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All three have joined the Championship side until the end of the season.
Oxford, 18, made his Hammers debut in the Europa League when he was just 16 and signed a new four-and-a-half-year deal with his parent club in December.
Mutch, 25, has played eight times for Palace this season while Grabban, 29, has made just six ... | Reading have signed Bournemouth striker Lewis Grabban, West Ham defender Reece Oxford and Crystal Palace midfielder Jordon Mutch on loan. |
Andrew Ridgeley took to social media on Thursday to criticise the show, titled The Last Days of George Michael.
The former Wham! star said the channel had been "insensitive, contemptuous and reprehensible" and should have waited until after his friend's funeral.
But Channel 5 said it was "a measured account" of Michael... | Channel 5 has defended broadcasting a documentary about George Michael after the singer's former bandmate dubbed it "sensationalist and mucky". |
Dover District Councillor Bob Frost appeared to make comments about black people during an online conversation about the recent riots.
Mr Frost, a teacher, has apologised "unreservedly" and deleted the posts.
Deputy Council Leader Sue Chandler said: "There is no place in our society for this kind of language."
She adde... | A councillor in Kent has been suspended from the Conservative Party while it investigates an apparently racist comment he made on Facebook. |
Current drugs help manage the symptoms, but do not prevent brain cells dying.
The trial on 62 patients, published in the Lancet, hints the medicine halted the progression of the disease.
The University College London (UCL) team is "excited", but it urges caution as any long-term benefit is uncertain and the drug needs ... | It may be possible to stop the progression of Parkinson's disease with a drug normally used in type 2 diabetes, a clinical trial suggests. |
Shadow Europe minister Pat Glass made the comments after an interview with BBC Radio Derby in Sawley, Derbyshire.
She said: "The very first person I come to is a horrible racist. I'm never coming back to wherever this is."
She later said the comments were "inappropriate" but UKIP said it showed "contempt" for people's ... | A Labour MP campaigning for the UK to remain in the EU has apologised after being recorded calling a voter a "horrible racist". |
In the other group, qualification will go down to the final day of matches, after bottom side Al Ahly finally recorded a win - beating leaders Wydad Casablanca 1-0.
Zambia's Zesco are tied with Wydad after being held 1-1 by Asec Mimosas of Ivory Coast, who have the same number of points as Ahly.
The loss led to the res... | Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa continued their impressive run in the African Champions League with a 1-0 win over Zamalek on Wednesday which put them into the semi-finals. |
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But six years after he stepped down, the public response to news that he has now been freed from detention has been remarkably quiet.
Earlier this month, a top appeals court cleared Mubarak of involvement in killing some of the 900 protesters who died during the country's uprising.
Egypt's prosecutor ruled there was no... | In 2011, millions of Egyptians took to the streets demanding the removal of their autocratic president of 30 years, Hosni Mubarak. |
The Great Tapestry of Scotland is officially the world's largest embroidered tapestry, at 469ft (143m) long.
It uses 300 miles (483km) of yarn to show everything from the Battle of Bannockburn and the Act of Union to Andy Murray winning at Wimbledon.
The tapestry is on show in the castle's Great Hall until 8 March.
Sti... | A massive tapestry depicting millions of years of Scottish history has gone on show at Stirling Castle. |
They said Brexit "consequences are likely to be significant".
Highlighting Britain's role in the global financial system, they warn Brexit could affect jobs in the financial industry and beyond.
In a June referendum, the UK voted to leave the EU causing global uncertainty over the fallout of the separation.
In their le... | US bankers have written to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew asking him to push for transparent Brexit negotiations in the interests of market stability. |
Members of the GMB union voted strongly in favour of the deal, but it was rejected by Unite members.
The dispute is over plans to move staff from a final salary pension scheme.
Both unions voted last month to take industrial action at Diageo sites in Scotland, as well as other locations in Northern Ireland and Cheshire... | Drinks giant Diageo could face industrial action after one of the two unions representing workers rejected a deal to end a dispute over pensions. |
The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS), which covers the North East, Cumbria and North Yorkshire, started the scheme in January 2015.
Since then, medics have performed 60 transfusions, a third of which were deemed to have been of critical importance to survival.
Many others have had their outcomes improved by h... | Eighteen lives have been saved as a result of air ambulances carrying blood on board, the charity has said. |
After Brexit, that would obviously exclude London where the vast majority is currently done.
That has always been a major grievance for other European capitals who sense an opportunity to restart an old fight for a big prize.
London's financial district - or "The City" - is like a coral reef. It has grown into a comple... | The EU Commission is mounting another attempt to steal trillions in trading business from London by insisting that euro denominated deals should be settled in the EU. |
The dead woman, who has not been named but is believed to be in her 50s, was found at a house in Holmfield Avenue on Saturday.
