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Rio Paralympics 2016: ParalympicsGB medal tracker ParalympicsGB ended day four in Rio with an impressive 56 medals, ensuring they moved ahead of their medal tally at the equivalent stage at London 2012. This year’s team has been set a target of 121 medals, which is one more than they achieved at London 2012. The target range, which has been set by UK Sport, is between 113 and 165. ParalympicsGB finished third in the medal table at their home games four years ago, behind Russia and China. Russia will not have a team in Rio after the International Paralympic Committee (IPC)…

Oliver Stone has revealed he used encrypted messages to communicate while making his film about whistleblower Edward Snowden, due to fears of hacking. The drama – called simply Snowden – looks at how the former CIA employee leaked details about the National Security Agency in 2013. It is due to be shown at the London Film Festival next month. Speaking at the movie’s premiere in Toronto, the 69-year-old movie director said: “The NSA is worldwide, the ability to intercept, to harm. “Anything could happen. We’ve still not opened the film. It could get hacked tomorrow. “We lived on our nerves. We…

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has released its first economic forecast since the EU referendum and has downgraded its expectations of the country’s GDP growth over the next three years. The organisation, which publishes forecasts every economic quarter, has said it believes Gross Domestic Product – or GDP – to grow just 1.8% in 2016, down from an expected 2.2% prior to the Brexit result. The BCC also forecasts growth of 1% in 2017 (down from 2.3%) and 1.8% in 2018 (down from 2.4%). It points to weaker consumer spending and a large fall in investment off the back…

Along about midnight, Paul and Silas were at prayer and singing a robust hymn to God. The other prisoners couldn’t believe their ears (Acts 16:25 MSG). 2 Chronicles 20 gives the inspiring account of how the children of Judah were surrounded and outnumbered by three enemy nations. Then the king of Judah, Jehoshaphat, proclaimed a fast throughout the land, and while they prayed and fasted, the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel the Levite and he spoke forth the mind of God: “And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus…

The television has become such an integral part of homes in the modern world that it is hard to imagine life without television. Not just for entertainment value, but TV is also a valuable resource for information, advertising and different kinds of programming.   Timeline of TV History In the late 1800s, Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, developed the first ever mechanical module of television. This technology was called the ‘electric telescope’ that had 18 lines of resolution. Around 1907, two separate inventors, A.A. Campbell-Swinton from England and Russian scientist Boris Rosing, used the cathode ray tube in addition to the mechanical…

Denmark will buy data leaked from the law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers scandal, Taxation Minister Karsten Lauritzen has announced. An anonymous offer to sell data involving up to 600 Danish citizens was made to the tax authorities over the summer, he said in a statement. “We owe it to all Danish taxpayers who faithfully pay their taxes,” he said. The decision was attacked as “deeply reprehensible” by a spokesman for one of the opposition parties. Germany, France and the UK are all believed to have paid for data on bank customers in the past but this…

Theresa May has told Conservative MPs she will not “turn the clock back” on grammar schools in England, but did not rule out some expansion. The prime minister was addressing the 1922 Committee of Conservative backbenchers on Wednesday evening. It comes after a document outlining proposals to open new grammar schools was caught by a photographer outside Downing Street on Tuesday. Labour said the policy would increase social exclusion if it went ahead. The government intends to publish its plans for school reform in the autumn. Grammar schools are state secondaries whose pupils are selected by examination at age 10…

Earpieces will have to be wireless or connect to the charging socket on the new handset – and some people aren’t happy about it. Apple’s newest iPhone will be water resistant and come without a headphone socket, the firm has confirmed. The tech giant unveiled the iPhone 7 and its 10 major new features in San Francisco on Wednesday. Both the camera and speakers will be “hugely advanced”, Apple chief executive Tim Cook confirmed at a live conference. The phone will also have better graphics and a more responsive home button. And, in what will be a huge plus for millions of users, battery life…

US firm Liberty Media has bought Formula One motor racing in a £6bn deal. The takeover of the sport was confirmed by Liberty bosses after it was first reported by Sky News City Editor Mark Kleinman on Wednesday evening. CVC Capital Partners is handing over its ownership after taking a controlling stake in 2005. Liberty is backed by American media tycoon John Malone. Sources have previously said the takeover will see the sport gain a public stock listing for the first time through a tracking stock called Liberty Media Group. The takeover will yield a windfall of more than $400m (£300m) for…

Pastor Chris prophetically declares September 2016 to be ‘the Month of Gathering Sheaves’! In declaring the word of the month, the man of God, Rev. (Dr.) Chris Oyakhilome referenced Psalm 126:6, which reads “He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.” The man of God, who had just declared blessings over the brethren’s tithes, offerings and seeds in the past month, went on to deliver the mind of the Spirit to specially favor the brethren this month. As Pastor declared September ‘the Month of Gathering Sheaves’, shouts of…