The 30-year-old reached three figures off 78 balls as the hosts took control of the third Test match in Sydney. Warner, who was out for 113, is the first batsman to hit a century in the opening session of a Test in Australia. Fellow opener Matt Renshaw, 20, scored his first Test century, ending unbeaten on 167 to help Australia reach 365-3. Renshaw, who was born in England, shared an opening stand of 151 with Warner and went on to bring up his century off 201 balls, despite being struck on the helmet by Mohammad Amir. Warner, meanwhile, smashed 17 fours to reach his hundred four minutes before lunch, falling to Wahab Riaz soon after the interval. He follows fellow Australians Victor Trumper, Charles Macartney and Donald Bradman, and Pakistan's Majid Khan, in achieving the feat. Batsmen who have scored centuries before lunch on day one of a Test match: It is the fourth time Warner has made a Test century in fewer than 100 balls, and his third consecutive ton in Tests at the Sydney Cricket Ground. "It's a honour and privilege to be amongst the greats of the game," he said. "It wasn't something in the back of my mind to go out and score a 100 in a session. It was about going out there with intent and batting positive." Bill Lawry, commentating on Australia's Nine Network, described it as a "great moment for Test cricket". Warner's feat also won widespread praise from fans, including champion wheelchair racer Kurt Fearnley. Australia lead the three-match series 2-0.

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There is little doubt it feels athletics is getting a raw deal as a result of the publication of allegations by German broadcaster ARD and the Sunday Times that it effectively turned a blind eye to rampant cheating and suspicious blood tests involving hundreds of athletes - allegations the IAAF calls "sensationalist and confusing". In a lengthy and robust statement, the IAAF made some valid points; the majority of the blood readings were taken before the introduction of the 'biological passport' in 2009, cannot be used as proof of doping, and are not the same as failed tests. What they are is essentially an indicator, a clue, open to interpretation, and potentially explained by a range of factors - from altitude to pregnancy and illness. The database was indeed shared with world anti-doping agency Wada, so why, they ask, did its chief, Sir Craig Reedie, express his surprise at the allegations? Despite the profile afforded to it by being the biggest of the Olympic sports, athletics is a minnow in financial global sporting terms. With revenue of just ¡ê40m a year, there is clearly a limit to what the IAAF can do to police its sport with only 10 people employed to oversee testing. It has indeed pursued 63 cases based on the biological passport programme with 39 athletes punished. It had targeted, tested and caught dopers. Athletics conducts a lot more tests than many sports, and it is clearly unfair to suggest it has sat there and done nothing. IAAF vice-president Lord Coe was even firmer in his defence of the sport, describing the allegations as a "declaration of war" against track and field and citing the interpretation of the data as "breathtaking ignorance or a level of malevolence". Naturally perhaps, for a man who loves the sport he once graced, Coe did not hold back, calling the coverage "selective" and "wrong", and an attempt to "destroy the reputation of our sport". With the credibility of athletics on the line, the anger of Coe and the IAAF at the damage being done is understandable, and they are fully entitled to their opinion if they feel hard done by. But as athletics braces itself for more revelations this weekend, its stance has undoubtedly disappointed some critics who want the sport to acknowledge, rather than deny, that it has a major problem. After all, outgoing IAAF president Lamine Diack admitted to me earlier this year his sport was indeed "in crisis". Some athletes have come out and said the revelations merely confirmed their suspicions, and would rather the IAAF use the scandal as a catalyst for change than vent ire at the impression it has created. Sergey Bubka, Coe's rival in the presidential election taking place on 19 August, took a very different approach in his response to the crisis, calling for more transparency and admitting the IAAF needed to be "more proactive". This week Diack described the allegations as "a joke". Very few are laughing. As Dick Pound, former head of Wada, said: "I'm not sure what he meant." Pound is currently heading a Wada independent commission investigating earlier allegations of widespread doping and cover-ups in Russia. in 2013 he told the Mail on Sunday: "It's clear that cycling, athletics, swimming, tennis and soccer have major problems and are ruled by governing bodies in denial." A central plank of Coe's IAAF presidential election campaign has been getting tougher on doping and he has spoken about life bans for those caught cheating. However, given his involvement in the IAAF for several years, and his condemnation of the media outlets who have exposed the leaked files, is he too close to make those changes? By threatening legal action against the whistleblower and attacking the messenger, athletics leaves itself open to comparisons with the way Fifa attacked the BBC and the Sunday Times over its exposes of corruption surrounding World Cup bidding in recent years. Many will argue the story is of significant public interest, and that the IAAF and Coe were too quick to dismiss it after just a few days. The IAAF can hardly be surprised some are sceptical. After all, back in December it was forced to deny those previous allegations of institutional doping at the Russian athletics federation. The son of the president himself, Papa Massata Diack, an IAAF marketing consultant, stepped down pending an investigation, along with Valentin Balakhnichev, president of the Russian athletics federation and the IAAF's treasurer. Months later, we are still waiting for both the IAAF's internal ethics committee investigation - and Wada's Independent Commission investigation to report back. Coe's questioning of the credentials of the "so-called experts" who interpreted the readings from the leaked database - anti-doping scientists Robin Parisotto and Michael Ashenden - has also raised eyebrows. Parisotto, after all, is employed by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency. Ashenden is regarded as one of the world's foremost experts on blood doping. He has acted as an expert witness in high-profile cases including those of cyclists Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador. Media playback is not supported on this device It will not have escaped attention that as recently as 2012, the IAAF rated Ashenden highly enough to ask him to sit on an expert panel on biological passports, but he declined because he felt he was being "muzzled", accusing the anti-doping movement of fostering a culture of 'omerta'. So it is inevitable, fair or not, that some will now see echoes of the way cycling was run during the EPO era, when those in charge of the sport averted their eyes instead of tackling the problem head on. The two experts have made the point that when the IAAF analysed the same data that has been reported, it felt sure enough to report that increased blood values "most probably indicated a doping behaviour", and there will now be calls for the entire database to be passed over to Wada's Independent Commission. Some will want to know whether Coe now supports the idea of criminalising doping, as some countries have done. And whether athletes should now publish their blood results, if they have nothing to hide. Does he support the idea of banning entire countries from competition - like Russia (despite the power it wields in world athletics) - if their athletes continue to cheat. Some will ask why Coe asked for ARD and the Sunday Times to hand over the data - "we would love to know what they have got" - when the IAAF readily admits it already has it. Coe also quite rightly referred to the dangers of extrapolating from "one set of readings". But Ashenden and Parisotto have said, their judgements were based on a number of samples, - "the entire blood profile". These are challenging and awkward times for Coe. Last month he came out and publicly supported Mo Farah's decision to back his coach Alberto Salazar after the American's denial of any wrongdoing following allegations in a BBC Panorama documentary that he had violated doping regulations. There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing by Farah, but some would no doubt have preferred Coe to wait until the outcome of investigations by US Anti-doping Agency into the claims, and for UK Athletics to publish their full report into the training regime of the coach (who they use as a consultant) at Nike's Oregon Project. Last week, before news of the doping scandal broke, my colleague Alex Capstick interviewed Coe and asked him if his judgement was compromised by being an international adviser to Nike. Coe denied it, and said he was proud of his record on transparency and corporate governance, but did say it was "possible" he would have to now reconsider the long-standing relationship. For all of the support they have given to track and field, Nike, remember, have been criticised by a number of athletes for their sponsorship of two-time drugs cheat Justin Gatlin. Media playback is not supported on this device Talking of which, later this month, Gatlin is favourite to win gold in the 100 metres final in Beijing. Given everything that has happened, some will see it as the last thing athletics needs. Having just seen Chris Froome win the Tour de France under a cloud of innuendo without any evidence, athletics cannot afford for every medallist in Beijing to do so with millions of viewers wondering if they can believe what they see. Coe is clearly in a tricky position, and obviously he will only have the opportunity to make the required changes to athletics if he wins the forthcoming IAAF presidential election against pole vault legend Bubka. For many, Coe is the man to clean up athletics; he has called a for a properly-resourced independent testing programme, and if he wins, must be judged on what he does in office. But rarely will a new international federation president have come into power at such a pivotal time for their sport. Coe may have thought winning Olympic races or organising the London 2012 Games was difficult. Fixing his sport - if given the chance - could prove his toughest challenge to date.

Question: Two weeks before its flagship event - the World Championships in Beijing - and with its credibility and @placeholder under scrutiny like never before , it is no surprise that athletics ' governing body the IAAF has come out all guns blazing as it attempts to handle the drugs crisis that threatens to bring the sport to its knees . But what questions remain to be answered ?


