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Heat-resistant coral is not an artificial construct. The mutation occurs naturally in the remote Kimberley region of north-west Australia, where the world's longest tropical tides create super-heated tide pools where corals have found ways to adapt and survive.
"The coral of the Kimberley is very unique because it's ex... | As fears mount over the Great Barrier Reef's worst coral bleaching event in recorded history, biotechnologists in Australia are looking at ways to grow "super coral" that is more tolerant of global warming, writes Ian Lloyd Neubauer. | 36486474 |
The 5-4 victory in Coventry means Britain draw the two-game series, having lost the opener on Friday.
Assistant coach Tom Watkins said: "It was a really good match from both sides, our performance was excellent. The players showed heart and passion."
GB's World Championship campaign begins against Croatia in Belfast on... | Great Britain won their final warm-up game before the World Championship as Jack Prince scored the winner in a sudden-death shootout against Poland. | 39610545 |
Taylor gave Argyle their 13th away win with a close-range shot after a Graham Carey penalty had earlier cancelled out a Dean Cox opener for the hosts.
Crawley, with six defeats in their previous eight home games, shook their high-flying opponents in the 28th minute when former Brighton and Leyton Orient winger Cox scor... | Ryan Taylor scored a dramatic stoppage-time winner as promotion-chasing Plymouth came from behind to clinch a 2-1 victory at 10-man Crawley. | 39463677 |
Regulatory filings show Sports Direct has now upped its interest in Debenhams stock from 13.38% to 16.09%.
But instead of buying Debenhams shares outright, the sports firm instead holds "options in stock", which gives it a right to buy shares at a future date.
It also holds "contracts for differences", a form of financ... | Mike Ashley's Sports Direct has raised its stake in High Street department store chain Debenhams. | 39471437 |
Figures obtained by the Scottish Conservatives showed the firm paid out £587,572 from April to December 2016.
The majority of the cash was handed out for delayed trains, while some was a "gesture of goodwill".
A spokesman for ScotRail said it encouraged passengers to claim back money for delayed services.
The data, obt... | ScotRail had to pay out more than £2,000 a day in compensation to passengers during a period of disruption to services. | 39006975 |
The Izumo is the largest vessel built by Japan since the end of World War Two - and she looks very much like an aircraft carrier. She has already participated in Singapore's first ever fleet review, an international naval gathering with fleets from Asia and beyond to demonstrate their power.
There is growing support i... | The pride of Japan's naval defence, the JS Izumo, is making an unprecedented journey through Asian waters over the next three months. | 39918647 |
The benchmark FTSE 100 index finished up 76.91 points, or 1.2%, at 6,338.10.
Tesco shares rose 1.8% to 169.50p after the supermarket said it was "encouraged" by its progress, with UK like-for-like sales up 0.3%.
The UK's biggest supermarket chain said it had agreed to sell its Harris & Hoole coffee shop chain to Caffe ... | (Close): The London market closed higher on Thursday, with Tesco among the winners after it reported a second consecutive quarter of rising sales. | 36604544 |
Goals from Eilis Ni Chaiside, Therese Mellon and Denise McGuigan helped Slaughtneil edge out Munster champions Burgess Duharra 3-8 to 3-6.
In November, Slaughtneil became the first club to win provincial titles in all three GAA codes in the same year.
The footballers and hurlers are in All-Ireland semi-final action nex... | Slaughtneil remain on course for a unique club All-Ireland Club gaelic games treble after their camogs won their semi-final on Sunday. | 38791182 |
Struggling Crewe went in front when defender Jon Guthrie deflected in Marcus Haber's effort.
Barnsley levelled after Sam Winnall fired in from Conor Hourihane's corner.
Alfie Mawson won the game for the Tykes with a 20-yard free-kick after the hour, finding the top corner beyond Crewe goalkeeper Ben Garratt. | Barnsley fought back against Crewe Alexandra to make it nine wins from 11 games and close in on the League One play-off places. | 35618947 |
Julia Samoilova is set to represent her country in Kiev in May with the song Flame is Burning.
However, her admission she performed in Crimea since it was annexed by Russia in 2014 may compromise her attendance.
Ukraine's SBU security service has blacklisted 140 Russian artists, although she is not on the list so far.
... | Russia has announced it will now take part in Eurovision 2017 in Ukraine, appearing to end speculation of a boycott for political reasons. | 39254404 |
Jayne Ludlow's team beat the hosts 2-1 on Thursday, but fell victim to the game's only goal on Sunday.
Portugal replacement Claudio Neto struck in the 68th minute to break the deadlock.
Wales went on tour to prepare for the Women's World Cup qualifying campaign, which begins in the autumn.
