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Britain’s Andy Murray plays unseeded Argentine Juan Monaco in the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters.
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The ability to fire a bow on horseback was an essential skill for hunting for centuries and is now making a comeback as a sport.
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The 68,000 young people in Wales not currently in education or employment are being “failed” by the system, a report has found.
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All but two of the 33 miners rescued after 69 days trapped underground have been released from hospital and are returning home.
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An explosion at a coal mine in central China has killed 20 miners and trapped another 17 underground.
State media said the pit in Yuzhou, Henan province, was hit by a “sudden coal and gas outburst”.
China’s mining industry is the most dangerous in the world, with more than 2,600 workers killed in accidents last year alone.
More than 1,000 small, illegal coal mines were shut down this year as part of efforts to improve safety standards.
The blast happened in the early morning at the Yuzhou pit, which is owned by Pingyu Coal & Electric Co Ltd, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
The national work safety agency said 239 miners had managed to reach the surface but that 20 had been found dead and a further 17 were still missing.
It was not clear how far underground the trapped men were, an official surnamed Li told the Associated Press news agency.
China is heavily reliant on its mining industry, with coal supplying some 70% of its energy needs.
The central government has made improving conditions in the country’s 25,000 coal mines a priority, and the number of deaths has fallen from nearly 7,000 in 2002 to 2,631 last year.
But rules have often been ignored in favour of profit, as the economy has boomed.
Earlier this month, new regulations came into force requiring the managers of coal mines to accompany workers underground, as an incentive to improve the conditions.
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The government is to pay customers of Equitable Life compensation totalling £1.5bn, the BBC understands.
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Passengers can brush up on their knowledge of cinema with a newly created Tube map showing films shot in London.
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Troops from The Royal Scots Borderers are due to receive Afghanistan Campaign Medals after marching down Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.
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The government will be announcing its defence review next week The budget for the Ministry of Defence has been finalised after a personal intervention by Prime Minister David Cameron, the BBC has learned.
Defence correspondent Caroline Wyatt said the MoD expected a 7% budget cut, but the Treasury raised this to 10%.
However, the final figure is thought to be below 10% following Mr Cameron’s intervention, our correspondent added.
Mr Cameron felt defence chiefs should have “enough money to do their job”, BBC reporter Adam Fleming said.
Details of spending cuts are due to be published next week.
According to BBC politics reporter Adam Fleming, a senior Number 10 source claimed the review would not see any substantial cuts made to the number of Army personnel.
The source said it would also see £750m saved over four years on Trident, although was not clear how those savings would be made.
Mr Cameron had the “highest respect” for his defence chiefs, and had an “excellent relationship” with Defence Secretary Liam Fox, the source added.
There has been intense debate inside government about where the cuts should fall within the defence budget.
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Initial demands by the Treasury were for reductions of between 10% and 20%, with many options put before the National Security Council.
Earlier this week it was believed at the MoD that a settlement was close at about 7%, but the Treasury came back demanding cuts of 10%.
Military chiefs said that would damage the front line in Afghanistan, something Mr Cameron had previously made clear he was not prepared to do.
Caroline Wyatt says that although the exact settlement figure has not been revealed, it is something the defence secretary “can live with”.
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The Charlatans will be performing alongside Edinburgh’s Hogmanay headliners Biffy Clyro at the Concert in the Gardens.
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Pink Floyd put aside their differences to perform at Live 8 in 2005 Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason has said the legendary rock band may get back together to play concerts for charity.
The group, who have sold 200 million albums, last performed at the Live 8 concert in London in 2005.
“I think all of us would like the idea of repeating the Live 8 concept,” Mason said.
He said the group could do “something that’s not necessarily for us, but do something for the right reasons and enjoy doing it.”
“That’s what I’d like, and I think the others might well see eye to eye.”
His bandmates Roger Waters and David Gilmour famously fell out in the 1980s but charity recently brought the pair back together for the first time since Live 8.
They performed three Pink Floyd classics for the Hoping Foundation, which helps Palestinian children, in Oxfordshire in July.
“I think it would be a very nice way for a band to gently move towards retirement”
Nick Mason
After the show, Waters wrote that the performance was “great. End of story. Or possibly beginning.”
Gilmour will also be a surprise guest during one date on Waters’ forthcoming tour, where Waters is playing the band’s album The Wall in full.
