Plans to develop a highly-skilled workforce to improve early years education are to be unveiled.

Article: The force said mental health issues resulted in 141,230 lost days among front-line officers.
The Liberal Democrats said the figures showed evidence of a force "being stretched to breaking point".
The Scottish government said the welfare of officers and support staff was taken "very seriously".
Police Scotland released the figures to the Lib Dems under Freedom of Information laws.
The party's justice spokesman Liam McArthur said police officers and civilian staff were not getting the support they needed from the Scottish government.
He said: "The savings that were promised by the SNP before the creation of Police Scotland have not materialised.
"As a result, officers and civilian staff are being asked to do more and more with less. With the chief constable warning that further cuts are coming, the pressure on staff is only likely to get worse."
He added: "We have already seen staff surveys which show morale is at rock bottom. The shortages are affecting the health of officers and civilian staff and these new figures are a huge concern.
"Policing is a high-stress profession at the best of times. The changes that the SNP forced through are stretching the mental health of officers and civilian staff to breaking point.
"This means giving police management the freedom to put resources where they are needed.
"Extra money is also required to plug the hole in the national force's budget and avert the loss of staff which would only put those remaining further under the cosh."
A Scottish government spokesman said Police Scotland would be expected to have "robust policies" in place to support staff and manage their health at work.
The spokesman added: "They have a number of targeted activities to support wellbeing and occupational health across the organisation.
"We have committed to protecting the police revenue budget in real terms, safeguarding policing from Westminster budget cuts and delivering an additional Â£100m of investment by the end of this parliament, in addition to Â£55m of reform funding in 2016-17."
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Summary: Police Scotland officers and staff suffering psychological problems took nearly 200,000 sick days over the last three years, new figures show.
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Article: The Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance has about 45,000 members working across the public sector.
On Friday, delegates to the union's conference voted in favour of a pro-Brexit motion by 68 votes to 58.
But the trade union umbrella group, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), wants the UK to remain in the EU.
In April, delegates to the ICTU'S Northern Ireland Committee conference overwhelming passed a motion of opposition to a British exit (Brexit) from the European Union.
The committee called on workers to vote to remain "for the stability of the economy of Northern Ireland, for the security of their jobs and for their rights as workers".
The UK's largest trade unions - Unite, the GMB and Unison - are all in favour of remaining in the EU.
The RMT transport union is in favour of leaving.
The motion debated by Nipsa members on Friday described the EU as "a club for the rich" that does not provide "meaningful assistance to workers".

Summary: Northern Ireland's largest trade union, Nipsa, is to recommend to its members that they should vote for the UK to leave the EU.
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Article: Only the construction of at least 12,000 affordable homes every year for the next five could help bridge that gap, according to Shelter Scotland.
It is one of four priorities outlined in its "Manifesto for Homes" launched ahead of the Holyrood elections.
The Scottish government said it aimed to build at least 50,000 new affordable homes in the next five years.
Shelter Scotland has also published the results of a survey which suggested that two thirds of Scots believe it is harder to buy or rent a home now than for previous generations.
The poll of 1,028 people, which was carried out for the charity by Ipsos Mori, suggested that 90% think it will be even harder for their own children.
Shelter Scotland wants the next Scottish government to commit to at least doubling the current level of affordable housing supply.
It has also called for action to meet the needs of Scotland's homeless, more support for private tenants and to tackle child poverty.
The charity's director, Graeme Brown, said: "Scotland's housing crisis risks creating a devastating generational gulf between the housing haves and the have nots.
"The high cost of housing and the stuttering supply of new affordable homes set against high and rising demand are at the heart of this crisis.
"Sadly, it is those on the lowest incomes and the most vulnerable people in our society who will bear the brunt of the housing crisis unless drastic and bold action is taken now.
"We urge all political parties to use the 12,000 target for new affordable homes as a benchmark for their ambitions to bring real hope to the thousands of people in Scotland without a suitable or affordable home while also delivering a major boost to jobs and the economy."
The Scottish government said it has helped 20,000 people - many of them aged between 18 and 35 - into home ownership since 2007.
A spokesman added: "We have invested Â£1.7bn in affordable housing over the lifetime of this parliament and have met and exceeded our target to deliver 30,000 affordable homes, including our 20,000...

Summary: Scotland risks creating a "generational gulf" between those with and without homes, a leading charity has warned.
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Article: Two high-tech cameras have been set up in farmers' fields in Conwy county and Ceredigion to show sheep and lambs roaming in the countryside.
It is part of a campaign in Denmark to highlight the traditional methods of producing Welsh Lamb.
It means Danes can now enjoy Wales at its best via "Lamb Cam".
Hybu Cig Cymru - Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) also hope the cameras will show the high level of animal welfare at farms producing Welsh Lamb as they promote the meat in Denmark.
One camera has been set up on sheep farmer Llyr Jones' land at Derwydd, near Corwen in Conwy county, with the other located at Mynydd Gorddu near Aberystwyth, Ceredigion.
The video links are being promoted in Denmark as part of a marketing campaign and in supermarkets, where the live-stream will be broadcast.
Mr Jones said the camera had been placed at the highest point on his farm's mountain, which gave views of Snowdonia.
"I'm very excited to be able to share my untouched, special corner of the world with the people of Denmark," he added.
"It would be impossible to fly the good people of Denmark to see my lambs here at Derwydd so this is an effective way of sharing our product with them."
Annual sales of Welsh Lamb in Denmark have risen by as much as 25% year-on-year with an import of over 120 tonnes, according to HCC.
Alex James, market development export executive for HCC, said that made the country a target market for the product.
"Wales is perfect for producing quality Welsh Lamb with its unspoilt, luscious landscape, clean air, a temperate climate and mineral rich soils, all fed by a myriad of streams and rivers," he added.
"The aim of the Lamb Cam is to share the excellence of this environment with the Danes so that they can also understand and appreciate what makes Welsh Lamb so special."

Summary: Counting sheep is being taken to a new level in Denmark where people will be able to watch the animals grazing in Wales via a 24-hour live stream.
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Article: It is hoped it will help recognise the "vital role" of those educating and caring for children aged up to seven.
Education Minister Huw Lewis said the Welsh government's draft 10-year plan would help support "raise the status" of early years carers.
Since 2008 children aged between three and seven have been educated through the play-based Foundation Phase.
Reports into the effectiveness of the programme in May said that while it was having a positive impact on how children learned, it varied between schools and raised concerns about how well children were being prepared for exams later on in their education.
The draft plan will go out to public consultation until 15 December and should be published next April.
It would cover everyone who works with children in both state-run schools and nurseries and private childcare settings.
The plan wants to see staff highly skilled and "highly regarded" in their career, who understand children's development, help all children to meet their potential and are bilingual.
Mr Lewis is visiting a staff training session at Herbert Thompson Primary School in Cardiff to unveil the plan.
He said: "The ages of 0-7 are a crucial time in every child's development.
"It's important, therefore, that individuals like those I will meet today, that play such a key role in supporting children during these important years, receive the right level of support, are highly motivated and skilled and feel that they are valued.
"We're determined to raise the status of careers in early years, childcare and play to a level which better reflects the vital role these practitioners play in supporting children's development."
Some of the proposals include:
Communities Minister Lesley Griffiths said: "We owe it to our future generations to get this right.
"If we reach our goals we will improve the lives of young children, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds."

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Michelle Payne, the only female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup, has been stood down from riding after testing positive for a banned substance.

Article: Lady the osprey has laid almost 70 eggs and reared 50 chicks at Loch of the Lowes.
The 29-year-old female, thought to be the oldest breeding raptor in the world, was spotted at the site near Dunkeld at 06:49.
Thousands of people watch her every year on a Scottish Wildlife Trust webcam.
Staff and volunteers at Loch of the Lowes had been on the lookout for Lady, who migrates to Scotland each spring after spending the winter in Africa.
She was identified after the sighting using close-up images of her plumage and eye markings.
Lady has already begun courtship with her regular partner - known as Laddie - and wildlife centre staff are hopeful the pair could again produce chicks this season.
Scottish Wildlife Trust ranger Emma Rawling said everyone at the centre was "thrilled" to see Lady return.
She said: "She is a very old bird and for her to undertake another successful migration is testament to just how special she is. However, it does demonstrate the conservation success story of the species as a whole.
"To think that ospreys were extinct in Britain just over a century ago really brings home how accomplished the concerted effort of conservation has been in that time.
"The questions now are whether she will breed, if any eggs will hatch and whether any chicks fledge."
The trust operates a special Ospreycam on their website for bird watchers to follow Lady's progress.
Ospreys were extinct in the British Isles between 1916 and 1954, but it's estimated there are currently between 250 and 300 nesting pairs in the UK.

