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The midfielder agreed personal terms with the Canaries this week and, having passed his medical, he has penned a three-and-a-half-year deal.
"He can add goals to our midfield, which I think we need," said Norwich manager Paul Lambert.
"He'll get better as a player the high... | Norwich City have completed the signing of 23-year-old Leeds captain Jonny Howson for an undisclosed fee. | 16610340 |
Sidibe, who died on Thursday, is known for his black and white studio portraits that captured the lives of young Malians in the 1960s and 1970s.
Critics say his photos of Mali's post-colonial period helped people see the West African nation in a new light.
In 2007, he became the first African winner of the Golden Lion ... | Tributes are being paid to the award-winning Malian photographer, Malick Sidibe, who has died at the age of 80. | 36055060 |
England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) rules need to be altered to remove the right of all 18 counties to play in the new tournament.
Essex follow Middlesex in their refusal to support the change.
But Durham chairman Sir Ian Botham said his county were fully committed in their support for the new tournament.
He said: "I... | Essex have become the second county to announce their intention to stand against a new city-based Twenty20 competition, planned for 2020. | 39642819 |
The prosecutors, from Spain's top criminal court, allege Neymar and his father hid the true value of the player's multi-million-euro transfer from Santos to Barcelona.
A Brazilian investment fund that owned 40% of Neymar's sports rights argues it was deprived of its full share.
In previous interviews, Neymar, 24, has d... | Spanish prosecutors have called for Brazil and Barcelona football star Neymar to be tried for fraud. | 36468012 |
Under the plans announced by Chancellor George Osborne in July, the minimum wage for over-25s will rise from £6.50 an hour to £7.20 in April next year.
It will rise to at least £9 by 2020.
The Scottish government said the proposals were "simply an enhancement of the national minimum wage" rather than a true living wage... | The UK government's National Living Wage plans have been criticised as a "misappropriation of the term" by the Scottish government. | 34421675 |
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead spent £160,000 trying to move 10 caravans from Shurlock Row, Berkshire.
Those occupying the land lost appeals and finally a judicial review bid to remain at the site in 2016.
The authority said the group had now left voluntarily and an order imposed to restore the site to its or... | Travellers who sparked a Supreme Court legal battle by pitching at a site for more than seven years have left. | 38910818 |
Tory PCC Adam Simmonds' plans include employing a chief of staff, four assistant commissioners, and a value for money officer.
Under the old police authority, there were seven staff members. The new organisation will have 10 extra posts.
Mr Simmonds said a team was vital in overseeing the county force.
He said: "This i... | The new police and crime commissioner (PCC) for Northamptonshire has denied he is "empire building" with his plans for a 17-strong team. | 20642446 |
The winner of the award, previously known as the Samuel Johnson Prize, will receive £30,000.
It aims to recognise high quality non-fiction works published in English.
It is open to books in the areas of current affairs, history, politics, science, sport, travel, biography and the arts.
Flanders, now a chief market stra... | Former BBC Economics Editor Stephanie Flanders is to chair the judges of the 2016 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. | 36201702 |
The ruling ends an eight-year legal battle over the documents.
The manuscripts were in the possession of the family of Esther Hoffe, the secretary of Kafka's friend Max Brod.
The family had argued that it rightfully owned the manuscripts after her death.
David Blumberg, chairman the National Library of Israel, said the... | Israel's Supreme Court has ruled that a collection of unpublished Franz Kafka manuscripts must be transferred from an Israeli family to the country's national library. | 37021219 |
Subsea UK chief executive Neil Gordon said capital expenditure cuts and low crude price were starting to bite.
But he added that the fundamentals of the sector, which supports 60,000 jobs, remained relatively strong.
He was speaking at the start of Subsea Expo in Aberdeen.
Subsea firms play a key role in North Sea acti... | The UK's subsea sector is in for two years of tough times and will only weather the storm if it embraces innovation and new technology, an industry body has warned. | 31422496 |
Enda Kenny was making a speech on the implications of Brexit on Wednesday.
He said the move posed a serious threat to the Republic's economic prosperity.
He also said the negotiations would be the most significant that Ireland had faced as an independent state.
Mr Kenny also warned that if no executive was formed after... | It is a matter of vital national interest that there is no return to a hard border on the island of Ireland when the UK leaves the European Union, the taoiseach (Irish prime minister) has said. | 38986093 |
McIlroy has opted out of the European Tour's flagship event because he does not want to play four weeks in a row.
The world number three is returning from a three-week break to defend the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte.
"I am still working on it but I feel better than I did when I put the clubs away for a couple... | Rory McIlroy has pulled out of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth later in May, but says he is close to removing the "bad habits" from his game. | 36207769 |
Transport links and water and power supplies in the city of 10 million are severely affected, and some residents are trapped in their homes.
Flooding has killed more than 180 people and caused chaos across China.
