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A statement from Championship rugby side Pirates says they hope the ground will open in September 2019.
In December, club director Colin Groves estimated construction would begin "in the middle" of this year.
National League South side Truro only agreed to share the proposed 6,000-capacity ground with Pirates in April.... | Work on the Stadium for Cornwall, to be shared by Cornish Pirates and Truro City, will not start any earlier than spring 2018. | 39901927 |
Moscow turned down a new bid of $26.5m (£18.7) which was an improvement on the original offer of $21.6m (£15.1m).
The 23-year-old is believed to be open to a move to Leicester.
The Nigeria captain has also attracted the attention of other top Premier League teams and has a $32.5m (£22.8m) buyout clause in his contract.... | Russian club CSKA Moscow have rejected an improved offer from Premier League leaders Leicester City for Nigeria's Ahmed Musa, BBC Sport understands. | 35409699 |
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Mark Sampson's squad are only the third England team to reach a World Cup semi-final, after the 1990 men's side and the 1966 World Cup winners.
The winner of the match will face USA in Sunday's final
Sue Smith, a former England player who is commentating on tonight's semi-final, to... | England women's football team will take on Japan on Thursday in the semi-finals of the World Cup in Canada. | 33352419 |
Biggin Hill Airport wants to increase bank holiday and weekend opening times to increase the number of flights.
Director William Curtis said he feared the airport could be asked to help the UK meet increased demand for air travel if the extension was not granted.
Bromley Council has approved new hours "in principle".
T... | A small London airport needs to extend its hours to avoid being forced to take on holidaymakers and more commercial airlines, its boss has claimed. | 32065457 |
Zia Haider Rahman's critically acclaimed debut, In the Light of What We Know, picked up the James Tait Black fiction prize on Monday evening.
The Valley: A Hundred Years in the Life of a Yorkshire Family by Richard Benson won the biography prize.
The two prizes are awarded annually by the University of Edinburgh.
Chair... | A novel about a disillusioned banker who is reunited with an old friend before embarking on an epic journey has won the UK's oldest literary award. | 33957709 |
It was the 23-year-old's third WTA title of her career and is a welcome boost after a poor start to the year.
Australian Open semi-finalist and fellow Briton Johanna Konta, 24, rose one place to 26 after making the last eight in Monterrey.
Britain's Naomi Broady, 26, is up 20 places to 76 after reaching the semi-finals... | British number two Heather Watson is up 31 places in the world rankings to 53 after winning the Monterrey Open. | 35742532 |
The Germanwings plane carrying 150 people crashed on its way from Barcelona to Duesseldorf.
Mr Hammond said "based on the information available to us" it was likely British nationals were involved.
But he said he would not speculate on numbers of Britons involved until checks were completed.
"We are working closely wit... | Some British nationals were "sadly likely" to have been on board the plane that crashed in the French Alps, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says. | 32042323 |
The latest figures, for 2011, show just 62% of newly qualified teachers were still in teaching a year later, the ATL annual conference has heard.
This is a steep drop from 2005 when there were 80% still in teaching after a year, says the union.
This is a "crisis of teacher supply" said general secretary Mary Bousted.
"... | Record numbers of new teachers are leaving the profession within a year of qualifying, according to a teachers' union's analysis of official figures. | 32044475 |
The SSE Swalec Stadium was the venue for an Ashes Test and a double-header of men's and women's T20 games.
The club turned in an operating profit of £593,000 after losing £87,000 in 2014.
But the accounts also show a fall in income from domestic cricket.
Chief executive Hugh Morris highlighted the success of staging in... | Hosting England versus Australia matches helped Glamorgan to record a profit for 2015, thanks to a surplus of £1.36 million, according to the club's annual financial report. | 35930826 |
Mr Primakov died in Moscow after a prolonged illness, Russian news agency Interfax reported.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said President Vladimir Putin had been informed of the former prime minister's death and was "deeply saddened".
Mr Primakov was head of the Russian government for just eight months between Septem... | Yevgeny Primakov, a former Russian prime minister, foreign minister and spy chief, has died at the age of 85. | 33290421 |
Senator Ben Cardin called the move "an important step".
If carried out, the move could pave the way for the two countries to reopen embassies.
US President Barack Obama is also expected to meet Cuban leader Raul Castro formally for the first time.
Both leaders will be attending the 35-nation Summit of the Americas in P... | The US State Department has recommended that Cuba be removed from its list of states said to sponsor terrorism, a member of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee says. | 32245580 |
The move follows a North East Linconlshire Council decision to demolish six nearby high rise blocks, moving hundreds of people out.
One of the buildings, Nelson House, was only allocated to older people who now need new accommodation.
Under the plans, Shoreline Housing Partnership would develop 46 one and two bedroom h... | A council-owned car park in Grimsby is set to be sold and turned into an older people's housing scheme. | 31715148 |
Father-of-six Peter O'Brien, 51, and 41-year-old Mark Sim died after a blast in the basement of the Celsa Steel UK plant in Splott on November 18, 2015.
