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37,270,599 | There's a growing impatience within the EU about the lack of clarity and lack of sense of urgency from the British cabinet.
A European commissioner has warned the British government that it needs to make a strategic choice - whether it wants to stay inside the single market or not.
Valdis Dombrovskis, commissioner for ... | The view from the calm shores of Italy's Lake Como is clear - Mrs May needs to hurry up and make it plain what Brexit means, apart from Brexit. |
40,481,177 | The hospital, which serves more than 200,000 people in Weston-super-Mare, will close between 22:00 and 08:00 BST.
Those with serious and life-threatening emergencies are being told to dial 999 and ambulances will take them to Bristol or Taunton.
The Trust said the the temporary move was necessary until it can guarantee... | Weston General Hospital's A&E department closes overnight later because it cannot be staffed safely. |
39,103,069 | The size of the change has come as a big surprise and several insurers have warned their profits will be dented.
However, the change has been welcomed by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL).
They said it was "long overdue" after lobbying for a change in the formula for several years.
APIL said the decisio... | The decision to radically alter the formula for calculating lump sum personal injury payments has shocked the insurance industry. |
35,037,995 | Lee's film revisits Michael Jackson's life story in Journey from Motown to Off the Wall, while Herzog has made a documentary about online culture.
Festival organisers announced the dramatic and documentary premieres days after revealing the competition titles.
Kristen Stewart, Anna Kendrick and Danny DeVito are among t... | Films by Spike Lee and Werner Herzog will be among those premiering at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. |
31,144,623 | Ali Bunney, 20, was found unconscious at the edge of Gloucestershire Airport last February. He died later.
He was an economics and accounting undergraduate at Cardiff University.
Gloucestershire coroner Katy Skerrett said Mr Bunney's was "a tragic death and a short-form conclusion will be an alcohol-related death."
But... | A drunk student died from hypothermia after walking home from a night out in Cheltenham in shirtsleeves in winter, an inquest has heard. |
38,274,855 | The 26-year-old Scot finished in 43.590 seconds, ahead of second-placed Choi Min-jeong of South Korea (43.612secs).
Christie won the event at the World Cup opener in Calgary, Canada.
She set a 500m world record in the quarter-finals at the second World Cup in Salt Lake City, USA but fell in the final.
Christie won a si... | British short track speed skater Elise Christie won 500m gold at the third World Cup event of the season in Shanghai, China. |
32,232,936 | The incident happened on Wednesday at about 18:00 in Wardieburn Place West.
The men, aged 43 and 45, had travelled from Aberdeen. They were attacked in a stairwell by two men who are then thought to have left by the back of the block.
Both victims suffered serious injuries and the 43-year-old man is in a critical condi... | An investigation has been launched into the attempted murder of two men who had travelled to Edinburgh to buy a car. |
38,130,634 | Jhon Cordoba shot past Manuel Neuer to give the hosts a surprise early lead before Robert Lewandowski equalised after being set up by Robben.
Robben headed home from Thomas Muller's cross to give Bayern the lead before a Lewandowski free-kick made it 3-1.
Bayern move above RB Leipzig on goal difference.
Both teams are ... | Bayern Munich returned to the top of the table as Arjen Robben scored one and set up another against Mainz on his 150th appearance in the Bundesliga. |
33,479,114 | Tests on animals, published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, showed healing times could be cut by nearly a third.
Experts said the early results were "quite impressive" but needed to be tested on people.
More than 200,000 people in the UK have chronic wounds which can take weeks to heal.
Ultrasound is alrea... | A blast of ultrasound can help stubborn chronic wounds heal more quickly, a study suggests. |
34,653,069 | Lee Galloway-Forbes, 45, from the city, was struck by a black Audi A6 car on North Esplanade West on Monday 7 September at about 18:00.
Police Scotland, renewing an appeal for witnesses, said he died in hospital on Saturday.
The occupants of the car, a 45-year-old man and a 45-year-old female passenger, were uninjured. | A pedestrian has died in hospital following a road accident in Aberdeen in September. |
36,247,170 | Mr Gwenlan, who was born in Brecon, Powys, was previously the head of comedy at BBC TV and BBC Wales and was awarded an OBE in 2013.
He was responsible for commissioning a string of hit series, including Yes Prime Minister, Blackadder, 'Allo 'Allo and One Foot In The Grave.
He was producer on The Fall and Rise of Regin... | The former producer of Only Fools and Horses, Gareth Gwenlan, has died at the age of 79. |
36,545,447 | The new company will take over Crown's 27.4% interest in two Macau businesses.
Macau is the world's largest gaming centre and the only place in China where casinos are allowed.
Its gaming revenues have been hurt by a slowdown in Chinese spending.
China's campaign against corruption and luxury spending began in late 201... | A crackdown on corruption in China has prompted Australian casino operator Crown Resorts to spin off its international assets into a separate company. |
39,120,743 | The visitors led 24-0 at the break through a brace from Sneyd and tries from Fetuli Talanoa and Albert Kelly.
Kelly bagged his second after the restart and Josh Griffin and Carlos Tuimavave scored before Sneyd crossed for his third of the evening.
