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Of 45 governing bodies responding, 14 said they may have unchecked coaches.
Swimming had 170 out of 915 coaches working with children who have not been checked as part of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme.
Overall, there were 1,882 unchecked coaches out of 31,175 according to figures provided by Sportscotla... | Almost a third of sports in Scotland could have active coaches working with children without full background checks, BBC Scotland has learned. | 38881637 |
Sir Anthony Hart said their inclusion would bring the total number to 22.
He stressed that the inquiry, which has held 157 days of oral hearings, will still complete its work by July 2016.
The HIA was set up in 2013 to investigate child abuse in residential institutions in Northern Ireland over a 73-year period, up to ... | A further six institutions are to be investigated by the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry (HIA), its chairman has announced. | 34719873 |
The prince walked into a sexual health clinic in Burrell Street, central London, to have the finger-prick test - for which he tested negative.
The 31-year-old has made raising awareness about HIV and Aids a major element of his public work.
There are more than 100,000 people living with HIV in the UK.
The prince had to... | Prince Harry has been tested for HIV in an effort to raise awareness about the condition and encourage others to get checked out. | 36795219 |
The 41-year-old was attacked before holding a constituency surgery in Birstall, West Yorkshire on Thursday.
Among those who honoured Mrs Cox was Hillary Clinton, the US Democratic Party's presidential hopeful, who said: "It is cruel and terrible that her life was cut short."
Mrs Cox's husband said the mother of two had... | Tributes have been paid around the world to Labour MP Jo Cox, who died after being shot and stabbed. | 36555996 |
Long, 29, injured a hamstring during last week's Europa League defeat away to Inter Milan.
His absence is a big blow to Martin O'Neill as the Republic aim to build on their unbeaten start to the campaign.
Two of Dundalk's Europa League heroes - Daryl Horgan and Andy Boyle - are in the provisional 35-man squad.
The Repu... | Southampton striker Shane Long has been ruled out of the Republic of Ireland's World Cup qualifier in Austria on 12 November. | 37847060 |
Mr Obama said the situation on Mount Sinjar had greatly improved.
Many of those displaced had now left the mountain and further rescue operations were not envisaged, he said.
However, Mr Obama said the US would continue air strikes against the Islamic State (IS) rebel group.
Iraqi and Kurdish forces who were fighting I... | President Barack Obama has paid tribute to US forces for an operation in northern Iraq that helped "break a siege" and rescue tens of thousands of displaced people. | 28796275 |
Former Derby County, Hull City and Preston boss Brown, 57, took the job at Roots Hall on 25 March 2013.
He took over with the Shrimpers in League Two, but guided them to promotion via the play-offs in 2015 and his side are now sixth in League One.
"I started off a job four years ago to prove the world of football wrong... | Southend United manager Phil Brown will reach four years at the club when his side visit AFC Wimbledon on Saturday. | 39382271 |
The Student Representative Council (SRC) has been agitating about the statue of old colonialist Cecil John Rhodes.
It all began when student Chimane Maxwele tossed human excrement at the statue recently, demanding that it be taken down.
The statue of Rhodes is at a prominent position of the campus. It's on the upper ca... | The old symbols of white colonialism are still keeping the University of Cape Town (UCT) campus restless more than two decades after the end of apartheid. | 31983634 |
The impact of this is a significant reduction in fruit production.
Pollinator numbers are declining worldwide so this is not good news for wild plants and crop production.
Nocturnal insects are easily distracted from their pollination duties by the lure of bright lights.
Fruit begins with a flower, but not every flower... | Researchers have discovered a new global threat to pollination - artificial light at night, which was found to reduce visits of nocturnal pollinators to flowers by 62%. | 40803960 |
The coach, owned and operated by Lochs and Glens Holidays, is thought to have been blown off the road by a gust of wind and came to rest near a small loch at about 14:10.
A total of 51 people were on board.
The 23 being treated at three NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde hospitals are all said to be in a stable condition.
Abo... | Twenty-three people are being treated in hospital after a tour coach came off the A83 at the Rest and Be Thankful in Argyll and overturned. | 32072481 |
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So who should be on the six-man shortlist when it is announced on 14 April? And who will succeed Chelsea's Eden Hazard as the winner?
Ten BBC football pundits - Alan Shearer, Chris Waddle, Chris Sutton, Jermaine Jenas, Danny Murphy, Danny Mills, Kevin Kilbane, Pat Nevin, M... | Voting closes on Friday for the Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year award. | 35980893 |
Looking from the outside at The Leadership College (TLC) with its basic structure and its small classrooms, surrounded by sandy waste ground, it is hard to imagine that this is the same school that has managed consistently to deliver top-class results since its inception seven years ago.
Yet last year the school achiev... | Manenberg in Cape Town, South Africa, is infamous for its high crime rate, but it is now being associated with academic excellence, writes the BBC's Mo Allie. | 39107310 |
Chris Langridge and Peter Mills upset number one seeds Chris Adcock and Andrew Ellis to win an all-England men's doubles play-off.
Gabby Adcock and Lauren Smith claimed bronze in the women's doubles.
