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City of Lincoln Council said charging for facilities at Lucy Tower Street, Castle Square and Tentercroft Street could bring in about £30,000 per year.
It said the changes were part of a range measures to meet savings targets of £4m per annum by 2018/19.
The ... | A council has approved proposals to charge 20p to use three of its public toilets as part of plans to combat government funding cuts. |
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Reading play Arsenal on Saturday, before Aston Villa take on Liverpool on Sunday.
Ahead of Saturday's game, BBC Sport reporter Dan Walker went behind the scenes into the tunne... | The FA Cup semi-finals take place this weekend at Wembley stadium in London. |
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In Scotland motorists have been advised to watch out for hazardous conditions although the Met Office has not reported any weather warnings.
Meanwhile, councils in England and Wales said hundreds of gritters were on standby ahead of icy conditions.
Temperature... | The first snow fall of the autumn was caused by a short blast of very cold Arctic air, forecasters have said. |
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A Pentagon spokesman told reporters the US's aim in Syria and Iraq was to "fight ISIS, and fight ISIS only".
One rebel group has left a joint base after clashing with the regime.
It comes after President Donald Trump ended the CIA's clandestine programme to pr... | The US has warned its coalition partners in Syria to focus exclusively on the fight against so-called Islamic State (IS) and not regime forces. |
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Cullen, 30, moved back to Kenya, where she spent much of her childhood, after helping GB finish third at London 2012.
Now she has been named in Britain's squad for December's World League Final in Argentina.
"I'm over the moon to make the cut," she told BBC Sp... | Olympic bronze medallist Crista Cullen has given up protecting elephants, working for a security firm and running a fitness business to return to playing for Great Britain. |
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Forensic scientist Martin Fairley examined staining on Helen Scott's coat.
Angus Sinclair, 69, denies raping and murdering teenagers Helen Scott and Christine Eadie in October 1977.
The trial at the High Court in Livingston continues.
Sinclair's special defenc... | The World's End murder trial has heard a DNA sample on the clothes of one of the victims has one in a billion chance of coming from a person other than the accused. |
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Selby, 32, beat China's Ding Junhui 18-14 to become only the sixth multiple winner of the title in the modern era.
"I don't know what is more of a shock, me winning it a second time or Leicester becoming champions... | Mark Selby hailed "the best night" of his life after winning the world title for a second time, 13 minutes after his home town Leicester were crowned Premier League champions. |
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The woman was walking close to the university campus entrance on Upper Redlands Road shortly after midnight when police said she was approached by a "small group of men".
Officers said she was raped in a small wooded area nearby. She later walked away from the... | A group of men are being sought by police after a 19-year-old woman was raped in Reading. |
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The former deputy prime minister will head the Tees Valley Inward Investment Initiative, which aims to attract foreign companies to the area.
The move comes after 1,700 lost their jobs when the Redcar Steelworks closed.
The GMB called Lord Heseltine's involvem... | Lord Heseltine's involvement in a scheme to help Teesside's unemployed steelworkers find jobs has been criticised by a union. |
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The singer will play to 65,000 fans at the open-air venue on 2 July, 2017. He has also announced a date for Cardiff's Principality Stadium on 30 June.
It comes a day after the star's single, Sorry, was revealed as the most-streamed video of 2016.
According to ... | Pop star Justin Bieber will bring his Purpose world tour to the BST festival in Hyde Park, it has been announced. |
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Eugene Sheehy admitted AIB "took too much risk" on property developers ahead of the Irish banking crisis in 2008.
He was giving evidence to a Dublin inquiry into the causes of the crisis.
Mr Sheehy added he did not understand at the time why Anglo Irish Bank a... | The former boss of Allied Irish Banks (AIB) has said he feels "eternal shame" for failing in his responsibilities before the bank had to be bailed out. |
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Ards Borough Council failed to appoint a contractor to undertake the work at the attraction in Portaferry, County Down, earlier this year.
As a result, £214,000 promised by the Department of the Environment to secure the centre's future has been lost.
The aqua... | Exploris aquarium will remain closed for the peak summer season as it has emerged its refurbishment programme has suffered a £214,000 funding setback. |
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With England having to win the match at Lord's to level the series and stay number one in the world, there must have been a temptation to bite the bullet and deal with the Pietersen issue afterwards.
