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Cheshire East Council Leader Michael Jones stepped down last year following pressure over three deals given to his personal physiotherapist's firm.
The council blamed the ending of the deal on "budget constraints" despite an academic report saying Core Fit Ltd's classes "worked well".
A Cheshire Police probe into Mr Jo... | Contracts to run school fitness programmes in east Cheshire will not be renewed by the council. | 38253351 |
Cora-Lynn Kelley-Mattock, of Aberporth, Ceredigion, was two when her mother, Josephine, 19, accidentally crashed her Volkswagen Polo in Llandygwydd in 2013.
Details of her claim have emerged in a High Court writ.
Miss Kelley's insurers say her claimed negligence is not admitted.
She died from brain injuries three days ... | Lawyers for a toddler who suffered catastrophic injuries in a car crash that left her mother dead have launched a legal bid for compensation from her insurers. | 35685631 |
It happened at about 13:15 on Monday and involved a white Vauxhall Corsa, blue Nissan Qashqai and a blue Subaru.
Five people - four from Dumfries and one from Edinburgh - were taken to Dumfries Infirmary for treatment.
The Corsa driver - a 19-year-old man from Dumfries - was later transferred to Glasgow Royal Infirmar... | Five people were taken to hospital following a three-car crash on the A701 just south of Beattock. | 33237227 |
Twenty eight percent of Welsh MPs are women compared to a total of 32% in Westminster as a whole.
Two of the four Welsh seats to change hands on Thursday went to women, making 11 of Wales' 40 MPs female.
Of those 10 are Labour MPs and one Plaid Cymru, while the Conservatives are yet to see a woman candidate elected as ... | A record number of women have been elected to be MPs in Wales, but the nations still lags behind the UK. | 40218112 |
The plant will be built on land on Airedale Road, Keighley and will be capable of producing 10 to 11 MW of electricity a year.
More than 3,000 people had signed an online petition against the proposals due to concerns about pollution, noise and the visual impact of the plant.
The developer, Endless Energy, has not yet ... | A £135m energy from waste incinerator has been approved by councillors in West Yorkshire. | 38919723 |
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Dylan Hartley will be captain after being left out of the Lions squad.
Flanker Sam Underhill, New Zealand-born cross-code convert Denny Solomona, and fly-half Piers Francis - who will join Northampton from Auckland Blues in the summer - are included.
There are also call-up... | England head coach Eddie Jones has named 15 uncapped players in his 31-man squad to tour Argentina in June. | 39652871 |
Witnesses said a satellite navigation error had caused the lorry to try and negotiate the narrow roads in Aberystwyth town centre, and reported gridlocked traffic as a result.
The lorry became stuck between North Parade and Alexandra Road in the town centre, before moving on to Stanley Road. | A lorry carrying a wind turbine got stuck on a Ceredigion road on Friday, causing traffic disruption. | 35383074 |
Vicky McClure played Lol in the Channel 4 drama This is England '86.
Ms McClure, who has only recently left her office job, beat Anna Maxwell Martin, Natalie Press and Juliet Stevenson to the award.
She said: "There was always a chance [of winning] but never in a million years did I expect that to happen."
"This is all... | An actress from Nottingham said she felt "numb" with shock after winning a Bafta for best actress. | 13500927 |
Finlay Wilson, whose video on BBC Scotland's The Social was viewed more than 50 million times, received a letter threatening his safety.
The handwritten note was left in an envelope on the 30-year-old's doorstep on Tuesday.
Police are treating the incident as a hate crime.
Mr Wilson said: "I came out my flat at 06.30 i... | A Dundee man whose video of kilted yoga sessions in a Scottish forest became a viral hit has been targeted with homophobic hate mail. | 39442881 |
Director General Tony Hall announced that Mr MacQuarrie, 64, would be taking up the newly-restored post of BBC director nations and regions.
The broadcaster said he would be responsible for "bringing together and enhancing the BBC's offer to the nations and regions of the UK".
Mr MacQuarrie will also become a member of... | The current head of BBC Scotland, Ken MacQuarrie, has been appointed to a UK-wide role at the corporation. | 37440265 |
They have genetically modified yeast to perform the complicated chemistry needed to convert sugar to morphine.
The findings, published in Nature Chemical Biology, raise promise for medicine but also concerns about "home-brewed" illegal drugs.
Experts have called for tight control of organisms genetically modified to pr... | Scientists have figured out how to brew morphine using the same kit used to make beer at home. | 32780624 |
The robber called at the victim's home in Lytham Road, Preston, at about 13:30 GMT on Saturday, and claimed he was owed money for work on the house.
He forced his way inside, where he assaulted the pensioner and made off with a "four-figure" cash sum, Lancashire police said.
The victim suffered serious arm injuries, th... | A 92-year-old man was dragged across the floor as a con artist tried to tear money from his hands, police have said. | 38947340 |
Ross Forbes has the visitors in front early before Jamie McDonagh and Gary Oliver added to the scoreline.
