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The 26-year-old remained in the United Kingdom when the rest of the squad departed last Thursday.
His fiancee Carrie gave birth to their first child on Saturday.
The Yorkshire player will now join up with the England team this Thursday ahead of the first of three ODIs, which are followed by three Twenty20 games.
Before... | England batsman Joe Root will be available for Sunday's first one-day international against India in Pune following the birth of his son. | 38554071 |
But there's a sense of anger in the town that it was given little warning about its role in this huge operation - and has no sense of how long it is expected to play host to the new arrivals.
The city mayor Boris Ravignon said he was given very little notice that the first busload of young men from Afghanistan and Suda... | The city of Charleville-Mezieres is one of the communities chosen by the French government to take in the migrants and refugees displaced by the closure of the Calais jungle. | 37781642 |
A vegetable grower's battle with our unpredictable climate can cost them more than a ruined day out - and that's not the only challenge they face.
Costly protection measures are needed for produce like leeks and scallions.
Hail showers are the biggest problem, they batter and bruise the emerging plants.
That makes the ... | Lots of us find reason to complain about the weather, but none are more affected than those whose livelihoods depend on it. | 36194635 |
The 18-year-old from Norfolk, who is one of BBC Sport's Paralympic Ones to Watch for 2016, lost 6-3 6-3 to world number one Stephane Houdet of France.
Hewett beat world number three Nicolas Peifer of France to reach the decider.
The teenager, who is set to move up from his current ranking of 14, could make his Paralymp... | British wheelchair tennis player Alfie Hewett missed out in his first ITF 1 Series singles final, beaten in the Gauteng Open in South Africa. | 35955030 |
Asked after Monday's 239-run win over South Africa at The Oval if he had any "issues or worries" over who might partner Cook in the first Test at Brisbane in November, Bayliss told BBC Sport: "It could be two or three guys.
"When we go to Australia, we'll probably take more than a couple of openers, so it could be a nu... | England coach Trevor Bayliss has hinted that Keaton Jennings is not yet secure in his place as Alastair Cook's opening partner for this winter's Ashes. | 40781466 |
Democrats have asked authorities to consider how the deal might affect consumer choice, particularly in places with fewer food shopping options.
Whole Foods said in June it expected the deal to close in the second half of 2017 but it has warned investors that it could take until May 2018.
Many still expect the deal to ... | US regulators will take more time to review Amazon's $13.7bn (£10.5bn) acquisition of Whole Foods after some groups have raised anti-trust concerns. | 40708880 |
The Paris mayor's office says the wall will replace metal fences put up for the Euro 2016 football tournament.
The project, if approved, is expected to cost about €20m (£17m; $21m) and work should start later this year.
The French capital has been on high alert since attacks by jihadists in November 2015 left 130 pe... | The Eiffel Tower in Paris is to have a 2.5m-high (8ft) wall of reinforced glass built around it as protection against terror attacks, officials say. | 38923411 |
The 18-year-old victim was reportedly approached from behind in Old Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, at about 06:30 BST on Friday, police said.
He has since been released from hospital after treatment for a serious cut to his neck.
A 59-year-old Bournemouth man is due before Poole magistrates.
Two men, aged 32 and 56, w... | A man has been charged with attempted murder after a teenager had his neck slashed in a street attack. | 41011790 |
Lees' remark came after Saggers awarded a no-ball for a breach of fielding regulations during a T20 Blast defeat by Nottinghamshire on Friday.
The 23-year-old has been handed a two-match suspension by Yorkshire, suspended for 12 months.
"I regret the comments made and I would like to offer my sincerest apologies to Mar... | Yorkshire one-day captain Alex Lees has apologised after calling a decision by umpire Martin Saggers "terrible". | 36834066 |
In April, the Daily Mail claimed that just £14,115 out of £1.7m donated to the Didier Drogba Foundation had gone to help causes in Africa.
The Charity Commission launched an investigation into the case, and says that is now "coming to a close".
Ex-Chelsea striker Drogba, 38, said the story was "false and defamatory".
H... | A report into the "serious regulatory concerns" surrounding a charity run by Didier Drogba is due to be released by the Charity Commission within a month. | 37243052 |
A London hospital trial of 17 patients found that use of the virus alongside chemotherapy and radiotherapy helped kill the tumours in most patients.
It works by getting into cancer cells, killing them from the inside, and also boosting the patient's immune system.
Further trials are planned for later in the year.
Head ... | Doctors say they have used a genetically engineered herpes virus to treat successfully patients with head and neck cancer. | 10817277 |
Unison said staff in sterilisation and disinfection units and radiology departments are "infuriated" their claim to be paid the same as colleagues in other hospitals has not been taken seriously.
Unison is "confident" members will vote in favour of strike action.
The health board said it is "fully committed" to resolvi... | Some Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board hospital workers are being balloted in a row over pay. | 38316273 |
They play the Netherlands in a friendly on Wednesday and Cameroon in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on 10 June.