Sitting with his sons and his brothers, the former Prime Minister joined the massed ranks of Raith Rovers fans in riotous acclamation of a result that sparked jubilation in one section of Easter Road and fury in all others. John Baird's winner, put away on the rebound four minutes from the end of extra-time, lent drama to an otherwise wretched final. Moments after the last whistle, you looked to the Rangers sections of the stadium and they were as desolate as their defence had been when the ball broke loose off Cammy Bell for Baird to thump home the winner. It was a lovely moment for Raith Rovers, who hardly threatened all day. A smash and grab. Rangers had the dominance and most of the chances, but it did them no good. They were short on ideas and woefully short on accuracy. Ally McCoist left the arena looking like a man who had seen a ghost. Maybe he had. Maybe the Rangers manager was having flashbacks. The longer this final went on, the more you thought of McCoist's myriad torments in cup football as manager of Rangers, the track record of failure that had a cherry applied on top here, courtesy of Baird. The convulsion against Forfar in the League Cup earlier this season. The shellackings at the hands of Dundee United and Inverness in the Scottish Cup and League Cup last year and the year before last. The painful exit against Queen of the South in the Ramsdens Cup that went before. The embarrassing loss against Falkirk in the League Cup in 2011 in the pre-liquidation age, a night when Rangers still contrived to lose despite playing a coltish Falkirk while having all their own go-to players on the pitch. The catastrophic losses to Maribor and Malmo in Europe that same season. Now this. With five minutes of normal time remaining at Easter Road, the ball came floating across the Raith Rovers penalty area to the back post, where Bilel Mohsni lay in wait, unmarked and favourite to score. In an act entirely in keeping with what went on in the previous 85 minutes, Mohsni made a mess of it, his header flying over and into the Rangers fans behind the goal he had so lamentably failed to trouble. How utterly ruinous that miss proved to be. Mohsni's moment was just one more terrible mistake piled high atop an error mountain that reached high into the Edinburgh sky. With its colours and its noise and its full house, the final looked and sounded like a big occasion, but when referee Kevin Clancy got things underway, the reality kicked in. Media playback is not supported on this device Two poor teams. Neither with the capacity to unlock the other until that last act. Scrambling defence usually got in the way. Or hopeless execution. Mostly hopeless execution. For all of the opening half - and for much of what followed thereafter - this could not have been any more slapstick had the Three Stooges stood in the middle of the park hitting each other with wet fish. Maybe it improved as time went on - at least there were some chances - but only by a degree or two and only from the stultifying mess it had been in the opening half. An eyesore. Ian Black was emblematic of what went on. It is perhaps unfair to pick out one player above all others for treatment, but Black's deterioration since he joined Rangers has been unmistakable. He has played - and bossed - bigger cup finals than this. The reason Rangers signed him in the first place and gave him such an outlandish wage, in Scottish terms, was because he has done it on a decent stage with Hearts. In that first half, the only leadership and direction Black offered happened to bring Rangers down a dead-end route. His first act was a free-kick that went sailing beyond its target - a pattern that continued. He got the ball and he hit it too long. He got it back and he hit it too short. In Black's head, he must think he is some gorgeous amalgam of Xavi and Andres Iniesta. In reality, too often, he was Mr Magoo. Whatever chance Rangers had of building momentum crashed and burned with Black. It says something about their opponents that Rangers still had the game's best moments despite their terrible deficiencies. Black had a shot tipped over by Lee Robinson in the Rovers goal, Mohsni set the scene for his latter miss by having one earlier from similar range, Stevie Smith had a fine shot turned away by Rovers' goalkeeper. Rare snapshots of excitement. On it went, Rangers trying to play but failing. Raith Rovers attempting to spark something but incapable. Any time a breakthrough threatened, a pass went astray or a bad decision was made. Lee Wallace failed to pick out Nicky Law. Callum Booth failed to hit the target. Mohsni failed - somehow - with that point-blank header and the final carried on into extra-time, what little life it had in it being drained slowly. When Law's shot slapped off one of Robinson's posts, the mind started to turn to penalties, but then Baird appeared on the scene and settled it. Rovers had their win and McCoist had another chapter in the feeble story of his cup experiences while in charge at Rangers. Despite the joyous ructions among the Raith Rovers supporters, it was still possible to hear the eruptions of their counterparts. Boos rang out from the Rangers fans. There cannot have been shock at their side's terrible shortcomings - they have seen this kind of thing many times before - but there was an unmistakeable air of resentment. If some of it - all of it - was directed at McCoist, then no wonder. This was as bad a day for him as it was a celebration for his opposite number, Grant Murray. The Raith Rovers manager left the capital with a trophy in the bag.  McCoist departed with a heap of trouble on his hands.

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The RSPCA said the pooch, nicknamed Pudding, was so matted when he was found in Plymouth, Devon, his breed was unrecognisable. After cleaning him up, the animal charity now believes Pudding is a shih tzu cross. Inspector Sarah Morris said seeing a dog neglected and dumped on Christmas Eve had made her angry. Pudding was discovered by a member of the public on their way to work, who then alerted the RSPCA. Ms Morris said: "I took him straight to a vet who gave him a body score of three-and-a-half out of 10, so he was very thin. "It brought a tear to my eye when I was taking him to the animal centre. He must have been terrified, hungry and so uncomfortable, just left out in the dark, wind and rain." Pudding, who is thought to be about six or seven years old, was unable to see out of his right eye, his nails were overgrown and he was also covered in fleas, the RSPCA said. He has been taken to the RSPCA's Little Valley Animal Centre, near Exeter.

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Well the person wielding all the power in the US version of the show is Donald Trump - he with an ego the size of a medium-sized planet in our solar system, a gravity-defying mop of swirling blonde hair on his head, and a bank account that could probably refloat Greece. So what would he make of a wannabe apprentice who expressed openly racist views? And not only that - a wannabe apprentice who doesn't just want any job - he wants to be leader of the free world, the president of the United States of America. I think he would say, with barely concealed derision and scorn "you're fired". But in this case Donald Trump is the wannabe, and he wants to be hired as the Republican candidate for the US presidency. It was at his stage-managed launch held - where else - at Trump Tower in New York that he said: "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems to us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people." Immediately after those comments Republican strategists did not know whether to laugh or cry. After all, all you need do is look at the growth of the Latino population in America, assess their growing electoral importance in influencing the next presidential election, and how in the 2012 race their vote broke more or less 2:1 in favour of the Democrats, to realise that this is a group who need to be wooed and cajoled by the Republicans. But remarkably the leadership has sat on its hands, and said next to nothing. Ditto some of the other Republican candidates vying for the nomination. I was at a breakfast this morning with one of those hopefuls, the former Pennsylvania senator, Rick Santorum, and asked him about the way Trump had expressed his views on immigration and Mexicans - all he would say is "ah well, that's Donald..." This stands in stark contrast to the response of corporate America. There's been little hesitation there. Giants like the department store Macy's and TV company NBC Universal have cut ties. Mexican TV companies who were to screen his Miss Universe show say they want nothing to do with him. There have been protests and demonstrations, and a celebrity Latino chef who was going to open a flagship Trump restaurant in DC has quit in horror at his comments. So why the mismatch in response? Well, the comments from Trump have struck a chord with many Republicans. In a field that contains 15 presidential hopefuls, from nowhere Trump is almost leading the pack in the polls. Someone coined the phrase after the last presidential election that the problem with the GOP was that its support was male, pale and stale - in other words, the prominent demographic was older, white men. It's beginning to look like there is a fear of offending the core, even among some of the candidates determined to widen the appeal of the party. And so a subject that the mainstream politicians had hoped to sidestep at this election - immigration from Mexico and countries further south - is now fair and square back in the centre of political discourse. Of course this is a trend not unique to the USA. Look at the role Nigel Farage's UKIP played in the recent UK elections, or the Northern League in Italy, or the Front Nationale in France. If you try to ignore voter anxieties about immigration by sweeping them under the carpet, there are populist parties who will give those concerns plenty of ventilation - and win a lot of support in the process. But Trump's appeal goes beyond any immigration concerns. Some of his supporters believe a man who has run a business so successfully can "fix" America's finances. And others no doubt like his blunt, straight-talking style. Next month there is going to be a televised debate among the Republican hopefuls, mounted by Fox. To stop the show becoming totally unwieldy, only the top 10 candidates according to the five most recent polls will be invited to participate - Trump will be there. And far from backing down after the outcry his comments have provoked, he is amplifying them - or "doubling down" to use the American argot - and that will leave the other nine co-debaters shuffling uneasily at their podiums. The smart money says that Trump will eventually crash and burn - a meteor that will burn super bright in the night sky, but soon to disappear in a long vapour trail. In the meantime, somewhere in New York , a 67-year-old lady will be sitting in front of the TV, a bowl of popcorn by her side, watching Fox TV, almost splitting the seams of her pant-suit laughing. Hillary just cannot get enough of this reality show.