Summary: An osprey has returned to a Perthshire nature reserve to breed for the 24th consecutive year.
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Article: There are deep sea lantern sharks that glow in the dark, wobbegong sharks that grow shaggy beards, and majestic, plankton-sifting whale sharks - the biggest fish in the sea.
Nevertheless, when many people think of these animals, one thing comes to mind: shark attacks.
As a beachgoer, diver or surfer your chances of encountering a shark, let alone being killed by one, are in fact incredibly slim; lightning strikes, bee stings and car accidents all pose far more of a threat than sharks.
In reality, people kill millions more sharks than sharks kill people.
A quarter of all shark species, and their relatives the rays, are threatened with extinction, according to a recent report from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
The main threat to sharks is overfishing and in greatest peril are the largest species.
But a controversial cull of sharks was recently ordered in Western Australia following a spate of attacks.
Scientists are now looking at other approaches to deal with the shark attack issue.
Prof Shaun Collin is leading a University of Western Australia (UWA) team of neurobiologists who are learning to think like sharks.
"We're trying to tread this very fine line of protecting both humans and sharks at the same time," Prof Collin told the BBC World Service programme Discovery.
By studying shark brains and shark senses, the team is developing and testing various non-lethal repellents. The aim is to manipulate the sharks' finely-tuned senses in ways that discourage them from approaching and attacking people.
One of these is a "shark-proof" wetsuit designed to make people look like poisonous, black and white banded sea snakes, something that many sharks tend to avoid.
The stripy wetsuit was first thought up years ago by marine biologist Walter Starck. Now a detailed understanding of shark vision is helping the UWA team to bring this idea up to date.
Nathan Hart, assistant professor at UWA, explained to me that sharks don't see as well as humans.
"We've made sure that the size of the bands...

Summary: Sharks have patrolled the oceans for at least 400 million years and evolved into a huge range of remarkable species.
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Article: Mr de Mistura was later due to meet officials from the opposition umbrella group, the High Negotiations Committee.
However, its chief negotiator said they were still deciding whether to attend.
The HNC wants sieges and air strikes on rebel-held areas to end before starting negotiations in earnest, but the government has so far not agreed.
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Eleven million others have fled their homes as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and those opposed to his rule battle each other, as well as jihadist militants from so-called Islamic State (IS).
The Syrian government team travelled to the UN headquarters in Geneva, the Palais des Nations, on Tuesday morning to see Mr de Mistura, the day after the HNC delegation had its first formal meeting with the Swedish-Italian diplomat.
The BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Geneva says the fact that both sides are participating is being seen as positive, but the opposition is waiting for a sign that the government will respond to its calls for humanitarian measures.
The HNC's chief negotiator, Mohammed Alloush of the rebel group Jaysh al-Islam, said he was waiting for the outcome of Mr de Mistura's discussions with government officials on Tuesday before deciding whether to formally join the peace process.
"Nothing has changed in the situation on the ground. So as long as the situation is like this we are not optimistic," he told reporters.
"There are no good intentions from the regime's side to reach a solution."
The UN envoy said on Monday that the HNC had made the "very strong point" that parallel to any talks, the Syrian people "deserve to hear and see facts on the ground".
"When I meet the Syrian people they tell me: 'Don't just have a conference, have also something that we can see and touch while you are meeting in Geneva'," Mr de Mistura told reporters.
The head of the government...

Summary: UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura has met a Syrian government delegation in Geneva, on the second day of talks aimed at ending the conflict in Syria.
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Article: The equipment, which is used to administer electric shocks to cardiac arrest patients, has been set up in the remote village of Wield.
The red phone boxes, costing Â£1 each, have been sited in Upper and Lower Wield, where the combined population is about 250.
Each defibrillator can be accessed by dialling 999 for a key code.
The phone boxes were reconditioned by villager Terry Frost.
The installation and equipment was paid for with a Â£2,500 grant from rural charity Fieldfare and Â£2,000 raised by young people in the village.
Tom Geddes, a fourth-year medical student at Bristol University, and his brothers organised the fundraising.
He said: "Having lived all our lives in the village, it was nice to do something for the village."
Parish council chairman Brian Collins said: "The Community Heartbeat Trust gave us advice and guidance on how to install the apparatus and we bought them through the trust.
"Howard Farley from the Hampshire paramedic service gave us a demonstration of how to use them - and it's really easy and safe, you don't need any medical expertise.
"If someone has what looks like a heart attack, you get them to the box, lift up the phone and follow instructions."

Summary: A Hampshire village has installed two phone boxes containing life-saving defibrillators.
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Article: A urine sample showed the Australian, who rode at Royal Ascot last week, had the appetite suppressant Phentermine in her system when tested on 11 June.
The sample was provided by Payne, 31, at the Swan Hill Cup meeting in Victoria.
Racing Victoria stewards in Australia will hold an inquiry on Thursday.
Payne has only just returned to Australia after she rode Kaspersky into fifth place in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot on 20 June.
She was advised of the test findings and stood down from riding in races and trackwork by stewards on 23 June.
Payne made history in 2015 when she became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup with Prince Of Penzance.
After her victory, she made headlines with her comment:  "I want to say to everyone else, get stuffed, because women can do anything and we can beat the world."
Her life story is being made into a film, produced and directed by actress Rachel Griffiths, who starred in Muriel's Wedding and Six Feet Under.
Payne made her Royal Ascot debut last week after serious injury ruled her out of the previous year's meeting.
She required surgery on her pancreas following a fall in May 2016 and spent a month in hospital.

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Article: Blake Ross, who was in care, was reported missing from Howdenhall at 15:15 on Saturday.
He was found unwell two days later on a city bus, and subsequently died at the Sick Kids Hospital.
Edinburgh Council is to conduct a Significant Case Review and police watchdogs are also investigating.
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal has instructed the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC) to conduct an independent investigation into the actions the police took in relation to the case.
The youngster's death, which is understood to have been related to his diabetes, is currently being treated as unexplained and police inquiries are continuing. One relative claimed he had suffered a cardiac arrest.
A crowdfunding charity page has been set up to raise money for a "send off" for Blake, describing him as a "much loved son, brother, triplet grandson, nephew and friend to many".
City of Edinburgh Council confirmed it would conduct a multi-agency significant case review into Blake's death.
A spokesman for the council said it was standard practice for an inquiry to be carried out when a child in care died.
He said: "The Care Inspectorate have been informed and there will be a multi-agency significant case review, commissioned by the chair of the Edinburgh Child Protection Committee, in accordance with our procedures.
"We are deeply shocked at Blake's sudden death and our thoughts are with his family.
"We will continue to liaise closely with Police Scotland as they carry out their inquiries."
Lothian Buses said the driver of the number four bus radioed his control room from Leopold Place to report that Blake was unwell.
A supervisor attended and police were also called before the teenager was taken to hospital.
Police Scotland Supt Lesley Clark said: "The matter has now been referred to PIRC. As in all matters concerning police contact before death, we will provide any necessary assistance to the PIRC as they conduct their investigation and we await the outcome of their report.
"This is a tragic set of...

Summary: Two investigations have been launched after a 13-year-old boy who went missing in Edinburgh without his diabetes medication fell ill and died.
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Article: But his fans should prepare for a change as the 42-year-old propels himself in a grittier, edgier direction, starting with Killer Joe.
The movie, which opens the Edinburgh International Film Festival on Wednesday, sees McConaughey playing a twisted Texan detective who hires himself out as a contract killer.
Directed by William Friedkin and co-starring Emile Hirsch and Britain's Juno Temple, the plot centres around a young man who wants to murder his mother for her insurance money.
He hires "Killer" Joe. But when he can't pay, Joe demands the man's young sister as a "retainer" for the job.
The film, which has an 18 certificate in the UK, depicts the detective's sexual relationship with an underage girl.
It also includes one graphic and violent scene involving a piece of fried chicken that is already the subject of debate from those who have seen the film.
"Hey, this is just another light, breezy romantic comedy with chicken," jokes McConaughey. "Seriously, this film is a different cat for sure.
"It's a really, really wild movie with a wild character. He is dangerous at every turn."
The script was originally written as a stage play by Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy Letts, whose writing has been described by fans as "the love child of Tennessee Williams and Quentin Tarantino".
Friedkin shot the movie over a number of weeks in New Orleans, which became the substitute for Texas.
The 76-year-old says he wanted to make the film because "it's about innocence, victimhood, vengeance and tenderness".
"I've experienced all those emotions in life and I like to put them in all my films," he explains.
McConaughey says he was drawn to the moral duality of Joe as a character. "Joe's charming and a gentleman on one hand - he certainly becomes Prince Charming to the daughter in that family - and yet he's a killer.
"I couldn't quite see him clearly as a character until I met with Billy Friedkin. It was Billy's affection for the story and the blasphemous humour within it which helped me understand him.
"Partly though, I took on the...

Summary: Matthew McConaughey has become known as an actor with an impressive physique, displayed in romantic comedies like How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Sahara and Fool's Gold.
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Article: The LGA says the current structure, with councils responsible for most schools but academies and free schools answering to Whitehall, is confusing and lets issues "slip through the net".
It wants local education "trusts" to oversee all types of state school.
The Independent Academies Association called it "a step back into the past".
The LGA says the current system is so complicated that parents often don't know how to make complaints or raise issues.
Academies and free schools, which now number about 3,500, are independent of local authority control and accountable directly to Whitehall which, says the LGA, "acknowledges it lacks the capacity and local knowledge to provide oversight". It says that local authorities, while responsible for 84% of schools, lack adequate powers to hold the growing number of these other schools to account.
A new LGA document sets out a wish list for the first 100 days of a new government, following the 2015 election.
It urges the government to set up local "education trusts" for all schools, including academies and free schools, which would bring together head teachers and governors, "supported and held to account" by local councils.
Good and outstanding schools would share expertise and support improvement, says the LGA, "leaving Ofsted free to focus on schools which require improvement".
"The current two-tier system of accountability is confusing for mums and dads to navigate... there are too many possibilities for issues to slip through the net," said David Simmonds, chairman of the LGA's children and young people board.
"Education trusts would strip away this bureaucracy and provide an easily identifiable place which parents can turn to.
"Someone has to take responsibility for accountability of schools and with local knowledge and links to the community councils are ideally placed to take this role," said Mr Simmonds.
Traditionally, local authorities have had a role in monitoring standards in the schools they control, acting as a "middle tier" between schools and the...