Mohammed Member, 25, Shafiq Member, 29, and Fatima Patel, 27, all of Holmfield Avenue, were remanded in custody ahead of a crown court appearance.
Formal identification of the dead woman has ye... | Three people have appeared in court charged with murdering a woman at a house in Leicester. |
The department was subject to a Serious Case Review after the death of five-year-old Tyler Whelan, murdered by his mother's former partner in March 2011.
Ofsted found no children "inadequately protected or at risk of significant harm" and praised "rapid improvements".
Service director Sue Westcott said there was "no ro... | Children's services at Peterborough City Council have been rated as adequate by Ofsted, after two consecutive years of "poor" ratings. |
Wales beat Argentina 24-20 in a rugby autumn series game at the Principality Stadium, which kicked off at 17:30 GMT.
Chris Coleman's side drew 1-1 with Serbia in a football World Cup qualifier at Cardiff City Stadium.
Trains between Cardiff and Swansea are now running as normal, after earlier disruption.
Westgate Stree... | People visiting Cardiff were warned to expect delays on the road and rail with Wales' rugby and football teams are both in action on Saturday. |
The personal tale came a week after Labour MP Jon Ashworth spoke in parliament about his experience of having an alcoholic father.
The NSPCC says it receives a call every hour from an adult concerned about drug or alcohol use around children, and it believes up to a million young people could be living with an alcoholi... | Accepting a Bafta award for leading actor, Manchester by the Sea star Casey Affleck revealed to the audience he had grown up with an alcoholic parent. |
The Rushden Lakes development is due to open in spring 2017, with the 12-screen cinema completed a few months later.
LXB Properties have been granted permission for a bowling alley, climbing structure, cycle hire business and restaurants to replace a planned garden centre.
Local councils had objected, saying it threate... | A cinema and bowling alley are to be added to a £140m shopping and leisure complex in Northamptonshire. |
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Wada says Ukad will take control of drug-testing in Russia as long as the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (Rusada) remains non-compliant with Wada's code.
Rusada was declared non-compliant in November following allegations it was involved in widespread doping.
Its athletes rema... | UK Anti-Doping will provide "targeted and intelligence-led testing" on Russian athletes after signing a deal with the World Anti-Doping Agency. |
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The Black Cats' 10-season spell in the top flight ended when they lost 1-0 at home to Bournemouth on Saturday and Hull City drew 0-0 at Southampton.
Moyes, who took charge at Sunderland in July last year, has faced calls from supporters to step down.
"I think it's a questi... | Sunderland manager David Moyes said it was "too soon" for him to commit to the club for next season, following their relegation from the Premier League. |
The incident happened in the Sighthill area of Glasgow at about 13:00 on Tuesday.
The officer had been speaking to the driver of a red Vauxhall Astra when he suddenly threw the car into reverse.
He then got out of his car in Alford Street and fled on foot. The police officer was unhurt.
A Police Scotland spokesman said... | An attempted murder inquiry has been launched after a driver reversed, dragging a police officer down the street. |
The largest shareholder in Hafren Power has previously been declared bankrupt three times during a lengthy business career.
Another businessman has been declared bankrupt twice but said it should not detract from the project's legitimacy.
Backers claim the £25bn barrage could generate 5% of Britain's electricity.
Hafre... | Serious questions about two of the founders of a project to build a barrage across the Severn estuary have been raised by a BBC investigation. |
It said the move was part of the Sustainability and Transformation Plan for Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group said community services were being "reviewed".
It added: "What this means for community hospitals needs more work".
In a motion to Oxford City Council, the Gre... | The "elimination" of Oxfordshire's nine community hospitals is being considered by health bosses, according to the Green Party. |
Since 2005, he has worked from home on Wednesday mornings and then taken the rest of the day off.
Simmons and Simmons offers flexible working to all staff and makes this clear in recruitment ads.
It is a stance employers' organisation the CBI wants other firms to emulate, arguing it will improve diversity.
In a report ... | "I didn't want to be a weekend dad," is how Julian Taylor, partner at law firm Simmons and Simmons, explains what drove him to ask for flexible working. |
A proposed scheme would have scrapped upfront relief, worth an estimated £21bn to savers, but made pension pot withdrawals tax free.
An alternative option was to set a flat rate of tax relief, which may have been unpopular with higher earners.
Labour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell said Mr Osborne was "yet again duc... | Chancellor George Osborne has dropped plans to end or alter tax relief on pension contributions. |
Kilty, James Ellington, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and Dwain Chambers are coached by Rana Reider, while Steve Fudge trains James Dasaolu and Adam Gemili.
