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The 66-year-old, of Ballybinaby, Hackballscross, County Louth, faces nine tax charges at the Republic of Ireland's Special Criminal Court. Prosecutors claim he had significant dealings in cattle and land and received farming grants but failed to submit tax returns for nine years. Mr Murphy denies the offences. His defe...
The trial of the prominent republican Thomas "Slab" Murphy for alleged tax evasion has heard the court may deliver judgement on the case next week.
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Members of the NASUWT, meeting in Bournemouth, criticised a loosening of the rules on who schools can employ to teach children. The government says the changes allow schools to hire talented people and the vast majority of teachers will continue to have the recognised qualification. But the union says it is about savin...
More children in England are being taught by unqualified teachers, a teaching union is claiming.
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Kenya is walking dangerously close to the "mass grave" it dug for itself in 2008, following the disputed election of 2007. The political and ethnic violence that ensued claimed the lives of more than 1,000 Kenyans and forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes. "We nearly lost Kenya," were the words that Kofi Ann...
In our series of letters from Africa, journalist and media trainer Joseph Warungu takes advantage of the temporary lull in tear gas to examine the rocky political climate in Kenya.
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The Poland international was injured following a late challenge on his left knee by defender Antony Kay in Tuesday's 2-1 away win at MK Dons. Following an initial scan, the 23-year-old forward is now facing surgery. "If he gets back in under a year, he'll have done well," Wolves head of medical Phil Hayward told BBC WM...
Injury-hit Wolves have suffered a new blow with the loss of Michal Zyro for potentially more than a year with multiple knee ligament damage.
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The Grocer magazine reported that the firm is charging £2.64 for a 250g jar. It is the first supermarket to raise the price of Marmite since the recent dispute between Tesco and manufacturer Unilever over the effect of the falling pound on production costs. A Morrisons spokesman said: "Sometimes we have to increase pri...
Supermarket chain Morrisons has increased the cost of a jar of Marmite by 12.5%, say retail industry experts.
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On 11 January, 32-year-old Whittingham will have been with the Bluebirds a decade, but his latest deal in the Welsh capital runs out in the summer. It looks certain Whittingham will commit his future to the Bluebirds by signing a new contract. "We'll talk about that before the FA Cup probably," said Warnock. Cardiff fa...
Cardiff City boss Neil Warnock has confirmed the club will start discussing a new contract for midfielder Peter Whittingham.
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Jamie Toland told police he woke up to find the animal gnawing at the tag around his ankle at his home in Slemish Way, Lisburn, County Antrim. But the High Court in Belfast was told there were "no signs" of teeth marks. Bail was refused after the judge said the explanations tested "the court's ability to accept what he...
A burglary suspect has claimed that his pet dog chewed off the electronic tag he had been wearing as part of his bail conditions, a court has been told.
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Ministers are to increase the maximum discount - currently £16,000 to £38,000 - to more than the expected £50,000. They hope it will persuade more tenants and mortgage lenders to get involved in the scheme first started in the 1980s. But housing charity Shelter says the plans risk diminishing the stock of "genuinely af...
Social housing tenants could be offered discounts of up to £75,000 under plans to increase the numbers exercising the "right to buy" their home in England.
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The officer said he found the black animal toy wearing an officer's shirt at a police station in central London. Scotland Yard promised to look into the matter but the detective was himself investigated for making the story up. He was later cleared at a misconduct hearing and received damages from the force after takin...
An Asian police officer who raised concerns about a "racist" toy monkey at work was accused of gross misconduct, BBC News has learned.
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Myra Forde's ex-lawyer says she did not state that the late PM was a client, nor did she threaten to expose him if a prosecution against her was continued. Forde says she has "no knowledge of any misconduct on his part" and recent media coverage had caused her distress. The UK's historical child sex abuse inquiry is to...
A former brothel keeper has denied accusing ex-Prime Minister Edward Heath of involvement in child sexual abuse.
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The 19-year-old left-back made his debut for the Bees in April and has made a total of five appearances. "We are really pleased that Tom has committed this stage of his career to Brentford," head coach Dean Smith said. "He has already shown great potential and we can help him become an established Championship player."
Brentford youngster Tom Field has signed a new contract, which will keep him at the Championship club until the summer of 2020.
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Munster sealed a dramatic late victory against Tandy's side as Dave Kilcoyne touched down to score the winning try. Tandy was frustrated with two incidents from the game where he feels his players were unfairly tackled. "You just want consistency. That's something we probably didn't get [against Munster]," he said. Spe...
Ospreys head coach Steve Tandy says there are some "question marks" over the officiating in their 23-25 Pro12 defeat by Munster.
