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37,307,624 | Pupils at Denbigh High School were disciplined on the first day of term on Monday, for breaches of policy including "the wearing of inappropriate trousers, skirts and footwear".
The students were taken from their normal lessons and moved to a "learning suite".
About 20 of them returned to normal classes by the end of t... | A head teacher has defended excluding 72 students from regular classes for not complying with uniform rules. |
39,206,676 | Gerald Jacob's family said he had retired last December and had been planning to "continue his life travelling" with partner.
The incident at Loggerheads is believed to have happened on Saturday at 19:30 GMT. Police were alerted to the crash scene on Sunday just before midday.
"Gerry, as we all knew him, loved life and... | A family has paid tribute to a "very special" 66-year-old man who died in a crash near Mold, Flintshire. |
32,944,256 | Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness was speaking ahead of Saturday's meeting by his party's ard chomhairle (national executive) to discuss the crisis.
He said he was told the UK government plans to impose £12bn in welfare cuts.
He said Tory ministers plan a further £13bn in cuts across UK government departments.
The issue of... | Northern Ireland's deputy first minister has described the political situation at Stormont as "very grave" due to the row over welfare reform. |
35,141,304 | The fire started at the "A list" Cirque Le Soir venue on London's Ganton Street, just off Carnaby Street at about 04:55 GMT.
Station manager Nic Myatt said: "No-one was inside at the time and there were no injuries." The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Cirque le Soir, a basement venue, describes itself as "Lo... | More than 50 firefighters have tackled a blaze at a Soho nightclub. |
30,469,081 | Patrick Morrison, professor of human genetics at Belfast City Hospital, hit out at the lack of specialist staff.
He accused the government of "failing" patients with Huntington's disease.
The condition is a rare, inherited and highly complex neurodegenerative disorder that affects more than 120 people in Northern Irela... | A leading expert in Huntington's disease has described the service for patients in Northern Ireland as being seriously overwhelmed. |
26,851,399 | So what exactly is the problem, and how serious is it?
By UK standards, air pollution levels are high. The Department of the Environment measures outdoor air pollution on a one-to-10 scale. Parts of north-west Norfolk hit level 10 on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, levels were recorded at seven - meaning high - in towns and cit... | Health warnings have been issued for parts of England, as air pollution reaches high levels. |
29,492,304 | The baby died about six weeks ago but few details of the case were released.
The child was born in Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath, on 16 August and died on 22 August at Dublin's National Maternity Hospital.
The Health Service Executive (HSE), which runs the Republic of Ireland's public health se... | The Irish health authorities have begun an investigation following the death in hospital of a newborn baby. |
37,698,780 | Jamal Mahmoud, 21, died at the London prison on Tuesday. Two prisoners, aged 34 and 26, have been arrested on suspicion of murder.
BBC News understands the weapon used was a "hunting-style knife".
The motive is not yet clear, although claims about a dispute between gangs or drugs debts are being investigated.
It is und... | A prisoner has died and two others were critically injured in a stabbing at HMP Pentonville, leading to claims the prison system is in a "dark place". |
34,675,324 | Shaker Aamer was held at the US military base in Cuba over allegations he had led a Taliban unit and had met Osama Bin Laden, but was never charged.
Downing Street said there were "no plans" to detain him after his arrival.
Mr Aamer said he felt "obliged" to everyone who fought for him to be released, and to "bring an ... | The last British resident to be held in Guantanamo Bay has landed in the UK, having been detained for 13 years. |
40,458,245 | Quamari Serunkuma-Barnes, 15, was attacked as he left Capital City Academy in Willesden, north-west London, on 23 January.
Before he died in hospital, he managed to tell one of the nurses the name of his attacker.
The defendant, who cannot be named because of his age, had a string of convictions for violent behaviour.
... | A 15-year-old boy has been found guilty of murdering a teenager outside his school gate. |
33,520,805 | Autumn Veatch had been on a small plane with her step-grandparents which crashed in the North Cascades National Park in Washington state.
She is being treated in hospital, but has no life-threatening injuries.
It is not known what happened to Autumn's step-grandparents, whom she attempted to pull from the wreckage.
Aut... | A 16-year-old girl has been found after hiking to safety from the scene of a plane crash in a mountainous area of the north-western US. |
20,352,236 | It will allow the government to borrow additional money by selling bonds to pay for a large chunk of its expenses.
The approval comes amid fears that Japan's economy may be heading towards a recession.
The opposition had previously delayed the bill, demanding that the government call for elections first.
On Friday, Pri... | Japan's lawmakers have approved a crucial bill that will ensure that the government does not run out of money at the end of this month. |
29,364,484 | So how necessary is all the expensive tuition, if you want to help your child into a career treading the boards?
