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Text: Wycombe equalised in their League Two game following Hylton being substituted after receiving a yellow card.
"Danny Hylton was getting no protection out there. It was clear and blatant to see that they'd earmarked him for treatment," said Jones.
But Wycombe manager Gareth Ainsworth refuted the claims, saying there was no talk of targeting Hylton.
Jones continued: "I think the reaction of (the fans) would have put the referee in a position that he would have to give him (another) yellow card.
"That's sad, because he's a wonderful player, he's an example, the best player in this league. But they targeted him early and fair play to them."
Luton had taken the lead in a game between two promotion hopefuls through Scott Cuthbert before Johnny Mullins was sent off for a tackle on Wycombe forward Scott Kashket, and Adebayo Akinfenwa equalised for the hosts.
Ainsworth admitted Mullins' red card was "harsh", and the former QPR midfielder added: "If that's a red card I'd have been sent off a lot more times in my career.
"I like Danny Hylton," he told BBC Three Counties Radio. "He's the pantomime villain a lot of the time. But good players get booed. If you're rubbish the fans don't notice you and you don't get booed.
"I've got a lot of admiration for his work rate, the way he puts himself about. It was like an FA Cup tie, a real local derby, all the fans shouting, it was a highly-charged atmosphere and the referee does get one or two things wrong.
"He had a couple against him that weren't great but again he's put himself about and our lads give as good as they get."
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Luton Town boss Nathan Jones said Wycombe "targeted" Hatters striker Danny Hylton in Saturday's 1-1 draw.
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Text: The Manchester Evening News revealed Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is considering a £20m plan for zones in Manchester, Bolton and Bury.
It follows the publication of the government's draft UK Air Quality Plan.
TfGM said it was "exploring the feasibility" of clean air zones, alongside other options.
Alongside the fee for drivers, the scheme could also see vans charged £20 and lorries £100 to travel in the clean air zones.
The suggested zones - Manchester's inner relief road, the Mancunian Way, Bolton's St Peter's Way and routes south of Bury town centre - would operate 24 hours a day and come into force by 2020.
A TfGM spokesman said it was working closely with the Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) on improving air quality by reducing nitrogen dioxide levels.
He said the work was "critical" as Defra's draft report stated it will be the responsibility of local authorities "to bring pollution levels within the legal limits within the shortest time possible".
He added TfGM would be be reviewing Defra's proposals "over the coming weeks".
The UK has struggled to keep within EU limits on some pollutants, particularly nitrogen dioxide (NO2), which is produced by diesel engines and is linked to a range of respiratory diseases, including asthma.
Only six of the 43 regions of the UK are within NO2 limits.
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Car drivers in Greater Manchester could face a £7.50 daily congestion charge under plans being considered to meet the government's clean air targets.
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Text: In particular, the regulator found that the society had been too slow to reach deals with struggling customers.
As a result, some of those customers had incurred extra fees and interest.
In February, the mortgage lender agreed to refund almost 34,000 customers at a cost of £8.4m, after an FCA probe.
The fine, the biggest imposed by the FCA on a building society, relates to the mistreatment of customers between 1 October 2011 and 31 July 2012.
The FCA found that Yorkshire staff had not been trained properly and had only "fragmented" guidance, which meant that customers did not receive consistent treatment.
"By allowing cases to drift without agreement, YBS's actions meant that customers in vulnerable circumstances risked falling into further financial difficulty," said Tracey McDermott, FCA director of Enforcement and Financial Crime.
"Customers in financial difficulty need to be treated fairly and sensitively," she said.
In a statement, Yorkshire acknowledged its failings and said that it had "completely changed" the way the building society operates.
Back in February it announced that any customer who had been charged a fee for being behind on their mortgage since 2009 would be refunded.
It also pledged to refund any interest on those fees. It says that some customers who were correctly charged fees would also receive a refund.
"As a mutual organisation owned by our members, the service we give to customers is fundamental to us and we are very sorry for letting them down," said Chris Pilling, Yorkshire Building Society chief executive.
"I hope the refunds we have voluntarily given to customers and the changes we have made demonstrate how seriously we have taken this issue and our commitment to put things right," he said.
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Yorkshire Building Society has been fined £4.1m by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for failing to deal properly with customers who had fallen behind with mortgage payments.
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Text: A new book provides details of 750 "secret places" and "wild adventures" in Scotland, according to its publishers.
Wild Guide to Scotland is latest in a series of adventure travel guide books.
Three Scottish writers and photographers have written the book and contributed photographs.
Kimberley Grant is a travel and lifestyle journalist and photographer from Glasgow.
David Cooper is a photographer, writer and mountaineer from the Shetland Isles.
And Richard Gaston is a travel and fashion photographer from Ayrshire.
Locations in the book include uninhabited islands, sea caves, beaches, glens and mountains.
They include Boreray a tiny island of St Kilda, an archipelago about 40 miles (64km) west of North Uist in the Western Isles.
Locations also include Staffa, an island in the Inner Hebrides famed for its hexagonal rock columns formed millions of years ago by volcanic eruptions and its Fingal's Cave.
The beaches include Aird a' Mhorain in North Uist and Uyea in Unst, Shetland.
Walks to mountain bothies and wild swimming are also featured.
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Text: PC Chris Young who has been suspended from Nottinghamshire Police, faces seven counts of sexual misconduct.
James House, prosecuting, said the Hucknall-based officer targeted female witnesses in criminal investigations, some of whom were vulnerable.
The trial of Mr Young, 47, who denies the charges, is expected to last about two weeks.
Opening the trial at Derby Crown Court on Monday, Mr House told the jury that Mr Young, from Kirkby-in-Ashfield, would pick out women involved in investigations, flirt and compliment them before starting sexual relationships.
The court heard Mr Young would visit the women at home and work, often in police uniform and even while on duty.
"This case is about a police officer who used his position, his status, his knowledge and access to information to his own advantage to satisfy his own sexual desires," Mr House said.
"He targeted women he came into contact with during the course of his work. Some were vulnerable, others not so vulnerable but flattered by his advances and his position as a police officer."
Mr Young had relationships with seven women who cannot be named.
The prosecution said he behaved this way for nine years to "varying degrees of success".
"Some rebuffed him. Some had some sexual relations, others had repeated sexual liaisons with him," Mr House said.
"The prosecution say he abused his position of trust as a police officer."
Mr Young faces four counts of engaging in sexual activity with four women, two of behaving in a sexually inappropriate way and one of touching a woman's breast, all while acting as a police officer.
The case continues.
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A police officer "abused his position" to "satisfy his own sexual desires" over nine years, a court heard.
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Text: A man has been seen in dense vegetation at Attenborough Nature Reserve, close to the nest of a bird, which has only recently started breeding in Nottinghamshire.
The reserve has been home to rare species like the white-winged black tern, the squacco heron and bitterns.
Egg collectors face sentences of up to six months or a £5,000 fine.
Erin McDaid, from the reserve, said staff contacted the police after the man was seen a number of times over the Bank Holiday weekend close to where the nest was known to be.
"It's not the normal behaviour of a bird watcher - he didn't appear to have a pair of binoculars and was clearly observing something quite intently," he said.
"When challenged he said he was new to bird watching and was hoping to see birds but we're pretty confident he was looking to precisely identify where a nest was."
Mr McDaid would not reveal the species for fear it could attract more collectors but said it was a bird that had not nested in Nottinghamshire "for many years".
"Egg collectors can be quite obsessive about having a particular egg from a particular site or from their own county," he said.
"There is a possibility that he wasn't looking to collect the eggs but what he was doing was potentially putting the nest at risk anyway."
Magistrates have the power to impose a fine of up to £5,000 and six months' imprisonment per egg, under the Protection of Birds Act 1954.
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Fears a collector is planning to steal rare bird eggs from a nest at a nature reserve have been reported to police.
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Text: On Friday Westminster magistrates ruled the former Labour peer, 87, must appear in person for a hearing on the charges.
Lawyers acting for Lord Janner, who has dementia and denies the charges, argued he was too ill to attend court.
They applied to the High Court, which is due to hear the case on Thursday.
At the hearing on Friday it was acknowledged Lord Janner would not be able to understand proceedings because of his condition.
But Chief Magistrate Howard Riddle ruled that although Lord Janner did not have to play a part in the hearing, he was legally required to appear at court on Friday for a hearing on the 22 charges he faces.
Lord Janner's lawyers argue he will suffer "considerable distress and harm" from his court appearance, which they say would violate his rights under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
They are expected to apply to the court for an order that Friday's hearing at the magistrates' court should not go ahead, pending a judicial review of the decision that Lord Janner must attend.
The case is likely to ultimately be sent to a crown court, which will decide whether Lord Janner is fit to face a trial.
If the former Labour MP for Leicester is not deemed fit to plead there will be a so-called trial of the facts, where a jury will decide only if he committed the physical acts of abuse, with no finding of guilt and no conviction.
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A High Court judge is to consider whether it was unlawful to order Lord Janner to appear in court in person to face child sex abuse charges dating from the 1960s to the 1980s.
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Text: The 34-year-old former Watford and Sheffield United striker had been out of contract following his release by Coventry City in May.
Henderson has scored 129 goals in 486 career appearances, but failed to find the net in five substitute appearances for the Sky Blues last season.
Mansfield begin their EFL campaign away at Newport on Saturday, 6 August.
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League Two side Mansfield Town have signed experienced forward Darius Henderson on a free transfer.
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Text: The Samoa scrum-half, 33, has been with Northampton since joining from the Ospreys in 2013 and was part of their Premiership title-winning side in 2014.
Ford said that the signing of Fotuali'i will add experience to his side.
"We've got some great youngsters but we're going to get that experience, Luke Charteris in, (Taulupe) Faletua in and Kahn Fotuali'i in," he continued.
"That's the experience that we need."
Bath finished the Premiership season in ninth place following a 38-27 win over Leicester on Saturday in their final game.
Fotuali'i told BBC Radio Northampton: "I've enjoyed my time here. I'm sad to be leaving a big club.
"I've got another big challenge in front of me and I'm pretty excited about it."
Last week it was confirmed that South African scrum-half Nic Groom will join Northampton from Super Rugby side Stormers ahead of next season.
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Bath are to sign Northampton Saints' Kahn Fotuali'i, head coach Mike Ford has revealed to BBC Radio Bristol.
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Text: Muhammad, 24, defeated former GB rival turned Moldovan fighter Aaron Cook, 7-3 in the final in Mexico City.
It guaranteed him a top-six world ranking at the season-ending event, meaning he joins Jade Jones in winning places for British fighters in Rio.
World champion Bianca Walkden will look to secure a +67kg berth on Sunday.
Muhammad was controversially chosen ahead of then world number one Cook for the London 2012 squad, but after a bitter legal battle his selection was approved by the British Olympic Association and he went on to secure bronze.
With Cook, also 24, subsequently defecting to the former Soviet state, Muhammad is now locked in a battle with world silver medallist Damon Sansum for Rio Olympic selection.
Sansum, who lost in the quarter-finals in Mexico, was leading the Olympic race until October, when Muhammad defeated him at the Manchester Taekwondo Grand Prix event.
A decision on which fighter will be selected for the Rio 2016 is not expected to be announced until closer to the Games.
Assuming world number two Walkden achieves enough points to secure her top-six finish, GB Taekwondo will look to attain a fourth place at the Games via the European Olympic qualification event in Istanbul in January.
Britain can only nominate one entrant for one division for that competition, with heavyweight Mahama Cho the favourite to be chosen.
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Olympic bronze medallist Lutalo Muhammad secured Britain a -80kg berth for the Rio 2016 with victory in the World Taekwondo Grand Final.
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Text: The driver and passenger died at the scene following the one-car collision near J21 of the A74(M), Police Scotland said.
The road was closed southbound after the crash, which happened at about 06:00, and diversions have been put in place.
No further details about the two people have been released.
A police spokesman said: "Police and emergency services responded to reports of a one-vehicle crash on the A74 southbound shortly after 6am.
"The driver and passenger were pronounced dead at the scene.
"All lanes running southbound are closed for police inquiries and diversions have been put in place."
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Two people have been killed in a motorway crash near Gretna.
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Text: The Clifton cinema in Wellington closed in 1989 and was used as a furniture store until Dunelm Mill moved out last year.
Campaigners said they hoped to raise £10m to buy the site and convert it into a cinema, theatre, dance studio and exhibition space.
They said the site could also be used to host artists' studios.
Chairman of the Clifton project Bill Graham said the site was expected to cost £1m to buy.
He said the scale of the refurbishment would depend on what funds could be raised through grants or by selling shares through a community benefit society.
"The first thing to do is to preserve the building and the site from other development," he said.
"We have to raise the money to acquire the buildings and once we get that we can look at the detailed design work."
