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Employees on in-work benefits who put aside £50 a month would get a bonus of 50% after two years - worth up to £600.
That could then be continued for another two years with account holders receiving another £600.
But Labour said the scheme was "like stealing someone's car and offering them a lift to the bus stop".
Gove... | Millions of low-paid workers who put aside savings could receive a top-up of up to £1,200 over four years, the government has announced. | 35799404 |
They were discovered at Hamlin Lane playing fields in Exeter on Friday morning, the day before various teams were set to kick off the season.
The six-pitch council-owned complex is managed by Stoke Hill AFC, but is used by nine other clubs who field a full range of junior and adult squads.
Exeter City Council said it i... | Hundreds of footballers missed the start of their season after a group of travellers set up camp on their pitch. | 29111017 |
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Josh Griffiths, 23, finished in two hours 14 minutes 49 seconds on his marathon debut to claim an automatic qualifying place for August's Worlds.
Griffiths, who started behind the elite field, was the first British runner to cross the finish line and 13th overall.
"The cro... | A club runner with Swansea Harriers stunned Britain's elite men at the London Marathon to qualify for the 2017 World Championships in London. | 39686121 |
Police said the official was of Moroccan descent but not a bodyguard.
Mr Wilders, who has called some Moroccans "scum", told Prime Minister Mark Rutte the breach was "unacceptable".
Opinion polls suggest Mr Wilders' populist Freedom Party could win most seats in next month's election.
The officer from the DBB security ... | A Dutch security official meant to protect anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders has been arrested on suspicion of leaking his location to a Moroccan criminal gang. | 39057543 |
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) said it had ended discussions with the owner of the circuit "for the foreseeable future".
The Telegraph has also reported that entrepreneur Laurence Tomlinson has also given up on securing a deal to invest in the site.
Circuit owner British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) said it would not comment.
... | A question mark has been put over the future of Silverstone racing circuit in Northamptonshire after a potential buyer pulled out of sale talks. | 37896993 |
The new owner of the Ayrshire resort spoke about his plans as he arrived by private jet in Aberdeen - en route to his other Scottish course at Menie.
The American businessman said he would not be making any changes to Turnberry without the approval of golf's governing body, The Royal And Ancient.
Mr Trump purchased Tur... | US property tycoon Donald Trump has said he plans to "tweak" the Turnberry golf course and not redesign it. | 27426843 |
Sellars, 21, left Aston Villa at the end of last season and has experience of the fourth tier after a loan spell with Wycombe in 2015-16.
Sudan-born Eisa, 22, scored 57 goals for Greenwich over two seasons.
"We've known about Mo for a couple of seasons and kept our eye on him due to his goalscoring prowess at that leve... | League Two club Cheltenham Town have signed forwards Mohamed Eisa and Jerell Sellars, both on one-year deals. | 40533440 |
The Storyhouse was completed following a two-and-a-half-year project to transform the city's former Odeon cinema.
It has opened its doors after the Gateway Theatre closed in 2007 leaving no other dedicated venue for performances in the city.
The new theatre retains the character of the Grade II listed building.
As well... | A new £37m theatre has opened in Chester a decade since the city's largest performing arts venue closed. | 39873828 |
Mr Jones, speaking on BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement, said the economy was buoyant and unemployment was falling.
He added that standards in education were on the rise and the NHS was improving.
"We've seen the best figures for inward investment for 30 years," Mr Jones said.
"We're seeing new confidence in our young... | First Minister Carwyn Jones has defended Labour's record in government in Wales ahead of the party's conference in Brighton. | 34373333 |
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Try the Make Your Move challenge.
We teamed up with British Gymnastics again to celebrate gymnastics and the humble handstand and, using the hashtag #HandstandDay, we posted the best content on our Twitter and Facebook pages.
Want to get ready for next year?
The Make Your ... | Whether you were on a beach, overlooking the Grand Canyon, on garden furniture, by London Bridge, on top of a giant shoe, in Italy, Finland, at Glastonbury or at your regular gymnastics club - people all over the world got involved with 2016 International Handstand Day. | 36470414 |
Ministers are risking the future of low-carbon energy with a series of abrupt cuts to industry support, the Commons Energy Committee's chair said.
The solar and wind industries say they can compete without subsidy in a few years if support is tapered off slowly.
But the MPs say the whole sector is jeopardised by change... | MPs have accused the government of denying them a say over planned cuts to solar subsidies. | 33625470 |
The airworthy fighter, based at Imperial War Museum Duxford, is one of only two left in the world to have been restored to its original specification.
The aircraft was shot down over Calais in 1940 and discovered when its wreckage was exposed by the tide.
The money will go to the RAF Benevolent Fund and Oxford Universi... | An RAF World War Two Spitfire painstakingly restored over five years, has sold for £3.1m at auction. | 33472028 |
Andrew Salter, 22, now a first-team regular, will return to Australia for a second successive 'winter season' to play grade cricket in Sydney.
He will be joined by Glamorgan second-team player Owen Morgan, 21.
Morgan will be at the Darren Lehmann Cricket Academy and playing club cricket in Adelaide.
