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To date, the 23rd Bond adventure has earned £94.3m in the UK, beating the previous record holder, Avatar, which grossed £94m in 11 months.
Directed by Sam Mendes, Skyfall stars Daniel Craig in his third outing as Ian Fleming's suave spy, 007.
Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said they were "overwhelmed ... | The latest James Bond film, Skyfall has become the highest-grossing movie in UK box office history after just 40 days. | 20605962 |
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The champions will attempt to secure their first Grand Slam since 2003 by beating France in Paris on Saturday.
Australian Jones - who became England's first foreign coach in November - has won the trophy at his first attempt.
"It's a fantastic achievement," he told BBC Spo... | England have won their first Six Nations title since 2011 as France's defeat by Scotland gave Eddie Jones' men an unassailable lead before the final round of matches. | 35798974 |
One soldier is accused of second-degree robbery and five with third-degree assault in relation to the fracas early on Friday morning in Manhattan.
The soldiers, Fijian nationals who serve in the Royal Regiment of Scotland, were on a rugby tour.
Three of the soldiers were due to appear in court on Tuesday. The other thr... | Six British soldiers have been charged with beating up an off-duty police officer outside a New York City bar. | 23949791 |
Lowdownapp - a digital personal assistant - allows users to tell friends they have arrived at a location by pressing the "HERE" button.
A standalone app for checking in to locations, called HERE, has also been released by the firm.
Nokia said the name would confuse the general public into thinking it was part of Nokia'... | Nokia has threatened legal action against a small UK technology firm over its use of the word "HERE". | 31059897 |
Nadir was convicted in 2012 of the theft of nearly £29m from the major UK conglomerate in the late 1980s.
He was jailed for 10 years after an Old Bailey trial, and ordered to pay £5m in compensation.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said he had now paid £2m in legal aid and the compensation, and could be transferred.
An M... | Tycoon Asil Nadir, who was jailed in the UK for stealing millions of pounds from his Polly Peck empire, has been transferred to a prison in Turkey. | 36107048 |
1 July 2015 Last updated at 14:41 BST
The kind of eruption shown in this clip is called a 'coronal mass ejection', where a giant cloud of particles from the sun is thrown into space.
The eruption was filmed for 4 hours earlier this month before being sped up in the video.
Solar flares like this aren't a risk for people... | Footage of an eruption on the sun's surface has been released by the US space agency, Nasa. | 33345811 |
The UK deputy prime minister told the Sunday Times it was "unthinkable" that Russia should host the football event.
Pro-Russian separatist rebels have been accused of shooting down the Malaysia Airlines jet. Russia has suggested it could have been the Ukraine military.
World football governing body Fifa has rejected ca... | Russia should lose the right to host the 2018 World Cup as part of tougher sanctions following the plane crash in eastern Ukraine, Nick Clegg has said. | 28508509 |
The Scio device was backed by about 13,000 people in a successful crowdfunding campaign in 2014.
However, some have complained they are still waiting for their device to be delivered.
Co-founder Dror Sharon told the BBC that 5,000 devices had been shipped.
Mr Sharon has previously described Scio as the first cheap, acc... | The maker of a pocket spectrometer, which can scan and identify a variety of objects, says his company is working hard to fulfil outstanding orders. | 37385556 |
The economy contracted by 3.6% in 2016, meaning it is now 8% smaller than it was in December 2014.
The country has been hard hit by the fall in commodity prices and an internal political crisis that has undermined investor confidence.
However, analysts believe the economy should start to pick up from here.
The two-year... | Brazil has been in recession for two years, the latest figures show, marking the deepest economic decline since records began. | 39193748 |
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Robins was reappointed on Monday, and has inherited a City side lying bottom of League One, 13 points adrift of safety with just 11 games left.
He is well aware of all the off-field ructions that have further soured City's fortunes in his four years away.
"The political si... | Mark Robins wants to keep out of the politics of being Coventry City manager and simply get on with the job of restoring success to the Sky Blues. | 39194725 |
The Wales game was good fun. We were down at half-time but the second half we played a lot better, began to relax and really express ourselves. It was a really enjoyable game to play in.
The first half we knew we could have been better. We looked at a few things at half-time, adapted well and that was pleasing for us. ... | Having started the tournament with two wins from three matches we are feeling pretty good about how we're playing and how we are going in the Six Nations. | 39223301 |
Joe Ralls' second-half penalty put the hosts ahead, after Sean Morrison had been fouled by Ryan Shotton.
Birmingham salvaged a point in the 89th minute as Jutkiewicz bundled in a rebound after his header was saved.
They stay 17th in the Championship table but now only six points clear of the relegation zone.
Despite Ju... | Lukas Jutkiewicz's scrappy late equaliser earned Birmingham City a draw at Cardiff City to ease the pressure on beleaguered Blues boss Gianfranco Zola. | 39162728 |
The 24-year-old has agreed a three-and-a-half-year deal at Loftus Road.
Freeman scored 10 goals in 121 appearances for the Robins after joining from Stevenage in 2014.
