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40,997,681 | Daniel Swift sent explicit pictures to the 14-year-old and arranged for her to travel to Lincoln to meet him for sex.
He was caught when those behind the sting detained him and called police.
Swift, 47, of Princess Street, admitted charges of attempting to sexually communicate with a child and attempting to meet a chil... | A man who groomed and arranged to meet what he believed to be a young school girl was trapped by internet vigilantes, a court has heard. |
32,392,467 | John Harrington, 51, said he slapped Terry Hutchinson, 64, and it was not malicious but "playful".
Mr Hutchinson fell to the ground at West Herts Golf Club and suffered a brain injury, it is alleged.
Mr Harrington, of High Street in Redbourn, denies manslaughter at Luton Crown Court.
Mr Hutchinson had moved to Thailand... | A pub landlord killed an old friend with a single punch on the way to a wedding reception near Watford in Hertfordshire, a court has heard. |
37,948,121 | But the objects are just some of the Mary Rose artefacts which have gone on display at Swansea University.
Researchers have been examining the artefacts from Henry VIII's warship, which was raised in 1982, to discover more about the ship's crew.
Their work has revealed that many of those who perished when the boat sank... | A boot, some old skeletons and a block of wood might not sound like the type of thing to entice you to Swansea. |
33,376,110 | Owners Hanwha Chemical Corp said the blast happened during welding work to expand a waste water disposal facility.
"Gas from the waste water, which had piled up inside the tank, was apparently ignited by the welding torch", a fire official told AFP.
An investigation into whether negligence was the cause of the explosio... | At least four people have been killed in South Korea in an explosion at a chemical plant in the city of Ulsan. |
38,546,765 | A 24-hour tube strike is due to go ahead after unions rejected a "new deal" from Transport for London (TfL).
But Sadiq Khan has instructed TfL "to continue negotiating".
Workers from the RMT and the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) unions are scheduled to walk out from 18:00 GMT.
The strike is expected to ... | The Mayor of London has called for "last-ditch" talks to avert a strike on the London Underground hours before it is due to begin. |
35,952,231 | It has been a year since Northern Ireland's 26 councils were reduced to 11 - with the new bodies given wider responsibilities.
Fiona McCandless told the BBC's Inside Business programme the Planning Service was pleased with the transition.
"The councils were sufficiently resourced to deal with the applications transferr... | The chief planning officer has said the transfer of planning powers to the new super councils has been a success. |
28,811,779 | The move follows the case of a Thai surrogate mother who said an Australian couple rejected the baby she carried when they found he had Down's syndrome.
The couple, who took home the boy's twin sister, have strongly denied the claim.
Thai police say couples with surrogate children now need a court order before they can... | Thailand has imposed new restrictions on taking children born to surrogate parents out of the country. |
26,453,484 | Since it opened in 1984, it has closed 174 times. The barrier reached the record for the highest number of times closed in a single season on Tuesday.
This winter has been the wettest since records began, with the South East receiving double the amount of rainfall expected in a normal winter.
The Environment Agency cal... | The Thames Barrier has closed for a record 50th time this winter, making it the busiest period in its history. |
39,614,428 | Lt Gen HR McMaster told ABC News there was consensus with China that this was a situation that "could not continue".
The comments come after a failed missile test launch by North Korea and a massive military parade.
President Trump had earlier said China was "working with us" on the issue.
Beijing, Pyongyang's biggest ... | The US and China are working on a "range of options" on North Korea, the US top security adviser has said, as tensions mount over the country's nuclear and missile programmes. |
31,591,203 | The Mid-Ulster Mail reports that Maud Kells from Cookstown was escorted on flights by two nurses, but that there were no other special measures in place for her journey.
Ms Kells was shot twice in the shoulder by bandits at her home in Mulita in the north east of the DRC last month.
She has served in DRC since 1968.
Ms... | A County Tyrone missionary who was injured after being shot in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has returned to Northern Ireland. |
36,576,330 | Amond, 28, scored 33 goals last season for Grimsby as they won promotion through the National League play-offs.
"There were a lot of clubs in for him but we're delighted that we've managed to tempt him to The Vic," said boss Craig Hignett.
Former Chelsea trainee Woods, 26, joined in 2014 from Harrogate Town and has sig... | Hartlepool United have signed striker Padraig Amond and agreed a new deal with midfielder Michael Woods. |
39,557,698 | The officer had posed as the boss of a courier firm to infiltrate the group known as the Three Musketeers, the Old Bailey heard.
Naweed Ali, 29, from Sparkhill, Birmingham, is on trial along with three other men from the West Midlands.
The four deny preparing terrorist acts.
They were arrested on 26 August after a part... | An undercover officer has described a claim in court that he planted a bomb in the car of a convicted terrorist as an "interesting work of fiction". |
35,167,622 | The operation took place on Saturday night near Menaka in eastern Mali.
Arms and vehicles were seized during the four-hour fire fight, the ministry said in a statement (in French).
The al-Murabitoun group says it was behind the attack on the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako in November.
