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Victory would see the Scottish Cup finalists draw level on points with The Bairns, who currently hold second spot.
Both are at home on Sunday - Hibs to Queen of the South, Falkirk to Morton - but Falkirk have a superior goal difference of +26 to Hibs' +19.
"If anything there is a lot more pressure on Falkirk now," Stub... | Hibernian manager Alan Stubbs says "all the pressure will be on Falkirk" if his side beat Dumbarton on Tuesday ahead of the final round of Championship games. | 36133298 |
About 150 people including faith leaders attended the Unity Vigil which promoted solidarity in the wake of Wednesday's Westminster attack.
It was organised by Birmingham Muslim Engagement & Development (MEND) and Birmingham Stand Up To Racism.
Even if we are different we are still brothers and sisters and friends and w... | A crowd of people gathered in Birmingham's city centre with the aim of bringing communities together. | 39385944 |
The Turkish government has said its troops were responding - in line with their terms of engagement - to fire from members of the Popular Protection Units (YPG) as the militia advanced on the Syrian rebel-held town of Azaz, just 7km (4 miles) from the frontier.
But the international community is not convinced.
The US, ... | Turkey is facing mounting criticism for shelling Kurdish forces across the border in northern Syria. | 35595023 |
The increase of 1.99% for Plymouth City Council is the maximum possible without triggering a local referendum.
The budget presented at the Labour-led council for 2015-16 was approved by a margin of one vote.
Councillors also approved £3.5m plans to upgrade the city's Pannier Market and shop fronts. | A council tax rise of almost 2% and a £3.5m city centre investment have been approved by councillors in Plymouth. | 31596348 |
But total book sales including physical books rose 6% to £3.5bn, according to the data, led by non-fiction gains.
Readers flocked to fitness and self-help books, sending non-fiction sales up 9%, while fiction revenue fell 7%.
Exports rose 6% to £2.6bn, benefiting from a decline in the value of sterling, but also rising... | Sales of ebooks dropped 3% to £538m last year, according to the Publishers Association trade body. | 39718016 |
Launched on 2 June 2003, the probe went into orbit around the Red Planet in the December of that year.
Its most significant discovery is probably the detection of water-altered minerals at the surface.
A sample of these, clay minerals, were recently drilled and analysed for the first time by the Americans' latest rover... | The European Space Agency (Esa) is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Mars Express mission. | 22754128 |
The naval vessel is taking the cargo, including mustard gas and components of the nerve agents VX and sarin, to international waters to be destroyed.
The materials were transferred from a Danish vessel to the US ship earlier on Wednesday, at the port of Gioia Tauro.
Syria agreed to the destruction of its chemical weapo... | A US ship carrying deadly material from Syria's chemical weapons programme has left Italy in the final phases of the destruction of the arsenal. | 28125684 |
This compares to 94% in the previous quarter and is slightly worse than England's performance of 92.6%.
Scottish Government targets are for at least 95% of A&E patients to be seen, admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours.
NHS Lanarkshire had the worst average figure over the period - at 85.5%.
The figure ... | New figures suggest Scotland's accident and emergency departments treated 91% of patients within four hours between October and December. | 31091696 |
Cryptosporidium is a parasite that is very common in young farm animals and can easily be passed to people.
Sixteen others are being monitored after regular attendance at the farm or being in contact with those who have.
Public Health Wales is continuing to work with Coleg Gwent, which has written to all students who m... | Seven people have tested positive following a parasite outbreak at Coleg Gwent farm in Monmouthshire. | 35987586 |
The so-called Islamic State (IS) group has said it carried out the attack in Musayyib.
IS has long mounted a violent campaign against Iraqi Shia, denouncing them as heretics.
The group has increased its attacks on civilians in big cities in Iraq as increasingly loses territory.
Its main stronghold of Mosul is expected ... | A suicide bomber has struck a market in Iraq in a town near the Shia holy city of Karbala, killing at least 20 people. | 40224291 |
Ricky Hill walked out of Royal Derby Hospital where he was being treated for an overdose and hanged himself on site.
Coroner Dr Robert Hunter concluded there was no plan at the hospital to prevent him killing himself.
He told an inquest he would also write to Derbyshire police for a second time criticising its search p... | A coroner has criticised police and medics for a "catalogue of errors" after a man killed himself and was not found for three months. | 36707317 |
Read the reports from all of Tuesday's Championship matches:
Birmingham City 2-2 Preston North End
Bolton Wanderers 0-0 Charlton Athletic
Brentford 2-1 Cardiff City
Brighton & Hove Albion 4-0 QPR
Bristol City 2-3 Derby County
Burnley 1-1 Middlesbrough
Ipswich Town 1-1 Fulham
Leeds United 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Not... | The top two drew, Brighton thrashed QPR to move closer to the automatic promotion places and Charlton were relegated. | 36078565 |
Kilmarnock rallied from two goals down to win 3-2 at League Two Berwick, but League One Peterhead upset Dundee 2-1.
An Iain Vigurs hat-trick helped Inverness Caledonian Thistle to a comfortable 5-1 victory at Dunfermline.
