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In May 2013 police revealed an investigation had begun into alleged abuse at the St Francis Boys Home in Shefford, in the 1950s and 1960s.
Ex-residents have been told there will be an evidence review under the command of senior investigator Mark Ross.
Bedfords... | Ex-residents of a Catholic orphanage in Bedfordshire are to be re-interviewed by police in a new review into claims of physical and sexual abuse. |
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Lawyers for Cecilia Gimenez, who is in her 80s, say any "economic compensation" would go to charities.
She made headlines after her do-it-yourself restoration in a church left the 19th Century fresco of Christ resembling a hairy monkey.
But thousands of people... | The woman who ruined a prized Jesus Christ fresco in Spain is now demanding royalties after her botched restoration became a hit with tourists. |
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David Murdoch's rink won four and lost five of their first nine games and still have matches against Germany and Russia to complete.
However, after results on Thursday, the Scots cannot catch any of the top four sides - Canada, Sweden, Switzerland and the Unit... | Scotland cannot reach the medal matches at the World Men's Curling Championship in Canada. |
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Swiss second seed Federer beat Australia's Sam Groth 6-4 6-4 6-4 to reach the third round,
Russia's fifth seed Sharapova also progressed, reaching the fourth round with a 6-2 6-4 win over Sabine Lisicki.
Two-time champion Venus Williams and second seed Simona ... | Former US Open champions Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova enjoyed straight sets wins at Flushing Meadows on a day that brought some notable exits. |
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Rights activists have criticised the arrests of more than 700 suspected illegal migrants following recent deadly xenophobic violence.
Police say they made the arrests during crime prevention operations.
The authorities have been under pressure to both bring an... | South Africa's high court has temporarily prevented the deportation of more than 300 undocumented migrants. |
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He was speaking at the Irish Open golf tournament in Newcastle, County Down, a day after he was discharged from hospital.
Mr Robinson said he was "feeling fine" after having stents inserted following his heart attack last Monday.
He said his health issues were... | Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson has blamed his lifestyle for the heart attack he suffered last week. |
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The Spanish giants have made a world-record £86m bid for Bale but Spurs, who have been linked with Roma's Erik Lamela, say no deal has been agreed.
Spurs missed out on Brazil midfielder Willian, who joined Chelsea.
And they are happy to wait over Bale's sale a... | Tottenham are reluctant to sell Gareth Bale to Real Madrid until they have signed a replacement for the 24-year-old Wales forward. |
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They will head up the UK Dementias Research Platform (UKDP), a public-private partnership to speed up research into the condition.
The funding is being announced at an international summit about the illness in London on Thursday.
About 45,000 people suffer fro... | Scientists at Cardiff University are to lead a £16m project to detect, treat and prevent dementia. |
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The defence ministry launched a three-month trial on Wednesday morning, but within hours Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it was "unacceptable".
Groups representing Jewish settlers have been campaigning for segregated travel on security grounds.
But huma... | Israel has suspended new rules that would have had the effect of separating Palestinian and Jewish passengers on buses travelling to the West Bank. |
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The girl, temporarily named Jade, is thought to be about 19-months-old and is of Afro-Caribbean appearance.
Sussex Police said she was taken into care in March although may have been separated from her family before then.
Officers said her surname may be Alma ... | An appeal to trace the birth parents of a young girl taken into care in West Sussex has started. |
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Gabe Newell, head of the game studio, made the statement in an interview with news site Polygon.
Valve is co-developer of the Vive VR headset with phone firm HTC.
Mr Newell said, so far, interest in the technology was in line with its expectations and that som... | VR headset developer Valve is "comfortable" with the idea that the technology could turn out to be a complete failure. |
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Another 40 were injured in the attack on a crowd of people protesting outside the office of the provincial governor.
Protesters have been demanding that acting Governor Jabar Naemi resign over corruption allegations.
There was no claim of responsibility for th... | At least 16 people have been killed in a suicide bombing in the eastern Afghan city of Khost, officials say. |
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Prosecutors said the 25-year-old suffocated Caylee in 2008 because she kept her back from a life of partying.
