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The school roll at Trossachs Primary in Brig o'Turk fell from five to zero at the end of last term.
The future of the Victorian school now lies in the hands of the local authority, Stirling Council.
Its education committee will discuss a proposal to close the ... | A Perthshire primary school could be mothballed for the new school year after being left with no pupils. |
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Sarah Rochira, the older people's commissioner for Wales, says she will use her legal powers to carry out the study.
It will involve speaking to older people, their families and carers to ensure more consistency of services.
The Care and Social Services Inspec... | Older people in care homes are to be asked about the quality of care they receive in a new review. |
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Several of the 20 new female councillors have already appeared on TV, and in magazines, newspapers and the online press, and are quickly having to adjust to the unprecedented attention.
After Rasha Hifzi, a prominent businesswoman, won a seat in Jeddah, she wa... | Since their historic election last week, some of Saudi Arabia's first-ever female politicians have been propelled from near-anonymity into the glare of the media spotlight. |
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Conrad Wright, 78, from Felixstowe, said he still feels "rough" about the murders committed by his son.
Wright was given a whole life jail term for murdering five women in Ipswich over six weeks in 2006.
Mr Wright, a retired RAF corporal, said his relationship... | The father of serial killer Steve Wright has said he "feels responsible" for the deaths of his son's five victims, nearly a decade on. |
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The bridge was closed for much of December after damaged steelwork was discovered. It remains closed to HGVs.
The infrastructure and capital investment committee is holding a "focused" inquiry into maintenance in recent years and the structural defect behind t... | MSPs begin an inquiry into the closure of the Forth Road Bridge. |
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What started as an "attempted coup" targeting President Salva Kiir - though the accused deny it was anything of the sort - has mutated into something that threatens the whole country.
The army admits it has lost control of Bor, the capital of Jonglei state, to... | South Sudan is facing the biggest challenge in its short history of independence. |
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At the last election, 333 out of 650 winning candidates received less than 50% of the vote.
Those MPs could have been defeated if all the people who voted against them had gone for the same alternative candidate.
Clearly, that would never happen everywhere. Bu... | Britain's first-past-the-post electoral system means that lots of MPs are elected on fewer than half of the votes cast in their constituencies. |
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The Planet Express crew from the 31st century is scheduled to touch down in present-day Springfield on 9 November in an episode called Simpsorama.
The main voice cast from the now cancelled Futurama will return.
In the episode Bender travels back in time to st... | New pictures have been released of The Simpsons' Futurama crossover, which is on TV later this week. |
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BrightBus runs bus services to 35 schools but will cease trading in July.
The news has caused concern among some parents while a group of drivers say they would be keen to buy the firm.
Managing director Mick Strafford said he was confident the "vast majority"... | The future of school bus services used by more than 12,000 pupils in South Yorkshire is in doubt after plans to wind up the operator were announced. |
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Sir Peter said the civil service was in "good heart" following a "challenging" time which saw his impartiality questioned by the SNP's opponents.
He will step down as permanent secretary to the Scottish government at the end of June, after five years.
The sear... | Scotland's top civil servant, Sir Peter Housden, is leaving to make way for a successor ahead of the 2016 Scottish Parliament election. |
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Following City's 2-0 Premier League win at Vitality Stadium, Guardiola embraced Arter on the pitch - and the 27-year-old called his words "a lovely touch".
"It's great for him to take his time out to speak to me, I really appreciate it," Arter told BBC Radio S... | Bournemouth midfielder Harry Arter was touched to receive the wishes of Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola as his partner prepares to give birth. |
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Zayn Malik has carved a niche in pervy electropop; Harry Styles is prog rock's new hope; Liam Payne's plumped for aspirational R&B and lovely Niall Horan is doing lovely pop ballads.
So where does that leave Louis Tomlinson?
He was always the underappreciated ... | Emerging from a boyband is a tricky business but, so far at least, the One Direction team has made a pretty good fist of it. |
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The loan window for Football League clubs opened seven days later and closes at 17:00 GMT on Thursday, 27 November. Any club can sign unattached players if they left their old clubs before the closure of the summer transfer window.
Clubs can buy players again ... | The summer transfer window closed at 23:00 BST on 1 September. |
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Four Hong Kong nationals and three Australian residents were also arrested in raids in Sydney on Monday.
