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Darren Kelly, 42, died on Tuesday evening after he was attacked on Caister Drive in Basildon, Essex.
His friend Stuart Cullum said: "I just wish I could have been there that night he was in trouble, because I would have made sure that I had been in front of it... | The friend of a man who was stabbed to death said he wishes he could have taken his place. |
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The 29-year-old will face world number one Novak Djokovic in Sunday's final after beating defending champion Stan Wawrinka 6-4 6-2 4-6 6-2.
"Reaching the French Open final is definitely not something I thought I'd... | British number one Andy Murray has said there was a time he thought he would never reach a French Open final. |
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The strike, over pay and working conditions, is likely to cause the cancellation of hundreds of flights.
It will affect Lufthansa passenger services at all airports in Germany, as well as Lufthansa Cargo and low-cost carrier Germanwings.
If it goes ahead, it w... | Pilots at Lufthansa will hold a three-day strike from 2200 GMT on 1 April, their union has announced. |
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The documents from the 1980s reveal Mrs Thatcher wanted to make state schools independent of local authorities.
This has been the central plank of the current government's education reforms.
In 1986, policy adviser Oliver Letwin wrote that she had "failed" to ... | Margaret Thatcher explored plans to overhaul the structure of English education when she was PM, files released by the National Archives show. |
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The video shows the bird briefly lifting the child in a Montreal park before dropping him unharmed.
Nearly 17 million people have watched the video on YouTube in three days.
But a digital training centre in Montreal later told the BBC that the clip was made by... | A video of a golden eagle snatching a child in Canada that has gone viral online was an elaborate hoax aimed at testing the skills of the clipmakers. |
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The Brazil striker nodded in a Nicolas Gaitan free-kick to give the Portuguese champions a slender advantage.
Jonas's 25th goal of the season came after Zenit defender Domenico Criscito was sent off for a second booking.
Benfica were the better side in the sec... | An injury-time header from Jonas gave Benfica a 1-0 lead to take to Zenit St Petersburg for the second leg of their last-16 Champions League tie. |
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Environment Minister John Griffiths has ruled around 230 square kilometres of land in Wrexham and Denbighshire should fall within the Clwydian Range AONB.
He said the move proposed by the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) would help protect the landscape.
Fa... | An official Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in north Wales is being extended. |
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Speaking in an interview with BBC Newsnight's Evan Davis, he said it was "a job that doesn't exist" which would require a "constitutional change" - and he compared the role to that of "director of football".
Watch the ful... | Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has dismissed an offer from Owen Smith of becoming party president in the event his rival wins the Labour leadership. |
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Forward Porter, 24, and defender Johnson, 21, both joined the club at the start of the season and have agreed extensions after helping secure a 10th-place finish in the National League.
"I'm delighted to have Daniel on board for next season, he's had a fantast... | George Porter and Daniel Johnson have signed new contracts with Bromley. |
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At present, people visit seven times a year on average, industry analysts CACI have said.
It forecasts that contact with banks will rise - but primarily through apps, with desktop banking also shrinking.
Hundreds of branches have closed in the UK in recent yea... | Typical consumers will visit a bank branch four times a year by 2022, turning instead to their mobile phones for services, according to forecasts. |
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Here's what we know about what happened.
The drama took place on board a high-speed train travelling from Amsterdam to Paris, via Brussels, on Friday afternoon.
The journey was apparently uneventful until the train, operated by Thalys, reached Oignies in north... | French President Francois Hollande has announced the award of the country's highest award - the Legion d'honneur - to six passengers who tackled a suspected radical Islamist on board a train travelling from Amsterdam to Paris. |
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Marie Alphonsine Ghattas and Mariam Bawardy were among four new saints declared in Rome's St Peter's Square.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and over 2,000 Christian pilgrims from the region attended the ceremony.
The move is seen as a token of Vatican sup... | Pope Francis has canonised two 19th Century nuns who lived in Ottoman-ruled Palestine, making them the first Palestinian saints in modern times. |
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Michael Davies, 71, from Blaina, Blaenau Gwent, was staying at a hotel in Sandown with his wife Pat when he disappeared on 26 May.
His family thanked those who organised and took part in a search on Wednesday.
