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38,937,299 | Although ratification in national parliaments will be needed before its total application, approval of the deal would be an important symbolic moment.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is due to speak to MEPs on Thursday, the day after the ratification vote.
The speech will be the first made to a full meeting of t... | After seven years of talks, MEPs will finally decide whether to ratify the EU's trade deal with Canada during their plenary sitting in Strasbourg this week. |
31,111,569 | 3 February 2015 Last updated at 17:47 GMT
He's been in prolific goal scoring form for Derry City and by the time he tucked himself into bed on Monday night, the transfer window had closed and Michael Duffy was living his boyhood dream.
He will be moving to Celtic after passing a medical and agreeing personal terms with... | He's 20 and a Northern Ireland U21 international. |
40,650,020 | The Northern Ireland striker headed home on the hour mark as Ian Cathro's side struggled at Borough Briggs.
Dunfermline, having played a game more, top Group B after a 9-8 penalty shootout win over East Fife following a goalless draw.
The shootout victory meant the Pars picked up two points with East Fife taking one.
A... | Kyle Lafferty scored on his debut to give Hearts a 1-0 win over League Two Elgin City in the League Cup. |
39,411,025 | Dubbed "swirl face" due to efforts he made to disguise himself, Neil is classed a "high-risk sex offender".
The 42-year-old Canadian was arrested in Thailand in 2007 following a global manhunt and a worldwide appeal for public information by Interpol.
He has spent time in jail in both Thailand and Canada for sexually a... | Convicted paedophile Christopher Paul Neil has been released from custody and will settle in Vancouver. |
39,990,952 | It looked at the number of accidents recorded at each junction, then weighted the results according to the severity of injuries sustained and how many cyclists were active in the area.
The Arkleston Road/A761 junction in Paisley headed the list.
The charity, which promotes walking and cycling, said the results highligh... | A list of the country's top 20 cycling collision hotspots has been drawn up by the charity Sustrans Scotland. |
40,548,272 | The 70-year-old will take charge of pre-season after having a tumour removed from his bladder, the Sun on Sunday has reported.
Tests later showed that the tumour was not malignant, but Redknapp will have further check-ups every three months.
"I could feel it in my body - I knew it wasn't right. This is the first time I... | Birmingham City boss Harry Redknapp has been given the all-clear by doctors after emergency cancer surgery. |
39,739,713 | Notts folded on the eve of the Women's Super League One Spring Series season, prompting concern that players would be left without a club for the campaign.
Players told the BBC on Friday that the timing had left them "abandoned".
Four of England's squad for Euro 2017 - Carly Telford, Jo Potter, Laura Bassett and Jade M... | Notts County Ladies players will be allowed to sign for other sides after the club were liquidated, despite the English transfer window being closed. |
38,880,809 | It has announced that loans made to students in England between 2002 and 2006 will be put up for sale - to be followed by other pre-2012 loans - with the aim of raising £12bn.
Universities Minister Jo Johnson said the sale would have "no impact on people with student loans".
But the National Union of Students said it w... | The government has started the process of selling more student loan debt to the private financial sector. |
34,921,212 | It was widely anticipated the Spending Review would confirm the need for police efficiencies would remain at the top of the agenda, at least until 2020.
The Home Office is not one of the favoured "protected" ministries shielded from cuts.
And as 71% of its gross spending goes on crime and policing, that is where most o... | Finding savings and fending off cuts has dominated the policing debate in England and Wales for more than five years. |
39,673,283 | Watch out for plenty of brinkmanship, particularly on a key amendment to the Criminal Finances Bill (see below). This will also make the whole timetable pretty fluid and prone to last minute alteration as new events are crowbarred in.
A few of the MPs who are departing at this election may deliver their Commons swanson... | It's the last rites of the 2015 Parliament - and in a frenzy of last minute deal-making, the legislation which can be completed will be rushed to the finishing line, while all manner of bills and other parliamentary business is dropped for lack of time. |
33,858,350 | All Japan's nuclear plants were gradually shut down after a series of meltdowns at the Fukushima plant sparked by the tsunami and earthquake.
But after passing stringent new safety tests, Kyushu Electric Power restarted the number one reactor at its Sendai plant on Tuesday morning.
There is still strong public unease a... | Japan has restarted its first nuclear reactor under new safety rules following the 2011 Fukushima disaster. |
17,527,026 | The Northampton skipper will not be able to play until 14 May, meaning he is free to take part in England's June tour to South Africa if selected.
Ireland flanker Ferris drew attention to the incident during England's 30-9 Six Nations victory on 17 March, but it was not spotted by referee Nigel Owens.
"I am disappointe... | England hooker Dylan Hartley has been handed an eight-week ban for biting the finger of Ireland's Stephen Ferris. |
22,328,898 | The pro-European cabinet minister said UKIP had no positive policies and was just "against" foreigners.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage hit back by accusing Mr Clarke of holding millions of British people "in utter contempt".
