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Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust was one of 11 trusts put in the improvement regime in 2013 after a government-commissioned review.
It was later taken out when inspectors deemed it had made "real progress".
The Care Quality Commission (CQC)... | A hospital trust has become the first in the country to re-enter special measures after inspectors found patient safety and care had worsened. |
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Residents in Juba fled as mortars and "heavy ground assault weaponry" were fired, the UN in Juba said.
More than 100 people are reported to have been killed in recent clashes between supporters of President Salva Kiir and vice-president Riek Machar.
A 2015 pea... | Heavy exchanges of gunfire have erupted near the UN building in South Sudan's capital after days of fighting between government troops and former rebels. |
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Hoey, who led after the first round alongside Sweden's Sebastian Soderberg after a brilliant 61, carded a three-under 68 in Friday's second round.
Quiros birdied his last four holes for a 63 to go two strokes clear on 14 under par for the tournament.
Soderberg... | Northern Ireland's Michael Hoey lies two shots behind leader Alvaro Quiros of Spain at the halfway point of the Rocco Forte Open in Sicily. |
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The statement is made on a covert recording made by the BBC's Spotlight programme.
Mr Cushnahan, who had been an adviser to Nama, has consistently denied that he was due to receive money.
Nama is the Republic of Ireland's "bad bank".
It sold its entire Norther... | The businessman, Frank Cushnahan, who has been at the centre of the £1bn Nama deal controversy, claimed last year that he was due to be paid a fixer fee in relation to the transaction. |
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South Wales Police said they attended the Tesco store on Western Avenue just after 14:00 BST after Avon and Somerset Police asked them to stop a vehicle.
A spokeswoman said armed officers were deployed "as a precaution" and part of the store's car park was clo... | Armed officers arrested two men at a Cardiff supermarket on Saturday. |
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Nottingham Crown Court heard James Stone, 24, of Upper Parliament Street, admitted seven offences including sexual activity with a child.
Stone was filmed by a group called Letzgo Hunting after members posed as a schoolgirl during web chats.
But police said th... | A child abuser from Nottingham who was confronted by anti-paedophile activists has been jailed for eight years. |
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The 29-year-old, who has 16 caps for his country, started his career at Leeds before joining Wasps and then moving on to The Rec in 2012.
He will cover the loss of Sale hooker Tommy Taylor, who has agreed a move to Premiership rivals Wasps.
Webber was part of ... | Sale Sharks have completed a deal to sign Bath and England hooker Rob Webber on a two-year deal from next season. |
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The 45-year-old will replace Manuel Pellegrini in June after agreeing a three-year deal at the Etihad.
"He will look to carry on the football of his Barcelona and Bayern teams," Valenti Guardiola said of his son.
... | Pep Guardiola will "change the mindset of English football" as Manchester City manager, his father has told BBC Sport. |
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Shawali Khan, Khi Ali Gul, Abdul Ghani and Mohammed Zahir were repatriated after a review of their cases.
Eight Afghans are believed to be among the 132 detainees remaining at the US prison in Cuba.
President Barack Obama has pledged to close the facility, ope... | Four Afghan prisoners in Guantanamo Bay have been sent back to their home country, the Pentagon says. |
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The 29-year-old was second in the R3 10m Air Rifle Prone before triumphing in the R6 50m Free Rifle Prone event.
There was also team gold for Mandy Pankhurst, Di Coates and Karen Butler in the R2 10m Air Rifle Standing.
James Bevis won silver in the R9 50m rif... | Matt Skelhon led the way with a gold and a silver as Great Britain won eight medals at the IPC Shooting World Championships in Germany. |
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Matthias Wissmann warned that prolonged uncertainty could damage investment in the UK, where German manufacturers have about 100 production sites.
Mr Wissmann told the BBC that the UK leaving the single market could force companies to move business elsewhere.
... | The government has been urged to clarify its policy on leaving the European Union by the head of the German automobile industry association. |
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The multi-billion-dollar affair has already seen dozens of politicians and officials arrested.
Lula, with six others, is accused of hampering Operation Car Wash, the investigation into the scandal.