It says it was working with al-Qaeda... | French forces in Mali have killed or captured 10 members of an Islamist group which claimed responsibility for a hotel massacre last month, the defence ministry in Paris says. |
38,059,986 | The referee inspected the surface just before 19:00 GMT and deemed it unplayable.
No new date has yet been set for the game to be played. | Tuesday's National League game between Boreham Wood and Braintree Town has been postponed because of a frozen pitch at Meadow Park. |
31,452,402 | Mr Varoufakis, 53, is not only a well-respected political economist, but a charismatic man and natural charmer. A few weeks after his appointment, he has become something of a global celebrity.
That is hardly surprising for Greeks - after all, Mr Varoufakis got more votes than any other candidate in the 25 January gene... | Greece's left-wing Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis is leading the offensive to persuade the nation's creditors to end austerity and forgive part of its debt. |
38,343,743 | The Scottish government included funding for the scheme in its budget following criticism of rail services.
Fares will rise in 2017, but Transport Minister Humza Yousaf said passengers with monthly or annual season tickets will get a week's worth of free travel.
Scottish Labour, which has called for a freeze on all rai... | A £3m package of "targeted discounts" for Scottish rail passengers with season tickets has been announced. |
39,176,975 | A 16-month project will start on Tuesday to reconfigure and "increase capacity" of junction 28 of the M4 near Tredegar Park at Newport.
The adjacent roundabouts at Bassaleg on Forge Road and Pont Ebbw at Tredegar Park's entrance will also be upgraded.
The Welsh Government wants to "reduce delays" in the area.
Permanent... | A regular congestion hotspot on the M4 is to get a £13.7m upgrade in a bid to ease rush hour traffic problems. |
19,133,445 | But there was one sport notably absent from the party - swimming.
When their competition began a week earlier the British team were aiming to beat the three medals (two golds and a bronze) that they achieved in the pool in Beijing four years ago.
This was backed by strong performances at last year's world championships... | It was dubbed "Super Saturday" after Great Britain enjoyed their most successful day at the Olympics for more than 100 years. |
36,527,188 | Having taken part in the show's 2015 Christmas special alongside Peter Capaldi and Alex Kingston, Lucas will reprise the role of River Song's former assistant Nardole.
"I'm chuffed to bits that Nardole is returning to the Tardis for some more adventures," Lucas said.
The star will appear in the opening episode of serie... | Matt Lucas is set to return to Doctor Who for its 10th series. |
31,376,830 | Swansea council is showcasing proposals for the civic centre and St David's shopping centre sites.
Under the plans, a retail and leisure complex would be built on the St David's site with a walkway over the main road leading to the current civic centre site.
That would have public spaces, tourist attractions and homes.... | More than 140 specialist developers and agents will arrive in Swansea to see a vision of the city centre's future. |
35,185,793 | Jack Galsworthy, from Cornwall, and Freddie Wright, from Gloucestershire, both 21, are one week into their 3,000 mile challenge and their "morale is high" after initial seasickness.
The pair are aiming to raise £150,000 for the Brain Research Trust.
They caught and ate tuna which they had as sushi for Christmas dinner... | Two university students have begun their bid to become the youngest pair ever to row across the Atlantic Ocean. |
34,644,242 | George Bender, 68, took his own life on October 14. He had spent much of the past decade locked in negotiations with CSG (Coal Seam Gas) companies who wanted to drill 18 wells on his properties.
Encroaching gas exploration across Australia has pitted miners against farmers, who fear the environmental and health impact ... | An emotional plea by the daughter of an anti-natural gas campaigner who took his own life has re-ignited a debate about the rights of farmers. |
29,873,988 | That was a sequence resulting in the end of manager Ron Atkinson's reign and ushered in the Sir Alex Ferguson era.
The season ended with United in 11th place. They currently stand in ninth position, 13 points adrift of leaders and Premier League title favourites Chelsea, having won just three times in the league.
Van G... | Manchester United's 1-0 derby defeat by Manchester City left new manager Louis van Gaal presiding over the club's worst start to a season since 1986-87. |
40,869,670 | Play began 80 minutes late after rain with the tourists 66 runs behind and they lost Kraigg Brathwaite (8) to Charlie Hartley's fourth ball.
Kieran Powell (23) and Shai Hope (30) both spent time in the middle while Shimron Hetmyer made an unbeaten 43.
However, lightning and bad light forced the players off at 17:00 BST... | The West Indies drew their tour match with Kent as weather impacted on their hopes of more batting practice on the final day in Canterbury. |
24,459,524 | In a series of tests, researcher Ann Smet, of the University of St Andrews, offered the animals a choice between two identical buckets, then pointed at the one containing a hidden treat.
From the first trial, the elephants chose the correct bucket.
The results are published in the journal Current Biology.
The scientist... | African elephants have demonstrated what appears to be an instinctive understanding of human gestures, according to UK scientists. |
36,799,414 | The riverboat had left the city of Iquitos on Wednesday with around 30 tourists on board to see towns along the river, local media reported.
