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36,745,656 | A large tipper truck was observed delivering the tyres under cover of darkness on Wednesday night.
A council spokesperson said the bonfire was on land owned by the Housing Executive (NIHE) in Ballybeen.
"The council has been in touch with the NIHE to raise the issue of the tyres at the site and to request the matter is... | Lisburn and Castlereagh Council is investigating the dumping of tyres at a bonfire site in Dundonald. |
39,312,324 | Nile Ranger was involved in the first meaningful chance as his neat flick found Anthony Wordsworth on the edge of the box, but the midfielder's low shot was well saved by James Shea.
Ranger then got a brilliant opener for Southend in the 35th minute, shuffling past three players and prodding a shot into the right-hand ... | Phil Brown marked his fourth anniversary in charge of Southend with a third consecutive win as his side beat Wimbledon in League One. |
38,977,397 | The move could allow it to eventually better compete with the likes of YouTube and traditional television channels for advertising revenue.
Users with Apple TV, Amazon's Fire TV and Samsung's Smart TVs will be able to watch Facebook's user-generated videos directly on their televisions.
The announcement is in line with... | Facebook is to roll out an app that lets users watch the platform's video content on television. |
32,820,581 | McKinnon was also interviewed for the vacancy at St Mirren, but the Paisley club instead appointed Dumbarton's Ian Murray.
The 44-year-old has joined Rovers on a two-year contract.
Chief executive Eric Drysdale said: "Ray ticks all the boxes and we are confident he can take us forward."
Rovers were seeking a new manage... | Ray McKinnon has left Brechin City to become Raith Rovers manager, with Maurice Malpas standing down as director of football at Stark's Park. |
39,231,082 | 400 Football League games later, however, Flynn will lead the Exiles to Crewe Alexandra at the weekend as their manager after the sacking of Graham Westley, albeit with the club teetering on the edge of being relegated back to non-league.
But the wilderness of the non-league scene is exactly where the lifelong associat... | When Newport County threw a teenage Michael Flynn out of their youth academy for defying club rules, he feared he would spend his life doing his part time job, stacking shelves in the local supermarket. |
40,130,436 | The Markit/CIPS construction purchasing managers' index rose to 56 from 53.1, its highest level since December 2015. A figure above 50 indicates expansion.
Builders also hired more workers and ordered more supplies to deal with an increase in new projects.
Economists said the sector was recovering after a slow start to... | Activity in the UK construction sector expanded at its fastest rate in 17 months in May, boosted by a surprise rebound in homebuilding, a survey says. |
35,111,956 | Biju John, 44, pleaded guilty to outraging public decency in Harlow and was due to be sentenced in 2011 when he fled the UK.
The details emerged as John was struck off by a panel, which heard one of his victims felt "degraded and scared".
Essex Police said John was still wanted by officers.
John, then a doctor at the P... | A hospital doctor who went on the run after covertly filming up women's skirts in a shopping centre has been struck off. |
36,136,635 | The tradesman was using a portable toilet on a Sydney building site on Wednesday morning when he was bitten.
A spokesperson for St George Hospital confirmed that a 21-year-old man was treated for a redback bite.
The redback spider, closely related to the black widow spider, is distinguished by a long red stripe on its ... | An Australian man has taken himself to hospital after a venomous redback spider bit him on the penis. |
39,293,869 | Lt Col Gill Wilkinson was commanding officer of 154 (Scottish) Regiment Royal Logistic, based in Dunfermline.
She handed over to her husband, Lt Col Alan Wilkinson, last month.
The exchange makes the pair, who married in 1998, the highest ranking couple to follow each other in a command role.
Gill, 45, originally from ... | A Scottish couple made an unusual bit of British military history when the wife handed over command of an Army unit to her husband. |
38,305,414 | A Lords EU committee has called for an immediate "unilateral undertaking" that EU nationals can continue to live, work and study in the UK after Brexit.
It said failure to do this would have a severe impact on migrants' rights.
Ministers say they expect this to happen but need equivalent guarantees for UK citizens on t... | The UK has a "moral" duty to guarantee the status of EU nationals living in the country ahead of negotiations over its exit, a group of peers has said. |
35,196,852 | A number of houses were broken into early on Monday, officers said.
Goods left outside affected homes in the Calderdale of West Yorkshire were also stolen, it emerged.
"It is impossible to comprehend why anyone would want to bring further suffering to those already in a very vulnerable situation," said acting Supt Mark... | Looters who targeted flood victims' homes in York have been condemned by police. |
35,958,609 | Harry John Neville Vane, the 11th Baron Barnard, died at Raby Castle near Staindrop on Sunday. He was 92.
In a short statement, his family said he died peacefully surrounded by loved ones.
Lord Barnard, who succeeded his father in 1964, held numerous titles in County Durham. He is survived by five children.
The Raby es... | Lord Barnard has died at his County Durham castle, his family has confirmed. |
38,581,986 | The 22-year-old, who won the English Amateur Championship last summer, had previously said she would stay amateur.
Giles. who is the first golfer to win all three major English women's amateur titles, has applied for the Access Series of the European Ladies Tour.