Jai Quitongo scored from a well worked corner kick to increase Queen's misery.
And then Morton captain Thomas O'Ware scored a penalty to wrap up an emphatic win ahead of next week's League Cup semi-final with Aberd... | Greenock Morton stunned the league leaders Queen of the South with three confident strikes in the first half paving the way for a convincing win. | 37594295 |
The former Hull and Tranmere forward opened the scoring in the 16th minute with a header from Terry Hawkridge's free-kick before Adam Marriott put him through again on the half-hour mark and he made no mistake.
Southport's frustrations boiled over when former Lincoln midfielder Ashley Grimes saw a straight red for kick... | Four goals from Jonny Margetts helped Lincoln get back to winning ways with a thumping 4-0 triumph over 10-man Southport at Sincil Bank. | 37068060 |
Donor and former candidate Michael Foster is contesting Labour's decision to allow Mr Corbyn on to the ballot paper without having to secure nominations from 50 other MPs and MEPs.
Labour's National Executive Committee backed the move by 18 to 14 votes.
Mr Corbyn is taking on Owen Smith.
As a challenger, Mr Smith, a fo... | A legal challenge to Jeremy Corbyn's right to automatically stand in the Labour leadership has been heard at the High Court in London, with a decision expected to be handed down on Thursday. | 36886159 |
The measures include providing victims of abuse with six months' unconditional unemployment benefit to give them a new start, and outlawing imprisoned abusers from being visited by their children.
The agreement was reached after six months and 66 expert hearings.
Reports say 870 women died from gender-based violence be... | Spain's political parties are celebrating a "historic" €1bn (£895m; $1.2bn) five-year programme to tackle gender-based violence. | 40715325 |
Aiken Promotions said it was with "great regret" that it had to make the announcement and said it had "exhausted all avenues" in relation to staging the gigs at Croke Park.
Last week, Dublin City Council granted permission for only three of the five planned concerts.
The move prompted the US singer to say he would play... | All five Garth Brooks' concerts planned for Dublin later this month have been cancelled. | 28217237 |
Members of the club, located in a leafy suburb in Glasgow's west end, say its dilapidated four-storey home requires urgent renovations or they fear it could close.
"Ten people will be made homeless, a popular restaurant will shut, support groups will stop and our cultural footprint will disappear," said the club's vice... | The Sikorski Polish Club has been at the centre of Glasgow's Polish community since World War Two, but it is now under threat. | 37623184 |
The move would see TfL take over West Anglia and Southeastern London services.
A recent report concluded there were "no barriers" to further rail devolution in the capital.
Mr Johnson said "great progress" had been made in developing the plans.
Currently, with the exception of the London Overground network, rail servic... | The final plans for Transport for London (TfL) to take over suburban rail services in the capital could be announced in April, mayor Boris Johnson has said. | 21262723 |
Coastguards in Cowes, Newport, Bembridge and the Needles formed the rescue team at the site of a recent major landslide, east of Castle Point.
Paramedics and firefighters were also on hand to help the woman who was in "considerable pain" from a leg injury.
The RNLI said it lifted her out of the hole using a flexible st... | A woman who attended a summer Solstice party on the Isle of Wight was rescued after falling down an unstable cliff into a deep hole. | 33217181 |
Matthew Chapman, from Lincolnshire, was the only person on board when the helicopter crashed during the TT Festival on 6 June last year.
The 48-year-old had dropped off two passengers in the Baldwin Valley shortly before the accident.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch said he battled "turbulent conditions".
The he... | A helicopter pilot killed in a crash on the Isle of Man struggled to regain control in gusty conditions, an accident report has found. | 36483600 |
Cheung Jiping and Lui Bo had been released from police custody in southern China last week.
But a close friend told the BBC they were in Hong Kong for only a few hours before going back to China as part of their bail conditions.
Both men have confessed to trading in illegal books in China.
Their supporters believe the ... | Two Hong Kong booksellers caught up in a criminal investigation in China have returned to the mainland after a brief stay in the territory, a friend says. | 35781842 |
It is a result of one of the more arcane rules of a sport that is necessarily complex because of the high levels of technology involved.
Some would argue it is a ridiculous situation; others that it is an inevitable result of a difficult set of circumstances. So what exactly has happened?
Formula 1's rules permit drive... | World championship leader Lewis Hamilton will start the Belgian Grand Prix from the back of the grid after being hit with a grid penalty totalling 55 places. | 37204040 |
Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) will pay the family of Hamako Watanabe 49 million yen (£284,000, $472,000).
Ms Watanabe killed herself after she was forced to leave her home due to radioactive contamination.
The plant was badly damaged by the March 2011 tsunami, which knocked out cooling systems to reactors.
The ... | A Japanese court has ordered the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant to pay damages to the family of an evacuee who killed herself. | 28933726 |
"Loughgall: The inside story" is the front page of the Irish News, while the News Letter has an eight-page supplement on the killings.
