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The Cardiff University initiative hopes to highlight the experiences of soldiers who served in the Middle East during the conflict.
Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, it will display the images collected from the public on a website.
It aims to "reveal the often-overlooked Middle Eastern front in a way not seen befor... | A World War One centenary project is asking for photographs of Egypt and Palestine from 1914 to 1918. | 32723525 |
Mandoza, 38, took to the stage in recent weeks at a concert at Orlando Stadium in Soweto, despite having lost his sight due to illness.
His friends and family say he was determined to perform until the end.
The musician's hit song Nkalakatha has been praised for unifying black and white South Africans.
Nkalakatha, a Z... | Tributes are pouring in from across South Africa for kwaito musician Mduduzi "Mandoza" Tshabalala who died after a year-long battle with cancer. | 37407154 |
Over 60 groups, including doctors, are backing a 20p tax per litre, which would go to the government.
Food and farming charity Sustain thinks it'd raise more than £1 billion a year, which could be spent on healthy school meals, free fruit and veg, and cooking classes.
But soft drink companies say it's not necessary an... | There are calls to up the cost of sugary drinks - to help kids' health. | 21241761 |
Alan Mendoza, executive director of think tank the Henry Jackson Society
"The UK is already engaged in air strikes against IS in neighbouring Iraq. But some of the major IS command and control points are located within Syria. For us to take an arbitrary approach when IS itself does not take account of this border when ... | As UK MPs are to vote on whether British armed forces should attack so-called Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria, commentators consider why they are - respectively - for and against air strikes. | 34974297 |
The visitors took the lead when Paul Caddis' cross took a deflection and reached Jon Toral who turned it home.
Charlton equalised six minutes later through Johann Berg Gudmundsson whose shot bounced off Paul Robinson and in.
The hosts sealed all three points in added time when Teixeira rose to meet Ademola Lookman's co... | Jorge Teixeira scored a 94th-minute winner as struggling Charlton Athletic came from behind to seal a vital win against Birmingham City. | 35902203 |
The incident at Penrhiwceiber Road, Mountain Ash, happened on 3 September.
The boy is believed to still be at Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales.
A 29-year-old from Mountain Ash is on bail after his arrest earlier this month and South Wales Police say a second man, 27, from Gilfach Goch has now been arrested. | Two men have been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after a 10-year-old boy was hit by a motorcyclist who left the scene in Rhondda Cynon Taff. | 34289333 |
The head of the AU team overseeing the poll, Olusegun Obasanjo, said turnout stood at between 30-35%.
He said some voters may have felt the result was a forgone conclusion and so abstained from casting a ballot.
President Omar al-Bashir is expected to extend his 25 years in power, after opposition parties boycotted the... | Voting in the Sudanese elections has ended, with only a third of the electorate casting their ballots, according to African Union observers. | 32346244 |
All flights to and from the resort were stopped on Wednesday because the British government wanted to make sure the airport was as safe as possible.
The decision was made after a Russian plane crashed near there last weekend.
There are currently 20,000 British tourists on holiday in Sharm el-Sheikh.
Only eight out of 2... | Planes have starting bringing some of the British tourists stranded in the Egyptian holiday resort of Sharm el-Sheikh back to the UK. | 34746678 |
The pub has been shut since a police helicopter crashed through its roof in November 2013.
Three people in the helicopter and seven others in the bar died. Many more were injured.
Building work is now under way at the pub, which had remained almost untouched after the emergency services left.
Owner Alan Crossan said th... | The owner of The Clutha bar hopes to reopen it at the beginning of May. | 31697272 |
The Spaniard, who will join Ducati in 2017, produced a good start from pole position and led throughout.
Three-time champion Lorenzo, 29, ended the 30-lap race 1.19 seconds ahead of Honda's Marc Marquez and 6.60secs in front of Andrea Iannone of Ducati.
Marquez, 23, had already sealed his third world championship title... | Jorge Lorenzo completed his nine-year stay at Yamaha with victory at MotoGP's season-ending Valencia Grand Prix. | 37967439 |
They found the copies held in Lincoln and Salisbury were written by scribes based at those cathedrals, rather than by someone working for King John.
The discovery was made ahead of the 800th anniversary of the historic charter on Monday.
Lead investigator Professor Nicholas Vincent, said to identify the authors was a "... | Scientists have identified the scribes who wrote two of the four original 1215 copies of the Magna Carta. | 33122722 |
The court had told the country's telecommunication authorities the two-week-old ban must be lifted as it was a breach of freedom of expression.
It may take a couple of hours for full access to Twitter to be restored.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had vowed to "wipe out Twitter" after users spread allegations of c... | The Turkish authorities have lifted a ban on Twitter following Wednesday's constitutional court ruling, officials and media reports say. | 26873603 |
The 52-year-old said on his website he was ending his nearly 40-year-career due to health issues.