Former England spin... | Two Glamorgan spinners are among the players being placed overseas this winter as part of the England and Wales Cricket Board's development programme. | 34510824 |
The time change was ordered by President Nicolas Maduro as part of a package of measures to cope with a severe electricity shortage.
The government already ordered rolling blackouts and reduced the working week for public sector workers to two days.
Mr Maduro has blamed the energy crisis on a severe drought.
He says th... | Venezuelans lost half an hour of sleep on Sunday when their clocks moved forward to save power, as the country grapples with a deep economic crisis. | 36180758 |
The visitors took control of the game inside the opening 20 minutes thanks to tries from Chris Dean, Stefan Marsh and Charly Runciman.
Michael Lawrence got the Giants on the board but Macgraff Leuluai's try reasserted the Vikings' authority.
Marsh got his second and Corey Thompson went in twice, with Larne Patrick and ... | Widnes Vikings went top of Super League with a resounding victory over winless Huddersfield Giants. | 35642673 |
That's the argument of Eli Pariser's book The Filter Bubble, which we explored in a film for Newsnight on Tuesday evening.
Mr Pariser says web giants, from Google to Facebook to AOL, are racing to gather more information about our likes and dislikes so that they can send us targeted advertising - which will prove more ... | Is the internet entering the era of personalisation, where web firms know so much about us that they are able to serve us up a view of the world which is like looking in the mirror? | 13873028 |
The 90-year-old man was a passenger in a Vauxhall Astra which was in collision with a Honda Jazz at about 12:10 BST on the A591 at Ings.
The man, from Bolton-le-Sands, died at Royal Preston Hospital on Monday morning, Cumbria Police said.
Maureen Runswick, 81 and from Staveley, died at the scene. She leaves behind two... | A second person has died after a crash between two cars on Saturday. | 37019537 |
This is the full statement to the inquests from his sister, Julie Flannagan:
Gary Philip Jones was the youngest of four children to our parents, Maureen and Philip. He was born on 18 December, 1970 in Fazakerley Hospital, Liverpool.
He was raised in Liverpool his whole life. Gary had one older brother, Stephen, and two... | An 18-year-old student from Liverpool, Gary Jones, travelled by minibus with several friends and his cousin, Paul Brennan, all of whom survived. | 26948209 |
The former Dundee United front man, who has also played for Albion Rovers and Montrose, joins the Bannsiders from the Candystripes until January.
"Jordan gives us another option up top and provides a bit more competition for places," said Coleraine Oran Kearney.
"He holds the ball and can go in behind defences and runs... | Coleraine have signed Scottish striker Jordan Allan on loan from Derry City. | 37210951 |
About 50 firefighters remain at the six-storey Wharfside block, on Heritage Way, after the blaze broke out on the top floor at about 04:00 BST on Sunday.
People living in 120 flats were evacuated, with many spending the night in a rescue centre or a local hotel.
All the residents were evacuated, with no injuries report... | Dozens of families have been told they "may never be able to enter their homes again" after a major fire destroyed 60 flats in Wigan. | 33131677 |
Public payphones are set to become an even less familiar sight in Scotland as an estimated one third of the country's phone boxes have been earmarked for closure.
No calls were made from more than 700, of Scotland's 4,800 call boxes, last year.
BT has begun consulting on plans to close about 1,500 phone boxes around th... | . | 37349200 |
The prime minister is due to set out the strategy on Monday at her first regional cabinet meeting, being held in north-west England.
But she told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show that among a "variety of things" being introduced she wants to "put an emphasis on technical education".
"It's about forging and shaping the new fu... | Theresa May is to shake up technical education as part of an industrial strategy for a post-Brexit UK. | 38710617 |
Pacquiao was unanimously outpointed in Brisbane on Sunday as 29-year-old Horn won his first world title.
"I love boxing and I don't want to see it dying because of unfair decision and officiating," said Pacquiao, 38,
The Philippines' Games and Amusement Board have asked for a "thorough review" of the decision and refer... | Former welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao has urged the WBO to review an "unfair decision and officiating" in his controversial defeat by Jeff Horn. | 40503711 |
Monarch Airlines announced last year that it would stop its services at the airport following a review.
From April to September, the airport welcomed 2.9 million passengers - 6.5% down on the 3.1 million that arrived in the same six-month period last year.
Despite the decrease, a report revealed the airport gained £37... | East Midlands Airport has blamed a drop in passenger numbers on the withdrawal of an airline. | 35011213 |
Ormondroyd, who started his career with Rovers, had two years left on his deal with the Championship club.
The 24-year-old made 23 appearances for Featherstone in 2016 to help them reach the Qualifiers, and played a further five times in the Super 8s.
"Jack is a player who has impressed us this season and who has poten... | Leeds Rhinos have signed prop Jack Ormondroyd from Featherstone Rovers on a three-year contract. | 37584247 |
His epic fantasy novels, set in a parallel universe, have already been adapted for stage, radio and cinema.
The 2006 film The Golden Compass, based on the first novel, starred Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman.
