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17,710,355 | The terror attacks that traumatised this small nation have dominated political life and the media in Norway ever since.
Norwegians are weary of the wall-to-wall media coverage of the Breivik attacks but they are still searching for answers about what happened that day. In particular, the victims' families want to know ... | Preparations for the trial of Anders Behring Breivik have been going on since his dramatic arrest on the island of Utoeya on 22 July last year. |
31,530,667 | Opposition councillors accused the ruling Labour group of "arrogance" and not listening to the public's concerns.
The plans had also prompted protests outside the council's offices on Wednesday.
Council leader Peter Marland said he was "disappointed" but would work with other parties to agree a new budget.
The authorit... | Proposals for £22m council budget cuts in Milton Keynes have been rejected over fears they would adversely affect vulnerable people. |
34,611,123 | The void, which goes under the road on Cage Lane in Thetford, is about 3m (10ft) long and 1.5m (5ft) wide, Norfolk County Council said.
A lamp-post that was precariously close to the hole has been removed by workmen and the road cordoned-off.
The BBC has been unable to get in touch with the museum, but a volunteer told... | A sinkhole has opened up outside the Dad's Army Museum in Norfolk. |
38,784,812 | Arbroath won at Clyde, Elgin City beat visitors Edinburgh City and Annan Athletic hammered Stirling Albion.
And Montrose's 2-1 win over Berwick Rangers to move above Clyde in fifth.
Shane Sutherland got a hat-trick in Elgin's 3-1 defeat of Edinburgh, while Smart Osadolor and Max Wright each scored twice for Annan.
At S... | Forfar Athletic came from behind to beat bottom side Cowdenbeath and remain eight points clear at the top of Scottish League Two. |
35,614,271 | Gwent Police also confirmed the baby, discovered on wasteland close to Imperial Park on 29 January, was a boy.
The baby had been wrapped in a white towel with the words "St Annes" written along the edge and placed in the leather bag, police said.
The death is being treated as unexplained.
A post mortem previously showe... | Police searching for the mother of a newborn baby found dead in Newport have released an image of a bag identical to the one the child was found in. |
35,641,907 | Tries from Bill Meakes, James Hook and Ross Moriarty coupled with Hook's accuracy with the boot gave the Cherry and Whites a 25-6 half-time lead.
A scrappy second half saw little more than a couple of confrontations between both sides, before Gloucester's Tom Savage crossed the whitewash.
Gloucester are now just three ... | Gloucester ran in four tries to earn a comfortable bonus-point win over Newcastle Falcons at Kingsholm. |
40,454,532 | The five were jailed in September for raping a Finnish woman during a World League tournament in Tampere.
The appeals court in the south-western city of Turku reduced the five-year sentences handed down to four of them.
The longest of the revised prison terms is that of Osmany Uriarte Mestre - four years. Luis Sosa Sie... | A Finnish court has cut the jail terms of four members of Cuba's national volleyball team found guilty of rape, and released a fifth. |
36,495,055 | Police were called to the vessel near Wroxham Island, on Wroxham Broad, at about 16:00 BST after concerns were raised about the length of time it had not moved.
Officers found the two people and the dog and have started an inquiry into their deaths.
Norfolk Police said the deaths are being treated as unexplained.
Polic... | Two people and a dog have been found dead on a boat moored on the Norfolk Broads. |
38,509,828 | At least 183 procedures have been cancelled at hospitals across the north-east since the beginning of November, the health board said.
They include 13 procedures due to take place at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary since 1 January.
The health board blamed "staffing challenges and winter pressures, not budgetary constraints".
... | NHS Grampian has had to cancel routine operations because of a shortage of theatre nurses. |
32,938,129 | Nerijus Gudelevicius would entice Lithuanians to the UK with the promise of paid work, delivering and collecting charity clothes bags.
The 34-year-old, of Westlea, Swindon, was found guilty at Swindon Crown Court of two charges of human trafficking.
He was cleared of a further four charges of slavery and released on co... | A man has been found guilty of human trafficking in what police have called a case of "modern slavery". |
34,070,695 | Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow are accused of climbing a fence to break into a government compound at the start of the demonstrations.
Mr Wong, 18, has said he did not do anything illegal.
The protests, against proposed changes to Hong Kong electoral system, began in late September.
At the height of the movement... | Three prominent Hong Kong student leaders have been charged over their roles in the pro-democracy "Umbrella Movement" of 2014. |
39,164,098 | Spurs had struggled to break down a disciplined Palace side for much of the game and it looked like they would have to settle for a point.
But Eriksen fired into the bottom corner from 30 yards late on to keep Spurs within four points of Chelsea with five games remaining.
Palace, who lost influential defender Mamadou S... | Tottenham kept up the pressure on Premier League leaders Chelsea as Christian Eriksen's superb long-range strike secured a hard-fought victory at Crystal Palace. |
31,997,578 | They say the man, named as Richard White, 62, attacked an airport security worker with wasp spray before striking another on the arm with a large knife.
