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Text: Mike Dunn from Lower Gornal near Dudley, said he was out driving when a cat and two young kittens ran out in front of him.
When Mr Dunn stopped, the kittens vanished under the car. Despite searching, he could not see them.
A week later, he found the seven-week-old kitten - now named "Lucky" - perched on the heat shield of the catalytic converter in the engine.
It is thought she travelled about 150 miles inside the Mazda MX-5 before she was discovered.
Lucky, who only suffered a minor burn, now lives with Mr Dunn and his family.
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A kitten has survived being driven around in a car engine for a week.
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Text: Mr Moise polled 55.67%, well ahead of his closest rival Jude Celestin's 19.52%, provisional electoral council chief Uder Antoine said.
Jean-Charles Moise secured 11.04% and Maryse Narcisse 8.99%, he added.
The election was held on 20 November, more than a year after the previous poll was annulled following allegations of widespread fraud.
That vote, in October 2015, was won by Mr Moise but opposition challenger Mr Celestin called foul and, after violent unrest, the ballot was annulled.
Violent clashes have also marked the wait for results since the latest election.
Interim leader Jocelerme Privert appealed for calm ahead of the announcement.
"Resorting to acts of violence can only spoil the fruits of the beautiful day we had on 20 November," he said.
Mr Privert was appointed by parliament in February after the incumbent President, Michel Martelly, stepped down at the end of his term. Mr Moise was President Martelly's chosen successor.
Haiti has been blighted by political instability and poverty for decades and is still struggling to recover from a devastating earthquake in 2010.
Tens of thousands of people still live in temporary shelter while cholera has caused nearly 10,000 deaths.
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Businessman Jovenel Moise has won Haiti's presidential election in the first round, preliminary results show.
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Text: Keith Ridings, 64, was returning from his father's funeral on the 11:17 BST train between Birmingham New Street and Exeter St Davids on Tuesday.
The medals were awarded to his father between 1945 and 1948, while serving in North Africa and the Middle East.
He said: "It upsets me someone is in possession of those medals, who has no idea what he went through to get them."
The bag, which also contained clothes and various personal items, was found to be missing from the rack when Mr Ridings got off the train at Exeter.
He said: "I inherited these medals from my father's estate only a couple of weeks ago.
"When I discovered they were missing, I felt a complete sense of loss and disappointment."
PC Gary Archer, from Exeter station, said: "We don't believe these medals have any monetary value so will be relatively worthless to the thieves - but their value to the victim is priceless.
"He was understandably distraught to find them missing and so we ask whoever took them to do the right thing and return them to their owner."
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A son is appealing for the return of his father's war medals, after they were taken from a train luggage rack.
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Text: The 13-year-old was with friends when he swam in Edgbaston Reservoir on Wednesday afternoon.
People at the scene managed to rescue the boy from the water and tried with emergency crews to revive him, but he was later confirmed dead at hospital.
Police are supporting the teenager's family and his death has been referred to the Birmingham coroner.
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Firefighters were called to the reservoir at 15:42 BST and found the boy had been pulled from the water.
Station commander Simon Woodward, from West Midlands Fire Service, said his death served as a "tragic reminder" of the dangers of swimming in open water.
"We commend the actions of those who tried to save him but would urge people to call 999 as soon as possible in such circumstances, to avoid putting themselves in danger," he said.
"Drowning is one of the most common causes of death for people under 16 in the summer months.
"Many misjudge how well they can swim, often unaware of how cold the water can be and what this does to their stamina and strength."
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: "When ambulance staff arrived, they found a teenage boy who had been pulled from the reservoir and was being given CPR.
"Ambulance staff took over resuscitation efforts on scene before the teen was taken by land ambulance on blue lights to Birmingham Children's Hospital."
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A teenage boy has died after getting into difficulties swimming in a Birmingham reservoir.
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Text: The 16-page draft had been expected to fetch as much as $1.5m (£1m) at the Christie's sale.
McLean had hinted in February the original manuscript would reveal the song's lyrical meaning - which had always been kept a mystery.
"The writing and the lyrics will divulge everything there is to divulge," he said.
The 69-year-old previously acknowledged the beginning of the song is about the death of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper - Jiles P Richardson - in a plane crash, but has remained elusive about the rest of the track.
Read more: What do American Pie's lyrics mean?
The mystery has made American Pie one of the most debated songs in music history.
McLean said writing the song was "a mystical trip into his past".
The singer said he decided to sell the manuscript, which includes multiple drafts with handwritten notes and deletions, on a whim.
The eight-minute song was number one in the US for four weeks and reached number two in the UK singles chart in 1972.
Madonna also released a version in 2000, topping the charts in many countries including the UK, Canada and Australia.
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The original manuscript of Don McLean's American Pie has sold for $1.2m (£806,000) at a New York auction.
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Text: The homes of nearly 4,700 people in Otodo-Gbame were destroyed by heavy machinery, activists said.
Eyewitnesses told the BBC tear gas and live bullets were fired after residents formed a human chain to stop the houses from being destroyed.
The authorities have not yet commented on the incident.
Amnesty International said the incident was "a violation of human rights", and shared video footage which showed bulldozers clearing a path through the area.
It said the Lagos State government had ignored a court order made in January, stopping the forceful eviction of residents from the community.
Megan Chapman from the Justice and Empowerment Initiative (JEI), which is working with the community, told the BBC that residents saw excavators near the entrance to the community in the morning.
Everything on land was destroyed "and half of what was on water" was destroyed, she said.
The Lagos state government has previously said that it is "mindful of the fundamental rights of the various residents living in the area".
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An informal settlement in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, has been razed to the ground in defiance of a court order, rights activists say.
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Text: The 71-year-old fell ill while attending a Premier League meeting in Harrogate earlier this month.
He was taken to a local hospital before being moved to a specialist unit in Middlesbrough, where he had surgery.
Mostyn was appointed Cherries chairman for a second time in September 2013 by Russian owner Max Demin, having previously held the role in 2007.
In a statement, the club said he wanted to thank "the Premier League and everyone at AFC Bournemouth for their support, assistance and best wishes" and also "the staff at the Acute Medical Unit at Harrogate District Hospital and the James Cook Hospital".
It added: "He is now looking forward to getting back to Vitality Stadium during the 2017-18 season."
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Bournemouth chairman Jeff Mostyn is recovering at home after a "minor" heart operation.
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Text: The vessels had been impounded and left unclaimed by their owners.
Bristol City Council's harbour authority has organised the sale, which lasts until the end of the month.
Some of the vessels are likely to be broken up for spares because of their poor condition, and the council will remove any vessels left unsold.
The collection includes motor cruisers and sailing boats.
Auctioneer Graham Cockle, of Crown Consultants which is overseeing the sale, said some of the boats will need "a little TLC".
"They are in quite a sorry state, but the biggest vessel we have is a 20 metre ex-survey ship through to 10 or 12 river boats, a particularly nice sailing yacht and some inflatable tenders," he said.
"These sales come up every two to three years and there's going to be some bargains here."
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More than 20 boats and vessels neglected and abandoned in Bristol's docks are being sold in an online auction.
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Text: London-based property investment firm Tristan Capital Partners and the Newry-based Lotus Group have acquired Junction One and The Outlet.
They were bought for more than £40m.
"Now that The Outlet and Junction One are both under single ownership there is a significant opportunity for us to enhance and differentiate the sites," said Alastair Coulson from the Lotus Group.
"There will be a period of substantial investment to reinvigorate the schemes.
"We will be enhancing both destinations and providing additional and more diverse brands.
"Our strategy will direct The Outlet towards a mid-premium market position and differentiate this from Junction One, with a mid-value convenience position within the market."
Peter Mather, managing director at Tristan Capital Partners, said: "This deal represents a unique opportunity to bring together two outlet centres currently under separate ownership for the first time.
"Combined, these centres account for the vast majority of the outlet market in Northern Ireland, with both sites already housing a broad range of national and international occupiers, including strong anchor tenants."
The Outlet opened on the outskirts of Banbridge in County Down in 2007, but was effectively taken over by Ulster Bank in 2011.
Junction One opened near Antrim in 2004 with Ulster Bank also lending the money for that development.
The bank lent the firm that developed it about £48m, but its value collapsed to under £10m in the crash.
The Outlet, which cost more than £70m to develop, struggled to fill all its units.
Tristan already owns Bloomfield in Bangor and Erneside in Enniskillen in partnership with Ellandi.
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Two of Northern Ireland's best-known retail parks have been sold.
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Text: Marian Brown, 17, had just kissed her boyfriend goodnight when she was fatally wounded in the neck.
She was caught up in an exchange of fire between paramilitaries and an Army patrol at Roden Street in June 1972.
A fresh inquest was ordered after questions were raised over the velocity of the bullet that killed her.
Her brother, Richard Brown, told the inquest that for two years the family thought she had been killed by loyalist paramilitaries shooting up the street.
However, it was only at the first inquest they discovered soldiers had also been involved in the shooting incident.
During Monday morning's hearing, Mr Brown spoke emotionally about his sister and how he felt about what happened to her.
As her older brother, he said he "felt ashamed that he couldn't do anything" to help her and he was angry that whoever fired the shot "took her life and robbed us of a sister, a daughter and a friend".
Mr Brown said the 17-year-old "never got to bloom".
Other family members were also in court for the start of the inquest being heard by Judge David McFarland, which is expected to last more than two weeks.
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The brother of a pregnant teenager shot dead in disputed circumstances in west Belfast 45 years ago has told an inquest she was completely innocent.
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Text: Items including Chinese jade and rhino horn were stolen in Cambridge, Durham, Norwich and Lewes, East Sussex.
The men, from Cambridgeshire, Essex, London and the West Midlands were convicted of conspiracy to burgle between November 2011 and April 2012.
They were jailed for between four years and six years, eight months.
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Those jailed were found guilty by jury after a series of trials at Birmingham Crown Court.
They were part of a 14-strong gang involved in organising two thefts and an attempted theft at Durham University Oriental Museum as well as further incidents at Gorringes Auction House in Lewes, Norwich Castle Museum and the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.
Jurors heard exhibits stolen in Durham and Cambridge were valued at about £17m but detectives believed they could have fetched up to £57m ($79m) on the "booming" Chinese auction market.
Six other members of the gang are expected to be sentenced on Tuesday.
A 14th gang member, Robert Gilbert-Smith, 27, of no fixed address pleaded guilty on 10 March 2015 and was sentenced to 15 months in jail on 27 April 2015.
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Seven members of an organised crime gang have been jailed for their roles in stealing artefacts worth up to £57m from museums and an auction house.
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Text: Lilian Greenwood, Labour MP for Nottingham South, has questioned housing ministers about reductions to the Decent Homes programme.
She said the coalition was to cut the remaining project from £91m to £45m.
The government said the funding was the highest allocation for anywhere in the country outside of London.
The Decent Homes initiative was established by the Labour government in 2000 and is provided through Nottingham City Homes.
Ms Greenwood has secured an end of day adjournment debate in Parliament on the future of the programme.
The move follows the
publication of a report by Nottingham Trent Business School
in March, which found that the housing projects have reduced the energy consumed by council properties and cut burglaries by up to 42% on some estates.
The study also found the housing scheme had improved people's health.
The Nottingham South MP said: "Thanks to Nottingham Trent University's study we have hard evidence that Labour's Decent Homes programme led to real, measurable improvements to the quality and security of homes in Nottingham and made life better for council tenants and the neighbourhoods they live in.
"I hope that Tuesday's debate will draw attention to the important work that Nottingham City Homes is doing, and the need to protect funding for future improvements."
Communities Minister Andrew Stunell said: "Despite inheriting a huge economic deficit, we are committed to investing over £2bn in the Decent Homes programme to bring 127,000 council homes up to standard.
