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7 August 2015 Last updated at 23:21 BST He decided to head to Calais on a fact-finding mission. Newsnight's James Clayton and Jack Garland followed him around for a day.
UKIP MEP Mike Hookem believes British and French authorities aren't doing nearly enough to stop migrants from coming to the UK.
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Steven Conway died while working at Diamond Wheels (Dundee) Ltd, a firm owned and operated by former Dundee FC director of football Paul Marr. The 33-year-old was sent in to remove debris from a chemical tank with limited protective clothing in August 2011. The firm will be sentenced for health and safety breaches in O...
A Dundee company has admitted health and safety failings after a worker died while cleaning out a chemical tank.
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Mike Welch, chief executive of Blackcircles.com, can expect to gain a third of that sale price, while staying with the company. He started selling tyres aged 16 before joining Kwik-Fit. Aged 21, he set up Black Circles, basing it in Peebles, where it employs 50 people. Welch, now aged 36, built it up to annual sales in...
One of Scotland's most successful entrepreneurs has sold his tyre-fitting business for £50m to Michelin.
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Wayne Madsen (70) batted well before the innings stalled in the twilight, as the pink ball swung more. Marchant de Lange (3-82) and Timm van der Gugten (3-88) were particularly dangerous while Graham Wagg weighed in with two wickets. But Derbyshire flourished in the last session through Daryn Smit (41) and Tom Milnes (...
Derbyshire recovered well to 288 all out against Glamorgan, who reached 5-0 at the close in the day-night game.
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Chasing a revised 327 from 47 overs in the one-day game, the Red Rose lost their last nine wickets for 31 runs on their way to a 242-run thrashing. It was Lancashire's heaviest defeat in List A cricket. "I'm not going to be rip anyone in particular apart as it is a team effort, and it's not good enough," Giles told BBC...
Lancashire head coach Ashley Giles has questioned the attitude of his team after their record loss to Yorkshire.
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The 24-year-old midfielder sustained the injury just 26 days after joining Posh from League Two side Crewe. He had an operation on Saturday and is expected to be out until November. "I haven't seen a grown man cry like that for 15 years so I feel for him, but we'll just have to pull together," McCann told BBC Radio Cam...
Peterborough United manager Grant McCann has backed Brad Inman to recover from the broken leg he suffered with "six seconds left of training".
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Until recently, AI seemed firmly stuck in the realm of science fiction. The term "artificial intelligence" was coined 60 years ago - on August 31 1955, John McCarthy proposed a "summer research project" to work out how to create thinking machines. It's turned out to take a bit longer than one summer. We're now entering...
As part of the BBC's Intelligent Machines season, Google's Eric Schmidt has penned an exclusive article on how he sees artificial intelligence developing, why it is experiencing such a renaissance and where it will go next.
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The 21-year-old has made 35 appearances for the north London club since making his senior debut in 2012. Tompkins was part of the England Saxons squad which secured a series win in South Africa earlier this summer. "Nick has a very bright future in the game," said Sarries director of rugby Mark McCall.
Saracens centre Nick Tompkins has signed a new three-year contract with the Premiership and European Champions Cup winners.
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Handing over an envelope containing 50,000 Vietnamese dong (VND) ($2.4, £1.6) did not do the trick, but when she added another 50,000 VND, the referral was secured. The 33-year-old woman, who did not want to be identified, then gave an envelope containing 500,000 VND ($24, £16) to the medical staff at the provincial ...
Three months ago, a woman from a village south of Hanoi needed her son referred to a provincial hospital by a district doctor for an operation.
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The small island in the Pacific is home to an important strategic US airbase, US nuclear bombers and about 6,000 troops along with some 165,000 civilians. It's a US territory, so an attack on Guam would be an attack on the US. The Guamanian authorities were quick to say there was nothing to fear from North Korea's angr...
North Korea claims it has missiles capable of reaching the US mainland, but its latest threat is against Guam, a much closer target.
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Stewart, 26, netted a hat-trick and Hemmings, 24, scored twice as Dundee beat Dumbarton 6-2 on Saturday. The attacking pair were also regular scorers for the Dark Blues last season, Hemmings notching 25 goals, Stewart 11. "They are fantastic players. Hopefully we can keep hold of them for a bit longer," O'Dea, 29, told...
Dundee defender Darren O'Dea believes team-mates Kane Hemmings and Greg Stewart would be "virtually impossible" to replace in the short term.
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The 34-year-old, who had recently given birth, was found dead at her home in Essex Close in Luton on 10 October. Bedfordshire Police said her family has been informed. A double murder investigation was launched on Wednesday. A man arrested in connection with the deaths has been released on bail. Live: More on this stor...
A woman, whose death has been linked to the discovery of a body in a bin in the same street, has been named as Tabussum Winning.
