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36,986,267 | It is trying to find 25 children who have shown promise to receive master classes from experts.
They will receive materials to practice at home and attend six one-day sessions.
Artists who have painted the Gwynedd landscape include Gwilym Prichard and Sir Kyffin Williams.
The Criw Celf initiative wants pupils who will ... | Many famous artists have captured Gwynedd's stunning scenery and now the local authority is looking for the next generation of talent. |
40,454,235 | The Mail calls Spider-Man: Homecoming "the blockbuster of the summer", while The Guardian calls it a "light, snappy and frequently hilarious crowdpleaser".
According to Screen Daily reviewer Tim Grierson, British actor Tom Holland - a former star of the Billy Elliot musical who turned 21 this month - "makes for a belie... | Reviews are in for the new Spider-Man film, and they're mostly positive. |
12,834,153 | Parsley, rapeseed, mustard and perilla were found to be affected, although the levels were far from life-threatening.
It comes as more countries join Singapore in restricting food imports from the country over fears of contamination from the critical Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
The US, Australia, Hong Kong, Canada... | Singapore has reported finding low levels of radioactivity in four vegetable samples imported from Japan. |
40,571,538 | A tight first half saw Oliver Gildart and John Bateman go over for the home side, with Benjamin Jullien and Ryan Atkins replying for Warrington.
Wigan's two-point half-time lead was wiped out when Ben Currie scored in his first game since September 2016 after recovering from a serious knee injury.
Two successive Stefan... | Warrington kept alive their hopes of a place in Super League's top eight with victory at rivals Wigan Warriors. |
38,666,291 | The North Wales Health Alliance (NWHA) said a Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board report highlighted serious issues around patient safety.
The pressure group said it meant, in some cases, the board risked breaking the law.
The board said it was already working on measures to reduce risks.
The findings of the annual... | Campaigners have accused a health board of risking patient safety and failing to learn lessons from a mental health ward scandal. |
32,622,651 | In early May 1945, American and German soldiers fought together against the Nazi SS to free prominent French prisoners of war. It is believed to be the only battle in the war in which Americans and Germans fought as allies.
Hans Fuchs remembers how Itter Castle was converted into a prison by the Nazis in 1943.
"We saw ... | Seventy years ago one of the most unlikely battles of World War Two took place, at Itter in the Austrian Alps. |
33,144,491 | Khadija, Sugra and Zohra Dawood, from Bradford, and their children aged three to 15 have not made contact for a week.
Their brother is understood to be fighting with extremists in Syria.
The fathers' lawyer said the children said "we can't wait to come home" in a conversation before they went missing.
Balaal Khan said:... | The husbands of three sisters feared to have travelled to Syria with their nine children are said to be "distraught" after the group went missing following a religious pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. |
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The champions, who are also out of the League Cup, are 15th in the table following Saturday's 3-1 home loss.
Asked if he thought it was his last game in charge, he said: "No, I don't."
The 52-year-old told BBC Sport: "The fans aren't stupid. They know how much myself and t... | Manager Jose Mourinho believes he will be given time to turn around Chelsea's fortunes after Liverpool fought back from a goal down to inflict a sixth Premier League defeat this season. |
28,123,433 | The source close to the inquiry played down the significance of the interviews carried out in Portugal on Tuesday.
Portuguese detectives in Faro were observed during the questioning by officers from the Met Police, which is conducting its own investigation.
Madeleine disappeared aged three in the Algarve resort of Prai... | Questioning of four suspects in the Madeleine McCann investigation has concluded without any new developments, a source has told the BBC. |
19,402,398 | It's the same for him. What they don't know is that this "service" costs them money, even though neither of them recalls subscribing to it.
Only when Mrs Dementieva calls her mobile phone network MTS, Russia's largest mobile operator, does she find out that she is being charged for it: 42 roubles (80p; $1.30) a month.
... | When Maria Dementieva, a 56-year-old doctor in Moscow, dials her husband's mobile phone number, she hears music instead of a normal ringtone. |
36,349,530 | The car's owner came out of Aldi in Gorton, Manchester on Monday, as a man allegedly forced his wife and son, 5, out of the car and tried to drive off.
As the vehicle reversed, owner Tahir Mehmood jumped in the passenger seat. The car crashed into another vehicle when the alleged car thief ran off.
Kyle Jones, 23, of C... | A man has been charged after an attempted carjacking at a supermarket car park in Manchester. |
21,812,559 | Mr Kenyatta beat Mr Odinga comfortably by 50.07% to 43.28% on 4 March, avoiding a run-off by only 8,100 votes.
But Mr Odinga has accused the electoral authorities of manipulating the result.
Police fired tear gas to disperse about 100 supporters of his Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (Cord) who had gathered outside... | Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has filed a Supreme Court appeal against Uhuru Kenyatta's narrow victory in the presidential election's first round. |
35,537,646 | The punishment is double the normal maximum sanction for a grade B offence.
A spokesman for the Rugby Football League said the disciplinary panel used its discretion to amend the grading because of an aggravating factor.
Shenton sustained an anterior cruciate knee ligament injury as a result of Boudebza's tackle.
