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It is thought to be the first time a judge has implemented a 2008 law under which perpetrators of "terrorist activities" can lose their citizenship.
Alla Zayoud, from northern Israel, was convicted of four counts of attempted murder for the attack in October 2015.
Israeli civil rights groups said the ruling set "a dang... | Human rights groups have criticised a decision by an Israeli court to remove the citizenship of an Israeli Arab who attacked people with a car and a knife. | 40847922 |
The 2-0 loss in Cyprus was interrupted by flares from the home fans and marred by trouble in the stands afterwards.
But the Dons manager said: "I felt this was a tie we could get through, but we were beaten fair and square and only have ourselves to blame.
"It is a missed opportunity for us. I really believe that."
The... | Derek McInnes lamented a wasted opportunity and blamed Aberdeen's shortcomings after their Europa League qualifying defeat by Apollon Limassol. | 40817569 |
Scotland's Jane Ross headed City into a first-minute lead and Izzy Christiansen doubled the advantage from close range.
After the break, Christiansen's England team-mate Lucy Bronze headed in a third and Daphne Corboz fired in the fourth goal from the edge of the area late on.
The Belles are six points behind Sunderlan... | Manchester City Women moved 10 points clear at the top of Women's Super League One with a convincing victory at bottom side Doncaster Rovers Belles. | 36971988 |
Konta, ranked 18th, played superbly to win 6-4 6-2 and set up a final against Venus Williams (22:00 BST on Sunday).
The 25-year-old Briton hit seven aces and dropped just six points on serve as she won in one hour and 14 minutes.
"It's just a release of emotions," said a jubilant Konta, who later lost in the doubles se... | British number one Johanna Konta is through to the first WTA final of her career after beating world number 12 Dominika Cibulkova in Stanford, USA. | 36876477 |
Coe was vice-president in 2007 before becoming president in August, with The Sunday Times claiming widespread doping occurred between 2001 and 2012.
Coe told a select committee on Wednesday that as vice-president he had not been oblivious to doping claims.
"Were all our systems good enough - I doubt it," he said.
Media... | Lord Coe has defended his record at the IAAF but says there have been failures in detecting blood doping during his time at athletics' governing body. | 34984593 |
Theresa May had made the call after his predecessor Sir Paul Stephenson, and his assistant John Yates, quit amid criticism of the Met's role in the phone-hacking scandal.
And the former Merseyside Police chief was well-placed to take on the job of the UK's top police officer, having been called on to act as the Met's d... | Bernard Hogan-Howe, the newly-appointed Metropolitan Police Commissioner, fits the bill for the "single-minded crime fighter" sought by the home secretary. | 14888782 |
Doctors decided - with family support - to turn off the life support ventilator of 20-year-old Lee Pei-yu on Monday.
She suffered second-degree burns over 90% of her body and is the first fatality from the disaster. About 500 people were injured in the blaze.
Saturday's fire started when coloured powder sprayed from th... | A woman who was injured after a fire tore through the crowds at an amusement park in Taiwan has died, officials say. | 33308416 |
Two adults got into difficulty in the water after they went to help the boys when their inflatable boat got caught in a rip tide at Mewslade Bay on Sunday.
The Horton and Port Eynon lifeboat was launched and a boat from Gower Coast Adventures went to help.
The boys were pulled from the sea, while the adults swam to roc... | Four people, including two children, were rescued off the Gower coast after their dinghy got swept out to sea. | 28520374 |
Greg Gianforte is accused of attacking a reporter from the UK's Guardian newspaper a day before his election.
He has donated $50,000 (£38,000) to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) as part of an apology.
Mr Gianforte will plead guilty on Monday to a criminal charge of misdemeanour assault, AP reports.
It carri... | A Montana congressman who "body slammed" a journalist is intending to plead guilty to assault next week, the state's attorney has said. | 40230787 |
Vice-captain when the United States regained the trophy last year in Germany, the 45-year-old Swede said: "I can not tell you how excited I am.
"I had hoped and dreamed that this opportunity would come along. This is really going to be a lot of fun."
Europe will attempt to win back the trophy at Des Moines Golf Club in... | Annika Sorenstam says she is going to have "fun" being European captain at the 2017 Solheim Cup. | 35931917 |
Gunmen stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery cafe in Dhaka late on Friday before troops entered almost 12 hours later.
Six attackers were also killed and one was arrested, officials said. Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina has declared two days of national mourning.
Nine Italians, seven Japanese, one US citizen and an Indian also... | Twenty people, most of them foreigners, have been killed in an attack on a cafe in Bangladesh claimed by so-called Islamic State. | 36692613 |
It is one of eight projects aiming to develop driverless-car technologies that will receive a share of £20m, from the government's £100m Intelligent Mobility Fund.
Another will focus on driverless shuttles for the visually impaired.
Autonomous vehicles are already being tested, including in Milton Keynes.
Speaking at... | More than 40 miles of roads in Coventry will be equipped with technologies to aid autonomous vehicles, the government has announced. | 35461596 |
The US central bank opted to keep rates between 0.25% and 0.5%.