"In recognition of the large number of homes they have in disrepair, Nottingham City Homes has confirmed funding of over £40m funding, with a further funding of £46m to be confirmed in due course - the highest allocation for anywhere in the country outside of London.
"This is on top of £78m for new homes and regeneration in the city.
"Nottingham Trent University's study shows the important economic and social benefits that this programme can bring, which is why we remain committed to the Decent Homes programme."
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A Nottingham MP is to challenge the government over plans to almost halve the funding for a project which improves social housing in the city.
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Text: The Briton, 24, who has finished his degree since winning his light-heavyweight medal at the Games, has signed with promoters Matchroom Boxing.
"We have an outstanding talent in Joshua Buatsi," said promoter Eddie Hearn. "He'll be on all our major shows and we will push him to the top."
Buatsi will face an unnamed opponent at London's O2 Arena on his pro debut.
Buatsi follows fellow Rio Olympians Joe Cordina, Lawrence Okolie, Anthony Fowler and Josh Kelly in turning professional.
His bout will feature on the undercard of Frank Buglioni's British light-heavyweight title defence against Ricky Summers.
"It's the right move for me," said Buatsi. "My parents drummed into me about finishing my education. After Brazil I had a year left.
"Everything for me now is boxing. There's competition out there. We're all hungry. It's a brutal sport but I'm ready."
Half of the 10 men and both of the two women who competed for Team GB at the Rio Games have now turned professional, with super-heavyweight silver medallist Joseph Joyce expected to follow.
Buatsi impressed at the Olympics by stopping opponents in his first two matches before winning comfortably in the quarter-finals and eventually losing on points to Kazakhstan's Adilbek Niyazymbetov in the semi-finals.
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Rio 2016 Olympic bronze medallist Joshua Buatsi has turned professional and will make his debut on 1 July.
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Text: James Roat, 73, of Lingwood, Norfolk, paid £130 for the three World War One medals but said he would have gone to "whatever price necessary".
His father, Clifton, who died aged 89, was awarded the Star, Victory and British war medals.
He said: "I'm so pleased to have got them. I did a dance of joy."
Mr Roat, who is one of eight children, said he was alerted to the medals after joining various online forums in a bid to research his family history.
He then received a message informing him that the medals were coming up for auction in Bury St Edmunds.
"I was up against a phone bidder but would've paid whatever price necessary," he said. "I didn't think I'd ever see them.
"I can't thank the person enough who got in touch. I've sent him loads of emails thanking him."
Mr Roat said his father, a farm worker, sold the medals in the 1950s, "probably for a couple of pints".
"We were a big family so I think he needed the money," said Mr Roat.
"My siblings are so happy. This is the best Christmas present ever. I don't care if I don't get anything else.
"I remember the medals as a child but never thought I'd see them again."
He said his father was part of The Essex Regiment.
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A retired postman has said he got the "best Christmas present ever" after tracking down his father's war medals at an auction.
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Text: Members of the armed forces have been advised to take greater care over their own personal security in the aftermath of this attack.
Last night military chiefs ordered security be tightened at the 10 main military barracks or bases in and around London.
But early advice to conceal their uniform in public places, especially if alone, has since been relaxed.
In London on Thursday, the chief of the defence staff, Gen Sir David Richards, said: "Our first thoughts inevitably are with the soldier's family and close friends.
"It's always a tragedy, and it's particularly poignant that it happened on the streets of this capital city of ours, but there is where our first thoughts lie.
"At the same time... we are absolutely determined not to be intimidated into not doing the right thing.
"Whether that is here or in Afghanistan, or wherever we seek seek to serve the nation.
"So it has, if anything, reinforced our determination to do the right thing."
He emphasised the armed forces would not retreat from public view as a result of the tragedy.
"This was outside the base and I am confident that security is as tight as it has ever been.
"It is a very difficult balancing act.
"We are very proud of the uniform we wear, and there is no reason we should not use wear our uniforms with pride - but on a common-sense basis."
Armed forces personnel based in London and elsewhere are being more vigilant today.
In recent years, the Royal Navy, the Army and the RAF have been encouraged to take a higher public profile.
That included allowing their personnel to wear uniform outside their bases, as they did at the London Olympics last year.
That had been strongly discouraged in the 1970s and 80s in particular, when IRA attacks on the mainland were a real threat.
However, since British forces intervened in Iraq and Afghanistan, service personnel and their families have been well aware they might be targets at home.
In recent years two groups in the UK have been jailed after considering targeting soldiers.
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The victim of the attack in Woolwich was targeted because he was a soldier, wearing a T-shirt from the military charity Help For Heroes.
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Text: The 33-year-old spinner has not played a first-team match since April.
"He's got a few issues he needs to sort out himself before he's available," Grayson told BBC Essex.
"We're trying to help Monty along with the Professional Cricketers' Association to get him back to playing some cricket."
He added: "It's just a week-by-week thing and we'll see where we're at in two or three weeks with him."
Panesar, who has 50 Test caps and said in April that he still had England ambitions, has featured in three second-team games for Essex since his last Championship game.
He joined Essex in 2013, having been released by former club Sussex after urinating on a nightclub bouncer in Brighton.
Panesar was dropped before a County Championship game with Glamorgan last year for a "timekeeping" error, and Grayson says Essex have been working hard with Panesar to help him.
"It's not through a lack of trying on our behalf. He's been managed well by us, at some stage the truth will come out," he said.
"Anyone that plays county cricket, particularly those that play at Essex, we care about them and want to be getting them to play at the best of their ability.
"It's a delicate situation at the moment, we're trying to keep it in house and help Monty the best way we can."
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Monty Panesar is unavailable for selection because of off-field "issues", says Essex head coach Paul Grayson.
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Text: The squad departures come only four days after David Jeffrey's side secured European football by defeating Glenavon in the Europa League play-off.
Henderson, Stephen McBride, Denver Gage and Gavin Taggart have all been released with the latter trio all having been bothered by injury.
In addition, the loans deals of Linfield's Daniel Wallace and Crusaders' Michael Kerr have concluded.
Jeffrey thanked all six players for their efforts with the Braidmen.
Francis McCaffrey has signed a new one-year deal with the club while the club are also holding talks with other current squad members Allan Jenkins, Caolan Loughran, Neil Lowry and Eoin Kane.
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Striker Darren Henderson is among six players who have left Ballymena United.
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Text: Shire won over Baxalta, the maker of treatments for rare blood conditions, cancers and immune system disorders, after six months of talks.
It is the first major healthcare deal of 2016 and suggests high-profile takeovers are likely to continue.
Health firms struck $673bn in deals in 2015, according to Thomson Reuters.
Announcing the deal, Shire chief executive Flemming Ornskov said the merged group would generate $20bn in revenue by 2020.
"Together we will have the number one platform in rare diseases with a strong foundation for future growth," Mr Ornskov told reporters.
Shire prizes Baxalta's pipeline of new treatments, which it believes will contribute to an extra $5bn in revenue in the next four years.
The firms also estimate $500m in cost savings, partly from Baxalta benefiting from Shire's lower corporation tax in Dublin.
Shire shares dropped 6.7% to 3,990p.
An initial bid of $30bn, made up entirely of Shire stock, was rejected by Baxalta in August for "significantly undervaluing" the company.
But Shire won over Baxalta's shareholders in part with a sweetener of $18 cash per Baxalta share.
The deal is now due to go through by mid-2016, Shire said.
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UK pharmaceutical firm Shire has struck a $32bn (£22bn) deal for US rival Baxalta to create one of the biggest treatment providers for rare diseases.
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Text: Police said it was "unbelievable" Gavin Collett, of Bramber Road, Broadwater, West Sussex had not "killed himself or anyone else".
He sped past red lights, into oncoming traffic at "ridiculous speeds" and along a pedestrianised street.
He was first spotted speeding on the A24 north of Findon on 10 March.
He crashed at a junction with the A27 near Worthing, continued riding without a helmet between Brighton and Hove before crashing at Churchill Square car park.
He was sentenced at Lewes Crown Court to 18 months for dangerous driving and to three months each on two charges of failing to stop after a road traffic collision.
Officers had tracked him by helicopter but decided it was too dangerous to pursue him on the road without risking others.
Collett had fled on foot in Brighton, but handed himself into police at Portsmouth three days later.
PC Ben Henwood of Sussex Police's road unit said: "Collett showed a blatant disregard for anyone else's safety and it's a miracle no one else was hurt.
"He went straight across the flow of oncoming traffic at ridiculous speeds, he went through the fully pedestrianised area of Montague Street in Worthing, he mounted pavements to undertake cars when pedestrians were present, and he travelled at breakneck speed between Goring and Ferring when there was no margin for error at all.
"He's lucky to be alive."
Collect received no penalty on a further charge of driving while disqualified or without insurance.
Judge Jeremy Gold told him: "At the moment your behaviour is putting yourself and more importantly the public in danger. This is an extraordinarily bad case of dangerous driving.
"Only you can change your life," he added.
The 32-year-old had admitted all the charges at an earlier hearing.
Collett was also disqualified from driving for three years.
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A motorcyclist has been jailed for two years for dangerous driving through Sussex at more than 100mph and crashing twice.
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Text: Jeff Henry, 39, was left in a critical condition on 6 June and died at Addenbrooke's Hospital on Friday.
Cambridgeshire Police said a 36-year-old man from County Galway had been arrested at Holy Head Port, Anglesey.
He is currently being held on suspicion of murder at Parkside Police Station in Cambridge.
Police are continuing to appeal for witnesses.
A police spokesman said Mr Henry, of Cambridge, was seen running away from two men along Campkin Road in the direction of Arbury Road just moments before the attack.
Detectives believe he was subject to two assaults that night, one at about 00:45 BST and another about 25 minutes beforehand.
It is thought Mr Henry might have attended the Strawberry Fair before the attacks.
Det Insp Alan Page said: "Jeff was a relatively young man with plenty of his life left to live and enjoy. He is a well-known local man who was subjected to a sustained and brutal attack.
"I believe members of the local community will have information concerning why Jeff was attacked and I would urge them to come forward."
His purple bicycle, spectacles and mobile telephone have not been traced, police say.
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a Cambridge man who was attacked twice within half an hour.
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Text: Commentators say Mr Abbott's choice was out of step with public attitudes and raised doubts about his judgement.
Mr Abbott re-introduced knighthood and damehood honours last year, nearly 20 years after they had been discontinued.
Australia, a parliamentary democracy, has Britain's monarch as head of state.
The prime minister's decision to grant a knighthood to the Prince - announced on Australia Day on Monday - has been described by the press as a "captain's call", which failed to take into account the opinion of party colleagues.
The leader of the opposition Labor party, Bill Shorten, said the decision to honour a British royal was "anachronistic". He has called for Australians to rally behind declaring their country a republic.
Australia's honours system
At a conference on Wednesday, Mr Abbott defended his choice but also said he had listened to the criticism.
"I understand why some people don't like it," he said. "I take it on the chin but I want to assure people that I have heard and there will be more consultation around these awards in the future."
Mr Abbott had praised the Prince's work as a campaigner, highlighting the achievements in Australia of his youth charity, the Duke of Edinburgh Award.
Many politicians - including some from Mr Abbott's party - said they were bewildered by the award.
Queensland Premier and Mr Abbott's conservative colleague, Campbell Newman, has described the knighthood as a "bolt from the blue".
Mr Newman goes to the polls on Saturday for the state's general election. Mr Abbott's widespread unpopularity is considered to be a drawback for the campaign.
The prime minister, who has not appeared in Queensland during the campaign, did not answer a journalist's question about whether he owed Mr Newman an apology, saying only that his federal government had done much that had benefitted Queenslanders.
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Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said he will consult more widely before announcing knights and dames, after criticism of his knighthood for Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.
