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Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Premiership Hearts 1-3 Celtic Aberdeen 4-1 Motherwell Hamilton 0-4 Kilmarnock Partick Thistle 1-4 Inverness CT Ross County 0-1 St Johnstone League One Ayr United 0-3 Airdrieonians Dunfermline Athletic 1-0 Peterhead Forfar Athletic 1-2 Brechin City Stenhousemui...	Reports from Saturday's matches in the Scottish Premiership and Leagues One and Two.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Because this represents a significant shift to small "c" conservatism in the stewardship of the public finances, compared with the consensus of the last 70 years. Typically governments have either had no such statutory rules at all, or have been subject to loo...	Although George Osborne committed the Tory party to a new fiscal rule before the general election - that the government would generate surpluses in all so-called "normal times" - it matters that he will tonight be confirming this rule is to be enshrined in law.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Russia's Ilnur Zakarin won the stage with a breakaway on the steep ascent to the finish at Finhaut-Emosson, before Froome powered away from his rivals. Adam Yates, who is third overall, was the only yellow-jersey contender close to keeping up with his fellow B...	Britain's Chris Froome remained on course for a third Tour de France victory by extending his lead to two minutes and 27 seconds on stage 17.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Fundraiser Antonio Cortes, 32, donned the DC Comics superhero outfit as part of a charity collection. While taking a break in a pub in Gloucester city centre, Mr Cortes said he heard screams and ran outside to see a man trying to mug a woman. He told the BBC h...	A man in a Superman costume saved the day when he stopped a woman being robbed as she used a cash machine.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Media playback is not supported on this device Spurs, who trail league leaders Chelsea by four points with six games remaining, lost 4-2 at Wembley. Tottenham were title contenders for much of last season before their challenge faded late on. "I am not worried...	Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino is not concerned about his side's mental strength following Saturday's FA Cup semi-final defeat by Chelsea, and is confident they can maintain their Premier League title challenge.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: FRP Advisory were appointed as administrators after the European Development Company (EDC) ran into financial difficulties. Two of the hotels for sale are in the Aberdeen area - a Holiday Inn Express on Chapel Street and a Holiday Inn in Westhill. The third is...	Three Scottish Holiday Inn hotels have been put up for sale after the collapse of their Aberdeen-based owners.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: A freedom of information request showed £829,000 in overpayments had been made to 210 pilots between 2007 and 2013, because of the administrative mistake. Some aircrew had queried their rates but been assured they were correct. The Army said it was considering...	Fifteen of the Army's most experienced helicopter pilots quit in a dispute over a demand they repay wages given to them in error, documents have revealed.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The FTSE 100 gained 0.56%, or 34.31 points, to 6,138.5. Tesco shares rose as its annual report revealed that chief executive Dave Lewis has been awarded a Â£3m bonus for meeting sales and profit targets. There was little market response to comments by the IMF ...	(Close): The FTSE 100 reverses losses to close higher on Friday, led by a rebound in Tesco shares.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Russian leader Vladimir Putin hailed their co-operation as a "comprehensive strategic partnership". The agreements include Russian investment in a hydroelectric plant and a nuclear power plant in Argentina...	Russia and Argentina have signed a series of framework agreements on economic and energy co-operation following talks in Moscow.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: She was speaking after the Conservatives secured victory in the UK general election. She said it was important they worked with the "other political parties on our shared goal of rebalancing the Northern Ireland economy". But Ms Villiers said the agreement nee...	Theresa Villiers has said it is time to get on with the implementation of the Stormont House Agreement.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Keaton Jennings (82) and Jack Burnham (52) put on 123 after Durham slipped to 47-2 on the final morning at Southport. Lancashire fought back through Tom Smith (5-25) as Durham lost five wickets for 25 runs to slump to 195-7. Ben Stokes was run out for 36 on th...	Durham chased 247 to beat Lancashire by two wickets in a thrilling finish and maintain their County Championship title hopes.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: 6 May 2016 Last updated at 15:06 BST The Conservatives are now the second largest party on 31, with Labour dropping to third place with 24 seats The Scottish Greens are the fourth largest party with six seats, ahead of the Liberal Democrats who won five. The S...	The SNP has won a third term in government in Scotland, taking 63 seats in the 2016 Holyrood election.