Over half a tonne of drugs, including 306kg (674.61lb) of crystal methamphetamine - also known as ''ice'' - and 252kg of heroin, were seized.
The haul is t... | Australian police have seized drugs worth over half a billion dollars and broken up a Hong Kong-based drugs ring. |
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After the monument was destroyed during the Reformation, relics found their way into various collections around the country.
One of them was that of Sir Walter Scott and from Saturday his Borders home will host the unique collection.
It will be accompanied by ... | It was destroyed almost 500 years ago but for the first time the remaining fragments of Robert the Bruce's ornate tomb are to be displayed together. |
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Judging from the comments of most analysts, Egyptians have returned to an authoritarian past in which a parliament exists simply to give a participatory veneer to a profoundly authoritarian presidential system.
The results of Egypt's just-concluded parliamenta... | Judging from the number of times they have been summoned to the polls in recent years, Egyptians would seem to have an enthusiastically democratic system. |
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Net profit rose 6% to €554m ($621m; £439m), ahead of analysts' expectations, with sales up 12%.
The company, which is still expanding, said new stores and new internet sites were opening in line with its targets.
Inditex has more than 7,000 stores in 90 cou... | First quarter profits at Inditex, the world's biggest clothing maker and owner of chains including Zara and Pull and Bear, have beaten forecasts. |
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Gaby Scanlon, of Heysham, Lancashire, had to have her stomach removed after drinking the Nitro-Jagermeister shot.
Oscar's Wine Bar in Lancaster admitted at Preston Crown Court to failing to ensure the cocktail was safe to consume after the incident in October ... | A wine bar where an 18-year-old girl was seriously injured drinking a cocktail containing liquid nitrogen has admitted health and safety failings. |
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The hosts, who won the treble in 2015, could not initially break through a resolute Warrington, who led 6-0 at half-time with Chris Sandow's try.
Brad Singleton and Ryan Hall crossed to put Leeds in front after half-time.
Kevin Penny's converted score gave War... | Leeds Rhinos began the defence of their Super League title with a narrow defeat by Warrington Wolves at Headingley. |
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The warning came from David Dobbin, the chief executive of Dale Farm, Northern Ireland's largest milk processor.
Speaking on BBC Radio Ulster's Inside Business programme, he said Stormont needed to put the economy at the centre of its next Programme for Govern... | Some of Northern Ireland's major manufacturing companies may not survive unless energy costs are lowered, a leading businessman has said. |
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The Garden Bridge Trust said it had failed to raise private funds since losing the support of the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan in April.
It comes after a review of the project recommended it be scrapped.
At least £37.4m of public funds has already been spent on... | A £200m plan to build a bridge covered with trees over the River Thames in central London has officially been abandoned. |
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Two policemen were among the dead during a riot which broke out in the port city of Dakhla on Sunday.
Morocco's interior minister has ordered an inquiry into the violence.
One report said the violence flared after Sahrawi activists, who are seeking independenc... | Seven people were killed in violence that erupted after a football match in Morocco's disputed Western Sahara region, the state news agency reports. |
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The man, aged in his 30s, was taken to hospital after he was stabbed twice in the back on Friday morning.
The assault, which took place on the Antrim Road close to Duncairn Avenue, was reported to police at about 08:30 BST.
Two men, aged 19 and 20, and an 18-y... | Three men have been arrested after a man was stabbed in north Belfast. |
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The two unnamed individuals say they are sexually attracted to animals.
They sought to get the court in Karlsruhe to consider whether the existing rules are unconstitutional.
But the court threw out their claim, ruling that the effect of the ban on the complai... | Two complainants have failed in their attempt to get Germany's constitutional court to consider their claim against the laws banning sex with animals. |
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Castlereagh police station in Belfast was burgled on St Patrick's Day 2002.
Intruders escaped with records on police officers and their agents inside paramilitary groups.
A former police officer has alleged that a "deliberate decision to allow the theft" had b... | The Police Ombudsman is investigating a claim that a break-in at the headquarters of the Police Service of Northern Ireland was allowed to happen to protect a high-level IRA agent. |
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The IBSF has named 35 sliders in its registered testing pool who must commit to regular anti-doping checks during the Winter Olympic season.
