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Farrell, 25, is set to move past 500 international points this weekend against Fiji, and is second in the England all-time list behind Wilkinson.
Asked whether Farrell could one day beat his record of 1,179 points, Wilkinson said: "I have no doubt.
"I would be very surpris... | World Cup winner Jonny Wilkinson has backed Owen Farrell to overtake his England points record. |
37,130,110 | Some youngsters fail to achieve the grades they need to get into university.
Relatively few places are available to Scots through the clearing system which is designed to allocate "spare" places.
Yet a week or so later, they may feel aggrieved to find places are available to applicants from other parts of the UK.
The c... | Every year the exam results bring disappointment as well as joy. |
17,786,960 | And concerns are growing that it could get much worse over the next two decades.
Road use is expected to grow 25-30% by 2030, according to government figures.
Which begs the question: what should the response be?
There are no simple answers to the question, but one thing is clear, according to business secretary Vince ... | Traffic jams that waste time and money are a curse of modern life. |
35,649,917 | The decision ends six years of composting household waste at sites in Farington and Thornton with the loss of about 250 out of 330 jobs.
The Labour-run council said it will no longer process food and green waste but store it for treatment elsewhere.
Tory councillor Michael Green said it was "a failure of catastrophic p... | A £2bn waste treatment scheme has been shut down by a county council to save £8.5m per year. |
35,529,196 | Kayla Mueller was abducted when working in Aleppo, Syria and died last year.
The woman charged - 25-year-old Nisreen Assad Ibrahim Bahar, known as Umm Sayyaf - is currently in Iraqi custody.
Prosecutors say Sayyaf kept Ms Mueller captive, allowing her to be repeatedly raped by IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Nisreen Ba... | The widow of a former senior leader in the Islamic State (IS) group has been charged with conspiracy in the death of a US hostage, US authorities said. |
34,342,626 | The New Zealand spinner fell two runs short of a century when he was stumped off Jack Leach, who also finished with career-best figures of 7-106.
After bowling Warwickshire out for 324, Somerset then slumped to 9-3 as Keith Barker picked up three early wickets.
Patel's devastating spell saw the hosts bowled out for 110... | Jeetan Patel took a career-best 7-38 after hitting 98 as Warwickshire fought back against Somerset. |
34,696,504 | Stormont has so far not put in place changes to benefits that have been implemented in other parts of the UK.
This has led to fines from the government.
Justin Welby told BBC Radio Ulster that there should be extra help to assist people here out of poverty.
"Should Northern Ireland itself be a special case?" he said.
"... | The Archbishop of Canterbury has said he believes Northern Ireland should be treated as a special case when it comes to the issue of welfare reform. |
35,203,659 | Muhammadu Buhari said that if a credible Boko Haram leadership could be identified then he was prepared to talk with them without preconditions.
But he said he had no intelligence on the girls' whereabouts or their health.
Boko Haram seized the girls from their dormitories in the north-eastern town of Chibok in April 2... | Nigeria's president has said he is prepared to negotiate with Boko Haram militants to secure the release of about 200 schoolgirls. |
38,665,568 | El Hadary, who has just turned 44, came off the bench in Tuesday's 0-0 draw with Mali when El Shenawy hurt himself.
In doing so he beat the age record of 39-year-old compatriot Hossam Hassan.
BBC Sport has learned El Shenawy is out of the finals with a hamstring tear and Ekramy is being treated for a hamstring strain, ... | The oldest Africa Cup of Nations player Essam El Hadary is Egypt's only fit goalkeeper in Gabon after injuries to Ahmed El Shenawy and Sherif Ekramy. |
33,770,728 | In addition to the ban for single women, married women can only freeze their eggs in specific circumstances - for instance when they are to undergo chemotherapy, state media say.
The ban is not new but caught attention after news that actress Xu Jinglei had gone to the US to have her eggs frozen.
Many have ridiculed th... | There has been intense debate in China over a controversial ban on single women freezing their eggs. |
35,126,667 | BBC News takes a look at the men behind the audacious plot to steal precious metals, cash and jewels worth more than £14m.
Date of Birth: 28.02.1939
Address: Dartford Road, Dartford, Kent
Plea: Admitted conspiracy to burgle
Reader, a career criminal known as "The Master" and "The Governor" by his fellow gang members, h... | The Hatton Garden raiders were dubbed "Dad's Army" on account of their advanced age and many had extensive criminal records going back decades. |
33,404,881 | Thousands celebrated in the streets after hearing the final result was 61.3% "No", against 38.7% "Yes".
But European officials warned that it could see the country ejected from the eurozone and the euro fell across the board in Asian markets on Monday.
Greece's finance minister, who often clashed with creditors, has re... | Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has said Greeks made a "brave choice" in voting to reject the terms of an international bailout in Sunday's referendum. |
36,395,026 | Police said 26-year-old Bamilola Kazim was allegedly assaulted by Mohammed Gafoor after a row on Wednesday
Mr Kazim was treated for wounds at a local hospital and released.
