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29,106,846 | The march itself, which was attended by thousands, was peaceful, police said.
Four journalists were injured when protesters threw stones and petrol bombs at police after the march.
The run-up to the 11 September anniversary of the 1973 coup, when Gen Augusto Pinochet overthrew Salvador Allende, is often marked by viole... | Police and protesters have clashed in Chile's capital following a march to remember those who disappeared under military rule from 1973 to 1990. |
34,211,645 | The centre-back, 28, was jeered by a section of Spain fans during Saturday's Euro 2016 qualifier win over Slovakia, and was subjected to similar during the previous internationals break.
"The last thing I would do is leave the national team," he said.
"I won't change regarding club rivalry. I always wish Real Madrid to... | Barcelona defender Gerard Pique will stick by his anti-Real Madrid stance and continue playing for Spain despite being booed by supporters. |
10,610,068 | The men, from 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, were on duty on Tuesday morning in Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand province, when the Afghan opened fire.
One is believed to be a Nepalese Gurkha and the other two were UK nationals.
Prime Minister David Cameron condemned the "appalling" killings, but said UK and Afghan troops... | Three British soldiers have been killed and four injured by a renegade Afghan soldier in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said. |
32,023,201 | The bomb, measuring 5ft in length and weighing 1000lb, has been found in Southwark by builders, the Met Police said.
The force said officers were called to a building site in Grange Walk at 09:18 GMT. Two schools have been evacuated.
A cordon and a 400m exclusion zone have been put in place as a precaution.
Traffic is ... | More than 1,000 homes in south London have been evacuated after an unexploded World War Two bomb was found on a building site. |
36,407,030 | Resuming on 142-9 after a rain-hit day one, Derbyshire added just eight runs as Ben Cotton fell to Steve Magoffin.
Sussex's openers made a 113 partnership before Chris Nash (65) was bowled by Wayne Madsen (2-65), but Joyce (106), Wells (104 not out) and Ross Taylor (54) helped the hosts build a big lead.
Matt Machan wa... | Sussex built a commanding first-innings lead over Derbyshire on day two at Hove as Ed Joyce and Luke Wells made tons. |
31,637,090 | He is Mohammed Emwazi, a Kuwaiti-born British man in his mid-20s from west London, who was previously known to British security services.
British police declined to comment, citing ongoing investigations.
Emwazi first appeared in a video last August, when he apparently killed the US journalist James Foley.
He was later... | The masked Islamic State militant known as "Jihadi John", who has been pictured in the videos of the beheadings of Western hostages, has been named. |
39,796,977 | Khalid Mohamed Omar Ali, 27, was arrested on suspicion of offences under the Terrorism Act and possession of offensive weapons on 27 April.
He was detained as part of an intelligence-led operation after a concerned family member is believed to have contacted the police.
Police said he remains in custody and can be ques... | Police have been granted another week to question a terror suspect arrested near the Houses of Parliament. |
33,325,618 | The gelding won 23 of his 41 races, including five King George VI Chases.
The 15-year-old moved to dressage after retiring from racing in 2012.
His rider Laura Collett said: "Devastated to announce Kauto Star sustained injury in the field, with his best interest at heart a decision was made to put him to sleep."
Owner ... | Two-time Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Kauto Star has been put down after suffering neck and pelvis injuries in a fall. |
35,779,193 | The Team Sky rider went down around 35km from the finish after a touch of wheels on the category two ascent of Cote de Saint-Uze.
The Welshman was quickly back riding and finished 11th to remain 19 seconds behind overall leader Michael Matthews.
"He was able to stand up straight away and get back on the bike," said Tea... | Britain's Geraint Thomas remains fifth in the Paris-Nice race despite crashing on stage four. |
33,275,873 | The family is suing the home's previous owners for not telling them about it before the sale, claiming they had received letters too.
In letters "the Watcher" wrote that the home "has been the subject of my family for decades."
"I asked [the previous owners] to bring me young blood," the Watcher wrote.
Content from the... | A New Jersey family will not move into their new million-dollar home after receiving threatening packages from a mysterious sender called "the Watcher". |
35,133,286 | The Ireland front row was suspended for two games by European Champions Cup organisers following an incident in the defeat by Toulon in France last Sunday.
Leinster have appealed, arguing that Healy was cited for one offence yet suspended for another.
As the appeal cannot be heard until after Saturday, he is free to pl... | Leinster prop Cian Healy is available for Saturday's game with Toulon after it was ruled he can play until his appeal against a two-game ban is heard. |
36,346,169 | Top-flight clubs will share more than £5bn from 2016 to 2019, a 71% increase on the previous three-year deal.
Gylfi Sigurdsson and Andre Ayew have been linked with moves away from the Liberty Stadium, but Taylor says the club will not need to sell their stars.
"Teams don't have to sell like they used to," said Wales' T... | Swansea City defender Neil Taylor says the club is under less pressure to sell players due to the money coming in from the new Premier League television deal. |
39,514,604 | The artist and photographer David Gwinnutt was part of the 1980s art scene that centred around the Blitz club in London's Covent Garden, leading to the creatives who frequented it being dubbed the "Blitz kids".
