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The 89-year-old's manager said he had been in St Peter's Hospital in Surrey since Sunday.
"Sir Bruce Forsyth is scheduled to return home from hospital later today and would like to thank everyone for their good wishes," Ian Wilson said.
He added the entertaine... | Sir Bruce Forsyth is due to return home later after spending five nights in intensive care following a severe chest infection. |
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Glenn Goodman, 37, was shot on the A64 near Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, on 7 June 1992 after stopping a car to make a routine check.
Paul Magee, a member of the IRA, was jailed for life in March 1993 for Mr Goodman's murder.
The private service in Tadcaster wa... | A service to mark the 25th anniversary of the murder of a special constable by an IRA gunman has taken place. |
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First on the move was Patrick Harvie of the Scottish Greens. He spoke frankly about being arrested by the police and why he would love to give a home to a refugee - but can't.
Asking the questions were Sarah (18); Jamie-Lee (16); Louis (16); Erin (18) and Mega... | Young voters have been quizzing Scotland's party leaders during a five-stop lift journey. |
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Assets worth a combined 1.24bn yuan ($183m; £141m) belonging to Jia Yueting, his wife, and three affiliates have reportedly been blocked.
The ruling follows LeEco's failure to pay interest due on bank loans taken out to fund its smartphone business.
Neither M... | The billionaire co-founder of struggling Chinese technology giant LeEco has had personal assets frozen by a Shanghai court, state media reports. |
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Tokyo's Nikkei 225 jumped to finish the day 4.1% up, at 16,746.55 points, the highest point for the index in just over three weeks.
Earlier, US markets had risen on oil prices and strong economic data, suggesting the world's biggest economy was regaining momen... | (Close): Japanese shares rose on a strong lead from Wall Street, and other Asian markets also saw strong gains. |
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Mr Langley had been serving as the force's acting deputy, having been assistant chief constable in charge of all operational matters.
He started his career with Devon and Cornwall Police in 1989 and in 2008 moved to Lincolnshire Police.
Mr Langley said he was ... | Dyfed-Powys Police have appointed Carl Langley as their new deputy chief constable. |
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With the aid of a strong breeze, Armagh enjoyed a slender one-point lead at half-time, 0-8 to 1-4, despite Michael Newman's ninth-minute goal for Meath.
The visitors failed to register a score after the break and had Miceal McKenna black-carded after Forker's ... | Armagh lost 1-10 to 0-8 to Meath and had Aidan Forker sent-off late on for a second yellow card offence in their opening Division Two fixture on Sunday. |
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The Spaniard started from pole position and went on to earn his second victory of the season.
He held off Germany's Jonas Folger, who was second as he earned a first podium finish, with Dani Pedrosa third.
Marquez has 129 points and becomes the fourth leader o... | Reigning world champion Marc Marquez won the German Grand Prix to move to the top of this year's title race. |
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Robert Roskelly, 33, a teacher at Winstanley Community College, Leicester, also admitted staying the night at a pupil's house.
The National College for Teaching and Leadership found him guilty of unacceptable professional conduct.
He was banned from teaching i... | A science teacher who took legal highs with a student and watched as another one took Viagra has been banned from teaching for life. |
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In 2009 there were 30 cases of animal cruelty reported to police but so far in 2014, there have already been 66 cases.
A freedom of information request by the BBC revealed cases of animals being beaten, stabbed or blow torched to death.
Other offences included... | Animal cruelty crimes have more than doubled in Devon and Cornwall in the last five years say police. |
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But the slow-moving discussions, which took place in Geneva and are the first in almost a year, still led to no major breakthroughs.
"The train is ready, it's in the station, it's warming up its engine. It just needs an accelerator," said the UN's Staffan de M... | Syrian peace talks have ended on a more positive note than previous meetings, according to the UN envoy for Syria. |
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The installation, called Dirty Corner, sits in the grounds outside the palace.
Mr Kapoor said in a French interview it signified "the vagina of the queen coming into power" - but later said the work was open to interpretation.
The Versailles palace was the hom... | The British sculptor Anish Kapoor has defended a piece of art in the French palace of Versailles that has been called "dirty" and "gross". |
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Since the inception of the club 10 years ago, the former Reading captain has taken the club from part time to full time in the Women's Super League.
