Four people have appeared in court accused of helping to hide or dispose of teenager Becky Watts' body parts.

Article: In January, a painting showing Donald Trump and singer Madonna went viral. But who is artist Michael Forbes and why did he paint it?
The painting, called Not My President, was made in the days leading up to Mr Trump's inauguration as the 45th president of the USA.
It depicts the billionaire businessman as King Kong sitting on the head of Madonna. The superstar singer is portrayed as the Statue of Liberty, holding up a placard protesting against his election.
Madonna, a critic of Trump, posted an image of the painting to her Facebook and Instagram accounts. The posts soon gathered thousands of "likes".
The US singer is a fan of Forbes, who exhibits artwork at a gallery in Manhattan, New York City, and whose other celebrity supporters include Monty Python's Terry Gilliam and comedian Ricky Gervais.
Forbes describes himself as a Pop Surrealist.
His work has referenced women's rights campaigns, featured "mash ups" of glamorous Hollywood icons, also past US presidents such as Barack Obama and Abraham Lincoln as well as bears wearing sunglasses.
But Forbes was born and brought up far from the glamour - and occasional controversy - of the subjects of his paintings.
The son of a mechanic, Forbes was born in Dingwall in Easter Ross and he grew up in the area surrounded by peers who joined the Armed Forces after leaving school.
But he was drawn in a different direction.
"I grew up in a world without 'art'," says Forbes. "There were no trips to museums or art galleries. I didn't know any artists and I remember at 15 having not even taken art in secondary school."
Later he was given a harsh lesson that carving a successful career in the Arts would not be easy.
Forbes says: "I was once stopped by someone taking a survey on Inverness High Street. I agreed to take her survey as she said no-one had stopped.
"I had some time to kill before catching my train. Her first question was 'what is your occupation? I said 'artist'. She went through her whole list of occupations but couldn't find 'artist'.
'It's not there," she said....

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Article: Balfron High School S1 to S3 pupils had been bussed to other secondaries while the work was carried out.
Pupils in S4 to S6 will return to classes on Monday at the conclusion of exams.
Work is continuing to return the school to "full operational status" by the end of summer.
Twelve temporary classrooms have been installed at the school.
Issues with walls in the stairwell, gym and atrium were discovered in May during precautionary checks, leading to the school's partial closure.
A Stirling Council spokesman said: "The repairs programme will continue throughout the rest of this term in a way that maintains our key focus on meeting educational needs and ensuring the safety of our pupils and staff at all times.
"Further work will take place through the summer break to return the school to full operational status before the start of the new term."
The school was built under a private finance initiative about 15 years ago, but not by the firm involved with recent problems with Edinburgh schools.

Summary: Pupils have returned to a Stirlingshire school following initial repair work to address structural problems.
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Article: The US agency's current policy prohibits anyone working for it who has used cannabis in the past three years.
However, its director James Comey has acknowledged that this is complicating its efforts to recruit hacking experts, according to the Wall Street Journal.
It said he made the announcement at a conference in New York.
"I have to hire a great workforce to compete with those cybercriminals, and some of those kids want to smoke weed on the way to the interview," the newspaper quoted him as saying at the White Collar Crime Institute's annual meeting.
It added that when one attendee asked how a cannabis-using friend interested in working for the bureau should now act, Mr Comey replied: "He should go ahead and apply."
A spokeswoman for the FBI confirmed Mr Comey had discussed cannabis in unscripted remarks during a question and answer session after his speech at the conference.
However, during a committee hearing at the Senate on Wednesday the FBI director subsequently said he had been trying to be "philosophic and funny" when he made the comments.
"I don't want young people to use marijuana. It's against the law," he added.
"I did not say that I'm going to change that ban. I said I have to grapple with the change in my workforce."
Unlike the FBI, the UK's National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU)'s vetting policy does not make specific reference to cannabis, but does have a wider anti-drugs rule.
"Whilst previous drug taking is not necessarily a barrier to employment provided people are open about it, applicants are told not to apply if they have taken illegal drugs in the preceding 12 months," said a spokeswoman for the National Crime Agency, of which the NCCU is a division.
"Before joining all new entrants have to undertake a drugs screening test before appointment is confirmed.
"Once employed, individuals are subject to NCA policies including random and intelligence-led 'with cause' substance testing. Certain high-risk posts require individuals to take more regular testing as a role requirement."
One expert...

Summary: The FBI has reportedly said it is "grappling with the question" of whether to hire cybersecurity experts who use cannabis.
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Article: Mr Kim's 100% approval from his Mount Paektu constituency reflects the "absolute  support" of people in the country, KCNA news agency says.
The elections for the Supreme People's Assembly on Sunday had just one name on the ballot for each district.
It was the first time such a poll had been held since Mr Kim assumed power.
His younger sister has also made her first official appearance in state media, suggesting that she is a rising force in the hierarchy.
Kim Yo-jong, who is thought to be 26, was shown in Mr Kim's entourage as he went to cast his ballot at a polling station at Kim Il-sung university.
She was identified by name and the honorific "comrade" by state television and described as a senior official.
She has been seen accompanying her brother on previous occasions but has not been identified by name before.
Kim Jong-un became leader of North Korea following the death of his father, Kim Jong-il, in 2011.
North Korea usually votes once every five years to approve members of the highest legislative body, the Supreme People's Assembly.
Each of the 687 districts had only one candidate running for office, with voters required to write "Yes" or "No" on the ballot paper.
KCNA said of Mr Kim's victory: "This is an expression of all the service personnel and people's absolute support and profound trust in Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un as they single-mindedly remain loyal to him."
The results of the other districts have yet to be announced.
Mr Kim holds many titles, including Supreme Commander of the armed forces.
Analysts say that the only real value in these polls is in watching for any signs of change in the list of state-approved candidates.
The democratic duty for voters in these elections is not so much deciding who they want to represent them, but whether they agree with the ruling party's choice, says the BBC's Lucy Williamson in Seoul.
In the election held in 2009, turnout was 99%, with 100% of votes in favour of the named candidates.

Summary: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been elected to the country's rubber-stamp parliament with a unanimous vote from his district, state media say.
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Article: ComRes researchers for BBC Newsround interviewed 750 10- and 11-year-olds who will be taking Key Stage Two Sats tests this week.
More than half (59%) said they felt some pressure to do well while (28%) felt "a lot of pressure".
The government says the tests need not be stressful and rigorous testing helps raise standards in schools.
In the survey carried out last month, children were asked to pick a variety of words describing their mood in the run-up to the tests:
But most were not unduly distressed, with almost half (48%) saying they did not mind taking the tests and an additional 14% saying they enjoyed them.
Some of the more positive words children used to describe their feelings about tests were:
Only 10% said they hated taking exams.
But 32% said they worried more about schoolwork when they had tests coming up and 25% said they found it hard to concentrate.
Last Tuesday some parents kept their children off school in a day of protest about primary tests in England - and more than 40,000 signed a petition calling for a boycott.
The protest, organised by the Let Our Kids Be Kids campaign, complained of a damaging culture of over-testing, saying children are "over-tested, over-worked and in a school system that places more importance on test results and league tables than children's happiness and joy of learning".
They raised concerns about the impact of primary tests, so-called Sats tests, taken by seven-year-olds and 11-year-olds, which are being made more stretching with changes to the curriculum.
Natasha Devon, the government's former mental health champion for schools, whose job was axed last week, has also emphasised the level of mental strain being put on pupils by rigorous testing.
A Department for Education spokesman said the tests should not be stressful "and we know that good schools manage them appropriately".
The spokesman said that tests at the end of primary school "help teachers understand how pupils are doing and identify where additional support is needed, as well as helping us make sure...

Summary: Nearly 90% of 10- and 11-year old pupils in England feel pressure to do well in tests, a survey suggests.
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Article: Karl and Donovan Demetrius, both 29, Jaydene Parsons, 23, and James Ireland, 23, were charged with assisting an offender earlier.
All were remanded in custody after a short hearing at Bristol Magistrates' Court.
Becky's stepbrother, Nathan Matthews, 28, appeared in court earlier charged with her murder.
Karl and Donovan Demetrius, and Ms Parsons, all of Barton Court, Bristol, and Mr Ireland, from Avonmouth, will appear at the city's crown court on 26 March.
They all face a single charge of disposing or concealing Becky's body parts with the intent "to impede the apprehension or prosecution of Nathan Matthews".
A fifth person - a 23-year-old man also arrested on 2 March - was released without charge.
The 16-year-old's stepbrother, of Warmley, Bristol, appeared at the city's crown court via video link earlier, charged with her murder.
He was also remanded in custody to appear at crown court on 26 March.
Mr Matthews' girlfriend, Shauna Hoare, 21, appeared alongside him at Bristol Magistrates' Court on Thursday charged with perverting the course of justice.
She will appear before the crown court on 2 April.
Becky was last seen on 19 February and was reported missing the following day.
The discovery of her body came after an extensive search of various locations across Bristol.

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Postal ballots with the names of two candidates missing in a Hull constituency have been replaced.

