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People are using social media to not only express their grief, but in some cases, to extend their help.
Many dead as lorry hits Bastille Day crowd
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Porte Ouverte, or Open Door, has been used by many Twit... | First there was #JeSuisCharlie, then #JeSuisParis and now #JeSuisNice has emerged on social media in response to an attack in the southern French city of Nice that has left at least 80 people dead and many injured. |
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Rail, Maritime and Transport union members will vote in the coming weeks amid claims that industrial relations have "comprehensively broken down".
The union is also seeking a four-hour cut in the working week to 35 hours.
A Southern spokesman said the rail ope... | More than 200 engineers at Southern rail are to be balloted for industrial action over issues including new rosters and "impossible work targets". |
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The company said Glass Enterprise Edition had improved battery life and felt more comfortable during long-term wear than before.
However, it still resembles the original model, with a small see-through display and built-in camera.
It will face competition from... | Google is to sell a revamped version of its smart glasses to businesses, more than two years after the original version of the product was cancelled. |
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You wanted to know how to track down a family in Stoke-on-Trent?
We were also asked what good or charitable things were happening in Shropshire?
And you were curious about how faggots became a Black Country delicacy? Here is a look at how we got on answering y... | People have been using Your Questions to ask us what they want to know about the West Midlands. |
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The German, punched by Ukrainian Andriy Grivko on stage three, outsprinted Team Sky's Italian Elia Viviani, while Britain's Mark Cavendish was fourth.
Cavendish gesticulated with frustration after failing to come round Kittel, who he had been following in the ... | Defending champion Marcel Kittel wrapped up victory in the Dubai Tour by winning the fifth and final stage. |
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Danni Jordan put the home side up 2-0 at half time after Sian French opened the scoring with a fine strike. Poland replied through Amelia Kateria.
Wales beat Poland 2-0 on Saturday and 3-0 on Friday.
The series is preparation for the group stages of the Euro H... | Wales wrapped up a series sweep over Poland with a 2-1 victory on Sunday in Cardiff as they prepare for the Euro Hockey Championships. |
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Malachi Halstead, 35, from Newport, attacked Teerath Mann in August 2016 because he thought he was stealing from him.
Halstead, known as DJ Madskie, put the picture on the messaging app saying: "See that? I chopped that off."
He was found guilty of wounding wi... | A DJ has been jailed for 14 years for chopping off a man's finger with a meat cleaver and posting a picture of it on Snapchat. |
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The victim, believed to be 22-year-old Joseph Hunt from Rugeley, was found with serious head injuries on Western Springs Road in the town in the early hours of Saturday, police said.
An 18-year-old man has been arrested and police have seized a Skoda Fabia for... | A man has been arrested over a suspected hit-and-run in Staffordshire. |
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People on the Smiler ride were trapped 25ft (7.6m) up at an angle of 45 degrees for up to four-and-a-half hours when two carriages collided on Tuesday.
It was 11 minutes before emergency services were called.
The theme park is estimated to be losing up to £50... | Alton Towers is closed for a third full day as investigators assess the cause of a rollercoaster crash in which 16 people were injured, four seriously. |
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Britain won the Davis Cup for the first time in 79 years with victory over Belgium in Ghent over the weekend.
Smith said the sport's governing body, the Lawn Tennis Association, needed to quickly create a long-ter... | Victorious Davis Cup captain Leon Smith says Britain needs to capitalise on his team's historic triumph to inspire a future generation of tennis players. |
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But, the BBC's Our World programme asks, what will the arrival of air access really mean for the 4,000 people living in Saint Helena?
Two-hundred years ago this October, the British warship HMS Northumberland anchored off a tiny island to disembark its most fa... | The coming of an airport presents new opportunities and challenges to one of Britain's most remote outposts, ending 350 years of isolation. |
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The A453, which runs from Nottingham into Leicestershire, is set to fully reopen this year.
It bears the same number as that of the total of British military losses in Afghanistan.
The favoured name is Remembrance Way, honouring those killed in all conflicts.
... | A dual carriageway will be named in honour of British service personnel killed in combat, with more than 90% of people surveyed in favour of the idea. |
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The US Treasury will now be able to target those attempting cyber attacks on US assets and infrastructure.
