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Just over one billion contactless transactions were completed in 2015, the UK Cards Association said.
More was spent using this technology last year than during the previous seven years combined.
About half of all debit and credit cards are fitted with contactless capability.
This allows shoppers to spend up to £30 on ... | One in eight purchases made on UK cards in December used contactless technology, marking a surge in the use of the alternative to loose change. |
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The Leinster back-rower has been out for a number of weeks with a calf injury but has taken a full part in training since Tuesday.
Iain Henderson starts in the second row as Donnacha Ryan has been struggling this week with a knee injury.
Ian Keatley is named as fly-half Pa... | Flanker Sean O'Brien has been named in the Ireland team to face Scotland in Saturday's Six Nations opener. |
It was relief more than real jubilation. The simple truth was that the combined list of candidates headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had performed disappointingly.
But politics is about expectations.
At one point a rumour swept the gathering that he'd lost more than a third of his alliance's seats in the Knes... | When the giant TV screens at the Likud election headquarters finally flashed up the results of the national exit polls, one-by-one there was a sudden tidal wave of sound. |
Laws, 26, had been training with Arsenal but has decided to remain in the north east by swapping Sunderland for WSL 2 club Durham.
She will fill in for regular goalkeeper Helen Alderson, who is going to Africa for a three-month charity work stint.
"It's a club going in the right direction," Laws said. "I can't wait to ... | Durham Women have signed England international goalkeeper Rachel Laws for the WSL Spring Series competition. |
It was taken by ex-students and staff from UWC Atlantic College in the Vale of Glamorgan who also stayed to help.
The boat will be used to try to ensure the safe landing of boats from Turkey.
A narrow stretch of water has become a crossing point for people from Syria and other countries which has claimed many lives.
Co... | A Welsh lifeboat has been sent to Lesbos to help people trying to ensure the safety of refugees and migrants arriving by boats on the Greek island. |
The speed of change, development and growth in Asia is staggering, particularly when you compare it to the inability of Washington DC to get anything done at all.
I had the privilege of being one of the first people to fly out of Hanoi's gleaming new international airport terminal on Monday. The building opened with gr... | It has become a truism that this is going to be an Asian century not an American one - but there's nothing like seeing the two continents first-hand to really understand why. |
Speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Herbert Diess, head of the VW brand, said the company would have a fix in the coming weeks or months.
But the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was less certain, saying that Volkswagen "have not produced an acceptable way forward".
The EPA disclosed VW's use of "d... | Embattled carmaker Volkswagen said it is close to an approved fix for US cars with emissions-deceiving devices. |
The police admitted a claim of wrongdoing in public office in 2015 after being sued by John Flynn over two attempts on his life in the 1990s.
However, it appealed against an attempt to access police documents.
Judges dismissed the appeal and said it was hard to contemplate a more grave subject matter.
Mr Flynn has said... | The PSNI has failed in an appeal against an order to disclose police documents related to two murder attempts on a Catholic taxi driver. |
BlackRock director Jonathan Paul Burrows was caught by inspectors at Cannon Street station last year and admitted to avoiding the £21.50 fare from Stonegate in East Sussex.
In total, Mr Burrows is believed to have dodged £42,550 in fares.
The City watchdog said he "demonstrated a lack of honesty and integrity".
"Mr Bur... | A London hedge fund manager who regularly avoided buying a train ticket on his commute to the City has been banned from working in the financial services industry. |
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Dr Tim Ladbrooke said: "The week before Christmas was 175% busier than any week we'd ever had before."
In the first of a series on London healthcare, BBC London political correspondent Karl Mercer speaks to those feeling the strain, ... | Frontline NHS staff at 111 centres, GP clinics and pharmacies say they are facing unprecedented pressure. |
Sharbat Gula, whose haunting green eyes made her famous, fled Soviet-occupied Afghanistan as a child and was pictured in 1984 in a refugee camp in Pakistan.
Mrs Gula has been accused of living in Pakistan on fake identity papers and faces up to 14 years in jail.
Pakistan recently launched a crackdown on fake IDs.
There... | An Afghan woman immortalised on the cover of National Geographic magazine has been denied bail after being arrested on fraud charges. |
The French artist cut out paper shapes for collages when ill-health prevented him from painting, producing famous pieces such as The Snail and Blue Nude.
The Daily Telegraph said the London gallery must know it has a "winner" with its "outstanding" exhibition.
"I eat it with my eyes and never feel sated," said The Guar... | Critics have praised one of the largest collections of Henri Matisse's "cut-out" artworks ever assembled, for an exhibition opening at Tate Modern. |
Police initially said that business rivalry was a more likely motive for the attack on the Movida bar restaurant outside Kuala Lumpur on 28 June.
They added that two men suspected of involvement had been arrested.
