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Heather Foggo, 48, became unwell during the Mighty Deerstalker event in the Scottish Borders on Saturday evening.
She was taken to Borders General Hospital in Melrose by emergency crews but did not survive.
A spokesman for Rat Race Adventure Sports, which organised the event, said they were "extremely saddened".
"The p... | A woman who died after falling ill during a nighttime cross country race was a nurse from Morpeth in Northumberland. | 39253790 |
Joe Oxenbury, from Leamington Spa, was born six weeks premature with an upper limb deficiency in his left hand.
His father Chris said he had found out about 3D printing techniques on Facebook and contacted a network of volunteers to access the technology.
He said traditional prosthetic hands were very expensive and "mo... | A teenager born without fingers on his hand has had a £30 artificial version created for him on a 3D printer. | 31503342 |
Gillespie, who is a vegan, made the comments in an interview with the Yorkshire Post.
Wensleydale Creamery signed a two-year extension to its sponsorship of the Headingley side in April.
"I hope one day the dairy industry can be shut down. I think it's disgusting and wrong on so many levels," he said.
The former Austra... | Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie has risked upsetting one of the club's main sponsors after saying he "hopes one day the dairy industry can be shut down". | 36470031 |
In particular, Mr Kim's non-attendance at two high-profile public events - the 10 October anniversary of the establishment of the Korean Worker's Party, and the 9 September Foundation Day of the North Korean State - two signature days in the political calendar when the leader would be expected to make an appearance, ha... | Kim Jong-un, North Korea's 32-year-old leader, has been absent from public view for more than 38 days, prompting a flurry of speculation about the political stability of a regime notorious for its opaqueness and secrecy. | 29581342 |
The swoop came after a two-year undercover FBI investigation spanning four continents.
Operation Card Shop tracked those buying and selling information through a fake, FBI-run online forum on such "carding" schemes.
Twelve of the arrests were in the United States, with six in the UK.
All of the detained are men ranging... | At least 24 people in 13 countries have been arrested in a US-led sting operation targeting illegal trafficking of credit card information. | 18604492 |
Captain Jeff Davis, a spokesman, said 10 operatives were killed in a single strike on 3 February.
A second strike on 4 February killed Abu Hani al-Masri, who had close ties to the late al-Qaeda leader, he said.
Al-Masri is said to have set up and run al-Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan during the 1980s and 1990s.
He... | US forces killed 11 members of al-Qaeda in two air strikes near Idlib in Syria, this month, including a former ally of Osama Bin Laden, the Pentagon said. | 38915092 |
Burundi has been hit been by deadly protests and a failed coup since President Pierre Nkurunziza announced his bid for a third term in April.
Mr Nkurunziza has been under pressure from both African and Western governments to postpone elections.
Burundi's Foreign Minister Alain Nyamitwe told the BBC that elections would... | Burundi's government has postponed parliamentary and presidential elections that were due this month. | 33000523 |
The UK PM will focus on ways to track small sums of money used to finance "lone wolf" attacks, as well as large transfers, at the summit in Germany.
More must also be done to tackle the risk of foreign fighters "dispersing" from Iraq and Syria, she says.
The terror threat must be combated "from every angle", Mrs May is... | There must be no "safe spaces" for terrorist funding in the global financial system, Theresa May will tell a meeting of the G20 on Friday. | 40525277 |
They will be held on a "challenging 75km single-lap course".
It is part of the "ever popular" Selkirk Mountain Bike Marathon open cycling event on 2 May.
A British Cycling spokesman said Selkirk had "rapidly become the home" of the championships and had a "fine reputation for the excellence of its trails" as well as it... | The British Mountain Bike Marathon Championships are returning to the Borders town of Selkirk in May. | 30837306 |
The Aberdeenshire-based firm hopes to raise the money in six months.
Its Equity for Punks USA investment scheme is the fifth fundraising venture by the brewery, and its first in America.
BrewDog is currently constructing a new 100,000 sq ft brewery in Columbus, Ohio, which is scheduled to open later this year.
It will ... | Craft brewer BrewDog has launched a $50m (£38m) crowdfunding round to help fund major expansion plans in the US. | 36977427 |
Schools and hospital services have been closed in parts of northern England as emergency services continue try to make people safe.
Here is a selection of pictures capturing what happened as more than 1,000 people were evacuated, tens of thousands left without power and streets left underwater. | Storm Desmond, which has hit parts of northern England and Scotland, has caused huge damage. | 35024489 |
More than half a century after the infection first struck, he and a group of fellow polio survivors still meet up each week in the Short Strand Recreation Centre.
They play games, reminisce over a cup of tea and support each other in coping with the effects of a disease, which many people think doesn't exist anymore.
N... | At six-years-old, Bobby Doherty from Belfast wasn't playing or riding his bike - he was lying entombed in plaster from head-to-foot in Musgrave Park Hospital after contracting polio. | 39585023 |
The elderly woman can be seen in a picture posted on social media sitting in her wheelchair unattended.
Another passenger said she found the woman at a boarding gate alone.