"I've been a great admirer of Luke and his creativity is something we'll really feel the benefits of," R's boss Ian Holloway told the club website.
Free... | Queens Park Rangers have signed midfielder Luke Freeman from fellow Championship club Bristol City for an undisclosed fee. | 38797751 |
Ilya Segalovich set up the web company with business partner and school friend Arkady Volozh in 1997.
He was diagnosed with stomach cancer last year and went into a coma on Thursday, the company said.
Yandex is one of Russia's biggest internet companies - valued at £6.5bn ($10bn) and has more than double Google's mark... | The man who co-founded Russia's biggest search engine, Yandex, has died aged 48 after suffering from cancer. | 23483138 |
Key questions are: "How often will it flood, and how big will the events be?"
Engineers can then design and build the defence infrastructure suitable to the task.
In the modern era, we've relied on records of precipitation and river flow to help gauge flood risk.
But this is problematic because our data on rainfall onl... | Any plan to protect homes and businesses from flooding has to understand the scale of the problem being confronted. | 37304856 |
The incident took place at the Urr Valley Country House in Castle Douglas at the weekend.
Thieves broke into the hotel some time between 22:30 on Saturday and 07:30 on Sunday and made off with the safe and its contents.
Police said the safe was a heavy one and would have needed two people to remove.
They have appealed ... | Thieves have made off with more than £10,000 when they stole a safe from a south of Scotland hotel. | 37154823 |
PC Ryan Canning, 43, who is based in Plymouth, was suspended from duty at the start of the investigation, Devon and Cornwall Police said.
He is due to appear at Bodmin Magistrates' Court on 27 July.
The force said it expects the highest standards from staff and "will robustly investigate misconduct and alleged criminal... | A serving police officer has been charged with three counts of rape. | 40539193 |
Stubbs also told BBC Scotland that no other club has tabled an offer for the 23-year-old midfielder.
"We have had an offer in that it is a little bit more than the initial one if you can call them offers," said Stubbs.
"It has been rejected and the club's stance is exactly the same - we won't do any business with Range... | Hibernian manager Alan Stubbs has confirmed that a third bid from Rangers for Scott Allan has been rejected. | 33807803 |
In Sunday's other game, multiple former champions Al Ahly of Egypt beat Wydad Casablanca 2-0.
A goal from Ethiopia international Saladin Said was enough to give the home side a victory in front of their home fans in Addis Ababa on Sunday.
Said's 60th minute strike helped the Ethiopian side boost their hopes of reaching... | Ethiopia's Saint George defeated AS Vita Club of the DR Congo 1-0 in the latest round of group games in this year's African Champions League. | 40152650 |
Richard Morris, from Ancre Hill estates winery near Monmouth, said other countries with similar climates, such as Nova Scotia in Canada, have already developed a successful wine industry.
There are about 17 vineyards in Wales, according to the Welsh Vineyards Association.
Wales produces around 100,000 bottles of wine a... | Wales could have 50 vineyards in 20 years' time, according to one grower who is selling Welsh wine to France. | 36177050 |
The low-lying cloud is seemingly so transient and intangible, and unlike rivers and glaciers it leaves no easy-to-read impressions on the landscape.
And yet, a Santiago team has been able to trace the fog history of the Atacama Desert by studying Tillandsia plants.
Their chemistry suggests strongly that this local fog ... | It is hard to imagine you could reconstruct a record of fog dating back thousands of years, but this is exactly what Chilean scientists have done. | 35065404 |
Two first-half strikes from Dundee's Kane Hemmings left their city rivals toiling in a feisty match.
But a brace from Billy Mckay - a penalty and a stoppage-time header - tied the match and United trail second-bottom Kilmarnock by seven points.
Dundee finished with 10 men, Scott Bain dismissed for conceding the spot-ki... | Dundee United boosted their hopes of Premiership survival in a blistering derby draw at Tannadice in which they came back from two goals down. | 35796734 |
The left-arm medium-pacer spent 10 seasons with Yorkshire, before joining Notts and helping them win the County Championship in both 1981 and 1987.
Following his first-class debut in 1969, Bore took 372 wickets in 159 first-class games in his career, plus a further 139 limited-overs wickets.
After retiring, Hull-born B... | Former Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire seamer Mike Bore has died, aged 69. | 39796683 |
Harvey Proctor said the claims had "wrecked" his life and called for senior police officers to resign.
He was interviewed under caution as part of Operation Midland, an inquiry into claims powerful men abused children in the 1970s and 1980s.
He called the Metropolitan Police inquiry a "homosexual witch hunt".
"I'm a ho... | A former MP has said he is "completely innocent" of claims of child abuse and murder, a day after being questioned by police for a second time. | 34054955 |
The PSNI only began its investigation into Eamon Bradley after becoming aware of material on Facebook and in the media, a detective confirmed.
The 28-year-old, from Melmore Gardens in Creggan, is accused of terrorist related offences in Syria in 2014.
The Muslim convert was arrested in November 2014.