Police said he was "unresponsive" after being shot in the leg, chest and face but was taken to a local hospital.
Several bystanders were said to have been treated for ... | US security staff shot a knife-wielding man three times at New Orleans international airport after he tried to storm a checkpoint, officials say. |
38,957,996 | Emergency services were called to Holyhead's Newry Beach at about 22:50 GMT on Sunday.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Officers believe she is local to the area, although no formal identification has taken place.
The death is not being treated as suspicious and the coroner as been informed.
Insp Jason Higgi... | A woman's body has been discovered at a beach on Anglesey, police have said. |
40,746,233 | The child, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was taken into foster care in Gloucestershire while on a supervised visit with its father.
The parents should have been given 14 days notice, and "serious errors" were made by the local authority, a family court ruled.
Gloucestershire County Council has apologised and s... | A baby was removed from its vulnerable mother unlawfully, a judge has ruled. |
38,567,813 | Kuba Oles was travelling at a minimum of 80mph (129km/h) when he hit Georgie Ann Evans' car in Dudley on 27 October.
Oles, 25, who had sped down Priory Road, only suffered minor leg injuries, West Midlands Police said.
Oles, from Beaconview Road, West Bromwich, admitted causing death by dangerous driving when he appear... | A man who killed an 18-year-old motorist in a crash that split her car in two has been jailed for six years. |
39,141,231 | The agreement between the Ceredigion library and Cardiff University means the public will be able to access resources from a new base in the Arts and Social Studies Library.
Previously they were only available on site in Aberystwyth.
There are also plans for joint exhibitions, lectures and events. | People will be able to access the National Library of Wales' digital collections from Cardiff under a new agreement. |
27,652,832 | Edinho is a retired footballer who played goalkeeper for Pele's old club, Santos, in the 1990s.
He was first arrested in 2005 and has served a sentence for drug trafficking offences and links with a notorious drug dealer in the city of Santos.
He admits he had a drug problem but denies the trafficking charges.
The ruli... | The son of the Brazilian football legend Pele has been sentenced to 33 years in jail for laundering money raised from drug trafficking. |
37,908,041 | A report by NHS Shetland has suggested the move, in a bid to curb excessive drinking.
About three-quarters of all alcohol consumed in Scotland is now bought from supermarkets or off licences.
The proposal will be considered by the local licensing board after the council elections next year.
Elizabeth Robinson, one of t... | A proposal that supermarkets and off licences should only be able to sell alcohol later in the day is to be considered in Shetland. |
33,132,430 | A team of archaeologists and volunteers has spent five years investigating the origins of 17 altars found at Maryport Roman fort in 1870.
Now the final phase of the Maryport Roman Temples project is under way.
Project director, professor Ian Haynes, said "so much depends" on the "last crucial season" of the dig.
Built ... | The final part of a Cumbrian excavation to unearth the history of what is believed to be the biggest ever find of Roman altars in Britain has begun. |
35,372,113 | Setting off at a leisurely pace through the west end, the former governor of California promptly began cycling on the wrong side of the street.
The Terminator star was in the capital to attend a black-tie dinner in his honour at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.
The Hollywood star is often spotted cycling ... | Action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger has taken to the streets of Edinburgh for a morning bike ride. |
38,771,649 | The 21-year-old made his debut for the League Two Essex side in 2013 and scored 14 goals in 76 appearances.
He spent part of this season on loan at National League leaders Lincoln City, where his only goal in eight outings came in a 1-0 win at Tranmere Rovers
Woking are in the relegation zone with one win in their last... | National League Woking have signed striker Macauley Bonne on a one-month loan from Colchester United. |
36,380,329 | The 22-year-old joined the Shakers in August 2014, following a brief loan spell at the club, and went on to make 81 appearances in all competitions.
Rose said: "[Moving to Mansfield] means playing games regularly, scoring a few goals, contributing to the team and hopefully a push towards promotion.
"It's a good club an... | Mansfield have signed striker Danny Rose from Bury for an undisclosed fee. |
38,338,749 | The Brazilian's 25-yard left-foot shot swerved in off the underside of the bar to send bottom club Darmstadt to a seventh straight defeat.
Bayern laboured for much of the game against spirited opponents.
Peter Niemeyer should have equalised, heading straight at Manuel Neuer, who had parried Jerome Gondorf's free-kick.
... | Douglas Costa's spectacular winner took Bayern Munich top of the Bundesliga on goal difference before Wednesday's meeting with title rivals RB Leipzig. |
34,102,536 | This follows reports that some restaurant chains are regularly holding back some or all of the tips meant for their staff.
The investigation will consider whether there should be a cap on the proportion of tips businesses can withhold.
Trade union Unite opposes this, however, saying it would be "impossible to enforce".... | Business Secretary Sajid Javid has ordered an investigation into the "abuse" of tipping in restaurants. |
40,715,307 | In March, the Gulf state said that those without papers would not be arrested if they left within 90 days.
The deadline was extended by another month, but so far only 60,000 out of an estimated 400,000 Ethiopians have left, the Ethiopian government says.
