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The 21-year-old is currently out on loan at Rotherham United, for whom he has yet to feature because of a hamstring injury. Morris spent last season with Scottish Premiership club Hamilton Academical, scoring eight goals in 33 games. Canaries boss Alex Neil said: "Carlton is a young player who we believe has plenty to ...
Norwich City striker Carlton Morris has signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract with the Championship side.
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The football championship was followed by the game Pokemon Go, the late singer David Bowie and US President-elect Donald Trump in its rankings. Google's list is based on words and phrases that stand out from the norm to get round the fact that an unfiltered version would be little changed from one year to the next. The...
Google has revealed that "Euro 2016" was its UK search engine's top trending term of the year.
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In January, the company was told it must quit the cross-Channel ferry market following a ruling by the Competition Appeal Tribunal. But Court of Appeal judges overturned the decision by a majority of two to one on Friday. MyFerryLink, which has been operating the service since 2012, described it as a "momentous victory...
Eurotunnel's MyFerryLink has won its legal battle to overturn a ban on it operating between Dover and Calais.
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Gen John Campbell said that the US would never intentionally target a protected medical facility. At least 22 people were killed in the attack as government forces battled to retake the city from the Taliban. Gen Campbell also said that the US must consider boosting its military presence in Afghanistan after 2016. He s...
The US commander of international forces in Afghanistan has said an air strike on a hospital in the northern city of Kunduz was a mistake.
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The implication being that if it was not, it was a bad thing to do - obviously. And if it was "legal", well that is OK then, even if Prime Minister David Cameron says it was "morally wrong". Unfortunately, tax is a bit more complicated than that. Tax evasion is the illegal thing. It happens when people deliberately do ...
There are a lot of rash statements being made about whether or not the K2 tax avoidance scheme used by Jimmy Carr was "legal".
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Chiefs stand-off Gareth Steenson racked up 21 of his side's 26 points, converting his own second-half try to add to his four first-half penalties and conversion of James Short's try. Quins scored four tries to earn a bonus point, the first of them a penalty try. Nick Evans, Charlie Walker and Tim Visser all crossed for...
Exeter remain second in the Premiership after hanging on to beat third-placed Harlequins in appalling weather at a wet and windy Sandy Park.
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Ray Fisher, 75, and his wife Angela, 69, were killed in Sousse a week ago, according to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Their son Adam Fisher, from Redhill in Surrey, had previously told the BBC he had not spoken to his parents since they left for holiday. Their bodies were repatriated to the UK on Friday. The las...
A couple from Leicester unaccounted for since the Tunisia attack have been confirmed as among those killed.
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Shaun James, 32, was run down in Cinderford in 2002 shortly after leaving his local pub. A cold case review has led Gloucestershire Police to now believe Mr James was kidnapped before he was murdered. The money offered from Crimestoppers is on top of a £5,000 police reward. At the time, officers thought Mr James had di...
A second reward of £5,000 has been offered for information about the death of a builder from the Forest of Dean 12 years ago.
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The League One club were granted permission to build an initial 11,000-seater ground by Merton Borough Council in December 2015. However, the plans were called in for review in March by Boris Johnson, who was then London's Mayor. Khan has called for any information which challenges Merton's decision. AFC Wimbledon, who...
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has begun a 14-day consultation period over AFC Wimbledon's planning application for a new stadium at Plough Lane.
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Pavel Durov who ran VKontakte had previously announced he was leaving the company but said he had withdrawn his resignation. The company denied it had been withdrawn. Mr Durov had previously refused requests from the Russian government to censor posts on his site. In a statement Mr Durov said that he only found out abo...
The founder of Russia's most popular social network site says he has been fired and that allies of President Putin have taken over his site.
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The remains of a girl, aged between two and four, were found next to a motorway near Adelaide earlier this month. The Met said it was "aware of reports" and had made contact with authorities. Australian Police Commissioner Grant Stevens said there was "no evidence" the body was Madeleine's. Madeleine was aged three whe...
Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have contacted authorities in Australia following the discovery of a girl's remains in a suitcase, Scotland Yard has said.
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Nick D'Aloisio said he would, however, still continue to work on its news app. The 18-year-old had previously managed to combine development of the service with his A-level studies. Yahoo News Digest has been downloaded more than two million times, according to analytics firm Xyo. "I am thrilled to be attending Oxford ...
The British teenager who sold his app for millions of pounds to Yahoo has decided to go to university in the UK rather than work full-time for the tech firm in California.
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Mr Allan was taken back into detention on his release from hospital. He had suffered brain damage after spending 65 days without food. Mr Allan, an alleged member of the militant group Islamic Jihad, began refusing food in protest at being held indefinitely under a controversial policy of administrative detention. The ...