Although they were known for their flamboyant makeup and performances, Gwinnutt captured these young men and ... | David Gwinnutt: Before We Were Men runs at the National Portrait Gallery from 16 March-24 September 2017. |
37,911,873 | After more than two years without a goal, the 27-year-old has now scored five times in 11 appearances.
"For me, it's just brilliant to be playing again," he told BBC WM.
"The manager (Gary Rowett) has been good in indicating he is particularly keen to make it permanent."
He added: "I'm not 100% sure what the ins and ou... | Birmingham City's on-loan Burnley striker Lukas Jutkiewicz is happy to make his move to St Andrew's more permanent after rediscovering his goal touch with the Championship club. |
33,858,412 | Starting on Sunday, an eight-day surfing safari will take a group of tourists into North Korea to experience its remote, sandy beaches.
The expedition, led by Italian champion surfer Nicola Zanella who also coaches China's national surf team, will explore, map and evaluate surf spots along the east coast.
But what kind... | Forget Namibia, Antarctica or even England's Severn Estuary; is North Korea about to become one of the world's most unusual surf destinations? |
37,254,123 | Greater Manchester Police said the girl was attacked in Crow Croft Park, Levenshulme, Manchester at about 23:20 BST on Thursday.
Officers were called to the scene following reports of "concern for a teenage girl", said a police spokesman.
He added that police were carrying out inquiries at the scene, which has been cor... | A 12-year-old girl has been raped in a late night attack at a park, police have said. |
37,236,263 | Saturday's fixture - abandoned after 60 minutes amid torrential rain - will be replayed on 20 September, with no refunds offered for the original match.
Rovers boss Darrell Clarke called the move "shocking" and Swindon were urged to "rethink" by their Supporters Trust.
Rovers have offered returning away fans free coach... | Swindon Town chairman Lee Power is standing by his club's decision to charge fans for new tickets for a rearranged game against Bristol Rovers. |
29,597,431 | Its brutal tactics, including mass killings and abductions, as well as the beheadings of soldiers and journalists, have caused fear and outrage and led to US military intervention.
IS is also known as Isis and some companies have changed their names to stop themselves being associated with the group in any way.
The lat... | The rise of Islamic State (IS), the jihadist militant group that has seized large parts of Syria and Iraq, has sent shockwaves around the world. |
29,596,031 | Jobbik came second in 18 out of 19 counties, ahead of the Socialists, as in the May European elections.
It won control of 14 towns and villages. The party has been accused of anti-Semitic and anti-Roma rhetoric.
Fidesz won all but six districts of the capital Budapest, where its mayoral candidate Istvan Tarlos was re-e... | The far-right Jobbik party in Hungary has made gains in local elections won convincingly by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's ruling nationalist Fidesz. |
34,400,386 | The heavyweight boxer is hoping to fight for the constituency, currently held by Conservative David Morris.
He told the BBC it was a genuine ambition and he would stand as an Independent.
Mr Fury said there was too much focus on immigration and not enough on "our own brothers and sisters who are on the streets and abus... | Boxer Tyson Fury has revealed that he has ambitions to be the next MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale. |
33,213,557 | The Baby Blacks - who won the tournament from 2008 to 2011 - ended England's two year hold on the trophy.
England went in front through Max Clark, who burst through, before New Zealand hit back through Vince Tavae-Aso to lead at half-time.
Akira Ioane went over from close range to extend their advantage, as Otere Black... | New Zealand won the World Rugby U20 Championship for the fifth time after beating England 21-16 in Italy. |
37,569,264 | It's a point she made in the Northamptonshire MP's first speech as Secretary of State for the Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs.
She represents a rural constituency, which she praised: "I know from my own constituency of South Northamptonshire that the British countryside is some of the most beautiful in the world... | One in eight people work in farming and it is a bigger industry than the car and aerospace industry combined, Andrea Leadsom tells the Conservative Party Conference. |
35,299,785 | Residents in Kemble said they heard "explosions" and one woman said her home shook with the force of the noise.
Witnesses said they believed the noises after 22:00 GMT on Tuesday were linked to the nearby Cotswold Airport.
Gloucestershire Police have apologised for the disturbance.
The booms, heard from Kington St Mich... | Late-night loud booms in parts of the Cotswolds which sparked complaints on social media were apparently down to "a high level and very rare police and emergency services exercise". |
35,871,375 | Australian Browne stopped defending champion Ruslan Chagaev to win the title in Russia earlier this month.
The 36-year-old delivered a positive sample for clenbuterol after the fight, his management company have revealed.
"I would like to assure all fans, the whole of the boxing world and all of Australia that I am not... | WBA heavyweight champion Lucas Browne says he is "shocked and devastated" after failing a drugs test. |
37,933,902 | Hovertravel has said it will offer refunds after delays and cancellations in recent weeks on its services between Southsea and Ryde.
Commuters with season tickets will have up to two weeks added when they renew.
The operator said it was also temporarily bringing its Island Express craft back into service.