"My health no longer allows me to live up to the high standard that I have always set for my art and myself," he said in a statement.
The singer said he would continue to teach at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berli... | German bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff has announced that he is to retire from the concert stage. | 16532299 |
The Justice Department wanted an appeals court to overturn a block imposed after 26 states launched a legal challenge to the action.
But the court denied the government's request.
The states say the action is unconstitutional, but the White House says Mr Obama acted within his powers. | A US court has ruled that President Obama's plans to protect almost five million illegal immigrants from deportation must stay on hold. | 32893810 |
Small-scale studies in parts of Brazil, Panama and the Cayman Islands suggest engineered sterile mosquitoes can reduce wild insect populations by more than 90% when released into the wild.
Intrexon said the facility in Piraciciba, São Paulo, will be able to protect 300,000 people.
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes carry three ... | A company producing GM mosquitoes says it is to open a new factory in Brazil as it expand its operations. | 35353768 |
On Monday morning, on a bitterly cold, damp day, more than 300 people gathered in the town's square to protest about school funding.
Most were parents who turned up with their children and homemade banners.
"Am I worth less?" read one damp cardboard placard clasped by a small girl.
The parents I spoke to told me they w... | Nantwich isn't the kind of place that sees many demos. | 39103549 |
The 31-year-old, son of Derry City manager Kenny Shiels, spent the last four years at Rangers where he played in two promotion-winning teams.
Previously he had spells with Hibernian, Doncaster Rovers and Kilmarnock.
The attacking midfielder from Maghera won the last of his 14 Northern Ireland caps in 2012.
Dundalk have... | Northern Ireland international Dean Shiels has signed for League of Ireland Premier Division champions Dundalk. | 37185238 |
Chief executive James Whiting said he expected salaries to be paid eventually - but not by Friday, after the club's bank account was frozen.
Chairman David Cardoza plans to sell the club to ex-Oxford United chairman Kelvin Thomas.
The club owes Northampton Borough Council more than £10m.
Mr Whiting said the sale would ... | Financial problems at Northampton Town Football Club mean there is "every chance" players and staff will not get paid on time. | 34646154 |
Esso's South East pipeline runs from Fawley Refinery, in Hampshire, to Purfleet Fuel Terminal, in Essex.
The company said it discovered a section at Chevening, near Sevenoaks, had been tampered with.
The Sun reported 30,000 litres of fuel a day were stolen over seven months, with a value of £8.3m at the pumps.
Kent Po... | Thieves have siphoned millions of pounds of fuel from a pipeline which runs under Deputy PM Nick Clegg's official country residence in Kent. | 28723670 |
The bright welcoming venue, framed by rice paddies, looks the picture of pastoral contentment.
But behind its creation lies an unsettling reality.
This upbeat community centre was built to address the devastating number of suicides both here on the scenic Essequibo Coast - and in Guyana itself, which holds the dubious ... | Chattering amiably, heads bent over plugs and wires, enthusiasm among students in the electrical installation class is palpable. | 37618854 |
Thousands of workers could strike in a dispute over proposed changes to pensions which could see workers retiring at 65 instead of 60.
Members of the Community, Ucatt and GMB unions have been voting on whether to protest at the plans.
Ballot results are expected on Friday, while Unite members will continue voting until... | Unions representing Tata Steel workers in Wales are expected to announce the results of a ballot for strike action. | 32926385 |
Proposals for the Cairngorms include affordable hoursing, increasing woodland, restoring peatland and investing in walking routes on Deeside and Speyside.
The park covers parts of the Highlands, Aberdeenshire, Perthshire, Angus and Moray.
The plan was launched by Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham.
She said: "Sc... | A plan for managing the UK's largest national park for the next five years has been officially launched. | 40119872 |
Dozens of shacks built on stilts have been demolished in Makoko, where wooden canoes are a common form of transport.
An Lagos state official told the BBC that all illegal buildings in the water would be demolished.
Makoko is one of Nigeria's best known slums. Many residents are fishermen and some have migrated from nei... | The authorities in Nigeria have started knocking down slum dwellings built on the lagoon in its biggest city Lagos. | 18870511 |
An official survey indicated that manufacturing activity in China contracted at its fastest pace in three years in August.
The mainland's benchmark Shanghai Composite share index fell by 1.2% to 3,166.62.
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index dropped 2.2% to 21,185.43.
The slowing of the world's second largest economy and ... | Chinese shares have continued their recent slide after fresh data provided further evidence of a slowdown in the country's economy. | 34111743 |
The £3,500 consignment was discovered after being abandoned at Carlisle railway station in August last year.
During a trial at Liverpool Crown Court, Barry Kelly and Craig Colquhoun denied trying to buy the stash.
