man has been arrested after a woman was found dead in a car in a car park in Norwich.
The woman, who was in her 30s, was found in the car park of a shopping centre in the city on Monday.
Police were called to the car park at around 10.30am after a

A student who found Anglo Saxon jewellery of "national significance" said the discovery has made three years exploring the field worthwhile.

Article: The findings, presented at the Neuroscience 2016 conference, harnessed data from 2.4 million people who downloaded the game.
Getting lost is one of the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
And the researchers at University College London believe the results could help make a dementia test.
Sea Hero Quest is a nautical adventure to save an old sailor's lost memories.
With the touch of a smartphone screen, players sail a boat round desert islands and icy oceans.
The game anonymously records the player's sense of direction and navigational ability as they work their way through the levels.
Some require them to weave through waterways and fire a flare back home, while others challenge them to memorise a sequence of buoys and then sail round them.
Data harnessed from the flare levels is the first to have been analysed, by scientists at University College London.
And it suggests the sense of direction declines consistently after the teenage years.
Players aged 19 were 74% accurate at firing the flare back home, but accuracy fell year by year until it reached 46% at age 75.
Dr Hugo Spiers told the BBC: "What we're able to announce to the world is it does decline across the lifespan, the ability to shoot the flare back to the target - that sense of direction."
The data also suggests men have a slight better sense of direction than women and that the Nordic nations outperform the rest in the world, although it is not yet clear why.
Ideas include:
The point of the research is to develop a way of diagnosing dementia in its earliest stages - something not yet possible.
Becoming completely disorientated is normally rare, but is more common in people with Alzheimer's disease.
Having a record of the normal decline in the internal compass could help doctors spot patients developing Alzheimer's.
Dr Spiers added: "The value of a future test built from Sea Hero Quest is that we will be able to provide a diagnostic for Alzheimer's dementia and a tool that allows us to monitor performance in drug trials."
Hilary Evans, the...

Summary: The world's largest dementia research experiment, which takes the form of a video game, has indicated the ability to navigate declines throughout life.
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Article: The mistake at a polling station meant "an unknown number" of people were incorrectly able to vote for candidates from outside their own ward.
The votes were part of the first election for Macclesfield's new town council.
Cheshire East Council was granted a court order to reopen ballot boxes from the South ward.
The review "confirmed that the administrative error had not affected the outcome of the parish election", Cheshire East Council said.
One Conservative and one Labour member were elected to represent South ward on 7 May.
The Conservatives have eight seats on the new authority while Labour has four.
The first meeting of the new town council takes place later.

Summary: An administrative error did not alter the outcome of a local election in Macclesfield, a review has found.
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Article: Under the deal, the firm will pay the government £150m to put towards other rail network investments.
In return, the rail firm will also invest £13m in extra services and freezing some ticket prices.
Rail minister Claire Perry said the agreement would mean "significantly better journeys for passengers".
Chief executive of parent company Stagecoach Group, Martin Griffiths, said the new franchise would "deliver a multimillion-pound return to the taxpayer to help fund the Government's ongoing investment programme for the UK rail network".
Under East Midlands Trains' investment, 22 extra services will be added between Nottingham and Newark Castle on Saturdays by December next year.
They have also promised faster journeys and more services between Nottingham and Lincoln on Saturdays, as well as changes to information online and a new mobile phone app.
In addition to these improvements, the Department for Transport said the government would continue working on improving faster journeys and more services on the Midland Mainline and £6m has also been invested in a new railway station at Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
Minister Claire Perry added: "This is another example of the work we're doing to transform the UK's railways as part of our long-term economic plan, with more than £38bn being spent on the network between 2014 and 2019."

Summary: East Midlands Trains has agreed a new franchise to continue operating regional services to the North of England and London until March 2018.
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Article: However, total retail sales were slightly down in December, compared with the same month in 2014.
The drop of 0.2% was still the best performance for almost two years.
Like-for-like sales, which strip out factors such as new store openings, decreased by 0.4%, according to the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC)-KPMG retail sales monitor.
Total Scottish sales increased by 1.8% when adjusted for deflation.
SRC director David Lonsdale attributed the upturn to an increase in total food sales, which were up 1.1% on the previous December.
He said: "This positive set of results for December provided a final flourish to what was otherwise a tepid 2015 as a whole for retail sales in Scotland.
"This was largely driven by purchases of festive food and drink in the run-up to Christmas, although non-food categories continued to gather momentum, most notably online."
Adjusted for the effect of online shopping, total non-food sales in Scotland increased by 1.8%, the second best performance of 2015.
Clothing and footwear sales was the worst-performing category in December, reporting the weakest performance in four months.
David McCorquodale, head of retail at KPMG, said: "Heavy rain and flooding meant shoppers took to the keyboard rather than the high street and unseasonably warm weather led to the fashion sector suffering a bit of a wash-out, ending the year on a wave of discounts and online returns.
"Spending on home and electricals benefited with the overhang from Black Friday and a welcome post-Christmas boost.
"However, the surprise winner in Scotland for the festive season was the beleaguered grocery market, which delivered both product and price to provide some encouragement for the year ahead."

Summary: Festive food sales helped to drive a better performance from Scotland's struggling grocery sector last month.
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Article: Tom Lucking found a gold pendant inlaid with a profusion of garnets while metal detecting on farmland in 2014.
The 7cm (2.8in) item was found in the grave of a female and has been described as one of the "most elaborate...ever found".
It was declared treasure alongside other items at an inquest in Norwich.
Why is Norfolk a treasure hunting hotspot?
Mr Lucking, 23, a student from Felixstowe who is in his final year studying history at the University of East Anglia, said the discovery "had certainly given me a good dissertation project".
He said: "It makes me pleased I've put time and effort in metal detecting in that field and it was worth going out into the cold and rain over the years to find those things."
He unearthed the pendant whilst exploring a field near Diss, after initially detecting a bronze bowl.
After the inquest on Monday, Mr Lucking said: "You can hope, but never really expect to find something like this.
"It's not about the money value, it's about finding something that makes you re-think the whole history of an area."
Julie Shoemark, finds officer for Norfolk, said the burial dates to the cusp of the early Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon England, around the middle of the 7th century AD.
She said: "Within a century of this lady's death, burial practices had completely changed and people were being interred with no associated grave goods, as seen in the burials from Great Ryburgh.
"She was undoubtedly a lady of some status in the community of East Anglia as the magnificent garnet inlaid pendant and associated grave goods demonstrate."
Dr Andrew Rogerson, of the county's Heritage Environment Services, previously described the pendant as one of the "most elaborate...ever found".
He said: "It would seem we have something of major significance."
The British Museum report for the coroner listed a number of precious coins and jewellery found alongside the woman's skeleton.
British Museum identification of items
Mr Lucking has been metal detecting since he was 11-years-old.
He said he will share...

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The government in Indian-administered Kashmir has put curbs on excessively lavish weddings.

Article: A 53-page report has highlighted efforts to boost freight and passenger numbers as key drivers of success.
The business review document also places importance on Prestwick's bid to become the UK's first spaceport.
The Scottish government bought the struggling airport for £1 last year and later announced £10m in loan funding.
The cash was committed towards operating costs, a repairs backlog and to make improvements to the terminal building.
The long-term strategy has been based upon reports and recommendations from a senior advisor appointed by TS Prestwick Holdco Ltd, the holding company that was created by the Scottish government to buy shares in the airport and oversee its corporate governance.
The strategic vision said the Ayrshire terminal's association with Glasgow, some 35 miles away, was its "best asset".
A local campaign to change its name to Robert Burns International Airport, in recognition of the Alloway-born bard, would "damage the airport's business prospects, notably with inbound passengers", it said.
The vision also confirms Prestwick's bid to be the site of the UK's first spaceport, which it said will be "the catalyst for transformational change".
In the meantime, Prestwick faces some challenges including aged infrastructure, a maintenance backlog, a railway station in need of a £4.75m refurbishment, the need for a new primary radar within the next five years and Ryanair's expansion into Glasgow Airport.
The vision also said Scottish airports were "disproportionally affected" by air passenger duty (APD) due to their geographic location and Prestwick is calling for changes to UK aviation policy leading to a reduction in or removal of APD.
Prestwick chief executive Iain Cochrane said: "Our long-term vision for Glasgow Prestwick, which is shared by the Scottish government, is of a high-quality, exceptional value and vibrant aviation, aerospace and visitor hub.
"We aim to ensure that it becomes the busy and prosperous strategic anchor for economic growth and delivery in Ayrshire and Scotland that...

