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American Noah Lyles, 19, equalled the world-leading time of Wayde van Niekerk by winning in 19.90 seconds.
Lyles' compatriot LaShawn Merritt was second in 20.27, with Gemili crossing in 20.35 after being run down following a fast start.
Elsewhere, Jamaica's Elaine Thompson won the women's 100m in 10.78, which is the fa... | Great Britain's Adam Gemili claimed third place in men's 200m at the Diamond League event in Shanghai. | 39906400 |
Keane Wallis-Bennett, 12, died at Edinburgh's Liberton High School in April 2014 when a changing room wall in a gym collapsed.
The Crown Office said the decision not to prosecute "may be reconsidered" if further evidence came to light.
A fatal accident inquiry will now be held into Keane's death.
No-one else was injure... | No criminal proceedings will be brought over the death of a high school pupil who was killed when a wall collapsed onto her, prosecutors have said. | 38092717 |
Do you remember the context? It was the 2010 UK General Election. The Leaders' Debate.
"Nick" refers to Clegg, N, he who led the Liberal Democrats at the time. The vocal agreement came - repeatedly - from Labour's Gordon Brown as he sought to marginalise David Cameron.
In the event, of course, Mr Clegg ended up agreein... | Do you remember the phrase "I agree with Nick"? | 35699116 |
The England opener hit 148 as England beat South Africa by 68 runs on 5 July in Bristol, where Tuesday's semi-final will also be played.
Despite victory, England conceded their highest one-day total of 305 runs.
"It is going to be a clean slate on Tuesday with a lot more to play for," said Beaumont, 26.
After an openin... | South Africa will "come out hard" in the Women's World Cup semi-final to avenge defeat by England in the group stages, says Tammy Beaumont. | 40634737 |
He told the party conference in Perth that they have a vital role to play in any future referendum.
The co-convener also said local government elections are a chance to "bring power back to people".
The Greens won their second-best ever Holyrood result in May's elections, leapfrogging the Lib Dems into fourth place.
Th... | Patrick Harvie has called on Green party members and supporters to prepare for the next independence campaign. | 37717164 |
Dan DiMicco said Britain was "a friend" of America and was leaving the EU for the right reasons.
Both presidential candidates say they are against present plans for a free trade deal between the US and Europe.
Mr DiMicco called for an overhaul of the global free trade system.
"These are not idle threats," he told the B... | Britain will be offered a free trade deal before the rest of the European Union if the Republicans win the US presidential election, Donald Trump's trade adviser has said. | 37594928 |
David Byrne was shot at the Regency Hotel on 5 February.
The men, including a father and son in their 50s and 30s, were arrested by police on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Another man, Patrick Hutch, 24, has been charged with the murder of Mr Byrne.
Gardaà (Irish police) believe at least six people were involved in the attac... | Police in the Republic of Ireland are continuing to question three men arrested in connection with the murder of a man at a boxing weigh-in in Dublin. | 36349495 |
Bodin's first in the 13th minute was set up by a superb 40-yard pass by Lee Brown, which left the visitors' defence stranded. The winger controlled the ball on the right-hand edge of the penalty area and advanced to find the corner of the net with a low shot.
The 25-year-old's second goal just before the break made it ... | Billy Bodin fired Bristol Rovers into the second round of the EFL Cup with a brace of goals as the Pirates saw off Cambridge United at the Memorial Stadium. | 40785767 |
They were travelling to work at the airport on Saturday morning when two attackers riding a motorcycle opened fire on their minivan, said Samim Akhalwak, a spokesperson for the Kandahar governor.
The five women were killed, as well as their driver.
The women were in charge of searching female travellers at the airport.... | Five female security staff at Kandahar airport have been killed by unknown gunmen, local officials say. | 38350470 |
About 70 of the 284 pupils at Dearham Primary School in Maryport are off sick after contracting the winter vomiting bug over the weekend.
A spokesman said they were following protocol and those affected have been asked to stay away from school for 48 hours until they are symptom-free.
Public Health England said it was ... | Dozens of pupils are absent from a primary school in Cumbria due to an outbreak of norovirus. | 35355755 |
The creature, which lives in vast communities around hot vents on the sea floor, will be known as Kiwa tyleri.
The name honours the renowned British polar and deep-ocean biologist Paul Tyler from Southampton University.
Its many hairs host bacteria that the animal harvests to sustain itself, a paper in PloS One journal... | A hairy crab that was dubbed "The Hoff" when it was first found in Antarctic waters has now been given a formal scientific description and name. | 33263621 |
Workers from the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union (Siptu) have stopped work for 48 hours in a dispute over pay.
The red and green Luas lines are not operating on Thursday and Friday. It is estimated that 90,000 customers will be affected each day.
A further two-day stoppage has been scheduled for ... | Thousands of people who use the Luas tram service in Dublin are facing disruption as a two-day strike begins. | 35548240 |
Imbula, 23, scored his first goal since his deadline day move in the Potters' 3-1 win at Bournemouth on Saturday.
