The US Open champion has been forced to withdraw from the US Open.
The US Open champion has been forced to withdraw from the US Open.
Woods has not played since his back problems recurred in February.
The American was due to defend his US Open title in New York in two weeks' time.

Former world number one Tiger Woods says he is getting "professional help" to manage medication for pain and sleep loss as he tries to return to fitness.

Article: Six former employees at Leeds and Partners, set up to bring investment to the city, have lodged formal grievances against chief executive Lurene Joseph.
Unison said an inquiry should be held to investigate the management and leadership of the company.
Leeds and Partners said it could not comment while an investigation was taking place.
The statement of grievance accuses Ms Joseph, who has been in post since May 2012, of systematic and sustained bullying, victimisation and misuse of power.
Another nine former employees have written supportive statements.
Dean Harper, area organiser for Unison, said: "We would ask now the complaints have been received that the employer looks at commissioning an independent inquiry into the management and leadership of Leeds and Partners because they are of a serious nature these allegations."
Leeds City Council, the company's main funder, confirmed the grievance had been submitted.
A spokesman said the authority took all grievances very seriously and the matter would be dealt with through the proper procedures.

Summary: An independent inquiry should be held into claims of bullying against a company boss, a union has said.
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Article: In his first public comments on the Ukrainian crisis, Mr Putin said on Tuesday that Moscow reserved the right to act to protect Russian citizens and speakers anywhere in Ukraine, but added that military action was "a last resort".
Ukrainian newspapers say that the threat of war has been averted, but warn that Russia may now attempt a plan of "creeping federalisation" to split the country.
Most of the major Russian dailies adopt a staunch pro-government stance, praising President Putin as a "man in control" who has clearly outlined his "negotiating positions" to the West and Ukraine.
Russian pundits dwell not so much on the messages relayed by Mr Putin but rather on the political and personal qualities that they feel he displayed during the news conference.
Izvestiya daily notes that the president was "calm and confident" and "clearly answered all questions" asked by journalists.
"By not going to war, Putin proved himself as a statesman, not just as a tactician," says an editorial in Vedomosti, adding that a crisis in relations with a neighbour "is a maturity test for every head of state".
Writing in Moskovskiy Komsomolets, Mikhail Rostovsky says that "having faced such a heavy flow of threats from almost all Western leaders" Mr Putin did not look like a "frightened politician" but behaved like it was "water off a duck's back".
"Vladimir Putin communicated indirectly with his G8 colleaguesâ€¦ and defined his negotiating positions," says the article.
"The president feels the master of the situation," exclaims Nikolai Petrov in Nezavisimaya Gazeta. He argues that Mr Putin's position is "strengthened by the fact that the new Ukrainian authorities are not in control of Eastern Ukraineâ€¦ and also by the fact that the West cannot quickly provide the money that Kiev desperately needs". That is why "with each passing day Kiev is pushed towards making concessions to Putin," concludes the pundit.
"Putin made his move. It's the turn of Ukraine and the West to respond," another political analyst, Igor Bunin, tells...

Summary: The press in both Russia and Ukraine interpret President Vladimir Putin's press conference as a new approach by the Kremlin in dealing with its neighbour.
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Article: Woods, 41, is recovering from a fourth back operation since April 2014.
The American 14-time major winner was breathalysed in Florida in May after being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.
He denied alcohol was involved and said it was down to "an unexpected reaction to prescribed medication".
In a statement released on social media, Woods said: "I'm currently receiving professional help to manage my medications and the ways that I deal with back pain and a sleep disorder.
"I want to thank everyone for the amazing outpouring of support and understanding, especially the fans and players on tour."
Woods has not won a tournament anywhere since 2013, while his title drought in major championships dates back to 2008.
Last December, he came back after 15 months out injured but has not played since his back problems recurred in February.
A month ago, he wrote that his latest surgery had relieved pain and that he had not "felt this good in years".
Four days later he was arrested on the driving charge, which he is due to answer in court in Palm Beach County on 9 August.

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A new study has found that the number of grey seals in the UK has increased by more than a third in the last 30 years.
The number of grey seals in the UK has increased by more than a third in the last 30 years.
The number of grey seals in the UK has increased by more than a

More than 900 seal pups have been born on a north Norfolk nature reserve in the last three weeks giving experts hopes of another record breaking year.

Article: Colin Hough, of Shrewsbury, volunteered to spend time in the box, in a 24-hour Tesco supermarket, to raise money for children's charity Cauldwell Children.
He went into the box at midday on Thursday and came out at 14:00 BST on Saturday.
He said the toughest part had been the nights, with lights on in the shop and people shopping around him.
Former bus driver Mr Hough volunteered for the challenge after reading about the charity's Locked in for Autism campaign. The box in the supermarket measures 3m by 2m.
"The store staff have been so supportive, tapping on the glass to see if I'm okay," he said.
"I was a bit nervous going into it but I thought, it's for a really good cause, and it's actually opened up my eyes to what children with autism go through.
"One little girl gave me a card she had made, thanking me for what I'm doing, that made me feel very proud."
Mr Hough can be supported through his Just Giving page.

Summary: An 81-year-old man has completed a challenge to spend 50 hours locked inside a perspex box.
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Article: Video assistant referees will review "match-changing" situations before informing the on-field official.
The referee will then be able to view footage for some decisions - something not permitted in previous trials.
Fifa's chief of technical development Marco van Basten said the move "represents a big step forward".
Video assistant referees have been able to assist officials during two international friendlies this year but the Club World Cup represents their first use in Fifa competition.
Previous usage has been in what Fifa call a "semi-live" scenario, where the referee was not able to review decisions on a pitchside monitor.
Under the live system, on-field referees will still make the final decision in the process but it is hoped video assistant referees will be able to correct clear mistakes in serious incidents.
"Ultimately, these tests should prove invaluable in terms of determining whether the processes are sound or whether any further refinements are needed," added Van Basten, a former Netherlands international striker.
"At the same time it's important to remember that we are entering somewhat unchartered territory here, given that we are going live for the first time."
Fifa intend conducting further live trials in several countries next year.
The Club World Cup, which features champion club sides from each of Fifa's six continental confederations, plus the domestic champions from the host nation, begins in Yokohama with Kashima Antlers taking on Auckland City. Europe's representatives Real Madrid play their first fixture on 15 December.
Barcelona won the 2015 tournament, beating Argentina's River Plate 3-0 in the final.

Summary: Referees will be able to use a pitch-side monitor for the first time to review decisions when the Club World Cup begins in Japan on Thursday.
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Article: Seal wardens on the National Trust (NT) reserve at Blakeney Point have recorded 180 more grey seal pups compared to this time last year.
Coastal ranger Ajay Tegala said the location is a "fantastic" breeding site as "human disturbance is minimal."
Mr Tegala predicts up to 1,800 pups could be born by the end of February.
"The seals like Blakeney Point as it has beaches and dunes which are safe and easy places to have a pup with no predators," he said.
Last year, 1,566 pups were counted during the four month breeding season at Blakeney Point, a split of shingle and sand jutting out into the North Sea.
Seals have been breeding on the site since about 2001, when just 25 were recorded.
Pup numbers reached over 1,000 for the first time during the 2012-13 breeding season, with newborns now increasing by about 25% year-on-year.
Blakeney has become well known for its seals with thousands of tourist taking boat trips to see the colonies each year.
Mr Tegala said: "We do a pup count twice a week and comparing this year to last year we're almost 200 ahead so it looks like the number will continue to increase and another record-breaking year is on the cards."
Source: BBC Nature
Visitors have been flocking to the north Norfolk coast to see the seals, prompting the NT to warn people to keep their distance and keep all dogs on leads.

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The portrait is the first time a living person has been used to represent Mozart.
The portrait is the first time a living person has been used to represent Mozart.
The portrait is the first time a living person has been used to represent Mozart.
The portrait is the first time a living person has

A new portrait of Mozart imagines the composer as a "daring" and "edgy" musician in the mould of Johnny Rotten.

Article: He takes over from Sam Allardyce who left in September after just 67 days in charge of the team.
When Allardyce left, Southgate stepped up from his role as the England Under-21s boss to look after the senior team for four games.
He oversaw two wins and two draws and has now signed a contract, reportedly for four years.
"I have thoroughly enjoyed working with the players over these past four games and I think there is huge potential," said Southgate.
During his career playing football Gareth Southgate made 57 appearances for England.

Summary: Gareth Southgate has been confirmed as the new manager for the England football team.
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Article: In its filing, the company said it was seeking to raise $1bn (Â£589m). But that figure is seen just as an estimate to calculate various fees.
Analysts expect it to raise more than $15bn and top Facebook's share sale.
Alibaba did not disclose details of the number of shares it intends to sell or their price range.
It also did not reveal which US exchange - the Nasdaq or New York Stock Exchange - it is looking to list its shares on.
Founded 15 years ago by Jack Ma, the firm has been a dominant force in e-commerce in China and is now the biggest online retailer in the country.
While it has been a key player in the sector for many years, its filing gave investors the first glimpse at the firm's finances.
The firm generated revenues of 40.5bn yuan ($6.5bn; Â£3.8bn) in the nine months to the end of December 2013, making a net profit of $2.9bn.
The documents reveal that last year, the value of all merchandise sold on Alibaba's various platforms was $248bn, with more than 11.3 billion orders placed.
The total value of merchandise sold on its platforms last year was more than that sold on Amazon and eBay combined.
In a nod to the importance of smartphones, the firm said it was responsible for 72% of mobile commerce in China.
That is important as Alibaba has been locked in competition recently with rival Tencent - China's largest internet firm - to attract mobile shoppers.
Analysts said there was likely to be keen interest in the share sale as investors hope the firm will be able to replicate its success in China on a global scale.
"If it is able to transport that kind of power to outside China, it has the potential to become a true global e-commerce powerhouse," said Roger Entner, lead analyst and founder of Recon Analytics.
Among the major shareholders set to benefit from the listing are US technology giant Yahoo and Japan's Softbank.
Yahoo owns a 22.6% stake in the firm, while Softbank owns 34% of the company.
Yahoo had paid $1bn for a 40% stake in Alibaba in 2005.
It sold half of that stake back to Alibaba in May...