England, Russia, Bosnia & Her... | Wales Women ended their two-match friendly series in Portugal with a 1-0 defeat at Stadium Municipal in Mangualde. | 40239970 |
Ameen Jogee, then 22, from Leicester, was jailed for his involvement of the murder of a former policeman in 2012.
The UK's highest court has ordered that Mr Jogee is retried on the charge of murder "with the included alternative of manslaughter".
The court ruled that the law had been wrongly interpreted for 30 years.
M... | A man who won an appeal against his murder conviction in a landmark ruling by the Supreme Court on joint enterprise law is to face a retrial. | 35996076 |
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Greg Docherty had put Accies in front early on with a powerful 12-yard shot.
But Frenchman Pogba popped up at the back post to neatly nod in a measured Steven Lawless delivery.
And the turnaround was complete late on as substitute Kris Doolan crossed for Edwards to head ho... | Mathias Pogba and Ryan Edwards both scored headers for Partick Thistle to prevent Hamilton Academical securing their first home win in six months. | 35792102 |
A survey carried out by a drug control group has found that about 2.8 million people are regularly consuming drugs in the country.
Opium, the main ingredient in heroin, is the country's most popular narcotic, making up 67% of consumption.
Production of the drug in neighbouring Afghanistan has risen in recent years.
A s... | The number of people suffering from drug addiction in Iran has more than doubled in the last six years, local media report. | 40397727 |
Those are the words of County Armagh man Vance McElhinney, also known as Nguyen Van Tan, who was airlifted out of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War 40 years ago.
Mr McElhinney does not know his birthday, his birthplace or even whether his biological family is still alive.
His name - Nguyen Van Tan - was only establi... | "I've got ghosts I need to lay to rest - I've got to at least figure out if I've got any relatives out there." | 35662132 |
They are so well preserved that they give an insight into the "mother croc" that laid them 152 million years ago.
The prehistoric crocodile ancestor would have spanned two metres, based on the size of the larger eggs, say palaeontologists.
Crocodilians arose some 200 million years ago, when they prowled the land with e... | The oldest crocodilian eggs known to science have been discovered in the cliffs of western Portugal. | 39219795 |
The sites affected seemed to belong primarily to small businesses.
On Friday, Indonesia summoned Australia's ambassador amid reports that its Jakarta embassy was used as part of a US-led spying network.
The reports were based on a US National Security Agency document leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
The allegati... | A hacking group calling itself Anonymous Indonesia claims to have attacked over 170 Australian sites, following reports of Australian spying. | 24802593 |
Witnesses said officers had opened fire as they moved into the village of Diraz, where Sheikh Isa Qassim lives.
The interior ministry said a number of "fugitives" had been arrested, but did not comment on the reported death.
The raid comes two days after Sheikh Qassim was given a one-year suspended jail sentence for al... | A protester has been killed in a raid by Bahraini police on a sit-in near the home of the Sunni-ruled kingdom's most prominent Shia cleric, activists say. | 40011837 |
He hosted dinners last week with business leaders about keeping single market access for at least two years after Brexit, the Sunday Times claims.
But former cabinet minister Michael Gove told the BBC that such a plan could complicate the Brexit process.
A Bank spokesman declined to discuss "private meetings and conver... | Brexit supporters have rejected plans reportedly backed by Bank of England Governor Mark Carney for an extended transition when Britain leaves the EU. | 38122994 |
GSA has agreed a 95-year tenancy with Glasgow City Council which will see up to £20m invested in restoring the B-listed building on Sauchiehall Street.
The deal means the art school will return to the 150-year-old building, more than a century after leaving.
GSA occupied the McLellan Galleries for 30 years from 1869 b... | Glasgow School of Art (GSA) is to take over the running of the city's historic McLellan Galleries. | 30431041 |
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The reason is that cafe and shop owners who provide wi-fi could be held liable for illegal activity that happens on their network, such as piracy or illegal downloads.
But campaigners are trying to change this law.
Video journalist: Joe Miller | For a country with a reputation as a tech powerhouse, public wi-fi is surprisingly difficult to find in Germany. | 39640704 |
The Dutchman, aiming to regain the title he won in 2014, averaged 109.23, the fourth highest in the tournament's history, and hit 67% of his doubles.
Van Gerwen reeled off 12 of 13 legs to book a meeting with compatriot Raymond van Barneveld at Alexandra Palace.
The 2007 champion beat Stephen Bunting in a nail-biting f... | World number one Michael van Gerwen stormed into the last 16 of the PDC World Championship with a stunning 4-0 demolition of Darren Webster. | 35187895 |
Work to recover the bodies has been halted because contractors have reached a 50m (164 ft) "exclusion zone".
