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Jamie Cox attacked Viktoria Gribovskaja at her home in Lambeth, south London, in July last year.
The Swindon-based WBO European super-middleweight title holder, who was overheard threatening to "knock out" Ms Gribovskaja, had denied assault.
But he was found guilty after a trial at Croydon Magistrates' Court.
The victi... | A champion boxer who forced his way into his ex-girlfriend's flat and grabbed her around the throat has been jailed. |
Northern Ireland's world number three is due to tee off with Americans Dustin Johnson and Rickie Fowler at 02:45 GMT (10:45 local time) on Thursday.
The 26-year-old currently leads the Race to Dubai rankings with just three tournaments remaining.
"I'm not feeling great. I ate something a couple of nights ago and Tuesda... | Rory McIlroy hopes to play in the WGC-HSBC Champions event in Shanghai despite suffering with food poisoning. |
The woman, 37-year-old Wu Shuoyan, is alleged to have been killed last May simply for refusing to hand over her phone number to cult members.
The murder, filmed on CCTV and on mobile phones, sparked outrage.
The Church of the Almighty God cult is banned in China but claims to have millions of members.
Following the br... | The trial of a group of cult members in China who beat a woman to death at a McDonald's restaurant has opened in the city of Yantai in Shandong province. |
The Gills, who finished 20th in League One last season, have signed eight players so far this summer.
But having started the season with a 0-0 draw to Doncaster and a 2-0 loss to Reading, Pennock wants more recruits.
"They've got to be the right players, the right characters and more importantly they've got to be good ... | Gillingham are looking to add "two or three" more players to their squad, according to manager Ady Pennock. |
Denis O'Brien obtained the injunction to stop RTÉ from reporting details of his personal finances and relationship with former Anglo Irish Bank.
Last week, a judge granted permission for the media to report details about Mr O'Brien's finances made under privilege in the Dáil (parliament).
RTÉ lawyers said as a result t... | Irish state broadcaster RTÉ is trying to get an injunction granted to Ireland's richest man discharged. |
The Sana news agency said the military had "restored security and stability to the neighbourhood of Khalidiya".
Activists reported clashes in Khalidiya on Monday morning, but said that most of the area was under army control.
The announcement comes a month after troops launched an offensive to oust rebels from Syria's ... | Syrian government forces have fully captured a district that was a key rebel stronghold in the central city of Homs, state media report. |
HM Revenue & Customs said the plant, on the outskirts of the city centre, could have cost taxpayers nearly £138m a year in lost duty and taxes.
Four lorry loads of tobacco, cigarettes and packing materials have been seized.
Ten men, aged between 26 and 40 from Brazil and Paraguay, were detained on suspicion of immigra... | A suspected illicit cigarette-processing factory in Birmingham, thought to be capable of producing 35 million a month, has been shut down. |
Charlie Flanagan met NI Secretary James Brokenshire and also talked to some of the parties at Stormont on Wednesday.
Thursday's election ended the unionist majority at Stormont with Sinn Féin now just one seat behind the DUP.
Talks are being held to restore the power-sharing executive, but parties have just three weeks... | The Irish foreign minister has warned talks to restore Stormont's institutions were operating under a "tight time frame". |
Police found Kevin Malthouse in Blackshots Lane, Grays, in the early hours of Saturday morning following reports of a group of men fighting.
The 24-year-old had been stabbed in the chest and died at the scene.
Jack Taylor, 18, from Oakley Close, Grays, has been charged with his murder and is due to appear at Basildon M... | A man has been charged with murder after a former non-league footballer was stabbed to death. |
Maj Gen James Johnston was faced with 40,000 prisoners at the Bergen-Belsen camp and set up a hospital to treat them for typhus, TB and starvation.
His son, Anthony Johnston, said: "He had to deal with people dying by the hundreds every day."
The plaque was unveiled in Northiam, East Sussex where Gen Johnston lived.
Bo... | A plaque has been unveiled in memory of an Army medical officer who treated prisoners at a German concentration camp in 1945 following its liberation. |
Remains of a man aged between 30 and 49, were found close to the M54 motorway in Shropshire, in August.
West Mercia Police said two metal bracelets - including one thought to be a Kara, a Sikh symbol - were found inside a jacket that was also uncovered.
There have been no matches with DNA profiles of missing people in ... | A full DNA profile has been developed of a man whose near-complete skeleton was found close to a motorway. |
Steven Rodriguez, who was better known as A$AP Yams or Yamborghini, died aged 26 on 18 January at Brooklyn's Woodhull Medical Centre.
He founded the US rap collective A$AP Mob along with fellow New Yorkers A$AP Bari and A$AP Illz.
Now the New York Times reports that his death was caused by acute mixed drug intoxication... | American rapper A$AP Yams died of an accidental drug overdose, according to New York City's chief medical examiner. |
England won by six wickets after a Pakistan batting collapse featuring three run-outs in Sharjah on Tuesday.
