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Fitton, twice a Lakeside semi-finalist, missed six match darts before Harbour hit double six to reach the last 16.
Three-time runner-up Tony O'Shea is also out, beaten 3-0 by Welsh 12th seed Jim Williams in the tournament's opening match.
It is the third year ... | Seventh seed Darryl Fitton is out of the BDO World Championships, losing his first-round tie to fellow Englishman Dennis Harbour in a sudden-death leg. |
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The 19-year-old, who has agreed a three-and-a-half year deal, will return to the League One side on loan for the remainder of the season.
Canaries manager Alex Neil said: "We're delighted to sign James as he is a fantastic prospect."
Maddison made his debut fo... | Norwich City have signed midfielder James Maddison from Coventry City for an undisclosed fee. |
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The bomb damage diagrams are aerial photographs of Berlin, Cologne and Dresden, overlaid with coloured areas indicating how much damage was caused by the strategic bombing campaign.
They were included in the campaign's so-called Blue Books - used as propaganda... | The scale of devastation wreaked on Germany by RAF Bomber Command in World War Two has been revealed in detail in rare maps, published for the first time. |
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On Wednesday the US warned of a "credible" terrorism risk to international flights, without revealing the specifics of the threat.
The UK and Germany are among those who have complied with the request.
On Thursday security was increased in Uganda's capital Kam... | France has become the latest country to increase airport security in line with a request from Washington to enhance screening for flights to the US. |
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Wenger provoked the Blues boss this week, saying: "It is easy to defend."
Mourinho retorted by mentioning Arsenal's Champions League last-16 exit in February, saying: "It's not easy. If it was easy, you wouldn't lose 3-1 at home to Monaco."
The sides face each... | Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has retaliated after his Arsenal counterpart Arsene Wenger questioned his side's defensive tactics. |
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Graham Keddie recently called for better promotion of the airport by Tourism Ireland.
He is one of six new NIrepresentatives nominated to the cross-border body by DUP Economy Minister Simon Hamilton.
Mr Keddie raised issues about Tourism Ireland in a letter to... | The boss of Belfast International Airport is to be appointed to the board of Tourism Ireland - just weeks after he criticised the organisation. |
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Calum Kerr said "every effort to explore any avenue" had been made to keep Burgons of Eyemouth open.
The company started consultation over plans to close the facility last month.
Spokesman Trevor Bartlett said negotiations with potential buyers had been ongoin... | An MP has said efforts to save a crab meat factory which employs more than 80 staff in the Scottish Borders have proved to be "in vain". |
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More than 40 of the figurines were smashed and strewn across the track at Echills Wood Railway in Warwickshire.
The "gnome village" is a centrepiece of the family attraction, which is part of Kingsbury Water Park.
Dozens of people who were moved by the story h... | Vandals broke into a miniature railway and "massacred" dozens of its trademark gnomes. |
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The pair - namely Joe Root and Gary Ballance - are proud products of the Yorkshire academy and now lynchpins of the England Test batting line-up.
Born one year and 5,000 miles apart - Root, 23, in a middle-class village outside Sheffield, Ballance, 24, on a to... | As Yorkshire's players piled up on the Trent Bridge outfield to celebrate the county's first championship title since 2001, two faces may well have been familiar to even the casual cricket fan. |
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In a letter with Bexhill and Battle MP Huw Merriman, the Hastings and Rye MP said constituents would otherwise face higher costs and longer journeys.
They also expressed disappointment about the lack of reinstatement of the emergency timetable across Sussex.
R... | Home Secretary Amber Rudd has written to Southern rail calling for "adequate" bus replacement services to be provided in Sussex during the next RMT strike. |
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In West Lothian they can receive up to £110 per child, while in North Ayrshire it is a maximum of £40.
Last year, the Scottish government pledged to meet councils over setting a minimum level but it never happened.
Education secretary John Swinney has now said... | The amount low-income parents can claim in school clothing grants still varies hugely around Scotland, a BBC Scotland investigation has found. |
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Appeals against places allocated for primary schools have jumped from 33,000 to 38,000 - a rise of 16.8%.
At secondary level, there was a drop in appeals - down from 53,400 to 50,200.
