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33,500,000 | In a survey commissioned by the Army, almost 40% of servicewomen said they had received unwanted comments of a sexual nature in the past year.
The report, based on a survey of 7,000 soldiers, found 13% of women had had "a particularly upsetting experience".
About 3% of those who were very upset made a formal written co... | Army chief General Sir Nick Carter says the level of sexual harassment being faced by female soldiers is "totally unacceptable". |
28,737,025 | Unrest broke out on Sunday over the killing of an unarmed black teenager by a police officer in Ferguson.
People looted shops, vandalised cars and stores, and set a building alight as police tried to block off access to several areas of the city.
Police say Michael Brown, 18, was shot on Saturday afternoon in the mainl... | Police in the US state of Missouri say they have arrested 32 people as calm returned after a night of rioting. |
38,897,910 | The 22-year-old will miss the rest of the season after being punished for a breach of contract.
Turkish club Trabzonspor successfully claimed he had agreed to join them in 2013, before staying with Karlsruhe.
"Bayer had nothing to do with the incident," said the Turkey international.
"The club have, however, been affec... | Bayer Leverkusen attacking midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu says he will not collect his salary during his four-month suspension. |
34,403,023 | Peter Barnett, 44, travelled from Haddenham and Thame Parkway to London Marylebone, but dodged the full fare by claiming his journey began at Wembley in north-west London.
Chiltern Railways had argued he should pay back nearly £20,000 but the defence said the true value was £6,000.
Barnett, from Oxford, admitted fraud ... | A barrister who commuted by train for two years without paying has been given a suspended 16-week prison sentence. |
39,569,856 | Kallum Watkins put the hosts ahead and they extended their lead when Danny McGuire's kick bounced off the crossbar and fell for Matt Parcell to score.
Tom Gilmore reduced Widnes' deficit but Joel Moon crossed for a second time and Tom Briscoe sent them 30-6 ahead.
Gilmore and Chris Houston touched down in the second ha... | Leeds kept up the pressure at the top of the Super League as they survived a second-half comeback to beat Widnes. |
38,016,899 | The development will be an annex to the school for three to 18-year-olds in Ystalyfera.
Built on the site of the former Sandfields Comprehensive, the secondary school will have 650 places.
Education Secretary Kirsty Williams said: "This money will address the region's growing demand for Welsh medium education."
The Wel... | Money for a new £17m Welsh medium school campus in Neath Port Talbot has been approved by the Welsh Government. |
35,799,176 | A club statement said Dortmund were "full of sadness" after one fan passed away and another had to be resuscitated following two separate incidents.
Fellow fans watched the rest of Dortmund's 2-0 win in virtual silence after news of the death spread through the stands.
The club said the second supporter was in a stable... | A fan has died after falling ill during Borussia Dortmund's Bundesliga game against Mainz on Sunday. |
36,254,363 | Outsourcing firm Capita was the leading gainer, up by 4% after a reassuring trading statement.
The company, which in February warned of lower margins, said it was on track to meet expectations for 2016 revenue growth. The statement was described as "unusually numbers light" by one broker.
The FTSE 100 was up 38.92 poin... | (Open): London's FTSE 100 started higher on Tuesday. |
36,433,125 | The victim, named locally as Aqib Mazhar - who was in his 20s - was stabbed in the back after being targeted by the gang, said the woman.
They left him outside her home in Nottingham on Wednesday evening.
She tried to help Mr Mazhar but said his blood went "all over the pavement" as she turned him over.
Nottinghamshire... | A gang of men armed with bricks and poles smashed their way into a man's car before leaving him dying on a driveway, according to a witness. |
37,443,634 | The man in charge of this is Yaakov Asulin. Every day he, along with at least two other supervisors, makes sure that the chefs and restaurant staff keep to meticulous standards when it comes to keeping kosher.
But he is not employed by the hotel. His boss instead is the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, the supreme religious ... | In the kitchens of the Ramat Rachel Hotel in Jerusalem, every leaf is washed meticulously, every grain of rice inspected for bugs and every cut of meat checked to ensure it complies with kashrut - Jewish dietary rules. |
38,536,126 | Corrie Mckeague, 23, vanished after a night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, on 24 September.
Experts from McKenzie Intelligence Services were brought in to assist Suffolk Police after £51,000 was raised through an online crowdfunding page.
Forbes McKenzie said his team would add "clarity" to the investigation.
What d... | A private detective hired through a crowdfunding appeal has said a missing airman's mobile phone is "key" to the investigation. |
35,456,451 | A spokesman for the US authorities said the operation had targeted high-level members of the cartel.
The spokesman said the operation had dealt a strong blow to the criminal organisation.
It comes weeks after the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, Joaquin Guzman was arrested after six months on the run.
Inside the feared Si... | Mexican police working with US agencies have arrested 24 members of the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel in a joint border operation. |
35,925,253 | Tory Zac Goldsmith pledged to deliver a Southern Overground and secure funds for Tramlink, Bakerloo Line and London Overground extensions.