Sam Wood and Oliver Roberts got consolation scores for the Giants in the... | Marc Sneyd scored a hat-trick and kicked eight goals as Hull FC comfortably won at Huddersfield Giants. |
35,974,648 | Professional hunter Lee Lightsey said the 15 ft (4.5m) beast was one of the biggest he had come across in 18 years and required a tractor to move it.
Mr Lightsey and hunting guide Blake Godwin discovered the alligator in cattle ponds while supervising a guided hunt on Saturday.
When the creature surfaced about 20ft (6m... | A hunter in the US has told the BBC how he shot an 800lb (360kg) alligator that was feasting on his farm's cattle. |
30,861,982 | The attack took place at about 06:00 in the northern town of Kidal. Residents said at least two suicide bombers were involved and a car bomb was detonated.
A soldier from Chad was killed and at least one other was injured.
A 9,000-strong UN force has been responsible for peacekeeping operations in Mali since July 2013.... | Gunmen have launched an attack on a UN camp in Mali, killing a UN peacekeeper, residents and eyewitnesses say. |
22,811,995 | "We were in real difficulty when Boko Haram were here; life was terrible - they extorted our money," he told the BBC in the village which lies just 40km (24 miles) from the porous border with Cameroon.
"They were moving around in the village with their cars - they went to [nearby] places like Chikunguldo and Wulgo as w... | "It was like a military coup here two months ago when all the government officials ran away," said a white-bearded elder in Kirenowa, as he described how his village in northern-eastern Nigeria came under the control of the Islamist group known as Boko Haram. |
35,370,555 | It says homeowners borrowed £220.3bn last year, up 8% on 2014 and the highest since 2008's total of £247.8bn.
However, the figure is still well below the £356bn lent at the peak of the property market in 2007.
The CML said lending had recovered faster than expected. Growing wages, falling unemployment and cheap mort... | Mortgage lending in 2015 was the highest for seven years, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). |
35,261,184 | This is probably because starch in spuds can trigger a sharp rise in blood sugar levels, they say.
Their study in the BMJ tracked more than 21,000 pregnancies.
But UK experts say proof is lacking and lots of people need to eat more starchy foods for fibre, as well as fresh fruit and veg.
The BMJ study linked high potat... | Eating potatoes or chips on most days of the week may increase a woman's risk of diabetes during pregnancy, say US researchers. |
36,750,995 | Kazakhstan's Golovkin is unbeaten in 35 professional fights with 32 knockouts.
British middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr had called out Golovkin, but Brook has got in before him.
"When this fight was offered I accepted in a minute. I'm a huge welterweight and I will carry my speed, accuracy and power through the we... | Britain's IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook will challenge undisputed world middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin in London on 10 September. |
35,940,067 | In recent weeks, North Korea has carried out a hydrogen bomb test and repeatedly test-fired missiles.
Mr Obama met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of a nuclear summit in Washington on Thursday.
But hours later, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said the North appeared to have test-fired another missile.
Th... | China and the United States will work together to try to prevent further missile tests by North Korea, US President Barack Obama says. |
40,696,992 | Andrew RT Davies has joined other politicians condemning the comments by north Wales AM Michelle Brown about Labour MP Chuka Umunna.
UKIP's chairman Paul Oakden has said the AM's actions will be investigated.
Ms Brown said she accepted her language was "inappropriate" and "apologised to anyone" offended.
The former leg... | A UKIP assembly member who made a racial slur about a black MP would have been suspended from the Conservative Party, says the Welsh Tory leader. |
29,620,474 | The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, now part of the National Crime Agency, took more than a year to pass the details on to police.
Canadian police sent files to CEOP on about 2,000 men, including Myles Bradbury, convicted in September of abusing boys at a hospital until 2013.
NCA head Keith Bristow tol... | A law enforcement chief has apologised for delays in acting on information about possible British paedophiles. |
36,738,813 | Barrow Borough Council's licensing committee spent three days considering David Gill's request.
But the council refused permission for the extension after inspectors raised concerns about "out-of-date practices".
Karen Brewer, the zoo's chief executive officer, said great strides had been made to improve the zoo and ke... | Councillors have refused to renew the licence of the owner and founder of South Lakes Safari Zoo. |
35,121,591 | A judge ordered that access to the popular messaging application be blocked in Brazil for two days from Thursday for its failure to comply with a court order.
Brazilian media reported that the judge wanted WhatsApp to provide investigators with access to the WhatsApp conversation of a suspect in a criminal case.
Brazil... | Brazilians angered at the 48-hour suspension by a court of the WhatsApp messaging application have been taking to social media. |
39,197,065 | 7 March 2017 Last updated at 14:19 GMT
UKIP's Jonathan Arnott will take on a Lib Dem activist at "chessboxing" which sees opponents fighting in the ring and then on the chess board.