Site owner RWE Npower said work cannot continue until the rest of the building is demolished.
Labour MP for Rotherham Sarah Champion said it was "one blow after another" for the men's families.
Four workers died... | The failure to recover the bodies of three men killed when Didcot power station collapsed is a "national scandal", their families' MP has said. | 36366768 |
The centre-right governing coalition has vowed to continue austerity policies in place since 2011, after it was forced to seek a eurozone bailout.
The Socialists and other left-wing groups have criticised the cuts.
President Anibal Cavaco Silva called for a high turnout on Sunday, saying Portugal was facing a crucial m... | People in Portugal are due to vote in a parliamentary election that is widely seen as a referendum on four years of spending cuts and market reforms. | 34436674 |
The men said making the fuel at the Phurnacite plant at Abercwmboi, Rhondda Cynon Taf, left them with lung cancer and respiratory disease.
Four of 183 ex-workers with claims won compensation between £120,000 and £4,500 after claiming British Coal failed to provide necessary protection.
Lawyers say the judgement could... | Workers at a now closed smokeless fuel plant were made ill by their place of work, the High Court has ruled. | 20039041 |
The new prize, open to English-language writers from around the world, pre-empts the Man Booker Prize, which this year expands to a global level.
Saunders picked up his £40,000 cheque at a ceremony in central London on Monday night.
The eight-strong shortlist had been dominated by American authors.
"George Saunders' st... | American writer George Saunders has won the inaugural Folio Prize for his "darkly playful" short story collection, Tenth of December. | 26517282 |
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BBC pundit Neville scouted Shaw for United when he was at Southampton, believing the full-back, 21, would would become a star at Old Trafford.
But the £27m signing has played only three times since the end of November.
The England player says he will "fight to the last sec... | Ex-Manchester United defender Phil Neville believes there is "something fundamentally wrong" with Luke Shaw that has forced manager Jose Mourinho to publically criticise him. | 39505222 |
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In 2014, ex-Team Sky medic Dr Richard Freeman had a laptop containing medical records stolen, the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee were told.
Team Sky and British Cycling's record-keeping was questioned in the hearing.
"No one has any recognition of what was in th... | A doctor who received a 'mystery package' for Sir Bradley Wiggins in 2011 has no record of his medical treatment at the time, MPs have heard. | 39128672 |
The driver of a Nissan Micra failed to stop when seen "driving suspiciously" on the northbound carriageway near junction 10 at about 11:55 BST on Saturday, Gloucestershire Police said.
He crashed into a ditch when leaving the motorway near Strensham services, whilst still under pursuit.
The crash has been referred to t... | A motorist died following a police pursuit on the M5 in Worcestershire. | 36132652 |
He is one of the luckiest men in the world. He escaped the massacre at Charlie Hebdo because he doesn't like meetings.
Before we switch on the recorder he warns me: "I don't talk much. I drink and draw."
Willem, a Dutchman who has lived in Paris since 1968, manages, at 74, to be both cheeky and lugubrious.
With long wh... | Willem Holtrop sits in the Cafe de la Liberte, nursing a small glass of white wine. | 30805689 |
Stubbs has been linked with a move to former club Bolton, who have been relegated to League One in England.
Hibs host Falkirk at Easter Road on Tuesday in the first leg of their Premiership semi-final play-off.
"There is only one thing on my mind right now and that is trying to achieve a great end to the season for the... | Hibernian manager Alan Stubbs says he will not be distracted by speculation regarding his future at Easter Road. | 36251105 |
With polls in France showing a tight contest ahead of Sunday's voting, "nobody wants to take any new position," said Karl Haeling, of LBBW.
The Dow Jones fell 0.2% to 20,547.55, while the S&P 500 shed 0.3% to 2,348.7. The Nasdaq lost 0.1% at 5,910.52.
General Electric fell 2.4% despite posting higher profits.
Honeywell... | Wall Street's main markets fell on mixed earnings and cautious investor sentiment ahead of the French presidential election this weekend. | 39665509 |
Reginald Watson, who served in the King's Royal Rifle Corps, died on 23 November aged 90.
The Reverend Mandy Bishop, of Ormesby St Margaret, Norfolk, made a social media plea for mourners to attend his funeral after learning that he faced a pauper's service.
She said she was "overwhelmed" by the response.
For more on t... | More than 100 people attended the funeral of a Second World War veteran who died with no living family. | 38576432 |
Iraq-born Kasim fired home at the far post from Charlie Colkett's cross to end Town's run of seven league and cup games without a win and lift them to 18th, four points clear of trouble.
