input stringlengths 86 174k | output stringlengths 1 399 |
|---|---|
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
A statement said the rebels had breached it more than 40 times along the border with Saudi Arabia.
The UN-brokered truce, meant to last three days, began on Wednesday just before midnight.
Rebels, meanwhile, said an air strike on their territory had killed thr... | The Saudi-led military coalition backing the government in the war in Yemen has accused Houthi rebels of repeatedly violating a ceasefire. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The EU's statistics office figures found consumer prices fell by 0.1% in March from a year earlier, as against a 0.3% fall last month.
The downward pressure on prices has come from the drop in energy costs, but which now appear to be levelling out.
The unemplo... | Deflation in the eurozone eased in March as the unemployment rate dipped slightly in February, figures show. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The 83-year old explained: "A persistent health issue has turned into something quite a lot bigger. I've been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer."
Robertson added that she is due to start chemotherapy soon.
Ruth Langsford, one of the presenters of the mid-mornin... | Denise Robertson, resident agony aunt of ITV's This Morning, has been diagnosed with cancer. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The latest figures suggest more than nine million people have voted so far, and although that is just a fraction of the 129 million who took part in the 2012 election, the data does give us some nuggets of insight.
Here's what we know so far, courtesy of our N... | There are just 13 days to go until election day, but millions of people across the US are already casting their ballots in states that allow early voting. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Blades keeper George Long twice saved well from Adam Armstrong and made a flying stop from a Ruben Lameiras shot.
John Fleck also failed to connect with an Armstrong pass and when Long spilled a cross it was adjudged not to have gone over the line.
Substitute ... | Coventry lost ground on League One leaders Burton after Billy Sharp sealed victory for Sheffield United. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Those sorts of events are among my favourite ways to spend time and they are a complete break from Formula 1, so a great way to refresh myself mentally before the next race.
I flew into Paris on Monday but got caught up in the French air strike and they wouldn... | Before coming to Sochi for the Russian Grand Prix this weekend, I spent a few days in Paris at Fashion Week. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The Local Government Association says councils are now providing temporary housing for 120,540 children with their families.
It says the growth rate - equivalent to an extra secondary school's worth of children per month - is unsustainable.
The government said... | The number of homeless children being housed in temporary accommodation rose by more than a third in the last three years, according to official figures. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said it hoped to resolve the dispute during a round of talks, but noted that it had enforcement powers available should they fail.
Google said it was taking its responsibilities seriously.
The news comes exactly one ... | Google is in talks with regulators over nearly 50 "right to be forgotten" cases it is accused of getting wrong. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Johnny Hunt scored Wrexham's winning penalty after Sam Hatton and Richard Brodie missed kicks for Grimsby.
Andy Cook had given Grimsby the lead, firing home after his first shot had been blocked by Chris Maxwell.
But Kevin Thornton levelled from the spot after... | Wrexham became the first Welsh club to lift the FA Trophy after a 4-1 penalty shootout win over Grimsby at Wembley. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Ramsey has not played since injuring his hamstring while playing for Arsenal in their opening-day Premier League defeat by Liverpool on 14 August.
The initial estimate was three weeks, but the 25-year-old will miss Wales' 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Aust... | Wales manager Chris Coleman says he does not know when midfielder Aaron Ramsey will return from injury. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The star said he was "very chuffed" about his knighthood, which was first reported in the press last weekend.
Over the course of five-decade career, he has survived occasional criticism without forfeiting the affection of the British public.
Born to Jamaican p... | There are few areas of life in which comic and actor Lenny Henry has not made an impact - working in theatre, television, film and charity. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Mido Macia was killed in 2013 when officers tied him to the back of a police van by his arms before driving off.
He was found in a pool of blood in police custody.
Judge Bert Bam called the killing "barbaric" but acknowledged that it was not premeditated.
Sent... | A judge has sentenced eight former South African policemen to 15 years in prison for the murder of a Mozambican taxi driver. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The incident took place at about noon on Friday at the Post Office on Main Street, Balerno, when a four-figure sum of euros and a three-figure sum of sterling were stolen.
The 26-year-old is expected to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday.
Police Scotl... | A 26-year-old man has been charged by police following an armed robbery in Edinburgh. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The rules say that blocking the cash is only possible if 25% of the parliament's 751 MEPs, from at least three political groups, request it.