Lula, who governed Brazil from 2003 to 2011, has denied any wr... | Former President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is to go on trial for obstruction of justice in a case related to the scandal at state oil firm Petrobras, court documents show. |
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He was arrested on Wednesday after criticising the ruling AK Party during a speech at a student protest in the central Anatolian city of Konya.
The teenager could face up to four years in prison if found guilty.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu defended the arre... | Police in Turkey have arrested a 16-year-old student on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to local media. |
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Two Canadian firms - Charney Lawyers and Sutts, Strosberg LLP - are bringing the action against Avid Dating Life and Avid Media, which run the site.
They said they were acting on behalf on "all Canadians" affected by the breach.
Hackers, known as the Impact Te... | Ashley Madison is facing a C$760m ($576m; £367m) class-action lawsuit after customer data from the infidelity dating website was leaked onto the so-called dark web last week. |
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Thailand's army, which took power in a coup in May, declared martial law over on Wednesday after almost a year.
But a section of the new constitution has been invoked instead under which the military retains significant power.
Critics have said Article 44 coul... | The US says the replacement of martial law with new emergency measures in Thailand does little to restore democracy in the military-run country. |
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Adlington became Britain's first female to win Olympic gold in the pool in 48 years, with 400m and 800m freestyle victories at the 2008 Beijing Games.
The 23-year-old, who won the 800m world title in 2011 and two ... | Great Britain's double Olympic swimming champion Rebecca Adlington has retired. |
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Both lifted 210kg but Godley's lighter bodyweight meant she took the gold medal.
"I've only been back in training for four weeks after Christmas, so to come away with a personal best total, I'm really happy," Godl... | Emily Godley pipped Rebekah Tiler to win the -69kg title at the English Weightlifting Championships. |
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At the last election it was won by the Liberal Democrats from Labour with a majority of 310.
The candidates so far announced for the constituency are Stephen "Steve" Emmens (... | One of the most interesting seats up for election in May is the marginal seat of Norwich South. |
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Zack Snyder, director of the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, tweeted the image of Israeli actress Gal Gadot in costume ahead of an appearance at the San Diego event.
The film-maker had earlier posted a new photo of Ben Affleck in the Batman cowl h... | The first picture of the new Wonder Woman has been unveiled to coincide with this year's Comic-Con. |
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Elliott Johnson, who was found dead on railway tracks in Bedfordshire, claimed he was bullied by Tory supporters.
His parents fought for his inquest to be widened to look at the culture in the party.
But, coroner Tom Osborne said: "I will not allow the inquest... | An inquest into the death of a young Conservative activist amid accusations of bullying will not be used as a trial, a coroner has ruled. |
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It marks the first time the tech firm has broadcast footage from a sports event in this way.
The high definition-quality stream is being offered in partnership with the TV network ESPN and the organisers of the Championships.
Several of Silicon Valley's leadin... | Select tennis matches at Wimbledon are being live-streamed on Twitter. |
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Only six of the 77 people on board the plane survived the crash, which came as the team headed to Medellin for the biggest match in their history.
Three players were among the survivors, while 19 players and the coaching staff died.
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One of the team'... | Brazilian football team Chapecoense has been torn apart by Monday's plane crash in Colombia, which killed most of its players. |
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All of the complaints have been made within the past week.
Last week, the Orange Order has said the painting was a "deliberate demonisation of its cultural heritage".
On Monday, a delegation of DUP MLAs met staff from National Museums Northern Ireland (NMNI), ... | Six complaints have been made to the Ulster Museum about a painting that appears to depict a number of Orangemen wearing Ku Klux Klan clothing. |
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Martin McGartland survived a shooting in Whitley Bay on Tyneside in 1999, and was given a new identity afterwards.
He is suing MI5 for breach of contract and negligence after the shooting.
The High Court judge said because of sensitive evidence in the case, "c... | The Home Secretary has been granted the right by a judge to use secret court hearings to defend a damages claim brought by a former IRA informer. |
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The official Communist Party watchdog also promised to prosecute Zhao Xinwei for "serious discipline breaches", which generally refers to corruption.
His paper covered the restive western region that has seen deadly clashes between police and ethnic Uighurs.
M... | The editor of Chinese state newspaper Xinjiang Daily has been criticised for not following official policy. |
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The UK's data protection agency took part in an international investigation looking at almost 1,500 websites popular with young people.