He said Mr Clarke was "obviously not interested" in winning back disaffected Tory voters at Thursday'... | Veteran Tory Ken Clarke has waded into his party's war of words with UKIP by branding them "a collection of clowns". |
39,046,303 | Fe gafodd corff Christine Solik, oedd yn 57 oed ac yn wreiddiol o Aberpennar, ei ddarganfod wedi'i glymu 50 milltir o'i chartref yn nhalaith Kwazulu-Natal.
Yna ddydd Llun fe gafodd corff ei gŵr Roger, oedd yn 66 oed, ei ddarganfod gerllaw.
Mae'r heddlu yn Ne Affrica yn credu bod y cwpwl wedi cael eu herwgipio o'u cartr... | Mae cwpwl, o dde Cymru yn wreiddiol, wedi cael eu llofruddio yn Ne Affrica. |
36,584,812 | Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi announced that Tiran and Sanafir would be transferred in April, during a visit by Saudi Arabia's King Salman.
More than 150 people were jailed in connection with protests over the deal, though many were later acquitted or had their sentences reduced on appeal.
The Egyptian governm... | An Egyptian judge has quashed a government decision to hand control of two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. |
30,671,127 | Chief Inspector of Constabulary Sir Thomas Winsor said forces had mainly "done well" with 20% cuts in four years and more savings were likely.
Sir Thomas said a "smaller service" would have to "work smarter".
In December, the chief of the Met Police warned public safety would be at risk unless radical measures were tak... | Police cuts in England and Wales are "here to stay", the head of the police watchdog has said. |
34,670,854 | Scottish Borders Council will set up a working group to examine how it handled the procedure.
It comes after more than 4,000 people signed a petition against the project, to which the council allocated £3.5m.
Concerns have also been raised that its planning application was approved by a committee of just four members.... | The process which led to the decision to house the Great Tapestry of Scotland in Tweedbank is to be the subject of an investigation. |
32,654,728 | The 77-year-old man, from Newhaven, and the woman, from Lewes, were on the A259 at White Rock when the accident happened on Thursday evening.
They and the motorcyclist were taken to the Conquest Hospital in Hastings, where the man later died.
Police said the 22-year-old motorcyclist, from St Leonards, and the woman wer... | A man died and a 90-year-old woman was injured in a collision with a motorcycle on a busy road in Hastings. |
32,166,352 | Dead Sheep focuses on the events leading up to Howe's infamous 1990 resignation speech, in which he savaged his long-time boss and one-time political soulmate Margaret Thatcher.
That speech - one of the first to be shown on television live from the House of Commons - was the beginning of Thatcher's downfall as prime mi... | The grey, unassuming Sir Geoffrey Howe, now Lord Howe of Aberavon, is not many people's idea of a political hero - but a new play opening in north London aims to change that. |
37,286,362 | No advantage was being sought for Britain's 264 athletes in Rio, he said.
Concerns have been raised that some Paralympic athletes are being deliberately mismatched.
But Hollingsworth said: "We are here to win medals, but within both the letter and the spirit of the Paralympics."
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, an 11-time... | Claims that the classification system for disabled athletes is being manipulated to boost medal chances has been rejected by British Paralympic Association boss Tim Hollingsworth. |
35,009,530 | The gaffe was picked up by a number of viewers, among them Sanjeev Bhaskar, who suggested the broadcaster had "misunderstood diversity issues".
ITV News blamed the mistake on "an error in the production process".
Sir Lenny said he was "very thankful" to receive a knighthood from the Queen for services to drama and char... | ITV has apologised for showing a news item about Sir Lenny Henry receiving a knighthood that briefly featured footage of TV cook Ainsley Harriott. |
32,599,066 | The Magpies held crisis talks with manager John Carver earlier this week after losing their last eight league matches - their worst run since 1977.
They are now two points above the relegation zone with three games left.
"On behalf of the squad we would like to apologise for the moment we are going through," wrote Colo... | Newcastle United captain Fabricio Coloccini has written an open letter to fans calling for unity as the club battles to stay in the Premier League. |
25,518,137 | In the 1960s and 70s, the spirits of scores of convicted Japanese war criminals were "enshrined" there.
The most controversial were the 14 "Class A" war criminals, including wartime leader Hideki Tojo, who were "enshrined" in the late 1970s.
These men were the ones who ordered and oversaw Japan's brutal war in China an... | Whatever Shinzo Abe says, any visit to the Yasakuni shrine by a Japanese prime minister is deeply political and sure to cause offence. |
40,030,457 | As a result, people should be cautious about using them to judge what to eat, Stanford University scientists said.
The study recommended that companies release data showing how their devices work out measurements.
The accuracy of seven wrist devices were tested while 60 volunteers were asked to walk, run and cycle.
Res... | Most fitness trackers are good at measuring heart rate but poor at measuring calories burned, a study suggests. |
34,536,258 | Jason Nelson, 32, admits killing Jordan Maguire, 20, at his Luton home, in a "spree of violence" on 26 May 2013 but claims it was done in self-defence.
The former resident of Marsh Farm Estate in Luton has pleaded not guilty to murder, rape and sexual assault.
A man who saw Mr Maguire stabbed three times said the accus... | A man who stabbed a drug dealer to death showed no remorse after the knife went in, a jury has heard. |
37,076,140 | Baker made his name as the robot in the first Star Wars film in 1977 alongside Anthony Daniels' C-3PO character.
