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Emergency crews were alerted to the blaze in Small Heath, Birmingham, at about 21:00 GMT on Monday. A spokesperson for Citroën and dealer Robins and Day said there were no injuries. Some cars have been burnt out. One lane of Small Heath Highway was closed while forensic investigations were carried out. More updates on ...
A 33-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire broke out at a Citroën dealership.
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Transport Minister Humza Yousaf said a new charter arrangement would end the long-running row over seafarers' pay. The RMT union had claimed some workers on board two freight boats were paid less than £4 an hour. The charter change will see contracted out services return to operator Serco Northlink from next month. T...
An agreement has been reached to ensure foreign workers on freight boats serving Orkney and Shetland are paid at least the minimum wage.
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Michelle Carter is charged with involuntary manslaughter for her role in the suicide of Conrad Roy III. Prosecutors allege Ms Carter drove the Massachusetts 18-year-old to his death to attract sympathy. She has asked a judge to rule on the case, rather than a jury of her peers. "You need to do it, Conrad," Ms Carter te...
A 20-year-old US woman whose boyfriend took his own life nearly three years ago after she repeatedly urged him to suicide has gone on trial.
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But, if the venerable founding father had lived in Northern Ireland over the last few months he could have changed it to "death, taxes and another RHI story every day". The News Letter continues firing journalistic wood pellets on the ever-burning fire. Its political editor Sam McBride reports on two leaked documents t...
It was Benjamin Franklin who said we can be certain of nothing in life except death and taxes.
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The winners of this year's aerial photography competition run by online site Dronestagram have been announced. There were thousands of entries taken using drone cameras and the winners were selected by the judges - National Geographic deputy director Patrick Witty and Emanuela Ascoli, photo editor of National Geographi...
All photographs courtesy dronestagr.am.
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Should Scotland be an independent country? And for some those six words printed on four million ballot papers did not allow for any kind of doubt. For the true believers it was simple, Scotland was a nation. Not for these purists the distraction of debate, obsessing over the price of oil and the return on government gi...
It was an elegant question, as clear as the chill water in an Angus burn.
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He made the comments at a news briefing in his home city, Davao, on Tuesday, where he also unveiled his new cabinet. Since 1986, 176 journalists have been killed in the Philippines, one of the most dangerous countries for reporters. But Mr Duterte said many of them had "done something wrong". The former mayor of Davao ...
Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte has been condemned by media groups for saying some of the many journalists killed in the country had deserved to die.
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Home Secretary Theresa May said the change - from April 2016 - would help cut the number of non-Europeans and their dependants granted settlement each year from 60,000 to 20,000. The pay threshold will apply to people wanting to remain permanently after more than five years working in the UK. Those who don't qualify wi...
Migrant workers will need to earn at least £35,000 to qualify for settlement in the UK, says the Home Office.
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The star is up for the main prize, album of the year, for her ambitious visual album, Lemonade, which tackles themes of race and female identity. Her single Formation is also up for song and record of the year. In all three categories, she is up against Adele - who previously won the ceremony's top three prizes in 2012...
Beyonce has scooped nine nominations for the 2017 Grammy Awards, extending her lead as the most-nominated woman in Grammys history.
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It was delivered by a politician with "big ambitions". George Osborne's stated aim was to create what he called a "new settlement". That's politician's code for re-writing the rules of politics to suit your side. So it is that he did something rather surprising - slowing and softening spending and welfare cuts now havi...
It was indeed a "big" Budget - just as the chancellor said it would be.
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy affects around 120 families in Wales but the only UK centres are in England. Charity Action Duchenne said a new facility could improve the quality of life and lifespan of sufferers. The Welsh government has said it is working to improve services and support for those with muscular dystrophy....
Parents of children with a muscle wasting disease have called on ministers to create a specialist centre to help sufferers in Wales.
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The Labour Ministry said the number of people filing for unemployment benefits fell by 98,853, or 2.1%, compared with the previous month. June is generally a good month for employment as it marks the beginning of the tourist season. Despite the fall, the unemployment rate in Spain is still the highest in the eurozone. ...
The number of people looking for work in Spain fell almost 100,000 in June, a record for the month, to 4.62 million.
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The price of Brent crude fell to $27.67 a barrel at one point, its lowest since 2003, while US crude fell as low as $28.36. Many analysts have slashed their 2016 oil price forecasts, with Morgan Stanley analysts saying that "oil in the $20s is possible", if China devalues its currency further. Economists at the Royal B...
Oil prices have fallen again, sinking below $28 a barrel.
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A further 70 people are reported to have been injured in the blaze at an industrial complex in Tongi, north of the capital Dhaka. Police said about 100 people were in the four-storey building at the time, including machine operators and guards. The blast was caused by an explosion in the boiler room, at the start of th...