Labour's Sadiq Khan said he would freeze fares and crack down on what he called a "culture of excess".
Rival candidates want to cut fares but said Conservative plans were "uncosted"... | Conservative and Labour mayoral candidates have set out their transport manifestos, with a "war on waste" and Tube and train expansions promised. |
34,190,196 | Episode VII: The Force Awakens will now be released in Britain on 17 December, a day earlier than previously announced.
The latest film is the first in a new trilogy for the franchise.
It will will run alongside the original three films and prequels that followed them.
The Force Awakens will be set 30 years after Retur... | The UK release date for the new Star Wars film has been brought forward by a day meaning it will be out here a day before it hits cinemas in America. |
24,530,186 | Officers suggested the 2007 case bore hallmarks of a "pre-planned abduction".
Scotland Yard said it was also looking into possible links to burglaries and bogus charity collections in the area.
Crimewatch editor Joe Mather said several callers gave the same man's name after e-fit pictures were shown.
Madeleine, from Ro... | Police probing the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal say there was an "overwhelming response" to an appeal on the BBC's Crimewatch, with almost 1,000 calls and emails. |
14,993,000 | The questions were answered by 131 leaders, out of 253 new Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs).
A third said they felt under pressure to become larger, and two-thirds expressed fears that they might inherit debt.
The Department of Health said it expected parts of the NHS to work together to resolve any deficits.
The s... | A survey of the groups due to take over commissioning NHS care is highlighting fears about their size and budgets. |
37,016,129 | Opponents Yorkshire will be without England players Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow while overseas batsman Travis Head has been called up by Australia.
Fellow Aussie Tait still expects Yorkshire to be dangerous at the SSE Swalec Stadium on Thursday.
"They're a good side so they're going to come here thinking we've got a pr... | Fast bowler Shaun Tait says Glamorgan have a good chance of progressing to the T20 Blast finals day. |
36,365,195 | Pollock was only the fourth fastest Irish athlete but he got the nod ahead of Sergiu Ciobanu, who clocked the third quickest time.
A superb World Half Marathon run sealed Pollock's place along with Belfast's Kevin Seaward and Mick Clohisey.
North Belfast athlete Breege Connolly is in the women's team with Lizzie Lee an... | Holywood runner Paul Pollock has been selected in the three-man Irish marathon team for the Olympic Games. |
34,369,289 | An estimated 250 people made the journey from Wales to the holy city of Mecca, near where the incident happened on Thursday.
The Muslim Council of Wales (MCW) had difficultly contacting some groups from Cardiff, Newport and Swansea.
All have now confirmed they are safe.
MCW general secretary Saleem Kidwai said he had m... | All groups from Wales making the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia where a stampede killed at least 717 have been accounted for, a Muslim leader has said. |
32,883,513 | The priest at St Andrew's RC Church in Livingston said anti-Catholic messages had been painted all over the building.
The vandalism happened between 19:00 on Saturday and 09:00 on Sunday.
Police have urged anyone who may have seen anything suspicious in the area, or anyone with information, to come forward.
In April 20... | Police are investigating an incident of sectarian graffiti sprayed on a church in West Lothian over the weekend. |
29,896,410 | The owner of a successful US cosmetics company, back in 2002 she was hit by a development which threatened the firm's future - her long-time South Korean manufacturer announced that he was ending their partnership and going out on his own.
Ms Telwar suddenly found that her Atlanta-based business Anisa International - t... | It was surviving a brush with adversity that allowed Anisa Telwar's business to really grow. |
32,873,549 | The four from Bangor's Cor Glanaethwy were freed by the fire service at 11:45 BST, half an hour before rehearsals were due to start at Wembley.
Musical director Cefin Roberts said they had been "sending us selfies from the lift to say they're ok".
"It's quite a drama at the moment."
Mr Roberts told BBC Radio Wales: "Th... | Four members of a north Wales choir spent two hours stuck in a lift at their London hotel, disrupting their preparation for the first live semi-final of Britain's Got Talent. |
36,935,878 | It is called Project Pilgrim - with £4m of the funding coming from the Heritage Lottery Fund - its aim is to improve the medieval building's facilities.
The proposals include building a new glass entrance, replacing the car park with a public space and installing solar panels on the Nave roof.
Project Pilgrim manager A... | A £6m project to renovate Gloucester Cathedral has begun. |
35,411,040 | Scrum-half Dan Robson scored Wasps' first try when he found a gap and touched down on the post before Rob Miller crossed from close in.
Josh Bassett's score helped make it 24-3 to the visitors at the break.
Sam Dickinson scored in the corner for Saints in the second half, but Wasps go above them in the Premiership tabl... | Wasps comfortably defeated Northampton Saints in difficult conditions to win at Franklin's Gardens for the first time since 2005. |
39,563,248 | The crash happened between Manordeilo and Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire at about 10:30 BST on Thursday.
Her family said in a tribute: "Diane was a fun and loving wife, mother and mamgu. We are devastated by the loss of such a beautiful person."