Critics call the Alliance for Peace and Freedom (APF) a "neo-Nazi" movement.
German MEP Manfred Weber, head of the main... | Several MEPs have urged the European Parliament to stop paying a €600,000 (£474,250) grant to an alliance of far-right, anti-EU groups. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
A company in Iruma, near Tokyo, has developed a tagging system for members of the public at risk of getting lost.
The 1cm (0.4in) square stickers hold an address, telephone number and unique identity number for each user.
The free service, launched this month,... | A Japanese city is keeping track of elderly dementia sufferers by attaching barcodes containing personal information to their fingers and toes, officials say. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Themes range from jewellery inspired by urban graffiti to laser etchings illustrating the progress of dementia.
Thousands of visitors are expected at the 10-day degree show, which opens to the public on Saturday following its traditional preview evening.
The u... | Almost 350 students will turn Dundee University into Scotland's largest art exhibition space for this year's Duncan of Jordanstone degree show. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The 34-year-old world number 23 is the fourth-ranked Spaniard and would have qualified for his third Games.
The Olympics, which run from 5 to 21 August, are in the middle of the North American hard-court season, building up to the US Open in September.
Lopez s... | Spain's Feliciano Lopez will not compete at this summer's Rio Olympics because of the demands on his schedule. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Waldomiro Costa Pereira was killed after the men burst into the building in the state of Para and surrounded guards, campaigners said.
Mr Costa Pereira was an activist with the Landless Workers Movement (MST).
He frequently demonstrated in support of land refo... | A prominent land rights activist has been shot dead by five gunmen at a hospital in Brazil where he was recovering from a previous assassination attempt. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said London had changed in the past 10 years and the Metropolitan Police had "not been able to keep up with that diversity".
This year 79 of the 311 new recruits are BME. In total, 13% of the Met's total police workforce is non-white.
Th... | London's police are "more representative" of its diversity with the force having 4,033 officers from minorities, the commissioner has said. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The Internet Party was a "movement for the freedom of the internet and technology, for privacy and political reform", the tycoon said.
New Zealand goes to the polls in September.
Mr Dotcom is fighting extradition to the US over charges of copyright infringemen... | Kim Dotcom, whose site MegaUpload was shut down by US authorities in 2012, has formally launched a political party in New Zealand. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The US state department said it was not "a viable deal" while the UN ambassador said North Korea was not "rational".
China's suggestion came after North Korea launched four ballistic missiles, breaking international sanctions.
Meanwhile the US has begun deploy... | US officials have dismissed China's suggestion that North Korea could halt its missile and nuclear test in exchange for a suspension of US military activity in the region. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The project at Mill Green, Cannock would feature about 130 shops and restaurants and create up to 1,200 jobs
The council said due to its size it has to be referred to the communities and local government secretary to decide whether it would be 'called in' for ... | Plans for a £110m designer outlet shopping village have been approved by Cannock Chase District council. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
A seven-game unbeaten run, which ended with a 1-0 loss at Dungannon on Monday, has helped Warrenpoint close to within a point of their opponents.
Carrick have two games in hand but Warrenpoint manager Barry Gray hopes they can put the pressure on.
"Psychologic... | Warrenpoint Town could move off the foot of the table for the first time this season with victory over Carrick Rangers at Seaview on Friday night. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Wheal, 19, born in Durban but a British passport holder, has played four first-class matches since his debut in May.
Stevenson, 23, joined the county last month on a short-term deal after impressing for minor county Devon.
The right-armer made his debut agains... | Hampshire fast bowlers Brad Wheal and Ryan Stevenson have signed new deals, keeping them at the county until the end of the 2017 season. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
A combination of natural hormone changes and greater use of screen-based technology means many are not getting enough sleep.
Research has suggested teenagers need nine hours' sleep to function properly.
"Sleep is fundamentally important but despite this it's b... | More than half of all teenagers may be sleep deprived, according to experts. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Shaun Woodburn, 30, died after a disturbance in Great Junction Street.
Police Scotland said a 17-year-old was due to appear in court on Friday in connection with his death.
