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Tanveer Ahmed, from Bradford in Yorkshire, attacked Asad Shah outside his store in the Shawlands area on 24 March. Mr Shah later died in hospital.
The 40-year-old was stabbed after publishing hundreds of videos about his spiritual beliefs online.
Mr Shah was a... | A 32-year-old man has admitted murdering a Glasgow shopkeeper in a religiously motivated attack. |
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The survey taken at polling stations across the UK suggests the Tories could get 314 MPs when all the results have been counted in Thursday's election.
Labour would get 266, the Lib Dems 14, UKIP none and the SNP 34, the GFK/Ipsos MORI poll for BBC/ITV/Sky sug... | The Tories will be the largest party but may not have a majority, according to the general election exit poll. |
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But 2015 has unquestionably been the year of the migrant.
The news was dominated for months by pictures of vast crowds shuffling through the borders of yet another European country, being treated with brutality in some places and given a reluctant welcome in o... | As winter has approached, the apparently ceaseless flow of migrants heading for Western Europe has eased off. |
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The ministry said the claims were "completely untrue and intended to harm Syria's reputation".
Amnesty said mass hangings took place every week at Saydnaya prison between September 2011 and December 2015.
It said executions had been authorised at the highest l... | Syria's justice ministry has rejected a report by Amnesty International that alleged as many as 13,000 people have been executed at a government prison. |
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After Chester's Sam Hughes had headed against the bar, Moors led on 17 minutes when Jamey Osborne fired home through a crowded box after Liam Daly's header had hit the post.
Chester then hit the woodwork again from Evan Horwood's left-foot free kick before hom... | Solihull Moors further eased their National League relegation fears with a second Yuletide win over play-off hopefuls Chester inside seven days. |
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Pete Barnes, 50, was killed when the helicopter struck a crane on St George Wharf Tower on 16 January 2013.
The day before the pilot told a colleague he faced "extreme pressure" to pick up a client but "he didn't really want to fly", it was said.
RotorMotion s... | A "very experienced" pilot who died when his helicopter crashed in Vauxhall in south London was "under pressure on the day to fly", an inquest has heard. |
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The BMW mounted the pavement and broke through the store front of Hackney Pirates charity in Dalston's Kingsland High Street.
The charity's education centre and shop was open at the time but no injuries have been reported.
Witnesses said the crash, at about 12... | A man has been arrested after a car crashed into a charity's building in a busy high street in north-east London. |
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The world governing body this week confirmed its wish to expand the World Cup finals to a 48-team competition, comprising 16 groups of three.
Guardiola, 45, says adding games to a busy schedule will "kill the players".
"They are focusing on more and more and m... | Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says Fifa should consider allowing "four, five or six" substitutes to combat the threat of burnout among players. |
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The proposal would see the carrier docked next to aquarium The Deep, for Hull's City of Culture celebrations in 2017.
The 20,000-tonne carrier is due to be retired, after 32 years of service.
Mr Johnson, the Hull West Labour MP, said there was a "pressing need... | Plans to turn the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious into a tourist attraction in Hull have been backed by MP Alan Johnson. |
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The visitors moved ahead when Tom Rogic volleyed in Kieran Tierney's cross.
Inverness equalised when Billy King cut inside from the left to send an impressive shot into the far corner.
Scott Sinclair punished Gary Warren's mistake with Celtic's second and thou... | Celtic dropped points in the Scottish Premiership for the first time this season as Inverness Caledonian Thistle netted a late leveller. |
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Cleveland Fire Brigade said it attended almost 600 alarm calls between 08:00 and 17:00 in one year but only 12 were actual fires.
The brigade said the onus was on businesses to make sure their systems were working properly.
Crews will still always attend resid... | A fire service has said it will no longer "waste time" attending automatic alarms at businesses during opening hours. |
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Graham's The Family Dairy has revealed plans to build a new dairy, research and training facility at Craigforth.
The 150,000 sq ft facility would include production lines for milk, cream, cheese and butter as well as a research centre for developing new produc... | A Scottish family dairy firm plans to build a £20m new facility in Stirling, creating 450 new jobs. |
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The FAs will let players wear black armbands with poppy emblems and are willing to accept any punishment.
Fifa general secretary Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura told BBC Sport "any kind of sanction" could follow.