"I always pray it's going to work, because you never know," Coates, 78, told BBC Radio Stoke.
"He was well looked at before we did anything. We did a lot of homework."
Coates is now confident the Belgium-bo... | Stoke chairman Peter Coates is "delighted" with the impact made by Giannelli Imbula, having watched the player for a long time before his club-record £18.3m transfer from Porto. | 35587320 |
David Thomas, from Leedstown, presented the 23.2kg (51.1lbs) vegetable at this year's National Giant Vegetable Championships.
Mr Thomas said he was "very proud" of the "beach ball" sized cabbage.
The previous record, set in 1925 by Mr R Straw of Staveley, Derbyshire, weighed in at 19.05kg (42lbs).
Growing the huge vege... | A man from Cornwall has broken a world record that has stood for more than 90 years - by growing the heaviest red cabbage. | 37462646 |
The Tories won 38 out of 62 seats - a reduction of three from their previous figure of 41, captured in the last poll in 2009.
The Liberal Democrats also saw a decrease in seats, dropping by four to nine.
Labour has seen an increase of three seats and now holds seven wards; UKIP have won four seats on the authority afte... | The Conservatives have retained control of Devon County Council. | 22398475 |
Joshua won his title with a seventh-round knockout of Dillian Whyte, and has a perfect record after 15 fights.
"Why not?" said the 26-year-old when asked about meeting Chisora next.
"I need to be fighting people who are hungry and good enough but who I still have a good capability of beating."
Chisora, 31, is a former ... | New British heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua says he would prefer to fight Dereck Chisora next rather than David Haye or Tyson Fury - former and current world champions respectively. | 35088339 |
Colin Hegarty, from Preston Manor School in Wembley, has reached the final stages of a competition to find the world's most exceptional teachers.
The winner will receive a prize of a $1m (£690,000) at an awards ceremony in March.
Mr Hegarty said it was good to see a competition that "elevated the status of teachers".
... | A maths teacher from a London comprehensive has reached the top 10 finalists for a global teaching prize. | 35592440 |
A mobile phone video appears to show three people pushing against the famed "Pillar Rock" until it collapses.
The unique outcropping, also known as the Duckbill, has long been a popular destination for tourists visiting Cape Kiwanda park on Oregon's Pacific coast.
Officials had at first believed that the coastal sandst... | Officials at a state park in Oregon are investigating whether a rare rock formation was deliberately toppled. | 37292564 |
Towards the end of the 19th Century America was in the grip of cycling craze. Women in particular embraced the freedom it offered, and the humble bicycle became one of the most powerful symbols of female emancipation.
More than 100 years later, the bicycle is at the centre of another social revolution, challenging the ... | As part of a series on the State of America, the BBC is profiling small businesses that have stories to tell about the way they work, and which say something about a wider national trend. | 36778953 |
Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi tweeted that 64 "innocent Afghans" were killed and 347 wounded.
A suicide attacker detonated a vehicle and a fierce gun battle followed in one of the deadliest attacks in Kabul for years.
A Taliban spokesman said the group carried out the attack.
It came a week after it said it... | The death toll from a huge explosion in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday has more than doubled to 64 people, the government says. | 36091046 |
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The 31-year-old German won his first world title on Sunday, beating Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton by finishing second in the final race in Abu Dhabi.
"I have climbed my mountain, I am on the peak, so this feels right," Rosberg said.
Rosberg won nine of this season's 21... | World champion Nico Rosberg has announced he has retired from Formula 1 with immediate effect. | 38185846 |
Roberts, 30, injured his foot against St Helens in March, but made his return in Saturday's Magic Weekend game against Warrington.
However Roberts was forced to leave the field just before half-time.
"He's ruptured the tendons that attach some of the bones in his foot together," coach Daryl Powell told the club website... | Castleford Tigers half-back Ben Roberts will miss the rest of the season with a foot injury. | 36372013 |
Lucien Bute failed a doping test after last month's majority draw with WBC super-middleweight title-holder Badou Jack, while heavyweight Alexander Povetkin also failed a test this month.
"Someone can get hurt. It's not like it's weightlifting, you're punching each other in the head," said Selby.
Athletes who fail drugs... | World champion boxer Lee Selby has called for "life bans" for fighters found guilty of doping. | 36401757 |
The closely watched Markit/CIPS purchasing managers' index (PMI) fell to 57.6 from 59.4 a month earlier.
The index remains above the 50-mark which indicates growth in the sector.
Housebuilding continued to drive construction activity, but grew at its slowest pace since June 2013.
The weakest construction sub-sector in ... | Activity in the UK's construction sector grew at its slowest pace for 17 months in December but remains robust thanks to continued growth in housebuilding, a survey has found. | 30681316 |
It was in April 2014 when he oversaw Chelsea's 2-0 win at Anfield that caused Liverpool to stumble and lose the title almost on the finishing line - and he was cast in the role of villain again by The Kop on Monday.