Mr Obama said cyber-threats are "one of the most serious economic and national security challenges" that the US faces.
The White House did not announce a... | US President Barack Obama has ordered the creation of a programme that would allow the government to sanction foreign hackers. |
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Speaking to BBC Scotland, Mr Corbyn reaffirmed his long-standing opposition to Trident and said he would vote with the SNP at Westminster on the issue.
Mr Corbyn said he would like to see jobs associated with nuclear defence in Scotland transferred to other fo... | Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said he is willing to work with the SNP to remove nuclear weapons from Scotland. |
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The Newcastle-born sculptor, known for her large installations, was recently made a CBE for services to art.
She will present a major solo show in the British Pavilion at what is seen as the most important contemporary art festival in the world from 13 May to ... | Sculptor Phyllida Barlow has been selected to represent Britain at the 57th Venice International Art Biennale. |
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The current deferral period means that men cannot give blood within 12 months of having sex with another man.
However, this will be reduced to three months under the change, ordered by Public Health Minister Aileen Campbell.
LGBTI campaigners have welcomed the... | Changes making it easier for gay and bisexual men to give blood have been announced by the Scottish government. |
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The RMT union said it was balloting members over a block on career progression, which it said had been imposed by London Underground.
It said Night Tube drivers had been prevented from moving into vacant full-time jobs.
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| Drivers on the Night Tube are to be balloted over strike action as part of a long-running dispute over pay and jobs. |
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No heat wave - that's for sure - but there have been plenty of showers.
The result of showers will often mean pretty rainbows to look at.
So how does a rainbow form?
A rainbow is an arc-shaped spectrum of light caused by the reflection of sunlight in water dro... | It's the last day of summer and what a summer it has been. |
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The remains of L/Cpl Donald Noble and Pte Harold Lewis were discovered in 2013 during excavation works.
The men belonged to the Wiltshire Regiment and were killed in October 1944.
Former soldiers from the regiment attended the ceremony in which the men were gi... | Two World War Two soldiers who were killed in action in the Netherlands more than 70 years ago have been laid to rest at a military cemetery. |
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Clubs agreed to the decision on Thursday and it will be presented at the EFL annual general meeting in June.
The Premier League started using Hawk-Eye technology in 2013 and it is already used in the play-offs.
"This decision is about providing officials with ... | Championship clubs have agreed "in principle" to use goalline technology from the start of next season. |
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The ENO is shortlisted in the opera and music theatre category.
It comes after the ENO was placed under "special funding arrangements" by Arts Council England.
In other categories, there are double nods for the Oxford Lieder Festival, the Royal Opera House and... | The English National Opera (ENO) is among the nominees for this year's Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) awards. |
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Pte Cheryl James, 18, was found dead with a bullet wound to the head in 1995. She was one of four recruits to die at the base in seven years.
Coroner Brian Barker QC said the wound was "self-inflicted" and Pte James fired the gun intentionally.
Her father said... | The death of an army recruit from a gunshot wound to the head at Deepcut barracks was suicide, a coroner has ruled. |
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Along with key defender Ben Davies, Ramsey is suspended for the historic semi-final after being booked for handball in the 3-1 win over Belgium.
"It was a sort of natural reaction and I knew straight away it was a... | Wales' Aaron Ramsey says his team can beat Portugal without him on Wednesday and reach the Euro 2016 final. |
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Swimmers have been warned by Brighton and Hove City Council to stay away from the sea over the winter.
The beach around Brighton Pier will be closed in a bid to stop swimmers entering the water on Christmas Day, the council said.
Chris Ingall said inexperience... | Brighton Swimming Club has cancelled its annual Christmas Day swim over safety fears. |
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Police are investigating the activities of the Military Reaction Force (MRF), an undercover Army unit.
They are looking at 18 shooting incidents, two of them fatal.
Det Ch Insp Peter Montgomery said a witness had given the investigation team significant new in... | The detective leading an investigation into allegations that undercover soldiers shot unarmed civilians in Belfast in the 1970s has said there has been a potential breakthrough. |
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Spain international Llorente scored twice and Icelander Sigurdsson claimed the winner as they beat Liverpool 3-2.
