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Lambeth Council said the wire was fed into the terraced house in Rectory Gardens, Clapham which had been illegally turned into flats.
It said the man acting as landlord was charging £100 per week for each of the eight rooms which shared one bathroom.
The counc... | A south-west London house which was sublet for about £40,000 a year had an electricity cable running through a tree branch inside the property, a council has revealed. |
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Mohamed Fakih, of the Islamist group Hamas, died in a gun battle with troops who surrounded his hideout in the village of Surif.
Three other suspects were arrested in the night-time operation.
Rabbi Michael "Miki" Mark was killed when his car crashed after bei... | Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian who they said was behind a recent attack which killed an Israeli father-of-10 in the West Bank. |
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It will be the first time the Social Travel Summit has been held in the UK.
VisitBritain, which is sponsoring the event in September, said it would involve more than 40 of the world's top travel writers on social media.
The summit will involve keynote speakers... | Inverness is to be the venue for a two-day international travel bloggers' conference. |
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The so-called Fagin's Law would target those "procuring young people to commit offences" in the state of Victoria.
The name refers to the fictional ringleader of child pickpockets in Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist.
The crackdown comes after a series of cr... | Adults who groom children into committing crimes will face up to 10 years in jail under proposed new laws in Australia. |
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Stroud District Council cited the Equalities Act 2010 when explaining its reasons for admitting men to the weekly sessions at the Pulse leisure centre in Dursley, Gloucestershire.
The women-only classes had been held at the centre for years without complaint.
... | Women-only swimming classes that were scrapped by a council for legal reasons have been reinstated. |
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The Wallabies led by a point at half-time courtesy of the boot of Bernard Foley, after Dan Cole and Mike Brown had crossed for England, and Foley and Dane Haylett-Petty for the hosts.
Michael Hooper and Israel Folau tries cancelled out a Billy Vunipola score.
... | England completed a series whitewash in Australia with victory in a pulsating third and final Test in Sydney. |
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They were ordered down by a Belfast court on Friday, after they carried death threats against a Catholic man.
His lawyer had been critical of the length of time it took the social media giant to act.
He had threatened to take further legal action if they were ... | Two Facebook sites related to the loyalist flag protests have been removed. |
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Glasgow City Council said the cash would be spent on more segregated cycling routes, traffic calming measures and other safety features.
Councillors approved the Strategic Plan for Cycling 2016-2025 and agreed to the funding on the basis that match funding is ... | Scotland's largest council aims to spend £6m over the next three years on improving cycling infrastructure. |
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Two Australians, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, and a Philippines woman, Mary Jane Veloso were notified by Indonesian officials on Saturday.
Under Indonesian law, convicts must be given 72 hours' notice of execution, but no formal date has yet been set.
The... | At least three of 10 people on death row in Indonesia for drug smuggling have been given formal notice of their imminent execution. |
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Woods, 39, announced an indefinite break from the game this week.
Hank Haney, who spent six years with the 14-time major champion, told BBC Radio 5 live that Woods had "no choice" but to withdraw from competitive golf.
"Whatever the reason, he definitely has n... | Tiger Woods has lost the "desire and energy" to "climb back up the mountain" and rediscover his best form as a golfer, his former swing coach says. |
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Children have been sexually abused and tortured in government detention, while rebels have recruited them in support roles and for combat, the report warns.
It estimates that more than 10,000 children have been killed. Many more have been injured or have disap... | A new report shows children have endured "unspeakable and unacceptable" suffering during the conflict in Syria, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says. |
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UKIP also successfully campaigned to leave the EU less than 10 months ago.
BBC Wales' analysis of nominations suggests there are 944 Labour candidates, 630 Conservatives, 577 Plaid Cymru candidates, 280 Liberal Democrats, 80 UKIP and 78 Greens.
There are 160 c... | Just 80 UKIP candidates are standing in May's council elections in Wales, despite the party finishing fourth in the 2016 assembly poll. |
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The 30-year-old is being treated in hospital after he was struck by a silver Vauxhall Astra on Colewell Close in Southampton, on Monday.
The man, along with another cyclist, was followed through the Shirley Towers estate by the car at about 22:00 BST.