Third-placed Wanderers had gone in front three minutes after the interval with a stunning goal from an unlikely source, centre-half D... | Yaser Kasim netted an 89th-minute winner as Swindon came from behind to beat League One promotion chasers Bolton 2-1 at the Macron Stadium. | 38539088 |
Shanghai, managed by former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson, broke the record of £38.4m that Jiangsu Suning paid for compatriot Alex Teixeira.
Hulk, 29, scored 21 goals for Russian side Zenit last season.
Chinese clubs spent almost £200m in the most recent transfer window.
Hulk, who played for three Japanese clubs bef... | Brazil forward Hulk has become the most expensive signing in Asian football with a £46.1m (55.8m euros) move to Chinese Super League side Shanghai SIPG from Zenit St Petersburg. | 36650578 |
The Potters' points total of 51 was slightly down on their 2014-15 Premier League best of 54 points.
But Stoke suffered an injury list that robbed them of key players like skipper Ryan Shawcross and Jack Butland.
"If you look at the the injury list we've had a pretty good season," Coates told BBC Radio Stoke.
"We're do... | Stoke City chairman Peter Coates says he is satisfied with his club's feat of finishing ninth in the Premier League for the third straight season. | 36316310 |
Morris and the followers of the Arts and Crafts movement, which spanned Britain, the United States and Japan in the late 19th century, argued that mass manufactured products devalued labour and led to cheap and ugly surroundings.
It's not too big a stretch to argue that the 21st century version of that argument is "buy... | More than a century ago, English artist and activist William Morris argued "nothing should be made by man's labour which is not worth making, or which must be made by labour degrading to the makers". | 32310715 |
After a poor opening day 75, McDowell has rediscovered some good form with back-to-back rounds of six under par.
He fired five birdies in a row on Saturday to finish the day on eight under for the tournament, 10 shots behind leader Gary Woodland of America.
Waterford's Seamus Power is in fourth place on 15 under after ... | Graeme McDowell carded a 65 for the second day running in an encouraging defence of his PGA Tour title in Mexico. | 37943950 |
The migratory bird of prey nicknamed EJ is known for having drama-filled breeding seasons at Loch Garten near Grantown on Spey.
So eventful are some of EJ's stays that RSPB Scotland has come to describe them as a "soap opera".
With a little help from EastEnders' various plot twists, BBC News Scotland online looks at th... | A female osprey has returned to an RSPB Scotland reserve in the Highlands for its 14th season. | 35880215 |
Hampshire County Council is consulting over plans to merge Fort Hill Community School in Basingstoke with Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College.
The authority said just 39 parents picked Fort Hill as a first choice for their children in September 2017 out of a possible 145 pupil places.
Critics said the council sh... | Parents and councillors have come out in support of a comprehensive school earmarked for closure. | 38716594 |
Pakistan finished the day on 70-2 in their second innings, 419 runs behind their hosts with two days remaining.
Australia captain Steve Smith opted not to enforce the follow-on after his bowlers dismissed Pakistan for 142.
Smith hit a quickfire 63 from 70 balls as the home side declared on 202-5 to extend the lead to 4... | Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Starc made late breakthroughs to leave Australia firmly in control after the third day of the first Test against Pakistan. | 38351938 |
His remains were found at Waterfoot beach in County Antrim in November.
Mr Wilson was 21 when he went missing from his West Belfast home in 1973. He is believed to have been abducted and murdered by the IRA.
The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims Remains began searching the beach following a tip-off tha... | An inquest will begin on Friday into the death of Peter Wilson, one of the "Disappeared". | 12702321 |
The man, from Omagh in County Tyrone, was arrested in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, on Monday evening.
Constable Kerr, 25, died when a booby-trap bomb exploded under his car in Omagh on 2 April 2011.
Dissident republican paramilitaries have been blamed for the killing of the newly-recruited Catholic constable.
The ar... | Detectives investigating the murder of Northern Ireland police officer, Ronan Kerr, are continuing to question a 22-year-old man. | 20505130 |
The pile, made up of household waste, rubble and industrial refuse, is taller than the nearby houses in Moor Street, Brierley Hill.
The Environment Agency said it will take eight months and cost £750,000 to clear the blot on the landscape.
Neighbours have spoken of their relief that it is being taken down.
One woman s... | A 42ft (13m) tall pile of rubbish that has cast an enormous shadow over the Black Country for more than three years is finally being cleared. | 35305271 |
The deadliest attack took place near a restaurant in the city's Palestine Street, killing eight people.
The militant Islamic State (IS) group, which seized last swathes of the country last year, often says it is behind such attacks.