An anterior cruciate ligament injury ended her playing career but prompted Chambers into management in 2012.
Ch... | Kelly Chambers has devoted almost half of her life to Reading Women and has overseen the most important transformation in the club's history. |
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Attacks in Paris on Friday claimed the lives of 129 people, with the French president blaming IS militants.
First Minister Peter Robinson said the Paris atrocities reminded him of The Troubles.
Books of condolence have been opened at councils across Northern I... | People involved with so-called Islamic State (IS) are probably beyond negotiating with, Northern Ireland's deputy first minister has said. |
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Crews from Foyers, Inverness, Beauly and Dingwall tackled the fire at the property near Foyers on 23 December.
Flames from the blaze were visible from the other side of the loch.
Boleskine House was owned by infamous occultist Aleister Crowley and later by Led... | A blaze that destroyed large parts of the historic Boleskine House above Loch Ness is not believed to be suspicious, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has said. |
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The parliament too was in uproar with opposition MPs shouting slogans accusing PM Narendra Modi's government of failing to protect the Dalits.
The four Dalit men were assaulted while trying to skin a dead cow.
Many Hindus consider cows sacred and the slaughter... | Protests are continuing in the Indian state of Gujarat over last week's beating up of four low-caste Dalit men by cow protection vigilantes. |
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Hundreds of people have come forward claiming their ticket was lost, damaged or stolen, including a woman who said she washed her ticket by accident.
Half of the record £66m Lotto jackpot from 9 January has not been claimed, but the winning ticket - with the n... | Lottery bosses have warned they will take action against people who attempt to fraudulently claim a £33m jackpot. |
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But there are big fines, and BIG fines, and RBS is about to be hit by the biggest one in its troubled history.
RBS is one of the last big banks to settle with US authorities over its role in mis-selling risky mortgages, the scandal at the very heart of the gre... | "Bank faces big fine" is a story so worn out it would almost struggle to make the headlines after years of bad bank behaviour and big misconduct penalties. |
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Living, earning, studying, playing, buying, travelling, staying, leaving - Westminster has powers over it all.
And on 8 June voters will choose who they want to represent them in parliament and, ultimately, run the UK.
Before that though we want your guidance ... | What is the one thing you care most about that our politicians could - and should - be sorting out? |
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The Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland (SBNI) is a co-ordinating body that promotes the welfare of children and young people.
Independent chair Glenys Johnston said: "There is no evidence that children who are brought up by same sex couples are any more a... | Comments made by Northern Ireland Health Minister Jim Wells linking child abuse with gay relationships have been rejected by a child protection body set up by his own department. |
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The Amateur Swimming Association says more than 1,000 primaries do not offer swim lessons, even though it is one of the recommended skills to learn at school.
Experts say mo... | Nearly half of kids in English primary schools can't swim a length on their own, according to a new report out today. |
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The 1Xtra Weekend Breakfast host will become the second solo female to present the show on 25 January.
Current chart host Jameela Jamil has decided to "travel and work abroad", something she's wanted to do her "whole life".
She said that a recent cancer scare ... | Radio 1 has announced that Clara Amfo will become the new presenter of the station's Official Chart Show. |
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Xinhua said it could not understand the "suspicious approach that comes from nowhere to Chinese investment".
It follows reports suggesting the UK PM has national security concerns about China's role in the project.
Officially the Chinese government said it hop... | China will not tolerate "unwanted accusations" about its investments in the UK after the delay of the Hinkley nuclear power project, the country's state-run news agency has said. |
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The boys, aged nine or 10, were seen kicking the pet in Penllergaer, Swansea, on 12 April at about 12:00 BST.
The black and white cat was found screaming in pain by a driver who saw the incident near the green.
It was taken to a vet and will need an operation ... | A cat was kicked so hard by two boys it flew into the air and broke its leg, RSPCA Cymru has said. |
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Images of seals, turtles and seabirds trapped in plastic rings, ropes and sheeting always have the power to shock.
