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Kevin de Bruyne was the first to miss in the opening period, seeing the Dutch goalkeeper push his effort away, and Sergio Aguero saw the same outcome in the second half.
Despite dominating possession, City went behind as Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring with a cool finish.
Nolito headed in for the hosts from David Silv... | Maarten Stekelenburg saved two penalties for Everton as his side escaped with a point against Manchester City at Etihad Stadium. | 37594239 |
Animal tests, reported in the journal Nature Neuroscience, showed new structures linked to learning and memory began to grow soon after the drug was taken.
Mice with the most brain changes showed a greater preference for cocaine.
Experts described it as the brain "learning addiction".
The team at University of Californ... | Taking cocaine can change the structure of the brain within hours in what could be the first steps of drug addiction, according to US researchers. | 23811712 |
Appleton, guided Oxford to automatic promotion from League Two and two Wembley finals in the Football League Trophy in his three years at the club.
The 41-year-old previously worked with Shakespeare at West Brom.
"Michael has already achieved great success and been acknowledged by many as one of the most talented coach... | Oxford United manager Michael Appleton has joined Leicester City as Craig Shakespeare's assistant. | 40327759 |
Gary Burnett, who played for Northwich Victoria, said he suffered whiplash in a crash outside a McDonald's drive-thru in Birkenhead in October 2013.
But the day after claiming he was injured, he tweeted: "Nice little trek to Kendal later for footy".
He was given four months, suspended for a year, for being in contempt ... | A semi-professional footballer who falsely claimed he would be injured for a month after a road accident has been given a suspended prison sentence. | 36054388 |
Zoe Shapiro, 17, was hit by Neel Balu in Walsall, West Midlands, as she was on her way to college.
Balu was speeding when he hit Ms Shapiro, a pupil at Q3 Academy in Great Barr, jurors were told.
The 43-year-old, of Spennells, Kidderminster, was convicted of causing death by dangerous driving at Birmingham Crown Court ... | A van driver who killed a student as she crossed a pedestrian crossing has been jailed for seven years. | 40051286 |
Mandeville curled a superb dead ball from close to 30 yards, putting it out of reach of Town goalkeeper James McKeown with only three minutes on the clock.
It gave confident Doncaster, who moved a point clear at the top of League Two ahead of the 15:00 GMT kick-offs, a foothold in the game and they were fully in contro... | Liam Mandeville celebrated his EFL Young Player of the Month award with a stunning free-kick to send Doncaster on their way to victory over Grimsby. | 38272256 |
The party said they used 15-year-old Windows XP software which Microsoft stopped supporting in April 2014.
Computer expert Graham Cluley said hackers could potentially access confidential information when the machines are connected to the internet.
NHS Wales said there was "a very clear programme" to replace Windows so... | Almost 20,000 NHS computers in Wales are in danger of being hacked into, Plaid Cymru has claimed. | 33817531 |
The spending watchdog found the quality of the tests was also not improving despite more being done face-to-face.
Labour MP Meg Hillier, who chairs the public accounts committee, said the cost was "staggering" and sick and disabled people needed "a better deal".
The Department for Work and Pensions said the quality of ... | Disability benefit assessments have doubled in cost to £579m a year but targets are still being missed, the National Audit Office has said. | 35256386 |
Journalists who interviewed him at his secret location in Hong Kong described him as "quiet, smart, easy-going and self-effacing. A master on computers".
Explaining why he decided to leave the US, he told the Guardian: "I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things… I do not want to live in a world... | Edward Snowden, a former US National Security Agency (NSA) contractor, now lives in Russia after fleeing the United States via Hong Kong in May, having revealed extensive internet and phone surveillance by US intelligence. | 22837100 |
Six prominent authors boycotted the event, saying it celebrated the magazine's "cultural intolerance".
Islamists stormed the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris in January after the magazine published drawings of the Prophet Muhammad.
On Sunday, two gunmen were killed at a draw-the-Prophet competition in Dallas.
PEN preside... | The French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has received a controversial freedom of speech award at the PEN Literary Gala in New York on Tuesday. | 32601549 |
Australian Jones, 55, who has signed a four-year deal to be England's first foreign coach, wants to name a skipper to take the team to the 2019 World Cup.
"It's a role Joe would grow into and get better at all the time until he's a natural," Young said. "He's somebody the players would get right behind.
"I think he wou... | Wasps lock Joe Launchbury would be an ideal England captain under Eddie Jones, says his club boss Dai Young. | 34928894 |
More than 300 people from the Sheerwater estate in Surrey attended a public meeting chaired by Woking Borough Council on Tuesday evening.
Amanda Mahoney, of the Sheerwater Residents Committee, said people were still "looking for answers".
Councillor David Bittleston said the consultation process was ongoing.
Residents ... | Residents angry at the proposed demolition of their homes as part of the regeneration of an estate have challenged councillors about the plans. | 29140730 |
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's daughter will be baptised at St Mary Magdalene church on the Sandringham estate at 16:30 GMT on Sunday.