World football's governing body prohibits political, ... | The Football Associations of England and Scotland say they will defy a ban on players wearing poppies when the teams meet on Armistice Day. |
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After a scrappy game the defender rose highest to power in Max Power's corner and move the Latics into 22nd place, just two points from safety.
Wolves went close through Dave Edwards, but Wigan goalkeeper Matt Gilks produced a great save to palm the Wales midf... | Jake Buxton headed in a late winner to earn Wigan a vital league win over Wolverhampton Wanderers. |
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The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) owns a 50% stake in the region and has said it may take over if the Dragons fail to attract new investment.
But Davies says new investment could help the Dragons become a fully independent region.
"There's a lot of interest and a lo... | Newport Gwent Dragons are attracting interest from new investors, says chief executive Stuart Davies. |
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Leigh Nairn said his drone was badly damaged in the incident at Binnu, 550km (340 miles) north of Perth.
The drone, used to monitor barley-seeding equipment on his property, was sent off to be repaired.
He said he was "100% lucky" that the drone managed to cap... | A farmer in Western Australia has described the moment a wedge-tailed eagle attacked his drone and sent it crashing to the ground. |
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The Blues finished as Group G winners with a 2-0 win against Porto, meaning they will be pitted against one of six group runners-up in Monday's draw.
Either Paris St-Germain, Juventus, PSV Eindhoven, Benfica, Roma... | Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho believes all of his side's potential Champions League opponents want to be drawn against them in the last 16. |
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Williams development driver Susie Wolff sent these mocking words to her husband (and Mercedes motorsport boss) Toto Wolff during Sunday's British Grand Prix.
The playful text message was fired off after Mercedes' ... | "You guys think you can fool us, ha, ha, ha." |
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The world number four and Elkington engaged in a public spat on Twitter after McIlroy missed the cut at the US Open for the second year running.
The Australian said McIlroy, having won four majors and with "100mill in bank", was bored playing without Tiger Woo... | Rory McIlroy says he has stopped using social media following his row with former US PGA champion Steve Elkington. |
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Rose has seen his red card, given in County's 3-2 defeat at Cambridge, overturned, but he could be punished for the incident involving Trevor Kettle.
The brother of Tottenham defender, Danny Rose, has requested a personal hearing, scheduled for next week.
"I'v... | Newport midfielder Mitch Rose has been charged by the Football Association with misconduct after knocking a red card out of the hands of a referee. |
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David Samson, a mentor to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, could be sentenced to up to two years in prison.
United Airlines ended the money-losing route from Newark, New Jersey, to Columbia, South Carolina, three days after Samson resigned.
United CEO Jeff ... | A former New Jersey airport official has pleaded guilty to using his position to get a weekly direct flight to his holiday home. |
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Jairo Medina, 62, a professional carer from Chelsea, was found near Speakers' Corner on the morning of 12 August by a member of the public.
A post-mortem examination did not find a cause of death, but showed that he had been assaulted, police said.
Hani Khalaf... | A man has been charged with the murder of a carer who was found dead in London's Hyde Park. |
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The EBU light-heavyweight champion failed a drugs test on 12 March, following his unanimous points victory over Frenchman Patrick Bois in Paris.
Mikhalkin has been stripped of the belt he successfully defended three times, according to the European Boxing Unio... | Russia's Igor Mikhalkin has been suspended for two years after testing positive for banned substance meldonium. |
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Officers found the body at the house in Barrack Hill when they responded to a call in the area shortly after 05:30 local time on Wednesday.
The dead man was believed to be from eastern Europe.
A man in his 50s was arrested at the scene and is being questioned ... | Police have made an arrest after the body of a 39-year-old man was found at a house in Limerick in the Republic of Ireland. |
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The 22-year-old had looked set to take the first major of the season at the ANA Inspiration last month, before a rules breach cost her victory.
Thompson was was given a four-stroke penalty when a TV viewer spotted an infringement and emailed officials.
But she... | American Lexi Thompson earned her first victory of the year with a tournament record 20-under-par score at the LPGA Kingsmill Championship in Virginia. |
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Saad Dawabsha, 32, died in an Israeli hospital where he was being treated for second-degree burns to most of his body.