The Fed said "near-term risks to the economic outlook have diminished," but inflation remained below the bank's target.
It is still expected to raise rates twice this year. Investors expect the first increase to come in autumn.
In a statement, the Federal ... | The Federal Reserve has decided not to raise interest rates, maintaining the ultra-low level they have been at since December 2015. | 36908353 |
The 34-year-old has won two Heineken Cups and a Pro12 title since joining the Irish side in 2009.
His international debut came in the same year, and the former Munster and Harlequins player has won 44 caps.
"I am happy to have re-signed with Leinster for another season - it is an exciting time to be involved with both ... | Ireland prop Mike Ross has signed a new contract which will keep him at Leinster until at least June 2016. | 30533467 |
His father, Meho, was reportedly shot in the hand and leg and had to go to hospital following a dispute in his native Bosnia-Herzegovina.
It is unclear how serious the injuries are.
Toffees boss Ronald Koeman said: "When I spoke to him, he said before the game he was ready and committed."
The Dutchman added: "I spoke t... | Everton midfielder Muhamed Besic played in Sunday's 2-0 defeat at Chelsea, a day after discovering his father had been shot. | 41068282 |
A former rebel leader, Salvador Sanchez Ceren won the presidential run-off of March 2014 by a narrow margin.
As presidential candidate of the left-wing Farabundo Marti Liberation Front (FMLN), he beat Norman Quijano of the conservative Arena party by less than a quarter of a percentage point, becoming the first former ... | President: Salvador Sanchez Ceren | 19401934 |
He placed the £10 accumulator with Ladbrokes at the start of the season.
He predicted every Scottish league winner plus the top teams in the English Championship, League One and League Two.
However, he had a nervous wait as the Championship winners Newcastle only edged out Brighton in the closing minutes of the final d... | A man from the Borders has scooped £60,000 by correctly guessing the winners of seven football leagues. | 39870743 |
Ed Burnett, 43, designed Gloriana for a huge parade up the Thames during the jubilee celebrations in 2012.
Police said he was found dead at his home in Totnes, Devon on 26 May and there were no suspicious circumstances.
Tributes have been paid by colleagues and friends to the "fiercely intelligent and astonishing" man.... | A naval architect who designed the Queen's Jubilee barge has been found dead at his home, police have confirmed. | 33001212 |
Launching Labour's final week of election campaigning, he told voters: "This is your time and your chance."
And he claimed that Labour has had "four million conversations" with voters on the campaign trail and set a target of one million more.
With one week to go, polls show Labour and the Conservatives neck-and-neck.
... | Voters have "seven days to take your chance to run Britain for working people once again", Ed Miliband has said. | 32529134 |
Operation Neptune follows reports of dolphins being targeted off the coasts of Abersoch and Tywyn, Gwynedd.
MP Liz Saville-Roberts and North Wales Police's wildlife unit are among those who have joined to launch the campaign.
It aims to make it easier for people to report those they suspect of harassing marine wildlife... | A campaign which seeks to prevent dolphins being harassed and intimidated by jet-skis has been launched in north Wales. | 36570636 |
From right and left, praise was showered on the commander-in-chief for acting against the Assad government after this week's chemical attack.
But one or two members of Congress and some of Mr Trump's right-wing fringe supporters are upset.
On the eve of the strikes, he was the most unpopular US president in decades.
Hi... | President Donald Trump, buffeted by a sea of domestic troubles, has elicited almost universal approbation at home after his Syrian missile strike. | 39529605 |
A team of military chemical experts is testing for toxic gases at the scene and rescuers have been ordered to wear protective clothing, state media said.
At least 50 people died and hundreds were injured, 71 critically, in the explosions on Wednesday evening.
Meanwhile, search teams found a survivor in the debris on Fr... | Fires are still burning at the site of two massive explosions in the Chinese city of Tianjin, some 36 hours after the blasts. | 33924501 |
"There has never been a credible, concrete accusation against him," said Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi, adding he had never been charged.
The spokesman blamed the accusations on "anti-clerical left-wing elements that are used to attack the Church".
Jorge Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, led Argentina's Jesuits under ... | The Vatican has denied that Pope Francis failed to speak out against human rights abuses during military rule in his native Argentina. | 21802684 |
The public voted for the bronze signs to be the latest installed on the NewcastleGateshead Initiative's Local Heroes Walk of Fame.
Television presenters John Grundy and Mike Neville will also be honoured with plaques which will be installed in May.
The walk along the Newcastle Quayside opened in 2014 and 29 plaques hav... | Plaques commemorating actor Tim Healy and AC/DC singer Brian Johnson are to be added to a riverside walk. | 39770142 |
About 6,000 rocks are known in Britain to have ancient cup and ring carvings. More than 2,000 of the sites are found in Scotland.
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has been awarded £807,000 by the Arts and Humanities Research Council towards the five-year project.