The government says the figures show an increasing number of parents are unh... | The number of parents appealing against their children's primary school places in England has risen again, government figures show. |
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The Bullingdon Community Centre in the Lye Valley was built in the 1940s, but structural engineers said the prefabricated structure with concrete block walls needs extensive work.
Oxford City Council has provided the money to improve the hall and grounds.
Rich... | A community centre declared no longer fit for purpose will be resurrected with a £500,000 renovation. |
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The tourists racked up 289-7 in their 50 overs at Malahide with Neil Broom hitting 79 and Ross Taylor adding 52.
A third-wicket stand of 86 between O'Brien (109) and Andrew Balbirnie (36) gave Ireland hope but they collapsed from 212-5 to 238 all out.
New Zeal... | Niall O'Brien's maiden ODI century was not enough to prevent Ireland falling to a 51-run defeat by New Zealand in the Tri-Nation Series. |
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He formally handed power to his deputy, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, who was sworn in as head of state on Saturday.
The transfer was part of a Gulf Co-operation Council-brokered agreement.
Under the deal, Mr Hadi will serve a two-year term and oversee the drafting ... | Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh has stepped down after 33 years in power and months of protests which took the country to the brink of civil war. |
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The warrant concerns his alleged role in a coup attempt in Burkina Faso in September, which sparked deadly street protests.
Authorities listened to phone recordings linking Mr Soro to the coup, Reuters news agency says.
Mr Soro has always denied that his was t... | Burkina Faso has issued an international arrest warrant for Guillaume Soro, Ivory Coast's speaker of parliament. |
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The 11-time Paralympic champion added: "I got to the point where I was going round in circles."
Her decision follows the departures of three other board members, including managing director Sally Bolton.
"There are some good people left, but they'll need a lot... | Baroness Grey-Thompson has resigned from the London 2017 Athletics World Championships board, saying her role had become "a bit tokenistic". |
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Beer sales continued to slide last year and the trend towards cider sipping stalled.
The global market for all alcoholic drinks contracted 1.3% in 2016, driven by a 1.8% fall in beer sales, the International Wine and Spirits Record (IWSR) found.
Cider sales we... | People are drinking fewer alcoholic drinks, according to a new industry report tracking consumption worldwide. |
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Rochdale could have taken the lead in the sixth minute after Ian Henderson's mazy run was blocked by Jordan Willis' last-ditch tackle.
Keith Hill's Dale side kept up the pressure and Callum Camps tested Lee Burge with a 30-yard free-kick.
But Coventry opened t... | Coventry secured back-to-back league wins for the first time this season with victory over Rochdale. |
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Chef Babu, (Shabbir Satter) of the Indian Tree in the town, said he was called over "very discreetly" by the man, who wanted to remain anonymous.
The customer was one of a group of five who dined at the restaurant last Tuesday, the Portadown Times reports.
He ... | A happy diner at an Indian restaurant in Portadown has surprised staff by leaving a £1,000 tip on a £79 bill. |
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Warrington Wolves' Evans and Flower of Wigan Warriors will be in action in Saturday's Grand Final at Old Trafford.
Both players had been named in an initial 29-man training squad, but have made themselves unavailable due to club commitments.
Wales will also be... | Super League players Rhys Evans and Ben Flower will be unavailable for Wales' 2017 Rugby League World Cup Qualifiers. |
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The 25-year-old world number 14 will play multiple champion John Higgins in the quarter-finals after reaching the last eight for the season year running.
"I know how tough it will be against John," said Wilson. "He's won it four times and is a great player.
"I... | Kyren Wilson will not play down his chances of winning the World Championship, but says his confidence should not be confused with arrogance. |
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The policies, unveiled ten years after the ban on hunting with dogs in England and Wales, include a vow to reduce cruelty on shooting estates.
Labour also promised to defend the Hunting Act, saying the Conservatives might legalise hunting with dogs.
The Tories... | Labour has pledged to fight animal cruelty by measures including a ban on wild animals in circuses and ending the "inhumane and ineffective" badger cull. |
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The company needs money to plug a gaping hole at its US nuclear unit Westinghouse, which filed for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday.
Due to the woes at Westinghouse, Toshiba is struggling with debt that some warn might threaten its future.
One investor said ... | Toshiba's management has come under fierce criticism from shareholders, despite investors approving plans to sell its valuable memory chip unit. |
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Another crew member from the vessel, which has been named locally as the Stornoway-registered Louisa, is missing.