"There were a couple of clashes of egos between the coaches and the athletes in both groups," said Kilty.
I know there is still tension between the other athletes in our ... | World indoor 60m champion Richard Kilty says there is a rift between Britain's two male sprinting camps. |
John Lumsden Donaldson, 61, is well aware of what those organisations have been going through.
His business was "virtually closed down for 24 hours" when he was the victim of a similar attack.
And it was only the efforts of his computer programmer son Mark which got his business back up and running.
"It's not just the ... | Organisations worldwide have been scrambling to get systems back online after a massive ransomware cyber-attack. |
Economic nationalists like senior adviser Steve Bannon view withdrawal as visible way for the US to demonstrate that it's putting its own economic interests ahead of the concerns of the "international community".
Movement conservatives, including Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt, are keen to strike a b... | While a presidential decision to pull out of the Paris Agreement would roil the international community and frustrate White House advocates of addressing climate change - including Donald Trump's own daughter - there are formidable forces within the administration in favour of such a move. |
Last year the authorities learned of 946 victims, compared with 710 in 2010, the inter-departmental ministerial group on human trafficking said.
Trafficking gangs in China, Vietnam, Nigeria and eastern Europe now pose the biggest threat to the UK , it said.
The government said better co-ordination between its departmen... | The number of people being trafficked into the UK is rising, latest government estimates suggest. |
The final annual report from the Independent Monitoring Board for HMP Birmingham described staff morale as "palpably low" during the process.
After nearly three years, G4S Care and Justice Services took over the prison in October last year.
However, the board has also welcomed the new owner and "looks forward to innova... | A report has highlighted concerns over the process in which a prison became the first in the UK to be privatised. |
He has been Lille's first choice keeper since 2013 and has made 130 appearances for the club in all competitions.
The 33-year-old, whose previous deal ran until next year, says he is very settled at Stade Pierre-Mauroy.
"I am very happy to extend my contract with Lille, a club I call home," Enyeama told BBC Sport.
"I l... | Vincent Enyeama has extended his deal with French club Lille by two years tying the former Nigeria international goalkeeper to the club until 2019. |
Here's a look back at some of the show's most memorable moments:
The birth of one of pop music's biggest beefs all started when Kanye West jumped on stage in the middle of Taylor Swift accepting her award for best female video.
When Swift's video for You Belong With Me beat Beyonce's Single Ladies, the rapper headed fo... | The MTV Video Music Awards are known for showcasing some of the biggest and wildest moments in pop culture history - from outrageous twerking to drama-filled feuds. |
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) also advised against packing the phones into any checked-in luggage.
Samsung recalled the phone last week after reports emerged of the device exploding during or after charging.
Qantas and Virgin Australia have also told customers not to charge or use the phone during flights.
... | Airline passengers have been warned by US authorities not to switch on or charge their Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones when on board the plane. |
First Minister Arlene Foster said the terms for an independent inquiry were worked out in consultation with the attorney general.
She said they were sent to Sinn Féin who, so far, had not responded.
However, Sinn Féin's MLA Conor Murphy said they were "insufficient".
"There has been no agreement with the DUP on the ter... | Sinn Féin has said terms of reference drawn up by the head of the civil service for an investigation into the RHI debacle are short of what is required. |
The Ivorian left the Swans for the Etihad Stadium on a four-year contract in 2015 for a fee worth up to £28m.
Bony, 28, managed only eight goals in 46 appearances for City - more than half of which came as a substitute - and spent last season on loan at Stoke.
His potential return to Wales could depend on the future of... | Swansea City are weighing up a move to re-sign striker Wilfried Bony from Manchester City. |
Ricciardo has a contract until the end of 2018 but there have been doubts about the future of Kvyat after an up-and-down first season with the team.
Team principal Christian Horner said: "Ricciardo's contract is fixed and all the options are on our side with Kvyat.
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"He's d... | Red Bull say they will retain their driver line-up of Daniel Ricciardo and Daniil Kvyat next season - as long as the team is on the grid. |
You try harder, you do better. You feel the pressure and you respond to it. You impose yourself upon rivals through physical dominance and force of personality.
In a sport like rugby union, where players have never been bigger, faster, or hit harder for longer, might is right like never before. Which makes the continua... | Sport at the elite level, even for those few geniuses who can routinely do what others can only dream of, typically appears to be about obvious effort and relentless industry. |
Extra patrols have been launched to deal with an increase in anti-social behaviour fuelled by the drug, said to leave users in a "zombie-like" state.
Officers were called to 58 incidents related to Spice in the city centre between Friday and Sunday.