A 16-year-old has already been charged with murder and Mohammed Zakariyah, 18, has been... | A fourth person has been arrested following the death of a former footballer in Leith on New Year's Day. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
It worked. He managed to walk pass the Azeri police that guard the embassy and was admitted onto foreign soil.
For over six months, the whereabouts of Emin Huseynov, a prominent human rights campaigner, were unknown, until the Swiss broadcaster SRF broke the n... | He appeared at the Swiss embassy in Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, in full disguise: his dark hair dyed blond to look more European. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The arms and a quantity of ammunition were found at a house in Church Road, East Wall, at about 13:40 GMT.
A man in his 50s was arrested at the scene. He is being questioned at Mountjoy garda station in the city.
A police spokesman said the search was part of ... | Police have seized four handguns and a shotgun in a raid linked to dissident republicans in Dublin on Saturday. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The 21-year-old is a former Everton Ladies and Durham Women stopper.
"It's a dream to have signed for Arsenal Ladies," she told the club website.
Manager Pedro Martinez Losa added: "Anna is a powerful, towering keeper who is very driven and eager to develop. I... | Women's Super League One club Arsenal Ladies have signed Doncaster Rovers Belles goalkeeper Anna Moorhouse. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The image was taken on New Year's Day from a remotely operated telescope at Aberystwyth University.
The lunar impact flash - an explosion of light caused by something hitting the Moon's surface - was corroborated by a team of Italian astronomers.
Dr Tony Cook ... | Space scientists in Aberystwyth believe they have captured the first confirmed UK sighting of a meteorite hitting the Moon. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Biamou struck in the fourth minute from close range after Torquay had failed to clear a corner and Bailey doubled their advantage when he converted a 55th-minute penalty.
Bailey coolly converted his spot-kick after Sutton forward Biamou had been brought down b... | Sutton United registered back-to-back wins as goals from Maxime Biamou and Nick Bailey secured them a 2-0 victory against 10-man Torquay. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Two minutes before the break, Yeovil went close as Akpa Akpro's goalbound effort was superbly blocked by Dean Wells.
But the forward did get his name on the scoresheet on the stroke of half-time as he volleyed home Otis Khan's cross.
Stevenage were level eight... | Josh McQuoid's close-range finish earned play-off chasing Stevenage a point in an end-to-end game at Yeovil. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
A Moscow court ruled Golos had failed to declare itself as a "foreign agent" after receiving funds from abroad after the law took effect in November.
It was fined the sum of 300,000 roubles (£6,200; $9,500; 6,300 euros).
The NGO said it had returned the money... | Election watchdog Golos has become the first non-governmental organisation (NGO) to be fined in Russia under a controversial new law. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
FCA chairman John Griffith-Jones and acting chief executive Tracey McDermott have been asked to appear before the Treasury Select Committee.
Andrew Tyrie, the committee's chairman, told the BBC that the city watchdog's decision to halt the inquiry was "odd".
T... | MPs have summoned the heads of the Financial Conduct Authority to explain why an inquiry into bank culture was dropped, the BBC has learned. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
And how long it will be before any oil or gas actually comes out of the ground - if at all.
Despite environmental concerns and the low oil price, Ben van Beurden, Shell's chief executive, told me that as the world's energy demands increased, the hunt for new r... | As it moves, gingerly, through the first stages of exploration 70 miles off the Alaskan coast, Royal Dutch Shell has revealed its commitment to drilling in the Arctic. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The 49-year-old owed a firm of private bankers a large sum and the court registrar said there was not enough credible evidence that he could pay.
Mr Becker's lawyers asked for a final chance to pay with the funds from remortgaging a property in Majorca.
Mr Bec... | Three-time Wimbledon tennis champion Boris Becker has been declared bankrupt by a London bankruptcy court. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The Northside regeneration scheme planned to revamp an area between Royal Avenue and Carrick Hill with the help of private investors.
Proposals included as many as 3,000 apartments and houses, mostly for students, as well as retail outlets, offices and a hotel... | Stormont's Department of Social Development (DSD) has pulled out of a £300m development project in Belfast. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The company also said currency controls in Venezuela made it impossible for airlines to convert their earnings into dollars and send the money abroad.