Even before the rise of IS, Iraq has been wracked for years by deadly sectarian attacks... | A series of bomb attacks in and around the Iraqi capital Baghdad has left at least 18 people dead. | 33072095 |
Twelve of the 27 committee chairmen have already been elected unopposed.
But MPs standing for the remaining positions faced a secret ballot of colleagues on Wednesday, with the outcome to be announced on the floor of the Commons at 10:30 BST.
The roles have been divided up between the political parties based on the res... | Results of the elections for House of Commons select committee chairmen are to be announced shortly. | 33180818 |
An inquiry was carried out after a manager alleged Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust was manipulating its death rates.
The Freedom of Information Commissioner has warned the NHS Trust Development Authority failure to respond to a BBC request could be contempt of court.
The authority said it was having difficulty finding al... | An NHS regulator must release details about a delayed report into a trust's treatment of whistleblowers or face possible court action. | 35568972 |
After Bury's Tom Pope hit the bar, Chris Taylor put Millwall on their way to a third win in four games with a goal direct from a corner.
Steve Morison then scored his 18th goal of the season before Ryan Lowe smashed in off the bar to pull one back.
But Taylor made the game safe by converting Morison's cross to move the... | Millwall kept their faint hopes of automatic promotion alive with a deserved victory over mid-table Bury. | 36060861 |
The Croatia international was taken off on a stretcher in the 117th minute of the Reds' League Cup penalty shootout victory over Carlisle at Anfield.
"He landed awkwardly but fingers crossed I don't think it's as bad as it looked," said McAllister.
Roberto Firmino also went off, but McAllister said he "seems fine".
The... | Liverpool are hopeful defender Dejan Lovren's injury is not as bad as initially feared, says assistant manager Gary McAllister. | 34344266 |
Goals from Sardar Azmoun and Mehdi Taremi ensured Iran, coached by Carlos Queiroz, will appear at successive World Cups for the first time.
Victory meant they opened an eight-point advantage over their opponents, who are third in the table.
Five-time winners Brazil were the first team to join hosts Russia at next year'... | Iran became the second team to qualify for the 2018 World Cup as they beat Uzbekistan 2-0 in Tehran. | 40258091 |
Morrison had told manager Nigel Adkins he wanted speak to Cardiff despite signing a contract extension in 2013.
The 23-year-old's signing comes after the Bluebirds sold Steven Caulker to QPR and after defender Ben Turner sustained an ankle injury in July.
Cardiff also completed the signing of winger Anthony Pilkington ... | Cardiff City have signed Reading defender Sean Morrison after he completed a medical on Thursday. | 28802083 |
The 27-year-old Cameroon right-back never played for the Italian side in six years, spending the entire time on loan with Spanish club Granada.
Thirteen members of Watford's current squad have played for Granada, Udinese or both - with all three sides owned by Giampaolo Pozzo.
Nyom was part of the Cameroon squad at las... | Watford have signed defender Allan Nyom from Udinese on a four-year contract. | 33530600 |
The firm, which once drew teen shoppers with ads featuring scantily-clad models, has struggled more recently with falling sales.
But shares rose in May after the firm, which also owns the Hollister brand, said it was considering selling itself.
The stock plunged more than 21% on Monday after those talks ended.
Abercrom... | Investors dumped shares of Abercrombie & Fitch on Monday after the Ohio clothes retailer said it had broken off talks with potential buyers. | 40560179 |
Michael Uriely died five days after leaving the Royal Free Hospital in London in 2015.
In the months before his death he was seen by many doctors who failed to diagnose his condition was chronic.
Had he been given a high dose of steroids in hospital "it's unlikely he would have died", the coroner said.
Michael's parent... | A nine-year-old chess champion who died of an asthma attack could probably have been saved if he had not been sent home from hospital, a coroner has ruled. | 39297827 |
The Met Office has issued amber "be prepared" warnings of rain for much of north east and central Scotland on Saturday and Sunday.
They cover Grampian, Tayside, central Scotland and Fife until 21:00 on Monday.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) currently has 23 flood warnings in place and three alerts.
T... | Parts of Scotland are still being warned that flooding is likely, with rivers expected to peak later. | 35216974 |
Bournemouth Borough Council shut East Overcliff Drive on 26 April while engineers assessed the area for signs of further movement.
Rubble came tumbling down from the 30m-high (100ft) cliff close to the Jon Egging Memorial in the early hours, two days earlier.
The council said a cordon along the promenade at either side... | A road closed after a major landslip in Bournemouth has reopened. | 36202553 |
Ramla, 21, came to the UK in 1999 with her family to seek a better life and escape from the decades of civil war in Somalia.