And Robert Blair and Imogen Bankier won bronze for Scotland in the mixed doubles.
The Scottish pair sealed a 2-0 victory... | England added double badminton bronze to their medal tally as they enjoyed more Commonwealth Games success in Glasgow. | 28623063 |
Enda Kenny said he would back such a proposal if it emerged from the all-party talks.
The current talks are being chaired by the British and Irish governments.
Mr Kenny was responding to a suggestion from Micheal Martin, the leader of the main opposition party, Fianna Fail.
The Sinn Fein leader, Gerry Adams, said his p... | The Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) has told the Dáil that he would be open to the idea of a cross-border joint agency that tackled crime in all its forms. | 34593588 |
The duo, runners-up 12 months ago, finished fifth overall but were the third European crew home in Barcelona to earn their first podium of 2016.
"It's always nice to step on a podium, but there's still plenty of work to do," said Bithell.
The Great Britain crew for the Rio Olympic Games is still to be selected. | Britain's world number three-ranked pair John Pink and Stuart Bithell claimed bronze at the 49er European Championships on Saturday. | 36068370 |
Tylicki suffered a T7 paralysis in a four-horse pile-up riding Nellie Dean.
James Fanshawe, who trained the Tylicki mount Speedy Boarding to victory in May's Prix Jean Romanet at Deauville, was among paying tribute.
"Freddy has a tremendous character and this will help him with the battle ahead," he said.
The sport was... | A fund set up to support jockey Freddy Tylicki after he was paralysed from the waist down in a fall at Kempton on Monday has raised more than £100,000. | 37882855 |
John Laister was convicted at Bradford Crown Court of three counts of rape, four counts of indecent assault and four counts of indecency with a child.
Some of the offences were committed more than 40 years ago when he worked at a children's care home in Bramhope, Leeds, and at a church in Bradford.
Judge Benson said La... | An ex-Sunday school teacher who raped and sexually abused young girls under his care has been jailed for 14 years. | 29131357 |
Gemma Price, 30, was mid-mouthful of the banana when she made the discovery.
Pest controllers, called in by Asda where the fruit was bought from, told Ms Price they were possibly Brazilian wandering spiders.
Gemma's baby boy was sleeping next to her when the spiders appeared.
Wildlife expert Geoff Grewcock, of Nuneaton... | A woman and her seven-month-old baby were forced to vacate their home for more than three days after hundreds of tropical spiders were found in a banana. | 39783948 |
The injured boy, also 15, was treated by paramedics at Worle Community School in Weston-super-Mare after police were called at about 13:45 GMT.
Avon and Somerset Police said he was taken to hospital but was not thought to be in a life-threatening condition.
The two boys arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily ... | Two 15-year-old schoolboys have been arrested after another pupil was injured at a school. | 35806298 |
Bristol Water wants to build a £125m reservoir close to the existing facility to meet the future need for water in the area.
Sedgemoor District Council voted "almost unanimously" to approve the 9,400 megalitre reservoir, subject to planning conditions.
The firm said it welcomed the decision but there was "still a long ... | Plans to build a second reservoir near Cheddar in Somerset, have been given the go-ahead by the council. | 27784581 |
The event began in Newcastle with the finish line 13.1 miles away in South Shields.
Farah's victory was his second consecutive win in the half-marathon, which is now in its 35th year.
Kenyan Mary Keitany won the women's race and David Weir achieved a record-equalling sixth win in the elite wheelchair competition.
Shell... | About 57,000 people have taken part in the Great North Run, which saw Mo Farah win the men's elite race. | 34200323 |
Neither IS nor its Egyptian affiliate, which calls itself Sinai Province, is thought to possess missiles capable of hitting an airliner at cruising altitude, and neither has a track record of aviation attacks.
But five days on from the crash, which killed all 224 people on board shortly after take-off from the Egyptian... | When an Islamic State affiliate in Egypt claimed responsibility for the downing of a Russian airliner on Saturday, analysts were initially sceptical about the group's ability to bring down a passenger jet. | 34730909 |
Science fiction and biographies were the next most popular genres, according to the poll to mark the start of Book Week Scotland.
The Ipsos mori poll of 1,000 adults found one in four readers preferred crime fiction.
One in 10 opted for science fiction and biography, while historic fiction was the preferred choice of 9... | Crime is the favourite form of fiction for the majority of Scottish book readers, a survey has suggested. | 38045342 |
Nicholas Jacobs, 45, denied murdering the officer, who was stabbed 43 times at Broadwater Farm in Tottenham.
The Old Bailey jury heard from three witnesses who said they saw Mr Jacobs take part, but his defence team questioned their credibility.
On Wednesday, after four hours of deliberations, Mr Jacobs was found not g... | A man has been cleared of killing police officer Keith Blakelock during riots in north London in 1985. | 26960690 |
Buckingham Palace said the 86-year-old monarch is suffering from gastroenteritis.
She had been due to present members of 3rd Battalion The Royal Welsh with leeks to mark St David's Day.
She will now spend the weekend at Windsor and will be "assessed in the coming days".