And on a visit to Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, I saw for myself how the island's magnificent albatrosses were eating plastic waste that oft... | As England prepares to introduce a charge for plastic bags - long after many other countries - it's a good moment to catch up on the latest research into plastic in the oceans. |
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The 20-year-old, who is yet to make a first-team appearance for the Premier League side, has had previous loan spells with Stockport and Grimsby.
Henderson, 20, spent the first half of last season on loan with League Two side Grimsby Town, where he was signed ... | Shrewsbury Town have signed Manchester United goalkeeper Dean Henderson on a season-long loan deal. |
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On offer, some quite repulsive fare: burgers made of human flesh.
All rather stomach churning, even after you realise they are actually made of veal, pork and bone marrow - although the taste was based on first hand accounts of cannibalism - and were a public... | If you were walking down Brick Lane in East London this time last year I can guarantee you would remember one particular stall. |
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The first of four Malian battalions will train under European instructors at the Koulikoro base some 60km (37 miles) from the capital, Bamako.
A French-led intervention that began in January has regained the main cities of northern Mali from Islamist groups.
H... | An EU mission to train Malian soldiers is due to begin as part of efforts to help the West African country counter an Islamist insurgency. |
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The firm said net profit came to 45.6m Australian dollars ($32.4m; £22.7m), an increase of 56.7% on the same period a year earlier.
Domino's said the positive figures were a result of "organic growth".
It claimed it had defied the current global economic envi... | Domino's Australia - the largest franchisee for the Domino's Pizza brand outside the US - has posted a more than 55% rise in profits for the six months to December. |
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The large gender imbalance among crash casualties has been revealed by the investigative news website, The Detail.
It analysed statistics it obtained from the Police Service of Northern Ireland, under the Freedom of Information Act.
The figures also showed tha... | Almost 80% of the people killed on Northern Ireland's roads over the last two years were male and almost 25% were young men aged between 17 and 24. |
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In a letter to the Home Affairs Select Committee, the home secretary said 30 files relating to the UK miners' strike would be sent to the National Archives.
The subject titles show that at least one file relates directly to Orgreave.
In October, Home Secretary... | Files relating to the so-called Battle of Orgreave are expected to be made public in 2017, it has been revealed. |
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One-year leases on 24 unfurnished huts - all in pastel shades of blue, green and lilac - on the promenade at Royal Sands are available.
North Somerset Council has permission to put up more than 100 huts along the seafront, each with no fixed price.
However, so... | The first batch of soon-to-be installed Weston-super-Mare beach huts have gone on sale via an online auction site. |
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Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who is also the ruler of Dubai, said the minister would drive policy "to create social good and satisfaction".
A new post of minister of state for tolerance was also created.
Sheikh Mohammed said several ministries would ... | The prime minister of the United Arab Emirates has announced the creation of a minister of state for happiness, as part of a major government shake-up. |
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Claims of state-sponsored doping, subsequent bans and appeals have meant some athletes arriving in Rio unsure whether they will be competing when the Games open on Friday.
Despite this two-time Grand Slam winner Svetlana Kuznetsova, who will represent Russia i... | At a time when competitors should be making finishing touches to their Olympic preparations, Russia's athletes have had a very different build-up to Rio 2016. |
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It took six hours using a GPS plotting machine to map out and create the maze in a field at the Quex Park and Powell Cotton Museum in Kent.
For the last eight years, a maze has been created with an African theme to connect with the museum in Birchington.
This ... | A maize maze has been shaped like a rhino head to raise awareness of how rare the species are becoming because of the threat from poachers. |
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Ex-pensions minister Steve Webb urged caution over "rushed changes" he said could have implications for workers "well beyond the steel industry".
A £485m pension deficit has been deterring potential buyers of Tata Steel's UK business.
A consultation on the pe... | The government has been warned that a plan to cut pension benefits to help save Tata Steel's UK operations could take ministers down a "dangerous path". |
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Norman Jones, 81, of Pentre Halkyn, said he could not explain what happened and put it down to his dementia.
Pleading guilty by letter, he apologised and said this crash made it clear he is no longer fit to drive.
Magistrates, who are considering a driving ban... | A pensioner who drove his car into a Mold street market injuring ten pedestrians just before Christmas has admitted careless driving. |
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Father-of-four Leonardus Bijlsma, 55, was described as the "right-hand man" in the operation involving specially adapted vehicles and using ports from Essex to East Yorkshire.
