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The studio is reported to have paid more than $30m (£19m) for the title, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Michael Fassbender is to play Jobs in the film, based on Walter Isaacson's biography of the late entrepreneur.
The real-life drama will be directed b... | Universal Pictures are to make a film based on the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, following Sony Pictures' departure from the project last week. |
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Chris King, from Doncaster, lost both his hands, apart from the thumbs, in an accident involving a metal pressing machine at work three years ago.
The 57-year-old received two new hands from a donor and says he already has some movement in them.
Prof Simon Kay... | The UK's first double hand transplant operation has taken place at Leeds General Infirmary and the patient says his new hands look "tremendous". |
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Mark Ellis, 57, preyed on the 10-year-old during a series of attacks in 1991.
A jury at the High Court in Glasgow heard Ellis was running a football team and training school in South Lanarkshire at the time.
Ellis, who had denied the charges of lewd and libidi... | A former boys football coach has been found guilty of sexual offences involving a young player. |
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Dr Rosie Plummer said after running the garden in Llanarthney, Carmarthenshire, "on a shoestring", it was time for someone else to take over.
She said funding cuts from the Welsh government and Carmarthenshire council threatened the garden's future.
Councillor... | The boss of National Botanic Garden of Wales is standing down from her post. |
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Richard Burton, 49, of Barton Cottages, Huntsham, near Tiverton in Devon, denied six charges of indecent assault.
He was found guilty of four of the offences by Exeter Crown Court and sentenced to three and a half years in prison.
During the week-long trial th... | A businessman has been jailed for sexually abusing two schoolgirls more than 20 years ago. |
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The remains of Saima Ahmed, 36, were discovered on Saturday 9 January at Gogar Mount House, on the edge of nearby Gogarburn Golf Club.
Officers say she may have been spotted months earlier on Portobello beach - after travelling to the city in August.
Ms Ahmed'... | Police are appealing for information after a possible new sighting of a London woman who was later found dead on the outskirts of Edinburgh. |
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said the rule was needed because battery-powered vehicles are very quiet.
It said the rule would particularly help blind pedestrians, or those with a visual impairment, detect electric cars and hybrids... | A US road safety body has demanded that electric cars travelling at low speed make a noise to warn pedestrians. |
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Lorraine Barwell, 54, was assaulted on Monday as she escorted a prisoner from Blackfriars Crown Court to a van.
Humphrey Burke, 22, appeared at Camberwell Green Magistrates' Court on Wednesday charged with grievous bodily harm over an alleged assault.
The Mini... | A custody officer who was attacked outside a court in central London has died. |
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The 19-year-old, who came through the Cobblers' youth ranks and scored 13 goals in 60 senior games, has agreed a "long-term deal".
The youngest player to represent Northampton, Toney is Newcastle's fifth signing of the summer.
Meanwhile, Magpies captain Fabric... | Newcastle United have signed striker Ivan Toney from League Two side Northampton for an undisclosed fee. |
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Following their Europa League exit, the Ibrox outfit have drawn with Marseille and beaten Watford and Sheffield Wednesday in friendly matches.
"The main thing that I am pleased about is that we are playing as a team," Caixinha told the Rangers website.
"That's... | Rangers manager Pedro Caixinha reckons his new-look squad is gelling just in time for their Premiership opener at Motherwell on Sunday. |
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Perez, who signed for £17.1m in August, was taken off with an ankle injury after 72 minutes of Arsenal's 2-0 EFL Cup win on Tuesday.
"It's an injury coming from nowhere, and a stupid one, because it was a deliberate kick," said Wenger ahead of Saturday's trip ... | Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says Reading defender Danzell Gravenberch deliberately kicked Lucas Perez in a "stupid" tackle that has sidelined the Gunners striker for up to eight weeks, |
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The statue of landscape and portrait artist Thomas Gainsborough was originally unveiled in his birthplace of Sudbury in 1913.
The event, organised by the Gainsborough's House Museum, was re-enacted by people in costume.
