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Rachel Tunstill, 26, allegedly murdered Mia Kelly after giving birth in the bathroom then placed her in carrier bags before dumping her body in a bin.
She said her recollection of events at her flat in Burnley, Lancashire, on 14 January were "very hazy" and "unclear".
Ms Tunstill, appearing at Preston Crown Court, deni... | A mother has accepted stabbing her newborn baby to death with a pair of scissors, but told a jury she had no memory of doing so. | 40261953 |
Non-compulsory guidelines on how clubs should cater for disabled fans have been in place since 2004.
A BBC Inside Out report found that several clubs, including Sheffield United and Scunthorpe United, were under-performing.
Sheffield United has 91 fewer seats than the recommended amount.
The Accessible Stadia Guide, a ... | Many football league clubs in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire "provide insufficiently" for wheelchair users, the BBC has found. | 35742963 |
Inspectors judged the Durand Academy "inadequate" in a draft report seen by the BBC.
Ofsted published the report in error on Wednesday before withdrawing it on Thursday. It said a final version will be published "in the coming days".
In a letter to parents, the academy's governing body said they had "no doubt" it had b... | A London academy faces the prospect of being placed in special measures following a damning Ofsted report. | 38841807 |
The drawing of a fisherman sheltering from the rain was drawn by the then 13-year-old Charlotte in 1829.
Brontë, who wrote Jane Eyre, copied the work from a popular guidebook of British birds.
The drawing will be placed on public display in early 2015 and will be available to view in the Parsonage's exhibition in Hawor... | A sketch drawn by author Charlotte Brontë has been bought by the Brontë Parsonage Museum for more than £13,000. | 30462433 |
Steve Turner, secretary of the Chorley branch of Unite, said: "Staff morale is at a low ebb. They are very concerned."
The union held a meeting earlier over worries that the proposed Health and Social Care Bill, or further spending cuts, could force it to close.
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which... | Staff at Chorley and South Ribble Hospital are "frightened" about its future, the union Unite has claimed. | 15400963 |
The 27-year-old admits his 2016 major efforts were a disappointment in what he feels was otherwise a good season.
McIlroy has also targeted Colin Montgomerie's money list record after watching Henrik Stenson succeed him as European number one on Sunday in Dubai.
"Next season I just need to make sure the majors match up... | World number two Rory McIlroy will focus on ensuring he produces his best golf in the majors next season. | 38056670 |
Migrants staying illegally should instead be returned to the country from which they came under the so-called Return Directive, it said.
The ruling applies to migrants crossing borders within the passport-free area and on leaving the zone.
It will infuriate critics of EU policy, but contains several important caveats.
... | Non-EU migrants illegally entering an EU state in the Schengen zone should not face detention on those grounds, says the European Court of Justice. | 36469014 |
The 54-year-old from Stoke-on-Trent went 5-0 up but was pegged back to 10-10 before pulling clear to win 16-13.
Taylor, who dedicated victory to his ill mother, said: "It's been very tough recently with her being in hospital.
"This week's been a little bit of escapism. My mind goes blank for that two or three hours whi... | Phil Taylor won the Grand Slam of Darts title for a sixth time by beating Dave Chisnall in the final in Wolverhampton. | 30079155 |
The uncapped 26-year-old reported the injury after Saturday's 3-2 Premier League defeat by Leicester City.
Antonio was able to complete the 90 minutes at London Stadium, but West Ham manager Slaven Bilic indicated afterwards that he was a doubt.
England face Germany in a friendly on Wednesday before hosting Lithuania i... | West Ham winger Michail Antonio has withdrawn from the England squad because of a hamstring injury. | 39317665 |
Wordsworth - who was making his first start of the season after recovering from a hamstring injury - slotted home 16 minutes from time after Phil Edwards had been adjudged to have handled Ben Coker's left-wing cross.
Southend had earlier gone in front after 13 minutes when midfielder Ryan Leonard marked his 200th appea... | Anthony Wordsworth's second-half penalty secured Southend United a 2-1 victory against Oxford United at Roots Hall. | 37415006 |
Northumbria Police said the 25-year-old was arrested on suspicion of carrying out a stabbing and taken to South Shields station on 22 June.
He suffered bruising to his face and the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating.
All custody staff - including managers - have been moved to other jobs wh... | Two police detention officers have been suspended over claims that an arrested man suffered bruising while in custody. | 23173278 |
A serious case review concluded that Kesia Leatherbarrow from Chorley, Lancashire, was let down but her death was "probably not preventable".
The 17-year-old's body was found hanged in a garden on 3 December 2013, three days after she was arrested.
Tameside Safeguarding Children Board's report said errors would "probab... | A troubled teenager who took her own life after being held in a police cell was failed by agencies, a report found. | 33446252 |
Besik Kudukhov, who won freestyle 60kg silver at London 2012, died in 2013.
He was found to have taken the steroid turinabol when the World Anti-Doping Agency re-tested samples this year.