Police in neighbouring Anhui province even warned that alligators from a farm there had escaped due to the ... | The Chinese city of Wuhan is on red alert for more heavy rainfall, after torrential downpours overnight left parts of the city submerged. | 36721514 |
Trustees of the Cwmaman Institute said they had six-figure debts and were struggling to keep the building open.
Opened in 1892 for the local mining community, the building had a £3.8m lottery-funded facelift in 2001 unveiled by the Prince of Wales.
Trust chairman John Oliver said they were warning groups using the ven... | Rock stars Stereophonics have been asked to help save a venue where they played some of their first gigs. | 34002513 |
The 34-year-old's deal is the third short-term contract he has signed since joining the Championship club last summer after four injury-plagued years.
Barker only made five substitute appearances, but helped the Brewers avoid relegation and boss Nigel Clough sees him as a valuable squad member.
"I am not signing as a p... | Defender Shaun Barker has signed a new six-month contract with Burton Albion. | 39965736 |
Speaking in advance of their trips, they proposed very different solutions.
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said he would be asking US officials to help convince the UK government to take a new approach to welfare funding.
But Secretary of State Theresa Villiers will say those blocking welfare reform are puttin... | Northern Ireland's secretary of state and deputy first minister are taking separate visits to the US to brief the government about the Stormont crisis. | 33670141 |
The budding star, coached by Kaiser Chiefs front man Ricky Wilson, beat off stiff competition from Lucy O'Byrne to take the crown.
The 29-year-old, from Alva in Clackmannanshire, had been the bookies' favourite to win the final.
After his victory was announced, Stevie said: "I never thought this was possible."
His debu... | Scottish firefighter Stevie McCrorie has won the grand final of the BBC show, The Voice. | 32188341 |
Efforts to find the family began in August after India accepted the woman, named Geeta, was one of its citizens.
Geeta, who has speech and hearing impairments, was about 11 when she is believed to have strayed into Pakistan.
Her plight emerged following a Bollywood film Bajrangi Bhaijaan, which told the story of a Paki... | An Indian woman stranded in Pakistan for a decade has identified her family in photos sent from across the border. | 34538992 |
"Assessing and reporting major risks does not mean becoming involved in politics; rather it would be political to suppress important judgments," he told a House of Lords committee.
Mr Carney said the vote was the biggest domestic risk to the UK's financial stability.
He added that uncertainty was already hitting the gr... | It is the Bank's duty to talk about EU referendum risks, says Bank of England governor Mark Carney, dismissing accusations the Bank is too political. | 36082255 |
The Nottinghamshire born athlete, who is a double amputee, set off from John O'Groats in August and headed into Land's End on Monday.
The 37-year-old 200m sprinter, who began his career as a marathon runner, said the task had been five years in the planning.
He said the challenge had been "an epic journey".
"I'm really... | Paralympic gold medallist Richard Whitehead has completed 40 marathons in 40 days. | 24193716 |
They say the rapid test, which looks for a chemical in the blood, would reduce stress for patients, save money and ease pressure on hospital wards.
Trials on 6,304 people, published in the Lancet medical journal, suggested it was 99.6% accurate.
The British Heart Foundation said the test would produce faster answers wi... | A blood test can more than halve the number of people admitted to hospital with a suspected heart attack, say doctors. | 34464484 |
Heidi Gannon was born in Wales and her sister Jo Baines was born in England about two hours afterwards.
Their mum didn't know she was having twins.
A set of twins were born in England and Scotland in 2012 and were thought to be the first to be born in different countries but Heidi and Jo were born much earlier, in 1976... | Twins claim world record title as the first pair to be born in different countries - nearly 40 years later. | 35350306 |
Calais officials said the man was "crushed" by pallets and was found by a Hungarian driver at about 07:00 BST.
The Iraqi man was travelling with two other family members, who were unhurt, a spokesman for the Prefecture du Pas de Calais said.
He is the 12th person to have died trying to cross the English Channel to reac... | A 20-year-old Iraqi has been found dead in a UK-bound lorry in Calais port, French authorities have said. | 34388412 |
CRCC was at the head of a consortium that had won the project last year, which was abruptly revoked shortly after being awarded.
The deal was called off over controversy in the bidding process.
The Mexican government relaunched the bid earlier this year, but that was cancelled for a second time.
The second cancellation... | Mexico will compensate China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) $1.31m (£835,953) for cancelling a $3.75bn high-speed rail contract. | 32840712 |
While visiting Towers Residential Outdoor Education Centre in Betws-y-Coed, Conwy, the royal couple ascended a climbing wall.
Earlier, they visited a photography project run by charity Mind in Caernarfon, Gwynedd.
They also saw the work of GISDA which provides training for young people.
Twm Griffiths, who works at the ... | The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been in north Wales to meet organisations which support young people and tackle mental health issues. | 34868478 |
Ricky Burlton, 20, from Enfield, London, died after he was hit by a car on the A10 exit slip road at Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire.
Officers want to question Alexi Shyti, who is thought to have been living under an assumed named at the time.
