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38,221,598 | The agency said almost 20 hectares of forest would have to be felled to try to stop the disease spreading.
Phytophthora ramorum is a fungus-like pathogen that can kill or severely damage larch trees.
Forest Enterprise Scotland (FES) is also asking woodland visitors to help prevent the spread of tree disease.
It called ... | A deadly pathogen that kills larch trees has been discovered in seven new locations across Argyll and Stirling, Forest Enterprise Scotland has warned. |
19,437,785 | Campaigners say its tests for people on disability allowances are "damaging and distressing" and have led to suicides.
Atos, a sponsor of the Paralympic Games, said it ensures its service is "professional" and "compassionate".
Protesters also targeted the Department for Work and Pensions in Westminster, where one perso... | Up to 150 disability rights campaigners have been protesting outside IT firm Atos, which carries out "fit for work" assessments for the government. |
34,755,987 | The Basque side are marooned near the bottom of La Liga - they are above the relegation zone on goal difference - and a limp performance in Friday's 2-0 defeat against lowly Las Palmas was the final straw.
This is how his 364 days in charge went.
After three days of speculation, the news was finally confirmed with a br... | David Moyes has been sacked as Real Sociedad boss. |
32,461,366 | Felix Gutierrez-Cortez, 34, strangled Anna Maria Thomas, 61, in her Wandsworth home in December 2013.
He told authorities she had fallen unconscious while meditating, but was found guilty of manslaughter by diminished responsibility.
At the Old Bailey he was given an indeterminate sentence in a secure facility under th... | A lodger who worked as a carer for his landlady has been sentenced for killing her in their south-west London flat. |
34,892,643 | The Buccaneers thrilled the home fans by taking the lead through Thamsanqa Gabuza in the 36th minute.
He fired in a fierce acute-angled shot past Zied Jebali, who started after first choice goalkeeper and captain Aymen Mathlouthi failed a fitness test.
Of course we wanted to keep a clean sheet at home and a lapse of co... | Orlando Pirates of South Africa conceded a late goal in Soweto to hand Etoile du Sahel of Tunisia a narrow advantage as they drew 1-1 in the first leg of the African Confederation Cup final. |
38,679,946 | 19 January 2017 Last updated at 18:32 GMT | As Martin McGuinness steps down from elected politics, BBC News NI looks back at his career. |
36,438,333 | In mid-May, Gen Gholamreza Jalali, the head of Iran's Civil Defence Organisation, said he saw the mainly Sunni kingdom as his chief threat in the coming year.
Mainly Shia Iran and Saudi Arabia have long been regional rivals but tensions worsened dramatically last year, partly because of the conflicts in Syria and Yemen... | When Iran's top civil defence official said his country was preparing for major cyber-attacks from Saudi Arabia, perhaps even he did not think it would take such a short time for his warnings to become reality. |
31,000,264 | Francis Cadell's depiction of ''George Street and Charlotte Square'' was whitewashed over and the canvas was reused by the son of another colourist, Samuel Peploe.
The Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh discovered the missing Cadell during conservation.
It is estimated that the painting could sell for more than £50,000.
Th... | A lost painting by one of the Scottish Colourists has been discovered on the reverse of another artwork. |
26,626,335 | A car bomb exploded by the hotel in Bulo-burde where African Union (AU) and Somali officers were staying and gunfire continued for another five hours, witnesses said.
Six soldiers were killed, including a top Somali army commander, the AU said.
The al-Shabab Islamist group said it was behind the attack and that 30 AU a... | Somali Islamist fighters have attacked a hotel in a strategic central town the militants lost control of last week. |
33,109,433 | The buildings, in Cambridge, Castle Donington, Taunton and Wakefield, have never opened and cost an average of £1.9m each in 2014-15.
The charges are for rent, utilities and facilities management.
Five other buildings were constructed as part of a Labour plan to regionalise fire control centres. These have been let out... | Four empty fire control centres are still costing the government £7.6m a year, the BBC has learned. |
33,216,778 | In an open letter to Apple, Swift said she was withholding the record as she was unhappy with the three-month free trial offered to subscribers.
"I'm not sure you know that Apple Music will not be paying writers, producers, or artists for those three months," she wrote.
She said the plan was "unfair", arguing Apple had... | Taylor Swift has pulled her hit album 1989 from Apple's new streaming music service and criticised the company. |
30,511,800 | The FTSE had fallen earlier in the day, with investors concerned about the continued plunge of the rouble.
However the index strengthened on news of the Russian central bank's pledge to provide additional capital to the country's banks, if necessary.
Figures showing a rise in UK wage growth also cheered investors.
The ... | (Close): London's benchmark index, the FTSE 100, closed marginally higher on Wednesday, gaining 4.65 points in late trading to close at 6336.48. |
38,300,684 | Specialist micro-engineer Graham Short visited the Dickinson & Morris Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, on Friday.
It follows the use of one of the special notes at a bakery in Kelso, Scotland, and also a cafe in Wales.
The final note will be spent this week in Northern Ireland.