The database would include 2D and 3D models of some ... | A digital database of Scotland's Neolithic and early Bronze Age rock art is to be created. | 36671897 |
Mr Trump has called this free trade agreement between the US, Canada and Mexico a jobs "killer" and a "disaster", and pledged to repeal it.
But in April, he pulled back and agreed to discuss "modernising" the North America Free Trade Agreement.
Talks between the three countries about overhauling the pact start in Washi... | Trade talks might in the past have signalled a dry and dusty item on the news agenda, but the renegotiation of Nafta under President Trump has become a political hot potato. | 40943041 |
The Edinburgh East MP had originally put himself forward to succeed Angus Robertson who lost his seat in last week's general election.
However, Mr Sheppard has now announced he will not be standing as he does not have "majority support".
His decision leaves three people in the running for the job - Ian Blackford, Joann... | SNP MP Tommy Sheppard has pulled out of the race to be the party's new Westminster leader. | 40267571 |
The New Zealander, 28, has had an injury-plagued two seasons in Edinburgh, making only 16 appearances.
Manu has almost certainly played his last game for Duncan Hodge's side, as he continues his rehabilitation from shoulder surgery.
He co-captained the Highlanders to the 2015 Super Rugby title before his switch to the ... | Edinburgh back row Nasi Manu will join Treviso when his contract expires at the end of the season. | 39575822 |
Rescue crews have also spotted an oil sheen on the water in the hunt for the 224m (735ft) El Faro, but cannot confirm the finds are from the ship.
Twenty-eight Americans and five Poles were on board the vessel.
It was last heard from on Thursday and was reported to be taking on water.
The El Faro - which was travelling... | US Coast Guards searching for a cargo ship with 33 crew on board that vanished in Bahamian waters during Hurricane Joaquin say they have spotted life jackets, rings and containers. | 34434213 |
Using computers to trawl through vast amounts of medical data speeds up the diagnosis process.
The system will help assess individual tumours and suggest which drug should be used to target them.
Doctors have welcomed the new computer which will learn from each case it examines.
"When you are dealing with cancer, it is... | IBM's supercomputer Watson will be used to make decisions about cancer care in 14 hospitals in the US and Canada, it has been announced. | 32607688 |
Gary Owens, 38, previously admitted a string of firearms offences committed between 1 February and 16 April 2014 at his home in Jamaica Mews.
The offences included manufacturing a prohibited weapon and possessing homemade firearms.
Owens said he had made the weapons in order to commit suicide.
Unemployed Owens, who was... | An Edinburgh man who built potentially lethal firearms from items found in the streets and skips has been jailed for five years and nine months. | 30311861 |
Cardinal Vincent Nichols said the ban supported the "false notion" that Islam and Christianity were in conflict.
This comes as the president's attempt to reinstate the ban for seven mostly Muslim countries was blocked on Friday.
Meanwhile, an ex-church leader accused Mr Trump's critics of "overreacting".
Mr Trump's exe... | US President Donald Trump's travel ban will not improve safety in the country and could put Christians at risk in the Middle East, the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has warned. | 38872676 |
I was doing some ironing when my mum came in to tell me that a family friend had been killed in a road accident in Thailand.
My phone was on the worktop behind me.
But the next time I used the search engine on it, up popped the name of our friend, and the words, "Motorbike accident, Thailand" and the year in the sugges... | It all began with a car crash. | 35639549 |
O'Neill is among several names to have been linked with the Premier League side since Claudio Ranieri's sacking.
Caretaker boss Craig Shakespeare has strengthened his prospects after guiding the Foxes to two straight wins.
"You have to consider these things if the opportunity is presented to you," said O'Neill, 47.
"I ... | Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill says he could be "tempted" by the Leicester City job but insists he is not "actively seeking" a new post. | 39182985 |
Support staff in County Durham say a council plan to pay them only during term time would result in a salary cut of up to 23%.
Further action will be taken on 1 December, followed by 6-8 December.
Durham County Council has said it could face equal pay claims from other employees if it does not make changes and cannot a... | Teaching assistants striking over a pay dispute have announced four further days of industrial action. | 38095368 |
McLaren are exploring splitting with partner Honda after three years plagued by poor reliability and performance.
Renault emerged as their only remaining option if they can negotiate an exit from their contract, after Mercedes and Ferrari rejected their approaches.
Renault F1 boss Cyril Abiteboul said a McLaren deal wa... | Renault say they are "open" to supplying engines to McLaren next season "but not at any cost". | 41055116 |
The Orkney infant needed treatment in Aberdeen last Friday, however the fixed-wing air ambulance was sent to Shetland.
The Scottish Ambulance Service said the patient was later safely transferred to Aberdeen.
NHS Grampian said a member of staff had made an error.
An NHS Grampian spokeswoman said: "Following an initial ... | NHS Grampian has apologised after an air ambulance meant to airlift a sick baby to Aberdeen was sent to Shetland instead of Orkney. | 39367772 |
The 28-year-old central defender, who has signed a three-year deal, has left Bournemouth for a reported £3m fee.
Elphick captained the Cherries to promotion from the Championship in 2015, having also led them up from League One two years earlier.