It found that one in five asked for phone numbers or pictures.
"These are concerning results," said Adam Stevens, head of th... | Websites and apps aimed at children are gathering unacceptable amounts of personal data, the Information Commissioner's Office has warned. |
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Federer, 33, pulled out with a back problem after a lengthy semi-final against Stan Wawrinka on Saturday.
That left world number one Djokovic to collect the trophy before playing an exhibition set against Andy Murray.
"You cannot blame Roger. I'm sure he would... | Novak Djokovic admitted his season had come to an "awkward end" after Roger Federer withdrew from Sunday's ATP World Tour final in London. |
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It is alleged to have happened when she left parliament early on Wednesday.
According to the rules, MEPs cannot vote on behalf of another MEP.
The accusations are the latest in a series of controversies involving the right-wing politician in recent months. Las... | French National Front leader Marine Le Pen has been accused of violating European Parliament rules by getting an MEP to vote on her behalf. |
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Finnair celebrated its inaugural service connecting the two cities with a water cannon salute and Scottish bagpiper welcoming the aircraft when it landed in Edinburgh on Monday.
The airline said the journey takes less than three hours.
The service will be avai... | A new three-times-weekly flight between Edinburgh and Helsinki has been launched. |
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However, it concluded councillors in the Borders did have sufficient information to reach their verdict.
The review was launched in light of concerns about how the decision to site it at Tweedbank was reached.
Since then an alternative location in Galashiels e... | A review of the decision-making process on a permanent home for the Great Tapestry of Scotland has found there were "lessons to be learned". |
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A gutsy run saw Farah become the first Briton to win a world medal at 10,000m.
But it had looked like being gold and not silver as the 28-year-old stormed to the front with less than two laps remaining of a thrill... | Britain's Mo Farah missed out on 10,000m gold in agonising fashion as he was overtaken by Ethiopia's Ibrahim Jeilan just metres from the line. |
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Sajid Idris, 35, from the Grangetown area of the city, is charged with four counts of disseminating terrorist publications online.
He appeared at London's Old Bailey on Friday and spoke only to confirm his name.
The judge, Mr Justice Holroyde, ordered a trial ... | A former Cardiff postman is due to stand trial for terrorism offences. |
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The base sits on the Brunt Ice Shelf, and is the sixth such UK facility to be erected at this location since 1957.
Together with Rothera on the Antarctic Peninsula, it will spearhead UK science on the White Continent.
Halley gathers important weather and clima... | Britain's new Halley research station in the Antarctic goes into full operation this month. |
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Public Health England is challenging businesses to cut sugar by 20% by 2020, and by 5% this year.
It says the food industry should try lowering sugar levels, reducing product size or pushing healthier products.
But experts question how the targets can be enfor... | Sugar limits for everyday foods such as biscuits, chocolate bars and cereals have been published by public health officials in a bid to make UK children more healthy. |
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Jermaine Baker, 28, from Tottenham, was killed in north London last December.
A legal bid by his family in the name of his four-year-old daughter to stop the officer - known as "officer FE16" - retiring failed and a High Court judge ruled he was free to leave.... | A senior officer involved in a Met operation in which a man was shot dead by police is being allowed to retire, despite being under investigation. |
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They have used radiocarbon dating to place samples of burned wood in the middle of Columba's time there almost 1,500 years ago.
The charred remains of a hut were excavated in 1957, but it has taken until now for science to accurately date them.
The cell, or sc... | Archaeologists say they have identified the remains of the cell of St Columba on the Scottish island of Iona. |
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Many sporting fixtures across Europe were postponed or cancelled following the attacks in Paris on Friday.
Germany's friendly with the Netherlands in Hannover on Tuesday was called off after a bomb threat.
Monaco have said they will prevent fans of Belgian sid... | Champions League and Europa League matches are "scheduled to go ahead as planned" next week, says Uefa. |
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The 77-year-old MP announced in February she would retire after more than 30 years in Parliament but said in September she had changed her mind.
Ms Clwyd faced three other contenders on an all-women shortlist.
Labour officials had said she would have to seek r... | MP Ann Clwyd has won the selection process to defend her Cynon Valley seat at the 2015 General Election. |
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They have until 23:00 GMT on Monday to sign up or ship out players they will count on between then and May - so who will be the big targets and will the deals go through?