At first she said the girl was kidnapped by a nanny, then at trial said she drowned in a swimming pool. But a jury cleared her of the most serious cha... | A court in Florida has found US single mother Casey Anthony not guilty of murdering her two-year-old daughter. |
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Bailey, 16, was stabbed during a fight with a fellow pupil at Cults Academy.
The schoolboy's killer is serving nine years for culpable homicide.
A review in October found his death was "potentially avoidable". The full report was kept private. A heavily-redact... | A report into the killing of Aberdeen schoolboy Bailey Gwynne will be published next week, BBC Scotland understands. |
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The 28-year old signed a short term deal as a free agent that will keep him in Helsinki until the end of August, with an option to extend the deal.
"I had a lot of demands from other clubs but the love I have for the HJK brought me to the club again," Kamara t... | Sierra Leone international Mohamed Kamara has reunited with former Finnish champions HJK Helsinki, two months after his contract with English Championship side Bolton Wanderers was terminated. |
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The royal couple were among the guests invited to attend the global financial firm ICAP's 23rd annual charity day.
Traders in London taught them how to close deals at the Central European interest rates desk.
ICAP gives away one day's revenue and commissions e... | The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have joined City brokers in fancy dress on the trading floor at a charity event. |
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"It was a night of horror," he told me, struggling to find words to describe what happened.
Gunmen in military uniform in a convoy of two vehicles and motorcycles stormed the college at about 01:00 - a time when students are asleep in their hostels, surrounded... | Sagir Adam, 21, survived the weekend attack on his agricultural college in north-eastern Nigeria when suspected Islamist militants killed about 50 students sleeping in their dormitory. |
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In Beijing, protesters threw stones and bottles and tried to breach a barricade manned by riot police.
There were reports of protests in at least 11 other cities.
Passions have been inflamed by the purchase of some of the islands this week by the Japanese gove... | Angry protesters have staged sometimes violent anti-Japanese demonstrations in cities across China, amid escalating tensions over disputed islands in the East China Sea. |
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The star needed surgery to insert a pin in his finger, following an off-set accident in early March.
Producers initially said the injury would cause "minimal" delays, but that has now extended to several weeks.
Around 200 crew have been temporarily stood down ... | Filming on the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean film has been delayed until 15 April, after Johnny Depp's hand injury was found to be more serious than first thought. |
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An ash cloud from Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull led to airlines cancelling flights in 2010.
Aviation authorities and the Met Office were accused by some airlines and politicians of overestimating the threat to aircraft.
At that time, aircraft could not fl... | A network of ash detectors is to be installed across the United Kingdom to help prevent volcanic ash cloud shutting down European airspace. |
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Welsh students also did worse than their counterparts in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The Pisa tests are taken by 15-year-olds every three years.
This is the fourth time Wales has done worse than the other UK nations.
The latest results show:
First ... | Scores of Welsh students in science, reading and maths were below the average of 72 countries and economies taking part in a major study of educational performance. |
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In a speech to an education charity, Mr Miliband said he will work with universities and employers to create such high-status qualifications.
Labour has called for more options for what it calls the "forgotten 50%" who do not go to university.
The Conservative... | Labour leader Ed Miliband has proposed "technical degrees" - putting vocational subjects on an equal footing with traditional academic degrees. |
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The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, attacked Vincent Uzomah, 50 at Dixons Kings Academy on 11 June.
Mr Uzomah, who was stabbed in the stomach with a knife, is stable in hospital.
The boy denied attempted murder but admitted causing grievous bo... | A fourteen-year-old boy has admitted stabbing a supply teacher in a classroom in Bradford. |
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He wants tax cuts and increased spending on infrastructure. In other words more stimulus to the economy from the government budget.
Could that mean less for the Federal Reserve to do in supporting the recovery?
That in turn could mean a more rapid return to n... | The new US President-elect Donald Trump could be signalling a major shift in economic policy. |
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A vigil of prayer, thanksgiving and reconciliation will be held on Sunday at Llandaff Cathedral, which was extensively damaged and had its roof torn off that night.