His son Ali, 18 months, died in the attack in the village of Duma in the occupied West Bank on 31 July.
His mother and his four-year-old brot... | A Palestinian man whose child was killed in an arson attack blamed on Jewish settlers has died of his injuries. |
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Selby, who also beat Ding in the World Championship final at Sheffield's Crucible in May, won eight of the first nine frames as the Chinese number one managed a top break of just 47.
The 33-year-old cleared to pink having trailed 54-0 in what turned out to be ... | England's world number one Mark Selby comfortably beat home favourite Ding Junhui 10-1 to win the International Championship in Daqing, China. |
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Six out of seven hospital trusts in the region with A&E departments have been judged either inadequate or requiring improvement.
Prime Minister David Cameron admitted the record at Kent's Medway Maritime was "not good enough".
Last year, the hospital had some ... | Leaders of the five main parties in England have set out their plans for the NHS in Kent and East Sussex, where many hospital trusts are struggling. |
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So dolphins have developed elaborate behaviours to turn larger prey into more bite-size pieces, according to marine biologists in Australia.
The researchers filmed dolphins shaking octopuses and tossing them through air in preparation for consumption.
The find... | Octopuses can be a perfect meal for dolphins, but they can also pose a deadly choking hazard. |
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Pyotr Pavlensky set the door of the Lubyanka building alight and was pictured standing in front of the blaze holding a petrol can.
Mr Pavlensky was arrested in 2013 after he nailed his scrotum to the floor of Moscow's Red Square in protest.
The Lubyanka buildi... | A Russian artist and political activist has been arrested after setting fire to the Moscow headquarters of the country's security service, the FSB. |
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The 21-year-old will replace on-loan Charlton keeper Dillon Phillips, who will miss at least six weeks after tearing a medial knee ligament.
Flatt has yet to make his debut for Wolves, but featured in five games on loan at Wrexham last season.
"He's a good lad... | National League side Cheltenham Town have signed goalkeeper Jonathan Flatt on a one-month loan deal from Wolves. |
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Firms that have not implemented a quota of female directors will have to leave some vacancies unoccupied.
Some leading German business figures have criticised the new legislation.
Similar measures have been introduced in other European countries including Norw... | Germany's biggest companies have been ordered to ensure that 30% of supervisory board positions are held by women from 2016 under a law agreed late on Tuesday by the governing coalition. |
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RTÉ reports that Mr Molloy, 24, had been detained along with two British citizens for allegedly crossing into Iraq illegally.
Mr Molloy is from Ballylinan.
It was reported that he had been fighting with Kurdish forces opposing the so-called Islamic State gro... | The Irish Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan has confirmed that County Laois man Joshua Molloy has been released from custody in Iraq. |
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It's a battle that Greg Stewart, executive director of the Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential library in Biloxi, has fought before. And it's one he's convinced the defenders of the flag that has flown over Mississippi for more than 100 years will win again.... | A battle is brewing in Mississippi, as the growing animosity directed against Confederate symbols following the church shooting in Charleston has led to calls to remove the rebel pattern from the state's flag. |
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David Cameron made his case to MPs for launching air strikes against Islamic State militants on Thursday.
He said targeting IS in Syria would make "us safer" and that the UK could not "outsource our security to allies".
But on Saturday Plaid's Leanne Wood said... | Plaid Cymru will not support UK military action in Syria unless the prime minister can address "outstanding questions", says the party leader. |
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He founded the Pakistani-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant group in the 1990s and, when that was banned, revived a much older organisation, Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) in 2002.
Mr Saeed maintains JuD is a Islamic welfare organisation, but the US says it is a front... | Hafiz Saeed, the cleric accused by the US and India of masterminding the 2008 Mumbai attacks, is one of Pakistan's best-known hardliners. |
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The 23-year-old suspect was detained in Rochester under section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 by Sectu officers working with Kent Police colleagues.
He is being held at a police station in the Kent area following what officers said was a "pre-planned" operation... | Anti-terrorism officers have arrested a man in Kent on suspicion of supporting a banned organisation, the South East Counter-Terrorism Unit (Sectu) said. |
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Harbinder Khatkar, from Sinfin, in Derby, was found guilty of a string of attacks in the Pear Tree and Normanton areas of the city between midnight on February 1 and 9:00 the next day.
