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Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The 47-year-old US singer was treated for breast cancer in 2003 and underwent a double mastectomy when the disease returned in 2013. She said she wanted to "give as much as I can back to the women and to a cure" and to "make a difference". She is among the 15 ...
Pop star Anastacia is to donate her fee from Strictly Come Dancing to a breast cancer charity, she has revealed.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Kadeem Harris' curling shot gave the hosts an early lead before Junior Hoilett seized on a poor back-pass to put the Bluebirds 2-0 up at half-time. Neil Warnock's side cut loose at that point, with Craig Noone's volley and an emphatic finish from Kenneth Zohor...
Cardiff City romped to a third successive win as they thrashed Championship bottom side Rotherham.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) confirmed the Grade II listed prison, shut in 2013, would be made available as a venue in the town's 2016 Year of Culture events. The Year of Culture initiative is aimed at uniting the town's arts groups and making it a cultural d...
Reading's disused prison is set to be used as an arts venue.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: A referendum will be held on 5 May on adding about £25 a year to the bill of the average band D property in Devon and Cornwall. Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Tony Hogg said a 15% the rise could save 350 officers. It came as the government said changes to...
Police bosses claim a rise in council tax would save hundreds of officer posts as it faces budget cuts.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: A fatal accident inquiry into the tragedy has heard claims that driver Harry Clarke, 58, lied to doctors about his medical history. The Crown Office said before the inquiry began that no criminal charges would be brought. In a statement released through their ...
Relatives of one of the Glasgow bin lorry crash victims have called for the driver involved to be prosecuted.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Students wait outside the closed gates to find out where they have been reassigned, their alma mater now designated a "terrorist institution". Fatih is one of 15 universities closed down since 15 July for having links to Fethullah Gulen, the cleric who the gov...
They are just visible on the white stone entrance: the outlines of letters that once spelled out "Fatih University", removed after the attempted coup.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: World number 84 Edmund, 21, defeated two seeds to reach the last 16 of a Grand Slam for the first time. But the Briton was outclassed from the start by defending champion Djokovic. Edmund's defeat means Andy Murray is the last Briton left in the singles, while...
Kyle Edmund's run at the US Open came to an end as world number one Novak Djokovic showed he is back to his best with a 6-2 6-1 6-4 fourth-round win.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The FIA has published a "call for expressions of interest" for suppliers of an alternative engine from 2017-19. It is a 2.2-litre V6 twin turbo, with no energy recovery system. It would compete against 1.5-litre V6 turbo hybrids under an equivalency formula. T...
Formula 1's governing body has made the latest move in a battle for power, control and influence in the sport.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Andrew Moran, 31, from Salford, Greater Manchester, was arrested at a luxury villa in Alicante last week. He was convicted of armed robbery in his absence after fleeing a Burnley court in 2009. He faces investigation over drugs and weapons found at his house, ...
The extradition of one of Britain's most wanted fugitives has been delayed by an investigation into separate charges by Spanish police.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The government also said it was "concerned" by the increase, while a former boss of Npower called the rise "shocking". The company will raise standard tariff electricity prices by 15% from 16 March, and gas prices by 4.8%. A typical dual fuel annual bill will ...
Energy regulator Ofgem has said Npower must "justify" to its customers why it is introducing one of the largest energy price rises for years.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Portsmouth took the lead when Vladimir Gadzhev brought down Kyle Bennett and Curtis Main scored from the spot. Ryan Haynes volleyed in to level and, with eight minutes remaining, Gadzhev scored from close range and that looked to be enough for a Sky Blues vict...
Andy Rose netted in the second period of extra time to hand Coventry victory over Portsmouth in the EFL Cup.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The 25-year-old, from North Ormesby, was shaping metal when a part from the press fell on his foot on 17 March. Teesside Magistrates' Court heard that SM Thompson Limited, of Middlesbrough, had allowed dangerous lifting practices to go unchecked over 10 years....
A Teesside steel firm has been fined after a worker was crushed by a press and had to have three toes amputated.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The Saints have confirmed that an agreement is in place for the transfer. Schneiderlin now looks set to join Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger on United's pre-season tour of the United States. United have already signed PSV forward Memphis Depay ...
Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin is having a medical ahead of a proposed move to Manchester United in a deal worth in excess of £25m.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Many growers blame the weak pound which has reduced their workers' earning power, as well as uncertainty over Brexit, according to a BBC survey. About 80,000 seasonal workers a year pick and process British fruit and veg. Most of them are from the European Uni...
UK summer fruit and salad growers are having difficulty recruiting pickers, with more than half saying they don't know if they will have enough migrant workers to harvest their crops.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The King Rat snake was reported as lost from Main Street in Sandhead near Stranraer on Monday. It is described as being about 5ft 6in long and is black with yellow bands about every three inches along its body. The snake is not classed as venomous and poses "n...
Police have asked the public to contact them if they spot a snake which has escaped from a house in the south west of Scotland.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The track sold 117,000 copies, some 40,000 more than its closest rival, Avicii's Wake Me Up, according to the Official Charts Company. Lady Gaga's Applause was the second highest new entry at five. It was released midweek after leaking online. Last week's numb...
Singer Ellie Goulding has achieved her first UK number one single with her song, Burn.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Media playback is not supported on this device The outgoing chairman believes its role could be taken on by Britain's Olympic and Paralympic organisations. A similar system, where sport governing bodies handle funding, is in place in the United States, Germany...
The country's sporting bodies could receive more money if funding organisation UK Sport was abolished, UK Athletics boss Ed Warner says.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Pegasus dominated their game against Pembroke Wanderers but had to settle for a 1-1 draw. Jill Ringwood gave Pembroke an early lead but Michelle Harvey equalised. Ulster Elks, Belfast Harlequins and Ards were all beaten as Hermes-Monkstown remained two points ...
Ulster's four clubs in the women's Irish Hockey League endured a disappointing Saturday, with Pegasus the only side not to lose.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Media playback is not supported on this device Lina Magull hit the bar for Germany before Anja Mittag scored the winner just before half-time with a fine finish from 12 yards. England threatened an equaliser after the break with Jordan Nobbs and Demi Stokes go...
England rounded off their SheBelieves Cup campaign with a narrow defeat at the hands of European and Olympic champions Germany in Washington.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The winner came when his punch looped up and towards the line, although it looked like Boro defender Daniel Ayala might have got the final touch. It was harsh on Brentford, who saw Alan Judge and Maxime Colin denied by fine Dimi Konstantopoulos goalkeeping. Bu...
Middlesbrough extended their lead at the top of the Championship with victory following an error from Brentford goalkeeper David Button.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The attack took place in Bar Square around midnight on 20 May 2015. The man in the CCTV images is described as white, with a local accent, aged between 25 and 35, 5ft 10in tall with a medium build and fair/brown hair. At the time of the attack he was wearing a...
Police investigating a serious assault in a bar in Glasgow's Merchant City area have released CCTV images of a man they want to trace.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: A Twitter post showing a sign outside the Scottish bar went viral after the author seemingly gave up attempting to spell "Monchengladbach" - instead opting for "A German Team". Gladbach saw the funny side, changing their own English account's Twitter handle to...
It began with a joke, but now Borussia Monchengladbach seem to have fully embraced a new title given to them by a pub in Glasgow.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The former Chelsea CEO replaces Nigel Howe, who moves to the role of vice-chairman of the Championship club. Gourlay, 54, succeeded Peter Kenyon at Chelsea and was also previously a senior director at Manchester United. "I'm delighted to take up this new posit...
Reading have appointed Ron Gourlay as their new chief executive.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: We have heard how the system has reached various levels of crisis from "tipping point" and "breaking point" to "on the brink of collapse". But is it really that bad? And if so, what can we expect in 2017? Firstly, let's put these predictions in context. Perhap...
The past few months - if not the whole year - have seen a constant stream of warnings about impending Armageddon in the health service.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Isle of Man resident John Rhys-Davies, 71, said the referendum was "one of the most important [and] constitutionally significant events in recent times". He said he was "amazed no-one had raised the issue before" with the United Kingdom government. The Welsh a...
