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The £12.4m purchase of a DHL depot is the fourth property deal completed by Portsmouth City Council since November.
Other purchases have included an industrial unit in Gloucestershire and a supermarket in Somerset.
Liberal Democrats said none of the investments were in Portsmouth, but ruling Conservatives said they wer... | A Hampshire council has bought a parcel distribution warehouse near Birmingham as part of a new income drive. |
The Railway Policing (Scotland) Bill is the first step towards the national force taking on the role of British Transport Police (BTP).
There had been a lengthy debate over the plan, with police bosses warning it could be "massively complicated" and "a real challenge".
The bill passed by 68 votes to 53, with the Greens... | MSPs have passed legislation aimed at merging railway policing north of the border into Police Scotland. |
Spitfire NH341 flew 27 combat missions between June and July 1944 before it was shot down near Caen in France.
The French Resistance helped Canadian pilot Jimmy Jeffrey return to his unit.
The aircraft underwent a three-year restoration costing £3m. It was set to take off from Duxford on Saturday.
Aero Legends spokesm... | Aviation enthusiasts will have to wait a little longer to see a restored World War Two Spitfire take to the skies after a carburettor issue halted its maiden flight. |
And the Moon's 38 million square kilometre surface remains mostly unexplored.
American astronaut, Eugene Cernan was the last of 12 astronauts to walk across the lunar dust in 1972, no other human has visited the moon since.
But European and Russian space agencies are planning a new mission to find out whether humans co... | It's an extreme and alien landscape unlike anywhere on Earth. |
Activist Tess Asplund took part in a counter-demonstration during a Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) rally in Borlange on Sunday.
She has been widely praised on social media, including by Harry Potter author J K Rowling, who has called her "magnificent".
Ms Asplund said she was "shocked" by the reaction.
The anti-racis... | A photograph of a woman with her fist raised defying a uniformed march of neo-Nazis in Sweden has gone viral. |
Dr Michio Hirano will discuss Charlie's condition with doctors treating him and independent specialists.
Great Ormond Street has given Dr Hirano an honorary contract giving him the same status as its own physicians.
It means he can examine Charlie and has full access to his medical records.
Charlie Gard case explained
... | The US doctor who has offered to treat terminally ill Charlie Gard has attended a meeting at Great Ormond Street Hospital to decide whether he should travel to America for therapy. |
The 41-year-old woman, from Cambridge, was charged with two counts of fraud by abuse of position.
Cambridgeshire Police said she was arrested on suspicion of theft from an employer following a report from Pembroke College.
The woman, who has been bailed, is also charged with stealing more than £3,000 from Girton Social... | A Cambridge University employee has been charged with stealing more than £285,000 from a college. |
The evaluation by the King's Fund think tank says the coalition government's changes had wasted three years, failed patients, caused financial distress and left a strategic vacuum.
Labour has called for a personal apology from David Cameron.
But Labour itself is accused of "crying wolf" over privatisation.
The governme... | Radical changes to the way the NHS in England is organised have been "disastrous" and "distracted" from patient care, leading analysts say. |
Armed forces have been killing Rohingya in Rakhine state, forcing many to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh, says John McKissick of the UN refugee agency.
The government of Myanmar, also known as Burma, has been conducting counter-insurgency operations since coordinated attacks on border guards in October.
It denies repo... | Myanmar is seeking the ethnic cleansing of the Muslim Rohingya minority from its territory, a senior UN official has told the BBC. |
At the annual meeting of engineering firm Weir Group, a proposed pay policy was rejected by 72% of shareholders.
The company says it will discuss alternative options with shareholders.
At drugs maker Shire, 49% of investors voted against a 25% pay increase for chief executive Flemming Ornskov.
Every three years shareho... | A shareholder rebellion over excessive executive pay has gathered pace with Weir Group, Shire, Standard Chartered and Reckitt Benckiser all targeted by investors. |
Arab foreign ministers said Damascus had until Sunday to agree to the league's plan. Further sanctions have been threatened.
A government spokesman in Damascus told reporters Syria was negotiating with the Arab League over the observers.
The league also confirmed sanctions already approved after Syria ignored a previou... | Syria is facing a new Arab League deadline to accept proposals to allow observers into the strife-torn country. |
The hundreds of bags, which the council says contain "unidentified content", have appeared on a site in Bowbridge Road, Newark over the past month.
Residents say the pile is now about 10ft (3m) high and 100ft (30m) wide.
Newark and Sherwood District Council said it was talking to the Environment Agency about removing t... | A mountain of rubbish bags left dumped on derelict land in Nottinghamshire has sparked a council probe into where the refuse came from. |
In a letter to constituents, the Oxford East MP wrote: "This election is for a Parliament which is likely to run until 2022, when I would be over 71."
By the time of the general election on 8 June, the 66 year old will have held his seat for 30 years.