He will be sentenced at a later date.
Co-defendant Dennis Vogelaar, 28, was found no... | A Dutch man has been found guilty over an operation to use a fleet of fake ambulances to smuggle drugs with a street value of £1.6bn into the UK. |
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The BBC understands Apple removed the products as part of a wider switch to favour smart home devices compatible with its own HomeKit platform.
However, Apple continues to sell the Thermostat in the UK and across Europe.
Nest is owned by Google, which is devel... | Apple has pulled Nest's internet-connected thermostats from sale at its US stores. |
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As success here can often lead to Oscar prizes later - Eddie Redmayne's The Theory of Everything and Julianne Moore's Still Alice both premiered at the festival last year - film-makers are keen to get their movies shown.
Here's a look at some of the films rec... | This year's Toronto Film Festival is set to kick off on Thursday, with almost 400 films set to screen. |
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Moments after Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe had struck the post for the visitors, Bale cut inside and found the bottom corner.
A Marcelo shot saw Tomasz Jodlowiec deflect in for an own goal but Miroslav Radovic pulled one back from the spot.
Marco Asensio smartly side-fo... | Gareth Bale scored his first Champions League goal since 2014 as holders Real Madrid comfortably beat Legia Warsaw. |
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DCH says it has been reviewing its services after the government announced a 1% rent cut for social housing in England over four years.
A spokeswoman for the association said it was reviewing staffing and there could be up to 40 redundancies.
She said it would... | Dozens of jobs could go at one of the largest housing associations in the South West due to planned rent cuts, according to the association. |
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"I don't think any of us were prepared for Donald Trump to be president," singer Billie Joe Armstrong told the BBC.
"I think there's going to come a time when the protests get larger and larger - and that I fully support."
The star, who has been an outspoken c... | Rock group Green Day say they "fully support" the protests against US president elect Donald Trump. |
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A young woman in a headscarf asks the name and district of a caller. So far so unremarkable, but this is a call centre with a difference.
"Sometimes we receive calls from the Taliban," she tells me, "they call to tell us that there should be no election."
This... | A group of telephonists are working in tightly packed rows of desks at a secret location in Kabul, taking calls from all around the country. |
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Tests on 97 men, described in Science Translational Medicine, were able to tell whether tumours were already resistant to the drug abiraterone.
Doctors at the Institute of Cancer Research in London will now trial the test to see if it can extend lives.
Prostat... | A blood test can determine whether prostate cancer patients are likely to respond to drugs, scientists say. |
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The proposals by European Athletics are part of attempts to make a clean break with the sport's doping scandals.
If the move is approved, world records would only be recognised if they can stand up to strict new c... | Plans to rewrite world records set before 2005 are "disrespectful, an injustice and a slap in the face", says former long jumper Mike Powell, who stands to lose his own world record. |
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Daniel Schofield, 29, shot Roy Hanson, 50, with the weapon on his farm on the Lizard in Cornwall, Truro Crown Court was told.
It happened after Mr Hanson had viciously assaulted his wife, Mr Schofield's older sister Julia Hanson, the court heard.
Mr Schofield ... | A man murdered his violent brother-in-law by firing a crossbow bolt straight through his body, a court heard. |
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This is the highest honour given by the Institute of Physics in London.
Prof Eli Yablonovitch of the University of California, Berkeley, proposed and created the crystals in the 1980s.
They are now used in data processing and in wave guides for laser surgery; ... | The US physicist who first discovered "photonic crystals" which can repel, trap and steer light is to receive the Newton Medal, the BBC can reveal. |
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Initially it was calm, even after MPs had voted for the draft bill that the activists were protesting against.
I was covering the vote inside parliament.
But some minutes after the speaker brought the session to a close I heard noises coming from the square ne... | Several hundred activists had been protesting close to the Ukrainian parliament building from early in the morning. |
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Seth Dixon, seven, was hit by a car driven by a woman while she was chatting to a friend using her mobile phone's loudspeaker function, in 2014.
Seth's mother, Alice Husband, has launched a petition.