One man was recovered from the water shortly after the alarm was raised at 03:45 and taken by helicopter to hospital.
The coastguard said at 14:45... | Two people are confirmed to have died after a fishing boat went down off the Western Isles. |
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The head of the UCI hopes to be re-elected in September and will campaign against the body's vice-president, Frenchman David Lappartient.
Cookson, 65, was criticised last week as part of a report into the culture and governance of British Cycling.
Lappartient,... | Britain's Brian Cookson will be challenged for his position as president of cycling's world governing body by one of his deputies. |
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Donaldson, 24, has scored one try in 37 appearances for Hull KR since joining from Bradford Bulls in 2014.
"He is a consistent performer and a real professional who works hard to improve his game," Rovers director of rugby Jamie Peacock said.
"At the age of 24... | Hull KR forward James Donaldson has signed a new one-year deal to stay at the club until 2017, with an option to extend the contract by a further year. |
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The managerless Buddies remain bottom of the Championship, without a win in eight league outings.
A huge deflection from a Craig Sibbald a free-kick gave Falkirk an early lead.
The visitors had the best of the few chances created thereafter but could not find ... | Tom Walsh curled in a fantastic late strike to rescue a point for struggling St Mirren in a drab match in Paisley. |
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The 2017 Sunday Times Rich List reveals that their collective fortunes have increased by 9% in the past year.
Its compilers say the list "shatters the myth" that Scotland's economy runs on oil alone.
And it reveals that the Grant-Gordon whisky family is the ri... | The 10 richest individuals or families in Scotland have a combined wealth of £14.71bn, according to a new study. |
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Singer Ian Brown said Reni was absent because he had "a really bad cold".
The drummer has had a fractious relationship with his bandmates in the past and walked off during one of their reunion gigs in Amsterdam last year.
Meanwhile, guitarist John Squire said ... | A documentary charting the return of The Stone Roses has premiered in the seminal rock group's home city of Manchester, but drummer Reni failed to join his bandmates at the event. |
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US President Barack Obama and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff announced plans to up the amount of energy they use from renewable sources by 2030.
Ms Rousseff cancelled a trip to Washington in 2013 after claims the US had been listening to her phone calls.
S... | The US and Brazil have unveiled ambitious energy goals in a sign of growing co-operation after a spying scandal damaged ties two years ago. |
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The shooting happened at around 22:00 BST on Friday night in Ardmonagh Parade.
The victim was taken to hospital for treatment to his injuries which are not believed to be life-threatening.
SDLP justice spokesperson and west Belfast MLA Alex Attwood said: "Ther... | A 21-year-old man has been shot in both legs in the Turf Lodge area of west Belfast. |
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Historic England is looking for photos of the country's first mosque set up in Liverpool in 1887 by English Muslim convert Abdullah Quilliam.
The Gloucestershire site of the first smallpox vaccination by Edward Jenner is also on a list of 21 places that requir... | People are being asked to "chronicle the nation's missing history" by sharing details of key sites. |
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Police were called to reports of people being attacked at Leytonstone around 19:00 GMT on Saturday. The knifeman reportedly shouted "this is for Syria".
A man was arrested after being Tasered by police. One man suffered serious knife injuries while two others ... | A stabbing at a Tube station in east London is being treated as a "terrorist incident", the Met Police has said. |
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The 25-year-old, who has played for Gloucestershire since 2010, has agreed a three-year contract with Middlesex.
"We have been looking to sign a fast bowler with white-ball pedigree," said Middlesex managing director of cricket Angus Fraser.
"In James I believ... | Middlesex have signed James Fuller after the fast bowler turned down a new deal with Gloucestershire. |
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Gwent Police said one vehicle towing another had jack-knifed into the central reservation on the eastbound carriageway between junction 23 and junction 22 just after 10:30 BST.
Two lanes heading towards the Second Severn Crossing were shut but have now reopene... | Drivers were stuck in queues of up to 23-miles after two vehicles were involved in a crash on the M4 in Monmouthshire on Saturday morning. |
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Ofsted's chief inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, wants to send a message that "satisfactory" is now unsatisfactory and that more schools should be pushing for the higher rating of "good".