When the boat anchored in the middle of the river for one stop, the gunmen boarded it and stole goods worth around $20,000 (£15,000).
None of the tourists, most of them American,... | Eight masked gunmen in Peru have robbed tourists enjoying a luxury riverboat cruise on the Amazon. |
33,612,442 | Bob McAllister narrowly escaped death himself by collapsing to the ground and 'playing dead' after a bullet grazed his forehead.
Bob and his friend Hector McMillan were missionaries working in Congo during the chaos that followed the country's independence from Belgium in 1960.
In July 1964, Bob, Hector, their wives an... | A Belfast man has recalled how his best friend was shot dead in front of him by a firing squad of Congolese rebels in 1964. |
22,619,787 | Norris was convicted of murdering four elderly women and attempting to kill a fifth, by poisoning them with insulin.
The 37-year-old, of Glasgow, has protested his innocence since his conviction in 2008.
The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has now been sent evidence of the possibility of hypoglycaemia in older ... | Fresh evidence has emerged which challenges the conviction of so-called "Angel of Death" nurse Colin Norris. |
34,240,576 | The government - not your party - has the machine, the power, to set the agenda. Resources are scarce, expertise often dependent on goodwill.
Even if, like Jeremy Corbyn you have just achieved a thumping victory, controlling events is impossible and pulling together a party where hardly any of your colleagues agree wit... | There is a long list of very good reasons why being leader of the opposition is known as the hardest job in British politics. |
38,588,746 | The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) described the actress as a "class act" after her speech at the ceremony on Sunday night.
Streep criticised President-elect Donald Trump and said: "We need the principled press to hold power to account."
Lorenzo Soria, the president of the HFPA, has now endorsed Streep.
"As... | The organisation behind the Golden Globe Awards has praised Meryl Streep for her championing of the press. |
27,754,214 | 9 June 2014 Last updated at 06:55 BST
Is the NHS better since devolution and has the Welsh government delivered on its promises?
Firstly Dr Alan Rees, of the Royal College of Physicians, said there has been huge improvements over recent decades but the health service has been a victim of its own success.
Plaid Cymru he... | It is 15 years since the National Assembly started in Wales and BBC Wales is looking at what devolution has meant for the NHS in Wales. |
32,850,670 | But the movie, directed by Australian Justin Kurzel and which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this weekend, has a new interpretation of Shakespeare's tragic hero and why he sets out on his doomed path to power.
"He's suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder," claims Michael Fassbender. "I'm aware that it's a... | "The Scottish play" - as William Shakespeare's Macbeth is known among actors - has become "the Scottish film" starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard as the infamous couple who murder their way to the throne of Scotland. |
37,041,625 | More than 1,500 firefighters tackled blazes which had sprung up in scrubland north of the city, injuring three people.
Homes were destroyed in the nearby town of Vitrolles and hundreds of residents were evacuated.
Fires have also been raging in mainland Portugal and on the island of Madeira.
Three people were killed on... | Firefighters have contained wildfires in southern France which threatened the city of Marseille but remain on alert as more windy conditions are expected. |
32,911,782 | That is the view of a range of very senior business people and marketing gurus to whom I have spoken.
One said: "This is a nightmare for them - the reputational damage is huge".
So why aren't these huge and powerful global companies doing what the UK culture secretary John Whittingdale has asked, and following the lead... | The Fifa scandal is an "absolute disaster" for the multinationals who sponsor it - because they cannot escape taint from the perceived lapses of football's supreme governing body. |
40,956,406 | The visitors were already underdogs for the match at Des Moines Golf and Country Club, which starts on Friday, before the loss of Suzann Pettersen, through injury.
The Norwegian is a talismanic figure for Europe, having played in the eight previous competitions, winning 57% of her matches, but her influence will now be... | Europe captain Annika Sorenstam admits her team will be employing "plan B" as they seek to regain the Solheim Cup from the United States in Iowa this week. |
37,699,404 | President Salva Kiir's spokesman told the BBC Mr Machar "has no space here", and should not return to the country before elections in 2018.
Mr Machar, who had become vice president as part of a peace deal, fled the country following heavy fighting in the capital Juba in July.
But on Monday he vowed to return.
Speaking ... | South Sudan's sacked Vice-President Riek Machar no longer has a role to play as a political leader in the country, the presidency says. |
39,983,771 | Australian half-back Miller, 23, arrived from Hull FC in 2014 and his previous deal was due to expire at the end of the current season.
Tonga prop Fifita, 27, joined from NRL side Cronulla Sharks in June 2016 and his new contract includes an option for an additional year.
"Fifita has become an important member of the s... | Wakefield Trinity duo Jacob Miller and David Fifita have both signed new two-year contracts. |
38,205,599 | The businessman, from Essex, denied ill-treating his wife, who is in her late 70s, during a High Court hearing.
The court's Family Division heard the woman was frightened of her husband and had taken legal action against him.
Judge Catriona Murfitt concluded the woman was likely to suffer "significant harm" if he staye... | A 67-year-old millionaire has been ordered by a judge to leave his home after his wife said she had been used as "an emotional punch bag". |
25,036,632 | The Saudis say they do not know who fired the mortars, or from where.