He denies the char... | A Londonderry man accused of terrorism walked around the city freely for a week after he returned home from Syria, a court has heard. | 38839469 |
The five gold miners were trapped underground for 41 days after a shaft collapsed while they were trying to rescue 11 other missing colleagues.
One miner said his family had held a funeral for him and his wife had left town, while another said his brother had inherited his shoes.
They survived underground by eating roo... | Rescued Tanzanian miners returned to find out their property had been given away because they were presumed dead. | 34863418 |
"We couldn't bear to leave her alone," her sister, Niamh Fitzpatrick, told RTÉ's Morning Ireland.
Dara, 45, died in hospital after she was rescued from the sea off the coast of Mayo on Tuesday.
A major air and sea rescue for her three missing colleagues continues.
Niamh, a psychologist, paid tribute to the woman she ca... | The family of helicopter pilot Captain Dara Fitzpatrick killed in a crash off the coast of Ireland on Tuesday, spent the night by her side in a Castlebar mortuary. | 39280227 |
The Welsh Government has said it will invest £3m in Yr Egin, with another £3m coming from the Swansea Bay city deal.
First Minister Carwyn Jones previously told AMs that S4C had promised the move would be at no cost to the taxpayer.
S4C chairman Huw Jones told AMs it was "always clear to us" that the University of Wale... | It was "natural" to ask for public funding towards S4C's new headquarters in Carmarthen, the channel has said. | 39140474 |
6 January 2016 Last updated at 11:15 GMT
Haptic controls vibrate your skin with focused ultrasonic waves, giving you the sensation that you are touching buttons that are not really there.
The BBC's Dave Lee went hands-on with a haptic-controlled stereo and quizzed Steve Cliffe from Ultrahaptics.
Read more of our CES ar... | A Bristol-based firm is developing a range of products with controls you cannot see, but can still feel. | 35232824 |
It said the movie was illegally downloaded 47 million times between 1 January and 25 December.
That beats the figure for last year's list-topper, the Wolf of Wall Street, which was downloaded 30 million times.
All of this year's top 10 most pirated films had over 30 million downloads, Excipio said.
"If you compare last... | Interstellar has topped the list of the most pirated films of 2015, according to piracy tracking firm Excipio. | 35198319 |
Kajsa Tylen, 40, from Nottingham, broke Billie Fleming's 1938 record of 29,604 miles (47,642 km) on 24 November, but continued cycling until the end of the year.
She has cycled every day since 1 January riding across England and parts of mainland Europe.
She says she took on the challenge to inspire people to do more e... | A cyclist has set a new world record for female riders by covering 32,326 miles (52,025 km) in 12 months. | 38131533 |
24 May 2017 Last updated at 07:08 BST
Children and adults lit candles, put down flowers and held a minute's silence in tribute, on Tuesday evening.
Events were also held in other cities.
Greater Manchester Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said he was heartened to hear about the acts of kindness from emergency service worker... | Thousands of people have gathered by Manchester Town Hall to remember the victims of Monday night's terror attack at a concert. | 40025293 |
The crowd outside Guangzhou station swelled to nearly 100,000 at its peak on Monday night, police said.
Central China has experienced some of its coldest weather in years.
The rare snow has coincided with the run-up to Chinese New Year - where hundreds of millions of migrant workers travel home to see their families.
M... | Heavy snow has disrupted public transport in southern China, stranding tens of thousands of people outside a rail station, police say. | 35468790 |
Campaigners for the Rising Up group, unhappy about a proposed new bus route, have been perched in the trees at Stapleton Allotments for over a month.
"Security specialists" brought in by Bristol City Council started to remove campaigners at about 07:40 GMT but said 20 people still remain at the site.
The council had ho... | Around 20 of the estimated 40 tree-top protesters in Bristol have been evicted by the city council. | 31847312 |
Haydn Rushworth says Gareth Bennett said he should not do either as Mr Rushworth "hadn't been trained".
A UKIP spokeswoman said the allegation was "alarming".
Mr Bennett did not respond to requests for comment.
The South Wales Central candidate has caused controversy after linking rubbish in Cardiff streets to Eastern ... | UKIP's assembly election candidate in Cardiff North says the party's controversial lead candidate for South Wales Central has asked him not to speak to the press or take part in hustings. | 36103864 |
Shiromini Satkunarajah, 20, who was born in Sri Lanka but has lived in the UK for eight years, is due to finish her electrical engineering degree this summer.
She was arrested on Tuesday and taken to a detention centre to await deportation on 28 February.
The Home Office said it did not routinely comment on individual ... | Thousands of people have signed a petition to stop the deportation of a Bangor University student. | 39091296 |
Lance Naik (Corporal) Hanamanthappa Koppad was trapped under 8m of snow at a height of nearly 6,000m along with nine other soldiers who all died.
An army statement said that Mr Koppad "continues to battle the odds" and remains "ventilator dependent".
The avalanche hit an army post on the glacier's northern side last We... | An Indian soldier who was buried for six days in an avalanche on the Siachen glacier in Indian-administered Kashmir remains "very critical" in hospital. | 35538492 |
The peer had been accused of 22 counts of sex offences against boys, over a 20-year period from the 1960s - allegations his family denied.