At least 20 people have been killed in a huge fire that broke out at a packaging factory in Bangladesh.
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The woman, in her 30s, and the child were abducted two men in Redcar, Teesside, at lunchtime on Friday. They were taken about four miles to Longbeck Lane, near Yearby, where the woman was raped. They were made to get out of the car six hours later in another area of Redcar. Police are investigating whether the attacker...
A woman was raped in the middle of the day after being forced into a car with her toddler as they walked by the sea.
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Thousands of children have been examined every 10 years since 1973. A third of children in Wales were said to have good oral health overall, which compares to 39% in England. Decay was found in 52% of 12 year olds and 63% of 15 year olds, a slight improvement on the 2003 survey. But around 70% of them reported problems...
Only a third of children in Wales have healthy teeth overall and this is lagging behind England, a major survey suggests.
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Media playback is not supported on this device A 2-1 defeat at Monaco sealed their exit from the competition as they paid the price for their woeful home form. Consecutive defeats at their temporary Wembley home had left Spurs with no margin for error and they duly came up short against a classy Monaco side. "We need t...
Tottenham's players lacked the quality and mentality required to reach the knockout stage of the Champions League, says boss Mauricio Pochettino.
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Lyndon Gooch's long-range dipping effort caused Fleetwood keeper Chris Maxwell to make a fingertip save. Amari'i Bell fired into the side-netting for the hosts, while Richard Chaplow scuffed a chance for Rovers. Jimmy Ryan's 25-yard effort almost won the game for the hosts but the ball struck the crossbar.
Fleetwood Town dropped into the League One relegation places as they had to settle for a point after a stalemate with Doncaster.
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But the Frenchman's situation remains "challenging" and the 25-year-old is in a critical but stable condition. Earlier, Bianchi's father Philippe had described the situation as "desperate". "Every time the telephone goes, we know it could be the hospital to tell us that Jules is dead," he said. "He will not give up, I'...
Marussia's Jules Bianchi has faced "a number of medical challenges" after sustaining severe head injuries in a crash at the Japanese Grand Prix, his team and family said in a statement.
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The Island's Conservative executive council voted against a motion of no confidence in Andrew Turner. Opponents said Mr Turner caused "turmoil" over his personal arrangements and past expenses. Mr Turner, who has been the island's MP for 14 years, said he was "very pleased" at the vote. The Isle of Wight's Conservative...
The Isle of Wight's Conservative MP has survived an attempt by his own party to force him to stand down as a general election candidate.
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Reports in the journal Nature show infusions of so-called broadly neutralising antibodies could suppress the amount of HIV in a patient's blood. The approach uses clones of immune proteins taken from a rare individual who has natural control of the disease. Scientists hope with further work this could bolster current t...
The first human trial of a new type of HIV therapy suggests it could be a promising weapon in the fight against the virus.
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"I have been smoking three or four joints a day since I was 13," he says. "But last year I decided to grow my own cannabis because the quality of the marijuana at the boca (hotspots where illegal drugs are sold) is too low, or it comes mixed with hard and dangerous drugs, like cocaine paste," he says. Every morning Cri...
Cristian, a 32-year-old blacksmith from Uruguay, grows five cannabis plants with care and dedication in the back yard of his workshop on the outskirts of Montevideo.
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The hosts lost opener Chris Dent for a duck in the fourth over and Gareth Roderick (23) shortly after. Will Tavare (20) and Michael Klinger (10) continued a steady fall of wickets until Hamish Marshall (58) and Phil Mustard (38) led the hosts' recovery. However, Viljoen swept through the tail to end with impressive fig...
South Africa fast bowler Hardus Viljoen took five wickets on his Kent debut as they bowled Gloucestershire out for 221 on day one in Bristol.
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Prof Les Mayhew said the difference between the sexes peaked at nearly six years in the 1970s. Life expectancy is going up all round, but the rates for men are increasing faster. Plummeting smoking rates in men are thought to explain a lot of the change. Prof Mayhew, a professor of statistics at Cass Business School, a...
The gap between male and female life expectancy is closing and men could catch up by 2030, according to an adviser for the Office for National Statistics.
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Bath and North East Somerset (Banes) Council said a pay dispute between the Unite union and the contractor Kier was over following successful talks. The council said a backlog of waste would be cleared by the weekend. Only half of scheduled collections have taken place recently due to industrial action over what Unite ...
Further planned strikes by waste collection workers around Bath have been called off.
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The company said Lancaster's Caton Road substation went offline at 11:00 BST, leaving parts of the city and nearby Morecambe and Carnforth without power. Power supplies resumed at 16:30 BST in the remaining 10,000 properties after 53,000 had theirs restored earlier. The firm said it was not yet known what caused the ou...