Last week a student from the Democratic Republic of Congo was beaten to death by a group of Indian men after an argument in Delhi.
Two men have bee... | India's foreign ministry says it is looking into an alleged attack on a Nigerian student by a local man in the southern city of Hyderabad. |
37,289,774 | The rape investigation was launched after the 21-year-old woman was attacked in Union Terrace Gardens in the early hours of 28 January.
Crimestoppers has offered the reward of up to £5,000 for information that leads to conviction in the case.
The charity stressed the reward would only be paid if information was passed ... | A £5,000 reward has been offered for information after a young woman was raped in Aberdeen earlier this year. |
38,922,218 | Cranie, who joined the Terriers in July 2015 following his release by Barnsley, was set to be out of contract at the end of the season.
The 30-year-old has made 50 appearances since signing for Town.
"I am delighted that we have agreed a deal to keep Martin at the club, as he is a very important player in our squad," h... | Huddersfield right-back Martin Cranie has signed a new contract to stay with the Championship club until 2018. |
36,960,197 | The Ministry of Defence said the former dictator's complex in Mosul, north Iraq, was a "major" IS HQ and training centre for foreign recruits.
RAF Tornados used guided bombs in what Defence Secretary Michael Fallon called "emphatic" airstrikes on Monday.
Mosul, Iraq's second city, has been under IS control since June 2... | A palace built by Saddam Hussein which was being used as a training centre for so-called Islamic State (IS) has been bombed by UK and coalition forces. |
35,091,960 | Defending her policy on migrants at the annual conference of her CDU party, Mrs Merkel said that Germany was standing by its humanitarian duties.
But she said the flow of migrants would be reduced - a step that some members of the party have been calling for.
More than one million migrants and refugees have come to Ger... | The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has described the migrant crisis as a "historic test" for Europe. |
39,920,509 | Most of the big posts have gone to men but everyone in the team had to meet the test of "overcoming the divisions between right and left and embracing a progressive project", a spokesman said.
The new cabinet includes a campaigning environmentalist and an Olympic fencing champion. And half the list of candidates for ne... | France's new President, Emmanuel Macron, has picked his new government with a centre-right prime minister and a cabinet made up of 11 women and 11 men. |
36,573,959 | Yet, for many people, the choice remains complex and confusing and the way they vote may well be settled by gut and instinct.
The Leave camp promises to regain control over borders and democracy.
The Remain camp says staying in the EU and the single market is clearly in Britain's economic interest.
But there is much th... | This week's referendum has been billed as a historic moment; a cross on the paper sketching out the country's future identity and its place in the world. |
40,543,674 | Wydad were 1-0 winners over 10-man Zanaco of Zambia to move top of the group, with record eight-time champions Al Ahly beating Cameroon's Coton Sport 3-1.
That put Ahly level on points with Zanaco, and with identical head-to-heads, Ahly went through, above the Zambians, on goal difference.
Zanaco knew a point in Casabl... | Al Ahly of Egypt and Wydad Casablanca of Morocco secured their place in the African Champions League quarter-finals on Saturday as North African clubs prevailed in the final Group D matches. |
34,171,295 | China's economy is slowing, but the government says this is all part of the plan as it moves from exports to domestic consumption. But is it doing enough to help people spend? | Asia Business Correspondent Karishma Vaswani is in Dalian, China, where the World Economic Forum is taking place later this week. |
38,539,203 | Crewe raised the bar in front of their new manager David Artell, taking a first-half lead through skipper Ryan Lowe's ninth goal of the season.
Charlie Kirk should have done better when well placed on the left of the box early on, only to drag his finish past the far post, while Guthrie was also left to rue skying a cl... | Goals from Jack Marriott and Jake Gray earned 10-man Luton a 2-1 comeback win at Crewe. |
14,975,165 | Applying a small current to specific parts of the brain can increase its activity, making learning easier.
Researchers from the University of Oxford have studied the changing structure of the brain in stroke patients and in healthy adults.
Prof Heidi Johansen-Berg presented their findings at the British Science Festiva... | Electrically stimulating the brain can help to speed up the process of learning, scientists have shown. |
35,221,499 | The Resolution Foundation analysis shows the impact of the national living wage will vary considerably across Scotland.
A national living wage of £7.20 an hour for workers aged 25 and over will be introduced in April.
The UK government said millions of people will enjoy a pay rise.
The study said 500,000 employees in S... | About one-third of workers in Clackmannanshire and Dumfries and Galloway will benefit from the national living wage, according to research. |
35,344,775 | The movie, which has six Academy Award nominations compared to The Revenant's 12, is all about upsetting the balance of power.
The film focuses on a piece of groundbreaking journalism that rocked the foundations of the Catholic Church in 2002, when four reporters, the investigative Spotlight team of the Boston Globe ne... | Spotlight is the bookies' favourite to take best film at this year's Oscars, over Leonardo Di Caprio's western The Revenant. |
38,148,982 | The 32-year-old became Wales' first medallist at London 2012 when he won silver in the lightweight men's four after they missed out on gold to South Africa by less than a second.