Article: From 8 April, immigration officials will record passport details of everyone when they leave the country.
Eurotunnel's John Keefe said the changes were likely to cause tailbacks.
The government said the exit checks were needed to combat illegal immigration and would be introduced with the "least possible disruption".
"On a peak day we might be carrying 10,000 or 12,000 cars. The smallest delay in the journey at any point in the terminal results in an immediate tailback," he said.
"Those tailbacks - cars or trucks - are the kind of thing that can very quickly overflow on to the motorway and if they overflow on to the motorway then we're into a broader problem and we've got the possibility of Operation Stack being brought into place.
"If we can generate a system for the future which is much more automated and uses the advances in technology that have happened over the past few years and are growing apace at the moment then we could find a technological solution to this."
But Mr Keefe added: "It's unlikely the technological solution will be in place by 8 April.
"If trade and tourism is stopped at the border by the border control process, somehow we've missed the point."
When Operation Stack is put in place lorries are parked on the M20 and non-freight traffic diverted off the motorway.
A spokeswoman for the Home Office said: "We already collect most of this information automatically in advance, and have been working closely with ports and carriers to ensure checks on remaining routes are introduced properly and with the least possible disruption to customers.
"The data collected will provide the most comprehensive picture we have ever had of whether those who enter the UK leave when they are supposed to.
"It will improve our ability to identify which people have overstayed, take targeted action against those abusing the law and identify and tighten the immigration routes and visas that are most vulnerable to abuse.
"Exit checks will also improve security by helping the police and security services track the...

Summary: Eurotunnel says plans to introduce exit checks on all people leaving the UK will lead to major cross-Channel delays unless new technology is developed.
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Article: The future of the Teesside steel plant, which paused production on 18 September due to a global drop in the price of steel, remains unclear.
The plant employs about 2,000 people and unions and MPs had called on the company to make sure they were paid.
SSI said this month's pay roll is being processed.
The payment was made possible through a tax relief given to SSI by the government.
Business Minister Anna Soubry said: "I am very pleased that action we have taken has allowed the company to ensure workers got paid today.
"I made it clear that workers getting paid was a priority and government officials have worked very hard to help the company so they could achieve this.
"It will be some relief for workers and their families at this difficult and uncertain time."
A task force has been set up to support the workforce and liaise with SSI.
Amanda Skelton, chief executive of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council and chairman of the task force said: "The aim of the group is to ensure that following any announcements about the future of SSI, the impact on the workers, local businesses and the wider community is reduced as far as possible by delivering a programme of tailored support."

Summary: Workers at the Redcar steel works will be paid their last month's wages, the plant's owner has confirmed.
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Article: Guidance states that fingernails should be short and free of varnish.
But an online poll of nearly 500 student nurses found lapses were commonplace with 60% reporting nail extensions and polish being used.
The Royal College of Nursing said the findings were "worrying".
The survey was carried out by Cardiff University and London's City University.
Overall each of the 488 students who took part reported seeing at least one breach in infection control rules by health staff once other problems, such as a failure to wash hands as well as breaches of nail care were taken into account.
The researchers, writing in the American Journal of Infection Control, said the survey showed lapses were widespread.
Tom Sandford, of the RCN, added: "Fingernails should be short and free of nail varnish. False nails should not be worn.
"Nail varnish and extensions harbour bacteria and prevent good hand hygiene.
"Health organisations should uphold clear local policies on uniforms and work-wear and their implications for infection control and health and safety."

Summary: Nurses have been warned about wearing nail extensions and using nail polish after a poll suggested infection control was being put at risk by fashion-conscious NHS staff.
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Article: Members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) said the election had exacerbated the market's poor performance in May.
They said buyers and sellers were adopting a "wait and see" approach.
The Rics survey suggested demand, new instructions and sales all fell in May, with price growth easing too.
A majority of surveyors actually expect prices to fall over the next few months - but to recover in the longer term.
The average number of properties on the books of surveyors was just 43 - another record low.
Earlier this week the Halifax said annual house price inflation had slowed to 3.3% during the month, with prices falling by 0.2% over the last quarter.
"The latest survey suggests that uncertainty related to the general election may have contributed to what appears to have been a disappointing level of transactions in the housing market over the spring," said Simon Rubinsohn, Rics chief economist.
He said he was particularly worried about the pipeline of new properties being put up for sale.
"The increasingly tight second hand market remains a cause for concern with the RICS series tracking new instructions to agents recording its fifteenth successive negative reading."
Property expert Henry Pryor said the election result could have a big impact on house prices.
"Will what I buy today be worth more or less on Friday?" is a question I am asked a lot. Some clients even delay exchanging contracts until after they know the result."
Where Can I afford to live?

Summary: Uncertainty over Thursday's general election result has contributed to the recent slowdown in the housing market, according to property surveyors.
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Article: The court was told both charges against Stephen Harding, 52, from Glen Vine, had been dropped.
A two-week retrial began on 3 February after a jury of seven failed to come to a unanimous verdict in December following the first trial.
On 15 February the second jury was dismissed by Deemster Birkett after a verdict could not be reached.
The charges, which Mr Harding has always denied, dated back to a period between April and September 2012 when he was a Manx government advocate.
The Chief Secretary's Office on the Isle of Man said: "The attorney general has been suspended from his duties pending the outcome of the trial.
"The position will now be reviewed in accordance with established internal processes."
A spokesman from the Isle of Man Constabulary said Mr Harding's acquittal was a "most unsatisfactory outcome from the perspective of both the complainants and the defendant alike".
"Thankfully the heavy burden as to the question of innocence or guilt is not a matter for the constabulary," he added.
"The members of the inquiry team were tasked with conducting a thorough and impartial investigation in seeking to collate the facts of this challenging case and that is exactly what they did.
"I am immensely proud of their professionalism, dedication and decorum."

Summary: The Isle of Man's attorney general has been acquitted of perjury and acts against public justice.
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Article: More than 480 papers for the Hull East constituency were sent out without listing Labour's Karl Turner and the Green Party's Sarah Walpole.
Hull City Council apologised and said a printing error had affected people who registered to vote after 1 April.
The authority said it had hand-delivered the new ballot papers to the voters concerned.
A council spokeswoman said: "Robust processes have also been put in place to identify any invalid ballot papers that are returned to ensure that they are replaced by the valid papers, once received."
The council said that a first run of postal ballot papers - sent out to more than 5,450 homes - had been printed successfully with the full list of candidates.
Ian Anderson, the acting returning officer for the general election in Hull, said: "We do apologise that this error occurred, but having quickly identified it we are confident that we have taken every available step to rectify the situation and manage it effectively."
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Anthony Joshua's world title bout with Wladimir Klitschko comes at the "perfect time", says former undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis.

Article: A so-called "Brexit" would disrupt established trading relationships and cause "major challenges" for both the UK and the rest of Europe, it said.
The IMF said the referendum had already created uncertainty for investors and a vote to exit would only heighten this.
Vote Leave said the IMF had been "consistently wrong" in past forecasts.
The IMF, one of the main pillars of the global economic order with a mandate to oversee the international monetary and financial system, also cut its UK growth forecast.
It now expects 1.9% growth in the UK this year, compared with its January estimate of 2.2%. For next year, it expects 2.2% growth, unchanged from its earlier forecast.
If the 23 June referendum in the UK were to produce a vote in favour of leaving the EU, the IMF would expect negotiations on post-exit arrangements to be protracted, which it warned "could weigh heavily on confidence and investment, all the while increasing financial market volatility".
It also believes a UK exit from the EU would "disrupt and reduce mutual trade and financial flows" and restrict benefits from economic co-operation and integration, such as those resulting from economies of scale.
However, the Fund said that domestic demand, boosted by lower energy prices and a buoyant property market, would help to offset the impact on UK growth ahead of the EU referendum.
Chancellor George Osborne said the IMF's comments reinforced the case for staying. "The IMF has given us the clearest independent warning of the taste of bad things to come if we leave the EU," he said.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted: "The IMF is right - leaving the EU would pose major risks for the UK economy. We are stronger, safer and better off in the European Union."
Maurice Obstfeld, economic counsellor to the International Monetary Fund and the organisation's chief economist, says there could be "severe regional and global damage" if Britain were to vote to leave the European Union.
An exit would present "major challenges" and a prolonged period of...

Summary: The UK's exit from the European Union could cause "severe regional and global damage", the International Monetary Fund has warned in its latest outlook.
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Article: In the last three years, the volume of residential sales within five miles of the new stops has risen.
However, the increase is less than that in the wider local authority areas of Midlothian and the Scottish Borders.
House prices have also risen along the route since 2006 but again the council-wide figure has been higher.
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Since 2012, the volume of residential sales within five miles of the new stops has risen by 50.2% in Midlothian, and 26.3% in the Borders.
Figures for the whole council areas rose by 60.6% and 30.1% respectively and by 28.2% in Scotland as a whole.
RoS also found house prices had been "largely unaffected".
Since 2006 when the bill was approved to reopen the railway, average prices in the Midlothian catchment area have grown 6.1% to £166,639, while houses within five miles of the new Borders stations have seen average prices increase of 4.5% to £143,283.
Council-wide area figures for the same period are 13.4% in Midlothian and 9.5% in the Borders with the Scottish increase at 16.1%
RoS' head of data, Rhona Mackay, said: "We have seen an increase in the volume of sales around the new Borders railway stations, but this is slightly lower than the volumes seen in the local authority areas as a whole.
"Prices are also up, but again this is lower in the five mile catchment areas than the wider local authority areas where the increase is more substantial.
"It is widely expected that the new line will stimulate interest in the property market in the areas close to the stations, and there have already been a number of new-build developments within the railway catchment areas in recent years, so it will be interesting to revisit these statistics again once the new link is up and running."
The Borders Railway opens to the public on Sunday between Tweedbank and Edinburgh.
It has seven new stops along its length including Newtongrange and Gorebridge in Midlothian, and Stow and Galashiels in the Borders.
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Summary: The Borders Railway has yet to have an impact on the housing market along its route, according to new figures from Registers of Scotland (RoS).
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Article: Some 22 million Americans would lose health insurance over the next decade under the plan, said the non-partisan Congressional Budgetary Office (CBO).
Susan Collins of Maine is the latest Republican senator to come out against the proposal.
Republicans can afford to lose just two votes in their 52-seat Senate majority.
The Better Care Reconciliation Act would slash taxes on the wealthy, while cutting healthcare for the poor and nursing home residents.
Not currently. Senator Collins, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin signalled on Monday that they would vote against even debating the bill.
Senator Collins, a moderate Republican, tweeted that the measure would "hurt most vulnerable Americans" in rural Maine, where "hospitals are already struggling".
Nevada Senator Dean Heller, another moderate Republican, who faces re-election next year, said on Friday he would vote no.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who wrote the bill, wanted it passed before the 4 July holiday, but that timetable is looking increasingly optimistic.
Two other conservative Republican senators - Ted Cruz and Mike Lee - said last week they were not ready to vote for the bill, but were open to negotiation.
With not a single Democrat supporting a bill they have derisively labelled "Trumpcare", the margin of error is diminishing for Mr McConnell.
But the arm-twisting will continue - Vice-President Mike Pence is hosting several Republican senators for dinner on Tuesday.
It is worth remembering that political last rites were prematurely pronounced on the House of Representatives' version of the Obamacare repeal plan after it was withdrawn on 24 March.
But six weeks later Republicans in the lower chamber reintroduced a slightly revised bill, which was narrowly passed.
The 49-page CBO analysis said 15 million more people would be uninsured by next year alone under the Senate bill, largely because the unpopular Obamacare penalty for not having insurance would be eliminated.
Another seven million would lose coverage over the...