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They show Balachandran Prabhakaran, son of rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, eating chocolate on a bench. Campaigning group Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka says they are proof the boy was summarily executed. A military spokesman denied the allegations. He said they were based on "lies, half-truths and rumours...
Photographs have emerged which are said to show the 12-year-old son of a Tamil rebel leader alive and well in custody less than two hours before he was shot dead.
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Johnny Rodrigues, chairman of the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force, said Cecil's head was found in the home of Theo Bronkhorst, one of the co-accused. Cecil was shot in July by US dentist Walter Palmer. Zimbabwe is seeking his extradition. The death made headlines around the world, sending Mr Palmer into hiding. Mr Rod...
A Zimbabwe conservation group says it wants the head of Cecil the Lion to be mounted in a case in Hwange National Park, where he was killed last month.
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Another 30 on the bus were hurt and two of them were fighting for their lives. The bus was carrying a group of German pensioners at the time of the fire near Stammbach in northern Bavaria. Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said rescuers were delayed by "gawpers" driving slowly and by the intensity of the blaz...
Eighteen people died when their tour bus collided with a lorry and burst into flames on the A9 motorway in southern Germany, police say.
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The Slovenian club has knocked Hibernian, Rangers and Celtic out of Europe in recent seasons. Yet McInnes is adamant that his players are not fearful of the quality of the opposition or their record. "We're not daunted by it," McInnes said. "We're confident in our ability to get the right result." Aberdeen's manager ha...
Derek McInnes believes Aberdeen have the confidence and experience to overcome being underdogs against Maribor in the Europa League.
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The blaze in the Aberdeenshire town's High Street in May that year claimed the life of 43-year-old Gordon Graham. Barry Henderson, 41, from Fraserburgh, was charged with murder and attempted murder when he appeared at Peterhead Sheriff Court. He made no plea and was released on bail.
A man has been charged with murder following a fire in Fraserburgh in 1998.
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Novak diverted fellow substitute Kevin Foley's pass home in the 87th minute and the goal prevented Fleetwood from climbing over Bradford into second spot in the League One table. Fleetwood's on-loan Burnley striker Chris Long netted his third goal in as many league games in the fourth minute as he rocketed the ball pas...
Super-sub Lee Novak bundled in a late equaliser as Charlton fought back to draw and stop Uwe Rosler's Fleetwood from moving into the top two.
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Lithuania violated an article on free elections in the European Convention on Human Rights, the ruling said. Mr Paksas was impeached and removed from office as president after the Baltic state's constitutional court found that he had abused his position. He is now a Euro MP in Strasbourg. The judgement by the Strasbour...
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Lithuania was wrong to bar former President Rolandas Paksas from running for parliament after he had been ousted from power in 2004.
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Grimsby pressed to break the deadlock when Pat Hoban struck from range and Andy Monkhouse headed wide. Darren Carter came close for the hosts but hit the side netting after rounding the Grimsby backline. Disley headed home to seal three points with 19 minutes left when he converted Monkhouse's cross from the left wing....
Craig Disley scored the only goal as Forest Green Rovers were denied the chance to go top of the National League with defeat by Grimsby Town.
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Another six people died when a minibus was hit elsewhere in Donetsk. No children were apparently hurt when the school playground was shelled but a biology teacher and a parent were among the dead, witnesses told Reuters. The school is 4km (2.5 miles) from Donetsk airport, where rebels have clashed with Ukrainian troops...
A shell has killed four people at a school in the rebel-held east Ukrainian city of Donetsk, on the first day of classes, officials and witnesses say.
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Pushp Sharma's report appeared in March in the Milli Gazette, a newspaper aimed at India's Muslim community. It quoted what was said to be a government document that banned Muslims from travelling abroad to teach yoga for last year's World Yoga Day. Mr Sharma faces charges of fabricating the document, which he denies. ...
A journalist in India is facing charges over a report he wrote saying Muslims were banned from being yoga teachers under government policy.
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The volunteers were angry at the RNLI's decision to shut down the station later this year. They had said they would no longer use the lifeboat to respond to emergencies, and would instead use their own boats. But the crew agreed to take back their pagers at a meeting on Friday night. In a statement, the crew members sa...
The crew of the closure-threatened St Abbs lifeboat station in the Borders have agreed to take back their emergency pagers and respond to RNLI call outs.
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You can watch the FA Cup live on BBC One and the BBC Sport website, with coverage starting at 16:15 BST on Saturday. For Saturday's Wembley final between London rivals Arsenal and Chelsea, Lawro is up against the four people above him on the leaderboard. The joint leaders are 1Xtra breakfast show DJ A.Dot - who is back...
BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson has pitted his wits against a different guest in every round of this season's FA Cup.