Bartley, from Wrexham, was part of the men's four at Rio, but the team missed out on the medals, finishing seventh.
In 2010, Bartley won gold... | Olympic silver medallist rower Chris Bartley has announced his retirement. |
39,077,071 | The academy, in Africa's biggest city, is the first of its kind on the continent. It is modelled on Barcelona's flagship La Masia Academy in Spain which has produced stars such as Andres Iniesta, Lionel Messi and Xavi.
Officially known as FCBEscola Lagos, the school is temporarily located at the multi-sports Teslim Bal... | One of the world's biggest and most successful clubs, Barcelona, is launching a football academy in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial hub. |
33,684,950 | The Shanghai Composite fell a further 1.7% to 3,663.00, having sunk 8.5% on Monday - its biggest drop in eight years.
China has tried to calm investors by reassuring it will implement prudent monetary policy to stabilise markets.
The country's central bank said it would inject 50bn yuan (£5.2bn; $8.05bn) into the mone... | Shares in mainland China continued their slide on Tuesday, following a massive sell-off the previous day. |
37,306,858 | Wash Mussels Ltd will create five "limited" test areas on the bed of the River Stour where 500 tonnes of mussels would be laid each year.
The RSPB is concerned about the impact of dredgers and farming on rare birds.
A public consultation runs until October.
In 2014, the company applied for a licence for a five-year tri... | Large scale mussel farming could deter rare birds feeding on a "tranquil" river estuary with protected status, wildlife groups have warned. |
34,006,480 | Some might see the claim by care home operators that there could be a "catastrophic collapse" because of the higher costs associated with the National Living Wage in such a light.
The residential care providers might be accused in some quarters of crying wolf after their warnings that homes might close if ministers d... | It is easy to be cynical about companies who do business with the public sector warning of dire consequences if their income is not increased. |
18,509,639 | The SNP government in Edinburgh wants the fleet removed from its base on the west coast of Scotland.
At question time in the Senedd, Mr Jones suggested the nuclear deterrent could come to Pembrokeshire if forced to look for a home elsewhere.
But the UK government said it had no plans to move from HM Naval Base Clyde.
T... | Britain's nuclear-armed submarines would be "more than welcome" in Wales if they left Scotland, First Minister Carwyn Jones has said. |
39,980,213 | At the age of 32, Eames is the youngest full-time boss in the top four divisions of English football.
"We support his playing style and our team responds positively to his philosophy," chairman Tony Kleanthous told the club's official website.
Meanwhile, defender Bira Dembele, 29, and midfielder Tom Champion, 31, have ... | Barnet have appointed former interim manager and assistant first team coach Rossi Eames as their new head coach. |
33,551,338 | Shezanne Cassim and several friends who made and uploaded a comedy video to YouTube were eventually tried and convicted of endangering national security under the UAE's recently introduced cyber-crimes act.
They were released just a few days before a high-profile BBC interview in January 2014 between Jon Sopel and the ... | An American who says he was jailed in Dubai for several months without even knowing the charges against him is seeking a royal pardon from the city's ruler. |
39,114,195 | The bid, to be filmed for a TV show, involves laying 74 miles (119km) of track from Fort William to Inverness.
Love Productions, the programme makers, hope the "slightly bonkers" undertaking will be as popular as its Great British Bake Off.
Engineers and construction workers have also been sought for the project.
Const... | Model railway enthusiasts and volunteers are being sought for an ambitious plan to lay a model railway track along Scotland's Great Glen. |
39,630,360 | The Bridge of Carr at Carrbridge in the Cairngorms is also known as the coffin bridge due to its use by funeral parties to cross the Dulnain river.
The local community is to hold a programme of events from 19-21 May.
An exhibition of historic artefacts, a family ceilidh and live entertainment are planned.
The arching s... | Events are to be held to mark the 300th anniversary of the construction of what is thought to be the oldest bridge in the Highlands. |
39,423,000 | The Argentina and Barcelona forward was punished for directing "insulting words" at an assistant referee in Thursday's 1-0 win over Chile.
Messi, who scored the only goal in the qualifier, was angered when he was flagged for a foul, waving and shouting at the assistant in response.
The 29-year-old was also fined £8,100... | Lionel Messi has been banned for four international matches - just five and a half hours before Argentina's World Cup qualifier against Bolivia kicks off. |
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Riaz described England's middle order as "fragile" before the first Test at Lord's starting on Thursday.
"It's the same before every series - you generally get a bit of trash talk," said Root, who will bat at three.
"It's getting a bit like boxing now. We will have to wait... | England batsman Joe Root said cricket is becoming like boxing as he dismissed Pakistan bowler Wahab Riaz's "trash talk". |
36,911,786 | Pinewood Group's two biggest shareholders have tentatively agreed to sell the famous film and television studios to a property investor.
