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The 91 coins, dating back to AD 31 were found in a field at Wick by men using metal detectors in December 2014.
In a separate find, gold and silver finger rings, one 12th, the other 15th century were found at Llancarfan in December 2013.
The coroner for Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan declared both finds treasure.
Us... | A hoard of Roman silver coins and two medieval finger rings found in the Vale of Glamorgan have been declared treasure. | 34924946 |
Willie O'Dea was reacting to the party's poor performance in two Irish parliament (Dáil) by-elections.
On Sunday, former Fianna Fáil minister Éamon Ó Cuív described the by-election results as a bad day for the party.
Mr O'Dea said a leadership contest would be divisive and that he supported the party's leader.
The reac... | A Fianna Fáil Irish parliament member has said the party is united behind its leader Micheál Martin. | 29595769 |
David Anderson QC said his "central concern" about the proposals first unveiled by David Cameron in early September was: "Where are the courts?"
Temporary Exclusion Orders are one of the measures in the counter terrorism bill published by Theresa May.
It also includes tougher powers to stop people going abroad to fight... | Concerns about plans to exclude people from the UK if they go abroad to fight with extremist groups have been raised by the UK's reviewer of terror laws. | 30206231 |
It is thought Jerrell Elie was at a party in Gordon Grove, Brixton, when a fight broke out and he was chased.
An Audi car also took off at speed towards Flaxman Road, where police later found the teenager, from Camberwell, with head injuries.
Moments later the car was seen driving down Gordon Grove, under the railway a... | A 17-year-old boy who died after a fight in London over the weekend has been named. | 33851075 |
The debate, on 20 February, will also discuss a second petition calling for the visit to go ahead, signed by more than 100,000 people.
Mr Trump has put in place a temporary US travel ban on people from seven mainly Muslim countries.
This led to protests across the UK on Monday.
A state visit is the highest honour offer... | MPs will debate whether US President Trump should be given a UK state visit, as a petition against the idea nears 1.7 million signatures. | 38810984 |
In an emergency session, lawmakers said there had been a "rupture of the constitutional order".
They also threatened to put President Nicolas Maduro on trial.
The emergency session was called after the electoral authorities blocked opposition efforts to hold a referendum to remove Mr Maduro from power.
The opposition b... | Members of Venezuela's opposition-led National Assembly declared on Sunday that the government was engaged in "an ongoing coup d'etat". | 37747849 |
Martina Anderson brought defamation proceedings against Mr Paisley over an interview he gave about the closure of a County Antrim cigarette factory.
The case was due to be heard in the High Court in Belfast, but the judge was told the dispute has been settled.
Mr Paisley will donate to the Pink Ladies cancer charity in... | DUP MP Ian Paisley is to make a charity donation as part of a libel settlement after he was sued by a Sinn Féin MEP over comments he made on radio. | 34902285 |
Mr Bowsher had previously come first overall in the event, which doubles as the Scottish Open Chainsaw Carving Championships, three times in a row.
Mr Ligocki took first place carving a sculpture depicting a hunched old man.
Only chainsaws are permitted in the contest at Carrbridge. Carvers are banned from using other ... | Polish chainsaw carver Wladek Ligocki has brought to an end Moffat's Pete Bowsher run of wins in the Carve Carrbridge competition. | 37274982 |
Fifteen firefighters tackled the blaze, which began in Remembrance Road at about 03:40 BST.
Police said it was too early to confirm if it would be investigated as a hate crime.
Shop owner Norbert Krupan, who has lived in the area for 11 years and opened the premises a year ago, said he was "devastated".
Read more news ... | A fire that destroyed a Polish food shop in Coventry is being investigated as a suspected arson attack. | 37653746 |
Sian Harkin, 54, used cheques from Llwyncelyn Infant School claiming the money was for a shelter for pupils' parents.
Merthyr Crown Court heard she gave them to Lee Slocombe, a convicted fraudster who had manipulated her.
Harkin, of Pontypridd, admitted fraud, theft and forgery charges.
The court heard that the teacher... | A head teacher who tried to defraud her school of £30,000 to help a builder working on her house has been jailed for a year. | 32531464 |
Ealing centre Joe Munro powered over for the opening try midway through the first half but the Reds hit back through Simon Kerrod's score.
Aaron Penberthy and Sam Katz traded penalties in the second period but the Trailfinders were never behind.
Ealing climb back into the play-off zone, while Jersey are in eighth spot.... | Ealing Trailfinders kicked off 2017 with a narrow Championship win over Jersey Reds at St Peter, despite late pressure from the hosts. | 38450314 |
Police have not named the victim, found near the A16 at Newborough on Saturday morning, but said they were treating his death as murder.
He had not been seen since Friday. His Ford Mondeo had been found burnt out near a farm in Yaxley at 21:00 GMT and he was reported missing at 22:40 GMT.
Det Ch Insp Martin Brunning sa... | A man's body has been found with stab wounds in a ditch near Peterborough. | 21989084 |
The investigation into Emstrey Crematorium in Shrewsbury will be led by former Dorset County Council chief executive David Jenkins.