Venezuela's economy has been hit hard by a sharp drop in the price of oil - the country's main source of inco... | The German airline, Lufthansa, has announced that it will suspend flights to Venezuela from 18 June due to economic difficulties in the country. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Assistant Commissioner John Yates told the BBC new information had emerged that would be considered by the police.
Former reporter Sean Hoare has claimed the paper's former editor, Andy Coulson, asked him to hack into phones.
Mr Coulson has told Scotland Yard ... | The Metropolitan Police is to examine new evidence about the extent of phone hacking involving journalists on the News of the World. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Ibrahim al-Hussein, who has been given asylum in Greece, bore the torch through Eleonas camp.
The 27-year-old electrician used to swim and do judo competitively in Syria.
He is among more than one million migrants to have entered the EU, crossing to Greece by ... | A Syrian refugee who was a sportsman before losing part of his leg in a bombing has carried the Olympic flame through an Athens refugee camp. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The 21-year-old from Scotland raced to victory in 28.67 seconds to take 0.26 seconds off the mark set by American Jessica Galli five years ago.
There was another world record in the women's club throw F51 as American Rachael Morrison recorded 23.17 metres.
The... | British wheelchair racer Sammi Kinghorn has set a new world record in the 200m T53 at the Arizona Grand Prix. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Mr McDonnell told the Sunday Mirror Sir Richard wanted to "undermine" democracy, after a row over Jeremy Corbyn's journey on a Virgin train.
Earlier this week, Sir Richard's Virgin Trains released footage disputing Mr Corbyn's claims about overcrowding on one ... | British tycoon Sir Richard Branson is a "tax exile" and should be stripped of his knighthood, shadow chancellor John McDonnell has suggested. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The film, which stars Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, knocked last week's top film Tomorrowland, which debuted with $40.7m (£26.7m), into third place.
Pitch Perfect 2 was at number two and Mad Max: Fury Road was fourth.
Avengers: Age of Ultron - 2015's biggest US f... | Earthquake disaster movie San Andreas has topped the US box office, taking $53.2m (£35m) over the weekend - allaying fears that audiences in quake-prone regions would avoid seeing it. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi is the new king, one of the most influential among the Yoruba people, Nigeria's second biggest ethnic group, who number about 35 million in West Africa.
He is a prince from one of the ruling houses in the Ife kingdom.
The previous Ooni ... | A 40-year-old accountant has been named the new Ooni of Ife - a revered monarch in south-west Nigeria. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The work will improve the art and design department, renew the engineering facilities and library and create a modern refectory.
Energy efficient lighting and boilers are being installed to reduce costs.
At the end of the summer, the college will be given its ... | Building work on an £1.3m project to improve Lowestoft College in Suffolk has got under way. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Hamilton beat Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg by 0.552 seconds, with the Ferraris of Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel third and fourth.
Rosberg had a gearbox oil leak but it barely affected his running.
Hamilton, who had struggled with car balance on Friday... | Lewis Hamilton set the pace in final practice as the Formula 1 drivers did their final preparations for qualifying at the British Grand Prix. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The event, now in its 131st year, celebrates the region's heritage, more than 20 years after the closure of the last local pit.
Banners from the former colliery villages were paraded through the city, as brass bands played.
Labour leadership contender Jeremy C... | Tens of thousands of people, including former pit workers, have attended the Durham Miners' Gala. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Diabetes UK says that up to 80% of foot amputations could be avoided if better care was in place.
Patients are suffering because many areas do not have services in place to quickly deal with foot ulcers and infections.
By 2015, the number of diabetes-related a... | Thousands of diabetes patients end up having a foot amputation because of slow treatment, a charity warns. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
That was slower than the 2.2% growth rate economists had been expecting and below third quarter growth of 3.5%.
For the year, GDP rose by 1.6%, the slowest since 2011 and down on 2015 when the world's largest economy expanded by 2.6%.
President Donald Trump ha... | The US economy grew at an annual pace of 1.9% in the fourth quarter of last year, according to official figures. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
George Hamilton was speaking at an event in Londonderry called Uncomfortable Conversations.
During the event, Mr Hamilton was challenged by Kate Nash, the sister of one of those killed on Bloody Sunday.
He said he would raise the matter immediately.
Mr Hamilto... | The PSNI chief constable has said it is "unacceptable" that some families of those killed on Bloody Sunday have not heard from the investigation in over a year. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
He opened the scoring from six yards out seconds after coming off the bench.
