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37,432,575 | Hull succeeds Derry/Londonderry as the UK's City of Culture, after beating Leicester, Dundee and Swansea Bay for the rights to the 2017 title.
Officials have described winning the title as a "real game-changer", and the "beginning of a cultural renaissance".
Hull council leader Stephen Brady said: "It will give Hull a ... | As the schedule of events for Hull's year as City of Culture are announced, BBC News looks at what the title means for the city, and what is has to offer. |
39,043,691 | The former Wales fly-half's long-range drop-goal was the highlight of an otherwise low-key first half.
Bath's Harry Davies and David Denton had tries disallowed before Semesa Rokoduguni intercepted to score.
But Rhys Priestland crucially missed the conversion and Bristol held on to move two points behind Worcester.
Mar... | Gavin Henson kicked all Bristol's points on his injury return as they beat rivals Bath for the first time in 11 years to boost their survival hopes. |
35,284,482 | Thomas Scanlon, 23, attacked Jamie Bagnall with a piece of wood at a flat in Pensarn near Rhyl, Denbighshire, Mold Crown Court heard.
Scanlon, of no fixed abode but who had lived at Rhos-on-Sea, admitted wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
On Monday, he was jailed for four-and-a-half years.
Prosecuting bar... | A man who attacked another man in a row over a stolen iPad and then posted a photograph of his injured victim on social media has been jailed. |
36,274,882 | Determined to not repeat their first innings collapse, Lightning batted with resolve on a placid Contarf pitch.
North Down leg-spinner Jacob Mulder (2-62) struck twice in the morning session to offer the Knights some hope.
But Lightning skipper John Anderson and Simmi Singh negotiated the final two sessions with a cent... | Leinster Lightning produced an improved batting performance in their second innings against Ulster Knights to keep their unbeaten Inter-pro record. |
36,455,161 | Openers Mark Stoneman (93) and Phil Mustard (88) shared a 180-run first-wicket stand and Scott Borthwick hit a quickfire 63 off 53 balls as the Jets pummelled 340-6 from their 50 overs.
A century stand between Kevin O'Brien (89) and Mark Cosgrove (63) put the Foxes on course for their target.
They were restricted to 32... | Durham earned a narrow 11-run victory over Leicestershire in a high-scoring One-Day Cup match at Grace Road. |
40,265,265 | Leeds United's Chris Wood gave the All Whites a first-half lead but second-half goals by Benfica's Raul Jimenez and Oribe Peralta sealed victory.
But the game boiled over in the dying stages when Mexico skipper Diego Reyes pulled back Michael Boxall, who then lunged at Hector Herrera.
New Zealand's Ryan Thomas also bec... | Mexico came from behind to beat New Zealand and moved top of the group amid ugly scenes at the Confederations Cup. |
35,799,835 | The 31-year-old carded a four-under 67 to finish seven under with Haas, who was one ahead overnight.
He then claimed the play-off with a par for his 15th professional win, but only his second on the PGA Tour.
World number one Jordan Spieth, the defending champion, birdied the last for a 73 and was tied 18th, seven back... | South African Charl Schwartzel won the Valspar Championship in Palm Harbour, Florida with victory over American Bill Haas at the first play-off hole. |
34,755,395 | With one hole of his third round remaining, the 30-year-old is a shot behind leader Kevin Kisner, as are Dustin Johnson and China's Haotong Li.
Kisner leads on 16 under after shooting a two-under-par 70 on Saturday.
Jordan Spieth, who is hoping to return to world number one, had a nine-under 63 to move to 13 under over... | Scot Russell Knox was one shot off the lead when the third round of the WGC-HSBC Champions event in Shanghai was suspended because of darkness. |
34,978,899 | Charlie Hodgson converted Samuela Vunisa's try and added two penalties to give Sarries a 13-3 lead at half-time, with Tom Catterick replying.
Hodgson then kicked two penalties after the break either side of Nick Tompkins' score from close range.
Fly-half Hodgson added a breakaway try late on before Billy Vunipola's sco... | Saracens returned to the top of the Premiership table after securing a late bonus point in their win at Newcastle. |
32,117,823 | The fire broke out at the Student Lodge on Player Street on Monday afternoon.
Fire group manager David Stevenson said it was proving to be a "very difficult fire to tackle because of a number of hidden voids" in the old building.
Students were evacuated on Monday. Residents of nearby terraced housing are now being move... | About 60 firefighters are still at the scene of a blaze at a student accommodation block in Nottingham's former Player's cigarette factory. |
37,218,014 | There were 108 inward investment projects counted in the 2015-16 financial year.
In the previous two years, there were 122 and 119.
The number of jobs created was well below a proportionate share of the British jobs, at 4,200.
The British numbers had another strong showing in both projects and jobs supported.
Foreign i... | Scotland's share of inward investment projects has fallen, according to the latest figures from the new UK Department for International Trade. |
29,746,239 | The Brotherhood is an Islamist movement which has been declared a terrorist group by Egypt's military rulers.
Reports suggested members of the group moved to London to escape a crackdown in Cairo and plotted a response to the ousting of President Mohammed Morsi, a Brotherhood leader.