It comes after the BBC found just one out of 30 sets of ashes were given to babies' families since 2004.
The inquiry, commissioned by Shropshire Council, is due to begin on Wednesday.
But ... | An ex-council chief has been appointed to head a probe into why a crematorium failed to recover ashes from baby cremations for more than a decade. | 30395466 |
Southern operator Govia Thameslink (GTR) said it would implement a new role for conductors from 21 August, with guards no longer opening and closing doors.
The RMT union has said their current role is vital for safety reasons.
Members will be asked to walk out on Tuesday 21 June.
The union's southeast organiser Paul Co... | A union has called for another 24-hour strike by conductors on Southern rail trains in an ongoing dispute about the introduction of driver-only trains. | 36528579 |
The cinemagoers, who were attending an international film festival in the city of Trivandrum in Kerala, were later freed but they face charges of "failure to obey an order issued by a public servant, thereby causing obstruction or annoyance to others".
And at a cinema in Chennai on Sunday, eight people who did not stan... | Twelve people were arrested on Monday evening at a cinema in India, after they remained seated while the national anthem played. | 38298821 |
Children at Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pairce in Edinburgh had been told they would not be automatically entitled to a place at James Gillespie's High because of the increasing school roll.
Now education bosses have agreed to accommodate pupils who wish to continue their education at the high school.
Officials are now looking ... | Pupils at a Gaelic primary have been guaranteed a place at their preferred high school following a council U-turn. | 35711629 |
Following his Golden Globes triumph, Eddie Redmayne is expected to get a best actor nod for Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything.
Other British acting talent in the mix could include Benedict Cumberbatch, David Oyelowo, Felicity Jones, Rosamund Pike and Keira Knightley.
The shortlists are revealed in Beverly... | British talent is expected to figure strongly when the Oscar nominations are announced later. | 30782941 |
The 27-year-old denied the offence which happened in the 32-12 defeat on 23 September, but was found guilty by an independent Rugby Football League disciplinary tribunal on Tuesday.
Fifita, who was fined £300, can serve the suspension in pre-season matches.
The Tongan is out of contract having joined from Cronulla Shar... | Wakefield prop David Fifita will serve a two-match ban for a dangerous tackle he made in last month's final Super League match at St Helens. | 37556836 |
The Dutchman side-footed home Massimo Luongo's cross at the far post after it had evaded team mate Matt Phillips.
Chery almost opened the scoring early on but his close-range effort from Charlie Austin's shot looped over.
Town's Tom Smith nearly scored a 12th-minute own goal as he deflected Phillips' goal-bound effort ... | Tjaronn Chery's late winner ensured Queens Park Rangers left Huddersfield Town with all three points. | 34024838 |
The child was one of 75 referred from Wales due to their gender confusion - almost double the previous year.
Seven years ago there was just one Welsh referral through the NHS.
The figures are from the Tavistock clinic - the only centre offering gender identity treatment to young people in England and Wales - which have... | A five-year-old was referred to a specialist NHS clinic as a result of transgender feelings last year. | 39783011 |
The atlas, which dates back to the 19th Century, is the global reference book for observing and identifying clouds.
Last revised in 1987, its new fully-digital edition includes the asperitas after campaigns by citizen scientists.
Other new entries include the roll-like volutus, and contrails, clouds formed from the vap... | Twelve "new" types of cloud - including the rare, wave-like asperitas cloud - have been recognised for the first time by the International Cloud Atlas. | 39351843 |
Clodagh Hartley is accused of paying Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) official Jonathan Hall around £17,000 for tip-offs over three years.
One involved a tip that allowed the paper to run a story on Alistair Darling's Budget in 2010 before he delivered it, prosecutors claimed.
Miss Hartley denies all charges.
P... | A journalist at the Sun newspaper paid a government press officer £750 to leak secrets from the Budget, a jury at the Old Bailey has been told. | 29838307 |
Ken Gregory, 65, from Peterborough, suffered first and second degree burns to 14% of his body in April last year, leaving him scarred for life.
Former special constable Teresa Gilbertson, of Hayes, west London, was found guilty of grievous bodily harm.
The 60-year-old showed "no remorse", Peterborough Crown Court heard... | A woman who tried to "boil her husband" by pouring scalding water over his head moments after they agreed to divorce has been jailed for four years. | 32038665 |
The Prison Officers' Association (POA) said the move comes after recent assaults on staff, and said the jail was "flooded with drugs, mobile phones and weapons".
A recent inspection report sparked claims of "Dickensian squalor".
The Prison Service said all inmates would remain in their cells and there was "no danger to... | Staff at Wormwood Scrubs prison have walked out in a row over health and safety. | 36225714 |
It happened on the Gortagammon Road at Tullyhogue, near Cookstown on Saturday between midnight and 01:00 BST.
A pedestrian and a vehicle were involved.
Police have appealed for anyone who witnessed the crash to contact them. | One person has died in a road crash in County Tyrone. | 32264310 |
Photos of the banner - which displayed the word "murderers" and the date of the tragedy - were put on Facebook by Jay Cornforth and Ainsley Meanock.