They said they wanted to join in, but it was diffi... | The family of a south Wales man, missing on the Isle of Wight, have said they are "in limbo" and "unable to face things and move on". |
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Summer flights to Faro, in Portugal, are also being dropped while the airline's service to Liverpool is being reduced to twice a week.
City of Derry Airport said it was "extremely disappointing news".
John Kelpie of Derry and Strabane District Council said the... | Low cost airline Ryanair is to axe its Londonderry to London route, the airport has confirmed. |
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The two sides have been holding talks in Geneva and the US has said discussions are "making progress".
However, a US official later confirmed that deliberations in Washington were behind delays to a deal.
The latest talks came as the UN special envoy for Syria... | Russia has said agreement on a ceasefire deal in Syria is being held up by the United States. |
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The man from Llanelli was arrested on suspicion of blackmail and has been bailed to a date in March 2016.
The telecoms provider's website was hit by a hacking attack in October.
Police have arrested and bailed four others, including a 15-year-old boy from Coun... | An 18-year-old who became the fifth person to be arrested in connection with an alleged data theft from TalkTalk has been released on bail. |
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A leaked email says the airline was "instructed by the Chinese government" to "follow the One China policy".
Crew were told to wear China's flag instead, but this directive was later withdrawn. Flag pins show passengers the nationality and languages of crew.
T... | Emirates is under fire after instructing Taiwanese cabin crew to remove pin badges showing the island's flag from their uniforms. |
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Police said the incident happened on Tuesday at a property in the Huntly area.
A 15-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy have been charged with reckless conduct in connection with the incident.
No-one was injured and a report is being sent to the procurator fisc... | Two teenage boys have been charged after a firework was posted through a letterbox in Aberdeenshire. |
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The 44-year-old man also suffered neck and chest injuries after falling in a gully on Blencathra's Sharp Edge.
Keswick Mountain Rescue Team, which rescued the man on Sunday, said the area was a "blackspot" in wet or snowy conditions.
The Great North Air Ambula... | A man suffered serious head injuries when he fell 160ft (50m) down a Lake District mountain. |
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Alex Lozowski and Saints counterpart Stephen Myler kicked three penalties each as the first half ended 9-9.
Myler put the visitors ahead after the break but Sarries seized control when Alex Waller was sin-binned.
Jamie George crossed and the hosts were then aw... | Reigning Premiership champions Saracens recorded their third win of the season after a physical encounter with Northampton at Allianz Park. |
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Made a CBE in 2014, the 36-year-old is the only player - man or woman - to captain England in 200 internationals.
"It became clear that Mark wants to build a new team and I fully support that," Edwards said.
She m... | Charlotte Edwards has ended a 20-year England career after "honest and open" discussions with coach Mark Robinson but would have "loved" to carry on. |
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Ferguson replaced Jim Duffy, who left for Greenock Morton, as four of the division's 10 clubs prepare to start the season under new management.
Former Aberdeen and Dunfermline Athletic midfielder Darren Young is the fresh managerial face with Albion Rovers, re... | Former Scotland captain Barry Ferguson switching from Blackpool to Clyde as player-manager has thrust Scotland's League Two back into the spotlight two seasons after his former club, Rangers, left their financial and publicity mark behind. |
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The Immigration Bill will make it a criminal offence to rent accommodation to illegal immigrants.
But shadow home secretary Andy Burnham told the Independent on Sunday it could cause problems for "anyone with a foreign-sounding name".
The Home Office said chec... | Labour has accused the government of planning legislation that could cause "everyday racism" and "widespread discrimination" in the housing market. |
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The zoo earlier reported that the much-loved hippo, Gustavito, had been stabbed and beaten by unknown assailants.
But prosecutors, who found no sign of puncture wounds, said it was likely the hippo died as a result of poor care.
Gustavito, 15, died late on Sun... | A post-mortem examination on a hippopotamus at the National Zoo of El Salvador has found that it did not die as a result of a stabbing attack, officials say. |
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Firefighters have been tackling the blaze at Skip-It containers in North Quay Road, Newhaven, since Friday.
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said they believed the burning rubbish had been extinguished but were checking for signs of smouldering.
Crews will ... | Fire crews believe they have finally extinguished 200 tonnes of rubbish that was alight for six days, sending smoke hundreds of feet into the air. |
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Kaur smashed an unbeaten 171 - the highest score by an India player at a World Cup - as they made 281-4 from their rain-reduced 42 overs.