The car ... | A man suffered serious head injuries when he was "deliberately" knocked down in an apparent hit-and-run. |
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He said the Ohio governor should not stay in the contest because he cannot collect enough delegates to win.
His comments came just ahead of Tuesday's Wisconsin vote which could reshape the Republican race.
"If I didn't have Kasich, I automatically win," Mr Tru... | Republican front-runner Donald Trump has said he would easily win the Republican nomination if John Kasich drops out of the contest. |
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Bill Lincoln said he was given three bags by John "Kenny" Collins, one of the men who has pleaded guilty to his role in the heist, on the Monday after the burglary.
Mr Lincoln said he was told they contained paperwork and "bric-a-brac".
He denies conspiring to... | One of the men accused of being part of the Hatton Garden raid has told the court he looked after bags given to him by one of the burglars. |
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The Three Lions had taken the lead through Harry Kane's strike in Paris, but still lost despite Raphael Varane's dismissal early in the second half.
England have also lost to Germany and drawn against Spain this season.
"You have got to control possession and ... | England must learn to "manage the game" better after falling to a 3-2 friendly defeat against 10-man France, says manager Gareth Southgate. |
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The 73-year old author of I Dreamed of Africa was injured in an ambush at her conservation park on Sunday.
Ms Gallmann's family said she was in intensive care at a Nairobi hospital.
She endured a seven-hour operation after being airlifted there for treatment.
... | Kenya has arrested an unspecified number of suspects and recovered a gun potentially linked to the shooting of conservationist Kuki Gallmann, the country's interior minister said. |
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The raid happened overnight at Culcheth Community Primary School.
The school's head teacher Amanda Dodd said 48 iPad minis were taken in what was the latest in a number of similar thefts of tablets and mobile phones in the area.
Cheshire Constabulary have aske... | Thieves have smashed through a brick wall at a Cheshire primary school to steal tablet computers. |
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Each is believed to be found only at a single location - one in Dumfries and Galloway, the other in Perthshire.
The finds were made as part of 10th anniversary celebrations of the wildlife charity, Buglife Scotland.
Beetle spotters trained in workshops funded ... | Entomologists have welcomed the rediscovery of two rare, spotted beetles in Scotland, 17 years after they were last recorded. |
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In early business, the FTSE 100 is down 34.53 points at 5,932.27.
The pound also fell again on Thursday. Sterling lost 0.4% against the dollar to $1.4115 and fell 0.4% against the euro to €1.2564.
The US Federal Reserve last night said it would keep interes... | (Open): The FTSE 100 starts Thursday trading with falls as traders remain weighed down by uncertainty about the global economy. |
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Sharapova, 30, is set to return from a 15-month doping ban at the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart on Wednesday.
Her wildcard entry was called "disrespectful" to other players by ex-world number one Caroline Wozniacki.
Agnieszka Radwanska said Sharapova should ... | Maria Sharapova's agent has accused "journeyman" rivals of trying to prevent the Russian playing at next month's French Open because it is their "last chance to win a Slam". |
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South Central Ambulance Service said it called in the service from 21 December to ensure it met critical calls.
Fire appliances, with trained trauma technicians and defibrillators onboard, were sent if it was quickest.
In a two-and-a-half week period over Chri... | Fire engines have been used to respond to emergency ambulance call outs in Oxfordshire following a surge in demand over the Christmas period. |
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John McGeever, from Edinburgh, ran on to the Hampden pitch and was involved in an altercation with a Rangers fan after his team won the game 3-2.
He admitted charges under the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act.
McGeever, 44, was given a two-year banning orde... | A Hibernian fan has been fined £2,000 and given a four-year football banning order over his role in the disorder at the end of May's Scottish Cup Final. |
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The Lib Dems ended up with just eight MPs, down from 57 in 2010.
Energy Secretary Ed Davey, Business Secretary Vince Cable and Treasury Secretary Danny Alexander all lost their seats.
Mr Clegg said the results were "immeasurably more crushing" than he had fear... | Nick Clegg has resigned as Liberal Democrat leader after his party was routed at the general election. |
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Justine Greening said the government will not accept mandatory quotas.
The European Commission is expected to announce details of its plan to deal with the migrants on Wednesday.
