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The film, Caste on the Menu Card, was the only film among the 35 sent to India's information and broadcasting ministry to be refused clearance.
Festival director Manoj Mathews told BBC Hindi he was "disturbed and disappointed" by the decision.
Ministry officials said they were "not provided with adequate information".
... | A documentary on beef eating habits in India has been withdrawn from a Delhi film festival for "technical" reasons, its organisers have said. |
Janet Jordon, 48, her daughter Derrin, aged six, and her partner Philip Howard, 44, were found in a house in Vicarage Road, Didcot, on 23 May.
The body of murder suspect, Janet's son 21-year-old Jed Allen, was found two days later in woodland near Marston Ferry Road, Oxford.
The private funeral is being held at Oxford ... | A funeral is being held for a family who were found stabbed at their home in Didcot, Oxfordshire. |
Files were found after the attacks on a computer dumped in a rubbish bin, a well-placed source confirmed.
The computer also included a final message from one of the airport bombers, Ibrahim el-Bakraoui.
Belgian authorities have identified all 32 victims who died on 22 March.
Seventeen were Belgian, and the other 15 fro... | Jihadist bombers who attacked Brussels airport and metro last week also collected building plans and photos of Prime Minister Charles Michel's office and home, the BBC has learned. |
The world number two is 18 years, four months and 20 days old.
The previous record was held by American Morgan Pressel, who was 18 years, 10 months and nine days old when she won the Kraft Nabisco in 2007.
Ko shot eight birdies in a final round of 63 to finish on 16 under par, with American Lexi Thompson on 10 under.
I... | New Zealand's Lydia Ko has become the youngest winner of a major with a six-stroke victory at the Evian Championship in France on Sunday. |
Chris Dent's 100 off 111 balls was the backbone of Gloucestershire's total of 260 all out.
In reply, an 87-run fourth-wicket stand between Johann Myburgh (81) and James Hildreth (48) had the hosts on course until six wickets went down for 32.
But Jamie Overton put on 65 for the last wicket with Tim Groenewald as Somers... | Somerset beat One-Day Cup holders Gloucestershire by one wicket with just three balls to spare at Taunton. |
The South Korean, 23, bogeyed the 18th hole to finish on 17 under alongside 26-year-old Solheim Cup player Ciganda.
But Kim then birdied the par-four 18th in the play-off to seal her second LPGA title this season - after March's JTBC Founders Cup - and her fifth overall.
Wales' Becky Morgan finished tied 16th, with joi... | Sei Young Kim defeated Spain's Carlota Ciganda in a play-off to win the Meijer LPGA Classic in Michigan. |
Emergency teams are searching for another 15 people who are missing.
Rivers burst their banks, destroying buildings and roads after more than 50cm (20in) of rain fell over a 12-hour period on parts of the south-western island of Kyushu on Wednesday.
Rescuers are working through thick mud to try to reach stranded surviv... | The death toll from flooding caused by recent heavy rain in southern Japan has risen to at least 15, officials say. |
The Oscar-winning picture made $1.27bn (£857m) at box offices worldwide, and led to record sales of related merchandise.
Frozen 2 will reunite the team behind the original feature, including director Chris Buck, writer Jennifer Lee and producer Peter Del Vecho.
The studio did not name a release date.
Shares in parent ... | Disney has announced it will produce a sequel to its runaway hit Frozen, which last year became the highest-grossing animated film of all time. |
Sherwood took over in February with Villa in the bottom three and led the club to Premier League safety and 17th.
"We gave the fans nothing to cheer about today but I promise them it will get better," Sherwood told BBC Sport.
"We've stayed in the division but we have a losing mentality. We don't want to be scraping rel... | Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood promised to rid the club of its "losing mentality" after suffering a 4-0 defeat by Arsenal in the FA Cup final. |
The 75-year-old, from London, admitted the abuse of 11 boys as young as eight. He denied three other offences.
Denning, who was arrested in a police inquiry into the Walton Hop Disco for teenagers in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, will be sentenced on 6 October.
He was part of the original line-up that launched Radio 1 in 1... | Former BBC DJ Chris Denning has pleaded guilty to 21 child sex offences committed between 1969 and 1986. |
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he said: "The only response can be: 'yes, Mr President'."
Gen Petraeus resigned as CIA director in 2012 following an extramarital affair with his biographer.
It later emerged he had shared classified material with her.
He served as a senior officer under Presidents Bush and Ob... | General David Petraeus, one of the United States' most prominent military officers, has indicated he would be willing to serve in President-elect Donald Trump's administration if asked. |
The 28-year-old had another year left on his deal but is moving to France, with Racing Metro keen on the player.
Prop Jerry Yanuyanutawa and flanker Tyrone Holmes are also leaving, while hooker Kevin Bryce will join Edinburgh.