Mr Shyti, believed to have been driving a Rover involved in the crash, fled the cou... | A fresh appeal has been made in a bid to find a man wanted in connection with a fatal crash five years ago. | 33004119 |
The new Velvet Edition dark chocolate bars go on sale in the UK this month.
Instead of the Fairtrade mark, it carries the Cocoa Life certification, set up by Mondelez International, the owner of Green & Black's.
Mondelez calls Cocoa Life "a holistic, cocoa sustainability programme in partnership with Fairtrade".
And un... | Green & Black's, which pioneered organic Fairtrade chocolate, is launching its first UK product without a Fairtrade or organic label. | 40813583 |
The furry explorer climbed inside the child's plaything and jammed its head through a small hole at the rear.
Despite its owners attempts to free it, the plastic proved too tough and the "unusual" emergency call-out was made.
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said the kitten was unharmed but its experience served as ... | A three-month old kitten had to be rescued by firefighters after it got stuck in a toy car. | 38336312 |
Marco Pierre White Jr, 21, had pleaded guilty to dishonestly making a false representation on 23 November.
He was told he had to undertake 120 hours of unpaid work and pay £2,500 in compensation to his victim.
Chief magistrate Emma Arbuthnot said she believed goods he had bought with the money were "sold to buy drugs".... | The son of chef Marco Pierre White has been ordered to perform unpaid work after he admitted dishonestly using his ex-girlfriend's bank card. | 38257089 |
The city council has approved plans from the Co-operative Group and Moda Living for the 34-storey Angel Gardens building.
It will be built at Shudehill, on a site once home to an 18th Century cotton mill built by Richard Arkwright.
Angel Gardens will include more than 450 apartments, resident lounges, a cinema room and... | A block of "new style" flats is to be built near Manchester's Victoria station. | 31968351 |
He was injured in a tumble from Cernunnos, for his boss JP McManus, at the final fence in the Summer Plate Handicap Chase won by Long House Hall.
Geraghty, 36, will see a specialist to determine whether he needs surgery.
"He'll be out for two to three months with that," said Irish Turf Club senior medical officer Dr Ad... | Jockey Barry Geraghty will miss the Galway Festival and is out for at least two months after breaking his right arm in a fall at Market Rasen. | 36817205 |
The US sprayed 12 million gallons of the defoliant over jungles between 1961 and 1971 during the Vietnam war.
Vietnamese experts say more than three million people have suffered the effects of the herbicide, of which some 400,000 died.
The development is being hailed as one of the most significant in relations between ... | Vietnam and the United States have taken the first step towards cleaning up Agent Orange contamination. | 13808753 |
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A BBC team and some tourists were on the mountain when the explosion happened.
BBC science reporter Rebecca Morelle described the experience of "Running down a mountain pelted by rocks, dodging burning boulders and boiling steam."
Mount Etna is one of the most active volcanoes i... | The Mount Etna Volcano in Italy has erupted. | 39302287 |
The IAAF voted to suspend Russia's federation (Araf) on 13 November after the publication of an independent World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) report that alleged "state-sponsored doping".
The IAAF has outlined conditions Araf must meet for the ban to be lifted.
The Olympic athletics programme begins in Brazil on 12 Augus... | Russia's participation in athletics at the Rio Olympics will be decided when the council of world governing body the IAAF meets on 17 June in Vienna. | 36105262 |
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From Popdance to Street Dance, Ballroom to Fitsteps, there is a type of dance to suit everyone, whatever your age, taste, aspiration or fitness level. Before you know it, you'll be getting fit and your energy levels will be soaring! It's easy to get into, effective and a g... | Members of 8 Steps Dance Group explain why dancing is a fantastic way of expressing creativity and emotion as well as being a great way of keeping active. | 29064044 |
Nearly half the roughly four million children displaced in the region are not in school, according to a new report by the Malala Fund.
They risk becoming a "lost generation", Ms Yousafzai warned.
The BBC's Lyse Doucet was given exclusive access to the report ahead of its release on Friday.
Ms Yousafzai, who was shot in... | Campaigner Malala Yousafzai has called for more to be done to educate millions of Syrian refugee children displaced within the country and its neighbours. | 35426230 |
Mousinho, 31, has captained the Brewers in all three Football League divisions, but had not played in the second tier before last season.
"The Championship was a bit of an unknown for me," he told Burton's official website.
"Now I feel in a better place with that season under my belt."
Mousinho made 32 appearances in t... | Burton Albion skipper John Mousinho says he is relishing a second season in the Championship after signing a new one-year contract. | 40157979 |
Dutch customs officials discovered a parcel containing two handguns, ammunition, herbal cannabis and GHB, also known as liquid ecstasy, addressed to a location on Merseyside.
The seizure was referred to the National Crime Agency.
Officers raided two addresses in St Helens earlier, arresting a 22-year-old man and a 20-y... | A couple have been arrested on suspicion of allegedly importing firearms and drugs into the UK. | 38572232 |
Julie-Anne Wood started her career in her hometown of Milford Haven in 1999.
