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“plans to close a section of the M4 in Wiltshire from around 2000 BST Saturday night forcing drivers to take a detour on the way home. The motorway is due to close between junctions 16 and 17”
“Cardiff council revealed that fans will be invited to greet Dave Jones and his team at Cardiff Bay at 1600 BST.”
“On the edge of the six-acre farm there is a dairy plant”
“Ghana is one of 32 teams competing in the tournament.”
“on the first Friday since the call, very few people had followed the advice.”
“Historic Scotland, which cares for the castle, has announced it is commissioning further research to find out more about the 10 skeletons, which include two infants.”
“Sir John de Stricheley died in 1341, when the English held the castle.”
“The skeleton was one of 10 excavated from the site of a lost royal chapel at the castle during refurbishment works in 1997.”
“He died on 10 October 1341 and his family line has since died out.”
“Forensic examinations of his bones showed the 5ft 7in (1.7m) man probably grew up in southern England...”
“They date from the 13th to 15th Centuries and were found during preparatory work for a £12m refurbishment of the castle's Renaissance royal palace.”
“The facial reconstruction and other research results will feature in a permanent exhibition due to open at Stirling Castle next spring.”
“The court heard how the Gallagher and Wright families were involved in a long-running feud which began when racing pigeons were found dead in a loft.”
“Mr Wright, of Law Street, Barrowfield, and another man were vandalising the Gallagher's car with an axe on 9 August 2004.”
“The court heard that Gallagher junior was struck by pellets after a gun was fired, but not seriously injured.”
“The attack left Mr Wright's face slashed open. He also had multiple fractures to his skull and 17 stab wounds to his body.”
“It's clear that football is booming, despite neither an English or Spanish club featuring in the Final for the first time in five years.”
“commercial fishing could be destroyed within 50 years.”
“the report, which is due to be released formally in October”
“up to 22 million jobs involved with fishing may have to be axed, and up to 13 million boats removed from service”
“35 million people around the world are directly employed in fishing, and up to 500 million are indirectly employed through related industries”
“annual subsidies to the fishing industry are currently worth $27bn”
“up to $220bn dollars may be needed over 40 years to address the situation”
“then we are in a situation where 30 or 40 years down the line we effectively are out of fish”
“Boss has won the Palm Dog prize for best cinematic canine at the Cannes Film Festival.”
“It is the 10th year that the unofficial prize has been handed out.”
“The dog, who appeared in Tamara Drewe and sparked off a deadly stampede of cows, was called a "complete superstar" by the award organiser.”
“Boss was "crucial at innumerable plot moments and was the doggy denouement of the film".”
“His pivotal role in British director Stephen Frears' film was a major factor influencing his win, added Mr Rose.”
“Boss saw off competition from other movie pooches including an Irish Wolfhound who appears in Robin Hood, which opened the film gala.”
“The producer of Tamara Drewe collected the award - a rhinestone collar with the words Palm Dog stitched on it.”
“Last year a 3D dog from Disney animation Up trotted off with the honour, while in 2003 a chalk outline pooch from the film Dogville was declared the winner.”
“Born in 1946”
“The science is flying 30,000 feet over the public's understanding of the ethics.”
“The 10-piece choir, Desandann, spent two month-long tours in Haiti as part of Cuba's relief project following the January earthquake.”
“Thai culture has gone through a dizzying transformation, he explained, in which old hierarchical values have been overturned through the processes of globalisation, communications and technology. Avoidance of confrontation, a belief in kar…”
“Those fearful of further violence argue that Thai society is more divided now than it was two months ago, because the protests lasted so long, and the denouement was so violent.”
“40 infants from the home were found buried in Mount Jerome cemetery”
“Recently discovered records showed that infant residents were buried in and around common graves in Mount Jerome Cemetery between 1935 and 1936.”
“On average, two died each month out of 19 babies living in the home.”
“Researcher Niall Meehan, who made the discovery, has established the names of all 40 babies.”
“The 69-year-old said he and other residents were grossly neglected and still suffer poor health as a result. Mr Leinster also said the State regulated Bethany and should apply its redress or compensation scheme to its survivors.”
“He will convene the home's first survivors' group meeting there next Wednesday.”
“More than 21,000 crimes were reported during 2006/07, a rise of 9%, but the rate has dropped each year since.”
“The public often have a perception about crime being higher than it is, but in the past two years we have seen sustained decreases with high detection rates.”
“It is very pleasing to see that the focus has very firmly remained on keeping communities as safe as they can be.”
“Swansea has become the first place in Wales to win City of Sanctuary status.”
“Over 100 groups have pledged to create a culture of hospitality for people fleeing violence or persecution.”
“Swansea launched its bid two years ago”
“the award will be celebrated at a special event in the city's Guildhall next month.”
“Sheffield - the only other city in the UK to gain the award to date.”
“With the support of the city council the Swansea group secured pledges from over 100 groups and organisations across the city.”