It was hung over a bridge in Salford so Liverpool fans travelling to Old Trafford on 17 March would see it.
The two men were ordered to carry out 135 hours of unpaid work.... | Two Manchester United fans have been given community service orders over an "obscene" Hillsborough banner unfurled ahead of a game with Liverpool. | 37156360 |
A raft of NHS England targets missed again, including waiting times for operations and the A&E four-hour benchmark, led one senior health official to argue that the system was "unsustainable" without enough resources to deliver what the public expected.
New analysis shows that health spending in the UK expressed as a s... | The total waiting list for routine surgery in England rising above four million patients for the first time in a decade has focused minds again on whether more money should be invested in the NHS. | 40903924 |
Many experienced medical staff have been critical of the treatment of whistleblowers at ARI.
A letter to the minister claimed there was evidence of NHS Grampian targeting other staff.
The health board said it would not discuss matters involving individual members of staff.
Ms Robinson said: "The process in this case is... | Health Secretary Shona Robison has rejected a new call for a judicial inquiry into the suspension of two surgeons at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. | 33203371 |
How does he convince businesses that he is on their side while at the same time hitting them up for more money to fund his deficit reduction plans?
Business is feeling pretty duffed up by the chancellor after increases to the national living wage and the new apprenticeship levy.
Then there's the raid on insurance compa... | George Osborne has a tricky conundrum on his hands. | 35817386 |
The election of the first African-American US president led many Africans to believe that the continent might gain more prominence in US foreign policy.
While some high expectations remain unfulfilled, Mr Obama's eight years in office initiated a pivot to US-Africa policy, a little further away from aid and closer towa... | As Barack Obama steps down as US president, the BBC's Nancy Kacungira looks back at his legacy in Africa. | 38649362 |
Last season's play-off semi-finalists, who opened the new campaign with a 2-1 triumph over Barrow, needed just three minutes to take the lead at Meadow Park when Fejiri Okenabirhie took advantage of a defensive mistake to beat home goalkeeper Grant Smith.
The Wood were only behind for five minutes, though, as Bruno And... | Dagenham & Redbridge made it two wins from two at the start of the season with a 2-1 victory at Boreham Wood. | 40786076 |
The Island Line between Ryde and Shanklin, which can only run using old tube trains, could be dug up to be replaced with the "light rail" service.
With passenger numbers falling and annual £3.5m losses, trams would be more "efficient" and "low cost".
The report comes after the government announced plans to remove the s... | Trams could be the answer to saving a dilapidated Isle of Wight rail line, a council-commissioned report has stated. | 35495934 |
Mr Barby, 69, from Rugby, was best known for appearances on BBC shows like Bargain Hunt and Antiques Road Trip. He died in hospital on Wednesday.
Auctioneer Charles Hanson called him a "great friend" and said "no other expert... could rival his great human touch".
"He built up the great passion the public had for these... | Warwickshire-based television antiques expert David Barby has died following a short illness. | 19014927 |
The think tank said the project was "exceedingly poor value for money".
But the claims were rejected by Transport Minister Keith Brown, who insisted the line would provide a major economic boost to the Borders.
The railway link between Edinburgh and Tweedbank in the Borders is due to be completed by 2015 and will cost ... | The decision to build the new Borders railway has been described as "insane" by the Institute of Economic Affairs. | 25035749 |
Witold Sobkow was speaking during a two-day visit to Northern Ireland, during which he will meet the first and deputy first ministers.
Nearly 150 crimes were recorded against the Polish community in a 12-month period up to March 2015.
That is an increase of 39 on the previous year.
In April, three attacks were recorded... | The Polish ambassador has called for action to be taken on hate crime in Northern Ireland, following an upsurge in attacks. | 32968724 |
The bans were imposed on some French resorts as a measure to protect public order, but one French court has already suspended one, saying it "breached fundamental freedoms".
Many of the most shared cartoons protest not only the ban but the challenges and criticism women across the world face over their choice of clothi... | Artists in France have been protesting against the French burkini ban by drawing cartoons that have been shared widely on social media. | 37197701 |
Pawel Chwalinski, 35, died on Park View Road on 22 November after suffering blunt force trauma to the head and neck, according to post-mortem tests.
Kamil Czarnomski, 23, also from Poland, but of no fixed address, has been charged with murder and is due before Barkingside Magistrates' Court later.
Three men arrested in... | A man has been charged with murder following the death of a Polish national in north London. | 34930858 |
She was speaking on a visit to Northern Ireland to campaign for a remain vote in Thursday's EU referendum.
She acknowledged that the British-Irish Common Travel Area pre-dated the EU.
But she said that if the UK pulled out of the EU, this would lead to tariffs requiring some form of controls.
Mrs May said peace in Nort... | Home Secretary Theresa May has said it is "inconceivable" that there will not be any changes on border arrangements with the Republic of Ireland, if the UK pulls out of the European Union. | 36587809 |
The painting is to feature in the Dali/Duchamp exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.
