An Environment Agency severe flood warning - meaning danger to life - was removed from the A361 between East Lyng and Burrowbridge on 10 March.
Residents in the area saw their homes cut off and experienced long diversions as a result of the closure.
The road has been inspected by council highways officers and reopened at 17:00 GMT.
There is still some water on a short stretch of the road and Somerset County Council said temporary traffic lights will be installed to protect the carriageway and allow motorists to pass safely.
Councillor Harvey Siggs, responsible for Highways, said: "I'm delighted the A361 is to reopen at long last.
"Our highways teams have been working hard all week to clear the road and make sure it is safe, and I would like to publicly thank them for their efforts to get this key route open before the weekend."
A further inspection will take place early next week and the temporary traffic lights will be removed as soon as the remaining water has receded and the road judged to be safe, the council said.
Mr Siggs added: "Although the road is clear, the rhynes at the side of the road remain full of water so I would urge motorists to take extra care when driving, particularly in the foggy conditions we have seen over the last few days."
The clear-up of the A361 started on Monday with the removal of fallen trees and the cutting back of damaged vegetation.
Around 30 tonnes of used sandbags were removed before a sweeping and cleaning operation covered the 1.5 mile section of carriageway.
The council said that the road closure on the A372 Langport Road will remain in place next week for the removal of flood pumps.
With improving weather conditions the large temporary pumps at Beer Wall, near Aller, are no longer needed, it added.
The Environment Agency expects to begin removing the pumps on Monday and work is likely to take up to four days.
The road will remain closed after the pumps have been removed so the council can assess flood damage and carry out emergency repair works.

Summary: A road in Somerset that was closed for more than a week due to flooding has reopened.

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Kuba Moczyk, 22, died in hospital after he was knocked out in an unlicensed fight at the Tower Complex, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on 19 November.
A memorial mass has been held at St Mary's Church in the town.
Father Philip Shryane told the congregation Mr Moczyk' was a "good man" whose "life was boxing".
More on this story and others from Norfolk
He said Mr Moczyk was "a young man with a good heart, with so much to give and so much to look forward to... but always a gentle smile".
His uncle, Marcin Smigaj gave a tribute, in Polish, on behalf of the family. Mr Moczyk was due to be cremated.
Mr Moczyk, originally from Poland, worked at a chicken factory and lived in the town.
His trainer Scott Osinski said earlier that Mr Moczyk was winning the fight when he took the fatal blow.
His opponent is believed to be aged 17.

Summary: The funeral of a man who died after being knocked out in a boxing match has taken place.

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Kuba Moczyk, 22, died in hospital after he was knocked out in an unlicensed fight at the Tower Complex, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on 19 November.
A memorial mass has been held at St Mary's Church in the town.
Father Philip Shryane told the congregation Mr Moczyk' was a "good man" whose "life was boxing".
More on this story and others from Norfolk
He said Mr Moczyk was "a young man with a good heart, with so much to give and so much to look forward to... but always a gentle smile".
His uncle, Marcin Smigaj gave a tribute, in Polish, on behalf of the family. Mr Moczyk was due to be cremated.
Mr Moczyk, originally from Poland, worked at a chicken factory and lived in the town.
His trainer Scott Osinski said earlier that Mr Moczyk was winning the fight when he took the fatal blow.
His opponent is believed to be aged 17.

Summary: Friends and family of a boxer with a "gentle smile", who died after being knocked out in a fight, have attended a memorial mass.

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The Ayrton Light, located above the Great Bell - known as Big Ben - needs to be fully dismantled and restored. A temporary light will replace it.
Installed in 1885, it was previously turned off only during both world wars.
Big Ben will not chime regularly until 2021 because of repairs to the tower.
The light is said to have been installed at the request of Queen Victoria, so that she could see from Buckingham Palace when members of either the Commons or the Lords were sitting after dark.
It is named after Acton Smee Ayrton, a Liberal politician who was First Commissioner of Works between 1869 and 1873.
It is not yet known when the light will switch off, or how long it will be off for.
Big Ben will not be heard from midday on Monday. The House of Commons has said it will look again at the length of time it will be silenced after "concerns".
Parliament said it had to protect workers carrying out the renovations.
But Prime Minister Theresa May said "it can't be right" that the bell will not chime regularly again for four years.
It will still sound for important events including New Year's Eve and Remembrance Sunday.

Summary: A light that has been turned off for four years is to be turned off for the first time in the UK's history.

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The Ayrton Light, located above the Great Bell - known as Big Ben - needs to be fully dismantled and restored. A temporary light will replace it.
Installed in 1885, it was previously turned off only during both world wars.
Big Ben will not chime regularly until 2021 because of repairs to the tower.
The light is said to have been installed at the request of Queen Victoria, so that she could see from Buckingham Palace when members of either the Commons or the Lords were sitting after dark.
It is named after Acton Smee Ayrton, a Liberal politician who was First Commissioner of Works between 1869 and 1873.
It is not yet known when the light will switch off, or how long it will be off for.
Big Ben will not be heard from midday on Monday. The House of Commons has said it will look again at the length of time it will be silenced after "concerns".
Parliament said it had to protect workers carrying out the renovations.
But Prime Minister Theresa May said "it can't be right" that the bell will not chime regularly again for four years.
It will still sound for important events including New Year's Eve and Remembrance Sunday.

Summary: A lamp above Big Ben is to stop shining for the first time since the world wars.

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JP Nadeau was reportedly struck by lightning mid-sentence in his apple orchard in New Brunswick, Canada.
"And just as I told my new son-in-law 'You're a lucky guy' - Boom!" he told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Aside from a small scar on his thumb, Mr Nadeau says he was unscathed and the wedding proceeded.
Storm clouds had gathered behind him at the ceremony on 8 July, he said, and his daughter saw lightning strike the ground nearby.
"I had the microphone and the shock jumped into the sound system and my hand just lit up and I saw the spark," he told the CBC.
"And I'm looking at my hand and it's all flared up… It was like I was holding a lightning bolt in my hand, it was amazing."
Everyone was stunned at first, but that didn't stop the happy couple from continuing with the festivities.
"It was a beautiful wedding," Mr Nadeau's wife, Maggy Thomas, told the CBC.
"But that was pretty terrifying for a second."
Mr Nadeau says he's a lucky-unlucky man - in 2015, a cruise ship he was working on near the Falkland Islands caught fire, and he was rescued by the British Royal Air Force.
"I've had lots of brushes with death," said Mr Nadeau. "But death keeps ignoring me."

Summary: No one likes a dull wedding, but one father-of-the-bride's speech was a little too electrifying at his daughter's ceremony last weekend.

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JP Nadeau was reportedly struck by lightning mid-sentence in his apple orchard in New Brunswick, Canada.
"And just as I told my new son-in-law 'You're a lucky guy' - Boom!" he told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Aside from a small scar on his thumb, Mr Nadeau says he was unscathed and the wedding proceeded.
Storm clouds had gathered behind him at the ceremony on 8 July, he said, and his daughter saw lightning strike the ground nearby.
"I had the microphone and the shock jumped into the sound system and my hand just lit up and I saw the spark," he told the CBC.
"And I'm looking at my hand and it's all flared up… It was like I was holding a lightning bolt in my hand, it was amazing."
Everyone was stunned at first, but that didn't stop the happy couple from continuing with the festivities.
"It was a beautiful wedding," Mr Nadeau's wife, Maggy Thomas, told the CBC.
"But that was pretty terrifying for a second."
Mr Nadeau says he's a lucky-unlucky man - in 2015, a cruise ship he was working on near the Falkland Islands caught fire, and he was rescued by the British Royal Air Force.
"I've had lots of brushes with death," said Mr Nadeau. "But death keeps ignoring me."

Summary: A Canadian man who was struck by lightning at his wedding has described how he was "absolutely stunned" by the moment he was struck by the lightning.

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Local MP Ian Lucas said people were concerned about the impact it could have if the prison on Wrexham Industrial Estate assumes a local name.
In a letter, prisons minister Jeremy Wright says local names are "generally avoided as most local people object".
He said it was likely people would be invited to propose names for the Â£212m prison which is due to open in 2017.
Work is expected to start in August, creating up to 1,000 jobs, to build the prison which will house 2,100 inmates, making it the largest prison in the UK.
The overall project spend is lower than the original Â£250m estimate and the construction will involve local business and enterprises, with 100 apprenticeships created.

Summary: Wrexham Industrial Estate's new prison is unlikely to be named after local name, says the prison minister.

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Local MP Ian Lucas said people were concerned about the impact it could have if the prison on Wrexham Industrial Estate assumes a local name.
In a letter, prisons minister Jeremy Wright says local names are "generally avoided as most local people object".
He said it was likely people would be invited to propose names for the Â£212m prison which is due to open in 2017.
Work is expected to start in August, creating up to 1,000 jobs, to build the prison which will house 2,100 inmates, making it the largest prison in the UK.
The overall project spend is lower than the original Â£250m estimate and the construction will involve local business and enterprises, with 100 apprenticeships created.

Summary: A petition calling for the name of a new £1bn prison in Wrexham has been launched by the Welsh government.

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The former business secretary said the offer to take a 25% stake in the firm's UK operations is "quite close" to what he would have offered.
He said it showed a commitment to south Wales after Tata announced it would sell its loss-making UK operations.
But he said it was only a first step, with the steel market "awful".
"The 25% offer is quite close to what I would have done," said Sir Vince, who served in the coalition government between 2010 and 2015.
"It sends the right message the government is committed to south Wales and the steel industry and it is within the rules we have to operate."
However, speaking to BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales, he said there were still "a lot of hurdles to overcome".
"We don't know who the buyer is and if there is a buyer, if they will succeed because the economics of the situation at the moment are pretty awful with the low world prices [for steel] and ferocious competition," he said.
This makes a management buyout "risky", Sir Vince said, adding that, long-term, habits in British industry must be changed, with a proper strategy drawn up and more products used that are made in the UK.
Responding to suggestions his successor as business secretary, Sajid Javid, had been slow to intervene, he said the government was "reasonably cautious" because of the "economics of the industry".
He said: "They haven't done a complete U-turn, but they have acknowledged reality that government has an absolutely key role working alongside private business and I'm encouraged by that.
"As a starter it is a good move and we should applaud it. Let's hope there is a good buyer and they can turn it around".