England players are well paid and you must be available to p... | The decision to leave Kevin Pietersen out of the England team for the third and final Test against South Africa is clearly a very brave one by the England and Wales Cricket Board. |
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"We are behind. She has some advantages," said his campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, who added: "We're not giving up. We know we can win this."
On Friday, Mr Trump made a rare admission that he could lose.
New polls suggest Mrs Clinton remains well ahead nati... | The Donald Trump campaign has admitted the Republican lags behind Hillary Clinton with just over two weeks to go before Americans cast their votes. |
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The so-called "cyborg" bugs produce acetic acid, a chemical that can then be turned into fuel and plastic.
In lab experiments, the bacteria proved much more efficient at harvesting sunlight than plants.
The work was presented at the American Chemical Society m... | Scientists have created bacteria covered in tiny semiconductors that generate a potential fuel source from sunlight, carbon dioxide and water. |
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Paramjeet Singh Saini spent eight weeks in a Portuguese jail, but returned home to the West Midlands over the weekend.
He has been fighting extradition to India over his alleged involvement in the murder of a Sikh politician in 2009 and bomb attacks in India i... | A UK terror suspect freed after being detained on holiday in Portugal has said he will continue to be an activist for Sikh political prisoners. |
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Five pairs of tickets and "experiences" such as a tour of the festival grounds with the festival founder Michael Eavis are being auctioned.
This year's festival has also donated ponchos and 500 pairs of discarded wellington boots to migrants in Calais.
The auc... | Glastonbury Festival organisers have donated tickets and "bespoke on-site festival experiences" to Oxfam's appeal to help fleeing refugees. |
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Flight MS804 was en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 passengers and crew when it crashed early on Thursday.
Items including seats and luggage have also been retrieved by Egyptian search crews.
The debris was discovered about 290km (180 miles) north of Alexand... | Debris and body parts have been found in the Mediterranean Sea by teams searching for a doomed EgyptAir plane, Greek and Egyptian officials say. |
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BBC correspondents across the continent report on the reaction and the likely effect the result will have.
This represents the biggest setback in decades for those who support the idea of European unity. The EU will be changed forever.
It has already been deal... | A wave of shock is reverberating around Europe as countries across the EU and beyond digest the decision by UK voters to leave the European Union. |
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France and Spain have sent several water-bombing planes to help the Portuguese effort.
One firefighter was killed and nine were injured on Thursday near the town of Tondela.
The biggest fire is near Covilha, east of Tondela, Portugal's Jornal de Noticias websi... | More than 800 firefighters in Portugal are tackling big wildfires in Serra do Caramulo, a hilly central region. |
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Stephen Hunt has lodged a formal complaint with the FA after months of argument over funding and facilities.
"West Ham need to be fined until they start to act like a 21st century club," he told BBC Sport.
In resp... | West Ham have been accused of breaking Football Association rules on discrimination - by the chairman of the ladies' club. |
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Alex Danson and Lily Owsely scored in each half to earn a 2-0 win.
England's men were defeated 3-2 by Belgium as they continued their poor form ahead of the World Cup, to be played in the Netherlands from 31 May.
Goals from Iain Lewers and Ashley Jackson were ... | England's women completed their World Cup preparations by beating Japan at the Four Nations Tournament. |
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There are some things the British do with such aplomb, it is a joy to watch. I suppose since they have been conducting elections for hundreds of years, it is not surprising they manage it with such style. At least that is how it comes across to those of us wat... | In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene, a former government minister and member of the opposition, compares the drama of the UK's recent elections to the slower proceedings in her own country. |
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Jones switched to union at the end of the Super League season but has not made a first-team outing for Exeter.
The 22-year-old will now head back north with his partner, who is expecting their first child.
"I cannot speak highly enough of everyone at the Chief... | Former St Helens utility player Josh Jones has left Premiership side Exeter Chiefs to return to rugby league. |
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James Wicks, from Tadley, in Hampshire, was a PCSO with Thames Valley Police in Reading when he was arrested for offences committed over three years.
Prosecutors said Wicks, 35, had swapped crystal meth for indecent movies.