IN THE FRAME? Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur
WHY? Newcastle - who have made a £21m b... | The transfer window is about to close as clubs make their final adjustments to the squads that will take them through until the end of the season. |
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So who was right - them or the Labour leader?
Well, they both have a point.
There was a gap between what Labour was spending and what it was receiving in tax revenues in the few years before the great crash and recession of 2008.
But that gap was not massive: ... | Members of the Question Time audience became conspicuously grumpy when Ed Miliband said the last Labour government did not over-spend. |
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The outlay to modify the Olympic venue has risen from £272m to £323m.
The investigation will look into inherited issues, including the cost of moving retractable seating.
"This is a breakthrough in our long campaign to highlight the intolerable burden on taxpa... | Campaigners have welcomed the start of an investigation by London Mayor Sadiq Khan into a £50m rise in the cost of converting West Ham's London Stadium. |
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Administrators have been appointed to run the newspaper. There is no explanation for the court's decision.
Zaman is closely linked to the Hizmet movement of influential US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, a former Erdogan ally.
Turkey describes Hizmet as a "terr... | A Turkish court has put Zaman newspaper - a vocal critic of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan - under state control. |
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The pair, a 27-year-old Algerian and a 22-year-old Nigerian, were arrested last month on suspicion of planning a terror attack in Göttingen, where they lived with their parents.
Raids on their homes uncovered a gun and a flag belonging to the so-called Islami... | In a sign of Germany's hardening attitude to security issues, a federal court has approved an order to deport two men suspected of planning an attack in their home town despite the fact that they have not been convicted and were born in Germany. |
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Police from the Organised Crime Unit are investigating the incident, which happened on 30 July.
The customers affected have a Premier Account with Lloyds, which comes with emergency home insurance.
The stolen device contained details of their names, addresses,... | Thousands of customers of Lloyds Bank have had their personal details stolen, following the theft of a data box, the bank has confirmed. |
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Hussain, who won Bake Off in 2015, will feature in the eight-part series for BBC Two, which will seek out great examples of British food.
Her show - Nadiya's British Food Adventure - will see her undertake a road trip around Britain, visiting a different regio... | Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain is to host her own cookery show |
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Rashford, 18, scored on his international debut in the 2-1 friendly victory over Australia on Friday.
Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge is also included, but Newcastle United's Andros Townsend and Leicester City's Danny Drinkwater both miss out.
England face ... | Manchester United's teenage striker Marcus Rashford has been named in Roy Hodgson's 23-man England squad for the 2016 European Championship in France. |
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The pair clashed just before half-time with the game goalless and MacKenzie was shown a straight red card.
He was given his marching orders for a similar incident with Huddersfield's Alan Lee in September.
"I'd like to apologise to my team-mates and my manager... | MK Dons defender Gary MacKenzie has apologised for headbutting Charlton striker Yann Kermorgant in Tuesday's 2-1 loss at the Valley. |
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The app will show a selection of prioritised tweets, based on what it thinks users are "most likely to care about", ahead of the normal list of posts shown in reverse chronological order.
And a new First View feature will let marketers place a video ad high up... | Twitter is making two major changes to the way its users' timelines appear. |
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But this is exactly what happened on a recent US domestic flight when a turkey was spotted sitting in a seat on the plane.
While it is still uncommon to see turkeys and other animals on planes, more people are turning to animals to help them cope with problems... | To board an aeroplane and find that one of your fellow passengers has feathers is not a usual occurrence. |
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Isle of Portland Aldridge Community Academy (IPACA) is an independent trust, co-sponsored by the Aldridge Foundation and Dorset County Council.
It had been due to join multi-academy trust Aldridge Education from January.
However, Aldridge said this would no lo... | A school that has recently seen two of its board members resign over changes to the way it is run will not join a multi-academy trust as planned. |
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The benchmark index fell 0.34%, or 23.2 points, to 6,754.64, following a 1% fall on Friday.
Fresnillo, up 1.86%, was the biggest riser, while the London Stock Exchange, down 2.29%, was the main loser.