He said the £10m was a "top-end" estimate to complete the full project, although a more modest refurbishment would cost considerably less.
If the group's full ambitions are realised it could see a cafe bar built at the front of the building, along with a gallery, dance studios and community rooms.
Mr Graham said there were also plans to build a 100-seat cinema, modelled on Shrewsbury's Old Market Hall, and a 400-seat theatre.
He said the arts in Telford were "significantly under-provided for".
"We have The Place at Oakengates. Creating another centre here will bring a lot more cultural activities together," he said.
"A lot of the activities that are at TCAT [college] are there by default, because there is nowhere else."
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A former Shropshire cinema could be turned back into an arts venue under plans by a local community group.
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Text: The boy was outside Craigbank Primary School in Glengonnar Street, Larkhall, at about 20:45 on Sunday when he was approached by an older child.
The child threatened him with a weapon before taking his clothes.
Police said it was a "terrifying ordeal" for the eight-year-old boy and have appealed to witnesses to contact them.
Det Con David Timmons added: "Inquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident.
"I would appeal to anyone who was in the surrounding area on Sunday evening, who may have witnessed what happened or may have captured the incident on their dashcam, to please get in touch."
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An eight-year-old boy was robbed of his clothing in the grounds of a school in South Lanarkshire, police have said.
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Text: Alberta's Minister of Justice complained to the Canadian Judicial Council after Justice Robin Camp made "victim-blaming" statements during a 2014 rape trial.
Mr Camp acquitted the accused, but his verdict was overturned and a new trial ordered.
The judge will be able to make written submissions in his defence.
The council, which is in charge of investigating judicial misconduct, called an inquiry into Mr Camp's statements in 2015.
Mr Camp was presiding over a sexual assault trial when he asked the 19-year-old complainant "why couldn't you just keep your knees together?"
He also repeatedly referred to her, the complainant, as the accused, and told her that "pain and sex sometimes go together".
His comments drew sharp criticism from sexual assault victims and their advocates.
In its report, submitted Wednesday, the committee that led the inquiry found the judge's conduct "was so manifestly and profoundly destructive" he should no longer serve.
They found the judge "relied on discredited myths and stereotypes about women and victim-blaming" during the trial.
During the judicial inquiry, Mr Camp expressed remorse for his comments and said that he has been educating himself about sexual assault laws and stereotypes.
"I was not the good judge I thought I was. I struck the wrong tone in counsel submissions. I was rude and facetious," he said during the hearing.
"I didn't realize the implication came with those words."
During the inquiry, the complainant said his comments made her contemplate suicide.
Although the committee acknowledged his "significant efforts" to correct the situation, they found that no amount of training could repair the public confidence lost during the trial.
Mr Camp will have the opportunity to file written submissions on his behalf before the council makes its final recommendations to Alberta's Minister of Justice.
A verdict is expected in the new rape trial on 31 January.
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A judicial committee is calling on the removal of a judge who told a woman she should "keep (her) knees together".
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Text: In a brief statement, the company's parent group, Publicis, said he would leave in September.
Mr Roberts had said the lack of women in leadership roles was not "a problem" in the advertising industry.
Following the announcement of his resignation, the 66-year-old said he had "inadvertently embarrassed" the company with his "miscommunication".
Mr Roberts had said in an interview that the "debate is all over" about gender diversity in the advertising industry.
He said that rather than holding ambitions to progress into the higher echelons of management, many women - and men - simply wanted to be happy and "do great work".
The head of Publicis, Maurice Levy, condemned the comments. He said the remarks were contrary to the company's ethos of "Vive la Difference".
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Monday, Kate Stanners, global chief creative officer at Saatchi and Saatchi, rejected the suggestion that women lacked ambition - saying Mr Roberts's comments had upset a "huge" number of employees.
She said women "don't bail out, and do want the top jobs".
Statistics compiled by the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) and published in January suggested women held about 32% of senior management positions at Saatchi and Saatchi.
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Embattled Saatchi and Saatchi executive director Kevin Roberts has resigned following a gender diversity row.
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Text: They are available via a new location-based food app which connects neighbours in the city and beyond.
The aim of users is to cut waste.
Olio app's Saasha Celestial-One told BBC Radio Wales the idea came about when her co-founder was moving home and did not know what to do with unused food she did not want to throw away.
She told the Jason Mohammad programme: "Not only does preventing good food from going to waste feel amazing, it's a really fun way to get to know new people in the community."
Since its launch in January, over 66,000 people have downloaded the app with plans to expand into 33 more countries.
Individuals and Cardiff eateries have signed up, with leftover bread and unsold cakes being offered.
"Katherine" is offering 12 coconuts bought wholesale and which "survived a coconut shy unharmed - free to a good home". They are available for collection from Adamsdown.
As well as half a bag of carrots at Bute Street, there is a packet of unopened biscuits left over from a coffee morning at Ninian Park.
And they could be washed down with tea being given away by "Luce", near Cathays station.
She has 18 beetroot tea bags remaining from a box of 20, saying they were "bought to be adventurous - but I don't like it".
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Twelve coconuts, a packet of biscuits, half a bag of carrots and unsold shop-made cakes are some of the unwanted food items being given away in Cardiff.
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Text: Newcastle City Council has indicated it might sell The Valley in High West Jesmond for sheltered housing.
It looked "suspicious" that it would also decide on the village green application, residents said.
The authority said it was "not an unusual situation".
Friends of the Valley and the Little Dene secretary John Stephenson said: "Our concern is that, where a council is the authority promoting the development, there must be a conflict of interest when it is also acts as the Commons Registration Authority."
These authorities decide on village green and common land applications. It is an offence to build on land with this status.
"The council will obviously ensure that it deals with the application properly and in accordance with its statutory duties," the council spokesman said.
East Gosforth Liberal Democrat councillor and resident Peter Leggott said: "However well intentioned it is, it will always look a little bit suspicious if it's two branches of the council."
The council, which is aiming to make £138,150 savings on legal costs this year, has paid a London barrister £1,650, including VAT, to draw up a legal argument against village green status.
It was "appropriate to seek external advice" and the fees represented "value for money", the council spokesman said.
In 2013 the authority identified a number of potential sites for sheltered housing.
The Valley had not been marketed and there have been no discussions with developers, it said.
"Should the eventual outcome be that it goes forward as a site for development, then any proposals would be subject to the statutory planning process, including local consultation with councillors and residents," a spokesman said.
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Residents trying to prevent building on land near their homes by having it designated a village green have accused the council of a conflict of interest.
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Text: Tim Farron said the Labour leader was "blinkered" to the risk of an exit in the 23 June referendum.
Mr Corbyn was forced to defend himself after criticism he was not making a more "passionate" case to Remain.
Mr Farron urged unhappy Labour members to switch to his "united force".
At the Lib Dems' spring conference in York, he said: "Jeremy Corbyn, please do not let your own internal party chaos get in the way of winning this campaign.
"I know you may have wanted to leave in the past, but we treat your conversion as genuine and so I ask you to show the zeal of the convert and get on board."
He added: "If your party leadership remains blinkered to the risk, then your party is sleepwalking to the exit. So, come with us, share a platform, and let's make the positive, unified case that we all believe in."
Mr Corbyn, a longstanding critic of the EU, has defended Labour's campaigning on the referendum, saying his party is pushing for "a social Europe".
Speaking on a visit to Dagenham on Tuesday, the Labour leader said there were issues on which the EU should be challenged, but "at the moment we're campaigning because we want this sense of unity across Europe".
His spokesman added he would be making a "big" speech on the EU "in due course".
Mr Farron also attacked Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith for "appalling" claims last month that staying in the EU would leave the country vulnerable to a Paris-style terrorism attack.
"Some of the rhetoric in the campaign recently has been unpleasant, to put it mildly," Mr Farron told a rally of party activists.
"People on both sides have tried to scaremonger about borders, refugees and migrants. Using desperate people fleeing war and terror as pawns to score points is appalling and it is weak.
"This campaign needs the opposite. This campaign needs strength and compassion."
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Jeremy Corbyn should not allow "internal party chaos" to jeopardise the campaign to keep Britain in the European Union, the leader of the Liberal Democrats has said.
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Text: The Sunday night programme was watched by an average of six million viewers in 2015, with one episode in November reaching 7.8 million.
Countryfile beat The X Factor's Sunday results show in the ratings on two occasions last month.
The new five-part daytime series, named Countryfile Diaries, will start in the spring on BBC One.
Running across a week, the spin-off will feature country life through the changing of the seasons and will coincide with Countryfile's seasonal specials.
BBC daytime controller Dan McGolpin said the new programme would allow viewers "to further enjoy the full splendour and sheer variety of life in the British countryside during key moments of the year".
Countryfile's presenters include Matt Baker and Anita Rani and the show achieved its highest audiences in the autumn when it was scheduled before Strictly Come Dancing.
More than 7.2 million households tuned in on average between 8 November and 13 December.
Countryfile executive producer Bill Lyons said the "huge audience" had made the programme the most popular weekly factual series on TV - which he put down to "the enduring love-affair between the British people and their countryside".
The locations and presenters for Countryfile Diaries have not yet been announced.
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BBC One show Countryfile is to get a new spin-off programme after achieving its highest ever ratings.
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Text: Paul Dadge, from Cannock, helped survivors outside Edgware Road Tube Station in 2005.
Detectives looking into claims against the News of the World have contacted the families of some victims.
The relatives have been told their details had been found at the home of a private detective.
Mr Dadge said the e-mail from Metropolitan Police said officers were going through "copious amounts of records" and may be back in touch.
He gave his reaction to the latest developments to BBC WM on Wednesday.
He said: "It's not a great surprise.
"We started off with the allegations that celebrities had had their phones hacked and when we started talking about Milly Dowler's family having their phones hacked, in the back of my head I did start to think if they're looking at Milly Dowler's phone they could be looking at people who were involved in 7/7.
"I know the kind of media pressure that was around making stories about 7/7 and the difficulties of getting hold of relatives of people who were classed as missing at that point.
"The girl in the photo, Davinia Turrell, because she wasn't talking to the press, they tried to get at her through me."
He said he thought the revelation that families' phones could have been hacked would be distressing to those involved.
"I wouldn't say I'm worried as there weren't any emotional messages for me on my phone," he said.
He added that on the day of the terrorist attacks his phone had been off because his battery had run out, but he had had between 30 and 40 voice messages stored on his phone which could have been accessed by the press.
He said the thought of someone listening to his messages had left him "a little paranoid".
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A man famously pictured helping a woman at the scene of one of the 7/7 bombings says he has received an e-mail from police over the phone hacking scandal.
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Text: The 27-year-old was player of the year in his first season at Molineux in 2013-14 when Jackett's side won the League One title.
But he has fallen out of favour this term and has not played since 8 March.
"He's disappointed that he hasn't been playing but he's professional and has worked hard in training," said Jackett.
"We've had discussions about his overall situation. He understands there has to be some type of summing up. That will be this week. We'll talk about it and we'll see what happens."
McDonald has been linked with a move to Scottish Championship winners Rangers. But Jackett insists it is the formation he has used in midfield that has led to McDonald's continued exclusion.
"We need to be able to work to a two," he said. "We need to play next year and have enough where we can have a second forward, a very offensive number 10, that's where I want to get to.
"How does that impact on my central midfield? I'm looking for the right pair.
"It depends very much depends on how the conversations go, how we shape our squad, exactly what we have to spend and where we need to improve."
Meanwhile, Wolves have released six players, as well as allowing their two loan players, striker Adam Le Fondre, and goalkeeper Emi Martinez to return to their respective clubs.
Martinez goes back to parent club Arsenal, while Wolves have opted not to take up an option to buy Le Fondre following the end of his own season-long loan.
Wingers Zeli Ismail and Razak Boukari, strikers Liam McAlinden and Bjorn Sigurdarson, midfielder Tommy Rowe, who has been out on loan at Doncaster, and reserve keeper Aaron McCarey have all been let go too.
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Wolves head coach Kenny Jackett is to sit down with Kevin McDonald this week to discuss whether the midfielder has a future with the club next season.
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Text: Jill Evans, 54, was told that her behaviour at Heolgerrig Community Primary School in Merthyr Tydfil amounted to unacceptable professional conduct.
She had denied nine charges against her at the General Teaching Council for Wales hearing in Cardiff.
But three charges were proved and two other partially proved.
Allegations upheld by the teaching council panel included intimidating staff to sign a letter opposing a new playground at the school.
She also allowed a caretaker to supervise a class while a teaching assistant had her hair cut.
The chair of the panel, Jacquie Turnbull, said Ms Evans' actions had been "beyond firm management".
The head was also accused of giving her son's partner a job as a teaching assistant, in breach of council guidelines and processes.