Summary: Republicans are scrambling to shore up their Obamacare repeal legislation as congressional misgivings mount after a damning forecast on the bill's impact.
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Article: Nearly 25,000 signatures - 10% of Cardiff voters - are needed to trigger a Yes/No referendum on the issue.
Cardiff North Tory MP Craig Williams and former Labour council cabinet member Ashley Govier are among those backing the plan.
There are 18 elected mayors in England with more to come, but none in Wales.
Mr Williams said: "If Cardiff doesn't keep up with the other big urban centres across the UK and the world then we won't be in a position of strength either economically or politically, and that worries me."
But Cardiff council's Liberal Democrat group leader Judith Woodman told BBC Wales there were questions over the cost of having a mayor, and how they would be held accountable.
"It's promoting one person who has too much power," she said.
If enough signatures are gathered, a referendum could be held in autumn 2016.
Depending on the result, a mayoral election could take place in 2017.
Ceredigion is the only Welsh local authority to have had a referendum on the matter.
Voters there rejected the idea in 2004 by a margin of nearly three to one.

Summary: A directly elected mayor for Cardiff could help the city compete on the global stage, campaigners claim, as they launch a petition on the idea.
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Article: The study by think-tank Demos says some pupils feel school is just preparing them for exam success.
It urges the government to help schools and colleges explore how self-belief, perseverance and resilience can be instilled in pupils.
The government said it had allocated funds to promote character education.
The Mind Over Matter report is based on interviews with experts, a survey of 1,000 teenagers and a round-up of previous academic research.
But its own survey suggests there is a steady decline in children's self-belief between 14 and 18.
Final-year students are half as likely to feel happy (33%) as 14-year-olds (60%), it says.
These 18-year-olds are also more likely to think there is too much focus on exams rather than preparing for life in general.
The report also finds gender discrepancies, with 39% of girls reporting feeling happy compared with 50% of boys.
It says there is an increasingly robust body of research detailing how "non-academic factors such as resilience, grit and empathy can have a profound impact on young people" and their ability to succeed.
It calls the adoption and practice of this approach "a growth mindset" and says the idea behind it is simple.
"If we believe our intelligence and abilities are not fixed at birth,  but can be developed through effort - if we have a 'growth mindset' - then we are more likely to look for challenges to see failures and setbacks as learning opportunities, and ultimately to achieve more personally and professionally," it says.
By contrast, those with "fixed mindsets" conclude they will never be able to achieve certain things when faced with setbacks.
The research argues that more needs to be done, inside and outside school, to give youngsters this more positive mindset and the self-belief they need to be successful, confident adults.
Report author Louis Reynolds said: "Mindsets matter - they can hold us back or propel us forward to achieve more. This insight needs to be applied more systematically in our education system.
"Teachers, policymakers and...

Summary: Many UK children have become less confident about succeeding in life by the time they leave school, a report says.
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The two heavyweights will fight for the IBF title and vacant WBA belt in front of 90,000 fans at Wembley on Saturday.
Joshua, 27, is undefeated in 18 fights since turning professional, while 41-year-old Klitschko had his first defeat in 11 years against Tyson Fury in 2015.
"Klitschko doesn't have the legs, the power that he used to," said Lewis.
"He has a chink in his armour after getting beat by Tyson Fury. Anthony Joshua is now taking that challenge, going after the man."
Joshua himself asked the question in the build-up to Saturday's fight of whether "Father Time has caught up with the former champ?".
But Lewis, who like Joshua won a super-heavyweight Olympic gold medal, says the Ukrainian's age is not the only reason he fancies the British fighter's chances.
"Now is the perfect time for him," the 51-year-old told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I believe Joshua is more focused, more aimed. Does he want to be undisputed champion? Absolutely."
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Egg-cellent news the first gentoo penguins chicks have arrived at Edinburgh zoo this year.

Article: The hole represented a "profound security flaw" that could allow access to bank details and other personal data, experts said.
Dell has issued guidance on removing the software that produced it.
The news comes after Lenovo was also criticised for pre-installing adware that potentially compromised security.
One user, posting on Reddit, reported finding that their Dell machine came pre-installed with a self-signed root certificate authority, called "eDellRoot", and the private key associated with it.
In a statement released on Monday, Dell acknowledged the vulnerability and linked to a guide on permanently removing the software that caused it.
"We became aware that a certificate (eDellRoot), installed by our Dell Foundation Services application on our PCs, unintentionally introduced a security vulnerability. The certificate was implemented as part of a support tool and intended to make it faster and easier for our customers to service their system. Customer security and privacy is a top concern and priority for Dell; we deeply regret that this has happened and are taking steps to address it."
It stressed that the certificate was not itself "malware or adware", nor was it "being used to collect personal customer information".
It said: "We will also push a software update starting on November 24 that will check for the certificate, and if detected remove it. Commercial customers who reimaged their systems without Dell Foundation Services are not affected by this issue. Additionally, the certificate will be removed from all Dell systems moving forward."
The firm thanked users who brought it to their attention and invited others to flag up any further security issues.
Certificates are used by computer operating systems and internet browsers to identify websites as safe. However, security experts said the software installed by Dell had two flaws: firstly, the software would allow traffic to be intercepted, potentially exposing sensitive information; secondly, the key could be used to make a user's computer...

Summary: A security hole that could allow attackers to access users' personal data was inadvertently placed on Dell computers, the company has admitted.
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Article: In fact, in some cultures, this is considered an informal training, equipping girls with essential housekeeping skills parents think they may need in future.
But the UN children's agency, Unicef, says the millions of hours girls spend on chores in many countries around the world are denying them their childhood joy.
As a result, they miss out on important opportunities to learn and grow, the agency says.
Girls spend 40% more time on chores than boys, UN report finds
BBC News explores the kinds of domestic chores girls in Africa are engaged in, and whether they would rather spend the time doing something else.
Sandra spends her days selling sachets of water in Ghana's capital instead of going to school.
"I wake up at 1am to do my chores and leave home around 6am for work," she says.
"When I get up, I wash my bowls, sweep the compound, after that, I take my bath and to go work."
On Sundays, she says she washes her younger siblings' clothes before cleaning the home.
"I started helping around the house when I was eight years old," says Treza.
"There are some chores, which I am specifically tasked to do. Others, I just feel like I have to do them as part of my responsibility in the house.
"I mop the house, do the dishes and cook food for the family. I sweep around the yard and occasionally, I have to do laundry for my siblings.
"Sometimes, I arrive late for classes and get sent back home."
Treza has two sisters and a brother who she says hardly helps with chores.
"Most of the time he doesn't. He says because he is a boy he cannot do household chores.
"They [parents] support it. They say there is no way my brother can be cleaning dishes when the girls are around.
"I wish boys and girls could do the chores together. There is no work that was designed specifically for girls or boys, we can all sweep, mop, work in the fields."
"When I wake up in the morning, I sweep the compound and fetch water," says Rachael.
"We sell food so I clean the pots used for the cooking before I go to school.
"I wake up at 4am to do the...

Summary: Young girls helping with cooking, cleaning and babysitting at home may seem normal to some parents.
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Article: It was announced in January that the building society's brand is to be abolished, some branches closed, and current accounts shut down.
The plan was for customers to move or close accounts by the end of August.
But its owner, the Yorkshire Building Society, now says there is no deadline.
The Yorkshire - the UK's second biggest mutual - said that about 35% of the 100,000 customers affected had already closed their current account, switched to another bank, or was in the process of doing so.
It was staggering the flow of letters to affected customers to avoid a rush of inquiries, and has now written to 70% of those affected.
The remaining letters will be sent by the end of July.
The Yorkshire will close 28 N&P branches this year. The remaining branches will be rebranded as Yorkshire Building Society branches.
A spokeswoman for the Yorkshire said: "We are continuing to work closely with other financial providers in assisting customers to switch or close their account. We're writing to customers with details of what they need to do next, and asking that customers complete the closure or switch of their account within six months of receiving their letter. We have not set a final date for closure.
"If a customer has not taken steps to close or switch their account within six months of receiving of their letter, we will work closely with the customer on a case-by-case basis to facilitate a switch or closure."
In the meantime, no customers would be blocked from depositing money or conducting any normal banking transactions via their current account, she said.
The N&P is not part of the Current Account Switching Service so the process will be slower than could have been the case, taking about 12 days.
It was feared that some cash incentives to switch offered by rivals would not have applied, but many providers are now offering the perks to customers moving from the N&P.
Mike Regnier, chief executive of the Yorkshire Building Society, told BBC Radio 4's Money Box earlier this year that it was a "real shame" that the...

