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Two protesters abseiled down Parliament House in Canberra, unfurling a banner saying "close the bloody camps now".
Australia sends asylum seekers who arrive by boat to offshore detention centres in Papua New Guinea and Nauru.
The government believes the policy... | Protesters campaigning against the Australian government's treatment of asylum seekers have breached parliament security for a second day. |
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Hill led 2-0 and 4-3 before eventually losing 5-4 to O'Sullivan in the German Masters qualifiers played in Barnsley.
Wednesday's match was O'Sullivan's first since losing Sunday's UK Championship final in York.
The 20-year-old world number 91 said taking O'Sul... | The Isle of Man's Darryl Hill came within one frame of a memorable victory over five-time world snooker champion Ronnie O'Sullivan. |
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The scheme has been led by the Mourne Heritage Trust and the money comes from the Landscape Partnership programme which helps to protect treasured landscapes.
Meanwhile, £1,040,200, is going towards the Ring of Gullion area in Armagh.
The news has been welcom... | One of Northern Ireland's main tourist attractions, the Mourne Mountains, have received £1.5m from the Heritage Lottery fund. |
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Only 49.8% of them are educated to chemistry degree standard - which is the worst figure in the UK.
In response, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) launched a campaign on Wednesday to give students in Wales a world class science education.
The organisation i... | Fewer than half of chemistry teachers in Welsh secondary schools have degrees in the subject, it has been revealed. |
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Players had reacted angrily to the charges on the social news site Reddit.
In-app purchases can be made in the free-to-play game but the use of "lawnmowers" had been free.
The aim of the game is to stop an advancing line of zombies by putting plants in their w... | The company behind the popular Plants vs Zombies mobile game has said that the introduction of a charge for a previously free item was just a "test". |
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Mark Drakeford said it was "not a sensible course of action", saying the UK government should pay any increase.
A nurses' leader warned the 1% limit was "forcing workers into poverty".
The UK government said its policy was "designed to be fair" but added the W... | The public sector pay cap for workers in Wales should not be scrapped using Welsh Government money, the finance secretary has said. |
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Widnes were 18-6 up after 30 minutes with tries from Aaron Heremaia, Lloyd White and Chris Houston, James Saltonstall replying for the hosts.
Adam Robinson crossed just before half-time for Halifax, who levelled with Miles Greenwood's try after the break.
But ... | Super League side Widnes Vikings held off a comeback from Championship outfit Halifax to reach the last eight of the Challenge Cup. |
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Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Kirsty Williams said orthopaedic patients at a hospital in Bridgend have to wait more than 70 weeks for elective surgery.
Also, Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said 123 children are waiting more than 36 weeks for paediatric treatme... | NHS waiting times should improve after delays for certain treatments, first minister Carwyn Jones has said. |
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Bydd tîm Gareth Bale, Real Madrid yn chwarae yn erbyn Juventus yn Stadiwm Genedlaethol Cymru am 19:45 nos Sadwrn, ac mae disgwyl i 170,000 o ymwelwyr ddod i'r brifddinas.
Ers bore dydd Iau mae rhai ffyrdd wedi cau a mesurau diogelwch mewn grym cyn gêm y merche... | Mae gŵyl yn dathlu rownd derfynol Cynghrair y Pencampwyr wedi agor ym Mae Caerdydd ddydd Iau. |
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The Athletes' Village in Dalmarnock was home to about 7,000 competitors and officials during the Games last summer.
The 38.5 hectare site was reconfigured afterwards and now features 300 private homes, 400 homes for social rent and a new 120-bed care home for ... | The first residents are moving in to homes in the east end of Glasgow built to accommodate athletes at last year's Commonwealth Games. |
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England need a new partner for captain Alastair Cook, but Moeen has scored only 41 runs in his past three innings.
"I'm sure he'll show what he can do," said Root in the build-up to the first Test in Abu Dhabi, st... | Moeen Ali will "rise to the challenge" if he is picked to open the batting for England in the first Test against Pakistan, says vice-captain Joe Root. |
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The 27-year-old suffered a heart attack in May after the Bulls' defeat by Leeds Rhinos at Magic Weekend.