"We cannot afford" for the problem to get worse, Ch Supt Wasim Chaudhr... | A rise in the use of former legal high Spice in Manchester is putting pressure on public services, police say. |
The "virtual orchestra" included everything from bell ringers to cellists, all of whom had uploaded their performance to the BBC.
A video combining all 1,200 performances was shown at Proms in the Park events around the UK and as part of BBC Two's coverage of the event.
The Prom also featured an unusual rendition of Ru... | More than 1,000 amateur musicians have played Bizet's Toreador song, from Carmen, at the Last Night of the Proms. |
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The midfielder revealed he had spoken first to the Celtic striker before signing his four-year contract.
"Moussa told me the club was good, it was fun here," said his fellow 21-year-old, who spent the last two seasons on loan with Genoa in Serie A.
"I'm very happy to be he... | Olivier Ntcham says fellow Frenchman Moussa Dembele helped convince him to make his move from Manchester City as he joined Celtic for around £4.5m. |
Ilkeston in Derbyshire is one of the largest towns in the UK without a rail station after its previous one closed in 1967, due to Dr Beeching's cuts.
However, the project suffered several delays, notably because of newts that had to be trapped and relocated.
The station, off Millership Way, is due to open later this ye... | Work has started on a footbridge at the site of a £10m railway station where construction efforts stalled due to concerns over rare great crested newts. |
The blaze caused thousands of pounds of damage to Bishopbriggs Cultural Centre, in the town's Auchinairn Road, at about 02:20 on 17 November 2015.
The CCTV footage shows the man pouring liquid around and setting it alight.
He is about 5ft 10in tall and was wearing a blue tracksuit, a hat with an luminous rear band and ... | Police have released CCTV footage of a man setting fire to a cultural centre in East Dunbartonshire that is used as a mosque by the Muslim community. |
But the "You Stink" campaign said the decision did not mean it was giving up.
The move comes after two days of demonstrations in the capital descended into clashes in which dozens of protesters and police were hurt.
Prime Minister Tammam Salam has appealed for calm and threatened to resign over the crisis.
In a televis... | Organisers of protests over the failure of Lebanon's government to clear rubbish from the streets of Beirut have postponed a rally planned for Monday. |
The Colin Tizzard-trained seven-year-old ranged up alongside Willie Mullins' Un De Sceaux (10-11 fav) at the final fence and pulled clear on the run-in.
Fox Norton (5-2), who also won the Melling Chase at Aintree, got home by a length and three quarters.
God's Own (7-1), last year's winner, was just half a length away... | Fox Norton followed up his Aintree success by beating Un De Sceaux in the Champion Chase at Punchestown on Tuesday. |
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"You are going to get the best of British competing cheek-by-jowl against the best of the rest of the world. The track and field is the centrepiece of the Olympics and is the main event. I think Team GB are set for their best Olympics ever, as not ... | It is perhaps fitting that the very first race of the modern Olympics in 1896 was the men's 100 metre sprint. |
Members of the EIS union will raise the prospect of industrial action at their annual general meeting this week.
Teachers will also consider action if workload issues remain unresolved after a survey claimed the average teacher worked 46.5 hours a week.
EIS general secretary Larry Flanagan, said: "These issues must be ... | Teachers could be set to strike if they fail to get a "satisfactory outcome" in talks over pay, union leaders have warned. |
It is urging them to "keep trying" the emergency phone numbers instead, although some have pointed out that mobile phone batteries are running low.
One expert said it could be because social media posts can be hard to verify.
Many people are tweeting their addresses and asking to be rescued.
However it is possible that... | The US Coast Guard is asking people not to seek help via social media if they need assistance during Storm Harvey. |
Bow Street station, on the Cambrian line north of Aberystwyth, was closed in 1965 as part of the Beeching cuts.
The Welsh Government is seeking £6.8m from the UK government to cover three quarters of the cost of a new station.
Mid and West Wales AM Eluned Morgan said there was a "very strong" economic case for the proj... | A new railway station in Ceredigion would have a big impact on the regional economy, a Labour AM member says. |
A selection of photos from across the African continent this week: | Images courtesy of AP, EPA, PA and Reuters |
Anthony Fuggle was a classics master at Colet Court, Barnes, south-west London.
He admitted six counts of possessing indecent images of children, and seven of making indecent images of children on or before 10 September 2013.
He was found to be in possession of more than 1,000 still and moving images of children.
The 5... | A former teacher at an elite boys' school has pleaded guilty to possessing and making thousands of indecent images of children. |
AMC chief executive Adam Aron had suggested the idea might encourage so-called millennials to visit the cinema.
But the plan was badly received on social media, where cinema-goers bombarded AMC with messages.