Lucas said Baker was "a real gentleman" and Hamill, who plays Luke Skywalker, said he had lost "a lifelong friend".
Born in Birmingham, Baker's other films include Time Bandits and Flash Gordon.
Star Wars R2... | Star Wars' George Lucas and Mark Hamill are among the big names paying tribute to actor Kenny Baker, who has died aged 81, describing him as "the heart and soul of R2-D2". |
37,679,270 | The 25-year-old played 31 games for Hull KR in 2016 but could not help them avoid relegation from Super League.
His loyalty has been criticised by Rovers chairman Neil Hudgell, who says the club supported Walker during child sex charges that were dismissed in May.
"We're looking forward to seeing him develop further at... | St Helens have signed Scotland international forward Adam Walker from Hull KR on a two-year contract. |
23,130,281 | The first bird emerged at the Cors Dyfi reserve near Machynlleth on Friday, followed by a second on Sunday.
The eggs were laid six weeks later than usual leading to concerns over whether the chicks would hatch.
Parents Monty and Glesni set up home on a 30ft (9m) tall man-made nest on 3 May.
They are one of only two kno... | Two osprey chicks have hatched at a nature reserve in Powys despite fears their parents had paired up too late in the mating season. |
39,043,453 | Falcons twice led through Vereniki Goneva and Rob Vickers tries, with James Short and Harry Williams replying to level before a Simmonds penalty put Chiefs 17-14 up at the break.
Simmonds landed his fourth kick to convert a second-half penalty try.
A Sam Skinner score and a second Short effort ensured the bonus-point v... | Joe Simmonds kicked 11 points in his first Premiership start to help Exeter Chiefs move into second in the table with victory over Newcastle Falcons. |
36,092,074 | In mathematical terms it means that he has ridden more winners than any other jockey this season. In the context of horse racing, and sport in general, it is a triumph of commitment and perseverance which may never be rivalled.
Johnson has been trying to win it since the 1990s. It is his curse, and his blessing, that h... | On Saturday at Sandown, Richard Johnson lifted the trophy confirming that he is jump racing's champion jockey. |
12,477,724 | The bill regulates agreements between occupiers and site owners over the termination of contracts and the sale of caravans.
It also brings the definition of a caravan into line with the rest of the UK.
The Private Members Bill was sponsored by UUP MLA, John McAllister.
It is the first since 1948 to have gone through al... | The Caravans Bill has been passed granting legal protection in NI to both those who holiday in caravans and those who live in them permanently. |
31,292,963 | It was back in 2008, and the young Indian woman was in Paris studying to be a pastry chef.
When her college friends realised that she had never tasted a macaron - a small, colourful circular cake made from ground almonds and filled with cream or icing - they whisked her to one of the best macaron shops in the French ca... | When Pooja Dhingra tasted her first macaron she immediately knew what she wanted to do with her life. |
35,933,963 | Local man, Joe McMinn, 28, was discovered in an area known as Devil's Den, near Goodwyns housing estate in Dorking, in the early hours of Easter Monday.
Richard Taylor, 21, of no fixed address, is due to appear at Guildford Magistrates Court later.
A post-mortem found Mr McMinn died of multiple stab wounds. | A man has been charged with murder after a body was found in a woodland stream in Surrey. |
40,394,427 | Morgan King, a single mother, had apologised to her professor for being absent due to childcare problems.
The University of Tennessee professor emailed to say she could bring her daughter, Korbyn, to lessons and she would be "delighted" to hold her.
Ms King said the warm words made her cry.
In an interviewed with US ne... | A US student with a three-month-old baby has expressed gratitude to a teacher who offered to babysit so she would not miss classes. |
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A German television documentary claimed to present evidence of systematic doping and corruption in Russian sport.
IAAF chief Lamine Diack told BBC Sport athletics is "in crisis" but said "90% to 95%" of athletes are clean.
Meadows, 33, was beaten to European gold by a Russ... | British athlete Jenny Meadows fears the Russian doping allegations could "kill" the sport if proven by an ongoing International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) investigation. |
38,807,942 | Rising energy prices pushed inflation to 1.8% in January, a near four-year high and up from 1.1% in December.
Eurostat data also showed the jobless rate fell to 9.6% in December, the lowest rate since May 2009.
GDP growth edged up to 0.5% in the final three months of 2016, up from 0.4% in the previous quarter.
The rise... | The eurozone's economy is showing signs of recovery after the latest data pointed to a fall in unemployment while growth and inflation picked up. |
40,497,411 | Peter Lloyd, 45, lives in a tent in the garden of an "uninhabitable" house, Cardiff Civil Justice Centre heard.
Mr Lloyd, who has electromagnetic hypersensitivity, said he was entitled to direct payments to employ a helper.
The council, which was ordered to pay £12,000 in costs, had claimed he was not capable of manag... | A man who says he is allergic to electricity should not have had his payments from Cardiff council refused, a judge has ruled. |
30,210,000 | The Troup seat has been vacant since the death in September of Conservative councillor John Duncan, who had represented the ward since 2002.
