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Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Pascal Soriot said "dramatic" progress was being made in treating tumours, and defended the company's pricing policy. And he said that training doctors, not the cost of drugs, was the biggest issue in the world's poorest countries. Access to treatment has been...
Giving out free cancer drugs would not help the poorest parts of Africa, the head of pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has told the BBC.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Donald Nicholson, 93, from Tyne and Wear, lost his medals whilst travelling to a memorial event in Lincoln on Friday. The row of five medals may have been left at a service area near Blyth in Nottinghamshire. A reward of £350 is being offered for their safe re...
Officials have made a renewed appeal for help finding a set of missing medals belonging to a World War Two Bomber Command veteran.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Point One Marketing - trading as Stop the Calls - was said to have operated in a "bullying and aggressive way". The company, based in Bournemouth, claimed it was an official service to stop nuisance calls. It was fined £50,000 by the Information Commissioner'...
A firm that promised to block all nuisance calls has been fined by the Information Commissioner - for making nuisance calls itself.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Nahid Hattar was hit by three bullets outside the court in the capital Amman where he was standing trial. Police have arrested the suspected shooter, Riad Abdullah. Jordanian media said he was local imam who had been upset by the cartoon. But security sources ...
A Jordanian writer charged with offending Islam after allegedly sharing a satirical cartoon on his Facebook page has been killed.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Player sales rose from nearly £7m to £12.6m, thanks to Virgil van Dijk's move to Southampton. Revenue rose 2% to £52m, while operating expenses were up 7% to £57m. Chief executive Pater Lawwell stressed the "paramount importance" of reaching the Champions Leag...
Celtic have announced a profit of £500,000 for the financial year ending on 30 June, compared with a loss of nearly £4m in the previous 12 months.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: In Washington, meanwhile, US officials say they will not send arms to the rebels. Yet over time the US officials may also change their minds, particularly if the situation in Syria continues to deteriorate, analysts say. A panel of experts weighs various optio...
As civil war in Syria rages, Russian officials say they will send anti-aircraft missiles to the forces backing President Bashar al-Assad, while EU officials have announced they will not renew an arms embargo, a move that could free member states to arm the rebels.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The device was described as a "surface-to-surface medium-to-long-range ballistic missile", the Korean state news agency KCNA reported. South Korea's defence ministry called it an armed provocation to test the response of US President Donald Trump. North Korea'...
North Korea has confirmed that it "successfully" fired a ballistic missile on Sunday in a test supervised by leader Kim Jong-un.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Jonathan Simpson was shot in the living room of his house in the Brandywell Road area at about 23:00 GMT on Monday. He sustained gunshot wounds to his thighs and has been transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. Two men were involved in the incid...
A Londonderry mother whose 23-year-old son was shot several times in both legs, has said she thought he was dead.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: A letter by the group says that in constituencies where Labour does well it "makes sense" for voters to "aid a progressive party like Plaid", and "to block any party that trades in fear". They said Labour will have to work with others after the 5 May poll. But...
Labour voters should give their second vote in the Welsh Assembly election to a party like Plaid Cymru, six Labour-supporting academics have said.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: According to local media, the US company is under investigation for "organising private drivers to provide unlicensed businesses". The local transport, police and industry bodies are said to have seized equipment including mobile phones. Guangzhou considers ca...
Private online car-hire service Uber has had its offices in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou raided by authorities, reports say.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Media playback is not supported on this device Gatland reacted angrily to questions on his "Warrenball" tactics, and said his side will play attacking rugby. But O'Sullivan, part of the Lions coaching staff in New Zealand in 2005, says Gatland is "reacting to ...
British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland is sending out the wrong message to his players, says former Lions assistant Eddie O'Sullivan.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Thomas Shannon, a counsellor to the US Secretary of State, met the chairman of Venezuela's national assembly, Diosdado Cabello. Venezuelan officials tweeted that both sides had been working to resolve the crisis in their relations. Earlier this year, Venezuel...
Details have emerged of a high-profile meeting in Haiti between Venezuela and the United States.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The 31-tonne, 42m structure was lifted into place by a crane last week. The bridge it replaces will be removed. Meanwhile, work on another crossing in the Highlands has been suspended due to high winds. The road bridge is being constructed on the River Ness as...