Summary: Chinese internet giant Alibaba has filed documents for a public share sale in the US, which is widely expected to be one of the biggest in history.
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Article: The oil painting was commissioned by Royal Northern Sinfonia, which wants to challenge the Austrian's "chocolate box" portrayal, ahead its new season.
"Somehow we've come to think of his music as pretty," said the orchestra's music director Lars Vogt.
"But that music is often dramatic and dark. Those qualities must have been there in the man."
The portrait was painted by renowned American artist Tim O'Brien, and will be projected onto buildings around the orchestra's home towns of Newcastle and Gateshead over the coming months.
Regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time, Mozart wrote more than 600 works, including some of the most celebrated and enduring pieces of classical music, before he died at the age of 35.
Only 14 images of the composer are known to have been created during his lifetime, but many are stylised or incomplete.
The best physical description came from baritone Luigi Bassi, for whom Mozart had written the role of Don Giovanni.
"Mr Mozart was an extremely eccentric and absent-minded young man, but not without a certain spirit of pride," he said. "He was very popular with the ladies, in spite of his small size; but he had a most unusual face, and he could cast a spell on any woman with his eyes."
Describing the existing portraits as "cosy and pretty", O'Brien explained the thinking behind his new painting.
"I know of few musicians of real depth where you can't see some of that complexity in the face.  So to find the Mozart who was obsessively driven, who pushed boundaries and who lived in a world where harsh poverty and crime were a very real facts, I looked at musicians from our own era to provide some inspiration.
"Photos of Johnny Cash and Eric Clapton suggested both obsession and some kind of danger. Johnny Rotten provided a certain precocious brilliance, and I related to those for Mozart."
O'Brien previously made headlines by creating a portrait of Beethoven for the cover of Gramophone magazine, which was inspired by U2 singer Bono.
The portrait accompanies the Northern...

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The Prison Service has been criticised for failing to take action to tackle the problem of prisoners smoking cannabis in cells.
The Prison Service has been criticised for failing to take action to tackle the problem of prisoners smoking cannabis in cells.
The Prison Service has been criticised for failing to take action to tackle the problem of prisoners smoking

A lack of experienced staff contributed to a serious disturbance at a prison last year and remains a "concern", a report has said.

Article: The Bank has set out the parameters of this year's stress test, which include a collapse in economic growth in China and a sharp downturn in the eurozone.
The test imagines a sharp contraction in eurozone economic growth and Chinese expansion of just 1.7%.
China's economy expanded by 7.4% in 2014 - the slowest pace for 24 years.
Economic growth of just 1.7% would plunge Hong Kong into a deep recession that would cause house prices on the island to collapse by 40%, hitting UK lenders such as HSBC.
Bank and building societies will also have to prove they have the capital resources to withstand a 2% fall in economic output in the eurozone.
In addition the stress tests imagine a scenario in which the UK economy contracts by 2.3%.
Last year's tests, which were already considered stringent, focused on a 35% crash in UK house prices.
This year, the Bank of England has set the fall in house prices at 20% over a period of five years.
However, the 2014 stress tests were criticised for concentrating on the UK and seemingly ignored the fact that UK banks HSBC and Standard Chartered have significant investments in Asia and therefore significant exposure to economic fluctuations in the region.
Responding to those criticisms, Bank of England governor Mark Carney said: "By assessing the resilience of the UK banking system against a major external shock, we will improve further our ability to identify vulnerabilities and we will ensure that banks have plans in place to address a wider range of possible stresses."
To be clear, the Bank's five-year scenario does not mean it believes these events will happen.
This is what is called a "tail-risk" event. It could happen but the probability is exceedingly low.
But then again, no-one predicted the severity of the financial crisis.
And actually this scenario is not as bad as what actually happened in 2008, even though it is put in place to try to stop those calamitous events ever occurring again.
Banks might then be required to raise more capital to strengthened their balance...

Summary: The UK banking industry will have to prove it can endure a global economic slump in this year's Bank of England stress tests.
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Article: 7 January 2016 Last updated at 20:25 GMT
Many are comparing it to the podcast Serial. But is the picture they are presenting the full one?
Filmmakers Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi spoke to BBC Newsnight's Evan Davis in their first UK TV interview.

Summary: Making A Murderer is a true crime documentary series on Netflix that's become a massive hit.
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Article: Meanwhile, use of the drug Spice remains a "blight" within HMP Erlestoke leading to "frequent life-threatening emergencies".
The report comes a day after the Prison and Probation Service downgraded the Wiltshire prison's rating.
The Ministry of Justice said the prison had "addressed a number of concerns".
The Prison Officers' Association (POA) said management must "get a grip".
A disturbance at the Category C prison near Devizes last year saw 130 inmates transferred to nearby jails after two wings were put "out of commission".
The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) said the "major incident" was not a riot but a shortage of officers "contributed to the incident".
Of the 88 prison officers now working at Erlestoke, 34 are new and have served less than one year.
"Lack of experience and confidence is a concern," the IMB said.
Elsewhere in the report it said the use of the drug Spice "continues to cause concern" and it "may be only a matter of time before there is a Spice-related death".
It added tobacco was being smuggled into the prison and sold for about 10 times the price paid in shops and is "an additional cause of debt, bullying and assault".
A separate report from the Prison and Probation Service downgraded Erlestoke's rating from '3' to '2', meaning its overall performance is of concern.
Mark Fairhurst from the POA insisted last year's incident was a riot, with "cell doors not fit for purpose".
He demanded management "get on the [prison] wings and manage".
"We need experienced staff to guide the new staff. It is a concern that nearly 50% of staff are very new and inexperienced," he said.
Erlestoke's IMB chair Sheila Kimmins said the prison was "reaping the consequences" of government funding decisions.
The Ministry of Justice said "while there remains progress to be made, HMP Erlestoke have addressed a number of concerns".

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The trust has been given a "requires improvement" rating.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated the trust as "requires improvement" in all areas.
The CQC's report said: "We found that the trust has a good understanding of the need to improve in some areas.

A health watchdog has praised the improvements at a hospital that was once placed in special measures.

Article: Vehicle development had been on hold in recent months because of a shortage of cash, but new sponsorship deals mean engineers can now resume their work.
October 2017 will mark the 20th anniversary of the current land speed record - 763mph (1,228km/h), which was set by Thrust SSC in the US desert.
Bloodhound intends to raise this to 800mph, running in South Africa.
The new sponsors are not immediately being identified, but their support puts the British project on a solid financial footing.
"We now have the most vision of forward-funding that we've ever had," said components chief Conor La Grue.
"In the past, we've only ever really had funding to plan two to three months ahead.
"We're now in a position to go all the way through to taking the record."
Engineers that were let go during the hibernation are being brought back; outstanding components needed to fully finish the vehicle are being ordered.
The near-complete car was showcased at Canary Wharf in London last September.
Since then it has been sitting largely untouched at Bloodhound's technical HQ in Bristol.
Now, it will be stripped down from its initial "dry build" and then reassembled, with fluids, ready to go racing.
A key task is to complete the development of the vehicle's rocket system.
Bloodhound will be using a Eurofighter-Typhoon jet engine to get itself rolling and to reach speeds in the low hundreds (mph), but it will need a booster to take it through the sound barrier and on to 800mph.
The rocket itself is being sourced from the Nammo company in Norway, but it will use a Bloodhound-designed gearbox and pump driven by a Jaguar V8.
Testing of these elements all operating together will be conducted in the autumn.
The team intends to employ the rocket in a monopropellant configuration. This means no fuel grain is burned in the motor.
To produce thrust, concentrated hydrogen peroxide is merely pumped at pressure across a catalyst, where it decomposes into steam and oxygen. The hot gases are then directed out through a nozzle at high velocity.
It is...

Summary: The Bloodhound supersonic car project is back on, and now aims to break the land speed record in October 2017.
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Article: Regulator Ofgem says its plan will make it easier for new suppliers to enter the market, and will improve the transparency of the firms' accounts.
The firms, such as E.On and British Gas, will have to publish wholesale power prices two years in advance.
This will make it easier for small companies to buy energy and re-sell it to domestic and industrial customers.
Andrew Wright, chief executive of Ofgem, said that having changed the rules so consumers can find the best deals, the regulator now wanted to break down barriers to competition for new suppliers.
By John MoylanIndustry correspondent, BBC News
Ofgem is feeling the heat.
Its reforms announced today to help smaller suppliers compete and bring transparency to the firm's annual statements were not exactly universally welcomed.
Labour, which wants to axe Ofgem, said the regulator was tinkering around the edges instead of "stopping energy companies doing secret trades between the generation and retail parts of their businesses".
Which? said the moves would "only scratch the surface of the changes needed to bring competition to the market and to make it work for consumers".
Despite facing further scrutiny of their affairs, most of the big 6 appeared to welcome the moves publicly. Privately they are keen to keep a low profile, with the key competition review due to report within weeks.
But such was the criticism that within hours of announcing the moves, Ofgem released a statement accusing both the Labour Party and Which? of misunderstanding the barriers to competition that it had identified and was tackling.
In an unusual move it also questioned Labour's proposals to make the market more liquid.
"These reforms give independent suppliers, generators and new entrants to the market, both the visibility of prices, and [the] opportunities to trade, [that] they need to compete with the largest energy suppliers," he said.
"Almost two million customers are with independent suppliers, and we expect these reforms to help these suppliers and any new entrants to...