The Irish News has an interview with "Scout One", an IRA man it says escaped the ambush.
He tells the paper that after a sustained period of gunfire, he knew something was "badly wrong"... | The 30th anniversary of the killings of eight IRA men and a civilian by the SAS is given widespread coverage in both the News Letter and Irish News on Monday. | 39841724 |
Nancie Atwell, a US teacher who won the Global Teacher Prize earlier this year, was visiting a school in London.
She also said that teachers could get more attention from pupils from talking quietly than shouting.
Ms Atwell won a million-dollar prize - but immediately gave the money to her school in Maine.
On her visit... | The "world's best teacher" says that a culture of excessive testing can damage standards and "decimate morale" among teachers. | 34769430 |
Here's the story of one of those ships, its captain and its crew.
The Hanjin Rome is nestled between countless other ships off the coast of Singapore, a towering container vessel. As with any of these ships, if you approach in a small boat, it seems there's no sign of life up there.
That's what the BBC did, hoping to g... | Sprinkled across the oceans around the globe, some 60 of Hanjin Shipping's cargo vessels are stranded at sea after the company filed for bankruptcy two weeks ago. | 37335614 |
A once-a-decade poll of 15,000 Britons found those aged 16-44 were having sex fewer than five times a month.
The figure compared with more than six times a month on the last two occasions when the official National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles was carried out, in 1990-91 and 1999-2001.
The study's authors ... | Money worries and the distractions of social media mean people are having sex less frequently, researchers say. | 25094142 |
Impeccably dressed and coiffed, she is one of Singapore's success stories, having started her career in banking more than two decades ago.
She now runs the wealth management and consumer banking team at DBS, one of Singapore's most valuable firms.
But she admits she couldn't do this without help.
"When I got pregnant I... | Tan Su Shan typically starts her day early: a breakfast meeting with a client, or - if they ask for it - dropping off her children at school. | 34864993 |
Ms Daoud, a former BBC journalist, was detained by plainclothes policemen at her home in Cairo on Monday and put on a plane to Beirut.
The move came hours after her contract was terminated by privately-owned OnTV.
Her show, Al-Soura Al-Kamila (The Full Picture), controversially aired views critical of President Abdul F... | Egyptian authorities have deported a popular British-Lebanese television talkshow host, Liliane Daoud. | 36649781 |
More than 20 firefighters helped tackle the blaze of polystyrene blocks at an industrial yard at 17:45 on Thursday.
The damage ran to a "low four-figure sum".
Police Scotland appealed for anyone with information about the wilful fireraising, or who saw anything suspicious, to contact them. | A fire at Peterhead harbour which sent a huge plume of smoke over the Aberdeenshire town was started deliberately, police have said. | 34550822 |
It charts the British star's move to Hollywood, where he played Igor in Mel Brooks' 1974 film Young Frankenstein.
Feldman rose to fame writing on 1960s shows like radio's Round the Horne, The Frost Report and his own sketch show It's Marty.
The play has been written by Feldman's biographer Robert Ross.
Jones, who was a... | Monty Python's Terry Jones will direct the world premiere of Jeepers Creepers, a play about comedy star Marty Feldman and his ambitious wife, Lauretta. | 34660709 |
Is this a sign of things to come? Absolutely.
Campaigners from Britain Stronger in Europe are in Wales on Thursday. I'm told there'll be a Welsh launch of the Vote Leave campaign early in the new year.
And now the head to head between Carwyn Jones and Nigel Farage in January will ensure the EU debate remains firmly cen... | There's been a flurry of activity related to the EU referendum as the political year in Wales comes to a close. | 35103444 |
But many are glowering over Nolan turning a blind eye to the role of Indian soldiers in the battle. The Times of India wrote that their "significant contribution" was missing from Nolan's "otherwise brilliant" work. Writing for Bloomberg View, columnist Mihir Sharma said the film "adds to the falsehood that plucky Brit... | Christopher Nolan's epic World War Two film, Dunkirk, which tells the story of the mass evacuation of Allied troops from the northern coast of France in 1940, has been getting glowing reviews in India. | 40724861 |
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The dam is around 230 metres high and holds back a large lake.
The unusual amount of rain and snow has caused a lot of damage to two parts of the dam that let water escape.
Ayshah's been finding out what is going on. | Nearly 200,000 thousand people have been told to leave the area around the Oroville Dam in California, in the US, after heavy rain and snow. | 38958676 |
The incident happened between Lydney and Gloucester on Wednesday morning.
Trains travelling from south Wales to London are currently diverted through Lydney after the Severn Tunnel was closed for work ahead of rail electrification.
A replacement bus service was put in place to take passengers between Severn Tunnel Junc... | The rail line between Newport and Gloucester has reopened after it closed when a person was hit by a train. | 37701309 |
An assembly inquiry into Communities First said a single programme never had the ability to make "significant in-roads" into reducing poverty in Wales.