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Text: The 74-year-old was arrested in London by Surrey Police on Tuesday and released on bail until 17 May.
His arrest was made in connection with allegations linked to the Walton Hop Disco in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
Former music mogul Jonathan King, 70, was arrested in September as part of the investigation. He and two other men, aged 77 and 86, are on bail.
The men were all arrested on suspicion of various sexual offences concerning boys under the age of 16, Surrey Police have said.
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A man has been arrested over allegations of child sexual offences at a disco in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Text: Julie Parkin, 39, was discovered with fatal injuries in a house in Kirkwall Close, Sunderland, on Tuesday.
Adam Parkin, 35, of Kirkwall Close, has been charged with her murder. He has also been charged with attempted murder and is due to appear at Newcastle Crown Court on Saturday.
Ms Parkin, who had two children, taught at West Boldon Primary School.
Staff have said they were "deeply shocked" at the loss of the "highly respected" teacher.
Police have appealed for information about a Black Mazda 6 registration NL59 MWJ and its whereabouts between 22:30 BST and midnight on Monday.
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A man has been charged with murdering a primary school teacher who was found stabbed to death.
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Text: Goals from Anthony Wordsworth, Tyrone Barnett and David Mooney gave the play-off hopefuls a 3-1 win at Roots Hall.
"They're top of the league for a reason and that's because their basics are very, very good, and that's what we've got to learn," said Brown.
"I thought we outdid the best basic team in the division with the basics and consequently we've won the game."
He continued to BBC Essex: "I think we'll have a video session in the week to show them what I mean by the basics: the regaining of possession, being in the right place at the right time - it's not a fluke, it's good judgement from good players."
The victory moved Southend up to seventh, two points behind the play-off places.
But they had gone in at half-time level after controversy surrounding Stuart Beavon's 44th-minute equaliser for Burton, who have now lost three of their past six matches.
"At 1-1 at half-time, you're bemoaning your luck because of the way they got the equalising goal," said Brown
"A lot of people say the ball was out of play, but two three of our players stopped at that moment and consequently Beavon stuck the ball in the back of the net.
"Now the half-time team talk changes but I thought we were good for going in 1-0 up.
"It was a tight game, a little bit of quality in front of goal eventually won it, but you're never off the hook with this Burton team and you've got to beat them, and we did."
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Southend can learn a lot from Burton after beating the League One leaders, according to Shrimpers boss Phil Brown.
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Text: The boy's father, Simon Lewis, 33, from Trowbridge, also died in the crash on Lamby Way, Cardiff.
The baby was born by an emergency Caesarean section as his mother was a passenger in the crash.
Police said a 29-year-old driver of a blue Peugeot 307 has been arrested on suspicion of causing two deaths by dangerous driving.
He has also been arrested on suspicion of aggravated taking a vehicle without consent, driving while disqualified and driving without insurance.
He was in hospital after the incident but has been discharged and is now in police custody.
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A man has been arrested over the death of a newborn baby boy following a crash on New Year's Eve.
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Text: The central bank cut the rate to 3%, citing a softer economic outlook and low inflation as the reason.
The heavily farming-dependent economy has been hit by a sharp drop in dairy prices over the past year.
Dairy exports make up around on third of the country's exports, making the economy vulnerable to any volatility.
Since 2014, global diary prices have fallen by more than 60%.
New Zealand is also affected by the slowdown of its major trading partner China - a big buyer of its dairy products.
Business and consumer sentiment stand at a three-year low and sluggish inflation has policy makers worried about an even bigger drag to the country's economy.
"At this point, some further easing seems likely," RBNZ Governor Graeme Wheeler said in a statement.
He also said the bank's growth outlook had deteriorated from its last policy statement in June as the construction activity to rebuild Christchurch after its 2011 earthquake "appears to have peaked".
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The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has cut interest rates for the second consecutive month and says more easing is likely.
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Text: An inquest was halted in October when coroner Alan Wilson referred the boy's death in 2014 at the vicarage in Freckleton, Lancashire to prosecutors.
A doctor had told the hearing Jonathan could have survived with resuscitation.
The Rev James Percival and his daughter Ruth were initially held on suspicion of murder but no charges were brought.
Ms Percival, 30, gave birth in a bathroom at the vicarage and her 66-year-old father, then vicar of Holy Trinity CE Church, helped her.
He told police the baby appeared "sallow and lifeless" and he believed the infant was "obviously deceased".
However, Blackpool Coroner's Court was told the boy could have survived up to 15 minutes after delivery on 25 November 2014.
Consultant neonatologist Dr Ruth Gottstein told the inquest that when babies are born with the umbilical cord around their neck, there is an 80% survival rate following resuscitation.
As well as being initially arrested on suspicion of his murder, both Mr Percival and his daughter were held on suspicion of conspiring to conceal the birth of a child.
The baby was not seen by a medical professional for about two hours and was left alone in the house wrapped in a towel on a sofa as the pair visited their GP, the inquest was told.
In a statement, the CPS said: "There remains insufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction for a criminal prosecution.
"The CPS has written to the coroner to explain the decision and to confirm the inquest can now be continued."
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No charges will be brought over the death of a baby at a vicarage because of "insufficient evidence", the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said.
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Text: Peggy - who has terminal cancer - will be joined by her onscreen sons, Phil and Grant, as the Mitchell family reunite to say their final goodbyes.
The actress, who joined the soap in 1994, revealed she would be leaving the show for good in January.
Viewers will see Peggy make a typically flamboyant return to Albert Square, for one last time, on 9 May.
She will be greeted by the extended Mitchell family, including her grandchildren, Ben and Louise, Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick) and his family, and niece Ronnie Mitchell (Samantha Womack).
Grant Mitchell - played by Ross Kemp - will be returning to the show after a 10-year absence.
"I owe the show and I owe The Mitchells quite a lot," Kemp - a close friend of Windsor - told BBC Radio 1 last month.
"I wouldn't be doing this... if I hadn't had those 10 years at EastEnders. So that was a big springboard for me in terms of moving on in my life, so I see no reason not to be able to go back and do it."
Dame Barbara, 78, played the character full-time until 2010, and has since made brief appearances in Walford - her last earlier this year, when she told her son Phil (Steve McFadden) that her cancer had returned.
Show producers began working on Peggy's exit last summer. Speaking in January, Dame Barbara said the character was "something I need to shut the door on".
Executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins said her departure would be "one of the most heartbreaking, uplifting and epic exits an EastEnders character has ever had".
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Dame Barbara Windsor's final scenes as EastEnders matriarch Peggy Mitchell will air in the coming weeks.
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Text: They warned that Hurricane Otto may have winds of 90 mph (145km/h) when it makes landfall early on Thursday.
At least four people have already died in Panama in severe weather caused by the approach of the storm.
The hurricane is moving west at 2 mph (4km/h) after being almost stationary throughout Tuesday, experts say.
The US National Hurricane Center says Otto is now blowing at about 75 mph (120km/h) as it approaches northern Costa Rica and southern Nicaragua.
The storm is now centred east of Limon, Costa Rica. When it makes landfall early on Thursday its heavy rain is expected to create numerous mudslides. It is then expected to cross over into the Pacific,
"A storm of Otto's expected strength has never made landfall so far south in the Caribbean, and there is no record of any hurricane striking Costa Rica," the Washington Post quoted weather expert Bob Henson as saying.
The paper says that very few hurricanes have formed so late in the season - which ends on 30 November - and that across the Atlantic since 1851 only 35 storms have reached tropical storm intensity on or after 15 November.
Earlier in Panama two people died in a mudslide; a girl drowned in a river and a boy died when a tree fell on a car taking him to school. His mother, who was driving, survived.
About 50 homes were destroyed by mudslides, officials said, and flights were delayed.
The governments of Nicaragua and Costa Rica have issued a hurricane watch from Costa Rica's southern border to the city of Bluefields in Nicaragua.
There is also a likelihood of dangerous surf and rip current conditions over the next few days along the coasts of Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua, officials say.
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A storm in the Caribbean has been upgraded to a hurricane and is threatening Costa Rica and southern Nicaragua, forecasters say.
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Text: The 36-31 loss at Franklin's Gardens left Saints seventh in the table, six points off fourth with four games left.
It also meant a seventh straight defeat in all competitions against their East Midlands rivals.
"You never say never, but I think that's what we're aiming for," Mallinder told BBC Radio Northampton.
Northampton face a tough run-in, with away fixtures at top two Wasps and Exeter either side of a 'home' meeting with third-placed Saracens at Stadium:MK.
The 2014 champions, who failed to reach this weekend's Champions Cup quarter-finals, conclude their season with a home match against Harlequins.
"It's going to be tough, but that's the Premiership." added Mallinder.
Former Northampton Saints team manager Lennie Newman on BBC Radio Northampton:
I'm the eternal optimist but the defeat against Leicester means that's about it for Saints' top-four hopes.
It's a tough run-in and I think it will go down to the final game against Harlequins for sixth or seventh.
The story of Saints' season has been very up and down, with a lack of consistency and quite honestly putting their foot in their own mouth at times; it's annoying.
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Northampton Saints director of rugby Jim Mallinder says defeat by Leicester leaves his side aiming at best for a top-six Premiership finish.
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Text: A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere in the world this week.
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Text: Pat's keeper Conor O'Malley had an inspired match as Derry wasted numerous chances - especially before half-time.
Against the run of play, Kurtis Byrne put Pat's ahead on 21 minutes.
Ronan Curtis levelled before half-time only for Conan Byrne to restore Pat's lead before Aaron McEneff's 84th-minute strike secured Derry a point.
Derry boss Kenny Shiels was forced to make two late changes to his starting line-up as McEneff and Mikhail Kennedy were drafted in after Nathan Boyle and Nicky Low had sustained groin injuries in the pre-match warm-up.
McEneff tested O'Malley with two great efforts as Derry made a lively start only for Pat's to take the lead on 20 minutes as Darragh Markey's through ball to Kurtis Byrne was followed by the striker stroking through Gerard Doherty's legs.
O'Malley's continuing heroics denied Harry Monaghan and the lively Ben Doherty [twice] before Curtis curled in a superb equaliser on 39 minutes.
Kennedy was then presented with a glorious chance to put Derry ahead but he failed to get full purchase on his shot as O'Malley made his ninth save of the first half.
The second half was more low key and Pat's regained the lead on 69 minutes with Conan Byrne's superb chip floating over Doherty.
To their credit, Derry kept battling away and McEneff blasted in a second equaliser from the edge of the box six minutes from time after being set up by Conor McDermott.
Derry remain without a victory since the 4-0 win over Drogheda United on 18 March, which was the day before the sudden death of club captain Ryan McBride.
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Derry City's winless run was extended to seven games as they drew 2-2 against St Patrick's Athletic in Friday's Premier Division game in Buncrana.
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Text: Marshall Islanders have been at the forefront of anti-nuclear activism after ecologically-devastating American bomb tests at their Bikini Atoll.
The UK, India and Pakistan were accused of failing their obligations under the 1968 nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
But the International Court of Justice said it could not rule on the case.
The Marshall Islands had sought to use the case to force nuclear powers to disarm. The tiny South Pacific nation originally filed cases against all nine treaty signatories: The UK, US, Russia, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea.
But only the UK, India and Pakistan recognise the jurisdiction of the Hague-based International Court of Justice and only those three cases proceeded to the preliminary court stage.
At hearings in March, Marshall Islands' representative Tony deBrum said he watched one of the US nuclear tests with his grandfather as a nine-year-old boy.
"The entire sky turned blood red," he told judges. He said islands were "vaporised" by the tests.
Judge Ronny Abraham acknowledged the "suffering" of the Islanders but ruled that they failed to prove a legal dispute existed between them and the three nuclear powers before the case was filed in 2014, which meant the court had no jurisdiction to hear the case.