The deal depends on Aermont, which runs property investment funds, securing financing in the next four weeks.
Pinewood's 007 stage is one of the world's largest and was used to film p... | Pinewood film studios - home to the James Bond movies - are set to be sold for £323.3m. |
40,323,307 | The teenager told police that two men abducted her from an isolated spot near her home in Lakhisarai district and brutally raped her on Saturday.
They later took her to a railway station and boarded a train where three others joined them and also raped her.
Police told the BBC that she was being treated for serious inj... | A 16-year-old girl was allegedly gang raped and thrown from a train in the northern state of Bihar, police say. |
15,635,553 | English is one of the advantages India has which are said to be propelling it to economic superpower status.
There are all those Indians who speak excellent English. It's the mother tongue of the elite and effectively the official language of the central government. Then there is the growing number of parents who now a... | Whether the government, the private sector or NGOs should deliver development is a question which will not have much relevance unless India's wealth continues to grow to pay for that development. |
35,828,452 | The comment by the public services minister led Plaid Cymru to vote against the Public Health Bill, which included a partial ban on e-cigarettes.
One Plaid AM has called Mr Andrews' attitude "wholly offensive".
But Carwyn Jones said it was a joke and that Plaid had not acted maturely and "people say things in the chamb... | Leighton Andrews would not repeat a jibe about a "cheap date" if he had another opportunity, the first minister has said. |
33,754,767 | One pilot died and another jumped clear as the helicopter crashed during an aerobatic display by the elite Berkut squadron in the Ryazan region, about 170km (105 miles) south-east of Moscow.
The Russian military has blamed the crash on a hydraulics failure.
There have been six other Russian air force crashes in recent ... | The Russian defence ministry has grounded its fleet of Mi-28 attack helicopters after a fatal accident at an air show on Sunday. |
17,595,078 | The deal means viewers will be able to watch every Olympic sport live for the duration of the summer games through their TV sets.
Previously, the BBC had only planned to broadcast the streams online.
It will be the first time viewers have been given the opportunity to follow one particular sport throughout the day.
The... | The BBC is to make 24 live HD Olympic streams available to cable and satellite providers. |
31,056,933 | On Tuesday the captain of a UK-registered vessel was fined £10,000 for unlawfully fishing in Manx waters.
It follows the prosecution at Douglas courthouse last week of a Scottish fisherman who was fined £15,000 for breaching Manx regulations.
Richard Ronan MHK said the "significant fines send out a clear message".
The ... | The prosecution of a second UK skipper in a week for breaching Manx fishing regulations sends a "clear message to the industry," a politician has said. |
34,933,437 | Knowsley Safari Park confirmed 18-year-old Kenya was attacked by females in the pride.
Despite the efforts of keepers to separate them, he sustained multiple injuries and was put down.
The park said it was "the most necessary and humane course of action" to avoid any further stress and suffering to Kenya.
In a statemen... | An elderly lion who was attacked by lionesses at a Merseyside safari park has died as a result of his injuries. |
28,688,328 | In a report going to board members next week, finance director Nick Kenton said the forecast gives "significant cause for concern".
However, he said there was time to breakeven by the end of financial year.
Raigmore Hospital in Inverness accounts for £10.5m of the potential projected overspend.
Mr Kenton said "signific... | NHS Highland has forecast a potential £15.6m overspend based on the first three months of the financial year, but said it expects to break even. |
38,763,561 | Morebrook Textiles hopes to demolish a number of buildings at the March Street Mill in Peebles to make way for a residential development.
Public exhibitions of the proposals took place last year.
The company has now submitted more detailed plans of the buildings it hopes to demolish and retain across the site. | Planning permission in principle is being sought to redevelop the site of a former Borders textile mill. |
39,352,850 | Wheelchair tennis, whose national governing body is the Tennis Foundation, doubled its target at the Games, winning six medals in total, including a gold in the men's singles.
And six months on, the players continue to have success after success and the sport continues to grow and get more exposure on the world stage.... | It was Great Britain's most over-performing sport at both the Rio Olympics and Paralympics. |
36,951,809 | The first group stages of the women's tournament take place on Wednesday - so-called day -2 - with Sweden facing South Africa, while the men's group stages start on Thursday, when Iraq play Denmark (both 17:00 BST).
Here's all you need to know.
It's simply for scheduling reasons, as it was at London 2012.
With 16 men's... | Rio 2016 officially gets under way with the opening ceremony on Friday - but did you know football kicks off the action two days earlier? |
38,080,743 | Mitzi Steady, four, Robert Parker, 59, Philip Allen, 52, and Stephen Vaughan, 34, died in the crash in February 2015.
Bristol Crown Court was told the truck was too big to legally travel down Lansdown Lane in Bath.
Driver Phillip Potter, 20, of Dauntsey, denies causing the deaths by dangerous and careless driving.
His ... | A 32-tonne tipper truck was too wide to be driven on the steep road where it crashed and killed four people, a court has heard. |
37,275,927 | Five workers from Scottish Water dug a two metre (6ft) hole and spent 12 hours retrieving the rubbish dumped down a manhole at Milnafua near Alness.