By Peter HuntRoyal correspondent
At 86, the Queen... | The Queen has been forced to cancel a visit to Swansea on Saturday to celebrate St David's Day, after developing symptoms of a stomach bug. | 21635900 |
The bug struck the Claymore Hotel in the picturesque Argyll and Bute village on Thursday.
Fourteen of the hotel's guests were said to be affected, all of whom were elderly.
The affected guests, who were on a bus tour, have been provided with individual transport home.
Guests due to arrive at the weekend have been rerou... | A hotel in Arrochar has had to close for deep cleaning this weekend after an outbreak of norovirus. | 32942623 |
China sent two patrol ships to islands - known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China - on Tuesday.
This came after Japan sealed a deal to buy three of the islands from their private Japanese owner.
Washington will not take sides in the matter, said Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell.
The region, he said, was ... | The US has called for ''cooler heads to prevail'' as tension intensifies between China and Japan over disputed islands in the East China Sea. | 19566759 |
The person lives in West Palm Beach County about 70 miles (113km) north of the initial transmission zone.
Florida Governor Rick Scott said the state officials still believe that active transmission zone for the virus is one square mile (3sq km) in Wynwood neighbourhood in North Miami.
The infected person had recently t... | The Florida Department of Health is investigating another case of Zika contracted in the state. | 37014638 |
The man is in a critical condition after collapsing inside the Warehouse nightclub in Doncaster, police said.
Tablets, thought be a form of ecstasy, were found in his possession and witnesses said he took something.
A 32-year-old man was also taken to hospital but discharged after it was reported he took similar tablet... | A warning has been issued over a batch of potentially dangerous pills after a 29-year-old clubber suffered a heart attack. | 36293190 |
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Evans, who is ranked 21st in the world, will play world number 15 Nour El Tayeb in the first round of the event on Thursday.
The 24-year-old is unseeded for the competition but believes that will work to her advantage.
"The expectations for me aren't really high," Evans to... | Welsh squash player Tesni Evans is targeting the finals of the Windy City Open World Series event in Chicago. | 39059411 |
The Tannadice club, pushing for an instant return to the Premiership, have received international clearance for the 26-year-old Danish striker.
Mikkelson has scored two goals in 12 games for Odense this season after a loan spell at IFK Gothenburg last year.
He goes straight into the squad for Friday's game with Champio... | Dundee United have agreed the signing of striker Thomas Mikkelsen from Odense on loan until the end of the season. | 38534043 |
Police said they recovered the pieces after staging a series of raids as part of a probe into black market art.
Eight people are being investigated.
The "Walking Horses", by Josef Thorak, were custom-made for the Berlin building, which was badly damaged in World War Two and later destroyed by Soviet forces.
Also discov... | Two bronze horse statues that once stood in front of Adolf Hitler's chancellery are among several pieces of Nazi-era art found by German police. | 32819913 |
The Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry (HIA) was set up to investigate allegations dating from 1922 to 1995.
It is investigating claims of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, as well as childhood neglect.
It began hearing evidence in January.
The closing date of 30 April at 17:00 BST for anyone wishing to speak ... | The inquiry examining abuse claims in NI's children's homes and juvenile justice institutions has announced a closing date of 30 April for anyone wanting to speak in private to the inquiry. | 26467180 |
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Documents uncovered by the Associated Press show the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) warned Russian athletics chiefs in 2009 that the blood levels of their athletes were "putting their health and even their own lives in very serious danger".
The 2... | World athletics' governing body feared Russian doping was so out of control that athletes could have died - six years before the country was banned from international competition. | 35298526 |
Prosecutors issued a "notice of violation" after determining the foundation had no proper registration.
The notice directs the Trump foundation to "immediately cease soliciting contributions or engaging in other fundraising activities in New York".
Meanwhile, Mr Trump defended his tax practices after a report found he ... | Donald Trump's charitable foundation has been ordered by New York's attorney general to stop fundraising. | 37547094 |
The stoppages happened after needles were thrown into green recycling bins and ended up on a conveyor for sorting.
Each stoppage may last only a few minutes, but staff estimate that the plant lost a week's productivity because of the problem last year.
Only one of the 20 sorters has been pricked by a needle and was tes... | Discarded hypodermic syringes brought Exeter's rubbish recycling plant to a halt 869 times last year. | 27833439 |
The 30-year-old ex-Netherlands international, whose short-term deal with Deportivo La Coruna came to an end on New Year's Eve, has signed a two-and-a-half year deal.
Besiktas said in a statement that Babel will earn £1.07m for the rest of this season and then £1.8m per year for the next two campaigns.
He previously spe... | Former Liverpool forward Ryan Babel has joined Turkish side Besiktas. | 38492178 |
Stuart Pearce's side were seeded for the draw, ensuring they would avoid Germany, Spain and Netherlands.
Serbia finished top of their qualifying group, which also included Denmark, Macedonia and Northern Ireland.