An International Olympic Committee (IOC) disciplinary committee said the case has "now terminated its investigation with no action t... | A Russian wrestler who died in a car crash will not be stripped of his Olympic medal despite his sample testing positive for a banned steroid. | 37761968 |
The court ruled that it violated the man's rights to freedom of expression.
Klaus Guenter Annen was ordered to stop handing out the leaflets and publishing the names of doctors in 2007.
The rise of US-style anti-abortion protests has caused controversy amid claims women feel harassed.
In a short statement to the BBC af... | Germany was wrong to ban an anti-abortion activist from distributing leaflets near a clinic and naming doctors involved on his website, the European Court of Human Rights says. | 34930586 |
The move is a response to sanctions put on Russia over the conflict in Ukraine.
BBC News website readers have been in touch regarding the foods they will miss, although many are confident Russia will prosper under the restrictions.
Almaz Nizamutdinov, Ufa, Russia
This will be a stimulus for our farmers to grow more and... | Russia has banned the import of meat, fruit, vegetables, fish, milk and other dairy items from the US, EU and other selected Western nations. | 28685765 |
The 26-year-old was out of contract at the end of the season but his new deal ties him to the club until 2019.
Former Exeter trainee Norwood moved to Rovers from Forest Green in July 2015 and has netted 30 goals since then.
"I've enjoyed playing here for the last year or so and the fans have been great to me, so it did... | Tranmere Rovers striker James Norwood has agreed a new two-and-a-half year deal with the National League side. | 38314690 |
RMT members at Southern Railway, Merseyrail and Northern (Arriva Rail North) will walk out on 30 May.
The 24-hour strike is the latest in a bitter dispute over staffing and plans to introduce new driver-operated-only (DOO) trains.
It will be the 32nd day of industrial action by Southern workers, who started holding str... | Employees at three rail companies are to stage strikes, the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has said. | 39939773 |
Political comedy Alpha House, starring John Goodman, and Betas, a sitcom about Silicon Valley, were among those selected for full series production.
Children's programmes Annebots and animations Creative Galaxy and Tumbleaf will also be made.
The shows will initially be shown on Amazon's Prime Instant Video service.
It... | Amazon has announced the five original TV series it will make this year after seeking customer feedback on 14 pilot shows. | 22713660 |
Supporters fought on a bridge leading to the Panthessaliko Stadium in Volos two hours before kick-off, with fans then storming the pitch.
Riot police used tear gas to bring the crowd under control.
Players of both teams came on the pitch together to appeal for calm before the scheduled start of the match.
Greek media r... | Fighting between rival fans delayed the start of the Greek Cup final between PAOK Salonika and AEK Athens on Saturday. | 39833037 |
Gatland led the Lions to a 2-1 series win over Australia in 2013, with Richie Gray the only Scot to taste Test action as a replacement in the third Test.
"I watched Scotland train on Wednesday and I was impressed," said the Kiwi ahead of the 10-match New Zealand tour.
"What I saw four years ago to what I saw this time ... | Warren Gatland says Scotland's resurgence has made his squad selection for this summer's British and Irish Lions tour tougher than four years ago. | 39213305 |
Five people were also arrested in the brawl in Melton Mowbray's High Street on Saturday night.
Oakham Police tweeted it had "all gone a little wrong in #Melton youngsters party", adding "cops from all over" had been called in.
A special constable and a full-time officer were both hurt but their injuries were not seriou... | A "youngsters party" which police said went "a little wrong" ended when two officers were hurt breaking up a fight. | 39026505 |
Southeastern services were stopped between Folkestone and Dover Priory on 24 December after huge cracks appeared.
Network Rail said major work is needed to repair the track and the sea wall will also need to be rebuilt.
Its Chief Executive Mark Carne admitted on Tuesday six to 12 months was "the sort of timeframe we ar... | Damage to a sea wall in Kent which is causing major disruption for rail passengers will take six to 12 months to repair, Network Rail has admitted. | 35589169 |
The men included 102 from Lewis, while others came from the Northern Isles, Wick, Avoch, Glasgow, Fife and Barra.
They were among 1,500 members of the Royal Naval Division held in a camp dubbed HMS Timbertown.
BBC Alba's documentary of the same name draws on Admiralty records to tell the stories of its Scots' inmates.
... | A new documentary explores the internment of Scots sailors in a camp in neutral Holland shortly after the outbreak of World War One. | 29508489 |
Loughborough General Hospital on Baxter Gate, which closed in 2003, was demolished last year.
Developer Citygrove said it hoped to finish construction in 2015 and create about 180 jobs.
Charnwood Borough Council said the new development "fits in with the town centre's master plan very well".
Councillor David Slater, le... | A complex containing a multi-screen cinema and restaurants is set to be built on a former hospital site which has been derelict for 10 years. | 25319037 |
The 32-year-old played the last four County Championship matches for the county in 2015 as they avoided relegation from Division One.
McLaren, who has played two Tests for his country, will be available for the entire season across all three formats.
"I look forward to returning in April and helping the county challeng... | Hampshire have signed South African all-rounder Ryan McLaren as their overseas player for the 2016 season. | 34796863 |
The region was also highly rated in global rankings for primary reading - being placed fifth in the world and second in Europe, behind Finland.
