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30,477,469 | Almost a third of Susan Harmer's prize-winning flock were left dead or injured at her farm in Offham, near Lewes.
Twenty-five were mauled, including a ram and pregnant ewes, in the overnight attack earlier this month.
"Sheep were strewn everywhere, with a pile of them in one corner where the dogs had trapped them and a... | The fourth dog attack in a year on a flock of sheep in Sussex has "wiped out years of work", a farmer has said. |
36,824,617 | The Met Office said the warm air brought a risk of lightning, hail, storms and flash flooding later on Tuesday and into Wednesday morning.
A Yellow "be aware" warning is in place from 17:00 until 18:00 on Wednesday.
The extent of the thunderstorms is uncertain, but some places could see over 30mm of rain in an hour.
Pr... | Temperatures topped 29C on Scotland's hottest day of the year so far - sparking a warning of overnight downpours and thunderstorms. |
38,039,723 | Emergency services were called to the incident at Daldowie Crematorium, off the M74, near Uddingston, at about 12:30 on Thursday.
Two men were taken to Wishaw General Hospital for treatment.
Police said at the time there was no truth in social media speculation about a firearms incident. | A 56-year-old man has been arrested after a disturbance at a crematorium in Glasgow. |
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Neilson, expected to join MK Dons, saw his side lead when Robbie Muirhead converted Bjorn Johnsen's cross.
Joe Dodoo volleyed into the Hearts net early in the second half but team-mate Harry Forrester was flagged offside.
Jamie Walker centred for an unmarked Muirhead to fi... | Hearts beat Rangers to go second in the Scottish Premiership in what could be Robbie Neilson's last match in charge. |
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Well one man has started using a drone instead. Paul Brennan decided to use one on his brother's farm in Ireland.
The little remote controlled aircraft encourages the sheep into their pen.
Paul says it take three minutes and 21 seconds ... | When you don't have a sheep dog, how do you herd your flock? |
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The 29-year-old scored a single yuko to beat Graf 1-0 in the first bronze medal match in the weight category.
Conway had earlier beaten world champion Gevrise Emane of France but was beaten by Colombia's Yuri Alvear for the right to fight for gold.
The Bristol-born judoka ... | Briton Sally Conway defeated Austria's Bernadette Graf to win the -70kg judo bronze medal. |
35,609,657 | A needless foul from Dougie Imrie on Leigh Griffiths brought Celtic a penalty, and the striker stepped up to slot home his 33rd goal of the season.
Dedryck Boyata was sent off for a last-man tackle on Accies' Carlton Morris five minutes before the break.
Michael McGovern saved a second Griffiths spot-kick, and Brophy's... | A goal from substitute Eamonn Brophy 17 minutes from the end earned Hamilton a point against 10-man Celtic. |
33,601,483 | Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis stopped issuing all marriage licences the day after the US Supreme Court legalised same-sex marriage.
The American Civil Liberties Union has sued her on behalf of four couples, two gay and two straight.
In court on Monday in Covington, Kentucky, Ms Davis said issuing the licences would viol... | A Christian official has defended her refusal to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples in Kentucky. |
23,943,480 | Fed up with the way British Airways was handling the issue of his father's lost luggage, businessman Hasan Syed decided to complain about it.
But rather than just put out a normal tweet, he paid to have one promoted.
Using promoted tweets in this way could represent a new trend, experts believe.
The promoted tweet boug... | In a modern spin on the tale of David and Goliath, a disgruntled customer has found a new way to use social media to take on a big corporation. |
20,103,406 | Armstrong was stripped of his yellow jerseys for doping by cycling's governing body on Monday.
"The management committee decided not to award victories to any other rider or upgrade other placings in any of the affected events," said a UCI statement.
American Armstrong crossed the line first every year between 1999 and... | Lance Armstrong's seven Tour de France titles will not be awarded to any other riders, the International Cycling Union has announced. |
34,710,658 | The prime minister has said he will set out his case for military action to Parliament later this week but will only call a vote when he believes the government can muster enough support to win.
An influential Commons committee urged Mr Cameron earlier this month not to press ahead with a vote on UK air strikes.
But th... | David Cameron has said it is his "firm conviction" the UK should join other countries bombing Islamic State militants in Syria. |
39,292,710 | Front row Faletau, 28, has three caps for his country and will arrive from Championship club Yorkshire Carnegie.
Fellow prop Cosgrove, 22, is a former Scotland Under-20 international who is also eligible to play for England, and will arrive from the Pro12 outfit.
"The Championship has some excellent players and Sione i... | Bristol have signed Tonga international Sione Faletau and Edinburgh's Jack Cosgrove for next season. |
37,355,376 | Prison officer Adrian Ismay died days after car bombing in Belfast in March.