"These type of opportunities only come around once and I couldn't turn it down," said Nakaraw... | Glasgow Warriors have announced that influential Fiji international second row Leone Nakarawa is to leave at the end of the season. |
The Premier League got under way this weekend, with many teams showing off their new signings, but who impressed and who had a debut to forget?
From scoring a wonder goal to being booked after barely a minute on the pitch, BBC Sport takes a look at how some of those making their top-flight bow got on.
Dimitri Payet, si... | New season, new faces. |
The Greens pledged to end "period poverty" by providing towels and tampons to secondary school pupils and women in financial need.
A 5% tax on sanitary products has caused controversy and 320,000 people have signed a petition to abolish it.
The pledge may be funded by a tax on airship sales and aircraft repairs.
Sanita... | Free sanitary products for those who cannot afford them have been promised by the Green Party of England and Wales. |
The 19-year-old produced a spell of 5-3 in 19 balls as six Glamorgan wickets fell in the last 13 overs of day one.
Ben Cox's aggressive 93 off 99 balls was the mainstay of the home innings, while Ed Barnard (60) and Tongue (41) led the lower-order resistance.
Timm van der Gugten, with 4-66, was the pick of the Glamorga... | Worcestershire's teenage seamer Josh Tongue tore Glamorgan apart with five wickets as they fell to 76-6 in reply to the hosts' 267 all out at New Road. |
The airline had suffered years of financial losses even before it was hit by two major disasters in 2014.
Flight MH370 disappeared on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and is still missing, while MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine.
Mr Mueller said he was leaving due to "changing personal circumstance."
He took ... | Malaysian Airlines chief executive Christoph Mueller has resigned after less than one year of leading the carrier's reorganising efforts. |
Sea Watch said men from the speedboat boarded the dinghy and beat migrants with sticks, causing a "mass panic".
At least four of the 150 people on board the dinghy fell into the water and drowned, Sea Watch said.
A spokesman for Libya's naval forces in Tripoli said he had not heard about the incident.
The motive for th... | At least four migrants have died after a speedboat labelled "Libyan Coast Guard" attacked a dinghy, according to a migrant rescue organisation. |
The devices are fitted with small mobile sites that include a base station and an antenna.
They could also be used to connect remote parts of the UK where coverage is thin.
EE said it planned to deploy such a network in a UK rural area this year.
The drones can stay airborne for up to an hour at a time and the "helikit... | Mobile phone provider EE has demonstrated helium balloons and drones that could provide 4G mobile coverage following damage to existing infrastructure. |
The victim was fatally injured outside a property on Daniel Hill Terrace, Upperthorpe, close to the city centre.
People living in the area said the man was either in, or close to, a black Mercedes car he had been driving when he was shot.
Officers, called to the scene at about 13:35 GMT, found the man with a gunshot wo... | A 23-year-old man has died after being shot in a Sheffield street. |
When Claire was told she would spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair after a spinal injury, she wanted to get back on her feet as quickly as possible and regain her independence.
For the past three months she has been training intensively for the marathon using a robotic walking suit to prove she is just as determ... | Six years ago, professional horse-rider Claire Lomas was told that she would never walk again but now she is attempting to walk more than 26 miles (42km) at Sunday's London Marathon thanks to a pair of "robot legs", which have transformed her life. |
Dr Christopher Davies, who works for the the Royal Berkshire Hospital, said a matron later purchased the item for £22.95 from Homebase instead.
Dr Davies, a respiratory consultant, said it was then fitted for free by in-house staff.
A hospital spokesperson said the quote was reviewed and "firmly rejected".
Dr Davies sa... | A senior doctor has spoken out after his hospital was quoted £855.80 for a blackout blind by its official NHS contractor. |
Lance Naik (Corporal) Hanamanthappa Koppad was tapped under 8m of snow at a height of nearly 6,000m along with nine other soldiers who all died. Their bodies have now been recovered.
The critically ill soldier has been airlifted to a hospital in Delhi.
"We hope the miracle continues. Pray with us," an army statement sa... | An Indian soldier who was buried in an avalanche that struck the Siachen glacier in Indian-administered Kashmir six days ago has been found alive. |
Ex-Bank of England deputy governor Sir Charlie Bean is reviewing how official statistics are collected, and his initial findings are due on Wednesday.
The PCS union said it would "strongly oppose" transferring work or jobs from Newport, where 2,000 staff are based
The ONS said it was not "helpful" to speculate on the r... | Office for National Statistics (ONS) staff in Newport are anxious that a government review will lead to jobs leaving south Wales, a union has said. |
The Reid Building sits facing Rennie Mackintosh's famous 1909 landmark.
Designed by US architect Steven Holl, the new £30m building - which is part of a £50m project - replaces a 1970s concrete tower block.
It will bring the departments of design together under one roof, along with a new lecture theatre, workshops, c... | The new Glasgow School of Art building is being officially opened across the road from Charles Rennie Mackintosh's masterpiece. |
The procedure involves holding down the Falcon 9 on its launch pad and then igniting its Merlin engines.