The 2... | Hull KR hooker John Boudebza has been banned for four matches for the tackle that ended Castleford captain Michael Shenton's season. |
39,849,219 | The hearing in Ruthin was told 37-year-old Amarjeet Singh-Bhakar died from a stab wound to the neck after a disturbance in Prince Edward Avenue on 30 April.
Two teenage boys have been charged with his murder and are due to stand trial in October.
The inquest was adjourned.
Mr Singh-Bhakar, from Manchester, owned a clot... | An inquest has been opened into the death of a shopkeeper in Rhyl, Denbighshire. |
37,972,928 | Donald Trump's running mate, a long-time opponent of Planned Parenthood, will be sent a gift certificate for every donation.
The campaign began in 2011 when as an Indiana congressman he introduced several anti-abortion measures.
They included the first bill to strip the provider of all federal funding.
Tears as a soldi... | Donations to US family planning organisation Planned Parenthood in the name of Vice President-elect Mike Pence have surged. |
29,634,380 | Around 180,000 wills are written by non-lawyers every year, and are exempt from the complaints handling body.
But a report by the Legal Ombudsman has called on the government to open up their services to those using non-regulated providers.
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said more could be done but more regulation ... | The regulation of wills should be reformed to prevent people being ripped off, the Legal Ombudsman has warned. |
33,111,555 | The pair, co-founders of the Leon restaurant chain, led a government commissioned independent review of school food, published two years ago.
Their report formed the basis of revised rules on school dinners in England, brought in earlier this year.
John Vincent said the aim was to bring about a cultural change in schoo... | Restaurateurs Henry Dimbleby and John Vincent have been made MBEs in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for their work in improving school lunches. |
31,443,239 | The Downham Market blaze is believed to have started during the night where a £250,000 fire engine was parked.
The fire station, built in 2006, had no sprinkler system.
Norfolk fire service is still waiting for a full forensic study and said the inquiry was "long and complex" but an independent report had been received... | An electrical fault in an appliance parked at a "state-of-the-art" Norfolk fire station caused a disastrous blaze in April last year, a report has said. |
39,074,848 | David McLean, 30, and Ryan Gilmour, 24, deny the charge, allegedly committed at Banner Drive in Glasgow on 23 October last year.
They have lodged court papers blaming another man for the crime.
The men are accused of reversing a Nissan Quashqai at PCs Deborah Lawson and Robert Fitzsimmons and repeatedly striking them.
... | Two men are to face trial accused of attempting to murder two police officers by driving a car at them. |
20,886,000 | AnÃbal Cavaco Silva said the budget didn't treat citizens fairly, and hit some of them worse than others.
The right-of-centre government has argued that the unprecedented tax increases the budget contains were necessary to meet the terms of the country's eurozone bailout.
It is only the second time a Portuguese head o... | The Portuguese president has said that he will send this year's controversial budget to the Constitutional Court. |
32,978,835 | The women, who famously appeared semi-nude in a charity calendar that inspired a hit film, joined Camilla at Buckingham Palace.
They were joined by thousands of Women's Institute (WI) members, at least one from every branch.
The duchess is a member of the Tetbury WI near her Highgrove home.
She was joined at the party ... | The WI's Calendar Girls have met the Duchess of Cornwall as she hosted a garden party to celebrate the institution's centenary year. |
30,214,825 | The killings have reignited the debate about race relations in the US. Here are six surprising statistics that help tell the story.
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There are only two black billionaires in the US - chat show host Oprah Winfrey and former basketball star Michael Jordan. This compared with about 500 white billionair... | A white gunman shot dead nine people in an African-American church in the city of Charleston on 17 June, police say, two months after an unarmed black man was killed by a white police officer in North Charleston. |
34,361,475 | Gilmour's Rattle That Lock topped the official chart nearly 20,000 copies ahead of Del Rey's record, Honeymoon.
It is the guitarist's second solo number one, after 2006's On An Island. He last topped the charts in November, with Pink Floyd's The Endless River.
"It's thrilling to get a number one," he said. "We all want... | Lana Del Rey has been denied her third consecutive number one on the UK album chart by Pink Floyd star David Gilmour. |
28,502,450 | The 32-year-old, who has eight caps for Jamaica, was released by the Royals at the end of last season after five years with the club.
He captained the side during their spell in the Premier League two years ago and made 35 appearances in the Championship last term.
"It's been a long summer for me," McAnuff told the Ori... | Former Reading midfielder Jobi McAnuff has joined League One side Leyton Orient on a two-year contract. |
26,474,327 | Alan Wood, 50, was bound and tortured in his home in Lound, near Bourne, in October 2009.
Det Supt Stuart Morrison, who has led the investigation from the start, said he thinks about the case every day.
He said the main focus of the inquiry was to find the person whose DNA profile was left at the scene.
Det Supt Morris... | The detective leading an inquiry into the brutal murder of a Lincolnshire man has said he remains determined to bring those responsible to justice. |
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Coach Louis van Gaal could see the Netherlands were wilting, the life ebbing out of their World Cup in temperatures of 39C and in the face of Mexican resilience.