The Colombian, back with Monaco after dreadful loan spells with Manchester United and Chelsea, has now scored nine goals in 11 appearances this season.
Youngsters Thomas Lemar, who ma... | Radamel Falcao continued his brilliant season with a goal as Monaco beat Lorient to go top of Ligue 1. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Home Minister Zahid Hamidi said those arrested, the youngest just 14, were planning to attack police stations and army bases to gather weapons.
Two of the suspects had just returned from Syria, police said.
The government's tough and disputed new anti-terroris... | Police in Malaysia say they have arrested 17 suspected militants who were believed to be planning terrorist attacks in the capital, Kuala Lumpur. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Mr Museveni, 71, is seeking to extend his 30-year rule, in a race widely seen as the tightest in the East African state's history.
His main rival Kizza Besigye was briefly detained by police.
A foreign observer group condemned the blockage of social media and ... | Social media has been blocked in Uganda on the day of presidential elections to stop people "telling lies", President Yoweri Museveni has said. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The event, which has only just come to light, occurred off the coast of Brazil at 13:55 GMT on 6 February.
As it burned up, the space rock released the equivalent of 13,000 tonnes of TNT.
This makes it the most powerful event of its kind since an object explod... | The biggest fireball since the Chelyabinsk explosion has plunged through the atmosphere over the Atlantic Ocean. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Business Secretary Greg Clark and Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said such a deal would be "in the interests of public health and safety".
"The UK would like to find a way to continue to collaborate with the EU," they wrote in a Financial Times letter.
There are... | The UK will continue to co-operate with the European Union on medicine testing after it leaves the bloc, two senior ministers have suggested. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Roland Baker, 93, was invited to last month's London premiere of The Railway Man, starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman, but could not make it.
The Regal in Stowmarket, Suffolk, stepped in to give him a special reception instead.
He worked as forced labour 19... | A prisoner of the Japanese during World War Two has been given the red carpet treatment at his local cinema. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
But he was actually speaking to two Russian pranksters, his office said.
During the chat, the hoaxers raised the idea of using animal manure and homemade alcohol as a source of fuel.
The pranksters are known for targeting high-profile politicians and celebriti... | US Secretary of Energy, Rick Perry talked for 22 minutes on the phone with a man he thought was the prime minister of Ukraine. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
About 13,000 people attended the first Hull Street Food Nights in April in Trinity Square.
Organisers said police told them to relocate the monthly event to Zebedee's Yard because "there were too many access points for a vehicle to be driven at speed" into the... | Fears over a potential terror threat have forced a food festival in Hull to be relocated to another city location. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The unidentified player was one of two winners who shared the 132m euros (£100m) jackpot after the draw on Friday, 29 January.
The other winning ticket was sold in France.
The 66m euros prize is the fourth largest Euromillions win in the history of the game in... | A Euromillions ticket holder in the Republic of Ireland who has won 66m euros (£50m) in the latest draw has contacted officials to claim the money. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Matthew Swash, 40, of Cambridgeshire Police, denies 12 sex offence charges against four colleagues and a victim.
St Albans Crown Court heard he is also accused of accessing force databases to contact crime victims, visit them and send them inappropriate text m... | A detective sergeant accused of sex assaults kissed, touched and stroked junior officers and "checked out" female crime victims, a jury heard. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Sullivan won with Breech!, a tender picture of his wife Virginia breastfeeding their daughter Edith.
The judges said it reminded them of Madonna and Child portraits and showed "the depth of the maternal bond".
"For a portraitist, the BP award is the only gig i... | Artist Benjamin Sullivan has said winning the BP Portrait Award after being shortlisted 13 times, is a "wonderful surprise and accolade". |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
They will be officially designated and listed to give them added protection with closure being a last resort.
Kirsty Williams said it should only be considered once alternatives and impact on communities have been explored.
Ms Williams said rural schools were ... | Schools in rural areas are set to get more protection from closure under new rules published by the education secretary. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle are all set to reprise the roles they first played two decades ago.
An online trailer with footage from the original movie sets a release date of 27 January 2017.