She was reportedly left at 19:00 for an Easyjet flight which was delayed until 22:00 on Sunday.
A representative from OmniServ said: "We are gratef... | A firm employed at Edinburgh Airport to give special assistance to reduced mobility passengers has launched an investigation after a grandmother was reportedly left on her own for hours. | 36778427 |
Residents have also objected to Partnerships for Renewables' Cloich Forest scheme near Eddleston.
The company says the project could generate more than 60MW of electricity and up to £7m for the local community.
However, the MoD has concerns about its effects on the monitoring station at Eskdalemuir in Dumfries and Gal... | The Ministry of Defence has opposed plans for an 18-turbine wind farm in the Borders due to fears over its impact on a seismic monitoring station. | 20547145 |
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Shapovalov was fined $7,000 (£5,600) for his actions during a Davis Cup match with Great Britain's Kyle Edmund.
The 17-year-old trailed 6-3 6-4 2-1 when he struck the ball in anger and hit Arnaud Gabas, defaulting the match.
"I know how dangerous it can be to fire a ball,"... | Canada's Denis Shapovalov says he would not have been able to forgive himself if the umpire he hit in the eye with a ball had been seriously injured. | 38897801 |
Residents of a neighbourhood in the southside of Glasgow transformed their front windows for an evening arts trail.
The event on Saturday 25 February saw hundreds of people wandering around Strathbungo to enjoy the home-made window displays in many of the homes.
Window Wanderland was devised by a rtist Lucy Reeves, who... | All pictures are copyrighted. | 39101149 |
One of the waitresses, 24-year-old Yilin, is working a late shift. She moved to the capital from the nearby province of Hebei three years ago.
Yilin tells me she is in Beijing, like the other seven million migrant workers here, to earn money and improve her life.
"As an ordinary Chinese girl, I want a comfortable home ... | In an international restaurant in the centre of Beijing, diners are tucking into the self-service buffet of fish, noodles and dim sum. | 38290708 |
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Finn Kontinen and Guernsey's Watson beat Colombian Robert Farah and Anna-Lena Gronefeld of Germany 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 after Andy Murray won the men's final.
Earlier Gordon Reid won the men's wheelchair singles title and Jordanne Whiley the women's wheelchair doubles.
"I can't s... | Heather Watson and Henri Kontinen won the mixed doubles as Watson became the fourth British player to secure a title on Wimbledon's final day. | 36758692 |
He said Serbs "again gave us the honour to lead the government".
Mr Vucic called the poll early seeking a mandate to continue with reforms required to join the EU.
The Socialists are in second place with about 13%, while the ultra-nationalist Radical Party - which seeks closer ties with Russia - is third with 7%.
Radic... | Serbia's pro-EU PM Aleksandar Vucic has claimed victory in general elections after pollsters' projections showed his Progressive Party won 50% of the votes. | 36122928 |
Lady Charlotte Guest's translation of The Mabinogion tales in the 19th Century is now available as an application for the iPhone.
Revel Guest said the new "app" could bring her great grandmother's work to younger people.
Many of the tales are thought to be up to 1,000 years old.
Ms Guest, who lives in Powys, said: "The... | A descendant of the woman who first translated a group of medieval Welsh folk tales hopes technology will bring the stories to a whole new audience. | 10212852 |
But the broadcaster added it had not resulted in the "dramatic improvements" he had hoped for.
Marr travelled to Florida to try a new anti-inflammatory drug to help alleviate some of the effects of the stroke he suffered in January 2013.
He told the Press Association: "It hasn't been 'pick up thy bed and walk' but it h... | Andrew Marr has said a new treatment he has tried four years after a stroke has led to "subtle and useful changes". | 38339619 |
Those killed were celebrating Bastille Day, France's national day, on 14 July.
All the names of the victims were printed on the middle of the white shirts in a heart shape for Sunday's game, which Nice won 1-0.
There were no sponsors on the shirts despite ongoing contractual agreements.
Match ends, Nice 1, Rennes 0.
Se... | Nice wore a commemorative kit in their opening Ligue 1 fixture of the season in tribute to the 85 people killed when an attacker drove a lorry into a crowd in the city. | 37058600 |
The mistake, caused by a measuring error, affects about 24,000 runners who competed in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
UK Athletics will not now recognise times from those races, but the error was corrected in time for this year's marathon, which was held on 10 April.
A true marathon distance is 26 miles and 385 yards.
Marathon c... | Three years of Greater Manchester Marathon times have been declared invalid after the course was found to be 380m too short. | 36104638 |
The club says it will have more than 50,000 season ticket holders at the 60,000-capacity stadium, which was used at the London 2012 Olympics.
The Hammers are leaving the 35,000-capacity Boleyn Ground, more commonly known as Upton Park.
The final match at the stadium, against Manchester United, takes place on Tuesday ev... | West Ham have sold all of their season tickets for next season, when they move to the Olympic Stadium in east London. | 36245311 |
One soldier died immediately from the explosion on Tuesday while the others died later from their wounds.
