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Police said that shortly before 17:30 BST on Saturday, they received reports of a crowd heading up the Deerpark Road towards Oldpark Road.
Ten minutes later, there were reports of youths running into a bar on the Oldpark Road and shouting sectarian slogans.
There were also reports of fighting.
PSNI Inspector Jocelyn Wi... | Disturbances outside a pub in north Belfast, which included reports of fighting and bottles being thrown at cars, are being investigated by police. | 32372573 |
The 24-year-old, whose real name was Chris Hardman, was found dead in Lowestoft on Monday.
Fellow musicians and fans paid tribute on social media to the singer, who rose to fame in Channel 4's Rock School.
Hannah Hardman said: "Please keep them coming. They are helping the family at this difficult time."
Suffolk Police... | Tributes to singer Lil' Chris have brought "a lot of happiness" to his family, his sister has said. | 32053949 |
In 2010, 25% of the 12,364 personnel surveyed across the armed forces said morale was "high", compared with 15% of the 12,667 surveyed last year.
The percentage of those saying morale was "low" has risen from 33% to 50%.
Shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy blamed government cuts but the MoD said "tough decisions" had t... | Morale in the armed forces has fallen across all three services in the last two years, with the Army worst hit, a Ministry of Defence survey suggests. | 19358572 |
Mr Greste's employer, Qatari satellite channel Al Jazeera, welcomes the release, but also expresses concern over the continued detention of Mr Greste's colleagues, Egyptian-Canadian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian Baher Mohamed.
In Egypt, his release is reported on the front pages of several Egyptian dailies but is complete... | Media in the Middle East and Australia give a low-key reaction to the release of former Al Jazeera journalist and Australian Peter Greste. | 31090990 |
Ceredigion MP Mark Williams was one of only two MPs who were not appointed by new leader Tim Farron.
His office said at the time that Mr Williams would be given "a key campaign job" in August.
He has now been appointed vice-chairman of the parliamentary campaigns team and will lead the party's rural communities campaig... | A Welsh Lib Dem MP has been given a new position, just over a week after being left out of the party's 'cabinet'. | 33834636 |
Many have applauded model Tamara Ecclestone for braving the backlash to post a photograph of herself breastfeeding her daughter, who is nearly three.
The NHS says most women in the UK wish they could breastfeed for longer than they do, yet only one in 200 mothers do so past their baby's first birthday.
Here, five mothe... | Women who breastfeed their toddlers say they are either branded "hippy earth mothers" or seen as "weird and disgusting". | 38943931 |
At least 147 people died when al-Shabab militants stormed Garissa University in north-eastern Kenya, near Somalia.
The mortuaries in Garissa have been unable to cope, and many of the students killed came from other parts of the country.
Four of the gunmen involved were killed by security forces.
The BBC's Anne Soy saw ... | The bodies of many of those killed by Islamist militants at a Kenyan university are being moved to the capital Nairobi for identification. | 32173001 |
4 December 2012 Last updated at 14:43 GMT
With almost 2 million hits the video has appeared on TV stations across the globe.
Gangnam Style has recently become YouTube's most-watched video of all time.
One thing's for sure, the electricity bill for this sound and light show must be through the roof!
Check out the full v... | Gangnam Style just won't go away and this Christmas the song is providing the soundtrack to a festive lights spectacular in Texas, USA. | 20595872 |
They joined Merthyr and Swansea in confirming their rise to Welsh rugby's second tier with a 17-8 win over Pontypool.
There is no relegation from the Premiership this season.
Pontypool hope to be among the four teams going up to a division from which there will be no relegation for the next three seasons. | Bargoed have been promoted to the expanded Welsh Premiership for next season. | 36178822 |
The Nigerian government is sending parents to Cameroon to attempt to identify the girl.
She told investigators in Cameroon she was one of 270 kidnapped in Chibok by jihadist group Boko Haram.
The abductions sparked international outrage and the #bringbackourgirls social media campaign.
While about 50 of the girls manag... | Authorities in Cameroon and Nigeria are investigating a claim from a would-be suicide bomber that she was one of a group of schoolgirls abducted in 2014. | 35906097 |
Records aplenty can be set by the Many Clouds team as the Oliver Sherwood-trained nine-year-old - the age group that has provided most winners, incidentally - goes for a repeat success in the £1m Crabbie's Grand National under jockey Leighton Aspell.
The horse, owned by businessman Trevor Hemmings, attempts to become t... | As anticipation builds to Saturday's Grand National, here's a look at some highlights to watch out for. | 35967577 |
Robert Hannigan said the encoding of data was being misused by a small number of people.
He said the rational response was not to think encryption was bad, but to look for pragmatic ways of responding.
Mr Hannigan was speaking as the FBI engages in a legal battle with Apple over the firm's encryption systems.
At an eve... | The head of GCHQ has called for greater co-operation between spies and tech companies in dealing with challenges posed by encryption. | 35750127 |
The UK government is due to publish its Wales Bill soon, transferring new powers and setting out how to make the devolution settlement clearer.