He told BBC Radio Leeds: "I'd be silly not to think of the worst case scenario. I have hopes of coming back to play but I know my body has gone through a m... | Bradford Bulls centre Adrian Purtell says he is not confident of being able to continue his playing career. |
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Police said passengers on the bus were left "distressed" following the incident in King Street on Sunday evening.
Officers said a group of local youths had also caused "extensive and unnecessary" damage to Greenfield House and cars in Hill Street on Sunday.
A ... | A bus passenger was left covered in glass after the vehicle's window was smashed in Alloa at the weekend. |
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The 22-year-old singer will star in the film, according to US magazine Variety, but it's thought to be a small part.
The drama, which is due for release in 2017, will recreate the events of the World War II evacuation of the French city Dunkirk in 1940.
Styles... | Harry Styles has reportedly landed his first film role in Christopher Nolan's war drama 'Dunkirk'. |
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Annaick, who lives in Lyon, told the BBC her heart was with Socialist Party candidate Benoit Hamon, but she had voted for Mr Macron in the second round of the election and was relieved he had been elected:
"I'm very happy. My family and I will be staying in an... | Emmanuel Macron, figurehead of the centrist En Marche party, will become France's youngest president, and French voters have been sharing their reaction to the outcome. |
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The copyright infringement action is being taken on behalf of late guitarist Randy California, who played on the same bill as Led Zeppelin in the 1960s.
His lawyers say that he should be given a writing credit on the 1971 track.
Bloomberg Businessweek said tha... | A legal dispute faces the band Led Zeppelin over the song Stairway to Heaven, widely seen as one of the greatest rock compositions of all time. |
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The four men are demanding about 65m yen (£375,000; $620,000) in extra pay.
They claim the compensation for removing contaminated debris and patrolling the plant has been inadequate given the risks involved.
It is the first time Tepco has faced legal action f... | Workers decommissioning Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have sued its operator Tokyo Electric (Tepco) over unpaid hazard pay. |
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Former England captain Borthwick, 37, has reportedly been approached by Lions coach Warren Gatland, along with Ireland's defence coach Andy Farrell.
England head coach Eddie Jones said: "I'm happy for all of my coaching team except me to be involved."
The Lion... | England forwards coach Steve Borthwick looks set to join the British and Irish Lions coaching team for next year's tour of New Zealand. |
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While the suspected gunman from the Paris attacks, Salah Abdeslam, remains at large, much of the Belgian capital has come to a standstill.
Soldiers are patrolling the streets and the metro and local schools are staying shut.
But the authorities say normality w... | Brussels is under lockdown for a fourth consecutive day, and on the highest state of alert over fears of a Paris-style attack by the militant Islamic State group. |
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The performance earned the Ireland team their first medal of the Rio Games.
The Skibbereen pair produced a brilliant performance to finish only 0.53 seconds behind French duo Pierre Houin and Jeremie Azou.
The O'Donovans closed on the French duo in the last 50... | Cork brothers Gary and Paul O'Donovan have won Ireland's first ever Olympic rowing medal after they took silver in the lightweight double sculls in Rio. |
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Barely any Tsimane had signs of clogged up arteries - even well into old age - a study in the Lancet showed.
"It's an incredible population" with radically different diets and ways of living, said the researchers.
They admit the rest of the world cannot revert... | The healthiest hearts in the world have been found in the Tsimane people in the forests of Bolivia, say researchers. |
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Some experts believe delayed school entry benefits this group of children.
However, the study found children who missed a year of learning often did worse in tests at the age of eight.
The research team, led by scientists at Warwick University, analysed the re... | A delay in starting school for summer-born or premature children may be linked with poor academic performance later on, a study suggests. |
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The 21 girls, aged seven to 12, will have separate duties to the boys but will combine with them for important occasions like Christmas services.
Conductor Nia Llewelyn Jones, said: "They're not that different to the boys - cheeky, sassy, but they're a great b... | An all-girl choir is to sing for the first time in Gloucester Cathedral Choir's 475-year history. |
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Saints had gone into the break 13-6 ahead after Harry Mallinder's early try off the back of great work by Ken Pisi.