Summary: Parents in England should have access to a single local body responsible for standards in all state schools, says the Local Government Association (LGA).
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Article: He also said it would reduce the ability of Britain - and America - to "influence the dialogue" in Europe.
Mr Bloomberg told the BBC's Today programme that the UK might in the future fail to negotiate trade deals as beneficial as its current ones.
Leave campaigners said the EU helped "big businesses and fat cats" but did not "work for the British people".
How trade and the UK's economy are affected by membership of the EU.
Mr Bloomberg's name appeared on a letter in the Financial Times on Wednesday, signed by a number of major multinationals investing in the UK, warning of Brexit dangers.
The letter, signed by executives from firms such as Airbus, Microsoft, Cisco, Hitachi, Mars, and IBM, warned that leaving the EU could "materially affect future investment decisions" by companies such as theirs.
It added that "if there is one thing we as investors don't like, it is economic uncertainty", and concluded that "as investors, it is therefore very much in our interest that Britain stays in the EU".
Mr Bloomberg, who founded the financial news and data empire that bears his name, told the BBC that "the UK would be disadvantaged compared to the situation they have now", if it voted to leave the EU.
"They [the UK] have a special relationship with the rest of the EU, they have the borders that they can control, unlike the rest of the EU, they have a trade surplus with the rest of the EU. They have some abilities to influence the dialogue, without which - they would, and America, which is my concern, would not benefit," he said.
"It's not for me to tell British people how to vote, it is for me to explain what, as the employer of 4,000 people in the UK... what it means for our employees, and what it means for our company and what it means for America. And then that has to go into the thinking of the British people, who have to do what they think is right for themselves and the other countries that they have relationships with."
Mr Bloomberg added that it would be in the interests of the EU to negotiate trade deals which...

Summary: Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg says a Brexit vote on 23 June could leave the UK "disadvantaged".
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Article: 1913 - Britain and the Ottoman government sign a treaty recognising the independence of Bahrain but the country remains under British administration.
Manama is a major port city, commercial centre
1931 - The Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco), a subsidiary of the Standard Oil Company of California (Socal), discovers oil at Jabal al-Dukhan and production begins the following year.
1939 - Britain decides that the Hawar Islands which lie in the Gulf of Bahrain between Bahrain and Qatar belong to Bahrain not Qatar.
1961 - Sheikh Isa Bin-Salman Al Khalifah becomes ruler of Bahrain.
1967 - Britain moves its main regional naval base from Aden to Bahrain.
1968 - Britain announces it will close its bases east of Suez by 1971.
1970 - The Administrative Council becomes a 12-member Council of State, headed by a president, the ruler's brother, Sheikh Khalifah Bin-Salman Al Khalifah.
1970 May - Iran renounces its claim to sovereignty over Bahrain after a United Nations report shows that Bahrainis want to remain independent.
1971 - Bahrain declares independence and signs a new treaty of friendship with Britain. Sheikh Isa becomes the first Emir and the Council of State becomes a cabinet.
1971 - Bahrain gains formal independence from Britain.
1971 - Bahrain and the US sign an agreement which permits the US to rent naval and military facilities.
1972 December - Elections are held for a Constituent Assembly. Only Bahraini males over 20 can vote.
1973 December - After the constitution comes into force on 6 December, elections are held on 7 December for a National Assembly, an advisory legislative body, with 44 members (14 cabinet members and 30 elected by male voters) .
1975 August - Following claims by prime minister Sheikh Khalifah Bin-Salman Al Khalifah that the National Assembly is impeding the work of the government, the Emir dissolves the assembly and rules by decree.
1981 May - Bahrain joins the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, more usually known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which also...

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Hubble has probed a clutch of monster stars about 170,000 light-years away on the edge of our Milky Way Galaxy.

Article: The investigation, funded by the Alzheimer's Society, will monitor 140 people with mild cognitive impairment or "pre-dementia" and look at how stress affects their condition.
The researchers will take blood and saliva samples at six-monthly intervals over the 18 months of the study to measure biological markers of stress.
They hope their work will reveal ways to prevent dementia.
The results could offer clues to new treatments or better ways of managing the condition, they say.
People who have mild cognitive impairment are at an increased risk of going on to develop dementia - although some will remain stable and others may improve.
BBC Health: Dementia in depth
And past work suggests mid-life stress may increase a person's risk of Alzheimer's disease.
A Swedish study that followed nearly 1,500 women for a period of 35 years found the risk of dementia was about 65% higher in women who reported repeated periods of stress in middle age than in those who did not.
Scottish scientists, who have done studies in animals, believe the link may be down to hormones the body releases in response to stress which interfere with brain function.
Prof Clive Holmes, from the University of Southampton, who will lead the study, said: "All of us go through stressful events. We are looking to understand how these may become a risk factor for the development of Alzheimer's.
"Something such as bereavement or a traumatic experience - possibly even moving home - are also potential factors.
"This is the first stage in developing ways in which to intervene with psychological or drug-based treatments to fight the disease.
"We are looking at two aspects of stress relief - physical and psychological - and the body's response to that experience."
Dr Simon Ridley, of Alzheimer's Research UK, said: "We welcome any research that could shed new light on Alzheimer's disease and other causes of dementia.
"Understanding the risk factors for Alzheimer's could provide one piece of the puzzle we need to take us closer to a treatment that could stop...

Summary: UK experts are to begin a study to find out if stress can trigger dementia.
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Article: The independent savings bank will close its Motherwell and Baillieston branches, and part-time outlets in Muirhead and Shotts, on 28 August.
The bank said the move was a result of changes in branch usage and unsustainable operating costs.
Its core branches in Airdrie, Coatbridge, Bellshill and Falkirk will continue to operate as normal.
ASB said customers of the four closing branches could continue to access services online and by telephone.
About 20 jobs are expected to be lost as a result of the closures, although ASB said six new posts would be created following the strategic review.
The review covered all aspects of the 180-year-old bank's high street network and online and telephone operations.
In addition to the branch closures, ASB plans to "streamline and modernise" back-office processes, restructure departments and review staff skills.
ASB chief executive Rod Ashley said: "ASB operated for many years as a traditional branch-based bank.
"More recently, we have modernised our service delivery by offering online banking through our website and telephone banking through our customer contact centre.
"These improvements have proven extremely popular by providing customers with easy access to our services, when and how they choose.
"However, they have required significant and ongoing investment at a time when the banking sector has had to address many financial and operational challenges, ranging from the increased costs of stronger regulatory requirements to higher transaction-processing costs.
"As a result, the board has concluded that for Airdrie Savings Bank to grow and expand its services to the communities it serves in the future, we need to close some branches that are unsustainable, due either to low customer footfall and demand or the cost of maintaining them to a satisfactory standard."

Summary: Airdrie Savings Bank (ASB) is to shut four of its eight branches, following a strategic review of the business.
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Article: Warm temperatures are being experienced widely across Scotland, but so far they are still below the Scottish May record of 30.9C of five years ago.
By 14:00, the temperature was 27.2C in Aboyne in Aberdeenshire, 25C in Inverness and Aviemore in the Highlands and 24C in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
High temperatures have also been forecast for Friday when it could reach 29C.
The top May temperature was recorded in Inverailort in the Highlands.
BBC Scotland Weather said 27-28C was likely to be the hottest on Thursday, with the average expected to be between 13 and 16C.
Warm and dry weather has been a feature of May this year.
The previous month in Scotland was largely cold and wet with some snowfall.
May is traditionally seen as one of the best months for long spells of fine weather in Scotland.

Summary: All pictures via the BBC's Weather Watchers.
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Article: The annual pace of house price growth slowed to 4.9% in April, compared with 5.7% in the previous month.
In April alone, house prices rose by just 0.2%, the lowest monthly increase since last November.
Meanwhile a survey of surveyors has suggested that demand for commercial property has slumped to a record low.
The study - for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) - concluded that international investors have been put off by the possibility of the UK's exit from the European Union.
Nationwide said April's slowdown in house price rises came after the number of property sales in March hit a record high, when landlords rushed to beat an increase in stamp duty.
There were 165,400 transactions during the month, according to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), higher than the previous peak of 149,000 in January 2007.
"It may be that the surge in house purchase activity resulting from the increase in stamp duty on second homes from 1 April provided a temporary boost to prices in March," said Robert Gardner, Nationwide's chief economist.
Nationwide's figures show that the price of the average house or flat in the UK increased to a new record high of Â£202,436.
"House purchase activity is likely to fall in the months ahead given the number of purchasers that brought forward transactions," said Mr Gardner.
"The recovery thereafter may also be fairly gradual, especially in the BTL [Buy-To-Let] sector, where a wealth of other policy changes, such as the reduction in tax relief for landlords from 2017 are likely to exert an ongoing drag."
The Rics survey indicated that demand from foreign investors for UK commercial property is now at its lowest level since it started keeping records three years ago.
Uncertainty about the EU referendum was cited by 38% of Rics members as the reason for that lack of interest.
"There is no doubt that since the EU referendum became a certainty following the general election last May, we have seen a decline in interest from overseas investors in UK commercial property," said Rics...