Last week, First Minister Carwyn Jones warned he would reject any attempt to weaken the powers of the assembly.
On Thursday, Mr Crabb told the Western Mail newspaper the chance... | Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb has said he is "pessimistic" about agreeing with Welsh ministers on further devolution. | 34418044 |
Data from the National Crime Agency (NCA) reveals more than 335,000 missing person calls were made in 2015/16.
The figure is an increase of 15% on the previous year.
The data also shows that around one in every five missing persons was an individual who had some form of mental health issue.
335,624
the number of missin... | Police forces in England and Wales received one call every 90 seconds last year about a missing person, official figures show. | 39156596 |
The animal has been given a temporary home in the town while efforts are made to return it to Leverburgh where it is looked after by local fishermen.
Argyll Animal Aid said it was one of a group of feral cats that fishermen use to control rat and mice populations.
The charity hopes transport can be found for its return... | A cat that sneaked onboard a yacht on the Isle of Harris in the Western Isles ended up about 200 nautical miles away in Oban in Argyll. | 36528195 |
Despite the earplugs provided, your can feel the vibrations running through your body long after the bongs have died away.
But those bongs may be silenced at certain points in the next three years, as essential works to conserve the Elizabeth Tower, the Great Clock and the Great Bell - also known as Big Ben - begin in ... | Standing next to Big Ben as it strikes 10 o'clock is a staggering experience. | 36140279 |
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Wales, who are playing in their first major tournament since 1958, will reach the last 16 with victory in Lens.
But they have not beaten England since 1984, and Coleman is staying calm.
"The big thing for us is getting through. It's not about beating England and not gettin... | Wales manager Chris Coleman has urged his players not to get swept up by the emotion of Thursday's Euro 2016 match against England, saying they see it as "only another game". | 36541061 |
A lack of nurses, nuclear safety engineers and airworthiness certifiers are among those highlighted in a report by the Commons Defence Committee.
Financial incentives should be offered to retain current staff, it argued.
Ministers said the restructuring of the armed forces had led to "temporary shortages" in some areas... | Shortages of specialist personnel in the Army and Royal Navy are leaving the military "vulnerable", MPs have warned. | 25716863 |
A 40m (130ft) newly-built section of the bridge, as well as scaffolding around it, fell 20m onto workers, said police spokesman Bjorn Schmitt.
It was not immediately clear what caused the accident, which happened on Wednesday near the town of Werneck.
There are thought to have been around 20 workers on the site at the ... | A scaffolding collapse on a bridge being built in Germany has killed at least one worker and seriously injured several others, police say. | 36543261 |
Adrian Gammon, 48, who was from Shrewsbury, was married with two children, North Wales Police said.
He was a passenger in a Dacia Sandero and died at the scene after a collision with a VW Polo.
The driver of the Polo was airlifted to hospital, while five other people needed hospital treatment following the crash at 16:... | A man who died in a crash on the A534 near Holt in Wrexham on Friday afternoon has been named. | 36127600 |
A Head Full Of Dreams is the band's first studio album not to debut at number one, despite selling 236,000 copies.
Their last album, 2014's Ghost Stories debuted with 168,000 sales, with 2011's Mylo Xyloto selling 208,000 in its first week.
Adele retained her top spot position thanks to another week of high sales, shif... | Coldplay have failed to topple Adele's 25 from the top of the UK album chart. | 35072586 |
Today it is in the throes of an armed conflict that has made the humanitarian crisis much worse.
At the end of last year, the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) estimated that 15.9 million people, almost 60% of the population, required humanitarian assistance; 10.6 million people are food in... | Yemen, a country bordering Saudi Arabia, one of the world's richest economies, has suffered for many years from extreme poverty, high rates of unemployment and severe malnutrition among children. | 32735158 |
After the ill-fated decision to appoint David Moyes as successor to Sir Alex Ferguson, the former Netherlands coach brought a measure of stability, albeit without silverware, and a place in the Premier League's top four.
It has proved an inglorious, embarrassing comeback to Europe's elite tournament; United not even sc... | Manchester United's return to the Champions League was regarded as the crowning glory of manager Louis van Gaal's first season at Old Trafford. | 35041818 |
UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura has warned that there is an urgent need for the government and opposition to take steps towards a political transition.
But correspondents say the outlook is bleak, with fighting in Aleppo province threatening a fragile six-week truce.
Meanwhile parliamentary polls, dismissed by the ... | The UN is to start a new round of indirect talks in Geneva aimed at ending the conflict in Syria. | 36032587 |
City, who have struggled to make a serious impact in the Champions League and have never won their opening home game in the group stage, looked to be on course for victory when Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini headed into his own net under pressure from Vincent Kompany.
The Italians protested furiously that Chiellin... | Manchester City's Champions League campaign got off to a disappointing start with a home defeat by last season's runners-up Juventus. | 34203622 |
Adams had last been on the losing side when Portsmouth defeated former club Northampton on 19 December last year.