A Lord of the Rings star has launched a petition demanding the right to vote in the European Union referendum for those living in British Crown Dependencies.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Mario Monti said the government could not guarantee to finance the cost of the staging the event, estimated at $12.5bn (£8bn; 9.5bn euros). The decision comes a day before the deadline for cities to submit bids. Doha, Istanbul, Tokyo, Madrid and Baku are bidd...
Rome's bid to host the 2020 Olympics has been scrapped after the prime minister said it would be "irresponsible" given the country's economic plight.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The legal annual mean limit is 40 micrograms of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) per cubic metre of air (µg/m3). ClientEarth, a group of environmental lawyers, is planning High Court action against the government over illegally high readings. The government said it su...
Illegally-high levels of nitrogen dioxide were recorded at more than 250 sites in the east of England, it has emerged.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The men carried sticks and wore small gas masks around their necks. Some leaned back against the sandbags. Beyond the barricade, I could just make out the heads of a group of men standing for pre-dawn prayers. No-one appeared to want to leave. My colleagues an...
At four o'clock in the morning, at one of the entrances to the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque encampment, a dozen guards stood behind a row of sandbags.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Bola, 19, signed a professional deal with the Gunners in April after playing regularly for their under-21 side. Midfielder Grant, 22, has played 17 league games for Forest since joining the Championship club in 2013. Clackstone, 20, can play at right-back or c...
Notts County have completed the loan signings of Arsenal defender Marc Bola, Nottingham Forest's Jorge Grant and Hull defender Josh Clackstone.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The collision happened shortly before 18:45 BST on Saturday in London Road. Kent Police said a car - believed to be a black Vauxhall Astra - hit the man but failed to stop. It was later found abandoned in Grange Road. The man suffered serious injuries and was ...
A 56-year-old man is in a critical condition in hospital following a hit-and-run in Gravesend.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The Queen and Prime Minister David Cameron joined the silence, along with the families of the dead. Tourists and Tunisians gathered at the scene of the attack in Sousse, where they linked arms to observe the pause. Inquests into the deaths of the Britons are u...
A minute's silence has been held across the UK to remember the 38 people - including 30 Britons - killed in the Tunisia beach attack a week ago.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: I went to some great locations and spent time with some amazing people and had a blast, doing a lot of sport and keeping myself busy in beautiful surroundings. Media playback is not supported on this device I spent a few days at my house in Colorado, went to t...
I come back to racing at the Belgian Grand Prix this weekend feeling great after probably the best summer break of my Formula 1 career.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The two goals came either side of the break from Jordan Chapell and James Alabi, who had earlier missed a penalty. Alabi, who scored four times in 8-2 home win in this same fixture last season, hit the left upright with his spot-kick after being crudely felled...
Chester stretched their unbeaten National League run to seven games as they eventually saw off Aldershot.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The cable will have capacity to carry up to 1,200MW of electricity generated by renewable energy projects in the north of Scotland. In March another ship, the Siem Ruby, used a subsea boulder clearance plough to create a trench in the Moray Firth. NKT Victoria...
A ship has arrived at Aberdeen from Sweden to lay more than 70 miles (113km) of high voltage subsea cables from Caithness to the Moray.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Sources say opponents of Abdulla Yameen in the tiny island nation are looking to move against him within weeks. His spokesman told the BBC they knew of claims of an attempt to "overthrow" the government, describing it as a "clear breach of international norms...
A move to oust the president of the Maldives is being planned, the BBC has learned.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Huw Jenkins, 54, of Tonmawr, died following the incident on the A7 near Galashiels, last May. Alastair Brearley, 67, told the hearing at Selkirk Sheriff Court how an HGV went into the back of a tractor and trailer being driven by Mr Jenkins. He said the front ...
An inquiry has heard evidence from a driver who witnessed a crash which claimed the life of a man from south Wales working on the Borders Railway.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Murtagh, 35, has reached agreement on a two-year addition to his existing deal. "I've been extremely proud to represent Middlesex for the last decade," said Lambeth-born Murtagh. "To have seen the side develop and grow to the point where we became county champ...
Ireland seamer Tim Murtagh has extended his contract with county champions Middlesex, tying him to Lord's until at least 2018.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Mohammed Uddin, from Barking in east London, travelled to Syria in November 2014 but was detained for not having any travel documents when he returned to Turkey on 12 December. The 29-year-old was stopped by counter terrorism officers when he arrived at Gatwic...