Two other men who supplied the weapons, William Dempsey, a serving soldier, and Martin Ashdown, pleaded gu... | Two men have been convicted of being involved in a plot to buy guns and ammunition destined for Scotland. | 24501253 |
The pictures were taken by Nasa's Mercury Messenger spacecraft, which has been orbiting just tens of kilometres from the planet's surface.
This has allowed it to gather high-resolution data before the probe crashes into Mercury.
This will end its four-year mission around the first planet from the Sun.
You could be forg... | Scientists have obtained the most detailed views yet of ice deposits inside the permanently shadowed craters at Mercury's north pole. | 31917308 |
Ofsted recorded 5,055 children as missing between April 2014 and March 2015, compared with 4,245 in the previous year - a 19% rise.
The number of missing incidents increased by 29%, to 17,175, between 2014-15 and 2013-14.
Ofsted said there were grave risks tied to children going missing from care.
The inspectorate defi... | The number of incidents of children going missing from foster care in England rose by nearly a fifth last year, new statistics show. | 35062615 |
Usain Bolt, Neymar, Michael Phelps and Mo Farah are just some of the stars on display in Brazil, but there are also a number of notable absences.
Injury, suspension, disputes and fear of the Zika virus are just a few of the reasons some of the biggest names in sport are not competing...
Why is she missing?
Five-time Gr... | There are 10,500 athletes in Rio competing on the world's biggest stage in front of an audience of billions. | 36999263 |
Murray, 29, beat Rosol 4-6 6-3 6-2 in a heated match at the 2015 Munich Open.
British number eight Laura Robson set up a first-round match with fellow Briton Naomi Broady after a straight-sets win over Germany's Tatjana Maria in the final qualifying round.
British number two Dan Evans faces American Rajeev Ram while Ky... | Olympic champion Andy Murray will meet Czech Lukas Rosol in the first round of the US Open, which starts on Monday. | 37200727 |
The botched RHI scheme is set to cost Northern Ireland taxpayers an extra £490m after it went vastly over budget.
The Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU) met Stormont officials in July 2015 and "warned of an imminent spike in demand" according to documents on its website.
The spike materialised three months later, adding mill... | Farmers warned Stormont of a potential spike in applications for the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme months before it happened, it has emerged. | 38502317 |
Themes range from jewellery inspired by urban graffiti to laser etchings illustrating the progress of dementia.
Thousands of visitors are expected at the 10-day degree show, which opens to the public on Saturday following its traditional preview evening.
The university said the event generated more than £1.5m for the ... | Almost 350 students will turn Dundee University into Scotland's largest art exhibition space for this year's Duncan of Jordanstone degree show. | 39965512 |
Not content with filling stadiums around the world, and selling more than 100 million records, the face-painted, fire-breathing US hard rockers also have their own navy.
Every autumn Kiss hire a huge cruise liner to sail around the Caribbean for a week with 2,300 of their diehard fans. This year will be their sixth voy... | Show-stopping rock band Kiss were always going to go the extra - nautical - mile. | 35924022 |
Ben Slee, 30, abused the women while in relationships with them at locations in Helensburgh, Garelochhead, Glasgow and Edinburgh between 2002 and 2015.
He raped one victim, attempted to rape another and subjected four others to beatings and sex attacks.
Sentence on Slee was deferred and he was remanded in custody.
At t... | A man is facing a lengthy jail term after being convicted of a catalogue of abuse charges against six women, including rape and beatings. | 37256629 |
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Three-time Olympic eventing medallist Fox-Pitt, 47, has been named in a 12-strong Team GB equestrian squad for this summer's Games.
He suffered a head trauma when he fell from his horse at the World Young Horse Championships in France in October.
"I felt maybe Rio was self... | William Fox-Pitt says his dream to compete at a fifth Olympics in Rio gave him the "great drive" to recover from a fall and induced coma last year. | 36713809 |
The 31-year-old has agreed a one-year contract with the Silkmen.
Lowe began his career at Wolves and has also had spells with Burnley, Cheltenham Town and York City.
He helped Harriers finish second in National League North last season before they were beaten in the play-offs by Chorley.
Find all the latest football tr... | National League side Macclesfield Town have signed defender Keith Lowe following his departure from Kidderminster Harriers. | 40442642 |
No official reason was given for the government's resignation.
However, a senior source was quoted as saying the aim was to reshuffle the cabinet following a corruption scandal.
Last Monday, Egypt's agriculture minister was arrested in connection with the corruption inquiry.
In a statement, the presidency said Prime Mi... | Egypt's government has resigned and the country's oil minister has been asked to form a new cabinet within a week, the office of President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has said. | 34233720 |
Spittal leaves Dundee United under freedom of contract after two seasons at Tannadice.
He scored five goals in 40 appearances in the latest campaign as United lost out in the Premiership play-off final.
"He is an exciting player who will add a really strong threat to our wide areas," said Jags boss Alan Archibald.