Manchester United's stifling, smothering performance in a mediocre goalless draw bore all the hallmarks ... | Jose Mourinho has played the part of killjoy at Liverpool before - and he had no hesitation in puncturing the optimism growing around Jurgen Klopp's side on his first Anfield visit as Manchester United manager. | 37686331 |
Seavan Fried Chicken and Pizza House, in Fratton Road, Portsmouth, was also prosecuted after rat droppings were found in the cellar store and frozen meat was poorly stored.
Company director Binai Ali pleaded guilty at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court to a total of 10 offences.
The city council said the business was "an im... | A takeaway restaurant has been fined £10,000 for selling "lamb" doner kebabs that contained beef and chicken. | 37913688 |
Supporters of cleric Moqtada Sadr say they are angry at delays in approving a new, non-partisan government of technocrats.
They broke into the secure Green Zone, home to embassies and government buildings, after weeks of protests.
A state of emergency has been declared.
Iraq's system of sharing government jobs has long... | Hundreds of supporters of a powerful Shia Muslim cleric remain camped outside Iraq's parliament, a day after they stormed it. | 36180184 |
The Belgium international beat England goalkeeper Joe Hart three times in nine first-half minutes, seven days after a hat-trick in a 5-0 win over Cagliari.
Mertens drilled his first from a Jose Callejon cut-back and added a penalty before scoring a third from close in.
His best goal, though, was his fourth, a perfectly... | Dries Mertens scored four goals - and became the first player since 1974 to score consecutive Serie A hat-tricks - as Napoli beat Torino 5-3. | 38339001 |
How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris hosts the NBC show, which has been renamed Best Time Ever.
But the mixture of stunts, sketches and celebrity cameos was "forced and frantic", according to USA Today.
The Wrap agreed, saying the show's premiere, featuring Reese Witherspoon, was "not as fun as advertised".
"... | A US version of Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway has received a lukewarm response from critics, with one calling it "more exhausting than entertaining". | 34267177 |
Following last week's narrow loss to leaders Saracens, Chiefs were beaten 23-17 at Sale Sharks on Saturday.
Exeter, who travel to London Irish next week, are still second in the table, seven points clear of third place.
"There is a little bit of pressure on us, but we have to make sure that pressure comes out positivel... | Exeter Chiefs boss Rob Baxter says there is "pressure" on his side after a second successive Premiership defeat. | 35577666 |
Mike Nesbitt made the recommendation during a meeting with senior party members.
The announcement comes as part of an ongoing political row over the status of the Provisional IRA that followed the murder of Kevin McGuigan Sr.
Sinn Féin accused the UUP of creating a "crisis", while the DUP said the move was "hypocritica... | The Ulster Unionist Party intends to leave the Northern Ireland Executive, the party's leader has said. | 34063087 |
Lithuanian national Tomas Juska was "poleaxed" outside Cookies nightclub in Dunstable by Cortney Batchelor, Luton Crown Court heard.
The 24 year old suffered a lethal brain injury and died the next day.
Cortney Batchelor, now 22, of Paisley Close, Luton, pleaded not guilty to manslaughter, and said he acted in self-def... | A man died from a single punch thrown by the boyfriend of barmaid he had been flirting with, a jury has heard. | 35971249 |
The fast-food chain sold more than 32 million meal boxes containing the plastic "Step-It" bands across North America.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has urged customers to "immediately take the recalled wristbands from children".
McDonald's has issued an apology.
The devices were promoted as devices that... | McDonald's is recalling millions of fitness wristbands that it bundled with Happy Meals after customers complained of skin irritation and burns. | 37187666 |
The Orangeman, Coleraine District Master George Duddy, said a union flag was also stolen from the rear of his Drumaquill Road house in Coleraine.
The Orange Order said Mr Duddy was the fourth senior Orangemen whose home had been attacked in the past three weeks.
Police said they are treating attacks in Drumaquill Road,... | Graffiti has been sprayed on the homes of a leading Orangeman and a bandsman in County Londonderry overnight. | 23655896 |
The search has been suspended after the rescue helicopter was called to a separate avalanche in Lochaber.
Rachel Slater, 24, and Tim Newton, 27, had been climbing over the weekend but were reported missing on Monday.
Attempts to locate the couple had been suspended on Tuesday because of treacherous weather conditions.
... | Mountain rescue teams have not given up hope of finding two experienced climbers who went missing on Ben Nevis alive. | 35593397 |
The Association of Colleges says 190,000 adult education places will go next year, as funding is cut by 24%.
Courses for health, public services and care, and information and communication technology (ICT) could be hardest hit.
The government concedes total funding has been reduced but says it has prioritised apprentic... | Adult education in England "will not exist by 2020" if government cuts continue, colleges have warned. | 32017137 |
Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook's early try helped Saints establish a 6-2 lead but Fouad Yaha and Lucas Albert both went over as the hosts began to get on top.
The 13-6 half-time advantage was cut thanks to winger Adam Swift's score.