Motherwell stuttered before beating East Stirlingshire 3-0, while Partick enjoyed a 4-1 win at Ste... | Just four months after they lifted the Scottish League Cup, Ross County are out of this season's competition after a 3-2 defeat at League One side Alloa. | 36898585 |
Mark Beamish, 35, had just stepped off the train at Maelbeek on his way to work on Tuesday when the blast hit.
He said he has "no memory" of the explosion itself, which left him with cuts to his head and burns to his hands.
The explosion hit the station near the EU headquarters at about 08:00 GMT.
More on this story an... | A British survivor of the Brussels terror attacks has described the aftermath of an explosion at a metro station which killed 20 people. | 35894892 |
Four properties were targeted between 22:00 on 8 July and 05:00 BST on 9 July.
A 19-year-old woman from Bedford arrested at the time has been bailed.
Three men aged 19, 21 and 22 were arrested on suspicion of firearms offences on Sunday and bailed. A further 19-year-old man arrested on Monday remains in custody.
The fi... | Four more people have been arrested in relation to shots being fired in Bedford at the weekend. | 36761766 |
The on-loan Benfica striker finished off a fine counter attack to score into an empty net before the break.
Ryan Mendes should have made it 2-0 but headed Chris Cohen's free-kick over the bar and also fired an effort wide.
Preston, who stay 10th, four points above Forest in 13th, almost levelled through Jordan Hugill's... | Nelson Oliveira's ninth goal of the season was enough to earn victory over Preston North End and halt Nottingham Forest's four-game losing streak. | 35693597 |
As a result, Nato members recently agreed to change its procedures, allowing partnerships to go ahead on a country-by-country basis.
Austria is not in Nato, but co-operates closely with it and has more than 400 troops serving in Kosovo.
Turkey is angry with Austria for trying to block its bid to join the EU.
It has the... | Turkey has vetoed Nato's co-operation with Austria, a move which had blocked the alliance's partnership activities with 41 countries. | 40013507 |
A verdict on a third defendant, a 31-year-old Israeli man, was postponed for a mental health review.
Mohammad Abu Khdair, 16, was killed in apparent revenge for the murders of three Israeli teens in the West Bank.
The killings were part of an escalating cycle of violence, culminating in a war between Israel and militan... | Two 17-year-old Israelis have been convicted of the murder of Palestinian youth Mohammad Abu Khdair, abducted and burned to death in Jerusalem in 2014. | 34961497 |
Steven Barry Ellis was arrested for public order offences on Friday.
He appeared before Wrexham magistrates on Saturday.
Supt Rob Kirman said: "The immediate sentencing of this man demonstrates that this type of behaviour will not be tolerated in north Wales."
Bomber Salman Abedi killed 22 people when he blew himself u... | A 49-year-old man has been sentenced to 14 weeks in prison for shouting obscenities during a vigil in Wrexham for the victims of the Manchester bombing. | 40071031 |
Privates Derek Smallhorne and Thomas Barrett were on UN peacekeeping duty in Lebanon when they were murdered.
Lebanese national Mahmoud Bazzi, 71, has been sent back to his home country after admitting immigration fraud.
The Irish defence minister said the deportation was a "significant step in the pursuit of justice" ... | A suspect in the 1980 murder of two Irish soldiers who were killed on United Nations duty has been deported from the United States to Lebanon. | 31068723 |
The section, called Lower Block 04, is the largest part of the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales.
It is 20 metres high, 80 metres long and comprises a fifth of the overall vessel.
It will take about five days to reach Rosyth in Fife, travelling around the north of Scotland.
The section, which contains the warship's ... | A massive 11,200-tonne section of an aircraft carrier built on the Clyde has begun its journey around the coast of Scotland to Rosyth for final assembly. | 33953071 |
Last year the chance of someone born in October becoming an Oxbridge undergraduate was more than 30% higher than for someone born in July.
In seasonal terms, compared to the summer-born applicants, autumn births were 25% more likely to get an Oxbridge place, while for winter and spring births the figures were 17% and 1... | The likelihood of becoming a student at Oxford or Cambridge Universities can be strongly influenced by date of birth. | 21579484 |
The Times reports that he wants to strip the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the £40bn project to build four new nuclear missile-carrying submarines.
He is said to have given an "ultimatum" that he will sign off the funds, but only if the Treasury has oversight.
The government said it did not comment on the contents of a... | The government has refused to confirm or deny reports that Chancellor George Osborne wants the Treasury to take charge of Trident renewal. | 34800712 |
Sharp is joined by fellow Scots Lee McConnell (400m and 4x400m relay), Eilish McColgan (3,000m steeplechase) and Eilidh Child (400m hurdles).
But she was chosen ahead of four women who had recorded faster times.
"I feel it was a really brave decision. I am absolutely determined not to let them down," said the 21-year-o... | Lynsey Sharp is determined to justify her controversial selection in the 800m for Team GB's athletics squad for the Olympics in London. | 18693773 |
Seanie Johnston and Gearoid McKiernan each hit 1-5, with David Givney netting the other goal, as the hosts stunned Armagh in a one-sided league clash.