Independent Jack Moodie resigned from the Kirkwall West and Orphir seat on Orkney in the same month.
Votes can be cast between 07:00 and 22:00, with the counts being held on Frida... | By-elections to replace councillors in Aberdeenshire and Orkney are being held. |
38,529,605 | All four, two aged 13 and two aged 14, have been bailed pending further inquiries following the attack in Workington, Cumbria, on Tuesday.
The victim was walking along Black Path when she was raped close to Cloffocks car park at about 19:00 GMT.
A fifth boy, aged 13, was arrested on suspicion of rape and later released... | Four teenage boys arrested after a 15-year-old girl was raped have been released on bail. |
20,499,890 | Media playback is not supported on this device
Ainslie, 35, admits it would have been "difficult to top" the feeling of winning at his home Olympics and is keen to move on with new challenges.
"It was a tough decision," Ainslie told BBC Sport.
"I've had a fantastic Olympic career but I want to make it clear that the fo... | British sailor Ben Ainslie will not bid for a fifth Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Rio Games and will instead focus on his Americas Cup campaign. |
39,105,489 | Ashbourne's Royal Shrovetide Football game involves two sides competing to move a ball to posts at opposing ends of the town.
It takes place across fields, streets, car parks and waterways each Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday.
The game was won 1-0 by the Up'Ards, who defeated the Down'Ards in the two-day event.
The Up... | Play has ended in a mass game of football that has been played in a Derbyshire town for centuries. |
37,497,014 | The 30-year-old Australian-born forward represented Scotland at the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.
He holds the record for the most consecutive appearances in the NRL with 215 between 2006 and 2014.
"The club has a great profile and stature in the game and I hope to be able to contribute to developing that wonderful cult... | Super League side St Helens have signed prop Luke Douglas from NRL's Gold Coast Titans on a three-year deal. |
41,014,624 | GCSE results are being changed to grades 9 to 1, with the first such grades to be published this week.
But there will be two different pass marks - grade 4 as a "standard" pass and grade 5 as a "strong" pass.
Researchers say pupils need to be at grade 5 to match global rivals.
The study from the Education Policy Instit... | Pass marks for GCSEs in England need to be pushed upwards to catch up with high performing education systems in Asia, say researchers from the Education Policy Institute. |
35,585,467 | The Shadow Man, and a Christmas poem called Noel, were found at Our Lady's School, Abingdon.
It is thought Tolkien got to know the school while he was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University.
The poems were printed a year before Tolkien's first literary sensation The Hobbit was published.
The Shadow Man is an e... | Two poems by author JRR Tolkien have been discovered in a 1936 copy of a school annual. |
40,245,105 | Unite union members based at plants in Cowley, Goodwood, near Chichester, Hams Hall in the West Midlands and Swindon, turned down the offer by 56.6%.
Workers have already staged four walkouts during the dispute, which is over the closure of a final-salary pension scheme.
BMW said the offer was "fair" and it was disappo... | Workers at car giant BMW have voted to reject an offer aimed at resolving a long-running dispute over pensions. |
31,908,620 | The plane was heading from Heathrow to Dubai on Thursday - a seven-hour flight.
Abhishek Sachdev, who was on board tweeted: "Insane. Our BA flight to Dubai returned back to Heathrow because of a smelly poo in the toilet".
He told a newspaper: "The pilot made an announcement requesting senior cabin crew, and we knew som... | A British Airways flight was forced to turn around because of a "smelly poo". |
19,811,758 | The Common dolphin was discovered on the high water line at Gyllingvase near Falmouth early on Wednesday.
Members of British Divers Marine Life Rescue covered the animal with wet towels and seaweed to keep it comfortable.
A vet who was called to the scene assessed that it was too sick to be returned to the sea.
There h... | A dolphin found stranded on a Cornish beach has been put down, say marine rescuers. |
39,992,416 | The pro-Rouhani reformist group Omid (Hope) won all 21 seats, ousting their conservative rivals who had been in power for 14 years.
Mr Rouhani won Friday's presidential election in the first round.
He promised voters a moderate and outward-looking Iran and criticised the conservative-dominated judiciary.
Council electi... | Iran's re-elected moderate President Hassan Rouhani has received a further boost after reformists won key council elections in the capital, Tehran. |
39,500,675 | Kylle Godfrey is subject to a Criminal Behaviour Order which means he must tell police of any relationship lasting more than 14 days.
Shira told the BBC she hoped it would make him "think twice before getting into a relationship".
Godfrey, 30, is currently serving a three-year prison sentence.
It is believed to be the ... | A woman whose abusive ex-partner has become subject to a landmark police order has said it will keep her family and other women safe. |
38,951,701 | Business and political circles in Switzerland had supported the plan, which was designed to prevent taxes rising sharply for foreign investors.
However 59% of voters opposed the plan in Sunday's referendum vote.
The government will now need to find an alternative, which may involve higher tax rates for multinational co... | Swiss voters have rejected a plan to reform the country's corporate tax system, sending the government back to the drawing board. |
39,519,844 | How much wealth your parents have is likely to matter more than it did for older generations. Here's why.
