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The Scot is to pursue a business career, helping establish a Paris branch of The Whisky Shop, set up by her father Ian, the Celtic chairman.
"It is not a decision I've taken lightly," Bankier told BBC Scotland.
"I've taken almost a full year to contemplate whi... | World silver medal winner Imogen Bankier has retired from badminton at the age of 28, saying she no longer had the required motivation. |
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This was the seventh largest victory, in terms of runs, in the 3,767-match history of ODIs.
Pakistan piled up 337-6 in a match reduced by rain to 47 overs per side, with Sharjeel Khan scoring 152.
Ireland were bowled out for just 82 inside 24 overs in reply, w... | Ireland lost to Pakistan by 255 runs in the first of two one-day internationals between the sides at Malahide on Thursday. |
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All five goals came from penalty corner moves, starting with Raghunath Vokkaliga firing the fifth-ranked Indians ahead in the first quarter.
Rupinder Pal Singh made it 2-0 before John Jermyn pulled one back for the Irish, who were making their first Games hock... | Ireland suffered a 3-2 defeat by India in their opening Pool B game at the Olympic Games in Rio on Saturday. |
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Pembrokeshire council recently voted to cut Milford Haven paddling pool's £1,000 budget, leaving its future uncertain.
A petition started by Brian Phillips calls on Milford Haven Town Council to take over its running.
Mr Phillips said the pool "has been a sou... | A campaign has been launched to save a Pembrokeshire town's outdoor pool. |
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US President Barack Obama welcomed the pope as he landed on Tuesday - a rare honour for a foreign dignitary.
The pontiff will visit Washington DC, New York and Philadelphia.
Before he departed Cuba on Tuesday, he called on its people to live a "revolution of t... | Pope Francis has begun his tour of the US, where he is expected to greet millions of American Catholics and address thorny issues like climate change and income inequality. |
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Robert and Christianne Shepherd, from Horbury, Wakefield died in Corfu in 2006.
The brother and sister were on holiday with their father and step-mother at the Louis Corcyra Beach Hotel, booked by Thomas Cook.
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| The coroner at an inquest into the death of two children from carbon monoxide poisoning on holiday has told jurors the conclusion must be unlawful killing. |
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Some 3,000 Tunisian jihadists are thought to have gone to Syria and Iraq.
Tunisian concerns about home-grown militants have been heightened by last month's attack on a Tunis museum.
The country - birthplace of the Arab Spring protests - cut ties with Syria in ... | Tunisia says it plans to re-establish diplomatic ties with Syria in order to track its citizens who have gone to fight alongside Islamist militants. |
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The Bundesliga club say the bus was fired at by a motorcyclist in Bielefeld in north-west Germany but added that no-one was injured.
Hertha are staying near Bielefeld before their first-round tie with German second division side Arminia Bielefeld on Monday nig... | Hertha Berlin's team bus has been shot at on the eve of a German Cup match. |
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Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (Hial) has briefed its employees of the potential, long-term proposal.
Prospect, the union which represents air traffic controllers across the UK, has opposed the idea.
Hial said it was in the "very early stages of explor... | The provision of air traffic control at individual Scottish islands airports could be replaced by a centrally controlled system. |
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Liz Saville Roberts challenged Theresa May at Prime Minister's Questions, saying Wales had lost 750 officers since the Tories took power in 2010.
Mrs May said crime was at a record low, and that the Conservatives had protected police funding since 2015.
She al... | Welsh police forces would be £25m a year better off if the service was devolved, a Plaid Cymru MP has claimed. |
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Many were surprised, citing his history of faux pas including insulting the president of Turkey and commenting on the US president's ancestry.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said in a radio interview Mr Johnson was a liar with "his back against the ... | Newspapers and politicians around the world have been reacting to Boris Johnson's appointment as UK foreign secretary. |
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Professor Barry Cooper, who has studied the composer's manuscripts, claims there are inconsistencies within the 1817 piece, Allegretto in B minor.
His "hunch" is it was "copied shortly after it was composed".
Auctioneers Sotheby's said copying the piece was "n... | A row over a handwritten score "by Beethoven" being sold at auction for up to £200,000 has broken out between an expert and its sellers. |
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The inquiry into the Dogan group, which owns Hurriyet newspaper and part owns CNN Turk TV, also involves an interview with an alleged Kurdish PKK militant.