"My mum moved us here to give us a better future. Somalia wasn't a very child-friendly place then," Ramla told the BBC.
"Just after the ceremony, my mum told me how unbelievably proud she was tha... | When Ramla Tyrow walked on to the stage to collect her diploma, she shared that joy with one of the most important people in her life - her mum. | 40611419 |
Floodwater gouged out ground beneath Spencer Court, Newburn, on Tuesday, exposing the piles holding it up and badly damaging foundations.
Residents attending a public meeting reacted angrily to the news the flats might have to be pulled down.
On Thursday two further blocks of council flats were evacuated amid fears Spe... | Flood-damaged flats in Newcastle which are close to collapse are likely to be demolished, engineers have said. | 19739824 |
Other staff administered CPR to the man who was said to be in cardiac arrest after being injured.
Ambulance staff were called to the scene and were unable to save the man, who was confirmed dead a short time later.
JLR said it was "deeply saddened" and had started an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his... | A Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) employee has died at the car manufacturer's factory in Solihull. | 40340235 |
The plans could mean the end of regular cycles of inspections of universities.
These "reviews" could be replaced by a more risk-based system, with a stronger emphasis on the outcomes for students, such as employment after graduation.
The higher education funding councils, launching the plans, say they want "student nee... | A major overhaul is being proposed of the way in which standards are protected in universities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. | 33277904 |
Officers spoke to 51-year-old Andy Hill at a police station in Hertfordshire.
Police, who did not name Mr Hill, said a man voluntarily attended an appointment and was "interviewed under caution but not arrested".
Mr Hill was performing aerobatics at the annual Shoreham show when the jet crashed and broke up.
An initial... | The pilot of the Hawker Hunter jet which crashed onto the A27 in Sussex killing 11 people, has been interviewed by police for the first time. | 35136046 |
Wales top the table on points difference after their 33-7 win in Italy while England narrowly beat France in their opener.
"There's a lot of talk about England and Ireland - they played some good rugby in the autumn," said Webb.
"Let everyone keep talking them up, we'll just go about our job."
Wales are dealing with a ... | Scrum-half Rhys Webb says Wales will concentrate on themselves rather than England before their "massive" Six Nations meeting in Cardiff on Saturday. | 38887044 |
Chanel Lewis, 20, was arraigned on Sunday with murder and sex crimes in Karina Vetrano's August 2016 death.
"He's a demon," Cathy Vetrano said about the suspect, who was arrested on Saturday, six months after the killing.
Investigators say the accused's DNA was found at the crime scene, including under the victim's fin... | The mother of a murdered New York City jogger has lashed out at her daughter's suspected killer in court, shouting: "Now your nightmare begins." | 38860326 |
Laurent Koscielny could miss out after suffering a recurrence of a calf problem, while Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain remains out with a hamstring injury.
Sunderland pair Jason Denayer and Victor Anichebe are doubts with respective thigh and hamstring problems.
George Honeyman is also struggling to shake off a back injury.
Ar... | Arsenal will monitor top scorer Alexis Sanchez, who suffered a kick to the thigh at Stoke. | 39853089 |
The 24-year-old joined from Port Vale in 2014 after starting his career in non-league football.
He has scored six goals in 24 appearances for the Lilywhites so far this season.
"I know that they have asked the question and that got refuted pretty quickly," Preston boss Simon Grayson told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"We don't... | Preston North End have turned down an approach from Championship rivals Ipswich Town for striker Jordan Hugill. | 38594277 |
That was what one lucky traveller in China experienced while flying home to Guangzhou for the New Year holiday.
Delays meant all other passengers had swapped to an earlier flight, leaving Ms Zhang to enjoy the "rockstar" trip.
Flying rather than going by train also meant she avoided huge delays which saw around 100,000... | Plenty of leg room, personalised service and no crying babies or unruly fellow passengers. | 35480239 |
Cuba did not link the exercises to the victory of Republican candidate Donald Trump in the US presidential election.
But analysts say such exercises have in the past been held at times of tension or to send a signal to the US.
During his campaign, Mr Trump said he would reverse the recent thaw in relations between Cuba... | The Cuban government has announced it will hold five days of nationwide military exercises to prepare for "a range of enemy action". | 37927781 |
This is the climax of the class of 2017's existence and it will determine how they will be remembered. Everything has built to this.
After coming within three points of the tourists in the second Test in Wellington - despite playing with 14 men for most of the match - the All Blacks will be confident of revenge and vic... | The Lions are 80 minutes away from a series win against world champions New Zealand that would cause ripples around the sporting world and echo in rugby folklore for decades to come. | 40519766 |
Britain's donations of more than £100m in the summer of 2014 helped to set up nearly 3,000 hospital beds.