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Xiaoyu Zaijia - or Little Fish - responds to voice commands using a combination of pictures, text and speech. Unlike many rival AIs it is dependant on a touchscreen It can answer questions, find local services, play music, make video calls and control smart home devices. Baidu Chief Scientist Andrew Ng said that artifi...
Chinese search giant Baidu has unveiled an AI digital assistant.
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I feel like I'm playing well right now and can't wait for the second week. I'll be back on Centre Court on Monday but before the action starts again, I thought I'd use this column to answer some of the questions you sent using Twitter and Facebook. Q) What did Seppi say to you to make you laugh at the end? (John Parson...
Saturday's match against Andreas Seppi was a tough one but I got through it, and the crowd on Centre Court really made a difference.
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Sir Gareth attended a ceremony at Windsor Castle on Thursday, after being named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in June. The 68-year-old former scrum half won 53 caps for Wales from 1967 to 1978. He also won 10 caps for the British Lions' winning series in New Zealand and South Africa. At 20 he became Wales's youn...
Wales rugby great Gareth Edwards has been knighted by the Duke of Cambridge in recognition of a glittering sporting career and services to charity.
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A coroner's report said Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old African-American, hanged herself but her family doubt this. She was arrested on 10 July over a confrontation with a policeman who pulled her over for a traffic offence. A video of the incident shows the officer appearing to threaten her with a Taser and say: "I will l...
A US woman who died in police custody three days after being arrested told a guard she previously attempted suicide, according to the sheriff in Texas.
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The two music stars have been arguing ever since falling out over some backing singers three years ago. Their feud remains unresolved, with Taylor finally putting her music on Spotify on Friday - the very same day that Katy released her new album. But this week, Katy said: "There are bigger fish to fry, and there are r...
Katy Perry has said she's ready to put an end to the bad blood which has existed between her and Taylor Swift for the past few years.
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Scientists and charities say the human papilloma virus (HPV) jab will protect them from head and neck cancers. HPV is sexually transmitted and girls aged 12 and 13 receive the vaccine to protect them against cervical cancer. The Welsh government said it is waiting for advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and ...
Boys should receive a cancer vaccine - already given to young girls - to stop them developing strains of the disease, experts have said.
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Mary Hampton's bicycle was taken while she did her weekly shop in Waitrose. The 89-year-old from Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire admitted she was "very silly" not to have locked it, but in 85 years of cycling she "never had". After news of the theft hit social media, dozens offered to buy Mary a new one. Her local cycling...
An elderly woman whose bicycle was stolen while she was shopping has been overwhelmed by offers of replacements.
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Dramatic video footage emerged showing the TransAsia Airways plane clipping a bridge as it came down shortly after take-off from a Taipei airport. The plane, carrying 58 people, broke up as it plunged into Taipei's Keelung River. The fuselage was later salvaged by crane. There were 15 survivors pulled from the wreckage...
A plane carrying mostly Chinese tourists has crashed into a river in Taiwan, killing at least 31 people.
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Seven-year-old Yamato Tanooka was found in a military training base near Shikabe in Hokkaido, just a few kilometres from where he was left. His parents initially said he had got lost, but eventually admitted briefly abandoning him for being naughty. His father has apologised to his son and rescuers, saying "we went too...
A boy missing in remote woods in Japan since Saturday after being left alone by his parents as punishment has been found alive and well.
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Friars Walk has been years in the planning and the development ground to a halt in the 2008 financial crisis. Now it is opening with Debenhams as its anchor store and retailers such as Marks and Spencer moving back. Newport Council lent the developers £90m in a commercial deal to ensure the centre opened on time. Counc...
Newport's multi-million pound new shopping centre has opened, in what is seen as a landmark for the city centre's regeneration.
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After a sterile first 60 minutes, Stephane Sessegnon fired the Baggies into the lead with a powerful shot. Stoke created little in the second half but substitute Jonathan Walters headed them level from a superb Joselu cross. Almost immediately, the visitors' Geoff Cameron was sent off for striking Claudio Yacob before ...
Jonny Evans grabbed a stoppage-time winner for West Brom as Stoke suffered just their third defeat in 13 matches.
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16 January 2017 Last updated at 17:18 GMT Mr Murphy said the party had been "stretched to the limits" by their former partners in government, the DUP. (Democratic Unionist Party).
Sinn Féin's Conor Murphy says it's time for an election as the deadline passes for Secretary of State James Brokenshire to call one, after the party refused to re-nominate a deputy first minister.
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The eight-day hearing in Ebbw Vale is examining the request to take over 250 hectares (600 acres) of common land. Backers, including Blaenau Gwent council, have offered around 320 hectares (800 acres) replacement land. The inquiry has heard conflicting accounts from experts over claims the circuit would damage habitats...