Summary: A deadline for the closure of current accounts with the Norwich and Peterborough (N&P) has been cancelled, with 30% of customers still to receive letters explaining the move.
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Article: Prince William and Catherine spoke to them about the stigma associated with mental illness at an event held by the charity Mind at Harrow College, London.
They also joined students for a workshop which educates young people about emotional health and resilience.
It is the couple's first joint engagement on mental health issues.
The duke and duchess discussed the challenges young people face, and learned how they use their experiences to help others in schools, colleges and youth groups.
Among those they spoke to were young women who now volunteer with Time to Change, which campaigns against the discrimination of those with mental health problems.
Mind's chief executive Paul Farmer said: "By putting a spotlight on mental health, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are helping us to send an important and urgent message to the world that it is time to change our attitudes about mental health problems."
The duke recently took part in an anti-bullying workshop run by the Diana Awards charity, and the duchess visited the Anna Freud Centre in London to continue her work on the mental health of children.
World Health Mental Health Day, which was first marked in 1992, highlights mental health awareness and education.

Summary: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have marked World Mental Health Day by meeting young people with experiences of mental health problems.
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Article: Leave declared almost £3.6m in donations compared with Remain's £2.9m, during the period from 13 May.
In total, registered EU referendum campaigners have reported more than £27m in donations and £6m in loans and credit facilities since 1 February.
Voters go to the polls on Thursday to decide on the UK's future in the EU.
The figures published by the watchdog - in the latest of their pre-poll donation reports - details money reported by campaigners spending more than £10,000 in the referendum and individual donations of more than £7,500.
They show that registered campaigners for both Remain and Leave declared a combined total of £6,484,911 over the 25-day period.
The various campaigns for Britain to leave the EU declared a combined £3,596,994 in donations, of which £2,708,994 was to the officially designated Out campaign, Vote Leave.
Grassroots Out - which lost out to Vote Leave in the race for the official campaign designation - declared £125,000.
A total of £2,887,917 was donated to the Remain campaigns, with the official Britain Stronger in Europe receiving £1,886,055 of that.
Five of the top eight biggest individual donations went to Vote Leave, including £1m from Diana Van Nievelt Price.
Britain Stronger in Europe also received a £1m donation - from travel company Trailfinders Limited.
There was just one loan, of £10,000, from Referendum Facts Ltd, to Remain.
Vote Leave and Britain Stronger In Europe have now each received the £600,000 public grant that they are entitled to as the designated campaigns.

Summary: Remain and Leave campaigners in the EU referendum reported almost  £6.5m in donations in the four weeks to 9 June, says the Electoral Commission.
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Article: 9 May 2015 Last updated at 09:34 BST
Gentoo penguins tend to live in ice-free areas near Antarctica, and make special circular nest made out of stones, moss and feathers.
Their steam-lined bodies mean they can swim up to 22 miles and hour underwater, faster than any other diving bird.
Senior penguin keeper at the zoo Dawn Nicoll said: "We are really happy that the first of the gentoo penguin eggs have hatched".

Summary:


York residents are being put off applying for flood protection grants as the process is "incredibly complicated", a local MP has claimed.

Article: A freight train came off the tracks last October four miles from Gloucester station on the line to Newport.
A report by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) found there were dips in the track known as "cyclic top", but repairs had been ineffective.
The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) is investigating whether health and safety laws have been breached.
The report said a speed restriction should have been put on the stretch of line, on which daily commuter services between Gloucester and Cardiff run.
It showed the train had been travelling at 69 mph (111 km/h) when the rear wagon derailed on 15 October 2013. An empty container fell off a wagon.
The investigation found that Network Rail had identified a problem with the track and carried out repairs, but water flowing beneath the track caused the problem of cyclic top to re-occur.
The RAIB report found: "The severity of the dips required immediate action by Network Rail, including the imposition of a speed restriction for the trains passing over it, but no such restriction had been put in place."
By the time the train stopped at Gloucester station, the rear wagon was severely damaged, the empty container it was carrying had fallen off, and there was damage to four miles of track, signalling cables, four level crossings and two bridges.
The line remained closed for four days while repairs were carried out. Repairs included replacement of 1,300 yds (1.2 km) of track, two sets of points, 300 sleepers, two miles of cable and a level crossing.
The report showed the type of wagon that derailed was susceptible to becoming derailed on track with dips in it, especially when loaded with the type of empty container it was carrying.
The investigation also found there were not enough staff working for Network's Rail's maintenance team.
The ORR said an Improvement Notice was served on Network Rail in June, after it found the Health and Safety at Work Act could have been contravened.
The inspector said an investigation indicated "that you are not conducting your...

Summary: A train derailment in Gloucester happened because a track had been badly repaired, an investigation has found.
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Article: The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) ruled Dr Waney Squier misled courts and gave irresponsible evidence in cases where parents were accused of killing their children.
Dr Squier, 67, based at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital, disputed the existence of "shaken baby syndrome".
Next week it will decide whether she can continue to practice.
Updates on this story and more from Oxfordshire
The MPTS considered her work as an expert witness in six cases, including the deaths of four babies and a 19-month-old child.
In each case, Dr Squier, a paediatric neuropathologist, gave evidence that the injuries were not consistent with non-accidental injury, or were more likely to have been caused by other means.
In its ruling the MPTS said she had provided "deliberately misleading and dishonest evidence" and so her integrity "cannot be relied upon".
It added: "The tribunal has determined that your fitness to practise is currently impaired by reason of your misconduct."

Summary: A doctor who gave evidence in "shaken baby" cases has had her fitness to practice impaired, a panel has found.
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Article: The 200 books, mainly published in the 19th and early 20th Century, include one work that was issued by order of Emperor Nicholas I in 1849.
Auctioneers said the collection, which will be sold on 14 June, is "remarkable and seemingly unique".
Birmingham City University, which owns the books, said it was sad to see them leave but it would reinvest the funds.
The collection was built up from the mid-19th Century to support art and design education in the university's previous life as the Birmingham College of Art.
Chris Albury, auctioneer and senior valuer for Dominic Winter, which is handling the sale, said: "It's a very interesting and varied collection which includes a number of rarities, the undoubted highlight being the sumptuously illustrated Antiquities of the Russian Empire.
"This monumental, rare and influential work contains over 500 plates of Russian artefacts including icons, crowns, costume, weapons and jewellery."
The Antiquities of the Russian Empire books were one of only 600 sets issued on the order of Emperor Nicholas I.
Mr Albury said the Birmingham copy was "remarkable and seemingly unique" because it contained English descriptions of the artefacts.
"We expect huge transatlantic international interest for this English language set," he said, estimating it could fetch more than £30,000 at the sale in South Cerney, Gloucestershire.
The university said the books are now being sold because they no longer have relevance to current teaching or research.
Steve Rose, deputy director of library and learning resources, said it was a "stunning collection".
"I will be sad to see the books leave, but it means we can place a greater emphasis on our [books] that have direct relevance to the university's research," he said.

Summary: A collection of rare Russian books owned by a university could fetch £50,000 when they are sold at auction.
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Article: Killers Jeremy Bamber, Peter Moore and Douglas Vinter had asked the court to rule on whole life sentences.
The murderers said condemning them to die in prison amounts to "inhuman or degrading treatment". They argued all sentences should be regularly reviewed.
The Ministry of Justice said the government welcomed this decision.
Bamber was jailed for shooting five members of his family dead in Essex in 1986.
He has always protested his innocence, claiming his schizophrenic sister shot the victims before turning the gun on herself at their farmhouse at Tolleshunt D'Arcy.
Peter Moore, from Kinmel Bay in Conwy county, was convicted of murdering four men for his sexual gratification and Douglas Vinter, of Normanby, Teesside, killed both his wife and a work colleague.
The trio's legal team had argued that any sentence under which the offender's rehabilitation cannot lead to a review of release breaches articles three, five and seven of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The men lost their appeal to the court that whole life tariffs condemning prisoners to die in jail amounted to "inhuman or degrading treatment".
The judges ruled that the whole life tariff is not "grossly disproportionate" and in each case London's High Court had "decided that an all-life tariff was required, relatively recently and following a fair and detailed consideration".
Lawyers representing Vinter plan to appeal against the ruling on his case.
In a statement released by his supporters, Bamber said: "If the state wishes to have a death penalty, then they should be honest and re-introduce hanging.
"Instead, this political decision that I must die in jail is the death penalty using old age or infirmity as the method.
"It is a method whereby I'm locked in a cell until I'm dead - no matter if it should take 70 or 80 years to happen. I shall be dead the next time I leave jail."
'Quite extraordinary'
Bamber said both the trial judge and the Lord Chief Justice set his minimum tariff as 25 years.
"Quite why the home secretary felt that I should...

