"Let them express their talent" - Wenger pokes fun at mascot debate

Gunnersaurus will be continue to be given license to be "creative" at the Emirates despite Harry the Hornet"s actions against Crystal Palace
Arsenal will not look to suppress Gunnersaurus" creativity despite the controversy surrounding the Watford mascot"s behaviour against..

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Row over UK "veto" of Welsh laws in Wales Bill debate

Image caption Lord Judge said the measures contained in the Wales Bill would “wipe out” laws created by the Welsh assembly Powers allowing the UK government to overturn laws made in Wales have been criticised by a former lord chief justice as an “insult” to democracy.
Lord Judge lambasted measures in the Wales Bill which could allow ministers in Westminster to change assembly legislation without Parliament"s say.
The independent peer said the inclusion of the power was a “constitutional aberration”.
But Wales Office minister Lord Bourne said its use would be discussed.
The proposed Wales Bill – which devolves new powers to the Welsh assembly including over fracking and changes the way it makes laws – is being considered in its final stages in the House of Lords.
The row erupted as the Lords discussed amendments to the bill, including giving the Welsh Government the powers to ban high-stakes gambling machines and scrapping a clause allowing UK ministers to block some laws made in..

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Debate over future of Afghanistan"s Buddhas

Image Caption: The Buddhas (large one pictured) had been in place for 1,800 years Experts are meeting to discuss whether two ancient statues of Buddha destroyed in Afghanistan in 2001 by the Taliban should be restored.
The monumental antiquities were carved into the cliffs of the Bamiyan Valley in central Afghanistan and had stood watch over the population ..

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MPs debate porn block for Twitter

Image copyright Getty Images MPs have asked how new rules aimed at stopping children seeing pornographic content will affect websites such as Twitter.
The Digital Economy Bill will lead to sites that do not ask for age verification being blocked.
It received an unopposed third reading from MPs on Monday evening, meaning it is set to become law.
But John Whittingdale, the Tory MP who first tabled the bill in July, is not convinced it will solve the problem.
“One of the main ways in which young people are now exposed to pornography is through social media such as Twitter, and I do not really see that the bill will do anything to stop that happening,” Mr Whittingdale said.
Twitter"s rules ban the use of “pornographic or excessively violent media” in profile or header images but allow posts to contain explicit adult content.
The amount of pornographic content on the platform has grown since June, when Twitter allowed users to post videos lasting up to two minutes and 20 seconds.
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