A public inquiry into plans to build a £325m motor racing circuit in the south Wales valleys has started.
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Its attorney general says the new version is fundamentally the same as the first, calling it "Muslim Ban 2.0". The directive, which takes effect on 16 March, places a 90-day ban on people from six mainly Muslim nations and a 120-day ban on all refugees. The previous order, which was blocked by a federal court, sparked ...
Hawaii has become the first US state to file a suit against President Donald Trump's revised travel order.
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He reiterated that he wanted to bring high-speed broadband - which he defined as greater than 24 Megabits per second - to more than 90% of the country. Mr Hunt outlined the ambition in a speech at Google's Campus building in east London. His comments followed heavy criticism last month from a Lords committee which said...
The UK will have the fastest broadband of any major European country by 2015, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
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Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) gave £20,000 towards the Lap of Wales Challenge. But the Wales Audit Office found the board breached its own rules and regulations in handling the funding. Board officials said they would learn from the experience after auditors highlighted a lack of transparency and poor...
Auditors have questioned the way a health board handled funding awarded to a celebrity-led charity event.
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More than 260 children had been left at the welfare home in Guangzhou since 28 January, director Xu Jiu added. Staff will continue caring for babies already at the welfare home, all of whom suffer from illnesses, Mr Xu said. China introduced the centres so parents could abandon infants safely rather than leaving them i...
A baby hatch in southern China has been forced to suspend work after hundreds of infants were abandoned, overwhelming the centre, its director says.
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Media playback is not supported on this device City were leading 2-1 when Sterling went through on goal, but an apparent push by Spurs defender Kyle Walker was not spotted by referee Andre Marriner. After the match, Walker admitted: "I wasn't going to get the ball." And midfielder Toure said: "If you have a bit of expe...
Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling should have gone to ground to win a penalty during Saturday's 2-2 draw with Tottenham, says team-mate Yaya Toure.
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Robinson led the club back to the Premiership in May, ending their seven-year stay in the Championship. But Bristol have lost all seven top-flight games so far this season, leaving them bottom of the table. The 52-year-old former England and Scotland head coach has been in charge at Bristol since 2013. Robinson only si...
Bristol have suspended director of rugby Andy Robinson pending a "review of their coaching needs", and placed coach Mark Tainton in interim charge.
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The 42-year-old was crossing Rutherglen Road, near its junction with Glasgow Road, when he was hit by a Mercedes Vito at about 18:05 on Wednesday. He died in Glasgow Royal Infirmary. The 21-year-old man who was driving the van was not injured. Police have appealed for witnesses to the crash, which happened between the ...
A man has died after he was struck by a van while crossing a road in Glasgow.
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Bricks were thrown and fires lit outside Stratford bus station and Forest Gate police station in London. Protesters allege Edir Frederico Da Costa, 25, was "brutally beaten" by Met Police officers earlier this month. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating the treatment of Mr Da Costa, who ...
Protesters have faced off with police in a demonstration over the death of a man after a traffic stop.
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The sport has been beset by internal squabbles in recent years which included the departure of national coach Billy Walsh. The latest row centres on selection for next month's European Championships. Two boxers selected by new high performance director Bernard Dunne were not rubberstamped. Instead the Irish Athletic Bo...
Sport Ireland chief John Treacy has warned Irish amateur boxing bosses that their funding is at risk following the latest row within the sport.
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The Spaniards won 22-19 with a try in the last seconds to seal the 12th and final spot for this summer's Rio Games. They join Fiji, South Africa, Great Britain, Australia, United States, Argentina, France, Kenya, New Zealand, Japan and Brazil in the men's event. "I am still trying to take it in. This is a dream for us....
Spain qualified for the Olympic sevens with a dramatic late victory over Samoa in Sunday's repechage tournament final.
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An early lunch had been taken at Old Trafford, before the match was called off after an inspection at 12:25 BST. Lancashire had trailed by 131 runs with one first-innings wicket left, but both sides take 10 points from the game. Somerset remain fourth in the table, with Lancashire eight points behind them in fifth plac...
Somerset's County Championship match at Lancashire ended in a draw after rain caused the fourth day's play to be cancelled without a ball being bowled.
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Media playback is not supported on this device The Briton, 30, won 6-2 4-6 6-1 7-5 after two hours and 39 minutes, with match point clinched at 20:57 BST. Fognini, the 29th seed, had five set points to force a fifth set but Murray won five games in a row to seal a place in the last 16 for the 11th time. Murray will pla...
Defending champion Andy Murray won a thrilling third-round contest against Italy's Fabio Fognini at Wimbledon as darkness fell around Centre Court.