"It's been a constant source of pleasure to me to see this story adapted to different forms," Pullman said.
"It'... | Philip Pullman has expressed delight that his trilogy, His Dark Materials, is to be made into a BBC One drama. | 34711492 |
Tipu Sultan, 32, was found with a single gunshot wound on Tuesday at the back of the Herbs n Spice Kitchen, where he worked in South Shields.
Police said they arrested a 35-year-old Newcastle man on Sunday afternoon.
Earlier, officers searched areas including a golf course, along a route which they think a motorbike se... | A man has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder by police probing the killing of a man near a takeaway. | 32281102 |
Samantha Yeoman, the former head at Rogerstone Primary School, is accused of allowing teachers to see exam papers before the tests and giving pupils extra time to complete them.
Ms Yeoman resigned from her post last year, the conduct hearing was told.
Her counsel said she was not leading the tests at the time.
Gwylim R... | A former Newport primary school head teacher allowed staff to manipulate national test results, a General Teaching Council for Wales panel heard. | 30983990 |
The 31-year-old scored a hat-trick as Bristol won their first league match this season since promotion and their first top-flight game since March 2009.
The 28-20 win came despite having centre Tusi Pisi sent off after 14 minutes for his challenge in the air.
"Today we knew it was all or nothing," Varndell told BBC Rad... | Bristol had to beat fellow strugglers Worcester to keep their hopes of staying in the Premiership, says winger Tom Varndell. | 38437999 |
The Irish News says the "north's voters face their fourth major poll in two years", and that is before yet another assembly poll has been ruled out.
The paper says the SDLP "faces battle to retain its three seats", Sinn Féin will be aiming to retake Fermanagh and South Tyrone, a unionist pact is "likely in some constit... | All three main Northern Ireland papers lead with Theresa May's surprise decision to call a snap election. | 39638583 |
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Both now have four points, and will be guaranteed a place in the last 16 if they avoid defeat in their final Group C matches on Tuesday.
Poland striker Arkadiusz Milik wasted by far the best chance of the night seconds after restart, scuffing a header wide from four yards ... | Germany and Poland played out the first goalless draw of Euro 2016 as both teams took a huge stride towards qualifying from the group stage. | 36486347 |
Property consultants Knight Frank said the number of ultra-high-net-worth individuals increased by 6,340 to 193,490 worldwide in 2016, making up for a similar decline the year before.
Researchers put the turnaround down to strong performances on stock markets.
The report counted individuals with more than $30m (£24.2m... | The UK will boast 30% more super rich individuals in 10 years' time, keeping it ahead of other European countries, a report has found. | 39117838 |
Stores will close in Arizona, Kansas, New York, Utah, and Missouri.
Macy's operates 840 stores in 45 US states under the Macy's and Bloomingdale's names and has approximately 175,000 employees.
The retailer also said holiday sales rose 4.3% compared to the same period last year. But it lowered its forecast for 2014 sal... | Retailer Macy's said it will cut 2,500 jobs and shut five stores as part of a reorganisation plan. | 25661755 |
England skipper Alastair Cook added an unbeaten 35 to his first-innings 105 as the home side cruised home on 94-0.
However, partner Nick Browne played the senior role with an unbeaten 55.
Browne, Essex's leading Championship run-scorer last summer, hit nine fours, the last to end the game after earlier being dropped by... | Essex registered the first County Championship win of 2016 as they beat Gloucestershire by 10 wickets on the final morning at Chelmsford. | 36035687 |
The League One side have not specified why they have taken the action against the 24-year-old former Everton trainee.
A brief club statement said: "Procedures are being followed and no further comment will be made until the completion of these actions."
Baxter joined the club from Oldham Athletic in 2013, and has score... | Sheffield United have suspended forward Jose Baxter for the second time in nine months. | 35611555 |
The flights, running since 2007 and currently operated by Citywing and Links Air, gets a £1.2m annual subsidy.
The current contract ends in December and the assembly's Public Accounts Committee said several improvements are needed for the service to continue.
Liberal Democrats said the "wasteful, polluting" subsidy sho... | A subsidised air service between Cardiff and Anglesey is underperforming, a cross-party group of assembly members has warned. | 28419595 |
Saffie Roussos, from Lancashire, was one of the first victims to be named following the suicide bombing at Manchester Arena on Monday.
Head teacher at Tarleton Primary School Chris Upton said she was "loved by everyone".
"Her warmth and kindness will be remembered fondly," he said.
Twenty-two people were killed and 59 ... | An eight-year-old who died in the Manchester terror attack was described as "simply a beautiful little girl" by her head teacher. | 40027446 |
Viewers will see Flanagan back on screen next February and she will stay until the spring, ITV said.
The actress first appeared in the soap at the age of nine and remained until 2012, when reports said she had been suffering panic attacks on set.
Her character, a model, was said to have left Weatherfield to take part i... | Actress Helen Flanagan, who played Rosie Webster in Coronation Street, is to return to the soap after five years. | 37561025 |
His daughter, Carol Bennett, confirmed the musician died on Sunday.