His unbeaten run was the longest in the Football League since Scunthorpe's Eddie Nolan went 33 games in 2013-14.
Arsenal's Sol Campbell holds the record in the Premier League, playing 56 games between defea... | Carlisle United midfielder Nicky Adams tasted defeat for the first time in 33 league games as they were beaten at Newport County on Saturday. | 37962417 |
His owner, Joe Quayle of New Quay, says he cannot tell the difference between the real thing and Billy's 'pager'.
He said the only way he could tell if it was a really 'shout' was to check the pager.
The 10-year-old African grey, also wolf whistles, calls Joe's children and confuses the family dog Sweep.
"I have to kee... | A lifeboatman is being given the runaround, after his pet parrot Billy learnt to mimic the sound of his emergency pager. | 11419222 |
The incident happened at about 16:00 BST on Thursday.
The teenager has been charged with four counts of common assault.
The man was charged with two counts of assault, occasioning actual bodily harm, and assault on police. He was due to appear in court on Friday.
Police have appealed for witnesses. | A 17-year-old girl and a 25-year-old man have been charged by police over assaults in Botanic Gardens in south Belfast. | 39816113 |
Ms Royal said the chocolate-hazelnut spread contributed to deforestation because oil palms were replacing trees.
Ferrero, the Italian chocolate firm which owns Nutella, said it has made commitments to source palm oil in a responsible way.
French senators tried unsuccessfully to impose a 300% tax on palm oil in 2011.
Th... | France's Ecology Minister Segolene Royal has urged people to stop eating Nutella because it is made with palm oil and damages the environment. | 33163534 |
Cosmetic change, that is.
The capital of the Caribbean island, San Juan, has enjoyed a thorough facelift in the last few weeks.
Roads are being repaved, public buildings are glowing with new paint and welcome signs are being hung along the route President Obama will cover during his five-hour visit.
But other things ha... | Puerto Rico is using Tuesday's historic visit by US President Barack Obama - the first official trip to the island by a sitting US president in almost half a century - as a chance for change. | 13754491 |
The coach says that Mbia is suspended for their match against France on 30 May after his red card in another friendly against Nigeria last year.
He added that Mbia is also due to play for his club Hebei China Fortune a day earlier.
The 29-year-old will also miss a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on 3 June against ... | Cameroon coach Hugo Broos has left captain Stephane Mbia out of his latest 24-man squad. | 36321424 |
The not-for-profit water company says the money will be used as part of a five-year investment plan.
The loan facility has been agreed by the European Investment Bank, which has provided Dwr Cymru Welsh Water with £500m since 2001.
The firm says the loan means services can improve without increasing bills.
Projects in ... | Welsh Water has secured a £230m European loan to help meet a £1.5bn bill to invest in its network of pipes and sewerage sites across Wales. | 30723677 |
John Milburn, 19, of Crosby, and 47-year-old Andrew Glaister from the Isle of Man, became ill after taking the drug during the Cream event on 26 December at the Nation club.
Liverpool Coroner Simon Holder ruled both men had died due to MDMA toxicity.
He said their deaths were "a bizarre coincidence", the Liverpool Echo... | Two men who died after becoming ill at a club night in Liverpool had taken ecstasy, an inquest has concluded. | 35767599 |
Parc Howard in Llanelli costs Carmarthenshire council more than £100,000 to maintain each year.
But Parc Howard Association said the building, which houses a museum, and parkland needed more investment.
Councillor Meryl Gravell said one option would be for somebody else to run park.
Parc Howard was built in 1885 and g... | A 19th Century mansion and parkland in Carmarthenshire are at risk of becoming eyesores because of council cuts, according to those who help run them. | 31312487 |
As it turned out, those predictions were a touch pessimistic.
But one year on, what do economists and businesses think of the aftermath of the vote? And what do they think the future holds?
David Owen, chief European financial economist for Jefferies, still thinks the UK could be in for a rough ride.
"For six months or... | Before last year's Brexit vote, there were warnings from many economists that the UK would suffer a catastrophic economic shock and be catapulted into recession by a Leave vote. | 40370331 |
Spotlight: A Woman Alone With The IRA investigated the republican movement's handling of sexual abuse allegations against a suspected IRA member.
Maíria Cahill waived her right to anonymity to tell how the republican movement responded to her allegations.
The programme won news and current affairs programme of the year... | BBC Northern Ireland current affairs programme Spotlight has won three CIPR NI Media awards. | 33296614 |
The coroner at the hearing in Belfast said it was also "probably" the first such case in the UK.
Ben Robinson, from Carrickfergus, County Antrim, died after suffering concussion during a school rugby match.
The syndrome happens when a blow causes swelling to the brain before it has recovered fully from an earlier injur... | The first death in Northern Ireland due to second impact syndrome has been recorded at a 14-year-old boy's inquest. | 23943642 |
Visitors from outside the European Economic Area already pay for planned hospital care.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt wants to save the NHS millions of pounds by extending the charges to A&E care.