A man who travelled to Syria to fight with the so-called Islamic State has been jailed for seven years.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Nevertheless, this latest incident, which saw him dropped for the Champions Trophy match against New Zealand after allegedly attacking England batsman Joe Root in a bar, shows he needs to change his ways. Anyone who has followed Warner's career will see a stor...
David Warner is a loose cannon for Australia, but he is still a potential match-winner.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Many games on the iOS platform are free to download but offer game add-ons, some of which cost nearly £70. The group said it was too easy for children to run up big bills without "authorisation of their parents". Apple had called for the case to be dismissed, ...
Apple is being sued by parents who claim the iPhone-maker is unfairly profiting from in-app payments in games aimed at children.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Monica Thompson says nurses were negligent in allowing her to breastfeed her four-day-old baby, Jacob, while sedated and without supervision. According to the lawsuit, nurses brought Mrs Thompson's son to her ward bed at around 03:00 on 6 August 2012. After dr...
A US mother who accidentally smothered her newborn son as she slept is suing the hospital where his death occurred for $8.6m (£6.6m).
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Kimberly Adie, 27, says staff at a Winnipeg nail salon turned her away because of her size. She and her fiancé had gone to get a weekend pedicure together on a whim. This is not the first time a nail salon in North America has made headlines for the way overwe...
A Canadian woman who says she was denied a pedicure because of her weight says she went public about it because "everyone deserves pampering".
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The bridge over the River Cerne in Charminster, which has listed status by English Heritage, becomes backed up with water during heavy rainfall. St Mary the Virgin church flooded with over 1ft (30cm) of water on Saturday. West Dorset MP, Oliver Letwin, said: "...
An MP is calling for a bridge regarded as the cause of flooding to a Grade I-listed church in Dorset to be removed.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: After a goalless first half, debutant defender Corina Schroder slotted the hosts ahead after a spell of pressure. Schroder then brought down Liverpool's Rosie White in the area and Katie Zelem levelled from the penalty spot. But Kerys Harrop restored the Blues...
Birmingham City moved above Liverpool into fourth in Women's Super League One with a 2-1 home win over the Reds.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: A committee led by Peter Field, the Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex, has been set up to organise a series of events in Battle, near Hastings. It is hoped a senior member of the royal family will help mark the anniversary of the battle which led to the conquest ...
Plans are under way to mark the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 2016.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Captain Amla finally departed for 201, while Bavuma made an unbeaten 102 as the Proteas declared on 627-7, two short of England's first-innings total. Faf du Plessis hit 86, while Chris Morris contributed 69 after the hosts lost three wickets for 10 runs. Engl...
A double hundred from Hashim Amla and Temba Bavuma's maiden Test century saw South Africa continue to frustrate England in Cape Town.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Reds head coach Dermot Drummy knows the former Ghana Under-20 international from his spell as a coach in the Premier League club's youth set-up. Defender Pappoe, 22, played for Hemel Hempstead Town in National League South last season. He is eligible to make h...
League Two side Crawley Town have signed former Chelsea youngster Danny Pappoe on non-contract terms.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: It will be known as the bet365 Stadium from August after the club agreed a naming rights deal with the betting firm, who own the club. Capacity will rise to more than 30,000 with the filling in of the corner between the DPD and Marston's Pedigree Stands, creat...
Stoke City Football Club have announced they are to rename and expand the Britannia Stadium.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: He has pledged to end the culture of privilege in Indian politics, and used public transport to reach the ceremony. Mr Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), or Common Man's party, won 28 of the 70 assembly seats and was able to form a government with Congress part...
Arvind Kejriwal, the leader of a new anti-corruption party in India, has been sworn in as Delhi's chief minister at the city's Ramlila Ground.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Michael Coyle, whose address was given as care of The Simon Community in Ballymena, was sentenced on Tuesday. He admitted pulling a knife from his pocket on Christmas day and shouting at a driver in Nippy Taxis office: "I will slash you" and "I will behead you...