NI also surpassed England, which was placed ninth in global maths and 11th in world primary reading rankings.
The NI education minister said the local results were "truly impr... | Northern Ireland is the best performing education system for primary maths in Europe, and the sixth best in the world, according to a major US study. | 20678866 |
Speaking in Seattle he said: "Without reform, there will be no driving force; without opening up, there will be no progress."
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Apple CEO Tim Cook were among those attending.
US companies are eager to tap into China's massive market of consumers.
Mr Xi addressed recent China's recent economi... | Chinese President Xi Jinping has promised to strengthen protections on intellectual property and clear obstacles to investment in China, at a meeting with US technology leaders. | 34343956 |
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson challenged the SNP to match her party's pledge on the use of new tax powers for Scotland.
SNP Finance Secretary John Swinney told the BBC he would not make such a promise "today".
He said his party's tax plans would be set out before the Holyrood election.
Scotland will get co... | The SNP has rejected a call from the Conservatives to rule out raising income tax in Scotland higher than the rates and bands in the rest of the UK. | 32950726 |
The measure will bar nearly 3,000 people now and others in future.
It is aimed at safeguarding the children who play Pokemon Go, walking through the real world looking for virtual characters.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said new technologies must not be "new avenues for dangerous predators".
He said: "Protecting New... | Authorities in New York state are to ban registered sex offenders from playing the popular mobile phone game Pokemon Go while they are on parole. | 36946135 |
They also want the existing restriction of five hits in the last furlong, or after the last jump, abolished.
However, the riders are not opposed to the total maximum number of strokes in a race remaining at eight on the Flat or seven over jumps.
The dispute over tougher regulations nearly led to a strike on Monday.
But... | Jockeys have revealed their proposals for changes to controversial new whip rules, which include scrapping financial penalties. | 15378741 |
The 54-year-old, from Blackburn, West Lothian, will receive the award for distinction in the field of music at a graduation ceremony on 30 June.
She described the honour, from the Glasgow music, drama, and dance academy, as a "great privilege".
Boyle has sold millions of albums since making her name on ITV's Britain's ... | Scottish singer Susan Boyle is to be awarded an honorary doctorate from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS). | 32997668 |
And as there's another loss, and more bad news associated with it, the new chairman, Paul Murray, is stressing how disappointed he is by the mess he's been left.
What this overlooks is that the pre-tax loss for the back six months of last calendar year were lower than the same period in 2013, down from £3.5m to £2.7m.
... | Since the last time Rangers splashed its financial red ink in public, there's been yet another change of management at Ibrox. | 32140636 |
Sarah Boyle, 26, said at about six months old, Teddy suddenly "became very distressed" when she tried to feed from her right breast.
The Staffordshire mum said his continued behaviour convinced her to insist that a cyst which was found to be benign be re-scanned.
Mrs Boyle is being treated for grade two triple negative... | A mother says her baby son "saved her life" by helping her detect breast cancer when he refused to feed. | 39026172 |
Mayor George Ferguson has said it would be "mad" to build one but proposals for a 480-space, eight-storey car park are due to go before the council next week.
The council's Alistair Reid said it was a "marginal" increase on plans for 200 spaces for the 12,000 capacity venue.
Cabinet members will also be told that it wi... | A decision not to build a car park for Bristol's new £92.5m city centre arena will be reconsidered by the council. | 35643387 |
Tourists fill the visitors' shop while next door in the factory, machines that resemble cement mixers and wheels churn rivers of white and brown chocolate.
It is hard to believe that a brutal civil war is raging in Syria just three miles away from a factory that specialises in producing boutique chocolates.
It is also ... | The De Karina chocolate factory has become a popular place on the itinerary for thousands of visitors each year to the Golan Heights. | 36548749 |
The Brazilian's release clause has been set at 200m euros (£167m), rising to 222m (£186m) in the second and 250m (£209m) for the final three.
Manchester United and Paris St-Germain were both reported to be interested in the 24-year-old.
Neymar has scored 55 goals in 93 La Liga games since joining from Santos for a repo... | Neymar will stay with Barcelona after signing a five-year contract, the club have announced. | 36685557 |
For starters, you may want to take the BBC's Financial Healthcheck. to help you identify your financial priorities and receive tips on how to tackle them.
It also outlines how it is important to keep up to date with priority debts including housing and council tax.
The BBC's Debt Test will help you to find out how lik... | If you are worried about not being able to keep up with repayments on your loans, credit cards or mortgage, there is lots of help available. | 12335623 |
Cuvelier has made 20 appearances for the Saddlers this season, having signed for the League One club in June 2016.
The 24-year-old was forced to miss almost two months with an ankle problem earlier this season.
"It was one of those innocuous things and I don't think it could have been prevented," manager Jon Whitney sa... | Walsall midfielder Florent Cuvelier will be out until April with a calf injury suffered in their 0-0 draw with Scunthorpe on 14 February. | 39064631 |
Researchers used bones from two separate examples of the ancient birds, using the skeleton of a modern king penguin as a guide.