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Located in the heart of the city's Bogside, the new building shines a spotlight on the civil rights campaign of the 1960s and The Troubles. Visitors can enjoy a new multi-media exhibition and artwork based on key events, such as Bloody Sunday. Museum manager A...	The new Museum of Free Derry has opened its doors to the public after a £2.4m refurbishment and extension.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Gabor Hegedus, 38, was driving 40mph in a 30mph zone moments before he ploughed into Zaneta Krokova, 11, and Helina Kotlarova, 12. The pair were holding hands as they crossed the road in Oldham. Hegedus was sentenced to four years at Manchester's Minshull Stre...	A driver who admitted causing the deaths of two cousins by careless driving in a hit-and-run crash on New Year's Eve has been jailed.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The Open Treasure exhibition provides a new route to the monks' dormitory and the great kitchen - one of the last surviving monastic kitchens in England. Money has been spent installing a lift near the monks' staircase leading to the sleeping quarters, which w...	A £10m revamp of Durham Cathedral is to provide public access to previously hidden spaces.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: In this virtual world, subjects were able to reduce how many people a gunman killed, an event they had unknowingly been part of. Going into "the past" increased the level of guilt the participants felt. Writing in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, the team...	Virtual reality can be used to give the illusion of going "back in time", according to an exploratory study.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Fire crews were called to Wiggington Road, South Newington, at about 10:20 GMT. The horse, named Tight Squeeze, fell unconscious after becoming stuck in the deeply banked ditch for several hours. Fire crews and the service's animal rescue team used slings and ...	A former racehorse has been rescued by firefighters after slipping into deep mud in a ditch in Oxfordshire.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Support staff in County Durham say a council plan to pay them only during term time would result in a salary cut of up to 23%. Further action will be taken on 1 December, followed by 6-8 December. Durham County Council has said it could face equal pay claims f...	Teaching assistants striking over a pay dispute have announced four further days of industrial action.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert won the doubles to give France an unassailable 3-0 lead. Australia went 3-0 up on the Czech Republic and next face the USA, who beat Switzerland - who were missing Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka. Serbia also progressed ...	Great Britain's reward should they beat Canada will be a Davis Cup quarter-final against France, who saw off Japan with a day to spare in Tokyo.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Her predecessor David Cameron regularly holidayed in Cornwall, but also went to foreign destinations including the Canary Islands, Italy and Portugal. Mrs May lists walking as one of her hobbies and has spoken of doing "a lot of quite strenuous walking up moun...	Prime Minister Theresa May is to take a summer holiday in Switzerland, Number 10 has announced.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The session had been scheduled for Saturday but was abandoned due to poor weather around the Isle of Man's Mountain Course. Several TT winners including John McGuinness and Michael Dunlop are set to compete over the next fortnight. The first races of this year...	The opening practice session for the 2016 Festival of Motorcycling, which includes the Manx Grand Prix and Classic TT, will be held on Monday.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The Rugby Football League charged the Super League side earlier this month. They could be docked up to 20 points if found guilty at an RFL independent tribunal, on a date yet to be set. Koukash also insisted his actions in gifting 2015 player of the year Niall...	Salford owner Marwan Koukash says he will "go for all-out war" if the Red Devils are deducted points for breaching the salary cap.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Staff at the Roman Palace and Gardens at Fishbourne called in engineers after they noticed that part of the mosaic had become waterlogged. A corroded pipe was found and the museum activated its disaster plan. In August 1960 workers trying to lay the same pipe ...	A 2,000-year-old Roman mosaic has been been protected from a water leak from a pipe that led to its discovery in 50 years ago.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The super typhoon, with gusts of up to 227km/h (141 mph), killed one person and left half a million homes without power in Taiwan. It made landfall near China's south-eastern city of Xiamen on Thursday morning, having lost some power. Dozens of flights and tra...	Typhoon Meranti has landed in mainland China after battering Taiwan with its strongest storm in 21 years.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The Tynesiders forged in front after 35 minutes as Jordan Burrow glanced in Wes York's pinpoint corner. Just before half-time, Gary Waddock's men equalised when Scott Rendell collected Jake Gallagher's pass and cracked an angled shot into the bottom-right corn...	Gateshead and Aldershot frustrated each other in the race for play-off spots with a 1-1 draw at the International Stadium.