Ethiopians make up a large portion of the kingdom's undocumented ... | Ethiopia says that only a fraction of its citizens working illegally in Saudi Arabia have returned home before today's amnesty deadline. |
32,478,861 | Billy Mankelow was found in a railway arch, on Swinegate near Commercial Garages, at 03:20 BST on Saturday. Police said he had been assaulted.
The 20-year-old from Tonbridge, Kent had surgery but died on Sunday.
A 31-year-old man from Leeds has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is being held in police custody.
D... | A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a 20-year-old found with severe head injuries near Leeds railway station. |
32,789,613 | The 21-year-old will finalise a £31m move to Old Trafford when the transfer window opens in June.
Depay made his final appearance for PSV on Sunday, playing 83 minutes of their 3-2 victory at Den Haag.
He finished the season as Eredivisie's top scorer with 22 goals as PSV secured their first Dutch title since 2008. | PSV Eindhoven winger Memphis Depay has completed a medical at Manchester United. |
39,945,264 | DM Awasthi, the chief of the state's anti-Maoist force, told the AFP news agency that the clash took place near Bijapur district.
The region has seen a long-running insurgency by Maoists. The rebels killed 24 troops last month.
The Maoists say they are fighting for communist rule and greater rights for tribal people an... | Police in India say they have killed 16 Maoist rebels in the central state of Chhattisgarh. |
34,868,412 | At the same time though, they realise the Belgian jihadist's whereabouts was just one strand in a complex and evolving investigation being pursued under the enormous pressure created by the knowledge that their enemy may launch murderous follow-on attacks at any moment.
On Wednesday evening, Paris prosecutor Francois M... | News that Abdelhamid Abaaoud, believed to be the ringleader of the Paris attacks, had died during a French police raid came as a welcome win for investigators. |
36,439,551 | Ex-Wales striker John Hartson is concerned that the risk of injury is too great with the tournament less than a week away.
Coleman's team start their Euro 2016 campaign against Slovakia six days after their Stockholm visit, and already have several injury concerns.
"I don't think he'll take many chances with his big pl... | Wales manager Chris Coleman has been urged to rest his star men in Wales' final warm-up game before the Euros. |
37,177,938 | He appeared before 15,000 activists in Jackson, Mississippi, being introduced by and sharing the stage with Mr Trump.
And he said the party could "beat the pollsters" in the presidential race.
Mr Trump, who is trailing his rival Hillary Clinton in the opinion polls, backed the UK's exit from the EU.
In a tweet last wee... | Outgoing UKIP leader Nigel Farage has urged Republicans to "get your walking boots on" and drum up support for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. |
31,896,919 | Mr Farron was quoted in the Mail on Sunday suggesting that the Lib Dem brand would be tainted for a generation by governing with the Conservatives.
Lord Ashdown said: "Tim's a very able guy but at the moment judgement is not his strong suit."
He was asked about Mr Farron's comments on Radio 5 Live's Pienaar's Politics.... | Lord Ashdown has said Tim Farron - one of the frontrunners to be a future Liberal Democrat leader - lacks judgement. |
36,492,758 | The 31-year-old, who joined the Reds in 2014, has the option to extend his stay at the West Sussex club by a further year as part of the deal.
Harrold scored nine goals in 39 appearances last season.
"I know what he can bring. He can handle himself physically but his touch and positional play is excellent," Crawley hea... | Crawley Town striker Matt Harrold has signed a new one-year contract with the League Two club. |
33,144,076 | A "limited number" of European shops would also close, the San-Francisco-based company said in a statement.
In addition, Gap will also cut about 250 jobs from its head office.
It has been struggling with falling sales as it competes with the likes of Europe's H&M and Zara.
Like-for-like sales for the Gap brand fell by ... | The retailer Gap is to close 175 stores across North America over the next few years as it attempts to turn around the business. |
30,997,004 | The body of Alice, 14, was found in the River Brent in west London on 30 September after she went missing a month earlier.
The corpse of Latvian builder Zalkalns was found less than two miles away in Boston Manor Park, on 4 October.
The Met Police has told the Crown Prosecution Service it thinks Zalkalns was responsibl... | Charges would have been brought against Alice Gross murder suspect Arnis Zalkalns if he had lived, police say. |
25,208,232 | New Zealand, who set a new record in the professional era by winning all 14 of their Tests in 2013, won team of the year for the seventh time.
And Steven Hansen was named coach of the year for the second time in a row.
"This is fantastic recognition of a very special team," said New Zealand Rugby chairman Mike Eagle.
K... | New Zealand number eight Kieran Read has been named world player of the year as the All Blacks dominated the International Rugby Board awards. |
36,296,517 | Arteta, 34, joined the club in 2011 and made 150 appearances, scoring 17 goals.
Rosicky, 35, signed in 2006 and was given an award for 246 appearances and 10 years of service before the Gunners' final-day win over Aston Villa.