DUP MP Gavin Robinson alleged in the Commons that a police email said checks were resulting in "too many complaints" from the suspect's solicitor.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland said they "rigorously enforce all bail conditions set dow... | Police officers have been asked to stop conducting bail checks on a man accused of murdering a prison officer, the MP for East Belfast has claimed. |
21,680,196 | He was back at the ground for the first time in nearly four years; it was 1,406 days since he was last here for a Champions League game when he wore the famous red, white and black of Manchester United.
This time he was in the unfamiliar green kit of Real Madrid for a last-16 tie against United with the score delicatel... | It was precisely 19:13 GMT on Tuesday when Cristiano Ronaldo stepped on to the Old Trafford turf. |
32,973,059 | British Divers Marine Life Rescue said 18 of the animals were floated back out to sea at about 04:00 on Tuesday. Two more were later floated.
However, several of the whales then stranded on the shores of nearby Staffin Island.
It was understood that eight of the whales have died and nine remain stranded on the small is... | Rescuers have gone to the aid of 21 long-finned pilot whales which stranded on the shore at Staffin on Skye. |
32,444,840 | The volcano, which had been dormant for four decades, erupted on Wednesday, sending a plume of smoke and ash 10km (6 miles) into the sky.
Authorities evacuated people living within a 21km (13 mile) radius.
Road workers used lorries to plough through the ash, which lay up to a metre (3ft) deep in some places.
As the mas... | Residents and emergency workers in southern Chile have been clearing ash that rained down on towns after an eruption of the Calbuco volcano. |
32,507,890 | In a letter to The Times, 20 former defence chiefs said to "abandon" Britain's four Trident submarines would be "an enormous gamble" which could threaten "the survival of our nation".
Signatories include two retired defence secretaries and two ex-GCHQ directors.
A decision on whether to renew Trident is due to be taken... | A decision not to renew the UK's nuclear deterrent would be "irresponsible folly", a group of ex-senior military officials has said. |
34,436,671 | The run-up was dominated by a row over a Vatican priest who on Saturday announced he was in a gay relationship.
Poland-born Krzysztof Charamsa said he wanted to challenge the Church's "backward" attitude to homosexuality.
He was later dismissed from his post at the Vatican's office in charge of guarding Roman Catholic ... | Pope Francis has celebrated Mass at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, at the start of a synod of Roman Catholic bishops focusing on family issues. |
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A team of 15 fundraisers is making the 150-mile journey to Tower Bridge to raise funds for the Bristol and Avon Multiple Sclerosis Centre at Bristol's Frenchay Hospital. | Three rickshaws have crossed Clifton Suspension Bridge at the start of a bridge-to-bridge charity ride from Bristol to London. |
40,339,658 | The race was expected to be full of high drama, with drivers squeezing cars through narrow sections and an error or two never far away.
What happened? An unexpectedly dull inaugural race.
With only a 12-point gap between Vettel and Hamilton at the top of the drivers' championship, can Azerbaijan provide an exhilarating... | Baku was the new kid on the Formula 1 block in 2016, presenting fans with the fastest street circuit on the calendar. |
26,650,782 | A poll carried out on behalf of the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) suggested 68% of Londoners were behind the measure. Boris Johnson said there was "broad support".
However more than 37,000 people have signed an online petition against the purchase.
The cannon will be purchased if Home Secretary Theresa ... | The Mayor of London has agreed to support the Met Police's call for water cannon to be purchased. |
40,300,146 | Doctors are currently treating 24 casualties in four hospitals: 12 are in a critical condition.
All are said to be suffering from damage to the throat, lungs and airways caused by breathing in smoke.
This is the major priority for doctors, rather than external burns.
In fact, the BBC understands that no-one is being tr... | Hospital doctors are keeping some casualties from the Grenfell Tower fire unconscious for several days to allow them to recover from the effects of smoke inhalation. |
40,292,156 | Sean Caffrey hacked into the US Department of Defense system in 2014, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.
He accessed and stole the ranks, usernames and email addresses of more than 800 users, as well as of about 30,000 satellite phones.
At Birmingham Crown Court Caffrey, 25, of Sutton Coldfield, admitted an offence ... | A computer hacker has admitted stealing hundreds of user accounts from a US military communications system. |
35,401,104 | Confusion about what is covered by insurance policies is one of the reasons that policyholders fail to receive a payout.
Wear and tear, as well as damage caused by a lack of maintenance in homes are also key reasons for claims being rejected, an insurers' group said.
In contrast, 99% of motor insurance claims result in... | More than one in five home insurance claims is unsuccessful owing, in part, to the complexity of policies. |
19,475,087 | The 39-year-old Zimbabwean has scored over 24,000 runs in all competitions during a 12-year stay with the county, winning seven trophies along the way.
He said: "It deeply saddens me that I have to leave at the end of the season. I have thoroughly enjoyed my 12 years.
"My family have loved every year here, and we feel ... | Sussex have announced that veteran batsman Murray Goodwin will leave the club at the end of the season. |
35,350,732 | The Gateway offices are occupied by Citi, the global financial services group.
Selling agents CBRE say it is the largest office investment to come onto the market in Northern Ireland in the last decade.