The Israeli authorities have re-arrested Mohammed Allan, who had staged a hunger strike to protest against his detention without charge.
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A torrent of mud and water sent car-sized boulders crashing through the town of Chosica, 47 km (29 miles) from the capital Lima. At least seven people were killed and 65 houses destroyed. The country's main east-west highway was blocked and residents are asking for equipment to clear up debris. The boulders were loosen...
The Peruvian authorities have announced a state of emergency in a town which was hit by an avalanche of mud and rocks on Monday.
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The party leader is facing three other contenders in a hustings to decide who will contest the seat next May. Mr Farage is expected to win the vote but he insists he is no "shoo-in". The current Conservative MP Laura Sandys is standing down and the Tories have chosen a former UKIP leader Craig MacKinlay to fight the se...
UKIP members in the Kent constituency of South Thanet will decide later whether Nigel Farage will be their candidate in the 2015 general election.
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The man was making his way down the "fast lane" on the A4119 in Llantrisant by mistake, South Wales Police said. Officers arrived and made sure the area was safe following the incident on Saturday evening. The man was taken to Royal Glamorgan Hospital for treatment, police said.
A man in an electric wheelchair was stopped by police after being spotted on a dual carriageway in Rhondda Cynon Taff.
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Official records suggest David Morris, MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale in Lancashire, claimed mileage 25 times while travelling on foreign trips. Twelve of those claims relate to either the day he left the UK or arrived back. Mr Morris said the information the records are based on is inaccurate. The dates on the system ...
A Conservative MP has denied claiming expenses for driving in the UK whilst he was abroad on official visits.
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Murray and Brazilian partner Bruno Soares, who were seeded fourth, lost 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-4) against 16th seeds Marcin Matkowski and Leander Paes. The pair won the Australian Open earlier this year - their first Slam playing together. It means Murray, 30, must wait for another chance to reclaim the world number one rank...
Jamie Murray's eight-match winning run in Grand Slam men's doubles has ended in the French Open third round.
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James made six assists and 11 rebounds as the Cavs secured a 4-2 series victory in the Eastern Conference. They will face either the Golden State Warriors or the Oklahoma City Thunder in the finals. Oklahoma City lead the Western Conference series 3-2 going into game six of a potential seven on Saturday. Cleveland have...
LeBron James scored 33 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Toronto Raptors 113-87 to book their place in the NBA finals.
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The musician was found dead at his home in Groton, Massachusetts, on Tuesday. Local police, who had been called to the property to check on his welfare, attributed his death to natural causes. Founded in 1967, The J Geils Band released 11 studio albums, among them the US chart-topping Freeze-Frame, before breaking up i...
John Geils Jr, the US guitarist who founded The J Geils Band and had a global hit with the song Centrefold, has died at the age of 71.
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James Douglas had last been seen leaving his home in Stobshaw Place, Tweedbank, at about 04:00 and had not returned. However, he was eventually traced near to the bowling club in the town's industrial estate. Police thanked the public for their assistance after an appeal for information to help find Mr Douglas.
An 87-year-old man with dementia reported missing in the Borders has been found safe and well.
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Plain clothes police officers targeted three inbound flights from countries where the practice is common. The Met claimed the operation was educational and not stereotyping. More than 2,000 suspected FGM victims received medical attention between April and June, but there has never been a conviction in the UK. Det Ch S...
Families with children have been stopped at Heathrow Airport as part of a crackdown on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
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The Prestonpans boxer spoke last month of a desire to fight Burns, ideally at Edinburgh Castle, once he himself had come through two more contests. However, 33-year-old Burns, who fights IBF world champion Julius Indongo on 15 April, has his sights elsewhere. "There are so much bigger fights out there for me," he told ...
Ricky Burns has played down the prospect of defending his WBA world super-lightweight title against fellow Scot Josh Taylor.
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Striker Danny Hylton got his side up and running with a 50th-minute opener after Argyle failed to effectively deal with full-back Stephen O'Donnell's cross from the right. When the ball bounced out to Hylton, he hammered it home on the rise from close range. Luton doubled their lead on 70 minutes when Jack Marriott rac...
Luton Town struck three second-half goals as the Hatters claimed a comfortable opening-day victory at last season's League Two play-off finalists.
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Energy firm E.On said an initial load of foundations for the Rampion wind farm arrived on site from the Netherlands last week. Installation will begin in the northwest quadrant of the site between Peacehaven and Worthing, off Sussex. E.On said the project remained on schedule despite bad weather disrupting preparation ...
Foundations are being laid for the first of 116 wind turbines off the south coast.
