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Write a short summary of the following excerpt. | Forward Nathan Webb and midfielders Luke Wall, Steven Hewitt and Arron Davies have also left the club.
Fellow midfielder Paddy Lacey was released after he was given a 14-month drugs ban by the Football Association.
Stanley have taken up one-year options on defenders Janoi Donacien, Omar Beckles and Mark Hughes and midfielders Jordan Clark, Brayden Shaw and Benin international Rommy Boco.
Michael Forney and Steve Saviano netted first-period goals to put the hosts in control against the Scots.
James Desmarais, Chris Higgins and Jonathan Boxill added to the tally in the second period.
Desmarais completed the rout while the Devils stayed top with a 7-5 victory over Coventry Blaze.
Belfast completed a double after Friday's 5-4 win over Notthingham Panthers.
Desmarais is a man in form with his two goals against Dundee coming 24 hours after he hit a treble in the narrow victory over the Panthers.
The Giants are back in action next weekend with an away double-header against Sheffield Steelers. | Accrington have released six players, including goalkeeper Elliot Parish.
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Belfast Giants remain one point behind Elite League leaders Cardiff after hammering Dundee Stars 6-0 at the SSE Arena on Saturday night. |
Give a brief summary of the provided passage. | Alan Sloane shot the dogs which were part of a pack involved in a stag hunt near Rathfriland.
He said they were among ten staghounds which came onto his land & threatened pregnant ewes.
A number of the sheep aborted lambs after the incident.
Mr Sloane says after the story appeared last week, 20 metres of fencing was pulled out and dumped at a derelict farmhouse half a mile away.
Police say it was reported to them and they are appealing for witnesses.
They believe the damage was done between 11pm Sunday and 7am on Monday.
The Ulster Farmers Union has called on hunts to co-operate with farmers.
It says the minority which disregard an agreement it signed with the Countryside Alliance over access to land for horses & hounds, threaten that relationship. | A County Down farmer who shot three hunt dogs which he says threatened his sheep has had damage caused to fencing round his land. |
Write a summary for this information. | Warriors' timely run of four straight victories, for their first time since becoming a Premiership club, has all but guaranteed their safety from relegation with four matches left.
Ryan says the home crowd have played their part with noisy support.
But he points out: "I've always said that crowd support is in direct relationship with effort on the field."
Ryan told BBC Hereford & Worcester: "It makes a huge difference when you've got a big collective at home and massive support.
"If you get effort on the field, you could get crowd support. That is really starting show in significant amounts and is a real credit to everybody."
Warriors are yet to reach their 12,024 capacity this season, having last sold out for a game in May when they beat Bristol on aggregate in the play-off final thriller at Sixways.
But five of their nine home Premiership games so far have been shown live on television, which would have had a bearing on the size of their home gates.
Saturday's 12-6 win over London Irish has taken Worcester to what should be a safety mark of 34 points, 16 points clear of trouble.
But they face a stern examination over the final month of the season, with all of their remaining four games against sides currently in the top five.
Ryan's men go to second-placed Exeter on Saturday, host Wasps on 16 April, visit fifth-placed Leicester on 30 April, then play at home to champions Saracens at Sixways on the final day on 7 May.
"Clearly winning games helps, but there seems be a general uplifting of spirits in the crowd, and it does make a difference to the team. The atmosphere against Gloucester was electric.
"Before, there was a certain apathy about the place. Losing games in the last few minutes and some dour European games didn't help.
"But Francois Hougaard has come in and is already a big fans' favourite. And it's a bit of a chicken and the egg situation - the team does well, the crowd gets going and players then respond to the crowd." | Worcester boss Dean Ryan says the return of the old crowd roar to Sixways is due reward for his players' effort. |
Summarize the following content briefly. | This brings the number discovered since last August to 23.
The UN has been unable to examine the mass graves and cannot say if they were recently dug.
It estimates that over 400 people, including women and children, have been killed in clashes between the army and a rebel group.
Jose Maria Aranaz, the director of the UN's joint human rights office, told the BBC that it is important that "a transparent independent investigation take place" in order to reassure the population and to ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice.
The government is fighting to put down a rebellion by a group called Kamwina Nsapu, which began after a regional chief was killed.
Both sides have been accused of committing human rights violations.
Late last month two UN experts who were abducted after going to investigate reports of abuses in the region were found dead in shallow graves. | The UN has said it has found 13 mass graves in the Democratic Republic of Congo's central Kasai province since the beginning of March. |
Please summarize the given passage. | Media playback is unsupported on your device
5 May 2015 Last updated at 07:07 BST
But what happens if no one party wins?
It happened at the last general election, and if it does again, it will all come down to who can put together a winning team.
We asked some kids and the BBC's political expert, Ross Hawkins to explain it for us.
Newsround's guide to the 2015 general election | It's just two days until the general election, when adults will vote to decide who will run the UK. |
Give a concise summary of the passage below. | Natalia Wilkanowska, 50, disappeared in 2003 after visiting her ex-husband Gerald Doherty in Luton.
Mr Doherty's brothers, Joseph and Daniel, deny helping conceal her remains and lying to police.
The victim's niece told Luton Crown Court that Joseph believed it to be "a crime of passion".
Gerald Doherty committed suicide in July 2003, about four months after Natalia was last seen by her children when she left her Eastbourne home to travel to Luton.
The couple had separated in 2001 after 23 years of marriage.
Natalia's niece, Allison Diamond-Roberts, told the jury she had later asked Joseph Doherty why his brother Gerald had killed himself.
"Uncle Joe said that he had done something and would have gone to prison for a very long time. I wanted to understand more, but he ended the conversation," she told the court.
Ms Diamond-Roberts said in 2013 she had been to Joseph's farm in Port Glasgow, Scotland to "speak about Auntie Natalia".
"He said it was a crime of passion. My aunt had been strangled. He said my uncle (Gerald) had strangled her."
Natalia's body was found under rubble in Daniel Doherty's garden in Ickniel Way, Luton, in 2015.
Daniel Doherty, 67, of Icknield Way, Luton denies two charges of perverting the course of justice and two charges of obstructing the coroner, by aiding and abetting the concealment of a body and lying to police.
Joseph Doherty, 73, of Old Greenock Road, Port Glasgow, denies perverting the course of justice and obstructing the coroner by giving a false account of her death.
Both men also deny preventing lawful burial.
The trial continues.
The film is still in the early stages of development, but BBC Films said it would be a "fresh take" on the novel.
"[Iannucci] is a Dickens aficionado, so he wants it to be very authentic but it will have his own sensitivity," BBC Films' Christine Langan said.
The movie was announced as part of BBC Films' 25th anniversary celebrations.
Other new films set for production include two other literary adaptations - Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons and Julian Barnes' Booker Prize winning novel The Sense of an Ending.
The latter will be written by playwright Nick Payne, whose Royal Court play Constellations was a hit in the West End and on Broadway.
Rafe Spall, who starred in Constellations in London, will take the lead role of Captain Flint in Swallows and Amazons, which was last adapted for the big screen in 1974.
BBC Films said the new version will be set a few years later than the novel, but would remain "faithful" to the original story.
Oscar winner Colin Firth is also set to star in a film following the true story of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst and his attempt to win the first single-handed round-the-world yacht race in 1968.
It will be helmed by The Theory Of Everything's director James Marsh.
Documentaries on singer Grace Jones and ballet dancer Sergei Polunin - who dramatically walked out on the Royal Ballet - are also in the works.
BBC Two will celebrate BBC Films' 25th anniversary with a week of its titles, including the premieres of Great Expectations and Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, in May.
"We're so proud to celebrate 25 years of flying the flag for British film," Langan said.
"Since Anthony Minghella's unique Truly Madly Deeply, BBC Films has played a vital role in finding and nurturing the British talent at the heart of so many successful films. BBC Films stands not just for great British talent, but amazing British stories." | A woman whose body lay undiscovered under rubble for more than 12 years was strangled in a crime of passion, a jury has heard.
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The Thick of It creator Armando Iannucci is adapting a new version of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield for the big screen. |
What is a brief summary of the information below? | The first minister was in charge of a Stormont department that set up the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) in 2012.
But serious flaws, including an overgenerous subsidy offer, meant the scheme went far beyond its budget.
Mrs Foster told the BBC she wants to see the publication of a full list of names of those availing of the scheme.
Officials from the Northern Ireland Executive will inspect all non-domestic claimants of the scheme and will write to them to seek permission for their names to be made public in a bid to restore public confidence.
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader also said she has "nothing to hide" over her role in the scheme, and her party added that neither she "or members of her immediate family have benefitted" from it.
The RHI scheme was set up by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (Deti) to encourage businesses and other non-domestic users to switch to biomass heating systems, mostly burning wood pellets.
But it paid out subsidies that were greater than the cost of the pellets, leaving the scheme open to abuse as users could earn more cash the more fuel they burned.
During her time as enterprise minister, Mrs Foster was told about the flaw by a whistleblower, although the concerns were ignored by Deti officials.