A ceasefire between Turkey and the PKK unravelled in July and the conflict has escalated in recent weeks... | Turkish prosecutors have begun an inquiry into a big media group, after photos were published of dead soldiers, state-run Anadolu news agency says. |
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The move comes in the wake of a series of mis-selling scandals such as payment protection insurance (PPI).
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) will not impose an outright ban on commissions.
But it is demanding that payments be dependent on the customer ben... | The UK's financial watchdog is calling for a clampdown on commissions paid for selling insurance, loans and bank accounts. |
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Bartra, 26, had surgery on his right hand and wrist after the blast before a Champions League tie with Monaco.
He played 90 minutes as Dortmund edged Werder Bremen 4-3 to beat Hoffenheim to third place in the Bundesliga.
Hamburg avoided a relegation play-off w... | Defender Marc Bartra returned to action for the first time since being injured in the attack on Borussia Dortmund's team bus as his side gained entry to the Champions League group stage. |
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The council is pledging to support forces personnel once they leave military service.
Brigadier Nick Fitzgerald, Commander of 42 (North West) Brigade signed the covenant at Liverpool City Hall.
The ceremony was attended by council and military figures and ex A... | Liverpool has become the latest UK city to draw up a Community Covenant to support ex-servicemen and women returning from war. |
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Prof Rafael Bengoa was speaking after a health summit in Belfast.
The panel put a set of principles to politicians who now have until 26 February to agree them.
If the politicians reach consensus they will underpin the work of the panel as they design a new mo... | The man leading the panel which will help reform health and social care in Northern Ireland has called on politicians to be brave and be prepared to make tough decisions. |
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Rubble and firecracker shells were scattered all over the ground. And shoes. Lots of them.
A pink flip-flop, one black sandal, a white sports shoe that's upside down - they were all lying not far from each other, all signs of the mad scramble that erupted as ... | Outside the Puttingal temple there was an eerie silence one night after the fire tragedy. |
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Lee, 25, is three shots ahead of Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand.
England's Charley Hull, playing on her home course, is tied 11th on three under par while Scotland's Catriona Matthew is two under.
New Zealand's world number one Lydia Ko is two over, alongside En... | South Korea's Mirim Lee leads the Women's British Open at the end of day one after shooting a course-record 10-under-par 62 at Woburn. |
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Data are incomplete, but suggest the suicide rate among Communist Party and government officials may be 30% above the rest of China's urban population.
Experts say this is due to the pressure of President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption battle.
Until the morning ... | To China and the world, Dong Xuegang is just a number. |
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New Zealand bowler Tahuhu, 25, has replaced Australia captain Meg Lanning, who has a shoulder injury.
Dattani, 22, comes in for Kirstie White after the wicket-keeper suffered an ankle problem.
Surrey play their opening match on Sunday against Southern Vipers a... | Surrey Stars have added seam bowler Lea Tahuhu and all-rounder Naomi Dattani to their squad ahead of the inaugural Women's Super League competition. |
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Efforts to contest the results were "an attempt to subvert the express will" of the Gambian people, he said in a statement, Reuters news agency reports.
State television reported that Mr Bojang had been sacked.
The UN Security Council has called on President ... | Gambian Information Minister Sheriff Bojang has resigned to protest against President Yahya Jammeh's refusal to accept defeat in last month's presidential election, reports say. |
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He also told flight controllers of an engine problem at 16:09 local time (11:09 GMT) on Wednesday, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Chairman Muhammad Azam Saigol told reporters.
All 47 people on the twin-propeller plane flying to Islamabad were killed.
An... | The pilot of a flight that crashed in Pakistan made a mayday call just before losing contact, the airline said. |
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Patrick McLoughlin said ministers were examining work by manufacturers to reduce aircraft emissions and would also look at the economic impact of the decision.
The Airports Commission has recommended expanding Heathrow and not Gatwick.
Prime Minister David Cam... | Air quality will be a "major consideration" when a government decision is made on airport expansion, the transport secretary has said. |
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Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche and Ricky John Best were killed and Micah David-Cole Fletcher was severely injured in Portland, Oregon on Friday.