There has been no reaction yet from... | A review of the Muslim Brotherhood's UK activity has cleared it of links to terrorism, its lawyers have said. |
17,935,104 | Dionisio Vilca set off on his search, protesting that the authorities had abandoned efforts to find his police officer son Cesar.
Cesar Vilca had been missing for 20 days, after his unit came under attack by rebels in the southern Cusco region.
Another officer, Luis Astuquillca, was shot in the leg but walked for 17 da... | A Peruvian father has recovered the body of his son, after embarking on a nine-hour journey through the jungle. |
36,186,932 | The application was rejected in September 2014 by Fifa's executive committee, which said its requirements had not been met.
But the Court of Arbitration for Sport has told Fifa to submit Gibraltar's application to its Congress, which has the power to grant membership.
European football's governing body Uefa accepted Gi... | World football's governing body Fifa has been instructed to reconsider Gibraltar's application for membership. |
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Fans chanted "We want Moyesy out" as the Black Cats lost 1-0 to fellow strugglers Middlesbrough.
Sunderland are 12 points adrift of safety with five games remaining, and could be relegated at the weekend.
Asked if he would leave, Moyes, 54, said: "No, I'm here, I'm the man... | Sunderland manager David Moyes has resisted calls from fans to quit with his side facing relegation from the Premier League. |
34,896,956 | A Royal Navy Frigate and submarine are also thought to be involved in the search, along with Canadian and French maritime patrol aircraft.
The Telegraph reports the French plane has searched for the submarine for at least 10 days.
The RAF currently has no maritime patrol aircraft of its own.
But according to the BBC's ... | An RAF plane is "conducting activity" off the Scottish coast, the Ministry of Defence says, amid reports of a Russian submarine being spotted in the area. |
36,886,699 | A well-known reporter who was sacked from a long-standing job at the liberal Hurriyet newspaper last year, Mr Mumay says the news was a shock.
"It's difficult to be facing such accusations," he told the BBC, "but I wasn't surprised."
Mr Mumay described Turkey's record on press freedom as "troubled".
The country ranked ... | Bulent Mumay found out he was on a list of 42 journalists facing arrest when a friend called him on Monday morning. |
23,420,460 | Ms Saunders will head the Crown Prosecution Service when Keir Starmer stands down in October.
The career CPS lawyer has overseen some of the country's most important prosecutions and is currently the organisation's London chief.
The DPP is the most senior criminal prosecutor in England and Wales, responsible for more t... | The new director of public prosecutions is to be Alison Saunders, the attorney general has announced. |
35,407,487 | Djokovic beat Japan's Kei Nishikori in his quarter-final match in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.
He admitted after the match that he hadn't practiced before his match because he'd played five sets against Gilles Simon.
"I was determined, focused. In important points and moments I managed to stay composed and make him pl... | World number one Novak Djokovic will play Roger Federer in the men's semi-final at the Australian Open. |
38,530,285 | The 24-year-old, who has spent eight years at Deepdale, has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with a option for a further 12 months.
Head coach Lee Johnson said: "Bailey has a warrior spirit and represents a good signing for us.
"He has great Championship experience, he's tough, an Australian international - an old... | Bristol City have signed Australian centre-back Bailey Wright from Preston North End for an undisclosed fee. |
31,876,747 | Omar Gonzalez, 42, made it past the front door and all the way to the executive mansion's East Room before being tackled.
As part of a plea deal, he will serve between 12-18 months in prison and be barred from entering Washington DC.
He was previously ordered to undergo a 30-day mental health evaluation.
Gonzalez will ... | An Iraq war veteran who jumped the White House fence and ran into the building with a knife has pleaded guilty to two charges. |
26,217,552 | The government's preferred route for the second phase of the line, linking Birmingham to Manchester and Leeds, includes a spur junction at Crewe, but no stop at Stoke-on-Trent.
The council has submitted a bid and leader Mohammed Pervez said Stoke-on-Trent would become a "core city".
A decision is due later in 2014.
Ali... | A station in Stoke-on-Trent as part of the high-speed rail project "has not been ruled out", the HS2 boss says. |
39,841,987 | TPG Capital and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan want to buy parts of Fairfax Media including its newspapers and property advertising arm, Domain.
A deal could be worth as much as A$2.5bn (£1.4bn).
However, loss-making Fairfax said the offer "may not optimise shareholder value".
It also said the proposal may not get... | The owner of Australian newspapers including the Sydney Morning Herald is in takeover talks with a North American private equity consortium. |
38,506,338 | As reported by The Sun, a utility worker had planned to buy a Persimmon Homes property near Colchester.
But he pulled out after learning a clause in the contract meant he would not be able to park his van outside.
The town's Conservative MP Will Quince said the ban "seemed unreasonable". Persimmon has yet to respond to... | A housing developer has been accused of "snobbery" for banning traders from parking vans outside their homes. |
15,456,696 | The All Nippon Airlines (ANA) flight will take off from Tokyo around 1230 local time, bound for Hong Kong.
The Dreamliner had originally been scheduled for delivery in 2008, but Boeing has suffered a string of setbacks.