"I t... | Partick Thistle have made Blair Spittal their first signing of the summer, landing the 21-year-old winger on a two-year deal. | 40288424 |
"We have to find out where they came from... and how they were financed," Francois Molins told reporters.
He said seven attackers had been killed, and that all had been heavily armed and wearing explosive belts.
Friday's attacks, claimed by Islamic State militants, hit a concert hall, a major stadium, restaurants and b... | Three teams carried out the attacks in the French capital which killed 129 people and left more than 350 wounded, the Paris chief prosecutor says. | 34823938 |
The UK-based makers of Johnnie Walker whisky and Smirnoff vodka said net sales fell 9% to £10.3bn for the year to 30 June.
Sales volume fell 5% in its Asia Pacific and Africa, Eastern Europe and Turkey divisions,
Sales were also slightly down in North America and Latin America, while Western Europe was flat.
Gross prof... | Drinks giant Diageo's sales have been hit by a slowdown in China and other emerging markets. | 28580654 |
The alert was raised at about 13:10 BST after the man's kayak capsized on the River Wey at Guildford and he went into the water near a weir.
A police helicopter, firefighters and ambulance crews are all at the scene.
Ch Insp Dave Mason, of Surrey Police, said he had been seen in difficulty because of the strong current... | Searches are under way for a kayaker who overturned and disappeared from view after getting into difficulty on a flooded river. | 35911210 |
The 210-room hotel, will include a top-floor bar with panoramic 360 degree views, according to plans drawn up by architects Jestico + Whiles.
It is part of the £850m development which is to replace the St James Centre at the east end of Princes Street.
Work is due to start on the development by the end of the year.
The... | Images of how the new hotel at the St James development in Edinburgh will look have been released showing it wrapped in ribbons of bronze cladding. | 31728877 |
Brett Rogers, 23, from Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, denies murdering Gillian Phillips, 54, and David Oakes, 60, at her home in the village.
He told Chelmsford Crown Court the pair were attacked while he was at the supermarket for five minutes last July.
He was handcuffed to an officer on the stand after attacking guar... | A man accused of the murder of his mother and her friend has claimed they were fatally stabbed by a mystery stranger while he was at the shops. | 36264964 |
Lab tests in mice by the team from Weill Cornell Medical College revealed a toxin made by a rare strain of Clostridium perfringens caused MS-like damage in the brain.
And earlier work by the same team, published in PLoS ONE, identified the toxin-producing strain of C. perfringens in a young woman with MS.
But experts u... | A food poisoning bacterium may be implicated in MS, say US researchers. | 25925658 |
Emergency services were called to a bungalow in Penhalls Way, Playing Place, at about 13:45 BST, after they received a package, police said.
Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service staff used breathing apparatus to enter the property and police and ambulance crews were all at the scene.
A police cordon was set up. No other pr... | A hazardous materials team were called out to deal with a suspicious package at a home near Truro. | 33155942 |
The figures - from the Office for National Statistics - are for the first full month after the Brexit vote.
They show that he average house price across the UK in July rose to £217,000.
The eastern region of England remains the area with the fastest growing prices. The annual rate of inflation there was 13.2% .
Prices... | House price inflation across the UK fell to 8.3% in the year to July, down from 9.7% in June, according to official statistics. | 37348155 |
The men seized the building nearly two weeks ago seeking the release of "political prisoners" including opposition leader Jirair Sefilian.
A police officer was shot dead from inside the police station during the stand-off on Saturday.
The shooting came as police issued a deadline for the anti-government group to surren... | About 20 armed men who seized a police station in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, have surrendered, police say. | 36937346 |
The sabre-toothed cat lived alongside early humans, and may have been a fearsome enemy, say scientists.
Several feline teeth - and a chunk of arm bone - were uncovered at a site in Germany known for the oldest discovery of human spears.
The 300,000-year-old animal fossils are described as "spectacular".
Several types o... | Our ancient human cousins may have fought off big cats with spears, according to archaeological evidence. | 34944560 |
It said two children had been paralysed by the disease in the north-eastern Borno state, a part of Nigeria where Boko Haram militants are active.
The development is seen as a major setback for Nigeria, which was on track to be declared polio free in 2017.
Polio is an infectious viral disease that usually affects childr... | The Nigerian government has reported two cases of polio - the country's first in two years. | 37054682 |
This time it's a biography of Dolores Umbridge, the pink-loving, sweet-smiling, Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher.
A complex personality, Umbridge dabbled in the kind of nastiness that was plastered over with a sweet childish grin.
With her love of kittens and teacups, she often manages to hide her true nature from... | A new Harry Potter story has landed on JK Rowling's website, Pottermore. | 29848593 |
A Trooping the Colour ceremony and parade traditionally mark the day with honours given out in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.
These pictures recall the Queen's visits to Scotland over the years. | The Queen is celebrating her official birthday on Saturday, 13 June. | 32918428 |
The boat, with 25 people on board, overturned on Thursday while it was conducting tests near Zhangjiagang, in Jiangsu province.