A crowd of about 300 watched as some wom... | A statue commemorating one of Britain's most famous artists has been unveiled again to mark its 100th anniversary. |
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A year on from living in the restricted confines of a neck and back brace to aid recovery from career-threatening injuries sustained in a race-fall, and from hearing himself regularly written off, Beasley, 22, goes to Newbury this weekend with Alpha Delphini h... | As flat racing's 'northern circuit' reflects on another bumper summer of success, few can feel a greater sense of satisfaction than jockey Connor Beasley. |
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Lord Hall told staff he wanted the BBC to "reinvent public broadcasting for a new generation".
He described iPlayer as "the biggest revolution of the last charter" and said it now had to increase its reach.
"We need it to make the leap from a catch-up service ... | The BBC iPlayer will be reinvented in a bid to be the top online TV service in the UK by 2020, the broadcaster's director general Tony Hall has said. |
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There were 693 incidents in 2015 compared to 2014's seven-year high figure of 749.
Incidents recorded by the police reveal 25 people died in 2015, slightly down from the previous 12 months.
But road safety charity Brake said the number of motorcyclists involve... | The number of motorcyclists killed or injured on roads in Wales has dropped for the first time in five years, official figures show. |
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The tax, affecting cars that cost more than 1.3m yuan ($189,000; £151,024), is aimed at curbing lavish spending and reducing emissions, authorities said.
It is part of a wider effort by Chinese authorities against flashy demonstrations of wealth, which has al... | China has introduced an additional 10% tax on "super cars", including Ferrari, Bentley, Aston Martin and Rolls-Royce. |
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The attackers fired guns and threw grenades at worshippers during Friday prayers. Three militants later blew themselves up and two were captured.
An Ahmadi leader called for greater government protection after the attacks by suspected Taliban militants.
Lahore... | Mourners in Pakistan have buried the 93 victims of co-ordinated attacks by gunmen on two mosques of the minority Ahmadi Islamic sect in Lahore. |
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David Mueller said he was fired from his job at KYGO in Denver two days later - but claims one of his superiors committed the alleged assault.
Legal papers from Swift's lawyers show the singer solely accuses Mr Mueller.
She was said to be "surprised, upset, of... | Taylor Swift has filed a counterclaim against a US radio DJ who is suing the singer over allegations he groped her backstage at a concert in June 2013. |
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Konta, seeded ninth, saw off 30th seed Makarova 6-1 6-4 to reach the last eight without dropping a set.
The Briton, 25, reached her first Grand Slam semi-final in Melbourne last year.
Second seed Williams overcame stern resistance from Czech 16th seed Barbora ... | Britain's Johanna Konta produced another terrific performance to beat Russian Ekaterina Makarova and set up an Australian Open quarter-final against Serena Williams. |
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Mashboor Hussain, 73, died at his home in Selkirk Road on 11 February 2014.
Pathologists said although Mr Hussain had coronary heart disease, his collapse was likely caused by the disturbance at home and his death is being treated as murder.
Officers will be o... | A £20,000 reward has been offered for anyone who can help find the killers of a pensioner who died after a scuffle with burglars in Tooting last year. |
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Burgess ended last season by playing seven games for Salford Red Devils in the Qualifiers.
The 29-year-old and his three younger siblings, Sam, Tom and George were members of the South Sydney Rabbitohs squad that won the NRL title in 2014.
"Catalans has a very... | Prop Luke Burgess has joined Catalans Dragons on a two-year deal, following his departure from Manly Sea Eagles. |
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He had moved to England from his native Australia in 2000 to join Southampton but didn't make the grade, with loan spells at Huddersfield and Bournemouth, and a move to Wimbledon, proving similarly fruitless.
The striker's switch to Motherwell, however, was th... | Scott McDonald pitched up in Scotland in the winter of 2004 looking for a club and a means to kick-start a career that had stalled south of the border. |
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Michael Jones, 46, must serve 25 years for killing his son Adrian. The boy's step-mother, Heather Jones, 31, has already been jailed for the same crime.
Officials say Adrian endured horrific torture in his last year of life, and was fed to pigs after his death... | A judge in Kansas has sentenced a man to life after he was convicted of murdering his seven-year-old son, torturing him and recording the abuse. |
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The ex-Black Cats winger punched the air at full-time in front of the away fans and was confronted by Sunderland players with a fight breaking out.
The Football Association has formally warned McClean about his behaviour.