A new footbridge has been installed over the River Nevis in Lochaber to provide thousands of visitors to Glen Nevis with an improved crossing.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The company reported suspicious activity earlier this year, but the scale of the breach is far bigger than first anticipated. At least 1,025 of its restaurants were targeted - with debit and credit card information stolen. The company did not speculate how man...
Popular US food chain Wendy's has been hit by a massive cyber attack, the company has confirmed.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Both England 2015 and Japan 2019 will have 20 teams, but 2023 may be larger. Mr Gosper said allowing fringe nations into the event would allow them "to promote the sport in their countries". "As the sport grows and we conquer new markets the discussion is abou...
World Rugby boss Brett Gosper has said a future World Cup could enlarge the number of teams taking part without losing competitiveness.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The Dons drew the first leg of their second round qualifier 1-1 at Pittodrie in their first competitive match and then won 2-0 in Bosnia on Thursday. "I think I put the tie at risk because I think we were a game short going into this game," McInnes told BBC Sc...
Derek McInnes feels Aberdeen's Europa League victory over Siroki Brijeg was a let-off for him not arranging an extra pre-season friendly for his players.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The original 18th Century stone structure across the River Eamont at Pooley Bridge, Cumbria, was washed away by floodwater in December. The damage effectively cut off the village from the south. Cumbria County Council said the £300,000 temporary crossing would...
The final sections of a temporary river crossing have been put into place to replace a 300-year-old bridge which collapsed during Storm Desmond.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Dr Imran Farooq was stabbed several times and bludgeoned with a brick after he was ambushed by two men outside his home in Edgware, north London, in 2010. The Metropolitan Police arrested a 31-year-old man in Waltham Forest last year. He was the third man arre...
A man arrested over the murder of an exiled Pakistani politician who was attacked on his way home from work has been released without charge.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The group had been due to play on Saturday night in Pula, Croatia, where Parfitt, 65, is now in hospital receiving treatment. No details have been given, but band manager Simon Porter said Status Quo did not "cancel shows lightly". "In this instance we have no...
Rock band Status Quo have been forced to cancel six concerts on their European tour because of illness affecting guitarist Rick Parfitt.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Suffolk County police in Long Island say Pauline Aluska, 54, was killed near to the spot where her brother, John Aluska, 61, died two years earlier. Both cases were hit-and-runs. Their brother has appealed for his sister's killer to turn himself in. In March t...
Police say a New York woman who was killed by a hit-and-run driver is the third person in her family to die in a pedestrian traffic accident.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: After a decade of unsuccessfully fighting for independence, the autonomous region is now firmly under the control of its Russian-appointed leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, although separatist groups continue low-level guerrilla attacks. In addition, jihadist groups, in...
The southern Russian republic of Chechnya has long been a boiling point for conflict with Moscow in the restive North Caucasus.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The proposed Royal Elm Park includes 600 homes, a convention centre, a 246-bed hotel and an ice rink. Fans had expressed concerns that the building work - on top of the Madejski stadium's car park - would make it more difficult to get to the ground. But deputy...
Plans to build a £500m development around Reading FC's football ground have been approved.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Elsewhere, players came together to send a message of tolerance, although in League One the supporters of two clubs were in no mood to be nice to their owners. Here are five things you may have missed from Saturday's action. Newcastle seem to be everyone's fav...
Hot on the heels of Black Friday, it was Black Saturday for a couple of the EFL's top sides as their impressive winning runs came to an end.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The girl, who was terminally ill with a rare cancer, was supported by her mother in her wish to be cryogenically preserved - but not by her father. She wrote to the judge explaining that she wanted "to live longer" and did not want "to be buried underground". ...
A 14-year-old girl who wanted her body to be preserved, in case she could be cured in the future, won a historic legal fight shortly before her death.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The actor, who played Draco Malfoy, has been filming a BBC Three documentary about book, film and TV conventions. He came up with the idea after showing friends a video he filmed at an event a few years ago. "People were dressed up as Stormtroopers, Gandalf an...