A convoy of vehicles had been heading north from Gao to Tessalit when the mine exploded under the lead vehicle.
France has had troops in Mali since 2013 when it led an operation to oust jihadists who had seized the... | A landmine in Mali has killed three French soldiers on an operation in the north of the country, the French presidency says. | 36033622 |
Trayvon Martin, 17, was killed by neighbourhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, 28, while walking through a gated community in a suburb of Orlando.
Mr Zimmerman says he was acting in self-defence.
Benjamin Crump, a lawyer for the Martin family, used a news conference on Tuesday to call for his arrest.
A Florida grand... | The US Department of Justice has announced an investigation into the shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Florida in February. | 17441277 |
Westbound traffic has been diverted via the A48 Southern Distributor Road between M4 junctions 24 and 28.
The westbound carriageway, between Junction 25a and Junction 26 of the M4, will reopen at 06:00 BST on Monday.
Motorists have been warned there is "stop-start traffic" on M4 Westbound between the Coldra (junction 2... | The westbound side of the M4's Brynglas Tunnels at Newport is closed on Sunday as its 18-month upgrade continues. | 40317857 |
The research in Brazil traced nearly 3,500 babies, from all walks of life, and found those who had been breastfed for longer went on to score higher on IQ tests as adults.
Experts say the results, while not conclusive, appear to back current advice that babies should be exclusively breastfed for six months.
But they sa... | A long-term study has pointed to a link between breastfeeding and intelligence. | 31925449 |
Council workers and volunteers have started planting the trees across some 100 sq metres at Barkby Beach, Prestatyn.
The area lacks grass which holds the dunes together but it is hoped sand will cover the trees, giving reinforced ground on which to transplant grass.
The council said the beach was "an important area for... | About 300 discarded Christmas trees are being dug into Denbighshire sand dunes in a bid to stop their erosion. | 38682251 |
The world number one shook off a nervy start with the putter to move clear with a string of birdies on the front nine.
Woodland rallied on the inward half, but missed a critical short putt to win the 13th and cut the gap to one hole.
The pressure on McIlroy was released and the Northern Irishman sealed the title.
There... | Rory McIlroy won his first WGC Match Play title with a 4&2 victory over America's Gary Woodland. | 32577219 |
The claim: 1.7 million pensioners are living in poverty and a million in fuel poverty.
Reality Check verdict: The figure for pensioners who are defined as living in poverty in the UK is a bit higher than that at 1.9 million. There isn't a specific figure for the number of pensioners in fuel poverty in the UK but a mill... | Shadow chancellor John McDonnell spoke to BBC Radio 4's Today Programme on Friday about the Conservative manifesto pledge to means-test winter fuel payments. | 39975357 |
In its first report since being set up last year, the think tank identifies what needs to be done to "build a Northern Powerhouse".
"Many issues have been raised with us," said the authors, "but one challenge stood out: education."
Labour said George Osborne's policies as chancellor had harmed the North.
Mr Osborne sai... | "Urgent attention" must be given to improving education in the North of England, says George Osborne's Northern Powerhouse Partnership think tank. | 38854271 |
The International Kabaddi Federation said "this is not the right time to engage with Pakistan". The two-week-long event begins on Friday.
The neighbours last month accused each other of increasing hostilities along their de-facto border in Kashmir.
Kabaddi is a full-contact team sport which originated in India.
The cha... | Pakistan has been barred from the Kabaddi World Cup in India amid rising tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours. | 37561075 |
Donnelly missed the draw with Dublin due to a bang on the head sustained in the opening day win over Roscommon.
Mickey O'Neill replaces Niall Morgan in goal as part of manager Mickey Harte's rotational policy.
Mark Bradley is suspended so Ronan O'Neill comes in at corner forward.
Bradley received a straight red card ag... | All-Star Mattie Donnelly has been left on the Tyrone bench for Sunday's Football League Division One game against Cavan despite being cleared to play following a concussion protocol. | 39072972 |
It said Vodafone India, the country's second biggest mobile operator, was in negotiations with Idea Cellular, India's third largest network.
There was "no certainty" a deal would be agreed, Vodafone added.
Shares in the UK telecoms giant rose about 3% on Monday, making it the biggest riser on the FTSE 100 index.
India'... | Vodafone has said its Indian business is holding talks about a major merger which would create the country's largest telecoms firm. | 38793883 |
The Crown Office initially decided there was insufficient evidence against John Carignani, 41.
The child's mother then contacted Carignani and kept a letter, text messages and recordings of phone calls in which he admitted his guilt.
At the High Court in Edinburgh, he was jailed for four-and-a-half years.
Judge Lord Bo... | A man has been jailed for raping a 10-year-old girl after the victim's mother helped gather evidence against him. | 38600881 |
The Public Accounts Committee found a "lack of clarity" over the role of the Treasury, Downing Street and the Cabinet Office in reforming services.
Meanwhile, ministers had to overcome "resistance" among some civil servants to change, it added.
But the government said it had strengthened efficiency in Whitehall.