Both clubs have been reminded of their... | West Brom's James McClean has escaped punishment after his celebrations in front of Sunderland fans following Saturday's 1-0 win started an on-field brawl between both sets of players. |
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Dexter Neal died after he was mauled by an American Bulldog, while playing with a friend in Parker Way, Halstead, Essex, in August 2016.
Jade Dunne, 29, formerly of Parker Way but now of Colchester, appeared before magistrates in Colchester on Tuesday.
She was... | A woman has pleaded guilty to owning a dangerously out of control dog which killed a three-year-old boy. |
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A group of men attacked two houses and threatened residents at Mountcollyer Avenue in the Tiger's Bay area.
Windows in two of the houses were smashed on Monday night and one man was reported to have been carrying a pick axe.
There was a second incident at one ... | A 20-year-old man has been arrested in north Belfast after what police described as a racially motivated hate crime. |
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Ex-Cardiff councillor Darren Williams, who sits on Labour's national executive committee, said their "judgement and loyalty" was in question.
He also claimed senior figures in Welsh Labour had lacked ambition, seeking mainly to hold rather than gain seats.
A W... | Critics of Jeremy Corbyn should take a "long hard look" at themselves after the election result, a supporter of the Labour leader has said. |
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Nintendo shares dropped by 17.7% after they more than doubled in value since the game's launch on 6 July.
Pokemon Go was developed by US firm Niantic and Nintendo said profits from licensing and fees would be limited.
However, even with the decline, Nintendo s... | Shares in Nintendo have fallen sharply after the Japanese gaming giant said Pokemon Go's success would have a limited impact on its profits. |
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Australia survived seven minutes with 13 players without conceding a point.
The result means the Wallabies advance to face Scotland in the quarter-finals and Wales take on South Africa.
"I felt we needed a try. We were six points behind so it would have needed... | Wales captain Sam Warburton said he had no regrets about turning down penalty kicks at goal in Wales' 15-6 defeat by Australia in Pool A of the World Cup. |
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Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice to take his tally to 105 goals in the Champions League as the Spanish side became the first team since AC Milan in 1990 to retain the title.
It had been an even and enthralling opening half in Cardiff with Mario Mandzukic cancell... | Real Madrid defeated Juventus 4-1 in Cardiff to win the European Cup for a record 12th time. |
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Tests showed that the chemical fipronil, which can harm people's kidneys, liver and thyroid glands, was found in eggs from the Netherlands.
Fipronil is used to treat lice and ticks in chickens.
One German official said up to 10 million of the contaminated eggs... | Supermarket giant Aldi has withdrawn all eggs from sale from its stores in Germany as they may have been contaminated by insecticide. |
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An EU official said most are thought to have been trekking in the Everest or remote Langtang regions. Many are hoped to be alive but isolated by the quake.
The fate of thousands of Nepalese in remote communities is also unknown.
Nepal has called for more forei... | Officials are struggling to find 1,000 EU citizens who are unaccounted for in Nepal, six days after an earthquake that killed more than 6,000 people. |
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The bird was found in the Newbridge Road area of Lisnaskea on Saturday 7 February.
It is understood Ingar, which is a Norwegian name, was released in Killarney National Park in 2011 by the Golden Eagle Trust as part of a reintroduction programme.
The PSNI are ... | The remains of a white-tailed eagle have been discovered in County Fermanagh, it has emerged. |
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The 33-year-old Racing 92 player is Wales' most-capped scrum-half having played 99 Tests - 94 for Wales and five for the British and Irish Lions.
Phillips won 66 of his Wales caps during Gatland's reign, with the New Zealander praising his passion.
"Mike has b... | Wales coach Warren Gatland has praised Mike Phillips following his retirement from the international game. |
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By Monday morning, few details had emerged from the talks, which are taking place inside the heavily guarded Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) at the border.
The South has said it is concerned about continuing large-scale North Korean troop movements.
Tensions have bee... | Top-level talks between North and South Korea to defuse a border stand-off have continued through a second night, officials from the South say. |
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From Sydney and Los Angeles to Hong Kong, artist Joshua Smith's small models depict the buildings of big cities. Everything in them is reduced to scale, down to worn posters and discarded cigarette stubs.