Five men were also injured in the incident.
"What happened a year ago was the most tragic event in our history," said Celsa managing director Luis Sanz
"And our though... | Steelworkers will observe two minutes silence on Friday to remember two colleagues killed in an explosion at a Cardiff plant a year ago. | 38024738 |
Mr Obama issued the executive order weeks after meeting Myanmar's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
Myanmar's access to trade benefits for poorer nations was suspended in 1989 over human rights abuses.
But the White House said substantial advances to promote democracy meant that it was no longer a threat to America's ... | President Barack Obama has formally eased long-standing sanctions on Myanmar. | 37592380 |
Calvin Trevena and Ann Varran, both 51, were found between Chiverton Cross and St Agnes in Cornwall on the 2 August.
Police found a damaged white S4 Audi estate on the B3277 and the bodies of the two walkers nearby.
Ryan Morrish, 27, from Redruth, has been charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving a... | A man has been charged with causing the deaths of two walkers by dangerous driving. | 35698432 |
Mr Adams was told there was a security issue when he attempted to attend the event in Washington DC on Tuesday night.
He waited for about 80 minutes before deciding to leave.
The US Secret Service said administrative errors were to blame.
In a statement, it expressed its regret that the issue had not been resolved in a... | The American Secret Service has said it regrets delays which meant Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams did not attend a St Patrick's Day reception at the White House. | 35824298 |
The Department For Transport (DFT) said it will invest more than £16m in four stations in England and one in Wales.
The stations will be at Horden in County Durham, Warrington West in Cheshire, Reading Green Park, Portway Parkway in Bristol and Bow Street in Ceredigion.
Durham County Council said the Horden stop would ... | Five new rail stations should be completed by March 2020 after funding was confirmed, officials have said. | 40755739 |
"I'm sorry for the scandal," chief executive Kwon Oh-hyun said at the company's annual meeting in Seoul.
Samsung Group boss Jay Y. Lee is accused of bribing a friend of the former president in return for government support in a deal.
Mr Lee is currently in jail awaiting trial.
Samsung has said it did not pay bribes in ... | Samsung Electronics has apologised to shareholders for its role in a corruption case that led to South Korea's president being impeached. | 39376289 |
Flanker Davies, 25, was a key player as Team GB claimed a silver medal in the rugby sevens in Rio.
New Zealander Pivac credited Davies with a key moment in helping GB beat Argentina in a tense quarter-final, and expects him to be pressing for a first Wales 15-a-side cap.
"He's always been knocking on the door, he's the... | Scarlets coach Wayne Pivac says the region are "immensely proud" of Olympic silver medallist James Davies. | 37098623 |
The Manchester United forward, 30, scored seven goals in their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign, but has not played since a knee injury in February.
The top two scorers in this season's Premier League are both England strikers, Harry Kane and Jamie Vardy.
"Over the past two years my form for England has been really good. ... | England captain and record goalscorer Wayne Rooney is confident he has "a few years left" at international level. | 35957773 |
Last week the IOC said individual sports' governing bodies must decide if Russian competitors are clean amid claims of state-sponsored doping.
But it now says the newly convened panel "will decide whether to accept or reject that final proposal".
More than 250 Russian athletes have so far been cleared to compete.
The t... | The International Olympic Committee (IOC) says a three-person panel will have the final say on which Russian athletes can compete at the Rio Games. | 36934760 |
Rob Stewart was speaking after plans were unveiled for 3,500-seat arena, an aquarium and a city beach area with bars, restaurants, hotels and homes.
It will be the biggest landscape change since the city was blitzed during World War Two and is expected to lead to about 1,700 permanent jobs.
Swansea council unveiled the... | A new £500m plan to transform Swansea city centre will succeed, the leader of the city's council has said. | 35383075 |
Germany-born Faas won four major photo prizes, including two Pulitzers, during his career, and served as AP's Saigon photo chief at the height of the war.
In Saigon he trained and mentored young Vietnamese photographers who captured many of the war's defining images.
Faas was injured in 1967 and later used a wheelchair... | Celebrated combat photographer Horst Faas, who covered the Vietnam War for the Associated Press, has died aged 79, his daughter says. | 18029584 |
Pvt George Fly lent the instrument to five-year-old Edna a year after surviving the Battle of Jutland.
After keeping it in the family, Edna's daughter Marian Le May has now handed it back to the Royal Marines School of Music in Portsmouth.
The school said it would be "proudly displayed" in its percussion suites
Mr Fly ... | A tambourine borrowed by a Royal Marines bandsman for his daughter's May Day celebrations in 1917 has been returned 99 years later. | 36857818 |
Anyone caught smoking in a vehicle in front of a child or youth under the age of 18 will be fined 100 euros (£73).
Failure to pay the fine, or to stop a vehicle and give personal details to the police could lead to a prosecution and 1,000 euros (£727) penalty.