England are expected to be at home for the first match on 12 October, with the return game to be held four ... | England will meet Serbia in a two-legged play-off to decide which nation will qualify for next summer's Under-21 European Championship in Israel. | 19599587 |
The Real Madrid forward beat team-mate Gareth Bale and Atletico Madrid striker Antoine Griezmann in the voting.
Ronaldo, 31, scored the winning penalty for Real in the Champions League final against Atletico and captained Portugal to Euro 2016 glory in July.
Lyon and Norway striker Ada Hegerberg won the women's award.
... | Cristiano Ronaldo has been named Uefa's Best Player in Europe for the second time after winning the Champions League and Euro 2016 last season. | 37191389 |
A team of marine biologists from the University of St Andrews studied the vocal signatures of the mammals.
Their findings suggested that dolphins mimic those they are close to and want to be reunited with.
It was already known that dolphins develop their own individual whistle which describes their identity.
The team o... | Dolphins mimic the distinct whistles of their closest companions as a way of tracking them, according to researchers. | 21507301 |
The Labour leader highlighted manifesto measures not included, including grammar school expansion and cuts to pensioners' winter fuel payments.
Boosted by his general election gains, Mr Corbyn said Labour was "a government in waiting".
Theresa May congratulated Mr Corbyn on coming "a good second" to her.
The Labour lea... | Jeremy Corbyn has dismissed the Queen's Speech as "threadbare", saying the government has "apparently run out of ideas altogether". | 40358498 |
The company said it was consolidating its London offices and moving workers to a new site in Paddington.
"Microsoft reviewed some London-based roles and made the decision to unify some engineering positions," it said.
The move will potentially put at risk a number of "globally-focused" roles at Skype and Yammer, it add... | Tech giant Microsoft is set to close the London office of its Skype subsidiary with the potential loss of 220 jobs. | 37405177 |
The women, aged 30 and 50, said they were starved and sexually abused by him and other Saudi nationals.
Saudi Arabia denies all the charges and refused to revoke diplomatic immunity for the official, making it impossible for him to be tried in India.
Analysts say his departure resolves a diplomatic dilemma for India.
N... | A Saudi diplomat accused of raping two Nepali women hired to work as domestic help has left India under diplomatic immunity, the foreign ministry says. | 34276049 |
Alastair Majury and Robert Davies were both elected as Stirling councillors in May.
But it later emerged that Mr Majury was behind a Twitter account which likened Scottish nationalists to the Nazis.
He was suspended from the party alongside Mr Davies, who had tweeted racist jokes.
Mr Majury used his Mulder1981 account ... | Two Conservative councillors who were suspended by the party over offensive posts on Twitter have been reinstated after apologising. | 40999001 |
The warning will be in place from 02:00 BST to 21:00 BST.
The Met Office said bands of heavy showers are expected, with thunder a possibility.
They have advised the public to be "aware of the risk of localised surface water flooding and difficult driving conditions". | A yellow weather warning for Northern Ireland has been issued by the Met Office for Sunday. | 37669602 |
Police said Stefano Brizzi, 49, had been held after the remains were found at his Southwark home on Thursday.
He will appear via video link at Bromley Magistrates' Court on Monday.
PC Gordon Semple, 59, from Greenhithe, Dartford, was last seen in CCTV footage on 1 April. An officer for 30 years, he was reported missing... | A man has been charged with murder following the discovery in a London flat of human remains thought to be that of a missing police officer. | 36008349 |
Gavin Shuker is MP for Luton South.
He told BBC Newsnight: "In recent weeks, when I've spoken up about this issue, I felt extremely pressured to be silent on the things I know to be true."
The Labour Party said any complaints or evidence of sexism or intimidation were dealt with fairly.
Mr Shuker raised his concerns in... | A Labour MP has said he is "disappointed" by the party's response to concerns about the selection of female Muslim councillors. | 35790164 |
The unique display, on one of the world's most recognisable structures, was aimed at sparking conversations about mass extinction.
Pictures of snow leopards, tigers and various sea creatures were shown.
A 350ft (106m) image of Cecil, the famous lion killed in Zimbabwe earlier this month, also appeared.
Organisers said ... | New York's famed Empire State Building hosted new guests on Saturday night as images of endangered animals were flashed across its facade. | 33750711 |
Despite extensive and painstaking searches, the bodies have never been found of four out of 16 people listed by the commission set up to locate victims' remains.
Searches have been carried out by the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains, established in 1999 by treaty between the British and Irish... | The Disappeared are those who were abducted, murdered and secretly buried by republicans during Northern Ireland's Troubles. | 27235088 |
Anthony McCormick, 52, who was jailed for life for rape, and Nicholas Briggs, 28, walked out from HMP Leyhill in South Gloucestershire on Thursday.
McCormick is 5' 9" tall, and has links to Merseyside. Briggs is 6' tall and from the Newport area in south Wales.
Police say the men should not be approached and anyone see... | A convicted rapist and a man servicing a sentence for domestic assault have absconded from an open prison. | 38934429 |
More than 1,000 properties in the Caribbean nation are already listed, but can only be booked by users in the US.
The San Francisco-based site is restricted from showing the listings elsewhere because of a US trade embargo against the island.