This is the latest attempt to improve schools which are seen as "coasting"... | Education watchdog Ofsted wants to toughen the language of inspections in England - changing the "satisfactory" rating to "requires improvement". |
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Barry Davis Ryan disappeared along with his father, also named Barry, and his girlfriend, Niamh O'Connor, in Baltimore, County Cork.
Mr Ryan Sr, 51, and Ms O'Connor both drowned and their bodies were found on the day of the incident.
It is understood all three... | A body has been recovered in the search for a man who went missing off the Irish coast on 30 June. |
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The German, 24, will join the Canaries on a two-year deal when his contract at Dortmund runs out on 1 July.
He played 29 times for Dortmund II last season under Norwich's new boss Daniel Farke who took over in May.
"I'm extremely delighted and very honoured fo... | Championship club Norwich City have signed Borussia Dortmund II central defender Christoph Zimmermann. |
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The Tories propose changing how rates are calculated, as part of a pledge to put the needs of small businesses at the "heart of the Welsh government".
Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies said small firms were vital to Wales and needed help to "develop and grow"... | Supermarkets and other big businesses could face higher business rates under a Welsh Conservative government, with a tax cut for smaller companies. |
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It is understood she was hit by the wooden frames of a ground-floor window in Hanover Street, Mayfair.
A witness told BBC London the woman was eating her lunch when she was struck on her chest.
London Ambulance and police were called at 11:30 BST. The woman, b... | A woman has died after being crushed when two window frames fell from a building in central London. |
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New statistics show the number using services has risen by nearly a third in the last two years.
There were 4,642 children and young people seen in the quarter ending June 2016, compared to 3,560 in the same period in 2014. That was a rise of 30%.
A team led b... | More children and young people in Scotland are being seen by mental health professionals. |
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The race is in its final stages and Thomson has reduced the distance he trails race leader Armel Le Cleac'h to 73 nautical miles.
Thomson and his team say he has set a solo 24-hour world mark of 536.81 miles in th... | Welsh sailor Alex Thomson is claiming a world record after again narrowing the gap on leader Armel le Cleac'h in the Vendee Globe race. |
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The 22-year-old joined Quins from Saracens last season and made 10 appearances in all competitions in his first year at the club.
"The whole experience has been great from day one and I can't wait to carry on wearing the shirt in the hope to bring more success... | Harlequins full-back Aaron Morris has signed a new contract. |
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The England captain, 30, has a knee injury and is a doubt for the trip to Berlin to face Germany on 26 March and the Dutch at Wembley three days later.
Rooney is wearing a brace on the knee, and Van Gaal says it must stay in place for two-and-a-half weeks.
"He... | Wayne Rooney's priority is getting fit for Manchester United rather than appearing in England friendly games, says his manager Louis Van Gaal. |
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A Russian Su-27 fighter was detected in the Gulf of Finland south of Porvoo late on Thursday, the ministry said.
Another Russian Su-27 was detected on a suspicious flight there earlier. "Russian military aviation over the Baltic Sea has been intense," it said.... | Finland's Defence Ministry says it has scrambled jets twice in the past 24 hours to monitor suspected airspace violations by Russian fighters. |
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There had been fears the police budget in England and Wales would face significant cuts.
But Mr Osborne said: "Now is not the time for further police cuts, now is the time to back our police and give them the tools to do the job."
The shadow chancellor said th... | Police budgets in England and Wales will be protected in real terms, Chancellor George Osborne has said in his Spending Review. |
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A Facebook album uploaded to the ministry's official page featured a photograph of Minister of State Teo Ser Luck lying on a worker's dormitory bed.
It was accompanied by the caption: "I learnt that some workers prefer to sleep without a mattress as they are u... | Singapore's Ministry of Manpower has drawn criticism on social media over a post about foreign workers. |
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The firm behind the voting system said turnout was at least one million fewer than the government figure.
But the head of the election council hit back, calling it an "irresponsible claim, with unfounded estimations".
President Nicolás Maduro has said that the... | Venezuela's electoral authorities have dismissed a claim that turnout in Sunday's controversial vote for a new constituent assembly was inflated. |
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The 29-year-old Dutchman, who began his career at Ajax, most recently played for Al-Ain in the United Arab Emirates.
Deportivo signed Babel as Joselu, who is on loan from Stoke, faces two months out with a knee injury.