A first try this term by British & Irish Lions hopeful Dylan Hartley and Pisi's try put Saints in control, but Chris Ashton's score gave Sarries... | Marcelo Bosch's late try gave Saracens a comeback win over Northampton at Stadium:MK to keep alive their hopes of a home Premiership semi-final. |
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Thomas Orchard, 32, suffered a cardiac arrest in an Exeter police cell in 2012 and died a week later in hospital.
Sgt Jan Kingshott, 45, said Mr Orchard repeatedly threatened to "bite the faces off" custody staff.
Sgt Kingshott and detention officers Simon Tan... | A police custody sergeant accused of the manslaughter of a detainee with mental health issues has told a court the man repeatedly threatened officers. |
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Ms Gillard said the trip "reflects the importance" of Australia's "evolving relationship" with the country.
She is scheduled to meet newly-installed Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang and will visit Shanghai, Beijing and Hainan island.
This is... | Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has left for China on a five-day visit aimed at strengthening ties with the country's largest trade partner. |
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Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is investigating what happened at the Albany Molecular Research Inc site in Greenfield.
Lara Cubley, regulatory officer at NRW, said the spill was contained within a building.
She added action would be taken if the site's environm... | A man has been treated in hospital after a chemical spill at a factory in Flintshire. |
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Geordie Chalmers, from Sandwick, was driving a blue Vauxhall Agila which was involved in the accident on the A965 Kirkwall to Stromness Road at Binscarth, Finstown.
Another person was injured in the crash and was taken to Balfour Hospital in Kirkwall by ambula... | An 84-year-old man has died after a three-vehicle crash in Orkney. |
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The women, wearing hijabs, entered the station saying they wanted to report a stolen phone, police say.
One of the women pulled a knife and another threw a petrol bomb, starting a fire. Two officers were injured.
It is not clear who is behind the attack, but I... | Three women have been killed after trying to stage an attack at the main police station in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa, officials say. |
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The exchange announced in February that hackers had stolen hundreds of thousands of bitcoins from it, worth about $500m (£300m).
It later said that it had found a substantial number of the bitcoins and had hoped to find a way to continue as a business and pay... | MtGox, once the world's biggest Bitcoin exchange, has been placed in administration by a Japanese court. |
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Police Scotland said the 64-year-old man from Hawick died at the scene of the accident on the A7.
In an earlier statement, the force said the car caught fire after crashing with lorry, on the road south of Hawick.
The road between Langholm and Hawick has been ... | A man has died after his car was involved in a collision with a lorry in the Scottish Borders. |
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Six men and one woman died, and more than 50 people were injured, when a tram overturned on 9 November.
TfL has pledged to do "everything we can to support the families and all those affected".
An interim report into the crash is due to be published on Wednesd... | Transport for London (TfL) has offered to pay for the funerals of the seven victims of the Croydon tram crash. |
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Any club can still sign unattached players if they left their old clubs before the summer deadline.
Clubs can buy players again on a permanent basis in January.
Signings confirmed in September,October and November can be found on previous transfer pages.
For a... | The summer transfer window closed on Tuesday, 1 September, while the loan transfer window for Football League clubs closed on Thursday, 26 November. |
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Samples taken from the 26-year-old Chester man were analysed by Randox Testing Services (RTS) in Manchester.
Two employees at RTS were previously arrested over claims data may have been manipulated.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said there was too little... | A drug-driving case has been dropped following a review of blood test data from a forensics laboratory at the centre of a police investigation. |
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About 500 employees are leaving on Friday, with the remainder of the jobs finishing between now and May 2017.
In October 2014, cigarette maker JTI Gallaher announced it would be shutting its County Antrim plant with the loss of 800 jobs.
The factory has been a... | Workers losing their jobs at the JTI tobacco factory expressed sadness on their last day at the Ballymena firm. |
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It has reinforced concerns that using the devices could become a "gateway" to smoking cigarettes.
The study found 6% of 10 to 11-year-olds in Wales said they had used e-cigarettes, compared to 2% who had smoked tobacco.
Children who tried e-cigarettes were sev... | Three times as many children have tried e-cigarettes as have smoked tobacco, according to official figures. |
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The Daily Mail claimed only £14,115 out of £1.7m donated to the Didier Drogba Foundation had helped causes in Africa.
The Charity Commission has opened a case to review concerns about the charity's administration.... | Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has welcomed an investigation into his charity over "serious regulatory concerns". |
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Sixteen National Trust for Scotland (NTS) properties have been digitally captured as using a Google Street View camera.
