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The former public convenience in North Street, Dowlais, was up for auction starting at £6,000 but ended up being sold for £37,000.
Auctioneers Paul Fosh said the building, which had been owned by the council, could be turned into a cafe, shop or even a new home.
A spokeswoman said there had been "a lot of interest" in ... | Disused public toilets in Merthyr Tydfil have been sold for more than six times its guide price. | 38855321 |
The above-inflation cash injection represents a rise of nearly 4% on NHS England's £101bn front-line budget.
But Labour said the money would be swallowed up covering hospital deficits - which are expected to reach £2bn this year - and higher pension costs.
The government said Labour's assumptions were wrong.
"We're hel... | The government's promise of a £3.8bn financial boost for the NHS in England next year has "unravelled", the Labour Party has said. | 35165713 |
Goulburn Ghost Tours has been taking groups to Belanglo, 120km (74 miles) south-west of Sydney.
NSW Premier Mike Baird said the tour was "utterly outrageous" while a victim support group has condemned it.
A company spokesman said the tours were run with "respect" and were not intended to upset anyone.
Milat is serving ... | An Australian firm has come under fire for conducting tours of a New South Wales forest where notorious serial killer Ivan Milat buried his victims. | 33518954 |
Mohammed Daar became a PC in Coventry with West Midlands Police in 1966.
He said he did not encounter racism and was accepted by colleagues and the public before leaving two years later.
Mr Daar, who inspired his brother to join the police, said they "feel lucky" to have opened the doors for others to join.
A serving o... | One of the first ethnic minority police officers in the UK said he would still join the police 50 years on. | 37638712 |
Reports say the head of Turkey's intelligence service handed a list of people suspected of opposition sympathies to his German counterpart.
The list is said to include surveillance photos and personal data.
Germany and other EU states have banned local rallies in support of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Turki... | German Interior Minister Thomas De Maiziere has said Turkey will not be allowed to spy on Turks living in Germany. | 39416954 |
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, who won the Ochil and South Perthshire seat for the SNP in 2015, said she was proud of her 17-year career in the legal profession.
An SNP spokesman said: "Hundreds of issues are raised with the Law Society every year and it is right that they investigate them."
The Law Society would not comment.
I... | An SNP election candidate has confirmed that "administrative matters" relating to her time as a solicitor are being checked by the Law Society of Scotland. | 39894788 |
Lieutenant General Abdal-Amir al-Lami, the Iraqi deputy chief of staff for operations, confirmed on 8 January that the Iraqi security forces (ISF) had seized the eastern end of one of the bridges linking the two sides of the city.
A solid foothold seems to have been made in the riverside Beladiyat area, which is the si... | The announcement by the Iraqi military that its forces have reached the Tigris River for the first time in the battle for Mosul marks a significant moment in the 12-week campaign to recapture so-called Islamic State's (IS) last major stronghold in the country. | 38552980 |
Skipper Stafanie Taylor (40) anchored the Windies' innings of 103-8 in Chennai, but lacked support as left-arm spinner Anam Amin took 4-16.
Captain Sana Mir nearly saw Pakistan home but fell in the final over.
There was also concern for Pakistan opener Javeria Khan, who was hit on the head by a Shamilia Connell bouncer... | West Indies avoided an upset as they beat Pakistan by four runs in their Women's World Twenty20 opener. | 35825681 |
They were found at St Luke's Church of Ireland in Northumberland Street on Saturday morning.
Police are treating it as a "race hate incident". The church is not currently in use.
There had been social media rumours the church had been sold to the Islamic community for a mosque, but that has been denied by local represe... | Two pigs' heads with racist slogans written on them have been found outside a church in west Belfast. | 34626826 |
University College London (UCL) Urban Laboratory found the number of LGBTQ+ venues fell from 127 to 53 since 2006 - a 58% decrease. This compares with a 25% drop in London pubs since 2001.
The report found said a "significant number" were closed due to property developments and increasing rents.
Sadiq Khan said the imp... | More than half of London's LGBTQ+ venues have closed down in the past decade, according to a new report. | 40518335 |
Kevin Gomis had a first-half goal ruled out for offside before Dee team-mate Marcus Haber nodded wide when it looked easier to score.
Haber made it 1-0 after the break, netting a close-range header from Paul McGowan's delivery.
The Dens men are now on 36 points, eight clear of bottom spot with three games left to play.... | Dundee made it two wins from two games under boss Neil McCann as they took a huge step towards top-flight survival. | 39753994 |
Charges of £7.50 were introduced in August following a £8m revamp.
Figures from York Museums Trust (YMT) show that visits dropped from 81,000 to 46,000 compared with the same six-month period in 2012 before it closed for refurbishment.
YMT said the charges were needed due to cuts in its council grant.
The introduction ... | The number of visitors to York Art Gallery has almost halved since admission fees were brought in last year. | 35596218 |
Lavinia Woodward, 24, attacked the man at Christ Church college, while she was under the influence of drink and drugs.
She admitted inflicting grievous body harm, the Oxford Mail reported.