It was not proven that Ms Evans had improperly used grant funding and the panel said there was not enough evidence to prove that she breached confidentiality or failed to address health and safety issues at the school.
An allegation that she had falsified minutes of a staff meeting were also not proven.
Gwilym Roberts-Harry, representing the teacher, said Ms Evans had had "an excellent career until this stage" with positive inspection reports at Heolgerrig and other schools she had worked at.
The panel's chair said that was accepted, but said she would not be allowed to teach for two years in light of their findings.
Mr Roberts-Harry said it was unlikely Ms Evans would return to work in the teaching profession again, and was likely to retire.
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A former primary head teacher who bullied staff has been struck off for two years by a disciplinary panel.
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Text: Former Bournemouth, Crawley and AFC Wimbledon striker Tubbs, 32, featured on loan from Portsmouth for the Spitfires last season.
Tubbs scored three goals in eight games for Sutton after joining them from Forest Green Rovers in December.
Defender Reid, 35, left Eastleigh for Whitehawk in August 2016, but was released by the Sussex side.
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Matt Tubbs and Paul Reid have rejoined National League club Eastleigh on deals until the end of the season.
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Text: Midfielder Arturo Vidal was brought down in the box by Miller Bolanos in the second half and picked himself up to convert the penalty for Chile.
Former QPR man Eduardo Vargas netted the second, calmly slotting home, as Matias Fernandez was sent off late on.
Ecuador's best chance fell to West Ham striker Enner Valencia, who struck the crossbar with a close-range header.
Chile have never won the competition in its 99-year history, coming runners-up on four occasions, the last being in 1987.
And having reached the last-16 of the 2014 World Cup, the Chileans are third favourites behind Argentina and Brazil to lift the trophy this year.
The top two sides from the three groups will progress to the quarter-finals, as well as the two best third-placed teams, with these sides lining up alongside Mexico and Bolivia in Group A.
Chile showed more intent in the encounter with some sharp, crisp passing, while Juventus's Vidal and Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez combined well in the final third.
But they were unable to find a killer touch in front of goal early on as Sanchez stabbed an effort wide, while ex-QPR full-back Mauricio Isla came close as well.
Ecuador, who failed to make it out of their group at last year's World Cup, were happy to sit back and use their pace on the counter-attack.
Striker Fidel Martinez forced Barcelona goalkeeper Claudio Bravo into a full stretch save.
The game's defining moment came from Vidal, who seemed to go down easily in the penalty area, but stepped up to score an unstoppable spot-kick into the top corner of the net.
They got their second six minutes from time, punishing poor Ecuador defending, as Sanchez played in Vargas who struck a low finish.
The match ended on a sour note for Chile after substitute Fernandez was dismissed for hacking down Juan Carlos Paredes in injury time.
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Hosts Chile began their quest for a maiden Copa America title with victory over Ecuador in Santiago.
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Text: The club recorded a small profit of £8,813 for the financial year ending in September 2016, up nearly £5,000 on the previous year.
Khan said he is "thoroughly enjoying" his job and that speculation suggesting he is going to quit should be ignored.
"I am certainly not looking to move anywhere," he told BBC Radio Leicester.
"I am loving being part of the club. We have a fantastic board who get right behind and support me.
"We still have a lot of work to do but the past two years have been fantastic."
Between 2012 and 2014 Leicestershire had three successive years of losses, totalling in excess of £500,000.
But Khan said ground development, a naming rights deal for Grace Road, sponsorship and the work on the commercial side - including an Elton John concert - had helped turn things around.
"We put a very clear five-year plan together in January 2015 of where the club needed to go," Khan added.
"We needed radical change, which we had. We have done a lot of work over the last two years to get this club back on track."
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Leicestershire chief executive Wasim Khan insists he is staying to oversee the club's five-year plan after a second successive year of profit.
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Text: Gary Paul Lowry, 33, of Glassillan Grove in Greenisland, County Antrim, was arrested in Carrickfergus in the early hours of Wednesday.
He was detained along with with four other men when police stopped a car on Castlemara Gardens at around 12.30 BST.
It followed a report that a man had been attacked in a Chinese takeaway.
On Saturday, a police officer told Belfast Magistrates Court he believed he could connect Mr Lowry to the offences.
When the car was searched, police uncovered crow bars, pick axe handles, a lock knife and a hammer.
The officer said police believe the weapons are related to a UDA feud in the area, which has been going on for a number of months.
The district judge refused a bail application on the basis that Mr Lowry might be at risk of harm from other people if he were released.
He was remanded in custody to appear again via videolink on 4 November.
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A man accused of having weapons relating to an ongoing loyalist feud in County Antrim has been remanded in custody for his own safety.
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Text: He was one of five men arrested on Thursday on suspicion of supporting proscribed organisations.
Four have been bailed but police have been given more time to question the 19-year-old.
Two of the arrested men have been named as Rofi Islam and Sajid Idris.
Officers from the North East Counter Terrorism Unit and the Wales Extremism and Counter Terrorism Unit (WECTU) executed six search warrants on Thursday.
WECTU said the investigation "does not concern any immediate threat to public safety".
Thursday's arrests were not linked to two men charged with offences on Wednesday.
Police said the arrests were linked to the Grangetown area of Cardiff and were part of a wider counter-terrorism investigation in Wales, but are not linked to brothers Aseel and Nasser Muthana who went to fight with IS in Syria.
The raids in Grangetown were within a few streets of each other. Witnesses described how a number of police vehicles descended on the area.
South Wales Police Assistant Chief Constable Nikki Holland denied Cardiff was a hotbed of terrorism.
She said the Muthana brothers and Reyaad Khan had become poster boys in the UK for IS but said police were determined to tackle radicalisation.
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A 19-year-old man being held following anti-terror raids in Cardiff and Barry has been arrested on suspicion of preparing or assisting in the preparation of a terrorist act.
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Text: Su-Yeon, who finished her second round on Friday after bad weather affected Thursday's play, then shot a bogey-free seven-under-par 65 to reach 17 under.
American Cristie Kerr's 62 equalled the tournament and course record to move into a tie for second with Canada's Alena Sharp on 14 under in Hawaii.
Wales' Becky Morgan shot a 72 to drop to 10th, nine shots off the lead.
World number one Lydia Ko of New Zealand matched Su-Yeon's 65 and is tied in seventh on nine under.
England's Bronte Law is on six under, while Northern Ireland's Stephanie Meadow is further back on two under.
Friday's third round was affected by the weather with a delay of just over an hour, with more rain forecast for Saturday.
Su-Yeon, who was invited to the tournament by the sponsors, said: "Because I had to finish up the second round this morning and play another 18 I was a little bit tired.
"But I know I'm so far away from home and I travelled so long to play this tournament, so I try to tell myself just to suck it up and have a good time and play a good round."
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South Korea's Su-Yeon Jang will take a three-shot lead into the final round of the weather-hit Lotte Championship.
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Text: The officer was responding to a "violent incident" in Camborne, west Cornwall when he hit the 12-year-old.
A police watchdog investigation found the officer had a case to answer for misconduct.
That decision was not upheld by Devon and Cornwall Police though.
The police watchdog, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), said in its report the officer was on his way to an immediate response domestic violence case when the collision occurred on a 30mph road at about 08:00 GMT on 6 January 2016.
Evidence showed the car's blue flashing lights had been illuminated but the sidelights, siren and headlights were not on.
Because of the time of day, the use of sidelights was obligatory but there was no legal obligation for the car's headlamps to be on as the street lights were on.
The IPCC said the police officer had a case to answer for misconduct for failing to drive at a speed that permitted him to stop safely, contrary to the force's policy on driving police vehicles in an emergency.
Devon and Cornwall Police agreed the officer's driving had fallen below the level of performance required and proposed he would receive management action.
In a statement, the force said: "We are pleased to hear the girl who was injured, who cannot be named due to her age, has made a good recovery.
"This incident was incredibly upsetting for everyone involved including the officer driving the police car.
"He has been dealt with accordingly and lessons have been learned as a result."
The girl, who lives in Camborne, has since made a significant recovery but is still receiving medical treatment for her injuries.
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A police officer, whose vehicle collided with a girl leaving her with serious head injuries, was driving "below standards set out in force policy," an inquiry has found.
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Text: The 29-year-old Portugal forward is set to play in Wednesday's Euro 2016 semi-final against Wales in Lyon.
He left Old Trafford in July 2015 for Turkish side Fenerbahce for £4.25m on a three-year deal, but now has a chance to return to England.
"He probably left the Premier League too early," Bowen told BBC Radio Stoke.
"He's still a real talent, as we've seen. He's got the attributes any Premier League team, I would have thought, would be interested in, especially given the form he's in at the moment.
"He had good times at Man United. He was a Champions League winner there."
Nani scored 40 goals in 229 appearances for United following his 2007 move from Sporting Lisbon, helping them to win four Premier League titles and the 2008 Champions League.
Valencia are also thought to be keen on the winger, who was sold by Louis van Gaal a year ago after spending the 2014-15 season on loan with Sporting Lisbon as part of the deal that took Marcos Rojo to Old Trafford.
Mark Hughes' Stoke, who begin the new season with a trip to promoted Middlesbrough on 13 August, finished ninth last season for the third campaign running.
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Stoke City assistant manager Mark Bowen has confirmed the Potters are interested in signing former Manchester United winger Nani.
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Text: The hospitals treating Daniel Thorpe, 27, from Buxton, Derbyshire, and Chanda Chauhan, 49, from Wednesbury, said they had been sent home.
Mr Thorpe suffered a collapsed lung and a fractured leg, while Ms Chauhan had internal injuries following the crash on the Smiler ride on 2 June.
Three others remain in care at the Royal Stoke University Hospital.
They include Leah Washington, 17, from Barnsley, who had to have her left leg amputated.
Walsall Manor Hospital, which was treating Ms Chauhan, confirmed she had been discharged.
She was sitting in the second row of the Smiler, and had surgery to her stomach, her daughter said.
Mr Thorpe left University Hospital, Coventry, on Friday and is now recovering at home, the hospital said.
Miss Washington's boyfriend Joe Pugh, 18, also from Barnsley, is being treated for two broken knees and "extensive" hand injuries.
Lawyers for Vicky Balch, 20, from Leyland, Lancashire, said on Tuesday she was "battling" to avoid an amputation.
Merlin Entertainment, which owns Alton Towers, has said it has contacted those injured and all 16 on board at the time of the crash will receive compensation.
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Two of the five most seriously-injured victims of the Alton Towers crash have been discharged from hospital.
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Text: Wales came from behind to beat Italy 20-14 in a qualifier in Monza to secure their place in next year's tournament.
"The game in Wales is growing," the Salford Red Devils prop told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"It's getting bigger and bigger with a lot more homegrown players coming through."
Kopczak continued: "Hopefully a lot more people will come and watch and see a lot of talent on show.
"We've got a lot of young, exciting prospects in the Super League now as well and it's great to see."
Wales qualified for the World Cup after finishing top of European qualifying group 1 having also beaten Serbia 50-0.
They will face Papua New Guinea and Ireland in Group C and will also be up against Fiji in an inter-group game.
"The group we're in is a very tough and physical group," Kopczak added.
"We know what we need to do and we've got the skills to match them."
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Wales captain Craig Kopczak says qualifying for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup will help grow the game further in the country.
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Text: Emergency calls were made at 14:40 BST on Saturday after a man was seen struggling in the water at Sandbanks.
The man, who has not been formally identified, was rescued from the sea by lifeguards but was pronounced dead at the scene.
A spokesman for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said the victim had gone outside marked safe-swim zones.
He added winds of between force six and gale force eight struck the area, creating very rough seas.
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A man died after getting into difficulty swimming in "very rough seas" at a beach near Poole.
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Text: The blaze started at the disused building on the corner of Littleton Street and Bradgate Street, Leicester shortly after 03:00 GMT.
The building suffered a large amount of structural damage but an attached chimney remained unaffected and stable.
Matthew Cane, from Leicestershire Fire and Rescue, said the building had been "well alight" on their arrival.
"We have managed to contain the fire to the building and a couple of units next to it," he said.
He said the fire service was working with police to trace the owners of the units which suffered some minor damage.
Some surrounding roads were closed while firefighters dealt with the blaze.
Mr Cane said officers would remain at the site throughout Thursday to dampen down.
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A derelict building in Leicester has been gutted by a fire which started in the early hours of Thursday.
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Text: Gloucestershire Police said it launched a large scale response following a report of the boy being put into the boot of a vehicle and driven away.
Officers spent two hours investigating on Sunday before locating the boy and his "extremely apologetic" family.
Social care workers have been contacted by the police following the incident.
A member of the public called the police shortly after 21:00 BST to say their son had witnessed a kidnap on Caernarvon Road.
Two adults were seen picking up the boy from the street before putting him in the boot of a vehicle which was then driven away, the force said.