Reports suggest it will call for a quota system for member states to relocate som... | The UK will not be part of any EU plan to relocate thousands of African migrants who have arrived in Italy and Greece, the international development secretary has told the BBC. |
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Eric Pickles confirmed that he supports the plans for Old Oak Common.
The development in north-west London will create up to 24,000 homes and more than 55,000 jobs, according to the mayor of London's office.
Labour Hammersmith MP Andy Slaughter said he feared ... | One of the largest regeneration schemes in London for decades has been approved by the secretary of state for communities and local government. |
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Matthew Hanley, 22, and Connor Allsopp, 20, admitted charges relating to the massive data breach in October 2015.
The Old Bailey heard Hanley hacked into the telecom giant's website and shared a customer's personal and financial details with Allsopp.
The pair,... | Two friends have admitted their part in a £42m hack attack on the TalkTalk website. |
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The group, one of the UK's "big six" energy suppliers, said its overall revenues were down 7% because of the decline in the UK.
E.On also said that the lower value of the pound since the Brexit referendum vote had caused "currency-translation effects".
E.On ha... | A fall in the number of UK customers has hit quarterly profits at German energy giant E.On. |
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Composer Philip Hammond said that the minister had "no experience in the arts".
Last week, he wrote on social media that Ms Ní Chuilín had "no notion" about the sector in Northern Ireland.
The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL) said the minister "t... | A former director of the Arts Council has criticised Culture Minister Carál Ní Chuilín for a lack of awareness about the arts. |
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The Australian striker was sent off for a challenge on Kenny Miller after 27 minutes at Fir Park with the scores tied at 0-0 and Rangers down to 10 men after Michael O'Halloran's red card.
Motherwell's stance was confirmed by the assistant manager James McFadd... | Motherwell are to appeal against the red card shown to Scott McDonald in Saturday's 2-0 defeat by Rangers. |
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They were carried out under a national insurance scheme whereby private hospitals claim for treating patients who cannot afford expensive procedures.
Officials estimate more than 2,000 women were talked into having their wombs removed in the last six months.
T... | India's Chhattisgarh state is investigating reports that thousands of women had unnecessary hysterectomies so hospitals could make insurance claims. |
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Alexander Cassidy crashed into Wayne Strickland's car near Livingston last July, causing it to burst into flames.
Cassidy, 29, from Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, drove without due care and attention.
The judge said he had decided not to jail the 29-year-old.
Lord... | A van driver who admitted causing the death of a man in a crash on the M8 in West Lothian has been ordered to carry out 240 hours of unpaid work as part of a 12-month community payback order. |
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The Aberdeen-based company said it was continuing to be hit by a downturn in the oil and gas industry.
It said it had taken measures to cut costs but had not been able to meet levels needed and 130 employees may now be made redundant.
Pilots union Balpa has ca... | North Sea helicopter operator Bristow could make 130 of its staff redundant. |
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The body of Owen Creaney, 40, from Victoria Place in Lurgan, was found in a wheelie bin in the porch of a house in Moyraverty Court on Saturday.
A 23-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man are being questioned about his death.
Monsignor Aidan Hamill said the fam... | The parish priest of a family whose son was murdered in Craigavon has described what they are going through as a "horrendous ordeal". |
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It was a year ago that, on a visit to Rome to see the Pope, he said "We are a tech company, not a media company".
Then, in December, he appeared to soften his language, saying "It's not a traditional media company. You know, we build technology and we feel res... | Ok, perhaps today is the day that Mark Zuckerberg finally abandons the pretence that Facebook isn't a media company. |
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David Lord, from Westerham, denied causing Valerie Deakin's death by dangerous driving following the crash in Westerham, Kent, on Christmas Eve.
Ms Deakin, 74, of Udimore, East Sussex, died when Mr Lord's Audi crashed into the town centre branch of Costa.
Mr L... | An 87-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to killing a woman who died when his car ploughed into a coffee shop. |
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It needs to save £18.5m in the year ahead.
NHS Grampian wants to see a reduction in the use of locums and agency nurses, as well as cutting back the reliance on the private sector to help meet treatment time guarantees.
The health board will hear it faces fin... | NHS Grampian needs to make millions of pounds of cuts to balance its budget, the health board has said. |
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There have been 3,500 confirmed or probable cases in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
"The outbreaks are racing ahead of the control efforts in these countries," WHO chief Margaret Chan said.