He is the county's only Labour MP and served in Tony Blair's governm... | Oxfordshire's longest-serving MP, Andrew Smith, has announced he will not stand in June's snap election. |
Daniel Morgan, 24, had his arm broken in three places after being attacked by Andrew Chamberlain, a court heard.
Chamberlain hit Mr Morgan with the 4ft metal pole after the neighbour left his car outside Chamberlain's home in Greenfield Terrace, Blackwood.
The 50-year-old, who was convicted of grievous bodily harm with... | A man attacked his neighbour with a scaffolding pole in a parking row. |
Blue flashing emergency lights could be seen in the car's rear window.
Police Scotland confirmed the fire happened about 22:15 on the motorway near junction 16 at Craighall.
They said it was caused by an electrical fault, and nobody was injured. | An internal electrical fire caused an unmarked police car to catch fire on the M8 in Glasgow. |
The knowledge of how to craft and design these intricate pieces takes as long as 10 years to amass, and has been handed on from one generation to another, with artisans today working in much the same way as their predecessors two centuries before.
It is in this workshop - which once made all Napoleon's official jewelle... | Pascal Bourdariat - just the 12th workshop director in high-end jeweller Chaumet's 235-year history - is watching as a worker gently polishes a tiny gem, so small it's almost invisible. |
The work has been completed alongside a £600m revamp of the city's New Street Station, which was unveiled on Sunday. But how does the redevelopment measure up?
£150m
Cost of building new shopping centre
5 years
Time taken to build as part of New Street Station redevelopment
66 shops in the new centre, including departm... | After a five-year project costing £150m, Birmingham's Grand Central shopping centre has opened its doors. |
Nicole Christie told a fatal accident inquiry she was preparing to teach a dance class at Liberton High School in Edinburgh when she heard a loud bang.
When she went to see what had happened, she saw Keane Wallis-Bennett's body lying underneath a modesty wall.
The 12-year-old died after the wall in the PE changing room... | A PE teacher has told a court how she and a group of teenage girls tried to move a wall which had fallen on a pupil who later died from her injuries. |
Mr Jammeh initially accepted defeat in the 1 December poll, but later said it was flawed.
The Ecowas chairman said Senegal had been chosen to lead operations "to restore the people's wishes" if needed.
President Jammeh has already said he will not be intimidated, saying Ecowas had no authority to interfere.
Mr Jammeh, ... | Senegal's troops are on alert to intervene in The Gambia if President Yahya Jammeh refuses to step down next month, the regional bloc Ecowas says. |
The 29-year-old DR Congo centre-back made 252 appearances in two spells, having initially joined Posh in 2008.
Fellow defenders Shaun Brisley and Andrew Fox and strikers Souleymane Coulibaly, Kyle Vassell and Jack Friend have also left the club.
South Africa left-back Kgosi Ntlhe is available for a move after rejecting... | League One side Peterborough United have released six players, including defender Gabriel Zakuani. |
The East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust cited "the very high use of temporary staffing, particularly medical locums" as one of the reasons.
The trust said its financial position had been "deteriorating rapidly".
Interim chief executive Chris Bown said even if "we had all the money in the world" it would... | A Kent hospital trust put into special measures after "serious failures" in patient safety faces a deficit of about £37m by the end of this financial year. |
The 32-year-old, who has not had a club since leaving Indian Super League side FC Pune City in December, has signed for the Serie B club until the end of the season.
The former Valencia, Levante and Fiorentina defensive midfielder was snapped up to help save the club - who currently lie 21st in the 22-team table - from... | Struggling Italian second-tier side Ternana have signed Mali midfielder Mohamed Sissoko on a free transfer. |
At this point, the performance bar from the Republican candidate is so subterranean you'd have to notify local utility companies before digging for it. Given Mr Trump's poor performance in the first debate and his inability to maintain any semblance of message discipline in the weeks since, mere coherence on stage may ... | Expectations are low but the pressure is high for Donald Trump as he prepares for the second presidential debate on Sunday night. |
A Greater Manchester Police employee noticed an "overpowering smell" on the man's breath during an interview for an IT management role.
Tipsy Andrew Jackson, 48, then disclosed he had had trouble parking, was breathalysed and arrested.
In court, he admitted drinking and driving and was banned for a year, police said.
T... | A police job candidate was arrested for drinking and driving after he turned up for a interview smelling of alcohol. |
Its Rolls-Royce EJ200 turbofan has been slotted into the vehicle's upper-chassis for the first time.
Engineers need to check the power unit will sit comfortably inside the car with the correct clearances.
The EJ200 is normally seen in a Eurofighter, but Bloodhound will use the engine to help it break the world land spe... | The Bloodhound Super Sonic Car has just had a key engine fitting. |
For months, pro-Russian separatists have fought Ukrainian forces in two eastern regions of Ukraine but a fragile ceasefire has been agreed by both sides.