Summary: A long-term vision has been set out for Prestwick Airport - a year after it was taken into public ownership amid fears it could close.
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Article: DNA studies suggest the Arctic predator split from its ancestor, the brown bear, about 600,000 years ago.
Previous estimates put the polar bear at about 150,000 years old, suggesting the mammal adapted very rapidly to Arctic life.
Conservationists say the new study, published in
          Science
, has implications for bear conservation.
Polar bears are listed as threatened under the US Endangered Species Act.
Conservationists say their survival is at risk, mainly due to the loss of the Arctic sea ice on which they spend much of their lives.
Dr Frank Hailer of the German Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre in Frankfurt, who led the international study, said the genetic information shed new light on conservation issues.
"It fundamentally changes our understanding of polar bears and their conservation today," he told BBC News.
"They have survived previous warm phases but they carry scars from these times - they must have been close to extinction at times."
The researchers looked at DNA from modern bears to study the history of the species, analysing genetic information from the cell nucleus of more than 40 brown, black and polar bears.
Past work has relied mainly on mitochondrial DNA, the fragments of genetic material contained within tiny cell components called mitochondria.
The latest findings suggest the polar bear evolved in the mid Pleistocene, about 600,000 years ago. This scenario paints a new picture of the bear's evolutionary history.
The mammal would have had more time to colonise and adapt to life in the high Arctic, and lived through various cycles of warming and cooling.
The polar bear's lack of genetic diversity suggests that changes in the environment, such as warm phases, led to dramatic falls in numbers at times.
The researchers say polar bears face many other threats to their survival today, including habitat destruction, hunting and the effects of environmental pollutants.
Writing in Science, they explain: "Although polar bears have persisted through previous warm phases, multiple...

Summary: The polar bear is much older than previously thought, according to new genetic evidence.
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Article: Its own figures showed that, in 2015, Apple released data on users' devices to US authorities 80% of the time, compared to 55% when it came to the UK.
That compared to a global average of nearly 60%, Apple's data showed.
A security expert said it was "deeply frustrating" for law enforcement agencies.
Apple released its latest transparency report on Monday to complement previous releases going back as far as 2013.
It published the numbers of device requests it received - those from law enforcement for contact information and other data.
Separately, it released data on account requests - those from government agencies for account details, including iTunes and iCloud account information.
The BBC's analysis has revealed that, similar to in 2015, the UK was below the global average and the US above it for both types of request in each of the previous years for which there were comparable data.
Among the five countries that regularly submitted a large number of device requests - more than 2,000 per year - the US was the only country to consistently receive Apple customer information a greater-than-average proportion of the time. Singapore was also below the average in each of the three years.
Apple's figures showed that, on average, it was unable to release data for 33% of account requests from across the world in 2015. In the US, the rate was 18% and, in the UK, 40%. A similar picture emerged in 2014. A comparison of account requests in 2013 was not possible because Apple did not release exact figures for the US for that year.
The US and the UK were the only countries to make more than 300 account requests per year.
The consistently lower proportion of successful requests from the UK could be because Britain is seen as "less protective of personal privacy" than the US, said Prof Alan Woodward of the University of Surrey.
The security expert, who advises Europol and who has also advised GCHQ in the past, said: "Whatever the reason, it is a deeply frustrating situation for law enforcement agencies."
Despite Apple's...

Summary: Apple is consistently more compliant with US requests for access to users' information than with the rest of the world on average, it has emerged.
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Article: Lawmakers spent the night refusing to yield the floor, sharing stories of how gun violence had affected their voters and posting on social media.
The protest comes in the wake of the recent shootings in Orlando, the deadliest in modern US history.
Republicans, who control Congress, dismissed it as a "publicity stunt" more interested in making headlines.
Earlier on Thursday they adjourned the chamber early with no more votes until after the 4 July holiday.
But the protest continued for a few more hours until Representative John Lewis, a civil rights veteran, brought it to an end at about 13:00 local time (17:00 BST).
At its height on Wednesday evening, congressmen had chanted "no bill, no break" and sang 1960s-era protest songs on the floor of the House of Representatives.
Depending on one's perspective, the sit-in was either a shameless publicity stunt in advance of a dangerous piece of legislation or the purest expression of democracy and civil disobedience since the 1960s.
But as Democrats chanted, waved signs and sang in protest, there was no debating it was a historic break with congressional traditions that has little precedent in modern times.
The display seems unlikely to alter the dynamic in a House dominated by conservatives overwhelmingly opposed to new gun regulations. If anything, after a night of sniping and rancour across the partisan divide, the two sides may be even more deeply entrenched.
Republicans view the use of the terrorist watch list to prevent firearm purchases as giving the government the power to suspend due process with next to no judicial oversight. Democrats counter that it's a common-sense first step towards addressing rampant gun violence.
Both see their position as guided by principles to be defended to the end, a prospect that makes this dispute likely to be settled only at the ballot box in November.
"While the Americans don't always expect us to win, they do expect us to fight," said Democratic Rep Al Green.
Scores of gun-control advocates and protesters remained fixed...

Summary: US Democrats have ended their sit-in protest over gun control after more than 24 hours occupying Congress.
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Article: Parents of brides cannot invite more than 500 guests, and the number has been limited to 400 for grooms.
The government also said that no more than seven main dishes can be served to "ensure that there is no wastage of any food items".
An MP has also proposed a bill to impose a similar ban on expensive weddings across India.
Weddings are expensive in Kashmir, and the traditional feast, locally called Wazwan, includes a range of vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes.
The state government said the order, which comes into effect from 1 April, was issued in response to public complaints about extravagance, waste and intrusive noise.
The state had imposed a similar ban in 1984, but it was revoked after protests.
Marriages are costly in other parts of India as well, and many people spend lavishly on food, clothes and entertainment.
In November, the five-day wedding of businessman and former Karnataka state minister G Janardhana Reddy's daughter, Brahmani, with an estimated cost of about 5bn rupees ($74m; £59m), prompted outrage as millions of Indians struggled with a cash flow crisis.
Among the extravagances were gold-plated invitation cards fitted with LCD screens, costing 10m rupees.
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The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has downgraded Thailand's aviation standards, "red flagging" the country for failing to address safety concerns.

Article: Gene therapies alter a patient's DNA to treat inherited diseases passed from parent to child.
The European Medicines Agency has recommended
 a therapy for a rare genetic disease which leaves people unable to properly digest fats.
The European Commission will now make the final decision.
The idea of gene therapy is simple: if there is a problem with part of a patient's genetic code then replace that part of the code.
The reality has not been so easy. In one gene therapy trial a US teenager, Jesse Gelsinger, died, and other patients have developed leukaemia.
There are no gene therapies available outside of a research lab in Europe or the US.
The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has considered the use of Glybera to treat lipoprotein lipase deficiency.
One in a million people have the deficiency. They have damaged copies of a gene which is essential for breaking down fat.
It leads to fat building up in the blood, abdominal pain and life-threatening pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas).
The only way to manage the condition is by having a very low-fat diet.
The therapy uses a virus to infect muscle cells with a working copy of the gene.
It was recommended for patients with severe pancreatitis, who cannot control the disease through diet.
The manufacturer, UniQure, said the decision was a "major breakthrough" for patients and medicine as a whole.
UniQure chief executive officer Jorn Aldag said: "Patients with lipoprotein lipase deficiency are afraid of eating a normal meal because it can lead to acute and extremely painful inflammation of the pancreas, often resulting in a visit to intensive care.
"Now, for the first time, a treatment exists for these patients that not only reduces this risk of getting severely sick, but also has a multi-year beneficial effect after just a single injection.
"Restoring the body's natural ability to break down fat particles in the blood, in order to prevent pancreatitis and excruciating abdominal pain suffered by patients, is what gene...

Summary: Europe is on the cusp of approving a gene therapy for the first time, in what would be a landmark moment for the field.
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Article: Mild temperatures and high winds have affected Scotland's ski season so far this winter.
However, this week has seen heavy snowfalls and freezing temperatures allowing some resorts to offer some snowsports.
Nevis Range said the season has started later than usual but hopes for a prolonged spell of suitable conditions.
The centre near Fort William along Glencoe Mountain, Lecht, CairnGorm Mountain and Glenshee have been putting updates on their websites about their availability for snowsports.
A spokesperson for Nevis Range said: "It's been a later than usual start to the snowsports season at Nevis Range.
"However, in previous years we've still been open for snowsports in April and had lovely skiing conditions into May."
A late start to the 2015-16 snowsports season had a "significant impact" and reduced the number of days available for skiing and snowboarding.
Ski-Scotland, the organisation that promotes Scottish snowsports, said it had involved 207,770 skier days.
It also estimated that the industry generated almost £21m for the economy during the season.
Previous seasons involved bigger numbers - 2012-13 had 290,996 skier days and raised more than £29m.
The more recent 2014-15 season involved 230,634 skier days, raising £23.2m.
It was also the first in years that all five of Scotland's outdoor ski centres opened for snowsports before Christmas.
For the 2015-16 season, the sites had to wait until January for sufficient snow cover, though Nevis Range and the Lecht in Aberdeenshire were able to open for a short time at the end of December 2015.

Summary: Scotland's outdoor snowsports centres have been reporting improving conditions for skiing and snowboarding.
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Article: They say human brain cells can be coaxed to take over the job of the ones that are destroyed in Parkinson's.
Tests in mice with Parkinson-like symptoms showed that the therapy appeared to ease the condition.
Many more studies are needed before similar tests can begin in people.
Experts say the research published in Nature Biotechnology is hugely promising, although at a very early stage.
The scientists still have to check if the treatment is safe, and whether the converted cells, which started out in life as astrocytes, can truly function like the dopamine-producing neurons lost in Parkinson's.
People with Parkinson's lack enough dopamine because some of the brain cells that make it have died.
It is not known what kills the cells, but this loss causes debilitating symptoms, such as tremor and difficulty in walking and moving.
Doctors can prescribe drugs to help manage the symptoms, but cannot treat the cause.
Scientists have been looking for ways to replace the damaged dopamine neurons by injecting new ones into the brain.
The international team of researchers who carried out the latest work, however, used a different approach that does not require a cell transplant.
They used a cocktail of small molecules to reprogramme cells already present in the brain.
When they mixed a sample of human astrocytes with the cocktail in their laboratory, they produced cells that closely resembled dopamine neurons, although not a perfect match.
Next, they gave the same cocktail to sick mice.
The treatment appeared to work, reprogramming their brain cells and lessening their Parkinson's symptoms.
Dr Patrick Lewis, an expert in neuroscience at the University of Reading, said work like this could potentially offer a game-changing therapy for Parkinson's.
But he added: "Moving from this study to doing the same in humans will be a huge challenge."
Prof David Dexter of Parkinson's UK said: "Further development of this technique is now needed."
"If successful, it would turn this approach into a viable therapy that could improve the...

