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Mercedes may choose to be one of a maximum of 12 entries in the series, which was launched in 2014.
"Electrification will play a major role in the future of the automotive industry," said Toto Wolff, head of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport.
"This will make Formula E very relevant in the future."
The third Formula E season sta... | Formula 1 champions Mercedes could enter Formula E after taking an option to join the electric motor racing series in 2018-19. | 37553101 |
Plymouth's Gregg Wylde fired in the opener with a stunning volley from outside the box past Scott Shearer.
Ryan Brunt doubled the advantage from the penalty spot after Peter Hartley was fouled by Krystian Pearce.
Mansfield's Ryan Tafazolli hit the post with a header, before Brunt completed the scoring when he deftly tu... | Plymouth Argyle kept their League Two promotion hopes on track with a convincing win over Mansfield Town. | 35509900 |
He told me that he would do a deal with the devil - in other words supporting either David Cameron or Ed Miliband to be prime minister - if they delivered his party's principal objective: a clear in/out referendum on Britain's membership of the EU.
Farage insists he's no new Nick Clegg as he doesn't want his bum on a m... | After UKIP's latest by-election victory, Nigel Farage says he's aiming to hold the balance of power after the next election. | 30143958 |
Powell, who was the first woman to achieve the Uefa Pro Licence in 2003, scored 35 goals in 65 caps for England and managed them from 1998 to 2013.
"I am keen to help develop the next generation of coaches in this country," said the 49-year-old, who also managed Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics.
"It's a great opportu... | Hope Powell has become the first female coach educator to work with the Professional Footballers' Association. | 35967902 |
The burial chamber at All Cannings near Devizes in Wiltshire will contain niches housing urns of cremated ashes, and is set to be finished later this year.
Developer Tim Daw, who owns the farmland on which it is being built, said he was "absolutely thrilled" with its progress.
"It's turning out so much better than I co... | The first "Neolithic" long barrow to be built in the UK for 5,000 years, is attracting interest from all over the world. | 26683268 |
Clubs are required to provide accurate details of training sessions and player whereabouts so that they are available for testing at all times.
The club allegedly failed to ensure that their 'club whereabouts' information was accurate.
City have until 19 January to respond to the charge.
It is understood the informatio... | Manchester City have been charged by the Football Association for failing to ensure anti-doping officials knew where players were for drugs testing. | 38588913 |
The company plans to use the gas as a raw material for its chemicals plants, including Grangemouth in Stirlingshire.
Grangemouth is currently running at a loss, but Ineos believes shale gas will transform the economics of the plant.
Shale gas extraction is promoted as an important potential energy source, but has spark... | Chemicals giant Ineos has announced plans to invest up to £640m in shale gas exploration in the UK. | 30125028 |
The Adelaide Exchange scheme was owned by Straben Developments. Tenants in the building include Belfast City Council.
The receivers report shows that the bank was acting with the US fund Lone Star which bought a portfolio of Ulster Bank loans in 2014.
The report also discloses that Straben are challenging the receivers... | A major office development in Belfast city centre has been placed into receivership by Ulster Bank. | 33980997 |
Variety called it "a significant improvement" on EL James's novel, describing it as "Charlotte Bronte with a peacock feather".
The Guardian agreed, describing it as a "better-than-it-has-to-be adaptation".
The story follows an affair between student Anastasia Steele, portrayed by Dakota Johnson, and billionaire Christi... | First reviews of mummy-porn romance Fifty Shades of Grey say the film is better than the book it is based on. | 31411393 |
Hillary Clinton attacked Bernie Sanders' record on gun control, and said his healthcare plan risked derailing recent legislation.
Mr Sanders accused Mrs Clinton of being in the pocket of financial institutions responsible for the 2008 crisis.
While Mrs Clinton leads nationwide, Mr Sanders is a threat in key states.
Hou... | Candidates for the Democratic race for the White House have clashed on gun control and healthcare in their liveliest TV debate so far. | 35340061 |
Water supplies were affected in Pontypridd, Treorchy, Tonypandy and Pentre following the incident on Friday.
The company said supplies had returned to normal for the majority of customers by Saturday morning.
Only Clydach Vale is still experiencing problems due to "air locks" in the system.
Welsh Water said it had deli... | Hundreds of customers were left without water after a pipe burst in Rhondda Cynon Taff. | 33394155 |
Wei Zhongping and Liu Ping, associated with the New Citizens' Movement, were given six-and-a-half years in jail. A third activist, Li Sihua, received a shorter sentence.
Rights group Amnesty International said the charges were "preposterous".
China's leaders are running a crackdown on corruption, but refuse to tolerate... | Three Chinese anti-corruption activists have been given lengthy jail terms for urging officials to disclose wealth. | 27917234 |
Developers St Francis Group submitted plans
to Wyre Forest District Council for the Stourport Road site in April.
The first phase of the plans includes 200 homes, a care home, medical centre, hotel, shops and restaurants.