In 2014, Ulster Bank sold most of its Titanic Quarter loans to the US hedge fund Davidson Kempner.
Such a fund will t... | An office development in Belfast's Titanic Quarter has been put up for sale with a price tag of £29m. |
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The midfielder agreed personal terms with the Canaries this week and, having passed his medical, he has penned a three-and-a-half-year deal.
"He can add goals to our midfield, which I think we need," said Norwich manager Paul Lambert.
"He'll get better as a player the high... | Norwich City have completed the signing of 23-year-old Leeds captain Jonny Howson for an undisclosed fee. |
36,055,060 | Sidibe, who died on Thursday, is known for his black and white studio portraits that captured the lives of young Malians in the 1960s and 1970s.
Critics say his photos of Mali's post-colonial period helped people see the West African nation in a new light.
In 2007, he became the first African winner of the Golden Lion ... | Tributes are being paid to the award-winning Malian photographer, Malick Sidibe, who has died at the age of 80. |
36,271,074 | The building at Devesulu, which houses radar and 12 interceptor missile tubes, appears remarkably similar to the "sensors and shooters" that have already been placed on US Aegis warships.
It has even been painted in the same battleship grey and is manned and operated by US Navy personnel who will rotate on six-month to... | America's latest addition to its Ballistic Missile Defence System looks out of place surrounded by mile after mile of flat Romanian farmland. |
39,642,819 | England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) rules need to be altered to remove the right of all 18 counties to play in the new tournament.
Essex follow Middlesex in their refusal to support the change.
But Durham chairman Sir Ian Botham said his county were fully committed in their support for the new tournament.
He said: "I... | Essex have become the second county to announce their intention to stand against a new city-based Twenty20 competition, planned for 2020. |
36,468,012 | The prosecutors, from Spain's top criminal court, allege Neymar and his father hid the true value of the player's multi-million-euro transfer from Santos to Barcelona.
A Brazilian investment fund that owned 40% of Neymar's sports rights argues it was deprived of its full share.
In previous interviews, Neymar, 24, has d... | Spanish prosecutors have called for Brazil and Barcelona football star Neymar to be tried for fraud. |
34,421,675 | Under the plans announced by Chancellor George Osborne in July, the minimum wage for over-25s will rise from £6.50 an hour to £7.20 in April next year.
It will rise to at least £9 by 2020.
The Scottish government said the proposals were "simply an enhancement of the national minimum wage" rather than a true living wage... | The UK government's National Living Wage plans have been criticised as a "misappropriation of the term" by the Scottish government. |
38,910,818 | Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead spent £160,000 trying to move 10 caravans from Shurlock Row, Berkshire.
Those occupying the land lost appeals and finally a judicial review bid to remain at the site in 2016.
The authority said the group had now left voluntarily and an order imposed to restore the site to its or... | Travellers who sparked a Supreme Court legal battle by pitching at a site for more than seven years have left. |
20,642,446 | Tory PCC Adam Simmonds' plans include employing a chief of staff, four assistant commissioners, and a value for money officer.
Under the old police authority, there were seven staff members. The new organisation will have 10 extra posts.
Mr Simmonds said a team was vital in overseeing the county force.
He said: "This i... | The new police and crime commissioner (PCC) for Northamptonshire has denied he is "empire building" with his plans for a 17-strong team. |
35,603,621 | 18 February 2016 Last updated at 11:41 GMT
The black saloon car hit the man at about 18:50 GMT as he crossed Copyground Lane on 9 February.
Police have appealed for the driver and witnesses who came to help the victim, to come forward
The man was taken to hospital for treatment and has since been discharged. | A 50-year-old man was left with knee injuries after a car hit him in High Wycombe before driving off. |
36,854,572 | The 15cm high concrete wall is topped with razor wire, miniature US flags and includes 'Keep Out' signs written in both Spanish and English.
It was created by LA-based street artist Plastic Jesus and was inspired by comments made by the Republican Presidential nominee last year when he outlined plans to build a wall al... | Donald Trump's controversial call for a "great, great wall" on the US-Mexico border has yet to be realised but a tiny, tiny one has been built instead - surrounding his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. |
34,236,069 | Jon Trickett, who had been close to Ed Miliband, declined to stand and Diane Abbott, who came last in her previous attempt, was concentrating on her bid to become Labour's candidate for London Mayor.
Twice, in 2007 and 2010, John McDonnell tried to get on the ballot to lead his party. Twice he failed to garner enough s... | Jeremy Corbyn wasn't the left's first choice for Labour leader. |
32,992,412 | The jet-set "pseudo-corporate" lifestyle of Fifa executive committee members has long been a wonder to fans and media alike, but the trappings of an international corporation have unfortunately not come with the sort of oversight that a true business organisation should possess.
