolf Hitler.
A stage musical version of The Producers, starring Jason Manford, began a UK tour this month.
Brooks's satirical films include Blazing Saddles (1974), Young Frankenstein (1974), High Anxiety (1977), Space Balls (1987) Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), and Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995).
Previous recipients of the BFI fellowship include Sir Christopher Lee, Dame Judi Dench, Martin Scorsese and Orson Welles. Since 1983, a total of 79 fellowships have been awarded.
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Comedy legend Mel Brooks has said he is "deeply honoured" to receive an outstanding achievement award from the British Film Institute (BFI).
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The 27-year-old, aiming to retain his place for the Test series against Sri Lanka later this month, hit 10 fours and a straight six off Ollie Rayner.
Toby Roland-Jones bowled Hales as he attempted a drive, ending a 107-run third-wicket stand with Michael Lumb.
England seamer Steven Finn then claimed two late wickets as Notts closed on 345-7, with Samit Patel well set on 86.
Finn, who is looking to return to the England set-up after injury, struggled with his pace early on and was wayward, leaking 46 runs from his first eight overs.
In contrast, Tim Murtagh, who trapped Steven Mullaney lbw with the fifth ball of the match, and Roland-Jones - who also claimed the wickets of Greg Smith and Riki Wessels - made good use of the ball in the morning session.
Lumb's valuable 78 was ended when he was trapped in front by Rayner, but Patel followed up with his third half-century of the Championship season.
The second new ball brought joy for Finn, as the extra lift saw Chris Read caught by Nick Compton at gully and then Stuart Broad edge to third slip in his next over.
But Patel remained in an attacking mood, dispatching the Middlesex bowlers to the boundary 11 times as he finished just 14 short of his century.
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England opener Alex Hales made an entertaining 73 for Nottinghamshire against Middlesex on day one at Lord's.
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Earlier this month, Fifa president Gianni Infantino proposed a 48-team tournament consisting of 16 groups of three countries each.
The European Club Association (ECA) say the number of games played in a year is already at an "unacceptable level".
"We urge Fifa not to increase the number of World Cup participants," said ECA chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
Fifa's council will discuss Infantino's proposal at a meeting on 9 January but the 46-year-old made expansion part of his election manifesto because he wants to allow more countries the chance to compete at football's flagship event.
The number of teams competing at a World Cup last increased in 1998 when the tournament expanded from 24 to 32 countries but any change to the current structure would not be likely to take effect before the 2026 World Cup.
Rummenigge added: "We have to focus on the sport again. Politics and commerce should not be the exclusive priority in football."
The ECA represents more than 200 clubs, including Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Manchester United and Chelsea.
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The organisation representing Europe's leading clubs has rejected calls for the World Cup to be expanded.
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The brightly coloured packets are produced in Lagos by ReelFruit, the company founded by Ms Williams in 2012.
It is her first step into country's agribusiness sector, which she believes has huge untapped potential both in wealth and job creation.
According to Ms Williams, ReelFruit also aims to show Nigerian products can be made to world-class standards, and sold anywhere in the world.
Women of Africa is a BBC season recognising inspiring women across the continent. The second series, Africa's New Businesswomen, introduces eight female entrepreneurs who are finding success in their country - and beyond.
Read more here
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Rising food entrepreneur Affiong Williams is tapping into a growing demand for healthy treats in Nigeria by selling snack packs of dried fruit and nuts.
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The 26-year-old former SC Amiens, Rayo Vallecano and Dijon midfielder player can also play at centre-back and has made more than 160 career appearances.
"We have a good contact in France that recommended him - we've watched quite a lot of him," MK boss Robbie Neilson told the League One club's website.
"He'll bring physicality and strength to the middle of the pitch."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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MK Dons have signed Mali international Ousseynou Cissé on a free transfer from French Ligue 2 club Tours.
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It followed a consultative ballot in which more than 60% voted against the OCA's offer to move to a three-week on, three-off pattern.
A new package was to be introduced to offset the impact of the changes.
The union said the vote increases the likelihood of industrial action in the North Sea.
The OCA said it was "extremely disappointed", and believed the offer balanced the needs of workers with the requirements of business.
BBC Scotland revealed in May that oil giant BP was moving its offshore staff to a three-on three-off rota pattern from January.
The company said the move was for the "long-term sustainability of the business".
The current rota is two weeks on and three weeks off.
The offshore rota pattern has been the subject of speculation since the industry began experiencing difficulties due to the oil price downturn.
Unions have raised safety concerns about workers being offshore for longer spells.
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Unite members of the Offshore Contractors Association (OCA) have rejected proposals over changes to shift rotas and terms and conditions.
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Now Priests, who include two women members, have issued a tongue-in-cheek response to the musical mistaken identity,
Photos of the three NI clerics appeared on music websites to promote a US tour by the band.
The US band said they "extend warm wishes to our brethren 'The Priests'".
The band added: "We appreciate that they recognize us as Priests despite the fact some of us are women."
The band's new album, Nothing Feels Natural, is released next January.
The record is described as "expanding on their lo-fi post-punk bona-fides with ideas drawn from pop, R&B and industrial noise".
The band's website uses the unholy URL of www.666priets666.com.
Northern Ireland group The Priests debut album in 2008 became the fastest selling debut album by a classical act in the UK and featured versions of Ave Maria, Pie Jesu and Abide With Me.
One of their members, Fr Eugene O'Hagan, told the BBC that fans had contacted the trio over how to get tickets for their non-existent US gigs.
"It would be a whole new audience if we walked out on stage. Or if they walked out on stage, with our fan base, there might be a few heart attacks in the audience."
He added: "They're a very different band from us. I Googled them the other evening to find that they're described as singing with tempered tension, thoughtful rage and relentless energy.
"I think the only thing we have in common with them might be the relentless energy."
Songkick, one of the websites involved in the mix-up, said the gig listings had been removed "with immediate effect".
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They're the Washington DC punk band caught up in a bizarre mix-up with Northern Ireland religious music group The Priests.
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California-based Electronics for Imaging paid the workers $1.21 (75p) per hour. They worked 122 hours in a week without overtime pay.
The company said it "unintentionally overlooked" US laws on wages and overtime. California's minimum wage at the time was $8 per hour.
Thousands of Indians work in Silicon Valley and many own start-ups there.
Reports say that Electronics for Imaging, a printing technology firm, has to pay more than $43,000 (£26,798) in back wages and penalties after labour regulators discovered the violations.
The eight workers were brought to the US on a special project, at the time when they helped the company move its headquarters from Foster City to Fremont.
Reports say the firm paid the Indian workers the same wages they received in their normal jobs in the Indian city of Bangalore - and continued to pay them in rupees.
US laws require foreign workers to be paid at least the minimum wage, with overtime for working more than 40 hours a week.
"This is worse than anything that I ever saw in any of those Los Angeles sweatshops," Michael Eastwood, assistant district director of Department of Labour, told the Associated Press news agency.
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US labour authorities have penalised a Silicon Valley company for "grossly underpaying" eight workers from India.
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8 March 2016 Last updated at 08:22 GMT
The pups, named R2-D2 and C-3PO were born twins - but were left abandoned by their mother in November.
The Institute of Marine Research, which carried out tests on the pair, confirmed it was the first record of wild grey seal twins in the world.
Anne Kirstine Frie, of the Institute of Marine Research in Norway, said: "It is so rare. It is very exciting."
"In the wild they very rarely survive, the both of them, but these are both in good health."
It was thought that grey seals couldn't have twin babies but these guys, now cared for and looked after in a sanctuary near where they were found, have proved all the scientists wrong.
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Two wild grey seal pups born in Norfolk last year are confirmed as the first recorded twins in the world.
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Yonhap news agency quoted a South Korean official saying that Mr Kim's personal train departed on Wednesday. One report said he was accompanied by his son and possible heir Kim Jong-un.
He visited a school in China's Jilin province, teachers and students said.
North Korean and Chinese officials traditionally do not confirm Mr Kim's visits until his return to Pyongyang.
The reclusive leader, who rarely travels abroad, last visited China in May.
The visit comes amid renewed speculation about a successor to Kim Jong-il, who is believed to have suffered a stroke two years ago.
"Chairman Kim's special train has been confirmed to have left Manpo for China's Jilin around midnight Wednesday," an unnamed South Korean official told Yonhap news agency.
Teachers and a student at Yuwen Middle School in Jilin separately told the media that Mr Kim paid a 20-minute visit to their school on Thursday morning.
His father, Kim Il-sung, reportedly attended the school between 1927 and 1930.
It is not yet clear how long Mr Kim will remain in China or what the main purpose of his visit might be.
Trade could be a motive for the trip, says the BBC's John Sudworth in South Korea's capital, Seoul.
North Korea relies on aid and trade from China to prop up its tottering state-run economy.