Summary: The "big six" energy firms are being told to trade with small energy suppliers fairly, or face heavy fines.
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Article: The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated as "good" Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.
It was placed in special measures in 2013 and the CQC's 2015 report said this should be lifted although it "required improvement" in some areas.
The trust's chief executive said she was "proud" of the rating following the August 2016 inspection.
The hospital was placed in special measures after an investigation into high mortality rates at hospitals in the wake of the Stafford Hospital scandal.
The chief inspector of hospitals, Sir Mike Richards, said "it should be acknowledged how far they have come in three years".
Sir Mike added: "It is clear the trust has worked hard to address the issues we raised, and I am pleased to be able to change its rating from 'requires improvement' to 'good'."
Sir Mike said the inspectors found a "number of areas of outstanding practice" including:
â€¢ A programme for supporting pregnant women with alcohol problems
â€¢ The radiology department's virtual post-mortem examination service where a CT scan could determine the cause of death
â€¢ The trust's direct access to electronic information about patients needing end-of-life care.
But the report also said the trust must ensure there were enough nurses to meet patient needs, medication fridges must be kept at the required temperature and at least one nurse each shift on the children's ward should be trained in advanced paediatric life support.
Trust chief executive Karen James said she was "immensely proud" of her staff, adding: "Our journey will never be complete, we will continue to improve the quality of services at the organisation."
BBC analysis has found, however, that its bed occupancy is 98% - 13% higher than the NHS's recommended safe level.

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The first ever UK-wide survey of the number of people who have been mugged has found that one in five people have been the victim of a crime.
The research, by the charity Crimestoppers, has found that one in five people have been the victim of a crime.
The research also found that

Shares in a derelict seaside pier that was almost destroyed by fire three years ago will be offered to the community to aid its restoration.

Article: Caithness artist Joanne B Kaar came across the labels while researching material about factory ships called klondykers at Ullapool Museum.
The boats from Russia and continental Europe anchored off Ullapool to process fish from the 1970s to the 1990s.
Art that emerged from Kaar's research forms part of this weekend's PortAble exhibition in the village.
They include her own versions of the labels and also a fisherman's jacket printed with information about the klondyers.
Art for PortAble has arrived in Ullapool in 2m by 2m boxes having previously been posted in them to galleries in London and then Spain for display.
The 12 artists involved also include Ullapool's Charlotte Watters, Ian Stephen from the Isle of Lewis and Achiltibuie-based Marian Leven.
Ullapool arts centre An Talla Solais has organised the exhibition.
Earlier this year, photographs of a controversial football match played in Ullapool in 1984 were put on public display for the first time.
Dubbed Scotland versus the Soviet Union, the game saw the Eastern Bloc crewmen borrow boots from local people so they could play.
Held at a time of heightened tensions in the Cold War between the East and West, it was criticised because it was seen as a threat to western society.

Summary: Soviet-era Russian fish box labels have inspired some of the artwork for a new exhibition.
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Article: Maaxi is designed to match up to five strangers travelling in the same direction, so that they can share a ride and split the bill.
Alternatively, users can opt to ride solo when they make their booking.
The start-up already has the support of the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association.
Its backing is in large part down to the fact that Maaxi promotes itself as a black cab-only facility, unlike rival apps that also offer private hire cars.
As well as attracting extra business, the start-up says drivers will earn more money per ride if they carry more passengers than they would do via a traditional pick-up.
Under normal circumstances, black cabs do not charge extra for carrying two, three, four or five people rather than just one, but this is not the case with Maaxi.
"The taxi driver charges each person less than the meter fare but overall gets more, when aggregating all the partial fares - a true win-win," explained Gabi Campos, the firm's chief executive.
"The fares are distributed according to the distance and time the person spends in the taxi, so that if five people share a journey they split the fare for that portion in five, and if in a subsequent shared journey only four are sitting in the taxi, the fare is shared by four.
"Maaxi takes the hassle out of the hands of the driver and the passenger, and uses technology for everything to be automatically calculated."
One tech writer questioned the business model.
"You have to be really keen to save money to want to stop to pick up strangers," commented Chris Hall, editor of Pocket-lint.com.
"I think the people already using Uber will stick with it because the prices are very affordable, and so far the service is acting smoothly."
But another expert welcomed the company's entry into the market.
"Competition is always a good thing because it increases quality," said Dr Stefania Zerbinati from Cass Business school.
"And because the company's registered in the UK, if it succeeds it will pay money back to the government.
"Uber, instead, is registered outside."
Uber...

Summary: A new app is recruiting London's black cab taxi drivers with the promise that it can help them compete against Uber, Hailo and other car pick-up services.
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Article: Hastings Pier is being rebuilt with £14m of money raised mainly through the Heritage Lottery Fund.
It is now hoped a further £300,000 can be raised by selling 3,000 shares for £100 each.
The charity behind the restoration said investors would have a say in the pier's future.
The 140-year-old structure was almost completely destroyed by fire in October 2010.
Simon Opie, CEO of the Hastings Pier Charity, said the shares were important to continue interest in the pier after its restoration.
He said: "[The shares] are not just about the money, but it is about creating shareholder members, people who are invested in the pier, people who care about the town, the heritage of the pier, and people who will be here for the long term.
"The money that we have raised will restore the pier but beyond that it needs to have an economically viable future and that's what we hope we will create."
The Panamanian company Ravenclaw, which owned the pier, was issued with a compulsory purchase order after it failed to carry out repair work.
The order was granted in 2012 and the council formally took ownership of the pier in August.
It is hoped the restoration will be completed by spring 2015.
Hastings Council leader, Jeremy Birch, said: "This is the people's pier so let them have a stake in it."
The shares will go on sale on Saturday through a community shares website.

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The Scottish government has said it is "committed to working with the Scottish Football Association (SFA) and the Scottish Football League (SFL) to ensure that the game in Scotland is a safe and welcoming environment for all".
The Scottish government has said it is "committed to working with the Scottish Football Association

Lazio have been ordered to play their next two home European games behind closed doors following crowd trouble.

Article: The two bodies' commercial functions may combine under a new umbrella body called Historic Wales, ministers said.
NMW said it was "actively seeking clarification" of the plans, which had "significant implications".
Any potential changes should be "carefully considered", NMW said.
The creation of Historic Wales was a commitment in Labour's 2016 assembly election manifesto, written by the then culture minister Ken Skates.
Now promoted to economy secretary, he has established a working group to consider the best way to maximise the commercial potential of Wales' heritage bodies and organisations.
The committee will also examine whether to include other organisations, such as the National Library of Wales.
Chaired by National Trust in Wales director Justin Albert, the committee will publish a business case by January 2017.
But, in a strongly worded statement on Wednesday, NMW said the announcement had "significant implications" and "any potential changes will need to be carefully considered before being widely consulted on with the public and the cultural sector in Wales and beyond".
"We are actively seeking clarification from the Welsh Government on its proposals for the creation of Historic Wales including its role and purpose.," it said.
"Any outcome needs to respect the independence, individual identity, integrity and core purpose of Amgueddfa Cymru [National Museum Wales] as a National Museum, a registered charity and limited company, operating under a Royal Charter."
The statement concluded: "As an emerging nation, Wales needs strong national institutions to develop a deeper understanding by its citizens of their identity and their place in the world, and to inspire the creativity of current and future generations.
"For over 100 years we have been caring for the nation's collections - a role which we will continue to fulfil on behalf of the people of Wales."
The heritage sector in Wales supports nearly 40,000 jobs and generates Â£749m - 2.6% of the Welsh economy - and is twice the size of the agricultural...

Summary: National Museum Wales (NMW) has warned the Welsh Government to respect its independence, after ministers said parts of it could merge with those of historic monuments body Cadw.
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Article: First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has suggested Scotland could stay in the EU and the UK, with SNP MPs asking if "remain means remain" for Scotland.
Prime Minister Theresa May said she was "willing to listen to options".
But Attorney General Jeremy Wright underlined that Holyrood has no "veto" and said "all of the UK" would leave.
Scottish voters backed remaining in the EU by a margin of 62% to 38% in June's referendum, while the UK as a whole voted by 52% to 48% to leave.
The Scottish government has set up an expert group to study Scotland's options for retaining links with the EU, with all options including a second independence referendum "on the table".
During a question session at Westminster, Mr Wright, the chief legal advisor to the UK government, was questioned by SNP MPs on whether Scotland should be allowed to remain in the EU while the UK leaves, and on whether Holyrood could wield a "veto".
Glasgow Central MP Alison Thewliss then queried whether the government had the legal authority to trigger Article 50, the formal process of leaving the EU, without the legislative consent of devolved administrations like Holyrood.
Mr Wright said: "I think it is perfectly right that all parts of the UK including the governments of the devolved administrations should be able to participate in the process of developing the UK's approach to these negotiations.
"But this does not mean that any of the parts of the UK have a veto over this process - so consultation most certainly, but veto I'm afraid not."
The attorney general also insisted that "all of the UK" will be leaving the EU.
David Nuttall, the Conservative MP for Bury North, had voiced his concerns that the UK could be "held to ransom by the Scottish nationalists".
Mr Wright replied: "I think the prime minister has been clear that the United Kingdom will leave the European Union, and that means all of the United Kingdom.
"But I think it's very important that in the process of leaving the EU, all parts of the UK have the opportunity to contribute to the...