Van Gaal's team were trailing 1-0 to Mexico in their last-16 tie but he saw an opportunity to breathe life back... | In the pressure cooker heat of Estadio Castelao, one man kept his cool. |
38,165,206 | That is because on Thursday the town officially changed its name to its original indigenous title, Utqiagvik.
The city of about 4,300 people, which sits above the Arctic Circle, experiences more than two months of 24-hour darkness each winter.
Meteorologists predict that the sun will not rise again over the city until ... | On 18 November 2016 at 13:31 local time, the sun set forever on America's northernmost city of Barrow, Alaska. |
35,110,922 | Last night, Rotherham MP John Healey met government business minister Anna Soubry to ask the government for a further £4.5m to match the cash.
It will be used to help retrain some workers and also to support those jobs affected in the local supply chain.
In July, Tata Steel announced 720 job losses, most of which will ... | Sheffield City Region has announced £4.5m to help hundreds of steelworkers facing redundancy in South Yorkshire. |
37,561,065 | Speaking to the BBC, Mr Farage said he would be the UK Independence Party's interim leader until a fresh election was held to find Ms James' successor.
"I keep trying to escape... and before I'm finally free they drag me back," he joked.
Ms James announced her resignation late on Tuesday, citing professional and person... | Nigel Farage is back as UKIP's leader after Diane James unexpectedly quit the job after 18 days at the helm. |
27,790,068 | "The attacker is trying to extort us money to make it stop," representatives of the company, which has 15 million users, said in a blog post.
"We refused to give in," they added.
On Tuesday, the popular online notes and web clippings service Evernote suffered a similar attack.
It is not yet known whether the two are li... | The news aggregator Feedly says it has come under a "distributed denial of service" attack from cyber criminals, which is preventing users from accessing its service. |
40,382,475 | Fatbergs are caused when cooking fat, oil and grease are poured down drains and become tangled up with waste items like baby wipes and sanitary products.
The blockage is in a sewer beneath the Dublin Road in Belfast.
Northern Ireland Water said crews have already removed "a couple of hundred tonnes" of grease from the ... | An operation to remove a "massive fatberg" from a Belfast sewer has been ongoing for the last six Sundays and is expected to take several more. |
40,730,461 | Assel Al-Essaie, 23, died in hospital after the shooting in Daniel Hill in the Walkley area of Sheffield on 18 February.
Matthew Cohen, 28, of Clough Wood View, Sheffield, and Dale Gordon, 33, of Benty Lane, Sheffield, are due before the city's magistrates on Thursday.
Mr Al-Essaie was shot in the chest outside his hom... | Two men have been charged with murder after a man was shot dead. |
33,160,656 | His departure comes amid plans to cut about 1,200 jobs as part of a "strategic change" plan.
Woolworths is looking to cut millions of dollars in costs and improve sales after its first-half profits fell.
It hopes to win back customers from rivals such as Coles and Aldi by lowering prices and improving stores.
The retai... | The chief executive of Australia's Woolworths, Grant O'Brien, is stepping down after nearly four years at the supermarket chain. |
26,538,378 | The state's Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) said it wanted to better protect consumers, and prevent money-laundering.
It comes as a top Bitcoin exchange, Mt Gox, filed for bankruptcy last month.
Bitcoins have been gaining in popularity recently, but they are not governed by any financial regulator.
"The fact i... | New York's financial regulator has called on firms to submit proposals to set up "regulated" exchanges for digital currencies like Bitcoin. |
40,486,272 | The company has been in dispute for more than a year with the RMT over changes to guards' roles on trains.
RMT conductors saw the changes as a ploy to phase out a second person on trains. It has now proposed a six-month trial with two staff guaranteed on all affected services.
But Southern said what the RMT wanted was ... | Union leaders have held talks with MPs over a plan they claim could end the long-running row on Southern rail. |
34,368,535 | The 17-year-old was found in the graveyard of All Saints Church in Didcot, Oxfordshire, in December 2013.
She had been killed by ex-boyfriend Ben Blakeley and hidden in his uncle's grave. He was jailed for life in 2014.
The event, at the Wheatsheaf pub in Didcot, is raising money for a planned charity in her name.
Jayd... | A memorial party for murdered teenager Jayden Parkinson is being held on what would have been her 19th birthday. |
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Kerber, seeded seventh, won a thrilling final 6-4 3-6 6-4 at Melbourne Park.
The 28-year-old is the first German to win a major singles title since Steffi Graf at the 1999 French Open.
Williams, 34, was beaten for just the fifth time in 26 Grand Slam finals, and the Americ... | Germany's Angelique Kerber stunned world number one Serena Williams in three sets to win her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open. |
35,594,124 | Charteris is expected to be ruled out of Racing 92's match with Grenoble in France's Top 14 on Saturday.
Wales team medical staff will assess his knee injury when he returns for international duty next week.
The 32-year-old Bath-bound second row played in Wales' Six Nations draw against Ireland and last Saturday's 27-2... | Wales lock Luke Charteris could be a doubt for the Six Nations match against France in Cardiff on 26 February. |
40,302,399 | The 39-year-old took eight wickets in the County Championship win over Somerset last week.