A 29-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous or... | A woman killed when a recycling lorry and her car crashed on the A40 has been named as Diane James. |
35,772,706 | Members of the EIS Further Education Lecturers' Association were already set to go on strike on Thursday next week.
The union has now confirmed it plans to hold two strikes the following week and more after Easter.
If the dispute is not settled, they plan to go on strike three days a week indefinitely from the last wee... | Lecturers at further education colleges across Scotland have announced more details of a planned series of strikes. |
29,315,370 | A conference next month at the city's National Waterfront Museum will hear from delegates who have turned around the fortunes of Sydney, Australia, and Antwerp, Belgium.
It is being organised by the Design Commission for Wales in partnership with Swansea council.
One council leader said Swansea must rethink what makes ... | Swansea is calling in international experts to help regenerate its city centre. |
33,251,851 | Brady presented his case during a 10-hour hearing on Tuesday.
The 37-year-old was punished by the NFL (National Football League) after it was decided he was "generally aware" of a scheme to deflate footballs.
The incident happened in the Patriots' play-off win over Indianapolis Colts, which sent them to the Super Bowl.... | New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has made his appeal against the four-match ban he received for his part in 'Deflate-gate'. |
39,654,466 | Motorists saw the vehicle "tootling along" the A601 in Derby on 2 March, with one capturing the scene on a dashcam.
Officers said they had traced the owner to the Chaddesden area.
The man, who had a stroke some years ago, also offered his apologies to other road users, police said.
PC Mark Atterbury from the Chaddesden... | An 83-year-old man spotted driving his mobility scooter on a busy city ring road has been "offered advice" by police. |
30,558,483 | Sokol Muja, 27, was backing a people carrier out of a bay at a car wash on Llantarnam Industrial Estate in Cwmbran when he hit Dave Fields, 75.
He admitted causing death by careless driving at Cardiff Crown Court.
Judge Eleri Rees gave Muja, from Cwmbran, a six-month suspended sentence and banned him from driving for t... | A learner driver who knocked over and killed a pensioner at a car wash has been given a suspended jail sentence. |
35,254,636 | The man, known only as Muhamed, told an Old Bailey jury he spent 10 months undercover in Birmingham.
He named three men who allegedly tried to leave the UK hidden in a lorry.
Anas Abdalla and Mahamuud Diini deny preparing for acts of terrorism. Separately, Gabriel Rasmus pleaded guilty to the same offence.
The three me... | An undercover officer who infiltrated alleged extremist networks told a court that a suspect threatened to attack the UK if he could not reach Syria. |
40,278,568 | The deal, to hand over the Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir, was agreed during a visit to Egypt by Saudi King Salman in April 2016.
It sparked rare protests in Egypt, with the president accused of "selling" the islands in return for Saudi aid.
The deal has been subject to challenges in court over the past year.
But... | Egypt's parliament has given its approval to a controversial plan to transfer sovereignty of two largely uninhabited islands to Saudi Arabia. |
32,860,648 | The 49-year-old man sustained a head injury following the incident at about 09:00 on the Loan Footpath, at its junction with Fergus Avenue.
He was taken to the Western General where his condition is now considered to be serious.
Police Scotland are trying to trace the cyclist, who did not swap details with the jogger a... | A jogger has been seriously injured in a collision with a bicycle in Livingston. |
38,506,713 | It concluded that inaccurate blood tests would give too many people an incorrect diagnosis, while lifestyle changes had a low success rate.
But the director of the NHS programme said its approach was based on "robust evidence".
The programme started last year and will cover all of England by 2020.
Type 2 diabetes leads... | The NHS programme for screening those at high risk of type 2 diabetes is unlikely to have much impact, an Oxford University study in the BMJ suggests. |
36,051,958 | Father-of-three, Martin O'Rourke, 24, died after he was shot several times outside a pub in the Sheriff Street/Oriel Street area at about 12:30 local time on Thursday.
It is understood the murder was a case of mistaken identity.
A handgun was found in a bin a short time after the shooting.
Mr O'Rourke tried to run but ... | Police in the Republic of Ireland believe they have recovered the weapon used in the murder of a man in Dublin. |
39,848,390 | Mr Anderson said he was angry his track record "wasn't good enough".
Unite Union aide Dan Carden, 30, has been selected in the safe seat.
Ben Williams, the secretary of the constituency party, tweeted he will resign in protest at a "disgraceful undemocratic stitch-up".
Steve Rotheram, the constituency's MP since 2010, ... | Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson has said Labour "is not always a meritocracy" after being overlooked as the party's Liverpool Walton candidate for the general election on 8 June. |
30,984,162 | Cookson, the ex-head of British Cycling, beat Ireland's Pat McQuaid in a bitter election in late 2013.
But Armstrong is unimpressed with what he has seen of the president so far.
"If McQuaid had made the same decisions Cookson has made in his first year, he would have been lynched," said the disgraced cyclist.