A small Shia militant group in Iraq, known as the Mukhtar Army, has claimed it carried out the attack, although this cannot be confirmed.
The group said it was a warning to Saudi Arabia to stay out of Iraq's affairs.
The militia's commander, Wathiq a... | Saudi Arabia and Iraq are investigating an incident in which six mortar bombs landed in a remote area of Saudi Arabia near the border with Iraq and Kuwait. |
40,416,641 | Roedd Megan Davies o Bwllheli yn blogio'n aml gan rannu ei phrofiadau o frwydro'r canser gyda chynulleidfa iau.
Wedi iddi gael gwybod ychydig fisoedd wedyn ei bod hi'n glir o ganser, eleni mae stori Megan am gael ei droi'n ddrama lwyfan.
Bydd cwmni theatr y Frân Wen yn teithio 'Mwgsi', sydd wedi ei sgwennu gan yr awdur... | Bron i ddwy flynedd yn ôl, bu Cymru Fyw yn siarad ag un ferch ddewr o Ben Llŷn wedi iddi gael gwybod fod ganddi Hodgkin Lymphoma. |
30,908,803 | The company has introduced an option to allow you to flag a story as "purposefully fake or deceitful news".
This should affect the distribution of that story, making it less likely to appear in your feed - but it won't be taken off Facebook altogether.
Hoaxes have tricked users in the past and with 1.35bn currently on ... | Hoaxes and fake stories in your News Feed should be a thing of the past, if Facebook's updated algorithm works. |
35,960,093 | Irish fell to a 15th defeat of the league season against Sale on Saturday to leave them four points adrift at the bottom with three games left.
Back row Narraway dismissed concerns at the spirit of his squad heading into the Premiership run-in.
"It's the one thing I think we have in abundance, accuracy and being clinic... | London Irish captain Luke Narraway says improving their accuracy is the missing piece to their Premiership survival. |
39,250,430 | With temperatures at Indian Wells in excess of 105 degrees, Evans broke in the opening game but world number five Nishikori hit back immediately and captured the set in 42 minutes.
Breaks were traded again at the start of the second before Nishikori sealed the match in an hour and 24 minutes.
Kyle Edmund is also out, 6... | British number two Dan Evans was beaten 6-3 6-4 by Japan's Kei Nishikori in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open. |
36,493,142 | Two men escaped with a cash box after threatening G4S staff with weapons inside Santander, West Princes Street, Helensburgh, at 00:35 on Wednesday.
Police believe a dark-coloured Hi-lux 4x4 vehicle was used in the getaway.
They said a blue high-powered Audi estate and a Vauxhall Zafira may also have been used by the su... | Three vehicles could have been used in a robbery involving two security guards carrying out cash transfers at a bank in Argyll, police have revealed. |
35,783,868 | Oman captain Sultan Ahmed had won the toss and opted to field before the rain set in.
Oman now top Group A with three points, while the Netherlands are eliminated.
If the rain also forces the abandonment of Ireland's game against Bangladesh on the same ground on Friday, the Irish will also be out of the competition. | Netherlands' World Twenty20 Group A match against Oman was abandoned without a ball being bowled because of heavy rain in Dharamsala. |
33,632,657 | David Miller, 24, from Jersey, attended the University of Leeds and had been travelling with Hannah Witheridge, 23, from Norfolk.
Their bodies were found on a beach on Koh Tao in September 2014.
The university awarded Mr Miller a degree in civil and structural engineering.
He had just completed the third year of his de... | The family of a student murdered on a Thai island have collected their son's posthumous first class degree from the university where he studied. |
37,186,788 | The match against Lancashire, scheduled for 20 September, has been earmarked following a successful day/night trial in this week's Second XI home game with Worcestershire at Edgbaston.
Day/night Championship cricket was first experimented with when Kent hosted Glamorgan in 2011.
Just as then, the Lancashire game would ... | Warwickshire are hoping to make this season's final County Championship home fixture a day/night match. |
38,581,819 | Avon and Somerset Police were called to the junction of Creswicke Road and Airport Road in Knowle West at about 21:05 GMT on Tuesday after reports a man had been run over.
Officers said the crash involved a car and a pedestrian, aged in his 20s, who died from his injuries.
A 30-year-old man has been arrested on suspici... | A pedestrian has been run over and killed in Bristol. |
34,568,984 | The man, named as 24-year-old John Santos Gurgao from Brazil, swallowed 0.8kg (1.8lb) of the drug, the Irish Times reported.
It is believed that one or more of the packages burst during the flight.
A Portuguese woman in her 40s, also on the flight from Lisbon, was arrested on suspicion of drugs offences.
It is not clea... | A man who died after being restrained on an Aer Lingus flight to Dublin had reportedly ingested a number of small packages of cocaine. |
35,228,510 | The Horizons project has already helped two dozen acts since 2014 - with radio airplay and UK festival appearances.
"Supporting new music is at the heart of what the BBC does across the whole of the UK, and internationally," said BBC Music's Jason Carter.