Despite repeated violations of this truce, Babatunde signed a one-year deal with Ukrainian Premier League side Dnipro last week after terminating his contract at riva... | Nigeria international winger Michael Babatunde says he feels "very safe" playing in Ukraine despite the current political instability in the country. |
Her death was confirmed to the BBC "with deep sorrow" by her representatives.
Headly was an early member of Chicago's famed Steppenwolf Theatre Company, as was her first husband John Malkovich.
She was recently seen in HBO's The Night Of and had been filming comedy series Future Man.
Headly was nominated for an Emmy fo... | Glenne Headly, the Emmy-nominated US actress who appeared in such films as Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Dick Tracy, has died at the age of 62. |
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has asked publisher William Sieghart to lead a review of e-lending with a panel of experts.
While some libraries in the UK already lend books electronically, many do not.
There is little agreement about the best way to make ebooks available and also how to remunerate authors and publishers.
"... | The government is to look at ways to transform libraries and make the borrowing of ebooks more commonplace. |
The diamondback moth feeds on cabbage, broccoli and other crucifers causing an estimated $5bn in damage per year.
But male moths with a "self-limiting" gene produce female offspring that do not survive to reproduce.
When released into the wild to mate with wild-type females, the GM male moths should over time cause pop... | A genetically modified moth could help curb a major pest of vegetable crops around the world, research suggests. |
Services to the whole of Withernsea, East Yorkshire, failed at about 18:00 GMT on Saturday, power company Northern Gas Networks said.
Engineers are working to restore gas to 3,000 homes and businesses.
Mark Horsley, of Northern Gas Networks, said it was thought "water getting in" during adverse weather may have caused ... | Thousands of people in a seaside town have been left without a gas supply, possibly due to recent storms. |
Vale took the lead when Carl Dickinson forced the ball in from close range, before Michael O'Connor struck from the edge of the area and then saw a free-kick put into his own net by Ben Coker.
Sam McQueen pulled a goal back for the Shrimpers in injury time at the end of the game.
There was still time for visiting strik... | Port Vale scored three first-half goals to dent Southend's play-off hopes. |
The "sugar smart app", from Public Health England, scans barcodes and reveals the total sugar count in cubes or grams.
The app prompted a mixed response via emails to the BBC, and on Facebook and Twitter.
Alex Whittenbury comments via the BBC News Facebook page: "It's a very interesting app. Having just scanned my daug... | After a festive season of indulgence for many, including grown-ups and children alike, parents are now being urged to sign up for a free app which tells them the sugar content in food and drink. |
The money will spent on buying more stock, equipment and build a clean-water plant to prepare the shellfish.
Roger Hall, from Porlock Futures, said: "In five years time we hope to be turning over about a quarter of a million oysters a year."
The grant will also enable the project based in Porlock to operate as a commun... | A £75,000 lottery grant has been secured by a shellfish farming project in a Somerset village. |
Board members will meet in India on 29 March to discuss a move that would see 1,000 jobs axed across the UK, including 750 at Port Talbot.
But Community union members met Tata's European chief executive on Monday amid concerns the plant could be mothballed.
In January, Tata said "tough actions" were critical because of... | Tata Steel could "pull the plug" on a plan to save Port Talbot steelworks, a union has warned. |
Chris Coleman's side face Slovakia in Bordeaux on Saturday in their opening Group B fixture of Euro 2016.
Yet Coleman has told his team they must focus on putting in a good performance before they are able to revel in the significance of the occasion.
"I thought it would never happen, but we're here. It's something we'... | Wales stand on the brink of history with the sense of anticipation around the squad palpable on the eve of their first match at a major tournament for 58 years. |
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Bryant has scored 32,683 points during a 20-year career with the LA Lakers to rank third on the NBA's all-time list.
The two-time Olympic gold medallist, 37, has been hindered by injuries in recent seasons and has been below his best this year for the Lakers.
He told the P... | Five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant, widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players in history, will retire at the end of the season. |
City took the lead when Lee Tomlin's shot hit Wednesday keeper Joe Wildsmith before crossing the line.
Bobby Reid then quickly doubled the lead by firing into the top corner before Tomlin converted a spot-kick.
Jonathan Kodjia scored City's second penalty after the break before Richard O'Donnell's own goal made it 4-1.... | Bristol City moved 10 points clear of the Championship relegation zone as they comfortably saw off promotion-chasing Sheffield Wednesday. |
The move follows a decision to award additional payments to prison officers but not to other staff.
The majority of officers are men and the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) said that not extending the payments amounted to discrimination.
The PCS said "Our women members' jobs have been rated independently as ... | Almost 100 female workers have filed sex discrimination and equal pay claims against the Scottish Prison Service. |
The event, which is open to amateurs and international champions, takes place on 22 August on Windermere.
Competitors must make a stone skip on the surface of the water at least three times, with the winner making the longest throw.
Entry costs £3 for adults, £1 for a child and £10 for a team of up to four people.