A spokesman added: "The boy had been in the boot for a few minutes while the car was driven home and the family were extremely apologetic.
"The boy told police he knew it was a prank very early on.
"While we were satisfied there was no criminal intent and won't be taking any police action, due to the inappropriate and potentially dangerous nature of their actions we have referred the family to Gloucestershire County Council's social care team."
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A prank abduction involving a 12-year-old boy in Cheltenham has been slammed by police as "inappropriate and potentially dangerous".
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Text: Calum Kerr made the claim in a piece written for the Campaign for Borders Rail newsletter.
The MP for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk said he believed cross-party and cross-border support was possible.
A feasibility study is already planned into the potential of extending the route beyond its Tweedbank terminus.
The multi-million pound route between Edinburgh and the Borders opened to passengers earlier this year.
Mr Kerr said it had "confounded its critics" by proving "massively popular" and providing a boost to business in the area.
However, he said that there was now and "extremely strong case" for taking the line on through Hawick to Carlisle.
"A dynamic is building over this," said Mr Kerr.
"I believe it is possible to complete this project, though I'm aware that it won't be easy."
The SNP MP said that given it was a cross-border route the project faced an "extra layer of complexity" with the need for UK government backing.
He said that talks with neighbouring MP and Scottish Secretary David Mundell had been encouraging as had discussions with Penrith and the Border MP Rory Stewart.
Mr Kerr added that one way forward might be to apply for a debate in Westminster Hall to get an "insight into the government's thinking".
"Finishing the rest of the route will be a big investment and we will have to demonstrate there will be a commercial return," he said.
"But it will offer enormous benefits.
"It will be a third railway line between Scotland and England, improving our UK transport infrastructure, providing new linkages and creating real potential for economic and tourism benefits."
Mr Mundell said he was "very supportive" of the evaluation of the extension that was due to take place.
He added that he was also "broadly supportive" of possible options which would allow for timber traffic to be taken from Kielder Forest.
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An MP has said there are "encouraging signs" that the "fantastic vision" of extending the Borders Railway to Carlisle could be realised.
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Text: James Imray, 21, whose father is from India, said he was punched and kicked in the head during the assault in Hartlepool.
He said: "You can't go round hitting people simply because they are a different colour."
Suicide bomber Salman Abedi killed 22 people at the Manchester Arena after an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May.
Cleveland Police said they were treating the attack on Mr Imray six days later as a hate crime.
It happened on Eskdale Road at about 20:00 BST after a man who "seemed friendly" called him over, Mr Imray told BBC Tees.
"I walked over, he immediately starts ranting about the bombings, how I'm somehow responsible," he said.
"I called him an idiot and walked away, but he followed me."
The man, aged in his late 30s or early 40s, then punched Mr Imray and grabbed him in a headlock.
A second man, in his teens, then kicked him in the face, knocking him to the pavement.
Mr Imray, who was not seriously hurt, said it was "incredibly sad we have people like this in our town".
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The victim of a suspected hate crime claims he was blamed for the Manchester bombing by his assailants.
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Text: The win moved Dundalk seven points clear of Cork City with two games left.
Andy Boyle put Dundalk ahead on 15 minutes and while Mark Quigley levelled from a controversial penalty on 29, Brian Gartland headed the winner on 62.
Dundalk will secure a second straight double if they beat Cork in the FAI Cup Final on 6 November.
Stephen Kenny's side are also competing in the group stage of the Europa League having narrowly missed out on qualifying for the Champions League group stage.
Dundalk were beaten 2-1 in Dublin by Zenit St Petersburg in their most recent European game on Thursday night but remain in contention for a place in the next round.
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Dundalk clinched a third successive League of Ireland Premier Division title after beating Bohemians 2-1 in Sunday night's game at Oriel Park.
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Text: Barrow, who took charge following Warren Joyce's departure on 13 March, oversaw a 3-2 victory against Rotherham on Saturday to pick up his first win.
Despite the result, Wigan are 23rd in the table, seven points from safety.
"The way things have gone, I was just looking to win a game - the hand I've been dealt hasn't been easy," Barrow, 62, told BBC Radio Manchester.
The Latics were four points from safety with nine games remaining when Barrow, in his third stint as caretaker manager, took over from ex-Manchester United Under-21 boss Joyce.
He began with three successive losses to Newcastle, Aston Villa and Ipswich, but despite their perilous situation the former Wigan player is staying positive.
"I've never stopped believing," Barrow said. "I've tried to motivate the players - the two performances against Newcastle and Villa in particular showed that.
"They're an honest bunch of lads and there's ability there, [but] the best of their ability, the star quality, hasn't been there all season."
Wigan will look to reduce the gap to safety when they play Barnsley at home on Thursday, 13 April before travelling to leaders Brighton, four days later, on Bank Holiday Monday.
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Wigan interim boss Graham Barrow says he has "never stopped believing" they can avoid Championship relegation.
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Text: The plan for Peelhouses Farm, north of Lockerbie, first emerged in 2008. Planning permission was granted in 2010.
The project has remained on the drawing board despite permission being renewed in 2013.
Officials at Dumfries and Galloway Council have recommended a further three-year extension.
When the scheme first emerged, there was a promise of an £800m investment and the creation of thousands of jobs.
Backers pledged to turn the site into an "international hub for the internet age".
Initially the scheme also included a major housing development but those proposals were subsequently dropped.
The latest plans include a data centre, technology park, horticultural research facility and visitor centre.
The request for planning permission to be extended by a further three years was submitted by consultants Blackmores D Limited.
No objections have been lodged.
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A proposed internet data centre in south-west Scotland could be given an extension to its planning consent.
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Text: The former South Africa batsman bludgeoned a career-best 156 off 113 balls in his first game back after a month out with a hand injury.
Rossouw hit 24 fours and two sixes as Hampshire raced to 250-6.
Somerset were earlier bowled out for 249 with Dean Elgar (78), Peter Trego (55) and Adam Hose (50) contributing.
Such was Rossouw's dominance, the 27-year-old scored 56 of the visitors' first 57 runs in the early stages of Hampshire's chase.
The left-hander, who joined Hampshire on a Kolpak deal in January, was particularly brutal towards Jamie Overton, smashing 36 off the first 13 balls he faced from the paceman.
Moments after captain James Vince (35) chipped Tim Groenewald to mid-on having put on 114 for the second wicket, Rossouw brought up his hundred off 73 balls.
Overton returned to claim four quick wickets, including Rossouw in what would prove to be the penultimate over, but two sixes from Lewis McManus saw Hampshire home with 12.4 overs to spare.
Despite the loss, Somerset are still in a good position to qualify from the South Group stage having won four of their five matches, while Hampshire have won three and lost two.
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Rilee Rossouw's superb attacking century saw Hampshire to a four-wicket win at Taunton and ended Somerset's unbeaten start in the One-Day Cup.
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Defending champion Walkden, 24, beat Turkey's Nafia Kus 5-4 in the final at the Salle Omnisports Perrier.
It is GB's third gold medal in three days in Switzerland, after successes for Lauren Williams and Jade Jones.
"I'm honoured to win here for a second time," said Walkden, who now holds world and European titles. "Hopefully I can become Olympic champion."
Walkden handed a couple of points to Kus in warnings, but was consistently more aggressive than her opponent and finished strongly with decisive punches in the third round.
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Great Britain's Bianca Walkden won gold in the +73kg category at the European Taekwondo Championships in Montreux.
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Text: The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigated Greater Manchester Police (GMP) after whistleblower allegations.
The Shipman investigation saw 12 bodies exhumed and samples from them were disposed of without telling families.
The IPCC ruled GMP had "acted within the law" with regards to the samples.
Shipman was convicted of murdering 15 of his patients in 2000.
In 2011, the force took the decision to dispose of the tissue samples taken following the exhumations without informing the victims' families, a move that prompted an IPCC investigation.
The IPCC concluded GMP had "acted within the law and scope of the policies in place at the time".
"As a result, no officers were found to have a case to answer for misconduct and no further action was taken by GMP," the spokesman said.
The police watchdog also ruled on two further allegations made by the whistleblower.
In the first, it was claimed officers saw a suspected sex offender with two young people but did not intervene.
That allegation saw then-chief constable Sir Peter Fahy served with criminal and gross misconduct notices, which were later withdrawn.
The IPCC spokesman said two senior detectives made a "conscious decision" not to intervene, which saw them face a misconduct hearing and be made subject of "performance measures and a development plan".
In the second allegation, it was claimed officers allowed a robbery to happen while conducting organised crime surveillance.
The IPCC found the lead officer in that operation had demonstrated "naivety", but said GMP had dealt with it as a "performance matter" following a misconduct meeting.
The spokesman said all other allegations made by the whistleblower had been returned to GMP to be dealt with.
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Police have no case to answer over how tissue from several victims of serial killer Harold Shipman was disposed of, the police watchdog has said.
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Text: Group leader Mohammed Alamgir, 37, was jailed for six years for inviting support for IS at the Old Bailey.
Speeches made by Alamgir and four other men in Luton were secretly recorded by the officer, known only as Kamal.
Judge Michael Topolski QC said he had displayed "considerable resourcefulness and even greater courage".
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He said the evidence he had gathered had played a "pivotal role" in the case and that it was not difficult to imagine the fate "that might befall him had he been exposed".
The court heard how the men had made speeches at a marquee and a church hall.
The judge described how Alamgir, of Kenilworth Road, Luton, spoke in June 2015 at St Margaret's Church "of the sun setting on the British Empire and the sun trying to rise on the Islamic State".
Sentencing him, the judge said: "You are in my judgement deeply committed to an a extreme and violent Jihad mindset.
"You are in that sense a dangerous man."
Rajib Khan, 37, of Biscot Road, Luton, was jailed for five years, and Yousaf Bashir, 36, of Dane Road, Luton, was sentenced to four years and six months in prison.
Mohammed Choudry, 23, of Laggan Road, Maidenhead, was jailed for four years.
Judge Topolski said: "In the cases of Alamgir, Khan, Bashir and Choudry, I am entirely satisfied that they revealed in their indicted speeches and indeed elsewhere, opinions which were clearly supportive of terrorism and specifically of IS."
The court heard how Ziaur Rahman, 39, of Ferndale Road, Luton, was also convicted of arranging the meetings at which there were children present.
He was sentenced to two years and six months.
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A judge has praised an undercover police officer who infiltrated a group of British supporters of so-called Islamic State to gather evidence.
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Text: The game was abandoned after 48 minutes at 0-0 following a pitch invasion by hundreds of protesting home fans.
It was held up for more than an hour before being called off.
The relegated Seasiders remain bottom of the Championship while the Terriers stay 16th finishing on 55 points.
As well as deciding on a verdict for the charge, a Football Disciplinary Committee will also be asked to consider compensation for Huddersfield and ticket refunds to supporters.
"The board took the view that the 0-0 score line that stood at the time of the game's abandonment should be officially recorded as the final result of the match, as it believes that league points should always be earned on the field of play," said a statement.
Before the match, 2,000 Blackpool fans protested outside the ground against the club's owners, the Oyston family.
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The result of Blackpool's abandoned home game against Huddersfield has been declared as 0-0 and the Tangerines have been charged by the Football League for failing to fulfil the fixture.
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Text: Ms Dugdale received 90% of the support from constituency Labour parties who nominated a candidate.
She is also backed by 80% of the local councillors who nominated a leadership candidate, and 10 trade union and affiliate groups.
She is standing against Ken Macintosh in the contest to replace Jim Murphy.
MSP Richard Baker has secured the most constituency Labour party nominations in the contest for deputy leader.
Ms Dugdale, a Lothians MSP, is supported by 30 of her fellow parliamentarians, while Mr Macintosh, currently the party's social justice spokesman, is backed by seven and the Scottish Co-Op group.
He has 10% of the support from constituency Labour parties, and 20% of the support from councillors.
Following the close of supporting nominations, Ms Dugdale said: "To have the support of the overwhelming number of local party members, councillors and trade unions is an honour.
"I take nothing for granted and will work hard to change this support into votes when the ballot opens a week on Monday.
"The support I have received so far shows I am winning the argument amongst party members, but the real task is to win back people across the country."
Mr Macintosh has previously said he offers "a change in direction" for the Scottish Labour party.
He said: "I want to break up the party machine and put the members and supporters in charge of this party."
Mr Baker secured 20 constituency Labour Party nominations, compared with 18 for rival deputy leader candidate MSP Alex Rowley and 11 for Glasgow City Council leader Gordon Matheson.
Mr Baker said: "I'm grateful to members across the country who have put their trust in me through constituency nominations.
"My platform is clear: I want us to be a strong, united party in next year's election, with policy formed by members across Scotland."
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Kezia Dugdale has secured the majority of supporting nominations in her bid to become Scottish Labour leader.