Summary: Scotland does not have a "veto" over Brexit and the whole of the UK will be leaving the EU, the UK government's attorney general has said.
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Article: Uefa has taken the disciplinary action following some of the Italian club's fans' continued racist behaviour.
Earlier this season, the Rome-based club were fined £120,000 by Uefa following racist chanting in a Europa League game against Tottenham Hotspur.
Lazio supporters have been found guilty of racist behaviour by Uefa four times during the current campaign.
The latest incident came during their Europa League last-32 match against Borussia Monchengladbach on 21 February.
The Serie A club won the second leg 2-0 to progress 5-3 on aggregate.
Uefa said the two-match supporters' ban will start with Lazio's Europa League game against VfB Stuttgart on 14 March.
"The remaining game behind closed doors applies to the next Uefa competition match for which the club would qualify. The Italian club have also been fined 40,000 euros (£34,475)," Uefa added.
Lazio president Claudio Lotito said the sanction was "incredible" and that his club would appeal against the decision.
"To suffer a punishment of one or two games behind closed doors, which will cause serious economic damage to the club and prevent fans from participating in an event like this, seems absurd to me," he added.
Meanwhile Uefa has also warned Turkish side Fenerbahce that they face suspension from European competition if problems with supporters continue.
The club's last European game, against BATE Borisov, was played behind closed doors but was still disrupted when fans threw fireworks from outside the stadium.

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The FTSE 100 closed lower, having closed higher for much of the session.
The FTSE 100 closed higher, having closed higher for much of the session, after the FTSE 100 index gained 0.15% to close at 1,934.
The FTSE 100 is up 0

Shares in Paddy Power Betfair fell more than 5% despite the bookmaker reporting rising revenues and underlying profits.

Article: The number of people out of work fell by 161,000 to 2.16 million, bringing the unemployment rate down to 6.6%.
The number of people in work rose by a record 345,000, to 30.5 million, most of which are in full-time employment.
But the quarterly rate of earnings growth, including bonuses, slowed to 0.7% from 1.9% the previous month.
This was largely due to delayed bonus payments, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. Excluding bonuses, pay rose by 0.9%.
The total number of people out of work is now at its lowest level for more than five years, with youth unemployment, which covers 16-24 year olds, standing at 853,000.
The number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance in May fell by 27,400 to 1.09 million, the ONS said.
Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted that the government had reached a "major milestone" in its long term economic plan, with "two million new private sector jobs since 2010".
Labour's shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves told the BBC that the slowing rise in wage increases meant that "even people in work are struggling to make ends meet".
The continuing improvement in the jobs market in the three months to April was due mainly to jobs created in the private sector.
By Robert PestonEconomics editor
The number of jobs lost in the public sector was 103,000, but much of this this was down to the reclassification of employees of Lloyds bank from the public to the private sector. Taking out the Lloyds workers, 11,000 jobs were lost in the public sector.
There were 5.4 million people employed in the public sector and 25.1 million in the private sector, up 447,000 on the previous three-month period.
"The rise in employment this month is concentrated in full-time employees, not self-employment, which in the past has been used to 'talk down' the strength of the rise," said David Tinsley at BNP Paribas.
"Indeed, there was a sharp fall in the proportion of people working part-time who say they are doing so because they can't find a full-time job, which is one of the Bank of England's...

Summary: The UK jobs market continued to improve in the three months to April, although the rate of wage increases slowed sharply, official figures show.
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Article: It now ranks alongside the likes of Champagne, Parma ham and Greek feta cheese in having Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status under EU law.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said the move would guarantee its heritage and be a major boost for Cumbria's butchers.
Other protected UK food and drink products include Cornish clotted cream and Stilton cheese.
To display the PGI mark, the sausage must be produced, processed and prepared in Cumbria and have a meat content of at least 80%.
Recipes vary from butcher to butcher, but must include seasoning and be sold in a long coil.
Food minister Jim Paice said: "We're justly proud of British food and I'm delighted to welcome traditional Cumberland sausage as the first of our many fine sausages to win protected status.
"This should be a significant boost to Cumbrian producers, who will now be able to prove that their product is the real thing."
He added: "Today's achievement is a tribute to all the hard work led by John Anderson, the force behind the Cumberland Sausage Association, who sadly died last year."
Peter Gott, of the Cumberland Sausage Association, said: "This is a great milestone for the county and a well deserved place in England's food history for a truly sensational, diverse food product."

Summary: Cumberland sausage has been successful in its bid to be made only in Cumbria.
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Article: Revenues rose 18% to £1.55bn last year, with underlying operating profit jumping 44% to £330m.
But after the costs of last year's merger between Paddy Power and Betfair were taken into account the company reported a loss of £5.7m.
Analysts at Liberum said the company's performance in the final quarter of 2016 had been "disappointing".
"It seems likely that operational challenges will continue around the performance of cross-sell to sports customers and the investment required to stimulate growth," Liberum said in a research note.
Overall, the FTSE 100 closed lower, having traded higher for much of the sessions, losing 10.75 points, or 0.15% at 7,339.37.
"Markets remain becalmed for yet another day, hampered by a lack of data and a general wariness ahead of the ECB [European Central Bank] on Thursday, NFPs [US employment figures] on Friday and a Fed meeting next week," said Chris Beauchamp, chief market analyst at IG.
Shares in Direct Line fell 2.9% after the insurer reported a fall in full-year profits due to changes in the way that compensation payments are to be calculated.
Pre-tax profits fell 30% to £353m, with changes to the payment formula cutting profits by £217m.
In the FTSE 250, shares in Aggreko sank 11% after the temporary power provider said it expected profits to fall this year.
On the currency markets, the pound fell 0.29% against the US dollar to $1.2203 and was also 0.27% lower  against the euro at 1.1535 euros.

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The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been called off.
The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been called off.
The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been called off.
The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been called off.

The area where acoustic signals thought linked to the missing Malaysian plane were detected can now be ruled out as the final resting place of flight MH370, Australian officials say.

Article: New government proposals say victims have a right to know who is behind malicious messages without the need for costly legal battles.
The powers will be balanced by measures to prevent false claims in order to get material removed.
But privacy advocates are worried websites might end up divulging user details in a wider range of cases.
Last week, a British woman won a court order forcing Facebook to identify users who had harassed her.
Nicola Brookes had been falsely branded a paedophile and drug dealer by users - known as trolls - on Facebook.
Facebook, which did not contest the order, will now reveal the IP addresses of people who had abused her so she can prosecute them.
The new powers, to be added to the Defamation Bill, would make this process far less time-consuming and costly, the government said.
Complying with requests would afford the website greater protection from being sued in the event of a defamation claim.
The new rules would apply to all websites - regardless of where they are hosted - but the claimant would need to be able to show that the UK was the right place to bring the action.
Currently, in legal terms, every website "hit" - visit - on a defamatory article can be counted as a separate offence.
This means many websites remove articles as soon as a defamation claim is made - either rightly or wrongly.
"Website operators are in principle liable as publishers for everything that appears on their sites, even though the content is often determined by users," said Justice Secretary Ken Clarke.
"But most operators are not in a position to know whether the material posted is defamatory or not and very often - faced with a complaint - they will immediately remove material.
"Our proposed approach will mean that website operators have a defence against libel as long as they identify the authors of allegedly defamatory material when requested to do so by a complainant."
Mr Clarke said the measures would mean an end to "scurrilous rumour and allegation" being posted online without fear of adequate...

Summary: Websites will soon be forced to identify people who have posted defamatory messages online.
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Article: Sales in the month grew 6.5% from the same month of 2014, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimated.
The period covered was actually 30 August to 3 October, which means it includes the bank holiday weekend at the end of August.
But the ONS said that the effect of the bank holiday had been removed by seasonal adjustment.
September 2014 figures did not include the bank holiday weekend.
The quantity bought in the retail industry grew 1.9% last month compared with August.
"Falling in-store prices and promotions around the Rugby World Cup are likely to be the main factors why the quantity bought in the retail sector increased in September at the fastest monthly rate seen since December 2013," said Kate Davies head of retail sales at the ONS.
Average shop prices including petrol stations were 3.6% lower in September than they had been a year earlier.
The bank holiday applied in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
An earlier version of this story suggested that the rise in retail sales was due to the timing of the bank holiday weekend, but the ONS has now clarified that seasonal adjustment would have removed that effect.

Summary: UK retail sales grew for the 29th month in September, partly due to the Rugby World Cup.
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Article: The Bluefin-21 submersible robot had finished its search of the area and found nothing, they said.
Efforts would now focus on reviewing search data, surveying the sea floor and bringing in specialist equipment.
Flight MH370 went missing on 8 March as it flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
Using satellite data, officials have concluded that the airliner, which had 239 people on board, ended its journey in the Indian Ocean, north-west of the Australian city of Perth.
No trace of the plane has been found and there is no explanation for its disappearance.
Four pings that officials believed could be from the missing plane's "black box" flight recorders were heard by search teams using a towed pinger locator device.
These pings were used to define the area for the sea-floor search, conducted by the Bluefin-21. It had scoured over 850 sq km of the ocean floor, JACC said.
"Yesterday afternoon, Bluefin-21 completed its last mission searching the remaining areas in the vicinity of the acoustic signals detected in early April by the towed pinger locator," a statement from the Joint Agency Co-ordination Centre (JACC) said.
"The data collected on yesterday's mission has been analysed. As a result, the JACC can advise that no signs of aircraft debris have been found by the autonomous underwater vehicle since it joined the search effort.
"The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has advised that the search in the vicinity of the acoustic detections can now be considered complete and in its professional judgement, the area can now be discounted as the final resting place of MH370."
Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss said the search had been based on "the best information available at the time".
The statement came hours after a US Navy official told CNN that the acoustic signals probably came from some other man-made source.
The failure of the autonomous sub Bluefin-21 to find any wreckage in the ping search zone is a hammer blow to the families. It's also a sharp reminder to everyone of just how difficult...