Bands and solo artists have until 12 February to apply.
"We're p... | A scheme to help new Welsh bands get wider exposure is set to return for a third year, backed by BBC Wales and the Arts Council of Wales. |
33,268,180 | The British Channel Islands-registered company has acquired more than 60 launchers to help put up its proposed satellite broadband network.
OneWeb envisages placing 648 spacecraft in orbit to take affordable internet connectivity to every part of the globe.
The firm used a London press conference to detail its plans.
T... | The biggest commercial rocket campaign in history has been announced by OneWeb. |
40,097,033 | He told the BBC he was hopeful the party could get "over the line in a number of seats".
But he would not be drawn on how many seats, or in which constituencies.
The party is standing in about half the number of seats contested in 2015. Its only MP in the last parliament, Douglas Carswell, defected in March.
Mr Nuttall... | UKIP will win seats at the general election, even though they had no MPs at the end of the last parliament, its leader Paul Nuttall has predicted. |
37,323,330 | Fox was unseated after his mount, Luxford, veered sharply to the right.
Television replays showed the filly had been distracted by a stray golf ball on the course, which appeared to be thrown up by eventual winner Big Lachie.
The ball ricocheted off the helmet of another rider and across the sightline of Fox's mount.
S... | Jockey Kieren Fox escaped unhurt when he fell from his horse in a bizarre incident involving a golf ball during a race at Sandown. |
40,594,126 | The Juno spacecraft passed over the giant storm on Monday as it continued with its series of close passes of the gaseous world.
The pictures of the spot reveal the intricate nature of its swirls which encompass a region bigger than Earth.
Juno's instruments all acquired data during the pass which should now provide fre... | An American space agency probe has returned the most detailed pictures ever of Jupiter's Great Red Spot. |
38,623,504 | Police said the 27-year-old victim heard a knock at the door of his home in Brucehill Road, Dumbarton at 00:15.
When he answered it, he was "violently attacked" by three men who he did not know.
Officers said that images of the men have been captured on CCTV cameras in the area and they appealed for help in tracing the... | A man is being treated for stab wounds after he was attacked by three men on his own doorstep. |
35,306,206 | The Japanese carmaker said it had suspended its global and Japanese sites early on Wednesday after they had been bombarded with traffic.
Hacktivists linked to the Anonymous collective have claimed responsibility. They tweeted the attack was "punishment" for Japan's killing of whales and dolphins.
Nissan has said that i... | Two of Nissan's main websites have been driven offline by a cyber-attack. |
38,879,102 | The Speaker announced the clerks, who advise him on conduct and constitutional issues, would also no longer wear wing collars and white tie.
Conservative Sir Gerald Howarth said the tradition of wearing wigs went back "several centuries".
But Mr Bercow said there was an even older tradition of not wearing wigs.
He anno... | John Bercow has defended the decision that Commons clerks will no longer have to wear wigs, after one MP likened the move to an "executive order". |
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Plenty about those days, growing up as teenage boy in north London who weighed more than 20 stone, must have been difficult.
But without that experience, Davis says he would never have learnt the skills that last month saw him become Great Britain's first European champion... | James Davis calls them his "fat old days". |
40,785,440 | The 26-year-old Scottish forward was sold to the Ibrox club by Saints for £500,000 in February 2016.
But he found starts hard to come by despite 24 appearances last season and has been sent back to Perth on loan.
"He knows when I need a kick up the backside or an arm round the shoulder," O'Halloran said of Wright.
O'Ha... | Michael O'Halloran believes St Johnstone manager Tommy Wright is the best man to help him rediscover the form that led to a transfer to Rangers. |
37,474,705 | Instead, it will be used to assess the impact of immigration on schools.
Schools in England were asked to start collecting this information in September, leading to fears it may be used to find illegal immigrants.
Campaigners have written to Education Secretary Justine Greening to ask her to axe the data collection pla... | Data on pupils' nationality now being collected by schools will be not passed to immigration officials or the Home Office, the government has said. |
37,392,066 | The 24-year-old beat GB team-mate Alfie Hewett 6-2 6-1 in 54 minutes to collect his second medal in Rio.
On Thursday, Reid and Hewett had to settle for silver in the doubles event, losing out to French pair Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer.
Reid won the inaugural singles title at Wimbledon this year as well as the Au... | Scotland's Gordon Reid won Paralympics gold in the wheelchair tennis singles final. |
36,196,052 | The Namibian full-backs have been on the fringes of the Premiership side's squad this season, making only two appearances between them.
Botha, 27, has had his time in Devon disrupted by a broken leg and dislocated ankle in November 2014.
McGuigan, 26, was signed as a result of Botha's injury and has scored four tries f... | Exeter Chiefs pair Byron McGuigan and Chrysander Botha will leave Sandy Park in the summer, the club has confirmed. |
35,994,279 | Three separate experts say Tata made the cash by selling carbon emissions permits it was given for free.
They say Tata was allocated more carbon allowances under the EU emissions trading scheme (EUETS) than it needed.
