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The Duke of Edinburgh will miss events to mark 100 years since the Battle of Jutland on "doctor's advice", Buckingham Palace has said.
Prince Philip "reluctantly decided" not to attend the commemorations in Orkney on Tuesday, the palace added.
The 94-year-old prince has not attended hospital and it is understood he has no plans to cancel other engagements.
The Princess Royal, who was already due to attend, will represent the Royal Family at the Orkney events.
The duke, along with Princess Anne, had been due to attend a service at St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall and a commemorative event at Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery on Hoy.
The Battle of Jutland - the biggest naval engagement of World War One - began on 31 May 1916 when the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet, based at Scapa Flow, Orkney, clashed with the German High Seas Fleet.
In a message on the St Magnus order of service, the duke wrote that the commemorations were focused on the "endurance and gallantry" of all those who took part.
About 250 ships were involved and more than 8,000 men died.
Prince Albert - later King George VI and the duke's father-in-law - fought at Jutland aboard HMS Collingwood and was mentioned in dispatches.
"We would hold grave fears for the welfare of the woman," police spokesman Russell Parker said.
"Her 47-year-old friend tried to grab her and drag her to safety and she just wasn't able to do that.
"[The friend] then ran to a nearby business and raised the alarm, and from that point police and other authorities were advised.
"They had been walking along the beach and they've decided to go for a swim just in waist-deep water at Thornton Beach and probably a very nice, clear night, but obviously may not have been aware of the dangers."
Nine News reported that witnesses heard the woman yell: "A croc's got me, a croc's got me."
A search for the missing woman, helped by a rescue helicopter, resumed on Monday morning. Her friend is being treated for a graze and shock.
'An avoidable tragedy'
Residents told Australian media that the area was a known crocodile habitat.
And Warren Enstch, who represents the area in the Australian parliament, said the region neighbours a creek where tourism operators run crocodile-spotting tours.
"This is a tragedy but it was avoidable. There are warning signs everywhere up there," he said, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
"You can only get there by ferry, and there are signs there saying watch out for the bloody crocodiles.
"You can't legislate against human stupidity," he said, adding: "If you go in swimming at 10 o'clock at night, you're going to get consumed."
Crocodiles are common in Australia's tropical north and kill an average of two people each year, according to AFP news agency.
Lewis Baker and Ruben Loftus-Cheek scored for England U21 in the final
England Under-21s won the Toulon Tournament for the first time since 1994 after beating hosts France 2-1 in the final on Sunday.
Gareth Southgate's side went ahead in Avignon through Lewis Baker's looping header after eight minutes, his fourth goal of the tournament.
Baker's Chelsea team-mate Ruben Loftus-Cheek then doubled the lead with a composed finish from 15 yards.
Abdou Diallo's close-range finish gave France hope but England held on.
The win means England end the tournament with a perfect record of five wins from five, having also defeated Portugal, Paraguay, Guinea and Japan en route to the final.
They scored 15 goals in total - seven of those coming in a rout of Guinea - with Baker's four goals ensuring he finishes as the tournament's top scorer.
"I think we were the best team today and the best team in the tournament. But you have to get over the line," Southgate told FATV.
"I thought the players were exceptional, not just today but the whole two weeks. They've been a pleasure to work with.
"This win should give them confidence, both collectively and individually."
The Federal Government and ex-militants have resolved to end the ongoing pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta region, an official has said.
Paul Boroh, the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger-Delta Matters and Coordinator of the Amnesty Programme, said this at the end of a meeting he convened in Benin.
Mr. Boro, a retired Brigadier General, told journalists on Saturday night that the pipeline vandalism in the Niger-Delta was reducing the economic fortune of the country and inflicting pains on Nigerians.
He urged the agitators to dialogue with the relevant authorities over their grievances and shun destruction of oil installations.
He assured that plans were in the pipeline to provide the ex-militants with welfare and a housing scheme in addition to the existing programme and projects.
Mr. Boroh stressed the need to find lasting solutions to the current situation in the region.
The common factor is security challenges we are facing in our areas, in our region that is affecting the economy of the country.
Image copyrightNATIONAL MUSEUM OF COMPUTINGImage captionThe teleprinter for the Lorenz cipher machine, which Hitler used to message his top generals
A historic machine used to swap top secret messages between Hitler and his generals has been found languishing in a shed in Essex.
Volunteers from The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park used eBay to track down the keyboard of the Lorenz machine.
It was advertised as a telegram machine and was for sale for £9.50.
The museum, in Buckinghamshire, is now asking people to search for the motor, another key piece of the equipment.
Image copyrightNATIONAL MUSEUM OF COMPUTINGImage captionVolunteer John Watson (right) shows the Lorenz machine to Bill Tutte, nephew of the wartime codebreaker of the same name
"My colleague was scanning eBay and he saw a photograph of what seemed to be the teleprinter," said John Wetter, a volunteer at the museum.
He then went to Southend to investigate further where he found the keyboard being kept, in its original case, on the floor of a shed "with rubbish all over it".
"We said 'Thank you very much, how much was it again?' She said '£9.50', so we said 'Here's a £10 note - keep the change!'"
Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionDuring the war, the Lorenz teleprinter was used to swap personal messages from Hitler to the generals
The teleprinter, which resembles a typewriter, would have been used to enter plain messages in German. These were then encrypted by a linked cipher machine, using 12 individual wheels with multiple settings on each, to make up the code.
'Bigger than Enigma'
Andy Clark, chairman of the trustees at The National Museum of Computing, said the Lorenz was stationed in secure locations as "it was far bigger than the famous portable Enigma machine".
"Everybody knows about Enigma, but the Lorenz machine was used for strategic communications," said Clark.
"It is so much more complicated than the Enigma machine and, after the war, machines of the same style remained in use."
Image copyrightNATIONAL MUSEUM OF COMPUTINGImage captionBetty O’Connell (pictured left) and Irene Dixon were both Wrens who worked at Bletchley Park trying to crack the codes of the Lorenz machine
Volunteers are hoping to recreate the whole process on Friday 3 June, from typing a message in German to cracking the code using wartime equipment.
"This gives us the chance to show the breaking of the Lorenz cipher code from start to finish," said Andy Clark.
"We can show every single point in the process."
When volunteers took the teleprinter back from Essex to the museum, they found it was stamped with the official wartime number from the German army that matches the one on the machine from Norway.
Image copyrightNATIONAL MUSEUM OF COMPUTINGImage captionThe motor of the Lorenz machine, which has yet to be found
But one key part is still missing and volunteers are still searching for it.
"It looks like an electric motor in black casing with two shafts on each side, which drive the gears of the Lorenz machine," explains volunteer John Wetter.
Volunteers hope the public will look out for it and if all else fails are hoping someone might want to build them a new one until they find it.
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