The test only runs for a few seconds, but it tells engineers that all nine engines at the base of the vehicle, and the sub-systems that support them, are functioning normally.
If the test throws up no anomalies, the... | It is usual for SpaceX to do a "hot fire" test a few days before a launch. |
The club will be known as Arsenal, and say they will use the 'Women' title only when "official clarity" is needed.
Arsenal are the fourth top-tier side to carry the 'Women' name, with six teams using the 'Ladies' moniker.
In a message on the club's website, captain Alex Scott said the name change was a "bold statement ... | Women's Super League side Arsenal have dropped 'Ladies' from their name and become Arsenal Women. |
Since late November, Scotland's five mountain resorts have attracted 373,782 customers.
The ski season is estimated to have attracted £37.5m into the local economy.
With fresh snow on the slopes, CairnGorm Mountain expects skiing during the first weekend of June.
Recent figures from Ski Scotland showed that this season... | Skiing on Scotland's snow slopes looks set to continue into the summer month of June as new figures reveal the best season in 14 years. |
PC Gavin Smith, who appeared on Channel 5's Police Interceptors, died from cancer aged 34 on 15 February.
Mr Smith, who lived in Bishop Auckland with his wife Kezi and daughter Tilly, four, joined Durham Police in 2004.
Officers formed a guard of honour to accompany his cortege from Durham Market Square to the cathedra... | The funeral of a police officer who appeared in a TV documentary series has been held at Durham Cathedral. |
It is believed the man was locked out of his flat on King Street when he became stuck 3m (10ft) up on the railings.
Fire and ambulance crews lifted him off the fence at about 02:30 BST and he was taken to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire.
Police went to the scene but officers said no crime was committed.
T... | A man's leg was impaled as he tried to climb a spiked metal fence in Bedworth, Warwickshire. |
Officials said engineers had managed to repair plants supplying about 70% of electricity users and hoped to re-connect the rest on Sunday.
There were loud cheers in the capital, Dhaka, as lights came back in phases.
The blackout was the country's worst since a 2007 cyclone knocked out the national grid for several hour... | The authorities in Bangladesh say power has been restored to most of the country after a nationwide blackout on Saturday. |
When I arrive at Lord Bannside's Belfast home, I am greeted on the doorstep by his wife, Eileen, or Baroness Paisley to use her official title.
She knew I was coming and quickly ushers me into one of the front rooms where her husband is waiting.
He is ready for the interview but before we begin filming there is much to... | BBC NI political reporter Stephen Walker meets Lord Bannside to discuss the anniversary of the signing of the Ulster Covenant. |
Judge Angela Finnerty said the woman should not have brought the child to England until a family court in Japan had resolved a dispute she was having with the her estranged husband.
The judge's decision has been revealed in a written ruling.
It follows a hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London.
No-on... | A Cambridge University academic has been ordered to return her seven-year-old son to his father in Japan, a family court has ruled. |
The Czech-born American helped Murray win Olympic gold, the US Open and Wimbledon before they parted in March.
Lendl, 54, could not commit to the amount of travelling required but sees himself returning at some stage.
"I've had a lot of enquiries," he told BBC Sport. "Eventually, when the time and situation are right, ... | Ivan Lendl says he is "proud" of his work with Andy Murray and expects to return to coaching in the future. |
The 26-year-old scored 20 goals in 52 games for Bristol City, after signing from French club Angers in July 2015.
The Ivory Coast international had also been the subject of interest from Derby County and Premier League side Hull.
Villa had reached an agreement to sign Hull forward Abel Hernandez, but the move fell thro... | Aston Villa have signed Bristol City striker Jonathan Kodjia on a four-year deal, for an initial £11m that may rise to a Championship record fee of £15m. |
Megan Huntsman, 40, was arrested a year ago after the bodies were found in cardboard boxes in the garage of her former house.
In February she pleaded guilty to six counts of murder.
A judge in the city of Provo gave her the maximum sentence of at least 30 years and up to life in prison.
Police said that the babies were... | A woman in the US state of Utah who admitted killing six of her own newborn babies has been sentenced to up to life in prison. |
The preliminary figures show that operating profit will be 6.1tn won ($5.1bn; £3.5bn) for the October to December period, from 5.29tn won a year earlier.
Analysts had expected the amount to be 6.6tn won, fuelling growth concerns.
Samsung products have been hit by weak demand in China and currency woes.
Operating profi... | Samsung Electronics says its operating profit is likely to rise 15% in the fourth quarter from a year ago, missing market expectations. |
TV coverage showed hundreds of empty seats at Leicester City's third-round replay against Spurs, with many home fans missing the start of the game.
One supporter claimed the delays at the King Power Stadium, caused by ticketing problems, could have "turned nasty".
