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Pauline King, described by police as a "reclusive hermit", was found at The Avenues on 22 February. Alexander Kerry, 23, of Kinghorn Road, Norwich, was sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court after he entered a guilty plea. He denied a charge of sexual assault and the prosecution chose not to proceed on that count. Ms King di...
A man who admitted the "vile murder" of an 82-year-old woman in her Norwich home has been jailed for life, with an order to serve 25 years and six months.
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The children's laureate - always a well-known writer or illustrator of children's books - is chosen by a panel of judges from the book world. It comes with a bursary of £15,000, not to mention a shiny, silver medal. The role has a pretty loose job description - the laureate has to "promote and encourage children's int...
Charlie and Lola creator Lauren Child has been named as the new children's laureate, taking over from Goth Girl author Chris Riddell.
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The singer told The Sun he had performed 10 concerts in "agony" on his European tour before he called in doctors. "I was a ticking time bomb. I guess I could have died at any time," he said. According to his website, he is on a course of "intensive antibiotics" and is expected to undergo surgery "in the coming weeks". ...
Sir Elton John has said he is "lucky to be alive" after being diagnosed with appendicitis.
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Every practising nurse and midwife must be on the UK register, but not everyone on the register will be practising, or working in the NHS. However, the government has said that there has been a 13,100 rise in the number of nurses actually working on NHS wards in England since May 2010, when the Conservatives came into ...
The number of registered nurses and midwives is shrinking, according to figures from regulator the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
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Talks have been ongoing for the past couple of weeks about the Northern Ireland international, with City having had two offers turned down for a player that West Brom say is not for sale. Evans, who had nine years at Manchester United before joining Albion in 2015, has two years left on his deal. West Brom have also tu...
Manchester City have had an £18m bid for defender Jonny Evans rejected by Premier League rivals West Brom.
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The market research firm GfK conducted a one-off online survey of 2,000 people after the result was known. Its confidence index fell by eight points to minus nine, a drop not since seen December 1994. Less confident consumers tend to curb their spending, which accounts for about two-thirds of the UK economy. It is also...
Consumer confidence has seen its sharpest drop in 21 years after the UK vote to leave the EU, a survey suggests.
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The inquiry is being led by the complex case team of the Sexual Offences, Exploitation and Child Abuse Command. Kids Company said it was not aware of the nature of any allegations and its priority was the safety of its clients. Police want anyone with information or concerns to contact them or the NSPCC. The police inv...
An investigation into a number of allegations of crime involving the children's charity Kids Company has been launched by the Metropolitan Police, the BBC has learned.
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28 August 2015 Last updated at 14:08 BST The device was able to track and damage a free-flying drone during the trial in California. Boeing is one of many companies working to develop high powered lasers that can be used in military or defence scenarios. The company says its new device is the most portable yet, and can...
Boeing has successfully shot a drone out of the sky using a high-powered laser during a test, the company says.
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Marie Black, 34, of Norwich, stood trial with nine others, including five women, at Norwich Crown Court. Black denied 26 charges. A jury found her guilty of all but three counts. She was convicted of offences including rape and inciting a child to engage in sexual activity. Two men were found guilty of child sex abuse ...
A woman said to be at the centre of an abuse ring has been found guilty of child sex offences.
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The jury praised Ahmed Mansoor for regularly raising concerns about arbitrary detention, torture and degrading treatment in the Gulf state. As a result, it said, he had faced repeated intimidation, harassment and death threats from the UAE authorities and their supporters. Mr Mansoor could not collect the award in Gene...
An activist from the United Arab Emirates has won the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders.
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"This film will help bridge the gap between people of the Indian mainland and those from the north-eastern states," Mary Kom told the BBC. The five-time world champion is from the remote northeast state of Manipur. Bhansali, who has been planning the film for a year, described the boxer as an "inspiration to every Indi...
Indian Olympics bronze medallist, boxer MC Mary Kom, has welcomed a film that Bollywood director Sanjay Leela Bhansali wants to make on her life.
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The world champion has made bad starts to both races and is trailing Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg by 17 points after two victories for the German. Hamilton said his starting problems were "not a big issue", adding: "It is something we'll fix for the next race." And he said he was "actually pretty chuffed" about fini...
Lewis Hamilton said he was "not worried" about his difficult start to the Formula 1 season.
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The Reverend John Price told his victims the hypnosis was to help them relax, before he carried out the abuse, Teesside Crown Court was told. The defendant is accused of carrying out the attacks in the 1970s and 80s. Mr Price, 82, of Ash Tree Close, Bedale, North Yorkshire, who is now retired, denies 14 counts of indec...
A Methodist minister used hypnosis on four boys before indecently assaulting them, a court has heard.