There is no suggestion Tata broke the rules, and the firm said its permits were a "matter of public re... | Tata Steel is refusing to comment on claims it has made £700m windfall profits from a policy designed to protect the climate. |
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Marathon runner Nailiya Yulamanova and 800m specialists Zinurova and Svetlana Klyuka have received two-year bans from the Russian Athletics Federation.
All three will now miss London 2012.
Meadows will also miss this summer's Olympics after not being selected in Team GB's ... | Jenny Meadows has had her 800m silver medal at the 2011 European Indoor Championships upgraded to gold after Yevgenia Zinurova was one of three Russian athletes banned for doping. |
40,798,901 | Met Office statistics showed the Shetland area had 192.9 hours of sunshine from 1-29 July, while Cornwall had 153.5 hours.
Shetland lies about 700 miles (1,130 km) to the north east of Cornwall.
It was a wet month for the UK as a whole, with 22% more than the average rainfall for July.
Properties were damaged and peopl... | The Shetland Islands had more sunshine than Cornwall in July - only the eighth time this has happened since records began in 1929. |
35,668,352 | Lila Tretikov wrote in an email that it was time for her to move on.
A leaked memo suggesting the Foundation was looking at creating a "commerce-free" search engine had upset the volunteer Wikimedia community.
Many were angry that it had not been discussed first, as transparency is key to the ethos of the organisation.... | The executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, has resigned after denying the group is considering building a search engine. |
38,560,457 | You asked for the latest news on an office block in Dudley which has stood empty for many years.
You wanted to know why a once popular picture house in Shropshire closed in 1967.
And you asked us to shed some light on the history of terraced houses in Stoke-on-Trent. Here is how we have got on with answering your quest... | Readers have been using Your Questions to tell us what they want to know about the West Midlands. |
40,559,483 | The 35-year-old extended his stay with the League Two club in June after his short-term contract expired at the end of last season.
He helped Notts win seven of their last 13 games to avoid relegation.
"I believe we're on the cusp of doing something great. Hopefully I can be a big part of that," Ameobi said.
Talking to... | Striker Shola Ameobi says he signed a new deal with Notts County because he has unfinished business with a club capable of challenging for promotion. |
38,764,528 | Crystalla Dean, 52, was last seen by her daughter at her home in Longsdale Crescent, Oban, at about 20:00 on 15 December.
On 5 January a body was found on the shore at Ardmucknish Bay near Benderloch.
Police said the body had now been formally identified as that of Ms Dean and her relatives had been informed.
Following... | A body found in Argyll earlier this month has been confirmed as being that of a missing woman. |
29,838,024 | The former Home Office minister said Labour must not be "afraid" of the argument and had a moral responsibility to talk about immigration reform.
He also said UKIP voters were "darkly pessimistic" about their lives, whereas progressive politics was optimistic.
David Cameron and Ed Miliband clashed on the issue this wee... | Labour must have the "courage" to make talking about immigration policy a priority, Liam Byrne has said. |
40,526,850 | When operational, the £10bn nuclear plant is expected to create 850 permanent jobs and should start generating power by 2025.
But in a draft letter, the council has criticised Horizon for the lack of detail in its final consultation.
Horizon said it was "surprised and disappointed" by the council's response.
In the le... | The company behind Wylfa Newydd has been told Anglesey council will not support the scheme "at any cost". |
35,239,817 | The Shanghai Composite index closed 2.3% higher at 3,361.84 points as measures from regulators to support the stock market started to have an impact.
Local reports said the securities regulator would keep in effect its ban on share sales by major shareholders until new rules were released.
The ban was set to expire on ... | Mainland Chinese shares headed higher on Wednesday, recovering some of the steep losses made earlier this week on concerns about the economy. |
38,413,725 | Patterdale terrier Taz became trapped beneath a concrete terrace at Bath City FC on Thursday night.
Crews from Bath Fire Station had to remove part of the stand at the Twerton Park ground to get to the dog.
A spokesman for Avon Fire and Rescue said: "Once crews reached the terrier they found he was still pinched betwee... | A dog has been rescued after getting stuck under a football stand. |
37,155,248 | Both sides have already qualified for the semi-finals the winners of Group A face Zamalek of Egypt while the runners-up will play South Africa's Mamelodi Sundowns.
Wydad know they need just a point to top the table and will take encouragement from their comfortable 2-0 win over Zesco in Morocco two months ago.
Coached ... | Wydad Casablanca of Morocco travel to face Zesco United of Zambia on Wednesday to decide who tops Group A of the African Champions League. |
37,587,610 | The visitors took an early lead when Newport defender Darren Jones turned the ball into his own net.
Stevenage doubled their advantage before half-time as Tom Pett headed in from close range.
Newport stay one point away from safety, while Stevenage climb up to ninth place in the table.
Match ends, Newport County 0, Ste... | Stevenage moved to within a point of the League Two play-off places after winning away against Newport County, who remain bottom of the table. |
34,808,366 | Delays in answering calls have resulted in the helpline resorting to using its previous system after just 10 days.