The Daily Mail reported that the match was the subject of an investigation into suspicious betting patterns.
"There was nothing wrong with that game. I have no doubts about my boys," said former bowler Waqar.
Th... | Pakistan coach Waqar Younis has dismissed suspicions over his side's performance in the third one-day international against England. |
The incident happened as the 33-year-old walked under a railway bridge on Dumbarton Road, near the junction with Cable Depot Road, at about 22:00 on Saturday 10 September.
Both boys were described as being white, aged about 14 or 15 and wearing dark-coloured sportswear.
One of them had brown hair in a quiff.
The woman ... | Police are searching for two teenage boys after one of them shone a laser into a woman's eye in Clydebank, leaving her blind in one eye. |
Bernard Kenny, 78, was stabbed as he intervened when Thomas Mair attacked Mrs Cox in his home village of Birstall, West Yorkshire, a year ago.
PCs Craig Nicholls and Jonathan Wright - who arrested Mair - have also received Queen's Gallantry Medals.
Unarmed, they pursued him despite knowing he may have a gun and a knife... | The man who tried to stop a right-wing extremist from murdering MP Jo Cox has been awarded the George Medal in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. |
Officials say the photo of Ms Badu in The Star newspaper was "an insult to Islam". The paper has apologised.
The Grammy-award winner was due to perform on Wednesday in Kuala Lumpur and is said to be dismayed at the news.
Muslim-majority Malaysia has previously warned other international artists to dress modestly for th... | Malaysia has cancelled a concert by US singer Erykah Badu after a publicity photo showed her with the Arabic word for "Allah" tattooed on her upper body. |
Jonathan Baines, 44, also known as "Willy", was found dead at a house on Ropery Road, Gainsborough, on 1 August.
Pamela McLaggan, 51, of Greystones Road, denied murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
Prosecutors accepted her plea. She was remanded in custody at Lincoln Crown Court ahead of sentencing on 21 December... | A woman has admitted killing her partner who was fatally stabbed after returning home from a day at the races. |
The new boathouse, which will replace the existing building on Foreshore Road, will be home to a new £2m Shannon class lifeboat.
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) said building work would begin in autumn and take a year to finish.
Plans were approved by Scarborough Borough Council's planning and developmen... | Plans for a new £3m lifeboat station in Scarborough have been approved by the town's council. |
Clotilde Nonnez, a 56-year-old yoga teacher, says she has lived in the capital for 30 years and seen her health deteriorate.
However, it became worse than ever when pollution in Paris hit record levels last December.
Her lawyer says air pollution is causing 48,000 French deaths per year.
"We are taking the state to tas... | A Parisian woman is taking the French state to court for failing to protect her health from the effects of air pollution. |
In England, only schools with academy status are allowed to form trusts to sponsor weaker schools.
And, the Local Government Association said, a shortage of "good quality" sponsors often left failing schools "in the dark about their future".
Ministers said there was no legal frame for council schools to be sponsors.
Th... | A ban on top council-run schools sponsoring failing schools amounts to "red tape" and should be dropped, say council bosses. |
The African champions take on the Europeans in Jeju, South Korea, as they look to seal a place in the quarter-finals.
Chambeshi has watched his side play some attractive football in the group stage and is looking for more of the same on Wednesday.
"They have a strong team but we are the African champions, so at least t... | Zambia coach Beston Chambeshi says his team is highly motivated for Wednesday's Fifa Under-20 World Cup tie against Germany. |
The images were all taken from midday-to-midday on 16 and 17 April and the contest was open to anyone with a camera or a mobile phone.
The overall winner was Paolo Ferla who took "Electric Bristol" - a picture of the Clifton Suspension Bridge.
Megan Witty, from 24 Hours In Bristol, said the judges had had "an incredib... | Hundreds of photos of Bristol taken for a competition to show "24 Hours in Our City" are on show. |
Swindale Beck, near Haweswater, was straightened to clear land for grazing, but the resultant faster flows washed gravel away, making it less easy for salmon and trout to spawn.
During summer a stretch was filled in and replaced with a meandering course.
In December, 16 salmon were spotted, along with five redds - dist... | The restoration of natural bends to a river in Cumbria after 200 years has spawned benefits for breeding fish. |
Douglas Carswell also told the BBC's Sunday Politics that the party needed to ensure it got the "tone" right in order to attract more voters.
It comes after Mr Carswell said in an article in the Times on Saturday that Mr Farage "needs to take a break now".
A bitter internal row has developed within UKIP after Mr Farage... | Nigel Farage should take a break "as leader" of UKIP but not a break from being leader, the party's only MP says. |
But co-operative housing schemes are little known in Wales, the study for the Wales Co-operative Centre warns.
The research was commissioned following the Welsh government's own decision to back such projects as a way to build affordable homes.
Currently, co-operative housing accounts for less than 1% of UK homes.
In E... | Housing owned and built by groups of people could help turn "reluctant renters" into home owners, a new report suggests. |
Newsbeat has been finding out how the shops will be trying to drive sales.
