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40,941,931 | Laura Jayne Stuart, 33, was wounded in the incident near Love Lane and High Street at around 04:00 BST on Saturday and died on Sunday.
Jason Cooper, 27, who is from the town, has been charged in connection with the incident.
He appeared before Mold Crown Court on Tuesday and was remanded in custody.
A post mortem exami... | People in Denbigh have been asked to search their outbuildings, gardens and bins for a kitchen knife used in a fatal stabbing. |
40,962,175 | Jeroen Blom, a researcher at Glasgow School of Art's Highlands and Islands Creative Campus, brought the team of three artisans together.
They are Karen Collins, from Rafford, and Scott Gleed, of Relugas, both in Moray, and Roger Milton, from Auldearn in the Highlands.
They are working with three people who use prosthet... | Craftspeople have been working with amputees who use artificial lower limbs to create more personalised prosthesis. |
32,548,350 | They told the BBC they went to the embassy as there was no security for them in the capital city Bujumbura.
Social media has been blocked, radio stations closed and protests banned.
People have been protesting since Sunday over President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to stand for re-election in June.
African news at it ... | Hundreds of students in Burundi have spent the night in front of the US embassy after their university was closed amid anti-government protests. |
38,604,886 | Fjelde, 22, recently left Byrne in his native Norway and his move is subject to international clearance.
Scottish forward Loy, 28, was previously loaned to St Mirren by Rangers in 2010.
The Buddies - bottom of the Scottish Championship - visit Dunfermline Athletic on Saturday.
Former Viking Stavanger player Fjelde told... | St Mirren have signed midfielder Pal Fjelde and striker Rory Loy until the end of the season, with the latter joining on loan from Dundee. |
25,144,135 | This may suggest would-be adult apprentices are being put off by having to borrow to fund their courses, says an education charity.
Official targets are for 25,000 people this year to borrow about £4,000 for higher and advanced apprenticeships.
The government says numbers may pick up later in the year.
It points out t... | Only 404 people have applied for loans for adult apprenticeships in the three months since September, official data suggests. |
31,948,437 | Patients will be transferred from air ambulances to a lift and then a land ambulance, which will take them for treatment at Queen's Medical Centre.
The £3m helipad will reduce transfer time from around 20 minutes to two to three minutes, Nottinghamshire University Hospitals NHS Trust said.
A ground-level helipad would ... | A plan for a helipad on top of a new multi-storey car park at a Nottingham hospital has been approved. |
33,552,592 | Alun Ffred Jones said Natural Resources Wales (NRW) had offered confusing advice and was sometimes seen as being "too close" to the Welsh government.
Mr Jones has outlined his concerns in a letter to NRW, following an inquiry.
But NRW said it was "clear" about its purpose and insisted it was already dealing with many o... | Wales' environment body is not clear of its own purpose, the chair of the assembly's environment committee has claimed. |
34,052,608 | A spokesman for the Exeter and Greater Devon District Coroner's office confirmed there would be no inquest into the death of Gareth Jenkins, 25.
Lt Jenkins, from Colwyn Bay, Conwy, collapsed at the Commando Training Centre, Lympstone, Devon, while on a 30-mile (48km) march in May.
The former Eirias High School pupil pl... | A Royal Marines trainee who collapsed on a training exercise on Dartmoor died of natural causes. |
32,412,953 | The two senior members of staff in the university's marketing and student recruitment department were dismissed last December.
They had previously expressed concerns at plans to restructure the department.
The university said it was trying to resolve the matter with the pair and was disappointed at the strike.
The disp... | Staff at the University of Salford are expected to strike on Thursday in support of two sacked colleagues. |
34,195,988 | Officers were called to a property in Fore Street, Chudleigh, on Monday evening.
The injured 20-year-old, who was taken to Plymouth's Derriford Hospital after the assault, has since been discharged.
Devon and Cornwall Police said a 25-year-old man has been arrested and believe the assault was an "isolated incident". | A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after another man was found with stab wounds in a Devon town. |
38,559,126 | A Lewisham Council cabinet meeting, which was set to confirm a compulsory purchase order (CPO) for the land, has been postponed until February.
The Lions have played in Lewisham since 1910 and at The Den since 1993.
"I can't rule out relocation in the event the CPO went through," Kavanagh told BBC Radio 5 live.
Lewisha... | Millwall would have to consider a move away from London if land around The Den is sold to developers, according to chief executive Steve Kavanagh. |
40,581,193 | Wiltshire Police said there had been an increase in the number of the patterns appearing in fields in the county.
A spokesman said creating a crop circle was criminal damage and an offence. Damage caused means a loss in revenue to the farmer and landowner.
Wiltshire remains one of the hotspots for the formations, which... | Farmers have been urged to report crop circles made on their land to police after a recent spate of them. |
33,490,446 | In an exclusive interview with the BBC, the British corporate investigator who became embroiled in GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) China corruption scandal tells me his story is "a cautionary tale which many people can learn from".