She did not give an official cause of death, but said her father had suffered from high blood pressure and was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Bennett played on numerous hit reggae songs by artists including Bunny Wailer and Gregory Isaacs.
He... | Saxophonist Headley Bennett, who played on Judge Not, Bob Marley's first song, has died at the age of 85. | 37163266 |
The man, with the last names of Caicedo Lopez, was detained in the early hours of Sunday and the concert in Alajuela went ahead as planned.
The threats were written in Arabic and made online.
Security has been tightened at Grande's concerts since the attack at one of her Manchester shows.
Fans had to pass through three... | A 22-year-old Colombian man has been arrested on suspicion of threatening to attack an Ariana Grande concert in Costa Rica. | 40567067 |
The sides were level seven times in the first half and it was 0-10 each at the break before Cillian O'Connor's 43rd minute goal put Mayo four points clear.
Dublin hit 2-3 without reply in a 10 minute spell late on to take control.
Bernard Brogan and Philly McMahon got the goals, with Kevin McManamon firing home a third... | A strong final quarter saw Dublin beat Mayo by 3-15 to 1-14 in Saturday's All-Ireland semi-final replay to progress to a second final in three years. | 34165695 |
The body of the 51-year-old man was discovered outside Malaga airport on Friday morning.
An airport worker alerted police after finding the body bound to a bench.
Police said the man, who had been stripped from the waist down and had his hands tied behind his back, could have been sexually assaulted.
It is not immediat... | Spanish police have launched an investigation after finding the body of a British man who had been tied up and may have been choked to death. | 37741152 |
Arkadiusz Jozwik, 39, was assaulted in August 2016 in The Stow, Harlow, and later died in hospital.
The teenager, who cannot be identified because of his age, appeared at Chelmsford Crown Court where he denied a charge of manslaughter.
A trial date was set for July and the boy was released on conditional bail.
Mr Jozwi... | A 15-year-old boy has denied the manslaughter of a Polish man who died after being attacked in Essex. | 38770278 |
Cardiff council said officers were following "clear instructions" to "maintain neutrality".
Plaid Cymru candidate Neil McEvoy said that Cardiff council had been removing his placards from outside homes in Cardiff West, where he is standing.
He said the council had "no right" to remove the boards.
Mr McEvoy, who is also... | A local authority has admitted removing political posters from communal areas around council homes. | 36164718 |
Julie Walker, 37, and Lucas, six, died despite the efforts of members of the public and emergency services to save them.
Lucas' 13-year-old brother, Samuel, was among those who joined the rescue effort.
The Crown Office said the procurator fiscal had concluded that no further investigation was required.
It was a busy S... | A fatal accident inquiry will not be held after a mother and her son drowned at Aberdeen beach. | 40199968 |
The Smoking Matters service in Dumfries and Galloway helped 102 people in deprived areas kick the habit in the past year - 251 below target.
Public Health Consultant Dr Andrew Carnon said the trend was being mirrored across Scotland.
He said many people saw e-cigarettes as a stepping stone to stopping smoking.
Nationwi... | A sharp decline in the number of smokers using an NHS support programme to help them quit has been linked to the rise in popularity of e-cigarettes. | 33786082 |
They watched the victim enter her code as she paid for her shopping at the Balham High Road Waitrose store.
And when the 86-year-old left, one man distracted her by pretending to be lost while another person stole her card.
Scotland Yard said the gang managed to spend £21,000 before the card was reported missing the fo... | A gang of thieves spent a widow's life savings on six cars and fast food in a one-day spree after obtaining her Pin code as she shopped at a supermarket. | 36824607 |
Norma Woodward, standing in Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, said she had been intimidated, harassed and libelled by the UKIP Wales committee.
It said it was "extremely concerned" by Ms Woodward's comments, and had not been aware of her concerns.
UKIP Wales tried to remove her as a candidate in March over management of a p... | A UKIP general election candidate has told BBC Wales she is planning legal action against her own party. | 32421579 |
Seamer Querl and off-spinner Taylor have both been reported on two separate occasions within a 12-month period and have undergone independent analysis.
They displayed elbow extensions in excess of the permitted 15 degrees.
The pair are suspended in county cricket until it is proved they have remedied their actions.
The... | The England and Wales Cricket Board has suspended Hampshire's Glenn Querl and Gloucestershire's Jack Taylor because of illegal bowling actions. | 22690155 |
John Martin, 48, denies murdering his Russian-born wife Natalia Strelchenko, 38, at their Manchester home on their second wedding anniversary last August.
Ms Strelchenko's ex-husband told Manchester Crown Court he received a text from her shortly before her death.
He said he read it the next day when it was "too late t... | A concert pianist, who was allegedly murdered by her husband, sent a text before her death saying she was having "bad times" with him, a jury has heard. | 35663127 |
Defending champion Murray was scheduled to play Italy's Fabio Fognini in the last 16, while 2008 winner Rafael Nadal was set to face France's Gilles Simon.
British number one Konta saw her quarter-final against Germany's Angelique Kerber postponed.
