So-called Islamic State (IS) said it was behind the death of Rezaul Karim Siddique, who was killed on Saturday. A statement from the militant group accused him of "calling to atheism". But his daughter Rizwana Hasin told the BBC that her father believed in God, and that she had no idea why he was targeted. "The investigators are investigating still, and we are still waiting to see the results," she said. "We still don't know what was the reason. Maybe [a] misunderstanding, maybe something else. It's still a maybe for me and it's still a maybe for my family." Siddique, 58, was a professor of English at Rajshahi University in the country's north-west. He was attacked with machetes as he left for work. He founded a music school and edited a literary magazine, his family said. Police believe he may have been targeted by extremists because he was involved in cultural activities. They have detained a member of an Islamist student organisation for questioning. Hardline Islamist groups dislike anyone involved in the cultural field, the BBC's Dhaka correspondent Akbar Hossain says. Bangladeshi authorities have rejected IS' claim to that attack, saying the organisation does not exist in the country. Siddique is the fourth professor at the university to be have been killed in recent years by suspected Islamists. Earlier this month, a Bangladeshi law student who had expressed secular views online died when he was hacked with machetes and then shot in Dhaka. Last year, four prominent secular bloggers were also killed with machetes. The four bloggers had all appeared on a list of 84 "atheist bloggers" drawn up by Islamic groups in 2013 and widely circulated. There have also been attacks on members of religious minorities including Shia, Sufi and Ahmadi Muslims, Christians and Hindus. Muslim-majority Bangladesh is officially secular but critics say the government has failed to properly address the attacks.

Question: The daughter of a Bangladeshi professor who was hacked to death in a murder @placeholder the killing of several secularists says he was not an atheist .


On 3 January in Yiwu in eastern China, a bright orange locomotive pulling 44 containers laden with suitcases, clothes and an assortment of household goods set off on a 7,500-mile (12,000km) journey to western Europe. Ten containers were taken off at the German cargo hub of Duisburg. The rest made up the first cargo train from China to arrive in London at Barking's Eurohub freight terminal. London is the 15th European city to find its way on to the ever-expanding map of destinations for China's rail cargo. Last year, 1,702 freight trains made the voyage to Europe, more than double the 2015 figure. Yiwu Timex Industrial Investments, which is running this service with China's state-run railways, says prices are half that of air cargo and cut two weeks off the journey time by sea. The UK's biggest supermarket, Tesco, doesn't have any goods on this particular train but does use rail to carry toys, electrical goods, homeware and clothing from China to European rail hubs such as Bratislava in Slovakia and Krasnaje in Belarus. Alistair Lindsay, Tesco's head of global logistics, says the supermarket prefers shipping its goods because this is the most environmentally friendly way, as well as offering the best value for money, but that "where we need to move products quicker we have that option to do it by rail". This decision would normally be driven by customer demand for particular products, he says. It demonstrates how market demand and the realities of globalisation are increasingly allowing China's President Xi Jinping to realise his ambitious plan to revive the ancient Silk Road. For centuries the fabled trade route from the ancient capital of Xian provided a link to the bustling markets of European cities such as Istanbul and Venice. In the 21st Century China has become the world's biggest exporter, with the export of goods totalling $2.28 trillion (?¡ê1.85tn) in 2015. This rail expansion is part of President Xi's "One Belt, One Road" (OBOR) trade policy. For Beijing it offers another way to sustain its economic growth. Kazakhstan is one of the countries on the route and it was there that Mr Xi first outlined his vision in a speech in 2013 saying, "This will be a great undertaking benefiting the people of all countries along the route." Extolling the virtues of globalisation was a theme he repeated again at Davos this week. For some, this is as much political as economic, offering Beijing the chance to project soft power as well as demonstrating it has the influence to thread disparate nations from Russia to Spain together. "[OBOR] is set to become Xi Jinping's grand legacy," says Dr Sam Beatson, of King's College London. "Regardless of the returns on offer... the policies will continue to be pushed as a means of seeking to fulfil Xi's dream under his leadership." One of the other legacies President Xi is trying to tackle is China's pollution problem. While rail cargo is not as green as sea transport it emits less carbon dioxide (CO2) than air travel. This is the "first argument when trying to get our customers to re-evaluate their options", says Johan Ignell, rail freight manager at Swedish cargo firm Greencarrier. It calculates that a 40ft (12m) container with 20 tonnes of cargo would account for just 4% of the CO2 emissions it would take to move it by air (though emissions would be more than halved again if it were moved by sea). Freight transport accounts for about 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions, but it is "fraught with difficulty" to compare emissions from different transport modes, says Prof Alan McKinnon of Germany's Kuehne Logistics University. Prof McKinnon, one of the authors of a 2014 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), says "load factor, energy efficiency and power sources all make a difference and can be hard to ascertain". He adds: "While shifting air cargo to rail will certainly cut emissions, container shipping will continue to command a significant carbon advantage over transcontinental rail, particularly now that most vessels are slow steaming to save fuel." There is also a business case for this emerging trade route to grow. Not least among European companies looking to export to China. At the moment there are no plans to run a return train service from London but that could change quickly. China is already the European Union's second biggest export market - though there is an EU trade deficit in goods of about $190bn. For UK companies facing up to the reality of Brexit, China is an attractive proposition and the train carries new opportunities. Brand Avenue is a company that already exports British-made goods including cosmetics and jewellery to China, and chief executive Jody Jacobs says he's exploring moving to rail. "We deal a lot in goods which weigh a lot in comparison to their volume [which is] where airfreight becomes expensive, such as cosmetics and baby food. "So for us a service which is quicker than sea and cheaper than air is a great middle ground." For established cargo companies rail also offers the potential for growth. Shipping lines have seen profits fall because of overcapacity attributed to the aftermath of the global financial crisis. The world's biggest shipping company, Maersk, told the BBC it is investigating "possible opportunities" in long-distance rail, though it sees them as supplementary to sea and air routes. China is planning another 20 European routes for rail freight, and with the world's demand for consumer goods continuing to grow, all the ingredients seem to be there for rail to help the global economy steam ahead in 2017 and beyond.

Question: It 's not on a boat , it 's not on a @placeholder , it 's on a train . The newest way to send your freight from China to Europe involves spending 15 days on a train that does n't have a buffet car in sight .


The increase covers regulated fares, including season tickets, and unregulated, such as off-peak tickets. Campaigners said the rise was a "kick in the teeth" for passengers after months of widespread strike disruption. The government said it was delivering the biggest rail modernisation programme for more than a century. The increase in fares came as a strike by conductors on Southern Rail entered its third day, as a long-running row about the role of guards on new trains continued. The RMT union began the 72-hour walkout on New Year's Eve, while another strike is set for 9 January. By Richard Westcott, BBC transport correspondent Even if you allow for inflation, rail fares have gone up by around 25% since the mid-1990s. Some tickets have spiked by 40% in just a decade. Why? Because successive governments have been changing the proportion of the rail bill paid for by passengers. It used to be around 50%. Today it's around 70%. It does of course mean that other taxpayers, who do not catch trains (and that's most people, frankly), are paying less to run them. Ironically, the original idea behind the government regulating around half of our rail fares was to protect passengers from big price rises imposed by train operators. Yet it's often been government ministers who have used the mechanism to put fares up. Bruce Williamson, of the independent campaign group Railfuture, said: "With the chaos on Southern, lacklustre performance in Scotland and stalled electrification on the Great Western main line, passengers are going to wonder what they are getting for their increased ticket price." Lianna Etkind, of the Campaign for Better Transport, said: "Today's fare rises are another kick in the teeth for long-suffering rail passengers. "Many experienced a less frequent and more overcrowded service last year, and now they are required to pay more for the same this year." The government uses the previous July's Retail Prices Index (RPI) measure of inflation to determine increases in regulated train fares, which was 1.9%. Train operating companies set the prices of other tickets but are bound by competition rules. According to the Rail Delivery Group (RDG), which represents train operators, around 97p in every pound paid by passengers goes back into running and improving services. RDG chief executive Paul Plummer said: "Nobody wants to pay more to travel to work and at the moment in some places people aren't getting the service they are paying for. "However, increases to season tickets are set by government. Money from fares is helping to sustain investment in the longer, newer trains and more punctual journeys that passengers want." Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said the government has "always fairly balanced" the cost of modernising the railways between the taxpayer and the passenger." But shadow transport secretary Andy McDonald said passengers are always told that higher fares are necessary to fund investment. "The truth is that our heavily fragmented railways mean that it takes years longer and costs much more than it should to deliver basic improvements," he said.

Question: Rail passengers are facing higher fares across the UK as average price increases of 2.3 % are @placeholder on the first weekday of the new year .


The man, who does not want to be named, is against a 225-bedroom hotel being built at a derelict site descending from Victoria Street to the Cowgate. Developer Andy Jansons is seeking the notice to evict the man from Edinburgh Sheriff court on Tuesday. The man has been in the tree for a week. Work on the development had been due to begin on Monday. The project includes a bar, restaurant, cafe, retail and commercial units. The 19th Century A-listed India Buildings is a part of the planned redevelopment. The B-listed Cowgatehead Church and a C-listed building are also part of the plans.

Question: Developers of a ¡ê 40 m hotel in Edinburgh 's Old Town are seeking an eviction notice on a man who is @placeholder in a tree on the site .