But Dragons made sure of the points in emphatic fashion with two Jodie Broughton scores in t... | Catalans Dragons moved up to second in Super League table with a stylish victory over St Helens. | 36470737 |
The firm also weathered a decline in bond trading better than rivals, reporting a 4% revenue fall in that business.
Profits were $1.8bn in the quarter, on revenues of more than $9.5bn. Revenues increased 7% year-on-year.
Shares climbed 2.7% in morning trade.
Chief executive James Gorman said the earnings showed "the re... | Profits at US bank Morgan Stanley increased 11% year-on-year in the second quarter, with gains across its business. | 40659616 |
The 500m-wide Aperture Spherical Telescope, or FAST, is the size of 30 football fields.
The $180m (£135m) satellite project will be used to explore space and help look for extraterrestrial life, Xinhua news agency reported.
Advancing China's space program remains a key priority for Beijing.
Scientists are now due to st... | China has fitted the final piece on what will be the world's largest radio telescope, due to begin operations in September, state media report. | 36700664 |
Data will now no longer cost more than 70 cents (56p) per megabyte - far less than previous rates.
Meanwhile, calls will be capped at 29c (23p) per minute, plus VAT, under the new rules.
The EU said the regulations were aimed at stopping people build up huge bills after making calls and using data applications, such as... | New rules to prevent "bill shock" when using mobile data in Europe have come into force. | 18671015 |
The 23-year-old comes in as cover for Wigan loanee Dan Lavercombe, who is likely to be out for three weeks after suffering a groin injury in the 0-0 draw against Braintree on Tuesday.
Moore has yet to make his debut for the Cod Army, having signed for the club in February last year.
He will be available for Torquay's t... | Torquay United have signed Fleetwood Town's American goalkeeper Brendan Moore on a month's loan. | 35789916 |
Daily two-hour stoppages will be increased to three hours from 28 July after talks with the council failed.
Unite says the council are cutting over 120 jobs and claims members received their notice letters at the weekend.
Birmingham City Council previously said it is in discussion with unions and insists changes are ne... | Refuse workers in Birmingham are set to strike until September, trade union Unite has announced. | 40630007 |
The assistant in question is a former glamour model.
She was handing out cards assigning the speaking order to the candidates.
Mexico's Electoral Commission said the woman's tight white dress, with its plunging neckline, had distracted attention from important issues.
"We are sorry about the production error associated... | The organisers of Sunday's televised presidential debate in Mexico have apologised because of the revealing dress worn by one of the production assistants. | 17984725 |
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The PSNI has revealed it will be issuing notices to badly parked cars.
Diane Marks explained the safety issues that pavement parking can cause. | A guide dog owner has warned of the dangers of pavement parking, as a campaign is launched to urge NI drivers to consider the needs of those with disabilities. | 38832883 |
Transport bosses want to build an alternative Metrolink route called the Second City Crossing (2CC) by 2016.
As consultation gets under way, companies have been warned they could face years of "major disruption".
Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce is urging small businesses to find out how the proposals will affect... | Business leaders in Manchester have said plans for a new cross-city tram link are "vital", despite concerns that small businesses could be hit hard. | 13684701 |
But why should the vote be of interest beyond England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?
A third of eligible voters in the UK are themselves unlikely to bother to turn up and vote so why should anyone else care? Here are six good reasons.
In brief, because Britain is still a very rich and powerful country that mill... | Voters in the UK prepare to go to the polls on Thursday in an election seen as one of the closest-fought in years. | 32587879 |
The Manxman will wear the race leader's yellow jersey for the first time if he wins stage one and a victory would help his quest to win a second green jersey.
"To wear yellow for a day would be massive for my career," he said.
But he added: "The green jersey is what I chase in the Tour de France every year. It's what m... | Mark Cavendish has targeted wearing the yellow jersey and winning the green points one at the Tour de France, which starts in Corsica on Saturday. | 23052170 |
Some 20 items found include purses, backpacks and part of a laptop case.
There are no labels identifying them as belonging to the 239 people on board the jet that vanished two years ago.
The items were found by US lawyer Blaine Gibson, who concedes they may be irrelevant in the hunt for MH370.
"They may have just falle... | Campaigners for families of those on board missing flight MH370 have released photographs of personal items that washed up on a Madagascar beach, hoping to identify them. | 36571822 |
The Society of Jesus chose Arturo Sosa Abascal, 67, of Venezuela in a ballot on Friday to replace Adolfo Nicolas of Spain, who is retiring.
It is the largest order of priests and brothers in the Catholic Church.
Argentine Jorge Mario Bergoglio became the first Jesuit and Latin American Pope in 2013, taking the name Fra... | The Jesuits have elected a Latin American as their new leader, breaking a tradition of European heads dating back to their foundation in 1540. | 37657388 |
A new book by a leading landscape photographer has captured striking images from south west Scotland.
Galloway is the latest work by Allan Wright who has lived and worked in the area for many years.
It is part of a series of landscape photography books being launched across Scotland this summer.
The Mersehead nature re... | All images are copyrighted. | 39803381 |
"One-nil to The Arsenal" carried an ominous tone when the teams managed by George Graham and Arsene Wenger were at the height of their powers and the titles rolled in for the Gunners.