The risks of doing business in China, he says, are "on the same scale as the opportunities", and... | It's exactly two years since the door of Peter Humphrey's Shanghai bedroom was kicked in by police and he disappeared into a prison nightmare which ended only three weeks ago with his deportation from China. |
32,032,066 | Speaker Mitchel McLaughlin said Gregory Campbell had been "blatantly disrespectful" after he yawned loudly twice when Sinn Féin member Caitriona Ruane had been speaking in Irish.
It happened last Monday.
Mr Campbell was barred from speaking on Monday and Tuesday.
"It can be tiring listening to Sinn Fein abusing the Ir... | DUP MLA Gregory Campbell has defended his actions after being barred by the assembly speaker over what has been described as "schoolboy behaviour". |
32,399,909 | The key element is the goal to limit global warming to below 2C by moving to zero carbon emissions by 2050.
The UN meeting in December is "the last chance" to avert dangerous climate change, according to the Earth League.
Scientific evidence shows this can be achieved, but only with bold action now, says an alliance of... | Scientists are calling on world leaders to sign up to an eight-point plan of action at landmark talks in Paris. |
37,916,901 | The 49-year-old, a former international player, will take up his role in early January on a four-year contract.
Wong is currently women's singles coach to the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM).
He has previously worked with world number one Lee Chong Wei and his wife, Wong Mew Choo, the two-time Commonwealth Game... | Badminton Scotland has appointed Malaysian Tat Meng Wong as the organisation's new head coach. |
39,218,385 | The company said it was looking into the matter, which could be caused by wireless interference, and suggested gamers sat closer to the console.
It comes after some players complained about their screens containing dead pixels that created black squares.
The console has received largely positive reviews and is selling ... | Nintendo is facing more complaints about its new console, Switch, this time about the controllers failing to connect. |
40,560,191 | Donald Trump Jr denied issuing inconsistent statements about last year's meeting.
He also suggested it was normal practice to receive information about a political opponent.
US officials are investigating alleged Russian meddling in the US election.
The president's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and then-campaign head, Pau... | President Donald Trump's son has hit back at US media reports of his meeting with a Russian lawyer who said she had damaging material about Hillary Clinton. |
34,941,182 | The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm), held every two years, will focus on climate change, with talks on security issues also expected.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged to set up a Commonwealth unit to target the "scourge" of extremism.
The group of nations has a vital role to play in tackling... | The Queen has opened a two-day summit of leaders of the 53 Commonwealth nations in Malta. |
35,175,475 | Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said it would be "ready as soon as we receive a list of the opposition delegation".
The warring parties and the world powers backing them have to agree on which rebel groups will be designated as "terrorists" and not represented.
The UN hopes to convene the talks in Geneva towards the end... | Syria's government is prepared to take part in UN-brokered peace talks aimed at finding a political solution to the four-year conflict in the country. |
40,279,965 | Defending champions India topped Group B following wins over South Africa and Pakistan, who beat England on Wednesday to reach the final.
India also thrashed Bangladesh by 240 runs in a warm-up game last month.
"A lot of teams have surprised the opposition and we're not taking anything for granted," said Kohli.
"There ... | Captain Virat Kohli says India are wary of Bangladesh's threat in Thursday's Champions Trophy semi-final at Edgbaston. |
38,488,636 | The trial in an undisclosed location in southern Wales could begin this year.
Scotland recently listed beavers as a protected species there following a successful reintroduction.
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) said it would have to consider the impact on existing wildlife and land use.
The Welsh Beaver Project first sub... | Plans to reintroduce beavers to Wales after an absence of centuries are moving ahead after wildlife experts submitted an application to release 10 of the creatures into the wild. |
40,118,188 | The Institute for Economics and Peace published its Global Peace Index on Thursday for the 11th year running.
Researchers said conflict costs had an enormous impact on economies worldwide.
They called for more money to be spent on peace building.
Their report found that the world became 0.28% more peaceful over the pas... | Levels of peace around the world have improved slightly for the first time since the Syrian war began, but harmony has decreased in the US and terrorism records have increased, a Sydney-based think-tank has found. |
36,001,029 | Bethan Rhys Roberts hosts Ask the Leader on BBC One Wales at 19:00 BST on Friday.
Carwyn Jones is a former barrister and Bridgend councillor who was elected to the assembly in 1999 and has been a Cabinet minister since 2000.
He is front and centre of an almost presidential election campaign by Welsh Labour, focusing on... | Welsh Labour leader Carwyn Jones faces questions from an audience in Llangollen in the last in a daily series of live TV election specials. |
35,596,857 | Faye Burdett, aged two, from Maidstone, Kent died on Valentine's Day after fighting the infection for 11 days.
Her family said they were enduring "a pain you cannot describe" after the toddler contracted meningitis B.
Their photographs of Faye, including one of her in hospital, have been widely shared on social media.
... | A mother has shared an image of her daughter before her death from meningitis to back a campaign for vaccines to be given to all children. |
21,754,915 | Defcad, as the firm will be known, has already been dubbed the Pirate Bay of 3D printing.
The site will become a "search engine for 3D printing," according to its founders.
But its flouting of copyright is likely to face legal challenges.