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Not far away, in Brooklyn Bridge Park, where once derelict piers have been converted into outdoor sports centres, the soccer pitches are usually more crowded than the basketball courts. A short walk down the hill, an archway under the Manhattan Bridge last summer hosted one of New York's World Cup "viewing parties", wh...
Outside the courthouse in Brooklyn where the trial of the Fifa officials charged with corruption will take place is an all-weather football pitch crowded throughout the week with players of all ages.
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The Belgian, on loan from Manchester United, picked up the injury during Sunderland's 3-2 defeat by Crystal Palace on Saturday. A scan on Tuesday confirmed the 21-year-old has suffered ankle ligament damage. Januzaj has scored once for Sunderland in seven appearances and was sent off against Tottenham earlier this mont...
Sunderland winger Adnan Januzaj has been ruled out for a minimum of six weeks with an ankle injury.
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Environment body Natural Resources Wales (NRW) said staff were erecting temporary flood barriers and carrying out other prevention work. An amber "be prepared" warning for persistent rain is in place for Gwynedd, Conwy and Denbighshire. The Met Office said up to 15cm (6ins) of rain could fall in north Wales. A yellow "...
Work is being carried out to try to prevent flooding in parts of north Wales as heavy rainfall is forecast to continue into Sunday.
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The force said paedophile hunter activities can hinder investigations and lead to offenders walking free. Det Ch Supt Tom Richards of Kent Police said it also diverts resources away from cases involving real children. Kent group The Hunted One said: "Police should concern themselves more with tackling paedophiles than ...
Vigilante groups seeking to expose paedophiles should stop taking the law into their own hands, Kent Police has said.
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It is a tale of billions of pounds for schools, hospitals and transport projects. At its heart is a question: if we leave the EU, will the cash dry up? The answer lies with a little-known bank that commands vast resources. Stand on the new tram stop in Exchange Square in Manchester and you can watch workers tear up con...
This is a story of money and power.
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The Ibrox outfit cut the gap to nine points with Sunday's win. "We have six very important league games and it's important we go right through the line this season," Dons manager McInnes told BBC Scotland. "Hopefully a Hampden cup final and finishing in second spot - I firmly believe that we will do that." The Pittodri...
Derek McInnes is convinced his Aberdeen side will finish second in the Premiership, despite their 3-0 home defeat to third-placed Rangers.
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Seven straight wins have lifted the Warriors into third place in the table. "We've put ourselves in a good position and the players are confident they can finish off well over the next three games," Murray told BBC Scotland. "There is a great desire and passion among the guys to do well again this year. I'm confident t...
Assistant coach Kenny Murray says there is a growing belief at Glasgow Warriors that they can retain the Pro12 title.
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The discovery of the town lying along a hill-slope near Winterborne Kingston has been described as "extremely significant" by archaeologists. Miles Russell, of Bournemouth University, said: "What we've discovered is one of the earliest and largest open settlements in Britain." It is hoped the finds will show how life w...
A pre-Roman town of 150 roundhouses has been found by university students during an archaeological dig in Dorset.
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Media playback is not supported on this device Usain Bolt's defeat by Justin Gatlin in the last individual 100m he will ever run proved several things: that sport has less time for happy endings than scripted dramas; that time catches up even with someone who has made it his business escaping it; and that even the bigg...
And so a perfect career ends in an imperfect way.
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Firefighters were called to a blaze in Kilmaurs Road at 23:40 on Saturday. The woman, local resident Catherine Kelly, was pronounced dead at the scene. A 41-year-old man was taken to hospital with serious injuries. Another woman, aged 41, who was also in the house at the time was not injured. Police said the fire was a...
A murder investigation is under way after a 71-year-old woman died in a fire at a house in Kilmarnock.
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Chris and Sue Moores's son Wayne died when his motorbike was struck by a drink driver in 2010. The couple spoke out in response to consultation on proposed reform of sentencing for driving offences. They believe increased sentences should be backed up by manslaughter charges. Mr Moores, 28, was killed by a Vauxhall Ast...
A proposal to introduce life sentences for the offence of careless driving while under the influence of drink or drugs does not go far enough, according to the parents of one victim.
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Media playback is not supported on this device Daryl Murphy put the visitors ahead early on with his first goal for the club - and only the second by the Magpies in their past six FA Cup ties. They had Aleksandar Mitrovic carried off before Jutkiewicz turned in Jonathan Grounds' low cross to level. But he twice missed ...
Lukas Jutkiewicz kept Gianfranco Zola's Birmingham City in the FA Cup as they came from behind to earn a third-round replay against Newcastle.