Summary: Scientists believe they have found a way to treat and perhaps reverse Parkinson's disease, by making replacement cells to mend the damaged brain.
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Article: They have an illuminated sign that lights up to alert anyone travelling towards a lorry when it is turning left and a speaker announcing the manoeuvre.
After a trial on eight trucks, the city council has rolled out the 'Cyclear' technology, to a further 17 vehicles.
It is set to be installed in all future Large Goods Vehicles council vehicles.
Sensors on the side of the vehicle also detect when a cyclist travels alongside it, alerting the cyclist with an audible message, and sounding a warning buzzer to the driver.
Five cameras are installed on the new vehicles with screens in the cab giving drivers optimum views of their surroundings.
Lesley Hinds, Edinburgh city council's transport and environment convener, unveiled the new fleet earlier.
She said: "Cycle safety is of utmost importance to the council. To equip our vehicles with technology that minimises risk for all road users is a step we can't afford not to take.
"The council is determined to make Edinburgh's roads as safe as possible for all road users, including cyclists. A significant rise in cycling has occurred in the city, while the rate of collisions involving cyclists continues to fall.
"Edinburgh is bucking the trend with more people cycling, walking or using public transport to get to work than anywhere else in Scotland and these newly equipped vehicles are an important step in increasing safety and raising awareness."
A driver of one of the refuse collection vehicles said: "I really like the new system, the sensors trigger an alarm so I'm made immediately aware of the cyclists when they are not in my vision."

Summary: Bin lorries in Edinburgh have been fitted with special technology which alerts the driver when a cyclist is near the vehicle.
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Article: In March, the ICAO issued an alert on Thailand's aviation body after a safety audit revealed that it failed to adequately oversee its airlines.
The move led to a ban on new flights to China, Japan and South Korea.
Thai officials had then submitted plans to deal with the concerns in March.
But, the ICAO "red flagged" the country's body on Thursday for failing to solve the issues within 90 days.
Thailand's aviation sector joins 12 other developing countries, including Nepal and Sierra Leone, that have been downgraded to Category 2 from Category 1 by the organisation for its safety standards.
An audit in January by the United Nations body had found that Thailand's aviation authority had a shortage of technical officers and issues with certifying the transportation of hazardous goods.
The warning meant the country's airlines had to cancel flights and refund or alter thousands of air tickets.
The country's flag carrier, Thai Airways, said in a statement that it followed the "highest safety standards" in all operational areas, despite the red flag from the international regulator.

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The BBC has agreed a deal to broadcast the Six Nations until 2017.

Article: The £56bn programme has too ambitious a schedule and rising costs could mean that not all its intended benefits are delivered, the NAO said.
The NAO said the 2026 target opening date for the first phase was "at risk, despite good progress".
But HS2 Ltd said it was confident that it could achieve its objectives.
The first phase of HS2, linking London and the West Midlands, is due to be completed in 10 years' time.
The next section, running as far as Crewe, is due to open a year later in 2027, with a further extension to Manchester and Leeds due to be finished by 2033.
The project cleared its final Commons stage in March and is now being considered by the House of Lords.
The NAO report was written before the Brexit vote, so it doesn't speculate on what effect, if any, it could have on HS2.
Still, this behemoth of a project involving £56bn of public money would appear to be safe, for now.
The Department for Transport's very keen to send out a "business as usual" message, promising that planned investment in our roads and railways won't suffer.
MPs are due to vote on phase one of HS2 later this year. If they approve the bill, that's effectively the green light to start building the line from London to Birmingham. And MPs approved the project overwhelmingly the last time they had a vote.
The company building the line, HS2 Ltd, is also about to hand out £11bn worth of contracts in the next couple of months. The winning companies can't begin building work until the HS2 bill has royal assent, due by the end of the year, but they will be looking to recruit, hire vehicles, get plans in place.
Having said all of that, who'd be brave enough to predict anything right now.
"HS2 is a large, complex and ambitious programme which is facing cost and time pressures," said Amyas Morse, head of the NAO.
"The unrealistic timetable set for HS2 Ltd by the Department [for Transport] means they are not as ready to deliver as they hoped to be at this point.
"The Department now needs to get the project working to a timescale that is...

Summary: The HS2 high-speed rail project has an "unrealistic timetable" and faces major cost pressures, a report by the National Audit Office has said.
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Article: Experts believe it could be "Scotland's Glastonbury", a reference to the lake village in Somerset.
The excavation was part-financed with Â£15,000 from Historic Scotland.
Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop described the village discovery at Black Loch of Myrton as "an exciting and unexpected find".
The dig was carried out this summer by AOC Archaeology Group, which hopes to use the pilot excavation as the starting point for a broader programme of archaeological activity.
It is one of 55 archaeology projects to receive more than Â£1m in funding from Historic Scotland for 2013/14.
The Wigtownshire dig was a small-scale pilot excavation of what was initially thought to be a crannog in the now-infilled Black Loch of Myrton, which was under threat of destruction as a result of drainage operations.
However during the excavation, AOC - which worked on the dig in conjunction with local volunteers - discovered evidence of multiple structures making up a small village.
What initially appeared to be one of a small group of mounds before excavation was revealed to be a massive stone hearth complex at the centre of a roundhouse.
The timber structure of the house has been preserved, with beams radiating out from the hearth forming the foundation, while the outer wall consists of a double-circuit of stakes.
The most surprising discovery was that the house was not built on top of an artificial foundation, but directly over the fen peat which had gradually filled in the loch.
Rather than being a single crannog, as first thought, it appears to be a settlement of at least seven houses built in the wetlands around the small loch.
This type of site is currently unique in Scotland and there are few other comparable sites elsewhere in the British Isles.
Similar lake villages - including Glastonbury and Meare, which is also in Somerset - have been found in England, but this is the first "loch village" to be uncovered in Scotland.
Experts hope that its discovery will help to improve knowledge and understanding of Iron Age Scotland.
Ms...

Summary: Archaeologists have discovered the remains of an Iron Age "loch village" in Wigtownshire, the first of its kind to be found in Scotland.
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Article: Lucero Guadalupe Sanchez Lopez, 26, is a representative in Sinaloa, northern Mexico, where Guzman has his powerbase.
Officials said they wanted to know about an alleged visit she made to Guzman prior to his jailbreak.
She denies the allegations and accuses the government of turning the arrest of Guzman into a "media show".
Guzman was re-arrested on 8 January after six months on the run.
The attorney general's office said federal police officers had taken Ms Sanchez to the capital, Mexico City.
In a statement, the office said she would be questioned over an alleged visit she made to Guzman in jail under a false identity.
Officials said that in 2014 she had shown guards false papers to see Guzman at the Altiplano maximum-security prison, where he was being held prior to his escape in July 2015.
She has not been charged with any crime and has not been stripped of her post as congresswoman, the statement adds.
On Tuesday, Attorney General Arely Gomez told Mexican newspaper El Universal that Ms Sanchez and Guzman had spent New Year's Eve together.
At the time, the leader of the Sinaloa drugs cartel was on the run following his escape from Altiplano prison through a 1.5km-long (one-mile-long) tunnel.
He was captured in Los Mochis, a town in Sinaloa state, on 8 January.
According to local media, Ms Sanchez is the youngest person to have been elected as a state representative.
Mexican daily El Universal reports that she ran an election campaign characterised by lavish rallies at which bands entertained voters and gifts were handed out.
Local media have also alleged that Ms Sanchez, whose ex-husband was shot dead in 2014, has had at least one child with Guzman.
She has denied having a relationship with the drug lord.
While there is little official information about Guzman's family, those who have followed his criminal career believe he has 18 children with seven different women.
A prison official, Eduardo Guerrero, said that Emma Coronel, a former beauty queen who had twin girls with Guzman, was prevented from...

Summary: Police in Mexico are questioning a regional politician about her alleged links to recently recaptured drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
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Article: The rollout of the US-funded Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system (Thaad) may be on hold for a year.
Four recently arrived launchers will not be deployed, an official said. Two already installed will stay in place.
Thaad aims to protect South Korea from the North's missiles, and has been criticised at home and by China.
What impact will S Korea's expanded missile defence system have?
The office of recently-elected President Moon Jae-in said that a comprehensive environmental study of Thaad was needed and that it could take up to a year to complete.
During that time, Thaad's deployment would be frozen as it was not "urgent enough" to bypass the assessment, it said.
Thaad began its rollout earlier this year under South Korea's previous presidential administration, a move which Mr Moon has said was "regrettable".
The suspension comes days after Mr Moon's office accused the defence ministry of withholding information about Thaad from the president.
It said the military did not tell Mr Moon about the delivery of the four other Thaad launchers.
The ministry has defended this decision, saying it had to uphold a confidentiality agreement with the US.
Many South Koreans have objected to Thaad, believing it will become a target and endanger the lives of those who live near its launch sites.
China has also voiced opposition to the system, saying it affects the regional security balance.