A similar ban is being considered by the Northern Ireland A... | A ban on smoking in vehicles when children are present will come into effect in the Republic of Ireland on New Year's Day, 1 January 2016. | 35122671 |
However, not all attendees at the "Oscars of the East Coast" party are strictly adhering to the chosen theme.
The annual gala brings in millions for the museum's Costume Institute.
Last year, A-listers from film, music, sports and fashion were asked to dress to the theme of Chinese influences on western fashion - with ... | Celebrities at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art have gone metallic as this year's Met Ball celebrates the convergence of man and machine. | 36189358 |
The 23-year-old Wales forward has scored 11 goals during his season-long loan at Portman Road from Premier League side Leicester City.
"I think Tom will have his heart set on the Premier League and I think he'll get that," said McCarthy.
"If Leicester are going to sell him, there'd be a lot of takers."
He continued to ... | Championship side Ipswich Town have "no chance" of signing on-loan top scorer Tom Lawrence on a more permanent deal, according to manager Mick McCarthy. | 39667932 |
The route between Harwich, Essex and Esbjerg in Denmark, run by DFDS Seaways, has been in operation for nearly 140 years.
The company said the route "has been struggling for a long time" and would not be able to take on costs associated with a new environmental law.
The final ferry is to sail on Sunday.
Chief executive... | The UK's only ferry link to Scandinavia is to close for good, marking the "the end of an era", its operator says. | 29353171 |
Bana Alabed shared a short video of herself and the Mean Girls star.
They were in Ankara, Turkey, where they met President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Ms Lohan, who has been in the country for the past few days, says in the video that the pair are "sending lots of love and life and blessings" to refugees and people in Syria.... | The little girl who captured the world's heart tweeting about her life in East Aleppo has made a new friend - US actress Lindsay Lohan. | 38775242 |
Nsiala, 24, was dismissed for his foul on Swindon's Luke Norris in Saturday's 1-1 draw - just six days after joining the League One club from Hartlepool.
But Town are confident of winning the appeal, boss Paul Hurst claiming: "It's never a two-footed challenge.
"He clearly wins the ball. We've looked at the footage," h... | Shrewsbury defender Aristote Nsiala will be banned for four games after being sent off on his debut - unless the Town are successful with an appeal. | 38559546 |
The discovery could help babies with genetic diseases, elderly people and even astronauts, they say.
The findings in mice, published in Scientific Reports, showed cells in the fluid strengthened bone and cut fractures by 80%.
Human clinical trials are planned within the next two years.
The amniotic fluid protects the b... | Cells in the amniotic fluid that surrounds a developing baby can revive ageing and weak bones, say UK scientists. | 38376955 |
The Ministry of Justice and the Wales Office said a total of £30m will also be spent on local businesses as the new £250m prison is built.
They said £1.1m had already been committed to companies in north Wales.
Work started on the prison at Wrexham industrial estate in September and is due to be completed in 2017. With... | The "super-prison" being built in Wrexham will bring £23m a year to the local economy and 1,000 jobs. | 31061559 |
The Transport Salaried Staffs' Association will walk out with Aslef, RMT and Unite on 5 August in a row over servicing the new Night Tube service.
London Underground said it had made a "fair" offer and would continue to be available for talks.
The four unions previously walked out on 9 July causing the entire Tube netw... | A fourth union has announced it will be take part in a 24-hour Tube strike next month in a row over pay and conditions. | 33533966 |
Samantha Jenkins, 19, from Llanelli, fell into a coma and died in 2011.
Her inquest heard she had low mineral levels, which may have been the result of malabsorption caused by chewing gum.
Maria Morgan told BBC's Jason Mohammad programme: "It's something that happens over a period of time - eight or 10 months."
After h... | The mother of a Carmarthenshire teenager whose death may have been caused by chewing gum wants families to be aware of the potential dangers. | 33154389 |
Turner Prize nominee Ciara Phillips is the fourth artist to be commissioned to make a dazzle ship design.
The work celebrates the untold histories of women during the war.
It was inspired by the team of women who worked under British marine artist Norman Wilkinson, who invented the dazzle technique.
Mr Wilkinson design... | A Glasgow-based artist has painted a massive design for a 72m (239ft) long ship as part of World War One centenary commemorations. | 36363557 |
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service was called to St David's Junior and Infants School, Cwmbran, at about 20:10 BST on Saturday.
The fire started in an outdoor storage container and spread to a ground-floor classroom, causing minor damage.
Additional security has been put in place until the school reopens on Tuesday. | A suspicious fire which has damaged a classroom at a school in Torfaen is under investigation. | 36181218 |
Bow Street station closed as a result of the Beeching cuts in 1965 and since then a number of people have campaigned for the stop to be reinstated.
The proposed new station would be built a short distance south of the original location, which is now the site of a builders' merchants.
The scheme includes a park and ride... | A railway station could be returned to a Ceredigion village for the first time in more than 50 years. | 36693214 |
Snowdonia Pumped Hydro (SPH) is awaiting a planning decision for the scheme at Glyn Rhonwy in Llanberis.