A spokesperson for the project, called Silverwoods, said building work is likely to start next ye... | Plans to redevelop the former British Sugar factory site that could create more than 400 jobs in Worcestershire have been approved. | 18813567 |
The empty 30ft (9m) cargo crashed through trees and a wall on an embankment near Scout Green, Cumbria.
No-one was injured but the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said the potential for more serious consequences was evident.
There were 62mph (99km/h) cross winds when the container fell on on 7 March, investiga... | High winds blew a container off a freight train travelling at 75mph (120km/h), investigators have said. | 32067130 |
The defender, 36, is the Blues' most decorated player, having won four Premier Leagues, five FA Cups and three League Cups. He also has Champions League and Europa League medals.
He has made 713 appearances since his debut in 1998 - 578 of them as captain.
"I feel I still have plenty to offer but understand that opport... | Chelsea captain John Terry will leave at the end of the season after more than two decades at Stamford Bridge. | 39623727 |
Hip operations showed the biggest difference of four months, with an average wait in England of 75 days compared to 197 in Wales in 2014/15.
Diagnosis of heart disease takes on average 10 days longer in Wales.
Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething called for a focus on the results of treatment, not just waiting times.... | NHS patients in Wales wait longer for treatment and diagnosis than patients in England for most of the main categories, BBC Wales can reveal. | 35364644 |
Former Glenn Hoddle Academy product Benbow, 26, scored 32 goals for the Glassboys in last season's Northern Premier League promotion near miss.
He also scored eight times in Stourbridge's run to the third round of the FA Cup, when they lost at Wycombe.
Lait and Benbow, who had spells at both Cheltenham and Burton, are ... | Solihull Moors have signed Luke Benbow and his strike partner Chris Lait from non-league neighbours Stourbridge. | 40060735 |
The 3m high (10ft) objects arrived at the site in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, following a tour of Europe, Asia and the US.
The heads are inspired by traditional Chinese zodiac statues which once decorated a fountain clock at an imperial palace retreat in Beijing.
His interpretation is part of the park's 40th anniversary... | Twelve bronze animal head sculptures by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei are on display at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. | 39779220 |
Sarah Jessica Parker, Idina Menzel and Carole King are among those involved in the initiative, inspired by the 1985 We are the World benefit for Africa.
"Everyone wanted to do something as quickly as possible," said instigator Seth Rudetsky, a musical director.
The digital download, available from Monday, will cost $1.... | Broadway stars past and present are to record a version of What the World Needs Now Is Love, to support victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting. | 36550390 |
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Craig Spencer, an American doctor who became the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in New York, has been declared free of the virus. He worked for Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in Guinea and tested positive after he returned ... | Morocco will not host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations because of its fears over the Ebola outbreak elsewhere on the continent, the Confederation of African Football (Caf) has confirmed. | 30011012 |
Robert Hardy was a star of stage and screen whose distinguished career spanned more than seven decades.
His many Shakespearean roles included Sir Toby Belch in the BBC's 1980 version of Twelfth Night.
He is most fondly remembered by television viewers as the senior veterinarian Siegfried Farnon on the long-running seri... | A selection of images from the life of the actor Robert Hardy, who has died at the age of 91. | 40817415 |
Sixteen-year old Harriet Karanja had been waiting a while in queue to buy a bus ticket in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, when someone else who was waiting was robbed.
When she retold her tale at school she found out her classmates had experienced the same problem.
What if, she asked, they could get rid of the queue for the ... | Kenyan schoolgirls are building apps to end ticket queues and transform organ donation, with the help of new mentor programmes promoting women in tech, writes the BBC's Anthony Irungu. | 37489006 |
Some 10,000 women and girls were made to do unpaid manual labour in laundries run by Roman Catholic nuns in Ireland between 1922 and 1996.
More than a quarter of those who spent time in the laundries had been sent there by the Irish state.
Mr Kenny apologised to all the women affected.
He said their experiences had cas... | The Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach), Enda Kenny, has formally apologised on behalf of the state for its role in the Magdalene laundries. | 21510281 |
The event in New York's Lincoln Centre Plaza will be attended by 200 guests, including GSA alumni and expatriates.
They will be told of plans to restore the Grade A-listed art nouveau Mackintosh building that was badly damaged in the blaze on 23 May 2014.
Ms Sturgeon is on a four-day visit to the US - her first as firs... | First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will host a reception in the United States later to thank supporters of the fire-damaged Glasgow School of Art (GSA). | 33070181 |
Most recently Burnley's sporting director, McParland, 56, was previously chief scout at Liverpool and worked with Raheem Sterling and Jordan Ibe.
He also had a spell as Brentford director of football when Rangers boss Mark Warburton was at Griffin Park.
The Ibrox side are currently top of the Scottish Championship, wit... | Rangers have appointed Frank McParland as their new head of recruitment. | 34540834 |
The Met Office said the heaviest of the rain for south Wales will fall on Saturday daytime, with another bout overnight into Sunday.