An estimated 63,000 properties in north Lancashire were hit by a power cut, Electricity North West has said.
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Media playback is not supported on this device No official announcement has yet been made by either club. As part of the deal to sell 24-year-old De Gea to Real, United were planning to bring Costa Rica keeper Keylor Navas, 28, in the opposite direction. There is no precedent for Spanish clubs being given additional ti...
David De Gea's £29m move from Manchester United to Real Madrid has collapsed because the necessary paperwork was not submitted in time.
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The hosts declared on their overnight score of 244-5, setting Notts a victory target of 386 in 96 overs at The Oval. Notts were 102-2 at lunch but collapsed spectacularly during the afternoon session, losing their final eight wickets in 53 minutes for just 38 runs. Surrey spinner Zafar Ansari, who removed Jake Libby an...
Surrey wrapped up their first Championship win of 2016, beating Nottinghamshire by 228 runs.
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Mr Trump called off a rally on Friday night in Chicago after clashes between protesters and supporters. The Republican who has won a string of primary contests has blamed the supporters of Democrat Bernie Sanders and denied responsibility for the violence. On Sunday, he said his campaign is "not provoking" and "wants p...
Presidential candidates for the 2016 race and other politicians are speaking out against Donald Trump after a string of violence at his rallies.
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Ms Suu Kyi failed to persuade the military to allow a clause barring her from the presidency to be overruled. Under the clause she cannot be leader as her sons are British, not Burmese. But she has vowed to lead from the sidelines instead. The candidate thought most likely to become president, Htin Kyaw, is a close aid...
Myanmar's National League for Democracy (NLD) has named its candidates to be president, confirming that its leader Aung San Suu Kyi is not a contender.
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Sam Gould said the proportional representation element of the assembly electoral system would give UKIP "six or seven" seats, if it repeated its general election performance. But he told BBC Wales the party was "definitely" capable of winning more. UKIP got more than 200,000 votes in Wales in May, more than both Plaid ...
UKIP could win more than seven seats in the 2016 assembly election, the party's campaign manager for the poll has said.
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The 58-year-old school principal from Dublin won 144 out of a possible 278 votes and was 98 ahead of his nearest rivals Sean Walsh and Frank Burke. Horan will take over from current president Aogan O Fearghail in 2018. "Aogan is the president for the next 12 months so I'll support him and learn from him as best I can,"...
John Horan easily won the vote at Congress on Friday night to become the GAA president-elect.
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Alan Wright and his wife visited Sissinghurst Castle Garden in Cranbrook in September 2015. He said a man they spoke to took their photo in the gardens. Mrs Wright, from Kent, died three months later. A tweet by the National Trust, which runs the site, has been shared more than 600 times. A trust spokesman said it was ...
A widower is appealing to help find the stranger who took the last photo of him and his wife together before she died.
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Noel Conway, 67, who was diagnosed in November 2014 and is not expected to live beyond 12 months, said he should be free to determine his own death. Mr Conway, from Shrewsbury, attended court in a wheelchair and on a ventilator. The case is the first heard since the law was challenged in 2014 and 2015. Right-to-die cam...
A man with terminal motor neurone disease has told the High Court he faces an "unbearable death" because of the law on assisted dying.
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Police now believe that the 26-year-old man from Rochdale took a crystallised and unrefined version of the drug Spice. Ch Supt Neil Evans, described the development as "extremely worrying". Ten people were admitted to hospital after taking the drug over the weekend, with four kept in intensive care. A police spokesman ...
A man thought to have been killed by the drug MDMA had taken a "much more potent version" of Spice, Greater Manchester Police has said.
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Amy Pope and Sam Paterson are the first recruits to the Holywell monastic community on an estate in Abergavenny. Father Mark Soady, vicar of St Mary's Priory Church, will be their prior, leading outreach work in the town. He said there had been "amazement" that young people were prepared to give up their lives to carry...
A new breed of modern-day monks is reviving a 1,000-year-old tradition by setting up a Church in Wales "monastery" in a Monmouthshire town.
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Police said the elderly man was spotted in the water at Leith at about 22:00 on Wednesday. He was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary by ambulance for treatment, but later died. A Police Scotland spokesman said inquiries into the circumstances surrounding this incident were ongoing.
A man has died after being pulled from the water near the Royal Yacht Britannia at Ocean Terminal in Edinburgh.
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Lewis Hamilton was the fastest of the silver cars, despite a mistake-strewn final lap on a weekend when penalties mean he will start from the back. Team-mate Nico Rosberg, who has a golden opportunity to close the title race deficit, was 0.107secs slower. Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo was second fastest, followed by Seba...