Authorities are increasingly concerned about IS-related attacks as a number of Malaysians have gone to fig... | Malaysian police have said a blast at a bar last week, which injured eight, was the first attack by the so-called Islamic State group in the country. |
Witnesses said after the attack, at Forest Hill station at about 13:20 GMT, a man then chased other people outside the station.
People said they saw a man attack another on the train then run out of the station shouting "he wanted to kill Muslims".
A 38-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bo... | A man has been stabbed on an Overground train in south-east London. |
It comes after the UK's biggest inquiry into alleged neglect in six homes - Operation Jasmine - which cost £11.6m.
Two were owned by Dr Prana Das, who once owned 25 homes in south Wales.
But the case collapsed after he suffered a brain injury and could not stand trial.
The families were left "frustrated" in their sear... | An independent review is to be held to learn lessons from a case of alleged abuse at care homes in south Wales, First Minister Carwyn Jones has announced. |
DSI Plumbing and Heating Ltd of Hampshire was also ordered to pay £1,000 costs at Bournemouth Crown Court after admitting two breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
Faults were found at 309 properties in Poole and 40 flats in Reading.
Homes in Harbour Reach, Poole, were evacuated following a gas leak in 20... | A heating firm has been fined £10,000 after faulty gas installations were discovered in more than 300 properties across Dorset and Berkshire. |
Sir Kevin has referred himself to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, Kathryn Hudson.
It follows a Daily Telegraph report saying he received fees for sponsoring dinners and a breakfast on the Parliamentary estate.
In a letter to Ms Hudson, he said all the fees were paid to charity.
According to the Commons Co... | Labour MP Sir Kevin Barron has stood aside as Commons Standards Committee chairman over allegations he hosted events at Westminster for a drugs firm. |
Miriam Briddon died after the collision involving her Fiat Punto and a Volkswagen Golf driven by Gareth Entwhistle near Ciliau Aeron.
Entwhistle, 34, from the Aeron Valley, admitted causing death by careless driving while under the influence of alcohol on 29 March, 2014.
He will appear again at Swansea Crown Court at t... | A Ceredigion man has pleaded guilty to drink-driving and causing a crash which killed a 21-year-old woman. |
They report that a checkpoint manned by local police was attacked in the Mirzawalang area of Sar-e Pul province.
The assailants then entered the village and shot dead mainly Shia Muslim civilians including women and children, a spokesman for the provincial governor said.
"They were killed in a brutal, inhumane way," he... | At least 50 civilians have been killed by militants in northern Afghanistan, officials say. |
People in 120 homes in Wisbech had been told to boil their water "until further notice" after supplies were contaminated.
Anglian Water said tests were carried out following repairs to a burst main near Blackbear Lane, Wisbech on Sunday.
The results showed "naturally occurring organisms that should not be there".
The f... | Householders in Cambridgeshire who have had to boil their water since Sunday have now been told it is safe to drink once again. |
The SDLP and Alliance Party have yet to say whether they will join the executive.
Mr McGuinness said he was still hopeful both would be part of the new executive, but added it was now "make your mind up time" for both parties.
The Ulster Unionists have already said they will enter opposition.
The Alliance Party's rulin... | The ministers of the new Northern Ireland Executive will be appointed next Wednesday, Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has said. |
Police said that the woman had been attacked after she accepted a lift by three men in a truck in Manali, a resort town in the state.
No arrests have been made but police have set up roadblocks and are searching for the suspects.
Scrutiny of sexual violence in India has grown since the rape and murder of a student on a... | Indian police say that a 30-year-old American woman has been gang-raped in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh. |
The snap drill in the Rostov region was ordered by President Vladimir Putin.
The southern military district includes Crimea - the peninsula annexed by Russian forces in 2014 - and areas on the border with eastern Ukraine.
Pro-Russian rebels also held military drills in eastern Ukraine last week.
The self-styled "Donets... | Russia is holding combat readiness exercises involving 8,500 troops, with dozens of ships and aircraft, in a southern region near areas of eastern Ukraine held by pro-Russian rebels. |
The evolutionary scientist, whose books include The God Delusion, said Wales was "ahead of the rest of the UK" in showing a decline in religious belief.
The census found 32% in Wales have no religion, against a UK figure of 25%.
The Church in Wales said Christianity was "no longer the default setting" for many, but the... | Atheist author Prof Richard Dawkins has congratulated the people of Wales after nearly a third of them revealed in the 2011 census that they have no religion. |
Rather than having links to radical Islamism, he was a market trader hoping to make money if the price of shares in the team fell, prosecutors say.
The suspect has been charged with attempted murder, triggering explosions and causing serious physical injury.
He has been identified only as Sergej W, and was staying in ... | Police in Germany have charged a man suspected of being behind an attack on the Borussia Dortmund team bus. |
Wenger, whose club contract runs to the summer, has been linked with the job.