He made just 14 appearances during Bournemouth's first season in the top ... | Tommy Elphick has joined relegated Aston Villa to become new manager Roberto di Matteo's first signing. | 36579937 |
The move is aimed at the 10 million customers currently paying too much for energy but who are reluctant to switch.
Both Npower and EDF Energy told MPs that they were considering starting reward programmes to help customers who stay with them.
Npower said that could include a free boiler service for such customers.
It ... | Two of the Big Six energy providers are considering introducing a loyalty programme to alleviate the extra expense of standard tariffs. | 38807915 |
Top-flight clubs have already paid out over £150m and a final flurry of activity could see the total spend pass the £225m mark of January 2011.
Players may be leaving rather than joining the top sides, with Chelsea keeper Asmir Begovic and Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho perhaps moving.
The transfer window closes at 2... | Premier League spending in the January transfer window could reach a record level on deadline day on Tuesday. | 38788444 |
The leg-spinner was banned in June 2012 after being found guilty of corruption while playing for Essex during a one-day match in 2009.
Kaneria, 33, denies wrongdoing but the Court of Appeal said his application was "totally without merit".
"It means Kaneria has exhausted all the legal options available to him," the Eng... | Former Pakistan bowler Danish Kaneria's application to appeal against a life ban for spot-fixing has been refused. | 28756825 |
The 20-year-old centre-back is yet to make his debut for the Blues but has been a regular for the club's under-21 side over the last two seasons.
"Dion has to force his way into the side but this move will be good for his development," Shots manager Garry Waddock said.
"The physical demands of the league will be a lear... | National League side Aldershot Town have signed Chelsea defender Dion Conroy on loan until January 2017. | 37233897 |
Natalia Wilkanowska, 50, disappeared in 2003 after visiting her ex-husband Gerald Doherty in Luton.
Joseph Doherty, 73, of Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, denied helping conceal her remains and lying to police.
The jury at Luton Crown Court could not agree on the charges against him. The prosecution intends to seek a retri... | The jury in the trial of a man accused of keeping the murder of his sister-in-law secret for 12 years has been discharged. | 38733786 |
North Yorkshire Police said a report was made of a woman being attacked as she walked along a riverside path between Bridge Street and the Park Inn, York, in the early hours of 15 July.
Officers continue to investigate a second alleged attack on a woman who left a nightclub in the city on 13 July.
The man is due to app... | A 32-year-old man from York has been charged with sexual assault. | 40691422 |
It is believed they were trying to cross the Mediterranean to Italy.
Migrant deaths have risen to record levels along this smuggling route in recent months.
A torn rubber boat was found nearby, and it is feared more bodies may surface as such vessels usually carry up to 120 people.
Some of those who died are believed t... | The bodies of 87 African migrants have washed ashore in the Libyan city of Zawiya, in the latest drowning tragedy to hit the region. | 39037251 |
Public Health England (PHE) said they were from the same family as two children being treated in hospital for serious kidney problems following E. coli 055.
PHE has informed schools and workplaces linked to the household. Results on another possible case are awaited.
A cluster of cases of the bacterial illness in Dorse... | Two new cases of an E. coli infection in Dorset have been confirmed. | 32942413 |
A report to Ceredigion's scrutiny committee on Friday recommended shutting Bodlondeb in Aberystwyth, with the loss of 33 jobs.
If closed, its 13 residents would have to move to other homes - potentially long distances away.
The council's scrutiny committee said full council should decide whether to launch a consultatio... | The closure of a residential home would leave a "huge hole" in care provision in mid Wales, the GMB union has warned. | 40276669 |
WhiteHat Security provides web security services to businesses, including e-commerce, financial services and healthcare companies.
The new jobs will be created following the establishment of a threat research centre, customer support and software engineering operation.
Invest NI has offered the company an employment gr... | Eighty jobs are to be created in Belfast by an American web security firm. | 30391712 |
He was jailed in 2016 after being convicted of bribery and obstruction of justice while a trade minister.
Olmert was the first former Israeli head of government to be jailed.
He became prime minister in 2006 but resigned three years later when police recommended a series of charges against him.
The 71-year-old did not ... | Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been released from prison on parole after serving two-thirds of a 27-month sentence for fraud. | 40472158 |
A group has raised more than £40,000 to build a bronze statue of the founder of the Tudor dynasty, who was born in Pembroke Castle in 1457.
The 2.4m (8ft) statue has been modelled in clay and is soon to be cast in bronze.
But a further £5,000 needs to be raised to install it on the bridge overlooking the castle.
Pembro... | Plans to erect a statue of Henry VII in Pembrokeshire have moved a step forward. | 37695578 |
There are currently 38 cancer drugs available to patients elsewhere in the UK that are not readily available to critically ill people in Northern Ireland.
This is despite the fact that research and clinical trials for some of the drugs have been carried out at Queen's University, Belfast.