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen set the pace in final practice at the Belgian Grand Prix as the Mercedes drivers were only fifth and seventh.
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A photo was posted by BBC Scotland's North East Twitter account on Sunday evening after the sight was spotted in Aberdeen, and followers joined in. One, taken at Rickarton, looked like something from a sci-fi film. BBC Scotland weather presenter Judith Ralston said they were lens-shaped lenticular clouds. She added tha...
Photos of unusual cloud formations complete with a reflection of a rainbow have been captured across the north east of Scotland.
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Glamorgan were beaten in under two-and-a-half days against Worcestershire having failed to last two days in their opening loss at Northamptonshire. Rudolph says discussions have been held with the senior players and head coach Robert Croft. "We've had some good, strong conversations," Rudolph said. "I think it's import...
Captain Jacques Rudolph has said Glamorgan's senior players need to "stand up" after the county's poor start to the Championship season.
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Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) visited the Stranraer site in November last year and again in January. Despite an action plan being put in place, they said they failed to find "significant improvements". NHS Dumfries and Galloway has apologised for being "unable to demonstrate best standards of care". The inspect...
An apology has been issued after health inspectors raised concerns about patient care for older people at the Galloway Community Hospital.
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Some of those residents had only just returned to their homes after last week's eruptions. The latest eruption was less powerful, but sent a large plume of dark grey smoke and ash rising from the crater. Calbuco surprised residents of the Los Lagos region last week by bursting into life after decades of inactivity. The...
Chile's Calbuco volcano has erupted for the third time in eight days, leading the government to order the evacuation of 2,500 people.
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The clashes came hours after Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc apologised for the violent police response to initial protests last week. Mr Arinc is due to hold a meeting with activists later on Wednesday. Protests over the demolition of a park in Istanbul have grown into days of unrest across the country. Mr Arinc ap...
Police in the Turkish city of Istanbul have used tear gas and water cannon against protesters in a fifth night of anti-government demonstrations.
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A new website has been launched for farmers to find practical advice on dealing with the disease on their land. A five-point biosecurity action plan and poster campaign are also included in the initiative. The measures are being promoted by organisations such as Defra, the Animal and Plant Health Agency and the Nationa...
The government has unveiled new tools and advice for farmers as part of a fresh campaign to tackle bovine TB.
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South Wales Fire and Rescue Service was called to the Butetown tunnel just after 01:00 BST. Two crews from Cardiff Central, two from Ely and a crew from Penarth went to the scene. South Wales Police said the A4232 westbound tunnel remained closed after parts of it were damaged in the crash. A spokesman for the Welsh Am...
A woman has been taken to hospital following a crash in Cardiff in the early hours of Monday morning.
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Under-strength Pau offered stubborn early resistance matching Blaine Scully's try with one by Daniel Ramsey. Two scores by Cory Allen after the break, assisted by Steven Shingler, put Blues in the driving seat. But the home team could not claim the bonus point score in the final 20 minutes, with centre Pierre Dupouy cl...
Cardiff Blues moved to the top of Pool 4 in the European Challenge Cup with a comfortable home win over Pau.
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Djokovic won 6-3 7-5 in a largely commanding performance. The 29-year-old, who has now won seven titles this year, has beaten the Japanese on nine successive occasions. Djokovic, who was beaten in the third round at Wimbledon by Sam Querrey, will represent Serbia at the Rio Olympics. "I don't need to explain that every...
World number one Novak Djokovic won his first title since his surprise exit from Wimbledon with a straight-sets win over Japan's Kei Nishikori in the final of the Rogers Cup in Toronto.
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He says small companies are not receiving the funding required to grow. "We have been appallingly bad at giving those minnows the long-term capital they need," said Mr Woodford. On the BBC, Tech Talent coverage is asking whether the UK can compete in the global tech industry. The UK is a magnet for entrepreneurs - arou...
Investors need to take a long-term view when backing new tech start-ups in the UK according to leading fund manager Neil Woodford, speaking as part of the BBC's Tech Talent coverage.
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Kirklees Council said the plan was to "target properties with poor thermal efficiency and households at risk of fuel poverty". The solar panels will be installed on 50 homes this year, 1,000 next year and 950 in 2016/2017. Councillor Cathy Scott said the authority expected the panels to reduce household bills by £100 e...
A £9.2m scheme for 2,000 solar panels to be installed on council houses in Kirklees has been given the go ahead.
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The train firm said it would refund the difference in cost between mainline and high speed fares - to compensate for the loss of direct high speed trains. Southeastern will also give season ticket-holders from five stations a backdated 20% refund on mainline fares. Dover MP Charlie Elphicke, said the line still needed ...