The panoramas have been published online for viewing worldwide.
It's been made possible because NTS wildlife filmmaker Simon Goodall went fo... | Some of Scotland's most remote and beautiful places are now available in virtual reality. |
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Documents from the whistle-blower published by NBC indicate UK cyberspies used a denial of service attack (DoS) in 2011 to force a chatroom used by the Anonymous collective offline.
A spokeswoman for GCHQ said all the agency's activities were authorised and su... | GCHQ disrupted "hacktivist" communications by using one of their own techniques against them, according to the latest Edward Snowden leaks. |
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On a blameless surface, the tourists played a string of reckless strokes to be reduced to 87-4 and 144-5.
They were rescued in part by Jonny Bairstow, who made 89 in partnerships of 69 with the recalled Jos Buttler (43) and 57 with Ben Stokes.
England closed o... | England failed to capitalise on batting first on the opening day of the third Test against India in Mohali. |
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Net income was $3.98bn, up from $2.74bn for the same quarter last year.
Google's revenue was $18.7 (£12.1bn) compared with $16.5bn.
Growth came mainly from mobile searches and YouTube users.
In August, the company created Alphabet as the new parent company of... | Alphabet the new parent company of Google, has reported profits up almost 50% for the third quarter. |
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Nicholas Williams' challenge against Andrew Barlow caused the cup match between Cefn Albion and AFC Brynford last October to be abandoned.
Williams claimed it was a freak accident but Recorder Huw Rees called it "shocking violence".
Williams, 26, of Wrexham, w... | An amateur footballer who broke the leg of an opposing player with a flying tackle has been jailed for 12 months. |
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A hugely popular sport with the converted, the battle continues to attract new fans and new sponsors against the backdrop of worrying financial unrest at a number of elite clubs.
After Crusaders, Wakefield and Bradford battled back from the brink, now Salford,... | The Rugby Football League's chief executive Nigel Wood may have his critics, but when he labels 2013 as "rugby league's most important year since Super League began" it is impossible to disagree. |
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It is the first time the guild has declared a tie for best film in its 25-year history, another indicator that this year's Oscars race is wide open.
The PGA has correctly picked the film that has gone on to win best picture at the Oscars for the last six years... | Space drama Gravity and 12 Years a Slave have tied for the top prize at the Producer's Guild of America (PGA) awards. |
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Research for the Auditor General and the Accounts Commission said current ways of working were unsustainable.
Challenges include an ageing population and financial pressures, the report found.
The Scottish government said it recognised the new demands and was ... | A lack of leadership and planning is preventing Scotland's health and social care services changing fast enough, according to a report. |
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In a nationwide TV broadcast, the longstanding ruler also reiterated his concern at "foreign interference".
Regional mediators, led by Nigeria's president, are expected in The Gambia on Friday to urge him to accept defeat following December's election.
Preside... | Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has said he will not step down before a Supreme Court decision on disputed elections, a ruling now not expected until May. |
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The unrest, which started on Sunday, ended early on Monday, police said, when the inmates surrendered their weapons and freed unharmed the last of 12 guards they had taken hostage.
A prison chaplain said the riot began after a fight between rival gangs.
A numb... | More than 50 inmates have been killed in a prison riot in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, officials say. |
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The men's team finished sixth in India, while the women were seventh in their event, which was won by Argentina.
The hosts defeated New Zealand 5-1 on Sunday, with Germany beating China 6-2 for bronze.
"Unless people go through these experiences we won't actua... | Poor performances at the Hockey World League Finals could be a "blessing in disguise" for Britain's men and women. |
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But the Spanish champions have not lost since 3 October last year - a 2-1 defeat at Seville - and that is one of only three losses this season.
Still, a side boasting the talents of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez can be beaten. All you need is a solid ga... | Arsenal host Barcelona in the Champions League on Tuesday, hoping for a repeat of the last time the two sides met at Emirates Stadium in February 2011, when the Gunners were 2-1 winners. |
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The average cost of unleaded petrol hit 117.23p at the end of the month, with diesel reaching 119.63p, the RAC said.
The wholesale price of both fuels has risen significantly, following the production cuts announced by Opec.