"Do we l... | Lance Armstrong believes Brian Cookson has not delivered on his campaign promises since taking over at the International Cycling Union (UCI). |
33,905,817 | The health watchdog said it had taken "urgent action" after an unannounced inspection at Pro Medicus in Harpenden.
It has declined to say why it took the action, stating its reasons will be revealed in a report being published at a later date.
Pro Medicus director Stephen Burton said it had taken "robust action".
The C... | A private ambulance firm based in Hertfordshire has had its registration temporarily suspended due to "concerns" by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). |
31,991,446 | In his speech to Scottish delegates gathered in Aberdeen, he said "nationalism and populism" might seem like "attractive options".
However, he said the right choice was the Liberal Democrat Party and the influence it could wield in government.
Mr Carmichael said his ambition was to see all 11 Lib Dem Westminster seats ... | Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael has said he believes liberalism is needed "more than ever before". |
35,579,273 | The problem affects voice-over-internet-protocol (Voip) phones, commonly installed by businesses, when default passwords are used.
Snom, the manufacturer whose phones were used in the research, has said the attack affects outdated software.
A spokesman said the tested firmware was "never in wide circulation".
The resea... | Security researchers have hacked a phone to show how it is possible to eavesdrop on conversations and make premium calls on someone else's line. |
28,390,947 | Madeleine Moon, Bridgend's Labour MP, said more military exercises are needed to show Russia "we are ready and we are capable".
It follows the crash of Malaysia airliner MH17 in Ukraine and growing tensions between Russia and the west.
Ms Moon, who sits on the Commons defence committee, called for a halt in a decline o... | Britain has to "act as if we're entering a new Cold War" with Russia, an MP has claimed. |
34,803,682 | Police were called to McLeod Street near Tynecastle Stadium at about 15:00 on Saturday, 3 October, to a reports of a fight involving 20 rival supporters.
A 21-year-old man from Kilmarnock was charged at the scene.
A further 14 men and boys, aged 14-28, have been charged with various offences.
All are due to appear at E... | Police have arrested and charged 14 football fans in connection with a clash before last month's match between Hearts and Kilmarnock in Edinburgh. |
37,626,583 | Jose Beltrame stood down a day after a high profile clash between police and suspected drug dealers in some of the city's best known neighbourhoods.
The shootout caused panic and forced shops to closed their doors on Monday.
Police say three men were killed and several arrested in the raid on the Pavao-Pavaozinho shant... | The head of security for the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro has resigned after nearly ten years in post following a recent rise in violence. |
36,243,933 | Resuming on 27-2, the Bears looked likely to follow on when injured skipper Ian Bell's departure left them 88-6.
They recovered to post 152, thanks to Varun Chopra's 56, then fought back.
They bowled Somerset out for 178 - of which Peter Trego made 51 - and closed on 4-0 in pursuit of 322 to win.
Trego's second half-ce... | Somerset look in the best shape to win at Edgbaston after a bowler-dominated second day against Warwickshire in which 18 wickets fell. |
35,008,717 | The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 369.96 points or 2.12% finishing at 17,847.63.
The broader S&P 500 index rose 42.07 or 2.05% to 2,091.69, while the Nasdaq index jumped 104.74 or 2.08% to 5,142.27.
The US market added 211,000 new jobs in November leaving unemployment at 5%.
Many investors now believe it is inev... | (Close): Wall Street closed up following a strong US jobs report that showed unemployment remaining at a seven and half year low. |
40,897,921 | The 26-year-old Southend United forward was jailed in May after admitting online banking fraud in which a woman lost more than £2,000.
His club said he was eligible for early release because of the short duration of his sentence and "his consistently excellent custodial behaviour".
Ranger will return to training with ... | Footballer Nile Ranger has been released from prison about 10 weeks into his eight-month sentence. |
32,797,599 | He is referring to the prospect of a peace deal between the Colombian government and left-wing rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc).
Most of Panama's security problems originate south of its border, in Colombia.
Colombia is one of the world's top three producers of coca, the raw ingredient of coc... | "Peace is not a bad thing, but it's unlikely to solve our problems," says Director of Panama's Border Police, Frank Abrego. |
38,056,114 | Mohammed Rafik Naji, 37, had expressed support for an attack in Times Square, according to a criminal complaint.
The 37-year-old, who lives in Brooklyn, was charged on Monday, said a spokeswoman for the FBI.
Times Square was the site of a failed car bomb attempt in 2010 carried out by a 30-year-old Connecticut resident... | A Yemeni man living in New York City has been charged with attempting to provide support to the Islamic State group, say US authorities. |
36,169,845 | Football's world governing body acted following the "internal wrangles affecting the FGF that have halted all football competitions in Guinea".
The committee, whose members will be selected by Fifa and the Confederation of African Football, will be tasked to organise FGF elections by 28 February.
Until then the committ... | Fifa has appointed a normalisation committee to take charge of Guinea's Football Federation (FGF). |
37,870,495 | "I saw that online," Williams told the BBC. "I get where he's coming from."
"I find it difficult forming words in my head without an audience. So when there's 16,000 people screaming at you while you're trying to talk, I get it."