A big-hitting cameo from Alex Blackwell (90) gave Australia hope but they w... | Harmanpreet Kaur's stunning century helped India beat six-time champions Australia by 36 runs in Derby and reach the Women's World Cup final. |
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He is the first opposition figure to win a presidential election in Nigeria since independence in 1960.
"I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody", he told cheering crowds at the inauguration in the capital, Abuja.
He vowed to tackle "head on" the issues o... | Muhammadu Buhari has been sworn in as Nigeria's president, promising to bring "increased prosperity" to Africa's most populous country. |
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The 26-year-old, who made 37 league appearances for the Cards last season, has agreed a one-year contract with the option of a further year.
"He is more than capable of making the step back up to league football," Reds head coach Dermot Drummy said.
"In fact, ... | League Two side Crawley Town have signed midfielder Chris Arthur from National League club Woking. |
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Now he is mere leader of the opposition, the chance comes less frequently - but Monday night offered up a humdinger.
In full flow with France Television's star interviewer David Pujadas, Sarko delivered this pearl: "Just because I get the salad, doesn't mean I... | In the olden days of Nicolas Sarkozy's French presidency, much fun was to be had irreverently pointing out his tics and verbal idiosyncracies. |
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He said he would "absolutely" give a cast-iron guarantee that a referendum would be held by the end of 2017.
Asked if that meant he would recommend voting to leave the EU if he failed to get the changes he wanted, he said he was confident the talks would succe... | David Cameron has told the BBC he is "upbeat, bullish and optimistic" that he will succeed in renegotiating the UK's relations with the European Union. |
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Researchers analysed the genomes of 51 individuals who lived between 45,000 years ago and 7,000 years ago.
The results reveal details about the biology of these early inhabitants, such as skin and eye colour, and how different populations were related.
It also... | A study of DNA from ancient human bones has helped unlock the secrets of Europe's Ice Age inhabitants. |
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In the footage, revealed by the Washington Post, Mr Trump is heard bragging to TV host Billy Bush about trying to have sex with a married woman. The clip, from 2005, was part of unaired footage ahead of Mr Trump's appearance on US soap opera Days of Our Lives.... | US presidential candidate Donald Trump has been forced to apologise after a video emerged in which he made obscene comments about women. |
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Orchid, a leading male cancer charity, says only 38% of 18 to 34-year-olds are confident in recognising the signs of testicular cancer.
That's despite it being the most common type of the disease to affect young men.
Will Gingell found a lump in one of his tes... | Young men are being encouraged to check their testicles on a regular basis; as not enough do according to research seen by Newsbeat. |
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The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is asking the chancellor to introduce a Savers' Bonus, which would treat all taxpayers equally.
At the moment people on higher incomes benefit from either 40% or 45% tax relief, while others only receive 20%.
The ABI s... | A new system of flat-rate tax relief on pension contributions would be fairer to everyone, especially the low-paid, the insurance industry has said. |
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Jeff Farrar said he foresees every police vehicle carrying a drone in the years to come and for more computers to do jobs "that do not involve emotion".
Gwent has had £50m of funding cuts and still needs to make £9m of savings. It has also lost 300 officers ... | Artificial intelligence and drones will be key tools in the future amid budget and job cuts, Gwent Police's chief constable has said. |
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On Friday, crowds opposed to the expansion attacked police in the city of Ningbo in Zhejiang province.
Officials from Ningbo's city government announced on Sunday evening that work on the project would now not go ahead.
Environmental protests have become more ... | Plans to expand a petrochemical plant in eastern China have been shelved after days of protests. |
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A win would have made Bayern champions for the 26th time but that was denied them by Andre Hahn's equaliser, driven low into the net 18 minutes from time.
Thomas Muller headed Bayern in front with a 20th league goal of the season.
Borussia Dortmund beat Wolfsb... | Bayern Munich must wait to secure a record fourth successive Bundesliga title after being held to a 1-1 draw by Borussia Monchengladbach. |
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Mr Hun Sen's court complaint, filed on Monday, said Mr Rainsy had not only defamed the government but also "incited the public".
He asked for just 100 riel ($0.025) in compensation.