It used to be the case that young adults could expect to start their working lives with higher incomes than those born earlier.
This is because incomes normally rise over time, as the economy grows.
Then we had the... | From unattainable house prices to disappointing pay rises, the financial challenges faced by young adults can seem daunting. |
35,699,837 | Nonsuch Palace was painted by the Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel in 1568.
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on the watercolour in the hope a UK buyer can match the asking price of £1m.
"We have very few paintings of the palace so I really hope we can find a buyer to keep this masterpiece here... | The earliest depiction of Henry VIII's "lost" palace in Surrey could leave the UK unless a buyer comes forward. |
34,567,035 | They will be joined at next year's Olympics by South Africa who defeated Equatorial Guinea in Bata 1-0.
It is the first time that any Zimbabwe team has qualified for a global football tournament.
Rudo Neshamba's 8th minute goal was enough to send Zimbabwe to Brazil.
It's a great achievement for us, I'm so happy I can't... | Zimbabwe's women beat Cameroon 1-0 in the second leg of their final Olympic qualifier in Harare to book a place at Rio 2016. |
40,245,178 | Brett Rogers, 25, was jailed for a minimum sentence of 32 years last May.
He had been found guilty by a jury of killing his mother Gillian Phillips, 54, and her friend 60-year-old David Oakes in 2015.
Rogers, previously of Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, was found in his cell at HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire last Wed... | A double murderer who killed his mother and her friend has been found strangled in his cell. |
36,192,924 | "In the history of betting, certainly since it was legalised in 1961, a [single event] winner with odds of 5,000-1 has never happened," says Simon Clare from the betting firm Coral. "Every bookmaker is crying out in pain.
"That's a barometer of what Leicester have done and just how amazing this win is."
Jessica Bridges... | The betting industry is licking its financial wounds. |
39,544,729 | About 20 firefighters helped bring the fire under control at Thorpe Willoughby, near Selby, on Saturday night.
It is not thought anyone was injured. An investigation is under way to find out how the fire started.
Pictures circulated on social media showed smoke from the fire was visible from several miles away from the... | A large blaze has ripped through the site of a former mushroom farm in North Yorkshire. |
33,186,707 | The tech-heavy index rose 68 points, or 1.3%, to 5,132.95
Meanwhile the Dow Jones closed up 180 points, or 1% to 18,115 while the S&P jumped 21 points, or 1%, to 2,121.22
As traders digested the Federal Reserve's statement from Wednesday, they were encouraged by its insistence that rates will only be increased graduall... | (Close): US stock markets rallied on Thursday with the Nasdaq closing at a record high. |
40,371,545 | Fe fydd Radio Cymru 2 yn darlledu o 7:00 tan 10:00 bob bore'r wythnos ar radio digidol, teledu digidol a BBC iPlayer Radio.
Cymysgedd o gerddoriaeth ac adloniant fydd ar y gwasanaeth newydd, tra bydd Radio Cymru yn parhau i ddarlledu'r Post Cyntaf.
Dywedodd golygydd Radio Cymru, Betsan Powys, ei bod yn ddatblygiad "han... | Mae'r BBC yn bwriadu sefydlu ail orsaf radio genedlaethol yn Gymraeg. |
35,735,593 | The first bomb was found during an alert at Ramoan Drive on Saturday morning.
A device found in the Glencolin Walk area of west Belfast later on Saturday has also been declared viable. There is another security alert in Ballygally in County Antrim.
Both alerts in west Belfast have now ended.
The alert in Glencolin Wal... | Police have said two devices found in separate security alerts in west Belfast are viable. |
34,877,051 | Ben Purdy, 18, was shot in the head in Bermondsey after confronting his girlfriend's ex, Michael Bagnall, about "threatening" messages.
Bagnall, 22, of Hospital Way, Lewisham, must serve at least 28 years.
His uncle Andrew Bayne, 37, of Trundleys Terrace, Lewisham was sentenced to at least 30 years.
During the trial at... | A man and his uncle have received life sentences after being found guilty of shooting dead a teenager in south London to "teach him a lesson". |
32,914,688 | He said William McNeilly's allegations were either factually incorrect or the result of misunderstanding or partial understanding.
The Royal Navy submariner has claimed missile programme system on the Clyde was a "disaster waiting to happen".
He wrote a report, detailing "serious security and safety breaches".
In a sta... | The UK's Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said a whistleblower's concerns about Trident nuclear submarine safety have not been proved. |
36,507,049 | Most swimmers will be take to the waters of Windermere to swim a mile (1.6Km) with some longer swims scheduled for Sunday.
The event is expected to attract 10,000 swimmers, organisers said.
A 10k marathon distance has also been introduced and is expected to take experienced swimmers four hours to complete.
Great Swim D... | Thousands of swimmers have headed to the Lake District this weekend to take part in the Great North Swim. |
36,559,202 | The 27-year-old spent last season on loan at Chesterfield, scoring 15 goals in 38 appearances for the Spireites.
Novak has agreed a three-year contract at The Valley and becomes the Addicks' third signing of the summer.