Yarnold, 28, is one of three Britons in the 11 athletes selected from skeleton.
"I don't understand why there are three... | Britain's Lizzy Yarnold has criticised the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) for failing to include any Russian skeleton athletes on the anti-doping checklist. |
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Currently a Google vice-president, he believes this could occur as hardware and software become obsolete.
He fears that future generations will have little or no record of the 21st Century as we enter what he describes as a "digital Dark Age".
Mr Cerf made his... | Vint Cerf, a "father of the internet", says he is worried that all the images and documents we have been saving on computers will eventually be lost. |
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The details are revealed in Transport for London (TfL) board papers.
They set out for the first time the impact of spending cuts announced by Chancellor George Osborne in his Autumn Statement last December.
A TfL spokesman the reduction in funding represented ... | London's transport system is facing cuts of £80m over the next two years, in addition to the reduced funding signalled in this week's Budget. |
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The 25-year-old was dropped from the Great Britain squad in April after finishing fifth in the team sprint at the World Championships.
She then said she had been the victim of sexist remarks from former technical director Shane Sutton.
"I don't think it's good... | World Championship medallist Jess Varnish says she "wouldn't recommend" joining British Cycling because of "cracks" in its culture. |
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Robert Newsham, 78, was found guilty at Exeter Crown Court of two counts of indecently assaulting the 11 year old.
Judge Phillip Wassall warned he faced "a substantial" jail term.
Newsham previously admitted 10 charges of raping or indecently assaulting anothe... | A retired coach driver who abused a girl on a trip to Eurodisney in the late 1990s has been told he is a "dangerous offender". |
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It was one of two Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross-breeds found with four puppies in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex.
An alert was issued after it "proved hard to catch" and "in its fearful state" wounded the officer before heading into fields on Tuesday evening.
... | An abandoned dog which ran off after biting a policeman has been found. |
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That is what a senior and respected medical scientist, a man who would be seen as a world authority on such matters, said to me.
So why wasn't the cure found?
The relevant research didn't happen because Ebola was seen for a long time to be a disease only of th... | "We could have developed a vaccine for Ebola years ago if we had chosen to allocate the resources to the appropriate research". |
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The 24-year-old, who won 200m breaststroke bronze at the London 2012 Olympics, was given a provisional ban after testing positive for meldonium.
The International Swimming Federation (Fina) lifted the ban after advice from the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada).
... | Russia's Yulia Efimova has had her provisional suspension for doping lifted by swimming's governing body. |
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Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has made it clear that the Alliance does not place much credence in Russian assertions that these incidents were accidental.
A third incident where what looks to be a Syrian MiG-29 (the Russians have not deployed this ai... | The two incursions into Turkish airspace over the weekend by Russian warplanes highlight the growing risks of Russian, Syrian and Nato aircraft all operating in close proximity. |
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Mr Burnham referenced the notorious Oxford University dining club - which counts David Cameron and Boris Johnson as former members - as he insisted the contest was "still there to be won".
The ballot closes at 12:00 on Thursday, with the winner announced on Sa... | Andy Burnham has urged Labour to "fight the Bullingdon Boys, not Tony Blair", as candidates chase last-minute votes in the leadership contest. |
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The Office for National Statistics has published an estimate of fraud for the first time, based on its Crime Survey.
There were also 2.5 million cyber crime offences, such as computer hacking, the ONS estimated.
The Crime Survey indicated an 8% fall in crimes ... | There were more than five million incidents of fraud in England and Wales in the last year, estimates suggest. |
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The social network twice disabled the account following complaints, only to re-enable it hours later.
"These posts are clearly distressing for the families and this content has now been removed," a spokeswoman said.
"We apologise for the delay in taking them d... | Facebook has apologised for repeatedly restoring an account that posted stolen photos of children falsely claiming they had cancer. |
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Loic Remy is nearing a comeback from a calf problem but is one of six Palace players unavailable this weekend.
Leicester captain Wes Morgan will miss a sixth straight match because of a back injury, although he may be fit to face Atletico Madrid on Tuesday.
Ma... | Crystal Palace full-back Patrick van Aanholt has returned to training following an ankle injury and is available to face Leicester. |
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After a draw with Lithuania and defeat by Slovakia, the Scots can ill-afford a loss at Wembley, but Fletcher believes a draw would be a good result.