"I'm totally happy with retiring," he told BBC Radio Leeds.
"To play 20 years and have the career I've had, I'm very lucky. I've always wanted to go out on a high and hopefully I can go away with a trophy."
Sidebottom has taken 1... | Yorkshire seamer Ryan Sidebottom is not rethinking his plan to retire at the end of the season despite his strong start to the campaign. |
38,932,520 | David Lytton's body was discovered at Dove Stone Reservoir in Greater Manchester on 12 December 2015.
He was born David Lautenberg on 21 April 1948 but his name changes to Lytton on the electoral register in 1987.
The 67-year-old flew into London Heathrow from Lahore, Pakistan, two days before his body was found.
He wa... | A mystery man who was found dead on Saddleworth Moor had previously changed his name. |
35,863,776 | Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb made the pledge in his first speech since replacing Iain Duncan Smith, who quit as discord broke out in the Tory party over the cuts.
Earlier, the PM defended Chancellor George Osborne, whose Budget is missing £4.4bn since the cuts were dropped.
Labour said Mr Osborne should re... | Ministers have said say they will not target other benefits to pay for abandoning cuts to disability payments. |
36,371,591 | It said it does not intend to demolish any houses to make room for the multi-million-pounds stadium.
Senior official Stephen McGeehan said the GAA is willing to consider a capacity below 38,000, the number of seats in the original redesign plan.
A new community consultation about the proposal was announced on Tuesday.
... | The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) has said it hopes to start building a new Casement Park stadium next year and play matches at the ground by 2019. |
38,129,607 | Reform Scotland said its research suggested more than half of delays to trains in Scotland were due to Network Rail faults rather than ScotRail.
It said devolving the organisation would allow a "clear line of accountability" when things go wrong.
Network Rail is funded by Transport Scotland but is ultimately accountabl... | Calls for the Scottish Parliament to be given full responsibility over Network Rail have been backed by a think tank. |
36,407,118 | An average of eight million people tuned in to watch the finale as it was broadcast live, with an additional 500,000 watching on ITV+1.
Viewing peaked at 9.7 million as Army bandsman and magician Richard Jones was announced the winner.
The previous low was in 2014, when 10.7 million saw singing act Collabro win.
Jones,... | The final of this year's Britain's Got Talent drew the lowest audience in the show's 10-year history, according to overnight figures. |
33,908,648 | Oliver Scullion, son of the manager of Hilden Brewery, died in the incident at the premises on Grand Street.
It is understood he was crushed under a large metal tank. The boy's father is also believed to have been injured.
The Health and Safety Executive is investigating. In a statement, the boy's family said they were... | A four-year-old boy has been killed in an accident at a family-owned brewery near Lisburn, County Antrim. |
40,043,130 | The Portuguese, 39, replaced Mike Phelan in January on a deal until the end of the season but could not save them from the drop to the Championship.
He led Hull to six wins from his 18 Premier League games, with relegation confirmed after a 4-0 defeat by Crystal Palace on 14 May.
In a statement, Hull said they were "di... | Marco Silva has resigned as Hull City manager after the club's relegation. |
40,096,456 | Julie Wadsworth, 60, told officers "a fumble" had led to masturbation but she had "no reason to believe he was under-age", Warwick Crown Court heard.
In a transcript read in court, she said she had "sex in the woods" with husband Tony to "spice up" their sex life.
The couple deny assaulting seven boys in the 1990s.
The... | An ex-BBC radio presenter accused of child sex offences told police she had sexual contact with one of her accusers when "he was 17", a court heard. |
33,447,991 | The amount that landlords will be able to claim will be set at the basic rate of tax, which is currently 20%.
The move is aimed at creating a "level playing field" between homeowners and investors, chancellor George Osborne said.
The change will be introduced over four years from April 2017.
Currently property investor... | Buy-to-let landlords face cuts in the amount of tax relief they can claim on mortgage interest payments, the government has said. |
39,235,091 | Locke was himself sacked by Raith Rovers last month with the Scottish Championship side on a run of 15 games without a victory.
The 41-year-old inherits a side sitting seven points adrift at the foot of Scottish League Two.
Caretakers Neil Hastings and Burton O'Brien take charge for the final time against Berwick Range... | Gary Locke has been appointed manager of Cowdenbeath until the end of the season after the exit of Liam Fox. |
38,250,780 | Jake Vallely, 24 - who had described himself as "the hardest man in Brecon" - beat 20-year-old Private Matthew Boyd to death in May.
Pte Boyd's mother Michelle Rogers said her son's death had caused "unbearable pain".
At Cardiff Crown Court on Thursday, Mr Justice Lewis said the killing was a "savage and senseless atta... | A Brecon man who murdered a soldier in the town has been sentenced to life with a minimum of 16 years in prison. |
24,141,013 | In addition to the pylons, eight miles (nearly 13km) of cables would be buried underground in the Meifod valley.
National Grid has also identified a preferred "secluded" site for a substation, on the Tir Gwynt wind farm.