Leicester City FC has apologised and launched an invest... | Football supporters have vented their anger after crowds of them were left stranded outside a Premier League stadium during an FA Cup match. |
The Senegal international, 26, joined for £9m from Lille in July 2015 and played 35 times as Villa were relegated from the Premier League last season.
Other interested clubs have until the end of July to make a bid for Gueye.
"If he wants to go, we are powerless," club chairman Dr Tony Xia posted on Twitter.
Gueye only... | Aston Villa cannot stop midfielder Idrissa Gueye leaving the club after Everton triggered a release clause in the player's contract. |
Leading by 37.2 seconds heading into the last stage, the Briton narrowly missed parked cars as he went off the road with under one kilometre left.
However, he managed to quickly regroup as he finished 13.8 seconds ahead of world champion Sebastien Ogier.
"I'm a lucky boy. I got caught out on a bump," said Citroen drive... | Northern Ireland's Kris Meeke survived a late scare at Rally Mexico to clinch his fourth win in a World Rally Championship event. |
Spencer Vaughan, 27, of Campbell Road, Plymouth, suffered spinal damage after hitting his head on a sand bar in Gran Canaria while on a training course.
He is seeking damages from the MoD for not warning about the dangers of diving into shallow waters.
Mr Justice Davis will give his ruling at a later date.
Mr Vaughan, ... | A Royal Marine who is suing the Ministry of Defence for up to £8m, has denied that he broke his neck performing a "Baywatch-style" dive. |
The rare mineral, only found beneath Treak Cliff Hill, near Castleton in the Peak District, is so called because of its distinctive colour.
The new vein has been named the Ridley Vein after Gary Ridley, the miner who found it after attempting a new mining method with a stone chainsaw.
He said he could not "believe his ... | A vein of Blue John stone has been found in Derbyshire, 150 years after the last discovery. |
The council has launched an appeal to raise £150,000 for a bronze sculpture in the Barkers Pool area.
Former steelworker Kathleen Roberts said: "It breaks my heart that we haven't been recognised and everyone else has been."
The planned sculpture has been designed by artist Martin Jennings.
Mrs Roberts said: "Times we... | A woman who "gave up her youth" to work in Sheffield's steel factories during World War II has said the city's "women of steel" need proper recognition. |
Thomas Baker, known as Tommy, was found badly injured at Stanley Meat Market in the Old Swan area of Liverpool on 27 January.
The 44-year-old, from Everton, had been shot in the head and chest. He died later in hospital.
The three Liverpool men arrested - two aged 29 and the other 32 - remain in police custody for ques... | Three men have been arrested on suspicion of murder over the shooting of a man at a meat market. |
A person claiming to be in a vehicle on the A414 at North Weald, Essex, called police at 08:30 BST on Wednesday to say it had earlier been in Ashford in Kent.
The lorry was found by Bedfordshire Police at Toddington Services, on the M1, in the afternoon.
Six people are being held in custody.
Supt Trevor Roe, from Essex... | Four suspected illegal immigrants are on the run after a lorry containing ten people was discovered by police following a "distress" call from one of the people inside. |
Anna O'Flanagan, Katie Mullan and Zoe Wilson netted the goals for the Irish who had beaten Wales in the semi-finals.
Ireland now turn their focus to World League 3 and the Eurohockey Championships this summer.
"We have had an incredible experience and have grown and learnt a lot as a group," said coach Graham Shaw.
"Th... | Ireland have won the hockey World League Round Two in Kuala Lumpur by beating Malaysia 3-0 in Sunday's final. |
Janice Farman, originally from Clydebank, was killed at her home in front of her son earlier this month.
Three men have appeared in court in connection with her murder.
Her parents said they heard about her death through social media and cannot attend her funeral due to ill health.
Alexander and Doreen Farman, from Cly... | The parents of a Scottish woman murdered in Mauritius have written a letter to her friends and colleagues there, thanking them for the love they had shown to their daughter. |
Border Force officers found 19 Albanians and one Syrian hidden in a trailer carrying machinery at North Shields ferry terminal in 2015.
The HGV driver, Marek Niedzwiecki, 33, was jailed for five years at Newcastle Crown Court.
Accomplices Ferdinand Gjolla and Armando Mekolli were jailed for eight and three years respec... | Three men who tried to smuggle 20 people into the UK in a lorry have been jailed. |
Luke Bennett, 20, was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis four years ago - a form of inflammatory bowel disease.
After medication and steroids failed to improve his condition, he decided to undergo surgery six weeks ago.
Speaking to BBC Radio Wales' Jason Mohammad programme, Mr Bennett said he wanted to help other people... | A student from Swansea University has gone viral after a selfie he took with his colostomy bag was viewed by more than one million people online. |
Reports say the couple were beaten to death by hundreds of locals who then burned their bodies in the brick kiln where they worked in Punjab province.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called the murders "an unacceptable crime".