This vital provision, researchers estimate, prevented 56,000 Ebola cases.
But a further 12,500 cases could have been averted if the beds been available even a month earlier, they calculate.
The UK government insis... | The global response to the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone helped avert 40,000 deaths but if aid had been offered sooner, thousands more lives there might have been saved, say researchers. | 34506568 |
The order was contained in a directive from 2011 that has only now been made public, KBS TV and Yonhap reported.
It said no newborn could be given the name, and those who already had it should amend their birth certificates.
The rule is thought to have applied to leaders Kim Jong-il and Kim Il-sung, Mr Kim's father and... | North Korea has ordered anyone who shares the name of the leader, Kim Jong-un, to change it, according to South Korean media. | 30311763 |
His "rope-a-dope" strategy of letting the more powerful Foreman punch himself to a standstill resulted in Ali winning a fight many had predicted, and the first seven rounds had suggested, he would lose.
The best strategies are often only revealed in hindsight.
As a sharp observer of political strategy, a different Geor... | When Muhammad Ali beat George Foreman in 1974's Rumble in the Jungle it wasn't until the eighth round knock-out that everyone suddenly realised what Ali was up to. | 36141888 |
The main pro-government dailies, the Harare-based Herald and the Bulawayo-based Chronicle, are tightly controlled by the Information Ministry. The private press, which is relatively vigorous in its criticism of the government, has come under severe pressure.
Newspaper cover prices are beyond the reach of many readers a... | All broadcasters transmitting from Zimbabwean soil, and many of the main newspapers, toe the government line. | 14113511 |
The Fort William Mountain Bike World Cup and Buff 4X Pro Tour were held at Nevis Range at the weekend.
Hundreds of riders competed in the events watched by a total of more than 20,000 spectators over two days.
The Fort William competition forms the third stage of the UCI World Cup Downhill championships.
Photographer P... | All images are copyrighted. | 40157949 |
John Davies says more needs to be spent on marketing the project, which is heavily backed with public money.
Take up in areas that have had it for a year is 19% with just over £300,000 spent on marketing, which is around 1% of the overall cost so far.
But ministers said take up was where they expected it to be at this ... | Wales is not making the most of a £425m contract to roll out superfast broadband in rural areas, according to the former head of BT in Wales. | 26942944 |
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said the two-seater plane was involved in the crash at 11:05 GMT on Saturday.
Two people were in the aircraft, but neither was injured and they were not taken to hospital.
The fire service sent crews from Swansea West, Swansea Central and Gorseinon to the airport, at Fairwood ... | A light aircraft has crashed on the runway at Swansea Airport. | 17247216 |
The items, which feature in a top 10 list of strange donations, were given to charities including Oxfam and Guide Dogs for the Blind.
The list, which was compiled by the Charities Aid Foundation, also includes a ventriloquist dummy and two canaries.
The donations have either been left at charity shops or bequeathed as ... | A sheep's head, a prosthetic leg and a ferret are among the strangest gifts people have given to charities. | 38408407 |
Hull's Amy Johnson completed the journey from London to Darwin in 1930.
To mark 75 years since her death, engineers from the University of Hull have worked with Glasgow School of Art to create a fully interactive digital 3D version of the pioneering pilot.
It will be on display in Hull's Central Library as part of a fe... | The first woman pilot to fly solo from Britain to Australia has been brought back to life in virtual reality form. | 37179937 |
The American rock outfit will play the Pyramid stage on Saturday, 24 June, confirming rumours they would take the slot.
The announcement was made by the group during a secret show for fans in Frome, Somerset, on Friday night - their first in 18 months.
They join the line-up alongside Radiohead.
The announcement was als... | Foo Fighters will be headlining Glastonbury Festival 2017, the band have announced. | 39085717 |
Stephen McGowan, 23, was found with serious injuries in a common close in the Inverclyde town's Tobago Street at 03:20 on Sunday. He died at the scene.
Police also cordoned off an area of Lynedoch Street, which they said was linked to the same incident.
The murder inquiry was launched following a post-mortem examinatio... | Police have launched a murder inquiry after the death of a man in Greenock. | 28510135 |
The PSNI said weapons, including hatchets and sledge hammers, were used to attack police officers and their vehicles on Newtownards Road.
The disorder began close to the nationalist Short Strand area as loyalists returned from a protest at Belfast City Hall.
Eight arrests were made, bringing the total since the protest... | Police have fired plastic bullets during a fifth consecutive night of riots during flag protests in Belfast. | 20940126 |
Serbs in northern Kosovo will enjoy greater rights through one of the deals, while Kosovo gains its own international dialling code in another.