Boeing plans to make 10 of the planes a month from 2013.
Wednesday's flight is a special charter, wi... | After three years of delays, Boeing's Dreamliner jet is set for its maiden commercial voyage. |
36,448,834 | The League One champions have confirmed Leon Barnett, Ryan Jennings, Kevin McNaughton and Reece Wabara will be allowed to exit.
Midfielders Chris McCann and Jordan Flores are offered new deals.
Emyr Huws, Jack Hendry, Billy Mckay, Andrew Taylor, Dan Lavercombe and Danny Whitehead have all been out on loan but will retu... | Wigan Athletic have announced that four players will leave the club when their contracts expire during the summer. |
34,373,848 | Nancy Soderberg said the Northern Ireland peace process was a large part of Mr Clinton's legacy as US president.
"This is something he cares very deeply about, and if there's a way he can help, of course he would be willing to," she told the BBC's Sunday News.
Northern Ireland's political parties have been holding roun... | Bill Clinton has a genuine willingness to help Northern Ireland parties resolve the crisis at Stormont, a former senior aide has said. |
35,760,090 | Four years ago, Veronica Boquete's winner denied Anna Signeul's side a place at the Euro 2013 finals.
But the disappointment this time round was every bit as real as Virginia Torrecilla cancelled out Emma Mitchell's opener in the dying seconds.
It kept intact Spain's unbeaten record under new head coach Jorge Vilda.
De... | There was a sense of deja vu as Scotland lost a last-minute goal against Spain for the second successive meeting between the two sides. |
34,442,039 | Relatives of Kailash Chander, ex-mayor of Leamington Spa who is assisting police with inquiries, said the crash was "beyond anyone's imagination".
Passenger Rowan Fitzgerald, seven, died when the bus crashed into Sainsbury's on Trinity Street on Saturday.
Pedestrian Dora Hancox, in her 70s and from Nuneaton, was also k... | The family of a 77-year-old bus driver whose vehicle crashed into a Coventry supermarket, killing two people, say he is "devastated to the core". |
34,956,795 | He told the BBC he had been in talks with Labour MPs but added: "We've got to keep building the case".
He admitted it would be harder to get the support if Labour ordered its MPs to vote against air strikes in Syria.
Labour's Jeremy Corbyn, who opposes air strikes, said he had not decided whether to offer them a free v... | The government does not yet have enough votes from MPs to back air strikes against Islamic State (IS) in Syria, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said. |
39,655,545 | Surrey Police said bottles were thrown in the disturbance at the Epsom Downs Racecourse on 4 June.
The all-male group, charged in connection with disorder near a music stage, is due in court over the next four weeks.
During the violence a police officer's tooth was knocked out. He had to be treated in hospital for his ... | Eleven people have been charged following a fracas at last year's Epsom Derby. |
37,884,244 | The club's annual accounts show turnover for last season was up by £337,000 to £13.4m.
An operating profit of £448,000 was slightly down on the previous year.
The Scottish Premiership club's wage bill increased by about £150,000 to £6.8m.
According to chief executive Duncan Fraser, that was "as a direct result of our c... | Aberdeen have posted a record turnover and another profit but warned of "significant challenges" in raising funds to complete their move from Pittodrie to a new stadium. |
33,497,990 | The number of turbines on the Kentish Flats wind farm is being increased from 30 to 45, with the operation being co-ordinated from Ramsgate.
Swedish energy company Vattenfall said six turbines had so far been installed on its site, off Herne Bay.
All 15 will be switched on later this year, and it is expected they will ... | Work to expand one of Kent's three offshore wind farms has got under way. |
34,107,971 | The hotel is considered a modernist masterpiece and a perfect representation of 1960s Japanese style.
A pair of glass towers designed by Yoshio Taniguchi, son of the Okura's original architect, will replace it.
Built in 1962, the hotel has been favoured by world leaders, celebrities and was even James Bond's preferred ... | Tokyo's iconic Okura hotel has closed ahead of its demolition and redevelopment for the 2020 Olympics. |
30,480,285 | Many commentators condemn the police action against the Zaman newspaper and Samanyolu TV channel as a clampdown on press freedom. Both are described as being close to Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen, the spiritual leader of the Hizmet movement, whom Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses of running a "parallel s... | The arrest of more than 20 people, many of them from Turkey's media, has ignited a war of words between pro-government and opposition press and TV outlets. |
32,003,844 | Ten Atlanta teachers have been jailed after investigators found wrong answers on test papers were erased and children told the right answers. The incentive - financial bonuses for good marks.
Here are five more notorious examples of exam cheating.
Red faces all round when allegations emerged in January that 34 US Air F... | Dubbed one of the biggest test cheating scandals in the US, more than 170 teachers and principals were found to have helped cheating in exams in 2009. |
27,641,257 | The long-term proposals for Hay Castle in Hay-on-Wye would allow it to open to the public for the first time.
Hay Castle Trust has been awarded £528,600 to help develop the plans which include an arts centre.
The castle was built in the late 12th Century by the powerful Norman Lord William de Braose.