Allegations of blasphemy are often used in Pakistan to settle personal scores or to target member... | Pakistani police have arrested at least 43 suspects in connection with Tuesday's killing of a Christian couple accused of desecrating the Koran. |
Stuart Campbell was arrested in the west of England on Friday following a complaint from a woman in south London.
She had made allegations of harassment taking place over a two-year period.
Mr Campbell, who was released on bail, said it concerned some tweets and insisted they were not threatening. He accused the media... | The pro-independence blogger behind the Wings Over Scotland website has been arrested for alleged online harassment. |
A spokesman for the zoo said it was hard to predict a specific date for any cub being born, and that the breeding season can last until late September.
Tian Tian, who arrived at the zoo as part of a breeding pair with Yang Guang in 2011, was artificially inseminated earlier this year.
The zoo said she was being closely... | The UK's only female panda, Tian Tian, is believed to be pregnant, according to Edinburgh Zoo. |
The demonstration came after the deaths of several helpers in recent months.
They also called for a pay rise, a limit on working hours and better accommodation.
Eman Villanueva, spokesman for the Asian Migrants Co-ordinating Body, told the South China Morning Post: "We are hopeful that our demands will be met."
He add... | Domestic workers have taken to the streets of Hong Kong to demand a ban on them being asked to clean windows in high-rise buildings. |
The US has said the bombing, which took place in the Afghan city of Kunduz, was a mistake and it was attempting to strike the Taliban.
MSF wants the bombing to be investigated as a war crime.
Mr Obama has also apologised to the president of Afghanistan.
"If it is necessary to hold individuals accountable, that will be ... | US President Barack Obama has apologised to the president of aid agency Medecins San Frontieres (MSF) for a bombing that killed at least 22. |
The Real Madrid forward headed the vital goal in Cyprus as Wales won 1-0 in Nicosia and stay top of Group B.
With the top two qualifying for France, three more points will be enough to seal Wales' place at a major finals for the first time since 1958.
"We've never done it so I'm guessing it's going to be hard," Bale sa... | Gareth Bale says Wales will be stepping into the unknown on Sunday when they attempt to beat Israel in Cardiff and seal their place at Euro 2016. |
They failed to score a point in the second half as Rob Elloway, Matt Evans and Joe Atkinson were yellow-carded.
"The communication was there, we just weren't reacting to what he (the referee) was saying," Davies said.
"The cumulation caught up with us with three yellow cards - you don't often see that, but they were ju... | Cornish Pirates boss Ian Davies says ill-discipline "came back to haunt" his side in their 36-15 British and Irish Cup semi-final defeat at London Welsh. |
Peter Ward, 54 of Barnstaple in Devon and Richard Hiley, 30 of Tividale in the West Midlands were sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on Monday.
Ward was given five years and two months, Hiley five years.
The pair pleaded guilty to possession, supply and importation of Class A and Class B drugs.
Peter Ward was known on... | A major vendor on the illegal Silk Road website and his business partner, were sentenced to five years in prison for drugs offences. |
In a brief speech to the National Assembly, Mr Maduro pledged loyalty to the president and said Mr Chavez remained in charge of the country.
Mr Maduro also denied that there was a political fight for the succession.
President Chavez was due to be sworn in on 10 January for a fourth term.
The Supreme Court ruled he cou... | Venezuelan Vice-President Nicolas Maduro has given the annual state of the nation speech in place of Hugo Chavez, who is still recuperating in Cuba after cancer surgery. |
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Police found the child after being called to at a home at Bromsgrove Cottages in Faringdon at around 13:20 GMT on Tuesday.
A 40-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder and the child's next-of-kin have been informed.
The boy was said to be of primary school age. Police have increased their presence in th... | A murder investigation has been launched after a boy was found dead at a house in Oxfordshire. |
Gales and heavy rain swept across large parts of the UK, causing devastating flooding in Cumbria and Lancashire, as well as parts of southern Scotland.
On the first anniversary of Storm Desmond, experts say November to January were the wettest three months since UK records began in 1910.
Review author Terry Marsh said ... | Flooding across parts of the UK last winter was the most extreme on record, experts have said. |
Scotland's health boards paid more than £20m in overtime and additional pay to some doctors in 2015/16, up from the £14m paid out in 2014/15.
The British Medical Association said there were not enough consultants.
But Health Secretary Shona Robison said overtime was a "tiny percentage" of the overall spend on consultan... | Growing pressures on hospitals are forcing them to ramp up costly overtime payments to consultants to do extra work, a BBC investigation shows. |
The car was bought by Rick Champagne, a logistics company owner from Phoenix, Arizona.
The 56-year-old, who was just 10 when the high-camp TV series began in 1966, said it "was a dream come true".
The Batmobile design was based on a 1955 Lincoln Futura, a concept car built in Italy by the Ford Motor Company.