The co... | Taxpayers are getting poorer value for money from government projects because of "confusion" over decision-making, MPs have warned. | 29713443 |
The DJ, who turned 90 in May, will host his final episode of The Music Goes Round on Friday 28 October.
"I wasn't too well after my 90th birthday and it has been a bit difficult to carry on.
"So reluctantly, but I hope sensibly, I'm going to hang up my headphones at the end of October and say 'enough is enough,'" he to... | Veteran broadcaster Desmond Carrington is to leave BBC Radio 2, bringing his 70-year career to a close. | 37518086 |
Nyomi Fee, 28, and Rachel Fee, 31, deny killing Rachel's son Liam in a house near Glenrothes on 22 March 2014.
The couple also deny harming two other children.
During the second day of evidence at the High Court in Livingston the pair wept as a 999 call they made was played to the jury.
In the 999 call made shortly bef... | A trial has heard that a woman accused of murdering a two-year-old boy in Fife along with her civil partner, claimed the child was strangled by another boy. | 36025431 |
Here's a round-up of some things you might have missed:
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk. | Another busy week in the entertainment world has ended, including a setback for the Bros reunion, a fashionable tribute to George Michael and a new stage role for Daniel Radcliffe. | 39217396 |
Jeremy Hunt agreed to review plans to switch from a consultant to midwife-led service at Northallerton's Friarage Hospital at the request of North Yorkshire County Council.
After an initial assessment, he said the proposals, which led to protests including a petition, should go ahead.
The council said the decision was ... | Plans to downgrade maternity services at a North Yorkshire hospital will go ahead, the Health Secretary confirmed. | 27604309 |
Overall, there were 4.3% more flights booked to the UK in the 28 days following the vote than last year.
Bookings from Hong Kong leapt by 30.1%, while they were up by 9.2% from the US and 5% from Europe.
Travel researcher ForwardKeys said Brexit had had an "immediate, positive impact" on tourism to the UK.
The organisa... | Flight bookings to the UK jumped since June, driven by the sharp fall in the pound following the vote to leave the European Union. | 37009735 |
Blues are set to reveal their retained squad list in the week after Saturday's final game of the season.
"It's not an easy week but it's part of the moving forward process," 42-year-old Rowett told BBC WM 95.6.
"I've got to do it with a critical eye and a semi-ruthless mentality."
Rowett has seven players out of contra... | Birmingham City boss Gary Rowett says he will have to be a bit "ruthless" when it comes to deciding which players stay at the Championship club next season and which players will leave. | 36213983 |
They've gained new insights into how cells transport chemicals, the hormone insulin and the brain chemical serotonin, in a project that combined biophysics and mathematics.
It could one day have implications for the treatment of diseases like diabetes and neurological conditions.
Specialised cells in locations like our... | Researchers at Heriot-Watt university are challenging existing theories about the workings of some of our bodies' most important cells. | 39020285 |
The fighting saw the highest concentration of Scots involved in any World War One campaign.
Of the 120 battalions that took part at Arras, 44 of them were Scottish.
Descendants of troops will join schoolchildren from across Scotland for the commemorations at Arras and Edinburgh Castle.
Arras was fought from 9 April to ... | Events in Edinburgh and France are being held to mark the centenary of the Battle of Arras, in which 18,000 Scots died. | 39500498 |
Capital World Markets (CWM) is also being investigated by City of London Police for money laundering and false representation, the force said.
The firm, based in the City's Heron Tower, was raided on 3 March and 10 men and three women were arrested.
CWM's website has been removed and it could not be contacted for comme... | A trading company partnered with Chelsea Football Club is under a police fraud investigation, which has so far involved 13 arrests. | 32072344 |
About 20ft (6m) of lead drain pipework was stolen from the Black Barge Beach side of Portland Castle in Dorset.
It is unclear when the offenders struck as the theft was only discovered on Friday evening, police said.
English Heritage, which manages the attraction, said the seaside fort was built in the early 1540s to p... | A castle dating back to King Henry VIII's reign has been targeted by thieves. | 33971021 |
Tia, 13, from Swansea, was among a group who trailed the new technology, which allows them to upload pictures to monitor their ulcers.
Other features include a countdown timer to remind patients when they need to move to relieve pressure.
The app was developed with Welsh Government funding.
It was created by Abertawe B... | A schoolgirl with spina bifida has helped test a new app that could improve the way nurses treat patients with pressure ulcers. | 40398393 |
People applauded and threw flowers as the cortege passed slowly through Heckmondwike and Batley earlier.
The mother of two young children died on 16 June after being shot and stabbed outside a library in Birstall.
Amongst the mourners were school children, who held white roses as the cortege passed by.
People also left... | Hundreds of people have paid their respects to Labour MP Jo Cox's Batley and Spen constituency ahead of a private family funeral service. | 36805220 |
Ignacio Echeverría, 39, saw the attack unfolding at London Bridge on Saturday night, and rushed to help the woman.
Friends with him at the time told his family what had happened.