Comp... | People with a good eye and a skilled hand are being invited to sign up for the All England Stone Skimming Championships. |
Orkney Rape Crisis will have a support worker available to provide information in the islands.
The support will also be available for appointments with doctors, police or at court.
The service will also give therapeutic help and work closely with other bodies to provide a range of support needs. | A dedicated service has been launched in Orkney for the first time to support people who been victims of rape or sexual abuse. |
Barcelona-based Level will initially use two new Airbus A330 aircraft to serve the Americas, with fares starting from £99 one-way.
Its first flight from Barcelona to Los Angeles takes off on Thursday.
It will be followed by flights to San Francisco, Buenos Aires and the Dominican Republic in the coming weeks.
Tickets ... | The owner of British Airways, IAG, said its new trans-Atlantic budget airline will expand its fleet to five planes and aims to open new European bases. |
Eleven-year-old Francis Rowntree was shot by a soldier in west Belfast in 1972.
Henry Donaghy, who was with Francis on the day, has been giving evidence to the inquest.
Mr Donaghy, who was 14 at the time, told the court there were no cars on fire or rioting in the area.
He said that while he could hear disturbances nea... | An inquest into the death of a boy who was hit by a rubber bullet has been told he was only a few yards from an Army vehicle when he was shot. |
A cursory glance at the artists the Northern Ireland musician performed or toured with is akin to looking at one of the finest jukeboxes from the 1960s.
Paul McCartney, Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend, Pink Floyd, Donovan, Ronnie Lane, Eric Burdon, the list rolls on like a banner poster from one of those legendary festiva... | The term 'rock troubadour' could have been invented for Henry McCullough. |
The country goes to the polls on Thursday to decide the future of the UK's European Union membership.
The five first ministers released a statement saying the EU is "vital for jobs and investment in Scotland".
But the Leave campaign said the only way to protect Scotland from EU integration was to quit the union.
A Scot... | Scotland's first minister has united with her four living predecessors to back a vote for the UK to remain in the EU. |
The Foreign Affairs Committee said the government gave the impression of prioritising trade and security with China, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
This was despite a doubling in funding for the Foreign Office's dedicated human rights project.
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said improving human rights was a "core function o... | Ministers are creating a "perception" that human rights are not a priority for the government, MPs say. |
The number of unemployed in Scotland increased by 3,000, to stand at 107,000. UK unemployment fell by 57,000 over the same period.
However, Scotland's jobless rate of 3.9% was below the UK figure of 4.4%.
The number of people in work in Scotland reached 2.65m, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Mean... | Scottish unemployment rose slightly in the three months to June, while falling across the UK as a whole. |
Manchester City midfielder Toure's last competitive international was the Nations Cup final in February 2015.
Bournemouth midfielder Max Gradel, also absent since helping the Elephants win the trophy, is back after injury.
Newcastle's Seydou Doumbia, Sunderland's Lamine Kone and Manchester City's Wilfried Bony are also... | Yaya Toure has ended his self-enforced international break and will play for Ivory Coast in this month's Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Sudan. |
Fe gafodd swyddogion o Heddlu Dyfed Powys eu galw i gyfeiriad yn y dref ar 30 Mawrth yn dilyn adroddiadau fod babi yn wael.
Cafodd y babi ei gludo i'r ysbyty mewn ambiwlans, ond bu farw'n ddiweddarach.
Fe gafodd dau o bobl eu harestio ar amheuaeth o esgeulustod yn dilyn y farwolaeth, ac yna eu rhyddhau tra bod yr heddl... | Mae dau o bobl wedi eu harestio yn dilyn marwolaeth babi yng Nghei Newydd, Ceredigion yr wythnos diwethaf. |
Coastguard rescue teams hoisted him back up the slope at Slains Castle near Cruden Bay, after he fell shortly after 10:00 on Sunday morning.
Aberdeen Coastguard said he suffered injuries including fractures but his condition was not life threatening.
Three coastguard teams, the Peterhead lifeboat and a rescue helicopte... | A man has been airlifted to hospital after falling four metres down a cliff in Aberdeenshire. |
"Is this some kind of joke?" outspoken Russian journalist Oleg Kashin asked while others suggested it was a PR stunt to sell more furniture.
The cot's makers said they had sold "around 10" of the items, but argued the design was "nothing unusual".
All 298 people aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 died in the attack.
... | A Russian children's cot in the form of a Buk missile launcher - the weapon that downed a plane over east Ukraine in 2014 - has raised eyebrows. |
The Proteas, ranked number one in the world, were thrashed by 241 runs in the first Test in Durban, with the second Test in Cape Town starting on Saturday.
Captain Hashim Amla is in poor form, batsman AB de Villiers is struggling with his workload and bowler Dale Steyn has a shoulder injury.
"There is a lot that went w... | South Africa are beset by problems going into the second Test against England, says coach Russell Domingo. |
Officers have suffered whiplash, fractures, cuts and back injuries while deploying the devices, which are used to burst the tyres of vehicles.