Peter Dahlin, 35, has been held since early January amid a crackdown on human rights lawyers and activists. Last week he appeared on state media apparently confessing to breaking the law through his organisation's support of local Chinese rights lawyers. The Swedish embassy confirmed he had left China but gave no further details. Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom welcomed his release, but expressed concern about another Swede in Chinese detention. Gui Minhai, a Swedish national who lived in Hong Kong, is one of five people linked to a Hong Kong publishing house to disappear in recent months.  He vanished while on holiday in Thailand in October last year. He had also appeared on Chinese TV earlier this month, saying he had voluntarily handed himself over to the authorities. Many in Hong Kong believe the five were kidnapped by China and are being held because of allegations in a book they were working on, critical of the mainland. Ms Wallstrom said Sweden's "efforts to get a clear picture of his situation and the possibility to visit him continue with undiminished force". Mystery disappearances in Hong Kong book world Gui Minhai: 51, disappeared while staying in Thailand in October 2015. The China-born Swedish national owns the Mighty Current publishing house Lui Bo: last seen in mainland China, just north of Hong Kong, in October 2015. General manager of Mighty Current Cheung Jiping: 32, last seen in mainland China in October 2015. Mighty Current's business manager Lam Wingkei: 60, last seen in Hong Kong in October 2015. Manager of Causeway Bay bookstore Lee Bo: 65 - also known as Paul Lee -  disappeared in Hong Kong in late December 2015. A shareholder in Causeway Bay bookshop and a UK passport holder. Wife withdraws request for police to help find him in early 2016 saying he has been in contact from mainland China

Question: A Swedish activist who was detained in China on charges of damaging national security has been released and @placeholder .


The most recent and the most familiar is the extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs - between the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods, about 65 million years ago. But before that, 205 million years ago, was the "End-Triassic Event" - it set the stage for the Jurassic Period, which saw the rise to prominence of the dinosaurs. Just what happened that killed off half the species on the planet, though, remains a mystery. On the coast of Somerset in the UK this week, one researcher from the US is trying to peel away - actually, to hammer away - some of that mystery, and in so doing providing a picture of science at work. Once upon a time, Paul Olsen of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory was one of the few people who believed that a giant impact of an object from space started the extinction, much like the impact that many people believe caused the demise of the dinosaurs. "I argued quite passionately for that on the basis of the pattern of extinction, which looks very much like that at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary, and because I discovered an 'iridium anomaly' at the level of the extinctions. "Iridium is very rare in the earth's crust but relatively abundant in extraterrestrial material, so an abundance of that element suggests that there was an impact at that time," he explained. "I thought it was pretty clear that that was a plausible cause." But science has moved on. Other workers in the field have found in that same period, enormous lava flows from a flurry of volcanic activity in the then-developing Atlantic Ocean also occurred at exactly the same time. And Prof Olsen himself found more iridium anomalies at different, nearby times. "The way many scientists work is that while they're pushing one idea passionately, they always have in the back of their mind that they may be wrong, and they have alternative explanations for the same observations - and I did too. "It wasn't so simple to explain the extinctions as a result of a giant impact, but simpler to explain as a result of the giant lava flows," he said. So it is that Prof Olsen is at St Audrie's Bay in Somerset this week, where rocks of the right age are pristinely preserved. What is at issue is the precise timings of the events. Prof Olsen and his colleagues believe that an impact did occur, probably at Rochechouart in south-western France, but that it occurred a few thousand years before the extinction. While it may have had an effect on the life on Earth, the impact does not seem to line up in time with the volcanic activity and the extinction. But, as is so often the case with the record of events laid out like the pages of a book on the Earth's surface, more data is needed, and Prof Olsen is hammering away chunks of it, carrying the samples back to the US for analysis in neatly labelled bags. Gareth Collins, an impact expert at Imperial College London, says that anyone trying to unravel the details of extinction events, "if they're honest with themselves, would say that we're never going to know". Just which species died off and disrupted ecosystems, and how stressed various species may have been before dying off, are simply too tricky to figure out from the fossil record. In contrast to the guiding principle of science, any guesses do not lead to testable predictions. "I think we're still some way off understanding exactly what was the cause of the mass extinction, and the more general question of whether mass extinctions have a common cause or whether each one is an event that needs to be considered in isolation," he told BBC News. The extinction at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary, for example, again shows a great deal of volcanic activity, and irrefutable evidence for a giant impact. Might it be that all of the "big five" extinctions involved both a disrupted climate due to volcanic emissions, as well as something smashing into the Earth? These mysteries will endure for some time. But Dr Collins argues that the efforts to unravel them must press on. "I think it's incredibly imperative that we understand mass extinction events; they punctuate evolution and they are absolutely as important if not more important than the sort of incremental changes that occur between these extinctions. "They sort of wipe the slate clean and then allow the next era to occur and the next dominant species to evolve." So as Prof Olsen hammers layers of 200-million-year-old shale out of the Somerset foreshore, he is keeping an open mind about what he and others will find. "When you find evidence that directly contradicts your favourite idea and you have to switch modes, switch paradigms to a different concept, that's real progress," he said.

Question: Five times in the last half a billion years , tremendous , global - scale extinctions have wiped out a significant fraction of life on Earth - and each of them @placeholder a grand puzzle .


There have been 51 murders in Greater Vitoria since Saturday, compared with four in January, the police union says. Schools remained closed on Monday and local football matches were also postponed due to the spike in violence. Officials said they would sit down for talks but only once the strike ended. Relatives of the striking officers have been demonstrating in front of police stations as the officers themselves are barred from protesting. They are demanding better pay for military police officers, including additional pay for night work and danger money. The officers stopped patrolling the streets of the city on Saturday morning. The commander of the force has been sacked and a new commander has been tasked with "restoring order and discipline", Espirito Santo security chief Andre Garcia said.

Question: Two hundred federal officers in Brazil are being @placeholder to the city of Vitoria , in the eastern state of Espirito Santo , where police went on strike on Saturday over pay .


The Young Vic show sees Horrocks perform the music of bands including The Smiths and The Fall, accompanied by dancers and a live band. The Independent says it is "a personal project that never feels personal". And Lyn Gardner in the Guardian said it "springs few surprises". Horrocks takes to the stage - dominated by an enormous plug socket - in a boilersuit and unlaced boots, later changing into leggings and a T-shirt. She speaks very little in the hour-long piece, instead letting the music and dancing do the talking. Horrocks, who previously showed off her singing talent in Little Voice, told the BBC she wanted to bring music from her past to the show. "Most of the songs are from northern, male bands in the late 1970s and early 80s," said the Absolutely Fabulous star. "Some of them are very loyal, but most are reinvented. They've got a bit more of a contemporary edge to them." But Gardner in The Guardian said she longed "for more variety, for something less emotionally remote" in the work. "There is no Desert Island Discs-style explaining of the significance of the songs Horrocks has chosen to cover," she noted. "Instead, If You Kiss Me, Kiss Me - which takes its title from an unperformed Marc Almond song - occupies the shadowy territory between a fully fledged theatre show and a gig." Zoe Anderson, in the Independent, complained that "it's all very glossy, cleaned of sweat and guitar feedback" and gave two stars - while Gardner gave it three, later admitting on Twitter her rating had been "too generous". "Whether deconstructing love songs, or actually singing them, Horrocks is sophisticated and remote," Anderson wrote. "These songs weren't part of my adolescence, but If You Kiss Me, Kiss Me doesn't show me why they were so important to hers." The Telegraph gave it four stars, with dance critic Mark Monahan noting "this is a show she's probably been wanting to put on ever since she was about 13". He added that it is "one of the crispest and kookiest hours of entertainment you're likely to encounter all year, and oddly elating in the way that only expertly delivered tragedy can be". Mark Trueman, in What's on Stage, said the show is "several things at once". He admitted not being part of the target audience, but added: "The songs don't sit right in her mouth." "The whole thing feels like an extended music video - slick, easy on the eye, pretty vapid," he said. "There's a thump to the music, but I should have come out wanting to set up a playlist and I just didn't." The Stage review, by Natasha Tripney, also admitted she was not moved by the piece, writing: "This is not my music. I suspect it might make a considerable difference if it were." She gave three stars, as Trueman did, and said: "The show is, says Horrocks, an archaeological exercise, but it's one performed with gloves on. "The whole production feels a little bit too clean; your lungs stay pink and smoke-free throughout, the soles of your shoes un-sticky, your hair remains free of dubious fluids."

Question: Jane Horrocks ' If You Kiss Me , Kiss Me has been described as " part gig , part dance piece " - but it @placeholder critics are not quite sure what to make of it , giving mixed reviews .


