Lethal Weapon will be the latest film to be remade for the small screen after the Fox network decided to turn it into a TV show.

Article: Launched in December, the satellite has now taken up its observing station some 1.5 million km from Earth.
Engineers are currently commissioning Gaia's two telescopes and its three instruments, getting them ready to begin mapping the precise positions and motions of one-thousand-million stars.
As part of that process, an image has been produced of a small star cluster.
This grouping is sited in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a companion galaxy to our own Milky Way, some 160,000 light-years in the distance.
If the picture just released by the European Space Agency looks somewhat underwhelming, that is not really surprising - taking pretty vistas of the sky is not what this mission is about.
Rather, Gaia's job when operational will be to track and characterise points of light moving across its big camera detector - be those stars, asteroids, comets or the flashes generated by exploding objects such as supernovae - to work out how far away they are and how they are moving in relation to everything else.
Prof Gerry Gilmore, the UK Gaia principal investigator from Cambridge University, told BBC News: "This image tells us that they've turned on the electronics, that they've turned on the computer, and that they've turned on Gaia's incredible British-built camera - and it's all working.
Gaia - The discovery machine
"Gaia was not designed to take Hubble-like pictures; this is not its operating mode at all. What it will eventually do is draw little boxes around each of the stars you see in this picture and send just that information to the ground."
The satellite has been given an initial mission duration of five years to make its 3D map of the sky.
By repeatedly viewing its targets, it should get to know the brightest stars' coordinates down to an error of just seven micro-arcseconds - an angle equivalent to a euro coin on the Moon being observed from Earth.
One of the benefits of such study will be to refine the distance "ladder" used to measure scale in the Universe.
This ladder describes a number of techniques...

Summary: Europe's billion-star surveyor, Gaia, is on track to begin operations in the next two or three months.
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Article: Bournemouth University, which boasts a cybersecurity centre, has been hit 21 times in the last 12 months.
Twenty-eight NHS Trusts said they had been affected.
Ransomware is a form of computer malware which encrypts files and then demands a ransom for their release.
It can travel via email or hide in downloadable files and programmes from corrupted sites and applications, and the ransom is usually payable in bitcoins.
Cybersecurity firm SentinelOne contacted 71 UK universities. Of the 58 which replied, 23 said they had been attacked in the last year.
None of them said it had paid a ransom but the largest sum demanded was five bitcoins (about $2,900 or Â£2,200), the firm said.
Only one university had contacted the police.
According to the report, two of the institutions said they did not use anti-virus software. Both have been contacted for comment.
Bournemouth University confirmed the attacks but said: "It is not uncommon for universities to be the target of cybersecurity attacks; there are security processes in place at Bournemouth University to deal with these types of incident."
It added that there had been "no impact" on its activity as a result of the attacks.
In a separate study, security firm NCC Group asked every NHS Trust in England whether it had been a victim of ransomware.
Of the 60 responses, 28 said they had experienced an attack, one said it had not and 31 declined to comment on the grounds of patient confidentiality.
"Paying the ransom - which isn't something we would advise - can cost significant sums of money, yet losing patient data would be a nightmare scenario for an NHS Trust," said Ollie Whitehouse, technical director at NCC Group.
According to the US government, ransomware attacks in America have increased in frequency by 300% year on year in 2016, with 4,000 incidents a day now being reported.
It advises that "prevention is the best defence" and suggests the use of spam filters, firewalls, anti-virus programs and employee training for businesses - as well as regular data back-ups.
If a...

Summary: Universities and NHS trusts in England have been hit hard by ransomware in the last year, according to Freedom of Information requests carried out by two cybersecurity firms.
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Article: Andrew Fastow said the tools that companies used to manipulate their financial reports were even "more potent" today.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of securities fraud in 2004 and was sentenced to six years in jail for his role in Enron's collapse. Its bankruptcy in 2001 was the largest in US history.
Enron went from being the seventh-biggest company in the US to folding in the space of just four months, putting 21,000 people out of work and sparking a landmark crackdown on corporate accounting.
Mr Fastow admits to creating the structured finance transactions that kept debts off of Enron's balance sheets, and made the company appear to be in better financial health than it really was.
"It is easy to find examples of companies causing misrepresentations while following the rules, and they're using those tools to do it," he told the BBC after speaking at a conference organised by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) in Singapore this week.
"Most companies do not do it to the extent that I did it at Enron, so they don't suffer the consequences like we suffered, but companies do it to varying degrees."
Mr Fastow's 10-year prison sentence was reduced after he testified against former Enron chief executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, who were also convicted for their roles in the firm's demise.
He was released in 2011 and now works at a law firm in Houston advising clients on potentially damaging accounting and financial issues.
Mr Fastow said unclear accounting rules allowed companies to abide by the rules but also misrepresent the financial state of their business at the same time.
"Accounting isn't straightforward - 10% is black and white and 90% is in the grey area," he said. "When you're in the business world, being ethical is a lot harder than you think."
By pointing out the loopholes used by other firms, Mr Fastow stressed that he was not trying to excuse his actions at Enron.
"What I did was wrong and it was illegal and for that I'm very sorry, very remorseful - I wish I could undo...

Summary: The convicted former finance chief of Enron, the failed US energy giant, has sounded a warning about corporate fraud, saying companies now have even more scope to bend the rules than when he was at the firm.
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Article: The UK team at Sheffield University deployed the magnetic power of MRI scans to control the movement of a specially designed injectable cancer therapy.
Early trials in mice suggest the novel delivery method works.
But years more of studies are needed before it could be used in patients.
The hope is it will revolutionise the way doctors treat cancers that are tricky or impossible to remove surgically - tumours in the brain and spine and cancers that have spread around the body, for example.
A benefit of the new MRI method is it appears to hone in on cancerous cells with little collateral damage to the surrounding healthy tissue, which should mean fewer side effects for patients.
The scientists tested the method in mice with prostate cancer that had also spread to the lung.
They used a special cancer medicine - human white blood cells modified to carry a cancer-killing virus - to treat the mice.
Before injecting the treatment, they "magnetised" it by loading it with microscopic iron particles.
Once injected into the mice, the researchers were able to use the strong magnets in the MRI scanner to tightly control where the drug travelled.
Dr Munitta Muthana and colleagues say the technique is promising not least because it combines treatment and equipment that is readily available.
Dr Muthana told the BBC: "We need to do more studies first, but hopefully we will be able to start testing it in patients.
"We'd need to check that clinical scanners are strong enough...and if we can reduce the length of time that a patient would need to be in the scanner. The treatment took 30 minutes to a hour in mice.
"An advantage of using MRI is that you can also track where the treatment is going. It could be really useful," she said.
Dr Nick Peel, senior science information officer at Cancer Research UK, said: "Using viruses to kill tumour cells is one of many ways researchers are using the immune system to attack cancer. But getting the virus precisely on target is a real challenge.
"This early research in mice suggests that...

Summary: A hospital scan normally used to detect cancer could be used to steer tumour killing treatments to hard-to-reach targets in the body, say scientists.
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Article: The first Lethal Weapon film, which came out in 1987, starred Danny Glover as a veteran police officer and Mel Gibson as his volatile new partner.
It was a hit and went on to spawn three sequels over the subsequent 11 years.
Lethal Weapon joins films like Rush Hour, Uncle Buck, Training Day and Minority Report in being remade for TV.
According to reports, Fox has signed up to make a "put pilot" of Lethal Weapon - the industry term for a pilot episode that is seen as being virtually guaranteed to become a full series.
It will follow a similar storyline to the film, although Gibson and Glover will not reprise their original roles.
The show will be written by Matt Miller, whose previous credits include Forever and Chuck.

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The chief executive of Barnet Council has left his role after a blunder led to some voters being turned away from polling stations on Thursday.

Article: Mr Sanders remains a dogged pursuer but Mrs Clinton has 1,691 of the 2,383 delegates needed to win, AP reports.
He is still attracting tens of thousands to his rallies, on Friday calling for a "political revolution".
Mrs Clinton pointed out she has "2.6 million more votes" than Mr Sanders.
Saturday's voting is just for the Democratic nomination.
Mr Sanders has spent the week on the west coast, rallying support among liberals and the left-wing.
Late on Friday in Seattle's Safeco baseball stadium, he repeated key elements of his policy platform, urging economic equality and universal health care.
He said: "Real change historically always takes place from the bottom on up when millions of people come together. We need a political revolution!"
Mr Sanders is trying to build on overwhelming victories in Tuesday's caucuses in Idaho and Utah.
However, he also suffered defeat in Arizona, and although his delegate haul from the three states was 20 higher than Mrs Clinton, he has failed to make major inroads into her lead.
Mrs Clinton has also been campaigning in Washington state. She told supporters in Everett: "We are on the path to the nomination, and I want Washington to be part of how we get there."
She also focused on this week's deadly attacks in Brussels, condemning Republican rivals Donald Trump and Ted Cruz for their "reckless" foreign policies.
Opinion polls are scarce and tricky in caucus elections - a series of meetings in which voters give their support for candidates with an open show of hands.
However, Mr Sanders has used his appeal with grassroots activists to benefit from the voting system in the past. He has done particularly well among young voters.
Washington is the biggest prize, with 101 pledged delegates available. Hawaii has 25 delegates at stake and Alaska 16.
Whatever happens on Saturday, the battle will be won and lost in far bigger states still to come. In RealClearPolitics poll averages, Mrs Clinton has the lead over Mr Sanders by nine percentage points in California, 34 points in New York...