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has given permission to empty standing rainwater from two disused quarries at the site into Nant y Betws and Llyn Padarn.
It said the permits have been issued with "strict conditions".
... | Developers hoping to build a £100m hydro power plant in a disused Gwynedd quarry have been granted environmental permits. | 38535178 |
Norfolk-based Gardline, founded by the Darling family in 1969, employs 750 people and has been bought by Dutch firm, Royal Boskalis Westminster.
Gardline's activities include marine geophysical surveys, offshore geotechnical services and environmental surveys.
Boskalis has taken on the firm's assumed debt as part of th... | A British family-owned marine services company has been sold outright in a deal worth £40m. | 40950037 |
Scot Muir, 23, has already broken the European 3,000m and British 5,000m indoor records this year, and also took Holmes' British 1,000m indoor record.
Holmes, who won Olympic gold in both the 800m and 1500m at Athens in 2004, has been impressed by her displays.
"Laura has already taken the world by storm," she told Sco... | Laura Muir can "cement her place in history" by winning a medal at the World Championships this summer, says ex-Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes. | 39128802 |
The 23-year-old Spaniard played 34 times for the Blues after joining the club from Barcelona in 2011.
Romeu has spent the past two seasons on loan, at German club Stuttgart and at Valencia in his homeland.
He was on the bench for Chelsea's 2012 Champions League final win over Bayern Munich but missed out on the 2012 FA... | Southampton have signed Chelsea midfielder Oriol Romeu for £5m on a three-year contract. | 33890418 |
The review, led by new chairman Nick Basing, was set up after Goals reported its first annual loss in 12 years.
The company said it expected to complete the review within the week.
The news came as Paisley-based rival Powerleague announced it had opened the first of its "next generation" centres in London under a £40m ... | Five-a-side football company Goals Soccer Centres is set to reveal a new strategic plan, after completing a full review of its operations. | 36213137 |
Russell Sherwood, 69, of Cilfrew, Neath, was heading for Ewenny in Vale of Glamorgan as Storm Angus hit in the morning but never arrived.
He disappeared at Stormy Down and registration plates from his car were found on Monday.
South Wales Police said it would try to recover the car on Wednesday morning.
Officers will r... | A car thought to belong to a man who went missing in Bridgend on Sunday has been found in the River Ogmore. | 38065309 |
But in recent years it, like many other seaside towns, has struggled.
The advent of cheap flights abroad and a recession meant the County Antrim town was forced to reinvent itself from its 1950s heyday.
And while the weather this year has been as unstable as the political landscape, neither seem to be putting tourists ... | The beauty of Northern Ireland's north coast made Portrush the go-to choice for family holidays for decades. | 36958522 |
The figure is contained in a National Audit Office report about the government's reforms to the probation system, introduced in 2014.
It says high workloads have "reduced" the supervision and training that staff receive and the service they provide.
The Ministry of Justice said the new probation system was "continually... | Some probation staff monitoring offenders in England and Wales are handling more than 70 cases at a time. | 36160581 |
The duo impressed against New Zealand last weekend as Boyce scored his first international goal and O'Neill has hinted that they will start again.
"When we've asked Josh to come and play through the middle he's never let us down," said O'Neill.
"Liam has had a great season. He's looking very, very sharp in training."
M... | Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill looks set to retain Liam Boyce and Josh Magennis as his strikers in Saturday's World Cup qualifier in Azerbaijan. | 40141511 |
The teenager was a passenger in a Fiat Punto which crashed with a Mini Cooper near Cockermouth.
The 18-year-old driver of the Punto and the 23-year-old Mini driver are both in a serious condition in hospital, Cumbria Police said.
The road between Tallentire and Gilcrux was closed from 17:15 GMT until midnight. | A 17-year-old girl has died and two men were seriously injured after a Christmas Eve car crash in Cumbria. | 35178727 |
The six-week mission comes in the face of competing claims from other countries, including Russia.
Two ice-breakers are setting out from Newfoundland to collect data from an undersea ridge that starts near Ellesmere Island and runs to the Pole.
The region is believed to include large oil and gas reserves.
Last December... | Canada has launched a mission to map the Arctic seabed to support its bid to extend its territory up to the North Pole. | 28718806 |
Holden, 36, will work alongside fellow coaches Neil Cutler and John Ward.
He was first given a coaching role at Walsall by then boss Dean Smith before leaving in November 2014 to become first-team coach at Oldham.
After a spell as caretaker manager last season, Holden left the club in January when manager David Dunn wa... | League One promotion hopefuls Walsall have brought back their former defender Dean Holden to join the club's coaching team under interim boss Jon Whitney. | 35885189 |
They had to come from behind after Shay McCartan pounced on a defensive error and rounded Bobby Olejnik to score.
Matt Oakley created Exeter's quickfire equaliser with a through ball that Tom Nicholls dispatched.