Ofcom recently revealed that one in four British people still use the same password for all their activities online, suggesting we still have some way to go to fully understand computer security. Here Prof Alan Woodward explores some of the misconceptions about how we stay safe online. While there is still a long way to go in raising awareness of the risks inherent in surfing the net, word is spreading. Unfortunately, some urban legends have arisen that are leading to a false sense of security. Probably the most common of these myths is that your computer cannot be infected simply by visiting a website containing malicious code. The story goes, that you are only going to get malware on your machine if you actively agree to download software. As with many myths it contains a grain of truth. However, you may not recognise that you are giving your permission, and often hackers rely upon the fact that your computer is set to give permission by default to certain types of download. This has led to the phenomenon of "drive-by downloads". These downloads can happen in several ways, with hackers developing new methods all the time. Possibly the most insidious technique relies upon what are known as inline frames or "IFrames".  The intention of IFrames was to allow webpages that have a mixture of variable and static content to be constructed so that they used computer resources more efficiently. First introduced in 1997, IFrames essentially allow you to embed "active" material that is brought in from elsewhere. When misused, IFrames can secretly download another webpage - one you will not see because they can be as small as a single pixel - which redirects you to a page containing an exploit. If your browser and system are vulnerable to this exploit then the malware is downloaded on to your computer. And, you did not agree to anything, did you? A variant of this first great myth is that webpages cannot download to your computer without you clicking on an "OK" button. You may have to click but that click might not be doing what you think.  A typical trick is for a compromised site to pop up a box - usually an advert - which you simply have to close if not interested.  The act of closing the advert can be the very click that initiates a download. Things are not always what they seem online. This leads to the second great myth: that only disreputable sites contain malware. Yes it is true that some less salubrious sites are affected in this way, but many well-known sites find themselves compromised too.  A classic example is where a site allows comments to be posted and the web forms have not been secured in quite the right way.  Someone can post a comment containing code and that code can contain an IFrame. With webpages often being an amalgamation of content drawn from various sources, it is very difficult for webmasters to close all the loopholes. The New York Times found this out in 2009 when they were tricked into running an advert which encouraged readers to download fake antivirus software. On the web you are trusting not just the webpage provider but their entire content supply chain. The third myth is more personal. Most of us believe we are too insignificant to be attacked because hackers are interested only in the big fish. Well, yes some hackers will invest a great deal of time trying to break into some high-value target. However, most criminals have long since realised that their return on investment is much higher by targeting many smaller value targets, like you and me. With automation and the global reach of the internet you need only have a tiny fraction of your targets respond in order to reap a very handsome reward. Research has shown that the reason scammers persist with age-old ploys such as the Nigerian scam emails is because, as extraordinary as it might seem, they still work. The criminal invests relatively little time and money but the numbers responding are still high enough to make it worth their while. The delusion involved in the fourth myth may shock many - my computer contains nothing of value. Sorry to disappoint, but your computer is a treasure trove for criminals. What about something as simple as your address book? Criminals love contact lists as they give them valid email addresses and someone who they can pretend to be - you. And, of course, who does not log into some bank, shop, government site or similar with their computer? In doing so you leave your digital identity on your computer, and there is nothing criminals love more than a valid online identity. How many people clear the memory, delete cookies and temporary files when they close down their browser? Quite the opposite is true - for convenience many store their digital identities in their browsers so they do not have to log on every time they wish to use an online service. It is rather like leaving your car keys on the hall table in full view of the letterbox. A fishing rod is all the criminal needs to steal your car. The final myth is the one that leads to the most pronounced false sense of security - that my make of computer or operating system is not vulnerable to security problems. Some people think that being behind a firewall makes them safe. I am afraid that this could not be more wrong. You may find that you are using a less popular computer brand which has yet to attract the attention of criminals, and your firewall may keep out some intruders, but all computers, if connected to the internet, are vulnerable. Alan Woodward is a visiting professor at the University of Surrey's department of computing. He has worked for the UK government and currently advises several FTSE 100 companies about issues including cybersecurity, covert communications and forensic computing through the consultancy Charteris where he is chief technology officer.

Question: Are we wising up to the dangers @placeholder online ? Or are phishing , spam and hacking just words that we still do not understand and we hope will not happen to us .


The white marble statue of a woman was found after a cliff collapsed in the city of Ashkelon. The statue - which lacks a head and arms - dates back about 1,800-2,000 years, officials at the Israel Antiquities Authorities (IAA) believe. However, the storm also caused some damage to the Roman-era port of Caesarea. Israel's officials are due to visit the area to assess the damage. "The big storm earlier this week caused the cliff to collapse," IAA spokeswoman Yoli Schwartz was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency. She added that "a statue from Roman times was found by a passer-by". The statue weighs about 200kg (440lb) and stands 1.2m (4ft) tall. Although its head and arms were missing, "delicately carved sandals" remained intact, Ms Schwartz said. The IAA has already removed the statue from the site to study it.

Question: A Roman statue @placeholder for centuries has been unearthed after a massive storm battered Israel 's coast , officials say .


Almost every cycle which has been part of the Bike2Go project has been removed for "maintenance and overhaul". Dumfries and Galloway Council said the bikes will be returned when the scheme is relaunched in conjunction with a similar project run by ScotRail. The ?¡ê155,000 scheme began in 2010, to encourage people get out of their cars, but it has suffered from low uptake. It has provided bikes free of charge to subscribers at 11 locations across the town. However three years after it launched, it emerged that the town's 42 bikes had been hired 2,270 times - a daily average of about two rentals. It worked out at more than ?¡ê60 per rental. Stances at locations including Dumfries Railway Station, the Crichton campus and Heathhall are now standing empty. A survey by BBC Scotland found just one cycle - at the King George V playing fields. Sally Hinchcliffe, of Cycling Dumfries, called on the local authority to consult with local groups before relaunching the scheme. The cycling campaigner said: "It's a shame that the bikes weren't more successful, but the few times we have used them in the past we found the rental system very clunky to use and sometimes it just wouldn't work at all, although most people who actually managed to rent one of the bikes enjoyed riding them. "We hope that the relaunch will include discussions with local groups about how to make the most of the bikes - perhaps an on-street rental scheme isn't the best use for them. "For instance, they could be integrated into Abellio's Scotland-wide bike hire scheme based at the station, or be made available to community groups for bike rides or loan bikes." One subscriber to the scheme, Chris Henry, told the BBC he had hoped to use a cycle to travel from the Crichton to the railway station. When he contacted the operator, Hourbike, he was told he could pick up a bike from Cargen Towers - a council building on the opposite side of Dumfries. Mr Henry said: "I hadn't realised the significance of the name 'hourbike' is that you must walk for an hour, passing at least five empty bike stations, to locate a bike." A spokeswoman for Dumfries and Galloway Council said there is usually very low usage of the bikes over the winter months. She added: "We are looking to relaunch the Bike 2 Go scheme in the spring, in conjunction with ScotRail's launch of their national 'Bike and Go' hire scheme at Dumfries Station. "We are working with ScotRail to source local maintenance and support for both schemes for the future, and it is therefore appropriate to postpone return of the bikes to their stances until the spring of 2016."

Question: A troubled bike hire scheme in Dumfries has been @placeholder until next spring , BBC Scotland has learned .


Few scientific facts are known about the hapless bird, which was last sighted in 1662. A study of bone specimens shows the chicks hatched in August and grew rapidly to adult size. The bird shed its feathers in March revealing fluffy grey plumage recorded in historical accounts by mariners. Delphine Angst of the University of Cape Town, South Africa, was given access to some of the dodo bones that still exist in museums and collections, including specimens that were recently donated to a museum in France. Her team analysed slices of bone from 22 dodos under the microscope to find out more about the bird's growth and breeding patterns. "Before our study we knew very very little about these birds," said Dr Angst. "Using the bone histology for the first time we managed to describe that this bird was actually breeding at a certain time of the year and was moulting just after that." The scientists can tell from growth patterns in the bones that the chicks grew to adult size very rapidly after hatching from eggs around August. This would have given them a survival advantage when cyclones hit the island between November and March, leading to a scarcity of food. However, the birds probably took several years to reach sexual maturity, possibly because the adult birds lacked any natural predators. The bones of adult birds also show signs of mineral loss, which suggests that they lost old damaged feathers after the breeding season. Ancient mariners gave conflicting accounts of the dodo, describing them as having "black down" or "curled plumes of a greyish colour". The research, published in Scientific Reports, backs this historical evidence. "The dodo was quite a brown-grey bird, and during the moulting it had downy, black plumage," explained Dr Angst. "What we found using our scientific methods fit perfectly with what the sailors had written in the past." The research could also shed light on the dodo's extinction about 350 years ago, less than 100 years after humans arrived on the island. Hunting was a factor in the dodo's demise, but monkeys, deer, pigs and rats released on the island from ships probably sealed their fate. Dodos laid their eggs in nests on the ground, meaning they were vulnerable to attack by feral mammals. Dr Angst said the dodo is considered "a very big icon of animal-human induced extinction", although the full facts are unknown. "It's difficult to know what was the real impact of humans if we don't know the ecology of this bird and the ecology of the Mauritius island at this time," she explained. "So that's one step to understand the ecology of these birds and the global ecosystem of Mauritius and to say, 'Okay, when the human arrived what exactly did they do wrong and why did these birds became extinct so quickly'." Julian Hume of the Natural History Museum, London, a co-researcher on the study, said there are still many mysteries surrounding the dodo. "Our work is showing the seasons and what was actually affecting the growth of these birds because of the climate in Mauritius," he said. "The cyclone season, when often the island is devastated with storms - all the fruits and all the leaves are blown off the trees - is quite a harsh period for the fauna - the reptiles and the birds on Mauritius." The dodo, which is related to the pigeon, evolved on Mauritius. However, bone samples are rare, making it difficult to trace the evolutionary process. Although many specimens of the dodo ended up in European museums, most were lost or destroyed in the Victorian era. Follow Helen on Twitter.