Summary: UK house price growth slowed in April, following the surge of buying in March, according to the Nationwide Building Society.
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Article: Some two dozen behemoths were identified, all with masses in excess of a hundred times that of the Sun.
Four were known previously, including the remarkable colossus catalogued as R136a1, which is 250 times as massive as our home star.
But the new survey finds many more of the super-objects in a tight patch of sky within the Large Magellanic Cloud.
"In just a tiny bit of this satellite galaxy, we see perhaps a couple of dozen stars with more than a 100 solar masses, of which nine are in a tight core just a few light-years across," explained Prof Paul Crowther from Sheffield University, UK.
"But that two dozen number - that's probably more than are in the entire Milky Way Galaxy for this type of star," he told BBC News.
The observations are to be published shortly in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
They build on earlier work reported in 2010 that first described R136a1 - the most massive and most luminous star identified to date.
That study used data gathered principally by a ground-based telescope in Chile.
This follow-up research employed the pin-sharp resolution and ultraviolet sensitivity of the orbiting Hubble telescope to tease out yet more detail.
In 2010, astronomers saw four monster stars including R136a1 in the central core. Thanks to Hubble, they detect a further five.
The stars are not only extremely massive, but they are also extremely bright. Together, these nine stars outshine our Sun by a factor of 30 million, said Prof Crowther.
"Because they are so massive, they are all close to their so-called Eddington limit, which is the maximum luminosity a star can have before it rips itself apart; and so they've got really powerful outflows. They are shedding mass at a fair rate of knots," the astronomer added - up to an Earth mass of gaseous material per month.
The question is why this tight corner of space, located in the Tarantula Nebula of the LMC, harbours so many giants.
Prof Crowther thinks it is because the gas and dust in the region has become compressed as the Large...

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Nigeria's government has been accused of being too slow in its response to the kidnapping of more than 200 girls from a school in the north of the country.

Article: It's a key question in the debate about whether all schools in England should be forced to become academies, but the answer often seems frustratingly unclear.
An independent education data firm has carried out an analysis in an attempt to get an answer.
SchoolDash created a sample of secondary academies and local authority schools with similar characteristics to see how their exam results compare.
And the short answer is: Sometimes academies do better, sometimes not.
So what's the problem with getting a more definitive answer?
Almost two in three secondary schools in England are now academies - but it's become a term that is applied to very different types of school.
It's like using the same term to describe football teams in the promotion and relegation zones.
About 70% of secondary academies are known as "converter" academies - and these schools were usually doing well before they became academies.
For these academies, the SchoolDash analysis says there is no discernible pattern of any impact on results.
Based on raw averages - and because of the greater numbers of converter academies - this wouldn't show much of a positive story for overall academy results.
But there is another smaller group of "sponsored" academies, often drawn from schools in need of improvement.
Rather than look at these two types of academy together, this analysis treats the sponsored academies separately, and this finds a more positive impact.
Timo Hannay, founder of SchoolDash, says these schools on average do seem to make greater progress in GCSE results than local authority schools with a similar intake of pupils.
Taking a sample of schools which converted to academy status between 2010 and 2012, there were 3.6% more pupils achieving five good GCSEs including English and maths than comparable local authority schools.
There is also a greater improvement among disadvantaged pupils.
"GCSE results suggest that converting already high-performing schools to academies has little effect on their academic performance, so it's not true to...

Summary: If a school becomes an academy are the results more likely to improve?
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Article: In the wake of what is officially classified as one of the two worst nuclear accidents in history, ranking at Category Seven on the International Event Scale (INES), the "electricity too cheap to meter" vision of the 1950s appeared to be turning into a technology too costly to contemplate in terms of the human and financial balance-sheets.
Within weeks, Germany announced it would close all its nuclear reactors, and Switzerland followed suit. Even China, busiest of the new builders, delayed approval for new power stations.
And around the world, opinion poll after opinion poll showed nuclear power losing its lustre.
"Fukushima impacted significantly, firstly on public opinion, and secondly by creating the need to analyse what happened from a technical point of view, to learn lessons and apply them," says Luis Echavarri, director-general of the ONuclear Energy Agency (NEA) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
"I see a clear impact on plans for the future in the sense that there is a certain delay in taking decisions on new power plants - I think that's going to last for three to four years."
The vast majority of the reactors operating before Fukushima are still operating; even Germany stopped short of shutting them all down.
The glaring exception is in Japan itself, where only two out of 54 reactors are currently in operation. Some are shut for good; with others, local authorities have yet to decide whether to permit a restart.
But outside Japan, how does the future look a year on? Will Fukushima mark a full stop or just a comma in the nuclear story?
As always with this issue, the same set of facts produces very different interpretations.
John Ritch, director-general of the industry-backed World Nuclear Association (WNA), believes it has created a small pause - nothing more.
"Fukushima was a setback in terms of public perception and increased timidity on the part of policymakers," he says.
"But we're quite confident that the underlying facts remain the same; and that's what's...

Summary: In the tense days nearly a year ago when smoke rose around the stricken Fukushima Daiichi power station as if from a battlefield, when hydrogen explosions tore the reactor buildings apart and workers fought for their lives and Japan's future, it seemed as though we might be watching the death throes of the nuclear dream.
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Article: Peter Horrocks is calling for part-time higher education to be made a much higher priority.
There has been a 37% decline in UK part-time students in the past five years, Mr Horrocks says.
The OU head says he wants universities, employers and the government to "break down barriers" for part-time study.
Mr Horrocks, who was formerly the director of the BBC World Service, is using his inaugural speech as vice-chancellor to highlight worries about the sharp fall in part-time students.
When tuition fees were increased in England's universities, applications fell across the higher education sector.
But while applications for full-time undergraduate courses bounced back, applications for part-time courses and from mature students have not recovered.
"Last year, there were almost 370,000 people studying for an undergraduate degree on a part-time basis in the UK. Five years ago, there were more than 580,000. That's a decline of 37% in just five years and 200,000 life opportunities that have been lost," Mr Horrocks will say.
"I think each of those lost opportunities is a tragedy. A tragedy for those individual lives. A tragedy for their families. But also a tragedy for our wider society and economy."
Speaking on the 46th anniversary of the Open University receiving its royal charter, Mr Horrocks will warn of the loss of potential economic benefits from a flexible way of improving people's skills.
"Part-time higher education is just too valuable - to society, to the economy and to those citizens who should have equal access to that opportunity to study," he will say.
And he warns of the need to get more attention paid to part-time education, a type of learning in which the Open University specialises.
There have been warnings that the much greater political attention paid to the numbers of full-time applications has overshadowed the decline in part-time students.
A study last year by the Higher Education Funding Council for England examined why part-time student numbers were falling when applications for full-time...

Summary: The fall in part-time students in the UK means lost opportunities for individuals and the economy, the new head of the Open University warns.
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Article: Under the deal, the firm will pay the government £150m to put towards other rail network investments.
In return, the rail firm will also invest £13m in extra services and freezing some ticket prices.
Rail minister Claire Perry said the agreement would mean "significantly better journeys for passengers".
Chief executive of parent company Stagecoach Group, Martin Griffiths, said the new franchise would "deliver a multimillion-pound return to the taxpayer to help fund the Government's ongoing investment programme for the UK rail network".
Under East Midlands Trains' investment, 22 extra services will be added between Nottingham and Newark Castle on Saturdays by December next year.
They have also promised faster journeys and more services between Nottingham and Lincoln on Saturdays, as well as changes to information online and a new mobile phone app.
In addition to these improvements, the Department for Transport said the government would continue working on improving faster journeys and more services on the Midland Mainline and £6m has also been invested in a new railway station at Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
Minister Claire Perry added: "This is another example of the work we're doing to transform the UK's railways as part of our long-term economic plan, with more than £38bn being spent on the network between 2014 and 2019."

Summary: East Midlands Trains has agreed a new franchise to continue operating regional services to the North of England and London until March 2018.
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Article: Security forces are still searching for the missing students, who were abducted by Boko Haram Islamist militants on 14 April.
The military fuelled confusion in the immediate aftermath by incorrectly saying most of the girls had been rescued.
Parents and some girls who escaped say more than 200 students were seized from their school in Chibok in north-eastern Borno state by gunmen overnight. A local government official confirms the incident, saying the exact number of missing students is unclear but puts the number at around 100.
Nigeria's military says most of the girls managed to escape or were freed and releases a statement saying only eight girls are still missing.
Locals say many remain unaccounted for and parents of the missing girls head into the Sambisa forest near the Cameroonian border to search for them. On their return they say they did not see any Nigerian soldiers in the forest.
Major General Chris Olukolade, a military spokesman, says a report stating that most of the girls had been freed was incorrect but was "not intended to deceive the public." Parents insist that more than 200 girls are still missing. The military has not rescued any of the girls.
Asabe Kwambura, headmistress of the school in Chibok, appeals to the government to do more to save the girls and calls on the kidnappers - thought to be members of the Boko Haram group - to "have mercy on the students."
Ms Kwambura tells the BBC that at least 190 girls are still missing, contradicting a local state governor who said that around 80 of the students were yet to be found. Footage emerges of the school shortly after the attack, showing the classrooms after they were set alight by gunmen.
A government source tries to explain the discrepancy, by telling the BBC it was initially thought only science students had been seized ahead of their exam but there were also 105 art students in the hostels at the time, which the authorities had not realised.
Nigerians take to social media to show their anger at the government response and Ibrahim M...

Summary:


Vigilante groups seeking to expose paedophiles should stop taking the law into their own hands, Kent Police has said.