The WHO is meeting on Thursday to examine the most promising treatm... | More than 1,900 people have now died in West Africa's Ebola outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. |
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The drawings had been misattributed to another artist, Sir Edwin Landseer, since the reign of Queen Victoria.
But after studying the 25 black-and-white chalk sketches, historian Lindsay Stainton confirmed they are actually early works by one of Britain's most ... | An album of drawings by 18th Century painter Thomas Gainsborough has been discovered in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle. |
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The airport said it was experiencing a knock-on effect from poor weather on Friday but also from fog which is causing problems in south-east England.
Some earlier flights were diverted to Bristol with others delayed by up to 90 minutes.
The disruption was set ... | Fog has caused flights in and out of Cardiff Airport to be delayed or diverted. |
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Its parent group, United Dairy Farmers co-operative, said the reduction was due to depressed market returns, especially from milk powder exports.
This was "made worse by adverse exchange rates with the pound gathering strength versus the euro as the year progr... | Annual profits at Dale Farm, Northern Ireland's largest milk processor, have fallen by about 50% to £3.5m. |
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Katherine Archuleta said she would step down on Friday to help the department "move beyond the current challenges".
Authorities suspect that Chinese-based hackers targeted the computer systems of the OPM, which acts as the personnel office of the federal gover... | The director of the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has resigned after a massive data breach involving more than 20 million people. |
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She uses her love of football to motivate young girls, going into primary schools to encourage them to take up sport.
The BBC's Stanley Kwenda went to meet her at the headquarters of Manchester City FC in the UK, where she... | Professional footballer Sonwabise Dick comes from one of the toughest suburbs in the South African city of Cape Town, where there are high levels of crime and unemployment. |
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Labour peer Lord Carter's report found nearly one in 10 beds was taken by someone medically fit to be released.
It said it was a "major problem" causing operations to be cancelled and resulting in the NHS paying private hospitals to see patients.
Union Unison ... | Delays in discharging patients out of hospital after treatment could be costing the NHS in England £900m a year, an independent review has said. |
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Carwyn Jones will unveil a blueprint for an overhaul of relations between the governments of the four nations after the UK leaves the European Union.
A new UK Council of Ministers would settle post-Brexit power disputes.
Mr Jones will call on the UK nations to... | Brexit provides an opportunity to "reinvent and strengthen" the United Kingdom, Wales' first minister will say in a speech on Thursday. |
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Twenty-five crew members went to local hospitals as a precaution but were later discharged, said BA spokeswoman Michele Kropf.
The crew were not treated for smoke inhalation as reported, she said.
The airline did not say what the cause of the problem was or wh... | A British Airways flight from San Francisco to London was diverted to Vancouver after members of the crew became ill, the airline says. |
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The number of confirmed deaths has risen to seven, with 22 people still missing, but there are hopes people may have survived in air pockets.
Nine people were brought out alive while two were found outside the hotel.
Rescuers using shovels and saws are conside... | Three puppies have been rescued alive from the ruins of a mountain hotel in Abruzzo, central Italy, which was engulfed by an avalanche five days ago. |
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Surrey roads have hosted a number of races and rides since the London 2012 Olympics, including the penultimate stage of the Tour of Britain.
But some residents feel "pestered" by events, according to an online petition calling for them to be scrapped.
David Ca... | The prime minister has backed road cycling events and the "Wiggins effect" riding craze in south-east England. |
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The infusion of the legal supplement L-carnitine, given to Farah before the 2014 London Marathon, is being looked at by the US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) to determine whether rules were broken.
Dr Robin Chakraverty carried out the treatment on the instruction ... | The doctor who treated Mo Farah with a controversial infusion is set to give evidence to MPs on Wednesday. |
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Foreign Minister Hector Timerman said it was a resolution for economic stability, peace and development.
The UN said countries should protect governments from minority creditors who refuse to go along with the majority in mutually agreed debt restructuring.
Ar... | Argentina has welcomed a UN resolution creating a new global framework for sovereign debt restructuring. |
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England's Haseeb Hameed, playing in his first ever limited-overs match, struck nine fours in his 88 off 101 balls as Lancashire posted 314-8 in 50 overs.
James Sykes' 4-57, his best one-day figures, included the wicket of Hameed.