Mr Blatter's decision to go later this y... | No sooner has Sepp Blatter said he is heading for the exit door at Fifa's plush headquarters in Zurich, than urgent questions are being asked about how football's tarnished governing body should reinvent itself. |
37,183,336 | It shows May driving with a broken arm, Clarkson driving on the Game of Thrones set and Hammond waking up in a buggy to find it has been hoisted into the air.
The footage was shown to delegates at the Edinburgh Television Festival.
The Grand Tour producer Andy Wilman said: "Like them or loathe them, they are still doin... | The first footage has given a glimpse of what to expect from ex-Top Gear trio Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond's new car show The Grand Tour. |
36,201,702 | The winner of the award, previously known as the Samuel Johnson Prize, will receive £30,000.
It aims to recognise high quality non-fiction works published in English.
It is open to books in the areas of current affairs, history, politics, science, sport, travel, biography and the arts.
Flanders, now a chief market stra... | Former BBC Economics Editor Stephanie Flanders is to chair the judges of the 2016 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. |
37,021,219 | The ruling ends an eight-year legal battle over the documents.
The manuscripts were in the possession of the family of Esther Hoffe, the secretary of Kafka's friend Max Brod.
The family had argued that it rightfully owned the manuscripts after her death.
David Blumberg, chairman the National Library of Israel, said the... | Israel's Supreme Court has ruled that a collection of unpublished Franz Kafka manuscripts must be transferred from an Israeli family to the country's national library. |
31,422,496 | Subsea UK chief executive Neil Gordon said capital expenditure cuts and low crude price were starting to bite.
But he added that the fundamentals of the sector, which supports 60,000 jobs, remained relatively strong.
He was speaking at the start of Subsea Expo in Aberdeen.
Subsea firms play a key role in North Sea acti... | The UK's subsea sector is in for two years of tough times and will only weather the storm if it embraces innovation and new technology, an industry body has warned. |
38,986,093 | Enda Kenny was making a speech on the implications of Brexit on Wednesday.
He said the move posed a serious threat to the Republic's economic prosperity.
He also said the negotiations would be the most significant that Ireland had faced as an independent state.
Mr Kenny also warned that if no executive was formed after... | It is a matter of vital national interest that there is no return to a hard border on the island of Ireland when the UK leaves the European Union, the taoiseach (Irish prime minister) has said. |
36,587,267 | Above a link to an article about the fund hitting £1m, Dominic Peacock wrote "I've just donated", before making an offensive comment.
The East Riding of Yorkshire councillor later deleted it and said: "I shouldn't have put it on in the first place."
Council leader Stephen Parnaby said he would not tolerate such remarks... | A Conservative councillor has been suspended over an offensive Facebook post he wrote mocking fundraising in memory of killed MP Jo Cox. |
36,207,769 | McIlroy has opted out of the European Tour's flagship event because he does not want to play four weeks in a row.
The world number three is returning from a three-week break to defend the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte.
"I am still working on it but I feel better than I did when I put the clubs away for a couple... | Rory McIlroy has pulled out of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth later in May, but says he is close to removing the "bad habits" from his game. |
34,614,462 | After their defiance of the government on Monday, peers are waiting to see what instrument the government will devise for their punishment. And in particular they're keen to guess whether their former leader, Lord Strathclyde, will place a silken noose about their noble necks, or merely slap their noble wrists.
Conserv... | As every viewer of the Alec Guiness comedy classic, Kind Hearts and Coronets, knows, when peers are hanged, the execution is performed with a silken cord. |
36,721,514 | Transport links and water and power supplies in the city of 10 million are severely affected, and some residents are trapped in their homes.
Flooding has killed more than 180 people and caused chaos across China.
Police in neighbouring Anhui province even warned that alligators from a farm there had escaped due to the ... | The Chinese city of Wuhan is on red alert for more heavy rainfall, after torrential downpours overnight left parts of the city submerged. |
34,002,513 | Trustees of the Cwmaman Institute said they had six-figure debts and were struggling to keep the building open.
Opened in 1892 for the local mining community, the building had a £3.8m lottery-funded facelift in 2001 unveiled by the Prince of Wales.
Trust chairman John Oliver said they were warning groups using the ven... | Rock stars Stereophonics have been asked to help save a venue where they played some of their first gigs. |
39,965,736 | The 34-year-old's deal is the third short-term contract he has signed since joining the Championship club last summer after four injury-plagued years.
Barker only made five substitute appearances, but helped the Brewers avoid relegation and boss Nigel Clough sees him as a valuable squad member.
"I am not signing as a p... | Defender Shaun Barker has signed a new six-month contract with Burton Albion. |
33,670,141 | Speaking in advance of their trips, they proposed very different solutions.
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said he would be asking US officials to help convince the UK government to take a new approach to welfare funding.
But Secretary of State Theresa Villiers will say those blocking welfare reform are puttin... | Northern Ireland's secretary of state and deputy first minister are taking separate visits to the US to brief the government about the Stormont crisis. |
32,188,341 | The budding star, coached by Kaiser Chiefs front man Ricky Wilson, beat off stiff competition from Lucy O'Byrne to take the crown.