At Oxford Crown Court, Judge Ian Pringle QC said he believed the attack was "a complete one-off".
More on this and other stories fr... | An "extraordinary" Oxford University student who stabbed her ex-boyfriend in the leg may avoid jail as it would affect her career prospects, a judge has said. | 39947017 |
Public Health England found a 6% increase in prescriptions between 2010 and 2013 and warned that up to half may be "inappropriate".
It found a link between areas of high prescribing and resistant bacteria.
Experts said the report showed we were "squandering an unbelievably precious resource".
Antibiotics have been one ... | Antibiotic prescriptions and cases of resistant bacteria in England have continued to soar despite dire warnings and campaigns, figures show. | 29553435 |
Worrall, 27, will join Vale, subject to Football League approval, after leaving Millwall by mutual consent.
The former Bury and Southend midfielder made 41 appearances last season to help the Lions win promotion to the Championship - the fifth of his career.
"He's a very high energy player as we know and his experience... | Port Vale have signed midfielder David Worrall on two-year contract following his release by Millwall. | 41038170 |
Fury, 27, upset Klitschko to claim the WBA, IBF and WBO titles in November and is due to take on the Ukrainian in a rematch in May or June.
American Wilder, unbeaten in 36 fights, has offered Tyson the chance to unify their heavyweight belts.
"If he wins, I'm willing to go there to take the titles," Wilder said.
Wilder... | Undefeated WBC champion Deontay Wilder has told Tyson Fury he is prepared to fight him in England if the Briton wins his rematch with Wladimir Klitschko. | 35500413 |
Met Office figures showed the region saw 363mm (14.3in) of rain, which is 105mm more than the previous record for the region in 1993.
The figures also show it was the most unseasonably warm December since 1910.
Across England, average temperatures reached 9.4C (49F), a rise of 4.3 degrees on the year before.
It was in ... | Storm-ravaged north-west England saw record-breaking rainfall in December, some 40% higher than the previous record. | 35222030 |
The English and Irish 1000 Guineas winner Winter (4-9 favourite) took victory in the Coronation Stakes.
Unbeaten Caravaggio claimed the sixth win of his career with a brilliant turn of foot in the Commonwealth Cup.
Moore bided his time before pushing the classy 5-6 favourite past the talented Godolphin pair of Harry An... | Winter and Caravaggio gave trainer Aidan O'Brien and jockey Ryan Moore a big-race double at Royal Ascot. | 40381629 |
Human Rights Watch (HRW) accuses the army of using the deadly weapon, which scatters bomblets, to shell the rebel-held city earlier this month.
Ukrainian forces denied using "banned weapons" or shelling civilian areas.
Violence has continued in eastern Ukraine despite a ceasefire which came into place on 5 September.
A... | A leading human rights group says it has strong evidence Ukraine attacked populated areas of Donetsk with cluster bombs, banned by many other states. | 29702522 |
It took ??1.6m in its opening weekend, but could not topple Doctor Strange or Trolls from the first two spots.
The Marvel film starring Benedict Cumberbatch topped the chart for a second week, taking ??3.4m, while Trolls stayed at number two, with ??2m.
There was another new entry for A Street Cat Named Bob, based on t... | The Accountant has entered the UK box office at number three, making it the highest new entry this week. | 37925585 |
Daniel Schofield, 29, denied the charges after Roy Hanson, 50, died in October last year.
During the week-long trial at Truro Crown Court, Mr Schofield maintained his death was an accident.
Police were called to a property in Trevallack, outside St Keverne, near Helston, Cornwall, in October.
Mr Hanson was treated at t... | A man accused of killing his brother-in-law with a crossbow has been acquitted of murder and manslaughter by a jury. | 34089176 |
Canadian Henderson, 19, hit her lowest round of the year, an eight-under-par 63, at Blythefield Country Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Clyburn, 26, is one of six players tied for second after carding a 64.
Wales' Becky Morgan and Northern Ireland's Stephanie Meadow finished on two under par after rounds of 69. | England's Holly Clyburn is part of a chasing pack just one shot off Brooke Henderson's lead after the opening round of the Meijer LPGA Classic. | 40299383 |
Michael - not his real name - has worked as a bike courier for the last year and a half and believes the case - which led to an Old Bailey trial and national media attention - has "whipped up hatred against cyclists".
"I've heard other couriers saying to me they feel on edge and that pedestrians have looked at them dif... | As a widower urges "reckless" cyclists to learn from the death of his wife, who was knocked down and killed by a teenager on bike with no front brake in east London, a courier explains to the BBC's Laura Lea what made him ride a "fixie" - and why this may now change. | 41036581 |
An Iranian who received political asylum in Australia in 1996, Monis was known to police and on bail in Sydney facing a number of serious charges at the time of the siege.
He was a self-styled Muslim cleric, but had been rejected by both Sunni and Shia members of the Sydney Muslim community, according to Keysar Trad, f... | Police have identified the man who took 17 people hostage at a Lindt cafe in Sydney's Martin Place on Monday as 50-year-old Man Haron Monis. | 30484419 |
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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored the winner with a powerful drive into the top corner with his weaker left foot.