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Sixty teams submitted plans for Clandon Park House in Surrey, which was reduced to a charred shell in 2015. The National Trust has announced a shortlist of six teams, as well as the names of those on the jury, which will make a final decision after a public consultation over the summer. Building work is expected to beg...
The National Trust has announced the design teams shortlisted to rebuild an 18th Century mansion destroyed by fire.
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There were 70 reports during the lambing season earlier this year compared with 45 over the same time last year. Police Scotland said the crime, which involved dogs chasing farm animals, had previously been under-reported. It said 60% of this year's incidents were detected and the dogs' owners reported to the procurato...
Reported incidents of livestock worrying have risen by 55%, according to police.
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They are young and clever, and they want to change the world - one bus at a time. "We've created the world's first bus that runs on formic acid, which is a much cheaper solution than hydrogen, yet it delivers the same environmental benefits," says Lucas van Cappellen from Team Fast, a spin-off company from Eindhoven Un...
A group of students has developed a way of storing energy that could be cheaper to make, more practical and more sustainable than alternative renewable fuels.
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Chartoff's daughters confirmed he died at home in Santa Monica surrounded by his family. He had pancreatic cancer. "He was an amazing father and person," said Julie Chartoff, adding: "There are no words." He won the best picture Oscar for the first Rocky film in 1977, which was written by its star Sylvester Stallone. T...
Oscar-winning producer Robert Chartoff, who was behind hit boxing films such as the Rocky series and Raging Bull, has died in California, aged 81.
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The body of Andraya Lyons, 39, was found in Drew Street, Swindon at 05:40 GMT on Saturday. Anthony Porter, 32, has appeared before Swindon Magistrates' Court charged with murder. Her family said: "We are completely devastated to have lost Andraya... The past few days have been really difficult for us as a family." "She...
Tributes have been paid to a "devoted mum" found dead after a house fire.
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Victory over her Czech opponent would have put Konta in with a chance of breaking into the top 20 of the world rankings for the first time. Novak Djokovic reached the last 16 of the men's singes with a 7-5 7-5 win over German Phillipe Kohlschreiber. Rafael Nadal beat fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 6-0 7-6 (11-9). Tw...
British number one Johanna Konta is out of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells following a 7-6 (7-2) 3-6 6-3 defeat by world number 19 Karolina Pliskova.
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Under the deal, Baosteel is to take over its smaller competitor Wuhan Iron and Steel. Both companies are majority-owned by the state. The announcement comes as Beijing tries to overhaul the steel industry, one of the country's bloated state sectors. The merger will create a new company, China Baowu Iron and Steel Group...
Two of China's largest steel companies have announced plans for a merger, creating the world's second largest steelmaker, as the industry struggles with global overproduction.
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The report, a summary of which was released by the Homeland Security Department, said the agency needed more plainclothes and uniformed staff. It added that the White House needed a new, taller fence. The review came after an intruder with a knife entered the building. Omar Gonzalez, a former US soldier, was apprehende...
The US Secret Service, which guards the US president, is too insular and must recruit its next head externally, a review prompted by a White House security breach says.
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The 51-year-old man, who has not been named, was arrested in North Yorkshire on Wednesday following a complaint made to Durham Constabulary. The force said the man had been bailed pending further inquiries. The vicar has been suspended for the duration of the investigation by the Bishop of Leeds, the Diocese of Leeds s...
A vicar arrested in connection with historical sexual abuse has been suspended by the Church of England.
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University Hospital Coventry is undergoing remedial work because its structures "were not as robust" as originally planned. The hospital trust says interim safety measures are in place during the work. Skanska, which built the hospital under a private finance initiative (PFI) scheme, declined to comment. More reaction ...
A £380m hospital which opened 10 years ago may have been constructed without adequate fire protection, a safety review has revealed.
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But one nation, Russia, was missing. For the first time in Eurovision history, the host nation barred another country's singer. That is because in 2015, in violation of Ukrainian border rules, Russia's Julia Samoilova performed in Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Russia a year earlier. Samoilova suffers from ...
Performers from 42 countries strode down a long red carpet near Ukraine's parliament this week, as a curtain-raiser to this year's Eurovision Song Contest.
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Police said it was found in a private residence in Blanchardstown on Friday night. A number of people were moved from their homes during the alert. The device was then removed to a secure military location for further examination where it was confirmed it was viable.
Army Bomb experts have made safe an improvised explosive device found in Dublin.
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Media playback is not supported on this device Five goals were scored in the first half, with Greg Stewart and Kane Hemmings striking early for Dundee. Ross County captain Andrew Davies headed in from a corner before Rory Loy diverted home Hemmings' shot. Alex Schalk netted on half-time, but Craig Wighton and Stewart w...