Southgate succeeded Sam Allardyce in September and oversaw England's 2-0 win against Malta as well the disappointing 0-0 draw with Slovenia on Tuesday.
Wenger said Southgate "has accumulated experiences and is a good observer of what's going ... | Interim England manager Gareth Southgate is the right man to take the job on a long-term basis, according to Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger. |
Mr Dewani, 34, is accused of ordering the murder of his new wife, 28-year-old Anni, who was shot in Cape Town in November 2010. He denies murder.
The Bristol businessman has been fighting against extradition for three years but lost his latest appeal.
Mr Dewani is expected to appear at Western Cape High Court on Tuesda... | Honeymoon murder suspect Shrien Dewani has been extradited from the UK to South Africa, Scotland Yard has said. |
State House Speaker Thom Tillis defeated Mark Harris and Greg Brannon, who were seen as insurgent candidates.
Mr Tillis avoided a runoff election by earning 46% of the vote in the eight-person race on Tuesday.
Republicans aim to wrestle Senate control from the Democrats in November.
"I want to go to Washington and clea... | A North Carolina Senate candidate backed by the Republican Party establishment has won the party's nomination to face Democratic Senator Kay Hagan in the November election. |
ViiV Healthcare, GlaxoSmithKline's HIV business, will acquire two operations specialising in late stage treatments and early phase medicines.
It is the latest acquisition in a record year for pharmaceuticals.
Global deals have reached $677.5bn, according to Dealogic, up 64% on 2014.
Healthcare companies have been force... | GlaxoSmithKline has ended a frenetic week for the pharmaceutical sector with a $1.4bn (£939m) takeover of HIV drug development assets from Bristol-Myers Squibb. |
A Scottish Canals team used Google Street View's Trekker camera backpack to capture attractions including the Crinan Canal and the Falkirk Wheel.
The camera is designed to allow easier access to narrow footpaths and bridges.
Neptune's Staircase on the Caledonian Canal and Stockingfield Bridge have also been captured.
T... | Mobile 360-degree camera technology has helped open up 137 miles of panoramic views of Scotland's waterways to online visitors. |
Sturm won a split decision after a superb fight with two judges favouring Sturm by 116-112 and the other seeing it 115-113 for Macklin.
Sturm's sharper work in the second half of the contest swung the fight his way.
Macklin made a blazing start which gave him genuine hope of an upset before fading late on.
Sturm is unb... | Germany's Felix Sturm edged a tough contest against Birmingham-based Irishman Matthew Macklin in their WBA middleweight title fight in Cologne. |
Livi's 2-0 win over their nearest challengers came courtesy of goals from Dale Carrick and Nicky Cadden.
Brechin City moved above Alloa Athletic and to within a point of second place by beating Stranraer, with the Wasps drawing with Queen's Park.
East Fife won Barry Smith's first match in charge against Peterhead and b... | Livingston moved 10 points clear at the top of Scottish League One after beating Airdrieonians. |
Nathan, 23, said he was worried being bisexual would be a problem with his male housemates.
"I was 100% nervous about what the other lads would think.
"I didn't have any queries with the girls because I thought they'd be more accepting but at the same time, I thought, 'I don't care. You take me as I come.' Not one of t... | Geordie Shore has unveiled two new characters, Nathan Henry and Chloe Etherington. |
The 30-year-old signed a new three-year contract with Notts on Monday.
Gurney told BBC Radio Nottingham: "Notts are a very special club with a lot of history. In my five years here, my career has been on an upward trend.
"Despite the fact we've been relegated, I feel pretty optimistic about the future and quite excited... | Harry Gurney says he feels optimistic about the future despite suffering relegation with Nottinghamshire. |
Carlsen sealed victory following three weeks of play and a series of tiebreakers in New York.
Karjakin tied against Carlsen in 12 regular rounds but was beaten in the final phase of four quickfire games.
Organisers said the event was followed by about six million chess fans around the world.
Hundreds of spectators paid... | Magnus Carlsen of Norway has won the World Chess Championship for the third consecutive time after defeating challenger Sergey Karjakin of Russia. |
Hoa Titcombe's husband James said he told Furness General Hospital staff "several times" his wife was ill.
Midwives Catherine McCullough and Gretta Dixon are accused of failing to have Mrs Titcombe assessed.
But midwife Caroline Duncan told the Nursing and Midwifery Council there was "no evidence" they knew she was ill... | A misconduct hearing has been told there was "no evidence" two midwives knew a woman was ill days before the birth of her son who later died. |
Judge Thomas Lipps rejected arguments by defence lawyers that witnesses could face intimidation or harassment outside the courthouse in Steubenville.
The case has attracted attention due to social media and the high profile of the football team in the small town.