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Prices may have fallen for washers, freezers and mixers, but so has their expected lifespan. It's a popular subject among readers of the BBC News website and many have been keen to share their appreciation and pictures of decades-old appliances still in working order, here is a selection of some of your stories and pictures. Several readers have sent in stories and pictures of their food mixers, especially models of the Kenwood Chef. John Adams' machine (above) was inherited from his mother, who in turn inherited it from hers. "It is over 40 years old and still gets used every week for baking, and it still works perfectly." Probably a touch older is the Kenwood mixer bought in Singapore in 1968 and currently used by the daughter of Fiona Lamb. Older still is this Model 700D Kenwood Chef (right), which belongs to Tim Barthorpe from Orkney. It was purchased in 1960 and he inherited it from his wife's stepmother. Tim still possesses and uses the full set of accessories the machine came with. "It's not a museum piece. I use it on a regular basis. "I rely on it at Christmas for pudding mixing and for chopping all the meat for my 5lb pork pie!" However, Patricia Neil of Camarthenshire may have piped Tim with a Kenwood Chef, and the china bowl it came with, bought in 1955 and still used every week. Aside from recently snapping the whisk, Patricia says she still has "all the original bits," although uncertain what some of them are for. Claire Saunders' mother is still utilising her Modeq electric clothes airer (right), received as a wedding present, also in 1955. "It is used at least three times a week, year-round, and has never needed servicing or repair," says Claire. Another wedding present continuing to prove its value is the Sharp microwave of Jane Green, "working perfectly" after 26 and a half years. "It's had a couple of new plates," admits Jane. "And a few new bulbs, but apart from that, no problems at all." Meanwhile, Mike Skonieczny got in touch from Royal Oak, Michigan, USA, to say the toaster his parents received on their wedding day in 1960 is "on the counter now looking quite shiny and ready to go". Harry Wallace sent us this picture of his 1978 JVC Amplifier, which has "never missed a beat, still going strong!" However, a modern amplifier Harry recently purchased from somebody else "didn't even last a year". Should make a lovely accompaniment to the CD player still used by Wally Wharton of Edinburgh, part of his Pioneer stereo system from 1986. By nearly a decade, the picture of the oldest home appliance in service received by the BBC was this one (right) of a Prestcold refrigerator. Owned by Lis Graham, the fridge was originally purchased by her father in 1946 and has only needed one replacement part since the turn of the millennium. Today it plays a background role in BBC period drama Call the Midwife. By comparison, the second-oldest fridge we received notice of belongs to Mrs J Storrar of Fife, whose Frigidaire, made by General Motors, was bought in 1949 by her husband's grandparents. In third place, and relatively youthful, is the refrigerator of Nigel Thomas's mother which "has been working for 52 years". Highlights from the dozens of stories received include a Goblin vacuum cleaner Model 702P, "still going strong following my late parents' purchase 51 years ago," according to Raymond Gardiner, and a 29-year-old Black and Decker drill belonging to Kevin Hammond. Of all the washing machine models we have been told of, Mary McCloskey's Zanussi 918 appears to be the oldest, having run for at least 31 years. And, of all the microwaves, Lyn Packman's National Panasonic Genius, bought by her father in August 1980, is the oldest model still in service we have been told about. Finally, Louise Wadsworth has notified us of her Hotpoint Aquarius DF61 dishwasher, working for 24 years with no repairs. The secret, she says, is to "just clean the filter in bleach and run the machine with a detergent cleaner once a month". Of the many submissions we received, Edward Norton may possess the greatest number of functioning but decades-old appliances. His 1960s Hygena kitchen contains a 1958 GEC fridge; 1985 Hoover washing machine; 1960s New World gas range and "many other bits and bobs all still working and all used regularly". Martyn Hilton is another owner of a Prestcold refrigerator, which has accompanied him throughout his life, from Cheadle Hulme in England to its current home in Bangkok, Thailand. "I couldn't bear to be parted with it," says Martyn. "It weighs a ton. Ironically, everybody assumes it's a new, 'American-style' fridge." We were also sent this image of a 650w microwave which David Hillen won in 1989 for correctly predicting the first three horses in a race at Beverley Racecourse, Yorkshire. Then there is the Ekcovision TC267 television set from 1955 sent in by Barrie Fairbairn, "working and in regular use"; Gary Tibballs' Hoover Electron 1100 washing machine from 1981; and the Hoover Junior 1346, bought by Dale Who's mother in 1969. Thank you to everyone who submitted their stories and images of technology which has refused to bow to time. Written by Richard Irvine-Brown

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The American, 65, who is leaving LA Galaxy to take up the post, led his country to the 2002 World Cup quarter-finals in his first spell in charge. Arena also boasts the best win rate of any US manager, with 71 victories from his 130 games between 1998 and 2006. He has also won five MLS Cups with LA Galaxy and DC United. Klinsmann, 52, steered the United States to the last 16 at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, but they have lost their first two games in the qualifying campaign for 2018. They sit bottom of the six-country qualifying group, below teams including Panama and Honduras, albeit only a fifth of the way through the process. "Any time you get the opportunity to coach the national team, it's an honour," Arena said. "I'm confident that we'll take the right steps forward to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia." Arena's first day in charge will be 1 December, and his first match will be a qualifier at home to Honduras on 24 March 2017. Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox.

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The man broke into the property in General Roy Way in Carluke, South Lanarkshire, at about 03:45 on Tuesday. He demanded the couple's car keys, but they refused. He then ran off and managed to steal one of the cars which was a grey Volkswagen Golf. He also took a number of other items, which have since been found in different locations in the town. PC Craig Jeffrey said: "A woman returned the householder's wallet after finding it and we would like to speak to this woman to establish more information about where it was found. "I would also appeal to anyone who may have seen anyone acting suspiciously in General Roy Way, or the surrounding area, in the early hours on Tuesday morning to come forward."

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The contaminant, they say, is Indulin AA-86, an asphalt emulsifier which can burn human skin in concentrated form. On Wednesday the city of 320,000 people announced that residents should not touch, drink or use the water. The ban has since been lifted for some city dwellers while officials investigate the origin of the spill. After a night-time meeting of the city council on Thursday, officials released a map of the city, showing that residents in the outlying regions could resume using city tap water. Angry residents had gathered outside city hall throughout the day to call for answers and to chant "What do we want? Clean water! When do we want it? Now!". As of Friday morning, about 15% of city residents were told they could use their water. Corpus Christi residents warned not to touch tap water State officials have pledged to help the city, with the Texas Division of Emergency Management sending shipments of bottled water to the state. A run on grocery stores had emptied shelves immediately after the ban was announced. Water bottle distribution centres have been set up across Corpus Christi to establish the more than 100,000 cases that have been donated from around the country. FedEx has said they will disrupt some holiday shipments in order to ensure the delivery of bottled water to the Gulf of Mexico city. Officials say that about three to 24 gallons of the petroleum-based, glue-like substance was released by Ergon Asphalt and Emulsion Inc after a "back-flow incident" in the city's industrial district. Official say no reports of illness or injury has been reported related to the recent contamination. The Mississippi-based company has not taken responsibility for the spill and in a statement said it had been in contact with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and had been "working cooperatively to provide all information to ensure state officials can remedy the situation as quickly as possible." City spokeswoman Kim Womack told a local news station that officials had inspected the suspected site of the contamination and had not found a "backflow preventer". "They're saying there is one and we're telling them 'show us,'" she told KRIS-TV. "In the simplest terms, someone was careless when they were injecting chemicals with a pump and ... when the injection occurred, it crossed over into our water system." Corpus Christi has struggled with water issues frequently in the past few years. In May, Corpus Christi officials issued their third boil-water advisory in a year, which instructs residents to boil all water before using it. Officials said at the time that heavy rainfall had caused elevated levels of nitrogen-rich runoff in the water supply. In 2015 water-boils were issued due to elevated levels of E coli bacteria and another time for low levels of chlorine.

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The Environment Agency has put warnings in place around rivers in Cambridgeshire, Essex and Suffolk. The agency gives warnings when flooding is expected and "immediate action" is required. In Norfolk some trains have been cancelled between Norwich and Sheringham due to flooding on the line near Worstead. In Cambridgeshire, flood warnings are in place along the River Granta from Linton to Babraham. In Essex, warnings are in place along the River Wid from Ingatestone to Writtle and the River Stort at Clavering and Manuden. In Suffolk, warnings have been issued for the Chediston watercourse at Halesworth, the Rattlesden River from Rattlesden to Combs Ford, Stour Brook at Haverhill and Sturmer and the Bumpstead Brook from Steeple Bumpstead to New England. There is also a flood warning on the River Kennett from Ousden to Freckenham.

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The striker, under scrutiny after a poor start to the season, scored a hat-trick in the 4-0 win over Club Brugge in the Champions League qualifier. "If I didn't have a strong character, that may have affected me, but I know my quality," 29-year-old Rooney said. "If the goals don't go in I still bring a lot to my team-mates." Victory secured United's place in the Champions League group stage following a one-season absence. England captain Rooney has been playing as United's main striker this season but had not scored in the side's opening four games in all competitions. He went into the match in Brugge with his most recent United goal having come against Aston Villa in April, but he ended his 878-minute club scoring drought in emphatic manner. His first was a dink over goalkeeper Sinan Bolat before he side-footed in and then swept home a shot, while Ander Herrera grabbed United's fourth. "I wasn't worried. If it was going on for three, four, five games more then maybe, but it's early days and I knew when the chances came I'd take them," Rooney told BT Sport. "Everybody goes back to last season and it was so many games without scoring, but a lot of top quality strikers are yet to get off the mark at this stage. "I understand because of my name and because of who I am it will get publicised a lot more. That's my job and I understand that." Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal said: "It has given him always the confidence that a player needs. "Wayne has a very strong mentality and with his level he shall always come back and he proved that."

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Wayne Evans, from Everton in Liverpool, ran a distribution operation that cost the music industry more than ?¡ê1m and saw 700,000 tracks illegally downloaded, City of London Police said. The 39-year-old admitted uploading music from the Official Charts Company between June 2014 and July 2015 at Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday. He was jailed for 12 months A police spokesman said Evans had shared the music as the chart was published every week through various torrent sites and also distributed other tracks through his own websites, including a cappella music to be used for DJing and remixing. He said about 700,000 tracks were downloaded from the sites between June 2014 and July 2015, which had deprived the creators of ?¡ê1,054,000. Evans was arrested last September following a joint investigation between PRS for Music - which represents the rights of UK songwriters, composers and music publishers in the UK - and the City of London Police. The police spokesman said his conviction was the first custodial sentence to arise from the two organisations working together. Speaking after the case, PRS for Music's Head of Litigation, Enforcement and Anti-Piracy Simon Bourn said copyright infringement "has a severe impact on the livelihoods of creators", adding: "We hope that today's sentencing sends a message... that consequences will follow".