She has now become the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's head of maritime operations and oversees the co-ordination of search and rescue around the UK coast.
Up until now the role has always been held by a man.
Ms Wood, who started out as a par... | A coastguard from Pembrokeshire has made history by becoming the highest-ranking woman in Her Majesty's Coastguard. | 39490278 |
Cardiff and Vale health board said admissions to the University Hospital of Wales will go to a different ward or a different hospital.
The board has not confirmed what the infections are.
Babies already being treated on the ward will remain there, so it has not closed completely.
Ruth Walker, the health board's executi... | The neonatal intensive care unit at a Cardiff hospital has stopped taking admissions due to a "cluster of infections". | 34079390 |
The world's largest maker of passenger jets earned $1.70bn (£1.1bn) for the July-to-September period, up from $1.36bn a year ago.
Revenue rose by about 9% to $25.85bn, with commercial aircraft deliveries up 7% to 199.
The Chicago-based company also raised its 2015 sales and profits guidance.
Revenue will be $95-97bn, ... | Aircraft maker Boeing has reported a 25% rise in quarterly profit, helped by an increase in deliveries of commercial aircraft. | 34594964 |
There has been plenty of EFL activity in the transfer window so far this summer and expect plenty more moves before deadline day arrives on 31 August.
With the new season starting on Friday, how well do you know your EFL transfers? Try your luck with our quiz...
This content will not work on your device, please check J... | An ex-England captain, a former Lance Bombardier in the Army and the most expensive signing in Championship history. | 40744551 |
Filming for Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur will begin on Monday and last for six days, Snowdonia National Park Authority has confirmed.
The Guy Ritchie film will star Charlie Hunnam as King Arthur and Jude Law as the villain Vortigern.
Velocity Productions will be filming in and around Capel Curig, Nant Gwynant... | Snowdonia's renowned natural beauty is to play a starring role in a Hollywood film featuring Jude Law. | 32259229 |
Webber, who arrived from Huddersfield in April, is heading up the search for a permanent replacement for Alex Neil.
"We have a list of candidates, and once their seasons are finished, we can start to accelerate that process," Webber told BBC Radio Norfolk.
Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill has distanced himself fro... | Norwich City's next head coach will come from a shortlist of managers currently in jobs, sporting director Stuart Webber has said. | 39855621 |
Prince Andrew said in a statement he wished to stop "speculation and innuendo" relating to his daughters.
He said it was "complete fabrication" to suggest he wanted titles for any future husbands of the princesses.
He added that continued speculation over a split between himself and Prince Charles was "pointless".
"As ... | There is "no truth" in press claims of a split in the Royal Family over the future roles of Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice, the Duke of York has said. | 38269963 |
The 20-year-old has played three times for the Tractor Boys this term, all in the League Cup, scoring one goal.
Yorwerth, a Wales Under-21 international, joined Ipswich this summer after leaving Cardiff City.
He is eligible to make his debut for the Reds, who are currently one place off the bottom in League Two, in Tue... | League Two strugglers Crawley Town have signed Ipswich Town defender Josh Yorwerth on a one-month loan deal. | 34393314 |
Recordings released on paid-subscription platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music and Tidal will now qualify.
Nominees previously had to be available on a CD, or downloadable.
Grammy members will also vote in fewer categories, the Recording Academy announced.
The changes will come into force in time for next February's a... | Songs released only on streaming services are to be eligible for Grammy nominations for the first time, as part of changes to the music awards' rules. | 36557805 |
Network Rail said the railway station would be shut between 30 September and 22 October so passenger capacity can be increased.
It is part of the rail management company and Liverpool City Region's £340m project to upgrade 10 railways.
A spokesman for Network Rail said disruption would be "kept to a minimum" and most ... | Liverpool Lime Street is to close for three weeks for a major refurbishment. | 40290923 |
The first concerns rates - the locally collected property tax paid by businesses and households.
The political crisis means the NI Executive has not set its part of the bill, known as the regional rate.
James Brokenshire had promised to bring forward legislation to enable a regional rate to be set if there was no polit... | Northern Ireland has two pressing financial issues on which the Secretary of State could act before parliament is dissolved in early May. | 39628940 |
Brathwaite, 22, had only one Test wicket and three first-class scalps to his name before this game, but captured 6-29 with his part-time off-spin.
That helped bowl Sri Lanka out for 206, setting West Indies 244 to win.
Brathwaite was then lbw for three with the tourists 20-1 when rain ended play.
The Bajan right-hander... | West Indies' Kraigg Brathwaite achieved the best Test bowling figures by an opening batsman for more than half a century on day three of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo. | 34626131 |
The British actor plays Martin Luther King in the film about the 1965 campaign in Selma, Alabama, for equal voting rights for African-Americans.
The film, out in the UK next week, has been lauded by critics but received no Bafta nominations.