McCartan then struck a post, but the Grecians won it when substitute Christian Ribeiro bundled in a corner.... | Exeter City shrugged off their midweek FA Cup defeat by Liverpool to beat Accrington Stanley and record back-to-back League Two victories. | 35330865 |
Members of the RMT and TSSA unions backed industrial action following a similar vote by drivers.
Workers in these unions will now join a planned 24-hour walkout by members of the drivers' union Aslef, which begins at 21:30 BST on 8 July.
Talks aimed at averting a strike are being held at the conciliation service Acas.
... | More London Underground workers have voted to strike in a dispute over the new all-night Tube service. | 33331660 |
It's tough. It doesn't tear. You can spill beer on it, put it through the washing machine and it will survive to buy another round.
But one thing it turns out it's not, is fat-free.
Because it turns out the plastic polymer it's made from also contains small amounts of tallow, derived from animal waste products - and so... | The UK's new fiver has won many fans since it was launched in September. | 38144598 |
The men spent over an hour dragging the 368lb (167kg) beast on board the boat off the coast of Cornwall on Sunday.
One of the men, Nick Lane, said they had submitted a record application after the Shark Trust calculated the weight based on the shark's dimensions.
"I was jumping up and down like a little school girl", M... | A group of amateur fishermen have landed what they believe to be a record-breaking thresher shark. | 36947356 |
The 20-year-old has managed the injury for about 18 months, but has now been forced to arrange an operation.
"I'm not looking forward to this, but it has to be done if I want to continue my career in the best possible way," Clayton told BBC Radio Jersey.
"I probably missed five events with it, so it will help in the lo... | Jersey tennis player Scott Clayton faces up to six months out of the sport as he prepares to undergo surgery on a longstanding shoulder injury. | 26270626 |
The 1912 painting was purchased by the London gallery in early February.
The museum paid £15.6m ($25.5m) for the artwork. The money will go towards operating costs at Randolph College in Virginia, which owns the Maier Museum.
AAMD, which represents 236 directors of leading US art museums, called upon the college "to s... | The Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) has sanctioned the Maier Museum of Art for selling George Bellows' Men of the Docks to the National Gallery. | 26558498 |
After a fourth day of searches, 384 people have been rescued from the Annapurna trail, 216 of them foreigners, in the country's worst-ever trekking disaster.
Helicopters have been searching parts of the trail high as 5,790m (19,000ft) for survivors.
The government said the priority was to rescue 22 stranded hikers.
The... | Snowstorms and avalanches have killed 39 trekkers on a popular hiking route in the Himalayas, Nepali officials say. | 29672358 |
The 19-year-old, who joined from Monaco on transfer deadline day, scored twice in Sunday's 3-2 win over Southampton as United moved to second in the table.
The Frenchman now has three goals from his first two Premier League games.
"He's been absolutely magnificent. They could not have hoped for any more," former Arsena... | Manchester United forward Anthony Martial has been unfazed by his "huge" £36m transfer fee, says Martin Keown. | 34311453 |
Heritage, tourism, climate change and innovation projects will be backed.
North and west Wales and south-east Ireland stand to benefit the most.
Finance Minister Jane Hutt said the Ireland-Wales Co-operation Programme was "a unique partnership" and the cash would build on "our shared aspirations for economic growth and... | A plan to spend £80m enhancing economic links between Wales and Ireland has been approved by the European Commission. | 31536510 |
The £21m road, which will link the west and east of the town, was supposed to be finished by March.
However, last winter's heavy rain meant contractors could not start building a bridge over the River Tone and the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal.
Richard Needs, from Somerset County Council, said it had also encountered ot... | The completion date for a new road in Taunton has been delayed. | 29966879 |
The Travel Photographer of the Year Awards is staging the outdoor exhibition at Princes Dock Street.
The show is part of the second season of Hull's year as UK City of Culture. Entitled Roots and Routes, it aims to celebrate Hull's role as a major port and its international connections.
The awards began in 2003 and ac... | A free showing of award-winning travel photographs has opened in Hull. | 39960031 |
The building suffers from flooding, has outdated electrical and drainage infrastructure, is full of asbestos and has fire safety issues.
One of the options being considered will involve both the Commons and the Lords sitting in another location while the Palace is refurbished.
The work, unlikely to begin before 2018 at... | Parliament has begun a tender process for the renovation of the historic Palace of Westminster. | 22699705 |
Infrastructure Minister Chris Hazzard said the £45m investment project would deliver a modernised ticketing system which would "transform travel" and lead to more people using public transport.
Almost 300 new ticketing machines will be installed at bus stops and train halts.
The scheme is expected to be put in place i... | A new smartcard is to be introduced to make buying bus and train tickets quicker and easier in Northern Ireland. | 37280114 |
Coral "bleaching" has led to widespread coral decline and habitat loss on the world's largest coral reef system.
Surveys show that 29% of corals died in 2016, greater than the figure of 22% projected in mid-2016.