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Jeremy Forrest, from Petts Wood, London was jailed for five-and-a-half years in 2013 for abducting and having sex with the girl when she was 15. The pair spent seven days in France before they were spotted in Bordeaux and the girl was returned home. Her mother said she wanted to put the record straight about what happe...
The mother of a schoolgirl who was taken to France by her teacher has denied she is exploiting her daughter by writing a book about the case.
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Aimee and Carl Pistorius said they were anxious ahead of Tuesday's hearing, and that the truth had been "twisted and manipulated" and "sensationalised". Pistorius was convicted of culpable homicide after shooting dead girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, but cleared of murder. The prosecution has argued for a minimum 10-year ja...
Oscar Pistorius' siblings have criticised media coverage of his trial, on the eve of the South African athlete's sentencing.
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The US has said the bombing, which took place in the Afghan city of Kunduz, was a mistake and it was attempting to strike the Taliban. MSF wants the bombing to be investigated as a war crime. Mr Obama has also apologised to the president of Afghanistan. "If it is necessary to hold individuals accountable, that will be ...
US President Barack Obama has apologised to the president of aid agency Medecins San Frontieres (MSF) for a bombing that killed at least 22.
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According to the corporation, "the extended Ten will give audiences even more news analysis and explanation". With additional news from the Nations and Regions, the programme will be 45-minutes long from Monday through to Thursday, starting from 11 January. The move follows a five-month trial in the run-up to the Gener...
The BBC's News at Ten is to run 10 minutes longer in the New Year, with the bulletin set to end at 22:45 GMT on every weekday except Friday.
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Bower has made 52 appearances for Warriors in all competitions since joining from Leicester Tigers in 2014. Details of the length of the 26-year-old's new contract at Sixways have not been disclosed. "He always gives everything he's got and I've been thoroughly impressed with his attitude and his performance," director...
Worcester Warriors loose-head prop Ryan Bower has signed a new contract with the Premiership club.
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During a visit to Birmingham on Tuesday, Jeremy Corbyn is expected to say a 17% increase in Carer's Allowance would help around one million people in the first year of a Labour government. Under the plan, Carer's Allowance would rise from £62.70 to £73.10 a week. Ministers say they will spend an extra £2bn on social ca...
Labour has promised to boost the benefits of the "unsung heroes" who care for the vulnerable by £10 a week if the party wins the next election.
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Some operations have been cancelled and extra staff drafted in to deal with a surge of patients over the weekend. The Bristol Royal Infirmary, Southmead Hospital and Weston General hospitals are affected. More beds are being opened but people are urged not to go to A&E unless they have a "life-threatening" condition. I...
Hospitals with A&E departments around Bristol are back on black alert for the second time in a month amid "severe pressure" on services.
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They were last seen alive during a protest in the town of Iguala. Police fired on them and rounded them up, eventually handing them over to members of the Guerreros Unidos drug gang, who are widely thought to have killed them. But the students' families refuse to believe they are dead. They say they want more answers a...
It has been more than four months since 43 students from a rural teaching school in Ayotzinapa, in Mexico's south-western state of Guerrero disappeared.
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If Prime Minister Theresa May does not appear to have had a particularly good night, Ruth Davidson, the Tory leader in Scotland, certainly has. The Scottish Tories have seen double-digit increases in their vote in almost every seat. They've more than doubled their returns in some places where the party was previously u...
Election night has turned out to be a night of contrasting fortunes for the Conservative and Unionist Party.
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The Port of Grangemouth container terminal is being resurfaced under a £1.5m investment programme by owners Forth Ports. The project will create additional storage lanes for laden containers and improve equipment access to landside and shipside operations. Forth Ports said the surface upgrade would increase the termin...
Works are under way to expand capacity at Scotland's largest container port.
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Actor Lee Ingleby, who is starring in BBC One's Our Zoo, takes over from Neil Morrissey, who played the handyman from its launch in 1998. Also joining the series when it airs next year will be Downton Abbey's Joanne Froggatt, who'll play Bob's business partner Wendy. Inbetweeners star Blake Harrison voices the digger S...
After 16 years, Bob The Builder is having a makeover with a new look and voice.
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Media playback is not supported on this device Michael Allen's try helped a sluggish Ulster into a 10-0 lead at the break but the hosts sparkled in the final 20 minutes as they scored five tries. A penalty try was reward for constant pressure and Stuart McCloskey went over before Ireland wing Craig Gilroy sprinted in f...
Ulster moved up to second in the Pro12 standings thanks to this bonus-point win over Treviso at Kingspan Stadium.