Harry Potter star Tom Felton has told Newsbeat there's a snobbery about some types of superfans.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The 35-year-old former world number two beat ex-world champion Shaun Murphy 7-6 in the final of the non-ranking tournament. Carter, who has overcome testicular cancer, was diagnosed with lung cancer in May. Carter, nicknamed 'the Captain', wrote on Twitter: "T...
Ali Carter won the General Cup title in Hong Kong, his first event since starting treatment for lung cancer.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Pro-Kurdish lawmakers say this is essentially a move to expel opposition members from parliament. The measure is seen as targeting the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) as well as the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP). Turkey has led an...
The Turkish parliament has approved a controversial bill that will strip MPs of their immunity from prosecution.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Mewn erthygl yn y Sunday Times mae Mr Hammond yn ysgrifennu na fydd o'n cymryd agwedd "ddryslyd" gyda'r gyllideb. Fe fydd Mr Hammond yn cyflwyno ei gyllideb i Dy'r Cyffredin ddydd Mercher. Ond mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi annog Llywodraeth y DU i roi "terfyn ar...
Fydd na ddim "benthyca enfawr i ariannu gwariant enfawr" yn y gyllideb eleni, yn ôl y canghellor Phillip Hammond.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The pipe under the A2047 London Road in Portsmouth ruptured early on Thursday flooding the road and leaving homes without water supplies. Portsmouth Water said the road had been left "structurally unsound" as well as covered in silt and mud. The firm said the ...
A busy road closed by a water main burst may not fully reopen for another four days, a water company has said.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: She was speaking after the UK voted by a narrow margin to leave the EU., although Northern Ireland voted to remain. Ms Villiers said the circumstances in which a border poll would be called did not exist. Nothing indicated that such a poll should be called, sh...
Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers has ruled out Sinn Féin's call for a border poll on the reunification of Ireland.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Media playback is not supported on this device Callum Booth scored Thistle's opener, cutting inside from the left and bending a right-foot shot past Alan Mannus. And Steven Lawless fired in a low strike to double the Jags' lead. Chris Kane knocked in Darnell F...
Partick Thistle beat St Johnstone for the second time in eight days to move up to seventh in the Scottish Premiership.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Media playback is not supported on this device Perkovic, who is unbeaten this year, had fouls in the first two rounds to risk elimination but her only legal throw in round three was good enough to secure gold. France's Melina Robert-Michon threw a national rec...
Croatia's Sandra Perkovic retained her Olympic discus title in Rio with a best throw of 69.21m.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: "There was no major change in him the day after we lost 7-1 at Norwich to when we won 3-1 at Aston Villa," the Wales international said. "He's never massively high or massively down, he just creates a constant message and as a player, that's great." Third-plac...
Reading defender Chris Gunter believes Jaap Stam's consistent approach in management has helped to maintain their Championship play-off push.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Cerberus said it "had contact to varying extents" with Peter Robinson, Simon Hamilton, Arlene Foster, Nigel Dodds and Mr McGuinness. The details are contained in a submission to the finance committee. The committee is investigating the circumstances of the fun...
Cerberus, the US investment fund, had "contact" with four senior DUP politicians, and the Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Speaking in Brussels, he warned that the EU would not compromise on its insistence that freedom of movement will be a condition for Britain's access to the single market. Mr Tusk will chair meetings of EU leaders negotiating Britain's exit from the 28-member b...
Britain's only real alternative to a "hard Brexit" is "no Brexit", European Council President Donald Tusk has said.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Ms Bishop, an ally of Prime Minister Tony Abbott, had used A$5,000 (£2,300) in public funds to charter a helicopter to attend a political fundraiser. She also claimed expenses for attending colleagues' weddings. Mr Abbott said Ms Bishop's resignation was the ...
The speaker of the lower house of the Australian parliament, Bronwyn Bishop, has resigned over an expenses scandal.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Researchers from Swansea University unveiled the scans to coincide with the British Science Festival, taking place in the Welsh city this week. Some of the virtual objects are public while others are for research purposes. The idea is to see how much can be le...
For the first time, skulls and other artefacts from the 1545 wreck of Henry VIII's warship the Mary Rose are being exhibited online as 3D reconstructions.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Solihull Council said an investigation would take place after a complaint about the post by Conservative Councillor Ken Hawkins. The tweet, replying to an image of Kensington Town Hall protesters posted by Guardian journalist Martin Belam, read: "Lets get ours...