They show the 25 million-year-old Kairuku penguin was tall at 1.2m (4ft 2in), with an elongated beak and large flippers.
The team's work appears in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
The ... | A large extinct penguin has been reconstructed from fossil remains discovered in New Zealand. | 17179607 |
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The pandas, named Meng Meng, Shuai Shuai and Ku Ku, were born on 29 July 2014 in the city of Guangzhou.
They are believed to be the longest surviving panda triplets. | Chimelong Safari Park in south China's Guangdong province is preparing to hold a birthday party for its giant panda triplets. | 33676725 |
Drainage work on land between junction 12, Tal-y-Bont, and junction 13, Abergwyngregyn, will begin in the autumn, once the landowners agree.
It is part of a stretch of the A55 closed by flooding on Boxing Day.
First Minster Carwyn Jones also said a separate £1.9m Tal-y-Bont scheme is due to start in the spring and be r... | A £500,000 grant to speed up flood prevention work on the A55 in Gwynedd has been announced. | 35486470 |
A manhunt was launched for Jed Allen, 21, after he was suspected of killing his half-sister Derrin Jordon, aged six, his mother Janet Jordon, 48, and her partner Philip Howard, 44.
They were found stabbed to death in Vicarage Road, Didcot on Saturday.
Allen's body was found in a wooded area of Oxford on Monday.
It is y... | The circumstances of a triple murder have become the focus of a police investigation after the body of the prime suspect was found. | 32882650 |
The Bank of England's new Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has announced that all those whose accounts are in credit will be automatically moved to Bank of Cyprus in the UK.
This means that up to £85,000 of their deposits will be protected under the UK compensation scheme.
Laiki customers in Cyprus face losing muc... | Thousands of customers with funds in the UK arm of Cypriot bank Laiki will escape any levy on their accounts. | 22000779 |
We don't know the full detail of the allegations in each of these cases, but the level of counter-terrorism police activity at the moment underlines that Syria is not going away.
Last year there were 327 terrorism-related arrests - more than half of them related to Syria - leading to 64 charges and prosecutions.
Not al... | Four arrests in three days of young men whom police suspect of trying to head to Syria. | 31913609 |
US employees of the firm who work at least 20 hours a week are eligible for the Starbucks College Achievement Plan.
Starbucks staff who are successfully enrolled will receive partial tuition for the first two years, and full tuition for their final two years.
The annual fee for online courses at the university can exce... | US coffee chain firm Starbucks will pay college fees for US workers to complete a bachelor's degree online in a tie-up with Arizona State University. | 27863656 |
John and Shirley Thomas from Sketty have no idea how the 12ft (3.6m) tall flower arrived on their lawn as they never planted it.
After some research they found it was an echium pininana - native to the heat of the Canary Islands.
"It absolutely towers over every other plant in the garden," said Mr Thomas, "you couldn't... | A Swansea couple returned from their two week holiday to find a giant flower had shot up in their front garden. | 40367387 |
The Caribbean-registered companies - Hamsah Investment and Wall Capital - agreed that Liberia would pay back just over 3% of the $43m (£27m) it owed.
The companies are among what critics call "vulture funds", which buy up the defaulted debts of poor countries then demand swift repayment.
Liberia's Finance Minister, Aug... | Liberia has reached a deal with two firms on debts dating from the 1970s. | 11819276 |
John Baird and Tom Taiwo were on target as previously high-flying Rovers had their wings clipped.
Baird opened the scoring 30 minutes in, crashing in after Mark Kerr played him through with a deft ball.
Taiwo added a second midway through the second half, tucking in after Bob McHugh did well to get to the by-line and c... | Falkirk were impressive as they won away to Raith Rovers, who had started the day second in the Chamionship. | 37264192 |
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Diamond has previously said the winger, 23, "resigned" from rugby league.
Rugby league club Castleford say they have been instructed by their legal representatives not to comment.
"It's in the hands of the legal people, but I don't see any problems at this moment," Diamond... | Sale Sharks signed Denny Solomona after he was "fired" by Castleford, according to the Premiership rugby union club's director of rugby Steve Diamond. | 38383368 |
Chris Henkey, from Reading, said he was "unlikely" to make a trip to Barbados, after which he was due to retire.
His fiancee said she was "very shocked", but praised him as a "hero".
Officials in the United States said the left engine of the Boeing 777-200 caught fire before take-off.
At least 14 people were taken to h... | The pilot of a British Airways plane which caught fire at a Las Vegas airport, forcing the evacuation of 170 people on board on emergency slides, has told NBC he is "finished flying". | 34206347 |
Steven Fletcher has been the preferred choice throughout the Euro 2016 qualifying campaign, with his three Group D goals coming against Gibraltar.
Fletcher netted for Sunderland on Saturday and Leigh Griffiths, Chris Martin and Jordan Rhodes also scored for their clubs.
"Each of the strikers have different assets," sai... | Scotland coach Gordon Strachan says he has a big decision to make over which striker to pick to play against Poland. | 34467734 |
Two scrappy goals from corners were their undoing, the first bundled in via the hand of Leigh Griffiths.