The service is private but "large numbers" of fans are expected.
Norfolk Police has advised people not to arrive before 15:00 GMT.
Anyone arriving early has been told they will hav... | Well-wishers planning to go to Princess Charlotte's christening have been warned by Norfolk Police they face a long wait "in the heat with minimal facilities in the area". | 33363397 |
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While Premier League Bolton were preparing for an FA Cup semi-final, a crowd of 583 watched Eastleigh lose 3-0 at home to Ebbsfleet in the Conference South.
A day later, more than 75,000 fans saw Bolton play Stoke at Wembley - although Wanderers were on the end of a 5-0 th... | On 16 April, 2011, the worlds of Eastleigh FC and Bolton Wanderers were a long way apart. | 35242784 |
Amateur rider Carberry, 32, has won six races at the Cheltenham Festival and ridden six times in the Grand National at Aintree.
"I am going to miss the rest of the season as I am delighted to announce that I am expecting my first baby," she tweeted.
She is married to Ted Walsh junior, the brother of jockeys Ruby and Ka... | Leading female jump jockey Nina Carberry is pregnant and will miss the remainder of the season. | 37944747 |
Fire crews were called to the blaze, in the second floor flat at Rowan House on Bishport Avenue, in Hartcliffe at about 12:00 BST on Monday.
An Avon and Somerset Police spokesman said they were treating the death of the man, who was in his 40s, as "unexplained".
He said the force was continuing its inquiries on behalf ... | A man has died in a fire at a block of flats in Bristol. | 39932536 |
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Burnett won the IBF world bantamweight title by split decision as two judges had him a 119-107 winner but Clark Sammartino had him losing 118-108.
"His scorecard was excellent: it was just the wrong way around," Hearn said.
British Boxing Board of Control general secretary... | Promoter Eddie Hearn believes the judge who scored Lee Haskins as the winner against Ryan Burnett got the two identities of the boxers mixed up. | 40237875 |
North Korea launched two missiles within hours of each other, with one flying about 400km (250 miles) and reaching an altitude of 1,000km.
A confirmed successful test would mark a step forward for North Korea after four failed launches in recent months.
South Korea, the US and Nato have also expressed alarm over the la... | Japan has warned North Korean missiles pose "a serious threat" after the country carried out new tests in defiance of international sanctions. | 36595113 |
American Ward, 32, won the battle of the unbeaten fighters by 114-113 on all three ringside scorecards in Las Vegas.
Ward landed some good punches but withstood pressure from Kovalev, 33, who was unhappy with the US judges.
"I agree they support their boxer but honestly, this is sport. Don't make it like politics," he ... | Andre Ward survived a second-round knockdown to beat Sergey Kovalev on points and claim the Russian's IBF, WBA and WBO light-heavyweight titles. | 38042577 |
The midfielder, 31, sustained the injury in a challenge on Sheffield United's Leon Clarke.
Bolton manager Phil Parkinson told the club website: "It's a blow for both him and us, but it's also a chance for someone else to step up."
Bolton went on to win their first League One game 1-0, with Jay Spearing scoring the only... | Bolton captain Darren Pratley is set to miss eight to 10 weeks after fracturing a bone in his lower leg on Saturday. | 37022249 |
Freelance photographer Mike Newman said he spotted "great numbers" of the pods when he was surfing on Long Rock beach in Cornwall.
The objects have reportedly baffled holidaymakers who were concerned they were poisonous.
But marine expert Prof Martin Attrill said they were harmless "sea potatoes".
More on the sea urchi... | "Thousands" of "funny" baseball-like sea objects strewn across beaches in the South West have been identified as a common type of sea urchin. | 37128579 |
According to US media, Michael Flynn will invoke his constitutional right against self-incrimination.
The Senate Intelligence Committee is investigating possible links between the Trump campaign and Kremlin.
Mr Flynn stood down in February after it emerged he lied about his contacts with the Russian ambassador.
The Sen... | President Donald Trump's fired national security adviser is refusing to hand over files to a Senate panel probing alleged Russian political meddling. | 40004300 |
The gene makes an enzyme that lets the birds convert yellow pigments, which they eat, into red ones, which are deposited in their feathers or beaks.
Two separate teams made the discovery, by examining the DNA of birds which either gained or lost their redness.
One focussed on a finch which sometimes loses its red beak;... | A pair of scientific papers has identified the same single gene as the source of red colouring in birds. | 36302791 |
The singer was diagnosed with a heart defect as a child and suffered a minor stroke when she was 18.
She has told BBC Radio 1 that the strong drugs she needed to take to normalise her heartbeat "didn't work" and gave her an "alien tint".
Jessie spent much of her childhood in hospital, which she says inspired her first ... | Jessie J says she was bullied when she was a teenager because the medication she took turned her skin green. | 30888300 |
The 25-year-old joined City in January 2015 from Crystal Palace for an undisclosed fee and has since made 33 appearances, scoring twice.
"I'm delighted to get this done and dusted," said the ex-Southend trainee.