Summary: Bernie Sanders will try to claw back Hillary Clinton's lead in the race for the Democratic nomination for the US presidency on Saturday in caucus votes in Washington state, Hawaii and Alaska.
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Article: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said both "directly pressured" young players to pay subscriptions.
It said Moshi Monsters told children that members would be "super popular", while Bin Weevils' options to pay subscriptions were phrased as commands.
The publishers said they were cooperating with the ASA.
"Although it was possible to play the games without spending real money or sharing the game, certain activities required participation in a paid-membership system, which entitled members to additional benefits," the ASA said.
"Both games contained language and prominent calls to action that put pressure on young players to purchase a subscription to take part in additional gameplay. We considered that text, including "Become a Member", "JOIN NOW", directly exhorted children to purchase membership subscriptions as well as in-game 'currency'."
It said that phrases used in Moshi Monsters - such as "The Super Moshis need YOU" - put pressure on children. In Bin Weevils' case, it said that it used imperative phrases, such as "DOSH Top Up" that could be read by children as orders to pay.
It said that putting such pressure on children was prohibited by its advertising code and ordered that the ads should not appear again in those forms.
The ASA added that it would remind publishers to take care with in-game purchase mechanisms aimed at children.
Mind Candy, which publishes Moshi Monsters, said it took its "responsibilities very seriously with regards to how we communicate with all of our fans, especially children".
In a statement, it said: "We have been working with the ASA to ensure that we adhere to best practice and have made changes to the Moshi Monsters game accordingly.  We will continue to work with the ASA in any way possible."
The Bin Weevils publisher, 55pixels, said: "As soon as [we] were made aware of the complaint made to the ASA about a potential breach, and once we had understood the area for concern, we changed all our membership pages to comply with their recommendations.
"They subsequently...

Summary: The UK advertising watchdog has ruled against online games Moshi Monsters and Bin Weevils in a crackdown on adverts pressuring children to spend money.
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Article: The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) said many sets were designed to perform well in government tests, but used more energy in regular use.
It said energy consumption could be twice the expected amount.
But the US Consumer Technology Association (CTA) said modern TVs were an "efficiency success story".
The NRDC said it found many television sets disabled energy saving features with little or no warning when a viewer adjusted other settings, such as the picture brightness.
It also found that a test video produced by the US Department of Energy to determine energy consumption typically used less energy than real-world television broadcasts.
The group suggested that the short scenes in the test video triggered screen dimming features in some televisions, lowering their energy use.
It also warned that energy efficiency tests did not analyse how a television performed when displaying high dynamic range (HDR) video.
HDR allows a much larger number of colours to be shown, but consumes more energy than standard high definition pictures. Manufacturers are gradually beginning to produce HDR-capable sets.
"In some cases, a TV's annual energy use will be twice the levels that manufacturers reported," said Noah Horowitz from the NRDC.
However, CTA president Gary Shapiro said "fundamental changes in video screen technology" meant television sets were now more energy efficient than before.
"Innovation is constantly driving TV models to become thinner, lighter and more energy efficient," he said.
He also defended the eco-friendly modes included on some sets, saying that they provided viewers with choice.
"The TV settings used in the energy efficiency testing processes can be and are used in the real world, unless consumers want a different viewing experience," he said.
A spokeswoman for the European Commission said: "The Commission is involved in discussions on a completely new test loop that will not only make defeat devices far more difficult to be conceived and implemented, but will also be able to capture...

Summary: Energy efficiency ratings on televisions are flawed and likely to mislead consumers, a US environment advocacy group has claimed.
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Article: Seven contenders remain from the original longlist of 15 for the event's sixth edition.
The shortlist for the £30,000 award was announced at 50 Albermarle Street in London, the home of Scott's original publisher John Murray.
The winner will be announced in the Borders this summer.
The final shortlist is:
Announcing the shortlist, the chair of judges Alistair Moffat said: "We had a record number of entries, our most extensive longlist and, as a result, our longest shortlist since the first Walter Scott Prize in 2010.
"This list of seven fantastic novels represents the diversity and breadth of style that the genre of historical fiction now encompasses - from the poetic to the experimental, and from satire to adventure, writing set in the past can challenge, excite and innovate in a hundred different ways.
"Our 2015 shortlist could easily have been longer, but we hope we have represented the vibrancy of historical writing published in this last year, as well as a broad range of global settings from colonial India to 14th Century China, Europe during the two world wars, and 17th Century England."
The winner of the prize receives £25,000, and each of the shortlisted authors receive £1000, making the 2015 total prize worth £31,000.

Summary: The shortlist has been revealed for the Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction to be awarded at the Borders Book Festival in Melrose in June.
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Article: Andrew Travers left the authority by "mutual agreement" after the error, officials said.
Voters were initially turned away from all 155 polling stations in the borough because their names were missing from the poll list.
An independent investigation has been launched, the council said.
In a statement issued through the council, Mr Travers said: "I have enjoyed my time at Barnet and I believe the changes we have put in place and the continued programme of growth and transformation will enable the borough to continue to thrive."
A council spokesperson said Mr Travers had "made a valuable contribution to the council during his three and half years as chief executive."
Deputy chief executive John Hooton will take over temporarily while longer term arrangements are put in place, the council said.
On election day, staff at one station said just three of the first 30 voters to show up were on the register. The rest were told to come back later.
Barnet Council apologised for the problems and later offered emergency proxy votes to residents who had been affected.
But voters in the area questioned how the result could be "fair" when not everyone was able to have their say at the ballot box.
A statement released by Mr Travers on Thursday blamed electoral registration lists for the problems.
The council's review will conclude by the end of May and the findings will be presented publicly to the General Functions Committee.
It will look at the "appropriateness" of arrangements in place for the EU Referendum in June.
A spokesman said it was currently in discussions to establish who would lead the investigation.

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Black bin bags could be collected every three weeks in Pembrokeshire as the council looks to meet "severe budget cuts" and performance targets.

Article: Sir John Sawers warned the crisis was no longer about just Ukraine, saying it was "much bigger and more dangerous".
Any attempt by Western countries to arm Ukraine could lead to an escalation on the ground and even cyber attacks by Russia against the West, he warned.
Fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels has continued, more than a day after a ceasefire was due.
Sanctions have already been imposed on Russia, and EU leaders have threatened Moscow with further measures if the planned ceasefire is not respected.
US President Barack Obama has said the US is studying the option of supplying lethal defensive arms to Ukraine - if diplomacy fails to end the crisis in the east of the country.
However, giving a speech at King's College London, Sir John, who left MI6 in November, warned any attempt by the West to arm the Ukrainian government could lead to an escalation of tensions with Russia.
"Sanctions on Russia are imposing costs. But the Ukraine crisis is no longer just about Ukraine. It's now a much bigger, more dangerous crisis, between Russia and Western countries, about values and order in Europe," he said.
Western countries could "take on Moscow" by providing weapons to Ukraine so it can defend itself and introducing more stringent sanctions, he said.
But Sir John warned Russian President Vladimir Putin was likely to respond.
"As long as Mr Putin sees the issue in terms of Russia's own security he will be prepared to go further than us.  So he would respond with further escalation on the ground.  Perhaps cyber attacks against us.
"We have thousands of deaths in Ukraine. We could start to get tens of thousands, then what?"
The crisis might end up with a "new debilitating frozen conflict in Ukraine, for well into the future," he warned.
"That is a wretched outcome for Ukrainians. But it may be the least bad attainable outcome."
Sir John, who also served as ambassador to the UN and as a foreign policy adviser to former Prime Minister Tony Blair, said that recent interventions in Afghanistan and...

Summary: The conflict in Ukraine is now part of a much bigger crisis between Russia and the West, MI6's former head has said.
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Article: The ivory from their horns can be sold for lots of money in countries like like China and Vietnam and so poachers often risk their lives to hunt the animals.
Official figures show more than 1200 were killed last year for their horns and 750 have been targeted so far this year.
South Africa is home to more than 70 percent of African rhinos, which are an endangered species.
Improved security patrols and dogs are being used to protect the places where they live.
There are five different species of rhino - black, white, greater one-horned, Sumatran and Javan.
The black and white rhinos live in Africa, while the other three are native to Asia.
White rhinos are the largest species of rhino and one of the biggest animals on earth -  they only eat grass but they can produce up to 20 kilograms of dung per day!