Updates on this... | One of four special £5 notes worth up to £50,000 that feature a tiny portrait of author Jane Austen has been spent in a pie shop. |
40,230,216 | Westminster Council has objected to plans for 128 new boxes since January, including 80 from Maximus Networks Ltd.
Birmingham and Manchester councils say that the boxes are effectively little more than advertising boards.
They say they cannot stop them as planning permission is not needed, just an Ofcom licence.
Maximu... | Councils are fighting plans for hundreds of new "ugly and unwanted" phone boxes while they seek a change in the law. |
38,668,914 | Carmarthenshire council voted in favour making Ysgol Llangennech, near Llanelli, a Welsh medium primary from September.
The move will not affect current pupils who can continue to learn in English.
A bitter debate took place in County Hall on Wednesday, with 38 councillors voting in favour of the proposal and 20 agains... | Plans to remove English stream education at a Carmarthenshire school have been backed. |
35,153,196 | The study suggests that between 2008 and 2013, the numbers of wild bees went down across almost a quarter of the US.
The researchers say that the conversion of land to grow corn for biofuels is a key element in the decline.
If the trend continues say the scientists, it could drive up costs and destabilise crop producti... | Wild bees in the US have declined in many farming areas according to the first national effort to map their numbers. |
37,197,651 | The two-year-old was talking to the two teenagers as her mother shopped nearby when she was snatched.
She was found an hour and 45 minutes later in a park three miles away and the girls, 13 and 14, were arrested.
The pair were ordered to be detained for three years and the mother said she hoped they would get help and ... | The mother of a toddler who was taken from Newcastle's Primark store says she has forgiven the girl's kidnappers. |
21,289,321 | The blast, which destroyed an 80m (262ft) section of road, took place on the G30 expressway in Henan province.
China National Radio had put the number of dead at 26 but the report appeared to have been removed from websites.
Several vehicles were reported to have fallen to the ground 30m below.
Witnesses said some cars... | A truck carrying fireworks has exploded on an elevated highway in central China, killing at least five people and causing part of the road to collapse, state media report. |
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The quartet each completed the 400m swim, 6km cycle, and 1.6km run course in a total time of one hour 13 minutes 24 seconds.
South Africa took silver, 49 seconds back, with Australia third.
"I love the relay. You can see people's weaknesses and strengths," said Alistair Br... | England's Vicky Holland, Jonathan Brownlee, Jodie Stimpson and Alistair Brownlee won triathlon's mixed team relay at the Commonwealth Games. |
38,844,992 | The 44-year-old kept out Burkina Faso's last two spot-kicks to win the shootout for Egypt in Wednesday's semi-final.
"I had a feeling that I was going to save the final two penalties," he said.
"When we went to the shootout, our 2006 title win crossed my mind," he added, recalling his penalty shootout save from Didier ... | Egypt goalkeeper Essam El Hadary foresaw that he would save the penalties that took his side through to the Africa Cup of Nations final. |
37,256,839 | The "old English white" Jaguar E-Type Series III was driven by comedy characters Del Boy and Rodney in an episode of the BBC series.
In the 1981 episode, the pair borrowed the car from John Challis's character Boycie for a "night on the tiles".
It had been expected to fetch £85,000 in an auction at Blenheim Palace but ... | A vintage Jaguar sports car made famous when it featured in Only Fools and Horses has sold for more than £115,000. |
40,794,636 | Marine Scotland staff have complained of being paid less than those in comparable jobs in other publicly-owned organisations.
Unite said it was disappointed the situation had reached this stage.
The Scottish government said talks aimed at averting the strikes were continuing.
Unite has said a chief steward can earn up ... | Members of the Unite union working for Scotland's fisheries protection fleet are set to walk out on a series of strikes in a dispute over pay. |
36,984,279 | It was "not enough" for Dame Lowell Goddard to resign and leave, said Home Affairs Committee chairman Keith Vaz.
He called for a "thorough explanation", and said the "only way" to move forward was to hear from Justice Goddard.
The New Zealand judge has not yet given full reasons, but she said conducting such an inquiry... | The chairwoman of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse has been asked to appear before MPs to explain why she has resigned. |
40,592,636 | Based on the novel by Britain's Mark Burnell, The Rhythm Section will see her as a woman who becomes an assassin to avenge the deaths of her family.
Reed Morano, who directed the first three episodes of hit TV series The Handmaid's Tale, will direct the film.
Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson said it... | The producers of the James Bond films are to make a "female-driven" thriller starring Gossip Girl's Blake Lively. |
18,290,987 | Just over 60% of voters taking part in the referendum backed the controversial pact, which is aimed at enforcing budget rules in the eurozone.
Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Ireland had sent a "powerful signal" that it was committed to overcoming its economic challenges.
Opinion polls had suggested a "Yes" camp win.
A ... | Voters in the Republic of Ireland have approved the EU fiscal pact, according to official results. |
30,033,258 | The benchmark US crude oil price is also at a four-year low, after losing $2.57 to close at $74.28.
The price has fallen sharply since the summer and is 30% below its June price.