"Lee has shown a consistency at both Championship and League One level and is a proven goalscorer," ... | League One side Charlton Athletic have signed Lee Novak following the striker's departure from Birmingham. |
27,421,493 | The 19-year-old, from Staffordshire, died on Wednesday after a four-year battle with the disease.
Stephen's appeal in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust on his Just Giving page has now raised £3.7m.
There are now plans to make a film about his life, using footage shot over the past 12 months.
Film-maker Grigorij Richters,... | An appeal started by the cancer fundraiser Stephen Sutton has raised a further £400,000 - only a day after the teenager died. |
38,080,181 | Alana Annette Savell, 32, was hosting a couple at her Panama City home when the visitors apparently became noisy.
Police say she ordered them to go, before shooting the man and woman in the legs. The victims went to hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
Ms Savell has been charged with aggravated battery by a fir... | A Florida woman opened fire on her house guests because they were "too loud" and had overstayed their welcome, police say. |
37,012,635 | Mr McMullin, the former chief policy director of the House Republican Conference, is expected to formally file his candidacy on Monday.
He is likely to face challenges on ballot deadlines and fundraising just three months before Election Day.
The 40-year-old Mormon has never held elected office.
Mr McMullin, an outspok... | Former CIA agent Evan McMullin has launched an independent campaign for the White House with support from members of the Never Trump movement. |
38,634,119 | Notices of intended prosecution claimed 991 drivers had broken a 40mph (64km/h) speed limit in Conwy tunnel last October.
But the limit had been imposed for night maintenance only and not lifted in the morning as it should have been.
Within days the drivers got an apology in the post.
North Wales Police released the fi... | Nearly 1,000 drivers were wrongly sent speeding notices after a temporary limit on a north Wales road was not lifted, figures have shown. |
36,594,006 | Organisers said rain and ground conditions had caused delays and festival founder Michael Eavis has apologised.
The festival's Twitter account said it was "open for business" but advised festival-goers to expect to queue.
More than 100,000 people are due to descend on Worthy Farm for the event.
Glastonbury gridlock: La... | Glastonbury festival-goers have been stuck in queues of up to 12 hours as traffic chaos hit all major routes to the site. |
36,994,282 | Andrew Boyce's late equaliser had cancelled out Sido Jombati's delicate free-kick, but the home earned all three points in stoppage time.
Wycombe defender Joe Jacobson's free-kick on 13 minutes drew a decent save from James McKeown.
Garry Thompson had another good chance for the hosts on 50 minutes, but wastefully blaz... | Anthony Stewart scored an injury-time winner against Grimsby to earn Wycombe Wanderers their first victory since March. |
40,031,007 | Clifton, 18, spent the 2016-17 season on loan with Grantham Town in the Evo-Stik League Northern Premier division.
He turned professional in July 2015 after coming through the academy, but is yet to play a game for the Mariners, who finished 14th this season.
However, Clifton has earned a new deal after impressing mana... | Midfielder Harry Clifton has signed a one-year contract extension with League Two side Grimsby Town. |
29,338,750 | The 19-year-old suffered the injury during the second half of Saturday's win at Swansea.
"We're very disappointed, but that's football and that can happen," Koeman said. "It's unlucky but OK.
"The boy has to keep going and it's difficult because he had a great start to the season, but it's part of the football and he w... | Southampton midfielder James Ward-Prowse has been sidelined for 10 weeks with a fractured foot. |
23,153,685 | A child welfare agency and hospital in Pennsylvania have paid Elizabeth Mort $143,500 (£94,500) for the mistake.
Her three-day old daughter, Isabella, was removed from her for five days in April 2010.
The lawsuit argued that the opiate test in question had a far lower threshold than federal guidelines.
Jameson Hospita... | A US woman whose newborn was taken from her because she failed a hospital drug test after eating a poppy seed bagel has won a settlement, says her lawyer. |
39,512,639 | Off the court, where she makes the bulk of her earnings, the question is - can she be as big a sponsor draw as she was before her enforced absence?
The 29-year-old will return to action on Wednesday, 26 April, in Stuttgart after being handed a wildcard.
Although some fellow players have expressed misgivings, she has th... | Maria Sharapova faces the biggest challenge of her tennis career - namely her return to the sport after a 15-month drugs ban - and it is not just her continued sporting success that is in the spotlight. |
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Inst led 6-3 at the break thanks to two Hume penalties while John Crowther slotted over a Campbell penalty.
Campbell piled on the pressure in the second half but could not find a way through a resolute RBAI defence, even when Mark Keane was yellow-carded.
Hume sprinted cle... | James Hume scored a late try as RBAI beat Campbell College 13-3 at Kingspan Stadium to retain the Schools' Cup. |
12,066,494 | It puts new, lower limits on the size of each country's nuclear arsenal, and updates the verification mechanism.
There are limits on warheads and on launchers, which must be implemented within seven years of the treaty's entry into force.