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Fox wanted the company to chop the new episode up into little pieces and make a series of animated gifs - those blinking, forever-looping, silent clips millions share every day. When the show aired, Giphy was able to "live gif" the broadcast on social media. Fans lapped it up, sharing the new gifs thousands of times. ...
When promoting last month's long-awaited comeback of The X-Files, the show's creator - Fox - sought Giphy's help.
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Sampaoli, 57, guided Sevilla to a fourth-placed finish in La Liga in his only season in charge and the last 16 of the Champions League before losing 3-2 on aggregate to Leicester. "All parties are satisfied by the agreement reached," said a Sevilla statement on Friday. Argentina sacked Edgardo Bauza last month after ei...
Argentina and Sevilla have reached agreement for Jorge Sampaoli to take over as boss of his home country.
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Media playback is not supported on this device Cook stepped down on Monday after a record 59 matches in charge. "He was getting drained by the relentlessness of being England captain," Strauss told the BBC's sports editor Dan Roan. Strauss added that vice-captain Joe Root would be a strong candidate to take over but re...
Alastair Cook had become "drained" as England Test captain, says England's director of cricket Andrew Strauss.
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Emergency services were called to Whitemill Lane in Stone in the early hours of Saturday morning. Paramedics were unable to resuscitate the man and he died at the scene. A murder inquiry is now under way. A 29-year-old man, arrested at a house in the town, is due to be questioned by officers later. A weapon has also b...
A 22-year-old man has been found dead in a Staffordshire street after suffering a "serious stab wound".
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The area in the capital city, designed by British architect Edwin Lutyens in the 1920s, houses India's parliament, central administrative blocks and the presidential palace. Most Indian and foreign journalists often visit the area for stories and interviews. And now social media too seems to be reaping the benefits of ...
Lutyens' Delhi is often described as India's power centre.
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Professor Steven Blair, from the University of South Carolina, said a "greater emphasis" had to be placed on physical activity to prevent the problem reaching US proportions. He suggested exercise could be "prescribed" to patients by their doctors or other health professionals. He was speaking ahead of a major conferen...
Scots risk "sleepwalking into obesity" if they do not take more exercise, an expert has warned.
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The Warriors and Scotland pair are both sidelined for up to six months and will miss the opening rounds of the Pro12 and European Champions Cup. "With the new coaching staff [at the club] it might give some of the other guys a boost," said Brown, 35. "They now feel as if they've actually got a chance to stake a claim."...
Former Scotland captain Kelly Brown believes injuries to Stuart Hogg and Jonny Gray could provide vital game-time for Glasgow's fringe players.
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It carries electricity from windfarms and other renewable energy schemes in the north to consumers in the south. The energy companies behind the project have described the line as a "power super highway" between the Highlands and the central belt. But opponents question the cost of the scheme and its impact on the land...
The controversial Beauly to Denny power line has been "energised" and is now fully operational along its entire length.
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David John Mears, 60, broke into the 16-year-old's home in Swindon and attacked her on 12 August. He was arrested in April after new forensic techniques uncovered fresh evidence. Mears, from Plymouth, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of eight years at Swindon Crown Court. He pleaded guilty to rape...
A man has been jailed for life for raping a teenage girl in 1987 - after police reopened the "cold case" almost 30 years later.
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550-330 BC - Achaemenid dynasty rules the first Persian Empire. At its greatest extent under Darius I stretches from the Aegean Sea and Libya to the Indus Valley. The ruined city of Persepolis testifies to the grandeur of the first Persian Empire 492-479 - Persian attempts to conquer Greece fail. 330 - Alexander the Gr...
A chronology of key events:
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Dr Margaret Flynn said Dr Prana Das, whose trial ended when he was injured in a burglary, "should have and could have been prosecuted". Her inquiry found care providers were "impervious" to older people's needs. The CPS said there was insufficient evidence for a conviction. Dr Flynn who reviewed the treatment of the re...
The author of a damning report into alleged abuse at south Wales care homes has criticised the Crown Prosecution Service for refusing to reconsider criminal proceedings.
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Newcastle's defeat at Nottingham Forest on Friday meant the Seagulls would have replaced them at the top with a win. Neither they nor Cardiff looked likely to claim victory in a torpid encounter. Brighton pressed for a winner but had Gaeten Bong sent off in added time, the draw keeping Cardiff one point adrift of safet...
Ten-man Brighton & Hove Albion narrowed the gap on Championship leaders Newcastle to one point but could only draw against lowly Cardiff City.
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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the first lady and Vice-President Boediono were reportedly amongst those targeted. The allegations came from documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden which were published by broadcaster ABC and the Guardian newspaper. Indonesia said the ambassador was being called to Jakarta ...
Indonesia is recalling its ambassador to Australia over allegations that Canberra spied on phone calls of the Indonesian president.