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Mohamed Houli Chemlal is one of four surviving suspects who gave evidence. He and Driss Oukabir have both been charged with membership of a terrorist organisation and murder. Salah al-Karib has been detained pending further investigations, while Mohammed Aallaa was released on bail. According to Houli Chemlal, the grou...
The cell behind the Barcelona van attack had planned to use explosives against monuments including the city's famous Sagrada Familia church, a suspect has told a Madrid court.
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Well, if you're Lorde, you turn up to the VMAs in a half-cocktail dress, half-sweat pants combo and perform an interpretive dance instead. Simple. The New Zealander said she had to be hooked up to an IV drip, referring to herself as a "cute lil propped-up corpse". End of Twitter post by @lorde Her flu explains why she...
What do you do when you're booked to play at a show but you're sick and would rather be tucked up in bed?
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The emergency services were called to Glenapp Road in the Pollokshields area of the city at about 11:50. Two people were taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. They are thought to have been suffering from smoke inhalation. Other residents from the flats received medical assessments at the scene.
A fire in a block of tenement flats in Glasgow has left two people requiring hospital treatment.
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City led through Daphne Corboz's tap-in after Nikita Parris hit the post. Steph Houghton's curling free-kick towards the bottom corner was well kept out by keeper Sophie Baggaley as the visitors dominated the game. In second-half stoppage time, Jane Ross headed home Parris' pinpoint cross to secure all three points. Bi...
Manchester City Women made it three wins from three to start the Women's Super League season with a hard-fought win at Birmingham City Ladies.
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Officers on patrol in the Drylaw area observed a green light coming from Marine Drive just before midnight. Edinburgh Airport later confirmed that a pilot had reported a laser pen incident during the plane's descent. A 16-year-old boy and four females, aged 16, 17, 19 and 22, who were in two vehicles in Marine Drive, w...
Five people have been charged after a laser pen was shone at an aircraft in Edinburgh on Friday.
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Workers could make the saving if they switch from a car commute to cycling or walking, according to Sustrans. Public Health Minister Rebecca Evans said it would not only save money but "improve people's health and wellbeing". Sustrans, a walking and cycling charity, is calling on people to take part in the Cymru Travel...
Employees in Wales could save up to £1,000 a year by not driving to work, a charity has claimed.
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Another 130 people were wounded in what authorities said was a "premeditated, violent terrorist attack". Four suspects were shot dead, one arrested and other are being sought Xinhua said. City officials said evidence implicated militants from the western region of Xinjiang, but this was not verified. President Xi Jinpi...
An attack by knife-wielding men at a railway station in Kunming in south-west China has left at least 29 dead, the state news agency Xinhua says.
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For £39m, the firm is buying what is estimated to be up to a quarter of the timber released by NRW every year. Auditor General Huw Vaughan Thomas said he was unable to satisfy himself on whether the decision to make the deal was lawful. NRW disputed the findings. The allegations have been made in a response to the 2015...
A 10-year deal by Natural Resources Wales to sell timber to a sawmill was made without other companies being allowed to bid, the Auditor General for Wales has said.
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The Ports occupy bottom spot and they are 11 points adrift of Carrick Rangers with four games left. "We look forward to it and we'll have a good chance against Ballinamallard," said Ports boss Niall Currie. Ballinamallard are 11 points clear of Rangers, who sit in the relegation play-off place, so they will retain thei...
Anything less than victory against the Mallards will see Portadown relegated from the Irish Premiership.
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James Purnell said it would increase non-payment and cost the BBC £200m. The sum is the equivalent of BBC Four, CBBC and CBeebies, which would have to be taken off air, Mr Purnell said at an event to relaunch the iPlayer service. Culture Secretary Maria Miller said the move should be discussed during talks to renew th...
Decriminalising TV licence fee evasion could close BBC channels, the corporation's strategy director has warned.
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Derek Medina admitted taking the picture on his phone and uploading it on to the social media site. He failed to convince the jury that he had shot Jennifer Alfonso eight times in self-defence after years of abuse. He said his wife was threatening him with a knife when he shot her in their home in Miami, but prosecutor...
A Florida man who killed his wife and posted a photo of the body on Facebook has been found guilty of murder.
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Police were called to Honeywell Drive, in Stepps, just after 21:00 on Sunday. The man is said to be in a stable condition in hospital.
A 42-year-old man is being treated in hospital after being shot in a targeted attack near Glasgow.
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Pedestrian Olwyn Fulton died after being hit by a car in Parkway Shopping Centre car park in Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough, on 7 December. A 66-year-old woman was arrested shortly afterwards and has been charged with causing death by careless driving. She has been bailed and will appear at Teesside Magistrates' Court on...
A woman has been charged in connection with the death of an 84-year-old grandmother who died in a collision five months ago, police said.