The Ajax midfielder was handed a recall despite saying he would never play under Renard again.
"He deserved a call-up from Morocco based on his Europa League performances. But he's not here and I can't te... | Morocco coach Herve Renard says he is shocked by Hakim Ziyech's absence from the Atlas Lions camp. | 40105467 |
Prime Minister Enrico Letta said an "air and naval package" would start on Monday south of Sicily.
On Friday at least 33 people died when their boat capsized between Malta and the Italian island of Lampedusa.
A week earlier, more than 350 migrants died in another shipwreck off Lampedusa in the southern Mediterranean.
S... | Italy is stepping up sea and air patrols following the deaths of hundreds of migrants sailing in overcrowded boats from North Africa. | 24515906 |
The 22-year-old Czech international scored 24 goals in 51 games for the Hornets during a previous loan spell in the 2012-13 Championship campaign.
He spent last season on loan at West Bromwich Albion, making seven Premier League starts and netting three times.
Udinese and Watford are both owned by the Italian Pozzo fam... | Watford have re-signed Udinese striker Matej Vydra on a season-long loan. | 28034335 |
It is the latest action from the local authority to tackle the problem.
The council has also produced a video with Hawick High School, run a poster campaign and appointed two enforcement officers on a 12-month trial basis.
Councillor David Paterson said the message would be spray-painted at known dog fouling blackspots... | Spray-paint and stencils are being used to spell out a message urging dog owners to clean up after their pets in the Scottish Borders. | 36865855 |
Yedlin, 23, spent last season on loan at the Magpies' local rivals Sunderland, making 25 appearances, but made just one in two seasons for Spurs.
He fills the gap left by Daryl Janmaat's move to Watford.
"It was important for us to bring in a replacement immediately," manager Rafael Benitez said.
"In DeAndre we have a ... | Newcastle United have signed United States international defender DeAndre Yedlin from Tottenham Hotspur on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee. | 37176685 |
It has been contentious and controversial, but part of the mayor's flagship east-west cycle superhighway is nearing completion.
These photos give you an impression of what some streets in London will look like when they have been converted to protect cyclists.
Of course, not everyone will like road space being given ov... | Is this London's future? | 34071761 |
The Labour leader accused the PM of "chickening out" of a debate with him, saying: "Like all bullies, when the heat is really on he runs for cover."
Mr Cameron attacked Mr Miliband as "despicable and weak" for not ruling out a post-election deal with the SNP.
It came amid a fresh effort to break the TV debate deadlock.... | Ed Miliband and David Cameron launched attacks on each other's character in angry Commons exchanges over televised election debates. | 31830651 |
Durham were wobbling at 158-4 before Burnham (93 not out) and Pringle (62 not out) took the visitors to 285-4.
Resuming on 36-0, Michael Richardson chipped in with 62 but fell to South Africa spinner Imran Tahir (2-89).
The victory moves Durham, who started 2017 on minus 48 points, off the bottom of Division Two above ... | Jack Burnham and Ryan Pringle's nerveless unbroken stand of 137 saw Durham chase 282 to beat Derbyshire by six wickets at Chesterfield. | 40520707 |
President Pranab Mukherjee laid a wreath at the martyr's memorial at Delhi's India Gate monument on Friday.
Meanwhile, eight civilians have been reportedly killed as India and Pakistan exchanged fire in the Kashmir region.
Kashmir, claimed by both countries in its entirety, has been a flashpoint for more than 60 years.... | India has begun more than three weeks of celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of what it claims was victory in the 1965 war with Pakistan. | 34083174 |
The former Black Caps skipper, who has spent 17 months in charge, will leave after their tour of West Indies.
He replaced compatriot Mark Greatbatch as coach in December 2010.
"I appreciate the offer to extend my contract but after much consideration I feel it's the right time to move on and look at other opportunities... | New Zealand coach John Wright will step down in August after rejecting the offer of a contract extension. | 17904508 |
The unit at Poole Civic Centre is the first of its kind in the UK to be installed by a council as part of a government scheme.
It draws its power from solar panels and is faster than standard chargers which take 8-12 hours.
Eighteen chargers are to be installed in Dorset following a £900,000 Department for Transport g... | A solar powered rapid charger which can recharge an electric vehicle in 40 minutes has been installed in Dorset. | 32916725 |
As part of the right, employees can expect their request to be considered "in a reasonable manner" by employers.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills said 20 million people now had the right to ask to work flexibly.
Unions and employment groups welcomed the move.
The change in the law, which affects every... | Every employee now has the right to request flexible working hours after the government extended the right previously reserved for carers and those looking after children. | 28078690 |
Health officials are considering making one hospital maternity unit at Wrexham, Bangor or Bodelwyddan midwife-led.
A fourth option is to leave things as they are but managers have warned the situation is becoming "unmanageable".
The meeting in Rhyl, Denbighshire, follows a protest in the town.