This model is based on a building found on Willow Stree... | All photographs courtesy of the Muriel Guepin Gallery |
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Knole House in Sevenoaks, Kent, was taken over by the charity in 1946 and has battled costly decay problems.
Extensive repairs, part-funded by the National Lottery, have now been carried out in what the Trust described as its largest conservation project to da... | The future of hundreds of historical objects has been secured as part of a £20m restoration by the National Trust. |
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Sarah Ewart had contacted the BBC's Nolan Show to highlight her experience.
Foetal abnormality is not a ground for abortion under Northern Ireland law.
"My only choice basically was to carry the baby either until it passed away inside me or I could deliver and... | Senior health officials are considering the case of a woman who went from Northern Ireland to England for an abortion because her baby had no chance of survival. |
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Signeul's side take on Romania in a friendly at the Falkirk Stadium on Friday evening, then travel to face Sweden on Tuesday.
Seven days later, Signeul will name her squad for the finals in the Netherlands.
"Players need to play for a starting place," Signeul ... | Scotland head coach Anna Signeul has warned her players that they may have just two games left to earn their place in her Euro 2017 squad. |
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The 23-year-old can play at right-back, centre-half or in a deep midfield role and had a year to run on his deal at the newly-promoted Championship club.
O'Connor made 24 Burton appearances last season, scoring once.
"His versatility made him very attractive t... | Aberdeen have signed Anthony O'Connor following the former Republic of Ireland Under-21 international's release from Burton Albion. |
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The international trade secretary told the BBC there could be a two-year "implementation phase" after the UK officially left the EU, in March 2019.
He had "no ideological barrier" to a phase to help business adjust, he said.
Mr Fox denied he was planning for a... | It could take a further two years for Britain to fully leave the EU and start negotiating new trade deals with other countries, Liam Fox has said. |
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With Robin McBryde in charge, Wales face Tonga in Auckland on 16 June and Samoa in Apia a week later.
Wales will be missing a host of leading players with 13 uncapped players named.
"If we pull these two victories off, with our top internationals missing, it w... | Wales defence coach Shaun Edwards says two victories in their summer tour would match his greatest achievements with the national side. |
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Scottish greenhouse gas emissions fell by 3.6% between 2012 and 2013 to 53 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (MtCO2e).
The Climate Change (Scotland) Act requires a minimum 42% cut in emissions by 2020 and 80% by 2050.
The Scottish government said it was on trac... | Scotland has failed to meet its climate change target for the fourth year in a row, latest figures have revealed. |
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The drugs were found after a car was stopped on the Great Northern Road shortly before 15:00 BST.
Police said about 13kgs of suspected cutting agent for a class A drug were also found.
A number of house searches have been taking place in Londonderry following ... | A 23-year-old man has been arrested after herbal cannabis worth an estimated £120,000 was found in Omagh on Friday afternoon. |
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Fitzpatrick made five birdies and two bogeys in a three-under-par round to end on eight under, one behind Emiliano Grillo and two adrift of Hoffman.
Paul Casey (72) is four under, while Australia's world number two Jason Day moved to three under with a 71.
Ror... | England's Matthew Fitzpatrick goes into the weekend two shots off leader Charley Hoffman after a second-round 69 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. |
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Apple has clashed with the Justice Department (DoJ) over a court order forcing the company to help break the encryption on one of its phones.
On Friday the DoJ called Apple's refusal a "marketing strategy".
Apple said it will not help break into the the phone,... | US presidential candidate Donald Trump has called for a boycott of Apple until the tech giant helps unlock the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino killers. |
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AQIM's statement - carried by monitoring group SITE - said Ouagadougou's four-star Splendid Hotel was a "den of global espionage".
The statement has not been independently verified.
AQIM is based in the Sahara Desert between Mali, Niger and Algeria and has att... | Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has named three militants who it says carried out last week's hotel attack in Burkina Faso, killing 29 people. |
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Five of those who died were Malian security guards. The Malian military said the assault had been repulsed and four of the gunmen killed.
No group has claimed Monday's attack. Islamist militants frequently target the UN mission in Mali.
More than 100 members o... | Gunmen have attacked a United Nations peacekeeping base in the city of Timbuktu in northern Mali, killing seven people. |
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The decision was taken for the safety of children and teachers after some schools were left submerged in water, minister Riziki Pemba Juma said.