The firm said... | Passengers who suffer cancellations caused by "technical issues" with two new hovercraft are to be offered compensation. |
39,408,922 | The Celtic left-back was handed the role in Scotland's crucial World Cup qualifier against Slovenia.
And Tierney could continue there against England at Hampden on 10 June.
"It's up to the gaffer, whatever he thinks is best and whatever he thinks the team that is going to give us the best chance of winning," said Tiern... | Kieran Tierney is prepared to continue as Scotland's auxiliary right-back after coming through a high-stakes experiment with flying colours. |
34,392,472 | Horne won her first national title in the team pursuit at the National Track Championships in Manchester last week.
The 26-year-old says she is leaving her road cycling team in order to turn her attention to the 2016 Rio Games.
"This is the right thing for me to do now and put my eggs into one basket and try and make t... | Welsh cyclist Ciara Horne is giving up the chance to ride professionally on the Women's World Tour next year in a bid to win an Olympic title. |
32,933,126 | William Lauder, 48, of Buccleuch Street, Hawick, was found guilty after trial in April of stealing jeans, jackets and other items.
He took the goods from Aero Leather Clothing Ltd in Galashiels, Hawick and elsewhere between 2004 and 2013.
Sheriff Alistair Noble jailed him at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
"You were held in h... | A managing director of a Borders clothing firm has been jailed for 21 months after stealing goods worth nearly £195,000 from the business. |
36,890,721 | Youngsters face a culture of suspicion, and authorities try to avoid taking on their care, a Lords EU committee said.
Their "harrowing" circumstances have led them to lose faith in national authorities, making them easy prey for smuggling gangs, witnesses told peers.
The Home Office says it is helping resettle such chi... | Thousands of lone migrant children are living in squalid conditions after being let down by European countries including the UK, a report has warned. |
35,439,706 | Friend, 28, was withdrawn during the 1-0 defeat by Nottingham Forest on 23 January after landing awkwardly.
Former Doncaster and Wolves full-back Friend has missed just one league game this season, scoring once.
Boro are already without centre-back Ben Gibson with a hip injury, who can also play wide, while full-back J... | Middlesbrough defender George Friend will be out for approximately four weeks after fracturing a shoulder. |
35,906,105 | The Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy includes the ambition of doubling the number of people using bikes by 2025.
Transport Minister Robert Goodwill said "sustained investment in cycling and walking infrastructure" was needed.
Cycling campaigners warned the strategy "won't be worth the paper it's written on" with... | The government has unveiled proposals to encourage people to cycle and walk more in England. |
39,886,227 | The ex-England hooker, 57, won the competition with Devon in 2004 as a player and as coach in 2007, and played in Cornwall's triumphant 1991 campaign.
Dawe has been Cornwall head coach since 2013, leading them to victories in the 2015 and 2016 Twickenham finals.
"It's a nice local game for me, but I'm travelling as a C... | Graham Dawe says he has "no emotion" ahead of his Cornwall side's County Championship game at Devon, who he previously played for and coached. |
10,427,713 | Andrew George, who was re-elected Liberal Democrat MP for St Ives in May, is one of four MPs to have tabled an amendment to the finance bill.
It follows the government's budget announcement that from 4 January VAT will rise from 17.5% to 20%.
Mr George wants the government to assess the impact of such a rise on busines... | An MP from Cornwall is calling for an investigation into the impact of increasing VAT to 20%. |
35,638,015 | Local media reported that the man was driving the car when it crashed and later took his own life.
The men from New Zealand, aged 24 to 25, were on a hunting trip and not wearing seat belts, reports said.
Their families have reportedly arrived in Australia to arrange for their bodies to be flown back.
Police said they ... | A man who survived a crash that killed his two friends on a remote Australian highway died hours later from injuries unrelated to the accident, police said. |
30,914,743 | The man escaped with a three-figure sum of cash after raiding the shop in East Muiryhall Street, Coatbridge, at about 21:20 on Tuesday.
The staff member, whose daughter was in the shop at the time, was uninjured but both were left "extremely distressed".
Police have asked anyone with information to contact them.
The su... | Police are attempting to trace a man who robbed a William Hill bookmakers in North Lanarkshire after threatening a member of staff with a weapon. |
32,548,842 | Heavy rain in Brisbane also led to the women's Test being postponed.
The ladies' fixture will kick off at 05:00 BST, with the men's match taking place at 07:00 BST (16:00 local time).
"There were a number of considerations for this decision, primarily player safety as well as supporters," NRL head of football Todd Gree... | Australia and New Zealand will play their Anzac Test fixture at Suncorp Stadium on Sunday, after a waterlogged pitch forced a postponement on Friday. |
35,615,798 | Inamulhaq Anwar, 34, and Akeel Ahmed, 41, had denied stepping up religious influence in education at Park View Academy in Alum Rock, Birmingham.
A professional standards panel handed the men interim teaching bans in 2015.