The rain will push into north Wales later in the day and into Sunday.
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has two flood warnings in place.
The warnings covered Pontargothi and Pontynyswen, and ... | A Wales-wide "be aware" alert is in force for Saturday and Sunday, with up to 3in (80mm) of rain in places over 24 hours and flooding possible. | 35135262 |
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Germany stormed into a 2-0 lead but Mark Gleghorne pulled one back for England before half-time.
Phil Roper then equalised with a deft finish before Adam Dixon put England ahead from a penalty corner.
Germany replied with goals from Lukas Windfeder and Anton Boekel, which ... | England lost 4-3 to Germany in a thrilling Pool B encounter at the EuroHockey Championships in Amsterdam. | 41004965 |
Games company ImmersiveMinds spent more than 125 hours and used more than three million virtual bricks on the 1:1 scale map of the islands.
St Kilda lies about 40 miles (64km) west of North Uist, the nearest inhabited place to the archipelago.
The last islanders left the main island of Hirta in 1930 after life there be... | Scotland's remote St Kilda archipelago has been digitally recreated in video game Minecraft. | 39627872 |
Jonathan Norbury, 35, from Swansea, denies having sex with three girls under the age of 16.
He was cleared in court in January 2015 of alleged offences with two of the girls, who he did not teach.
The Education Workforce Council (EWC) hearing to decide if the allegations are true was adjourned on Monday.
The panel fail... | A deputy head teacher sacked for allegedly having sex with teenage girls will have to wait to find out his fate. | 38878354 |
Shaun Walmsley was sprung from custody by two armed men in February as he left Aintree University Hospital in a taxi.
Ten Liverpool properties were raided as well as cells at HMP Liverpool.
Three men, aged 18, 22, and 30, and a woman, 49, all from Kirkdale, are being held as well as a 26-year-old man from Vauxhall who ... | Five arrests have been made following a series of raids on associates of an escaped convicted murderer to target serious organised crime. | 40884509 |
The 20-time champion jockey from County Antrim retired in 2015 after he became the most successful jump jockey of all time.
He rode more than 4,300 winners.
McCoy, from Moneyglass, also won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award in 2010 and a lifetime achievement award in the 2015 ceremony.
Last December, Anthony... | Jockey AP McCoy has received a knighthood for services to horse racing at Buckingham Palace. | 36595155 |
Thames Valley Police said the new devices track a person's movement via GPS at all times, rather than just when they enter and exit a building.
The teenager - who cannot be named - was convicted of burglary, robbery, threatening a 14-year-old girl and brandishing an imitation firearm.
He is from Oxfordshire and will no... | A 15-year-old boy has become the first child in the UK to get a satellite-tracked tag, police have said. | 36578895 |
At least 12 Tories are backing a Labour motion opposing any rise in VAT charged on solar panels, wind turbines, draught installation and energy-saving devices.
The current 5% rate paid by benefit claimants over 60 was ruled illegal by the European Court of Justice in June.
It is one of several tax rows in the spotlight... | Conservative Eurosceptics are to join forces with Labour to try and defeat the government over changes to VAT on home insulation and renewable energy. | 35846848 |
All EU nationals lawfully resident for at least five years will be able to apply for "settled status" and be able to bring over spouses and children.
Those who come after an as-yet-unagreed date will have two years to "regularise their status" but with no guarantees.
Jeremy Corbyn said the offer was "not generous" and ... | Theresa May has said she wants EU citizens living in the UK to stay after Brexit as she announced plans designed to put their "anxiety to rest". | 40403431 |
The ruling is the latest twist in a decade-long UK chocolate wars saga between Nestle and Cadbury.
The Dairy Milk maker failed in its own attempt to trademark the shade of purple it uses after Nestle complained.
But on Wednesday, it was the Cadbury bosses celebrating the latest attempt to foil KitKat's plans.
Nestle cl... | Court of Appeal judges in London have stuck two fingers up to Nestle's attempts to trademark the shape of its famous four-fingered KitKat bar. | 39948718 |
Pupils will be taught to hide, escape and help each other and there will be three security drills a year including simulated attacks.
Security is also being beefed up at the entrance to school buildings.
The new measures coincide with major education reforms which have come in despite widespread protests.
France has be... | Twelve million French children have gone back to school with new security measures in place because of recent jihadist attacks. | 37243544 |
Jack and Paul Sykes, aged 12 and nine, died when their father Darren, 44, set fire to the property in Penistone on 22 October 2014. Mr Sykes was also killed.
During the service at St John's Church in Penistone, Claire Throssell recited words from the last Mother's Day card she received from Paul.
Candles will also be l... | The mum of two boys killed in a house fire started deliberately by their dad has held a vigil to remember her sons. | 35737051 |
The Latics ensured an immediate return to English football's second tier with Saturday's 4-0 win at Blackpool.
Sharpe, 24, who is British football's youngest chairman, had previously said Wigan would "smash" League One.