Dundee leapfrogged Ross County and moved into the Premiership's top six, prevailing in a hugely entertaining Dens Park encounter.
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The clip, filmed in Norwich city centre, shows two men coming to blows in front of a stationary bus at the corner of Prince of Wales Road and Upper King Street. Both are seen grappling on the pavement before more punches are thrown. Bus operator Stagecoach said a driver had been suspended. No arrests have been made. In...
Footage of a street brawl which appears to involve a bus driver has been shared on social media.
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The speed of change, development and growth in Asia is staggering, particularly when you compare it to the inability of Washington DC to get anything done at all. I had the privilege of being one of the first people to fly out of Hanoi's gleaming new international airport terminal on Monday. The building opened with gr...
It has become a truism that this is going to be an Asian century not an American one - but there's nothing like seeing the two continents first-hand to really understand why.
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Membership of the Labour Party has soared since the general election and Mr Corbyn believes most of these new members are his supporters. The hope of his opponents is that many may have become disillusioned with his leadership. But having spent a day in Leeds meeting new and older members of the local party, I found sc...
There's no disguising the confidence in Jeremy Corbyn's camp about this leadership election.
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Seven months after Mourinho's arrival as successor to Louis van Gaal, United are sixth in the Premier League, 13 points behind leaders Chelsea and six points adrift of the top four to guarantee Champions League qualification. Speaking in the build-up to Wednesday's trip to Crystal Palace (20:00 GMT), Mourinho said he w...
Manager Jose Mourinho will need at least two more transfer windows to get close to the squad he wants, say senior Manchester United figures.
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More than a new way of playing video games, a cynic might say. Special Report: The Technology of Business Digital death of a business card? Mobile advertisers want your phone Rinsing your reputation the online way Mobile working comes of age Using voice to give your app the edge But Microsoft - a company that may well ...
If you spent $9bn a year on research and development and employed 900 of the world's top computer scientists to come up with new ideas, what would you expect in return?
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Tierra del Fuego judge Lilian Herraez ordered the authorities to seize boats and other assets worth $156m. Argentina claims sovereignty of the islands, which it calls the Malvinas. The oil companies named in the case are not based in Argentina and it is not clear how the measure will be implemented. Drilling for oil in...
A federal judge in Argentina has ordered the seizure of assets of five companies drilling for oil in the Falkland Islands.
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Brownhill made only six appearances for North End last season, but scored three goals in 27 games on loan at League One play-off winners Barnsley. The 20-year-old rejected a new contract offer from Preston, who will be owed compensation for the move. "As well as being a good footballer he's also a fantastic character,"...
Bristol City will sign midfielder Josh Brownhill from Preston at the end of his current contract on 30 June.
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The 25-year-old midfielder had received approaches from Scottish Premiership rivals Dundee United and Inverness Caledonian Thistle. Manager Alan Archibald said: "Steven has proved over the last few seasons what a valuable part of the squad he is. "It came as no surprise that Steven had offers from other Premiership clu...
Steven Lawless has extended his contract with Partick Thistle for a further two years.
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The Age UK review identified more than three million people aged over 65 with a care need, but found just two-thirds of them were actually getting help. The charity warned that the lack of support for the ageing population was risking their health. But ministers said steps were being taken to provide more help. The rev...
A million older people in England struggling with everyday tasks, such as washing and dressing, are being left to fend for themselves, campaigners say.
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"On an almost daily basis, we are being described the worst threat - be it to Nato as a whole, or to Europe, America or other countries," Mr Medvedev said. He cited Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg's speeches and films depicting Russia starting a nuclear war. "Sometimes I wonder if this is 2016 or 1962," Mr Medvedev said. T...
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said strains between Russia and the West have pushed the world "into a new cold war".
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The Miscarriage Association, which came up with the figure, wants people to open up about baby loss to break what it calls "the last taboo". One mother has gone a step further and filmed the aftermath of her miscarriage for a documentary, to challenge the secrecy surrounding it. Lisa Francesca Nand, from Greenwich, has...
As many as one in four pregnancies are thought to end in a miscarriage, and yet most women never talk about it.
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The owner was forced to open the crocodile farm's gates on Sunday to prevent a storm surge, the local Beeld newspaper says. Many of the crocodiles have been recaptured, but more than half are still on the loose, it says. The floods have killed at least 10 people in Limpopo province. The crocodiles escaped from the Rakw...
About 15,000 crocodiles have reportedly escaped from a farm in South Africa's far north amid heavy rains and flooding.