The drop comes as traders believe members of the Opec oil exporting countries, which control about 40% of world oil exports. will not cut pro... | The price of Brent crude oil has fallen $3.60 - 4.4% - to $77.52, its lowest level for four years. |
24,140,453 | Abdul Kader Mullah is be hanged for crimes against humanity during the 1971 war of independence with Pakistan.
His party Jamaat-e-Islami called the two-day nationwide strike, describing the trial as politically motivated.
However, his sentence was welcomed by his opponents.
Schools and businesses were shut on Wednesday... | Clashes have broken out across Bangladesh during a strike called by the largest Islamist party, a day after one of its leaders was sentenced to death for war crimes. |
36,953,455 | Dapp, which runs education and health projects in the African country, has received millions of pounds in the last decade from the UK, EU and Unicef.
It is connected to the Teachers Group, whose leaders are wanted by Interpol over fraud allegations.
British officials have suspended funding and launched an investigation... | The UK government is to stop giving money to a charity in Malawi following a BBC investigation which found it was under the control of a cult-like group. |
35,188,861 | The first teenager has been bailed after admitting possessing a machete as disorder broke out at the Intu Bromley centre. Shoppers panicked after rumours of a gunman.
Armed police were called at about 15:45 GMT and found a boy with a head injury. Two knives were recovered.
Both boys have also been charged with common a... | A second 16-year-old boy has been charged over an alleged knife fight at a London shopping centre on Boxing Day. |
35,960,926 | The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) has calculated that the vast majority of younger people will get less out of the new system than the old one.
Anyone retiring after Wednesday 6 April will be part of the new single-tier or flat-rate state pension.
The government said young people would benefit from better workplace p... | More than 11 million workers now in their 20s and 30s will end up worse off as a result of reforms to the state pension, a think tank has said. |
40,237,762 | Richard Anthony Jones from Kansas was released from jail after witnesses said they could not tell the two men apart.
A judge ruled there was no evidence to keep him in jail.
Mr Jones said finding a photo of the other man - who as well as looking like him, shares the same first name - was a "needle in a haystack moment"... | A US prisoner who spent 17 years in jail for a robbery he did not commit has spoken of his relief that researchers found his lookalike. |
38,130,393 | Ten people died and 32 were hurt when a police helicopter crashed into the roof of the Glasgow pub on 29 November 2013.
An investigation found that fuel transfer switches were turned off but it could not answer why the pilot did not land or send a distress call.
The Crown Office said it could not give a timescale for a... | Bereaved families have marked the third anniversary of the Clutha helicopter crash by asking for clarity over when a fatal accident inquiry will be held. |
40,340,950 | People served by the Rosemarkie transmitter will lose Radio Scotland, Radio Nan Gaidheal, and BBC national radio services for short periods.
DAB radio and TV services are unaffected.
The disruption is expected over the course of the day. BBC Scotland said it apologised for the loss of service.
Listeners in the Invernes... | BBC radio listeners in the Highlands could find their service affected due to essential transmitter work taking place on Tuesday. |
39,656,069 | But there is always an economic context that will feature as a major consideration for many voters.
And whoever eventually walks into the Elysee Palace will face some difficult, even intractable challenges.
The big picture is an economy with a high standard of living and high productivity but some persistent problems.
... | As French voters go to the polls to elect a new president, the country's relationship with the European Union, immigration and terrorism will all be important themes. |
36,195,494 | The MP was suspended by Labour last week and apologised to the Commons for endorsing calls in 2014 for Israel to be moved to the United States.
The comments triggered a wider row over alleged anti-Semitism within the party, with an inquiry now under way.
Keith Vaz, the chair of the committee, said Ms Shah would not tak... | Ex-Labour MP Naz Shah has "stood aside" from the Commons Home Affairs select committee "until further notice". |
40,199,950 | The Tykes announced they had agreed a move for the 22-year-old a week ago, after the batsman told Worcestershire he wanted to leave at the end of the season when his contract expired.
Kohler-Cadmore averages 48.40 in the County Championship so far this summer.
He is now available for Yorkshire with immediate effect.
"O... | Yorkshire have confirmed the signing of Tom Kohler-Cadmore on a three-year deal after he was released from his contract by Worcestershire. |
35,669,695 | Daniel and Samuel Sledden mocked Judge Beverley Lunt on Facebook after admitting drug dealing charges.
Daniel, 27, posted within 90 minutes of leaving Burnley Crown Court, while Samuel, 22, made offensive remarks 40 minutes after he left the dock.
Judge Lunt said the pair had not "learned any responsibility".
The judge... | Two drug dealing brothers taken back to court for mocking a judge on Facebook when she decided not to jail them have now been jailed for two years. |
39,231,896 | Researchers in the US found that high doses of these supplements may "completely offset" the damage caused by very fine particulate matter.
The scientists involved say the effect is real but stress the limitations of their work.
Follow up studies are urgently needed, they say, in heavily polluted cities like Beijing or... | B vitamins may offer some protection against the impacts of air pollution, a small scale human trial suggests. |
40,935,166 | Chris Parker, 33, of no fixed address, was charged with two counts of theft on Tuesday.