It came as the pound briefly hit 1.70 against the US dollar... | (Close): Worries over tensions in Ukraine and Iraq saw the FTSE 100 drift lower for a second trading session. |
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Capita took on the national contract from the NHS for delivering patients' records, when people move from one GP to another, in March.
The survey of 78 GP practices shows 9,009 records have been missing for more than two months.
But, Capita said it did not "re... | More than 9,000 patients' records in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex have gone missing since a private firm took on transferring files, a BBC survey shows. |
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It is the second sizeable donation the couple - who won £161m on the Euromillions in 2011 - have pledged to the Firhill club.
They put up £750,000 to set up the Thistle Weir Youth Academy.
"The Thistle Weir Youth Academy is absolutely massive for this club," s... | Partick Thistle have received £500,000 towards their youth academy from lottery winners Colin and Christine Weir. |
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The ex-helicopter pilot - with American Tim Kopra and Russian Yuri Malenchenko - will launch on a Russian Soyuz rocket at Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan.
Mr Peake is the first official UK astronaut. Previous "British" astronauts have either had US citizens... | UK astronaut Tim Peake is minutes away from his landmark flight to the International Space Station (ISS). |
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Griffiths, who had earlier scored a penalty, was replaced by Scott Sinclair during the second half at Firhill.
The visitors won 5-0 and Rodgers said of Griffiths: "He is a brilliant boy.
"All strikers will be the same so he just needed a wee reminder that it i... | Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers said Leigh Griffiths "forgot himself" after the striker appeared to question being taken off against Partick Thistle. |
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The unnamed Israelis were minors, aged 17 and 16, at the time of the high-profile killing. One was given a life sentence; the other 21 years in jail.
Abu Khdair, 16, was forced into a car, then beaten and burned alive.
The court says 31-year-old Yosef Haim Ben... | A court in Jerusalem has handed two young Israelis lengthy prison sentences for the murder of Palestinian teenager Mohammad Abu Khdair in 2014. |
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Instead of chemicals and mechanical treatment, 60,000 plants sort out sewage from the village which has a population of 750.
The reed beds are spread across five ponds in a wetland the size of five football pitches.
During the 90 days it takes for the effluent... | It is not an obvious place for an evening stroll, but then the sewage treatment works in Stoneyford, County Antrim, is not your average industrial facility. |
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The pair claimed a surprise World Cup bronze in Rio on Sunday, a result which also sealed GB a place in the synchronised 10m event at the Games.
"There are only eight synchro teams at the Olympics and three will win medals," Daley told BBC Sport.
"The odds are... | Britain's Tom Daley believes he and Daniel Goodfellow have proved they can challenge for an Olympic medal despite only pairing up earlier this year. |
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An engaged couple, Jung Hyun-seon and Kim Ki-Woong, and Park Ji-young, 22, were named "martyrs" on Monday.
More than 300 people died when the Sewol ferry went down on 16 April. Many were high school students.
The captain and other crew members have been criti... | Three crew members who died saving passengers as a South Korean ferry sank last month have been honoured by the government. |
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The £22.3m Diamond Bridge linking Danestone and Tillydrone was opened last month.
Local councillor Gill Samarai has said more traffic on Danestone's Laurel Drive could pose a danger to children using that route to go to school.
Aberdeen City Council is to ass... | Concerns have been raised about increased traffic levels in the Danestone area of Aberdeen following the opening of a third Don crossing. |
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When he lost out to Conservative Craig Mackinlay by almost 3,000 votes, he did indeed announce his intention to quit as leader. But that decision was short-lived - the party refused his resignation - and he remains at the helm of the party he has transformed f... | On the eve of polling day, UKIP leader Nigel Farage told interviewers he would be "for the chop" if he failed to get elected in the Kent seat of South Thanet. |
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Sean Zeisz, 20, admitted repeatedly assaulting Chloe Baker - who reached the "six chair challenge" stage in last year's series - on 3 October.
He also pleaded guilty at Liverpool Crown Court to assaulting her friend Toni Schumacher and a taxi driver.
Zeisz, fr... | The former partner of an X Factor contestant who attacked her and two other people has been jailed. |
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The 23-year-old Thomson has signed an 18-month contract, replacing former Kayserispor goalkeeper Deniz Dogan Mehmet, who has left the Bairns.