Manager Arsene Wenger described the pair as "two exceptional players and influences in the dr... | Arsenal captain Mikel Arteta and fellow midfielder Tomas Rosicky will leave the Premier League club when their contracts expire this summer. |
38,818,482 | The 49-year-old Colorado native, whose legal pedigree includes Harvard and Oxford, would succeed the late Justice Antonin Scalia if confirmed.
He is favoured by many conservatives who consider him to espouse a similarly strict interpretation of law as Scalia.
Judge Gorsuch was first nominated to the 10th US Circuit Cou... | President Trump's Supreme Court pick, Judge Neil Gorsuch, is the youngest such nominee in a quarter of a century. |
35,429,046 | The 27-year-old, who came through City's academy, left for Reading in 2006 after making 15 appearances.
Golbourne, who joined Wolves in August 2013 and played 92 times for Wanderers, would have been out of contract at Molineux at the end of the season.
"Scott is a Bristol lad and that's important to us," said interim m... | Bristol City have re-signed former defender Scott Golbourne from Wolves on a two-and-a-half year deal. |
35,939,222 | Blackwell, 25, was taken to hospital after Saturday's British middleweight title fight with Chris Eubank Jr was stopped in round 10.
He suffered a small bleed on the brain but has not required surgery.
"I'm told the vital signs are good and doctors are cautiously optimistic," Costello told BBC Radio 5 live.
Blackwell i... | Nick Blackwell's family expect the boxer to wake from his induced coma in the next 48 to 72 hours, reports BBC boxing correspondent Mike Costello. |
37,439,513 | The distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack was aimed at the website of industry expert Brian Krebs.
At its peak, the attack aimed 620 gigabits of data a second at the site.
Text found in attack data packets suggested it was mounted to protest against Mr Krebs' work to uncover who was behind a prolific DDoS attack.... | One of the biggest web attacks ever seen has been aimed at a security blogger after he exposed hackers who carry out such attacks for cash. |
29,010,588 | To others, Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) - or Alternative for Germany - is a dangerous populist force, whipping up anti-foreigner feeling, and giving right-wing extremist ideology a respectable face.
Either way, few are indifferent to Germany's new anti-euro party.
It was founded last year as a protest against Ger... | To some, it is a party that speaks up for the people, challenging Germany's pro-European political establishment, and tackling tough issues which other parties are afraid to mention. |
35,773,061 | Quoting banking officials, the agency said the gang behind the raid used stolen credentials to make requests to transfer cash look legitimate.
If all the requests had gone unchallenged, the gang would have got away with about $1bn.
However, the transfers were stopped when the volume of requests raised suspicions at oth... | Cyberthieves who targeted Bangladesh's central bank tried to get away with $1bn (£700m), reports Reuters. |
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Gabbiadini scored twice to bring Saints level at 2-2, but had what would have been the opener incorrectly ruled out.
"Gabbiadini's first was a good goal, it should have stood. He scored three good goals," Puel said.
"It's a lot of disappointment. We deserved better," the F... | Southampton manager Claude Puel says he would like to see video technology used for offside after Manolo Gabbiadini's disallowed goal in the 3-2 EFL Cup final defeat by Manchester United. |
39,769,744 | The New Zealander wants them to finish as the top Welsh team in the table and also stake claims for places for Wales' summer tour Tests against Samoa and Tonga.
Scarlets have secured a top-four finish and Ospreys are all but assured of qualifying for the play-offs.
"One of the team goals was to be the top Welsh region,... | Scarlets boss Wayne Pivac has given his players a double target when they host Ospreys in the Pro12 on Saturday. |
32,304,963 | For Will Stevens, it couldn't be further back.
The 23-year-old from Essex is in his debut season in F1 with the struggling Manor team, revived at the 11th hour ahead of the 2015 season from the ashes of Marussia, who collapsed three races before the end of last year.
It is hard to think of a more difficult place to try... | Every Formula 1 driver has to start somewhere and often that's closer to the rear of the field than the front. |
19,188,421 | The dangers of allowing ungoverned space, where militant groups have launched attacks on neighbouring Israel, ought to have been obvious to anybody in Cairo, but it was only the killing of 16 of their border guards on Sunday that finally prompted action.
The inhabitants of the Sinai Peninsula, notably some of its Bedou... | For many months Egyptian government control of the Sinai Peninsula has been tenuous at best. |
39,567,024 | Following the announcement of the new global calendar in March, Premiership Rugby confirmed the 2019-20 domestic season will start in early September and finish at the end of June.
However, players have voiced their concerns about the schedule.
"I think it fills us all with a bit with dread," Tigers hooker Youngs, 30, ... | The proposed 10-month Premiership rugby season "fills players with dread", says Leicester Tigers captain Tom Youngs. |
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The Ross County striker transferred his prolific club form onto the international stage to beat the All Whites in the friendly in Belfast.
"My family were all in the stands so to score in front of all of the fans and hear the noise of a goal was unreal.
"I thought I took m... | Liam Boyce described the feeling of scoring his first international goal as "unreal" after netting the winner for Northern Ireland against New Zealand. |
34,461,941 | Victory in Australia's High Court was the culmination of a long battle for the Brisbane woman, twice, who has been diagnosed with breast cancer herself.