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Text: The Prince of Wales celebrated two decades since work started on the Poundbury extension to Dorchester, which is based on his planning ideals.
The development combines social and private housing with work and leisure facilities and is designed to put the needs of people before cars.
Poundbury is set to be complete by 2025 when it will house about 5,000 people.
The prince attended a reception before taking a walking tour of Poundbury with invited guests.
He viewed an exhibition of photographs reflecting how the development and its community had changed in the last decade, before joining a celebration with residents.
The prince's visit also included a tour of Cambridge Court, a block of seven self-contained flats for adults with learning disabilities, where he unveiled a plaque to mark its official opening.
The development, built on Duchy of Cornwall land, is already home to about 2,000 people and has provided about 1,600 jobs.
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Prince Charles has visited his sustainable model village to mark the Dorset development's 20th anniversary.
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Text: His mother was able to catch him before he fell when she took him to the toilet on the Totnes Riverside to Buckfastleigh train in Devon.
Investigators said the floor had been removed for repairs to the carriage's brakes but had not been replaced.
South Devon Railway (SDR), which runs the steam train, said it is taking the investigation "extremely seriously".
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The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said the 13:00 BST train was running between Staverton and Buckfastleigh on the South Devon Railway when the mother took her child to the toilet in the fourth carriage on 22 June.
The train was travelling at about 20mph (32 km/h) when they opened the door and saw the floor of the compartment was missing, exposing the carriage wheels below.
She reported the matter to the train guard and the door was locked.
The mother and child were left shocked and the boy suffered minor bruising.
Staff had previously placed a notice on the door and tried to secure it to prevent it being opened, but those measures were not effective, the RAIB said.
Its investigation, which will look at the repairs to the carriage, the adequacy of the measures to secure the door and the railway's systems for assuring the safety of rolling stock in service, will be published in due course.
An investigation has also been launched by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).
A registered charity, SDR is a seven-mile former Great Western Railway branch line which runs steam trains and heritage rolling stock as a tourist attraction.
In a statement, SDR apologised and said: "On the day in question, something clearly went wrong with our safety control and hazard monitoring systems as evidenced by the incident having taken place - it simply should not have happened."
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A small boy almost fell from a moving train carriage on to the track below because the toilet floor was missing.
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Text: Penn, 30, was out of contract and opted to join the Cumbrians rather than accept a new deal with relegated York.
The former Cheltenham, Burton and Kidderminster player has signed a one-year contract.
"His [Curle's] ambitions for the club and for me were key and drew me to the move," Penn told BBC Radio Cumbria.
"I'm really excited by what we've got. The club have made some very good signings and it will show where we're going to stand this season."
Penn arrives at Brunton Park having scored three goals in 37 games for the Minstermen in 2015-16, and joins fellow new signings Nicky Adams and Joe McKee.
"It's good to have competition, it brings out the best in everybody," Penn added. "I've played against Jason Kennedy and Luke Joyce and they remind me of myself. As a team it can only make us better."
Carlisle finished 10th and eight points off the top seven.
Penn has been part of play-off campaigns at Cheltenham and York in recent seasons and hopes his influence can have similar impact.
"I've been captain the last four years," Penn said. "Looking over the squad there are leaders out there, the lads in midfield, if we get the match-winners in there we'll be a force to be reckoned with."
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Keith Curle's influence as manager was key to midfielder Russell Penn joining Carlisle United following his end-of-season departure from York City.
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Text: A total of 811,804 passengers used the airport last month, up 5.4% from 2016.
The number of international travellers rose by 13.6% in February, with Edinburgh now officially the UK's fastest-growing airport in terms of international passengers.
The airport said the benefits of its growth would extend outwith the hub.
Edinburgh Airport chief executive Gordon Dewar said: "Once again our passenger numbers have broken a new record.
"This is further proof that the airport is continuing to service the growing demand for what is without doubt one of Europe's leading cities.
"As we grow we deliver greater international connectivity for this city and for Scotland - and the benefits of our growth are felt well beyond this airport."
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An increase in international traffic was a key factor in Edinburgh recording the busiest February ever at a Scottish airport.
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Text: Staffordshire Police found Mr Bachta lying in All Saints Road, where he lived, at 06:30 BST on Wednesday. He had a stab wound in his neck and later died.
Twelve people have now been arrested in connection with the murder inquiry.
Police said they were supporting Mr Bachta's family.
Staffordshire Police said it arrested five men and one woman on Wednesday.
It arrested a further six men earlier, taking the total to 12.
Of the 12 arrested, seven remain in custody and five have been released on bail.
Those who have been bailed are four men, aged 34, 26, 25 and 26, and a 24-year-old woman.
Officers said they had been responding to a report of damage to vehicles on the street when they found the man.
A police cordon remains in place on All Saints Road, between Branston Road and Uxbridge Street.
Ch Insp Steve Maskrey said: "Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Tomasz at this difficult time and we will ensure they get all the support they need.
"An investigation to understand exactly what happened in All Saints Road yesterday morning is ongoing."
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A 29-year-old man who died after being found unconscious by police in a street in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, has been named as Tomasz Bachta.
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The sides produced a low-key first half in the game being played at the Belfast venue because the Showgrounds doesn't meet Uefa pitch length requirements.
However, Odd went ahead as Ballymena's Leroy Millar headed a corner into his own net on 79.
Sigurd Haugen tapped in Odd's second goal two minutes from time.
The under-strength Sky Blues went into the game minus injured Kyle Owens and Willie Faulkner while Jim Ervin and Stephen McAlorum were also missing because of pre-arranged holidays.
Canadian player Olivier Occean went close early on for Odd with Ballymena keeper Ross Glendinning making a fine save after an Emmet Friars mistake.
Kevin Braniff tested the Odd keeper Sondre Rossbach before half-time in a contest that had few chances.
Occean was inches away from putting Odd ahead after a John Kitelano cross following the resumption but the visitors did take the lead 11 minutes from time as Kitelano's corner was headed into his own net from six yards by the unfortunate Millar.
Neil Lowry tested Rossbach with a low shot in the 86th minute before Haugen hit Odd's second goal two minutes later.
Odd will meet FC Vaduz in the second qualifying round after the Liechtenstein club completed a 5-1 aggregate success over Welsh outfit Bala Town.
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Ballymena United exited from the Europa League as Norwegian club Odd's 2-0 win at Seaview ensured a 5-0 aggregate success in the first qualifying round.
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Text: The All Blacks, who were unbeaten in 20 Tests before Saturday's loss to England, were named team of the year.
2001: Keith Wood (Ireland)
2002: Fabien Galthie (France)
2003: Jonny Wilkinson (England)
2004: Schalk Burger (South Africa)
2005: Dan Carter (New Zealand)
2006: Richie McCaw (New Zealand)
2007: Bryan Habana (South Africa)
2008: Shane Williams (Wales)
2009: Richie McCaw (New Zealand)
2010: Richie McCaw (New Zealand)
2011: Thierry Dusautoir (France)
2012: Dan Carter (New Zealand)
New Zealand's Steve Hansen was also named the coach of the year award.
England's Owen Farrell was on the four-man shortlist for the player of the year award along with New Zealand's three-time winner Richie McCaw and France's Frederic Michalak.
Carter, 30, has 94 caps for New Zealand but missed the All Blacks' triumphant World Cup victory in 2011 with a serious groin injury.
IRB Chairman Bernard Lapasset said: "Dan Carter has bounced back from the disappointment of missing the majority of the World Cup through injury to show what a truly magnificent player he is and a wonderful ambassador for our sport.
"New Zealand have again been the stand out team of the year with their 20-match unbeaten run and thoroughly deserve the IRB team of the year award along with Steve Hansen as IRB coach of the year for his feats in keeping a rugby World Cup winning-team winning."
The winner was announced at the Rugby World Cup 2015 pool allocation draw in London.
The IRB awards panel was made up of former players Will Greenwood, Gavin Hastings, Raphael Ibanez, Francois Pienaar, Agustin Pichot, Scott Quinnell, Tana Umaga, Paul Wallace and John Eales.
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New Zealand fly-half Dan Carter has been named International Rugby Board's player of the year for a second time.
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Text: John Rooney, 46, attacked the child, who cannot be named for legal reasons, at an address in the Borders between April 2009 and April 2010.
He was convicted of attempted rape following a trial last month at the High Court in Glasgow.
Judge Lord Stewart told Rooney, of Deanfield Place, that he had no option but to impose a prison term.
Rooney's advocate Victoria Dow told the High Court in Edinburgh that her client was a first offender who continued to deny attacking the girl.
She added: "He, however, accepts the verdict of the jury."
Lord Stewart told Rooney there was no alternative to a custodial sentence and jailed him for four years.
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A Kelso man who sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl has been jailed for four years.
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Text: With five balls remaining, the 30-year-old Sussex captain sealed a seven-wicket victory with his 11th four, and also hit four sixes in a 66-ball knock.
Cameron White made 54 from 39 balls to help the Renegades to 161-7.
Kevin Pietersen made only six for the Stars but Wright, with only 39 from three previous innings, saw them home.
"Once I got to 30 or 40 it was about going longer and deeper, and trying to get those partnerships building," said Wright, who made the most recent of his 51 Twenty20 appearances for England in March 2014.
It was a second consecutive victory for the Stars, who had lost their opening two fixtures in the 20-over competition. The eight teams each play four home and four away matches, with the top four qualifying for the semi-finals.
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England all-rounder Luke Wright hit 109 not out as Melbourne Stars beat Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash before a crowd of 80,883 at the MCG.
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Text: 18-year-old Gerry McDonagh has also departed to return to parent club Nottingham Forest after his loan ended.
Harrad, 32, made 18 appearances this term and scored two goals while McDonagh scored five in 21 appearances.
"We wish both players well in their future careers and thank them for their respective contributions over the past five months," a club statement said.
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Wrexham striker Shaun Harrad has left the Welsh club following the end of his short-term contract.
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League leaders Crusaders host PSNI, who lie fifth in the Championship table, as they bid to reach the 24 January final.
The Blues, last season's beaten finalists, entertain an Ards side who knocked out holders Ballymena United at the quarter-final stage.
Linfield secured their last silverware by collecting the Shield in March 2014.
Crues boss Stephen Baxter has reshuffled his pack for midweek fixtures in the knockout competitions in recent weeks and looks set to make changes for the visit of PSNI.
"We have got to think clearly about what is in front of us but we will approach the match in the professional manner we always do and will be going all-out to win the game and make a final," explained Baxter.
"We've had to target certain competitions this year and work out what we can do with the squad.
"We have one or two injuries around and that always plays a part, but we have very capable players on the sidelines wanting to play."
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Ards boss Niall Currie is also contemplating his selection options, with a crucial top-flight home game against Ballinamallard United to come on Friday night.
"We have a small squad and we have to look at the game against Linfield and make some decisions on that because the clash with Ballinamallard is huge - it's a match we believe we can win.
"We have got to target that match and have everyone out on the pitch that we want out on the pitch.
"Having said that, we will give it everything on Tuesday night and the way we are playing at the moment, we should give a good account of ourselves.
"We are pleased to be in the last four of another senior competition and want the players to go out to enjoy it and express themselves."
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The Irish Premiership's top two, Crusaders and Linfield, will start as favourites to win Tuesday night's County Antrim Shield semi-finals.
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Text: Robshaw missed all of England's triumphant Six Nations campaign with a shoulder injury.
But the 30-year-old returned to play a starring role as Harlequins thrashed Newcastle 53-17 on Saturday.
"It's a brave man who discounts Chris from the Lions," said Kingston.
"His ability to come back after four months out and put in a performance like that over 80 minutes is a reflection of the guy.
"Chris gets better the longer he plays; he just keeps going and going, you would never know that he's been out."
Lions head coach Warren Gatland will name his touring squad on 19 April, with the first game not until 3 June.
Quins only have four games left in the regular Premiership season for Robshaw to prove his fitness and earn a place.
The Londoners are in sixth place as they chase the top-four finish that will extend their campaign into the play-offs.
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Former England captain Chris Robshaw can still make this summer's British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand despite a 12-week injury lay-off, says his club coach John Kingston.
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Text: Three other Nigerians - Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, President-elect Muhammadu Buhari, and #BringBackOurGirls campaigner Obiageli Ezekwesil - also appear on the list.
Ms Adichie, 37, is hailed by the US magazine as a "creator of characters".
The four Nigerians appear with three other Africans on the annual list.
They include Sudanese aid worker Mustafa Hassan, Liberia's Ebola-fighting doctor Jerry Brown and Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi.
Ms Adichie is described in the US magazine as "rare novelist who in the space of a year finds her words sampled by Beyonce, optioned by Lupita Nyong'o and honoured with the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction".