Tallulah Treadaway is living many girls' dreams. Aged just 12 she has spent the last year leaving her sister and two brothers at home in Sussex, to take the train to London to perform in the hit musical Mati... | If you're the parent of a budding Darcey Bussell or Benedict Cumberbatch you'll know how quickly the bills start flooding in from drama teachers, singing coaches and dance schools. |
21,818,075 | Warwickshire Police said officers were called out from 10:30 GMT in advance of the Blue Square Bet Premier League game between Nuneaton Town and Lincoln City.
British Transport Police and officers from the West Mercia and West Midlands forces helped in the operation.
Officers in riot gear began making arrests at The Gr... | Dozens of people were arrested after police in riot gear were deployed ahead of a football match in Nuneaton. |
17,668,134 | The base, near Albrighton, is home to the Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering.
Its future was put in doubt after the government announced last year that RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire would open a training college in 2013.
The RAF said working with private firms could help Cosford survive.
Station Commander Jamie Joh... | RAF Cosford in Shropshire could sell its training expertise to the business community if the government moves its defence operations. |
19,206,509 | The will was filed at Manhattan Surrogate court in New York earlier this week leaving instructions from the pioneering rapper, also known as MCA.
It read: "Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event may my image or name or any music or any artistic property created by me be used for advertising purposes."
Ya... | Late Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch has used his will to stop people from using his music or image in advertising. |
37,704,127 | Gordon Anglesea, 79, from Old Colwyn, was convicted of one charge of indecent assault against one boy, and three indecent assaults against another.
Addressing Anglesea at Mold Crown Court Judge Geraint Walters said "there can only be one sentence and that is a prison sentence".
North Wales Police's assistant chief cons... | A former north Wales police chief has been found guilty of historical child sex offences. |
29,445,925 | The senior brother had previously been moved out of Rubane House, where he abused young boys, and became principal of a school in Downpatrick.
The details were revealed at the Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) Inquiry.
It is examining allegations of abuse at Rubane House in Kircubbin.
About 200 former residents have... | The De La Salle religious order moved a serial sex abuser to Africa, in 1982, despite being aware of his crimes at a boys home in County Down. |
32,122,132 | Mr Bailey, 58, was arrested over the murder of French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier but never charged.
Ms Toscan Du Plantier was found beaten to death near her remote holiday home in west Cork on 23 December 1996.
Mr Bailey told Dublin high court his life has been destroyed for the past 19 years because the ... | Former journalist Ian Bailey, who had sued the Irish state for wrongful arrest for murder, has lost his case. |
39,183,145 | Simon, who previously worked for Renault, Ferrari and governing body the FIA, had been with Honda since they announced their return to F1 in 2013.
Simon is on gardening leave from his position and a Honda spokesman confirmed the 58-year-old's contract would end "some time this year".
He refused to comment on reports Si... | French engine expert Gilles Simon has left his role as a consultant to Honda's struggling Formula 1 programme. |
36,990,190 | When the dumbfounded PCSOs asked what was going on, the octogenarian replied: "I couldn't fit it in the car."
The man went on to say he was helping clear the house of a late relative who had collected stuffed animals.
An Altrincham Police spokeswoman said the reptile in question dated back to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in... | Three police community support officers were in for a shock while on patrol in a leafy Greater Manchester suburb - an old man carrying a giant crocodile. |
40,116,513 | Court, 74, has said she would not fly on Qantas "where possible" in protest at its support of same-sex marriage.
She then told a Christian radio station "tennis is full of lesbians".
In an open letter, Navratilova said: "We should not be celebrating this kind of behaviour."
The 60-year-old addressed her letter to the M... | Eighteen-time Grand Slam champion Martina Navratilova has renewed her call for the Margaret Court Arena to be renamed - describing the Australian as a "racist and a homophobe". |
36,397,500 | The members of the jury retired to consider their verdict on Friday morning. However, the case has now been adjourned until after the weekend.
The judge, Lord Burns, had earlier gone through the options available in terms of the charges against Rachel and Nyomi Fee.
He told members to consider the evidence dispassionat... | The jury in the Liam Fee murder trial has been sent home until Monday. |
36,088,194 | The bill does not ban pornography in the mainly Mormon state.
However, it calls for greater "efforts to prevent pornography exposure and addiction".
One group representing the adult entertainment industry attacked what it called "an old-fashioned morals bill".
Pornography, the bill says, "perpetuates a sexually toxic e... | The US state of Utah has become the first to declare pornography a public health risk in a move its governor says is to "protect our families and our young people". |
33,440,417 | In Nigeria, it is quite common that if you fire someone for gross misconduct, that person will turn up days later in the company of his or her grey-haired, widowed mother and maybe an aged uncle and a pregnant wife.
Together, they kneel at your doorstep and beg you to forgive, promising that the recalcitrant person wil... | In our series of letters from African journalists, novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani considers Nigerians' tendency to forgive past misdemeanours and what it means for the country's new president. |
37,332,112 | The TUC said its research showed top executives receive a year's worth of the minimum wage in just one day.
It said the average FTSE 100 boss was paid 123 times the average full-time salary, and called for "reality in boardrooms".