Scottish Water said it believed someone had used the pipe as a fly tip.
Other items pulled out included a yellow cricket bat, a sandcastle mould and a paint pot.
Garry Kir... | A plastic rocking horse, a dining chair, a child's scooter and a football were found to be blocking a sewer pipe in the Highlands. |
36,703,368 | Ling Jihua pleaded guilty and "decided not to appeal", state media reported.
Ling was in effect chief-of-staff to Mr Hu, but was demoted in 2012 amid a high profile anti-corruption campaign.
His downfall came after reports of an alleged cover-up over his son, who died alongside two semi-clad women while driving his Fer... | An ex-aide to retired Chinese president Hu Jintao has been jailed for life for corruption, illegally obtaining state secrets and abuse of power. |
39,854,774 | That's the amount raised in a funding round by Grammarly, a firm that boasts of having what it calls "the world's most accurate online grammar checker".
It has persuaded venture capital firms including General Catalyst, IVP and Spark Capital to support its platform.
The eight-year-old firm, based in San Francisco, offe... | There's money to be made from other people's mistakes: $110m (£85m) of it, to be precise. |
40,359,758 | Hannah Wynne Richards, 63, was found dead in the office above her premises in Sketty, Swansea, on 20 January by a nurse who worked with her.
She had taken a cocktail of drugs from her surgery.
Coroner Colin Phillips said Ms Richards had been "facing financial pressure".
He ruled her death was suicide.
Swansea Coroner's... | A vet who killed herself left a note to the coroner saying a conclusion of "murder by Inland Revenue" would be more appropriate than suicide, an inquest has heard. |
35,808,691 | Four people died when the CHC Super Puma plunged into the sea on its approach to Sumburgh in August 2013.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said a lack of monitoring meant a reduction in air speed was not noticed by the pilots.
Attempts to recover were too late.
The report stated the investigation identifie... | A report into a helicopter crash off Shetland in which four people died has said flight instruments were "not monitored effectively" by pilots in the moments leading up to the incident. |
39,209,017 | Richie, the elder at 27 and taller at 6ft 9in, with 63 caps and a 2013 Lions Test on his CV, has been a mainstay for Scotland since his debut in 2010.
But the recent progress of 6ft 6in Jonny, 23 next week, has seen him earn most plaudits as a potential 2017 Lion.
"Jonny has gone from strength to strength," Richie Gray... | Scotland lock Richie Gray says younger brother Jonny is an "inspiration" rather than a sibling rival in their burgeoning second-row partnership. |
40,273,633 | Managers of teams comprised mainly of Muslim players have had to work around the majority of their squads fasting from dawn until dusk.
Ramadan coincided with the 2012 London Olympics, the 2014 Fifa World Cup, and last year's European Championship in France. With the long summer days in Europe, the quality of player pe... | This week's international fixtures took place during the month of Ramadan, when Muslims worldwide observe a month of fasting. |
40,685,228 | The Swede said valuable personal items and all of his clothing were taken, but added that the Claret Jug, awarded to the winner of The Open, had already been returned to the R&A on Monday.
"I am extremely grateful my family were not in the house," said Stenson, 41.
"I am going to try not to let this spoil the week in a... | Defending Open champion Henrik Stenson's rental home was burgled as he played his first round at Royal Birkdale on Thursday. |
36,881,261 | Gustavo Silva Da Cruz was among three swimmers seen struggling in the water around noon on Sunday at Camber Sands.
He was discovered on the beach at 18:20 BST and declared dead at the scene. Police said he had been visiting family in Croydon, south London.
The others - a man and his teenage son - are critical but stabl... | A man who died after two others were pulled from the sea off East Sussex has been identified as a 19-year-old Brazilian national. |
34,254,531 | A new study by the OECD, an organisation that looks at how people live and work around the world, suggests the use of computers, tablets and other tech often results in worse results, not better ones.
It looked at schools around the world and says the places where they spent lots of money on tech have seen "no noticeab... | Having lots of technology in the classroom doesn't improve how well pupils do at school, researchers say. |
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Zion Harvey described waking up with new hands as "weird at first, but then good.'"
He lost his limbs due to a severe infection when he was two-years-old.
Zion had told his doctors and his mother that more than anything he wanted to be ... | An eight-year-old boy in America has become the youngest person to get a double hand transplant. |
40,900,519 | Gadlys Rovers' players found the goalposts facing away from pitch just hours before kick-off at Abernant in Rhondda Cynon Taff.
It would have been impossible to score a goal as the stanchions that holds the net were pointing into the pitch.
The amateur team play in the Aberdare Valley Football League.
"I was amazed whe... | A football team has found a novel way of keeping a clean sheet - as the goalposts on their council-run pitch were installed the wrong way round. |
35,280,867 | 12 January 2016 Last updated at 09:50 GMT
In an era when an 80-120 hour week was seen as standard for junior doctors, they opted to not work beyond a 40-hour week.