Mrs Foster said civil servants did not inform her of any issues arising from the whistleblower's alert.
She said she regretted that the set-up of the scheme was flawed, and she did not rule out appearing before Stormont's Public Accounts Committee, which is investigating it.
"I want to help in any legitimate way and I will look at all of the requests that come in to me," she said.
"I have nothing to fear from any of this because there's nothing there - I have no difficulty in answering questions.
"I brought forward the policy but unfortunately the implementation of it has gone askew."
Mrs Foster said action had to be taken "to make sure that we right that wrong", and that would involve inspections of all RHI installations "to make sure they are doing what they are supposed to be doing".
"There's a very small minority of people abusing the scheme - already abuses have been identified from the initial inspections," she added.
"It's important that we know what is the uptake of the scheme [and] how is it working, to get back public confidence.
"And we'll be writing to all of those in receipt of RHI money and asking them for their consent to put their name forward."
Political opponents accused Mrs Foster of shirking responsibility on the issue.
Ulster Unionist Party leader Mr Nesbitt said she was "in denial" and her interview with the BBC was "all about blaming everyone but herself".
And Social Democratic and Labour Party leader Colum Eastwood said her "credibility is draining away by the hour", adding that the public would not be "satisfied with her answers or her attitude".
"Her interview was seeped with the arrogant belief that she has nothing to answer for," he added.
"That attitude was vividly revealed when she didn't even show the decency of offering the whistleblower a proper apology."
Mrs Foster said Stephen Brimstone, a former special advisor to her Executive Office department, is a claimant of the RHI scheme.
But his departure from the role last month was not connected to the emergence of the energy scandal, she added.
Other participants in the scheme have said they entered it fairly and are in legitimate receipt of subsidy payments.
The News Letter reported that DUP MLA Mervyn Storey is an elder at a County Antrim church that is benefitting from the scheme.
Mr Storey said he had no role in drawing up Hebron Free Presbyterian Church's application to the scheme.
Rev David Park, the minister at the Ballymoney-based church, said it is giving "surplus money" it makes from the scheme to charity.
He added that "at least £5,000" each year for the next 20 years would be donated, amounting to a total of £100,000.
Car dealership Charles Hurst said it would be "undertaking a review of how [the scheme] applies to our business" due to the controversy surrounding it.
The firm said it applied "entirely in good faith", and at no stage did it "seek to disadvantage taxpayers".
Mrs Foster said names of claimants were "being plucked out... and being publicly exposed".
"A lot of these people actually applied to the scheme in a very legitimate way," she added.
The first minister also said the cost to the public purse would ultimately be "significantly less" than the projected £400m over 20 years.
Officials are working on proposals to curb the scheme's spending, she added, and the plans will be brought before the Northern Ireland Assembly early next year. | Every beneficiary of a botched energy scheme that could cost taxpayers £400m will be inspected to check for abuse of public money, Arlene Foster has said. |
What is the summary of the document provided? | Parent company Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) said both sides had secured a "recommended deal" after "constructive talks".
Mick Whelan, General Secretary of Aslef, said union members would now be balloted on the proposals.
The result of the vote will be announced on 3 April.
Mr Whelan said the new terms "offer solutions to our concerns, as well as restoring the confidence of all parties, and the travelling public".
GTR director Andy Bindon said he was pleased with the deal and hoped it would end "an extraordinarily difficult period for passengers, staff and the regional economy".
Aslef has been in dispute with GTR over driver-only operated (DOO) trains, and the firm's decision to turn guards into on-board supervisors and give responsibility for opening and closing carriage doors to drivers.
The union's members have taken six days of strike action in recent months which have crippled Southern services.
It also banned overtime which caused huge disruption to Southern's 300,000 passengers.
In February, Aslef members rejected a deal with Southern by a majority of 54.1% in a similar ballot. It came after 11 days of talks between the rail operator and the union.
Just days before, talks between the Rail Maritime and Transport Workers union (RMT) and Southern rail broke down without any deal agreement.
Mick Cash, leader of the RMT, which has also been taking strike action against Southern, said: "RMT has not seen the detail of the proposed outline agreement between GTR and Aslef and we are of course requesting a full copy as it goes to the heart of our disputes with the company.
"In the meantime RMT is pressing yet again for urgent talks with the company in our guards and drivers' disputes."
This is not a done deal - yet. Last month, drivers unexpectedly rejected a deal brokered by their own union.
The margin wasn't large - 55% against - and the two sides have been talking ever since to find a way of bringing a majority of the members back on board.
We've not been told the details of the revised agreement.
But it's likely to include further improvements to CCTV monitoring systems drivers use when closing the train doors.
Passengers will be crossing their fingers that this time the deal will be strong enough to stick.
But the separate dispute involving train guards is not part of this deal, and the year-long action by the RMT union continues. | A deal aimed at ending the dispute between Southern Railway and the Aslef union over driver-only trains has been agreed. |
Summarize the information in the following document. | They've used new laser-plasma-based accelerators to mimic the radiation.
It was first achieved using the Central Laser facility, part of the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory near Oxford.
Now Strathclyde will be taking the work further because they've installed one of the world's most powerful lasers.
Space looks peaceful but it's a hostile place.
Radiation levels in orbit are 10 times what they are here on Earth.
For astronauts and probes leaving orbit - and the protection of the planet's magnetic field - they're 10 times worse again.
That's why the European Space Agency (ESA) is funding the research, which also involves universities in Germany and the United States.
When you're assessing the effects of broadband radiation on humans and electronics, the first priority is safety - and so, just a few hundred yards from George Square in Glasgow city centre, a 10-tonne door floats on air.
It's guarding the entrance to a concrete bunker.
Prof Bernhard Hidding, who is chairman of Experimental Physics at Strathclyde University, said: "The flux of energetic particles such as electrons is very intense.
"This is a big danger for electronics on board space vessels and satellites, but also for astronauts.
"Sometimes Nasa and the ESA call these electrons in these so-called radiation belts - the Van Allen Belts - 'killer' electrons."
That radiation is being reproduced by the Scottish Centre for the Application of Plasma-based Accelerators (Scapa) which is based at Strathclyde.
It's taking advantage of a recent and huge leap in technology.
Beams of high-energy particles used to be created in linear accelerators 100 metres (328ft) long. Now you can fit one in your pocket.
But to do that you need enormous amounts of power.
Which is why Scapa has just installed £3.5m worth of French-built laser on the floor above.
Scapa's laser manager Dr Gregor Welsh has the technical specs off by heart.
"This is the highest average power laser system in the world today," he says.
"It's unique in a university environment. It delivers 350 terawatts at five hertz."
That's 350 trillion watts, five times a second.
"That's the peak power," he says. "For the average power we deliver up to 14 joules which we compress down to 25 femtoseconds."
"So high energy and very short pulses give us extremely high peak power."
A femtosecond is one millionth of one billionth of a second. But if grasping that is a bit too much, Scapa's director, Prof Dino Jaroszynski, can put it into perspective.
"If you think about all the power from the sun reaching the UK, this laser actually produces the same amount of power. But only for a very, very short time," he says.
They're producing these massive bursts of light to investigate more than space radiation.
Scapa's centre manager Dr Mark Wiggins says the laser will produce high-energy particles and radiation pulses for experiments in science, engineering and medicine.
He points to one particularly promising research area.
"Radiotherapy is an ongoing and particularly interesting project because we're looking at electron beams as a potential radiation therapy technique as opposed to X-Rays or proton beams.
"There are a lot of nuclear physics applications because these are very novel sources of, say, gamma rays.
"They're very bright radiation pulses and very, very short."
Among the other potential applications: experiments in nuclear fusion.
The laser pulses could contain and compress the fuel for a fusion reaction, producing energy in the same way the sun does.
Because this laser - however briefly - can reproduce the temperatures and pressures found inside stars. | A team led by researchers at Strathclyde University in Glasgow have replicated the effects of space radiation in the laboratory. |
Summarize the content given in the passage. | Coastguards were alerted to the incident between Port Eynon Bay and Mewslade Bay at about 1:30 BST.
Horton and Port Eynon RNLI launched its lifeboat and two crew went ashore to help the rescue helicopter winch the men aboard.
One man was said to have suffered head injuries and the other leg injuries.
The RNLI said they had been camping with friends near the cliff point known locally as Boilers Slab.
Lifeboat operations manager Lawrie Grove said the rescue was an "excellent example of emergency and rescue services working closely and effectively together". | Two men were airlifted to hospital after falling from cliffs in Swansea early on Sunday. |
Summarize the information in the following section. | The bronze statue will be of Whelan holding the FA Cup which the Latics won in 2013 by beating Manchester City.
It will be unveiled at a free event on his birthday - Thursday, 24 November.
"We feel it will be a great tribute to him and the legacy which he has created for the town of Wigan," said chairman David Sharpe, Whelan's grandson.