Johnston scored 1-4 in the first half, helping Cavan to a 1-11 to 0-5 advantage at half time.
Armagh are facing a relegation battle after picking up just one win from fo... | Cavan crushed Armagh in a rout at Kingspan Breffni Park to boost their chances of staying in Division Two. | 35737773 |
Giving his east London address, Stephen Port said about 23-year-old Anthony Walgate: "Appears a young boy looks like he's collapsed outside."
Mr Port then went to sleep rather than wait for paramedics, the jury heard.
He denies 29 charges including four counts of murder, as well as drugging, rape and sexual assault.
Th... | An alleged serial killer's 999 call to report that he had found a man - said to be his first murder victim - outside his flat has been played to a jury. | 37628639 |
Boston Dynamics, known for its robots such as Atlas and BigDog, has struggled to commercialise its inventions and was put up for sale more than a year ago.
Softbank also announced it is buying robotics group Schaft.
The terms of the deals were not disclosed. Softbank shares rose by more than 7% in Tokyo.
Softbank began... | Shares of Japan's Softbank have surged to their highest in nearly two decades after the firm bought robot-maker Boston Dynamics from Google's Alphabet. | 40211163 |
Yn ôl yr elusennau mae toriadau i'w cyllidebau yn golygu nad yw'r corff yn gwarchod nac yn gwella pysgodfeydd - sydd yn un o'i ddyletswyddau.
Mae lefelau llygredd, yn enwedig gan ffermydd, nawr "allan o reolaeth" meddai Afonydd Cymru a'r Ymddiriedolaeth Pysgota.
Dywedodd llefarydd CNC bod "llygredd wedi bod yn broblem ... | Dyw'r rheoleiddiwr amgylcheddol Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru (CNC) bellach "ddim yn gwneud ei waith yn iawn", yn ôl grwpiau pysgota ac afonydd. | 39735237 |
The 31-year-old is set to miss his side's first four Championship games.
Bresnan played for the champions in their defeat by the MCC last week.
"He will now start an intense period of rehabilitation on his torn calf and we hope to have him back fit and strong during the middle of May," physio Kunwar Bansil told the clu... | Yorkshire and England all-rounder Tim Bresnan will miss the opening six weeks of the County Championship season with a torn lower calf. | 35938231 |
The contest has been brought about by Tuesday's resignation from Parliament of former Tory MP Patrick Mercer over a cash-for-questions scandal.
Mr Farage said he did not want to look like an "opportunist" by entering the contest, as he did not "have any links with the East Midlands".
He added that he wanted to focus on... | UKIP leader Nigel Farage has said he will not stand in the forthcoming Newark by-election. | 27216172 |
The 26-year-old was released by the Easter Road side at the end of last season.
Cairney started his career at Queen's Park and moved to Partick Thistle in 2008, scoring 20 goals during a four year spell at Firhill.
He switched to Hibs in 2012 under then manager Pat Fenlon and made 53 appearances in two years.
Meanwhile... | Kilmarnock have signed former Hibernian midfielder Paul Cairney on a two year contract. | 28091890 |
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In an unprecedented challenge to elite performance funding agency UK Sport, the group have joined forces to call for an urgent review of what they call "a two-class system that runs counter to Olympic ideals".
National Lottery money is currently allocated on the basis of m... | Eleven sport governing bodies are demanding an overhaul of the way Britain invests in the pursuit of Olympic and Paralympic medals. | 40437957 |
Wales head coach Warren Gatland favours Welsh-based players for his squad.
Priestland, 28, says he is happy with the move despite the expected adverse impact on his Wales chances.
"I'm comfortable with my decision, but I think it will have a negative effect on my international career. It's something I'll have to live w... | Scarlets fly-half Rhys Priestland says moving to English club Bath this summer may harm his Wales career. | 32289930 |
The copy of the 1559 Thomas Gemini anatomy book is going on display at a University of Cambridge exhibition.
A triangular piece of a page depicting female genitals was removed by the book's original owner.
Curator Shelley Hughes said it showed religion and superstition delayed understanding of the female anatomy.
She s... | A censored, 16th Century book suggests that scientific knowledge of the female body was held back by social taboos, researchers have said. | 39369569 |
India's telecoms regulator has asked the mobile network that partnered with the US firm to put their Free Basics offer on hold.
Data fees are relatively expensive in India, and the initiative aims to prevent this being a deterrent.
But critics of the Free Basics service say it runs contrary to net neutrality principles... | Facebook's effort to provide Indians with free access to a limited number of internet services has run into trouble. | 35169226 |
According to one charity, Unicef, one million of those affected are children.
Help and supplies from all over the world are being flown into the country in South Asia. Nepal's government says it's doing all it can to help.
There's a lot to do: it's thought 1.4 million people are in need of food, the UN says.
Thousands ... | Eight million people have been affected by the massive earthquake in Nepal - more than a quarter of the country's population - the United Nations says. | 32492843 |
They have now won the event every time since its introduction in 1988, although Russia won the World Championships in 2015.