Deadline-day signing Colin Kazim-Richards scrambled in his first for the club early in the second half.
East Kilbride's defending was often heroic and goalkeeper Matt McGinley did his chances of progressing up the f... | Celtic ended East Kilbride's memorable Scottish Cup journey but the Lowland League side exit with heads held high. | 35453184 |
Lyudmila Putin had long shunned the limelight, and in the last few years her public appearances had become increasingly rare. Before the joint TV appearance at which the couple announced that their marriage was over, Mrs Putin was last seen at her husband's side on Russian television when she attended his inauguration ... | The announcement that Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila are to divorce came after months of speculation in the Russian media over Mrs Putin's near-invisibility. | 22093625 |
The five-year-old snaps of the sisters with their mother, Carole, showed them swimming, diving and relaxing on and around a yacht off Ibiza.
They appeared in the News of the World, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and Daily Mirror. None of them has commented.
The complaint is likely to focus on whether their privacy was inv... | The Middleton family has complained to the Press Complaints Commission after four papers published photographs of Kate and Pippa in bikinis. | 13352580 |
The Junior club beat Championship side Dumbarton 1-0 in a third-round replay but it is "unlikely" their New Dundas Park home can host cup holders Hibs.
Kirkwood, who spoke to Hearts before the replay, said "three quarters of the team" support the Tynecastle club.
"They're buzzing at the thought of playing at their holy... | Bonnyrigg Rose chairman Charlie Kirkwood hopes the club can play their Scottish Cup fourth-round tie against Hibernian at the home of Hearts. | 38234128 |
The country town, about 215km (133 miles) north of Sydney, was the hardest hit by storms that have also battered other parts of the state.
Dungog sits in the middle of the catchment for a major river system and the town is now flooded by swollen rivers.
Dungog Shire councillor Glenn Wall described a tragedy unfolding i... | The town of Dungog in New South Wales (NSW), Australia has experienced floods before but this time lives have been lost. | 32391951 |
The prominent advertisement for the "Konkani Kantaram Utsav" (Konkani song festival) announced by the BJP government's department of information and publicity, called for "songs based on achievements of the present government and emphasising the schemes implemented by this government for the welfare of the state".
The ... | The Goa government might have had different plans, but a singing competition it announced last week, with a rider that the tunes had to be paeans to the government and its schemes, seems to have hit all the wrong notes, writes Pamela D'Mello. | 35742308 |
Profit for 2015 was £512m, down from £644m in 2014.
Last year, it announced plans to close 65 B&Q stores in the UK and Ireland over two years.
In its latest statement, it said 30 of these had now shut down, with the remaining 35 to go in the next financial year.
In the company's preferred measure of adjusted pre-tax pr... | DIY giant Kingfisher has announced a 20.5% fall in statutory pre-tax profit as it reaches the halfway mark in its plan to close 65 B&Q stores. | 35879091 |
Maclean graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2009. She is representing Scotland at the 57th Venice Biennale.
Her film, Spite Your Face, transforms the 19th century Italian tale of a wooden puppet who wants to be a real boy into a dark and disturbing satire of the era of celebrity, fake news and reality television... | The Scottish artist Rachel Maclean has turned the story of Pinocchio into a grotesque satire on the age of Donald Trump. | 39845089 |
The Oscar-winning actress plays women's rights activist Emmeline Pankhurst in the film Suffragette.
The period drama, which also stars Carey Mulligan, opened the London Film Festival on Wednesday.
Speaking before its gala screening, she bemoaned the "lack of inclusion" of women in enterprises around the world.
"If men ... | Meryl Streep says she finds it "infuriating" that box office buzz for a film is often driven by film critics who are overwhelmingly male. | 34459012 |
This rare evidence of "filial cannibalism" was only revealed because the shark's corkscrew-shaped rectum produced dung in a distinctive spiral.
One such dropping, collected in Canada, holds a tiny tooth of the same species.
These Orthacanthus sharks lived in coastal swamps and may have resorted to cannibalism as they e... | Scientists have discovered a baby tooth in the fossilised faeces of a prehistoric shark, and concluded that the animals ate their own young. | 37032656 |
Colin Hough, of Shrewsbury, volunteered to spend time in the box, in a 24-hour Tesco supermarket, to raise money for children's charity Cauldwell Children.
He went into the box at midday on Thursday and came out at 14:00 BST on Saturday.
He said the toughest part had been the nights, with lights on in the shop and peop... | An 81-year-old man has completed a challenge to spend 50 hours locked inside a perspex box. | 32764867 |
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Jessica-Ennis Hill took silver in the heptathlon, while there was a bronze for long jumper Greg Rutherford.
Farah overcame a tumble to win the 10,000m, while Trott's women's pursuit team beat the USA with a world record.
The men's eight rowers won gold just after the women... | Mo Farah and Laura Trott made history by claiming their third Olympic titles as Great Britain won eight medals on day eight of the Rio Games. | 37070844 |
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They were joined by more than 200 Alaskan and Siberian Huskies on the Fjallraven Polar expedition from Norway to Sweden in Europe.