Both have been linked with other clubs, but say they are not looking to move.
"I'm really happy here and I only want to play and score more goals,... | Swansea City's goalscorers at Anfield Gylfi Sigurdsson and Fernando Llorente say they expect to stay at the club. |
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He won 50.07% of the vote, officials said, narrowly avoiding a run-off.
But his main challenger, Raila Odinga, alleged massive fraud and said he would challenge the results of the "tainted election" in the Supreme Court.
Mr Kenyatta is set to face trial at the... | Kenya's Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta has been confirmed as the winner of the presidential election, and vowed to work with his rivals. |
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The 26-year-old joined the Cherries from non-league Woking in June 2010 and has been part of two promotions.
He made 21 appearances in the top flight last season and was unfortunate to be ruled out of the Republic of Ireland's Euro 2016 squad with injury.
Arte... | Bournemouth midfielder Harry Arter has agreed a new three-year contract with the Premier League club. |
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The 20-year-old is yet to make his debut for the Owls, but played four times on loan at Bury last season.
"I'm really excited about this new challenge. This is the next step for my career," he told the club website.
"Coming somewhere like here is what I need i... | League Two side Accrington Stanley have signed Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Sean Clare on loan until the end of the season. |
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We also use our phones for dating, booking restaurants or playing games.
But how much can technology and apps help to improve people's health?
That question is being posed at a seminar in Belfast involving health and IT experts from EU cities, including Belfas... | Lots of us are familiar with music apps. |
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The Grade A-listed art nouveau Mackintosh building was badly damaged in the blaze on 23 May.
The majority of the paper artworks in the library, including 100 by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, were unharmed.
Two of his oil paintings were among 90 works by artists i... | An inventory of items which survived last year's fire at Glasgow School of Art has been produced following work by a team of forensic archaeologists. |
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Well spare a thought for Mpumalanga batter Shania-Lee Swart, who was the only player to score a run as she hit 160 from 86 balls in a 42-run victory over Easterns during Cricket South Africa's Under-19s week in Pretoria on Monday.
Swart's remarkable innings in... | Have you ever played in one those games where you wonder why the rest of your team-mates bothered turning up at all? |
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Russian Tatyana Chernova has been stripped of the heptathlon bronze she won at Beijing in 2008 after testing positive for a steroid.
Sotherton won heptathlon bronze in 2004 and had already been moved to third in the Beijing 4x400m relay after Belarus and Russi... | Britain's Kelly Sotherton is set to be upgraded to an Olympic bronze medal for the second time in five months after retrospective drug tests. |
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Also added to Historic England's latest Heritage at Risk Register are Brighton Old Town and a church dubbed "the birthplace of feminism".
The sites are considered to be at risk of being lost through neglect or decay.
But Historic England said there are fewer e... | A 16th Century shipwreck and London Zoo's aviary are among English heritage sites now considered to be at risk. |
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The fly-half suffered a head injury in Leinster's Champions Cup defeat by Wasps on Saturday but has joined up with the Ireland squad at Carton House.
Sexton, 30, has passed two of the three return-to-play protocols and is set to complete the third on Tuesday.
... | Jonathan Sexton's prospects of being fit for Ireland's Six Nations opener against Wales appear to have improved. |
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The 28-year-old Israel international, who is recovering from surgery on an ankle injury, will remain at the Amex Stadium until the summer of 2019.
Kayal has scored three goals in 72 appearances for the Seagulls since joining from Celtic in January 2015.
"It is... | Brighton midfielder Beram Kayal has signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract with the Championship club. |
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The 24-year-old scored 12 goals in 38 appearances as Metz won promotion back to the French top flight last season.
"It is a club with great history and tradition and I am excited about coming to play here," he told the club website.
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink's s... | Queens Park Rangers have signed French forward Yeni Ngbakoto from Metz for an undisclosed fee. |
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About 300,000 passengers usually travel on 2,242 Southern services every weekday.
Many people have been forced to stay at home but some have tried to find alternative routes into work.
Frustrated by the continuing disruption, four passengers agreed to video bl... | Rail passengers are facing travel chaos as striking train drivers have caused the Southern network to stop all services. |
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The 22-year-old Scot won the first game against Pai Yu-Po but her Taipei opponent came back to win 18-21 21-15 21-15.