Pay was another major issue at the heart of strike action in 1975. The rate of pay was reduced by about two-thirds after the first 44 hours of the week.
Th... | The last major strike over pay and conditions by junior doctors was over 40 years ago in 1975. |
36,733,572 | At least 19 people are known to taken their lives in 2008 and 2009 as the company cut thousands of jobs.
Judicial sources say the company and ex-boss Didier Lombard are suspected of using a policy of unsettling staff to speed up job losses.
France Telecom became Orange in 2013.
It will now be up to an examining judge t... | After a lengthy inquiry into a wave of suicides at France Telecom, the Paris prosecutor has recommended that its former chief executive and other key figures are put on trial for bullying. |
36,368,064 | The EU's new Sentinel-2a satellite has the capability to look into the water column, to see whether reefs are undergoing change.
Current, anomalously high temperatures are driving a huge coral bleaching event across the globe.
Early work suggests the Sentinel can detect the effects from 780km up.
The satellite's two im... | Scientists are working on techniques that would allow them to routinely monitor the health of corals worldwide from orbit. |
35,049,586 | Breaking her silence for the first time in two-and-a-half-years, Beate Zschaepe said she was not a member of the National Socialist Underground (NSU).
The group carried out series of racially motivated murders, bomb attacks and robberies over a decade.
In her statement, Ms Zschaepe apologised to the victims' families f... | A German woman accused of being part of neo-Nazi cell that murdered 10 people has denied involvement in the killings. |
33,363,110 | In 2014, Glenavon House Hotel, in Cookstown, was found to have committed an offence by allowing a teenage disco to be held in its nightclub.
The Court of Appeal upheld the decision that laws restricting the presence of children on premises used to sell and consume alcohol had been breached.
The appeal was brought by th... | A judge has dismissed an an appeal by a County Tyrone hotel that it did not breach licensing laws. |
27,720,863 | The 22-year-old, who had two years remaining on his previous deal, will now remain at The Valley until the summer of 2018.
Pope had two spells on loan at York during the 2013-14 campaign, keeping 16 clean sheets in 24 appearances.
"I'm delighted that the club thinks I'm part of their long-term plan," Pope told the Char... | Charlton Athletic goalkeeper Nick Pope has signed a new long-term contract with the Championship club. |
34,542,619 | Deborah Leonard did not feel she could stand up to other members of the Word of Life church in New York state, said her lawyer, Devin Garramone.
Her son Lucas, 19, died from the attack and his brother is in hospital.
Police say they were beaten by Mrs Leonard, her husband and five others in order for them to confess th... | A woman charged with beating her son to death in a church has said she "felt helpless" to prevent the violence committed by other church members. |
35,589,801 | "All-lane running" has been introduced between junction 10a for Wolverhampton and junction 13 for Stafford.
When trialled on the M25 near London, it "reduced congestion and led to more reliable journeys", said Highways England.
Lay-bys are replaced by emergency refuge areas - but some organisations say there are not en... | A scheme allowing motorists to drive on the hard shoulder of the M6 is "dangerous," motoring groups have said. |
39,540,099 | Two men were treated in hospital after being stabbed during the incident at a Falls Road pharmacy on Thursday.
Patrick Campbell, 26, of no fixed address, spoke only to confirm that he understood the 11 charges against him.
Mr Campbell is accused of the attempted murder of Peter Wright and inflicting grievous bodily har... | A man has appeared in court accused of trying to kill a pharmacist during an alleged robbery in west Belfast. |
32,796,366 | Victims reacted angrily to the judge's decision in the Pretoria High Court to extend bail pending an appeal hearing on 19 June.
The former Grand Slam champion will now be placed under house arrest.
Hewitt, 75, was found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting girls he coached in the 1980s and 1990s.
Judge Bert Bam cri... | Former tennis star Bob Hewitt has been granted bail by a South African court, after receiving a six-year prison sentence for raping underage girls. |
36,941,921 | Joe Anderson said the city council would launch a feasibility study before submitting a bid.
Hosting the event "would reflect the city's growing confidence and expertise in organising large events", he said.
Mr Anderson's announcement came three days before voting to select Labour's candidate for the Liverpool city reg... | Liverpool is planning a bid to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games, the city's mayor has said. |
29,951,998 | The money will go to International Medical Corps, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and Save the Children.
Facebook is also paying for 100 satellite communication terminals to help improve internet and phone services in west Africa. The disease has killed nearly 5,000 people across L... | Facebook has added an Ebola button to users' profile pages to help people donate to charities fighting the disease. |
36,904,368 | Now Rosetta - Philae's European Space Agency (ESA) mothership - will switch off its electrical support system meaning it will no longer be possible to communicate with Philae.
Rosetta will remain in orbit around the comet 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko until the 30 September, when controllers at ESA will crash the spacecra... | Almost two years ago a robot called Philae became a household name after it succeeded in making a difficult - and bouncy - landing on a moving comet. |
39,335,372 | Fish oil has been marketed to women as a prenatal supplement.