The firm is the brainchild of Cody Wilson, law student and self-styled crypto-ana... | The company that developed 3D printed gun parts has announced plans to launch a new firm, dedicated to copyright-free blueprints for a range of 3D printable objects. |
35,743,073 | Lord Janner died at the end of last year, shortly after a judge had ruled that the he was not fit to stand trial for alleged child sex offences.
But a leading lawyer has told the BBC he sees "a danger" that the inquiry into Lord Janner's case may contravene the principles of a fair trial.
As part of her wider inquiry, ... | Dame Lowell Goddard's independent inquiry into child sexual abuse has begun hearing legal submissions about the scope of her investigations into the late Labour peer Lord Janner. |
37,473,316 | 26 September 2016 Last updated at 14:43 BST
She's come back from the Paralympics in Rio with four medals, including gold in the 400m, a silver in the 4x100m relay - and not to mention her gold medal and new world record in the 500m cycling time trial!
Winning a gold medal in the sprinting and again in the cycling, Kade... | Kadeena Cox is no stranger to celebrating on the podium, the 25-year-old from Leeds has enjoyed a lot of success in her career. |
32,810,584 | The building has been closed for two years after it was declared unsafe.
The film's producers want to use the main entrance for around six weeks as a location when filming begins in July.
Campaigners have arranged for engineers to survey some of the damage around it but hope work could enable the foyer and main hall to... | The Hollywood remake of The Crow, which will be filmed in south Wales this summer, could help reopen Cardiff's historic Coal Exchange. |
29,971,638 | The superb Jonathan Sexton kicked Ireland into a 6-0 lead before Handre Pollard replied before the break.
Rhys Ruddock's try straight after half-time helped increase Ireland's lead to 13-3 before Marcell Coetzee's score cut the margin to three points.
However, two more Sexton penalties and Tommy Bowe's try put the game... | Under-strength Ireland produced a display of discipline and invention to stun the in-form Springboks in Dublin. |
18,490,935 | Figures obtained by the BBC through the Freedom of Information Act show the stun guns were used 34 times in 2010 and 65 times last year.
Human rights groups say they were being used too readily.
Devon and Cornwall police said the rise could be linked to the increased number of officers now trained to use Tasers.
Of the... | The number of times police have used Tasers in Devon and Cornwall has nearly doubled over a two-year period. |
24,186,483 | Created by the Marylebone Cricket Club and the BBC in memory of commentator Martin-Jenkins, the awards recognise exceptional sportsmanship.
Madsen was recognised for walking of his own accord in a County Championship match against Yorkshire this summer.
Alton county cricket under-13 girls' team took the Youth Award.
Th... | Derbyshire captain Wayne Madsen has been awarded the inaugural Christopher Martin-Jenkins Spirit of Cricket Elite Award. |
40,124,079 | Palm-sized fidget spinners have become the latest "must-have" for children.
But while some schools have banned the toys as a distraction, Castle Gardens Primary School in Newtownards, County Down, has taken a different approach.
The toys are being used as a teaching aid in some maths and English lessons.
Primary four t... | They are the new craze sweeping school playgrounds. |
36,785,018 | The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) said the slowdown last month was fuelled in part by uncertainty over the EU referendum.
It also cited the higher stamp duty in place on investment property purchases.
New buyer inquiries fell significantly across Scotland, with 21% more surveyors reporting a fall in i... | House prices across Scotland have continued to rise despite a marked drop in housing market activity, according to a report. |
34,292,395 | NUS lawyers have written to Business Secretary Sajid Javid, demanding he properly considers the equality impact of the move.
Plans to scrap grants were announced by Chancellor George Osborne in his budget in July.
The government said it would respond to the letter in due course.
Currently, students whose family income ... | The National Union of Students (NUS) has taken the first step in legal action over government plans to scrap maintenance grants in England. |
31,001,660 | Cuts in benefits and tax credits since the financial crisis are further reasons cited by the GLA (Greater London Authority) Economics study.
It finds 60% of women with children, who are eligible to work, have a job in London.
That compares with just under 70% across the country, the report says.
The Mayor of London's o... | Women are finding it harder to work in London than the rest of the country because of the costs of transport and childcare, according to a report. |
10,950,701 | The submarine, one of the Russian navy's most advanced vessels, sank in the Barents Sea on 12 August, 2000 with the loss of all 118 people on board.
An explosion of fuel from an old torpedo caused the disaster.
Moscow's response to one of the greatest disasters in Russian naval history was widely criticised.
Relatives ... | Ceremonies are being held in Russia and on board its naval vessels to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Kursk nuclear submarine disaster. |
27,831,273 | Pamela Shimwell-Mayo, receives an MBE for services to Parkinson's and said she was "incredibly emotional".
Financial expert Tim Cullen, 70, also receives an MBE for services to International Financial Management.
Meanwhile, Judy Arnold, 67, has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to Cruse Bereaveme... | A founder member of the Isle of Man's Parkinson's Disease Society is one of three Manx residents recognised in the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours list. |
33,186,445 | Scientists were able to locate the hotspots by matching the DNA fingerprint of seized ivory to DNA profiles from the dung of elephants living throughout the continent.