Communities secretary Carl Sargeant ended the programme in February, saying performance had been mixed. AMs found a total of £432m was spent since 2001.
The Welsh Gover... | A scrapped Welsh Government anti-poverty scheme had a "near impossible task", a report has said. | 40709994 |
Parisians Racing had Dan Carter at 10, but he was unable to take kicks at goal and went off injured after 42 minutes.
Saracens' Owen Farrell landed four first-half efforts, to two from Johan Goosen, to make it 12-6 at half-time.
Sarries dominated the second half and three more Farrell penalties ensured the title was he... | Saracens became champions of Europe for the first time as they ground out victory in the rain against Racing 92 in the Champions Cup final in Lyon. | 36267607 |
The visitors led after two minutes as Cardiff goalkeeper Ben Amos failed to stop Matt Doherty's long-range shot.
Matt Connolly headed the hosts level before Anthony Pilkington struck with an assured low finish after 86 minutes.
Cardiff climb up to 19th place, three points above the relegation zone, while Wolves drop to... | Cardiff City are out of the Championship's bottom three after fighting back to earn a late win over relegation rivals Wolves. | 38217655 |
The club tweeted to apologise for "any unintentional offence".
A fire ripped through Bradford City's home ground during the 1985 match against Lincoln City, killing 54 Bradford City fans, two Lincoln fans and injuring many more.
The fire is thought to have been started accidentally by a cigarette.
Responding on Twitter... | Blackpool FC has apologised after playing Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start The Fire" in the lead up to their League One match against Bradford City. | 35678144 |
Inmarsat of London has confirmed that the roll-out of its new Global Xpress satellite network is on hold while Russia probes the latest failure of a Proton rocket.
Six Protons and their payloads have now been lost in the past five years.
Inmarsat's third GX satellite was due to be the next customer in line, but this fl... | The completion of the UK's biggest commercial space project is facing several months of delay. | 32784416 |
HM Inspectorate of Prisons also warned the high number of violent incidents at HMP Exeter could get worse.
The watchdog said there were insufficient numbers of staff to run a "predictable and resilient regime".
The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) said it was "confident" the issues could be addressed.
More o... | Contraband including drugs is thrown over the walls almost daily at a prison struggling with staff shortages, a report has found. | 38824348 |
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Briton Murray, 29, holds a healthy lead over Novak Djokovic in the rankings as he begins his Barcelona Open campaign on Wednesday.
However, his year has been hampered by illness, injury and poor form.
"I'm happy to be fit and healthy again and hopefully I can start to play... | Andy Murray says keeping his world number one ranking will be "difficult" because of the depth of competition at the top level of tennis. | 39695271 |
New Zealand-born McIntosh left his role as Pontypridd head coach to join the Blues on a full-time basis in 2013.
The 45-year-old spent two spells alongside Paul John in caretaker charge of the region.
"I leave with a lot of fond memories and life changing experiences," McIntosh said.
"The only regret I have is not bein... | Former Wales international Dale McIntosh is to leave his position as Cardiff Blues forwards coach. | 33250297 |
The PM will field questions in the Commons about the draft deal paving the way for the UK's EU in-out referendum.
He said it would deliver the "substantial change" he has been demanding to how the EU is run.
But some Tories are sceptical, with one senior minister telling the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg the deal was "a mess"... | David Cameron is to attempt to persuade Conservative MPs to back a package of reforms he hopes will keep Britain in the European Union. | 35479506 |
The company's chief executive, Herbert Hainer, said: "We will bring production back to where the main markets are."
Adidas hopes the changes will help it to make new products available more quickly, as well as increasing net income by 15% a year by 2020.
The firm is keen to stop rival Nike eating into its market share.... | German sportswear firm Adidas has outlined a turnaround plan that includes making some of its goods in Europe rather than Asia. | 32065901 |
Rosie Ross, 16, was stabbed by a man with schizophrenia in an unprovoked attack in May 2001.
Her friend Sarah Elstob, who had been shopping with her that day, described how they had both seen Rosie's killer minutes before the attack.
Inderjit Kainth was detained indefinitely for the killing.
Although he denied murder, ... | A friend of a schoolgirl stabbed to death in Birmingham city centre has described the "nightmare" ordeal, nearly 10 years after the attack. | 11879155 |
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The 28-year-old forward, who is a reported target for Manchester City and Paris St-Germain, is entering the final year of his deal at Emirates Stadium.
He was granted an extended summer break after playing for Chile in the Confederations Cup but only returned to training o... | Alexis Sanchez will stay at Arsenal for this season and will "respect" that decision, says manager Arsene Wenger. | 40815417 |
I've popped up all over the BBC discussing numbers and statistics and how politicians use them and I've learned a lot too.
Did you know, for example, that for all the talk about zero hours contracts, there's not really a proper definition of what a zero hours contract really is?