The participants slept in the open, braving snow storms and freezing cold temperatures. Brrrr!
Watch Martin's report. | Dog-sled racers pushed themselves to the limits to complete a pawsome journey across the Arctic wilderness. | 39575649 |
The Ligue 1 side received special dispensation from the French league to appoint the Italian, as he reached the manager's age limit of 65 last year.
Ranieri guided the Foxes to the Premier League title in 2015-16 when the club defied odds of up to 5,000-1.
But he was sacked in February with the club battling relegation... | Former Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri is the new boss of French side Nantes. | 40262173 |
The incident happened on board a bus travelling along Bath Street in Glasgow at about 22:15 on 30 August. Police said it caused a great deal of distress to a 17-year-old woman.
The man was of Asian appearance, aged between 50 and 60 years, about 5ft 8in tall, of medium build.
He had dark hair and a moustache and was ca... | Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to in connection with an act of indecency on a bus. | 38293424 |
The singer was headlining the event with his Africa Express project and was joined on stage by artists like Laura Mvula and Yeah Yeah Yeah's Nick Zinner.
The set - which overran until 04:00 - included covers of Randy Newman and reinterpretations of Gorillaz tracks.
After playing The Clash's Should I Stay Or Should I Go... | Blur's Damon Albarn has been removed from stage at the Roskilde festival in Denmark after a mammoth five-hour set. | 33408709 |
The incident happened after Derry City lost 2-1 to Dundalk in an FAI Cup semi-final replay at Brandywell Stadium.
There are reports a Dundalk supporters' bus was vandalised during the trouble that happened outside the grounds.
Police have yet to confirm the incident. Derry City have yet to comment.
Derry councillors h... | A teenager suffered head injuries, not said to be serious, during trouble that followed a football match in Londonderry on Tuesday night. | 37560290 |
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Gareth Bale put Chris Coleman's side ahead before Jamie Vardy equalised and Daniel Sturridge scored a 91st-minute winner to take Roy Hodgson's team top of Group B with four points.
Chief football writer Phil McNulty assesses England's performance, while BBC Wales Sport's D... | Wales were denied a second win at Euro 2016 as England came from behind to claim victory in their much-hyped group game. | 36552888 |
The Americans battered the error-prone favourites in the opening half, Titi Lamositele burrowing over the line.
A dynamic bench helped spark Scotland after the interval, though, as Tim Visser, Sean Maitland and WP Nel all crossed smartly.
Matt Scott picked a sumptuous line to score a fourth try, and Duncan Weir added a... | Scotland recovered from a 13-6 half-time deficit, securing a bonus-point win over USA to top World Cup Pool B. | 34356246 |
Local media said the woman checked her husband's mobile phone after becoming suspicious he was having an affair.
The husband complained to the police and his wife was prosecuted under a cybercrime law, Gulf News reported.
The unnamed woman - an Arab expatriate in the UAE - was fined 150,000 dirhams (£28,000; $41,000),... | A woman in the United Arab Emirates has been fined and deported after being found guilty of breaching her husband's privacy, reports say. | 36320749 |
Both are alleged to have breached SFA rules by criticising officials in interviews after Inverness drew with Dundee and Hearts lost to Hamilton.
Principal hearings have been set for 1 October and both men have until 22 September to respond.
Hearts intend to challenge Neilson's notice of complaint.
He said after the 3-2... | Hearts head coach Robbie Neilson and Inverness manager John Hughes have been issued with notices of complaint by the Scottish FA's compliance officer. | 34261402 |
The Nottinghamshire swimmer started the Ocean's 7 Challenge in 2008 with a swim across the English Channel.
He has since conquered seas in Gibraltar, Hawaii, New Zealand, USA and Japan.
The final leg of his challenge saw him swim from Northern Ireland to the west coast of Scotland.
He completed the 21 mile (33km) swim ... | Swimmer Adam Walker has become the first Briton to complete a series of open-ocean swims across some of the most gruelling channels in the world. | 28676161 |
The Vauxhall Astra they were travelling in struck a tree when it left the Cladymilltown Road on Thursday morning.
Paramedics were called to the scene of the crash at 08:30 GMT.
The 17-year-old boys studied at the Southern Regional College in Armagh.
A third boy who was in the car was injured.
He is in a stable conditio... | Two teenage students have died after a one-vehicle crash between Markethill and Newtownhamilton in County Armagh. | 35309649 |
The group, which wants the levy to be axed, tested 49 drinks and found that some coffee shop drinks had more sugar than Coca Cola, but would not be taxed.
Anti-obesity campaigners welcomed the tax when it was announced in March.
The Treasury said soft drinks would be taxed because they were the main source of added sug... | The planned sugar tax will "hit poorest families hardest" and has nothing to do with the sugar content of products, the Taxpayers' Alliance says. | 36410589 |
The champions - who have now failed to win in their last eight games at Anoeta Stadium - were outplayed and had to come from behind to secure a point.