A jury was to be asked to decide - without resolving whether he was guilty - if the incidents had taken place.
A lawyer for some of the alleged victims said they were "devastated".
... | Criminal proceedings against the late Labour peer Lord Janner over sex abuse charges have ended because of his death, an Old Bailey judge has said. | 35321257 |
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The Students are one win from Europe and face Bangor City in a play-off for a place in the competition on Saturday.
"For any team in the Welsh Premier League, to get to Europe is massive and it would be exactly the same for us," Met director of football Edwards said.
"I th... | Former Wales international Christian Edwards says he is "pinching himself" at the prospect of student side Cardiff Met qualifying for the Europa League. | 39895023 |
Prof Thomas, from Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, was Emeritus Professor of Welsh at Bangor University.
He published numerous volumes of poetry, was a literary and cultural critic and also translated the mythical Mabinogion stories into English. He also helped pioneer techniques to combine poetry and film.
Prof Thomas lea... | The former National Poet of Wales and academic Gwyn Thomas has died, aged 79. | 36043856 |
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1 September 2015 Last updated at 22:30 BST
Zeus, a 15-month-old American bulldog, died on the way to the vets after the incident on Saturday.
A man arrested on suspicion of theft and animal cruelty has been released on bail.
Zeus's owner Mitchel Jagger told BBC Midlands Toda... | The owners of a dog that was thrown to his death from a Birmingham block of flats say they no longer want to live in the area. | 34120171 |
Nile Wilson and Brinn Bevan, who broke his leg in two places in November, complete the men's gymnastics line up.
Dan Purvis and Sam Oldham, team bronze medallists four years ago, miss out.
The women's team includes the Downie sisters Becky and Ellie, Commonwealth champion Claudia Fragapane, as well as Amy Tinkler and R... | London 2012 Olympic medallists Max Whitlock, Louis Smith and Kristian Thomas have been selected to represent Team GB at the Rio Games. | 36774256 |
The stadium and training facilities would be built at Kingsford, close to the Aberdeen bypass, near Westhill.
The Yes to Kingsford Stadium group believes the 20,000-seat venue would be a vital step forward, however there has been opposition.
An exhibition will be held at Pittodrie on Thursday from 15:00 to 21:00, at th... | New images of how Aberdeen FC hopes a new stadium on the outskirts of the city will look have been released. | 38077027 |
The FAW made a post-tax profit of £891,000 for the year ending 30 June, 2016.
Turnover for the year was £21m, an increase of £10.5m (102%) on the previous year.
The financial year included the Euro 2016 finals in France, up to and including the round of 16.
The quarter-finals and semi-finals of the competition occurred... | The Football Association of Wales will re-invest the profit it made in 2015-16 to improve facilities, says chief executive Jonathan Ford. | 39480270 |
Becky's stepbrother Nathan Matthews, 28, and his girlfriend Shauna Phillips, 21, have been named locally as those being held on suspicion of her murder.
Ms Philips was taken to hospital after "feeling unwell in custody", Avon and Somerset Police said.
Four other men and a woman, all in their 20s, were arrested on suspi... | Police have until this afternoon to question two people suspected of murdering missing teenager Becky Watts. | 31724746 |
Director Mark Andrews admits to feeling a little frustrated since the release of Brave. His colleagues have stopped asking him questions about one of his favourite subjects: Scotland.
Andrews was Disney-Pixar's go-to man for all things Scottish, during the making of the film.
Of Brave's US team of writers and animators... | Ahead of the release of Disney-Pixar's Brave on DVD, the director and producer of the animated film set in ancient Scotland about Merida, a flame-haired princess, reflect on life since the movie hit cinemas this summer. | 20219190 |
The Scottish League Two club were late with a £3,320.20 tax payment.
They then fielded a player, Ross Millen, who had been registered after their "event of default", which should have prompted a registration embargo.
But the club's ban on registering players and playing those registered after 16 January has been lifted... | Clyde have been censured and given a suspended £2,500 fine after the club admitted breaches of Scottish Professional Football League rules. | 35605700 |
More than half of British adults watch more than one episode of the same show back-to-back at least once a month.
Of those, a third - almost 10 million - admit they have missed sleep or become tired as a result, while a quarter say they have neglected household chores.
Media watchdog Ofcom did the research into what it... | About 10 million Britons have skipped sleep or made themselves tired the next day because they were binge-watching TV, new research suggests. | 40802940 |
Club security staff became concerned about the light aircraft, which made a "sharp turn" and flew "erratically" while the team was playing Brighton.
The club and The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) hope supporters will have captured footage of the plane.
It is alleged the plane breached CAA guidelines by flying so low.
... | Football fans have been asked to share footage of a plane which flew at low altitude over Burnley's stadium nine days after November's Paris bombings. | 36134346 |
Dr Alison Tedstone was responding to a report by the National Obesity Forum, which suggests eating fat could help cut obesity and type 2 diabetes.
The charity said promoting low-fat food had had "disastrous health consequences" and should be reversed.