The worst-hit area was near Port Douglas, where 70% of shallow water corals died, but there was a recovery... | Australia's Great Barrier Reef lost nearly a third of its corals in the past year, officials have said. | 40094160 |
The instinct to swim, panic and thrash about increases the chances of water getting in the lungs and puts a strain on the heart.
The RNLI's Ross Macleod said practising floating was a "survival skill".
Latest figures from the charity show 162 people lost their lives on the UK coast in 2016.
The RNLI's advice is to floa... | Floating after falling into the sea rather than trying to swim, is more likely to ensure your survival, a new RNLI campaign says. | 40034505 |
The Battle of Stamford Bridge saw an army led by the Saxon King Harold defeat a group of Viking invaders.
Villagers are holding a re-enactment of the fighting with a descendant of King Harald of Norway who was killed by the Saxons.
Guests at the event include the Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu, who was given a tour... | An East Yorkshire village has been commemorating the 950th anniversary of a historic battle. | 37462908 |
Kyle Bradley was pronounced dead by the side of the railway line in Wrenthorpe near Wakefield on Saturday.
Another boy aged 16 and a woman aged 18 were left with non-life threatening injuries.
Local residents said there had been problems with young people playing near to the track before. | An inquest into the death of a 16-year-old boy who climbed on to a train and touched overhead power lines has been opened and adjourned in Wakefield. | 33546964 |
The England Under-19 international, who has not played a Premier League game for the Gunners, will move to the Estadio da Luz on a five-year deal.
Willock, 19, had been offered a new deal at Arsenal, but his move to Lisbon has been revealed via Benfica's Twitter feed.
Manchester City had also been linked with the attac... | Arsenal forward Chris Willock is to join Benfica when his contract expires. | 40465114 |
Five Fables won best app at the first day of prize ceremonies at the festival in Inverness.
Heaney drew on the work of 15th Century Scottish poet Robert Henryson for the five morality tales.
They were adapted for a TV animation by Northern Ireland's Flickerpix which was narrated by Connolly.
Among Five Fables is The Tw... | An app based on an TV project involving Scots comic Billy Connolly and the late Irish poet Seamus Heaney has been honoured at the Celtic Media Festival. | 32428350 |
The 29-year-old turned down a new deal at beaten League Two play-off finalists Exeter to join the third-tier Pilgrims.
"Not everyone will understand my reasoning but those who do, hopefully they understand," he told BBC Devon.
"The club offered me a deal which we tried to negotiate and it just didn't end probably the w... | Jamaica international forward Joel Grant says he came "very close" to staying with Exeter City before joining their Devon rivals Plymouth Argyle. | 40493388 |
Chevron said the Alder project has already created hundreds of jobs across the UK, including in Aberdeen and Invergordon.
Gas produced from the field will be sent via a 17-mile (28km) pipeline to the ConocoPhillips-operated Britannia platform.
The Alder field was discovered in 1975.
Chevron said development was origina... | Gas production has started from a North Sea field first discovered more than 40 years ago when its development was considered "impossible". | 37895211 |
Pompey are third with 10 games to play, and have a four-point lead over fourth-placed Stevenage.
"When you are where we are, you hold all the cards," Cook told BBC Radio Solent. "But, it's a very difficult league, it's unforgiving."
Portsmouth host play-off chasing Grimsby at Fratton Park on Tuesday.
Back-to-back wins ... | Portsmouth manager Paul Cook believes a lower than average number of points will seal the third automatic promotion place in League Two this season. | 39259556 |
The oil firm boss is a Conservative party donor and also made donations to the EU Remain campaign.
He also gave £500,000 to the Better Together campaign ahead of the Scottish independence referendum.
He featured on a list leaked to the Sunday Times newspaper.
But he has written to both Mr Cameron and his successor The... | Businessman Ian Taylor, who was reportedly in line for a knighthood in David Cameron's resignation honours list, has said he does not want his name to go forward. | 36960686 |
The 21-year-old had already been absent earlier this season with a knee problem that had limited him to just one first-grade appearance.
The Warriors have also lost prop Tony Clubb for an indeterminate spell while he undergoes an routine operation.
Clubb, 29, has a medical condition but is expected to make a full recov... | Wigan Warriors half-back Jake Shorrocks is likely to miss the rest of the season with a knee injury sustained in non-contact training. | 39634029 |
The Oscar winner is in Edinburgh to speak at the Scottish Business Awards at the EICC.
DiCaprio visited Home, a restaurant in Queensferry Street which gives its profits to the homeless.
Hundreds of fans were waiting for his arrival. Many had queued in the rain for hours.
Last year George Clooney visited Social Bite in ... | Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio has signed autographs outside an Edinburgh restaurant in what is thought to be his first visit to Scotland. | 37998912 |
The H5N8 strain of the infection was confirmed in chickens and ducks in the Pontyberem area on Tuesday, after the birds were culled.
It is the same strain of the virus found in an infected wild duck in Llanelli and turkeys in Lincolnshire.
An avian flu prevention zone has now been extended to all of Wales.