Summary: South Korea is suspending the deployment of a controversial missile defence system while the government examines its environmental impact.
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Article: It extends BBC Sport's current deal, which runs until 2013, as exclusive broadcaster of the Six Nations and covers TV, radio and online.
This year's tournament saw audiences increase to their highest level for 13 years, with an average audience of 4.7m per match.
"The Six Nations is a crown jewel in the sporting calendar," said BBC director of sport Barbara Slater.
The championship, the premier annual northern hemisphere rugby union tournament, is contested by England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France and Italy every February and March.
"We're delighted that we can continue to bring the tournament to our audiences," Slater added.
"Viewing figures continue to grow year on year and we look forward to continuing to work in partnership with the Six Nations to build interest even further through the BBC's unparalleled offering of TV, radio, online and interactive services."
In total over 30m people within Britain watched some of this year's tournament.
Among the most memorable matches in the 2011 edition were Italy securing a first ever Six Nations win over France and England, who had won their first four matches, being denied the Grand Slam when they lost to Ireland.
John Feehan, chief executive of the Six Nations, added: "We are delighted that BBC Sport will maintain, extend and enhance its coverage of the RBS Six Nations, the world's biggest annual rugby tournament, for a further four years to March 2017."

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A Florida mosque has been removed as a polling station for the 2016 election after local officials received complaints and threats of violence.

Article: Federica Mogherini said they had agreed to work on closer ties in a number of areas, including the economy, energy, education, migration and transport.
The visit follows last year's historic nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic.
She said the results of their talks would "make a real difference" to the lives of Iranians and Europeans.
Meanwhile, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has been holding talks with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the presidential palace in Ankara.
They agreed to increase banking and economic co-operation and boost trade to $30bn (Â£21bn) within two years.
Mr Erdogan said they also agreed to "reduce our differences" over Syria and other issues, to "work together to overcome the problems of terrorism and sectarianism and the related humanitarian crises that are shaking our region".
Ms Mogherini said the issue of Syria and stability in the Middle East region had been discussed in her talks with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
Also, the question of human rights in Iran, of which she said "it is not a secret we have some concerns in this respect".
Mr Zarif, for his part, welcomed the EU's support for Iran's bid to join the World Trade Organization, but called on the US to fulfil their commitments in relation to the nuclear deal and remove obstacles to the banking sector.
Major European banks and businesses continue to be wary of investing in Iran, where US sanctions are still in place linked to alleged terrorism and human rights questions.
"Iran and the EU will put pressure on the United States to facilitate the co-operation of non-American banks with Iran," Mr Zarif said. "It's essential that the other side, especially the United States, fulfil its commitments not on paper but in practice and removes the obstacles especially in banking sector."
Engaging directly with Iran - a key player in Syria - is for Europe one of the main benefits of the nuclear deal.
Iranian officials also said they wanted to strengthen this relationship - especially because the kind of dialogue is...

Summary: The European Union and Iran have "turned a new page" in their diplomatic relations, the EU's foreign policy chief said on a visit to Tehran.
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Article: The closely watched Markit/CIPS services purchasing managers' index (PMI) rose to 58.6 in November, up from 56.2 in October.
A reading on the index above 50 indicates expansion in the sector.
The services sector has now been showing growth for nearly two years.
It comes as a similar survey covering the eurozone showed service sector growth in the bloc slowed in November. Markit's eurozone services PMI fell to to 51.1 in the month from 52.3 in October.
The data, taken together with construction and manufacturing output in the currency union, points to economic growth in the eurozone of just 0.1% in the final quarter of the year, Markit added.
Data released by Markit on Monday and Tuesday painted a mixed picture of the UK economy, with manufacturing picking up in November but growth in construction slowing.
Markit said the three surveys combined pointed towards economic growth of 0.6% in the final three months of this year, up slightly from an earlier estimate of 0.5%.
"Faster growth of services activity brings welcome news that fears of a potentially sharp slowdown in the economy look overplayed," said Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit.
The figures will come as a fillip to Chancellor George Osborne, who gives an update on official growth and borrowing forecasts in his Autumn Statement on Wednesday.
The Bank of England forecasts the UK economy will grow by 3.5% this year, faster than any other advanced economy, before slowing to 2.9% next year.
Markit said the services PMI showed that falling oil prices, which hit a five-year low on Monday, were helping firms to offset the effect of staff costs, as hiring increased at its fastest rate since July.
"There are also signs that wage growth is picking up alongside the improving labour market, which should help boost household incomes and consumer spending," Mr Williamson added.
Last week, official data showed household spending rose at its fastest rate in over four years in the three months to September, while Bank of England data on Monday showed consumers...

Summary: Activity in the UK's dominant services sector grew at its fastest rate for a year in November, a leading survey has indicated, helping to alleviate fears that the economy may be slowing.
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Article: Grammar schools are state secondary schools that select their pupils by means of an examination taken by children at age 11, known as the "11-plus".
There are only about 163 grammar schools in England, out of some 3,000 state secondaries, and a further 69 grammar schools in Northern Ireland.
Under the grammar school system, pupils who pass the exam can go to the local grammar, while those who do not go to the local "secondary modern school".
More common across the UK is the "comprehensive" system, in which pupils of all abilities and aptitudes are taught together.
There are no state grammars in Wales or Scotland, and although some retain the name "grammar school", they are non-selective and have no special status.
Grammar schools have existed since the 16th Century, but the modern grammar school concept dates back to the Education Act 1944. This made secondary education after the age of 14 free.
At the same time secondary education was reorganised into two basic types:
There was a third type of school, the technical school - but very few were established.
So the system effectively divided pupils into two types - those destined for university and better jobs, and those deemed more suitable for less celebrated professions.
During the 1950s and 1960s, it was said, mainly by Labour politicians and egalitarian educationalists, that the selective education system reinforced class division and middle-class privilege.
In 1965, the government ordered local education authorities to start phasing out grammar schools and secondary moderns, and replace them with a comprehensive system.
The quickest changes were made in Labour-controlled areas, while strongly Conservative counties moved slowly or not at all.
A handful of counties and local authorities in England have kept largely selective schools systems, including Kent, Medway, Buckinghamshire and Lincolnshire, while others such as Gloucestershire, Trafford and Slough have a mix.
In other places, a few grammar schools survived in areas that were otherwise fully...

Summary: BBC News answers some of the key questions about grammar schools and poses some 11-plus questions for readers to tackle.
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Article: The drug - Kadcyla - adds six months of life on average to women dying with an aggressive form of breast cancer.
NICE criticised makers Roche for not setting an affordable price, in its updated draft guidance.
The drug costs £90,000 per patient but Roche said it had offered a lower - undisclosed - price in recent talks.
The two organisations have been in negotiations since the first draft guidance from NICE (the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence), rejecting the drug, was published in April.
There is a real sense of sadness - and anger for that matter - that the new breast cancer drug Kadcyla looks unlikely to be made routinely available on the NHS, something that is obvious from the bitter language being used by both sides.
The decision by England's official NHS advisory body, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), to reject Kadcyla prompted manufacturers Roche to claim the system was "broken".
NICE - not known for its strong use of language - responded by saying it was "really disappointed" in the approach taken by the drugs firm.
Read more analysis from Nick Triggle here
While this latest guidance is only the final draft version, there tends not to be any major changes when the official recommendations are published - normally a few months after this stage.
The original cost of Kadcyla worked out at £90,000 per patient - that is based on the standard 14 months of treatment.
Roche said it had offered to lower the price "substantially", but NICE said the new price - which is not being disclosed - made little difference.
Kadcyla is used to treat people with HER2-positive breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body and cannot be surgically removed.
About a fifth of breast cancer cases are HER2-positive, and it is thought this drug could benefit 1,500 women a year.
It works by seeking out and destroying cancerous cells, attacking them from within.
Its novel action means it is unlikely to cause the side-effects, such as hair loss, seen with many other types of...

Summary: A pioneering new breast cancer treatment will not be routinely available in England and Wales, the NHS drugs advisory body NICE is proposing.
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Article: The Islamic Center of Boca Raton had planned to host a polling site for the state's primary in August and the general election in November.
Officials rescinded the invitation, drawing sharp criticism from Florida lawmakers who said it reinforced religious discrimination.
The site was moved to a nearby library.
County Elections Supervisor Susan Bucher said she moved the site after receiving about 50 complaints from people who said they did not want to vote in a mosque.
The Islamic Center has been used as a polling station at least since 2010, the Washington Post reported.
Democratic US Representatives Ted Deutch and Lois Frankel released statements opposing the move.
"If we are going to use places of worship as polling places, we should not discriminate,'' Mr Deutch said.
It is unclear how many houses of worship are used as polling places across the country, but churches are often selected as host sites because of their large auditoriums and parking lots.
Mosques in California, Iowa, Pennsylvania and Ohio have served as polling places, including one that has been used since at least 2004, according to the AP news agency.