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A man has been charged with the murder of a man in his 50s in a house in St Andrews.
The body of a man in his 50s was found in a house in St Andrews.
Police have arrested a man in connection with the death.
The man, aged in his 30s, has

An MP has apologised for his "very offensive" and "damaging" comments on diabetes.

Article: Robert Faulds was severely injured when his right arm was pulled into machinery at the bottle-top factory in Bridge of Allan in September 2013.
The 58-year-old said United Closures and Plastics blamed him for the accident and demoted him.
The firm was also fined £12,000 after admitting health and safety breaches at Stirling Sheriff Court.
Mr Faulds, from Falkirk, was working on a printing machine when the accident happened.
His arm was dragged into the offset machine and crushed.
The Health and Safety Executive took United Closures and Plastics to court over the incident, where the firm admitted failing to do a sufficient risk assessment of the machine and failing to ensure proper access.
The firm was issued the £12,000 fine at Stirling Sheriff Court last week.
Mr Faulds, who was off work for more than 14 months after the accident, said he was sacked from his role as production engineer for gross misconduct but was offered another job as an operator.
The father-of-four said: "The thing that upsets me is that all the way through this, they have put the blame on me. They said I did an unsafe act and had a flippant attitude to safety.
"My arm was smashed to pieces and I am now 30% disabled in it.
"The money will change my life because I will be able to buy a flat and look to the future.
"But I am now doing a menial job packing boxes when I was working as a skilled engineer before. But who is going to employ me when it's on my record that I was sacked for gross misconduct?
"I have never had an apology but I would just like them to clear my record."
Mr Faulds' lawyer, Tracey McKenzie from Thompsons Solicitors, said: "Robert is a very hard-working man who was following instructions from his employer when he was seriously injured.
"He was used as a scapegoat and sacked before being reinstated in a lower role.
"His employers were then prosecuted and pled guilty to breaches of health and safety law which totally vindicates Robert's version of events.
"He has now been left with a life-changing injury and his future...

Summary: A factory worker who had his arm crushed by machinery has won a £125,000 payout from his employer.
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Article: There are procedures for introducing changes to Scottish football, so what would need to happen for a summer calendar to be introduced, in whatever form?
Here, BBC Scotland looks at the process.
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The Scottish Professional Football League runs the four league competitions and the Scottish League Cup, while the Scottish Football Association runs the Scottish Cup and the international fixtures.
So, changes to the calendar would need to involve both organisations, although it would primarily be based around the league schedule.
Ultimately, within both organisations, it's the clubs who decide.
In theory, yes. The vote would need to be held after June 27, 2016, since that is three years since the formation of the SPFL, when the Scottish Premier League and Scottish Football League agreed to merge.
When that decision was taken, all 42 clubs unanimously agreed to an effective moratorium on further reconstruction or structural changes for three years.
In that time, such issues can only be passed with a unanimous, 100% vote.
As the BBC Scotland survey shows, summer football does not have that backing just now. However, after June 27, 2016, the old voting structures are restored, so it does not require the support of every club in Scotland.
The board of the SPFL could do that, or alternatively, the vote could be raised at a general meeting, which can be called by two clubs.
This is where the situation becomes 'complex', as SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster put it. Summer football means different things to different people.
Some clubs consider it to be a season that runs from March to November, however for others with a more practical perspective, it means a season that runs from July to December and then February to May. The difference is significant.
As the Premiership currently stands, a season from March to November could not accommodate all of the games.
A switch to that calendar would therefore require structural change and a revised financial distribution model, with...

Summary: With three-quarters of Scotland's top-flight clubs having told a BBC Scotland survey that they would consider a move to summer football, the issue is back at the forefront of the game.
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Article: Conservative MP for St Ives, Derek Thomas, claimed diabetes is "completely avoidable through good diet and exercise" on his Facebook page.
Dozens of constituents in Cornwall complained that his comments were inaccurate and "insulting".
He said he was "sincerely sorry" and would raise the issue with government to prevent confusion in future.
Mr Thomas' post provoked more than one hundred comments, many of which pointed out that type 1 diabetes "is genetic", and type 2 diabetes, which is often linked to obesity, is "not preventable for all".
Orson Cornick commented: "Being an ignorant human being is avoidable, not type 1 diabetes!"
Marianna Baxter whose daughter has type 2 diabetes said she was "very angry and hurt" at the "very offensive" remarks.
Mr Thomas told the BBC he was told the information by "two medical professionals" and had simply been trying to raise awareness that many people can help themselves by improving their diet.
He said: "I certainly got it wrong and I apologise for that. I certainly wasn't going out to intentionally upset a number of people that can do nothing about their ill health, so I do apologise for the way that was worded."
He said he would raise the issue with the government ahead of its national diabetes strategy launch next year to make sure no discrimination took place.
Mr Thomas removed the post on Saturday and replaced it with another offering a "sincere apology".
Many commended him like Charlotte Clews who commented: "I stand up and applaud you. So does my type one son. It really is very heart warming to see that you have corrected a mistake and educated yourself and now others."
The charity Diabetes UK declined to comment but said information on any link with diet and lifestyle was available on its website.

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The Australian cricket team has been hit by a string of injuries in the past few months, with the likes of David Warner and Steve Smith both being banned for a year for their part in the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa.
The Australian cricket team has been hit by a string of injuries in the past

Steve Smith will become Australia's Test captain after the Ashes following Michael Clarke's decision to retire at the end of the series.

Article: The ministry said an air strike may have killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and up to 330 other fighters on 28 May.
It said the raid had targeted a meeting of the IS military council in the group's de-facto capital of Raqqa, in northern Syria.
There have been a number of previous reports of Baghdadi's death.
This is the first time, however, that Russia has said it may have killed the IS leader. Other media reports have previously claimed he had been killed or critically injured by US-led coalition air strikes.
A statement by Russia's defence ministry published by the state-funded Sputnik news agency said 30 IS commanders and up to 300 soldiers were at the Raqqa meeting.
"According to information that is checked through various channels, IS leader Ibrahim Abu-Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was killed as a result of the strike, was also present at the meeting," it added.
Colonel John Dorrian, a spokesman for the US-led coalition, said the US could not confirm whether Baghdadi had been killed.
There has been no official comment from Syria's government.
Islamic State group: The full story
Life under IS: A Raqqa diary
Baghdadi's whereabouts have been unknown for some time, although he was believed to be in Mosul in Iraq before a US-led coalition began an effort to reclaim the city in October 2016.
Reuters reported that he was recently believed to have been "hiding in thousands of square miles of desert" rather than living in either Mosul or Raqqa.
His only public appearance since IS declared the creation of a caliphate in June 2014 was in a video days later, showing him delivering a sermon in Mosul after IS took control of the city.
Since then, the group has lost considerable amounts of territory and has been under pressure from air strikes by Russian-led forces and by the US and its allies.
In March, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that "nearly all" of Baghdadi's deputies had been killed.
"It is only a matter of time before Baghdadi himself meets this same fate," he added.
Baghdadi - thought to be a nom de guerre rather...

Summary: Russia's defence ministry is investigating whether one of its air strikes in Syria killed the leader of the Islamic State militant group (IS).
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Article: In January, their fighters grabbed world attention when they drove IS out of Kobane, another border town further east.
Now, the YPG, working with some Free Syrian Army-aligned rebels, and backed by US-led coalition air strikes, have taken control of Tal Abyad, with its ethnically mixed population, that had been held by IS since last year.
The YPG's victory in Kobane was symbolically significant, but Tal Abyad offers far more strategic value.
Long-term control of Tal Abyad would further the YPG's goal of connecting the non-contiguous zones of territory it holds across northern Syria, which it organises into three "cantons": Afrin (north-west of Aleppo); Kobane (west of Tal Abyad); and al-Jazira (north-east Hasakeh province).
If the YPG is able to hold Tal Abyad and use it to connect Kobane to al-Jazira, it will increase its strategic value to the US-led anti-IS coalition and will empower its self-governance structures in predominately Kurdish north-eastern Syria.
Tal Abyad is important to the anti-IS coalition because the town has long served as a key IS supply route, and a crossing point for foreign fighters seeking to join IS in Raqqa, the group's de facto capital.
There are few organised, trained and willing forces in Syria that the anti-IS coalition can rely on as a ground partner in its campaign in Syria.
Moreover, Turkey has been reluctant to fully co-operate with the coalition, instead tolerating a porous border with Syria that has, in the words of one US official, created a "permissive environment" for jihadists.
While Tal Abyad has been under firm IS control, for instance, Turkey has continued to allow some supplies to cross in from the Turkish border town of Akcakale, including sacks of fertiliser that contain ammonium nitrate used by IS to build explosives.
Turkey's vacillation stems in part from its prioritisation of toppling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over fighting IS, and in part from its fear of the YPG. It views the latter as equivalent to the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), which it...

Summary: The capture of the strategic northern border town of Tal Abyad from Islamic State (IS) is the latest in a string of gains by the dominant Kurdish militia in Syria, the YPG, and its political branch, the PYD, across the north of the country since 2011.
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Article: Smith, 26, already leads the one-day side and will also captain the Twenty20 team in the absence of the injured Aaron Finch.
Fellow batsman David Warner, 28, has been named as Smith's vice-captain.
"At 26, Steve is a fine young man with extraordinary talent," said national selector Rod Marsh.
"He is highly regarded by the selectors and we congratulate him on being appointed to the role on an ongoing basis. He should be incredibly proud."
Clarke, 34, confirmed his decision to retire after his side surrendered the Ashes with a heavy defeat by England at Trent Bridge, which gave the hosts a 3-1 lead.
Smith had already captained the side in three Tests against India last summer, when Clarke was recovering from hamstring surgery and back issues.
The New South Welshman has played in 32 Tests for his country, scoring 2,952 runs at an average of 54.66.
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"When Michael made his decision to retire last week it was a very straightforward decision for us to nominate Steve as his successor," added Marsh.
"He has big shoes to fill but everything about him suggests he is the right man for the job."
Warner has earned the vice-captain's role despite a history of disciplinary problems, and Marsh said of the opener: "David has matured and developed into an important senior figure in the Australian team. He has come a long way.
"We believe that he will respond well to the added responsibility of leadership."
Smith and Warner will lead Australia in the limited-overs matches that follow the final Ashes Test at the Oval, which starts on 20 August.