A 34-year-old man who threatened to "slash and behead" a Londonderry taxi driver after shouting he was "just like Isis" has been jailed for 14 months.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Media playback is not supported on this device The Scot, 34, finished last with a time of 109.00 after an early mistake. Gargaud Chanut won France's second gold of the Games with 94.17, while Slovak Matej Benus took silver and Japan's Takuya Haneda got the bro...
France's Denis Gargaud Chanut won Olympic gold in the men's canoe slalom as Great Britain's David Florence finished 10th in Rio.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Max Gradel slotted the home side in front after a cross was palmed into his path but Modou Barrow cut in from the right and curled in a shot to equalise. Joshua King drilled in a strike to restore Bournemouth's lead, only for Gylfi Sigurdsson to fire in and le...
Bournemouth secured a third successive league win with a dramatic victory over Swansea which moved them 13 points clear of the relegation zone.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The proposed Bill came top in a poll of voters - across the UK and within his constituency - from a shortlist of six. Mr Bryant said: "I will be urging every single MP to turn up to vote for this bill to protect the protectors - it's the least they deserve." H...
Rhondda Labour MP Chris Bryant will introduce a proposed new law to crack down on attacks on emergency workers doing their job.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The review will examine whether the law gives enough support to officers making a "split-second" decision to shoot. It follows concerns from senior police that firearms officers do not have the necessary legal or political backing to work with confidence. Labo...
The prime minister has ordered a review of the use of guns by police in England and Wales following the Paris attacks, the BBC understands.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Her ex-boyfriend Simeon Carr-Minns, known then as Jim, asked Pte Cheryl James if she was seeing someone else two days before she died. She was found dead with a bullet wound to the head on 27 November 1995. The 18-year-old from Llangollen, Denbighshire, was on...
A recruit who died at Deepcut had split with one boyfriend and was seeing another soldier in a love triangle at the Surrey base, an inquest has heard.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Roy Hodgson's side are one of the top seeds, while the other three are among six nations in the pot of bottom seeds. There will be six groups of four teams for next summer's finals in France. The winners and runners-up in each group will qualify for the knocko...
England will have a 50-50 chance of being drawn against Wales, Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland in the Euro 2016 draw on 12 December.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Having seen Leicester beat Sunderland earlier, Tottenham scored three goals in six second-half minutes to stay seven points behind the Foxes. Dele Alli slotted in from inside the area and Toby Alderweireld headed home, before Erik Lamela's sweet strike. Anthon...
Tottenham maintained their Premier League title challenge with a thumping victory over Manchester United.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Constable Kerr, 25, was killed by a booby-trap car bomb in Omagh on 2 April 2011. The attack was carried out by dissident republicans. A 27-year-old man has been arrested in Omagh and a 40-year-old man was brought into police custody from prison. They are bein...
Police investigating the murder of Constable Ronan Kerr six years ago have arrested two men.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Footage shows Thomas Birkbeck, 31, swerving in and out of traffic and hitting several vehicles after failing to stop on the A1 near Catterick. His Audi was eventually stopped by police near Boston Spa. Birkbeck, of Silverdales, Dinnington, Rotherham, admitted ...
A man caught driving at speeds of up to 150mph with a three-year-old girl in his car during a police chase has been jailed for two years and eight months.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Edwina Hart said construction work on the Newtown Bypass will create 90 jobs and apprenticeships. The four-mile (6.5 km) bypass will run from Llanidloes Road, to the west of the town, to Pool Road in the east. Ms Hart said a contract had been awarded to Alun G...
Work on a £53m road aimed at easing congestion around a Powys town will start in March, the transport minister has announced.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Sixty-seven people have been killed in protest-related violence in Venezuela since mass anti-government protests started on 1 April. The Peruvian president said there was "no democracy" in Venezuela. Mr Kuczynski also called on the Venezuelan government to all...
Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has called on the international community to take action to avoid "a blood bath" in Venezuela.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Williams, 35, said she will also miss the Miami Open later this month. The American, who won an Open era record 23rd Grand Slam at the Australian Open earlier this year, said: "I have not been able to train due to my knees." She added she would return "as soon...