Passengers affected by the collapse of a railway line during storms in Dover are to be compensated, rail operator Southeastern has said.
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Under the agreement, a national unity government will be installed and a presidential poll will be held by the end of the year. The deal, reached after mediation by EU foreign ministers, also sees electoral reform and constitutional changes. Ukraine's parliament has voted to reduce the president's powers. It also appro...
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leaders have signed a deal to try to end the political crisis in the country.
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The current 56 day waiting time target for treatment is to be halved to 28 days, Health Minister Mark Drakeford said. Health boards have until next March to hit the new target and Mr Drakeford said there has already been "significant progress" in services. Charities have warned of the growing mental health problem in W...
People with mental health problems are being promised faster access to treatment by the Welsh government.
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The England Knights player made his Tigers debut as a 16-year-old in 2008, and went on to make 44 first-team appearances for them, scoring 16 tries. "I'm looking forward to a new challenge and something a bit different," Arundel told Hull's club website. "I'm really excited and also a little nervous as it's a big club ...
Hull FC have signed 20-year-old centre Joe Arundel from Castleford Tigers on a four-year contract from 2013.
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About seven miles (11km) of shoreline, including beaches at Great Yarmouth, Gorleston and from Scratby to North Denes, were affected by the flooding. On Scratby beach alone, it is believed there are about 6,000 sq metres (65,000 sq ft) of waste, 3ft deep (1 metre). The operation is expected to take several weeks. Befor...
Work has begun to clear up hundreds of tonnes of waste washed up on Norfolk beaches during last month's North Sea tidal surge.
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IS and other jihadist groups appear to be exploiting new functionality introduced by the app last month, which allows users to broadcast their messages to an unlimited number of members via their own Telegram "channel". On 26 September, just four days after Telegram trumpeted the launch of its new "Channels" tool, IS m...
So-called Islamic State group (IS) has shifted its propaganda distribution to the secure mobile messaging app Telegram from Twitter, where its accounts have been repeatedly shut down over the past year.
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More than 1,000 people packed into the city's Anglican Cathedral for his funeral on Friday, with a bevy of famous Merseysiders in attendance, including comedian Ken Dodd, model Danielle Lloyd and actress Jennifer Ellison. Howe's flamboyance, lust for life and penchant for self-promotion earned him near celebrity status...
Mayoral candidate, friend to the stars, charity fundraiser, lover of pink and hairdresser extraordinaire - Liverpool has been saying goodbye to the much loved Herbert Howe.
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The 1 mile (1.5km) park between Alum Chine and Southbourne in Bournemouth is due to open on 13 April. The ??700,000 attraction will include a multi-sports arena, sporting events site and a dinghy park. The work on the park will also see repairs made to a ??3.2m artificial surf reef at Boscombe, which was closed in 2011...
Designs for a dedicated activity park along the Dorset coast have been unveiled.
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He remains the world's richest person, despite giving away 64 million shares in Microsoft. The shares are equivalent to 5% of his total fortune, currently estimated to be $89.9bn. Since 1994 Mr Gates, 61, and his wife Melinda have given away a total of $35bn in cash and stocks to a range of charitable causes. The donat...
Bill Gates has given away $4.6bn (£3.6bn) to charity in his largest donation since 2000.
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A review for the Commission on Local Tax Reform said there was no "magic bullet" to cure defects in the system. It said the council tax had built-in problems "from day one" but a failure to modify it had stored up more difficulties for policy makers. The commission, set up by the Scottish government and council body Co...
Replacing or reforming the council tax in Scotland could prove challenging, according to a study.
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Dominic Grieve said the right to report proceedings in the Commons and Lords without fear of legal recourse did not "necessarily extend" to all media. Remarks repeated "out of context" might not be covered, he suggested. He also warned MPs against revealing details of court orders in Parliament. When court proceedings ...
The media must be careful about using parliamentary privilege as a defence for reporting remarks by MPs and peers which breach court injunctions, the attorney general has said.
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Knaresborough station, in North Yorkshire, is being made watertight and the chimney stack on the signal box is being removed and rebuilt. Work on the platform canopy is to be carried out at night to minimise disruption, said Network Rail. Paul Barnfield, for train operators Northern, said: " Knaresborough is a beautifu...
Renovations have started on a railway station and a signal box dating from the 1800s.
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In a tweet, Eastleigh candidate Patricia Culligan claimed a Liberal Democrat standing in another seat "deliberately became HIV positive yet free NHS care v costly". She was referring to Paul Childs who is standing in Liverpool Riverside. He revealed he was HIV positive last week. In appearing to question the cost of tr...
UKIP's candidate in a key general election seat has been forced to apologise after she appeared to question the cost to the NHS of treating British people who are HIV positive.