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Port Talbot's Plaza cinema, where Richard Burton and Sir Anthony Hopkins used to visit, has been earmarked to reopen as a form of arts centre. But Neath Port Talbot council chief executive Steve Phillips said it would not be sustainable to run the Plaza and Princess Royal Theatre. No decisions have yet been made. "We do want to bring the Plaza cinema back into productive use," Mr Phillips said. "Not least because it is opposite Port Talbot Parkway train station which is being refurbished, but we've got big plans for the regeneration of Station Road which it is at the end of." The Plaza shut in 1999 and there has been a long-term intention to reopen it, while the theatre building, which is part of the town's civic centre, is in need of repair. Mr Phillips said the council had to look at how it subsidises arts and culture facilities as it faced budget cuts. Housing a theatre in part of the revamped cinema building has not been ruled out. He also accepted the possibility that community groups or not-for-profit organisations could take over the theatre but pointed out that in many cases, such groups need subsidies. Mr Phillips added: "Councillors across Wales face difficult decisions on the future of heavily subsidised arts and cultural facilities. "Neath Port Talbot is no different and the budget proposals currently out for consultation include scrutiny of the funding of existing facilities in the county borough. "Whilst councillors have taken no decisions, it is clear that the authority cannot sustain a new facility within a couple of hundred yards of an existing one. "Options going forward will be put to elected members in due course."

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Fisherman's Friends vocalist Trevor Grills, 54, and Paul McMullen, 44, died after a steel door collapsed at G Live in Guildford on 9 February 2013. David Naylor, 57, director of Express Hi-Fold Doors Ltd, denies two charges of manslaughter by gross negligence. The jury also saw a similar door at a property in Bisley. Mr Grills, from Port Isaac, Cornwall, and Mr McMullen, from Disley in Cheshire, were at the venue ahead of a performance due to be staged by the 10-piece group. They were unloading music equipment from their van when the door, designed and manufactured by Express Hi-Fold Doors Ltd, fell on them. Mr McMullen, originally from Heanor in Derbyshire, died at the scene and Mr Grills in hospital a few days later. Adrian Darbishire QC said Mr Naylor was "a man of integrity" who "had faith" in the doors he sold, believing they were a "safe design". He told Guildford Crown Court that concerns raised by a customer in Bournemouth were "not ignored". Express Hi-Fold Doors Ltd denies a third charge of a breach of health and safety laws. On the opening day of the trial, the jury was told doors manufactured by Mr Naylor's company had failed before. The trial continues.

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Tony Aitken, 33, formerly of Melton Mowbray, lost control of his truck on 4 May and his son Luke was thrown from the vehicle. The boy was celebrating his 12th birthday when he died at Langar Industrial Unit, in Nottinghamshire, police said. He died later from injuries sustained when the truck fell on top of him. The truck had three children in the front seat, despite the vehicle only being meant to hold two passengers, Nottingham Crown Court heard. The other children in the vehicle, aged 12 and five, were treated in hospital for minor injuries. Aitken pleaded guilty to driving whilst unfit and causing death by dangerous driving and was jailed for five-and-a-half years, Nottinghamshire Police said. He was also disqualified from driving for seven years.

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The firm's own internet services are now valued to be worth a fraction of its stake in the e-commerce giant Alibaba. So, after the US tax authorities effectively blocked Yahoo's sales of shares in the Chinese business, chief executive Marissa Mayer opted for plan B: sell off Yahoo's core business. Since February, dozens of US-based companies have been linked to a potential bid. But the UK-based owner of the Daily Mail newspaper has now confirmed it is in discussions with unnamed parties to make an offer - an announcement that caught many by surprise. In much of the world, Yahoo may be considered a marginal internet brand. But in the US, it is still a force to be reckoned with. In February, it was the States' third most visited online platform, attracting more than 204 million people, according to research firm Comscore. To put that in context, Facebook had only 1% more users and Google's apps and websites only 17% more. Yahoo's news and sports are read by about one in four people at least once a week in the country, according to a University of Oxford study. And there are reports that its personal finance coverage is proving popular with millennials - those born in the 1980s and later - thanks to it mixing articles about how to deal with debt with more traditional earnings coverage. Other properties, including its blogging platform Tumblr, photo-sharing service Flickr, web-based email accounts and Q&A site Yahoo Answers continue to have international appeal. All of which means the firm can state that "more than one billion people" regularly use its products. Investors are getting restless because Yahoo's share of users doesn't match its share of online advertising sales. Last year, Yahoo accounted for only 1.5% of marketers' mobile online spend, according to a study by eMarketer. By contrast, Google scooped up 35% and Facebook 19%. Furthermore, Yahoo's position appears to be getting worse. The firm has predicted that its overall revenues will drop by about 15% this year, according to documents seen by the news site Recode. A large part of the problem is that while Yahoo can serve up huge numbers of ads, they are less targeted than those of its rivals. "User data is key. Google and Facebook have a huge number of logged-in users, so they can track who it is using their services and use the information to let advertisers direct their ads," explained Joseph Evans from Enders Analysis. "Yahoo might have a lot of users, but most of them are not logged into its services, so are effectively anonymous eyeballs. "They are not totally anonymous - there is some behavioural data that Yahoo makes use of - but generally Google and Facebook are better at knowing who you are." A chance to grow its US audience. MailOnline and DailyMail.com were the only overseas publications to feature in the country's top 10 most visited news websites and apps last year, attracting more than 51 million readers. But Yahoo - and its partner ABC News - still managed to attract more than double that figure. "The US has been the main driver of digital growth for Daily Mail & General Trust, but whilst traffic has grown well they haven't quite monetised this traffic as successfully as they would have liked," said Ian Whittaker, a media analyst at the investment bank Liberum. "The combined inventory of DMGT and Yahoo would make a compelling offer to media buyers as they could offer them a significant amount of verified impressions in a 'brand-safe' environment." Another industry watcher added that the two firms' online activities appear to be a good match. "Mail Online is fun and a bit salacious," commented Mathew Horsman from the Mediatique consultancy. "It trends reasonably young and has a reputation for being a quick and dirty way of getting celebrity news, but its personal finance and property coverage are also among its strong suits. "So, there are some interesting overlaps." Far from it. Many think a deal with Verizon would make more sense. The mobile network has sought to diversify its interests, and bought AOL last year - which gave it ownership of the Huffington Post, Techcrunch, Engadget and other news sites. Shortly afterwards, Verizon announced it would start combining personal knows about its mobile network subscribers - which is tied to their handsets - with the tracking data already gathered by AOL's sites. By doing so it said it could deliver more "personalised" ads. "A Verizon-AOL-Yahoo tie-up would start to reach the sort of scale where they could become a 'third force' in advertising," said Mr Evans. "Verizon already has one of the most sophisticated ad technology platforms and has built up a large number of user identities, so combining that with Yahoo's large number of users would allow it to offer a similar level of service to advertisers as Google and Facebook." Other bidders might be attracted by Yahoo's intellectual property, The New York Post recently reported that the firm owned about 6,000 patents, which it said could be worth $4bn (?¡ê2.8bn). Recode added that Ms Mayer has been talking up the value of Index - a voice-controlled search tool developed by Yahoo that has yet to be launched. Google, Microsoft, Apple and Amazon already have virtual assistants of their own, but might be interested in acquiring Index if it genuinely offers innovative tricks of its own.

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NWAS lost the contract, now worth ¡ê66.8m, to bus operator Arriva in 2013. Arriva withdrew from the new tendering process after admitting providing false data about its current performance. NWAS was also awarded similar five-year deals for Lancashire, Merseyside and Cumbria, but lost the Cheshire tender to West Midlands Ambulance Service. A spokesman for NHS Blackpool Clinical Commissioning Group (BCCG), the lead ambulance commissioners for the North West, said Arriva had "identified a level of management failure with the reporting of performance in Greater Manchester" in October. "This means that they had previously provided incorrect information, which shows a higher level of performance than is the case," he said. He added that following Arriva's admission, the company "withdrew from the procurement process immediately" and has "since developed a performance improvement plan to help rectify their performance". NWAS chief executive Bob Williams said that while he was pleased to regain the Greater Manchester contract, it was "tinged with disappointment" because of the loss of the Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral service. "Whilst we were successful in four of the North West's counties, our immediate focus now is on our staff in Cheshire and the impact on them," he said. "We will work closely with our trade unions, staff and the new provider to support them through this period and deliver a safe and smooth transition." The BCCG spokesman said the contracts had been awarded as "the result of a rigorous competitive tendering process and evaluation of potential providers". He said the new NWAS contracts would see "a number of quality improvements", including a "text-ahead service" to inform patients when their transport will arrive and a "revised process" to ensure fair use of the service. The new five-year contracts - worth ¡ê59.9m in Lancashire, ¡ê39m in Merseyside, ¡ê31.5m in Cumbria and ¡ê24.6m in Cheshire - will begin in July 2016.