But he said Bieber was wrong to scold his fans: "You've got to do it with humour or you do... | Robbie Williams says he sympathises with Justin Bieber, after the Canadian pop star reprimanded audiences for screaming at his concerts. |
40,236,835 | World number four Massaro, 33, won 11-8 12-10 11-5 in 35 minutes to become the second woman to win the title twice, after Malaysia's Nicol David.
"I'm one of the oldest on Tour and as long as I feel I'm still in contention to win titles, I'm happy," she said.
Compatriot James Willstrop was beaten 12-10 11-9 11-8 by Egy... | England's Laura Massaro defeated world champion Nour El Sherbini to defend her Dubai World Series Finals title. |
39,885,134 | Set 240 to win, Michael Klinger (53) and George Hankins (67) added 99 for Gloucestershire's second wicket.
Taylor then smashed 64 from just 36 balls before being out with the scores level, but the visitors sealed victory.
Luke Wright had earlier made 84 for Sussex, but was caught behind off the impressive Chris Liddle ... | Jack Taylor's fourth One-Day Cup half-century of the season helped Gloucestershire to a six-wicket win over Sussex with eight balls to spare. |
37,948,543 | The alleged victim was on her way to school when she was reportedly taken by two men in a car.
But after reviewing CCTV, dash-cam footage and eye-witness accounts, there was no evidence of an abduction, Thames Valley Police said.
They are still looking into rape allegations.
According to initial reports from police, th... | Police investigating the alleged abduction and rape of a 14-year-old girl in Oxford have said the "abduction did not take place". |
34,718,098 | Shares of the state-owned firm and its units were up between 16% and 42%.
The IPO was the biggest in the world this year and the largest since Alibaba's record $25bn deal in 2014.
It also marks the Japanese government's largest asset sale in nearly three decades.
The listing is part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plans... | Shares of Japan Post and its banking and insurance units surged on their stock market debut in Tokyo after the triple initial public offering (IPO) raised $12bn (£7.7bn). |
34,203,056 | The last week of Yvette Cooper's leadership campaign isn't exactly how she predicted it.
She has spent more time in Parliament than on the stump. As shadow home secretary she has been leading her party's response to the refugee crisis - initially calling on the government to do more, and now pressing for some of those ... | In the fourth of a series of in-depth profiles of the Labour leadership candidates, Iain Watson catches up with Yvette Cooper. |
35,216,900 | The body of Christopher Butler, 27, from Southsea, was discovered at a flat in Waverley Road in the early hours of Friday.
A 23-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man, both from Portsmouth, are being held, Hampshire Constabulary said.
A post-mortem examination on Friday was inconclusive. | Two people have been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a man in Portsmouth on New Year's Day. |
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More money than ever is flowing into the English domestic game, thanks to a £225m deal between the Rugby Football Union and Premiership clubs, and a bumper TV deal.
As a result the salary cap has risen to £6.5m a year, while each club can also sign two 'marquee players' wh... | A host of big international names are ready to light up what promises to be another ferocious Premiership season. |
39,834,681 | It was alleged in court that the Melbourne Storm prop and fellow Kiwi forward Kevin Proctor bought the drug after Friday's defeat by Australia.
Proctor said he had "too much to drink" and "although I can't remember exactly what happened, I don't deny it".
New Zealand Rugby League says banning the pair from the 2017 Wor... | Jesse Bromwich has stood down as New Zealand captain following allegations he took cocaine. |
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Bingham, 39, won his first world title in 2015 after beating Shaun Murphy, who comes up against Anthony McGill.
Five-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan faces Dave Gilbert, world number one Mark Selby plays Robert Milkins and Judd Trump meets Liang Wenbo.
Bingham begins his ca... | Defending champion Stuart Bingham faces two-time runner-up Ali Carter in the first round of the World Championship. |
28,783,652 | Permission is being sought for three single turbines over 200m (655ft) high at Graythorp Industrial Estate, Brenda Road West Industrial Estate and Tofts Road West.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change said it believed these would be the highest in England and Wales.
Hartlepool Borough Council has recorded about ... | Plans for what could be the highest wind turbines in England and Wales have been submitted in Hartlepool, Teesside. |
35,161,654 | Colchester Winter Wonderland and Ice Rink, which opened last month, said it had become "financially impossible" to continue after the warm temperatures left people skating through water.
Customers had said it was like a "huge puddle" and "too dangerous" to use.
All remaining events have been cancelled.
On a statement o... | An ice rink that melted in the unseasonably warm weather has closed with the company going into liquidation. |
37,800,623 | They can be bought for a fraction of the genuine fare on the "dark web", using the virtual currency Bitcoin.
BBC South East bought a first class fare from Hastings to Manchester, and a monthly ticket between Gatwick and London, using them without problems.
The fraudsters said they were offering "an affordable public se... | Forged rail tickets are being sold on a hidden part of the internet and being used at stations without detection, an undercover BBC investigation has found. |
34,458,148 | He was presented with a prize of £15,000 for his story Briar Road at an event at the BBC's Radio Theatre in London.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time author Haddon was the runner up for his story Bunny.