The place where that bomb fell, just outside in the grounds of the cathedral, is now a garden o... | As Cardiff prepares to mark 75 years since the city suffered its worst night of bombing of World War Two, we take a look at how events unfolded that night and the numbers of people affected. |
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A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 9 and 16 June. Send your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk or via Instagram at #bbcscotlandpics
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Words and pictures were painted onto the headstones at the graveyard on Nottingham Road in Chaddesden between 16:00 GMT on 9 November and Remembrance Day.
Police said the damaged graves were located in the South Cemetery.
The attack is not believed to be link... | Vandals have spray painted 24 graves in an attack on a Derby cemetery. |
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Campaigners trying to stop the "Spy Booth" artwork from being removed say they have proof the wall it is on is owned by the government.
The work depicting men "snooping" on a phone box appeared in April three miles from government listening post GCHQ.
A Depart... | A Banksy artwork painted on a Cheltenham house belongs to the Department for Transport, a retired chartered surveyor claims. |
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Nine bodies of the people known as the Disappeared remain unfound but advances in technology alongside traditional methods means fresh hope for their families.
Forensic archaeologists work alongside the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remai... | Sixteen people were murdered by republican paramilitaries and secretly buried in isolated parts of Ireland during the Troubles. |
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At least 15 guns were recovered in a warehouse in the Greenogue industrial estate on Tuesday.
Among them were an assault rifle, a sub-machine gun, several handguns and semi-automatic pistols.
Three men in their 40s and 50s have been arrested.
Meanwhile, in a s... | The seizure of a number of firearms in west Dublin disrupted an imminent attack and saved lives, Irish police have said. |
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Such terms will not be imposed for non-violent drug offenders with no gang or cartel ties, Attorney General Eric Holder said in a speech.
The US has one of the world's biggest prison populations, despite a 40-year-low in the country's crime rates.
Critics say ... | The Obama administration has unveiled major changes to the criminal justice system, dropping mandatory minimum sentences in certain drug cases. |
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The private library was amassed by Mary Colette McAlister who died last year.
After her death, her house was sold and her book collection was transported to Matthews Auction Rooms in County Meath.
Auctioneer Damien Matthews told the Irish Times: "She didn't bu... | A Northern Ireland woman's personal collection of more than 25,000 rare books is being sold at the biggest auction of its type in 30 years. |
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Ben Walker was playing with his Thrapston Town FC teammates when he collapsed on Friday.
A statement on the club's website said: "It is with great sadness we learnt that young Ben Walker passed away Friday night whilst doing the thing he loved."
Flowers and fo... | A teenage boy has died after collapsing during an under-15s league match, his club has confirmed. |
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The Argentina international, 25, has been heavily linked with Arsenal this summer, but has signed a reported five-year contract with the Serie A club.
A statement on Napoli's website said: "Napoli have made the signing of Gonzalo Higuain official."
Liverpool's... | Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain has completed his £34.5m move to Napoli. |
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Sixteen out of the 17 statues currently in the city centre are of men - the exception being Queen Victoria.
Others on the shortlist to join them include writer Elizabeth Gaskell and anti-racism campaigner Louise Da-Cocodia.
The winner's statue is due to be unv... | Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst could become the first woman to be honoured with a statue in Manchester for more than 100 years. |
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The government said a non-binding ballot, or plebiscite, was the quickest way to amend the Marriage Act.
Same-sex couples can have civil unions or registered relationships in most Australian states but they are not considered married under national law.
Opinio... | The Australian government's proposal to hold a national vote on legalising same-sex marriage has been defeated in the upper house of parliament. |
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It was used on an unmarked police vehicle after officers attempted to stop a black Audi in Handforth, Cheshire on 14 October.
Officers arrested a 27-year-old man in Preston, Lancashire on Saturday.
The man, from Salford, has been charged with offences includin... | A man has been charged after a police car was hit with a sledgehammer. |
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Crooks joined in February after his release from Hartlepool and scored his second goal of the season in the 1-1 draw at Notts County.
The 21-year-old, who spent time on loan at Stanley before his move, has also played has also played as a defender and a strike... | Accrington midfielder Matt Crooks could be a millionaire if he worked on his game, says Stanley boss John Coleman. |
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Rehm, 27, who lost his lower right leg in a wakeboarding accident aged 14, competes using a carbon fibre blade.