He was remanded into custody following the hearing at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court.
Mr Parker was previously reported to have comforted a seriously injured girl and a woman who died in his arms.
He was charged with stea... | A man who was hailed a hero after the Manchester Arena attack has denied stealing a bank card and mobile phone at the venue on the night of the blast. |
33,396,156 | Jankovic, the 28th seed, beat the Czech world number two 3-6 7-5 6-4.
It marked the first time since 2009 that two-time Wimbledon winner Kvitova, 25, has failed to make at least the quarter-finals at the All England Club.
Jankovic, 30, will face 2012 finalist Agnieszka Radwanska in the last 16.
Kvitova had been in scin... | Defending champion Petra Kvitova suffered a shock early Wimbledon exit as former world number one Jelena Jankovic fought back to secure a third-round victory. |
36,123,097 | Lakshmi Mittal, owner of ArcelorMittal, who held the top slot in 2008 with £27.7bn now has a fortune of £7.12bn and is number 11 on this year's list.
The number of London billionaires fell for the first time since the financial crash - from 80 in 2015 to 77.
There are also a record 125 women on this year's top 1,000 li... | The family behind Europe's biggest steelmaker has lost more than £2bn in the past year, the annual Sunday Times Rich List has revealed. |
40,684,138 | Seam bowler Fazakerley, 19, made his first-class debut earlier this month and has been named in Guernsey's squad.
"We probably won't know for another couple weeks yet," Butler told BBC Radio Guernsey.
"Being a contracted player for a professional side he's controlled by them, so it's a tough one."
Butler continued: "He... | Guernsey vice-captain Josh Butler says they are awaiting permission from Leicestershire to allow Will Fazakerley to play in World Cricket League Five. |
35,580,328 | Main, 23, scored once in 14 appearances for Rovers this season.
He started his career at Darlington before moving to Middlesbrough in June 2011 and joining Doncaster in July 2014.
Main could make his debut for the Latics, who are five points adrift of safety in League One, in Tuesday's trip to Blackpool.
Find all the l... | Oldham Athletic have signed Doncaster Rovers striker Curtis Main on loan until the end of the season. |
12,735,333 | Over a period of 18 months in the 1960s, Brady and his accomplice, Myra Hindley, kidnapped and murdered five children in north-west England.
The bodies of three of their victims were later found buried on Saddleworth Moor near the Lancashire town of Oldham.
The details of the crime shocked the nation, not least because... | Few killers achieved the notoriety or attracted as much public loathing as the so-called "Moors Murderer", Ian Brady, who has died at the age of 79. |
34,983,444 | From 1 January, people must show a driving licence, council tax bill or a utility bill to use sites in Lamby Way, Wedal Road and Bessemer Close.
The council said 17% of users at Bessemer Close were from a neighbouring authority.
It said such "cross border movement" costs the council £430,000 a year.
Bob Derbyshire, ca... | Residents in Cardiff will have to prove where they live before they are allowed to use the council's waste recycling centres. |
39,563,454 | The British star had been expected to be up for lead actor after winning a Golden Globe for his work.
Olivia Colman and Hugh Laurie were also passed over for their roles in the BBC drama, although Tom Hollander was recognised for best supporting actor.
Netflix's royal series The Crown leads the way with five nods, incl... | Tom Hiddleston has surprisingly missed out on a Bafta TV Award nomination for his role in The Night Manager. |
38,616,674 | The 26-year-old GlenDronach single malt whisky was bottled in 2012 to mark the opening of Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeenshire.
A Canadian bidder paid more than twice the estimated price to secure the bottle at the auction of rare whiskies.
A bottle of 52-year-old Macallan 1950 fetched £10,000, while a bottl... | A rare bottle of whisky signed by US president elect Donald Trump has sold for £6,000 at auction in Glasgow. |
39,255,971 | Her commitment to the Commonwealth has been unwavering; that of her ministers, in the past, less so.
Take Ted Heath. For him, in the 1970s, the Common Market trumped the Commonwealth.
Other prime ministers have been wary of a loose affiliation of nations that battled against apartheid in South Africa but which have, s... | As she stood on the makeshift stage in the Buckingham Palace forecourt, the Queen might have been tempted to reflect on one of the benefits of longevity. |
40,543,691 | The Ulster county held a commanding 0-12 to 0-6 lead at half-time but the visitors hit back to claim a place in the third round of the qualifiers.
Tipp rattled off seven points after the break to level the match as Cavan managed just one Niall McDermott score.
Conor Sweeney's penalty and a second goal by Robbie Kiely s... | Cavan's All-Ireland Championship campaign came to a stunning end as Tipperary staged a remarkable comeback at Kingspan Breffni. |
35,902,262 | The Sky Blues had the better of a tight contest and came closest to finding a winner when a 25-yard strike by Jacob Murphy hit the post after the break.
Gillingham had started brightly with Dominic Samuel wasting a good opening when he slipped at the vital moment.