Or, how about the fact that apparently g... | It's the end of my first week working for BBC Reality Check. | 32254994 |
The 23-year-old returns to the Glovers less than six months after signing for City, having made just two appearances at the Academy Stadium.
Wilshire was Yeovil's top scorer in 2014 with 11 goals in 16 appearances.
"I am looking forward to being back at Yeovil, they are a club with a lot of ambition," she told the club... | Wales international striker Sarah Wiltshire has left Manchester City Women and rejoined Women's Super League Two side Yeovil Town. | 33123829 |
The Belarusian former world number one returned to tennis in June after giving birth to her son, Leo, in December.
Azarenka, 28, separated from his father in July and the pair are working "to resolve some of the legal processes".
In a statement, Azarenka said: "The way things stand now is that the only way I can play i... | Victoria Azarenka is set to miss the US Open because she is "not willing" to leave her child at home in California. | 40965247 |
Sanjeev Chada, from Bagenalstown, County Carlow, was due to go on trial for the murders of his 10-year-old son Eoghan and five-year-old son Ruairi.
The boys' bodies were discovered in the boot of their father's car after it crashed into a wall near Westport, County Mayo, on 29 July 2013.
Chada, 44, was due to go on tri... | A man has admitted murdering his two children in the Republic of Ireland. | 29531015 |
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump held a press conference at the Mar-a-Lago club on Saturday.
Abe spoke in Japanese, condemning North Koreans for firing a ballistic missile. He stood in a ballroom at the president's club, a room set up quickly for the event. It was decorated with two set... | Shinzo Abe's golf diplomacy in Florida charts a path for foreign leaders with the Trump administration: use strategic patience and reap rewards (though remember, you could always end up in the sand traps). | 38934469 |
Vettel has won three of this year's six races and leads by 25 points heading into Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix.
Hamilton said: "It is going to take a lot for us to catch those points up but so much can happen in the season.
"There are 14 races left. It's too early to say we're on the back foot - it is so early in the s... | Lewis Hamilton admits it will be difficult to overhaul the advantage his rival Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari has in the World Championship this season. | 40207571 |
Figures from regulator Ofcom showed complaints about the operator hit three times the industry average by the end of last year.
Vodafone also faces the prospect of a heavy fine from Ofcom for the way it handled complaints.
It has now fixed 350 elements of its IT system to reduce problems.
The company said that some wer... | Mobile phone giant Vodafone has made hundreds of changes to its computer systems following a flood of complaints about bills. | 36561699 |
The #FillTheSeats initiative is working with Paralympics organisers to buy 10,000 tickets for local children.
Before Prince Harry's contribution, the campaign had raised $53,773 (£40,300) towards a target of $300,000 (£225,000).
In August, Rio organisers said just 12% of available tickets had been sold for the Games, w... | Prince Harry has made a donation to a campaign that aims to help Brazilian children watch the Rio Paralympics. | 37284959 |
McKenzie, 21, made seven appearances for Notts County last season but has yet to feature this term.
O'Brien, 19, is a former England Under-17 international and started his career at Aston Villa.
Wrexham, who are sixth in the National League, have also offered trialist John Cofie non-contract terms. | Wrexham have signed Notts County defender Taylor McKenzie and Wigan winger Danny O'Brien on loan until January. | 34934217 |
Diego Dzodan, an Argentine national, has repeatedly refused to comply with court orders to hand over data for use in a criminal investigation into drugs trafficking, police said.
His arrest relates to the messaging service WhatsApp, owned by Facebook.
In a statement, Facebook called Mr Dzodan's arrest an "extreme and d... | Police in Brazil have arrested the vice president of the social media company Facebook in Latin America. | 35700733 |
The index, the UK's leading measure of share prices, has been rising steadily since the middle December.
It marks the eighth successive record high. The latest boost came from a 1% drop for the pound against the dollar.
A weaker pound boosts the profits of the many multinational companies listed on the FTSE 100 when th... | Share prices in London rose to a new record high point, with the FTSE 100 index closing 28 points up at 7,238. | 38553048 |
The threat of losing your home, a year of financial restrictions, three years of paying creditors, and a six-year blight on your credit rating does not generally prompt a musical routine.
Yet the relief of facing up to, and striking out, unmanageable debts can lead to such a response, according to debt charities.
In th... | A hug, a dance and a song is hardly the reaction you would expect from someone just about to be declared bankrupt. | 38668084 |
With further applicants due for assessment next month, it could be the largest intake for 10 years.
The Kirk expects hundreds of ministers to retire in the next 10 years.
"We're no different to other professions facing up to retirement challenges, like GPs and teachers" said Rev Neil Glover.
Rev Glover, the convener of... | The Church of Scotland is welcoming its largest number of trainee ministers in five years, with 27 new candidates accepted for training so far this year. | 34959508 |
The 37-year-old Finn is at the front of the grid for the first time in nine years - his last pole was the 2008 French Grand Prix.
Raikkonen edged out team-mate Sebastian Vettel by 0.043 seconds, with Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas 0.002secs further back.