World number one Serena Williams says a knee injury has forced her to pull out of this week's BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Newcastle reclaimed top spot in the Championship courtesy of Brighton's slip at Preston while strugglers Rotherham and Wigan earned vital wins against Norwich and Burton respectively. A much-travelled striker also went bonkers in 20 first-half minutes to end h...
Last weekend's FA Cup third round may have created a shortened fixture list in the EFL, but it returned with a full programme across the three divisions on Saturday.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Concerns that the virus could cut a deadly swathe through the country has mobilised officials to launch a national immunisation campaign that would embrace all children up to 10 years old. The threat has also mobilised international organizations, as well as B...
Health officials in Ukraine are gripped by fears of a major polio outbreak, after it was announced this month that the disease had paralysed two children in the south-western region of Trans-Carpathia.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Current leader Mike Nesbitt announced the party's decision in Thursday's first sitting of the new assembly. Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness said the step was "an act of desperation" that went against Lord Trimble's approach. But Lord Trimble said he saw "leaders...
An Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) move to form the Northern Ireland Assembly's first ever opposition is a "sign of confidence", its former leader David Trimble has said.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The holiday was booked for Hammam Sousse, where 38 people - most of them British - were murdered a week ago. Remarkably, they thought it wouldn't be fair on the Tunisians not to go. "I immediately looked on Google Maps where our hotel was and realised it was r...
Glynis and Dave Clark, 60 and 58 respectively, did wonder whether to cancel their holiday or change their destination.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The prime minister blamed "appalling human traffickers" for the deaths of up to 700 migrants off the coast of Libya on Sunday. Mr Cameron said a "comprehensive" approach was needed to tackle the problem. He will attend an emergency summit of European leaders o...
David Cameron has described the boat disaster in the Mediterranean as a "dark day" for Europe.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The tycoon told the BBC he would probably join a club for party donors called the Leader's Group. This club requires an annual membership fee of £50,000. Lord Ashcroft - also a former party treasurer - donated millions of pounds to the Conservatives, often tar...
Ex-Conservative Party deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft says he will start donating to the party again.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The US president said meeting Enrique Pena Nieto would be "fruitless" if Mexico didn't treat the US "with respect" and pay for a new border wall. The diplomatic spat comes a day after Mr Trump unveiled his plan to build a barrier along the Mexico-US border. Se...
Donald Trump has hit out at Mexico after its president cancelled next week's visit to the White House.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Hamilton was beaten into second place in the Bahrain Grand Prix as Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel took his second win in three races this season. He said: "They are strong in race trim and we particularly struggle with the rear end. It's difficult to explain. "The...
Lewis Hamilton said his Mercedes team need to improve if they are to beat Ferrari in their developing fight for the Formula 1 title.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: His proposals will be published in a letter to European Council president Donald Tusk in early November. Earlier EU Parliament president Martin Schulz called for "clarity" while German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Britain needed to "clarify the substance" of ...
David Cameron says he will set out his EU reform demands within weeks and pledged to "quicken the pace" of talks.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The incident happened at the junction of the Ballyrobert Road at about 02:15 on Monday. No other vehicle was involved in the incident and police are appealing for witnesses. The A2 Belfast-Bangor road remained closed until midday causing considerable traffic d...
A man has died following an overnight crash on the main road between Belfast and Bangor.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The Lib Dems have put a second EU referendum at the heart of their manifesto, saying it would "give the final say to the British people". They have also proposed legalising and taxing cannabis across the UK. Scottish Lib Dem candidate Jo Swinson said the party...
Only the Liberal Democrats can keep Scotland inside both the UK and EU, the party has claimed as it launched its general election manifesto.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Northampton-born Henry George Gawthorn was one of the artists who created the five posters to promote East Anglia's seaside resorts. The artworks, produced between 1923 and 1947, were sold at Swann Galleries. The highest amount paid was £3,459 for a 1933 Londo...
A collection of vintage railway posters fetched £13,207 when they were auctioned in New York.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Several students at Hartpury College, in Gloucestershire, were suspended last week after posting a film of themselves killing an injured fox cub. But the college said the expelled student "was told to leave" because of an "earlier incident involving the death ...