Other experts have also criticised the report saying it cherry-picke... | Advice to eat more fat is irresponsible and potentially deadly, Public Health England's chief nutritionist has said. | 36345768 |
Five years ago a midwife in Kenya delivered a child with male and female sexual organs. The father told her to kill it, but instead she hid it and raised it as her own. Two years later, the same thing happened again - and before long she was forced to flee to save the children's lives.
Zainab was used to delivering bab... | Illustrations by Charlotte Edey | 39780214 |
The two vehicles burst into flames after the accident in the city of Yanan in the middle of the night, Xinhua news agency reports.
It quoted local police as saying that three people survived the collision, but suffered injuries.
The cause of the accident in Shaanxi province is being investigated.
The two vehicles colli... | At least 36 people have died after a sleeper-bus collided with a methane-laden tanker in northern China, state-run media say. | 19383337 |
Henderson, 34, was released by fellow League One side Scunthorpe on Monday.
"I've spoken about a plan B in the past and Darius definitely gives us that," Sky Blues manager Tony Mowbray told the club website.
"He's got a lot of experience and we're glad he is here to strengthen our ranks," added Mowbray, whose side trav... | Coventry City have signed experienced striker Darius Henderson on a contract until the end of the season. | 35508304 |
Rosberg ended the session 0.357 seconds quicker than Hamilton, as both explored the limits with off-track moments.
Hamilton in particular had a scrappy session, including a spin, but the virtual safety car hampered his best lap.
Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen were next, followed by Red Bull's Danie... | Nico Rosberg headed team-mate Lewis Hamilton as Mercedes dominated first practice at the Austrian Grand Prix. | 36683154 |
Prison terms of between five and 10 years could be imposed on those contravening the ban, Interior Minister Néstor Reverol said.
More than 100 people have been killed in protest-related violence since April.
The opposition sees it as a move towards dictatorship.
The situation has worsened to the point that the United S... | Venezuela is banning protests that could "disturb or affect" Sunday's controversial election for a new constituent assembly. | 40744851 |
The discovery gives credence to a news report in 1879, later dismissed as fiction, that trophy hunters took the skull from his shallow grave in 1794.
A team used a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) scan to look through the grave at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford in the first archaeological probe of the site.
It allowed ... | A hi-tech investigation of William Shakespeare's grave has concluded his skull was probably stolen. | 35883872 |
Nowell, 23, returns to the Chiefs squad this weekend against Sale after helping England retain the Six Nations title.
Asked how high Exeter could finish, he said: "I think top two - we obviously want to try and push for the top one.
"It'll only be our fault if we do let it slip now, because it isn't as if we have to ch... | England and Exeter wing Jack Nowell says his club side are aiming to go into the Premiership play-offs having finished top of the table. | 39366249 |
Craig Conway scored the only goal of the night when he smashed home a 58th-minute penalty after Sam Gallagher was brought down by Alex Pearce.
Striker Marvin Emnes should have put Rovers ahead before the break but blasted over with the goal gaping.
Bradley Johnson almost equalised late on but his header hit the bar.
Vi... | Blackburn Rovers boosted their Championship survival chances with a gutsy 1-0 victory over Derby County who are now winless in six league games. | 39035289 |
Mills, who alongside Saskia Clark is aiming to improve on their silver medal at London 2012 in the 470 class, says plastic bags can get caught on a boat's fin and severely affect speed.
"If that happens at the start line you can slow to half-speed and everyone will sail past you," she said.
The sailing gets under way o... | Great Britain sailor Hannah Mills says it would be "disastrous" if the rubbish in Rio's Guanabara Bay affected the team's Olympic medal chances. | 36980058 |
He also created Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and his puppet superheroes fired the imaginations of millions of young viewers in the 1960s and '70s.
Thunderbirds, a science-fiction fantasy about a daring rescue squad, ran from 1965 and was his most famous show.
Anderson had suffered from Alzheimer's since 2010 and t... | Gerry Anderson, the creator of hit TV shows including Thunderbirds, Stingray and Joe 90, has died at the age of 83. | 20845407 |
Councillors backed proposals for the scheme on a plot owned by The Church Commissioners in Grovebury Road, Leighton Buzzard, last year.
Protesters said the church "should not be making money from destroying our precious town centre".
A Church Commissioners' spokesman said they took their obligations seriously.
The sche... | Campaigners against plans to build an out-of-town retail park on Church of England-owned land have been protesting outside Westminster Abbey. | 27602823 |
The man, in his early 30s, was first seen on Thursday riding at more than 100mph on the A24 before crashing at a junction with the A27.
He then continued without a helmet around Brighton before crashing at Churchill Square's car park barriers.
Police said it was too dangerous to pursue him at the time without further r... | A motorcyclist who rode through Sussex at speeds of more than 100mph, crashing twice, is being sought by police. | 35781850 |
Gail O'Rorke, has denied assisting the suicide of 51-year-old Bernadette Forde between 10 March and 6 June 2011.
Ms O'Rorke, 43, from Kilclare Gardens in Tallaght, faces three charges.
They include attempting to assist in a suicide by making arrangements for Ms Forde to travel to Switzerland.