Montgomeryshire's Conservative MP Glyn Davies said the scale of the entire project was "completely ... | National Grid has revealed plans to use 25 miles (40km) of pylons to connect to controversial planned wind farms in Powys. |
35,783,928 | The Birmingham-born musician will host Jazz Now alongside singer Emma Smith and Irish trumpeter Al Ryan every Monday night from 4 April.
It replaces Jazz On 3, which has been running for 18 years. That show's host, Jez Nelson, will move to Jazz FM.
Kinch said he wanted the new show to "shake up our jazz world with a bi... | Renowned saxophonist and rapper Soweto Kinch is to front a new-look jazz show on BBC Radio 3. |
27,503,590 | The 40-year-old has succeeded compatriot Jose Riga, who helped the Addicks avoid relegation from the Championship.
Peeters was most recently in charge of Belgian outfit Waasland-Beveren and has also managed Cercle Brugge and Gent.
The former striker, who was capped 13 times by Belgium, also had a two-year spell as a pl... | Charlton have appointed former Belgium international Bob Peeters as manager. |
38,059,299 | Traffic Scotland said the crash near the Gladsmuir junction took place in weather which was causing "dangerous driving conditions".
They urged drivers to be aware of potential problems.
Police confirmed they were at the scene but said that it was too early to give details of the accident. | The A1 road in East Lothian has been closed in both directions following a collision. |
37,659,338 | Trade talks after leaving the EU will need more UK officials with language skills, say the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Modern Languages.
There is already a languages skills shortage but currently the UK can rely on other EU nationals "to plug the gap", say the group.
Ministers say their reforms are already ... | The government must plan now to avoid a post-Brexit languages crisis, say a cross-party group of MPs and peers. |
30,634,182 | 30 December 2014 Last updated at 14:11 GMT
Keepers have named the female Rothschild's giraffe calf Zahra, which means 'flower' in Swahili.
The 1.8m tall calf was born to mum Aiofe and dad Meru.
Rothschild's are one of the world's most endangered sub-species of giraffe, with experts predicting that there are less than 1... | Visitors to Chester Zoo are getting their first glimpse of a rare baby giraffe born just before Christmas. |
38,093,302 | Hywel Dda University Health Board held a public meeting in Llanelli on Thursday and agreed the reduction should be made with "immediate effect".
It means the paediatric ambulatory care unit (PACU) at Withybush Hospital will be open from 10:00 GMT to 18:00 instead of 10:00 to 22:00.
The health board said it had experien... | Plans to temporarily reduce the opening hours of a children's care unit in Pembrokeshire have been backed. |
40,123,610 | The annual June event - known as the Hoppings, after an old English word for dance - features more than 300 rides, sideshows, and other amusements.
The Discovery Museum exhibition explores the fair's history and the lives of the travelling showmen.
Visitors will also be able to play on vintage slot machines.
The gather... | An exhibition celebrating the 135th anniversary of what is billed as the largest travelling funfair in Europe has opened in Newcastle. |
35,633,523 | Vehicle tyre deflation rounds were used to immobilise two vehicles during the arrest of five men on 12 February.
The Police Investigation and Review Commissioner (PIRC) said two vehicles were damaged during the incident, but no members of the public were injured.
A report will be submitted to the Deputy Chief Constable... | Scotland's police watchdog is investigating officers' use of firearms during an operation outside a McDonald's restaurant in Arbroath. |
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After much deliberation, McIlroy last month opted out of the Games, saying he was concerned about the Zika virus.
Speaking ahead of this week's Open, McIlroy said he was "very comfortable" with his decision to pull out of the Olympics, adding he may not bother watching the... | Rory McIlroy has suggested that golf will not be one of the sports that "matter" at next month's Rio Olympics. |
34,635,263 | Portrait of Caterina, dated to 1657, has been at Penrhyn Castle, Llandegai, Gwynedd, since 1860 before being provisionally sold.
But the UK government withheld the export licence until February.
This was to enable a UK buyer to raise the money to buy the painting.
Auction house Sotheby's has now confirmed that the over... | A £35m painting by Rembrandt, which has been in Wales for 150 years, will stay in Britain for the time being after an overseas buyer withdrew an application for an export licence. |
27,214,815 | The number of active users on the social network reached 255 million in the first three months of 2014, up 5.8% on the previous quarter but below analysts' expectations.
Twitter also reported a net loss of $132m (£78m) for the latest quarter.
But it posted revenue of $250m, $226m of which came through advertising.
Des... | Shares in Twitter dropped to their lowest levels since the company's stock market flotation, as it reported slower than expected user growth. |
35,937,909 | Former Celtic boss Neil Lennon was quoted saying: "Nothing will prepare Warburton for his first taste of the Old Firm as a manager."
Warburton responded: "My background is one that's involved many pressurised situations in and out of football.
"If I can't deal with it, I shouldn't be doing the job, simple as that."
Ran... | Rangers manager Mark Warburton insists he has the experience to deal with the pressure of facing Celtic in next month's Scottish Cup semi-final. |
38,971,834 | But that appears to have come to an end in 2001, when Kim was caught sneaking into Japan on a fake passport.