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We already know Bridesmaids director Paul Feig is rebooting the franchise, with Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy leading a female-fronted cast. But the director of the original movie has suggested it will only be the start of a whole new franchise. Ivan Reitman has told Deadline.com that he wants to "expand the Ghostb...
You wait more than 15 years for a new Ghostbusters film, and then two come along at the same time.
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Detentions by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency jumped to 41,318 between January 22 of this year and the end of April. That was up from 30,028 arrests in about the same period last year. The dragnet follows presidential orders widening the scope of who can be targeted for immigration violations. Almo...
US arrests of suspected illegal immigrants rose by 38% in the first 100 days of Donald Trump's presidency, according to government data.
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AB InBev on Wednesday raised its offer for SAB to £42.15 a share, having previously bid £38 and £40. SABMiller closed up 2.4% at £37.08, having risen sharply since InBev first made its move last month. Any deal between the two would create the world's biggest brewer, worth more than £180bn. SABMiller said its board had...
SABMiller has rejected an improved offer from Anheuser-Busch InBev that it says "very substantially undervalues" the company.
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24 July 2017 Last updated at 08:25 BST Fresh off the back of their win in the World Wheelchair Basketball, the team is back together, practising and getting ready for their next competition. Hayley caught up with them in Yorkshire, and even set them a cheeky challenge! Watch this...
Wheelchair basketball is fast-paced and requires skill and determination - something Great Britain's under-23 team have in bucketloads!
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Derry City and Strabane District Council lent its support to the move after a meeting with the Derry Comhaltas on Tuesday. An estimated 400,000 people attended the event in 2013 when it was brought to Northern Ireland for the first time. It is the biggest festival of Irish music and culture anywhere in the world. Evely...
Organisers who brought the All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil to Londonderry will bid for the festival to return in 2017.
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The weaker value of the pound since the Brexit referendum vote means that the UK is now a much cheaper destination than it used to be. Many mainland Europeans, Americans and Chinese people are taking advantage of that. That's clear from the cacophony of different languages and accents outside Buckingham Palace, and on ...
Tourism has been one of the most successful parts of the UK economy recently, thanks in part to Brexit.
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A pre-inquest review was due to take place on Monday, but has now been postponed until March. West Sussex County Council said the full inquest was now likely to be held late 2017, but was "very dependent" on the police investigation. A lawyer representing some of the victims' families described "a measure of frustratio...
An inquest into the deaths of 11 men at the Shoreham Airshow is not likely for another year, the BBC can reveal.
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They looked at responses to annual surveys that the WHO had sent to 127 countries between 2012 and 2014 asking about capacity and usage of blood tests that check HIV status and health. They found worrying gaps in provision. They warn that United Nation targets for HIV could be missed as a result. The targets say that b...
A shortage of HIV testing could undermine global efforts to diagnose and treat people with the infection, warn experts from the World Health Organization.
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The bird, which is named LM12, arrived on Thursday, the earliest reappearance of a resident bird there in almost 50 years. Its mate LF15 is expected soon at the Scottish Wildlife Trust reserve near Dunkeld, which operates a live webcam of the nest. The pair fledged three chicks in both 2015 and 2016. Charlotte Fleming,...
A male osprey has returned to its nest at the Loch of the Lowes reserve after its migration from West Africa.
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First, the oil major is preparing for a low oil price for the foreseeable future, saying that it is working towards a "financial frame" by 2017 that assumes a price of $60 a barrel. When I interviewed Bob Dudley at the start of the year, he said that low energy prices could last for three years. Nothing since then seem...
Two things are clear from BP's results this morning.
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A fire was started when the building was broken into sometime between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning. The museum is located in the Bogside, close to where some of the 14 victims of Bloody Sunday were killed in 1972. John Kelly, whose brother, Michael, was killed said the damage to the building could have been a ...
An arson attack on the site of the new Museum of Free Derry shows "total disrespect" for victims, a Bloody Sunday relative has said.
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The Latics are seven points from safety with six games remaining including tough trips to Brighton and Reading. David McGoldrick put Ipswich ahead midway through the first half, slotting in Myles Kenlock's pass, before Freddie Sears raced clear to double the lead. Wigan improved after the break, Bartosz Bialkowski savi...
Wigan's Championship relegation worries deepened with defeat at Ipswich.
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More than 30 firefighters helped to tackle the blaze on Great Eastern Street in Shoreditch from 03:45 BST. LFB has since apologised after its joke about the fire was met with a mixed response on social media. It said: "Sorry if we caused any offence by using the term hipsters." LFB added: "Hope #Shoreditch businesses a...
A building housing a pop-up restaurant in east London has been partially destroyed by fire, but "fortunately no hipsters were injured", London Fire Brigade (LFB) has said.