Thomson had joined Accies from Queen of the South in September but made only one appearance.
Bairns boss Peter Houston... | Goalkeeper Robbie Thomson has joined Falkirk after being released by Hamilton Accies along with forward Richard Roy and defender Lennard Sowah. |
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Assistant boss Roy Keane said the Stoke striker trained "fully" on Saturday morning after suffering with Achilles problems over the past week.
"He got through it. It was a decent session for him," said Keane.
Previous injury concerns Robbie Keane, Robbie Brady... | Jonathan Walters looks to be winning his battle to be available for the Republic of Ireland's Euro 2016 opener against Sweden on Monday. |
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Lancashire Police received a report of "an altercation" between two men outside the Bloomfield Road ground at about 11:30 BST on 25 June.
The firearm was not used to threaten anyone and "no criminal offences were committed", police said.
Blackpool FC said neit... | Blackpool chairman Karl Oyston has been spoken to by police about carrying a firearm outside the football club's stadium, the BBC understands. |
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Mr Farage led a flotilla of fishing boats up the Thames to urge Parliament take back control of British waters.
But his Brexit armada was greeted by a rival Remain fleet carrying Mr Geldof.
The rock star yelled that the UKIP leader was "no fisherman's friend".... | Nigel Farage and Bob Geldof have traded insults in a nautical battle over the EU referendum. |
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With 125 miles of navigable waterways, 190 miles of footpaths, 8m visitors a year, it's worth more than half a billion pounds to the local economy,
But are the people who run it properly accountable for their actions?
It's a question which some of the 6,000 pe... | The Norfolk and Suffolk Broads are one of the most important tourist attractions in the East. |
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Cambridge North has a 450 sq m (4,843 sq ft) building, three platforms and parking for 1,000 bikes and 450 cars.
Trains travelling between Ely, London and Norwich will stop at the city's second station.
Its silvery cladding is based on the computer model Game ... | A £50m railway station whose opening date was put back twice is finally running services. |
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Perry, 26, went down 3-0 (11-6 11-3 12-10) to the 21-year-old from Egypt.
Sherbini, the defending champion, was on top for the first two games but was made to battle to take the third against Perry, the world number eight.
Perry was beaten by compatriot Laura ... | Britain's Sarah-Jane Perry lost to world number one Nour El Sherbini in the quarter-finals of the women's World Championship in Egypt. |
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The group, which includes Peter Higgs, who predicted the existence of the Higgs boson particle, and geneticist Sir Paul Nurse, say losing EU funding would put UK research "in jeopardy".
"Inside the EU, Britain helps steer the biggest scientific powerhouse in t... | Leaving the EU poses a "key risk" to British science, a group of 13 Nobel prize-winning scientists have warned. |
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A few dog walkers strolled around while commuters stopped to buy their first coffee of the day.
But just a few metres away along Southampton Row it was a very different story.
A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a US citizen in her... | Walking around the park at Russell Square it was just another weekday morning. |
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Bewl Water Sailing Club, on the Kent and Sussex border, has said its £160,000 rent is untenable and it is technically insolvent.
It said it was unable to pay an invoice for the next three months' rent, which becomes due on Wednesday.
Members have been urged t... | A sailing club based at one of the South East's largest reservoirs has said it is likely to go into administration. |
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The Metropolitan Police said it was looking into "allegations of drug-related offences involving a member of the House of Lords".
It said a search warrant was executed at 18:00 BST at a central London address and no arrests had been made.
Lord Sewel is to be g... | Police have launched a criminal investigation after former Deputy Lords Speaker Lord Sewel was filmed allegedly taking drugs with prostitutes. |
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Blackwell needed an emergency procedure to reduce brain swelling following an unsanctioned sparring session.
The 26-year-old retired from boxing earlier this year after he had to be put into an induced coma following a defeat by Chris Eubank Jr.
Blackwell rema... | A hearing into the circumstances that led to Nick Blackwell undergoing brain surgery will be held in January, the British Boxing Board of Control says. |
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The US leader is due to decide on future US participation in the Paris climate agreement after next week's G7 meeting in Italy.