After a rain delay and a middl... | Leicestershire successfully chased a revised target of 309 in 49 overs to beat Lancashire in the two sides' One-Day Cup group opener at Old Trafford. |
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More than 20 years after the death of the Grateful Dead founder, the auction of the custom-made guitar fetched a total of $3.2m (£2.5m).
It was bought at a New York charity concert by Brian Halligan, CEO of marketing group HubSpot and a lifelong fan of the ba... | The sale of Jerry Garcia's favourite guitar, Wolf, has raised millions of dollars for a civil rights group. |
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The operation began on Thursday, when the LÉ Niamh arrived on the scene and deployed two rhibs (inflatable boats) to the vessel.
The rescued migrants on board received water, food and medical assistance where required.
This is the ship's 20th operation since ... | Irish Naval Service ship, LÉ Niamh, has rescued 124 people from a rubber boat in the Mediterranean sea, 58km north east of the Libyan capital of Tripoli. |
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The bodies of Jonathan and Derisa Trenchard were found at their home in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, in October.
An inquest in Truro heard Trenchard, 50, thought his wife was having an affair despite there being no evidence.
Coroner Dr Emma Carlyon ruled Mrs Trenchar... | A woman was beaten to death with a hammer by her husband before he stabbed himself with a kitchen knife, a coroner has ruled. |
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In an address to the NASUWT teachers' conference, Ms Morgan said there was no going back on plans to make every school an academy by 2020.
She also urged the union to take a more positive line about the profession rather than talking of "crisis".
She told teac... | Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has been met with shouts of "rubbish" as she told teachers about plans to turn all schools in England into an academy. |
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Dywedodd heddlu'r de eu bod wedi eu galw i'r digwyddiad am 18:15.
Mae'n debyg fod y wraig yn gyrru car Volkswagen Golf ar y draffordd, pan ddihangodd ei chi i'r ffordd.
Fe geisiodd redeg ar ei ôl, ond cafodd ei tharo gan fan Ford Transit.
Bu farw yn y fan a'r ... | Fe gafodd dynes 66 oed ei lladd ar draffordd yr M4 nos Wener wrth iddi geisio dal ci oedd wedi mynd yn rhydd ar y ffordd. |
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The two communities in the Niger Delta - the Ogale and Bille - claim decades of oil spills have ruined their homes.
They wanted their case heard in the UK.
But the High Court in London agreed with the Anglo-Dutch company's argument that the case, affecting mor... | A British court has blocked Nigerian villagers' attempt to sue oil giant Shell for allegedly polluting their fishing waters and farmland. |
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Tens of thousands will die if treatment does not reach them soon, Unicef warns.
In areas where Boko Haram militants had been in control, it found people without water, food or sanitation.
Last month, a charity said people fleeing Boko Haram had starved to deat... | Almost a quarter of a million children in parts of Nigeria's Borno state formerly controlled by Boko Haram are suffering from severe malnutrition, the UN children's agency says. |
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Stoke Field on 16 June 1487 saw the final attempt by the House of York to seize the crown after decades of war.
Despite involving more soldiers and having higher casualties, it is overshadowed by Bosworth, which saw the death of Richard III two years earlier.
... | A "forgotten" battle which ended the Wars of the Roses and confirmed the Tudor dynasty is to be marked. |
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They want to "stand up for her name", saying they felt they let her down in the past by not protecting her.
The programme will include William and Harry speaking about the week following her death, from the moment they heard the news to the day of her funeral.... | The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry say they are doing their duty as sons by taking part in a BBC documentary about their mother. |
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Cleansing worker Paul Donohoe, 54, told the High Court in Glasgow that his colleague called an ambulance for 76-year-old John Baker.
He said the injured man had called out: "I've got a bad heart, I can't breathe right", before passing out.
Peter Telfer, 25, de... | A dying man flagged down a refuse truck for help after being attacked in a Glasgow street, a court has heard. |
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The Bluebirds had two bids turned down in January for the 29-year-old and are believed to have made a recent offer of £1.2m.
Hayes, who has a contract at Aberdeen until the summer of 2019, is also a target for Scottish champions Celtic.