Nevertheless, Airbnb said Cuba could eventually become one of its biggest mar... | Home holiday rental site Airbnb has added Cuba to its list of destinations. | 32161086 |
Stelios Demetriou, Stevie Mallan, John Sutton and Gary MacKenzie all scored to make it four wins from their last five league games for the Buddies.
Andy Murdoch had levelled for the hosts but it was a rare moment of joy for Morton, without a win in five games.
St Mirren are now one point ahead of Raith Rovers, who they... | St Mirren hammered Renfrewshire rivals Morton at Cappielow to move up to eighth in the Championship. | 39487199 |
Scientist Samantha Ho, 39, was found in Curlew Place, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, on Saturday. Witnesses said her head and body were found separately.
A post-mortem examination concluded she died from "multiple cuts to the neck".
Timothy Allen, 40, of Curlew Place, has been charged with murder and is due at the Old Baile... | The death of a woman understood to have been found beheaded in a house has "devastated the whole community", a neighbour has said. | 34138422 |
Public Health England (PHE) said 5.3 per cent of all deaths in over-25s were linked to air pollution, although the figures varied considerably by region.
Authors of the study said people whose death was hastened by pollution lost an average of 10.6 years of their lives.
Environmental campaigners said the problem was "o... | Long-term exposure to air pollution contributed to more than 28,000 deaths across the UK in 2010, government figures show. | 26973783 |
Ted Simpson, 22, from Manchester, and James Reilly, also 22, from Guernsey, paddled down the loch in four hours 43 minutes and 43 seconds.
This week they kayaked 74 miles (120km) of the River Spey from Kingussie to Spey Bay.
They covered the distance in 15 hours, 51 minutes and 43 seconds.
The pair said it was a new fa... | Two friends who set a new Guinness World Record for the fastest crossing of Loch Ness by tandem kayak last year have claimed a new achievement. | 37203843 |
A royal commission into child sex abuse is hearing evidence about five decades of complaints at Geelong Grammar.
Prince Charles once spent two terms at the school, although he has no involvement with this commission.
One former student said he was touched on the genitals by a chaplain and then threatened with expulsion... | Former pupils of elite Australian school have told an inquiry that their abuse claims were ignored for decades. | 34135803 |
The second stage began in Otley and ended 135km (84 miles) later in Doncaster.
Kirsten Wild won the women's race, and scooped a £15,000 prize, while Danny von Poppel triumphed in the men's race after a thrilling sprint finish.
The three-day men's race continues on Sunday between Middlesbrough and Scarborough. | Thousands of spectators lined the route to cheer on riders on day two of the Tour de Yorkshire 2016. | 36179249 |
Leaders Forfar were convincing 3-0 winners at Stirling Albion, while Arbroath came from behind to win 5-2 at Annan.
Elgin City came from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Berwick Rangers.
Bottom club Cowdenbeath picked up three crucial points with a 1-0 win over second from bottom Clyde, while Montrose beat Edinburgh Cit... | The top two in League Two both won away from home to keep the gap in the title race at just one point. | 39467427 |
The Press Association used Home Office data to rank council areas with the highest and lowest figures.
Middlesbrough came top with one asylum seeker per 167 people, slightly ahead of Glasgow with one per 189 people.
Fife, West Lothian and Falkirk were all placed in the top 10 UK council areas for the lowest number of a... | Glasgow has been placed second top in a list of 10 UK areas for the number of asylum seekers per head of population. | 36429041 |
Hundreds of Buddhists took to the streets following the passage of a law that would allow temporary residents who hold "white papers" to vote.
More than one million Rohingya live in Myanmar, but they are not regarded as citizens by the government.
In 2012, violence between Muslims and Buddhists left more than 200 dead.... | Rohingya Muslims will not be able to vote in Myanmar's referendum after President Thein Sein withdrew temporary voting rights following protests. | 31421179 |
King Abdullah II, Jordan's monarch since 1999, has extensive powers: he appoints governments, approves legislation and is able to dissolve parliament.
Over the past few years, he has been facing growing demands for political reform, and following the popular uprising in Tunisia which led to the flight of the president ... | Head of state: King Abdullah II | 14636308 |
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But damaging though it was to hear the biggest name in cycling detail his own drug use, it only confirmed what we have long known.
Cycling has been so badly damaged by all this that it will take another decade to really recover
While repeatedly refusing to implicate others... | Humbled and apologetic, Lance Armstrong's long-awaited confession to Oprah Winfrey may have finally drawn a line under one of the biggest sporting frauds in history. | 21072193 |
It will explore the relationships between Charlotte, Emily and Anne and their brother Branwell, who was latterly an alcoholic and drug addict.
All three sisters managed to produce great literary works before their untimely deaths.
Wainwright said she was "thrilled".
The Bafta-winning writer, whose other credits include... | A drama about the "tragedy and passion" of the difficult lives of the Bronte family is to appear on BBC One, written and directed by Last Tango In Halifax author Sally Wainwright. | 32777516 |
Similar memorials have sprung up recently following the deaths of music legend David Bowie and Motorhead's Lemmy, with fans using social media to share their tributes from the sites.