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He said he had no doubt the Syrian PYD and its military wing were behind the rush-hour blast which killed 28 people. The bombing came as Syrian Kurds threatened to extend their control of territory along Turkey's border. The US backs the PYD in the fight against so-called Islamic State (IS). And yet it sees the Kurdish militant PKK inside Turkey as a terrorist organisation, even though it is affiliated to the PYD and its military arm, the People's Protection Units (YPG). Continued American support for Syrian Kurds, reiterated by a state department spokesman this week, is threatening to cause a rift between the two Nato allies. Mr Erdogan told reporters there was "no doubt about the fact that those who carried out this attack are the YPG and the PYD". He planned to tell Mr Obama later on Friday over the phone to consider "how and where those weapons you provided were fired"., How dangerous is Turkey's instability? World powers to hold talks on Syria Turkey v Kurds v Islamic State Turkey has already named the man who detonated the Ankara bomb as Salih Necar, a Syrian national and member of the YPG. A convoy of five military vehicles were targeted as they passed close to government offices while workers were going home. The PYD has denied involvement in the attack and the US has said it is unable to confirm or deny the Turkish allegation. Mr Erdogan said he was saddened by the West's reluctance not to link the YPG to the Turkish-based Kurdistan Workers' Party, viewed as a terror group by both the EU and the United States. He pointed out that he had told President Obama months before that after three plane-loads of US weapons arrived, half ended up in the hands of fighters of so-called Islamic State and the rest with the PYD. "They were used against civilians there and caused their deaths," he complained. The Turkish leader appeared to refer to a US air drop of military supplies in late 2014 meant for Iraqi Kurdish forces during the battle for the town of  Kobane, Reuters reported. As the Syrian army, backed by Russian air power, has targeted Syrian opposition forces and pushed further north in Aleppo province, the Syrian Kurdish militia has made gains from the rebels close to the Turkish border. Turkey fears they could seize a 100km-stretch (62 miles) as far as Jarablus to create a large zone along the border. The army has continued to shell YPG targets across the border near the rebel-held town of Azaz. Turkey also has concerns that the PKK is being given support by the Syrian Kurdish militia in its battle with security forces in south-east Turkey. "There's close integration and there's talk of tunnels for the flow of weapons," Burhanettin Duran of the pro-government Seta research institute told the BBC.

Question: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he will tell President Barack Obama that US weapons have @placeholder Syrian Kurds , blamed by Turkey for Wednesday 's Ankara bombing .


Media playback is not supported on this device But this 7ft tall New Zealander with a sleeve of tattoos is fast becoming the star of the NBA play-offs and is even putting the league's most valuable player Stephen Curry in the shade. Adams and his Oklahoma City Thunder side beat Golden State Warriors 118-94 in game four of the Western Conference finals on Tuesday, to lead last year's champions 3-1 in the best-of-seven series. It was the first back-to back defeats for the Warriors this season, a team who set a new NBA record of 73 wins in the regular season. Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant were the stars of the show for the Thunder, but even they were eclipsed by a moment of magic from Adams. The 22-year-old, who scored 11 points and seven rebounds in the win, threw a one-handed bullet pass to Andre Roberson just before half-time. More than 22,000 tweets were sent in an hour about Adams' baseball style throw and the player began trending on Twitter in his native New Zealand and the US. Then there was a young fan who turned up to the game at Oklahoma's Chesapeake Arena, dressed as Adams with a fake moustache and tattoos in tribute to her hero. Many Twitter users felt the youngster was the real star of game four and even Adams himself tweeted that it was "absolutely amazing". In game three Adams hit the headlines after Warriors forward Draymond Green kicked him in the groin area, but avoided suspension. It led to Thunder fans using the hashtag #standupforsteven in the build-up to Tuesday's game. Adams has rarely been out of the headlines in the series. After game one he had to apologise for referring to the Warriors' players as "quick little monkeys". "It was just a poor choice of words," said Adams, who blamed differences in dialect for his comments. "I wasn't thinking straight. I didn't know it was going to upset anyone." Then there is his family - Adams is the youngest of 18 siblings. His brothers are around 6ft 10in to 6ft 11in, while his sisters stand at 6ft 5in to 6ft 6in. Six of his brothers have played basketball for New Zealand, while his half-sister Valerie, 31, is a double Olympic champion shot putter.

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Midfielder Mason, 25, clashed heads with Blues defender Gary Cahill 13 minutes into the Premier League match at Stamford Bridge on 22 January. He was taken to St Mary's Hospital in London, where he had surgery. "The number of messages offering support during Ryan's recovery has been quite overwhelming," said Hull club doctor Mark Waller. Well-wishes flooded in for the England international, and both Hull and his former club Tottenham wore training shirts with Mason printed on the back before last week's fixtures. Mason, who joined Hull from Spurs last August for a club-record undisclosed fee, has scored one goal in 16 Premier League appearances for the Tigers.

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East Hampshire District Council said 1,454 fixed penalty notices were issued by its contractor Kingdom Services in 2015-16. The following year, the authority's own patrol officers issued 719 tickets. The council said it "recognised the challenges of a wholly commercial approach and culture". More on this and other stories from across the south of England. Kingdom currently has about 28 contracts with local authorities and last year saw its profits jump 30% to ¡ê9m. A recent undercover Panorama report found the firm paid bonuses for issuing fines, with one officer claiming to have earned an extra ¡ê987 in one month. East Hampshire District Council said its own bonus scheme was "a tiny percentage" of officers' salaries. In 2016 the authority set up an in-house firm, EH Commercial Services (EHCS), employing four enforcement officers to patrol litter "hot spots". It said 87% of people had paid the ¡ê80 fines for dropping litter and ¡ê50 penalties for dog mess. In April and May, EHCS expanded its operations to cover three neighbouring districts - Arun, Hart and Havant - offering free patrols in exchange for keeping fines. The council said it hoped to generate profits to invest in environmental projects. Arun and Hart councils said they had previously carried out little or no "street scene enforcement". East Hampshire said its in-house service would "better balance the needs of residents, the place and finances". In a statement, Kingdom said the firm delivered "improved results'' when it worked with councils on "the scourge of litter and dog fouling". It said Kingdom used "advanced training, technology and operational procedures" to "complement in-house services".

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Bega said it would acquire Vegemite, ZoOSH mayonnaise and Bonox beef extract from Mondelez International. The deal will also give the dairy producer the right to use the Kraft brand under licence. Mondelez announced it would now focus on "core brands" in Australia and New Zealand including Cadbury and Oreos. Vegemite - a dark-coloured, Vitamin-B rich, bitter but apparently addictive yeast extract - is a national icon. Fans of Vegemite spread it on sandwiches or toast, and sometimes mix it with cheese, salad and peanut butter. "The wonderful heritage and values that Vegemite represents and its importance to Australian culture makes its combination with Bega Cheese truly exciting," Bega executive chairman Barry Irvin said. For decades, Australians bemoaned the loss the brand to the US-owned Kraft in 1935, though it is still manufactured in Port Melbourne, Victoria. Mondelez took control of the brand in 2012 after a restructuring at Kraft. Mondelez International vice president Amanda Banfield said: "It's been a privilege stewarding this brand, which is found in almost every Australian household and is part of the fabric of the nation."

Question: Vegemite will return to Australian ownership after Bega Cheese agreed to buy a range of well - known @placeholder brands in a deal worth A $ 460 m ( ? ¡ê 280 m ; $ 345 m ) .


Muchelney has been cut off because of flooded roads for almost a month. As a result, an hourly boat is the only means by which residents can get out of the village to do day-to-day tasks like going to the shops or visiting the doctor. Some of those affected spoke about what they are facing and whether they feel the situation could have been avoided. Ken Jackson owns Muchelney Cattery, which lies in one of the worst affected areas. He said promises in 2012 were not followed up. "Last year, we had an exact replica of what's happening now," he said. "They had flood forums [and] meetings but the Environment Agency and government agencies are mainly interested in making people responsible for themselves, rather than what the root causes are. "And once the event actually happened, they were pretty tardy in responding." He added that his business was being "killed off" by the flooding, with people cancelling bookings and owners unable to pick up animals. "We're small fry, but all of these pockets of employment and investment are part of the hidden story," he said. "It's devastating - and it just gets more and more obvious that we can't continue. "We haven't done any new business since the New Year." Ron Smith works for a homeless charity and lives in the village of Aller, which neighbours Muchelney. He said his insurance went up five-fold to ?¡ê5,000 after flooding in 2012 and he now expects that amount to triple. "We would like to sell the property, but how can we? You can't put a price on that," he said. "It's pure anger, it should never have happened." "We were flooded on Christmas Day - we gave up on 3rd January and only went back in on Saturday," he added. "We were staying in holiday accommodation in a nearby village. "But it's very difficult - it came in gradually, inch by inch, so we had plenty of time to take certain actions. The whole ground floor was flooded. "The emotional side - it's devastating, it's heartbreaking to lose your home and have to move and to see your things floating past." Mr Smith said he tried to go and see Environment Secretary Owen Paterson who visited the flood-hit area on Monday. "I fought my way as far as I could but couldn't reach it by car because of the flooding - [Mr Patterson's entourage] all had big Range Rovers and they could just plough through it. "They should have to come to Muchelney - not one senior person has come to talk to the residents and knocked on their doors and said how are you doing?" John Leach, who owns a pottery business in Muchelney, said he was both "sad" and "mad" at the current situation. "It's stopped business, we are actually marooned and we had to close down on the 5th or 6th January - it's a nightmare," he said. "Last year was not so bad - we lived upstairs and had our wellies on the top step. Our Aga just about kept going and we carried our food upstairs. "I'm staying with my son and daughter-in-law in Kingsbury-Stembridge - I was taken out by tractor." He said the flooding was 2.5ins (6cm) higher than 2012, which was "devastating". "We were told by the Environment Agency that November 2012 was a once-in-100-years flood but here we are again," he said. "It's so depressing, we love our work and it's so frustrating. "But we want to fight this and make sure the agency do something about this." He added he was worried this was a "pattern for the future".