Eight foreigners were among those on board, including Singaporean, Indian, Malaysian and Japanese nationals.
Three people have been rescued, and the boat has been hauled out of the water.
The ... | Twenty-two people have been confirmed dead after a tugboat capsized on the Yangtze river in eastern China, state media report. | 30861821 |
Here, three creative artists from the worlds of music, photography and theatre reveal how they are commemorating those seismic events a decade on.
Like millions of people around the world, US composer Steve Reich knows exactly where he was when the planes hit the Twin Towers.
"On 11 September I was in Vermont, 300 mile... | The 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is prompting many to reflect on how they have touched our lives. | 14744219 |
The Institute of Welsh Affairs (IWA) said a significant number of potential projects struggled or did not attempted to attract funding from within Wales.
It said a "lack of ambition and strategy" was holding back investment.
A Welsh Government spokesman said: "We are already delivering on many of the areas highlighted ... | Wales has "missed opportunities" to invest in renewable energy and substantially boost its economy, a report has found. | 39490138 |
The Independent Police Complaints Commission found the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) had not dealt with the material properly.
Toronto Police alerted Ceop to website users who had bought films thought to contain indecent images of children.
It was sent in July 2012, but had not been forwarded t... | Information on 2,345 British paedophile suspects supplied by Canadian police was "poorly handled" by the body set up to protect children, a report has said. | 37616825 |
The warship was discovered 18,000 feet (5.5km) beneath the surface.
The Indianapolis was destroyed returning from its secret mission to deliver parts for the atomic bomb which was later used on Hiroshima.
Of the 1,196 men on board, just 316 were rescued - the largest loss of life at sea in the history of the US Navy.
M... | The World War Two heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis has been found in the Pacific Ocean, 72 years after its sinking by a Japanese submarine. | 40991326 |
More than two-thirds of the Senate voted on Wednesday to remove Ms Rousseff from office for illegally manipulating the budget two years ago.
Hours after the vote her vice-president, Michel Temer, was sworn in.
Ms Rousseff said the impeachment proceedings amounted to a coup d'etat.
The proceedings against her in the Sen... | Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court against the Senate's decision to dismiss her after an impeachment trial. | 37251388 |
For those of us who have watched and wondered when previously witnessing this enigmatic genius in action, his acrobatic, instinctive, outrageous, overhead kick from 30 yards was the moment any remaining doubters knew what the fuss was about.
The debate about whether this was the greatest goal ever scored began almost ... | Zlatan Ibrahimovic's tribute to technique, athleticism and sheer natural talent - all in the space of a few seconds - means England's 4-2 friendly defeat in Sweden will never be forgotten. | 20334939 |
A lack of nurses, nuclear safety engineers and airworthiness certifiers are among those highlighted in a report by the Commons Defence Committee.
Financial incentives should be offered to retain current staff, it argued.
Ministers said the restructuring of the armed forces had led to "temporary shortages" in some areas... | Shortages of specialist personnel in the Army and Royal Navy are leaving the military "vulnerable", MPs have warned. | 25716863 |
The May Morning festival, whose origins are unclear, has been a tradition for more than 500 years.
It began with crowds listening to the Magdalen College Choir serenade the congregation from Magdalen Tower at daybreak.
The bells were then rung - the movement of which typically makes the tower sway up to 4in (10cm). | A record-breaking 27,000 people have descended on Oxford for its annual spring celebration. | 39769904 |
Inquiry chairman Sir John Chilcot said he could see "no realistic prospect" of publication before 7 May.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said the delay was "incomprehensible", while former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith called it "disappointing".
Here's what you need to know about the Chilcot Inquiry.
The Chilc... | MPs have reacted angrily to news that the official inquiry into the 2003 Iraq War will not be released until after the general election. | 30916642 |
The former Leyton Orient boss took the Cardiff to the brink of play-offs despite wage cuts, enforced player sales and a transfer embargo.
Yet Slade's position is being scrutinised as owner Vincent Tan mulls over some key summer decisions - with the decision due soon after their final game of the season against Birming... | Manager Russell Slade has done a good job at Cardiff City, but you'd be hard-pressed to find a Bluebirds fan to say so. | 36197880 |
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The 27-year-old would match compatriot Beryl Burton, who won her second title in 1967, with victory on the flat 134.5km course in Doha, Qatar.
"We have a young, dynamic team. I'm excited to have a go," said Deignan.
The 257.3km men's race takes place on Sunday, with Briton... | Britain's Lizzie Deignan says Saturday's World Championships road race is "anybody's" as she bids to defend the title she won last year. | 37655115 |
Mr Corbyn met staff at Harris Tweed Hebrides and is to address a town hall rally in Stornoway to highlight his party's policies for rural areas.