Gilmour is the clear leader in the race for the women's singles place in the GB squad for Rio 2016.
England number one Rajiv Ouseph lost 21-19... | Kirsty Gilmour lost her second Grand Prix final in three weeks, coming up short in Orange County, California. |
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About 20 firefighters tackled the blaze on Piccadilly, which started at 22:55 BST on Wednesday.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said nearby buildings were evacuated but there were no injuries or arrests.
It comes as figures reveal the number of pavement explos... | A street in central London was closed for several hours after a manhole explosion set a lorry on fire near Fortnum and Mason department store. |
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Secretary of State James Brokenshire made the announcement after meeting the main parties and Irish Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan.
Mr Brokenshire, who extended the talks deadline until 29 June last week, said some progress had been made.
However, he added ... | Talks aimed at restoring the power-sharing executive have been put on hold until the general election is over. |
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McIlroy bogeyed five of his first six holes and needed to hole a 20-foot putt on eight to avoid another dropped shot.
But McIlroy, 28, had four birdies on his back nine as he came home in 32.
The 2014 champion, wh... | Rory McIlroy is six off the pace at The Open after battling back from an awful start to card an opening one-over-par 71 at Royal Birkdale. |
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Peter Bellett, 69, of Garnant, pleaded guilty to wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and possessing an offensive weapon in a public place.
Michael Irons was treated in hospital after the attack at Garnant Pharmacy near Ammanford on 5 December, 2... | A man has admitted stabbing a pharmacist at a practice in Carmarthenshire. |
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Anderson hit 109 with Dom Joyce contributing 67 as Merrion notched a formidable 252-9 at Castle Avenue.
Waringstown were only able to post 196 in reply with Lee Nelson top-scoring with 48.
Anderson and Joyce put on 108 for the second wicket in Merrion's inning... | John Anderson's century helped Merrion earn revenge for last year's final defeat as they beat Waringstown by 51 runs in the Irish Senior Cup decider. |
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No it's not a joke - it's a mission that Mexican lovers of the dog breed set out to achieve: a record Bulldog walk.
They got together almost 1,000 of the chunky dogs and marched around Mexico City. The organizer, Eric... | How many English Bulldogs does it take to set a world record? |
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Gary McClean was not appointed to the post with Waterside Neighbourhood Partnership, despite scoring the highest at an interview.
A fair employment tribunal found he was unlawfully discriminated against on the grounds of his political opinion.
The partnership ... | A Londonderry community worker has been awarded more than £10,000 after a tribunal found he had not been given a job because of his political opinion. |
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There were early claims of rapid advances being made as government forces pushed towards Tikrit from several directions.
But previous assaults on the militants there have been beaten back despite claims of victory by the state forces, so it will be some time b... | The offensive to recapture Tikrit was announced with some fanfare by the Iraqi authorities, and state television carried footage of rockets being fired as the campaign got under way. |
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It is understood the man was from Northern Ireland.
The crash happened on the M1 southbound close to Junction 11 near Monasterboice in Drogheda, County Louth at 12:45 local time on Thursday.
The man died after the truck he was driving struck a van before overt... | A man in his 40s has died after a crash involving a van and a truck on a motorway in the Republic of Ireland. |
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The man, identified as Syed Sharif Khan, was stripped naked, beaten and dragged through Dimapur, Nagaland state's main city, before being hanged.
Hundreds of policemen have been patrolling the streets of Dimapur since the incident amid increasing tension.
A cu... | Police in north-eastern India say they have charged 42 people in connection with the lynching of a suspected rapist who was taken from prison by a mob. |
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The 30-year-old has agreed a one-year deal at Huish Park.
Formerly with Plymouth, Bury, Port Vale and York City player, the Guadeloupe international most recently played for non-league side Weymouth.
He started his senior club career with French side Caen, bef... | League Two club Yeovil Town have signed former Bournemouth defender Stephane Zubar on a free transfer. |
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The platform, popular with emerging artists, faced closure if the new funding was not approved by Friday.
"Soundcloud is here to stay,” wrote Alexander Ljung, the company’s chairman, who as part of the deal is stepping down as the firm's chief executive.