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The number of cancer cases in Wales has risen by almost 10% over a 10-year period.

Article: The study launched on Wednesday by the government-sponsored watchdog also found men were central to 72% of print news stories.
The report found "significant" stereotypes about gender in adverts.
It added most journalists in the country are men - one study showed only 7% of politics articles were by women.
One part of the Kenyan Media Council's report showed extreme gender imbalance in politics reporting.
Ahead of Kenya's election in 2012, the council analysed 276 articles about the vote in Kenyan newspapers.
Women were the central character of the news stories in only 4% of the articles and only 7% of the stories were written by women.
At the launch of the report Rhonda Breit, associate dean at the graduate school of journalism at the Aga Khan University in Kenya's capital Nairobi, pointed out that these issues are not unique to Kenya.
"The issues are very similar in other countries - inequalities within the work environment around women reaching the glass ceiling and not having the opportunities to do stories on politics and crime".
The Global Media Monitoring Project found in its 2015 report on 108 countries that women make up only 24% of the people heard, read about or seen in newspaper, television and radio news.

Summary: Men are 10 times more likely than women to be used as a source for a news story Kenyan media, according to the country's media council.
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Article: The German study, published in the journal Heart, found that women who had more than three miscarriages had a five-fold increase in risk.
The relatively young age of the women meant overall risk remained low, but miscarriages could alert doctors to future problems, the researchers said.
UK specialists said that the reason for the link was still unclear.
The study looked at more than 11,500 women aged between their mid-30s and mid-60s.
They looked at the pregnancy history of those who had suffered heart attacks, and compared this to the rate of miscarriages in the other women.
They found that one in four of the women in the study reported having a miscarriage - although this number could be higher because some women become pregnant then miscarry without realising what has happened.
When other factors linked to heart problems - such as weight, alcohol consumption and smoking - were accounted for, having three or more miscarriages increased the risk of heart attacks by more than 500%.
A smaller increase in risk was recorded in women who had miscarried fewer than three times.
The researchers, from the German Cancer Research Centre in Heidelberg, said that the results suggested a "substantially higher" risk later in life.
They suggested that a history of miscarriage should be recorded by doctors as an "important indicator" when trying to work out whether a woman was likely to suffer heart problems in middle-age and beyond.
The age of the women involved in the study meant that the overall risk of heart attack could not be tested.
The five-fold increase refers to a much smaller risk - that a woman would have a heart attack at a younger age.
This means that even a five-fold increase does not mean that a woman who suffers multiple miscarriages is very likely to have a heart attack.
Indeed, among a sample of 2,876 women who reported miscarriages, there were 82 heart attacks over a ten-year period.
However, other specialists said that the link between miscarriage and heart attacks remained a concern.
Professor Gordon...

Summary: Having multiple miscarriages increases the risk of a heart attack later in life, according to researchers.
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Article: Campaigners believe the move would encourage more people to leave their cars at home.
This could help to tackle pollution and congestion.
Smart tickets, such as London's Oyster card, allow passengers to use one plastic card to make journeys on different types of public transport.
The card is loaded with cash in advance and can also be automatically topped up from a bank or credit card account.
About 43 million Oyster cards have been issued since they were launched in 2003 and Oyster has eight million regular users.
Figures show that about 80% of all journeys on public transport in the London area are made by passengers using Oyster cards.
Calum McCallum of Transform Scotland, which promotes public transport use, believes there is no reason why a Scottish equivalent should not prove to be a success and would make life much easier for passengers.
He said: "If you have the flexibility to jump on and off the buses and trains, or whatever mode of public transport actually suits you, then we believe you're more likely to use public transport.
"There clearly needs to be government intervention to push this thing along.
"It's not something which will happen by itself. It's just too complicated for all the organisations involved to come together but a lot of the pieces are already in place."
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport plans to have smart ticketing in operation on the Glasgow subway by summer 2013.
SPT's ambition is to see the system extended to include Scotrail and private bus companies.
SPT's assistant chief executive Eric Stewart also expects the system will lead to increased passenger numbers, benefiting commuters and operators.
He said: "If you look at the Oyster example in London, there's been a huge increase in bus usage, a huge increase in Tube and rail usage. There's absolutely no reason we can't do exactly the same in Scotland."
SPT's smart ticketing system will rely on technology provided by the East Kilbride company, Ecebs. Work there is said to be well ahead of schedule.
The firm's managing...

Summary: The Scottish government is being urged to push ahead with proposals for a "smart ticketing" system for public transport across the country.
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Article: The prime minister said the in-out vote "would follow" if agreement was reached on his reforms at next month's summit.
He also said he would stay on as PM even if he ended up on the losing side.
He told Andrew Marr he did not think a UK exit was "the right answer" but promised "everything necessary to make it work" if there was a vote to leave.
The in-out referendum has been promised by the end of 2017.
Asked whether he was suggesting the referendum could be held this summer, Mr Cameron said: "That is what I would like to see, is a deal in February, then a referendum that would follow".
It would take place "later" if no agreement was reached, he said.
By Iain Watson, BBC political correspondent
The prime minister's tone in his BBC interview was markedly positive when he discussed continued EU membership.
He said the best answer for Britain would be to stay in a reformed EU.
And it was because he was now so close to a deal that he had announced that ministers would be free to campaign on either side of the debate.
He reiterated that he wouldn't resign if he was on the losing side - understandable, perhaps, as he wants the referendum to be about EU membership and not about his own leadership.
While he still maintained that he wouldn't rule out leaving the EU, senior Eurosceptics in his party believe it's inconceivable he will do anything other than recommending a vote stay in.
Q&A: The UK's planned EU referendum
Q&A: What Britain wants from Europe
Mr Cameron reiterated his desire to campaign for the UK to remain in a reformed EU, but said he would rule nothing out if his demands were refused.
On the question of whether he would stay on as PM if he ended up on the losing side, he said: "The answer to that question is yes."
He said his priority was to hold a referendum and to "abide by what the British public say".
The question put to voters would be whether to stay in or leave the EU, he said, not "this politician's future or that politician's future".
One of his key proposals - a four-year freeze on in-work...

Summary: David Cameron says he is "hopeful" of reaching a deal with European leaders in February that will allow him to hold the UK's EU referendum.
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Article: There were about 19,000 diagnoses in 2015, compared to about 17,300 in 2006.
Public Health Wales (PHW) said the main reason for the increase was an ageing population.
The organisation's Dr Dyfed Wyn Huws said there was "good news" by way of significant reductions in smoking rates in recent decades.
There was a year-on-year decrease from about 19,800 cases in 2014, but the 2015 figure of 19,088 is likely to increase as statisticians revise the numbers.
Once age factors are taken into account, the rate decreased by more than 5% in men, but increased by more than 5% among women between 2006 and 2015.
This is partly due to the rate of lung cancer going down in men, but up among women. Historically, smoking rates peaked far earlier among men than women.
Breast, prostate, lung and bowel cancers remain the most common.
According to PHW, cases of liver, mouth, throat and melanoma skin cancer saw the biggest percentage increases.
The rates of stomach cancer and prostate cancer decreased, while mesothelioma rates increased by almost a third.
Dr Huws said: "We know that up to four in 10 of cancers in the population may be preventable.
"With an increasing number of cancer cases each year, cancer control is possible and important for future generations and for keeping rising health service demand in check.
"The good news is that we have seen significant reductions in smoking rates in recent decades.
"This is already bringing cancer rates down in men."

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Prince Charles asked the Blair government to consider the culling of badgers, historic documents reveal.

Article: Fr Gary Donegan was involved in talks to help resolve a long-running parade dispute in Ardoyne, north Belfast.
He said there was a "different atmosphere" in Ardoyne as marchers passed through on Wednesday morning.
However, he said it was a "small step" and there was more work to do.
Fr Donegan, who is now working in Crossgar, County Down, returned to Ardoyne on 12 July to watch as the morning parade "passed by very peacefully and quietly" on Wednesday.
He told BBC Radio Ulster that "very few" nationalist residents congregated along the route of the march this year.
"I'd say 80 people at most was the largest crowd that had actually gathered on the nationalist side  - compared to previous years there were hundreds - and there was nothing to see."
The priest added: "Yesterday was a step - it was massive in many ways but small in other ways and we have to say 'Ok right, reflect on what actually happened - how can we actually build on this?'
"The more we inch forward to normality, and these things just pass through without reaction and pass by with dignity and respect, then the place gets a different perspective, a different name.
"Possibly then, the real issues that are there, such as unemployment, education, housing and infrastructure, could be addressed".
Fr Donegan added that finding a long-term solution to contentious parades was an "ongoing process".
The Ardoyne parade dispute - which has cost an estimated Â£20m to police - began after a Parades Commission determination not to allow the return or evening leg of the march to pass a section of the Crumlin Road in 2013.
Loyalists staged nightly protests in the area until October last year, when the Orange Order reached an agreement with the nationalist residents' association the Crumlin Ardoyne Residents Association (Cara).
However, another nationalist residents' group - the Greater Ardoyne Residents Collective (Garc) - rejected the deal and protested against the 1 October march.
Fr Donegan said that after marchers "completed" the disputed 2013 parade on 1...