“The award will be handed over to representatives of Swansea at the Guildhall on 21 June.”
“Five well-known masterpieces, by Picasso, Matisse and other great artists, have been stolen from the Museum of Modern Art in Paris.”
“Pastoral painted by Henri Matisse in 1906”
“Olive Tree near l'Estaque painted by Georges Braque in 1906”
“That is the year Paul Cezanne died”
“By 1907, Braque was painting similar scenes but his style had changed.”
“Dove with Green Peas painted by Pablo Picasso in 1911”
“Still Life with Candlestick painted by Fernand Leger in 1922”
“Woman with Fan painted by Amedeo Modigliani in 1919”
“He died a year later at the age of 35, having contracted tuberculosis.”
“In her cartoon, Ms Norris satirically proposed May 20 as an Everybody Draw Muhammad Day.”
“It sparked outrage in Pakistan, where a court ordered Facebook to be blocked.”
“On Thursday the video-sharing website YouTube was also blocked in Pakistan.”
“Reports say more protests against the Facebook campaign are planned for Friday.”
“Five people were killed in Pakistan in 2006 during violent demonstrations following publication of Muhammad cartoons in a Danish newspaper.”
“The paintings are estimated to be worth just under 100m euros (£86m; $123m).”
“Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe admitted one of the museum's alarms had been 'partly malfunctioning' since the end of March, and had been awaiting repair when the theft happened.”
“Officials said that the burglar entered the museum at just before 0400 local time (0200 GMT) on Thursday, and took just 15 minutes to remove the canvases from their frames and slip out of the building again undetected.”
“Three security guards were on duty during the night, but the theft was only discovered at around 0700 local time (0500 GMT), Christophe Girard, deputy culture secretary at Paris City Hall said.”
“Middle East envoy George Mitchell wound up a second round of indirect peace talks between Palestinians and Israeli without any outward sign of progress.”
“The US envoy and Mr Netanyahu met for three and a half hours on Thursday.”
“The indirect, proximity talks are set to continue for four months, and should get to addressing some of the core issues - borders, Jerusalem, and refugees.”
“In the current talks Mr Mitchell shuttles between Mr Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem and Mr Abbas' office in Ramallah, a journey of about 10 miles (15km).”
“Palestinian officials have been angered by repeated statements by Israeli officials, including the prime minister, that settlement construction would continue in occupied East Jerusalem.”
“The proximity talks were meant to start in March, but Palestinians pulled out of talks after Israeli municipal authorities approved plans for 1,600 new homes in the East Jerusalem settlement of Ramat Shlomo.”
“In November, Israel announced a 10-month suspension of new building in the West Bank, under intense US pressure.”
“Nearly half a million Jews live in more than 100 settlements in the West Bank, among a Palestinian population of about 2.5 million.”
“Thomas Mooney, 37, broke into Walter and Grace Colquhoun's house in Wishaw, Lanarkshire, in November and threatened to kill them.”
“The court heard that the 37-year-old smashed his way into the elderly couple's home using pot plants, after Mrs Colquhoun, 79, told him to go away when he rang the doorbell.”
“He threatened Mr Colquhoun, 82, with a screwdriver, telling him: "I'm gonna get in and kill you."”
“Mr Ball, formerly a presenter on Play School for 17 years, has warned of scaremongering about the issue.”
“The men are to take part in the two-day climate summit in Inverness next month.”
“Sir John, who has been permanent secretary to the government for seven years, will leave his post next month.”
“It is a difficult job to leave but it calls for someone who can provide continuity of leadership before and after the Scottish elections next year and in supporting ministers in planning and delivering the response to the public expenditur…”
“I fully understand his decision to stand down after seven years in the role, in order to ensure continuity of leadership for the civil service over the period before and after the Scottish elections next May.”
“He merits enormous credit for the professionalism with which the civil service supported the change of government in 2007 and has worked with me and my ministerial team since then to make a success of Scotland's experience of minority gove…”
“I'm grateful for all he has done in Scotland, in particular, his support to two Scottish governments through seven years of Scotland's development of devolution.”
“26 April”
“The scheme was due to be finished in 2012.”
“among the 44 people on board”
“The wreckage of the airline was spotted on a 13,500ft (4,100m) mountain by a search plane on Thursday.”
“UK viewers will see it at 0500 BST on Monday, the same time as audiences on America's west coast, with a repeat on Tuesday night.”
“Simultaneous screenings of the double episode will also be held in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Israel, Turkey and Canada.”
“only one third of the vessels on the IUU list could be tracked over the six-year period reviewed by the study”
“port states only fulfilled their obligation in one out of four cases”
“they say that up to 26m tonnes of fish, worth an estimated $23bn (£16bn), are landed illegally each year.”
“Insufficient vessel information - only one third of the vessels on the IUU list could be tracked over the six-year period reviewed by the study”
“Lack of compliance - port states only fulfilled their obligation in one out of four cases”