"We have to do everything to be ready for the Championship but we've started that process as of thre... | Wigan Athletic have been planning for their Championship return for three months, says chairman David Sharpe. | 36180160 |
French magistrates will examine whether the bank helped some clients to avoid paying taxes between 2006 and 2007.
The bank said it had been asked to deposit a bail bond of €50m (£39.6m).
"We will continue to co-operate with the French authorities to the fullest extent possible," it added.
On Monday Belgium prosecuto... | HSBC's private banking arm, which is based in Switzerland, is under formal investigation in France, days after being accused of tax fraud by the Belgium authorities. | 30153741 |
The victim has been named locally as Gerry Mulligan.
His body was discovered in the Limehurst Way area of the town on Monday afternoon.
A 44-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of murder is still being treated in hospital, the police said.
Police do not believe there is any paramilitary involvement.
DUP councill... | A post-mortem examination is to be carried out on Wednesday on the body of a man found in a car boot in Lisburn, County Antrim. | 37488608 |
Lassana Bathily, 24, was in a stockroom when gunman Amedy Coulibaly burst in, killing four people.
At a ceremony attended by top French ministers, Mr Bathily said he was "proud and moved" to become a citizen.
The attacks in Paris killed 17 people, most of them at the offices of the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine.
Mr ... | A Malian-born Muslim employee who hid customers from an Islamist gunman at a Paris kosher supermarket this month has been granted French nationality. | 30905262 |
The measure will make it more difficult for private information to be hacked or handed to law enforcement agencies.
On Thursday, Apple said that devices running its new iOS8 software would be encrypted by default, with even the company itself unable to gain access.
Both firms have offered encryption for some time, but ... | Google has announced that its next mobile operating system, Android L, will encrypt users' data by default. | 29276955 |
Holders Lyon will face Paris St-Germain in Thursday's final in Cardiff, as two clubs from the same country meet in the final for the first time since the competition was rebranded in 2009.
French champions Lyon are in the final for the sixth time in eight years.
"It shows French football has evolved," said 26-year-old ... | Two French teams contesting this season's Women's Champions League final is "no coincidence", says France and Lyon captain Wendie Renard. | 40111190 |
The People's Bank of China (PBoC) reduced the amount of money banks must set aside as reserves by one percentage point in a bid to spur more lending.
The announcement on Sunday came in the wake of data showing the country grew at its slowest pace in six years.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 2.02% to 27,094.93, while the Sh... | Chinese stocks fell despite government stimulus which cut reserve requirements for the second time this year. | 32377099 |
Lord Jonathan Sacks told the BBC the growth of individualism over the past 50 years was responsible for a pervasive breakdown in trust.
He highlighted the 2008 financial crisis and the declining marriage rate.
The National Secular Society said the decline of religious authority had led to a "more tolerant and equal soc... | Society is "losing the plot" as it becomes more secular and less trusting, the UK's outgoing Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks has said. | 23825465 |
It had been thought the 29-year-old would postpone his wedding following Wales' run to the semi-finals.
But the midfielder confirmed after Wales' 2-0 defeat by Portugal that he is still heading to the Mediterranean to marry partner Ruby May on Saturday.
"The boys are going back to Wales to see the fans, but I've got a ... | Joe Ledley will miss Wales' Euro 2016 homecoming party in Cardiff on Friday as he heads to Ibiza to get married. | 36740631 |
Spurs fans were hurt as they struggled to enter the Westfalenstadion before the last-16 game, with entrances temporarily closed.
Dortmund police used pepper spray to try to control the Spurs fans.
Uefa's disciplinary body has charged Dortmund with blocking stairways and will hear the case on 19 May.
The congestion deve... | Borussia Dortmund have been charged by Uefa after 17 Tottenham fans were injured before last week's Europa League first leg match. | 35818187 |
Grimmer, who has had two previous stays at the League One club, is in the final year of his contract at Fulham.
The 22-year-old Scot played seven times on loan in 2014, before helping the club stay in League One last term.
Ebanks-Blake, 30, has scored 10 goals in 33 League One games for the Spireites since signing in J... | Shrewsbury Town have signed Fulham defender Jack Grimmer on a season-long loan and Chesterfield striker Sylvan Ebanks-Blake until January. | 37238548 |
The 24-year-old Scot played some stunning snooker to beat Selby 13-9 and end the Leicester man's chances of retaining his Crucible crown at the second-round stage.
"I said to him that if he plays like that there's no reason why he can't win it," world number one Selby said.
"He played fantastic all match, didn't do muc... | Deposed champion Mark Selby says qualifier Anthony McGill can go on to lift the World Championship title. | 32459068 |
The Canadian star and his Argentine model and actress wife Luisana Lopilato issued an upbeat update on Friday.
"We are so grateful to report that our son Noah has been progressing well during his treatment," they said.
They added that the "doctors are very optimistic about the future for our little boy".
It is the firs... | Singer Michael Buble has said his son Noah's cancer treatment is "progressing well", three months after the three-year-old was diagnosed. | 38855529 |
The Edinburgh International Festival will open with Bloom, a spectacular sound and light show that will transform the city's St Andrew Square.