Around 50,000 elephants are thought to be poached each year.
The worst area for poaching was identified as Tanzania and nearby parts of Mozambique.
The ... | Most illegally poached African elephant ivory can be traced back to just two areas of Africa, research shows. |
39,240,422 | The visitors were closing in on three points thanks to Christian Nade's first-half penalty and a fine finish from Robert Thomson.
But Martin Boyle's late effort - after Daniel Harvie scored an own goal and James Keatings had a penalty saved - earned Hibs a point.
A mistake from goalkeeper Alan Martin handed Boyle the e... | Championship leaders Hibernian twice came from behind to salvage a draw at home to Dumbarton. |
34,956,913 | Jones, who led by three strokes heading into Sunday, dropped three shots in his first two holes and triple-bogeyed the ninth but rallied to end eight under.
American Spieth, who missed an eagle putt on the last to force a play-off, carded a 71 to finish joint second.
He was joined on seven under by Scott, who shot a su... | Matt Jones held off a challenge from world number one Jordan Spieth and fellow Australian Adam Scott to win the Australian Open by a shot. |
37,685,083 | Mladen Grujicic, who acknowledges the killings took place, won 54.4% of the vote, triggering alarm and calls for a recount among the Muslim population.
Srebrenica was a Muslim-majority town before the war, but is now 55% Serb and 45% Bosniak (Muslim).
The July 1995 slaughter has been deemed genocide by two internationa... | A man accused of not recognising the murders of 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica as genocide has been elected the town's first Serb mayor since 1999. |
35,240,561 | A large wooden structure at Venture in Caia Park was destroyed by the blaze, which broke out at about 03:30 GMT on Wednesday.
The main building was not affected and was operating as normal.
North Wales Police and North Wales Fire Service are jointly investigating but the cause is unknown. | An investigation has been launched following a fire in the grounds of a youth centre in Wrexham. |
39,554,191 | Gerard Coyne, who is challenging Len McCluskey for the leadership of Unite, said his rival was "seeing plots all over the place".
He said Unite should not be focusing on "the extreme politics of the left".
Mr McCluskey claims a "cabal" of MPs are treating the leadership contest as a "proxy war" against Mr Corbyn.
But s... | The man hoping to unseat the leader of the UK's largest trade union has dismissed claims he is part of a plot to undermine Jeremy Corbyn. |
37,440,728 | Businessman John Adams renamed Palleg golf club in Swansea the Celtic Minor to attract more members.
But a spokesman for Celtic Manor warned they will fight "any attempt to take unfair advantage of their reputation".
Celtic Minor said "there wasn't any issue" with the name change.
Club manager Melanie Eaton said the na... | Bosses of the Celtic Manor, which hosted the Ryder Cup and the Nato summit, are threatening legal action against a village club changing its name to Celtic Minor. |
35,611,212 | The council said a decision would be made on the Princes Jetty location on Princes Parade after a feasibility study later this year.
Plans for a terminal in the Cunard Building were scrapped in 2014, because of an estimated cost of up to £15m.
The city last hosted regular transatlantic crossings in 1968.
An existing t... | Liverpool has identified the preferred site of a proposed permanent cruise terminal that could see transatlantic crossings return to the city. |
22,037,119 | Operations are due to resume early next week after a meeting between NHS bosses and other partners on Thursday night.
Data suggested death rates there were double that of other centres, but experts have questioned their accuracy.
However, the Department of Health (DoH) said the NHS was right to investigate safety at th... | Children's heart surgery is set to restart at Leeds General Infirmary, a week after it was claimed data showed higher-than-usual death rates there. |
36,959,218 | Dean Carl Evans, 22, from Reading, died on 21 July during fighting in the city of Manbij, Kurdish reports suggest.
His father, John, posted a statement on social media confirming the death and added: "He was loved and will be missed by all his family and friends".
The Foreign Office is looking into reports of the death... | A British man has reportedly died fighting with Kurdish forces against so-called Islamic State in Syria. |
33,986,673 | One officer was killed and 10 people injured as police and occupiers confronted each other.
Locals occupied the mine and refused to leave until the miners paid them a "tribute".
They allege that the mine lies on their ancestral lands and they should be compensated by those exploiting it.
There are conflicting reports a... | Police in Bolivia have clashed with protesters they were trying to evict from a gold mine 200km (125 miles) north-west of the city of La Paz. |
37,953,447 | There have now been a total of 102 arrests since the match between Hibernian and Rangers at Hampden Park. Fans spilled onto the pitch after the final, which Hibernian won 3-2.
The latest men arrested are aged 17, 18, 22, 32 and two men aged 23.
Police Scotland confirmed a report would be submitted to the procurator fis... | A further six men have been arrested in connection with violence and disorder at the Scottish Cup Final in May. |
35,653,485 | The artist was arrested at Shannon Airport in November 2014 when she was taken off a flight from New York after an alleged air rage incident.
As she was being detained, O'Riordan told officers that she was an "icon" and the "Queen of Limerick".