Reports say Mr Echeverría is not listed among the dead. His sister has gone to London hospitals, but there is no news of him being among the ... | A Madrid man is missing in London after he used his skateboard against one of the jihadists, who was stabbing a woman, Spanish media report. | 40156960 |
It is the only machine known to have been personally sold by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, from a garage in California in 1976.
Fewer than 50 Apple 1 computers are now believed to be in existence.
Yet despite its rarity, the machine was sold at way below auction house Christie's estimate of $400,000-$600,000.
In October... | A fully operational Apple 1 computer has been sold at auction for $365,000 (£230,000). | 30447563 |
The Gabon international, 23, made 42 appearances for Juve in two seasons, moving on loan from Marseille in 2015 before a £7.5m move last summer.
The Saints will pay an initial £15.4m with the rest depending on his success at the club.
He becomes Mauricio Pellegrino's second signing of the summer.
Saints vice-chairman L... | Southampton have signed Juventus midfielder Mario Lemina in a club record deal worth up to £18.1m (20m euros) on a five-year deal. | 40841080 |
Ond wrth gofnodi rheithfarn naratif yn achos Carole Ann Denby, 63 oed o Bontiets, ychwanegodd Mark Layton nad oedd yn gallu bod yn bendant mai dyma oedd ei bwriad.
Cafodd Mrs Denby lawdriniaeth ar ei ffêr yn 2009, a bu'n cwyno am boen yr oedd yn honni oedd yn cael ei achosi gan sgriw a gafodd ei gadael yn y broses.
Ond... | Mae crwner wedi dweud ei fod yn fodlon bod dynes o Sir Gaerfyrddin, oedd yn honni i sgriw gael ei gadael yn ei chorff ar ôl llawdriniaeth, wedi lladd ei hun. | 40430929 |
He is expected to tell MPs on Wednesday that the threshold at which the tax is levied will rise for couples from £650,000 after April 2017.
Writing in The Times, PM David Cameron and Mr Osborne said those who worked for their homes should be able to pass them on to family members.
The move fulfils a key pledge made in ... | Chancellor George Osborne's Budget is to confirm the end of inheritance tax on family homes worth up to £1m. | 33393480 |
Delphi Diesel Systems has confirmed it will gradually wind down manufacturing operations at its Sudbury site as a "result of predicted falls in the demand for diesel vehicles".
The US-owned company makes diesel fuel injectors and filters for commercial vehicles at the plant.
The Unite union said it understood the owner... | An engineering firm is to close a plant in Suffolk with the loss of 520 jobs by mid-2020. | 40825662 |
PC Christopher Guest, of West Midlands Police, inadvertently left expletives on Alex Faragher's phone after she was not at home to give a statement, a misconduct hearing heard.
He was given a final written warning, while his colleague PC Cavan O'Connell was given a written warning.
Ms Faragher said she was disappointed... | Two police officers involved in leaving an abusive voicemail on a crime victim's phone will keep their jobs. | 34651290 |
Geddel Vieira Lima, a former cabinet minister, had been in charge of Mr Temer's relations with Congress.
Prosecutors say Mr Vieira Lima tried to block investigations into state bank Caixa Economica Federal. There was no immediate comment from Mr Vieira Lima.
Mr Temer is fighting a corruption crisis that has shaken his ... | Brazilian police have arrested a close ally of President Michel Temer as part of a corruption investigation into a government-controlled bank. | 40489987 |
Yes, according to the latest data from the country's National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
A total of 11,744 farmers ended their lives in India in 2013, down from 13,754 farmers in 2012.
Most farm suicides have been linked to debt, a sharp rise in input costs, serious water crises, price volatility and crop failure due... | Are fewer farmers killing themselves in India today? | 28205741 |
Philando Castile was shot while in his car, and his girlfriend broadcast a Facebook Live video-stream showing him covered in blood with a police officer pointing his gun at him.
[At the start, the video shows the driver conscious, but bleeding heavily and moving his head slowly.]
Woman: "Stay with me...[addresses camer... | The aftermath of a police shooting in the US state of Minnesota appears to have been filmed by the victim's girlfriend. | 36733681 |
3 March 2017 Last updated at 14:42 GMT
The attack in Melton Mowbray on Wednesday afternoon was caught on CCTV.
Police said the man fled with "a quantity" of cash from the shop to a car parked nearby.
The woman, who worked at the shop, was treated in hospital for a cut to her head.
Officers said the attack could be link... | A man with an axe has attacked and injured a woman in a robbery at a convenience store. | 39155494 |
Two tries from Oliver Gildart, plus scores by Joe Burgess, George Williams and Joel Tomkins established a 26-0 half-time lead for the Warriors.
Salford battled back after the break, with ex-York hooker Kriss Brining crossing for a debut touchdown.
Tries by Junior Sa'u and Michael Dobson gave Salford hope, but Wigan hun... | Champions Wigan made a winning start to their Super League title defence despite a determined second-half fightback by Salford. | 38897043 |
9 December 2015 Last updated at 08:48 GMT
After the first goal fans are asked to chuck stuffed toys onto the ice rink. And this year was a bumper year...