The government said current legislation means drivers distra... | A mother whose son was killed by a driver using a hands-free phone is calling for a total ban on mobile use for drivers. |
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The suspension comes in a week that two managers of the taxi-ordering app Uber were arrested for "illicit activity".
In June France's interior minister ordered a ban on UberPOP after a day of nationwide protests by taxi drivers.
Bernard Cazeneuve has said Uber... | Uber has suspended its UberPOP taxi-ordering app in France, according to newspaper Le Monde. |
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The moves come after Prime Minister David Cameron released details of his tax affairs.
Welsh Conservatives leader Andrew RT Davies has vowed to do the same.
Labour's Carwyn Jones said he was comfortable publishing his "boring" tax returns, but UKIP's Nathan Gi... | Leaders of Plaid Cymru, the Welsh Liberal Democrats and Welsh Labour have revealed details of what they pay in tax. |
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The gaffe came as the country celebrated its 150th birthday at the weekend.
Kicking off celebrations, the PM name-checked 12 of Canada's 13 provinces and territories - but not Alberta.
Within minutes, angry Albertans were debating the slip on social media, wit... | Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has infuriated people from Alberta, after failing to give the province a shout-out on Canada Day. |
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The BBC has spoken to one man who says four members of his family were killed in a night raid involving the SAS in 2011.
The Sunday Times has also reported other allegations of unlawful killing by British special forces.
An investigation into British troops' c... | The Royal Military Police is investigating an allegation that British special forces killed unarmed Afghan civilians, the BBC understands. |
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Bill Lucas said a glass of wine or sherry before lunch also kept him strong.
Mr Lucas, also the country's oldest living Bomber Command pilot, competed in the 5,000m track event at the 1948 London Olympic Games.
He celebrated his birthday at a party organised b... | An evening whisky is the key to a long life, according to Britain's oldest living Olympian on his 100th birthday. |
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South Bank Square aims to develop land close to the Caw roundabout with frontages to Crescent Link and Clooney Road.
If approved, the scheme would take about 10 years to complete.
House builders in Northern Ireland are beginning major schemes for the first tim... | A developer has submitted plans to build 800 houses in Londonderry in what would be the city's biggest residential scheme in over a decade. |
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Eric and Ann Whalley, originally from Cockermouth and Maryport, have given the money to the Cumbria Community Foundation's Flood Recovery Fund.
The appeal was launched in the wake of heavy storms in December.
The Whalleys, who now live in Boston, emigrated 27 ... | A couple badly injured in the Boston Marathon bombings have marked the third anniversary of the attack by donating £10,000 to a charity appeal helping flood victims in Cumbria. |
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The 24m (78ft) sculpture weighs 15 tonnes and is made of wood draped with swathes of brightly coloured fabric.
The sculpture, by the US artist Richard Tuttle, is suspended over the atrium and is intended to resemble aeroplane wings.
Tuttle said it was "the job... | The Tate Modern gallery in London has unveiled the latest art commission to fill its vast Turbine Hall space. |
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The Scottish SPCA set a humane trap after the creature was seen near the Alladale Wilderness Reserve near Bonar Bridge on 11 March.
Last week it emerged that a raccoon was filmed by wildlife detection equipment near Garve on 17 March.
This sighting was made ab... | An animal welfare charity has attempted to trap a raccoon that was spotted several miles from where one was filmed in the Scottish Highlands. |
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The people of Iraq are justifiably proud of this ancient heritage and its innovations and impact on the world.
The reported destruction by Islamic State militants at Nimrud, following similar destruction at the site of Nineveh and the Mosul Museum, is an attac... | Ancient Iraq is famous for many global "firsts" - Mesopotamia gave us the first writing, the first city, the first written law code, and arguably the first empire. |
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The service, which runs on Friday and Saturday nights, launched on 19 August last year with two lines running. It has run on five lines since December.
The eight millionth journey on the Night Tube is expected to take place this weekend as the service marks it... | About 300,000 journeys are being made every weekend on London's Night Tube service, analysis reveals. |
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He was found unconscious at Appleford Court in Pitsea, Essex, shortly after officers were called to a disturbance at about 00:30 GMT on Wednesday.
The unnamed man, thought to be in his mid-20s to mid-30s, was given first aid before being declared dead.