The 37-year-old was also convicted of the rape of a woman in 2011 for which... | A man has been found guilty of 18 offences, including five rapes, after attacking six women in one night. |
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Instead, now 41, he provides free classes to hundreds of young people at his Nottingham School of Boxing, with some of his charges even harbouring dreams of reaching the Olympics.
His work has won him the BBC East... | Having seen his hopes of a professional boxing career ended at the age of 23 when he was stabbed through the hand by a rival gang member, Marcellus Baz could have carried on down the wrong path. |
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And you'd be forgiven for thinking the same about UK airport expansion. We always seem to have been here before.
Ever since Gatwick and Heathrow airports opened for business in the Thirties and Forties, arguments have raged over how best to cater for Britain's... | "It's like deja vu, all over again," baseball coach Yogi Berra once famously said. |
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McCormack has signed a four-year contract with the Cottagers, with the option of a further 12 months.
The 27-year-old told BBC Radio Leeds he felt he had been "hung out to dry" over the move.
Leeds said last week they were under no pressure to sell their capta... | Leeds United's Scotland international striker Ross McCormack has joined Championship rivals Fulham for an undisclosed fee, believed to be £11m. |
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Swansea University research over eight years has now been published in the British Medical Journal.
New certifications for severe sight impairment have fallen from 31.3 to 15.8 per 100,000 people.
Diabetics aged over 12 are offered annual screening and health ... | The proportion of diabetics who go blind or suffer sight loss has almost halved since a new national retinopathy screening programme started in 2007. |
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Moira Anderson vanished aged 11 during a trip to the shops in Coatbridge.
Bus driver and convicted child rapist Alexander Gartshore, who died in 2006, has been linked to her disappearance, which police are treating as murder.
On Thursday, a sheriff granted a r... | Police are to exhume a family grave in the search for the body of a schoolgirl who disappeared in 1957. |
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The governing body has launched a 'Clean Athletics' brand, a year after its 14-point manifesto that aimed to create a new era of clean athletics.
The sport has been dogged by damaging headlines and reports highlighting Russian state-sponsored doping.
Warner no... | UK Athletics (UKA) chairman Ed Warner says the sport must do more to commit to providing doping-free competition. |
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Force India and Sauber say the way revenues are divided and rules decided is "unfair" and have asked the EU's Competition Commission to investigate.
Formula 1 generates £1.1bn of income, of which 63% goes to the teams.
The Competition Commission told BBC Sport... | Two of Formula 1's smallest teams have accused the sport of being run "unlawfully" in a complaint to the European Union. |
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The Lib Dem leader said coalition government was good for the UK but did not indicate whether he favoured partnership with the Tories or Labour.
He refused to spell out his red lines - the policies he would "die in a trench for" in coalition negotiations.
But ... | Nick Clegg says he will push to ensure no one on the minimum wage pays income tax if the Lib Dems are in government after the next election. |
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These establishments selling alcohol are along a road in the Sabon Gari suburb, an area set aside for non-Muslim residents of the bustling commercial centre.
Here Sharia does not apply, so these beer parlours, as they are called, are tolerated by the Hisbah - ... | Beer is officially banned in Kano but as the sun sets in the northern Nigerian city, the outside seating at bars quickly begins to fill with drinkers, Christian and Muslims alike. |
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They have been fighting to take the city, about 30km (20 miles) south of Turkey, from IS since late 2016.
Ten Turkish soldiers have been killed since Wednesday in the fighting.
It is part of a broader offensive by Turkey to push IS and Kurdish fighters away fr... | Turkish-backed Syrian rebels have captured the western outskirts of the Syrian city of al-Bab, held by so-called Islamic State (IS), reports say. |
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Fiona Parry, 40, was airlifted to hospital in Stoke-on-Trent and is in a coma with life-threatening injuries.
Sylvan Parry, 46, was remanded in custody at Caernarfon Magistrates' Court and is due at the town's crown court on 14 September.
The alleged incident ... | A husband has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of his wife, who was found with head injuries when taking her children to school. |
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The tooth, dug up at Blick Mead in Wiltshire, is believed to be evidence of the earliest journey in British history.
It is thought to be from a pet Alsatian-type dog that travelled 250 miles from York with its owner.