Jenson Button will start from the back after qualifying ninth on his r... | Kimi Raikkonen is on pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton took 14th at Formula 1's biggest race. | 40070199 |
Wilshere, 24, has only recently returned to training having not played this season because of a broken leg.
"I've spoken to him. It looks to be taken out of proportion a little bit. These are matters we like to keep internal," said Wenger.
"There was no training session the next day. I had a day off. You can accept pla... | Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has played down midfielder Jack Wilshere being pictured on a night out last Sunday. | 35984721 |
Details of Draper's salary were published for the first time last week.
On Monday, Sport England cut the LTA's funding, criticising its plans for increasing participation.
"It's unthinkable that someone earning four times more than the Prime Minister has not got ideas for the shake-up of the sport," Baroness Billingham... | The chair of the All-Party Tennis Group has described the £640,000 salary of Lawn Tennis Association chief executive Roger Draper as "unthinkable". | 20773530 |
The original 6ft (1.8m) high sculpture, called Voyage, was taken from its plinth on Hull's Victoria Pier by a gang of thieves in July last year.
The replica sculpture was cast in bronze by the original artist, Steinunn Thorarinsdottir, in Iceland.
Hull City Council spent £40,000 from its insurance reserves on the statu... | A statue that replaces a stolen bronze sculpture marking the links between Hull and Iceland is due to be unveiled later. | 18022948 |
The clockwork figures known as automata were made between 1768 and 1774 and still work today.
They can write, draw pictures and even play music.
They were made from parts used in watches at the time by Swiss watchmaker Henri-Louis Jaquet-Droz and his family.
Originally they were created to show off the skill of the wat... | These may not look like your typical robots but these figures, which are more than two hundred years old, were programmed to carry out complex tasks. | 35762391 |
The massive fleet of luxury cars for the hundreds of officials who accompanied the monarch. The full buy-out of the 222-room Four Seasons Hotel, reportedly outfitted with red carpets and gold-painted furniture for the occasion.
But the message the US and Saudi leaders wanted to send was one of a resilient relationship.... | Washington will remember the first visit of Saudi Arabia's King Salman for its royal extravagance. | 34159461 |
The Spaniard, seeded fifth, had called for the doctor twice before he pulled out trailing 3-0 in the deciding set against world number 94 Damir Dzumhur.
"Hopefully it's nothing, it's just the extreme conditions," said Nadal.
"I called the doctor a couple of times but I felt I was not safe there, so I decided to go."
Dz... | Rafael Nadal retired from a match for the first time in six years after feeling "dizzy" in stifling conditions at the Miami Open. | 35906044 |
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Kvitova will miss at least six months of tennis after Tuesday's attack by an intruder at her home in Prostejov.
The Czech, 26, faces 14 days of bed rest and a slow rehabilitation process after she had an operation to repair tendons and nerves in her playing hand.
The "best... | Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova will be released from hospital on Friday after a knife attack left her needing surgery on her left hand. | 38410826 |
But this year it chewed through new iPads, iPhones, Apple TVs and a Watch upgrade in a single sitting.
The biggest news was arguably the introduction of a bigger, more expensive iPad Pro - sales of smaller models have been on the slide and this could give the category a boost.
But one of the demos of the new tablet by ... | Apple usually likes two bites of the cherry when it comes to its Autumn launch events. | 34205337 |
The song, with its Latin American vibe, will be used as the opening sequence for all of the BBC's World Cup programmes for Brazil 2014.
It is the first time the musician, 64, has given his approval for one of his songs to be used in this way.
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Wonder originally released the... | Stevie Wonder's song Another Star will provide the theme tune for the BBC's Fifa World Cup coverage. | 27707280 |
Public Health England said there will no longer be specialist staff based at Birmingham and Manchester airports or at the Eurostar terminal at St Pancras.
It said the threat was now "significantly lower" as the situation improved in West Africa.
The measures at Heathrow and Gatwick, the two main routes of entry from th... | The screening measures put into place to prevent Ebola arriving in the UK are being relaxed. | 33635574 |
Hamilton is 39 points behind Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, who has won all three races after problems for the world champion in all of them.
With 18 races to go, that is by no means an insurmountable challenge - but it is the effect it will have on the protagonists that makes the season so interesting now.
It is cru... | Lewis Hamilton's difficult start to the season has set the 2016 World Championship up beautifully. | 36130559 |
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The Briton was judged to have impeded China's Jianrou Li on the final lap of the semi-final as they both fell over.
"Never in 100 years did I expect a penalty. I'm confused and heartbroken," the 23-year-old told BBC Sport.
"I knew you needed a lot [of mental strength], but... | Elise Christie's Sochi 2014 ended in dismay as she was penalised for a third time in one Games during her 1,000m short track speed skating event. | 26070442 |
It follows the singer's pattern of naming her albums after her age: Her debut was titled 19 and the follow-up was called 21.