But the favourites proved too strong, only dropping points in the final set.
Beforehand, Chinese Taipei took the bronze, beating Italy by five set points to three.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsl... | South Korea won their eighth straight women's team archery gold, beating Russia five set points to one in the final. | 36685690 |
"I've been told about that but I don't really follow Twitter so I don't know what means," he says.
He's taking Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs' slip-up - which sparked thousands of comments and jokes - in good humour.
"What did they say? Dick Poop. Well, I'm going to change my name to Dick Poop," he jokes.
"I'm g... | When Newsbeat spoke to Dick Pope about the fact he was trending on Twitter worldwide, he was slightly bemused. | 30838763 |
The former Rangers and Sunderland boss, 70, announced in March he would be leaving Turkish side Fenerbahce at the end of this season.
Advocaat, who will be assisted by ex-Chelsea manager Ruud Gullit, replaces the sacked Danny Blind.
Blind lost his job after a 2-0 loss to Bulgaria left the Netherlands fourth in their Wo... | The Netherlands have appointed Dick Advocaat as head coach for a third time. | 39856734 |
They have only lost once in 12 games in any form of cricket in 2017.
As well as reaching the One-Day Cup semi-finals, four straight Championship wins adds up to their best start since the title-winning year of 1964.
"Twelve months ago we were playing pretty similar cricket and hadn't won a game," 26-year-old Leach said... | Worcestershire captain Joe Leach says his side's superb winning start to the season is simply down to having found the knack of finishing teams off. | 40084531 |
Prosecutors also charged Kim Ki-Jong, a nationalist activist, with assaulting a foreign envoy and obstruction of duty.
Police say Mr Kim wanted to highlight his opposition to joint military exercises with the US.
Mr Kim denies attempting to kill ambassador Mark Lippert, who received 80 stitches after the attack in Marc... | A South Korean man who attacked the US ambassador to Seoul with a knife, slashing his face and arms, has been formally charged with attempted murder. | 32147161 |
Zahoor Hussain, 38, Muserat Khan, 36, Mohammed Anser Khan, 31, and Ateek Khan, 27, all from West Bromwich in the West Midlands are each accused of four counts of kidnap.
The charges relate to an incident in Oswestry in Shropshire on Friday.
The men were remanded in custody by magistrates in Telford to appear at Shrewsb... | Four men have appeared in court accused of kidnapping a woman and three children. | 35749130 |
The BBC asks what can be done to reduce the impact of the fires, and whether the threat is getting worse.
It's no mystery. A simple combination of "lots of fuel, plus the dry, warm conditions in summer, and source of ignition," Dr Grant Wardell-Johnson of Australia's Curtin University told the BBC.
Human carelessness -... | Wildfires like the one which has destroyed nearly 100 home near Perth are a part of life in Australia, but can be devastating and deadly. | 35259630 |
Karen McArthur, a director at Ashers, took the order for the cake from Gareth Lee, a gay rights activist.
The cake was to have a slogan on it supporting gay marriage.
Although she accepted the order initially, Mrs McArthur said: "In my heart, I knew I would not be able to put that (slogan) on the cake."
Asked why she a... | The woman who took an order for a 'gay cake' in Belfast has told a court she initially accepted it to avoid a "confrontation" in the bakery. | 32085952 |
The Freedom Party candidate faces an independent, Alexander Van der Bellen, who has the backing of the Greens.
Mr Hofer topped the first vote but fell well short of an outright majority.
For the first time since World War Two, both the main centrist parties were knocked out in the first round, amid concerns over the mi... | The European Union could see its first far-right president if Norbert Hofer wins the second, run-off round of the Austrian election. | 36351359 |
Prof Angus Dalgleish said his stance sounded "paradoxical" given his party's support for "smoking rooms" in pubs.
UKIP said a park smoking ban was not party policy and that Prof Dalgleish, who is based at St George's hospital in London, was giving a personal opinion.
He was speaking in a BBC health policy debate alongs... | A cancer expert who is standing for UKIP says the smoking ban should be extended to public parks. | 32518902 |
The landslide has blocked the Sunkoshi river, east of the capital Kathmandu, forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes and move to higher ground.
Officials said army technicians were trying to unblock the river and allow the water to run off.
There are fears that the death toll will rise, as rescue work conti... | A massive landslide has buried dozens of homes in Nepal, with eight people confirmed dead and many missing. | 28619288 |
Juan Watterson was seeking approval to introduce a private member's bill aimed at changing Manx law.
But Members of the House of Keys voted 17 to five against the motion.
"I am disappointed," said Mr Watterson. "I thought the vote would be a lot closer than that but that is the democratic process - it is what it is and... | Isle of Man politicians have rejected a call to introduce a bill to allow assisted dying. | 31110603 |
They've discovered a new way in which warming increases levels of the toxin in sea creatures.
In experiments, they found that extra rainfall drives up the amount of organic material flowing into the seas.
This alters the food chain, adding another layer of complex organisms which boosts the concentrations of mercury up... | Rising temperatures could boost mercury levels in fish by up to seven times the current rates, say Swedish researchers. | 38769697 |
Post-War politics, built on a moderate consensus, is under strain.