In 1996, the International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion that the use or threat to use nuclear weapons would "generally be contrary to" the laws of war and humanitarian law.
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A UN court has thrown out cases brought by the Marshall Islands against the UK and others for allegedly failing to stop the spread of nuclear weapons.
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Text: Butler won the IBF world title from 37-year-old Hall on a split decision in Newcastle in 2014.
The winner of the re-match in Liverpool on 30 September will be in line to challenge for the WBA title, held by another Briton, Jamie McDonnell.
"If I lose this that's boxing finished for me, I'm retiring." Hall said.
"But I feel like this is just the start. Jamie McDonnell - that's the fight I've wanted."
It is not the first time that retirement has crossed Hall's mind, having previously said he would consider his future after his IBF title fight defeat by Lee Haskins last September.
Hall returned to the ring last month by outpointing Jose Aguilar and his second meeting with Butler represents the chance to avenge his previous loss to the 28-year-old.
"I'm buzzing, there's no pressure on me," he told BBC Tees.
"I don't want it going to the judges, I'm going to do everything in my power to knock him out."
Butler stopped Mexico's Carlos Ruben Ruiz in his most recent contest and has a record of 24 wins and only one defeat.
He will have home advantage for the re-match with Hall, who he says will be walking into "the lions' den".
Butler told BBC Merseyside: "I went to his backyard and took the title off him. This time I plan on doing a right number on him."
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Stuart Hall has vowed to quit the ring unless he beats Paul Butler in September's re-match in a world bantamweight title eliminator.
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Text: Steven Davidson, 23, admitted shaking the baby girl to her severe injury and danger of life at a house in Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, on 3 October 2012.
The child cannot sit upright or communicate and needs constant care.
Davidson was jailed for seven-and-a-half years in March. Judges at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh have now cut the term by nine months.
The decision follows an earlier ruling by appeal judges to reduce a seven-and-a-half-year sentence imposed on Stephen Sweeney.
The 27-year-old, from Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, was jailed for a shaking attack on a five-week-old baby boy at a holiday village at Dunoon, in Argyll, in September 2013.
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A man who inflicted "catastrophic" injuries on a six-week-old baby has had his jail term reduced on appeal.
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Text: Ben Fellows, 40, told reporters the Conservative MP for Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, assaulted him in 1994.
At the Old Bailey he denies perverting the course of justice by making false claims about the MP.
But Mr Cook said he did not believe Mr Fellows had worked on the show.
Mr Fellows, from Redstone Farm Road, Olton, Solihull, claimed the politician plied him with alcohol and carried out a sexual assault while he was working as an undercover actor for The Cook Report, on ITV.
He said a number of people who had also worked on the show at the time were aware of the assault.
In 2012, he told national news reporters about the alleged assault and stories were published in print and online.
Mr Cook, who presented the investigative programme and had some editorial control, was asked what, if any, dealings he had with the defendant.
He replied: "None whatsoever. I had never heard of him."
He said he would have known if Mr Fellows worked on the show.
Jurors were told Mr Cook only became aware of the allegations against Mr Clarke after the show was cancelled.
Mr Cook said: "It would have been an enormous story if that allegation was made."
The court has heard how police interviewed members of The Cook Report team who all said they were unaware of the allegation.
When officers checked out Mr Fellows' version of events, they concluded they were false and began treating him as a suspect rather than a victim, the court heard.
After Mr Fellows was arrested, he said The Cook Report staff were too afraid of losing their jobs or "falling foul of the establishment" to corroborate them.
The case continues.
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TV presenter Roger Cook told a court he had "never heard" of an ex-child actor who claims he was molested by former chancellor Kenneth Clarke while working on his show The Cook Report.
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Text: The tigress is believed to have killed two people and injured another five in northern Uttarakhand state.
It largely frequented agricultural areas, causing panic among farmers who were too afraid to harvest crops from their fields.
India is home to one of the largest tiger populations in the world.
'Man-eating tiger' to stay in zoo
Famous Indian 'queen' tigress dies
An official with the Uttarakhand forest department told the BBC's Raju Gusain that they had taken the call to kill the animal after multiple efforts to tranquilise it had failed. He said that the tigress had become too dangerous.
The elusive animal was located with the help of helicopters, drones and thermal imaging - the first time such sophisticated technology has been employed to hunt for a tiger.
It was identified through photographic evidence using more than 50 trap cameras and was found and shot on Thursday morning, he added.
Villagers celebrated the death of the animal by bursting crackers, our correspondent says.
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Indian wildlife officials say they have killed a man-eating tigress after an extensive operation carried out over six weeks.
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Text: Half will come from towns blockaded by pro-government forces, and half from towns blocked off by rebels.
Almost half a million people live under siege in Syria, the UN estimates.
Peace talks that began a week ago in Geneva have hit difficulties and it is not clear whether a partial truce that has lasted seven weeks so far will hold.
Opposition representatives walked out of the talks this week, blaming government violations of the ceasefire.
Activists said government air strikes on Tuesday had killed 40 people in rebel-held areas.
The news agency Reuters reports that 250 wounded people are being evacuated from Zabadani and Madaya, near the Lebanese border. Both these towns are blockaded by pro-government forces.
Meanwhile, an agreement has been reached for 250 wounded people to leave Foah and Kefraya in the north-west of the country. Both of these towns are predominantly loyal to the government and are blockaded by rebels.
A UN spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, said the people chosen for evacuation were "in urgent need of life-saving medical attention".
He said: "The sad thing is, we should not have to negotiate medical evacuations."
This is the first major evacuation since December 2015.
Meanwhile, the Syrian regime's chief representative in Geneva, Bashar al-Jaafari, insisted that the talks there would continue.
He told reporters that "no faction" had a "veto power".
Mr Jaafari said: "By leaving, [the opposition representatives] may be taking away a major obstacle and that will allow us to reach a solution."
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Relief agencies backed by the UN have begun to evacuate 500 wounded people from besieged Syrian towns.
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Text: The 24-year-old American shared a two-stroke overnight lead with South Korea's Chella Choi and was clear of the field after four successive birdies on the back nine in Illinois.
But a bogey on 17 saw her head down the 18th fairway tied for the lead with defending champion Brooke Henderson.
Kang then sank a birdie to win by one.
"I just trusted in my game and didn't worry about anything else. It's all about being confident and believing in yourself," she said.
Kang, a two-time US Women's Amateur champion, said she had received messages of support ahead of the final day from former Olympic decathlon champion and now reality TV celebrity Caitlyn Jenner, and ice hockey great Wayne Gretzky.
England's highest finisher Jodi Ewart Shadoff, who was just one shot off the lead after two rounds, finished on level par after carding successive rounds of 74 to finish 12 shots behind the winner.
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Danielle Kang won her first major title by clinching the Women's PGA Championship at Olympia Fields with a birdie on the final hole.
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Text: A converted try from prop Brian Mujati gave Sale the perfect start but Pau then led 10-7 as Daniel Ramsay's score followed a Thibault Daubagna penalty.
Sharks centre Mark Jennings crossed to ensure the hosts led at half-time and Joe Ford's penalty made it 17-13.
Pau's Quentin Lespiaucq-Brettes and Sale's Sam James swapped tries before Jonathan Mills secured a bonus point.
There were never more than seven points between the two sides in an extremely close contest, until replacement lock Mills touched down in the final seconds.
The Sharks lost their opening match 30-12 to Welsh club Newport Gwent Dragons, while Pau's first pool match was cancelled following the Paris attacks on 13 November.
Sale: Haley; Brady, James, Jennings, Addison; Ford, Cusiter; Harrison, Taylor, Mujati, Evans, Ostrikov, Lund (capt), Ioane, Fihaki.
Replacements: Neild, Flynn, Parker, Mills, Beaumont, Mitchell, Jeffers, Edwards.
Pau: Malie; Bobo, Vatubua, Votu, Niko; Fernandez, Daubagna; King, Lespiaucq-Brettes, Natsarahvili, Dry, Ramsay, Bernad, Bouilhou (capt), Coughlan.
Replacements: Campo, Hurou, Moise, Domolailai, Butler, Marques, Ratuvou, Dupouy.
Referee: Ben Whitehouse
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Sale Sharks narrowly beat French side Pau to win their first match in European Challenge Cup Pool 2.
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Text: The Dutch defender made the £13m move to St Mary's from Scottish champions Celtic in September 2015, signing an initial five-year contract.
Van Dijk, 24, has now committed to the club until the summer of 2022.
"The club is growing and I definitely want to grow with them, that's how I feel," the Netherlands international told the club's official website.
Van Dijk, who made his Saints' debut in the goalless draw at West Brom on the opening day of the season, has played every minute of Southampton's Premier League campaign this season, forming an impressive centre-back partnership with Jose Fonte.
The Breda-born defender made his international debut in October 2015 in the Netherlands' 2-1 win over Kazakhstan in the Euro 2016 qualifiers.
Southampton director of football Les Reed says van Dijk will be a "key pillar" in Ronald Koeman's squad for many years to come.
"Although Virgil only joined us in September we felt it was important to strengthen our commitment and we believe this also provides further indication of how serious our ambitions are for the coming years," he said.
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Virgil van Dijk has signed a new six-year contract with Southampton, just eight months into his current deal.
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Text: The fourth annual Nithraid on Saturday includes a sailing race and pop-up arts and food village.
The event is organised by the artists' collective the Stove Network.
The Nithraid programme starts at the Midsteeple where performance artists lead a procession through the town centre to the waterside at Mill Green.
They carry with them the Salty Coo symbol of the event.
Music and art activities will provide the entertainment for crowds as they await the culmination of the sailing boat race.
A variety of craft will navigate from the Solway Firth to the finish line helped on by one of the highest tides of the year.
The winning skipper will be given the honour of leading the ceremonial lowering of the Salty Coo into the river.
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Thousands of people are expected to line the banks of the River Nith in Dumfries for an event celebrating the town's maritime history.
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Text: Back row forward Clive Ross, lock Alan O'Connor and scrum-half Dave Shanahan have signed deals which will keep them at Ulster until the summer of 2019.
Hooker John Andrew has agreed terms to remain with the province until 2020.
"As we continue to build our playing roster it is critical that we have depth across these key positions," said Ulster Director of Rugby Les Kiss.
Andrew, 23, has captained the Ulster A side through their most successful campaign in recent years, having graduated from the Ulster Academy into the senior ranks.
The Ballymena man made his senior debut for Ulster in December 2015 against Connacht and has gone on to collect 26 caps for the province.
Ross, 27, has made 52 appearances for Ulster over the past three seasons and has featured in 23 of the side's 26 games to date this campaign.
The Cork native picked up his first try for the Irish province in the win over Connacht in December.
O'Connor made the switch to the Ulster Academy from Leinster in 2012, and has played 37 times to date for his adopted province.
Twenty-three-year-old Shanahan's 13 appearances so far include starts in January's Champions Cup pool games against Exeter and Bordeaux.
"All four of the guys have a great work ethic and a genuine eagerness to develop their game, so I have no doubt that they will continue to be key components of our squad for the years ahead," added Kiss.
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Ulster have been boosted by the news that four members of their squad have agreed contract extensions.
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Text: The city regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has moved a step closer to the idea as part of its plan to expose poor savings rates.
For the second year running, it said some savers are getting an annual return of as little as 0.01%.
Some savers with £1,000 to invest are therefore earning just 10p a year.
From December this year, banks and building societies will have to provide a "summary box" on statements, giving basic information about savings rates which will make their accounts easier to compare with others.
But the FCA wants to put further pressure on providers who give poor returns.
Having carried out a series of trials, it has rejected the idea of a "switching box" - which would prompt savers to switch to a different account with the same bank.