Summary: Wildlife experts have warned that the number of rhinos in South Africa is dropping sharply and more needs to be done to stop people targeting them for their horns.
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Article: The Money Advice Trust (MAT), which carried out the study, said that amounted to a 16% increase over the last two years.
It said that sending in bailiffs was likely to make debt problems worse.
Local authorities blamed cuts in government funding, and said bailiffs were only ever used as a last resort.
Enforcement agents, as they are officially known, were mainly used to collect Council Tax debts.
Such debts are one of the fastest growing issues being handled by National Debtline, which is run by the MAT.
"Something is seriously wrong here," said Joanna Elson, the chief executive of the MAT.
"On the front line of debt advice we know that sending the bailiffs in can deepen debt problems, rather than solve them - and it can also have a severe impact on the wellbeing of people who are often already in a vulnerable situation."
For its research the MAT made freedom of information requests to all 375 councils in England and Wales, and received replies from 95% of them.
National Debtline for England and Wales 0808 808 4000
National Debtline for Scotland 0808 808 4000
But local authorities say they have been given little choice, given the reduction in government support to councils.
Overall authorities have had to cope with a 40% cut in core government funding over the last five years, according to the Local Government Association (LGA).
In particular, they have had to find Â£1bn to try and stop those on low incomes having to pay full Council Tax.
But many of those on low incomes have still ended up having to pay more, and have fallen into debt as a result.
"Councils have a duty to their residents to collect taxes so important services like caring for the elderly, collecting bins and fixing roads are not affected," said Cllr Claire Kober, the chair of the LGA's Resources Board.
"But we realise that times are tough and will always seek to take a sympathetic and constructive approach."
She also said that bailiffs were only used as a last resort. Before they were sent in, she said that householders would have received...

Summary: Local authorities in England and Wales used bailiffs to collect debts more than 2 million times last year, according to new research.
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Article: French-led forces captured Kidal's airport last week but have not yet secured the town itself.
After Islamist fighters fled, separatist Tuareg fighters took control of the town.
UN, European and African officials are meeting in Brussels to discuss how to finance and organise rebuilding Mali.
One question is how to hold elections, which have been set for 31 July.
French special forces have had control of Kidal airport for several days.
By Mark DoyleBBC international development correspondent
It is no surprise that Chadian troops were used to help retake Kidal, the last major town held by the Islamists, and a key objective.
Battle-hardened and used to desert conditions, the Chadians are not part of the West African force that has been gathering in southern Mali to support the government army. The Chadians are, rather, directly backing their French allies.
The two armies have worked together before: France has a permanent military base in Chad, from which it is flying Mirage fighter jets to attack Islamist targets north of Kidal.
The French defence ministry said its warplanes had recently hit what it called Islamist "training and logistical bases" in the mountainous areas of Ageulhok and Tessalit near the border with Algeria.
It has been about two weeks since the French took control of the other two main towns in northern Mali - Timbuktu and Gao.
It appears that Kidal may have taken longer because it is the power centre of the ethnic Tuaregs who started the rebellion in the north last year before it was hijacked by the Islamists.
The Tuareg National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad has now tried to distance itself from the Islamist groups.
It is believed the French may have done a deal with them, so postponing till now the military occupation of Kidal by the French and Chadian armies.
But the Tuareg rebels did not want Mali's army, which has been fighting alongside the French forces, to enter Kidal - accusing its soldiers of killing Tuareg civilians in other towns they have recaptured with France's...

Summary: Some 1,800 soldiers from Chad have entered Kidal, the last major town in northern Mali under rebel control, the French military says.
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Article: The move is just one of several waste and recycling options considered by the council on Thursday.
Black bags are currently collected fortnightly.
The council's head of environment, Richard Brown said there will be "high public interest" whatever they come up with.
A report before the policy scrutiny committee outlined the challenges faced by the council's waste service as a result of funding pressures.
It said Â£1.2m needed to be saved over the next four years. This is in addition to potential fines for missing statutory performance targets.
Five options were presented to the committee. They looked at what was being collected, how often and by what means.
Options for black bin bag collection were weekly, fortnightly and three-weekly, while limiting the number of customer-provided sacks to two or three.
Pembrokeshire council  stopped supplying residents with free black bags in 2016.
The report also outlined an opportunity to save money by working with Ceredigion council, which faces "many of the same challenges".
The committee's comments will be reported to Pembrokeshire council's cabinet before a decision is made.
Mr Brown said waste services "was the one service we all have a vested interest in" and that they have to "do the best they can" and "look at future change".

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A British man has died after turning a gun on himself in Phuket, the Foreign Office has confirmed.
The Foreign Office said it was "urgently working with the authorities in Thailand to establish the circumstances of the death".
The Foreign Office said it was "urgently working with the authorities in Thailand to establish

The Foreign Office says it is urgently investigating reports that a British man has died at a shooting range in Thailand.

Article: He said the quicker it began, the less likely the UK was to be "dragged down" should the Eurozone collapse.
The former SDP leader accused Downing Street of "manipulating the FTSE 500" to back the Remain campaign.
The Bank of England, the IMF and Barack Obama are among those to have warned about the impact of a British exit.
A Treasury analysis suggested the UK economy would be 6% smaller if it left the EU than it would otherwise be by 2030, which Chancellor George Osborne said would leave a £36bn hole in the public finances.
But in a speech in London, the former Labour foreign secretary and SDP leader Lord Owen said: "There is no fine calculus that can weigh up the consequences of either [remaining in the EU or leaving].
"Economics is not pure science, there are too many behavioural consequences to assess. Almost all the forecasts are ridiculously short-term."
The peer, who backed Britain's membership in the 1975 referendum, dismissed Treasury projections as "ridiculous".
He accused No 10 of "manipulating the FTSE 500 corporates" during EU negotiations - referring to a letter from the boss of Serco to David Cameron mentioning how EU support could be "mobilised" among some of the UK's largest firms.
Lord Owen said: "With few exceptions, the voices of doom we hear today were telling the British people 17 years ago we had to join the euro."
How trade and the UK's economy are affected by membership of the EU.
He added: "Technically anyone can always predict a short-term hit to the economy if one pre-supposes a big enough psychological or confidence set-back."
But he said in the long term, other factors were more which influenced the economy such as "the pace of technical change and other influences on 'total factor productivity'".
He suggested Britain could save £10bn a year - about £190m a week - by leaving.
Vote Leave's official position is that leaving the European Union would save £350m a week - a figure that has been criticised for not taking into account money which flows back to the UK from the EU.
The...

Summary: Vote Leave's Lord Owen has dismissed the "voices of doom" warning against Brexit and said the sooner the UK can quit the EU, the better.
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Article: England are joined by Wales in Pool B, while Scotland take on the likes of France and Portugal in Pool C.
Fiji lead the standings despite a thrilling 29-26 defeat by Samoa in the ninth round of fixtures in Paris.
All times in BST
Pool A
Samoa v USA (10:14)
South Africa v Canada (10:36)
Samoa v Canada (13:20)
South Africa v USA (13:42)
USA v Canada (16:26)
Samoa v South Africa (16:48)
Pool B
Australia v Wales (11:42)
Fiji v England (12:04)
Fiji v Wales (14:48)
Australia v England (15:10)
Fiji v Australia (17:54)
England v Wales (18:16)
Pool C
France v Scotland (09:30)
Kenya v Portugal (09:52)
France v Portugal (12:36)
Kenya v Scotland (12:58)
Scotland v Portugal (15:42)
France v Kenya (16:04)
Pool D
Argentina v Russia (10:58)
New Zealand v Brazil (11:20)
Argentina v Brazil (14:04)
New Zealand v Russia (14:26)
Russia v Brazil (17:10)
Argentina v New Zealand (17:32)
All times in BST
Quarter-finals (from 09:30)
Semi-finals (from 12:36)
Shield final (16:02)
Bowl final (16:32)
Plate final (17:02)
Cup final (17:57)

Summary: The 10th and final round of matches in the World Rugby Sevens Series takes place at Twickenham 21-22 May.
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Article: Friends of Otley Lido has announced an exclusivity deal with Leeds City Council, which owns the site.
The group said it now has 12 months to form plans to raise Â£5 million needed to bring the lido back to life.
Leonie Sharp of Friends of Otley Lido said the plan was to heat the pool with hydro-electric power.
The West Yorkshire lido closed in 1993 and became a leisure venue for several years before gradually declining and closing to the public.
Ms Sharp said: "There's no likelihood that we'll be be swimming there in the short term, but the plan is to restore this as an outdoor swimming pool for the local community.
"We plan on having a heated swimming pool, ideally heated from hydro-electric power which would make it economically viable and sustainable."
Supporters wore bathing suits for the announcement at Wharfemeadows Park on Saturday.
Friends of Otley Lido, established in 2015, said the site had become "something of an eyesore, spoiling its picturesque riverside location".
The group said the recent floods caused further damage to the site, and part of the retaining wall had collapsed.
There is another lido on the edge of Ilkley Moor, six miles away, which was flooded when the River Wharfe burst its banks in December.
Ilkley lido's main pool is freshwater and unheated, with a lawn for sunbathing and picnicking, and an indoor heated pool.