In October, PC Dave Phillips was killed when he was hit by a vehicle while using a stinger in Merseyside.
Police Service Northern Ireland recorded 14 injuries - higher than any ... | Dozens of police officers have been injured while using so-called stinger devices, the BBC has learned. |
The game was over by half-time as Ross McCormack's clinical finish, Moussa Dembele's header and Tom Cairney's deflected effort put Fulham 3-0 up.
Luke Garbutt almost made it 4-0, the same scoreline from Craven Cottage in September, but sliced wide.
Tjaronn Chery grabbed a consolation, side-footing in from a corner late... | Fulham defeated west London rivals Queens Park Rangers for the second time this season to give Slavisa Jokanovic his first win as Whites head coach. |
Ond mae Safonau Masnach yn rhybuddio bod y nifer o bobl sydd wedi eu heffeithio yn debygol o fod 10 neu 20 gwaith yn uwch na'r ffigwr yma, gan nad yw llawer yn dweud wrth yr awdurdodau.
Collodd un unigolyn o ogledd Cymru dros £100,000 o'i gynilion trwy dri chynllun buddsoddi gwahanol.
Mae'r heddlu yn dweud bod gofalwyr... | Mae dioddefwyr yng Nghymru wedi colli mwy na £2.6m trwy dwyll yn ystod y ddwy flynedd ddiwethaf yn ôl y ffigyrau diweddaraf gan Action Fraud, a'r henoed sy'n cael eu targedu waethaf. |
But Ms Silva is an experienced politician with an impressive record.
A former environment minister during the government of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva she is seen as having the national and international profile to replace Mr Campos.
In 2010, she ran for president for the tiny Green Party and secured 19 million votes, f... | Environmental activist Marina Silva has unexpectedly found herself centre stage in Brazil's presidential election campaign, following the death in a plane crash of Eduardo Campos, the candidate for the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB). |
The 20-year-old was reduced to tears during the medal ceremony as the scale of his achievement became apparent.
Murdoch had never beaten Jamieson, 25, over 200m in a major final but produced a British and Commonwealth record of two minutes 7.30 seconds to win gold.
The Olympic silver medallist finished in 2:08:40, whil... | Scotland's Ross Murdoch stunned Glasgow 2014 poster-boy Michael Jamieson by claiming 200m breaststroke gold. |
Mr Bainimarama and his FijiFirst Party secured 32 out of the 50 seats in parliament and an outright majority, the election office said.
His closest rival, Sodelpa Party, won 15 seats.
Wednesday's polls were the first in Fiji since Mr Bainimarama seized power in a coup in 2006.
International observers have described the... | Fiji's former military leader Frank Bainimarama has been sworn in as prime minister of the Pacific nation after an emphatic election win. |
This year, it will outperform cities like Liverpool and Cork and two ships in one day is not uncommon - in 1999, that was the total for the entire year.
In 2017, the port will host a record 89 ships and recent, accelerated growth in the market has come despite delays in building a £15m cruise terminal.
However, it is w... | Belfast is on the up as a cruise ship destination. |
German architects GMP's design won the international tender and work will begin at the end of the season.
A new exterior will be built that includes a retractable roof and is due to be completed by 2017.
"We want to make the Santiago Bernabeu the best stadium in the world," said Real Madrid President Florentino Perez.
... | Real Madrid have unveiled a £330m redesign plan they hope will turn their Santiago Bernabeu ground into the best stadium in the world. |
A foreign ministry spokesman urged the US to "stop wrongful actions" to avoid harming co-operation.
The US announced the move, as well as sanctions on a Chinese shipping company and two Chinese nationals, on Thursday.
It said the blacklisting was aimed at cutting funds to North Korea's weapons programmes.
"We will foll... | China has reacted angrily to a US decision to impose sanctions on a Chinese bank accused of laundering North Korean money. |
The star will start in Belfast next February and visit Dublin, Manchester, London, Glasgow and Birmingham before moving on to mainland Europe.
Tickets for the UK dates go on sale to members of her website on 1 December before going on general sale on 4 December.
Her third album 25 has sold 737,000 copies in the UK in j... | Adele is to embark on a UK and European arena tour next year - her first tour for five years. |
It lowered its benchmark rate by 25 basis points to 5.1%, saying the move was aimed at boosting development.
Last year's growth rate - 7.4% down from 7.7% in 2013 - was the weakest in 24 years.
The cut is the third in six months and will take effect from Monday. It follows other measures designed to spur growth in Chi... | China's central bank has cut interest rates for the second time this year, amid a continuing economic slowdown. |
Yet the area, which is better known for the coal trade, is home to the country's only manufacturer of tinsel, which makes it the nation's real "Tinseltown".
It is here at Festive Productions where they make the stuff that many in the UK use to decorate trees and their homes at Christmas.