It has also decided against a tear-off form, which would have allowed customers to switch account by post.
However, trials of SMS text alerts and email reminders were found to have a positive effect on persuading people to switch accounts.
It will therefore consider the idea in more detail in the months ahead.
Among the worst savings-rates offenders named by the FCA were:
The FCA's full list reflects savings rates between April and June 2016.
"Providers seem perfectly happy to let savings held in closed accounts wither on the vine," said Danny Cox of investment service Hargreaves Lansdown.
"This shows the importance of shopping around and switching accounts to make the most of your money."
The Bank of England is expected to lower base rates further next month, putting further pressure on savings rates.
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Consumers who get poor rates of interest on their savings accounts could soon receive texts or emails to warn them of better deals available.
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Text: Essentra, which set up a plant on the city's Imperial Park in 2014, will more than double its staff to over 100.
The firm is being supported with £143,000 in grants and loans from the Welsh government.
Economy Minister Edwina Hart said she was delighted Newport had been chosen by Essentra to be "a centre of excellence within this global group".
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Seventy jobs are being created in Newport with the expansion of a specialist packaging company.
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Text: There have been fears that such a decision could trigger fresh violence.
The government said it would hold opposition leader Jean Ping responsible if clashes erupted following the ruling.
President Bongo won August's election by just 6,000 votes but the opposition says the poll was rigged.
Following the court ruling, President Bongo called for a "political dialogue" with the opposition.
Correspondents say residents of Libreville were stockpiling food ahead of the court ruling. There were long queues at banks and supermarkets on Friday and the French embassy told its citizens to stay indoors.
Riot police have been deployed across the city.
Mr Ping had alleged fraud in one of the president's main strongholds, Haut-Ogooue province, where Mr Bongo won 95% of the vote on a turnout of 99.9%.
Mr Ping had warned that Gabon could face serious instability if the court rejected his appeal for a recount in that province.
The court partially changed the results of the bitterly-fought election, giving President Bongo 50.66% of the vote and Mr Ping 47.24%.
The result of the election on 27 August sparked days of deadly violence.
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Gabon's constitutional court has upheld President Ali Bongo's election victory, rejecting opposition calls for a recount.
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For the BBC's Africa Beats series he has reunited with Mozambican guitarist Tiago Correia-Paulo, from his former group The Volume, to perform Signs.
He says the song was inspired by a cockroach in his kitchen, which he assumed had scuttled off into a crack in the wall.
"But then I started to think... what if this cockroach just disappeared? We always rationalise these things away."
His latest album, Rob the Church - made after a year travelling and performing around Africa and making the documentary Afrique - has a contemporary hip-hop sound, but the African influence is there in the shape of polyrhythms and Afrobeat syncopations.
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South African rapper Tumi Molekane is as much a poet as he is a musician - and his thought-provoking lyrics are delivered with easy grace.
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Text: They are examining Manfred Seel's links with the murders of five women and a teenage boy. Organs had been taken from all of the victims' bodies.
The five women were all working as prostitutes when they died.
Investigators say it is possible the killer had an accomplice and that there may have been other victims.
The man has been identified as a landscape architect from the town of Schwalbach near Frankfurt who was 67 when he died.
Suspicions were raised after the pensioner's death, when his daughter found a woman's remains inside a barrel in a garage he had rented.
They belonged to Britta Simone Diallo, who had been living in Frankfurt and working as a prostitute.
Investigators say there is no doubt that he killed her.
Seel is suspected of carrying out the murders of Gudrun Ebel and Hatice Eruelkeroglu in 1971, Gisela Singh in 1991, Dominique Monrose in 1993 and Tristan Bruebach in 1998.
Investigators suggested that the 20-year gap may have been a time when he was busy, for example with raising a family.
The victims' wounds matched injuries depicted in violent pornography found on Seel's computer.
He also had more than 32,000 images involving cannibalism and glorifying violence.
The only male victim Manfred Seel is suspected of murdering is Tristan Bruebach, a 13-year-old boy whose throat was cut while he was walking home from school in 1998. The teenager's mutilated body was found in a tunnel in Frankfurt.
The six murders all happened in and around Frankfurt. But detectives from the Hessen State Office of Criminal Investigations (LKA) say they are now examining hundreds of cold cases.
Police are looking for clues that might link Seel to further killings. They are also looking for people he knew and came into contact with
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A pensioner who died in 2014 could have been behind a spate of sadistic killings in the 1970s and 1990s, German investigators say.
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Text: Insp Declan McGrath said the victim was with a man in a licensed premises in the village when they were both attacked by two men.
The woman was knocked out shortly before 01:00 GMT. The pair were then assaulted again, by the same two men, when the went outside the building.
Police have appealed for information about the attacks.
One of the suspects is described as being thin with brown hair and about 5ft 5ins tall.
He was wearing navy jeans and a T-shirt.
The other suspect was about 5ft 11ins tall with dark hair.
He was wearing jeans and a burgundy and white jumper.
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A woman has been knocked unconscious during an assault in Claudy, County Londonderry, on New Year's Day.
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Text: Caroline Everest, 18, was last seen by friends at the Corporation nightclub in Milton Street, Sheffield, in the early hours of Sunday.
The Sheffield Hallam University student has not been heard from since and did not turn up for work or a family dinner later that day.
Officers described this behaviour as "extremely out of character".
She is described as 5ft 6in (1.6m) tall, of slim build and was wearing her long, dark hair in a ponytail.
She was wearing a black dress with a black cardigan and was carrying a black handbag with a cream strap.
Supt James Abdy said: "We are carrying out extensive inquiries to find Caroline, including reviewing CCTV, conducting searches and speaking to friends, family and associates.
"We are appealing for help from the public as we are extremely concerned for Caroline's welfare and would urge anyone with information about her whereabouts to get in touch."
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Police searching for a missing university student have said they are "extremely concerned" for her welfare.
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Text: 2 December 2016 Last updated at 15:17 GMT
Hans is famous for creating the music for films like The Lion King, Kung Fu Panda and Batman V Superman.
And now he's wowing the millions of people watching David Attenborough's new BBC wildlife series.
Here's how he does it...
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Hollywood composer Hans Zimmer talks about how he used music to bring the amazing stories of Planet Earth 2 to life.
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Text: The 31-year-old, who beat defending champion Nicol David in the last eight, will face Nour el Tayeb in the final as she attempts to add to her 2011 title.
Massaro, who came into the match with a 10-3 negative head-to-head record against Kawy, won 12-10 11-7 11-9 in 34 minutes.
"I'm thrilled to be in a major final once again," said Massaro.
"I've watched Nour play this week and she's in great form.
"I'm really excited. There won't be any pressure on me so I'm just looking forward to it."
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England's Laura Massaro has reached a third US Open final in five years with victory over Egypt's Omneya Abdel Kawy.
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Text: According to the Labor Department, slightly fewer people filed for US unemployment benefits last week. The total fell by 1,000 to a seasonally adjusted 261,000.
Even so, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 33.07 points to 18,448.41.
The wider S&P 500 index slipped 2.97 points to 2,172.47, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 5.49 to 5,212.20.
For the second day in a row shares in healthcare companies came under pressure, falling by 0.8%.
Having lost 5.4% on Wednesday, shares in pharmaceutical company Mylan closed down 0.7% as the company continued to face pressure over the price of its EpiPen allergy treatment.
Investors appear to be remaining cautious this week ahead of a meeting of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen is due to use the occasion make a speech on Friday which will be studied for clues as to the timing of the next US interest rate rise.
"Clearly, the Fed is in the driver's seat. They have the stage to command investor attention in Jackson Hole," said Peter Kenny, senior market strategist at Global Markets Advisory Group, in New York.
"The division among the voting members of the (Federal Open Market Committee monetary policymakers) is very, very clear and there is nothing we have seen in recent data that would tilt the argument to the one side of raising or the other side of remaining unchanged in September," he added.
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(Close): US stocks closed fractionally down on Thursday, despite good news on the jobs front.
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Text: The 500kg (1,100lb) device was found on the seabed in Portsmouth Harbour by a barge carrying out dredging works.
The Gunwharf Quays retail complex said it had been ordered to evacuate the area by 23:30 BST so the German device can be safely dealt with.
The Royal Navy said the bomb would be towed out to sea overnight and blown up during daylight hours early on Friday.
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A large unexploded World War Two bomb has been found near a shopping and leisure centre in Hampshire.
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Text: A section of Lovers' Walks in Matlock Bath was fenced off following a report prompted by a rock fall.
It could force the cancellation of the Derbyshire town's illuminations which attract thousands of people.
Lovers' Walks are a series of paths on the River Derwent and over the cliffs and are believed to be the oldest surviving public pleasure grounds.
The closure includes the stretch from New Bridge in Derwent Gardens to Jubilee Bridge.
Experts found blocks of limestone ranging in size from 1cm to 2m wide were loose in the cliff.
A spokesman for Derbyshire Dales District Council said: "The report, which we commissioned after what we hoped was an isolated incident of a number of loose rocks rolling down onto the footpath, is clear in its recommendation that public access to areas below the cliff face should be closed off immediately."
The riverside footpath is an emergency escape route during the illuminations and the closure could force the event's cancellation.
The spokesman added that repairs could be "extremely expensive" although more surveys were needed to see what work is required.
The original Lovers' Walks was created before 1742 and has been used as a public space ever since.
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A 250-year-old public footpath and a children's play park have been closed over fears a cliff could collapse.
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Text: The aircraft came down in thick fog near the Campo Felice ski station after picking up an injured skier.
The rescue was not related to last week's avalanche that engulfed a hotel nearby, killing at least 15 people.
Rescue teams reached the wreckage "and they found the bodies of the six deceased in the snow", a police spokesman told the AFP news agency.
The helicopter was taking the injured skier to hospital in L'Aquila, the capital of Abruzzo province.
Some witnesses reported hearing a loud explosion before it crashed.
Gianluca Marrocchi, mayor of the nearby town of Lucoli, said he saw the helicopter flying very low. "After that it disappeared in the fog," he told RAI state TV.
Campo Felice is a small skiing resort popular with day-trippers from Rome, which is 120km (75 miles) to the west.
It is on the other side of Italy's 3,000m Gran Sasso mountain range from the four-star Hotel Rigopiano, which was engulfed by an avalanche on 18 January triggered by a series of earthquakes. Fourteen people remain unaccounted for there.
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Six people have been killed in a rescue helicopter crash in a mountainous area of central Italy, officials say.
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Text: Dr Sharon Elizabeth Oates made the "flippant" comment to Kate Langford and Andrew Barnett, from Newtown.
Jenson Christopher Barnett died on 18 June 2013, two days after being born at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.
The panel ruled Dr Oates remains fit to practise.
An inquest, held in 2014, ruled Jenson died from brain trauma caused during an unsuccessful forceps delivery. He was then born by emergency caesarean section.
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) panel, sitting in Manchester, was told Dr Oates later said: "Sorry about your baby, we didn't anticipate it being as big as it was."
The panel said her remarks "clearly caused some distress" and was "inappropriate".
Other allegations against Dr Oates, such as her failure to perform a foetal scalp blood sample and failure to change her forceps technique during delivery, were not found proven.
While Dr Oates made an "error of judgement", the panel concluded her actions did not reach "the threshold of misconduct".
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A mother from Powys whose son died from head injuries suffered during birth was told by a doctor she should "smoke 50 cigarettes a day so she has a smaller baby", a disciplinary panel has heard.
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Text: Edmund, 22, ranked five places lower then Querrey, lost his only other top-level meeting with the 29-year-old at Eastbourne in 2014.
Novak Djokovic will play Juan Martin del Potro in round two after beating Slovakia's Martin Klizan 6-3 7-6 (7-4)
Second seed Rafael Nadal had a 6-4 6-3 win over Germany's Mischa Zverev.