A councillor has been suspended from his cabinet position after an offensive tweet about Grenfell Tower protesters.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: For years, there was nowhere in Havana for them to do so. Now though, they're descending on a lavishly refurbished shopping arcade called the Manzana de Gomez - a small corner of capitalist consumerism in one of the world's last communist strongholds. Ornate c...
Schoolkids taking selfies outside expensive stores is doubtless a feature of high-end shopping malls everywhere.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Yes, there are other search engines but for the majority of internet users, to search is to Google. Now, though, there are signs of a threat to to the Californian firm's hegemony. It comes first from two other Californian tech superpowers. The most significant...
For more than a decade, internet search and Google have been synonymous.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: John Buckley spoke at the High Court in Glasgow after Alexander Pacteau, 21, admitted bludgeoning and strangling his 24-year-old daughter in April. He said she had been "randomly targeted and murdered by a cowardly vicious criminal". Mr Buckley said Pacteau wa...
The father of murdered Irish student Karen Buckley has said his family is haunted by the fear and panic she would have experienced in her last moments.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The toilets at Staffin on Skye were among a number of Highland Council-run sites shut this year to save money. The council has been in talks with Staffin Community Trust about alternative facilities. In the meantime, two complaints have been received public ur...
A council has received complaints about people urinating and defecating outdoors after a village's public toilets were closed down.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: But despite "remarkable" improvements, Gary Doherty said the NHS in north Wales was "not where it should be". The Betsi Cadwaladr chief executive said performance in some areas remained unacceptable. It was put under Welsh Government supervision two years ago ...
Wales' biggest health board could be ready to be taken out of special measures later this year, its boss has suggested.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Protest groups and local councils are already vowing to oppose it all the way, and some say a third runway is unlikely to be completed before 2030 because of the planning and environmental issues. But as air travel is expected to continue growing significantly...
The government may have decided to go ahead with Heathrow's third runway, but that doesn't mean the debate is over.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: On Thursday the party president was warned that a bomb was left at his family home in the city. It follows a spate of attacks and threats on Sinn Féin figures that the party blames on dissident republicans. Mr Adams said he would not be deterred by the inciden...
The police have said they found "nothing untoward" after reports of a bomb at the west Belfast home of Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The executions took place in Besi prison on the island of Nusakambangan early on Wednesday morning local time. However, the execution of a ninth convict, a woman from the Philippines, was postponed at the last minute. Among those killed were Australians Andrew...
Eight convicted drug smugglers have been executed by firing squad in Indonesia.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: 19 April 2017 Last updated at 08:45 BST Solitary bees aren't like honeybees that live in hives. They make their nests on their own and lay their eggs in tunnels. To help them have somewhere to live, you can make your own bee hotel... To make a bee B and B you'...
There are lots of ways to help the bees in your garden - you could try making this 'bee B and B' for solitary bees to live in.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The campaign has raised over £300,000, which will be spent organising tactical voting and supporting candidates opposed to a "hard Brexit". Last year Ms Miller fronted the legal challenge that forced the government to consult Parliament before formally beginni...
Businesswoman Gina Miller has defended her crowdfunded bid to keep "all options on the table" on Brexit.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Bridget Jones's Baby, says the Mirror's David Edwards, is "a laughathon" that fans should "watch at all costs". Renee Zellweger plays Helen Fielding's perennial singleton for the third time in the film, which this time sees its scatty heroine become pregnant. ...
The new Bridget Jones film has received a warm response from critics following its world premiere in London, with one naming it "the funniest of the series".
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Zahir Hussain, 41 and from Birmingham, studied business while running a crack cocaine and heroin operation, like Idris Elba's Stringer Bell character in the US TV drama, police said. He was jailed for six years and three months last December. At a further Birm...
A drug dealer who was like "a character in The Wire" has been told to pay back almost £40,000 he made from his crimes.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: But to get your home advertised on one of those sites, you need an estate agent - and an increasing number of people are turning to online agents such as eMoov, PurpleBricks and Yopa. Their flat fees are less than those charged by traditional High Street agent...