It was sacked the ... | A medieval castle which stands over a Powys town is to receive more than £500,000 as part of plans to restore it. |
37,444,330 | Philip Moreton, 31, and Cheyrell Davie, 36, appeared at Perth Sheriff Court on a petition alleging the charge at the maximum security jail.
They made no plea or declaration at a brief hearing in private.
They were granted bail and the case against them was continued for further examination.
A spokesman for the Crown Of... | A couple have appeared in court accused of attempting to smuggle a mobile phone into Perth Prison by flying it over the security wall with a drone. |
39,889,673 | She met the country's Princess Stephanie and Prime Minister Xavier Bettel at the capital city's museum of modern art, Mudamon.
The Duchess was given a guided tour of the exhibitions by British artists Sir Tony Cragg and Darren Almond.
The treaty, signed in 1867, confirmed Luxembourg's independence and neutrality.
On th... | The Duchess of Cambridge has visited Luxembourg on her second solo trip, to mark 150 years of the Treaty of London. |
33,017,995 | A parade and service was held at Blandford Camp where thousands of sailors from the Collingwood Battalion trained.
The Princess Royal attended the ceremony at the battalion's memorial.
The service commemorated those who died during the Third Battle of Krithia on the Turkish peninsula.
The battalion were almost totally ... | The centenary of the Gallipoli campaign - one of the bloodiest of World War One - has been marked with a memorial in Dorset. |
32,827,538 | The jet has been painted in the colours used at the time of the battle, which ran from July to September 1940.
It also bears a red devil emblem in honour of the only RAF Fighter Command pilot awarded a Victoria Cross in the conflict.
It was revealed during a ceremony at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire.
The Battle of Britai... | A specially painted Eurofighter Typhoon commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain has been unveiled. |
32,236,202 | The tie-up could worsen the position for shoppers in local areas owing to a cut in quality, fewer promotions and store closures, an initial probe found.
Poundland wants to buy its closest rival in an agreed deal worth £47.5m in cash and £7.5m in shares.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said this could hit 80... | Discount store Poundland's proposed purchase of rival 99p Stores for £55m faces an in-depth investigation by competition authorities. |
30,366,817 | Passengers were terrified as a gust of wind sent empty carriages swinging at the top of the 60m (198ft) Sky Swing at Cardiff's Winter Wonderland.
Sayers Amusements, which operates it, said there was no fault with the ride.
It said it shut down automatically - as it should - when the wind got too strong on Friday.
The o... | An amusement ride which was shut down after its carriages crashed into each other in mid-air with people on board is safe, its operator says. |
37,021,504 | The trend in transport systems is towards growing automation. But it seems that plans for drivers to operate train carriage doors instead of guards can still cause industrial strife.
Not so long ago, such a change would not have been possible. As recently as 2005, some Southern services were still using old-fashioned "... | At a time when the driverless car is said to be just around the corner, the rail dispute that has brought five days of strike action to Southern trains seems to belong to another age. |
35,335,214 | Light installations have been placed at locations around the city including Piccadilly, Mayfair, King's Cross, Trafalgar Square and Westminster.
Lumiere London runs from 18:30 GMT to 22:30 on Saturday and Sunday.
The art installations include a life-size 3D elephant, human figures floating in the sky, giant fish, LED s... | London has been illuminated by its first festival of light, featuring 30 artists. |
32,443,327 | Eve Stratford, 22, who worked at London's Playboy club, was found with her throat slashed in her home in Leyton, east London, in March 1975.
Six months later, Lynne Weedon, 16, died after being attacked and raped near her home in Hounslow, west London.
A link was made in 2006 after matching DNA was found on the victims... | The Metropolitan Police has offered a £40,000 reward for information on the linked murders of a bunny girl and a teenager. |
36,606,304 | The 31-year-old joins former QPR team-mates Joey Barton and Clint Hill at Ibrox as he becomes Mark Warburton's sixth summer signing.
Kranjcar, capped 81 times for his country, was a free agent following a spell with New York Cosmos.
"We are delighted to secure a player of Niko's undoubted qualities," said manager Warbu... | Croatia midfielder Niko Kranjcar has signed for Rangers on a two-year deal after completing a medical. |
39,289,698 | Average household income rose by 1.4% in 2015-16 after adjusting for inflation, new data from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) shows.
Working-age household incomes have been stagnant since 2007-08 compared with a 10% rise for pensioners.
Yet, 14% of pensioners households are still on low incomes.
The DWP figu... | A generational divide in UK households' income growth has been confirmed in the latest government figures - but incomes are little changed in the last year. |
38,596,028 | Seamus James Laverty, 58, of Deer Park Road in Toome, pleaded guilty to 16 counts of fraud by false representation at Antrim Crown Court.
Laverty sold ordinary glass as fire safety glass between 2010 and 2013 when he worked on the factory floor of Glassworks Ireland.
The fraud totalled £145,000.
The glass was sold to t... | A County Antrim man has been jailed for a year for selling fake fire safety glass that was later installed at schools, universities and hospitals. |
40,201,940 | Wallspot - a website that helps people manage public space for art - has teamed up with Throwupgallery for the Sunnybank Park venture.