But the succession to the ailing Mr Kim could be on the agenda, says our correspondent.
Mr Kim is reported to have had a stroke two years ago and is thought to be manoeuvring to make his third son, Kim Jong-un, his heir.
A major conference of the ruling party of North Korea is to be held in September, and some analysts expect some kind of succession-related announcement there.
One South Korean TV station cited a South Korean official as saying Kim Jong-un was with his father on the trip.
Another possible motive for the trip, say analysts, is discussion of North Korea's nuclear programme.
China has been making moves to resume the six-nation talks on disarming the North, after the sinking of a South Korean warship in March inflamed tensions between Pyongyang and Seoul. North Korea has been blamed for the sinking.
Meanwhile, former US President Jimmy Carter has spent the night in Pyongyang trying to secure the release of a US citizen detained by North Korea since January.
Aijalon Mahli Gomes was sentenced to eight years' hard labour for illegally entering North Korea.
There are reports that he could leave with Mr Carter some time on Thursday.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is paying his second visit to China within a year, South Korean media report.
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Prince Charles received numerous presents for his grandchildren, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, during his travels, including a baby rattle, booties, and giant lollipops.
Gifts to the Queen included a bag of salt from the British Virgin Islands.
The items have been named in a list of official gifts given to royals.
Prince Charles received what was one of the year's more unusual gifts - a packet of fairy dust - when he and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, visited New Zealand in November.
Other gifts given during the trip included an organic wool hat, and a vest and blanket for Charlotte.
David Carter, the speaker of the New Zealand parliament, also presented the royal couple with a woollen poncho for Charlotte and a woollen tank top for George.
The Queen was given a marzipan Brandenburg Gate - one of Berlin's most important monuments - from Germany's president, Joachim Gauk.
She also received a black handbag from the Maltese prime minister, Joseph Muscat, and a framed watercolour of Villa Guardamangia - her former home in Malta.
Other gifts she received during 2015 included a bag of salt from the governor of the British Virgin Islands.
The 1lb bag is given to the British monarch every year as rent for Salt Island - one of the islands in the Caribbean archipelago.
US first lady Michelle Obama gave the Queen a Tiffany sterling silver honeycomb and bee bud vase, as well as a gift box containing lemon verbena tea, a candle, two small pots of honey and a jar of honey butter from the White House Kitchen Garden.
Official gifts can be worn and used, but are not considered the royals' personal property and the royals do not pay tax on them.
They can eat any food they are given, and perishable official gifts with a value less than £150 can also be given to charity or staff.
Gifts cannot be sold or exchanged and eventually become part of the Royal Collection, which is held by the Queen for her successors and the nation.
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Fairy dust, baby booties and a German monument made from marzipan were among the gifts given to the royal family during their official visits last year.
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Beryl Larkin, 72, has been fighting to remain in the caravan on land at Treuddyn near Mold.
Last year, a move to demolish her home was called off when the pensioner was taken ill as the bulldozers arrived.
She has now submitted another appeal to government inspectors after Flintshire council rejected a new planning application for the mobile home.
"Our client did put in a further planning application in relation to her continued occupation at Bwthyn Celyn, " said her solicitor, Phillip Lloyd Jones.
"As you will appreciate, the local authority refused the application.
"Our client submitted a written appeal and we anticipate that the appeal will be imminent, possibly within the next two or three months, if not before."
Mrs Larkin was originally told she must leave the site in 2013, following two prosecutions for failing to comply with enforcement notices demanding her caravan was moved.
After the eviction was called off last May, the former nurse asked the council to consider another "personal" planning bid for her to stay.
But the application for a static caravan for permanent residential use, retention of septic tank, ancillary building, LPG tank and access track was refused again.
The matter will now set to be decided by the Welsh Government's' Planning Inspectorate.
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A 20-year battle by a Flintshire woman to stay in a mobile home is the subject of a new Welsh Government appeal.
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The property at Inshriach House, an Edwardian country house on an estate near Aviemore, is now in the running for the overall prize.
The shed's facilities are made available to guests at the house, and not open to the wider public.
The overall winner will be announced on Sunday.
Walter Micklethwait, who owns Inshriach House, built the shed with help from his girlfriend Lizzy Westman.
Until recently the property had a "house sheep", an orphaned lamb called Dash who shared a bed with Monty, a dog.
Dash has a new home in a nearby field.
Mr Micklethwait said: "The pub category is apparently the most hotly contested each year.
"I was up against Keith the Pirate from Croydon whose Caribbean themed pub was full of coconuts and parrots and has a drawbridge, Simon's nightclub in a shed and Michael Jelley's biker pub, an amazing warren of bike and booze paraphernalia.
"Perhaps the nature of our business - hospitality and gin - gave us an advantage with the public vote."
He added: "I just saw entering the competition as a laugh and a way of spreading the word about Crossbill Gin.
"What I hadn't really anticipated was what a brilliant bunch of people would be involved, some properly talented craftsmen and true eccentrics - totally unpretentious, uncompetitive and full of brilliant ideas."
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A wooden building in the Highlands with a gin distillery has won the pub category of Channel 4's Amazing Spaces Shed of the Year competition.
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Riad Yassin blamed the failure of talks in Geneva on the rebel Houthi side, which he said had stalled progress.
Mr Yassin said that efforts would continue to find a peaceful solution to the conflict, but added no date had been set for a second round of talks.
Yemen's conflict has left an estimated 20 million people in need of aid.
"We really came here with a big hope and still we are optimistic that we will go into a peaceful solution for Yemen under the umbrella of the United Nations," Mr Yassin told reporters.
"But unfortunately the Houthi delegation did not allow us to really reach all progress as we expected. This is not getting as much success as we hoped but it doesn't mean that we have failed."
There were numerous extensions to the talks during five days of diplomacy brokered by UN special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, who was forced to shuttle between the delegations after they refused to sit down together.
But Mr Ahmed said there was "a certain willingness from all the parties to discuss issues around the ceasefire".
"We managed to get suggestions from both sides that we can build upon in coming days in order to reach a permanent agreement," he added.
The government has insisted that the rebels must withdraw from the vast territory they have seized, and has protested that the Houthi delegation is more than double the pre-agreed maximum of 10 people.
The rebels have demanded that air strikes be halted before they will agree to a ceasefire.
Mr Ahmed said he would leave Geneva for New York on Sunday to brief the UN Security Council. He will also ask council members to approve his plans to put civilian observers on the ground in Yemen in the event of a ceasefire agreement.
A Saudi-led coalition of Arab states has been bombing the Houthis and their allies in Yemen since March.
The Houthis seized the capital Sanaa in September before surging on towards the second city of Aden, forcing Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and his government into exile in Saudi Arabia.
Launching the talks, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appealed for a two-week humanitarian ceasefire during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, but fighting continues.
In recent weeks, clashes between Saudi forces and the Houthis have intensified on Yemen's border with Saudi Arabia.
More than 2,600 people have been killed since the bombing campaign began, the UN says.
Also on Friday, the UK announced a £40 million donation to the UN's humanitarian appeal for Yemen. International Development Secretary Justine Greening said the money would pay for emergency shelters, healthcare, water and food assistance.
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Peace talks between Yemen's warring factions have failed to produce a ceasefire agreement, according to the country's exiled foreign minister.
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(Note to editor - I am not ruling returning from retirement for a bit of punditry, I might need the cash!)
Sinn Féin may take heart from the apparent rise in backing for a United Ireland over the past three years.
However, the results of successive NI Life and Times Surveys shows that support fluctuating up and down but never reaching the critical mass needed to convince the UK government that majority opinion in NI has changed.
It all seems a far cry from the days when we were eagerly awaiting census figures to see if Protestants had become a minority.
There may still be clear correlations between religion and politics in Northern Ireland, but when it comes to a border poll it's more complicated than that.
One of the pundits who graced our airwaves, I think it was Pete Shirlow, noted that when a United Ireland comes up the discussion is dominated by head counts rather than the merits of the case.
The View survey suggests the impact of Brexit on people's attitudes to the border is likely to be fairly marginal.
Perhaps that will encourage politicians to approach the Brexit negotiations on their merits - seeking new arrangements on the basis that they will cause the least disruption to people north and south, rather than because they serve someone's pre-existing unionist or nationalist inclinations.
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Having spent the last few days trawling through the numbers in the View's latest survey, I feel safe in assuming that having covered the Good Friday Agreement referendum, the EU referendum and the AV referendum (remember that) I am unlikely, in my tenure as BBC NI Political Editor, to find myself covering a border poll.
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The goalkeeper is accused of working with a gang operating in Nuevo Leon state responsible for more than 20 abductions, a security spokesman said.
Jorge Domene said 35-year-old Mr Ortiz had admitted helping to select wealthy victims for the group.
Mr Ortiz was suspended from playing in 2010 after failing a steroids test.