Jordy Stallard's second period marker triggered a record-setting avalanche of 28,815 teddy bears.
The annual Teddy Bear Toss has got bigger each year, and it's not ju... | Every year hockey fans in Canada take part in one of the weirdest sporting traditions. | 35048711 |
Celtic lost 2-1 at home to Ajax on Thursday, ensuring they will finish bottom of Group A.
"We haven't been good enough in the small details," Deila said.
"We're going to be ready next year. That's the message to all the fans, and that's the task that I have and everybody in this club has."
Celtic, who face Fenerbahce i... | Manager Ronny Deila said Celtic will be "ready" to compete in the Champions League next season despite their exit at the Europa League group stages. | 34940054 |
Optometry student Vithiya Alphons was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia after returning for her final year in 2015 and needed a stem cell transplant.
Despite a global appeal, no suitable donor was found and doctors were forced to use her mother's cells.
Miss Alphons took a year out to recover and has now finished ... | A student who was told she had just months to live after an aggressive cancer diagnosis graduated from Cardiff University on Tuesday. | 40635544 |
The prime minister raised the subject during talks with US President Barack Obama at the White House.
Critics of existing rules say they make the extradition of UK nationals easier as the US authorities have to produce less evidence to support their case.
But a senior judge reviewing it in 2011 found it was fair to Bri... | David Cameron has said he wants to review how extradition arrangements are working between the UK and US in the light of recent controversial cases. | 17370772 |
The sky was clear enough over areas of Sutherland and Wester Ross, while fog spoiled views from other places.
During the night, Lancaster University's AuroraWatch UK issued a red alert for chances of seeing the Northern Lights.
The alert, the space weather organisation's highest, was triggered by detection equipment in... | Displays of the Aurora Borealis were visible from parts of Scotland on Monday night. | 39416984 |
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The manner of victory was exhilarating, the unity between fans and players uplifting and the result perhaps the greatest in Welsh football history.
For manager Chris Coleman, the strongest emotion was one of pride.
"I'm immensely proud of nights like tonight, when you see ... | Wales' historic Euro 2016 campaign has been a heady emotional cocktail and the win against Russia was perhaps the most stirring yet. | 36579211 |
The investigation found the crew of the AC-130 gunship mistook the clinic for a nearby government building that had been seized by Taliban fighters.
At least 30 civilians were killed in the 3 October attack, amid a campaign to retake Kunduz from Taliban forces.
MSF said the report demonstrates "gross negligence" by the... | A US aircraft attacked a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) clinic in the Afghan city of Kunduz because of "human error", a US military inquiry said. | 34925237 |
The balcony collapsed in Berkeley, California, on 16 June last year.
Seven other Irish students were critically injured.
Nancy O'Malley has said there is "insufficient evidence" to bring criminal manslaughter charges.
The California District Attorney said it was not a decision that she "came to lightly" and was the "cu... | The Californian district attorney investigating a balcony collapse that killed five Irish students and one Irish-American has said she will not be bringing any criminal charges in connection with the incident. | 35921488 |
Ross McMullan's then home in Whitburn, in West Lothian, was searched and police found more than 30 kilos of the Class B drug in tubs inside shop bags.
McMullan, 32, was seen on 9 January outside the house in Townhead Gardens carrying the bags from a vehicle.
He was later spotted at another location in Whitburn and deta... | A drug trafficker has admitted having amphetamine worth more than £300,000 when police spotted him carrying heavy shopping bags in West Lothian. | 40508183 |
Assistant coach Orr, 39, has been in the Cas backroom team since his retirement as a player in 2012.
Sheridan, 42, also assistant coach, previously worked alongside Tigers head coach Daryl Powell at Featherstone.
Head of strength and conditioning Cooper follows head physio Matty Crowther in penning a new contract.
Powe... | Castleford Tigers have given new deals to coaches Danny Orr, Ryan Sheridan and Ben Cooper to keep them at the Super League leaders until the end of 2020. | 40165813 |
A drug called mephedrone was causing so many health problems its importation had been banned in Guernsey, while the Jersey authorities had criminalised its possession and supply, pre-empting the Home Office, which was still in the process of taking advice on whether the drug should be controlled in the UK under the 197... | Six years ago this month, I reported from the Channel Islands on a disturbing new phenomenon. | 35742930 |
Education and Skills Minister Huw Lewis told the Senedd he would support plans to rebrand the subject as "religion, philosophy and ethics" last month.
The Welsh government said a new curriculum could help "develop respect and understanding for other cultures".
But what difference would the potential shake-up make to ho... | Proposals to "rename" Religious Education in Wales have raised concerns from faith groups. | 33789420 |
Rubble fell down the 30m-high (100ft) cliff in East Cliff on 24 April and partially engulfed the Edwardian funicular carriages.
Bournemouth Borough Council said the carriages had been removed but work to stabilise the slope was continuing.
Environment boss Larry Austin said "all options" were being looked at for reinst... | A cliff railway which was damaged by a landslide in Bournemouth will not reopen this summer, a council has said. | 36584865 |
The 51-year-old and joint assistant boss Craig Shakespeare only signed new contracts with the Premier League champions in May.