"Even with a couple of disappointing results, we are by no means out of it. We can't be get drawn into these "m... | Scotland captain Darren Fletcher says Friday's World Cup qualifier against England is not a "must-win" game. |
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The body of Alexander Duncan, 59, was found in a house in Primrose Street on 19 April.
The women, aged 29 and 31, are expected to appear in court on Tuesday.
Det Insp Martin MacLean said: "I would like to thank the public for their patience and cooperation whi... | Two women have been charged with murder following the death of a man in the Leith area of Edinburgh. |
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RSA shares closed 20.8% lower, making it easily the biggest loser.
Overall, the FTSE 100 share index closed 0.08% higher, or 4.6 points, at 6,108.71.
Shares in the satellite firm Inmarsat rose more than 1% after it announced a deal with Deutsche Telekom to bri... | (Close): Shares in insurance company RSA held back gains on the FTSE 100, after Swiss rival Zurich abandoned its bid plans. |
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Mr Morsi is in detention, as well as senior figures in the Islamist group of which he is a member. Hundreds more are being sought.
The top judge of Egypt's constitutional court, Adly Mahmud Mansour, has been sworn in as interim leader.
He has pledged to hold e... | Egypt's military has moved against the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood, a day after deposing President Mohammed Morsi. |
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The explosions struck near the Sakhi Sarwar shrine in Punjab, as Sufi Muslim devotees gathered for an annual three-day festival.
Sufis, a minority Muslim group who follow mystical beliefs, are regarded as heretical by hardliners.
A Taliban fighter told reporte... | Suicide attackers have killed at least 41 people and wounded many more at a shrine in Pakistan, police say. |
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But fans in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are in for disappointment after the so-called "UK" tour will only include English gigs.
It's the first tour in the UK since 2010 for the Believe star.
In 2013 he'll visit Birmingham, Sheffield, Manchester, Live... | Standby for Bieber fever in 2013 as Justin has announced gigs in cities including London, Birmingham and Manchester. |
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Dean Carl Evans, 22, from Reading, died in July in the city of Manbij after joining a Kurdish military group.
His father revealed his will states he wished to be buried with his "brothers and sisters" in the war-torn country.
The Foreign Office has told him hi... | The father of a man who died fighting so-called Islamic State in Syria says he doesn't know where his son's body is or if it will ever return to the UK. |
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Attacking midfielder Forestieri, 25, joined the Owls in a deal worth £3m from Watford in August after a potential move to Leeds fell through.
"It wasn't easy to bring him in but he has quality and I'm very happy," Carvalhal told BBC Radio Sheffield.
"He will b... | New Sheffield Wednesday signing Fernando Forestieri will become a "very important" player for the club, boss Carlos Carvalhal has predicted. |
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The deal proposes that the merged company will maintain Allergan's Irish domicile, allowing Pfizer to escape relatively high US corporate tax rates.
Hillary Clinton, the likely Democratic presidential candidate, accused Pfizer of avoiding its "fair share" of t... | Drugs giant Pfizer's $160bn (£106bn) deal to buy botox-maker Allergan has been criticised by US politicians as an attempt to slash its tax bill. |
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County moved off the bottom of the table and are now seven points from safety after a 1-0 win at Morecambe.
Bird, 29, scored the second half penalty which secured victory.
"We don't look at points, we just take it each game as it comes and if we keep winning e... | Forward Ryan Bird says Newport County are capable of beating any side in League Two and is confident they can avoid relegation. |
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At one point the world number five, who caused controversy on Monday for turning down the opportunity of a 147 break, scored 300 points without reply.
The fourth frame was more disjointed, but O'Sullivan sealed a whitewash and a meeting with China's Yu Delu.
M... | Ronnie O'Sullivan produced a sublime display to thrash Jimmy Robertson 4-0 and reach round four of the Welsh Open. |
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Under a deal with Ukraine's M.V. Cargo, the money will be used to build a grain terminal on the Black Sea that will boost agricultural exports.
The terminal will allow Ukrainian farmers to export an additional five million tons of grain.
Overseas companies hav... | US agriculture firm, Cargill has announced a $100m (£71.5m) investment in a Ukrainian port. |
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Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said such attacks were doubling every year and this year's presidential elections could be targeted.