Thames Valley Police described his a... | A former Police Community Support Officer has been jailed for two years for possessing indecent images of children and supplying drugs. |
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NHS England said new rules would be brought in next month and see patients removed from GP lists unless they responded to warning letters.
The move is aimed at stopping GPs being paid for patients who have died, moved practices or left the country - up to 5% o... | Patients in England who have not been to see their GP for five years face being deregistered as the NHS prepares to get tough on "ghost patients". |
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Neil McEvoy is accused of breaching the authority's code of conduct after he attended court to support a council tenant facing eviction in 2015.
Deborah Carter said there was an "angry situation" when Mr McEvoy said: "I can't wait until May 2017 when the restr... | A Cardiff council officer has told a tribunal she was "quite shocked" to feel an AM was threatening her job. |
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Emergency services were called to a block of flats in Atholl Street after a report that the floor collapsed into the building's basement.
Police said the woman was rescued from the basement and is understood to have sustained minor injuries.
Residents from the... | A 25-year-old woman has been taken to hospital after a floor collapsed in a common close in Perth. |
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Following a goalless first half, James Bolton was sent off after the break for bringing down Damian Reeves.
But, despite having a man less, the hosts took the lead when Hughes found the net from inside the box.
The win means Halifax have moved up to 19th in th... | A second-half strike from Connor Hughes saw 10-man Halifax leapfrog Altrincham and move out of the National League relegation zone. |
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It displayed an error message on some computers, but not others, saying access had been blocked because of a "high volume of visitors".
Users had complained that this was inaccurate bearing in mind it was being shown in the early hours of the morning and the i... | Retailer Argos's website has suffered problems for a second day following a revamped design of the site. |
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NHS England and Public Health England have launched a campaign to help the vulnerable stay well and out of A&E.
Tips include setting a thermostat to no lower than 18C, wrapping up warm and consuming hot meals and drinks.
There were 43,900 excess winter deaths ... | Eating hot meals and keeping active are effective ways for the over-65s and those with health issues to cope with winter, say public health bodies. |
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In 2015, world leaders - including the US President Barack Obama - agreed to cap global temperature rises at "well below" 2C.
This time the event won't be so headline-grabbing, but it will be an opportunity for Scotland to shout about its aims and achievements... | Almost a year after the historic Paris agreement on climate change, Scotland's environment secretary is preparing to head to Morocco for this year's conference. |
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Antoin Duffy, 39, his cousin Martin Hughes, 36, and Paul Sands, 32, had denied plotting to kill Johnny "Mad Dog" Adair and Sam McCrory in Scotland.
They were convicted in July following a nine-week trial at the High Court in Glasgow, where Duffy and Hughes wer... | Three men have been jailed for planning to murder two former leaders of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA). |
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Her centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) took 40.7%, comfortably seeing off a challenge by the Social Democrats (SPD), who secured 29.6%.
Mrs Merkel is hoping for a fourth term as chancellor but is under pressure.
The centre-left SPD has seen a recent surge ... | German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party easily won a state election in Saarland, which was closely watched ahead of September's national vote. |
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"The city is a scary place. It's like someone put you in the middle of Trafalgar Square, turned you in a circle and said 'find your way home'."
That is Amit Patel's new reality after he lost his sight unexpectedly in 2012, six months after he got married.
He n... | Unable to see the world around him, Amit Patel fitted his guide dog with a camera and set about recording evidence of the discrimination he faced but could not see. |
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It includes a recommendation system that uses both human curators and computer algorithms to suggest songs.
The service is set to challenge Spotify, Tidal and other music apps.
Apple also revealed that the UK will be the first country to get its Apple Pay serv... | Apple has announced a new app that combines a streaming song and music video library, an internet radio station and a way for artists to share unreleased tracks and other material. |
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Lomu scored 37 tries in 63 matches for New Zealand between 1994 and 2002, but his career was cut short by a rare and serious kidney condition.
Davies was with ex-Cardiff Blues wing Lomu in Dubai recently and descr... | The death of New Zealand great Jonah Lomu aged 40 is a "devastating loss", says former Wales captain Jonathan Davies. |
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Murray has failed to reach the quarter-finals of any big tournament in 2017.
But Smith claims it would not surprise him if the world number one went "very, very deep" at the French Open.