The British Medical Association said doctors were meant to treat patients, "not to act as border guard".
A consultation is e... | Some foreign patients could be charged for emergency treatment or for calling out an ambulance under new government plans for England. | 34685022 |
Bantams centre-half Reece Burke went closest to breaking the deadlock but his second-half header went just wide.
Home midfielder Danny Pugh forced keeper Ben Williams into a good save, while John O'Sullivan and Andrew Tutte also tested him.
It was the third consecutive 0-0 draw between the two sides, including an FA Cu... | Bradford moved to within three points of the League One play-off places after a goalless draw at Bury. | 35675557 |
The youths, aged 16 and 14, were arrested earlier on Sunday on suspicion of arson at the Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden.
The blaze at the mosque, said to be the largest in western Europe, was tackled by 70 firefighters.
An administration building was badly damaged but not the mosque, London Fire Brigade said.
A man was ... | Two teenage boys have been arrested in connection with a fire at a mosque complex in south London. | 34374374 |
The World Cup qualifier will come less than five months after their Euro 2016 Group C meeting in Paris.
Northern Ireland will face the Germans in the return World Cup qualifier in Belfast on 5 October, 2017.
The Northern Irish start their World Cup campaign in the Czech Republic on 4 September before hosting San Marino... | Northern Ireland's World Cup qualifier against holders Germany on 11 October will be played in Hannover. | 35376886 |
The 30-year-old former Rams trainee has signed a two-year contract, with the option of a further year.
He had one season left on his deal with Hull, who he joined from Tottenham for about £5m in 2013 before making 112 league starts for the Tigers.
"Once I got wind of the serious interest from Derby, it was a no brainer... | Derby County have re-signed Hull City midfielder Tom Huddlestone for an undisclosed fee, believed to be £2m. | 40621728 |
Sarah Young, 40, was washed overboard while taking part in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. Her body was later recovered by her crewmates.
Race organisers said they had received permission from Miss Young's partner and family to bury her at sea.
Race founder Sir Robin Knox-Johnston has promised a full investigat... | An amateur British sailor who died after being swept into the Pacific Ocean while competing in a yacht race will be buried at sea, organisers say. | 35949645 |
The riders were charged with a breach of racing rules for lining up at the beginning of the race before being given permission by the starter.
The cautions were handed out by a disciplinary panel convened by the British Horseracing Authority.
Pineau De Re, ridden by Leighton Aspell, won the 167th National.
On the first... | Thirty-nine jockeys have been cautioned after being found guilty of misconduct following the chaotic start to the 2014 Grand National at Aintree. | 27803643 |
Jade Norton suffocated when plastic sheets fell on her in at her home in Blackpool in June 2011.
Blackpool Primary Healthcare and North Lancashire Primary Care trusts admitted health and safety breaches.
Her family asked on five occasions for a fault to be repaired, Preston Crown Court heard.
The court was told of the ... | Two health trusts have been fined £60,000 over the death of a disabled 10-year-old who fell from her faulty bed. | 34186624 |
A maiden five-wicket haul by Nathan Buck (5-68) had rounded off the hosts' innings for 281 early on day two.
Northants openers Duckett (53) and Rob Newton (50) put on 101 before Derbyshire seamer Will Davis (4-55) helped reduce the visitors to 171-8.
A half-century stand by Max Holden (68) and Buck (43) saw them close ... | England batsman Ben Duckett made a half-century for Northants, before his side recovered from a first innings collapse against Derbyshire. | 39608646 |
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) says salaries should increase to £74,000 by 2015, but that perks should be cut and pensions made less generous.
Party leaders have criticised the rise but Ipsa's boss argues it will bring MPs into line with other professionals.
Mr Gove called Ipsa "silly" and sai... | Education Secretary Michael Gove has told Parliament's spending watchdog to "stick" a planned £6,000 MPs' pay rise. | 23262503 |
Under Tom Eaves, 11-1 Brando was comfortable despite late pressure from the Richard Fahey-trained Growl.
It was a fourth win in the Ayr Gold Cup for trainer Kevin Ryan in the past 10 years, following wins for Advanced (2007), Our Jonathan (2011) and Captain Ramius (2012).
Hoof It claimed third place, with G Force makin... | Brando won the Ayr Gold Cup, edging 4-1 favourite Growl into second place. | 37397123 |
Elin Jones was launching the formal consultation on a plan backed by all parties in the assembly last October.
Young people will be asked for their views on the youth parliament's name, aim, membership, role and values.
"Children and young people have the right to take part [in politics] as citizens now," Ms Jones said... | A youth parliament for Wales will help children come up with ideas that will "inspire us all", the presiding officer has said. | 39733720 |
The deluge brought by Friday's storm left thousands of homes flooded and caused widespread damage.
As was the case in 2005 and 2009, the community has rallied together to offer help, places to stay and provide donations to those affected.