Whelan bought Wigan in 1995 when they were in the fourth tier of English football (then called Division Three) and his huge investment, including the building of the DW Stadium, saw them reach the Premier League in 2005. | Championship side Wigan Athletic have announced they will build a statue at DW Stadium to commemorate president David Whelan's 80th birthday. |
Provide a summary of the section below. | So why is this suddenly an issue and what could it mean for society?
Well it is like a normal baby, but one that has been modified by altering their DNA - which is the blueprint for building a person.
Your DNA blueprint is far from perfect. Lots of diseases such as cystic fibrosis, bubble boy syndrome (Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease) and the blood disorder beta thalassaemia are down to bad instructions in your DNA.
These defects could be corrected.
But a baby could in theory also be engineered to resist diseases. A single mutation can protect against HIV infection and there are also sections of your DNA which increase the risk of cancer which could also be altered.
Then there's the far more distant prospect of making alterations to alter height, beauty, hair colour or intelligence.
Nobody is on the cusp of doing this.
However, genetic engineering is progressing at a phenomenal pace and scientists say it is important to discuss what is acceptable now, rather than wait until someone crosses an ethical line.
Earlier this year Chinese scientists corrected the defect causing beta thalassaemia in embryos (they were then destroyed rather than implanted).
A few years ago a new way of editing DNA was discovered. It has transformed research and is now being used by biology laboratories around the world, whether they're working on plants, animals or human embryos.
The method combines a "molecular sat-nav" that travels to a precise location in our DNA with a pair of "molecular scissors" that cut it.
But that's a simple description.
The main method being used is called CRISPR-Cas9 and it is the way bacteria defend themselves against viruses.
A short section of genetic material precisely matches up with a section of DNA and then the enzyme Cas9 comes along and makes a cut.
Your DNA then tries to repair itself - this can turn off that section of DNA or allow scientists to insert new sections of DNA that they have engineered.
And it is cheap. And it is easy.
There are other techniques such as Zinc Fingers and Talens which have some advantages, but are harder to perform.
Well that's for you to decide, but in the eyes of the law at the moment then 'no'.
But it is worth noting the UK has already made a big shift - in 2015 it made the historic decision to allow the creation of babies with DNA from two women and one man.
The reason was to prevent babies being born with "mitochondrial diseases".
It was the source of vigorous ethical debate - and it's one we may be hearing again soon.
Australia's Bureau of Meteorology had forecast a tropical storm north of Darwin to intensify into a cyclone on Tuesday.
Authorities said although conditions had improved, heavy rainfall was still likely to cause a flood risk to some communities.
It comes after a cyclone hit Australia two weeks ago, bringing flooding that killed at least six people.
Northern Territory authorities have warned people to avoid flooded roads.
"The system looks unlikely to reach cyclone intensity until it moves further west into the Timor Sea," said forecaster Adam Morgan.
If the weather system does intensify, it will be named Cyclone Frances. | Scientists say it may be "morally acceptable" to create genetically modified babies in the future and say it is "essential" that they are allowed to experiment on embryos.
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A cyclone warning for Australia's Northern Territory has been cancelled. |
Provide a brief summary of this section. | The 26-year-old featured 11 times last season for the Super League champions but was not offered a new contract.
Wheeler came through the academy at Saints and his versatility has seen him feature at centre and wing.
"I've been a big admirer of Gary's ability for some time. He's extremely versatile and will add real depth to the squad," said head coach Tony Smith.
"At times he's had some bad luck with injuries but we've assessed the situation and look forward to him contributing to the 2015 season."
Wimbledon 2Day, hosted by Clare Balding, saw presenters mingle with a live audience and included funny home video clips alongside daily highlights.
In its review, The Guardian said: "The whole show is a mess."
A BBC spokeswoman said "Of course we listen to audience feedback and that helps to shape the changes we make."
In a scathing review in The Daily Mail, the show was referred to as "super right-on" and "tooth-achingly trendy".
Statistics released by the National Crime Agency (NCA) show there were 3,805 people referred for help in 2016, up from 1,745 people in 2013.
Recent Home Office estimates suggest there are between 10,000 and 13,000 victims of modern slavery in the UK.
Home Office minister Sarah Newton said the government was taking action.
Albanian, UK and Vietnamese nationals are the most commonly reported victims of modern slavery.
Tamara Barnett, from the Human Trafficking Foundation, said she believed the rise may be down to an increased understanding of what constitutes human trafficking and modern slavery.
"We are starting to recognise a lot more cases as being human trafficking cases," she said.
"It used to be very much seen as just the trafficking of women into the sex trade.
"There was quite a narrow view of what it involved but now there is definitely a broader view of what is human trafficking."
She said the increased awareness was in part due to the introduction of the 2015 Modern Slavery Act, which requires all public authorities to notify the Secretary of State or relevant authority if it has "reasonable grounds to believe that a person may be a victim of slavery or human trafficking".
However, she said additional training and funding was needed to improve awareness of the issue and called for better long-term support for victims.
Figures from the NCA also suggest more children are potentially being trafficked for sexual exploitation, with the number reported to agencies having doubled in the past 12 months from 105 cases in 2015 to 215 in 2016.
Anne Read, from the Salvation Army, which works with people who have been trafficked, said: "They're traded like a commodity. In almost every case somebody has been told that there is a job for them, and they follow that person to our country."
She said it was important people were alert to the problem and reported any suspicions to the authorities.
She added: "Rather than mind our own business we should make it our business."
Ms Newton, minister for vulnerability, safeguarding and countering extremism, said: "Modern slavery is a barbaric crime which destroys the lives of some of the most vulnerable in our society.
"This government has taken world-leading action to tackle it, giving law enforcement agencies the tools they need, toughening up sentences, increasing support for victims and encouraging more to come forward."
She said the government also funded a specialist victim care contract, delivered by the Salvation Army, for victims. | Warrington Wolves have signed half-back Gary Wheeler on a one-year deal following his release by St Helens.
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The BBC has bowed to pressure and changed the controversial format of its Wimbledon highlights programme after mounting criticism.
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The number of people reported as potential victims of slavery and human trafficking in the UK has more than doubled in the past three years. |
Write a summary for this information. | Chris Williamson, MP for Derby North, said the move could be a way of tackling a rise in sexual offences on public transport.
The sign in his parliament office said: "Woman? Sexually harassed at work? How about working on your own floor?"
The idea, first suggested by Jeremy Corbyn in 2015, has been widely criticised.
Sam Stopp, a Labour councillor for Brent Council in London, tweeted the picture after it was sent to him by a friend.
He said: "It's a serious issue that needs raising, but not best raised by a male MP.
"Is segregating the best way of preventing [sexual offences]? I think it's reactive and not very well thought through.
"[The sign] is pretty hilarious and I'm sure Chris will see the funny side. He's fairly good humoured."
Mr Williamson said if there was support for the idea then it would be worth looking at, but his Labour colleagues criticised the move as "normalising attacks".
The 60-year-old former jockey took up training in 1992 and won a host of sprint races, both in the United Kingdom and France.
Among his wins were the Nunthorpe Stakes, July Cup, Haydock Sprint Cup, Prix de l'Abbaye and the Ayr Gold Cup.
He faces trial in the summer on two charges of sexual assault, which he strenuously denies.
Among his horses were Ya Malak, who created his own piece of history when he dead-heated with Coastal Bluff in the Nunthorpe at York in 1997.
He was ridden by Nicholls' wife, Alex Greaves and the win saw her become the first female rider to win a Group One race in Britain.
Based at Tall Trees Stables near Thirsk, North Yorkshire, Nicholls went out with a winner as stable star Sovereign Debt landed a valuable race in Qatar last month.
He tweeted: "Sovereign Debt was our last runner from Tall Trees, as due to financial problems we have had to cease training.
"It was nice to go out on a high during what has been a difficult time & I'd like to thank all our owners that have supported us."
Former champion jockey Silvestre de Sousa added: "So sad to hear that Dandy Nicholls has had to give up training. #toptrainer #sprintking." | A sign has appeared on the door of an MP's office mocking his proposal for women-only train carriages.
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David 'Dandy' Nicholls, known as the 'Sprint King', has announced he has given up training. |
Write a brief summary of the provided content. | A survey of 6,500 children aged between 11 and 15 showed the numbers taking drugs, smoking and drinking alcohol had all fallen over the past decade.
The NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre figures
found 17% had tried drugs at least once in 2011, compared with 29% in 2001.
The team said youngsters appeared to be living increasingly healthy lifestyles.
The survey, which questions a selection of children at English secondary schools, is carried out every year to monitor reported use of drugs, alcohol and cigarettes.
The latest poll, carried out between September and December last year, found the number of children at each age who said they had taken drugs in the preceding 12 months was down.
Among 15-year-olds, the number fell from 39% in 2001 to 23% in 2011.
Only 3% of 11-year-olds had taken drugs.
Cannabis was the most commonly used drug, although its was also down.
The survey also found the proportion of 11-to-15-year-olds smoking was the lowest since the polling began in 1982, and the number of "regular" smokers had halved in the past decade.