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Internet service providers had until Tuesday to implement the ban. The sites now redirect to a message explaining they have been blocked "by decision of public authorities". In 2015, the authorities banned 11 popular pornography websites, saying many failed to protect children "from information harmful to their health"...
Russia's media watchdog, Roskomnadzor, has blocked access to two of the world's largest pornography websites.
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They failed to score a point in the second half as Rob Elloway, Matt Evans and Joe Atkinson were yellow-carded. "The communication was there, we just weren't reacting to what he (the referee) was saying," Davies said. "The cumulation caught up with us with three yellow cards - you don't often see that, but they were ju...
Cornish Pirates boss Ian Davies says ill-discipline "came back to haunt" his side in their 36-15 British and Irish Cup semi-final defeat at London Welsh.
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Australia's foreign minister said these were "not the actions of a friend". The UK took similar action in March, after concluding that Israel was responsible for the use of forged UK passports in the plot. The Israeli foreign ministry said Australia's decision was disappointing. Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said it ...
Australia has expelled an Israeli diplomat saying Israel was behind the forging of Australian passports linked to the murder of a Hamas operative in Dubai.
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In 2013, the Italian composer was reported as saying he wouldn't work with Tarantino because he "places music in his films without coherence". But the 87-year-old told the BBC he had no issues with how the director incorporated his older works into films like Kill Bill and Django Unchained. "On the contrary, I was very...
Ennio Morricone has denied criticising Quentin Tarantino over his use of music.
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It is a special place, and it will be full of Real Madrid fans screaming their side on, so it is vital Manchester City handle the occasion as much as the opposition on Wednesday. I know only too well what can go wrong for them in their Champions League semi-final second leg, because I was part of a Tottenham team that ...
It is very hard not to be overawed when you step out on to the pitch at the Bernabeu for the first time and look around you - the stadium just keeps going up and up for what feels like forever.
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The genome sequence from a thigh bone found in Siberia shows the first episode of mixing occurred between 50,000 and 60,000 years ago. The male hunter is one of the earliest modern humans discovered in Eurasia. The study in Nature journal also supports the finding that our species emerged from Africa some 60,000 years ...
DNA analysis of a 45,000-year-old human has helped scientists pinpoint when our ancestors interbred with Neanderthals.
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British number one Shuker, 37, and France's Stephane Houdet, 46, defeated Alfie Hewett, another Briton, and USA's Dana Mathewson 6-3 7-5. "It was really good fun," Shuker said. "Dana and Alfie played really well and Stephane is just a gentleman. "He's always encouraging and if you make a mistake, there's no negativity....
Lucy Shuker defended her mixed doubles title on the final day of the British Open in Nottingham.
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The car owner contacted the AA after the cub was seen darting under a wheel arch and up into the engine bay of the Audi SQ5. Patrolman Jason Robertson spotted a dangling leg and was able to pull the animal - which had made its way into the gearbox - free. The cub, now named Basset, was unhurt. He is being looked after ...
A fox cub is recovering at an animal centre after being rescued from the gear box of a car in Aberdeen by an AA patrolman.
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Here are some milestones in the parallel lives of two of the world's most recognisable figures. Mr Castro was born on 13 August to a wealthy sugar farmer from Spain who had settled in the Cuban town of Biran. Official and unofficial Castro biographers alike tend to agree that it was witnessing first-hand the exploitati...
Two famous leaders have celebrated their 90th birthday this year: Queen Elizabeth and Fidel Castro, the former Cuban president.
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Media playback is not supported on this device Ian Rush opened the scoring at the Racecourse with a first half tap-in before strike partner Mark Hughes' memorable scissor-kick goal sent the fans into raptures. Legendary striker Rush sealed the comfortable win over the giants of world football but Wales failed to qualif...
Wales claimed an historic 3-0 victory over Euro 1984 runners-up Spain in Wrexham in 1985.
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But when Paul Gascoigne appeared on BT Sport's Fletch and Sav show, everyone listened, including Russell. For all of Gazza's amazing moments on the pitch, he's also known for his long term battle with alcohol. Despite visible signs of vulnerability over the years the former footballer seemed back to his old "daft as a ...
It's not often Russell Brand plays second fiddle as a guest on a TV show.
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He was driven to Pretoria's Kgosi Mampuru prison where he is expected to be housed in the hospital wing. Judge Thokozile Masipa gave Pistorius a five-year jail sentence for culpable homicide, but cleared him of murder. His defence said it expected him to serve about 10 months, with the remainder under house arrest. His...
South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has begun serving time in jail for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
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A drug that destroys the characteristic protein plaques that build up in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's is showing "tantalising" promise, scientists say.