"I've enjoyed my time at City, especially the last eight months, so we can move on now and look forward."
O'... | Midfielder Stuart O'Keefe has signed a new contract at Cardiff City which will keep him with the Bluebirds until the summer of 2019. | 36958614 |
Katie Cutler, 22, of Gateshead, has received a British Empire Medal following the appeal in aid of Alan Barnes.
Mr Barnes, 67, also of Gateshead, was mugged outside his home in January. Donations came from across the world.
Ms Cutler has since founded her own charitable foundation.
Among those she has gone on to help a... | The woman whose internet appeal raised £300,000 for a mugged disabled pensioner has been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours list. | 33116475 |
The 32-year-old Scotland international had trained with Kilmarnock after leaving Nottingham Forest.
Staggies boss Jim McIntyre told the club website: "We are delighted to announce the signing of Chris.
"He will provide much-needed competition on the flanks for us. He also brings a wealth of experience playing at the to... | Ross County have signed the former Rangers, Cardiff and Birmingham winger Chris Burke until the season's end. | 37482472 |
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The 20-year-old County Down swimmer clocked one minute 04.05 seconds to beat the previous record of 1:04.53 she set in the heats earlier in the day.
Firth was 2.28 seconds ahead of Dutch woman Marlou Van der Kulk as she repeated her London 2012 triumph.
The Northern Irishw... | Bethany Firth set a new world record time in retaining the S14 100m backstroke title at the Paralympic Games in Rio on Thursday. | 37311249 |
In rain-soaked conditions in the Netherlands, Spain dominated the game with 78% possession, but came up against an England side who were resolute in defence and had strikers who scored from two shots on goal.
Fran Kirby took Ellen White's pass and scored at the near post in the second minute, before Jodie Taylor wrappe... | England benefited from a bizarre refereeing decision to beat Spain and take a huge step towards the Women's Euro 2017 quarter-finals. | 40694641 |
Michael Jones Jewellers was targeted for the fourth time in five years by a gang who smashed their way in with sledge-hammers on Tuesday morning.
They grabbed Rolex watches but fled when a security device discharged smoke in the shop.
One raider was then apprehended by a passer-by outside.
Stuart O'Grady, a director of... | "Have-a-go heroes" who apprehended one robber and unmasked another in a bungled raid on a Banbury jewellers have been praised for their bravery. | 19571263 |
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They are part of a collection of up to 60 bus sculptures, commissioned by Transport for London, which will be placed across London on four walking trails as part of the Year of the Bus.
Wendy Hurrell reports. | Twenty-eight new Routemaster bus sculptures, painted by well-known and aspiring artists have been unveiled in Trafalgar Square. | 29660835 |
The blaze last Tuesday destroyed gorse, heather and bilberry over 70,000 sq m (753,470 sq ft) - about the size of 10 football pitches.
The fire prompted more than 200 calls to Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service and was dealt with by five fire crews.
A disposable barbecue caused the blaze, the fire service said.
Jon James... | Land damaged by a massive gorse fire at Carn Brea in Cornwall will take "many years to recover", according to local council environment bosses. | 32955448 |
Details are still emerging about what the company does and does not know about what went wrong and how it plans to fix the situation.
Here is what we learned.
Out of the 1.2 million UK motors affected, about 400,000 will need fuel injectors modified, as well as a software fix, said Paul Willis, managing director for Vo... | MPs got their chance to grill UK representatives for Volkswagen and Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin earlier. | 34510266 |
When the seat opened nearly a year ago following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, Democrats imagined a durable liberal majority on the court for the first time since the 1960s.
Even as the Republican Senate majority broke with longstanding tradition and blocked any consideration of President Barack Obama's nominee,... | In a season of Democratic Party frustration and anger, Donald Trump's nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the US Supreme Court Tuesday night is a particularly bitter pill to swallow. | 38802176 |
The actor has returned to the role of the amnesiac CIA agent for the first time since 2007's The Bourne Ultimatum.
In an interview to mark the release of the full Jason Bourne trailer, Damon told the BBC:
"For the first Bourne movie I was 29 and I thought that was hard work getting into shape.
"Now I'm 45 and it's just... | Matt Damon admits it was "brutal" getting back into shape for the new Jason Bourne movie. | 36100876 |
Ryan Wallace struck for the hosts on 55 minutes, capitalising on a mistake by Jason Kerr.
The Fifers won a late penalty when Jamie Insall was impeded by Kyle Turnbull.
But Scott Robinson's effort was saved by Ross Stewart, leaving East Fife fourth in the table.
They remain level on points with Airdrieonians, but with a... | Albion Rovers dented opponents East Fife's promotion hopes in Scottish League One by winning their rearranged match at Cliftonhill. | 39426197 |
Net sales fell by 2.5% in the three months to March from a year ago, while global sales of Barbie fell 14% in the same period.
The firm's net loss also widened more than four-fold to $58.2m (£39m).
Fifty-six year old Barbie has been facing stiff competition from a range of new toys and gadgets.