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The clown craze is not a new one.
Police in North Wales are investigating a spate of reports of people dressed as clowns.
The force said it was aware of a number of reports of incidents, but no offences had been reported.
Police in North Wales are investigating a spate of reports of incidents,

Sightings of "creepy clowns" have been reported across Wales, with police warning people they could be arrested for scaring others.

Article: He stays in charge of the second largest party in the UK Parliament, after he won almost 62% of the vote to beat rival Owen Smith.
Mr Corbyn became Labour leader in September 2015 but faced a challenge this year from many of his own Labour Members of Parliament.
They didn't think he was doing a good enough job.
But 313,209 members of the Labour party disagreed with those MPs, and decided that Jeremy Corbyn should carry on as leader.
Jeremy Corbyn's been MP for Islington North in London since 1983.
He's a vegetarian, makes his own jam and has won parliamentary beard of the year five times.
Mr Corbyn argued for the UK to stay in the a club of countries called the European Union, but was criticised by many but was criticised by many MPs in the Labour Party.
They said he was not enthusiastic enough about the EU during the referendum vote.
He wants to spend money to boost the UK's economy and get people working.
Jeremy would aim to build one million new homes over five years and said he wants to create two million new skilled jobs.

Summary: Jeremy Corbyn has been re-elected as the leader of the Labour Party.
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Article: UK researchers say more trees and other vegetation at street level would clean air in areas that are normally exposed to higher pollution levels.
Plants in towns and cities have been shown to remove nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particulate matter (PM), both of which are harmful to human health.
The findings
          appear in the journal Environmental Science and Technology
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"Up until now, every initiative around reducing pollution has taken a top-down approach, [such as] scrapping old cars, adding catalytic converters, bringing in the congestion charge - some of which have not had the desired effect," said co-author Rob MacKenzie from the University of Birmingham.
"The benefit of green walls is that they clean up the air coming into and staying in the street canyon," Prof MacKenzie observed.
"Planting more [green walls] in a strategic way could be a relatively easy way to take control of our local pollution problems."
Street canyons refer to the effect created by high buildings lining a street, preventing much of the pollution escaping.
Previous studies have shown that greening urban spaces can cut pollution, but only by about 5%. This study suggests that strategic placement of vegetation in street canyons can cut air pollution by up to 30%.
Green walls, consisting of climbing plants such as ivy, built on billboard-like structures could act as air pollution filters, the team said.
Nicola Cheetham, head of environment (surface transport) for Transport for London (TfL), welcomed the findings.
"Our own research, conducted by Imperial College London, shows the ability of different plants to trap particulate matter," she said.
Ms Cheetham added that TfL had just installed its second green wall in the capital to help mitigate the pollution associated with heavy flows of urban traffic.
The team reached their findings about the effectiveness of green walls by using a computer model that showed the effect of street canyons trapping air at street level and the accumulation of pollution.
The model also showed that...

Summary: The creation of "green walls" in urban areas could cut pollution by up to 30%, scientists have suggested.
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Article: Complaints have been made across the UK about the fad, which sees people dress up in order to frighten passers-by.
Dyfed-Powys Police received about 30 reports over the weekend and North Wales Police said it was aware of incidents.
Gwent Police had 18 reports, including clowns "peering through windows".
South Wales Police put out a warning at the weekend after receiving complaints about people dressed as clowns "frightening others intentionally".
Chf Insp Paul Staniforth of Gwent Police said: "Some of the reports have included, clowns running through gardens and peering through windows, lurking around shopping centres, parks and schools and jumping from trees.
"Fortunately, to date, we've had no reports of anyone being harmed during these reports."
He said people could be arrested for a public order offence - causing harassment, alarm or distress.
The culprits are said to be following a trend that started in the US.
Sgt Rhys Williams of Dyfed-Powys Police said while dressing up was not a criminal offence, "deliberately scaring someone, causing harassment, alarm or distress could lead to arrest".
Officers were looking into some of the reports, but no arrests have been made.
Sgt Williams added: "Please be mindful that what seems like a bit of fun to you, could not be seen the same way by those on the receiving end of this prank.
"There is also the possibility that you could attempt to scare the wrong person and they could retaliate.
"Anyone who commits a criminal offence should be aware that dressing as a clown does not make them exempt from being investigated and dealt with through the Criminal Justice System."
North Wales Police said officers were aware of incidents, but no offences had been reported.

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The Environment Agency has launched a new scheme to encourage farmers to capture water on their land.
The Environment Agency has launched a new scheme to encourage farmers to capture water on their land.
The Environment Agency has launched a new scheme to encourage farmers to capture water on their land.
The Environment Agency has launched a new

Water experts are calling on ministers to show greater leadership on flooding.

Article: It comes after community group Energise Galashiels claimed the move would have "significant advantages".
Scottish Borders Council had initially selected the Tweedbank terminus of the Borders Railway but an alternative site in Galashiels has since emerged.
Mr Kerr, an SNP MP, said the newer option could have a greater impact.
"It's clear that the presence of such a remarkable attraction in the heart of Galashiels could be transformative for the town centre, which is still struggling to recover from long term economic challenges in the retail sector," he said.
"Although the greenfield site at Tweedbank may appear to be the more straight-forward option, I don't think it offers comparable economic benefits.
"On the other hand, a site in the heart of Galashiels could kick off a new phase of town centre regeneration."
The MP for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk has written to Scotland's Culture Secretary, Fiona Hyslop, to express his support for the move.
Energise Galashiels said it could provide a "major boost" for the town but also offer "greater benefits" to the region as a whole.
It said the potential visitor market on both sites was exactly the same.
The group said Galashiels had a wide choice of retail offerings and was the "prime hub" for transport in the region.
It added that putting the tapestry in the town would help its overall commercial viability.
"In the absence of a major intervention, it is doubtful that 'retail trading' will ever resolve the current level of vacancies," it said.
"Having the Great Tapestry of Scotland's home in Galashiels town centre will be an investment which will provide a massive boost to the existing efforts being made to regenerate the 'old town centre'."
The organisation said there were already a number of other projects ongoing in the town which could also boost visitor numbers to the tapestry.
"Energise Galashiels believe that securing the Great Tapestry of Scotland in a town centre location will act as a catalyst for other projects and initiatives which offer the...

Summary: Borders MP Calum Kerr has given his backing to Galashiels as the best place for a permanent home for the Great Tapestry of Scotland.
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Article: All chickens at the wholesale market where the positive test took place were to be destroyed, the government said.
The government has also banned the import of live chickens from the mainland for three weeks.
H7N9 made the jump from infecting domestic chickens and ducks to infecting people in early 2013.
In mainland China, where most of the recent cases have been, state media said live poultry trading had been halted in three cities in Zhejiang province, where 12 people have died from H7N9 this month.
Shanghai would also halt live poultry trading from 31 January for three months, state media said.
The measures come as China prepares to celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday, with hundreds of millions of people travelling across the country to spend time with relatives.
Sales of live chickens traditionally rise ahead of the holiday period.
According to the World Health Organisation, cases of human H7N9 infection have been reported so far in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
The virus emerged in humans in early 2013. To date there have been more than 200 cases, with more than 50 deaths.
Most of those infected reported contact with live poultry, and information so far did not support sustained human-to-human transmission, the WHO said.
Hong Kong's Secretary for Food and Health Ko Wing-man said in a statement that Cheung Sha Wan market - the territory's only wholesale poultry market - would be closed for 21 days for disinfection.
Local farms would also suspend sending chickens to the wholesale market.
Officials would "inspect all the local chicken farms and collect more samples for testing to ensure that local farms are not affected by H7 avian influenza", he said.
Television footage showed officials in protective suits putting chickens into bins pumped with carbon dioxide to cull them.
The operation was expected to take around 10 hours, and the dead chicken would be taken to a landfill, a spokesman from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department told AFP news agency.
This is Hong Kong's first mass cull of...

Summary: Hong Kong has begun culling 20,000 chickens after the H7N9 bird flu virus was found in poultry imported from mainland China.
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Article: They say the government is failing to promote back-to-nature schemes which protect lowland homes by deliberately creating floods in the hills.
The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) say upland schemes to slow river flow cost a fraction of conventional flood walls – and should be spread round the UK.
Ministers back the principle but say the details need to be worked out.
The idea of creating floods upstream to prevent floods downstream was a key message from the Pitt Review into the 2007 floods.
A handful of pilot projects have pioneered cheap small-scale measures like felling trees into streams to slow down the flow, and building earth banks to catch run-off water and allow it to soak away.
One low-tech scheme in the hills above Belford in Northumberland cost about £300,000. It was put in place after a study suggested the cost of conventional flood defences would cost £4m.
But progress nationally has been slow, with funding a major problem.
Katherine Pygott, from CIWEM, told the BBC: “Flooding is getting worse with changing weather patterns, but these schemes are taking a very long time and a lot of energy.
“Projects working with nature to reduce flood risk are needed right across the country but it is complicated with many different organisations involved and it will need political leadership from the highest level to make it happen. So far we haven’t seen that leadership.”
The upland schemes are designed to reduce the regularity of flooding, not remove risk completely. Conventional flood defences will still be needed but CIWEM estimates that re-wilding rivers will save ten of millions by reducing the peak flow and lowering the specification for flood walls. The projects should also benefit wildlife.
Phil Welton, from the Environment Agency, says the UK should aspire to have "a pond in every field in the areas where flood prevention is needed.
"We have got to give incentives to farmers to persuade them to capture water on their land," he argues. "Farmers will lose a bit of...