Brighton-based Buckley said the award was "a huge and delightful surprise".
He is the author of nine... | Former Rough Guides editor Jonathan Buckley has beaten Hilary Mantel and Mark Haddon to win the 10th annual BBC National Short Story Award. |
38,981,835 | The tax hike of 3.99% will include a 2% rise to pay for adult social care after falls in government funding.
Unions have said the £18m of cuts being made to the budget was putting staff and services under pressure.
The council says the budget is balanced but critics say the plan lacks specific details of where the cuts... | Taxpayers in Somerset will face at least a £50 rise in council tax after the Conservative-led county council agreed its budget earlier. |
40,279,314 | The Swiss, playing his first match in two months, won the first set but succumbed to the German in the second-set tie-break having had match point.
"It's always special to play a close friend like Roger on grass, always lots of emotion," said the world 302.
"I saved a match point so was able to play more freely after t... | Seven-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer was beaten 2-6 7-6 (10-8) 6-4 by 39-year-old Tommy Haas on grass at the Stuttgart Open. |
25,095,868 | Developer RWE Innogy is pulling the plug on the 240-turbine Atlantic Array project, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) told the BBC.
The scheme, which had not yet received the go-ahead, had attracted criticism, with environmentalists worried about its impact on marine wildlife in the Bristol Channel.
RW... | Plans for a huge wind farm off the north Devon coast have been shelved. |
36,443,982 | No sooner will the European Championships end than Wales' three league and one non-league club get under way before the 2016-17 football season starts
But who is facing who and when and where? BBC Wales Sport looked at the line-up.
Francesco Guidolin's side have announced a pre-season tour of the United States beginnin... | The fixtures for the new season have been released and Wales have reached the quarter finals of their first major international tournament for 58 years. |
29,361,018 | In September, the firm confirmed it was in the early stages of assessing an offer for the Premier League club.
But in a statement issued to the London Stock Exchange, the company said it had "terminated" its interest in a takeover bid and was "no longer considering making an offer".
Cain Hoy had until 10 October to fir... | American investment company Cain Hoy has said it is no longer considering making an offer to buy Tottenham. |
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"You are going to get medals galore if you tune into the rowing. Team GB have representatives in 13 of the 14 events, and we could come away with medals in 10 of them. Katherine Grainger, who is in a pretty stunning double scull with Anna Watkins, i... | Thanks to the success of one of the greatest ever Olympians, Sir Steve Redgrave, and the world famous University Boat Race, rowing has a proud history within British sport. |
39,475,462 | The Somali-born author was to appear on Australian TV on Monday before starting her tour, titled "Hero of Heresy".
But she pulled out due to "a number of reasons including security concerns", event organiser Think Inc said.
Ms Hirsi Ali has faced death threats in the past.
"[She] hopes to be able to return to Australia... | A former Dutch MP and prominent critic of conservative Islam, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, has cancelled a speaking tour of Australia and New Zealand citing security concerns. |
29,766,695 | Alexander Beltran Herrera's unit was responsible for moving the hostages and imprisoning them in chains.
The contract workers were on an anti-drug surveillance mission when their aircraft broke down in the Colombian jungle in February 2003.
They were eventually rescued by the Colombian military in 2008.
Hostages Thomas... | A US judge has sentenced an ex-Colombian rebel to 27 years in prison for his role in the kidnapping of three American contract workers in 2003. |
39,636,893 | Alicia Moran, 14, was last seen at her home in the Linthwaite area of Huddersfield at 16:30 BST on Sunday.
She was found earlier in Bristol after previous sightings of her in Manchester, West Yorkshire Police said.
A police spokesperson said a 24-year-old man from the Bristol area had been arrested in connection with h... | A missing girl has been found safe and well while a man who was with her has been arrested, police have said. |
34,379,976 | Robert Thomas, a friend who was with them, said they agreed to move to one of the side pens because there were "too many people" in the tunnel.
Nicholas Joynes and Francis McAllister, both 27, were both fatally crushed.
Mr McAllister had swapped his ticket in a seated area for one on the standing terraces.
Ninety-six s... | Two fans who died at Hillsborough had wanted to leave a tunnel leading to fenced enclosures but could not because of the crowd, the inquests have heard. |
35,926,785 | Norwood, 24, insists Michael O'Neill's side, who are unbeaten in 10 matches after Monday's win over Slovenia, are continually underestimated.
Northern Ireland will face Poland, Ukraine and Germany in Group C in France this summer.
"We are not going there to make the numbers up," Norwood told BBC Sport.
"The lads were s... | Reading's Oliver Norwood believes Northern Ireland will continue to fly under the radar at Euro 2016 - their first major tournament for 30 years. |
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The Frenchman, who reaches the qualification age of 50 in May, famously squandered a three-shot lead at the final hole of the 1999 Open.
But he insists he is looking forward to playing the Angus links again.