Willian Jose headed the hosts ahead, Gerard Pique helping the ball over the line while attempting a clearance.
The lead lasted six minutes, Lionel Messi scoring against ... | Barcelona head into next week's first El Clasico of the season six points behind leaders Real Madrid after scraping a draw at Real Sociedad. | 38109838 |
The national park was one of 33 sites around the world to be discussed by the Unesco committee in Krakow, Poland.
The committee praised the area's beauty, farming and the inspiration it had provided to artists and writers.
It is the 31st place in the UK and overseas territories to be put on the Unesco World Heritage Li... | The Lake District has joined the likes of the Grand Canyon, the Taj Mahal and Machu Picchu by being awarded Unesco World Heritage status. | 40547691 |
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The British Darts Organisation (BDO) world champion will line-up at The Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton.
Mitchell, 45, has been drawn alongside Peter Wright, Dave Chisnall and Mervyn King at the Civic Hall from Saturday.
"I fancied Phil's group when I saw the draw, ju... | Scott Mitchell has revealed he would have loved to have drawn Phil Taylor in his first test against players from the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). | 34713732 |
Chris Green said his win with 19,744 votes over Labour's Julie Hilling, who received 18,943, was "just wonderful".
On a bad night for the Liberal Democrats, they lost Cheadle and Hazel Grove to the Tories and Manchester Withington to Labour.
Labour also held on to Heywood and Middleton, fending off a challenge from sec... | The Conservative Party have taken their number one North West target of Bolton West from Labour in a surprise victory. | 32641106 |
"Abroad is predominantly where we look," he told BBC Scotland.
"If there's anything in Scotland, we'll look at it but, if they are doing well, it's tough because, generally, the market they look to is England.
"The salary bracket we're in makes it hard, makes it hard to match those wages."
Neilson's side secured a top-... | Hearts will continue to search overseas for fresh talent because Scottish players are often too expensive, says head coach Robbie Neilson. | 36158792 |
The hosts had striker Conor Wilkinson sent off for good measure as their search for a goal in the campaign goes on, while Poleon will be relieved his glaring miss just before half-time did not prove costly.
Bradford broke through when Alex Jones got to the byline and cut the ball back, with Poleon passing his shot firs... | Dominic Poleon's first-half goal allowed Bradford to make it two wins from two in the new League One season as they ground out a narrow victory at Gillingham. | 40834868 |
Paramedics were ruled out of strike action on Thursday evening when management declared a "major incident".
Staff were canvassed on Friday to see if they would remain on duty to respond to serious and life-threatening calls if the major incident was stood down.
Only 10% of the 41 crews said they would remain on duty.
T... | The Ambulance Service has said it will keep a "major incident" in place for the remainder of today's strike. | 31864651 |
She says: "I don't mind if they are going to reduce fees for other people as long as these people are going to benefit. This will be an improvement for them.
"A government has to do something for its people because after all we are paying a lot of taxes in this country already.
"I think the government should help peopl... | As Ed Miliband pledges to cut university tuition fees from £9,000 to £6,000 a year, we gathered the views of some undergraduates from a number of universities. | 31658853 |
The 30-year-old freelance journalist had travelled the world in pursuit of her stories - from Uganda to Cuba to the Marshall Islands to Kenya to New York City.
At one point she even "slipped into" North Korea.
"Kim has worked as a journalist in many dangerous places, and we have often been worried about her," her famil... | It is a "black irony" that Kim Wall - the journalist whose remains have been found off Denmark - should have met her end while working in such a familiar and seemingly safe area, say friends and family. | 41022925 |
The 26-year-old Australian joined in November from rivals Hull KR and has scored nine tries in eight games.
Kelly was granted compassionate leave by Hull earlier in April but scored in their win at Leigh on Monday.
"I want us to be competitive and to be challenging for all three pieces of silverware on offer," he said.... | Hull FC half-back Albert Kelly has extended his deal until the end of next season after the Super League side activated a clause in his contract. | 39648557 |
The company's half-year results revealed a £100m loss, compared with a £45m profit a year earlier, which it blamed on "changing market conditions".
It has put its healthcare unit "under strategic review" and is withdrawing from the home healthcare market.
Shares in Mitie plunged 13% in early trade.
The £100m loss was m... | Outsourcing firm Mitie has issued another profit warning as it faces fresh hits from economic uncertainty and rising staff costs. | 38048893 |
Health Secretary Vaughan Gething said the Specialist and Critical Care Centre near Cwmbran should open in 2022.
First proposed in 2004, the plans were put on hold in 2009 before being put back on the agenda a year later.
The new hospital, to be built at Llanfrechfa Grange, is part of a plan to modernise health services... | Plans for a new £350m hospital in south Wales have been given the go-ahead, 12 years after it was first proposed. | 37822559 |
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And Football Association chief executive Martin Glenn said it is now "imperative" to find out why England are "brittle" at tournaments.
Hodgson, who resigned after Monday's game, repeatedly questioned why he had to attend a news conference on Tuesday.