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Human rights groups say Amade Oueremi's fighters executed hundreds of supporters of former President Laurent Gbagbo in the western town of Duekoue. Mr Oueremi was detained in a village close to a national park, where he had been based for more than 20 years. Some reports suggest the militia leader turned himself in. It...
The authorities in Ivory Coast have arrested a militia leader suspected of a role in one of the worst massacres during 2011 post-election violence.
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Matthew Williams was found attacking Cerys Yemm, 22, at the Sirhowy Arms Hotel in Argoed on 6 November 2014. Police officers stunned Williams, 34, with a Taser but he later died. Their families want lessons to be learned, while a watchdog inquiry said police used reasonable force. In a statement, Miss Yemm's family sai...
A prison leaver unlawfully killed a woman at a hostel in Caerphilly county before he died suddenly as a result of taking drugs and struggling against police restraint, an inquest has heard.
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Hoolet Row, in Chatelherault Country Park, near Hamilton, was named after the owls which nested nearby. Now the site is covered thickly in trees and not much light filters through them. It is pretty silent and hard to imagine that this place would once have been alive to the sound of people. "This was a nice tidy row o...
There is only a small sign to indicate that they were ever there, but a new project, launched this weekend, is hoping that traces of a row of old miners cottages in South Lanarkshire can reveal more about the people who lived in the area and the surrounding landscape.
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The National Union of Teachers claims a funding gap could leave one in 10 teachers facing redundancy. Head teachers have said they face a budget squeeze from the rising cost of pensions, national insurance contributions and pay. A Conservative spokesman criticised the NUT's push for strike action as "out of touch" and ...
Teachers have backed calls for a ballot on strike action over shortfalls to school funding in England and Wales.
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The proposals for North Wales Hospital in Denbigh have been put forward by Prince's Regeneration Trust. Denbighshire council won a compulsory purchase order earlier this year from the site's owners amid concerns about the Grade II-listed building. Freemont (Denbigh) Ltd is expected to retain ownership until early 2017....
Plans to partly demolish a derelict Denbighshire landmark, building up to 200 homes and 34 apartments, have been approved.
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Kathleen Kane, was found guilty of all nine counts including conspiracy, official oppression and perjury. Perjury, which is a serious charge, can alone carry a penalty of seven years in prison. Her licence to practise law has been suspended and has she resigned as attorney general. Kane, 50, is due to be sentenced with...
The top law enforcement official in the US state of Pennsylvania has been convicted of several crimes after she leaked documents critical of a rival.
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His latest work The Prague Cemetery, a thriller set in 19th Century Paris, is joined by another Italian writer, Diego Marani. Works by Chinese, Icelandic, German and Israeli authors are also in contention for the £10,000 prize. The IFFP, which awards literature translated into English, announces its winner in London o...
Italian Umberto Eco is among the writers nominated for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (IFFP).
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If you were to be a bit more Dickensian about it, you could flog them and tell them they are going to bed without any dinner. But what do you do when two of the people who are not playing nicely are the president of the United States and the other is the most powerful Republican in the land? Before we get into that, le...
If you are a parent and you have two kids who are squabbling badly you have the sanction of sending them to their rooms.
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The train firm currently has a short-term extension to its franchise which runs out in September 2015. The new franchise would cover the entire period of upgrades taking place on the Great Western network. It is also likely to include a replacement fleet of suburban trains for the Thames Valley. The deal means that the...
First Great Western (FGW) is to be offered a new franchise which could last up to four-and-a-half years, the Department for Transport (DfT) says.
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4 June 2014 Last updated at 14:16 BST One hundred and forty six soldiers lost their lives in the battle in 1944. The victory was a strategic success allowing the allies to continue their advance on Germany. Carwyn Jones reports.
There will be special celebrations in Amsterdam later marking 70 years since Welsh troops liberated the Dutch city of 's-Hertogenbosch.
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The 47-year-old was knocked down by a Ford Focus on the A198 at Dirleton near North Berwick at 00:10 and pronounced dead at the scene. Meanwhile, a man was knocked down by a white Vauxhall Astra van on the A199 at Old Post Road in Tranent at 16:30 on Sunday. The man sustained a head injury but left the scene before pol...
A man has been killed after being hit by a car as he walked along the side of a road in East Lothian.
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He collapsed during the second half of Saturday's game against West Bridgford at the Rutland Showgrounds. "The club is grateful to the ambulance service who were promptly in attendance," an Oakham statement said. "Despite their best efforts, Savanaca was pronounced dead on arrival at Peterborough Hospital." The stateme...
Rugby union player Savanaca Kokoibulileka has died after collapsing on the pitch while playing for Rutland-based club Oakham RFC.
