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The authorities in Mexico say police have caught Jose Lozano Martinez, accused of multiple murders in Acapulco.

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The Queen screenwriter on working with Clint Eastwood

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Would bankers get big payouts if Aristotle was the boss?

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British engineers are planning to fly a mobile phone in space to test the capability and resilience of today’s consumer electronics.

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A new vaccine against pneumonia is being rolled out in Africa which, it is estimated, could eventually save more than half a million lives a year globally.

Children in Kenya have begun receiving the jab, which will also be used this year in Sierra Leone, Yemen, Honduras and Guyana.

Infants in Nicaragua started receiving the vaccine a few weeks ago.

The Gavi Alliance – a global health partnership of public and private sectors for immunisation – says 19 countries are set to receive the jab, but many more could benefit if the funding becomes available.

Gavi says it needs an extra £500m ($800m) annually for the next five years to meet a shortfall in immunisation for existing and new vaccines.

The pneumonia vaccine protects against pneumococcal disease, the leading cause of severe pneumonia in children. It also guards against a form of meningitis and blood poisoning.

Pneumonia kills more children than any other illness, claiming around 1.7 million lives every year.

At the Langata health centre in Nairobi, scores of mothers brought their babies along for the first of three injections.

Beatrice Aching’s son Wesley died from pneumonia in November. She brought her three-month-old daughter Tamara to be immunised. She said: “My son’s death happened very suddenly. Wesley got sick in the morning and by evening he had died in hospital – I don’t want that to happen to Tamara.”

Leah Otieno’s nine-month-old son Emmanuel got pneumonia before Christmas but recovered after antibiotic treatment – she says she is delighted to get him protected.

The charity Save the Children has launched a report, No Child Born to Die, which highlights the potential funding shortfall for global immunisation.

The report also says there is a critical shortage of 3.5 million health workers in poor countries, without whom millions of children will face illness and early death.

“Too many children are dying every day of vaccine-preventable illnesses and from the lack of basic healthcare,” said Catherine Fitzgibbon from Save the Children. “The money needed for basic immunisation is in doubt, let alone for this effective new vaccine against pneumonia.”

In June 2011, the UK government is hosting a meeting of Gavi in London which will be attended by world leaders. The UK provides a quarter of all Gavi’s funding – more than any other nation.

Save the Children says it will be campaigning for rich nations to increase support for global immunisation, and for the pharmaceutical industry to lower the price of vaccines.

The pneumococcal vaccine costs £2.20 ($3.50) in Africa compared to £38 in Europe as a result of a deal between Gavi and two manufacturers: Pfizer and GSK. The roll-out in the developing world comes just a year after the same vaccine was introduced in the United States.

GSK said the discounted price is only fractionally above the cost of production. A spokesman said the vaccine takes a year to produce and is the most technically sophisticated of all its vaccines.

A second vaccine against rotavirus – the main cause of serious diarrhoea – is also being ready to be rolled out. But this, too, is far more expensive than the basic childhood vaccines against diseases like measles, whooping cough and polio.

Pneumonia and diarrhoea account for a third of all deaths in young children in the developing world. Gavi and Save the Children say a comprehensive roll-out of the pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines could potentially prevent more than one million deaths annually.

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Tens of thousands of Belgians rally to demand a government and call for better relations between Flemish and French speakers.

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Singer and actor David Essex will join Albert Square this year, playing Eddie Moon, the charismatic father of Michael and uncle to Alfie.

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The latest Bank of Scotland’s job survey suggests the job market continues to improve on the back of faster vacancy growth.

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Scientists in Scotland say cooling the brain of patients who suffer a stroke could dramatically improve their recovery.

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More than 40 police officers in Scotland have been convicted of a criminal offence since January 2009, figures show.

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Sky Sports has said off-air remarks made by two football presenters about female assistant referee Sian Massey were “not acceptable”.

Host Richard Keys and pundit Andy Gray commented on Ms Massey’s appointment for the game between Wolves and Liverpool on Saturday.

The pair agreed female officials “don’t know the offside rule” when they believed their microphones were off.

In a statement, Sky said the two men had apologised for the comments.

The Football Association has given its support to Ms Massey, who made a correct borderline call in the build-up to Liverpool’s first goal at the Molineux stadium in Wolverhampton.

After Mr Keys said: “Somebody better get down there and explain offside to her”, Mr Gray remarked “women don’t know the offside rule”.

Mr Keys then said “of course they don’t”, before adding: “I can guarantee you there’ll be a big one today. [Liverpool manager] Kenny [Dalglish] will go potty.”

He then went on to remark on comments made by West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady in the Sun newspaper on Saturday morning about the level of sexism in football.

“See charming Karren Brady this morning complaining about sexism? Yeah. Do me a favour, love,” he said.

Sky said: “The comments are not acceptable. They were not made on air but we have spoken to Richard and Andy and told them our views and they have apologised and expressed their regret.”

An FA statement said it had made “real strides in encouraging both male and female match officials to enter the game at every level, and will continue to offer every encouragement to all officials within the football family to progress to the highest levels possible”.

“We are proud to have some of the world’s best match officials, both male and female.

“Overall the number of female referees in England (Levels 1-8) stands at 853 and climbing, and all of our female match officials act as fantastic ambassadors for the game.

“They have our wholehearted and continuing support,” it said.

Referees body Professional Game Match Officials issued a statement from their general manager Mike Riley.

It said: “All PGMO referees and assistant referees are appointed on merit and ability. They are assessed on their performances only.”

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