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FirstGroup takes over on Sunday amid ongoing disputes over driver-operated doors and the role of train guards. The company said it would be "retaining a second person" on board trains. The RMT union said in talks the firm refused to provide a guarantee "despite what they have been telling the press". FirstGroup and Hon...
The new South Western rail franchise holder has been criticised by a union for allegedly refusing to guarantee a second staff member on board its forthcoming trains.
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The state department's John Kirby said Pakistan must target militant groups. The United Jihad Council - a coalition of militant groups fighting Indian rule in Kashmir - has claimed responsibility. The attack on the Pathankot base near the Pakistani border is seen as an attempt to derail recent peace moves by Pakistan a...
The US said it "expects" Pakistan to act against perpetrators of a deadly attack on an Indian air force base.
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Councils approved 1,584 applications from people with convictions. Data obtained by the BBC also shows that councils received more than 1,200 taxi-related complaints in 2014 - a small rise on the previous year. But the Scottish Taxi Federation said the public should not be concerned. Bill McIntosh, general secretary of...
Drivers with convictions for offences such as assault, housebreaking and drink-driving were issued taxi licences last year, a BBC Scotland investigation has revealed.
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Government sources told the BBC that the tribal fighters set fire to a building used by the militants. The source said 10 IS militants and five tribesmen had died in the clashes that followed. Issa al-Issawi, the exiled mayor of Fallujah, said that more tribesmen were joining the fight against IS. Reports said the viol...
Local tribesmen have reportedly clashed with fighters from the so-called Islamic State (IS) in the IS stronghold of Fallujah in western Iraq.
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Foster's time of 11.62 seconds earned automatic qualification as she finished second in her first-round heat. However, Smyth exited from the men's 100m as he finished fifth in his heat in 10.66 - .44 secs outside his best. Reid, meanwhile, false started in his heat and was disqualified. Paralympic star Smyth, 27, appea...
Northern Ireland's Amy Foster safely progressed to the women's 100m semi-finals at the Commonwealth Games but Jason Smyth and Leon Reid bowed out of the men's sprint event.
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It hopes to attract both foreign tourists and domestic visitors as part of efforts to diversify the Saudi economy, as oil prices have fallen. Visa restrictions on foreigners are to be eased in the tourist zone. However, it is not clear whether dress codes and other restrictions in the conservative kingdom will be relax...
Saudi Arabia has launched a massive tourism development project that will turn 50 islands and other sites on the Red Sea into luxury resorts.
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Mark Thompson wrote in a blog that the BBC had seen "disturbing new tactics", including the targeting of family members of those working outside Iran. Last week, the sister of a BBC Persian staff member was detained and held in solitary confinement at a Tehran jail. Iran accused the BBC of inciting unrest after the dis...
The BBC's director general has accused the Iranian authorities of intimidating those working for its Persian service.
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The teenager was detained at Riverside Retail Park in Coleraine earlier on Thursday. The arrest was made by detectives from the PSNI's Reactive and Organised Crime Branch, who took him to Coleraine police station for questioning. A PSNI spokesman said no further details about the case were being made available at prese...
A 14-year-old boy has been arrested in County Londonderry "in connection with serious crime," police have said.
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The newly-designed form, used to apply for a divorce in England and Wales, asks for the name "of the person your spouse has committed adultery with". Family lawyers say that, in most cases, involving a third party adds "conflict and complexity". The Ministry of Justice said there was "no obligation" to name people. Law...
The government's new divorce form - which invites the writer to "name and shame" - could lead to more people being accused of adultery, lawyers say.
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Burials were held for 33 of the 84 people whose bodies have been recovered. Several local people are still missing. Thousands of people gathered in the square outside the town's main church to pay their respects in front of a long row of coffins. Rescue workers are still searching the local river for victims. One resid...
A mass funeral has taken place in the Colombian town of Salgar for victims of a devastating mudslide on Monday.
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America Luke Richardson sent about 4,000 messages to a 14-year-old girl from Essex and met her in a hotel, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said. The 22-year-old had previously been dismissed by the force after he stole uniform and visited schools without authorisation. Richardson, of Salford, was sentenced at Mancheste...
A former special constable who groomed and engaged in sexual activity with a child has been jailed for five years.
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The firm announced it had agreed a deal with the board of California-based Anacor Pharmaceuticals. Anacor's flagship product is crisaborole, a cream for eczema which is awaiting approval by US regulators. The deal comes just weeks after Pfizer scrapped a planned $160bn merger with Irish drugmaker Allergan for tax reaso...
US drugs giant Pfizer will acquire the maker of a new eczema treatment in a deal worth $5.2bn (£3.6bn).