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British number three Kyle Edmund was beaten 6-2 4-6 6-3 by American world number 40 Sam Querrey in the Mexican Open first round.
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Text: 16 June 2016 Last updated at 23:53 BST
It can be an expensive trip for the fans, but some people have been able to do it on the cheap
BBC News NI's Mark Simpson reports.
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Thousands of Northern Ireland supporters have travelled to France to see their team take on the rest of Europe at the Euro 2016 tournament.
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Text: 10 October 2015 Last updated at 10:49 BST
It happened just outside of Beijing, the capital city of China, as people were returning home from a national holiday.
There are more than 30 lanes of vehicles, which then merge into fewer lanes - it can't have been fun being stuck in any one of them!
Watch the clip to see the gigantic traffic jam...
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If you don't like sitting in big traffic jams, then give a thought to the drivers and passengers in this huge jam.
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Text: A rear passenger of the car lit the firework, which then flew into the garden in Montrose Drive, Bearsden.
The incident happened at about 18:30 on Sunday. Police said the boy was uninjured but "shaken and upset".
The car involved was a navy blue Volkswagen Golf and believed to be a 53 plate.
Officers said they believed the car had been driving around the wider Bearsden area before the incident.
There were four people in the car, which drove off in the direction of Stockiemuir Avenue after the firework was let off.
The driver was 18-20 years old with short dark hair. The rear passenger was also aged 18-20 with short, dirty blond hair and wearing a navy jacket or long-sleeved top.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the police.
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Police are appealing for witnesses after a firework was fired from a car into an East Dunbartonshire garden where a three-year-old boy was playing.
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Text: Highways England announced Atkins/Arup will devise a preferred route to be taken to public consultation as part of the £15bn improvement project.
A bypass of Winterbourne Stoke also forms part of the plan for the heavily congested stretch of road between Amesbury and Berwick Down.
The A303 is a key route in the area and links London with the south west.
Andrew Alcorn of Highways England, said: "This award takes us another step closer to our commitment to deliver the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down improvement scheme.
"Now we have Atkins/Arup on board to help with developing options for the scheme and pre-construction planning, we will be able to take the next step towards making this scheme a reality."
The £17.5m design contract has been awarded under a government investment scheme aimed at delivering "large-scale improvements to England's strategic roads".
Following the preferred route announcement, Highways England will draw up a development consent order application, which will be examined in public by the Planning Inspectorate, before a final decision by the Transport Secretary.
Work on the proposed scheme is expected to start by April 2020.
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A design team has been appointed by the government to develop proposals for a tunnel on the A303 near Stonehenge.
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Text: The 23-year-old was forced off after just 17 minutes of the game and will miss Tuesday's trip to Dagenham and Redbridge in the National League.
"It's worrying because he's been excellent," Nicholson told BBC Devon.
"The way he's been playing and pressing, he's been one of, if not our most, consistent outfield players."
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Torquay United manger Kevin Nicholson says he is concerned about the knee injury former captain Luke Young suffered in the loss at Tranmere.
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Text: The 33-year-old hooker was accused of biting Castres flanker Thomas Caballero in the second half of Dragons' 31-18 Challenge Cup win on Friday.
Thomas is now available to face Sale in their final Pool 5 match on Thursday.
A hearing held in London on Wednesday found that: "The Judicial Officer was not satisfied that the act of foul play as alleged had been committed."
Dragons are top off Pool 5 and assured of a quarter-final place going into their clash with Sale.
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Newport Gwent Dragons captain T Rhys Thomas has been cleared of a charge of allegedly biting an opponent.
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Text: Tommy McCollum, who is originally from Cookstown but now lives in England, was picking up his stepdaughter from the concert targeted by a suicide bomber.
Councillor Trevor Wilson, speaking on the family's behalf, said Mr McCollum sustained shrapnel wounds and had undergone an operation.
The Mid Ulster councillor said the family were "very hopeful that he was on the road to recovery".
Mr Wilson said the stepdaughter had not been hurt but would, no doubt, be affected by the trauma of the attack.
"His brother is with him (Mr McCollum) in England," he said. "The family is in a state of shock. The parents are very worried and all they are praying for is a full recovery."
Monday night's attack at the Manchester Arena killed 22 people - including children - and injured 64.
Eight men are now in custody following the attack, carried out by suicide bomber Salman Abedi.
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A County Tyrone man was among those injured in the Manchester bombing.
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Text: A member of the public discovered the body at Upperby Cemetery, next to St John The Baptist Church on Manor Road shortly before 08:00 BST.
Det Ch Insp Lesley Hanson said: "We have a team of detectives working hard to find out the identity of the man and establish what exactly has happened."
Cumbria Police have closed the cemetery while investigations continue.
There is not believed to be a danger to the wider public, the force added, and appealed for witnesses to contact them.
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A murder investigation has been launched after a man's body was found in a Carlisle cemetery.
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Text: The mayor of London was in Northern Ireland on Monday just 48 hours after Prime Minister David Cameron's visit.
Mr Johnson announced a £62m order for County Antrim firm Wrightbus.
However, ahead of June's EU referendum he has discussed why he thinks the UK would be better off outside the European Union.
He told the BBC a Brexit would leave arrangements on the Irish border "absolutely unchanged".
"There's been a free travel area between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland for, I think, getting on for 100 years," he said.
"There's no reason at all why that should cease to be the case."
Northern Ireland farming relies heavily on EU subsidies, but Mr Johnson said NI farmers would be no worse off outside the EU and "in many ways better off".
"You would be able to target the subsidy and we'd be getting money back from the EU that currently goes to Brussels and goes on heaven knows what," he said.
"We lose about £8.5bn to £9bn per year and we never see it again."
He said he was taking a different position on the EU from Mr Cameron, because he did not think the prime minister had secured the reform that was needed.
"I think that there is every chance that the people will see that this is really their chance to get power back from Brussels," he said.
"Time for freedom folks is what I would say."
On Saturday the prime minister visited two businesses in County Antrim and urged Northern Ireland voters to stay in the EU.
"I would say it comes down to a very simple argument, which is do we want a greater United Kingdom inside the European Union with the safety, the strength and the prosperity?" he said.
"Or do we want a great leap in the dark?"
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Boris Johnson has said he does not believe the Irish border would be affected if the UK left the European Union.
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Text: There was widespread mockery when official figures showed gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 26% in 2015.
That was three times the previous estimate.
The distorted figure was the result of multinationals using Dublin as a centre for financing and taxation operations.
Their operations involve flows of billions of dollars, which are captured by GDP measurement, but have little impact on the real economy.
When the figure was published last year, economist Paul Krugman described it as "leprechaun economics".
The Financial Times said it was on a par with the works of James Joyce and Flann O'Brien.
Now the Central Statistics Office (CSO) says that GDP and GNP "no longer provide a sufficient understanding of the domestic economy".
It said it will now produce a measurement known as adjusted gross national income (GNI), which will subtract the retained earnings of global firms that have their headquarters in Dublin.
It will also adjust for the depreciation of categories of foreign-owned domestic capital asset, such as intellectual property rights.
The changes were recommended in a report by an expert group chaired by the Governor of Ireland's Central Bank.
It made a total of 13 recommendations, including the need for better communications by the CSO.
The GNI measure will be phased in by the end of 2018.
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The Republic of Ireland's statistical agency is to produce a new measurement of the country's economic performance, which removes the distorting effects of multinational companies.
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Text: Mr Veale will succeed Pat Geenty, who announced his retirement in February.
Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire and Swindon Angus Macpherson, said Mr Veale is "committed to my agenda of maintaining local policing".
Mr Veale said the challenge would be to save money while protecting frontline services. He is due to start on 1 June.
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The new chief constable of Wiltshire has been named as Mike Veale who currently holds the position of Deputy Chief Constable (DCC) in the county.
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Text: Lucy King denied manslaughter through gross negligence but was convicted by a majority jury verdict of 10:2.
Jurors heard how King, 39, waited two hours to call 999 after her daughter Frankie Hedgecock drank methadone.
Instead, she stayed in their Dover home, messaging friends on Facebook and watching The Jeremy Kyle show.
She told Maidstone Crown Court she bought the drug through a friend and left a dose in her sitting room of their De Burgh Street home in June 2015.
King admitted nodding off at about 07:30 BST, waking up to find the cup containing the liquid drug was almost empty.
She said she first tried to make the toddler sick but, as time progressed, Frankie seemed to show no ill-effects and she began to think her daughter had not drunk the liquid.
A couple of hours later Frankie was taken to the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, but was pronounced dead at 11.04.
Sentencing King, Judge Jeremy Carey said: "This was an isolated incident but one that had calamitous consequences, and consequences for which you are responsible.
"You knew there was a real likelihood she had drunk the methadone. You took a chance in the hope it would not come back on you.
"Had you acted as you should have done, and as any right-minded parent would have done... had the emergency services been called straight away, there is the overwhelming probability Frankie would have survived."
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The mother of a two-year-old girl who swallowed a fatal dose of a heroin substitute has been jailed for three and a half years over her death.
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Text: Kulbhushan Jadhav was arrested in the restive Balochistan province and accused of "espionage and sabotage activities against Pakistan".
Shortly after his arrest, Islamabad released a video in which he was shown admitting involvement in spying.
Delhi says the man is an Indian citizen but has rejected spying claims.
Balochistan has been hit by a separatist insurgency that Pakistan accuses India of backing. Mr Jadhav was detained there on 3 March 2016.
"The spy was tried through Field General Court Martial under the Pakistan Army Act (PAA) and awarded the death sentence," Pakistan's Inter Services Public Relations said in a statement on Monday. No date was given for his execution.
Indian authorities are yet to react to the military court's order.
The nuclear-armed neighbours have a long history of diplomatic spats and Delhi and Islamabad often accuse each other of sending spies into their territories.
In November, Pakistan withdrew six officials from its mission in Delhi after they were outed as suspected spies by India.
It later leaked to the press the names and photos of eight alleged Indian spies working from India's mission in Islamabad.
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A military court in Pakistan has sentenced to death a former Indian navy officer arrested last year on charges of spying.
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Text: All three players have agreed deals that run until the summer of 2019.
Wing Nowell, 23, has played a part in all but one game under England head coach Eddie Jones.
Centre Slade, 23, has yet to feature under Jones, but both he and hooker Cowan-Dickie, 23, were in the squad which whitewashed Australia in June.
"It's great that they've come through our academy," Exeter head coach Rob Baxter told BBC Sport.
"They're international-quality players who want to stay at the club long term, and that in itself talks about what we're all about.
"We want to be a club where they can realise their international and club ambitions."
Nowell scored a try in Exeter's first-ever Premiership final appearance in May, which they lost to Saracens, with Slade having a hand in the score.
The highly-rated centre, who can also play at fly-half, missed six months of last season after breaking his leg in the Devon side's win at Wasps.
Cowan-Dickie is currently vying with Saracens number two Jamie George to be England's second-choice hooker behind captain Dylan Hartley.
"It wasn't a difficult process, they were all keen to stay and we were keen to keep them," added Baxter. "It was business that was all wrapped up pretty quickly."
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Exeter Chiefs' England trio Jack Nowell, Henry Slade and Luke Cowan-Dickie have signed new contracts with the Premiership club.
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Text: Beavers, an invasive exotic species, were introduced to the area in 1946 to offer locals work in the fur trade.
With no natural predators, the beavers have reproduced rapidly and are a threat to the native forest, environmentalists say.
The plan is to eradicate the North American beaver completely from the archipelago, local officials say.
According to the officials, the beaver situation is "totally out of control" in Tierra del Fuego, where the rodents have destroyed an area double the size of the city of Buenos Aires.