Summary: Sir Vince Cable has said he is "encouraged" by the government's offer to buy Tata Steel.

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The former business secretary said the offer to take a 25% stake in the firm's UK operations is "quite close" to what he would have offered.
He said it showed a commitment to south Wales after Tata announced it would sell its loss-making UK operations.
But he said it was only a first step, with the steel market "awful".
"The 25% offer is quite close to what I would have done," said Sir Vince, who served in the coalition government between 2010 and 2015.
"It sends the right message the government is committed to south Wales and the steel industry and it is within the rules we have to operate."
However, speaking to BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales, he said there were still "a lot of hurdles to overcome".
"We don't know who the buyer is and if there is a buyer, if they will succeed because the economics of the situation at the moment are pretty awful with the low world prices [for steel] and ferocious competition," he said.
This makes a management buyout "risky", Sir Vince said, adding that, long-term, habits in British industry must be changed, with a proper strategy drawn up and more products used that are made in the UK.
Responding to suggestions his successor as business secretary, Sajid Javid, had been slow to intervene, he said the government was "reasonably cautious" because of the "economics of the industry".
He said: "They haven't done a complete U-turn, but they have acknowledged reality that government has an absolutely key role working alongside private business and I'm encouraged by that.
"As a starter it is a good move and we should applaud it. Let's hope there is a good buyer and they can turn it around".

Summary: A Tata management buyout is "risky" but the UK government's offer of help is a good one, Sir Vince has said.

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Four men, aged between 25 and 61, were arrested in Ashbourne, County Meath, at about 16:00 GMT on Tuesday.
Some 160 kilos of herbal cannabis was discovered, Garda (Irish police) said in a statement.
It described the seizure as "significant" and said the drugs were "destined for the Irish market".
A business premises in Ashbourne was also searched during the "intelligence-led" operation.
It involved Garda officers from the Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and the Special Crime Task Force.
Staff from the Revenue Commissioners Customs Service also participated.
All four men, who are Irish nationals, are being questioned on suspicion of drug trafficking offences.

Summary: Some 160 kilos of cannabis has been seized in a joint operation by police and customs in Ashbourne, County Meath.

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Four men, aged between 25 and 61, were arrested in Ashbourne, County Meath, at about 16:00 GMT on Tuesday.
Some 160 kilos of herbal cannabis was discovered, Garda (Irish police) said in a statement.
It described the seizure as "significant" and said the drugs were "destined for the Irish market".
A business premises in Ashbourne was also searched during the "intelligence-led" operation.
It involved Garda officers from the Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and the Special Crime Task Force.
Staff from the Revenue Commissioners Customs Service also participated.
All four men, who are Irish nationals, are being questioned on suspicion of drug trafficking offences.

Summary: A large quantity of cannabis has been seized during a "drug-smuggling operation" in County Meath.

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Wednesday's matinee was curtailed before that evening's show was called off completely.
Ticket holders for both shows will be offered refunds, a show representative has confirmed.
Thursday's performance will go ahead as scheduled at London's Cambridge Theatre, it has since been announced.
An audience member at Wednesday's matinee told the BBC the show was stopped after approximately 30 minutes.
A representative for the theatre then came on stage and said the actress playing Matilda was unable to sing the rest of the songs, so would speak the lyrics instead.
The show's interval was then extended by around 15 minutes.
At the end of the interval, the theatre representative returned and said the actress's voice had deteriorated further and that the performance would be cut short.
The rest of the cast then performed three songs from the second half of the show while a member of the production team narrated the story.
One audience member who was at Wednesday's matinee said the afternoon had left her "genuinely gutted".
She continued: "Â£75 a ticket is not cheap, and not having a healthy understudy for that price is unacceptable."
"Obviously we were disappointed not to see the whole show," tweeted Debbie Stoddart, another member of the audience.
"But it was evident from the first song that Matilda wasn't well so it was the right thing to stop the show.
"The most important thing is the well-being of the cast, specifically the younger ones."
The Royal Shakespeare Company's production is based on Roald Dahl's popular children's novel.
It was adapted for the stage by playwright Dennis Kelly, with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin.
The show became a huge box office success when it opened in London's West End in 2011.
The following year the production won seven Oliviers, a record at the time. It later transferred to Broadway.
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Summary: One performance of West End musical Matilda was cancelled and another cut short after the actress playing Matilda became ill.

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Wednesday's matinee was curtailed before that evening's show was called off completely.
Ticket holders for both shows will be offered refunds, a show representative has confirmed.
Thursday's performance will go ahead as scheduled at London's Cambridge Theatre, it has since been announced.
An audience member at Wednesday's matinee told the BBC the show was stopped after approximately 30 minutes.
A representative for the theatre then came on stage and said the actress playing Matilda was unable to sing the rest of the songs, so would speak the lyrics instead.
The show's interval was then extended by around 15 minutes.
At the end of the interval, the theatre representative returned and said the actress's voice had deteriorated further and that the performance would be cut short.
The rest of the cast then performed three songs from the second half of the show while a member of the production team narrated the story.
One audience member who was at Wednesday's matinee said the afternoon had left her "genuinely gutted".
She continued: "Â£75 a ticket is not cheap, and not having a healthy understudy for that price is unacceptable."
"Obviously we were disappointed not to see the whole show," tweeted Debbie Stoddart, another member of the audience.
"But it was evident from the first song that Matilda wasn't well so it was the right thing to stop the show.
"The most important thing is the well-being of the cast, specifically the younger ones."
The Royal Shakespeare Company's production is based on Roald Dahl's popular children's novel.
It was adapted for the stage by playwright Dennis Kelly, with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin.
The show became a huge box office success when it opened in London's West End in 2011.
The following year the production won seven Oliviers, a record at the time. It later transferred to Broadway.
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Summary: The Royal Shakespeare Company's production of the musical adaptation of the children's novel Matilda has been cancelled after a performance was interrupted due to a "serious understudy".

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"I'm 64," he said of his fascination with the 1836 battle. "When I was five or six years old, this thing began."
Collins' collection includes a fringed leather pouch used by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie's legendary knife.
"There's things in there that will make your mouth drop," the Genesis star said in San Antonio.
The donation was accepted on Tuesday by Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, who is campaigning for a new historical centre to house Collins' collection.
"Texans are deeply indebted to Phil Collins,'' Patterson said. "He is giving us back our heritage.
"Now these Texas treasures need a home where all can see them and study from them and learn about how Texans won our liberty.''
The legendary battle, named after a former mission in San Antonio, saw 1,500 Mexican troops lay siege to 200 Texans fighting for Texas independence.
Collins said he first became interested in the Alamo after watching a 1950s TV series about Crockett, the famed frontiersman who died in the conflict.
The Grammy and Academy Award winner's collection includes more than 200 items and is thought to be the largest in private hands.
"My nine-year-old son was saying, 'Why are you going to give it all away, Dad? I thought I was going to have it,''' he told reporters.

Summary: Singer Phil Collins has handed over his large collection of Alamo memorabilia to a Texas Land Commissioner.

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"I'm 64," he said of his fascination with the 1836 battle. "When I was five or six years old, this thing began."
Collins' collection includes a fringed leather pouch used by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie's legendary knife.
"There's things in there that will make your mouth drop," the Genesis star said in San Antonio.
The donation was accepted on Tuesday by Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, who is campaigning for a new historical centre to house Collins' collection.
"Texans are deeply indebted to Phil Collins,'' Patterson said. "He is giving us back our heritage.
"Now these Texas treasures need a home where all can see them and study from them and learn about how Texans won our liberty.''
The legendary battle, named after a former mission in San Antonio, saw 1,500 Mexican troops lay siege to 200 Texans fighting for Texas independence.
Collins said he first became interested in the Alamo after watching a 1950s TV series about Crockett, the famed frontiersman who died in the conflict.
The Grammy and Academy Award winner's collection includes more than 200 items and is thought to be the largest in private hands.
"My nine-year-old son was saying, 'Why are you going to give it all away, Dad? I thought I was going to have it,''' he told reporters.

Summary: Singer Phil Collins has donated his collection of memorabilia to the Alamo, the Texas city where he fought in the Battle of the Somme.

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Home Retail Group said that like-for-like sales at Argos fell 1.1% in the eight weeks to 27 February, compared to a fall of 2.2% in the previous quarter.
The electrical and homeware retailer is being targeted by both Sainsbury's and South African retailer Steinhoff.
Both companies have until 18 March to make firm bids for Argos.
Last month, a £1.3bn bid from Sainsbury's for Home Retail was trumped by Steinhoff's £1.4bn offer.
Home Retail recently sold its DIY chain Homebase to Australia's Wesfarmers last month for £340m, leaving Argos as its only remaining business.
Total sales at Argos rose 1.9% to £515m in the eight-week period as demand for furniture and sports goods offset lower sales of electrical goods, such as video games and tablet computers.
The company said Argos opened 90 new stores over the year, bringing the total to 845. The new openings held back the like-for-like sales total over the period, it added.
Chief executive John Walden, who said it had been "another rather eventful period" for the company, was pleased with the improvement in Argos' sales.
Shares in Home Retail closed down almost 0.5% at 179.1p, but have risen more than 80% this year following Sainsbury's interest in Argos.
The supermarket has argued that combining both chains would create a "world-leading" retailer bigger than rivals John Lewis and Amazon UK.
Retail analyst Nick Bubb said: "Home Retail claim that underlying like-for-like sales were broadly flat, once the cannibalisation from the infamous concession inserts in Homebase and Sainsbury are taken out. Gross margins were up, however, by 75 basis points and Home Retail's year-end net cash was strong."
Sainsbury's had offered about 167p a share for Home Retail, but will be forced to at least match the 175p-a-share all-cash offer from Steinhoff, which owns UK furniture retailer Harveys.
However, the supermarket may be reluctant to increase its offer to the level needed to win control of Argos.
Analysts have also questioned the wisdom of Sainsbury's acquiring the struggling retailer.

Summary: Argos, the retail chain at the centre of a bidding war, has shown a fall in sales over the Christmas period.