But Frank Bainimarama told delegates here that whether you lived in Miami or New York, you wouldn't be able to escape the rising sea... | Fiji's Prime Minister has issued a coded warning to Donald Trump about the dangers of climate change. |
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The total stock is worth about 1% of the company, or $197m (£128m).
The plan is to "reinvest directly in our people," said Mr Dorsey, who was appointed as the company's permanent leader earlier this month. Twitter did not comment further on the decision.
Last ... | Twitter chief executive and co-founder Jack Dorsey has said he will give a third of his shares in the firm to employees. |
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Prisoner Michael Hastie-Davies was injured at HMP Parc in Bridgend during a yard clearance in August 2016.
David Potts, 25, of Coity, had denied grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent and GBH.
Co-defendant Nathan White, 28, of Maesteg, had denied assault occas... | Two prison officers accused of injuring inmates by hitting them with their shields have been found not guilty. |
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The Scots ran in five tries in an exciting 42-13 victory in the European Champions Cup opener at Scotstoun.
"It was a great result and a fantastic start to our campaign, to deny them a bonus point and score maximum points ourselves," said head coach Townsend.
... | Gregor Townsend praised his Glasgow Warriors players for their bonus-point win over Leicester Tigers but is demanding improvements for next week. |
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Stuart Mackenzie was four times over the limit when he ignored nine warning lights before crashing into five cars at temporary traffic lights.
A 16-year-old girl in one car suffered brain injuries in the collision on the A90 Dundee to Perth road.
Driver Max St... | A drunk driver who left two teenagers with serious head injuries after smashing into a line of traffic has been jailed for two years. |
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Whitstable Oyster Festival, which attracts tens of thousands of visitors to the Kent town, is believed to have drawn its biggest-ever crowd in 2016.
A Canterbury City Council review of the event identified anti-social behaviour which led to residents feeling u... | A popular seaside festival is to be heavily scaled back next year after complaints of excessive drinking, litter and fears over security. |
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Rhondda's Chris Bryant won a House of Commons ballot to bring forward his own bill which has a good chance of becoming law.
Ideas include civil partnerships for straight couples, harsher penalties for attacks on emergency services, and curbs on advertising unh... | A Welsh MP is asking people which new law they would like to see from a shortlist of six. |
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Kerri McAuley, 32, died at a property in Southalls Way, Norwich, on Sunday evening.
Joe Storey, 26, appeared at Norwich Crown Court earlier charged with her murder.
In a statement, Ms McAuley's mother described the loss of her daughter as "untimely" and "horri... | A mother-of-two found dead at a block of flats has been described by her sons as "the most awesome and everything mummy". |
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Aleksandr Zakharchenko told the BBC he wanted to expand the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DNR).
He said the truce agreement brokered by the West in Minsk in February was not being properly implemented by Kiev.
"Ukraine doesn't want to resolve all ... | A senior separatist leader in eastern Ukraine has claimed an agreed ceasefire deal will fail unless Kiev recognises the independence of rebel-held areas. |
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Graham McKinlay repeatedly stabbed Thomas Brennan, 28, in Union Street, Glasgow, in June last year.
The 32-year-old also slashed two other men in separate attacks in Glasgow in December 2014.
McKinlay was given a lifelong restriction order and must serve five ... | A man who attempted to murder a partygoer dressed as a scarecrow in an unprovoked knife attack has been jailed for life. |
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A £75m deal was agreed last week for the Liverpool striker.
The La Liga runners-up are not able to present Suarez to their fans as the Uruguayan, 27, is serving a four-month ban from football-related activity for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during ... | Luis Suarez is now "100%" a Barcelona player, the Spanish club has said. |
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Hourly output fell 0.5% in the first three months of the year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
At the end of 2016, productivity returned to the level seen before the downturn, overturning years of decline which has weighed on wages.
But it has n... | The productivity of UK workers has dropped back to pre-financial crisis levels, according to official figures. |
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Plans for the station in Aston Fields, to be built about 320ft (100m) from the existing Bromsgrove station, were approved last year.
The station will increase capacity to four platforms with a 350-space car park and should lead to a more frequent rail service ... | Work on a £17.4m replacement railway station in Worcestershire has started. |
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World Rugby has asked officials to be strict when it comes to tackles, charges, strikes or kicks that make contact above the shoulder line.