"I'm very excited. It is a dream come tru... | Former Liverpool winger Ryan Babel has joined Spanish side Deportivo La Coruna on a free transfer until the end of 2016. |
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Aberdeenshire council said plans for the McLeod course at the Menie Estate were only received earlier this week.
But the local authority now says it has been asked to withdraw the application.
After losing a Court of Session challenge to stop an offshore windf... | Donald Trump has withdrawn a planning application to build a second golf course at his Aberdeenshire resort. |
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Trailing 2-1 from the first leg in Iceland, the Irish Cup holders suffered a setback when Kennie Chopart went clear to shoot a fifth-minute opener.
The impressive Chopart then fired in from the edge of the box for... | Glenavon's hopes of progress in the Europa League ended with a heavy 6-0 home defeat by KR Reykjavik. |
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They witnessed the tragic events at the Manchester Arena two weeks ago, and while Marie initially didn't want to go back to Manchester, that changed when the charity concert was announced.
Speaking to the BBC ahead of the concert, she said: "I have very mixed ... | Marie Rushworth and her 11-year-old daughter Mya returned to Manchester to attend the One Love benefit concert. |
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Carwyn Jones said it would "diminish not just the United States in the eyes of the world, but the west as a whole".
Mr Trump's executive order also halted the entire US refugee programme.
Mr Jones said the impact on "law-abiding citizens" is "beyond any ration... | The first minister has criticised President Donald Trump's decision to institute a 90-day travel ban for nationals from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. |
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The Silk Road was used by merchants and traders to take goods across the Asian continent. Now China is investing billions into revitalising this route for trade. Here are some images by photographer by Li Zhengde in Gansu province, China.
All photographs from... | Dunhuang, on the old Silk Road, was one of the ancient world's most important intersections between East and West. |
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About 35 people have walked from Rame's Church of St Germanus to the Rame Head Chapel in south east Cornwall.
The pilgrimage used to be an annual event for at least 20 years until 2007 when numbers dwindled, said church treasurer Ken Ryles.
Parishioners hope t... | A pilgrimage to an isolated Cornish chapel has been revived after it was stopped five years ago. |
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Pegasus and Ards drew 1-1 in their Ulster derby while Belfast Harlequins remain in trouble at the bottom after a 2-0 defeat at Dublin side Loreto.
In the men's IHL leaders Monkstown increased their advantage at the top following a 5-1 win over Glenanne.
Lisnag... | Ulster Elks missed a chance to ease their relegation worries in the women's IHL after a 2-2 draw with bottom club Pembroke Wanderers at Jordanstown. |
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Mexico's Alvarez, who knocked out Briton Amir Khan in his last fight in May, has lost just one of 49 pro bouts, to Floyd Mayweather on points in 2013.
He is favourite to beat WBO light middleweight champion Smith, 28, when they meet on Saturday.
"I need tests ... | Britain's Liam Smith says he is being driven on by fear as he attempts to beat Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez in Texas. |
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Dean Copley, 45, sent explicit pictures of himself and made sexual approaches over Facebook before arranging to meet the 'girl' at Sheffield station.
Copley, of Renathorpe Road, Sheffield, had actually been conversing with the Online Predator Investigation Tea... | A man has been jailed for three years for attempting to groom a 14-year-old girl after he was caught by an online vigilante group. |
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Harold Thomas Martin is alleged to have spent more than 20 years collecting data from multiple government agencies, federal prosecutors said.
Court documents say 50 terabytes of data had been seized but it is not clear how much of this was classified.
Mr Marti... | US government lawyers have said they will prosecute a former National Security Agency contractor, accused of stealing masses of government data. |
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The Panerai watch, made in Italy using Rolex movements, is believed to be one of only 618 made between 1941 and 1943.
The timepiece was found during a furniture valuation and is believed to have been taken home by a British soldier as a trophy or souvenir.
It ... | A rare German military watch which lay in a drawer in a Lanarkshire house for almost 70 years has sold for more than £54,000 at auction. |
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Yet people are desperate to let their loved ones know they're safe and to find out what's going on.
"The first questions people always ask when they arrive at a refugee camp are 'Where can I charge my phone?' and 'Is there wi-fi?'," says John Warnes, innovatio... | When war or natural disaster causes havoc around the world and millions of people are displaced or rendered homeless, communications and power infrastructures are often damaged or non-existent. |
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The decision was announced by Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk at a televised government meeting.