In an interview with Australia's ABC, she said the pain of chemotherapy was what motivated her to begin her campaign.
"I have met a lot of women with genetic cancer an... | Yvonne D'Arcy, who has won a landmark court case against the patenting of a cancer gene, is an Australian grandmother and has twice survived cancer. |
35,859,402 | Lee Cook's fourth-minute shot from the right-hand side of the penalty box was enough to separate the sides.
Brendan Moore denied Cook a second in the first half while Angus MacDonald twice went close for the Gulls.
Torquay, who had been on an eight-game unbeaten run, have now lost two in a row and are two points from s... | Eastleigh moved to within two points of the National League play-off places as they won at relegation-threatened Torquay United. |
37,145,638 | The Briton is trying to be the first rider in 38 years to win the Tour de France and Vuelta in the same year.
Another of Froome's key rivals, Nairo Quintana, finished four-hundredths of a second adrift with his Movistar squad.
Manxman Pete Kennaugh led the Team Sky squad over the finish line to take the race leader's r... | Chris Froome opened a 52-second lead over rival Alberto Contador after Team Sky won the team time trial on the opening stage of the Vuelta a Espana. |
38,099,451 | The £20m contract is with wind farm developer Scottishpower Renewables.
The engineering firm is to make 24 steel foundation jackets for wind turbines to be used in the North Sea. The work will take two years to complete.
Harland and Wolff said the new contract is "very significant for Belfast".
It added that the struct... | Harland and Wolff has secured a major manufacturing contract that it says will support 200 jobs. |
35,398,489 | Swansea are four points clear of the relegation zone after a much-needed 2-1 win at Everton.
The Swans had beaten Watford earlier in the week and Williams wants the team to continue the momentum.
"The main thing is we build on it and that was my message before the game," Williams said.
"We want to put a run together no... | Captain Ashley Williams has challenged Swansea City to maintain their winning form following back-to-back wins in the Premier League. |
32,085,218 | The actor, best known for playing the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit wizard Gandalf and the X-Men supervillain Magneto, is to be given a star in the town's Believe Square.
The 75-year-old lived in Wigan in the 1940s and has said he was inspired to act by watching market traders there.
He said he was looking forward to re... | Sir Ian McKellen is to be honoured by his childhood hometown of Wigan. |
34,257,285 | It fell from 170th best ranked university in the world in 2014/15 to 182nd in the QS World University Rankings for 2015/16.
Ulster University, meanwhile, was ranked in a band from 551-600 in 2015/16, similar to last year.
The QS rankings are one of the most authoritative rankings of universities across the globe.
The r... | Queen's University, Belfast (QUB) has fallen 12 places in the latest global university rankings. |
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Anderson had West Indies captain Denesh Ramdin caught at slip for his 384th victim as the first Test was drawn.
"I've tried to block it out as much as possible, but I'm thankful that I've now got there and people can stop talking about it," the 32-year-old Lancashire bowle... | James Anderson said he was relieved and proud to have overtaken Sir Ian Botham as England's top Test wicket-taker. |
19,400,974 | The detonation happened shortly before 22:00 local time (20:00 GMT) in the Schwabing district and was heard across the city, local media report.
There are reports that sparks from the explosion caused the roofs of some neighbouring buildings to catch fire.
The bomb was discovered on Monday night by building workers at ... | A bomb disposal team has detonated an American bomb left over from World War II found in the German city of Munich. |
34,790,223 | David Cameron told the Conservative leader of Oxfordshire County Council, Ian Hudspeth, that potential reductions in services were unwelcome.
He suggested cuts in back office functions instead and offered to set up a meeting with the No 10 policy unit.
Labour has asked the Cabinet Secretary if that broke the ministeria... | Labour has accused David Cameron of being hypocritical by writing to his local council in Oxfordshire to complain about proposed cuts. |
35,801,247 | The fighter gave himself up when he was approached near the town of Sinjar on Monday morning, an Iraqi Kurdish general said.
He was reportedly carrying a large quantity of cash, three phones and a US driving licence.
The US is leading an international military coalition against IS.
The US state department said that it ... | US officials are checking reports that an American member of the so-called "Islamic State" group (IS) has been held in northern Iraq. |
35,464,459 | The 24-year-old was found dead at his home in Skellow on 14 August.
South Yorkshire Police believe Mr Siddall was assaulted in the VDKA bar in Silver Street the night before. A post-mortem examination concluded he died of a head injury.
Blue Horrobin, 22, of Highfield Road, Askern, has been charged with manslaughter an... | A man has been charged in connection with the death of Lewis Siddall in Doncaster. |
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Nasa astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield dropped into Newsround's mission control to answer kids questions, taste our finest space food and sing a cracking space lullaby.
Here's your chance to watch it again. | It has been a fantastic year for space exploration this year, from landing the Rosetta space probe on a comet, to testing out rockets that could take astronauts to Mars. |
39,113,031 | Tony Alliss died of gunshot wounds in woods near Stroud in 1991, following a long-running boundary dispute.