Every day property websites such as Rightmove and Zoopla receive millions of clicks from home hunters.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Former Bury, Blackpool and Stockport striker Preece, 49, is the third manager at the Sandgrounders this season after Burr and Andy Bishop. Director of football Liam Watson took temporary charge after Burr's four-month stint, as Southport sit a point above the ...
National League strugglers Southport have appointed Andy Preece as their new manager, replacing Steve Burr.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: As the period of mourning began, reports emerged of troop movements in Pyongyang and other major cities as different factions of the military and the ruling party rushed to consolidate their positions. That Kim Jong-il would succeed his father was not in doubt...
When North Korea's "Great Leader", Kim Il-sung, died suddenly in July 1994, the country was immediately plunged into a power struggle that has never been resolved.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The report published in the journal Nature showed that overall the number of infections fell by 50% across the continent. Bed nets were responsible for the vast majority of the decrease. There have also been calls to maintain funding to ensure the progress is ...
Nearly 700 million cases of malaria have been prevented in Africa as a result of concerted efforts to tackle the disease since 2000, a study shows.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: It is little wonder Rory McIlroy is being driven to distraction trying to settle upon a new putter as he heads into the meat of the 2017 season. Last week in Connecticut, the Northern Irishman used three different models. And, in acknowledging that his best pe...
Very few titles are won by golfers who putt badly, and no matter how supreme a player's ball striking is, such prowess will always be undone by a missed three-footer.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Lacey Spears, 27, of New York, administered salt into her son Garnett's feeding tube from infancy while writing a blog about his illness. Prosecutors described her actions as evil, inhuman and despicable. The judge said she was suffering from a rare mental dis...
A US woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for making her five-year-old son sick and eventually killing him to gain attention online.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The incident happened at the Coronet on Holloway Road after the Irish Travellers Movement in Britain (ITMB) conference on Thursday afternoon. The group of 15 people who were denied entry included travellers, a police inspector, a barrister and a priest. Pub ow...
A body representing Irish Travellers is taking legal action after delegates at its annual conference were refused entry to a north London pub.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Tesco said it was consolidating its customer engagement centres (CEC) into a single site in Dundee, where 250 jobs would be created. First Minister Carwyn Jones said there would be help available to those affected at the Heath site. Tesco said it needed to ens...
Up to 1,100 jobs are expected to go at a Tesco call centre in Cardiff, the supermarket giant has confirmed.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The body of Zedi Feruzi, the head of the Union for Peace and Development, was seen lying outside his home. Burundi has seen weeks of protest against President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to run for a third term. Demonstrators are holding a two-day truce, to a...
The leader of a small Burundian opposition party has been shot dead in the capital Bujumbura, witnesses said, as tensions continue in the country.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: A report in the science magazine Nature suggests more than half of Mr Ponta's work was made up of copied text. Mr Ponta has strenuously denied the allegations and resisted calls for his resignation. He says the claims are politically motivated and says Preside...
Romania's Prime Minister Victor Ponta has rejected claims that he plagiarised large sections of his doctoral thesis, which was published in 2003.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The 24-year-old American shared a two-stroke overnight lead with South Korea's Chella Choi and was clear of the field after four successive birdies on the back nine in Illinois. But a bogey on 17 saw her head down the 18th fairway tied for the lead with defend...
Danielle Kang won her first major title by clinching the Women's PGA Championship at Olympia Fields with a birdie on the final hole.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Since then, it has become what US officials have described as "the most active operational franchise" of al-Qaeda beyond Pakistan and Afghanistan. The group has vowed to target oil facilities, foreigners and security forces as it seeks to topple the Saudi and ...
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was formed in January 2009 by a merger between two regional offshoots of the international jihadist network in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Jack Whitley was The Blues' goalkeeper during their first season in the top flight, playing for Chelsea between 1907 and 1914. Before he died, he asked to be buried in Brompton Cemetery even though he no longer lived in London. Chelsea Supporters' Trust is now...