The website has already established similar legal street art space in countries including in Spain, Switzerland and Sweden.
Throwupgallery promotes arts and culture in Aberdeen and iden... | A legal graffiti wall is being introduced in Aberdeen. |
29,610,570 | Dr Kate Parkins said, in the last 18 months, another five children in Greater Manchester have also suffered life-changing injuries as a result.
She said the button-shaped batteries "look like sweets" to children but can cause severe internal bleeding which medics struggle to treat.
Lithium batteries are found in items ... | A leading paediatrician has warned of the dangers of lithium batteries after two children swallowed them and died. |
35,612,967 | The £14.8m scheme will transfer heating and hot water between the John Radcliffe and Churchill Hospitals.
Officials have questioned whether officers should have been allowed to grant a licence for roadworks.
The scheme is already in limbo after problems over planning permission.
County councillors are demanding a revi... | Oxfordshire's councillors are calling for a review into how decisions are made after the installation of a pipeline between two hospitals had to be halted. |
29,659,537 | The most profitable, in fact, looking at figures for last year.
But for how much longer is the question occupying the minds not just of big pharma executives, but of health professionals and governments the world over.
There are already signs of trouble ahead - thousands of job losses and widespread consolidation are h... | Pharmaceuticals is an extraordinarily profitable business. |
35,609,897 | Five windows, including door panels, were smashed at Strawletterdallon Orange hall, near Newtownstewart in an attack discovered on Wednesday night.
Police described it as a sectarian hate crime.
The Orange Order said more windows were smashed at about 19:00 GMT on Thursday. The same hall was damaged five years ago in a... | An Orange hall in County Tyrone has been attacked for the second time in two days. |
40,386,726 | Pain is etched across her face, her body is stiff as she slowly eases herself into a seat. The Belfast woman appears to be in agony and a lot older than her years.
"I have come out partially disabled. I went in able bodied and I have come out in crutches. I am mentally wrecked; I don't know what is going to happen down... | Susan McLarnon arrives on crutches to tell her story. |
36,339,063 | Mr Hofer, 45, won last month's first round but failed to avoid the run-off.
If he wins on Sunday, Mr Hofer could become the EU's first far-right head of state, although Austria's president plays a largely ceremonial role.
On Thursday, the two rivals traded accusations during a TV debate.
Mr Van der Bellen, 72, accused ... | Austria's far-right Freedom Party presidential candidate Norbert Hofer and his rival, Green-backed Alexander Van der Bellen, are holding final rallies ahead of a run-off vote. |
35,472,617 | The video clearly shows the car number plate, but it was a hire vehicle and Nottinghamshire Police said it cannot prove who was driving.
Instead, a man who was eligible to drive the car has been fined £150 for failing to provide driver details.
In a statement, the force said it was "disappointed" with the outcome.
The... | Police say there is not enough evidence to prosecute a hit-and-run driver who accelerated into a cyclist - despite the incident being captured on video. |
11,482,293 | The UK's largest bakery chain said like-for-like sales - which excludes new store openings - for its third quarter ending 2 October rose 0.2%.
Greggs said its breakfast bacon roll was now its best-selling sandwich.
It is now adding more breakfast products, including croissants and pains au chocolat.
The 0.2% rise in Gr... | Strong demand for its breakfast range has helped Greggs report a small rise in sales, despite "an increasingly challenging trading environment". |
36,799,343 | The Six Nations' annual start could move from February to April with bonus points and promotion and relegation being introduced.
Davies says the current demands on players are "unsustainable", prompting talks over a "global season".
He says the WRU held "discussions" with New Zealand in June over the issue.
Recently in... | Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) chairman Gareth Davies believes a Six Nations revamp is "up for grabs" when tournament organisers meet this summer. |
35,320,831 | The £12.5bn deal brings together the UK's largest fixed-line business and the largest mobile telecoms business.
The CMA said it was unlikely to harm competition as BT was "smaller in mobile" and EE a "minor player" in broadband.
But rival Vodafone said it still had "wider market concerns".
The deal creates a communica... | BT Group's takeover of mobile phone network EE has been given final clearance by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). |
22,820,711 | Mr Obama said his administration had struck "the right balance" between security and privacy.
He also stressed US internet communications of US citizens and residents were not targeted.
And he tried to reassure the US "nobody is listening to your phone calls".
Mr Obama was commenting on revelations this week in the Gua... | President Barack Obama has defended newly revealed US government phone and internet surveillance programmes, saying they are closely overseen by Congress and the courts. |
35,200,931 | A judge will now consider the deportation of Ethan Couch, 18.
He and his mother were arrested in the resort town of Puerto Vallarta after a phone call for pizza tipped off police.
Couch left Texas for Mexico after he allegedly broke probation. His lawyer had argued a privileged upbringing left him with no sense of resp... | A fugitive who made headlines for using an "affluenza" defence after a fatal drink-driving crash has delayed his extradition from Mexico to the US. |
21,987,245 | Northern Constabulary have named the man as Daniel Maddox, 41, who was from Clackmannanshire.