Electronic toys, tablet... | Struggling US toymaker Mattel saw its sales drop for a sixth consecutive quarter as the appeal of its iconic Barbie doll continued to wane. | 32346286 |
The incident follows two separate attacks on an Orange hall in County Tyrone earlier in the week.
The damage to the hall on Main Street was discovered by police at about 02:30 GMT on Saturday.
The graffiti, which related to the 1916 Easter Rising, was daubed on the exterior of the building.
The police say they are trea... | Republican graffiti has been painted on the walls of an Orange hall in Rasharkin, County Antrim. | 35621103 |
Portugal forward Ronaldo left United for Real Madrid in 2009 for a then world record £80m fee and has become the Spanish side's top goalscorer.
However, speculation persists that the 30-year-old is set to leave Madrid.
"We are looking at all players, not just Ronaldo. But these players are mostly ungettable," said Van ... | Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has confirmed he wants to take Cristiano Ronaldo back to Old Trafford. | 34893228 |
The 51-year-old ex-Everton, Manchester City and Bradford City winger punched Zarah Blake while angry and drunk, his trial heard.
Beagrie, of Killinghall, North Yorkshire, was sentenced to a 12-month community order on Tuesday.
He said he intended to appeal against his conviction.
In a statement following the hearing at... | Ex-Premier League footballer Peter Beagrie has been sacked as a Sky Sports pundit after being convicted of an assault on his partner. | 40953098 |
The Albertan, who has a longstanding interest in fossils, was digging a basement for a new home in Calgary's north-west.
Mr Nernberg is, according to reports, a donor to Alberta's Big Valley Creation Science Museum.
However, he realised these fossils should be seen by a palaeontologist.
"When the five fish fossils pres... | When Calgary digger driver Edgar Nernberg came across five fish fossils in his digger bucket, he knew right away his find was "extraordinary". | 32928979 |
The 30-year-old joined Dale in May 2013 and made a total of 152 appearances for the club, helping them win promotion from League Two in 2013-14.
Vincenti started his career at Millwall and has also played for Stevenage, Mansfield and Aldershot.
"Not only is he a very good player, he is versatile and experienced," Coven... | Coventry City have signed midfielder Peter Vincenti on a two-year deal after he left Rochdale by mutual consent. | 40361897 |
Fisheries Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said the target would be 210 Pacific whales - about half the current catch.
Japan's defiance of a worldwide ban on whaling has angered environmentalists.
Last month the ICJ ruled that Japan's Antarctic whaling was commercial, not scientific as Tokyo had argued.
"Our basic policy lie... | Japan says it will begin hunting whales in the Pacific Ocean next week, after cancelling whaling off Antarctica in line with an International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling. | 27079462 |
Ryan Leith, a port controller with Lerwick Port Authority in Shetland, jumped into the water of Lerwick Harbour to help the man.
Local musician Maurice Henderson and Police Scotland temporary sergeant Victoria Duthie were also involved in the rescue.
The incident happened at around 23.30 on 24 November 2016.
Mr Leith h... | Three people have received bravery awards after they rescued a man from a harbour in the dark, saving his life. | 40551058 |
The Local Government Association (LGA) said current legislation was "confusing" and "utterly outdated".
It has called for the drivers of speciality and novelty vehicles to be vetted for criminal records and for their vehicles to be safety compliant.
It said a single licensing scheme would also allow councils to ban rip... | Party buses, limousines and rickshaws should be governed by the same rules as London black cabs, councils have said. | 33823682 |
The monarch said the UK had "witnessed a succession of terrible tragedies"
Her message comes as residents caught up in the Grenfell Tower fire which killed at least 30 people, condemned the "chaotic" relief effort.
Some say they no longer want Kensington and Chelsea council involved in any way.
The statement from the Q... | The Queen has said it is "difficult to escape a very sombre national mood" following tragedies in London and Manchester in recent weeks. | 40310959 |
In June, Caulker told the Guardian he had not gambled since December, nor drunk alcohol since March.
The 25-year-old last played for the R's last October, but Holloway confirmed he is part of his first-team plans.
"Where he now is in his life, to have him back is a special privilege for me," Holloway told BBC Radio Lon... | QPR manager Ian Holloway says he is "proud" of Steven Caulker for talking about his struggles with depression, alcohol and gambling addiction. | 40777643 |
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The second seeds came from a set down to beat top seeds Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer 4-6 6-1 7-6 (8-6).
The Britons twice failed to serve out the match before eventually securing victory in two hours and 33 minutes after a nervy third-set tie-break.
"We didn't like t... | Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewett become the first Britons to win the Wimbledon men's wheelchair doubles title. | 36754792 |
Issued twice a week, the BBC Ebola updates cover the latest health advice as well as debunking myths and rumours, and combatting misinformation.
You can download the episodes as a podcast here.
The podcasts are uploaded on Wednesdays and Fridays. | The BBC is airing public health broadcasts in West Africa about the current Ebola outbreak - the world's deadliest to date. | 28869799 |
Andy's condition means he can never be left alone - and Jack has helped care for him since he was tiny.