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Ramires headed wide unmarked from Loic Remy's cross as Chelsea failed to hit the target before the break.
Eden Haza... | FA Cup holders Arsenal won the Community Shield for a second season in a row as they beat Premier League champions Chelsea at Wembley. | 33667216 |
The versatile player says he has spoken to new boss Brendan Rodgers but admits there is, as yet, nothing to sign as his current contract draws to an end.
"I'm happy," he said. "I want to stay, but the longer it goes on, you start to wonder if it's going to happen.
"I've spoken to the manager and he wants me to stay, wh... | Charlie Mulgrew admits his future is still up in the air as he continues to wait to be offered a new Celtic deal. | 36454715 |
They said thousands of Britons had been unable to bring a non-EU spouse to the UK since July 2012, when minimum earnings requirements were introduced.
Children have also been separated from a parent, the parliamentary group said.
The Home Office said the rules were designed to ease the burden of migration on the taxpay... | New financial rules for migrants from outside the European Union are tearing UK families apart and causing anguish, a group of MPs and peers have said. | 22833136 |
The Driven group also plans to try out a fleet of autonomous vehicles between London and Oxford.
The cars will communicate with each other about any hazards and should operate with almost full autonomy - but will have a human on board as well.
Previous tests of driverless vehicles in the UK have mainly taken place at s... | A consortium of British companies has unveiled a plan to test driverless cars on UK roads and motorways in 2019. | 39691540 |
The Premier League champions are the only English side left in the competition having enjoyed a stunning debut season in Europe.
The draw for the last eight takes place in Nyon, Switzerland from 11:00 GMT, with the Europa League quarter-final draw to follow at 12:00 GMT.
Manchester United are the only British team left... | Leicester City will find out on Friday who they will play in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. | 39296945 |
Pietersen, 35, was the first Platinum Pick for Quetta Gladiators, while England all-rounder Chris Jordan was chosen by Peshawar Zalmi.
Pakistan bowler Mohammad Amir, back from a five-year ban for spot-fixing, will play for Karachi Kings alongside England batsman James Vince.
The tournament will take place in February i... | Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen was selected in the player draft for the inaugural Pakistan Super League. | 35154510 |
A minor bump on the M50 outside Dublin for Martin O'Neill, Roy Keane and their coaching team seemed not to have perturbed them if training on Wednesday morning was anything to go by.
And indeed O'Neill was in a relaxed mood as he addressed the media following what was a first full training session for the squad since S... | It will take more than a car crash to put the Republic of Ireland management team off their preparations for this Saturday's crunch Euro 2016 qualifier against Scotland. | 33086706 |
The release, from an anti-coal action group claiming that ANZ bank had withdrawn A$1.2bn ($1.3bn; £784m), prompted the miner to suspend trading in its shares.
Once the hoax was uncovered, Whitehaven shares recovered the losses.
Other Australian firms have fallen victim to hoaxes in recent months.
The statement said tha... | Shares in Australian miner Whitehaven Coal fell almost 9% after a fake press release claimed one of the firm's lenders had withdrawn funding. | 20930692 |
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Blues flanker Warburton returns after missing the opening autumn series game against Australia.
Prop Jenkins will break the world record for test appearances by a front row forward and retains the captaincy.
"[Coach] Rob Howley said he was going to stick with Gethin and th... | Regular Wales captain Sam Warburton has no problem playing in a team led by Gethin Jenkins against Argentina. | 37942132 |
Income from vast natural resources, above all oil and gas, helped Russia overcome the economic collapse of 1998, but the oil price slump of 2014 ended the long run of prosperity.
The state-run gas monopoly Gazprom still supplies a large share of Europe's needs.
Vladimir Putin - Russia's dominant political figure since ... | Russia - the largest country on earth in terms of surface area - emerged from a decade of post-Soviet economic and political turmoil to seek to reassert itself as a world power. | 17839672 |
Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr show Mr Nuttall said wearing a burka or niqab in public was a barrier to integration and a security risk.
He also said UKIP could undertake not to stand against Brexit-supporting MPs.
Labour MP Chuka Umunna said the country would not take advice from "hate peddlers" at UKIP on integrat... | UKIP is to include a ban on the full veils worn by some Muslim women as part of its general election manifesto, its leader Paul Nuttall has said. | 39682939 |
They ran the so-called "boiler room" scam from Majorca to call potential UK investors, City of London Police said.
More than 100 people, many elderly or vulnerable, were conned, with one man handing over £74,000, the force said.
The five men, from Nottingham, were jailed at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday after admit... | A "callous" gang that made £3m selling shares in fake companies bought luxury cars and holidays, police said. | 32935274 |
Notices have been put up in the Costcutter supermarket at the Ráth Mór shopping centre in Creggan.
Management said it would: "Reserve the right to refuse admission to anyone wearing bed-time clothing i.e. pyjamas, onesies in this store."
Shop staff said the sign had been up "for some time". The BBC have asked Costcut... | A Londonderry shop has asked customers not to shop in their pyjamas or onesies. | 39290037 |
The organisation, which was founded in 1910, previously only allowed children registered as male on their birth certificate to join their ranks.
