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Blackpool boost their survival hopes with victory in a truly superb, see-saw match with North West rivals Bolton.
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Manchester United’s record-breaking 19 League titles
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A controversial Wayne Rooney penalty was enough to secure Manchester United’s record-breaking 19th league title at Blackburn Rovers.
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Wolves pick up a vital three points with a 3-1 win at Sunderland to boost their Premier League survival chances.
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The move will see the covenant formally extended to all members of the armed forces The government is to enshrine in law the military covenant, the duty of care promised to armed forces members and their families, the BBC understands.
The move comes after pressure from some backbenchers, opposition MPs and the Royal British Legion.
There have been concerns over the treatment of personnel when they retire or return from active service overseas.
The Armed Forces Bill had only proposed introducing an annual report on how the covenant was being honoured.
The covenant itself is not currently legally binding.
It only officially applies to the Army, but its core principles are taken to extend to the air force and navy.
It states soldiers will be called upon to make personal sacrifices – including the ultimate sacrifice – and that they and their families should expect fair treatment and to be valued, respected and properly rewarded.
In practical terms, it means they should be able to be entitled to adequate housing and health care.
In opposition, Prime Minister David Cameron set up a review and expressed a wish to set out commitments on matters including compensation, education for military children and care for troops injured on the battlefield.
But when the government published the Armed Forces Bill, which is now going through Parliament, it just required the defence secretary to issue a report on the state of the covenant.
In response, the Royal British Legion, which had been campaigning for several years for the covenant to become law, said it was “pretty depressing” and MPs calling for changes expressed disappointment.
The passage of the bill had been delayed, with Tory backbench MP Philip Hollobone tabling an amendment for formal recognition of the covenant.
On Monday, the prime minister is expected to announce the covenant is to be put on a statutory basis for the first time and he will formally extend it to include all members of the armed forces.
It is thought the legislation will set out some broad principles rather than pledges on specific entitlements.
It is expected to say that no member of the armed forces should be disadvantaged because of their service and that in some cases, service personnel should be given special treatment.
BBC political correspondent Ben Geoghagen said it was not known whether the legislation would enable members of the armed forces to challenge the government in the courts if they felt the covenant was not being upheld.
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Relegated Hamilton play Inverness CT, Hibs host Aberdeen and St Mirren take on St Johnstone in the final round of matches in the bottom half of the Scottish Premier League.
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The idea for the event came from a discussion on social networking site Twitter. A rally is taking place in central London in favour of government cuts, arguing that the country’s debt has to be reduced.
The Rally Against Debt was organised in response to TUC protests in March, which saw thousands take to the streets to demonstrate against cuts.
Around 350 people are attending the event in Westminster, according to the Metropolitan Police.
Organisers will also start a petition to stop EU bail-outs.
The idea for the rally came from a discussion on social networking site Twitter, and has partly been organised by the Tax Payer’s Alliance.
Speakers at the event in Old Palace Yard will include political blogger Paul Staines who writes under the name Guido Fawkes, the director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs, Mark Littlewood, director of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, Matthew Sinclair, and Nigel Farage MEP.
The rally aims to support the idea that the national debt is a serious issue and it would be immoral to leave it to future generations.
It believes substantial spending cuts sooner rather than later to avoid seeing more taxes going on debt interest, not paying for services.
BBC News correspondent John Andrew, at the scene, said many at the rally believed current cuts do not go far enough.
“It’s not often you hear the cry ‘we want more cuts, we want more cuts’,” he said.
He said organisers claimed the rally was represented by people from all backgrounds.
“They believe they are speaking for the silent majority who believe the cuts are needed.”
Matthew Sinclair, from the TaxPayer’s Alliance, says the cuts are essential: “The country’s facing a choice. It’s facing a choice between racking up more and more debt and spending decades with taxpayers’ burden and with the economy dragged down by that incredible debt.
“Or we start to take action to cut spending, to deliver better value and to start to rebuild our economic fortunes.”
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US drone attacks in Pakistan have led to increasing public anger Pakistan’s parliament has called for a review of the country’s relationship with the US over the American commando raid that killed Osama Bin Laden.
During a long joint session held to debate the US operation, MPs called for an independent investigation.
They unanimously passed a resolution urging a ban on Nato transit convoys unless the US ends drone attacks.