A Chelsea footballer who is buried in a cemetery next to the Premier League club's Stamford Bridge stadium does not have a marked grave, it has emerged.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Ethanol is converted to acetaldehyde soon after ingestion and this compound may render the skin more sensitive to harmful UV light, they say. The authors of the work in the British Journal of Dermatology admit that other forces may also be to blame. Drinkers m...
Scientists believe drinking too much alcohol could set off a chain of reactions in the body that makes the skin more vulnerable to cancer.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: John Swift put Reading ahead from close range before Darren Bent levelled with Derby's only effort before the break. Ince, reportedly wanted by Newcastle, met a Craig Bryson pass to make it 2-1. Will Hughes swept in a third as the Rams held on, with Yakou Meit...
Tom Ince scored his ninth goal in 13 games to help Derby move to within two points of the top six after victory over fellow play-off hopefuls Reading.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Patrick Farren, from Stoneburn Place in the city, admitted making a "nuisance of himself" in the Church Brae salon. Staff called the police and Farren also admitted verbally abusing officers when they arrived. The 53-year-old was then arrested for disorderly ...
A Londonderry man with almost 200 convictions has been jailed after he persistently asked staff in a hairdressing salon to dance with him.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The 22-year-old German, who raced for the now-defunct Manor team in 2016, rolled his car after a collision with Williams driver Felipe Massa at the Race of Champions in Miami. The first pre-season test is in Barcelona from 27 February to 2 March. "I feel sorry...
Sauber driver Pascal Wehrlein will miss the first Formula 1 pre-season test because of a back injury sustained in a crash last month.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: After resuming on 389-7, Kent pushed their first-innings score to 441, with veteran Darren Stevens the last man out for 136. Hardus Viljoen then took three wickets as Essex struggled with the bat. Dan Lawrence made 88, but Essex could only close on 289-9, thre...
Kent continued their dominance of County Championship Division Two champions Essex on day three at Canterbury.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Under the Political Parties and Referendums Act 2000 all parties need to confirm their registration details with the Electoral Commission. But despite having six months notice, the BNP missed the deadline. BNP spokesman Stephen Squire said: "It's the first I'v...
The British National Party risks being unable to stand for election - because it failed to pay its annual £25 registration fee.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Emadeldin Elsayed, 23, was not charged with a crime but the US authorities sought to deport him, his attorney, Hani Bushra, said. Immigration authorities said they would allow him to return home voluntarily as long as he departed by 5 July. Mr Elsayed is being...
A student pilot from Egypt has agreed to leave the US after posting on Facebook that the world would thank him if he killed Donald Trump.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The Japan Society for Eating Disorders claims the health system is failing hundreds of thousands of sufferers. It also says the pressure on girls, in particular, to be thin has "gone too far". The government says it's trying to set up more services and has tri...
Most people suffering with eating disorders in Japan are not receiving any medical or psychological support, according to doctors.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The Olympic cycling champion, 35, has been criticised by some ex-jockeys, who feel she is putting herself in danger. She was unseated from favourite Pacha Du Polder at Fakenham on her National Hunt Rules debut on 19 February. But Andy Stewart, who owns Pacha D...
Victoria Pendleton is a "great advert" for racing, says the owner of the horse she hopes to ride in the Foxhunter Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The fire at Fegan's Quarry on the Madden Road in Keady happened in the early hours of Tuesday. Police have said they are working to establish a motive for the incident. They are appealing for anyone who noticed any suspicious activity in the area, or who has a...
A fire which destroyed more than 300 cars at a breaker's yard in County Armagh is being treated as suspicious, police have said.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Ulster led for most of the match after Andrew Trimble's 21st-minute try. But Sebastien Taofifenua battled over to edge the French club ahead eight minutes from the end. Ulster conceded a penalty try, with Sean Reidy sin-binned for tackling a man without the ba...
Bordeaux-Begles scored three late tries to send Ulster crashing to defeat in their opening match of the European Champions Cup.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Jeff Lynne's ELO will step into Lionel Richie's shoes during Glastonbury's "legends" slot on Sunday, 26 June. Dolly Parton's stint in the slot drew Glastonbury's biggest ever crowd in 2014, while Richie's appearance last year sent him to the top of the charts....