He is to tour a series of marginal seats in Scotland over the next five days, attending speeches and rallies.
The Tories say his policies lack credibility, while the SNP were ... | Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has begun a tour of Scottish constituencies with a visit to the Western Isles. | 41016875 |
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 1.69% to 15,695.33 in mid-morning trade, as a slightly weaker yen gave a boost to exporters' shares.
On Thursday, the yen soared after the Bank of Japan announced it would not add to its current stimulus programme.
Worried investors have also been drawn to the safe-haven yen in the... | Japan's stock market was in recovery mode on Friday after closing down below 3% for the second time in a week. | 36545853 |
Blamed for the bad weather they've warned us is coming, or pilloried for not warning us when that bad weather strikes.
The BBC's Michael Fish was never able to forget his reassurance that no hurricane was on its way to south east England, hours before the Great Storm of 1987.
Now BBC News NI's Barra Best is the latest ... | The plight of the weather forecaster is not an easy one. | 38635311 |
Data from admissions body Ucas suggests the number of places available has gone up but demand is rising even faster.
The figures also showed a further rise in the number of people from disadvantaged areas being offered places.
The Scottish government said it was committed to delivering access to higher education for al... | The chances of a Scottish university applicant being offered a place have slipped, according to official figures. | 38316717 |
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The team initially fell just short of the points required but the title was sealed when Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen was demoted from fifth to eighth.
The Finn was given a 30-second penalty for causing a last-lap collision with Williams driver Valtteri Bottas.
That saw Mercede... | Mercedes have won their second consecutive constructors' title following Lewis Hamilton's victory in the Russian Grand Prix. | 34500999 |
Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, "Kim" Philby and Anthony Blunt were recruited as Soviet spies while at Cambridge University in the 1930s.
There may have been a fifth spy in the ring, possibly John Cairncross.
Documents from the Mitrokhin Archive have been made publicly available for the first time.
The FBI described them ... | Members of the "Cambridge Five" spy ring were seen by their Soviet handlers as hopeless drunks incapable of keeping secrets, newly-released files suggest. | 28143770 |
Police were called to the Castlerock Road shortly after 22:00 BST on Sunday.
The victim was taken to hospital for treatment to a serious head wound.
Police are investigating reports that up to 15 people were involved in the brawl and have appealed for anyone who witnessed the fight to contact them. | A 27-year-old man has been injured during a fight involving a number of people in Coleraine, County Londonderry. | 32873063 |
The 34-year-old world number three had initially intended to return at Indian Wells in March, but will instead wait for the Monte Carlo Masters in April.
The 17-time Grand Slam champion sustained a torn meniscus in January, the day after his Australia Open semi-final defeat by Novak Djokovic.
"As it is a long year, I d... | Roger Federer has delayed his comeback from knee surgery by a month. | 35673855 |
The speaker of the assembly said work on a new constitution and electoral law would resume once "dialogue commences".
There have been daily protests calling for the body to be dissolved since one of its members was assassinated.
Mohamed Brahmi was shot on 25 July, almost six months after fellow leftist politician Chokr... | Tunisia's constituent assembly has been suspended until the Islamist-led government and secular opposition begin talks to resolve a political crisis. | 23596640 |
The prime minister, who is in Delhi to pave the way for the UK's first post-Brexit trade deal, said the UK was already able to attract "the brightest and the best" from outside the EU.
"Nine out of 10 visa applications from India are already accepted," she said.
But she said the UK could give ground if Indians who over... | Theresa May has rejected calls to relax Indian visa rules, saying the UK has a "good system" for applications. | 37891734 |
The orange-sized growth was so large it was crushing Isabel Roberts's throat, leaving her unable to breathe naturally.
Doctors needed to rapidly fit a tube to help her breathing before she stopped getting oxygen from her mother.
The tumour has since been removed and doctors expect Isabel to make a full recovery.
Someti... | A baby girl has been born in Sheffield with a huge tumour that accounted for a sixth of her body weight. | 21282781 |
Officers said they believed the material found in the vehicle was herbal cannabis.
A 23-year-old man has been arrested. A report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal.
The man detained by police is expected to appear at Dumfries Sheriff Court on Monday. | Police have seized drugs which they said are worth £100,000, after stopping a car on the M74 motorway near Lockerbie. | 33298753 |
De Villota, 32, lost her right eye after extensive surgery following a crash in testing for Marussia at the Cambridgeshire track.
She was in a critical condition but is now described as serious but stable.
She has undergone successful surgery at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.
A statement issued by the Marussia Tech... | F1 test driver Maria de Villota, who suffered head injuries and lost an eye in a crash on Tuesday, is improving after surgery and responding well to treatment, her team has said. | 18749569 |
That is up 16% on the same period last year, when work began on around 1,600 new houses.
The large majority of the 2017 housing starts, 1,699, were in the private sector.