Conce... | Music streaming service Soundcloud will live on after securing a reported $170m (£135m) in investment. |
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The item was found near Fakenham and is possibly from a sword grip, but experts say it has differences to similar finds.
Dr Andrew Rogerson, county archaeologist, said: "It's a fragment, but there's no context for it."
No evidence of dwellings has ever been fo... | A "mystery" gold mount found in a Norfolk field has provided "another piece of the jigsaw" for historians looking for Anglo-Saxon settlements. |
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The e-brochure features an interactive map of Wales split into areas.
Visitors can click on one to see what kind of wildlife is there in different seasons, for example puffins on Skomer Island or dormice in north Wales.
Mr Skates said it was "astonishing" what... | A wildlife e-brochure has been launched at the Royal Welsh Show by the economy secretary Ken Skates. |
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The Hinkley Point C party had been cancelled at the very last minute by a nervous UK government.
After years of delay, EDF management had finally managed to convince its own board (just) that constructing the world's biggest nuclear power station wouldn't bank... | On 28 July, stunned EDF employees in Somerset started taking down a marquee and throwing away unused visitor badges for UK, French and Chinese officials. |
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The move focuses on those using Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights to argue their right to a family life would be breached by deportation.
Home Secretary Theresa May said this right was not "absolute" and could be overridden in the national i... | Judges are to be given new guidelines aimed at ensuring fewer foreign criminals avoid being deported. |
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Appearing at Carlisle Crown Court, Phillipa Hodgson, 21, of John Street, Maryport, pleaded not guilty to two charges of mistreating or wilfully neglecting the resident at Workington's Rosecroft Residential Home.
A trial, to be held at the same court, has been ... | A woman has denied mistreating an 81-year-old Cumbrian care home resident. |
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The triptych, Three Studies of Lucian Freud (1969), is considered one of Bacon's greatest masterpieces.
It was sold after six minutes of fierce bidding, Christie's auction house said.
The price eclipsed the $119.9m (£74m) paid for Edvard Munch's The Scream las... | A painting by Francis Bacon of his friend and fellow artist Lucian Freud has become the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction after it fetched $142m (£89m, 106m euros) in New York. |
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The arrests were made in a joint operation between the National Crime Agency (NCA) and the PSNI. Those arrested are suspected of accessing indecent images of children.
On top of the arrests, steps were taken to protect a number of children deemed to be at risk... | Nine people have been arrested in Northern Ireland as part of an investigation into online child abuse. |
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The top division of women's football saw an overall 48% rise, with the average league attendance being 1,076 compared to 728 in 2014.
Newly-crowned champions Chelsea Ladies enjoyed the biggest gain with a 164% increase, while Sunderland were second with a 123%... | Women's Super League One crowds have seen a major increase from last season, the Football Association has announced. |
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Joel Richards, from Wednesbury, was killed alongside uncle Adrian Evans, grandfather Patrick Evans and 35 others in the terrorist attacks near Sousse, Tunisia, this year.
Now the 19-year-old Walsall fan's family is to be presented with a posthumous award.
Frie... | A young referee killed in a terror attack has been recognised with a BBC Get Inspired Unsung Hero Special Award. |
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Several thousand protested outside the main public TV station in Warsaw.
The new laws give the government power to appoint heads of public TV and radio, as well as the civil service.
European media watchdogs and the EU have condemned the move. But the governme... | Protests have take place across Poland against new laws which demonstrators say gives the newly-elected government power to restrict media freedoms. |
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The project, known locally as Surfbury, will be based east of Newquay's town centre and is similar to the duchy's Poundbury development in Dorset.
The plans were approved by Cornwall Council's strategic planning committee.
However, some councillors are unhappy... | The Duchy of Cornwall's plans for 800 homes, shops, a supermarket and a primary school have been given the go-ahead. |
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Andrew Houston, 48, had denied driving carelessly on the A9 between Newtonmore and Kingussie on 9 July 2013.
His wife, Abigail, and seven year-old daughter, Mia, died along with German tourist Dr Mohammad Hayajneh.