Meanwhile, the Fringe will feature a massive 3,398 shows in 300 venues.
A number of venues have said they will be carrying out bag checks for the first time as security is tight... | Edinburgh's world-renowned festivals are kicking off their three-week run in the Scottish capital, 70 years after their first outing in 1947. | 40801157 |
Two microlights left the airport, in Eglinton, County Londonderry, at about 11:46 BST on Thursday bound for Scotland. One is now missing.
RNLI crew member Paddy McLaughlin said they are "very concerned" for the two people on board.
"Weather conditions have been calm but [it was] very cold through the night".
He added:... | A major search operation for a light aircraft that went missing after leaving City of Derry Airport has resumed. | 36496509 |
It used data on bird strikes to get a sense of what would happen if a small drone collided with a plane.
Only 3% of collisions between aircraft and birds similar in weight to domestic drones result in damage, found the George Mason University researchers.
An even smaller number caused injuries to humans, it found, and ... | The risk of a small, consumer drone significantly damaging an aircraft is 'minimal', suggests a study. | 33008257 |
The University of Lincoln said cladding was being removed from a "small proportion" of one of its buildings on the Cygnet Wharf development.
It said the cladding would be replaced with a suitable material, prior to it being occupied.
A spokesperson said student safety was a priority.
In a statement, the university said... | Cladding on new student accommodation in Lincoln is being removed because it fails to meet newly issued government guidelines. | 40437177 |
Its territory is surrounded by the Italian capital city Rome, and priests and nuns of many nationalities make up almost all of the population.
The Vatican City is a tiny fragment when compared with the extensive Papal States of central Italy, which were conquered by the forces of Italian unification in the mid-19th cen... | The Vatican is the smallest independent state in the world and residence of the spiritual leadership of the Roman Catholic Church. | 17994868 |
Nick Perrin, 58, was crushed between the MS Oldenburg ferry and the harbour at Ilfracombe, according to a report from the Marine Accident Investigation Branch.
He was lowered into the water but died from his injuries later that day on 3 August 2015.
The ferry carries 267 passengers between north Devon and Lundy Island.... | A shore worker died after he became trapped trying to get off a passenger ferry, it has emerged. | 35668133 |
Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring on 38 minutes and Douglas Costa doubled the lead two minutes later.
The Poland striker scored his second of the game after half-time to reach 100 goals for Bayern in his 136th game.
Elsewhere title chasing RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund both lost ground on Bayern with costly defe... | Bayern Munich extended their lead at the top of the Bundesliga to 10 points with a comfortable win over Eintracht Frankfurt, as their title rivals lost. | 39174966 |
The previous record, of 59 years, two months and 13 days, was set by his great-great-grandfather, King Edward VII, Clarence House said.
The Prince of Wales became heir apparent at the age of three when his mother, Princess Elizabeth, acceded to the throne on 6 February 1952.
Charles, now 62, was nine when he was given ... | Prince Charles has become the longest-serving heir apparent in British history. | 13133587 |
Armed officers hunting for Shaun Walmsley arrested the four men during a swoop on a car in the Canford Cliffs area of Poole on Friday afternoon.
Eyewitnesses reported loud bangs and pink smoke as police cars blocked the Vauxhall Corsa's escape in Haven Road at about 15:45 GMT.
Walmsley, 28, escaped during a hospital vi... | Police hunting for a convicted murderer who escaped custody in Liverpool have arrested four people in Dorset. | 39167840 |
The deal will automatically extend for a year, until July 2019, if the 32-year-old utility man triggers an unspecified appearance clause.
"Chris has been a stalwart of this club for a long time," said boss Tony Pulis.
"He is a valued and popular member of the squad. He has shown great character to return from his injur... | West Bromwich Albion's Northern Ireland international Chris Brunt has signed a new extended contract tying him to The Hawthorns until at least 2018. | 38924607 |
The former foreign secretary said the issue of compensation for IRA victims was not raised with him prior to the discussions with the Libyans.
He added that had it been on the agenda it is unlikely it would have been resolved.
Mr Straw was giving evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.
The committee is exam... | Jack Straw has denied that IRA victims killed and injured by Libyan-supplied Semtex were ignored during negotiations with the Gaddafi regime. | 37781007 |
Last month, she made the life-and-death decision to flee her village after militants delivered a chilling message: "We are coming back to take your son."
The insurgents killed her husband, a cattle trader, two years ago and were now insisting that the couple's two-and-a-half-year-old son Abdullahi belonged to them.
Ms ... | Kawu Ashe is just one of up to 120,000 people facing starvation in north-eastern Nigeria, which has been ravaged by the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency. | 38168086 |
The rhaphium pectinatum was last recorded in Britain 147 years ago in 1868 but was rediscovered in Old Sludge Beds on the outskirts of Exeter.