Summary: Northern Ireland should build on the progress it has made after what was hailed as the "most peaceful" Twelfth of July commemorations in years, a north Belfast priest has said.
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Article: A study says temperatures are rising faster than the development of crop varieties that can cope with a warmer world.
In Africa, researchers found that it can take 10-30 years before farmers can grow a new breed of maize.
By the time these new crops are planted, they face a warmer environment than they were developed in.
The scientists behind the study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, looked closely at the impact of temperature rises on crop duration - that's the length of time between planting and harvesting.
They found that in a warmer world durations will be shorter meaning these varieties will have less time to accumulate biomass and yields could be affected.
In their paper, the researchers write that crop duration will become significantly shorter as early as 2018 in some regions but by 2031, the majority of maize-growing areas of Africa will be affected.
"The actual changes in yield may be different but this effect is there, the impact of this change in duration will occur unless breeding changes," said lead author Prof Andy Challinor from the University of Leeds.
"The durations will be shorter than what they were bred for - by the time they are in the field they are, in terms of temperature, out of date."
New varieties of maize need between 10-30 years of development before they are ready to be grown by farmers.
The scientists say the lag is down to a combination of factors including the limited number of crops you can grow in a season, the need for government approved testing and there are also a number of problems of access to markets that can increase the time it takes before the farmers have the new seeds to plant.
Increasing the speed of development is important but according to Prof Challinor, so is making smarter assumptions about future conditions.
"We can use the climate models to tell us what the temperatures are going to be," he told BBC News,
"We can then put those temperature elevations into the greenhouses and then we can breed the crops at those temperatures. People are...

Summary: Crops yields around the world could fall within a decade unless action is taken to speed up the introduction of new varieties.
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Article: Yes, Hillary Clinton's lead in pledged delegates and total votes, as well as her vast advantage among the "superdelegate" party officials and officeholders, means she likely will accrue the necessary support on Tuesday to be the nominee even before polls close in California.
But the Sanders campaign is asserting that a win on the west coast, where surveys show the race is close, will fuel his efforts over the coming weeks, setting the stage for a showdown with Mrs Clinton on the floor of the Democratic convention in July.
At a press conference in Los Angeles on Saturday morning Mr Sanders emphasised this point, urging the reporters in attendance to refrain from calling Mrs Clinton the presumptive nominee.
"I have heard reports that Secretary Clinton has said it's all going to be over on Tuesday night," Sanders said. "I have heard reports that the media, after the New Jersey results come in, are going to declare that it is all over. That simply is not accurate."
The Vermont senator's pitch is that, unencumbered by Mrs Clinton's low approval ratings and controversy surrounding her use of a private email server while at the State Department, he's the better candidate to run against Republican Donald Trump in the autumn general election.
His team points to numerous opinion polls showing that he performs better in hypothetical presidential matchups than Mrs Clinton. (Clinton's team counters that his numbers are inflated because he's largely stayed above the fray on the campaign trail.)
After Tuesday, when all but the District of Columbia will have held their nomination contests, Mr Sanders will no longer be able to make that case to most American voters.
His goal, then, will be to convince enough superdelegates - who are not officially committed to a candidate until they cast their ballots at the Democratic convention - to switch their support to him. A win in California, the nation's most populous state, would feature prominently in his closing arguments.
"At the end of the nominating process no candidate will...

Summary: For Bernie Sanders and his die-hard supporters, California - the Golden State - is his golden ticket.
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Article: Retired English teacher Mark Frost, 70, admitted abusing nine children in Thailand between 2009 and 2012.
He pleaded guilty to 23 charges at the Old Bailey after admitting 22 charges last year.
Six of the charges relate to abuse of two pupils at a Worcestershire school during the 1980s and 1990s. Frost is due to be sentenced on Thursday.
Previously known as Andrew Tracey, Frost was brought to justice following an international investigation involving the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA), and authorities in Thailand, Spain and the Netherlands.
Frost raped impoverished Asian boys and encouraged them to engage in sex acts after he groomed them with money, sweets, computer games and swims in his pool.
He skipped bail to avoid prosecution in Thailand but was extradited from Spain last year after his activities were uncovered by Dutch police on the computer of a man in the Netherlands.
Frost had got the boys, aged between 10 and 14, to give thumbs-up signs and make heart gestures with their hands while being filmed on a webcam engaging in sexual acts.
The court also heard details of Frost's abuse of two pupils at a school in Worcestershire during the late 1980s and 1990s.
He had sex with the boys in a school storeroom, during breaks, at his home where he lived with his adopted son, and also at a car park in Woking, Surrey, the Old Bailey heard.
One of those victims has died since coming forward, while the other said in a statement he had "lived in fear" every day following the abuse.
Frost admitted to charges that included multiple rapes, sex assaults, inciting children to engage in sexual activity and making indecent pictures.
Prosecutor Sally-Ann Hales said images and web chats seized from Frost's Dutch contact featured 15 boys, nine of whom were identified and interviewed.
The boys' mothers expressed their "sorrow" at finding out the man they regarded as a "kind and generous foreigner" had abused their children.
One of the youngsters was "too ashamed" to tell his mother and had gone from being a "bubbly, happy...

Summary: A prolific paedophile faces years in jail after admitting to 45 sex offences against children in the UK and abroad.
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Article: In a 2005 letter, the prince referred to "the most pressing and urgent problem" of tuberculosis (TB) in cattle, which was "caused and spread" by badgers.
He wrote: "I do urge you to look again at introducing a proper cull of badgers where it is necessary.
The Labour government later rejected a cull in the English countryside.
The revelations come from private letters sent by the Prince of Wales to Labour ministers a decade ago, which have been published after a lengthy legal battle.
Prince Charles wrote: "I, for one, cannot understand how the 'badger lobby' seem to mind not at all about the slaughter of thousands of expensive cattle, and yet object to a managed cull of an over-population of badgers - to me, this is intellectually dishonest."
In reply, Mr Blair said he could "personally see the case for culling badgers" but did not want to prejudge a decision by environment ministers".
The coalition led by David Cameron gave the go-ahead for pilot culls in England in 2013.
These are expected to resume for a third year in the Southwest this year and may be rolled out to other areas of England.
Other letters written by the prince reveal more details of his interest in agriculture.
He appealed for support for farmers and British-grown produce, and raised his "anxiety" about the country's lack of self-sufficiency in foods such as meat and vegetables.
He also mentioned "the enormous problem of climate change", praising "the remarkable leadership role" the government was taking in this area.

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A new report has been published detailing the advantages of enhancing and extending the Borders Railway.

Article: The firm first acknowledged the issues in a tweet shortly after 09:00 BST and said they had been resolved three and a half hours later.
Its troubles also caused several banks to be unable to offer online services.
BT said that a power fault at one of its partners' sites in London was the cause, but did not name the company involved.
However, the BBC discovered that ultimate responsibility lay with the California-based data centre operator Equinix.
"We're sorry that some BT and Plusnet customers experienced problems accessing some internet services this morning," said a spokeswoman for BT.
"Around 10% of customers' internet usage was affected following power issues at one of our internet connection partners' sites in London. The issue has now been fixed and services have been restored."
BT's service status pages had indicated that subscribers in parts of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland had all been affected.
The event occurred six months after Equinix took control of the data centre involved as part of its takeover of the Telecity Group.
"Equinix can confirm that we experienced a brief outage at the former Telecity LD8 site in London earlier this morning," said Russell Poole, managing director in the UK for Equinix.
"This impacted a limited number of customers, however service was restored within minutes. Equinix engineers are on site and actively working with customers to minimise the impact."
BT's problems turn out to have been caused by a 20 minute power cut at a data centre in London's Docklands.
The London Internet Exchange (Linx) - one of the world's biggest internet nodes - tells me that the fault was at Equinix Telecity's Harbour Exchange data centre. It said it lasted from 07:55 to 08:17 BST.
A spokesman told me: "We take any outage very seriously. We will be having very serious conversations with Telecity about how this happened."
He added that other operators in the same building had also lost power to their equipment.
But he dismissed the idea that the incident had shown up the...

Summary: Many of BT's customers have experienced problems with its broadband services.
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Article: Twenty students signed up for the Higher Media studies course, run and marked by Inverness College UHI.
Most of those on the course were 17 and 18-year-olds hoping to use the mark from their studies to go to university.
The college said that following a routine review it was delivering a "redesigned" national certificate programme in media.
Last year's situation prompted an internal review and also an investigation by the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA).
The SQA said the nationally-available 2016 Higher Media assessment had "performed as intended".
Inverness College UHI is part of the University of the Highlands and Islands.
The college said it reviewed its curriculum on an annual basis and added new courses to fit "local and regional demand".
A spokesman said: "The college continues to deliver a national certificate programme in media, which has been redesigned to provide direct progression into HND Visual Communications.
"The annual review of the college curriculum takes account of a range of factors and is largely informed by demand, employment prospects and progression opportunities.
"The college does not comment on the process and outcome of any specific internal reviews."