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Police were called to a unit at Derwent Works, Matlock Road, Ambergate, at about 20:00 BST on Sunday following reports a man had been injured. The man, believed to be 19, was later confirmed dead in hospital. A file is being prepared for the coroner, but the force does not believe there are any suspicious circumstances...
A man has died after apparently falling through the roof of a building at an industrial site in Derbyshire.
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The move comes after Mexico drew their opening Confederations Cup game 2-2 with Portugal in Russia. Fifa has since warned the FMF about "insulting and discriminatory chants" and said it could take further action if it happens again. Mexico have already been fined eight times during World Cup qualifying because of homop...
Mexico's football federation (FMF) has asked a "small group" of its fans to stop a chant Fifa says is homophobic.
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The EU "crisis management concept" is the first step towards sending a force. Fighting between Muslims and Christians in CAR has driven nearly a million people from their homes. Currently about 4,000 African troops and 1,600 French troops are trying to prevent more bloodshed in CAR. The cost of an EU mission is not yet...
EU foreign ministers have agreed on a blueprint for sending hundreds of European troops to the Central African Republic to help quell violence there.
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In May, 14 Fifa officials and sports marketing executives were indicted in the US on racketeering charges involving more than $150m (£97m). "Substantial evidence" has been gathered so far, according to Lynch. Properties in the Alps have been seized in a separate Swiss investigation. The US authorities are working close...
More charges against "individuals and entities" are being considered as investigations into allegations of corruption within Fifa have expanded, says US attorney general Loretta Lynch.
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Lucio Barani was said to have gestured in the direction of Barbara Lezzi from the opposition Five Star Movement (M5S) on Friday. Vincenzo D'Anna is thought to have repeated the gesture. Female senators from various parties responded, demanding that Mr Barani apologise. The Senate speaker suspended Friday's debate on It...
Two Italian senators have been suspended for five days after allegedly making obscene gestures at female colleagues during a senate debate.
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It says something for the way the team have fallen from past greatness that the result they are talking about is the fourth row of the grid - or the third if things go especially well - and some decent points. This, from a team that has won 182 grands prix, at a win rate of 23.18%, 12 drivers' world championships, and ...
McLaren arrived at this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix, on which they mark the 50th anniversary of their first entry in Formula 1, hoping the race would be their best chance of a decent result so far this year - and possibly all season.
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Michelle O'Neill hosted a departmental breakfast at the Balmoral Show on Thursday morning. In attendance was the Chinese consul general Madam Wang Shuying. Chinese inspectors visited Northern Ireland pork plants in April as part of a process to approve local pork for export. Ms O'Neill said she was also hoping to agree...
The agriculture minister is to return to China next month as attempts to access markets there continue.
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Media playback is not supported on this device But the Uruguay striker, 27, can now train and play in friendly matches, with new club Barcelona confirming: "He will join the first team's training session, scheduled for Friday. "The public presentation of Suarez as a new Barcelona player will be held on Monday at the Ca...
Luis Suarez's four-month ban for biting an opponent has been upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).
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No, we all watch the show to see the mess-ups, the catastrophes, the all-out disasters. After all, there's nothing more rewarding than thinking, "I could have definitely done better than THAT!" So let's count down some of the best (worst) moments from the last series. The hypnotherapist made a solid impression in the f...
OK, so Mark Wright has been named Lord Sugar's new business partner but we all know that the best thing about The Apprentice isn't the people who succeed.
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His comments, made during a closed-session meeting in the Hungarian capital Budapest, were accidentally broadcast to reporters. He said the EU was the only major power to attach "political" conditions to its relationship with Israel. This, he said, was damaging to the bloc's security and economic interests. The EU has ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned the European Union's "crazy" approach to dealing with his country.
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The site has been largely inaccessible for the last 24 hours, and the service is intermittent in the UK. The Pirate Bay has confirmed the attack on its Facebook page, saying that it did not know who was behind it, although it "had its suspicions". A provider of DDoS defence systems said that it was unlikely that the at...
File-sharing website The Pirate Bay (TPB) has been hit by a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack.
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A 24-hour walkout by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union, in protest at the introduction of driver-only trains, ended at 11:00 BST on Wednesday. Southern warned passengers to expect "difficult and frustrating" journeys throughout the day. Two further strikes have been announced for 10 May and 12 May...
Talks to prevent a further strike by Southern rail conductors are to be held on Friday.
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Anatoly Kucherena told reporters his client would remain in the transit zone at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, where he has been for the past month. Earlier, airport officials said that Mr Kucherena had given Mr Snowden the travel documents. The US wants him extradited for leaking details of surveillance programmes. Ru...
Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has not been given Russian travel documents, his lawyer has said, contradicting earlier reports.