Other public meetings are... | About 30 people attended the first public consultation meeting about plans to temporarily remove consultant-led maternity care at a north Wales hospital due to staff shortages. | 34198024 |
The Criminal Justice Act of 2003 introduced Indeterminate Sentencing for Public Protection or IPP, designed for serious sexual and violent offenders in England and Wales.
But IPP numbers mushroomed, with many in jail well past their minimum terms.
Mr Blunkett said the Labour government had "got the implementation wrong... | Ex-home secretary David Blunkett has expressed "regret" that indeterminate jail terms, brought in while he was in office, have led to "injustices". | 26561380 |
Spanish voters are traditionally unadventurous, always voting for the same party - centre-left or centre-right - often depending on the side their family supported during the Spanish civil war. Those rifts still run deep in Spain.
But Sunday's regional vote changed all that. The centre-right Popular Party (PP), in gove... | This is a huge political upset in Spain - widely expected but nonetheless significant. | 32874799 |
Police were inundated with reports of people having their windows smashed and tyres slashed in Leicester and villages in the Wreake Valley.
Detectives, who said nothing was stolen from the vehicles, have appealed for more people to report Monday's damage.
The men, aged 18, 19, 20, 21 and 23, were arrested on suspicion ... | Five men have been arrested after 67 vehicles were vandalised in one morning across Leicestershire. | 38547169 |
Historical names dating back to Victorian times, like Wassail Street, Orange Street and Frog Street, could be brought back by the council.
The proposed changes form part of its plans to redevelop the St David's site - with the first phase of regeneration approved last week.
The council said it would put "heritage at th... | Lost street names in Swansea could be reintroduced as part of £500m plans to regenerate the city centre. | 40274243 |
The Care Quality Commission has imposed four conditions on Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust to "minimise the risk of patients being exposed to harm".
It follows an inspection in February when inspectors found an overcrowded A&E department and queuing ambulances.
The trust said it was complying with the requirements and h... | Portsmouth's Queen Alexandra Hospital has been ordered to make immediate improvements to its emergency services. | 36162874 |
The resort cities of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee have suffered the majority of the damage.
More than four dozen people have been injured by the fire, and hundreds of buildings burned to their foundations.
Authorities say the fire is about 10% contained and "could still rear its head".
Over 14,000 people have... | The death toll from the wildfires raging in several southern US states has risen to seven as search-and-rescue operations continue. | 38165201 |
Two Dele Alli headers inflicted a first defeat on Chelsea since September and left Spurs seven points back in third.
"Tottenham are a really strong team and are, for sure, one of the teams that can fight for the title," Conte said.
Boss Mauricio Pochettino said Spurs "can challenge for the big things".
Tottenham were L... | Chelsea manager Antonio Conte says Tottenham can challenge for the Premier League title after they ended his side's 13-game winning run with a 2-0 win at White Hart Lane. | 38514702 |
IAG reported a 25% rise in pre-tax profits to €449m (£315m) for the three months to 30 June.
Chief executive Willie Walsh told the BBC's Today programme the results "reflect the underlying strength of the airlines".
IAG is in the process of buying Irish carrier Aer Lingus.
The group is still waiting for approval fro... | British Airways (BA) owner International Airlines Group (IAG) has reported a big jump in quarterly profits. | 33729695 |
The former Scottish Socialist Party leader was awarded £200,000 in 2006 when he won a case against the News of the World newspaper.
The tabloid printed allegations about his private life which included claims he visited a swingers club.
News Group, which owned the paper, wants the verdict "struck down".
On the second ... | Former MSP Tommy Sheridan has asked three appeal judges to dismiss an attempt to overturn a defamation case he won a decade ago. | 36267586 |
King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo defected after holding talks with DA Eastern Cape leader Athol Trollip.
Last week, he accused President Jacob Zuma of being "just a Zulu boy", in a sign of growing ethnic divisions.
The mainly white DA is trying to boost its membership in black areas.
General elections are due next year, wit... | The king of Nelson Mandela's Thembu ethnic group has defected from South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) to the main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party. | 23316494 |
In news that will come as something of a surprise to anyone who has crawled through security at JFK airport in New York, the answer, according to Rolling Stone, is the US Transport Security Administration (TSA).
Instagram is typically popular for beautiful images and celebrity shots.
But the TSA has amassed an army of... | Who's better on Instagram than Nasa, Madonna, Banksy and Beyonce? | 38129693 |
The statement "signed army council IRA", said a number of organisations were unifying under one leadership.
It said there had been a failure among Irish nationalist leaders and there was a "necessity for armed struggle."
The Guardian
reported the new force would include a number of known dissident republican groups.
T... | Some of Northern Ireland's dissident republican paramilitary groups are to come together under the banner of the IRA, a statement has claimed. | 19009272 |
Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood responded by calling the comment "scaremongering" and saying he should be "ashamed".
And HIV charity the Terrence Higgins Trust said "HIV doesn't discriminate and politicians shouldn't either".
However, on Friday, Mr Farage repeated his view that "we shouldn't spend on health tourism".