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Referee Slim Jdidi admitted that he mistakenly issued the winger with a second yellow card for simulation in the semi-final against Ghana. The Confederation of African Football (Caf) confirmed on Friday that the resulting ban would be overturned. Jdidi has alr...	Burkina Faso's Jonathan Pitroipa has been cleared to play in the Africa Cup of Nations final against Nigeria on Sunday after his ban was rescinded.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The Crown Office had been investigating the bank's decision to carry out a rights issue in 2008. The move led to huge losses for people investing in shares. Prosecutors said there was insufficient evidence to press charges against any senior manager involved i...	Former RBS bosses, including Fred Goodwin, will not face criminal charges in connection with the sale of shares in the bank in the months leading up to its collapse, prosecutors have said.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Nick Davies, a boat skipper with Gairloch-based Hebridean Whale Cruises, said he had witnessed the behaviour over the last five weeks. He took his pictures off Tuimpan Head in Lewis. Mr Davies said there had also been sightings of minke whales and hundreds of ...	Humpback whales have been photographed breaching off the north east coast of Lewis in the Western Isles.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: So, to sustain or improve the level of public services, Scots would dig deeper into their income to pay higher taxes - if only they had the tax powers to do so. Well, we're about to find out if that's true. The draft budget published by Derek Mackay in Decembe...	It has long been asserted that Scots believe more strongly than their neighbours in a social contract in which the well-off contribute more towards the common good.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Simon Savage, only realised he had hit the jackpot after seeing media reports of a huge unclaimed prize. And despite becoming a millionaire he says he is keeping his shop open on Christmas Eve so customers can collect their turkeys. He said they were "shocked ...	A farm shop owner from Newry, County Down, is celebrating after claiming more than £1.7m with a winning ticket on the National Lottery.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Former TT winner Ian Bell 58, of Bedlington, Northumberland, died in a crash during a sidecar race on 10 June. Later that day, Andrew Soar 32, of Loughborough, Leicestershire, was killed during the senior TT race. The inquests of both men were adjourned until ...	Two motorcyclists killed in separate crashes at the TT Races on the Isle of Man died from multiple injuries, inquests have heard.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The 22-year-old from Redhill, in Surrey, was last seen swimming in rough seas, to the east of Palace Pier on Saturday. A search was started at 07:45 BST and he was found approximately 1km (0.6 miles) from the pier. Coastguards pulled him from the sea, but he w...	A man who was pulled from the sea after he got into difficulty while swimming in Brighton has died.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: But one, the Rolls-Royce Merlin, may have been the difference between freedom and tyranny. Such is its lasting impact, it was celebrated on Sunday with the first ever Spitfires, Merlins and Motors event at Duxford - the Imperial War Museum's aviation centre in...	For most people, an engine just gets us from A to B - and drinks expensive petrol.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Less than four weeks from the assembly election, the parties are promising reforms to the current system. People can currently keep £24,000 of their assets before having to pay to go into a care home. Labour want to increase that figure to £50,000, while the C...	Allowing people to keep more of their savings instead of paying for care in old age is a "fairer deal" for "people who have played fair", Labour has said.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Nchinumya Ntembe, 22, poured Tizer laced with the hallucinogenic into a water bottle and fed marijuana leaves to the rodent, named Mr Chow. Footage released by the RSPCA shows Ntembe and others laughing as Mr Chow ingests the drugs. Ntembe admitted five cruelt...	A pet owner who fed cannabis and a soft drink spiked with LSD to his hamster has been jailed.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The minister has given further details of financial incentives for universities to improve teaching. The higher education reforms also propose a new Office for Students, to ensure value for money for students. Labour's Gordon Marsden said the plans were a "Tro...	Universities in England will be able to raise tuition fees with inflation if they can demonstrate high quality in teaching, Universities Minister Jo Johnson has proposed.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: According to a report from the Reuters news agency, BAE made the discovery after investigating the theft of $81 million (Â£56m) from the Bangladesh central bank in February. Swift has released a software update to assist customers with security. The group said...	British defence contractor BAE Systems has claimed bank hackers in Bangladesh targeted software from Swift, a key part of the global financial system.