Archaeologist David Jacques said it was sig... | A tooth unearthed near Stonehenge shows dogs were man's best friend even in prehistoric times, it has been claimed. |
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But using the diminutive vehicle to study penguins, researchers have found, has has much less impact on their behaviour than being approached by a human.
Scientists say the unusual approach provides "a less invasive and stressful way to collect data on these s... | It looks comical - a remote controlled car zipping around a penguin colony dodging irritated snaps from the birds. |
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Jia Li Huang, 63, was discovered in a property on Atkinson Road in Urmston, Greater Manchester, after officers were called amid concerns for a woman's safety at 12.30 BST on Monday.
Police said a man Tasered at the scene was arrested on suspicion of murder.
Mr... | A man who was found dead with head injuries was "amazing and brave and thought he was invincible", his family has said. |
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But three days later, they realised it wasn't typhoid - it was the deadly Ebola virus.
This delay, says Dr Jude Senguku, meant that his flatmate - the hospital's senior surgeon - caught the disease from the woman and died, along with two nursing staff.
It was ... | When a nurse at Monrovia's Redemption Hospital in Liberia fell ill, the doctors thought she had typhoid fever. |
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Richard Harris, 38, who has Swastika tattoos, smashed a bottle over Zahoor Hussain's head at the Mornington Lodge in Blackwood in July 2013.
Newport Crown Court heard he got angry after spotting his victim talking to an "attractive white woman" colleague.
Harr... | A neo-Nazi has been jailed for five years for attacking an Asian man on the day of Fusilier Lee Rigby's funeral. |
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The 31-year-old originally arrived at Liberty Stadium on a short-term deal in summer, 2016.
But after leading them three times in 11 appearances last season, the six-times capped player has now signed a two-year contract extension.
McCusker made 133 appearance... | Ospreys will keep former Scarlets and Wales back-rower Rob McCusker until the end of the 2018-19 season. |
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The Bectu union said industrial action was "the only option left open" and that strike dates would be publicised to avoid inconveniencing visitors.
According to The Stage, 38 tour guides at the venue are Bectu members.
A Globe spokeswoman told the paper the ve... | Tour guides at Shakespeare's Globe in London are to take industrial action after talks to resolve a pay dispute broke down. |
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The visitors lost the Test series 2-0 and the one-day international series 3-0 with only Tuesday's Twenty20 left.
The closest they have come to a win was in the opening ODI at Trent Bridge where England secured a tie by hitting the last ball of the match for s... | Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews has apologised for his team's disappointing tour of England. |
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In 1988, Pitchfork admitted raping and murdering two 15-year-old girls, Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth, after his DNA matched samples found at the scene of both crimes.
The former baker was caught after the world's first mass screening for DNA, in which 5,000 me... | Earlier this month, a compelling TV programme revisited the case of Colin Pitchfork - the first person to be convicted because of DNA evidence. |
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The Celtic great and Lisbon Lion, who won 18 Scotland caps, died on 2 March after a long illness.
The funeral procession left Celtic Park in the east end of Glasgow shortly after 11:30.
It travelled down the Celtic Way, then on to London Road and towards Daldo... | Former footballer Tommy Gemmell, who died last week aged 73, has been described as "an inspiration" at his funeral service. |
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Shazib Khan, 23, told Kingston Crown Court he was moved by the plight of innocent civilians.
Mr Khan said he told friends he wanted to help "by any means" but he meant by providing money and food not violence.
He and nephew Junead Khan, 25, both from Luton, de... | A man accused of making preparations to travel to Syria to fight for so-called Islamic State simply wanted to carry out aid work, a court has heard. |
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The 33-year-old ex-Everton forward has been training with the National League side since the summer.
The free agent has not signed a deal, but has been teaching younger players.
"Yak is courteous, he comes and watches the games, he pays entrance. He's fully on... | Yakubu is paying for entry to Boreham Wood matches according to boss Luke Garrard, who is "trying his hardest" to sign the former Nigeria striker. |
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The 302ft (92m) long aircraft - which is part plane and part airship - was damaged during a flight from Cardington Airfield in Bedfordshire.
The flight deck is now back in place after major repairs and testing has begun inside a hangar at the airfield.