Trainspotting is based on Irvine... | Award-winning director Danny Boyle's long awaited sequel to Trainspotting will be released in January next year, it has been confirmed. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The Grease star has postponed upcoming tour dates after discovering that severe back pain she has been suffering is a result of the disease spreading to her spine.
The 68-year-old was due to perform across the US and Canada next month.
She will have treatment ... | Singer and actress Olivia Newton-John has revealed she has breast cancer again, 25 years after recovering from her original diagnosis. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
David Simmons from the Local Government Association (LGA) said it was important that councils could provide the services refugees expected.
David Cameron has said the UK will take in "thousands" more Syrian refugees.
Under existing schemes, government financia... | Council leaders have called on the government to provide more resources to help them house extra refugees that the UK is planning to accept. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The 15-year-old girl from Measham, Leicestershire, was last seen outside Ibstock Community College on Friday.
Stephen Beadman, 28, of George Avenue, Ibstock, appeared at Leicester Magistrates' Court earlier.
Luke Harlow, 27, also of George Avenue, appeared in ... | A man has appeared in court charged with the rape and murder of Kayleigh Haywood. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Media playback is not supported on this device
The team, bidding to become the first British crew to win the America's Cup, earn two points for the next phase, the qualifying series in May and June.
The winners of that will face Oracle Team USA in the main eve... | Sir Ben Ainslie's Land Rover BAR team won the America's Cup World Series with a narrow Fukuoka regatta victory. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
"It all happened very quickly. They told me that she had a 5% chance of surviving."
Charlotte Heath, 28 and from Cheslyn Hay near Walsall, fights back the tears as she recalls the moment she was warned her five-day-old daughter may die.
Little Aimee had been i... | "When the midwife came to the house, Aimee went floppy and unresponsive and the midwife called for an ambulance straight away. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Themes of migration and global politics are tackled on the shortlist for the biennial £40,000 prize.
Welsh artist Bedwyr Williams imagines a futuristic city built on the slopes of Cadair Idris.
Curator Karen MacKinnon said: "These artists question what it mea... | Work from six contemporary artists from around the world is being showcased at the seventh Artes Mundi exhibition, which opens in Cardiff on Friday. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The 35-year-old Swiss, who is aiming for a record eighth Wimbledon crown and 19th Grand Slam title, beat Alexander Zverev 6-1 6-3 in 53 minutes.
German Zverev, 20, beat Federer in last year's semi-final.
"It was by far my best match of the week. I'm feeling ex... | Roger Federer warmed up for Wimbledon by winning a record ninth title at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The 1988 Primary Five class of Primate Dixon Primary School in Coalisland, had just finished Dahl's Danny, the Champion of the World, when they decided they should write to the author.
It was not long before the creator of Willy Wonka, Miss Trunchbull and the ... | A long-lost Roald Dahl poem penned for pupils at a County Tyrone primary school is on display to mark the author's 100th birthday. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Original stars Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewan Bremner and Robert Carlyle are all returning for the new film.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Boyle confirmed that the shoot was planned for "May/June".
The film, loosely based on Irvine Welsh's Trainsp... | The long-awaited Trainspotting sequel will be filmed next summer, 20 years after the original was released, director Danny Boyle has confirmed. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Point of Ayr Colliery, near Prestatyn, closed in 1996 after more than 100 years of mining.
Most boys from the adjacent village of Ffynnongroyw followed their fathers and grandfathers down the pit.
However, there are fears that younger residents are in danger o... | Work on a memorial to the last operational deep pit in north Wales is under way, in a bid to celebrate the "identity" of a Flintshire village. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Fu Ying, spokeswoman for China's annual parliament session the National People's Congress (NPC), gave the "rough" figure and said it was in line with overall spending growth.
A formal announcement will be made on Thursday when the NPC opens.
China has seen sev... | China's military budget will rise by about 10% in 2015, an official says. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Every four years since 1983, the question has been asked in India with a mixture of hope and uncertainty.
Put like that, the answer is always "yes" for, of course, any of half a dozen countries can win.
India's success in 1983 democratised cricket in two ways ... | With the cricket World Cup set to begin in less than a month, sports writer Suresh Menon tackles the question: can India regain the World Cup? |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The National Audit of Dementia found some improvements since its first analysis of care in England and Wales in 2011.
But it says too few patients have their mental state assessed, and information is often not shared properly.