"With her viral TEDxEuston talk, We Should All Be Feminists, she found her voice as cultural critic," wrote Radhika Jones, a deputy managing editor of Time.
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Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been listed by Time magazine as one of the world's 100 most influential people.
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Text: Harley Barnes opened a gate or climbed it to reach the pond on land at the stables owned by his grandparents in Wiltshire.
His mother Hannah Vaughan told the inquest Harley had loved throwing stones in the water.
A verdict of accidental death was recorded at the hearing in Salisbury.
He had been feeding a horse in a field at the stables in Gastard, near Corsham, when he disappeared on the morning of 28 July.
Ms Vaughan said she had given him some feed to take to the horse in the field and "that was the last time I saw him alive".
She said she never saw Harley open the gate to the pond but started calling and looking around for him before finding him in the pond.
Neighbour Jennifer Gibson, a midwife, heard her cries for help and rushed to her aid.
She told Ms Vaughan to go to her house and ring for an ambulance while she began resuscitation.
Harley was taken to the Royal United Hospital in Bath, where he was later pronounced dead by doctors.
A post-mortem examination found Harley died from freshwater drowning.
Recording an verdict of accidental death, Coroner Claire Balysz expressed her "sincere condolences" to Harley's parents.
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The death of a four-year-old boy who drowned in a pond was accidental, a coroner has ruled.
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Text: Scotland Yard said it was thought he was caught by a gust of wind and blown off the pavement against the side of the bus near Finchley Central station.
Emergency services were called at about 12:35 GMT but the man died at the scene a short time later.
The man's next-of-kin have been told. A post-mortem examination will be held in due course.
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A 90-year-old man has died after it was believed he was blown into the path of a bus in north London.
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Text: The disabled woman was kept in a house in Northern Ireland for eight years.
She was reported missing, but when she apparently called Suffolk Police to say she was fine, they stopped searching.
PCC Tim Passmore said "lessons must be learned" and he would discuss with the chief constable why further inquiries were not carried out at the time.
Husband and wife Keith and Caroline Baker were jailed on Tuesday after admitting a catalogue of charges against their victim.
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When police rescued her from their house in Craigavon, County Armagh, in 2012 she was emaciated, had only a single tooth left in her mouth and had been subjected to horrific sexual assaults.
The woman, who has severe learning difficulties, had been taken from her home in Suffolk by the couple in 2004.
She was reported missing by her husband on 15 March, but the following day police took a call from a woman who told them she was not missing, but was on holiday with a friend.
She used the missing woman's phone and there was "no indication at the time to suggest that she was anyone but the named individual", a force spokesman said.
The inquiry was "concluded",
Mr Passmore said it seemed "very strange... that the husband of this poor woman seemed to just accept that she was on holiday and that wasn't followed up either.
"There are some very odd circumstances here."
He said he intends to discuss the investigation with Suffolk's chief constable, adding: "We owe it to the victim, her friends and relations to get to the bottom of this and we must learn the lessons of what went wrong across many agencies."
In a statement released after Tuesday's sentencing, Suffolk Police said: "In view of this case, we are looking into whether there was anything further that could or should have been done at the time she was reported as missing."
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Suffolk's police and crime commissioner has said he is determined to "get to the bottom" of how a missing woman from the county ended up as a "sex slave".
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Text: The granite stones were taken from Findon village cemetery and put on the nearby southbound carriageway of the A24 underneath the camouflage.
The gravestones punctured the tyre and damaged the paintwork of a Range Rover. Police said the driver was unhurt.
PC Paul Waltho described the incident as a "senseless act of vandalism".
"There maybe other drivers whose vehicles may have been damaged who have not come forward," he added.
He appealed for anyone with information about the incident on Monday to contact Sussex Police.
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Vandals stole gravestones from a cemetery and hid them under leaves and branches on a major road in West Sussex, causing damage to a car.
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Text: The Malta-based, Migrant Offshore Aid Station, said it coordinated the operation along with Italian, Irish and German ships.
Italy's coastguard could not confirm the numbers, but said it was trying to help around a dozen other vessels.
The HMS Bulwark, a British Royal Navy ship, is also making its way towards Libya to assist with the situation.
BBC correspondent Jonathan Beale, who is on board, said the ship's crew would launch helicopters and landing craft on Sunday morning in the expectation they would pick up more migrants.
The Bulwark has already saved almost 1,800 people over the past month.
Italian navy ship Driade rescued 560 of the migrants on Saturday, including women and children, while the Irish vessel Le Eithne picked up 310 people.
The numbers of migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean in the hope of reaching Europe, has increased by more than 10% in the first five months of 2015.
Italy's government predicts a total of 200,000 will arrive on its shores this year, up from 170,000 in 2014.
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European warships and coast guard vessels have rescued more than 2,000 migrants off the coast of Libya.
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Text: The course is already waterlogged and more rain was forecast to fall before the big race.
The meeting has been rescheduled for Saturday, 9 January.
Heavy rain has also caused the postponement of both days of the Christmas fixture at Wetherby. Saturday's card was scheduled to feature the Rowland Meyrick Chase.
Chepstow's clerk of the course Keith Ottesen said: "There was every chance this was going to happen and we have done it before. Details of entries will be released in due course.
"It's due to be a drizzly day on Saturday and then another band of rain is forecast to move through with rain from midnight until virtually 12:00 on Sunday which would give us another 8-10mm, which we just can't take."
The Castleford Chase was Sunday's main race at Wetherby.
"We've had 32 millimetres of rain since Friday lunchtime," said clerk of the course Jonjo Sanderson.
"The dykes down the back straight have flooded so that is our problem, not waterlogging.
"It's forecast to continue raining on Saturday, so it's not going to improve."
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Sunday's Welsh Grand National meeting at Chepstow has been called off after an inspection because of heavy rain.
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Text: Steve Finnigan, who has led Lancashire Constabulary for 11 years, will stand down in June.
Mr Finnigan has been with the force since 2001, when he joined as Assistant Chief Constable after rising through the ranks at Merseyside Police, for whom he had served since 1976.
He was appointed CBE in 2010.
During his time as chief constable, Mr Finnigan has been at the helm during high profile investigations into the Morecambe Bay cockle pickers' tragedy, as well as anti-terrorist operations.
He earned the Queen's Policing Medal in 2006 and was appointed CBE in 2010.
Lancashire's Police and Crime Commissioner Clive Grunshaw said: "I want to thank Steve personally for his very dedicated service.
"Lancashire's position as one of the best in the country has been secured under Steve's watch and he deserves a great deal of credit for that."
Mr Grunshaw's spokesman said Mr Finnigan was the longest serving chief constable in the United Kingdom.
The closing date for applications for Mr Finnigan's successor is 13 February, with the successful candidate expected to start on 1 July.
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Plans to appoint Lancashire's new police chief have been announced following the retirement of the UK's longest-serving chief constable.
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Text: Officials were threatening to call off the entire Ubud Readers and Writers Festival, due to start in Bali next week, if the organisers did not comply.
At least 500,000 people were killed across Indonesia after an attempted communist coup in 1965.
Cancelled events included panel discussions on the massacres.
"The events related to 1965 were flagged by the authorities as something that could potentially cause our operating license to be revoked," an unnamed festival spokesperson told Reuters news agency.
General Suharto and the military took power following the 1965 coup attempt, as Indonesia descended into one of the worst massacres of the 20th Century.
Indonesia's darkest hour
The Communist Party then had three million members. Suspected members and sympathisers were hunted down, tortured and killed.
The events form the backdrop of the 1982 film The Year of Living Dangerously, starring Mel Gibson.
President Joko Widodo - who was elected last year - has promised a state-sponsored inquiry, but correspondents say so far little has been done.
International human rights groups have urged Indonesia to provide justice to victims' families.
Rivalries between the Indonesian military and the Communist Party came to a head when six generals were killed in an overnight attack by soldiers allegedly sympathetic to the communists.
A group of officers led by a colonel in President Sukarno's palace guard was accused of trying to launch a coup.
General Suharto led bloody anti-communist purges in which hundreds of thousands of suspected leftists were killed.
Many more were detained and imprisoned without trial.
Gen Suharto was handed emergency powers by President Sukarno in 1966 and took over as president the following year, ruling Indonesia for 31 years.
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The Indonesian authorities have forced the organisers of the country's main literary festival to cancel events linked to mass killings 50 years ago.
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Text: Currently the taxi-booking app relies on Google's mapping technology to display local maps and mark pick-up locations.
But a senior Uber executive says that more relevant information can be drawn if it produces its own road maps.
The firm is said to be investing $500m (£380m) in the mapping project.
"Existing maps are a good starting point, but some information isn't that relevant to Uber, like ocean topography," said Brian McClendon, who up until 2014 was vice-president of Google Maps.
Writing on Uber's website, Mr McClendon said: "There are other things we need to know a lot more about, like traffic patterns and precise pick-up and drop-off locations."
"Moreover, we need to be able to provide a seamless experience in parts of the world where there aren't detailed maps, or street signs," he added.
Last year, Uber began scanning roads across the US using mapping cars, which can track the geographical position of each street and motorway.
The firm said that these vehicles will be operational in Mexico "this summer", as part of a wider plan to use these vehicles in big cities around the world.
According to The Financial Times, Uber has set aside some $500m for its global mapping strategy.
Uber declined to comment on the purported investment figure, as well as the structure of its global plan, when contacted by the BBC.
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Uber is embarking on a global mapping project that it hopes will offer its drivers more useful data on pick-up locations and traffic patterns.
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Text: The fragment, which historians believe could have been part of a sword, was discovered by Michael Beirne on Coleg Gwent land at Llanbadoc in March 2014.
The mount was first reported to the National Roman Legion Museum at Caerleon.
It will now be valued and bought by National Museum Wales with Heritage Lottery funding.
Dr Mark Redknap, of National Museum Cardiff, said the mount bears two incomplete inscriptions and is believed to date back to the 15th century.
He said the motto appeared to be a version of the commonplace inscription nul si bien / nul ce bien / nul sy bien (None so good, None this good), which was "appropriate for a fine sword".
He added it was likely the surviving fragment was only 50% of the original length, which would leave room on the missing section for another motto or a shields of arms.
Mr Beirne, 39 of Newport, who has been metal detecting for 15 years, said the find had "probably been my best one".
He added: "I'd like to think that the sword, which the find may have been part of, belonged to a Welsh or English knight."
Alex Anderson, head of estates at Coleg Gwent, said an Ordnance Survey map showed the mount was found close to the assumed site of the 1405 Battle of Pwll Melyn, fought by Owain Glyndwr's men, but it may have been lost at a later date.
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A medieval silver mount found by a metal detectorist in Monmouthshire has been declared treasure by a coroner.
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Text: The girls vanished after getting off the number 97 bus on Garrison Lane in Bordesley Green, Birmingham, at about 21:00 GMT on Friday.
The girls were found by officers at an address in Washwood Heath on Sunday.
A 27-year-old man and two boys, aged 16 and 17, have been bailed while inquiries continue, police said.
The girls are said to be safe and well and receiving specialist support.
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A man and two teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of child abduction after two 13-year-old girls went missing, police said.
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Text: Beamish Museum in County Durham had 747,651 visitors last year, up 11% on the previous year.
This is the first time it has seen more than 700,000 visitors in the 46 years it has been open, it said.
Director Richard Evans said the income generated helped "not just Beamish but the whole region".
"More than half of our visitors are tourists and nearly all of them stay overnight in hotels, bed and breakfasts and guest houses, as well as visiting the other cultural and heritage gems we have in this fantastic region," he said.
There were 91,000 visitors in December, an increase of 38% on the same month the previous year, the museum said.
Numbers have more than doubled since 2008, it said.
Last year it was awarded £10.9m by the Heritage Lottery Fund to establish a 1950s-style town, a Georgian coaching inn and an upland farm that has been moved stone by stone from Weardale.
The town will have a working cinema, shops, homes and bowling green.
The former home of artist Norman Cornish will be replicated and a centre for older people will be housed in aged miners' homes.
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A living museum with a "1900s" village and town and "1940s" farm has reported record visitor numbers for the fourth year running.
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Text: Thirteen people were hurt when the single-decker hit the building used by Guide Dogs UK in the centre of Peterborough on Christmas Eve.
The charity has moved into an office in the Orton Southgate area of the city.
Helen Sismore, community engagement manager, said: "We should be back in our repaired office by April."
The bus went through the bay windows on the front of the charity's regional office on Broadway.
Passengers had a variety of minor injuries but no-one was injured in the office where three people were in back rooms.
Ms Sismore said: "We heard and felt the crash and it was horrific and the timing on Christmas Eve didn't help.
"We've been working using laptops wherever we can find wi-fi, such as our homes, cafes and libraries.