Jack's local council provides support but research for the Children's Commissioner for England suggests that the vast majority of young carers are "off the radar".
This is "absolutely unacceptable", according to the ... | Jack Miller, 13, cannot remember a time when his father, Andy, was fully well. | 38381725 |
Three new laboratories in Blantyre, Malawi, will compare heart disease data with the South Lanarkshire town.
The Scottish government is funding half the £2m project by Glasgow University and Malawi's College of Medicine.
It aims to improve Malawi healthcare and shed light on the causes of poor health in parts of west ... | A healthcare project involving the small Scottish town, Blantyre, and its namesake in eastern Africa aims to explain the so-called "Glasgow effect". | 38595108 |
The 31-year-old, who has four caps for the All Blacks, was most recently with Western Force in Super Rugby.
"Alby has vast experience so we're looking forward to welcoming him into our environment," head coach Mark Tainton told the club website.
"He's a good communicator and has performed consistently at the highest le... | Bristol have signed New Zealand international scrum-half Alby Mathewson on a deal until the end of the season. | 38559316 |
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Mourinho had claimed officials were "afraid" to award his team penalties after Robert Madley denied the Blues a spot-kick in a 3-1 loss to Southampton.
It was announced on Wednesday that the 52-year-old had also been given a suspended one-match stadium ban.
However, the Po... | Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says his Football Association fine is a "disgrace" after being ordered to pay £50,000. | 34546118 |
Scotland-born lock George Biagi comes into the starting XV, along with flanker Maxime Mbanda, hooker Ornel Gega and centre Tommaso Benvenuti.
Dries van Schalkwyk and Leonardo Ghiraldini drop to the bench.
And the injured Michele Campagnaro and Glasgow Warriors flanker Simone Favaro do not feature in the squad.
Replacem... | Italy head coach Conor O'Shea has made four changes to his side to face Scotland in the final round of this year's Six Nations. | 39272600 |
A security official told the AP news agency that most of the escapees were facing serious charges.
Another report said a riot had taken place inside the al-Kwafiya prison.
The jailbreak comes a day after the assassination of a prominent political activist triggered protests in the city, although it is not clear whether... | About 1,200 inmates have escaped from a jail in the restive Libyan city of Benghazi. | 23479913 |
Kial Ahmed, 34, of Tongwynlais, pleaded guilty to murdering 38-year-old Nadia Jones, whose body was found at the property in Tremorfa on 11 September 2015.
Roxanne Deacon, 26, of Grangetown, denied murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter and robbery at Cardiff Crown Court.
They will be sentenced later in June.
The co... | A man and woman have admitted killing a mother during a robbery at her Cardiff flat. | 36426157 |
Carlton Power plans to build a plant in Trafford which would generate enough electricity to power two million homes.
The firm secured an annual £30m government contribution for the next 15 years, but originally had to raise the rest of the cash by September.
Carlton Power now has until 19 December to secure the investm... | A company which wants to build a government-subsidised £800m gas-fired power station in Greater Manchester has been given more time to secure funding. | 36722262 |
Manager Gary Locke is in England trying to secure the services of a keeper as they wait on the results of a scan on Jamie MacDonald, who was injured in Saturday's 2-1 win over St Johnstone.
Both Conor Brennan and Oliver Davies are unavailable.
"It's a huge worry for us at the minute," said Locke. "His (MacDonald) ankle... | Kilmarnock face a goalkeeping crisis ahead of Wednesday's League Cup tie against Hearts. | 34318104 |
Six world powers and Iran are reported to have drawn up a 100-page document detailing curbs to Iran's nuclear activity and sanctions relief.
The sides have held multiple rounds of talks to try to end the 13-year crisis.
The world powers suspect Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons - something it strongly denies.
... | There are growing expectations that a comprehensive deal capping marathon negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme will be announced in Vienna. | 33503793 |
The study says better access to clean water and sanitation is key, with fewer weak and malnourished children becoming infected.
New vaccines have also had a positive impact.
However, diarrhoea is still the fourth-biggest killer of children globally, with almost 500,000 a year dying before their fifth birthday.
This fig... | The number of children dying worldwide of diarrhoea fell by a third between 2005 and 2015, researchers have found. | 40123726 |
Unlike some rivals, the Republican had a large and costly campaign operation.
He topped polls in the beginning of 2015 but lost popularity as Donald Trump began to dominate the race.
A recent CNN poll shows he had support of less than one half of one percent of Republican primary voters.
"Today I believe that I am bein... | Once considered a front-runner, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has decided to end his campaign for US president amid dwindling contributions and plummeting poll numbers. | 34317758 |
Messi and his father Jorge, who manages his financial affairs, are accused of defrauding Spain of more than €4m (£3m; $4.5m) between 2007 and 2009.
The authorities allege that the two used tax havens in Belize and Uruguay to conceal earnings from image rights.
The Spanish tax agency is demanding heavy fines and prison ... | The trial of Argentina and Barcelona footballer Lionel Messi on tax fraud charges has begun in Spain. | 36416029 |
A passenger train crashed into the back of a goods train at high speed at about 23:00 (21:00 GMT), said Belgium's rail infrastructure manager, Infrabel.