But a 10-year study of more than 2,500 pregnant women found it did not improve babies' intelligence, according to the Australian research.
The findings suggested that fish oil might lead to slightly longer pregnancies, but that would require further research... | Taking fish oil while pregnant does not improve the brain development of babies, new research has found. |
34,342,730 | Having resumed on 55-1, the hosts lost Gary Ballance (45) and Andrew Lyth (39) early on, before Andrew Gale (67) and Jonny Bairstow steadied the innings.
Bairstow was trapped lbw by Chris Jordan after the break, while Chris Liddle removed Jack Leaning cheaply.
But Gale and Bresnan (50 not out) helped their side reach 2... | Andrew Gale and Tim Bresnan hit half-centuries for Yorkshire at Headingley to deepen Sussex's relegation fears. |
39,386,406 | Mr Nesbitt announced he is to quit as soon as a new leader is appointed, after the party's disappointing performance in March's election.
The UUP is now the fourth biggest party in the Assembly, having been overtaken by the SDLP for the first time.
Mr Swann made the announcement on social media on Friday.
He said he ha... | Robin Swann has announced he has put his name forward for the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leadership contest following Mike Nesbitt's resignation. |
40,056,576 | Vancouver Aquarium said it had been contacted by the girl's family after staff had raised concerns about "seal finger", which can lead to amputations.
The girl suffered a 10cm (4in) wound when the animal grabbed her with its jaws, her father told CBC News.
He rejected claims that she had been trying to feed the marine ... | A girl dragged off a dock in Canada by a sea lion is being treated with antibiotics because of the risk of a dangerous infection. |
31,098,691 | Mr Greste was freed from prison and deported on Sunday after 400 days behind bars. He is now in Cyprus, en route to Australia.
Mr Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were arrested in 2013 on charges of spreading false news and aiding the Muslim Brotherhood.
Mr Fahmy and Mr Mohamed remain jailed.
In an interview wit... | Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste says he is relieved to be free but feels "incredible angst" at leaving behind two of his colleagues in jail in Egypt. |
32,304,664 | The work will help reduce flooding risk to 238 properties in the city centre caused by such abandoned objects, the Environment Agency said.
It coincides with the Destructor Bridge on the river being removed as part of a new development.
On Monday, shopping trolleys were pulled out of the river by the agency.
Matthew Sy... | Cars and mopeds are expected to be lifted from the River Avon in Bath during the first dredging operation for 20 years. |
37,667,004 | Marice Hall, Karen McGee and Lesley Leake work at a Kinsley primary school near Wakefield. They said pay had been cut since it became an academy.
After the contract moved from Wakefield Council to private company C&D Cleaning pensions, holiday and sick pay had also been cut, they said.
C&D said it was seeking to resolv... | A march has taken place backing three striking cleaners who say their wages and employment benefits have been cut. |
35,753,800 | During her maiden speech, the Glasgow entrepreneur quoted the words from "Greatest Love Of All".
She said she loved music and cherished the song's line: "I believe the children are our future, teach them well and let them lead the way."
Baroness Mone of Mayfair was appointed a Tory peer in August last year.
In her 10-m... | New peer Michelle Mone has told the House of Lords that she was inspired as a child by the lyrics of a "late, great Whitney Houston" song. |
35,789,848 | The officer, 52, was seriously injured when a booby-trap device exploded under his van on Friday, 4 March.
A dissident republican group known as the New IRA said it carried out the attack.
The 45-year-old man has also been charged with possession of explosives with intent to endanger life or cause serious injury to pro... | A man has been charged with the attempted murder of a prison officer in a bomb attack in Belfast last week. |
39,797,336 | Polling stations opened at 07:00 BST and closed at 22:00, with more than 850,000 people eligible to vote.
Counting is due to take place on Friday, with results expected throughout the day, Surrey County Council said.
Twenty one councillors are not standing again - more than 26% of the council.
Across England, Wales and... | Counting has begun as polls for the local elections in Surrey closed, with all 81 seats on the county council up for grabs. |
40,579,523 | It meant the unemployment rate fell by 0.2% to its lowest since 1975, at 4.5%, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) added.
But wage increases continued to fall further behind inflation.
Excluding bonuses, earnings rose by 2.0% year-on-year. However, inflation had hit an almost four-year high of 2.9% in May.
When th... | UK unemployment fell by 64,000 to 1.49 million in the three months to May, official figures show. |
18,396,920 | And the guerrillas from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) were well placed to profit from the illegal drugs trade.
Today, there are still small fields of bright green coca cut from the virgin jungle, but the rebels have found a more lucrative, and far safer, source of income: gold.
It was here the US mi... | A decade ago, the Colombian region of Putumayo was the main production centre for coca, the raw material for cocaine. |
30,786,552 | "Le onze Septembre Francais" declared the banner headline in France's Le Monde newspaper. "A French September 11th."