They all intervened after a man launched into a verbal tirade against the teens, one wearing a hijab.
The suspect, J... | More than $600,000 (£468,000) has been raised for the families of the three US men attacked while defending a Muslim teenager and her friend on a train. |
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It emerged last week that two state-backed Chinese firms had withdrawn from a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Scottish government.
The deal had come under intense scrutiny from opposition parties.
But international business experts told Holyrood's E... | Chinese companies are unlikely to be deterred from investing in Scotland despite the collapse of a possible £10bn deal, MSPs have heard. |
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The club claimed Suffolk Police "unlawfully" charged for keeping order on the streets around the ground.
But the High Court said police were entitled to recover costs for officers in Portman Road and Sir Alf Ramsey Way.
The High Court has now found that office... | Ipswich Town Football Club has won the latest round in a battle over the cost of policing matches. |
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Lancashire were reduced to 6-4 and 32-5 before recovering to 102-5, still 225 behind, when rain and bad light ended play 28 overs early at Old Trafford.
Middlesex earlier lost seven wickets for 65 runs to be bowled out for 327.
If Middlesex win and Somerset be... | County Championship leaders Middlesex dominated Lancashire on day two to move closer to a first title since 1993. |
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Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live on the theme of forgiveness, he said he did not think there was a "moment of forgiveness" for the banks.
He said: "This was the biggest financial crisis since the 30s and I don't think there's a moment of forgiveness.
"It's just no... | Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) chief executive Ross McEwan has told the BBC that rebuilding trust in the banking fraternity will take "a long time". |
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Ex-Newcastle, Tottenham and England star Gascoigne, 45, was transferred to hospital after suffering a bad reaction while being treated for alcohol addiction in Arizona.
But his long-term psychotherapist Dr John McKeown played down any fears.
"The hospital has ... | Paul Gascoigne's therapist says there are no fears for the former England player's life after he was placed in intensive care in the United States. |
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A reporter in the capital, Juba, told the BBC gunfire and large explosions could be heard all over the city. He said heavy artillery was being used.
More than 200 people are reported to have died in clashes since Friday.
The latest violence came hours after th... | Renewed fighting has broken out in South Sudan between forces loyal to the president and vice-president. |
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The 19th Century property in Terrington St Clement, near King's Lynn, Norfolk, previously served as a military club during the two World Wars.
Its current owner, and avid skateboarder, Rob Marsden, 41, said the skate ramps "just took over the room".
The three-... | A house with an unusual feature - an indoor skate park in its main hall - has generated worldwide interest since being put up for sale. |
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Ridden by Ryan Moore, Churchill eased to the front with more than a furlong to go to win ahead of runner-up Thunder Show with Irishcorrespondent in third.
Galileo colt Churchill, the 4-9 favourite, may now go for the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.
"H... | The Aidan O'Brien-trained Churchill completed the 2,000 Guineas double by adding the Irish version to his success three weeks ago at Newmarket. |
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The survey of 2,033 drivers of these cars by Which? found that 90% of them considered fuel efficiency to be a key factor when buying their car.
Some 90% also thought that environmental impact was important.
VW is reeling from a scandal which saw 1.2 million UK... | Nine out of 10 VW diesel owners feel they should receive compensation over the emissions scandal, a consumer group survey suggests. |
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The Beijing-based firm did not disclose the amount of the acquisition, but did say that it received $80m (£54m) in funding from smartphone maker Xiaomi and investment firm Sequoia Capital.
Ninebot also makes two-wheeled electric vehicles, designed for standin... | Chinese vehicle maker Ninebot has bought iconic US rival Segway, the company announced on Wednesday. |
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The prince said many of the children had been "traumatised by the horrors of what they've witnessed".
He also praised the "extraordinary generosity" of the Jordanian people and called for greater assistance.
The prince and the Duchess of Cornwall were visiting... | The Prince of Wales says the plight of Syrian refugees is "heartbreaking", while on a tour of a camp in Jordan. |
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World number 68 Melzer produced a gutsy display, saving eight first-set points before eventually succumbing to the world number one in the tie-break.
The Austrian broke as Murray served for the match at 5-4 but the Scot won the next two games and will next pla... | Sir Andy Murray reached the Qatar Open quarter-finals with a battling 7-6 (8-6) 7-5 win over Austrian Gerald Melzer. |
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The 29-year-old joins the Potters on a free transfer after ending his four-and-a-half-year stay at the Nou Camp.