"This season just gone I achieved everything I wanted to... | Cornwall golfer Sammie Giles says she is planning to turn professional. |
38,604,674 | Morocco start their Group C campaign against DR Congo on Monday, then face Togo on 20 January and take on Ivory Coast four days later.
Rherras, 23, and Cameroon midfielder Arnaud Djoum, 27, will miss Hearts' Scottish Cup meeting with Raith Rovers on 22 January.
Cameroon are in Group A with Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau a... | Hearts left-back Faycal Rherras has been given a late call-up to Morocco's Africa Cup of Nations squad. |
30,232,887 | State-funded Holyport College near Maidenhead, opened to pupils for the first time in September.
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were given a tour of the school before unveiling a plaque watched by its 122 pupils, staff and parents.
Holyport College, sponsored by Eton College, accepts boarders and gives its pupils ... | A free school in Berkshire has been officially opened by the Queen. |
33,646,389 | The online retail giant reported a $92m profit compared to a $126m loss for the same period a year ago.
Sales also rose 20% to $23.2bn in the second quarter to the end of June, boosted by strong growth in the US.
Its shares, which fell 1.3% during the day, leapt 18.5% to $571.24 a share in after-hours trading on Wall S... | Amazon shares have surged more than 18% in after-hours trading after it reported a surprise profit and better-than-expected sales figures. |
39,249,383 | A late Clint Hill equaliser secured a 1-1 draw at Celtic Park and Murty said the team had proved a point.
"I'm pleased for the players," he said after his last game in charge. "They showed the kind of tenacity and grit that they've been questioned about.
"It's a difficult environment, but two outstanding saves from Cra... | Rangers caretaker Graeme Murty praised his players for answering their critics as they ended Celtic's winning streak. |
35,667,259 | The 30-year-old has not won Olympic gold, having fallen short at the 2008 and 2012 Games.
He hopes to compete in the multi-event omnium in Rio.
"If he can't make the top three, he would pursue his dreams of the Tour de France yellow jersey," said Sutton.
"I believe he can do it, we wouldn't have selected him otherwise.... | Mark Cavendish must finish in the omnium top three at the Track Cycling World Championships to have a chance of competing at the Olympics, says British Cycling technical chief Shane Sutton. |
33,179,910 | Developer Sirius Minerals wants to mine near Whitby and build a 23-mile (37km) tunnel to a Teeside processing plant.
Chris Fraser, of Sirius, said its case stood "up to scrutiny" and it was determined to pursue the plan.
The North York Moors National Park Authority is to consider a planning application on 30 June.
The ... | A report into a planned £1.7bn potash mine has said its economic benefits do not outweigh the harm it would cause the North York Moors national park. |
36,503,204 | The competition will be extended to 64 teams, with sides from 16 of the 21 category one academies invited to join League One and League Two clubs.
In a change from the current knock-out format, there will be 16 regional groups of four for the opening round.
The proposals were approved at the English Football League's a... | Premier League academy teams will be allowed to play in the EFL Trophy in a one-season trial in 2016-17. |
38,571,982 | The seats in the Grand Tier are located five boxes away from the royal box in the Grade I listed building.
Agents Harrods Estates said it was the first time such a box had come on the market in almost a decade and there had "already been a bit of interest".
Buying the box will give the owner access to two-thirds of eve... | A 12-seat private box in the Royal Albert Hall close to where the Queen sits when she attends events has gone on sale for £2.5m. |
40,976,098 | The 26-year-old ex-Fulham, Gillingham, Aldershot, Macclesfield and Dover Athletic forward first arrived in Shropshire on loan from Oakwell in last season's January window.
After being injured in his first game, he came back to help Shrewsbury stave off relegation from League One.
Payne has signed a two-year contract wi... | Shrewsbury Town have re-signed striker Stefan Payne from Championship side Barnsley for an undisclosed fee. |
40,963,115 | St Mary's Church in Llanfair Kilgeddin, between Abergavenny and Raglan, was targeted between 2 and 3 August.
An oak door, valued at about £1,000, was damaged, along with four oil lamps dating back 300 years. Metal organ pipes and a brass plaque were stolen.
Matthew Saunders, director of Friends of Friendless Churches,... | "Monstrously disrespectful" thieves have wrecked and ransacked a church in Monmouthshire. |
40,817,293 | The 80-year-old Tokyo market is known for its tuna auctions which supply many of the capital's top sushi restaurants.
Smoke could be seen billowing from shops on the outskirts of the market on Thursday, as dozens of fire engines tackled the flames.
The fire was out by Thursday night and there were no reports of injurie... | Firefighters have extinguished a blaze at Japan's famous Tsukiji fish market - the largest in the world and a top tourist attraction. |
33,434,144 | The rules will also apply to less senior staff who could nonetheless do serious harm to a bank.
It comes two years after a parliamentary commission proposed a shake-up of the UK banking industry in the wake of the financial crisis.
The regime will take effect from March.