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Media playback is not supported on this device Josh Griffiths, 23, finished in two hours 14 minutes 49 seconds on his marathon debut to claim an automatic qualifying place for August's Worlds. Griffiths, who started behind the elite field, was the first British runner to cross the finish line and 13th overall. "The crowd was amazing and carried me to the finish line," Griffiths said. "The goal for me was to try and run the Welsh Commonwealth Games qualifying time of 2:16:00. It never crossed my mind that I would be running in the World Championships in the summer." Robbie Simpson was fastest of Britain's established names, finishing in 2:15:04 ahead of Andrew Davies (2:15:11). The race was won by Daniel Wanjiru of Kenya in 2:05:56. Media playback is not supported on this device "I didn't really realise until I crossed the finish line what I had just done," Griffiths continued. "I managed to catch up to the lead British runner at about mile 13, but I was working hard with a group of really elite runners who I have looked up to for a long time. "Before I knew it, I started to pull away from some of them. I was working hard with Robbie Simpson at mile 22 and I knew that my legs were starting to tire. "Around mile 25, I started to think I had passed everybody, but you're never really sure until you cross that line." Griffiths, who finished third in the Cardiff Half Marathon in October, says he was aided by the pace of Simpson. He added: "I've known Robbie from mountain running previously and I know he's a great runner so the fact that I was able to run with him and work together with him was just great. "He's really strong and I think we helped each other get to the end. "This is all very new to me and the thought of being able to run in the World Championships in the summer, I just can't wait."

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Tegwen Roderick from Abercanaid, Merthyr Tydfil, died from blood poisoning at Ysbyty Cwm Cynon, Mountain Ash, in May 2014. Coroner Dr Sarah-Jayne Richards said her treatment was "substandard across several different levels of care". The Aberdare inquest heard staff shortages had been blamed. Dr Richards ordered a review of changes implemented by Cwm Taf health board following the death. She said the case was "complex" as Mrs Roderick had many clinical problems, including dementia and a condition which led to the weakening of her bones. "The view has been expressed that often nursing care was provided but simply not recorded or that writing was illegible - either way this is unacceptable and in breach of hospital policy and the duty of care that was owed to Mrs Roderick," she said. The coroner said care was substandard, highlighting the monitoring of Mrs Roderick's fluids and dressing changes. Her family also expressed concerns about staff knowledge of lifting and handling, nutrition, hydration and dementia. Mrs Roderick was initially admitted to Prince Charles Hospital , Merthyr Tydfil on 3 April 2014 with a suspected broken left leg after a fall. She was transferred to Ysbyty Cwm Cynon on 18 April with a view to her returning home. But on 19 May an unexplained "open wound" fracture to her other leg was discovered and her health deteriorated. Four people were arrested on suspicion of assault and conspiring to pervert the course of justice, but there was 'insufficient evidence to prosecute for gross negligence manslaughter', according to the Crown Prosecution Service. The health board's assistant director Jason Roberts said staff levels were above national minimum guidelines and the manager of the ward has been put on a development programme.

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The 27-year-old is among a group of 18 candidates running for a seat in Russia's parliament this weekend, openly supported by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a sworn enemy of President Vladimir Putin. The former oligarch, who is now in exile, spent a decade in prison here on fraud charges which he says were politically motivated. Natalia, officially a candidate of opposition party Parnas, was initially afraid of accepting the ex-oligarch's backing. "I didn't know what to expect," she said, But, to the surprise of many, all but one of the candidates supported by Mr Khodorkovsky's Open Russia movement were cleared to run for parliament. That's a big change from the 2011 election when Parnas itself was barred from the race. But Natalia says it hasn't been a fair fight. Among a chaos of campaign leaflets and stained mugs in her basement headquarters are dozens of letters from the local authorities. Repeated requests to erect information stands and hold rallies in her constituency have been refused. One rejection claims her campaign could create social "tension" with other candidates. "They are afraid of any opposition, even if it's not so big or powerful," Natalia argues, on her way to court to lodge an official complaint against her main rival from the governing party, United Russia. She has spotted posters with his photograph offering free concert tickets and wants the candidate removed from the race for buying votes. The court ultimately rejects her complaint. "They are afraid when there is something they can't control. I am something that is not under their control in this election. That's why they are so nervous," Natalia believes. Perhaps that is why state television has gone on the attack. While news programming has been filled with images of President Putin alongside Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (the official head of United Russia), last week state-controlled NTV showed the latest in a series of films smearing Russia's opposition. Its expose, Eighteen Friends of Khodorkovsky, alleged that the former oil tycoon was funding candidates directly from abroad in violation of Russian rules. The film claimed that his aim was to declare the vote invalid and spark mass protests like those that followed evidence of fraud at the last elections. "There is nothing they are afraid of more," argues Vladimir Kara Murza, co-ordinator of Mr Khodorkovsky's Open Russia movement. He was detained himself last week, at a campaign rally for another opposition candidate which police said had not been authorised. "I think this [fear of protest] is the biggest, if not the only reason they are going to such lengths to create an appearance of free and fair elections. But I think it's important not to be fooled." Open Russia says it provides expert advice and support for candidates like Natalia Gryaznevich, including lawyers and PR, not cash. But the movement does admit it has an agenda. "We want to show that there are people who have a different vision and want to see Russia as a modern, European democracy," Vladimir Kara Murza explains. But the odds look stacked against them. Outside a St Petersburg metro station, a man in a bear suit hands out political newspapers for the local United Russia candidate. The front page sports a big photograph of President Putin. Next to the bear is an advertising stand for the governing party, right on the spot where Natalia was refused permission to campaign. That evening, when Natalia arrives in the yard of an apartment block for a pre-advertised meeting with voters, no-one turns out to hear her. "I know that 100 people got the invite," the young politician shrugs, putting a brave face on it. "Maybe they don't want to come outside and listen. But they know I am ready to meet them and that's the most important thing." Open Russia argues that it is playing the long game. "We want to use this as a training ground for a new generation of political activists, to get them experience," says Vladimir Kara Murza, recalling the story of virtuoso Soviet pianist Rudolf Kehrer. Exiled to Kazakhstan during World War Two, he was forced to practise for years by playing on a plank of wood. "We know that all regimes end. And when the time comes, we have to be ready," Mr Kara Murza argues. Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, has 450 members and is being elected for a five-year term. Four parties had MPs in the outgoing parliament and it was almost totally dominated by supporters of President Vladimir Putin Outspoken anti-Putin MPs were stripped of their mandates This time half the Duma will be chosen by constituencies and half from party lists The same four parties are expected to win all but a handful of seats Fourteen parties are running but only two are consistently critical of the Kremlin. The opposition is weak and disunited and media coverage, especially on state TV, strongly favours the ruling party United Russia. The previous election in 2011 was marred by allegations of fraud, which led to mass protests in Moscow

Question: There is a large , rust - @placeholder blank space where Natalia Gryaznevich 's face once looked down on a suburb of St Petersburg . The election billboard of the young opposition candidate is one of two that were vandalised ; on the other , her name has been painted over in black .


Not much to see here, you might think, time to move along. And yet what we saw today at Westminster was fascinating, the growing pains of a new parliament on show for all to see. You had a prime minister, flush with victory, insisting he should have the freedom to campaign in the referendum on the EU in a way that he did not have in last year's vote on Scottish independence. Even loyal Tory MPs told me that Mr Cameron should have realised that scrapping purdah outright would provoke opposition and an unnecessary battle with his backbenches. Those MPs claimed it showed a rather clumsy approach by Downing Street that a more sophisticated operation would have avoided. The PM might have his first genuine mandate but it only goes so far in parliament. You also heard along the corridors of Westminster the sound of a very large penny dropping, namely that the government no longer has the majority of 80-odd that the Tories enjoyed with the Lib Dems. With just 12 extra votes to play with, the government has begun walking a narrow path where every division is tight. MPs and ministers are realising that this will be their lot for the next five years. The trips will be curtailed; the flexibility the whips once offered long gone. As for the whips, this was their first outing of the parliament. The Conservative whips are quite a new team with not much depth of experience. They are happy they got their business through. But they might have expended too much personal capital too early. And they will be well aware they won only because Labour abstained. This was just an early skirmish. There will be many other battles to be had when new MPs will be more willing to defy their government. And as for Labour, we learned perhaps how they will approach opposition, at least until their new leader is elected. They had the chance to defeat a newly elected government on a matter of defendable principle. But they chose not to. Some suggested it was because they could not guarantee getting enough Labour MPs in to defeat the government. There is nothing worse for an opposition than trying to defeat the government and failing. But senior Labour sources insisted this was a deliberate choice to oppose responsibly and reasonably and not duff up the government just because it can. This may be true but there was clearly a healthy debate within the PLP's upper echelons about whether this was the right choice to make. And as for the rebels, they insisted they would have had more on their side if there had been a chance of defeating the government. They spoke of the concessions given and the promises of more to come. But perhaps we learned that they too can be guilty of exaggerating numbers and may have something more to learn about the best way of using parliamentary procedures to best their government. What impressed me most, though, was the sheer indomitability of Sir William Cash, as we must now call him. Twenty years ago I watched him and others play havoc during the Maastricht votes. Two decades on, he is still there, fighting his fight. For the last four days Bill Cash - as we used to call him - has been in hospital with blood poisoning. This morning he discharged himself to come to parliament, walking unsteadily with a severely swollen leg, speaking unusually while sitting down in the Commons. Young Conservative eurosceptic MPs are sometimes dismissive of the old guard. But few match the perseverance of the 75-year-old MP for Stone.