He made just nine starts for the Catalans, spending last season on loan at Greek side Olympiakos following a previous temporary stay at Schalke.
Th... | Netherlands winger Ibrahim Afellay has signed for Stoke City - the fourth former Barcelona player to join the club. |
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Lancashire Police Federation's chairwoman Rachel Baines said the closure of the base at Warton presents "a real concern around public safety".
It is one of eight National Police Air Service (NPAS) bases that will shut by April 2017 due to a 14% budget cut.
NPA... | The closure of a police helicopter base in Lancashire will be "devastating" for communities, the force's federation has said. |
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It comes after community group Energise Galashiels claimed the move would have "significant advantages".
Scottish Borders Council had initially selected the Tweedbank terminus of the Borders Railway but an alternative site in Galashiels has since emerged.
Mr K... | Borders MP Calum Kerr has given his backing to Galashiels as the best place for a permanent home for the Great Tapestry of Scotland. |
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The woman was on Beeston Road, Leeds on 6 March when Zdenko Turtak dragged her into a garden and clubbed her 18 times with a rock, leaving her for dead.
The 22-year-old fled the UK to his native Slovakia, but was tracked down and extradited back to the UK.
He ... | A man who raped and badly beat an 18-year-old woman who was waiting at a bus stop has been sentenced to 20 years. |
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Alan Drennan, a mechanic and doorman from Newtownabbey in County Antrim, had left with friends for a holiday to the Spanish island on Saturday.
The 21-year-old is understood to have died less than 24 hours later.
His father, also named Alan, said he has not ye... | The father of a young man from Northern Ireland whose body was found in a hotel room in Ibiza has said he is still trying to find out how his son died. |
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Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has said Ms Villiers should resign.
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood also said Ms Villiers should step down if Northern Ireland voted to remain in the EU.
But speaking on Monday, David Cameron said she was doing an excellent j... | The prime minister has defended Secretary of State Theresa Villiers who has said she will be campaigning for the UK to leave the European Union. |
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The hackers replaced content on the sites with abuse and national symbols.
Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said his country's claims to territory in the South China Sea were incontestable.
Chinese officials later warned other Asian nations to halt exp... | Computer hackers from Vietnam and China have attacked websites including portals run by each other's governments, amid a sea-border row. |
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The sharp-talking American founded the hedge-fund firm Skybridge Capital, which manages $14.5bn in assets ("it was $15bn, but we got hit in the market", he jokes), and is a staple on the World Economic Forum circuit.
Back home, he is courted by Republican pres... | Nowhere do the worlds of business and politics merge as seamlessly as in Davos, and perhaps no one personifies that blend better than Anthony Scaramucci. |
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Ajax, concerned with internal travel arrangements in Angola, honoured the fixture after South Africa's Football Association (Safa) said they would face severe sanctions if they did not go.
Ruzaigh Gamildien and Riyaad Norodien grabbed vital away goals for Ajax... | Ajax Cape Town of South Africa won the first leg of their African Confederation Cup first round match in Angola, beating Sagrada Esperanca 2-1 after reversing a decision to withdraw from the tournament. |
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As an ITN reporter in 1961, Widlake secretly met Mandela, who was on the run from the police at the time.
Widlake went on to become a regular presenter of BBC Radio 4's The World At One and PM in the 1970s and '80s, and co-presented BBC Two's Money Programme.
... | Radio and television presenter Brian Widlake, who conducted the first TV interview with Nelson Mandela, has died at the age of 85. |
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The man entered a convenience store on Burton Road in Derby on 9 January and struggled with the shopkeeper before fleeing empty-handed.
The robber, who was accompanied by another man, was described as in his 20s weari... | A knife attack on a shopkeeper has been caught on CCTV and released by police looking for the robber. |
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Straddling the continents of Europe and Asia, Turkey's strategically important location has given it major influence in the region - and control over the entrance to the Black Sea.
Progress towards democracy and a market economy was halting after Ataturk's dea... | Once the centre of the Ottoman Empire, the modern secular republic was established in the 1920s by nationalist leader Kemal Ataturk. |
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The falling snow has made driving conditions difficult in some areas, although roads are being gritted.