The centre is holding but only just.
Austrians in large numbers voted for a far-right candidate in the face of much of Europe warning against allowing the first right-wing populist to become head of state since World War Two.
The strong showing of a can... | On both sides of the Atlantic, liberal democracy is on the defensive. | 36357617 |
The Poland striker had gone five league matches without finding the net but scored either side of half-time.
Lewandowski put Bayern ahead when he latched on to Arjen Robben's clever pass before he turned provider with a low cross for the Dutch winger to net.
Robben's intelligent through ball allowed Lewandowski to scor... | Robert Lewandowski ended his Bundesliga goal drought to help leaders Bayern Munich ease to victory over Augsburg. | 37800205 |
It has emerged that the aircraft in question was flown into power lines on Monday, knocking one to the ground.
About 650 people lost access to electricity for about three hours, according to a local report.
The incident occurred weeks after Los Angeles City Council introduced tougher laws on the use of personal drones.... | Police are hunting for a drone operator who caused an electricity blackout in West Hollywood, California. | 34656820 |
The cause of the widespread extinction has provoked much debate, with climate change being one theory.
However, scientists studied dung samples from 130,000 and 41,000 years ago, when humans arrived, and concluded hunting and fire were the cause.
The extinction in turn caused major ecological changes to the landscape.
... | Humans hunted Australia's giant vertebrates to extinction about 40,000 years ago, the latest research published in Science has concluded. | 17488447 |
Last week, Coursera, a rival Silicon Valley-based platform, announced 12 more universities were joining.
UC Berkeley will add two courses to the edX online offering this autumn.
The edX partnership is also promising to add further universities from "around the world".
Edinburgh University emerged last week as the first... | The emerging format war between online universities has accelerated, with the University of California, Berkeley signing up to Harvard and MIT's edX partnership. | 18972376 |
The 20-year-old's body was discovered in a Peugeot 106 in Yateley, Hampshire, at 08:00 GMT.
Police said it was thought the car had been involved in a "traffic incident" at about 02:00 in Cricket Hill Lane, at the junction with Carrick Road.
The car was found in undergrowth nearby. Officers said someone had reported hea... | A man has been found dead in a car police believe may have been involved in a crash six hours earlier. | 34756164 |
Kevin O'Brien made 75 and Simi Singh 70 not out as Leinster scored 286 off 49.2 overs, with Craig Young taking 4-50.
North West were all out for 181 off 44.2 overs in reply, Sri Lankan Irosh Samaraasooriya top-scoring with 77.
Ricki-Lee Dougherty contributed 42, while Ireland international George Dockrell ended with fi... | Leinster Lightning began the defence of their interprovincial titles by beating North West Warriors by 105 runs in a 50-over match at The Hills on Monday. | 39773405 |
The 300m (990ft) Liaoning - named after the province where it was refitted - is a refurbished Soviet ship purchased from Ukraine.
For now the carrier has no operational aircraft and will be used for training.
But China says the vessel, which has undergone extensive sea trials, will increase its capacity to defend state... | China's first aircraft carrier has entered into service, the defence ministry says. | 19710040 |
If evacuation takes place, officials say up to 8,000 people could be removed each day from the government-held town, which has no water or electricity.
Shelling and the deaths of several more people were reported by both sides on Tuesday.
Each blames the other for the upsurge in violence.
It erupted despite an attempt ... | Ukrainian officials are preparing for a possible evacuation of the eastern frontline town of Avdiivka amid renewed fighting with pro-Russian rebels. | 38807778 |
The squad paraded down Victoria Avenue in Southend at lunchtime before turning into London Road.
The honour came after the squad won 7-6 on penalties against Wycombe Wanderers.
Blues' club boss Phil Brown said it had been "a phenomenal season" and the team had shown "their never-say-die attitude again".
He added: "The ... | Southend United are holding an open-top bus parade to celebrate promotion to League One after the play-off final at Wembley. | 32873635 |
Florida is one of five key states holding primary elections on the same day. Full results are available here after polls close, provided by the Associated Press. | Voters in Florida go to the polls on Tuesday to choose their preferred candidate to contest the presidential election. | 35804474 |
Sendles-White joined the Robins on a free transfer after being released by Scottish Premiership side Hamilton Academical.
The 21-year-old started his career at QPR, and has also had loan spells with Colchester United and Mansfield.
"I think for sure I need to make an impact," he told BBC Radio Wiltshire.
"Obviously I'm... | Swindon Town defender Jamie Sendles-White is hoping for stability after signing for the League One club until the end of the season. | 35604190 |
The Barcelona star must pay €252,000 ($288,000, £223,000), equating to €400 for each day of the sentence, the court said in a statement.
Messi, along with his father Jorge, was found guilty of defrauding Spain of €4.1m between 2007 and 2009.
His father's 15-month sentence was replaced with a €180,000 fine.