"He's had some setbacks with injury and illness but his thirst for winnin... | Andy Murray's former coach Leon Smith, now Britain's Davis Cup captain, says his former charge is "a terrific champion" who could be ready to "light it up" in his next three tournaments. |
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World number 274 Rumford, who has been top in each round, shot a four-under 68 to finish five clear at 17 under.
Former Open champion Louis Oosthuizen shared second after a 67.
The leading 24 players progressed to the final day on Sunday and the top eight earn... | Australian Brett Rumford was top of the third-round leaderboard in Perth at the inaugural World Super 6, which becomes a matchplay event for the final day. |
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Boyd arrowed in a low half-volley after a poor headed clearance from returning City captain Vincent Kompany.
The visitors had wasted chances as Edin Dzeko had a shot saved by Tom Heaton and Sergio Aguero headed just over.
Pablo Zabaleta went to ground late on,... | George Boyd's goal gave Burnley a famous win against Manchester City to further damage the champions' hopes of retaining their Premier League title. |
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She went to Darent Valley Hospital in Dartford before she was admitted to the Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
The trust said the UK was rabies-free and staff would be unlikely to consider rabies unless a patient reported wild animal contact in an at-risk count... | A woman with rabies twice visited an accident and emergency unit in Kent before she was diagnosed and admitted to a London hospital. |
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The city has been shortlisted alongside Coventry, Paisley, Stoke-on-Trent and Sunderland, but a bid by St Davids in Pembrokeshire failed to make the cut.
The City of Culture for 2021 will be announced in December.
Film director Kevin Allen, who wrote Swansea-b... | The team behind Swansea's bid to become the UK's City of Culture for 2021 has said they have learnt lessons from losing out to Hull four years ago. |
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"Corrective action will be taken against those responsible," said city's Mayor Parks Tau.
Wednesday's rush-hour incident happened on the main highway linking Johannesburg to the capital, Pretoria.
The BBC's Pumza Fihlani in Johannesburg says efforts to reopen ... | Authorities in South Africa have opened an investigation after a temporary pedestrian bridge collapsed over a motorway in Johannesburg killing two. |
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Olly Lee scored on the stroke of half-time with James Collins and Dan Potts sealing the win for the Hatters in the second half.
Colchester went close early on, Doug Loft's long range effort testing goalkeeper Marek Stech, while Luton striker Danny Hylton's hea... | Colchester's search for their first League Two win of the season continues after they were soundly beaten by Luton Town. |
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A new study finds that for thousands of years the rocks were being beaten back by the waves at perhaps 2-6cm a year.
The past 150 years has seen this retreat accelerate 10-fold, to more than 20cm a year.
The speed-up was clocked with the aid of a smart techniq... | Recent centuries have seen a big jump in the rates of erosion in the iconic chalk cliffs on England's south coast. |
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Giles McAllen, 28, of Deramore Park in Magherafelt, bet the majority of the stolen cash at a single bookmakers.
The bets were all cash transactions, including some totalling more than £100,000 in a single day.
McAllen had been the manager at a store in Moira f... | A shop manager who stole almost £150,000 to fund a gambling addiction has been jailed for 10 months. |
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Colin Campbell, 56, has primary progressive multiple sclerosis.
He said his health had rapidly deteriorated over the last two years and he wanted to choose to die before he was not in a fit state to do so.
Assisted suicide is unlawful in Scotland. A move to ch... | An Inverness man has spoken of his decision to end his own life in a clinic in Switzerland. |
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Richard McFarlane and Maureen MacLeod were part of a lengthy dispute between parliament and the IndyCamp group.
The camp was evicted in November 2016, but a series of court appeals continued afterwards, with each being rejected.
The Supreme Court said the appl... | The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from two former members of a pro-independence camp which was set up outside the Scottish Parliament. |
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Hayden died in his home in Santa Monica "after a lengthy illness", the Los Angeles Times reports.
He was a member of the "Chicago seven" charged with conspiracy over anti-Vietnam war protests in 1968 and eventually acquitted.
Hayden later served in the Califor... | Famed American anti-war activist Tom Hayden has died aged 76. |
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Police issued a description of a suspect following the incident in Newhame Road on 17 December.