The film received two Oscar nominations - for best picture and best original s... | Former Spooks star David Oyelowo has expressed disappointment at the way Bafta has snubbed his new film Selma. | 31041839 |
On a green surface and in damp, overcast conditions, Australia fell to 8-4 and 17-5 after losing the toss.
Vernon Philander took 5-21, Kyle Abbott 3-41 and though Steve Smith ended 48 not out, Australia slumped to their lowest home total against the Proteas.
South Africa reached 171-5 by the close for a lead of 86 - Ha... | Australia were bowled out for only 85 on the first day of the second Test against South Africa at Hobart. | 37960595 |
Mr Trudeau emphasised the benefits of Canada-US trade on jobs and the economy in an interview with NBC News.
It is a well-worn message for Mr Trudeau, but one he is keen to promote before North American Free Trade Agreement talks launch.
Mr Trudeau spoke to the network from New York as he attended Canadian show Come Fr... | Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking his pro-trade message directly to Americans. | 39294694 |
Police were called to reports the Stagecoach bus had hit the bridge at Chapel Hill, near the train station, shortly before 14:00 BST.
Two people were on board the bus at the time, but were not injured.
Chapel Hill has been reopened. Network Rail said train services between Basingstoke and London, which use the bridge, ... | The roof of a double decker bus has been torn off after it struck a railway bridge in Basingstoke. | 36428881 |
Henry Duncan worked in a commercial bank before taking up the ministry in Ruthwell Parish at the turn of the 19th Century.
He started his "penny bank" to give parishioners access to savings and interest for the first time.
The model was soon adopted around the globe.
In 19th Century rural Scotland personal banking was ... | A play on the life of the Dumfriesshire minister who started the world's first savings bank has been premiered in the church where he preached. | 36387386 |
"I have the all clear as regards my prostate cancer," he said "That has been the case for quite a time now."
The 80-year-old former chat show host revealed he was receiving radiotherapy for the condition in 2013.
Two years on, he said he still needed to have regular tests and have the "occasional" blood transfusion.
Th... | Broadcaster Sir Michael Parkinson has confirmed he has been given an all-clear by doctors after two years of treatment for prostate cancer. | 33378837 |
Like all such launches, the test took place in defiance of UN Security Council resolutions. Pyongyang's press release, issued a day later, indicated that the missile - the Pukguksong-2 - was of the same type as one test-fired from a submarine off the east coast in August 2016.
Unlike North Korea's other long-range land... | On the morning of 12 February, North Korea conducted a ballistic missile test launch from Banghyon air base near the west coast of the country. | 38958321 |
Parliament voted to oust conservative Prime Minister Janez Jansa, after smaller parties left his coalition.
He was accused by the anti-corruption watchdog in January of tax irregularities and has been struggling to implement austerity measures to combat the country's financial crisis.
MPs asked opposition leader Alenka... | The government of Slovenia, beset by economic turmoil and allegations of corruption, has fallen. | 21611386 |
The centre-back's existing deal was due to expire at the end of the upcoming season.
Morrison, 26, joined the Bluebirds from Reading in 2014, having previously played for Swindon and Huddersfield.
He has made 120 appearances and scored 13 goals for Cardiff, who rejected a bid for him from fellow Championship side Sheff... | Cardiff City captain Sean Morrison has signed a new contract which will keep him at the club until 2020. | 40670068 |
Wardrobes, beds, sofas, lamps and other pieces from the Athletes' Village in Dalmarnock will be handed over to Glasgow Housing Association (GHA).
It will then be passed on to people and charities helping to furnish homes.
About 36,000 items are to be distributed after the Games.
Some of the furniture will have been use... | Furniture used by some of the world's top athletes during the Commonwealth Games is to be distributed to vulnerable families in Glasgow at the end of the event. | 28078768 |
Cory Schenkel said on Facebook that his grandfather died on Sunday morning in the city of Boise, Idaho.
Kennedy won an Oscar in 1968 for Best Supporting Actor in Cool Hand Luke.
As well as the Naked Gun comedies, he also made memorable appearances in Earthquake and Airport 1975.
Mr Schenkel said the veteran actor had b... | US actor George Kennedy, who starred in movies including Cool Hand Luke and the Naked Gun series, has died at the age of 91, his grandson has announced. | 35693198 |
David Rees, who chairs the assembly's health committee, said it was "unable to reach a consensus view" on the idea.
The five Labour members supported curbs on e-cigarettes, claiming their use "normalises" smoking behaviour.
The idea was opposed by four opposition AMs, while Plaid Cymru's Elin Jones suggested imposing l... | Plans to ban the use of e-cigarettes in enclosed public places have divided a group of AMs looking at the proposal. | 34967200 |
The London-based musician beat eight-year-old magician Issy Simpson and comedian Daliso Chaponda to become the winner of the ITV talent show.
The 32-year-old won £250,000 in prize money and an appearance at the Royal Variety Performance.
ITV moved the final of the show forward by a day to avoid a clash with Ariana Gran... | Pianist Tokio Myers has been named winner of Britain's Got Talent. | 40145814 |
The tourist attraction on the city's waterfront went to the High Court in 2013 to recover costs to fix problems with the steps, terraces and ceilings.