It has been unframed to allow for inspection before being packed.
Henry Raeburn's Boy and Rabbit will go on show at Kelvingrove as part of a reciprocal loan agreement.
Cllr David McDonald said Christ of St John of the Cros... | One of Scotland's most famous paintings - Salvador Dali's Christ of St John of the Cross, which usually hangs in Glasgow's Kelvingrove Art Gallery, is being prepared to go on loan. | 40849523 |
The year also saw a big recovery in exports into the European Union, up by more than a third on 2015.
But there was a warning about the impact on jobs if tariffs are introduced, and on the wider industry if migrant workers are cut back.
Sector leaders are in Brussels for the world's biggest fish industry expo.
The effo... | Exports of farmed salmon from Scotland rose 17% by value last year, but there was another steep drop in the volume of fish sold overseas. | 39699830 |
Latics defender Maynor Figueroa was sent off in the 12th minute after he brought down Papiss Cisse in the box.
Ba smashed home the penalty and added a second eight minutes later when he pounced on an Ali Al-Habsi spill.
Wigan tried to fight their way back into the game but Gael Bigirimana wrapped up the win with a spec... | Demba Ba struck twice as Newcastle ended a run of four straight defeats with victory over 10-man Wigan. | 20491428 |
Trevor Joyce, 36, of Franklyn Close, Abingdon, is accused of killing Justin Skrebowski in the town shortly after 11:20 GMT on Monday.
Police said the victim had not been formally identified, but is believed to be the 61-year-old from Oxford.
Mr Joyce appeared at Banbury Magistrates' Court and is due to appear at Oxford... | A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a man who was stabbed to death in a Poundland shop. | 35049802 |
28 March 2017 Last updated at 15:43 BST
Cyclone Debbie, a 'monster' category four storm, has left at least 45,000 homes without power and damaged buildings, although it is too early to say how many.
The huge storm is moving inland with its power decreasing but could cause damage for hours yet.
Watch Leah's report to fi... | A powerful cyclone carrying winds of up to 163 miles per hour has battered the coast of Queensland, Australia. | 39415652 |
The property is being converted into a luxury hotel by developer Galliard Homes.
The completed hotel will be owned by Mr Kader's Abu Dhabi-based Lulu Group International and operated by Steigenberger.
The 92,000 sq ft hotel will become the group's first UK property and is due to open in the first quarter of 2017.
The s... | One of India's richest men, Yusuffali Kader, has bought the original Scotland Yard site in Whitehall for £110m. | 33675275 |
The 20-year-old fired in the opener from outside the box after 26 minutes, before the Buddies twice struck the woodwork.
Morgan doubled his side's lead three minutes into the second half with a curling effort into the bottom corner.
And former Ross County midfielder Ian McShane's first St Mirren goal sealed the win wit... | Lewis Morgan's double helped St Mirren end Dundee United's winning start to the Scottish Championship season. | 40984253 |
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A total of 11.1m people watched Jason Kenny win keirin cycling gold on BBC One, while BBC Two and BBC Four had their highest viewing figures of 2016.
BBC Sport's online coverage set new records, reaching 68.3m devices in the United Kingdom, and 102.3m globally.
The biggest... | The BBC achieved a record television audience for an overseas Olympics as 45.24m people tuned in for Rio 2016. | 37156975 |
Budge, who recently joined the Scottish Professional Football League's board, said: "I think 42 senior clubs is too many for Scotland.
"You're looking at about half that number.
"We're not throwing people to the dogs and saying you don't matter. We should be saying this is what will work better for you, what fits your ... | Hearts owner Ann Budge believes there are twice the ideal number of senior clubs in Scotland. | 36999758 |
The play co-stars John Simm, Keith Allen, Ron Cook, Gary Kemp and John Macmillan.
Chan plays Ruth, the wife of Teddy, the eldest and most successful of three sons who has returned to London from the US where he is greeted by his physically and mentally abusive father and his brothers and uncle.
Yes it's full on, it doe... | Humans star Gemma Chan is the sole actress in a 50th anniversary production of Harold Pinter's Homecoming, a darkly ambiguous look at issues including masculinity, abuse and repression surrounding the return of one of three brothers to his father's London home. | 34908579 |
John Soares, 51, was convicted of repeatedly firing an air gun at Martine Almansa at their Ashford home in 2003.
The BBC tracked Soares to the French Indian Ocean territory of Reunion after he posted images on social media.
On Tuesday, French judges rejected a European Arrest Warrant issued by Kent Police.
A spokesman ... | A gunman on the run for a decade after shooting his partner has been released by French authorities after he was captured on a remote tropical island. | 37300399 |
A High Court judge said the cap was not intended to cover such households, had "no good purpose", and the failure to exempt them was discriminatory.
The government said it intended to appeal and there would be no change to the cap while this process was ongoing.
The cap limits the income households receive in certain b... | Single parents with a child under two have won a court challenge as they face "real misery" from the government's benefits cap. | 40367686 |
The report, covering the last three months of 2013, was published by Ofcom.