Officers said the pensioner was left shaken by the incident, but was uninjured.
A report has been submitted to the procurator fiscal and the man is expected to appe... | A 57-year-old man has been charged in connection with the alleged robbery of an 88-year-old woman in Montrose. |
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Laurence (Larry) and Martina Hayes from County Westmeath were among 38 people killed when a gunman opened fire at a beach resort in Sousse last Friday.
The other Irish victim was mother-of-two Lorna Carty, from County Meath. She will be buried on Saturday.
A m... | The funeral for two of the three Irish victims of last Friday's terror attack in Tunisia is due to take place later. |
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James Meyers said he was pulled over for driving his car with a defective taillight on Tuesday when the police officer told him there was a warrant out for his arrest.
In 2002, Mr Meyers rented the comedy Freddie Got Fingered from J&J's Video, which has since ... | A North Carolina man has been arrested after he failed to return a movie he rented 14 years ago. |
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Mr Mugabe, who is 90, drew applause when he denounced colonialism.
He also spoke of the "scourge of terrorism" from Boko Haram and said there needed to be "lasting solutions" to the issue in Nigeria and Cameroon.
Earlier, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warne... | African leaders meeting in Addis Ababa have chosen the continent's oldest head of state, Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, as AU chairman for the coming year. |
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A minute's silence was observed before kick-off to remember the 130 victims of the attacks on 13 November 2015.
Emil Forsberg's free-kick put Sweden ahead in the second half but Manchester United's Pogba quickly equalised.
Payet's 65th-minute winner moved Fran... | Paul Pogba and Dimitri Payet were on target as France marked the first anniversary of the Paris attacks with victory over Sweden in a World Cup qualifier at Stade de France. |
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David, a cereal farmer, tends 210 acres of land by the shores of Strangford Lough.
When he was a child, the distinctive call of the grey partridge echoed in the fields around his home.
However, the bird disappeared when changes to the way crops were farmed aff... | A boyhood memory prompted David Sandford to try to reintroduce a native bird that died out in Northern Ireland decades ago. |
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The number of over-65s being helped by councils had fallen by a quarter in the four years to 2014, the joint King's Fund and Nuffield Trust report said.
This was despite more people needing help, because of the ageing population.
Ministers said they were takin... | Frail old people in England are being left to fend for themselves because government-funded care is being scaled back, a review suggests. |
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The 5-4 shot, trained by John Gosden, saw off the challenge of 9-1 Ulysses in second, with 8-1 Idaho in third.
Racing against older horses, the three-year-old added to her Oaks success at Epsom and in Ireland this year.
Last year's winner Highland Reel - Idah... | Dual Oaks winner and race favourite Enable, ridden by Frankie Dettori, has won the prestigious King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot. |
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The two-day summit is taking place in the capital, Phnom Penh.
Foreign ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, meeting ahead of their heads of state, have expressed concern over Pyongyang's plans to launch a rocket in April.
They als... | Asean leaders are meeting in Cambodia, with North Korea's planned rocket launch, Burma's by-election and the South China Sea topping the agenda. |
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John McIntosh, who is 35 and from Aberdeen, was originally found guilty of attempting to murder a 37-year-old man in the Tillydrone area of the city in July last year.
However, appeal judges in Edinburgh agreed to reduce the charge to serious assault.
His sent... | A man who was jailed for nine years for a hammer attack has had his prison sentence cut after a legal challenge. |
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First, Mr Brennan will be confirmed. And second, despite nearly a dozen years of war, there are profound disagreements both within the United States and beyond about how this conflict has been and should be waged.
Mr Brennan provided a forceful defence of the ... | By the time John Brennan, President Barack Obama's nominee to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency, finished three hours of public testimony before the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, two things were clear. |
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Last week 35,000 crossed over for the first time since the border was closed a year ago by President Nicolas Maduro to fight cross-border crime.
Officials said at least that many had entered Colombia on Saturday.
Many basic goods are in short supply in Venezu... | Venezuela has opened its border with Colombia for the second time this month to allow people to cross over to shop for basic foods and medicines. |
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Drainage channels on floodplains meant water was returned to rivers too quickly, exacerbating flooding further downstream, researchers observed.
They added a drone allowed them to gather a unique view of the impact of the floods that hit northern England.