A spokesman for Prime Minister Theresa May said she had highlighted action was needed on ... | The pay of directors' at FTSE 100 firms has reached "stratospheric" levels, according to a trade union body. |
28,343,954 | David Obaze, 25, was fined A$3,000 (£1,643) after pleading guilty to fixing three semi-professional games in the Victoria Premier League.
Obaze is one of four Britons, all of whom played for VPL side Southern Stars, charged with corruption.
The four were handed life bans by world governing body Fifa last year.
Defender... | A third British footballer has been convicted by an Australian court of helping fix matches for a global betting syndicate. |
39,397,669 | Witnesses said they saw bodies being thrown "in the air" when the car mounted the pavement outside the Old Queen's Head in Islington.
Two knives were found at the scene but police said they are not treating the crash as terrorist-related.
Four teenagers were later arrested. None of those hurt are thought to have life-t... | Three people were taken to hospital after a car ploughed into a large group of people outside a north London pub. |
38,435,794 | Ferguson retired in 2013 as the club's most successful manager.
The 74-year-old Scot had stayed away from Carrington since then.
"He had not been back since he left, but I brought him back to be with his people," Mourinho told the United We Stand fanzine (subscription required).
"I wanted the players to see the big man... | Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has revealed former boss Sir Alex Ferguson has been back to the club's Carrington training ground several times this season. |
30,778,368 | The names of 25 ministers were read out at a ceremony in Kabul presided over by Mr Ghani and government chief executive Abdullah Abdullah.
The announcement comes after tortuous negotiations between the two former rivals who agreed to work together following disputed elections last year.
The cabinet still needs to be ap... | Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has unveiled his unity cabinet more than three months after he was sworn in. |
36,660,076 | The Lesedi la Rona, almost the size of a tennis ball, was unearthed in Botswana in November.
The rough diamond is 1,109 carats and believed to be more than 2.5 billion years old.
It had been expected to sell for more than £52m ($70m) but the highest bid was about £45m ($61m).
The auction at Sotheby's was the first time... | The world's largest uncut diamond has failed to sell at a London auction after bids did not reach the minimum reserve price. |
27,856,082 | China calls the island Yongxing and has been building up a settlement there for the last two years.
The school is expected to serve just 40 children, whose parents all work on the tiny island.
Last month, Chinese and Vietnamese ships clashed over a drilling rig that China has placed near the islands.
Beijing claims a U... | China says it will build a school in the disputed Paracel Islands, boosting its presence in waters also claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam. |
40,839,719 | The Right Reverend Graham Tomlin said residents should be at the heart of the investigation, which is believed to have killed at least 80 people.
"If you keep... the people directly affected by it out of the inquiry process, it just takes an awful lot longer to get to the truth," he said.
Dr Tomlin, whose diocese inclu... | The Bishop of Kensington has called for locals to be closely involved in the Grenfell Tower fire inquiry. |
27,534,303 | Stroud also remains a Conservative minority, while in Cheltenham the Liberal Democrats kept a majority rule.
The leader of Cheltenham's Conservatives, Rob Garnham, narrowly lost his seat to the Liberal Democrats, in a result that required a recount.
One of the country's youngest councillors was elected in Stroud.
In Gl... | Gloucester remains a Conservative minority administration after every party held their seats in the local elections. |
34,955,150 | The 51-year-old Welshman was only appointed in May, but the club are 16th in the table after Saturday's 4-0 home defeat by Swindon Town.
Saunders lost 11 of his 20 league games in charge, and the Spireites are only four points above the relegation zone.
Chairman Dave Allen said: "We will not be rushed into making a dec... | League One side Chesterfield have parted company with boss Dean Saunders after just six months in charge. |
33,918,502 | However, it could not confirm whether they were the "skulls of beheaded heroes" which President Robert Mugabe referred to earlier this week.
Zimbabwe's leader had demanded the return of those killed by the British in the late 1890s during the first uprising against colonial rule.
He made the remarks at the shrine to re... | The UK's Natural History Museum has said it may hold Zimbabwean human remains in its collection. |
39,707,105 | Bernard Watt was 28 when he was shot dead in Ardoyne in February 1971.
Soldiers told the new inquest into his killing on Monday that they shot him as he was about to throw a bomb.
But acting state pathologist Prof Jack Crane told the inquest on Tuesday that the injuries sustained by Mr Watt did not support the soldiers... | There is no evidence that a man killed during a north Belfast riot 46 years ago was holding an explosive device when he was shot, an inquest has heard. |
40,623,934 | Det Supt Tanya Jones said a member of the public discovered the body in the Basingstoke Canal at Woodham Lock in West Byfleet on Saturday.
Detectives are treating his death as suspicious. Officers are looking into the circumstances that led to him being found in the water.
Police believe they know who the man is and ha... | A man's body has been pulled from a canal in Surrey. |
17,095,887 | The 13-strong crew, part of a 25-nation coalition force, has been tasked to patrol two huge patches of ocean between the southern coast of Oman and the Horn of Africa.