The new rules follow a public outcry after a ser... | City regulators have published final rules that make top bank executives responsible for the misconduct of their employees -unless they can show they took steps to stop it. |
40,548,772 | Ingram made 101 not out off 47 balls and, although Wright later matched his score, Glamorgan won by 18 runs.
Colin Ackermann hit a six off the final ball as Leicestershire edged out Lancashire in a thrilling finish.
Surrey beat Somerset despite a 12-run over-rate penalty and there were also wins for holders Northants a... | Glamorgan's Colin Ingram and Luke Wright of Sussex hit the first T20 Blast centuries of the summer in a high-scoring clash at Arundel. |
30,916,823 | The woman was hit by the car on Emma Street at about 09:40 on Monday and became trapped between the pavement and the vehicle.
Firefighters used chocks and blocks to stabilise the car and free the casualty.
Police and the ambulance service also attended, and the woman was treated by paramedics for a leg injury. | Fire crews had to free a 79-year-old woman who was trapped under a car following a crash in Blairgowrie. |
30,974,408 | Rosie Batty, 52, from Tyabb, a small town in Victoria, began her work after her son Luke, 11, was stabbed to death.
She received the award from Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott at a ceremony at Parliament House, Canberra.
The award winners are selected from public nominations and announced ahead of Australia Day, ... | A woman who became a campaigner against domestic violence after her son was killed by his father last February has been named Australian of the Year. |
34,130,280 | Gareth Graham was giving evidence to a Stormont inquiry into the National Asset Management Agency's (Nama) £1bn sale of its Northern Ireland loan portfolio.
Loans held by his property companies were sold to Cerberus, the US investment fund, as part of that deal.
Mr Graham said he has tapes of "thousands" of phone call... | A Belfast businessman has said he has hundreds of hours of tapes showing an "ingrained culture of inappropriate and possibly illegal conduct" across political, banking, legal and accountancy sectors. |
37,799,701 | For chief executive Somnath Saha, the economics of tea are simple and brutal.
Typhoo Tea produces 125 million tea bags a week at its factory in Moreton, Wirral, which have just one ingredient - tea leaves, and they are imported.
Black tea is a global commodity, traded in dollars. Following the fall in sterling since th... | The cost of a cuppa will have to rise, according to the boss of Typhoo. |
12,867,786 | Maj Matthew Collins, 38, from Backwell, in Somerset, and L/Sgt Mark Burgan, 28, from Liverpool, died on Wednesday when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb.
Their commanding officer said their loss was "a devastating blow".
Their deaths take to 362 the total number of UK military personnel to have died in Afghanistan sinc... | Two soldiers from 1st Battalion Irish Guards killed in Afghanistan just six days before they were due to return home have been named. |
40,741,264 | A letter has been sent to all 45 elected members setting out Market Abuse Regulations.
They have been asked to sign the letter acknowledging the terms and return it to the authority's legal department.
It comes after the council became the first in Scotland to issue bonds on the stock exchange worth £370m.
That followe... | Aberdeen councillors are being warned they face prison or fines if they break London Stock Exchange laws on insider dealing, BBC Scotland has learned. |
35,447,376 | Both teams had first-half openings, with Clarets defender Michael Keane twice unable to keep headers on target, while Hull's Robert Snodgrass failed to beat Tom Heaton with a volley.
Moses Odubajo forced another save from Heaton at the start of the second half.
Tigers keeper Allan McGregor spilled Joey Barton's shot to... | Burnley celebrated boss Sean Dyche's new contract by beating leaders Hull City to close within a point of them. |
40,863,406 | The 26-year-old Swede joins the League One club on a two-year deal, with the option of a one-year extension.
Former Malmo and Hacken player Pekalski is Oxford United's fourth overseas signing since manager Pep Clotet was appointed in July.
"I'm happy to be here and it's been a pretty natural decision to make the move,"... | Oxford United have signed midfielder Ivo Pekalski from Swedish side Halmstads for an undisclosed fee. |
22,032,500 | The deal will keep the Ivory Coast international at the Etihad Stadium until 2017.
"This is where I want to be," the 29-year-old told the club website.
"I will never forget how I have been treated here by the fans, the club and the owners and nothing would give me greater pleasure than to finish my career as a Manchest... | Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has signed a new four-year contract with the Premier League club. |
37,125,238 | Three Pugs, a Chihuahua, a Jug - a Pug crossed with a Jack Russell - and a Puggle, a Pug-Beagle crossbreed, were taken in Kemble Road, Forest Hill.
A witness said they saw two men load the animals into a black VW van and drive off.
The Met confirmed four dogs were swiped in a similar incident outside a house in nearby ... | Six pets worth thousands of pounds have been stolen from a dog walker's van in south London. |
36,951,259 | The actor was killed by his own car at his home in Los Angeles in June.
It struck him after rolling backwards down the steep drive, pinning him against a brick postbox pillar and a security fence.
Court records show Victor and Irina Yelchin filed to become administrators of their son's estate on Friday.
The filing stat... | Anton Yelchin did not write a will before he died and left behind a $1.4m (£1.06m) estate, according to court documents filed by his parents. |
35,637,597 | The Reds had failed to score more than once in their previous 10 League Two games, but were dominant against Warren Feeney's side.