Konta and Jamie Murray had been due to start their mixed doubles campai... | Andy Murray, Johanna Konta and Rafael Nadal were among those frustrated on Wednesday as rain prevented play at the Olympic Tennis Centre. | 37041111 |
It was a tall order for a 12-minute speech, which reflects the complicated, fraught-with-peril position in which the president currently finds himself.
He was elected to help disentangle the nation from a Middle East war, and now a majority of the American public seems to support a new military incursion into that same... | On Sunday night, in his television address on the San Bernardino shootings and the "broader threat of terrorism", President Barack Obama sought to tell Americans what he was doing, what Congress should do and what the nation shouldn't do. | 35024104 |
On Monday Aberystwyth University and the Royal Veterinary College pledged to develop a joint training programme.
The venture will create a hub tailored to the needs of the Welsh farming and animal health industries.
Cabinet Secretary for Environment Lesley Griffiths said the move was "excellent news for Welsh farmers a... | Plans to bring a dedicated vet school to Wales have moved a step closer. | 36516178 |
The 60 minute episode, called The Return of Doctor Mysterio, will be written by Steven Moffat and broadcast on BBC One on Christmas Day.
The Doctor, played by Peter Capaldi, will work with the superhero to save New York from a deadly alien threat.
Doctor Mysterio will be played by Justin Chatwin, who has previously app... | This year's Christmas special of Doctor Who will see the Doctor team up with a comic book superhero. | 37591556 |
Belfast was the home port for the start of the races and hosted a Tall Ships event attracting about 500,000 people.
The races begin five miles from Portrush at 10:00 BST on Monday.
The fleet will sail past Scotland's Outer Hebrides and the Shetland Islands before crossing the North Sea to its next stop in Aalesund in N... | The Tall Ships races will start off the County Antrim coast on Monday morning, bringing five days of maritime events in Northern Ireland to an end. | 33403744 |
He was charged under the notoriously sweeping lese-majeste law. After last year's coup, the ultra-royalist military has demanded ever tougher enforcement of it. This has led to many different and sometimes unexpected ways of falling foul of the law.
The crime of insulting the monarch dates back in Thailand to the early... | A man in Thailand faces up to 15 years in prison for posting images on Facebook of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's favourite dog in a way that mocked the king, a prosecutor in the military court said. | 35099322 |
Payment details, names and addresses were potentially taken during the incident, which targeted Ecomnova, a third party e-commerce company.
Debenhams said it has contacted customers whose data was accessed.
Customers of Debenhams.com, a separate website, have not been affected, the company added.
The attack took place ... | Retailer Debenhams has said that up to 26,000 customers of its Flowers website have had their personal data compromised following a cyber-attack. | 39818436 |
Relatives of the students will accompany them on the flight.
On Saturday, a joint funeral mass was held in Sonoma, California, for cousins Olivia Burke, 21, from Dublin, and Irish-US citizen Ashley Donohoe, 22.
Four of the families issued a statement thanking everyone, in Ireland and the US, for their sympathy and supp... | The bodies of four of the six students who died in a balcony collapse in Berkeley, California, are being brought back to Ireland on Sunday morning. | 33214986 |
Ex-Navy steward Craig Bryden donned his costume on Friday and caught a bus on his way to hospital in Portsmouth.
He sat next to passenger Courtney Jones whose selfie with the 55-year-old has attracted hundreds of comments online.
Mr Bryden, who has been labelled the "Pompey Pirate", said he wanted to put a smile on peo... | A Falklands War survivor with incurable lung cancer has become an internet hit after going to his first chemotherapy session dressed as a pirate. | 35966311 |
Morris secured a spot with victory in her semi-final at the World Championships in Aiguebelette, France.
The former Para-cycling champion was joined in reaching Rio by fellow single sculler Tom Aggar, third in his semi.
GB's mixed four of Grace Clough, Dan Brown, Pamela Relph, James Fox and cox Oliver James, also quali... | Rachel Morris capped her successful return from shoulder surgery as three more Great Britain boats qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics. | 34132390 |
Alice Nutter was one of the Pendle witches, a group of women tried for murder by witchcraft in 1612.
Her statue will sit in Roughlee, where she lived before being taken to Lancaster Castle for trial.
Parish councillor James Starkie said the work would "raise awareness of the true story of the witches".
The statue, whic... | A statue of a Lancashire woman accused of being a witch is to be placed in her former village to commemorate the 400th anniversary of her death. | 15733340 |
Describing the disaster as a "tragic day" in a "tragic year" for Malaysia, Najib Razak said the investigation "must not be hindered in any way".
The plane, carrying 298 people, crashed in rebel-held territory near the Russian border.
Both sides in Ukraine's civil conflict have accused the other of shooting it down with... | Malaysia's leader has called the Malaysia Airlines plane crash in eastern Ukraine "deeply shocking". | 28339843 |
Hundreds of fans travelled to Helsinki for Northern Ireland's game against Finland on Sunday, the final leg of a historic Euro 2016 qualifying campaign.
The city centre was a sea of green and white before kick-off.