Article: It will become the 19th member of the eurozone out of 28 countries in the European Union, and the last of the Baltic states to join.
The Commission, in its report, said a formal decision would be made by EU governments next month.
The UK and Denmark are the only EU states with opt-outs from the euro.
All other countries are expected to join. Estonia was the first Baltic state to become a member of the eurozone in 2011, followed by Latvia on 1 January 2014.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, on a visit to Poland, welcomed the decision: "We'll be in the club of the strongest, we'll be able to take part in the decisions ourselves - currently we are on the other side of the door."
Looking forward to dropping the existing currency, the lita, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius said joining the euro also gave Lithuania added security in the face of the Ukrainian crisis.
Prospective members have to meet "convergence criteria", which are also assessed by the European Central Bank (ECB), requiring
In its assessment, the ECB warned that keeping inflation low in Lithuania "will be challenging in the medium term". Lithuania tried to join the euro earlier but was badly affected by the financial crisis.
However, EU Economics Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn praised the economic reforms adopted by the government in Vilnius.
"That reform momentum, driven in part by Lithuania's EU accession 10 years ago, has led to a striking increase in Lithuanians' prosperity," he said in a statement.

Summary: Lithuania is set to adopt the euro on 1 January 2015, after the European Commission said it had met the criteria for joining the single currency.
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Article: The quintuplet consists of a pair of closely linked stars - binaries - one of which has a lone companion; it is the first known system of its kind.
The pair of stars orbit around a mutual centre of gravity, but are separated by more than the distance of Pluto's orbit around the Sun.
The findings have been presented at the UK National Astronomy Meeting in Llandudno.
The unusual system lies 250 light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered in data gathered by the SuperWASP (Wide Angle Search for Planets) project.
This uses relatively small and low-cost cameras in the Canary Islands and South Africa to image much of the sky every few minutes.
Measurements of the brightness of individual stars are, over years, assembled into light curves - plots of brightness against time.
When the stars pass in front of one another, they produce a regular pattern of pairs of dips in the light curve.
Data from the new system revealed the existence of two binary stars, one of which was a so-called contact binary.
Co-author Dr Marcus Lohr, from the Open University, told BBC News that these contact binaries were stars that orbit so closely they share an outer atmosphere.
The other star pair - a detached binary - has a separation distance of some three million km. The two binaries orbit in the same plane at a distance of 21 billion km.
Follow-up observations of different wavelengths of light coming from the star system uncovered a fifth star, which is linked to the detached binary star.
"This is a truly exotic star system. In principle there's no reason why it couldn't have planets in orbit around each of the pairs of stars. Any inhabitants would have a sky that would put the makers of Star Wars to shame," Dr Lohr said.
"There could sometimes be no fewer than five Suns of different brightnesses lighting up the landscape."
Dr Lohr said the fact the stars all orbited in the same plane suggested they had all formed out of the same "proto-stellar disk" of dust and gas.
He added that systems containing this many...

Summary: Astronomers have discovered a very rare system of five connected stars.
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Article: The question: Linda asks BBC Radio 4's PM programme: "We hear about unelected bureaucrats making decisions in the EU. Please could you explain how the role of these EU bureaucrats compares with that of our civil servants, who are also unelected, in supporting the UK government in its decision making. Also, how are these bureaucrats chosen in the UK and EU."
Reality Check verdict: There are a number of different routes to becoming a civil servant in the UK. EU commissioners on the other hand are proposed by national governments and selected by the president of the European Commission. New legislation proposed by the Commission still has to be agreed by the member states and passed by the European Parliament, which is directly elected by EU voters. So it's misleading to say unelected bureaucrats make decisions in the EU. The 28 European commissioners are meant to carry out their responsibilities independently of their national governments. In that sense, they are similar to British civil servants - politically impartial and independent of the government.
The Commission plays a vital role in the EU. It is the body which proposes new legislation, draws up the EU's annual budget and manages and supervises EU funding. The Commission consists of 28 members, one from each member state.
Its president is nominated by the national leaders and then elected by the European Parliament by majority vote. Based on member states' suggestions, the Commission's president selects 27 other members of the Commission for a five-year period, each with a specific policy portfolio.
The European Parliament must approve the Commission as a whole but does not vote on individual commissioners. More importantly, any new legislation proposed by the Commission still has to be agreed by the member states and passed by the European Parliament, which is directly elected by EU voters. The statement of unelected bureaucrats making decisions in the EU is therefore somewhat misleading.
As an institution, the European Commission relies on the work of...

Summary: When there is talk about unelected bureaucrats making decisions at the EU, it is usually the European Commission that people have in mind.
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Article: Mr Bush allegedly made the pledge to Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, niece to US ex-President John F Kennedy.
The former president's office has not confirmed the report, with a spokesman saying he was checking.
Mr Bush, who held office from 1989 until 1993, has not endorsed Republican candidate Donald Trump.
If George HW Bush is indeed backing Hillary Clinton for president, that puts four of the five living presidents in the former secretary of state's camp.
George W Bush is the lone holdout - at least for now.
The Bush clan clearly isn't crazy about Donald Trump, given the way the New Yorker savaged Jeb in the Republican primaries.
It's worth noting, however, that the only family member with a political future - Texas Land Commissioner George P Bush - has endorsed his party's nominee.
The elder Bush does have a bit of a history with the Clintons. Although he and Bill Clinton were adversaries in the 1992 presidential contest, the two formed a friendship after the Democrat left office, co-operating on various charitable efforts.
It's unclear how much even an explicit Bush endorsement would help Mrs Clinton, given that most of the establishment Republicans who might break from the party have already done so.
This news might make it slightly easier for them to justify pulling the lever for the Democrat in November, however, rather than just sitting the vote out.
Neither has his son, Jeb Bush, who unsuccessfully competed for the Republican nomination, or other rivals in the race, Ted Cruz and John Kasich.
Ms Kennedy Townsend, a former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, posted a photo on Facebook of a meeting with George HW Bush, alongside the caption: "The President told me he's voting for Hillary!"
Mr Bush's spokesman, however, was cautious.
"Those reporting how @GeorgeHWBush will vote this year, it's not clear anyone was there to verify KKT [Kathleen Kennedy Townsend]. Still checking, keep your powder dry," Jim McGrath wrote.

Summary: US Republican ex-President George HW Bush will vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton in November, US news website Politico reports.
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Article: The force said paedophile hunter activities can hinder investigations and lead to offenders walking free.
Det Ch Supt Tom Richards of Kent Police said it also diverts resources away from cases involving real children.
Kent group The Hunted One said: "Police should concern themselves more with tackling paedophiles than us."
But Mr Richards said: "There have been zero cases in Kent where a vigilante paedophile hunter group has identified an individual who has at that stage presented a real risk to a real child.
"In the last two financial years, vigilante groups in Kent have contributed to 20 individuals being arrested but my resources alone in the same period have arrested 299 people."
Professor Martin Gill, a criminologist working for Perpetuity Research, said: "There is nothing worse than a police investigation to get to its crescendo and then be undermined by an often well-intentioned but disastrous intervention."
The Hunted One claims to have caught 57 people, leading to 27 convictions.
In October last year, Mark McKenna from Northfleet was jailed for five years after he was snared by The Hunted One.
The 38 year-old thought he was meeting an 11-year-old girl for sex at Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent.
But instead of talking to a vulnerable child online, he was speaking to the group of concerned parents.
Ben Bleach of The Hunted One said he could not understand why "a child has to be raped" before action is taken.

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A "dominating bully" who led a gang which smuggled a machine gun, semi-automatic handguns and ammunition into the UK has been jailed for life.

Article: First Milk, one of the UK's largest dairy farmer co-operatives, announced in June many farmers would be paid 1p less per litre from the start of July.
National Farmers Union (NFU) Cymru say the move is a "nightmare" for farmers, leaving prices below the cost of production in many instances.
First Milk said it had to "factor in" lower commodity prices.
Last Wednesday, Paisley-based First Milk announced the cut alongside news that its chairman, Sir Jim Paice, would stand down. It also confirmed a loss of about Â£22m for 2014-2015.
Sir Jim said commodity markets were continuing to decline and, despite his "regret", this had to be reflected in lower milk prices.
NFU Cymru chairman Stephen James said the price per litre for some had dipped from to 32p a year ago to 16.6p this month.
He said: "It's a bit of a nightmare for us in the milk industry at the moment.
"We're down to half and it's not sustainable, we can't manage at that sort of price.
"First Milk have to get their act together and get this price up from here sooner rather than later."

Summary: A cut to the price of milk may make production unsustainable for many Welsh farmers, a union has warned.
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Article: Comments ranged from anguish and shock to an outpouring of support and concern for the injured Liu.
The athlete, who won gold in Athens in 2004, crashed at the first hurdle but got up and hopped to the finish line.
For many, it was a tragic repeat of the 2008 Beijing Games when he pulled out with an Achilles injury.
"Ah Liu Xiang, my heart is broken," said one user of the Twitter-like Sina Weibo website.
News of Liu's fall dominated the front pages of many newspapers.
Many lauded him as a hero despite his failure to progress to the final - unlike the general reaction to his withdrawal in Beijing four years ago, which spawned a slew of criticism.
"Liu Xiang fell down, but he will be our hero for ever," said one netizen, echoing the feelings of many who watched his dramatic exit.
As Liu struggled down the track, he stopped at the last hurdle and kissed it, prompting the China Daily newspaper to dub that his ''last kiss''. He was then embraced by fellow competitors and helped off the track.
''He may not have cleared any of the hurdles, but he crossed the most difficult hurdle of his life,'' the official People's Daily newspaper wrote, paying tribute to Liu's persistence.
Liu Xiang left the track in a wheelchair, after an Olympic build-up that had also been overshadowed by injury.
He left London for Leverkusen after pulling out of the Diamond League London Grand Prix 110m hurdles final on 13 July - his 29th birthday - due to muscle pain.
Reports said that Liu's right heel was protected with tape when he entered the stadium on Tuesday. After the race, Feng Shuyong, the head of China's track team told a press conference that Liu had ruptured his Achilles tendon.
"What Liu Xiang did today reflected the true Olympics spirit," state media quoted him as saying. "Winning is not so important, participation is what matters."
Liu Yandong, a top Communist Party official, had called Liu to ''express sympathy and concern'', state media reported.
The official told Liu that ''his spirit, will and attitude have deeply moved and...