Houston was convicted of a reduced charge of ... | An Edinburgh lawyer has been cleared of causing the deaths of three people by careless driving. |
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The 27-year-old's body was found after officers were called to his Isle of Man home on 30 July.
Insp Iain MacMillan said: "Mr Baggs had suffered from asthma for many years and died as a result of his condition."
Police have informed the coroner that the Plymou... | The sudden death of former Apprentice star Stuart Baggs was caused by an asthma attack, police have said. |
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Private ambulances were used 9,242 times last year compared with 1,248 in 2012-13, according to details released after a request by Plaid Cymru.
The Welsh Ambulance Service said it was due to a rise in demand and a change in the way the service was delivered.
... | Ambulance bosses have defended a rise in the use of non-NHS crews and vehicles with costs increasing from £172,000 to over £2m since 2012. |
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Would-be referendum voters have until midnight on Tuesday 7 June to sign up to the electoral register.
Prime Minister David Cameron says more than a million people have done so since the referendum campaign began.
But figures suggest many people will leave it ... | Millions entitled to a vote in the EU referendum could miss out because they are not on the electoral register, campaigners have warned. |
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Warburton suffered a knee injury in Cardiff Blues' 24-24 draw at Ulster in April, ruling him out for six weeks.
Blues head coach Danny Wilson said the 28-year-old may return for a possible European Champions Cup play-off final - a week before the tour's first ... | British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland expects injured captain Sam Warburton to play before the tour of New Zealand begins in June. |
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Adrian Vasquez has filed a lawsuit in Florida alleging negligence by Princess Cruises, his lawyer said.
The American cruise company has said it deeply regrets that one of its ships sailed past the dying men.
Passengers said they spotted the castaways and alert... | A Panamanian fisherman who survived 28 days adrift in the Pacific and watched two companions die is suing the owners of a cruise ship that sailed past. |
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Joseph Muscat, whose country assumes the EU's presidency in January, told the BBC "this is really and truly our position and I don't see it changing".
Theresa May says the UK will begin the legal process to leave the EU by March.
Mr Muscat said talks on the de... | EU leaders are not "bluffing" when they say the UK will be left without access to the single market when it leaves the bloc if there is no free movement of people, Malta's prime minister says. |
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In what were described as the biggest ever military exercises to have taken place on Venezuelan soil, President Maduro proudly declared that more than 500,000 troops from the armed forces and civilian militias loyal to the government participated in "Operation... | Either President Nicolas Maduro genuinely believes there is a credible threat to Venezuela's national security from an unspecified foreign power, or he is delusional. |
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Twenty-year-old Smith trailed Breeze after lifting 92kg in the snatch, but managed 118kg in the clean and jerk to set a Games record of 210kg.
Two-time champion Breeze, 35, who came out of retirement last December, lifted 202kg in total as Nigeria's Ndidi Wini... | England weightlifter Zoe Smith won the Commonwealth Games -58kg title as Wales' Michaela Breeze took bronze. |
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Tyrone Henry, 31, of Phoenix Close, Hackney, has also been charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm.
The detective was shot in the shoulder on Thursday afternoon in Hackney.
Mr H... | A man has been charged with the attempted murder of a Metropolitan Police detective during an undercover operation in east London. |
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At least 50 people are reported to have been wounded or killed after being shot in areas of Cape Town's Manenberg suburb in recent weeks.
Provincial Premier Helen Zille has asked the national government to send in the army to help overwhelmed police.
A caretak... | A surge in gang violence has prompted education officials in South Africa's Western Cape Province to close 16 schools for two days. |
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The NHS England review looked at how all 209 local health boards - called clinical commissioning groups - were performing on waiting times, cancer survival, patient surveys and early diagnosis.
Only 29 were classed as performing well enough to meet the ambitio... | More than eight in 10 areas need to improve if England is going to meet its ambitious target of developing "world class" cancer care by 2020, according to an analysis by NHS bosses. |
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Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, Ian Henderson, Callum Camps and Peter Vincenti scored to give Dale a 4-1 win over Gillingham and end a 11-game winless run.
Saturday's victory moved the side into 10th place, easing pressure on Hill.