Enginee... | It is hoped that the world's longest aircraft - the £25m Airlander 10 - will return to the skies this year after crash landing in August. |
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Striker Lee Miller came off the bench to score a late winner for the Bairns, who leapfrog Morton into second place.
The goal was no more than Falkirk's play merited, having long bombarded Rovers goalkeeper Pavol Penska.
The Fife side drop to eighth, two points... | Falkirk climbed within nine points of Scottish Championship leaders Hibernian with a deserved win over Raith Rovers. |
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The Hammers will pay £2.5m rent annually but will not have to fund police, stewarding, heating, pitch maintenance, or even corner flags.
"My dog could have negotiated a better deal for the taxpayer," said Hearn.
West Ham said it was "a great deal" for the club... | Former Leyton Orient chairman Barry Hearn says his dog could have negotiated better than venue bosses after details of West Ham's Olympic Stadium contract were published. |
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US media reports that two threats made by a male caller proved unfounded.
The flight, carrying 206 passengers and 13 crew, landed at Newark Liberty International Airport at around 13:00 local time (17:00 GMT).
Passengers were evacuated from the plane and lugga... | A security alert over an unspecified threat to a British Airways flight from London to Newark has been lifted. |
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The 47-year-old was later released but had to surrender his passport to stop him returning to Syria.
Prosecutors said that Dutch law did not allow the use of force apart from in exceptional circumstances.
"Killing an IS fighter therefore could mean being prose... | A former Dutch soldier has been arrested on suspicion of killing Islamic State militants while fighting alongside Kurdish militiamen in Syria. |
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George Osborne toured the NGI with Nobel Laureate Professor Sir Kostya Novoselov, who discovered the material.
Graphene consists of single atoms arranged in a honeycomb structure. It has been called a "wonder material" because of its potential uses.
It was fir... | The Chancellor of the Exchequer has officially opened the £61m National Graphene Institute (NGI) at the University of Manchester. |
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The failed scheme could cost taxpayers £400m.
On Thursday, the whistleblower said it was evident there were "opportunities for fraud" in the scheme.
She said she contacted Arlene Foster, the then enterprise minister, in 2013 to warn about the issue.
Speaking o... | The Northern Ireland economy minister has said he wants to apologise to a whistleblower who raised concerns about the financial cost of the failed renewable heat incentive scheme. |
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Jonathan Thomson-Glover, 53, of Wadebridge, pleaded guilty to making the films at Clifton College, Bristol, and also at an address in Cornwall.
Taunton Crown Court heard the victims aged between 12 and 17 were secretly filmed over a 16-year period.
Judge David... | A former teacher has been jailed after admitting making indecent films of more than 120 pupils using hidden cameras at a boarding school. |
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The ex-Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur defender said he could "bring something new to the table" as the Conservative nomination.
He said he wanted to "change London for everybody" but acknowledged he would not be a "frontrunner".
Campbell, 40, will take part in ... | Former England footballer Sol Campbell has confirmed his intention to become the next Mayor of London. |
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The Prospect union said staff at AMSL - now part of Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (Hial) - had received "inferior terms".
The 48-hour strike will start from midday on 7 April.
Hial said its sites would be open as normal and the staff had been asked to... | Security staff working at Scotland's regional airports have voted in favour of taking industrial action over their terms and conditions, including pay. |
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In the capital Brasilia, riot police fired pepper spray at protesters outside the presidential palace.
Lula is currently being investigated in a major corruption scandal.
Hours after the move, the federal judge leading the probe against Lula released phone rec... | Brazilians have protested in several cities against President Dilma Rousseff after she named her predecessor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, chief of staff. |
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The actor, from Port Talbot, wants to put an end to placing homeless teenagers into "unsuitable" bed and breakfast accommodation.
Instead, they should be supported by the "fantastic network of charities" across Wales that can provide a safe place, he said.
The... | Michael Sheen has launched a petition calling on the Welsh government to help homeless teenagers in Wales. |
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News of the milestone comes as Spotify continues a fund-raising from investors in advance of a launch in the US.
The Anglo-Swedish company has 6.67 million users, the majority of whom use a free service subsidised by adverts.
Spotify's profitability depends on... | Online music service Spotify has announced that it now has one million paying subscribers across Europe. |
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The 30-year-old Wolverhampton-born defender has rejoined the National League's bottom club on a contract until the end of the season.