Once a solution to the problems is found, the programme will be re-launched - expected to be early 2016.
The call-handling and IT system - called the Future Programme - "has proved extremely challenging", ... | The medical helpline NHS 24 has shelved a new £117m phone system over fears for patient safety. |
37,713,942 | 20 October 2016 Last updated at 14:40 BST
In a short speech, Prof Hawking said: "The rise of powerful AI will be either the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity. We do not yet know which."
Read more: Stephen Hawking - will AI kill or save humankind? | Prof Stephen Hawking has discussed the potential pitfalls of artificial intelligence, at an event in Cambridge marking the opening of the Centre for the Future of Intelligence. |
37,349,333 | Erhan Havaleoglu, 36, killed Leighanne Cameron, 29, by strangling and stabbing her in Mid Calder on 28 October 2015.
He must serve a minimum of 20 years before he can apply for parole.
Sentencing him at the High Court in Glasgow, Judge Johanna Johnston said he was guilty of a "cruel, merciless and extremely violent mur... | A man has been given a life sentence for murdering his estranged wife at her West Lothian home while their two children slept upstairs. |
29,700,594 | Gusts of up to 88mph - the tail end of Hurricane Gonzalo - hit Oban in western Scotland, while most of the UK saw strong winds.
About 10,000 passengers were affected by flight cancellations at Heathrow, and several UK ferries did not sail.
The woman died in central London, with a man hurt in a nearby incident and three... | A woman has died and four people were taken to hospital after winds felled trees and caused widespread disruption. |
34,434,378 | Lord Healey was Labour's defence secretary from 1964 to 1970 and chancellor of the exchequer from 1974 to 1979 before becoming deputy party leader in opposition in 1980.
The former Leeds MP's family said he died peacefully at his Sussex home on Saturday, after a short illness.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he was "a... | Former chancellor Denis Healey has died at the age of 98, his family has said. |
38,951,706 | The Association for Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has written to Philip Hammond asking for more transitional relief for the sector.
Business rates in England and Wales are being updated to take into account changes in property values.
However, the government says a cap on how much bills can rise will cushion the i... | Pubs and restaurants are calling for the chancellor to dilute the impact of business rate rises due in April. |
14,491,939 | Author JM Barrie credited the gardens of the town's Moat Brae house as his inspiration for the work.
Ms Lumley unveiled a wood-carving of his most famous creation at the entrance to the town.
She is already a patron of the appeal launched last week to turn Moat Brae into a children's literature centre.
The Peter Pan st... | The actress Joanna Lumley has unveiled a statue of Peter Pan to recognise the part Dumfries played as birthplace of the children's classic story. |
38,721,046 | The money will fund flood defences in Yorkshire, a £10m innovation fund for businesses in Manchester and Cheshire, and regeneration in Hull city centre.
It was announced by Prime Minister Theresa May amid plans for a new more interventionist industrial strategy.
Mrs May said there was a need to "drive growth across the... | Business leaders and politicians have welcomed a newly-allocated cash injection of £556m for the government's Northern Powerhouse project. |
34,745,536 | Engineering manager Leslie Miley wrote that he was asked to build a tool that would classify recruitment candidates' ethnicity by analysing their last name.
The idea was intended to improve diversity among staff.
Alex Roetter, Senior Vice President of Engineering, said that the "engineering-driven, quantitative solutio... | A senior Twitter executive has replied to criticism from a former employee about the firm's approach to diversity. |
35,840,900 | South Africans are angry and embarrassed by accusations that the president's friends are effectively running the country from their posh suburban mansion by appointing ministers.
The statement by deputy Minister of Finance Mcebisi Jonas that he was offered a cabinet ministerial job by a member of the controversial Gupt... | South Africa's President Jacob Zuma is walking further into a long, dark tunnel as he clings to his presidency. |
40,346,519 | The bag rocks alarmingly from side-to-side and threatens to overturn.
Now, scientists have investigated this conundrum of everyday physics. Speeding up rather than slowing down can solve the problem, they say.
Alternatively, you can pivot the handle of the suitcase as close to the ground as possible.
French scientists ... | It's a common experience when dashing for a train or plane while lugging a two-wheeled suitcase. |
24,160,541 | Fran Murphy, 52, was paddling with friends on a sandbank at a resort near Perpignan when it collapsed, leaving her unconscious.
The group was saved by a man from Swansea, and Ms Murphy appealed on BBC Wales for help to try and trace him.
Now, she has met Ian Hullin and said it felt "wonderful" to be able to thank him f... | A Cardiff holidaymaker has been reunited with the mystery man who saved her from drowning off a French beach. |
28,401,985 | The borehole, near Belcoo, will be to collect rock samples and will not involve fracking.
Tamboran Resources said drilling will last about 30 days.
If the samples show commercially viable levels of gas, Tamboran will begin a process that could lead to fracking.
The company said the borehole will be about 15cm across an... | The company that plans to use the controversial fracking technique to extract natural gas in County Fermanagh intends to drill an exploratory borehole in August. |
13,943,863 | About 1,250 people died in road accidents last year, the ministry said.