The fly is from the Dolichopidiae family, a group known as long-legged flies, and is usually found in tropical parts of the world.
Devon Fly Group member Rob Wolton said he was ... | A fly thought to be extinct in the UK has been found in a Devon nature reserve. | 33707788 |
Born on an Alabama farm in July 1899, Susannah Mushatt Jones was also the last living American born in the 19th Century.
She lived in three centuries, through two world wars and 20 US presidencies.
An Italian woman, Emma Morano, now takes on the title of oldest person in the world, and is thought to be the last living ... | The oldest known person in the world has died in New York aged 116. | 36285083 |
Highland Council had to submit an application for listed building consent as part of the project to create viewing platforms in the tower.
The local authority hopes to open the tower to the public next year.
The rest of the 19th Century building would continue to be used as a sheriff court. | A plan to develop Inverness Castle's North Tower as a tourist attraction has secured approval from Historic Scotland. | 32549345 |
She told a BBC TV election special it had been a "terrible mistake" to make "a promise which we could not keep" while in coalition at Westminster.
The Welsh Lib Dems want to replace tuition fee subsidies of up to £5,190 a year with maintenance grants of £2,500.
Ms Williams said the policy was more affordable than the c... | Welsh Lib Dem leader Kirsty Williams has asked voters to trust the party on student grants despite broken promises not to raise tuition fees in England. | 36041022 |
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The billionaire businessman and former reality TV star has taken charge after a huge inauguration ceremony on Friday.
Leah was there in the capitol Washington DC, Take a look at her roundup of what took place. | Donald Trump is now the 45th President of the United States. | 38703827 |
The Tottenham striker joins Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez and Chelsea midfielders Eden Hazard and N'Golo Kante on a shortlist of 24.
Last year's winner, Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, is nominated, as are Lionel Messi of Barcelona and Paris St-Germain's world record signing Neymar.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, a Manchester U... | Harry Kane is one of four current Premier League players nominated for the Best Fifa Men's Player 2017 award. | 40962482 |
General Motors reported a 5.2% drop in monthly sales, while Ford had an 8.4% decline in sales.
US vehicles sales are expected to be lower in 2016 than the record highs set last year.
Demand is still well above the lows suffered during the 2008-09 financial crisis, but market saturation is creating a slowdown.
GM foreca... | US carmakers reported a decline in sales during August after recording surprisingly strong sales in July. | 37249353 |
Bella, an English springer spaniel, was taken from outside Tesco in Rothwell in October. CCTV showed a man untying her.
Earlier this week, she was found 130 miles (210km) away in Bristol and reunited with the Osborne family.
Her owner said she was "in very good spirits" but her paw injuries "suggested she had tried to ... | A dog stolen in Northamptonshire and found four months later in Bristol has settled back in with her family "like she's never been away". | 35561055 |
17 February 2017 Last updated at 07:48 GMT
It's the fifth round of the competition and for fans of Lincoln it's a big deal to see their team get this far.
Watch some of them tell Newsround what they're looking forward to. | Lincoln City, one of the lowest ranked teams left in the FA Cup, are playing Burnley from the Premier League on Saturday. | 39001795 |
The 34-year-old, who also had spells with Watford, Leeds United, Birmingham City and Stoke City, left Bury in May.
The Essex club, who play in the seventh tier, also signed former Republic of Ireland and Wolves defender Kevin Foley, 32, on Monday.
They join ex-Premier League pair Paul Konchesky and Jamie O'Hara at the ... | Former Arsenal and Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant has signed a two-year deal with non-league Billericay Town. | 40856039 |
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The 36-year-old Lazio striker scored with his first touch after coming on as a second-half substitute as the Germans came from behind to snatch a draw.
The goal, scored from a yard out, means Klose is now level with former Brazil striker Ronaldo on 15 g... | Miroslav Klose became the joint-record scorer in World Cup history as he rescued Germany a point from a breathless and dramatic game with Ghana at Estadio Castelao. | 25285228 |
The 58-year-old has decided to go public with the gender change because she says there is "a much better acceptance and understanding".
Millar was best known for winning the King of the Mountains prize in the Tour de France in 1984.
Philippa York, who becomes the first high-profile cyclist to go public, made the statem... | British former Tour de France cyclist Robert Millar has completed a transition to become a woman. | 40529614 |
The 23-year-old was released by Poire sur Vie before the closure of the transfer window.
The French club had been relegated to the equivalent of the National League following financial sanctions.
Argyle are in the last automatic promotion place with 10 matches left, despite losing to fellow promotion hopefuls Accringto... | Plymouth have signed goalkeeper Vincent Dorel following a short trial with the League Two side. | 35811757 |
The Brewers are just one point and one place above the relegation zone following Monday's 1-0 home defeat against Preston North End.
Clough told BBC Radio Derby: "Everybody has had a chance now and we are fourth from bottom of the league.
"We will do everything we can to get some Championship players in."