He said it would be "naive" to think France was immune to the type of cyber-campaign that targeted the US election, which h... | France says it was the subject of 24,000 cyber-attacks against defence targets last year. |
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A key gauge of stress in the banking sector is now more than three times above the danger level, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said in its latest quarterly review.
China's credit-to-GDP gap hit 30.1 in the first quarter of 2016, it said.
The BIS... | Risks of a Chinese banking crisis are mounting, according to a warning indicator from the banking industry's global watchdog. |
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Roedd yn wyneb a llais cyfarwydd yng Nghymru ers iddo gael diagnosis o ganser y coluddyn ym mis Ionawr 2014.
Penderfynodd nad oedd am ddioddef o'r cyflwr yn dawel, ac fe aeth ati i sefydlu ymgyrch Tîm Irfon i gefnogi cleifion canser yn y gogledd.
Y nod oedd co... | Mae'r ymgyrchydd canser a sylfaenydd ymgyrch Hawl i Fyw, Irfon Williams, o Fangor, wedi marw yn 46 mlwydd oed. |
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It's blatantly obvious to say so, but winning matches is the only way for a manager to stay in their job. How they do that, though, is down to an individual's philosophy and beliefs.
There are many ways to win football matches, and winning to most of us is the... | The managerial merry-go-round race is at full tilt after Brendan Rodgers' sacking by Liverpool, Dick Advocaat's resignation from Sunderland and Fleetwood getting rid of Graham Alexander. |
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The book - Family Album (Mrs S. Greg's) 1800-1815, Quarry Bank and Ireland - was spotted for sale online by James Cummins Bookseller in New York in 2012.
A member of the Greg family has helped return it to the National Trust-run Quarry Bank Mill museum in Wilm... | A family album which belonged to the owners of a Cheshire cotton mill which was at the centre of the Industrial Revolution has been returned to the UK. |
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Mark Jones, 45, of Cwmbran, denies murdering five-week-old Amelia Jones.
Prosecutor Paul Lewis told Newport Crown Court Mr Jones did not like Amelia's father Ian Skillern and after her birth said she looked like him.
The court heard that Amelia died after suff... | A man accused of murdering his baby granddaughter disliked her because she looked like her father, a court heard. |
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Most of the people who died were working on farms during torrential rains on Tuesday, reports said.
Lightning strikes are common in India during heavy monsoon rains.
Fifty-six people died in Bihar while 37 people were killed across Uttar Pradesh, Jharkand and ... | At least 93 people have been killed and more than 20 injured by lightning strikes in the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, officials say. |
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The social media site forecast earnings of $0.55 per share - far below analysts expectations of $0.74 per share.
LinkedIn also reported a loss of $8m (£5.4m) for the year, compared with a $3m profit in 2014.
LinkedIn has been investing heavily in expansion ou... | LinkedIn shares dropped 26% after the company projected lower than expected profits for the first quarter of 2016. |
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At the conference at Lancaster House in London, delegates from 46 different countries and 11 UN organisations have signed The London Declaration.
This outlines the steps that need to be taken to stop animal poaching, which governments agreed needs to be treate... | Governments from around the world have vowed to take action on the illegal trade in wildlife. |
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Proposals already exist for a £17m museum at Auckland Castle in Bishop Auckland, where religious paintings by Spanish artist Francisco Zurbaran hang.
Now planning permission for additional schemes costing more than £7m is to be sought before the end of the yea... | Further development plans have been announced for a County Durham castle which was home to the Bishop of Durham for 800 years. |
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Surgery was suspended for two weeks at Leeds General Infirmary's paediatric heart unit after data suggested a higher death rate than average.
A year-long NHS England review has concluded the unit "does not have an excessive mortality".
But it also found that s... | A children's heart surgery unit that was temporarily closed last March owing to fears over a high number of patient deaths is safe, a review has found. |
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The Howard League for Penal Reform said the time was added on as punishment for breaking prison rules.
It called the adjudications system, where transgressions are tried, "a monster".
A Prison Service spokeswoman said: "It is right that offenders who break pri... | Welsh prisoners served more than 7,000 days on top of their sentences last year, a charity has said. |
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RAF medic Anna Pollock had just posed for a picture with the prince when she tipped over on the windy track in Bath.