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Local authorities can apply for funds to support weekly collections, as well as for initiatives offering residents reward vouchers for recycling rubbish. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles, who announced the scheme last autumn, calls weekly bin collections a "basic right". But Labour's Hilary Benn says the funding woul...
A £250m government scheme encouraging councils to keep or bring back weekly bin collections is opening for bids.
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Tall and like football? Go and play centre-back. Enjoy rugby union and have a bit of pace? Winger. Step forward Somerset's Dom Bess, who took 6-28 on his County Championship debut on Tuesday. How did he come to bowl off-spin? "I was always a little porker when I was younger, so I never took the long run-up," he said. "...
Whether it comes down to skill level, body shape, or pure accident, anyone who has played a sport will have some memory of how they came to be given a particular role.
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Dick Advocaat quit Sunderland on Sunday with the Black Cats second-bottom of the Premier League and winless in their opening eight games. Allardyce, 60, has been out of management since he left West Ham at the end of last season. "Of course it's a challenging job. But I hope to be able to help to bring the stability an...
Sunderland have appointed Sam Allardyce as manager on a two-year contract.
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The company said it was looking at the possibility of adding services between Sandown and Southsea. It said the idea had come from businesses at the island resort who were keen to boost tourism. If confirmed, the cross-Solent service would operate on two days a week in July and August. Neil Chapman, managing director o...
A new hovercraft route between the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth could be introduced in the summer, operator Hovertravel has said.
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Media playback is unsupported on your device 27 July 2015 Last updated at 17:08 BST Ian Drake is British Cycling's chief executive officer, and here he gives his top tips for how you can get involved in the sport.
With Chris Froome's triumph for Britain in the Tour de France, cycling is in the spotlight.
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It was written to author Betty Shew by the 21-year-old princess in 1947, months before her marriage. The two-page note describes how the couple met, were chased by a photographer in Prince Philip's sports car and danced at London nightclubs. It was given a pre-auction estimate of £800 to £1,200 but sold for £14,400. De...
A letter written by the Queen revealing how she and Prince Philip first fell in love attracted "furious" bidding as it smashed pre-auction estimates.
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The Reds led in the 15th minute when Divock Origi flicked in from close range before Roberto Firmino made it 2-0, heading in Nathaniel Clyne's cross. Origi also went close when his low shot was saved by Stephen Bywater. Tom Naylor inadvertently put the ball in his own net after the break before Daniel Sturridge tapped ...
A strong Liverpool side overwhelmed Championship outfit Burton Albion to reach the EFL Cup third round.
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Dyfed-Powys Police took to social media on Tuesday to ask for help in tracing Rebecca, saying officers were "very concerned for her". The force said the mother and child were found in the early hours of Wednesday. A spokesman said it was thanks to the public response on Facebook. "Our communities' response to this appe...
A missing woman and her baby in Pembrokeshire have been found safe and well after a police Facebook appeal was widely shared.
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Survivors in some areas told the BBC that they were angry that neither food nor medicine has reached them. The UN has appealed for $415m (£270m) to help provide emergency relief over the next three months. Meanwhile, a teenage boy has been rescued alive after spending five days trapped under rubble in Kathmandu. Crowd...
Frustration is growing in parts of rural Nepal over the pace of relief efforts, with some badly-affected villages yet to receive any assistance.
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The adaptation will be based on the critically-acclaimed first book in the Noughts and Crosses series, set in a dystopian society where black people are the ruling class. It tells the forbidden interracial love story between Sephy, a "Cross" and politician's daughter; and Callum, a "Nought" and member of the underclass...
Malorie Blackman's young adult novel Noughts and Crosses is to be made into a BBC One drama series.
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The Transocean Winner, which has diesel on board, was under tow west of Lewis when it was hit by severe storms. It became detached from the tug boat overnight, before running aground at the beach of Dalmore in the Carloway area. Stornoway Coastguard said there were no personnel on board the rig and there was no risk to...
A 17,000-tonne drilling rig has run aground after being blown ashore on the Western Isles.
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The Yongbyon site processes spent fuel from power stations and has been the source of plutonium for North Korea's nuclear weapons programme. The reactor was shut down in 2007 but Pyongyang said last year that it was operational again. It has since conducted its fourth test of a nuclear weapon. That and its multiple mis...
North Korea appears to have restarted its nuclear facility at Yongbyon, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said.
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The 22-year-old was one of six men arrested as part of an investigation into spot-fixing by the National Crime Agency and bailed until April 2014. Montano, who had been at Boundary Park since the summer of 2012, was suspended without pay by the Latics following the initial allegations. The former West Ham trainee made ...
League One club Oldham Athletic have confirmed that they have sacked winger Cristian Montano.