Mr Rainsy said that there was "no other explanation" for Kem Ley's murder.
Ten... | Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has sued opposition leader Sam Rainsy for defamation for saying the government was behind the killing of a political analyst last month. |
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Hatters officials have contacted Orient for information regarding the reported chanting at the Matchroom Stadium.
"Luton Town do not condone any kind of discriminatory chanting or comments from supporters, and any serious abuse will be dealt with," said a stat... | Luton Town will assist Leyton Orient if they receive information concerning alleged homophobic chanting by fans during Saturday's League Two match. |
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Bath, who reached last season's Premiership final but now sit ninth after 10 matches, led 8-0 after Dominic Day's try and Tom Homer's penalty.
Homer landed another kick after two Hook penalties to keep them 11-6 ahead.
But, in the wind and rain, three more kic... | James Hook kicked all 15 points as Gloucester came from behind to beat Bath and inflict a sixth successive loss on their West Country rivals. |
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The force of 1,500 guards would be able to deploy even if a member state did not ask for its help.
The European Commission said the force would work as a "safety net".
The proposal was approved a day after 4,500 people were rescued from boats in the Mediterran... | The European Parliament has approved a proposal to set up a new border and coast guard agency to help countries cope with unusually high levels of migration. |
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The mound of soil, stone bricks and kerbs, discovered at about 07:45 GMT on Wednesday, has completely blocked Back Lane in Tibberton, Shropshire.
Telford and Wrekin Council says it appears to have been fly-tipped and it is now clearing up the mess. An emergenc... | A car has crashed into a 12-tonne pile of rubble left dumped on a road. |
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Nicola Sturgeon continued to insist, however, that no final decision had yet been made on holding such a vote.
In a BBC interview she would take things forward at "the pace that I think is right for the country".
Ms Sturgeon has previously said another referen... | Scotland's first minister has said autumn 2018 would be a "common sense" date for any second independence referendum. |
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In July members of the Taliban met representatives of the Afghan government for talks in the pretty hill town of Muree, just outside Islamabad in Pakistan.
It was hailed as a breakthrough, the first very tentative sign that the Taliban might consider some kind... | A few months ago the prospects for peace in Afghanistan looked better than they had in years. |
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Menzies said Iain Napier had informed the company that he wished to retire.
Mr Napier, who joined the board eight years ago, will step down after the group's annual general meeting on Friday.
He is the third high-ranking figure this year to leave the Edinburgh... | Logistics specialist John Menzies has announced that its chairman is to step down from the board later this week. |
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Researchers working on the US space agency's Maven satellite have reported their first big set of results in a clutch of scholarly papers.
These detail how Martian air today is being removed at high altitudes through its interactions with the Sun.
They calcula... | Scientists think they are getting closer to explaining precisely how Mars lost much of its atmosphere. |
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New Zealand lead Sir Ben Ainslie's Great Britain team 3-1 in their first-to-five contest. In the other semi-final, Japan lead Sweden 3-1.
America's Cup Race Management said all four scheduled races will now move t... | Wednesday's semi-final races at the America's Cup in Bermuda have been postponed because of high winds. |
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Glen More, 24, Thomas Carling, 19, and Joshua Colman, 22, were part of a large group who clashed with officers attempting to break up the event at Twyford Wood, near Bourne, on 23 June.
The men, who admitted violent disorder, appealed against their jail terms ... | A judge was right to jail three men for their part in violence towards police at an illegal rave in Lincolnshire. |
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Men in Ullapool took on fishermen from the USSR in the kick-about in 1984.
The fishermen had to borrow boots for the game, which caused a storm in western media because of the heightened tensions between the East and West.
The pictures taken by Frank Hempel, t... | Photographs of a controversial football match played in the Highlands during the Cold War have been put on public display for the first time. |
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The 29-year-old woman was attacked in Papermill Wynd in Edinburgh at about 01:00 on Saturday 19 December.
Police said she had been out in the city centre with friends and was walking home when a man approached her in Queen Street.
The pair walked together unti... | A woman was indecently assaulted as she walked home from a night out last month. |
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The Norwegian side visit Celtic Park this week in a Champions League third qualifying round first leg.
Deila manages Rosenborg's Eliteserien rivals Valerenga in his homeland.