"You can only wait for ... | Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock has given up on signing Aberdeen's Republic of Ireland winger Jonny Hayes. |
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Dutiaume was left seething as his team failed to build on last Sunday's superb 6-3 win current Elite League champions Sheffield Steelers.
"A point has to be made that once again, we saw two sides to this hockey club," Dutiaume said. "For the first and the last... | Fife Flyers head coach Todd Dutiaume criticised his team's commitment as they lost their only game of the weekend 5-3 to Edinburgh Capitals in Kirkcaldy. |
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Garden Within A Garden, by Pakistani artist Imran Qureshi, has been painted in Lister Park and City Park, Bradford.
More than one million Muslim, Sikh and Hindu soldiers fought for Britain between 1914 and 1918.
The work, inspired by Pakistani and Indian minia... | An outdoor work of art reflecting the exploits of the Indian Army that fought on the side of the British in World War One has been unveiled. |
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Ilkeston FC were last month wound-up in the High Court, but Hardy has completed a deal from liquidators Smith Cooper.
Ex-Nottingham Forest defender Steve Chettle has been appointed as manager.
"Ilkeston Town will have its own corporate governance, with separat... | Notts County owner Alan Hardy has bought non-league side Ilkeston FC for an undisclosed fee. |
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Cy Viccari popped the question on the Isle of Man race's Mountain Course on Sunday.
Mr Viccari said he had been planning the proposal "quietly" for over a year to keep it secret from Ms Barton.
The couple, who live in North Wales and are originally from Poynto... | A TT marshal has gone down on one knee at the side of the track to propose to another race official. |
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The world's number one batter helped her side to an eight-wicket victory over India in the group stages before being sidelined with a shoulder injury.
The winners of Thursday's match will face England in the final at Lord's on Sunday after the tournament hosts... | Australia captain Meg Lanning is an injury doubt for Thursday's World Cup semi-final against India in Derby. |
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It comes a day after they were found guilty of terror charges at a trial in the capital N'Djamena.
Security sources said they were shot at a firing range north of the capital.
All 10 were convicted over their roles in twin attacks on the capital in June, which... | Ten members of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram have been executed by firing squad in Chad. |
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The Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument will become the largest network of oceanic protected areas in the world.
The memorandum bans commercial fishing, deep-sea mining and other extraction of underwater resources in the area.
Environmental campaig... | US President Barack Obama has signed a memorandum to expand a vast marine reserve in the Pacific Ocean. |
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The epicentre of the 7.8-magnitude quake was near the south-eastern city of Khash, close to Pakistan.
The quake struck deep and in a remote region, apparently limiting casualties.
Iranian state TV said 27 people had been injured, but rowed back on early report... | Iran has been struck by its most powerful earthquake for more than 50 years, with tremors felt across Pakistan, India and the Middle East. |
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But the Indian government is in the final stages of enrolling all of its citizens in the world's largest ID system. Siva Parameswaran of the BBC's Tamil Service finds out how they did it.
The system is known as Aadhaar, which means foundation.
It started as a ... | The idea of getting biometric data - fingerprint and iris scans - of a billion people would seem to be an impossibly complex task. |
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The wedding of late Xavier Jugelé and Etienne Cardiles was conducted in the presence of former President Francois Hollande and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo.
France is one of the few countries where posthumous marriages are permitted by law.
Mr Jugelé was shot dead... | The French policeman who was killed by a jihadist on Paris' Champs Elysees in April has been married in a posthumous ceremony with his gay partner. |
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Politicians and voters have been fiercely debating what his departure means for the country, as it tries to strike a debt deal with its creditors.
Many say they will miss his hardened stance against austerity, along with his maverick approach to politics.
Othe... | Yanis Varoufakis has always been a divisive figure - so it is unsurprising that his sudden decision to quit as Greece's finance minister has caused quite a stir. |
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It sounds like a Christmas cracker joke, or the start of a Hollywood film pitch.
But the man who knows the answer is Les Carlisle, project manager of the conservation group Rhinos Without Borders.
Under his guidance, 12 white rhinos have just left their native... | How do you get a 1.5-tonne rhino on an aeroplane? |
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The 43-year-old, who played 54 Test matches and 127 one-day internationals, replaces Paul Farbrace, who left at the end of last season.
"There is a great opportunity to be a part of something special," Adams told BBC Radio Kent.