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Home Retail Group said that like-for-like sales at Argos fell 1.1% in the eight weeks to 27 February, compared to a fall of 2.2% in the previous quarter.
The electrical and homeware retailer is being targeted by both Sainsbury's and South African retailer Steinhoff.
Both companies have until 18 March to make firm bids for Argos.
Last month, a £1.3bn bid from Sainsbury's for Home Retail was trumped by Steinhoff's £1.4bn offer.
Home Retail recently sold its DIY chain Homebase to Australia's Wesfarmers last month for £340m, leaving Argos as its only remaining business.
Total sales at Argos rose 1.9% to £515m in the eight-week period as demand for furniture and sports goods offset lower sales of electrical goods, such as video games and tablet computers.
The company said Argos opened 90 new stores over the year, bringing the total to 845. The new openings held back the like-for-like sales total over the period, it added.
Chief executive John Walden, who said it had been "another rather eventful period" for the company, was pleased with the improvement in Argos' sales.
Shares in Home Retail closed down almost 0.5% at 179.1p, but have risen more than 80% this year following Sainsbury's interest in Argos.
The supermarket has argued that combining both chains would create a "world-leading" retailer bigger than rivals John Lewis and Amazon UK.
Retail analyst Nick Bubb said: "Home Retail claim that underlying like-for-like sales were broadly flat, once the cannibalisation from the infamous concession inserts in Homebase and Sainsbury are taken out. Gross margins were up, however, by 75 basis points and Home Retail's year-end net cash was strong."
Sainsbury's had offered about 167p a share for Home Retail, but will be forced to at least match the 175p-a-share all-cash offer from Steinhoff, which owns UK furniture retailer Harveys.
However, the supermarket may be reluctant to increase its offer to the level needed to win control of Argos.
Analysts have also questioned the wisdom of Sainsbury's acquiring the struggling retailer.

Summary: Shares in Argos have fallen after the retailer said it had seen a fall in sales at its UK stores.

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PC Gareth Browning, 33, was on foot in Whitley, Reading on 30 November when he was hit by a black Mazda Aerosport driven by Luke Haywood, 28.
Haywood admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent and dangerous driving at Reading Crown Court.
PC Browning was critically injured and remains in hospital in a serious condition.
Haywood, of no fixed address, had previously admitted aggravated vehicle taking and one count of going equipped to burgle.
He is currently serving a prison sentence for separate burglary offences.
PC Browning was attempting to stop the stolen vehicle, driven by Haywood in Shinfield Road, when he was injured.
Det Supt Chris Ward said: "No sentence can ever reflect the injuries that PC Browning received as a result of Haywood's reckless actions. PC Browning was doing what thousands of police officers do every day - protecting the public from dangerous criminals.
"I hope that today's sentencing can allow Gareth's family to begin to come to terms with what has happened. We all wish Gareth a full recovery."

Summary: A man has been jailed for knocking down a police officer who tried to stop a stolen car.

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PC Gareth Browning, 33, was on foot in Whitley, Reading on 30 November when he was hit by a black Mazda Aerosport driven by Luke Haywood, 28.
Haywood admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent and dangerous driving at Reading Crown Court.
PC Browning was critically injured and remains in hospital in a serious condition.
Haywood, of no fixed address, had previously admitted aggravated vehicle taking and one count of going equipped to burgle.
He is currently serving a prison sentence for separate burglary offences.
PC Browning was attempting to stop the stolen vehicle, driven by Haywood in Shinfield Road, when he was injured.
Det Supt Chris Ward said: "No sentence can ever reflect the injuries that PC Browning received as a result of Haywood's reckless actions. PC Browning was doing what thousands of police officers do every day - protecting the public from dangerous criminals.
"I hope that today's sentencing can allow Gareth's family to begin to come to terms with what has happened. We all wish Gareth a full recovery."

Summary: A police officer who was hit by a stolen car has been jailed for six years.

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Motorcyclist Leighton Santos, 22, admitted causing David Hitchen's death through careless driving and was jailed at Preston Crown Court on Monday.
The maximum sentence is five years, but this can be reduced by a guilty plea.
Road safety charity Brake said there was a "need to see much tougher sentences when a driver has killed".
Santos admitted causing the 42-year-old former Great Britain international's death near Belmont, Lancashire, in September 2014, on the first day of his trial.
Lancashire Police said Santos had been riding a Yamaha motorbike on Rivington Road when he "drifted into the opposite carriageway" and collided with Mr Hitchen.
The cyclist suffered serious injuries and died later in hospital.
In addition to the six months for causing death by careless driving, Santos was also given 12 months for another motoring offence.
In March 2016 he was convicted at Manchester Crown Court of dangerous driving after taking police on an eight-mile pursuit that saw him reach speeds of up to 90mph (145km/h) in a 30mph zone.
Martin Key, British Cycling's campaigns manager, said six months for "causing the death of a human being is a punishment that many would agree certainly does not fit the crime".
"While these incidents are extremely rare, we need to ensure that sentencing guidelines adequately reflect the potential consequences of an offence," he said.
A spokeswoman for Brake said the sentence was "insulting".
"Leighton Santos, who killed another human being, was sentenced to a paltry 18 months in prison, and will likely be out in nine.
"It's no wonder that grieving relatives are often left feeling let down and insulted by our justice system.
"We need to see much tougher sentences when a driver has killed, particularly when, as in this case, they have exhibited previous examples of dangerous behaviour."

Summary: A motorcyclist who killed a cyclist by driving at speeds of up to 90mph (145km/h) has been jailed for six months.

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Motorcyclist Leighton Santos, 22, admitted causing David Hitchen's death through careless driving and was jailed at Preston Crown Court on Monday.
The maximum sentence is five years, but this can be reduced by a guilty plea.
Road safety charity Brake said there was a "need to see much tougher sentences when a driver has killed".
Santos admitted causing the 42-year-old former Great Britain international's death near Belmont, Lancashire, in September 2014, on the first day of his trial.
Lancashire Police said Santos had been riding a Yamaha motorbike on Rivington Road when he "drifted into the opposite carriageway" and collided with Mr Hitchen.
The cyclist suffered serious injuries and died later in hospital.
In addition to the six months for causing death by careless driving, Santos was also given 12 months for another motoring offence.
In March 2016 he was convicted at Manchester Crown Court of dangerous driving after taking police on an eight-mile pursuit that saw him reach speeds of up to 90mph (145km/h) in a 30mph zone.
Martin Key, British Cycling's campaigns manager, said six months for "causing the death of a human being is a punishment that many would agree certainly does not fit the crime".
"While these incidents are extremely rare, we need to ensure that sentencing guidelines adequately reflect the potential consequences of an offence," he said.
A spokeswoman for Brake said the sentence was "insulting".
"Leighton Santos, who killed another human being, was sentenced to a paltry 18 months in prison, and will likely be out in nine.
"It's no wonder that grieving relatives are often left feeling let down and insulted by our justice system.
"We need to see much tougher sentences when a driver has killed, particularly when, as in this case, they have exhibited previous examples of dangerous behaviour."

Summary: A six-month prison term handed to a motorist who killed an ex-international cyclist in a crash "does not fit the crime," British Cycling has said.

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Private Derby XXX was promoted to the rank of lance corporal at an event in Chester marking eight years of the Mercian Regiment.
He was awarded his honour by the colonel of the regiment, Brigadier Andrew Williams.
The Swaledale ram, who is officially classed as a soldier, received his promotion for "good behaviour".
He is the 30th in a line of mascot rams running back to the Indian Mutiny War in the mid-19th Century.
The first Private Derby was acquired in 1858 by the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot and became the mascot of the Mercian Regiment when it formed in 2007.
Lance Corporal Derby XXX joined the regiment in February 2014.
He has his own army number, gets paid to buy his rations and takes his holidays during the mating season on the Chatsworth Estate in Derbyshire.
During his career, Lance Corporal Derby XXX has also helped switch on the Christmas lights in Ashbourne and met Prince William at the unveiling of a memorial commemorating the 1914 Christmas Truce.

Summary: A mascot of the Mercian Regiment has been awarded the Victoria Cross.

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Private Derby XXX was promoted to the rank of lance corporal at an event in Chester marking eight years of the Mercian Regiment.
He was awarded his honour by the colonel of the regiment, Brigadier Andrew Williams.
The Swaledale ram, who is officially classed as a soldier, received his promotion for "good behaviour".
He is the 30th in a line of mascot rams running back to the Indian Mutiny War in the mid-19th Century.
The first Private Derby was acquired in 1858 by the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot and became the mascot of the Mercian Regiment when it formed in 2007.
Lance Corporal Derby XXX joined the regiment in February 2014.
He has his own army number, gets paid to buy his rations and takes his holidays during the mating season on the Chatsworth Estate in Derbyshire.
During his career, Lance Corporal Derby XXX has also helped switch on the Christmas lights in Ashbourne and met Prince William at the unveiling of a memorial commemorating the 1914 Christmas Truce.

Summary: A ram which is the mascot of a Mercian regiment has been promoted at a ceremony marking its formation.

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The site at Knottingley, West Yorkshire is to burn fuel from refuse, industrial and commercial waste including wood, said operator Multifuel Energy Ltd.
The Â£300m plant is to create hundreds of jobs over a three-year build and should produce electricity for about 160,000 homes, it said.
The adjoining coal-fired Ferrybridge 'C' plant is to close in March 2016, it was announced in May.
The Secretary of State has granted development consent for the new plant.
Construction is expected to begin in 2016 with about 35 permanent jobs once it is operational.
The power station is expected to produce up to 90MWe of electricity annually by burning 675,000 tonnes of waste that could have ended up in landfill, said Multifuel Energy
It is to be built next to the newly-constructed Ferrybridge Multifuel 1 that stated operations earlier this year.
Multifuel Energy is a joint venture between power company SSE and and waste management company Wheelabrator Technologies.

Summary: A multifuel power station has been approved for Ferrybridge.