Gael Bigirimana also went close with a curling shot for... | Mid-table Coventry City earned a point from a drab match as Gillingham missed the chance to go third in League One. |
35,168,077 | Last season's Premiership finalists were beaten in the European Champions Cup by Wasps on Saturday and have also lost four league games this term.
"I trust the players 100%, it hurts them more than anybody," said Ford.
"They want to play as best as they can, they care, the leaders have led and the players have followed... | Bath director of rugby Mike Ford says he trusts his players to turn around their form after an inconsistent start to the season. |
35,419,500 | The Eton-educated actor told the event people who had complained were "missing the point" as the evening was "a celebration of our community... and the role the school has played here".
Alumni from Acland Burghley School in north London had signed a petition against the Homeland star's appearance.
The actor lives near ... | Damian Lewis has hit back at critics who claimed he was too privileged to take part in his local comprehensive school's 50th anniversary celebrations. |
39,738,542 | Gateshead-born Harrison has been linked with Hartlepool United, who parted company with Dave Jones after dropping into the League Two relegation zone.
Harrison says he is flattered but insists his focus is on Sunday's Welsh Cup final against Bala Town.
"I've said from day one that I'm a very ambitious person," Harrison... | New Saints boss Craig Harrison has said he has ambitions to manage at "the highest level." |
18,746,529 | David Grimason has been calling for tighter controls since his two-year-old son Alistair was killed during a gunfight at a Turkish cafe in 2003.
Mr Grimason will be at the UN in New York, attending the final negotiations for an international arms trade treaty.
He said a strong treaty was the biggest tribute he could gi... | A father whose toddler son was shot dead in a cafe in Turkey will mark the anniversary of his death by campaigning for global action against firearms. |
36,515,950 | The musician penned the haunting track, He Was Alone, after spending time at a refugee camp in southern Turkey on the Turkish/Syrian border.
"We see this human disaster and we see numbers in millions and we're trying to make sense of it," he told the BBC.
"We've forgotten how to understand the human story behind this."... | Singer-songwriter Yusuf, formerly known as Cat Stevens, has said the harrowing death of Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi inspired his latest song. |
39,936,752 | People living in Staffin were in dispute with landowners because of rent rises, insecurity of tenure and the eviction of families from land.
The unrest was part of a wider period of land rights struggles known as the Crofters' War.
Staffin Community Trust is working with Atlas Arts on the project.
The organisations hav... | Artists have been selected to take forward plans for a memorial to recall a crofters' uprising in the north east of Skye more than 130 years ago. |
35,885,489 | The 21-year-old loose-head prop played in the World Cup last year - and also against the Warriors in a pre-season match in Nova Scotia last August.
He has been training with the squad since arriving in Glasgow on Sunday.
"I talked to DTH [van der Merwe], Connor [Braid] and Taylor [Paris] and they all had good things to... | Canada international Djustice Sears-Duru has signed a contract with Glasgow Warriors until the end of the season. |
32,114,539 | Some 3,000 people have been left homeless, according to a BBC reporter who has been to the scene.
Their houses were destroyed after mud and rocks, dislodged by the rain, plunged down the hillside.
Reports from the Democratic Republic of Congo say there have been similar problems across the border.
UN-backed Radio Okapi... | At least 10 people are missing, feared dead, in Burundi after landslides which have destroyed hundreds of homes, officials say. |
40,455,674 | Giving her verdict, Judge Claire Sharp said John Atkinson did not lose his job because of his disability.
Mr Atkinson was dismissed, as were all of Mr Gill's staff, in April last year.
Some of the employees were later re-hired and Mr Atkinson had argued he was not given a job because he needed a hip operation.
But the ... | A former employee of Nathan Gill has lost a claim of disability discrimination against the UKIP Wales MEP at an employment tribunal. |
29,507,969 | Talking to Radio 1 Breakfast show host, Nick Grimshaw, Cowell revealed his 88-year-old mum still calls the shots.
"She still loves to tell me off," the X Factor boss confessed.
"The worst thing she can say to me if I'm got my friends round is, 'Simon stop showing off' and there's no answer back to that," he added.
"It ... | Cheryl, Louis Walsh or Mel B can't manage it but there is one person who can put Simon Cowell in his place - Julie, his mum. |
38,735,202 | Julian Lewis asked Sir Craig Oliver to appear before the Defence Committee to discuss reports a missile veered off course, amid claims it was hushed up.
The MP said the ex-journalist declined, saying he had been working on the EU referendum at the time of the test.
Ministers have not confirmed or denied anything went w... | A Tory MP says a former aide to David Cameron declined a request to answer questions about what the ex-PM knew about last year's Trident missile test. |
36,428,638 | Tips on how to push students to sign up for expensive courses were included in records released during a class-action lawsuit against Trump University.
Mr Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has denied that the school misled students.
But Hillary Clinton described the venture as a "fraudulent scheme... | Court documents have revealed aggressive sales tactics employed by staff at Donald Trump's now defunct investment school. |
18,625,801 | UK government figures showed Scotland generated 4,590 gigawatt hours (GWh) of renewable energy in the first three months of 2012.