It was the... | The Batmobile used by actor Adam West in the original TV series of Batman has sold for $4.2m (£2.6m) at a US auction. |
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All the big gaming companies including Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony are showing off what they've been working on.
Virtual reality usually involves putting on some glasses that contain video screens.
The specs give you the impression you... | Gaming experts are predicting a big future for virtual reality at E3 - the world's biggest convention for games. |
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O'Neill and Keane agreed new deals with the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) in midweek although contracts have yet to be signed.
The duo's Irish side begin their Euro 2016 campaign against Sweden on Monday.
"We're happy to stay on. I really enjoy the job, working wit... | Roy Keane had "no hesitation" in agreeing to remain Republic of Ireland assistant boss once manager Martin O'Neill committed to another two years. |
Gwen Thomson, 51, from Torry, died after the accident on Market Street on Wednesday morning.
Insp Jon Barron said: "Our thoughts are very much with Gwen's family, friends and work colleagues at this very sad time."
The 60-year-old male lorry driver was uninjured. Police Scotland thanked those who helped at the scene.
I... | A woman who died after being knocked down by an HGV in Aberdeen city centre has been named. |
Mr Blair said the party he used to lead should aspire to govern, rather than be a "fringe protest movement".
He has been a vocal critic of leader Jeremy Corbyn, warning before his leadership election victory that the party risked "annihilation" if he won.
Mr Corbyn's office declined to respond to Mr Blair's comments, m... | The current state of the Labour Party is a "tragedy", former Prime Minister Tony Blair has said. |
Kathleen and Jimmy Cuddihy, who were in their 70s, were found dead just outside Carndonagh on 22 October 2014.
Their son, Julian Cuddihy, appeared at Dublin's Central Criminal Court on Tuesday.
The court heard he admitted killing his parents but the jury must decide his mental state at the time.
Counsel for the prosecu... | A man has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of his parents at their home in County Donegal almost two years ago. |
Centre-left candidate Daniel Scioli led exit polls, and just edged centre-right Buenos Aires mayor Mauricio Macri with most votes counted.
Many had expected Mr Scioli to lead by a greater margin.
The run-off on 22 November will be the first time an Argentine election will be decided by a second round.
With 96% of the v... | Argentina will face a run-off election next month after neither presidential candidate gained enough votes to win the poll outright. |
The three spacecraft are owned and operated by Surrey Satellite Technology Limited, which is based in Guildford.
Rural, coastal and urban scenes from Argentina, Italy, and Greece are featured in the sample pictures.
Surrey has leased all the time on the satellites to 21st Century Aerospace Technology Ltd of Beijing.
21... | The first images acquired by a new UK-built, high-resolution, Earth-observation constellation have been publicly released. |
A young palaeontologist working with the University of Manchester found the fossil in 2008, in the collections of Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery.
He realised it was the 189-million-year-old remains of an ichthyosaur - an extinct marine reptile.
Further study confirmed it to be a previously unknown species.
The findin... | A fossil stored in a Doncaster museum for 30 years and thought to be a plaster copy has turned out to be a new species of ancient reptile. |
Denise Fergus said she had been "let down so many times by the system" but that she would continue to "fight".
Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were convicted of killing two-year-old James in Bootle, Merseyside in 1993.
Mrs Fergus said she believed Venables was capable of harming other people if he was released from pr... | The mother of murdered toddler James Bulger says she still "wants justice" 20 years after her son's death. |
Up to 40mm (1.5in) could fall, with a yellow be aware warning in place until 22:00 BST.
Forecasters are uncertain about how heavy and persistent the rain will be.
The warning covers Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Caerphilly, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath Port Talbot, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Bridgend, Cardiff, Swansea and V... | Outbreaks of heavy rain will hit parts of south, mid and west Wales through Monday, the Met Office has warned. |
Mahalia Hamid said she and her friends were told they could not enter Volt as they "did not fit the criteria".
She said she then stood by and watched as groups of white people walked into the club.
In response, Volt told the BBC it had always "welcomed a diverse audience", including people of different races.
Live upda... | Police are investigating a Nottingham nightclub for an alleged hate crime incident after a group of predominantly black people were refused entry. |
At present, those under 18 can be sentenced to a maximum of three years in a reform facility.
The move to change the law gathered momentum after the youngest convict in the notorious 2012 Delhi gang rape was recently released from detention.
The parents of the victim were among those campaigning to change the law.
On T... | The Indian parliament has passed a bill which allows juveniles between 16 and 18 years of age to be tried as adults for serious crimes like rape or murder. |
Dartmoor Hill Pony Association (DHPA) said it had put forward the idea "reluctantly".
The group claims numbers have dropped from about 30,000 at the beginning of the century to just 1,500 in 2011.
The DHPA said if numbers continued to fall, the breed could lose its hardiness to survive on the moor.