While d... | UKIP Leader Nigel Farage has defended comments made in the TV leaders' debate about migrants using the NHS for HIV treatment costing £25,000 per year. | 32176826 |
Jane Austen's House Museum is marking the bicentenary of the author's death by redecorating the rooms as they would have been when Austen was living there.
It is thought the some of the paper was accidentally hung upside down in the house in Chawton, Hampshire.
The replica wall coverings have been made using 19th Centu... | Fragments of faulty wallpaper discovered in corners of Jane Austen's former home have allowed curators to "reinterpret" its interior. | 39146204 |
Excluding petrol, sales rose 0.2% in March, against a 0.6% rise in February, which has been revised down from an initial estimated of 0.7%,
For the first three months of 2015, sales rose 0.9%, down from 2.2% in the first quarter of 2014.
The figures show consumers are still cautious about spending, analysts said.
Keith... | UK retail sales fell 0.5% in March from February, dragged down by a 6.2% fall in sales at petrol stations, the Office for National Statistics said. | 32428935 |
The study appears to refute the myth of the “thieving magpie”, which pervades European folklore.
It is widely believed that magpies have a compulsive urge to steal sparkly things for their nests.
But Exeter University scientists show that the birds are actually nervous of such objects, presumably because they are novel... | Magpies do not steal trinkets and are positively scared of shiny objects, according to new research. | 28797519 |
Jurors found the then match commander, Ch Supt David Duckenfield, was "responsible for manslaughter by gross negligence" due to a breach of his duty of care.
On 15 April more than 24,000 Liverpool fans travelled to Sheffield for their club's FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest.
Liverpool supporters were assigne... | The jury at the Hillsborough inquests has found 96 football fans were unlawfully killed, after hearing two years of evidence. | 35383110 |
But some proposals - based on the winning party's manifesto after an election - could be in doubt with Prime Minister Theresa May's Commons majority wiped out.
One cabinet minister says elements of the Conservative manifesto will have to be "pruned away".
Even the speech itself could be delayed to allow for any changes... | The Queen's Speech is that striking moment of parliamentary pageantry when the government sets out its legislative plans. | 40245808 |
Paul, 28, has made 135 club appearances since making his debut in 2008, and spent the 2013-14 season at Worcester.
Fellow prop Jack, 26, joined Pirates in 2013 from Plymouth Albion and has played 87 times.
Cargill arrived at the Mennaye from Yorkshire Carnegie in 2015 and has scored 157 points in 38 games.
"We've openl... | Brothers Paul and Jack Andrew have signed new two-year contracts with Championship side Cornish Pirates, along with fly-half Will Cargill. | 39207537 |
Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Eriksen impressed the former Rangers and Denmark winger against Iceland.
"He has certainly not hit the heights for the Danish team," said Laudrup.
"But he certainly showed against Iceland he was back to his best, playing one of his best games for the Danish national team in years."
Ahead of... | Brian Laudrup thinks new Denmark coach Age Hareide's change in tactics could help Christian Eriksen realise his full potential at international level. | 35913298 |
The Global Forum for Asset Recovery will bring together governments and law enforcement agencies to discuss returning assets to Nigeria, Ukraine, Sri Lanka and Tunisia.
The meeting will be held in the US next year, co-hosted with the UK, and supported by the UN and the World Bank.
David Cameron made the announcement at... | A global plan to help recover stolen assets has been announced. | 36274302 |
The 27-year-old finished second to brother Alistair in Leeds in June, but pulled out of this month's Hamburg event through illness.
The 2012 champion is racing in only his third event this year in Canada.
"Finishing the season well is really important to me," said Brownlee.
Brownlee, who won silver at the Rio 2016 Olym... | Great Britain's Jonny Brownlee says his chances of becoming 2017 World Triathlon Series champion have "gone" as he bids to defend his Edmonton title on Saturday. | 40746226 |
The poem, which appears to ask soldiers to shoot protesters in the Indian-ruled territory, went viral after being tweeted by the Digital India account.
It was later deleted but not before being retweeted by several people, including an opposition politician.
A Twitter user, Sarthak Garg, owned up to the "mistake" and a... | The agency managing an Indian government Twitter account has been asked to explain after it tweeted an inflammatory poem about Kashmir. | 37315549 |
It comes after the Scottish government asked John Scott QC to examine the controversial practice.
His report found that ending the searches would not prevent officers carrying out their duties effectively.
A BBC Scotland investigation had found that children under 12 were being searched.
This was despite a police promi... | Police Scotland is to stop carrying out non-statutory stop-and-searches of adults and children, the justice secretary has confirmed. | 34137632 |
The tiny devices delivered a cargo of nano-particles into the stomach lining of a mouse.
The research by scientists at the University of California is published in the journal ACS Nano.
Medical applications for micro-machines include the release of drugs into specific locations within the body.