The Cabinet ... | The chief vet for Wales has urged poultry and bird owners to remain vigilant following the outbreak of avian flu in Carmarthenshire. | 38506348 |
The shogi set is thought to be rare because it is believed to have been made by a porcelain factory, when most shogi games were made of wood.
London's Horniman Museum has lent it to the Novium in Chichester.
It is thought it was made in the 1800s. The game is believed to have developed in Japan in the 10th or 11th cent... | A 200-year-old Japanese board game that is similar to chess with its kings, generals and foot soldiers has gone on display at a Sussex museum. | 33837003 |
The woman, known as the Lady of Cao, belonged to the Moche culture in northern Peru and died 1,700 years ago.
Her preserved remains were found in 2006 at a mud-brick ruined pyramid known Huaca Cao Viejo, near Trujillo.
Scientists were able to replicate her face after analysing her skull structure and remains.
The Lady ... | Scientists in Peru have managed to reconstruct the face of a powerful ancient female leader using 3D printing. | 40502368 |
Minister for Crime Prevention James Brokenshire wrote to festival organisers asking them to warn people how such substances could be dangerous.
He also said drug laws would be changed so temporary bans could be introduced on "emerging substances" while scientific advice is sought.
Letters were also sent to councils and... | Organisers of this summer's music festivals have been asked by the government to warn about "legal highs". | 10359383 |
The Scottish Chambers of Commerce's (SCC) quarterly business survey found firms were still performing strongly.
But a number cited continued difficulties in the eurozone and world economies as a challenge to growth.
SCC said the "exceptional" performance of the second quarter would be hard to replicate in the final qua... | The Scottish economy continued to grow in the last quarter but at a slower pace than the previous three months, according to a report. | 29730387 |
Current mayor Norma Redfearn said she wanted to give residents a "voice" on how the borough is run when she was appointed the post in 2013.
Voters will be asked whether the current system should be replaced by committees of councillors.
Ms Redfearn said she welcomed the poll after "promising" residents they would be gi... | People in North Tyneside are being given the chance to vote on whether they want a directly elected mayor. | 35395056 |
The excess expressed milk is sold through specialist websites and social media groups.
The Queen Mary University of London team claimed the milk was unpasteurised and could carry dangerous germs.
They said claims that the milk boosted the immune system were misleading and could be dangerous to cancer patients.
It is un... | Human breast milk being bought online by fetishists, bodybuilders and cancer patients is a danger to health, UK researchers say. | 33135103 |
Costa, who holds Brazilian and Spanish passports, has written to the Brazilian Football Confederation stating he wants to represent the world champions.
Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said recently he planned to select the 25-year-old for friendlies in November.
Costa played for Brazil in March - but only in friendly... | Atletico Madrid's Brazil-born forward Diego Costa has confirmed his intention to play for Spain. | 24734450 |
Lewis White, Michael Jones, Rebecca Redfern, Ellie Robinson and Zara Mullooly are all in the 25-strong team.
Bethany Firth, Jonathan Fox and Steph Slater, who missed last summer's World Championships because of injury, return to the international scene.
The competition takes place from 30 April-8 May in Funchal, Madeir... | Five Para-swimmers will make their senior Great Britain debuts in April's IPC Swimming Open European Championships. | 35221279 |
The game on 5 November is outside World Rugby's Test window and English clubs do not have to release players for it.
Gloucester flanker Ross Moriarty has said he expects to miss the match.
"As it stands, George will not be available for that game," Saints team manager Paul Shields said.
He told BBC Radio Northampton: "... | Wing George North is not currently available for Wales' Test against Australia but talks between the Welsh Rugby Union and English clubs are ongoing, his club Northampton says. | 37712596 |
Wishaw General in North Lanarkshire experienced the power cut between 08:45 and 16:00.
It meant one emergency patient was redirected to Hairmyres Hospital. NHS Lanarkshire said IT systems were also affected.
The hospital was powered by back-up generators until mains power was restored.
NHS Lanarkshire chief executive C... | A hospital was forced to reschedule operations after losing power for more than seven hours. | 40450309 |
The reboot of the classic Rudyard Kipling adaptation has reaped $684.8m (£468.5m) globally since its release last month.
The Huntsman: Winter's War managed takings of only $9.4m (£6.4m) in its second week of release.
Feline action comedy Keanu took third slot with a modest $9.35m (£6.39m).
Comedy Mother's Day had a wea... | Disney's The Jungle Book has topped the North American box office for the third consecutive week, taking $42.4m (£29m) according to early estimates. | 36185957 |
The unicorn is the official national animal of Scotland and continues to feature on Royal Coat of Arms today.
For Sunday, willow artist Woody Fox has created a 2.1m (7ft) unicorn sculpture for the Crawick Multiverse art project in Dumfries and Galloway.
VisitScotland is also encouraging people to "spot" unicorns elsewh... | Tourism organisation VisitScotland is encouraging people to celebrate Sunday's National Unicorn Day. | 39501892 |
It's not as easy as you think, but then try pairing them all with a character from The Simpsons.