Emergency services were alerted to the incident at an "off-piste" skiing area in the Etive Glades on Saturday.
Glencoe Mountain Resort said the experienced off-piste skier had been caught in a major avalanche.
Northern Constab... | Searchers have found the body of a skier who went missing in an avalanche near Glencoe Ski Centre in the west Highlands. |
37,008,607 | 8 August 2016 Last updated at 10:28 BST | The BBC's Dave Lee reports from the Def Con hacking conference in Las Vegas, where Hillary Clinton has gained some unlikely support from the hacking community. |
31,894,783 | Set 238 to win, Pakistan reached their target with 23 balls to spare thanks to Sarfraz Ahmed's unbeaten 101 in Adelaide.
Ireland captain William Porterfield earlier made 107, but his wicket triggered a slide to 237 all out.
The Irish finish fifth in Pool B, behind West Indies on net run-rate, while Pakistan go on to me... | Ireland were knocked out of the World Cup by Pakistan, who qualified for the quarter-finals with a seven-wicket win. |
29,980,390 | Media playback is not supported on this device
Sean Geddes' two goals helped the Conference North side through at the expense of the League One Sky Blues, Cup winners in 1987.
League Two Portsmouth, winners in 2008, left it late to draw 2-2 at home with Conference club Aldershot.
Northern Premier Blyth Spartans beat Co... | Worcester City beat Coventry City 2-1 to produce the biggest shock of Sunday's FA Cup first-round ties. |
38,710,917 | He was leading after the first run but was beaten by home favourite Marcel Hirscher to record the first podium of his career.
It was the best result for just over 35 years, since Konrad Bartelski came second in a downhill in Italy in 1981.
The 30-year-old had finished sixth and seventh already this season.
He told BBC ... | Skier Dave Ryding matched Britain's best ever alpine World Cup result when he finished second in the Kitzbuhel slalom in Austria. |
38,549,491 | The former England international, who switched his allegiance to The Elephants ahead of their Nations Cup defence, came off the bench in Abu Dhabi to provide the perfect cross for Giovanni Sio who headed home a winner.
An own-goal from Wilfried Kanon had put Sweden ahead, with Yao Serge Nguessan equalising on the strok... | Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha provided the decisive cross on his Ivory Coast debut as the African champions beat Sweden 2-1 in an Africa Cup of Nations warm-up match on Sunday. |
35,062,503 | Staff shortages and weaknesses in consistency, accuracy and timeliness of inspection reports have all been flagged up as areas of "concern" by the Public Accounts Committee.
Chairwoman Meg Hillier said there was an "alarming lack of attention to detail" when reports were prepared.
The CQC - set up six years ago - said ... | The Care Quality Commission, the health watchdog in England, is "not yet an effective regulator", MPs say. |
34,602,879 | Over the course of 43 years, WG (if you don't already know, the initials stand for William Gilbert) scored 54,211 first-class runs, including 124 centuries, and took 2,809 wickets and 876 catches.
Friday marks the centenary of the death of the man they call 'the father of the game', the original 'beard that was feared'... | For a man who played his cricket in an era of poor pitches and limited time for practice, WG Grace was nothing less than a phenomenon. |
37,810,114 | Rifleman William Aldridge of Bromyard, Herefordshire, was 18 when he died trying to save comrades in 2009.
A plaque commemorating his sacrifice was unveiled in the town's St Peter's Church.
It followed a campaign for a permanent memorial by William's mother, Lucy Aldridge.
She said she was "absolutely delighted" that h... | The youngest British soldier to be killed in Afghanistan has been honoured in his home town - seven years after he died. |
34,998,691 | Christopher Hales was found guilty of professional misconduct over property deals linked to MP Michelle Thomson.
She was elected an SNP MP but withdrew the party whip after the case emerged.
The Law Society found that claims staff might have deliberately halted progressing the case until after the election were "comple... | A review into the handling of a case involving a solicitor who was struck off has found no wrongdoing by Law Society of Scotland staff. |
29,523,111 | BAM Nuttall handed over the project two years late in August 2011.
The council said it was left with £31m of defects on the St Ives to Cambridge route. It said while there were no safety concerns, the defects needed to be fixed.
No-one from BAM Nuttall was available to comment.
At a meeting of the general purposes comm... | The company which built Cambridgeshire's guided busway is to be "held to account" for the cost of defects, the county council has agreed. |
39,633,285 | Alec Bedford later showed a video of the incident to colleagues at Daventry Police Station.
A misconduct hearing in Northamptonshire concluded Special Sgt Bedford had been guilty of misconduct but not gross misconduct.
The officer, aged 26, did not attend the hearing.
For more on this and other stories, visit BBC Local... | A part-time volunteer police sergeant who pushed an 87-year-old woman and shouted in her face has been given a final written warning. |
15,456,338 | Gen Mejia, 80, is accused of ordering massacres in indigenous Maya villages during Guatemala's 1960-96 civil war.
His lawyers say he recently suffered a stroke and is not physically or mentally capable of answering the charges.
Prosecutors dispute this, saying he was under sedation at an initial hearing.