County striker Scott Boden opened the scoring at the wrong end when his header beat Joe Day after 36 minutes.
Shamir Fenelon then headed home eight minutes after the break, before Newport's... | Crawley completed a double over Newport County with a comfortable 2-0 victory. |
37,284,426 | The unfortunate moggy was found by Darren Sumner when the vehicle broke down in Reading, Berkshire.
Mr Sumner said: "He was warm and scared so I sat and stroked him for about 30 minutes until I coaxed him out."
The RSPCA wants to reunite the cat with his owner, thought to be in Tottenham where the van started its journ... | A cat has been rescued from under the bonnet of a van after travelling about 60 miles in a space behind the heater matrix. |
37,857,729 | The teenager said James Comey's decision to publicise part of the FBI's investigation into Mr Weiner had led to her being hounded by news reporters.
Mr Comey announced last week that the investigation had turned up fresh emails relating to Hillary Clinton.
Mr Weiner is married to Mrs Clinton's political aide Huma Abedi... | A 15-year-old girl who was allegedly sent indecent messages by former US congressman Anthony Weiner has criticised the director of the FBI. |
40,041,968 | There's no getting away from it - the big-screen adaptation of the 1990s TV series is simply two hours of pure entertainment.
The action sequences are huge, the soundtrack is awesome, and the people are ludicrously good looking.
But it's also just totally ridiculous, which may not surprise those who have seen the trail... | It's strange to go to the cinema and come out feeling like you've seen an utterly brilliant film and a truly awful film at the same time - but the new Baywatch really does tick both boxes. |
33,784,160 | Walt Disney said subscriber numbers for its sports channel ESPN had dropped. Viewers are moving away from packages offered by cable companies to simpler services and stand-alone streaming.
Time Warner also fell 9%, despite better-than-expected profit figures.
The Dow Jones shed 0.06% to 17,067 points.
The S&P 500 gain... | (Close): Disney shares closed down 9% after disappointing earnings figures sparking share price falls in rival cable companies. |
40,984,251 | Joe Cardle slotted in his eighth of the season before setting up Kallum Higginbotham to extend the Pars' lead.
Dumbarton's Craig Barr hit the crossbar with a second-half header but the Sons then had Andy Dowie sent off for two bookings.
Substitutes Nicky Clark and Andy Ryan added late goals to add gloss to the visitors... | Dunfermline climbed to the top of the Championship with an emphatic victory at Dumbarton. |
32,895,823 | It warned last year that profits would be £20m lower than in the year before.
Operating profits were down 22% at £69.5m, in line with that guidance, but the company also chopped its dividend from 42p to 25p.
De La Rue, which is more than 200 years old, makes notes for 150 countries including the UK.
Shares in De La R... | Shares in banknote printer De La Rue tumbled almost 9% after the firm reported lower full-year profits and cut its dividend by 40%. |
35,550,637 | Wales international McCusker, 30, has impressed in the back row since a return from injury last month.
Eleventh-placed Irish face Northampton on Saturday, looking for a first Premiership away win in almost a year.
"We'll be keen to stay in touch with them as much as possible," McCusker told BBC Radio Berkshire.
Irish s... | London Irish number eight Rob McCusker believes confidence can flourish among his team-mates after their crucial Premiership victory against Worcester. |
39,321,579 | Some firms said they could not recruit or retain the staff they needed.
The Local Government Association said it was the result of "historic under-funding" and an ageing population.
The government declined an interview but said English councils had received £9.25bn for social care.
The figure for the number of cancelle... | Care firms have cancelled contracts with 95 UK councils, saying they cannot deliver services for the amount they are being paid, a BBC Panorama investigation has found. |
37,512,085 | American Chris Zablocki again finished second, while James Faudemer was the first Jersey runner home in a new personal best of 2:39.15.
Nollaigh O'Neill, who led from early on, dominated the women's race.
"I'm so happy, but the time was slow," said the 44-year-old Irish runner.
"I was flying up until about mile 20 or 2... | Russian Aleksey Troshkin won the Jersey Marathon for the third year in a row, with his time of two hours, 18 minutes and 28 seconds just outside his own course record. |
34,974,138 | 2 December 2015 Last updated at 09:17 GMT
Emi, 22, wrote The Things She Told Me to reflect her own experiences as a woman, but she hopes it will resonate across the world.
The Sudanese-American who originates from Darfur only began writing slam poetry - work that is written for performance and that is often powerful an... | Emi Mahmoud, the reigning World Poetry Slam Champion, has written a poem for the BBC 100 Women season. |
41,091,563 | State media also repeated threats to the US Pacific island of Guam, which it called "an advanced base of invasion".
The missile launched on Tuesday crossed Japan's northern Hokkaido island, triggering public alerts to take cover, before landing in the sea.
The UN Security Council has unanimously condemned North Korea f... | North Korea says its firing of a missile over Japan was "the first step" of military operations in the Pacific, signalling plans for more launches. |
38,638,845 | It follows an incident which saw a S92 spin more than 180 degrees on landing.