It was, it was later claimed, because he wanted to visit Disneyland.
Whatever the reason, Kim appears to have been cast aside, and lived a life in exile until his death in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 13 February ... | For many years, it was believed Kim Jong-nam was being groomed to succeed his father Kim Jong-il as the next leader of North Korea. |
32,808,610 | Jeffrey Tansey, 40, was a teacher at Aylesbury Grammar School when he contacted the girl on a dating website.
A National College for Teaching and Leadership panel heard he first thought she was 18 or older but then met her despite knowing her true age.
Mr Tansey denied his behaviour in 2012 was of a "sexual nature".
Du... | A grammar school teacher has been banned from working in schools after he went out with a 15-year-old girl he met on a dating website. |
40,184,885 | Koy Bentley was fatally wounded on the fifth floor of a block of flats in Watford on Monday afternoon.
Hertfordshire police initially said the death was "suspicious". No arrests have yet been made.
Det Insp Pushpa Guild said: "Extensive inquiries are continuing at this time to establish the exact circumstances surround... | The death of a 15-year-old boy found stabbed in the chest is being treated as murder, police have confirmed. |
33,547,776 | It reported underlying pre-tax profits of £381m in the year to 2 May, with revenues up 6% to £9.9bn.
The firm was formed last year by the merger of Carphone Warehouse and Dixons Retail.
"This has been a terrific first year for Dixons Carphone," said the firm's chief executive Sebastian James.
"We have seen excellent ... | Dixons Carphone has reported a 21% jump in profits in its first annual results since the merger that created the mobile phone and electrical goods firm. |
36,670,457 | Hodgson resigned immediately after England were knocked out of Euro 2016 following a shock defeat to Iceland in the last 16.
Rodgers was named Celtic manager in May after leaving Liverpool in October.
"I've just landed my dream job. The team I've supported all my life," Rodgers said. "I'll be at Celtic, that's for sure... | Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has ruled himself out of the running to replace Roy Hodgson as England manager. |
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Gotze, 24, made 83 Bundesliga appearances for Dortmund before joining Bayern Munich in 2013.
The size of the deal is unknown, although reports have suggested it is in the region of £20m.
"I have since his departure in 2013, always hoped that he will one day return to us," ... | Borussia Dortmund have re-signed forward Mario Gotze on a four-year deal, subject to a medical. |
20,972,027 | AutoRip, which is only available in the US, will automatically keep a digital copy of eligible CDs in a customer's cloud storage account.
Customers will be able to access the music via Amazon's Cloud Player on the web or via tablet and smartphone apps.
Amazon has drawn up a catalogue of 50,000 CDs that are eligible for... | Online retailer Amazon has launched a service that stores free digital versions of CDs bought via its store. |
35,677,171 | A spokesperson told the BBC that 10 of the dead were civilians, and that eight people were injured.
The Taliban has said it carried out the attack, which happened as offices closed for the day.
Earlier, an attack near a market in the eastern Afghan province of Kunar killed at least 11 people, officials said.
It remains... | A suicide bombing near the defence ministry in the Afghan capital of Kabul has killed at least 12 people, the government says. |
36,571,734 | The 10-year-girl suffered multiple injuries following the crash on Manchester Road, Denton, on Friday.
She is in a serious, but stable condition, police said.
Murat Polat, 26, of Burlington Street, Ashton-under Lyne, will appear before Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court on Monday.
He is also charged with having ... | A man has been charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving after a child was badly hurt in a crash. |
38,896,902 | Widnes led early on through Charly Runciman's try, but Jermaine McGillvary crossed to put Giants 6-4 ahead.
The visitors dominated from then on, as further tries from McGillvary, Lee Gaskell and Tom Symonds gave them a 14-point lead at half-time.
Stefan Marsh and Rhys Hanbury went over for Widnes, but tries from Aaron ... | Huddersfield opened their Super League campaign with a comfortable 28-16 victory at Widnes Vikings. |
35,522,643 | A stark warning issued by the UN's humanitarian office, Ocha, said the malnutrition situation is "alarming".
It added that nearly one million Somalis, one in 12 of the population, "struggle... to meet their food needs".
The drought in Somalia has been partly caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon which has affected e... | More than 50,000 children in Somalia "face death" because of the ongoing drought there, the UN says. |
37,333,742 | There are more than 1,000 Amazon Lockers in locations such as shopping centres, convenience stores, airports, train stations, and universities.
They enable customers who are unable to wait at home for orders to collect them from a location of their choice.
Amazon customers receive a unique barcode, which they enter or ... | Morrisons says it plans to install hundreds of Amazon lockers in its supermarkets this year. |
33,218,382 | Mustafizur Rahman took 6-43 for Bangladesh as they bowled India out for 200, with opener Shikhar Dhawan top-scoring with 53 off 60 balls.
In reply, Shakib Al Hasan made 51 not out as Bangladesh comfortably won with nine overs to spare.
Bangladesh beat India by 79 runs in the first ODI on Thursday.