"It will be good to be part of ... | Kent have appointed former West Indies captain Jimmy Adams as the county's new head coach from early February. |
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A few days ago, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) sent out a press release stating: "Latest statistics for Government-sponsored museums show two million more visits were made than previous year."
Its statistics reveal that 49 million visits we... | Two of London's most prestigious fine art galleries have seen UK visitor numbers fall significantly over the last five years, official figures show. |
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Robbie Lowther stabbed Morbheinn McTavish in the stomach leaving her with a liver injury.
Lowther, 23, from Tayport, admitted assaulting her to her severe injury, permanent disfigurement and to the danger of her life.
It happened on 2 January 2015 in Tayport's... | A newly-freed convict stabbed a woman in a random knife attack in Fife after telling a pub customer he was "just out, but not for long". |
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The will replace Hull Stingrays in the league following their liquidation.
Storm were disbanded in 2002 after their own financial problems when based at the Manchester Arena.
They will play at the Altrincham ice dome which English Premier League side Mancheste... | Manchester Storm are to reform and make a return to ice hockey's Elite League next season. |
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His adviser said Mr Trump would not appoint a special prosecutor to look into the former Secretary of State, as he had pledged during campaigning.
Later, Mr Trump said a fresh inquiry was not off the table, but he didn't want to "hurt the Clintons".
The FBI cl... | US President-elect Donald Trump will not pursue a further investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails, to help her "heal", his spokeswoman has said. |
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This was after the index dropped by 64.89 points on Monday.
The numbers correspond to 4 June 1989, the date of the crackdown against protesters at Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
China strictly prohibits references to the crackdown and has also censored other term... | China has blocked access to the term "Shanghai Composite Index" on some of the country's most popular microblogging sites. |
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That's the position Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Enda Kenny found himself in on Wednesday.
Mr Kenny and two of his cabinet ministers were trapped between floors at a food plant in County Kildare.
A technician was called and the taoiseach and his colleagues... | Politicians are used to having little room to manoeuvre, but political strategy is not much use when you are stuck in a lift. |
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Khuder Al-Sweady told the inquiry 19-year-old Hamid's body had a boot-shaped bruise on the forehead, a broken arm, bullet wounds and signs of hanging.
The Al-Sweady inquiry named after Hamid is examining claims that detainees were mistreated and killed in 2004... | A teenager killed in Iraq was tortured and hanged by British troops, his uncle has told an official investigation. |
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The PM claimed a win for Labour would mean a "chaotic Brexit" but Mr Corbyn said the Tories were "strong against the weak and weak against the strong".
Mrs May also declined to confirm the so-called triple lock on the state pensions would be kept in place.
The... | Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn clashed over the "choice" facing voters in the final PMQs before the general election. |
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Switzerland's Andri Ragettli won the freestyle skiing event with Canada's Alex Beaulieu-Marchand in third.
Woods, 25, won gold in the ski big air at the X Games in Aspen last month.
"I kept it pretty mellow as I w... | Great Britain's James Woods has finished second at the World Cup Ski Slopestyle in Quebec. |
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A House of Lords committee was told the devices were also being flown in protected airspace and that officers found it difficult to identify the people responsible.
The warning came from Ch Insp Nick Aldworth, of the Metropolitan Police, who is part of a natio... | Unmanned drones are "undoubtedly" being used to harass people, police say. |
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Simone Blake, 24, from Devizes, was filmed by BBC Panorama being neglected and abused at the Winterbourne View private hospital near Bristol in 2011.
The opening of the new unit in Devizes has been delayed due to authorities wrangling over its status.
The Care... | A woman at the centre of an abuse scandal remains hundreds of miles from home because a new unit close to her parents has still not opened. |
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Ben Robinson, 14, from Carrickfergus, County Antrim, died after suffering concussion in the match in 2011. He was in several heavy tackles before collapsing near the end of the game.
A coroner found that his death was caused by "second impact syndrome".
He sai... | The family of a teenager who died while playing rugby have issued legal proceedings against the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) and World Rugby. |
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Its data showed the quietest station, Shippea Hill in Cambridgeshire, had just 22 entries and exits across the whole of last year.
London Waterloo was the busiest station, with more than 99.2 million entries and exits in the last year.