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The main purpose of the launch which took place at the Sriharikota space centre off India's eastern coast, was to put into orbit SCATSAT-1, a satellite that will help weather forecasting. Five of the other satellites that were on board are foreign, from the US, Canada and Algeria. In June India launched 20 satellites i...
On Monday, India sent a rocket into space which successfully launched eight satellites in one go.
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8 July 2017 Last updated at 10:53 BST Newsround's been chatting to Andy fans at Wimbledon about watching him play, why he's so great and whether he's got what it takes to win!
Andy Murray's through to the second week of Wimbledon but can the two-time champ win the tournament again?
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In a statement the country's central bank said it had lowered its one-week minimum auction repo rate by 1 percentage point. Inflation eased from a high of 16.9% in March to 15.8% in May. The bank also repeated that it was concerned about a "considerable" cooling of the economy. It said it expected gross domestic produc...
Russia has cut its main interest rate from 12.5% to 11.5% as inflation eases.
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TV is the most popular medium, especially in cities. BTV is the sole terrestrial network. Popular satellite and cable channels and Indian TV stations have large audiences. State-run radio covers almost the entire country. BBC World Service in English and Bengali can be heard on 100 MHz FM in Dhaka. Newspapers are diver...
The main broadcasters - Radio Bangladesh and Bangladesh Television (BTV) - are state-owned and government-friendly.
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Jersey's Royal Court heard Polish national Pawel Dzielak slammed a knife with a 10-12cm (4-5in) blade onto a St Helier shop counter. Dzielak, 32, left the shop with two mobiles phones and between £300-£400 which he spent on a hotel room, food, alcohol and cigarettes. He had pleaded guilty to one count of robbery and th...
A man who robbed a shopkeeper at knifepoint has been jailed for four years and recommended for deportation.
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A concussion review panel concluded he should not have played on after a head knock against Leicester on 3 December. North told the Daily Mail, prior to Wednesday's report, he aims to be like Wales team-mate Gethin Jenkins, 36. "If I could have that professionalism towards the end of my career and still want to get out...
Northampton wing George North says he wants to continue playing for years to come despite his latest head injury.
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Anthony O'Sullivan and two other Caerphilly council officers were suspended on full pay in 2013. It was claimed they agreed to give themselves 20% pay rises when most council staff faced pay freezes. A criminal case was dropped in 2015 which the council said led to the change in Mr O'Sullivan's status. He is not back a...
A council chief executive at the centre of a probe into pay rises given to senior staff is no longer suspended but instead on "special paid leave".
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Russell Lodge in Gorleston, which closed last year, caught fire on Tuesday night. The building in Lowestoft Road was due to go under the hammer at Dunston Hall near Norwich on Thursday, with a listed guide price of £250,000. Norfolk Police said it was investigating the fire as potentially suspicious. The care home shu...
A former care home in Norfolk which was due to be auctioned has been severely damaged in a blaze.
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Speaker John Bercow, a tennis fan, got two Royal Box tickets for Wimbledon, with an estimated value of £8,590. Labour deputy leader Tom Watson also got two cheaper Wimbledon tickets while Tory Damian Collins and Nigel Adams declared Glastonbury tickets. Meanwhile Theresa May registered a discount card from shoe shop Ru...
MPs have enjoyed free activities from Wimbledon to Glastonbury, according to their latest register of interests.
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Both teams ended with 10 men after Laurent Koscielny and Olexandr Kucher were sent off in stoppage time. But the damage had already been done as Roman Zozulya side-footed home after being put through by Edmar. Koscielny then conceded a penalty for bringing down Zozulya, allowing Andriy Yarmolenko to convert from the sp...
France's hopes of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil suffered a major blow as Ukraine won the first leg of their play-off tie.
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Barry Solomon, 42, was discovered in a house in Kemble Square in Downhill, Sunderland on Saturday night. Three youths arrested in connection with the death have been released on bail. A 39-year-old woman who was also arrested has been released "under investigation", without bail. A cordon is in place at the property. O...
The death of a man who was found with "significant injuries" is being treated as murder, Northumbria police said.
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Rob Cook's score inside two minutes was quickly cancelled out by Nev Edwards' try, before two Billy Twelvetrees penalties gave Gloucester a three-point half-time lead at Kingsholm. Edwards, starting his first Premiership match, then edged Sharks ahead with a second try, but Kalamafoni crossed twice to restore the hosts...
Sione Kalamafoni scored two tries as Gloucester edged to victory over Sale.
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The 45-year-old had been in a vegetative state since 2011 when he was found at the bottom of a flight of stairs with a head injury. His team paid tribute to him after he died on Thursday, claiming he "changed the art world forever". Robbo's tit-for-tat feud with Bansky was the subject of a TV documentary. On Robbo's we...
