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Discovery took a $9-billion write-down to reflect the diminished value of its basic cable channels.

Age may have diminished his stature, rendered his gait more lopsided, but he has always been light on his feet, whether as a boxer in his teens or, later, a dancer with his wife.

The changes come in response to issues raised by campaigners, including how diminished responsibility is considered in trials and whether current sentencing rules properly reflect the seriousness of domestic murders.

Calocane, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, was given a hospital order for manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility in January.

If someone is in danger, has been subjected to violence by identified suspects or is a child or a senior with diminished capacity, their cases could be treated with more urgency, Hamilton said.