Speaking at the In The City music conference in Manchester, Mason said Live 8 could provide a “template for something we would do again”.
“I think it would be a very nice way for a band to gently move towards retirement, by doing shows absolutely for charity rather than for more income,” he said.
He told BBC News any such shows would be likely to raise money for a charitable foundation that distributed it to a variety of good causes.
“In a way the best thing would be to do a number of shows and have some sort of foundation,” he said.
“We all individually have pet projects and what we did at Earls Court [in 1994] was we pooled the money and each of us decided which particular things they would like some of the money to go towards, which was brilliant. That’s the way to do it.”
In May, Waters said: “A one off thing, for some kind of charity event, I could see that happening again. I guess three [original members] is enough. I would be up for it, for sure.”
The band’s keyboardist Richard Wright died in 2008.
Mason appeared at In The City in his capacity as co-chairman of the Featured Artists’ Coalition, a body that was set up two years ago to fight for musicians’ rights.
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The Scottish government confirms it will abolish prescription charges next April, despite huge funding pressures ahead.
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One of five US soldiers accused of the premeditated murder of Afghan civilians is to face a court martial, the US army says.
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A strong showing by traditionalists in synod elections means they seem likely to block current legislation to introduce women bishops.
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Dr Neumann said the miners were sent home under high security
A further 28 rescued miners have been discharged from hospital in Chile in secret, a health official has said.
Paola Neumann, head of regional health, said their release was not publicised in order to protect them and their families.
Just two of the 33 men who were freed in an operation that was viewed around the world remained in hospital, she told reporters.
They would be transferred to different hospitals, she added.
Dr Neumann said one was suffering from a dental infection and the other had vertigo.
She described vertigo as like a dizziness that made it difficult for the patient to maintain balance and walk properly.
The first three of the miners were allowed home late on Thursday, and Dr Neumann said a decision had been taken to discharge the others on Friday without telling the media.
“This is not necessarily because of the media. Please don’t take it personally,” she told reporters.
The 33 miners spent 69 days trapped deep underground after a cave-in at the San Jose mine, near Copiapo in northern Chile’s Atacama region.
For 17 days no one knew if they still lived, until a probe lowered through a narrow bore hole made contact with them.
They had survived by eking out rations meant to last only a few days.
Ariel Ticona’s baby girl Esperanza was born while he was trapped in the mine Supplies were then lowered to them while they waited for a rescue shaft to be drilled to them, 624m (2,047ft) below ground.
There have been scenes of jubilation in Copiapo as the miners released from hospital have returned home to be greeted by relatives, friends and neighbours.
Ariel Ticona and his wife Elizabeth Segovia hugged their baby girl Esperanza, born while Mr Ticona was trapped underground.
None has given a detailed account of their time trapped in the mine, but Juan Illanes described the first 17 days of the ordeal as a nightmare, before they were discovered by rescue workers.
Richard Villarroel thought he would be entombed forever.
“We were waiting for death,” Mr Villarroel, 26, told the Washington Post.
“We were wasting away. We were so skinny. I lost 26lbs (11.8kg). I was afraid of not meeting my baby, who is on the way. That was what I was most waiting for.”
“I’m afraid in three months, when the interviews are over, it may be difficult for me and my colleagues to find a job. I may end up selling sweets in the town square”
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The government has promised the men it will help find them new jobs although their salaries are only due to be paid for another month.
Health Minister Jaime Manalich said the miners would all be closely monitored over the next six months and he predicted that tough times lay ahead of them.
“They have to adapt to a new life. Therefore we are prepared to stay with them and to work at least in the next six months,” he said.
Edison Pena, who was released from the Copiapo hospital on Thursday, has expressed his anger about the accident, saying that when they were trapped he thought they were going to die.
“Why do these things have to happen? Because the employer wants to make money,” Mr Pena said.
Speaking to reporters outside his home, he said he was worried about what the future had in store for him and his colleagues.
“But I’m afraid in three months, when the interviews are over, it may be difficult for me and my colleagues to find a job. I may end up selling sweets in the town square,” he said.
The men have reportedly had offers ranging from invitations to attend football matches in Europe, to holidays, to television appearances.
They have even been invited by President Sebastian Pinera to form a football squad and play a team of government officials.
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