It was turned back on Arsenal in mocking tones by Manchester City's supporters at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday as for the second time in... | It was the chant Arsenal's supporters used as a signal of their superiority - a song designed to demoralise opponents in the years when silverware was a common currency. | 38359736 |
The daily title saw average Scottish circulation up to 24,400 in March.
That puts it ahead of the most recent figures for its rival, The Scotsman.
The Edinburgh-based title, in the latest figures available, had average daily circulation of 22,700 between July and December last year. Of them, only 14,200 were sold at fu... | The Times and Sunday Times have sharply increased their readership in Scotland by using voucher promotions, bundled offers and bulk distribution. | 36107787 |
The Royal Mint has said that it saw a "surge" in demand for the precious metal following the Bank of England's cut in base rates to 0.25% on 4 August.
During that week the Mint saw a 25% increase in transactions on its bullion website.
It also experienced a 50% increase in sales of gold bars and coins, compared with th... | It seems the quest for gold is not currently limited to the venues of Rio de Janeiro. | 37059941 |
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Coquelin, 24, was injured during his side's 2-1 defeat by West Brom at The Hawthorns on Saturday.
Arsenal are also without midfielders Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Mikel Arteta and Jack Wilshere, as well as forwards Theo Walcott and Danny Welbeck.
The Gunners are fourth in the... | Arsenal midfielder Francis Coquelin will be out for around three months after suffering a knee ligament injury. | 34902280 |
With Valentino Rossi and Dani Pedrosa among the riders to crash out, Aspar Team rider Laverty moved up the field in Texas from 17th spot early on.
Laverty, 29, finished fourth in the previous round in Argentina.
Marc Marquez secured his fourth straight win in the race as he finished 6.107 seconds ahead of Jorge Lorenzo... | Eugene Laverty secured his third straight points finish of the MotoGP season as he took 12th in the Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin. | 36011470 |
World champion long jumper Rutherford has just returned from the Olympics in Rio where he picked up a bronze medal.
He joked: "This is definitely a long jump from my day job, for sure."
Joseph said she was both "scared and excited and apprehensive and thrilled" while Empson said it was "a dream".
Rutherford, Joseph and... | Long jump star Greg Rutherford, Birds of a Feather's Lesley Joseph and EastEnders actress Tameka Empson have completed this year's Strictly Come Dancing line-up. | 37156392 |
The hosts had a strong penalty appeal when West Brom winger Callum McManaman evaded the lunge of Matt Targett.
But with Dusan Tadic a constant threat for the superior Saints, Jay Rodriguez headed wide from the Serbian's cross.
Berahino received a mixed response after coming on as a substitute, but after missing three g... | Saido Berahino returned to action for West Brom 10 days after threatening to go on strike as the Baggies held on for a draw with Southampton. | 34160768 |
Let's put aside for now the question of how that comes about. Let's find out what the SNP leader might mean.
The term "progressive" was used three times in Ms Sturgeon's conference speech last month, each time as an appeal to people of like mind in other parts of the UK.
She's taken to using it on other occasions, as s... | Nicola Sturgeon has offered to be a "progressive ally" with Labour Party leader Ed Miliband after the election, if he needs SNP support to form a government. | 32298768 |
The strongly-worded, non-binding resolution was passed by a majority of MEPs. It called for a ban on funding of political parties in the EU by non-EU "political or economic stakeholders".
Reports say the French National Front (FN) has received loans worth several million euros from a Russian bank.
Russia remains under ... | Anti-EU parties including UKIP have voted against a European Parliament resolution, which condemns Russian human rights abuses. | 33083388 |
After Ms Wang died in 2007, Peter Chan, formerly known as Tony Chan, claimed he was the sole beneficiary of her estimated $4bn (£2.6bn) estate.
The case of the eccentric billionaire widow and her alleged geomancer lover transfixed Hong Kong.
A court ruled two years ago that her estate would go to charity.
The BBC's Ju... | A court in Hong Kong has sentenced a Feng Shui master to 12 years in jail for forging the will of billionaire tycoon Nina Wang. | 23193420 |
The claim: Part of the reason the pound is weaker is that the markets thought the UK would vote to stay in the EU.
Reality Check verdict: Currency market moves on the day of the referendum suggest that the markets did indeed predict the wrong result, but it is hard to argue that the pound would now be at a different le... | Conservative Party leadership candidate Andrea Leadsom gave a very upbeat speech on Thursday morning, urging her followers to "banish the pessimists". | 36735813 |
Andy Haldane said interest rates could "edge up" if the cost of living continues to rise.
He spoke to residents in Barry, Porth and Ely in Cardiff in the first visit of its kind in the UK.
Mr Haldane told BBC Wales certain issues like economic inactivity needed to be tackled in Wales.
He sits on the Bank of England's M... | People in Wales are facing a "squeeze" because pay is flat but the price of goods has gone up, according to the Bank of England's chief economist. | 40441968 |
The loose-head has featured 12 times for Force in Super Rugby, having joined them from Western Province in 2014.