And it is no cottage industry. ... | Cwmbran in south Wales seems an unlikely contender as Britain's capital of kitsch. |
As Wimbledon builds to a thrilling finish this weekend, the 78-year-old Welshman can proudly look back at how he helped create a game suitable for the television age.
The self-described tennis rebel - who grew up in Swansea and played at Cwmdonkin Park, a place more closely associated with Dylan Thomas - was no mean pl... | You may not have heard of him but Mike Davies can justly lay claim to helping shape modern tennis into the global success story it is today. |
Somewhere in the district a microphone has picked up the percussive sound of a bullet and sent a signal, via California, to the station, which is where Kim Smith hears about it.
Ms Smith, a data analyst from the University of Chicago, works at one of the city's new Strategic Decision Support Centres, where data, techno... | In a cramped office in a police station in Chicago's 11th district, the sound of gunfire is a little computerised ping that rings out a few times a day. |
Richard Broughton, 37, died on Sunday, two days after he was injured in an incident in Welland Crescent, Elsecar.
John Paul Jones, of Welland Crescent, appeared at Barnsley Magistrates' Court charged with affray and witness intimidation.
He was remanded in custody to appear at Sheffield Crown Court on 31 May.
More stor... | A 23-year-old man has appeared in court in connection with the death of a man who was hit by a car following what police said was an "altercation". |
Robert Chisholm, 70, from Glasgow, was convicted of raping the first woman at his then home in Saltcoats, shortly after her 21st birthday party in 1978.
He later moved to Kilmarnock and raped the other woman, who was aged 20, after they had been out selling the church charity's War Cry magazine.
Chisholm was caught aft... | A former Salvation Army captain has been jailed for seven years for raping two recruits more than 30 years ago. |
Locations on Skye as well as in and around Shieldaig, Kishorn and Applecross in Wester Ross were used for the Guy Ritchie-directed movie.
Due for release in May, it stars former Byker Grove and Sons of Anarchy actor Chris Hunnam in the lead role.
Katie McGrath, Hermione Corfield, Jude Law and Eric Bana also star.
The l... | A new trailer for upcoming film King Arthur: Legend of the Sword gives glimpses of the Scottish landscape used for some of its scenes. |
In a statement, owner Tan Sri Vincent Tan said a further £35m would be pumped into the club over the next 12 months, taking the investment to £75.8m.
Around £10m is to be earmarked to settle the outstanding Langston debt.
And £22m will go on training facilities and increasing the stadium capacity.
The announcement come... | Cardiff City's Malaysian owners have detailed for the first time the £100m investment pledge for squad strengthening, debt repayment and upgrading facilities. |
There are an estimated 2.5 million blue badges in circulation, allowing drivers to park on yellow lines as well as avoid parking and congestion charges.
But blue badge fraud is estimated to cost the UK £46m a year.
New badges will have added security features and the method to determine people's eligibility is being i... | Measures to crack down on drivers who abuse the disabled parking system will come into force in England and Scotland from 1 January. |
Brown, 31, lost six kilograms in weight because of the illness, but has now recovered to feature in Harlequins' trip to Exeter this weekend.
"I had an infection in my shoulder, and ended up with septicaemia in my blood," Brown told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I spent a few days in hospital, which wasn't the best, but it's all f... | England full-back Mike Brown is in line to make his first appearance of the season after recovering from a virus which put him in hospital. |
Figures obtained by the BBC show more than 13,000 people are subject to outstanding arrest warrants in England, with the oldest dating back to 1980.
Victim Support's David Padgett said people fear justice will not be done.
The Home Office said it was up to individual police forces to monitor outstanding warrants.
Figur... | Thousands of suspected and convicted criminals who skipped court bail while facing charges including murder, child sex offences and rape are on the run. |
But when Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton arrived at the Urban League conference in Ft Lauderdale on Friday - the first time they have shared a stage since 2013 - only one participant was itching for a fight.
After detailing her close ties to the black community before an audience of civil-rights advocates and minority ent... | It was billed by some as a preview of next year's general election showdown - the leading lights of two political dynasties offering duelling speeches from the same stage in the key battleground state of Florida. |
Peter Blackwood was accused of demanding money and cigarettes before trying to kill Naser Hussain at his Glasgow store in January 2016.
An attacker was seen on CCTV pointing a gun at Mr Hussain's chest and then shooting him the leg.
But Mr Blackwood denied any involvement and was cleared after a trial.
The High Court i... | A man who police claimed confessed to wishing he had shot a shopkeeper in the face has been cleared of trying to kill him. |
Musicians Seth Lakeman, Ellie Williams and Steve Skaith were among the performers who raised £15,663.48.
Lakeman said afterwards: "We've had a fabulous time and the amount of money they raised is fantastic in 24 hours."
The Radio Devon Air Ambulance Appeal has raised £181,849 towards a target of £600,000 for a new heli... | BBC Radio Devon listeners have contributed more than £15,000 to the Devon Air Ambulance in a 24-hour fundraising marathon live on air. |
Tsunamis are triggered by earthquakes, hundreds of which strike Japan each year.