His neighbours - father and son Terence and Graig Maule - were cleared of murder and a civil claim for damages against them also failed.
Gloucestershire Police will see if there is any "compelling" new evidence t... | Police are to review an investigation into the death of a man at his Gloucestershire farm 27 years ago. |
39,971,348 | That is nearly double the price of his previous most expensive work, bought by the same person a year ago.
It has broken several other records including becoming the most expensive work by any US artist.
It is also the highest price fetched for any art by a black artist and the first piece created since 1980 to break t... | A painting by the late artist Jean-Michel Basquiat has sold at auction in New York for $110.5m (£85.4m). |
29,586,830 | The 21-year-old became the youngest ever back-to-back champion in the premier class as he clinched his second world title on the Motegi track.
Repsol Honda rider Marquez won the title with an unassailable lead of 312 points in the overall standings with three races to go.
"Just two years in MotoGP with two titles is in... | Spaniard Marc Marquez retained his MotoGP championship title with a second-place finish in Japan on Sunday. |
39,740,591 | Rowe, 27, had not planned to take part in the race, which will be held over eight days in September.
But he says the opportunity to race on the streets of the Welsh capital would be "special".
"It's yet to be decided but it's on the radar and something I would like to do," Rowe told BBC Radio Wales.
"Potentially it's a... | Team Sky's Luke Rowe is hoping to take part in this year's Tour of Britain, which will finish in his home city of Cardiff. |
40,974,251 | The institution, which is based in Edinburgh, has been sold to Macquarie Group for £2.3bn and will now operate under the name Green Investment Group.
The government said the deal ensures that all taxpayer funding invested in the bank has been returned, with a gain of around £186m.
It employs 50 people at its headquarte... | The sale of the Green Investment Bank (GIB) by the UK government has been completed. |
40,326,178 | The incident happened at the new hospital on Garroch Loaning overnight between Thursday and Friday.
Electric drills, a plunge saw, a jig-saw, two laser-levels and various hand tools, drill bits and batteries worth more than £3,000 were taken.
PC Emily Conroy said: "We are keen to hear from anyone who may have any info... | Thieves have made off with a haul of tools from a multi-million pound construction site in Dumfries. |
36,767,045 | The 18-year-old won his first Grand Slam title along with Gordon Reid.
The second seeds came from a set behind to beat top seeds Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer 4-6 6-1 7-6 (8-6).
"I actually had to re-watch the match point because I just couldn't remember what had happened," Hewett told BBC Radio Norfolk.
"One of t... | Wimbledon men's wheelchair doubles champion Alfie Hewett has revealed that he forgot the winning rally of their final. |
26,465,497 | Carwyn Jones hailed figures showing exports from Wales increased by £1.5bn over the past year to £14.8bn.
Wales exported most to the United States, followed by Ireland, the United Arab Emirates, Germany and Holland.
The most popular Welsh export was machinery and transport equipment, worth £6bn.
Mr Jones said: "At the ... | Exports from Wales are up more than 11%, outperforming the rest of the UK whose exports rose by just 0.4%, the first minister has said. |
35,682,117 | A window of a property on Aubrey Street was smashed when a group of people threw a bin at it at about 1:45 GMT on Sunday.
The five adults inside the house were not injured.
Police have asked for anyone with information on the attack to contact them on the non-emergency number 101. | An attack on a house in Londonderry is being treated as a sectarian hate crime, police have said. |
35,739,657 | William Summerill, 25, was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday to seven years and six months for drug supply offences and resisting arrest.
The Wavertree man had scaled the walls of the Dockers Club, Anfield, on 2 February to escape arrest, police said.
Four police officers were then hurt by the petrol bomb th... | A drug dealer who climbed onto the roof of a Liverpool club during an incident in which a petrol bomb was thrown at police officers has been jailed. |
36,235,981 | The club has not been able to buy players since January this year after breaching Financial Fair Play rules.
The news came the day after the club removed Russell Slade from his position as manager to take up a new role as the club's head of football.
Slade will be in charge of the team for the last time when they play ... | Cardiff City's transfer embargo has been lifted by the Football League. |
36,281,302 | Last summer, he pulled out of the Stormont Executive when Peter Robinson was away, initially wrong footing the DUP as it tried to respond to allegations that Provisional IRA members were involved in the murder of former IRA man Kevin McGuigan.
When Peter Robinson returned, he had to engage in some unpopular tactics, su... | As a former TV presenter, Mike Nesbitt has a penchant for grabbing a headline. |
33,323,999 | The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the economy grew by 0.4% in the quarter, compared with an earlier estimate of 0.3%.
Growth was boosted by a better performance from the construction industry than previously estimated.
On an annual basis, the economy grew by 2.9% from the first quarter of 2014, up from a pr... | The UK economy grew faster than previously estimated in the first three months of the year, figures have shown. |
35,866,332 | But in a BBC interview, Williams cast doubt on whether the 40-year-old can win another major and suggested Woods' fitness problems might have been self-inflicted.