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Media playback is not supported on this device Jim Neilly, BBC Sport "I think Team GB's English super heavyweight Anthony Joshua has got a very good chance of winning a gold medal. The Cubans maybe aren't as strong as they used to be though, with the Russians now being very competitive." Lucy Abel, BBC Sport "Only ourselves and Russia have the full quota of three women boxers. Savannah Marshall is the first British woman to be crowned world champion and is the favourite for the gold medal at 75kg. Lightweight Katie Taylor from Ireland has been an inspiration to female boxers across the globe." A number of great champions have made their name at the Games, including Hungarian Laszlo Papp, the great Cuban Felix Savon, and the USA's Oscar de la Hoya. Probably the most famous of them all, though, was Cassius Marcellus Clay, who won gold in the light heavyweight contest in Rome in 1960. He later went on to become perhaps the greatest professional heavyweight boxer of all time under the name Muhammad Ali. London will host another momentous step in the history of the sport as women will compete in Olympic boxing for the first time. As boxing provides intense cardiovascular exercise, it is an efficient way to improve the strength of your heart. One hour on a punch bag would burn approximately 354 calories, an hour's sparring would burn approximately 531 calories and an actual hour-long fight would burn approximately 708 calories. Some clubs also offer sessions that are more fitness-based than actual boxing. The US-based Centres for Disease Control Prevention reported that boxing provided the best mixture of exercise for people whose goal is to decrease their risk of obesity, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, osteoporosis and cancer. Training sessions are an excellent way to develop communication skills and learn to work effectively with other people. Clubs also offer a variety of social events beyond simply taking part in the sport. Boxing is a dynamic sport that teaches physical and mental discipline, and the best way to get started is to join a local club. Men: Light fly (49kg), fly (52kg), bantam (56kg), light (60kg), light welter (64kg), welter (69kg), middle (75kg), light heavy (81kg), heavy (91kg), super heavy (+91kg) Women: Fly (51kg), light (60kg), middle (75kg) To ensure safety, it is vital all contact sessions are overseen by a qualified coach and you buy the correct equipment before you start. Beginners will need gloves, gum shields, head gear, boots and shorts, with easy access to punching bags also essential. The Amateur Boxing Association's club finder can help you locate your nearest centre in England, while in Wales you can contact the Welsh Amateur Boxing Association by calling 01446 794 444. The Amateur Boxing Association of Scotland and Irish Amateur Boxing Association websites also contain further information as to how you can get involved. As it involves high-energy exercise, leisure and sport centres, gyms and universities throughout the United Kingdom offer boxing-based sessions which allow people who want to avoid full contact to partake in the sport. More on the GB Boxing website 'Join In Local Sport' aims to get as many people as possible to turn up and take part in activities at their local sports facilities on 18/19 August, 2012 - the first weekend between the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The aim of the initiative is for every sports club and community group in the UK to put on a special event in a bid to encourage more people to get involved as members, supporters or volunteers. More than 4,000 local sports clubs will be opening their doors to host events and show people just how they can get involved. As well as tips on playing sport there will be information on coaching, supporting and how to help out. Find an event near you. More on the London 2012 website All boxers must be at least 17 years old, be no older than 34 and must be amateur athletes. Boxers score points for every punch they land successfully on their opponent's head or upper body. Five judges score each bout, and a boxer scores a point when they deliver a blow that, without being blocked or guarded, lands directly with the knuckle part of the closed glove of either hand on any part of the front or sides of the head or body above the belt. Get your performance under pressure analysed in just 20 minutes by four-time Olympic gold medallist Michael Johnson Start the experiment The scores in each round are the average of a combination of the three judges' scores which are the closest (called 'Similar Score'). The boxer with the most points wins the bout, but if a boxer cannot get up after 10 seconds it is classed as a knockout and the bout is over. Warnings can be applied in each round. When warnings are applied to a boxer, two points are awarded to his/her opponent. A referee can also stop the fight for a disqualification or if they feel one athlete is not in a fit state to continue. In case of a draw of the final scores, the lowest and highest total scores from the judges will be deleted. The winner will be determined by the total score from the three remaining judges. If the scores are still tied, judges will be asked to press the button once for the boxer they think is the winner. The decision is made by taking the majority of the five judges. If both boxers are disqualified there will be no winner. The bout could be declared 'no contest' due to a technical incident beyond the responsibility of the boxers. In the men's, boxers compete in bouts of three rounds, each lasting three minutes, with a one-minute rest period between rounds. In the women's, boxers compete in bouts of four rounds, each lasting two minutes, with a one-minute rest period between rounds. More on the Team GB website Team GB stand a good chance of medalling in both the men's and women's competition. Four of the seven men selected medalled at the 2011 World Championship, with silvers for Andrew Selby,Anthony Joshua and Luke Campbell. The women's trio are highly fancied following the World Championship in May, when middleweight Savannah Marshall won gold and Nicola Adams silver and Natasha Jonas bronze. Ukraine's men's team won four golds at the 2011 World Championship. One of those was lightweight Vasyl Lomachenko, who is a hot favourite to retain his Olympic title. Cuba, as ever, will be formidable foes - watch out for light heavyweight Julio C¨¦sar la Cruz. In the women's tournament, Ireland's Katie Taylor has won four successive world titles. The history of competitive fist-fighting dates back thousands of years, with the earliest records of boxing in Egypt in 3000BC. Cassius Clay - who later became Muhammad Ali - won the light heavyweight gold medal in 1960. The 18-year-old won a unanimous decision over Zbigniew Pietrzykowski of Poland. Boxing was one of the cornerstones of the ancient Olympic Games in Greece from the 23rd Olympiad in 688BC. Pugilism, as the Greeks called it, prohibited clinching and had no weight classes, rounds or time limit. Boxing wasn't on the itinerary of ancient Olympic sports that made up the first modern Games in 1896 as it was considered "ungentlemanly, dangerous and practised by the dregs of society". Things have moved on considerably since boxing was introduced to the ancient Olympic Games in the 7th century BC, and even in the 108 years since the sport made its Olympic debut there have been major changes, such as headguards being made mandatory in 1984 and electronic scoring arriving in 1992. However, none of those can match the significance of the three women's events -  flyweight, lightweight and middleweight - scheduled for introduction in London. More on the IOC website

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Jo didn't know it yet, but there was no need to panic. Because next door was a tailor, a man who had only arrived in Canada days before after fleeing Syria's war-torn violence, unable to speak a word of English. Ibrahim Halil Dudu did not hesitate to come to the rescue. "I was so excited and so happy," Ibrahim told CTV News through a translator. "I like to help Canadian people from my heart." He appeared at the house with his sewing kit, his young son and David Hobson, the Ontario man who had opened his own doors - and renovated his basement - to Ibrahim and his family so they could have a home. "Within a few minutes he had sewn Jo's dress on to her - and it looked just as good as before," recalled wedding photographer Lindsay Coulter, who captured the moment with her camera. Lindsay, 26, was so touched by what she saw, she decided to share the image with her Facebook friends. "Every weekend I take photos of people on the happiest days of their lives, and today one man who has seen some of the worst things our world has to offer came to the rescue,' she wrote in a post liked more than 22,000 times since 26 September. Ever since, she has been inundated with emails and calls wanting to find out more about the tailor from Aleppo, who spent three years in Turkey waiting for asylum after escaping Syria. "It's very overwhelming," Lindsay said. "I think Canadians want to help when they see others in need. "We love Canada, but we know we just won the lottery on where we were born." In fact, this story of goodwill goes back even further: Ibrahim, his wife and their three children are among 50 families being sponsored to live in Canada by businessman Jim Estill, who is personally footing the bill of more than a million Canadian dollars (?¡ê588,000/$764,000) so they can claim asylum. These families are among 30,862 Syrian refugees who have arrived in Canada since November 2015. In comparison, Britain has set itself a goal of taking in 20,000 Syrian refugees by 2020, and America has accepted 10,000 in the year to 1 October. Lindsay now hopes this story will inspire other countries to follow in Canada's footsteps. "My massive, massive dream is that others will see what we have done and see it makes us a stronger country and it makes our people more compassionate," she said.

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The Grade II listed Durham Miners' Association hall in Red Hill, Durham City, opened in 1915 when the county's coalfield employed 200,000 men. The red-brick mansion contains hundreds of photographs and banners, as well as a debating chamber with 300 seats nicknamed the pitmen's parliament. The association is planning to apply to the Heritage Lottery Fund for ¡ê2m. Among the hall's treasures is a letter written in 1943 from the USSR ambassador on behalf of Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin. The letter thanks Durham miners for a charitable donation of ¡ê1,500 for an X-ray machine. Chairman of the association, Alan Cummings, said: "It's about a rich, exciting heritage - hard times and good times - and that should be celebrated.  This building represents the finest of that." But Mr Cummings said it was a struggle to pay growing maintenance and running costs. Mining historian Dr Stuart Howard, of Sunderland University, said the miners' hall was "probably the finest trade union building in Europe". "It was meant as a status symbol, so when negotiations went on here the status and strength of the union was communicated," he added.