Black Friday's originally a American idea linked to the Thanksgiving holiday but retailers in the UK say the annual sales day is taking off here too.
Spending will be up 22% on last year, according to Visa, which predicts that £360,000 will be ... | On Black Friday retailers will be aiming for a "frenzied" atmosphere - the hope being it makes you buy more. |
The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission says these firms draw from a small pool of graduates, who probably went to private or selective schools.
This version of talent can be "mapped to middle-class status", it adds.
The report was based on interviews with staff from 13 elite accountancy, law and financial ser... | Elite firms are sidelining the UK's bright working-class applicants in favour of privileged, "polished" candidates, a report says. |
The militants do not meet in such large numbers in "one spot" because of the threat of an attack, a spokesman said.
He did not give details of casualties.
A resident said that al-Shabab had arrested several people from the remote central Somali village of Raso, after the US bombed its training camp in a nearby forested... | Militant Islamist group al-Shabab has dismissed as exaggerated US claims that more than 150 of its fighters were killed in an air strike in Somalia. |
The layoffs will be announced in the coming weeks, according to unnamed sources who spoke to Bloomberg News and the Wall Street Journal.
A memo from BlackRock's president Rob Kapito and chief operating officer Rob Goldstein said the job cuts have not been finalised.
BlackRock declined to comment.
The last time BlackRoc... | The world's largest money manager BlackRock reportedly plans to cut 400 jobs, or about 3% of its workforce, in its biggest round of layoffs to date. |
Jenny Stephen expected BT to connect her home to a telegraph pole visible from her window at a holiday village in Corton, Suffolk.
But BT Openreach quoted her a price of £18,799 plus VAT, saying it was due to the "huge" civil engineering task of laying 400m of underground cables.
Mrs Stephen said: "Maybe it's because I... | A woman who asked BT to install a landline at her home was told it would cost more than £22,500. |
The "large scale public order incident" occurred at Stapleford Abbotts Golf Club, Essex, on Tuesday night.
Police were called to a "disagreement" at the party, attended by about 100 people, and "dispersed" those involved.
Afterwards, officers posted photos of themselves removing the cakes, which they said were "donated... | Police walked off with a number of elaborate cakes after a clash between "travellers and staff" at a party. |
Two armed men wearing masks broke into the 44-year-old victim's house in Meadowbank Terrace at about 00:50.
During the assault the men knocked the victim to the ground and hit him repeatedly with a blunt object before fleeing the property.
Police Scotland have appealed for witnesses.
The first attacker was white with a... | A disabled man has been left with serious injuries after being attacked in his own home in Edinburgh. |
The outgoing vice-president spoke during a state dinner and took the opportunity to praise America's northern neighbour.
"The world is going to spend a lot of time looking to you, Mr Prime Minister", he told the Canadian leader.
Mr Biden has been highly critical of US President-elect Donald Trump.
"Vive le Canada becau... | US Vice-President Joe Biden told an audience in Ottawa that the world needs "genuine leaders" such as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. |
Researchers looked at three areas of England, 20 years apart, and found new rates of dementia were lower than past trends would suggest.
They say improvements in men's health is the most likely explanation.
But charities warn against complacency, with more than 200,000 dementia cases diagnosed each year in the UK.
Rese... | The predicted explosion of dementia cases may be less severe than previously thought, a study in Nature Communications suggests. |
It is a tiny signal seen in the way the waters at the ends of the 35km-long lake rise and fall.
When combined with the direct tug from the gravity of the Moon and Sun, the loch surface goes up and down by just 1.5mm.
The study is reported in the Journal of Geophysical Research.
"If you were on a boat in the middle of t... | Scientists have measured the way Loch Ness tilts back and forth as the whole of Scotland bends with the passing of the tides. |
The British-Brazilian duo were beaten by South Africa's Raven Klaasen and American Rajeev Ram 6-1 6-4 in an hour at the O2 Arena in London.
But Murray and Soares have already overtaken Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut in the year-end rankings.
After three round-robin match wins, they were outplayed by Klaasen an... | New world number one doubles team Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares suffered a disappointing defeat in the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Finals. |
Dene Magna School in Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, has about 750 pupils on its roll.
Headteacher Stephen Brady said: "It's just got worse and worse - we had to send 26 pupils home today, sometimes common sense has to rule."
A private cleaning firm will begin a deep clean on Friday to sterilise the school ahead of it re... | A school has been forced to close until Monday after more than 145 pupils and staff came down with a sickness bug. |
Prince Charles did not mention the Islamic State group but his comments at Sandhurst are being interpreted as a reference to the organisation.
He told the cadets the international order was "under challenge as never before in my lifetime".
It was the first passing out involving mixed platoons of men and women.
The Sove... | A "cult of death and destruction" is seducing "lost young people", the Prince of Wales has told Army officer cadets at a passing-out parade. |
Ben Hooper started his 2,000-mile (3,200 km) swim from Dakar harbour in Senegal, west Africa.