BBC Health: What are the symptoms of drug abuse?
Five per cent said they smoked at least one cigarette a week compared with 10% in 2001.
Just 25% said they had tried cigarettes at least once.
The proportion drinking alcohol at least once has dropped to under half - 45%, compared with 61% per cent in 2001.
Only 7% reported drinking regularly, down from 20% 10 years ago.
Tim Straughan, chief executive of the NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre, said: "The report shows that pupils appear to be leading an increasingly clean-living lifestyle and are less likely to take drugs as well as cigarettes and alcohol.
"All this material will be of immense interest to those who work with young people and aim to steer them towards a healthier way of life."
Siobhan McCann, of the charity Drinkaware, said: "While the decline in the number of children trying alcohol is good news, the report still shows there are 360,000 young people who reported drinking alcohol in the last week alone." | Teenagers in England are shunning drink and drugs for a cleaner lifestyle, say health officials. |
Provide a summary of the section below. | Jason and Christy Zielsdorf, who have five children and ran a shop in the small Highlands community of Laggan, are to leave voluntarily on Thursday.
The Home Office said the family's bid to continue living in Scotland failed to meet immigration rules.
The Zielsdorfs have been fighting to stay, saying they have sought to meet all requirements of their visa.
Laggan Stores Coffee Bothy and Wayfarer's Rest, the shop the family ran in Laggan in the Cairngorms, closed on 14 April and has been put up for sale by the family.
Mr Zielsdorf told BBC Radio Scotland that he and his family felt that they had no choice but to leave.
He said: "We can always opt out of our voluntary departure, but it would just be inevitable unless the Home Office does something significantly in our favour."
The Home Office has said Mr Zielsdorf's application for an extension of leave to remain under the Tier 1 Entrepreneur route was refused as it did not meet the immigration rules on several counts.
These included providing evidence of self-employment, evidence of National Insurance contributions and the requirement to employ two people full-time for 12 months.
A Home Office spokesman added that all visa applications were "carefully considered on their individual merits" in line with the UK immigration rules.
The Zielsdorfs' deportation comes about six months after an Australian family that had been facing deportation was granted permission by the Home Office to continue living in the UK.
Gregg and Kathryn Brain and their son Lachlan, who live in Dingwall in the Highlands, had been trying to qualify for a new visa.
The family initially moved to the UK in 2011 on Mrs Brain's student visa.
They had intended to move to a post-study visa but this scheme was withdrawn by the UK government.
However, Mrs Brain managed to secure a job that met visa regulations and the Home Office allowed her to remain in the UK.
Also in the last six months, a mother of two who was at risk of being deported because of an issue with her visa was granted leave to stay in the UK.
Gloria Macleod, who has an Indian passport and is married to a Scot currently working in Dubai, was also living in Dingwall.
The couple's young daughters were attending a local school and the family was planning to set up home in the area.
The Home Office had previously said she that she did not have the correct visa. | A family facing deportation after living in Scotland since 2008 are to return to Canada. |
Can you provide a brief summary for this document? | Chris May, 28, was last seen at his home in Kelvedon, Essex, on 25 May 2015.
His Volkswagen Golf was found abandoned about 10 miles away in Fairstead.
His family said Mr May had "made mistakes, just some bigger than others" and described him as a "funny, caring and loving man".
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Essex Police announced a year ago the case was being treated as a homicide rather than a missing person inquiry.
Mr May was a drug user and dealt in ecstasy, cocaine and mephedrone.
Det Ch Insp Stuart Smith said: "I know Chris was actively dealing drugs and I believe it is this involvement with drugs and him trying to extend his dealing which has led to his death.
"I am really keen to speak to dealers and users in the Coggeshall, Kelvedon, Feering and Braintree areas who had dealings with Chris."
On the eve of the two year anniversary of Mr May's disappearance, his family said they "deserved to know what happened".
"For us it marks two years of no longer living but merely existing. Two years of not being ourselves. Two years of indescribable pain. Two years of not being able to explain to innocent children where their adored uncle is. Two years of an emotional rollercoaster.
"It's time for someone to do the right thing and give us the answers that we desperately need. " | A man who went missing nearly two years ago was trying to expand his drug dealing operation at the time, police said. |
Please provide a summary for the content below. | Similar powers over the gas drilling technique are already devolved to Scotland.
A number of exploratory drilling applications have been approved in the Vale of Glamorgan and surrounding area.
However the Welsh government is changing its advice to local councils on fracking - effectively putting existing plans on hold.
Speaking before Labour's conference in Swansea, Shadow Welsh Secretary Owen Smith said: "It is right that decisions like these are taken close to the communities that might be affected."
Meanwhile Planning Minister Carl Sargeant said he would stop "any local planning authority approving any planning application for fracking".
Earlier in February the Welsh government voted to back a Plaid Cymru motion in the Senedd calling for an effective block on fracking.
At its Welsh conference in Swansea's Brangwyn Hall on Friday, Labour will announce plans to speak to half a million voters in Wales ahead of May's general election.
"We cannot outspend the Tories in this election but we will out organise them," a party spokesman said, claiming to have more activists than in 2010.
It may be Valentine's Day on Saturday, but expect plenty of blood and thunder from Labour this weekend as party members gather in Swansea.
As with any pre-election conferences, it will be the big opportunity to rally an expected turnout of 600 troops.
Behind the scenes, party officials say the Tory war on Wales - as it's called by them - has helped mobilise support from the grassroots prepared to get out and knock on doors.
That so-called war is of course based on a number of longer waiting times in the Labour-run Welsh NHS than in England.
One question is whether Labour will suffer as a result - even though health is devolved and this is a general election - or whether it can be successful in persuading people that the Conservative criticism has gone too far.
Labour has 26 of the 40 seats in Wales. It lost four at the last election and has set itself the target of winning eight this time round. Ambitious it may be - but also achievable - that's the message from the party.
Labour is aiming to win Aberconwy, Arfon, Cardiff North, Cardiff Central, the Vale of Glamorgan, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire and Preseli Pembrokeshire.
Of those, the two Cardiff seats, the Vale of Glamorgan and Aberconwy are felt by the party to be the most winnable. | Powers over fracking would be devolved to Wales if Labour wins the general election, the party has announced. |
Write a concise summary for the following article. | The ESC ruled Lee was in breach of the editorial guidelines on impartiality after calling a Christian lawyer a bigot in a debate on homophobia.
Lee and the BBC later apologised, saying the interview was at "several points inappropriate".
Lee then left the BBC in November 2015.
The presenter responded to the ruling on Twitter, saying: "Genuinely, I'm flabbergasted. The report contains examples of where I was wrong. Apart from one line, I kept replying 'what's wrong with that?'"
Lee's departure came two weeks after the 3 November interview with Libby Powell, a lawyer for Christian Concern, a conservative Christian group that opposes LGBT rights.
She appeared on the show to defend a minister who was disciplined for reading out passages from the Bible condemning homosexuality during a recent service at a prison.
Lee stated: "Homophobia is bigotry. Do you support bigotry?" to which Powell replied: "This isn't homophobia, this is God's word."
He went on to accuse Powell of not understanding what bigotry was.
The preacher and former prison worker, who was claiming constructive dismissal, was also on the show and was told by Lee: "I find the view that being gay is sinful, I find that view completely repugnant and disgraceful."
Following the show, the BBC issued a statement to LGBT website Pink News apologising for any offence that may have been caused.
In its ruling issued on Tuesday, the ESC said it had received complaints about impartiality following the 3 November interview and, after consideration, had ruled the interview was a "serious breach of editorial guidelines for impartiality".
The ESC said they understood the "editorial justification for addressing the subject [of the interview] and for robustly challenging the interviewees".
However, they agreed that Lee "did not show due impartiality in the conduct of two of the interviews and that their tone was unduly confrontational".
They noted the interview "included personal attacks on the interviewee and on her beliefs", and concluded the "language used was inappropriate and the interviewee was not given appropriate opportunity to air her views".
The committee added: "This breach of impartiality followed occasions when other local radio presenters, while endeavouring to engage with audiences, had voiced personal opinions, in breach of the Editorial Guidelines."
They noted that these included the broadcast of comments by a presenter that were "potentially offensive and which exceeded the expectations of the audience".
They acknowledged the "critical role" BBC local radio output had to play in "enabling the widest possible public debate".
"However, they considered that where presenters appeared to defend a particular stand on an issue in an inappropriately combative manner, the effect was not to broaden debate but was likely to the be the opposite."
Finally, the committee said the BBC executive had made a commitment to starting a programme of new training across local radio "to increase understanding of the subject by production teams and presenters". | The BBC Trust's editorial standards committee (ESC) has upheld complaints about comments made by former radio host Iain Lee on his Three Counties breakfast show. |
Summarize the content given in the passage. | The 43-year-old was one of four Liberal Democrats who drew up the UK coalition government agreement with the Conservatives in 2010.
He lost his Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey seat to the SNP's Drew Hendry in May's general election.