Last December, she admitted three assaults and obstructing an officer.
She ... | Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan has been ordered to give 6,000 euros (£4,690) to charity after head-butting an Irish police officer. |
33,750,709 | From September, NHS staff and council workers will be among those required to have language skills equivalent to GCSE grade C or above.
Managers will have to test employees can "communicate effectively with the public".
Cabinet minister Matt Hancock said it was to help control immigration.
The new rules, which will for... | People who do not speak fluent English will be barred from public sector jobs which involve working directly with the public, the government has said. |
35,365,412 | The line-up includes Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter and is best viewed from southern parts of the northern hemisphere.
In Northern Ireland, astronomers say all five planets should come into view simultaneously by about 24 January.
The Irish Astronomical Association said it will be a "sight not to be missed".
... | Skywatchers are about to get a rare chance to see five planets align in the night sky in a celestial show that has not been seen for more than a decade. |
40,652,953 | The host country beat South Africa by just two wickets at the match in Bristol.
England will now face either Australia or India at Sunday's final at Lords Cricket Ground in London.
Hopes will be high for England, who have only lost one match this competition and topped their table in the group stages. | England have made it through to the final of the Women's Cricket World Cup. |
30,759,868 | The 18 sketches are by artist Donald McGill who produced more than 12,000 original artworks for the postcard industry between 1904 and 1962.
Along with a pun-filled caption, the pencil sketches include stamped approval by the censorship board.
They sold for between £55 and £220 and fetched about £1,200 in total, auctio... | Original bawdy sketches the basis of thousands of "saucy seaside" postcards have been auctioned in Gloucestershire. |
23,369,573 | Creditors fear they will not be paid, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder said, adding the city is "basically broke".
Court papers filed on Thursday night listed 100,000 entities as creditors to the city. But unions have described the bankruptcy filing as a power grab.
Detroit, once a symbol of US industrial power, has faced... | Detroit may be gearing up for a battle with creditors the day after it became the largest US city ever to file for bankruptcy, with $18bn (£12bn) of debt. |
40,408,004 | The shooting of Philando Castile last year made international headlines after his girlfriend broadcast the aftermath live on Facebook.
A civil lawsuit for wrongful death has concluded with the news that Valerie Castile, his mother, will receive the money from the city of St Anthony.
The Hispanic police officer who shot... | The family of a black driver killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in Minnesota will receive $3m (£2.4m). |
35,087,050 | A Russian defence ministry statement said the Turkish vessel approached to 600m (1,800ft) before turning away in response to Russian small arms fire.
The Turkish military attache in Moscow has been summoned to the foreign ministry over the incident.
Relations remain tense over Turkey's shooting down of a Russian bomber... | Russia says one of its warships fired warning shots at a Turkish fishing vessel in the Aegean Sea to avoid a collision. |
29,711,118 | The experienced 26-year-old front-man is expected to go straight into the Alex squad for Tuesday night's home date with Peterborough United.
Haynes' arrival follows the signing of fellow forward Febian Brandy from Championship side Rotherham for a further month's loan extension.
The Alex have the joint-worst scoring re... | League One bottom club Crewe Alexandra have signed Notts County striker Danny Haynes on a month's emergency loan. |
37,482,288 | Students from Kent School in Maryland launched The Oyster with a time capsule onboard off the New Jersey coast on 13 June and tracked it across the ocean.
Robert Morgan from Tenby found the boat in Swanlake bay, near Manorbier, while collecting rubbish from the beach.
Kent School said they were "thrilled" the boat had ... | An unmanned boat sent by a school in the USA has washed up on the Pembrokeshire coast three months after it set sail. |
28,423,344 | Winger Ashley Young and debutant defender Reece James, 20, also scored two goals each after striker Danny Welbeck had opened the scoring.
Van Gaal, made United's longest-serving player, midfielder Darren Fletcher, captain for the pre-season friendly, the first of four games on the club's US tour.
The Dutchman, who led... | Manchester United's new manager Louis van Gaal made a winning start as Wayne Rooney scored twice in a 7-0 defeat of LA Galaxy in front of a crowd of 86,432 at the Rose Bowl in California. |
38,494,323 | The £300m re-signalling project affected Cardiff and Valley line services and mainline travel between Newport and Bridgend from Christmas Eve until 2 January.
Passengers experienced "severe delays" and cancellations from Thursday after engineering works over ran.
Network Rail said the lines have now been handed back to... | Work to upgrade the rail lines in south Wales has been completed over the festive period, Network Rail has said. |
35,097,072 | McGuigan was among five players who quit the Tyrone squad shortly before this year's championship after feeling they were not getting enough game time.
Last week, manager Harte said that those players had been "a bit of a drain on the energy of the group".
McGuigan tweeted on Monday that Harte's comments had made his "... | Former Tyrone panellist Shay McGuigan has responded angrily to comments from Mickey Harte about players who left the Red Hand football squad last summer. |
35,920,013 | More than 100 firefighters were sent to tackle the fire at EMR in Saltley, West Midlands Fire Service said.