Van Wyk, 25, moves to Saints following the departure of Ethan Waller to Premiership rivals Worcester Warriors.
"He's a strong scrummager and still relatively young for a front row forward," Saints director o... | Northampton Saints have signed prop Francois van Wyk for the 2017-18 season from Super Rugby side Western Force. | 39869787 |
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The 18-year-old from Mauchline will partner Blair, 15 years his senior, in the men's doubles at the Emirates.
He said: "Playing with Bob is going to be great experience - a Commonwealth Games bronze medallist and a World Championship silver medallist.
"Hopefully, I can gai... | Scottish Under-19 badminton champion Adam Hall plans to learn as much as he can from playing beside Robert Blair at the Scottish Open Grand Prix this week. | 30050678 |
They support her pick of Tim Kaine as a running mate. They want their delegates on the Democratic National Convention floor to be respectful. They urge the party to rally behind the presumptive nominee.
On Monday night Mr Sanders himself gave the party's standard-bearer everything she could have wanted.
After a rock-st... | Bernie Sanders and his team are saying all the right things for Hillary Clinton. | 36890425 |
They were announced as part of an extra £12bn of spending on defence equipment - part of the government's £178bn overall defence equipment and support budget during the next decade.
Here are some of the main developments in the government's Strategic Defence and Security Review:
4,500 miles (7,200 km) maximum range wit... | Prime Minister David Cameron's defence announcements include two squadrons of F-35 jets for the Royal Navy's aircraft carriers, nine new maritime patrol aircraft and two 5,000-strong "strike brigades". | 34897803 |
A taxi advisory group will be set up and the review will take into account the views of operators, drivers and members of the public.
Chris Hazzard said the issues of licensing classifications and metering will have to be looked at.
He said his job was to "provide clarity".
"Metering is going to be central to how we go... | The infrastructure minister has announced a full review of taxi legislation. | 36983803 |
One patient had his brain surgery cancelled less than two hours before he was due in hospital.
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital apologised, saying the procedure is not currently commissioned by NHS England.
However, NHS England claims it is working with the hospital on plans to further develop the service.
David Knowles, 3... | Life changing operations for epilepsy have stopped in Birmingham over the past 14 months because of a row over money, a surgeon has claimed. | 28244988 |
It comes as a government-commissioned report sets the recommended levels at 10 micrograms of the vitamin a day.
But officials are concerned this may not be achievable through diet alone, particularly when sunlight, which helps in vitamin D production, is scarce.
Low vitamin D levels can lead to brittle bones and ricket... | Everyone should consider taking vitamin D supplements in autumn and winter, public health advice for the UK recommends. | 36846894 |
The seven-time major winner joined Raonic's team in May before the 25-year-old reached his first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon, where McEnroe also did punditry for ESPN and the BBC.
McEnroe was seen with Raonic's primary coaches Carlos Moya and Riccardo Piatti just days before news of the parting.
He said he would step... | John McEnroe has ended his spell as a coach to Canadian world number six Milos Raonic before the US Open. | 37209143 |
Former communities secretary Sir Eric Pickles said fraud may be overlooked because of "over-sensitivities about ethnicity and religion".
He also said voters should provide proof of identity at polling stations.
His review was commissioned by David Cameron in the wake of the Tower Hamlets election fraud scandal in 2015.... | Politically correct sensibilities have led the authorities to turn a blind eye to electoral corruption in the UK, a report on the issue has suggested. | 37055521 |
James Brokenshire is travelling to Brussels for meetings with senior EU Commission officials and permanent representatives of EU member states.
He said he wanted Northern Ireland's "particular circumstances" recognised.
He restated the UK government's aim of achieving as "frictionless" a border as possible with the Rep... | The secretary of state has said he will "ensure Northern Ireland's interests are protected" when he meets leading EU figures for Brexit talks on Wednesday. | 39122156 |
He died on Tuesday evening after a long illness, his widow Lady Wesker told the BBC.
He first established his reputation with the Wesker Trilogy at the Royal Court theatre in central London.
He wrote more than 40 plays, as well as short stories, essays and poetry over five decades.
One of his most successful plays, Chi... | Leading British playwright Sir Arnold Wesker, who came to prominence in the late 1950s with his gritty, working class dramas, has died aged 83. | 36031849 |
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) walked out at midnight on Sunday as part of dispute over the introduction of new trains.
RMT leader Mick Cash said the strike action was being "solidly supported" by members.
FGW listed changes to its scheduled services, saying it was running 70% of its regular Su... | Rail services were disrupted as workers at First Great Western (FGW) staged a 24-hour strike. | 34026450 |
But, on Monday, the Scottish international cricket team will play at the 2015 cricket showpiece in Australia and New Zealand.
Of the 14 teams in this World Cup tournament, Grant Bradburn's men are probably rated with the least chance of making any progress.