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Visitors to the free event have been told to check social media before visiting on Sunday evening. The organiser, Artichoke, and the Met Police sent tweets on Saturday asking people to come on Sunday instead. It is the first time the festival of lights, featuring installations from 30 artists, has been held in London. The illuminated art has been placed in locations around the city including Piccadilly, Mayfair, King's Cross, Trafalgar Square and Westminster. It will be lit up from 18:30 GMT to 22:30. Advice on the festival will be tweeted using the hashtag #LumiereLDN.

Question: Installations were temporarily @placeholder off and Kings Cross Station was evacuated due to overcrowding at the Lumiere London Festival on Saturday .


The presidential candidate had until midnight to repay the money, but said she had no intention of doing so. The parliament says she wrongly used the funds to pay an aide at the National Front's headquarters in Paris. She says she is the victim of a politically motivated vendetta. If she does not repay the money, the parliament could now respond by withholding as much as half of her salary and allowances, which her opponents say total almost a??11,000 a month. Ms Le Pen is one of the front-runners in the French presidential election to be held in April and May. If she wins, she has promised a Brexit-style referendum on France's membership of the EU. Polls suggest that she will make it to the run-off where she is likely to face conservative candidate Francois Fillon or centrist Emmanuel Macron. "I will not submit to the persecution, a unilateral decision taken by political opponents... without proof and without waiting for a judgement from the court action I have started," she told Reuters news agency on Tuesday. The money the European Parliament wants returned was used to pay the salary of Catherine Griset, a close friend of Ms Le Pen as well as her cabinet director. The funds were conditional on Ms Griset spending most of her working time in Brussels or Strasbourg. However, the parliament says most of her time was instead spent working in the National Front's headquarters in Paris. The party will face a second demand for 41,554 euros in wages paid to her bodyguard. The far-right leader also tried to distance herself from financial allegations overshadowing Republican candidate Francois Fillon, who has vigorously denied that his wife was paid 834,000 euros for fake jobs. Asked if she would pay back the money, Marine Le Pen told AFP: "To pay the money back, I'd have had to have received the funds, but my name isn't Francois Fillon." Quite apart from her refusal to pay back the funds, the FN leader might struggle to find the money. Her party has been unable to raise funds from French banks and has had to seek financing abroad. In 2014, the FN received a a??9m loan from Russian lender First Czech-Russian Bank, which collapsed last year.

Question: A European Parliament @placeholder for France 's far - right leader Marine Le Pen to return more than 300,000 euros ( ? ¡ê 257,000 ; $ 321,000 ) it says she has misspent , has passed .


The warning from one industry body, the Pre-School Learning Alliance, comes as ministers say trials of the new scheme are being brought forward to 2016. The current allowance of 570 hours a year for three and four-year-olds will be doubled for working parents. David Cameron said it would "take time" to get the policy right. The Pre-School Learning Alliance - which represents 14,000 private, voluntary and independent groups - is warning of "meltdown" in the system because of a shortfall in government funding. It says the grant for the existing 15 hours falls, on average, around 20% short of the true cost of providing care - ¡ê3.88 per hour compared with ¡ê4.53. Employment Minister Priti Patel told the BBC the government accepted "funding rates need to increase" and is launching a consultation on how the policy will work in practice. Currently, all three and four-year-olds in England are entitled to 570 hours of free early education or childcare a year, which works out as 15 hours each week for 38 weeks of the year. The Childcare Bill, announced in last week's Queen's Speech, would double this for working parents - although it is not clear yet how many hours they will have to work in order to qualify. Ministers say up to 600,000 families could benefit, saving as much as ¡ê5,000 a year. The change had been due to come into force from September 2017, but some working parents will be entitled to the extra help when pilots begin in September next year. However, the alliance said many groups were already having to charge parents extra for hours of childcare not included in the scheme to make ends meet, and would struggle to deal with the changes. "I think this is crunch time," said chief executive Neil Leitch. "While we of course welcome the drive to improve the availability of childcare in this country, these figures clearly show the government's plan to extend funded childcare hours simply cannot work without a substantial increase in sector funding. "The so-called 'free' childcare scheme is nothing of the sort. For years now, the initiative has been subsidised by providers and parents because of a lack of adequate government funding." Fiona Weir, chief executive of single-parent charity Gingerbread, said 30 free hours of childcare a week was "really good news" for those who will get it. "The cost of childcare is one of the biggest barriers the UK's two million single parents face to finding and staying in work. As the primary carers for their children, they can't do the kind of 'shift parenting' couple parents often do. "However, we look forward to seeing more detail on how parents will qualify for this extra support, and the way in which the extra hours will work." Following the announcement, the prime minister visited Buttercups Nursery in Teddington, south-west London. Kate Thomas, 49, whose three-year-old daughter attends the nursery, said it was worrying that any shortfall in funding for the extra hours might be passed on to parents. "Most mothers I know don't work full time and if they are lucky they will have a job that covers their childcare and have a bit extra," she said. "But if that bit extra then ends up being what funds the extra cost of the nursery, what is the point of working?" The National Day Nurseries Association welcomed the doubling of provision, but also said its members were "struggling with current levels of investment". "Funding is critical and it's vital that the increase pledged by the government is meaningful," chief executive Purnima Tanuku said. Jill Rutter, from the Family and Childcare Trust, which campaigns for quality childcare that is affordable and accessible, said there was "no proper funding formula". "The money local authorities get from government to pass on to providers is very varied," she said. The short answer is - from parents. But as extra hourly fees are not legal, nurseries have worked out canny ways to get round this. The most common technique is requiring parents to take more than the total number of free hours and charging a set fee for the extra time. Read more on childcare funding Extra free childcare: Who benefits? Labour's shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt said the Conservative Party "failed to explain how it would fund its childcare offer before the general election", and added: "It remains unclear how they propose to fill the funding gaps in their plans now." Mr Cameron told ITV's This Morning it would "take time" to get the policy right "because obviously we need an expansion of the childcare sector, we need more nurseries, more of these places to open, so we're working with them to expand". He said the government would start talking to childcare providers immediately "about what's the best way of making sure that they're being properly paid for the childcare that they provide so we can expand the number of places". The cost to the Treasury was initially estimated at ¡ê350 million a year, but Ms Patel said the sums involved were yet to be finalised. Asked why households with a relatively high income would receive help, she added: "This isn't about subsidising well-off people at all. This is about providing affordable childcare and increasing childcare provision for working families." In Scotland, three and four-year-olds are entitled to up to 600 hours of free early years education or childcare a year, while in Wales, provision is for a minimum of 10 hours a week. In Northern Ireland, it is limited to four-year-olds only, for up to 12.5 hours a week. England average Nursery 25 hrs (aged 2+) ¡ê111.64 Childminder 25 hrs (aged 2+) ¡ê104.15 Scotland average Nursery 25 hrs (aged 2+) ¡ê99.93 Childminder 25 hrs (aged 2+) ¡ê99.30 Wales average Nursery 25 hrs (aged 2+) ¡ê103.44 Childminder 25 hrs (aged 2+) ¡ê96.81 Source: Family and Childcare Trust

Question: Childcare providers in England say the system is at " breaking point " as plans to double free provision for three and four - year - olds in England are @placeholder up .


Homes and businesses in the town were affected by waters overflowing from the Skiprunning Burn in August. Local councillor Jim Brown said a study by engineering consultants Halcrow had produced some important findings. He urged members of the public to turn out to the meeting in the town hall at 19:00 to hear the outcome. About 50 homes and businesses were affected in the summer incident, prompted by a spell of thundery rain. Mitigation measures being suggested include new arrangements for reducing a build-up of debris as well as alterations to kerbs and other street features to channel flows away from properties.

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Media playback is not supported on this device Fourteen people died and more than 100 were hurt as a result of Thursday's attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils. All 10 opening La Liga matches will take place, including Barcelona's home match against Real Betis on Sunday. Barcelona will wear black armbands at the Nou Camp, while a minute's silence will be held before all games. "FC Barcelona wants to express its profound sorrow and utter disgust at the terrorist attack that has hit the heart of our city," the club said. Media playback is not supported on this device La Liga's Primera Division started on Friday when Leganes won 1-0 against visitors Alaves, before Valencia's 1-0 home victory over 10-man Las Palmas. Leganes and Alaves players came together before kick-off to show a banner condemning the attacks in Barcelona. The French and German leagues will also hold a minute's silence before all games this weekend.