Una Crudden, who has ovarian c... | The charity, Cancer Focus, is calling on the public to get behind a campaign to secure equal access to drugs for patients in Northern Ireland. | 27877636 |
The plant's Thai owner announced on Monday that there was "no other option", and 1,700 jobs would be lost.
Middlesbrough MP Andy McDonald said once contractors and the supply chain were taken into account, the number of job losses could be as high as 9,000.
Some suppliers have already begun laying off staff.
Neil Doyl... | As unions and SSI executives discuss the mothballing of the Redcar plant, there are fears of a knock on effect on other businesses in the area. | 34388485 |
The West Ham winger slotted in a penalty on 32 minutes after captain Asamoah Gyan had been pulled back.
Ghana also threatened through two Gyan headers, while Ayew and Christian Atsu tested Uganda goalkeeper Denis Onyango.
Uganda came close when Faruku Miya hit the outside of a post but they could not force their way ba... | Ghana's Andre Ayew surpassed his father's record by scoring the goal that beat Uganda 1-0 in their Group D match at the Africa Cup of Nations. | 38565673 |
I'd Much Rather Be With the Girls was written by Keith Richards and Andrew Oldham, the former manager of The Rolling Stones, in the 1960s.
Originally called I'd Much Rather Be With The Boys, it previously appeared on The Stones' 1975 album Metamorphosis. The new song had its first play on BBC Radio 4's Today programme ... | Sixties girl group The Ronettes are releasing a new track for the first time in 50 years. | 34733727 |
The National Development and Reform Commission said it was investigating several foreign firms for possible anti-trust violations.
The foreign manufacturers say they will co-operate with the probe.
Foreign brands are popular because tainted milk scandals in China have created a distrust of local rivals.
Foreign brands ... | China's top economic planning body has launched a probe into alleged price fixing by some foreign manufacturers of infant milk formula. | 23157982 |
Emergency services were called to McDonald's on Eccleshall Road, in Stafford, at about 20:30 BST on Monday.
Two girls, 17 and 18, were taken to Royal Stoke University Hospital with respiratory and abdominal problems.
An 18-year-old girl and two 17-year old boys have been arrested on suspicion of administering a noxious... | Two teenagers have been hospitalised after a canister was set off at a fast-food outlet. | 36080557 |
It's hoped the cells can be used in a cure if the children develop a disease later in life.
The American company BioEden will cryogenically store the cells in return for a monthly fee.
Relatively few stem cell therapies are currently in use but hundreds more are being researched.
The company - and its customers - are p... | A laboratory in Lanarkshire has started harvesting stem cells from children's teeth. | 38098733 |
Wight wrote books which inspired the film and TV series All Creatures Great and Small.
The statue cost £60,000, including £25,000 left in a will to the World of James Herriot museum in Thirsk.
Museum director Ian Ashton said fundraising would continue for a fund for people working with animals.
The James Herriot book... | A life-size statue of a Alf Wight, better known by his pen name James Herriot, has been installed in a North Yorkshire market town. | 32099945 |
Lee Hollender, 39, smashed a Boots store window in Prestatyn, Denbighshire, before filling the bin.
He was caught after leaving blood at the scene on 28 August.
Hollender, from Birmingham, previously admitted burglary but an arrest warrant was issued on Thursday when he failed to turn up at Caernarfon Crown Court for s... | A thief who stole £9,000 worth of perfume by loading it into a wheelie bin is wanted by police. | 34479116 |
It appears likely the decommissioned craft came down between 03:23 and 05:09 GMT - with a best estimate of 04:16.
If correct, this means any debris that survived to the surface probably went into water and not on land.
The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) is the largest American space agency satellite to retu... | Nasa says its six-tonne UARS satellite plunged to Earth over the Pacific Ocean, off the US west coast. | 15034073 |
Daw penderfyniad Mr Law yn dilyn ymddiswyddiad y prif weithredwr, Don Bircham a chyfarwyddwr y clwb, Barry Horne gyda'r clwb yn 15 safle yn y Gyngres.
Mae Ymddiriedolaeth y cefnogwyr yn berchen ar 100% o'r clwb ond dywedodd Law ei fod yn parhau i gefnogi "delfryd yr Ymddiriedolaeth ond rwyf yn dechrau meddwl tybed a yw... | Mae llywydd Ymddiriedolaeth Cefnogwyr clwb pêl-droed Wrecsam, Bryn Law, wedi camu i lawr ac wedi cwestiynu perchnogaeth y cefnogwyr o'r clwb. | 38614104 |
Lyle Taylor turned in Callum Kennedy's cross for his 23rd goal of the season.
And substitute Adebayo Akinfenwa netted a penalty in the 11th minute of injury time after a foul on Adebayo Azeez.
The Dons achieved a sixth promotion since their formation in 2002 by fans of the old Wimbledon FC following their relocation to... | AFC Wimbledon were promoted into the third tier for the first time in their history after beating Plymouth Argyle in the League Two play-off final. | 36355814 |
North Yorkshire Police said a member of the public spotted the body in the river near Holly Terrace in Acaster Malbis at about 13:30 GMT on Sunday.