New Zealand, England, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and A... | The words 'Scotland' and 'World Cup' do not go together as often as we would like these days. | 31420168 |
HP is suing Mr Lynch, and Autonomy's former finance chief, following the US computer giant's £11bn takeover of the business in 2011.
The US firm alleges "accounting misrepresentations" led HP to massively over-pay for Autonomy.
But in a filing in London's High Court, Mr Lynch blamed HP "incompetence".
He denied wrong... | Mike Lynch, founder of UK technology firm Autonomy, has hit back at Hewlett-Packard with a $150m (£100m) counter-claim in their long-running dispute. | 34419870 |
Joanna O'Toole, from Manchester, has looked after 12-year-old Amelie Chen, who has a rare debilitating syndrome, for the last four years.
But she was forced to retire after she was diagnosed with breast cancer and given until last Christmas to live.
However, she has continued to volunteer at the city's children's hospi... | A terminally ill nurse has continued to care for a severely ill child despite being diagnosed with cancer herself. | 39847492 |
Joachim Brolly, 59, was spotted near the Torran Bay Hostel near Ford in Argyll and Bute on Thursday 9 March.
Officers have released an image of the boat in the hope it will jog people's memories.
Mr Brolly is described as white, 5ft 6in tall, of medium build, with short grey hair and clean-shaven.
He was wearing navy t... | Police have made a fresh appeal for information about a man last seen getting into a boat on Loch Awe. | 39675204 |
Chloe Tryon's 92 helped South Africa post an imposing 283-7, with Laura Wolvaardt hitting 55 and Sune Luus 52.
Luus then took six Irish wickets as the home side were bowled out for 194 in 44.5 overs.
Kim Garth's unbeaten 72 prevented a bigger hammering for the Irish, with Clare Shillington next best on 29.
Opener Cecel... | South Africa clinched an 89-run win over Ireland in the first game of the four-match one-day series between the sides at Merrion in Dublin. | 36991024 |
The party, which won two seats in Stormont last year, describes itself as the anti-establishment alternative.
It said its' target of gaining seats in the 2 March election has been made easier because of public fury over the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme.
The party is standing seven candidates and said it was ve... | The assembly election is a once in a lifetime opportunity for smaller parties, the People Before Profit Alliance said at its manifesto launch. | 39040771 |
Abeer Jones from Abergele, Conwy, said new rules meant her mother was not eligible for a humanitarian visa.
Mrs Jones told BBC Wales she could afford to support her mother and had shown proof to officials.
The UK government said applications were considered on individual merits.
Mrs Jones' mother Hayat Ghajar, 70, live... | A woman from north Wales is petitioning the UK government to allow her Syrian mother to join her amid fears she is too frail to survive in the war-torn country any longer. | 35805493 |
The clubs, who are based in Paris and play in the Top 14 league, announced their intention to merge six days ago.
However, Racing 92 president Jacky Lorenzetti said, in agreement with Stade president Thomas Savare, they were "giving this project up".
Stade Francais players began an open-ended strike last week, denounci... | A proposed merger between top French sides Racing 92 and Stade Francais has been called off. | 39321038 |
A member of the public told police they were seen leaving a refrigerated lorry in Brockhurst Crescent, Walsall, close to junction 8 at about 15:15 BST.
Three people were arrested at the scene and three others were found nearby
The 36-year-old Romanian driver is being questioned on suspicion of facilitating illegal entr... | Six people, thought to be illegal immigrants, are being questioned after several people were spotted jumping out of a lorry next to the M6 on Tuesday. | 33865336 |
The official Sana news agency reported that troops had taken a reconstructed 13th Century castle perched on a hill to the west of the Roman-era ruins.
IS seized the Unesco World Heritage site and adjoining modern town in May.
It subsequently destroyed two 2,000-year-old temples, an arch and funerary towers, drawing glo... | Syrian government forces are reportedly advancing further into Palmyra, battling Islamic State militants for control of the ancient city. | 35898995 |
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The National Hurricane Center in Miami has said the storm is weakening now that it has moved inland.
Because the Texas soil remains saturated from last month's historic rainfall, flooding problems are still possible.
BBC Weather reports... | Tropical Storm Bill has made landfall in Texas just weeks after deadly record floods washed out roads and caused towns to be evacuated. | 33160517 |
A Siberian Airlines plane was heading to Novosibirsk, Russia from Tel Aviv, Israel when it was shot down and crashed into the Black Sea on 4 October, 2001. All 78 passengers onboard were killed. The Ukrainian military denied its involvement at first.
However, Ukrainian officials later admitted that its military could h... | Amid reports that a Malaysia Airlines plane which crashed in eastern Ukraine was shot down, the BBC looks at previous incidents involving passenger planes. | 28361223 |
So far this year a powerful spy chief, the Nanjing party secretary and a top diplomat have been placed under investigation.
This suggests there will be no let-up in the campaign that has run relentlessly for two years under President Xi Jinping. So let's take stock of what's happened so far.
On 20 November 2012, soon a... | Only days into 2015, revelations continue to emerge from China on the anti-corruption front. | 30808665 |
The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry were at the Thiepval Memorial for the event.