There is a Met Office warning for snow and ice across the west and north of Northern Ireland.
Translink have said express buses are operating as usual but s... | A number of roads and local bus services in the north west have been affected by adverse weather conditions. |
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IS achieved a major boost in March this year when it won the loyalty of the main jihadi group in West Africa - Boko Haram, which is based in Nigeria, Africa's most populous state.
But East Africa - which has a longer history of militant Islamist activity - has... | Somalia's militant Islamist movement al-Shabab is battling to keep the loyalty of its fighters, as the Islamic State (IS) group tries to gain a foothold in East Africa. |
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The US singer also confirmed they are called Sir Carter and Rumi - which had been rumoured after she and husband Jay-Z filed a trademark for the names.
The picture showed the 35-year-old mother-of-three and the twins draped in a purple floral sheet, while she ... | Beyonce has shared the first picture of herself with her twins to celebrate them turning one month old. |
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The independent centrist's campaign has been boosted by the setbacks of centre-right rival Francois Fillon, who faces formal investigation over fake job allegations involving his wife.
Mr Macron seems likely to face the far-right National Front's Marine le Pen... | Presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron has emerged as a major force in French politics despite never being elected to office. |
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Owners of large air-vented dryers and condensing dryers under the Hotpoint, Indesit and Creda brands may need to have them fixed.
Indesit said that excess fluff could catch the heating element in the machine and cause a fire.
It is recalling many dryers bought... | A "significant" number of tumble dryers sold in the last 11 years in the UK may need a repair owing to fears about fires. |
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The company said it would close all operations this year as there was "no reasonable path to profitability" in the two countries.
The move comes after rival US car firm General Motors last year said it would pull out of Indonesia.
In 2015, Ford sales accounted... | US carmaker Ford has said it will exit Japan and Indonesia blaming poor sales and market conditions. |
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Allen Green lived aboard the Sonskit in Netherwich Basin, near Droitwich, friends told the BBC.
They said after helping the woman and dog to safety, he got back inside the boat to salvage items but could not get out as it filled with water.
Mr Green's 19-year-... | A man saved his mother and dog before dying when his narrowboat sank in a canal lock, eyewitnesses said. |
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Passengers will be able to reach either Stratford or Tottenham Hale in five minutes, with northbound services continuing to Bishops Stortford.
The Abellio Greater Anglia services will run approximately every half-hour.
"Lea Bridge station will really help open... | Lea Bridge station in east London, which was closed to passengers in 1985, has reopened. |
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The Cessna Citation fuselage was bought by Milton Hall Primary School at Westcliff-on-Sea in Essex.
Once renovated with benches and solar panels, it will be able to house classes of up to 15 children.
The school bought it for an undisclosed sum but said it was... | A primary school which was running out of teaching space has arrived at a novel solution - by turning a disused private jet into a new classroom. |
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The ordnance was discovered by a dredger in the water at about 03:00 GMT, the Royal Navy said.
Specialist divers at the scene said the bomb posed a "very serious threat". It was towed out to sea and detonated.
All ferries were stopped and trains between Portsm... | A World War Two bomb containing 290lb (131kg) of "high explosives" has been found in Portsmouth harbour. |
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The outgoing Lib Dem leader said firefighters, police and medical staff "deserve so much better".
The pay cap, which has been in place since 2012, limits pay rises for public sector workers to 1% a year until 2020.
Ministers have said that wage restraint in th... | The public sector pay cap should be scrapped in recognition of the work of the emergency services following recent disasters, says Tim Farron. |
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Jason Morgan, 33, from Bristol, was killed at Great Brynn Barton Farm near Roche, Cornwall in June 2011.
Roger Matthews, 48, and his employee Norman Treseder, 55, were found to be "grossly negligent" when they appeared at Truro Crown Court in August.
They were... | A farmer and his employee have been jailed over the death of a contractor who was electrocuted when his ladder touched an overhead power cable. |
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Patrick Lyttle suffered serious head injuries and is in a critical but stable condition.
New South Wales police were called to the Bayswater Road shortly after 03:00 local time on Saturday.