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William Porterfield completed his 16th Ireland century as they added 73 runs before declaring on 240-7 to leave the Dutch needing an unlikely 343 to win. Stephan Myburgh's 85 steadied the Dutch after Wesley Barresi suffered a duck. A 60-run partnership by Ben Cooper and Peter Borren left the Dutch on 186-4 as played wa...
Ireland's hopes of retaining the Intercontinental Cup were dealt a blow as they were held to a draw by the Netherlands at Malahide.
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Activists say about 35 pro-government fighters were killed and some medical staff taken hostage. More than 20 IS fighters were also reported killed. The attack was centred on al-Assad hospital, to the west of the city. Government forces retook the hospital after several hours, reports say, but the fate of the hostages ...
Militants from the Islamic State (IS) group have briefly overrun a hospital complex in the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zour, reports say.
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Phase one of the project will take 10 weeks to complete and will see demolition of the rear function room of the Ship and Anchor pub. An old library building will also be knocked down and a new car park built. Pembrokeshire council also wants to create a one-way system, footways and a public transport hub, with work st...
Work has begun on plans to alleviate traffic congestion and regenerate Fishguard town centre in Pembrokeshire.
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The total number of fans attending Scottish Professional Football League games, including play-offs, was up to 4,267,467 from 3,804,342 in 2015-16. It is the first time attendances have topped the four million mark since the 2008-09 campaign (4,252,212). "These figures are hugely encouraging," said SPFL chief executive...
Scottish football enjoyed an increase in attendances at league matches of over 12% last season.
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About 50 arrived in the city in May and the families have spent the last three months settling in to their new lives. A total of 98 refugees have now arrived in Northern Ireland since the conflict. The first group of Syrian refugees arrived in December 2015. The war in Syria has claimed the lives of more than 250,000 p...
A group of Syrian refugees living in Londonderry have spoken for the first time about what life was like in their war-torn country.
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Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane both hit centuries as India posted 622-9 declared in their first innings. Sri Lanka were never in the game once they were bowled out for 183 in reply. They managed 386 in their second innings - Dimuth Karunaratne making 141 - but India's spinners sealed victory on the fourth afterno...
India completed a series win over Sri Lanka with a crushing victory by an innings and 53 runs in the second Test in Colombo.
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Police in Hamelin, in Lower Saxony, say the woman's ex-partner later handed himself in to authorities. The 28-year-old woman, who has not been identified, was found lying on a pavement late on Sunday with serious injuries. She underwent an emergency operation and was flown to a specialist clinic. Police say she had bee...
A woman has suffered serious injuries after being dragged through the streets of a German town by a cord tied around her neck and attached to a car.
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The 25-year-old scored five goals in 15 appearances for the Loftus Road side last season but finished the campaign on loan at MK Dons. Former Arsenal trainee Emmanuel-Thomas has previously had spells at Ipswich and Bristol City and spent time on loan at Blackpool, Doncaster and Cardiff. He becomes Gillingham's eighth s...
League One side Gillingham have signed Queens Park Rangers forward Jay Emmanuel-Thomas on a season-long loan.
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Federico Fazio lashed them into the lead with Dzeko setting up Mohamed Salah's lobbed second. Former Manchester City striker Dzeko tapped a third into an empty net in the second half to complete the scoring. Roma are back within six points of leaders Juventus - with the two sides to meet in the capital three weeks from...
Edin Dzeko scored his 34th goal of the season as Roma beat Bologna to maintain their slim Serie A title hopes.
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Levein, the club's director of football, described finishing fifth in the Premiership, as "frustrating and a tad disappointing". "I've got high hopes for him [Cathro]," Levein said. "This is a tough place to manage, as I know myself. "The thing about here is the players like him." Levein points to mistakes in the Janua...
Craig Levein retains "high hopes" for Ian Cathro's Hearts tenure but says the club will seek to "repair the damage" of recent transfer windows.
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School crossing patrol personnel numbers have dropped by about 75 since 2013, leading to fears about safety. Overall, councils spent £810,000 less on the service than three years ago. Stirling Council has reduced its outlay by the highest percentage, spending 50% less than in 2013. West Dunbartonshire cut its spending ...
Two-thirds of Scotland's councils have cut the amount of money spent on lollipop men and women in the past three years, research by BBC Scotland has found.
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Sarries will begin the defence of their domestic title against Worcester in the London Double Header at Twickenham on Saturday, 3 September. Barritt told BBC Radio London: "Last year was probably the most successful season in the club's history. "But we now have a fresh page to write a new chapter in the Saracens story...
Premiership and European Champions Cup winners Saracens are determined to be even stronger next season, says skipper Brad Barritt.
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Orla Galton, from Blackmill, Bridgend county, was diagnosed with leukaemia at three and blood transfusions helped save her life. She endured them for years, but her mother, Sharon, said they were a lifeline. The Welsh Blood Service wants 200,000 more donors to replenish stocks. "When Orla was having chemotherapy her bl...