Summary: China is mourning the Olympic exit of Liu Xiang after he fell in the men's 110m hurdles heats, with media and netizens rallying behind the athlete.
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Article: David Anderson QC said his "central concern" about the proposals first unveiled by David Cameron in early September was: "Where are the courts?"
Temporary Exclusion Orders are one of the measures in the counter terrorism bill published by Theresa May.
It also includes tougher powers to stop people going abroad to fight.
It will include plans to stop some British citizens returning to the UK, and others from leaving the country.
In other developments on Wednesday:
Analysis by Political Correspondent Robin Brant
The government proposes the law, parliament passes it, then David Anderson reviews it - and sometimes makes recommendations. That's the usual sequence of events.
But today the independent reviewer was criticising the process before the new Counter-Terror and Security Bill was published.
The QC used his customary polite, sometimes understated, tone - but this was a criticism of politicians whom he said hadn't fully thought through some of the proposals announced in early September.
Read more from Robin
Mrs May's new measures to tackle terrorism come days after she said the UK faces a "greater" terror threat than ever before.
The measures include requiring airlines to pass on details of their passengers and changes to the way TPIMs - Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures - work to monitor terror suspects who cannot be prosecuted.
But campaigners have condemned it, saying it threatens civil liberties.
'A more sensible way'
Mr Anderson - appointed by the government to be its independent reviewer of terrorism legislation - said the new anti-terror legislation was "nothing like as dramatic" as David Cameron had proposed earlier this year.
He told the Joint Committee on Human Rights the original plan to block suspected British jihadists returning from Iraq and Syria as "an announcement waiting for a policy".
But he said it soon became clear such a move would "neither legally or practically" work and the current plan was now much "closer to managed return".
He argued there could be "a more sensible"...

Summary: Concerns about plans to exclude people from the UK if they go abroad to fight with extremist groups have been raised by the UK's reviewer of terror laws.
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Article: A congress should have taken place last month but was postponed indefinitely by Fifa on the grounds of carrying out integrity checks on current and potential SLFA members.
Last week, the Ministry gave the SLFA until 14 August to hold a congress to pave the way for elections, after the mandate of the current SLFA administration - led by Isha Johansen - came to an end on 3 August.
Fifa has responded to the Ministry's latest demand.
"It does not reflect the agreed road map which was initiated in order to address the conflicts and problems in Sierra Leone football," Fifa said.
Football's world governing body also repeated its directive that any ordinary congress should not be held until integrity checks are carried out on all current and potential SLFA members.
As such, Fifa warned the Ministry that the SLFA should manage its affairs "independently" and asked the sports Minister, Ahmed Khanou, "to abstain from taking any decisions contrary to this established process, particularly through the imposition of an ordinary congress on the SLFA."
A Fifa task-force is set to meet in mid-September to address the issues, and Fifa says it is still "committed to working with the Sierra Leone government, the SLFA and all goodwill organs (notably the National Sports Council) to bring sanity to football in Sierra Leone."

Summary: Fifa has responded to the deepening rift in Sierra Leonean football by telling the Sports Ministry to "abstain from taking decisions" related to the timing of the Sierra Leone FA's (SLFA) next ordinary congress.
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Article: Muzaffer Ali, 39, from Maidenhall Road in Luton, Bedfordshire had denied importing prohibited weapons.
Judge Jonathan Carroll told St Alban's Crown Court the weapons were to be used for "terrorising, intimidating and causing serious injury and death".
Four other men were also jailed for their part in the gun smuggling.
The court heard the men brought two shipments into the UK in February and September 2016, unaware they were under police surveillance.
Ali sourced the weapons from criminals in Amsterdam while other members of the gang provided security, delivered the firearms and collected money, the jury was told.
In May 2016, two gang members were stopped at the UK border at Coquelles in France and a search discovered firearms hidden behind the dashboard.
The court was shown evidence from mobile phones, automatic recognition data and police surveillance, gathered in an investigation by the Eastern Region Special Operation Unit.
Ali was found guilty of conspiracy to evade the prohibition on the importation of a prohibited weapon and conspiracy to evade the prohibition of the importation of ammunition.
He was told he must serve a minimum of 11 years before he can be considered for parole.
The judge described him as "a dominating bully" who had never had a legitimate income and had an "utter disregard" for the effects the weapons would have when used by criminals.
Ali's three "lieutenants" were found guilty of the same charges.
His older brother Khalid Hussain, 49, of Maidenhall Road in Luton was sentenced to 19 years, as was Haroon Khatab, 41, of Jasmine Road in Luton.
Sajid Khan, 25, of Manx Close, Luton was sentenced to 18 years.
Ali and Khan were also convicted of transferring a prohibited weapon and transferring ammunition.
A fourth man, Faisal Mahmood, 20, of Maidenhall Road in Luton pleaded guilty to importing guns and ammunition and was sentenced to seven years and 10 months.

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A woman who spent her life savings on dental implants that had to be taken out feels "butchered" by the dentist.

Article: Porsche's prototype 919 Hybrid won the Le Mans 24 Hours in each of the past three years and also won the 2015 and 2016 World Endurance Championships.
The manufacturer will halt its Le Mans programme at the end of this season, a year before its existing contract ends.
German rival Mercedes has also announced plans join Formula E in 2019.
Michael Steiner, of Porsche's research and development board, said: "Formula E is the ultimate competitive environment for driving forward the development of high performance vehicles in areas such as environmental friendliness, efficiency and sustainability."
Formula E chief executive Alejandro Agag added: "If somebody told me when we started this project five years ago, that we'd be announcing a partnership with a brand like Porsche, I wouldn't have believed it."
Porsche's departure from Le Mans leaves Toyota as the only LMP1 manufacturer in the series, and also calls into question the Japanese company's future involvement.
Audi, like Porsche also part of the Volkswagen Group, announced last year that it was quitting Le Mans and the WEC to shift resources to Formula E.
Other manufacturers already involved in the electric series include BMW, Renault, Jaguar and Citroen.

Summary: Porsche will compete in the all-electric Formula E series from 2019, ending its involvement in the top category of Le Mans sportscar racing.
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Article: The team at Kyoto University has found the clock's 'reset button' inside the brain.
Their study, published in the journal Science, showed the button could be used to switch the clock to a new time zone in a single day.
Experts said the team was "close to the money" in the hunt for a jet lag cure.
There are clocks throughout the body and a "master clock" in the brain, keeping the body in sync with the world around it to make people sleepy at night.
Anyone who has ever done shift work or a long-haul flight has experienced the disrupted sleep and hunger patterns of a body clock which is out of tune with the rising and setting of the sun.
The clock uses light to help keep track of time, but it is naturally stubborn and adjusts slowly.
The rough rule is that for every time zone crossed it takes a full day for the body to catch up. Fly from London to Beijing and it would take a week for the body clock to fully adapt.
The team in Japan have come up with a way to get the master clock to be a bit more flexible.
It is a group of 10,000 brain cells - about the same size as a grain of rice - which constantly talk to each other to keep a strict control over the time.
The scientists found that interfering with the vasopressin receptors, essentially a brain cell's ears that allow it to keep in touch with its neighbours, let the clock shift rapidly.
Genetically modified mice which had no vasopressin receptors were able to adjust to the clocks being put back eight hours within a single day, while normal mice took six days.
When the clocks were put forward eight hours then it took normal mice eight days to adapt, but those without vasopressin receptors adjusted in two.
Similar results were then achieved in normal mice using a drug.
The study's authors concluded: "Studies have shown that chronic jet lag and rotating shift work can increase an individual's risk of developing hypertension, obesity, and other metabolic disorders.
Sources: Mental Health Foundation and BBC Science
Discover what disturbs your sleep the most
"Our...

Summary: Drugs that rapidly tweak the body clock in order to avoid jet lag and the pains of shift work have moved a step closer after research in Japan.
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Article: The legislation, which was debated in the state Senate after passing in the House, will also shut down most of the state's abortion clinics.
Republicans had moved quickly to pass the bill after a Democratic senator originally blocked it with a marathon delaying speech.
Governor Rick Perry has vowed to sign the bill into law amid large protests.
The Texas legislation mirrors a series of state laws recently passed in Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, Alabama, Kansas, Wisconsin and Arizona.
The US Supreme Court legalised abortion nationwide in 1973, but about a dozen states have enacted laws in recent years limiting access to the procedure. Some of that state legislation is tied up in court battles.
The bill came near to passage last month but was blocked in the state Senate when Senator Wendy Davis spoke for nearly 11 hours - in a delaying speech known as a filibuster - in an attempt to run out the clock on the legislative session.
The following day, Mr Perry, a Republican who opposes abortion, called a special session to take up the abortion bill and other legislation.
The filibuster drew nationwide attention and made Ms Davis a heroine of the US abortion rights movement.
Anti-abortion and abortion rights protesters have rallied at the state capitol in Austin in large numbers since the second special session began.
In addition to banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, the bill will require all abortion procedures to be performed at a surgical centre, and mandate all doctors performing abortions have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles (48km) of the clinic.
Only six abortion clinics in Texas can be classified as surgical centres, and all are in major metropolitan areas, according to the Texas Tribune. Critics say the provision will force some women to travel hundreds of miles to have an abortion, while supporters say it will protect women's health and the foetus.
The bill's sponsor, Senator Glenn Hegar, argued during debate on Friday that all abortions, including those that are medically...