Power supplies to 4,000 homes were cut off at 19:45 BST because the site of the fire is underneath pylons.
Emergency services were alerted at about 14:00 BST. Residents were advised told to keep doors and windows... | Up to 800 tonnes of metal and plastic is ablaze at a recycling plant in Birmingham with huge plumes of smoke visible across the city. |
33,927,560 | Mohammed Allan, an alleged activist for the Islamic Jihad militant group, was on a respirator and was being given fluids, an Israeli hospital said.
His case is being seen as a test of a recent Israeli law authorising the force-feeding of hunger strikers.
Israeli doctors are challenging the law, which they say is unethi... | A Palestinian held without charge by Israel has lost consciousness after nearly two months on hunger strike in protest at his detention. |
19,735,959 | Researchers say the 1,000-year-old object with a swastika on its stomach is made from a rare form of iron with a high content of nickel.
They believe it is part of the Chinga meteorite, which crashed about 15,000 years ago.
The findings appear in the Journal, Meteoritics and Planetary Science.
The 24cm (9-inch) tall st... | An ancient statue that was recovered by a Nazi expedition in the 1930s was originally carved from a highly valuable meteorite. |
37,225,026 | Darren Machon, 39, of Maesteg, had denied burgling a house in Park Street, Bridgend, in February.
But a witness spotted his "distinctive" boxer shorts after she saw him bent over while rummaging through cupboards, a statement from South Wales Police said.
He was jailed for 34 months on Tuesday after a trial at Cardiff ... | A burglar has been jailed after his "novelty" underwear was held up in court and used as evidence against him. |
38,601,392 | Almost 800 people were diagnosed with flu-like symptoms by GPs in the two weeks over Christmas and there have been 195 hospital cases this winter.
This included 25 people in intensive care, while there were 10 outbreaks at hospital wards and care homes.
Pregnant women and those with long-term health conditions are most... | Vulnerable people have been urged to have the flu jab as the number of people admitted to hospital with the virus in Wales continues to rise. |
35,276,903 | The Red Hands trailed by nine points at one stage to a Derry side which led 2-4 to 1-5 at the break, with goals from Benny Heron and Ryan Bell.
Patrick Quinn scored Tyrone's goal while Bell added a penalty before Derry's Emmet McGuckin was sent-off.
Tyrone piled on the points but Mark Craig's goal put Derry in front be... | Tyrone fought back to clinch a 1-16 to 4-6 victory over Derry in a dramatic Dr McKenna Cup encounter at Owenbeg. |
38,288,519 | Beerens, 28, netted twice against Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday to add to a stunning strike in the previous home game against Bristol City.
"I'm happy for myself," the Dutchman told BBC Radio Berkshire.
"I know I can score more goals than I have so far, but as a team we're working on picking up more points."
Beerens,... | Winger Roy Beerens says he is thrilled to be weighing in with goals as Reading look to keep hold of their position in the Championship top six. |
16,345,350 | Confirmation that terms had been agreed with O'Neill followed a board meeting of the Irish Football Association.
The 42-year-old, who recently resigned as Shamrock Rovers manager, will occupy the role for an initial period of two years, beginning on 1 February 2012.
He will be in charge for a friendly against Norway on... | Michael O'Neill has been appointed as the new manager of Northern Ireland. |
20,079,317 | She is 22 years old and Um Ahmad is not her real name, but nobody likes to give their real name in Syria these days.
Wearing a veil under her pink coat, she lights a cigarette and recalls the first days of the movement.
"I used to go door-to-door knocking on women's houses to encourage them to take to the street," she ... | Um Ahmad was the first woman to join the protests in Douma, a town on the eastern outskirts of Damascus. |
34,604,281 | Razwan Faraz, former deputy head teacher at Nansen Primary, also, on one occasion, had girls sitting at the back and boys at the front, it was claimed.
Mr Faraz and four other senior staff deny unacceptable professional conduct.
The school was investigated amid claims of a Muslim hardliners' plot to control several sch... | Islamic assemblies were held without consultation at a Birmingham school involved in the "Trojan Horse" affair, a misconduct panel has heard. |
40,880,680 | Jonathan Moyo, minister of tertiary education, told reporters it was a fitting tribute to the 93-year-old president's "commitment to education and his exemplary leadership".
It is unclear where the money will come from in a country where unemployment and poverty is endemic.
Economic output has halved since 2000.
Last y... | Zimbabwe is to build a $1bn (£770m) university dedicated to the man accused of leading his country to the brink of economic collapse, Robert Mugabe. |
32,318,906 | Media playback is not supported on this device
Ryan Farquhar took victory in the Open race, run on Friday night, the classic race and the Moto 450 outing.
William produced a dominant ride in the main event of the meeting, taking the chequered flag by 28 seconds from runner-up Jamie Hamilton.
Mullingar's Derek McGee was... | William Dunlop clinched a double success at the Tandragee 100 meeting, winning the feature Superbike race and the Supersport 600cc event. |
35,217,776 | Armagh finished with 13 men themselves after the second-half dismissals of Aaron Findon and Brendan Donaghy.