They were told a 33-year-old man had punched a 31-year-old man in the ... | A man from Ballycastle, County Antrim, is in a critical condition in hospital in Sydney, Australia, after allegedly being punched by his brother. |
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The 35-year-old ended the season as caretaker boss, stepping up from his assistant coach role following the sacking of James Fowler.
The Dumfries side finished seventh in the Championship, 20 points off the play-off places.
"As a club we will strive to compete... | Queen of the South have chosen Gavin Skelton as their new manager. |
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Ali Raza Shah, 36, was found guilty of conspiracy to supply heroin and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Christopher John Leslie, 32, pleaded guilty to the same charge and was jailed for six years in January.
Police said the Birmingham men had arranged to take ... | Two men have been jailed after heroin with a street value of £730,000 was woven into carpets and flown to the UK. |
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The 24-year-old and Glasgow Warriors team-mate Tommy Seymour, 28 are the only two Scots in Warren Gatland's 41-man squad for the tour of New Zealand.
Hogg toured Australia with the Lions in 2013 but did not feature against the Wallabies.
"The focus for me now ... | Stuart Hogg is targeting a Test starting place after being called up for his second British and Irish Lions tour. |
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Alan Hamilton, 65, originally from Northamptonshire, was at the KG5 sports ground on 9 July when he collapsed.
Phone records show he had dialled 999 and telecoms records suggest the call was put through, but no ambulance was sent. His body was found the next d... | A man died of a suspected heart attack in Guernsey after a call to emergency services went unanswered. |
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William Tolcher, 51, is accused of attacking Alex Cusworth, 37, with the knife which he had been issued with to prepare vegetables in the kitchens in November.
Plymouth Crown Court heard he later admitted the attack to a fellow inmate.
He denied the murder cha... | A convicted killer stabbed a fellow inmate to death at Dartmoor Prison using a 10-inch (25cm) kitchen knife, a court has heard. |
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The married father-of-two, 34, was struck and killed by a pick-up truck while on duty in Wallasey on Monday.
Clayton Williams, 18, of Wallasey, has been charged with murder; and Phillip Stuart, 30, of Oxton, was charged with aggravated unauthorised taking of a... | Tranmere Rovers held a minute's applause in memory of PC Dave Phillips. |
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He told the Commons liaison committee he could not give a "cast iron guarantee" the target would be met.
But he rejected calls from MPs for it to be dropped.
Net migration - the number coming to the UK for at least a year, minus the numbers leaving - rose 58,0... | David Cameron has insisted his aim of getting net migration to the UK down to below 100,000 before May 2015 remains "perfectly achievable". |
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The "leap second" means the last minute of June will have 61 seconds in it.
Leap seconds - and leap years - are added as basic ways to keep the clock in sync with the Earth and its seasons.
However, there are concerns the extra second could cause problems for ... | Midnight will come later tonight as for the first time in three years an extra second is added to the official time set by atomic clocks. |
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Ben Murdoch-Masila and Greg Johnson both crossed to give the Red Devils a deserved 12-0 half-time lead.
Tom Gilmore replied immediately after the break for Widnes, but Niall Evalds soon restored Salford's two-score lead.
Patrick Ah Van cut Salford's lead once ... | Salford climbed back to third in Super League with victory over bottom-of-the-table Widnes Vikings. |
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Sammie Welch, 23, from Plymouth, was travelling with her son Rylan, three, when a man handed her a note as he got off at Bristol.
The passenger wrote "Have a drink on me" and left her a £5 note after being impressed with her son's manners.
Ms Welch said: "I w... | A young mother is hoping to find a stranger on a train who left her a handwritten note calling her a "credit to her generation". |
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The 37-year-old American 10th seed played superbly to win 6-4 6-2 on Centre Court and set up a final against Spain's Garbine Muguruza.
Sixth seed Konta, 26, had hoped to become the first British woman in a Wimbled... | Briton Johanna Konta's hopes of a first Wimbledon final ended with a straight-set semi-final defeat by five-time champion Venus Williams. |
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The incident happened at West Mains Farm in Ancrum between 20:00 and 22:50 on Tuesday.
The blaze was spotted by a passer-by who reported it to a farm worker and it was tackled before it damaged a nearby combine harvester.