Mr Anwar and Mr Ahmed can apply to have their new bans set aside but only after minimum terms have... | Two teachers who worked at the school at the centre of the "Trojan Horse" scandal have been banned from the classroom for life. |
35,813,326 | Not many people have made such a leap, but he had the satisfaction of moving up from a tiny, freezing-cold prison cell to the most coveted office in Scotland.
His old prison, Calton Jail in Edinburgh, was razed almost to the ground - and one of Scotland's swankiest 1930s buildings took shape above - St Andrew's House o... | Arthur Woodburn rose from being a despised World War One conscientious objector to become Secretary of State for Scotland. |
37,305,812 | For any new wave of grammar schools to be palatable to a broad section of MPs and peers, Mrs May has to tackle head-on claims that they have become the preserve of pushy, middle-class families.
They need to become the engines of social mobility that they were once seen as.
Following the ban on new grammar schools in 19... | As the prime minister sets out plans for a new wave of grammars and selective schools, we ask how they might look. |
38,397,745 | One lane of a busy road was closed to traffic due to emergency repairs on Wednesday during rush hour.
A number of businesses reported problems with their water supply and some were even forced to close for a short time.
NI Water said that it had now successfully completed the repairs in the city centre area and was wor... | Disruption caused by burst water pipes in Belfast city centre has ended. |
39,829,723 | Shadow chancellor John McDonnell will vow to protect low and middle earners by also ruling out rises in VAT and employee national insurance rates.
But he will say the top 5% of earners would pay more to fund public services.
The Tories, who have also ruled out a rise in VAT, say there is a £45bn black hole in Labour's ... | Labour is pledging not to raise income tax for those earning less than £80,000 a year as part of a "personal tax guarantee" for 95% of taxpayers. |
35,552,774 | The 25-year-old Spain international joined the Potters from Barcelona for an undisclosed fee in July 2014.
Bojan, who missed the second half of last season with a knee injury, has scored 10 goals in 41 games for Stoke.
Chief executive Tony Scholes said: "Bojan has made no secret of the fact that he now regards Stoke as... | Stoke City forward Bojan Krkic has signed a new four-and-a-half-year contract with the Premier League club. |
31,440,038 | Graham Stringer and Andrew Miller fear standards have slipped since the Forensic Science Service shut in 2012.
Much of the work is now done by in-house police laboratories, many of which have not been accredited to a recognised international standard.
The Home Office said: "We continue to ensure forces have access to t... | Cuts in forensic science spending risk serious mistakes being made in criminal cases, two North West MPs have warned. |
39,641,338 | Hernandez hanged himself at the Souza Baranowski Correctional Center and was pronounced dead later at hospital.
The former New England Patriots tight end, 27, was serving a life sentence for killing a man who was dating his fiancee's sister.
Last week he was acquitted of a drive-by double murder prosecutors said began ... | Former NFL footballer Aaron Hernandez has been found dead in his cell in Massachusetts, officials say. |
37,297,812 | A study in the International Journal of Obesity found energy used at rest was 25% lower in 15-year-olds compared with when they were 10 - a fall of 500 calories a day.
This is equivalent to cutting out an hour's strenuous exercise every day.
The study said the findings were unexpected but could help explain why a lot o... | A sharp drop in calories burned off while resting during adolescence could be contributing to the rise in obesity. |
27,691,816 | Eric Prokopi, 39, had admitted three charges when he appeared in court in December 2012.
Prosecutors in New York described him as "one-man black market in prehistoric fossils".
The Tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton was returned to Mongolia in May 2013.
Prokopi had sold it at auction in May 2012 for more than $1m ($600,000)... | A US fossils dealer has been jailed for three months for smuggling dinosaur bones including those of a 70-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus bataar from Mongolia. |
36,987,483 | The 75-year-old was rumoured to be favourite to perform the duty which has previously been carried out by other sporting greats such as Muhammad Ali and Cathy Freeman.
The three-time World Cup winner has been suffering from muscle pains and had hip surgery earlier this year.
"I'm not in physical condition to take part ... | Brazil football legend Pele will not light the Olympic cauldron at Friday's opening ceremony in Rio. |
38,967,812 | The Leinster full-back damaged his bicep towards the end of Saturday's 63-10 win over Italy in Rome.
The Irish Independent has reported that the injury could require surgery and Kearney is set to miss this week's three-day training camp in Monaghan.
Ireland have declined to comment on the extent of the injury but will ... | Rob Kearney could be ruled out of the remainder of Ireland's Six Nations campaign with an arm injury. |
41,047,890 | The apprenticeship levy, pensions auto-enrolment and a new higher minimum wage have increased business costs.
The BCC's annual workforce survey interviewed some 1,400 businesses.
The trade body wants the government to ensure no new upfront costs or taxes are imposed on businesses for the remainder of this Parliament.
T... | Four out of five UK businesses have seen costs rise because of changes in employment legislation, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) reports. |
35,680,304 | Wenger's side have developed an unwanted reputation for failing to win the league from promising positions.
However, he believes Arsenal are better placed now as there is no squad unrest.