Earlier, a UK-wide two-minute silence at 07:28 BST marked the start of the World War One battle on 1 July 1916.
More than a million men were killed or wounded on all sides at the ... | Thousands of people, including members of the Royal Family, have attended a ceremony in France to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme. | 36674451 |
The Mancunian institution is celebrating 200 years of treatment and research which has taken it from the most basic of conditions to a centre of scientific innovation.
Founder William James Wilson, from Leeds, set up in the spare rooms of a house "near the top of King Street", rented for £25 per year.
Formally inaugur... | With no anaesthetic and rudimentary instruments, thousands of patients were treated from as early as 1814 in what is now known as the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital. | 29714425 |
Teachers marched from Llandrindod High School to county hall holding banners and chanting.
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) said the strike was on behalf of children "whose right to a good education is being undermined."
Powys council's cabinet member for schools, Arwel Jones said he was disappointed by the union's... | About 200 people have taken part in strike action in Powys in protest over "excessive workload and cuts". | 36101907 |
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks began on Monday and are continuing, according to the network's operator, Jisc.
The attacks "have resulted in reduced connectivity and disruption", says a statement on Jisc's facebook page.
Engineers are working to restore normal service, it adds.
DDoS attacks are malicious a... | University students across the UK have been unable to submit work, after the academic computer network known as Janet came under cyber-attack. | 35043243 |
"The devil that hid in the church" is how one headline in English language daily The Star described him. Headlines in other papers have focused on his rape of babies and toddlers. Several commentators on Facebook and Twitter, both widely used in Malaysia, said the story made them feel "sick".
"Huckle was able to use bo... | News of British national Richard Huckle's rape and abuse of children in Malaysia over eight years has elicited disgust, anger and despair in the press and social media there. | 36445818 |
She said it was important that the 27 other member states asked themselves what kind of EU they wanted.
Mrs Merkel was speaking before it was confirmed that Theresa May is to become the UK's new prime minister.
Meanwhile Austria's finance minister, Hans Schelling, warned that "Great Britain will become Little Britain".... | The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has said negotiations between the UK and the rest of the EU on leaving the bloc will not be easy. | 36764945 |
Mr Matic is just warming up. Soaking up the winter afternoon sun, he delivers an extended eulogy-cum-reverie about the properties of the earth in this part of the country.
For those not initiated in the finer points of what makes one kind of soil better than another, it boils down to this: The Vojvodina soil is rich, d... | "That's the best quality land and soil in Europe," says Goran Matic, proudly waving a hand in the direction of the fields surrounding his farmhouse in Serbia's Vojvodina province. | 35631289 |
Although some celebrate 23 April each year, many English do not know when their patron saint's day is and others appear not to be bothered about it.
So what would encourage more English people to celebrate St George's Day?
Take a look at the suggestions below and send your ideas to england@bbc.co.uk
It has been called ... | St Patrick's Day is firmly established in the English social calendar while St George's Day is frequently forgotten. | 27062873 |
Born Teuku Zakaria on 22 March, 1929 in the coastal state of Penang, he is regarded as a prominent icon of Malay entertainment.
P. Ramlee enjoyed fame across South East Asia, even reaching as far as Hong Kong and Japan.
He died from a heart attack, at the age of 44, in a shock to the nation.
"His artistic achievements ... | Google has paid tribute to late Malaysian film legend P. Ramlee in its latest animated doodle, on what would have been his 88th birthday. | 39361964 |
The call comes after divorces following October's election.
The vote on the semi-autonomous archipelago was cancelled.
Even so, Tanzania's Daily News reports eight women at a lawyers' meeting said their husbands had divorced them over their voting preference.
Saada Salum Issa, programme co-ordinator of the Zanzibar Fem... | Husbands who abandoned their children after disagreeing with their wives' choices in Zanzibar's election must provide for their families, a women's rights lawyer has told the BBC. | 34844610 |
The company said it had been cleared by government officials in Senegal to launch an evaluation plan.
Cairn, which made two discoveries in the area last year, estimated fields there could contain more than a billion barrels of oil.
Its evaluation plan will start shortly with a 3D seismic survey.
Later this year it aims... | Oil and gas explorer Cairn Energy has been given the green light to press ahead with a major drilling programme off Senegal in West Africa. | 33973913 |
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It's after our big food survey, which showed more than half of kids don't eat any vegetables on a daily basis.
Dr Radha took a moment to reveal how much hidden sugar can be in your food... | All this week Newsround is looking at food, and how you can eat more healthily. | 32035743 |
The Markit/CIPS services purchasing managers' index (PMI) stood at 52.6, down from August's 52.9, but above the 50 level which indicates expansion.
On Monday, the manufacturing sector recorded its best PMI for two years.
Markit said the latest findings cast doubt on the need for more stimulus action from the Bank of En... | The UK services sector continued to recover last month, after a sharp drop in activity following the Brexit vote, according to a closely watched survey. | 37560941 |
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