"We have heard loud and clear that this is a concept our audience does not want," the company said in a stateme... | US cinema chain AMC has reversed a controversial plan to let customers use their mobile phones during films in some venues. |
Francis used his "Urbi et Orbi" address to call for peace in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and across the globe.
He singled out "dear Syria", saying: "How much blood has been shed! And how much suffering must there still be before a political solution is found?"
Easter is the most important festival in the Christian ca... | Pope Francis has delivered a passionate plea for peace in his first Easter Sunday message since being elected. |
Cheshire East Council said "deliberate and systematic manipulation" took place from 2012 to 2014.
Cheshire Police is investigating whether any crimes were committed.
The council has apologised and said the falsified figures had caused "serious problems" in assessing applications for new developments.
"Serious" errors i... | Hundreds of planning applications are to be reviewed after a council admitted its air pollution data was "falsified" to make it look cleaner. |
It follows claims the social media giant had not done enough to tackle cyberbullies or extremists in the past.
In a blog, the firm said the new language emphasised it would "not tolerate behaviour intended to harass or intimidate".
It also said it had clarified what it considered to be "abusive behaviour and hateful co... | Twitter has updated its rules to highlight it is taking a tougher stance against abuse. |
The event, entitled Shifting the Curve - Sharing the Challenge, is aimed at addressing the relatively static rates of breastfeeding in Scotland over the last decade.
Figures show 48.4% of babies were breastfed at around ten days old in 2013/14, compared with 44.4% in 2004/05.
The data shows a trend towards babies being... | Encouraging more women to breastfeed their babies will be the focus of a Scottish Government summit in the New Year. |
In a speech on Tuesday, Royal College of Physicians president Prof Jane Dacre will warn ministers the issue must be addressed if their policy is to work.
She will highlight research that shows vacant posts are not being filled and gaps in rotas are being seen.
It comes as ministers are locked in a dispute with junior d... | There are not enough doctors to run a seven-day NHS in England, according to a leading doctor. |
Several sportswomen have raised the issue, including tennis player Heather Watson who blamed "girl things" on her exit from the 2015 Australian Open.
Dr Richard Burden, senior physiologist at the English Institute of Sport, told the BBC in January that menstrual cycle research in sport was "limited".
The new study has ... | A research group is hoping to increase awareness of the "taboo" subject of period problems in sport. |
President Rodrigo Duterte has said he wants to "walk the extra mile" to achieve peace, in a conflict which has claimed an estimated 30,000 lives since the 1960s. BBC Monitoring's Mark Wilson examines the challenges ahead.
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) began its armed struggle in the late 1960s. Its aim h... | The Philippines government is due to begin peace talks with communist rebels on 18 January which could end one of Asia's longest insurgencies. |
The 22-year-old had been released by Accrington Stanley, and is the third new signing this summer.
"He is young and keen to do well. I have been impressed with his attitude and I am looking forward to working with him," Morecambe boss Jim Bentley told the club website.
"We look forward to welcoming him into the squad."... | Right-back Liam Wakefield has signed for League Two side Morecambe on a one-year deal. |
Powys council's cabinet said the loss of £1.6m over the next three years has affected the number of classes it could afford and it was launching a review.
It will look at whether its sixth forms are financially viable and educationally sustainable.
The Welsh government said it is working with Powys to minimise the impa... | Some secondary school sixth forms in Powys could be at risk following a 10% cut in post-16 education funding. |
Brent crude ended Thursday 0.4% higher at $49.94 a barrel.
Prices initially fell but then reversed course when figures showed that US crude stockpiles had fallen in the past week.
In a statement, Opec said its members were committed to a "stable and balanced oil market".
Speaking after the meeting, Saudi Arabia pledged... | The price of oil rose slightly despite a meeting of the Opec oil producers' group failing to set a cap on the amount of oil the group produces. |
With the game pointless, England hooker Hartley lashed out at Tigers' Matt Smith with just 17 minutes gone.
Tigers registered a penalty try, but after the break Alex Waller and Ben Foden went over for the champions and Niki Goneva scored two of his own.
But with three minutes left Jamie Elliott touched down to win an e... | Dylan Hartley was sent off in the first half but Northampton edged to victory over East Midlands rivals Leicester. |
The Markit/CIPS services purchasing managers' index (PMI) stood at 52.6, down from August's 52.9, but above the 50 level which indicates expansion.
On Monday, the manufacturing sector recorded its best PMI for two years.
Markit said the latest findings cast doubt on the need for more stimulus action from the Bank of En... | The UK services sector continued to recover last month, after a sharp drop in activity following the Brexit vote, according to a closely watched survey. |
A blue Citroen C3 hit a house near the Conrah Hotel on the A487 in Chancery at about 02:15 BST on Friday.