The two trains were on the same track, a spokesman for Infrabel said.
A local mayor said the passenger train was in a terrible state and it was fortunate there were no... | At least three people have been killed and nine injured in a train crash in the Belgian town of Hermalle-sous-Huy, near Liege, reports say. | 36457186 |
It's hardly been a roller coaster of a ride for voters there in recent years, with Liberal Democrat John Pugh representing the seaside town since 2001, winning with a majority of more than 6,000 in 2010.
Once a safe Conservative seat, it's been sunshine yellow for most of the last 30 years apart from the five years bet... | There's a trip to sunny Southport in store as BBC Radio Merseyside hosts the second of its three general election debates. | 32416830 |
Officers' suspicions were heightened by the diminutive figure wearing a fleece in hot weather, Spanish media report.
On closer inspection the "passenger" was also wearing sunglasses, headphones and a rather large baseball cap.
Car-share or carpool lanes have been introduced in some cities to prioritise vehicles with tw... | Spain's civil guard force has caught a driver travelling in the high-occupancy lane of a busy road near Madrid, accompanied only by a child-sized doll. | 36601656 |
More than 2,450 drugs tests will be done at the Sochi Winter Olympics, up from 2,149 at Vancouver 2010.
"We don't seem to be rife with match-fixing and illegal betting but doping is a problem," Reedie told BBC Radio.
"I think we can win battles, I question whether we can ever win the war. But the more battles we win, h... | Doping is the biggest threat to Olympic sport, according to World Anti-Doping Agency president Sir Craig Reedie. | 26019739 |
Members of the British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) said talks had been held to try to resolve the row.
The union said proposals to mitigate pilot fatigue would now be put to members in a ballot.
Brian Strutton, Balpa's general secretary, said it did not mean the dispute was over, but "sufficient progress" had be... | Easyjet pilots have suspended their plans to strike, while new proposals on tackling fatigue are considered. | 37456624 |
Tom Wagg, 17, a student at Newcastle-under-Lyme School, said he was "hugely excited" by his discovery.
He was 15 years old when he spotted the planet while doing work experience at Keele University and it took two years to prove its existence.
The planet does not have a name yet and a competition has been launched to f... | A planet 1,000 light-years away has been found by a schoolboy from Staffordshire. | 33084474 |
Ross Allum scored twice in two minutes to give the SPFL newcomers a surprise lead but the Premiership side hit back to prevail 4-2.
Highland League Cove Rangers dished out a 3-0 lesson to Montrose, leapfrogging the League Two side in Group D.
Cowdenbeath picked up their first points of the competition with a 2-0 win ov... | Hamilton Academical recovered from 2-0 down to avoid an embarrassing League Cup result at Edinburgh City. | 36910499 |
Keshi said an un-named agent submitted his name without his knowledge for a job as Ivory Coast coach.
For his part Enyeama says he thought his case closed after apologising for his "uncomplimentary remarks" about security in Kaduna.
His comments came ahead of of June's Africa Cup of Nations tie against Chad.
The NFF fe... | Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi and keeper Vincent Enyeama have defended themselves following Tuesday's football federation (NFF) disciplinary hearings. | 33254349 |
The Scottish champions host the Israeli side in Wednesday's first leg.
Celtic have lost at the play-off stage in the last two seasons, consigning them to the Europa League group stage.
"We're very calm but we understand that there'll be moments when we have to cope with the pressure, I see no reason why the players can... | Brendan Rodgers is confident Celtic can cope with the pressure of the Champions League play-off against Hapoel Beer Sheva and reach the group stage. | 37099551 |
The council has produced a blueprint to restructure its organisations to give more power to the staff closest to the communities they serve.
But this could place a question mark over the roles of hundreds of middle managers.
Councillors will debate the proposals next week before they go out to consultation with unions.... | Proposals have been revealed for a radical shake-up of the way council services in Edinburgh are run. | 30333919 |
Jake Bilardi, an 18-year-old Muslim convert, left Australia last year and flew via Turkey to Iraq.
An image emerged on Wednesday purportedly showing him behind the wheel of a white van with the caption "may God accept him".
The Australian government said it had not been able to confirm the reports.
But Prime Minister T... | A Melbourne schoolboy who travelled to the Middle East to fight with Islamic State (IS) has reportedly died in a suicide attack in Iraq. | 31843885 |
Iram Shahzad, 32, admitted two charges at St Albans Crown Court after Spencer Bell was killed as he tried to help a man who had fallen from a bridge.
Mr Bell, 71, died instantly when he was struck by Shahzad's car, in January last year.
Shahzad was sentenced to 14 months imprisonment, suspended for two years.
The court... | A woman who killed a Good Samaritan when she struck him in her car on the M1 motorway has admitted causing death by careless driving. | 32359081 |
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Halifax said they had received a total of 2,384 applications, potentially worth £365m in mortgages.