Summary: A lido which closed 26 years ago could be reopened with a heated pool, a community group has said.
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Article: The Western Isles came third nationally in the 2015 Bank of Scotland Children's Quality of Life Survey.
Orkney's top spot was based on low primary school class sizes, high school spending per pupil, low population density and little traffic.
In Scottish terms, Highland ranked fourth, with Aberdeenshire fifth.
Children in the highest rated places were are also said to be likely to be surrounded by adults who were in employment and who rated their own personal well-being highly.
The survey said Orkney had one of the lowest population densities in Britain, with just 22 people per square km compared to the national average of 274.
Both the average primary school class size and pupil-to-teacher ratio in secondary schools were amongst the lowest in Britain.
An average school spend of Â£9,000 per pupil was one of the highest in the survey - almost twice the national average of Â£4,560.
However, in terms of children who enjoy playing online games, it was noted 56% of households had access to fast broadband, significantly below the national average of 86%.
The Western Isles had the lowest average primary school class size in Britain - a figure of 17.4. Bank of Scotland economist Nitesh Patel said: "The north of Scotland has always done well when we've looked at Quality of Life indexes.
"So it's no surprise that Orkney, the Shetland Islands and Western Isles are the top three across both Scotland and Great Britain.
"Children in these areas benefit from low primary school class sizes, low pupil-to-teacher ratio in secondary schools, excellent exam results and some of the highest school spend per pupil."

Summary: Orkney and Shetland are the best two places to raise children in Britain, according to an annual survey.
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Article: Local reports from the southern resort island of Phuket say a British man died after turning a pistol on himself.
The Foreign Office (FO) could not confirm the reports.
An FO spokesman said: "We are urgently working with the authorities in Thailand to establish whether a British national has died in Phuket."
The Bangkok Post, quoted a taxi driver who said the man had hailed him near a local resort and asked to be taken somewhere where he could shoot. He had shown no signs of stress while in the taxi, the driver said.

Summary:


Westminster should listen to the assembly before triggering the Brexit process, the Welsh Government's top law officer has said.

Article: Mining firm Scotgold Resources extracted the gold from 2,400 tonnes of ore which was taken from Cononish mine near Tyndrum.
The gold was sold in "rounds" stamped with the Scottish Gold Mark and a unique serial number.
The average price was Â£4,557.9 per ounce, which Scotgold said was a premium of 378% over current prices.
Richard Gray, the chief executive officer of Scotgold, said: "This unique and historic event is the first demonstration of our ability to attract a premium for Scottish gold.
"The next opportunity to show the continued support for this precious metal from the Highlands will be the conclusion of agreements with members of the Scottish jewellery trade, who appreciate the value that can be added to their products by the proven provenance of the stag's head Scottish Gold Mark."
News of sales will be published in the New Year.
The gold rounds were minted by Baird & Co Bullion Merchants and sold in a sealed bid auction.
The Cononish project was first launched nearly a decade ago but has faced delays as a result of falls in the price of gold, lack of finance and problems with planning permission.
Scotgold has a licence to look for gold in an area covering more than 4,000 sq km of the Highlands, and is confident that other deposits similar to Cononish can be found.
The price of gold has recovered this year, having slumped from about $1,770 an ounce in August 2012 to just over $1,000 last December.

Summary: The first gold to be commercially mined in Scotland has been sold at auction in Edinburgh.
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Article: The seven metre (22ft) long object was discovered on the seabed during a routine sonar survey on Saturday.
A remote operated vehicle (ROV) has also captured video footage of the weapon, which is lying 32m (104ft) below the water's surface.
The Orkney Harbour Master has asked shipping vessels not to anchor within 1,000m (1093 yards) of the torpedo.
Royal Navy divers from the Northern Diving Group at Faslane are expected to view the video footage when they visit Orkney later this week.
The Martime and Coastguard Agency said it poses no immediate danger.
Bev Allen, duty controller for the UK Coastguard, said: "Until the Royal Navy divers have had a chance to examine the footage and the object we are asking that vessels and divers keep at a safe distance and follow the instructions of the Harbour Master and the UK Coastguard."
Scapa Flow was used as a Royal Navy base in both world wars and is now popular with divers due to the British and German relics lying on the seabed.
More than 50 German ships were deliberately sunk in the area at the end of World War One by their commanders to stop them being divided among the Allies.

Summary: Ships have been advised not to anchor in part of Scapa Flow where an item thought to be torpedo has been found.
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Article: Tom Hayes allegedly told one trader that he had managed to keep the three-month Libor rate "artificially high".
Mr Hayes, 35, a former UBS and Citigroup trader, is facing eight counts of conspiracy to defraud.
He denies the charges.
Mr Hayes is accused of acting in "a thoroughly dishonest manner" in his alleged attempts to rig the benchmark rate.
On the second day of the trial, the jury was presented with electronic and audio conversations between Mr Hayes and fellow traders.
In one of the electronic conversations submitted to the jury, Mr Hayes is allegedly discussing manipulating the Libor rate with Will Hall, a trader at RBS, in February 2007.
Mr Hayes said: "Three-month Libor is too high, 'cos I've kept it artificially high."
He said he had managed to do this by "being mates with the cash desks - [JP Morgan] Chase and I always help each other out".
Prosecuting QC Mukul Chawla QC said: "If you ever needed any evidence of deliberate rigging of rates, this is it.
"This is strategic, isn't it. It's nothing to do with the bank's borrowing rates. It's all to do with Mr Hayes' trading positions."
The jury was also played a short telephone conversation between Mr Hayes and his stepbrother, Peter O'Leary, who had recently joined the bank HSBC.
In the conversation, Mr Hayes can be heard asking Mr O'Leary to persuade the HSBC person submitting the yen Libor rate to keep it "on the low side" for a few days.
This would allegedly help with Mr Hayes' trading positions.
In another exchange with a trader at a different bank, Mr Hayes allegedly wrote: "Do me a huge favour and ask the cash guys to set one-month Libor low for the next few days. I will return the favour."
Mr Chawla said this was evidence of a culture of "you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours" that Mr Hayes developed with other banks.
On Tuesday, Mr Chawla accused Mr Hayes, a former UBS and Citigroup trader, of being motivated by "greed" and acting as the "ringmaster" in an enormous fraud to rig the benchmark interest rate.
Libor - the London Interbank...

Summary: The trader at the centre of the Libor rate-rigging trial tried to influence other banks to manipulate the key benchmark rate to suit his own trading positions, a jury at Southwark Crown Court has heard.
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Article: The firm had faced criticism after it emerged that the feature had been dropped in a recent update to Fire OS.
Amazon had justified the move by saying that "customers weren't using" the privacy facility. It now intends to reintroduce it before the end of May.
Disk encryption has become a topical issue as it lies at the heart of a clash between Apple and the FBI.
The facility digitally scrambles data on a device, making it impossible to make sense of it unless a passcode or other ID check is provided.
The dispute involving Apple concerns the tech firm's refusal to alter its own mobile operating system to prevent an iPhone's data being wiped if too many incorrect passcode guesses are typed in.
Amazon has publicly backed Apple's stance via a legal filing known as an amicus brief, which was submitted to a US court last week.
Amazon removed disk encryption when it released Fire OS 5 last year. It included the operating system with its Fire tablets, as well as its TV-streaming devices.
However, a backlash only occurred after Amazon started making the update available to owners of its older Fire tablets, who noticed the security facility was no longer available.
"I will no longer be able to keep my business email... as our institution requires that encryption be used," wrote one tablet owner on the firm's forums. "I cannot believe Amazon just 'deleted' this critical feature."
Another posted: "In an era where devices store information on everything from browsing habits to bank information it's nearly unthinkable for a company to deliberately remove the one feature that can protect a customer from identity theft if their device is lost or stolen."
The firm reversed its stance over the weekend.
"We will return the option for full disk encryption with a Fire OS update coming this spring," a spokesman told the BBC.
The flip-flop has not affected the firm's continued use of encryption to protect data sent between its devices and its data centres.
Fire OS is a variant of Android.
Google offers full device encryption in its...

Summary: Amazon has pledged to restore disk encryption security protection to its mobile operating system.
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Article: Counsel General Mick Antoniw said he was "delighted" by the Supreme Court ruling against the UK government on Brexit.
The Supreme Court said UK ministers were "not legally compelled" to consult the assembly and that AMs have no veto.
Mr Antoniw said it is likely AMs would get a vote on the triggering process.
But he said it will not be a veto on leaving the EU.
AMs could decide to hold a vote in the assembly on article 50 if they feel that the legislation on article 50 affects devolution.
There is a convention - called the Sewel Convention - whereby the assembly has a say on legislation in Westminster that affects devolution in the form of a vote in the chamber.
But Tuesday's ruling that AMs do not have a veto on Brexit means that whether or not the vote has meaning will depend on the UK government's reaction.
Mr Antoniw told AMs on Tuesday: "As the Article 50 Bill proceeds through Parliament, we would expect the UK government to respect the Sewel Convention, so that Parliament has the opportunity to listen to the assembly and to the other devolved legislatures."
Mr Antoniw said there was "every likelihood of a vote (in the assembly) because a trigger bill will impact on Welsh legislation".
The court ruled Theresa May cannot trigger Article 50 - the formal exit process from the EU - without the backing of MPs and peers.
The court also said UK ministers were "not legally compelled" to consult the devolved legislatures in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Analysis by BBC Wales political correspondent Daniel Davies
It sounds like the eleven Supreme Court judges sent the Welsh Government packing.
They all agree: there's no legal reason for Theresa May to consult the assembly.
But there is a political reason for Parliament to listen. And if Parliament must vote on Brexit, it leaves the door ajar for the assembly to influence things.
That means there might be a vote in the assembly on triggering Article 50, as well as in Westminster.
I am also sorry to disappoint anyone who hopes that a vote in Cardiff Bay...