Lowe was a free agent after being released by League Two strugglers York City on 9 December.
"Being bottom of the league doesn... | Kidderminster Harriers have boosted their hopes of escaping the drop from the National League by bringing Keith Lowe back to Aggborough. |
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Ambulances have recorded a 205% rise in calls since 1991, while attendances at A&E units in Wales has risen 7% in the past five years.
Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething said people often dialled 999 when an optometrist was the best place to go.
They offer... | People with eye problems are being urged to visit an optician instead of making unnecessary trips to accident and emergency departments. |
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Tests on a small number of patients who played the game over four weeks found improvements in memory and learning.
This could help people to get back to work or studying after a diagnosis.
Schizophrenia is a mental health condition that causes a range of psych... | A computer-based brain-training game could improve the daily lives of people with schizophrenia, say University of Cambridge researchers. |
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The academics support high-speed rail overall, but say HS2 is five times more expensive than its French equivalent.
They argue that the benefits of HS2 can be achieved much more cheaply, with lower CO2 emissions, and they want their analysis examined by govern... | HS2 is an over-priced, gold-plated project and will fail in many of its objectives, a group of transport experts has warned. |
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The academics were among more than 1,000 scholars who signed a petition denouncing Turkey's renewed conflict with Kurdish rebels.
In the same court on Friday, the trial resumed of two prominent opposition journalists who face life in prison.
Turkey's President... | Four Turkish academics went on trial on Friday in Istanbul accused of spreading "terrorist propaganda". |
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The decision follows publication of a report by an independent commission asked to examine the Act.
There had been concerns within government "sensitive information" was being inadequately protected, while campaigners feared an attempt to curb powers to hold p... | Ministers have chosen not to make sweeping changes to the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, including ruling out fees for requests for information. |
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Mary Curnock Cook, who steps down at the end of April, suggests students may need down time after their finals.
Ms Curnock Cook told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that many youngsters needed time to find their career niche.
She urged students - and parents - n... | Students should not worry about finding a job while studying for their degree, says the outgoing head of university admissions service Ucas. |
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Elected in 2008 to replace his brother Fidel as president after more than four decades, Raul has called for a two-term limit for all senior positions, although the constitution has yet to be amended.
As Cuba's original revolutionary generation prepares to step... | Barring some extraordinary event, Cuba's Communist President Raul Castro will be re-elected on Sunday and begin what should be his final term in office. |
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Donald Tusk told MEPs that it would not be possible to apply the same approach used for the Balkans to unstable Libya.
Italy's coastguard says 4,000 people were rescued from the Mediterranean between Libya and Sicily on Monday and Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Macedonia... | The president of the European Council has warned Italy and Malta of large numbers of would-be migrants in Libya. |
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Vale had come from behind when dangerous substitute Rigino Cicilia fired in on 78 minutes, after Remie Streete had cancelled out Oliver Banks' early second-half opener for the visitors.
Following revelations earlier in the day of the full extent of their off-f... | Oldham substitute Carl Winchester rescued a draw for cash-strapped Oldham with an injury-time equaliser at Vale Park. |
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North Wales Police was called to Maes Padarn in Llanberis at 03:00 GMT on Sunday by the ambulance service.
The man was taken to hospital where he later died.
Police said a man from the area had been arrested and the death was being treated as suspicious, pendi... | A man has been arrested following the death of a 70-year-old in Gwynedd. |
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Someone said to me recently, "You've been in so many Slam finals but you've only won two" - but all I can do is keep trying to get myself in position to win again.
I'm not scared to fail. It's not like after losing a couple of those Grand Slam finals I thought... | I'm proud of the fact I'm through to another Grand Slam final and have another opportunity to win the biggest title in tennis. |
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Relegation-threatened Stenhousemuir picked up three points with a 3-1 victory over Peterhead.
League leaders Livingston dropped points as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Queen's Park at Hampden Park.
The fixture between Brechin City and Alloa Athletic was post... | East Fife moved up to third in Scottish League One with a 2-0 win over Albion Rovers while Airdireonians lost 2-1 at home to Stranraer. |
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Cornwall beat Hertfordshire 45-28 on Saturday to top their pool and stay on course for a third title in a row.