He explains all on the Daily Politics, joined by Lib Dem leader Tim Farron, who is less than successful in a very speedy game of speed che... | As Brexit battles continue to rage in Parliament, one UKIP MEP is taking on a Liberal Democrat rival in another arena. |
19,799,908 | South Yorkshire MP Angela Smith said Barnsley businessman Tony Hickton's idea to improve transport links would need to provide value for money.
Mr Hickton said current routes between the two cities were not good enough.
He said a road and rail tunnel from around junction 36 of the M1 to the M67 would boost the economy.... | A proposal to build a tunnel through the Peak District, linking Sheffield and Manchester, should be looked at according to the area's MP. |
40,509,319 | Developer Burcote Wind has voiced disappointment at the recommendation for its 10-turbine Longburn project.
It said it had worked closely with communities over five years to make it suitable for the site near Carsphairn.
However, Dumfries and Galloway Council is being advised to reject the scheme due to cumulative land... | Planning officials have advised refusal for a wind farm the Mountaineering Council of Scotland said would form a "ring of steel" around a Galloway hill. |
40,939,274 | They were found in burial grounds in the Al-Kamin al-Sahrawi area in Minya province, south of Cairo.
The tombs contained a collection of different sarcophagi, or stone coffins, as well as clay fragments.
Egypt's antiquities ministry said the discovery "suggests that the area was a great cemetery for a long span of time... | Archaeologists have discovered three tombs that date back around 2,000 years in southern Egypt. |
39,717,459 | Graham, 21, played the last half an hour of Tuesday's 1-0 home defeat by Huddersfield, after 15 months out with a cruciate knee ligament injury.
"I thought he really livened the game up and got some bums off seats when he came on," Stearman, 29, told BBC WM.
"If he can stay fit then he'll be a force to be reckoned with... | Fit-again winger Jordan Graham will add an extra dimension to Wolves' attack next season, according to team-mate Richard Stearman. |
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The 27-year-old, who tested positive for two anabolic steroids, broke into the British team last year, competing at the European Indoor Championships.
Wilson blamed a contaminated sample for her positive test.
UK Anti-Doping chief Andy Parkinson said: "This sends a strong ... | British sprinter Bernice Wilson has failed in her appeal against a four-year suspension handed out after a positive drugs test in June 2011. |
39,704,581 | Officers were called to his constituency office in East Dunbartonshire on Tuesday afternoon.
Police set up a temporary cordon around the Townhead area in Kirkintilloch, although it has since been removed.
The package has been taken for examination by police. Mr Nicolson was last elected to represent the area at Westmin... | Police are investigating a suspicious package delivered to the office of the SNP's John Nicolson. |
35,488,857 | Every Chinese New Year as people board trains, planes, buses, cars and mopeds to head home for the warmth of the family reunion, they arrive battered and beleaguered, each with their own tale of travelling woe.
The 20-hour journeys with standing room only. The pickpockets. And just the sheer overwhelming numbers of peo... | For many millions it is an unavoidable ritual, something to be tolerated with as much patience as one can muster because the reward at the end is worth it. |
38,755,703 | The offers from West Ham and Burnley are in the region of £10m, though the Hammers' is higher.
Clarets boss Sean Dyche said there was a "difference" between a fee being agreed and "a player joining".
Meanwhile, Middlesbrough boss Aitor Karanka says his club are "working on offers with Hull".
"I think they rejected an o... | West Ham have joined Burnley in having an offer accepted by Hull for Robert Snodgrass, while Middlesbrough say they have also made a bid. |
33,459,640 | Berwickshire-based Hutton Stone is behind the bid to bring the Swinton Quarter Quarry back into use.
It says the rock there has "very good qualities" and some of it could be used on Historic Scotland properties.
The firm has made scoping request to Scottish Borders Council which could lead to a full planning applicatio... | A Scottish Borders quarry renowned for the quality of its stone could be reopened under plans to extract thousands of tonnes from the site. |
38,399,751 | The attack took place in the compound of the Helmand MP, Mir Wali. He is believed to have survived but two of his grandchildren are reported to have been killed.
Security forces at the scene say the gunmen are now holding hostages.
Security in Kabul has deteriorated significantly throughout 2016.
The three gunmen began... | Taliban militants in Afghanistan say they are responsible for attacking the house of a member of parliament in Kabul, killing at least five people. |
39,289,757 | The Britain's Got Talent judge has signed a deal with Scholastic to write two books about Aurora Beam, a young girl who happens to be a superhero.
The ex-Strictly champ said she wanted to "create a strong female character who young girls and boys can hopefully be inspired by and look up to".
The singer and presenter co... | Alesha Dixon is to become the latest celebrity to try her hand at writing books for children. |
37,427,799 | Lord Krebs sits on an independent panel which advises central government and the devolved administrations on greenhouse gas emissions.
Agriculture is the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in Northern Ireland, accounting for 29%.
He said flooding was the biggest risk, with about 60,000 homes vulnerable.
Lord Krebs, wh... | Northern Ireland needs to act now to prepare for the effects of climate change, a senior government adviser has warned. |
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There's an art to not exposing the weaknesses of your team, which is always your first priority
Since taking charge of a side that won last season's Premier League title by 11 points, David Moyes has endured a miserable eight months.