The singer wrote in a statement: "25 is about getting to know who I've become without realising. And I'm sorry it took so long but, you know, life happened."
There is no release date for the star... | Adele has confirmed her new album will be called 25, and says the music will focus on her journey to adulthood. | 34596063 |
A warrant canary is a statement declaring that a website has not received any classified data requests from government or law enforcement.
It is named after the early-warning birds which were sent down mine shafts to alert workers of toxic gases.
Reddit's 2014 report stated it had not received any classified demands, b... | Online community Reddit has dropped its "warrant canary" from its latest transparency report. | 35943062 |
A Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust report says the number of SIs rose from 161 in 2012-2013 to 228 in 2014-2015.
The report says a significant number of these serious incidents involved unexpected deaths.
The trust said staff felt free to report any possible problems.
SIs can include a wide range of incidents and a... | A mental health trust has seen a 41% rise in the number of serious incidents (SIs) - which can include unexpected deaths, injuries or security issues - over three years, new figures show. | 33117993 |
Tsonga, 31, has pulled out with the same adductor problem which forced him to retire from the French Open.
It will be the first time Slovenia-born Bedene, 26, has represented Britain at Queen's Club, following his nationality switch in 2015.
He reached the third round at Roland Garros last month - the furthest he has p... | Britain's Aljaz Bedene has replaced Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the main draw at the Aegon Championships at Queen's Club. | 36492402 |
Weeks of speculation came and went. The very idea of an early election was emphatically dismissed. In the event, it came out of the blue just when the engine room of local politics was fully-engaged with the mayoral and county council elections.
It feels as though we've spent the past seven weeks playing catch-up, plan... | The tenth general election I have covered for the BBC was always going to be one of a kind. | 40158600 |
He had been taken to the hospital in Paris with an intestinal infection on Friday morning, his wife said.
Etaix was best known for films such as Yoyo, and Happy Anniversary which won him an Oscar in 1962.
Influenced by his experiences as a circus acrobat and clown, he saw himself as part of a silent movie tradition tha... | Oscar-wining French actor and director Pierre Etaix has died, aged 87. | 37660717 |
About 24,000 Welsh fans had tickets to watch Wales beat Slovakia 2-1 in their opening Euro 2016 match and first major tournament in 58 years.
Welsh police officers, who are part of the police operation in France, praised the "great behaviour from our thousands of fans around Bordeaux city centre".
Meanwhile, the Eiffel... | Police have praised the behaviour of Welsh football fans in Bordeaux. | 36510601 |
Sean O'Halloran, from Northland Road in Derry, denies raping the woman in May 2014.
The BBC Radio Foyle journalist also denies two additional charges of sexual assault on the same date.
On Wednesday, Londonderry Crown Court heard from two character witnesses for Mr O'Halloran.
Freya McClements, who used to work at BBC ... | A 30-year-old man accused of raping a woman after a party at her home has been described as a "polite and compassionate" person. | 37998597 |
Lawmakers failed to agree on an extension of the scheme before the US Congress began its winter recess.
Former President George W Bush introduced the assistance plan in 2008 at the start of the recession.
Under the programme, jobless people received an average monthly stipend of $1,166 for up to 73 weeks.
The White Hou... | More than a million Americans will lose their unemployment benefits after an emergency federal programme expired on Saturday. | 25539448 |
The 23-year-old scored two goals in 38 league matches during his one season with the Scottish Premiership side.
Azeez previously found the net 14 times in 98 appearances for AFC Wimbledon, helping them win promotion out of League Two in 2016.
"I've driven down from Scotland with a big smile on my face because I'm reall... | Cambridge United have signed Partick Thistle striker Ade Azeez on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee. | 40511038 |
The central bank has revoked foreign exchange licenses from businesses ranging from hotels and restaurants to golf clubs and hospitals.
It said a growing preference for the US dollar has spurred demand for it, and led to "exchange rate instability".
The US dollar is used widely in the tourism industry.
Since the end of... | Myanmar has announced it will curb the widespread use of US dollars by firms, to stabilise the tumbling domestic currency, the kyat. | 34578090 |
The Met Police said she was reported missing at 01:40 GMT on Tuesday. Her body was found 20 minutes later in a lock-up store on the allotments on Sheaveshill Avenue in Colindale.
A post-mortem examination was carried out on Wednesday, but the force said cause of death was not being released.
Next of kin have been told ... | An 80-year-old woman has been found murdered at an allotment in north-west London. | 39133852 |
Stanley, who also had goalkeeper Ross Etheridge sent off, thought they had gone ahead when Billy Kee fired in, but referee Trevor Kettle ruled it out.
Lyle Taylor had a shot easily saved by Etheridge for the Dons, and Connor Smith also hit the post.
Etheridge was dismissed for handball late on in the game.
The draw lif... | Accrington Stanley were denied potential victory in the goalless draw with AFC Wimbledon when they had a goal chalked off on the half-time whistle. | 35675653 |
Jean-Claude Juncker said the lack of a "permanent structure" resulted in money being wasted on missions.