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The site at Knottingley, West Yorkshire is to burn fuel from refuse, industrial and commercial waste including wood, said operator Multifuel Energy Ltd.
The Â£300m plant is to create hundreds of jobs over a three-year build and should produce electricity for about 160,000 homes, it said.
The adjoining coal-fired Ferrybridge 'C' plant is to close in March 2016, it was announced in May.
The Secretary of State has granted development consent for the new plant.
Construction is expected to begin in 2016 with about 35 permanent jobs once it is operational.
The power station is expected to produce up to 90MWe of electricity annually by burning 675,000 tonnes of waste that could have ended up in landfill, said Multifuel Energy
It is to be built next to the newly-constructed Ferrybridge Multifuel 1 that stated operations earlier this year.
Multifuel Energy is a joint venture between power company SSE and and waste management company Wheelabrator Technologies.

Summary: A new coal-fired power station is to be built in a new location, the government has announced.

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Ryan Walls took pictures of 101 passengers during the Edinburgh Festival in 2015.
The 42-year-old said only two people refused out of the 103 people he asked due to being in a hurry and having a bad hair day.
Now the father-of-three's pictures will go on display at Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Dalmeny Street, in August.
Mr Walls told the BBC Scotland news website how he took photographs of a hen party, stag do, football fans, a chef, a high court judge and a TV agony aunt from Kuwait.
He said: "Everyone was so nice. One of the pictures is of a passenger who was in such a hurry that he couldn't wait for another taxi when I discovered the central locking system was broken so I had to pull him in and out of the taxi window.
"I also had an elderly former English teacher who had suddenly decided she wanted to go out to a show at the festival at the last minute and she had lots of words of encouragement for me so I really enjoyed chatting with her.
"I also got a Jambo fan and was worried I wasn't going to get a Hibs fan but luckily I did.
"I'm really interested in people and wanted to capture that moment in my cab, I only had seconds to take a few pictures and I'm really pleased with the end result."
The exhibition runs from 31 July until 5 August.

Summary: A photographer who took pictures of a number of people in a taxi has won a national award for his work.

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Ryan Walls took pictures of 101 passengers during the Edinburgh Festival in 2015.
The 42-year-old said only two people refused out of the 103 people he asked due to being in a hurry and having a bad hair day.
Now the father-of-three's pictures will go on display at Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Dalmeny Street, in August.
Mr Walls told the BBC Scotland news website how he took photographs of a hen party, stag do, football fans, a chef, a high court judge and a TV agony aunt from Kuwait.
He said: "Everyone was so nice. One of the pictures is of a passenger who was in such a hurry that he couldn't wait for another taxi when I discovered the central locking system was broken so I had to pull him in and out of the taxi window.
"I also had an elderly former English teacher who had suddenly decided she wanted to go out to a show at the festival at the last minute and she had lots of words of encouragement for me so I really enjoyed chatting with her.
"I also got a Jambo fan and was worried I wasn't going to get a Hibs fan but luckily I did.
"I'm really interested in people and wanted to capture that moment in my cab, I only had seconds to take a few pictures and I'm really pleased with the end result."
The exhibition runs from 31 July until 5 August.

Summary: A  taxi driver has created an exhibition from pictures he has taken of passengers in his cab.

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Vehicles and pedestrians will now embark and disembark the Cowes ferry separately following Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) guidance.
Isle of Wight Council said its new procedures were in response to a resident's complaint.
Councillor Shirley Smart said it would "initially result in a slower service".
Originally passengers and vehicles boarded or disembarked the so called "floating bridge" at the same time.
Ms Smart, who is the executive member for economy and tourism, said the council already had measures in place to control how passengers and vehicles left or embarked the chain ferry "in a safe manner".
However, it was "responding" to the MCA's recommendations "following this complaint".
She added: "This may initially result in a slower service while the measures are introduced and our customers get used to the changes."
The service has been in operation since 1859.

Summary: The Isle of Wight's "floating bridge" is to be changed to allow more people to board and disembark at the same time.

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A report by the organisation suggests men, women and children are being abused "to eliminate public protest".
Many are subjected to virginity tests, rape and gang rape after arrest.
Egypt's Interior Ministry said it would not comment until it had studied the report.
The study notes a surge in sexual violence after the Egyptian military takeover in July 2013.
The perpetrators are rarely held to account and the impunity points to a "cynical political strategy aimed at silencing all opposition".
Police, intelligence officers and members of the military are guilty of targeting male and female detainees, according to the report.
Among the victims are student demonstrators, human rights activists, gay people and children.
Student's ordeal
I saw an officer who was grabbing a young woman by the breasts and I said to him: "If you want to arrest her, then arrest her, but you have no right to touch her breasts."
He grabbed me exactly as he had her, before calling two other police officers to come and hold me. They beat me, insulted me.
In the van they insulted me and beat me so much that I could no longer stand up. Two soldiers started to sexually assault me.
The officer from the start got into the van and said to me: "Come here I'm going to show you if I'm a man." He sexually assaulted me, the soldiers laughed, and then he raped me completely. I was paralysed, I started to vomit blood.
My life is ruined. I'm afraid of my son, my husband and even my father.
The authors said they did not have evidence that commanders were giving the orders, but the scale of the violence - and the impunity - suggested there was a political strategy.
They claim that victims who file complaints are systematically obstructed by the justice system, and face threats and reprisals by police officers and prison guards.
Sexual violence has long been a problem within the general population in Egypt, with assaults dramatically increasing in the years since Hosni Mubarak was removed from power.
Last year, President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi ordered police to launch a crackdown amid growing public anger.
He said sexual assaults, were "an unacceptable form of conduct" and called for citizens to "reinstate moral values in society".

Summary: Egyptian police and intelligence officers are carrying out a campaign of sexual violence against detainees, the human rights group Amnesty International says.

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A government spokesman said the bodies were found near the city of Al Bayda, close to the site of the kidnapping.
The crew was taken in August while travelling through territory largely controlled by extremist militants.
Libya has been in turmoil since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 and now has two competing governments and numerous militia groups.
Faraj al-Barassi, a district army commander in eastern Libya, told Reuters that militants loyal to Islamic State (IS) were responsible for the killings.
IS-affiliated militants have established a strong presence in parts of Libya, including Derna where the kidnapping is believed to have taken place.
Parts of Libya have descended into lawless chaos following the overthrow of Gaddafi, allowing extremists to gain ground.
A February report by Human Rights Watch said there was a "climate of impunity" in the country that "allowed militias to assault, threaten, kidnap, or even kill journalists".
Libya's internationally recognised government has fled from the capital Tripoli to the eastern city of Tobruk, while a rival parliament has been established in Tripoli itself.

Summary: Militants in eastern Libya say they have killed four Egyptian journalists who were kidnapped last year.

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The motorist received a Â£100 fine and three points on their licence.
Dorset Police said when the driver was stopped he said: "I was trying to find that new Sam Smith song on You tube because I didn't have it on my phone."
The singer has released the song Writing's On The Wall as the theme to the new James Bond film Spectre.
Officers were carrying out checks on traffic offences on Thursday and stopped vehicles which had no insurance as well as others breaking the speed limit.
Spectre sees Daniel Craig return as British spy James Bond, aka 007, in a globe-trotting blockbuster named after a sinister criminal syndicate.
Two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz, French actress Lea Seydoux and Italy's Monica Bellucci also appear in the 24th official entry in the long-running series.

Summary: A driver has been fined for trying to listen to a Sam Smith song on his phone while driving in Dorset.

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The Stephensons single-decker was a mile off the local bus route and must have been driven down a farm track, said farmer James Mizen.
Mr Mizen said a bus mechanic knocked at the door of his Thaxted, Essex, farmhouse to tell him a vehicle was stuck on the property.
Stephensons declined to comment on the incident. It is understood the bus did not have passengers at the time.
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Mr Mizen said: "The mechanic said the bus was on our muck heap.
"He must have gone down a no-through road, down a single track road, ignored the 'no unauthorised vehicles' sign and then down our farm track before stopping at the muck heap.
"Apparently there had been a road closure and one of his colleagues told him to take a right, which he did.
"It doesn't seem there was much common sense at play. The further he was getting the more awkward it was going to get for him.
"We don't even like taking our tractor right down to the muck heap, never mind a commercial bus."
Mr Mizen and his brother Chris used a tractor to tow the bus free.

Summary: A double-decker bus had to be towed to safety after becoming stuck on a farm muck heap.

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Glan Clwyd Hospital in Bodelwyddan had a two-star "improvement is necessary" rating in May in a report warning of major non-compliance with regulations.
Denbigh Infirmary's rating of one star was called "abysmal" by Clwyd West AM Darren Millar.
Both have now achieved four-star grades.
Control measures to combat clostridium difficile (C.diff) have also been stepped up at Glan Clwyd and Wrexham Maelor Hospital.
Three deaths between April and June in north Wales were said to be directly attributable to the infection, while it played a part in two others.
The number of cases of C.diff per 100,000 people was 51 in the Betsi Cadwaladr health board area, compared to 36 in Wales and 25 in England.
Tracey Cooper, the board's assistant director of nursing with responsibility for infection prevention, said in a report that the food-hygiene issue had been addressed immediately and a programme of unannounced kitchen inspections had started.
The board will discuss the report and C.diff and MRSA infection rates during a meeting on Tuesday.

Summary: Glan Clwyd and Denbigh Infirmary have become the first north Wales hospitals to achieve four-star ratings for food hygiene.

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Two separate reports have suggested it could be an ideal site for a new small module reactor (SMR).
About 300 workers are decommissioning the plant which began in 1995, two years after it ceased operating.
It is due to enter a care and maintenance period in 2016. Ninety redundancies were announced in April.
Darryl Williams from the Unite union said: "We would welcome anything that would keep local skills in the area."
A report by the House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee has called on the UK government to drive forward the development of SMRs.
Another report by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers also suggested Trawsfynydd as a location for a demonstrator reactor.
If the idea was given the go-ahead, it is thought the reactor could be up and running in 10-15 years.
A Welsh government spokesperson said it was a matter for the UK government, but that it would monitor the situation.
The Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) said: "We are undertaking a programme of work looking at the potential of SMRs."

Summary: The future of the Trawsfynydd nuclear power station in Gwynedd is being discussed by the Welsh and UK governments.