The session followed Friday’s double suicide bombing that killed 80 people in north-western Pakistan.
At least 120 others were wounded in the attack on a Frontier Constabulary training centre in Shabqadar, Charsadda district.
The Pakistani Taliban said they carried out the attack – this year’s deadliest on the security forces – to avenge Bin Laden’s death.
“The people of Pakistan will no longer tolerate such actions and repeat of unilateral measures could have dire consequences for security in the region and the world”
Pakistan parliament’s resolution
The 2 May US raid on the al-Qaeda leader’s Abbottabad hideout has left Washington-Islamabad relations at an all-time low, correspondents say.
Members of the US Congress have been calling for Washington to cut its billions of dollars in aid to Islamabad, saying some Pakistani officials must have known Bin Laden was hiding in the country.
On Saturday, the parliament in Islamabad said the American operation was a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty.
The MPs’ resolution was passed after a joint session, under heightened security, lasting more than 10 hours.
“The people of Pakistan will no longer tolerate such actions and repeat of unilateral measures could have dire consequences for peace and security in the region and the world,” the AFP news agency quoted the resolution as saying.
An investigation should take place to “fix responsibility and recommend necessary measures to ensure that such an incident does not recur”, it added.
The resolution also labelled as “unacceptable” the US use of pilotless planes to attack militants along the mountainous border with Afghanistan.
It said if the attacks did not stop, the government should consider stopping the transit of supplies through its territory for Nato forces in Afghanistan.
More than 100 drone strikes are estimated to have been carried out last year.
Correspondents say Islamabad has tacitly approved of such US air strikes, although Pakistani leaders have always denied supporting them.
In recent months senior Pakistani security officials have reportedly been pressing for a limit to such operations, in the face of public anger over civilian casualties.
During the parliamentary session, Pakistan’s army chiefs appeared before MPs to explain their actions over Bin Laden’s death.
Lt Gen Ahmed Shujaa Pasha, head of Pakistan’s security services, is reported to have told MPs that he had offered to quit after the US Navy Seals raid, but had been turned down by the army chief.
Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan said Lt Gen Pasha had told MPs he was ready to take responsibility for any criminal failing.
Pakistani leaders have insisted they had no idea Bin Laden was holed up in the country.
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The Sheffield band have played a surprise set to start this year’s Radio 1 Big Weekend in Carlisle with performances still to come from Foo Fighters and Black Eyed Peas.
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First Minister Carwyn Jones’s new cabinet does not include Alun Davies, the deputy minister for agriculture Opposition parties have criticised First Minister Carwyn Jones’s decision not to include a rural affairs minister in his new Welsh Government cabinet.
Mr Jones announced his new team of ministers on Friday after Labour fell one seat short of an outright majority at the assembly election.
He has opted for a deputy agriculture minister rather than a rural affairs minister at cabinet level.
But Mr Jones said two cabinet ministers would have responsibility for farming.
Blaenau Gwent AM Alun Davies will serve as the new deputy agriculture minister under Business Minister Edwina Hart.
Plaid Cymru, whose AM Elin Jones served as rural affairs minister in coalition with Labour in the last government, said Labour had failed to recognise the importance of agriculture to the Welsh economy.
Plaid Mid and West Wales AM Simon Thomas said: “Agriculture is of huge importance to the Welsh economy as a whole.
“I am very concerned that Carwyn Jones’s decision… puts the future of rural Wales and our farming communities under threat”
Simon Thomas AM Plaid Cymru
“I am very concerned that Carwyn Jones’s decision to relegate responsibility over agriculture to a deputy minister in his minority Labour government puts the future of rural Wales and our farming communities under threat.”
Welsh Liberal Democrat leader and Brecon and Radnorshire AM Kirsty Williams said: “It is of concern to me and many people working across rural Wales that agriculture and rural affairs is no longer seen as important enough to merit a cabinet position,” she said.
Conservative South Wales East AM Mohammad Asghar said: “Rural areas have a hugely important role to play in the future development, success and prosperity of Wales.
“All steps must be taken to ensure our rural communities are sustainable – so I am disappointed and concerned that responsibility for agriculture has been relegated to a deputy ministerial role”.