He has now been identified by officers as 42-year-old Craig Batters who lived in York.
Anyone who had contact with Mr Batters between Friday and Sunday has been urged to co... | Police have identified a man whose body was pulled from the River Ouse near York on New Year's Day. | 38496055 |
The potential move is contained in a report to the council's policy and resources committee.
The region is expected to welcome about 20 families over the next five years who could be helped with their language needs.
If successful, the scheme could be rolled out across Scotland.
A report to the local authority said the... | Dumfries and Galloway could become a pilot region for a project to teach English as a second language to Syrian refugee families. | 35658922 |
Tasked with saving £3.8m by 2020, Cheshire Fire Service wants to change staffing arrangements and reduce one of its three aerial appliances.
The FBU says the changes will mean full-time firefighters are replaced with on-call staff and that incident response times will increase.
Managers insist they will "continue to de... | "Preventable deaths will increase" as a result of fire service budget cuts, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has warned. | 38584054 |
Unison says the Welsh government offer of a payment of £160 to all staff is not enough.
The Welsh government said it is disappointed with the ballot result as pay discussions were ongoing.
Unison said its members in Wales voted by almost 4-1 in favour of strikes and by 9-1 for other forms of industrial action.
More tha... | Thousands of NHS staff in Wales have voted to take strike action in a row over pay. | 29694701 |
In a letter to Lesley Titcomb, MP Frank Field asks whether the pensions hole could be plugged by "acquiring assets other than cash" from Sir Philip.
Sir Philip's assets include yachts. He could not be reached for comment.
The regulator launched an enforcement action against Sir Philip after failing to reach a deal with... | The chairman of a committee probing the collapse of BHS has asked the Pensions Regulator whether assets can be seized from former owner Sir Philip Green. | 38073017 |
He's criticising the designers after they called children born through IVF "synthetic" in a magazine interview.
The songwriter, who has two children with his husband David Furnish, had a go at the pair for rejecting same-sex families and the use of fertility treatment.
"How dare you refer to my beautiful children as 's... | Sir Elton John is calling for a boycott of fashion brand Dolce and Gabbana. | 31896339 |
Legally, Cornwall Council cannot force concessionary passengers to pay.
However the authority, which needs to save £24m next year, has proposed a voluntary scheme urging passengers to "keep their pass in their pocket".
Campaign group Bus Users UK, said the proposal was not the solution.
Derek Potts, who represents Bus ... | Free bus pass holders could be asked to voluntarily pay for tickets in a bid to cut costs and protect rural routes in Cornwall. | 24863142 |
Leighton Andrews said Glamorgan and Newport universities want to merge sooner rather than later.
Cardiff Metropolitan University, which has opposed the merger plan, will not be forced to join them for the time being.
It welcomed the government's change in position.
Mr Andrews made a statement in the Senedd on Tuesday, ... | The education minister has been accused of a U-turn after withdrawing a consultation forcing a three-way merger of universities in south east Wales. | 20225572 |
The body of Susan Ashworth, 47, was discovered at her home in Farfield Court, Garforth, on 29 April 2014.
Her husband, Martin Ashworth, 48, who had been released from a mental health unit 13 days before the fire, died in hospital after suffering serious burns.
Coroner David Hinchliff recorded an open verdict on his dea... | A woman who was found stabbed to death in her burning home was unlawfully killed, a coroner has ruled. | 38656652 |
The reform grants couples now limited to civil unions full marital rights, and allows them to adopt children.
Mrs Merkel's political opponents were strongly in favour. But the chancellor, who signalled her backing for a free vote only on Monday, voted against.
The bill was backed by 393 lawmakers, 226 voted against and... | A clear majority of German MPs have voted to legalise same-sex marriage, days after Chancellor Angela Merkel dropped her opposition to a vote. | 40441712 |
The enormously powerful winds that blast Mount Everest relent for just a few weeks every spring.
They are precious weeks that provide climbers with a chance to claim the greatest mountaineering "scalp" of them all - the world's highest summit.
Those wishing to make the ascent must spend months preparing and thousands o... | The world's highest mountain has claimed four more lives but such tragedies make no dent in the increasing number of people attempting its ascent. | 18202550 |
The alleged hacker told the New York Post that he had found work-related files such as Mr Brennan's application for a top security clearance.
The CIA said investigations were under way, but did not confirm whether the hack happened.
The teenager making the claim has remained anonymous.
He was described by the New York ... | US authorities are investigating reports that CIA Director John Brennan's personal email account has been hacked by a high-school student. | 34553337 |
Paul Drinkhall converted his fifth match point, after saving one, to beat Emmanuel Lebesson 15-13 8-11 9-11 11-9 13-11 in Kuala Lumpur.
"We came here as a promoted team," said Drinkhall, 26, "Our aim was to stay in the division, now we are in the semi-finals. It is just beyond belief."
England face Japan on Saturday in... | England sensationally defeated France 3-2 to reach the semi-finals of the World Team Championships. | 35731040 |
He said the crowd had reached the Washington monument as he spoke at the US Capitol, despite photographic evidence to the contrary.