Summary: Britain's most dangerous criminals can be kept behind bars for the rest of their lives, judges at the European Court of Human Rights have ruled.
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Article: Scotland's largest council has been governed by Labour for the majority of the time since 1945 and uninterrupted since 1980.
The SNP replaced Labour as the largest party in Glasgow after the recent elections, winning 39 out of 85 seats.
Councillor Susan Aitken was elected unopposed as Glasgow City Council leader at its first meeting.
After the election the council make up is now:
The SNP will lead the council administration but will need to seek support from other parties on a vote by vote basis.
The council's executive committee will have 23 multi-party members, divided proportionately - 11 SNP, 8 Labour, 2 Conservative, 2 Green.
Meanwhile, Labour is to form the new administration in North Lanarkshire - even though the SNP got one more councillor elected.
The party is to form a minority administration. This means North Lanarkshire will be the largest Labour-controlled authority.
West Lothian - No deal agreed after Scottish Labour's ruling body told councillors not to enter a coalition with the Conservatives.
Aberdeen Council - Labour suspended nine councillors after they agreed a coalition deal with the Conservatives.
North Lanarkshire - Labour have formed a minority administration. There will be no formal coalition agreement with the Tories.
South Lanarkshire - Labour members abstained in a vote on forming an alliance with the Tories. The SNP took control of the council, with a minority administration. They are seven seats short of a majority but the other parties could agree to work together.
West Dunbartonshire Council - It will be an SNP-Independent administration. The 10 SNP councillors have joined with one of the two independents to form an administration.
Edinburgh - No agreement reached. A new administration will not now be formed for at least another week.
Fife Council - Joint leadership, with power shared equally between SNP and Labour.
Highland Council - 28 independents along with 10 Lib Dems and three Labour have formed an administration, keeping out the SNP and Tories.
Renfrewshire Council -...

Summary: An SNP minority administration is to lead Glasgow City Council for the first time after a meeting at City Chambers.
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Article: Homeowners hit by the flooding in December can apply for up to Â£5,000 from the government's Future Flood Prevention Funding scheme.
Figures seen by the BBC show that only 13 people have applied for the money.
Rachael Maskell, Labour MP for York Central, said she had received complaints about accessing the fund.
"The form filling is incredibly complicated and that's where people have been struggling," she said.
"It's putting off a lot on people."
Hundreds of homes and businesses were flooded in the city after the Rivers Foss and Ouse burst their banks.
The scheme is administered by City of York Council and requires a survey to be carried out on the flooded property before funding can be applied for.
The council said that 360 private homes were eligible for the grant.
The authority added: "We very much welcome grant applications but know that this can take time while people wait for quotes and loss adjustor reports.
"We're appointing a case worker to help residents and businesses through the application process."

Summary:


Ikea is recalling a beach chair sold in the UK after reports that it can collapse and cause injury.

Article: The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) backed moves to reject a new wave of grammars in the absence of proof that it aids social mobility.
Its conference heard how Conservative plans to expand selection would add to pressures on schools.
Prime Minister Theresa May argues grammars boost opportunities for bright but disadvantaged children.
But Labour and the Liberal Democrats disagree.
The NAHT argued that investment in early-years education is a more effective way of ensuring that poor children get as good an education as their richer peers.
It said that by the time children leave primary school, the advantages of coming from a wealthy background are entrenched.
Proposing the motion at the NAHT conference in Telford, Robert Campbell said: "The government is fixated with delivering a policy for the few at the expense of the many."
However, it is not clear exactly how head teachers would actually oppose the planned expansion of selective schools.
The union is using its conference to highlight what it describes as a "perfect storm" of difficulties for secondary schools this summer which could have "dire consequences for pupils and standards".
Issues range from a new secondary exam system, struggles with recruitment or retention, and the Â£3bn real term cuts to schools budgets by 2020.
On funding, General Secretary Russell Hobby said there was a sense that the pleas of head teachers, teachers and parents over school funding were still not being heard by ministers.
He said: "All that's left is for us to make it a general election issue.
"We need to make sure that all our parliamentary constituencies are asking questions on school funding."
NAHT heads said schools were increasingly being required to fill the gaps left by under-funded public services, as finances become progressively stretched at local level.
Past president Kim Johnson said schools in his area, Medway, were being asked to part-fund police officers working in schools but they simply did not have the funds to do so.
He said out of the Â£6m...

Summary: Head teachers have agreed to "vigorously" oppose the expansion of grammar schools in England.
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Article: Bedfordshire chief constable Colette Paul said collaboration brought budget savings but force mergers could happen.
The number of forces could reduce if local links could be maintained and forces collaborated on providing expensive specialist units, she said.
Ms Paul said she had decided to step down for family reasons after two years heading the county's police force.
Her family had supported her during her career and she was now going to give them more time, she said.
She told the BBC Bedfordshire Police did not have enough resources and she had supported Police and Crime Commissioner Olly Martins' decision to hold a referendum asking for a budget increase.
This was refused in the vote and Ms Paul said she accepted that and the force now had to bear its share of government cuts.
"Bedfordshire crime levels are more like a London borough and that means we are underfunded," she said.
"My personal view is that there should be a significantly smaller number of police forces and I would always support more collaboration."
Ms Paul said she was proud her force had taken the regional lead on the fight against terrorism, which she saw as a significant risk in Bedfordshire, and it had brought a great deal of collaboration with neighbouring constabularies.
"This helped us to get the right intelligence and to use it to cut the risk," she said.
The force had been criticised over being remote and Ms Paul recruited more officers and based them in local communities "to build confidence" and hold the frontline, she said.
"This local presence is very important. Even forces closer than others to merger retain this important local element."

Summary: A police chief taking early retirement believes the number of forces in England should be cut significantly.
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Article: The People's Pier project, which is also looking at Hastings Pier in East Sussex, is a joint scheme between the universities of Bristol and Brighton.
The £48,000 Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded study started this month and will run for 10 months.
Clevedon Pier in North Somerset is the only operational Grade I-listed pier in the country.
Dr Olu Jenzen, senior lecturer at Brighton's College of Arts and Humanities, and lead researcher, said it was important to "gain an updated understanding" of 21st Century pier culture.
"Piers are more than just metal and wood, more than treasured architectural landmarks," she said.
"They are lived experiences shaped by the mood of the time and the socio-cultural make-up of their location."
Dr Jenzen said she hoped the study would highlight "innovative ways" of using piers as urban community spaces, and to empower local communities.
Dr Nick Nourse of Bristol's department of history, who is also involved in the project, said it was important to preserve Clevedon Pier's "unique and varied" history.
"The people of Clevedon are right to be proud of their pier; it is a beautiful reminder of Victorian engineering and the then new concept of leisure," he said.
"And although the pier itself remains largely as it was when it opened in 1869, leisure, and how the pier has accommodated leisure activities, has changed many times since."
The Clevedon Pier and Heritage Trust raised the funds to help rebuild and repair the 1869 pier between 1984 and 1998 after its partial collapse in 1970.
Hastings Pier, which opened in 1872, was badly damaged in a fire in 2010. It is due to reopen in 2016 following a £14m redevelopment.

Summary: Clevedon Pier is the subject of a study looking into Victorian seaside piers and how they fit with today's society.
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Article: Politicians attended a ceremony in Parliament Buildings to mark Armistice Day on Wednesday morning.
The national anthem was not on the event's order of service, but the Traditional Unionist Voice's (TUV) press officer began the singing.
Unionists denied the singing at the end of the event was politically-motivated.
Sinn Féin's Carál Ní Chuilín attended the service along with her party colleague Martin McGuinness, the deputy first minister.
She said a "small group of unionists" started singing "in an attempt to embarrass those in attendance".
The service had been "respectful and inclusive", she said, but some unionists "chose to disrespect the spirit of the event" with the unannounced singing of the national anthem.
"The event itself, led by assembly speaker Mitchel McLaughlin, received wide support from right across the political spectrum," Ms Ní Chuilín said.
"I welcome the fact that other unionist representatives came to me to express their anger and disappointment at how the civic remembrance event had been disrespected."
Ulster Unionist Party leader Mike Nesbitt approached Mr McGuinness after the event and said he was sorry for what he told the deputy first minister was a "stunt".
Later, he said it was "highly regrettable" that some nationalists felt "ambushed" by the singing of the anthem.
"The national anthem should be part of the ceremony, but everybody should know and it should be part of the running order.
"Today it was clear that the close of the ceremony left some people feeling very uncomfortable.
"I don't think it's good that people feel embarrassed - I wouldn't want that to happen to me."
The TUV's Sammy Morrison was the person who began the singing.
He said Sinn Féin should reconsider attending remembrance events if they had an issue with the singing of the National Anthem.
"I've been attending the act of remembrance every year since my boss, Jim Allister, was elected to Stormont in 2011.
"This is the first year it didn't appear on the order of service. I didn't see why it was left off.
"It was...

Summary: A rendition of the national anthem at an act of remembrance service at Stormont was a "childish stunt", a Sinn Féin MLA has said.
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Article: The energy regulator said it was responding to concerns about the Perth-based company's approach to switching customers to pre-payment tariffs.
The probe will focus on the impact of the process on those in potentially vulnerable situations.
Ofgem will consider whether SSE breached its Standards of Conduct, which aim to ensure suppliers treat customers fairly.
It will examine whether the company breached licence conditions, which require it to provide appropriate information, and ensure a consumers' ability to pay, when suggesting alternative payment methods.
SSE described the basis for the investigation as a "historic issue".
A spokesman for the energy provider said: "We are committed to treating all our customers fairly and will be cooperating fully with Ofgem's investigation into this historic issue."

Summary: Ofgem has launched an investigation into SSE's pre-payment meter processes.
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Article: The Swedish giant asked customers who bought any model of the Mysingso chair to return it for a full refund.
The global recall comes after Ikea received reports from Finland, Germany, the US, Denmark and Australia that users had received injuries to their fingers that needed medical treatment.
Ikea's statement said the chair had a "risk of falling or finger entrapment".
It said: "After washing the fabric seat it is possible to re-assemble the chair incorrectly leading to risks of falls or finger entrapments.
"Ikea has received five incident reports in which a Mysingso beach chair collapsed during use due to incorrect re-assembly. All five reports included injuries to fingers and required medical attention.
It added that a full investigation had led to an improved design "to further mitigate the risks of incorrect re-assembly and injuries" and the updated chair would be available from next month.
Ikea has more than 300 stores in 27 countries.