The scheme is designed to encourage lenders to offer mortgages with deposits as low as 5%.
But critics are concerned it could help to create a UK housing bubble.
RBS and its subsidiary Na... | Two major lenders have reported a strong uptake in the first month of the government's extended Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme. | 24892649 |
Barclays Bank in Wimborne Road, was raided at 10:30 BST on Tuesday.
The robber, who is thought to be in his early 20s, escaped on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash after threatening staff, Dorset Police said.
He is pictured wearing a motorcycle crash helmet with a red, white and black pattern on it.
The suspect i... | CCTV images of a man who stole money from a bank in Bournemouth while wearing a "distinctive" crash helmet have been released. | 32603723 |
Senior judges heard a challenge last month from campaigners who argue Prime Minister Theresa May does not have the power to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty without MPs' approval.
The PM has promised to trigger Article 50 by the end of March 2017.
Its author, Lord Kerr, has told the BBC he believed it was "not ir... | The High Court is to rule on whether the government can begin the formal process of leaving the European Union without consulting Parliament. | 37855207 |
The group, including a former vice-president and two ex-foreign ministers, were arrested after calling for reform.
"We've had no contact since he's been arrested," ex-Foreign Minister Haile Woldetensae's brother told the BBC.
An Eritrean official said the 11 had "committed serious crimes against the national security o... | The Eritrean government should release 11 former senior political figures held without trial for almost 10 years, Amnesty International says. | 14945646 |
Several stories have emerged of people helping others escape the carnage as the attack raged on Saturday.
Satpal was at Westgate for a business meeting, close to a children's cooking competition going on in the complex's car park.
As gunshots and explosions began to ring out in the complex, Mr Singh ran downstairs to s... | Amid the horrific scenes of the victims of the attack on the Westgate shopping complex in Nairobi, there have also been instances of heroism. | 24240406 |
More than 100 people were injured in the truck bomb attack in the western city of Zliten, the deadliest since the 2011 fall of Muammar Gaddafi.
IS also said it killed seven people in a separate suicide bomb attack on Thursday at the oil port of Ras Lanuf.
Libya has descended into chaos since the overthrow of Gaddafi.
I... | The Islamic State group (IS) says it was behind a bomb attack which targeted a police training centre in Libya on Thursday, killing at least 65 people. | 35267541 |
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The game's reputation had taken a battering by so many high-profile withdrawals from the Rio Olympics and Rory McIlroy's frank disdain for golf's return to the Games.
As a result, there seemed little sympathy for golf from the wider sporting public as play got under way at... | After so many negative headlines in the build-up, the classic Open duel between Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson was just what golf needed. | 36825127 |
Police divers recovered the bodies of Damien Little and his two sons from Port Lincoln's Boston Bay on Monday.
Local media said Little, believed to be in his 30s, posted a long suicide note to social media that was later deleted.
Members of the "tight-knit" Port Lincoln community have built a memorial of flowers and to... | A South Australian community is in mourning after a popular young father drove off a jetty at high speed with his two children in the car. | 35229002 |
The 31-year-old 800m and 1500m athlete from Cornwall competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2008 Olympics.
"I won't be able to run until at least April and then it's qualifying. It's a big ask," she told BBC Radio Cornwall.
"This was going to be my last push to make a real go at the Olympics - there was a real opp... | Great Britain middle distance runner Jemma Simpson says she will need a "miracle" to make the Rio Olympic Games after rupturing a tendon in her foot. | 35232035 |
A government proposal for a monument commemorating the German occupation of March 1944, has prompted critics to accuse it of trying to rewrite history, and deflect attention from Hungary's role as an ally of Germany up until that point, and its role in the Holocaust.
The proposal was announced just a day after an elect... | Hungary has been gripped by an intense public debate on the role of the country during World War Two. | 25864058 |
Officers were called to reports of a collision involving a tram and a pedestrian at the Metrolink stop in Monsall at about 06.20 GMT on Sunday.
The 25-year-old man was taken to hospital with serious leg injuries.
Manchester Metrolink tweeted that "due to a medical emergency" there are no trams operating between Manches... | A man has suffered serious leg injuries after being hit by a tram in Greater Manchester. | 38949056 |
Caradoc Evans's book My People: Stories of the Peasantry of West Wales pulled no punches in its depiction of a cruel, patriarchal Welsh-speaking community, obsessed with status, reputation and the rigid rules of the Chapel.
The work was lauded in England, but in Wales the knives were out for its author, with the Wester... | One hundred years ago, a slim collection of short stories turned an unknown Welsh writer into public enemy number one. | 34642908 |
"They are behaving in a very, very dangerous manner and something will have to be done about it," he said.
But he moderated his comments, saying: "We'll just take a look at what happens over the coming weeks and months."
Pyongyang tested an intercontinental ballistic missile with the potential to hit the US state of Al... | US President Donald Trump has warned North Korea that he is considering a "pretty severe" response following the country's long-range missile test. | 40518287 |
Last year the church acknowledged that a woman had been sexually abused by the late George Bell in the 1940s and 1950s when she was a child.