Former PE teacher and Chelsea scout Walsh has been credited with helping discover bargain signings Riyad Mahrez and midfielder N'Golo Kante.
Chelsea paid £30m for Kante last week.
Mahrez joined... | Leicester City assistant manager and head of recruitment Steve Walsh is close to joining Premier League rivals Everton. | 36841710 |
The pride of lions was rounded up after a teenager was dragged from his village, killed and partially eaten.
Two other people have also been killed in the last two months, though officials say such attacks are rare.
The Asiatic lions, classed as endangered, are amongst more than 500 who live in Gir forest in Gujarat.
G... | Forestry officials in India have caught and caged 13 Asiatic lions in western India after at least three people were killed by them. | 36362190 |
More than 95% of reported dumped rubbish was cleaned up within five days during 2013/14.
This is compares with just over 92% the previous year and 91.3% in 2011/12.
Blaenau Gwent was the best performer in Wales, with a 100% clear-up rate within five days.
The figures are included in the latest national performance stat... | Councils in Wales are getting better at clearing up fly-tipping, according to latest figures from the Welsh government. | 30612952 |
25 May 2016 Last updated at 04:17 BST
The BBC has found evidence of children working at every stage of the tobacco production process in Indonesia - the world's fifth-largest producer.
In a report released on Wednesday, Human Rights Watch claims that thousands of children are working in hazardous conditions in the toba... | Some of the world's biggest tobacco companies are buying their products from farms that employ child workers. | 36375761 |
15 March 2017 Last updated at 22:08 GMT
With the explosion of social networking that figure could increase, but is it something students and schools are well enough prepared for?
School reporters at St Patrick's College in Maghera have been investigating.
This report was originally broadcast as part of BBC News School ... | Figures released by the NSPCC in November showed that online or cyber bullying had increased by 88% in the last five years. | 39286854 |
The injured man was discovered in Elizabeth Street, in the city's Cessnock area, near Ibrox, at about 00:20 on Tuesday.
Emergency services attended but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police Scotland said a 27-year-old man had been detained in connection with the death. He was due to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Cour... | A man has been arrested in connection with the death of another man found seriously hurt in a Glasgow street. | 35479215 |
The benchmark Shanghai Composite surged as much as 8% on Monday morning following a weekend of emergency meetings and more attempts to correct the volatility. It finished the trading day up 2.4%.
Here is how Chinese authorities have reacted so far:
It was all hands on deck over the weekend in a blizzard of emergency me... | Mainland shares have seen several days of erratic trade in recent weeks - despite moves by the Chinese securities regulator to calm markets. | 33405199 |
Information about 2,743 individuals was sent to 77 people in an email attachment by mistake last month.
The authority has apologised and the member of staff involved has resigned.
Sunderland-based law firm Ben Hoare Bell said it was seeking compensation for an undisclosed number of families that had suffered "real dist... | Newcastle City Council is facing legal action after the details of thousands of children and their adoptive parents were leaked in a party invitation. | 40686496 |
Alex Younger said UK intelligence and security services had disrupted 12 terrorist plots since June 2013.
He said many of the threats came from ungoverned spaces in the Middle East - namely Iraq and Syria.
Mr Younger also warned that "hybrid warfare", which included cyber-attacks and subverting democracy, was becoming ... | The scale of the terrorism threat to the UK is "unprecedented", the head of MI6 has said. | 38250432 |
Chief Constable David Crompton, of South Yorkshire Police, said motorway users and the emergency services would be endangered by the new arrangements.
Changes are planned between junctions 32 and 3 in South Yorkshire.
Robert Goodwill, roads minister, said the plan would "boost the local economy and maintain or improve ... | Allowing motorists to drive on the hard shoulder of the M1 motorway permanently will cause "a serious accident", a high-ranking police officer has said. | 25885704 |
Andrew Salt, 22, who has been described as being in a fragile mental state, was dropped off in Portsmouth on Monday.
He said he was going to visit a friend but failed to return home the next day.
Brittany Ferries have confirmed he travelled to the port of St Malo. His mother, who is now in France, called his actions "t... | The family of a missing student who caught a ferry to France without telling them, have travelled to the country in a bid to find him. | 35985425 |
The clubhouse of Sean Dolan's in Creggan was destroyed in a fire in the early hours of 28 December 2011.
The PSNI were disciplined in 2014 after a Police Ombudsman investigation found officers had failed to properly investigate the blaze.
The club said it is now looking forward to a new era after a £800,000 investment... | A Derry GAA club which was burnt to the ground in an arson attack five years ago is set to re-open this weekend. | 37503657 |
The 52-year-old was walking on Featherstall Road near to Whitelees Road, Littleborough at about 22:10 BST on Thursday when he was struck by a silver Mitsubishi Shogun.
The car crashed into a lamppost which went through a house window. No-one in the house was injured.
A "number of men" got out of the car and ran off, po... | A man is in a critical condition after being knocked down by a hit-and-run driver in Rochdale, said police. | 33926199 |
Police believe the 17-year-old boy may have been held in a silver van during the ordeal.