Summary: A course has been redesigned after all the students who sat it last year were given fails.
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Article: The GM wheat converts sunlight into chemical energy (photosynthesis) more efficiently, boosting growth.
If the government grants permission, the experiment would potentially be the second ongoing field trial in the UK.
A go-ahead would indicate a softening in opposition to outdoor experiments to develop GM crops in Britain.
The researchers believe that the variety has potential to greatly increase crop yields. The purpose of the proposed trial is to evaluate the performance of the engineered plants in the field.
Approval could be granted by the end of January 2017 and the first crops could be planted next spring at Rothamsted Research in Harpenden.
GM technology has been around for  more 20 years, but some of the first open air trails of genetically modified crops in the late 1990s were disrupted by protesters who trampled on the plants.
Campaign groups were concerned that genes would flow from the GM crops and enter neighbouring plants and so create "super weeds".
As a result of public opposition to the technology at the time there were no outdoor trials of the technology between 2003 and 2010.
There were protests against two field trails approved since then, in 2009 and 2011, but they were not as fierce as the ones a decade earlier.
And there have been no protests against a field trail of GM rape seed planted in 2014 at Rothamsted Research which is still on going.
Prof Christine Raines, head of the school of biological sciences at the University of Essex, who is involved with the proposed wheat trial, believes that public fears over GM technology have reduced in recent years.
"I believe that there is less opposition to GM," she told BBC News.
"I would like to think that it is to do with the fact there has been a great effort made by plant scientists to explain more fully and clearly the potential of GM plants to improve our future".
Prof Raines says that outdoor field trials are essential if scientists are to to find new ways to boost food production.
Yields in wheat have not increased in the past 30 years...

Summary: Researchers have applied for a licence to carry out a trial of a genetically modified wheat crop in a small field in Hertfordshire.
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Article: There have long been calls for more financial support, with the burden on business often raised as a reason for not improving the situation.
Now, parents have received a boost from what could be considered an unusual ally - business lobby group the CBI.
It has called for mums to receive maternity pay for longer and for more free childcare.
In its "wish-list" for the government's Autumn Statement in November, the CBI has said it wants to see statutory maternity pay extended to 52 weeks from the current 39.
It's also called for 15 hours a week of free childcare for all children aged 1-to 4-years-old.
The changes would cost more than Â£2bn, it estimates.
As part of proposals for strengthening the UK's economy, the CBI said the government needs to do more to attract women into careers.
"Businesses are increasingly reporting skills shortages, encouraging more women to remain in the labour force will play a part reducing this bottleneck and improve diversity," the CBI said.
Extra support for new mothers could lift female employment by 2% over 10 years, CBI research suggests.
At the moment all three to four-year-olds in England can get 570 hours of free early education or childcare per year. It's usually taken as 15 hours a week for 38 weeks of the year. Some two-year-olds are also eligible.
"Childcare costs are an enormous barrier for parents who want to return to work," said Justine Roberts, chief executive of parenting discussion site Mumsnet.
"Mumsnet users have long been slightly baffled by the interval between the end of paid parental leave and the start of financial support with childcare costs. This gap can drive women out of the workforce, with calamitous results for their long-term prospects, gender equality and the national tax take," Ms Roberts said.
The CBI's recommendation marks a departure from claims in 2005 that plans to lengthen maternity leave (from six to the current nine months) would unfairly burden businesses.
Suzanne Horne, partner and employment lawyer at law firm Paul Hastings urged caution...

Summary: For many working parents, juggling household bills with childcare is a major problem.
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Article: It proposes the line between Edinburgh and Tweedbank should be improved and extended via Hawick to Carlisle.
The report, produced by the Campaign for Borders Rail (CBR), said that could provide a "new strategic link" in the national network.
Extending the line is already being examined as part of a wider study of transport issues in southern Scotland.
"We believe that the Borders needs a through route to the south to maximise the region's economic potential," the CBR report states.
"For Hawick, a rail link is vital."
The Summary Case for a New Cross-Border Rail Link adds: "CBR is committed to making the case for further rail-led economic and social regeneration of the Borders and a transformative new cross-border rail link."
Now it is time for Hawick and other communities in the southern Borders to benefit directly.
The briefing sees the vision for an extended Borders Railway as an "exciting opportunity".
"This document will help inform the debate on preparing for the proposed railway through the Scottish Borders to Carlisle and beyond," said Allan McLean, chairman of the CBR.
"The economies of Edinburgh, Midlothian and the northern Borders have all gained demonstrably from the opening of the Borders Railway.
"Now it is time for Hawick and other communities in the southern Borders to benefit directly."
The briefing document sets out the CBR's commercial, social and economic cases for a new railway linking the existing Tweedbank terminus to the West Coast Main Line at Mossband, just north of Carlisle.
"The completed railway would allow through trains between Edinburgh and Carlisle, serving intermediate settlements including Hawick," the report states.
"Communities not directly served would benefit from access by connecting bus services and park and ride stations."
The report claimed that extending the railway was the "only realistic proposal" to adequately address economic and social problems faced by the Scottish Borders and release the route's full potential.
It said detailed studies indicated benefits for...

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A man who stabbed a Muslim man to death on a London Overground train has been jailed for life.
Judge Deborah Taylor QC said Brown had been "delusional" in his belief he would "save humanity" and exorcise a Muslim demon haunting him by stabbing his victim.
She added that Brown had been "

A man with schizophrenia who repeatedly stabbed a train passenger after yelling "I want to kill all the Muslims" has been found not guilty of attempted murder by reason of insanity.

Article: The practical and theory tests, in place since October 2014, must be passed before drivers can become qualified to pick up passengers.
Drivers sitting the theory test have to answer questions in four categories, covering issues from road responsibilities and mechanical knowledge to health and safety and customer care.
A number of questions are specific to the taxi industry, but some are the same as those in the theory test for new car drivers.
The pass mark is 80%, so ask yourself:

Summary: Taxi drivers in Northern Ireland say a test for new drivers is so difficult that it is putting people off joining the profession.
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Article: It's not that she's taken months to figure out what to do for her birthday, but it's because she has two - a real one and an official one.
Queen Elizabeth II was born on 21 April 1926 but has an official birthday usually celebrated on the second Saturday of June.
So why two birthdays for the Queen and how does she celebrate them?
Official celebrations to mark a King or Queen's birthday in the UK have often been held on a day that isn't their actual birthday.
Usually the official birthday happens in summer because there is a better chance of good weather in the UK during the summer months.
The two birthday tradition was started more than 250 years ago by King George II in 1748.
How does she mark her birthdays?
The Queen usually spends her actual birthday privately, but the day is marked publicly by gun salutes in central London.
On her official birthday, Her Majesty is joined by other members of the Royal Family at the Trooping the Colour parade.
Hundreds of officers, horses and musicians take part in the event in London.
The parade starts at the Queen's official residence, Buckingham Palace, along The Mall to Horse Guards Parade, Whitehall, near to Downing Street, and back again.

Summary: The Queen is officially celebrating her 91st birthday today - even though she was actually born in April...
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Article: In July, the government announced that all sales of new petrol and diesel cars in the UK will cease by 2040. Volvo, meanwhile, has said every vehicle it launches from 2019 will have an electric motor.
The National Grid predicts that by 2050, there could be up to 26 million electric vehicles on the road in the UK.
They'll all need charging regularly if we're to stay on the move, so how might our homes, roads and forecourts adapt to this exhaust-free future?
The short answer from the National Grid is yes.
How you access that electricity is what requires some thinking.
A top-of-the-range electric car will have a battery capacity of 90kWh. Using an average sized charger (3.5kW) it would take around 19 hours to go from 25% to fully charged.
That's a long time to wait to nip to the shops, but charging time can be cut dramatically by using a larger charger - ideally, you'd plug in something hefty with up to 50kW to reduce the time to about 80 minutes.
However, chargers that big aren't suitable for an average home - a more likely option would be a charger of about 11kW.
A typical home is fitted with a main fuse of 60-80 amps, and the National Grid points out that an 11kW car charger would require 48 amps.
That means using a kettle, oven or immersion heater during charging would cause the main fuse to trip.
So no cuppa while you wait?
Well, one solution could be to increase the amperage of your main fuse.
Only the distribution network operators can do this - as opposed to an electrician or your supplier - and the cost can vary depending on the age of a property.
With a 100 amp fuse, a 22kW charger could be used which would have a faster charge time of around three hours.
This would, however, still require all other electrical appliances in the house to be turned off during charging.
The National Grid predicts that by 2050, if there are 20 million electric cars on the road, about 8.5 million of them will not have the facilities to charge at home.
And for the aforementioned reasons - primarily the need for a cuppa or a...

Summary: Electric vehicles are now a reality, but boiling a kettle at the same time as charging your car may not be, according to insights published by the National Grid.
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Article: Damien Bancroft shared the photographs and videos from addresses in Dundee and Forfar over a four-and-a-half year period.
A court was told that the 36-year-old could not explain why he had distributed the material to others.
Bancroft will be sentenced at Forfar Sheriff Court on 3 August.
Depute fiscal Trina Sinclair told the court that police officers, acting on information, found more than 600 still images and 16 videos on two laptops and also on a mobile phone.
Miss Sinclair said Bancroft admitted to police that he was a pornography addict, having started watching adult material at the age of 19.
He accepted that he had downloaded and shared images with others but could not explain why that included indecent images of children.
Bancroft admitted taking or making indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of children between 14 May, 2011 and 20 October, 2015.
He further admitted distributing indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of children.
Sheriff Pino de Emidio continued Bancroft's bail and placed him on the sex offenders' register in the interim.