"No clients have suffered because we've been in telephone contact using our mobiles and we've had a lot of support from our volunteers and the local community."
She said the repair of the rented Broadway offices was being covered by the landlord's insurance and they were renting the temporary office on Cully Court at the market rate.
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A charity whose office was destroyed when a bus ploughed into it has a new home after a fortnight of staff working on laptops and mobile devices.
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Text: The couple went public with their relationship last June after they were seen on holiday together in Italy.
Mr Packer, 47, is Australia's fourth-richest person, according to Forbes, with a fortune estimated to exceed A$4.7bn ($3.1bn £2.3bn).
Mariah Carey, 45, released her first album in 1990 and is one of the biggest selling artists of all time.
Mr Packer, who inherited an Australian media empire from his father Kerry Packer, and now operates casinos, split from his second wife model and singer Erica Baxter in 2013.
Ms Carey announced her break-up from "America's Got Talent" host Nick Cannon in 2014.
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US pop star Mariah Carey and Australian billionaire James Packer are engaged to be married, the BBC has learned.
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Text: The alert on the Brians Well Road has now ended.
PSNI officers have been searching the area since a suspicious object was reported on Saturday evening.
On Sunday, army bomb disposal experts declared the object to be a viable explosive device.
It has now been made safe and has been taken away for forensic examination.
In a statement, Ch Supt Chris Noble said he believed the device was "designed to kill or seriously injure officers serving the local community in west Belfast".
He added: "It was also left in a position where there is every possibility that it could have killed or maimed members of the public.
"Those who left it have shown callous disregard for the safety of the local community and the police officers serving this community. We are extremely fortunate that no one was killed or seriously injured."
Praising the local community for their patience during the operation, Ch Supt Noble said: "The security operation caused significant disruption to the people of the area, but was required in order to keep people safe."
He also condemned the "reckless individuals" who planted the bomb, saying: "The overwhelming number of people in the community do not want this type of activity and we as a police service will continue to work to bring those responsible before the courts.
"We have had officers in the area since yesterday evening. These officers have worked hard to keep people safe during the security operation.
"However, these same officers could have been better used in meeting areas of community concern. Arresting drug dealers, drink drivers or working with victims of domestic abuse, for example."
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The PSNI have said an explosive device discovered during a security operation in Poleglass, west Belfast, was "designed to kill or seriously injure police officers".
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Text: 22 June 2016 Last updated at 12:19 BST
It was a craft introduced by the Phoenicians, who established city states on the Mediterranean coast - including the city of Carthage in Tunisia. But it later died out in the North African country.
BBC Africa's Rana Jawad met glassblower Sadika Keskes, who brought back the art form to Tunisia 30 years ago.
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Glassblowing in Tunisia is thought to date back more than 2,000 years.
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Following the deaths of six cyclists in a period of 14 days, there have been increased calls for restrictions on HGVs during peak times.
Paul Hutchin shows reporter Marc Ashdown what it is like driving a lorry in the capital.
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Heavy goods vehicles have been involved in nine of this year's 14 cyclist crash fatalities in London.
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Text: Members of the Aslef union have walked out on the day many commuters return to work after the Christmas break.
The union said a pay deal had been accepted, but a dispute remained with changes to terms and conditions.
Aslef members have refused to work overtime since 28 December. Arriva said it "regrets" the disruption to more than 1,000 services it runs each day.
"Arriva Trains Wales deeply regrets this disruption which is due to Aslef's failure to accept a generous offer to improve pay and conditions for all our train driver employees," the train operator said in a statement.
The operator runs services in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, the West Midlands, Cheshire and up to Manchester.
Customers are advised to make alternative travel arrangements for Monday and to check travel plans for Tuesday.
A planned strike was called off in November.
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A 24-hour strike by Arriva Trains Wales drivers has cancelled all of the operator's services in England.
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Text: Last season, the Giants lost to Leeds in the sixth round of the Challenge Cup and were beaten by Wigan Warriors in the play-offs.
"It is getting frustrating for the players and fans, but it is up to us to fix," he told BBC Radio Leeds.
"I think it needs addressing because it is not good enough."
He added: "It's not any individual, it's down to us as a team because we crumble at vital stages. You can't keep going on like that.
"You look back in history and you're just known as chokers which is not a good tag."
Huddersfield won the League Leaders' Shield in 2013 but have never won a Grand Final and last won a Challenge Cup final in 1953.
McGillvary was the top try-scorer in Super League in 2015 with 27 and helped England to a series win over New Zealand in November.
He says he is not setting himself any personal targets for the forthcoming season.
"I don't know how I achieved what I did last season because I didn't set any goals. I think it will be more of the same this year, I won't put any more pressure on myself," he said.
"It's hard not to feel confident and well within myself but I think that's a good thing."
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Huddersfield Giants winger Jermaine McGillvary has said the club's failure to win a major trophy is "getting boring".
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Text: Midfielder Fleming, 28, moved to the Shrimps from Wrexham in 2010 and has made over 200 appearances for the club.
Defender Edwards, 22, initially joined the club on loan from Blackburn in March 2014 and made the switch to the Globe Arena permanent that summer.
Both players were out of contract, but boss Jim Bentley offered them new terms for next season.
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Morecambe's Andrew Fleming and Ryan Edwards have signed new one-year contracts with the League Two side.
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Text: In the song attributed to the Familia do Norte (FDN) gang, a man gives details of the killings and says that "the war has only just started".
It goes on to threaten members of rival gang First Capital Command (PCC).
The song was shared on social media in the days following the riot.
Investigators have said that they believe that the riot was triggered by members of the Familia do Norte gang.
Most of the 56 inmates killed in the riot at the Anisio Jobim jail belonged to the PCC.
The song, entitled "Funk about the FDN's massacre", also appears to back up investigators' suspicions that the Familia do Norte was acting on the behest of another gang, the Red Command, when they attacked the PCC.
Until recently, the Red Command and the PCC were abiding by a truce, which allowed each gang to control drug trafficking routes in certain regions of Brazil.
But security experts who monitor gang activity think that the truce crumbled in 2016 as the PCC tried to expand its operations into the north of Brazil.
In its lyrics, the funk song praises a new alliance between the Familia do Norte gang and the Red Command.
It also refers to the rupture of "the friendship" between the Red Command and the PCC.
It goes on to describe the weapons used in the killings, such as rifles and a grenade, and to boast about the violence inflicted, including decapitating PCC members.
BBC Brasil's Felipe Souza says it is not the first time Familia do Norte has used funk songs to threaten its rivals.
He says that in 2015, the gang shared a song in which it denounced members who had split off to form a new gang as "traitors".
Three members of the off-shoot were subsequently murdered.
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A Brazilian criminal gang suspected of instigating a deadly riot in a prison in the northern city of Manaus on 1 January has used a funk song to 'declare war' on its rivals.
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Text: According to the texts, Ben Butler's partner Jennie Gray was kicked out of their home after having an abortion.
Mr Butler had allegedly said it was "irresponsible and shocking" that she was pregnant.
The 36-year-old denies murdering Ellie Butler in October 2013 at their home in Sutton, south west London.
On 16 January, Mr Butler expressed his "disgust" that Miss Gray was pregnant, and told her he had "had enough of ur weight and looks and the trouble you bring (sic)".
Days later, she complained at his lack of support and he responded with abusive language, adding: "Don't text me going to explode."
In March the messages suggested he had attacked Miss Gray, locking her out of their home while she was bleeding badly from an abortion, the Old Bailey heard.
The next day, as she was going to hospital, he pleaded for her to to talk to him but added it was "partly your fault".
The court heard she later replied: "I am bleeding and ignoring it and pain. All for U, pretending u didn't make me kill a baby u didn't want."
However, in the wake of Ellie's death, Ms Gray, also 36, dismissed the texts, telling police they were "not nice" but it was "how he articulates himself".
In a prepared statement she said: "I have not suffered violence from Ben Butler and am certainly not afraid of him, do not feel threatened or controlled by him."
Jurors were also told Mr Butler had been convicted for twice assaulting his ex-girlfriend Hannah Hillman.
He had also previously pleaded guilty to battery after punching a man in a Wimbledon kebab shop who he thought had "touched up" Ms Gray, the court heard.
The case continues.
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Abusive messages between a man accused of beating his six-year-old daughter to death in a fit of rage and his partner have been read to a court.
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Text: However, the Gunners are less likely to sign Monaco midfielder Thomas Lemar, 21, having also had a bid turned down.
Meanwhile, Arsenal have not yet received any bids for 28-year-old Chilean striker Alexis Sanchez.
Sanchez has only a year left on his contract and may be allowed to leave for the right price.
However, letting Sanchez leave would depend on various factors, such as what reinforcements Arsenal have in place and where the interest was from, as they would be reluctant to sell him to another English club.
The North London side do still hope Sanchez, their top scorer last season, will sign a new deal.
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Arsenal have had a bid rejected for 26-year-old French striker Alexandre Lacazette from Lyon, but negotiations are still ongoing.
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Text: Staff were given the chance to choose what they wanted to do, and cricket did not feature high on their wish list.
The match will be replaced by rounders, football and egg-and spoon races.
The summer party takes place at the Bank's sports ground in Roehampton in south-west London on Sunday.
"The governor has not banned cricket," a spokesperson for the Bank said.
"He wanted the activities at Governors' Day to be chosen by staff for staff and their families. Staff chose a number of sports, such as rounders, football and tug of war, among others."
Former governor Sir Mervyn King is a huge cricket fan and played in the Bank's game every year, often against a team comprising professional cricketers.
The Bank's annual cricket match pre-dates Sir Mervyn's tenure as governor.
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The Bank of England has decided to break with tradition and cancel the annual cricket match that has for years provided the focal point for the Bank's annual summer party.
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Text: There has been a long running campaign to reopen Bow Street station outside Aberystwyth.
A separate project looking at reopening the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth railway line has already been agreed.
Ceredigion council has welcomed the latest study and investment, with leaders saying the area "relies upon an efficient transport network".
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A study to consider opening a new railway station in Ceredigion is being funded by the Welsh government.
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Text: Fanny Hugill, 93, from Fairford, Gloucestershire, was awarded the Chevalier de l'Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur.
She was in Admiral Bill Tennant's team that planned the Normandy landings.
"We did know how momentous a day it was but of course all the planning had been done so no one was nervous," she said.
"We all had a job to do."
Ms Hugill said she was "very, very honoured" to have been recognised.
She joined the Women's Royal Navy Service (Wrens) in 1942 and worked initially as typist and then a plotter, who would chart and plot the routes of all the vessels that went through the English Channel.
"We ran up and down ladders and plotted the courses on a large map with chinagraph pencils," she said.
She was then commissioned as a 3rd Officer to Admiral Bill Tennant, who planned the Normandy landings before returning to her role as a plotting officer.
She was in the Ops Room during the night and morning of the 5 and 6 June 1944 when D-Day took place.
It was announced on the 70th anniversary of D-Day that the Legion d'honneur would be awarded to all veterans who took part in the invasion.
The ceremony at the Mercure in Bristol on Wednesday was organised by Blind Veterans UK, of which she is a member.
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A blind war veteran has been awarded France's highest military honour for her part in liberating the country during the Second World War.
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Text: The club's bid to host 27 matches at the stadium's full 90,000 capacity was approved by a majority of five to one.
Local residents were given a chance to air their views at the meeting, which lasted three hours and 32 minutes.
Spurs now have until 31 March to activate their option to play at the national stadium.
The club, however, are likely to use all their available time to decide, as they assess whether their new stadium next to White Hart Lane will be completed in time for the start of the 2018-19 season.
Tottenham could yet stay at their current ground next season and aim to play home games at Wembley in 2018-19, before moving into the new stadium for the 2019-20 campaign.
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Tottenham moved a step closer to playing home games at Wembley next season after Brent Council approved their planning application.
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Text: While significantly smaller than the 542-strong contingent at London 2012, it is the biggest squad sent to an 'away' Olympics since Barcelona 1992.
Great Britain won 29 golds, and 65 medals, on home soil four years ago.
UK Sport - which funds elite sport in Great Britain - has set Team GB a target of 48 medals for 2016, but believes the final tally could be as high as 79.
Archers Patrick Huston and Naomi Folkard will be the first Britons to take part in Rio, with their ranking round scheduled for 5 August, the day of the opening ceremony.
By the time the Games draw to a close 16 days later, and the flame passes to 2020 host Tokyo, Great Britain will have been represented in another 22 sports.
Team GB athletes confirmed:
Team GB athletes confirmed:
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GB will not be sending teams for the following events: Basketball, Football, Rhythmic Gymnastics, Handball, Water Polo, Wrestling and Volleyball. Read our guides for these sports here. View all event results here.
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A total of 366 athletes will compete for Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
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Text: Campaigners said the image reinforced a message that victims, not attackers, were to blame in sexual assault cases.