The rains have also destroyed property and roads.
More than 350,000 students are currently enrolled in school in th... | All schools on the islands of Zanzibar have been temporarily closed because of flooding following weeks of heavy rains, says the education minister. |
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Professors Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura made the first blue LEDs in the early 1990s.
This enabled a new generation of bright, energy-efficient white lamps, as well as colour LED screens.
The winners will share prize money of eight million kr... | The 2014 Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded to a trio of scientists in Japan and the US for the invention of blue light emitting diodes (LEDs). |
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Police said the man told the girl that he wanted to hire her as a model, after he contacted her on Instagram.
They said he claimed to worked at Base Models - a legitimate company, of which he was not an employee.
Base Models said anyone approached online by so... | Police have issued a warning after a man who posed as a scout for a model agency asked a teenage girl to expose herself to him on Skype. |
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The 29-year-old batsman had agreed to rejoin the county on a three-year deal after six years with the Bears.
"It was a place I always wished to come back to at some stage during my career," Chopra told the club website.
"Hopefully by using my Division One expe... | Varun Chopra has joined Essex from Warwickshire earlier than expected and will be able to feature in their final two games of 2016. |
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The City Varieties, in Swan Street, Leeds, was the home to BBC series The Good Old Days from 1953 until 1983.
Notable acts to have performed there over the years include Harry Houdini, Eartha Kitt, Les Dawson and John Inman.
The venue will open its doors from ... | A historic theatre said to be the country's longest-running music hall is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a special open day. |
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John Baxter crashed at Bank End, on the road from Duddon Bridge and Ulpha, just after 17:00 BST on Saturday.
Passers-by gave the 70-year-old, from Ulpha, first aid until the air ambulance arrived but he was declared dead at the scene.
Cumbria Police said offic... | A man who died following a crash in Cumbria has been named by police. |
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The male curlers had to settle for silver after losing 9-3 to Canada and Elise Christie was penalised in her 1,000m short track skating semi-final.
Both failures meant the team missed out on the chance to win two ... | Team GB endured a disappointing day at the Sochi Olympics after failing to achieve two historic targets. |
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Just hours after Vincenzo Nibali was thrown off the race for being towed back to the pack after a crash on stage two, the Slovakian won a sprint finish.
Orica-Greenedge's Colombian rider Esteban Chaves retained the race leader's red jersey by five seconds.
Bri... | Peter Sagan raced to his first Grand Tour victory in more than two years on stage three of the Vuelta a Espana. |
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The rush happened in the city's Hassan II mosque, which was full of worshippers on Monday evening.
It was the holiest night of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, the Moroccan news agency reported.
It quoted officials as saying that the injured were mostly wo... | A mouse is responsible for triggering a stampede in a mosque in the Moroccan city of Casablanca which left more than 80 people injured, officials say. |
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The Staffordshire-based construction firm said the equipment market in Brazil, Russia, China and India was down 43% on the same period in 2014.
Staff across the UK could be affected and union consultation has begun, chief executive Graeme Macdonald said.
He sa... | JCB says it is to cut 400 jobs over the coming weeks after a "dramatic" slow down in world markets. |
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I Don't Wanna Live Forever is Swift's first release since her multi million-selling 1989 album.
She shared news of the single with her 82 million Twitter followers with the cryptic comment: "Z T 50".
The announcement was retweeted nearly 15,000 times in an hou... | Pop stars Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik have surprised fans by recording a duet for the Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack. |
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However, it has accepted a change which would see Hawick lose the famous battle site of Hornshole.
The move is one community leaders have said they would continue to oppose.
While not accepting some details of the boundary plans, the council has conceded the n... | Scottish Borders Council will oppose some recommendations made by the Local Government Boundary Commission over changes to its wards. |
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BBC Wales has been told the retired player and Kate Weaver-Gibbs were involved in the incident involving a motorbike last week.
There are no further details available about the accident. The Foreign Office has been asked to comment.
Reports in Italian media su... | Former Wales rugby international Scott Gibbs and his wife are understood to have been involved in a road accident in Italy. |
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The 26-year-old batsman, who has been playing for Rising Pune Supergiants, is returning home for treatment, Cricket Australia has confirmed.