The team qualified for its first major tournament in 30 years after beating Greece 3-1 at Windsor Park on... | In one of Europe's most scenic cities, Northern Ireland supporters enjoyed their picture-perfect finish. | 34499635 |
At the time, the country was promised that the end of the Games would not mean the end of the success story, that there would be a lasting legacy for sport participation.
But, in England at least, that promise was broken.
The government gave Sport England £1bn to invest in grassroots sports, and Jeremy Hunt, then Secre... | Five years ago this month, the London Olympic Games - seen as a great success for Britain - came to a close. | 40817063 |
The justice secretary told MSPs that Strathclyde, Tayside and Northern had officers who were routinely armed.
He said Police Scotland had adopted the approach across the country since its launch in April last year.
Lib Dem justice spokeswoman Alison MacInnes said Holyrood should have been told of the routine arming of ... | Three Scottish police forces allowed specialist officers to routinely carry guns before the launch of the new single force, Kenny MacAskill has said. | 27492909 |
The images, reportedly smuggled out by a defector, appear to show evidence of abuse, including beatings, strangulation and long-term starvation.
The photos were first released in January in a report commissioned by Qatar, which backs Syria's opposition.
The Syrian government has dismissed the report, saying it has no c... | Graphic photographs of prisoners allegedly tortured by Syrian government forces have been shown to members of the UN Security Council. | 27044203 |
Steve McNamara's side's hopes rested on Samoa winning by eight points or less.
But that never looked likely against the Green and Golds, especially after Cooper Cronk went over for the first try in the opening minute.
He completed a double while Greg Inglis also scored twice.
The physical Samoans were punished heavily ... | England's hopes of reaching the Four Nations final came to an end after Australia swept past Samoa to secure their place in the decider against New Zealand. | 29894021 |
The Swedish-based music platform said subscription payers were not included in the small trial.
Those whose accounts are affected are able to opt out via the settings.
Spotify has more than 140 million active users but continues to operate at a loss.
It recently revealed that while it had revenues of more than 2.9bn eu... | Spotify has confirmed it is experimenting with allowing music labels to promote songs by adding them to users' playlists as sponsored content. | 40343385 |
The 40-year-old woman was arrested after being spotted driving erratically in Looe in Cornwall at about 21:40 GMT on Monday, Devon and Cornwall Police said.
Officers said a seven-year-old was taken into emergency care because no other family members lived in the area.
The woman remains in custody.
She was due to be int... | A mother was arrested on suspicion of drinking and driving with her daughter in the car, leading to the girl being placed in foster care. | 35038768 |
Of course the agenda can be livened-up, at short notice, by ministerial statements or urgent questions, and there are a number of very big issues coming down the track (the date of the EU referendum, the mammoth Investigatory Powers Bill, the Trident vote) but the current quiet in Westminster leaves plenty of time for ... | It's probably a bit early to be talking about a zombie Parliament, but the coming Westminster week, with a surfeit of uncontroversial legislation, Opposition Days and Backbench debates, does recall the dog days of the last Parliament. | 35444244 |
The left-hander made 208 off 251 balls, including 26 fours, and shared a stand of 171 with skipper Alex Wakely (73).
Kent fought back well after the home side reached 347-4, taking the last six wickets for 37 runs to trail by 154.
But their second innings began disastrously as Rory Kleinveldt claimed 4-8 and they were ... | Ben Duckett made his second double century of the season as Northants continued to have the upper hand against Kent on day two at Beckenham. | 37291093 |
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The club urged fans to pledge £100 each to help clear debts, as players were told they may not be paid in April.
Bradford say an impending tax bill and a changed banking lending arrangement has left them with virtually no cash.
Ex-Bulls stars Jamie Peacock and Stuart Field... | Bradford Bulls say they have been inundated with pledges after revealing they need £1m to stay in business, with at least half needed within 10 days. | 17521786 |
"Q" Johnson, also known as Ricky or Jamie Sampson, and a man known as "Diego" are being sought over the attack on 26 December in Reading.
It happened close to the junction of Sidmouth Street and Queens Road.
The male victim was stabbed with a kitchen knife and treated for chest wounds and a punctured lung.
Detectives b... | Images have been released of two men wanted in connection with a street stabbing which is being treated as attempted murder. | 35586129 |
The police were alerted to the house when neighbours complained of thick smoke coming out of one of its windows on the evening of 10 June. When they entered the place, they found the charred body of the man's 77-year-old father who had allegedly set himself on fire.
The grisly case has gripped public imagination.
Armed... | A house in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) has turned into a macabre local attraction after police found a man believed to have mental health problems living there with the corpses of his sister and two pet dogs. | 33155713 |
The 29-year-old Scot guaranteed her place in Rio as she eased away from the rest of the field in 54.93 seconds.
"I'm confident," the European champion told BBC Sport. "The hurdles is very open, so I'll just keep plugging away.
"They don't give away Olympic medals easily, but I'm going to try to fight for one."
With Jes... | Eilidh Doyle vowed to "fight" for an Olympic medal after a comfortable 400m hurdles victory at the British Championships in Birmingham. | 36634241 |
Jon Rudd says the Plymouth-based Lithuanian has recovered well after breaking her elbow in a cycle accident.