Judge Lipps also ruled the non-jury trial would be open ... | An Ohio judge has ruled that the rape trial of two high school football players will take place in the county where the alleged attack happened. |
Tom Lucking found a gold pendant inlaid with a profusion of garnets while metal detecting on farmland in 2014.
The 7cm (2.8in) item was found in the grave of a female and has been described as one of the "most elaborate...ever found".
It was declared treasure alongside other items at an inquest in Norwich.
Why is Norfo... | A student who found Anglo Saxon jewellery of "national significance" said the discovery has made three years exploring the field worthwhile. |
The former Doctor Who actress, from Inverness, joins US stars Kevin Hart, Jack Black and Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, in the new production.
Her casting follows her securing a bigger role in Guardians of the Galaxy.
Starring the late Robin Williams, Jumanji involves a magical board game and is regarded by fans as a cl... | Scottish actress Karen Gillan has been cast in a new film that has been described as a follow up story to the 1990s box office hit, Jumanji. |
Eric Monkman and Bobby Seagull - the breakout stars of the last series of the BBC Two quiz show - are getting behind the microphone.
The pair will present Monkman and Seagull's Polymathic Adventure on BBC Radio 4 on 21 August.
The duo became friends during filming, despite being captains of rival teams.
Monkman and Sea... | If watching University Challenge makes your head hurt, you might want to take an aspirin before listening to a new show Radio 4 are planning. |
The BBC has obtained details of the major survey.
Almost 70% - 2,479 - of the university's 3,600 staff took part in the survey earlier this year.
Only 29% of staff who responded agreed senior leaders provided "effective leadership". One in five said the university managed change effectively.
Fewer than a third gave pos... | Fewer than a third of staff at Queen's University believe it is being led effectively, according to a survey conducted by the university itself. |
Stefano Brizzi, 50, told the Old Bailey that PC Gordon Semple visited his flat on 1 April for "the purpose of having fun".
They had previously agreed to meet on gay dating app Grindr for sadomasochistic sex.
Mr Brizzi, from south London, denies murdering the 59-year-old officer but admits disposing of his body.
Asked i... | A man accused of strangling a police officer has told his trial he had no intention of hurting him. |
The idea will be looked at as part of a wider study of transport issues across southern Scotland.
Campaign for Border Rail spokesman Simon Walton said they would have preferred a report looking solely at rail services in the area.
However, he said it was welcome progress nonetheless.
Transport Scotland announced earlie... | Borders Railway campaigners have welcomed moves to examine the possibility of extending the route to Carlisle. |
The next public consultation in the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF) scheme was due in September but may not be published until summer 2018.
Regional mayor Andy Burnham promised to revise the plans following protests from affected communities.
The revised plans will be announced "in due course", the mayor's ... | A plan earmarking sites for 225,000 new homes in Greater Manchester is set to be delayed amid a "radical rewrite" to help protect green belt land. |
Two other former executives, as well as the camera firm itself, filed a guilty plea in Tokyo District Court.
They face up to 10 years in prison.
The three admitted to hiding losses dating back to the 1990s, which were brought to light by a former chief executive, Michael Woodford.
'Entire responsibility'
Mr Kikukawa sa... | Former Olympus chairman Tsuyoshi Kikukawa has pleaded guilty to charges of falsifying accounts, covering up losses of $1.7bn (£1.1bn), at the opening of his trial. |
The military said the driver was taken into custody after the incident near the Jewish settlement of Ofra.
It brings to 41 the number of Israelis killed in knife, gun and car-ramming attacks since October 2015.
Local media have named the driver as 22-year-old Malek Hamad, from the West Bank town of Silwad.
Witnesses to... | An Israeli soldier has been killed and another Israeli hurt in a Palestinian car-ramming attack in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military says. |
She said the Games would bring "honour and pride" to the country.
Ms Rousseff, who has seen her popularity plunge amid a serious economic crisis, says the country will rise to the challenge and will organise a safe and successful Games.
She said 12,000 people would be chosen to carry the Olympic torch through some 300 ... | Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has unveiled the torch to be used at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. |
Performers from the comic opera L'elisir d'amore gathered outside the Bow Street venue in full costume at 20:30 BST, alongside members of the audience.
The theatre said the interruption was a false alarm and the show had restarted.
People took to Twitter after being caught up in the real-life drama.
Grace Mallon tweete... | Cast members and theatre-goers were evacuated from the Royal Opera House in London after a fire alarm went off mid-performance. |
Jean Say killed his son and daughter two years ago.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said Southwark Sapphire unit in south London "encouraged" victims to withdraw allegations to boost detection rates.
The Metropolitan Police said substantial changes had been made.
The rape allegation against Say was ... | A police officer at a sex crime unit encouraged a woman to drop a rape claim against a man who went on to murder his two children, a report has said. |
Daniel Jones, 58, who has admitted his involvement in the heist, offered to take police to the stashed loot.