Earlier, his relatives said they feared he had been kidnapped as they had not heard from him since Wednesday.
Mr Ortiz, whose nickname means "the cat", was presented to the media along with other suspects on Saturday evening.
Officials in Monterrey accused him of being involved in kidnappings in the second half of 2011, with the group allegedly demanding a ransom of around one million pesos ($72,000; £46,000) per victim.
Mr Domene said the victims appeared to have targeted businessmen and "because of that in general they sought large ransoms". He said the group confessed to making "upward of 20m pesos ($1.45m)".
The gang's victims allegedly included the husband of singer Gloria Trevi, who was reportedly quickly freed after his abduction in October.
Mr Domene said Mr Ortiz, who was playing for top division team Rayados de Monterrey when he was suspended in April 2010, had confessed to knowing the gang for more than a year and becoming an accomplice "by signalling the victims who were kidnapped".
"In exchange for that, he received significant payments for his active participation," Mr Domene said. "He has confessed to doing this at least twice, in which he received amounts surpassing 100,000 pesos ($7,260)."
If convicted, Mr Ortiz could face a jail sentence of up to 50 years.
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Former Mexican international footballer Omar "El Gato" Ortiz has been arrested for allegedly participating in a kidnapping ring, police have announced.
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The club's current home at the 11,450-capacity Vitality Stadium is leased from property company Structadene.
Chief executive Neill Blake said the club would "not be held to ransom" over a price to purchase the ground or "develop a ground they do not own".
Bournemouth, in their second top-flight season, hope to have a new stadium built in time for the 2020-21 season.
"We feel we have no other option but to find a new site," Blake added. "We are working closely with Bournemouth Borough Council to identify a suitable location."
The Cherries have played at their current ground, formerly known as Dean Court, since 1910, but it was sold to Structadene in 2005 in a sale-and-leaseback deal.
The council has previously stated it would not welcome a "significantly bigger stadium" in the Kings Park area of the town.
Its chief executive Bill Cotton said it will do "all it can to help the club in their search for potential sites".
A planning application to expand the ground's South Stand, increasing capacity by 3,000, is due to go before the council's planning committee in January.
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Premier League club AFC Bournemouth have confirmed they intend to build a new stadium in a new location.
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A convincing 4-0 win over Dundee clinched seventh place in the Premiership for Caley Thistle.
It was a fifth win in Inverness' last seven games.
"The standards I felt we've set were last year. I want to keep those standards, keep driving this club forward," said Hughes.
The Highlanders have found form towards the end of a season in which they have struggled for consistency. Now Hughes wants to set his side lofty targets for next season.
"Don't tell me that a provincial club like Inverness can't go and win the Scottish Cup again, can't go and get third, get Europe," he told BBC Scotland.
"I'll not accept that, that's the standards but we all need to be on board and keep driving it forward."
Hughes concedes there may be significant changes in personnel, but reiterated the importance of retaining key players.
"I keep saying this, let's make sure we keep what we've got, guys like Miles Storey and Greg Tansey," said the manager. "Keep that solid foundation and lets go and add to it.
"When it starts off again we have to make sure that we're bringing in or keeping players that we feel will go and take us back into the latter stages of cup competitions."
It does seem fans' favourite David Raven will depart, with Hughes admitting he sees Josh Meekings as his preferred option at right-back. A number of players have been offered contracts to stay but the club awaits final decisions.
For Dundee manager Paul Hartley it was a sore finish to a season that promised better. He has to settle for eighth place after narrowly missing out on the top six five games ago.
Hartley conceded it's likely Paul McGinn has played his last game for the club, with the player out of contract but dismissed suggestions he is looking to sign Hamilton defender Ziggy Gordon.
"There's a good chance of that [Paul McGinn departing] and Paul's within his rights in terms of he's out of contract," said Hartley. "We've offered him something but if Paul goes we need to try and find a replacement for him.
"He's been really consistent for us and done a great job. That's football sometimes players go and then we've just got to try and improve it again.
"We've been linked with quite a few players and it's probably an obvious choice that if Paul leaves and Ziggy's out of contract, but no, we've looked at a list of players and will hopefully bring a few players in the next few weeks."
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Inverness Caledonian Thistle manager John Hughes believes there is no reason why his club cannot win a cup or achieve European football next term.
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Port of Cromarty Firth has proposed the transfers of oil at sea. It has said the work could be done safely and without risk to the environment.
In January, it withdrew an application for a licence for the operations and began preparations on a resubmission.
The petition was handed to council leader Margaret Davidson.
Campaigners oppose the planned transfers because of concerns that the operations would harm the environment.
It emerged in January that the port authority had been asked to withdraw the application it made in 2015.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), which considers applications for ship-to-ship transfers in consultation with other organisations, requested the withdrawal and resubmission.
Resubmitting the application would mean fresh public consultation on the port authority's plans.
The Port of Cromarty Firth said the request from the MCA was "standard protocol".
Fresh consultation will not take place until after Scotland's local government elections in May.
A spokesman for the port authority said: "Due to the amount of work involved in reviewing the refined application, it is unlikely this will be completed to allow the 42-day consultation before the pre-council election period.
"We will not be submitting the refined application during this pre-election period as it is critical that all stakeholders have the time to consider the document in full."
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Campaigners fighting against planned ship-to-ship oil transfers in the Moray Firth have handed a petition with more than 100,000 names to Highland Council.
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In November, the volume of goods exported rose at a three-month rate of 1.1%, up from the previous report which showed a 2.7% decline, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Economists say that could be a sign that the fall in value of the pound since June is boosting exports.
It could also be behind a rebound in manufacturing output in November.
"Signs are appearing... that the weaker pound is benefitting the economy, especially in terms of rising goods exports," said Chris Williamson chief business economist at IHS Markit.
"Stronger exports do at least seem to be helping drive manufacturing output higher," he added in a research note.
Paul Hollingsworth UK economist at Capital Economics said there were "encouraging signs" that the drop in the pound was "having a positive impact".
Despite those upbeat figures on exports, overall the UK's trade position deteriorated in November.
The deficit on trade in goods and services was estimated at £4.2bn in November, up from £2.6bn in October.
The widening gap reflects a £3.3bn surge in imports.
In particular the ONS noted a rise in imports of laptops and tablets from China. It also highlighted a rise in transport goods, which includes ships and railway equipment, from countries outside the European Union.
For November, the deficit on trading in just goods (and not services) increased to £12.2 billion, widening by £2.3 billion from October.
The monthly trade data tends to be volatile and subject to revisions, so figures for three months can be more useful.
For the three months to the end of November the trade deficit rose a more modest £0.1bn to £35.9bn. That was compared to the three months to August.
Worries over the quality of the trade data prompted regulators to remove its status as a "national statistic" in November 2014. The ONS is currently working on an application to regain that status.
A separate ONS report showed that industrial output rose 2.1% in November, rebounding from a 1.1% decline in October.
The increase reflected the re-opening of a North Sea oil field and an increase in production in the pharmaceuticals industry.
Industrial output figures include mining and quarrying, energy supply, water and waste management industries, as well as the manufacturing sector.
On its own, manufacturing output rose 1.3%, a recovery from October's 1% contraction.
Meanwhile, the construction sector saw a second monthly decline in output, with a 0.2% fall in November.
The latest economic data is a bit of a mixed bag. The construction sector seems to be contracting but industrial production is on the increase, that figure is however quite volatile and the ONS warns it has been affected by the return to production of a North Sea oilfield that was closed for maintenance and a leap in pharmaceutical orders; which can vary a great deal from month to month.
The trade figures, also out today, show that the UK is importing increasing amounts and rising exports are not able to keep pace, thus our trade deficit is widening.
That is to be expected at the moment, although the fall in the pound should reduce imports, as they become more expensive and increase our exports as they become cheaper; that process can take years. In the short term a falling pound just makes already ordered imports more expensive and that increases the trade deficit.
What is missing from today's figures is however the most important factor, the services sector is the biggest part of the economy, almost 80% of it, and figures on its performance are not out until later this month.
Services are likely to be doing well and that means economic growth towards the end of 2016 almost certainly remained robust.
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Evidence is emerging that the sharp drop in the pound is boosting UK exports, economists say.
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Robert Carr, 39, from Glenrothes in Fife, also throttled the 20-year-old woman during the attack at a house in Lochgelly on Christmas Day 2015.
A court heard that the victim was found crouched behind a car, covered in blood and shaking.
After the attack, Carr sent her a message saying he loved her.
The High Court in Edinburgh heard that the father-of-10 later sent her a message asking why she had called the police and sent her mother a Facebook message asking if his victim was OK as he had "just not heard from her".
The woman was taken to hospital where her head wounds were stitched and stapled. Doctors noted that rectangular marks on her back and shoulder blades were consistent with her being hit with a table leg.