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"Bonkers Bruno Locked Up", was changed to "Sad Bruno in Mental Home" by the time later editions rolled off the presses. The revised words were still criticised by mental health charities. Eleven years on, after high-profile cases including Stan Collymore,Marcus Trescothick,Neil Lennon and Robert Enke, has the reporting...
The Sun's original headline, above the 2003 story of former heavyweight champion Frank Bruno's admission to a psychiatric hospital, did not last long.
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Homosexual acts are illegal in the East African nation and punishable by up to 30 years in jail. Those who advertised homosexual activities online would also be targeted, the politician warned. Tweeters accused him of homophobia and infringing on the right to freedom of expression online. But Hamisi Kigwangalla argued ...
The threat to publish the names of suspected homosexuals in Tanzania has been defended by the deputy health minister in a fierce row on Twitter.
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Lord O'Donnell told the Times it would take Parliament "years and years and years" to separate fully from Brussels. "It very much depends what happens to public opinion and whether the EU changes before then," he said. He later told the BBC he did not think the EU would make the radical changes needed for the UK to rem...
A former head of the civil service has said the UK might remain in a "more loosely aligned" European Union, despite the referendum vote to leave.
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Former Staff Sgt Clinton Romesha, 31, led a battle against hundreds of Taliban fighters four years ago. About 50 US soldiers were at Combat Outpost Keating near Pakistan when it was almost overrun by insurgents. He is the fourth living veteran of Afghanistan or Iraq to receive America's highest military award. The fath...
US President Barack Obama has presented the Medal of Honor to a former soldier for his heroism during a huge firefight in Afghanistan.
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Michael Salmon, 30, used his position as freelance producer of a show, "Cosy", at Cardiff's Millennium Centre, to obtain grants. Some grants came from the Arts Council of Wales and Arts Unlimited, set up to fund projects with disabled performers. Salmon, from Grangetown, Cardiff, admitted five counts of fraud. The cour...
An independent theatre producer who fraudulently claimed £65,000 in grants has been jailed for 18 months at Cardiff Crown Court.
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She was discovered by soldiers investigating suspected members of Islamist militant group Boko Haram. Nigeria's military said the young woman is undergoing medical checks. A total of 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram from the town of Chibok in April 2014. About 200 of them are still in captivity. More than 2...
The Nigerian army says that one of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls has been found, along with her six-month-old baby.
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Westley lasted five months and became County's second boss sacked this term. The Exiles have confirmed Mike Flynn as caretaker boss until the summer. "We engaged and consulted a number of folk, including some of the players and given the overwhelming view of fans coupled with the players' feedback, it was obvious the e...
Newport chairman Gavin Foxall says the board consulted the players before opting to sack manager Graham Westley.
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The one-year-old livestock - a mixture of Cheviot and black face sheep - were taken from the Coltfield area between Wednesday and Thursday. Police Scotland said the theft of such a large number of sheep would have required "careful planning" and the use of vehicles to transport the animals away from the area. Officers ...
More than 50 young sheep have been stolen from a farm in the Alves area of Moray.
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Mahmoud Amir Alagha is working in four dimensions to capture digitally the way partial paralysis affects people's expressions. His research is supported by the university which awarded him a scholarship and supported him when, as a refugee from the conflict in Syria, he applied for permission to stay in the UK. Mahmoud...
A postgraduate researcher at Glasgow University is developing new technology designed to help people with paralysed faces.
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The company also says its franchisees were helped by a "record low cheese price, favourable wheat price and a fall in fuel costs". Pre-tax profits were £73.16m, up from £62.1m in 2014. E-commerce sales now account for 77.7% of all UK deliveries and 48.6% of online sales are made using its app. Domino's says online or...
Domino's Pizza has revealed what it describes as "excellent" results for last year, driven primarily by the growth in its digital sales.
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Rebecca Minnock and her son Ethan disappeared from Highbridge, Somerset, on 27 May, the day a court ruled he should live with his father. She told newspapers she knew it was wrong but she could not give Ethan up. Det Ch Insp Marie Wright told her: "You don't have to carry on hiding. There's always a solution." In a vid...
A mother who has gone missing with her three-year-old son has been urged to speak directly to the police chief leading the search for her.
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It addresses his 1952 conviction for gross indecency following which he was chemically castrated. He had been arrested after having an affair with a 19-year-old Manchester man. The conviction meant he lost his security clearance and had to stop the code-cracking work that had proved vital to the Allies in World War Two...
Computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing has been given a posthumous royal pardon.
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Swindale Beck, near Haweswater, was straightened to clear land for grazing, but the resultant faster flows washed gravel away, making it less easy for salmon and trout to spawn. During summer a stretch was filled in and replaced with a meandering course. In December, 16 salmon were spotted, along with five redds - dist...