The 29-year-old, from Alva in Clackmannanshire, had been the bookies' favourite to win the final.
After his victory was announced, Stevie said: "I never thought this was possible."
His debu... | Scottish firefighter Stevie McCrorie has won the grand final of the BBC show, The Voice. |
34,538,992 | Efforts to find the family began in August after India accepted the woman, named Geeta, was one of its citizens.
Geeta, who has speech and hearing impairments, was about 11 when she is believed to have strayed into Pakistan.
Her plight emerged following a Bollywood film Bajrangi Bhaijaan, which told the story of a Paki... | An Indian woman stranded in Pakistan for a decade has identified her family in photos sent from across the border. |
36,082,255 | "Assessing and reporting major risks does not mean becoming involved in politics; rather it would be political to suppress important judgments," he told a House of Lords committee.
Mr Carney said the vote was the biggest domestic risk to the UK's financial stability.
He added that uncertainty was already hitting the gr... | It is the Bank's duty to talk about EU referendum risks, says Bank of England governor Mark Carney, dismissing accusations the Bank is too political. |
37,584,742 | Essiedu scooped best performance in a play at the UK Theatre Awards, which reward shows produced outside London.
The 26-year-old played Shakespeare's prince in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Two musicals from Sheffield's Crucible Theatre - Flowers For Mrs Harris and Show Boat - led the other winners, while Vanessa Redgrave and S... | Paapa Essiedu, the first black actor to play Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company, has won a top theatre award. |
36,108,184 | Mr Obama, who is on a three-day visit with his wife Michelle, is meeting PM David Cameron for talks.
Mr Obama has told the Daily Telegraph being in the EU magnified Britain's influence across the world.
But London Mayor Boris Johnson called his view "hypocritical", describing the EU system as "alien" to US traditions.
... | Barack Obama has urged the UK to stick with the EU, as he began his final trip to Britain as US president by having lunch with the Queen. |
24,193,716 | The Nottinghamshire born athlete, who is a double amputee, set off from John O'Groats in August and headed into Land's End on Monday.
The 37-year-old 200m sprinter, who began his career as a marathon runner, said the task had been five years in the planning.
He said the challenge had been "an epic journey".
"I'm really... | Paralympic gold medallist Richard Whitehead has completed 40 marathons in 40 days. |
34,464,484 | They say the rapid test, which looks for a chemical in the blood, would reduce stress for patients, save money and ease pressure on hospital wards.
Trials on 6,304 people, published in the Lancet medical journal, suggested it was 99.6% accurate.
The British Heart Foundation said the test would produce faster answers wi... | A blood test can more than halve the number of people admitted to hospital with a suspected heart attack, say doctors. |
34,674,272 | Labour MP Julie Cooper's bill to exempt carers from parking charges was stymied by Tory MPs and is unlikely to become law.
Ms Cooper said the charges were "one extra penalty" carers did not need.
Social Care Minister Alistair Burt said local hospitals should make their own decisions but should try to reduce the "cost b... | The government has encouraged hospitals to offer discounted parking for carers as it rejected a bid to change the law. |
33,912,468 | The ruling comes three years after capital punishment was abolished in the state, but for future crimes only.
The supreme court's decision means 11 of the state's inmates still on death row will now be spared.
Connecticut has had just one execution since 1976. Thirty-one US states still allow executions.
The ruling cam... | A top court in the US state of Connecticut has overturned the death penalty for inmates on death row, deeming it unconstitutional. |
39,465,631 | After reported lobbying from Spain, the EU's Brexit negotiation strategy is that decisions affecting Gibraltar will be run past the Spanish government.
Labour's Keir Starmer said Gibraltar should not be a "bargaining chip".
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has insisted Britain remains "implacable and rock-like" in its s... | The UK has said it will stand up for Gibraltar's interests after the territory accused Spain of using Brexit to forward its territorial aims. |
32,997,703 | Joe Pugh, 18, and his girlfriend Leah Washington, aged 17, both of Barnsley, were riding on the Smiler on Tuesday.
Two carriages crashed on the ride at the Staffordshire theme park, leaving some passengers trapped for four-and-a-half hours about 25ft (7.6m) up in the air.
Mr Pugh and Miss Washington and another man and... | Two teenagers have been named as victims of the Alton Towers rollercoaster accident. |
35,350,306 | Heidi Gannon was born in Wales and her sister Jo Baines was born in England about two hours afterwards.
Their mum didn't know she was having twins.
A set of twins were born in England and Scotland in 2012 and were thought to be the first to be born in different countries but Heidi and Jo were born much earlier, in 1976... | Twins claim world record title as the first pair to be born in different countries - nearly 40 years later. |
34,388,412 | Calais officials said the man was "crushed" by pallets and was found by a Hungarian driver at about 07:00 BST.
The Iraqi man was travelling with two other family members, who were unhurt, a spokesman for the Prefecture du Pas de Calais said.