Adrian Schiavini, who heads the National Strategy for Invasive Exotic Species, told Argentine radio that "humane traps" would be used to cull the animals "quickly and effectively".
Mr Schiavini said the species had caused huge damage to Tierra del Fuego, at the southern tip of Argentina, by building dams in its unique river system.
Biologists say that whereas some North American trees can grow back after being damaged by beavers, South American trees tend to die off after being gnawed by the rodents.
The dams they build moreover create bogs in which many native trees are unable to grow. Dams built by beavers can reach a length of 100m (328ft).
Mr Schiavini said the plan was to bring in experts in beaver hunting from North America.
"The idea is to train a group of hunters and then choose the best from this group and put them to work in seven pilot areas on Isla Grande in Tierra del Fuego."
He said he hoped that after four years, the authorities would be able to significantly step up the speed of the cull.
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The authorities in the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego are planning to cull 100,000 beavers.
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Text: Police said on Friday that he was among a group of men who caught five amphibians at a reservoir near the city of Daejeon in March.
Believing the animals were bullfrogs, the men cooked and ate them at a restaurant days later.
The 57-year-old man began vomiting soon after and was rushed to a hospital, where he died the next morning.
Police said bufotenin, a chemical commonly found in toad toxin, was found in the leftovers of the meal.
They said that among the five animals they had caught, some were in fact toads which looked identical to bullfrogs, reported Yonhap news agency.
The man's friends showed similar poisoning symptoms but survived.
The BBC's South Korea correspondent Stephen Evans says bullfrogs are a delicacy in some parts of rural South Korea.
Some species of toads secrete venom through their skin when agitated or when they sense they are in danger.
Bufotenin can be fatal when ingested in large amounts. But it is also a natural psychedelic, giving rise to a sub culture where some lick toads in an attempt to achieve a hallucinogenic high.
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A South Korean man has died from poisoning after eating toads he had mistaken for edible bullfrogs.
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Text: 24 August 2016 Last updated at 18:05 BST
Ch Insp Antony Hart, from Devon and Cornwall Police, said searches were continuing in Exminster in relation to the terrorism investigation.
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Police have arrested a serving Royal Marine in Somerset over Northern Ireland-related terrorism.
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Text: The Welsh government also wants to ensure staff are paid the minimum wage and firms pay for time spent travelling to clients.
It comes as research shows a link between employment terms and conditions and the quality of care delivered.
Health Minister Mark Drakeford said sustainable social care was dependent on a stable workforce.
Launching a consultation on the plans, Mr Drakeford said: "I am very aware of the significant variations in the workforce and the consequences of this for the quality of care. These matters are particularly acute in domiciliary care.
"The consultation being launched today sets out a range of measures the Welsh government could take to improve the quality of domiciliary care in Wales by having a positive impact on the recruitment and retention of domiciliary care workers."
Mr Drakeford added he was aware the rise in minimum wage over the next few years would place financial pressures on the sector, but said the consultation would help the Welsh government understand the impact of its proposals on the sustainability of care provision.
A number of councils in Wales which use zero-hour contracts have previously said they often suit employees, and staff still get benefits including sick pay and paid leave.
But union Unison, which has campaigned for them to be scrapped, has said such contracts bring insecurity for workers who are not always guaranteed work, and said staff were less likely to criticise employers over fears they would not be asked back to work.
It is estimated there are 19,500 home care workers in Wales, delivering about 260,000 hours of care a week to 23,000 people.
The sector has a staff turnover of about 32% and a vacancy rate of 6%.
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Zero-hours contracts for home carers in Wales could be restricted to improve recruitment and care standards.
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Text: Edwards ended her international career last month after speaking to Robinson.
Robinson said social media abuse was "part of the territory" and it was "no surprise" the decision to drop Edwards, 36, led to a "backlash".
But he added to BBC Sport: "It's tough for your daughter to read some things from cowards on social media."
Speaking at the unveiling of Heather Knight as the new England captain, Robinson said he understood why the decision to replace Edwards provoked such a strong reaction.
Made a CBE in 2014, 36-year-old Edwards is the only player - man or woman - to captain England in 200 internationals.
"The easy thing was probably to do nothing because you're going to get a lot of flak - as I have done - for the decision that you've made," explained Robinson.
"You'd search the breadth of the earth to find those type of players [like Edwards] who are as driven and successful.
"But nothing lasts forever so it's no surprise when somebody who is well loved and well thought of finishes and there is a backlash."
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England coach Mark Robinson says he was targeted for abuse on social media after deciding to replace Charlotte Edwards as captain.
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Text: The paintings were seized in August as part of the ongoing inquiry into Opus Art Gallery in Stow-on-the-Wold.
Gloucestershire Police said the company was run by Donald Smith and Emma Poole until they sold it to a London-based gallery owner before moving to France.
The inquiry is trying to establish what specific offences have been committed.
A spokeswoman for Gloucestershire Police said in May it received allegations that individuals involved with the gallery had been dishonestly retaining or selling works of art.
A large number of works and assets previously held by the company were then seized.
"Officers are working to bring any perpetrators of fraud or theft in this case to justice, and in due course to reunite the works with their owners," a force spokeswoman said.
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Detectives investigating allegations of fraud and theft at a Cotswold art gallery are seeking the original owners of 600 works of art.
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Text: Reports said the Islamic State mantra "e4e", standing for "an eye for an eye", was carved into the man's head.
An inquiry will examine how the high-risk attacker, 18, came to be housed with his 40-year-old cellmate.
New South Wales Corrections Minister David Elliot said placing the pair in the same cell was "a stuff-up".
The attack took place at the Mid North Coast Correctional Centre in Kempsey, 4.5 hours north of Sydney.
The injured man was a minimum-security prisoner and the teenager, named by multiple sources as Bourhan Hraichie, was a maximum-security prisoner.
A Corrections Department spokesperson said the 18-year-old had been jailed for stealing, not terrorism-related offences.
Initial reports said the injured man had served in the Australian army in East Timor, but Mr Elliott said he did not believe this was accurate.
"It is important to note that the man's background does not change the seriousness of this incident," Mr Elliott said in a statement to the BBC.
The general manager of the Mid North Coast Correctional Centre has been suspended while an investigation takes place.
Head of the Prison Officer's branch of the Public Services Union Steve McMahon told the media prison officers were distressed by the allegedly unprovoked attack, which took place on Thursday.
"It's quite a horrendous piece of work, not unlike torture," Mr McMahon reportedly said.
He said the pair should never have been placed in the same cell and described the incident as a "complete failure by the people in positions of responsibility".
The 40-year-old man was admitted to Port Macquarie Base Hospital in a critical condition, but was now stable, a hospital spokesperson told the BBC.
Police have charged Hraichie with causing grievous bodily harm with intent and intentionally choking a person.
He has been ordered to face court on May 23.
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An Australian prisoner who supports the so-called Islamic State has allegedly used a knife to carve a slogan on to his cellmate's head.
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Text: Northern Powergrid, the company responsible for the distribution of electricity, said engineers were dealing with the situation in Wetherby.
Powergrid manager Mick Hickling said the storm began at about 03:00 BST.
He said: "It has been quite a dramatic night, it got really intense about 04:30."
The company said the cut had been caused by power lines being struck by lightning.
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About 1,000 homes near Leeds were without electricity on Saturday morning after severe thunderstorms in the early hours.
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Text: Workers at the Dow Corning factory in Barry have been told about the potential impact on the site because of a restructuring of the company.
About 630 people work at the plant, and a 45-day consultation will begin soon.
The company stressed, however, that the decision has "absolutely nothing to do with Brexit".
Dow Chemical Company has announced it will cut about 2,500 jobs worldwide, or about 4% of its total workforce.
In a statement, the firm said: "The leadership met with employees at the site to talk about the rationale for this global workforce consolidation and the possible impacts to the roles at Barry."
Silicone production began at the Barry site in 1952, initially by a company called Midland Silicones.
Dow Corning's website describes it "as one of the most advanced facilities in the world" of its type.
It says: "Silicone fluids, rubber and specialty polymers made in Barry are used in a wide variety of applications, from cosmetics to car airbag coatings and construction sealants."
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About 115 jobs are under threat at a chemical plant in the Vale of Glamorgan.
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Text: Amnesty International, Liberty and Privacy International filed a legal complaint with the court today.
The scale of the surveillance carried out by GCHQ has been revealed by US whistleblower Edward Snowden.
A similar legal challenge mounted in the UK last year saw judges rule that the spying did not breach human rights.
"The UK government's surveillance practices have been allowed to continue unabated and on an unprecedented scale, with major consequences for people's privacy and freedom of expression," said Nick Williams, legal counsel for Amnesty in a statement.
The three organisations claim that the surveillance carried out by GCHQ breaches the European Convention on Human Rights that enshrines certain freedoms in law.
The surveillance carried out by GCHQ has been subject to a series of legal challenges since National Security Agency documents provided by Edward Snowden started to appear in the media.
In December, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal that oversees the work of the intelligence services ruled that GCHQ's spying did not violate Britons' human rights and was a legitimate way to gather intelligence.
In February, a separate ruling by the IPT found that the spy agency's surveillance programme was unlawful because the processes governing how GCHQ gathered and shared information were not public enough.
Amnesty acknowledged these rulings in its statement but said the "secretive" nature of IPT hearings meant there was little transparency about the way GCHQ was being policed. This, it said, undermined the faith people had in official oversight of the agency.
Information that had come to light in the last 12 months showed, said Amnesty, that there were flaws in the oversight system. One revelation concerned arrangements GCHQ has with its US counterparts to get at data it would be difficult for the UK agency to get permission to acquire.
There were also loopholes in UK laws governing surveillance being exploited by GCHQ to expand its spying abilities, it said.
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Rights groups have asked the European Court of Human Rights to rule on the legality of the UK's large-scale surveillance regime.
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Text: Sunanda Pushkar is reported to have been discovered at a hotel in Delhi.
The couple became embroiled in controversy over a series of Twitter messages on Wednesday that appeared to reveal he was having an affair with a Pakistani journalist.
They later insisted they were happily married, blaming "unauthorised tweets".
Mr Tharoor married Ms Pushkar, a former Dubai-based businesswoman, in 2010.
A public row between the couple erupted on Wednesday when messages began to appear on Mr Tharoor's Twitter account suggesting he was having an affair with journalist Mehr Tahrar.
Ms Pushkar admitted publishing the tweets, but later denied it.
She was found dead in a five-star hotel in Delhi, according to police sources.
Reports said that her husband had informed the police of her death. It was unclear how she died.
Ms Tahrar, who denied having an affair with the minister, tweeted after she heard of Ms Pushkar's death: "I'm absolutely shocked.
"This is too awful for words. So tragic I don't know what to say. Rest in peace, Sunanda."
Mr Tharoor, a former UN diplomat, was forced to resign from his first ministerial position in 2010 amid controversy over his involvement in bidding for a cricket team.
Ms Pushkar had allegedly received a free stake in the Indian Premier League franchise he was bidding for.
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The wife of Indian minister Shashi Tharoor has been found dead, following reports that he was having an affair, Indian media have said.
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Text: Hamm was competing in the Freeride World Tour event in Fieberbrunn when the accident occurred.
He suffered broken ribs, shoulder and arm, plus internal injuries, which resulted in extensive blood loss.
He had a second operation on Thursday and doctors are optimistic he will be able to make a good recovery.
Last month, Devon-born Hamm told BBC Sport about his near-death experience in 2008, when he was caught in an avalanche.
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British freeride snowboarder Sascha Hamm remains in intensive care in hospital in Austria after suffering multiple injuries in a crash.
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Text: 18 July 2016 Last updated at 07:10 BST
There was a large adult bath, a smaller, shallower and squarer bath used by children, and a paddling pool as well as a slide at one end and a set of diving boards at the other.