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The number of homes repossessed in the UK fell again in the second quarter of the year as fewer owners fell behind on mortgage repayments.

Article: But yesterday's announcement by Ed Miliband that as prime minister he would abolish non-dom status may well be the last nail in the coffin of a political approach - not quite an ideology - which had at its core the idea that it was better to get the wealthy and powerful in the tent, rather than doing what they typically do if they are outside the tent.
To understand the scale of the shift, I spoke to a New Labour veteran. This is what he said to me about the non-dom cull: it would "alienate some people whose goodwill is a good investment for us, send the wrong signal about the UK and [is] a rather useless piece of posturing (as the last Labour government concluded for 13 years)".
In other words, it is a powerful and important symbolic break with the Blair era. But Ed Miliband would say the policy is about a good deal more than gesturing. At its kernel, for him, is a big change in his assessment of how to fulfil Labour's mission of helping the poorest.
Tony Blair's view was that reaching an accommodation with the wealthiest and most powerful was not only the route to electoral success, but was also the best way of stimulating economic growth that would generate the tax revenues that could then be deployed to lift up the poorest.
Until the great crash and recession of 2008, he and his successor Gordon Brown could argue that their calibration of Labour's style of left-wing politics, as friendly to the City of London and to those accumulating vast fortunes here, had helped to generate prosperity which in turn could be used to fund a massive expansion of spending on schools and hospitals - and therefore went with the grain of Labour history.
But for Miliband, that calculation has had to be re-done, as living standards were savagely squeezed in the years after that profound economic shock, and the welfare state has been rolled back.
Miliband would also say that the stagnating gap between the incomes of rich and poor and the widening wealth gap have shown that collaborating with the wealthy has not delivered...

Summary: The last rites have been read over New Labour, as opposed to Miliband-brand Labour, quite a few times over the past few years.
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Article: Four, including the UK and Germany, are under fire for failing to take action against Volkswagen for cheating emission tests. Member states have two months to respond.
The German car giant has had huge fines in the US over its use of "defeat devices" used to hide true levels of emissions.
More than one million cars in the UK are involved.
Spain and Luxembourg are the other two nations who the EU says have not taken action against the company.
Another three countries - the Czech Republic, Lithuania and Greece - are being hauled up for not even including the possibility of fining carmakers over potential violations.
On top of this, the European Commission has also called Germany and the UK to account for refusing to share details of breaches of EU emissions laws they discovered through their own investigations earlier this year.
Industry commissioner Elzbieta Bienkowska said in a statement: "National authorities across the EU must ensure that car manufacturers actually comply with the law."
Analysis, BBC business reporter Theo Leggett
The European Commission is showing distinct signs of frustration over the apparent unwillingness of European governments to take action against Volkswagen over its use of defeat devices - or even to keep it informed about their investigations.
In the United States, where the company was actually found to be cheating emissions tests, it has already reached a $15bn civil settlement with the authorities; it could face criminal fines as well. There has been nothing of the kind in Europe.
European law does state that carmakers which break the law should face penalties - but it's up to individual governments to enforce the rules and hand out punishments. It's worth remembering though that VW still claims that the software fitted to its cars was not actually illegal in Europe.
What the Commission really wants is the power to punish errant carmakers itself. That would, for example, prevent the governments of countries with powerful motor industries from being too soft on the manufacturers...

Summary: The European Union (EU) has started legal action against seven nations.
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Article: A study of 3,000 patients found that chest compressions alone increased chances of survival by more than 22%.
But training in how to give both chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth breaths is the best option, experts say.
The UK Resuscitation Council is due to produce new CPR guidelines next week.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a combination of chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth breaths, given in the event of a cardiac arrest.
The study, compiled by doctors from the Medical University of Vienna in Austria, looked at the survival rates of people treated by untrained members of the public taking instructions from the emergency services over the phone.
Dr Peter Nagele, from the department of anaesthesiology, critical care and pain therapy at the Medical University of Vienna, said that if untrained bystanders avoided mouth-to-mouth breaths during CPR, they were more likely to perform uninterrupted chest compressions.
That then increased the probability of CPR being successful.
The research in The Lancet involved two analyses.
The first used data from three randomised trials involving more than 3,000 patients.
It showed that chest-compression-only CPR was associated with a slightly improved chance of survival compared with standard CPR (14% v 12%).
In the second analysis of seven observational studies, researchers found no difference between the two CPR techniques.
The study authors maintain that continuous, uninterrupted chest compressions are vital for successful CPR.
Dr Jas Soar, chair of the Resuscitation Council from Southmead Hospital in Bristol, said: "Any CPR is better than no CPR. If you witness a cardiac arrest, dial 999 immediately. Those trained in CPR should follow existing guidance of 30 chest compressions followed by two rescue breaths.
"Those not trained should start compressions and follow instructions until an expert arrives," Dr Soar said.
Dr Meng Aw-Yong, medical adviser at St John Ambulance, acknowledged that rescue breaths could be off-putting.
"The current advice is that if you're...

Summary: Concentrating on chest compressions rather than mouth-to-mouth when giving emergency resuscitation can produce better results, says research published in The Lancet.
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Article: Health boards received 3,000 complaints in 2012, slightly less in 2013, then 3,471 in 2014, and 955 so far in 2015.
Welsh Lib Dem leader Kirsty Williams said the "staggering" figures showed staff were "in desperate need of help".
The Welsh government said NHS staff numbers had risen by a third since devolution in 1999.
The Welsh Lib Dems asked health boards how many complaints they received from workers about a lack of qualified staff.
"These figures paint a picture of a Labour-run NHS that is under enormous strain and in desperate need of help," Ms Williams said.
"The Welsh Lib Dems' More Nurses Bill would see Wales become the first country in the UK with a legal duty on safe nurse staffing levels.
"It will save lives by ensuring a safe level of nurse staffing in our hospitals."
Eluned Parrott, Lib Dem AM for South Wales Central, denied the party was raising the issue now in an attempt to seek political leverage for its More Nurses Bill, which has reached the amendments stage in the assembly.
"Absolutely not," she told BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales programme. "What we're raising here is a serious issue about the concerns that staff have within the NHS."
She said the bill was one way of looking to tackle the problem, but other staffing levels also needed looking at.
A Welsh government spokesman said: "Our commitment to the NHS is clear - more than 43% of the total Welsh budget is invested in our health service every year.
"There are more doctors, more nurses, more midwives, more paramedics and more dental staff working in the Welsh NHS today than there were 10 years ago."

Summary: NHS workers in Wales have made more than 10,000 complaints about staff shortages since 2012, according to research by the Liberal Democrats.
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Article: The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said that 2,500 homes were repossessed in April, May and June, down from 3,000 in the previous quarter.
This was also a fall from 5,400 in the same quarter last year.
Lenders said low interest rates were keeping the numbers down but homeowners must prepare for a rate rise.
"This trend is very welcome. Low interest rates are acting as a significant support for homeowners in general, and are likely to be helping to stave off low level arrears for stretched households in particular," said CML director general Paul Smee.
"As ever, we urge borrowers to think ahead to when interest rates rise, and to contact their lender without delay if they are in difficulty. Prompt action helps to prevent problems worsening."
Earlier this week, it was revealed that more than a million householders had never experienced a rise in the Bank of England's base rate while owning a home.
Some 11.1 million mortgages are outstanding in the UK, with loans worth more than Â£1.3 trillion.
The CML figures showed that 1,800 homes were repossessed from owner-occupiers, and 700 were seized from landlords in in the buy-to-let market in the second quarter of the year.
The number of owners falling into arrears on mortgage repayments had also fallen in the second three months of the year compared with the first quarter, the CML said.
Some 100,700 owner-occupiers, and 5,700 landlords, had arrears of more than 2.5% of the mortgage balance.
Ministry of Justice figures, also published on Thursday, show that the number of homeowners in England and Wales facing court action at the earliest stage of the repossession process fell during the second quarter of the year.
However, the number of tenants evicted by landlords in the second quarter of the year rose by 4% compared with the same period last year, to 10,361. Seasonally adjusted figures show a 1% decrease compared to the first three months of the year.
Campbell Robb, chief executive of Shelter, said: "These figures are a stark warning that relentless rent rises...

Summary:


The departure from the helm by Uzbekistan's long-serving President Islam Karimov is likely to have wide-ranging repercussions for the region.