And the county's newspapers are no exception - coming together to help in the eff... | As the clean-up continues in Cumbria after the county was battered by Storm Desmond, a digital campaign to capture the solidarity of those offering help has reached more than 13 million people on Twitter, its organisers say. | 35051865 |
The British duo, who have both secured places at the Rio Olympics this summer, finished with a score of 444.48.
The pair's latest medal comes after their silver at the European Championships and bronze at the World Cup in Brazil.
Meanwhile, compatriots Tonia Couch and Lois Toulson took gold in the women's 10m synchro i... | Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow won gold in the 10m synchro on the opening day of the British Diving Championships. | 36503811 |
A new five year business plan aims to cut waste at TfL and extend the Bakerloo Line into south London.
Mr Khan also reiterated his promise to freeze fares until 2020.
But TfL will have to save more than £3bn through job losses and cheaper ways of working.
Mr Khan said the new plan would deliver a "modern and affordable... | London Mayor Sadiq Khan has set out plans to cut costs from a "flabby" Transport for London (TfL) while increasing capacity on the Tube network. | 38236327 |
This was a particularly "good year" to apply, says Ucas, with recruitment recovering from higher tuition fees.
Top universities were 70% more likely to give places to applicants with lower grades than two years before.
Ucas chief Mary Curnock Cook said fears over fees had proved "premature".
The figures, showing the fi... | Record numbers of UK students were accepted for full-time university courses this autumn, including more poorer students than ever before, says the Ucas admissions service. | 25432377 |
The Jet2 plane, travelling to the UK from Malaga, was joined in the skies by the jet for about 15 minutes on Friday.
Passenger Sarah Hatfield, said: "It was so close I could read the writing on its tail fin."
Carrier Jet2 said it was awaiting a response from the French air force.
Ms Hatfield, from Quarry Bank in the We... | A passenger on board a plane flying from Spain to Birmingham has told of the "terrifying" moment holidaymakers realised their aircraft was being shadowed by a French fighter jet. | 40987642 |
Research suggests the funding formula which is supposed to increase GPs' resources in poorest areas is still weighted in favour of the richest.
Researchers found the average spend per patient per year was £7 higher in the top 10% of affluent areas compared with the bottom 10% of deprived areas.
The Scottish government ... | GPs in deprived areas are not getting the funding they need to tackle health inequalities, BBC Scotland has learned. | 34957653 |
The 19-year-old has appeared just twice for Premier League side Saints, having made his debut in last season's FA Cup fourth-round defeat by Crystal Palace.
The former England Under-17 striker, who has yet to feature in the first team in 2015-16, is eligible to play in Saturday's match against Millwall.
His arrival fol... | League One strugglers Crewe have signed Southampton forward Ryan Seager on a one-month youth loan. | 35446212 |
Scott Boden nodded the hosts in front on 35 minutes but Stewart Murdoch curled in a lovely equaliser early in the second half.
Simon Murray missed a glorious one-on-one chance for the Championship side.
However, the United striker slammed in the winning shoot-out penalty, with Greg Tansey and Ross Draper missing from t... | Dundee United earned a valuable League Cup bonus point after coming from behind to draw at Inverness CT. | 36813268 |
The event returns in July, headlined by opera singers Rebecca Evans and Dennis O'Neill, after concerns about its funding in recent years.
Owain Arwel Hughes said: "I'm a supreme optimist".
Meanwhile, Cardiff council said the future of St David's Hall could be decided "in the next couple of months".
Mr Hughes said: "I t... | The musical director of the Welsh Proms has talked about his "battle" to keep it going, as the line-up was unveiled for its 31st season. | 36084591 |
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Argentina missed what would have been a match-winning penalty in stoppage time, sending the game into sudden death.
Tom Mitchell could then have won it for Britain, only for his penalty to rebound off the post, but Dan Bibby's try soon after secured victory.
They will face... | Great Britain's men advanced to the Olympic rugby sevens semi-finals after a dramatic 5-0 victory over Argentina in extra time. | 37040539 |
Both sides were reduced to 10 men in the second-half, with Blazej Augustyn then Cummings receiving second yellows.
The dismissals barely disrupted the tumult of the game, sprinkled with excellence from Hibs' John McGinn.
Hearts twice had cause to regret offside decisions, with Abiola Dauda and Juanma having goals disal... | Jason Cummings' early goal was enough to win a frantic Edinburgh derby, sending Hibernian into the Scottish Cup quarter-final. | 35535920 |
The Gulls went down 1-0, having scored nine goals in their two previous games against high-flying Forest Green.
"They went away from the game plan and started going off script and they beat themselves," Nicholson said.
"I'm very disappointed with the application of the lads throughout the week and they owe the supporte... | Torquay United manager Kevin Nicholson says his side's poor build-up was the reason they lost to Boreham Wood. | 38557884 |
With just 11 seconds on the clock Moore latched onto a Ellis Harrison knockdown and found the bottom corner for Rovers, who are four points outside the top six.
Billy Bodin thought he added a second on the 15-minute mark but the linesman judged the winger to be offside.