Ten years after it closed it was filled in.
Here is some archive footage from Forgotten Abergavenny taken at a 1960s swimming competition, where swimming skills were not the only ones tested.
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Abergavenny's Bailey Park pool was a popular place for families to go until it closed in 1996.
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Text: Desmond Rosario, 46, from Bradford, attacked the girl in Sheffield in 2013.
A warrant was issued for his arrest after he failed to appear before magistrates. He was found in Birmingham after a BBC Crimewatch appeal.
The Bar Standards Board, which regulates barristers, said Rosario faces disbarring, which means he would be unable to practise as a barrister.
Rosario, of Abbotts Wood, Heaton, was jailed for four years at Leicester Crown Court on Friday.
A Bar Standards Board (BSB) spokesman said: "While the BSB does not normally comment on individual cases, we were aware of the proceedings involving Mr Rosario, who, our records show, has not practised as a barrister since late 2013.
"Following his conviction, we can confirm that we are investigating him in accordance with our usual enforcement processes."
After his sentencing, Det Con Judith Proffitt said Rosario had been a "respected" criminal law barrister, but said he was not "above the law" and his behaviour was "despicable".
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A barrister jailed for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old could face being expelled from the bar.
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Text: The man, who is in his 40s, was taken to hospital on Sunday. His condition is not believed to be serious.
Det Sgt Ryan Brennan said: "Police received a report at around 7.30pm that a man in his 40s had suffered a small stab wound to his stomach. He was taken to hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries."
Police have appealed for information.
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A man has been injured after a stabbing incident at a house in the Lisnablagh Road area, Coleraine.
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Text: Crolla, who faces Burns at the Manchester Arena on 7 October, told BBC Scotland: "I can't wait for the fight.
"There will be a great travelling support from Scotland and I'll be in front of my beloved Manchester crowd.
"I've got a lot of respect for Ricky as a fighter and a person. I'll have to be at my best to beat him."
Crolla lost his WBA lightweight title to Jorge Linares in September 2016 and the Englishman, from Manchester, was also beaten by the Venezuelan in a March rematch.
Burns' last outing saw the Scot lose his WBA super-lightweight title to Julius Indongo in April.
"Everyone who knows boxing, Ricky's not the type to be trash-talking and neither am I," Crolla told BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound.
"Everyone who knows boxing knows that this is a fight that doesn't need that to sell. Come 7 October in that arena, there's going to be an amazing atmosphere.
"It's going to be some night. They [the preparations] have been going very well and I'm in a very good place, physically and mentally. I'm just looking forward to the fight and believe I could be ready sooner.
"We can't wait for it and the winner, I'm sure, will go on to fight for a world title again. I know that I've got to be at my best to beat him but I'm very confident that's what I will be."
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Anthony Crolla says the build-up to his lightweight fight against Ricky Burns is devoid of "trash-talking" because of their respect for one other.
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Text: The 23-year-old left Vale Park at the end of last season after scoring 10 goals in 54 appearances for the club.
Hooper began his career at Newcastle and has also had spells with Northampton Town and Cheltenham.
He did not sign in time to play in Grimsby's EFL Cup tie against Derby but could make his debut against Coventry City in League Two on Saturday.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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Grimsby Town have signed former Port Vale striker JJ Hooper on a two-year contract after he impressed on trial.
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Text: The firm said the UKGC was assessing "certain measures" taken by one of its subsidiaries to ensure "social responsibility to its customers".
The review will examine the effectiveness of the ways customers can ask to be excluded from gambling.
The company said it would work with the UKGC on the review.
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Shares in online gambling company 888 Holdings have fallen by 8% after it revealed it was under investigation by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC).
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Text: Numbers 14 to 17 Moore Street in Dublin were declared a national monument by the Irish government in 2007.
One of the buildings - number 16 - was used by the leaders of the 1916 uprising in the Irish capital.
It saw republicans take over a number of buildings in Dublin as part of an insurrection against British rule.
British troops put down the uprising and many of the ringleaders were executed.
It is planned to develop the buildings as a commemorative centre.
The site was the location of the final council of war of the leaders of the 1916 uprising, and is where the decision to surrender was made.
The buildings were also used by 1916 rebels as they tried to break out through British lines.
The Irish minister for arts, heritage and the Gaeltacht Heather Humphreys brought the proposal to cabinet this morning.
The site had been the subject of a proposed land swap deal, which was rejected by Dublin City Council last November.
Relatives of the 1916 leaders have said they want the site and surrounding area preserved as a battlefield site.
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The government in the Republic of Ireland is to acquire the site of the final headquarters of the 1916 Easter Rising leaders before their surrender.
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Text: The Peugeot failed to stop after the collision, which happened at the junction of Raby Road and Perth Street in Hartlepool, Cleveland Police said.
The boy was hit as he crossed the road with his mother at about 21:35 BST on Tuesday.
A 35-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion dangerous driving and possession of an offensive weapon.
He was also suspected of driving while unfit through drugs.
The boy, who suffered bruising, did not need medical treatment, police said.
The vehicle also caused damage to the wall of a property, before crashing and ending up wedged between a wall and a car on Zetland Road.
Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward.
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A nine-year-old boy was hurt when he was hit by a car that was being pursued by police.
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Text: 18 August 2016 Last updated at 21:28 BST
Mr Ross was speaking to Irish broadcaster RTÉ after arriving at Dublin Airport from Brazil on Thursday.
Arrested Irish Olympic official Pat Hickey has been released from hospital to be questioned at a Rio police station over allegations of illegal ticket sales.
He has temporarily stepped down from his position as the Olympic Council of Ireland's president, although he denies the allegations.
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Irish Sports Minister Shane Ross has said the Olympic Council of Ireland will have to accept an independent inquiry into the alleged illegal sale of tickets.
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Text: Government forces have been battling rebels for the past two years, although a peace deal was signed in August.
Niger is a close second, with 47% unable to attend school, followed by Sudan (41%) and Afghanistan (40%).
Worldwide, some 24 million children of more than 109 million living in nations at war are not in school, Unicef said.
Even before the conflict began, 1.4 million children were already missing class in South Sudan, Unicef said.
Since the war broke out, more than 800 schools have been demolished and more than 400,000 children had to abandon their classrooms, the agency said.
Despite the peace agreement, violence persists in some areas.
Only one in 10 South Sudanese students who enter school finish primary education amid a shortage of facilities and trained teachers, said Phuong T Nguyen, Unicef's chief of education for South Sudan.
"There is a very, very low budget from the government to the education sector," she said. "It is not holding steady and we see a decline."
Enrolment went up from under 30% after South Sudan became independent in 2011, but the war and a lack of school buildings and qualified teachers have slowed the growth, according to a South Sudanese official, the AP news agency reports.
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More than half of children in South Sudan are not in school, the highest proportion in any country, UN children's agency Unicef has said.
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Text: The president did not give details of what he will do but he is expected to expand background checks on gun buyers.
He told reporters at the White House that the high number of shootings in the US had forced him to act without the approval of Congress.
Gun supporters are deeply opposed to any new laws.
But Mr Obama said his new measures will be within his legal authority and consistent with the Second Amendment, which grants Americans the right to bear arms.
And while they will not solve every violent crime in the US, he said they will potentially "save lives and spare families the pain".
There are tens of thousands more gun deaths in the US than other countries, he said, including suicides and mass shootings.
The new law, to be passed by executive order without Congress, will mean more sellers having to register as licensed gun dealers, say US media reports.
The president was speaking after hearing recommendations from Attorney General Loretta Lynch, FBI Director James Comey and other top law enforcement officials.
He told the BBC last year that his failure to pass effective gun laws was his biggest regret.
Why Obama is powerless - the roadblock at Congress
Are you mad or criminal? - the question a gun seller asks
Texas women and their firearms - a photographer taught to shoot at an early age
Do tighter gun laws work? - a state where guns are a way of life
Guns at home - the question parents hate to ask before a playdate
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President Barack Obama says the tighter gun laws he will announce this week will "save lives" and potentially spare families the agony of bereavement.
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Text: Some aircraft were diverted to Belfast International and Shannon airports.
People intending to fly from Dublin have been advised to check with their airline for updates.
Met Éireann has a status yellow wind warning in place for parts of the Republic of Ireland.
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All flights in and out of Dublin Airport were suspended for a time on Thursday evening because of severe gusty winds.
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Text: Two men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and are in custody, said Thames Valley Police.
The fight, involving weapons and a number of men, was in Banbury, Oxfordshire, at about 19:45 on Friday.
The arrested men, aged 38 and 26, are both from Banbury. Police said it was a serious incident, but they believe there is no danger to the public.
There are road closures in place in Coopers Gate and Cope Road while officers investigate.
Det Insp Jon Capps urged anyone who saw a silver Volkswagen Passat in the area at the time to come forward.
He said: "This was a serious incident and we continue to investigate and there are a number of scene watches in place.
"We are keeping an open mind at this stage, but we do not believe that there is a wider danger to the public."
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A man in his 20s is in a critical condition in hospital after being hit by a car following a fight.
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Text: Video and still images released by state news agency Tass show the two leaders in tracksuits lifting weights.
Later they shared a breakfast, barbecuing some of the food themselves.
Mr Putin is known in Russia for his strong-man image and has previously been pictured fishing, horse-riding, and hunting, often shirtless.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev have been pictured sharing a morning workout at a government residence in Sochi.
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Text: If you have a picture you would like to share, please see below the images for details on how to submit yours.
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Please note that whilst we welcome all your pictures, we are more likely to use those which have been taken in the past week.
If you submit a picture, you do so in accordance with the BBC's Terms and Conditions.
In contributing to England's Big Picture you agree to grant us a royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to publish and otherwise use the material in any way that we want, and in any media worldwide.
It's important to note, however, that you still own the copyright to everything you contribute to England's Big Picture, and that if your image is accepted, we will publish your name alongside.
The BBC cannot guarantee that all pictures will be used and we reserve the right to edit your comments.
At no time should you endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe any laws collecting any kind of media.
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Each day we feature a photograph sent in from across England - the gallery will grow during the week.
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Text: But they have requested an arrest warrant to keep the 26-year-old Iraqi national in custody.
The man, identified only as Abdul Beset A, is suspected of membership in an affiliate of so-called Islamic State.
Three devices exploded on Tuesday as Borussia Dortmund footballers were travelling to a match against Monaco.
Spain international Marc Bartra underwent an operation after breaking a bone in his wrist. No other players were hurt.
The suspect is accused of leading an IS command unit in Iraq in 2014, and of planning abductions and murder.
The German prosecutors say he travelled to Turkey, and then to Germany in early 2016, while maintaining contact with IS jihadists.
He is due to appear in court later on Thursday, and is expected to be formally arrested in connection with the bus attack.
A 28-year-old German man is also under suspicion, but has not been arrested.
The Champions League match between Borussia Dortmund and Monaco went ahead a day after the bombing, at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund.
Dortmund lost 3-2 at home, in the quarter-final first leg match.
Afterwards, Borussia Dortmund manager Thomas Tuchel said his club felt "completely ignored" over the rescheduling of the match.
"We would have liked more time to take stock," he said.
Three identical letters claiming responsibility were found at the blast scene. Investigators say they are not typical of IS claims - for example, they do not bear any IS symbols.
The blast radius of Tuesday's attack was about 100m (330ft). Prosecutors said it was lucky the casualties were not worse. A policeman was also injured.
The devices contained bits of metal and one shard embedded itself in a headrest on the bus.
Dortmund police say the fans' behaviour has been exemplary. Many Dortmund fans offered accommodation to Monaco fans, because of the match postponement.
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German prosecutors say they have no evidence so far linking a man held over the bomb attack against the Borussia Dortmund team bus to the crime.
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