She had 19 separate injuries.
The attempted murder followed a string of violent offences Carr had inflicted on women. He pled guilty to 10 charges in total.
He has previously served 17 sentences of detention and imprisonment for charges including assault.
In relation to the Lochgelly attack, the court heard that Carr had been drinking at his victim's home on Christmas Eve and fell asleep.
The next morning he began slapping and punching her and calling her names.
Advocate depute Ian Wallace said: "He then picked up a wooden table, turned it upside down and ripped the legs off it. He took a table leg in each hand and repeatedly struck her on the head with them."
The woman tried to get up but Carr grabbed her by the throat and squeezed, pinning her against a wall. The woman was struggling for breath before he released her.
Carr resumed his attack with the table legs and she curled up in a ball to protect herself. He then kicked her full force in the stomach and began beating her on the back with the makeshift weapons.
He left the room but returned and punched her in the face before striking her again on the head with a table leg.
When he went to the toilet, the woman fled from the flat and hid behind a car. Passers-by contacted the emergency services.
Police found table legs stained with the victim's blood at her home.
Mr Wallace said that Carr later sent the woman a message telling her: "Am home love u."
Carr pled guilty to a further nine assault charges committed between 2003 and 2015 at addresses in Glenrothes, Kirkcaldy, Lochgelly and the former T in the Park campsite at Balado, Kinross, against female victims, two of whom were pregnant during some of the incidents.
He had also originally faced rape charges, but those allegations were either deleted or his not guilty pleas accepted.
The court heard that one victim said she still did not feel safe and another said she was terrified of Carr and feared that he would kill her.
Carr told one woman, now 46, that he would "shut her up permanently" after she rejected money he wanted to give her as a birthday present.
He punched her in the face and striking her with a thick church candle until she passed out.
On another occasion, the victim was at a party where children were present when Carr turned up uninvited.
He closed the curtains and brought out a small case containing a gas-propelled pellet gun. After putting the weapon together he shot the woman hosting the party in the hand.
He then turned on his previous assault victim and shot her in the head and shoulder. She lunged at him to try and stop him and he shot her in the head again. The woman said Carr was shouting at her for wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the slogan "Young, Free and Single".
The woman fled from the house with her baby as Carr followed and continued to shoot at her.
She later had a pellet removed from her head and another from her shoulder, but a third pellet in her shoulder could not be extracted.
Defence solicitor advocate Krista Johnston said the offences were "awful". She added: "He feels deep shame about his behaviour."
Judge Lord Ericht told Carr: "You pled guilty to 10 charges comprising a series of offences involving a sustained and violent course of conduct against women culminating in attempted murder."
Lord Ericht told him that he had to take account of the serious nature of the assaults and ordered that he be kept under supervision for a further three-year period after being released from prison.
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A man who admitted trying to kill a woman by attacking her with wooden table legs has been jailed for 10 years.
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Well's Ryan Bowman squandered a huge first-half chance, before Accies' Alex D'Acol struck the post then cleared Ben Heneghan's header off the line.
MacKinnon saw red after 74 minutes for apparent dissent towards the home fans, but Well could not capitalise.
The Steelmen remain 10th in the Premiership, a point above Accies.
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Brace yourself for another couple of days of debate over whether Scottish football should introduce goal-line technology.
The pivotal incident on the half-hour mark came when Heneghan's bullet header from a corner was cleared by Hamilton front-man D'Acol. Whether that clearance occurred on or behind the line was the contentious issue.
Motherwell players surrounded referee Kevin Clancy as play resumed and it prompted a flurry of activity from the home backroom staff - including chief operating officer Alan Burrows - to try and obtain some footage to decide for themselves.
The photo Burrows retrieved suggested the ball was at least partly over the line, but left it hard to tell if it had completely crossed. With the sides only a point apart and battling the threat of relegation going into this contest, the incident certainly happened at a critical juncture of the season.
That controversial moment was in the middle of a first half which Motherwell edged, although Accies had a few decent chances through MacKinnon, D'Acol and Rakish Bingham.
One of the Steelmen's stars was the grafting Bowman, who has only scored one goal in 17 appearances for Motherwell so far, yet contributes in the forward areas in significant ways.
Bowman ran Hamilton ragged at times down the right, with Scott McMann not given enough help in his defensive duties on that flank as the hosts attacked.
The Englishman is tidy on the deck, can pick out a pass and possesses good physicality and heading ability in the air. The likes of Scott McDonald and Louis Moult may have grabbed more goals this campaign, but many of them come because of Bowman's hard work.
In saying that though, Bowman should have had one of his own in this match, screwing wide from five yards after McDonald's 10-yard shot was blocked.
The second half failed to live up to the first in terms of goalmouth action, with the ultimate stalemate the hosts' first clean sheet in 16 attempts.
Motherwell's Elliott Frear watched his tasty half-volley drift wide and Massimo Donati stung the palms of Craig Samson for the visitors.
The next talking point turned out to be the confusing red card issued to MacKinnon, who was dismissed after a break in play while a Motherwell player received treatment.
Speculation in the ground suggested MacKinnon might have got involved in gesturing towards a home fan, which was subsequently spotted by the assistant referee.
Whatever happened, Accies boss Martin Canning will surely be livid that one of his key players has failed to keep his cool at a period of the season he needs everyone to help stave off any threat of dropping down to the Championship.
Motherwell manager Stephen Robinson: "We're happy we've kept a clean sheet - we've become an organised side in the last few weeks. But we had enough chances to put the game out of reach for them.
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"We had one potentially that was over the line. Unfortunately until the referees get some help it's an impossible task for them with the speed of the game. It's difficult to take when you know you should've won the game.
"It crossed the line but it wasn't given and we had to get on with it. In the second half we went too long.
"Ryan Bowman was our man of the match - he was outstanding and I'm sure the goals will come."
Hamilton Academical manager Martin Canning: "When you come away from home in a derby and given we finished the last part of the game with 10 men, then I think it's a good point for us. Having won Saturday and got a point tonight, it keeps up the momentum.
"I thought it was a good game and you could see both teams were giving their all.
"Alex D'Acol was of the opinion he managed to get it off the line. It's difficult for linesmen and referees to make these calls but you hope over the season they even themselves out.
"Darian's said that he made a gesture so if that's the case then it's completely silly from a guy of his experience. He knows better than that. One thing Darian's done this season more than any other, is been really disciplined on the park. So he's let himself and the boys down because he'll miss two games. For him to do that was criminal from his point of view."
Match ends, Motherwell 0, Hamilton Academical 0.
Second Half ends, Motherwell 0, Hamilton Academical 0.
Foul by Ryan Bowman (Motherwell).
Remi Matthews (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Chris Cadden (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Scott McMann (Hamilton Academical).
Foul by Shea Gordon (Motherwell).
Massimo Donati (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Steven Hammell (Motherwell).
Alexander Gogic (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Hand ball by Ryan Bowman (Motherwell).
Attempt saved. Massimo Donati (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Scott McDonald (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Georgios Sarris (Hamilton Academical).
Substitution, Hamilton Academical. Alexander Gogic replaces Dougie Imrie because of an injury.
Foul by Steven Hammell (Motherwell).
Greg Docherty (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt blocked. Ben Heneghan (Motherwell) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Lionel Ainsworth (Motherwell) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Ben Heneghan (Motherwell) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Michael Devlin.
Ryan Bowman (Motherwell) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Georgios Sarris (Hamilton Academical) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Georgios Sarris (Hamilton Academical).
Attempt missed. Carl McHugh (Motherwell) header from the centre of the box is too high.
Substitution, Hamilton Academical. Massimo Donati replaces Ali Crawford.
Attempt blocked. Scott McDonald (Motherwell) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Michael Devlin.
Darian MacKinnon (Hamilton Academical) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Ryan Bowman (Motherwell) because of an injury.
Attempt blocked. Shea Gordon (Motherwell) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Motherwell. Lionel Ainsworth replaces Elliott Frear.
Scott McDonald (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Michael Devlin (Hamilton Academical).
Attempt missed. Greg Docherty (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Ryan Bowman (Motherwell) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Michael Devlin (Hamilton Academical).
Attempt missed. Elliott Frear (Motherwell) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Substitution, Motherwell. Shea Gordon replaces Jacob Blyth.
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Hamilton Academical overcame Darian MacKinnon's red card to hold Lanarkshire rivals Motherwell to a goalless stalemate at Fir Park.
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Wales went into a 13-0 lead through Harry Robinson's try and James Hook's kicks, but the visitors led 14-13 at the break after tries by Stephen Donald and Richie Rees.
The Baa-Baas went further ahead when Donald went over for his second.
But Hook and Aled Brew tries sealed Wales' victory.
Shane Williams led out the Barbarians for his final Millennium Stadium appearance hoping for the chance to produce some of the magic with which he has graced the game.