This was an increase of 1,435 GWh on the first quarter of 2011.
Scotland is aiming to generate the equivalent of 100% of its electricity needs from renewables by 2020.
The UK Department of E... | Scotland's renewable energy output increased by 45% in the first quarter of this year, compared with the same period last year. |
35,533,381 | Comic Enterprises successfully argued in the High Court that 20th Century Fox's show breached its trademark right to The Glee Club name.
The show's broadcaster appealed against the 2014 ruling, but appeal court judges dismissed their case.
It is not yet clear whether the Glee show's name will have to be changed.
The ap... | The makers of hit TV show Glee have lost their appeal against a legal ruling that found in favour of a comedy club chain of the same name. |
14,702,519 | The Doha-based operation is owned by the Qatar government. Its main Arabic network is the leading pan-Arab TV news station.
Al-Jazeera Arabic can be outspoken on subjects deemed as sensitive in the region, but avoids criticism of Qatar and its Gulf allies, specifically Saudi Arabia. It has faced curbs in several Arab c... | Influential pan-Arab and international TV broadcaster Al-Jazeera has raised Qatar's media profile. |
35,345,802 | The previously unknown case will place fresh pressure on the force, which last year was forced to apologise to seven women who had similar relationships.
The woman in the latest case told BBC Newsnight she was a victim of "psychological torture".
The Met would neither confirm nor deny the identity of the undercover off... | An undercover Metropolitan Police officer proposed to an activist and lived with her for 18 months, the BBC has learned. |
12,109,766 | Pentagon spokesman Colonel Dave Lapan said there was no evidence to back up Iranian claims that it had shot down "Western spy drones".
Another US official told Reuters news agency that drones had in the past gone down in the Gulf, but that the cause had always been mechanical failure.
There has been no independent corr... | The US has denied that any of its unmanned spy planes have been shot down by Iran. |
33,977,636 | The details of how much the basic income might be and who would be eligible for it are yet to be announced, but already there is widespread interest in how it might work.
Prime Minister Juha Sipila has praised the idea. "For me, a basic income means simplifying the social security system," he said.
The scheme is of par... | The Finnish government is considering a pilot project that would see the state pay people a basic income regardless of whether they work. |
38,172,189 | He turned the country into one of the most repressive states in the world.
The acting president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev - who has also held on to his position as prime minister - will almost certainly win.
Uzbekistan has never had free and fair elections, and it is common for the incumbent to receive more than 90% of the v... | Uzbekistan is voting to elect a new president following the death of Islam Karimov, the only leader the country has known since the fall of the Soviet Union. |
40,947,448 | Women's rights activists had long demanded that Article 522 of the penal code be repealed.
Their campaign was supported by the Minister for Women's Affairs, Jean Oghassabian, who said the law was like something "from the Stone Age".
Similar legislation has recently been swept away in both Tunisia and Jordan.
States ret... | Lebanon's parliament has scrapped a law under which a rapist could be exempt from punishment if he married his victim, state media report. |
30,578,604 | Ashley Talbot, 15, was struck by the bus at Maesteg School, Bridgend county, on 10 December.
The Rev Bev Reaney read a written eulogy from Melanie Talbot to about 250 mourners at St Cynfelyn Church in Caerau on Tuesday.
"I am sure he will remain in all our hearts forever," the tribute said.
Ashley, a budding mechanic a... | The mother of a Maesteg teenager who died after he was hit by a school minibus driven by a teacher described him as "our angel" at his funeral. |
35,142,895 | The Welsh side were beaten 33-27 but claimed two losing bonus points, as they did in November's defeat by Clermont Auvergne.
Ospreys remain top of Pool 2, but Wales second row Jones was frustrated with the result.
"It [two points] is still probably not enough if we're honest," said Jones.
"We were the architects of our... | Ospreys were the "architects of their own downfall" in their European Champions Cup defeat at Bordeaux-Begles, says captain Alun Wyn Jones. |
23,538,218 | The Wales star has agreed a £300,000 per week, six-year deal after sealing an £85.3m (100m euros) move which eclipses the £80m Real paid Manchester United for Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009.
"It's very important for Gareth to throw his heart and soul into this move.
"He's got it all and ability-wise he is phenomenal. The on... | Real Madrid have broken the world transfer record to sign Tottenham forward Gareth Bale. |
26,513,546 | Visitors are scouring its pebble beach for fossils and taking photos of the stripes of rock strata embedded in the surrounding cliffs - a visual reminder of millions of years of history.
And they are all asking each other the same question: "What time is it?"
The clocks on our phones have reset themselves to French tim... | It's a beautiful spring day at Lulworth Cove, a striking part of the Jurassic Coast, which stretches across south Dorset and Devon in the UK. |
35,026,032 | The Scottish government is to introduce standardised testing at four separate stages in a child's school life.