Firefighters had to cut three people free from the wreckage - one suffered minor injures, two serious.
Dyfed-Powys Police said the house was considerably damaged in the crash and a 24-year-old man has been arrested... | Three people have been injured, two seriously, after a car crashed into a house in Ceredigion. |
The Welsh government pays the majority of Welsh students' tuition fees, wherever they choose to go in the UK.
On Monday, Universities Wales will publish its manifesto ahead of next year's Assembly elections calling for the current tuition fee grant to be replaced by a means tested grant.
The Welsh government said its p... | The way Welsh students are funded is unsustainable, the body representing universities in Wales has said. |
Channel 4 has also fined Glasspool an undisclosed sum which he will give to a domestic violence charity.
"I am truly sorry to anyone I have upset or offended," he said.
"I would never condone domestic violence in any way and on reflection see that my video was insensitive and inappropriate."
The 24-year-old, who plays ... | Hollyoaks actor Parry Glasspool has been suspended after posting a video in which he mimicked a woman threatening to stab her boyfriend to death. |
In an emergency statement at Holyrood, he apologised to rail passengers who have been affected by disruption.
It came on the day commuters faced severe disruption after overhead wiring problems affected services in Glasgow.
ScotRail declared a major incident after finding a broken insulator between Partick and Glasgow ... | Transport Minister Humza Yousaf has told MSPs that "ScotRail has learned lessons" following a series of problems on Scotland's railways. |
Former France Under-21 international Amavi cost £7.7m when he joined Villa from Nice in July 2015 on a five-year deal.
The 23-year-old had looked set to move to Sevilla last month but that deal fell through.
Villa winger Leandro Bacuna is also on the verge of leaving the club, manager Steve Bruce confirmed on Wednesday... | Aston Villa left-back Jordan Amavi has signed for Marseille on loan with a view to a permanent move. |
Tim Robinson, 54, slipped while walking under Golden Cap, east of Lyme Regis on the Jurassic Coast on Saturday.
After crawling for three-quarters of a mile (1.2km), he was found by his wife who had become concerned for his welfare.
A coastguard statement said it was "quite an ordeal" for Mr Robinson.
The coastguard sai... | A man crawled and staggered with a broken leg for more than two hours after falling from rocks on the Dorset coast. |
The 7% rate was slower than the previous quarter's rate of 7.4%, but beat analysts' expectations of 6.4%.
Economists had expected the economy to suffer from the government's decision to withdraw high-denomination banknotes as part of an anti-corruption drive.
The federal statistics office retained its growth forecast f... | India's economic growth slowed in the December quarter of 2016, but the pace of expansion still beat expectations. |
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Selby's IBF featherweight world title defence against Jonathan Victor Barros in Las Vegas was called off on Friday.
The Welshman has said Carl Frampton and Abner Mares, the regular WBA champion, could be future opponents.
"Selby's not really had that one big fight which ca... | Lee Selby needs a high-profile fight to take his career to the next level, according to former light-welterweight world champion Amir Khan. |
The 28-year-old, who has played 27 of Barcelona's 32 games this season, left the pitch on a stretcher in the eighth minute of the match following a challenge from Nicolas Escalante.
The club did not give a timeframe for the Spain international's return.
Barcelona are already without injured midfielder Andres Iniesta.
T... | Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets has been sidelined after spraining his right ankle in Sunday's 4-0 win at Eibar. |
George Calombaris, a MasterChef Australia judge, said the money would be repaid at "the highest priority".
His company, MAdE Establishment, said 162 current employees at its Melbourne eateries had already been repaid, and former employees were being contacted.
On average each staff member was owed more than A$16,000, t... | An Australian celebrity chef has apologised after his restaurant group underpaid staff A$2.6m (£1.6m; $2m). |
NHS Health Scotland found that a ban on multi-buy drinks promotions was among a number of successful initiatives.
However, it warned that more needed to be done to ensure the improvements continued, including the introduction of a minimum price for alcohol.
The report is the final review of the Scottish government's al... | A new report has found that government policies have had a positive impact on alcohol consumption in Scotland. |
Charlotte Foster, from Telford, died in January after a thrombosis caused a "massive" embolism in her lungs.
A GP who saw her three weeks before noted no signs of thrombosis.
Miss Foster's mother told the coroner the GP thought the problem was "mechanical" and recommended a massage.
The 23 year old died in hospital thr... | A woman who died from a blood clot five months after taking the combined contraceptive pill, had reported breathing difficulties and leg pain to her GP, an inquest heard. |
Konstandinos Erik Scurfield, 25, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, is thought to be the first British person killed fighting Islamic State extremists.