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There was also the significant matter of a 100th cap for another Welsh Williams - flanker Martyn - who avoided what he described as the "pain" of being left stranded on 99 caps.
Martyn Williams came on as a 46th-minute replacement and one of his first acts was to pull down wing Shane as the Baa-Baas wing threatened to break free.
That moment was undoubtedly among the post-match talking points.
But while Welsh fans mulled the glorious past of the Williams duo, a new rising star was also on their lips.
Wing Robinson, 18, scored the opening try on his debut after being set free by a combination of Lloyd Williams, Ian Evans and Matthew Rees.
The Cardiff Blues wing's pace ensured there was no chance of the visitors running him down on a burst from half-way that had the crowd on its feet..
Hook had kicked an early penalty and converted Robinson's score before completing a 13-0 cushion in the 26th minute with a second penalty.
But when Australian lock Matt Chisholm burst past Robinson, the invitation club were on their way to a try-from-nothing that set up a telling fight-back.
Chisholm sent Donald over, the World Cup-winning New Zealand fly-half also adding the conversion.
The hosts were in further trouble after scrum-half Lloyd Williams was charged down in the shadow of his posts.
Under pressure in defence, prop Rhys Gill was sin-binned for illegally killing the ball.
Video referee Nigel Whitehouse twice told referee Alain Rolland that the Barbarians had failed to score, Scottish number eight Johnnie Beattie and Georgian back-row colleague Mamuka Gorgodze the men denied.
But at the next time of asking erstwhile Wales scrum-half Rees' score was given after he latched on to a loose ball at a ruck.
Donald converted to give the Baa-Baas a one-point lead at the break.
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Flanker Williams came on to a warm reception to reach his 100 caps and showed his guile by thwarting Shane Williams' threat.
However, the visitors were not to be denied when Donald went over from close range again, leaving the hosts with it all to do.
Rhys Webb made that task easier by sending out a pass that sent Hook into space and the Perpignan player did the rest on a mazy 35-metre run before converting.
And Shane Williams also played a part in Wales' win' albeit in unintentional fashion.
The retired Osprey launched a counter-attack only to see the man wearing 11 on this occasion, Brew, intercept and run clear for the final try, Hook again coverting.
Wales: Liam Williams (Scarlets); Harry Robinson (Blues), Andrew Bishop (Ospreys), James Hook (Perpignan), Aled Brew (Dragons); Dan Biggar (Ospreys), Lloyd Williams (Blues); Rhys Gill (Saracens), Matthew Rees (Scarlets, capt), Rhodri Jones (Scarlets), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys), Ian Evans (Ospreys), Josh Turnbull (Scarlets), Justin Tipuric (Ospreys), Ryan Jones (Ospreys).
Replacements: Richard Hibbard (Ospreys, for Rees, 68), Paul James (Ospreys, for Gill, ), Aaron Shingler (Scarlets, for Ryan Jones, 51), Martyn Williams (Blues, for Alun Wyn Jones, 46), Rhys Webb (Ospreys, for Lloyd Williams, 51), Adam Warren (Scarlets, for Biggar, 64), Will Harries (Dragons, for Robinson, 68).
Not used: Paul James.
Barbarians: Mils Muliaina; Isa Nacewa, Casey Laulala, Mike Tindall, Shane Williams; Stephen Donald, Richie Rees; Duncan Jones, Benoit August, John Smit (capt), Mick O'Driscoll, Matt Chisholm, Francois Louw, Johnnie Beattie, Mamuka Gorgodze.
Replacements: Cedric Heymans for Muliaina (66), Sailosi Tagicakibau for Laulala (46), Aled de Malmanche for August (40), Neemia Tialata for Smit (46), Anton van Zyl for O'Driscoll (40).
Not Used: Qera, Lawson.
Referee: Alain Rolland (Irish RFU)
TMO: Nigel Whitehouse (WRU)
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Wales bade farewell to 100-cap Martyn Williams by killing off Shane Williams' hopes of a winning send-off for the Barbarians at the Millennium Stadium.
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Xinhua news agency said a warehouse in Zibo city exploded, triggering a fire. Huge flames were visible.
The site is just 1km from a residential area. No contamination had been detected, the agency said.
Earlier this month, blasts involving chemicals killed at least 121 people in the city of Tianjin, further north.
Hundreds were injured and 54 are still missing.
The proximity of industrial and chemical plants to residential areas has become hugely controversial.
Widespread public anger over the deadly explosions in Tianjin has led to promises to improve China's patchy commitment to industrial safety, says the BBC's Celia Hatton in Beijing.
Last week, an inspection of places storing hazardous chemicals in Beijing unearthed safety issues at 85 out of 124 sites, resulting in two emergency factory closures.
The explosion at the Runxing chemical factory occurred just before 21:00 local (12:00 GMT) on Saturday, triggering a fire.
Windows shattered at the scene of the blast and vibrations could be felt 2km from the site.
About 150 firefighters and 20 fire engines fought the blaze, Xinhua said.
The state-run Beijing Times said the Runxing plant contained adiponitrile - a colourless liquid that releases poisonous gases when burned.
Howard Zhang of BBC Chinese says that the blasts at Shandong and Tianjin have taken on a political significance and threaten to overshadow China's celebrations of the 70th anniversary of its victory over Japan in World War Two.
The operators of the Tianjin site are being investigated for allowing dangerous chemicals to be stored too close to homes.
How safe is Tianjin after blasts?
The questions after Tianjin
The blasts there raised fears of contamination by toxic substances.
Officially the minimum distance between businesses with dangerous chemicals and public buildings and transport networks is meant to be 1km.
But data from the Tianjin incident showed there were at least three major residential communities inside that distance from the warehouse.
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One person has been killed and nine injured after an explosion at a chemical plant in China's eastern Shandong province, state media report.
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As the New York Times reported when it disclosed the information, Mr Trump could have offset the massive losses he made that year against his income in subsequent years, perhaps even escaping any US income tax liabilities as a result.
We can't be sure of that, because unlike other aspirants to the White House, Mr Trump has refused to release any of his tax returns.
There is no suggestion that he did anything illegal, but he certainly has no desire to clarify the issues. As far as he is concerned, avoiding income tax makes him "smart", and several leading Republicans have backed him on that.
Even so, it is unclear how Mr Trump could have racked up the $916m (£717m) loss that he apparently reported.
It is a matter of record that he made some bad business decisions in the early 1990s, including the management of his casino empire, which has collapsed several times.
But given that not all the money invested in his casinos, his hotels and his failed Trump Shuttle airline was his own, it's difficult to know how his personal tax loss could have been that great.
Some tax experts believe the figure could well have been a paper loss, inflated by accounting techniques, such as allowing for depreciation of assets' market value.
That points to another issue that clouds understanding here: the sheer complexity of the US tax code and the peculiar obstacles faced by anyone trying to change it.
John Cullinane, tax policy director of the UK's Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT), points out that the last major reform of the US tax system occurred in the 1980s under Ronald Reagan's administration.
Since then, the presidency and Congress have often been "at loggerheads", with each controlled by a different political party.
"There's a limit to which politicians can shut down legal loopholes," he says. "You can't stand up and say, 'From midnight this will change,' because you can't get it through Congress."
"I know our complex tax laws better than anyone who has ever run for president and am the only one who can fix them," Mr Trump has said in response to the New York Times article.
Of course, there is no need for such over-complication. At the heart of the matter is a very simple principle: that businesses should be allowed to offset past losses against future profits.
When a company is first set up, it may struggle to establish itself and lose money as a result. But if it succeeds, it will go on to create jobs and contribute to economic well-being.
The tax system is designed to help entrepreneurs with that aim in mind. The same principle applies in other countries, including the UK, although within certain limits.
The CIOT's Mr Cullinane says that in the UK, a loss incurred in the property sector could only be offset against subsequent earnings in that same sector and not against money earned in other ways - a stricter set of rules than those applying to Mr Trump.
In fact, property developers such as Mr Trump appear to be particularly favoured by the US system. Remember that US public policy is often heavily influenced by well-organised lobby groups who enjoy a high degree of access to the corridors of Congress, and real estate is one of the key sectors for such lobbying.
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-partisan research group, the National Association of Realtors has spent $21m on lobbying campaigns so far this year, making it the second-biggest spender among such groups.
As Mr Cullinane says, this means that there are far more tax breaks open to US entrepreneurs than to their British counterparts.
"In the UK, the amount of deductions has been severely pared away over the years," he says. "Many deductions that used to apply are still the case in the US - there are more tax shelters."
Mr Trump's familiarity with the resultant legal loopholes is not in doubt. For example, under farmland assessment programmes, developers can claim tax breaks on land that is used for agricultural purposes.