A college student has been expelled after posting images of a dead animal on social media.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Leonard "Chip" Hawkes, 70, and Richard Westwood, 73, were due to stand trial next year over allegations they assaulted the teenager in a hotel room in Chester in April 1968. However, a judge at Reading Crown Court ordered both men be found not guilty. Prosecut...
Two former members of the 1960s' pop group The Tremeloes have been acquitted of indecently assaulting a 15-year-old girl after a gig almost 50 years ago.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The Argus reported the remarks made by Lewes councillor Donna Edmunds. She posted her views after being asked whether she supported Henley-on-Thames UKIP councillor David Silvester, who said the government's support for gay marriage had caused the recent flood...
A UKIP councillor has said businesses should be able to refuse services to women and gay people, in comments posted on an internet forum.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: It is a verdict endorsed by many relatives of those who were killed in Britain's worst ever terrorist atrocity. For them Megrahi will always be the Lockerbie bomber, the man who killed 270 people by blowing up a jumbo jet above a small town in southern Scotlan...
In the eyes of the law, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi dies a mass murderer.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Pat McCann put Sligo ahead on the stroke of half time before second-half goals from Aaron McEneff and Barry McNamee clinched a merited home win. It was the third game in a row that Derry came from behind to win. The Candystripes received another boost on Frida...
Derry City secured a third-placed league finish with a 2-1 victory against Sligo Rovers at the Brandywell.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: It has reduced its figure to 3.1% from the 3.3% it predicted in July. The 2016 forecast is down to 3.6% from 3.8%. "A return to robust and synchronized global expansion remains elusive," the IMF says. The report also warns that the risks of an outcome worse th...
The International Monetary Fund has downgraded its forecast for global economic growth this year.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The Seagulls turned down several bids from Premier League side Burnley for the 27-year-old this summer. Stephens posted on Twitter he had been "reluctant" to submit a transfer request but wanted an opportunity to play in the top flight. The ex-Charlton man is ...
Brighton midfielder Dale Stephens says he will honour his contract, despite having a transfer request rejected by the Championship club on deadline day.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Britt Assombalonga put the hosts ahead by coolly rounding Alex Smithies after midfielder Karl Henry had been sent off for two early bookings. Hildeberto Pereira's third red card of the season - also after two yellows - gave Rangers fresh hope. And with time ru...
Substitute Idrissa Sylla snatched a late draw for QPR at Nottingham Forest as both sides ended with 10 men.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Media playback is not supported on this device They play lacrosse. A sport that has origins from a game played by Native Americans, has about 20,500 registered senior players in England, 350 clubs, 222 university teams and is enjoyed by more than 160,000 stude...
A "living legend", two American hotshots and a doctor who volunteers on a lifeboat - meet the England World Cup contenders you probably have not heard of.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: "If seeing is believing, I couldn't believe the condition of the camp," says Rabbi Harry Jacobi, 90, as he meets some of the 400 children who call the Jungle home. "This is not a concentration camp... yet I feel so furious. I am ashamed with the whole of Europ...
Surviving members of the "Kindertransport" that brought 10,000 refugees to the UK on the eve of World War Two have visited the infamous Calais Jungle to meet lone children seeking asylum in the UK.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: HM chief inspector of probation, Dame Glenys Stacey, highlighted large caseloads in a report on Staffordshire. The Reducing Reoffending Partnership, which owns the area's Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC), said probation experts "work hard". The Ministry ...
Probation officers are supervising up to 80 offenders at any one time - leaving the public at greater risk, a watchdog has warned.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The Republican is widely expected to recruit from a select cadre of loyalists as he assembles his cabinet-in-waiting. Two posts have already been hired, with a series of executive branch appointments to follow in the coming weeks. As well as his top team, the ...
US-President-elect Donald Trump's team is taking shape as he prepares to move into the White House.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: In March, the Isle of Portland Aldridge Community Academy's (IPACA) accounts revealed it had taken government loans of more than £500,000. The Department for Education (DfE) said at the time it was "a going concern". Dorset County Council, the academy's co-sp...
A school has been issued with a government warning over its finances, shortly after two of its board members resigned, the BBC has learned.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The 24-year-old Australian Open semi-finalist was trailing 6-4 2-1 in her first-round match against Caroline Garcia of France, the world number 51. Fit-again Briton Laura Robson suffered a 6-4 6-2 first-round defeat by fourth seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus....