But until now, they have... | In a case of science fiction meeting reality, microscopic "machines" have journeyed inside a living animal for the first time. | 30875102 |
HWDT said its scientists and volunteers last year recorded 2,303 individual common dolphins, 42 bottlenose dolphins and 94 Risso's dolphins.
The figures for all three species were the highest ever recorded in the Mull-based trust's annual survey seasons.
The conservation charity has been carrying out the surveys since ... | Record numbers of three dolphin species found off Scotland's west coast were found during a survey by the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust (HWDT). | 38920305 |
The images were taken by the RAF in the 1950s and show locations in countries that were part of former Soviet Union or its allies, and also western Europe.
A powerful US-made camera was fitted to a Canberra B2 jet.
Declassified in 2004, the images have now only been released by the Ministry of Defence to the National C... | Cold War photographs of Germany and the Middle East have been released to a national archive based in Edinburgh. | 35110961 |
In its annual report the commission said 900 more women suffered sexual violence and nearly 800 took, or tried to take, their own lives.
In 2014 about 1,000 women died in honour-related attacks and 869 in 2013.
Correspondents say a large number of such crimes go unreported in Pakistan.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has s... | Nearly 1,100 women were killed in Pakistan last year by relatives who believed they had dishonoured their families, the country's independent Human Rights Commission says. | 35943732 |
The currently untitled film will be set in the 1960s and focus on Dahl's marriage to actress Patricia Neal.
"I can't imagine anyone better to give the ambivalent nature of Roald Dahl's life," the film's producer Elliot Jenkins said.
"He was such a man of wounded parts below his polished veneer of self-confidence."
The ... | Hugh Bonneville is to play Roald Dahl in an upcoming biopic about the author and his wife. | 39883166 |
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said on Twitter that Mr Trump should give up his presidential ambitions because he would never win.
It follows Mr Trump's call for Muslims to be barred from entering the US for security reasons.
Mr Trump tweeted back, calling the prince "dopey".
"You are a disgrace not only to the GOP [Republi... | A Saudi prince has described US businessman Donald Trump, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, as a "disgrace to America". | 35083150 |
He had come under pressure for holidaying in Barbados during the floods in December, the wettest month on record in the UK.
He said the role now required him to be available at short notice and this was "inappropriate in a part-time non-executive position".
In a statement, he also said he found the media scrutiny "unac... | Environment Agency chairman Sir Philip Dilley, who faced criticism during the recent floods, has resigned. | 35285020 |
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Norman Sharp, 91, from Trowbridge, Wiltshire, was the first person to get an NHS hip operation in December 1948, aged 23, after suffering from septic arthritis as a child.
He now holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-lasting replacement hip replacement - and is still da... | The world's oldest replacement hips are still serving their owner well - 67 years after he received them. | 35882053 |
The hosts, now potentially one game from the drop, were soon a man down after Rob Holding's red card.
Matej Vydra saw the resulting penalty saved by Ben Amos, while Reading twice hit the woodwork in the second half.
Caretaker boss Jimmy Phillips looked to have secured his first point in charge of Bolton until John's 35... | Substitute Ola John grabbed a last-gasp winner for Reading to sink 10-man Bolton and push them closer to relegation from the Championship. | 35902247 |
The election was due this year anyway. Former President Blaise Compaore's plans to serve another five-year term sparked a popular uprising. He had been in power for 27 years.
It has been a bumpy road to the current elections, and Mr Compaore's supporters themselves staged a short-lived coup on 17 September. The elite ... | Burkina Faso holds crucial general elections on 29 November after a turbulent year under a transitional government that stepped in to restore order following a popular uprising in October 2014. | 34926630 |
The UN education envoy and former prime minister is calling on the international community for urgent help for refugees in Lebanon.
Hundreds of thousands of children have been displaced by Syria's war.
"This is one of biggest refugee crises since the Second World War," he said.
"It's one of the biggest humanitarian tra... | The failure to provide an education for young Syrian refugees runs the risk of creating a generation of discontented youths and a recruiting ground for extremists, says Gordon Brown. | 30923132 |
The dealership, based in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, has 10 showrooms around the country.
Carcraft is the UK's seventh-largest second-hand car chain, selling more than 12,000 used vehicles a year, administrators said.
A spokesman warned customers with Carcraft policies, including break-down cover, would no longer be ... | The second-hand car company Carcraft is to close, with the loss of about 500 jobs. | 32538820 |
The existing line is to be reinforced so it can carry more electricity.
The corridor is the area of land in which the route of the upgraded line would be built. SSE made its selection from three possible corridors.
The company said it has sought to avoid historic sites and landscapes, such as Culloden Battlefield and B... | Energy firm SSE has selected its preferred "corridor" for an upgraded powerline between Beauly in the Highlands and Kintore in Aberdeenshire. | 37949482 |
Dortmund, missing top scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang due to a family bereavement, fell behind to a 14th-minute tap-in from Alfred Finnbogason.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan poked the ball home to level at 1-1 just before the break.