It is where Somali pirates were last seen operating - and it is where they are thought to be lying in wait for their next victims.
Maritime piracy off t... | From a desert airbase in the United Arab Emirates, a Royal Australian Air Force Orion surveillance plane taxis along the tarmac. |
34,074,267 | Brookfield Renewable UK applied to develop a site at Larbrax, near Leswalt in Wigtownshire.
Dumfries and Galloway Council's landscape architect objected to the plans, claiming it would have an adverse visual impact on the surrounding coastal area.
Scottish Natural Heritage also raised "significant and serious concerns"... | Plans to build eight new wind turbines in the far south-west of Scotland have been rejected by councillors. |
35,789,765 | The seventh seeds beat three-time mixed doubles winners Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir of Indonesia 21-18 21-16 in Birmingham on Friday.
It means the Adcocks become the first British semi-finalists in the competition since 2008.
"We've broken the quarter-final curse that we've had for the last couple of years," said... | British duo Chris and Gabby Adcock have reached the All-England Championships semi-finals for the first time. |
20,676,345 | The UNHCR says it has accounted for 509,559 refugees so far, primarily in Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey, and that many more are yet to come forward.
More than 2m people are also thought to be internally displaced within Syria.
Meanwhile, a UK-based activist group says rebels led by an Islamist faction have seized an army ... | More than half a million people have now fled the conflict in Syria to neighbouring countries, according to the UN's refugee agency. |
35,587,234 | Last week he faced the embarrassment of being heckled in parliament during a chaotic session when he had to wait about an hour before he could make his state of the union address - an occasion that has all the pomp and ceremony as that of the US Congress.
That came hot on the heels of the biggest political U-turn in de... | South Africa's President Jacob Zuma is experiencing the dark night of the political soul. |
32,165,337 | Rochdale councillor Shakil Ahmed said he had thought his son Waheed, 22, was on a work placement in Birmingham.
The group - which also included children - from Rochdale were seized near the Syrian border.
In a statement, Mr Ahmed said he wanted his son to come home "so I can find out what's going on".
"My son is a good... | One of nine Britons detained in Turkey for allegedly trying to cross illegally into Syria has been named as the son of a Labour councillor. |
40,691,734 | The incident happened on the A923 Dundee to Coupar Angus road near Tullybaccart at about 02:30.
The 18-year-old was taken to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee but did not survive. Four other people in the car sustained minor injuries.
The road was closed for investigation work and officers are urging anyone who saw the car ... | A teenager has died after a one-car crash on a road north of Dundee. |
36,815,102 | Northern Pride is billed as one of the largest LGBT festivals in the UK and is now in its ninth year, with organisers hoping to top last year's record crowd of 71,000 people over its three days.
One of the highlights is the parade from the Civic Centre to the Town Moor.
Fun fair, stalls and musical performances will fe... | Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Newcastle for the annual Pride event. |
35,798,329 | The explosion happened at about 00:40 GMT on Sunday at a car dealership on the city's Cathedral Road.
Houses in the area were evacuated while army bomb experts searched the scene and examined the device.
Police said they believed the bomb was left at the dealership by a person carrying a backpack 10 minutes before it d... | A pipe bomb blast has caused damage to four vehicles in Armagh, police have said. |
33,647,189 | In the 2006 movie Superman Returns the young super hero plunges to Earth from planet Krypton, landing in the wide, undulating plains of Smallville, Kansas.
His spacecraft pierces the region's rich black soils and - so the story goes - Superman is raised on this sweeping farmland where he learns to run and jump and fly.... | Coal and gas mining continue to encroach on some of Australia's best farmland, pitting miners against farmers and creating a deep rift between the parties of the nation's ruling Conservative coalition. |
37,594,267 | The Frenchman created United's first with a neat flick for Scott Fraser, who calmly slot into the far corner.
In the second half Andreu scored the second with a wonderfully measured chip from the edge of the box.
United lost Mark Durnan late on to a second booking and St Mirren were unfortunate not to convert one of se... | Tony Andreu was at the heart of Dundee United's win in Jack Ross' first game in charge of St Mirren. |
39,104,866 | The government wants to reverse the effects of a court ruling which expands the number of people who can claim Personal Independence Payments.
The PM's official spokesman said the welfare system was a "strong safety net for those who are in need of it".
Meanwhile, a No 10 aide apologised for any offence after saying be... | Downing Street has defended plans to change access to disability benefits, saying that "nobody is losing out". |
29,317,540 | The 1996 world indoor champion, a bowls shop retailer, will again concentrate on his own competitive play.
Gourlay said: "For me, the head coach role was only ever going to be for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
"And I don't think that anything will ever beat that experience of being coach at a home Games."
Under Gourl... | David Gourlay is to step down from his role as Bowls Scotland head coach after leading his team to four medals at this summer's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. |
31,904,882 | Life "would be boring without gossip", he told Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev at talks in St Petersburg.