Gazprom said it had halted gas deliveries to Ukraine because it had used up all the gas it had paid for.
But Ukraine said it had stopped buying from Gaz... | Ukraine has banned all Russian planes from using its airspace and exports of Russian gas to Ukraine have been halted by state-controlled giant Gazprom. |
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Nathaniel Cooper is alleged to have struck pensioner Andrew MacKay after losing control of the vehicle at the caravan park in Cumineston, near Turriff.
Mr Cooper, 30, denied the charge at the High Court in Aberdeen.
Sixty five-year-old Mr MacKay died of chest ... | A man has gone on trial accused of causing death by dangerous driving at an Aberdeenshire caravan park. |
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Ten new turbines are be added to the scheme - giving it a total of 36 - making it one of the largest in the Highlands.
The green light for the extension follows a public inquiry.
Developer Falck Renewables said it had to the potential to supply almost 20,000 p... | The Scottish government has approved plans for an extension to the Millennium wind farm near Fort Augustus. |
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In 2014, YouTube published a mock sales pitch called Google Maps: Pokemon Challenge, which showed the corporation's maps app overtaken by colourful monsters.
The video asked recruits to track down these critters using their phone's GPS location data, and then ... | It seems stranger than fiction, but Pokemon Go - an app that has triggered a global phenomenon where millions of people obsessively capture small creatures in public spaces - was first introduced as an April Fool's Day joke. |
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Shaquan Fearon, 17, from Lewisham, south east London, was stabbed on 3 September last year as he walked along Turnham Road in Brockley with a friend.
Two boys, aged 15 and 16, are on trial at the Old Bailey accused of his murder and the attempted murder of Jun... | A teenage boy was killed in a "murderous knife attack" in the street by two younger boys, a court has heard. |
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English Heritage, which manages the ancient site, wants to introduce "significant changes" in response to "repeated and consistent" feedback.
Stonehenge manager Kate Davies, said an alcohol ban would "help everyone to have a better experience of solstice".
But... | Revellers at Stonehenge could face a ban on alcohol and parking charges at this year's solstice celebrations. |
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He was asked if a change in the law was being considered as part of a review of marriage laws.
"Not as far as I'm aware and I've certainly no intention of doing so," he told the BBC's Sunday Politics show.
The government was looking into humanist marriages in ... | Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has dismissed reports the government is planning to allow nude weddings. |
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It happened at Three Mile Water, near Mossley Mill, in Newtownabbey.
A local angling group said hundreds of juvenile and adult trout and salmon were affected.
The Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) confirmed it had begun an investigation into what caus... | An environmental investigation has begun after a "significant" number of fish were killed in a river in County Antrim. |
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Organisers Run 4 Wales announced the news after 22,000 runners took part in this year's Cardiff Half Marathon.
Chief executive Matt Newman said there was massive demand for the full 26-mile event in Wales and details would be announced in the next two weeks.
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Although the sitcom is partly set at California's Caltech, the fund will sponsor studies in science, technology, engineering and maths at rival UCLA.
Series star Mayim Bialik earned a PhD in neuroscience from the university in 2007.
The first 20 scholars will ... | The cast and creators of TV comedy The Big Bang Theory have created a $4m (£2.6m) scholarship fund to support low-income science students. |
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Briton Froome, 32, sealed his fourth title and third in succession on Sunday's final stage in Paris.
The record for most Tour titles won is five, held by Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel I... | Four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome will be a "force" in the race for years to come, says Team Sky principal Dave Brailsford. |
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Fighting followed an attack on an army base and a police station in the eastern town of Ben Guerdane.
Seven civilians and nine members of the security forces were also killed in the clashes, according to the government.
There is concern in Tunisia about the th... | Tunisian security forces have killed 28 militants after they launched a cross-border raid from Libya, the government says. |
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A list of those who declined an honour between 1951 and 1999, and who have since died, has been published for the first time.
Until now, the information was so secret it was not included in official papers released under the 30-year rule.
It has been made publ... | The author Roald Dahl and artist Lucian Freud are among those who have turned down honours from the Queen, according to official government records. |
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An exceptional hot spell had covered much of northern and central Australia, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said.
The Northern Territory and Queensland had their hottest March days on record, the BOM said in a special climate statement on Tuesday.