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Mr Natzler has served as acting Clerk since the retirement of Sir Robert Rogers last year.
A panel led by Mr Bercow initially recommended that Australian Carole Mills take the role but MPs objected and she has since withdrawn.
News of Mr Natzler's appointment was met with cheers by MPs in the Commons.
The recruitment of a new Clerk, Parliament's most senior legal and constitutional adviser, has been dogged by argument over the past nine months.
MPs said Ms Mills, the original choice of the House of Commons commission who works in the Australian Parliament, did not have the relevant constitutional experience and accused Mr Bercow of a "stitch-up".
Mr Bercow insisted that the appointment must have the confidence of MPs and "paused" the recruitment process before re-starting it.
As part of a modernisation of procedures, the current responsibilities of the Clerk will now be split, with a new post of Commons director-general taking over responsibility for the day-to-day commercial and administrative functions of the Commons.
Announcing Mr Natzler's appointment in the Commons, Mr Bercow said he had been chosen from a field of four candidates.
Welcoming the appointment, David Cameron joked that Mr Bercow had "gone to the ends of the earth" to find the most qualified candidate and he was "very glad he found the right answer right here in Britain".
Labour leader Ed Miliband said Mr Natzler's appointment was "well deserved".
Before Sir Robert's retirement, Mr Natzler served as Clerk Assistant for many years.

Summary: Mark Natzler has been appointed as the new Clerk of the House of Commons, Speaker John Bercow has announced.

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The 24-year-old tight-head is among the starting XV who are given a chance to redeem themselves after the 29-13 defeat by Scotland.
Asked if he was relieved to be retained, the Exeter Chiefs player replied: "Oh yeah.
"Obviously you want to keep your place and after a loss everyone was on edge."
Francis continued: "It's good we've got a good squad and a good depth especially in my position.
"There's Samson [Lee] there's me and there's Rhods [Rhodri Jones] and there's Scott Andrews.
"If you don't have a good game there's someone knocking ready to do anything to take your place."
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Wales go into Friday night's match in Cardiff off the back of defeats by Scotland and England.
Another defeat will mean it would be Wales' worst championship since 2010 and Francis accepts the players have something to prove at the Principality Stadium.
Francis says he has managed to avoid the worst of the criticism aimed at the team in Wales because he plays his club rugby in the south west of England.
"It's a bit like a fishbowl isn't it," he said.
"When the game doesn't go how you want it's quite hard not to take that personally especially if you look at the press.
"I guess I'm lucky in the weeks after the losses I've been back in Exeter.
"I didn't have to stay here and I sort of managed to get away from that and focus on something else and then come back into it.
"It's not a nation is it? It's a little part of the south west and there's only a few papers that will print anything about the rugby, but here it's all over the news."

Summary: Wales prop Tomas Francis says he was relieved to keep his place for Friday's Six Nations match against Ireland.

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The England Knights player made his Tigers debut as a 16-year-old in 2008, and went on to make 44 first-team appearances for them, scoring 16 tries.
"I'm looking forward to a new challenge and something a bit different," Arundel told Hull's club website.
"I'm really excited and also a little nervous as it's a big club and that will put a bit more pressure on me."
Hull FC's director of rugby Shaun McRae added: "We have said since day one that we're trying to build a culture and winning mentality at this club, one that isn't only about now but also about the future.
"That's why we're looking at players of Joe's calibre that are not just showing immense promise now but look to have ever greater years ahead of them in their career, not just with Hull FC but England too."

Summary: Hull FC have signed prop Joe Arundel from Super League rivals Castleford Tigers on a two-year deal.

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Andrew Steele, from Dunfermline, turned at a police station and confessed to and raping one girl and touching another between 1996 and 2005.
He was initially released pending further investigations but was detained months later. He then said he been hallucinating when he made the confession.
Sentence was deferred for background reports.
The High Court in Edinburgh heard that Steele, aged 49, told officers his mother was "up in the sky" urging him to confess to the sex crimes when he made his revelations.
Police traced the girls and took statements from them. Both victims were aged seven when the abuse began.
Steele admitted rape, indecency offences and failing to turn up for an earlier court date, when he appeared at the High Court in Edinburgh.
Advocate depute Mark McGuire said: "On 28 December in 2014 the accused voluntarily attended at Kirkcaldy police station and disclosed that he had interfered with the girls."
"On 3 March in 2015 the accused was detained. Under caution he told the officers that he was having hallucinations on the day that he confessed. He told them that his mother was up in the sky telling him to confess. He maintained this position throughout the interview."
The prosecutor said before his first appearance at the police station Steele had gone to hospital and claimed he was hallucinating.
"He was assessed by three medical professionals who concluded that he was suffering from alcohol withdrawal. He was deemed fit to be discharged," said the prosecutor
Steele was remanded in custody and put on the sex offenders register.

Summary: A man has admitted raping and sexually abusing two girls in Fife.

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The Hammersmith and City Line has been suspended between Edgware Road and Hammersmith over fears debris could fall on to the tracks.
The Circle Line is also closed partly due to the fire and partly because of planned engineering work.
Transport for London (TfL) said the move had been made "at the request of the London Fire Brigade".
The fire broke out at the 24-storey block, which contained 120 one and two-bedroom flats, early on Wednesday morning.
Police presume 58 people have died but have warned the figure could grow.
A sign at Ladbroke Grove station said "owing to the safety of the Tower" the lines had been partly suspended.
The London Fire Brigade confirmed it had requested the lines be temporarily closed because of a "short-term risk of some debris falling on to the tracks".
A spokesman said teams were working to secure the debris so the lines could be reopened as soon as possible.

Summary: Two London Underground lines have been temporarily closed due to the fire at Grenfell Tower.

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Josh Hanson, of Kingsbury, north-west London, was stabbed in the neck at the RE bar in Eastcote, Hillingdon.
He died at the scene shortly after 01:10 BST on Sunday.
Scotland Yard said about 40 people were in the bar at the time of the attack and urged anyone there after midnight to contact them with information.
No arrests have yet been made.
Det Ch Insp Noel McHugh said: "It is believed there would have been around 40 people present at the time of the incident, many of whom left the venue as paramedics worked to save Josh's life. It is imperative these people contact us to let us know what they saw.
"We are also keen to hear from anyone who was in Field End Road area at around 01:00 Sunday who may have seen or heard anything that they now think might be because of the incident at the RE bar."

Summary: A 20-year-old man has been stabbed to death in a bar in south-west London.

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Kerry Foods confirmed the redundancies, which were initially announced in February.
The company said a consultation process "had failed to secure a strategy which would ensure the sustainability of production at the site".
The firm said it was retaining the factory on the town's Europarc industrial estate and was looking at "future possibilities for the site".
Kerry Foods said employees were given confirmation of the plant's closure on Wednesday following a 90-day consultation period.
A company spokesman said: "We are doing everything we can to assist employees in securing new employment."

Summary: Up to 100 jobs are to be lost at a fish and chip factory in Londonderry.

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The baby was delivered at 16:24 BST at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, west London, weighing 8lb 6oz.
The duke is based at RAF Valley on Anglesey, north Wales, where he and his wife share a cottage.
Flt Lt William Wales - who, as monarch, will one day be head of the armed forces - has spent recent years flying rescue missions, and qualified as a helicopter captain in 2012.
Here is what his colleagues had to say to him.
Wales welcomes 'joyous' royal birth

Summary: The Duke of Cambridge has given birth to his first child, a son named William Frederick.

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William Blake: Apprentice and Master has opened at the Ashmolean Museum after 19th Century floor plans were unearthed.
Blake created the majority of his books from a printing studio in the Hercules Buildings in Hercules Road, Lambeth.
The studio was destroyed when the building was razed in 1918.
Philip Pullman CBE, president of the Blake Society, said: "William Blake was a complete original; his power was his tenderness, his wit, his graphic line are like no-one else's.
"It's good to remind people every so often about this colossal imagination and his moral vision, which are just as potent now after two hundred years as they were when he brought them into the world."
The exhibition is on until 1 March 2015.

Summary: An exhibition celebrating the work of William Blake has opened at a museum in Oxford where his printing studio was once located.

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Spending on the NHS should also be paid for by a dedicated tax marked on every payslip, the former health minister suggested.
Under Mr Lamb's plan, taxes would not be increased as the new levy would be offset by deductions to income tax or national insurance.
He has warned the NHS faces collapse without an urgent cash injection.
The plans are not yet party policy and will not be put to this year's conference in Bournemouth.
But Mr Lamb, the party's health spokesman, told party members he was "very interested in the idea of a dedicated NHS and care contribution - separating it out from the rest of taxation, clearly identified on your payslip.
"And I am really interested in the idea of the right for local areas to raise additional funds for the NHS and care if they choose."
The Lib Dems say he would like to implement the ideas across the UK, although, as health and social care are devolved, it is unclear how this would be enforced.
Mr Lamb - who lost out to Tim Farron in a leadership election in July - proposes a cross-party commission to explore the ideas. He intends to consult health bodies and professionals, patients, trade unions and academics.
Ministers have pledged £2bn in this financial year for the NHS, and an extra £8bn by 2020.
But Mr Lamb told the BBC that this was insufficient and, having "seen the books" as a minister in the last government, he feared the NHS could face a funding shortfall of £30bn by 2020.
"The bottom line is with rising demand because of an ageing population we need more investment," he said.
Mr Lamb also warned that the social care system was "on its knees" and could collapse without a cash injection of £5bn.
"I've been in the department. I have seen the books and I am deeply concerned. If we carry on regardless, the system will crash."
Taxpayers are already shown how much they have contributed to the health service in annual personal tax statements.
An attempt to establish a cross-party commission on social care before the 2010 election - led in part by Mr Lamb - collapsed in acrimony.

Summary: Taxpayers should be asked to contribute towards the NHS and social care in their local area, Liberal Democrat leadership contender Norman Lamb has said.

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At least 290 people were killed and hundreds more injured when the 6.2-magnitude quake struck in the early hours of Wednesday, 100km (65 miles) north-east of Rome.
The town of Amatrice was among the worst affected areas.
The service at St Andrew's Cathedral was led by the Archbishop of Glasgow, Philip Tartaglia.
It follows a similar event in Edinburgh on Sunday.
Ronnie Convery, director of communications for the Archdiocese of Glasgow, said there had been wide interest in the service from Scotland's Italian community.
"We are looking at something like 400 new arrivals from Italy every month at the moment in Glasgow and Edinburgh," he said.
"It's those people I notice on social media who have really taken up the information about the mass today.
"It's also interesting that in many cases people are not necessarily practicing Catholics but they just want to have that opportunity to be together, to meet, to do something."