The Commission on School Reform warned that the assessments would give little beneficial information to teachers and parents.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon believes improving school attainment is an important... | Planned new assessments in schools need to be handled "carefully", according to a major report on Scottish education. |
37,556,937 | The men are loyal to South Sudan's sacked Vice-President Riek Machar and crossed into the country with him in August following intense violence in the South Sudan's capital, Juba.
The 750 men have been disarmed and cared for by the UN mission.
But Congolese officials say they are now a security risk.
They are being hou... | The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been given a week to fly hundreds of South Sudanese fighters out of the country. |
38,566,813 | The world number 324, who represented Australia until 2013, swept through the first set against the Argentine.
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The 27-year-old Briton then wasted four match points in the second set tie-break as Bagnis hit back to level.
But Klein retained his composure and overturn... | Briton Brydan Klein reached the second round of the Auckland Open with a 6-1 6-7 (6-8) 7-6 (7-3) win over Facundo Bagnis - ranked 269 places above him. |
33,567,644 | Shiyi Ying, 25, was given permission to take to the stage towards the end of the ceremony at Southampton University to pop the question to Yu-Yen Ou, 24.
He said: "Deep inside I know you are the only one I can share the rest of my life with," before she accepted.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Don Nutbeam said it was "certa... | A university student has proposed to his girlfriend during a graduation ceremony. |
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Match referee Evan Boyce took no action at the time but notified the IFA's Disciplinary Committee regarding the incident following the Solitude game.
It considered the correspondence together with video footage.
Oman was charged with a breach of Article 18.11 of the Discip... | Portadown defender Ken Oman has been suspended for six matches for elbowing Cliftonville's Caoimhin Bonner in Saturday's Premiership fixture. |
36,158,137 | Lloyds shares fell more than 2% after it reported a fall in first-quarter profits, and ended the day down 1.6%
Pre-tax profits at Lloyds nearly halved to £654m after it took a £790m charge related to high income bonds.
The mining giant Anglo-American rose 8% after it said it had agreed the sale of its niobium and pho... | (Close): The FTSE 100 clawed back its early falls as gains in mining stocks outweighed losses among banks. |
38,634,576 | An overtime win over Fife Flyers on Saturday was followed by a penalty-shots victory over Belfast Giants as the Stars went the distance and claimed all points available.
And after edging past title challengers Belfast, who clawed a 4-1 deficit to 4-4 to take the game into overtime, LeFebvre was understandably delighted... | Dundee Stars head coach Marc LeFebvre hailed his team after picking up four Elite League points this weekend, but will worry about negatives later on. |
40,325,496 | The country's Football Association (CFA) is proposing the measure for loss-making clubs in order to try to curb the league's extravagant spending.
Chinese clubs spent £331m during the country's winter transfer window, which was more than their English Premier League counterparts in January.
The proceeds from the tax wo... | Chinese Super League clubs face a 100% tax on signings as their mid-season transfer window opens on Monday. |
32,163,115 | Kayley Asher, 25, was attacked by Allitt while being treated at Grantham Hospital as a baby.
She received £11,500 compensation but social security officials say she failed to notify them of this and must return benefits she has received.
Her parents, Alan and Sharon, say they have "no intention" of giving the money bac... | A woman left brain damaged by killer nurse Beverley Allitt has been ordered to pay back £23,000 in benefits. |
36,604,193 | South West Trains said the line between Eastleigh and Fareham via Botley had been shut because of flooding.
The B3354 Winchester Road in Botley was also closed after two trees came down, one on to a van - the driver was taken to hospital with a fractured sternum.
Residents in Bishops Waltham and Botley have been warned... | Heavy downpours have hit train services and left roads in parts of Hampshire impassable. |
35,394,549 | The 38-year-old sank 10 birdies but bogeys on the 10th and 15th prevented him building a bigger advantage.
Compatriot Jamie Lovemark is in second place after shooting a round of 65.
Five-time major winner Phil Mickleson, also American, climbed the leaderboard with a 66 and trails Dufner by six.
Scotland's Martin Laird ... | American Jason Dufner heads into the final round of the CareerBuilder Challenge with a two-shot lead after carding an eight-under-par 64 in California. |
35,182,753 | One of those held is a former minister, Slobodan Milosavljevic.
Two former interior ministry officials, several serving and former mayors, and a number of executives in state-owned firms were also detained.
The move comes after Serbia opened talks to join the EU, which has long pressed Belgrade to tackle corruption.
In... | Police in Serbia have arrested about 80 people in what has been described as the country's biggest anti-corruption investigation in decades. |
36,570,195 | The pro-Leave justice secretary said there were "risks to our future" whatever the outcome of the poll.
David Cameron and George Osborne say people will be worse off and that there is "no turning back" if the UK leaves.
In his Andrew Marr Show interview, Mr Gove also said he "shuddered" when he saw UKIP's "breaking poi... | The UK can "deal with whatever the world throws at us" if it votes to leave the EU, Michael Gove says. |
36,031,347 | Training has been fairly intermittent for me recently due to a torn ligament in my big toe after blocking a shot at Accrington a few weeks ago. Painkillers and anti-inflammatory tablets have been a necessity to continue my season, so I totally understood the manager's decision for me not to start the game.