Jewels, gold and gems were buried in Edmonton Cemetery in north London.
Three men deny conspiracy to commit burglary. A fourth denies conspiracy to conceal or transfer criminal property.
Police searched the area... | One of the Hatton Garden raiders buried his share of the £14m stash under two family graves, but tried to dupe police by just revealing one, a court has heard. |
Barry Joy, 56 and Daniel Timbers, 28, died in a "fierce fire" following an explosion at digger bucket maker Harford Attachments in Norwich in 2015.
The coroner said Mr Timbers had been standing in for his father who was ill.
Post-mortem examinations said the men died as a result of the effects of fire and inhalation of... | Two men who died in a paint-spraying booth were so badly burned they could only be identified using their dental records, an inquest has heard. |
The Pacaya volcano began spewing ash and lava after a powerful explosion on Saturday afternoon.
New explosions were seen on Sunday, with ash clouds reaching a height or at least 4km (3 miles).
Flights have been diverted from the area, some 50km (30 miles) south of the capital, Guatemala City.
The Pacaya is one of three... | A volcano has erupted in Guatemala, prompting the authorities to consider the evacuation of some 3,000 people living in the area. |
Eric Bikubi, 28, and his partner Magalie Bamu, aged 29, have been convicted at the Old Bailey of killing Kristy Bamu after accusing him of being a sorcerer who practised witchcraft.
The couple, who live in Newham, acted after accusing Kristy of controlling and adversely influencing a young boy, the jury was told.
They ... | An "obsession" with witchcraft and sorcery led a couple to brutally murder a 15-year-old boy at a flat in east London. |
The Nigeria international has been on loan at Qatari club Al Ain this season.
"I'm very happy and very excited that I'm here," 28-year-old Emenike told the club's website.
"I have always known West Ham as a great club. I have known [manager Slaven] Bilic for years and thank God we are here together."
Bilic previously m... | West Ham have signed Fenerbahce striker Emmanuel Emenike on loan, with an option to make the deal permanent at the end of the season. |
The move is seen as vital to getting Stormont's budget on a sustainable footing.
The redundancy scheme formed part of the financial package attached to the Stormont House Agreement.
The Westminster government would allow the Northern Ireland Executive to borrow £700m over four years to pay off up to 20,000 public serva... | The Northern Ireland Secretary of State Teresa Villiers has said the UK government will release funding to allow a public sector redundancy scheme to go ahead. |
They include her chauffeur in Paris, Michael Madar. The three were among 17 people arrested in co-ordinated raids across France on Monday.
The driver's brother is still being questioned by police, reports say.
Kardashian West was held at gunpoint and tied up by the robbers while staying at a hotel in Paris in October.
... | Three people have been released without charge by French police investigating a Paris jewellery robbery that targeted TV reality star Kim Kardashian West. |
His son, film director Duncan Jones, confirmed the news and a statement was released on his official social media accounts.
"David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18-month battle with cancer," it said. News of his death has prompted response across social media.
According to a so... | Singer David Bowie has died at the age of 69 following an 18-month battle with cancer. |
Officers on patrol in the Drylaw area observed a green light coming from Marine Drive just before midnight.
Edinburgh Airport later confirmed that a pilot had reported a laser pen incident during the plane's descent.
A 16-year-old boy and four females, aged 16, 17, 19 and 22, who were in two vehicles in Marine Drive, w... | Five people have been charged after a laser pen was shone at an aircraft in Edinburgh on Friday. |
Karma Khayat and her TV station al-Jadeed are accused of contempt of court for revealing details about witnesses.
They deny any wrongdoing, and say they are fighting for freedom of speech.
The five men accused of killing Mr Hariri remain in hiding, and are being tried by the tribunal in absentia.
Mr Hariri was killed a... | A Lebanese journalist has become the first person to take the stand at the UN-backed tribunal at The Hague investigating the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. |
Northampton Town's League One 3-0 home win over Coventry City was disrupted several times by fans on Saturday.
Northamptonshire Police said six arrests were made when spectators from the away stand invaded the pitch and a further three when flares were let-off.
Coventry City said the disruption was "unacceptable". Nort... | Nine men have been arrested over a pitch invasion and flares being thrown at a football match. |
Tom Queally, 30, from Oak Lodge, Newmarket in Suffolk was found asleep in his car in Cheshire in March.
He admitted the charge and received the ban and a £1,350 fine at Crewe Magistrates' Court.
But his lawyer, Nick Freeman, argued he had been forced to plead guilty because the law did not recognise the sleep walking a... | A top jockey has been banned from driving for 22 months after claiming he was sleep walking while drink driving. |
Thames Valley Police caught 12 drivers on the A34 and M40 in Oxfordshire using phones on a single day during the operation.
It comes after a lorry driver was sentenced to four years for killing a family-of-four by getting distracted when using his phone on the A34.