One-off inspections of the tail rotor on all S92 helicopters around the world took place last week, following the incident on the West Franklin platform in December.
Operators are now being told to increase inspections on the aircraft's tail ... | Additional checks are being carried on a North Sea helicopter fleet in the wake of safety fears. |
34,993,877 | The off-duty officer suffered serious leg injuries in a booby-trap car bomb near Castlederg, County Tyrone.
The accused has also been charged with causing an explosion likely to endanger life or cause serious injury to property and membership of a proscribed organisation.
He is due to appear before Strabane Magistrates... | A 38-year-old man is due to appear in court charged with the attempted murder of a Catholic police officer in 2008. |
38,124,653 | The Big Sleep Hotel, once part-owned by Hollywood star John Malkovich, received complaints from guests about blood stains on walls, rubbish on floors and unclean bathrooms.
X-Ray also found dirty duvets, mouldy windows and dead insects.
The hotel, now owned by Compass Hospitality, has promised to improve.
The Big Sleep... | A hotel in the heart of Cardiff has admitted "unacceptable" failings, after a BBC Wales investigation uncovered dirty rooms. |
39,260,086 | Sun Maya Tamang, 50, is accused of killing Man Limbu, who was found unconscious at a flat in Victoria Road, Aldershot, on Friday.
She is also accused of attempted murder, aggravated burglary and false imprisonment relating to an incident at a property in Grove Road.
Ms Tamang, of Victoria Road, is due at Basingstoke ma... | A woman has been charged with murdering a 75-year-old man and with attempting to murder a woman on the same day. |
36,457,309 | Media playback is not supported on this device
Wes Hoolahan gave the Republic a deserved lead shortly after half-time with a crisply struck half-volley worthy of opening the scoring in any match.
Martin O'Neill's team had struck the woodwork and gone close several times prior to scoring.
But, after taking the lead they... | Ciaran Clark scored an agonising own goal as the Republic of Ireland were held to a frustrating draw against Sweden in their opening Euro 2016 fixture in Paris. |
34,409,397 | The move earlier this year sparked widespread public and political backlash with many questioning whether the British royal deserved Australia's top honour.
It came after Mr Abbot revived Australia's honours system last year.
The new cabinet under Malcolm Turnbull is set to review the honours system.
Mr Turnbull, the n... | Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said his decision to award Prince Philip a knighthood was "injudicious". |
39,628,846 | Henrietta Yakubu, a spokesman for the aviation authority, said repair works were completed 24 hours ahead of schedule.
An Ethiopian Airlines flight was the first to land on Tuesday morning.
Flights had been diverted to Kaduna, 160 km (100 miles) from the capital, and some international carriers refused to operate the n... | Nigeria's airport in the capital, Abuja, has reopened six weeks after it was closed for urgent repairs. |
39,691,900 | Lewis Elliot, 19, predicted both teams would score in both halves of the Crawley v Carlisle, Hibernian v Aberdeen and Chelsea v Tottenham games.
The bet came in at odds of 6,858/1 when Eden Hazard scored for Chelsea in their FA Cup semi-final.
"I am absolutely delighted," said Mr Elliot. "I went crazy when Hazard score... | An apprentice joiner from Hawick has won more than £20,000 from a £3 football bet. |
39,377,505 | Harry Gould, from Newcastle-under-Lyme, will be presented with the Legion d'Honneur by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire.
Mr Gould served with the Royal Army Service Corps and was involved in the transportation of supplies to troops.
The charity that helped him apply said Mr Gould had been unaware he was eligible un... | A 91-year-old former soldier has been awarded one of France's highest honours for his role in the D-Day landings. |
34,245,435 | The stamps will feature characters such as Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker and Yoda and will also feature three scenes from the new film, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens.
They will go on sale on 20 October. | Eighteen new first class stamps are being released by the Royal Mail to celebrate the Star Wars movies. |
39,514,273 | The Supreme Court has ruled against a father who took his daughter on an unauthorised term-time break.
But between travel companies' elevated school holiday prices and the need to juggle work commitments, some parents say they cannot always go away during the school holidays and that it should be their decision to make... | Would you take your children out of school during term-time? |
37,662,437 | People have reported dead fish in Aberaeron, Aberystwyth, Barmouth, Harlech and Chwilog.
Other beaches are also likely to be affected.
NRW experts said it was a "natural phenomenon" caused by mackerel and other fish chasing food in calm seas.
Rowland Sharp, marine fisheries officer for NRW, said: "The calm seas means t... | Reports of thousands of small fish being washed up on beaches in Ceredigion and Gwynedd are no cause for concern, said Natural Resources Wales (NRW). |
29,951,141 | The country's Consul General will present more than 40 Ushakov Medals to surviving veterans and representatives of those who have died.
Other ceremonies for veterans are being held in Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inverness before Remembrance Sunday.
From 1941 to 1945, Allied ships sailed from Scotland and Iceland to Russia ... | Russia is honouring Scottish veterans of the World War Two Arctic Convoys at a ceremony in Glasgow. |
34,441,724 | The remains of this large, rodent-like creature give clues about how mammals "took over" when dinosaurs died out.