Campaigners and industry... | Britain's busiest and quietest railway stations have been revealed in figures from the rail regulator. |
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The services are part of Swanage Railway Spring Steam Gala, which runs until Sunday, and mark the latest step in a bid to reconnect the seaside resort with the mainline.
Four journeys a day will run over the newly installed Norden Gates level crossing and on t... | Passenger trains have run over four miles of restored track in Dorset for the first time in 44 years. |
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The 53-year-old man, who has not yet been named, died after the incident which happened on Doctors Bridge in Moss Delph Lane, Aughton, at 05:45 BST.
A Lancashire Police spokesman said: "Sadly [he] was pronounced dead at the scene, no-one else was injured and t... | A man whose motorbike was in collision with a bus in Lancashire has died. |
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Finance company BluMarble lent Dean Holdsworth's Sports Shield the money to complete a takeover with chairman Ken Anderson's Inner Circle Investments.
However, in March, Anderson bought former Bolton striker Holdsworth's shares to become the majority owner of ... | Bolton Wanderers have been issued a winding-up petition over an unpaid £5m loan, BBC Radio Manchester reports. |
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Doctors previously thought the Mycobacterium abscessus bacteria could only be caught from water and soil.
But hospitals around the world may now have to change the way patients are treated, the study says.
Around 3-10% of cystic fibrosis patients in Europe and... | A dangerous infection which is becoming more common in people with cystic fibrosis can spread between patients, UK researchers say in The Lancet. |
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Mrs Clinton, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for the 2016 presidential election, has been under fire for using a private computer server for work emails while in office.
But she says no classified information was sent or received.
However, 125 emails ... | Thousands of Hillary Clinton's emails while US secretary of state have been released, including many that have been censored after being deemed classified. |
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Alastair Majury and Robert Davies are being investigated by the Scottish Conservatives over their comments.
Police Scotland has also received a report of comments made on social media by Mr Davies.
Mr Majury and Mr Davies were recently elected to the wards of ... | Two newly-elected Conservative councillors in Stirling have been suspended by the party over offensive posts made on Twitter. |
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Mr Gross, 65, has spent five years behind bars after being accused of subversion on the communist island.
He left Cuba on a US government plane and was freed on humanitarian grounds, a US official told Associated Press.
His arrest and imprisonment has undermin... | The US and Cuba have struck a prisoner swap deal that involves the release of American Alan Gross and three Cubans, US officials have announced. |
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The visitors' total of 338-3 always looked enough for a fourth win, with Kiran Carlson's 63 providing the main resistance in Glamorgan's 168 all out.
Somerset's massive total was built on a fine 187-run third-wicket stand between Allenby and Dean Elgar (96).
W... | Jim Allenby smashed a career-best 144 not out as he led Somerset to an emphatic 170-run victory against former side Glamorgan at Cardiff. |
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Google has worked out which of the four candidates generated the most searches in each of the 650 Commons constituencies, between 1 June and 3 September.
Mr Corbyn came top in 539 of them.
Research by Google News Labs and Alasdair Rae of Sheffield University
T... | Jeremy Corbyn is way out in front of his three rivals for the Labour leadership when it comes to internet searches, according to new research by Google News Labs for the BBC. |
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The city council voted in favour of a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) - a type of power aimed at tackling anti-social behaviour.
The authority said the ban would stop people from using "intoxicating substances" in the city centre.
Lincolnshire Police welc... | Lincoln will become the first place in the UK to introduce a ban on people taking legal highs in public places. |
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The group's leaders were Irfan Naseer, Irfan Khalid and Ashik Ali. Naseer, 31, was sentenced to life with a minimum of 18 years, Khalid, 28, was given 18 years and Ali 15 years.
The judge said Naseer wanted part of Birmingham to be a "little war zone".
Eight o... | Three members of a Birmingham terror cell have been jailed for planning an attack to rival the 7 July and 9/11 atrocities. |
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Under EU rules, member states are not supposed to run annual deficits greater than 3% of their total economic output.
Last year, Spain's deficit was 5.1% of its gross domestic product (GDP) and Portugal's stood at 4.4%.
But citing "exceptional circumstances", ... | The European Union has formally agreed to waive fines for Spain and Portugal over their excessive budget deficits. |
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