The ... | Images from an unmanned aerial vehicle suggest excessive management of floodplains limit their ability to hold water and slow the flow of floodwater. |
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The unit at Bootham Park hospital in York was shut when the Care Quality Commission (CQC) ordered the entire hospital's closure.
Inspectors concluded it was safe to reopen the unit following a site visit on 7 December.
The Tees, Esk and Wear Valley Trust, whic... | A unit for people detained under the mental health act, closed by health inspectors in October, has reopened. |
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The 37-year-old from Carrickfergus has won 17 races on the 8.9-mile Northern Ireland road circuit and goes for more glory on Thursday and Saturday.
Thursday's final qualifying session was halted because of an accident involving English rider John McGuinness.
T... | Record holder Alastair Seeley will be on pole position in the Supersport and Superstock races when he tries to add to his tally of North West 200 wins. |
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From this summer, GCSE results will begin switching from letter grades such as A* or G to a numerical system, with 9 the highest grade.
The government wants to "promote understanding" of the new grades.
The exams watchdog Ofqual says explaining the new system ... | Nearly £400,000 has been spent in a bid to avoid public confusion over a new system for the way GCSEs are graded in England. |
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The mining and trading firm had one-off charges including a $792m cost after it pared back oil operations in Chad.
Glencore said investment spending next year was expected to be lower than this year.
Chief executive Ivan Glasenberg said the firm was "well posi... | Commodities giant Glencore has reported a first half loss of $676m (£431m) after being hit by falling oil and metal prices. |
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The plaintiff, 42, is the first person to be recognised by labour authorities as having an illness linked to clean-up work at the plant.
He is suing Tokyo Electric Power Company, which operates the complex.
The nuclear site was hit by the earthquake and tsunam... | A Japanese court has begun hearing the case of a man who developed leukaemia after working as a welder at the damaged Fukushima nuclear site. |
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The jewels were initially thought to have been loaned to stars at the annual film festival on the French Riviera.
They were taken from the hotel room of an employee of exclusive Swiss jewellers Chopard in the early hours of Friday morning.
Police say the thiev... | More than $1m (£650,000; 777,000 euros) worth of jewels have been stolen from a hotel in Cannes, French police say. |
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More than 20 people were seriously injured at the Paqpaqli event in Malta in October when Paul Bailey, from Rutland, lost control of the supercar.
A magisterial inquiry found he was driving at "excessive speed" and was not a professional driver.
But the report... | A British millionaire was the main cause of a crash which saw dozens of people injured when a Porsche ploughed into spectators, a report concluded. |
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FirstGroup and Hong Kong-based MTR said the 750 new carriages on the South Western network will boost capacity by 46% and cost £895m.
The Aventra trains will operate on the Reading, Windsor and London Suburban routes out of London Waterloo.
They will start to... | The new operators of one of the country's busiest rail franchises has announced it has placed an order for 90 new trains. |
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After meeting President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang, Mr Kerry said he was satisfied that China "would not allow a nuclear programme over the long run" in North Korea.
China is North Korea's main ally and trading partner.
Mr Kerry will visit Jakart... | US Secretary of State John Kerry says Chinese officials have reassured him that they will work to rein in North Korea's nuclear programme. |
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Police were called to an incident at the Shettleston Juniors football ground in Shettleston Road at about 00:35.
A 21st birthday party function had been held at the club earlier.
Four men were taken to hospital. One of them, aged 24, died a short time after ad... | A man has died and three others have been injured after a disturbance outside a football ground in the east end of Glasgow. |
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The home side had a lucky early escape when they cleared the ball off the line via the post after a scramble.
Gemma Bonner and Caroline Weir both wasted good headed opportunities for Liverpool before the break and chances continued to be hard to come by.
Ellen... | Mid-table Liverpool Ladies and Notts County Ladies played out a drab Women's Super League One draw. |
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The number of visitors from North America shot up by 34%.
While in the UK, the visitors spent £2.2bn, a rise of 2%, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
The increase comes as the weak pound makes the UK more affordable for visitors, but also follows... | The number of visitors to the UK rose to 3.5 million in June, up 7% from the same month last year, according to official figures. |
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Harry Harpham's widow Gill Furniss received 14,087 votes, a majority of 9,590 and a 6% increase in Labour's share of the vote.