Glastonbury has tempted fate by booking a band best known for the song Mr Blue Sky to play the festival's notoriously rainy main stage.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: He was speaking after a report into the jail found it was in a "state of crisis". Inspectors who visited the County Antrim prison in May found it was "unsafe and unstable" for prisoners and staff. The report said there were also significant failures in leaders...
A serving prison officer at Maghaberry jail has described practices inside the jail as "crazy".
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Tottenham have been drawn against Besiktas, Partizan Belgrade and Greek side Asteras Tripolis after beating AEL Limassol in their qualifier. Scottish champions Celtic meet Salzburg, Dinamo Zagreb and Romanians FC Astra. This season's winners qualify for next y...
Everton will face Lille, Wolfsburg and FC Krasnodar in the Europa League groups stages as they begin their first European campaign since 2009-10.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The issue was being debated at the Kirk's General Assembly. It follows a vote earlier this week to allow congregations to appoint gay ministers in civil partnerships. The Church's presbyteries, or local areas, will now be asked to vote on extending this to min...
A decision by the Church of Scotland on the position of ministers who wish to enter same-sex marriages has been delayed to allow wider consultation.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Johnson's team's second-tier status was ensured when they drew 2-2 at Blackburn and Milton Keynes Dons were relegated. Chief operating officer Mark Ashton has said the club will "leave no stone unturned" as they look for new players. "You couldn't name a playe...
Bristol City boss Lee Johnson says he is excited about this summer's transfer window now his side have guaranteed their survival in the Championship.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The UN, though not present in Palmyra, cited "credible sources". It said it was "deeply concerned" about the plight of civilians remaining in Palmyra, amid reports of summary executions. IS has also overrun the World Heritage site adjacent to the modern city, ...
The United Nations says it has received reports that Syrian forces in Palmyra prevented civilians from leaving, ahead of its fall to Islamic State militants.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The men, aged between 61 and 77. are accused of physically and sexually abusing boys at the former St Ninian's School in Falkland. All five pleaded not guilty to the charges at the High Court in Glasgow. The accused are John Farrell, 72, Paul Kelly, 62, Edward...
Five men have appeared in court facing allegations of abusing pupils at a school that was run by the Christian Brothers in Fife between 1970 and 1983.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Despite having been engaged in peace talks with the left-wing rebels for almost three years, the government had always refused to declare a ceasefire. The Farc, who have been observing a unilateral ceasefire, have repeatedly called on the government to join th...
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has said that he wants to enter into a bilateral truce with the Farc rebel group on 1 January 2016.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: It is one of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommendations to avert the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance. Its draft guidelines also say doctors need to say no to pushy patients. They add that it is time to "turn this t...
Doctors should snoop on their colleagues to ensure they are not prescribing too many antibiotics, the NHS in England suggests.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The Tories increased their total number of councillors by more than 160, including in areas that had previously been "no-go" for the party. But the SNP has replaced Labour as the largest party in Glasgow, although it fell short of winning a majority. Scotland'...
The SNP has finished as comfortably the largest party in the Scottish council elections despite the Conservatives making big gains.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Mylo Johnstone was with friends at the site off Wyther Lane, Kirkstall, Leeds on Thursday at 20:30 BST when he fell onto the building's concrete floor. Paramedics gave emergency treatment but he died at the scene. Two boys were seriously hurt in similar incide...
A 14-year-old boy who died when he fell through the roof of a disused warehouse while "exploring" has been named.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Media playback is unsupported on your device 13 October 2014 Last updated at 17:48 BST Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan said the outbreak threatened the "very survival of societies and governments in already very po...
Nurses and medical assistants fighting the Ebola outbreak in Liberia have largely ignored a call to strike over danger money and conditions.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The hosts had a lead of 127 with five wickets remaining going into the final day, but Eckersley's 104 saw them declare 313 in front on 294-9. It left Derbyshire needing to negotiate 38 overs and they slumped to 43-4, with Billy Godleman out for a golden duck. ...
A second century of the game by Ned Eckersley helped Leicestershire secure a draw with Derbyshire at Grace Road.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: He signs from French club Lille for a fee of US$8.2m. The 27-year-old is set play alongside his compatriot Dany Nounkeu in defence at Galatasaray, the duo are currently training with the national side ahead of a friendly against Ukraine on Sunday. Chedjou play...