They think the newly-discovered species was a plant-eating creature that looked a bit like a beaver.
The researchers noticed, in particular, the animal's teeth, which were designed for chewing plants.
This ... | Scientists have discovered a species of ancient mammal that survived the event that led to the end of the dinosaurs. |
35,356,852 | The SPFL has set up a working group to examine the issue of unacceptable conduct.
And it is understood that they would seek financial assistance from the Scottish government.
The facial recognition system was mentioned at a meeting of all 42 clubs on Tuesday.
The debate over the extent to which clubs should be held acc... | The Scottish Professional Football League is considering the use of facial recognition technology at stadiums to help combat anti-social behaviour. |
36,797,539 | Sadie Hartley, 60, was stunned with a cattle prod and stabbed at her home in Helmshore, Lancashire, in January.
Preston Crown Court heard Sarah Williams, 35, exchanged naked photographs with Ms Hartley's partner Ian Johnston in the weeks prior to the death.
Ms Williams denies murder.
The court has heard Ms Williams was... | The partner of a woman killed with "demonic savagery" exchanged explicit texts and photos with the woman accused of her murder, a court has heard. |
34,655,685 | Cherryl Henry-Leach from Doncaster Children's Services Trust, which runs Getting On, said it was one of the only programmes of its kind in the UK.
Families work with police, the health service, voluntary sector and council to avoid violence at home.
Ms Henry-Leach said parents were often reluctant to get help.
"They fe... | A project aiming to tackle violence suffered by parents at the hands of their children has been hailed a success in Doncaster. |
37,077,837 | The brawl on Saturday began after the families objected to photos being taken, witnesses say. Stones and bottles were thrown.
Reports say some of the brawlers were armed with hatchets and harpoons.
Unrest continued on Sunday at a protest in the regional capital.
The head of the regional executive, Gilles Simeoni, has a... | A beach brawl on the French island of Corsica between three families of North African descent and local youths has left five people injured and three cars burnt out, regional prosecutors say. |
36,698,153 | Mike Brandon, 31, from Bristol, is being treated in Philadelphia after his British consultant said all NHS routes were "exhausted".
Kate Brandon said it had been "by far the hardest three weeks of our lives."
She said her husband had spent the last week in intensive care but was now back on the "wonderful oncology unit... | A man with a rare type of leukaemia whose wife raised £400,000 to cover his medical costs in the USA is "well under way" with his cancer treatment. |
18,101,028 | This is an account of the critical days leading up to the killings.
6 - 8 July 1995: Bosnian Serb forces had laid siege to the Srebrenica enclave, where tens of thousands of civilians had taken refuge from earlier Serb offensives in north-eastern Bosnia.
They were under the protection of about 600 lightly armed Dutch i... | In the summer of 1995, two years after being designated a United Nations Safe Area, the Bosnian town of Srebrenica became the scene of the worst massacre in the Bosnian war. |
36,202,644 | The adder's-tongue spearwort is only found in two places in the UK - Badgeworth, near Gloucester, and on Inglestone Common, near Bristol.
At Badgeworth, the tiny nature reserve boasts a small crop of the plant but in South Gloucestershire the buttercup is only spotted once every five years.
Plant expert Richard Lansdow... | A rare buttercup is being reintroduced in South Gloucestershire. |
19,795,761 | April Jones was playing with friends near her home in Machynlleth but was seen getting into a grey or light coloured van at 19:00 BST on Monday.
Around 200 people helped in a search of streets, farmland and woodland through the night.
April was last seen wearing a purple knee-length coat with a fur hood, white school p... | Police are treating the disappearance of a five-year-old girl in Powys as a suspected abduction. |
37,385,942 | Fighting that broke out in the capital, Juba, in July is responsible for the latest surge in those fleeing, it says.
More than 1.6 million people are also displaced within South Sudan, meaning about 20% of the population have been made homeless since December 2013.
A fragile peace deal signed last year is on the brink ... | The number of people who have fled South Sudan because of the country's civil war has passed the one million mark, the UN refugee agency says. |
37,469,875 | Addressing the party's UK conference, Ms Dugdale restated her support for the tax policy her party ran on in May.
She wants a 50p tax on those earning over £150,000, and a penny increase in income tax to pay for public services.
The conference will vote on Tuesday on plans to give the Scottish and Welsh leaders more po... | Scottish Labour Leader Kezia Dugdale has pledged to oppose the Scottish government's budget if it does not embrace a 50p top rate of tax. |
26,131,742 | More than 300 male evacuees have been held for screening after leaving the Old City under an agreed ceasefire.
Talal Barazi, governor of Homs, says 111 men have been questioned and released, while 190 others are still being held.
More than 1,100 people have fled the city since Friday under a truce.
Aid organisations in... | UN aid agencies have expressed concern about the safety of scores of men and boys detained by the Syrian authorities after being evacuated from Homs. |
40,085,001 | Danni Jordan found the net for the Welsh with just a minute to go, to make the final score 2-1 in Glasgow in the final Test of the series.