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Mr Navalny could now be barred from running in the Moscow mayoral election set for September. He also joins a growing list of opponents of President Vladimir Putin who have ended up on the wrong side of the law or in exile, or have met their deaths in suspicious circumstances. When Mr Putin first became president in 20...
Russian anti-corruption blogger and opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been jailed for five years for fraud, after a trial he says was politically motivated.
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The 27-year-old Commonwealth Games silver medallist was badly injured in a motorbike taxi accident in Vietnam. Earlier this week she was flown back to Scotland and is in hospital in Edinburgh. In a Facebook message posted by a friend, Stephanie also said "can't wait to get home and have a Nando's". On Thursday, her par...
Scots judo star Stephanie Inglis has thanked her supporters and said she hopes to be "up and about" soon.
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Connor Hamer, 22, said he had been refused service at the restaurant in Pilsworth on Sunday and would be protesting until the matter was sorted. The firm said it "respected his right to protest" but the drive-thru was "for roadworthy motor vehicles only". "To me a horse is like a car, I use them in everyday life," Mr H...
A man is protesting outside a McDonald's after staff refused to serve him at the drive-thru on a horse and cart.
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The Dow Jones industrial average ended 11.23 points ahead at 19,945. Investment bank Goldman Sachs led the risers, up 0.24%. The sportswear giant Nike led the fallers, down 1.2%. The technology-heavy Nasdaq jumped 24.75 points to 5,487 while the S&P 500 added 5.09 points to 2,268. Oil prices increased ahead of a deal t...
Wall Street closed higher on Tuesday but surge needed to break through the 20,000 mark remained elusive.
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Police officers and veterinarians had chased the animal around the course near Toki city in the central Gifu prefecture for hours. It ran into the lake shortly after it was shot with a tranquiliser dart. The animal died despite being pulled out within minutes. Officers said it had likely drowned and that its heart had ...
A zebra that ran away from a horse riding club in Japan has died in a golf course lake after it was tranquilised.
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Camilla bought a box of mangoes with a Brixton £10 note, introduced last year to try to keep the money of local people within the community. The couple were surrounded by shoppers as they walked along Electric Avenue. They came to Brixton to see work which has started to revitalise the borough. It was Charles' first v...
The Duchess of Cornwall has used some of the currency accepted by businesses in south London - known as Brixton Pounds - on a visit to a local market with the Prince of Wales.
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An effort to raise cash for a role-playing video game was exposed as a fraud by users of Reddit, Something Awful and other sites. The project had $4,739 (£2,922) in pledges out of a target of $80,000 at the point it was pulled by its creator. Kickstarter could not provide comment at this time. The site ha...
Crowdsourced funding site Kickstarter has suffered its first publicised scam.
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She had just given birth to their first son Dylan. But rather than congratulations, she was told: "We're sorry, your son has Down's syndrome." With her background in nursing and her husband's as a doctor, the couple had some knowledge of the condition. But it still did not prepare them for the negative information that...
It was the look between the midwife and her husband that Victoria Hughes remembers.
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The midfielder tried his luck from 40 yards out after seeing Lawrence Vigouroux off his line to score his sixth goal of the season before grabbing his seventh in the second half. Swindon's Darnell Furlong gave the ball away to Oztumer in the 17th minute and the 25-year-old seized the initiative and sailed the ball over...
Erhun Oztumer's audacious lob put Walsall on course for victory as they beat Swindon in League One.
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The party's NEC said it had voted by a "clear majority" to exclude Mr Woolfe - previously seen as the frontrunner. The MEP said he was "extremely disappointed" by the decision, and three NEC members have quit in protest. Jonathan Arnott, Bill Etheridge, Diane James, Lisa Duffy, Phillip Broughton and Elizabeth Jones are...
UKIP leadership hopeful Steven Woolfe has been ruled "ineligible" to stand in the contest to replace Nigel Farage - after he submitted his papers late.
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Winger Young won the last of his 30 caps against Ukraine in September 2013. But his form under Van Gaal has led to suggestions England coach Roy Hodgson might end that exile when he names his squad on 19 March for the games against Lithuania and Italy. "The manager has been fantastic," said Young. "He gives you the con...
Ashley Young says Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has helped revive his hopes of an England recall.
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Margaret Aspinall and Trevor Hicks campaigned for more than 20 years to secure fresh inquests into the deaths of 96 people in the disaster. Mr Hicks' daughters Sarah, 19, and Victoria, 15, and Mrs Aspinall's son James, 18, were among those who died at the FA Cup semi-final in April 1989. Mrs Aspinall, chair of the Hill...
Two Hillsborough campaigners have been appointed CBE in the New Year Honours.
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