The decision has been strongly criticised by many Cameroonians, who say it will affect their businesses and nightlife.
The ban means that buses and taxis must be off roads from 2000 GMT to 0400 GMT.
The ministry said night travel accounted for 35% ... | Cameroon has banned all night-time public transport on roads to curb accidents caused by heavy drinking, the transport ministry says. |
39,963,549 | M2 Subsea - headquartered in Westhill - will tackle explosive devices lying at the bottom of the Baltic Sea since World War 2.
Two remotely-operated vehicles (ROVs) will work from the Go Electra support vessel.
The contract was awarded by Next Geosolutions.
M2 Subsea chief executive officer Mike Arnold said: "This cont... | An Aberdeenshire subsea business has won a contract worth more than £1m to remove explosives from around the world's longest pipeline. |
38,385,847 | Sixty-two-year-old Gillian Sandle, was a passenger in the vehicle which was travelling through Havant, near Portsmouth, on Sunday lunchtime.
Members of the public tried to revive her, but she died in hospital.
Ms Sandle's family said they were "totally devastated at the sudden and tragic loss of such a wonderful lady".... | A woman was killed when her scarf got caught in the wheel of a beach buggy she was travelling in. |
35,914,893 | He is the second Belgian cyclist to die in as many days after Antoine Demoitie was struck by a motorbike during Belgium's Gent-Wevelgem race.
Myngheer, who turned professional last year, had been in an induced coma.
His team, Roubaix Metropole Lille, said in a statement: "He lost his last race after fighting like a cha... | Cyclist Daan Myngheer, 22, has died in hospital after suffering a heart attack during the first stage of the Criterium International in Corsica. |
36,375,392 | The Real Madrid player, 23, will miss Saturday's Champions League final against Atletico Madrid in Milan.
The French Football Federation said scans had confirmed Varane, who has won 29 caps for Les Bleus, would be out for up to three weeks.
Sevilla defender Adil Rami, 30, has been called up by manager Didier Deschamps ... | France defender Raphael Varane has been ruled out of the host nation's Euro 2016 campaign with a thigh injury. |
37,070,838 | Ennis-Hill, 30, won the 800m - the final discipline of the competition - but it was not enough to overtake Belgian Thiam who won by 35 points.
Canadian Brianne Theisen-Eaton won bronze, with Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson finishing sixth.
After the event, Ennis-Hill hinted she could now retire.
"It's going to be a... | Great Britain's Jessica Ennis-Hill narrowly failed to retain her Olympic heptathlon title as she won silver behind Nafissatou Thiam at Rio 2016. |
34,589,891 | The power switch could short-circuit, causing parts to overheat and potentially leading to a fire, the company said.
It is the latest in a string of recalls by the carmaker.
Toyota has already recalled some 10 million cars globally that were fitted with faulty air bags linked to a number of deaths.
The defective window... | Japanese carmaker Toyota has said it will recall 6.5 million vehicles globally over a faulty window switch. |
33,936,353 | The AU has already said it is investigating allegations that its soldiers have been involved in killing civilians in the town in July.
But this is the first detailed account of this alleged incident.
Witnesses told the US-based campaign group that troops from Uganda allegedly carried out the killings on 31 July.
Neithe... | African Union (AU ) soldiers allegedly killed six people at a wedding in Somalia's port town of Merca, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said. |
33,325,603 | The union organisation said bosses should be happy with staff wearing vest tops and shorts rather than tights or jackets and ties during the hot spell.
Fans should be available in offices without air conditioning, it urged.
Firms should also supply cold drinks and allow employees to take frequent breaks, it said, as te... | Staff should be allowed to dress down and work flexible hours during the hot spell of weather, the TUC has said. |
35,613,370 | The 14-year-old boy who was injured was walking with a 15-year-old boy when he was struck in Fernhill Road, near Rutherglen, at 14:15 on 24 January.
Police previously said a light-green Vauxhall Corsa mounted the pavement before heading off towards Castlemilk.
They have now arrested a 16-year-old male. He is expected t... | A teenager has been arrested in connection with an alleged hit-and-run incident which left a boy in hospital. |
40,241,459 | Barnes finished second on the 62km street race to move on to the podium as Belgium's Jolien D'Hoore won the stage, with Christine Majerus in third.
Luxembourg's Majerus finished second overall, 1:18 minutes behind Niewiadoma
Barnes' sister Alice was sixth with fellow Briton Dani King in ninth.
Britain's defending champ... | Britain's Hannah Barnes finished third on the Women's Tour as Poland's Katarzyna Niewiadoma claimed the overall title after Sunday's final stage in London. |
32,850,217 | The week-long event will see 15,000 young people aged under 25 competing in categories including singing, dancing, drawing and cooking.
Around 100,000 visitors are expected to attend the annual touring event held at Llancaiach Fawr in Nelson this year.
The Urdd was established in 1922 to help young people learn and soc... | One of Europe's biggest youth festivals - the Urdd Eisteddfod - begins in Caerphilly county on Sunday. |
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