She joked to the prince: "Are you sure you had nothing to do with it?"
In a speech to injured service men and women hoping to compete in Florid... | Prince Harry rushed to help an athlete competing for a place in the Invictus Games after the wind blew over her lightweight racing wheelchair. |
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Tens of thousands marching to the city centre were met with live rounds, tear gas and water cannon.
President Saleh has been battling eight months of street protests.
Separately, the media chief of militant group al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was reportedl... | Security forces in Yemen have shot dead at least 12 people and wounded 80 others during protests against President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the capital, Sanaa. |
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These are "largely preventable patient safety incidents" that should not happen if proper measures are in place.
There were 60 of these incidents in Wales' seven health boards from April 2012 to present.
The Welsh Government said: "Patient safety in Wales is p... | A silicone object left inside someone, a patient falling from a window and the wrong person undergoing an exploratory procedure are among "never events" which have happened in Welsh hospitals. |
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Highways England has proposed junction 10A, claiming it will reduce congestion at junction 10 about 700 metres (0.4 miles) to the east.
The new junction will use two bridges and connect to the A20 and a new dual carriageway link road built to the A2070 near S... | Views are being sought on the building of a new junction on the M20 in Kent. |
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Claire Johnson, 41, failed to call an ambulance when daughter Natasha, 21, collapsed after taking heroin in 2013.
A medical expert told Leeds Crown Court had Johnson sought assistance, Natasha's chances of survival would have been "extremely high".
Johnson, of... | A mother who left her daughter to die from a drug overdose has been jailed for two years and eight months. |
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Enda Kenny, who has been taoiseach for six years, is set to address questions over his leadership at a meeting of his Fine Gael parliamentary party later.
The 66-year-old has been under pressure to resign from factions within his own party dissatisfied with hi... | The taoiseach (Irish prime minister) is expected to clarify his political future on Wednesday night after months of speculation that he is to step down. |
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Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) combine businesses, councils and others to decide regional funding priorities.
Communities secretary Eric Pickles described the South East LEP as an "exemplar" body.
But the BBC has learned officials had serious concerns ab... | The case for creating a partnership controlling hundreds of millions of pounds of government cash was considered "weak", it has emerged. |
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The amount of 7.5bn euros (£5.9bn; $8.4bn) is scheduled to be paid out early next week.
The money is part of a larger deal agreed on in May but depended on a number of reform conditions to be be fulfilled by Athens.
Greece owes its creditors more than €300bn -... | A fresh tranche of money for debt ridden Greece has been approved by the eurozone's bailout fund. |
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An open verdict was recorded in the inquest of 17-year-old Lauren Eley, who died in 2004, in Northampton.
Coroner Anne Pember was told the police notes were destroyed after seven years.
The Eley's family's legal representative, Sefton Kwasnik, called the way p... | The destruction of police notes on the death of a teenage girl who fell from a multi-storey car park 10 years ago, was "regrettable", police said. |
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Australians vote on Saturdays and many booths are located at schools, churches and community halls.
These institutions take advantage of the country's high voter turnout by selling sausages, cakes and coffees to waiting voters.
Both the prime minister and oppo... | Barbecues have been fired up at polling booths across Australia for traditional election-day "sausage sizzles". |
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Preliminary autopsy results showed the Top Gun director had "therapeutic levels" of the anti-depressant Mirtazapine and the prescription sleep-aid Lunesta in his system.
It added Scott did not have any serious illnesses, including cancer.
The director jumped f... | A Los Angeles coroner has confirmed film-maker Tony Scott's death was suicide, caused by blunt force injuries and drowning. |
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An unprecedented operation by the Italian Navy is under way off the coast of Libya to recover the wreck of a migrant boat that sank in April last year - leading to the deaths of up to 700 migrants, the largest single loss of life in the Mediterranean in decade... | Web production by Christine Jeavans |
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Hundreds of people from indigenous, student and labour groups clashed with police, who deployed water cannon.
The summit has been overshadowed by territorial disputes over China's activities in the South China Sea.
Leaders have also called for greater global a... | Large protests are taking place on the streets on the Philippine capital, Manila, where leaders are attending the Apec regional trade summit. |
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Facing questions for the first time from the cross-party Brexit select committee, Mr Davis emphasised it was his job to return control of immigration policy to British ministers.