David Givney and Joshua Hayes received first-half straight red cards as Niall McDermott and Chris Conroy goals helped Cavan lead 2-6 to 0-3 at the break.
Killian Brady was sent off late on as Armagh's 16 wides h... | Cavan had three players sent off yet still earned a 2-8 to 0-11 win over Armagh in a fiesty Dr McKenna Cup opener at Crossmaglen. |
38,200,162 | NI First Minister Arlene Foster said she was shocked and deeply saddened to hear of Mr Hunter's death.
He was well-known to the public as a television and radio reporter with the BBC in Northern Ireland.
He later was appointed as director of media and public relations with the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
Mr Hunter, 64, ... | The former BBC journalist and News Letter editor Austin Hunter has been killed in a traffic accident in Bahrain. |
34,914,022 | Members of the University and College Union are staging a one-day strike with a further walk-out planned at the Oxford regional centre on 2 December.
The university council met on Tuesday to agree the restructuring plans.
The centres set to shut are in Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Gateshead, Leeds, London and Oxford... | Open University (OU) staff have gone on strike after the institution said it would press ahead with plans to close seven regional centres. |
35,786,283 | Rousey beat Tate in 2012 and 2013 but lost her bantamweight title and unbeaten record when she was knocked out by Holly Holm last year.
"She's never been hit like that in a fight," Tate, 29, told BBC World Service reporter Ade Adedoyin.
"That head kick was brutal. I don't know if she'll come back the same."
Tate beat H... | New UFC champion Miesha Tate says she wants to face Ronda Rousey for a third time but doubts whether her nemesis will be the same fighter. |
33,847,293 | The boy stabbed Vincent Uzomah, 50, in a classroom at Dixons Kings Academy, Bradford, on 11 June.
There was "clear evidence" he attacked Mr Uzomah because he was black, the city's crown court heard.
He was handed an 11-year extended sentence, which includes six years' detention and five years on licence.
The boy, who a... | A 14-year-old boy who stabbed a supply teacher before bragging about the racially-motivated attack on Facebook has been handed an 11-year sentence. |
37,609,985 | The spacecraft is aiming to make a dump-down on the planet’s Meridiani Plain a week on Wednesday.
US researchers have suggested sand particles could soon start lifting into the atmosphere - something they do on a regular, seasonal basis.
But the European Space Agency says it is unconcerned. Indeed, some scientists are ... | The European Schiaparelli probe may have to contend with relatively dusty conditions when it arrives at Mars. |
36,021,436 | The midfielder fired in off the bar within seconds of coming on after latching onto Adam Armstrong's header.
Bradford, whose outside hopes of automatic League One promotion have now all but gone, went close through Josh Cullen and Jamie Proctor.
Their miserable night was completed when substitute Steven Davies was sent... | Substitute Andy Rose scored with his first touch as Coventry City edged to victory over 10-man Bradford City. |
35,618,031 | Earps, 22, missed just one game in two seasons at Bristol and has previously played for Doncaster Belles, Nottingham Forest and Birmingham City.
She joins Reading ahead of their first WSL 1 campaign following their promotion from WSL 2 last season.
"The club has a lot of ambition and a great work ethic, it's a really e... | Reading women have signed former Bristol Academy and England Under-23 goalkeeper Mary Earps. |
38,389,967 | Asking prices in the capital for these top-of-the-ladder properties fell by 8.7% over the past year, according to search site Rightmove. House prices grew much faster in eastern England and the West Midlands than in London, according to Zoopla.
London's annual house price growth for 2016 (3.7%) was below the UK average... | Buyers of a four-bedroom family home in London need deep pockets - but perhaps not as cavernous as a year ago. |
37,481,544 | The company, which is aimed at 16-24 year-olds in particular, said its main womenswear range of dresses and jackets, as well as its new menswear website, also saw strong sales.
Pre-tax profits jumped 129% to £14.3m in the six months to August.
It also benefited from successful marketing campaigns, especially on social... | Strong sales of plus-size and petite clothes have helped boost profit at online fashion retailer Boohoo. |
36,031,304 | The Kilkenny fighter floored Richards twice before another standing count for the Swede quickly ended the contest.
O'Neill, 30, will now take on top seed Abdulkadir Abdullayev from Azerbaijan for a place in the semi-finals.
The top three men will earn a place for their country in their division at the Rio Games this su... | Ireland's Darren O'Neill stopped Gabriel Richards in the first round at the European Olympic Qualifying event in Samsun, Turkey, on Tuesday. |
37,516,805 | John Cryan told them the bank had become the object of "hefty speculation" and that "new rumours" were causing the share price to fall.
He said the bank's reserves and profits underlined its strength.
The shares had fallen again on Friday, but closed 6.4% up on rumours that a huge US fine could be reduced.
In his lette... | The chief executive of troubled Deutsche Bank has emailed the 100,000 staff to reassure them that the German giant's finances are strong. |
39,604,849 | Paul Hurst's side lifted themselves six points clear of fourth-bottom Port Vale, who have two games left but a goal difference 11 inferior to Shrewsbury.