The Alzheimer's Society said a "c... | Many dementia patients fail to have the proper checks when they are in hospital, an audit of care has found. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Dr Sok-Sithikun Bun, from Monaco, did a small trial, with 48 women, and found electrocardiogram (ECG) tests, which measure the electrical activity of the heart, were often unreliable because the breast implants "got in the way".
Dr Bun is presenting his findin... | Breast implants make it trickier to run tests that can help spot a possible heart attack, a cardiologist has said. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Ellis, 27, played 17 Super League games in 2016, scoring five tries.
He told the club website: "It's going to be a competitive season, but hopefully we should do really well and I'm looking to help Hull KR get back up to where they belong."
Meanwhile, Albert K... | Relegated Hull KR have signed Huddersfield Giants half-back Jamie Ellis on a season-long loan deal. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The 26-year-old made 30 Super League appearances in 2016, scoring six tries.
The former Wakefield, Widnes Vikings, Hull FC and Leeds Rhinos player will now stay with the Tigers until the end of the 2019 season.
Chief executive Steve Gill told BBC Radio Leeds: ... | Castleford Tigers hooker Paul McShane has signed a two-year contract extension with the club. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The Bluebirds climbed three places to sixth as goals from Richie Bennett and Jordan Williams sentenced poor Chester to a fifth straight home defeat.
Bennett latched onto a defence-splitting through ball to put the visitors ahead after just three minutes. And, ... | Barrow kept their National League promotion hopes alive with their second away win inside four days. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Russian Aleksandr Andreevich Panin has been sentenced to nine-and-a-half years in jail. His accomplice, Algerian Hamza Bendelladj, will serve 15 years.
They created the SpyEye virus package that is believed to have infected more than 50 million computers.
The ... | Computer hackers who created malware that stole about $100m (£70m) have been given long jail sentences in the US. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Maurice Hammond's aircraft came down at Hardwick airfield in Norfolk, near Bungay, and his unnamed passenger, aged in his 80s, died at the scene.
Mr Hammond was flown to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, where he remains "sedated, to aid his recover... | The family of one of the UK's top Mustang pilots, whose vintage aircraft crashed on Sunday killing a passenger, has been "encouraged by his progress". |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Jose Fonte's first goal for 18 months gave the hosts the lead, glancing in a header from Dusan Tadic's corner.
Virgil van Dijk earlier saw a header cleared off the line, but he doubled the lead with a close-range prod.
Vardy headed the Foxes back into the matc... | Premier League top scorer Jamie Vardy scored twice as Leicester came from 2-0 down to draw at Southampton. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Joshua James, 23, has been accused of tossing the live animal through a drive-thru window at a Wendy's restaurant.
His mother reportedly said he wanted to play a practical joke on his friend, who worked at the place.
The animal was captured and released back i... | A man in Florida is facing charges of aggravated assault after allegedly throwing an alligator into a fast-food restaurant. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The incident happened in Burren Meadows in Newcastle at about 03:30 GMT.
The house was occupied at the time and damage was caused to a window in the property and a car.
Police said they were trying to establish a motive for the shooting and have appealed for i... | Two shots have been fired at a house in County Down. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Some infections are becoming almost impossible to treat, because of the excessive use of antibiotics.
And more than half of those used around the world are used in animals, often to make them grow more quickly.
The Review on Antimicrobial Resistance called for... | Farmers need to dramatically cut the amount of antibiotics used in agriculture, because of the threat to human health, a report says. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The Metropolitan Police said officers arrested the 16 and 17 year olds in the West Midlands.
Earlier it had denied claims the confidential hotline had been hacked.
Hackers Team Poison posted recordings online to YouTube, which apparently show them speaking to ... | Two teenage boys have been arrested in connection with an investigation into reports that hackers accessed Scotland Yard's anti-terror hotline. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
It also wants company directors to be held responsible for unwanted phone calls from their businesses
The taskforce has recommended that the threshold at which regulators are able to act on complaints should be lowered.
The Nuisance Calls Task Force said cold-... | Companies should be fined £500,000 in order to combat "out of control" nuisance calls, a government taskforce has recommended. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The Scots, ranked 21st in the world, will play fifth-ranked England - the group's top seeds - on Wednesday, 19 July in Utrecht.