Summary: A self-confessed pornography addict who admitted possessing and distributing child abuse images has been placed on the sex offenders register.
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Article: Adrian Brown, 38, experienced a "severe psychotic episode" when he stabbed Muhammed Ali on a London Overground train on 12 December 2016.
Judge Deborah Taylor QC ordered that Brown should be detained indefinitely.
She added he would only be released on the order of a judge or the government.
Brown, of Brockley Rise, south-east London, appeared via video link from Broadmoor Hospital during the hearing.
A jury found Brown not guilty following a two-day trial at Southwark Crown Court.
He was also found not guilty, by reason of insanity, of possession of an offensive weapon and of assault by beating of Mr Ali.
The trial heard Brown had been delusional in his belief he would "save humanity" and exorcise a Muslim demon haunting him by stabbing his victim.
The court was told he was heard by other passengers to say "Where are all the Muslims? I am going to kill all the Muslims", before holding a knife to the throat of another woman, who was unhurt.
Brown accepted carrying out the attack but pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempted murder on the grounds of insanity.
Mr Ali had been travelling home with his wife when the assault took place between Honor Oak Park and Forest Hill, south London.
He told court that the attack had left him too frightened to leave his house.
"I struggle to sleep at the time because every time I shut my eyes I have flashbacks to the whole thing", he said.
"I can only assume it was me because my wife was wearing a headscarf."
Detaining Brown indefinitely under section 37 of the Mental Health Act, Judge Taylor said: "You have a long history of psychotic illness and on that day you were suffering and you continue to suffer from paranoid schizophrenia.
"There's no doubt that if it had not been for the prompt intervention of an off-duty police officer and two medical practitioners that he he may well have died such were the severity of his injuries and the loss of blood."

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The US has warned North Korea to refrain from "irresponsible provocation" after the communist state said its main nuclear facility had resumed normal operations.

Article: Aboriginal leaders want their own people to agree first on how to move towards constitutional recognition for the country's first peoples.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott said such a move would not gain broader support.
Indigenous Australians are not mentioned in the constitution and a treaty was never negotiated with them.
Mr Abbott has pledged to hold a referendum in 2017 that could see Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders recognised as the first Australians.
Indigenous leaders are angry Mr Abbott has rejected their proposals to hold Indigenous-only meetings first.
But in a letter to Indigenous leaders, published in The Australian newspaper on Tuesday, Mr Abbott said holding Indigenous-only meetings first risked creating "a log of claims".
He said his "anxiety about a separate Indigenous process is that it jars with the notion of finally substituting 'we' for 'them and us'".
"I am in favour of building consensus, but strongly believe that this should be a national consensus in favour of a particular form of recognition rather than simply an Indigenous one," Mr Abbott said.
Influential Cape York leader Noel Pearson told local media Mr Abbott's "log of claims" comments was "probably the most dismal part of this whole matter â€” it's almost offensive".
A Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples has recommended these changes to the constitution:
Repealing the two so-called "race provisions":
Indigenous lawyer Patrick Dodson said Aboriginal Australians needed to have their "own discussions" on "complicated matters".
"Until you can get something that is consensual it is very difficult to give them comfort to a proposition that may or may not have their support," Mr Dodson told National Indigenous Television (NITV).
Speaking at an Indigenous festival in the Northern Territory on the weekend, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda said it was hard not to feel despair.
"I sometimes think I meet the definition of...

Summary: Australia's Prime Minister has rejected a proposal to consult Aboriginal people first about recognising them in the nation's constitution.
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Article: A former education minister, he has promised to create jobs, boost the economy and improve education and healthcare.
His party, the Jamaican Labour Party will have a slim one-seat majority in parliament.
He beat Portia Simpson Miller, Jamaica's first female head of government in elections last week.
He was sworn in by the Governor-General of Jamaica, Sir Patrick Allen.
Among the challenges for Jamaica's new government is a youth unemployment rate of 38% and dealing with the country's heavy debt.
In his inaugural address, Mr Holness said he wanted to make Jamaica "the centre of the Caribbean" for finance, trade, commerce, arts and culture.
"My dream is to fulfil your dream. We must create a Jamaica where there is hope and opportunity, where we can encourage our children to dream big."

Summary: Jamaica has sworn in a new Prime Minister, Andrew Holness.
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Article: The promoter of the Carl Frampton fight, Barry McGuigan, paid £5,000 towards the policing bill.
The total policing bill for the event, at Titanic slipways in September, came in at £35,585. The promoter paid what was described as an "abated cost".
The amounts were revealed in a freedom of information request to the PSNI.
Frampton outpointed Spain's Kiko Martinez to secure the world IBF super-bantamweight title, in front of 16,000 boxing fans.
In its answer to the FoI request, a police spokesperson said the "abated cost" was agreed prior to the event and was "in line with PSNI and Association of Chief Police Officers charging policy".
It is understood the bill was higher than would have been expected at an event of this nature, due to additional discretionary spend by the PSNI.
Extra security measures were put in place because of the high-profile nature of the event and the risk of reputational damage to Northern Ireland, were anything to go wrong.
It is believed the cost, without the additional security, would have been closer to £10,000.
A police source said: "The PSNI billed the promoter for an amount which was deemed to be proportionate and fair."
In October, Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford said First Minister Peter Robinson should have declared an interest in the fight, which received £300,000 in public money, including £250,000 from the Northern Ireland Executive.
The Irish News newspaper reported that Mr Robinson's son Gareth helped to promote the event.
Mr Robinson had asked Mr Ford about the PSNI's charging policy around such events.
The first minister rejected any idea that there had been a conflict of interest and said the discussion at the executive related to the general policy of police charging for events.
`"There was no suggestion whatsoever at any time to influence decisions pertaining to the IBF (International Boxing Federation) event in Belfast," the DUP leader said.
"Rather this was merely the catalyst for the discussion. No conflict could therefore have arisen."
The...

Summary: More than £30,000 was paid out of the public purse towards the cost of policing a world title boxing match in Belfast earlier this year.
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Article: Speaking on German TV, she called for "more Europe", including a budgetary union, saying "we need a political union first and foremost".
"Step by step we must from now on give up more competences to Europe, and allow Europe more powers of control."
However, she has resisted calls for the joint issuing of eurozone debt.
She will hold talks on Thursday with UK Prime Minister David Cameron, who has urged the 17-nation eurozone to speed up measures to build a budgetary union to shore up the embattled monetary union.
Ms Merkel's insistence on economic austerity and budget discipline has alienated many Europeans who say the policy is strangling growth and piling more debts on the struggling "periphery" countries like Greece and Spain.
Spain has to find at least 80bn euros (Â£65bn) to shore up its banks, which are struggling because of bad property loans.
Spain's finance minister has said the credit markets are "effectively shut" to his country, but so far Madrid has avoided asking the EU for a bailout.
On Wednesday the European Commission set out
          plans for a eurozone "bank union",
 which could make it easier for troubled eurozone banks to access EU credit.
In her TV interview Ms Merkel reiterated that "budget consolidation and growth are two sides of the same coin".
"Without solid finances, there is no growth, but solid finances alone are not enough; there are other points - above all, questions of competitiveness," she said.
Ms Merkel remains very cautious about the idea of pooling eurozone debts in "eurobonds", despite growing calls - including from the European Commission - for the eurozone to launch them.
Germany, as the strongest EU economy, wants to avoid a situation where it would end up shouldering the debt burden of weaker EU countries.
Direct bailouts of eurozone economies by the European Central Bank are banned under the "no bailout" clause in the Maastricht Treaty, which launched the single currency.
But next month the eurozone will have a new 500bn-euro rescue fund, the European Stability...

Summary: German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the EU needs a political union even if it means some countries integrating faster than others.
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Article: The reactor at Yongbyon has been the source of plutonium for North Korea's nuclear weapons programme.
The White House said North Korea should "focus instead on fulfilling its international obligations".
The reactor was shut down in 2007 as part of a disarmament-for-aid deal.
But Pyongyang vowed to restart it in 2013, following its third nuclear test and amid high regional tensions.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the international community would not accept North Korea as a nuclear state.
"We will work with our partners in the context of the six-party talks to try to return North Korea to a posture of fulfilling those commitments that they have made," he said.
"We will repeat our call that North Korea should refrain from the irresponsible provocations that aggravate regional tension and should focus instead on fulfilling its international obligations and commitments."
Six-nation talks involving South Korea, the US, China, Japan and Russia aimed at ending the North's nuclear programme have been stalled since 2009.
Experts believe that, when fully operational, the Yongbyon reactor can make one nuclear bomb's worth of plutonium per year.
A US think-tank said this year that satellite images suggested work had started at the Yongbyon complex.
But Tuesday's announcement was the first official confirmation from North Korea that it had restarted operations there.
The state-run news agency KCNA said North Korea was improving its nuclear weapons "in quality and quantity".
It said that the North was ready to face US hostility with "nuclear weapons any time".
However, experts say North Korea's nuclear capabilities are unclear.
Pyongyang claims it has made a device small enough to fit a nuclear warhead on to a missile, which it could launch at its enemies. But US officials have cast doubt on the claim.
North Korea has made bellicose threats against its neighbours and the US before, often to coincide with annual joint military exercises held by South Korea and US forces.
The two Koreas remain technically at war,...

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