"When we went into April in 2010, some of the players were tapped up to go somewhere else and it was difficult to maintain the focus... | Some of Arsenal's recent Premier League title challenges have been damaged by their players being approached by other clubs, manager Arsene Wenger says. |
35,057,227 | Michael Ryan made the comments in an interview with the Bloomberg financial news service.
In October, the Quebec state government pumped $1bn (£655m) into a partnership set up to complete the CSeries.
The wings for the CSeries are made in Northern Ireland.
"The quid pro quo was that final assembly and marketing would s... | The manager of Bombardier's Northern Ireland operation has said the Canadian bailout of the firm's CSeries project poses no threat to the Belfast plant. |
37,533,453 | 4 October 2016 Last updated at 10:16 BST
They've have been answering your questions about the animals and the threat they're under because of the ivory trade.
Hear what they have to say... | Jenny's been to meet some school children in South Africa who live near to nature reserves with elephants in. |
36,935,226 | Edison Cavani opened the scoring from the penalty spot on Saturday, with 18-year-old Jonathan Ikone doubling PSG's lead before half-time.
Lucas Moura and teenager Odsonne Edouard completed the rout in the second half at the StubHubCenter.
The Foxes face Barcelona next in the competition in Stockholm on Wednesday.
Claud... | Premier League winners Leicester City suffered a 4-0 loss to French champions Paris St-Germain in the International Champions Cup in Los Angeles. |
33,667,824 | There are 59 cameras covering public areas in Rhyl, 18 in Prestatyn and four in Rhuddlan, all linked to a control room in Rhyl police station.
Funding for council staff to monitor camera footage 24 hours a day ends in March, saving £200,000 in 2016/17.
Cameras will still run, but footage will not be monitored, and a c... | CCTV camera footage from Denbighshire towns will no longer be monitored by operators in a money-saving scheme. |
39,877,171 | The trial of Edwin McLaren began in September 2015 with the 15 jurors needed for a Scottish criminal trial and ended more than a year and a half later with just 12.
There were concerns that if they had lost another juror the case would have collapsed.
That is what happened with another mammoth fraud case at the Old Bai... | A fraud trial has just concluded at the High Court in Glasgow after 20 months, raising questions about whether juries should be used in such complex cases. |
27,469,349 | He plans a packed, whistle-stop tour of Jordan, the Palestinian territories and Israel - setting a new rhythm for papal travel which recalls the enthusiasm for foreign pilgrimages shown by his ground-breaking predecessors who kick-started papal travel in the 20th Century.
He will deliver a total of 13 speeches, all in ... | Pope Francis sets out from Rome this weekend on his first visit to the Middle East as pontiff, specifically to the lands designated as "Holy" not only by the world's Christians, but also by members of the two other major monotheistic faiths. |
30,627,003 | Clark, 33, and Hunter, 29, receive MBEs after helping England lift the World Cup for the first time in 20 years.
Northern Ireland boxer Patrick Barnes, 27, and Scotland's judoka Euan Burton, 35, who both won Commonwealth gold medals last summer, are made MBEs.
Athlete Steve Cram, 54, a former 1500m world champion, has ... | Women's Rugby World Cup winners Sarah Hunter and Rochelle Clark are among the sports stars recognised in the Queen's New Year's Honours. |
40,254,686 | The position became vacant after Angus Robertson lost his seat in the general election.
Ian Blackford, Joanna Cherry, Tommy Sheppard and Drew Hendry have all confirmed their candidacy. They were all first elected in 2015.
The party said its new Westminster group leader would be announced on Wednesday evening.
The SNP w... | Four SNP MPs have said they are hoping to be the party's next leader at Westminster. |
37,452,275 | Students from Wales will be able to claim up to £4,954 in grants and borrow the rest, wherever they study.
The announcement comes ahead of the publication of the Diamond report into higher education and student finance.
One senior academic has warned that Welsh universities could become "second rate" if they could not ... | Welsh university tuition fees will be pegged at £9,000 next year despite colleges in England being given the go-ahead to charge up to £9,250. |
26,187,400 | The 41-year-old, from Crawley, West Sussex, is believed to have bombed a jail in Aleppo on 6 February.
The footage shows Majid next to a large armoured truck bomb that was driven into the walls of the prison.
His family said they believed he was in Syria for humanitarian purposes.
Anti-terror police searched Majid's ho... | A video has been posted online showing British man Abdul Waheed Majid, who is thought to have carried out a suicide bombing in Syria, the BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner has said. |
36,371,754 | The Co Wicklow fighter beat Victoria Torres of Mexico on a unanimous decision to make the semi-finals.
All four semi-finalists in Kazakhstan qualify for August's Olympics.
Middleweight Savannah Marshall became the 10th British boxer to book a place in Brazil by outpointing Chinese third seed Li Qian in her quarter-fina... | London 2012 gold medallist Katie Taylor will defend her lightweight title in Rio after securing an Olympic Games berth at the World Championships. |
36,571,877 | The 29-year-old England international has not made a final decision, but is understood to favour extending his time at the King Power Stadium.