The communications watchdog ranks the five biggest internet providers based on the number of complaints it receives about them adjusted according to the number of customers.
It marks the first time EE has not led the name-and-shame list in over... | BT has topped the UK's list of the most complained about broadband providers for the first time. | 26757049 |
Arsenal's 4-0 defeat at Liverpool on Sunday left them with one win from their first three Premier League games.
"It's an absolute nightmare," said Wright, who scored 128 goals for Arsenal.
"Why can't we get the players to play for us? Wenger carries the can," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
Media playback is not supported on... | Arsenal are in "crisis from top to bottom" and manager Arsene Wenger should leave, according to former Gunners striker Ian Wright. | 41077188 |
David Cameron is engaged in what seems to be an increasingly successful campaign to persuade the House of Commons to expand British military air strikes into Syria.
He gave more details of what had been billed as a "comprehensive plan", not just for bombs to fall on the so-called Islamic State's stronghold in Syria, bu... | In Westminster, political battle is being waged on two fronts. | 34939970 |
The 46-year-old was attacked at about 01:00 on Friday in his house in Hoddom Court in Ecclefechan. The two men who assaulted him escaped with cash.
Their victim sustained minor injuries but was released after treatment at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary.
Police have been carrying out door-to-door inquiries in the... | A man has been assaulted and robbed in an overnight raid on his home in Dumfries and Galloway. | 38945214 |
The plan for the link between the A96 and Elgin's Edgar Road retail park was turned down by seven votes to six by the planning committee in November.
Officials have set out a new timetable for the road in a submission to the Scottish government.
They say construction could begin in the spring of 2016.
The road could be... | New plans for a multi million pound Elgin link road could be lodged this summer after earlier plans were rejected by Moray councillors. | 31145975 |
The victim, 55, had taken a man, who introduced himself as Lewi, for a test drive after posting an advert for his Audi RS4 on the online forum.
The pair met on Mallow Road in Hedge End at around 18:.30 GMT on Sunday 11 January.
When they got out of the car, the suspect pushed the victim to the ground, took the keys and... | A man who advertised a car on Gumtree was assaulted by the prospective buyer, who then drove off in the vehicle. | 30885938 |
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After a pregnancy lasting 22 months, Thi Hi Way, a 34-year-old Asian elephant at the zoo, gave birth to the female on Thursday afternoon.
Zookeepers said the calf, which is yet to be named, was on its feet within three minutes and is ... | The birth of an elephant calf has been captured on CCTV at Chester Zoo. | 34019193 |
Derek Telford, 33, killed James Kerr, 34, over a drugs dispute, at the victim's flat in Glasgow in April 2012.
He was convicted at the High Court in Edinburgh in March 2013 and jailed for life with a minimum term of 25 years.
Telford's appeal against his conviction was rejected but appeal judges ruled his minimum jail ... | A murderer who cut off his dying victim's ear and shouted "can you hear me now" has had his minimum jail term reduced by five years. | 30096798 |
Takings topped £528.3m in 2011 - up 3.1% on a like-for-like basis on the previous year.
Due to the closure of a number of theatres while new shows were set up, the overall attendance was 13.9m - down 1.73% on 2010.
According to Solt, though, the average audience at each performance was up.
The Society said the growth ... | The West End enjoyed record box office sales in 2011 for an eighth consecutive year, according to figures released by the Society of London Theatre (Solt). | 16795432 |
Pictures posted to Twitter show some of the tree's baubles damaged.
The structure is costing the council £10,000 a year. Lib Dem councillor Elizabeth Clark called it "expensive tat".
Cardiff council said it is contacting the supplier, MK Illuminations, for a solution.
The structure was installed just three weeks ago.
T... | Cardiff council has said it is aware that some of the baubles on a controversial Christmas tree outside Cardiff Castle have been peeling. | 38332115 |
Jim Robertson, from Glasgow, who lost his wife to sepsis last year, is petitioning the Scottish Parliament to back a national awareness campaign.
Health boards are actively working on reducing sepsis, but some are wary of such an initiative.
One said it could lead to "unnecessary" attendance at GP surgeries.
Sepsis kil... | A widower campaigning to raise public awareness of sepsis has said he is "astonished" some health boards are wary that the move might cause "alarm". | 39472452 |
Robert Christie died on 7 June 2014 after the accident on a family friend's farm on Ballynaloob Road in Dunloy.
His father, Robert Christie senior, was left critically ill but made a partial recovery.
The coroner extended her deepest sympathy to the child's parents.
She said the death had again brought to the fore the ... | An inquest into the death of an eight-year-old boy has found that he died from asphyxia from the toxic gases released during the mixing of slurry at a farm in County Antrim. | 32087377 |
The visitors took the lead when Josh Windass burst down the right wing, before crossing for Scott Brown to turn in from close range.
Luton were unable to respond, and saw efforts from Windass and Terry Gornell go narrowly wide as they struggled to keep out the visitors.