Summary: Texas legislators have passed a contentious bill banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
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Article: Polls displayed are the latest added, and the date displayed is last day of fieldwork. Read the full methodology
App users: tap here to see the poll tracker.
A final set of polls continues to give an unclear picture of the referendum outcome.
The gap between internet and telephone polls, which has been a feature throughout the campaign, still seems to be present.
Three online polls and one telephone poll have been released today.
Online polls by Opinium, TNS and YouGov are close to a dead heat. The single phone poll by ComRes gives Remain a modest lead.
Opinium and TNS put Leave ahead by very narrow margins: one point and two points respectively. YouGov also has the result practically neck and neck.
In their full data table they have both Leave and Remain on 45% with 2% responding that they will not vote and 8% saying "don't know".
However, when they weight the results for expected turnout and apply a "squeeze question" - asking people who are unsure which way they think they will end up voting - they reach headline figures of 49% for Leave and 51% for Remain.
ComRes's telephone poll has Remain six points in the lead.
An Ipsos Mori poll is expected on Thursday and a YouGov "on the day" poll will be released on the stroke of 22:00 BST as polls close.
The BBC's election guidelines state that no poll can be reported during polling hours, so this will be the final update to our poll tracker.
Don't expect an exit poll Thursday night, by the way.
Exit polls are based on analysis of previous elections, and the last UK referendum in 1975 is simply too long ago for a valid comparison to be made.
The only voting intention that matters now is that of some 46.5 million voters.
A series of of new referendum polls released on Saturday evening suggest that the result still hangs in the balance.
Online polls by Opinium and YouGov suggest the two sides are neck and neck.
Opinium for the Observer has both remain and leave on 44%.
YouGov has published two polls. For the Sunday Times it has Remain one point up; for ITV it has...

Summary: Senior BBC political analyst Peter Barnes examines the latest poll trends.
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Article: Jackie Stokes, from Burton-upon-Trent, said she spent Â£9,500 on implants in Hungary but an investigation found her treatment plan caused "irreversible damage to otherwise healthy teeth".
Dentist Dr Zsolt Csillag was given a one-year supervision order by the General Dental Council.
He did not respond to attempts to contact him.
The Forest and Ray Medical Care Group said he had left the company due to "personal reasons".
The clinic said it "always puts patients first" and treated Mrs Stokes with extra care, above and beyond its normal routine.
Mrs Stokes said: "It has left me feeling like I have been assaulted, butchered and robbed of my life savings.
"I was advised by an NHS dentist to go down the implant road... because it wasn't on the NHS I would go seek help elsewhere.
"A friend of mine had been over to Hungary so we decided to go down that line," the 65-year-old added.
Mrs Stokes had implants in her upper jaw and crowns on eight teeth in her lower jaw, over two trips to Budapest.
On her second visit in June 2013, she said she was left with a "bulldog bite" - a gap between her gums and upper teeth through which food would seep.
The implants failed and were later removed. She now has to wear dentures.
In total, Mrs Stokes said she had 27 visits to the dental group over four years.
The General Dental Council found Dr Csillag should not have put crowns on her eight lower teeth because they were healthy.
In relation to Mrs Stokes and another patient, his treatment plan for them included "irreversible damage to otherwise healthy teeth", the investigation found.
The restrictions placed on Dr Csillag can only be imposed when he is working in the United Kingdom.

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Starbucks may be complaining of "global headwinds" but that did not stop the world's biggest coffee chain from reporting record annual profits.

Article: SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon and Patrick Harvie of the Scottish Greens argued it would be undemocratic to rule out a referendum if enough people wanted one.
But the leaders of the other three parties called on them to respect the result of the last referendum.
The BBC Scotland debate was held at Hopetoun House, near Edinburgh.
It featured Ms Sturgeon and Mr Harvie alongside Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale, Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson and Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie.
The hour-long discussion was held just days before Thursday's Scottish Parliament election.
There were angry exchanges over delays to the UK government contracts to build Royal Navy frigates at the Clyde shipyards, which unions have claimed could cost hundreds of jobs.
But it was the issue of independence - and more specifically whether or not there should be a second referendum in the future - that sparked the fiercest responses.
Ms Sturgeon stuck to her position that there should be another referendum if it was clear a majority of people wanted one, or if there was a "material change" in circumstances, such as Scotland being taken out of the EU against its will.
The SNP leader said she continued to believe that independence offered the best future for the country.
She added: "But if those of us in Scotland who support independence cannot persuade people that we didn't persuade in 2014, if independence doesn't become the preferred option of a majority, we will not have earned the right to ask that question again.
"But on the other hand, if people do change their minds and there is clear and sustained evidence that independence has become the preference of a majority of people in Scotland, then no politician has the right to stand in the way of the democratic wishes of the Scottish people."
Speaking later, on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, she clarified that opinion polls held over a period of time would be the deciding factor in calling a second referendum.
She reiterated that there would need to be "clear and...

Summary: The prospect of a second referendum on Scottish independence has dominated the final TV debate between the leaders of the country's five main parties.
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Article: The review was led by the former chief medical officer of England, Sir Liam Donaldson.
The review makes a total of 10 recommendations.
Sir Liam was asked to look at just how effectively the Department of Health (NI) and the health trusts have been performing.
He has also reviewed the care of patients and management of staff.
He said the fact there are too many hospitals does not allow the public to receive the best healthcare.
As a result, expertise was being too thinly spread.
Sir Liam said that the Transforming Your Care programme established that elsewhere in the UK, a population of 1.8 million people would likely be served by four acute hospitals - not the 10 that Northern Ireland has.
"Past analysts and observers have pointed to the current level and citing of provision not being in keeping with maintaining high standards of care," the review said.
"Some populations are just too small to warrant full-blown general hospital facilities yet they are kept in place because of public and political pressure.
"Amongst those who work within the system, there is deep frustration that the public are not properly informed about the higher risks of smaller hospitals and that the misapprehension that alternative forms of provision are in some way inferior to a hospital."
His report also found that some diseases like cancer and diabetes got priority.
He said provision for other conditions was "inadequate and fragmented".
He says people with long-term illnesses should be trained to manage their own conditions.
Sir Liam recommends that an international panel of experts is set up to redesign some health and social care facilities.
The review also suggests that politicians and the public should agree in advance to accept whatever is proposed, including closing some hospitals.
The far-reaching report concludes that Northern Ireland's health system is no more or less safe than any other part of the UK.
However, it criticises the implementation of the Transforming Your Care programme, which he said required a "rocket buster"...

Summary: A review into Northern Ireland's health service has said there are too many hospitals for the 1.8 million population.
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Article: BBC business editor Robert Peston said he was encouraged to go by the heads of the Bank of England and the FSA.
Mr Diamond said he was stepping down because the external pressure on the bank risked "damaging the franchise".
Chief operating officer Jerry del Missier has also resigned, the third top executive in two days to do so.
Barclays chairman Marcus Agius, who had announced his own resignation on Monday, will now take over the running of Barclays until a new chief executive is appointed.
BBC business editor Robert Peston said the heads of the City's two main regulators had been unable to force Mr Diamond out "because the recent FSA investigation into how Barclays attempted to rig the important Libor interest rates did not find him personally culpable".
By Robert PestonBusiness editor
FSA boss slams 'greed' at banks
"However, as a regulated institution, it was impossible for Barclays' board to ignore the revealed wishes of the two most powerful regulators in the City."
Earlier, Lord Turner, the chairman of the Financial Services Authority, described the outrage that has built up over the bank's actions.
"The cynical greed of traders asking their colleagues to falsify their Libor submissions so that they could make bigger profits - has justifiably shocked and angered people, in particular when we are facing hard economic times provoked by the financial crisis," he told the Financial Services Authority's annual meeting.
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            27 June: Barclays fined £290m by US and UK regulators for attempting to manipulate Libor rates
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            28 June: Barclays shares plunge 15%
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            29 June: Bank of England governor calls for change in banking culture
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            1 July: It emerges that RBS has sacked four traders over Libor and there are calls for changes in the law to cover Libor-rigging
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            2 July: Barclays chairman Marcus Agius resigns and the government launches two inquiries into Libor and banking standards
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            3 July: Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond resigns
Timeline:...