In 2016/17 work started on a total of 7,724 new houses, the best performance since 2010/11.
That compares to more than 15,000 starts in 2005, which w... | Building work started on more than 1,800 new houses in Northern Ireland in the first quarter of 2017, according to the latest official figures. | 40863736 |
Particles called D-mesons seem to decay slightly differently from their antiparticles, LHCb physicist Matthew Charles told the HCP 2011 meeting on Monday.
The result may help explain why we see so much more matter than antimatter.
The team stresses that further analysis will be needed to shore up the result.
At the mom... | Large Hadron Collider researchers have shown off what may be the facility's first "new physics" outside our current understanding of the Universe. | 15734668 |
The bridge, made entirely from Meccano, has been built with the help of local school children across Belfast's Clarendon Dock.
It was unveiled to the public on Saturday.
The project is part of a Queens University Belfast programme to encourage kids to think more about careers in science, mathematics and technology and ... | Engineering students in Belfast have set a new world record for the largest ever Meccano construction. | 34302646 |
At the beginning of July, the government warned that 30 of the country's 36 states could be at risk.
Already, 16 states, including the commercial hub Lagos, have been badly affected.
Five years ago, the worst flooding in more than 40 years in Nigeria claimed 431 lives and displaced nearly two million people, according ... | Nigerians are facing at least three months of battling against heavy rains that could lead to deadly, destructive flooding. | 40720985 |
Monitor said it was also taking action against Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust because of its "board governance and financial performance".
The regulator said the hospital was in "significant breach" of the terms of its authorisation.
The hospital said it was making progress in meeting the targets.
It a... | A Northamptonshire hospital "persistently" failed to treat emergency patients within four hours, a health watchdog has said. | 20094988 |
Biowatch contains a tiny camera that takes a photo of your wrist and stores a snapshot of your blood vessels.
The watch then checks that your veins match the photo every time you put it on.
That could stop imposters from accessing private information on a smartwatch if they put it on.
The Swiss company developing the d... | Watch technology that can identify a person by the veins inside their skin is being developed. | 32885745 |
Pitch Battle - a working title - will feature all musical styles, including rock, folk, gospel and a cappella.
The show will feature "riff-offs" between singing groups - an idea made famous by the popular Pitch Perfect films.
The series will consist of six hour-long episodes, the BBC said.
Pitch Battle will feature an ... | A new Saturday night entertainment show searching for the UK's best singing group will launch in 2017, BBC One has announced. | 38402151 |
Discus thrower Jones, 41, won bronze at London 2012 in the F37 category and will compete at her fifth Games.
Tait made her British debut at June's European Championships, where she won silver in both the T34 100m and 400m.
Both athletes were added to the squad after additional slots were made available to Paralympics G... | Beverley Jones and Carly Tait have been added to the ParalympicsGB athletics squad for Rio 2016. | 36926033 |
The 39-year-old has played for his hometown club his entire career but is out of contract this summer.
He has been used sparingly under Spalletti, but scored twice late on in Wednesday's 3-2 win over Torino.
Totti, who won the Serie A title with Roma in 2001, released a statement on his website on Saturday.
Former Ital... | Roma coach Luciano Spalletti has thanked Francesco Totti for urging the debate about his future not to split the fans. | 36125099 |
The facility at Mumbai's Saifee Hospital will have an operating theatre and an intensive care unit.
Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, 36, is expected to arrive in the city on a chartered plane at the end of January.
Her family says she has not been able to leave home for 25 years.
The estimate of her weight is given by relatives.... | An Indian hospital is building a special facility so that an Egyptian woman, believed to be the world's heaviest at 500kg (1,102lb), can soon undergo weight reduction surgery. | 38594559 |
American Troy Bradley and Russian Leonid Tiukhtyaev landed safely, their Two Eagles Balloon team said.
They claim to have beaten the world distance and duration records by flying for more than 137 hours and travelling more than 5,209 miles (8,383km).
To set the records the team needed to beat the existing records by 1%... | Two pilots in a helium balloon have completed their crossing of the Pacific with a sea-landing off Mexico, setting new milestones on a six-day trip. | 31073490 |
Canberra is the only city in the Australian Capital Territory, which led the regional ranking. Australia led the country rankings, followed by Norway.
The OECD ranked 362 regions of its 34 member nations in its survey.
It used nine measures of well-being, including income, education, jobs, safety, health and environmen... | Canberra in Australia is the best city in the world to live, according to a report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). | 29531850 |
Resuming on 100-2, the home side faced a thankless task, needing another 311 runs to make the visitors bat again.
But, despite 72 from ex-Warwickshire youngster Moeen Ali, the home side were bowled out just after lunch for 209.
That completed victory for the jubilant Bears by an innings and 202 runs.