A 12-year-old cancer survivor has urged more people to give blood, as the number of new donors has dropped by 40% over the past decade.
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The animals were happily munching in the front garden of a house in Drummond Road close to its junction with the busier Culduthel Road. Police received calls from members of the public who were both concerned for the sheep and seeking to reunite the animals with their owner. Officers helped to have the sheep rounded up...
Police have been called to deal with a small flock of sheep loose near Inverness city centre.
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Christopher Hannah was driving a car which mounted the pavement and struck Sophie Brannan in Sandbank Street, Maryhill, on 14 November last year. Her friend Chelsea Sommerville, and Chelsea's uncle, Joseph Lloyd, were also badly injured. At the High Court in Glasgow, 33-year-old Hannah, who is said to be a heroin addic...
A man has admitted killing an 11-year-old girl in a hit-and-run in Glasgow.
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The Academy Selsey suffered extensive damage and much of its contents was destroyed in the blaze on 21 August. The school's 453 pupils are currently being taught at four locations in the Selsey area. As well as classrooms, the temporary buildings will house science labs, workshops and food technology areas, the school ...
Temporary classrooms are being set up at a school that was damaged by fire.
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A High Court judge in Belfast had ruled that the PSNI should not have facilitated illegal parades, and was wrong to think it did not have legal powers to stop them. The ruling was quashed after an appeal. The UK Supreme Court has now been asked to overturn the decision. There were widespread loyalist protests across No...
A resident of the Short Strand area of east Belfast has challenged a decision to overturn a court ruling that the PSNI was wrong not to stop union flag protests.
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Media playback is not supported on this device Three people who know Armstrong well gave their thoughts. The wife of former professional road cyclist Frankie Andreu, she claimed, long before his public confession, that Armstrong took banned substances and bullied team-mates. "When the going gets tough, he turns on the ...
In an interview with BBC Sports editor Dan Roan, shamed cyclist Lance Armstrong said he should be forgiven for doping and lying - but also admitted he would probably cheat again.
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The former police captain ran a covert counter-insurgency unit that detained and killed anti-apartheid activists. ­It operated in secrecy from Vlakplaas, a farm near Pretoria, recruiting black liberation movement members whom it turned into killers. He revealed the existence of Vlakplaas in 1989 when he was smuggled o...
Dirk Coetzee, one of the most notorious figures of South Africa's apartheid era, has died at the age of 57.
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Frenchman Christophe Borgye's remains were found at a property in Ellesmere Port, Merseyside, in 2013 - four years after he was reported missing. Manuel Wagner, 29, has been found guilty of murder and sentenced to a minimum jail term of 16 years following a trial at Liverpool Crown Court. Two other men were convicted i...
A third man has been jailed for murdering a flight attendant who was bludgeoned with a hammer and buried in a concrete tomb.
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Mrs Schlafly was an outspoken opponent of feminism and abortion and helped Republicans block the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s. She campaigned against Communism and is credited with creating the political climate that helped Ronald Reagan become president. Mrs Schlafly publicly endorsed Donald Trump at a rally in...
Phyllis Schlafly, a leading figure in the US conservative movement, has died at her home in Missouri, aged 92.
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Rooney, 30, played in midfield rather than as a striker and came under fire following the shock defeat by Iceland. "He's our talisman, he's our greatest goalscorer, he's experienced and you don't want that to walk away at this stage," Lampard told BBC Sport. "I would want him in the team and in the squad. He has certai...
Wayne Rooney still has a future with England despite their Euro 2016 failure, says Frank Lampard.
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The 48-year-old former Arsenal goalkeeper played for the Royals for four years. He was appointed youth academy director in 2000 and has been director of football since 2003. A West Brom statement said: "He played a key role in the Championship club twice winning promotion to the Premier League in 2006 and 2012."
West Brom have appointed Nicky Hammond as technical director, ending his 20-year association with Reading.
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The partnership running the current system in Rhyl, Prestatyn and Rhuddlan say it is not sustainable and has agreed to pass it to Cheshire West and Chester council. The scheme will see 32 prioritised cameras beamed to England. If anything is spotted, officers will alert North Wales Police immediately. The system in the...
The monitoring of CCTV cameras in three north Wales towns will be handed across the border to Chester.
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Hadleigh Parkes and Gareth Owen went over for the Welsh side in the first half and Scarlets were good value for their 15-9 lead at half-time. But three Ian Madigan penalties kept Leinster within touching distance and they dominated the second half. Mike Ross' close-range try and Madigan's conversion soon after the rest...