This also i... | March is usually the start of autumn in Australia but this year heat records are being set across the country. |
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Figures from 36 forces show the number of drivers given fixed penalty notices fell by more than 40% from 2010-14.
Chief Constable Suzette Davenport, lead officer for roads policing, said forces were using different approaches.
Last year, Transport Secretary Pa... | The number of drivers given penalty points for using mobile phones at the wheel fell by 24% last year in England and Wales, police figures suggest. |
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The hotly contested campaign has been marred by internal squabbles within the governing party, which have turned violent.
The township of Atteridgeville, west of the capital, Pretoria, is one of several areas to have experienced some of this violence.
The work... | South Africa's African National Congress (ANC), which took power at the end of white-minority rule in 1994, is facing its toughest challenge - and not just from opposition parties in Wednesday's local elections. |
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Goldson had preventative surgery in February after routine screening uncovered "a possible risk factor".
The 24-year-old played his first game since then in a friendly against Fortuna Dusseldorf on 14 July.
"It's massively important, because you never know wha... | Brighton defender Connor Goldson has urged clubs to increase cardiac screening after resuming his playing career following a heart operation. |
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The budget is £11.5bn, according to the budget document produced by the finance department.
It was passed by 62 votes to 30 on Tuesday evening.
The DUP and Sinn Féin voted in favour. The UUP, SDLP, Alliance, TUV, the Green Party, NI21's Basil McCrea, Independe... | Northern Ireland Assembly members have voted to pass the budget for the next financial year. |
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It all began last week with The Times of India publishing a photo and tweet about actress Deepika Padukone's cleavage.
"OMG: Deepika Padukone's cleavage show," the paper tweeted alongside a photo of her from an event last year.
The actress hit back angrily, tw... | A clash between India's top newspaper and a Bollywood actress shows no signs of abating. |
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Pauline Cafferkey, 40, was infected while working in Sierra Leone in 2014.
She faced charges for allegedly allowing a wrong temperature to be recorded during the screening process at Heathrow on her arrival in the UK.
The conduct and competence panel dismissed... | A Scots nurse who survived Ebola has been cleared of misconduct charges by the Nursing and Midwifery Council. |
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The Wallaby, 28, has not recovered from a hamstring injury picked up in their semi-final victory over Leicester.
Willie Le Roux switches to full-back, with Josh Bassett, who scored the winning try against the Tigers, starting on the wing.
Exeter make one chang... | Wasps back Kurtley Beale has been ruled out of Saturday's Premiership final against Exeter Chiefs at Twickenham. |
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The 24-year-old player has scored 13 goals and made eight assists in 33 Premier League games.
The award was voted for by the Belgian midfielder's fellow professionals.
Hazard, who won last season's young player accolade, was handed the prize at the Grosvenor H... | Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard has won the Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year award. |
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Christians, Turkmen, Yazidis, Shabak, Sabian Mandaeans, Bahais, Kakais and Faili Kurds have lived in Iraq for a very long time - some for centuries, others for thousands of years.
Many of them, particularly Christians, Yazidis, Shabak and Turkemen, live in Nin... | The conflict in Iraq is often framed as a struggle between Shias and Sunnis and Arabs and Kurds - but the country is home to a number of minority groups who find themselves caught in the violence and in political bargains beyond their control. |
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The 22-year-old, who was on holiday, was drugged in a Doha hotel and woke up in an unfamiliar flat, where she realised she had been raped, her lawyer says.
She was arrested in March on suspicion of having sex outside of marriage. She is due to appear in court ... | A Dutch woman is being detained in Qatar on suspicion of adultery after she told police she had been raped. |
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The boys, aged eleven and 12 at the time, spotted a distressed woman going into the Firth of Forth near Granton, in September 2015.
They tried to stop her, then alerted the coastguard and recorded the incident on a mobile phone.
Waca Ceesay, 12, Andrew Ball, 1... | Five boys who saved a woman's life in Edinburgh have been honoured at Police Scotland's bravery awards. |
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Peter Madsen, 46, denies wrongdoing, saying he had dropped off the reporter - 30-year-old Kim Wall - in Copenhagen before the sinking.
Her partner raised the alarm in the early hours of Friday when she failed to return from the Nautilus vessel.