He is said to have gone to Syria because he was "horrified by the atrocities being carried out" there.
His family has paid tribute to his "courage, conviction and honour".... | The family of an ex-Royal Marine killed while fighting with Kurdish forces in Syria have paid tribute, saying his flame burned "briefly but brightly". |
Morrisons had agreed to rent the 73,000 sq ft store but the site developer said its lawyers were now attempting to "terminate the agreement".
Augur Buchler Partners (ABP) Ltd said it had received notice from Morrisons on 16 December and the matter was "being dealt with by our lawyers".
Morrisons has so far declined to ... | A major project to redevelop a Cheltenham town centre car park into a new supermarket has been suspended. |
Goals from Rhys Browne, Danny Whittaker and Jack Mackreth did the job for the Silkmen, who move to within six points of the top five, with five games left to play.
They needed only 58 seconds to get the ball rolling as Browne drove home from the edge of the area, with Whitaker, Chris Holroyd and John McCombe all having... | Macclesfield kept their National League play-off hopes alive with an easy 3-0 win over Maidstone. |
Jonathan Dowdall was on trial with his father, Patrick, who was jailed for eight years for his role in the attack.
The victim, Alexander Hurley, had come to Jonathan Dowdall's Dublin home to buy a motorcycle in January 2015 when he was tortured.
The attack was filmed on a mobile phone and played in court.
Mr Hurley was... | An ex-Sinn Féin councillor has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for interrogating, threatening and waterboarding a man in January 2015. |
Mr Morales said its aim included the study of imperialism and its consequences.
He said it would counteract the Army School of the Americas in Georgia which trained US allies during the Cold War.
Some of its graduates committed serious human rights abuses in the region.
The new academy is based in the city of Santa Cru... | The Bolivian President Evo Morales has opened a new military defence academy, which he says will offer courses to counter the influence of the United States in the developing world. |
The woman was attacked between Main Street and Cross Arthurlie Street, Barrhead, sometime between 22:00 on Friday and 22:00 on Saturday.
Police Scotland said she was not physically injured but was left very badly shaken. They have appealed for witnesses.
The suspect was described as being tall, well built and had a bea... | A 57-year-old woman has been sexually assaulted in a wooded area in East Renfrewshire. |
Richard Tutt, head of Magna Academy in Poole, told the BBC the technique would only be used in cases where pupils are on the verge of permanent exclusion.
It was part of a much wider system, he said, where pupils are rewarded with points which they can use to buy items.
But some parents accused the school of humiliatin... | The principal of a Dorset academy which is planning to require poorly behaved pupils to apologise to classmates in assembly has defended the policy. |
The move follows the bloc's decision to label goods from Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "ordered suspension of diplomatic contacts with the institutions of the European Union on this issue", a foreign ministry statement said.
The EU says the settlements are illegal, but Israel di... | Israel has said it is suspending contact with EU officials involved in peace efforts with the Palestinians. |
An Ipsos MRBI opinion poll for The Irish Times suggests the odds of a hung Dáil (parliament) are increasing.
The survey indicates a drop in support for Labour and Sinn Féin, with Fianna Fáil and Independents improving their position.
The figures would mean an indecisive result if it was replicated on polling day.
The p... | Politicians in the Irish Republic are in the final stages of campaigning ahead of Friday's general election. |
The 29-year-old Georgian has featured twice for the Blues since joining on a short-term contract.
In the second of those games, he bit Ospreys back-rower Rob McCusker and was sent off.
Peikrishvili's ban has been back-dated to 22 November and he is free to play from 2 January, 2017.
The former Agen, Castres, Brive and ... | Cardiff Blues prop Anton Peikrishvili has been banned for six weeks for biting an opponent in their Anglo-Welsh Cup defeat by Ospreys on 18 November. |
Carwyn Edwards, 39, has been in hospital in Tucson, Arizona, since the start of the year after an illness led to the partial amputation of both legs.
His family fear they could face substantial medical costs.
Medical insurer Cigna said it was addressing Mr Edwards' concerns.
A campaign to raise funds for Mr Edwards, wh... | The family of an Anglesey man who is seriously ill in the United States have said they are concerned about his future treatment after insurers said his medical benefits would be stopped. |
Lawand Hamadamin came to the UK after a year in a refugee camp in France.
The family has appealed against the decision to deport them and the case will be heard in the High Court.
The Home Office said it would not "shoulder the burden" of other country's asylum claims.
Live updates and more from Derbyshire
If the appea... | A six-year-old deaf boy who fled Iraq with his family to escape the so-called Islamic State (IS) group has had his application to stay in the UK turned down by the government. |
Russian state media reported that the USS Ross was acting "aggressively".