Wimbledon dominated possession for long stages bu... | Byron Moore scored Bristol Rovers' quickest ever league goal as they beat AFC Wimbledon to keep their League One play-off hopes alive. | 39463235 |
Ann Diggles, 82, was trying to park her car when it hit Julie Dean, 53.
Mrs Diggles denied causing death by dangerous or careless driving, blaming a vehicle fault for the crash in Leyland, Lancashire.
The Japanese car maker said it had found no faults when it examined Mrs Diggles' car.
Ms Dean, who was stepping out of ... | A driver who told a court her Nissan Qashqai "took off" and sped out control before hitting a pedestrian has been cleared of causing a fatal crash. | 38897681 |
Bob Wellington said budget cuts in the past five years had been "horrendous".
He reserved his criticism for the UK government, saying the Welsh Government was "restrained" in what it could give councils.
The Labour councillor will stand down as Torfaen council leader next month.
Mr Wellington is Wales' longest serving ... | Councils in Wales will "go to the wall" if there is no change of heart on austerity, the outgoing leader of the Welsh Local Government Association has said. | 38143635 |
The boy was hit on Dickson Road at about 19:35 BST on Wednesday night.
The precise circumstances have not been revealed, but Lancashire Constabulary said the boy was believed to have suffered minor injuries.
The force added it was not necessary for the Independent Police Complaints Commission to be informed. | A nine-year-old boy was struck and injured by a police vehicle in Blackpool. | 37183162 |
Ashleigh Surgery in Cardigan received no applications over a seven-month period for a new GP to take over.
The current GPs were due to retire in January 2017, with notice on the practice's contract having been handed to Hywel Dda University Health Board.
But on Wednesday, the surgery posted on its Facebook page that it... | A Ceredigion surgery serving 4,500 patients which had been under threat of closure has said it will remain open. | 37175100 |
"There's a couple of times when I haven't been [happy to get the call]. Or when I've been busy so I haven't been able to do it," he said.
The 62-year-old has played Nick Cotton on the BBC Once show since 1985.
"Suddenly they'll phone out the blue because they have an idea," he added.
Producers have written Nick Cotton ... | EastEnders actor John Altman has admitted that the phone call asking him to return to the soap hasn't always been a welcome one. | 30592195 |
Not Mette Lykke, chief executive of sports tracking app firm Endomondo.
Ms Lykke and her two co-founders had all worked for the prestigious US consultancy McKinsey.
But in 2007, they held their breath and jumped ship together to try to create something for themselves.
Luckily, the first idea they chose to pursue became... | Many people with great jobs talk about giving it all up and starting up on their own, but often do not have the nerve to take the plunge. | 28082782 |
From next year the airline said there will be a "small increase" in the number of seats on its Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft.
Reports suggest that this will amount to two extra rows, or 12 seats in total.
That will reduce average leg room for passengers by 1 inch per seat, to just 29 inches.
That amount of space will b... | British Airways plans to squeeze in more passengers on some planes it flies to European cities. | 39184179 |
Al-Amin, 26, was dropped for the Tigers' recent 2-1 ODI series win at home to Afghanistan.
Fellow seamer Taskin Ahmed, who returned to international cricket in September after having his bowling action cleared, has also been included.
England's only one-day warm-up game is on Monday, before Friday's first ODI.
Left-arm... | Bangladesh have recalled fast bowler Al-Amin Hossain for the first two of their three one-day internationals against England. | 37535340 |
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The Conservative Party leader added that he "profoundly disagreed" with DUP policy on the subject but refused to rule out a coalition with DUP MPs.
He made his remarks during Radio 1 Newsbeat's Live Lounge leader debate.
The DUP, which... | David Cameron has said he "will never validate" the Democratic Unionist Party's stance on lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) issues. | 32438752 |
Rothley Post Office, which villagers said was due to close in four days, was targeted at about 03:40 GMT on Tuesday.
Leicestershire Police said a forklift-type vehicle - believed to have been stolen from a nearby building site - was used to smash the shop.
The suspects then made off with the machine in another vehicle.... | A post office has been left "gutted" after a cash machine containing up to £30,000 was torn out of the shop front during a ram-raid. | 38567796 |
The 24-year-old, who moved to Turf Moor from Brentford in August 2015 for £6m, has scored 24 goals in 39 league games this season.
Gillingham midfielder Bradley Dack, 22, and Oxford United's Kemar Roofe, 23, won the respective League One and League Two awards in Manchester.
Leeds midfielder Lewis Cook, 19, was voted Yo... | Burnley striker Andre Gray has been named Championship Player of the Year at The Football League Awards. | 36069123 |
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The Wales forward came off the bench after 77 minutes in Saturday's 4-1 win over Juventus in Cardiff as Real Madrid secured a third title in four seasons.
The 27-year-old, who signed a deal until 2022 in October, has been linked with a move away from the Bernabeu.
"We are ... | Gareth Bale says he is happy at Real Madrid and has committed his future to the Champions League winners. | 40149887 |
The government has also frozen their bank accounts and revoked the work permits of foreign employees.