“Agriculture and food will play a vital role in the continued economic recovery”
Carwyn Jones AM First Minister
But Mr Jones said: “Agriculture and food will play a vital role in the continued economic recovery in Wales and this is recognised in the fact that these areas will fall under the new Minister for Business, Enterprise and Technology, Edwina Hart.
“More specifically Alun Davies has been appointed deputy minister for agriculture, food, fisheries and European programmes. Some areas, including animal health, will also fall under the portfolio of Environment and Sustainable Development Minister John Griffiths.
“So rural affairs will be represented in cabinet by not one but two ministers of the Welsh Government.”
National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Cymru president Ed Bailey said: “We are pleased that the first minister has recognised the need to dedicate a deputy minister to deal with agriculture and food within the Welsh Government, we must also remember that profitable farming and a sustainable environment go hand in hand and we therefore also look forward to working closely with the new cabinet minister for environment and sustainable development, John Griffiths.”
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Thailand’s football chief is set to take legal action against former Football Association chairman Lord Triesman after being implicated in an alleged bribery scandal.
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Eyewitness Colin Kirby describes the aftermath of the attack in Tenerife
The Foreign Office is helping the family of a woman who was beheaded in a shop on the Spanish island of Tenerife.
Spanish media said a 28-year-old homeless Bulgarian man had been arrested in the town of Los Cristianos.
Witnesses said a man entered a Chinese supermarket in a shopping centre and stabbed then beheaded the 62-year-old woman. He is said to have dropped the head outside before being tackled.
A local official said the man appeared to choose his victim at random.
Witnesses said the man entered the Chinese supermarket in Valdes Shopping Centre and attacked the woman without saying a word.
“Apparently this gentleman without any motive or any reason… entered the shop and then cut this woman’s neck and took the head in his hand outside,” said local councillor Manuel Reveron.
A security guard then managed to wrestle the man to the ground, he said.
“I parked my car and saw a man running out with something bloody in his hands and a security guard chasing him,” one witness was quoted as telling local radio.
“He threw it to the ground, it almost hit me and what he had been carrying was a woman’s head.”
In a video posted on YouTube, Colin Kirby of Tenerifemagazine.com said security guards held down the suspect until the police arrived.
“The security and the police had to hold people off – they were queuing up – they were trying basically to kick the hell out of the guy,” he said.
Christina Perez, a legal representative at a nearby court, said she and her colleagues ran indoors for safety.
“Everybody is shocked. It’s a very safe area. You can usually go anywhere you want in the day or at night. This is really not normal.”
Police sources told Spanish media the suspect had a police record.
Dominica Fernandez, of the Regional Interior Ministry, said the attack appeared to be random and that the suspect was well known in the area.
Regional newspaper La Opinion said the suspect had received treatment at the psychiatric unit of a local hospital in February after being involved in previous violent incidents.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: “We are in touch with the next of kin and are providing consular assistance.
“Consular officials in Tenerife are in contact with local authorities about this tragic incident and our condolences go out to the family at this difficult time.”
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Recent fuel price spikes in the US have taken costs towards record highs The US will seek to expand domestic oil production in an attempt to reduce dependence on imported oil and bring down fuel prices, President Obama says.
New leases for exploration will be granted in non-protected areas of Alaska and in the Gulf of Mexico.
In his weekly address the president insisted the US could reduce its need for imported oil and improve safety.
And he urged Congress to back proposals to end taxpayer subsidies to highly profitable oil companies.
Using his address to tell Americans that he understood their concerns about rising prices, President Obama focused particularly on the price of fuel, which has spiked in recent months.
US consumers have historically enjoyed cheap fuel, but have seen prices reach $4 per gallon (£0.65 per litre) in recent months.
US oil production in 2010 reached its highest level for seven years, Mr Obama said in his address.
“But I believe that we should continue to expand oil production in America – even as we increase safety and environmental standards,” he said.
New leases would be sold each year in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve, and oil and gas fields in the Atlantic Ocean would be evaluated as a high priority, the president said.
Despite the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, Mr Obama said the Gulf remained a core part of the country’s future energy supply and new incentives would be offered for on and offshore development.
Leases already held but adversely affected by the president’s moratorium on drilling, imposed after the BP spill, would be eligible for extensions, Mr Obama said.
A ban on drilling in eastern areas of the Gulf was imposed during the Deepwater Horizon spill, and has since been extended until 2017.