Article: Roy Moore, 69, violated judicial ethics with an order seen as directing probate judges to deny marriage licences to gay couples, a judicial panel ruled.
The decision was a "politically motivated effort" by radical groups, he said. His lawyer has vowed to appeal.
It is the second suspension for Mr Moore, an outspoken conservative.
In 2003, he was removed for refusing to take down a monument of the Ten Commandments he installed at a state building.
He was re-elected as chief justice of the state's Supreme Court in 2012.
In Friday's decision, the nine-member Alabama Court of the Judiciary unanimously decided to suspend him for the remainder of his term without pay.
The move essentially removes Mr Moore from the bench, as he will be unable to seek re-election at the end of his term, in January 2019, because of age restrictions, his lawyer Mat Staver said.
Reacting to the decision, Mr Moore said in a statement: "This was a politically motivated effort by radical homosexual and transgender groups to remove me as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court because of outspoken opposition to their immoral agenda."
The panel found that Mr Moore's ruling in 6 January showed "disregard for binding federal law" after the US Supreme Court landmark decision in June 2015 affirming gay marriage rights.
Testifying in his defence, Mr Moore said there was uncertainty after conflicting opinions on gay marriage from state and federal courts.
Mr Moore is known for his opposition to same-sex marriage, and has called homosexuality an "inherent evil" in the past.
His suspension was celebrated by the civil rights group that filed the complaints in 2003 and 2016.
"Moore was elected to be a judge, not a preacher," Richard Cohen, president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, said in a statement.
"The people of Alabama who cherish the rule of law are not going to miss the Ayatollah of Alabama."

Summary: Alabama's top judge has been suspended for the remainder of his term for defying federal court rulings that legalized same-sex marriage.
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Article: Alun Davies, who is a Labour AM for Blaenau Gwent, said John McDonnell was "out of his depth".
He made the comment after Mr McDonnell produced Mao Zedong's Little Red Book in the House of Commons, saying Chancellor George Osborne was selling off Â£5b worth of assets, in particular to China.
Mr McDonnell said the reference was "a bit of a joke".
He quoted Chairman Mao to Mr Osborne and accused him of "sheer economic illiteracy" in a Spending Review speech on Wednesday.
But Mr Davies tweeted: "McDonnell is a clown. Way out of his depth. We needed leadership, strength and substance today. We got Mao".

Summary: The shadow chancellor has been branded "a clown" by a Welsh party colleague.
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Article: Residents of flats in Clyne Court, Sketty, and Jefferys Court, Penlan, were concerned when the material used failed initial tests.
Communities Secretary Carl Sargeant hailed results of a new whole-system test as a "positive development".
It follows the failure of a system test on material used in Newport.
At least 80 people died in the Grenfell fire, and the UK government demanded urgent fire tests on all tower blocks.
Cladding from three tower blocks in Newport and four blocks of flats in Swansea had failed initial fire safety tests on the type of panels used.
Since then, the Building Research Establishment (BRE) has been carrying out whole-system tests to judge the risk of fire spreading from panels made of aluminium composite material (ACM) to entire buildings.
In a written update to assembly members, Mr Sargeant said one set of results related to tests on material "similar to the combination in place on four buildings owned by the City and County of Swansea, samples of which had previously been tested by the BRE".
This featured ACM with a fire retardant polyethylene filler with mineral wool insulation.
"The tested system passed the test, which is a positive development," Mr Sargeant said.
"Of course, landlords and owners must continue to draw on all expert advice and guidance in relation to their individual buildings."
Andrea Lewis, Swansea council's cabinet member for housing, welcomed the "very reassuring news" which she said backed up the authority's own whole-system test of the cladding system used.
She added that work to fit sprinklers in all 11 of the council's high-rise blocks would begin in November, with priority given to those with exterior cladding.
Earlier in August, it was confirmed that a whole-system test on material used in three tower blocks owned by social landlord Newport City Homes had failed.
Rockwool, the makers of the insulation involved, said the test did not properly assess their product.

Summary: Cladding similar to that used in four council tower blocks in Swansea has passed a new fire safety test in the wake of London's Grenfell disaster.
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Article: People are used to clashes between moderates and hardliners, and also to tensions between elected presidents trying to implement reform and a conservative establishment resistant to change.
But last week, a very public feud opened up between two of the country's most powerful men - the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, and the former president, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, once a close ally but now an increasingly bitter opponent.
It is a dispute that raises fundamental questions about what kind of a country the Islamic Republic will be in coming years.
The spat began with a tweet sent last week from an account associated with Mr Rafsanjani calling for dialogue and not confrontation with the international community.
"Tomorrow's world is a world of dialogue, not missiles," the tweet said.
Mr Rafsanjani, who heads the influential Expediency Council is a strong supporter of the moderate president, Hassan Rouhani.
The recent victory of both men and their supporters in nationwide elections has put Mr Rafsanjani in a strong position and he's used it to be even more outspoken in his criticism of hard-line opponents.
The Supreme Leader, however, clearly saw the missile tweet as a step too far, and fired off a furious and unusually direct riposte.
Those who say Iran's future lies in negotiations rather than missiles are wrong, Mr Khamenei said.
Iranians who make this argument are either ignorant or traitors, he said.
This line was then picked up and repeated by imams leading Friday prayers.
At mosques across the country, prayer leaders denounced treacherous views and said those who espoused them should be sacked.
They didn't mention Mr Rafsanjani by name, but no-one was in any doubt who they were talking about.
In some countries such a sustained attack would signal that an official was about to lose his job, if not his liberty, but in Iran things are more complicated.
Disagreements between top officials have always been a part of political life in the Islamic Republic.
They're often referred to as "family...

Summary: As Iranians return to work this week after the new year holiday, one talking point is likely to be the serious split that has emerged among the country's top leaders.
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Article: The Uzbek government announced his death on Friday after a period of rumours about his ill health.
As is often the case with strongman regimes, no tried and tested succession mechanism is in place in Uzbekistan, and the transition of power may well be a complicated process.
Uzbekistan is the most populous Central Asian country and has the largest army.
Mr Karimov, who came to power during the Soviet era, has led the country since independence in 1991.
During his long rule, President Karimov has built a relatively stable secular regime in a region threatened by Islamist radicalism.
But many believe this has been done at the expense of human rights, and has often been an excuse to hound legitimate opposition.
It also has not completely eradicated the long-term risk posed by Islamist militancy.
Many Uzbek Islamists have simply dodged the tight security at home by fighting for the Islamic State group abroad, but should the secular government weaken, they might be tempted to come back.
Some also say that Uzbekistan's fractured and exiled opposition may turn to Islamism to boost its appeal in the majority Muslim country.
Positioned on the ancient Great Silk Road between Europe and Asia, Uzbekistan enjoys a strategic location that has attracted the interest of many foreign states throughout its long history.
Most recently, it has been one reason why Russia and Western powers have been vying for a foothold.
In 2001, Uzbekistan allowed the US to use its air bases in support of military action in Afghanistan, but four years later all foreign troops were evicted following Washington's criticism of the Uzbek government's human rights record.
Moscow will be keen to ensure that Mr Karimov's successor leans towards Russia rather than the West.
So far, unlike most Central Asian countries, Uzbekistan has been wary of Russian influence. In 2012, it withdrew from the main Russia-led regional military bloc, the Collective Security Treaty Organisation.
Political instability caused by Mr Karimov's demise could be felt far beyond...

Summary:


's economy is in a "dangerous" situation.
The IMF has warned that the world's economy is in a "dangerous" situation.
The IMF has warned that the world

China's economy grew by 6.9% in 2015, compared with 7.3% a year earlier, marking its slowest growth in a quarter of a century.

Article: Seventy people a year are killed, and hundreds of thousands are injured, as a result of fires in cookers, fridges and tumble driers.
The Electrical Safety Council(ESC) said manufacturers need to do more to trace their customers if they need to warn them about safety issues.
It said the current guidelines are not good enough.
Last December Catherine Paterson, from Middlesbrough, had a fire that destroyed her garage.
The fire started in her tumble drier, which was only four months old.
She later found out after searching on the internet that the model she was using had a problem and had been recalled by the manufacturer.
"About ten minutes after the drier was switched on we got a call from the neighbour, who told us the garage was on fire," she told the BBC.
The fire was so fierce that it destroyed the garage in fifteen minutes, and caused Â£10,000 worth of damage.
"They knew the product was faulty since the end of November but no one got in touch," said Catherine.
It was beginning of February when someone got in touch to let us know that there was something wrong."
That was two months after the fire.
According to Trading Standards, the manufacturer of the tumble drier that Catherine owned did everything it could to tell people that the product was faulty.
That included putting notices in the media and online.
But Steven Curtler, product safety manager at the Electrical Safety Council (ESC), said Catherine's case highlights how current guidelines for manufacturers are not good enough. He is now calling for changes need to be made to industry procedures to ensure peoples' safety.
"One area we believe there could be significant improvement is in the traceability of products," he said.
The ESC wants more information about consumers to be taken at the point they buy the appliance.
"The more information you have about the person who has purchased that product the easier it will be to provide critical information about the safety of the product," he added.
According to figures from the ESC, on average 70 people die...