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: It was discovered on Tuesday on an embankment by the city's Victoria Dock. Humberside Fire and Rescue Service said it was called at 22:08 GMT and rescued the seal using a salvage sheet. The pup has been named Basil and is now being cared for at the Sea Life Ce...	A stranded seal pup found near a former Hull dock has been rescued by firefighters and the RSPCA.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The 19-year-old has played one first-team game for the Lions since joining them from Irish club Bohemians in July. "He's a player I came across when on a scouting mission a few weeks ago," Torquay player-manager Kevin Nicholson said. "It's a great opportunity ...	National League club Torquay United have signed Millwall centre-back Paul Rooney on a 28-day youth loan.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: An announcement is expected and could come as early as next week, sources have told the BBC's Sunday Politics Wales programme. It is understood to involve the Tata plant at Port Talbot, as part of moves to safeguard the future of the site, which currently empl...	Hundreds of steel jobs are set to be lost in Wales in the latest blow to the UK industry.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Evans, seeking to become the fourth Briton to reach the fourth round, had match point in the fourth set tie-break but Wawrinka saved it and came back to win 4-6 6-3 6-7 (6-8) 7-6 (10-8) 6-2. Earlier, world number two Andy Murray beat 34-year-old world number 4...	Dan Evans failed to take a match point as he lost a five-set thriller to third seed Stan Wawrinka at the US Open.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The Welsh swimmer, 25, claimed silver medals in the 400m and 800m freestyle at the World Cup in Doha this week. But after missing out on the 2012 Olympics through illness and a resulting lack of form, Carlin aims to win her place for Rio 2016 at the Great Brit...	Jazz Carlin is pleased with her good start to a season as she aims to reach an Olympics for the first time.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Manchester United's £89m deal to bring France midfielder Paul Pogba back to Old Trafford from Juventus set a new transfer record and millions more will be spent around the Premier League before the close of business. So which players are worth keeping an eye o...	The transfer window closes in England at 23:00 BST on Wednesday and already the rush has started to get the last-minute deals in place - with clubs and players attempting to secure their immediate future.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the new combination would not affect prices or quality of "hot pies, cold pies, sausage rolls, pasties and slices" in the Â£1bn sized market. The two own brands such as Pork Farms, Millers, Walls and Bowyers. As...	One of the biggest names in savoury pastries, Pork Farms Group, will be allowed to take over the pastries business of Kerry Foods.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: About 25,000 properties in Grangemouth, Falkirk and the Lower Braes will join the scheme, which the council started implementing last year. Falkirk Council was the first in the UK to cut general household waste collections to once every three weeks. Under the ...	The final phase of a project to cut bin collections to once every three weeks is to be rolled out in Falkirk.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The 36-year-old, who has had spells at Lord's in each of the last two seasons, has committed to spend two periods of the campaign in north London. Voges will captain Middlesex in the County Championship. Meanwhile, the club have announced Dawid Malan and James...	Middlesex have re-signed Australia batsman Adam Voges as their overseas player for all formats in 2016.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Sam Smith and George Ezra are also among the first wave of acts confirmed on the line-up. Other names on the bill for the festival, which will take place on 22 and 23 August, include Ellie Goulding, Radio 1's Annie Mac and Olly Murs. V Festival, which is now i...	Calvin Harris and Kasabian will headline this year's V Festival.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The painting of a Tree Creeper was in a hut built by Norwegian explorers and later used by the Scott expedition. The image was found in a pile of papers covered in mould and penguin excrement. It is believed to be by British scientist Dr Edward Wilson, who die...	The mystery of a beautifully painted watercolour of a dead bird that was found in Antarctica's oldest building has been solved.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Marchant, 20, has a toe injury while Hill, 22, has an ongoing neck problem. England will also assess Sale Sharks wing Denny Solomona, who is having treatment on a foot sprain. Head coach Eddie Jones will confirm the 31-man squad travelling to Argentina on Mond...	Harlequins centre Joe Marchant and Northampton prop Paul Hill have been ruled out of England's tour to Argentina in June through injury.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Leigh Griffiths' 35th goal of the season and a second from Callum McGregor put the visitors in command. But a Sean Welsh penalty for Thistle with six minutes left made for a nervier finish than anticipated. "It's never nice when you are hanging on like that bu...	Celtic forward Gary Mackay-Steven believes the Scottish Premiership title race will go "to the wire" after the champions beat Partick to stay on top.