"I came to peace with it a long time ago," he said. "It never wak... | Jean van de Velde will return to the scene of one of sport's most notorious meltdowns when he makes his debut in July's Senior Open at Carnoustie. |
29,566,395 | Jack Cottle, of Durgates, Wadhurst, East Sussex was arrested after footage of a VW Polo being driven into a Fun Cup race on 14 June was posted on YouTube.
He admitted causing a public nuisance by driving on to a live racing circuit causing it to be stopped and putting competitors in harm's way.
Cottle is to be sentence... | A 22-year-old man who drove his girlfriend's car on to the Brands Hatch circuit during a race could face jail. |
38,996,277 | The S&P fell 0.1% to 2,347.2, with TripAdvisor down 11% on weak profit figures. But the Dow Jones eked out a tiny gain of 7.9 points to 20,619.7.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq also slid 0.1%, to 5,814.9 points.
After Wall Street's recent strong run, Nate Thooft, of Manulife Asset Management, said the markets were taking "a lit... | The S&P 500 index ended lower, breaking a seven-day winning streak not seen for three-and-a-half years. |
36,171,542 | Police were called to the scene, near a supermarket on Spring Bank, at about 14:00 BST following reports of two pedestrians being hit.
The lorry driver, a 55-year-old man from Hull, has been arrested on suspicion of two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.
Motorists have been advised to avoid the area and the ... | A mother and her daughter have died after being struck by a lorry in Hull. |
19,200,715 | Mr Davies said it was time to change the name in recognition of the primary law making powers it was granted in a 2011 referendum.
The Welsh word used for the assembly building is Senedd, which translates into English as "parliament".
But the Wales Office indicated that the move was "not a priority".
A spokesman for th... | A call for the National Assembly to be renamed the Welsh Parliament has been made by Conservative leader in the assembly Andrew RT Davies. |
35,481,551 | "Paramedics found the bodies of three people lying inside the aircraft," ER24 medical service told News24 website.
The plane crashed into shacks in Benoni, about 40km (25 miles) east of the city.
Footage on social media show emergency services taking bodies away from the crash site.
The BBC's Pumza Fihlani in the city ... | A light aircraft has crashed in the South African city of Johannesburg, killing all three people on board, emergency officials have said. |
20,526,639 | Official data shows that in the first 10 months, 703,781 Russians had the virus, of whom 90,396 died.
In nearly 60% of new cases, drug injection using dirty needles was the cause of infection.
Meanwhile, worldwide, the number of new infections in adults has stayed broadly stable for the past four years.
The executive d... | The number of HIV cases in Russia was 12% higher in the first six months of 2012 than in the same period last year, government health experts say. |
24,838,385 | In Virginia, Terry McAuliffe - a key Hillary Clinton ally - narrowly beat a Republican to become governor of the pivotal presidential swing state.
Bill de Blasio's thumping victory in New York makes him the city's first Democratic mayor-elect in two decades.
Tuesday's results point the way to next year's US midterm ele... | Moderate Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has won a landslide re-election, a possible launch pad for a 2016 White House run. |
27,871,537 | Cameron Marshall Ward was struck by a blue Vauxhall Vectra on Court Lane in Erdington shortly after 21:10 BST on Easter Monday, 1 April, last year.
Wayne Payne was found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving.
The 31-year-old, of Somerset Road, Erdington, was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court earlier. | A driver who killed a five-year-old boy when he hit him with his car in Birmingham has been jailed for five years. |
40,983,959 | St Johnstone took the lead just before half-time through Steven MacLean, who took advantage of a Craig Gordon error.
The visitors defended stoutly and troubled Celtic on the counter, and MacLean sent a free header wide.
Substitute McGregor saved the champions, though, drilling low and hard into the corner of the net.
T... | Callum McGregor's late strike rescued a point for Celtic as they came from behind to extend their unbeaten run in domestic football to 53 games. |
27,711,959 | The plans include the rebuilding of the North/South Stand and an increase in ground capacity from 17,000 to 20,000.
Club chairman Colin Graves said the changes were necessary to ensure the ground could continue to host international matches.
A detailed consultation over the plans will be held, the club said.
If given t... | Plans for a £50m revamp of Yorkshire County Cricket Club's Headingley ground to try to secure the stadium's Test Match status have been unveiled. |
30,158,268 | The attack, at Warrenpoint station, happened in the early hours of Sunday.
Officers returning from patrol at about 03:30 GMT, found that a petrol bomb had been thrown over the perimeter wall into the yard of the station.
It had smashed, but failed to ignite, and caused minor damage to a car parked in the yard.
Insp Col... | A petrol bomb has been thrown at a police station in County Down. |
38,854,083 | Shaper/Caper will perform Within This Dust on 21 April as part of the museum's 15-year anniversary programme.
The show is inspired by the images of photographer Richard Drew, which capture a man falling from the World Trade Center during the attacks.
It was created by choreographer Thomas Small, who was previously BBC ... | A Dundee-based dance company will be the first in the world to perform at the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York. |
34,383,189 | It sounds too good to be true for someone in secondary school, but the advert was posted by Aberystwyth University's Robotics Club at the start of this term.