The assault happened in Selbourne Square just before 14:30 BST on Saturday. Police do not believe it was a random attack.
A woman in her 30s and a 14-year-old boy also sustained minor injuries during the incident.
Following the att... | A teenager has suffered serious head and face injuries in an assault by three men in Godstone, Surrey. | 36009367 |
The corridors of the Lords are humming with rumour about the prospect that next week peers will be invited to strike down the government's tax credit cuts. And today it was reported that the government would hit back by either "suspending" the House of Lords or by creating yet more Conservative peers to give it a bette... | Is the House of Lords about to go nuclear against the government; will it face massive retaliation if it does? | 34582524 |
MK Dons midfielder Samir Carruthers and James Collins, who was on loan to Northampton Town, appeared to relieve themselves on a balcony in March.
They apologised for their actions, which saw the pair pour the contents of the glass over the balcony.
Collins can appeal against the ban in two years and Carruthers in a yea... | Two footballers who were photographed apparently urinating into a glass at Cheltenham Festival have been banned from all racecourses in the UK. | 37161115 |
A witness in the Rotherham child sexual exploitation trial said Karen McGregor, 58, told her to "earn her keep" while being fed and clothed at her home.
Ms MacGregor is standing trial in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of children in Rotherham over a period of more than 10 years.
She and six other defendants d... | A woman accused of forcing young girls have sex with older men "wanted to pimp everyone", a court has been told. | 35093487 |
The weapon was one of a pair of daggers discovered by British archaeologist Howard Carter in 1925 within the burial wrappings of the teenaged king.
The origin of its unrusted iron blade has baffled scientists because such metalwork was rare in ancient Egypt.
Tutankhamun was mummified more than 3,300 years ago.
Italian ... | A dagger entombed alongside the mummy of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was made with iron that came from a meteorite, researchers say. | 36432635 |
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If you have a picture you'd like to share, email us at england@bbc.co.uk, post it on Facebook or tweet it to @BBCEngland. You can also find us o... | Each day we feature a photograph sent in from across England. | 39923623 |
Earlier police ordered everyone off the Paris-bound train and evacuated seven station platforms.
Train operator Thalys said police had the situation "under control" and passengers were not at risk.
Last month passengers overpowered a gunman aboard an Amsterdam-Paris Thalys train in northern France.
It is not yet clear ... | Dutch police have arrested a man who had locked himself inside a toilet aboard a Thalys train at Rotterdam central station, Dutch reports say. | 34288356 |
Mark Drakeford said the devolved administrations had "anxieties" about the joint ministerial committee (JMC) set up by the UK government.
It met on Thursday for the first time since Theresa May said the UK should leave the European single market.
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said there was "common ground" on free trade.... | Ministers in Wales need to be given confidence their views on Brexit are making a difference, the finance secretary has said. | 38677739 |
The referee stopped the fight in round 10 on the advice of the doctor, who said Blackwell was unable to continue because of swelling over his left eye.
He was taken to hospital on a stretcher and is currently in an induced coma.
A scan on Sunday revealed no increase in the pressure on his brain.
Blackwell's promoters, ... | Surgeons are not planning to operate on Nick Blackwell after he suffered a bleed on the brain following his British middleweight title defeat by Chris Eubank Jr in London on Saturday. | 35907678 |
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The exhibition game saw France great Thierry Dusautoir and his fellow back row Roger Wilson kicking conversions in their final games before retirement.
Ulster debutants Mark Keane and Callum Patterson both scored first-half tries.
But two tries from both Waisea Nayacalevu ... | The Barbarians fought back from an early 14-0 deficit to beat Ulster in Thursday's match at Kingspan Stadium. | 40111413 |
Froome has been subjected to sustained scrutiny since his Tour win in 2013, with some sceptics using power data to justify their case against him.
The 30-year-old Briton has always insisted he is a clean rider.
"We think someone has hacked into training data and got Chris's files," said Team Sky boss Sir Dave Brailsfor... | Team Sky believe their computers have been hacked by critics convinced Tour de France leader Chris Froome is using performance-enhancing drugs. | 33517897 |
The 25-year-old is founder of Egyptian company Recyclobekia, one of the first businesses in the Middle East to recycle electronic waste.
He set up the firm five years ago in the garage of his parents' house in Tanta, a city 90km (56 miles) north of capital Cairo.
At the time, Mr Hemdan was an engineering student, and t... | Mostafa Hemdan is making a good living turning rubbish into gold, but success has not come without hurdles. | 35304699 |
The 28-year-old joined the Spireites on a one-year deal in June and has scored seven goals in 24 appearances.
In October Evans was found not guilty, following a retrial, of raping a 19-year-old woman in a hotel room in 2011.
He was initially found guilty in 2012 and served two-and-a-half years of a five-year prison sen... | Chesterfield striker Ched Evans has signed a 12-month contract extension with the League One club. | 38639573 |
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Problematic short summaries
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Count Short Documents
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