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Biggar, 27, was one of 12 Welsh players named in Warren Gatland's 41-man party for this summer's tour. The Osprey will compete with Ireland's Johnny Sexton and Owen Farrell of England for a Test starting spot at 10. "Realistically I've got a little bit of catc...	Fly-half Dan Biggar is targeting a Test start for the British and Irish Lions in New Zealand, despite saying he was "a little bit lucky" to make the squad.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Lucy Reis, 20, who was heading to her graduation ball, threw off her shoes and clambered across rocks in her ball gown to reach the youngster. The girl was unconscious and lying near a pool of water at St Andrews Castle when she found her on Saturday. Voluntar...	Coastguards have praised a student who ran to the aid of a girl who fell from rocks in St Andrews, Fife.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Media playback is not supported on this device Media reports suggested he had lost his job, but the club said the rumours were "inaccurate and without foundation". "They have made a statement. I'm not going to speak about it," said Pearson, whose side play at ...	Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson has refused to discuss speculation on Sunday night that he had been sacked.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The fire at M & R Commercials in Felinfach Industrial Estate, Fforestfach, started at about 06:00 BST on Monday. Residents are being told to keep doors and windows shut and to keep away from the immediate vicinity of the incident. Trains between Swansea and Ll...	About 70 firefighters are tackling a major blaze at a recycling unit in Swansea where 4,000 tyres, cylinders, waste and scrap vehicles are alight.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The men took the safe from the Jet garage at Bowburn at about 12:15 GMT, along with a silver Vauxhall Astra belonging to a woman working in the shop. Durham Police said the car and safe were found abandoned nearby. The robbers were wearing balaclavas and polic...	Four masked men have carried out a "terrifying" robbery at a petrol station close to Durham city.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The claim, brought by a group of Facebook users, alleges the platform's "ethnic affinity" option is racially biased. The option is there to enable marketers to exclude certain demographics and target others. Facebook said the lawsuit was "utterly without merit...	Facebook is facing legal action over alleged bias in its housing and employment ads.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: There are heated and varied opinions. Some argue forcefully that they have a heavy workload on weekdays so extending a full service to weekends is impossible. But there are others, in groups of practices which already provide weekend opening, who wonder what a...	Talk to a GP and it wont take long for the issue of seven-day services to come up.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The pair were flown to Bamako using European travel permits or "laissez-passer", not passports or other Malian papers, the government said. The government said it could not accept people "simply assumed to be Malian". Recent reports of a deal with the EU to re...	Mali has sent back two people who were deported from France on the same planes they arrived on, questioning whether they were even Malian citizens.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Tom and Julia Ebenezer found the black Citroen and a cactus outside their house in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion. A note asked them to look after the vehicle and plant, adding "I will bring present from China". Ms Ebenezer told BBC Radio Wales they could not move th...	A couple were left "flabbergasted" after a student dumped his car on their drive and went home to China for the summer.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The body was discovered in a woodland area by the Tesco Extra superstore and Ysbyty Gwynedd just after midday on Sunday. North Wales Police said the man had not yet been formally identified, but there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death. The...	A man's body has been found in woods near a supermarket in Bangor, police have said.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The search uncovered something else: a 6ft-long jungle python showing visible signs of addiction. It had apparently absorbed drug fumes and particles through its skin. Seven months later, the "very aggressive" snake has returned to normal behaviour under the c...	When Australian police raided a crystal methamphetamine lab last year, they may have been expecting to seize kilos of narcotics, drug-making equipment and piles of cash.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: A report by the CfBT Education Trust and the British Council highlights low uptakes of language GCSEs and A-levels as particular concerns. It found that language teachers felt attracting pupils to study languages after the age of 16 was a "challenge". The Depa...	Language teaching is facing a "difficult climate" in England's schools, researchers say.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: 1 March 2016 Last updated at 11:47 GMT Twenty-nine people, including a woman pregnant with twins, were killed in the Real IRA attack in the County Tyrone town. On Tuesday, the murder case against bricklayer Seamus Daly, from Jonesborough, County Armagh, collap...	The families of some of the people killed in the 1998 Omagh bomb have said they feel "let down" by the criminal justice system after the collapse of the latest murder case.