Warheads: Under the New Start treaty each side is allowed a maximum of 1,550 warh... | The New Start treaty, signed by the US and Russian presidents, replaces the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (Start), first proposed by US President Ronald Reagan in 1982 and signed in 1991, as the USSR sped towards collapse. |
36,130,945 | In April 2014 Jack Sexty completed the Greater Manchester Marathon on a pogo stick in 16 hours and 24 minutes.
But earlier this month the course was found to be 380m too short and all timings for the 2013, 2014 and 2015 events were declared null and void.
Guinness World Records said the record Mr Sexty set will no long... | A student who bounced his way into the record books has been stripped of the accolade after it emerged a marathon route was too short. |
27,937,451 | The 32-year-old damaged knee ligaments in the at the end of December.
"We're hoping I can feature in the pre-season block of games if all goes well," Sturgess said.
I don't like sitting on the bench behind anybody so I definitely want to be fighting for the position
"I'm 16 weeks post-op and I'm running and doing real... | Exeter prop Brett Sturgess hopes to return to action in time for pre-season as he recovers from knee surgery. |
25,233,287 | Keepers at Drusillas Park in Alfriston could not work out why Sofia and male Tupee had failed to bond since being introduced to each other in 2011.
Head keeper Mark Kenward said it was not easy to establish the sex of a sloth and medical records had shown Sofia was female when she arrived.
"We are going to have to find... | A pair of sloths at an East Sussex zoo failed to breed after it emerged that they were both in fact males. |
40,384,839 | Sophie Burgess, who was 11 months old, had a seizure on 16 June last year.
She was taken to St Peter's Hospital in Chertsey, and died after an overdose of the anti-seizure drug phenytoin.
Surrey Police asked the Woking coroner to halt the inquest to allow officers to re-examine the case after fresh expert evidence emer... | An inquest has been suspended to allow police to reinvestigate the death of a baby girl who died after being given a fatal drug overdose in hospital. |
39,665,262 | The Roslea surgery closed last week, leaving the village without a doctor for the first time in 100 years.
Several hundred people who attended the meeting were told that no doctors applied to take over the contract.
Patients will now have to travel to the health centre in Lisnaskea.
"It will have a very, very serious i... | The long-term future of single-handed rural practices is "unsustainable", a public meeting to protest against the closure of a County Fermanagh GP surgery has been told. |
39,550,048 | The striker hammered home a low right-footed shot from 15 yards out after Byron Moore's pass across the box had created the opportunity. It proved the decisive moment of a low-key contest.
Both goalkeepers made fine second-half saves, Oldham's Connor Ripley keeping out a stinging drive from Stuart Sinclair and Rovers' ... | Ellis Harrison's 75th-minute winner was enough for Bristol Rovers to deny Oldham Athletic League One safety as they recorded a narrow victory at the Memorial Stadium. |
33,131,496 | The Houthi delegation, which was due to arrive on Sunday, was still in Djibouti in east Africa on Monday evening.
Mr Ban warned that "while the parties bicker, Yemen burns" and urged an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.
An estimated 20 million Yemenis are in need of aid following months of fighting in the country.
The ... | UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has opened talks in Geneva on the conflict in Yemen but without the presence of Houthi rebel representatives. |
38,038,923 | Northumbrian Water, which supplies water across the north-east of England, is expanding its cohort of water rangers.
It is recruiting new volunteers to walk by streams, becks, burns and bathing waters which are prone to pollution and report back on their condition.
The company's wastewater director, Richard Warneford, ... | A scheme to tackle water pollution is to be extended. |
38,589,541 | Michael March banged the weapon on the floor to scare a couple walking past a pub in South Shields in October 2016.
Prosecutors said the offence was carried out during the "killer clown" craze.
The 18-year-old admitted possessing a bladed article at South Tyneside Magistrates' Court.
He was bailed and will be sentenced... | A teenager in a clown mask who brandished an axe at a pregnant woman left her so scared she threw a brick at him, a court heard. |
35,470,675 | The Markit construction purchasing managers' index (PMI) fell to 55 from 57.8 - well below the 57.5 forecast by economists.
The figure contrasted with a stronger-than-expected start for the manufacturing sector published on Monday.
Factory output rose from 52.1 in December to 52.9 in January.
Any figure above 50 indica... | Growth in the UK construction sector slowed down in January to its weakest level for nine months. |
35,701,038 | That is a key department policy which decides whether schools should close or not.
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said that the policy is undermined by "flawed and inaccurate data".
Education Minister John O'Dowd said he would consider what additional action, if any, needed to be taken.
He said: "The sustainable s... | There should be a "root and branch" review of the Department of Education's sustainable schools policy, a Stormont committee has said. |
34,276,032 | Robyn Malcolm had been photographing a pod of whales on a feeding frenzy 500km (310 miles) south of Sydney.
But she only realised she had taken the unusual picture when she went through the photos later, she told the Sydney Morning Herald.
Animal experts say that witnessing such a partnership is rare.
New South Wales N... | An Australian photographer has captured a rare moment of animal communion with a shot of a fur seal surfing a humpback whale off the New South Wales coast. |
34,063,142 | That is the view of the organisation representing micro breweries which says the thirst for craft beer in pubs and beyond shows no signs of drying up.