It was later sp... | A Danish submarine owner has appeared in court over the disappearance of a Swedish female journalist who had been on board his vessel before it sank. |
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The Grade II listed building originally opened in 1856 but was damaged by a fire in 1972.
It closed in 2012 so a proper stage, backstage area and additional performing spaces could be built. The seating capacity has also increased.
An adaptation of the Great G... | The New Theatre Royal in Portsmouth is reopening after a £4.5m revamp. |
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The move came following concerns from politicians about officers carrying weapons while on routine patrol.
Opposition parties described the move as a U-turn.
However Police Scotland said the standing order allowing the deployment of officers with handguns and ... | Specialist armed police officers in Scotland will in future only be deployed to firearms incidents or where there is a threat to life. |
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The figures - from the Office for National Statistics - are for the first full month after the Brexit vote.
They show that he average house price across the UK in July rose to £217,000.
The eastern region of England remains the area with the fastest growing p... | House price inflation across the UK fell to 8.3% in the year to July, down from 9.7% in June, according to official statistics. |
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The former Northern Ireland boss has watched them win their first ever European Championship game from afar, as he is immersed in life as a club ambassador at Fakenham Town, a club that finished 17th in the ninth tier of English football last season.
"I'll nev... | Emptying bins, painting the walls and tiling the roof at a non-league club in Norfolk is a far cry from Euro 2016 - but Nigel Worthington doesn't mind. |
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The higher education funding councils have announced a review of how universities are monitored.
There will be a public tendering process to run the university inspection system from 2017.
The current watchdog, the Quality Assurance Agency, says that it alread... | How the quality of university courses in the UK is checked is to be overhauled in the next few years. |
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There were no injuries in the incident in which the drone hit the wheel and then a table as it fell to the ground.
The incident has added weight to calls to introduce national registers for the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).
The US has started up a register w... | Seattle police are investigating after a drone collided with the city's giant Ferris wheel on Wednesday afternoon. |
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The 32-year-old defender, who joined from local rivals Nottingham Forest in 2012, has a year to run on the three-year deal he signed in 2014.
Morgan told BBC East Midlands Today: "I love it here and would love to stay.
"But now I am focusing on what we can ach... | Leicester City captain Wes Morgan says he has not started talks about a new contract but is eager to extend his time with the Premier League leaders. |
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The UKIP leader said Vote Leave had been "too defensive" and needed to speak about the EU's "open borders" to take the fight to the "enemy".
He said the Cabinet ministers in Vote Leave lacked credibility because of the government's record on immigration.
Mr Fa... | Nigel Farage has accused the official EU leave campaign of not focusing hard enough on immigration. |
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One of those killed was a serving police officer who had tried to halt robberies at a petrol station.
The government announced last month that it would stop subsidising petrol and prices would gradually increase through 2017.
An increase of 20% came into force... | At least six people have died and 1,500 have been arrested during days of protests in Mexico against a rise in the price of petrol. |
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Yn 1991 y dechreuodd Helen Greenwood weithio gyda'r mudiad yng Ngwent, ac fe fu hefyd yn gweithio gyda'r Cylch Meithrin lleol.
"Mae gen i storis gan rieni yn y Cylch Meithrin pan agorodd o, ymhell cyn i fi ddod, lle oedd pobl yn awgrymu bod nhw off eu pennau y... | Mae gwraig sy'n ymddeol ar ôl gweithio am chwarter canrif i'r Urdd yn y de ddwyrain yn dweud bod agwedd rhieni tuag at y Gymraeg yn yr ardal wedi newid yn llwyr yn ystod y cyfnod y buodd hi yno. |
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Felix Tshisekedi, 53, will now lead the opposition coalition in crucial negotiations over the departure of President Joseph Kabila from office.
Under a deal agreed last year, new elections would be held by the end of 2017 and Mr Kabila would not run.
It follow... | The son of Etienne Tshisekedi, the Democratic Republic of Congo's late opposition leader, has been chosen as his father's successor. |
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Darren February, 34, of no fixed address, denies taking valuables from an open safe on 4 December 2015.
The X Factor judge was asleep in the property with his partner Lauren Silverman, their son Eric and a nanny at the time of the break in.
Isleworth Crown Cou... | A burglar scaled several walls to break into Simon Cowell's west London home and steal jewellery worth almost £1m, a court has heard. |
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