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The Sikh place of worship is the largest in Scotland - and is thought to be one of the largest faith buildings of any kind in the country. There are 20,000 Sikhs in Scotland, most of them in the Glasgow area. Among those attending the official opening will be ...	Glasgow's Gurdwara will officially open its doors later, after 10 years of planning and a further six years of construction.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Assets were reportedly seized in just over 100 cases in Switzerland last year out of almost 30,000 asylum applications. The Swiss Refugee Council has criticised the practice as unworthy. But the government says the policy reflects the will of Swiss voters. The...	The Swiss government has defended its law requiring asylum seekers to hand over assets in excess of $1,000 (£700; €900) following international criticism of similar proposals in Denmark.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: They show he told the 1992 Kirkwood Inquiry into child abuse he had almost no dealings with Beck from 1976-86. But residents and staff of children's homes, a former police officer and a former council official have told the BBC the men were associates. Lord Ja...	Lord Janner misled an inquiry when asked about his contact with convicted child abuser Frank Beck, documents obtained by the BBC suggest.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Gallagher, 44, donated all proceeds from the sold-out concert at The Ritz to the victims of last week's Manchester Arena concert blast. The singer applauded as heartfelt cries of "stand up for the 22" rang out from the crowd in reference to those killed at the...	Liam Gallagher told a Manchester crowd that "normal business has resumed" before debuting his first solo material - and covering six Oasis classics - at an emotional hometown gig on Tuesday night.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The entertainer, 75, was interviewed under caution last year by detectives investigating a claim of a sex crime involving a young boy in the 1980s. He has never been arrested or charged. His spokesman said the allegations were "completely false" and the star h...	Singer Sir Cliff Richard has been re-interviewed by police investigating alleged sexual assaults, his spokesman has said.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The former Ireland number nine turns 39 on 13 December and if he did earn a new deal with Sale, he would be playing Premiership rugby at 40 next season. Stringer, who won 98 caps for his country, joined the Sharks last season after spells at Munster, Saracens,...	Sale Sharks scrum-half Peter Stringer has targeted playing at the top level past the age of 40.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Crawley were unable to trouble Orient in a poor first half, which saw them fail to produce a single shot. Gnanduillet gave Orient the lead before the break when he chested the ball and turned before volleying into the net. The former Chesterfield striker worke...	Armand Gnanduillet scored twice as Leyton Orient secured victory against Crawley Town to keep their promotion hopes alive.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The two bookmakers agreed to a merger in July, creating a Â£2.3bn betting group. They hope the deal will help to improve their management team and expand their online business. But Mr Desmond said the "real winners" were Coral Gala's shareholders. The business...	Irish businessmen Dermot Desmond has written to fellow shareholders in UK bookmaker Ladbrokes urging them to reject a proposed merger with rival Gala Coral calling it a "bad deal".
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: You'll be hearing versions of the Take That frontman's songs performed by Rita Ora, Paloma Faith and Jessie J on The Concept Album. So what is it about music stars wanting a slice of the action from screen or stage? American film producer Harvey Weinstein tell...	So Gary Barlow's soundtrack for musical Finding Neverland has already been reworked by a load of big-name singers.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The meeting, bringing together armed and political factions, aims to create a common position from which to negotiate with the government. The powerful Jaish al-Islam rebel group said it would attend the Saudi talks. World powers meeting in Vienna want formal ...	Syria's fragmented opposition is due to meet in Riyadh later in an attempt to unify ahead of possible peace talks.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The claim: The UK economy will not go into recession in the next few years. Reality Check verdict: The Bank of England thinks the UK will probably avoid a recession, although one is not all that unlikely, and its forecasts are based on the assumption the resul...	Bank of England governor Mark Carney found himself in a slightly odd position when announcing a range of stimulus measures for the UK economy on Thursday.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Paramedics from Dublin Fire Rescue and Emergency Ambulance Service helped to deliver the child who was born on the M50, near Ballymun, overnight. An ambulance and a fire engine were sent to junction 4 of the M50 at 03:30 local time on Sunday. The baby was born...	A woman has given birth to a baby girl on a motorway in County Dublin.