Arsenal made a reported bid of £20m for Vardy, activating a release clause in his contract and offering him a deal reported to be worth £120,000 a week.
Leicester responded with... | Leicester striker Jamie Vardy is set to reject an offer to join Arsenal and stay with the Premier League champions. |
35,491,402 | The latest available figures show that during 2014 there were 16.5 suicides per 100,000 in Northern Ireland.
Scotland had the second highest rate, at 14.5, followed by 10.3 in England and 9.2 in Wales.
It is the second consecutive year that Northern Ireland has recorded the UK's highest suicide rate.
However, the overa... | Northern Ireland continues to have the highest rate of suicide in the UK, per head of population, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). |
31,930,033 | Allen left the Swans for Liverpool in 2012 but his time at Anfield has been hampered by injuries.
The 24-year-old played in his side's 1-0 win at Swansea and Taylor said: "I've always known he was a great player, we know in Wales what a good player he is.
"He just needed to be fit. He's a key player and he's in great f... | Midfielder Joe Allen is showing the form that earned him a move to Liverpool, says former Swansea City team-mate Neil Taylor. |
32,258,265 | The aircraft have brought in medical equipment and food and water supplies from the Red Cross and the UN children's fund (Unicef).
The UN has warned that basic services are unravelling in Yemen, with widespread food and fuel shortages.
Meanwhile, Pakistan has ruled itself out of joining the Saudi-led coalition fighting... | Two planes carrying much-needed relief supplies have arrived in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. |
40,750,170 | BT is paying the money to Deutsche Telekom and Orange to avoid legal action over the issue.
The two companies now hold stakes in BT as a consequence of the deal that saw them sell the EE mobile network to the UK company.
The charge led to BT's first-quarter profits falling 42% to £418m.
In January, BT wrote down the va... | Profits at telecoms group BT have fallen after it took a £225m charge related to its Italian accounting scandal. |
38,559,667 | Alfie Hyett was found by his mother Louise Hembrow at home in Hereford last March.
Police told the inquest they found no evidence to support a claim he was copying a choking game that encouraged people to block their airways.
A verdict of accidental death was recorded at Hereford Town Hall.
More on this and other stori... | A 10-year-old boy found hanged in his bedroom "did not understand the risks of putting a scarf around his neck", a coroner has said. |
35,985,346 | BBC News NI will provide audiences with its most extensive election coverage to date on our news website.
Users will be able to follow live feeds of what is happening in their own constituencies, with stage by stage results for every seat. Live streams across all 18 battlegrounds will deliver the latest audio, video a... | With the assembly election now upon us, BBC News NI 's multi-platform coverage will be bringing you all the results as soon as they come in. |
36,410,797 | Bed Bahadur Sunuwar was one of more than 150 local and foreign runners in the race, which began at Nepal's base camp.
The annual run marks the anniversary of the first summit of the peak by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary in 1953.
The winner completed the race, which ended about 2,000 metres further down the slopes, ... | A Nepali soldier has won the world's highest marathon on Mount Everest. |
35,490,877 | The Conservatives won power promising: "If an EU migrant's child is living abroad, then they should receive no child benefit".
The letter from EU President Donald Tusk, setting out a possible new deal for the UK, says something rather different - such benefits could be indexed "to the standard of living in the member s... | It is not quite the pledge he made in his manifesto, but is David Cameron's compromise on paying child benefit to EU migrants workable? |
37,154,404 | Drifters was made in 1929 by acclaimed Scottish documentary-maker John Grierson.
It shows fishermen harvesting shoals of herring off Scotland's east coast.
East London-born sound artist Jason Singh will provide vocal sound effects during screenings of the film in Lerwick, Helmsdale and Anstruther.
The tour, called Foll... | A silent film made 87 years ago about Scottish herring fishermen is shown at venues across Scotland accompanied by performances by a beatboxer. |
34,362,877 | The WDBS was launched this week to give more people with disabilities the opportunity to play cue sports.
The first event will take place on 28 and 29 November at the South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester.
Five different disability classification groups will participate at the tournament.
The WDBS has been set up un... | The first tournament staged by the new World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) body will take place in Gloucester in November. |
38,572,335 | Hammersmith and Fulham council's planning committee have backed plans to demolish the current 41,600-capacity Stamford Bridge stadium.
The plans include a walkway from the nearby District Line station.
"We are grateful that planning permission was granted for the redevelopment of our historic home," Chelsea said in a s... | Chelsea Football Club have been given permission by the local council to build a new £500m 60,000-seat stadium. |
39,091,687 | Police Scotland said the emergency services were alerted to the incident at about 13:00.
A coastguard helicopter and lifeboat joined rescue teams looking for the man.
A post on the RNLI Montrose Lifeboat Facebook page said it had been stood down at 18:20 "due to failing light". | A major search is under way for a man believed to have fallen from cliffs at Arbroath in Angus. |
40,548,316 | 9 July 2017 Last updated at 14:27 BST
The How To Train Your Dragon author gave Martin some great writing and reading tips ready for the summer! | Martin's behind the scenes at CBBC's Summer Social and caught up with author Cressida Cowell. |
30,539,449 | Maybe you're a Doctor Who fan, or you can't wait for the Big Fat Quiz of the Year, or you love Downton Abbey?