Gonzalo Castro's deflected effort made it 2-1 before Adrian Ramos fired in at the second attempt ... | Borussia Dortmund came from behind to beat struggling Augsburg 3-1 and close the gap on Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich to five points. | 35803788 |
Visitors to the Twitter and Facebook page for the Peeple app have been met with messages explaining such content is unavailable or that it doesn't exist.
Similarly, the app's website returns a "Not Found" error for many users.
The Peeple app sparked a storm of controversy when it was announced last week as a way to rat... | The website and social media pages for controversial human-rating app Peeple have been taken offline. | 34446882 |
Six people were airlifted to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation on the MS King Seaways, 30 miles from the Yorkshire coast, on Saturday night.
The DFDS Seaways ferry, which was bound for the Netherlands, had 946 passengers and 127 crew on board.
Northumbria Police said Boden George Hughes, 26, from Sunderland, had... | A man has been charged with arson after a fire broke out on a North Sea ferry. | 25546091 |
The Aberystwyth University-led group will use a drill adapted from a car wash to cut into the Khumbu glacier in the foothills of Everest.
They will work at an altitude of 5,000m (16,400ft), in the hope of finding out how climate change affects Khumbu.
Project leader Prof Bryn Hubbard said there will be "particular chal... | Climate-change scientists are to travel to the Himalayas in a bid to become the first team to successfully drill through the world's highest glacier. | 39442450 |
Flamini slotted the visitors into the lead after Spurs keeper Michel Vorm could only parry an Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain shot back into his area.
Tottenham's Danny Rose had a penalty appeal rejected before the hosts equalised when Calum Chambers scored an own goal from Nacer Chadli's cross.
Midfielder Flamini then volleye... | Mathieu Flamini scored a superb volley to give Arsenal victory in their League Cup third-round tie at Tottenham. | 34265590 |
David Coombs also targeted people in hospitals in Hampshire and Dorset, pretending to be a wealthy businessman.
The 52-year-old, of Hunston Road, Chichester, had previously pleaded guilty to nine fraud offences committed in 2015.
He received a four-year sentence at a hearing at Southampton Crown Court.
Police said his ... | A fraudster has been jailed for conning money from women he met through dating websites. | 38980568 |
The Championship leaders revealed they had spoken to the 34-year-old last week but said any move would depend on them winning promotion back to Super League.
McGuire has spent 15 years with Leeds, helping them to seven Grand Final wins.
"I feel I could have easily stuck around at Leeds and finished my career here but I... | Hull Kingston Rovers have signed Leeds Rhinos captain Danny McGuire on a two-year contract from next season. | 40637970 |
Mr Osborne said the "decision point" had been reached.
Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney said the phased sell-off "would promote financial stability" and benefit the wider economy.
Mr Osborne also set out more details of the sell-off of the Government's remaining stake in Royal Mail.
Royal Mail employees will... | The government plans to sell its stake in the Royal Bank of Scotland, Chancellor George Osborne has announced in his annual Mansion House speech. | 33088599 |
President Ernest Bai Koroma has declared seven days of mourning while pleading for "urgent support".
Nearly 400 people are confirmed dead after a mudslide in the Regent area and floods elsewhere in Freetown on Monday.
The Red Cross has warned it is a race against time to find survivors.
Presidential spokesman Abdulai B... | At least 600 people are still missing following a mudslide and flooding that devastated parts of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, a spokesman for the president has told the BBC. | 40944540 |
Joseph tore a pectoral muscle against Fiji in the World Cup opener and missed the loss to Wales before returning to face Australia and Uruguay.
He learned the extent of the injury after England's exit and had surgery.
The 24-year-old said: "I was going to do everything I could to play. I wasn't aware there was only a t... | England centre Jonathan Joseph has revealed he played in two World Cup games with only one third of his chest muscle still attached to the bone. | 35076641 |
The vessels involved include Dutch and Danish ships lost in Shetland's Out Skerries in the 1600s.
Also listed are what may be the 17th Century Scottish warship the Swan, off Mull, and a boat used to attack Lochaber's Mingary Castle in 1644.
The Scottish government has proposed making the sites Historic Marine Protected... | Seven sites of historic shipwrecks off Scotland could be given new protected status. | 21831878 |
The foreign secretary said he had "no doubt" President's Bashar al-Assad's government was behind April's atrocity.
Russia blocked a UK-backed move at the United Nations to condemn the attack.
Mr Johnson is now appealing to world leaders to "unite behind the need to hold those responsible to account" by imposing further... | Boris Johnson has urged action against the Syrian regime after a watchdog ruled an attack that killed more than 90 people used sarin nerve gas. | 40457383 |
The cases were referred to the police earlier this year by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority watchdog, which oversees expenses.
The identities of those involved have not been disclosed.
In a statement, the Met also said a 33-year old woman, an employee of an MP, had separately been given a caution for f... | The Metropolitan Police are investigating two MPs over alleged misuse of Parliamentary expenses. | 35004172 |
There were 333 primary and secondary schools in the top "green" category in 2015, up from 236 in 2014.