Mr Hooper's four-month attempt is due to end in Natal in north-east Brazil, next March.
The 38-year-old long-distance swimmer from Cheltenham is hoping his sponsored Swim The Big Blue challenge will raise £1m for charity.
Oth... | A man has set off in a bid to set the first official world record for swimming across the Atlantic Ocean. |
Kevin Standing's vehicle was taken from his home in Patcham, East Sussex, on Saturday morning. It did not have a tracker and there was no CCTV evidence.
He said he had wrongly assumed an officer would visit him, but he was told there were no lines of inquiry.
Sussex Police said they focused on crimes that "cause most h... | A motorist whose £40,000 Jaguar car was stolen from his driveway has said he is "astounded" after police said they would be closing the case. |
A video uploaded on Facebook showed Callum Clatworthy-Robins, 22, from Port Talbot, consuming a fish won at a fair in Bridgend county in March.
Clatworthy-Robins admitted causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal at Swansea Magistrates' Court.
He was barred from owning animals for three years and ordered to p... | A Neath Port Talbot man has been banned from keeping animals after he was filmed swallowing a live goldfish. |
The Red Rose, on the brink of defeat by Surrey this week, have lost two and drawn five of their previous seven County Championship games.
Lancashire won three of their opening five Division One games this season, but last triumphed in May.
"We are looking behind us now," Giles told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"It would be ni... | Lancashire cricket director Ashley Giles is concerned their end-of-season form could see them dragged into a relegation fight. |
Comedian Jeremy Hardy, himself banned, suggested Labour was "rigging the election" to stop Jeremy Corbyn.
Andy Burnham's campaign claimed there could be "several thousand Tory infiltrators" planning to vote.
Mr Corbyn, Mr Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall are all standing.
Polls suggest Mr Corbyn is the frontrunne... | Labour says it has "a robust system" to stop "malicious applications" after claims individuals who have registered to vote in the leadership race are being unfairly banned from taking part. |
The 45-55 vote marks the second defeat for Republicans aiming to pass a bill this week to undo the health policy.
The vote came a day after the Senate rejected a plan to repeal and replace the health law with a Republican plan.
Senators will now consider a "skinny" repeal, which would scale back some of the more contro... | The US Senate has failed to pass a Republican proposal to repeal President Barack Obama's signature healthcare policy without replacing it. |
The 23-year-old from Westmeath beat Gadzhimagomedov on a unanimous 5-0 points decision in the Ukraine decider.
Kurt Walker and Brendan Irvine had to settle for bronze medals after losing their semi-finals on Friday.
Lisburn bantamweight Walker was beaten by Mykola Butsenko while Belfast flyweight Irvine lost to Niall F... | Ireland's Joe Ward has won a third European Championship light heavyweight gold medal after defeating Russia's Muslim Gadzhimagomedov in the final. |
However, the nation seems divided over whether there should be another referendum on independence in the near future.
Pollsters Ipsos Mori asked voters to give a score out of 10 to a range of policies which could be implemented by the next UK government.
A ranking of one meant it should not be implemented, while 10 mea... | Voters appear to want more powers for the Scottish Parliament - beyond the proposals currently on offer, according to a new poll commissioned by BBC Scotland. |
Amirah Droudis, 37, will spend at least 33 years behind bars for killing the woman -who cannot be identified - in 2013.
Droudis's boyfriend, Man Haron Monis, took 18 people hostage in a Lindt cafe in central Sydney in 2014.
The 16-hour siege ended with the deaths of Monis and two hostages when police stormed the buildi... | The girlfriend of a man behind a deadly siege in a Sydney cafe has been jailed for murdering his ex-wife. |
A bomb hidden inside a motorcycle exploded in front of the offices of a Muslim scholars committee in Arsal, the official National News Agency said.
The Sunni clerics are believed to have been in trying to negotiate the release of Lebanese security personnel held by jihadist militants based in Syria.
Arsal was the scene... | At least six people are reported to have been killed in a bomb attack in a town near Lebanon's border with Syria. |
Defender Phil Edwards and midfielders Lee Williamson, Callum Reilly and Charlie Gatter are also leaving.
Keeper Stephen Bywater, Tom Flanagan, John Mousinho, Ben Turner, Marvin Sordell, Lloyd Dyer, and Shaun Barker have all been offered new deals.
The Brewers have taken up one-year extensions to retain Marcus Harness, ... | First-choice goalkeeper Jon McLaughlin is among five players being released by Championship club Burton Albion. |
Governor Rick Scott issued the executive order in four counties after samples taken from the St Lucie River tested positive for toxins.
The green slime appeared when polluted water was discharged from Lake Okeechobee to prevent flooding.
The toxic algae can be harmful to plants, animals and humans.
The US Army Corps of... | Swathes of thick, algae blooms have plagued miles of Florida coastline, prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency. |
But they have no need to do that now.