Summary:


PC gamers will have to wait a little bit longer if they want to play Grand Theft Auto V.

Article: The plans come as the government is to due publish its White Paper on the future of the BBC on Thursday.
The organisation has faced criticism for under investment in the city, once home to the fabled Pebble Mill studios.
The BBC said the plans meant a Â£10m boost for "fresh talent and innovative digital content for young audiences".
The new investment is on top of an existing Â£125m already tied to the second city base in The Mailbox, it said.
Under the plans, the commissioning, publishing and some production of BBC Three's short-form content, along with the social media team that supports it, would relocate to Birmingham by 2018.
The channel, which targets 16 to 34-year-olds with a mix of comedy, documentaries and current affairs, went online only in February, to save Â£30m. It will also still be based in London.
A new youth team will also be set up at The Mailbox site, which will be the main suppliers of news content for the channel's Daily Drop, BBC Three's new, mobile-first platform.
The local newspaper partnerships - outlined in September by director general Tony Hall as a pool of local reporters who will share work with local papers - are expected to be based in Birmingham alongside the English Regions HQ.
"These teams, together with Birmingham's young and diverse demographic, will be harnessed to act as part of the hub for the identification, development and commissioning of new diverse talent and programmes as announced in the BBC's Diversity and Inclusion strategy last month," a spokesman said.
"To support this, the BBC Academy will launch a new scheme, the Birmingham Production Apprenticeship, for new off-air talent from diverse backgrounds."
Lord Hall said Birmingham had benefited from recent extra investment, but there was more to do.
"Now we're putting Birmingham at the heart of our innovation with BBC Three and making it home to a new youth team for BBC News.
"The city's incredible diversity also means it's the perfect place to lead our work to ensure we reflect the changing face of...

Summary: A new base for BBC Three is to be created in Birmingham, alongside a hub for the corporation's proposed partnerships with local newspapers.
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Article: Julie Harris died in hospital after a brief illness from a chest infection, a close friend confirmed.
Harris designed clothes worn by the Beatles in the films A Hard Day's Night and Help! and by Sir Roger in the James Bond film Live and Let Die.
She won an Oscar in 1966 for the Julie Christie film Darling.
Her Bafta came the following year for her work on The Wrong Box.
Harris's many other credits included the James Bond spoof Casino Royale, Carry On Cleo and 1981's The Great Muppet Caper.
In 1965, after working with the Beatles, she said: "I must be one of the few people who can claim they have seen John, Paul, George and Ringo naked."
"Julie worked with some of the greatest international stars in the history of the cinema, and for some of its most legendary directors and producers," said friend Jo Botting.
It was Botting, a senior curator at the British Film Institute National Archive, who confirmed Harris's death at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in central London on Saturday.
"Her outstanding work was constantly nominated for awards," Botting continued, remembering her friend as "an amazing woman".
Harris's other Bafta nominations came for her work on the horror film Psyche 59, Help!, Casino Royale and The Slipper and the Rose.
Speaking in 2010, Harris recalled working with such Hollywood legends as Jayne Mansfield - a buxom actress, she said, who had been blessed with "quite a figure".
"She came to a fitting one day in her mink coat with only her underclothes underneath," she told an audience at the Cinema Museum in London. "I couldn't believe it."

Summary: An Oscar and Bafta-winning costume designer who designed clothes for the Beatles and Sir Roger Moore's James Bond has died in London, aged 94.
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Article: A leaked report from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) revealed patient data was stored unencrypted by Birmingham company Diagnostic Health.
The company, which carries out ultrasound scans for the NHS, said it had voluntarily suspended services.
Diagnostic Health added it had now completed an action plan that had been agreed with the ICO.
Jonathan Leonard, chief executive of Diagnostic Health Systems Ltd, based on Birmingham Research Park, said the company was planning to resume services for Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs).
The data protection breaches date back to June 2013.
The Care Quality Commission watchdog was alerted to the breaches last year by a whistle-blower and passed them on to the Stafford and Surrounds CCG, which commissioned services from the firm.
The CCG's Chief Executive Andy Donald said: "We conducted our own investigation. There were concerns of a serious nature so we informed the information commissioner."
Diagnostic Health first won a contract from the now defunct South Staffordshire Primary Care Trust.
It was soon providing scans from GP surgeries to clients in Staffordshire, The Wirral, Kent and Medway, Berkshire and West Yorkshire. In March 2014 it was approved to supply services to Wandsworth.
While the ICO refused to show the BBC its report, a leaked copy showed Diagnostic Health was aware it was breaching data protection guidelines by 26 June 2013, but continued adding to the database until 22 July.
The ICO audit, prepared in the summer, revealed a company laptop stolen from a member of staff's home had not been originally reported to the information commissioner.
It also showed staff at the company shared the same password to access files on a web-based storage account.
GP referrals, meanwhile, were being emailed directly to staff inboxes, while there was no audit trail of who accessed the system and when.
At the time of the ICO report, Diagnostic Health was also unable to delete personal data from an ex consultant's laptop and had no control as to how it was being...

Summary: As many as 10,000 NHS patients may have been affected by a series of data protection breaches by a private firm.
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Article: Tens of thousands of broken street lights may not be repaired over the winter months due to budget cuts.
The department said it will be unable to provide the service the public would expect in normal circumstances.
Last month, the department published its draft budget for next year, containing savings of Â£65m.
There are about 280,000 street lights in Northern Ireland.
Over the summer, the Department for Regional Development (DRD) warned it was suspending the use of external contractors to fix broken lights, unless they pose an "electrical hazard" to the public.
There have been 24,000 outages reported to the DRD and almost 7,500 of them have been cleared.
"It is not the case that no street lighting repairs will be carried out, the department will continue to prioritise all reported faults," a spokesperson said.
"Until further notice, our in-house contractor will endeavour to deal with as many street lighting defects as possible.
"However, they will not be able to provide the service the public would expect in normal circumstances.  Priority will be given to electrical and structural safety defects, followed by large groups of lights out.
"Smaller groups or individual street lights that fail will be lower priority and, unfortunately, many tens of thousands of street lighting defects may not be repaired over the winter months."

Summary: The Department for Regional Development has confirmed that almost 17,000 street lights in Northern Ireland do not work.
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Article: Junel Miah, 28, of Magazine Road, Ashford, was convicted of causing the death by dangerous driving of Danyl Ponsford, 26, following a trial at Canterbury Crown Court.
Miah was driving at 75mph in a 30mph zone when his Volkswagen Golf collided with Mr Ponsford's Toyota Celica in Ashford on 30 September 2013.
He will be sentenced in January.
Det Sgt Scott Lynch said: "If [Miah] had been driving at the correct speed, and obeying the law, the collision would never have taken place.
"Miah's driving that night was a significant risk to other road users and his indifference to others has cost a young man his life.
"Danyl was a well-known and popular young man in his community who had everything to live for but his life was tragically cut short."

Summary: A driver has been found guilty of killing a motorist while he was driving at more than double the speed limit.
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Article: Rockstar have announced the game's release has been delayed until 24 March.
The latest version of the open world adventure was due to go on sale on 27 January.
A statement from Rockstar said: "The game requires a few extra weeks of testing and polish to make it as good as can be."
"Moving a release date is never a decision we take lightly and is a choice we make only when we know it is in the best interests of the game and our fans.
"Thanks everyone for your understanding and we assure you these few extra weeks will be worth it when the game does arrive in March."
It's not all bad news though. The company announced that eagerly-awaited online heists are coming to consoles before the PC release date.
Screenshots from the PC version of GTA V have been released, with Rockstar promising "even greater levels of detail".
Los Santos and Blaine County will be visible in 1080p at 60fps, with up to 4K resolution and support for up to triple monitor configurations.
While you're waiting for the game to be released you can make sure your PC is up to scratch.
Minimum specifications required to run GTA V have also been published.
Grand Theft Auto V became the fastest-selling entertainment product ever when it was released on 17 September 2013, taking just three days to generate $1bn (Â£620m) in revenue.
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Summary:


Reaching its centenary amidst a general chorus of vilification around the region, the legacy of the secret Sykes-Picot agreement of 1916 has never looked more under assault.

Article: The Salvation Army said it had helped 151 suspected victims in the 12 months before summer 2015, compared with 37 in 2012.
One woman it helped said she had her passport confiscated and was fed scraps from her "employer's" dinner table.
It is not clear whether the rise is due to greater awareness of existing cases or there are more victims.
Anne Read, the charity's director of anti-trafficking and modern slavery, said victims were tricked into following their dream and then trapped.
"It doesn't always involve keys and chains and locks," she said.
"People are held by the threats of the traffickers. They're told this will happen to you, maybe you'll be thrown in prison, or 'something dreadful will happen to your family if you try to escape'."
Maria, who did not want to give her real name, left the Philippines to work as a maid because she needed to buy medicine for her dying mother. But her salary was not paid.
Instead, her Saudi employers brought her to London and confiscated her passport and told her she was expected to look after the children round-the-clock.
Maria was then told to sleep on the floor and was fed on leftovers from her employer's dinner table.
On one occasion, the family took Maria, who had not had a meal, to the park.
"They bought a special bread," she said.
"I thought it's a yummy lunch for me. But I was shocked when they called the ducks and then they gave the bread to the ducks.
"They treated me like a slave."
Another victim was forced to sleep in a "duck pen" on a housing estate in Nottingham, by Gavin Pascoe and Vicki Jepson, who forced her to cook and clean for them and look after their children.
Pascoe and Jepson, who were both jailed last December, used beatings and threats to control the 24-year-old, who had learning disabilities.
Det Con Chris Berryman of Nottinghamshire Police said he was very shocked by what he saw.
"She looked quite malnourished, quite underweight," he said.
"They threatened to cause injury to her child if she escaped."
Tackling all forms of modern slavery has...