Mr Harpham had been elected in the 2015 General Election.
Ms Furniss said her victory was an "emphatic message" for David Cameron abo... | The widow of a Labour MP who died from cancer has won a by-election to replace him in the Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency. |
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Graham Booker, 68, flew at retired policeman Richard Hadley like "a mad bull" during the assault in Sidmouth, Devon, last October, magistrates heard.
It happened after Booker saw Mr Hadley in an alleyway between Sidmouth Methodist Church and his home.
Booker w... | A church steward attacked an 85-year-old neighbour in a row over a disputed alleyway, knocking him to ground and leaving him with a missing tooth. |
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Andargachew Tsege, who is also a British national, is secretary-general of the banned Ginbot 7 movement.
The Ethiopian government allegedly requested his extradition after he was arrested in Yemen last month.
European MEP Ana Gomes told the BBC the UK needed t... | An Ethiopian opposition leader, who was sentenced to death while in exile for plotting a coup, has been extradited from Yemen to Ethiopia, his group says. |
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The move was introduced for players at the Blue Square Bet Premier club a few weeks ago but now the policy has been extended to the whole stadium.
The Gloucestershire club is owned by Dale Vince who is a vegan who runs green electricity company Ecotricity.
Fre... | Burgers and sausages have been banned from being sold to fans at Forest Green Rovers football club. |
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Winks, 21, has made 13 Premier League appearances and scored against West Ham on his full debut in November.
The England Under 21 international is the latest player to sign a long-term contract at the club.
Striker Harry Kane, midfielder and England team-mate ... | Tottenham midfielder Harry Winks has signed a new contract that will keep him at White Hart Lane until 2022. |
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Harris painted the work in the Theatre Royal Plymouth in 1994 when he starred in Jack and the Beanstalk.
A spokesman said it was "currently protected by Perspex" but would be "covered in vinyl to obscure it".
The entertainer was jailed for five years and nine ... | A mural by disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris, which stands in a theatre dressing room, is to be covered up. |
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Bannsiders boss Oran Kearney was named January manager of the month following his side's impressive run of form.
"The top six has always been our target and incentive this season and we want to keep this run going," said Kearney.
"There is still a lot of work ... | Coleraine aim to extend their seven-game winning streak in all competitions and take a further step towards securing a top-six place when they host Dungannon Swifts on Saturday. |
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The soldiers have been identified as being among 1,500 Chadian troops serving with Minusma, which took over security duties in the country in July.
The UN says it wants Chad to investigate the incident and take disciplinary action against the men.
Residents to... | At least four UN peacekeepers have been involved in the sexual assault of a woman in Mali, according to the UN. |
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The 21-year-old made just one first-team appearance for the Canaries after joining them from Falkirk in 2014.
He moved to Norwich after scoring eight goals in 82 games for Falkirk, and will move to Stadium:MK on two-year deal when his Norwich contract ends in ... | League One side MK Dons have signed midfielder Conor McGrandles on a free transfer from Norwich City. |
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It is moving away from a focus on maximising revenue for the Treasury.
The government has admitted that the new priority of maximising extraction will mean a lower tax burden.
Danny Alexander, the chief secretary to the Treasury, said ministers would consult o... | The UK government has announced plans which could radically change the way the offshore oil and gas industry is taxed. |
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An ambulance was called to Stormont Wharf shortly before 08:30 GMT.
Health and Safety inspectors are at the scene.
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Inmates took over four wings, started fires and gained access to medical supplies as they rampaged in the prison. One man was taken to hospital.
Friday's disturbance has been described by the Prison Officers' Association as the worst since the Strangeways jail... | Up to 240 prisoners are being moved out of HMP Birmingham following a 12-hour riot at the jail. |
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Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said they had information to suggest one of those arrested "could undertake violent actions in France".
But he played down French media reports that an attack was imminent.
France remains on high alert after the jihadist att... | Four people have been arrested in the Paris area as part of a wider investigation into a possible plot against French targets, officials say. |
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Known as the Dream Chaser, the winged vehicle will launch atop an Atlas V from Florida's Kennedy Space Centre.