Police said that one driver was filmed for 30 seconds ... | Police have used a "covert lorry" to spy on drivers using their phones. |
They were part of the cargo on the SS Politician, which sank off Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides in 1941.
Scotch Whisky Auctions, which sold the bottles, said they had gone to a buyer in the UK after worldwide interest.
They were among eight bottles recovered from the wreck in 1987 by Donald MacPhee, from South Uist.
The... | Two bottles of whisky salvaged from the shipwreck that inspired the book and film Whisky Galore have been sold for £12,050 after an online auction. |
Internet-connected cars will improve in-car entertainment, and be able to help with crash alerts and diagnosing engine problems.
It will also be key for driverless technology.
Samsung said automotive electronics was "a strategic priority".
The deal is the biggest overseas purchase made by a South Korean firm, and comes... | Samsung Electronics is buying automotive electronics-maker Harman International Industries for $8bn (£6.4bn), as it makes a big push into connected car technologies. |
The order loosens a provision of the tax code which prohibits religious organisations from directly supporting or opposing political candidates.
Mr Trump often complained about the rule as a candidate. Repealing it would require action in Congress.
LGBT groups and several human-rights groups oppose the order.
The order... | President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to ease a ban on political endorsements by churches and religious groups. |
The 61-38 vote on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities meant the treaty failed to reach the two-thirds majority needed.
Disabled former senator and Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole, who uses a wheelchair, appeared on the floor of the Senate in support.
The treaty was signed by 155 nations... | A UN treaty on disability rights has been rejected by the US Senate. |
The incident happened at the Co-op store in Thornton at about 02:15 on 17 May.
A Ford Transit flatbed van, stolen in Station Road, reversed into the premises. Extensive damage was caused to the building and an attempt was made to steal an ATM.
A 25-year-old man is expected to appear at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court court on ... | A man has been charged after a ram-raid at a shop in Fife. |
The private service is at Althorp House in Northamptonshire on Saturday, which would have been her 56th birthday.
Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Princess Diana's brother, Earl Spencer, and her two sisters will also be there.
Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall will be in Canada.
The service will be conducted... | The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry are to attend a service to rededicate the grave of Diana, Princess of Wales, almost 20 years after her death. |
Five Saudis, reportedly including a prince, were detained at Beirut's airport after two tonnes of pills branded as Captagon were found in cases due to be loaded onto a private jet.
It was the largest drug smuggling operation yet uncovered at the airport.
Captagon pills, which typically contain amphetamine and caffeine,... | The Lebanese authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle a huge quantity of drugs to Saudi Arabia, officials say. |
Hull City Council had hoped the decorative stones would help raise the profile of those in the city who were visually impaired.
They were supposed to spell out the poem, The City Speaks, by Shane Rhodes.
But Braille teacher Barry Wheatley said it made no sense as the Braille is too big and lacks spaces between words.
T... | A council which installed Braille paving stones branded "gobbledygook" has said the slabs were only intended to be "creative". |
Mohammed Ali Abboud is on trial for murdering Agnieszka Szefler at the home they used to share in Bridge of Earn, Perthshire, in January.
The jury were shown video footage of Mr Abboud telling detectives Ms Szefler "fell" with the knife in her hand.
The 57-year-old denies all the charges against him.
The High Court in ... | A man accused of stabbing his ex-partner to death told police she came at him with a knife and they started to struggle, a court has heard. |
Elections for 29 governors and all 36 state assemblies are taking place.
Some of Nigeria's governors control huge budgets and are among the country's most influential politicians.
The vote comes two weeks after Muhammadu Buhari defeated incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan to become the country's first opposition cand... | Nigerians are going to the polls to vote for state governors in the final round of the election process. |
Wasps goalkeeper Neil Parry had already denied Dobbie three times before the striker curled in a drive off a post.
Parry saved again from Dobbie after the break, but the 33-year-old would not be denied his fifth goal in three Challenge Cup outings and 12th goal of the season for the Championship side.
His close-range h... | Stephen Dobbie's double took Queen of the South into the Challenge Cup semi-finals at Alloa Athletic's expense. |
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said the Scottish government needed to take action now to avert a staffing crisis.
They said rising demand and insufficient nursing staff were putting patient care at risk.
The Scottish government said the number of nurses and midwives had risen by 5.2% since 2006.
According to the RC... | Budget cuts, Brexit and growing patient demand are all leading to a "perfect storm" for nursing staff in Scotland, a new report has warned. |
Gayle was responding to a question from Ten Sport's Melanie McLaughlin about his aggressive batting style after scoring 41 runs in 15 deliveries.
He said: "To see your eyes for the first time is nice. Hopefully we can have a drink afterwards. Don't blush."