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Colchester started well and made their breakthrough in the eighth minute - Chris Porter and Sammie Szmodics pouncing on goalkeeper Will Norris' poor clearance before Dickenson unleashed a low, left-footed shot that flew into the far corner. The hosts almost doubled their lead two minutes later when Norris superbly tipped Szmodics' swerving 20-yard effort over for a corner, while Colchester keeper Sam Walker pulled off a magnificent save to foil Cambridge striker Joe Pigott soon after. Leon Legge almost diverted Porter's low cross into his own net in the opening minutes of the second half, but substitute Medy Elito came close to equalising against his former club when his free header clipped the top of the crossbar. Norris parried away Porter's fierce effort before substitute Johnstone headed in Dickenson's cross from close range with eight minutes remaining. Report supplied by the Press Association. Match ends, Colchester United 2, Cambridge United 0. Second Half ends, Colchester United 2, Cambridge United 0. Foul by Drey Wright (Colchester United). James Dunne (Cambridge United) wins a free kick on the right wing. Substitution, Colchester United. Craig Slater replaces Kurtis Guthrie. Luke Berry (Cambridge United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Kurtis Guthrie (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Luke Berry (Cambridge United). Attempt missed. Greg Taylor (Cambridge United) header from the centre of the box misses to the left following a set piece situation. Medy Elito (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Lewis Kinsella (Colchester United). Goal!  Colchester United 2, Cambridge United 0. Denny Johnstone (Colchester United) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Brennan Dickenson. Corner,  Colchester United. Conceded by Sean Long. Corner,  Colchester United. Conceded by Greg Taylor. Attempt missed. Denny Johnstone (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Attempt blocked. Drey Wright (Colchester United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Attempt missed. Joe Pigott (Cambridge United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Substitution, Colchester United. Denny Johnstone replaces Chris Porter. Drey Wright (Colchester United) is shown the yellow card. Foul by Richard Brindley (Colchester United). Piero Mingoia (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Corner,  Colchester United. Conceded by Leon Legge. Richard Brindley (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Medy Elito (Cambridge United). Substitution, Colchester United. Doug Loft replaces Sammie Szmodics. Attempt saved. Tom Eastman (Colchester United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Corner,  Colchester United. Conceded by Will Norris. Attempt saved. Chris Porter (Colchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Medy Elito (Cambridge United) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Drey Wright (Colchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing. Foul by Medy Elito (Cambridge United). Foul by Luke Prosser (Colchester United). Joe Pigott (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Substitution, Cambridge United. Medy Elito replaces Ben Williamson. Attempt missed. Chris Porter (Colchester United) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Corner,  Cambridge United. Conceded by Kurtis Guthrie. Attempt saved. Tom Eastman (Colchester United) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Corner,  Colchester United. Conceded by Leon Legge. Corner,  Cambridge United. Conceded by Drey Wright. Attempt missed. Brennan Dickenson (Colchester United) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right misses to the right.

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The rescue took place on 13 February when the baby's pram fell into the water near Victoria Street. James Williams and Andy Hill jumped in the river while Mickey Bramall fetched a lifebuoy before giving the youngster first aid. The men were presented with RLSS certificates of recognition. Di Steer, the chief executive of RLSS, said they were pleased to hear about the safe rescue of the baby and felt the three men involved deserved to be recognised in some way. "It just goes to show how quickly a normal activity around water can turn into an awful incident and thankfully James, Mickey and Andrew's quick thinking prevented this accident turning into a tragedy. Well done to the three of them," he said. The baby was being pushed by her grandmother at the time of the accident. Mr Williams said: "We heard an almighty scream and shriek, turned around and saw the pram had gone over the edge. "We instantly turned around and myself and Andy jumped straight into the river and Mickey went to get the lifebuoy." Mr Williams said it was a struggle to remove the baby from the pushchair because she was strapped in but they managed to get her to safety. The girl was taken by ambulance to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and has since made a full recovery.

Question: Three men who rescued a six - month - old girl from the River Severn in Shrewsbury have been @placeholder by the Royal Life Saving Society ( RLSS ) .


The team at the John Innes Centre, in Norfolk, says the process is cheap, easy and quick. As well as helping eliminate polio, the scientists believe their approach could help the world react to unexpected threats such as Zika virus or Ebola. Experts said the achievement was both impressive and important. The vaccine is an "authentic mimic" of poliovirus called a virus-like particle. Outwardly it looks almost identical to poliovirus but - like the difference between a mannequin and person - it is empty on the inside. It has all the features needed to train the immune system, but none of the weapons to cause an infection. The scientists hijacked a relative of the tobacco plant's metabolism to turn its leaves into polio-vaccine "factories". First, they needed to create new instructions for the plant to follow. The starting material was the genetic code for making the outer surface of poliovirus. It was enhanced by combining it with material from viruses that naturally infect plants. The new instructions were then put into soil bacteria, which were used to infect tobacco. The infection took hold, the plants read the genetic instructions and started making the virus-like particles. Infected leaves were mixed with water, blended, and the polio vaccine was extracted. The virus-like particles prevented polio in animal experiments, and an analysis of their 3D structure showed they looked almost identical to poliovirus. Prof George Lomonossoff, from the John Innes Centre, told the BBC News website: "They are incredibly good mimics. "It's a very promising technology, "I would hope we get vaccines produced in plants in the not too distant future." The research is funded by the World Health Organization, as part of efforts to find replacements for the polio vaccine. Polio - which can cause permanent paralysis - is a thing of the past for most of the world, but the infection has not been eradicated. And using weakened poliovirus in current vaccines poses a risk of the virus regaining some of its dangerous traits - called vaccine-derived poliovirus. Dr Andrew Macadam, principal scientist at the UK's National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, said: "Current vaccines for polio are produced from large amounts of live virus, which carries a threat of accidental escape and re-introduction. "This study takes us a step closer to replacing current polio vaccines, providing us with a cheap and viable option for making virus-like particle-based vaccines." But this technology is not limited to polio or even just to vaccines. As long as researchers have the right sequence of genetic code, they can make a vaccine against most viruses. And they have also used plants to make antibodies like those being used in cancer therapy. Plants are also being investigated as a new source for the winter flu jab. Currently, it is grown in chicken eggs and takes months to develop. Prof Lomonossoff told the BBC: "In an experiment with a Canadian company, they showed you could actually identify a new strain of virus and produce a candidate vaccine in three to four weeks. "It has potential for making vaccines against emerging epidemics, of course recently we had Zika and prior to that we had Ebola. "It's highly responsive, and that's one of the great attractions of the technology." The plants have the advantage of growing quickly and needing only sunlight, soil, water and carbon dioxide to grow. It means it could be a cheap and low-tech solution to vaccine development. But there are still issues to resolve, including making vaccine on a large scale. Another issue is whether there is any risk from using plants to make the vaccine - does the tobacco-relative mean there is nicotine in the vaccine? Dr Tarit Mukhopadhyay, a lecturer in vaccine development at University College London, said: "The initial results look impressive. "However, there are very few plant-based vaccine manufacturers and almost no licensed human vaccines that are currently produced in plants." Denis Murphy, a professor of biotechnology at the University of South Wales, said: "This is an important achievement. "The challenge is now to optimise the plant expression system and to move towards clinical trials of the new vaccine." Follow James on Twitter.

Question: Plants have been " hijacked " to make polio vaccine in a breakthrough with the potential to @placeholder vaccine manufacture , say scientists .


Aguero, 28, clashed with Reid during Sunday's 3-1 win in the Premier League. If found guilty, the Argentina international would be banned for three matches and miss the Manchester derby on 10 September. He would also miss a league match against Bournemouth and the EFL Cup game against Swansea. The Football Association said referee Andre Marriner and his officials did not see the 76th-minute incident so it has decided to take retrospective action after reviewing television footage. An independent panel is due to rule on the case on Friday using written submissions and reviewing video evidence. Aguero, who is out of Argentina's two 2018 World Cup qualifiers this month with a calf injury, will not appear in person.

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He spoke at a Catholic shrine dedicated to Christians martyred for their faith in the 19th Century, on the second stage of his three-country Africa tour. The Mass marks the 50th anniversary of the martyrs' canonisation. After the mass he addressed thousands of young people, encouraging them to turn to their faith when faced with difficulties. There were huge cheers as the Pope began the open-air ceremony at Namugongo, near the capital Kampala. It was where many of the 45 Anglican and Catholic martyrs were burned alive. Their execution was ordered by a king worried about the spread of Christianity. Thousands of pilgrims braved rain to spend the night holding a vigil near the martyrs' shrines and there were long lines of pilgrims still trying to access the shrine as Pope Francis addressed the crowds on Saturday morning. The Pope's five big issues in Africa After the mass more than 150,000 young Ugandans gathered on the outskirts of Kampala for the Pope's other public event of the day. Pope Francis urged them to use their faith to confront life's difficulties and turn negative experiences into strength. Uganda is a deeply religious country, with over 14.1 million Catholics - and even adherents of other faiths will be paying close attention to the Pope's words, say correspondents. He arrives here during the third week of a presidential campaign being fought by the country's ruler for the past 29 years, President Yoweri Museveni. The Pope's message against corruption, and the need to care for the poor, is being welcomed by ordinary people here, in a place where some say corruption does much to damage the economy, and little to help people out of poverty. Uganda ranks 142nd out of 175 countries on Transparency International's corruption perception index. Gay rights activists in Uganda have expressed their disappointment that the Vatican did not respond to their request for a meeting with the Pope. Openly gay Ugandans face many difficulties in everyday life, with many churches here preaching against homosexuality and encouraging homophobia. A Ugandan law, originally passed when the country was a British colony, still allows the authorities to pass a sentence of life imprisonment for gay people caught having sex. There have been some critical references to the Pope's visit on Twitter - with some wondering "how many people have HIV today because contraception isn't allowed?" while others accused him of ignoring extreme anti-gay attitudes in Uganda. On Friday, the Pope addressed an audience of young people in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, urging them to unite and take a stand against the destructive effects of tribalism. He will travel to the Central African Republic (CAR), which has been hit by serious violence between Christian and Muslim militias in recent years, on Sunday. Religion in sub-Saharan Africa: Profile: Pope Francis Source: US-based Pew Research Center 2011 survey