Oscar Mejia wa... | Former Guatemalan military ruler Oscar Mejia Victores has been sent to hospital to see if he is well enough to stand trial on genocide charges. |
39,841,975 | It is alleged the attack happened on Friday night.
The court heard the alleged victim told police she was out with friends and had consumed half a bottle of vodka and a quarter bottle of rum.
The boy denies the charge. He was released on bail until May 23rd.
Around 18:30 GMT on Friday evening she went for a walk with t... | A 15-year-old boy has appeared at Londonderry Magistrates Court charged with raping a 17-year-old girl in the city. |
39,288,945 | 16 March 2017 Last updated at 09:20 GMT
Well Ricky has been speaking to 12-year-old Junior who loves to dance, but it made him very unpopular with bullies.
He ignored them and has since gone on to become the UK's Freestyle Street Dance champion.
And even got a chance to dance with singer Justin Bieber.
Junior has been ... | What would you do if something you loved made you a target for bullies? |
34,197,677 | The interim New Democracy leader, 61, represents the old way - serving for years in centre-right governments accused by the left of bringing painful austerity and institutionalised corruption.
But after months of political strain, exhaustive bailout negotiations and continued economic despair, Greece is seemingly start... | Part of Greece's political establishment for decades, Vangelis Meimarakis is everything voters rejected when they backed Alexis Tsipras and his left-wing Syriza party in January's election. |
36,119,620 | In a report, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) said there were "significant areas of concern" at the Widbrook Medical Centre in Trowbridge.
Inspectors found issues with systems and processes, but said the level of care given to patients was "good".
The medical centre has pledged to improve services.
The health regulato... | A GP practice in Wiltshire has been placed in special measures after its overall quality of services was rated "inadequate". |
40,827,633 | You may want to choose another fantasy destination after the British Foreign Office told tourists to be aware that some political demonstrations in the capital, Male, have led to violence. It did add, though, that most trips there are trouble-free.
At the end of last month the Maldives celebrated its birthday, 52 years... | Are you dreaming of a holiday in the Maldives? |
26,447,240 | The BBC understands the report suggests the number of UK workers unemployed due to non-EU immigration is well below the figure previously cited by ministers.
No 10 denied claims the report had been suppressed, saying it was not ready.
But it insisted it would be published in "due course", possibly within days.
The BBC'... | Labour has called for the immediate publication of a government report about the impact of immigration on the UK economy following suggestions that it has been withheld by Downing Street. |
31,605,669 | 24 February 2015 Last updated at 14:27 GMT
Animal experts say the creatures, who look like giant seals and are known as sea cows, went into the pipe seeking warmth before getting trapped.
The rescue operation took the whole of Monday night.
All mammals, including a mother and her baby calf were eventually pulled from t... | More than a dozen manatees who got stuck in a pipe in Florida have been rescued by firefighters. |
35,786,872 | Sciver's single came from her first ball as England reached their target of 131 for the loss of six wickets.
A partnership of 75 between Charlotte Edwards (28) and Sarah Taylor (51) was the backbone of England's innings.
Katherine Brunt took 2-15 to help restrict New Zealand to 130-6, with Sophie Devine top scoring wit... | Natalie Sciver hit the winning run off the final ball as England women beat New Zealand by four wickets in a warm-up game for the World Twenty20. |
36,970,961 | Thea Brookes (30 not out) and Paige Scholfield (38) shared a 69-run eighth-wicket partnership to leave the hosts needing eight runs from the final over.
However, Hayley Matthews bowled Rebecca Grundy and then Beth Langston was caught, with Lightning all out for 158.
Thunder had posted an imposing 164-8 after Amy Satter... | Lancashire Thunder edged to a nail-biting six-run victory over Loughborough Lightning at Haslegrave. |
40,774,742 | Beatrice Lovane, 22, from Rochdale, fell ill before 21:30 BST on 26 August.
Returning a narrative verdict Heywood coroner Lisa Hashmi said she died of liver disease and damage caused by painkillers.
North West Ambulance Service admitted errors and is staging another inquiry.
Miss Lovane who was born in Harare, Zimbabwe... | Three ambulance crew members have been suspended after an inquest heard there were delays and "gross failure" to provide care to a woman who died from an adverse reaction to paracetamol. |
21,542,534 | Prosecutors say managers at Peanut Corporation of America shipped peanuts and products they knew were tainted.
More than 575 people in more than 40 states were sickened in the outbreak, including hundreds of children.
A lawyer for former owner Stewart Parnell said inspectors had been aware of the company's testing prac... | Former managers at a peanut company have been charged in the US state of Georgia over a salmonella outbreak that caused nine deaths in 2008 and 2009. |
27,170,698 | Media playback is not supported on this device
O'Sullivan, 38, was outplayed by his fellow Englishman in two high-quality opening sessions and was fortunate to trail only 9-7 in the best-of-25 match.
The next four were shared, before O'Sullivan won three straight frames to move ahead for the first time at 12-11.
And a ... | Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan reached the World Championship quarter-finals with a hard-fought 13-11 victory over Joe Perry in Sheffield. |
35,594,604 | Bell, 23, can play at either fly-half or full-back and has scored 72 points in 10 appearances in all competitions for the Tigers this season.