Summary: A charity helping victims of domestic slavery says it has seen a four-fold increase in referrals since 2012.
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Article: The region includes Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Neath Port Talbot.
It has been set up to develop tourism and inward investment and is about growth and not words, says the boss.
It comes after a report commissioned by the Welsh government showed economic growth increasingly happens in regions centred on a city, attracting higher skilled jobs and pay.
There are also plans for a Cardiff city region to include Merthyr Tydfil, Aberdare, Pontypool, Newport, Bridgend and Barry.
The idea is to remove boundaries that exist between council areas and organisations to allow for more joined-up thinking as experts found city areas create a big part of the UK's economic output.
Dr Elizabeth Haywood, who chaired a panel looking at new city regions in Wales last year, told BBC Radio Wales that Welsh cities have not been "punching at their weight" until now.
Following that report, business leaders and local authorities have joined forces with the Welsh government to create the Swansea Bay city region, pledging to work together to create jobs and promote economic regeneration.
Economy Minister Edwina Hart said a collective approach with a region coming together could deliver.
"I am sure we can boost economic growth and create a sustainable future where the economy can grow and where opportunity can be created for the people of the region, and Wales," she said.
The minister will be at Thursday's strategy launch at Parc y Scarlets in Llanelli along with Swansea council leader David Phillips who will chair the Swansea Bay city region board.
"This is an important day for the 700,000 people who live in this first Welsh city region," he said.
"This will not be about words. It will be about jobs, investment and transformational projects which benefit the people and businesses of south west Wales."
Steve Penny, who chairs Swansea's economic regeneration partnership, said: "It demonstrates that as communities, businesses and government we can and will collaborate to promote our joint aspirations for jobs and economic regeneration."

Summary: Swansea Bay has been launched as Wales' first "city region" in an effort to boost investment and job opportunities.
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Article: Sir Nicholas Soames said he would not sign a motion of no confidence in Mr Bercow, following his opposition to President Trump speaking in Parliament during a future state visit.
The MP said Mr Bercow was too outspoken but had been "very good" in many ways.
Mr Bercow has face criticism from other Conservatives, although only one MP has signed the motion so far.
Former Foreign Office minister James Duddridge tabled the early day motion ten days ago, arguing that Mr Bercow had overstepped the mark in voicing his opposition to the US President speaking in Parliament.
He said the Speaker's intervention had compromised his neutrality and independence.
Although Mr Duddridge is the only signatory so far, focus on the issue is expected to increase when MPs return from their week-long recess on Monday.
MPs will debate the merits of President Trump's proposed state visit on Monday when they consider rival public petitions opposing and supporting the event - which is likely to take place later this year.
Mr Bercow, who was a Conservative MP before being elected in 2009, will not chair the proceedings as they will be taking place in Westminster Hall, the Commons secondary debating chamber.
Sir Nicholas, one of the longest-serving Tories in the Commons, told ITV's Peston on Sunday he was not sure about the strength of feeling on the Tory benches against Mr Bercow, but he would not take part in any no confidence vote, should there be one.
"I have had an e-mail from both sides of the argument and I replied no to both of them," he said.
"John Bercow has in many ways been a very good Speaker. He does tend to shout off on occasions when it would be better if he didn't."
He added: "I will not be taking part in any campaign, one way or another.
"I think it is a really undignified and unattractive. The Speaker's office is one of the most important in the country."
Several Tories have voiced concerns about Mr Bercow's stance on Mr Trump's visit - which he announced without consulting his counterpart in the House of Lords Lord...

Summary: A campaign to unseat John Bercow as Commons Speaker is "undignified and unattractive", a senior Tory has said.
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Article: Ashers Baking Company faces a discrimination case, brought with the support of the Equality Commission.
Gareth Lee said he was treated with courtesy when he placed the order, but the bakery later said it could not fulfil it as it was a Christian firm.
He said the woman who telephoned him about this was apologetic.
However, he said he felt he was not worthy of service because he was gay.
Mr Lee said: "I expressed disbelief. I couldn't believe it was happening. This is Northern Ireland. This shouldn't happen."
He told a barrister for the firm he later realised he had been dealing with the firm's owner, Karen McArthur.
Mr Lee told the County Court in Belfast: "I wasn't asking anyone to support my views on anything.
"It was just an everyday transaction."
Mr Lee wanted the cake to include a slogan that said "support gay marriage" along with a picture of Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street, and the logo of the Queerspace organisation.
Earlier on Thursday, the court was told by Mr Lee's barrister that the company had broken the law by turning down his order.
He said Mr Lee was a regular customer who had ordered the cake after seeing an advertising leaflet in the shop for its custom-made baking service.
The leaflet made no reference to any restrictions on the type of cakes available, he said.
The barrister said it later emerged it was one of the controlling directors who had taken the order but had not advised Mr Lee that there was a problem.
He said while some had portrayed Ashers as 'David' to the Equality Commission's 'Goliath', it was a firm with more than 60 staff that supplies convenience stores and delivers cakes in the UK and Republic of Ireland.
"This is a case about a single man who had a contract for a cake which was accepted by a substantial, international million pound business of many employees," he said.
"You might say that Mr Lee is the David and Ashers the Goliath."
He said Ashers was a large business which "cannot be allowed to break a contract with a single individual over small sums of money" in a...

Summary: A man has told a court in Belfast that a bakery's refusal to make a cake with a slogan in support of gay marriage made him "feel like a lesser person".
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Article: The fall armyworm poses a major threat to food security and agricultural trade, warns the Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (Cabi).
It says farmers' livelihoods are at risk as the non-native insect threatens to reach Asia and the Mediterranean.
The Food and Agriculture Organization plans emergency talks on the issue.
The fall armyworm, so called because it eats its way through most of the vegetation in its way as it marches through crops, is native to North and South America but was identified for the first time in Africa last year.
Cabi chief scientist Dr Matthew Cock said: "This invasive species is now a serious pest spreading quickly in tropical Africa and with the potential to spread to Asia.
"Urgent action will be needed to prevent devastating losses to crops and farmers' livelihoods."
Scientists think the caterpillar or its eggs may have reached the continent through imported produce.
Once established in an area, the adult moths can fly large distances and spread rapidly.
Dr Jayne Crozier, of Cabi, said the fall armyworm's presence had now been confirmed in west Africa and was thought to be present in the south and east of the continent, many parts of which rely on maize for their staple diet.
"It's possibly been there for some time and it's causing a lot of damage now," she told BBC News.
"The recent discovery of fall armyworm in Africa will be a huge threat to food security and also to trade in the region."
The FAO is to hold an emergency meeting in Harare between 14 and 16 February to decide emergency responses to the fall armyworm threat.
It says the pest has been confirmed in Zimbabwe and preliminary reports suggest it may also be present in Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zambia.
An investigation by Cabi has found that the fall armyworm is established in Ghana.
Experts at Cabi say it could take several years to develop effective methods to control the pest.
And they say there is confusion over the identity of the fall armyworm as it is similar to other types of...

Summary: Scientists are calling for urgent action to halt the spread of a pest that is destroying maize crops and spreading rapidly across Africa.
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Article: As Iraq lurches deeper into turmoil and disintegration, Kurdish leaders in the already autonomous north are threatening to break away and declare outright independence.
And the militants of the self-styled Islamic State (IS), bulldozing the border between Iraq and Syria in June 2014, declared their intention to eradicate all the region's frontiers and lay Sykes-Picot to rest forever.
Whatever the fate of IS, the future as unitary states of both Syria and Iraq - central to the Sykes-Picot project - is up in the air.
In fact, virtually none of the Middle East's present-day frontiers were actually delineated in the document concluded on 16 May 1916 by British and French diplomats Mark Sykes and Francois Georges-Picot.
The Iraq-Syria border post histrionically erased by IS was probably several hundred kilometres from the famous "line in the sand" drawn by Sykes and Picot, which ran almost directly from the Persian border in the north-east, down between Mosul and Kirkuk and across the desert towards the Mediterranean, veering northwards to loop around the top end of Palestine.
The region's current borders emerged from a long and complex process of treaties, conferences, deals and conflicts that followed the break-up of the Ottoman Empire and the end of World War One.
But the spirit of Sykes-Picot, dominated by the interests and ruthless ambitions of the two main competing colonial powers, prevailed during that process and through the coming decades, to the Suez crisis of 1956 and even beyond.
Because it inaugurated that era, and epitomised the concept of clandestine colonial carve-ups, Sykes-Picot has become the label for the whole era in which outside powers imposed their will, drew borders and installed client local leaderships, playing divide-and-rule with the "natives", and beggar-my-neighbour with their colonial rivals.
The resulting order inherited by the Middle East of the day sees a variety of states whose borders were generally drawn with little regard for ethnic, tribal, religious or linguistic...

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Ofcom is to delay the start of its auction for another chunk of 4G spectrum, after threats of legal action from Telefonica and Hutchison, parent companies of O2 and Three.