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Now in its fifth year, the BBC Radio 2 contest challenges under-13s to write a story about any fictional topic. A record 120,421 entries were received, with thousands of volunteers helping to whittle down the entries. Chris Evans unveiled the six young winners in a live broadcast from St James's Palace. "Every single young writer in this competition deserves a round of applause, a hats off and a whopping well done for creating such sensational stories," he said. "They've all been so moving," said teacher Jen Morgan, who helped judge the prize. "It's just a privilege to read some of them." The winners were: Gold: Amabel Smith (10) - It's A Wide World Silver: Hannah Sennouni (12) - Londoner Pigeon Bronze: Lara Akhurst (11) - Blue Gold: Sofia Zambuto (9) - Fight For Life Silver: Robyn Fielding (8) - The Word That Wouldn't Come Out Bronze: Emily Potts (9) - Cake Wars Sofia Zambuto's gold award-winning story recounted a mother's desperate attempt to save her family from what appears to be a tsunami. "Children we must move now," she wrote. "We must leave our home now. We must find a new home. The wave, the flood is coming again. Run with me now, as fast as your legs will carry you. Follow me now." Judge Charlie Higson said the nine-year-old had "managed to achieve a piece of mature action writing, which is a very difficult thing to do well," and praised the "fantastic twist". Zambuto had missed the deadline for the 2014 competition by 30 seconds. "I'm kind of pleased I missed it now," she laughed. The top prize in the older category went to 10-year-old Amabel Smith's It's A Wide World, a story set in a not-too-distant future where the "government uses weight to control society". Richard Hammond, who chaired the judging panel, called it "astonishing" and "frightening". "The idea of the government using obesity as a controlling mechanism is such a fresh and original idea." Cake Wars told the story of a baking contest where the contestants sabotaged each other's entries. It was written by nine-year-old Emily Potts, who said it was inspired by her grandmother's "terrible cakes". London Pigeon was a first-person/first-pigeon account of a bird's life, while The Word That Wouldn't Come Out described a stammer from the point of view of a stubborn word, stuck in the speaker's mouth. Lara Akhurst's Blue was described by children's laureate Malorie Blackman as "a mature, personal story which I found immensely moving". Celebrities including Sir Kenneth Branagh, Jeremy Irons, Sally Hawkins and Charles Dance read out the short stories during the prize-giving ceremony. The event was hosted by the Duchess of Cornwall, who is a patron of the National Literacy Trust. "Whenever I have a chance - and I don't often get a chance to talk on Radio 2 - I tell everybody we must never forget how important reading and story-telling is," she said. "Like climbing though the wardrobe into Narnia, stories open doors into different worlds. "We meet impossible people, travel to remote places and make hundreds of new friends. "We look around with new eyes and recognise Horrid Henry next door or Professor Snape the chemistry teacher in the school down the road. "The best stories show us what we all have in common." 1. Fairy tales: princess, charming, unicorn 2. Royalty: coronation, Queen, majesty 3. Family: BFF, grandmother, aunt 4. Shopping: Prada, make-up, shopaholic 1. Dinosaurs: stegosaurus, Jurassic, raptor 2. Superheroes: Batcave, Gotham, Avengers 3. Football: Aguero, Neuer, Suarez 4. Science fiction: teleport, continuum, tardis An analysis of the 50 million words used in the stories showed that new technology featured strongly in children's imaginations. One of the most common plotlines in the short story competition was achieving sudden internet fame after posting a YouTube video; while #hashtags were incorporated into the stories with increased frequency. "Children are not tweeting and using Twitter, but they are using the word hashtag and the symbol # for dramatic effect, it is heightening tension," said Vineeta Gupta, head of children's dictionaries at the Oxford University Press. But the top 10 nouns were reassuringly related to home, family and daily life. You can read all the finalists, including the six winning stories, on the 500 Words website.

Question: Stories about heroic pigeons , @placeholder cakes and living with a stammer were among the winners at this year 's 500 Words competition .


Joe Delaney, of the Grenfell Action Group, told the BBC that Sir Martin Moore-Bick "couldn't even control the crowd" at the meeting on Thursday. A video of the meeting shows the ex-judge saying he would "find the facts as I see them from the evidence". He has already faced calls to step down just days after being appointed. Sir Martin said he had been invited to the meeting by the Lancaster West Residents Association, and left after almost three hours. He described it afterwards as a "very useful meeting". Mr Delaney told BBC Radio 5 live that Sir Martin "wasn't jeered or booed. It was more scepticism. You could hear people signing and tutting". "It got a bit loud before the end. The man couldn't even control the crowd and hold them. I have heard public speakers who can shut up a stadium full of thousands of people. This man couldn't hold a room with 200 or so people." Local resident Melvyn Akins, 30, said there was "frustration, anger and confusion" in the meeting, and that Sir Martin told those gathered that he could not start work on the inquiry until his terms of reference were established. "It is going to be an uphill struggle. People feel abandoned. Now you have got somebody coming in and saying 'I am going to look into it all thoroughly' and it is not good enough. "People firmly believe that arrests should be made as a result of the outcome of all of this. If arrests are not made, people are going to feel justice may not be being done." In a short video recorded at the meeting, Sir Martin tells those at the meeting: "I can't do more than assure you that I know what it is to be impartial. "I've been a judge for 20 years, and I give you my word that I will look into this matter to the very best of my ability and find the facts as I see them from the evidence. "That's my job, that's my training, and that's what I intend to do. Now if I can't satisfy you because you have some preconception about me as a person that's up to you." Earlier it emerged that cladding samples which failed safety tests in the wake of the fire will be subjected to further "large-scale" testing. Experts will fix a complete cladding system to a 30ft-high (9m) demonstration wall and subject it to "a severe fire", the government said. It comes after 190 samples out of 191 failed initial combustibility tests. Urgent tests were ordered on cladding from about 600 towers blocks in England after the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed at least 80 people, on 14 June. However, questions have since been asked about the nature of the process after all but one test resulted in a failure. The independent expert panel on safety has now said further testing will be carried out "as the next step". So far, tests have covered only the plastic "core" on panels similar to those used on Grenfell Tower. The new process will subject a demonstration wall to a "severe fire in a flat breaking out of a window" and aim to establish whether it will then spread up the outside wall. It will also assess how different types of aluminium composite material (ACM) panels behave with different types of insulation in a fire, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) said. ACM in the cladding is thought to have been a factor in the rapid spread of the fire at Grenfell Tower, in west London. The results will help landlords decide on further actions they may need to take to ensure buildings are safe, the DCLG added. The Local Government Association - which had called for the tests to be changed - said the new testing "needs to be undertaken urgently". "We have been clear all along that entire cladding panels and the insulation behind them need to be fire tested together as a system, rather than just the core of the panels on their own," chairman Lord Porter added. The Fire Industry Association, a trade association with more than 700 UK members, said it applauded the decision to carry out the fire tests. Testing so far had simply focused on the combustibility of the core material in the cladding, it said, adding that the new tests would determine whether cladding would "actually perform well in a real fire". However, social housing provider Salix Homes said it had halted work to remove cladding from eight tower blocks in Salford, Greater Manchester, saying government advice was now "unclear".

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The inquiry into the Al-Hijrah Trust will look into allegations its trustees failed to comply with financial regulations. The commission, which regulates charities in England and Wales, said it followed an inspection in February. Lawyers acting on behalf of the Al-Hijrah Trust have declined to comment. The commission said its inquiry would focus on the charity's finances and particularly the rent it is paid by the Al-Hijrah School. A spokesman said: "The charity's trustees have repeatedly failed to submit the charity's accounts within the statutory timescales and address concerns, previously raised by the commission, over the charity's internal financial controls." The commission added the trust was not responsible for the running of the school or its funding, and said the school was not the subject of the inquiry. In December, Birmingham City Council launched an investigation into claims the Al-Hijrah Trust used ?¡ê1m of taxpayers' money to set up a faith school in Pakistan. A council spokesperson said: "We continue to work with the relevant statutory agencies and will consider the findings of the Charity Commission."

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Simon Goldsmith, 41, ran 17 laps of Martlesham Heath, near Ipswich, Suffolk, on Sunday. "It was certainly repetitive, I was verging on dizziness by the end," he said. The money raised will go to the local St Elizabeth Hospice where both his parents spent their final weeks. Mr Goldsmith, who grew up in Martlesham and now lives in neighbouring Little Bealings, does a "low budget" Elvis impersonation under the name Harry Isaac Presley. In 2010, he raised money by holding a three-day Elvis singing marathon at a pub in Ufford. He was the only person to run the full 26.2 miles (42.1km), which he billed as the "world's dullest marathon", but as the day went on he was joined by a number of well-wishers who did laps with him. He completed the course, which finished with a lap around the local shopping centre, in 4 hours and 54 minutes. "I didn't do as much training as I should have done and I found myself in some dark places, particularly around the halfway mark," said Mr Goldsmith. "You passed the pub on each lap and you could smell the food and see the beer and that was tough, but there were plenty of people about and that cheered me up." Following the fundraising success, he said he planned to do a similar event next year.