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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg admitted the settings had "gotten complex" for users. It follows a storm of protest from users over a series of changes on the site that left its members unsure about how public their information had become. "We needed to simplify controls," he told a press conference. "We want people to be able to share information in the way that they want," he told BBC News. "Our goal is not to make your information more private or more open." By Rory Cellan-JonesTechnology correspondent On the face of it, Mark Zuckerberg has delivered on his promise to make the privacy settings simpler. One button which will change everything is certainly an advance on what went before. There's also the opportunity to opt out completely from sending your data out of Facebook to other applications. But questions remain - the recommended settings still look designed to encourage users to share just about everything. And I'm still working out just how I can stop my list of friends being visible to the whole world. Experience shows that every change at Facebook seems innocuous at first - and creeps up later to bite some users and the company itself. Facebook privacy: Your comments Picture guide: Facebook privacy Q&A: Facebook privacy changes The new system will offer users one privacy page with a list of all their applications and a choice of three settings for each. The redesigned privacy page allows users to see all their information in one grid and apply privacy settings to each. Facebook will suggest defaults. As with the changes made in December, users will be able to choose to share their applications with just friends, friends of friends or everyone. "We've focused on three things: a single control for your content, more powerful controls for your basic information and an easy control to turn off all applications," said Mark Zuckerberg, speaking at Facebook's Palo Alto headquarters. People who want more "granular control" will still be able to access existing settings. Facebook has also reduced the amount of information that is visible to everyone. People will now be able to control who sees their interest pages and friends lists. Users will also be able to turn off applications to ensure no information is shared without consent. One of the things users found complicated was the need to apply new settings to every new feature introduced on the site. From today, whatever setting users choose for "Sharing on Facebook" will now automatically be applied to any new products. Initial reactions to the changes questioned whether Facebook had gone far enough. "The vast majority of people don't use privacy settings so the reforms are not likely to have as great an impact," said Simon Davies, director of Privacy International. "If the default is for less information then we've really made a step forward," he said. With European privacy commissioners calling for companies to set defaults for the minimum sharing of information,  the big battle could be "yet to come", he warned. "That's where the rubber hits the road at a legal level." Andrew Walls, a research director at analyst firm Gartner wondered how the changes would affect Facebook's business model. "Some questions not really answered were issues around the sharing of personal data with advertisers for doing targeted ads based on profile content. That's a tricky one - how do you make money if you can't sell targeted ads? How do you compete with Google?" "They want sufficient privacy to attract users into service and take advantage of it but some sharing of data is also required in order for Facebook to make money," he said. But Mr Zuckerberg told BBC News that it was a "misconception" that the site relied on people sharing information to make money from adverts. "No information is sold to advertisers. For the business part of Facebook, it makes no difference what your privacy settings are." Mr Zuckerberg said that developers had "worked weekends, camped out in the conference centre" in order to overhaul its privacy settings. "The number one thing we've heard to that the settings have gotten complex and hard for people to use," he said. "It is something we take very seriously," he added. He spent time explaining how Facebook has evolved from a very basic system when it was launched in 2004 to the 400m user site it is today. "When we started Facebook, we built it around a few simple ideas. People want to share and stay connected with their friends and the people around them. When you have control over what you share, you want to share more. When you share more, the world becomes more open and connected," he said. But since then the site has rolled out hundreds of new features and, alongside them, a raft a privacy settings. Changes made to the site earlier this year and in December 2009 infuriated users and led to formal complaints from privacy groups. The European Commission described the changes as "unacceptable".

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Anthony Long faced trial last year, a decade after he shot suspected armed robber Azelle Rodney. He expressed his concerns about the Independent Police Complaints Commission in a Radio Times interview. An IPCC spokesman said it was "right that when there is a fatality there is an independent investigation". Mr Long said scrutiny was expected, but said "the problem is the interpretation of the rules and the way in which officers were treated". He added: "Today, the Independent Police Complaints Commission seems to be treating police officers as criminals. "My former colleagues are saying 'we will stand by for a Paris-type attack, but when you want us to go out and do an intelligence-led operation against criminals you might need to satisfy us that the intelligence is perfect, or we're not going out'. "I think we're quite close to that situation." The IPCC referred the Azelle Rodney case to the Crown Prosecution Service after a public inquiry in 2013 found there was "no lawful justification" for the shooting. Mr Long, who will be featured on Secrets of a Police Marksman on Channel 4 on 18 August, said he was "absolutely confident" his actions in shooting Mr Rodney were correct. The IPCC said: "Our independent scrutiny should not cause any officer to be concerned about taking on a firearms role." The number of authorised police firearms officers (AFOs) has fallen for four years in a row, figures released last month revealed. There were 5,639 AFOs across England and Wales as of 31 March - down by eight compared with the previous year. It means the number has dwindled by more than 1,000 in the past five years. At the time the figures were published, the government said they did not include an "uplift" in armed policing capability to be delivered over the next two years. A drive to boost the police service's firearms capacity was launched in the wake of last November's Paris attacks, but rank-and-file leaders have questioned where the additional personnel will be drawn from.

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But the number in education is now rising steadily as the Turkish authorities and other agencies make efforts to save what has been called a "lost generation". Turkey hosts more refugees than any other country - nearly 3 million - and the vast majority of those are Syrian, including more than 700,000 school-age children. At least two-thirds of them receive no formal education. One who missed three years of school is a girl called Lima, originally from the Syrian capital, Damascus. She started work in a textile factory in Turkey's largest city, Istanbul, when she was only nine, working 14 hours a day packaging socks. She earned only 60 Turkish lira ($20, ?¡ê14) a week. Now Lima is studying at a school for Syrian refugee children in Istanbul called Shamuna (Our Syria). It's one of an expanding network of special Arabic-language schools - officially known as temporary education centres - for refugees, some run by the Turkish authorities, others, like Shamuna, by independent Syrian associations. It educates 1,150 pupils, boys and girls of primary and secondary age, on six floors of a former office building in an Istanbul suburb. There is no playground and the entrance is simply a corridor off the street between two shops. Shamuna was founded four years ago by Shaza Barakat, the former head of a Damascus education institute, shortly after her 16-year-old son Omar was killed fighting in Syria. Dr Barakat says he returned there from Turkey after becoming depressed because he couldn't find a suitable school in Istanbul at which to continue his studies and several of his friends did the same. She says: "If we could have opened a school straight away, perhaps we could have given them a chance to be educated and plan for their future, but unfortunately now it is too late." She says she got no help from any official body when she opened the school. She had to find the building, beg money for rent from exiled Syrian businessmen and persuade Syrian refugee teachers to work as unpaid volunteers. She even had to search for a curriculum and an authority to endorse the leaving qualification. For the first two years her pupils, and those from other Syrian schools in Turkey, received Libyan school certificates. Now such schools are inspected and approved by the Turkish Ministry of Education and use a version of the Syrian curriculum, which has partisan references to President Assad and the ruling Ba'ath Party removed. Unicef, the United Nations children's agency, now pays the volunteer teachers a $300 (?¡ê210) monthly "incentive". The number of Syrian pupils in school in Turkey rose from 225,000 in July 2015 to 330,000 this February. But there are still not enough of the schools and, at those run by independent groups, parents are often expected to make a contribution to costs. Since 2014, Syrian children have also been allowed to use ordinary Turkish public schools, which are free, but only about a third of the youngsters attend them. One big barrier is the Turkish language and another the lack of extra catch-up provision in many of the schools. An international charity called Small Projects Istanbul runs a refugee support centre in a suburb of the city where volunteers help Syrian children with their Turkish and encourage them to attend school. One who's now studying in a Turkish school after a year in a sewing factory is 15-year-old Hassan. Though some Syrian children say they feel isolated and even suffer racist bullying in Turkish schools, Hassan has had the opposite experience. "All my teachers love me and the other students consider me to be one of them," he says. Small Projects Istanbul is now trying to raise money to enable other Syrian youngsters - like 16-year-old Hussain - to return to school from work by subsiding their families. He dreamed of studying to become a vet or an engineer, but now works 12 hours a day, six days a week in a textile workshop. He says: "I work in a basement. I just go to work in the morning, I don't see the sun and I go back after sunset. It's very dark here in this country." Unicef hopes that all Syrian children in Turkey will be studying by the end of 2017, but that will depend partly on a huge increase in school provision. Education is intended to be one of the main focuses of a multi-billion-euro aid package for refugees, which the European Union is offering Turkey in return for an agreement allowing migrants to be sent back from Europe. But the deal has faced many obstacles and it is still unclear whether it will be fully implemented. Tim Whewell's report is part one of the five-part Destination Europe series broadcast weekly as part of The Compass series on the BBC World Service from 30 June You can listen to the programme on iPlayer.

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