The game aga... | I have been involved in some incident-packed match days and seen most things during close to 12 and a half years at Wycombe Wanderers, but breaking my arm while scoring in Saturday's game at York City was a new one - even for me. |
36,774,751 | National Institute of Health and Care Excellence guidance urges medics to consider sepsis early on when treating any patients unwell with infections.
The problem, caused when the body's immune system overreacts to infection, leads to 44,000 UK deaths a year.
But experts estimate between 5,000 and 13,000 could be avoide... | Suspected sepsis in patients must be treated as an emergency in the same way as heart attacks are, England's health watchdog says. |
30,611,165 | Dustin Diamond, 37, faces charges of felony second-degree recklessly endangering safety, disorderly conduct, and carrying a concealed weapon.
The fight is said to have happened on Thursday in Port Washington, Wisconsin, while Diamond was with his fiancee.
Crime reports say the pair had been to several bars before they ... | The actor who played Screech in US TV show Saved by the Bell has been charged with stabbing a man in a bar fight. |
39,512,350 | Daniel Sanzone was jailed for life after shaking two-week-old Joshua Millinson in Wolverhampton in 2015.
However, there was no evidence injuries that caused his death could have been anticipated, a safeguarding board said.
But it said staff were not questioning enough of the "concerning history" given by his parents.
R... | Hospital staff were too quick to assume there were no safeguarding concerns in the case of a baby who died after being shaken by his father, a report says. |
34,141,342 | The director of Edward Scissorhands and Beetlejuice threw the switch around 21:30 BST after rapper Professor Green played to the crowds.
The free event took place on the promenade at The Headlands Arena in front of the Tower.
Burton, 58, used Blackpool for scenes in his latest film. "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar ... | Hollywood director Tim Burton has switched on this year's Blackpool Illuminations. |
21,365,889 | The house, which is now a museum in Haworth, West Yorkshire, reopens after a refurbishment on Friday.
"It's closer than it's ever looked to how it would have done in the Bronte period," said Bronte Parsonage Museum collections manager Ann Dinsdale.
"Charlotte put her stamp on the house, and there's quite a lot of colou... | The former home of the Bronte sisters has been returned to the design of the authors' era after researchers found fragments of its original decor. |
38,957,629 | In March 2015 the Ulster Unionists proudly unveiled a pact with the DUP covering four constituencies.
Mike Nesbitt said the aim was to "get the pro union vote out".
The SDLP denounced the tactic as a "sectarian carve up".
In February 2017, the Ulster Unionist leader told the BBC's Sunday Politics that he would be givin... | If a week can be a long time in politics, then two years is an eternity. |
27,775,327 | Along the tracks, another crowd is gathering - each person on his own, separated by a modest distance. They are among the 48% of Indians who do not have access to proper sanitation.
Coming from a slum close-by, they squat among the few trees and bushes along the railway tracks and defecate in the open.
To many, this is... | It's early morning and local commuters are queuing up for tickets at the Kirti Nagar railway station in the Indian capital, Delhi. |
38,254,464 | Police cars, ambulances and fire engines were involved in at least 3,636 crashes between April 2011 and March 2016.
North Wales Police recorded the most incidents of those who responded, but the majority involved minor damage.
The Welsh Ambulance Service said a crash on a 999 call could be "catastrophic".
North Wales P... | There have been more than 3,500 crashes involving emergency service vehicles in the past five years. |
35,949,416 | Dover rise to third while Wrexham are now six points off the top five after Ricky Modeste's second half winner proved decisive in a tense contest.
Modeste fired home off the post after Sam Magri's effort in a game low on quality chances.
James Gray hit the crossbar as Wrexham pushed for an equaliser, while Simon Heslop... | Dover maintained their National League promotion push at the expense of Wrexham at the Racecourse Stadium. |
37,405,116 | The horses got stuck in mud as they were being ridden on a beach by the slipway near Quail Holme Road, Knott End at about 10:30 BST on Sunday.
The Fleetwood-Knott End ferry and two kayakers helped with the rescue operation along with RNLI, coastguards and Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service.
HM Coastguard Fleetwood said... | Two horses have been saved from drowning in rising tides near Fleetwood, Lancashire. |
36,040,711 | Members of the exporters' group Opec, together with some other oil producers, are meeting in Qatar on Sunday to discuss freezing output.
They want to push up the price of crude oil, which is less than half what it was in June 2014
In previous episodes of falling prices, Opec has been much quicker to respond, often cutt... | The world's leading oil exporters could be finally about to take action following the fall in prices. |
39,342,978 | The National Audit Office (NAO), which scrutinises government spending, said plans for 16 routes were on hold.
The schemes being "reconsidered" to make sure they are "deliverable and affordable" are part of an £11.4bn investment announced in 2014.
Neither the NAO or Department for Transport have said which are at risk.... | Upgrades to some of England's busiest roads, including a controversial tunnel past Stonehenge, could be scrapped because they are not value for money. |
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