That's just what Brian Quinn from Londonderry has done for the Irish Simpsons Fans Facebook group.
Like all great ideas, Mr Quinn said it started out small and then kind of escalated.
"I probably had one pun in my head - I ... | Can you name all 32 counties of Ireland? | 40965914 |
Chamakh, 32, is a free agent, having been released by Premier League side Crystal Palace at the end of his contract in the summer.
The Morocco international had a three-year spell at Arsenal, having arrived from French club Bordeaux in 2010.
He had loan spells at West Ham United and Palace before joining the Eagles on ... | Former Arsenal striker Marouane Chamakh is the latest target for new Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock. | 37587383 |
An Irish FA statement said the Linfield manager's ban had been "upheld" but due to "mitigating factors" had been altered to a "two-match suspension".
The sanction will now start on 11 April with the other two-match ban suspended for six months.
The ban was imposed after Healy's red carding at Portadown on 12 February.
... | David Healy will be in the Linfield dugout for Saturday's crucial Irish Premiership game against Crusaders after having his four-game ban reduced. | 35992430 |
Kuznetsova's 6-2 6-1 victory in Moscow ensured she took the eighth and final tournament spot.
Konta, who is in Singapore with the rest of the finalists, did not play this week due to an abdominal injury.
The Australian-born 25-year-old, ranked 10th in the world, will compete if any player withdraws.
Kuznetsova, 31, too... | British number one Johanna Konta missed out on a place in the WTA Finals after Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Daria Gavrilova in the Kremlin Cup. | 37740004 |
Brent and US crude futures fell below $45 and $40 a barrel respectively as global investors assessed the contagion risks of China's volatile stock market.
Recent data has suggested that China's economic growth continues to slow down.
As well as the volatility in Chinese shares, there are fears of a protracted effect on... | Oil prices have slumped to six-year lows as global stock markets continue to fall on concerns over a slowing Chinese economy. | 34037250 |
The Lions claimed a third Premier League cup scalp this season by beating Leicester City 1-0 at The Den to reach the quarter-finals.
Millwall will play Tottenham at White Hart Lane in the next round, but Harris' focus remains on the league.
"We're at home to Chesterfield on Tuesday night - and if anything that has beco... | Millwall boss Neil Harris believes promotion from League One is "more important" than FA Cup success. | 39029330 |
The Welsh athlete won the world sprint and keirin titles in 2013 and took silver at the same events at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
"I have had time to think about my future and have decided to retire from international track sprint racing," James said in a statement.
She intends to set up a baking business "along with excit... | Double track world champion and Olympic silver medallist Becky James has retired, at the age of 25. | 40962385 |
The 30-year-old is the third Indian to win the Sir Garfield Sobers trophy and is also ICC Test cricketer of the year.
Alastair Cook was named captain of the ICC Test team of 2016. The voting period closed in September, before England's Test series defeat in India.
Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes also feature bu... | India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been named the International Cricket Council's world player of the year. | 38401663 |
Lennon wants the 29-year-old striker to return to Easter Road for a third spell, having been released by Blackburn Rovers this summer.
"The club have done everything they can," Lennon told BBC Radio Scotland.
"It's a purely personal decision for Anthony, but we have a board meeting on Monday, so hopefully we will hear ... | Hibernian head coach Neil Lennon hopes to hear by early next week if Anthony Stokes will be rejoining the club. | 40765026 |
Education Secretary Kirsty Williams wants to increase the Welsh Pupil Premium from £300 to £600 per eligible child to help raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils.
Ms Williams is the sole Liberal Democrat in a coalition with Labour.
Meanwhile, Welsh party leader Mark Williams said parties should work together ag... | Plans to double funding for Wales' poorest pupils will be announced at the Liberal Democrat party conference. | 37385351 |
The Australian - one of the most highly regarded drivers in Formula 1 - is known to have been interesting Ferrari.
Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen is out of contract at the end of this season and the Italian team are weighing up whether to retain the 36-year-old Finn.
Ricciardo said at the Austrian Grand Prix that he wou... | Daniel Ricciardo says he will stay at Red Bull until the end of 2018. | 36675573 |
The wind farm, run by community company Viking Energy, would be one of the biggest in Scotland.
Sustainable Shetland, a group opposed to the development, launched a judicial review.
The challenge, at the Court of Session in Edinburgh, has been adjourned. It is expected to resume at the end of April.
Energy Minister Fer... | A legal challenge to plans to build a 103-turbine wind farm in the centre of Shetland has been adjourned. | 21296905 |
The negotiations are being widely depicted as a largely sham process designed to help David Cameron to convince sceptical Britons that he wrung painful concessions from the EU.
"The show can begin," Arnaud Leparmentier writes in France's Le Monde of the negotiations, which he says are about "nothing of substance".
"It'... | European commentators have been expressing reluctant acceptance of the EU reform deal tentatively agreed with the UK. | 35484501 |
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