Accrington sealed the win when Gornell met Tariqe... | Accrington made it seven games unbeaten as they brushed aside Luton. | 35949032 |
They spent 10 hours at the scene of the fire at Carnsalloch House after the alarm was raised at 23:05 on Tuesday.
Initial reports suggested the woods at nearby Kirkton were on fire but officers said they found a single storey annexe of the building "well alight".
Two further teams of firefighters were sent to the scene... | Firefighters have revealed details of their efforts to tackle a blaze at a derelict mansion in Dumfries. | 31747206 |
The 34-year-old, capped 118 times for Italy, came on as a second-half substitute and appeared to direct a stamp towards Duncan Taylor's foot.
The suspension was given at a disciplinary hearing on Wednesday where the forward admitted to the offence.
Castrogiovanni will miss Italy's next Six Nations game against Ireland ... | Martin Castrogiovanni has received a two-week ban for stamping during Saturday's 36-20 defeat by Scotland. | 35711395 |
Local media say that at least 950 people have died in Karachi, with tens of thousands being treated for heatstroke and dehydration.
Temperatures dipped to 38C (100F) on Thursday but the spokesman for a leading charity told AFP that the death toll could reach as high as 1,500.
Officials have been criticised for not doin... | The death toll from a heatwave in Pakistan's southern Sindh province has passed 1,000, reports say. | 33274171 |
The Brewers took the lead when Tom Naylor converted Mark Duffy's pass from three yards in the third minute, while John Mousinho twice went close.
There was a long delay at the end of the first half when Posh defender Harry Toffolo was carried off.
Posh rallied after the break and Chris Forrester's flicked header went j... | Burton Albion have gone back to the top of League One with victory at Peterborough United. | 35349291 |
Aged 38, the oldest player on the field marked his 300th one-day international with his 18th century to help the hosts to 302-6 in the final match in Colombo.
Dinesh Chandimal struck 55 not out and Thisara Perera flayed 54 off 26 balls.
Although Joe Root made 80 despite an ankle injury, England were bowled out for 215 ... | Tillakaratne Dilshan hit 101 and took 3-37 to condemn England to a crushing 87-run defeat and seal a 5-2 series win for Sri Lanka. | 30489448 |
Walk through someone else's cloud, and it will "rain" bacteria on your skin and be breathed into your lungs.
The study on 11 people, published in the journal PeerJ, showed it was possible to identify people from their microbial miasma.
One microbiologist said the findings were simply "gross".
Studies have already shown... | Everyone is surrounded by a unique "cloud" of millions of their own bacteria, according to scientists at the University of Oregon in the US. | 34314065 |
The £60m plant planned for Desborough will burn landfill waste and convert it into heat and power.
Origin Renewable Energy, the company behind the plan, said it was a clean way to dispose of waste.
Protesters from Fresh Air Desborough said the plant emissions would be unsafe and added they would "fight on".
Councillor... | Plans to build a waste recycling centre in a Northamptonshire town have been approved by the county council, despite protests from residents. | 20411220 |
He achieved that a long time ago, not by beating David Goffin in Ghent but by beating Novak Djovokic at Flushing Meadows in 2012 and again at Wimbledon in 2013.
Sunday was one of the most emotional days Murray has had in tennis, but it needs to be put in its proper place in the pecking order of his achievements.
Wimble... | Andy Murray didn't need the Davis Cup on his sideboard - or in his wheelbarrow - to put him in the pantheon of Britain's sporting greats. | 34977553 |
The hosts dominated early on but Ayr went in front when Gary Harkins evaded Falkirk keeper Danny Rogers to smash home from a tight angle.
Myles Hippolyte went close and John Baird missed a penalty before Peter Grant's powerful header levelled it.
Falkirk pressed hard for a winner but Tony Gallacher's header hit the bar... | Falkirk were left frustrated as Ayr held on a for a draw to remain seven points clear of bottom side St Mirren in the Championship. | 38539506 |
Julian Sandham also said a third of all violent crimes were alcohol-related.
He was speaking at the launch of the North Wales Criminal Justice Integrated Substance Misuse Service.
Mr Sandham said the figures were from research into local offenders, with drug addiction a key cause of burglary offences.
He said: "From a ... | Six out of 10 burglaries in north Wales are linked to drugs misuse, according to the area's deputy police and crime commissioner. | 34219015 |
Townsend, who replaces the departing Vern Cotter in May, will lead the side on their three-match tour in June.
After the Italy game, which will be the first tier one international played in Singapore, Scotland face Australia in Sydney and Fiji in Suva.
"This time will be invaluable for our coaching team as we strive to... | Scotland will take on Italy in Singapore in Gregor Townsend's first match as national head coach. | 39528323 |
Thousands of dairy farmers, accompanied by hundreds of tractors, descended on the Belgian capital on Monday for two days of demonstrations.
Disruption has continued, with EU officials hindered from reaching their offices by tractors blocking roads.
Farmers want an increase of up to 25% in their prices to cover costs.