It apologised and paid compensation to the victim.
Campaigners supporting the bishop said the case should be reopened as there was "a strong case for his defence".
Dr Ruth Hildebr... | More than 2,000 people have signed a petition calling for the Church of England to re-examine the case against a former Bishop of Chichester. | 37703357 |
Berlin-based Security Research Labs fooled the equipment using a mould it had previously created to spoof the sensor on Apple's iPhone 5S.
The researchers said they were concerned that thieves could exploit the flaw in Samsung's device to trigger money transfers via PayPal.
The payments firm played down the risk.
"Whil... | The fingerprint sensor on Samsung's Galaxy S5 handset has been hacked less than a week after the device went on sale. | 27050779 |
But the 12-point plan may still form the basis of a new deal, if diplomacy spearheaded by France and Germany this week bears fruit.
What was in the 12-point plan agreed in the Belarusian capital?
The number of casualties fell sharply in the days immediately after the ceasefire. But within weeks the fighting had intensi... | Heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine has scuppered a ceasefire deal agreed between Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels in Minsk on 5 September. | 29162903 |
The report claimed more than 1,000 Russians benefitted from a state-sponsored doping programme.
It heightened calls for the country to be banned from hosting major events.
But Wada's legal team has written to sports' international federations to inform them of "certain discrepancies".
The independent study, by lawyer R... | The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) says it still has "full confidence" in a report into Russian doping despite "discrepancies" in the supporting evidence. | 38852377 |
Charity Bristol Mediation has been given £10,000 of public money to "bring road users together".
But doubts about the plan have united some. Cyclist Hugh Marshall called it a "cosmetic exercise" and the Alliance of British Drivers said "it's a joke".
The council said it looked forward to "seeing positive results".
Bri... | Cyclists and drivers are being asked to find ways to share Bristol's "congested streets" without resorting to road rage. | 34400851 |
James Marland, 33, fled from Cheshunt Police Station in Hertfordshire pursued by a helicopter and seven patrol cars.
He reached 100mph (161km/h) and was the wrong side of a dual carriageway for seven miles, St Albans Crown Court heard.
He admitted dangerous driving, threats to kill and assault and was jailed for 42 mon... | A handcuffed prisoner who took a police car and lead officers on a 39-mile (63km) pursuit has been jailed. | 38782655 |
Somerset County Council's Northern Inner Distributor Road (NIDR) was meant to be completed by March 2014.
The council has blamed the delay on a bridge being redesigned but did not confirm if costs will go up. The road will now open at the end of next year.
Independent county councillor Mike Rigby said: "Clearly somethi... | A Somerset politician has cited concern over delays and increasing costs of a £21m road scheme in Taunton. | 34983062 |
The 21-year-old has played all seven games for the League Two club since his arrival at the start of October.
He scored his first career goal in a 3-2 home win against Leyton Orient and has helped the club climb from 21st to 15th in the division.
Hancox has made a total of 40 appearances for Birmingham since making his... | Defender Mitch Hancox has extended his loan spell at Crawley Town from Birmingham City into a second month. | 34702637 |
It includes plans to offer digital skills to millions of individuals, charities and businesses by 2020.
It also plans to create five international technology hubs in emerging markets to allow UK companies to maintain their global edge.
Experts said the strategy was lacking in detail.
Secretary of State for Culture, Med... | The government has launched its plan to keep the UK at the forefront of the digital revolution in the wake of its impending exit from the European Union. | 39114696 |
The deaths began last week after a man in Punjab province bought the treats to celebrate the birth of his son.
He and 11 other relatives are among the dead - in all 77 people were affected. Five remain in a serious condition.
Police have arrested two owners of a local sweetshop and one of their employees while the sour... | At least 23 people have died from eating contaminated sweets in central Pakistan, police say. | 36127892 |
Those are some of the words Felicity McKee from Armagh uses to describe living with a personality disorder.
The 25-year-old social anthropology student at Queen's University received the dual diagnosis of an eating disorder and what is known as Borderline Personality Disorder five years ago.
She says that, while eating... | "Overwhelming, suffocating and a rollercoaster of emotions." | 38002765 |
Travis Frain was "hit head-on" by a car on Westminster Bridge as the attack began on Wednesday, suffering multiple fractures to his hand and leg.
Prince Charles paid a visit to the 19-year-old from Lancashire, who is recovering in King's College Hospital.
The Edge Hill University undergraduate posted a picture on Faceb... | The Prince of Wales has visited a student who was injured in the Westminster attack. | 39386044 |
The match will take place during a 10-day training camp ahead of the opening game of the World Cup against Australia in Melbourne on 27 October.
Wayne Bennett's team also face Lebanon and France in World Cup Group A.
England honed their preparations with five tries in a 30-10 victory over Samoa in Sydney last week.
Nat... | England will play a warm-up game in Perth against a team from the Affiliated States Championship before their first World Cup match in October. | 39914269 |
Subsets and Splits
Problematic short summaries
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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
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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.