It said it was necessary to shut the museum from 31 December until the end of February for the "safety and security of collections and visitors".
The £72m museum opened ... | The Museum of Liverpool is to close for two months for "essential works" to rectify construction and design issues with the building. | 37971928 |
The Cambridge University medical student, 29, left Blues for Racing 92 in 2013 and joined Quins this season.
He was preparing for the Varsity match when Quins posted a bonus-point win at Cardiff Arms Park in November.
"If you're playing against Jamie, you make your tackles," said Wilson.
Roberts was British and Irish L... | Cardiff Blues' tackling will have to be up to the mark against Harlequins' Wales star Jamie Roberts in their European Challenge Cup away match on Sunday, says head coach Danny Wilson. | 35277403 |
Louis and Marie-Zelie Guerin Martin, who lived in France in the 19th Century, were the parents of the much venerated Saint Therese of Lisieux.
The couple had nine children, four of whom died in infancy. The remaining five, all girls, became nuns.
The youngest, Therese, died of tuberculosis aged 24 in 1897 and was canon... | Pope Francis has conducted the first canonisation of a married couple in a ceremony in St Peter's Square. | 34565107 |
The Swiss will turn 35 during the Rio Games, where he will play in the singles and mixed doubles, although he has not decided on the men's doubles.
"I've planned all of 2016, you know all the way through the Rio Olympics and beyond," he said.
"No plans to retire yet. I don't have a definite date even though that would ... | Roger Federer, the 17-time Grand Slam singles champion, does not intend to retire after next year's Olympics. | 35099638 |
A 20th-minute Ryan Curran header looked set to give Harps victory before Josh Daniels' 84th-minute goal was followed by a Rory Patterson strike on 88.
But Houston powered in a magnificent header in the first minute of injury-time to level.
Nathan Boyle missed a glorious Derry chance with the last kick of the game.
Lead... | Derry City dropped to fourth in the League of Ireland table after Sean Houston's injury-time goal earned Finn Harps a dramatic Brandywell draw. | 36263223 |
The challenge has seen the 26-year-old sports therapist, from Oswestry in Shropshire, run marathons every day, starting in Chester on 6 August and ending in Manchester on Saturday.
"I feel like I can keep going. If anything I feel stronger," she said.
"If someone suggested running a 54th marathon I probably would to be... | Finishing her 53rd marathon in as many days, Amy Hughes has run into the record books, not only beating the women's record, but the men's as well. | 29359358 |
Swindon-based Gaming International Ltd, who run greyhound racing tracks in England and Japan and the National Bowl in Milton Keynes, are currently in the process of buying the club.
The Gulls were taken over last summer by a group of supporters after millionaire owner Thea Bristow left.
"We're getting very close to the... | A takeover of National League club Torquay United is close to completion, according to chairman David Phillips. | 36080590 |
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Australian Robertson, 34, had won the first two frames of the best-of-17 final and extended his lead to 5-2 during the first session in Cardiff.
But O'Sullivan, 40, won the next seven frames, sealing victory with a break of 141 to move level with John Higgins on four Welsh... | Ronnie O'Sullivan won seven frames in a row to beat Neil Robertson 9-5 and win his fourth Welsh Open title. | 35626415 |
Most of those on board were travelling home from a religious festival in the Andean district of Santa Teresa, according to a local fire chief.
Investigators say there were no survivors from Friday night's accident.
People often travel by lorry in the Peruvian Andes because of a shortage of public transport.
The mayor o... | At least 52 people were killed when a lorry plunged 200m (650ft) off a road into a gorge in the Cusco region of south-eastern Peru, officials say. | 24507780 |
Grace Mugabe, 51, was addressing a rally of the governing Zanu-PF party.
Mr Mugabe has governed Zimbabwe since the end of white-majority rule in 1980 following a bitterly fought war.
His wife, who has often professed her undying loyalty to her husband, has assumed an increasingly high profile.
"One day when God decides... | The wife of Zimbabwe's 92-year-old President, Robert Mugabe, has said that he is so popular that if he died, he could run as a corpse in next year's election and still win votes. | 39010667 |
Contact with flight MH370, carrying 239 people, was lost en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Despite an extensive search no trace has ever been found.
The trial system enables planes to be tracked every 15 minutes, an increase on the current 30 to 40 minutes.
It uses technology already installed on most long-haul je... | Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia are to trial a new method of tracking planes, almost a year after a Malaysia Airlines flight disappeared. | 31683363 |
Wicketkeeper/batsman Billings is one of eight England players at IPL 2017, double the number who played last year.
"It gives you another platform to progress as a cricketer," the 25-year-old told BBC Radio Kent.
"My game's gone from strength to strength, playing international cricket around the world."
Billings played ... | Kent's Sam Billings believes experience of tournaments such as the Indian Premier League and Australia's Big Bash can only improve English cricketers. | 39290958 |
The sculpture of Themis - the goddess of justice - wearing a sari was less than six months old, but Islamist groups demanded its removal by Friday.