Cameroon defender Aurelien Chedjou has joined Turkish champions Galatasaray on a four-year deal.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: As he took the stand to explain why he had killed 77 people last July, some 30 people filed out of the courtroom. Saying he had acted to stop a Muslim invasion, he asked to be considered sane and to be acquitted. Judges will deliver their verdict on 24 August....
The trial of Anders Behring Breivik has ended in Norway with a walkout by families of victims in protest at his attempts to justify the massacre.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The idea is similar to Sarah's Law which allows parents in England to ask police if someone who has contact with their child is a sex offender. Another idea up for consultation would give police a duty to warn someone whose partner could be dangerous. It follo...
People could be given the power to find out from the police if a new partner has a history of domestic violence under new government proposals.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The striker, 27, apologised on Twitter after two posts on Sunday expressing his frustration. He complained about sitting in the stand at Inverness and insisted playing was more important than money. Manager Ronny Deila said that Stokes' remarks "showed a lack ...
Anthony Stokes has been suspended by Celtic for two weeks following his social media comments about being left out of the team.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Fold Housing has been told the scheme does not include enough new space for economic or business use. It wants to build 244 homes, a community centre and business units on the site. When land used for employment purposes is being redeveloped it must include a ...
A housing association has been told it must revise its plan to redevelop the former Visteon factory site in west Belfast.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The 24-year-old was handed a six-match suspension by an SFA disciplinary tribunal, but four of those are suspended until the end of next season. He will serve those should he be found to break the rules again before then. Lawless had been accused of betting on...
Partick Thistle midfielder Steven Lawless will miss two matches after being found guilty of breaching Scottish FA rules on gambling.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The recount slightly boosted Mr Moreno's margin over his conservative rival, Guillermo Lasso. Mr Lasso had demanded a full recount citing allegations of fraud but the national electoral council only agreed to a recount of 10% of the votes. Mr Moreno will be sw...
Following a recount of almost 1.3 million votes in Ecuador, the electoral council has confirmed left-wing candidate Lenín Moreno as the winner of the presidential poll held on 2 April.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: In its bi-annual report, the Bank predicted global growth of 3% this year and 3.3% next year, below its June forecast of 3.4% and 3.5% respectively. "The global economy is running on a single engine...The American one. This does not make for a rosy outlook," c...
The World Bank has cut its global growth forecast, warning the US alone cannot drive an economic recovery.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: 8 July 2017 Last updated at 07:58 BST The chance of an asteroid actually hitting the planet is pretty remote but it's a concern being explored by space agencies around the world. Now it looks like Nasa and the ESA (European Space Agency) may have come up with ...
How do you stop an asteroid hurtling towards Earth at hundreds of thousands of miles an hour?
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Blues were denied a penalty when Clayton Donaldson appeared to be fouled by Ben Marshall just before Danny Graham doubled Blackburn's lead. "You look back to the biggest moment in the game, that would have turned it on its head and the officials didn't do thei...
Manager Gary Rowett says Birmingham were the victims of "inept officiating" in Tuesday's 2-0 defeat at Blackburn.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The Championship club are one point and one place above the relegation zone, conceding 64 league goals this term. Defender Madl told BBC Radio London: "It's maybe because of (a lack of) concentration, not (a lack of) quality. "If we change these small details ...
Fulham must improve their concentration and work on "small details" to end the defensive errors that have blighted their season, says Michael Madl.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: The facility was funded by the "Million for a Morgue" campaign, during which the public donated money to the project while also voting for which crime author to name it after. The campaign aimed to raise cash to match a £1m investment by the university for ne...
A new mortuary at Dundee University has been named after crime writer Val McDermid following a public vote.
Here's the text and it's short one-sentence summary. Text: Whelan met a Alex Greenwood corner in the 66th minute to break the deadlock, the Lady Magpies' only meaningful effort on goal during the game. Asisat Oshoala was twice denied by Notts' Carly Telford before the break. Nicole Rolser also went close for the Reds ...
Fern Whelan scored the only goal as Notts County beat defending champions Liverpool in front of a club record crowd of 2,057 at Meadow Lane.