The pair had... | Football star Lionel Messi's 21-month prison sentence for tax fraud has been changed to a fine by the Spanish courts. | 40534761 |
In a statement, the team said they had renewed their "technical and racing agreement" with the Finn, extending his stay into a fifth consecutive year.
The 37-year-old was also with Ferrari for three years from 2007-09.
He is fifth in the championship standings, with team-mate Sebastian Vettel leading Mercedes driver Le... | Ferrari have extended former world champion Kimi Raikkonen's contract until the end of the 2018 season. | 41012314 |
The champions moved to the top of the Scottish Premiership with a 4-1 victory over Aberdeen, last season's runners-up, at Celtic Park.
"No, I don't think they can," said the striker when asked if other teams could cope with Celtic's forward line.
"We go forward at pace and hurt teams. It's great to have those attacking... | Leigh Griffiths says no team in Scotland can cope with Celtic's attacking threat. | 37206888 |
Remote access was still restricted "as a precaution" the group said.
Oil production was not affected by the virus which struck on 15 August, Saudi Aramco added.
The company took its website offline after the attack and now carries a message on its front page apologising for any inconvenience.
"We have isolated all our ... | About 30,000 workstation computers are back online at Saudi Aramco after a virus hit the world's largest oil producer. | 19389401 |
Conservatives are putting Jeremy Corbyn at the centre of their Copeland by-election campaign.
His image is all over Tory leaflets, and their logic is very simple.
Copeland relies on the nuclear industry and Jeremy Corbyn has opposed new nuclear power stations.
It means that when a by-election date is set, the contest i... | Ross Hawkins visits Copeland in Cumbria where the outgoing Labour MP is yet to leave his job but campaigning to elect his replacement has already begun in earnest. | 38589306 |
The unsupervised inmates later hid the PCs in the ceiling of a training room.
Investigators found software, pornography and articles about making drugs and explosives on the machines.
The discovery came after IT staff flagged unusual levels of internet activity on a contractor's account.
The PCs were found in 2015 but ... | A prison work programme has backfired, after two inmates in the US state of Ohio built computers from PCs they were supposed to be dismantling for recycling. | 39576394 |
A source said Labour chairman Hilary Benn had tried to "bounce" members into agreeing a 155-page report into the government's Brexit White Paper.
BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said the source had told her the report could not be allowed to stand.
The committee's press spokesman declined to comment on the claims... | A number of Brexit-backing MPs walked out of a private meeting of the Commons Brexit Select Committee in protest at a report they claimed was "too gloomy". | 39417715 |
Wagg is the only survivor from Glamorgan's eight-wicket victory over Kent at Canterbury.
"It'll be interesting to see whether they've improved the quality of the ball since then" said Wagg.
The trial is designed to give England players practice for a Test match.
The game against the West Indies at Edgbaston in August i... | Glamorgan's Graham Wagg hopes the pink ball being used in a day-night Championship match against Derbyshire is better than for a pioneering game in 2011. | 40397492 |
The win effectively clinches a place for Great Britain at the 2018 Winter Paralympics, subject to ratification.
Scotland's victory in the World Wheelchair Curling B Championship semi-final in Finland came after a surprise 6-2 loss to England when the sides met in the round-robin phase.
Scotland collect points on behalf... | Scotland won promotion to wheelchair curling's A Championship with a 13-3 victory over England. | 37923878 |
Jose Correia Agrela, 29, of no fixed address, is accused of killing Colin Evans, 39, whose body was found at a flat in Broomfield Road, Chelmsford on Tuesday.
He had been stabbed multiple times.
Mr Agrela appeared before Chelmsford magistrates and was remanded in custody. He is due to appear at Chelmsford Crown Court o... | A man has appeared in court charged with murder after a man was stabbed to death in Essex. | 29472339 |
A Sky News investigation claims that individuals are being recruited by so-called Islamic State as "lone wolf" bombers in the UK.
Using fake identities reporters said they were told about a woman in Glasgow who was "ready to attack".
Police Scotland said it was working with the Metropolitan Police.
Officers have urged ... | Police in Scotland have said they remain alert to all terrorist threats after a report that a woman in Glasgow may be poised to carry out an attack. | 33861865 |
She said the SNP's haul of 63 seats gave "a clear and unequivocal mandate" to govern as a minority administration.
The Conservatives came second with 31 seats. Leader Ruth Davidson said the SNP had no case for another referendum.
Labour slumped to third place with 24 seats followed by the Scottish Greens on six and Lib... | SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has ruled out coalition talks after falling two seats short of an overall majority in the 2016 Holyrood election. | 36230416 |
Work on the controversial 15-mile (25km) Thames Tideway Tunnel, which has been proposed by Thames Water, will start in 2016 and finish in 2023.
The company says it is needed because the city's current Victorian drainage system cannot cope.
Opponents say the work will cause major disruption near tunnelling sites and ins... | Plans for a £4.2bn "super sewer" under London have been given the go-ahead by the government. | 29175607 |
She was speaking to BBC Scotland on day two of the general election campaign.
Elsewhere, Scottish Labour launched a £175m Scottish anti-poverty fund.