Brent crude jumped by 10% on 30 Nov... | The price of petrol and diesel in the UK has risen to its highest since July 2015, following a three-pence-a-litre increase in December alone. |
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Twelve-week-old Lexi climbed into the insulation cavity in the wall of a house in Witton Gilbert near Durham in May.
Firefighters and the RSPCA spent two-and-a-half hours cutting it free.
It was not known where the kitten came from and there was no response to... | A kitten trapped inside a wall for three days has been found a new home. |
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Debutant fly-half Steve Shingler crossed for a fine early try in his 15-point haul for Cardiff Blues.
Other tries came from ex-Ulster forward Nick Williams, Tomos Williams and a penalty try, with Gareth Anscombe c... | Cardiff Blues got their Pro12 season off to a winning start with a 34-16 bonus-point victory over Edinburgh at Cardiff Arms Park. |
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Three other Afghans are still being sought, two of whom may have gone back to Afghanistan, Italian media report.
Video clips and photos on the two detainees' mobile phones suggest that they were targeting landmarks in Bari, Rome, Paris and London for attacks.
... | Police in the port city of Bari in southern Italy have arrested two Afghan men suspected of plotting jihadist attacks in Italy, France and the UK. |
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Chief executive Bobby McEwan described the team's closure "as the hardest decision of my life".
The club finished seventh in the 10 team British Elite League when the season ended in April.
The closure means Hull will be without a professional ice hockey team ... | Hull Stingrays ice hockey club has gone into liquidation following the loss of a major sponsor, according to the team's owner. |
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Jones, 23, is contracted to Cape Town-based Western Province and Stormers franchise until October.
He will remain in South Africa to compete in the Super Rugby competition, which ends in August.
If a deal is done between Glasgow and the player, he could move t... | Glasgow Warriors are to offer a contract to Scotland centre Huw Jones. |
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His stare is vacant, his voice even quieter than his usual hushed tones. Rigid with disbelief, there is no consoling him.
Selby has just been told his IBF featherweight title defence against Jonathan Victor Barros... | Famished by fasting for his weigh-in, distraught to have seen his dream fight snatched from his grasp, Lee Selby is consumed by a profound emptiness. |
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About 160 people died when HMS Anglia struck a German mine close to the Kent coast on 17 November 1915.
The ship was carrying soldiers, some severely injured in the Battle of Loos, back from France to England.
Many of the casualties were soldiers with amputate... | The remains of a First World War hospital ship that sank in the English Channel more than 100 years ago has been given legal protection. |
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United fans are planning to protest at the cost of admission for the first leg of their last-32 tie at the Danish champions' 11,800-capacity MCH Arena.
Southampton supporters were charged £22 to attend a Europa League play-off match at the same venue in August... | FC Midtjylland say selling tickets for Thursday's Europa League match with Manchester United for £71 was "fair". |
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The company admitted water pollution and other offences at sewage facilities in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.
One fisherman lost thousands and went out of business because the pollution killed his crayfish, Aylesbury Crown Court heard.
Fish and birds died f... | Thames Water will face its "biggest ever fine" after pumping millions of gallons of untreated sewage into the River Thames, a judge has warned. |
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Underlying annual profits for 2015 fell 2% to £5.4bn. The bank said it would cut its dividend by more than half to 3p per share in 2016 and 2017.
Barclays also announced a further £1.45bn provision for PPI mis-selling.
It said it wanted to form two, main core ... | Barclays shares closed down 7% after reporting a drop in full-year profits, a dividend cut and a restructuring including reducing its stake in Africa. |
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The move is part of a review undertaken by Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) chief executive Michael Downey.
Britain's Davis and Fed Cup teams, the wheelchair programme and junior training camps will remain at the NTC.
The Roehampton venue opened in 2007 at an est... | Britain's leading players will not be based at the National Tennis Centre (NTC) in future, relocating instead to high-performance centres around the UK. |
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It not yet known what caused the death of the baby rhino, who was born in January and named Fara.
She became ill on Tuesday morning and although keepers and vets stayed by her side, Fara died in the afternoon.
"It is too early for us to speculate to the cause ... | A black rhino calf has died at Chester Zoo, keepers have announced. |
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She reported being attacked while walking in Chapel Street, Levenshulme, Manchester, on 22 November 2016.