They claimed it hurt the religious sentiments of Muslims and it prompted mass protests in the capital, Dhaka.
PM Sheikh Hasina agreed to its removal, but secular groups opp... | Workers have begun to dismantle the statue of a Greek goddess from Bangladesh's Supreme Court complex, after an outcry from Islamists. | 40055372 |
The doodle references the artist's famous work of a tiger shark pickled in formaldehyde and was given to an unnamed chauffeur as a tip.
"A great drive," wrote the artist along the top of the page.
The sale came in the same week that critic Julian Spalding said Hirst's work was "not art" and the market for his productio... | An autograph book containing a sketch of a shark drawn by Damien Hirst has sold for £4,664 at auction. | 17534924 |
City had been due to face a winding-up petition on Monday, but Cox told BBC Radio Oxford it will not now be heard.
A judge could have passed a winding-up order that would have liquidated the 134-year-old club.
Oxford are next to bottom in National League South, having won only one of their eight games so far this seaso... | Oxford City chairman Brian Cox has confirmed that a pending High Court hearing has been called off after the club paid an outstanding tax bill. | 37275387 |
The Conservative-led authority made the announcement as part of plans to save £55m during 2011-12.
The council, which has nearly 15,000 employees, plans to save £7m by cutting senior management, freezing recruitment and renegotiating contracts.
Liberal Democrat councillor Keith House said the council was in "financia... | Union bosses said 1,200 job losses at Hampshire County Council would lead to "inferior services" to communities. | 12224744 |
Sunday's blaze in Milton, Stoke-on-Trent, centred on a building containing recycled plastics.
The Environment Agency had previously said Hanbury Plastics ,the site operator, had never held an environmental permit.
The operation to tackle the fire has been scaled back but it is still burning in places.
See more stories ... | A fire at a recycling plant which was storing illegal waste was started deliberately, the fire service said. | 38912781 |
But however classy your look, if you want to take care of yourself, you too can find yourself shelling out big bucks like Dolly.
What you may not realise is that from low-cost Vietnam to high-rolling Venezuela, the bill can vary hugely.
They are the cheapest and dearest nations in e-commerce platform Linio.com's Beauty... | Country star Dolly Parton once said of her appearance that "it costs a lot of money to look this cheap". | 40441131 |
A revamp of the calendar is under consideration with the 2019 US PGA Championship potentially moving to May.
That would mean the US major being played in the same month as the European Tour's BMW PGA Championship, which starts at Wentworth on Thursday.
This could have long-term implications for the quality of the field... | The European Tour "will have to adjust and adapt" if radical proposals to alter golf's majors schedule are implemented, says boss Keith Pelley. | 40022052 |
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Britain's most decorated Olympian was at Drumchapel Sport Hub in Glasgow as agency sportscotland announced that it had surpassed Holyrood's target of 150 community sport hubs in 2016.
"It's fantastic to see that they've actually committed to this," said Hoy.
"The target is... | Sir Chris Hoy says the commitment shown by the Scottish Government and the National Lottery will help ensure the Commonwealth Games legacy continues. | 35804302 |
Analysts said June's hot weather had helped to lift sales at the company, which also includes Argos.
The UK's second biggest supermarket said like-for-like sales - which strip out the impact of new stores - grew by 2.3%, excluding petrol.
Chief executive Mike Coupe said he was "pleased" with the results - its best grow... | Sainsbury's has said sales of clothes, summer food and paddling pools helped speed up growth in the past few months. | 40491106 |
Wolecki Black, 50, was taken by ambulance to Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy.
The former Glasgow City head coach took over from Gary Bollan in December after the latter had joined Forfar Athletic.
Airdrie thanked their physio Kirsty Hughes and Cowdenbeath "for their prompt and professional response".
Former Montrose pla... | Airdrieonians manager Eddie Wolecki Black is in a stable condition after taking ill during half-time of Saturday's win at Cowdenbeath. | 35738172 |
The pair arrive at Ewood Park following centre-half Shane Duffy's departure to Brighton for an undisclosed fee.
Williams, 23, made 131 appearances for the Robins, helping the club to the League One title in 2014-15.
Hoban, 22, has played 58 games for Watford, scoring twice.
Both players, who have Republic of Ireland Un... | Blackburn Rovers have signed defender Derrick Williams for an undisclosed fee on a three-year deal from Bristol City, while Tommie Hoban has joined on a season-long loan from Watford. | 37195595 |
The men aged 38, 42, 45 and 46, were arrested after a car was stopped in the Ringfort Road area, in Hazelbank, on Thursday night.
They were questioned at Antrim police station.
Police said their enquiries were continuing. | Four men arrested in Londonderry by police investigating dissident republican activity are released unconditionally. | 34356253 |
The screenwriter died surrounded by his family in California on Monday after several weeks of hospice care.