The move follows a heated debate in Kenya over a controversial new security bill aimed at fighting militants.
The al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab group has been increasingly targeting Kenya for attack.
The organisations had ... | Kenya has deregistered 510 non-governmental organisations (NGOs), including 15 accused of links with terrorism, an official has said. | 30494259 |
Nick Alexander, 35, from Weeley, Essex, was killed on 13 November, 2015, at the Bataclan nightclub in Paris.
His older sister Zoe said: "It was a very public breaking news event and we knew he was there."
Three gunmen wearing suicide vests were part of co-ordinated attacks around Paris that killed 130 people.
In their ... | The family of the only British victim of the Paris nightclub attack a year ago have told of seeing the terror incident unfold in "real time". | 37878586 |
The claims against the publisher of the Daily and Sunday Mirror and the People were filed at the High Court on Monday.
Mr Eriksson's claim relates to a time when Piers Morgan edited the Daily Mirror. Mr Morgan denies phone hacking.
Trinity Mirror, which owns Mirror Group, declined to comment. Meanwhile, shares in Trini... | Ex-England football manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is among four people taking legal action against Mirror Group Newspapers for alleged phone hacking. | 20036822 |
NHS trusts are required to screen 90% of hospital patients.
But fewer than half manage this says the NHS, which warns 25,000 people die each year from hospital-acquired DVT.
One assessed just one in four patients and another barely one in 10. Sir Bruce said this was "absolutely disgraceful".
"In the sort of NHS that I ... | English hospitals face being "named and shamed" for not screening patients for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) risk, NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh has said. | 14124441 |
The visitors closed on 293-9 at the end of day three, with a lead of 260.
Jacques Rudolph's wait for a first Championship hundred in 2016 continued as he chopped onto his stumps for 56.
Earlier, Essex had been bowled out for 319, with Craig Meschede (5-84) taking his first five-wicket haul in the Championship this seas... | Division Two champions Essex will need to chase a sizeable target on the final day to beat Glamorgan at Chelmsford. | 37359744 |
The German chancellor joined Instagram in early June and has posted more than 50 pictures to the account.
Many of the pictures have attracted comments in Russian criticising her and praising Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
It is not clear whether the comments are a co-ordinated campaign or just the work of a few activis... | Russian trolls are targeting Angela Merkel's newly created Instagram account with hostile and critical comments. | 33048941 |
Timothy Pearce-Slade, of Bellerbys College, Cambridge, admitted kissing the girl in a "non-consensual" way, a National College for Teaching and Leadership disciplinary panel heard.
He has been banned from working in schools indefinitely.
The panel also considered allegations Pearce-Slade touched students from 2006 to 2... | A biology teacher who kissed a student on the lips and cheek in a "sexually motivated" manner has been struck off. | 32403352 |
Shelter Scotland said a "chronic" shortage of affordable social housing was the root cause of the problem.
It called on the Scottish government to build at least 10,000 new social homes each year and begin to reduce long council house waiting lists.
The Scottish government said it was making "substantial progress" to t... | More than 4,000 children will be homeless in Scotland over Christmas, according to a housing charity. | 30290400 |
The first inner circle trains departed St Enoch and Ibrox at 06:32.
Services were suspended on 2 July and had been due to reopen on 1 August.
Subway operator Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) apologised for the delay which was caused by flooding and the work taking longer than expected.
SPT Chief Executive Go... | Glasgow's Subway system has reopened - more than a week later than planned following a month-long closure for modernisation works. | 37025050 |
Thorpe Park had offered a 12p entry price to a limited number of people who logged into its site at 10:00 GMT on Good Friday using a promotional code.
Hundreds of people complained on social media that they were met with a sold out message at the stroke of 10:00 GMT.
The Surrey attraction said technical difficulties we... | A theme park has had to apologise to disappointed customers after heavily discounted bank holiday tickets went on sale sooner than advertised. | 35898764 |
The 20-year-old had fallen at Cavehill Country Park, Belfast, on Tuesday.
David McCrum and Richard Lamont raised the alarm after finding a handbag the next day.
"She was in a hole which, I imagine, saved her life as that kept her from going into hypothermia," said Mr McCrum.
The Queen's University student told the jogg... | Two joggers who helped rescue a German student who lay for 25 hours at the bottom of a cliff have said she is lucky to be alive. | 38089933 |
Five people, including a four-year-old boy, were inside the house in Harefield Road, Speke, Liverpool, at about 19:35 GMT, the time of the shooting.
A 22-year-old man was injured in his torso by a "shotgun discharge" fired through the window, police said.
A woman, aged 21, and another man, 29, were hurt by the glass. P... | Two men and a woman have been injured after a shotgun was fired at a living room on Boxing Day. | 38442864 |
The Rhondda Tunnel Society wants the Blaencwm tunnel, in Rhondda Cynon Taff, to Blaengwynfi, in Neath Port Talbot, to be used by cyclists and walkers.