A 16-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of rape faces no further action.
Ch Insp John-Paul Ruffle said: "It is not appropriate for us to pursue a prosecut... | A 12-year-old girl has admitted to police a rape allegation she made "was not genuine" and the case has been dropped. |
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The Commons energy committee, which has been investigating the impact of Brexit on energy policy, urged the UK to delay leaving Europe's nuclear regulator.
Power supplies could be threatened if a new regulator was not ready, it said.
Ministers had told the com... | Ministers must act "as urgently as possible" to clarify how the nuclear industry will be regulated after Brexit, MPs have warned. |
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Just seven of the 42 people on board survived when their plane crashed into Winter Hill in Lancashire in thick fog on 27 February 1958.
The tragedy came just three weeks after the Munich air disaster.
Most on board were mechanics, engineers and motor traders f... | A memorial service to commemorate the 35 victims of the Winter Hill air disaster has been held on the island. |
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For Republicans the weather has meant delays and bad news - at least for their campaign against Democrats.
Every month US state department officials release a batch of emails from former secretary of state Hillary Clinton's private computer server. They're fol... | The blizzard left nearly 2ft (60cm) of snow in the Washington area, making it of one of the biggest storms in the city's history. |
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The $50bn (£32bn) scheme, being built by a Chinese firm, will be longer, deeper and wider than the Panama Canal.
But the demonstrators fear it will have huge environmental costs and force thousands off their land.
Nicaragua's government says the canal will br... | Thousands of Nicaraguans have held a protest against the planned construction of a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. |
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And, after the group-stage draw in Monaco, chief executive Peter Lawwell remarked: "We're back where we belong."
The Scottish champions had been drawn in Group C, alongside Barcelona, Manchester City and Borussia Monchengladbach.
In terms of history and even s... | Celtic felt their absence from the group stage of the Champions League like a loss, as if an essential part of their identity was missing. |
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The new condition was announced by Malta in a joint statement with the European Commission.
Applicants will still have to invest at least 1.15m euros (£944,000; $1.57m) in Malta to get a passport.
MEPs have condemned the Maltese scheme, saying it cheapens EU ... | Malta has bowed to EU pressure over its controversial new passport scheme for non-EU nationals, saying applicants will now be required to spend at least a year in Malta in order to qualify. |
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Alan Williams was refused outline consent for the proposal at Whitmuir Hall by Scottish Borders Council's planning committee in April.
The refusal came despite planning officials at the local authority and those in its economic development department backing t... | A developer who hopes to build 19 holiday lodges near Selkirk is appealing a decision to reject them. |
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Bray, without a win in five, took a sixth-minute lead through Darragh Noone but Derry levelled on 22 minutes when Ronan Curtis went through to score.
Ryan Brennan headed Wanderers 2-1 up just before half-time.
Derry equalised again through Nathan Boyle early i... | Derry City fell to their first defeat in 11 matches when they were beaten 3-2 away by Bray Wanderers who replace them in third place in the Premier Division. |
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But the people who look after lots of rivers in England and Wales want us to stop giving them their traditional snack.
So what should we feed the ducks instead?
Ayshah's got mo... | Spring is nearly here so the time is right to head down to your local park and feed the local ducks. |
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They studied the diaries of medical officers on his Antarctic expeditions at Cambridge's Scott Polar Research Institute, which refer to a heart murmur, breathlessness and breakdowns.
Cardiologist Dr Jan Till and retired doctor Ian Calder said the symptoms were... | Polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton may have had a hole in his heart, researchers have concluded. |
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Tracey Woodford, 47, was found dead in the Rhondda Cynon Taff town in April after being reported missing.
Christopher Nathan May, 50, from the Graig area of the town, denies murder.
Cardiff Crown Court heard on Wednesday he may have used his butchery skills to... | A former butcher accused of murdering a woman in a sexually motivated attack carried her head through Pontypridd and hid it in a storm drain, a court heard. |
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Mohammad Kamaruzzaman of the Jamaat-e-Islami was found guilty of genocide and torture by a special war crimes tribunal in May last year.
The same tribunal sentenced party chief Motiur Rahman Nizami to die last week.