Twitter users also voiced complaints about the "upsetting" posters and called for them to be taken down.
Police apologised and said the posters encouraging friends to stay together were not intended to blame victims.
Women's rights campaigner Celia Wilson had said the campaign should focus on the behaviour of perpetrators.
"We still live in a world where women get told that they can't walk home on their own but men are absolutely fine to do so," she said.
'Well-intentioned'
Det Supt Paul Furnell of Sussex Police said the force understood the concerns and had decided with its "partners" to end the poster campaign.
He said: "The posters were well-intentioned with the sole aim of preventing people becoming victims of crime.
"Sussex Police is determined to continue to raise awareness of this issue and, with the support of partners, target those who seek to exploit and abuse vulnerable people.
"Together we are committed to tackling all violence against women, girls, men and boys."
The campaign to prevent rape and sexual offences would continue by focusing on "consent, perpetrators, prevention, awareness, education and vulnerability," he added.
James Rowlands, strategic commissioner for domestic and sexual violence for Brighton & Hove City Council and East Sussex County Council, welcomed the decision.
He said: "I look forward to working with [Sussex Police] in the future as we, and our partners in Sussex, have a shared commitment to supporting victims, raising awareness about consent and most importantly holding to account those who commit rape or sexual assault."
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Sussex Police is dropping a poster campaign intended to prevent rape and serious sexual offences after it was criticised for "victim-blaming".
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Text: The 22-year-old previously spent time on loan with the Gloucestershire club at the end of the 2015-16 campaign.
He made 10 starts in the climax of that season, helping Cheltenham win promotion back to the Football League.
Flatt has also spent time on loan at Chesterfield, as well as non-league Barrow and Wrexham.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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League Two club Cheltenham Town have signed goalkeeper Jon Flatt on a season-long loan from Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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Text: The GMB union, representing staff employed by Carillion at the hospital, is to hold a consultative ballot on Wednesday for porters.
Unison members voted to strike in July but the action was postponed and negotiations are continuing.
The dispute is over changes put forward which GMB said could lead to porters losing up to £56 a week.
The union wrote to Carillion to try and resolve the issues, but says it has received no response.
In total 56 porters would be affected by the changes.
Carillion has been contacted for a comment.
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A second union is holding a ballot on a possible strike by porters at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
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Text: It said he died 10 days ago in an operation led by Afghan special forces in the eastern Nangarhar province.
Hasib is believed to have been behind March's attack on a military hospital in Kabul, killing more than 30 people.
Last month, the Pentagon said Hasib had probably been killed in a raid by US and Afghan special forces.
In April, the US military dropped its largest non-nuclear bomb ever used by America in a conflict on a system of tunnels believed to be used by IS militants in Nangarhar.
IS announced it was moving into Afghanistan and Pakistan when it declared its so-called Khorasan Province in 2015, and has since carried out a number of attacks.
In July 2016, a suicide bomb attack on a rally in Kabul killed about 80 people.
Three months later, two similar attacks during the religious festival of Ashura claimed about 30 lives, and in November 2016 an attack at a mosque in Kabul killed more than 30.
IS also claimed a suicide attack at Kabul's Supreme Court in February that killed 22 people, and the group has stepped up activity in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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The head of so-called Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan, Abdul Hasib, has been killed, President Ashraf Ghani's office has said.
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Text: Lindsay Sandiford, 59, of Cheltenham, has been in jail since 2012 after arriving in Bali from Thailand carrying drugs with a street value of £1.6m.
She was sentenced almost three years ago but the government has put a hold on executions until at least January.
A grandmother, she is raising money in the hope of lodging an appeal.
Indonesian president Joko Widodo previously said there would be no clemency for more than 60 people convicted of drug offences, and two rounds of executions were carried out earlier this year.
The attorney-general's office in Indonesia told the BBC there were no plans for the third round of executions "in the near future" due to the government's focus on the current economic situation.
Ms Sandiford's lawyers have argued she was pressured into smuggling the drugs by a criminal gang.
Alongside her appeal, an online petition calling on the British government to fund her legal expenses has been signed by 2,500 people.
The Foreign Office (FCO) said it was a long-standing policy of the UK to oppose the death penalty in all circumstances.
A spokesman added: "It has been the policy of successive governments not to fund legal assistance for British Nationals abroad.
"The FCO receives numerous requests for help with legal bills and cannot provide funding because of the costs and complexities involved."
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A British drugs smuggler on death row in Indonesia has been told sentence will not be carried out this year, the BBC understands.
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Text: Hundreds of people from Derbyshire helped to guide the lights along the river for a project called Derwent Pulse in October.
Photographs taken along the route can be seen at the free exhibition at Bakewell Old Market Hall.
The Derwent runs through the Peak District, Chatsworth Park and Derby.
The project, which was commissioned by Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site, was designed to recognise the river's importance during the Industrial Revolution.
Charles Monkhouse, who previously lit up the nearby Cromford Canal in a project for the Cultural Olympiad, was behind the artwork, which saw up to 1,000 pulsating lights cascade down the river navigated by GPS.
Don Symonds, from Bakewell Visitor Centre, said the images show the Peak District "from a completely different angle".
The exhibition runs until 12 May.
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An exhibition featuring photographs of hundreds of multi-coloured lights floating down a Derbyshire river has opened.
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Text: The former world champion, 81, unveiled a new fleet of karts at Buckmore Park in Chatham with the help of TV presenter Paul Hollywood.
Surtees won seven world motorbike championships before becoming F1 World Champion with Ferrari in 1964.
He now aims to "firmly place Buckmore on the map".
Surtees said: "I would like Buckmore to become a feeder for youngsters into racing careers, and hope to work with various colleges with their educational programmes."
Speaking at the launch, Buckmore Park Karting Ltd Managing Director Chris Pullman said: "We start young. We do the training for the future.
"We start the serious training at six. It's all about progression - a ladder of success."
He spoke of his excitement of working with John Surtees and added: "John is the only person that has won world championships on two and four wheels and I don't think that will ever get beaten."
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Racing legend John Surtees has relaunched the karting track where Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button practised as youngsters.
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Text: Potsford Farm at Letheringham has been set up to provide a service which allows patients or clients to work with animals and crops.
Nathan Nobbs, psychiatric nurse at the farm, said: "It leads to improved self-esteem, self-worth and confidence."
Suffolk County Council is aiming to oversee the establishment of 10 care farms by 2012.
Suffolk social services or the NHS refers patients to the farm and pays for their therapy.
Those who attend work with staff and volunteers for up to three days a week at the 200 acre (81 hectares) site near the River Deben.
Mr Nobbs, a former ward manager at St Clements Hospital in Ipswich, said: "Just being outside and surrounded by animals and this environment, people won't believe the impact that can have on people with mental health and learning difficulties," he said.
"The relationship these people can have with the animals is completely non-judgemental, it's peaceful and just so therapeutic."
The farm has Red Poll cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens, horses and a livery yard.
The owners, Stephen and Marion Fletcher, bought the farm in the 1990s and ran it as a business.
Mr Fletcher said: "It was falling into disrepair, needed an injection of capital and hopefully it's set up for the next decade or so.
"The concept is that we will grow these things and package and sell them as a product from the farm."
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A therapeutic care farm has been officially opened in Suffolk for people with mental health issues.
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Text: The Portuguese coach appeared to gouge the eye of Barca assistant Tito Vilanova near the end of the match.
Madrid duo Marcelo and Mezut Ozil and Barca's David Villa were sent off in the game, which the Catalan side won 3-2 to go through 5-4 on aggregate.
All three players have been given suspensions by the federation.
All three red cards came at the end of the game; the first to Marcelo, whose tackle on Cesc Fabregas sparked a melee that saw the other two players dismissed and Mourinho clash with Vilanova.
Barcelona said on Monday that they would not be reporting Mourinho, but the Spanish Federation (RFEF) have intervened.
A statement on their official website read: "We will examine the images of the behaviour of Jose Mourinho and Franciso Vilanova that could be in violation of Article 98 and/or Article 100 of the disciplinary code of the RFEF."
The flashpoint was the latest in a string of unsavoury incidents between the two clubs since Mourinho took over as Madrid coach last summer.
The 48-year-old double Champions League winner was constantly outspoken about Barca last season, while his side were reduced to 10 men in all but one of their five meetings throughout the campaign.
He was also sent to the stands during the first leg of the two teams' Champions League semi-final, which Barca won before going on to lift the European Cup.
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Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho is to be investigated by the Spanish Football Federation following last week's bad-tempered Supercopa loss to Barcelona.
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Text: They blame political interference and a desire to protect agents.
Ten Protestant workmen were killed when their minibus was ambushed in south Armagh in January 1976 .
The latest sitting of the inquest into the deaths had heard of further delays.
Alan Black, who survived the massacre and Karen Armstrong whose brother, John McConville was killed, spoke after Thursday's hearing.
"I have suspected all along there were agents involved and the fact that two people got On-The-Run letters, reinforces that," said Mr Black.
"This is a dirty game player by dirty people but we must go though the proper processes."
"This case has never been handled correctly from the start," he said.
"People have been protected because of Kingsmills and their involvement. I believe agents are being protected " added Mrs Armstrong.
New lines of inquiry into the massacre are being pursued by police after victims intervened, a lawyer told the inquest on Thursday.
Families made representations to detectives and prosecutors investigating the attack.
No-one has been convicted of the attack.
Those on board were asked their religion and the only Catholic was ordered to run away.
An inquest began 40 years after the killings but was suspended following a major forensic breakthrough by police.
Police believed a palm print found on a vehicle used during the killing belonged to a suspect arrested earlier this year, a previous sitting of the inquest was told.
Legal counsel to the coroner reviewing the killings told Thursday's session in Belfast that the coroner has written to the PPS asking for an indicative time scale when inquiries may be completed and when a decision can be expected.
The inquest has outlined suspected linkages between weapons used at Kingsmill and other shootings.
Lawyers for the families of those killed have appealed for top secret intelligence material to be released to the inquest.
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The only survivor of the Kingsmills massacre and a sister of one of those killed have said they believe efforts to investigate the IRA atrocity have been hindered.
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Text: The 23-year-old, riding for Team V-Spring Racing, took gold in 34.419 seconds in Manchester, ahead of Vicky Williamson and Katy Marchant.
"It's nice to retain a title and the 500 is a really important event," she said. "I'm happy with how it went."
Callum Skinner took gold in the men's 1km time trial.
Jon Gildea won the para-cycling pursuit in the C1-C5 mixed category, while Lora Turnham and Corrine Hall took victory the BVI mixed event.
Varnish, who won the 500m time trial, keirin, individual sprint and team sprint at last year's championships, beat a field including world team pursuit champion Katie Archibald and double Olympic champion Laura Trott.
Skinner, 22, triumphed in an impressive time of 1:01.843, with Matt Crampton taking silver and Matt Rotherham bronze.
"I know I had good form but I wasn't expecting to win," said Skinner. "I couldn't be happier."
The competition runs until Sunday 28 September.
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Jess Varnish began her quest to retain her four national titles by winning the women's 500m time trial at the British National Track Championships.
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Text: Firefighters and specialist search and rescue teams were called to the former Duke of Edinburgh pub on Crabtree Street at about 18:00 BST on Monday.
The six 15-year-old boys had been seen "in and around the building" before it collapsed, Lancashire Police said.
No-one is believed to have been seriously hurt.
An investigation into the cause of the collapse is under way.
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Six teenagers have been taken to hospital after being rescued from a derelict building that collapsed in Blackburn.
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Text: The former Ireland international succeeds Matt O'Connor, who left the job after the Irish province's disappointing campaign last season.
Cullen was forwards coach during the last year of O'Connor's reign and was installed as interim coach after the Australian's exit in May.
The 37-year-old, who won 32 Ireland caps, captained the province to their three Heineken Cup triumphs.
Leinster chief executive Mick Dawson said that Cullen's status as a player was "beyond question" after his 220 appearances for the province.
"He is second only to Gordon D'Arcy in terms of senior appearances and he was an outstanding captain and leader on the pitch," added Dawson.
"Over the last 12 months or so in his capacity with the forwards and indeed over the pre-season as interim head coach, Leo has continued to impress everyone at Leinster with his tactical and strategic direction."
Kurt McQuilkin's short-term arrangement as defence coach has now been extended to the next two years with John Fogarty remaining scrum coach.
Girvan Dempsey will serve as backs coach until the end of the World Cup when skills and kicking coach Richie Murphy will return from his duties with Ireland.
Cullen's first game in charge will be the pre-season friendly with Ulster at Kingspan Stadium on Friday.
His first competitive game will be away to Edinburgh in the Pro12 on 4 September.
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Leo Cullen has been appointed as the new Leinster coach on a two-year deal.
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