The 50-... | A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a body was found in a stairwell at a block of flats. |
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The AnaOno Intimates show was devised by US designer, and breast cancer survivor, Dana Donofree, and introduced by Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino.
Models with different shapes and stories proudly bared signs of surgery.
Nearly half of the models had metast... | Women who survived breast cancer took over the catwalk at New York Fashion Week in an alternative lingerie show to raise funds for charity. |
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Sarries hope to better second-placed Exeter's result against Saints as they battle for a home play-off semi-final.
Already-relegated Bristol make two changes, as Jack O'Connell comes into the front row and Ollie Robinson returns to the back row.
The visitors c... | Saracens captain Brad Barritt misses the game with a knock, so Owen Farrell takes the armband and Alex Lozowski starts at centre against Bristol. |
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The 2013 double world champion missed the 2012 London Games because of injury and struggled with form and fitness before gaining selection for Rio.
"If you'd said to me seven months ago 'keep training hard you'll be going to the Olympics' I probably would have... | Cyclist Becky James says that as recently as the start of 2016 she was not sure she would make the Olympics. |
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But another significant, and so far less widely discussed, issue is coming to the fore - if and when peace is achieved, what role can or should the Colombian military play?
Much of the focus to date has seemingly been around the possible demobilisation of the ... | With long-awaited peace talks under way between the Colombian government and Farc rebels in Oslo, one key question is how to incorporate the guerrillas back into civilian life. |
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None of them will be offering the product immediately.
Only three providers will offer the Lisa this month, and they are all investment platforms which will operate a stocks and shares version only.
The Lisa, the brainchild of former Chancellor George Osborne,... | The government's flagship savings programme, the Lifetime Isa (Lisa), has been snubbed by banks and building societies on the day it launches. |
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"We have a lot of evidence about what works in schools, but it's not spread within the school system," she said.
Sir Kevan Collins, chief executive of the Education Endowment Foundation, will be the first to take the role.
Ms Greening said her top priority wou... | Education Secretary Justine Greening has announced the creation of an "evidence champion" who will make sure that decisions on improving schools in England are based on real evidence. |
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The 29-year-old all-rounder took over the captaincy from Glen Chapple this season but has only been able to play one County Championship match.
Last summer, Smith took more than 50 wickets in the Championship for the first time and hit 773 runs.
"This is a hug... | Lancashire captain Tom Smith will miss the rest of the season as he needs to have surgery on a back injury. |
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The Ukrainian Eurovision team say they were stripped of major responsibilities in December, when a new boss was appointed to the organising committee.
According to their resignation letter, they were "completely blocked" from making decisions about the show.
T... | The Eurovision Song Contest has hit a major road bump, after 21 top level staff organising the event resigned. |
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Two UN peacekeepers from Guinea and a civilian contractor were killed in the attack in Kidal, officials said.
Eight days ago, gunmen attacked a hotel in the capital, Bamako, taking scores hostage. Twenty-two people were killed.
The peacekeeping mission in Mali... | Three people have been killed in a rocket attack on a UN peacekeepers' base in northern Mali, the UN says. |
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Kinder Morgan Inc's Trans Mountain pipeline and Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline were given the green light by Ottawa.
But the federal government rejected a separate Enbridge project, the Alberta-to-British Columbia Northern Gateway.
Mr Trudeau's decision is a major... | Canada will approve two major pipeline projects, but reject a third proposal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced. |
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The major oil exporting nations struck the deal at talks in Algeria on Wednesday to ease fears of oversupply.
"Opec made an exceptional decision today," Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said.
Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil, rose almost 6% t... | The oil producers cartel Opec has agreed a preliminary deal to cut production for the first time in eight years, sending crude prices surging. |
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The quartet of Michael Bingham, Martyn Rooney, Andrew Steele and Robert Tobin were upgraded to third after retested urine samples found Russia's Denis Alekseyev had used a banned substance.
"I can't wait to get the Olympic medals we all deserve," Rooney said.
... | Britain's men's 4x400m relay team from Beijing 2008 will finally receive their Olympic bronze medals at the Anniversary Games on 9 July. |
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Rajesh Khunti, 30, appeared at Leicester Crown Court accused of killing Dilovan Fazil Mohammed on 8 March.