The change comes after a transgender eight-year-old was asked to leave the Scouts in New Jersey last year.
But The Boys Scouts of America said the decision was made following ... | Transgender children who identify as boys are to be allowed to join The Boy Scouts of America for the first time. | 38806563 |
Simon Evans, 37, from Derby, was on a charity bike ride when he died in the crash on the A30 in Devon in September.
Georgina Mills, of Okehampton, Devon, admitted causing death by dangerous driving at Exeter Crown Court.
The 23-year-old was given a two-year driving ban, a two-year community order and sentenced to 200 h... | A driver who was distracted by a spider ended up killing a cyclist and badly injuring another when she took her eyes off the road to throw the creature out. | 10404620 |
Shree Chauhan, 33, challenged Mr Spicer as he was shopping, asking: "How does it feel to work for a fascist?" - referring to President Donald Trump.
Mr Spicer said: "It's such a great country that allows you to be here."
Ms Chauhan videoed the encounter and posted it online, drawing 300,000 views since Saturday.
She ha... | An American woman of Indian descent has accused White House press secretary Sean Spicer of racism after an exchange in an Apple store in Washington. | 39254125 |
The planned deployment of 4,000 extra troops to eastern Europe aims to prevent, not provoke conflict, he said.
Despite current tensions, the military alliance does not see Russia as a threat, he added.
Relations between the west and Russia are at their lowest point since the Cold War.
The US and European Union imposed ... | Nato is not seeking confrontation with Russia and does not want another Cold War, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has told the BBC. | 37795668 |
Tor claimed that the FBI was "outsourcing police work" and paid the university "at least $1m (£675,000)".
Tor is a so-called dark net - a hidden part of the internet that cannot be reached via traditional search engines.
A university spokesman told the BBC: "You can read what you want into it."
The anonymised system l... | Anonymity network Tor, notorious for illegal activity, has claimed that researchers at US Carnegie Mellon university were paid by the FBI to launch an attack on them. | 34797188 |
Officials in Oregon are set to vote on whether the two places should become "sister communities".
If the vote is passed, the community council in Dull insists it could have real benefits for the Scottish village.
They intend to mark the "exciting" new partnership with a road sign and a street party.
The potential link ... | Residents of the Perthshire village of Dull are due to hear this week whether efforts to forge ties with the US town of Boring have been successful. | 18322606 |
Supt David Taylor was the superintendent in charge of the traffic unit at Dublin Castle prior to his suspension.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has directed he is not to be prosecuted.
Mr Taylor said he had been vindicated.
In a statement, he added that it had been "an incredibly stressful and diffic... | A police superintendent in the Republic of Ireland who was suspended in 2015 as part of an investigation into alleged media leaks, has been reinstated to his position. | 38968178 |
It follows a Fifa delegation's mediation in the SSFA's political disputes during a two-day visit.
Fifa's team met SSFA president Chabur Goc Alei, the SSFA executive committee and the South Sudan government.
"We have agreed to put aside our differences and look forward," Alei told BBC Sport.
The SSFA is expected to conv... | South Sudan's Football Association will hold fresh elections for a new president and executive committee on 17 March next year. | 37046776 |
The mission would help Libya "reinforce their capacity to control their borders and national territory", said Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni.
It would reportedly comprise ships, planes and at least 700 sailors.
Mr Gentiloni claimed it had been requested by Libya, but the UN-backed government there vigorously denied mak... | Italy's cabinet has backed sending a mission to Libya to try to stem the influx of migrants. | 40750994 |
But the judges have banned the practice of refunding the bride price on the dissolution of a marriage.
The custom of paying bride prices is widely practiced in Africa, but traditions vary, as some BBC Africa colleagues explain.
A bride price here is known as "lobola", where the groom's family presents either money or c... | Uganda's top court has ruled that "bride price", when a man pays his future wife's family for her hand in marriage, is legal. | 33810273 |
The latest episode of the sci-fi franchise won the top honour of outstanding visual effects in a photoreal feature.
It also scooped awards for outstanding models, created environments and virtual cinematography.
The Good Dinosaur won the most awards in the animated feature competition.
The Revenant, starring Leonardo D... | Star Wars: The Force Awakens has taken home the most trophies at the Visual Effects Society Awards in Los Angeles, with The Revenant collecting three. | 35481608 |
I have written before about fears that the revolution in computing education has stalled. Now the GCSEs, coupled with the recent A-level results, provide more evidence for those concerns.
In England, entries for the new computer science GCSE, which is supposed to replace ICT, rose modestly from 60,521 in 2016 to 64,159... | If you are looking for signs that technical education is being transformed, and that girls are now more eager to study subjects such as computing, then my advice is to avoid the latest GCSE results. | 41047740 |
Staff member Esther Kidemba died from severe head injuries, Strathmore University confirmed in a statement.
Panic spread after security officials fired gunshots as part of the drill at midday on Monday, local media report.
Several students said they had not been given advance warning of the security exercise.