Though smaller than Nasa's famous orbiters, the Dream Chaser has still been designed to carry up to seven astronauts into low-Earth orbit.
The maiden... | The Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has set 1 November, 2016, for the debut flight of its space shuttle replacement. |
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In a surprise move, parliament president Martin Schulz decided to postpone a vote on the EU-US trade negotiations, known as TTIP.
Then MEPs narrowly voted to postpone a debate on TTIP.
UKIP leader and MEP Nigel Farage said the EU was "running scared" of public... | Deep divisions have surfaced in the European Parliament over the EU's planned trade deal with the US. |
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However, Nicol considers Ireland, Saturday's visitors to Murrayfield in the championship opener, to be "one of the form teams in world rugby".
"They play a very basic game plan but Joe Schmidt is a just a fantastic coach, he's got them playing with intensity a... | Three wins should be the target for Scotland in this year's Six Nations, former national team captain Andy Nicol has told BBC Radio Scotland. |
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But it's not the first rate rise that's going to hurt Asian economies or Asian businesses. It's the further increases expected in 2016 that will put pressure on Asian currencies.
Take a look at this chart - the winners and losers in Asia after the Fed decision... | As Asia's investors take in the long-awaited US rate hike, there's an obvious sense of relief - you can see it reflected in share prices across the region. |
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Gary Owens, 38, previously admitted a string of firearms offences committed between 1 February and 16 April 2014 at his home in Jamaica Mews.
The offences included manufacturing a prohibited weapon and possessing homemade firearms.
Owens said he had made the w... | An Edinburgh man who built potentially lethal firearms from items found in the streets and skips has been jailed for five years and nine months. |
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Recorded Crime in Scotland statistics for 2014/15 also show that violent crime in the city has decreased by 12% between 2013/14 and 2014/15.
The number of homicides has fallen by 3% over the same period.
Justice Secretary Michael Matheson said the figures were... | Crimes in Glasgow involving knives and offensive weapons have fallen by 14% in the past year, to a 29 year low. |
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Lord Janner signed a House of Lords document dated 9 April, seven days before the CPS confirmed it would not prosecute due to his Alzheimer's.
The allegations relate to children's homes in Leicestershire, where he was a Labour MP, in the 1970s and 80s.
Leicest... | A peer ruled too unwell to face child abuse charges signed an official document just days before the decision was taken, it has been revealed. |
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The Meaningful Chocolate Company redesigned its purple advent box after a warning from its lawyers.
The advice followed Cadbury's victory in a dispute with rival Nestle over its rights to purple packaging.
But Rt Revd Stephen Cottrell said the confectionary gi... | A legal row between Cadbury and a small confectioner over the use of the colour purple on packaging was "demeaning", a senior Essex church figure has said. |
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Ms Cavell served in a hospital in Belgium and treated Allied, as well as German and Austrian, soldiers.
She was executed by a German firing squad on 12 October 1915 after helping Allied prisoners of war to escape to Holland.
A dedication and memorial service w... | Inverness is to hold a memorial service in honour of English World War One nurse Edith Cavell. |
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The group were captured by security cameras at the West Grimstead crossing, just outside of Salisbury.
Network Rail said 80 trains passed the spot every day, adding how "incredibly easy" it would be to be caught out while distracted.
A spokesman said trespass ... | Three youngsters stopped to take selfies on a footpath crossing a railway line used by trains travelling at more than 80mph. |
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He was photographed by Laura Martin, 22, who was a passenger in her father's van when they pulled up next to the learner vehicle near Norwich City's Carrow Road stadium.
The self-employed instructor was in a 5Day car when he was seen snoozing.
The firm said in... | A driving instructor who was photographed asleep in a car with a learner at the wheel has been sacked. |
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One person was injured in Sunday's blasts, but the small homemade devices were not intended to kill, police said.
They were detonated on a walkway connecting an overhead train line to Paragon shopping mall.
It is the first such incident since a military coup i... | Police in Thailand are investigating two bomb blasts outside a luxury shopping mall in Bangkok. |
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Conciliation service Acas said the action had been suspended amid negotiations between Unite and the city council to bring the seven-week dispute to an end.
The city council agreed certain posts would not be made redundant and Acas said bin collections could n... | A long-running bin strike in Birmingham has been called off. |
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