But now France also has 1/11, another set of numbers etched in the annals of the terrible history of terrorism and stirring stories of people who fight back.
Nearly four million took to the streets and s... | In France, many reached for the phrase recognised by all - 9/11. |
25,427,619 | In a BBC interview, he denied any link with fighting that began on Sunday and accused President Salva Kiir of "inciting tribal and ethnic violence".
The UN says hundreds have died and has warned of a descent into civil war.
Mr Kiir's government said its forces were in control of all cities, but he has offered to talk t... | Fugitive former South Sudanese vice-president Riek Machar has denied government allegations that he tried to stage a coup at the weekend. |
34,387,927 | On Monday, SSI said it was mothballing iron and steelmaking at the site for up to five years, citing poor trading conditions and low world steel prices.
It said prices would need to recover before the plant could reopen.
The focus of the talks is on the mothballing process, which will involve 450 people continuing to w... | Union officials are in talks with SSI's Redcar plant executives after the firm announced the loss of 1,700 jobs. |
40,895,079 | The share price fall extended a decline that started almost immediately after Snapchat started trading on the stock market this spring.
The firm reported 173 million daily users, up 4% on the prior quarter.
But the company is struggling with fierce competition from Facebook, which offers similar features.
Snap's stock,... | Snap shares plunged 14% on Thursday after the social media firm reported more than $400m (£310m) in quarterly losses and fewer than expected users. |
13,336,389 | Spratt, 25, joins on a one-year deal, and Samson, 23, on a two-year-deal.
Wales international Spratt said: "I'm excited to be joining London Irish. They play an exciting brand of rugby that appeals to me."
Samson, who has played for Scotland at U20 level, said: "I've enjoyed my time at Edinburgh but a chance to play in... | London Irish have signed Ospreys centre Jonathan Spratt and Edinburgh Rugby scrum-half Ross Samson. |
34,775,180 | The rock-pop boyband sold five million records at the start of the millennium, scoring number one hits with Year 3000 and What I Go To School For.
But Simpson walked out after a record-breaking 12-night engagement at Wembley Arena, saying his time in the band was "like torture".
Busted will pick up where they left off,... | Busted have announced a reunion tour for 2016, 11 years after Charlie Simpson left and the band imploded. |
36,225,981 | As the former intensive care nurse adjusted to life with a colostomy bag 10 years ago, one of the things that upset her was no longer being able to fit into the fashionable underwear she loved.
"I could always see my bag sticking through at the top or bottom," says Ms Dames, now 39.
"[Then] I realised the problem wasn'... | It was needing to have her large intestine removed that inspired Nicola Dames to start her own underwear business. |
30,226,184 | Karl Stefanovic wore the outfit to make a point about the sexism he said his female colleagues faced.
Nobody noticed he was wearing the same blue outfit, but he said his co-presenters would never have got away with it.
The profits will go to the charity White Ribbon, which campaigns to end violence against women.
He so... | An Australian TV presenter has sold a suit he wore every day for a year for A$6500 (£3,500). |
32,236,757 | The popular broadcaster touched thousands of listeners with his openness and optimism as he battled skin cancer.
A charity appeal prompted by his diagnosis has so far raised more than £62,000 in just over two months.
Bloomfield, who worked at the station for 10 years as a presenter, reporter and a Derby County comment... | BBC Radio Derby presenter Colin Bloomfield has died aged 33. |
34,872,298 | Peter O'Brien, a 51-year-old married father of six, from Llanishen, Cardiff, and Mark Sim, 41, from Caldicot, Monmouthshire, were killed in the blast in the basement of the rod and bar mill at Celsa Steel in Splott.
Five men were also injured.
The company is working with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and police... | Searches are continuing for the bodies of two men who died in an explosion at a Cardiff steelworks on Wednesday. |
10,645,410 | A former Rhodes Scholar who once wanted to be a monk, the 57-year-old attracted early criticism for gaffes and was famously called a misogynist by former Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
A series of public blunders, questionable calls and U-turns on key policies have since resulted in a decline in his popularity.
In... | Tony Abbott was already a polarising figure when he became prime minister of Australia in 2013. |
31,618,437 | AMs vote on introducing a ban in the Senedd next week.
The issue has caused tensions within the Labour group, with the Welsh government ruling out changing the law before next year's assembly elections.
One Labour AM, Christine Chapman, spoke last year of feeling "cheated" that ministers had not addressed the issue.
In... | The Archbishop of Wales and the new Children's Commissioner have led calls for AMs to be given a free vote on a ban on smacking children. |
39,302,504 | Media playback is not supported on this device
Conor Kernohan put the holders ahead with a close-range header from Stuart Nelson's cross in the second half.
But Matty Doherty quickly levelled for the Derry side with a penalty after Grosvenor keeper Tim Larmour had brought down Joe McCartie.
In extra-time Josh Kelly rou... | Grosvenor retained the Schools' Cup by beating St Columb's 3-1 after extra-time in the final at Seaview. |
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