Most of t... | One woman has died and at least 31 others have been hospitalised after a security exercise at a university in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. | 34969266 |
Analysis by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) found there has been a sharp drop in confidence in the third sector.
It called on the Scottish government and councils to help the sector by awarding fairer funding packages.
The Scottish government wants a three-year funding cycle to give charities gr... | Scottish charities have gone into "survival mode" amid severe financial pressures, according to a new report. | 39043223 |
Vadaine Oliver raced clear to find the bottom corner from 10 yards and give the home side the lead, his first goal since December.
On-loan Bournemouth keeper Ryan Allsop kept Wycombe in the game with a string of fine saves.
And they Chairboys levelled when midfielder Matt Bloomfield fired in from 10 yards to earn his s... | Wycombe fought back to earn a late point as York slipped even closer to relegation from League Two. | 35949144 |
The Brimmon Oak in Newtown - around which a new bypass will be built after a petition attracted 5,000 signatures - finished runner up to an even older oak from Poland.
It was named the UK's Tree of the Year in December.
Ancient tree campaigner Rob McBride, who attended the award ceremony in Brussels, said it was "amazi... | A 500-year-old oak in Powys has finished second in the European Tree of the Year award for 2017. | 39349390 |
The BBC understands Kimberley Miners was detained on Friday.
A 27-year-old from Bradford is being questioned for the possession of a document or record likely to be of use to a person preparing an act of terrorism, the North East Counter Terrorism Unit said.
She has been released on bail pending further inquiries.
A re... | A former glamour model has been arrested on suspicion of possessing terrorist material. | 37600586 |
Mr Woolfe left hospital on Sunday morning, with a UKIP spokesman saying he was now "focused on continuing his recovery".
He was taken to hospital on Thursday after an altercation at a meeting of UKIP MEPs at the European Parliament.
The fracas is being investigated both by the party and the parliament.
Alex Forsyth, BB... | UKIP leadership contender Steven Woolfe has been discharged from a hospital in Strasbourg after collapsing following an altercation at a party meeting. | 37601031 |
Tudor West was taking a youth rugby team to a game in Burnham-on-Sea on 16 May last year when the child fell from the coach on the M49, near Bristol.
The 13-year-old, who cannot be named, suffered a broken wrist.
Mr West, 63, of Bridgend, was convicted by a jury at Bristol Crown Court of dangerous driving. It has yet t... | A coach driver has been found guilty of dangerous driving after a boy fell from his vehicle onto a motorway. | 32853699 |
From 8 April 2019 the most polluting vehicles will be charged extra for entering London's ultra low emissions zone (ULEZ).
The charge will apply to petrol vehicles that do not meet Euro 4 standards and diesel vehicles that do not meet Euro 6 standards.
The Sunday Times recently reported that a similar scheme for other ... | Diesel-car owners have been reacting to news that they will have to pay an extra £12.50 to drive into central London. | 39492829 |
Tigers have already secured a play-off spot and are likely to face Saracens at Allianz Park in the semi-finals.
Saturday's trip to The Rec is the Tigers' first since their 47-10 semi-final defeat 12 months ago.
"Part of me would like to send the best team to knock lumps out of them, but the reality is that we need to p... | Boss Richard Cockerill says Leicester will show restraint against Bath in their bid to win an 11th English title. | 36205089 |
The accident happened on the A85, two miles east of Gilmerton, Perthshire, at about 20:00 on Tuesday evening.
Heavy rain overnight has led to flooding across Aberdeenshire and Moray, with people rescued and homes evacuated in the village of Portsoy.
The weather has also caused disruption for travellers, with road, rail... | A 42-year-old driver has died after a tree hit his car as high winds and rain swept across parts of Scotland. | 40184197 |
Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has signed an agreement with his US counterpart to allow Marine Corps F35Bs to fly from HMS Queen Elizabeth.
The first Royal Navy and RAF F35s, the Lightning II, will be deployed in 2018.
The announcement came on the margins of a London meeting about action against the so-called Isl... | US and UK F35 fighters are to deploy alongside each other when the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier begins her first operational tour in 2021. | 38336101 |
The 25-year-old, who is a dental nurse, won eight of her nine group matches before overcoming New Zealand's Jo Edwards 21-17 in the semi-final.
However, Doig was beaten 21-13 by Australian Karen Murphy in the final.
In the men's pair final, Ireland's Ian McClure and Gary Kelly also had to settle for being runners-up as... | Scotland's Lesley Doig has lost in the women's singles final at the World Bowls Championships in New Zealand. | 38200927 |
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) "opened suspension proceedings" last month following the publication of another damaging report.
That report, compiled by Canadian law professor Richard McLaren, claimed Russia operated a state-sponsored doping programme from 2011 to 2015.
The Paralympics begin on 7 Septembe... | Russia is set to find out on Sunday if it is to be banned from the 2016 Paralympics in Rio as a result of the ongoing doping crisis in the country. | 36864379 |
Police say a man, 28, was arrested after a "significant struggle with officers" in the early hours of Friday.
A police officer involved in the arrest suffered a broken wrist.