Mr Trump took advantage of this by installing a herd of goats on two golf courses that he owned in New Jersey, cutting his tax bill for the sites from $80,000 a year to less than $1,000.
Small wonder, then, that Mr Trump's rival in the presidential race, Hillary Clinton, has accused him of benefiting from a "rigged system".
On the other hand, the absurdities of the tax code were not created overnight: it was political meddling by successive generations of Democrats and Republicans alike that made the system that way.
And as Mr Cullinane says, if Hillary Clinton became president, she would face "an uphill struggle" trying to change things.
The art of taxation, according to 17th Century French Finance Minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert, "consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing".
Under the US system, however, some of the plumpest birds seem to get away with their plumage largely intact.
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Partial leaks of Donald Trump's 1995 tax returns raise more questions than they answer about the Republican presidential candidate's finances.
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Speaking during a visit to Ankara, Mr Johnson added that the UK and Turkey had similar positions on Syria.
He called for a "new partnership" between the two countries.
And he told journalists a lewd poem he wrote about Turkey's president had "not come up at all" during first official visit to the country.
Turkey is not a member of the European Union, but has a longstanding ambition to join and its candidacy was a key part of the UK's referendum debate, in which Mr Johnson campaigned for Leave.
Having voted for Brexit, the UK will be able to negotiate its own trade deals with other countries once it leaves the EU.
During a joint press conference with Turkish EU affairs minister Omer Celik, Mr Johnson said: "We are lucky in the United Kingdom to be one of the biggest recipients of Turkish goods. I am certainly the proud possessor of a beautiful, very well-functioning Turkish washing machine, like so many other people in my country."
At another press conference alongside Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, he said: "What I hope for is a jumbo free trade deal between the United Kingdom and Turkey," adding: "We are leaving the EU, but we are not leaving Europe."
During his visit, the foreign secretary also visited a refugee camp and said the international community must continue to pressure Russia to "stop the carnage" in Syria.
After the EU referendum, Turkish Prime Minister prime minister Binali Yildirim said Mr Johnson needed to "make it up" with the Turks for comments made during the campaign.
"May God help him and reform him," he told the BBC in July.
The foreign secretary, who has Turkish ancestry, has also faced criticism for penning the winning entry in a Spectator magazine competition for offensive poems about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in May.
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Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson says he hopes for a new "jumbo" free trade deal with Turkey after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union.
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The Condor Ferries service arrived from Jersey at about 07:00 GMT, but a fault with the internal ramp meant cars on the upper deck were unable to get off.
Condor said 110 people and 44 vehicles had been stuck, but said they had all disembarked shortly before 20:00 GMT.
Passenger Kit Ashton, from Jersey, said a crane had been needed to help cars off, describing it as "a nightmare".
Condor said the fault meant it had not been possible to lower the ramp from the upper vehicle deck of its Commodore Clipper ferry.
The firm said foot passengers had been able to disembark upon arrival, but engineers had to work throughout the day to lower the ramp. They required a specialist crane to help, it said in a statement.
Mr Ashton was one of a number of passengers who had already been moved to the Clipper ferry, having originally been booked on Condor's Liberation ferry.
The Liberation developed two technical faults on Friday and its services between the Channel Islands and Poole had been cancelled.
Mr Ashton said: "We got off just before 20:00, so it was basically 26 hours since I checked in. It has been an absolute nightmare.
"I should have been in Poole at 23:00 last night, but here I am in Portsmouth 26 hours later," he added.
By Paul Clifton, BBC South's transport correspondent
This is the latest in a string of technical failures to hit Condor Ferries in the past year.
The fast ferry Liberation has endured breakdowns and incidents and now the normally reliable Commodore Clipper is adding to the company's difficulties.
It all means that Condor is hitting the headlines for the wrong reasons more frequently than other ferry operators.
Mr Ashton, who was travelling to Exeter, said several animals were also on board the vessel, including several dogs and a horse.
He said passengers had to wait while the crane arrived to help support the ramp. He called on Condor to improve services to the Channel Islands.
Condor's executive chairman, Russell Kew, said: "I'd like to apologise to all those customers who have been inconvenienced over the last 24 hours, and to thank them for their understanding and patience."
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Dozens of vehicles were stuck on a ferry in Portsmouth for more than 12 hours after a ramp to disembark failed.
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The Category B listed Poosie Nansie's Inn in the East Ayrshire town of Mauchline was a favourite haunt of the ploughman-poet.
Scotland's national poet lived and worked in Mauchline between 1784 and 1788.
The house he shared with Jean Armour is now a museum in nearby Castle Street.
Twenty-five firefighters from Mauchline, Kilmarnock and Cumnock attended Poosie Nansie's shortly after noon on Sunday.
They were supported by a Heavy Rescue Vehicle from Easterhouse and a Major Incident Unit from Clydebank. No-one was injured.
Firefighters were "shoring" up the damaged end of the building to secure it, in order to prevent any further collapse. The area was cordoned off.
Mossgiel Farm in Mauchline was home to Burns when he was ploughman-poet and wrote many of his best loved works.
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Firefighters have been working to secure a historic building with links to Robert Burns after a partial wall collapse.
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Stenson entered his guilty plea at a case management hearing.
His plea follows an investigation by Operation Pinetree - the police inquiry into the features desk at the paper.
His co-defendant Neil Wallis, the News of the World's former deputy editor, pleaded not guilty.
Mr Wallis is expected to go on trial next June.
Both men were accused of conspiring to illegally listen to voicemails with Andy Coulson, Greg Miskiw, James Weatherup, Neville Thurlbeck, Dan Evans, Ian Edmondson, Glenn Mulcaire and others unknown between January 2003 and January 2007.
The other individuals named aside from Stenson and Mr Wallis were charged under the Metropolitan Police's main phone-hacking investigation, Operation Weeting.
The trial of two former News of the World editors, Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, heard that Stenson set up a phone-hacking operation on the features desk to rival that run by the news desk.
Mrs Brooks was found not guilty of phone-hacking charges. Coulson was found guilty of conspiracy to intercept phone messages and served five months in prison.
Reporter Dan Evans, who admitted phone hacking, gave evidence during their trial that Stenson employed him specifically to do "stuff with phones".
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The former features editor of the News of the World, Jules Stenson, has pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to conspiring to hack phones.
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Aaron Whitman, 26, of West Bergholt, Essex, faces five charges, including inciting an underage girl to have sex.
He is also accused of misconduct in a public office while working for Essex County Council.
He appeared at Colchester Magistrates' Court where he did not enter a plea.
The charges date back to between July 2013 and September 2014, when he worked as a business administrator for the council.
He was bailed to appear at Ipswich Crown Court in January.
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A former council worker accused of using his position to gain contact details for a 15-year-old girl before propositioning her for sex has appeared in court.
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The local authority will use its shareholding to get the issue discussed at the Scottish Championship side's annual general meeting.
The Queens Trust hopes to secure a director's role or a place as a non-voting member of the board.
The Dumfries common good sub-committee will now back a resolution being taken to the club's AGM.
It does not guarantee a seat on the board for the supporters but does ensure the issue will be debated at the meeting to be held later this year.
The club has said that its door is "always open" for an "open and honest dialogue" with fans.
It has also appointed a supporter liaison officer to improve the relationship between fans and directors.
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A fans' bid to get a seat on the board at Queen of the South has been backed by Dumfries and Galloway Council.
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Martin Olsson fired Norwich ahead in the first half, but Burton levelled as Lucas Akins netted from close range.
Parity lasted less than a minute as Jacob Murphy put Norwich back in front as his effort went in off the post.
Tom Flanagan was sent off for a second booking as he handled in the area, but Robbie Brady's penalty was saved before Ivo Pinto shot high into the net.
Norwich are now a point clear at the summit after previous leaders Huddersfield went down 1-0 at Reading.
Burton had the better of the early play, although they only had Lloyd Dyer's 15th-minute shot over the bar to show for it before Olsson got on the end of Graham Dorrans' pass having started the move out wide.
Akins steered in Albion's equaliser straight after half-time following a goalmouth scramble, but seconds later Murphy put Norwich back in front with his fifth goal of the season from Cameron Jerome's lay-off.
Flanagan was harshly given his second booking as a shot from outside the box hit his arm, but Jon McLaughlin got down to his right to keep out Brady's penalty before smothering a Jerome effort soon after.
Although Burton's Jackson Irvine sent a header just wide, Norwich dominated with a man's advantage - Brady hit the side-netting and Olsson went close to his second before defender Pinto wrapped up the points.
Norwich manager Alex Neil:
"I am satisfied with the result because that is the main thing in any game, to win it.
"As for the performance, well I thought there were a number of good individual displays but did we play well as a collective unit? I think we could probably have been better.
"The main thing is we are getting results, that is what it is all about."