The German set a T44 world record of 8.40m at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha last October.
The mark is just one cm shorter than the d... | Paralympic long jump champion Markus Rehm will take on Olympic champion Greg Rutherford at next month's Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix. |
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Newcastle City Council has indicated it might sell The Valley in High West Jesmond for sheltered housing.
It looked "suspicious" that it would also decide on the village green application, residents said.
The authority said it was "not an unusual situation".
F... | Residents trying to prevent building on land near their homes by having it designated a village green have accused the council of a conflict of interest. |
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The man doused an ants' nest in petrol before setting it alight, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue said.
Flames quickly spread along a garden hedge before the man's house caught fire, melting plastic guttering, a plastic window frame and a garden chair.
A fire s... | A man set fire to his house trying to get rid of some ants in Rotherham. |
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Hash tags like "Greatfallofchina" started to fill my Twitter feed, and as each day brought more falls on the mainland Chinese stock markets (both the Shanghai Composite and Shenzhen CSI 300 saw major falls), each day also brought more panic for investors.
Rese... | You know that a stock market story has crossed into the mainstream once internet memes about it begin. |
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A rally held in Endcliffe Park follows the removal of eight trees on Rustlings Road in the early hours of 17 November.
The council claimed the trees were damaging pavements and would cost £50,000 to repair, but an independent report found no "arboricultural r... | Hundreds of people have attended a protest against Sheffield City Council's tree felling programme. |
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Gerard Pique headed the hosts in front but Real quickly equalised through Karim Benzema's spectacular volley.
Cristiano Ronaldo netted the winner only two minutes after the visitors had defender Sergio Ramos sent off for two bookable offences.
But which player... | Barcelona's 39-match unbeaten run ended as they were beaten 2-1 at home by 10-man Real Madrid at the Nou Camp. |
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The eight plaques mark key locations in the life of the entertainer, who was believed to be the highest paid actress in the world in the 1930s.
Her travelling performances for troops during World War Two led her to become known as "the forces' sweetheart".
A s... | The final plaque of the Gracie Fields heritage trail has been unveiled in her home town of Rochdale. |
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Tory MP Tim Yeo has said it should go ahead, two days after Housing Minister Grant Shapps hinted a future Tory government could consider the option.
The coalition agreement rules out any expansion before the next election and Labour also currently opposes it.
... | More calls have been made within the Conservative party for its leadership to rethink the policy opposing a third runway at Heathrow Airport. |
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A BBC investigation found thousands of Kettering General Hospital patients had waited a year or more for operations.
David Phelan, a hospital trust governor, claims patients were removed from lists because national targets were being missed.
The hospital admit... | Thousands of patients were removed from a hospital's waiting lists in a bid to "fiddle" the system, it is claimed. |
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The first is a clear signal from the incoming Trump administration that environmental regulations, especially as they apply to the production of energy, are set for fundamental reform.
The second implication of Mr Pruitt's nomination is that the Trump camp is ... | The nomination of Oklahoma attorney general Scott Pruitt to be the next head of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has two important ramifications. |
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The Victoria player, 20, needed medical treatment after he was caught by the follow-through of a shot from South Australia batsman Jake Lehmann.
Harper, who was wearing a helmet, later had a brain scan in hospital.
"Scans have not identified any bleeding or bo... | Australian wicketkeeper Sam Harper was taken to hospital overnight after being struck on the head by a bat during a Sheffield Shield match. |
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Lostprophets said they would forever be "haunted" by what Watkins, 36, of Pontypridd, had done but were unaware of his actions.
In a statement they said they "never imagined him capable" of such offences.
Police called for victims to come forward after Watkins... | Former band mates of paedophile Ian Watkins, who has admitted a string of child sex offences, have appealed for other victims to come forward. |
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Four-and-a-half million British army members are already included in the Lives of the First World War project.
But for many entries there is little more information than their names.
Organiser Imperial War Museums (IWM) wants families to add their own photogra... | An online archive remembering the millions of people from Britain and the Commonwealth who served in World War One has gone live. |
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The 21-year-old South African, who qualified fastest for the final, made a late charge for silver but appeared to be running within herself.