O'Neill is taking his side into a Euro 2016 clash with the world champions in Paris with a place in the competition's knockout stage at stake.
As he told the Irish Times, he needed to hitch-hike with some Germans during a scouting trip to Euro 2012, shortly after he had taken the j... | It's a mark of how much Michael O'Neill has achieved as Northern Ireland boss - this time four years ago a group of Germany fans he met had to Google his name to find out who he was. |
The Weston-super-Mare Bemusement park was originally due to go to the so-called "Jungle" camp in Calais, France.
It has now been donated to Aid Box Convoy, which is taking it to a smaller camp where conditions are said to be "horrendous".
The fixtures and fittings will be used to build shelters and cooking stations.
Mo... | The dismantled Dismaland theme park is on its way to a refugee camp in France after Banksy donated it to a group of Bristol volunteers. |
The new measure could lead to delays of up to three years before new drugs are made available to give NHS bosses the chance to try to renegotiate the price with drug firms.
The plan was agreed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence amid mounting pressure on NHS funds.
It will be introduced from next m... | A new £20m-a-year cap on the cost of new drugs will be introduced in the NHS in England in an attempt to save money, health chiefs have announced. |
The American company replaced Reebok as the kit supplier for all Wales international teams in 2008.
Whereas the original Under Armour contract was worth roughly £2.5m a year, the new deal will see the annual fee rise to around £3.7m.
This renewal will be the first major deal overseen by new WRU chief executive Martyn P... | The Welsh Rugby Union is set to agree a new nine-year contract with kit manufacturer Under Armour worth £33m. |
Schooling, 21, won in an Olympic record time of 50.39 seconds.
The Singaporean was always in control and won by 0.75 seconds from the trio of Phelps, South Africa's Chad le Clos and Hungary's Laszlo Cseh.
Phelps, 31, could win his 23rd gold in the 4x100m medley relay on Saturday.
The American was not part of his countr... | Singapore's Joseph Schooling won his nation's first ever Olympic gold medal with victory in the 100m butterfly as Michael Phelps was one of three men to finish joint second. |
The incident happened within the grounds of the city's bus station in Smithfield Street just before 10:30 GMT on Monday.
The woman was in her 30s but her name has not yet been released.
The depot is now closed. Translink confirmed that an incident had taken place and that an investigation was under way.
An eyewitness a... | A woman has died after being knocked down by a bus in Lisburn, County Antrim. |
It investigated online agents Booking.com, Expedia and hotel group InterContinental Hotels (IHG).
The probe initially suspected the deals infringed competition law as they limited price competition.
But it has now allowed such deals subject to certain conditions.
The OFT has enabled online agents to discount the hotel'... | The OFT has made a move to try to help people access discounts when booking online, after closing an investigation into competition practice between three companies. |
Carlos Ghosn, Renault's chairman and chief executive officer, also hinted the company's relationship with Red Bull is likely to end this year.
Ghosn said: "We have already alerted the F1 authorities and told them: 'Don't count on us as a provider of an engine - it's over.'"
Renault is in the process of trying to negoti... | Renault will stop supplying engines to Formula 1 teams as soon as possible. |
He had "failed the test" of leadership and South Africa needed to hold to account those who were "looting" state resources, it said.
Mr Zuma has been dogged by allegations of corruption for more than a decade.
The call by the NMF, which is run by colleagues of South Africa's first black president, is the latest sign of... | The Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) has called for South Africa's President Jacob Zuma to be sacked. |
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) said mosques would offer refreshments and "insight" into how they run.
Leaders from other religions have also been invited, to "demonstrate unity".
The MCB has raised concerns about anti-Muslim sentiment since 17 people were killed by Islamist militants in Paris last month.
Announcin... | Mosques have opened their doors to the public as part of a drive to "reach out to fellow Britons following tensions around terrorism". |
At the end of Wednesday's trading, the FTSE 100 was down 0.62% or 46.33 points at 7,478.62.
Banking stocks were among the top risers, with Lloyds Banking Group up 1.65% and RBS adding 1.35%.
Analysts said that struggling Spanish bank Banco Popular's rescue by Santander had given the overall banking sector a boost.
On t... | The FTSE 100 closed slightly lower on the last day of campaigning before the general election. |
Synchronised wreath-laying ceremonies will take place in counties Cork, Meath, Wexford, Galway and Dublin, beginning at 09:45 local time in Cork.
Thousands of people lined the streets of Dublin on Sunday for a parade to mark the centenary.
The commemoration events have been organised by the Irish government.
The rebell... | The centenary of the Easter Rising, the rebellion that began on Easter Monday 1916, is to be marked in Irish towns and cities with wreath-laying events. |
Gareth Colfer-Williams, 25, died last week at his home in Swansea, the city at the centre of an epidemic of the disease which has reached 942 cases.
But the examination was unable to establish whether measles was the main cause of his death.
An inquest will be opened and adjourned on Tuesday to allow further tests.