A former England Under-18 and Under-20 international, Bell kicked 23 points against Irish in a 28-16 Premiership victory at the start of the season.
The younger brother of Chris,... | London Irish have agreed a long-term deal to sign Leicester Tigers back Tommy Bell from next season. |
39,140,880 | The Manbij Military Council, part of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance, announced it had "transferred defence of the frontline".
The move came after a deal was agreed with Russia, a staunch ally of President Bashar al-Assad, it added.
The villages have been a focus of fighting in recent days.
Ther... | A US-allied Syrian militia has said it will hand over villages west of the town of Manbij to the army in order to stop Turkish-backed rebels taking them. |
37,154,811 | Michael Coe, 35, stopped driving and allegedly confronted the 16-year-olds, demanding to know if they were Muslims.
When they lied and told him they were not, he grabbed the boy around the neck before throwing him to the floor.
At Southwark Crown Court Mr Coe, a Muslim, denied assault occasioning actual bodily harm and... | A "bully" grabbed a schoolboy by the throat and called a teenage girl a "whore" after spotting them cuddling in east London, a court has heard. |
39,049,459 | Police believe it was planted by "violent dissident republicans".
The device - which police described as more intricate than a pipe bomb - was reportedly discovered under a car at Ardanlee, in the Culmore area of the city, on Wednesday morning.
Children were in the area at the time, police said.
Police have not confirm... | A bomb has exploded outside the home of a serving police officer in Londonderry as Army technical officers were trying to defuse it. |
38,510,628 | The cross-party group said speaking English was "the key to full participation in our society and economy".
They also said ministers should consider letting different parts of the UK set their own immigration policy.
The government said it was spending £20m on English language provision.
Last month a report by Dame L... | A group of MPs and peers says migrants should be expected to learn English before coming to the UK, or attend language classes when they arrive. |
20,319,111 | There are many things about it that have attracted comment from US columnists to the blogosphere: that he oversaw such controversial and costly wars but should ultimately fall on a matter of personal behaviour; that President Barack Obama was not apparently informed until election day that Gen Petraeus was under invest... | The fall of David Petraeus, director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the general who successfully commanded America's troop surge in Iraq during 2007-8 is a modern morality tale, even if it did arise from one of the most ancient human failings, marital infidelity. |
40,476,521 | The USS Stethem sailed within the territorial limits of Triton Island, part of the Paracel Islands, claimed by China and others.
China responded by sending battleships and fighter jets to the island.
The incident happened just before leaders of the two countries were due to speak on the phone.
The US has repeatedly war... | Beijing has called the presence of a US warship near a disputed island in the South China Sea "a serious political and military provocation". |
26,512,767 | And in recent years Barcelona, inspired by the brilliant Lionel Messi, managed to achieve untouchable status on the pitch at the same time as remaining true to that motto.
If somebody thinks that there is damage to the name of Barcelona then there is damage to be repaired
But things are changing at the Nou Camp. Not on... | They pride themselves on being "mes que un club" - more than a club. |
34,453,407 | More than 160 people died when the mudslide tore through homes in Santa Catarina Pinula on Thursday.
Emergency workers are still excavating the area but have given up hope of finding any survivors.
It is not yet clear what will happen to the survivors and whether the state will offer them help to relocate to safer grou... | Guatemalan officials have declared a neighbourhood which was buried in a mudslide uninhabitable. |
33,155,208 | Confirmation of his departure was made in an email to staff on Tuesday.
The 57-year-old, who has headed news operations since June 2011, will be replaced by interim head Peter MacRae.
Mr Boothman has been with the BBC for 30 years and recently oversaw general election and Scottish independence referendum coverage.
In a... | John Boothman is to leave his position as BBC Scotland's head of news and current affairs to work on the corporation's Charter renewal bid. |
38,572,037 | Wing Fu Cheung, also known as Nelson Cheung, was stabbed to death after his car was forced off the road outside Randalstown in January 2015.
The 65-year-old Ballymena man ran the Double Value Chinese takeaway restaurant in Randalstown.
Gary Thompson, 34, pleaded guilty to three charges lat Belfast Crown Court.
He was p... | A county Antrim husband and wife have admitted helping the murderers of a Chinese restaurant owner try to cover up their crime. |
34,551,519 | The producers of 20% of the world's oil and gas say they share the ambition to limit warming to 2C.
They promise to work to reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of the global energy mix.
But green groups were dismissive, saying that "arsonists don't make good firefighters".
The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative represents ... | The leaders of 10 of the world's biggest oil companies have offered their qualified support for a new global treaty on climate change. |
39,379,061 | Set up at Nostell Priory, near Wakefield, it has been created to celebrate the life of clockmaker John Harrison.
Harrison, the son of a carpenter, was born at the estate in 1693 and went on to invent the marine chronometer.
The Harrison's Garden installation was created by artist Luke Jerram and fills an entire room.
H... | More than 2,000 ticking clocks have gone on display in an art installation as British Summer Time (BST) begins. |
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