The 62-year-old appeared relaxed and smiled before the television cameras.
His disappearance from public view had sparked rumours that he might have fallen ill, died, been removed in a coup, or once again becom... | Russian President Vladimir Putin has laughed off speculation about his health after making his first appearance in public since 5 March. |
36,534,957 | Just a day after Mr Trump gave a speech on immigration and national security that included sweeping condemnations of Mr Obama's policies, the president responded with some of his harshest criticisms to date.
"Where does this stop?" Mr Obama asked. "The Orlando killer, one of the San Bernardino killers, the Fort Hood ki... | The political battle between President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump is now fully joined. |
35,878,624 | It comes after police in Shandong announced last month they had arrested a mother and her daughter accused of buying and selling vaccines illegally.
The estimated $88m (£61m) worth of vaccines were not properly refrigerated or transported.
The illegal vaccine ring, said to have been in operation since 2011, has sparke... | Thirty-seven people have been arrested in eastern China over a huge vaccine scandal, state media report. |
35,920,998 | The incident happened in Arcadia Street, in the city's Bridgeton area, at about 03:00 on Tuesday.
The officer and dog were hurt as the vehicle made off. Both received treatment for non-serious injuries.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said inquiries into the incident were ongoing and officers remained at the scene in Arc... | A police officer and police dog have been injured while responding to a report of a stolen car in Glasgow. |
39,397,071 | Southgate effectively used a three-man defence in the 1-0 friendly loss in Germany on Wednesday.
It is the same system used to good effect by Premier League leaders Chelsea and Italian champions Juventus.
"If he [Southgate] feels that's the right way to go, I think it's a really good way of playing," former England pla... | England boss Gareth Southgate must establish an identity for the national side, says Paul Scholes. |
37,282,858 | Although it was goalless at the break, the Villagers responded to four defeats in-a-row by taking the game to the hosts.
Thompson shot just wide from Taron Hare's cross, and Danny Clarke forced Sam Johnson into a good save.
It was no surprise when Thompson gave North Ferriby the advantage in the 49th minute. The deadli... | Reece Thompson's second-half goal handed North Ferriby their first ever away win in the fifth tier as they beat struggling Gateshead. |
37,177,097 | England manager Sam Allardyce has backed the idea of a British team at future Olympics, but the Football Association of Wales fears it could damage Wales' position as an independent footballing nation.
Team GB entered men's and women's sides at London 2012, but not at Rio 2016.
"For us, no. I don't agree with that," sa... | Wales boss Chris Coleman has dismissed the idea of Wales being part of a Team GB football side at the 2020 Olympics. |
36,617,599 | The remains were discovered by a quarry worker at Mepal on 16 May.
The man, aged between 30 and 50, could have died as long ago as the 1960s, but it is more likely his death occurred "about 10 years ago", police said.
It is thought the head came from a site 40 miles away in Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire.
Detectives have bee... | A severed head found in a Cambridgeshire quarry last month has been identified as male, but his identity remains a mystery. |
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Donnelly popped up at the back post to net a downward header from Martin Donnelly's cross in the 33rd minute.
The Reds stay eight points behind their north Belfast rivals at the summit thanks to their ninth consecutive victory over Ronnie McFall's side.
The Ports have now ... | Jay Donnelly scored the only goal as Cliftonville extended their unbeaten league run to six matches and kept up their pursuit of leaders Crusaders. |
35,748,798 | Five foreign cadets based at Bassingbourn Barracks, near Cambridge, were jailed last year for attacks in the city committed in 2014.
They were based in the UK as part of a British Government agreement to train Libyan troops.
The MoD confirmed it was considering compensation claims.
The first claimant is understood to b... | The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has received legal claims from victims raped and sexually assaulted by Libyan soldiers training in the UK. |
20,624,125 | Up to 25 people are being held, a top official told the BBC. Police are also reportedly hunting several students.
Espousing separatism is illegal in Sri Lanka. Suspects can be held without charge for 18 months.
The detentions come at a time of rising political tensions in the north.
Last week security forces and stude... | Police in northern Sri Lanka have made a series of arrests which they say are linked to combating terrorism, three years after the separatist Tamil Tigers were defeated. |
34,554,092 | Government figures show the resort has the most pregnant smokers per head of population.
Blackpool Council said smoking levels in the town had fallen from 33% five years ago to 27.2% now.
In 2013, it won an award for its work tackling the issue of smoking by expectant mothers.
Current NHS data shows the rate of smoking... | A councillor in Blackpool, which has England's highest smoking rate among pregnant women, has defended the town's record. |
38,667,123 | Chelsea Manning, whose sentence was commuted by the outgoing president, thanked him "for giving me a chance".
The 29-year-old transgender soldier, born Bradley Manning, gave embarrassing documents to Wikileaks in 2010.