Clubs so often happy to leave United wi... | Manchester United will not win a trophy this season, and the man heralded as the "Chosen One" on a banner in the Stretford End has made too many poor choices of his own. |
35,910,818 | 28 March 2016 Last updated at 14:18 BST
Two motorists captured this footage of the koala taking a casual stroll along the road, stopping all the traffic.
Watch the video of the police helping it to safety. | A koala has received a police escort to save it from being injured, after it wandered onto a busy road in Brisbane, Australia. |
36,330,440 | Sales volumes were 1.3% higher in the month compared with March.
They were also 4.3% higher than a year earlier, the Office For National Statistics (ONS) said.
The ONS revised March's retail sales figures, showing retail sales fell by just 0.5% rather than 1.3%, as first estimated.
"Clothing stores remain the main drag... | UK retail sales volumes rose strongly in April despite lower spring clothing sales due to the cold weather, official figures show. |
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Buatsi, 23, won by knockout against Uzbek Elshod Rasulov - his second consecutive stoppage in Rio. He faces Abdelhafid Benchabla of Algeria next.
"I wasn't expecting to knock him out." Buatsi said.
Fellow Briton Pat McCormack progressed in the light-welterweight category, ... | British boxer Joshua Buatsi has reached the quarter-finals of the men's Olympic light-heavyweight competition. |
11,435,240 | What is the row about?
Hindus and Muslims have been at loggerheads for more than a century over the Babri mosque in Ayodhya, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
Hindus claim the mosque was the birthplace of one of their most revered deities, Lord Ram, and that it was built after the destruction of a Hindu temple by... | BBC News examines key questions surrounding the bitter dispute over the flashpoint religious site at Ayodhya in northern India - in 1992 it prompted some of the country's worst religious violence since partition. |
38,090,595 | Susan Norman, 68, died when tonnes of mud and rubble engulfed her flat in Looe, Cornwall, in March 2013.
An inquest jury concluded Cornwall Council had not listened to "consistent and frustrated complaints" from residents about previous landslips.
The authority has apologised to Mrs Norman's family.
More on the landsli... | A council ought to have known a grandmother faced "a real and immediate risk of death" from landslides, jurors have said. |
19,917,856 | Levi Leipheimer, George Hincapie, Tom Danielson, Christian Vande Velde and David Zabriskie all received reduced sentences because they gave evidence against Armstrong to Usada.
Leipheimer has been provisionally suspended by his Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling team.
Armstrong has been banned for life.
The 41-year-old, w... | Five of Lance Armstrong's former team-mates have received six-month doping bans from the United States Anti-Doping Agency (Usada). |
38,075,821 | Paul Kelly, deputy leader of North Lanarkshire Council, was speaking the day after plans for 500 redundancies at the Uddingston base were made public.
Belgium owners Ageas said it was looking to close the site by the end of March next year.
The Scottish government said it was "ready to assist" if jobs do go.
Mr Kelly t... | A taskforce to save jobs at the Kwik Fit insurance office in Lanarkshire should be set up "as soon as possible", a local councillor has said. |
36,833,231 | The focus of their report is on BT's Openreach division and its alleged failure to invest in fast fibre. But there are others with questions to answer - notably the government, the regulator, and the broadband users.
Because if, as the report says, "the UK is not adequately investing in critical telecoms infrastructure... | The MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport committee are clear - our UK broadband strategy is going down the wrong path and BT must shoulder much of the blame. |
26,666,103 | From April 2015 millions of people reaching retirement age will be able to spend their pension pot in any way they want.
In effect, the move will remove the requirement on many people with defined contribution pensions to buy an annuity, a financial product that guarantees an income for the rest of your life.
The gover... | A huge change in the way people fund their retirement is expected following the chancellor's "pension revolution". |
26,993,872 | The terror attacks, against government buildings in Oslo and a Labour party youth summer camp on Utoeya island, left 77 people dead and hundreds injured.
They left behind both a very public, national trauma and untold stories of personal grief across Norway.
Local memorials have already been unveiled in towns and villa... | A planned national memorial for the victims of Norwegian extreme-right mass killer Anders Behring Breivik could be postponed as locals and victims' relatives oppose the plan. |
39,282,274 | The pasty tax became synonymous with George Osborne's so-called Omnishambles Budget of 2012. The chancellor was forced to backtrack on several proposed tax rises - including charging 20% VAT on alterations to historic buildings and static caravans - in the weeks after his statement.
But it was the plan to charge 20% VA... | Chancellor Philip Hammond may have set a record by scrapping a planned rise in National Insurance for the self-employed less than a week after announcing it - here are some other contenders for quickest political U-turn of recent times. |
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World champions Argentina went ahead through a penalty corner in the sixth minute and Carla Rebecchi got the crucial second just before the break.
Alex Danson got one back on 65 minutes but there was not enough time to break down a strong defence again.
Argentina will play... | Great Britain's women will play for bronze after missing out on the hockey gold medal match with a 2-1 loss to Argentina at the Riverbank Arena. |
39,124,767 | The ban, which was proposed by the state's top two associations of traders, came into effect on Wednesday.