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Graham Ovenden, from Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, abused children he produced paintings of, in the 1970s and 1980s. District judge Elizabeth Roscoe later ordered destruction of paintings and photos she judged to be indecent. Ovenden was jailed in 2013 after his susp...	A decision to destroy works of art by an internationally-renowned artist who abused children who sat for him has been criticised in the House of Lords.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Media playback is not supported on this device Yu Tamura's conversion of Amanaki Lotoahea's 76th-minute try almost earned Japan an historic draw in a thrilling international in Cardiff. Wales had led by 11 points in the second half after tries by Dan Lydiate, ...	Replacement fly-half Sam Davies saved Wales' blushes at the Principality Stadium with an 80th-minute drop-goal to beat battling Japan.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: It is one of the proposals in their Countryside Charter. The idea is to discourage people from owning second homes in beauty spots, so that people who want to live permanently and work in the area will not be priced out of the market. How much of an issue are ...	The Liberal Democrats are suggesting that councils should be allowed to double council tax on second homes.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Among the 450 MPs will be a former heavyweight boxer, a youthful prosecutor from Crimea and a man who has become notorious in the West for outspoken homophobia. And there are controversial figures, who have featured in major criminal cases in the West. Former ...	Russia's next parliament will be dominated by the ruling United Russia party and, as usual, will not be short of colourful personalities.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The management of Flicks restaurant at Cityside Mall on York Street have voluntarily closed the premises and are cooperating with the investigation. Eleven confirmed or suspected cases have been identified. Anyone who ate at the restaurant since 24 September a...	An E. Coli outbreak linked to a Belfast restaurant is being investigated by the Public Health Agency.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Rodney Holkham said he could not believe the tin was taken from the Harps Inn on the Isle of Sheppey over the Remembrance weekend. Rifleman Daniel Holkham, 19, died in an explosion in Sangin in March 2010. His family, from the island, set up the Dannyboy Trust...	The father of a Kent soldier killed in Afghanistan said the theft of a charity box collecting money in his son's memory was "despicable".
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Victor Nealon was living in Redditch, Worcestershire, when he was found guilty of attacking a woman and jailed for life. In December, his conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal after fresh DNA evidence came to light. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has tu...	A man who spent 17 years in jail after being wrongfully convicted of attempted rape has been denied compensation.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Facebook's founder, then 24, had come to London and gave an interview to the BBC. I hit him with a number of sceptical questions about the social network's business model, suggested "you better start worrying about earning some money pretty fast", and then tu...	When I heard about the move by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan to give away $45bn worth of Facebook shares to good causes, my mind went back to 2008.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Mary Hawgood, vice-chairwoman of The Journey trustees, said not enough people see it at its current position at Durham's Millennium Place. She said it should be moved to near Durham Cathedral. A spokesman for Durham County Council said the square was a key gat...	A £250,000 bronze sculpture in Durham city centre is hidden from tourists, according to its trustees.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: A quarry worker at Mepal, Cambridgeshire, found the remains on Monday. It is thought the head came from a site in Bedfordshire, 40 miles away. Cambridgeshire Police had previously said they were not currently connecting the discovery to any missing persons. Mo...	Tests on a severed human head found at a quarry in Cambridgeshire have failed to identify the gender but revealed the victim probably died before 2015.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: About 10 tonnes of the animal swill spilled onto the A354 near Winterborne Whitechurch, between Dorchester and Blandford, at about 00:30 BST, Dorset Police said. Specialist equipment was used to clear the "greasy" non-hazardous waste from the road, the force a...	Liquid pig feed spilled on to and closed a road after fermenting in a tanker in Dorset.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: It said Donald Trump Jr and the lawyer had mostly discussed the adoption of Russian children in June 2016. Mr Trump Jr later revealed he had agreed to meet her after being told he could receive damaging material on Hillary Clinton. President Trump has repeated...	President Donald Trump personally dictated the statement his son gave on his talks with a Russian lawyer during the election campaign, US media report.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: A video appearing to show the punishment has been posted online. The 30-second clip shows a woman in a hole in the ground surrounded by turbaned men who hurl stones at her. Her fiance was lashed. The woman, named as Rokhshana and aged between 19 and 21, can be...	A young woman has been stoned to death in central Afghanistan after being accused of adultery, officials say.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: In Athens on a leg of his final world tour, Mr Obama vowed that his team would "do everything we can to support the smoothest transition possible" to the new presidency. He said democracy "depends on peaceful transition of power especially when you don't get t...	US President Barack Obama has admitted he and Donald Trump "could not be more different" but said American democracy was "bigger than any one person".