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Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier have been charged with attempted murder over the attack. Last week, a Wisconsin judge decided that they should be tried as adults, meaning they could face decades in jail if convicted. The victim, 12 at the time, was stabbed 19 times but survived. She was found by a cyclist crawling from ...
Two 13-year-old girls accused of stabbing a classmate to please the online horror character Slender Man have pleaded not guilty in court.
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Anthony Kevin Morais went missing on 4 September after leaving his house. Police said they had arrested seven suspects in the case, one of whom led them to the body early on Wednesday. One of the suspects was involved in a corruption case prosecuted by Mr Morais recently, local media quoted police as saying. The 52-yea...
The body of a missing Malaysian deputy public prosecutor has been found in an oil drum filled with concrete near Kuala Lumpur.
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Voters appear to want more powers for the Scottish Parliament - beyond the proposals currently on offer, according to a new poll commissioned by BBC Scotland.
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Trago Mills, which runs three stores in Cornwall and Devon, was granted planning permission in 1999 but work was stalled by several issues including access and land reclamation. Now, work officially gets under way next to Cyfarthfa Retail Park on Friday. The development is due to be completed by spring 2018. It will in...
Work is starting on a long-awaited £40m retail and leisure complex in Merthyr Tydfil, set to create 400 jobs.
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If you are an ardent Brexiteer, stop before your blood pressure goes through the roof. If you are a passionate Remainer, stop before you crack open the French (not English of course) champagne. What follows is an unlikely, a very unlikely turn of events. But it is not impossible that our decision to leave the European...
Irony of ironies, is it possible that the European Court could block us from leaving the European Union?
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The latest Markit/CIPS services Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell to 52.7 last month, down from January's reading of 55.6. Any figure above 50 means expansion, but the rise in service sector activity was the weakest since March 2013. The service sector accounts for more than three-quarters of the UK economy. Survey...
The UK's dominant services sector weakened in February, registering its slowest rate of growth for nearly three years, a survey has indicated.
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The ship took shelter near Mounts Bay after an initial rescue at 22:00 BST on Sunday failed due to poor weather conditions, the coastguard said. The men were airlifted to Royal Cornwall Hospital. The Panamanian registered Bochem Oslo vessel had the highly corrosive acid on board for maintenance reasons. No cargo was on...
Three men have suffered burns from nitric acid while on board a ship off Cornwall.
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The victim was threatened with a knife and handed over a sum of money during the incident in Windsor Avenue. Police said they were told that a man had entered the property through a back window at about 10:00 BST on Monday. The occupant managed to release himself before raising the alarm. He was not injured. Police hav...
A man was tied up and left in a bedroom of a house in Newtownards, County Down, following an aggravated burglary.
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The victim, who used crutches, was struck in Lawley Middleway between Ashted Circus and Curzon Circle at about 02:30 BST on Sunday, police said. A 78-year-old man arrested on suspicion of drinking and driving and failing to stop has been bailed. Officers are trying to trace relatives of the victim, who is believed to b...
A man critically injured in a hit-and-run crash in Birmingham has died.
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Mr Whittingdale has been chair of the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport select committee for a decade. One of his first duties will be to oversee negotiations for the BBC's charter renewal. He has described the TV licence as "worse than a poll tax", although he has said it is likely to survive until at least th...
John Whittingdale is to take over from Sajid Javid as UK culture secretary, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.
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Net mortgage lending fell to £2.4bn in the April-to-June quarter, down from £3.5bn a year earlier. The building society also said more people opened a current account with it during the three-month period than with any other provider. Nationwide's profits for the quarter fell 20% to £322m, after last year's results wer...
Nationwide has reported a sharp fall in mortgage lending, mainly due to making fewer buy-to-let loans.
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The world's number one aeroplane manufacturer made sales of $94.6bn, down 2%, and net earnings of $4.9bn, 5% lower. It said revenues were likely to slip further in 2017, to between $90.5bn and $92.5bn. But the US company also expects to deliver more commercial aircraft and to improve its earnings per share. "Looking fo...
Sales and profits slipped at Boeing last year, driven largely by lower deliveries of its military aircraft.
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Zhou Youguang helped invent Pinyin, a writing system that turns Chinese characters into words using letters from the Roman alphabet. This makes it easier to learn how to pronounce Chinese words, and is credited with helping raise literacy rates in China. Despite his achievements, Mr Zhou remains largely unknown in his ...
Students struggling to learn Chinese might not know it, but their task has been made easier because of the work of one man.
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Its ethical policy states that any artwork using Lego products should not "contain any political, religious, racist, obscene or defaming statements". However, the Danish company was widely attacked by commentators and accused of not wishing to annoy the Chinese government, which Ai regularly criticises. Lego has now re...