Burton manager Nigel Clough:
"We were playing against a side who were in the Premier League five months ago, who could afford to change their whole side after winning at Everton in the cup in midweek.
"So to have pushed them so close, and created so many chances, is a good thing, I suppose.
"In the end we were punished for conceding two really poor goals. The second one should never have happened - we had just equalised and you have got to defend better than that from the kick-off."
REACTION: Burton Albion manager Nigel Clough talks to BBC Radio Derby
Match ends, Norwich City 3, Burton Albion 1.
Second Half ends, Norwich City 3, Burton Albion 1.
Attempt missed. Matthew Palmer (Burton Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Lucas Akins (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Timm Klose (Norwich City).
Lucas Akins (Burton Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Louis Thompson (Norwich City).
Tom Naylor (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Graham Dorrans (Norwich City).
Goal! Norwich City 3, Burton Albion 1. Ivo Pinto (Norwich City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Josh Murphy.
Substitution, Burton Albion. Shaun Barker replaces Stuart Beavon.
Substitution, Norwich City. Nélson Oliveira replaces Cameron Jerome.
Attempt missed. Robbie Brady (Norwich City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Cameron Jerome.
Foul by Jonny Howson (Norwich City).
Hamza Choudhury (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Josh Murphy (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Graham Dorrans.
Substitution, Norwich City. Josh Murphy replaces Jacob Murphy.
Substitution, Norwich City. Louis Thompson replaces Wes Hoolahan.
Wes Hoolahan (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jon McLaughlin (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Wes Hoolahan (Norwich City).
Corner, Burton Albion. Conceded by Timm Klose.
Corner, Burton Albion. Conceded by Cameron Jerome.
Corner, Burton Albion. Conceded by Ivo Pinto.
Attempt blocked. Matthew Palmer (Burton Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stuart Beavon.
Attempt missed. Martin Olsson (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ivo Pinto with a cross.
Attempt saved. Cameron Jerome (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Robbie Brady with a cross.
Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Jon McLaughlin.
Penalty saved! Robbie Brady (Norwich City) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
Second yellow card to Tom Flanagan (Burton Albion) for hand ball.
Penalty conceded by Tom Flanagan (Burton Albion) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
Attempt blocked. Graham Dorrans (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Cameron Jerome.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Burton Albion. Will Miller replaces Jamie Ward.
Delay in match Stuart Beavon (Burton Albion) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Jamie Ward (Burton Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Stuart Beavon.
Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Tom Flanagan.
Offside, Burton Albion. Tom Flanagan tries a through ball, but Stuart Beavon is caught offside.
Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Lucas Akins.
Attempt blocked. Robbie Brady (Norwich City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jacob Murphy.
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Norwich went top of the Championship as they got the better of a stubborn 10-man Burton Albion side at Carrow Road.
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The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) called for an "urgent review" into how officers deal with vulnerable people.
The release of the IPCC report comes after an inquest into the death of Robert Cox - who was stabbed by Derek Hancock in 2013 - earlier this month.
The force said it now worked "side by side with mental health professionals".
Hancock pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of 24-year-old Robert Cox on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
The 42-year-old was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of four years and nine months in December 2014.
Described as "deluded and psychotic" in court, Hancock had repeatedly made false allegations that Mr Cox and other residents at supported accommodation at Egerton Road had made sexual advances towards him.
The inquest found Mr Cox was unlawfully killed and led to the publication of the IPCC's recommendations, which include:
Two police officers and two call handlers were cleared of any wrongdoing by an IPCC investigation.
A third call handler who told Hancock, who was threatening to take the law into his own hands minutes before killing Mr Cox, that it was "entirely up to you" was sacked by the force.
IPCC associate commissioner Guido Liguori said: "These are tragic circumstances and I offer my sincere condolences to the family and friends of Robert Cox.
"The training and support provided to staff to engage and support people with mental health issues was inadequate, and it is concerning that the calls made by Mr Hancock from Egerton Road in the months leading up to the incident were neither linked nor marked as being made from a home with vulnerable residents."
An Avon and Somerset police spokesman said: "We've already established a mental health triage system within our call centre, which sees call handlers working side by side with mental health care professionals.
"Since this was introduced in September, hundreds of people have benefitted from this service."
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Training for Avon and Somerset police officers in dealing with mentally ill people is "inadequate", a report says.
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He made an extraordinary transition from commanding IRA men to condemning other Irish republicans as "traitors" when they attacked the security forces.
Many critics find it hard to reconcile his more recent stance on violence with his "lack of remorse" for IRA attacks.
But for one Stormont insider his fierce criticism of dissident republicans was "pivotal" in the peace process.
Stephen Grimason served as the Northern Ireland Executive's director of communications for more than 15 years and during that period he worked very closely with Mr McGuinness.
Speaking to the BBC's Talkback programme, the spin doctor's stand-out memory was Mr McGuinness's reaction to the murder of Constable Stephen Carroll in 2009.
The 48-year-old Catholic was the first officer to be killed since the formation of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
At a Stormont press conference at the time, Mr McGuinness declared the killers were "traitors to the island of Ireland".
"I remember very much the traitors statement was a really, really pivotal moment in 2009 addressing dissidents," said Mr Grimason.
"I remember walking back in with him up the steps afterwards and he said to me: 'Well, what do you think of that?'
"And I said to him: 'Every now and again I get to be a bit proud of the people I work for and this is one of those days.'"
"I said: 'I just hope this isn't going to be a Michael Collins moment for you.'
"He said: 'Oh, thank you for that.'"
The spin doctor was referring to the former IRA leader Michael Collins, who was shot dead by republicans in 1922 after signing a treaty with the British government that led to the partition of Ireland.
Mr Grimason added: "I said: 'You've got to remember, Martin, that this [statement] is going to make you a very big target for the dissidents.'
"And he said: 'I have been a target all my life and everywhere that I go in the world, when I'm being asked about the peace process and what you do, I simply write one word on the blackboard - leadership.'
"That was the nature of him," said Mr Grimason, who is also a former political editor at BBC Northern Ireland.
However, condemning dissident murders while condoning IRA murders appeared hypocritical to some at Stormont, including the DUP's Nelson McCausland.
"I think we need to be mindful, when we look at his legacy, to bear in mind all of those who suffered down through the years through the IRA campaign," Mr McCausland told Talkback.
"Obviously there are questions over the particular, precise role that Martin McGuinness had within the Provisional IRA and how extensive his role was.
"But certainly if we look even at Londonderry down through the years, there are many victims; there are many people whose hearts are broken still today because of the murder of their family members, and that's part of the legacy of Martin McGuinness.
"Then you have that second part of the story - where he moved from terrorism to politics - and those are two things that I sometimes find difficult to reconcile."
Mr McCausland served twice as a minister in the Northern Ireland Executive while Mr McGuinness was deputy first minister.
"One of the sad things, I think, is that there was no expression of what I would see as remorse for what had been done," said the DUP MLA.
"I think the comment in the Saville Inquiry where he talked, effectively, about an IRA oath curtailing what he could say - that I found quite chilling at the time."
The Saville Inquiry examined the killings of 14 civilians by British soldiers in Derry in 1972.
Mr McGuinness told the inquiry that he was second-in-command of the IRA in Derry at the time of the Bloody Sunday shootings - the first time he had publicly acknowledged his membership of the paramilitary group.
However, he denied claims that he fired the first shot and refused to answer several questions about the IRA's operations at the time.
Mr McCausland also said that as a minister, Mr McGuinness was not a man for details, which he found surprising.
However, despite his past reputation, the Sinn Féin politician became a popular figure among staff at Stormont.
The head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, Sir Malcolm McKibbin, released a statement on Tuesday saying his employees would feel his loss acutely.
Mr Grimason said he would remember Mr McGuinness as someone with an "impish sense of humour" who was "always winding people up in those terms".
"He had a tremendous amount of patience when things were going badly," he said.
"I don't think I ever saw him lose the rag completely as we saw everyone else do.
"There is that enigma around where he's been, where he's gone to, but I just know that everyone who worked with him became incredibly loyal to him.
"There were a lot of officials in the government who had been through different experiences and were a bit wary about Sinn Féin, and him," added Mr Grimason.
"And ultimately, pretty much all the people who worked on this staff were incredibly devoted to him."
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Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness divided opinion sharply throughout his life and continues to do so after his death.
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Parents push their children relentlessly, with classes in the evenings and at weekends. It's led to some teachers earning very high salaries, particularly to teach English.
The BBC's Steve Evans, in Seoul, met one of them.
Watch more reports on Asia Business Report's website
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When it comes to education in South Korea, the demand is so strong it accounts for 12% of all consumer spending.
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He highlighted the differences between his aims and Republican policies, and reprised his 2008 theme of "hope".
"I never said this journey would be easy, and I won't promise that now," Mr Obama told the Democratic convention.
Republican Mitt Romney is challenging Mr Obama for the White House, with polls showing a tight race.