"They see the infrastructure that we... | Rochdale boss Keith Hill thanked the club's "very intelligent owners" after his side ended a poor run of form. |
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The Peatland Code, say its developers, has been designed to link potential private funders with accredited restoration projects.
The habitat has been calculated to store three billion tonnes of carbon, more than 20 times the amount locked away in the UK's fore... | Private investors are being invited to help fund the restoration of about one half of the UK's peatlands. |
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He said he had agreed to suspending the right-to-buy scheme "to ensure homes are available to those who need them".
Swansea and Carmarthenshire have already been granted the power to halt sales to protect their housing stock.
Ministers are planning to introduc... | Anglesey has become the latest Welsh local authority to stop tenants buying their own council houses, Communities Secretary Carl Sargeant has confirmed. |
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Letters from the EA to their parents were not delivered as planned on Saturday 20 May.
The authority said the letters would now be sent by recorded delivery on Tuesday.
"We are currently investigating the cause of the delay," an EA spokesperson said.
The EA al... | The Education Authority (EA) has apologised after a number of P7 pupils were not told that they had not been placed in a post-primary school. |
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Guo, 24, ran gambling operations out of private flats she rented in the capital, a Beijing court said.
She made headlines in 2011 after she claimed to work for a company linked to the Chinese Red Cross, while also boasting about luxury cars she owned.
The scan... | Chinese internet personality Guo Meimei has been jailed for five years for running an illegal casino. |
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Smith, 28, won a controversial fight in April after Williams was withdrawn by his corner at the start of the 10th round because of a badly cut eye.
The Welshman, 25, said the injury, which required plastic surgery, was a result of a "blatant" Smith headbutt.
W... | Liam Smith will face Liam Williams in a rematch in Newcastle on 28 October, which will be an eliminator for the WBO light-middleweight title. |
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The victims, in their 20s and from Canvey, Essex, are in hospital with injuries to their upper body. They are are not thought to be life-threatening.
Officers were called to a "firearms incident" in Somnes Avenues, Canvey, at about 03:30 BST on Saturday.
The s... | A man has been arrested after two men were shot, police have said. |
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Owen Mort, 28, spends 40 hours a week fashioning intricate metalwork for heritage projects.
He was always interested in working with metal - but having trained as a mechanical engineer he ended up working as a shipyard welder in Belfast.
Owen from Clogher, Cou... | He describes it as a passion not a job. |
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The Riders, who have already won the BBL league title and BBL Trophy reached the play-off final with a 162-126 aggregate semi-final win over London.
Paternostro told BBC Radio Leicester: "You don't win 35 games if you don't know how to win important games.
"It... | Coach Rob Paternostro says everyone in the city should be proud of Leicester as they remain on course for a treble. |
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Dozens of Democrats joined Republicans as the House passed the measure 289-137, in a rebuke to the White House.
President Barack Obama has said he will veto the legislation.
The bill follows the attacks in Paris that left 129 people dead, claiming to the be th... | The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that tightens restrictions on the resettlement of Syrian and Iraqi refugees, amid security concerns. |
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Susan Bro said she refuses to speak to Mr Trump after hearing him equate counter-demonstrators, like her daughter, with white supremacists.
Her daughter, Heather Heyer, was killed on Saturday after a car ploughed through a crowd in Charlottesville.
She said sh... | The mother of a woman fatally run over by a car at a far-right rally in Virginia says she has "no interest" in speaking with President Donald Trump. |
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A New York appeals court unanimously rejected every Argentine argument against the payout.
The decision is the latest twist in the long-running legal saga.
Argentina refuses to pay anything to investors who declined to participate in a previous debt reduction ... | Argentina has been told again it must pay back more than $1.3bn (£830m) to a group of investors - 11 years after its record debt default. |
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The England midfielder opened the scoring when he skipped into the box and drilled into the bottom corner.
Reading almost equalised when Callum Harriott's deflected shot landed on top of Emiliano Martinez's goal.
Arsenal dominated after half-time, with Oxlade-... | Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored twice as Arsenal extended their unbeaten run with a hard-fought EFL Cup win against Championship side Reading. |
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Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman has been taken to the Election Court by local voters who want his 2014 election to be declared void and re-run.
Lawyers said Mr Rahman lied in court and "over the years".