The associations say that soft drinks firms take too much water from rivers, leaving farmers struggling to irrigate their land at a time of severe drought.
More than a million shopkeepers are expected to comply wi... | Traders in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu have banned the sale of Coca-Cola and Pepsi in favour of local products. |
32,702,501 | Back in 2005, the then 16-year-old was annoyed that his Norfolk secondary school had put strict blocks on its computer network, to prevent the pupils from accessing music and games websites.
So, as a keen computer programmer he decided to use his knowledge to hack the system.
"I thought it would be fun to bypass the sc... | There are not many people who have become multimillionaires as a direct result of misbehaving at school, but Jack Cator is one of them. |
34,052,087 | Wildlife photographer Steve Trewhella shot footage of the rays earlier in August, confirming the site is a nursery for the endangered species.
Marine awareness officer Julie Hatcher said rays reproduced very slowly.
Nurseries are found in only in a couple of places along the south coast.
Ms Hatcher said the trust had l... | Dorset Wildlife Trust says new footage of endangered undulate rays in Studland Bay is "exciting", and could add weight to its campaign to have it made a marine conservation area. |
32,376,463 | The foreign ministry said Mr Comey had suggested in a Washington Post article that some Poles were accomplices.
After the summons US envoy Stephen Mull said he made it clear the US believed "Nazi Germany alone" was responsible.
Six million Polish citizens were killed by the Nazis during World War Two, half of them Jewi... | Poland has summoned the US ambassador and demanded an apology over comments on the Holocaust by FBI director James Comey. |
37,290,308 | The stage is a 27 metre (88ft) platform fitted to the rock face over Abereiddy's Blue Lagoon with 5,000 people expected to line the cliffs to see divers leap, twist and somersault, with concentration their only form of protection.
This is the third time the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series has come to Wales, and alon... | What used to be an old slate quarry in Pembrokeshire has once again been transformed into a coliseum for the world's most fearless divers. |
35,828,471 | Last November Whirlpool - the owner of the Hotpoint, Indesit and Creda brands - said the dryers could be dangerous as they allow lint to build up against the heating element.
The company has contacted more than three million customers offering repairs or money off a replacement.
But some owners face an 11-month wait.
L... | More action is needed to recall Whirlpool's fire-risk tumble dryers before someone dies, according to a leading Trading Standards officer. |
32,554,887 | Private equity firm ECI Partners will take a majority stake in the business, which sells a bicycle range developed in conjunction with Olympic gold medallist Sir Chris Hoy.
It is being sold by Active Private Equity, which bought its controlling interest in the then family-owned company for about £35m in 2008.
At the ti... | Evans Cycles has been sold in a deal thought to value the retailer at £100m. |
34,913,645 | Fishing and other activities on its waters are credited with supporting some 513 jobs.
The last review of the economic impact of the river was carried out in 2006.
The latest report by consultants SQW found that despite "a couple of testing years for anglers" its annual impact had risen from £18m to £24m.
The River Twe... | A report has found the value of the River Tweed to the economy of the Borders and North Northumberland has risen to £24m-a-year. |
25,765,975 | City boss Manuel Pellegrini wants to mark his debut season in England by securing all four trophies they are in.
And Kompany, 27, says it is inevitable that City will do the quadruple at some stage in the near future.
"We can't promise it will happen now, but eventually it will have to happen," said the Belgium defende... | Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany says it is only a matter of time before the club complete a record haul of four major trophies in a season. |
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He made his comments after the man who investigated claims of wrongdoing said the report was "erroneous".
"It's a bit of a joke, the whole process," Dyke told BBC Sport, adding that it looked "pretty ugly for Fifa".
The report cleared Russia and Qatar of corruption allegat... | Fifa's report into World Cup corruption is now pointless and a joke, according to English Football Association chairman Greg Dyke. |
40,811,022 | The club had hoped to build a 21,000-seater venue at Stoke Gifford on the outskirts of the city.
It said it was "disappointed" that discussions with UWE had "come to a close as the parties were unable to agree acceptable terms".
The university insisted it had "not given up on this hugely important project".
In 2011, th... | Bristol Rovers has abandoned plans to build a new stadium at the University of West of England (UWE). |
36,453,440 | The Englishman began the day leading by three but saw his advantage wiped out when he bogeyed the eighth and Nicolas Colsaerts sank his third birdie.
Fitzpatrick, 21, regained the lead with a birdie on the 10th and hit three more from the 13th to finish on 15 under.
Defending champion Alex Noren of Sweden is level with... | Matt Fitzpatrick extended his lead to five shots at the Nordea Masters in Stockholm by shooting a four-under-par 68 in Saturday's third round. |
34,792,835 | For six months the International Space Station (ISS) will be his home.
The ISS was launched back in 1998 and astronauts have been living on board ever since.
It's an important place to carry out tests and research that will help future space missions to places like the Moon and Mars.
Take a look at the ISS in numbers: | Major Tim Peake is getting ready to blast into space to complete his first mission. |
37,022,758 | Galit Nakash is to take a DNA test to determine if the girl is her biological daughter, following a court hearing.