His widow Rita Hudis said in a statement: "He died peacefully at home with myself and Stephen and Kevin, his two sons.
"He did well to reach 93. We will miss him. Our 60th anniversary would have been on the 28 Ap... | Norman Hudis, best known for writing the first six Carry On films, has died at the age of 93. | 35531309 |
Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara are both up for actress of the year, while Todd Haynes' film is also one of 10 titles up for the film of the year award.
Tom Hardy has three nominations that recognise his roles in The Revenant, Legend and his whole body of 2015 work.
Sir Kenneth Branagh will get a special award at the ce... | Romantic drama Carol leads the field at the London Critics' Circle Film Awards, having received seven nominations from the UK's film reviewers. | 35091183 |
The announcement was made at the Geneva motor show in Switzerland.
The Japanese carmaker said that its £125m investment would create 2,000 jobs. The government is supporting the project with a £9.3m grant.
Nissan said that 400 of the new jobs would be in its Sunderland plant, and it estimates 1,600 jobs will be created... | Nissan is to build a new compact model, called the Invitation, at its Sunderland factory. | 17266087 |
The MAC chief executive Anne McReynolds was speaking ahead of a debate at the theatre later that involves members of the main political parties.
She said the arts benefit the economy.
"Our politicians understand the arts contribute to wider society in terms of economic renewal, cultural tourism and social regeneration,... | A theatre manager in Belfast has questioned why the arts in Northern Ireland receives less funding than other parts of the UK. | 32291349 |
Matilda Winkleman has undergone several operations for severe burns since it happened last year and is now recovering.
But what should parents consider when they're buying a fancy dress outfit?
Firstly Halloween costumes are classed as toys which means that, by law, they don't have to be as fire retardant as normal chi... | The case of TV presenter Claudia Winkleman's daughter, whose Halloween costume brushed by a candle and burst into flames, has put the issue of fire safety firmly in the headlines. | 34552403 |
England, who have never won the competition, were knocked out at the group stage this year.
"We were a long way off the pace. Unless we focus on it, we will sleep walk our way into the next one," Strauss told BBC Test Match Special.
"If we have a core of specialists we can prioritise both teams."
Test skipper Alastair ... | England director of cricket Andrew Strauss says "more separation" of the Test and one-day teams will improve their chances of winning the World Cup. | 34792162 |
No batsman from Bapchild Cricket Club was able to get off the mark against Christ Church University in Canterbury.
"We couldn't believe it, all they needed to do was hit a wall to get one run," Christ Church player Mike Rose told the Crawley Observer.
Somerset club Langport set the record for the lowest score when they... | A cricket team was bowled out for 0 in just 20 balls in a county six-a-side indoor championships match. | 35550946 |
But most of the Somerset batsmen failed to exploit good batting conditions, Keith Barker and Chris Woakes both picking up three wickets, backed by two from Jonathan Trott,
After rallying from 117-4 in a stand of 110 with Peter Trego, Abell made 104.
Despite Trego's 94, Somerset missed a third batting point but did take... | Somerset youngster Tom Abell made his second first-class century to help his side post 295 against Warwickshire. | 36213535 |
The move comes as part of a campaign by President Xi Jinping to show that the ruling Communist Party (CPC) is cracking down on corruption and waste.
Glitzy new government buildings, sometimes in impoverished areas, have been a source of public outrage.
The directive forbids luxury makeovers and expansions done under th... | China has banned the construction of government buildings for five years, according to state media. | 23422985 |
The South African struck 24 boundaries, sharing century partnerships with Luke Wright (60) and Ben Brown (67), as Sussex moved their score on from 74-1.
Jofra Archer then smashed four sixes and three fours to score 42 off 14 balls as Sussex declared on 443-6.
Leicestershire openers Paul Horton and Arun Harinath reached... | Sussex's Stiaan van Zyl scored an unbeaten 166 as Leicestershire ended day three 36-0 chasing 425 to win. | 40530289 |
"What the co-leader has done is treason, provocation," Mr Erdogan said, referring to Mr Demirtas, co-leader of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).
At the weekend the HDP and other pro-Kurdish groups called for self-rule in Turkey's mainly Kurdish south-east.
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into thos... | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned as "treason" a call by prominent Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas for Kurdish autonomy. | 35192854 |
The firm, one of the world's biggest fashion retailers, reported net profits of 3.6bn Swedish kronor ($423m; £284m), up 36% from a year earlier.
The company said its collections had been "well-received" in the December-to-February period.
H&M plans to open about 400 new stores in the 2014-15 financial year.
"We have m... | Swedish fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) has said "strong" store and online expansion led to improved sales and profits in the first quarter. | 32029637 |
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has issued dozens of warnings, most of them in Tayside.
People in the Borders and Dumfries and Galloway have been asked to pay close attention to the weather forecast over Christmas Day into Boxing Day.
Warnings were also in place on Christmas Eve covering Strathglass a... | Many parts of Scotland are at risk of flooding over Christmas after more heavy rain affected the country. | 35171258 |
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