Sir Danny now works with the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign and schools cricket charity Chance To Shine.
He said: "It was a great honour and a wonderful ceremony and it's all rather humbling.
"It was something I didn't expect but it is a real honour to have the recognition for the work I did in the coalition government - turning the economy around and getting the country on the right track." | Former chief secretary to the Treasury and Highland Lib Dem MP Danny Alexander has received his knighthood. |
Summarize this article briefly. | Following the loss to Italy, the Scots face the daunting proposition of taking on Euro 2016 favourites France in Metz.
"You're playing against teams that are getting ready to compete at the Euros, so it's brilliant for us to go and test ourselves against them," Hanley said.
"So when those qualifying games come around, we'll be up for them."
Scotland begin their World Cup campaign away in Malta on 4 September before hosting Lithuania at Hampden Park on 8 October and then facing Slovakia three days later. They also face England at Wembley on 11 November.
"It's another qualifying campaign, so we're looking to get off to a good start," noted Blackburn centre-back Hanley.
"We're going to work hard to try and get better by playing against high-quality opposition.
"You have to treat every game as it comes. We'll not be looking at 'Are France a better side than Italy?' We'll be concentrating on ourselves and what we need to get better at.
"We'll obviously give them the respect that's warranted, but first and foremost we'll be focusing on ourselves and looking at what we need to do to get something out of the game."
Hanley's team-mate, Ross McCormack, admits the Scots will need to improve upon their disappointing performance against Italy in Malta if they are to stand a chance of making the next World Cup finals in Russia.
But he is confident that they will, against a French side who beat Cameroon 3-2 in Nantes on Monday thanks to a stoppage-time free-kick by West Ham midfielder Dimitri Payet.
"I'm just glad Italy's not in our group," the Fulham striker said.
"You don't want to make excuses, but there were a few factors in the Italy game; the pitch wasn't great, for example, but we can be and will be better that that.
"Whoever plays for France, they are going to be different class aren't they?
"It'll be another great experience to be on a pitch with some of these superstars and we'll try and be a bit better than we were against Italy."
McCormack believes that, even if they had raised the bar against the Italians, they would have struggled to glean a positive outcome.
"Even if we had done things right, it would have been hard to get a decent result," he said.
"The front guys could have probably got a bit closer to the defenders and pressed them a bit higher, but it was a difficult night.
"We've done it before. I've played against Holland, the boys have played against Spain, France before, we've done it all before, but it was good to share a pitch with them.
"We'll try and learn from it because France will be a similar game on Saturday."
Despite Payet's late winner, it was 19-year-old Bayern Munich winger Kingsley Coman who received most of the plaudits in his first start for France.
He set up fellow midfielder Blaise Matuidi for the volleyed opener, but Cameroon levelled two minutes later when Vincent Aboubacar caught the France defence off guard to tap in from close range.
Striker Olivier Giroud put the home side ahead from a Paul Pogba cross four minutes before the break.
It looked like Les Bleus would have to settle for a draw when Eric Choupo Moting equalised from close range two minutes from time, but Payet sealed the victory. | Scotland defender Grant Hanley insists tackling Italy and France will hold the squad in good stead for their 2018 World Cup qualification campaign. |
Summarize the following content briefly. | The Scots won one silver and four bronzes at the World Bowls Championships in New Zealand.
"I thought the team did fantastically well to medal in five of the eight events and just to miss out in the other three," said captain Marshall.
"It was a great team effort in difficult conditions."
Marshall was one of three former world indoor singles champions in the Scotland squad and was a double gold medal winner at the last Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
But he was satisfied with the medal haul, including his own bronzes in the pairs and fours, in New Zealand despite the lack of golds.
"You were playing in 50-60mph winds, so conditions were very different to what they are in the UK, so we are very pleased," Marshall told BBC Scotland.
"I was very happy with two bronze medals - playing with Paul Foster in the pairs and just missing out by a couple of shots to the Aussies and we got well beat by the Kiwis in the final of the fours, but the score wasn't a fair reflection."
Although Marshall captained the Scots in New Zealand, he still has to win a place in the Scotland team to compete in Australia's Gold Coast.
"I am 50 next year, so I'm getting on a bit now, but I try to improve each year I play and hopefully I'll be selected for Broad Beach and it is something I'll look forward to," he said.
"It is going to be very hard back over in the southern hemisphere, but I think we will be more prepared as we've been there before and we'll be going over with plenty of confidence."
Representing Scotland for the first time, Lesley Doig was her country's top performer in New Zealand, winning silver in the women's singles and taking bronze in the pairs along with Lauren Baillie.
However, she is not taking it for granted that she will be on the plane for the Gold Coast.
"I didn't expect to be coming home with a silver and bronze, so I definitely achieved more than I expected and I'm really chuffed," she said.
"There's a lot of good up-and-coming players in Scotland, so you can never assume anything.
"But, if I stick in and keep playing well, hopefully I'll make it into that team.
"You are out there playing against the best players in the world, so to have beaten some of them out there means everything."
People have been urged to help contain the spread of the virus at the Conquest Hospital in Hastings by not visiting friends or relatives in hospital if they have symptoms of the vomiting bug.
Tina Lloyd, assistant director of infection prevention and control, said stringent measures had been brought in.
The affected wards are Newington, Baird and MacDonald.
Ms Lloyd said East Sussex Healthcare NHS trust would prefer that people did not visit the affected wards, but she said if their visit was essential they should restrict the time of the visit and wash hands before and afterwards.
She urged people to follow good hygiene measures. | Alex Marshall thinks winning five medals in the harsh conditions of Christchurch will prepare Scotland well for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
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Three wards at a Sussex hospital have been closed to new admissions following an outbreak of norovirus. |
Can you summarize the following content in brief? | Ann-Marie James, 33, was stabbed in the chest at a flat in Wolverhampton by Melvin James, West Midlands Police said.
The 36-year-old is then understood to have turned the knife on himself and died at the scene.
Their mother, 59, has undergone surgery for abdomen wounds and remains critical. Two officers were also injured attempting to arrest James.
Police used stun grenades when they stormed a first-floor flat in Leasowes Drive, Merry Hill on Wednesday.
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One officer received a "stab wound to the arm" and another sustained a leg injury after being chased by the suspect, the force said.
A post-mortem examination showed both Ms James and her attacker died of stab wounds.
Det Insp Warren Hines, who is leading the investigation, said: "The family are absolutely devastated at the loss of Ann-Marie and Melvin, two people who were really dear to them.
"They have asked that their privacy is respected so they are able to grieve at this difficult time."
The Independent Police Complaints Commission has started an investigation. | A woman stabbed to death by her brother has been named. |
What is the summary of the following document? | Firearms officers were called to a house in Vicarage Hill, Westerham, at about 07:10 GMT on Sunday.
The road outside the property was closed temporarily by officers to "ensure public safety", police said.
The BBC understands officers in riot gear contained five dogs, types of bullmastiffs, in one room at the property before they were removed.
Specially-trained animal handlers, assisted by an RSPCA inspector and an independent vet, sedated the animals.
They were taken out of the property one-by-one in individual kennels, and are now in police care.
The air ambulance attended the house in Westerham but the injured man was taken by land ambulance to hospital. | A man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after he was attacked by up to five dogs at a house in Kent. |
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Yves built a specially developed flying suit back in 2006, using four jet-engines, which you might normally find on a small plane.
This earned him the nickname "Jetman".
The amazing suit has been designed in a way that allows Yves to move around in the air in a similar way to how birds do, by angling and tilting his body to change direction.
Since then he has flown over the English Channel, the Grand Canyon and around Mount Fiji in Japan using his incredible flying-suit.
Jetman is a fully trained professional pilot - so don't try it at home!
The move came after the party's candidate selection process contributed to an all-male group of Lib Dem MSPs elected to Holyrood in May.
Mr Rennie appointed several female councillors and party members to key roles to increase gender balance.
The party has also taken action which aims to increase female candidates at future parliamentary elections.
Mr Rennie and his four fellow male MSPs have been given policy portfolios in areas like finance, health and education.
In addition, three female councillors and several unelected Liberal Democrat members will speak on a range of issues including social security and the environment.
Holyrood candidate Katy Gordon, who failed to get elected, will oversee the party's 2017 council election campaign.
Mr Rennie said: "This gender-balanced team will provide strong liberal voices inside and outside parliament.
"These appointments will put the Liberal Democrats in the strongest possible position to grow over the next five years."
Sheku Bayoh, 31, died after being restrained by officers in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on 3 May 2015.
His death is currently being investigated by Police Scotland's independent watchdog, the Police Investigations Review Commissioner.
The father-of-two's relatives will be holding a commemorative service on Sunday.
They will lay flowers at the spot where he died in Hayfield Road, Kirkcaldy, and have asked friends to join them in celebrating Mr Bayoh's life at the town's Templehall Community Centre.