An offshore quake in 1707 is said to have caused a tsunami that hit the island of Shikoku, leaving several thousand people dead.
Further back, in the 15th century, a giant wave is said to have swept away a hill-top hall housing the Daibuts... | Japan gave the word tsunami - meaning harbour wave - to the world; the destructive sea surges have been recorded throughout the country's history. |
Scottish Labour has declared itself firmly behind banning unconventional extraction of oil and gas.
Ms Sturgeon pointed to an ongoing moratorium on the technique while detailed research is carried out.
Green campaigners say the moratorium is "not the same as a permanent ban" and want parties to declare their stances.
L... | Nicola Sturgeon has insisted "there will be no fracking" as Labour claimed the SNP were preparing to "give the green light" to the technique. |
The NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA), which handles claims on behalf of trusts, said it was trying to reduce the costs.
It blamed big rises in claims and legal costs from claimants.
Lawyers said the costs would not exist if the NHS had not been negligent and accused it of delaying claims.
More on the clinical negligenc... | NHS trusts in England paid out more than £1.4bn in medical negligence claims last year compared to £583m in 2008, analysis shows. |
A former manager at the public works ministry, Ercole Incalza, is one of the four people detained.
Rail and motorway contracts, including part of Italy's high-speed TAV railway line near Florence, are under scrutiny.
Investigators suspect that the awarding of contracts was influenced by bribes paid to certain officials... | Italian police have arrested four people and raided dozens of premises over suspicious public works contracts worth some €25m (£18m; $26m). |
Candidates for La République en Marche came first in 10 of the 11 seats given to France's 1.3 million expatriates.
Opinion polls at home in France also give Mr Macron's movement a clear lead in elections beginning on Sunday.
Gaining a legislative majority would complete Mr Macron's ground-shaking realignment of French... | France's overseas voters have overwhelmingly backed candidates for the nascent party of its new President Emmanuel Macron. |
Kurds raised their banners in place of black IS flags, celebrating their victory over the jihadist group.
The capture of Tal Abyad gives them control of hundreds of kilometres of territory along the Turkish border.
Activists the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was IS' "biggest setback" since announcing a ca... | Syrian Kurdish fighters say they are clearing mines and booby traps from the border city of Tal Abyad after seizing it from Islamic State militants. |
The 30-year-old will join the Stags on a free transfer after League One club Southend decided not to offer him a new contract for the 2016-17 season.
"I'm just looking forward to getting my fitness levels to where they need to be so I can be ready to provide for the team," he told the club website.
Hurst made 151 appea... | Mansfield have further strengthened their squad for the new season by signing midfielder Kevan Hurst. |
South African sides Cheetahs and Southern Kings are set to join the league for the 2017-18 season after losing their Super Rugby status.
The expanded Pro12 is likely to split into two groups, but games between local rivals will remain even if they play in different conferences.
Derbies attract the competition's biggest... | Lucrative domestic derby matches would be protected in an expanded Pro12. |
The two human cases are linked to nine cases of Mycobacterium bovis infection in cats in Berkshire and Hampshire last year.
Both people were responding to treatment, PHE said.
It said the risk of cat-to-human transmission of M. bovis remained "very low".
M. bovis is the bacterium that causes tuberculosis in cattle, kno... | Two people in England have developed tuberculosis after contact with a domestic cat, Public Health England has announced. |
The Englishman said it was "one of the best laps I've ever done" after he was clocked 1.3 seconds off Nico Rosberg's pole time for Mercedes.
"It was like getting pole position here in 2012; actually probably better," said Button, who was 0.8secs faster than team-mate Lewis Hamilton in 2012.
"This is a tough circuit for... | Jenson Button said his ninth place on the grid at the Belgian Grand Prix was his best qualifying drive of the season as doubts swirl about his future. |
They clearly were not, as we have been inundated with photos of even tinier double yellow lines that have left people across the country scratching their heads in confusion.
Here are some of those vying for the title of shortest double yellow lines.
Adrian Gray photographed these petite double yellow lines in Wareford ... | We asked whether a "ludicrous" set of double yellow lines in Bristol were the shortest in England. |
Essex Police said it used the new Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) to seize legal highs, including nitrous oxide, and eject 248 people.
The PSPO applied to Hylands Park and surrounding roads over the weekend and prohibited the possession, supply, consumption and sale of legal highs.
Police also arrested 63 people.
... | More than 17,000 canisters of laughing gas were seized by police at V Festival in Chelmsford following a ban enforced by the city council. |
Nomads, who finished as league runners-up in 2016-17, will host HJK Helsinki of Finland in the first qualifying round first leg at Bangor City's Nantporth.
Welsh Cup winners Bala will face FC Vaduz of Lichtenstein in their first leg ties at Rhyl's Belle Vue.