The result caps a rem... | Bangladesh beat India by six wickets on the Duckworth-Lewis method to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in their one-day international series. |
37,563,550 | A full 21 years later, on 1 October 2016, women who were not even born in her lifetime were left distraught when a MAC make-up line released in her name sold out completely within 24 hours of its launch.
MAC is a cult brand, and it is not uncommon for well-hyped celebrity make-up ranges to sell out online within a day ... | On 31 March 1995, at the age of 23, rising Latina superstar Selena Quintanilla-Perez was shot dead by the manager of her fan club at a motel in Corpus Christi, Texas. |
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Gilchrist, 24, captained Scotland twice on their summer tour - against Argentina and South Africa.
The only uncapped player selected by head coach Vern Cotter is centre Mark Bennett, one of 17 Glasgow Warriors players included.
However, former captains Kelly Brown and Al K... | Edinburgh lock Grant Gilchrist has been named captain of Scotland's 33-man squad for the autumn Tests against Argentina, New Zealand and Tonga. |
41,012,811 | It is Samsung's equivalent of Apple's Siri and Google's Assistant - which is pre-installed already in Samsung phones as they run the Android operating system.
Bixby will initially be available in only two languages - US English and South Korean.
The launch had been delayed since April.
Samsung did not give a reason at ... | Samsung's voice-controlled digital assistant Bixby is being rolled out in 200 countries from today. |
15,682,606 | He owns a private zoo stocked with zebras and flamingoes and has one of the world's most valuable art collections. He lives in a futuristic steel mansion, with a helipad and fake waterfall, that looks like a James Bond film-set.
But in the action-packed movie of Georgian politics, it is not yet quite clear whether Mr I... | He is Georgia's richest man and his followers have just ousted President Mikheil Saakashvili's ruling party from power in a shock election result, so what else do we know of Bidzina Ivanishvili? |
35,026,577 | Finance Minister Jane Hutt told AMs the 2016/17 draft budget backed Labour's "priorities for Wales and its future".
Total health spending rises by 4.1% while education and skills goes up by 1.1%, but local government faces a cut of 2%.
The Conservatives said the spending plans offered "too little, far too late for our ... | The NHS is to receive a net boost of £278m under the Welsh government's spending plans. |
39,064,546 | Owen and Karl Oyston, owner and chairman of the club, were in dispute with businessman Valeri Belokon.
The League Two club owners may have to pay out almost £3m ($3.75m) after a judge at Manchester Civil Justice Centre ruled in Mr Belokon's favour.
He invested £4.75m in 2008 to develop the club's South Stand and the di... | The owners of Blackpool FC have lost a multi-million pound court battle with a Latvian investor. |
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Captain Mithali Raj made 42 off 35 balls, Harmanpreet Kaur 40 from 29 and Vellaswamy Vanitha 38 off 24 in India's 163-5 in Bangalore.
Anuja Patil claimed 2-16 and Poonam Yadav 2-17 as Bangladesh managed only 91-5 en route to their second heaviest T20 defeat in terms of run... | India opened the Women's World Twenty20 with a 72-run victory over Bangladesh. |
37,995,697 | Gerrard, 36, is leaving MLS club LA Galaxy and claims he is considering "options on and off the pitch".
Lawrenson feels Gerrard could "definitely play in this Liverpool team" and be used in a coaching role.
"They will not have to pay him fortunes - they can tell him if they need him he'll play," said Lawrenson.
"The mo... | Liverpool should re-sign Steven Gerrard as a player and coach as the "only effects would be positive", says the club's former defender Mark Lawrenson. |
39,810,305 | Barker has worked alongside Karl Robinson at League One Charlton since December 2016 but was approached by Rotherham last week.
The 41-year-old had three spells with the Millers as a player, scoring 13 goals in 153 league games.
Rotherham will join Charlton in League One next season following their relegation from the ... | Rotherham United have appointed their former player Richie Barker as assistant to manager Paul Warne. |
21,191,164 | The contract - reportedly worth $10bn (£6bn) - was agreed on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski resort of Davos.
Ukraine is believed to have some of the largest shale gas reserves in Europe.
New technology means they are more easily recoverable, but opponents warn of a high risk of pollution.
T... | Ukraine has signed a major shale gas deal with Royal Dutch Shell - a move seen as an attempt by Kiev to reduce its dependency on Russian gas imports. |
33,077,419 | This is an attempt to set up what will be called the TFTA (Tripartite Free Trade Area).
It will be signed between the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the South African Development Community (SADC) and the East African Community (EAC).
Now there's been great fanfare in the press about this, mainl... | Some of you will have seen the news that a three-bloc trade deal is being signed between 26 African states in Egypt today. |
37,522,482 | Investigations by the Daily Telegraph newspaper have revealed several cases of alleged fraud in English football.
"It's high time that it's been exposed," said Lennon, who left Bolton in March after 17 months as manager.
"People are taking money out of the game and it leaves a really bitter taste."
Sam Allardyce lasted... | Hibernian boss Neil Lennon insists there is no "bung culture" in Scottish football but says he was aware of a problem during his time in England. |
33,229,679 | Norwich Crown Court was told Malcolm Blissett changed a foster carer's records over a two-year period.