No-one knows Woods' game better than Williams, who shared in 13 of the American's 14 major titles among 84 tournament victories together.
Their partnership b... | As Steve Williams prepares to help Adam Scott's quest for a second Masters title, the Kiwi caddie says his old boss Tiger Woods can still return to winning ways. |
34,999,248 | Downing Street said "good progress" had been made on the UK's proposals but there were still "difficult issues" to resolve.
The prime minister's spokesman said there would be "substantive discussions" on the reforms instead.
The UK's PM has promised an in/out vote on EU membership by the end of 2017.
The prime minister... | David Cameron has said that he does not expect an agreement to be reached on his EU reform aims at December's summit of European leaders. |
36,327,940 | The hosts held a slender 13-11 lead at the break, with Bristol wing David Lemi responding to Will Hurrell's try.
But second-half scores from Ross McMillan and Ben Glynn put the away side, who finished the season top of the table, in command of the tie.
The two teams play the second leg at Ashton Gate on Wednesday, 25 M... | Bristol took a significant step towards promotion to the Premiership with victory at Doncaster in their Championship play-off final first leg. |
38,684,070 | The French-born ex-AS Monaco left-back, 20, has signed a three-and-a-half-year deal, with the option of an extra year.
He becomes the second attacking full-back to join Blues in as many days after right-sided player Emilio Nsue's move from Middlesbrough on Wednesday.
"He is very highly rated in Italy and one we have ke... | Birmingham City have signed Cheick Keita from Italian Serie B outfit Virtus Entella for an undisclosed fee. |
36,559,061 | The world champion headed Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg by 0.377 seconds, with Williams' Valtteri Bottas third, 0.661secs off the pace.
But Hamilton also brushed the wall twice at Turn Three on the slippery street track.
Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo was the first driver to crash, hitting the barrier at the difficult T... | Lewis Hamilton set the pace in first practice at the inaugural European Grand Prix at Baku in Azerbaijan. |
25,020,025 | It is estimated the new law could raise up to £1m a year for the Welsh NHS.
The bill's sponsor, Labour AM Mick Antoniw, said it would help people whose lives had been blighted by "this terrible disease".
The insurance industry has raised concerns, questioning whether the move is within the assembly's powers.
Before be... | A bill to recover the costs of treating Welsh asbestos patients from businesses or insurers has been passed by assembly members. |
28,700,446 | Cdr Sarah West, 42, took charge of Type 23 frigate HMS Portland in May 2012, but left her vessel last month.
A Royal Navy spokesman said Cdr West had now been "removed from command" but gave no further details saying it was an "internal matter".
She would be reappointed to another post, the spokesman added.
Cdr West ha... | The first female commander of a major Royal Navy warship has been removed from her post following allegations of an affair with one of her officers. |
35,116,635 | Michael Redpath, 62, was pulled from the burning property in Albion Street, Swindon, but died in hospital as a result of smoke inhalation and burn injuries, Winchester Crown Court heard.
Patricia Louise Hindle, 31, from Swindon, will be sentenced on Friday.
Supt Sean Memory said Mr Redpath's final moments "must have be... | A woman has been found guilty of murdering a man by setting a house on fire and locking him inside. |
41,102,623 | The 22-year-old 14th seed went down 6-3 1-6 6-4 6-1 in the first round in New York.
Kyrgios looked to have taken control of the match before he hurt his shoulder in the third set.
"One serve and my arm's totally dead," he told the physio while receiving treatment.
"I don't know what to do. It's so dead and numb, it's i... | Australia's Nick Kyrgios struggled with a shoulder injury as he lost to compatriot John Millman at the US Open - admitting: "I don't know what to do." |
36,024,247 | Fathi Zeidan, nicknamed "Zorro", was the Fatah movement's security chief in the Mieh Mieh Palestinian refugee camp.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast, which occurred in nearby Ein el-Hilweh camp.
However, Fatah gunmen have recently been involved in clashes with rival factions in Ein el-Hillwe... | A local Palestinian official has been killed in a car bomb explosion near the south Lebanese port city of Sidon, Lebanese security officials say. |
39,348,270 | The men, a 27-year-old Algerian and a 22-year-old Nigerian, were arrested last month on suspicion of planning a terror attack.
A gun and a flag of the so-called Islamic State were found at their homes during police raids in the central city of Göttingen.
But the men have never been charged.
The criminal proceedings we... | Germany says it will deport two men born in the country but whose parents are foreign - the first such case in German history. |
39,579,030 | Lalmatia Club were dismissed for 88 in 14 overs on Tuesday before bowler Sujon Mahmud sent down just four legitimate deliveries, despite bowling 20 balls.
Three deliveries were no-balls and 13 were wides - all of which raced to the boundary, costing his side 80 runs.