Later, his White House press secretary said it had been "the largest audience to ever see an inauguration, period".
On Saturday, millions in the US and around the world protested against M... | President Donald Trump has accused the media of dishonestly reporting the size of the crowd at his inauguration. | 38707722 |
Alex Rowley was speaking as the party's UK leader, Jeremy Corbyn, sought to clarify his position on immigration.
Mr Corbyn is due to say in a speech that he is not "wedded to the idea" of free movement of people after Brexit.
But he has also stressed that he does not believe immigration to the UK is too high.
Mr Corbyn... | Scottish Labour's deputy leader has said it will be important not to restrict freedom of movement after the UK leaves the EU. | 38572026 |
However, pharmaceuticals companies slid following comments by President-elect Donald Trump that drugs companies were "getting away with murder".
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, was up 98.75 points at 19,954.28. The S&P 500 was up 6.42 points at 2,275.32.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq hit another record high at 5,563.65, up... | (Close): The three key US stock indexes were all up on Wednesday boosted by rising energy and tech shares. | 38585810 |
The ruling party counted the cars a month after taking power following victory in December's elections.
After previous transfers of power, state-owned cars have been seized from officials who did not return them.
A minister in the former government said the implied allegation of wrongdoing by his colleagues was false.
... | Ghana's new government is trying to track down more than 200 cars missing from the president's office, a government spokesman has said. | 38920928 |
And as a British exporting success, what it says on how to win in export markets should probably be heard more widely (and see more on this from my colleague Kamal Ahmed).
Which is why its view is so striking, that the UK should vote to leave the EU, unless the prime minister secures a reduction in EU red tape on Briti... | The views of JCB, one of the UK's biggest manufacturers, are widely seen to carry weight among ministers, because its owners, the Bamford family, are one of the Tory Party's top donors. | 32779476 |
The Imps missed a good early chance when Matt Rhead, having been fouled by Kai Edwards inside the area, saw his penalty saved by a diving Luke Coddington, low to his right.
Elliott Whitehouse, however, put the hosts ahead from a Nathan Arnold corner. The ball dropped to the midfielder, whose shot was deflected in by Ha... | Sean Raggett was sent off as 10-man Lincoln battled to the top of the National League with victory over visitors Wrexham. | 38060224 |
Bernard Jordan, a former mayor of Hove, was honoured during a special meeting at Brighton Town Hall.
The 90-year-old sparked a police search last month when he left the care home unannounced to join fellow veterans.
He was called "a living legend" by the current mayor at the ceremony.
Brian Fitch said Mr Jordan's "rece... | A World War Two veteran who disappeared from his nursing home to attend D-Day commemorations in France has been made an honorary alderman of Brighton and Hove. | 28343712 |
Police are looking into alleged irregularities with property transactions carried out on behalf of Michelle Thomson.
Ms Sturgeon said the matter deserved investigating.
Ms Thomson, who is MP for Edinburgh West, has denied any wrongdoing but has withdrawn from the party whip.
The first minister was asked by journalists ... | Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the first she knew about claims surrounding an SNP MP was when she read them in a Sunday newspaper. | 34405503 |
Anthony Pilkington's excellent curling strike and a header from debutant Frederic Gounongbe gave the dominant visitors a 2-0 half-time lead.
Cardiff made 11 substitutions after an hour and Tom James nodded in from Craig Noone's free-kick.
Kenneth Zohore then seized on a goalkeeping error to complete the rout.
The most ... | Cardiff City impressed in a new formation under head coach Paul Trollope as they coasted to an easy pre-season friendly win at Shrewsbury. | 36815564 |
Jose Juan Escalonilla said the bus could not move until the slogans, including "if you are born a man, you are a man", were removed.
The bus belongs to Catholic group, Hazte Oir, which had planned to take it on a nationwide tour of Spanish cities.
The public prosecutor is investigating whether it is a possible hate cri... | A judge has backed Madrid's decision to force a bright orange bus emblazoned with an anti-transgender message off its roads. | 39139750 |
The line between Reading and London Paddington will be closed on 27 and 28 December for engineering works.
The hourly services will be diverted via Banbury and Oxford ending at London Marylebone which is two stops away from Paddington on the Underground.
As usual, there will be no train services on Christmas and Boxing... | Rail passengers face journeys of up to 90 minutes longer if they are travelling between south Wales and London over the festive period. | 34696575 |
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt said the deal brokered by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday was "not enough".
Qatar's government "cannot be trusted", they added, citing previous agreements.
The four have accused the emirate of supporting terrorist groups across the region. It has ... | The four Arab states leading a boycott of Qatar say it will continue despite a deal between Washington and Doha to combat the financing of terrorism. | 40580536 |
The two Jordanians were working for a furniture firm and entered the embassy before the shooting, police say.
Few details have been revealed and what sparked the shooting is unclear.
Security forces have sealed off the embassy with the Israeli authorities evacuating staff.