Semenya's form has been mixed since returning from an 11-month suspension that followed her 2009 World Championships wi... | Caster Semenya missed out on 800m gold at London 2012 as Russia's Mariya Savinova added the Olympic title to her World Championships crown. |
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Cody-Anne Jackson, 20, changed her plea to guilty after Stafford Crown Court heard evidence about how her daughter, Macey Hogan, may have died.
Macey was smothered to death in 2016, shortly before Jackson called 999 and then tried to kill herself.
The jury hea... | A mother who sent a "last photo" of her two-year-old daughter to her ex-partner shortly before she killed her has admitted murder. |
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The empty Quebec Barracks in Whitehill Bordon were released early by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and bought by the Homes and Communities Agency.
It is part of a wider programme to build environmentally sustainable homes and create jobs.
Remaining Army person... | An army site in Hampshire has been sold to provide 100 homes and employment space, marking a first step in the creation of a so-called "eco-town". |
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The Prince of Wales told a meeting at the Paris climate summit that attitudes were beginning to change, with forest protection initiatives being introduced.
But he said too many companies still turned a blind eye to their commercial activities destroying fores... | Prince Charles has expressed hope that politicians and businesses are starting to act on the need to protect forests. |
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Google said it "strongly disagreed" with the commission's findings.
The "statement of objections" issued by the commission comes after a five-year investigation into Google and how it operates.
BBC News looks at how the investigation and settlement might play ... | The European Commission has formally accused Google of abusing its dominance in search and favouring some of its own services at the expense of rivals. |
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From Monday, only buses and cyclists will be allowed at Bank Junction from 07:00 to 19:00.
City of London Corporation say the scheme will see a 50-60% reduction in casualties and improved air quality.
The changes were voted through by the Corporation after 34 ... | Traffic is set to be banned from a busy road junction in the City as part of safety measures. |
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You have been contacting us to tell us about your encounters with the popular personality, who was famous for changing people's lives when she hosted the shows Surprise Surprise and Blind Date.
Thank you for your pictures.
Email your pictures to yourpics@bbc.c... | Singer and TV star Cilla Black has died aged 72, her agent has said. |
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Lancashire Thunder, Loughborough Lightning, Southern Vipers, Surrey Stars, Western Storm and Yorkshire Diamonds will compete in a Twenty20 competition starting on 30 July.
Diamonds will host Lightning in the opening match at Headingley.
Following a round-robin... | The team names and schedule for this summer's first ever Women's Cricket Super League have been announced. |
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The family of Ella Tomlinson, 14, of Leominster, Herefordshire, who has curvature of the spine, are spending £140,000 on the trip and operation.
St George's hospitals trust, in Tooting, which previously performed vertebral body tethering (VBT), said it was on ... | A teenager is to fly to the US for life-changing spinal surgery after an NHS trust stopped offering it. |
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Cavendish had a terrific year on the bike, winning five stages of the Tour de France to take the green jersey, which is worn by the leader in the points competition.
He followed that by being crowned world road ra... | In 2011, cyclist Mark Cavendish was crowned Sports Personality of the Year. |
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The one-tonne cow was grazing on a hill behind the small house, in the town of Caratinga, when it stepped onto the asbestos roof, which collapsed under its weight.
Joao Maria de Souza, 45, was lying in bed when the animal fell on him.
He was taken to hospital ... | A cow has fallen through the roof of a house in south-eastern Brazil killing a man and narrowly missing his wife. |
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The move comes amid a normalisation of relations between the US and Cuba.
The Caribbean country's presence on the list was a sticking point for Cuba negotiators during talks to reopen embassies.
Mr Obama announced the historic US thaw with Cuba in December but... | President Barack Obama will remove Cuba from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism, the White House says. |
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Ovarian tumours are often deadly as they are caught too late.
A 14-year study on 200,000 women, published in the Lancet, has been welcomed as a potentially landmark moment in cancer screening.
But the researchers and independent experts say it is still too soo... | Doctors say there is now "encouraging" evidence that an annual blood test may cut ovarian cancer deaths by a fifth. |
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The veterinarian, on the run for 10 years, is wanted by US authorities for extradition on drugs charges.