Summary: A memorial service has been held in Glasgow for the victims of the earthquake in Italy.

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Radwan Hamed collapsed during a game in Belgium in 2006. Last year a judge ruled Spurs breached its duties to him.
In a screening prior to signing for the club, an electrocardiogram test showed his heart was "unequivocally abnormal" but he was not stopped from playing.
The club regretted a former employee had been remiss in their duties.
In a statement, the family of Mr Hamed, who is now 27, said they were "relieved" a settlement had been reached, following a decade-long legal battle .
"Just as Radwan had no choice but to start his difficult journey towards recovery, we had no choice but to start the difficult journey to obtain justice," they said.
"We risked losing our home and faced personal financial ruin in order to pursue justice for our son.
"The club did not tell us or Radwan about his potentially fatal condition. Had they done so, Radwan would not have continued to play football."
The teenager collapsed during the game against Cercle Bruges on 4 August 2006 and was rushed to an intensive care unit but suffered oxygen starvation to his brain.
In the 2015 hearing, Mr Justice Hickinbottom ruled the club was 70% liable or Mr Hamed's injuries and Dr Peter Mills, the Football Association's regional cardiologist for South East England, was 30% liable.
The Premier League club will not be hit with a fee directly as their 70% portion was incurred by physicians they previously employed, who have agreed to indemnify the club.
Football Association rules require all football academy recruits to be referred to a cardiologist to help identify those prone to potentially fatal heart conditions.
Mr Hamed's MRI scan showed no obvious signs of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, but Dr Mills wrote to Spurs saying the condition could not be excluded on these findings alone.
Eleven months later, the teenager, who was unaware his tests had revealed an "abnormal" heart condition, signed a contract with Spurs.
A spokesman for Spurs said: "The club wholeheartedly regrets that a former employee, as adjudged, was remiss in their duties to Radwan.
"This judgment will hopefully now secure the best possible treatment and care for him."

Summary: Tottenham Hotspur have agreed to pay £1.5m to the family of a 17-year-old boy who died after suffering a heart attack while playing for the club.

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The Pirates of the Caribbean star will play the title role in Therese Raquin, based on Emile Zola's 1867 classic.
Described as "a tale of love, lust, betrayal, and guilt," the play will cast her as a young woman trapped in a loveless marriage who has an affair with one of her husband's friends.
The Roundabout Theatre Company show opens in October 2015 in New York.
Knightley, who turns 30 next year, previously trod the boards in London in The Misanthrope and The Children's Hour.
The actress has two films out next month in the UK - World War Two drama The Imitation Game and US comedy Say When.
Therese Raquin has been staged and filmed many times, most recently as the film In Secret starring Elizabeth Olsen.
The new version is by British playwright Helen Edmundson, who previously adapted the Tolstoy novels Anna Karenina and War and Peace for the stage.
Knightley appeared in a 2012 film of Anna Karenina and has also appeared in film adaptations of Pride and Prejudice and Ian McEwan's Atonement.
Therese Raquin begins previews on 1 October and has its opening night on 29 October at a Broadway theatre yet to be announced.
Earlier this year Knightley revealed she had hoped to take The Children's Hour to Broadway but could not work out the scheduling with co-star Elisabeth Moss.
"We tried to make it happen, but our scheduling didn't work out," she told The Advocate. "It was a real shame, because it would be great doing it on Broadway."

Summary: British actress Keira Knightley is to make her Broadway debut next year in a new play by Helen Edmundson.

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The 26-year-old, who has been linked with a move to Real Madrid, fractured his right ankle while on international duty with Belgium on Sunday.
Chelsea said the operation on Monday was "successful", but that Hazard will not return to training for approximately three months.
The new Premier League season is due to begin on 12 August.
Hazard will also miss pre-season games against Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan in Singapore from 22-29 July, and the Community Shield against Arsenal on 6 August.
Hazard was instrumental as Chelsea won the Premier League last season, scoring 16 goals in 36 games.

Summary: Chelsea forward Eden Hazard will miss the start of the season after undergoing ankle surgery.

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Two Diarmuid Murtagh goals helped Connacht lead 2-3 to 0-3 before Aidan Breen replied with an Ulster goal.
Damien Comer hit a third Connacht goal as they led 3-6 to 1-10 at half-time before Ulster took control.
Despite losing Chrissy McKaigue to a black card, Ulster hit 1-4 without reply, with Charlie Vernon netting.
McKaigue was joined in the Ulster squad at Carrick-on-Shannon by his Slaughtneil team-mate Brendan Rogers, despite their upcoming All-Ireland club championship duties.
Connacht started strongly with their scorer in chief Murtagh firing their opening goal after 7 minutes and again finding the net two minutes later.
Ulster responded well with Fermanagh's Breen finding the net for his provincial for the second time in a week with a 18th-minute goal.
Pete McGrath's charges cut the gap to two points twice over the next six minutes, and left the minimum between the sides for the first time, after a Tomas Corrigan score.
However, Connacht were causing the Ulster defence problems, with Galway's Comer cutting in for a 28th minute goal, as the hosts led by two at the break.
Ulster came fired up on the restart, and despite losing substitute McKaigue to a black card, kept motoring well.
Peter Harte and Corrigan added point before Vernon cut through for a goal in a spell which saw Ulster score 1-4 without reply.
Connacht could only manage two points from frees in the closing quarter, with Emyln Mulligan and Paul Conroy on target.
After the game Ulster captain Eoin Donnelly accepted the cup from GAA President Aogan O Fearghail.

Summary: Ulster won the Ulster Under-21 Football Championship for the first time with a 3-13 to 1-11 victory over Connacht at Carrick-on-Shannon.

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Boyle struck the only goal in the 18th minute after lobbing over Graham Doyle following a moment of hesitancy in the Wexford defence.
Derry needed fine saves from Gerard Doherty to stay ahead as the keeper denied Conor O'Keeffe and Paul Murphy.
Josh Daniels also headed a Gary Delaney effort off the line in the second half as Derry endured some nervous moments.
Derry did go close to adding to their lead in the final five minutes of the game as Aaron McEneff clipped the Wexford crossbar with a long-range shot and substitute Jordan Allan fired just wide.
Kenny Shiels' side suffered a blow in the second half as goalscorer Boyle was forced off by an apparent hamstring injury.
With leaders Dundalk beating St Patrick's Athletics 2-0, the Candystripes remain nine points off the pace but they have edged to within six points of second-placed Cork City who were held to a 0-0 draw by Shamrock Rovers in Dublin.

Summary: Derry City moved to within six points of second-placed Cork City in the Premier Division with victory over Wexford United.

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A spokesman said under new proposals, no-one younger than 18 or older than 75 would be allowed to climb.
The ministry of tourism could also insist that all climbers have previous mountaineering experience.
Nepal makes millions of dollars every year from the Everest industry but has been criticised for poor management.
In 2014, the mountain was closed after 16 Sherpas (guides) died in an accident.
And earlier this year, the climbing season was called off after a massive earthquake triggered an avalanche that killed 18 climbers.
Over the past decade many people have sought to establish world records on the world's highest mountain, a practice the government wants to discourage.
The youngest person to climb Mount Everest was 13 and the oldest 80.
"We don't think we should issue permits to people who cannot see or walk or who don't have arms," tourism department chief Govinda Karki told AFP news agency.
"Climbing Everest is not a joke... it is not a matter of discrimination. How can you climb without legs? Someone will have to carry you up. We want to make the mountains safer for everyone, so we have to insist on some rules."
Mr Karki also said the government was considering only issuing permits to climbers who have already scaled another mountain above 6,500m (21,300ft).
Over the years, Everest has attracted many climbers aiming to overcome their disabilities.
Last week, Japanese mountaineer Nobukazu Kuriki, who had previously lost nine fingers to frostbite, abandoned his attempt to climb the mountain.
In 2006, New Zealander Mark Inglis, who had lost both legs to frostbite, became the first double amputee to reach the 8,848m (29,029ft) summit.
Five years earlier, US climber Erik Weihenmayer became the first blind person to reach the top of Everest.

Summary: The Nepalese government has announced plans to limit the number of climbers on Mount Everest, saying it wants to make the mountain safer.

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Italian artist and sculptor Maurizio Cattelan created the fully functional 18-carat gold lavatory, which he has titled America.
The, ahem, interactive exhibit has been installed in one of the Guggenheim's public bathrooms, reports the New Yorker.
The Fifth Avenue museum describes the piece as "a bold, irreverent work".
The lavatory replaced one of the Guggenheim's porcelain toilets in a one-person, unisex restroom.
Visitors who pay museum admission will be able to use it as they wish.
The Guggenheim said the piece is "ultimately reminding us of the inescapable physical realities of our shared humanity".
The exhibit is aimed at "making available to the public an extravagant luxury product seemingly intended for the 1 percent", according to the museum.
"Its participatory nature, in which viewers are invited to make use of the fixture individually and privately, allows for an experience of unprecedented intimacy with a work of art," said the Guggenheim.
Cattelan, a Milan-based artist and a truck driver's son, hinted earlier this year that his creation had been inspired by economic inequality.
The exhibit has also drawn comparisons with Marcel Duchamp's avant-garde "Fountain", the porcelain urinal he exhibited in New York in 1917, causing a sensation in the art world.
Cattelan, 55, is known for his provocative sculptures, including La Nona Ora (The Ninth Hour), which depicted Pope John Paul II floored by a meteorite.

Summary: The Guggenheim Museum in New York has unveiled a gold-plated toilet.