Charlotte Moore has already seen every festive show going out on BBC One.
She's the controller of the channel and it's her job to make sure that there's "something for everyone to watch" over the holidays.
"It'... | There's bound to be at least one television programme you're looking forward to watching this Christmas. |
39,456,771 | The Committee on Standards in Public Life is rewriting its guidelines on potential conflicts of interests.
It wants to know what the "reasonable limits" should be and whether they should be different for ministers and backbench MPs.
It comes after controversy over George Osborne's jobs in banking, public speaking and j... | An ethics watchdog want to know what the public thinks about MPs having second jobs. |
30,228,416 | In saying that, you may think I've gone mad - given that the Smith Commission has apparently made some huge decisions.
Here is what stands out for me from today's announcement.
1) The Scottish parliament will have total control over income tax rates and the thresholds at which they kick in (but Westminster will still s... | The really important stuff on economic and fiscal devolution to Scotland is yet to be decided. |
34,339,160 | UK Steel says rising competition and falling prices are damaging firms.
The call for action comes days after Thai steel firm SSI halted production at its Teesside plant due to falling demand, putting 2,000 jobs at risk.
Among other measures, UK Steel wants the government to lower business rates and relax emissions targ... | UK steel manufacturers will urge the government to take steps to protect the industry in the face of what they describe as a "perfect storm". |
28,529,189 | This is revealed in a BBC analysis of recent inspection data collated by the Food Standards Agency.
I have compared the hygiene records of some of the UK's most popular restaurant chains.
Other brands which also do badly include Pizza Gogo and Little Chef, where about one in five of the restaurants inspected were unsat... | Around one in three of the fast food outlets trading under the names of Dixy Chicken and Chicken Cottage failed to meet satisfactory levels for food hygiene when they were last inspected. |
35,641,714 | Negotiations over the fiscal framework have been going on since March 2015, with a lengthy deadlock over the issue of Scotland's block grant.
Confirming a deal had been done, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said "not a single penny" would be taken from the Scottish government's budget.
Details of the deal will be publis... | The Scottish and UK governments have reached a financial deal enabling new powers for Holyrood. |
30,047,215 | The charges relate to a 20-year-old from Slovakia allegedly sold by a gang in Greater Manchester who organised a marriage to a man facing deportation.
The five will appear before Rochdale and Bury magistrates on Friday.
Police said immigration services had also dealt with three men for overstaying their visas.
Mohammed... | Four men and a woman have been charged over allegations of human trafficking involving a woman almost tricked into an abortion after a sham marriage. |
37,895,649 | The SEP V fund will invest up to £20m in growth-stage technology businesses based mainly in the UK and Ireland.
It will also play "an active and supportive role" in their development.
SEP said investments in companies in other European countries would also be considered.
According to SEP, the fund was over-subscribed a... | Glasgow-based venture capital firm Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has raised £260m for a new fund that will focus on high-growth technology companies. |
38,719,455 | Find out how you can submit your images and videos below.
If you have a picture you'd like to share, email us at england@bbc.co.uk, post it on Facebook or tweet it to @BBCEngland. You can also find us on Instagram - use #englandsbigpicture to share an image there. You can also see a recent archive of pictures on our En... | Each day we feature a photograph sent in from across England. |
39,626,640 | Thousands of fans celebrated on the pitch at full-time after the Seagulls beat Wigan.
The promotion came 34 years after the club reached the FA Cup Final but was relegated.
The club's chief executive Paul Barber said a 25,000-strong crowd remained at the stadium after the game on Sunday.
Virgo said the scenes of euphor... | Nothing will ever top Brighton and Hove Albion's promotion to the Premier League, the club's former defender Adam Virgo has said. |
37,125,913 | Charlie Webster, 33, who has worked for Sky and ITV, became unwell after watching the Olympic opening ceremony.
She remains in intensive care but doctors have said they are "very happy with Charlie's neurological results".
Her mother said: "The fact Charlotte is now conscious is amazing."
Ms Webster is being kept on di... | A television sports presenter who contracted malaria in Rio following a 3,000-mile charity cycle ride has been brought out of her medically induced coma, her manager has said. |
36,269,595 | The regulator's chief executive, Leslie Titcomb, said on Monday she had learnt of the sale of BHS, then part of Sir Philip's Arcadia retail group, through reading the newspapers.
Arcadia's company secretary has written on behalf of Sir Philip saying she was given advance notice of the sale.
The regulator's spokesman sa... | Sir Philip Green, the former BHS boss, says the head of the Pensions Regulator gave MPs "incorrect" evidence. |
35,512,357 | Moses, 25, starred as Nigeria clinched the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, but his search for consistency on the international scene has been hampered by a series of niggling injuries.