"Red" schools, those needing the most improvement, fell from 81 to 58.
But a group of north Wales primaries have claimed the system unfairly penalises small schools, where the performance of a single child can see a s... | More schools have been rated as performing well in the second year of a colour-coded rating system. | 35428536 |
The hosts went closest in a goalless first half as Cardiff goalkeeper Allan McGregor pushed Ross Wallace's shot on to the post.
Substitute Forestieri made Wednesday's pressure count as he headed in after McGregor had saved from Jordan Rhodes.
Despite Fulham's win at Norwich, Carlos Carvalhal's side stay sixth in the ta... | Sheffield Wednesday held on to their Championship play-off place as Fernando Forestieri's late goal beat Cardiff. | 39523698 |
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas hailed the event, saying "a black page in history has been turned forever".
The two sides had governed separately since Hamas, which won elections in 2006, ousted Fatah from Gaza in 2007.
The US has said it will work with the new government, a move that Israel described as "disappoin... | A new Palestinian unity government has been sworn in, marking a key step towards ending a major rift between factions in the West Bank and Gaza. | 27660218 |
The reason behind these attacks it still not clear, but it comes amid a government crackdown on exam cheating and other reforms to the education sector.
Some schools have had to shut down completely meaning that more than 6,000 students have been sent home.
Several more schools were set alight over the last week, inclu... | More than 100 government secondary schools in Kenya have been set alight this year - with many of the arson incidents being blamed on students. | 36845144 |
The judge has asked the court to consider a majority verdict on the sixth defendant.
The six were accused of helping jailed banker Tom Hayes, who worked for Swiss bank UBS, to manipulate the Libor rate that banks use to lend money to one another.
They worked for the financial firms Icap, Tullett Prebon and RP Martin.
P... | A UK jury has cleared five City brokers who were accused of helping to rig a key lending rate used between banks. | 35422866 |
Speaking in the Commons, Angus Robertson said out of respect to the devolved nations the vote should not take place before the summer.
It has been mooted that the ballot could be held on 23 June, just weeks after parliamentary elections in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Europe Minister David Lidington said no da... | The leader of the SNP at Westminster wants a June referendum on Britain's membership of the EU to be ruled out. | 35472117 |
Kamara, who also played for Sheffield United and managed Bradford City, caught the suspect, who is thought to have been arrested by police.
Middlesbrough-born Kamara, 56, tweeted: "Not lost me pace!!! I just caught this street robber. Done in now though."
He also tweeted pictures of the man, who failed to escape the sc... | Football pundit and former Leeds United star Chris Kamara has chased down a suspected thief at the World Cup in Brazil. | 28064420 |
Eddie Jones' team face Ireland on Saturday seeking a second Grand Slam in a row - a feat last achieved by England during the Five Nations 25 years ago.
Carling, who captained England in both 1991 and 1992, said it would be an "exceptional" achievement.
"We are just left in the wake," he told BBC 5 live's Six Nations pr... | The current England side will eclipse the 1992 team if they match their achievement of back-to-back Grand Slams, says ex-captain Will Carling. | 39295532 |
The 25-year-old will join the newly promoted Premier League club on 1 July.
Albion's first-choice keeper, David Stockdale, turned down a new contract and is set to join Championship side Birmingham City.
Ryan, who has won 32 caps, is in the Australia squad for the Confederations Cup in Russia starting on Saturday.
He j... | Brighton and Hove Albion have signed Australia goalkeeper Mathew Ryan from Valencia for an undisclosed club-record fee. | 40309248 |
The newly-named Vitality Stadium will host AFC Bournemouth's first match of the 2015/16 season against Aston Villa.
The ground, traditionally known as Dean Court. was later renamed Seward Stadium and Goldsands Stadium.
The agreement with the health and life insurance firm takes effect immediately.
The club's commercial... | New sponsors have won the right to rename Bournemouth's stadium ahead of the club's first matches in the Premier League. | 33467456 |
Sitting in an industrial unit in Newport, Memet Ali Alabora is telling the story of how he ended up in Wales.
Alongside him are the writer Meltem Arikan and the actress Pinar Ogun - three Turkish artists who now call Cardiff their home.
In the summer of 2013, Turkey was in turmoil. An estimated 3.5 million people were ... | "I can see the confusion on your face, you may be thinking there is something wrong with the translation but no, that's what really happened." | 38690471 |
The clothing stolen from the Tiso store in Leith included brands such as North Face, Craghoppers, Berghaus, Jack Wolfskin and Sprayway, which are popular among hillwalkers and climbers.
The break-in at the Commercial Street shop happened at 01:00 on Thursday.
Police said they believe a car or van was used in the theft ... | About 100 outdoor jackets and fleeces worth £12,000 have been stolen from a well-known outdoor shop in Edinburgh. | 38651043 |
OneSource Virtual specialises in human resources, and has its headquarters in Dallas, Texas.