Scarlets had their 100% Pro12 record ended by Leinster at the RDS in Dublin.
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Graham Andrew bought the 33,600-piece Wildlife puzzle and recruited 200 jigsaw fans to complete it, to raise money for local charities. He was left with four holes in the giant puzzle and had to ask the Barcelona manufacturer to re-cut them. The pieces have arrived and the puzzle should be completed on Friday. Voluntee...
An attempt at what is said to be the largest jigsaw puzzle on the market was nearly scuppered when four pieces went missing "somewhere in Norfolk".
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He said it was "dispiriting if pretty unsurprising" to see David Cameron's government turn their back on the coalition's "liberal stance". The former deputy prime minister also criticised his former partners' "swagger" over the EU referendum. And, in his final speech to MPs as Lib Dem leader, he predicted the EU debate...
Nick Clegg has accused the new Tory government of abandoning the values he said had been at the coalition's core.
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LL Camps in Bushey, Hertfordshire, was closed by Ofsted last week and director Ben Lewis has been charged with possessing indecent images of children. Following the closure, parents vented their anger on the firm's Facebook page at the initial lack of information. But camp co-founder Tal Landsman has now said refunds w...
Parents of children due to go to a summer camp whose director has been charged with possession of indecent images have been offered refunds.
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The ex-Lib Dem MP and ex-wife Vicky Pryce were both jailed after she took his speeding points in 2003. Some 360 former MPs were granted passes for the Parliamentary estate, according to the Press Association's FOI request. Labour MP John Mann said Huhne should not have been given the pass. Mr Mann said: "I do not think...
Former Energy Secretary Chris Huhne - who was jailed for perverting the course of justice in 2013 - has been granted a Commons pass, a Freedom of Information Act request has revealed.
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The man, who has not been named, was dismissed following disciplinary proceedings, Devon and Somerset Fire Service said. Molly Wigmore, 76, died in the fire at her Plymouth home in October last year. The first 999 call was made at 05:17 GMT but none had arrived by the time a second call was made at 06:44, ahead of a fi...
An emergency call handler has been sacked after firefighters took more than 90 minutes to reach a fatal blaze.
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Having become the first Indian sprinter to reach a final at a global athletics event in 2013, the 18-year-old was already the national champion at 100m and 200m, and an Asian Games bronze medallist. Such was the excitement about her potential that the Sports Authority of India's director general Jiji Thomson described ...
Life looked pretty good for Dutee Chand last July.
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Media playback is not supported on this device Set 136 to win, Pakistan reached their target inside 15 overs, with Sharjeel Khan (59) and Khalid Latif (59 not out) sharing an opening stand of 107. It is England's joint-second biggest T20 defeat in terms of balls remaining and the third time they have lost by nine wicke...
England were thrashed in their final international of the summer, losing the sole Twenty20 match against Pakistan by nine wickets at Old Trafford.
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Olly Martins said the force, which has to save £7.5m over the next two years, spends £3m a year on its buildings. But changes in policing technology meant officers could now share facilities, he added. The Police Federation said it would be concerned that officers in shops may look "unprofessional". Mr Martins said m...
Some Bedfordshire police stations could be relocated to supermarkets to help bridge a funding gap, its Police and Crime Commissioner said.
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Tests have shown rat poison killed the female bird of prey, which was discovered in a quarry in Penmaenmawr in June. North Wales Police said this was the second suspicious death of a peregrine falcon in the last few months. The protected bird is a threat to racing pigeons and officers are appealing to the community for...
A peregrine falcon found dead in Gwynedd was poisoned, police have confirmed.
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Joe Murphy's scrambled early goal was the ideal start for Down and they led 1-8 to 0-6 at half-time. With Caolan Mooney starring, the Mournemen extended their advantage to six midway through the second half. Meath reduced Down's lead but they home side held on after a nervous finish. Down went into the game propping up...
Down ended a run of 14 straight defeats in competitive games stretching back to April 2015 as they earned a 1-13 to 0-14 win over Meath in Division Two of the Football League.
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But they have no need to do that now. O'Neill is taking his side into a Euro 2016 clash with the world champions in Paris with a place in the competition's knockout stage at stake. As he told the Irish Times, he needed to hitch-hike with some Germans during a scouting trip to Euro 2012, shortly after he had taken the j...
It's a mark of how much Michael O'Neill has achieved as Northern Ireland boss - this time four years ago a group of Germany fans he met had to Google his name to find out who he was.
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Gary Nixon, 44, fled to Scotland after advertising tickets online for the Sweden v England match in Germany and said he could arrange accommodation. But two victims from Ogmore Vale, Bridgend county, received nothing. Nixon, of Dundee, admitted obtaining property by deception at Bridgend magistrates. Nia James, prosecu...