At President Obama's final press conference on Wednesday, he declared that "justice has been served".... | The US army private serving a 35-year prison sentence for leaking classified documents has thanked President Barack Obama for shortening her sentence. |
38,574,178 | It comes after similar concerns about pressure on bed availability at the Borders General.
NHS Dumfries and Galloway said an upsurge in demand for services was being seen across Scotland.
It said work was ongoing to improve "patient flow" to deal with the increase in hospital admissions.
Infection control manager Elain... | Health chiefs have warned Dumfries Infirmary is facing "extreme" demand from people with flu-like symptoms and persistent coughs. |
38,916,805 | The car was stopped in Duncrue Street in Belfast on Wednesday evening at 20.15 GMT.
Police seized suspected herbal cannabis and cocaine thought to be worth a substantial amount.
The men, aged 28 and 31, have both been arrested for possession and supply-of-drug offences.
Det Insp Tom McClure from the PSNI's Reactive and... | Police say the arrests of two men following the seizure of drugs from a car in Belfast have dealt a blow to organised crime. |
41,000,296 | Root, 25, made his Notts debut in 2016 and his breakthrough came this season when he made 107 from 93 balls against Warwickshire in the One-Day Cup.
Bowler Luke Fletcher has also signed a new two-year deal at Trent Bridge.
Fletcher, 28, was struck on the head while bowling at Edgbaston in July - an injury that ended hi... | Billy Root, the younger brother of England captain Joe, has signed his first professional contract, agreeing a two-year deal with Nottinghamshire. |
38,905,858 | The office building had been owned by the Royal London Mutual Insurance Society but was put on the market for £40m in October.
The Grade I listed property has the two famous Liver Birds on its roof.
Along with the Cunard and Port of Liverpool Buildings, it is one of the Three Graces on the city's waterfront.
The 330,00... | Liverpool's iconic Royal Liver Building has been sold for £48m to Luxembourg-based real estate investment manager Corestate Capital Holding. |
31,618,375 | Mr Potts, who started his Tesco career at age 16 and rose to become retail director in the UK and chief executive of its Irish businesses, will take the helm on 16 March.
He takes over from Dalton Philips, who said in January he would leave the troubled supermarket after five years in charge.
The chain is battling fall... | Morrisons has named former Tesco director David Potts as its new chief executive. |
36,468,779 | The Queensferry Crossing had been expected to open at the end of 2016 but there are fears that adverse weather conditions may delay its completion.
Transport Scotland said the contractor was working to ensure the £1.35bn bridge was open "as soon as possible".
The Scottish Conservatives said any delay would be of "seri... | The Scottish government has been urged to confirm when the new Forth bridge will open. |
39,011,414 | Barclay suffered a shoulder injury in Scotland's 22-16 defeat by France on 12 February and came back to his Welsh region for a medical appraisal.
Pivac said the signs were promising after a scan on the injury.
"It was a good scan. He's getting treatment so fingers crossed he will be right for the Welsh Test," said Piva... | Scarlets coach Wayne Pivac is hopeful John Barclay will be fit to play for Scotland against Wales in the Six Nations on 25 February. |
40,263,643 | Inmates Donnie Russell Row and Ricky Dubose are suspected of overpowering the guards while being transported by bus to another facility.
Police say the men, who are both serving time for armed robbery at Baldwin State Prison, hijacked the prison transport bus.
They later commandeered another car, and are considered arm... | Two prison officers were shot and killed during an escape on Tuesday morning in the US state of Georgia. |
14,464,315 | Robert Dick was born in Tullibody, in 1811 and was apprenticed to a local baker after leaving school, aged 13.
But he began to study in his spare time, eventually becoming a world-renowned expert on the botany and geology of Caithness.
His achievements are being marked by the Tullibody History Group.
The group said the... | The life of a 19th Century Clackmannanshire baker who went on to become a world authority on botany is to be celebrated. |
29,833,355 | That was better than the 3% pace that economists had been expecting and follows the 4.6% growth rate recorded in the April-June quarter.
Strong export growth and higher government spending helped to boost growth in the third quarter.
In a sign of confidence in the US recovery, on Wednesday the Federal Reserve ended its... | The US economy grew at an annual rate of 3.5% in the July-September quarter, the Commerce Department has said. |
39,777,708 | They've been shipped from one of dozens of fish farms in the sea lochs of Scotland's north-west coast, where they swam earlier on Sunday in a large cage, machine fed for up to three years, growing as big as 8kg.
Mallaig is on a picturesque promontory looking over the sea to Skye. Its harbour used to heave with herring ... | Past midnight on Monday in Mallaig: a boat docks with a cargo of live salmon. |
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Phaedra Al Majid, a former international media officer for Qatar 2022, said she wanted to exact revenge after losing her campaign job.
She decided to go public after she said her "lies had gone too far".
Al Majid has now signed a legal affidavit retracting the allegations.... | The "whistleblower" behind a series of corruption allegations involving Fifa executive committee members and Qatar's 2022 World Cup bid has told the BBC she fabricated the claims. |
33,241,662 | The Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish administrations have their spending level dictated by the Barnett formula.