A BBL statement said the comments were "disrespectful and inapp... | West Indies batsman Chris Gayle has been called "disrespectful" for asking an Australian journalist on a date in a Big Bash League pitch-side interview. |
The images were taken by photographer Nick Hedges in the 1960s and 1970s for housing charity Shelter in some of the country's biggest cities.
He said the conditions some families lived in "shocked me to the core".
An exhibition will be held later this year in Sheffield, Birmingham and Manchester to mark Shelter's 50th ... | An appeal has been launched to trace the families featured in a series of pictures taken in some of England's poorest and most deprived areas. |
The Sky Blues currently play in Coventry's Ricoh Arena but had a long dispute with the stadium's previous owners.
The council said the club wanted to meet to understand how it would deal with a planning application.
The club said it was not commenting "at this stage".
The club's owners, Sisu, have been involved in a lo... | Planners in Rugby have revealed they have been in talks with Coventry City Football Club about building a stadium in the borough. |
In an open letter, he said he loved Russia, calling it "a great democracy".
Mr Depardieu had recently announced he would give up his French passport after the government criticised his decision to move abroad to avoid higher taxes.
Moscow earlier said President Vladimir Putin had personally signed the decree granting t... | Actor Gerard Depardieu has hailed Russia's decision to grant him citizenship, following a tax row with the government in his native France. |
Raucous fans jumped up and down during an early first-quarter touchdown in the game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New Orleans Saints.
The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network detected the vibrations, measuring between a magnitude 1 and 2 earthquake.
The Seahawks won the game at CenturyLink Field 34-7.
Pacific North... | A celebration by football fans in the US city of Seattle grew so loud on Monday evening it registered as a minor earthquake, a research group has said. |
They show Balachandran Prabhakaran, son of rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, eating chocolate on a bench.
Campaigning group Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka says they are proof the boy was summarily executed.
A military spokesman denied the allegations.
He said they were based on "lies, half-truths and rumours... | Photographs have emerged which are said to show the 12-year-old son of a Tamil rebel leader alive and well in custody less than two hours before he was shot dead. |
Favourite Air Force Blue, winner of the Dewhurst Stakes last year and four of his five races, never challenged and was a distant 12th of the 13 runners.
Dettori crossed to the rail side to win by one and half lengths for his third victory in the prestigious mile race.
Massat (9-1) was second with Ribchester (33-1) two ... | Frankie Dettori rode 14-1 shot Galileo Gold to a surprise victory in the first classic of the 2016 Flat season, the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. |
The three-month tests of 137 island homes, 73 in Guernsey and 64 in Jersey, measured the level of gas in the walls.
Radon occurs naturally in areas with a large amount of granite and 99 of the homes tested were below target levels.
Fourteen island homes were above the target level and owners have been told to ensure th... | The amount of radon gas found in the Channel Islands is associated with the geology of the island and not construction materials, a survey finds. |
Figures show the number of women taking their holy vows has trebled in the past five years, from 15 in 2009 to 45 last year - the highest number since 1990.
Fourteen of the women who entered convents in 2014 were aged 30 or under, the latest figures show.
The Church says women are being drawn to religious life because ... | The number of women becoming nuns has reached a 25-year high, the Catholic Church in England and Wales says. |
The newly minted millionaire was reported to have just returned from a holiday with his family when they were told the news.
"My husband was literally pumping the air when he was on the phone," said the unnamed child's mother, according to local media.
It is not known how the winner reacted.
Bonus Bonds are an investme... | A New Zealand toddler has won NZ$1m ($726,600; £560,700) in Bonus Bonds prize money - the youngest ever winner of the investment lottery scheme. |
David Ellam, 52, was attacked as he walked his Yorkshire terrier, Rolo, near his home in Sheepridge, Huddersfield, last August.
At Leeds Crown Court, Aaron Joseph, 29, denied being the owner of a dog that caused injury while dangerously out of control in a public place.
Mr Joseph was released on bail and a trial date h... | A man has denied being the owner of a dog which attacked and fatally injured a neighbour. |
The owner was forced to open the crocodile farm's gates on Sunday to prevent a storm surge, the local Beeld newspaper says.
Many of the crocodiles have been recaptured, but more than half are still on the loose, it says.
The floods have killed at least 10 people in Limpopo province.
The crocodiles escaped from the Rakw... | About 15,000 crocodiles have reportedly escaped from a farm in South Africa's far north amid heavy rains and flooding. |
Speaking about the 1948 contract Nye Bevan, the founding father of the NHS, offered consultants, he said he had "stuffed their mouths with gold".
That gold was the ability to continue private practice - something senior doctors have carefully guarded since.
Down the years, several ministers have had a look at the issue... | The fight over NHS consultants' private work - and that is exactly what this is - goes back to the very start of the NHS. |
In the footage, some Kenyan soldiers can be seen carrying white shopping bags, while others appear to take white boxes from a mobile phone store.