He is the 12th person to have died trying to cross the English Channel to reac... | A 20-year-old Iraqi has been found dead in a UK-bound lorry in Calais port, French authorities have said. |
36,396,341 | Andrew Nay, 39, crashed his Land Rover into the girls' family car as he made a right turn across oncoming traffic on the A509 near Wellingborough.
Katrina Raiba, now six, and her sister Karlina, eight, were left paralysed from the waist down.
The girls' parents said they would "never be able to forgive" Nay.
Live: Reac... | A driving instructor who left two young sisters paralysed after a "road rage" crash in Northamptonshire has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. |
32,840,712 | CRCC was at the head of a consortium that had won the project last year, which was abruptly revoked shortly after being awarded.
The deal was called off over controversy in the bidding process.
The Mexican government relaunched the bid earlier this year, but that was cancelled for a second time.
The second cancellation... | Mexico will compensate China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) $1.31m (£835,953) for cancelling a $3.75bn high-speed rail contract. |
32,049,209 | The comments came after Amazon told a US Senate committee that the country's reticence was holding it back.
The firm said that, by the time it had been given permission to test one prototype, the drone had already been rendered obsolete.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the congestion of America's airs... | US regulators' sluggishness over drone testing could be an opportunity for the UK, a leading academic has said. |
38,130,074 | Victoria Allen, 51, threatened to take Brannel School in St Austell, Cornwall to tribunal over the matter.
The dispute was settled out of court earlier.
She had told the pupil she did not agree with same sex relationships and she was unhappy that the rainbow emblem was used to represent gay pride.
More on the teacher r... | A school has apologised to a Christian teaching assistant it disciplined for sharing her views on gay relationships with a 14-year-old student. |
36,845,226 | An 18-year-old man was left with a serious neck injury after the attack in a Glasgow bar in May.
The man is described as white, tall, with short brown hair and a protruding nose.
At the time he was wearing blue jeans, a white shirt and a khaki green bomber style jacket.
Det Con Nikki McPherson said: "This was a brutal ... | Police have issued a CCTV image of a man they wish to trace over an assault with a weapon in a pub. |
37,595,495 | The incident took place in North Street, close to Charing Cross, shortly before 03:00.
The man was taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary before being transferred to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for treatment.
Medical staff described his condition as serious.
An area of North Street was closed off by police following ... | A 42-year-old man was seriously injured after being punched in an "unprovoked" attack in Glasgow city centre during the early hours of Saturday morning. |
40,271,847 | Shyan Wright wanted the 23-year-old to hide the gun because her "yard ain't hot", meaning police were not aware or interested in her home.
Wright, from Walsall, typed "God forbid the children getting close…Lol" when the woman said she had stashed it and eight bullets in her room.
Wright, 25, was jailed for five years... | A woman persuaded a friend to hide a loaded gun in her home and joked over WhatsApp whether her two young children might find it. |
34,868,478 | While visiting Towers Residential Outdoor Education Centre in Betws-y-Coed, Conwy, the royal couple ascended a climbing wall.
Earlier, they visited a photography project run by charity Mind in Caernarfon, Gwynedd.
They also saw the work of GISDA which provides training for young people.
Twm Griffiths, who works at the ... | The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been in north Wales to meet organisations which support young people and tackle mental health issues. |
33,004,119 | Ricky Burlton, 20, from Enfield, London, died after he was hit by a car on the A10 exit slip road at Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire.
Officers want to question Alexi Shyti, who is thought to have been living under an assumed named at the time.
Mr Shyti, believed to have been driving a Rover involved in the crash, fled the cou... | A fresh appeal has been made in a bid to find a man wanted in connection with a fatal crash five years ago. |
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Even fewer could have imagined just how the game would ebb and flow, and ultimately provide Aberdeen with their first chance in 17 years to win a cup they treated as their own in the eighties.
In 1990, as Alex McLeish lifted the trophy just as Willie Miller had done four t... | Few observers predicted anything other than a closely-fought match between the Championship winners and the second-best team in the country. |
40,813,583 | The new Velvet Edition dark chocolate bars go on sale in the UK this month.
Instead of the Fairtrade mark, it carries the Cocoa Life certification, set up by Mondelez International, the owner of Green & Black's.
Mondelez calls Cocoa Life "a holistic, cocoa sustainability programme in partnership with Fairtrade".
And un... | Green & Black's, which pioneered organic Fairtrade chocolate, is launching its first UK product without a Fairtrade or organic label. |
38,336,312 | The furry explorer climbed inside the child's plaything and jammed its head through a small hole at the rear.
Despite its owners attempts to free it, the plastic proved too tough and the "unusual" emergency call-out was made.
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said the kitten was unharmed but its experience served as ... | A three-month old kitten had to be rescued by firefighters after it got stuck in a toy car. |
36,447,788 | The men turned up at the pensioner's house in Carluke, South Lanarkshire, at about 12:30 on Wednesday, offering to carry out repair work at his home.