Under it, extra funding or cuts for England has an affect on the other nations, dependent on their population size and the powers devolved to them.
Stormont's finance committee says parts of the formula cou... | The finance ministers of the devolved UK administrations should present joint proposals for improving the way they are funded, a Stormont committee says. |
38,165,395 | Her department suggested schools could withdraw places offered to children if their families were found to be living in the country illegally.
The Home Office also wanted schools to carry out immigration checks.
Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner said the plan was "disgusting".
'Not government policy'
Chief Inspe... | Leaked cabinet letters suggest that the Home Office - when it was being run by Theresa May - wanted the children of illegal immigrants to go to the bottom of the list for school places. |
35,866,162 | The Stagecoach 585 service and the 4x4 crashed near the Rowan Tree restaurant, north of Ardrossan, at about 14:15.
The Scottish Ambulance Service has declared the scene a major incident. Two air ambulances attended, along with specialist trauma teams.
The road was closed while emergency crews dealt with the crash.
Poli... | One person has died and 11 others have been injured - two of them critically - after a bus and 4x4 vehicle collided on the A78 in North Ayrshire. |
38,416,077 | The 21-year-old scored twice for the non-league team in their FA Cup first-round defeat by Carlisle in November.
Morais has previously played in the Football League for Wycombe.
"He has scored some great goals already this season for St Albans, and we are pleased to have secured his signature," said Posh boss Grant McC... | Peterborough United have signed striker Junior Morias from National League South side St Albans for an undisclosed fee on a two-and-a-half year deal. |
33,226,659 | Ian Brunner, 47, and John-Mark Duffy were both part of Bedford's "town centre drinking community", Luton Crown Court heard.
Brunner admitted murdering Mr Duffy, 39, at a flat in Byron Crescent, Bedford, in January.
Judge Richard Foster said Brunner must serve at least 12-and-a-half years before becoming eligible for pa... | A man who stabbed his friend to death in an argument about a cannabis joint has been jailed for life. |
36,273,194 | It is the latest development in efforts to solve the mystery of the aircraft, which went missing in March 2014.
The plane, flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, had 239 people on board when it vanished.
It is presumed to have crashed into the sea after veering off course.
Three ships are searching a 120,000 sq km area o... | Two pieces of aircraft debris found on beaches in Mauritius and South Africa almost certainly came from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, say Malaysian and Australian officials. |
38,217,668 | Maxime Colin deflected Romaine Sawyers' second-half shot past replacement keeper Ivan Lucic to win a game high on chances but low on quality finishing.
Bees' top scorer Scott Hogan had three great chances to put his side ahead.
Tammy Abraham could have given City the lead, but he hit the bar early in the second half be... | Brentford won successive games for the second time in the Championship this season as they edged past Bristol City. |
37,214,001 | The Florida-based Scot finished The Barclays event on the PGA Tour in New York with a one-under-par 70, leaving him four over for the tournament.
That was only good enough for a tie for 60th, 13 shots behind winner Patrick Reed, leaving Knox 10th on the World Points list for Ryder Cup rankings.
Meanwhile back in Europe... | It was a final chance to catch the eye of European Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke before he confirms his three wildcard picks on Tuesday, but things did not quite go as planned for Russell Knox. |
40,329,494 | The scrapping of the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (Hefcw) was announced in January.
A white paper has now been published inviting views on the proposed Tertiary Education and Research Commission.
It aims to make sure Wales has "the skills needed to succeed in an increasingly competitive economy".
The new ... | Academic and workplace skills will be "equally valued" under plans to replace the university funding body, the Welsh Government has said. |
33,497,992 | A total of 177 roads have been lined up to be reconstructed this financial year, Surrey County Council said.
The remaining roads in the £100m project will be dealt with over the following two financial years.
Each of the roads will have "better, longer-lasting surfaces" and will be guaranteed to last 10 years.
Work pl... | More than 800 roads in Surrey are to be given "pothole proof" coatings over the next three years in an initiative to overhaul more than 300 miles of road. |
24,954,570 | A criminal investigation has begun into Pyotr Pavlensky's actions at the Kremlin wall on Sunday, the interior ministry told news agencies in Moscow.
Pavlensky was arrested but released the following day and placed under travel restrictions.
However, the 29-year-old now faces the charge of hooliganism.
The hooliganism c... | A naked performance artist who nailed his scrotum to Red Square as a political protest may face up to five years in prison, Russian media report. |
34,796,464 | Planned work at Saltdean Lido was halted last month after it was found an old substation had been removed.
Campaigners asked Brighton council to lend them £70,000 for a new one but the council said it would lend £10,000.
Saltdean Lido Community Interest Company (CIC) had wanted to avoid fundraising delays to the work, ... | A fundraising campaign has begun to try to revive plans to restore a Grade II* listed lido. |
39,853,234 | In the 1960s, South Korea was one of the poorest countries in the world. Today it's Asia's fourth largest economy and one of the world's most advanced.