Part of his annual state of the union address was devoted to the UK's unexpected vote to leave the EU.
He insisted that the bloc was not at risk but called for Brexit negotiations to take place as quickly as possibl... | The European Union needs a military headquarters to work towards a common military force, the Commission president has told MEPs in Strasbourg. | 37359196 |
VisitScotland chairman Mike Cantlay is to visit the historic Annandale Distillery building to see progress.
It was built in the early 1830s and was later run by Johnnie Walker, but closed down in 1919.
Restoration work got under way two years ago and is due for completion this month, with an opening in early 2014 plann... | Plans to reopen a whisky distillery after more than 90 years will create about 20 jobs in southern Scotland. | 22262779 |
Marco Reus and then Felipe Santana struck for the German side, although the winning goal - poked home from a matter of inches - looked offside.
After a goalless first leg in Spain, Joaquin scored from 20 yards for Malaga before Robert Lewandowski equalised.
Substitute Eliseu looked to have scored Malaga's winner before... | Borussia Dortmund scored twice in injury time to snatch a dramatic Champions League victory over Malaga and secure a place in the semi-finals. | 22070025 |
Glasgow School of Art (GSA) has been awarded more than £600,000 for three projects to find ways to stop bacteria becoming resistant to treatment.
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has funded the work to address the "growing problem" of Antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
GSA researchers will work with variou... | Architecture, design and virtual reality could all play a role in tackling antibiotic resistance. | 40593962 |
Richard Ratcliffe said charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was arrested in April, had called him from prison and said: "I can't bear to be in this place any longer."
She also said she missed her two-year-old daughter Gabriella "all the time".
Gabriella's passport was taken after her mother's arrest. The child... | A British-Iranian mother has been jailed for five years in Iran on "secret charges", her husband says. | 37321030 |
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It is 21 metres long, weighs about 96 tonnes and had a top speed of 100 miles per hour.
Here's our own flying Scotsman, Martin, with more. | After a 4.2 million pound refurbishment, tests are finally about to begin on one of the world's most famous trains, The Flying Scotsman, before it is back in action on the railways once again. | 35226986 |
New admissions to the unit at University Hospital of Wales (UHW) stopped on Thursday because of a "cluster of infections".
Cardiff and Vale Health Board said the babies' conditions were improving.
But microbiologist Prof Hugh Pennington told BBC Radio Wales it is hard to tell where the bug came from.
"Usually they come... | Bacterial infections which have closed a neonatal unit in Cardiff after 12 babies tested positive are difficult to treat, an expert has said. | 34092696 |
The black and white male cat, called Jordan, is owned by friars at the university's Catholic Dominican chaplaincy.
But he spends much of his time asleep on his favourite turquoise chairs in the library.
Jordan, who was last seen on 13 March, has a large online following and in 2014 was issued with his own matriculation... | Edinburgh University's famous library cat has been reported missing. | 35880539 |
Security boss and convicted criminal Paul Massey, 55, was shot by a masked gunman at his home in Clifton, Salford, last month.
Supt Mark Kenny, of Greater Manchester Police (GMP), urged criminal gangs "not take action into their own hands".
He said uniformed officers were not at the funeral, but armed response teams we... | Hundreds of people have gathered for the funeral of a man once dubbed Salford's Mr Big. | 34077903 |
Nicola Cross, 37, was found with stab wounds at her house in Hemel Hempstead on Monday, an hour after police were called to the same street over reports of a man behaving suspiciously.
Her body was discovered after officers responding to a separate call about a break-in at a neighbour's house heard a disturbance from n... | A man has been charged with murdering a woman found dead at her home. | 34268963 |
The ceremony, a 255-year-old tradition, sees buns thrown from the roof of the county hall to crowds below to mark royal occasions.
Each of the 4,500 currant buns fired into the crowd on Saturday evening was marked with a 90.
Organised by Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council, the last bun-throw was in 2012 to mark the Diamon... | Thousands of people turned out to watch a bun throwing event in Abingdon to mark the Queen's 90th birthday. | 36510593 |
But the influence and appeal of this poet, novelist, songwriter and legendary ladies' man has endured throughout his career.
Often prone to depression, his witty, charming and self-deprecating manner - not to mention his black humour - was reflected in his lyrics.
And after a period of retreat in the 1990s he remerged ... | Leonard Cohen was called "the high priest of pathos" and the "godfather of gloom". | 12811248 |
The 24-year-old told the BBC he was "humbled" to receive the honour, which is open only to new artists who will release their first album next year.
The 2015 winner was James Bay, who scored the biggest-selling debut of the year with Chaos and the Calm.
Garratt beat competition from soul diva Izzy Bizu and piano-based ... | Multi-instrumentalist Jack Garratt has been awarded the Brits Critics' Choice prize for 2016. | 34936992 |
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