Police are keen to speak to the man wh... | Police have appealed for information after a hay field in a Scottish Borders village was set on fire. |
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The 22-year-old's time of 21.32 seconds - his previous best was 21.54 - also secured him a place at this summer's World Championships in Budapest.
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Elsewhere, Holly Hibbot, 17, won the 400m freestyle as ... | Ben Proud beat his own British record as he took 50m freestyle victory at the British Swimming Championships. |
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Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak and two of his guards were seized early on Saturday in the centre of the capital Sanaa.
The Houthis said they abducted him to prevent a UN-brokered deal between them and the presidency being broken.
The country has been plagued by instab... | Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen have abducted the chief of staff of President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi. |
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The 24-year-old from Cambridge was involved in an 11-car pile-up in June.
He was in a coma after breaking his left tibia, pelvis, collarbone and part of his pubic bone as well as puncturing both lungs and bending his ribs.
"I'm not trying to sound like a hero ... | British Touring Car driver Luke Davenport has "unfinished business" in a racing car after a horrific collision which left him in an induced coma. |
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Countess of Chester Hospital reported "a greater number of baby deaths and collapses than normally expected" between June 2015 and July 2016.
The police probe will focus on eight deaths, but a further seven during the same period will also be reviewed.
The hos... | Baby deaths at a neonatal unit with a "higher than usual" mortality rate are to be investigated by police. |
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Police said Liverpool Football Club had cleared the stadium at 15:00 GMT as a "precautionary measure".
A search of the ground has been completed and officers are satisfied the stadium is secure, police said.
The club later confirmed the matter had been "resolv... | Anfield stadium was evacuated following security concerns when a man went missing on a tour of the ground. |
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Everyone said the right things. The prospects of a deal, haven't been harmed, even if they weren't hugely advanced.
On Tuesday the more regular routines of COP life kicked in.
The day started with a plenary session of the parties, where every nation's negotiat... | Many negotiators will have breathed a big sigh of relief - the bosses have come and gone. |
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A clinical study by British scientists has shown that the improvement is long-lasting and so the therapy is suitable to be offered as a treatment.
The researchers will apply for approval to begin trials to treat more common forms of blindness next year.
The th... | A genetic therapy has improved the vision of patients who would otherwise have gone blind. |
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Reports said Anil Goswami had tried to halt the arrest of a former minister in connection with a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme that went bust in 2013.
He retired from his post as home secretary, but Indian media reported he was forced out by the government... | A senior Indian civil servant has resigned after reports that he interfered in a police investigation into a major financial scandal. |
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The cute little baby panda was actually born a month ago and it was all caught on CCTV.
The keepers have been monitoring the pair closely and say the cub is growing well but doesn't have a name yet.
It was announced la... | A zoo in China has released footage of a newly born panda cub getting a cuddle from its mum. |
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Henry VII - born Henry Tudor - was born at Pembroke Castle in 1457, the son of Margaret Beaufort and Edmund Tudor.
He went on to become the first Welshman to sit on the English throne.
The 8ft-high (2.4m) £45,000 bronze statue was unveiled on the town's Mill B... | A statue to commemorate the birthplace of a Pembrokeshire town's most famous son has been installed after years of campaigning and fundraising. |
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Some users in the US reported that Yahoo Mail was displaying a message asking them to disable their ad-blocker before they could access their inbox.
Yahoo said it was testing a "new product experience" in the US.
Members of one ad-blocking forum said they had ... | Yahoo has confirmed that it is preventing some people from accessing their email if they are using ad-blocking software in their browser. |
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Jordanna Goodwin and Megan Storey, both 16, were killed in a two-car collision near Conisbrough on 15 November.
Fellow passengers Blake Cairns, 16, and Arpad Kore and Bartosz Bortniczak, both 18, also died.
Speaking for the first time since charges against one... | The mothers of two girls who died in a crash in South Yorkshire have described their daughters as "inseparable." |
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The A81 is closed at Gartmore, near Aberfoyle, after the River Forth broke its banks.
And the Crow Road over the Campsie Fells, from Fintry to Lennoxtown, has been closed by a landslip caused by the heavy rain.
The Met Office has issued more rain warnings for ... | Several roads are still closed across central Scotland because of flooding, Stirling Council has warned. |
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Mrs Cox was killed in her Batley and Spen constituency in June.