Summary: Safety experts have called for better standards, to protect consumers from faulty goods that can catch fire.
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Article: The site of the former Lafarge cement works in Eastgate had been earmarked for the multi-million pound scheme.
Durham County Council was set to buy the land for Â£1, and, with regional development agency One North East, spend Â£1.5m to kick-start development.
With the agency now abolished, the plan has been put on hold. The council said it was still working with Lafarge on the future of the site.
The planned eco-village would have used hot water pumped from underneath the Weardale hills to heat homes, a hotel, and a recreated Roman spa.
There were hopes it would have have created up to 250 jobs.
Lafarge, which still owns the site, said in a statement: "We remain committed to the outline plans for a renewable energy village at Eastgate.
"However the majority of our work has taken place during the severe economic conditions that the UK has been facing over recent years, and so far we are not able to give a more detailed update on those plans."
Durham County Council said in a statement: "We are still working with Lafarge on the future of the land."

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

Summary: More than £30,000 was paid out of the public purse towards the cost of policing a world title boxing match in Belfast earlier this year.
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Article: Damien Midgley, formerly of Aberford, near Leeds, was tried for child sex offences in 2014, but did not attend the hearing.
He was convicted in his absence and sentenced to six years in jail, with a warrant for his arrest also issued.
North Yorkshire Police believe the 39-year-old visited Thailand before Cambodia. Arrangements are being made for him to be deported back to the UK.
Det Insp Jane Guymer said: "Midgley clearly thought that by fleeing the UK he would be somehow immune to the sentence that the courts handed him in his absence.
"However, this case proves that international barriers are no obstacle when it comes to ensuring vile and cowardly child sex offenders are held to account for their actions."

Summary: A convicted sex offender who fled the UK has been arrested in Cambodia.
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Article: China's growth, seen as a driver of the global economy, is a major concern for investors around the world.
The news comes as the International Monetary Fund said it expected China's economy to grow by 6.3% this year and 6% in 2017.
Beijing had set an official growth target of "about 7%".
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has said weaker growth would be acceptable as long as enough new jobs were created.
But some observers say its growth is actually much weaker than official data suggests, though Beijing denies numbers are being inflated.
Analysts said any growth below 6.8% would likely fuel calls for further economic stimulus. Economic growth in the final quarter of 2015 edged down to 6.8%, according to the country's national bureau of statistics.
Asia Business correspondent Karishma Vaswani on what the figures tell us
China editor Carrie Gracie - Is slower growth China's 'new normal'?
Can you trust the figures?
After experiencing rapid growth for more than a decade, China's economy has experienced a painful slowdown in the last two years.
It's come as the central government wants to move towards an economy led by consumption and services, rather than one driven by exports and investment. But managing that transition has been challenging.
Some argue that China's focus on creating an economy driven by consumption is misplaced. They say as the country attempts to rebalance its economy, it should focus on productivity in order to sustain high growth.
"While higher consumption can support growth in the short run, there is little in economic theory that emphasises the expenditure side of GDP as a driver of growth," HSBC's John Zhu said in a note.
Mr Zhu also said that China's current stage of development would require more investment, not less, and that the country would rebalance naturally towards consumption and services in time.
"Pushing the economy along those paths too soon would be dangerous," he said.
Analysis: Karishma Vaswani, Asia Business correspondent
It's said so often that it has become a financial markets...

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The judge has ruled that the council must publish the names of parents who have not paid their RHI bills.
The council has applied to the High Court for an injunction to prevent publication of the names of parents who have not paid their RHI bills.
The judge has reserved his decision on the council's application to

A father is preparing for a High Court legal battle to give parents the right to take children on term-time holidays.

Article: Chevron's Kent Robertson told the BBC the case was an "extortion scheme", and accused Ecuador's state-run firm of polluting the country's Amazon region.
The legal wrangle has been going on for almost two decades, and has spawned lawsuits in the US and Ecuador.
Analysts say further appeals are likely to drag on for years.
The oil firm Texaco, which merged with Chevron in 2001, is accused of dumping billions of gallons of toxic waste into unlined pits and Amazon rivers between 1972 and 1992.
Campaigners say crops were damaged and farm animals killed, and that local cancer rates increased.
But Chevron says Texaco spent $40m cleaning up the area during the 1990s, and signed an agreement with Ecuador in 1998 absolving it of any further responsibility.
Mr Robertson, the firm's spokesman, told the BBC's World Today programme that Texaco had "operated admirably" and blamed Ecuador's state-run firm Petroecuador for any ongoing problems.
"The oilfields in question have been solely operated by the government of Ecuador's own oil company Petroecuador for the last 20 years," he said.
"Petroecuador has a deplorable environmental record and Chevron is getting blamed for actions in a country that we've never even operated in."
He accused Petroecuador and Ecuador's government of failing to live up to their responsibilities. Neither have responded to the claims.
The lawsuit was brought on behalf of 30,000 Ecuadoreans, and their lawyer Pablo Fajardo described the court ruling as "a triumph of justice over Chevron's crime and economic power".
But he said the damages were not enough, and pledged to appeal.
Environmentalists hoped the case would set a precedent, forcing companies operating in developing countries to comply with the same anti-pollution standards as in the industrialised world.
US-based lobby groups Amazon Watch and Rainforest Action Network said in a joint statement that the decision was "historic and unprecedented".
"Chevron has spent the last 18 years waging unprecedented public relations  and lobbying campaigns...

Summary: US oil giant Chevron says it will appeal against an $8.6bn (Â£5.3bn) fine imposed by Ecuador judges, carrying on a long-running row over pollution.
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Article: He basically has four options. Win more Hispanics, more African Americans, more women or more working class voters who might previously have voted Democrat.
Of those groups the first two are probably a lost cause. He has said too many incendiary things about Hispanics and black Americans seem to be firmly in Hillary Clinton's camp.
That leaves women - and he will try to reach them, although we don't yet know whether he can overcome his popularity deficit with women voters.
But, curiously perhaps, the easiest place for Donald Trump to rack up a few more votes is in white, working-class communities where people who once voted Democrat like the sound of the New York billionaire.
We went to Revere, Massachusetts, to meet some of them.

Summary: If Donald Trump wants to win the White House in November he will have to find support in communities he hasn't done very well with so far.
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Article: The winner will be announced at the Borders Book Festival in Melrose later this year.
Jo Baker, Sebastian Barry, Charlotte Hobson, Hannah Kent, Francis Spufford, Graham Swift and Rose Tremain are in the running for the Â£25,000 prize.
Judges said they had extended the list to seven titles due to the "variety of the longlist".
They said the seven shortlisted novels offered readers "joy in the discovery of unusual subjects and times" as well as appreciation of historical research and a "visceral connection" with their characters.
The seven contenders are:
A statement from the judges said: "Our shortlist was achieved by the judges' instinctive reaction to each book.
"These seven wonderful books encapsulate moments in history in truly unforgettable ways, making the 2017 Walter Scott prize shortlist one to savour.
"The second and final judges' meeting looks set to be as lively as the first."
They will meet again to decide the winner just ahead of its announcement at the Borders Book Festival on 17 June.
The Walter Scott Prize was founded in 2009 by its patrons the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch.
The winner receives Â£25,000, and shortlisted authors each receive Â£1,000.

Summary: Seven books have been shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction.
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Article: The judge took the decision after reserving judgement in a challenge to the publication plan.
The move stops the Department for the Economy from revealing the names of Renewable Heat Association (RHANI) of Northern Ireland members on Wednesday.
The RHANI represents owners of boilers in the non-domestic RHI scheme.
Hundreds of boiler owners were represented in the action taken by the group on Tuesday.
The number of owners in the RHANI rose from 335 to 450 between the 14:00 GMT injunction being delivered on Tuesday and the cut-off time of 17:00 GMT for the delivery of names to the Department for the Economy.
The RHI scheme was intended to increase the creation of heat from renewable sources.
However, businesses have been receiving more in subsidies than they are paying for renewable fuel and the scheme became majorly oversubscribed.
The fallout from the scandal surrounding the scheme, which is approximately Â£490m over budget, resulted in the collapse of Stormont's institutions and the calling of snap elections on 2 March.
The judge said it was "appropriate" to grant the injunction pending the delivery of his judgement next week on whether boiler owners could mount a full legal challenge to the publication plan.
A spreadsheet of members of the association was passed to the department at 17:00 GMT on Tuesday, but those people cannot be named.
It is not yet clear whether other claimants will be.
Earlier, a barrister for the boiler owners said revealing the names would lead to a "feeding frenzy" by the media.
There had been criticism of officials and ministers over the scheme and publishing the names could "deflect criticism" on to claimants, he said.
Most boiler owners were using the scheme legitimately and should not be subject to any sanction, he added.
A spokesperson for the Department for the Economy said: "The Minister is considering the court judgement and will reflect on options to ensure maximum transparency on the details of non-domestic RHI recipients consistent with today's ruling."
A barrister for the...