Graffiti artist King Robbo, who rose to prominence in London in the 1980s and notoriously feuded with fellow artist Banksy, has died.
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Media playback is not supported on this device The Scot was a clear winner after he led Great Britain to their first Davis Cup team tennis triumph for 79 years. Next year Murray, 28, who is set to become a father, will attempt to defend his Olympic title and seek a third Grand Slam triumph. "The scheduling will be diff...
Andy Murray is looking forward to an "exciting" 2016 after being crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year for a second time.
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The Croat, aged 37 and five months, beat Luxembourg's Gilles Muller 6-7 (2-7) 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (14-12) to claim his seventh career title. Marty Riessen won in Lafayette in 1979, aged 37 years and nine months. At the French Open this year Karlovic became the oldest man for 25 years to reach the third round of a Grand Slam.
Ivo Karlovic became the oldest ATP Tour title winner for 37 years with victory in the Hall of Fame Championships in Newport, Rhode Island.
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Paul Dadge, 40, shared the news on his Twitter account on Tuesday evening. He was branded a hero after a powerful photo emerged of him helping "the woman in the mask" after the tube bombings. Mr Dadge will take on Tory Amanda Milling, who had a majority of nearly 5,000 at the last election. For more Stoke and Staffords...
An ex-firefighter who shot to fame in the wake of the 7/7 bombings has been selected to fight the Cannock Chase seat for Labour at the general election.
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The Irish government has made clear it is only contingency work. It said, at this stage, it does not envisage a return of customs officers along the border. On Wednesday, Taoiseach (PM) Enda Kenny said he was confident the EU would not allow "one of the most divisive borders in the world" to be reimposed. However, Fina...
Work has begun to identify places where customs checkpoints could be set up once again on the Irish border, in preparation for the UK leaving the EU.
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On Facebook, the TV presenter admitted her trademark curls were fake and she was going through the perimenopause, which is the start of the menopause. Sawalha said her hair "was my favourite thing about myself." She revealed a doctor told her she had the balding gene on the ITV daytime show in September. In the video, ...
Loose Women panellist Nadia Sawalha has posted an emotional video online talking about losing her hair at the age of 52.
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The 30-year-old, who has nine senior international caps for Wales, joined Bath in September on a short-term deal. The former Newport Gwent Dragons and Biarritz player began his career at Ospreys, and also had a short spell with Cardiff Blues. "I've really enjoyed getting a good run of games under my belt," Brew told Ba...
Bath wing Aled Brew has signed a contract extension with the Premiership club until the end of next season.
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Media playback is not supported on this device The Gunners' offer - reported to be £6m - was rejected by Wanderers and criticised by their boss Owen Coyle. In addition, Trotters chairman Phil Gartside re-posted a message on Twitter from a Bolton fan angered by the bid. "That number is completely wrong," said Wenger. "I...
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has reacted angrily to suggestions from Bolton that his bid for their defender Gary Cahill was "derisory".
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Sam Jones gave the Mariners the lead after just seven minutes with a close-range header from Danny Andrew's cross. The influential Jones was then involved in Grimsby's second goal after 71 minutes. The striker's powerful drive was saved by Charlie Grainger with his feet but the ball cannoned off Callum Kennedy into his...
Grimsby recorded their seventh away league win of the season with a convincing victory over League Two strugglers Leyton Orient.
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Media playback is not supported on this device Jonas Eriksson awarded a spot-kick for a foul on Antoine Griezmann, with replays showing the offence took place outside the box. Griezmann scored the penalty to give Atletico a 1-0 victory in Spain. "It is a really disappointing decision by the referee," said Shakespeare. ...
Leicester boss Craig Shakespeare said the referee "guessed" over the penalty decision that led to their defeat at Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final.
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If it is approved, the tunnel will take five years to build and is predicted to give an £800m economic boost to the local area. Currently, passengers from the Thames Valley and Wales have to travel to London Paddington and get a connecting train to the airport. Network Rail proposed building a 3.4 mile (5.5km) tunnel i...
Plans to build a £500m rail tunnel from Slough to Heathrow airport have been put on public display.
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The match will take place in San Jose, before a fixture against Mexican side Chivas in Los Angeles on 31 July. Manchester United, Everton, Chelsea and Tottenham are among other English sides to have played the All-Star XI. "We are pleased to welcome Arsenal, one of the most successful clubs in the world, to compete aga...
Arsenal will play a Major League Soccer All-Star team in a pre-season match in California on 28 July.
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The politician, who has served as chief minister four times before, was cheered by supporters as she travelled to the swearing-in ceremony in the state capital, Chennai (Madras). A court sentenced Ms Jayalalitha to four years for corruption last year. But an appeals court overruled this, allowing her to return to polit...