The 18-year-old will have surgery on Tuesday to remove a plate that was inserted in her arm after the crash.
"The times that she's been doing in training have been first class," Rudd told BBC South West.
Meiluty... | Olympic breaststroke champion Ruta Meilutyte can return to the form which saw her become the best in the world, according to her coach. | 35158943 |
Ex-Manchester City manager Mancini, 51, claims Sarri used homophobic language towards him during a touchline row when their teams met in the Coppa Italia.
However, the suspension was not for homophobia, for which the punishment could have been greater.
Sarri, 57, has also been fined 20,000 euros (£15,000).
Napoli were ... | Napoli manager Maurizio Sarri has been banned for two Italian Cup matches for "highly offensive" comments made to Inter Milan boss Roberto Mancini. | 35377134 |
Youth organisations and unions were demonstrating on the same day as a rail strike over a wage dispute.
The proposed law would remove some of the protection workers enjoy against being laid off, in a bid to encourage businesses to hire more people.
But many on the left see it as a betrayal of their values.
In pushing t... | Protests have been held around France as unions and young people joined forces to show their opposition to proposed labour reforms. | 35762251 |
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Extensive damage to the playing surface, dressing rooms and offices was caused by December's Storm Desmond.
Carlisle played home games away from Brunton Park while it was restored, in time for Saturday's visit of York.
"There's a massive thank you from me as the head of fo... | Carlisle United's return to Brunton Park after a month away through flood damage is testament to the hard work of club staff, says manager Keith Curle. | 35381709 |
The work was produced by the Ulster University Economic Policy Centre for the Department of Finance.
It cautions that the costs of division are difficult to disentangle from other factors.
It also warns that it should not be concluded the costs represent potential achievable savings.
It says that in some cases there ma... | Northern Ireland public services incur additional annual costs of up to £833m in which division may be a factor, according to a new report. | 35782183 |
After fouling out late in the fourth quarter, a frustrated Curry threw his mouthguard, which hit a supporter.
The 28-year-old apologised to the fan before leaving the court in Cleveland.
Victory in Oakland on Monday would make the Cavaliers the first team to win the finals having trailed 3-1.
It would also be their fir... | Steph Curry was ejected for throwing his mouthguard into the crowd as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat his Golden State Warriors side 115-101 to force a decisive game seven in the NBA finals. | 36556784 |
More than 250 people were injured on 11 May, 1985, during the football ground disaster.
Bradford City were playing Lincoln City when the fire killed 54 Bradford fans and two Lincoln supporters.
The Lord Mayor of Bradford and The Mayor and Mayoress of Lincoln attended the service.
Live updates and more stories from West... | A memorial service has marked the 32nd anniversary of a fire at Bradford City's Valley Parade that claimed the lives of 56 football fans. | 39881804 |
They include new houses in Glasgow with support for veterans living there.
The way former service men and women are recorded on GP records will also be improved.
Minister for Veterans Keith Brown, himself a Falklands War veteran, has published a paper setting out the measures the government is pledged to implement.
The... | The Scottish government has announced measures to improve the well-being of service personnel and veterans. | 19482972 |
Owen Scott, 29, of Heather Road, Fawley, Hampshire, appeared before Sheffield magistrates.
He was remanded in custody to appear at Sheffield Crown Court.
Two girls, aged seven and eight, and two boys, nine months and 21 months, were involved in the crash near Thurgoland, Barnsley, on Wednesday.
South Yorkshire Police s... | A man has appeared in court charged with four counts of attempted murder and dangerous driving after children were seriously hurt in a car crash. | 41061952 |
John Longworth, co-chair of Leave means Leave, and ex-minister Owen Paterson will sound the warning at a major German business event on Saturday.
Britain will "walk away" if the deal is not right, Mr Longworth will say.
Theresa May has said it will be an act of "calamitous self-harm" for the EU to try and punish the UK... | The German economy will pay a "high price" if its leaders make life hard for the UK over Brexit, British pro-Leave campaigners are to warn. | 38694465 |
The bodies were recovered on Friday, senior Haridwar police official Rajiv Swaroop told the BBC.
Haridwar is downstream from the region where heavy rains on Sunday night triggered flash floods and landslides.
Meanwhile, rescuers continue to search for survivors trapped in remote areas.
Officials said more than 33,000 p... | At least 40 bodies have been recovered from the river Ganges in the temple town of Haridwar, taking the toll in the flood-hit Indian state of Uttarakhand to 207, officials said. | 23001947 |
For more than a decade, the BBC Home Affairs Unit has monitored every single terrorist incident, attempted or failed, that has made it into the public domain.
Quite simply, most of the people we have seen dragged through the courts are not capable of this kind of incident.
Many aspire to "martyrdom" and talk about buil... | The UK has not seen a bomb attack like the Manchester outrage since 2005 for three simple reasons: | 40012208 |
Categories include best game, artistic achievement, technical achievement, game play design and sound and music.