The US Department of Defense, however, said the ship was "well within international waters at all times, performing routine operations".
The US Navy released video on Monday of a Russian plane passing as close as 500 metres to the USS Ross.
"The ... | Russian warplanes have made several close passes in recent days over a US destroyer sailing in the Black Sea, the Pentagon said. |
The team's technique involves building a 3D image of a patient's brain in a matter of minutes.
Strokes occur about 152,000 times a year in the UK, according to the Stroke Association.
In Scotland, NHS Scotland considers strokes to be the third commonest cause of death.
When a stroke happens speed is of the essence. Fir... | An international team of mathematicians, including one from Strathclyde University, has developed a method to speed up stroke diagnosis. |
City had a second bid - worth £18m - for the Northern Irish centre-back, 29, rebuffed last week.
And Pulis believes City have not been in contact "for a couple of days".
"We are hoping to get this situation resolved and move on. But whether Jonny goes or not, centre-half is one of four areas we need to fill," he said.
... | West Brom boss Tony Pulis wants the future of Manchester City target Jonny Evans to be resolved so he can focus on strengthening his squad. |
The Welsh government is more than halfway through a £4.6m five-year programme to immunise badgers in north Pembrokeshire.
Infection rates have fallen across Wales, but Christianne Glossop said it was too early to say whether it has had "additional benefit".
Dr Glossop was speaking ahead of a worldwide conference on TB ... | It is unclear whether vaccinating badgers in west Wales has cut TB in cattle, the chief vet has said. |
Scotland and Ireland are in Pool A, along with the hosts.
Wales will face Australia in a repeat of the 2015 tournament, at which both beat hosts England to qualify from the group stage. Georgia join them in Pool D.
Defending champions New Zealand will take on South Africa and Italy in Pool B.
The 2019 World Cup runs fr... | England have been drawn with France and Argentina in a tough Pool C for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. |
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. |
Johnson confirmed his departure and the Scottish Rugby Union announced that he will be available for the June tour to Australia, Fiji and Samoa.
"I will not be looking to renew [my contract] at the end of the season," said the 49-year-old Australian.
Scotland coach Andy Robinson has been seeking an experienced coach.
J... | Coaching director Scott Johnson will leave the Ospreys at the end of the season to take up the role of Scotland senior assistant coach. |
He will start 10th, with Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg on pole, after crashing out following a series of mistakes through the hour-long session.
The Briton, 31, told BBC Sport: "Not a good day for me. Probably the worst session I've ever had in qualifying."
Hamilton, who is defending the drivers' title, said he would... | Lewis Hamilton said his error-strewn qualifying session at the Grand Prix of Europe was the worst of his career. |
The club say the 32-year-old wants to return north in order to spend more time with his daughter.
Berra, who has 35 caps, moved to England in 2009 to join Wolves, then managed by Mick McCarthy, who also took him to Ipswich in 2013.
"It's a situation we have been aware of for some time," McCarthy told the Ipswich websit... | Scotland defender Christophe Berra is to leave Ipswich Town when his contract expires in the summer. |
Four St Peter Port parishioners have put themselves forward for election, but with five seats up for grabs there will be a vacancy.
Parish constable Dennis Le Moignan said it was the first time there had not been enough candidates.
He blamed a "lack of interest" and little understanding of the role.
However, others bel... | A "lack of interest" in parish politics is being blamed for a shortfall in the number of candidates needed to serve in a Guernsey parish. |
Paramedics outside the Queen Alexandra Hospital said they are "spending hours sat waiting to off-load patients".
They said it is having a "massive effect on staff morale" and the "public are not getting the ambulances that they require and that they deserve".
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust said there was an "extremely ... | One third of ambulances on duty in Hampshire waited for up to two hours outside a hospital on Monday. |
Sir Philip had put a "substantial" recovery plan in place to resolve the deficit in pension schemes at Top Shop owner Arcadia, Mr Field said.
However, the original fix for the BHS scheme had been "inadequate", he said.
Sir Philip owned BHS for 15 years before selling it in March 2015.
It was bought for £1 by Dominic Ch... | Sir Philip Green has been "long favouring" the pension schemes of Arcadia over those of BHS, according to the chairman of the Commons Work and Pensions Committee, Frank Field. |
Swansea council said it was contacted by South Wales Evening Post after readers reported the problem in Townhill and Mayhill to the paper.
A council spokesman said a potential source of the sound had been located.
Members of the public were asked to contact the local authority's noise pollution team with information. | A mystery siren-like noise which is keeping Swansea residents awake at night has triggered an investigation by the council. |
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