Jayaram Jayalalitha has been sworn in as the chief minister of the Indian state Tamil Nadu, less than a fortnight after being cleared of corruption.
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Lula was briefly held for questioning on 4 March as part of a massive corruption investigation involving the state-oil company, Petrobras. While Vitor's brother and his parents cheer when they hear the news, the 26-year-old thinks the federal police overstepped the mark. A heated political discussion ensues. Similar sc...
Sitting alongside his family, Vitor Ricciardi Chiarello is watching a TV report on the detention of former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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President Juan Manuel Santos said the gesture showed that the agreement with the rebels was going ahead as planned. The Farc have now decommissioned 60% of the weapons they had registered with the UN. Under the terms of the accord, the rebels have agreed to give up more than five decades of armed struggle. "This is a h...
Colombia's Farc rebels have handed over a further 30% of its weapons to United Nations inspectors as part of last year's historic peace accord.
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Media playback is not supported on this device Stead scored for the fifth successive round to help the League One side claim a quarter-final place. The former Black Cats striker said expectations had increased following the 4-2 fourth-round win at Stamford Bridge last month. He said: "This tops the Chelsea win because ...
Bradford FA Cup hero Jon Stead claimed the 2-0 victory over Sunderland was even better than their stunning win at Chelsea.
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Over the past two months at least 13 wooden boats have turned up, with more than 20 decaying bodies on board. Very little is known about them but investigators have found some evidence that hint at their origins. They are so called because they have been found empty or with only corpses on board off Japan's western co...
Mysterious, crew-less "ghost ships" have been washing up on the western shores of Japan.
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The theatre's foyer will be doubled in size, access will be improved and a recording studio built. More than half the money has been provided by the Big Lottery Fund, with the rest coming from charitable trusts. Workington Playgoers Club said it would allow the venue to be used by a wider cross-section of the community...
The future of Workington's Theatre Royal has been secured as a result of a funding package worth more than half a million pounds.
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The 19-year-old released by Celtic as a youth is in Gordon Strachan's squad eight months after joining Dundee United from The Spiders. "It's been a quick progression, but I always knew I could do it. It was just getting given that chance," he said. "Luckily, the gaffer at United gave me that chance, I think I've repaid...
Andrew Robertson is excited by the prospect of making his Scotland debut little over a year after featuring for amateurs Queen's Park.
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Branches were replenished with cash overnight and police were deployed amid fears of a run on the banks. Some queues did form but the mood was calm, and the country's president thanked Cypriots for their "maturity". The restrictions on the free movement of capital represent a profound breach of an EU principle, corresp...
Banks in Cyprus have reopened after a two-week closure amid EU-IMF bailout talks, with orderly queues for cash and strict limits on daily withdrawals.
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Mick Hermanis was one of 26,000 men and women who were sent from the UK to defend the Falkland Islands in 1982. The British defeated the Argentines in just three and a half weeks and returned home victorious. But the trauma of fighting a war continues to affect them decades later. BBC Panorama followed a group of forme...
"When you're 19, you're Superman - you can walk through walls, you are indestructible, you are the master of the universe, you've got everything in front of you."
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Jarvis removed Kumar Sangakkara and Steven Davies for a duck in the space of three balls as Surrey fell to 20-3. Zimbabwe-born paceman Jarvis also dismissed Jason Roy and Ben Foakes cheaply during a devastating spell. Surrey opener Rory Burns fought gallantly, but was last man out for 92 as Surrey were all out for 191,...
Lancashire seamer Kyle Jarvis took 6-70 to help gain control on the first day against Surrey at Old Trafford.
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A dramatic light show was witnessed over Blackburn on Thursday as thunder and lightning ended the hot spell.
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Authorities have already threatened to block the app, founded by Russian businessman Pavel Durov, for refusing to sign up to new data laws. Mr Durov has refused to let regulators access encrypted messages on the app. Telegram has some 100 million users and has been used by so-called Islamic State (IS) and its supporter...
Russia's FSB security agency has said the Telegram mobile messaging app was used by a suicide bomber who killed 15 people in St Petersburg in April.
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She decided to have the operation after losing both her mum and sister to breast cancer. Newsbeat's been charting her progress over the last few months and Claira tells us she's doing really well. The 27-year-old carries the BRCA 1 gene which gives her an 85% life chance of also getting the disease. "I feel great," she...
1Xtra DJ, Claira Hermet, had a double mastectomy a few weeks ago.
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Mark Golubovic's was travelling in the opposite direction to the lorry on Llanharry Road, Llanharry, when they crashed at about 08:30 BST on Saturday. The 32-year-old died at the scene and his mother, Irene, was taken to Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales after being seriously injured. His family said they were "he...