Summary: A judge has issued an interim injunction preventing the publication of hundreds of names of Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) claimants.
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Article: Jonathan Platt successfully contested a fine from Isle of Wight Council for taking his young daughter on a family holiday to Florida in April.
He will now speak up on behalf of other parents when the council seeks High Court clarification on the law.
He is crowdfunding for Â£25,000 expected legal costs and raised more than Â£1,000 in the first 24 hours.
The father wrote on the fundraising page he would spend the money on "nothing other than legal fees for solicitors and barristers".
He added: "I will take nothing personally from the money, not even travelling costs."
Isle of Wight Council is asking the High Court for clarification on what constitutes "regular" attendance at school. As Mr Platt is a "person of interest" in the case, he has a right to attend.
He said he is arguing "on behalf of all parents".
Comments on the online crowdfunding page include: "Thank you for being our voice Jon, we are all behind you."
"Well done and good luck, let's hope common sense prevails."
Mr Platt took his children to Disneyland in Florida in April despite his daughter's absence being refused by her primary school.
The council took him to court after he refused to pay a Â£120 fine.
He won his case after he told magistrates that Section 444 of the Education Act did not put restrictions on holidays during term time, provided pupils otherwise attended school regularly.
The council has applied to the High Court for an opinion on whether "the unauthorised absence of a child for seven consecutive school days on holiday... amounts to the child failing to attend the school regularly".

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Kelly Sotherton says athletics chiefs should consider tweaking events rather than rewriting existing world records.

Article: Yongzim claims to be better at handling complex searches involving several words in the language than any alternative.
But a spokesman for the government in exile, the Central Tibetan Administration, told the BBC it could also be used as a "platform to promote propaganda to legitimise the illegal occupation of Tibet."
Tibet is governed as an autonomous region of China. Beijing claims a centuries-old sovereignty over the Himalayan region, yet the allegiances of many Tibetans lie with the exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, seen by China as a separatist threat.
Exile groups and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) around the world accuse Beijing of suppressing the region's culture and tradition with the Tibetan language being a big part of it.
Both Google - which is blocked in China and therefore also in Tibet - and the Chinese search engine Baidu can also carry out searches in Tibetan.
But Yongzim is entirely in Tibetan, including all the elements of its interface - and in that respect it is indeed a first. Its name translates as "master" or "teacher".
According to Chinese state media, the service will promote the Tibetan language and provide a dedicated platform for Tibetan-language websites.
"[It will] meet the growing needs of the Tibetan-speaking population and facilitate the building of Tibetan digital archives and the expansion of databases in the Tibetan language," an official said.
Kyinzom Dhongdue, of the Australia Tibet Council, told the BBC she welcomed the initiative as a "positive step towards popularising the use of the Tibetan language" but cautioned it could become a "propaganda tool" for Beijing.
Aynne Kokas, an expert on Chinese media at the University of Virginia in the US, also described it as being a "major technological advancement" that could be useful for "non-sensitive queries". But she said it would also "make it easier to redirect web traffic" to sites that tallied with the Chinese government's views.
The Free Tibet movement noted that the effort marked a change of...

Summary: A Tibetan search engine, backed by the Chinese authorities, has been launched.
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Article: But behind the scenes, much larger deals are helping to move money at an unprecedented rate. Wealth is flowing from the mainland, through currency dealers in Hong Kong and beyond.
The leaked Mossack Fonseca documents have revealed to us how the families of China's leaders keep money offshore.
And now, a full analysis of the files by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists shows that nearly one third of the firm's business came from its offices in Hong Kong and China - making China the firm's biggest market and Hong Kong the company's busiest office.
Mossack Fonseca's booming China business is evidence of an even bigger trend: the reliance of China's wealthiest people on offshore investments.
Around $1tn (Â£700bn) left China last year, draining the country's foreign reserves.
It is a shift that could destabilise the entire Chinese economy.
And the relatives of China's leaders are among those who have stashed their wealth abroad.
At least seven current and former leaders were found to have links to offshore companies set up by the Panamanian law firm, including the Chinese President, Xi Jinping, and two other top leaders.
Many of these names have circulated in connection with offshore banking before, in past media reports. However, the leaked files come at a tricky time for China's leadership.
Owning offshore companies is not illegal in China but the existence of these secretive financial structures raises all sorts of questions for the families of China's leaders.
China's Communist officials are supposed to lead "clean" lifestyles that discourage them from profiting from their ruling positions, according to the party's constitution. And importantly, their families are not supposed to profit from their ties to the top.
Willy Lam, a political analyst with the Chinese University of Hong Kong, says Xi Jinping has portrayed himself as "a purist in terms of morality and frugality".
Stashing vast sums in offshore accounts "definitely goes against the teachings of Xi Jinping and also well-known...

Summary: In the shadow of Hong Kong's big banks, rows of currency exchange shops specialise in quick, anonymous transactions.
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Article: Lifeboat lets members run servers for customised, multiplayer maps for the smartphone edition of Minecraft.
There is evidence that the stolen information, including email addresses and passwords, is being offered on sites that trade in hacked data.
Analysis suggests passwords were very weakly protected so attackers could easily work them out.
Information about the breach was passed to independent security expert Troy Hunt who said he got the list from someone who trades in stolen credentials. Several people had told him the data was circulating on dark net sites.
Mr Hunt said the data was stolen in early 2015 but the breach has only now come to light.
Passwords for Lifeboat accounts were hashed, he said, but the algorithm used provided little protection.
Hashing is a technique used to scramble passwords so they are not easily read if the data goes astray.
Often, he said, a Google search for a hashed password would instantly return the correct plain text value. Well-known cracking tools could automate and speed up this process, he said.
"A large portion of those passwords would be reverted to plain text in a very short time," he said in a blogpost about the breach.
This often lead to other security problems, he said, because many people re-use passwords so finding out one can lead attackers to compromise accounts on other sites.
In a statement given to Motherboard, Lifeboat said it had taken action to limit the damage.
"When this happened [in] early January we figured the best thing for our players was to quietly force a password reset without letting the hackers know they had limited time to act," it told the news site adding that it now used stronger hashing algorithms.
It said: "We have not received any reports of anyone being damaged by this."
Mr Hunt was critical of the company for "quietly" forcing the password re-set saying this policy left him "speechless".
Instead, he said, Lifeboat should have done much more to alert users so they could quickly change passwords if they used the same one on other...

Summary: Hackers have stolen login data for more than seven million members of the Minecraft site Lifeboat.
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Article: Mike Nesbitt made the history remark at his party's annual conference.
He told Monday's BBC's Nolan Show his view has not changed. He said he was "warning" his party same-sex marriage was likely to be introduced regardless.
He said he believed marriage should be "between a man and a woman" but added the issue gives him "sleepless nights".
"I am against same sex marriage, but I am challenging myself always on these issues," Mr Nesbitt told the programme.
He said as a mental health campaigner, suicide statistics within the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community gave him "pause" for thought about his own attitude to same-sex marriage.
Northern Ireland is currently the only place in the UK and Ireland that has not legalised same-sex marriage. Stormont MLAs have rejected it four times.
Mr Nesbitt repeated that the UUP has not changed its policy of allowing its members to vote according to their consciences on the issue and said that position would not change while he remained as party leader.
However, he said he believed same-sex marriage could be introduced "through the courts".
"I was just warning our conference that I think that the argument will be lost.
"For those who cannot bring themselves to support same-sex marriage, I think we will be on the wrong side of history and I'm just laying it down as a warning - prepare yourselves," Mr Nesbitt said.
He also told the programme that his own children did not understand why he had "an issue with same-sex marriage".
He said surveys had suggested that the majority of people in Northern Ireland, especially younger people, were in favour of allowing gay couples to marry.
During his speech at the UUP conference on Saturday, Mr Nesbitt said: "Some of us support same-sex marriages, some of us don't and I think it's part of the beauty of the Ulster Unionist Party that we respect each others' positions.
"I'm not going to labour the point today, but to those of us who cannot bring ourselves to support a change in the law, I say this - be aware, we are on the...

Summary: The UUP leader has said he will still vote against same-sex marriage, despite saying that UUP members who oppose it will be "on the wrong side of history".
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The 40-year-old won Olympic heptathlon bronze for Britain in 2004 and has been upgraded to two more bronze medals from 2008 after retrospective drug tests.
All world records set before 2005 could be rewritten under a new proposal from European Athletics, after the sport's latest doping scandal.
Sotherton said tweaking events would create "a new slate" and new records.
She said: "Could we go back to yards or run 101m instead of 100m?
"We all know that some of the records are completely out there. But not all of those records were achieved by people who cheated.
"Scrapping those records is unfair on those athletes. And what about my pre-2005 performances? Did they happen? Does this apply to national records too?"
Sotherton referred to the IAAF's decision to remodel the men's javelin in 1986.
Changes were made to the javelin's design because of increasingly frequent flat landings. All existing records were reset after the change, but not erased.
"I am open to the discussion - for the greater good of the sport it's a good thing," she added.

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