For three years, Stephen Fearn, of the university's Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science, has been teaching children from nearby schools to buil... | Twenty pupils wanted: must be willing to give up two hours a week of homework time to build robots. |
33,654,000 | The Daily Telegraph recorded Paul Jerram and Omar Ali as part of an investigation into the allegations.
Mr Jerram, head of medicines management at the Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has been suspended.
Surrey and Sussex Hospital Trust said Mr Ali has resigned.
Both men had been accused of accepting pa... | An NHS boss has been suspended and another has resigned over claims senior staff were being paid by drug companies to help promote their products. |
36,139,310 | The details of more than a million members including their weight, height, job, and phone numbers were discovered unencrypted online in December 2015.
They have now been sold on the black market, said security expert Troy Hunt.
The firm said the data belonged to members who joined before July 2015 and that no passwords... | Data stolen from a dating website aimed at "beautiful people only" has been traded online. |
38,182,358 | From 1 January cars and motor caravans will pay £6.70 - up 10p - while tolls for small goods vehicles and small buses will rise by 20p to £13.40.
Severn River Crossing raises the prices each year in line with inflation.
Labour MP Jessica Morden said the toll was now nearing the minimum wage, but UK ministers plan to ha... | Tolls to cross the Severn Bridge and Second Severn Crossing into Wales will increase in the New Year. |
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In the afternoon fourballs, Henrik Stenson and Justin Rose won 5&4 against Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed.
Sergio Garcia and Rafa Cabrera-Bello beat JB Holmes and Ryan Moore 3&2, with Rory McIlroy and Thomas Pieters beating Dustin Johnson and Matt Kuchar 3&2.
But Brooks Ko... | Europe fought back from a 4-0 foursomes whitewash to cut the USA's lead to 5-3 after day one of the Ryder Cup. |
29,730,690 | However, the organisation says it will review its policy to seek alternatives.
Uefa ordered CSKA to play three Champions League home games without any fans present as punishment for a series of offences including racist chanting.
City plan to complain to Uefa over its stance after 650 vocal fans backed the home side in... | Europe's governing body Uefa says no rules were broken despite fans being present at CSKA Moscow's "behind closed doors" match with Manchester City. |
39,002,345 | It was 1993 when Louise Dyson's agency was approached by Sunrise Medical for disabled models to promote its wheelchairs.
She was stumped. At that time the Louise Dyson Agency Ltd dealt only in providing flawless models for clients such as Rolls-Royce and Laura Ashley.
"We didn't know any models with a disability and I ... | Acting and modelling are notoriously fickle industries often trading on perfection, but in the 1990s one woman challenged the status quo by setting up a professional talent agency for disabled people. |
36,398,215 | Reports in the Netherlands say ex-Manchester United defender Jaap Stam, who recently left his role as a coach at Ajax, is a contender for the job.
McDermott, 55, returned to the Madejski Stadium in December for his second spell as boss of the Royals.
But he only won nine of his 30 games in charge and the Berkshire side... | Championship side Reading have sacked manager Brian McDermott after just over five months in charge. |
37,402,670 | There have been concerns about the viability of the airport after Ryanair dropped a number of air services.
First Minister Arlene Foster said the money would allow the airport to plan for the future.
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said the £7m investment was vital because "connectivity is a pre-requisite for e... | Details of a £7m funding package to support City of Derry airport have been revealed by Stormont ministers. |
40,183,296 | Its resolution laid the blame at the door of bodyguards working for Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, saying they had beaten up Kurdish protesters.
The Turkish embassy previously said the demonstrators had aggressively provoked Turkish-Americans gathering to greet the president, who was visiting the US.
Eleven p... | The Congress has called for criminal charges against those involved in a brawl outside the Turkish ambassador's residence in Washington DC last month. |
39,373,766 | He had at least three children.
The Metropolitan Police says he was born as Adrian Russell Ajao - but the story appears to be more confusing still, because of a string of alternative names or aliases he used.
He was entered onto the birth registry in the Dartford district of Kent as Adrian Russell Elms, in the weeks af... | The man police say was responsible for the Westminster attack has been formally identified as 52-year-old Khalid Masood. |
38,509,412 | The Premier League's bottom club have yet to confirm who will take over from Mike Phelan, who was sacked on Tuesday.
Reports suggest former Olympiakos boss Marco Silva has been lined up, while former Birmingham City manager Gary Rowett was an early favourite.
Ashbee, who played for the Tigers between 2002 and 2011, tol... | The new Hull City manager is facing an "impossible task", according to former captain Ian Ashbee. |
11,693,674 | Since India's partition and the creation of Pakistan in 1947, the nuclear-armed neighbours have fought two wars over the Muslim-majority territory, which both claim in full but control in part.
Today it remains one of the most militarised zones in the world. China administers parts of the territory.
Reporting on Kashmi... | The Himalayan region of Kashmir has been a flashpoint between India and Pakistan for over six decades. |
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