E... | Angry farmers protesting at falling dairy prices in the EU have sprayed fresh milk at the European Parliament and riot police in Brussels. | 20508075 |
Jordy Hiwula almost put the Saddlers ahead but was thwarted by goalkeeper Joel Coleman, before Curtis Main shot wide from Tareiq Holmes-Dennis's cross.
Oldham striker Main then fired in the winner with 25 minutes to go, netting his third goal of the season from 12 yards into the bottom corner.
Hiwula had a chance to eq... | Oldham boosted their League One survival chances with victory over play-off chasing Walsall. | 35948872 |
Education Scotland's Bill Maxwell said large parts of the 20,000-page guidance was an "appropriate" at the time.
Concern about the Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) advice was raised last year by teacher unions.
They believed the document had served to overwhelm teachers with unnecessary and unclear guidance.
Mr Maxwell ... | The boss of Scotland's national education body has told MSPs that a large online document for teachers about curriculum reforms was necessary. | 38665893 |
Babur Karamat Raja, 41, repeatedly stabbed Natalie Queiroz in Sutton Coldfield town centre on 4 March.
A court heard the 40-year-old and her child were ultimately saved by the intervention of four passers-by.
Raja carried out the attack, his barrister said, because his mother "literally drove him mad" through her disap... | A man who tried to murder his pregnant girlfriend in a "horrifying" street attack has been jailed for 18 years. | 36610409 |
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Hannah was one of 57,000 people taking part in the 2016 Great North Run.
If you'd like to find out how to get into running, take a look at our special guide. | Hannah Phillips, author of 'No Run Intended', recites her special poem about excuses not to run. | 37324444 |
Hamilton was 0.09 seconds quicker than his team-mate but 0.310secs clear of the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen, who was 0.118secs ahead of Sebastian Vettel.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo were next, looking as if they have closed the gap to the top cars.
The top six were covered by less than 0.8secs, closer ... | Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas secured a Mercedes one-two in second practice at the Spanish Grand Prix, comfortably clear of the Ferraris. | 39897407 |
Brandon Lewis, standing for Great Yarmouth, said the worst incident was outside Scratby where a poster had been cut to look like a swastika.
"These mindless people would rather vandalise election posters than engage in political discussion," he said.
Mr Lewis has reported the vandalism to police due to the scale of the... | More than 50 Conservative election posters have been vandalised in Great Yarmouth since the start of the election campaign, the party has said. | 32202718 |
Hendrie joined the Hammers from Hamilton for an undisclosed fee in July 2015, having made 117 appearances for the Scottish club.
The 21-year-old, who has won three caps for Scotland's under-21 squad, has yet to feature for West Ham's senior team.
Hendrie could make his debut for the Shrimpers when they visit Peterborou... | League One side Southend United have signed West Ham left-back Stephen Hendrie on a one-month loan deal. | 35326112 |
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However, the 13-year-old hasn't let that hold him back from his ambition to get behind the wheel.
Scientist Dr Jordan Nguyen has developed special technology to allow Riley to do it - using just his eyes!
Check out the incredible video to find out how he does it.
Pictures courtesy... | Riley was born with cerebral palsy, which can make it harder for him to do a lot of things other kids can. | 36573993 |
Gigot, 26, tested negative but was banned in February after an "inappropriate exchange" with an anti-doping officer in October.
Les Dracs have registered the France international in their 25-man squad and he could feature at Leigh on Friday.
He scored 12 tries in 30 games in 2016.
"We are stunned by this sanction," Dra... | Catalans Dragons full-back Tony Gigot has had a two-year suspension by the French Rugby League Federation doping department reduced to three months, meaning he can return to match action. | 39528333 |
Opposition lawmakers in the lower house of Congress failed to obtain the two-thirds majority needed to send the case to the Supreme Court.
Mr Temer welcomed the vote as "clear and incontestable".
The president has been accused of receiving $12m (£9m) in bribes from the boss of a giant meatpacking firm, JBS. He has deni... | The Brazilian Congress has voted not to put President Michel Temer on trial for corruption. | 40809826 |
Jeremiah Mathis Thede, from the Alameda in Berkeley, California, seemed "angry and annoyed" on board a flight that diverted to Belfast after staff became worried about his behaviour.
An attendant said the 42-year-old alarmed parents during the flight from Rome to Chicago on 20 June last year.
Mr Thede denies the charge... | Tense passengers moved children away from an American man accused of endangering an aircraft, a County Antrim court has heard. | 35988232 |
The British Social Attitudes Survey has been tracking satisfaction since 1983.
The 2015 poll of nearly 2,200 people showed satisfaction with the NHS at 60% - down from a peak of 70% in 2010.
Some 23% said they were actively dissatisfied - a rise of eight percentage points on the year before and the biggest single jump ... | The biggest ever rise in public dissatisfaction with the NHS was recorded last year, according to a long-running survey. | 35527318 |
Christian Taylor broke into a car dealership on Friday, prompting police to respond.
Arlington Police Chief Will Johnson called Officer Brad Miller's pursuit of the 19-year-old "questionable".
Surveillance video shows Taylor jumping on vehicles in a car park and driving a car through a window into the showroom.