It comes as the number of traditional pubs have declined, with a pub closing every couple of days in Wales.
But the number of breweries has doubled in the past five year... | If the number of independent brewers in Wales continues to rise, it could hit the 100 mark within the next year. |
36,384,969 | Police said the six Liverpool men were ruthless and petrified their victims in 23 robberies between 2008 and 2015.
Ian Stewart, Kieron Whittle, John Stewart, Alan Lea, Shaun McDonald and Gary McNeill were sentenced to between 12 and 16 years in prison.
All pleaded guilty at Liverpool Crown Court to conspiracy to commit... | A gang of armed robbers who stole up to £1.5m in a series of bank and post office raids in Merseyside, Cheshire and east Yorkshire have been jailed. |
37,296,457 | An exhibition in London explores the global refugee crisis through the eyes of eight photographers reporting from 13 countries on behalf of Oxfam.
The pictures aim to capture something of the personal stories behind the migration facts and figures.
Photography director Rebecca McClelland said: "My aim was to be as sens... | All photographs courtesy Oxfam |
40,710,478 | The SFO says the probe is "into suspected corruption in the conduct of business in the Republic of Guinea by the Rio Tinto group, its employees and others associated with it".
It is asking anyone with relevant information to get in touch.
Rio Tinto says it "will fully co-operate" with the investigation.
The firm employ... | The UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) says it has opened an investigation into British-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group. |
28,090,419 | Their study, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, argued elderly people had the least to gain.
The team at University College London (UCL) has called on doctors to discuss the risks more clearly with patients.
The charity Diabetes UK said doctors needed to strike a careful balance when prescribing treatment... | The downsides of taking medication for type-2 diabetes may exceed the benefits for some patients, researchers have advised. |
28,397,474 | Abdul Hakim Belhaj claims the UK government helped to arrange for him to be forcibly transported from China to Libya in 2004, just as he was about to fly to London to claim asylum.
Mr Belhaj says he was then tortured as he had opposed the Gaddafi regime.
Last December, the High Court found the claims were beyond its ju... | Lawyers for a man who says he was tortured after his rendition to Libya have said the Court of Appeal should overturn a block on him suing the UK. |
26,798,153 | The quake happened at about 21:10 local time on Friday (04:10 GMT on Saturday) and its epicentre was 1 mile (2km) east of the town of La Habra.
There were no immediate reports of significant damage or injuries.
A 4.4-magnitude quake was felt near Los Angeles earlier this month, rattling nerves but causing no major dama... | A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck the Los Angeles area of southern California, the US Geological Survey says. |
34,812,397 | The Kurdish Peshmerga had held 20% of the town since December 2014, and although there had been daily fighting since then, the two sides had been at a stalemate.
Since Thursday, though, the Kurdish forces - backed by US air strikes - have made important ground, cutting early on the Highway 47 which passes Sinjar, the m... | Retaking Sinjar would be extremely important strategically and for the morale of the Kurdish people in their fight against so-called Islamic State (IS) - but what happens in the days and weeks afterwards will be crucial. |
27,654,454 | The prisoner swap came after secret talks between the US government and the Taliban, brokered by Qatar.
Bergdahl was serving with an Alaska-based infantry regiment in Paktika province near the Pakistani border and went missing on 30 June 2009, five months after being deployed to Afghanistan.
The circumstances of his ca... | US Sgt Bowe Bergdahl has been released five years after being captured by Afghan Taliban, in a controversial exchange for five Taliban officials being held at Guantanamo Bay. |
40,654,915 | It is an astonishing mass of material that has essentially been created only in the last 65 years or so.
The 8.3 billion tonnes is as heavy as 25,000 Empire State Buildings in New York, or a billion elephants.
The great issue is that plastic items, like packaging, tend to be used for very short periods before being dis... | US scientists have calculated the total amount of plastic ever made and put the number at 8.3 billion tonnes. |
34,636,972 | The culprits tried to to pull the cashpoint at Aboyne Filling Station free using a blue Land Rover Defender at about 01:45 on Sunday.
The vehicle was abandoned at the crime scene.
Det Insp Richard Taylor appealed for anyone who saw the vehicle in the area in the hours before the incident to contact Police Scotland.
It ... | Thieves fled empty-handed after an attempted raid on a cash machine in Aberdeenshire failed. |
30,298,364 | The attempted abduction happened at about 08:00 GMT while the boy was walking to school along North Road, Bourne.
The offender is described as 6ft and white, with short spiked brown hair and tattoo on his neck.
Officers are warning the public to not let children go out alone.
Det Insp Pete Grayson, from Lincolnshire Po... | Police are hunting a man who tried to force an 11-year-old boy into the back of a black van in a Lincolnshire market town. |
35,288,104 | Fury, 27, is the second Briton to win the award, after he shocked Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko to claim the IBF, WBA and WBO titles in November.
"I can't believe I've just won Ring magazine fighter of the year," Fury said. "I'm so flattered."
The magazine said Fury's defeat of Klitschko "turned boxing's traditional gla... | The Ring magazine has named world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury as its 2015 fighter of the year. |
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