It is the fourth time in the past five years that they will meet Lancashire in the final of the competition.
"We know what they bring. They've got a ... | Scrum-half Matt Shepherd says Cornwall must "nullify" Lancashire if they are to beat them in Sunday's County Championship final at Twickenham. |
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They will join the 450 British troops already in the country - and will aid counter-terrorism efforts and provide leadership training.
Officials have said the additional troops will not be taking part in combat operations against the Taliban.
UK troops had bee... | The UK is to send up to 50 additional military personnel to Afghanistan to train and advise security forces there. |
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On Tuesday, it shot past $2,200 (£1,700), more than doubling from just two months ago. And a newer currency, Ethereum, has climbed even faster.
Industry members say uncertainty surrounding the value of global currencies, including the pound, is driving demand... | The price of Bitcoin, a digital currency once located at the fringe of finance, has been rising to new records in recent months as digital assets move into the mainstream. |
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Ed Miliband said the non-dom rules were "indefensible" and axing them would raise "hundreds of millions" in tax.
But shadow chancellor Ed Balls was forced to deny contradicting himself after saying in January that scrapping the rule "would cost Britain money".... | Labour has defended its plans to end the non-domicile rule that allows some wealthy UK residents to limit the tax paid on earnings outside the country. |
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In a statement, the Lord of the Rings director said photos shared by Bilgin Ciftci actually showed the "loveable" Smeagol.
Dr Ciftci faces imprisonment after tweeting photos of Mr Erdogan and the character in similar poses.
The court had asked experts to decid... | Peter Jackson has waded into a court case in Turkey, which accuses a doctor of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by comparing him to Gollum. |
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A government compromise (pilot schemes) designed to stave off defeat was not tabled in time for MPs to vote on it, but Communities Minister Brandon Lewis said the government would amend its own Enterprise Bill later in the House of Lords.
The SNP's decision to... | The debate over Sunday trading hours is proving rather fractious with plenty of "blue-on-blue" action as Conservative MPs wonder publicly why it wasn't in their manifesto for last year's general election. |
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Popular yoga guru Baba Ramdev is behind one of India's fastest-growing consumer goods companies. Forbes magazine calls his Patanjali empire the "Indian version of Body Shop".
The saffron-robed, bearded Mr Ramdev sells honey, health drinks, fruit juices, sweets... | Why do Indian gurus sell noodles - and much more? |
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Amala Ruth De Vere Whelan, 22, was raped and strangled with a stocking on 12 November and her body was not found until several days later.
There was no forced entry to her flat in Maida Vale, west London, leading police to believe she knew her killer.
No suspe... | A new appeal has been made for information about the 1972 murder of a woman whose living room wall had the word "ripper" sprayed onto it. |
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The Grecians made a terrible start and it was their own doing as they fell behind on seven minutes.
Goalkeeper Christy Pym saw a clearance charged down by Luke Berry and he ran out to atone for his error.
Pym then got in the way of team-mate Luke Croll, the tw... | Exeter slipped into the bottom two of League Two as they were beaten 2-1 by Cambridge at St James Park. |
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Holloway, who began his second spell in charge of the Championship club on Friday, previously worked with Bircham during his time as Millwall boss.
Bircham has since coached in the USA at Chicago Fire and Arizona United.
The 38-year-old was on the coaching sta... | New Queens Park Rangers manager Ian Holloway has appointed Marc Bircham as first-team coach. |
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It depicts the Manhattan skyline, with Trump Tower prominent.
It was originally drawn for a charity auction in 2005 but the winner later passed it on to the LA-based Nate D Sanders auction house.
Auctioneer Michael Kirk told journalists from artnews.com that t... | A drawing by US President Donald Trump has sold at auction for $29,184 (£22,000). |
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Patience, 29, won silver three years ago with Stuart Bithell, and this time teams up with two-time world champion Elliot Willis in the men's 470.
"It's such an exciting phone call to get and it just gets the wee butterflies going," said Patience.
"I'm always p... | Scottish sailor Luke Patience is among eight British sailors selected for the Rio Olympic Team GB squad. |
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The animals were only young when they were rescued from illegal traffickers so have been raised in captivity.
Now they are finally able to swim free in their natural environme... | Four manatees have been released back into the wild in Peru. |
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