That progress is largely thanks to the performance of its chaebols: massive family run conglomerates. But now businesses are being criticised for holding South Korea b... | For all the talk of North Korea and the controversial THAAD anti-missile system, my recent trip to South Korea left me in no doubt that for most voters, top of their minds going into the country's presidential elections is something far less headline-grabbing: the economy. |
37,266,255 | The King Charles spaniel was found on the A38 near Kennford service station in Devon on Thursday afternoon.
The owners of the dog, which suffered two suspected broken legs, have now been traced.
CCTV footage is being reviewed by police "to shed light" on the incident.
Devon and Cornwall Police said: "We are currently ... | An injured dog which was first thought to have been thrown from a car on a busy dual carriageway had probably escaped from home and run across the road, police say. |
38,931,990 | The 59-year-old actor and presenter has launched a petition to prevent buildings being demolished to make way for a new station.
A planned Crossrail 2 connection at Tottenham Court Road will see two new access points built in Soho.
Fry, who is chairman of Save Soho, warned the area "could change dramatically".
He said ... | Stephen Fry has said Crossrail 2 poses a threat to Soho's "authentic soul". |
32,430,330 | Gail O'Rorke, 43, of Kilclare Gardens, has denied assisting the suicide of Bernadette Forde on 6 June 2011.
Ms Forde died at her home in Dublin on 6 June 2011 after being denied travel to a clinic in Switzerland.
Ms O'Rorke told police it was agreed that another friend of the deceased, Mary Lundy, would be present.
The... | A Dublin woman on trial for assisting a suicide told police she was not present when her friend took a lethal dose of medication, but another friend was. |
40,234,710 | Mobile phone footage taken by a visitor to Marwell Zoo in Winchester showed the moment one of the Sulawesi macaques ran into a food shop.
Visitors took to social media to say they were locked inside shops while keepers tried to locate the pair at about 12:40 BST.
The monkeys were returned to their home within 30 minute... | A zoo was put on lockdown after two adult monkeys escaped from their enclosure in Hampshire. |
33,279,448 | Mhairi Black won the Paisley and Renfrewshire South seat for the SNP in last month's general election.
The 20-year-old sat her final exam on Scottish politics shortly after being elected.
She graduated along with the rest of her class in a ceremony at the university on Friday.
Ms Black posted a photograph of herself in... | The youngest MP in the House of Commons has graduated with a first class honours degree in politics from Glasgow University. |
40,914,643 | A woman died and 19 people were injured when a car rammed a crowd of people opposing a far-right rally there.
The FBI has opened a civil rights investigation into the incident.
Earlier, street brawls erupted between white nationalists and counter-protesters.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said "the violence and deaths ... | The governor of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, has said that his only message for the white supremacists who brought chaos to the city of Charlottesville is "Go home". |
39,549,922 | The hosts were closest to scoring in a cagey first half as Peter Whittingham's thunderous long-range shot hit the bar.
Gunnarsson won it for Cardiff with a swerving first-time effort from 25 yards, though Apostolos Vellios almost equalised but also hit the woodwork.
Forest drop to 21st place in the Championship table, ... | Nottingham Forest were plunged deeper into relegation trouble as Aron Gunnarsson gave Cardiff victory. |
35,113,727 | The 37-year-old was detained following a joint investigation between Lancashire Police and the RSPCA.
A member of the public filmed the dog being punched at about 15:15 GMT on 10 December in Hendon Road, Nelson.
The RSPCA said the dog - an adult female Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross - has been checked over by a vet a... | A man has been arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty after a dog was attacked on a Lancashire street. |
37,960,990 | Petersen, 35, who has spent the last two years with Lancashire, is charged with multiple breaches of Cricket South Africa's (CSA) anti-corruption code.
In January, as part of the same investigation, former Proteas spinner Gulam Bodi was banned for 20 years after admitting charges of contriving or attempting to fix matc... | Ex-South Africa batsman Alviro Petersen has been charged with match-fixing, following a lengthy investigation into the domestic Ram Slam T20 Challenge Series competition in 2015. |
38,094,691 | Luke Mallaband, 23, was caught after a woman at the University of East Anglia (UEA)'s library in Norwich realised she was being recorded and reported it.
Mallaband admitted six voyeurism offences at an earlier hearing.
He was given the three-year ban and a six-month curfew at Norwich Magistrates' Court.
Mallaband, form... | A former student who secretly filmed women using showers and toilets has been banned from entering female and gender-neutral loos. |
36,144,342 | An astronomy lecturer told the BBC the "little old rock" was not to blame.
Rocks are poor conductors of heat and although they cause fireballs when they streak through the Earth's atmosphere from space, even recent large meteor falls have not started fires.
The Bowie Volunteer Fire Department apologised and said the Tw... | Firefighters in Maryland have had to backtrack after blaming a meteorite for a brush fire. |
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