Its Derry operation is to open in September, and all 289 jobs are to be in place by the end of December 2017.
The roles include payroll administration, benefits administration and application management services. Most of the em... | A US-based internet company is to create 289 jobs in Londonderry. | 33359651 |
The vehicle, which was one of dozens of cars sold at the Bonhams auction, had spent much of its life broken up and scattered across a Cincinnati woodland.
The successful bid was £9.6m and the price raised above £10m when the premium was added.
Another collector bought a Formula 1 car driven by Graham Hill for £673,500 ... | A rebuilt 1954 Ferrari has sold for £10.8m in an auction at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. | 28059868 |
Carla Whitlock, 37, was attacked in Southampton's Guildhall Square on 18 September.
Geoffrey Midmore, 26, pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent. His brother, Billy Midmore, 22, denied the same charge.
The men, both from London but of no fixed address, were remanded in custody after the hearing at S... | A man has admitted attacking a woman who had acid thrown in her face. | 34833217 |
He spoke to the Commons after the BBC revealed the findings of an NHS England report into mental health patients at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust.
He offered a "heartfelt apology" to families affected.
Southern Health said it had made "substantial improvements".
Mr Hunt described the findings of the report - whi... | The government is "profoundly shocked" by a report which found the NHS failed to investigate the unexpected deaths of more than 1,000 people, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said. | 35061716 |
Resuming on 76, England hopeful Vince was bowled for 119 by Steven Patterson.
Wicketkeeper Adam Wheater (62) chipped Patterson to mid-wicket after a 143-run seventh-wicket stand with Ervine.
The Zimbabwean's century followed, off 205 balls, before he was caught behind to become Ryan Sidebottom's 1,000th career wicket a... | James Vince and Sean Ervine hit centuries as Hampshire fought back against Yorkshire at Headingley. | 36078244 |
Vettel had talked about Mercedes having "no weak link", adding that "they will be the ones to beat". But make no mistake, this was an emphatic victory and Mercedes are well aware that. After three years of almost total domination, they finally have a fight on their hands.
All in all, the race in Melbourne's Albert Park... | Sebastian Vettel was doing his best to play it down but the message from his victory in the Australian Grand Prix was clear - Ferrari are back and the Formula 1 fans can look forward to a close battle between them and Mercedes for the world title this year. | 39398145 |
The British Red Cross, Mercy Corps, Glasgow the Caring City and Edinburgh Direct Aid will share the money.
International Development Minister Humza Yousaf is due to visit the Greek island of Lesbos to see first hand how the aid effort is working.
Thousands of refugees have arrived in Lesbos from conflict-ridden Syria.
... | Charities providing humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees arriving in Europe are to receive £300,000 from the Scottish government. | 34416076 |
Councillor Tony Kershaw was suspended from the Conservative Group in May with a trial expected to take place in December.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said the case had been discontinued in light of new evidence.
Mr Kershaw, who has represented Quorn and Barrow for 12 years, has now been readmitted to the party.... | Charges of common assault against a Leicestershire county councillor have been dropped. | 30309439 |
Tempers flared at the end of Chelsea's 3-1 win, after City's Sergio Aguero was sent off for a tackle on David Luiz.
Aguero's team-mate Fernandinho was also dismissed, after grabbing Cesc Fabregas as the two teams confronted each other.
Chelsea had previously been warned they could face a points deduction.
The Premier L... | Chelsea have been fined £100,000 and Manchester City must pay £35,000 after players from both teams clashed during their Premier League meeting at Etihad Stadium earlier this month. | 38308082 |
The priest, who has not been named, can be seen sailing up and down aisles as churchgoers in Laguna province applaud.
"That was wrong," the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pablo said in a statement on its Facebook page.
It said he greeted people and sang a Christmas song on the hoverboard and he was now out of the parish... | A Filipino priest has been suspended by diocese authorities, after video of him gliding around church on a hoverboard during Christmas Eve mass went viral. | 35196796 |
Polls opened at 7.00am at around 50,000 polling stations across the country.
What you can and can't do when voting
Some polling stations are in schools, which means a day off for lots of children in the UK.
Community centres, parish halls and a school bus will also be used.
A total of 650 Westminster MPs will be electe... | Millions of adults will be voting in the UK general election today. | 32620523 |
Viewers of Periscope, Twitter's live-video streaming app, alerted police to a woman who appeared intoxicated and was streaming a video of herself driving around Lakeland, Florida.
Police eventually found Whitney Beall, 23, and charged her with driving under the influence.
"I am...drunk," she said at one point in the vi... | A Florida woman has been arrested after she filmed herself driving drunk and broadcast it live on the internet. | 34519334 |
UK researchers say more trees and other vegetation at street level would clean air in areas that are normally exposed to higher pollution levels.
Plants in towns and cities have been shown to remove nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particulate matter (PM), both of which are harmful to human health.
The findings
a... | The creation of "green walls" in urban areas could cut pollution by up to 30%, scientists have suggested. | 18873391 |
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