British number one Johanna Konta retired from the Madrid Open with an upper respiratory illness.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The lexicographer selected surreal - which means "unbelievable, fantastic" - after spikes in searches following terrorist attacks and the US election. The attacks in Brussels, the Bastille Day massacre in Nice and the attempted coup in Turkey all saw an increa...
Dictionary Merriam-Webster has named "surreal" as its word of the year.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Centre Alex Dunbar, hooker Fraser Brown and back-row forwards John Barclay and John Hardie all suffered knocks in Sunday's bruising 22-16 loss to France. Captain Greig Laidlaw has returned to his club, Gloucester, for treatment on an ankle injury. Number eight...
Four Scotland players will have head injuries assessed before their Six Nations match against Wales at Murrayfield on 25 February.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Media playback is not supported on this device After over a year of searching for a new home - following last January's decision to end their groundshare with Harlequins - there was a real possibility the club's 34-season history would come to an end. "We were...
In early December, London Broncos were on the brink of administration, homeless and had seen 16 senior players leave the club.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Liz Truss said the growth of the prison population is down to more criminals serving time for violence and sex crimes. She argued for early intervention and better reforming inside prisons, but not shorter sentences. Her speech comes as secret filming for the ...
Prison numbers cannot be cut with "dangerous quick fix" solutions, the justice secretary has said.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Greener Journeys, which aims to promote bus and coach use, looked at the impact of congestion on bus travel in the UK. It concluded that bus speeds in Glasgow were falling faster than anywhere else in the UK and services could be threatened if the trend contin...
Congestion in Glasgow is behind an increase in bus journey times and an "alarming" drop in passenger numbers, a transport campaign group is warning.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: A vet in Mexico forced large dogs to swallow drug packages before they were flown into Milan, police say. On arrival, they were killed and dismembered to retrieve the cocaine in a case which has outraged animal rights activists. The Ecuadorean, Peruvian and Sa...
An Italian judge has ordered 49 suspected Latin American gang members to stand trial for allegedly using dogs to smuggle cocaine into the country.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Wales' largest mass participation race takes place around the capital's streets on Sunday, 1 October. A spokesman for organiser Run4Wales said the number of entrants breaks last year's record of 22,000 runners. Since its inception in 2003, it has become the UK...
The Cardiff Half Marathon is a 25,000 sell-out for the first time, organisers have confirmed.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The NUJ wants assurances from Trinity Mirror, which runs Wales Online and the Daily Post, that it is not dumbing down into "celebrity-focused 'click bait". The Connected Newsroom strategy will include the targets from January. The group said concerns were unfo...
Individual website "click" targets for reporters at Wales' main media group could encourage them to sensationalise the news, a union has warned.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: 2 January 2016 Last updated at 01:16 GMT Romy Paris' device ingests small capsules with different functions - for example hydration, UV filtration and anti-ageing - and mixes them into a bespoke serum. BBC technology reporter Chris Foxx met the cosmetics compa...
A machine that can mix a custom-made moisturising cream to suit an individual's needs will be shown later this week at the CES tech show in Las Vegas.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Another 21 people were injured when the K-152 Nerpa's fire extinguishing system was activated, releasing a deadly gas. Captain Dmitry Lavrentyev and engineer Dmitry Grobov are accused of causing "death by negligence". They were acquitted last year, but the ver...
A retrial has begun in the eastern Russian city of Vladivostok of two men accused of causing an accident on a nuclear submarine in which 20 people died in 2008.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: When you are already Champions League and La Liga holders, not to mention World Club champions, there would not appear to be too many goals left to achieve. But the Spanish giants have realised that, in the modern sporting world, sustained success does not onl...
When Real Madrid take on Manchester United in the Uefa Super Cup final on Tuesday night, they will be playing not only for more silverware, but to add even more supporters to their near 500 million-strong global fanbase.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: 17 April 2016 Last updated at 13:57 BST The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or Beam for short, began connecting to the station's Tranquillity module at 10.30am (UK time) on Saturday. It took about four hours for Nasa astronauts to complete the installation...
The first inflatable space home has been attached to the International Space Station.