A conman who went on the run for nine years after staging a £900 scam selling England tickets for the 2006 football World Cup, has handed himself in.
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The Germany midfielder ran onto a lofted pass from Lucas and, with his back to goal, hooked a volley into the top corner. With Jurgen Klopp's side sitting in third, it could prove to be a valuable goal as they push for Champions League football - but was it the goal of the season? Media playback is not supported on thi...
It was only his seventh Premier League goal since arriving from Germany three years ago, but Emre Can's sensational overhead kick was enough for Liverpool to beat Watford on Monday night.
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The Street & Arrow food truck, in Glasgow's Partick, is to take on additional trainees by March 2017. And it plans to expand operations across Scotland to address the social challenges of those with criminal convictions. The scheme has received £208,000 of Scottish government funding. The social enterprise company behi...
Offenders with a violent history are to be offered a new chance to change their lives, following the success of an American-style training project.
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The news has prompted headlines around the world, and Politicians and city leaders have taken to Twitter to congratulate him, including the left-leaning mayors of New York and Paris. Congratulations also came from Ahok Basuki Purnama, the governor of Jakarta. He became Jakarta's first Christian governor in 50 years whe...
Labour's Sadiq Khan has been elected Mayor of London, becoming the city's first Muslim mayor.
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The 27-year-old will not need surgery after breaking his leg in an innocuous clash with Reds winger Raheem Sterling. Latics boss Roberto Martinez said: "It is not as bad as it could have been." Watson, who spent two nights at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, has now returned home to begin his recovery and will wear a cast...
Wigan midfielder Ben Watson could be back in training within six weeks despite suffering a fractured shin in the 3-0 defeat at Liverpool.
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The National Lottery support for Aberystwyth University's Old College was announced on Wednesday. It comes as part of a £22m plan to turn the Grade I-listed building into a centre for heritage, learning and enterprise. It is hoped the work will be completed in time for the university's 150th anniversary in 2022. A perf...
More than £10m has been secured to restore an iconic university college in Ceredigion.
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A painting of Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria fetched the highest price at Saturday's sale, selling to a Chinese buyer for £71,000 (100,000 euros). A still-life of carnations, signed A Hitler, fetched £52,000 (72,000 euros) at the Nuremberg event. Last year the same auction house sold a watercolour painted by Hitler i...
Watercolours and drawings by Adolf Hitler have fetched £286,000 (400,000 euros) at a German auction.
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The players, who thrashed Japan 5-2 on Sunday in Vancouver, will ride an open-topped bus down a stretch of Broadway commonly known as the Canyon of Heroes. It's a rare honour for athletes that do not come from New York, but pressure has been building in recent days to honour their achievement. The game was the most-wat...
A ticker-tape parade in Lower Manhattan on Friday will honour the USA's World Cup-winning women's football team.
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Opponents fear the development on the site in Hermitage Lane, Allington, will destroy ancient woodland and cause traffic gridlock. Developer Croudace Homes said the number of homes had been reduced from 600 and efforts made to cut the impact on the woodland of building a new road. The public inquiry in Maidstone is exp...
An public inquiry is under way into plans for up to 500 new homes in an area of open land in Kent.
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"If I'd been in her shoes, I would have sacked me too," he told the BBC. Mr Gove said he regretted standing for the Tory leadership, saying he made "mistakes" in the way he withdrew his support from Boris Johnson. He now had to take the consequences of his decision, including the fact that an act of treachery has becom...
Former cabinet minister Michael Gove says Theresa May was right to sack him after she became prime minister.
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9 May 2015 Last updated at 09:34 BST Gentoo penguins tend to live in ice-free areas near Antarctica, and make special circular nest made out of stones, moss and feathers. Their steam-lined bodies mean they can swim up to 22 miles and hour underwater, faster than any other diving bird. Senior penguin keeper at the zoo D...
Egg-cellent news the first gentoo penguins chicks have arrived at Edinburgh zoo this year.
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Stella has spent a number of years travelling to a variety of countries, working as a nanny and teaching French to children. Her latest job has taken her to Saudi Arabia. "I've shot neon in a lot of locations," says Stella. "But it's the way it is used in Saudi which interested me the most. Partly because of the way it...
Bright neon strips of light that punctuate the dark skies of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia caught the eye of Celine Stella, who set out to photograph them whenever she had a spare moment.
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The Romanian diners, who had paid a deposit of €900 ($950; £770), left the El Carmen restaurant in Bembibre as dessert was due to be served, Antonio Rodriguez said. "It happened in the space of a minute," he said. "It was something they had planned and they left in a stampede." The diners owe €2,000 more, he said....