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The London-based telecoms provider said that it alerted police after carrying out a data security review.
However, a spokeswoman stressed that it had seen no evidence that the suspects had been involved with a high-profile cyber-breach last October.
Nearly 157,000 of TalkTalk customers' details, including bank account numbers, were stolen in the breach.
The unnamed suspects do not work for TalkTalk directly but are instead employed by Wipro, a local call centre provider, in Kolkata (Calcutta).
"Following the October 2015 cyber-attack, we have been conducting a forensic review to ensure that all aspects of our security are as robust as possible - including that of our suppliers," the company said.
"Acting on information supplied by TalkTalk, the local police have arrested three individuals who have breached our policies and the terms of our contract with Wipro. We are also reviewing our relationship with Wipro.
"We are determined to identify and deal effectively with these issues and we will continue to devote significant resource to keeping our customers' data safe."
News of the arrests was first reported by Channel 4 News.
The Indian company has said it has a "zero tolerance" policy on data theft.
"Wipro is working closely with the customer in the investigation and will continue to extend its full co-operation to the investigating authorities," it said.
"We are unable to comment on the matter that is currently under investigation."

Summary: Three TalkTalk employees have been arrested in India on suspicion of breaching the company's data protection policies.

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Koukash has owned the Super League team since 2013 but it has stated before he could leave Salford.
"My plans are to make sure we win the next few games. We'll see what happens at the end of the season," he said.
"I have not made my mind up to walk away, I'm working hard to make sure it is financially viable for next year."
Salford scored 13 tries as they comfortably beat Featherstone on Sunday in a game where only 1,759 were in attendance at the AJ Bell Stadium.
"It was a crucial game, there was no football around, there was good weather, it's a Sunday where families can come and we reduced ticket prices," Koukash told BBC Radio Manchester.
"To only have 1,750 for a crucial game, I must say I'm very disappointed. What the fans all have to understand is that next year the club will only be able to spend what it can afford.
"I can no longer keep bankrolling it the way I did. If the fans wanted to see a competitive Super League side they need to start turning up."
Despite his future with the club being in doubt, Koukash said he could not buy another rugby league club if his time with Salford was to end.
"Once you are a Red Devil, you will always be a Red Devil. I will never be involved with another club, that's it. The time when I finish from Salford, I will just sit back and enjoy the sport like any other fan," he added.

Summary: Salford Red Devils owner Marwan Koukash says he has not made his mind up to leave the club.

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A Munster statement said O'Connell, 36, would provide "invaluable technical expertise and advice" to the Irish province's next generation of players.
"Every club in the world would love to have an iconic figure such as Paul O'Connell involved in their set-up," said Munster chief Garret Fitzgerald.
O'Connell made 174 Munster appearances and earned 108 Ireland caps.
"As a Limerick native and proud Munster and Irishman who has played and led teams for Munster, Ireland and the Lions, we were very eager to secure his services in some capacity," added Fitzgerald.
"An appointment such as this is a further boost to our academy staff and young players, and to the organisation as a whole."
The Limerick man, who played on three British & Irish Lions tours, was forced to retire from the game in February after being unable to recover from serious hamstring injury sustained at last year's World Cup.
The injury meant that O'Connell was forced to cancel his contract with French club Toulon.
Former Lions captain O'Connell spent 14 seasons at Munster and helped the province win two European Cup titles and three Celtic Leagues.
O'Connell was also part of Ireland's Grand Slam winning team in 2009 and captained his country to successive Six Nations titles in 2014 and 2015.
Munster have appointed former South African international Johan 'Rassie' Erasmus as their Director of Rugby for next season with Anthony Foley's job title remaining as head coach.

Summary: Former Ireland and British & Irish Lions captain Paul O'Connell has joined Munster as an academy coach.

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Emmerson Whittel may need surgery on his jaw, while the club alleges player Josh Lynam was also bitten on the ear.
The RFL's match review panel will look at official video on Thursday, as it does for all on-field incidents.
Keighley have gathered additional video from spectators following an appeal.
Footage already online, shot from the stands, shows a number of fights breaking out on the field between the two sets of players.
Following the incident, Whittel posted on Twitter that brackets and bands had been used to try to re-align his jaw and that he faces at least three months out.
Keighley Cougars of League One, England's third-tier competition, progressed to the Challenge Cup fourth round with a 50-32 win over Fryston Warriors - a side from the second tier of England's amateur game.
The match, a "home" game for Fryston, was played at nearby Featherstone in West Yorkshire after the tie was at risk of being reversed and played at Keighley instead.
Keighley have also complained to the RFL about their off-field treatment before kick-off, as they allege players and members of staff were refused entry to the ground without a valid matchday ticket.
A statement on Keighley's website said: "The players' allocation of 'family and friends' tickets was then claimed to have been used to admit the playing squad and coaching staff into the ground.
"The club is outraged by this development."
The BBC contacted Fryston Warriors, who have declined to comment at this time.

Summary: Keighley Cougars have complained to the Rugby Football League (RFL) after a player was bitten on the face during their Challenge Cup win over Fryston.

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The 31-year-old has been without a club since leaving English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, where he spent nine years.
He did not play at all for Tottenham in the 2014-15 season and spent the previous season on loan with Queens Park Rangers.
"Officially at St Etienne so happy - back in football," he wrote on Twitter.
Assou-Ekotto has not played for Cameroon since the 2014 World Cup in Brazil when he was involved in an argument with his team-mate Benjamin Moukandjo and even appeared to headbutt him.

Summary: Cameroon midfielder Michael Assou-Ekotto has signed for French Ligue 1 side St Etienne.

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Christopher Clarke, 29, contacted girls, aged 15 and 16 at the time, via Facebook, Snapchat and Twitter.
He also bought the Ysgol Bro Dinefwr pupils gifts including T-shirts, earrings, sweets and games consoles.
An Education Workforce Council hearing concluded his actions amounted to professional misconduct.
One girl told how Mr Clarke sent her a message saying: "I kept having the same thought over and over again. How much I wanted to grab you, kiss you..."
The girl, now 19, said he also invited her to one-on-one sessions in his chemistry office and told her not to show anyone the gifts her gave her.
Another girl, now 17, said his actions made her feel uncomfortable and he was "acting in a creepy nature".
A third student said she told Mr Clarke she thought his messages were inappropriate and he later asked her to delete their conversation.
Police investigated but no charges were brought against Mr Clarke.
The school also began an investigation but he resigned before any findings were made.
Education Workforce Council chairman, Steve Powell, said Mr Clarke's conduct "clearly breached boundaries between teachers and pupils".
"His actions fell very short of the standards expected of a registered person and amounted to unacceptable professional conduct," he added.

Summary: A Gwynedd chemistry teacher who sent "creepy" messages to two teenage girls has been sacked.

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The CQC previously rated the Penberthy home in Newquay as inadequate.
New reports highlight problems at three other homes run by Cornwall Care: Headlands in Carbis Bay, Trevern in Falmouth and Blackwood in Camborne.
Cornwall Care said it was rare for an inspection not to point out areas for improvement.
The CQC said Headlands was "unsafe" and overall "was not caring".
At Trevern "one person had not been able to have a bath or shower for eleven months due to the home not obtaining the appropriate bathing equipment to meet the person's needs," the report stated.
Action was also needed to address the "care and welfare of people who use services" and the "safety and suitability of premises," it was claimed.
The report on Blackwood said "people did not always have access to meaningful activities" and action was needed regarding the "safety and suitability of premises".
Due to changes in CQC reporting procedures the reports did not give an overall rating as it has done for Penberthy.
Adrian Hughes, the commission's deputy chief inspector of adult social care, said there had been "slippage" in services provided by Cornwall Care.
He said: "They have taken their eye off the ball in some aspects of that care."
A spokesman for Cornwall Care said: "We have worked closely with CQC and commissioners for many years and it is rare that an inspection of any care service does not point out areas for improvement.
"We welcome that feedback and always act quickly to make sure we are offering the best possible service to our clients."

Summary: A care home run by Cornwall Care has been rated as "inadequate" by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

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The crossing in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, was concreted over in 1904 when the tram network expanded.
It re-opened to pedestrians after a Â£5m project, which also exposed a section of the River Roch in the town.
Work on uncovering the bridge started 18 months ago and is part of a Â£250m transformation of the town due to end in 2019.
A Rochdale Council spokeswoman said the crossing is believed to have been built in about 1324 when Edward II ruled England.
It expanded as the town grew, with sections added in the Restoration and Georgian eras.
Merchants travelled over the bridge to Yorkshire to buy wool which was then finished in Rochdale's mills.
In the 1700s it was one of two main routes from Lancashire to Yorkshire, making Rochdale one of the most important towns in the region ahead of the Industrial Revolution.
The council said the re-exposed section of the river would help prevent flooding.

Summary: A medieval bridge that was buried for more than 100 years has reopened to the public.

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The man, who has not yet been identified, was last seen alive at 20:45 BST on Tuesday 9 June in St Stephen's subway.
Two people saw the man, 29, in the early hours of Wednesday before he was found dead at 07:00 BST, police said.
A post-mortem examination revealed he died from injuries to the spleen and the death was declared "suspicious".
Det Insp Marie James said: "We are still trying to create a timeline of the man's final movements and the circumstances which led to his death.
"We would particularly like to hear from two people who saw the man in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
"Other witnesses have suggested a male teenager, possibly a college student, passed him in the subway at around 05:00 BST and later returned to buy flowers from the flower stall by the subway to leave inside.
"The second person we wish to trace is a man who gave assistance at the scene when his body was discovered.
"This man is described as being smartly dressed, wearing a jacket and glasses.
"I would also appeal again for people to contact me if they know details about any of his friends or family as we have still been unable to trace next of kin despite numerous inquiries."

Summary: Police investigating the death of a man in Manchester city centre have appealed for witnesses to come forward.

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Last week, the 31-year-old Brighton midfielder was named in the Wales squad for their upcoming friendlies, over two years after his last call-up.
"Wales manager Chris Coleman said to have a better chance of going in the summer he'd like to see me playing regularly," Crofts told BBC Radio Kent.
"I wasn't guaranteed that with Brighton, so it was a tough decision."
Crofts has featured 18 times for the Seagulls, who are second in the Championship, this season but his last outing came in the defeat by Cardiff on 20 February.
The former Norwich man has won 27 caps for Wales, with the last of those coming against Serbia in September 2013.
However, he could add to those in the friendlies against Northern Ireland and Ukraine during the international break.
"With the Euros coming up for Wales it was important for me to get some games under my belt before the end of the season," he added.
"After speaking to Chris, my place isn't guaranteed even if I play, but it gives me the best opportunity."
Crofts began his career at Gillingham and has returned to Priestfield Stadium until the end of the campaign, although Brighton have a 28-day recall clause as part of the deal.
He scored 19 goals in 191 games in his first stint at the Kent club and he hopes he can help the Gills, who are fourth in League One, win promotion to the Championship.
"This year I have got three massive goals; Brighton to get promoted, Gillingham to get promoted and a place at the Euros," he said.
"I am going to work as hard as I can to achieve those things. I'll give it everything I have got."