His partner Collette Bell, mother Aminata Bayoh, sisters Kadi Johnson, Adama Jalloh and Kosna Bayoh, and brother-in-law Ade Johnson will then meet Frank Mulholland on Monday.
The meeting will take place in Mr Mulholland's office in Edinburgh's Chambers Street and will also be attended by the family's solicitor Aamer Anwar.
Mr Bayoh's relatives have previously met Mr Mulholland when they complained that there were "too many questions and not enough answers" over the death.
The Lord Advocate was asked to update Holyrood on the investigation last September and told MSPs: "Having met the family on two occasions, I know the effect that this tragedy has had on them and they have borne their loss with great dignity.
"They are right to demand answers and a thorough, impartial and objective investigation is what they deserve."
He also confirmed that a fatal accident inquiry into the death would be held, regardless of any criminal proceedings. | Jet-propelled pilot Yves Rossy, has been speaking about what it is like to fly through the sky at 185 miles an hour.
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Summarize the following content briefly. | David Cottrell, 90, from Redland, was honoured for his part in saving the lives of more than 70 Norwegians on a sinking ship in June 1944.
He was just 19 when the crew of HMS Swift ignored orders and rescued the men from the water, after their ship, the Svenner, was torpedoed.
Mr Cottrell told BBC Points West: "It's a proud moment."
He was an Able Seaman Gunner on HMS Swift, which narrowly missed being hit by the torpedoes before they were used to sink the nearby Norwegian destroyer Svenner, off Sword Beach, Normandy, on 6 June 1944.
Mr Cottrell said the ship "broke in half and sank almost immediately. People were jumping over the sides."
HMS Swift's captain John Gower disobeyed orders to leave the men and instead went to pick up survivors. Of 219 crew aboard the Svenner, 32 Norwegians and one Briton died.
Mr Cottrell said in 2001 he met two of the Norwegians who had been on the Svenner and one of them told him and Captain Gower: "What you've done, myself, my children, my grandchildren owe you a debt of gratitude that can never be repaid."
Nigel Fletcher, Norwegian consul for the South West, said Mr Cottrell had been put forward for the Commemorative Medal after meeting a survivor of the Svenner at a memorial service to mark the 70th anniversary in Norway in 2014.
"It's a great recognition and I think also it gives him time to reflect on his old shipmates and the other people who were with him on that day."
Mr Cottrell's son Richard said he was very proud of his father: "It's one story among thousands and they are all remarkable."
The Whites are challenging for the Championship play-offs after finishing 20th last season under the Serb, who took charge in December 2015.
Jokanovic, 48, signed a new contract until 2019 on 23 February.
"The manager and the staff have got to take a lot of credit. He has stabilised the club and transformed the way we play," Cairney, 26, told BBC London.
"The fans are enjoying our style of football and the club have given him a new contract, which is great to see."
Fulham are seventh in the table, five points behind Sheffield Wednesday and with a game in hand on the Owls.
The west London club are looking to return to the Premier League for the first time since their relegation from the top flight in 2014.
"The play-offs are definitely within our grasp," midfielder Cairney added.
"I think we've got enough ability in the squad, and the right staff in place, to creep into the top six.
"It could go down to the wire as we play Sheffield Wednesday away in our last game of the season. If it does, it will be an amazing game to be involved in."
Cairney's form this season has been crucial to Fulham's play-off bid, with the former Hull and Blackburn man scoring seven goals and making nine assists in 32 league appearances.
His form has seen him nominated for the English Football League Player of the Year prize at the London Football Awards, alongside team-mate Sone Aluko.
"It is a massive achievement," Cairney said. "To be nominated on the shortlist is fantastic. I am really proud, as are my family.
"I really enjoy playing with Sone. If one of us win it it will be great for Fulham - but hopefully it will be me." | A Bristol man has become the eighth Briton to be awarded a Norwegian medal for bravery during the D-Day Landings.
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Can you provide a summary of this content? | Hilda Marcel and her husband Eugenios died in 1987 and 1994 respectively, from cancer.
However, their son Melvyn delayed their burial until he could build a mausoleum in the grounds of his property.
Lord Mulholland ruled that Edinburgh City Council had the legal authority to bury the bodies after Melvyn Marcel failed to attend court hearings.
Lawyers acting for the council told the court that they had not received instructions on how to proceed from the family of Mr and Mrs Marcel.
The couple's bodies were originally discovered in the basement of a former fishmonger's shop in the city's Gilmore Place in 2002, where the remains had reportedly been visited regularly by relatives.
Police found the bodies during an investigation into alleged fraud at a funeral home in West Lothian.
It was claimed that staff at the Broxburn undertakers had been paid to preserve the remains and four employees were sacked.
However, none of those who were allegedly involved in the fraud were charged or prosecuted for any offence.
Following the discovery, the remains were taken to the city's Cowgate mortuary.
The court was told that Melvyn Marcel had wanted to build a fridge in his home to place the bodies in until he built a private mausoleum in the grounds of his property.
He was eventually planning to take his parents' bodies to be buried in the West Bank in Gaza in the Middle East.
However, Lord Mulholland ruled that the council had the legal right to arrange the burial for the couple.
In his judgement, he said that Melvyn Marcel had repeatedly failed to attend hearings in the case.
He wrote: "It is clear to me that the defender had no intention of attending and was deliberately ignoring the court's requests."
The judge added: "The defender has indicated his intention to build a refrigerated unit within his residential property within which the bodies will be stored.
"This is a temporary measure until an above ground vault is built to house the bodies. No further information on these matters has been provided to the pursuers [Edinburgh City Council].
"The pursuer understands that the defender's intention ultimately is to have the bodies of his parents transferred to the West Bank in Gaza for burial."
Mrs Marcel had died in 1987 from lung cancer whilst her husband passed away from prostate cancer aged 91 in 1994.
Lord Mulholland pointed out that the bodies had been in the city's mortuary for many years and added: "No doubt at some cost to the City of Edinburgh at a time when the public purse is under significant constraint."
He added that Melvyn Marcel's intention to build a mausoleum did not appear realistic "or anything more than a vague statement of intent".
It is not known when Edinburgh City Council will bury the couple. | A judge has given the go-ahead for the mummified remains of a couple who died decades ago to be buried. |
Can you summarize this content? | The crash, involving a Vauxhall Meriva and a black Renault Megane, happened at about 13:50 on Saturday near Ellon.
Police Scotland said the woman died at the scene. The injured are being treated at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
The road was closed for several hours on Saturday while crash investigators worked at the scene.
Sgt Neil Morrison, of Police Scotland, said: "Inquiries into the cause of this collision are at an early stage. However, we would ask anyone who was in the area at the time or who saw either of these vehicles in the area prior to collision to come forward."
The body of Lewis Paul Mullan was recovered from the Diglis Basin by search and rescue teams on Saturday.
Officers are trying to trace his last movements and have appealed for witnesses.
"His death is not being treated as suspicious and the coroner has been informed," a West Mercia Police spokesman said.
Mr Mullan, from Worcester, was last seen getting out of a taxi at Commandery petrol station in the Sidbury area at 03:00 GMT but failed to return home.
"Our thoughts and sympathies are with his family at this very sad time," the spokesman added.
The 32-year-old spent 13 seasons with the Pools as a player, making 444 appearances for the League Two side.
He left in 2014, spending two years at Carlisle before joining Gateshead in May, but played just once for the Heed before having his contract cancelled.
"I'm really looking forward to this new role, it's exciting," Sweeney said.
He told Hartlepool's website: "It's not something I was really expecting to be honest, having signed for Gateshead in the summer, but in football timing is everything and something has cropped up here which is just too good to turn down." | A 57-year-old woman has died and five people were injured in a collision on the A90 between Aberdeen and Peterhead.
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Please summarize the document below. | Slash, with whom Weiland performed in rock supergroup Velvet Revolver, wrote on Twitter that it was "a sad day".
"RIP Scott Weiland," said Dave Kushner, another Velvet Revolver member.
Tom Vitorino, Weiland's manager, confirmed the singer's death at the age of 48 on Thursday night, saying he had "passed away in his sleep".
A statement on Instagram said Weiland had died "while on a tour stop in Bloomington, Minnesota, with his band The Wildabouts".
TMZ reported the singer's body was discovered on his tour bus outside a motel, near the venue where the band was due to play.
Actress Juliette Lewis was one of the first to pay tribute to the singer following news of his death: "Sad to hear about Scott Weiland passing. He was a once of a kind epic force onstage. Thoughts are w[ith] his family," she tweeted.
Rock band Wheatus, best known for the hit single Teenage Dirtbag, tweeted: "We opened for @STPBand in 2000. I watched them side stage and Scott Weiland destroyed me, he was the real thing. Seeing him changed me forever."
Grammy organisers the Recording Academy of America hailed Weiland as "a grunge icon" adding his "extraordinary talent and captivating performances will forever live on and inspire legions of rock fans worldwide".
Former Radio 1, now Beats 1 DJ Zane Lowe tweeted he was "very sad", adding: "So many moments spent listening to him sing in my headphones."