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The US has said it will not be able to "hold up the world" if Iran does not change its behaviour.
The US has said it will not be able to "hold up the world" if Iran does not change its behaviour.
The US has said it will not be able to "hold up the

An MP facing deselection after being criticised over his role in a loan to a football club will not stand for re-election.

Article: Built for a G8 summit in 2014 that was called off because of the Ukraine crisis, and still weeks away from this winter's ski season, the resort had the look of an extravagant white elephant.
But for the Russian government it is a useful backdrop for occasions like the annual Valdai meeting where President Vladimir Putin and other top Russian officials can showcase their views in exchanges with foreign scholars.
This year the conversation was dominated by Syria and Russia's intentions there.
First and foremost, President Putin and other top Kremlin officials insisted that military victory in Syria was not Russia's real objective.
There had to be a parallel diplomatic track to push for a grand settlement, involving global players like Russia and the US, neighbours like Iran and Saudi Arabia, and  - as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov put it - "a full spectrum of the opposition".
And that is where the first puzzle in Russia's Syria policy lies.
Exactly which opposition movements does Russia want to crush militarily and which does it want to include in talks?
President Putin told us that Russia's aim was to "liberate Syria from terrorists" and stop jihadists from the Islamic State group (IS) from taking over Damascus and then the entire country.
IS extremists and al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra fighters, then, were the main enemy - but also "all other terrorist groups".
In his Valdai speech President Putin at first seemed to dismiss all opposition forces hostile to the government of President Bashar-al-Assad.
He said there was no difference between "moderate" and "non-moderate" terrorists, and accused the US and its allies of playing a dangerous double game, bombing some groups and arming others.
Yet when it comes to US-backed fighters in the Free Syrian Army (FSA), Russia's position does seem to be shifting.
"Let me raise the curtain on my talks with President Assad," said Mr Putin, revealing that he had asked for and got (who knows how grudgingly?) acceptance from the Syrian leader to explore the idea of helping...

Summary: In the mountains above Sochi in southern Russia, the marble halls and panoramic terraces of the Krasnaya Polyana hotel were almost empty.
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Article: The Hang Seng index closed up 2.7% at 26,944.39, its highest closing level since January 2008.
The surge in interest was triggered by Beijing's move last month to let mutual funds invest in Hong Kong through the connect plan.
The Shanghai Composite ended down 0.9%.
The mainland index closed at 3,957.53 as investors rushed to buy relatively cheaper Hong Kong shares.
Chinese investors had used the entire 10.5bn yuan ($1.69bn) daily investment quota for buying Hong Kong stocks under the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect scheme for a second day.
Shares in the rest of Asia were mixed despite a rise in US markets on Wednesday.
Investor sentiment remained cautious following the latest committee minutes from the Federal Reserve, which showed the central bank was split over when to raise interest rates.
Japan's Nikkei 225 closed up 0.75% at 19,937.72, edging closer to the key threshold of 20,000 which was last seen in 2000.
Analysts said the psychologically important level was likely to be hit soon.
Shares in Asia's biggest clothing retailer, Japan's Fast Retailing, closed up nearly 2% after it raised its annual profit forecast by 20% on Thursday.
The owner of Uniqlo, which has been expanding aggressively overseas, said its net income would be 120bn yen ($998m) for the year ending in August, up from its previous forecast of 100bn yen.
The company's profits were boosted by sales outside Japan.
In Australia, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed down 0.48% at 5,932.20 as a result of falling oil prices, which analysts said would affect the energy sector.
US-based oil and gas giant, Apache, said it was selling its Australian operations for $2.1bn (Â£1.4bn) as it shifts its focus back to North America.
"Following the sale of our Australian assets, about 70% of Apache's production will come from North America onshore," said the firm's chief executive, John Christmann.
South Korea's benchmark Kospi index closed down 0.02% at 2,058.87.
After a surprise cut in March, South Korea's central bank said on Thursday it would hold...

Summary: Hong Kong shares surged to seven-year highs on Thursday as mainland Chinese investors poured money into the market via the new stock connect trading link.
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Article: David Mackintosh, Conservative MP for Northampton South, announced his decision ahead of a local party meeting where his candidacy was expected to be opposed.
The BBC reported millions of pounds of public money loaned to Northampton Town FC appeared to have vanished.
The MP has denied any wrongdoing.
Mr Mackintosh was criticised over the loan to Northampton Town Football Club from the borough council - when he was leader - to rebuild Sixfields stadium and develop nearby land.
About £10.25m of that money is now missing and the loan is subject to a police investigation into "alleged financial irregularities".
The football stand remains half built.
When contacted by the BBC last week, a majority of his party's local executive council said they would vote to deselect him.
Mr Mackintosh had previously said he intended to stand for re-election.
But in a statement, he said: "It has been a huge honour to be the member of Parliament since 2015, but I now feel it is the right time for my constituents to have a new representative."

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A school in Lincolnshire has been praised for its work to improve the mental health of its pupils.
The school, in the East Lindsey district, has been praised for its work to improve the mental health of its pupils.
The school, in the East Lindsey district, has been praised for its work to improve the

A head teacher has defended his decision to offer staff at a Lincolnshire school a "duvet day".

Article: Gayle Newland was jailed for eight years on 12 November after being convicted of three sexual assaults.
The 25-year-old, of Willaston, Cheshire, demanded her victim wear a blindfold when they met and used a prosthetic penis during the assaults.
Newland previously applied for leave to appeal against her conviction.
That appeal will be heard before judges at London's Court of Appeal and, if successful will make her sentence appeal redundant.
However, if the second appeal is heard it could result in her jail term being raised or lowered.
During Newland's four-day trial, Chester Crown Court heard she and her victim spent more than 100 hours with each other, in hotels and the victim's flat.
The deception was only uncovered when the victim ripped off her blindfold to see Newland.
Newland had fooled her victim by posing as a man called Kye Fortune, using a bogus Facebook account, wearing an elaborate disguise and insisting the blindfold was worn throughout meetings.
In mitigation, Newland told the court her accuser was fully aware she was a woman and that they both struggled with their sexuality.
She maintained the pair were engaged in consensual "role play" and "fantasy".

Summary: A woman who was jailed after posing as a man to dupe a friend into having sex with her has lodged an appeal against her sentence.
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Article: It comes as the Home Office is set to decide whether to allow an upgraded Taser model to be issued to police.
About 20,000 police officers in England and Wales - one in six - are currently allowed to use Tasers.
The federation, which represents rank-and-file officers, argues they should be available to all who want one.
They are "vital" in dealing with violence and the threat from terrorism, it says.
Its Ipsos MORI poll of 2,004 people suggests 71% of people think it is acceptable for officers on patrol to carry the weapon.
Of those surveyed, four out of five people said that if an officer was carrying a Taser, it would make no difference to their likelihood of approaching them for assistance.
However, nearly one in five people (17%) said they did not believe all police officers should be given the option of being equipped with a Taser.
Tasers were introduced by UK police forces in 2003, following trials in some force areas.
Since 2004, at least 19 people in England and Wales have died after police deployed the weapon.
In September, the Home Affairs Select Committee criticised police forces for a "complete lack on consistency" over whether officers armed with Tasers were also deployed with body cameras.
Of the people surveyed, 89% said police forces should be allowed to train and equip officers if their use of Taser was automatically recorded by a body camera.
Steve White, chairman of the Police Federation, said: "We know officers support the use of Taser and Body Worn Video, and now we have the evidence that shows the public do as well."
The Federation has written to all chief constables and commissioners across England and Wales to urge them to support a wider rollout of Tasers.

Summary: The majority of the public support the wider rollout of Tasers to police officers in England and Wales, a Police Federation survey suggests.
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Article: Bill Lord sets aside Â£3,500 from his annual budget to pay for the extra holiday for everyone at Long Sutton Primary School in Spalding.
He said it was about both recruiting and keeping "fantastic teachers in front of children".
A 'duvet day' is an absence which can be approved by the employer with no reason given.
Read more about this story and others from across Lincolnshire
Mr Lord said all staff - including himself and the cleaner - were offered one additional day a year, but had to give notice and could not take the first or last day of term off.
He said the scheme cost less to implement than the Â£4,000 process of hiring new staff and it was difficult to hire staff in rural schools.
"Often young teachers coming out of university want to be near the bright lights so they will head to [big cities].
"Each year we get to July panicking as to whether we are going to be able to have the fantastic staff that our kids deserve."
The head teacher added it was essential to offer incentives to recruit and retain employees and one member of staff used her day to attend events at her children's school.
"She said the time was far more valuable to her than a pay enhancement."
Kevin Courtney, from the National Union of Teachers, said it was "no surprise" some head teachers were offering additional benefits.
"The teacher recruitment and retention crisis that is blighting schools is brought about by the unacceptable levels of workload expected of teachers - which are unusually high in our country."
The Education Select Committee warned the government in February about a shortage of teachers in England.
At the time the Department for Education said there were record numbers of teachers and it was investing Â£1.3bn in recruitment.

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The Co-op is the UK's largest mutual organisation, with more than 1.2 million members.
The Co-op is the UK's largest mutual organisation, with more than 1.2 million members.
The Co-op is the UK's largest ethical supermarket, with more than 1,000 stores.

The Co-operative Group has said increased investment means profits this year will be lower than in 2014.