Mr Mohammed, also aged 30, died after being taken to hospital.
Mr Khunti, previously of Kinley Road in Leicester, was remanded back into custody and is d... | A man has pleaded not guilty to murdering a man who was found stabbed outside Leicester railway station. |
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Luke Sansom was searching with a metal detector in Farndon, near Chester, when he stumbled across the silver piece.
Made with carnelian gemstone, it features a fallen soldier or gladiator holding a shield towards what appears to be a large cat or panther.
Ches... | An amateur treasure hunter has found a rare 2,000-year-old Roman pendant in a field in a Cheshire village. |
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The advert, showing three women bound and gagged in the boot of a Ford Figo, appeared on a website.
Mr Berlusconi was shown in the driver's seat with a slogan: "Leave your worries behind with Figo's extra-large boot."
The advert has not been used commercially.... | The Indian unit of Ford Motor Company has apologised for an advertisement showing former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with a group of bound women in the boot of a car. |
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Ralph Clarke, of Erdington, Birmingham, is thought to be the oldest person convicted in British legal history.
Judge Richard Bond QC said Clarke had been guilty of "systematic abuse" between 1974 and 1983.
He was found guilty of 21 counts of abusing two girls ... | A 101-year-old man has been jailed for 13 years for committing 30 child sex offences. |
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The rugby league club was given about 50 lights and transformers that were confiscated in a raid on a cannabis farm in north-west Leeds on Tuesday.
West Yorkshire Police said the move would save the force and club money.
Head groundsman Ryan Golding said: "The... | High-powered cannabis factory lamps seized by police have been put to use by Leeds Rhinos to grow some grass of their own - on the pitch. |
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Manxman Cavendish won the road race title in 2013, while Adam Blythe will be looking to defend his crown.
Deignan will aim to win her fourth national road race title, with Olympic gold medallist Dani King challenging.
The men's and women's time trials take pla... | Former world champions Mark Cavendish and Lizzie Deignan will race in the National Road Championships in June, British Cycling has announced. |
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The council vehicle then crashed into the Millennium Hotel, near Queen Street station in George Square, at 14:30 GMT.
One eyewitness told Newsbeat the scene "was like something out of a movie".
Steven McNeil, who among thousands in the city doing Christmas sho... | Six people have been killed and eight others injured after an out-of-control bin lorry crashed into pedestrians in central Glasgow. |
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The singer's second single, Stitches, took 17 weeks to reach number one, bucking a trend for songs to enter the UK chart at the top spot.
Only one song has taken longer: Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud, which had a 19-week climb to the summit in 2014.
Mendes ro... | Canadian teen star Shawn Mendes has ended his countrymate Justin Bieber's extended run at the top of the charts. |
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On Tuesday, this otherwise unassuming woman marked her 117th birthday, looking back on a life which has not only spanned three centuries but also survived an abusive marriage which started with blackmail, the loss of her only son and a diet which most would de... | When Emma Morano was born, Umberto I was still reigning over Italy, Fiat had only just been established and Milan Football Club was still a few weeks off creation. |
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His daughter Reverend Mpho Tutu said the infection was "below the belt" but was not in his prostrate, where his cancer lies dormant and was being well cared for.
It is going to take a few days before he returns home, she said in Cape Town.
He retired from publ... | South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu is in "good spirits" after his admission to hospital on Tuesday for an unspecified infection, his family says. |
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And it is now undermining the living standards of most people in the UK.
Although the rate of inflation has generally dropped over the last year, prices are still rising above the government's target rate of 2%.
The inflation rate still stands higher than the ... | Inflation - or the rising cost of goods and services - is one of the key measures that affect our financial well-being. |
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The Pentagon said the test lasted around three minutes and was designed to "validate the safety protocols" agreed last month.
Last month both countries' planes entered the same "battle space" and came within miles of each other.
After this a deal was signed to... | One Russian and one American plane have carried out a "planned communications test" in the skies over Syria, US officials say. |
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For children in Syria, Eid al-Adha would usually mean new clothes and shoes, home cooked meals with family, and gifts.