The shooting happened in a residential buildin... | A Jordanian man has been killed, and an Israeli and another Jordanian wounded in a shooting incident at the Israeli embassy in Jordan's capital Amman. | 40700467 |
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The Hammers had early chances but an unmarked Enner Valencia misjudged a header and Pedro Obiang volleyed wide.
Randolph twice blocked powerful Joao Teixeira efforts and also saved shots from Cameron Brannagan, Joe Allen and Christian Benteke.
But neither side could score ... | An inexperienced Liverpool side were frustrated by West Ham goalkeeper Darren Randolph as their FA Cup fourth-round tie ended in a goalless draw. | 35389201 |
Currently, secondary schools can choose from textbooks published by eight different publishing companies.
However, the government says that from 2017, all secondary schools must only use history textbooks issued by the state.
The move has sparked fierce criticism from academics and opposition parties.
The government ha... | South Korea's government has announced controversial plans to control the history textbooks used in secondary schools. | 34504142 |
The plans, which have yet to be officially unveiled, follow similar plans to make company boards liable if staff facilitate tax evasion.
Prime Minister Theresa May has vowed to end "boardroom excess" and make tackling corporate crime a key focus.
Downing Street said the government would announce its bill in due course.... | Company bosses could be prosecuted for failing to stop their staff committing fraud under new laws being considered by ministers. | 37335744 |
This is one of the several corruption allegations engulfing Fifa, whose president, Sepp Blatter, has just announced he will be resigning.
If it was a bribe, it appears to have been a breathtakingly elegant, deniable one - performed both in broad daylight and years late.
In recent days I have been talking, mostly off-th... | So did South Africa really pay a $10m (£6.5m) dollar bribe to make sure they won the right to host the 2010 World Cup? | 32985032 |
Has Slovakia, a small country that has clearly benefited from EU membership, suddenly become a nation of Eurosceptics?
Have Slovaks fallen out of love with the euro, less than three years after they became only the second former communist country (after Slovenia) to adopt it? Is Slovakia deaf to the calls of the financ... | The rejection by the Slovak parliament of proposals to bolster the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), designed to protect weaker economies in the eurozone from the sovereign debt crisis, plunges Slovakia into turmoil, reports the BBC's Rob Cameron. | 15266300 |
The procession, which included floats, pipe bands and dancers, set off at 12:00 GMT in the Digbeth area of the city.
Last year, more than 80,000 people turned out to celebrate the occasion.
The parade, which has passed through Digbeth since 1996, is regarded as the third largest in the world after those in New York and... | Tens of thousands of people have lined the streets of Birmingham for the annual St Patrick's day parade. | 21820893 |
The biggest riser was the giant mining group Anglo American, up 18p at 849p.
The biggest faller was the house builder Taylor Wimpey, whose shares fell 7p to 147p.
Shares in airline group IAG, which owns BA and Iberia, dropped despite Qatar Airways raising its stake in the company from just under 16% to 20%.
Shares in I... | (Close): Shares on the London stock exchange fell back slightly on Monday and the 100 share index closed down 30 points at 6,694 - a fall of just 0.45%. | 36939731 |
The Sinn Féin leader's brother, Liam Adams, was convicted in 2013 of raping and abusing his own daughter, Aine Dahlstrom, in the 1970s.
She has waived her right to anonymity.
Mr Adams confronted his brother in 2000, who confirmed that he had abused Ms Dahlstrom. However, Gerry Adams did not report it to the police unti... | A decision not to prosecute Gerry Adams for allegedly withholding evidence about his rapist brother was correct, a review has concluded. | 33065655 |
Between five or ten athletes are expected to make up the final team.
They will use the Olympic flag and the Olympic anthem instead of their own countries flag or national anthem.
Athletes have been able to take part in the Olympic games under the banner of the Olympic flag and have been classed as independent athletes ... | A team of refugees will be allowed to compete at the Olympics in Rio, in Brazil, under the Olympic flag. | 35724130 |
Users of BBC services can already create an online account - known as a BBC ID - but this is not currently required in order to access iPlayer.
From Tuesday, BBC ID holders also have to add a postcode to their account.
TV Licensing has access to the information but the BBC says it has no current plans to use it for enf... | All users of the BBC's iPlayer service will have to log in with a personal account from early 2017. | 37477229 |
Florida Senator Marco Rubio landed some jabs on Mr Trump during Thursday night's debate, and the two of them continued their verbal assaults the next day.
Mr Rubio appeared on morning shows and then at Texas rallies to describe the billionaire businessman as, among other things, a "con-artist" who was hijacking the Rep... | It's been an extraordinary 24 hours in the poisonous relationship between Republican presidential candidates Marco Rubio and Donald Trump. | 35674780 |
The handwritten notes, carried by an aide to Conservative MP Mark Field, included "what's the model? Have your cake and eat it" and "unlikely" in reference to the EU single market.
They were photographed after Mr Field and his aide left a meeting with the Brexit department at 9 Downing Street.
The government said the n... | The government has distanced itself from a page of Brexit notes caught on camera in Westminster. | 38134859 |
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