He had been told to remove any material that "incriminated carers".
Leia Dowsing, of Suffolk Police, said most changes were in fact to spelling, grammar and punctuation but documents should not have been altered.
She ... | A social worker made more than 250 alterations to the accounts of children making sexual abuse allegations against 10 people, a court has heard. |
40,702,312 | Martial has been linked with a move to Inter Milan as part of a deal that would see Ivan Perisic leave the Italian club.
The 21-year-old created Jesse Lingard's first-half opener in the 1-1 friendly draw with Real Madrid in Santa Clara.
"He is a young player. He still has time to learn, to improve and develop," said Mo... | Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has told forward Anthony Martial he needs to be more consistent. |
32,909,027 | The company has been criticised for its treatment of the family of Christi and Bobby Shepherd, who died from carbon monoxide poisoning in 2006.
Harriet Green, the firm's former chief executive, said she will donate a third of her shares to charity.
An inquest ruled the pair were unlawfully killed.
The children, from Ho... | The ex-boss of Thomas Cook is to donate part of her share payout to a charity chosen by the parents of two children who died on holiday in Corfu. |
32,834,026 | The ex-England boss, 54, was due to meet the Rams hierarchy on Friday.
But the meeting has been brought forward following Derby's failure to reach the Championship play-offs and growing unrest about McClaren's link to the manager's job at Newcastle.
McClaren is understood to be resigned to leaving the club.
Only last w... | Derby head coach Steve McClaren is to hold talks with chief executive Sam Rush on Thursday amid speculation he may be sacked, BBC Derby Sport reports. |
39,604,694 | Yoann Barbet fired the hosts in front from a Jota corner before the Spaniard doubled the lead from the spot after Maxime Colin was fouled by Joel Lynch.
Lynch then pulled a goal back by heading past keeper Daniel Bentley.
But Jota restored the Bees' two-goal advantage soon after as he beat two players before firing low... | Two goals in four second-half minutes from midfielder Jota helped Brentford see off struggling London rivals QPR in an entertaining game at Griffin Park. |
38,878,494 | 6 February 2017 Last updated at 09:46 GMT
British player Kyle Edmund was beating Denis Shapovalov from Canada, when frustration got the better of him.
The 17-year-old Canadian whacked the tennis ball in anger, only to hit the umpire in the eye!
As a result the match could no longer continue, meaning Great Britain won b... | Great Britain are through to the Davis Cup quarter-finals, after a Canadian player accidentally hit the umpire with a tennis ball. |
36,276,216 | Darrell Clarke's side clinched third in League Two with a last-gasp winner on Saturday against Dagenham & Redbridge.
New Zealand forward Rory Fallon, 34, is to be released after making just three first-team appearances this season.
Defenders Lee Brown, scorer of the late winner over Dagenham, and Tom Lockyer already si... | Promoted Bristol Rovers have offered new contracts to all but one of their senior professional players after their dramatic finish to the league season. |
39,736,615 | In a campaign tagged "We deserve better", about 1,000 people came out in the western city to chant "neither Le Pen nor Macron".
Riot police used tear gas to stop them reaching the historic city centre.
The far right's Marine Le Pen has spoken in Nice and centrist Emmanuel Macron visited a troubled Paris suburb.
Opinion... | Teenagers in Rennes and other French cities have held rallies or blocked schools in a protest against both presidential candidates. |
19,922,819 | It says some older patients miss out on vital treatment because of their age.
Age discrimination in the NHS has been made illegal but the report says it may still happen when budgets are tight.
Doctors should look at the overall health of a patient instead of using cut-off ages for procedures, it said.
The report, Acce... | Assumptions about fitness in older people should not be used to decide whether patients have surgery, according to a report by the Royal College of Surgeons and Age UK. |
33,506,008 | Col Israel Shomer fired at Mohammed Kasbeh after the 17-year-old threw a stone at his vehicle in the West Bank.
Israel's military said at the time that Col Shomer felt his life was in danger.
But the video released by B'Tselem appears to show the teenager running away after attacking the vehicle. Soldiers then jump out... | An Israeli human rights group has published a video it says contradicts the account of an Israeli army officer who shot dead a Palestinian teenager. |
40,716,292 | The 11-month-old's parents had returned to the High Court to seek permission to take him home for "a few days of tranquillity outside the hospital".
But Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) said there were practical problems with that proposal, for example his ventilation equipment would not be able to fit through their... | Moving Charlie Gard to a hospice to die would be the best option for the terminally-ill baby, a court has heard. |
32,028,093 | Dave Hartnett, who was head of tax at HM Revenue & Customs, said: "I'd always expected there to be be more."
Mr Hartnett, who left HMRC in 2012, was giving evidence to the Commons Public Accounts Committee.
HSBC has come under fire over what it knew about some clients' tax affairs.
Details of some 30,000 accounts at HS... | A former senior tax official has expressed "surprise" that just one person has been prosecuted in the UK over alleged tax evasion by clients of HSBC's Swiss banking division. |
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