When Lego originally decided not to sell the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei bricks with which to make a political statement, it really thought it was doing the right thing.
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Leon Mugesera, an academic, was extradited back to his home country from Canada four years ago. He made his incendiary speech against the Tutsi minority in 1992. Some 800,000 people died in the genocide. Mugesera later worked as a lecturer in Quebec province and lost a 12-year legal battle to avoid extradition. In 1992...
A former politician who described Tutsis as "cockroaches" and called for their extermination has been jailed for life in Rwanda over the 1994 genocide.
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Mr Newman was detained in Melbourne on Thursday after entering Australia without a visa. Australia had cancelled his visa while he was still in the US on the grounds that his presence in the country could incite violence. Mr Newman has previously called for the execution of abortion doctors and said women who have abor...
US anti-abortion campaigner Troy Newman is to be deported from Australia after losing a high court appeal.
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"I'm 64," he said of his fascination with the 1836 battle. "When I was five or six years old, this thing began." Collins' collection includes a fringed leather pouch used by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie's legendary knife. "There's things in there that will make your mouth drop," the Genesis star said in San Antonio. The...
Singer Phil Collins has handed over his large collection of Alamo memorabilia to a Texas museum, calling the donation the end of a six-decade "journey".
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The energy firm reported a 24% drop in pre-tax profits for 2016 to £172m - much of that explained by the weak oil drilling and refining markets in the United States. It reduced the valuation of its US assets by £30m, though it said there were signs of that market recovering. Revenue fell in 2016 by 3% to £1.5bn. Aggrek...
Scotland-based temporary power company Aggreko has suffered a slump in its share valuation after warning of a dip in profit this year.
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Mr Jammeh, thought to now be in Equatorial Guinea, is not the first leader accused of lining his own pockets with state funds. In fact, many have taken far more. Here are some of the worst offenders. Sani Abacha, Nigeria Sani Abacha, the Nigerian leader from 1993 to 1998, reportedly looted somewhere between $1bn and $5...
More than $11m (£8.8m; €10.3m) is reportedly missing from The Gambia's state coffers following the departure of long-time leader Yahya Jammeh, who clung to power for nearly two months despite losing the presidential election in December.
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The Streatham MP said Labour should not be "screaming at the electorate" after its poor general election performance. He spoke out after Labour was hit by a row over its stance on welfare cuts. He also criticised Jeremy Corbyn, amid reports that he is doing well in the race to be Labour leader. In an interview with BBC...
Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna has accused his Labour Party colleagues of "behaving like a petulant child who has been told you can't have the sweeties in the sweet shop".
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That's why so many Labour MPs feared a miscalculation when their party's leader brought his old comrade back into the fold. But his staggering comments today about Hitler and anti-Semitism crossed a line - they were enough for Jeremy Corbyn to suspend him. But the problem for the leader doesn't end with that act. No on...
For years it has been more surprising when Ken Livingstone hasn't raised hackles than when he has.
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The incident happened in Forbes Road at about 10:25. The van driver had picked up the thief in Yeaman Place in his red Renault Trafic van. As he dropped him off in Forbes Road, the thief pulled out a knife. He took a two-figure sum of money and left in the direction of Bruntsfield Place. He was about 30 years old, whit...
A thief who stole money at knifepoint from a van driver he had just caught a lift from in Edinburgh is being sought by police.
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And one of those groupings is the evangelical wing - a deeply conservative grouping that will play such an important role in Iowa, the first state to vote in February next year - and therefore disproportionately important. So you are going to say things this Christian community in the Midwest state wants to hear. You a...
Look, I'm not a total naïf. I know the race for the Republican nomination means garnering support from your base, the different clans who will decide which of the hopefuls becomes the candidate.
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25 February 2015 Last updated at 00:03 GMT The company behind the development, Tekever, said the technology could in the short term be used to enable people with restricted movement to control aircraft. Longer term the firm said piloting of larger jets, such as cargo planes, could be controlled in this way without the ...
Technology that allows a drone to be piloted from the ground using only a person's brainwaves has been demonstrated in Portugal.
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The 1920s window at St Paul's Church in Grangetown, Cardiff, depicts air, sea and land battles alongside religious images and trench scenes. The church says the masonry around the window must be replaced. Repairs could cost tens of thousands of pounds.
An appeal has been launched to raise money to refurbish one of the largest stained-glass windows in Wales honouring casualties from World War One.
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She announced the arrival of Albert Louie Kenny on Instagram, with a photo of her alongside husband Jason - a six-time Olympic gold medallist. She said he was born late on Wednesday, a week over his due date. "Welcome to the world little Albert Louie Kenny. 23/08/17 8lb 12.5oz 22.44. You kept us waiting a week but it w...