"So many of our players play in England and have best friends in the England team," said head coach Anna Signeul.
"So I think they w... | Scotland Women will face England in their first match of Euro 2017 in the Netherlands next summer. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Individuals are now putting aside an average of £113.77 each month - or 8.52% of their income.
Both figures are higher than at any time in the last ten years.
The amounts reflect what people are putting into bank accounts or other savings products like ISAs, b... | Britons are managing to save more money than at any time in the last decade, according to National Savings and Investments (NS&I). |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
David James Taylor, 33, and his Australian girlfriend Sara Connor, 45, have been detained over the death of Wayan Sudarsa.
The policeman's body was discovered at Kuta beach at 03:30 on 17 August with dozens of head and neck wounds.
The pair face up to 15 years... | A British man has reportedly admitted he had a violent confrontation with a police officer on the Indonesian resort island of Bali. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Ond fe fydd Cadw, sy'n un o gyrff Llywodraeth Cymru, yn troi'n sefydliad annibynnol yn ôl yr argymhellion a gyflwynwyd i Ysgrifennydd yr Economi, Ken Skates.
Bydd adolygiad annibynnol o Amgueddfa Cymru hefyd yn cael ei gynnal a'i gyhoeddi erbyn yr haf.
Roedd g... | Mae cyrff treftadaeth Cymru wedi gwrthod unrhyw uniad ffurfiol o'u swyddogaethau. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Having been redeployed up front, Zyro put Wolves ahead after latching on to Jordan Graham's cross, before doubling that lead with a cool solo effort.
The visitors were back in it by the break after Lasse Vigen Christensen easily headed in Jazz Richards' cross.... | Michal Zyro scored twice on his Wolves home debut to help Kenny Jackett's side to victory over Fulham at Molineux. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The service made the claim after apologising to an elderly Shrewsbury patient who was left waiting for more than an hour for an ambulance.
A WMAS spokesman said it was "unlikely to be the last time such circumstances occur".
The Shropshire Clinical Commissioni... | There are not enough ambulances to cover Shropshire, West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) has said. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The peace building project is set to be confirmed in the coming weeks as part of a £300m redevelopment of the 350-acre site near Lisburn.
Unionist critics say the planned centre will be a shrine to IRA prisoners.
But supporters argue that the project will crea... | European funding of £18m has been approved for building the contentious conflict resolution centre on the site of the former Maze prison. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Media playback is unsupported on your device
15 September 2014 Last updated at 09:10 BST
Around 26,000 people cheered the acts, which included Ellie Goulding and the Kaiser Chiefs.
The grand finale saw the Games organiser Prince Harry asking the crowd to creat... | The Invictus Games for injured servicemen and women have been brought to a close in London with a sell-out concert at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The 23-year-old, who previously played under Rovers boss Tony Mowbray while on loan at Coventry in 2015, has signed a three-year contract at Ewood Park.
He scored six goals during that spell and has also been on loan at Ipswich, where he ended last season, Col... | Blackburn Rovers have completed the signing of striker Dominic Samuel from Reading for an undisclosed fee. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Back-to-back home losses had left the Cubs on the brink of defeat in the best-of-seven series, but Sunday's win means they trail 3-2 as they return to Cleveland for Tuesday's Game Six.
Kris Bryant's fourth-inning home run proved decisive as the Cubs claimed a ... | The Chicago Cubs kept their World Series hopes alive with a 3-2 win over the Cleveland Indians at Wrigley Field. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
The 21-year-old left-handed opener played in all three formats for the club in 2015, finishing as second-highest run-scorer in the One-Day Cup.
"His performances in 2015 merit the extension," managing director of cricket Angus Fraser said.
"But for an unfortun... | Middlesex batsman Nick Gubbins has extended his contract with the club and will now remain at Lord's until the end of the 2018 season. |
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary.
Text:
Derry bounced back from their opening day defeat by Finn Harps to dominate affairs with Barry McNamee hitting the side-netting in the first half.
Curtis capped an impressive display by firing low inside the post on the hour.
Cork midfielder Greg Bolger was sho... | A second-half strike from Ronan Curtis earned Derry a first Premier Division victory of the season as they overcame Cork at the Brandywell. |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.