Summary: Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond has resigned a week after the bank was fined a record amount for trying to manipulate inter-bank lending rates.
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Article: In Sunderland, the party won 21 of the 25 seats, but mayor Bob Heron lost his to Independent Anthony Allen. The Conservatives also took a Labour seat.
Gateshead Borough Council remained unchanged with Labour holding 18 seats and the Liberal Democrats four.
Labour held North Tyneside with 44 seats, took 17 out of 18 on South Tyneside and kept control in Newcastle with 52 seats.
By Fergus HewisonBBC Newcastle political reporter
No major surprises and not much of a headline perhaps. But, on closer inspection, the interesting story is about UKIP.
So lots of UKIP second places - but no councillors elected.
The question is: can UKIP translate votes into seats in future and gain power rather than just support?
In South Tyneside, UKIP lost a previously-held seat. It failed to take any seats in Sunderland but came second in 16 wards and the same position in nine Newcastle wards, 14 in South Tyneside, nine in North Tyneside and 13 in Gateshead.
UKIP chairman Steve Crowther described this result as "extremely encouraging".
"It's not somewhere where we have had a strong performance before, in the North East - an area that we are looking to build," he said.
It is not known what will happen to the Sunderland mayoral post as it is mainly ceremonial and the one-year term was due to end soon.
Mr Heron said he was "quite stunned" at the result.
"However, we've always had close elections in the Copt Hill ward, so I knew it was one of those things which would have to go right up to the wire," he said.
In North Tyneside, the Conservatives now have 12 seats and the Liberal Democrats four.
South Tyneside Council will now be made up of 49 Labour councillors, three Independents, one Conservative and one UKIP.
In Newcastle, there was one gain each for Labour and the Liberal Democrats and two losses for the Liberal Democrats.

Summary: Labour has retained control of five of its councils in the North East.
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Article: It made an operating income of almost $4.2bn (Â£3.4bn) for the year to 2 October, up 16% on the previous year.
That was mainly down to a strong showing for its biggest market, the Americas, where net sales rose 11%.
However, in the fourth quarter of its financial year, global sales at existing stores rose by only 4%.
That was lower than the 4.9% rise analysts had expected.
The fastest growth was in the China and Asia Pacific region, which recorded growth of 23% for the year.
Starbucks boss Howard Schultz said its Chinese stores were the most efficient and lucrative.
While Starbucks still makes most of its profit in the US, Mr Schultz has said expansion in China will secure its future for "decades to come".
Last month, Starbucks announced plans to more than double its stores in China to 5,000 by 2021.
Mr Schultz said the company was facing "ongoing economic, consumer and geopolitical headwinds".
Mr Schultz, who has been warning of a "seismic shift in consumer traffic" for years, said the popularity of online shopping was keeping people at home and away from main shopping streets or malls.
In Europe, the Middle East and Africa, sales dropped by 1% during the fourth quarter, while in China and Asia Pacific, sales were up by 1%.
Starbucks operates 25,085 stores in 75 countries worldwide, with 690 new ones having opened in the last quarter.

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Two new species of magnolia flower have been identified after being spotted on "Noah's Ark" online archive.

Article: The launch of the new bus, which will run between Victoria Station in central London and Hackney in the east, wasdelayed for a weekby paperwork.
TfL said a software glitch meant the bus had to be run with its distinctive rear platform shut, calling it "teething problems".
The mayor called the bus "stunning" and "tailored to the London passenger".
Following the new driver-and-conductor vehicle was a "protest" bus covered in slogans attacking the rise in public transport fares in London.
Mayor Boris Johnson has been criticised by the Labour, the Lib Dems and Green Party over the cost of the buses.
Mr Johnson announced plans for the new buses, which run on a hybrid diesel-electric motor, in his 2008 election manifesto.
In total, eight buses with an open "hop-on, hop-off" platform at the rear, costing £11.37m, will run on route 38. They will be staffed with conductors and will not run at night or during the weekends.
The last of the popular, open-platform Routemasters was withdrawn from regular service in December 2005, although some still run on tourist routes.
Mike Weston, of TfL, saidhe thought the new buses would become "a much-treasured sight on the streets of London".
But in an open letter to the mayor, Labour MP for Tottenham David Lammy said each new bus costs £1.4m compared with the conventional double-decker bus which costs about £190,000.
"Riding this bus is surely the most expensive bus ticket in history," he said.
"With 62 seats at a cost of £1.4m, the cost per seat is £22,580. At £22,695, you can buy a brand new 3 series BMW."
The Green Party said its London mayoral candidate Jenny Jones had questioned "how the mayor will deal with the problem of fare evasion and also, whether expenditure on the new bus is the best environmental choice".
"Jenny is concerned that London bus operators will refuse to buy these new buses for London, as their costs will be considerably higher if they are unable to re-sell them second hand to either UK operators or foreign operators," a Green Party spokesman...

Summary: The first new Routemaster has begun its first day of service in London, Transport for London (TfL) said.
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Article: They made the discovery when they continuously monitored the blood pressure of nearly 700,000 people as they went about their normal lives.
Some 37% of 8,295 patients thought to have stubborn or resistant hypertension actually had "white coat" hypertension.
The experts call for mandatory 24-hour checks, Hypertension journal reports.
The NHS advisory body NICE has recently proposed that patients suspected of having high blood pressure will get another check at home because of fears that nerves from being at a GP surgery may be leading to too many people being diagnosed.
It says so-called white coat hypertension affects a quarter of all people.
But the latest research suggests that the phenomenon may be more common and is leading some people to have aggressive medical treatment that they may not actually need.
Resistant hypertension occurs when a patient's blood pressure remains above treatment goals, despite using three different types of drugs at the same time.
It was these patients that the researchers focused on.
They asked the patients to wear a portable "ambulatory" monitoring device that takes blood pressure readings every 20 minutes day and night.
This revealed only 63% had true resistant hypertension. These tended to be patients who either smoked or had diabetes or a heart condition.
Study leader Dr Alejandro de la Sierra, from the University of Barcelona in Spain, said: "Physicians should be encouraged to use ambulatory monitoring to confirm resistant hypertension in their patients as it would ensure the most effective treatment options are used.
"Patients benefit by knowing whether their blood pressure is normal during daily activities or still needs the reinforcement of dietary and drug measures."
Ellen Mason, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said the findings suggest that medication can work for more people than realised.
"Visiting the doctor seemed to make some people falsely appear resistant to the effects of these drugs so the study was helpful in trying to identify which...

Summary: A third of hard-to-treat high blood pressure may actually be 'fake' and instead a patient's nervous response to being seen by a doctor, say experts.
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Article: A petition for an inquiry has amassed nearly 12,000 signatures, enough for the government to have to respond.
Concerns surround a system on the northbound carriageway that triggers a series of traffic signals and barriers for restricted vehicles.
The scheme was introduced in response to the 2014 Dart Charge scheme, where crossing tolls are paid online.
While southbound vehicles cross via the Queen Elizabeth II bridge, northbound vehicles travelling from Kent to Essex use the Dartford Tunnel.
The latest delays came as one side of the tunnel was closed for scheduled roadworks in the early hours.
Drivers were stuck on the Kent side for up to five hours, while two lanes out of four closed until 05:20 BST.
Haulier Alan Pattison, who is behind the petition, said the removal of toll booths under the Dart Charge scheme in favour of online or phone payments has improved the southbound crossing but made the northbound journey "abysmal".
He said: "It's so much worse, I don't know what they've done.
"If you've been through [the crossing] you know how many sets of lights there are.
"If there's the slightest incident, the dealing with it is so slow... it's a general accumulation of all things."
Mr Pattison said his company, AP Ashdown Ltd, which is based in Essex, can be fined if a lorry misses a delivery slot.
He said: "This year alone we're looking at Â£4-5,000 worth of losses due to traffic disruption."
Highways England denied the changes had caused problems, adding the removal of tool booths had saved motorists "six minutes" on average.
A spokesman said: "Dartford is successfully speeding up journeys, saving motorists an average of about six minutes.
"The government will respond to the petition in due course."

Summary: The government will consider calls for a public inquiry into Dartford Crossing congestion concerns.
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Article: Family court judge Lynn Roberts was told the 16-year-old boy had too little space to move around in.
His parents had "huge amounts of belongings" which had "taken over their home", the hearing in Ipswich was told.
The judge said the teenager, who was born with "profound disabilities", had been spending days "mainly confined to a very small space on the floor".
Judge Roberts said the youngster had been schooled at home and she had "great concern" he had not been seen in his "home environment" by education officials.
She was also concerned professionals with responsibility for his care had "just accepted" what his parents had said about his abilities without carrying out tests.
Judge Roberts made a care order following a request from social services at Essex County Council.
The judge did not identify the boy or his parents.
His parents were "loving" but had been "neglectful" and had caused him to become "socially isolated", she said.
"The parents, for their own personal reasons, had collected or inherited huge amounts of belongings which had taken over their home," the written ruling said.
"This meant (he) had very little space in which to move around and that, with his mobility difficulties, his ability to move around was greatly inhibited."
The judge concluded there was "too much stuff around".

Summary: A disabled teenager is to be taken into local authority care because his Essex home has been deemed "too cluttered".
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Article: Photographs of the endangered Magnolia dealbata, held by Bristol-based Arkive, were seen by a botanist at a Mexican university more than 5,500 miles away.
The plants were tracked to Mexico's Serra Gorda Biosphere Reserve and identified.
Lucie Muir, chief executive of Arkive, said they were "thrilled" by the discovery.
After seeing pictures of the flowers, botanist Dr Jose Antonio Vazquez asked the original photographer for more images of the plant.
Photographer Roberto Pedraza Ruiz said he then made several more trips to the forest "documenting the flowers and fruits of the trees until finally receiving confirmation that I had photographed not only one but two completely new species of magnolias".
The first specimen was named Magnolia rzedowskiana, after emininet Mexican botanist, Dr Jerzy Rzedowski, while the second is to be named Magnolia pedrazae, in honour of its photographer.
Mr Ruiz said: "This is without doubt the highest honour that a conservationist and nature photographer can receive."
The Arkive website, run by the charity Wildscreen, hosts 16,000 images of flora and fauna.
It claims to be the world's largest online encyclopaedia of life, receiving donations of images from wildlife film-makers, photographers, conservationists and scientists.

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