The Scottish Lib Dems pledged £800m to improve the NHS in Scotland and the Scottish Conservatives criticised changes to stamp duty.
Voters across the UK go to the polls o... | SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has said another independence referendum would not form any part of a post-election deal with Labour, but the renewal of Trident remained a "red line". | 32124685 |
Janet and John Stocker, aged 63 and 74, were killed in Sousse on Friday their family confirmed.
The couple, who had five children and 10 grandchildren, "tragically lost their lives as a result of Friday's atrocities" a statement said.
A minute's silence will be held on Friday to remember all the victims.
The family sta... | A couple who were "born and bred" Londoners have been named among the 38 people killed in the Tunisian beach attack. | 33336988 |
Kean joined the Canaries in July 2015 following his departure from Blackburn, but never played for the club.
The 25-year-old made a total of eight appearances in loan spells with Colchester and Swindon last season.
"There is a lot of competition but any competition is good competition," Kean told the club website.
"It'... | Championship side Sheffield Wednesday have signed goalkeeper Jake Kean after his contract with Norwich City was terminated by mutual consent. | 36828325 |
Ronnie Coulter, 46, from Wishaw, is accused of killing the 32-year-old while acting with two other men.
His QC Donald Findlay said further time was needed "as to when - or indeed if - Mr Coulter will be fit to stand trial or whether we will proceed by an examination of facts hearing".
At the High Court in Glasgow, judg... | A man has appeared in court charged with the 1998 murder of Surjit Singh Chhokar in Overtown, North Lanarkshire. | 32053872 |
She has now won four World Cup golds this season and in all disciplines and has reached the podium seven times.
There was also GB success in the men's 500m with Paul Stanley clinching a silver medal.
Christie, 25, is also the reigning European champion having skated to victory in her three races in Sochi.
Dordercht in ... | British short track speed skater Elise Christie won two gold medals in the final World Cup of the season, triumphing in the 500m and 1,000m. | 35570383 |
Crazy, strange and unsteady are a few of the adjectives used as pundits try to work out what a Trump foreign policy might look like, though one Israeli newspaper seems reassured.
Several German commentators admit to being flummoxed by the speech. "It's not very easy to follow him," writes Der Spiegel's Washington corre... | Donald Trump's foreign policy speech on Wednesday leaves a few media commentators scratching their heads. | 36158645 |
Appointed in 2014, he led the side to two Muratti titles, as well as their first Island Games gold medal in 2015.
However, in a statement Petulla said disagreements with the JFA on how women's football should progress in the island made his position "untenable".
He added: "It's become clear that the priorities of the J... | Simon Petulla has resigned as Jersey women's manager after falling out with the island's Football Association. | 39289594 |
Research by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) found two-thirds of small Scottish firms with EU staff were worried about future skills shortages.
A total of 37% said they would consider reducing operations if Brexit led to extra barriers on hiring EU citizens.
Almost a fifth said they might close their business, ... | Small firms have raised fresh concerns about the impact of Brexit on employing EU workers. | 39694075 |
Gordon Brown had waited many years to take his bow at prime minister's questions.
Tony Blair had remarked on his successor's "clunking fist" and pundits wondered whether he would be able to land a knockout blow on David Cameron, who had impressed in his two years as opposition leader.
But some were already worried whet... | As Ed Miliband faces his first Prime Minister's questions, here's a look at his predecessors' debuts. | 11521789 |
The revelations, made in the Sunday Times newspaper, are based on an interview with ex-CIA agent Donald Rickard shortly before he died.
Mandela served 27 years in jail for resisting white minority rule before being released in 1990.
He was subsequently elected as South Africa's first black president.
Rickard, who died ... | Nelson Mandela's arrest in 1962 came as a result of a tip-off from an agent of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), a report says. | 36296551 |
It was spotted by a walker on Tal y Foel, near Dwyran, at about 13:40 BST on Tuesday.
The item has now been sent for forensic examination, while the coroner will be informed.
North Wales Police said it was continuing to look into the circumstances surrounding the discovery. | An object believed to be a human foot has been found on a beach on Anglesey, police have confirmed. | 35973770 |
The algae blooms often form during mid to late summer and can cause rashes, joint and muscle pain, diarrhoea and vomiting.
South Lakeland District Council said it was aware a large area of Windermere was currently affected.
A council spokesman said people in the area should be "vigilant", especially with their pets.
Th... | Potentially harmful blue-green algae has been found in a "significant area" of Windermere. | 33914541 |
Capel Iwan school near Newcastle Emlyn said goodbye to its last 12 children in July.
But education officials say the school must be ready to open in the autumn - with a fully paid head teacher.
The assembly government says the local authority must go through the correct procedures before it can be shut.
Those processes... | A Carmarthenshire primary school is being told it must stay open at the cost of up to £110,000 - despite not having a single pupil. | 10958726 |
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As the national side sees out what appears to be another failed attempt to reach a major championship, former international Andy McLaren feels the game has abandoned a once rich source of talent.