"Their best skills in the team are defend and counter attack," the 41-year-old coach ... | Former Celtic manager Ronny Deila expects Rosenborg to try to hit the Scottish champions on the break when the sides meet on Wednesday. |
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The 24-year-old, who returned to the England training squad on Tuesday after 15 months out because of injury, could play against Exeter on Sunday.
Tuilagi could then make his international return in the Six Nation... | Leicester Tigers centre Manu Tuilagi is one of 11 England players released to play for their clubs this weekend. |
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It has emerged that they included the foetus of her unborn child.
Sylvia Fleming's dismembered remains were discovered under the flooring of a house at Mullaghmore in County Tyrone.
The 17-year-old care worker's former boyfriend Stephen Scott, was jailed for l... | The family of an Omagh murder victim say they have been put through a "living hell" after discovering that body parts belonging to her were retained. |
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Northampton Borough Council sold the 4,000-year-old Sekhemka statue in July.
Arts Council England has ruled the council ineligible for a series of grants because of the sale.
The funding was being sought for an exhibition of designer shoes dating from the 19th... | A council's bid for a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant of £240,400 has been rejected after it sold an ancient Egyptian statue for nearly £16m. |
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British-Australian company Rio Tinto and US-based Alcoa said on Tuesday they would relinquish a 44-year-old agreement with the WA government.
The Mitchell Plateau area in the country's Kimberley region will become part of the Kimberley National Park.
At more t... | Mining giants Rio Tinto and Alcoa have agreed to scrap plans for a new mine in Western Australia to allow the land to be incorporated into a national park. |
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He will still ask Congress to approve the arming of Syrian opposition forces.
Mr Obama is due to give a speech on Wednesday night in which he will outline his anti-IS strategy.
IS militants have taken over large parts of Syria and Iraq in recent months and hav... | President Barack Obama has said that he has the authority to widen military action against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq and Syria without the approval of Congress. |
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Keith Lowe and Joshua Hack lured Brendan Mason to Abbey Park in Leicester where they beat him, stripped him naked to get rid of evidence, then left him for dead.
Mr Mason, 23, died in hospital after suffering 99 injuries.
Lowe, 22, and Hack, 21, were given lif... | Two men who used their phones to film themselves brutally attacking a man with learning difficulties have been jailed for his murder. |
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Mr McDonagh, who was 28 and from Castledawson, was assaulted outside a bar last Sunday morning.
The 33-year-woman was detained in Banbridge on Saturday morning and is being questioned on suspicion of withholding information.
A 24-year-old man appeared in court... | Police investigating the murder of James McDonagh in Toomebridge last weekend have arrested a woman. |
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Lawro's opponents for this weekend's Premier League fixtures and FA Cup quarter-finals are Sophie Rose from Chelsea supporter channel CFC Fan TV and Manchester United followers Adam McKola and Stephen Howson from Full Time DEVILS.
Unsurprisingly, Sophie has a ... | BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season. |
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Its plane, yet to go into development, would carry 150 people on journeys of less than 300 miles.
Wright Electric said by removing the need for jet fuel, the price of travel could drop dramatically.
British low-cost airline Easyjet has expressed its interest i... | A new start-up says that it intends to offer an electric-powered commercial flight from London to Paris in 10 years. |
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A report by the group highlights secret defence budgets and poor oversight of militaries as particularly problematic.
The region has some of the fastest growing defence budgets in the world.
The report says defence corruption has also fuelled the rise of extre... | Corruption in the defence sector poses a huge risk to the security and stability of countries in the Middle East and North Africa, watchdog Transparency International says. |
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Bale glanced in a Luca Modric cross just before half-time to claim his third goal of the season.
Ronaldo then scored his 16th after Lucas Vazquez was tripped late on.
Real avoided a third successive league defeat for the first time since the end of the 2008-09... | Gareth Bale's header and Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty eased the pressure on manager Rafael Benitez as Real Madrid earned an unspectacular win at Eibar. |
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In a presentation to supporters, owner Ann Budge said she hoped the structure would be open for September 2017.
The Edinburgh club also said they are confident it will be "completely paid for, with no bank debt at all."
They say funding plans will be revealed ... | Hearts say they have raised 50% of funding for their proposed new main stand, with the cost of redeveloping Tynecastle estimated at £11-12m. |
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A joint Lancet and Imperial College London review found poor countries were being given devices they could not use or maintain.