Australia start a tour of the West Indies for a triangular one-day series involving the hosts and South Africa at the e... | Australia captain Steve Smith has been forced to end his Indian Premier League stay early because of a wrist injury. |
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The death toll from Friday's collapse in the capital Colombo has risen to 26, including six children, the army says.
The 300ft (91m) high pile of rotting debris shifted after floods and a fire, destroying dozens of homes.
Residents had demanded for years the r... | Hopes of finding survivors under a collapsed rubbish dump in Sri Lanka are fading as anger builds among residents who say their concerns were ignored. |
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Tickets for shows in Glasgow, London and Birmingham were due to have gone on sale at 10:00 GMT on Friday. But they were suspended shortly beforehand.
The singer then took to Twitter to vent his anger at online resale sites.
He linked to a report by consumer bo... | Pop star Prince has attacked online ticket touts after postponing the sale of tickets for his forthcoming UK tour. |
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Crews were called to the single-storey building at Bournville Road, Blaina, Abertillery, at about 03.30 GMT.
A 650ft (200m) cordon has been put in place and the road is shut. Residents have been told to leave their homes because there are gas cylinders inside.... | About 25 homes have been evacuated as firefighters tackle a fire at an MoT garage in Blaenau Gwent. |
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Amidst growing demands, especially from his ruling BJP party's rank-and-file, for strong action against Pakistan - who India blames for the attack - the Indian prime minister managed to turn attention from incessant warmongering towards long-term challenges fa... | As Delhi explores its options to respond to the attack in Uri, which killed 19 soldiers in one of the worst terror attacks in Kashmir in recent years, the Modi government seems to be making a strong case for strategic restraint. |
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The City watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), raised concerns about the clarity of fees and the treatment of customers in arrears.
It also questioned the way customers were given payment meters to restrict access to TVs.
Dunraven Finance will pay Â... | Compensation is to be paid to 59,000 customers of Buy as You View, which rents out furniture, TVs and other electronic goods on hire purchase. |
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The club's 1927 victory against Arsenal marked the only time England's showpiece football trophy has been out of the country.
A family day at the Cardiff Story museum on The Hayes will celebrate the achievement.
An exhibition there with memorabilia, including ... | Events will mark the 90th anniversary of Cardiff City winning the FA Cup on Sunday. |
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The city's deputy commissioner of police, Vijay Singh, told the BBC that no arrests had been made yet.
The child is in intensive care after being found unconscious by railway tracks on Friday night. She had surgery for extensive injuries, doctors say.
The atta... | Indian police are questioning two men in connection with the rape of a four-year-old girl in the capital, Delhi. |
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The family of five were travelling along the A39 near Dijon in eastern France at about 07:00 local time on Sunday when their car left the road.
The 31-year-old father, who has yet to be named, died alongside the children, believed to be aged four and 12.
His w... | A British father and two of his children have died in a car crash on a motorway, French police say. |
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Whistleblower website Wikileaks reports the US National Security Agency (NSA) spied on Mr Hollande, Nicolas Sarkozy and Jacques Chirac between 2006-12.
Mr Hollande called an emergency meeting and said France would "not tolerate" acts that threaten its security... | France has summoned the US envoy in Paris over claims that the US spied on President Francois Hollande and his two predecessors, officials say. |
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Mind Cymru says older men are more prone to suicide than younger adults, but many do not receive the support and medical guidance they need.
Its figures show that one in four have symptoms of depression, severe enough to warrant intervention.
Men with mental h... | A charity is warning that more needs be done to help older men in Wales who are suffering from mental health problems. |
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Muhammadu Buhari has just returned from three months in the UK, amid widespread concerns over his health.
But government spokesman Garba Shehu said the office required renovation after damage was done to the furniture and air conditioning in his absence.
He to... | Nigeria's president will spend three months working from home after his office was damaged by rats. |
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The vehicle, a cross between a small milk float and a large tuk-tuk, spent two weeks completing autonomous loops of a two-mile (3km) semi-pedestrianised area of Greenwich, south-east London.
The electric CargoPod has a top speed of 25mph and can do 18 miles on... | Ocado has shown off a prototype driverless van designed to deliver goods at short distances. |
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Semtex from Libya became the IRA's most devastating and infamous weapon during the Troubles.