It said demand had d... | Dartmoor Hill ponies should be bred for human consumption to ensure their survival on the moor, says a pony group. |
Sixty patrol boats will protect the UK's two new aircraft carriers which are due to arrive at Portsmouth Naval Base in 2017.
The first carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, is expected to be operational in 2020.
"We are going to see a bigger Royal Navy and the flagship... will be here in Portsmouth," Michael Fallon said.
The 6... | Increased spending will result in a "bigger" Royal Navy, the defence secretary has said, as he announced a new £13.5m shipbuilding contract. |
Medway Council is to stop new takeaways opening near secondary schools at lunchtime and near secondaries and primaries after school.
The council said there were currently 179 takeaways within 400m of a school.
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said it was simplistic to treat all fast food restaurants in the same way.... | A Kent council has voted to restrict the opening hours of fast food outlets near schools in a bid to tackle rising obesity. |
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) says it should be made more obvious, before viewers click play, that clips contain promoted products.
The regulator wants to see warnings - like "ad" or "sponsored" - in the video's title or a symbol in the thumbnail.
But Ebony Day and Fleur DeForce think that would be a step t... | Two of Britain's biggest YouTube stars tell Newsbeat they're worried about new guidance for adverts in their videos. |
A 'Time To Go, Massimo' poster appeared on an advertising board outside the East Stand on Thursday.
The poster was paid for by supporters angry that Cellino has not sold his 75% share in the Championship club.
"He has been very positive even through the dark days and bad performances," Raynor told BBC Radio Leeds.
"Peo... | Leeds United's assistant head coach Paul Raynor has said that chairman Massimo Cellino is still positive, despite fan protests at Elland Road. |
Memphis Depay put the visitors ahead in the first leg of their Europa League last-32 tie, but Pione Sisto and Paul Onuachu gave the hosts victory.
Van Gaal, already without 13 players, lost David de Gea during the warm-up and used an adage that means anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
"It is the law of Murphy I ... | Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal put his side's 2-1 defeat by FC Midtjylland down to Murphy's law. |
But Reaction Time is a bit of an unusual commission that left me, as producer, staring at a half-hour gap in the schedule and wondering what would fill it.
It is the network's first programme made entirely on smartphones.
The premise was simple on paper.
BBC Radio 4 put a prompt on social media ahead of Valentine's Day... | When Narelle Lancaster emailed a new BBC Radio 4 programme, she did not expect to become its presenter. |
UK Parking Control (UKPC) said it has investigated allegations one of its employees in Lincoln had changed timestamps on photos.
It said it had worked "to mitigate the risk of this re-occurring".
But, a wider inquiry in other parts off the UK by the British Parking Association (BPA) is under way.
The BPA said it could ... | A car park operator is being investigated over claims photographic evidence has been altered to unfairly impose parking charges. |
But when the last Labour government tried to bring them in the plan faced robust opposition, and the reintroduction of ID cards is not currently being considered by this government.
Everyone, even children, had to carry an ID card during World War Two. Introduced in 1939 the idea was to enable the government to keep t... | The deputy mayor of Calais, Philippe Mignonet wants the UK to introduce identity cards as part of efforts to deter migrants gathering at the French port and attempting to cross the channel. |
Mr Hockey's appointment comes after he left politics following his removal as treasurer by Malcolm Turnbull.
He had been seen as a close ally of Tony Abbott who was ousted as PM by Mr Turnbull in a party vote in September.
Mr Turnbull said Mr Hockey was "a great Australian, he is one of the most engaging, persuasive pe... | Australia's former treasurer Joe Hockey has been named as the new ambassador to the United States. |
Neither side had amassed more than 215 in an innings in the previous three Tests and India, who lead 2-0, were struggling on 66-3 and 139-6 in Delhi.
But Ajinkya Rahane hit 89 not out in half-century partnerships with Virat Kohli (44) and Ravindra Jadeja (24).
Recalled fast bowler Kyle Abbott (3-23) and spinner Dane Pi... | India finished the opening day of the final Test against South Africa on 231-7 - the highest score of the series. |
The apology came as an independent panel found police "sought to deflect responsibility" on to Liverpool fans.
Chief Constable David Crompton has confirmed statements were altered seeking to lessen police blame.
"I think that if people are shown to have acted criminally then they should face prosecution," he said.
Mr C... | The chief constable of South Yorkshire has admitted "grave errors" were made during the Hillsborough disaster and has apologised "profoundly". |
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Mo Farah was a big star of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
He started athletics aged 12 and went on to win two gold medals at London 2012.
Now he has his sights set on the next Olympic Games, Rio 2016.
He shared his tips for young at... | Athletics stars Mo Farah and Greg Rutherford have shared their tips for young athletes with Newsround. |
He succeeds Laurent Fabius, 69, who announced on Wednesday he was stepping down as part of a cabinet reshuffle.