The four legal deliveries were hit for 12 runs by Ax... | A Bangladeshi cricket team conceded 92 runs in the space of four balls to deliberately lose a match in a protest over umpiring. |
37,168,008 | The union is fighting plans by Southern owner Govia Thameslink (GTR) to turn conductors into "on-board supervisors", with drivers taking over responsibility for opening and closing carriage doors.
Services have been disrupted for months due to industrial action.
Southern said the action was "unnecessary, unjustified an... | Workers on Southern trains are to stage a 48-hour strike on 7 and 8 September in the continuing dispute over the role of guards, the RMT union has announced. |
32,323,166 | Helicopters involved in Nato's Joint Warrior exercise have landed at RAF St Athan.
Parachute regiment 2 Para Battle Group will practice assaults at training areas in Caerwent, Monmouthshire and Pembrey, Carmarthenshire.
In total, around 13,000 NATO personnel from 14 countries are taking part. | Around 1,500 troops have converged on the Vale of Glamorgan in what is believed to be one of the largest military exercises held in Wales. |
29,302,950 | Plans to employ a marksman to shoot the pied wagtail at the Great Yarmouth store were put on hold after TV star Chris Packham tweeted his opposition.
The British Trust for Ornithology said it had been caught, with Mr Packham tweeting a photo of the "renegade".
Tesco said shooting the bird was only considered as a last ... | A small bird that earned a last minute reprieve after supermarket giant Tesco retracted a bid to shoot it has been caught and released. |
39,894,227 | Thousands of people visited the blue flag beach over the weekend to enjoy the sunshine.
Independent Councillor Niamh Kennedy said there were only four bins on the 3km stretch of coastline and this created "mayhem".
The beach is a popular destination for visitors from Northern Ireland.
Local people collected the rubbish... | A Donegal councillor has complained after visitors to Rossnowlagh beach last weekend left "huge amounts" of rubbish behind. |
36,817,589 | An Egyptian-led team said on Saturday that the information was found on a cockpit flight recording.
But the investigative committee said it was too early to say where or why the fire broke out.
All 66 people on board died when flight MS804, flying from Paris to Cairo, crashed on 19 May.
The new information appears to b... | An audio recording made on board an EgyptAir flight that crashed in the Mediterranean Sea in May discusses a fire, investigators say. |
35,595,072 | The Tigers, who sit third in the Premiership behind Saracens and Exeter, suffered a shock loss to struggling Newcastle on Friday.
"The team that played at the weekend was good enough [to win]," Cockerill told BBC Radio Leicester.
"We know that the players we put on Friday can perform better."
Their next opponents Harle... | Leicester Tigers director of rugby Richard Cockerill has said his side are "far from a crisis point" but need to get their "mindset and attitude right". |
33,976,766 | British Transport Police (BTP) said there were 150 fewer incidents recorded in 2014/15, but sex attacks rose by 16% from 19 to 22.
Overall, 1,172 crimes were reported - down on 1,322 the previous year.
BTP said crime in Wales remained low, but there was still much for the force to do.
Supt Andy Morgan, sub divisional c... | Crime on the railways fell by 11% in Wales last year, while the number of sexual offences reported rose, new figures show. |
39,217,073 | The proposed space, part of the Central Square scheme near Cardiff Central rail station, would see the St David's House building on Wood Street demolished.
Three fully-let office buildings and a transport interchange, including office and residential units, have already been given the go-ahead.
Cardiff council's cabine... | A new public square has been proposed as part of plans for the next phase of Cardiff city centre's regeneration. |
21,867,123 | Officials described the findings as a "fire alarm".
But they warned that there are major problems with the way the data is collected.
The statistics are part of a drive to make the NHS more transparent in the wake of the Stafford Hospital scandal.
Neglect and abuse at Stafford Hospital led to hundreds of unnecessary de... | Eleven out of 17 district general hospitals in Wales have higher death rates than should be expected, according to statistics published by the Welsh government. |
11,025,318 | Tests by Southampton University found people's walking patterns - their gait - are so different they could be used to identify individuals.
Researchers used a multi-biometric tunnel with 12 synchronised cameras to capture and translate 25 subjects' gaits to build unique 3D images.
It is hoped the technique could be use... | Criminals could be tracked down by the way they walk, a study has claimed. |
35,566,756 | The success put the Clarets second, with Middlesbrough not in action and Brighton thrashed 4-1 by Cardiff City.
Vokes gave them the lead from the spot in the first half after debutant Lloyd Doyley brought down George Boyd.
Rotherham frustrated the hosts for much of the game but Arfield ended lingering fightback hopes w... | Goals from Sam Vokes and Scott Arfield sealed a Championship victory for Burnley to extend Neil Warnock's wait for a first win as Rotherham boss. |
33,425,493 | Oxfordshire County Council wants to widen roads, upgrade paths and cycle lanes and install traffic lights at the John Radcliffe Hospital junction.
Headington residents are concerned the work will cause disruption.
Councillor David Nimmo Smith said it was "time to deal" with the area's traffic problems.
Drop in sessions... | Plans for a £12.5m scheme aimed at cutting congestion in Oxford have been put out to consultation. |
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