The NI Affairs Committee will look at how effective government efforts have been in seeking redress for victims.
It will also examine potential options for compensatio... | An inquiry is to begin at Westminster on Wednesday into the issue of compensation for victims of Libyan-sponsored IRA violence. |
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The airline will restart its flights to the Iranian capital on 17 April.
Management last week circulated a note asking female staff to wear trousers on the route and put on a headscarf when they left the plane.
Union officials said some staff members were conc... | Air France is willing to let female crew members opt out of flying a new route to Tehran after they were asked to wear a headscarf on their arrival. |
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The Aspar Team rider from Toomebridge was eighth at the start of the final lap but a crash helped him move up to fourth to collect 13 points.
Laverty is eighth in the standings and a tally of 17 points from two races already surpasses his 2015 total.
Marc Marq... | Eugene Laverty secured his top placing in a MotoGP race by coming in a superb fourth in Argentina. |
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He had been looking for investors for the last 12 months after previous majority shareholder Anton Zingarevich failed to complete a full takeover.
The Thai consortium have agreed to keep Madejski, who has been wit... | Reading co-chairman Sir John Madejski says the club's new Thai owners may have "effectively saved" the club. |
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Seven inmates were evacuated and the fire brigade called after six cell fires at HMP Northumberland in Acklington last Thursday.
Violence broke out in the exercise yard following the evacuation, but the inmates surrendered after extra officers were deployed.
S... | Prisoners ran riot after fire broke out at a north-east England jail, BBC News understands. |
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The 23-year-old forward signed a two-year deal with the Saudi outfit from US Major League Soccer (MLS) club DC United for an undisclosed fee on Friday.
"I'm delighted to join Al-Taawoun FC as I believe I have taken a good decision for my career," Kamara told B... | Sierra Leone international Alhaji Kamara, who was diagnosed with a serious heart condition in 2015, is joining Saudi Arabian top flight league club Al-Taawoun FC in a bid to gain regular football. |
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The Cardiff Central MP said she believed Brexit was "a terrible mistake" and said she "cannot reconcile my overwhelming view" that to endorse the bill would make it inevitable.
She is the first member of the shadow cabinet to quit over the issue.
Party leader ... | Jo Stevens has quit as Jeremy Corbyn's shadow Welsh secretary after he forced Labour MPs to back the Article 50 bill. |
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But the Baby Blacks' win was not enough to keep contention for the title as Ireland U20 topped Pool A by beating Georgia 35-7 in Manchester.
Wales U20 and New Zealand U20 will meet again on Monday 20 June in a 5th-place semi-final.
Dan Jones kicked four Wales ... | New Zealand's youngster's added to Welsh agonies as centre Jordie Barrett kicked a late penalty to beat them at the Junior World Championship. |
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After the win he admitted he was not aware if his third child had arrived.
England's Lucy Bronze sealed victory with a far-post header from a corner after a goalless first 90 minutes.
That was enough to win Man City's third major trophy, just seven days after ... | Manchester City beat Birmingham City in extra time to win the Continental Cup final - with boss Nick Cushing remaining with the team despite his wife going into labour. |
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Laura Newlands, 15, from Rhyl, Denbighshire, died at home on 8 August 2011.
Her father, Andrew, told an inquest in Ruthin on Monday Laura "was getting picked on" at Rhyl High School and teachers were not stopping it.
Laura told social workers in early 2011 she... | A teenage girl who took a fatal overdose of her father's medication was being picked on at school, an inquest has heard. |
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Cyriac Joseph, 52, known as Benny, from Sherwood, who runs ABC Travels, died when his vehicle was in collision with two lorries.
It is thought he was driving a party of Indian visitors from Nottingham to Wembley, north-west London.
Two lorry drivers have been ... | Tributes have been paid to a Nottingham minibus driver who was among eight people killed in a crash on the M1 on Saturday. |
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Comedian Johnny Mac has been given the go-ahead to revive Rikki Fulton's classic character as part of a tribute stage show.
He said he was "over the moon" to have the chance to share the famous armchair monologues with a new audience.