Four-time Olympic cycling champion Laura Kenny has given birth to her first child.
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Forfar are seven points clear of Arbroath, who move above Elgin City by beating them 3-2. Edinburgh City extended their unbeaten league run to seven matches with a 0-0 draw at Clyde's Broadwood Stadium. Montrose won 2-1 away to Berwick Rangers, while Stirling Albion beat Annan Athletic to move off bottom spot. Fraser M...
Gavin Swankie's late winner gave Scottish League Two leaders Forfar Athletic a 4-3 win over Cowdenbeath, who sink to the foot of the table.
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In Dublin, a military ceremonial event was held at the War Memorial Gardens at Islandbridge. A military service was also held at the Mall in Cork. Irish President Michael D Higgins travelled to Thiepval in France to pay tribute to the Irishmen who died while serving in the British, Commonwealth or US armies. He was acc...
The centenary of the Battle of the Somme has been marked with ceremonies in the Republic of Ireland.
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It's known as a technique called "cupping" where heated cups are placed on the skin. Cupping is done by lighting flammable liquid in a small glass cup. Once the flame goes out, the drop in temperature creates suction, making the cups stick to the body. The suction pulls the skin away from the body and is thought to imp...
A number of Olympic athletes have been competing in Rio with large red circles on their skin - but what are they and why have they got them?
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The British Under-23 time-trial champion will compete in her title-winning event and women's road race next month in Herning. Mel Lowther, the Under-23 national road race champion, will also compete in both disciplines. Alice Barnes, Ellie Dickinson, Lucy Shaw and Abi Van Twisk complete the road race line-up. It will t...
Isle of Man rider Anna Christian will represent Great Britain at the 2017 UEC European Road Championships in Denmark.
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Pieces from the board game, which hasn't been played for 1,500 years, have been found in Qingzhou City in China. Archaeologists found a 14-faced dice made of animal tooth with ancient Chinese writing on it. They also discovered 21 game pieces with numbers painted onto them, as well as a broken tile decorated with two e...
An ancient board game has been found in a Chinese tomb.
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The message from David Cameron was clear - there needs to be "a big cultural change" towards sport in schools with a return to the "competitive ethos" in school sports. The prime minister said the problem was not money and suggested some teachers were not "playing their part" but what do those in grassroots sport belie...
With Team GB celebrating their most successful Olympics for 100 years, a debate is growing about how best to build on the legacy and inspire the next generation into sport.
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Hospital bosses made changes last August in a bid to help ambulances reach the emergency unit more quickly at the University Hospital of Wales (UHW) in Cardiff. Barriers were installed and traffic is not allowed to drive past the unit. The gridlock also led to people being late for appointments. Cardiff and Vale Univer...
The amount of traffic using Wales' biggest hospital as a "rat run" and causing gridlock has dropped by 7% after changes were made to the roads.
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In Burnell's first action of the season, he beat a field of more than 80 swimmers at Emirates Palace Bay. The 23-year-old, who represented Team GB at Rio 2016, beat Dutchman Ferry Weertman in a sprint to the finish. "At the end of the day, it's about ticking that box and getting the first one under my belt since Rio," ...
Britain's Jack Burnell won gold at the Abu Dhabi leg of the 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup.
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She said the Games would bring "honour and pride" to the country. Ms Rousseff, who has seen her popularity plunge amid a serious economic crisis, says the country will rise to the challenge and will organise a safe and successful Games. She said 12,000 people would be chosen to carry the Olympic torch through some 300 ...
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has unveiled the torch to be used at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
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The men, identifying themselves Andreas Richter and Piotr Koper, appeared on the country's TVP public television. In a statement they said they had "irrefutable evidence" the train existed, but failed to provide proof. Officials have cast doubt on the claims in recent days. The military was said to be inspecting the al...
Two men who claim to have found a Nazi train said to be laden with gold have gone public in Poland.
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Media playback is not supported on this device The Scot, 29, dismantled the Raonic serve in a 6-4 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-2) victory to repeat his triumph of 2013 and claim a third Grand Slam title. Murray is the first British man to win multiple Wimbledon singles titles since Fred Perry in 1935. "I'm proud to have my hands o...
Britain's Andy Murray became Wimbledon champion for the second time with a superb performance against Canadian sixth seed Milos Raonic in the final.
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The Welsh Economy Research report showed 79% of direct spend was retained in Wales, and associations built nearly 2,000 affordable homes. This was an increase of 4% on the previous year. The annual report, commissioned by Community Housing Cymru, looked at the impact of social housing in Wales. £1.1bn contributed to th...
Welsh housing associations directly contributed more than £1bn to the economy in 2014/15, an independent report has said.
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