Voters in Witney will also elect a new MP to replace Mr Cameron, who stepped down from Parliament on Monday weeks afters resigning as PM in the wake of the UK's vote to leave the EU.
The writs for... | By-elections after the death of Labour MP Jo Cox and the resignation of former Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron will be held on 20 October. |
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Emergency services were called to the College of West Anglia in King's Lynn on Friday.
An adult student was taken to hospital as a precaution but was later discharged.
Principal David Pomfret said he would be leaving "no stone unturned" to find out what happen... | A pepper spray was the likely irritant that led to 30 people at a Norfolk college needing medical treatment, the college said. |
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Both Wenger and Klopp have been outspoken about the reported £100m valuation of United target Paul Pogba.
"They are things that when I do are not ethical, when others do it, everything is normal," said Mourinho.
T... | Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho says criticisms from his Arsenal and Liverpool counterparts Arsene Wenger and Jurgen Klopp are "not ethical". |
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Unicef said the difference in time spent working amounted to 160 million extra hours a day worldwide.
Two out of three girls cook and clean in the home, and almost half collect water or firewood.
They also perform more "less visible" domestic work like childca... | Girls spend 40% more time performing unpaid household chores than boys, according to a new report from the UN children's agency. |
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It has significant tourism potential, but poor infrastructure and the absence of a large airport have impeded the industry's growth. The country is also vulnerable to hurricanes.
With few natural resources, Dominica is attempting to reduce its reliance on bana... | Dominica is a mountainous, forested Caribbean island nation with a year-round tropical climate, national parks, rare indigenous birds and the second-largest boiling lake in the world. |
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The England captain seemed set to end his 27-innings wait for a century when he edged a Ravindra Jadeja long-hop down the leg side to wicketkeeper Mahendra Dhoni to depart for 95.
That ended a stand of 158 with Gary Ballance, who moved to his third ton in five... | Alastair Cook fell agonisingly short of a first Test hundred in 14 months as England controlled the first day of the third Test against India at Southampton. |
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The shooting happened outside a house on Shancastle Drive, Clondalkin, just before 21:00 local time. It is believed two men arrived in a car and fired several shots at the victim.
Gardaà (Irish police) said that the man's injuries are not believed to be life-... | A 27-year-old man has been shot in the arms and legs in an attack in Dublin. |
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They are part of a cross-party group of councils with low levels of funding.
They had hoped to benefit from changes to the funding formula but now say the funding gap will remain unresolved.
The Department for Education (DfE), which is carrying out a consultat... | More than a dozen Conservative councils have written to Prime Minister Theresa May to warn of their "alarm" at inadequate school funding in England. |
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Richard Cushworth and his Salvadoran wife Mercedes Casanella said they had been victims of child traffickers.
A Salvadorean judge ordered the switch following a DNA test, four months after the baby was born. The other child has been returned to his family.
The... | A British father and his wife have been reunited with their newborn son after accusing a doctor at a hospital in El Salvador of swapping him. |
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The education minister asked for an action plan earlier this year to tackle the weakest of the core subjects taught in schools in Wales.
Huw Lewis said performance has improved but there is "more still to do".
The group has made 14 recommendations, including a... | A centre of excellence for maths and hubs in schools to promote the best ways of teaching the subject have been recommended by a task force. |
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The poor relationship with fans, bad signings, dreadful performances and even worse results will all come flooding back.
We asked Sportsday readers for their #worstpremboss and this is what they said:
lloyd davies @_lloyddavies #worstpremboss has to be Terry ... | Ask any football fan and they'll tell you who their club's worst manager is in a heartbeat. |
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The 51-year-old suffered fatal injuries when he fell in the area of the Chasms in Port St Mary in the south of the island on Saturday.
Police said they are carrying out inquiries with family members and will not be releasing any further details at this time.
H... | A man has died after falling from cliffs in the Isle of Man. |
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Only a few metres remain to be taken, a correspondent said.
Some Iraqi security forces have been seen dancing in the streets even though commanders have not confirmed the news.
Iraqi forces, backed by US-led air strikes, have tried to retake the key city since... | So-called Islamic State (IS) defences in the Iraqi city of Mosul are collapsing fast and troops expect to take full control in the next few hours, state television has announced. |
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