After agreeing to the work, the man paid the conmen in cash but they made off without carrying out any repairs.
One of the men was white, aged 50 to 59, about 6ft tall, o... | A 91-year-old man has been conned out of a four-figure sum of money by two bogus workmen. |
38,257,089 | Marco Pierre White Jr, 21, had pleaded guilty to dishonestly making a false representation on 23 November.
He was told he had to undertake 120 hours of unpaid work and pay £2,500 in compensation to his victim.
Chief magistrate Emma Arbuthnot said she believed goods he had bought with the money were "sold to buy drugs".... | The son of chef Marco Pierre White has been ordered to perform unpaid work after he admitted dishonestly using his ex-girlfriend's bank card. |
31,145,520 | The team has made the most precise map of the "oldest light" in the cosmos.
Earlier observations of this radiation had suggested the first generation of stars were bursting into life by about 420 million years after the Big Bang.
Planck's data indicates this great ignition was well established by some 560 million years... | Scientists working on Europe's Planck satellite say the first stars lit up the Universe later than previously thought. |
31,968,351 | The city council has approved plans from the Co-operative Group and Moda Living for the 34-storey Angel Gardens building.
It will be built at Shudehill, on a site once home to an 18th Century cotton mill built by Richard Arkwright.
Angel Gardens will include more than 450 apartments, resident lounges, a cinema room and... | A block of "new style" flats is to be built near Manchester's Victoria station. |
36,817,205 | He was injured in a tumble from Cernunnos, for his boss JP McManus, at the final fence in the Summer Plate Handicap Chase won by Long House Hall.
Geraghty, 36, will see a specialist to determine whether he needs surgery.
"He'll be out for two to three months with that," said Irish Turf Club senior medical officer Dr Ad... | Jockey Barry Geraghty will miss the Galway Festival and is out for at least two months after breaking his right arm in a fall at Market Rasen. |
38,846,635 | Team boss Pete McGrath believes promotion is a realistic target in what he expects to be an extremely competitive season in Division Two.
Down, relegated without a point last year, have not won a league game since an April 2015 success over Laois.
But McGrath says his former county have improved and will present a form... | Fermanagh start their league campaign against Down with their sights set firmly on achieving top-flight status. |
37,007,735 | Children aged 14 to 17 were sold vaping devices by 246 of the 634 retailers visited between January and March 2016.
The operation's report said compliance with rules prohibiting sales to under-18s was "disappointingly low".
The British Retail Consortium said major retailers had "rigorous policies and training" to ensur... | Almost 40% of sellers targeted in an operation by Trading Standards in England were caught illegally allowing under-18s to buy e-cigarette products. |
39,684,172 | Fe fyddai'r rheiny ar ddyddiau nawddsant y pedair gwlad.
Mae Jeremy Corbyn yn credu y byddai hyn yn "dathlu diwylliant cenedlaethol ein pedair cenedl".
Fel arfer mae gan Loegr a Chymru wyth o wyliau banc y flwyddyn, naw sydd gan yr Alban a 10 sydd gan Ogledd Iwerddon.
Mae Llafur yn dweud mai cyfartaledd gwledydd y G20 ... | Mae'r blaid Lafur wedi dweud y bydden nhw'n creu pedair o wyliau banc newydd petaen nhw'n ennill yr Etholiad Cyffredinol. |
13,808,753 | The US sprayed 12 million gallons of the defoliant over jungles between 1961 and 1971 during the Vietnam war.
Vietnamese experts say more than three million people have suffered the effects of the herbicide, of which some 400,000 died.
The development is being hailed as one of the most significant in relations between ... | Vietnam and the United States have taken the first step towards cleaning up Agent Orange contamination. |
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A BBC team and some tourists were on the mountain when the explosion happened.
BBC science reporter Rebecca Morelle described the experience of "Running down a mountain pelted by rocks, dodging burning boulders and boiling steam."
Mount Etna is one of the most active volcanoes i... | The Mount Etna Volcano in Italy has erupted. |
36,105,262 | The IAAF voted to suspend Russia's federation (Araf) on 13 November after the publication of an independent World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) report that alleged "state-sponsored doping".
The IAAF has outlined conditions Araf must meet for the ban to be lifted.
The Olympic athletics programme begins in Brazil on 12 Augus... | Russia's participation in athletics at the Rio Olympics will be decided when the council of world governing body the IAAF meets on 17 June in Vienna. |
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From Popdance to Street Dance, Ballroom to Fitsteps, there is a type of dance to suit everyone, whatever your age, taste, aspiration or fitness level. Before you know it, you'll be getting fit and your energy levels will be soaring! It's easy to get into, effective and a g... | Members of 8 Steps Dance Group explain why dancing is a fantastic way of expressing creativity and emotion as well as being a great way of keeping active. |
37,609,525 | A 22-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman have been held following the discovery at Packett Street, Fenton.
Staffordshire Police was called to the scene at 10:00 BST. A force spokesperson said post-mortem tests would take place on Wednesday.