In a statement, the rugby league club said it was investigating an "incident" early on Friday morning involving Mr Moore.
Greater Manchester Poli... | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are investigating player Scott Moore after a man was arrested for assaulting a police officer. | 37681320 |
The former Bristol City and Oldham centre-back, 28, is Walsall's fifth summer signing, joining Luke Leahy, Jon Guthrie, Mark Gillespie and Nicky Devlin at the League One club.
"I'm really looking forward to it," Wilson told Walsall's website.
"I want to get some games in and this definitely seems like a great place to ... | Walsall have signed defender James Wilson on a season-long loan from Sheffield United. | 40636926 |
Thirty-five films will compete for the £30,000 prize during five days of screenings and events in the city.
The festival opened with the screening of specially commissioned films in English and Welsh, while a jury choose the winner of the international selection of short films.
Organiser Berwyn Rowlands said it was imp... | The 10th annual Iris Prize Festival for LGBT short films has opened in Cardiff. | 37634692 |
Moving to a summer league back in 2011 was a good decision in order to grow a fan base, and welcoming regular crowds of more than 1,000 people, it feels like we have done that.
But we have already seen huge gaps in the fixtures this season, and irregular scheduling could spoil all the good work done in growing the game... | At the start of the season, I wrote a column about how the poor scheduling of the Women's Super League was confusing for fans, so I'm pleased the Football Association has addressed this by switching to a winter competition. | 36779550 |
A British Horseracing Authority (BHA) panel has suspended him for six months, saying his original four-year ban was "too substantial to stand".
It found the trainer had told Paul John to stop Echo Brava and Missile Man at meetings in December 2015.
Best was banned until 2020 at a first hearing, but that verdict was qua... | Trainer Jim Best has been found guilty by a second disciplinary panel of ordering a jockey not to win two races. | 38293112 |
Four A320 aircraft arrived at the St Athan airfield, Vale of Glamorgan, on Sunday and a fifth is expected to fly to Wales in the next week.
Cyprus Airways, the national carrier, shut down suddenly on Friday after the EU Commission said the Cypriot government had breached subsidy rules.
The planes belong to a leasing co... | A Welsh aviation company co-owned by Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson is looking after a fleet of Airbus jets following the demise of Cyprus Airways. | 30798375 |
Englishman Matthew, 36, beat 22-year-old Fares Dessouky of Egypt 3-1 to claim his 35th PSA World Tour title.
The world number four donated his prize money to Sumner Malik, an 11-year-old English squash player who has been diagnosed with a brain tumour.
"We're fortunate to do what we do for a living and we take it for g... | Three-time squash world champion Nick Matthew has won a record sixth Canary Wharf Classic title in London. | 39242343 |
1493 - Christopher Columbus visits the island and names it Dominica (Sunday Island).
Dominicans prepare for a storm on an island prone to hurricanes
BBC learning zone - tropical climate
1627 - England's King Charles I puts the Earl of Carlisle in charge of Dominica, but initial attempts at colonisation are fiercely res... | A chronology of key events: | 19409492 |
Col Steve Warren told reporters that IS was "on the defensive", and had "not gained one inch in Iraq since May".
It had also been driven out of 20% of its territory in Syria, he added.
Despite the losses, IS has continued to launch counter-offensives - including several near the western Iraqi city of Haditha in the pas... | Islamic State (IS) has lost 40% of the territory it once controlled in Iraq, a spokesman for the US-led coalition battling the jihadist group says. | 35231664 |
The incident happened at about 15:45 in Allan Crescent in Dunfermline.
The 13-year-old boy was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, while a 12-year-old boy was treated at the scene by the Scottish Ambulance Service.
Police have appealed for anyone who may be able to help with their investigation to contact them on 101. | A 13-year-old boy is being treated in hospital for serious injuries after he and another boy were involved in collision with a bus in Fife. | 39123121 |
The men aged 23, 26 and 31 were arrested on Wednesday and as part of their bail conditions banned from returning to the countryside in East Lothian.
Police Scotland have condemned hare coursing as a "barbaric practice" and warned that anyone involved in it will be "robustly dealt with".
The men are due to appear in cou... | Three men have been charged with hare coursing near Gifford in East Lothian. | 35987789 |
The loss of Anthony Foley transcended provincial borders and national borders. It even transcended sport. People with no connection to Killaloe, where he was laid to rest on Friday, or Limerick, where his memory was evoked so thunderously on Saturday, were moved by the tragedy of his wife and two young boys left behind... | It might seem peculiar to begin this most Munster of stories with a comment from a Leinsterman, but in a week that made no sense, maybe it's apt, in a strange kind of way. | 37743847 |
Ruairi Keating came off the bench with 10 minutes to go and later struck his first goal for the Gulls by converting a Daniel Sparkes pass.
The Devon side had taken a 36th-minute lead when Sparkes supplied a left-wing cross which Luke Young converted for his second goal in three games.
The National League's bottom club ... | Torquay moved out of the National League relegation zone with a last-minute victory over rock-bottom Southport. | 39164111 |
The ticket was for the draw on Wednesday 14 September. The numbers were 16, 23, 35, 42, 44, 58 and the bonus ball was 28.