But he said: "One par... | Roy Hodgson says England's 2-1 loss to Iceland and exit from Euro 2016 will cause longer-term "damage" to the team. | 36655319 |
The Committee on Climate Change provides expert, independent advice to the Scottish government.
Its latest publication has recommended emissions reductions of just over 60% by 2030.
The Scottish government said it recognised the need to maintain its "high ambition approach".
Scotland's emissions targets are calculated ... | Scotland must accelerate efforts to reduce carbon emissions if it is to remain an example to the rest of the UK, according to a new report. | 35808514 |
The Great Parchment Book of The Honourable The Irish Society has been likened to the Domesday Book, a great land survey of England from 1086.
It will be honoured at Unesco's UK Memory of the World awards in Cardiff later.
The event marks heritage collections of 'outstanding significance to the UK'.
The Honourable The I... | A book containing an important record of the early 17th century population of Ulster is to be given special status by Unesco. | 36573613 |
Evans, on Cooley Rorkes Drift, shed tears of joy after a routine that incurred 37.2 penalties.
Australian Christopher Burton, with Graf Liberty, leads on 32.9, with German Ingrid Klimke on 37.2 on board Horseware Hale Bob.
No British riders came close to breaking into the top 10.
Alexander Bragg and Tom McEwen lie in e... | Jonty Evans raised hopes of a first Irish winner of the Badminton Hose Trials in 52 years after ending the dressage in third place. | 39826260 |
The US-led coalition against IS, he insisted, is not losing to the jihadists. But the awkward truth is, the coalition is certainly not winning.
Every day that IS continues to even exist on the ground, every day that it carries out its harsh rule on a cowed population, and every day that it grows closer to becoming an e... | As the jihadist fighters of Islamic State push ever further across Syria and Iraq, taking cities, airbases, prisons and border posts, US President Barack Obama has dismissed their gains as "a tactical setback". | 32846852 |
Just like five years ago, Greece is on the brink of default. But 2015 is very different from 2010 in one important respect: other eurozone countries and the IMF are signalling they won't be panicked into rushing through another bailout.
If hints from the German finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble, and more explicit re... | There is something a bit too deja-vu-ish about this election campaign, especially the tragic Greek economic backdrop. | 32335756 |
Maxwell's protest at the awarding of a penalty, which cost victory at home to Sheffield United, led to him being hit by an "object" thrown from the crowd.
Maxwell was left with a similar facial injury to the one suffered by West Bromwich Albion's Chris Brunt.
"The response from the referee was that it was his own fault... | Fleetwood manager Steven Pressley is upset after his keeper Chris Maxwell was blamed by referee Carl Boyeson for inciting an "object" to be thrown. | 35737956 |
Secretary of State Theresa Villiers joined the first and deputy first minister in a tribute at Stormont.
The Lord Mayor of Belfast, Arder Carson, marked the silence at Belfast City Hall with Honorary French Consulate, Regine McCullough.
The Europe-wide, one-minute silence, was held at 11:00 GMT on Monday.
It was also o... | A minute's silence has been marked across Northern Ireland in honour of victims of the Paris attacks. | 34830008 |
The "Chillwell Road" sign appeared on Chilwell Road on Wednesday as workers put the final touches to the extensively delayed project.
The £570m tram extension to Chilwell and Clifton began in March 2013 and was supposed to open in December.
Nottingham Express Transport (NET) called the sign "a genuine error".
Greg Gen... | A misspelt sign at a stop on the extension to Nottingham's tram network has been labelled "ridiculous" by residents and businesses. | 33633552 |
The collision involved the two pedestrians and a lorry on the A96.
The crash happened around 15:30 on the town's Academy Street, which forms part of the main A96 road.
The incident happened near the pedestrian crossing and the road was closed for several hours, with local diversions in place.
The injured woman is being... | An elderly woman has died and another elderly woman has been seriously injured in a crash in Nairn town centre. | 34671704 |
Here, we take a look at some of the most interesting stats from the weekend.
There's certainly been a resurgence since Paul Clement took over as Swansea boss at the turn of the year, but momentum was dampened at Hull on Saturday.
The Welsh club have climbed from bottom of the table to 16th under Clement, but missed the... | Swansea's worrying landmark of goals conceded, Burnley's progress towards a very unwelcome Premier League record, and a place for Granit Xhaka among the top flight's most punished. | 39244145 |
Camelford, Dartmouth, Hayle, St Ives and Tiverton had the worst cuts with Callington, Ilfracombe and Tavistock, also seeing reductions, since 2010.
Between 2010 and 2014, the force lost £51 million from budgets and around 500 officers.
Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were deployed "according to need".
But, the... | Numbers of police officers based in rural police stations in Devon and Cornwall have been reduced by half or more, figures obtained by the BBC show. | 32324634 |
Secretary of State John Kerry said the resolution of the matter was "testament to the critical role diplomacy plays in keeping our country safe".
Republican presidential hopefuls had criticised the administration over its handling of the incident.
A deal on Iran's nuclear activities - which they also disparage - is sai... | The US has thanked Iran for the swift release of 10 US sailors held for entering its territorial waters. | 35300019 |
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