He had been in charge of a veterinary clinic in the Colombian city of Medellin in which police found a number of puppies with bags of liquid heroin implant... | Spanish police have arrested a Venezuelan vet who allegedly tried to smuggle drugs from Colombia to the US by implanting them into puppies. |
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She is referring to the humans but magic is at the heart of the play and at the Royal Shakespeare Company theatre in the bard's birthplace of Stratford-upon-Avon, technology is playing a big role in bringing that to life.
Hovering above the stage is a blue fig... | "Oh brave new world that has such people in it," says Miranda at the end of Shakespeare's The Tempest. |
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The collection includes the infamous Black Album - a dark, funky follow-up to Sign O' The Times, which Prince scrapped a week before release in 1987.
It also features The Gold Experience, which includes his only UK number one, The Most Beautiful Girl In The Wo... | Streaming service Tidal has made 15 rare Prince albums available for streaming on what would have been the star's 58th birthday. |
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The Giants are now seven points behind leaders Sheffield, with Belfast only having four remaining games.
Mathematically, Belfast still have eight points to play for but their title chances appear to have gone.
Two Joey Martin strikes put Cardiff in control and... | Belfast Giants' Elite League title hopes are almost certainly over after Saturday night's 5-2 defeat by Cardiff. |
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Taylor, 30, who has a further 12 month option with the Seasiders, played 160 games for Walsall following his move from Sheffield United in August 2012.
He started his career as a trainee with hometown club Blackburn and previously had a loan spell at Blackpool... | Blackpool have signed full-back Andy Taylor on a one-year deal after he rejected an offer to stay with Walsall. |
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The sequel breaks a record held by its predecessor Hotel Transylvania, which opened to $42.5m in 2012, according to figures from Rentrak.
The story of a hotel for monsters, it features the voices of Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez and Mel Brooks.
The Intern, with A... | Animation Hotel Transylvania 2 has topped the US box office, taking $47.5m (£31.3m) in its debut weekend - the biggest September opening of all time. |
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The decision by Oxford University's Oriel College to keep its statue of Cecil Rhodes was meant to draw a line under an angry dispute over emblems, cultural identity and how universities should deal with their own long histories.
Since the BBC website revealed ... | How did a statue of a 19th Century politician on the front of a 14th Century college become such a 21st Century argument? |
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Goals from Yemi Odubade and Ben Wright were enough to seal a 2-1 victory for the Spitfires, despite Liam Enver-Marum setting up a tense finale.
The Hampshire club will play in the top tier of non-league football for the first time in their 68-year history.
"It... | Eastleigh have won promotion to Conference Premier after clinching the Conference South title with victory over Basingstoke on Good Friday. |
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The Wales international, who is currently on loan at the Tigers, will join the club on a permanent basis when his Huddersfield deal runs out at the end of the season.
Patrick, 27, has made three appearances for Daryl Powell's side.
"He has fitted in well while... | Huddersfield Giants forward Larne Patrick has agreed a three-year deal with Castleford Tigers. |
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With most of the council results in the elections, Labour has gained 211 county councillors, with the Conservatives losing 247.
But Mr Miliband said he recognised that turnout was low and UKIP had done well.
"There are still lots of people saying: 'Can anyone ... | Opposition leader Ed Miliband has said he is "pleased" with Labour's local election results, arguing that his party can revive the nation's fortunes. |
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More than 960 asylum-seeker children are being cared for by the authority, up from 629 at the end of July. The year before there were just 238.
It said children's services were currently facing "enormous pressure".
Peter Oakford, cabinet member for specialist ... | Kent County Council has warned it will not be able to accept any unaccompanied children under the government's plans to resettle 20,000 refugees from Syria. |
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Shaun Woodburn, 30, from Edinburgh, died after a disturbance in Great Junction Street at 02:00 on Sunday.
A 16-year-old male appeared in court on Monday charged with murder. He made no plea and was remanded in custody.
Mohammed Zakariyah, 18, from Edinburgh, a... | The family of a former junior footballer who was killed in Leith on New Year's Day has paid tribute to the "fantastic and loving dad". |
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Francis Collomp, 63, said he had studied the daily routine of his captors, and locked one in a bathroom as he was preparing to pray.