The winner has until 13 March 2017 to claim the money before it goes towards lottery-funded projects.
A spokesman for organisers Camelot urged players to check "pockets, bags and down the back of th... | An unclaimed National Lottery winning ticket worth £8.1m was bought in Colchester, it has been revealed. | 37520716 |
The announcement came with the release of results for 2015. The bank made a pre-tax loss for the year of 2.4bn Swiss francs ($2.4bn; £1.6bn), which was its first annual loss since 2008.
It said that included "substantial charges which are not reflective of our underlying business performance".
It has written off 3.8bn... | Credit Suisse has announced that it is going to cut 4,000 jobs. | 35490480 |
Scorch damage was caused to the interior and windows were smashed at the property on the Belfast Road on Wednesday.
A 25-year-old man has been charged with arson, endangering life and intimidation.
He is due to appear at Coleraine Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.
A 22-year-old woman has been charged with attempting to ... | A man and a woman have been charged in connection with a petrol bomb attack on a house in Larne, County Antrim. | 32243758 |
After winning the toss, Ireland could only post 229 in 48.1 overs with in-form Paul Stirling top-scoring with 51 and Ed Joyce contributing 42.
Afghanistan were reduced to 25-2 but Shah's 108 not out and Samiullah Shenwari's unbeaten 62 secured the win.
The duo's 133-run partnership saw the Afghans home with eight balls... | Afghanistan clinched a 3-2 victory in the one-day series against Ireland as Rahmat Shah's century helped secure a seven-wicket win in the decisive match. | 39380387 |
They are angry that the NHS is considering merging Scotland's two facilities, in the east and west, into one clinic based in Glasgow.
The Cleft Lip and Palate Association has called for more detail about why the move to a single centre is needed.
The Scottish government said no final decisions have been made.
Almost 10... | Parents protesting against the proposed closure of surgical services for babies with cleft lip and palate are expected to attend a meeting in Edinburgh later. | 35817175 |
O'Neill is among several names to have been linked with the Premier League side since Claudio Ranieri's sacking.
Caretaker boss Craig Shakespeare has strengthened his prospects after guiding the Foxes to two straight wins.
"You have to consider these things if the opportunity is presented to you," said O'Neill, 47.
"I ... | Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill says he could be "tempted" by the Leicester City job but insists he is not "actively seeking" a new post. | 39182985 |
The team at Kyoto University has found the clock's 'reset button' inside the brain.
Their study, published in the journal Science, showed the button could be used to switch the clock to a new time zone in a single day.
Experts said the team was "close to the money" in the hunt for a jet lag cure.
There are clocks throu... | Drugs that rapidly tweak the body clock in order to avoid jet lag and the pains of shift work have moved a step closer after research in Japan. | 24387491 |
The RSPCA is trying to trace a "middle aged" woman who was seen kicking the animal at the bottom of flats in Sprignall, Peterborough, at about 14:30 BST on Tuesday.
"She was screaming 'stupid hedgehog' and kicking the little animal around continuously," RSPCA inspector Justin Stubbs said.
The hedgehog was treated at a ... | A hedgehog has died after being kicked around "as if he were a football". | 34279151 |
Only half of people with cystic fibrosis make it into their 40s.
Defects in their DNA mean they produce thick, sticky mucus that clogs and inexorably damages their lungs.
Data presented at the North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference shows that a drugs combination - which enables production of runnier mucus - slows th... | A therapy that corrects the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis could transform treatment, doctors have said. | 37795460 |
The meeting comes amid tension over Russia's military build-up in Syria and its annexation of Crimea last year.
The two leaders will meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, a US official told the AFP news agency.
They are last reported to have spoken by phone after the Iran nuclear deal.
"Given the situations... | US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will hold their first face-to-face meeting in nearly a year on Monday in New York, officials from both countries say. | 34351147 |
William Owen, 45, of Nefyn, Gwynedd, admitted speeding on the 60mph A499 near Pwllheli in March.
Caernarfon Magistrates' Court chairman Alwyn Lloyd Ellis said it was "unbelievable speed in the middle of the day".
Owen was fined £500 with £135 costs and banned from driving for six months.
The prosecution said the poli... | A driver who sped at 122mph to get away from someone he thought was tailgating him did not realise it was an unmarked police car, a court heard. | 32967993 |
Jacqueline Sauvage's husband was a violent alcoholic who, she said, had raped and beaten her and her daughters for decades.
She also said he had abused their son, who killed himself.
More than 400,000 people signed a petition calling on Mr Hollande to intervene.
The sentence reduction means the 68-year-old will now be ... | French President Francois Hollande has waived the remaining prison sentence of a woman who was sentenced to 10 years for murdering her abusive husband. | 35456720 |
Heather Davidson, 54, of Thirsk in North Yorkshire, admitted the murder of her 81-year-old friend David Paterson.
She had phoned a cancer charity shortly before using a pillow to kill Mr Paterson in his room at the privately-run Sowerby House care home in Thirsk.