It said richer nations should aim their efforts at lower-cost equipment tailored for the developing world.
Research has shown 40% of... | Inappropriate equipment is undermining the medical aid effort in developing countries, experts say. |
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Rachel Fee, 31, and her civil partner Nyomi Fee, 28, deny killing their son Liam in a house near Glenrothes on 22 March 2014.
The women also deny locking another boy in a cage and tying a third to a chair in a room with rats and snakes.
The trial, which is exp... | Two women have gone on trial accused of murdering a two-year-old boy in Fife and blaming the killing on another boy. |
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RWE Innogy wanted to use water from the River Conwy to supply its proposed hydro power project at Betws y Coed.
The firm said it would have had a positive impact on the environment but campaigners were worried half an acre of the centuries-old Fairy Glen Wood ... | Controversial plans to build a £12m hydro electric scheme at a beauty spot in Conwy Valley have been refused. |
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The new cases of the H7N9 strain bring the total number of reported cases to 60. Two more people have now died.
Authorities believe the virus is being spread through direct contact with infected poultry.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said there was no ev... | China has reported 11 fresh cases of bird flu, with the virus now appearing in the central province of Henan and the capital Beijing. |
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Numerous patients refused to have Antonella Indrizzi look after them due to her "extremely poor" language skills, a committee heard.
She worked as a healthcare assistant at King's Mill Hospital in Nottinghamshire but was a registered nurse.
The hospital has be... | An Italian nurse whose English was so bad a colleague had to point and mime to show her what to do has been struck off the medical register. |
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Zafreen Khadam, 32, told Sheffield Crown Court she did not support terrorism and posted the links in order to "put myself in their little world".
Prosecutors claim the posts, which included execution videos, "glorified" IS and "encouraged terrorism".
Miss Khad... | A woman accused of encouraging terrorism by sharing so-called Islamic State propaganda online has said it was an "act" to "learn more about ISIS". |
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The report, published in the Lancet to coincide with the build-up to the Olympics, estimates that about a third of adults are not doing enough physical activity, causing 5.3m deaths a year.
That equates to about one in 10 deaths from diseases such as heart dis... | A lack of exercise is now causing as many deaths as smoking across the world, a study suggests. |
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The Scotland coach's current deal runs out after the conclusion of the Euro 2016 qualification campaign in October.
"Gordon and I have had a chat about it and we will sit down after the Euro qualification phase and we'll discuss his future," Regan told BBC Sco... | Scottish Football Association chief executive Stewart Regan says there is no rush for contract talks with Gordon Strachan. |
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As cocks crow in the background, 17-year-old Nji Collins Gbah tells the BBC about the series of complex technical tasks he completed for Google between November and mid-January.
Nji had thrown himself into the contest, using knowledge gained from two years of ... | The first African winner in Google's annual coding competition is 370km (230 miles) from home, sitting outside his cousins' house in the Cameroonian capital, Yaounde, because the government has cut off his hometown from the internet. |
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The former hat model and her comic book maestro husband were set to celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary later this year.
Marvel Entertainment said they had "lost a member of the Marvel family".
American comic Kevin Smith, who interviewed Joan earlier this... | Tributes have been paid to British-born Joan Lee, wife of Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee, who has died aged 95. |
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Federer, 35, will become the oldest champion at SW19 since the Open era began in 1968 if he overcomes 28-year-old Croat Cilic on Centre Court.
The Swiss superstar is looking to secure a 19th Grand Slam title again... | Roger Federer will try to win the Wimbledon men's title for a record eighth time when he plays Marin Cilic in Sunday's final. |
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Manager Graham Westley confirmed he does not want to retain either player and is hopeful of making two signings before Saturday's game at Barnet.
County are bottom of League Two - six points from safety in spite of their 1-1 draw with Colchester.
"Ben Tozer's ... | Newport County midfielders Ben Tozer and Jack Campton have been told they are free to leave the club. |
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Following the retirement of Bill Knox, member clubs and associations chose directors to the board, from which the chairman was then chosen.
Beatt said: "I am proud to have been elected Chair of one of Scotland's most established sports governing bodies.