Flowers, notes and scarves were left at the site at London's King's Cross Station hours after news of Alan Rickman's death broke.
The fil... | Harry Potter fans have been paying their respects to late actor Alan Rickman by creating a memorial in his honour at platform 9 3/4. | 35323460 |
Sears, 58, coaches Ana Ivanovic and was watching her Australian Open match against Madison Keys when he collapsed.
Andy Murray visited his father-in-law in hospital immediately after his third-round win on Saturday.
Sears' daughter Kim is not in Melbourne as she awaits the birth of their first child in a few weeks' tim... | Andy Murray's father-in-law Nigel Sears is expected to be released from hospital on Sunday and has been given the all-clear to fly home to the UK. | 35394409 |
Francois Hollande said it would not be finalised before Barack Obama left office later this year.
Meanwhile, Germany's economy minister, Sigmar Gabriel, said it had no chance of being agreed before the US presidential election in November.
The Americans were unwilling to compromise with Europe, he said.
Mr Gabriel, who... | The TTIP trade deal was dealt another blow on Tuesday as the French president cast doubt on when an agreement would be reached. | 37220701 |
The arena, which will be home to the Leicester Riders, is a joint venture between the team, Leicester College and the city council.
Construction started on the £4.5m venue earlier this month at a derelict site in Charter Street.
Sport England said it hoped the arena would provide an opportunity for more people to play ... | A new basketball arena being built in Leicester has been given £1.25m funding from Sport England. | 30712688 |
The visitors netted against the run of play as Rondon chested in from close range after Jonas Olsson's flick on.
The home side looked to get back into the match and hit the post twice in the first half through Ross Barkley's curled shot and Tom Cleverley's cross.
Gareth Barry twice came close for Everton in the second ... | Salomon Rondon scored the only goal as West Brom earned their first league win in six against a luckless Everton. | 35510145 |
David Ellam, 52, suffered multiple injuries near his home on Riddings Road, Sheepridge, Huddersfield, on 15 August and later died in hospital.
Aaron Joseph, 29, has been charged with owning a dog dangerously out of control causing injury resulting in death.
He was also charged with possession of cannabis and bailed to ... | A man has been charged after his dog fatally injured a neighbour in West Yorkshire. | 38996704 |
Nigerian Sambo Davis is married to an Indian woman and lives in Mumbai.
All his documents are valid, but he was arrested by the police recently on suspicion of being a drug dealer.
He and 30 other black Africans were detained for hours before they were let off with an apology.
But the following day, Mr Davis said that ... | Africans staying in and around India's commercial capital, Mumbai (Bombay), complain of indiscriminate racism and constant police harassment, reports the BBC's Zubair Ahmed. | 21826366 |
Rescue teams were called to the River Taff at Upper Boat, Pontypridd, just after 06:00 BST on Thursday morning.
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said the water was less than one metre (3ft) deep where the car was.
The man was taken to hospital but his injuries are unknown, as is the cause of the crash. | A motorist had to be rescued after his car ended up in the river in Rhondda Cynon Taff. | 37183051 |
Manager Chris Coleman's team are disrupted by absent players, including Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale.
But Swansea's Williams wants Wales to put down markers ahead of Euro 2016.
"We've missed players before and everyone has come in and done pretty well, so we'll be looking for something similar again," he said.
"When... | Wales captain Ashley Williams wants two wins and good performances in friendly matches against Northern Ireland on Thursday and Ukraine on Monday. | 35887579 |
Snowed in and isolated, they "went a bit mental" and started having fantasies about peanut butter cookies and [TV game show] Catchphrase host Roy Walker.
But amidst the madness they recorded an album, If I Was, that is both evocative and elegiac.
"We think it paid off," the band tell the BBC.
It's November 2013 and The... | Folk trio The Staves swapped Watford for Wisconsin to record their second album with Bon Iver's Justin Vernon. | 31898649 |
The so-called bumping rate for the first half of the year is now the lowest it has been since 1995, the US Department of Transportation says.
The decline comes after widespread outcry over viral videos of passenger ejections earlier this year.
The backlash led airline leaders to pledge improvement.
Overall, more than 2... | US airlines have reported a sharp downturn in the share of passengers they force on to other flights because of overbooking. | 40881600 |
Describing the North's latest missile test as a sharp military escalation, the US ambassador to the United Nations said the US will table a new resolution against Pyongyang.
Ambassador Nikki Haley also threatened to use trade restrictions.
The missile launch, the latest in a series of tests, was in defiance of a ban by... | The US has said that it will use its "considerable military forces" on North Korea "if we must". | 40513334 |
Having a baby there however, costs a little more than the seven guineas the first patients paid for a week's stay when it opened in 1937.
The basic cost, for 24 hours' care including a normal delivery stands at £5,215, rising to £6,745 for a Caesarean section, though the royal couple may be entitled to take up the ho... | The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are once again choosing the Lindo Wing, an exclusive private maternity facility attached to a leading London NHS hospital, for the birth of their child. | 32350363 |
The forward - standing 5ft 7in - comes in shorter on average than the 59 previous winners of the award, handed to the player deemed the best on the planet.