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The woman left home at about 11:30 BST for a walk before Christmas lunch when she was pushed to the ground by a man in Meyrick Park Crescent, Bournemouth. He wrenched her handbag from her grasp and left her lying on the pavement. Passers-by found the woman, wh...	An 83-year-old woman was mugged for £20 in a "callous and violent attack" as she went for a walk on Christmas Day morning, police have said.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Ms Park, the daughter of former dictator Park Chung-hee, defeated her liberal rival Moon Jae-in. She will be South Korea's first female leader. Votes are still being counted, but Mr Moon has admitted defeat. Turnout was high in a poll dominated by economic and...	South Korea's President-elect, Park Geun-hye, has said her victory will help the country's economy recover.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The regulator said Vodafone had misled pay-as-you-go customers, charging them for top-up credit but "providing nothing in return". It also found Vodafone had broken the rules on handling customer complaints. Vodafone offered its "profound apologies" and said i...	Regulator Ofcom has fined Vodafone £4.6m for "serious" breaches of consumer protection rules, its largest fine to date for a telecoms operator.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Media playback is unsupported on your device 28 August 2015 Last updated at 15:29 BST The storm caused powerful winds and major flooding which destroyed large parts of the city. Thousands of people lost their homes, and more than 1,800 were killed. US Presiden...	Events are being held across America to mark ten years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The 29-year-old has made 20 Premiership appearances for the Cherry and Whites. The former Crusaders player, who moved to Gloucester from the Super Rugby franchise in 2015, joins team-mates Henry Purdy and Billy Burns in agreeing new deals at Gloucester since T...	Gloucester's New Zealand-born scrum-half Willi Heinz has signed a new, extended contract with the club.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Officers were called to Egremont Promenade, Wallasey, shortly before 14:00 GMT on Friday after the body was spotted close to the shore. Police are appealing for help in identifying the man, thought to be in his mid to late 50s. He was described by police as wh...	The death of a man whose body was recovered from the River Mersey is being treated as "unexplained" by police.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Hull City Council said plans to renovate Hull New Theatre would not be affected by its failure to secure support from the Arts Council. The council wants to increase the venue's capacity and improve backstage facilities in time for Hull's City of Culture year ...	An £11.7m theatre refurbishment project will go ahead despite a £5m funding bid being rejected.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Five players born in South Africa lined up for Glamorgan in their season-opening defeat by Northamptonshire. "Everyone's entitled to their own opinions for me personally I know my role here," said Ingram. "I'm really keen on that and that is to come and develo...	Glamorgan's South African batsman Colin Ingram defended his side after Worcestershire coach Steve Rhodes criticised the influx of overseas-born players at the Welsh county.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Madine, 24, who spent three months on loan with the Sky Blues in 2009, was last October for assaulting two fans in separate Sheffield nightclub incidents. But, following his early release in February, he finished the season on loan at Carlisle United, scoring...	Coventry City have re-signed Sheffield Wednesday striker Gary Madine on an initial month's loan.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Jackie McNamara, 41, has been relieved of his duties at Tannadice after a poor start to the season. And former Motherwell and Rangers boss McCall, 51, was asked on BBC Scotland's Sportscene if he would be applying for the vacancy. "I'm solely focused on the Sc...	Stuart McCall has distanced himself from the Dundee United manager's job, insisting he is concentrating on his Scotland assistant coach role.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The proposals have been condemned by the UN refugee agency and human rights groups. They say they go against international rules on refugees. Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen has called the plan the "most misunderstood bill in Denmark's history". The bill i...	Plans to seize the assets of asylum seekers are among controversial new measures on immigration being debated by MPs in Denmark.

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