She is also charged with a... | A Dublin woman has gone on trial charged with assisting the suicide of another woman, in what is believed to the first prosecution of its kind in the Republic of Ireland. | 32381597 |
Mark Jenkins has been told by Ocaso his claim in November is being refused because he did not declare the house in Maesteg was within 200m of a river.
Ogmore AM Huw-Irranca Davies said the flooding was nothing to do with the river and the firm was "unreasonable".
Ocaso said it was "in discussions" with Mr Jenkins.
Peop... | An insurance company has been accused of "giving the industry a bad name" for rejecting a claim by a family whose home was hit by flooding near Bridgend. | 38397779 |
Pakistan, chasing 277, were 256-8 with two overs left when the umpires decided that the light was too poor to continue.
Shoaib Malik, who was 96 not out, was furious with the decision.
Monday's series decider is at the same venue. Zimbabwe's last ODI series win was against Bangladesh in May 2013. | Zimbabwe beat Pakistan by five runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method after a controversial end to the second one-day international in Harare. | 34435822 |
Soldiers from an elite military unit were on board when the boat sunk as it was travelling to Bakassi on Sunday.
The unit, the Rapid Intervention Brigade, is at the forefront of Cameroon's fight with the Nigeria-based Boko Haram militants in the north-west.
Rescue operations are still ongoing.
Africa Live: Updates on t... | Only three people have been rescued so far after a Cameroonian army vessel carrying 37 people capsized off the country's south-west coast, an army source has told the BBC. | 40629592 |
Kyle Naylor, 26, who was jailed for robbery and wounding, was reported missing after he failed to attend a roll call at 23:00 GMT on Tuesday.
He is described as white, about 5ft 7in (1.7m) tall, of thin build, with black hair, brown eyes and a moustache.
Police said Naylor had connections with the Nottingham area.
Offi... | Police are hunting a prisoner who absconded from Hollesley Bay open prison, near Woodbridge in Suffolk, on Tuesday. | 30809585 |
The commemorative wheelbarrow and spade were made to mark the first sod being cut on Llanfyllin Railway in 1861.
The final sale price was £1,100 more than the minimum guide price of £3,000.
The line opened from Llanymynech in 1863 to provide access to limestone quarries and the main line.
Halls auctioneers at Shrewsbur... | A piece of railway history made to mark the start of work on a Powys rail line 155 years ago has been sold at auction for £4,100. | 37486946 |
The company is planning to buy the airline and has agreed a deal with the Irish government for its stake.
IAG chief executive Willie Walsh said: "We will continue to serve (the Northern Ireland) market."
The first and deputy first ministers had called for the full retention of services between Belfast and Heathrow run ... | Belfast could benefit from a takeover of Aer Lingus, International Airlines Group (IAG) has said. | 32899407 |
Emergency patients were waiting too long to be seen and some medicines were out of date at Fosse House in Leicester, its inspectors found.
But, their report said patients were treated "with compassion and dignity".
Central Nottinghamshire Clinical Services, which runs the service, apologised to those affected.
The NHS ... | An out-of-hours GP service that serves more than one million people has been put in special measures by the Care Quality Commission. | 32737501 |
The Stags went a man down when Krystian Pearce tripped Nicky Featherstone, and Paynter netted the resulting spot-kick.
Mansfield equalised when Colin Daniel rifled a half-volley into the top corner, but Paynter grabbed the winner from the spot after Mal Benning's foul.
The Stags, who announced first-team coach Micky Mo... | Two Billy Paynter penalties were enough to beat 10-man Mansfield and extend Hartlepool's unbeaten run to seven. | 35902458 |
IAAF council member Fredericks, also a member of the International Olympic Committee, has left a taskforce helping Russia as it bids to be readmitted to international competition.
His decision comes after French paper Le Monde claimed the former Namibia sprinter received a payment days before voting on the 2016 Olympic... | Four-time Olympic silver medallist Frankie Fredericks has stepped down from a key role at athletics' world governing body after corruption claims. | 39186028 |
Sturridge, 26, scored twice after coming on as 64th-minute substitute as the Reds beat Burton Albion 5-0 in the EFL Cup second round on Tuesday.
Afterwards, Sturridge said he has to "do a job for the team" on the wing but prefers playing as a centre-forward.
"It wasn't a fixed position. Daniel is a very smart player," ... | Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has "absolutely no problem" with Daniel Sturridge after the striker said he was unhappy playing in a wide position. | 37184186 |
French firm EDF, which is financing most of the £18bn project, approved the funding at a board meeting on Thursday.
But the government has said it wants to review the project and will make a decision by the autumn.
The delay has been met with a mixture of support and frustration in Somerset.
Ian Liddell-Grainger, the C... | Politicians, business leaders and residents have reacted strongly to the government's announcement to delay a final decision on Hinkley Point. | 36922295 |
Second row Craig, 28, broke into the Saints side in the 2011-12 campaign and has made 65 appearances.
"He's a talented player with a good rugby brain and has played well this season," said boss Jim Mallinder.