The two rivals now face two months of campaigning before US voters go to the polls on 6 November.
Mr Obama told delegates in the hall and voters watching at home that the nation's problems had built up over decades and could not be fixed in a flash.
"But when you pick up that ballot to vote - you will face the clearest choice of any time in a generation.
"Over the next few years, big decisions will be made in Washington: on jobs and the economy; taxes and deficits; energy and education; war and peace - decisions that will have a huge impact on our lives and our children's lives for decades to come," he said.
Mr Obama took to the stage not in a huge arena in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina, as organisers had hoped, but inside the convention centre after Thursday's speech was moved because of weather concerns.
He followed a rousing speech by Vice-President Joe Biden, who praised Mr Obama for his bravery in bailing out the auto industry and ordering the killing of Osama Bin Laden.
The president offered a string of critiques of Republican policies, describing his opponents as "happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with America" without offering suggestions on how to make things right.
"That's because all they have to offer is the same prescription they've had for the last 30 years," he said.
"Have a surplus? Try a tax cut. Deficit too high? Try another. Feel a cold coming on? Take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations, and call us in the morning!"
But there was no mention of his own healthcare law, a signature achievement that remains unpopular with many Americans, and little explicit talk of the stimulus enacted in his first months in office.
The speech prompted a response from Mr Romney's camp: "Tonight President Obama laid out the choice in this election, making the case for more of the same policies that haven't worked for the past four years," his campaign said in a statement after the speech.
"He offered more promises, but he hasn't kept the promises he made four years ago."
Mr Obama also spoke about his energy strategy, saying the US had opened "millions of new acres for oil and gas exploration... and we'll open more".
By Mark MardellNorth America editor
"But unlike my opponent, I will not let oil companies write this country's energy plan, or endanger our coastlines, or collect another $4bn in corporate welfare from our taxpayers."
On international issues, the president described Mr Romney and running-mate Paul Ryan as "new to foreign policy".
"But from all that we've seen and heard, they want to take us back to an era of blustering and blundering that cost America so dearly," he said, highlighting his success with Bin Laden and his withdrawal of troops from Iraq and planned drawdown from Afghanistan.
As Mr Obama finished the speech, he roused the crowd by telling them their votes had helped make the changes of his presidency.
"Only you have the power to move us forward," he said. "I recognise that times have changed since I first spoke to this convention. The times have changed - and so have I. I'm no longer just a candidate. I'm the president."
Earlier, Vice-President Biden accepted his own re-nomination in an emotional speech that focused on family and national security.
"Folks, I've watched him," he said of the president. "He never wavers. He steps up.
David Brooks, in the New York Times, said "the speech was dominated by unexplained goals that were often worthy, but also familiar and incommensurate with the problems at hand".
According to the Washington Post's Greg Sargent, Obama's focus on citizenship and shared responsibility was "a gamble that voters will not cast their vote on the current economy alone".
Politico's Glenn Thrush said the president offered "a hybrid of gritted-teeth optimism, hammer-blow attacks on Romney's foreign policy inexperience, and relatively modest policy goals".
Writing in USA Today, Richard Wolf and David Jackson said "rather than propose new initiatives, the goals were mostly retreads and the means of achieving them elusive".
"He asks the same thing over and over again: How is this going to work for ordinary families? Will it help them?"
Mr Biden also criticised Mr Romney for not backing the US auto industry bailout, referring to the former Massachusetts governor's time leading private equity firm Bain Capital.
"I just don't think he understood what saving the automobile industry meant, to all of America. I think he saw it the Bain way, in terms of balance sheets and write-offs," he said.
"The Bain way may bring your firm the highest profit. But it's not the way to lead your country from its highest office."
The third and final night of speeches in Charlotte also saw former Florida Governor Charlie Crist - who was previously a Republican - and Massachusetts Senator John Kerry address the convention.
Mr Kerry criticised Mitt Romney for surrounding himself with "neo-conservative advisers who know all the wrong things about foreign policy".
"This is not the time to outsource the job of commander in chief," the Massachusetts senator said.
Former Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords, still recovering from a near-fatal shooting on a meeting with her constituents in 2011, appeared on stage to lead the convention in the pledge of allegiance.
Walking slowly and steadying herself to recite the pledge, Ms Giffords left many in the crowd dewy-eyed as she smiled through her recital.
Thursday's speeches brought an end to the Democratic convention, which also headlined speeches from Michelle Obama and former President Bill Clinton.
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US President Barack Obama has told voters they face a generational choice in November's election, as he accepted the nomination of the Democratic party.
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With his homemade rifle resting on the sandbags of the checkpoint, Mustapha Musa scans the red-mud road and the lush green fields surrounding his small village of Molai Kiliyari on the outskirts of the north-eastern city of Maiduguri.
For now, the only sound is bird-song. But Mr Musa, 24, and three other vigilantes on duty are tense - they know danger is just down the road.
This is a place where strangers are treated with suspicion for good reason.
A few weeks ago, in the dead of night, several suicide bombers blew up their explosives bringing carnage to the village. Eight vigilantes were killed.
"We don't know when they'll come and whether they'll come with guns or bombs," says Mr Musa, his trigger-finger resting on the wooden barrel of his rifle.
"But I'm not scared of anything. There are soldiers nearby if we needed reinforcements.
The only problem we face is that the enemy is well-armed - and my gun only fires one round."
The young men are among the estimated 26,000 members of vigilante groups defending their communities from attacks by militants from the Boko Haram Islamist group.
The eight-year insurgency has devastated north-eastern Nigeria and spilled over into neighbouring Chad, Niger and Cameroon.
The vigilantes first came to prominence in Maiduguri in 2013. With the Nigerian army in disarray, there were fears that the city would fall.
"Initially, the youth in Maiduguri were caught up between the brutality of Boko Haram and the harsh reprisals of the Nigerian military," says Nnamdi Obasi, one of the authors of a recent International Crisis Group report on vigilante groups in the region.
"They formed vigilante groups so they could isolate and eliminate Boko Haram members and also demonstrate they were not complicit in the group's attacks and atrocities."
The overstretched Nigerian military quickly realised the value of extra manpower and the local knowledge the vigilantes possessed.
It joined up with them in order to flush out the insurgents.
Unofficially, the vigilantes are now called the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF), working alongside and liaising with the military.
More than 650 have been killed in the violence.
Most are volunteers - petty traders, civil servants, and unemployed youth - and are not paid for their work. But around 2,000 vigilantes received some military training and are now on the government's payroll.
Often they man checkpoints, spotting potential suicide bombers. But they also operate alongside the army in the bush where Boko Haram militants take shelter.
"It's like rich people that go hunting," one vigilante told me. "When the army says there's an operation we all want to go."
The vigilantes are normally armed only with wooden clubs, machetes and homemade weapons.
The authorities are cautious given that heavy-duty weapons could fall into the wrong hands or be turned against them.
While many Nigerians view the vigilantes as heroes in the fight against Boko Haram, they have been accused of human rights abuses from rape to extortion - and extra-judicial killings of suspected militants.
Now, after years of fighting, there is a growing concern that battle-hardened vigilantes could turn into a militia that the authorities are not able to control.
"There is a strong sense of entitlement among the vigilantes," says Mr Obasi.
"They believe they not only saved Maiduguri but have fought an insurgency on behalf of the Nigerian government.
He says that most wish to be formally absorbed into the military and security forces or at least be recognised, and paid, by the government, while others expect scholarships, skills training or grants to set up small businesses.
"The fear is that unless these expectations are addressed, the authorities could have a big problem on their hands."
At an abandoned office building used by the vigilantes as a make-shift headquarters, scrawled on the wall in chalk is the message: "Forgiving a terrorist is left to god. But fixing their appointment with god is our responsibility."
It is here that I meet Lawan Jaafar, 39, the chairman of the Civilian JTF.
He still works as a leather merchant and cattle trader when not leading the organisation.
He's a man of quiet intensity and purpose - he commands the respect of the thousands of vigilantes he heads.
Earlier this year, he was detained by the Nigerian security forces on suspicion of selling cattle to Boko Haram militants. He was later released without being charged.
But it shows how Mr Jaafar is now a powerful player in this part of the country - and some other actors want to clip his wings.
He carefully weighs his words: "I'm appealing to the government to provide jobs to the vigilantes and to take care of the poor families of those who lost their lives for the cause."
He has this warning if nothing happens:
"We're going to have problems with armed robbery and kidnapping - because if a man has no job, he will do anything to survive."
No-one in north-east Nigeria doubts the bravery of the vigilantes. They have helped immensely in putting Boko Haram on the back foot.
But unless their sacrifices are recognised, they could end up presenting a new security threat.
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They helped tackle Boko Haram but could vigilantes turn into Nigeria's next security threat?
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