He's providing football sessions in some of the most deprived areas of Glasgo... | Scotland widely bemoans a lack of footballing talent emerging to match the stars of yesteryear. | 39326930 |
A coroner ruled bullying and the "lingering" effect of an alleged rape were factors in the suicide of Cpl Anne-Marie Ellement, 30, in 2011.
Now, ex-Cpl Thomas Fulton and ex-Cpl Jeremy Jones have each been charged with two counts of rape.
In 2009 the Service Prosecuting Authority (SPA) ruled there was not enough evidenc... | Two men have been charged with raping a Bournemouth soldier who was found hanged in her barracks. | 34672366 |
Jonathan Anthony, 50, strangled his wife Lisa, 47, and suffocated his daughter Ava, 14, at their home in Esher, Surrey on 17 June.
He then laid out their bodies in the master bedroom, hand in hand, Woking Coroner's Court was told.
Verdicts of unlawful killing were recorded on both mother and daughter.
His body was foun... | A businessman who had been having an affair killed his wife and teenage daughter before escaping to France and killing himself, an inquest has heard. | 34899014 |
Quantum computing is widely seen as an evolution of computer technology, which may allow for much faster calculations than today's machines.
The technology is still in its infancy, but one expert said it was a "small step" towards a useful quantum computer.
IBM said it hoped to see processors up to 20 times larger in t... | IBM has made a functioning quantum processor available to the public over the internet. | 36203043 |
Khalid Alahmadi, 23, of Cardiff, was arrested following allegations of assault in Gorsedd Gardens on Thursday.
The court heard Mr Alahmadi was a student at the University of South Wales in Treforest.
He was remanded in custody and will appear in Cardiff Crown Court on 12 October. | A man has appeared in Cardiff Magistrates' Court charged with the attempted rape of a 19-year-old student in the city centre. | 34382296 |
Dr Robert Nagle was appearing as a witness in the trial of Angus Sinclair at the High Court in Livingston.
Mr Sinclair denies raping and murdering Helen Scott and Christine Eadie, who were last seen at the World's End pub in Edinburgh on 15 October 1977.
Dr Nagle said that someone had knelt on Ms Eadie and throttled he... | A 90-year-old retired forensic pathologist has given evidence in the trial of a man accused of murdering two teenage girls 37 years ago. | 29688808 |
On the first full day of his five-day visit, he called for politicians to show commitment to the "common good".
But President Benigno Aquino responded that many Catholic clergy had been silent about the abuses conducted under former President Gloria Arroyo.
And he said some clergymen were now too quick to criticise him... | Pope Francis has urged Philippine leaders to end "scandalous social inequalities" and corruption during a welcome ceremony in Manila. | 30843811 |
The Bank of Scotland's new happiness index attempts to quantify how happy people are in the communities in which they live.
The study found that women were far more content with their lives than men.
The survey results also revealed that those aged 18 to 24 were the unhappiest age group, with a score below the Scotland... | The happiest people in Scotland are women aged over 65 who live in the Highlands, according to a report. | 33067332 |
Arnautovic played 45 minutes of a 1-0 pre-season win over Neuchatel Xamax on Monday, but limped off as Mark Hughes rotated his entire team at half-time.
The 28-year-old joined Stoke from Werder Bremen for £2m in 2013 and signed a new four-year deal in 2016.
Arnautovic, who has played 62 times for his country, has score... | Stoke City have rejected an offer from West Ham for striker Marko Arnautovic, who has handed in a transfer request. | 40564628 |
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Two goals from Harry Kane and one each for Toby Alderweireld and Kyle Walker gave Spurs a 4-1 home win on Sunday.
"It is one of our best performances and results this season," said Pochettino.
West Ham boss Slaven Bilic apologised to Hammers fans for the defeat - only thei... | Mauricio Pochettino said he was proud of his Tottenham players after they produced an "amazing" display to beat West Ham and equal a club record of 12 Premier League matches without defeat. | 34896319 |
He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after reaching a plea deal with prosecutors.
Kohlhepp admitted killing four people at a motorcycle shop in 2003, and a married couple on his property in 2015.
In 2016 he was arrested for kidnapping a woman and killing her boyfriend.
As part of his ple... | Todd Kohlhepp, who was arrested after a woman was found "chained like a dog" on his property in South Carolina, has pleaded guilty to seven murders. | 40054629 |
The Scottish actor will lead a cast of comedians in the cartoon tale of the richest duck in the world.
American actors Danny Pudi, Ben Schwartz and Bobby Moynihan will voice the parts of Scrooge's great-nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie.
DuckTales originally ran from 1987 to 1990. The revival will air in 2017.
Scrooge's ne... | Former Doctor Who star David Tennant is to be the new voice of Scrooge McDuck in a remake of the animated Disney series DuckTales. | 38346941 |
That stalemate arguably ended with the government's decision to revoke the citizenship of Sheikh Isa Qassim, the kingdom's most prominent Shia Muslim cleric and spiritual inspiration behind the main opposition bloc Wefaq.
The move is but the coup de grace in a series of recent crackdowns on dissent.
These included the ... | The story of Bahrain's 14 February uprising in 2011 can be told in four broad chapters: | 36581449 |
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