Formal identification of the child has yet to take place.
More on this story a... | Two people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a two-year-old girl was found dead at an address in Stoke-on-Trent. |
35,426,230 | Nearly half the roughly four million children displaced in the region are not in school, according to a new report by the Malala Fund.
They risk becoming a "lost generation", Ms Yousafzai warned.
The BBC's Lyse Doucet was given exclusive access to the report ahead of its release on Friday.
Ms Yousafzai, who was shot in... | Campaigner Malala Yousafzai has called for more to be done to educate millions of Syrian refugee children displaced within the country and its neighbours. |
40,983,500 | Matt Smith nodded QPR in front before their former winger Junior Hoilett equalised by blocking goalkeeper Alex Smithies' clearance.
Sol Bamba's header gave Cardiff the lead, fuelling a fiery atmosphere at Cardiff City Stadium.
The hosts had chances to score a third but held out comfortably for a fifth win from five lea... | Cardiff City beat Queens Park Rangers in a breathless encounter to stay top of the Championship table. |
31,863,068 | The 33-year-old world number one is this week ending her 14-year boycott of the BNP Paribas Open in California.
Her father accused fans of racial abuse after the then-19-year-old was booed and heckled in the 2001 final.
And speaking ahead of her return, the American top seed admitted: "I didn't think I would come back.... | Serena Williams says she never believed she would return to Indian Wells after suffering crowd abuse at the tournament as a teenager. |
40,157,979 | Mousinho, 31, has captained the Brewers in all three Football League divisions, but had not played in the second tier before last season.
"The Championship was a bit of an unknown for me," he told Burton's official website.
"Now I feel in a better place with that season under my belt."
Mousinho made 32 appearances in t... | Burton Albion skipper John Mousinho says he is relishing a second season in the Championship after signing a new one-year contract. |
26,543,427 | Small studies by UK and Korean scientists indicated patients were less likely to fixate on food and body image after a dose of oxytocin.
About one in every 150 teenage girls in the UK are affected by the condition.
The eating disorders charity Beat said the finding was a long way from becoming a useable treatment.
Oxyt... | A hormone released during childbirth and sex could be used as a treatment for the eating disorder anorexia nervosa, scientists suggest. |
38,572,232 | Dutch customs officials discovered a parcel containing two handguns, ammunition, herbal cannabis and GHB, also known as liquid ecstasy, addressed to a location on Merseyside.
The seizure was referred to the National Crime Agency.
Officers raided two addresses in St Helens earlier, arresting a 22-year-old man and a 20-y... | A couple have been arrested on suspicion of allegedly importing firearms and drugs into the UK. |
13,367,098 | Those on the list are "wanted" because they have not been punished, even if they have extradition orders against them or have been tried and convicted. In some cases it is unclear whether they are still alive. They remain on the list until it is proven that they are dead.
Resident in Austria. Former Croatian police chi... | The Simon Wiesenthal Center, which investigates Nazi war criminals, has published its latest list of its most wanted surviving suspects. |
35,156,777 | Opposition factions alleged fraud during the first round of voting and there have been widespread street protests.
A special commission set up by President Michel Martelly last week is to investigate the electoral process.
There were more violent protests on Saturday when the results for the legislative vote was announ... | Haiti's presidential and legislative run-off elections have been postponed, officials have said. |
39,490,278 | Julie-Anne Wood started her career in her hometown of Milford Haven in 1999.
She has now become the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's head of maritime operations and oversees the co-ordination of search and rescue around the UK coast.
Up until now the role has always been held by a man.
Ms Wood, who started out as a par... | A coastguard from Pembrokeshire has made history by becoming the highest-ranking woman in Her Majesty's Coastguard. |
34,541,357 | The Prince of Wales. This country's next hereditary head of state. The man yet to set foot on the soil of mainland China.
But this isn't an outright princely boycott. The reality is more complex.
When it comes to actively avoiding showcase set pieces involving Chinese leaders, Prince Charles has form.
He didn't turn... | When, next week, the Queen invites her guests in the Buckingham Palace ballroom to stand and toast the People's Republic of China there will be one notable absentee from the state banquet. |
39,997,931 | EJ has weathered a snow storm and harassment from rival ospreys while incubating her clutch of three eggs. All hatched over the past few days.
The RSPB suspects mate Odin, who was bringing fish to the chicks, was frightened off by another male.
On Monday, an osprey was at the nest with a fish but the chicks were dead.
... | All three chicks being raised by a well-known female osprey in the Cairngorms have died, RSPB Scotland has confirmed. |
34,079,390 | Cardiff and Vale health board said admissions to the University Hospital of Wales will go to a different ward or a different hospital.
The board has not confirmed what the infections are.
Babies already being treated on the ward will remain there, so it has not closed completely.
Ruth Walker, the health board's executi... | The neonatal intensive care unit at a Cardiff hospital has stopped taking admissions due to a "cluster of infections". |
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