A man who died following a crash between a car and a lorry in Rhondda Cynon Taff has been named.
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It relates to spending on the May 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election. The return included payments of £49,200 which should not have been attributed to party spend, but as individual candidate expenditure. The commission accepted that payments were properly reported by candidates and were duplicated in party return...
The Democratic Unionist Party has been fined £4,000 by the Electoral Commission for an inaccurate spending return.
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The ban follows other restrictive measures imposed by Russia and Ukraine on each other since Russia's annexation of Crimea in March 2014. They have barred each other's main TV channels on their territory. Ukraine has blacklisted 83 cultural figures, most of them Russian, whom it considers a national security threat. Th...
Ukraine has banned Russian films, including TV dramas and documentaries, made since 1 January 2014 in what Kiev regards as "an aggressor state".
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The capital's drivers spent an average of 96 hours stuck in traffic last year - almost a day longer than the runner-up, Brussels. All five of the UK's most congested roads are in London, with the A217 and A215 heading the list. Transport for London said economic growth and a big population increase were creating more t...
London is the most congested city in Europe, according to research by the transport information company Inrix.
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The freeze applies to brands such as Tennent's Lager and Caledonia Best. C&C Group-owned Tennent's said the move was designed to "further support Scotland's hospitality industry". The company also announced it was changing the trading name of its sales and distribution arm from Wallaces TCB to Tennent's. Wallaces TCB w...
Tennent Caledonian has announced a 12-month freeze in the wholesale price of its major brands to Scottish hotels, pubs and clubs.
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James Vince was appointed captain in July in all formats for the remainder of last season. Adams, 35, has a year remaining on his contract at the Ageas Bowl and was awarded a benefit year for 2015. "It's been a great honour to captain Hampshire, but now is the right time to move on," he said. Adams took over the captai...
Hampshire batsman Jimmy Adams has officially stepped down as captain having previously handed over the role to focus on his batting.
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North Wales Police was called to reports of a disturbance in the Woodland Road West area of Colwyn Bay at 02:30 BST on Saturday. A local man, 23, was taken to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd with serious injuries before being transferred to hospital in Stoke. A Llandudno Junction man, 18, and a 27-year-old, from Mochdre, will appear...
Two men have been charged with attempted murder after an incident in Conwy county.
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The family of Clive Colling - who disappeared from Bideford - has said that, subject to formal identification, he was found in the Torridge River on Friday. A Facebook post said:"After 104 days nature finally gave him up." Step-daughter Sally Hewins wrote: "Thank you to the locals for their thoughts, efforts and kindne...
A body found in a north Devon river is thought to be a 77-year-old dementia sufferer missing since New Year's Day.
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Media playback is unsupported on your device 16 May 2014 Last updated at 16:50 BST Netherfield Primary School's James Willis was named as one of the top teachers in the country. The head teacher at Trinity Catholic School, Michael McKeever, was honoured with a lifetime achievement award for his work. Tom Brown reports.
Two teachers in Nottingham have been awarded silver medals for teaching excellence in the Pearson Teaching Awards.
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"It is definitely one of my worst fears and my heart goes out to Zayn," Murs told BBC News. The star befriended One Direction through the X Factor, where they were runners-up in consecutive years. He said Malik's anxiety had only surfaced since he had become a solo artist earlier this year. "I feel for him, because he ...
Olly Murs has offered his support to ex-One Direction star Zayn Malik, after the singer pulled out of several concerts with "extreme anxiety".
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The march came a day after student leaders said 13,000 students had taken part in a rally at a university campus. They are protesting against a decision by Beijing to rule out fully democratic elections in Hong Kong in 2017. Brief scuffles broke out as protesters rushed towards Chief Executive CY Leung as he left the g...
More than 1,000 Hong Kong students have taken their pro-democracy march to government offices, as part of a week-long boycott of classes.
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Banks labelled "too big to fail" must have a so called "living will" that would allow them to close down without the help of public money. Bank of America, Bank of New York Mellon, JPMorgan Chase, State Street and Wells Fargo have until 1 October to submit improved plans. JP Morgan said it was "disappointed with the co...
US regulators have rejected the plans of five big US banks for closing their operations in the event of a crisis.
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Four men deny attempting to smuggle 35 people into Tilbury Docks, Essex. One man died in the container. Basildon Crown Court heard one defendant been caught in France with migrants in the back of his lorry 11 days before the Tilbury incident. Timothy Murphy from Londonderry was fined £5,000 in August. Prosecutor Micha...
A lorry driver accused of trying to transport immigrants into the UK inside a container had been fined for people smuggling days before, a court heard.
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