Davidson, who has a previous conviction for attempting t... | A woman who smothered an elderly man at a care home has been jailed for life. | 33023975 |
Yorkshire Ambulance Service had warned they warned it could be overwhelmed on Saturday and Sunday, when wintry weather hit the region.
It said the most serious calls were up almost 30% on last year.
Dr David Macklin, director of operations at the ambulance service, said extra staff and volunteers were drafted in to cop... | Ambulance bosses in Yorkshire have said there were "unprecedented" call levels over the weekend after Christmas. | 30627075 |
The person on the boat reportedly dialled numbers with a Rome prefix and eventually got through to a 67-year-old man in the Marconi district.
The man said the caller had spoken some English and French and the sea could be heard lapping in the background.
Police alerted the coastguard who then launched a rescue mission.... | A pensioner in Rome raised the alarm after receiving a call, apparently made at random, from migrants on a sinking boat in the Mediterranean, reports say. | 35933193 |
Harry Shindler, a 94-year old World War Two veteran and Jacquelyn MacLennan say June's vote will directly affect them.
They argue that they have taken advantage of EU rules allowing freedom of movement and could lose these rights if Britain votes to leave the union.
The government said the franchise was agreed by both ... | Two expats are challenging a decision to bar British citizens who have lived elsewhere in Europe for more than 15 years from voting in the EU referendum. | 35814546 |
The assault in the north-western city of Valencia was carried out by 20 people, he said. Two were killed, one was injured and seven were arrested.
Earlier, a video posted on social media showed uniformed men saying they were rising against a "murderous tyranny".
Despite the incident, the situation appears to be calm in... | A search is under way in Venezuela for 10 men who escaped with weapons after an attack on a military base, President Nicolás Maduro says. | 40846311 |
Stockdale replaces the injured Jared Payne at full-back, while Trimble is preferred to Craig Gilroy on the right wing for the trip to Thomond Park.
Henry comes in at openside flanker for a match which is key to Ulster's hopes of making the play-off semi-finals.
A strong Munster line-up sees several Ireland internationa... | Jacob Stockdale, Andrew Trimble and Chris Henry come into the Ulster team to face Munster in Saturday's crucial Pro12 interprovincial game in Limerick. | 39601300 |
Runner Clive Fitzpatrick, 44, was driving on the A451 back home to Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, after a competition in Denbighshire on 15 July when the accident happened.
He went on the wrong side of a fork in the road and hit an oncoming car.
Fitzpatrick was convicted of dangerous driving at Mold Crown Court and b... | A man who caused a crash after driving the wrong way on a dual carriageway has been given a 12-month community order. | 36168186 |
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More than 5,000 tonnes of oil were spilt when a large oil tanker, Eleni V, capsized off the Norfolk coast in 1978, polluting more than 20 miles of the coastline.
Trenches were dug to sink the oil below Gorleston beach, but recent stormy weather has eroded more than a mile of coa... | Oil that appeared on a beach in Norfolk was buried there almost 40 years ago and exposed by coastal erosion, it has emerged. | 35221190 |
The 69-year-old from Devizes, Wiltshire, has not been seen since 25 September.
Extensive searches have been made since then involving helicopters, mountain rescue teams and search dogs.
At the weekend, more than 50 mountain rescue personnel were involved in searches of Glen Coe.
Mr Garton is described as 6ft 2in tall, ... | Police divers made a search of the River Coe in Glen Coe on Tuesday in the latest effort to find missing hillwalker Robin Garton. | 34466001 |
The Darwin Correspondence Project is jointly run by Cambridge University Library and Harvard University.
The newly-established Evolution Education Trust is one of a group of donors and has given £2.5m.
Project director Dr Jim Secord said: "We are deeply grateful for this visionary support."
The other donors are The And... | A project to publish every letter ever written or received by Charles Darwin is expected to be completed after a £5m funding boost. | 13270269 |
But what is the ozone layer and why is it important?
The ozone layer is the part of the Earth's upper atmosphere where ozone, a form of oxygen gas, is found.
It absorbs UV radiation, preventing most of it from reaching us on the ground. This is important as UV radiation can harm humans, animals and plants.
Scientists f... | The hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica is starting to get smaller, according to scientists. | 36684040 |
The 19-year-old left-back agreed a deal last year until 2019 but this extension takes him to summer 2021.
Tierney made his debut in May 2015 and went on to make 34 appearances in the last campaign, also winning his first Scotland cap in March.
"I'm obviously delighted to be here, my future is only here," he said.
"Last... | Kieran Tierney said he never considered leaving Celtic after signing a new five-year contract with the Scottish champions. | 36620462 |
The incident happened in the town's Shortlees Crescent at about 08:30.
The girl was taken by ambulance to Crosshouse Hospital.
The driver of the car was not injured. | An 11-year-old girl is being treated in hospital for suspected serious injuries after being struck by a car as she rode a scooter in Kilmarnock. | 39266402 |
Subsets and Splits
Problematic short summaries
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Count Short Documents
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Short Test Document Count
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Select Short Test Documents
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XSUM Summaries 250-3
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