If the results are negative, authorities say they will return the child to Sri Lanka straight away.
Ms Nakash was stopped when airport officials found she had used another child's passport to leave Sri Lan... | An Israeli woman and a baby who returned from Sri Lanka have been kept at Tel Aviv airport since Saturday amid questions over the child's origins. |
39,002,571 | The Portrush golfer, starting on the back nine on the Californian course, birdied the par-five 17th and hit more two birdies on the front nine.
He also bogeyed the par-three seventh and is tied for 30th place, five shots behind American leader Sam Saunders.
Padraig Harrington is tied for seventh place on four under alo... | Graeme McDowell carded a two-under par round of 69 at the opening round of the weather-interrupted Genesis Open. |
34,281,810 | A paper prepared for councillors said the council may need to scrap its pledge not to make staff compulsorily redundant.
The figure is 1,000 less than the 3,000 job losses predicted by the Unison union on Wednesday.
But it is 1,000 more than the council itself warned of in June.
The council expects to save £126m over f... | Edinburgh city council is warning 2,000 jobs could go over the next two years as it seeks to balance its books. |
35,106,846 | Maureen Bannister, from Leuchars, had not been seen since about 14:00 on Sunday. It is thought she had been walking her dog in the area of Tentsmuir Forest in north-east Fife.
On Monday evening, a body was found on Tentsmuir Beach by a member of the public.
Police have said Ms Bannister's death is being treated as "une... | Police have confirmed that a body found on a Fife beach was that of a missing 43-year-old woman. |
27,937,955 | The £100m scheme includes a new ground for non-league Boston United, along with shops and 500 homes in the Wyberton area of the town.
Wyberton Parish Council held the vote after residents called for it.
Of those eligible to vote, only 18.76% - 550 people - took part, of which 86% voted against the scheme.
Parish counci... | England's game against Uruguay has been partly blamed for a low turnout in a referendum on plans to build a football stadium and new homes in Lincolnshire. |
31,871,195 | The robbery, described as a "frightening attack" by police, happened at the salon in Gorgie Road at about 20:00 on Thursday.
Police said the woman had received minor bruising following a struggle.
Her son was also threatened with the knife when he arrived at the shop but was not harmed. The two men stole cash and a lap... | A 64-year-old woman was threatened by two men with a knife as she closed her beauty salon in Edinburgh. |
36,114,951 | Postal slips in Ceredigion, Preseli Pembrokeshire and Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire have been re-printed on tan-coloured paper to correct an error in the instructions.
Voters must discard the grey slips.
A Green Party source said its "Vote Green on Grey this May" leaflets and video were now useless as a resul... | The Green Party in Wales has been forced to abandon its "Vote Green on Grey" assembly campaign after an error meant postal slips will not be grey. |
33,266,358 | Eric Ruddy, 64, and his wife Carol, 54, were found dying in their home in December. He had been stabbed and beaten, she had been strangled.
Martin Ruddy, 29, stood to benefit from their savings of more than £80,000 as he was the sole beneficiary of their will, Newcastle Crown Court heard.
He had claimed the pair were ... | A man with mounting debts has been found guilty of murdering his parents in their Newcastle home. |
38,398,555 | Opposition lawmakers tried to block discussions on the introduction of manual vote-counting for next year's presidential election.
The government wants a back-up to the electronic system but the opposition says it is a way of rigging the poll.
Kenyan politics is known to be highly partisan and this is not the first phy... | A parliament session in Kenya has descended into chaos, with rival MPs trading punches. |
34,228,541 | Emergency services were called to New Road, Woodmancote, at 17:45 BST following reports of the accident
A police spokesman said an off-duty nurse and paramedics tried to save the woman, who was the driver of the car, but she was declared dead at the scene.
The van driver, a 53-year-old man from Cheltenham, was arrested... | A woman died in a collision between a car and a van in Gloucestershire. |
39,710,443 | In spite of a sales uptick, the firm on Tuesday said net earnings fell 15% to $763m (£595m) from $898m in the same period last year.
The firm also lowered its profit guidelines for the year.
The stock price fell on the news, dipping about 3% in early trading on Tuesday.
Lockheed has come under pressure for its F-35 fi... | Unexpected losses related to international business dragged down first-quarter profits at US defence giant Lockheed Martin. |
35,372,160 | The sum is half the record Lotto jackpot win - shared with a couple from Hawick who claimed their prize within days of the 9 January draw.
A spokesman for organisers Camelot urged players to "check, double-check and triple-check" their tickets.
The ticket had the winning numbers 26, 27, 46, 47, 52 and 58.
Updates on th... | An unclaimed National Lottery jackpot winning ticket that could earn the winner £33m was bought in the Worcester area, it has been revealed. |
32,086,288 | The Citizens Advice Bureau in Scotland said fees had "altered the balance of power" between workers and employers since they were introduced in 2013.
People face fees of up to £1,200 for their claims to be heard by a tribunal.