Aerosmith's Joe Perry also praised Weiland as "such a gifted performer", while Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic said he was "really sorry to hear" the news.
Additional tributes came from Travis Barker of Blink-182, who said it was "very sad news", and Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx, who expressed the hope that "it wasn't drugs" that caused his demise.
Stone Temple Pilots had a messy origin - Scott Weiland and bassist Robert DeLeo met at a Black Flag concert, and realised they were both dating the same woman.
They put their differences aside to form a band - initially called Mighty Joe Young - and became so close they wrote their debut hit, Plush, while sharing a hot tub.
Powered by Weiland's distinctive lower register snarl, Stone Temple Pilots went on to sell 13.5 million albums in the US - but their stadium-ready anthems became a target for grunge purists, who accused them of being sell-outs.
Success set Weiland on a dangerous path. The musician, who struggled with bipolar disorder, turned to heroin, and addiction made it impossible for the band to continue.
Set adrift, he recorded a well-received solo album, 12 Bar Blues, and joined the rock supergroup Velvet Revolver - later admitting he did it for the money. "I can't call it the music of my soul," he told Spin magazine.
In later years, he rejoined Stone Temple Pilots, and claimed to have kicked his bad habits.
"I haven't had a needle in my arm in thirteen years," he told Blabbermouth earlier this year.
"Overcoming my addiction to heroin was the hardest thing I've ever done, and I'm damn proud of the fact that the time in my life when drugs were stronger than my commitment to my health is so far behind me, and always will be."
Born in California, Weiland formed the band Stone Temple Pilots with brothers Robert and Dean DeLeo in the late 1980s and went on to enjoy early critical and commercial success.
But the success of tracks such as Big Empty, Vasoline and Interstate Love Song, which propelled the 1994 album Purple to the top of the US charts, was marred by in-fighting among band members.
The band took a number of breaks, with Weiland eventually leaving and co-forming the supergroup Velvet Revolver - with former Guns N' Roses members Slash (guitars), Duff McKagan (bass) and Matt Sorum (drums) - in 2002.
However, the singer's drug addiction issues were becoming increasingly problematic.
In 1995, the singer was convicted of buying crack cocaine and sentenced to probation.
He was jailed in 1999 for violating his probation after being convicted of heroin possession in 1998, and four years later, in 2003, sentenced to three years' probation for drug possession.
In 2008, he was sentenced to eight days in jail after pleading no contest to a drink driving charge.
Velvet Revolver frequently had alter its schedules to accommodate Weiland's court appearances and spells in rehab and the band's 2007 release, Libertad, was the last to feature Weiland on vocals.
They parted ways with Weiland the following year, blaming the singer's "erratic behaviour".
He later returned to the reformed Stone Temple Pilots - but in 2013 they, too, ejected him from the band, claiming he had been "misappropriating" their name to further his solo career.
Reports of Weiland's death began to circulate after musician Dave Navarro reportedly tweeted: "Just learned our friend Scott Weiland has died. So gutted, I am thinking of his family tonight." That tweet later appeared to have been removed.
No immediate cause of death was given in the official statement. The statement asked for "the privacy of Scott's family be respected".
Weiland's current band, Scott Weiland & the Wildabouts, were scheduled to play at a Medina, Minnesota, concert venue, on Thursday. The event was cancelled. | Tributes have been paid to US singer Scott Weiland, former frontman with Stone Temple Pilots, following his death while on tour in Minnesota. |
Summarize the passage below. | The sex of a child is determined by the chromosomes in the father's sperm.
But the daily newspaper Mangalam, in Kerala state in southern India, printed six suggestions for those who want to have baby boys.
There is a cultural preference for male children in India.
"The chance of a girl or a boy at conception is totally random," said Dr Shazia Malik, a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at The Portland Hospital in London, debunking the article.
"There is no scientific evidence on any method that will change this statistical chance when a baby is conceived naturally."
Mangalam, which filed the story in the health news section of its site, also advises potential mothers-to-be not to skip breakfast and to have sex only on certain days of the week, when the male sperm is "stronger". It said men can play a role and help strengthen their sperm by avoiding acidic foods.
But the strength of a sperm does not affect the baby's sex. The only way a baby can be male is if the fertilising sperm carries a Y chromosome.
Feminist Indian website The Ladies Finger translated the article from the original Malayalam language, which is spoken in Kerala.
"With all these inconvenient laws regarding sex determination, it is a relief that there is finally a fool-proof checklist to follow for boy-bearing," The Ladies Finger site wrote, sarcastically.
Tests to determine a foetus' sex are illegal in India, but that does not stop them taking place and leading to sex-selective abortions.
In 1961, there were 976 girls for every 1,000 boys under the age of seven. According to the latest census figures, released in 2011, that figure had dropped to 914.
Gita Aravamudan, Indian author of Disappearing Daughters: The Tragedy of Female Foeticide, said Mangalam's article is not likely to have a major impact, especially as it is written in a minority language, but it is one of many articles, "remedies" and old wives' tales that offer ways to avoid having a female baby.
"This article is even more ridiculous than usual, but such ideas are common," she told the BBC.
"It shows that attitudes like this still flourish despite initiatives taken by the Indian government, NGOs and health workers. The message isn't going through: people still value boys more than girls."
The preference for boys is longstanding in some cultures, and often comes from men being seen as the stronger sex and financial providers for families, especially during parents' old age.
In India, dowries, paid when girls eventually marry, are also seen as a high cost that could be avoided. | A newspaper in India has offered its readers scientifically unfounded tips for ensuring they conceive boys instead of girls, telling would-be mothers to eat lots and face west while sleeping. |
Can you write a short summary of this section? | Damien Joseph McLaughlin, 40, of Kilmascally Road near Ardboe, is due to stand trial next month on charges that include aiding and abetting his murder.
However, in court on Friday, police said he had breached his bail conditions.
They said he had not been seen by them since November.
Mr Black's family said they feel betrayed by the justice system.
Mr Black was shot dead by dissident republicans as he drove along the M1 on his way to work at Maghaberry prison in November 2012.
"Senior detectives involved in the case met with Mrs Black and her son Kyle this afternoon at the family home to offer sincere apologies on behalf of the PSNI for the stress and worry this situation is creating for them," Ch Supt Raymond Murray said on Tuesday.
"The officers spent a number of hours discussing the matter and listening to the concerns of Mrs Black and Kyle, as well as providing reassurance of the steps police are taking to locate the whereabouts of Damien McLaughlin.
"It was an honest and constructive meeting and we will keep Mr Black's family updated as we continue our enquiries.
"We also informed them that we intend to review this matter in order to ensure that the processes currently in place surrounding bail checks are robust and will provide the necessary requirements for both the families of the victims and the police."
McLaughlin had served just over two years in prison for possession of guns and ammunition.
He spent time in prison on remand on charges connected to Mr Black's killing, but was released on bail in May 2014. A series of conditions imposed were later varied, including the removal of a stipulation that he had to wear an electronic tag and a reduction in the number of days he had to report to police.
At Belfast Crown Court on Friday, a judge revoked McLaughlin's bail after being told that he had failed to sign with police in November and had not been seen by them since.
Kyle Black said the decision to relax the bail conditions was "laughable to say the least".
"What is even more farcical is that someone with previous terrorist convictions and who is charged with further terrorist-related offences cannot sign bail (which should be completed daily) for more than five weeks and takes until then before concerns are raised about his location," he said. | Police investigating the murder of prison officer David Black have visited his family to apologise after a man charged over his killing went missing. |
Can you write a brief summary of this passage? | 16 November 2016 Last updated at 07:00 GMT
Luisa Pearce from Staplehurst in Kent has been paralysed on her left side since minor surgery on her wrist went wrong.
She said it was "hugely important" for her to show disabled people they could "achieve anything".
The 100-mile, seven-day trek raised funds for her charity Freedom for Wheels, which helps people with the cost of mobility equipment. | A woman has become the first person to cross the Sahara on crutches and in a wheelchair. |
Give a concise summary of the passage below. | On Monday, the government announced proposals for 14 new garden villages.
Plans for a garden city in the Black Country were revealed in March, but it will not receive the same funding.
Bosses behind the Black Country plans said work was already progressing and they were "always exploring different funding streams".
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The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) confirmed a combined bid from Dudley, Sandwell, Wolverhampton and Walsall "was unsuccessful in bidding for garden village/town status".
However, a spokesperson added the Black Country Garden City scheme "is not reliant on DCLG funding".
Sarah Middleton, chief executive of The Black Country Consortium, which is behind the project, said about 500 had been built under the scheme so far, with thousands of homes planned to be built annually and millions of pounds of funding already secured.
She said the consortium was "always exploring different funding streams" and the DCLG's decision would not affect its plans.
It is claimed the ambitious Black Country Garden City project will see the biggest regeneration of brownfield sites in the country, spanning over 31 different areas.
The design would see pockets of housing built across the boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton.
Development is due to be completed by 2025.