Article: Primary debates, where political parties choose their presidential candidates, regularly feature seven or more participants. As the discussion heats up it becomes increasingly important for the moderator to give equal time to each, but does this end up being the case?
Research into the 2012 Republican presidential candidate debates by Dr. Eric Ostermeier from the University of Minnesota shows that it's not. He painstakingly monitored how much time each participant was allowed to speak for in each debate.
Answers in the debate are generally limited to one minute each, with rebuttals limited to 30 seconds.  However, one seven-way Republican debate in 2011 saw Mitt Romney speaking for a total of 17 minutes 22 seconds. Newt Gingrich on the other hand spoke for only 8 minutes 23 seconds. That's around twice the amount of time to promote policy and engage with viewers.
Some in the US believe that the media deliberately favours the frontrunners. Indeed, Romney spoke for the longest amount of time in six of the nine monitored debates and went on to win the nomination. While there's no proven link between the two, it certainly doesn't look like a level playing field.
What's the truth behind the politicians' claims on the campaign trail? Our experts investigate the facts, and wider stories, behind the soundbites.
Read latest updates or follow us on Twitter @BBCRealityCheck

Summary: A seven-way TV debate may be unprecedented in the UK, but Americans have got used to the idea.
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Article: I have to admit I'm responsible for some of the 36 million views of HUGE CYST EXTRACTION (capitals not mine).
It's a gruesome experience reminiscent of a never-ending tube of toothpaste or watching an ice-cream seller slowly fill a cone.
And it's not alone, there's the allure of Woman's 20-Year-Old Cyst Finally Gets Popped or the disgustingly named The Pus Cannon.
Dermatologist Dr Pimple Popper, whose real name is Sandra Lee, gleefully tells her million-plus subscribers: "I know you guys love them."
On the BBC World Service's Health Check programme, we subjected one innocent volunteer, Matt, to his first cyst-burst viewing.
"Oh gosh, she's using scissors to cut it off, it's gross, argh," he squealed, but he stuck with it. "Aw, look at that, it's amazing what's in there."
So why do they have such an, albeit nauseating, appeal?
The answer is all down to "disgust", says Daniel Kelly, an associate professor in the department of philosophy at Purdue University and author of the book Yuck!.
Disgust is an emotional response that protects us from things that are poisonous or likely to spread infectious disease, whether it's rats or spoilt food.
Prof Kelly tells the BBC: "One of the really salient things that disgust keeps an eye out for are abnormal bodily fluids - so that is the key to these videos I think.
"What disgust does is when it detects one of these things, it keeps our attention trained on it, so it sort of generates this fascination."
And he argues such videos are a safe way to experience the "thrill" of disgust.
He says: "I think of it as analogous to the thrill people get riding a rollercoaster, or bungee jumping, where you get the 'voltage' of an emotional experience, without actually being at risk.
"Watching these kinds of videos, you get the thrill of an interesting emotional experience of feeling disgust, but you're not at risk of catching anything."
Dr Nisith Sheth, a consultant dermatologist for the British Skin Foundation, says: "I'm fascinated by the way people are really drawn in and people have...

Summary: This image of a cyst growing on the back of the head is gross enough, but a video of one being burst?
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Article: This is despite the company reporting a pre-tax profit of Â£36m in the first half of 2015, compared with a loss of Â£9m a year earlier.
The group said the turnaround was due to "robust trading" in its food and funeral businesses.
These are the first results since radical changes to the business were brought in at the end of last year.
Following a review of the business by Lord Myners, the number of board members was cut drastically, while directors had to have qualifications suited to running the business. Members were also given one vote each.
The business recorded a deficit of Â£2.5bn in 2013 following massive losses at the Co-operative Bank. Following changes in the ownership structure of the bank, the Co-op Group now holds just a 20% stake in the bank.
"We've made a good start on the three year journey to rebuild the Co-operative Group," said chief executive Richard Pennycook of the half-year results.
"These early days are about fixing the basics - putting in place new leadership teams and providing the investment to deliver the strategies for our businesses. Our customers and members are beginning to see the difference.
The food business saw like-for-like sales at its main convenience stores increase by 3.3%, as well as 35 new store openings.
The funeral business saw volumes rise by almost 12%, "principally due to a high death rate".
Despite the improvement in the business seen in the first half of the year, the company warned that "we expect full-year profitability to reduce year on year, given the planned and increased levels of investment we are making in the second half of the year".
It also said that, again due to greater investment, it was unlikely to declare any dividends before 2018.

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The Scottish government has said it is "not appropriate" to comment on the decision of the Auditor General to investigate the decision to award a grant to the Edinburgh International Festival.
The Scottish government has said it is "not appropriate" to comment on the decision of the Auditor General to investigate the decision to award a grant to

A public spending watchdog has cleared Scotland's culture secretary of any wrongdoing over a government grant to the organiser of T in the Park.

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In addition to 200 hours of network TV coverage, brought to you by presenters Clare Balding, Hazel Irvine and Jonathan Edwards, there will also be more than 650 hours of live action via six HD streams.
BBC Sport will also bring all the analysis, insight, news and highlights from Sochi 2014 to audiences wherever they are, on whichever device they want, across all 17 days of the Games.
Building on the BBC's digital success at London 2012 and other major sporting events in 2013, an innovative new approach to delivering world-class live coverage across PC, tablet and mobile has been developed for Sochi 2014. This will power the BBC's digital offering of a live event for the first time ever throughout the Winter Olympic Games.
The action in Sochi starts on 6 February, with the opening ceremony on 7 February.
2010 gold medallist Amy Williams and former Olympians Graham Bell, Colin Bryce, Emma Carrick-Anderson, Robin Cousins, Jackie Lockhart and Wilf O'Reilly form BBC Sport's world-class team of winter sports experts. Each will draw on their Winter Olympic experience to bring the most unique and insightful analysis to viewers.
All of Team GB's medal moments will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 5 live throughout the event with Chris Mitchell, Eleanor Oldroyd and Will Perry presenting all the main events and races live across 5 live's daytime schedules.
BBC Two will bring you live coverage every day from early in the morning and will have an hour-long daily highlights programme in the evening.
The 11th Winter Paralympic Games, which are being held from 7-16 March, will be broadcast on BBC Radio 5 live and online.
Guidance on BBC Red Button services for the Winter Olympics
The new Winter Olympic Games live page, available from www.bbc.co.uk/sport, provides the best of the BBC's live action in one place, allowing audiences to follow the event how and where they like. Whether it's getting the latest news via a smartphone, watching favourite events on the office PC, using...

Summary: The 22nd Winter Olympics get under way in Russia on 7 February and BBC Sport will deliver the most complete digital coverage of a Winter Games to date.
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Article: The next two years of negotiations will have far-reaching implications for British businesses and their staff.
The three main areas companies will be watching in the Brexit talks are: migration, customs, and tariffs.
But different firms - often within the same industry - will rank them in different orders of importance.
With so many competing interests, what message is business sending to the government about the Brexit talks?
In many cases, British trade groups said they wanted to hold on to the best possible access to the EU, the UK's biggest trading partner. How far this is possible, though, will be at the crux of the talks.
The prime minister made it clear in January that her plan was for the UK to leave the EU single market and potentially the customs union.
Unless a new trade deal is put in its place, UK companies face tariffs on imports and exports with the EU, tighter customs checks and more controls on EU workers.
Firms need to know as soon as possible about the new trading relationship, says Steven Altmann-Richer, head of EU policy at business lobby group CBI.
If a trade deal isn't possible in the next two years, interim arrangements are essential, he adds.
What are Brexit Britain's trade options?
Firms are not shy of making their views heard by ministers. More than 80% of big businesses are lobbying the government on the Brexit talks, according to a report by law firm Eversheds Sutherland.
But rather than putting some firms ahead of others, ministers must "prioritise what's best for UK business across the board", says Adam Marshall, director general of the British Chambers of Commerce.
Worth £19bn to the UK economy; employs 800,000 workers
The car industry, though, says it has already been identified as a "priority sector" by the government ahead of the talks.
It points out that Theresa May gave two examples in January of industries she hoped could still enjoy some access to the EU single market after Brexit. They were the export of cars and lorries, and the financial services sector.
Ministers...

Summary: Prime Minister Theresa May has triggered Article 50, formally starting the process of the UK leaving the European Union.
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Article: Fiona Hyslop had been accused of "cronyism" after Â£150,000 of public funds were given to DF Concerts.
It emerged that former SNP aide had set up a meeting between Ms Hyslop and the festival organisers.
But Audit Scotland has now concluded there was a "clear rationale for the grant".
It said clear conditions had been attached to the money.
The grant was made to help DF Concerts with operational costs related to the change of venue for the annual music festival.
In a letter to an unnamed MSP, the watchdog said the Scottish government had the legal authority to make the grant.
And it said the decision to award the grant to DF Concerts had been a "legitimate policy decision" for Ms Hyslop, and was consistent with advice she received from Scottish government officials.
There was also budget provision for the grant within the Culture and European Affairs budget for major events and themed years, the letter stated.
It added: "There is evidence that the DF Concerts consultants' costs associated with gaining planning consent incurred in 2014 and 2015 for the 2015 event, together with the increase in venue costs, exceeded the grant Scottish government provided.
"There is also evidence that Scottish government has taken steps to confirm that the money was spent in line with the grant conditions through its review of the final report provided by DF Concerts and related invoices."
But Audit Scotland also said there was a need for "enhanced internal clarity and evidence to support decision-making" when similar decisions were made in the future.
It concluded: "We understand that Scottish government requires flexibility to react promptly to circumstances as they arise, but in our view this needs to be balanced with enhanced internal clarity and evidence to support decision-making.
"The Scottish government has work ongoing in this area."
Opposition politicians had questioned why money was given to the festival, which they said brought in huge profits for its organiser.
They also questioned the involvement of Jennifer...

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