Some 120 diners celebrating a baptism at a restaurant in a north-western Spanish town all fled the restaurant at once without paying, the owner said.
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Michael Robson, 44, who is serving a prison sentence for manslaughter, absconded from Hatfield Prison in Doncaster on Thursday. Robson, from North Tyneside, was originally convicted of murder in 1996 but had his sentence reduced to manslaughter after an appeal in 2006. He was arrested by officers in West Yorkshire on S...
A convicted killer who was on the run from an open prison in South Yorkshire has been recaptured, police said.
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No-one was in the vehicle when it careered rear-end first into the side of the building in Dromore Road Retail Park in Omagh at about 17:00 BST on Thursday. Simon Burke said his wife and son, who were in the shop at the time, had were "very lucky" to escape injury.
A car has smashed through a wall of a shop in County Tyrone after rolling down a hill.
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The ex-Bury player scored from close in, just as the visitors looked set to hold on for an unlikely point. Stefan Scougall hit the bar as the Blades dominated before Jacob Mellis was sent off for a foul on Matt Done. They had two second-half efforts cleared off the line and Leon Clarke had a goal disallowed before Greg...
Sheffield United needed an injury-time goal from Ethan Ebanks-Landell to beat nine-man managerless Bury.
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The 40ft (12m) whale was discovered by wardens at the Holkham National Nature Reserve on Thursday. The Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme (CSIP) was contacted and a post-mortem examination is expected to be carried out. Evolutionary biologist Dr Ben Garrod said it was "really unusual" for a fin whale to be fou...
An expert has been left puzzled as to why a fin whale has washed up on the coast of north Norfolk.
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Thomas Farr, 31, died from multiple injuries after he was hit by a car on the A22 Caterham bypass, at about 23:00 GMT on 26 March. Police said his death may be linked to an "altercation" at a flat in Croydon Road, when another man was stabbed. An inquest into Mr Farr's death has been opened and adjourned.
A pedestrian who was killed in a collision that police believe may be linked to an earlier disturbance at a flat in Surrey has been identified.
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Linda Norgrove, from Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, had been working in the country when she was kidnapped. Former colleagues have told a BBC Alba documentary that her captors told Ms Norgrove she was only being held hostage as a bargaining tool. The 36-year-old was killed by a US grenade during a failed rescue attempt. ...
The aid worker who died in Afghanistan during an attempt to free her two years ago was told by her captors they were not going to kill her, it has emerged.
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It might not seem like your idea of fun but dressing like a bat and jumping off the side of a cliff is exactly what a group of wingsuit base jumpers have been doing in China, as part of a downhill sky race.
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"I have to work with Ikea - make furniture for interior design, for architecture," he told BBC Radio 1. He said students would be particularly keen for him to create "a minimalist apartment inside of a college dorm". "Yo Ikea, allow Kanye to create, allow him to make this thing because you know what, I want a bed that ...
Rapper Kanye West has declared he wants to work with Ikea on a new range of furniture.
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The Bench was written in English, but the script was changed to Polish and actors with no experience enlisted from the town of Legnica. Green Valley Films' Kevin Phillips had said it would be a "miracle" if it triumphed at the London International Filmmaker Festival. But it won best original screenplay of a foreign lan...
A film by valleys directors shot in a language they did not understand with orphaned children has won an award.
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His wife Marina can still recall the last time she saw him. He was smiling in what she recalls was a sad way. She said she would be back tomorrow. "He suddenly just said 'I love you so much'," she remembers. "I said 'Yes, of course. I love you too'." But when she got home, she received a call from the hospital telling ...
For three weeks Alexander Litvinenko desperately tried to fight off the radiation that was destroying his body from within.
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The British Hen Welfare Trust said 240 of the birds were in need of new homes in Wrexham. The trust said the birds had spent the last 18 months laying eggs for supermarkets but their ability to lay had slowed down. It said they were healthy and "will soon become much-loved pets". The trust will hold a rehoming day on S...
Hundreds of ex-commercial hens considered too slow at laying eggs face slaughter unless they can be rehomed in north Wales, a charity has said.
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The woman, who is in her 70s, was attacked in Sneem, County Kerry, on 20 September. The man was detained by officers in Killarney on Saturday morning. He is being questioned at Killarney Garda (police) station.
A man in his early 20s has been arrested by police investigating a serious sexual assault on a pensioner in the Republic of Ireland.
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Gatland says Henry indicated to his players at the outset of the trip of Australia who would be selected for the Test matches. He says that meant his compatriot "lost half the team on day one". "The players knew straight away what was the Test side and who was making up the numbers," said the New Zealander. Gatland, wh...
British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland says he will not repeat Graham Henry's 2001 mistake by splitting the squad early in the tour.
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