Ms Middleton said smaller sites - including some derelict and developed land - would be developed instead of focusing on creating a new town in one area.
"We want to... make sure we're building out from the existing network of villages and towns across the Black Country," she said.
"We wouldn't particularly have one big site, and we actually don't think that would be suitable for a Black Country interpretation [of a garden city]." | Work is progressing on a scheme to build more than 45,000 new homes, bosses have said, despite a bid for funding being rejected. |
Summarize this article briefly. | A year ago, nearly 9,000 people died and more than 20,000 were injured when an earthquake struck the country.
The event, organised by Lakeland Mountain Guides, will see the spine of Catbells lit by people's head torches.
Matt Le Voi, one of the organisers, said the "euphoria" once they reach the top will be "absolutely incredible".
The Catbells Festival of Light aims to get the Nepal Earthquake back in people's minds, organisers said.
John Brooks and Mr Le Voi organised the event as they have both visited the country, and last year the group raised £5,000 for Community Action Nepal by climbing Blencathra.
Mr Le Voi said: "[Nepal] has firmly cemented itself within our hearts as an amazing place to be. On top of this, we both have Nepalese friends, many of them Sherpas, who would have been directly affected by the earthquake.
"Immediately after the earthquake myself and John knew we had to try and do something to provide funds for the Nepalese people.
"We're expecting about 500 people to be with us, so imagine Catbells with 500 people with their head torches on all raising money for this great cause - it's going to be electric."
The event on Catbells near Keswick, will see a photograph taken in darkness which will then be sold to raise funds. | Hundreds of people are to light up a fell in the Lake District to raise money for more than 20,000 people affected by an earthquake in Nepal. |
Summarize the following content briefly. | 14 December 2016 Last updated at 08:10 GMT
Actors including Felicity Jones, Forest Whitaker and Alan Tudyk were all there for the star-studded event.
The film is set between episodes three and four of the Star Wars saga and tells the tale of how the rebels managed to steal the Death Star plans.
Have a watch to see how Miriam got on. | Last night was the premiere of the new Star Wars movie Rogue One, Newsround sent super-fan Miriam down to the red carpet to meet the stars of the movie and to find out a little more about the film. |
Can you provide a brief summary for this document? | Developers intend to site the large turbine structures close to Mr Trump's golfing development on the Aberdeenshire coast.
The US businessman has taken on the Scottish government, which approved the plan.
Mr Trump began his challenge to the decision to grant planning permission more than two years ago.
He was furious when the Scottish government approved plans for the renewable energy development within sight of his multi-million pound golf development on the Menie Estate in the north-east of Scotland.
He said the 11 turbines would spoil the view.
Mr Trump made a series of legal challenges in the Scottish courts and has now taken the fight to the UK's Supreme Court in London.
He has argued that planning consent for the wind farm was so imprecise as to make it legally invalid.
Following Mr Trump's earlier unsuccessful actions in the Scottish courts, the Scottish government said its decision-making process had been vindicated and that the "painstaking work" of Marine Scotland staff who advised it was both fair and reasonable.
The Supreme Court judges are expected to deliver their verdict later.
The museum sought new premises due to a lack of space and because its lease was running out after 2018.
It has been awarded £725,600 from the Heritage Lottery Fund towards converting an Anti-Aircraft Operations Room (AAOR).
The building, built in the 1950s, is known as the Old Radar Station.
In more recent years it was used as a roads maintenance depot.
Highland Council has approved the museum's plans and its managers hope the lottery funding will be a "catalyst" for further funding awards. | Donald Trump's challenge to a planned offshore wind farm is being heard at the UK's Supreme Court.
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Gairloch Heritage Museum has secured funding to help it relocate to a blast-proof former Cold War building in the Wester Ross village. |
Can you summarize the following information? | The frozen meat, estimated to be worth about £300 million (3bn yuan; $483m), was seized in a nationwide crackdown.
"It was smelly and I nearly threw up when I opened the door," an official from Hunan province, where 800 tonnes were seized, told the AFP news agency.
Poor standards have made food safety a major concern in China.
According to state newspaper the China Daily, officials from Guangxi, a southern region bordering Vietnam, found meat dating back to the 1970s.
Some of the meat seized in Hunan province was found to have been refrozen after thawing out while in transit, according to the reports.
Yang Bo, an anti-smuggling official in Hunan province, was quoted as saying food was often transported in ordinary rather than refrigerated vehicles to save money. "So the meat has often thawed out several times before reaching customers," he said.
The Hunan province haul reportedly included beef, chicken feet and duck necks.
Authorities believe meat is smuggled into China via neighbouring Hong Kong and Vietnam, from countries such as Brazil and India, to sidestep import restrictions.
State media said 21 criminal gangs had been targeted by the police operation, with 20 people arrested in Hunan province alone.
News of the meat seizure came on the same day China's food safety watchdog asked three milk producers in Shaanxi province to recall infant formula powder.
Excessive nitrate levels were detected in some powdered milk samples and the products were branded as sub-standard, state media said.
The quality of milk products remains a sensitive topic in China after a deadly tainted milk scandal in 2008, when at least six children died and some 300,000 fell ill after consuming milk products contaminated by melamine.
The country has also faced criticism recently over a dog meat festival taking place this month, where about 10,000 dogs were expected to be slaughtered. | Chinese authorities have seized more than 100,000 tonnes of smuggled meat - some of it more than 40 years old, according to state media. |
Write a summary for the following excerpt. | The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) said the virus had been discovered in molluscs in the River Roach.
As a result, movement of live Pacific oysters has been restricted in the area, home to a number of oyster farms.
An outbreak of the virus in Whitstable, Kent in 2010 is estimated to have killed more than eight million oysters.
Cefas said existing controls in surrounding areas, including the River Crouch, River Colne and River Blackwater, had been merged and expanded to include the River Roach.
"There are no implications for human health: the virus only affects Pacific oysters," the centre said in a statement.
Oyster herpes occurs when water temperatures exceed 16C (61F). There is no cure and wipes out 60-100% of juvenile shellfish, experts say. | An outbreak of herpes which can decimate stocks of young shellfish has been found in an Essex river. |
Provide a brief summary of this section. | Wiggins, 35, wants to ride on the track at the Olympics in Brazil in August ahead of a potential British finale.
Tour of Britain director Mick Bennett said: "The Wiggins team have verbally committed to me, and hopefully that can be a lap of honour for them with gold medals around their necks."
The tour runs from 4-11 September.
Wiggins, who won the Tour de France in 2012 and is a four-time Olympic gold medalist, is riding at the Track World Championships in London in March.
"Bradley is such an icon, such a rock star, and it would be great for him to tour the country before closing down an amazing career," added Bennett.
"I don't know if this will be the toughest edition of the race yet but I think it should be the most exciting, and it's certainly the most spectator-friendly.
"Spectators will be able to see far more of the race than ever before."
The eight-stage Tour - which will coincide with the Vuelta a Espana in Spain - will begin in Glasgow before taking the riders through the Lake District, Cheshire, Denbighshire and south Wales.
It will feature a return to the popular summit finish at Haytor on Dartmoor, a split-stage in Bristol, which includes a time-trial and a five-lap road race, ahead of the circuit finish in London.
Last year's race was won by Edvald Boasson Hagen, racing for the MTN-Qhubeka team, which is now known as Team Dimension Data and includes British sprinter Mark Cavendish.
Mongo, aged 22, had suffered alopecia and was undergoing a routine health check at Twycross Zoo, but failed to come round from the anaesthetic.
The film of the "fight" was viewed more than a million times online, fuelled in part by Mongo's appearance.
Twycross Zoo said it was "displaying" rather than fighting and was perfectly normal behaviour for chimpanzees.
In a statement, Twycross Zoo said his death was unexpected.
"Mongo was undergoing a routine health check to investigate his enlarged air sac," said the statement.
"Although Mongo showed no other outward signs of ill health, the health check revealed that he had an infection and regrettably, he failed to recover from the anaesthetic."
Despite being hairless - inherited from his equally smooth father Jambo - Mongo was a hit in his group.
Early in life he had to work hard to be accepted but was recently an integral part of the strict hierarchy, headed by his father.
He was also popular with the ladies, particularly Noddy, who was usually close by.
A spokeswoman said: "A good natured and playful chimp, Mongo was often seen interacting with others - Tuli being a favourite playmate - and was just as popular with the keepers and other staff here at Twycross."
Hundreds took to the zoo's Facebook page to offer their condolences.
Marie Cross wrote: "Aw no so very sorry to hear this , RIP Mongo love and thoughts to his carers we will miss you lad x"
Staff at the zoo will carry out a full post-mortem examination after early checks revealed he also had some signs of heart disease.
Twycross Zoo recently started a study into heart disease in great apes. | Tour of Britain organisers hope 2013 winner Sir Bradley Wiggins will compete in the race for a possible final time as an Olympic champion.
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A hairless chimpanzee that became an internet hit when a film of an apparent fight went viral has died suddenly. |