Article: AB InBev, the owner of Budweiser, agreed last year to buy SAB Miller, the FTSE 100 beermaker that counts Peroni and Grolsch among a stable of brands that spans the world. It agreed to pay investors with shares of the new combined company - and gave them a less valuable alternative of taking cash and shares.
The cash element was in sterling. Since the Brexit vote, the pound has fallen about 10% against other big currencies, leaving shareholders demanding more. On Tuesday AB InBev delivered, increasing its offer by £1 a share to £45 a share - an increase that will in aggregate cost it about £2bn more. It said that its offer was final, preventing it from making another increase.
That was still not enough for some. Aberdeen Asset Management, a top-10 shareholder in SABMiller, said the offer "remained unacceptable".
SAB directors now face a turbulent few days as they decide whether to recommend the final AB InBev offer. Later this week the final, and arguably most important, remaining regulatory clearance is expected when China's competition authority, Mofcom, rules on the takeover.
If the Chinese give the go-ahead, the SAB board is expected to meet this weekend. If they reject the offer, they face the unenviable task of placating all those shareholders who have already agreed to back it, including the two big investors - Altria, the American tobacco giant that owns Marlboro cigarettes, and Colombia's Santo Domingo family. Together the two own nearly 40% of SAB.
There is also the unenviable task of withdrawing from giant disposals that have been agreed to get the deal past other competition regulators. In Europe, for example, Asahi of Japan has agreed to buy Peroni and Grolsch.
If the SAB board accepts, they risk alienating institutional investors such as Aberdeen Asset Management ahead of possible shareholder votes to approve or reject the deal.
On top of that, there is still a risk that a British court could upset their plans.
SAB told the stock market last year that because there were two different offers -...

Summary: The £50bn takeover of one of the world biggest brewers is expected to receive a vital green light from China this week - but remains under threat from the double threat of the Brexit vote and a UK court ruling.
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Article: The particle accelerator is best known for identifying a particle believed to be the Higgs boson in late 2012.
But following technical faults shortly after it first switched on, the machine has never been run at the full energies for which it was designed.
A programme of repairs and upgrades to the accelerator and its infrastructure should allow that in late 2014.
The LHC's beams were "dumped" early on Thursday morning, but it will take until Saturday morning for the machine's 1,734 magnets to warm up to room temperature.
Then an unprecedented period of upgrade and repair - dubbed "Long Shutdown 1" - will begin.
The machine ran at particle energies of 8 trillion electron-volts (teraelectronvolts; TeV) in 2012, up from the prior high point of 7TeV in 2011.
But when the shutdown concludes, slated for the end of November 2014, it should be set to run at 14TeV - far and away the highest-energy collisions ever attempted by scientists.
"We have been running successfully, but only at half the maximum energy, because we can only safely  run the magnets at half the design current," said Tony Weidberg, a University of Oxford physicist who works on the LHC's Atlas detector.
How does the LHC recreate the first moments after the Big Bang?
The problem has been the connections between the giant magnets that help steer charged particles around the LHC's 27km-long ring.
A fault in 2008, just nine days after particle beams first circulated at the LHC, caused what is known as a "quench" in a number of the magnets, in turn resulting in a leak of liquid helium and sparking a repair operation that took more than a year.
"After the incident, the long-term plan was to get some running at intermediate energy and then have a long shut-down when we improve the connections between the magnets," Prof Weidberg told BBC News.
"That's a major operation, because you have to warm up all these superconducting magnets and go in and do repairs."
But the shut-down schedule also includes upgrades to all four of the LHC's detectors, the shielding...

Summary: The Large Hadron Collider has turned off its particle beams ahead of a shut-down period that will last two years.
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Article: Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust also revealed the permanent loss of 12 beds for dementia patients.
The trust said the plans, which go before the clinical commissioners on Thursday, followed a "long and difficult process".
Campaign to Save Mental Health Services in Norfolk and Suffolk expressed concern at the loss of the beds.
A spokesman for the group said the new beds would be welcomed but questioned why it appeared the reopening of the Carlton Court ward, in Lowestoft, was only a temporary measure.
Carlton Court had been earmarked for closure as the trust struggled to save Â£20m. It was a move opposed by campaigners and the Unison union.
The trust said Carlton Court could become a centre for excellence for both older people and younger people with mental health issues, but have not committed to extra beds.
It said the 10-bed Laurel Ward would be re-opened for older people with conditions such as bi-polar, depression and schizophrenia until services were in place to support the patients in the community.
The proposals also include permanently closing 12 dementia beds on Larkspur Ward in Carlton Court, while adding 10 more assessment beds in Hellesdon Hospital, near Norwich.
The trust said inpatient services would be consolidated at Northgate Hospital in Great Yarmouth, reducing the number of adult mental health beds from 28 to 20.
Michael Scott, chief executive of the trust, said: "This has been a long and difficult process.
"However, the seriousness of the decision and the impact of changes being considered to how we deliver our services, made it important for us to engage fully with service users, carers and our staff."

Summary: Plans for 10 new mental health beds and a ward's temporary reopening have been announced by a mental health trust.
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Article: An Inverness-based economic consultant has been told the Scottish government is considering such a move, according to Labour MSP David Stewart.
Mr Stewart said he would oppose any move to wind up HIE.
The Scottish government announced in May that it would carry out a review of enterprise and skills support.
The review, carried out over the summer, included an "end-to-end review of the roles, responsibilities and relationships" of Scottish Enterprise, HIE, Skills Development Scotland and the Scottish Funding Council.
Its findings have yet to be released.
Ahead of the move, ministers said they wanted to ensure that the Scottish government and public agencies were "delivering the joined-up support that our young people, universities, colleges and businesses need to increase sustainable economic growth".
Kate Forbes, SNP MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, said HIE has been "investing in and promoting the Highlands as a place to do business" for many years, but added that there was "always room for improvement".
Highlands and Islands MSP Mr Stewart has sought a meeting with Economy Secretary Keith Brown to confirm if a merger is being considered.
Mr Stewart said: "Obviously it is something that we have feared over many years as we've seen the agency shrink in size and lose its campaigning voice for the Highlands and Islands.
"With the departure of chief executive Alex Paterson and an interim chief executive appointed, there have been rumours that this could be the end for the agency in the region."
Ms Forbes said: "I hope the review examines how we can share resources and best practice across the regions, so that the Highlands benefits from ideas, solutions and resources in other rural areas, like the Borders, as well as urban areas.
"Whatever the review concludes, I hope it recognises the unique pressures facing the Highlands."
A Scottish government spokesman said: "The focus of the Enterprise and Skills review has been on improving the outcomes of those who engage with our enterprise and skills agencies, and...

Summary: Development agencies Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and Scottish Enterprise could be merged, it has been suggested.
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Article: The MacInnes Stretcher, invented by mountaineer Hamish MacInnes, is being made at a workshop in Inverness.
However, 85-year-old Dr MacInnes' and engineer Richard Glanville's work on the mark 8 (Mk 8) has been affected by ill-health and family losses.
Development has restarted but with dwindling finances to fund it.
Mountain rescue teams, including Glencoe MRT which Dumfries and Galloway-born Dr MacInnes helped to set up in 1961, have been highlighting an appeal for funds for the project.
The Mk 8 is being designed to be lighter and tougher than previous versions by using a composite, a product made with two or more materials such as carbon fibres.
Mr Glanville is leading the active production of the stretcher because of Dr MacInnes' health. The veteran mountaineer continues to supervise the project.
But over the past two-and-half years, Mr Glanville work on the new stretcher has been affected by his treatment for cancer, his father's death and then becoming the main carer of his mother before she too died.
Production is now under way again at the engineer's workshop in the Highlands, but not without continuing challenges, including Mr Glanville selling his house to raise funds for the project.
The engineer said: "The switch to composites has forced a fundamental rethink of the way the Mk 7's components worked.
"Armed with the experience gained from the Mk 7 and the properties of the advanced composite material, many of the fittings have been total redesigned.
"The end result will be a greatly improved stretcher but inevitably this work has extended the development time."
He added: "The benefits to the rescue teams from the new MacInnes Mk8 rescue stretcher will make the sacrifice well worthwhile."

Summary: A new version of a folding stretcher used by mountain rescue teams, the military and the emergency services since the 1960s is being developed.
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Article: They want Ofcom to wait until a decision is made about their plan to merge the two mobile companies.
BT and EE are also planning to merge.
The spectrum, formerly used by the Ministry of Defence, would provide 4G services for mobile companies.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally approved the proposed merger between BT and EE.
But the European Commission has announced its decision to launch an in-depth investigation into the proposed merger between O2 and Three.
And Ofcom has previously cast doubt on this merger winning regulatory approval.
In a statement on Thursday, Ofcom said it had received letters from Telefonica and Hutchison stating their intention to bring legal action against the regulator over its decision to begin the auction before the outcome of the European Commission's findings.
"After careful consideration, given these specific circumstances, we have decided for reasons of good public administration to delay commencing the auction process," it said.
Legal action also held up the previous 4G auction - as mobile companies disagreed about how spectrum should be distributed.
Ofcom had been due to start accepting applications for the spectrum this month, with plans for the auction to take place in February or March.
Now, it looks unlikely to begin before the summer - with the European Commission's judgement on the O2-Three merge expected in May.
The spectrum on offer could add capacity to 4G networks, but it is considerably smaller than the previous chunk of 4G spectrum.
It has a reserve price of Â£70m, compared with Â£1.3bn for the previous portion of the airwaves.
Matthew Howett, an analyst with research company Ovum, said: While Ofcom doesn't have spectacular form when it comes to awarding spectrum on time, in this instance it probably makes sense to delay things.
"Should the merger between Three and O2 be approved, then remedies around spectrum holdings will almost certainly take time to work out and any future spectrum award would need to be reconsidered...

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