Mr Ayrault is, like Mr Fabius, a former prime minister, leading the government from 2012-14.
The leader of the Greens, Emmanuelle Cosse, has been named housing minister, and two other Green politicians have b... | French President Francois Hollande has named Jean-Marc Ayrault as his new foreign minister. |
Ross Thomson and Graham Simpson filled in a giant ballot paper outside Holyrood to underline their support for the Vote Leave campaign.
Fellow Tory MSP Margaret Mitchell also backs Brexit, but party leader Ruth Davidson is in favour of remaining in.
Meanwhile, the Scottish remain campaign highlighted how much research ... | Two new Conservative MSPs have joined the campaign for the UK to leave the European Union. |
More than 260 children had been left at the welfare home in Guangzhou since 28 January, director Xu Jiu added.
Staff will continue caring for babies already at the welfare home, all of whom suffer from illnesses, Mr Xu said.
China introduced the centres so parents could abandon infants safely rather than leaving them i... | A baby hatch in southern China has been forced to suspend work after hundreds of infants were abandoned, overwhelming the centre, its director says. |
The Somerset mill, owned by Dublin-based C&C Group whose brands include Gaymers and Blackthorn, has 127 staff.
Wells MP James Heappey said: "This is a devastating blow for Shepton Mallet, the job losses are significant and that will be my first concern."
Although the mill will close, fruit pulping will continue and app... | A cider mill is set to close with its production being moved to the Republic of Ireland, its owners have said. |
Monet's later years saw him obsessively paint the lilies in his garden at Giverny, in northern France.
But his artistic legacy could have looked very different had Monet's rural neighbours had their way.
Local farmers wrote to the town hall to object to his plans to extend his garden in 1893.
The original documents abo... | A new garden-themed art exhibition will tell the intriguing story about Claude Monet and the famous water lily pond that inspired his best-known works. |
The South American country will be the first in the world to legally sell the drug over the counter for recreational use.
The move was set in motion in 2013 with a law that fully legalised the cannabis trade.
However, it has been a slow process to put the law into practice.
"Cannabis will be dispensed in pharmacies sta... | Uruguay will begin selling cannabis in pharmacies from July, the final stage in the country's pioneering regularisation of the drug. |
The Labour leader told the New Statesman his party opposed government plans to lower the overall household cap, introduced in the last Parliament.
And his spokesman confirmed he was "very much in favour" of getting rid of it altogether.
The Conservatives said Labour wanted a return to "unlimited welfare handouts".
The ... | Jeremy Corbyn has reaffirmed his desire to scrap the welfare cap after differences with his shadow cabinet, calling the policy "devastating". |
Mr Jammeh has been given until noon on Friday to leave office or be forced out by UN-backed regional forces.
Troops have been told to halt their advance until the deadline passes.
The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) is acting in support of Adama Barrow, who was sworn in as the new Gambian president o... | West African leaders have given Yahya Jammeh a final opportunity to relinquish power after Senegalese troops entered The Gambia. |
Turner, 32, recently retired after a 15-year career, winning 763 races.
In 2008 she became the first female British jockey to ride 100 UK Flat winners in a year.
"It's nice for the girls putting in the effort and hard work that they can see there's light at the end of the tunnel," she told BBC Radio 5 live.
"It shows w... | Hayley Turner, Britain's most successful female jockey, believes her career has helped inspire other women to progress in the sport. |
The SFA's performance director has been conducting a review since taking over from Mark Wotte.
Across the seven schools involved throughout Scotland, 374 children receive up to 10 hours a week specialised coaching as part of their everyday studies.
"There's been a lot of time invested in this project by a lot of people... | Brian McClair says he's "very encouraged" by the work being done in the Scottish Football Association's performance schools as he considers a future strategy for the game. |
The Tennis Integrity Unit said Lindahl plotted to throw a match at a minor Australian tournament in 2013.
Two other Australian players, Brandon Walkin and Isaac Frost, were also disciplined over the incident.
It comes days after Australian Open junior champion Oliver Anderson was charged with match-fixing.
Last year, a... | Australian former tennis player Nick Lindahl has been banned for seven years and fined $35,000 (£28,000; A$47,700) for match-fixing. |
Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the two sides "disagree on the facts, the narrative and the responsibilities" on Ukraine.
Relations between Russia and the West have been tense since Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea region in 2014.
Russia's envoy also criticised Nato for a military exercise in the Baltic.
We... | Differences over the conflict in eastern Ukraine have marked the first formal meeting of the Nato-Russia Council in almost two years. |
Christina Grant's family, who live in New South Wales, flew her to Australia following the death of her son and carer, Robert, in February 2015.
Her family believed they had met the requirements of her visa, which expires later this month.
Immigration officials said they had been working with the family and made no arr... | A 96-year-old woman is preparing to return to Scotland from Australia after a visa wrangle. |
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