The Brewers r... | Burton Albion's precarious position in the Championship means they must make new signings in the January transfer window, according to boss Nigel Clough. | 38497935 |
Now, another Republican nominee, Donald Trump, is going to run under that same banner.
His speech began with darkness and ended - more than an hour later and well out of prime time - with glimmers of hope.
Mr Trump painted a picture of a nation let down by its leaders, who have failed to "put America first" in policies... | Nearly 50 years ago Richard Nixon launched his successful election under the banner of restoring "law and order" to a nation wrecked by violent protests and social upheaval. | 36852611 |
Mike Parker said he was "younger and angrier" when he wrote in 2001 that parts of Wales were inhabited by "gun-toting Final Solution crackpots".
Plaid said he now recognised the language he used was "inappropriate".
Labour said Mr Parker was "not fit" to represent Ceredigion.
Following press reports about the article w... | Plaid Cymru has been urged to remove its general election candidate for Ceredigion over claims that he once compared some English-born residents of rural Wales to Nazis. | 32215894 |
Six crews were called to an industrial estate on St Asaph Avenue, Kinmel Bay, at about 17:45 BST on Tuesday.
North Wales Fire and Rescue Service said the fire was now under control.
A spokesman added: "Crews will remain at the scene for some time tackling any hotspots and damping down".
The road remains closed at Denbi... | People have been allowed to return to their homes after being evacuated due to a large fire at a commercial garage in Conwy county. | 39496099 |
Parts of Westfield shopping centre and nearby buildings were evacuated amid fears an item found was a WW2 bomb.
But people were allowed back into buildings and roads and Tube services reopened near the shopping centre after the item was removed.
And the Metropolitan police told the BBC it was not a bomb as first though... | An unexploded bomb alert in west London caused major disruption - but cordons were lifted when it was found to be just a shell casing, posing no danger. | 33440374 |
Norman Havard, from Aberavon, was found at about 07:15 BST on Friday.
South Wales Police is treating his death as unexplained pending the results of a post mortem examination.
The force appealed for witnesses who saw Mr Havard's green Vauxhall Zafira at the junction between Princess Margaret Way and Victoria Road at 00... | A 61-year-old man whose body was discovered on Aberavon Beach in Neath Port Talbot has been named. | 34042448 |
The measure would have conferred rights on an embryo from the moment of conception, effectively outlawing abortion, even in rape or incest cases.
More than 55% of voters dismissed the so-called personhood initiative.
Mississippi already has tough abortion regulations and a single clinic that performs the procedure.
Cor... | Mississippi residents have rejected a proposed constitutional amendment to define a fertilized human egg as a person. | 15642138 |
Yasir had tested positive for banned substance chlorthalidone in November.
The International Cricket Council said it accepted his claim of mistakenly taking his wife's medication instead of his own, but stressed their "zero-tolerance approach to doping".
The ban is backdated to 27 December - when Yasir was provisionall... | Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah has been given a three-month ban after admitting to a doping offence. | 35516437 |
Mercedes continued to lag behind the Italian team, Valtteri Bottas third fastest and 0.363 seconds behind Vettel and 0.178secs ahead of Lewis Hamilton.
Mercedes appear to have improved their one-lap pace after problems on Friday.
But Ferrari seem to have an advantage over one lap for the first time this season.
However... | Ferrari dominated final practice at the Russian Grand Prix with Sebastian Vettel heading team-mate Kimi Raikkonen in a one-two. | 39755676 |
Sir Richard Ottoway, who chairs the Foreign Affairs Committee, accused the Chinese authorities of acting in an "overtly confrontational manner".
His committee is examining relations between the UK and its former colony, where pro-democracy activists have been protesting since September.
The demonstrators want elections... | The Chinese embassy has told a group of MPs it will be stopped from making a planned trip to Hong Kong. | 30267026 |
Claudio Ranieri's side beat Oxford 2-1 and drew 1-1 with Scottish champions Celtic before heading to Los Angeles.
Heskey, who is an an ambassador for the club, told BBC Radio Leicester: "Claudio has got them super fit.
"I was very, very impressed with their fitness levels for only their second game of pre-season."
Leic... | Former Leicester City striker Emile Heskey says the team's fitness and intensity in their first two pre-season games augurs well for the new campaign. | 36903597 |
The two 12-year-olds were attacked in Granitehill Road in the Northfield area of Aberdeen about 20:00 on Wednesday.
The area was cordoned off as police and specialist fire crews carried out investigations.
Police Scotland described the suspects as two youths wearing dark clothes and possibly gloves.
The sister of one o... | Two young boys have been left with "significant injuries" after chemicals were thrown at them in a "despicable" attack. | 39363445 |
The so-called Brexit could mean a change to rules governing the signing of players from other EU countries.
"We've maybe got seven or eight players who fall into that category, but how would they do it?" said Canning.
"Would it be done from day one or from renewing a contract? It would definitely affect us in that case... | Hamilton Academical may have to change their signing policy if the UK votes to withdraw from the European Union in June, says manager Martin Canning. | 35934988 |
EDF Energy wants to build a new plant - Sizewell C - on the coast.