But what does such a rare player typically look like? Where are they from? And what heroics typically see someone take the honour?
From inaugural winner Stanley Mat... | Lionel Messi has been named winner of the Ballon d'Or for the fifth time, but does he fit a mould spanning 60 years? | 35221669 |
Under the existing terms of the £18bn project, a Chinese company is to finance a third of the new Hinkley Point C reactors and may later build a Chinese-designed nuclear power station in Essex.
So what's the difference between a French company and a Chinese one when it comes to the UK's critical infrastructure?
How you... | In explaining its shock decision to delay the deal on Hinkley Point, the government said it needed time to consider all components of the deal, but speculation is growing that China questions may be at the heart of the reassessment. | 36937511 |
Anthea Hamilton, Michael Dean, Helen Marten and Josephine Pryde have been selected to compete for the £25,000 prize.
Hamilton has been included for her work that focuses on fetishism, while sculptor Dean was chosen for pieces made from salvaged materials.
The winner will be announced on 6 December after an exhibition ... | An artist who uses sexual imagery in her surrealist work is one of the four nominees for this year's Turner Prize. | 36274589 |
Developed by US start-up Nanostim, the device is designed to be implanted intravenously directly in the heart.
It is less than 10% of the size of a conventional pacemaker and uses a built-in battery.
Experts said it was an "exciting development" but at a very early stage.
The pacemaker has yet to receive full US Food a... | A miniaturised, wireless pacemaker that can be inserted into the body without invasive surgery has been given approval for use in the European Union. | 24535624 |
The recruitment process is now in limbo, more than three months after final interviews.
Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness interviewed two contenders, but despite a winner emerging no appointment was made before the executive collapsed.
The Executive Office would not comment on "a live recruitment competition".
Legal ... | The Renewable Heat Incentive crisis prevented the appointment of a new head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service being finalised, the BBC has learned. | 39105255 |
He was pushed between a stationary train and the platform at Anniesland station at about 18:15 on Sunday.
The two men and woman responsible for the attack also racially abused their victim.
When he got back on the platform, he was assaulted by a third man who also racially abused him.
A man has been arrested in connect... | A man was pushed on to the tracks at a Glasgow railway station as a gang hurled racist abuse at him. | 41073342 |
Police in Cross River state said those arrested included the baby's mother, who said extreme poverty forced to sell her child for around $90 (£60).
Correspondents say the issue of so-called baby factories is still prevalent in the region.
In 2013, 17 pregnant teenage girls and 11 babies were rescued from a house in the... | Six people have been arrested in south-eastern Nigeria for allegedly selling a two-week old baby. | 34680569 |
Sean Dickinson, an employee of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council in Lancashire, sent several public figures offensive messages on Twitter.
At a tribunal at the Health and Care Professions Council, he was found to have committed professional misconduct.
He told the hearing in London he "bitterly" regretted his actio... | A senior social worker who launched an abusive social media campaign against David Cameron and Donald Trump has been found guilty of misconduct. | 33779911 |
Adele Bellis was left with permanent "life-changing" scarring, lost an ear and is partially bald after the attack in Lowestoft last August.
She had already suffered a knife attack in the street four months earlier in which she was stabbed in the mouth.
Her former partner, Anthony Riley, 26 is accused of organising both... | A beautician who was doused in acid has told a court she saw smoke coming from her body while standing at a bus stop. | 33975843 |
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Konta, Andy Murray, Heather Watson and Aljaz Bedene all won on Wednesday as four British players reached round three for the first time in 20 years.
Kyle Edmund can join them if he beats Gael Monfils on Thursday.
"It is happening because we have got some great players," Ko... | Johanna Konta says the British success at this year's Wimbledon is "great to be part of" and these are exciting times for home fans at the tournament. | 40514507 |
The 23-year-old will line up alongside England's Will Stevens on the grid for this weekend's Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.
The team was only cleared to race last week with a modified version of a 2014 car after coming out of administration.
"I hope to pay back the hard work of the team with a solid weekend," Merh... | Manor Marussia have named Spain's Roberto Merhi as their second driver for the start of the 2015 season. | 31808243 |
But when the first assembly elections were held in May 1999, the party came back down to earth with a bump.
Before a vote was cast in the election the party had faced a bitter leadership battle between Alun Michael and Rhodri Morgan.
Mr Michael, the choice of the then Labour leader and prime minister Tony Blair, won wi... | The 1997 general election marked the high watermark for Labour in Wales with 34 of the nation's 40 MPs delivering one of their best results. | 35916776 |
Just a week ago, following the New York billionaire's mocking comments about 2008 Republican nominee John McCain's Vietnam POW experience, pundits and prognosticators were busy etching his political epitaph.
"The circus is almost over," Republican strategist Rick Wilson said in Politico. "My advice to Trump fans? Don't... | If Donald Trump's presidential bid is dead, no one bothered to tell Mr Trump - or his supporters. | 33660969 |
Kyle Hand, 28, died after he was attacked by Jovan Martin in Sunny Brow Road in the Gorton area of Manchester in March.