His last Super Eagles appearance was in the 2-0 loss to France at the 2014 World Cup but he insists his commitment to Nigeria should not be... | West Ham winger Victor Moses has reiterated his commitment to Nigeria after he was accused by fans and local media in Nigeria of putting club before country. |
23,775,475 | In some hotels featured by the Fifa-appointed agency Match, room rates will be up to five times higher during the tournament, a recent study suggests.
The board fears that "stratospheric" costs could damage the country's image.
The World Cup opening match will be on 12 June 2014, in Sao Paulo.
The board, known as Embra... | Brazil's tourism board has asked world football governing body Fifa and hotel operators to try to bring down hotel prices – which have reportedly sky-rocketed for the World Cup period. |
33,288,542 | They are the latest in a series of deadly attacks in France that have been getting more frequent in recent years.
Previous attacks have included the killing of soldiers and schoolchildren by a lone gunman in the Toulouse region, shootings at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris, and a co-ordinated assault by gunmen and s... | The attack on a church near Rouen in northern France comes just 12 days after a lorry attack on people celebrating Bastille Day in Nice. |
39,184,785 | Len McCluskey joined Unite members from the Oxford Bus Company on the picket line earlier, and warned seven other bus depots run by the Go Ahead Group could be affected.
Drivers have walked out on two separate days angry that they were only paid for three bank holidays over Christmas.
Oxford Bus Company said its driver... | The leader of England's biggest union has warned that a strike by bus drivers in Oxford over pay could spread. |
33,843,336 | Nobbs, 80, from Ripon, North Yorkshire, also wrote for The Two Ronnies, Ken Dodd, Frankie Howerd and Radio 4's The Maltby Collection.
The creator of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin also wrote 20 novels.
Comedian John Cleese said he was a "lovely kind, gentle man with a delicious sense of humour".
He said on Twitte... | Writer David Nobbs, best known for creating the television character Reginald Perrin, has died, the British Humanist Association has said. |
35,891,734 | Cyclists have suffered punctures and pet-owners and runners have been warned to beware along the three-mile (4.8km) route, from Mumbles to the centre of Swansea.
The council said the drawing pins, found at several locations, appeared to have been left "deliberately".
A spokesman said it was "extremely irresponsible and... | A warning has been issued after a stretch of the Swansea Bay promenade was showered with drawing pins. |
34,700,104 | The number reaching Greece was 210,265, and for Italy it was 8,129, according to the UNHCR.
Many are refugees from Syria. At least 70 people have drowned trying to reach Greek islands in the past week.
The bodies of four men were recovered from the Aegean Sea on Monday after their boat sank.
Another seven people were m... | A monthly record of 218,394 migrants and refugees reached Europe by sea in October, the UN says, almost as many as the total number of arrivals in 2014. |
39,643,112 | The reality of the Dark Hedges did not live up to the fantasy for those visiting the tunnel of trees, made famous by Game of Thrones.
There was no chance of an unspoilt picture with cars and coaches blocking the road and honking their horns.
There are plans to close the road to traffic permanently.
Four objections have... | It was a case of not being able to see the wood for the cars at one of Northern Ireland's top tourist attractions over the Easter weekend. |
39,101,533 | Avast carried out the check to coincide with the first day of the Mobile World Congress trade show in the city.
In addition, it said it had found more than 470,000 other types of vulnerable smart devices.
The firm warned that unsuspecting owners could be spied upon as a consequence.
"If webcams are set to livestream fo... | A leading security company says it has discovered 22,000 hackable internet-connected baby monitors and other types of webcam in Barcelona. |
21,585,851 | Mole Valley District Council is consulting on plans to move boundaries to allow the building of up to 2,200 homes over the next 13 years.
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has now started a campaign called Save Surrey's Countryside.
The council said there was insufficient land available in built-up areas for... | A campaign has begun to fight a proposal to remove land from the green belt in Surrey to build housing. |
38,978,637 | The 27-year-old has played in two Tests, 48 one-day internationals and 18 Twenty20 matches for Pakistan.
Both men were later bailed until April pending further inquiries.
Jamshed is among three players who were recently suspended for violating a cricket anti-corruption code.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) also suspen... | Pakistan batsman Nasir Jamshed was one of two men arrested by the National Crime Agency in Britain on Monday as part of an investigation into cricket corruption, the BBC understands. |
37,247,077 | The force of the blast shook buildings several miles away.
SpaceX said "an anomaly" had occurred while the rocket was being loaded with fuel. No-one was injured, it said.
The rocket's payload, an Israeli-built communications satellite for Facebook due to launch on Saturday, was also destroyed, it added.
Facebook, in p... | A rocket operated by the aerospace company SpaceX has exploded on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral where it was being test-fired ahead of a launch. |
35,001,093 | Teams are set to be composed of big-name players and sevens specialists.
New Zealand's Sonny Bill Williams is already playing full-time sevens but British clubs seem unlikely to release players until shortly before the Games.
"It is a very condensed programme and that puts us up against it," said Amor.
"The door is ope... | Coach Simon Amor says getting hold of 15-a-side players and integrating them in time for Rio has already put Great Britain's sevens team at a disadvantage ahead of the 2016 Olympics. |
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