He said he then flagged down a motorcycle taxi and asked the driver to take him to a police station.
Mr Collomp was seized by t... | A French engineer kidnapped by Islamist militants in northern Nigeria has told the BBC how he managed to escape two weeks ago. |
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The beak, made of medical-grade titanium, replaces the loggerhead turtle's jaws, half of which were sheared off in the accident.
Detailed scans of the injured creature's head were used to generate the design of the prosthetic beak.
If the prosthetic is not rej... | A 3D-printed beak has been fitted to a sea turtle injured by a collision with a boat's propeller. |
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The reading marks the second month of a return to inflation after five months of flat or falling prices.
The European Central Bank (ECB) has been taking steps to reflate the economies of the 19 countries that use to euro.
Other figures showed that unemployment... | The eurozone's inflation rate dipped slightly from 0.3% in May to 0.2% in June, according to official figures. |
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The Scots had stated that several players had suffered from "an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis".
But they have been deemed to have lost the European Championship qualifying tie, which was due to be played on 19 September in Albania, 3-0.
It follows a ruling... | European football's governing body has ruled that Scotland's women's Under-19s team must forfeit their match against Serbia after their "refusal to play". |
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The Durham and Lancashire openers have been named in a 13-man squad for the game at Canterbury from 21 June.
Surrey opener Mark Stoneman gets a first Lions call-up along with Somerset teenage off-spinner Dominic Bess.
Bess, 19, is joined in the squad by Somers... | England Test pair Keaton Jennings and Haseeb Hameed are set to feature for England Lions in a four-day tour fixture against South Africa A. |
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Cy Cooper, 44, was pulled from the blaze at the property on Bluebell Close at about 00:25 BST on Wednesday, but was pronounced dead at the scene.
A post-mortem examination revealed he died from multiple injuries, none of which was related to the fire.
Paul Ant... | A man has been charged with murder after a suspected arson attack at a house in Sheffield. |
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Most I spoke to seemed more concerned by the NHS, even though responsibility for it has been devolved to the assembly since 1999.
Labour wants to focus on domestic policies, so is happy to blur the boundaries of what is and isn't devolved.
References to the We... | Do shoppers at Pontypridd market buy Theresa May's line that this is a Brexit election? |
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Cook batted through the day for his unbeaten 153, sharing 248 with skipper Root, who made 136, as England racked up 348-3 at Edgbaston.
Opener Mark Stoneman managed eight on his debut and Tom Westley fell for the same score, but Dawid Malan is 28 not out.
Kema... | Alastair Cook and Joe Root hit centuries as England dominated West Indies on the first day of the inaugural day-night Test in the UK. |
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The 20-year-old American scored 16 goals in 33 appearances for Reading's Under-23 side last season.
He made his first-team debut for the Royals against Watford in March 2015 and has had a spell on loan at Cheltenham Town.
Telstar finished 16th in the Dutch sec... | Striker Andrija Novakovich has signed a new two-year contract at Reading and joined Dutch club Telstar on a season-long loan. |
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Natacha Bouchart added that the fences placed around UK border controls set up in the city "make everybody laugh".
"These people are ready and prepared to die to come to England," she told the Home Affairs Committee.
Calais has struggled in recent months with ... | Illegal migrants see the UK as a "soft touch" and its benefits system acts as a "magnet" to them, the mayor of the French city of Calais has told MPs. |
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While the pro-EU campaign - Britain Stronger In - has set up a Scottish operation, the UK-wide leave campaigns have yet to do so.
Mr Farage said he was trying to broker a merger between the Leave.EU and Vote Leave campaigns.
He added: "There is a bit more comi... | The leader of UKIP, Nigel Farage, has described the Scottish campaign to leave the EU as "a bit embryonic". |
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UK inflation may not pick up in the second half of the year, and there are risks of fallout from emerging economies, he said in a speech.
Should those risks materialise, a rate cut would be a viable option, he said.