Taylor'... | Authorities in Texas have fired a white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black college student. | 33872600 |
Trina Hibberd, from Mission Beach in Queensland, woke on Monday to find the 5.2m scrub python named Monty stretched from her lounge room to her bedroom.
Monty managed to turn on a light and knock over a lamp before snake-catcher Dave Goodwin arrived.
Mr Goodwin induced the snake to wrap around his forearm before captur... | A huge snake that has lived in the roof of an Australian home for 10 years has tried to upgrade to the master bedroom. | 36573623 |
Ms James had been regarded as the favourite to succeed Nigel Farage, who quit as leader following the UK's vote to leave the EU.
The MEP won with 8,451 votes. ahead of Lisa Duffy, who received 4,591.
She said UKIP was "the opposition party in waiting" and said the Tories "cannot be trusted with true Brexit".
"The threa... | Diane James has been elected as the UK Independence Party's new leader and has told Prime Minster Theresa May to "get on with" getting the UK out of the EU. | 37387162 |
Let's start with the biggie - is there a Brexit effect that is frightening workers off from the British economy?
Anecdotally, many of us who report on this field have picked up these stories. I spoke to a lot of Eastern European workers around the time of the general election who were rather nervous but somewhat resign... | There are so many important headlines in the August migration data that it is difficult to know where to begin. | 41037021 |
Dimitry Kozak told state news agency Tass that organisers have agreed a new contract, which will replace a deal that was due to expire in 2020.
Sochi hosted the first Russian Grand Prix in 2014 on the same site that was used for some of the events at that year's Winter Olympics.
This year's race is on 30 April. | The Russian Grand Prix is to remain on the Formula 1 calendar until 2025, according to the country's deputy prime minister. | 39120886 |
David Hill, 57, died at Grimsby's Victoria Street police station after being arrested for affray in 2013.
A Humberside Police disciplinary panel found PC Emily Turner and Sgt Nicholas Mortimer had breached police rules.
A third officer, PC Mark Gowan, was found guilty of misconduct. The force said the officers had rece... | Two police officers have been found guilty of gross misconduct over the death of a man in a police cell. | 35943201 |
Ward hopes the injury will not threaten his hopes of appearing at Euro 2016 in France, which starts in June.
The 29-year-old was forced to come off during the first half of his side's 2-1 home defeat.
The problem will be assessed by his club's medical team on Tuesday.
Forest head coach Paul Williams said: "Jamie has a ... | Northern Ireland striker Jamie Ward faces an anxious wait to find out the extent of a hamstring injury sustained while playing for Nottingham Forest in a Championship game on Monday night. | 36023312 |
Things started badly for the Minstermen when Simon Heslop fouled Craig Eastmond in the box. Defender Jamie Collins stepped up to send Scott Flinders the wrong way.
Daniel Nti however responded quickly for York, dinking a beautiful shot over Ross Worner from a tight angle.
Substitute Danny Galbraith put Gary Mills' men ... | York's winless run was extended to 10 matches as two Sutton penalties frustrated the hosts in a 2-2 National League draw. | 37737851 |
The sale of so-called "fully loaded Kodi boxes" has been called a "top priority" by the Federation Against Copyright Theft (Fact).
The five traders were arrested in early morning raids.
Fact said it believed the suspects had made in the region of £250,000 selling the devices online.
Kodi is free software built by volu... | Five people have been arrested, accused of selling set-top boxes modified to stream subscription football matches, television channels and films for free. | 38906561 |
Thousands of miners and police clashed at the South Yorkshire coking site.
Hundreds of trade unionists, supporters and former miners joined the Westminster demonstration earlier.
In October, Home Secretary Amber Rudd turned down calls for an inquiry into the policing of the bitter year-long miners' strike.
What was the... | A "noisy protest" has been held outside the Home Office in London by campaigners calling for an inquiry into the 1984 Battle of Orgreave. | 39259609 |
That result left First Minister Carwyn Jones - a staunch Remainer - in a tricky situation.
Despite the first minister's pre-referendum position, the Welsh Government has accepted the referendum result - but argued that Wales must retain full single market access.
Both the Labour Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru publish... | Wales voted for Brexit - the result here roughly mirrored the UK result with 52.5% of people in Wales voting for the UK to leave the EU and 47.5% to remain. | 39424034 |
The 33-year-old singer said the baby, born on Wednesday weighing 7lb 9, was "an incredibly beautiful, healthy baby boy" and was "looking like a dream".
She said they had not named him yet, but he was "already stealing hearts".
"We are all madly in love and overwhelmingly happy with out little arrival," she wrote on Ins... | Former X Factor judge Cheryl has announced the birth of her first child with One Direction star Liam Payne. | 39395996 |
Plans drawn up by the city council would allow it to issue fines or prosecute those who fail to comply with its code of conduct for street performers.
Musicians at a demonstration on Thursday said the proposals were too strict.
The council has said it "encourages" busking in the city centre.
Performers currently requir... | Buskers in Oxford have staged a musical protest against proposals they say will "criminalise" the activity. | 32828555 |
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