But Highways England, which currently maintains it, said the Welsh government had yet to request its transfer.
The Welsh government said it must first consider the tunne... | Campaigners working to reopen a historical railway tunnel to tourists have criticised the Welsh government for delays in the project. | 35615623 |
Gloucester-born Wayne Russell, 34, has run the equivalent of about 200 marathons since he began the charity challenge on 6 September last year.
He finished the journey in Greenwich at about 15:45 BST.
The run has raised about £28,600 for the Superhero Foundation, which helps families in need of medical treatments.
On ... | A man has completed a 5,000-mile (8,000km) solo run around the British coastline, during which he has slept rough and spent less than £3 a day. | 36746155 |
He told BBC Wales the country was facing a "real crisis" in terms of energy supply unless investment was made in such innovative schemes.
Mr Hendry led the independent review which supported the plans.
He met business leaders and assembly members about the plan.
Mr Hendry said he had never seen such enthusiasm among lo... | The UK government should "get on the bus" and back the proposed Swansea Bay tidal lagoon "sooner rather than later", former energy minister Charles Hendry has said. | 38743566 |
Fifty-six people died and more than 250 others were injured at the Valley Parade stadium in May of 1985.
A recent book by author Martin Fletcher suggested several fires had started at businesses which were owned by the club's then chairman.
The IPCC said it had not yet decided if it would be investigating.
Mr Fletcher,... | West Yorkshire Police has referred itself to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) over the 1985 Bradford City fire disaster. | 34750038 |
Copeland was given six life sentences in June 2000 for three counts of murder and three counts of causing explosions in London in order to endanger life.
Copeland, 35, from Hampshire, admitted killing three and injuring 139 people.
Under new legislation, a High Court judge set a minimum term of 50 years and the Court o... | Nail bomber David Copeland has failed in his bid to reduce his minimum jail term of 50 years. | 13946298 |
Addressing his top team for the first time since his victory, he promised a "down-to-earth" Conservative agenda focused on extending opportunity.
He also insisted all changes to public services must be rooted in "true social justice and genuine compassion".
The new government is expected to prioritise laws on work and ... | David Cameron has told the first all-Tory cabinet meeting for 18 years that they must focus on "bread and butter" ways of improving people's lives. | 32700111 |
Chris Urmson told a Senate hearing that the US Transport Secretary should be given authority over the matter rather than leaving it to individual states.
He also reiterated his company's view that it would be safer if passengers were not able to override a vehicle's autonomous systems.
That contrasts with the view of C... | Google's self-driving car chief has urged lawmakers to ensure the US sets consistent laws for the technology. | 35813656 |
The MPs are holding their first session at the main airport, one of the most heavily secured areas of the city.
Their main task will be to elect a new president - a vote expected within a week or two.
Outgoing moderate Islamist President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, in power since 2009, is regarded as a favourite.
Other... | Somalia's first formal parliament in more than 20 years has been sworn in in the capital, Mogadishu, marking an end to an eight-year transitional period. | 19314308 |
Twelve charities to be given money from the new Male Rape Support Fund were announced earlier by Victims Minister Mike Penning.
He said nationally about 75,000 men were victims of sexual assault in 2012-13, but few went to the police for help because the crime was "taboo".
The fund will support the chosen charities ove... | Male victims of rape are to be supported with a new £600,000 government fund. | 30427992 |
RNLI and coastguard rescue crews pulled the man from the water in Charlestown near St Austell in Cornwall at about midnight on Saturday, said police.
He was taken by ambulance to the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro where he was pronounced dead.
Devon and Cornwall Police said the 25-year-old man's death was being treat... | A man has died after falling from a quay where it is thought he had been fishing. | 34164839 |
1917 - Britain conquers Palestine from Ottomans. Gives support to "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine through the Balfour Declaration, along with an insistence that "nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
1918 - First significant Pale... | A chronology of key events: | 29362505 |
The youngsters' disappearance in broad daylight from a popular entertainment district in a central part of the capital has raised many questions.
Relatives say the police have turned a blind eye to the case because the missing come from a poor area.
Amnesty International says authorities are failing to prevent disappea... | Police in Mexico have detained three people in connection with the disappearance on 26 May of a group of 12 revellers from a bar in Mexico City. | 22779766 |
Though far from each other, they form a single territorial grouping under the sovereignty of the British Crown.
Much of their history has been influenced by military and strategic interests.
St Helena
St Helena is probably best known as the island to which French Emperor Napolean Bonaparte was exiled in 1815 after his ... | The remote islands of St Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha lie in the South Atlantic Ocean, midway between Africa and South America. | 14123532 |
Officers arrived at Arthur Millwood Court, Salford at 17:40 BST on Monday following reports of a man falling from a balcony.
They found the 29-year-old with serious injuries next to the tower block on Rodney Street.
Police said one line of inquiry is examining whether he had taken a legal high known as Spice. | A man who fell from the sixth floor of a block of flats may have taken a legal high, said police. | 33147379 |
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