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The collection was owned by Britain's first Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole, but was sold to Russia to pay off debts. It is back at his family home, Houghton Hall, Norfolk after The Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg agreed a loan. The exhibition was due to end next month but is now on until November. A spokesman for the exhibition, Houghton Revisited, said: "Tens of thousands have already been to see it, and peak-time sessions during the holidays and at weekends have completely sold out." More than 70 pieces, including works by Van Dyck and Rembrandt, have been hung in their original positions and are surrounded by the original furniture, bronzes and marble antiquities. It took a year to broker the deal to bring the paintings to Norfolk. The story of the works and the exhibition is the subject of a BBC4 television documentary, Britain's Lost Treasures: How Houghton Got Its Art Back. It will be screened on Wednesday.

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Today, with quiet dignity, her husband Brendan explained why he believes politics was behind her death. He said: "She was a politician and she had very strong political views and I believe was she killed because of those views. "I think she died because of them and she would want to stand up for those in death as much as she did in life." As the referendum debate rages, he told me why she feared for our political culture, not just here in the UK but around the world, detailing her belief that the tone of the debate has echoes of the 1930s, with the public feeling insecure, and politicians willing to exploit that sense. "He told me she was "very worried and from left and right". He added: "I think she was very worried that the language was coarsening, that people were being driven to take more extreme positions, that people didn't work with each other as individuals and on issues, it was all much too tribal and unthinking." But Brendan Cox spoke movingly of his desire not just to protect and build on her political achievements - to but to guard the memories of her as his wife, and the mother of their two young children. He told me: "Most of all I will remember that she met the world with love and both love for her children, love in her family and also love for people she didn't know. "She just approached things with a spirit, she wasn't perfect at all you know, but she just wanted to make the world a better place, to contribute, and we love her very much." Brendan decided to speak out today because he wanted to thank the public for the extraordinary support shown to the family in the last few days. Tomorrow, friends of hers are planning a day of memorials to remember her around the world, including a major event in London's Trafalgar Square.

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But that is exactly what Jo Pavey has been doing for the past nine months since she gave birth to her second child, Emily, last year. The 40-year-old has already qualified for the 10,000m at the European Championships and has fulfilled the selection criteria to run for England at 5,000m and 10,000m at this summer's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. "It's very, very busy," she says as she prepares to go for a training run in the sunny lanes surrounding her home in the countryside outside Exeter. "I don't get a chance to get nervous before training, I just have to get on with it, get the nappies changed and get my kids ready. As a mum, my kids are always my first priority "Keeping busy has actually done me good. I feel so happy in my personal life it gives me a lot of motivation and happiness towards my training as well." Pavey made her major British debut in the 1997 World Championships in Athens and has raced at the last four Olympic Games; her best result coming in 2004 when she was fifth in the 5,000m. She made the finals of the 5,000m and 10,000m at the last of those in London, and won silver medals at the 2012 European Championships and 2006 Commonwealth Games. But to get to that standard requires putting in dozens of miles on the road every week, plus the arduous sessions at the track with her husband, coach and chief babysitter Gavin, and two children in tow. "It meant we had to go to running venues as a family and I had to run with my phone just in case I was needed," she said. "I didn't know even if it would be possible for me to get back to fitness at this age, it seemed a long way back and I was still breast feeding at the start of April. "I was training fairly hard, but I think being in that state probably got me really fit because I found it really hard to run fast but I was still putting the effort in. "Being a mum is my main priority and I've been pleased to be able to combine it with getting back to fitness." Media playback is not supported on this device But at an age when many mothers are considering less exercise and more time at home, Pavey has her eyes on qualification for Glasgow in July and racing at her first championship since the 2012 Olympics. She has already qualified for August's European Championships after winning the UK 10,000m title in her first race for the best part of two years last month. But how long can she go on balancing being a mother and a runner? "I don't know how much longer I'll go on," she says with a smile. "For me, as a mum, my kids are always my first priority. "I'm very fortunate that my husband's very supportive and we very much work at the running together. He coaches and manages me and obviously looks after the children when I'm training. "I'm still enjoying it, still doing it, but it's got to work for us as a family. "I've just got to do this year and see what happens from there really."

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It happened in the area of Meadow Farm Drive and Moston Road, in Shrewsbury, at about 10:30 BST on Sunday. The car, described as silver and thought to be a Peugeot 407 or similar, with an 04 or 54 plate, was driven off down Darville. Det Insp Mark Jones, of West Mercia Police, said there were grave concerns for the safety of the attacked man. The attacker was a man described as white, of a stocky build and more than 6ft (1.8m) tall with an eastern European accent.

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Parliament hasn't really got going yet - that won't happen until after the delayed Queen's Speech on Wednesday. But as the dust starts to settle, what do we know about how things will change? The most obvious difference will be personnel. And nowhere is that more striking than in the SNP group. There's been a changing of the guard, with the 2015 intake firmly in charge (largely down to the fact three of the six elected pre-2015 lost their seats last week). Ian Blackford was elected the new Westminster leader on Wednesday - both his challengers were first elected two years ago too. Mr Blackford's deputy - Kirsty Blackman - was also elected in 2015. She beat the only 'elder statesman' to stand for either of the top two positions, Stewart Hosie. The only real nod to the pre-2015 group was that Pete Wishart, first elected in 2001, was chosen as group secretary. I'm told a new frontbench team will be announced in the coming days. There is continuity of sorts in the Conservative group, with David Mundell remaining Scottish Secretary (we still don't know who his under-secretary - de facto deputy - will be). But there is significant change, with a much bigger group of 13 Tory MPs from Scotland. As Mr Mundell told the BBC as he returned to work on Tuesday, he's spent the past decade only having to agree with himself - now he'll have colleagues to consult with. There was speculation earlier this week that the group could form a party within a party - fighting for Scottish interests. Part of this is true; the Scottish Tories intend to lobby hard for what they think is best for Scotland. You can see evidence of that in Ruth Davidson's calls for an "open Brexit" with the economy being the firm priority, views echoed in recent days by other senior party figures, including the chancellor Philip Hammond. But I detect little desire to get into public spats by voting against the UK party whip. The Conservative MPs from Scotland want you to know they will lobby internally for Scottish party policies - that they'll continue what they see as their liberal traditions. But don't expect that to mean they'll vote against the main party line in the Commons. Some of the Labour cohort had to travel to Westminster later in the week because they had to work in their old jobs in Scotland on Monday. There are changes at the top of the group, with Lesley Laird announced as the new Shadow Scottish Secretary. A new appointment was inevitable after her predecessor Dave Anderson announced he wasn't seeking re-election. But Ms Laird has only been an MP for a week and some had wondered whether Ian Murray might make a return to the shadow cabinet - particularly after he and Jeremy Corbyn were pictured chatting outside Parliament as the new Scottish group attended a photocall. In the end Mr Murray wasn't even asked to make a return. Mr Corbyn had options and chose not to reach out to a man who has been a long-standing critic and once accused his leader of destroying the party. I'm told he will remain Scottish Labour's spokesman at Westminster though - a post created after he quit Mr Corbyn's shadow cabinet. Finally, could one of the new Lib Dem group soon hold the party's highest office? There's speculation in the corridors of power that Jo Swinson - who returned to the Commons after a two year hiatus - might stand to replace Tim Farron as party leader. She has the backing of senior figures in Scotland, but has yet to announce her plans. Could she follow in the footsteps of Charles Kennedy and Sir Menzies Campbell and be the party's next Scottish leader? Watch this space.