At least 67 people died when suspected al-Shabab militants stormed the Nairobi shopping centre on 21 September.
The Kenyan military says it is investigating the looting alleg... | Security camera footage has emerged which appears to show Kenyan security forces looting goods during last month's siege of the Westgate mall. |
Police said the man was arrested after a 54-year-old man died at St John's Hospital in Livingston.
He had suffered head injuries during an incident in King Street, Bathgate, at about 03:00 on Saturday.
Officers have appealed for witnesses to come forward. The arrested man is due to appear at Livingston Sheriff Court on... | A 35-year-old man has been charged with murder following the death of a man in Bathgate. |
He told Fox News the Democrats were putting out the reports because they were embarrassed at the scale of the election defeat.
On Friday, CIA officials told US media they had concluded that Russians hackers were trying to help Mr Trump.
Russian officials have repeatedly denied the hacking accusations.
Mr Trump said it ... | President-elect Donald Trump has rejected as "ridiculous" a CIA assessment that Russian hackers tried to sway the election in his favour. |
The northbound carriageway was closed at 02:00 on Thursday at junctions five, Castle Bromwich and six, Spaghetti Junction and was not reopened until about 01:30 GMT on Friday.
A 26-year-old man driving a Saab died at the scene.
A 200m-length section across four lanes had to be resurfaced after a fuel spillage, Highways... | Part of the M6 in Birmingham was closed for almost 24 hours after a fatal collision involving a lorry and a car. |
The draft document now in the public domain had a very limited circulation. Members of Labour's National Executive that I have spoken to hadn't seen it.
Most - though not all - shadow cabinet members were shown only the sections which related to their policy areas - to prevent leaks.
And certainly the leak of a complet... | It's not just Labour's policies that have been exposed by the leaks of the manifesto - it's the level of distrust at the very top of the Labour Party. |
The charity is campaigning to help protect ancient or old trees, that have grown in the UK for hundreds of years.
They say that having more trees is good for our health as well as the environment.
Currently around 2% of the UK is listed as ancient woodland.
The UK has seen around 45 rare species of trees disappear in t... | The Woodland Trust have said that some trees should have the same rights as old buildings. |
Ardit Ferizi from Kosovo pleaded guilty to charges of providing material support to America's enemies, at a court hearing in Virginia.
The computer hacker shared the personal data of more than 1,000 American military and government personnel.
The jail term imposed by the US court is the maximum sentence for his crime.
... | A 21-year-old has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in the US after passing details on American military personnel to so-called Islamic State (IS). |
One of the men was arrested in the capital Berlin and the other in a town close to Cologne, in west Germany.
Police seized computers, mobile phones and sketches in the raids but did not find a "smoking gun", prosecutors' spokesman Martin Steltner said.
About 450 officers were involved in the raids.
One of the men detai... | German police have arrested two Algerians suspected of planning an attack and having links to the militant group, Islamic State (IS). |
International Trade Secretary Liam Fox will travel from the US to meet Mexican counterparts to discuss trading relationships.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is on a two-day tour of Australia, saying post-Brexit trade is "top of the agenda".
And Brexit Secretary David Davis will hold private talks in Germany ahead of t... | Senior cabinet ministers will push the UK's Brexit agenda on three different continents later. |
Norris spoke on Tuesday of plans for a show in the NT's temporary theatre that was "very focused on disabled issues".
He added he was also in talks with "senior writers" about a play on the main Olivier stage addressing similar themes.
Norris was speaking at a public debate on diversity in UK theatre at the NT in Londo... | National Theatre boss Rufus Norris has said he hopes to stage more work that will focus on the issue of disability. |
The scheme would be paid for by cutting the winter fuel allowance and free TV licences for better-off pensioners, the party's "pre-manifesto" proposes.
Mr Clegg told reporters: "We are telling you today that we are choosing to put the next generation front and centre of our plans."
The proposals are part of the Lib Dem... | Young people aged 16-21 would get a 66% discount on bus travel in England under Lib Dem plans outlined by Nick Clegg. |
If that happens, the ice loss could push up global oceans by 2m, or more.
The claim is based on an assessment of the rocks underlying the ice stream.
Scientists tell the journal Nature that should the front of the glacier retreat about 150km from its current position, it will then enter a runaway reversal that takes it... | Unchecked climate change could put Antarctica's huge Totten Glacier into an unstable configuration over the coming centuries, a study has warned. |
Ball, who featured against Pakistan A in Dubai, has taken six wickets in each of Notts' first two games and is the leading wicket-taker in Division One of the County Championship so far in 2016.
Read said of the 25-year-old: "Last winter he got fitter and stronger.
"Now he's genuinely lively and he does plenty with the... | Pace bowler Jake Ball has made a "lively" return following a winter playing for England Lions, says Nottinghamshire captain Chris Read. |
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