He stabbed Mr Hand in the neck, thigh and buttock, police said.
Martin, 26, of Whitburn Avenue, Manchester, was found guilty of murder at Preston Crown Court and given a minimum sentence of 27 years.
... | A man who stabbed a "devoted father" to death in a fight that spilled into the street from a house has been jailed. | 37514172 |
The LSE said the tie-up would be an "industry-defining combination" with substantial revenue and cost benefits.
The talks, first announced on 23 February, are still "ongoing".
It comes as the UK stock exchange company announced a 31% rise in adjusted pre-tax profits of £643.4m.
Including one-off items, profit before t... | The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has said a merger with Deutsche Boerse would be "compelling" as the UK firm reported a rise in profits for last year. | 35723533 |
The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) said the action was a "bid to end staffing shortages that have caused the ongoing backlog crisis".
Home Office data suggests about 360,000 applications are being processed - but it is not clear how many are overdue.
The Home Office said 875 PCS members had walked out and w... | Hundreds of passport workers across the UK have gone on strike in a dispute over staff numbers and pay. | 28519085 |
Derby, where it employs about 12,000 workers, will bear the brunt of the cuts, with about 300 jobs set to go.
Another 140 jobs are set to be lost at its plant in Ansty, Warwickshire.
The proposed job losses are among 2,600 worldwide scheduled for the next 18 months, mostly from the firm's aerospace division.
Roll-Royce... | Hundreds of jobs are set to be axed at Rolls-Royce factories in the UK under plans for a worldwide cutback, it has been announced. | 30439219 |
Researchers in Bradford are looking for the link between visual processing and sporting performance.
Their research could lead to a lab-based test that finds hidden talent and the cricket stars of tomorrow.
It could also help elite sports teams to place individuals into their optimum roles within the team, or plan spec... | Top sportspeople often seem to possess visual "superpowers", making near-impossible rapid reactions look easy. | 34204551 |
Anton Duffy, 39, Martin Hughes, 36, Paul Sands, 31, and John Gorman, 58, deny planning to kill Johnny "Mad Dog" Adair and Sam "Skelly" McCrory.
A police tape said to have recorded three accused was played to jurors.
It featured a conversation in which weapons and tactics were discussed for a "hit" on Mr McCrory.
The Hi... | The trial of four men who allegedly planned to kill two former UDA leaders in Scotland has heard police tapes which are said to record the plot. | 32721863 |
About 260 signs were given to the Friends of Ceredigion Museum in order to raise money for renovations.
The road signs were replaced as part of an £800,000 scheme to improve the look of the Welsh seaside town.
The value of the "unique" signs has not yet been confirmed but they will go under the hammer from 19:00 GMT a... | Old Aberystwyth road signs will be auctioned on Monday after being replaced with Edwardian-style versions. | 38180322 |
One guard was knocked out and another hurt when Anthony Ferrie, 33, jumped from the G4S vehicle near Livingston's St John's Hospital on Thursday.
Police said efforts to trace the prisoner were centred on his home town of Bellshill and the surrounding area.
The have appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
... | The police search for a prisoner who escaped from a private security firm's van after a hospital visit is focussing on the Lanarkshire area. | 36989980 |
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The bosses of Crossrail, linking trains from Essex to Reading underneath the capital, said construction would create 55,000 jobs across the country.
Bob Thompson, of engineering company Keller Group, said it had to recruit more young engineers to carry out the work.
Martin Buck,... | A Coventry firm is one of many benefitting from an underground railway scheme in London. | 33978869 |
Jones, 29, suffered a thigh muscle tear in Pompey's 1-0 win at AFC Wimbledon on Tuesday and was replaced by substitute Brian Murphy in the first half.
Murphy is expected to start against Hartlepool on Saturday.
"Paul will unfortunately join our injury list, which seems to be growing and growing," Portsmouth manager Pau... | Portsmouth goalkeeper Paul Jones has been ruled out of the remainder of the club's League Two campaign. | 36159231 |
Morgan has a new-look squad to face the Kiwis as England look to bounce back from a dismal World Cup.
The five-match series begins at Edgbaston on Tuesday.
"For a long time now, we've been behind the eight-ball in one-day cricket and fallen behind by a long way," said Morgan. "It's time for a catch-up."
Morgan, 28, too... | England one-day captain Eoin Morgan says his side will begin their ODI series against New Zealand having lost ground on the world's leading teams. | 33054086 |
Subsets and Splits
Problematic short summaries
Retrieves extremely brief summaries from training data, which helps identify potential data quality issues or edge cases in the summarization task.
Count Short Documents
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Short Test Document Count
Counts the number of documents within a specific length range, providing basic filtering with limited analytical value.
Select Short Test Documents
Retrieves documents with lengths between 0 and 3000 characters, providing a basic filter on document size.
XSUM Summaries 250-3
Provides a basic filtering of summaries within a specific length range, offering limited insight by showing 100 samples between 250 and 300 characters long.