Summary: Gillingham have re-signed Chris Crofts on loan from Brighton until the end of the season.

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Dr Imran Farooq, a leader of Karachi's influential MQM party, was stabbed to death near his home in Edgware, north London in September 2010.
Khalid Shamim and Mohsin Ali were detained near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman, Balochistan province.
They are to be handed to Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency.
The BBC's Shahzeb Jillani in Pakistan says the murder was widely seen as a politically-motivated killing because Dr Farooq was reportedly planning to break away from the MQM leadership in London and start a new party.
The arrested suspects and a third man named Mohammed Kashif Khan Kamran worked for the MQM party, officials said.
In a statement, the MQM party denied any association with the suspects or involvement in the murder of Dr Farooq and accused the Pakistani government of political victimisation.
Dr Farooq was parliamentary leader in the Pakistani National Assembly when he went into hiding during a military operation against the MQM (Muttahida Quami Movement party) in 1992.

Summary: Two men have been arrested in Pakistan on suspicion of involvement in the murder of a London-based Pakistani politician.

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England international Chase, 29, had been suspended pending an internal disciplinary investigation, but will now been given a free transfer.
Captain Hansen, 29, is also released while Salford owner Marwan Koukash says Paterson, 28, is moving to Leigh.
Half-back Fages had resigned from the club and will now be allowed to leave.
"We're very close with his advisers to reaching a deal and we want to wish him all the very best," Koukash said of 21-year-old Fages.
Salford secured their Super League status for next season with their win at Widnes and that will be the catalyst for their recruitment drive for next season, according to Koukash.
"Everything was on hold until we secured our position in Super League," he said. "Having done that now, it's a matter of finalising the deals.
"I have no doubt that there will be at least six to eight new arrivals."

Summary: Salford Red Devils have released full-back Chris Chase, half-back Tom Paterson and captain Chris Hansen and are close to agreeing a deal to sign France international Matty Fages.

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The Oscar-winning actress is specifically backing a project aimed at securing the future of Nower Wood, as an "outdoor classroom" for generations.
The ancient woodland, in Leatherhead, serves as a wildlife and environmental education site for pupils from primary to A-Level age.
A fundraising drive aims to raise Â£470,000 to rebuild dilapidated classrooms.
Dame Judi said: "As a local Surrey resident with a love of wildlife, I'm delighted to be supporting Surrey Wildlife Trust and its Nower Wood New Build Project.
"I also recognise the importance of outdoor education and the need to inspire the next generation about wildlife and conservation."

Summary: Dame Judi Dench has donated Â£10,000 to the Surrey Wildlife Trust.

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Sturrock has nearly an entire team of injured players with 10 of his first-team squad doubtful for Saturday's League Two game against Wimbledon.
To add to his woes forward Shaun Jeffers is also suspended following last weekend's red card.
"We've just got to battle through these next two games," said Sturrock.
Winger Jack Compton has also been ruled out for four weeks leaving Sturrock little choice but to ask some of his squad to play despite carrying knocks.
"I won't be able to fill it so I'll bring in one of the youth players to sit on the bench in a position we don't have many players for," Sturrock told BBC Radio Bristol.
"Jordan Gibbons is playing with an injury but he'll have to play again. It's not ideal but that is the situation we are in.
"It's quite scary when you look at the age of certain players playing every week. They deserve the experienced players to come back as quickly as possible.
"They are getting match practice and learning their trade but they are making mistakes and really we need to get a more solid team on the pitch."

Summary: Bristol City manager Lee Sturrock says he is "scary" with the number of injuries he is facing.

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A member of the public raised the alarm after seeing the woman, aged in her 50s, fall at Peveril Point, near Swanage, on Saturday afternoon.
She was airlifted by the coastguard helicopter to King George's Field park where she was treated by paramedics.
The injured woman, who is from the Swanage area, was taken to Southampton General Hospital by air ambulance.
Ch Insp Bob Acaster, of Dorset Police, said: "Emergency services worked hard in very difficult weather to rescue the woman from the cliff and bring her to safety."
Police said the woman's family had been informed.

Summary: A woman has been airlifted to hospital after falling from a cliff in Dorset.

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The court in Novorossiysk gave two of the dancers 10 days in jail each, a third 15 days and two others received fines on charges of petty hooliganism.
Prosecutors had said their "erotic and sexual twerk dance" was disrespectful to historic memory and unacceptable.
Earlier this month, Russian officials closed a dance school after a similar dance video emerged on the internet.
The latest incident involves six dancers - one of them a minor who was not convicted - who had posted a video on YouTube.
"This incident of disrespect for the memory of war history is unacceptable  and any attempts to desecrate sites of military glory will be stopped  immediately," prosecutors said.
The sentences come as Russia prepares to mark the 70th anniversary of  the World War Two victory.
They also follow the incident early in April when a video clip from the Orenburg dance school on YouTube was viewed millions of times.
The video clip, entitled Winnie the Pooh and the Bees, showed a group of teenage girls dancing on stage in striped leotards, long socks and mini-skirts,
They perform hip-thrusting moves characteristic of twerking.
A committee is investigating whether the performance amounts to negligence or even "debauched action", which is punishable by a range of sanctions from community service to three years behind bars.

Summary: A Russian court has sentenced three teenagers to jail for performing an "erotic and sexual twerk dance" at the site of the Battle of Stalingrad.

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Perry Beeches III is one of a chain of six free schools. Mr Cameron described the schools as "a real success story".
But the Ofsted report said too many students were underachieving and described teaching as "inadequate".
Perry Beeches chief executive Liam Nolan said he "fundamentally disagreed" with the inspectors.
The school's headteacher, Darren Foreman, its senior leadership team and chair of governors have resigned, Mr Nolan said.
Mr Nolan has taken on the role of interim head teacher, together with Jackie Powell.
The report said: "Teaching is inadequate. Too much is dull and fails to engage students who became bored and start to fidget."
It also accused the school's leadership of having an, "unrealistic and inaccurate" view of the school and added students' behaviour required improvement.
Mr Nolan said: "This judgement makes me question Ofsted's credibility."
However he said he intended to work with Ofsted to make the school outstanding.
He described the report as an, "unfortunate blip".
He said: "Within six months you will see us back on the top."
The Perry Beeches schools are funded by central government but not run by local authorities.
Two of the other schools in the chain have been rated "outstanding" by Ofsted.
Perry Beeches III was opened by the Prime Minister in September 2013.
At the time, he said the majority of free schools were, "a real success story we should build on as a country".
A Department for Education spokesman said: "Liam Nolan and the Perry Beeches free schools are transforming the life chances of children in Birmingham, in some of the most deprived communities of the country.
"The performance of Perry Beeches I and II has set the bar for schools across the rest of the country.
"Swift action has already been taken to change the leadership of Perry Beeches III and to turn around the performance of the school."

Summary: Prime Minister David Cameron's flagship free school in Birmingham has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted inspectors.

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WBC cruiserweight champion Bellew, 34, produced an upset to stop David Haye in a heavyweight contest last month.
But when asked if he would fight WBA and IBF champion Joshua, Bellew said: "Absolutely not. I don't need that kind of fight. He's far too good for me."
His promoter Eddie Hearn said he could fight WBO champion Joseph Parker next.
New Zealand's Parker, 25, will defend his title against Romanian Razvan Cojanu in Auckland next weekend.
Speaking after Joshua's 11th-round stoppage of Wladimir Klitschko, Bellew said: "I'm still dreaming about winning the heavyweight world title but a different portion to the one AJ has."
The Liverpudlian said he was considering retirement following his surprise victory over Haye last month on his heavyweight debut.
But on fighting Parker, he added: "I say Eddie knows what he's doing."
Promoter Hearn confirmed that an all-British Bellew-Joshua fight was not on the cards.
"Tony and Joshua are good friends," he told BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek programme on Sunday morning.
"Tony Bellew has got his eye on some of the smaller guys. Fighters like Joshua are giants and Bellew isn't, but he's in the mix we talk about for challenging for world heavyweight titles."
Bellew is not a natural heavyweight, having stepped up from the cruiserweight division to fight David Haye in March.
He weighed in at 96.6kg for that fight, while Joshua was at a career heaviest of 113 kg against Klitschko on Saturday - a difference of almost 20kg.
But also in the mix for Bellew is WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder - and the American wants a unification fight against Joshua, should he take the WBO belt off Parker.
"My plans are to get the WBO belt and once I get that, if I'm given a mandatory challenger, get that out of the way and set up a mega fight early in 2018," said Wilder.

Summary: Tony Bellew has ruled out a world heavyweight title fight with Anthony Joshua, saying he is "far too good" for the Briton.

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The value of the deal has not been not disclosed.
The acquisition will add more than 60 employees and more than 6,000 fleet assets to Aggreko's Rental Solutions business.
Glasgow-based Aggreko said it planned to fully integrate Dryco into its North America business.
It also intends to develop "expansion plans to enter additional sectors and global markets".
Dryco specialises in moisture control, drying, heating, and cooling applications for a number of industries, including shipping, manufacturing, food processing and construction.
The company, which operates 10 full-service locations in North America, posted revenues last year of $19m (Â£14.6m).
Aggreko chief executive Chris Weston said: "This acquisition combines the deep technical strength of two highly respected market leaders and provides our customers with an unparalleled range of solutions that can address their HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) and moisture control needs.
"It also gives Aggreko an opportunity to further support our rapidly expanding customer base within the shipping, food and beverage and painting and coatings industries."

Summary: Scottish energy firm Aggreko has agreed to buy US-based moisture control company Dryco.

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