Media playback is ... | Warwickshire wrapped up the 2012 County Championship title as they completed a derby win over Worcestershire at New Road to effectively relegate their Midland neighbours to Division Two. | 19507008 |
The BBA will join up with Payments UK, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), the UK Cards Association and the Asset Based Finance Association.
The idea is to cut costs, and increase lobbying power.
The BBA represents both High Street and investment banks, while the CML covers banks and building societies.
It is not ye... | Five financial services trade associations in the City - including the British Bankers' Association (BBA) - are to merge, following a review. | 34881093 |
James Gilbey, 25, from Bramley, died after he was hit by a Volkswagen Golf while crossing Stanningley Bypass on Monday night.
Five suspects aged between 22 and 29 are being questioned by police on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
A further man, 23, has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender... | Six men have been arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash in Leeds. | 33532763 |
Associated British Ports (ABP) said Dolffin Quay would bring hundreds of new homes and regenerate Harbour Drive.
But opponents are worried about the loss of park space and its impact on the nearby Norwegian Church.
Among them is Lord Crickhowell, who set up Cardiff Bay Development Corporation to transform the area in 1... | Plans to build a 24-storey building for flats, shops, bars and restaurants in Cardiff Bay will destroy the area's only parkland, campaigners have said. | 40681931 |
The Battle, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, lasted from 31 July until November 1917, and led to the death, disappearance or wounding of 500,000 Allied and German soldiers.
Colonel Richard Kemp, the former British army commander in Afghanistan, shared his tribute to his great uncle Second lieutenant Philip Dunc... | The centenary of the the Battle of Passchendale has been marked by those on social media with tributes to family who fought and died at Passchendale. | 40774469 |
It is thought the community-owned equipment - used on people in cardiac arrest - was taken from Newtonhill between 26 September and 10 October.
One was next to a cash machine at Tesco in Newtonhill Road, and the other was close to the pharmacy at Old Mill Road.
Police Scotland said it was a "reckless act" that had the ... | Two defibrillators have been stolen from an Aberdeenshire village. | 37622954 |
In a widely circulated video clip, the guide says in Swahili that the tourist wants Tanzanians to stop "complaining" about hunger.
The woman, in fact, says Tanzanians are "fabulously wonderful".
The guide was arrested on the tourism minister's order for casting the ministry in a "bad light", police said.
Tanzania marke... | A tour guide at a Tanzanian game park has been arrested after wrongly translating a tourist's comments about the country and its people. | 38930058 |
The Dons slipped to a 2-1 defeat at Tynecastle and remain five points adrift of the league leaders.
"The title's gone for us, I would imagine," McInnes told BBC Scotland. "Celtic can only absolutely throw it away and I wouldn't expect them to now.
"It's not over, but Celtic will go on, I would imagine, and win the leag... | Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes says it would take a huge collapse from Celtic for his side to snatch the Premiership title after losing to Hearts. | 36002569 |
Jack Adcock, of Glen Parva, died after being admitted to Leicester Royal Infirmary with pneumonia in 2011.
Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba, who denies manslaughter due to negligence, believed he had a "do not resuscitate" order, Nottingham Crown Court was told.
Two nurses also deny charges of manslaughter by gross negligence.
Giv... | A doctor accused of the manslaughter of a six-year-old boy has told a jury she called off attempts to save him after mistaking him for another patient. | 34573273 |
He assaulted patients in bed, and claimed to have abused corpses, reviews into his conduct on NHS premises found.
The reports cover 28 hospitals including Leeds General Infirmary and Broadmoor psychiatric hospital.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt apologised to victims, saying Savile's actions "will shake our country to th... | Ex-BBC DJ Jimmy Savile sexually assaulted victims aged five to 75 in NHS hospitals over decades of unrestricted access, investigators say. | 28034427 |
The BBC espionage thriller won for editing and sound in the awards that celebrate behind the scenes talent.
The Crown, National Treasure and Planet Earth II also won two awards each at the ceremony.
In the Bafta TV nominations only Tom Hollander from The Night Manager was nominated for best supporting actor.
This was a... | It was largely snubbed in the nominations for the TV Baftas, but The Night Manager has picked up two Bafta craft awards. | 39691630 |
The post was made after Welbeck netted the winning goal during an FA Cup quarter-final clash against his former club Manchester United on 9 March.
Manchester-born Welbeck joined the Gunners for £16m last summer.
The 15-year-old boy, from the Salisbury area, was arrested on suspicion of racial abuse and released on bai... | A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of sending a racist tweet aimed at Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck. | 31906452 |
The film's ensemble cast includes Ralph Fiennes, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Tilda Swinton and Jude Law.
Set in a famous European hotel between the wars, it tells the story of a stolen priceless painting and was partly filmed in Germany.
Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom opened Cannes Film Festival in 2012.
"With unmistakeab... | The Grand Budapest Hotel, the latest film from US writer and director Wes Anderson, will open the 2014 Berlinale film festival in February. | 24819279 |
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