Phoebe Richard had equalised just before half-time in a hard-fought encounter after Fiona Burnet had opened the scoring for the hosts.
Wales take the series 3-0 after beating Scotla... | Wales women hockey came from behind to complete a three-Test whitewash over their Scottish counterparts. |
36,575,424 | Last year Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service attended 37 incidents, compared with 16 in 2014 /2015.
The service is now carrying out special training sessions using a 28 stone (179kg) dummy.
Figures obtained by the BBC show a rise in "bariatric rescues" from four assistance requests in 2011/12.
More on this and other ... | Firefighters in Lincolnshire have seen a doubling in the number of calls to assist the ambulance service treat obese people in one year. |
40,367,266 | Hansons Auctioneers said the Gibson UB3 banjolele is expected to attract worldwide interest at the sale on 30 June, in Etwall, Derbyshire.
In 2008, another George Formby banjo ukulele sold for for £72,000 at auction to Queen's Brian May.
In 1936, the BBC banned Formby's song The Window Cleaner for being smutty.
John Cr... | A banjo ukulele owned by popular 1930s and 40s entertainer George Formby is to be auctioned, with an estimated sale price of £30,000. |
35,967,010 | Hollywood actress Glenn Close stars in the musical, which opened on Monday evening at London's Coliseum theatre.
Writing in The Guardian, Michael Billington said the new production had given the show "a new lease of life".
"Close delivers the big lines not with a camp flourish but as if they were sincerely felt," he sa... | A new production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Sunset Boulevard has received a positive response from critics. |
26,463,938 | Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif dismissed them as "failed lies".
He claimed they were published "just in time" for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference, which took place earlier this week.
On Wednesday, Israel's military said it had found the rockets on a ship it seized in the Red Sea o... | Iran has rejected Israeli allegations that it was behind a shipment of Syrian-made rockets intended for Palestinian militants in Gaza. |
40,447,105 | Zaur Dadayev shot the former deputy prime minister, a vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin, in February 2015 near the Kremlin.
Four others acted as accomplices. The group were allegedly promised $250,000 (£192,000) to kill Nemtsov. They all denied the charges.
Nemtsov's relatives fear that whoever ordered the murd... | A Russian jury has found five ethnic Chechen men guilty of murdering leading opposition politician Boris Nemtsov. |
16,825,874 | The Chelsea skipper is alleged to have made racist comments towards Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand in a league match on 23 October 2011.
A not guilty plea was entered on Mr Terry's behalf at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.
He will now stand trial on 9 July, nine days after Euro 2012.
The Crow... | England football captain John Terry will stand trial for alleged racist abuse in July, after the final of the European Championship in July. |
40,871,025 | At one point the drone was just 30m (100ft) from the plane which had to take evasive action to avoid a collision, officials said.
A navy spokesman accused the Iranians of behaving in an "unsafe and unprofessional" manner.
Tensions between the countries are high with the Gulf a potential flashpoint.
US Naval Forces Cent... | An Iranian drone has flown dangerously close to a US fighter jet as it was about to land on a carrier in the Gulf, the US Navy says. |
36,366,141 | Researchers found residues of potassium bromate and potassium iodate in 84% of the samples collected from Delhi.
The chemicals are banned in many countries, but India continues to allow their use in bakeries.
The All India Bread Manufacturers' Association said the chemicals were "considered safe".
Health Minister JP Na... | India's health ministry has ordered an inquiry after a study found cancer-causing chemicals in many bread and other bakery products. |
38,186,688 | The celebrated singer, who died in January aged 69, is joined by Adele, Calvin Harris, Coldplay and Jess Glynne on the five-strong shortlist.
Adele was named British artist of the year in 2015, one of the two awards she won at last year's event.
This year's awards, to be broadcast live on BBC One, will be held at the E... | David Bowie has been posthumously nominated for the British artist of the year prize at the BBC Music Awards. |
39,181,972 | A BBC investigation reveals Southampton docks does not monitor its air pollution rates, despite the city being among the most polluted in the UK.
Southampton City Council estimates the port contributes up to 23 per cent of air pollution in the city.
Ships can use a "plug-in" system to reduce emissions but not in the UK... | Southampton, the biggest cruise port in Britain, has no way of monitoring air pollution generated by emissions from the largest ships in the world. |
37,790,832 | "Had I been president, Captain Khan would be alive today. We wouldn't have been in this horrible, horrible mistake, the war in Iraq," he said.
The soldier's father, Khizr Khan, said it was a "cruel" remark.
He is campaigning for Hillary Clinton, who is making her first appearance with First Lady Michelle Obama.
The two... | Republican Donald Trump has been criticised by the family of a dead US soldier after saying as president he would have kept him alive. |
28,129,490 | The taskforce was appointed by the Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland.
It was asked to examine the impact of negative equity and repossessions.
The taskforce has warned that the number of people falling behind on their mortgage payments could increase as interest rates begin to rise.
The taskforce is now und... | The Northern Ireland housing market remains "dysfunctional" and poses a risk to economic recovery, a Stormont-backed taskforce has concluded. |
17,906,348 | Borge helped to create the Sandinista National Liberation Front in 1961.