Bangor secured their place in Europe via the play-offs and th... | Welsh Premier League sides Connah's Quay Nomads, Bala Town and Bangor City begin their Europa League campaigns on Thursday. |
The biggest increase in tax take by far, according to Labour's plans, will come from an increase in corporation tax.
It's currently 19% and Labour plans to increase that rate to 26% by 2021.
Once that's done, Labour says corporation tax will raise £19.4bn per year.
There are other measures to raise revenue: VAT on priv... | Labour's manifesto itemises revenue-raising measures it says will bring in an extra £48.6bn a year. |
Barry Petticrew was arrested in October 2014 after undercover police surveillance on farm buildings near Kinawley, County Fermanagh.
When he became aware he was being watched, Petticrew tried to escape across the countryside.
Police found pipes, timer units, ammunition and high grade explosives in the buildings.
Antrim... | A 45-year-old mechanic caught at a bomb-making factory on a farm will spend 11 years behind bars. |
The 29-year-old produced her three best performances since the Olympics at the weekend's Anniversary Games in London.
Ennis-Hill and coach Toni Minichiello are set to make a decision by Monday, with the British team named on 28 July.
"He's kind of been up and down," said Ennis-Hill. "It's going to be an interesting con... | Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill says she is still not certain to go to the World Athletics Championships in Beijing next month. |
After Ms Wang died in 2007, Peter Chan, formerly known as Tony Chan, claimed he was the sole beneficiary of her estimated $4bn (£2.6bn) estate.
The case of the eccentric billionaire widow and her alleged geomancer lover transfixed Hong Kong.
A court ruled two years ago that her estate would go to charity.
The BBC's Ju... | A court in Hong Kong has sentenced a Feng Shui master to 12 years in jail for forging the will of billionaire tycoon Nina Wang. |
The findings come from a report published by Fair Funding for Our Kids.
In 2014, the Scottish government increased entitlement to free childcare for three to five-year-olds from 475 to 600 hours per year.
A Scottish government spokeswoman said 2015 statistics showed "97% registration" for funded childcare.
Fair Funding... | A report carried out by a campaign group has revealed some parents are struggling to access the childcare they are entitled to. |
Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya were among several wanted by police.
The arrest of JNU student union head Kanhaiya Kumar earlier this month led to protests and clashes across India.
The 9 February protest over the 2013 hanging of a Kashmiri man allegedly saw the chanting of anti-India slogans.
After Mr Kumar was a... | Two Indian students accused of sedition for helping organise a protest at Delhi's prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), have handed themselves into police. |
Myles Bradbury was jailed for 16 years after admitting abusing 18 victims at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.
Bradbury manipulated the system to perform "criminal, intimate examinations", the report found.
Staff noticed he was seeing patients out-of-hours, but presumed he was doing it to help them out.
The hospital... | A paedophile doctor was able to abuse young cancer patients undetected after clues to his offending were missed, an investigation has found. |
The Federal Reserve made it clear that concerns over the strength of the global economy had influenced its decision not to lift rates.
Nine members of its key policymaking committee voted to hold the federal funds rate target at 0 to 0.25%.
One committee member, Jeffrey Lacker, favoured a 0.25 percentage point rise.
In... | The US central bank has decided not to raise interest rates, keeping them at the same level they have been at since December 2008. |
The defending champion shot a six-under-par 66 for an 11-under halfway total, level with fellow Americans Bill Haas and Jimmy Walker.
England's Paul Casey, who shared the lead after round one, lost ground with a 70 and is in a tie for seventh.
Casey is on eight under alongside Matt Kuchar and Open champion Zach Johnson... | World number one Jordan Spieth moved into a three-way tie for the lead after two rounds of the World Challenge at Albany in the Bahamas. |
The inquiry is looking into allegations of an alleged incident at Laburnum Court in Lower Broughton, Salford.
The home cares for up to 68 elderly people and provides specialist care for residents who have dementia.
Four Seasons Health Care, which runs the home, said its manager had reported a relative's concerns to aut... | Police and social services are investigating claims that a staff member assaulted an elderly resident of a care home in Greater Manchester. |
He said the bill would set a "dangerous precedent" for individuals around the world to sue the US government.
Wednesday's vote was the first time Mr Obama's veto power was overruled.
CIA Director John Brennan agreed that the bill carried "grave implications" for national security.
He added: "The downside is potentially... | US President Barack Obama has said Congress made a "mistake" by overriding his veto and pushing through a bill that allows legal action against Saudi Arabia over the 9/11 attacks. |
As Christmas fast approaches, the lists of little girls and boys the world over are expected to be dominated by techy toys - including the return of some familiar favourites.
Special Report: The Technology of Business
Viewpoint: Tech needs more women
Hi-tech toilets could mean big business
TV finds salvation in the zom... | Ever since some bright spark decided that tethering a cup to a ball with a bit of string would be a fun idea, toymakers have always sought to use the latest technology to ignite children's imaginations. |
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