Sanctions up to and including red cards can be used.
"Our priority is player welfare," said World Rugby's match official... | Referees have been told to crack down on incidents which could lead to concussion in rugby union's autumn international series. |
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The books, about Henry VIII's adviser Thomas Cromwell, are being adapted by Peter Straughan who co-wrote the 2011 film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
BBC Two controller Janice Hadlow said the channel was "very fortunate" to have the rights to the two novels.
The s... | Hilary Mantel's Booker Prize-winning novel Wolf Hall is to be adapted for BBC Two, along with its follow-up Bring Up the Bodies. |
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The woman's bones, including a skull and teeth, were discovered at Achavanich in Caithness in 1987.
Unusually, she was buried in a pit dug into solid rock and her skull is an abnormal shape which some suggest was done deliberately using bindings.
Maya Hoole be... | An archaeologist hopes to gain new insights into the life of a young woman who died more than 3,700 years ago. |
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State department officials say Mr Kerry's appearance at the oversight panel should mean he will not need to testify in front of the recently-formed Benghazi select committee.
He is scheduled to testify on 12 June.
A US ambassador and three others were killed a... | US Secretary of State John Kerry will testify in front of a House panel about the deadly Benghazi attacks, according to a letter obtained by the BBC. |
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The controversial procedure involved widening a woman's pelvis during childbirth.
It is estimated up to 1,500 women underwent symphysiotomies between the mid-1940s and mid-1980s.
The proposed legislation will allow women to seek legal redress in court.
The leg... | A cross-party private members bill calling for the lifting of the statute of limitations for symphysiotomy survivors has passed unopposed in the Irish parliament (Dáil). |
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Young people increasingly are ditching the car, whilst older people, especially women, drive more than ever.
The Independent Transport Commission (ITC) also found that people are making fewer trips than they did twenty years ago, but those trips are longer.
Me... | A major new study into how people travel around England shows a big difference between the generations. |
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Jack Mount is accused of committing the offences in Birmingham, Shropshire and Yorkshire between 1954 and 1979.
The 95-year-old is the former head of privately-run Brookside School near Craven Arms in Shropshire.
Mr Mount, from Paradise Lawn in South Molton, D... | A former head teacher has appeared in court accused of 32 sex attacks against 12 children. |
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"It's about taking a step away. Taking a couple of minutes to clear your head. There are just so many hats that we have to wear, I feel like that's something we can all relate to nowadays."
"We came up with the title first," she explains. "It just sounded lik... | After her longest break between studio albums and her first taste of motherhood, it's easy to see why country music star Carrie Underwood chose Smoke Break as her comeback track. |
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It was the sixth time the 27-year-old had been caught driving while banned.
Sean Peoples, from Annan, was spotted driving erratically and failed to stop for two patrol cars.
He was chased along Shakespeare Street, the Whitesands and Buccleuch Street and overto... | A motorist has been jailed following a police chase through the centre of Dumfries at the weekend. |
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At present there are more than 1,000 properties in the region which qualify for the reduction of 10%.
A report to Scottish Borders Council said that removal of the discount could generate more than £100,000 in annual income for the authority.
Officials have a... | Councillors in the Borders are being advised to remove a council tax discount on second homes in the region. |
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Data from NHS Digital shows there were 29,544 hospital admissions in 2015-16 for allergic reactions.
That compares to 22,206 admissions in 2011-12.
Doctors say rising levels of cleanliness have lowered people's natural resistance to bacteria and dust which cau... | The number of hospital admissions for allergic reactions and anaphylactic shocks in England has increased by more than a third in the past five years. |
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It said Mr Vucic had visited the town "in a spirit of reconciliation, intending to pay respect".
Mr Vucic was forced to flee the ceremony after being booed and heckled and then pelted with stones.
About 8,000 Muslims were killed in Srebrenica by Bosnian Serb f... | Bosnia's presidency has condemned an attack on Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic at a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre. |
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RCN head Peter Carter said he did not want relatives performing tasks nurses were employed to carry out, but that there were "real benefits" for patients when family members helped with care.
The Department of Health said family help needed to be alongside NHS... | Hospital visiting times should be extended so patients' relatives can become more involved in their care, the Royal College of Nursing has said. |
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