Villagers on the A12 want a bypass to keep construction traffic away from their homes.
Suffolk County Council has agreed to spend the money on further studies to create a funding case to present to the government.
EDF has said it aims to build Sizewell ... | A council has agreed to spend £450,000 on a study which could see four villages bypassed ahead of a planned new nuclear power station in Suffolk. | 34515372 |
Charlotte Cobbald, 17, had been spending time on her father's farm on 4 August last year.
The inquest in Bury St Edmunds heard she had been treated for anorexia and depression before her death.
Recording a narrative verdict, assistant coroner Yvonne Blake said she believed Miss Cobbald had acted on impulse.
There was n... | A teenager died after injecting herself with a drug normally used by vets on animals, an inquest has heard. | 32158791 |
Orthodox believers were asked not to take part in Roman Catholic services and a Church delegation due to attend also stayed away.
But Church officials said the decision had been taken by mutual agreement.
It was one of the smallest crowds seen at an outdoor papal Mass during Francis's foreign trips.
People who did atte... | Pope Francis has said Mass in a largely empty stadium on a visit to Georgia after the majority Orthodox Christian Church asked followers to stay away. | 37530407 |
William Graham and Mohammad Asghar will have to enter an open list to compete against other hopefuls.
Mr Graham, an AM since 1999, told BBC Wales: "The process is ongoing. It's all under discussion."
Mr Asghar said he was "not disappointed", but declined to comment further.
Mr Graham is the Welsh Tories' Shadow Econom... | Two Conservative AMs have failed to win automatic re-selection as regional candidates for south east Wales in the 2016 assembly election. | 34536539 |
When I went back to get coffee three hours later, it was gone. Instead, there was a pile of rubble - as if a miniature tornado had swept along the small row of shops that had been there, gobbling each and every one of them up, before abruptly running out of steam at a huge apartment building.
This strip of businesses ... | A few days ago on the way to the office, I grabbed breakfast at a new juice bar on the street where I live. | 37320973 |
Alcohol and Drugs Action (ADA) said the Green Light Project (GLP) - funded by Comic Relief - was for those aged up to 25 in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.
It will include advice on the safer use of social media.
ADA said sexual exploitation could lead to alcohol and drugs problems in later life.
Chief executive Luan Gruge... | A new service aimed at protecting young people from sexual exploitation in the north east of Scotland has been launched. | 40218451 |
Abdullah Kurdi told the BBC he still hoped that world leaders could stop the war in Syria.
Haunting images of Alan's body lying on a Turkish beach a year ago focused world attention on the refugee crisis.
Alan's brother Galib and mother Rihan also drowned when their boat sank en route to the Greek island of Kos.
Abdull... | The father of Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old boy who drowned a year ago as his family fled Syria, has urged Europe to keep its doors open to migrants. | 37252782 |
Michael Foster wrote that Mr Corbyn and his team had "no respect for others and worse, no respect for the rule of law".
Labour said the suspension was for allegedly breaching election rules which ban "abuse of any kind".
Mr Foster said he had been highlighting Mr Corbyn's "leadership cadre" and did not use the word Naz... | Labour has suspended a prominent donor over an article he wrote in which Jeremy Corbyn's leadership bid team were likened to Nazi stormtroopers. | 37329153 |
Wolves lost Wednesday's second leg 50-42 in Manchester, but their 18-point victory in leg one at Monmore Green on Monday ensured they clinched the title.
Freddie Lindgren starred for Wolves, winning three leg-two heats.
"Belle Vue came out really strong and fighting, they rattled us, but we had the most quality," Lindg... | Wolverhampton Wolves fought off a valiant Belle Vue Aces comeback to win the Elite League for the first time since 2009 in the Grand Final. | 37563588 |
Tests are being carried out on the knife and the car is being examined, Sussex Police said.
Earlier on Saturday the family of Don Lock, from Worthing, paid tribute to a "gentle, kind and loving" man.
Police now have until midnight on Sunday to question a 34-year-old man from Worthing on suspicion of murder.
In a news c... | A knife has been recovered and a car found by detectives investigating the murder of a 79-year-old driver after a crash in West Sussex. | 33580123 |
The joyous news was dropped on the notorious internment camp from a plane - and she has kept one of the leaflets containing the revelation in her possession for 70 years.
In February 1942 she lived in Johor Bahru, in British Malaya, with her parents and three siblings when, along with Singapore, it was invaded by the J... | After three years of suffering in Changi, it was several days after VJ Day that Olga Henderson even realised the war was over. | 33934861 |
The Productivity Commission paper said many aspects of life for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians had "stagnated or worsened" since 2014.
But other key measures, such as education and health, had improved.
The report, released on Thursday, is Australia's most comprehensive study of Indigenous wellbeing.... | Indigenous Australians are experiencing increasing levels of imprisonment, self-harm and substance abuse, according to a damning new report. | 38008651 |
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