Another leader, Mir Quasem Ali, was also giv... | Bangladesh's Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence given to a leader in the country's largest Islamist party for atrocities committed during the country's war of independence. |
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The body of John Henry Sabine, who would now have been 85, was found at the rear of flats at Trem-y-Cwm, Beddau, on 24 November.
Det Ch Insp Gareth Morgan told the hearing in Aberdare there is an ongoing murder investigation.
Mr Sabine's wife Leigh Anne is the... | A man found in plastic wrapping in the garden of his former Rhondda Cynon Taff home died of "blunt force trauma to the head", a coroner's court has heard. |
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The 12-time Grand Slam champion secured a 6-1 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 victory in an entertaining match in Melbourne.
World number nine Rafael Nadal earlier reached the second round with a commanding display.
The injury-hit Spaniard, who lost in the first round last year... | Defending champion Novak Djokovic reached the second round of the Australian Open by beating Spain's Fernando Verdasco in straight sets. |
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Auckland Castle was saved last year by a £15m donation from businessman Jonathan Ruffer, after Church Commissioners tried to sell it.
It was then handed over to a new charitable trust, The Auckland Castle Trust, who have redeveloped the site into a heritage t... | A County Durham castle which is home to a collection of 17th Century religious paintings has reopened. |
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It allows a security council led by Mr Najib Razak to declare a state of emergency anywhere deemed to be at risk, giving police wide powers.
Mr Najib has said the law is necessary as Malaysia is facing a growing threat from Islamist terror networks.
But the UN... | A new security law giving Malaysia's prime minister sweeping new powers has prompted concern it could restrict rights and stifle democracy. |
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The 29-year-old, an eight-time national champion in Luxembourg, edged out three-time world road race champion Marianne Vos on the 138.5km stage.
Lizzie Armitstead, one of Majerus' Boels Dolmans team-mates, was the highest-placed Briton, finishing 18th.
Compatr... | Christine Majerus sprinted to victory on the opening stage of the Women's Tour from Southwold to Norwich. |
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Delyn Labour MP David Hanson told MPs that 13-year-old George Atkinson had died when a pellet hit his head after an airgun went off accidentally.
Mr Hanson said the law should require airguns to be stored in metal gun cabinets, with trigger locks for the weapo... | The events which led to a child's death from an airgun shot in 1999 could happen again, a Welsh MP has warned. |
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The figure is to be placed outside the attraction's Downing Street set, joining world leaders such as Donald Trump and Angela Merkel.
Madame Tussauds says the likeness will be revealed by the end of the year, despite Mrs May being unable to attend a modelling ... | Prime Minister Theresa May is to get her own waxwork at Madame Tussauds. |
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Terry McSpadden was 24 when he went missing after leaving a Wisbech pub and police now believe he is dead.
His family said his two children "still miss their daddy".
The last sighting of Mr McSpadden was at the Locomotive pub at 01:00 GMT on 2 March 2007 when ... | A £5,000 reward has been offered to help solve a seven-year mystery of how a father of two vanished during a night out in a pub in Cambridgeshire. |
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Particular concerns were raised about maths where performance has fallen from high to average over the past decade.
The review of the Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) was undertaken by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
The intern... | Achievement in Scottish schools is above international averages - but the gap is narrowing, a review has found. |
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His score - with little ... | A dramatic finish saw the Jacksonville Jaguars beat the Buffalo Bills in front of over 84,000 fans at Wembley. |
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The Senegal midfielder turned Nedum Onuoha to fire into the top corner.
QPR, led by academy coach Chris Ramsey after boss Harry Redknapp resigned on Tuesday, remain in the bottom three.
Jose Fonte hit the bar in the first half for Southampton, whose left-back ... | Sadio Mane's 93rd-minute winner moved Southampton up to third in the Premier League as managerless QPR suffered a fifth straight defeat. |
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Three workers at the Old Deanery in Essex, who were caught on camera during an undercover Panorama report, last week admitted assaulting residents.
Gill Lee's mother Joan Maddison, 85, was also shown being insulted and goaded in the 2014 documentary.
Mrs Lee s... | The daughter of an elderly woman who was filmed being slapped at a care home has said it was "devastating" to watch secret recordings of the abuse. |
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He made 203 on day two of the second Test against New Zealand to help his side to 356 all out, a lead of 135.