Shrewsbury started brightly with an inviting cross from Joe Riley drifting just wide before Stefan Payne's low shot was turned wide by goalkeeper Christian Walton.
Wi... | Junior Brown headed the winner as Shrewsbury moved to the brink of League One safety with a victory over Southend. |
38,990,953 | Tentative research published earlier this week suggested repeated headers during a player's career may be linked to long-term brain damage.
The research examined the brains of six players renowned for heading the ball - all of whom later developed dementia.
The Football Association has said it will look at the area mor... | Uefa has commissioned a research project that will examine the links between dementia and playing football. |
35,595,022 | His name is most closely associated with nationalist Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser in the 1960s.
Mr Heikal was the editor of Egypt's state-owned newspaper, Al-Ahram, during that time, articulating the Nasserist ideology of "Arab socialism".
He also served as information minister and briefly as foreign minister.... | One of the most famous and influential journalists in the Arab world, the Egyptian Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, has died in Cairo at the age of 92. |
37,474,065 | Neil Davidson, 28, of no fixed address, was remanded in custody after he appeared in court on Monday.
He is charged with importing and possessing cocaine and heroin with intent to supply.
Mr Davidson was arrested in a car at West Bank Road in the city's docks area on Friday evening.
The court in Belfast heard that coc... | Police believe a man arrested over a £1.5m drugs haul belongs to a Dublin crime gang with links to Northern Ireland and Holland, a court has heard. |
20,425,173 | The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) used a confiscation order to seize John Dawes' assets after he was convicted of drug dealing and money laundering.
Helen Dawes maintained she was innocent of any wrong-doing and that her role was simply to run the household.
But the judge disagreed and said she was "shutting her eyes... | The wife of a jailed Nottinghamshire drugs baron will lose the family home after a High Court judge ruled she turned a blind eye to his activities. |
33,173,912 | But "glitch", when it involves payments to individuals and businesses likely to total many millions of pounds, does not do the issue justice.
RBS needs another technical malfunction leaving hundreds of thousands of customers without a proper understanding of their bank balance like it needs another chief executive call... | The word seems almost benign - a "glitch" affecting computer systems at the Royal Bank of Scotland. |
33,802,543 | Glasgow City Council confirmed Harry Clarke had been suspended following evidence at the ongoing inquiry into the tragedy, which killed six people.
The inquiry has heard Mr Clarke, 58, previously fainted while working as a bus driver but failed to disclose the incident when he joined the council.
It has also heard a cl... | The driver who was behind the wheel of the bin lorry that crashed in Glasgow has been suspended by his employer. |
38,906,030 | Steven Jackson was jailed for a minimum of 26 years for battering and stabbing Kimberley MacKenzie in Montrose before cutting up her body in a bathtub.
The 40-year-old's legal team has now lodged a notice to appeal against the conviction and sentence.
The appeal is expected to call before appeal judges in Edinburgh thi... | A man jailed for life for murdering and dismembering a mother-of-three has launched a bid to quash his conviction. |
27,010,326 | EY says a "long period of low inflation" means average earnings could rise faster than the cost of living as early as this month.
It believes low inflation and a strong pound will keep an interest rate rise on hold until the end of 2015.
The auditor also thinks the UK economy will see "decent but unspectacular" growth ... | Wages are set to rise by more than inflation for the first time in almost six years, says an economic forecaster. |
37,264,185 | Cummings grabbed the only goal from the penalty spot in the 32nd minute after Grant Holt had been pulled down in the box by Gregor Buchanan.
Goalkeeper Alan Martin produced a smart save to prevent Andrew Shinnie doubling the lead.
Holt and Cummings also threatened as the Sons did little at the other end.
A third clean ... | Hibernian extended their perfect start in the Scottish Championship as a Jason Cummings goal proved enough to beat Dumbarton. |
38,263,629 | Amina Al-Jeffery, 21, had complained her father locked her up in a Jeddah flat, which he has disputed.
But the High Court was told on Friday that a face-to-face meeting with Ms Al-Jeffery's solicitor had not happened due to passport delays.
The case has now been adjourned until February.
In August, Mr Justice Holman sa... | A post-Brexit vote surge in Irish passport applications has hit the case of a Swansea woman claiming to be held in Saudi Arabia against her will. |
18,851,907 | The plans include electrification of the Midland Main Line between Bedford and Sheffield.
Other rail improvements have been unveiled for the Manchester area, south Wales and East Coast Main Line.
Prime Minister David Cameron called it the "biggest modernisation of our railways since the Victorian era".
During a visit t... | A £9.4bn package of investment in the railways in England and Wales, including £4.2bn of new schemes, has been unveiled by the government. |
35,948,447 | The legislation is essential for the implementation of an EU-Turkey deal aimed at easing the uncontrolled mass movement of people into Europe.
On Monday, Turkey is due to receive its first migrants returned from Greece.
But there are warnings of a lack of preparation on both sides, while aid agencies are concerned migr... | The Greek parliament has passed a law allowing migrants arriving in the country to be returned to Turkey. |
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