The UK Ministry of Justice said fee waivers were available for those who could not afford to... | The introduction of fees for employment tribunals has stopped thousands of Scots from challenging rogue employers, according to a charity. |
39,843,548 | The former US Open champion from Portrush picked up three birdies on the front nine to move into contention.
But his challenge faded with dropped shots at the 14th, 17th and 18th leaving him with a level-par 72.
McDowell finished on four under for the tournament and six shots behind winner Brian Harman.
Harman made a 2... | Graeme McDowell carded three late bogeys to finish in a tie for 18th at the Wells Fargo Championship in North Carolina on Sunday. |
38,588,315 | It happened in Oswestry, Shropshire, in January last year.
Arsene Cubaka, 24, Nathan McCarthy, 23, and Telmo Bernardo, 19, admitted GBH. Luke Cross, 23, was convicted of threats to kill and threats to cause criminal damage after a trial.
They were sentenced at Stafford Crown Court on 9 January.
See more stories from ac... | Four men have been jailed following a "pre-planned and orchestrated attack" in which a man was stabbed and left needing life-saving surgery. |
40,161,535 | RAF serviceman Corrie Mckeague went missing after a night out in Bury St Edmunds in September.
After a high-profile missing persons campaign, police revealed in March he may have ended up in a bin lorry.
About 4,430 tonnes of waste have been searched so far at a landfill site at Milton, Cambridgeshire.
On Monday, Suffo... | Police searching a landfill site for a missing airman have said they are finding "items from the right time" and place of his disappearance. |
37,450,162 | The report said cutting the higher rate from 40% to 30% would bring in about £500m extra a year after 10 years.
The higher rate is currently paid on annual taxable income of between £43,001 and £150,000.
Control over income tax is due to be split between UK and Welsh ministers, once an agreement can be reached.
The rep... | Reducing the higher rate of income tax in Wales would raise additional revenue by attracting high earners, according to research by Cardiff Business School. |
33,198,497 | The cockpit voice recorder from the accident off Shetland in 2013, in which four people died, was recovered by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch.
Prosecutors have not been able to access vital data to examine whether anyone was criminally responsible.
The ruling will be issued at midday.
The Air Accidents Investig... | A ruling into a bid by Scotland's top law officer to try to get air accident investigators to hand over the black box from a North Sea helicopter crash is to be issued. |
31,654,827 | The floral tribute of chrysanthemums included a note written by the duke.
Prince William is on a week-long trip to China and Japan where he will undertake engagements to promote UK relations with both countries.
He concluded his cemetery visit by signing a visitors' book, which had been placed next to a photograph of h... | The Duke of Cambridge has laid a wreath to commemorate the Commonwealth war dead at Japan's Yokohama War Cemetery. |
35,680,113 | Media playback is not supported on this device
Neilson and assistant Stevie Crawford signed new deals to take them up until the end of season 2017-18.
Saturday's 1-0 win over Kilmarnock moves the Edinburgh club 11 points clear in third place.
"I think there's a long way to go at this club and I want to be part of it," ... | Hearts head coach Robbie Neilson says he extended his Tynecastle contract because he wants to lead the club to the Premiership title. |
37,460,002 | There was little to choose between the sides in the first half, before the goal deluge began with two inside a minute just after the interval.
Kane Richards' pass released Johnny Hunt to put Chester ahead on 51 minutes before James Alabi quickly doubled their lead after a powerful run.
Chester then scored three more in... | Chester scored five second-half goals as they recorded their biggest win of the season at home to Dover. |
37,467,459 | England's Selby, 33, who beat Ding 18-14 in May's Crucible final, took a 3-1 lead before his Chinese opponent hit back, knocking in a 75 break for a 6-3 advantage going into the interval.
Back came Selby with a 76 and century before he levelled the match at 6-6.
But Ding, 29, took control once more, recording breaks of... | Ding Junhui won the Shanghai Masters for the second time with a 10-6 victory over world champion Mark Selby. |
39,355,814 | The 32-year-old has stepped up his rehabilitation after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament in October.
And he told Rangers TV: "It is going quite well and I am doing fitness work outside now on the pitch and I'm doing a lot of gym work.
"Come May, hopefully I can join in with the lads and do a full session, but the... | Rangers midfielder Niko Kranjcar hopes to fully recover from a knee injury in time for the start of next season. |
35,527,220 | Eggborough Power Station near Selby, North Yorkshire, will provide extra capacity to the grid next winter.
A spokeswoman for the firm said the deal would safeguard the jobs of 85% of the workforce for a year.
The 53-year-old coal-fired plant was due to stop generating in March.
Power will be supplied as part of the Nat... | A Yorkshire power station that was due to close with the loss of up to 262 jobs has signed a new 12-month contract to supply electricity to the National Grid. |
39,294,699 | The former Friends star talked about the primary school incident on a Wednesday-night television appearance.
Mr Perry was born in the US state of Massachusetts but raised in Ottawa, Canada and attended the same school as Mr Trudeau.
He said a friend recently reminded him of the long-ago altercation.
The actor and comed... | Actor Matthew Perry is claiming that he once "beat up" Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. |
15,835,984 | But Leeds chief executive Gary Hetherington has warned it could be the last played in England for some time.