The Brexit secretary told MPs that immigration control would then be decided by t... | David Davis has moved to reassure British firms and universities their interests will not be needlessly harmed by migration controls after the UK leaves the European Union. |
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Consultation had been carried out on the move to shut sites with an electorate of less than 100.
Scottish Borders Council was told the costs of running a rural polling place were far higher than in urban areas.
However, councillors backed a motion by leader Da... | Councillors have agreed to keep eight polling stations in the Borders open due to the "democratic boom" during the Scottish independence referendum. |
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Thousands of athletes of all abilities took part in the new day-long event around St James' Park.
Paralympic athletes David Weir and Richard Whitehead also took part in the race which finished outside Buckingham Palace.
The Bupa Westminster Mile featured more ... | Double Olympic gold medal winner Mo Farah fired the starting pistol on a series of one-mile races in Westminster. |
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The 37-year-old is reported to have quarrelled with police after their car was pulled over in the early hours of Friday in Atlanta, Georgia.
She is alleged to have told officers: "Do you know my name?"
According to the Associated Press, she released a statemen... | Hollywood actress Reese Witherspoon was arrested for disorderly conduct after police stopped her husband on suspicion of drink driving, US media report. |
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Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has said it carried out the 15 January attack on the luxury Splendid Hotel in Burkina Faso, using fighters from its Saharan affiliate, al-Murabitoun.
Burkina Faso's government says 28 people were killed and a further 56 i... | The carnage in Burkina Faso's capital marks a new expansion for al-Qaeda's North African branch. |
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Darren Say, 46, used the investments to "fund his lifestyle" between 2010 and 2016.
All his clients' money had gone by the time of his arrest, said Essex Police.
Say pleaded not guilty but was convicted at Chelmsford Crown Court of fraud by abuse of position a... | A company director who used £1m of his clients' money as "his personal cash cow" instead of investing it in pensions has been jailed for six years. |
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A conservationist has been trying to breed tuatara - which are native to New Zealand - for the last 38 years.
Isolde McGeorge said tuatara, which first appeared 225 million years ago, "really are a living fossil and an evolutionary wonder."
She said she "broke... | A reptile believed to have pre-dated most species of dinosaur has hatched at Chester Zoo for the first time. |
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A thumping first-half hit from full-back David Gray, a Jason Cummings penalty on the hour and a deflected Lewis Stevenson shot in the last seconds put Alan Stubbs' team into the last four.
United had a chance to make a fight of it when Simon Murray was put thr... | Hibernian strolled impressively into the semi-finals of the Scottish League Cup with a commanding victory over Premiership outfit Dundee United. |
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Michael Green, 62, began his 40-minute protest after staff refused to serve him in the drive-through lane of a Skegness branch on 1 August.
At Skegness Magistrates' Court, he denied being drunk in charge of a carriage under the 1872 Licensing Act.
Prosecutors ... | A man accused of being drunk on a mobility scooter while staging a sit-in at a McDonald's drive-through has had the case against him dropped. |
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Seven mobsters were gunned down in a Chicago garage. The executioners were thorough, raking their victims' bodies with machine-gun fire even after they had slumped to the ground.
Astonishingly, one man survived. Frank Gusenberg was terribly injured. He had sus... | The beginning of the end of the world's most famous experiment in alcohol prohibition came in a hail of bullets. |
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Minor incursion by troops are common on the ill-defined 4,057km (2,520 miles) border between China and India.
There are differing perceptions on where the border lies and overlapping claims about the lines up to which both sides patrol. As a result, both India... | After a two-week standoff, India and China have agreed to pull back troops from their disputed border, but such incidents have been increasing and are unlikely to go away, says analyst Harsh V Pant. |
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Warburton, 27, has been sidelined with a shoulder injury since 30 April and missed Sunday's 27-13 loss to England.
Prop Paul James will miss the first Test match in Auckland with a calf injury, but coach Warren Gatland hopes he will face the Chiefs on 14 June.... | Wales captain Sam Warburton is expected to be fit enough to play against world champions New Zealand on 11 June. |
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Robert Semple was being held by al-Qaeda, the United Arab Emirates state news agency said.
He was freed by UAE forces and is "safe and well", Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said.