Alex Mitchell and James Grayson, who helped England Under-20s win the Six Nations, are among the others to sign... | Northampton Saints forward James Craig has signed a new contract with the Premiership club, with 10 academy players also agreeing extended deals. | 39456411 |
Nottinghamshire's Steve Ward, who was first recognised as the oldest fighter in 2011, lost his crown to an American earlier this year.
But he regained the title in a fight against Jody Meikle, 35, which he lost in the third round.
Ward said after the bout: "The best guy won on the day - he was too strong for me, but at... | A British cruiserweight has regained his bragging rights as the world's oldest professional boxer at 59. | 35086977 |
A number of shots struck the passenger side of a police car parked at Rossnareen Avenue, at about 18:50 GMT on Thursday.
Two officers who were in the car were not injured but were said to have been badly shaken.
Police described it as a "mindless, reckless attempt to kill officers".
Ch Supt Nigel Grimshaw said the offi... | Police say they are treating a gun attack on officers in west Belfast, in which up to eight shots were fired, as attempted murder. | 34939423 |
Tens of thousands attended a Mass in St Peter's Square for the start of the Pope's "revolution of tenderness".
It took place place amid tight security with extra police and soldiers deployed, and a no-fly zone imposed.
Under the year's theme of mercy, the Pope has said priests can absolve women who have had abortions.
... | Pope Francis pushed opened the huge bronze Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica in Rome to launch the Catholic Church's "Year of Mercy". | 35037740 |
Having elected to field, once Palladino had bowled Steven Mullaney for 76, Notts wickets fell regularly.
Palladino also removed Che Pujara (29) and Samit Patel (28) before Rikki Wessels' 39 helped Division Two leaders Notts to a batting point.
The visitors then lost Luis Reese and Shiv Thakor, but got to stumps on 52-2... | Derbyshire seamer Tony Palladino took 4-44 to help his side bowl out Nottinghamshire for 229 on the first day at Trent Bridge. | 40107267 |
But Sir Alan, the former judge who heads the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso), said papers were unlikely to face exemplary £1m fines.
In a speech to the Society of Editors, he said Ipso would use a "slim, clear book of rules" not an "iron fist".
He insisted he did not want a "boring, defensive" press, b... | Newspapers that break press rules "deliberately" or "flagrantly" will be "damned" by the new industry watchdog, its chairman, Sir Alan Moses, has said. | 29980886 |
The team-mates collided while attempting to take a catch during a T20 Blast game with Sussex on 14 June.
Both players are now "on the mend" although Henriques, 28, broke his jaw in three places and Burns, 24, required stitches after cuts near his left eye.
"I literally don't remember any of the collision," Burns told B... | Surrey batsman Rory Burns says he does not remember his on-field collision with Moises Henriques earlier this month which left them both in hospital. | 33269224 |
Gross domestic product (GDP) fell by an annualised rate of 0.5% between April and June.
That follows a contraction of 0.8% in the first quarter, meaning the economy has seen two consecutive quarters of negative growth, the usual definition of recession.
The data will be a blow for prime minister Stephen Harper, who fac... | The Canadian economy has entered recession, official figures have shown. | 34116189 |
29 November 2015 Last updated at 09:31 GMT
Pastry chefs at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco spent several weeks making the huge cake and used 68kg of icing.
It will be on display in the hotel lobby for the festive season. | A 6.7 metre tall gingerbread house has been unveiled at a hotel in the USA, made out of 8,000 pieces of gingerbread and sweets. | 34957263 |
Fire crews were called to the blaze at the building, which houses a walk-in centre that is only open during the daytime, at 22:59 BST on Tuesday.
Images shared on social media show the roof of the three-storey building engulfed in flames. Police tweeted to ask people to avoid the area around the High Street.
No-one is ... | A large fire has ripped through Weybridge Community Hospital in Surrey. | 40578016 |
Cricket South Africa (CSA) made the announcement without detailing whether any matches were under investigation, or saying who the individual is.
It said its Anti-Corruption and Security Unit had also charged the individual with failing to co-operate.
The Ram Slam T20 Challenge was won on Saturday by the Titans franchi... | South African cricket authorities have charged an unnamed "intermediary" with attempting to fix matches in a domestic Twenty20 competition. | 35107746 |
The man, who has not been named by the hospital, had refused to leave the James Paget University Hospital in Norfolk.
The hospital said he had been "fit for discharge" and had been offered appropriate accommodation.
It said the decision to go to court was a last resort and "not taken lightly".
The man, from Suffolk, ha... | A hospital applied for a court order to remove a patient who had occupied a bed "unnecessarily" for more than two years. | 38680031 |
Lee Irving, 24, who had learning disabilities, was killed by people he thought were his friends in Newcastle in 2015.
While the review said it was unclear if Mr Irving's death could have been prevented, it said public bodies struggled with his "chaotic lifestyle".
Four people were jailed over his murder in December 201... | The risks to a vulnerable man who was tortured and murdered were known three years before his death, a report says. | 40286802 |
Latest figures show 23% of looked after children achieved the equivalent of five good grade GCSEs in English or Welsh and in maths in 2016.