Hetherington said Super League champions Leeds would have been prepared to travel to Australia.
He said: "It turned out to be too short a time scale for 2012 but it's very much on the agenda for the future."
The... | The 2012 World Club Challenge between English champions Leeds Rhinos and Australian champions Manly Sea Eagles will be played at Headingley. |
38,659,137 | Former Manchester City trainee Coulson, 22, joined Eastleigh from Oxford City in January 2016 and has scored six goals this season.
Muggleton, 21, moved to Barnet in 2014 and helped them win promotion back to the Football League two years ago.
Both players' moves are for undisclosed fees.
Find all the latest football t... | Barnet have signed winger Luke Coulson from National League side Eastleigh, with left-back Sam Muggleton moving in the opposite direction. |
39,501,566 | Ketamine is licensed to be used as an anaesthetic but has a reputation as an illegal party drug.
Writing in The Lancet Psychiatry, Dr Rupert McShane, who has led a trial in Oxford, since 2011 says ketamine can work on patients with depression "where nothing has helped before".
However, he is calling for a national regi... | Doctors trialling the use of ketamine to treat depression are calling for the treatment to be rolled out. |
33,399,836 | The Lionesses finished third at the Women's World Cup in Canada after beating Germany for the first time.
"In my book, the players have always been legends," he said.
"I hope now the rest of the world and the country marks them in their paper as legends of their country."
Media playback is not supported on this device
... | Head coach Mark Sampson said his players deserve to be legends after achieving the best placed finish by an England team since the men's side won the World Cup in 1966. |
29,307,120 | What began as anger over last month's attack has snowballed into fury over the authorities' response.
Protests reached a peak at the weekend when up to 25,000 marched through Calcutta's streets.
Students say they will not return to class until the vice-chancellor quits.
Dozens of students were injured when Vice-Chancel... | Students at Calcutta's Jadavpur University say they will continue a boycott despite a government vow to set up a panel to investigate a sexual assault on a female student. |
37,132,019 | The lorry was stopped just outside Armagh on Wednesday night.
A police officer told Newry Court that Conor Toal, 30, from Oakridge in Armagh city, was spotted passing objects from his car to the lorry.
It was driven by Darren Donnelly, 32, from Willowmount Avenue in Omagh, County Tyrone.
A subsequent search of the lorr... | Two men have been remanded in custody after being charged following the discovery of more than £400,000 in cash inside a lorry. |
39,023,837 | Sam Warburton and Justin Tipuric were the flankers in the 21-16 defeat in Cardiff, with Ross Moriarty outstanding at number eight.
Moriarty was replaced in the second half by fit-again Taulupe Faletau - but ex-flanker Williams said Wales "can't drop" the Gloucester man.
"It's working at the minute," he said.
"You keep ... | Wales should select the same back row that started against England when they travel to Scotland on Saturday, says ex-captain Martyn Williams. |
36,143,946 | The ICC Development Programme Annual Awards have been running since 2002 and are open to countries who are associate and affiliate members.
Cricket Scotland's Ian Sandbrook said: "This is great recognition for our clubs, schools, coaches, volunteers and staff that have all put in a huge amount of effort to grow and sus... | Scotland has won the International Cricket Council's Best Overall Cricket Development Programme Award for 2015. |
35,294,135 | The amount of money paid to home owners and businesses producing electricity from roof-top panels is to fall from 12.92p per kilowatt hour to 4.39p.
Based on government estimates, 1,870 out of 3,230 jobs are at risk.
Sheffield council voted on Wednesday to stop fitting panels on homes because it was no longer affordabl... | More than half the jobs in the solar panel industry in Yorkshire and the Humber are at risk through a government cut in subsidies for householders. |
11,828,846 | The authorities expressed concern over the incident and called for both countries "to do more" to contribute towards peace.
But Beijing did not condemn North Korea's actions.
Apart from issuing a couple of bland statements, the authorities here have said nothing.
That is not surprising.
When it comes to North Korea, Be... | While Western leaders and editorials have condemned North Korea's artillery barrage of its southern neighbour on Tuesday, in China the response has been more muted. |
39,747,577 | The former Liverpool striker fired the hosts into the lead before Ricardo Pereira doubled the lead.
Marquinhos pulled one back but Thiago Motta was dismissed for clashing with Paul Baysse before Anastasios Donis made it 3-1.
Angel Di Maria was shown a straight red for a challenge on Arnaud Souquet.
Victory for Nice see... | Mario Balotelli scored as Nice beat nine-man Paris St-Germain to leave Monaco firmly in the driving seat for their first Ligue 1 title for 17 years. |
36,292,650 | The victim, in his 30s, was attacked by a group of five or six youths in Grosvenor Street, Cheltenham, on Friday.
He was known to his attackers, Gloucestershire Police said.
All three boys were arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm (GBH).
The eldest, aged 14, was arrested separately from the younger pai... | A teenager and two 12-year-old boys have been arrested after a man was stabbed and hit with a baseball bat in a street attack. |
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