"I aim... | Sue Beatt has become the first women to be voted into the post of Bowls Scotland chair. |
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GB lost their opening fixture to the hosts on Saturday, but began brightly on day two.
Helen Richardson-Walsh put her side ahead in the third quarter, diverting her wife Kate's penalty corner.
China levelled minutes later through Mengyu Wang, but neither side ... | Great Britain's women endured a frustrating 1-1 draw against China in their second match of the Hockey World League Final in Argentina. |
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Japan has apologised and will pay 1bn yen ($8.3m; £5.6m) - the amount South Korea asked for - to fund victims.
Estimates suggest up to 200,000 women were sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during WW2, many of them Korean.
Other women came from China, the Philip... | The leaders of Japan and South Korea have welcomed the agreement between their two countries to settle the issue of "comfort women" forced to work in Japanese brothels during World War Two. |
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The double Olympic cycling champion was unhurt on the Paul Nicholls-trained mount in the Switching Saddles "Grassroots" Fox Hunters' Chase.
Pacha Du Polder appeared to be impeded by Baltic Blue at the seventh fence.
Media playback is not supported on this devi... | Victoria Pendleton was unseated from odds-on favourite Pacha Du Polder at Fakenham on the jockey's first start under National Hunt Rules. |
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David Warner made a rapid 64 as Australia slipped to 121-3, but Voges and Marsh put on an unbroken 317, the second highest Test stand in Hobart.
Voges, whose century took 100 balls, hit 19 fours in his highest Test score.
West Indies left-arm spinner Jomel War... | Adam Voges hit an unbeaten 174 and Shaun Marsh 139 not out as Australia amassed 438-3 on the opening day of the three-Test series against West Indies. |
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Paul Eason also told the inquests he failed to fully alert the ambulance control room, despite being their "eyes and ears" inside the stadium.
"Unfortunately, on this day, the eyes were blurred and the ears were blocked," he agreed.
Ninety-six Liverpool fans d... | A senior ambulance officer has admitted failing to "properly assess" the unfolding disaster in front of him at Hillsborough. |
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The 13-part series "Manly Health and Training" was written under a pseudonym for a New York newspaper in 1858.
It contains multitudes of tips on topics such as diet, sex, and hygiene.
The 47,000-word series, which survived only in a few libraries, was discover... | A trove of journalism by the great US poet Walt Whitman is being published online after lying in obscurity more than 150 years. |
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This time it's not about filters, it's all about where people are.
'Snap Maps' puts users and their snaps onto a map so friends and other Snapchatters can see where they are and what they are doing.
It has raised a lot of concerns amongst child safety experts.... | Snapchat has just launched another new feature on their popular social media app. |
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Its proposals for up to 33 turbines at Dyfnant Forest, near Llangadfan, have been shelved, partly due to expected "lengthy planning processes".
The project was announced in 2008.
The company said it has decided to focus its onshore wind efforts on replacing tu... | Wind farm plans in Powys have been ditched with ScottishPower Renewables saying it is no longer financially viable. |
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The almost mile-long (1 km) hallway at Llandough Hospital, Penarth, was gifted the pictures by the Contemporary Art Society Wales.
They are from the Paintings in Hospitals art collection and intended to make patients feel better.
The display can be used by the... | What is said to be Europe's longest hospital corridor has been adorned with more than 80 paintings, some which have never been seen before. |
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John "Goldfinger" Palmer, who allegedly amassed a huge fortune in a time-share scam, was treated for a cardiac arrest on 24 June at his home in South Weald.
But a post-mortem examination on 30 June revealed the 65-year-old convicted conman had been shot in the... | The case of a notorious criminal shot dead in his home has been referred back to Essex Police by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). |
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It is thought the six-week-old cub had been "lodging" in the house in Welney, on the Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border for several days after getting through a hole where a cat flap used to be.
The homeowner had noticed "a smell" and when her cat began "standing g... | A fox cub was rescued after a curious cat found it underneath a sofa. |
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Now Thomas Piketty has launched a new crusade - an attempt to change the debate on mass immigration, which he describes as an economic good.
In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC, the chairman of the Paris School of Economics and visiting professor at the L... | He is the French economist who shot to international fame following his 2013 book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, which dealt with inequality in the modern world. |
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Relatives and 999 staff gathered for the event, organised by emergency workers and community leaders.