"It's a pleasure to bring... | The Reverend IM Jolly, the miserable minister who preached on TV screens at Hogmanay, is making a comeback. |
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Published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in 2011 it produced a special supplement of original science fiction stories written by top writers from the genre.
The Review says its normal mission is to identify important new technologies, and deciph... | The world's oldest technology magazine is the MIT Technology Review. |
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In a letter, House Speaker John Boehner and other lawmakers said Russia's actions in Ukraine were a "grotesque violation of international law".
They said that a recent truce had only consolidated rebel gains in the east.
Ukraine and the West accuse Russia of h... | Leading Republicans and Democrats have urged President Barack Obama to provide lethal defensive weapons to Ukraine in its fight against pro-Russian rebels. |
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Here BBC News looks at six men whose activities have often earned them notoriety.
A former commando and mathematician with criminal convictions for right-wing paramilitary activity in the 1970s, the 55-year-old founded Golden Dawn's precursor in 1980 and leads... | The six MPs from the far-right Golden Dawn party arrested in Greece for criminal activity include former commandos and a figure who likens the group to a Hellenic version of Hezbollah. |
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Birkenhead man Barry O'Reilly, 37, died after an incident at Claremont Farm on Clatterbridge Old Road in Spital, Wirral, on 15 May.
Christopher Davies, 28, of Town Lane, Higher Bebington, pleaded not guilty via videolink at Liverpool Crown Court.
He was furthe... | A man charged with murder following an alleged fight at a fishing lake in Merseyside has pleaded not guilty. |
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Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union working on the Hammersmith & City and Circle lines walked out at 21:30 BST.
The strike comes amid claims that industrial relations have broken down.
Transport for London (TfL) had warned there would be no... | Tube drivers on two London Underground lines have begun a 24-hour strike. |
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The 27-year-old arrives at the Racecourse having been released by Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
Boden joined the Scottish club a year ago from Newport County, where he had been the Exiles's leading scorer in the 2015-16 season.
He made 13 league appearances fo... | Wrexham have signed striker Scott Boden on an initial one year contract. |
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The programme says it has covert footage recorded at Brook House showing officers "mocking, abusing and assaulting" people being held there.
It says it has seen "widespread self-harm and attempted suicides" in the centre, and that drug use is "rife".
G4S said ... | G4S has suspended nine members of staff from an immigration removal centre near Gatwick Airport, following a BBC Panorama undercover investigation. |
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The conservative Basque Nationalist Party came top in the poll, closely followed by the Euskal Herria Bildu coalition of left-wing separatists.
In Galicia's regional poll, the centre-right People's Party of PM Mariano Rajoy held on to its absolute majority.
Th... | Nationalist parties in Spain's Basque Country have won regional elections, an outcome expected to fuel calls for independence. |
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Named Valkyrie, the robot is 1.8 metres tall and it weighs 125 kilograms.
The machine can currently walk on two legs and perform basic movements, but the team from Scotland's Edinburgh University wants to give it more skill... | British-based experts have started working on an incredible project to make US space agency Nasa's robot "more human". |
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At Apperley Bridge, between Leeds and Bradford, around 50 people gathered on the platform for the first train to Bradford from the new station.
The original station closed 50 years ago as part of the Beeching cuts. Its replacement has cost about £8m.
Two trai... | The first new railway station to be built in West Yorkshire in 10 years has opened. |
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Models will need to provide a doctor's certificate attesting to their overall physical health, with special regard to their body mass index (BMI) - a measure of weight in relation to height.
The health ministry says the aim is to fight eating disorders and ina... | A law in France banning the use of unhealthily thin fashion models has come into effect. |
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The UK is part of a club of 28 countries called the European Union, or EU.
They agree to make it as easy as possible to travel around, live and work in other EU countries.
Next Thursday there's a huge vote on whether the UK should stay in, or leave, the EU.
So... | Did you know that more than one million Brits live abroad in other parts of the European Union, such as Spain? |
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Father-of-four Akhtar Javeed, 56, died defending his business in Digbeth from an armed robbery earlier this year.
Suraj Mistry, 26, was found guilty at Birmingham Crown Court of manslaughter and possession of a firearm.
Mistry, of Laundon Way, Leicester, was a... | A man has been found guilty of killing a businessman who was shot dead during a botched warehouse raid in Birmingham. |
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