Sin... | Further tests will be carried out on a man who died while suffering from measles after post-mortem examination results were inconclusive. |
Pro-Kremlin party A Just Russia put forward both bills, and linked them directly to the situation in Ukraine.
Separatist and pro-Russian feelings are strong in Ukraine's Crimea region, which is now the focus of the crisis.
Russian MPs say a referendum or a plea from a territory's leaders would be enough to trigger the ... | Russian MPs have proposed new laws that would make it easier for Russia to incorporate parts of Ukraine, and allow Russian citizenship to be fast-tracked. |
It comes after a dispute over whether Wales had the power to set minimum wages, or if that right laid with the UK government.
UK Attorney General Dominic Grieve originally blocked a law passed by AMs last year, saying it was not within the assembly's powers.
UK ministers said they were grateful for clarity on the issue... | Welsh ministers can protect the wages of 13,000 farm workers, in light of a ruling by the Supreme Court. |
William Stuart, 10, from Etchingham, East Sussex has autism and a condition called global developmental delay (GDD) and cannot speak.
His family said the stolen iPad was his only way of communicating and without it he is more isolated than ever.
Sussex Police has appealed for information to help find the iPad.
The thef... | The family of a disabled boy have spoken of their distress after burglars stole an adapted computer which they say is a lifeline for their son. |
Two employees of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) were initially quarantined in the office.
A note reading "die a painful death, Muslims," was in the envelope with the powder, the group's lawyer said.
Initial tests showed that the powder is not hazardous, and the quarantine has been lifted.
The BBC's Ja... | A leading Muslim organisation in the US has evacuated its headquarters in Washington after receiving a hateful message and white powder in the post. |
In return Venezuela accused Chile of "inadmissible interventionism" and a "lack of diplomatic circumspection".
Braulio Jatar was taken into custody on 3 September after publishing videos of a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Mr Jatar was born in Chile and also has Venezuelan nationality.
He is an op... | The government of Chile has demanded that Venezuela "immediately" disclose the location of a journalist who was detained earlier this month. |
The former five-weight world champion submitted a necessary waiver to the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) on Wednesday, hours before the deadline.
The NAC, which sanctioned the bout, told BBC Sport it expected to receive a request from McGregor on Wednesday.
NAC rules state fights at 154 lbs require 10oz gloves and th... | Floyd Mayweather has formally requested to use 8oz gloves when he fights Conor McGregor in Las Vegas on 26 August. |
The jazz film is the follow up to director Damien Chazelle's Academy Award-winning film Whiplash.
The People's Choice, voted for by the audience, has proved to be a decent predictor for Oscars success in recent years.
Previous winners include 12 Years a Slave and The King's Speech.
La La Land, set for release in Decemb... | Musical movie La La Land has picked up the prestigious People's Choice award at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). |
The Scottish Medicines Consortium is due to take evidence on Kadcyla on Tuesday.
Lesley Graham is one of four women who, along with charity Breast Cancer Now, have launched a petition for it to be approved.
She told BBC Scotland it offered women like her "a little glimmer of hope".
Kadcyla is used to treat a specific t... | A mother campaigning for a life-extending breast cancer drug to be made available on the NHS has said it seems "barbaric" to deny women the treatment. |
The victim claims no-one responded when he brought the alleged offences to light.
A complaint is being reviewed by the Church of England, his lawyer said.
Clergy representatives said they were unable to comment on the claims published in the Guardian as they formed part of an active investigation.
The priest said all f... | A priest has accused the Archbishop of York and four bishops of misconduct after they "failed to act" on allegations he was raped by a vicar. |
The pontiff granted Spanish Monsignor Lucio Vallejo Balda a Christmas-time clemency after he served half of his 18-month sentence, the Vatican said.
The priest was convicted in July. The leaked papers were cited in books published in 2015, that alleged corruption in the Catholic Church.
A former colleague of the priest... | Pope Francis has freed a priest jailed for leaking official documents in a trial known as Vatileaks II. |
David Annett, 38, of Church Road, Dromara pleaded guilty at Craigavon Crown Court to a total of four charges.
He admitted defrauding the First Trust Bank, two counts of theft and transferring over £110,000 of property out of his employer's business account.
In August 2012, Annett went into Lurgan police station to admi... | A County Down solicitor defrauded a bank of £400,000 to help buy a partnership in a legal practice and an apartment in England. |
The Iron are currently sixth in the National League, one point and one place outside the play-off spots.
"I thought we asked a lot of questions of a very good Barrow team," Cowley told BBC Essex.
"When you come off the back of a six or seven-hour journey and you concede a goal after five minutes it's always going to be... | Braintree manager Danny Cowley said the task ahead of his team is "a brilliant challenge" after the defeat at Barrow. |
Syrian state media says toxic gas was contained in shells that rebels have been firing at government-held areas in the divided city.
Russian news agency Interfax says seven people died and more than 20 were hospitalised after Tuesday's attack.