UK interest rates have been held at a record... | The Bank of England may have to cut rates to combat low inflation, rather than raise them as its next move, its chief economist Andy Haldane has said. |
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Ms Monroe was to stand for the National Health Action (NHA) Party but tweeted a letter announcing her withdrawal.
She said she took the decision after receiving two letters "along the lines of 'die you bitch'" and after being bedridden by arthritis twice.
She ... | The food blogger Jack Monroe will not contest the Southend West parliamentary seat after she said she received hate mail and had deteriorating health. |
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Jo Rand, 47, from Marlow, Buckinghamshire, died from her injuries on Wednesday.
Family friend Owen Livett has set up an online fundraising page to help Ms Rand's two children who also lost their sister five years ago.
Mr Livett was involved in a car accident w... | A campaign has been launched to help fund the funeral of a woman who died following a chemical attack. |
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She beat off competition from 19 other finalists from across the world to take the title.
The week-long competition was whittled down to five for Sunday's final at Cardiff's St David's Hall.
Ms Koutcher will take home the coveted trophy, £15,000 prize money, ... | Nadine Koutcher from Belarus has been crowned BBC Cardiff Singer of the World. |
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Rothera Research Station will be home to the exploration ship RRS Sir David Attenborough. An online public vote had favoured the name Boaty McBoatface.
Cambridge-based British Antarctic Survey will use the money to build a new wharf, storage and living quarter... | The UK's largest Antarctic research station is to receive a £100m upgrade funded by the government. |
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The 48 year old was found fatally wounded on the 189 bus in Gloucester Place, near Dorset Square, at about 00:10 BST.
Detectives believe the man boarded the vehicle at Brent Cross bus station at 23:13 but are investigating when and where the stabbing took plac... | A man has been found stabbed to death on a bus in central London. |
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The world number four was five over after six holes in the first round, but battled back to end on five under, seven behind winner Jordan Spieth.
McIlroy, 28, had an outside chance of making a title challenge befo... | Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy shot a closing three-under-par 67 to finish in a tie for fourth at The Open on Sunday. |
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The Hammers agreed a fee with the Spanish club for the 27-year-old at the weekend but he has instead joined their Premier League rivals Wigan on a three-year deal.
Ramis was wanted by Celtic in 2010 but a deal was never completed.
He becomes the Latics' second... | Wigan have beaten West Ham to the signing of Real Mallorca defender Ivan Ramis for an undisclosed fee. |
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Those portrayals fail to offer much of a clue as to why the number of nuns joining convents in England and Wales is on the rise.
Recently, the Catholic Church said the number of women becoming nuns here had reached a 25-year high, with the number of women taki... | Ask most people what they know about nuns, and many will have formed their impressions from the cinema: from The Sound of Music, to Philomena or The Magdalene Sisters, and Sister Act. |
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From dodgy refereeing decisions to too many games in a week, every reason under the sun has been given for why their team lost.
But have you ever heard the one about too much algae on the pitch?
That was the excuse Plymouth boss Derek Adams gave after a late s... | Excuses from managers and players after a defeat have been part of football for generations. |
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Fourth seed Nadal, the champion in 2007, 2009 and 2013, won 6-4 6-3 against Japan's world number seven.
The Spaniard will face world number one Novak Djokovic, who beat seventh seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-2).
"I beat a top-10 player and that is so... | Rafael Nadal beat a top-10 player for the first time this year as he saw off Kei Nishikori to reach the BNP Paribas Open semi-finals in Indian Wells. |
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Levi Bellfield, now known as Yusuf Rahim, murdered 13-year-old Milly, 19-year-old Marsha McDonnell and Amelie Delagrange, 22, between 2002 and 2004.
The Met police had been co-ordinating an inquiry across 10 forces after receiving information in early 2015.
Th... | An investigation into allegations surrounding more crimes that may have been committed by the killer of Milly Dowler has been closed. |
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Stewart Hosie told the BBC it would be "high-handed and arrogant" if talks did not take place.
Labour leader Ed Miliband said earlier this month there would not be a Labour/SNP coalition in the event of a hung parliament.
Voters throughout the UK will go to th... | The deputy leader of the SNP believes a minority Labour government would have to negotiate with the nationalists ahead of its first Queen's speech. |
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