The president’s proposals come after Republicans in Congress introduced a series of bills that would expand and speed up offshore oil and gas drilling.
The White House has criticised the Republican proposals on safety grounds, but Mr Obama was clear in his address that he felt safety and environmental standards could be maintained even though production might rise.
“I believe that we should continue to expand oil production in America – even as we increase safety and environmental standards,” he said.
“As a nation, we should be investing in the clean, renewable sources of energy that are the ultimate solution to high gas prices.”
Mr Obama has previously called for a step-change in energy policy, saying the US must move towards getting 80% of its electricity from clean energy sources by 2035.
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Mr MacAskill said recent events had “scarred and shamed Scotland” Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has promised to introduce tougher laws which crack down on people who shout sectarian abuse in football stadiums or “peddle religious hate” online.
Mr MacAskill said prison sentences of up to five years would be possible under legislation planned by the new Scottish government.
The SNP minister said recent events had “scarred and shamed Scotland”.
He said he would work to bring in the changes “as soon as possible”.
Mr MacAskill’s comments came after weeks of turmoil in Scottish football.
Celtic manager Neil Lennon has been the target of parcel bombs and an assault inside a football ground.
These high-profile cases have been accompanied by online hate campaigns against Lennon, a prominent Roman Catholic, and other figures in Scottish football.
Currently people who cause disruption at matches can be charged with breach of the peace, with a maximum one-year sentence.
However the new laws would include behaviour that is threatening, abusive, disorderly or offensive, with a maximum jail term of five years.
Mr MacAskill said: “It is unacceptable to carry out sectarian disorder at a football ground or indeed to peddle sectarian hate over the internet or by tweeting. Strong action will be taken. It will be enforced because we cannot go on as we are.”
“This is not a victimless crime,” Mr MacAskill added.
“It does affect people and action has to be taken to protect, not just people, but to protect whole communities and to protect the good name of Scotland in the 21st century.”
The justice secretary said the policy was being pursued by Scotland’s Solicitor General Frank Mulholland.
He said the Scottish Parliament would need to pass new legislation to enforce some of the new proposals, such as dealing with people who posted comments on Twitter or Facebook.
Mr MacAskill said some might consider the new laws “draconian” but action was required to “stamp out” the small minority who carried out this “reprehensible” behaviour.
He added: “Within my lifetime we have seen changes where racial epithets have been seen as entirely unacceptable and there are tough laws to enforce it.
“We have got to make it clear in Scotland in the 21st century that religious epithets and slurs are equally unacceptable.”
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The Dings are thought to have been stabbed to death at their home, on 29 April Police investigating the murders of a family of four in Northampton have said they are concentrating their inquiries on the London area.
Lecturer Jifeng Ding, his wife Helen and their two daughters Alice, 12, and Xing, 18, were found stabbed to death in Pioneer Close, in Wootton, on 1 May.
Businessman Anxiang Du, 52, is wanted in connection with their murders.
Police found a rented Vauxhall Corsa, missing from the Dings’ home, in north-west London, last Wednesday.
Officers now believe Mr Du was spotted in the Corsa, at a service station at junction 15a of the M1, in London, on 29 April, between 2145 and 2215 BST.
A forensic examination of the car, discovered in Venables Street, off Edgware Road, in St John’s Wood, has been completed and police are waiting for the results.
Police officers with specialist knowledge of the Chinese population are circulating leaflets.
Det Supt Glyn Timmins, of the Northamptonshire force, said: “Officers have completed house-to-house enquiries in the area of North West London where the vehicle was located.
“We are working on trying to establish if it has been used and how long it had been there.
“We now have hundreds of hours of CCTV footage to trawl through.
Police have now revealed the Corsa was found in St John’s Wood “A team of officers has been allocated to sift through this footage methodically to see if they can identify sightings of our suspect Anxiang Du.”
Mr Timmins appealed for anyone who may have seen the car or Mr Du since 29 April to contact the police or Crimestoppers.
He said the discovery of the car reinforced police theories Mr Du had not killed himself, that was suggested in a note found by his family, but was still on the run.
Mr Du, who lived in Coventry and worked at a herbal medicine shop in Birmingham, went missing a day after losing what has been described as a bitter court battle over his shared business interests with the Ding family.
He was reported missing by his own family after they discovered the note, in which Mr Du said “goodbye”, at the shop where he worked.
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