There has been no independent confirmation of the claim.
It comes after repo... | The Russian military says it has informed the US that it believes rebels in the Syrian city of Aleppo have deployed "toxic substances". |
The US-born radical Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki is head of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
Two brothers believed to be mid-ranking al-Qaeda officials died in a drone strike in south Yemen on Thursday, Yemeni officials said.
The attack came just days after al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden was killed in Pakistan by US... | A US drone attack in Yemen targeted but failed to kill one of al-Qaeda's most influential figures, US reports say. |
Johnny McGurk, 49, appeared in court in County Londonderry accused of theft from quarry firm Patrick Bradley Ltd.
Mr McGurk, an accountant, was released on bail and will appear in court again on 19 November.
He won an All-Ireland football championship and All-Star award in 1993.
Mr McGurk also captained his club Lavey ... | A Gaelic footballer who won an All-Ireland championship with Derry will stand trial accused of stealing over £500,000 from his employer. |
An 18th Century building containing two businesses was destroyed in Sudbury on Sunday, with one woman rescued from an upstairs flat.
Suffolk Fire Service was investigating why all on-call fire fighters at Sudbury station were not alerted.
The Sudbury engine arrived two minutes later than the Long Melford crew, which wa... | Only three of eight pagers for retained fire fighters went off when they were needed to tackle a blaze in Suffolk. |
Bu farw Sophie Taylor, 22, ar ôl i'w char daro bloc o fflatiau yn ardal Adamsdown ym mis Awst y llynedd.
Cafwyd Melissa Pesticcio, 23 o Lanrhymni, yn euog o achosi ei marwolaeth trwy yrru'n beryglus, ac fe gafodd ei charcharu am chwe mlynedd a hanner ddydd Gwener.
Cafodd Michael Wheeler, 22 o Dremorfa, oedd wedi cyfadd... | Mae dynes a'i chariad, wnaeth achosi marwolaeth dynes arall mewn gwrthdrawiad wrth ei dilyn ar hyd strydoedd Caerdydd, wedi eu dedfrydu i gyfnodau sylweddol o garchar. |
The incident began on Tuesday morning when border agents encountered two men carrying backpacks five miles (8km) east of Sumas, Washington, in the US.
Authorities say agents interrupted an attempt to smuggle a load of MDMA, or ecstasy, from Canada to San Francisco.
Two others were arrested and accused of planning to tr... | Four people are in custody in the US and Canada after a suspected drug smuggler fired on US border agents and fled, sparking a day-long manhunt. |
Details of a major hack emerged last week, but officials have now given details of a potential second breach.
It is feared that the attack could leave US security personnel or their families open to blackmail.
The agency involved, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), is yet to comment on the reports.
Officials, wh... | Hackers with suspected links to China appear to have accessed sensitive data on US intelligence and military personnel, American officials say. |
Officially Iran denies it has deployed any combat troops in Syria, but a week before the offensive began, it was reported that hundreds of Iranian troops had arrived in Syria in preparation for an imminent assault on rebel-held areas.
Iran also announced the deaths of four high-ranking officers from the Islamic Revolut... | The new offensive launched by Syrian government forces in the countryside south of Aleppo has shed light on Iran's growing role in Syria's civil war. |
He was seriously injured in a bomb attack in Afghanistan in 2006.
Since carrying the torch on 26 June, Doncaster-based L/Bdr Parkinson has had thousands of requests on Facebook.
But the site limits friend associations to 5,000 per personal page and he cannot accept all the requests.
Flanked by hundreds of people, he wa... | Injured paratrooper Ben Parkinson, who carried the Olympic flame, has been swamped with friend requests on social media and seen a huge increase in post addressed to "hero Ben". |
Barry Pring, 47, was killed by a speeding car as he tried to hail a taxi on the hard shoulder of a dual carriageway in Kiev in 2008.
His wife, Ganna Ziuzina, had returned to a restaurant for a missing glove.
The coroner at Exeter County Hall, Dr Elizabeth Earland, recorded a verdict of unlawful killing.
More on the mil... | The family of a millionaire businessman "are sure" he was killed for his money by his Ukrainian wife, an inquest has heard. |
Supporters of new President Mohammed Mursi are in a stand-off with generals who have ruled since President Hosni Mubarak was ousted last year.
Speaking after talks with Mr Mursi, Mrs Clinton said the situation required "compromise and real politics".
She also praised Egypt's military council for its interim leadership.... | US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has voiced support for a "full transition to civilian rule" in Egypt, at the start of a visit to Cairo. |
The Harrogate Autumn Flower Show will use specialist technology to ensure the winning fruit is of the Gigantomo variety.
The giant entries must be from that strain of plant to win the £1,000 prize.
It comes after competitors raised concerns unscrupulous growers might sneak in a rogue type of tomato.
Show director Nick... | Gardeners trying to cheat their way to the top tomato prize at a horticultural show will be weeded out with DNA tests. |
Firefighters were called to the scene in Craigton Place, Winchburgh, at about 01:30 after a wheelie bin was set on fire.