But for the past few years for the children of Aleppo caught up in months of intense bombardments and massacres, Eid has turned into a more s... | What is it like celebrating Eid in a warzone? |
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Senate Republicans are scrambling to defend their narrow majority in a series of neck-and-neck races across the country. Democrats would need to add five seats to win back the Senate majority and only four if Hillary Clinton is elected. Tim Kaine, as vice pres... | While the presidency has taken centre stage this election season, Democrats and Republicans are fighting another crucial battle at the state level. |
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It has been a constant theme of European politics over the last few years.
In several countries we are witnessing a gradual decline in support for traditional mainstream parties, as disillusioned voters strike out in unexpected directions.
This loosening of ol... | Fragmentation. |
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Greater Manchester - which will take on the powers when electing a mayor in two years - should become a blueprint for other large cities, he said.
A Cities Devolution Bill will be in the Queen's Speech later this month.
Labour claimed the government's "pieceme... | English cities will get powers over housing, transport, planning and policing under plans set out in George Osborne's first post-election speech. |
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Layla Ibrahim, from Carlisle, was convicted of perverting the course of justice in 2010 and served 18 months of her sentence, giving birth in prison.
But she told the Victoria Derbyshire programme she "finally" had enough new information to prove her innocence... | A woman sentenced to three years in prison after being convicted of faking her own rape says she is now fighting to clear her name. |
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The risk, of course, is that they lose control.
And Sir John Chilcot has used every bit of his independence to defy the body politic and take his time over a report that many wanted published earlier.
Commons Speaker John Bercow spoke for many at Westminster e... | Usually, politicians like independent inquiries - they use them to outsource and delay difficult decisions. |
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Bookings in the three months to 30 June fell by 5% depressed by weak demand for Turkey.
Thomas Cook has increased sales in other areas, such as the western Mediterranean, while Bulgaria and Cuba have grown in popularity.
It now expects annual profit of £300m c... | Thomas Cook will miss its full-year profit target after terror attacks in Turkey sent holidaymakers elsewhere. |
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Nowadays, robots work alongside humans in hotels and factories, while driverless cars are being test driven on the roads.
Behind the scenes, AI engines in the form of smart algorithms "work" on stock exchanges, offer up suggestions for books and films on Amazo... | Artificial intelligence (AI) is the science of making smart machines, and it has come a long way since the term was coined in the 1950s. |
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Jan Woerner has told reporters of his deep frustration that the project to put the robot on the surface of the Red Planet has been delayed yet again.
The venture could not have an open-ended schedule or budget, he said.
The ExoMars six-wheeled vehicle was orig... | Europe's rover mission to Mars is "drinking in the last chance saloon", warns the European Space Agency's director general. |
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Scottish Borders Council is being asked to endorse the response to a consultation by Network Rail.
The Scotland Route Study will inform future infrastructure provision around the country between 2019 and 2029.
The council has drawn up a string of suggestions o... | A list of proposals has been drawn up to enhance the long-term future of the Borders Railway - including extending the line to Carlisle. |
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Authorities in California confirmed that seven others remain in hospital.
The collapse happened during a 21st birthday party shortly before 01:00 local time (08:00 GMT) on Tuesday in the city of Berkeley.
The students are believed to have been living temporari... | Five Irish students and one other young woman have been killed after a fourth-floor balcony collapsed at a US apartment. |
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The coalition government has already announced plans for 100,000 cut-price homes for people aged under 40.
Mr Cameron said his party would double it if elected, giving more people the security of owning their own home.
Labour said the plan was inadequate and h... | Some 200,000 homes will be made available to first-time buyers in England by 2020 if the Tories win the election, David Cameron has promised. |
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Norway's public broadcaster said the prize, awarded in Oslo, is likely to go to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
Pakistani schoolgirl campaigner Malala Yousafzai and Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege are also tipped as favourites.
... | The Nobel Peace Prize winner is due to be announced amid reports it will go to the group overseeing the dismantling of Syria's chemical weapons. |
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Talks were held between the company and unions last week, where it is thought the issues of pensions, production and jobs were discussed.
It is thought a deal could emerge this week.
The future of Tata plants has been in doubt since the UK business was put up ... | Unions are close to agreeing a deal with Tata Steel which would keep the Port Talbot works open along with other UK plants, BBC Wales understands. |
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