The oil industry worker, in his 60s, is receiving support from British authorit... | A British national being held hostage in Yemen has been released following a military operation, the Foreign Office has announced. |
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The ground at which Cardiff Blues and Cardiff RFC play is physically attached to Wales' Principality Stadium home.
"Dialogue is taking place with many parties regarding the project, including the WRU, as we consider the best way forward," said Holland.
Recent ... | Cardiff Blues are in talks with the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) over plans to redevelop Cardiff Arms Park, says chief executive Richard Holland. |
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Militia groups aligned to the UN-brokered Libyan Government of National Accord launched an operation in May to rid Sirte of IS and regain control of the city. The battle to expel the jihadists has achieved more success recently with the help of US air strikes.... | Militants of so-called Islamic State (IS) are on the verge of being ousted completely from their stronghold in Libya's central coastal city of Sirte. |
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The organisation's National Council will vote on new reforms at Saturday's extraordinary general meeting.
The reforms are needed to meet a new code of conduct for sport governing bodies - and those which fail to adopt it could lose their funding.
"We must deci... | Cycling "could be lost to an entire generation" if £43m of public funding is withdrawn, says British Cycling president Bob Howden. |
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Tadcaster in North Yorkshire was split in two on Boxing Day, when the River Wharfe bridge partially collapsed.
The bridge is now due to be finished by 27 January rather than Christmas, after "unusual and persistent" high river levels caused delays.
The arch ri... | Arch supports have been put in place on a Grade II listed bridge damaged by floods last December, enabling the final phase of masonry work to begin. |
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Police said the four men, aged 20, 31, 40 and 42, were arrested at addresses in Glasgow, Lanarkshire and Edinburgh, over alleged assaults and disorder.
The operation brought the number of arrests following the game between Rangers and Hibernian to 32.
The men ... | Four more people have been arrested in connection with violent scenes at the end of last month's Scottish Cup Final at Hampden Park in Glasgow. |
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Information shared by the AFP with Indonesian police in 2005 led to the arrest and conviction of the gang and the execution of the two ringleaders.
Police have been criticised for reporting the men despite knowing they could face the death penalty.
But senior ... | The Australian Federal Police (AFP) have defended their role in the arrests of the Bali Nine Australian drug gang. |
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Scott Mann, Conservative MP for north Cornwall, has confirmed he will resign at a full council meeting on February 16.
The Wadebridge West councillor said doing both jobs was only an "interim arrangement".
But he has faced criticism over his attendance record ... | An MP is to step down from his position as a councillor in Cornwall following calls from local politicians for him to leave. |
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Christopher Steele, who runs a London-based intelligence firm, is believed to have left his home this week.
The memos contain unsubstantiated claims that Russian security officials have compromising material on Mr Trump.
The US president-elect said the claims ... | An ex-MI6 officer who is believed to have prepared a memo claiming Russia has compromising material on US President-elect Donald Trump is now in hiding, the BBC understands. |
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In a speech from a balcony at the Ecuadorean embassy in London, he said the files to be published in 2013 would affect "every country in this world".
It is six months since he sought asylum to avoid extradition to Sweden over sexual assault claims, which he de... | Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said his work "will not be cowed," as he promised the whistle-blowing site would release a million more documents. |
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The Renaissance-era building at Oxford University's Christ Church College was evacuated on Saturday lunchtime when fire started in a hot plate area.
Crews from four stations were called to tackle the fire which caused smoke logging to the building.
Oxfordshire... | A 500-year-old great hall which inspired the design of Hogwarts' dining hall in the Harry Potter films has been saved from serious fire damage. |
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Wallace, 22, had a two-month spell with the Lions last season, scoring one goal in 14 appearances before being recalled by Wolves in March.
His move to The Den is with a view to a permanent move in the summer.
Centre-back Cooper, 21, has scored four goals in 5... | League One side Millwall have re-signed Wolves midfielder Jed Wallace and brought in Reading defender Jake Cooper on loan until the end of the season, |
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Coleman, 27, is said to have suffered minor injuries after members of the public broke into the changing room.
Nottinghamshire Police are investigating the incident which occurred after the day's last race.
Two men and one woman were arrested on suspicion of a... | Police said four people were arrested after an altercation at Southwell racecourse in which jump jockey Aidan Coleman was allegedly punched. |
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