Sangakkara will quit one-day international cricket after the World Cup, which starts in February.
But the 37-year-old said he will "see whether there ... | Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara scored his 11th Test double century to move one behind Australia legend Don Bradman's all-time record. |
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John Tory won 40% of the vote, ahead of Doug Ford, whose brother Rob admitted problems with alcohol and crack cocaine use during his four years in office.
Rob Ford announced last month that he would not seek re-election as he undergoes treatment for a rare can... | A moderate conservative has been elected as the mayor of the Canadian city of Toronto, defeating the brother of controversial incumbent Rob Ford. |
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Vavra directed more than 50 films from the 1930s onwards, including 12 during the Nazi occupation of his country.
Golden Queen, winner of top prize at the 1965 San Sebastian film festival, and 1967's Romance for Bugle, are considered to be among his best works... | Czech director and teacher Otakar Vavra, whose students included One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest director Milos Forman, has died in Prague aged 100. |
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Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland has instructed his colleagues to use the full range of their powers to crack down of fraud.
He said the move was needed to protect the interests of legitimate businesses and their employees.
Ticket touts and those selling counter... | Scotland's senior prosecutor has warned tough action will be taken against anyone trying to make "a fast buck" out of Glasgow 2014. |
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"A subset of elite state schools are contributing to the London and South East of England bias," says a Royal Geographical Society study.
"At post-16, these schools are comprehensive in name only," said researcher Sol Gamsu.
The research describes a concentrat... | Some London state schools send more pupils to Oxford and Cambridge than private schools in other parts of England, research suggests. |
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The arrow hits the target, way down the range - not quite in the middle, but still gold.
"I love this sport," Ane Marcelle tells me, "but I'm not sure if I can carry on doing this for much longer."
The 23-year-old came a creditable ninth in the women's archery... | At a small, run-down training centre just to the north of Rio, Ane Marcelle dos Santos steadies her bow, carefully pulls an arrow from her quiver, pulls back the high-tension cord, pauses and shoots. |
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A BBC team and some tourists were on the mountain when the explosion happened.
BBC science reporter Rebecca Morelle described the experience of "Running down a mountain pelted by rocks, dodging burning boulders and boil... | The Mount Etna volcano in Italy has erupted. |
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Mr Schwarzenegger will replace Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as host in 2016.
Mr Trump and the broadcaster parted ways after he made derogatory comments about immigrants in June.
He continues to lead polls among candidates for the Republican p... | The actor and former governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has been named the new host of NBC's competition show Celebrity Apprentice. |
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Toys from China, copper from Chile, T-shirts from Bangladesh, wine from New Zealand, coffee from Ethiopia, and tomatoes from Spain.
Like it or not, globalisation is a fundamental feature of the modern economy.
In the early 1960s, world trade in merchandise was... | Perhaps the defining feature of the global economy is precisely that it is global. |
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Children playing football on an astroturf pitch: tackles flying in, appeals for handball, goals celebrated.
But this is Mufraq, a small town in Northern Jordan, and local boys are playing with teenage Syrians who have come to live here.
The pitch and the commu... | It is a scene that would not look out of place in any Scottish town. |
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After the hosts resumed on 205-2, Varun Chopra added just six to his overnight score before being caught in the slips off Steven Patterson for 107.
Jonathan Trott (74) and Tim Ambrose (61 not out) ensured full batting points for the Bears, who declared on 443-... | Warwickshire and champions Yorkshire settled for a draw on day four of their rain-affected game at Edgbaston. |
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The first victim was a 58-year-old woman who had contact with the original case, a South Korean who visited the Middle East.
A 71-year-old man also died.
The vast majority of cases have been in Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries, but South Korea h... | Two people have died of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) in South Korea, becoming the country's first fatalities from the disease. |
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Jodie Mitchell, of Selkirk, admitted behaving in a threatening and abusive manner towards the child at Falkirk Central Retail Park on 6 February.
The 26-year-old was originally charged with assault, but pleaded guilty to the alternative charge.
Sheriff Craig C... | A woman has admitted dragging a two-year-old toddler along the ground at a Falkirk shopping centre while shouting and swearing at her. |
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