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In Britain, the malted milk drink has long been linked to bedtime, a soothing aid to sleep. In India, it's an entirely different story. "Taller, stronger, sharper," is at the top of the Indian website, which has lots of photos of energetic schoolchildren leaping about. In India, Horlicks is a breakfast drink, given to children as an energy boost to fortify them ahead of a long day of learning. Yet the drink's main ingredients are exactly the same: wheat, malted barley and milk. The fact that the same liquid can be perceived in two such different ways is a great example of the "crazy nonsense and beauty of marketing", says Andrew Welch. As London managing director for brand consultancy Landor, Mr Welch's job is to help brands build and improve their reputation, and ultimately create higher sales. International expansion is often the only way for firms to do this. When domestic growth has stalled, other countries can provide a business with fresh customers potentially in an area with less competition or where demand for a particular product or service is higher. And of course, having a presence in more than one country ensures a firm isn't reliant on the health of just one nation's economy for its success. But how exactly do companies go from being a local firm based in one country to a global name? Mr Welch says how Horlicks has been marketed is a great example of how to do it, with the drink's attributes emphasised in different ways to appeal to specific audiences. The drink has significantly boosted non-pharmaceutical sales in India for its owner, drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline. "You can't cookie cutter your brand around the world. This is an organisation which has gone beyond its home market and managed to stay relevant," says Mr Welch. Or, to use the industry lingo, "global is out" and "multi-local" is in. But it's not easy. Online auction site eBay is one of the world's best-known firms, boasting 167 million active buyers and reporting just shy of $9bn (?¡ê7bn) in revenues last year. Yet when it first tried to launch in China it failed. The difficulty of competing with local rivals meant that in 2006, a mere two years after entering China, it was forced to admit defeat and shut down its main website in the country. Instead it formed a joint venture with a local partner to help operate an online auction business in the country. Critics say it failed to recognise that having a strong US brand would not automatically translate to success in China. Home rental site Airbnb is already trying to avoid that mistake, recently rebranding itself as "Aibiying" in China. The name translates as "welcome each other with love", and the company reportedly said it would be easier for Chinese people to pronounce. One of the frequent criticisms of globalisation is that it is eroding countries' distinctive differences, making cities everywhere look more and more similar. From Germany to the United Arab Emirates to China you can visit the same shops, buy the same furniture, eat the same food, watch the same programmes and listen to the same music. Chris Hirst, European and UK group chief executive of advertising agency Havas, says firms expanding overseas have to overcome people's natural antipathy to this. "People don't like the idea of a global phenomenon. They want to feel close to a brand and want it to be relevant to them." The one exception to this is luxury firms, such as Louis Vuitton or Hermes, who can get away with less local differentiation because their foreignness is part of what makes them desirable, he says. At the other end of the scale, firms such as fast-food chain McDonald's may appear the same in whichever country you go to, but actually works hard to localise its branches, he says. He notes the firm differentiates some menu items to fit in with the local cuisine and tends to source ingredients from the host country. But the number of potential countries a firm can now reach has made it harder. In the 1990s, going global simply meant expanding into western Europe and north America, now countries such as India, China and Russia are all in play, says Mr Hirst. In fact, many of the areas that will generate the most growth in future are currently unfamiliar in the West, according to management consultancy McKinsey. It predicts about 400 midsize emerging-market cities will create nearly 40% of global growth over the next 15 years. "Increasingly, global means global," says Mr Hirst. In some ways advances in technology have made this easier, enabling firms to be present around the world, even in places where they don't have a physical presence. The latest annual ranking of the world's most valuable brands by consultancy Interbrand is dominated by tech firms. Apple and Google came top for the fourth year in a row. Simon Cotterrell, head of strategy at Interband, says that as well as needing to invest less in infrastructure when they expand, their success is also down to the simplicity of their business models. "The utility is staring customers in the face and doesn't need an explanation." In the end, what determines global success for all firms is the same thing that drives success in a company's home market, he says. "You have to have an offer that meets the needs of that audience. Your relevance has to come back to that problem: are you solving a customer problem in that market? "It's not brain surgery," he says.

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The Northern Irish party's 10 MPs will support the Conservatives in key Commons votes in areas such as the Queen's Speech, Budget and Brexit. Labour warned it would undermine trust in the UK government over Northern Ireland. But the Conservatives said they had a duty to form a government. The Conservatives and the DUP have said the deal makes the restoration of the power-sharing executive in Northern Ireland - which collapsed amid a bitter row between the DUP and Sinn Fein about a botched green energy scheme - more likely. Negotiations lasted 18 days after the general election on 8 June resulted in a hung parliament. The support of the DUP, added to the Tories' 317 MPs, means Mrs May passes the 326 figure needed for an overall Commons majority under a "confidence and supply" arrangement planned to last until 2022. After talks with DUP leader Arlene Foster at Number 10, the prime minister said the two parties "share many values" and the agreement was "a very good one". Mrs May said it would would "enable us to work together in the interests of the whole United Kingdom, give us the certainty we require as we embark on our departure from the European Union, and help us build a stronger and fairer society at home". Mrs Foster said she was "delighted" with a package that includes ?¡ê1bn of new funding, plus more flexibility on almost ?¡ê500m of previously announced funds, on infrastructure, health and education in Northern Ireland. The agreement has prompted calls for more money for Wales and Scotland. Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones called the deal a "straight bung" and said it "kills the idea of fair funding". The Scottish National Party's leader at Westminster, Ian Blackford, said Scotland should get "its fair share". "For years the Tories have been cutting budgets and services, but suddenly they have found a magic money tree to help them stay in power," he said. Labour said the deal was "shabby and reckless" and would undermine the trust in the impartiality of the UK government which was vital to the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry said: "For the government to be putting such an agreement in jeopardy just to prop up this dismal prime minister is nothing short of a disgrace." Sinn Fein said the DUP were effectively supporting continued austerity and cuts, as well as "a blank cheque for a Tory Brexit which threatens the Good Friday Agreement". However, First Secretary of State Damian Green said only the Conservatives had "the ability and legitimacy to lead the government our country needs". "As the party with the most seats at the general election, the Conservative Party had a duty to form a government," he added. "It is right that we talked to other parties to seek to ensure that the government can provide the competence the country needs at this crucial time." Mr Green said the agreement should help to break the deadlock at Stormont which has meant there has been no power-sharing executive since elections in March. The DUP has said that if there is not a devolved government, Westminster would still administer the financial package for Northern Ireland. Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams said any extra money for Northern Ireland was a good thing, and the restoration of power-sharing was the only way to ensure it was fairly distributed. "We may be able to say well done Arlene, when we have the executive in place," he said. The DUP and Sinn Fein have been holding talks at Stormont in attempts to restore power-sharing, with negotiators working into the night on Monday. The leaders of all the main political parties in Northern Ireland are expected to be involved in round-table discussions on Tuesday. A sitting of the assembly has been scheduled for Thursday at noon which could involve the election of a first minister and deputy first minister - but only in the event of a deal. Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney has warned that the parties must be close to an agreement by Tuesday night, and both the DUP and Sinn Fein would have to be "willing to move towards each other's position". Northern Ireland has been without a power-sharing executive since March, and without a first and deputy first minister since January. Get news from the BBC in your inbox, each weekday morning

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Grace Warnock was keen to highlight that easily accessible toilets were not just for wheelchair users. So the Prestonpans youngster, who has the bowel disease Crohn's, designed a door sign indicating the needs of people not visibly disabled. Labour MSP Iain Gray is now supporting Grace's Sign campaign and will praise it in the Holyrood chamber. The politician will lead a members' debate titled "World Toilet Day, We Can't Wait". Mr Gray, an East Lothian MSP, said: "The debate will enable me to put Grace's campaign on the agenda at Holyrood as well as highlight the work that still needs to be done globally to achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all." He added that Grace had already made "considerable progress", including coming up with her own new design for door signs.

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He was one of six people being treated in hospital in the city of Rennes. The other five remain in a stable condition, the hospital said, four had "neurological problems", the fifth had no symptoms. Reports that the drug was a cannabis-based painkiller have been denied by the French health ministry. The Paris prosecutor has opened an investigation The trial, which involved taking the drug orally and has now been suspended, was conducted by a private laboratory in Rennes. Ninety volunteers took the drug, manufactured by the Portuguese company Bial. Ten of the other 84 have been tested, but did not display any of the "anomalies" of those admitted, the Rennes hospital said in its statement (in French). On Friday, the chief neuroscientist at the hospital, Gilles Edan, said there was no known antidote to the drug. Analysis: James Gallagher, health editor, BBC News website This is the bitter price of the new medicines we take for granted. Testing such experimental drugs, at the cutting edge of science, can never be completely risk-free. The safety and effectiveness of these drugs are rigorously tested in animals. The risks are low but there must still be a leap of faith when they are tried in people for the first time. This trial has been taking place since July without such major events being reported. Generally in Phase I trials the dose is increased slowly over time, which could be why the side-effects are appearing now. The hospitalised men started taking the drug regularly on 7 January and began showing severe side-effects three days later. It is a high price to pay, but thousands of people do safely take part in similar trials each year. The trial was conducted by Biotrial, a French-based company with an international reputation which has carried out thousands of trials since it was set up in 1989. The study was a Phase I clinical trial, in which healthy volunteers take the medication to evaluate the safety of its use, the ministry said. Before any new medicine can be given to patients, detailed information about how it works and how safe it is must be collected. Clinical trials are the key to getting that data - and without volunteers to take part in the trials, there would be no new treatments for serious diseases such as cancer, multiple sclerosis and arthritis. New EU regulations to speed up clinical drug trials and streamline testing procedures across the 28-nation bloc are due to take effect in 2018. Trials typically have three phases to assess a new medicine for safety and effectiveness Has drug trial safety improved? German medics challenge new EU clinical drug trials Why some new drugs cost so much

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A bus carrying four players to the course took two hours to complete a trip that normally takes 15-20 minutes. Being more than five minutes late usually results in disqualification but officials decided to waive the rule because of "exceptional circumstances". World number one Inbee Park carded six birdies for a three-stroke lead. Park was on an earlier bus that, though delayed, arrived well before her tee time. The 27-year-old shot a five-under 67 to move to 10 under, with fellow South Korean Sei Young Kim in second. Halfway leader Minjee Lee slipped seven shots off the pace after a three-over 75. American Angela Stanford, who finished the day nine shots off the lead after a four-over 76, was one of the players on the delayed bus. She tweeted: "Learning that GPS is a wonderful thing. Hour in a bus and still no sign of the golf course. "Two hours and 15 min later we arrive. Thank you LPGA for letting us play!"

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Burnett, 23, floored the 38-year-old in the opening round after a combination but Booth showed his experience to take the bout the distance. The new champion had never gone further than six rounds in his 11 career bouts. Burnett had Booth in trouble in the fifth and eighth rounds and he earned a 120-107 verdict from all three judges. Booth had been aiming to become the first boxer in 80 years to become a three-weight British champion. The Nottingham-born fighter previously held the British flyweight and super-bantamweight titles and also was Commonwealth champion at three weights. Burnett is now trained by Adam Booth having recently moved to Eddie Hearn's Matchroom stable. The Belfast man was previously managed by former world champion Ricky Hatton.

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