The bin had been resting against the house, which caused the fire to take hold quickly.
Firefighters swiftly extinguished the blaze, when it was discovered that a gas pipe had been damaged in the fir... | Thirty homes had to be evacuated after a gas pipe was damaged in a fire that was started deliberately. |
RIT Capital announced it will not make a formal bid, after confirming reports last week that it was in the early stages of informal talks about merger.
Alliance Trust invests nearly £3bn worth of shareholder assets.
It will continue to face a fundamental review of what it does during this summer.
That could still lead... | Talks about a possible takeover of Alliance Trust in Dundee by the asset fund linked to the Rothschild banking dynasty have been called off. |
It is expected to be wet and windy later, with the possibility of flooding in places from heavy rain and melting snow.
The strongest winds are expected to be along the east coast, especially County Down.
Meanwhile, a Status Red alert has been issued in the Republic of Ireland.
This is for coastal and mountain areas of ... | Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) has warned of possible damage to the electricity network, as wind gusts of more than 70mph are forecast. |
An "environmentally friendly" building with a cafe, gallery and shop is planned for the park near Wakefield.
Peter Murray, executive of the YSP, said it would provide an "important new element" of the park's infrastructure and increase its income.
Arts Council England has given £1.7m to the park and the remainder is to... | Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) has unveiled plans for a new £3.8m visitor centre at its Bretton Park entrance. |
South African firm Famous Brands signed a £120m deal to buy the chain from Nando's owner, Capricorn Ventures.
Gourmet Burger Kitchen, founded in 2001, was a "pioneer of the premium burger revolution", Famous Brands said.
The company says that it wants to open 10 to 15 more burger restaurants a year in the UK.
The mass-... | Wimpy owner Famous Brands has swallowed UK chain Gourmet Burger Kitchen, as the fashion for upmarket burgers in the UK shows no signs of slowing down. |
A couple of superb blocks by home captain Emma McMaster helped Northern Ireland hold out before Lucia Garcia put Spain ahead on 30 minutes.
Spanish captain Patricia Guijarro doubled the lead with a tremendous dipping shot in the 52nd minute.
While Spain bossed the game, Abbie Magee went close for the hosts.
Substitute ... | Spain clinched a dominant 2-0 victory over battling hosts Northern Ireland at Windsor Park as the European Under-19 Women's Championship kicked off. |
The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) said he had been told not to report for training with the rest of the players on Monday.
It is seeking clarification about an incident outside a fast food restaurant in the early hours of Tuesday.
Police attended and said a man was taken away by officers but no arrests were made.
The WRU sai... | Scrum-half Mike Phillips has been suspended indefinitely from Wales squad duties after a late night incident in Cardiff. |
Nick Woodman described the remote controlled aircraft as the "ultimate" accessory for his firm's action cameras.
He made the announcement at the Code Conference in California, where he also unveiled new kit to that helps capture video footage for virtual reality helmets.
One industry watcher said GoPro's move into dron... | GoPro's chief executive has confirmed it will make its own quadcopter drones. |
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The 40-year-old won Olympic heptathlon bronze for Britain in 2004 and has been upgraded to two more bronze medals from 2008 after retrospective drug tests.
All world records set before 2005 could be rewritten under a new proposal from European Athletics, after the sport's ... | Kelly Sotherton says athletics chiefs should consider tweaking events rather than rewriting existing world records. |
The NHS spent £8.84m on private ambulances in the capital last year compared to £795,000 in 2011, according to Freedom of Information data.
The London Ambulance Service (LAS) conceded it was losing staff due to "pressure on the organisation".
But LAS denied claims it had employed private staff previously sacked by the ... | Spending on private ambulances in London grew by 1,000% between 2011 and 2013, the Labour party has claimed. |
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Lewis triumphed after a jump-off, while Shawn Barber of Canada took the bronze.
England's Isobel Pooley came second in the women's high jump, and Scotland's Lynsey Sharp won silver in the 800m, with England's Jessica Judd fourth.
But there were more medals for English athl... | England's Steve Lewis won gold and Luke Cutts took silver in the men's pole vault at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. |
Speaking to the New York Times, Mr Trump said the US would only come to the aid of allies if they have "fulfilled their obligations to us".
Members of Nato have all signed a treaty that says they will come to the aid of any member that is attacked.
Mr Trump will speak on Thursday at the Republican National Convention.
... | Donald Trump has said that if he is elected president he may abandon a guarantee of protection to fellow Nato countries. |
Many have headed for Praia do Norte in Nazare, Portugal, where Hawaiian surfer Garrett McNamara set a world record for the largest wave surfed in 2011.
The storm created huge swells in the sea off Scotland leading to warnings from the Coastguard and RNLI.
The swell off Nazare has been recorded at a maximum of height of... | Some of the world's top surfers have been riding massive waves generated by the Atlantic storm that hit Scotland. |
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