That is up from 17% the year before.
Last year, the Welsh Government embarked on a three-year plan to raise ambitions and attainments for the children in care.
Education Secretary ... | There has been an improvement in the GCSE results of children growing up in care. | 39857429 |
The 20-year-old, who can play as a winger or striker, has signed a three-year contract at the Madejski Stadium.
"He has a great left foot, good technique, good physique, pace - all together he is a promising young player," Royals boss Jaap Stam told the club website.
"We are hopeful he can be a good player for us going... | Reading have signed forward Yakou Meite from Paris Saint-Germain for an undisclosed fee. | 36926836 |
In the defamation case, Mrs Palin says the newspaper published a statement about her that it "knew to be false".
A 14 June editorial appeared to tie Mrs Palin to a 2011 shooting spree that left congresswoman Gabby Giffords seriously wounded and six others dead.
Mrs Palin is reportedly seeking more than $75,000 (£58,00... | Former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin is suing the New York Times for accusing her of incitement in a mass shooting. | 40432931 |
The club have been up for sale since 2014, after the Football Association turned down owner Assem Allam's request to a change of name to Hull Tigers.
As offer is now understood to have been made and talks held over the weekend have been described as "constructive".
Hull face Derby in the second leg of their play-off se... | Talks have begun about a possible takeover of Championship side Hull City, reports BBC Radio Humberside. | 36236780 |
The African Grey parrots, which talk a lot to the family's pet dogs, were taken from a house in Saxilby, Lincolnshire, on Saturday night.
Two of the birds were found by members of the public in the local area.
But a third called Charlie, known for screaming and biting strangers, has not been seen since he was taken fro... | Two parrots that were stolen have been found but a third "screaming" asthmatic one is still missing. | 27778026 |
Ms Homer's departure after four years in charge of the UK tax office comes just weeks after she was awarded a damehood in the New Year's honours.
But under her leadership, HMRC has been criticised by MPs for "unacceptable" customer service and "disappointing progress" on tax evasion.
She will take a break over the summ... | HMRC chief executive Lin Homer, who faced criticism from MPs, will step down in April, the government has said. | 35281978 |
The Bild newspaper says it has obtained the 'suppressed' 2014 report authored by former Fifa independent ethics investigator Michael Garcia.
Bild's report includes details of a $2m (£1.6m) sum allegedly paid to the 10-year-old daughter of a Fifa official.
Garcia quit in December 2014 in protest at the handling of his r... | Claims of alleged corruption in Qatar's successful 2022 World Cup bid have been published in the German media. | 40412928 |
12 March 2017 Last updated at 12:04 GMT
The Brexit secretary was asked six times by the BBC's Andrew Marr about Philip Hammond's announcement - but said he was unable to reveal details of Cabinet discussions.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank has backed the proposal, arguing the current system had needed refo... | David Davis has refused to reveal whether the chancellor warned in advance that the Budget increase in National Insurance for self-employed workers amounted to the breaking of a Tory election pledge. | 39247778 |
Ruth Patterson said she has major difficulties with the move.
She said: "It has shocked me to the core that my political party has gone back into government with Sinn Fein."
The DUP had hounded former Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble over the same issue in the past, she added.
She also criticised the DUP's recent p... | A high-profile Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) councillor has said her party's return to the Northern Ireland Executive after the publication of a report on paramilitaries shocked her. | 34671849 |
Both players are expected to be out of action for around three weeks as they recover from surgery to correct groin injuries.
The Republic face Georgia at home on 6 October and Moldova away on 9 October.
McCarthy, 25, missed the opening Group D qualifier against Serbia in Belgrade on 6 September, which ended 2-2.
McCart... | Everton midfielders James McCarthy and Darron Gibson are injury doubts for the Republic of Ireland's World Cup qualifying double-header next month. | 37412027 |
In May, it was announced that consultations would take place over the possible closure of 10 state-run residential care homes.
However, that process has now been put on hold by the health minister.
It comes after Four Seasons Health Care said it was closing seven privately-owned care homes.
The seven care home closures... | The possible closure of a number of statutory care homes has been halted due to problems being faced by a private care homes firm. | 34912266 |
A combative, sometimes prickly individual with a missionary zeal to reform welfare having to take instructions from his one-time staffer was always an uneasy relationship.
Often, Mr Duncan Smith - with the prime minister's support - managed to rebuff Treasury requests to simply save money.
But there was long a sense th... | The events of the past 24 hours have revealed in public the tensions, and sometimes the fury, that have existed since both Iain Duncan Smith and George Osborne came into power in 2010. | 35852674 |
The London went down off Southend-on-Sea in Essex, killing 300 crew.
It is the first complete carriage to be raised from the ship, which is lying about 65ft (20m) below the surface.
The wooden mount, weighing about one ton, will be taken to the quay at Leigh-on-Sea. Historic England hopes it may provide clues as to why... | A gun carriage has been recovered from the wreck of a warship which exploded and sank in the Thames estuary in 1665. | 33869255 |
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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.