The mayor said such allegations were "not true" as his ... | The mayor of an east London borough who is accused of electoral fraud was told in High Court he "would not know the truth" if it slapped him. |
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That makes them the world's longest-living vertebrates - or animals with spines.
So we've been taking a look at some of the other ancient living things that we share the planet with.
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| Scientists studying Greenland sharks reckon the fish can live for up to 400 years! |
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Dianne Ngoza was due to be removed from the UK at 17:00 GMT after losing an immigration battle.
Manchester Central MP Lucy Powell said she had "received assurances" from immigration minister Robert Goodwill that the case had been put on hold.
She is now callin... | The deportation of a Zambian-born nurse who has lived and worked in Greater Manchester for 14 years has been postponed. |
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Smith suffered the injury against Edinburgh in September 2013 and had six operations in the following 12 months.
He will now concentrate on his role as an Ospreys coach, which he had been combining with his playing duties.
"It's been a tough three years for me... | Ospreys back-row Tom Smith has been forced to retire at the age of 29 because of a knee injury. |
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Pakistan moved to within 30 runs of Zimbabwe's total of 172 without losing a wicket, before a batting collapse almost cost them the Twenty20 match.
Skipper Shahid Afridi hit his first ball for four to give his side victory with three balls to spare in Lahore.
... | Thousands of police and paramilitaries were on hand for Pakistan's nervy win in their first home full international fixture since a terror attack in 2009. |
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The Vauxhall Zafira was left on Woodland Terrace in Charlton by Ghazi Hassan, who was visiting his brother on Wednesday night.
He said this "wasn't a good day" but was "thankful" his family were not hurt and no-one else was injured in the incident.
BBC Radio L... | A car has fallen down a huge hole in a street in south-east London. |
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Craig Preston, 34, was allegedly attacked by Shiraz Bashir, Leonie Mason and the teenagers in a lay-by near Rotherham before being dumped close to the Woodhead Tunnel in August.
The prosecution say Mr Preston was tied up and then kicked, punched and stamped on... | A man was beaten to death in a "brutal and senseless" killing by a love rival, his ex-partner and three teenage boys, a court has heard. |
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Called Desert Trip, the three-day event will take place at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, California - the site of the Coachella music festival.
Tickets start at $200 (£137) per day, rising to $1,599 (£1,097) for a three-day pass for the area near the stage... | Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan have been confirmed for the line-up of a US "mega-festival" this October. |
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The 70-year-old Spaniard won 13 titles and 90 grands prix in a 22-year career between 1964 and 1986.
MotoGP described Nieto "as a true giant of motorcycling history who will be greatly missed".
Nieto was taken to hospital after the quad bike he was riding coll... | Thirteen-time world champion Angel Nieto has died, one week after he was involved a quad-biking crash, MotoGP has confirmed. |
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The footage posted online on Monday was said to be filmed in a school in Columbia, South Carolina.
US media said the pupil had refused to leave the classroom when asked. The school "resource officer" was called.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said t... | A US sheriff's department says it is investigating after a video emerged showing an officer throwing a female pupil across a classroom. |
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The Lotto Soudal rider dropped France's Axel Domont (AG2R) on the final climb of the 170.5km stage to win by 44 seconds in Saint-Etienne.
Britain's Chris Froome finished 15th in a group 59 seconds behind De Gendt.
The Team Sky rider is bidding to win a fourth ... | Belgium's Thomas de Gendt took an impressive solo victory on the opening stage of the Criterium du Dauphine. |
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Paying tribute to Mr Cameron during his final Prime Minister's Questions, the MP suggested a complete career change.
He said leadership roles were available as manager of the English football team, presenter of Top Gear or as the next occupant of the White Hou... | If David Cameron is looking for a new job as he steps down as prime minister, he was given plenty of ideas by Ulster Unionist MP Danny Kinahan. |
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Police located the vehicle crashed on the Marble Arch Road, Florence Court, after 21:00 BST on Thursday.
Inside, they found what could be up to eight kilos of cocaine.
No-one was in the van. Det Insp Alan Pyper said the suspected drugs were being analysed.
"We... | A "substantial" quantity of suspected cocaine has been found in an abandoned van in County Fermanagh. |
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