The awards ceremony will be held at Cardiff's Tramshed on 18 June.
Host and Torchwood star Gareth David Lloyd said: "I've seen a clear growth in the games industry here... and it is clear that there are more... | Bafta Cymru has announced the shortlist for its 2016 gaming awards. | 36264245 |
The US, Britain and France were among the countries that skipped a UN meeting to discuss a new treaty.
More than 120 others endorsed a plan for a legally binding nuclear ban.
But US envoy Nikki Haley said national security required nuclear arms because of "bad actors" who could not be trusted.
"There is nothing I want ... | A worldwide nuclear ban is simply not "realistic", the US ambassador to the UN has said, as nearly 40 countries stayed away from talks on the subject. | 39410173 |
The 33-year-old has been out since breaking a bone in his right shoulder against Australia in November.
However, he has been included in the South Africa A four-day squad for their upcoming tour of England.
Paceman Vernon Philander also misses out on the Champions Trophy in England and Wales, which starts on 1 June.
Th... | Pace bowler Dale Steyn has been left out of South Africa's ICC Champions Trophy squad as he continues his recovery from a shoulder injury. | 39645343 |
Planes hit Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) targets in both the south-east and over the border in northern Iraq.
Saturday's twin bombing in Ankara killed at least 95 people, making it the deadliest such attack ever.
Security sources say they suspect the so-called Islamic State (IS) group was behind the attack.
The air fo... | The Turkish air force has pounded Kurdish militants a day after a deadly bomb attack on a rally for peace in the capital Ankara. | 34501617 |
McHugh underwent a scan in Letterkenny on Wednesday after being carried off late in the Ballyshannon game.
The Donegal star has been told that the injury will rule him out for "three to four weeks".
First up, the Kilcar man will miss Donegal's concluding Division One round robin game against Mayo on Sunday.
A Donegal v... | Donegal's Ryan McHugh will miss the remainder of the Football League after suffering an ankle tendon tear in Sunday's draw against Monaghan. | 39437742 |
Kirsty Williams said the party had helped bring "order" to the UK's economic chaos by going into coalition with the Conservatives in 2010.
She told the BBC's Sunday Politics Wales programme that this did not stop her opposing policies "detrimental" to Wales such as regional pay.
"No man in London tells me what to do," ... | The Welsh Liberal Democrat leader has denied putting party loyalty above loyalty to Wales. | 32381704 |
Gunmen travelling in dozens of vehicles attacked checkpoints on the east and west on Thursday morning before taking control of several areas.
The army responded with helicopter strikes in which officials said about 80 insurgents died.
A curfew has been imposed on the city and reinforcements sent from the capital Baghda... | Iraqi security forces have repelled a large-scale attack by militants on the central city of Samarra, officials say. | 27719929 |
Almost 8,000 people died from alcohol-related causes between 2005 and 2014, a third of which were aged under 50
An alcohol treatment assessment was recorded for less than a quarter of those deaths even though most deaths are after years of heavy drinking.
Public Health Wales said this was down to "cultural and service ... | Thousands of high risk drinkers died in Wales without accessing alcohol treatment services despite repeated hospital admission, a report has found. | 38801976 |
International metals group, Liberty House, said the deal with Tata Steel UK for the Hartlepool steelworks would also safeguard 140 existing jobs.
Liberty executive chairman, Sanjeev Gupta, said he wanted the site to become a world leader in the gas and oil pipes industry.
Tata Steel will retain a third mill on the site... | A firm which has bought two pipe-making works on Teesside said the move would create 100 new jobs. | 40790900 |
The assault on a hotel in the capital, Ouagadougou, was claimed by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
The death toll has risen to 30 after a French-Moroccan photographer died from her injuries.
Three gunmen were killed in Friday's operation, Mr Valls said. AQIM on Monday released their photos and names.
AQIM said ... | Three people involved in last week's Islamist attack in Burkina Faso are still at large, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has said. | 35353927 |
Some of the people whose tales we've featured already include a teenager who is trying to help homeless women with sanitary products, a woman born with "butterfly skin", a footballer who still plays despite losing a leg when he was 13, a woman who is pregnant with her dead husband's child and an architect who takes pho... | Our Instagram page Faces of England features interesting stories about people from around the country. | 39418846 |
Amber Rudd said the UK was on track to deliver the promise made by former PM David Cameron to resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees by 2020.
A total of £10m has also been pledged for language tuition to help refugees integrate, the Home Office said.
So far about 2,800 Syrians have arrived in the UK, latest figures suggest.
T... | Enough local authority places to resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees over the next four years have now been secured, the home secretary has said. | 37268971 |
Sarah Jayne Jones, 27, from the Tredegar area of Blaenau Gwent died in a crash on the A465 Heads of the Valleys road between Brynmawr and Ebbw Vale at about 19:30 BST on Thursday .
She had been a pillion passenger on a motorbike.
The rider, a 56-year-old man, suffered serious injuries.
In a statement, Ms Jones' family ... | A woman who died in a motorcycle accident was a "happy, bubbly person" who will be "sorely missed", her family has said. | 39849218 |
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