In 1979, the Sandinista revolution overthrew dictator Anastasio Somoza and Borge served as interior minister in the new government of Daniel Ortega.
US President Ronald Reagan saw the revolutionaries as a threat and backed the right-wing Contras i... | The last surviving founder of the left-wing Sandinista movement in Nicaragua, Tomas Borge, has died aged 81. |
36,311,586 | It will be the 30-year-old's first competition of 2016 as she prepares to defend her Olympic title in Brazil.
The double world champion missed the indoor season with an Achilles injury.
Ennis-Hill is not yet ready for a full heptathlon and will miss an event in Gotzis, Austria on 28 May. | Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill will begin the build-up to Rio 2016 by competing in the javelin at the Loughborough International Athletics match on Sunday. |
27,511,927 | From star players to influential club legends, the 62-year-old Dutchman has made a few enemies during his 42 years in football, the past 23 of those coaching some of Europe's leading clubs and the Netherlands national team whom he led to third place at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
During his first news conference at O... | New Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has never been afraid to have an argument or make it clear who is in charge. |
38,944,626 | Tess Newall, who had worn her great-great grandmother's dress at her wedding in June, posted a plea on Facebook to help find it, which was shared more than 300,000 times.
Luckily her dress was found but what is the appeal for brides of choosing a dress once worn by a relative? Three women explained why they had ditched... | Social media was captivated by a 150-year-old wedding dress that had been lost after a dry cleaners went bust. |
32,818,373 | Myles Bradbury has lodged an appeal against a 22-year jail sentence imposed last December.
He admitted abusing 18 children at Addenbrooke's in Cambridge between 2009 and 2013.
The mother of the 11-year-old abused when he was kept on as a patient told the BBC Bradbury should never be freed.
Bradbury, 41, from Herringswe... | A paedophile doctor who abused young cancer victims kept one boy on as a patient for a year even though he was not ill. |
37,655,738 | Consumer group Which? said nearly half of its members surveyed said such reassurance was most likely to make them see red while hanging on the line.
Next on the frustration list was being directed to the company's website, and apologies for all operators being busy.
Callers would rather be told how long they would have... | Being told that your call is valued is the most annoying feature for those waiting on the phone to a company, a new survey suggests. |
40,537,091 | But Good Day Out, in Heol Senni, Powys, gives people the chance to go for a stroll with Kunekune pigs Babz, Holly, Hazel and Willow.
Helena Barnard, who runs the walks with Julia Blazer, began after she adopted two pigs and walked them with family.
"It's really about getting people closer to nature," she said.
They are... | If someone told you they were taking pigs for a walk in the Brecon Beacons, you might think they were telling porkies. |
35,637,998 | Having gone behind through Macauley Gillesphey's free-kick after Jason Kennedy had been hauled down, Orient overturned the deficit.
Jay Simpson found space to level after half-time, firing into the left corner.
Ollie Palmer then streaked clear to put Orient ahead, before Raynes headed in from Alex Gillead's cross to le... | Michael Raynes' late equaliser earned Carlisle United a key point in a 2-2 draw with fellow League Two promotion hopefuls Leyton Orient. |
40,351,825 | Hardie is expected to start in Gregor Townsend's team having had an injury-interrupted season.
Once Scotland's undisputed number seven, he has suffered an awful run of bad luck culminating with the loss of his Test place to Hamish Watson.
"I've been unfortunate, but I'm looking to put it behind me and finish the season... | Scotland flanker John Hardie wants to end a nightmarish eight months with a win against Fiji on Saturday in Suva. |
39,210,862 | Abigail Klem, president of the US first daughter's eponymous clothing line, says it has seen "some of the best performing weeks" in its history.
The reported sales surge comes amid an ongoing boycott targeting business interests of the fashion entrepreneur's father, President Donald Trump.
Last month several retailers ... | Ivanka Trump's brand is booming, says the fashion firm, as one estimate says sales have jumped five-fold. |
36,586,624 | Allan Bell made the statement during peaceful demonstrations by pro-choice and anti-abortion campaigners outside the Manx parliament on Tuesday.
Mr Bell said work on changing the legislation would begin "at the end of this year, early next year".
The Termination of Pregnancy Act 1995 is the current law governing aborti... | The chief minister of the Isle of Man has said abortion laws on the island "need changing". |
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Huge crowds of German people gathered at the station to cheer them on as they arrived.
Many of them held signs saying "welcome" written in German and Arabic, and offered bottles of water and sweets to them.
German police said around... | Hundreds of migrants were given a warm welcome when they arrived at Munich train station in Germany. |
34,790,293 | His plan to deport the estimated 11 million people living illegally in the US was decried as impractical during an election debate in Wisconsin.
But he said on Wednesday it was cheap, "doable" and humane.
Democratic President Barack Obama wants to lift the threat of deportation to millions of undocumented people.
But h... | Donald Trump has defended his hardline stance on immigration, a day after it was attacked by fellow Republican presidential candidates on national TV |
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