The Bishop of Chichester, who led the service, said the tragedy "sliced through the fabric of our life".
Emergency officer Paul Sutton said: "A uniform cannot... | The victims of the Shoreham air disaster and the "human courage" of the emergency services have been honoured in a memorial service in West Sussex. |
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Campaign group Zero Waste Scotland said the behaviour was costing the public purse more than £50m a year.
Its appeal includes asking businesses to put posters up in windows to discourage customers from littering.
Zero Waste said more than 15,000 tonnes of litt... | Scottish firms and councils are among organisations being urged to join a new nationwide campaign to prevent littering and fly-tipping. |
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The family were among seven people injured in the crash outside The Friary Centre in Guildford on Friday morning.
A boy, aged two, and his one-year-old sister were both released from hospital over the weekend, Surrey Police said.
The condition is not known of ... | The grandparents of two children hurt when a car mounted a pavement and hit a group of pedestrians are still in hospital with serious injuries. |
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A total of 30 patients have experienced sickness and diarrhoea and nine staff have also reported the symptoms.
Ward 12, for stroke patients, is the third ward to be shut to admissions and transfers and to be subject to visitor restrictions since Monday.
Genera... | Three wards at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary will be closed over the Easter weekend following an outbreak of norovirus, the NHS has confirmed. |
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Douglas Gordon has directed Neck of the Woods, starring Charlotte Rampling, at the Home theatre in Manchester.
Critics have described it as a "vanity project" and "humourless and sedate".
The show features several axes, and Gordon is thought to have wielded an... | A Turner Prize-winning artist has used an axe to attack the wall of a theatre where he has staged a new play to scathing reviews. |
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The woman, 19, was found at City Warehouse ApartHotel on Great Ancoats Street, Manchester, at about 06:30 GMT.
Greater Manchester Police said they are concerned about any others who may have taken the pills and have advised them to seek medical attention.
Supt... | A teenager has been found dead in a city centre hotel after apparently taking ecstasy, police have said. |
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He told an NBC News interviewer on Sunday that he's a "reasonable person", however, and he'd listen if someone can come up with a "reasonable explanation for why they would like to kill a baby". Women, however, should not look at their foetus as "the enemy".
T... | Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, one of the current frontrunners for the Republican presidential nomination, wants to make abortion illegal in all instances, including cases of rape and incest. |
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The family was celebrating their son's sixth birthday and had spent hundreds of pounds on tickets, a friend said.
Mr Singh, from Coventry was in breach of health and safety rules when he refused to exchange his Kirpan for a replacement necklace, the park said.... | A Sikh family was denied entry to Drayton Manor Theme Park after an adult refused to remove his ceremonial dagger, worn as a symbol of his faith. |
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A Steven Lawless shot was deflected past Connor Ripley in the 90th minute of a 1-0 home win at Firhill.
"We shot ourselves in the foot because the goal was avoidable, one of our players switched off," McGhee said.
"The boy got in behind, it gets a big deflecti... | Manager Mark McGhee was left frustrated by a moment of misfortune and a piece of slack play as Motherwell lost a late goal to Partick Thistle. |
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Spurs are City's closest rivals, seven points behind with five games left.
The Professional Game Match Officials Ltd (PGMOL) does not pick Friend, who lives in Leicester and has attended games in a personal capacity, to referee matches involving the Foxes.
The... | The Premier League has removed referee Kevin Friend from Tottenham Hotspur's game at Stoke City on Monday, because he supports top-of-the-table Leicester. |
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Jason Stange, 44, had taken a role as a doctor who commits a "deranged act" in a film called Marla Mae.
Images of him appeared in a piece publicising the shooting of the film in a newspaper in Washington state.
Police agents recognised him and arrested him at ... | A bank robber wanted for violating his probation has been apprehended by US police after starring in a low-budget horror film using his own name. |
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Henderson tore his hamstring on Friday against Edinburgh as Ulster casualties mounted with Dan Tuohy, Peter Nelson and Darren Cave also injured.
"Iain's type of injury has historically been up to six months [out]," said Ulster director of rugby Kiss.
"At this ... | Ulster's director of rugby Les Kiss fears Iain Henderson's hamstring injury could rule the Ireland forward out for the remainder of this season. |
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