The restoration of natural bends to a river in Cumbria after 200 years has spawned benefits for breeding fish.
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Swansea West MP Geraint Davies said it was vital for a "greener future", and accused ministers of "back-pedalling" on their commitment to the lagoon. The company behind the scheme warned in October that building work was being delayed by a year to 2017. Tidal Lagoon Power said it was still negotiating with ministers ov...
An MP has urged the UK government not to "pull the plug" on plans for a £1bn tidal power project in Swansea.
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Ambulance trusts paid private companies and voluntary organisations £68.7m to attend emergency calls in 2015-6, compared to £22.1m in 2011-2. They respond to all types of calls. NHS England said 999 calls for ambulances rose 4.5% last year. Unions attacked "creeping privatisation" and called for more money for staff re...
NHS spending on private ambulances for 999 calls in England has trebled in four years, BBC research has found.
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Figures from the university admissions service, Ucas, show it was the highest number for five years. Students placed through clearing tend to be those who did not get the grades for their favoured courses. But a dip in university applications has left universities looking to fill more places than usual. There have been...
Some 11,180 students were placed on undergraduate courses in the UK through clearing in the first 24 hours after yesterday's A-level results.
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The 27-year-old man from Blackburn was riding a grey Triumph Daytona motorcycle along the B6479 near Selside when he crashed at 19:25 BST on Wednesday. The air ambulance was called but the biker died at the scene. The road was closed for five hours to allow collision investigators to examine it.
A motorbiker has died after hitting a sign at the side of the road in North Yorkshire.
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Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, the first member of the Bangladesh National Party (BNP) to be tried by the court, was found guilty of nine out of 23 charges. The BNP and his lawyers argue that the trial was politically motivated. Previous verdicts against Islamist leaders have been followed by protests. After the sentenci...
An MP for Bangladesh's main opposition party has been sentenced to death by a war crimes court for charges including murder and genocide during the 1971 war of independence with Pakistan.
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The United Arab Emirates thrower was training at Newham Leisure Centre for the World Para-athletics Championships in London. Majid Rashed, vice president of the UAE International Paralympic Committee, confirmed "the throwing cage collapsed on the athlete's head". Hayayei, 36, was pronounced dead at the scene at 17:20 B...
Para-athlete Abdullah Hayayei died after a metal throwing cage fell on him during training.
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Mr Spencer, head of Xbox, said the console, then codenamed Project Scorpio, “must deliver true 4K gaming and high-fidelity VR [virtual reality]”. The Xbox One X, as it will now be known, looks set to deliver on that first promise of 4K visuals. But on the second? Virtual reality didn’t get a single mention at the compa...
When introducing Microsoft’s newest Xbox console in 2016, Phil Spencer didn’t mince his words.
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Jon Rahm's status as one of Europe's most exciting prospects was confirmed by a fine victory on the PGA Tour at Torrey Pines last Sunday. The 22-year-old capped his maiden triumph with a thrilling eagle at the last, where he holed a snaking 60-footer to finish three clear of the field. Rahm, who hails from Barrika in t...
While Tiger Woods inevitably generates a frenzy of interest during his return to the European Tour, the continent has already got plenty to be excited about thanks to a new Spanish superstar in the making.
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About 2,000 pieces dating back more than 1,000 years were spotted on the seabed by members of a diving club, the Israeli Antiquities Authority said. At first the group thought the coins were toys, but quickly realised the significance of their discovery. The Antiquities Authority said the find was "so valuable that it'...
Scuba divers have inadvertently discovered the largest trove of gold coins ever found off Israel's Mediterranean coast.
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Friend, who cut his face, was treated in the tunnel before being taken to hospital, where he stayed overnight. The incident happened as the first half came to an end at the Vitality Stadium. Friend was due to take charge of Southampton and Sunderland on 5 March but concussion protocols mean he will not now do so. The s...
Fourth official Kevin Friend has been released from hospital after collapsing and hitting his head in Tuesday's game between Bournemouth and Southampton.
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Speaking after briefing the Security Council on the peace process, Staffan de Mistura said a partial truce agreed in February was "barely alive". Violence in Syria has intensified in recent days, despite the ceasefire. At least 20 civilians were reportedly killed on Wednesday in government strikes on a hospital and nea...
The UN envoy to Syria has urged the US and Russia to intervene "at the highest level" to save struggling peace talks.
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Meanwhile more than 30,000 people in the eastern city of Halle have been told to leave their homes after rivers reached their highest level in 400 years. Floodwater is also threatening parts of Austria and the Czech Republic. At least 13 people have died and two are missing as a result of the floods. Rising waters have...
Rescuers used helicopters to pluck families from rooftops in the southern German town of Deggendorf on Wednesday as the Danube flood crisis continues.
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