The EU's foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, who mediated, called the agreements "landmark achievements".
Kosovo split from Serbia in 2008, a decade on since a conflict b... | Kosovo and Serbia have signed a series of agreements in key areas, in a major step towards normalising ties. | 34059497 |
Mr Flanagan was speaking at a conference attended by British and Irish politicians at Oxford.
Mr Flanagan also said that Northern Ireland's legacy inquest delays would be addressed by implementing the Lord Chief Justice's proposals.
The Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan, requested £10m funding for a five-year prog... | The Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan has said it is vital that other European Union member states understand the unique circumstances in the island of Ireland in the period before the UK triggers its departure from the EU. | 37328992 |
Now, we have our answer: we're going.
Not geographically, for the UK won't float off into the Atlantic; and not any time soon, for unpicking four decades of knotty agreement can't be done instantly.
But for those of us in the business of reporting politics, particularly the relatively uneventful, peaceful, democratic b... | For the last month or so on Radio 4's PM, we've been borrowing a question from The Clash: Should I stay or should I go? | 36627241 |
The 22-year-old former Scotland Under-21 international made five appearances on loan with the Shrimpers in 2016.
He was let go by West Ham this summer, failing to make a senior appearance since joining from Hamilton in 2015.
"I came here on loan for a short spell and it's a great club, I can't wait to start playing," h... | League One side Southend United have re-signed former West Ham left-back Stephen Hendrie on a two-year contract, with the option of a third. | 40444372 |
Mr Comey, who was sacked by Donald Trump on 9 May, gave some clues to the inner workings of the Trump administration and its relationship with the intelligence services.
But despite the forensic examination of the witness by senators some questions remain unanswered, whether because they involve classified information ... | Former FBI director James Comey's evidence to the Senate Intelligence Committee has been keenly awaited by the US public. | 40206241 |
The Cornish Football Association has given Martin and his club two weeks to respond to the charge.
Martin was sent off after reacting angrily to a late penalty being awarded against his side in Tuesday's game with Tavistock, which they lost 4-1.
Following the red card, he allegedly assaulted referee Stuart Kane.
The Co... | AFC St Austell midfielder Marcus Martin has been charged with improper conduct after allegedly attacking a referee during a game in Cornwall. | 36148234 |
The fishermen at Cove told last year how the landowner wanted the boats removed as he looked to improve the area where they were moored.
However, they have continued to operate.
A legal letter has now been received, giving them a deadline to remove the boats or face court proceedings.
Boat owner Jim Adam told BBC Scotl... | The future of a small Aberdeen harbour is once again under threat, with fishermen facing court action unless they remove their boats. | 34207787 |
Hickey stepped aside after being arrested by Rio police during the 2016 Olympics in an investigation into illegal ticket sales.
Acting president Willie O'Brien, Swim Ireland's chief executive Sarah Keane and Basketball Ireland's Bernard O'Byrne are the three candidates.
Hickey, 71, was allowed to return home to Ireland... | The Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) will elect a new president to succeed Pat Hickey on Thursday night in Dublin. | 38913953 |
The authority said the service would be replaced by a volunteer-run "home library service" for people who are unable to access a public library.
Three mobile library staff members have taken voluntary redundancy and talks are on-going with four others.
The current service will end after 30 June as the authority looks t... | Hampshire's mobile library service is to be scrapped, the county council has confirmed. | 36071032 |
Istiak Yusuf, 25, died in June 2015 after being arrested for an alleged assault against his wife.
Ampthill Coroners Court was shown footage of him being checked in and searched before being taken to a cell.
The jury earlier heard Mr Yusuf, who lived in Luton, managed to take cocaine and MDMA after being searched.
The f... | A man who died at Luton police station after taking drugs in his cell was searched for 22 seconds, an inquest has heard. | 36204865 |
Fire crews were called early on Saturday as a shed and fence were alight at the Highbridge Caravans site.
A Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said the blaze posed significant danger to firefighters, because of gas cylinders on site.
It is believed the fire quickly spread to the caravans. The fire bri... | About 160 caravans have been destroyed in a fire and series of explosions which ripped through a storage yard. | 37529029 |
The shootings took place in three separate locations in Lincoln County, south Mississippi.
A male suspect, named in local media as Willie Cory Godbolt, was detained by police on Sunday morning.
Authorities say it is too early to consider any possible motive behind the killings.
Mr Godbolt's mother-in-law, two other rel... | An overnight shooting in the US state of Mississippi has left eight people dead, including a local deputy sheriff, police say. | 40078291 |
Chester-born former Everton trainee Waring, 21, is yet to make a first-team appearance for Stoke, but scored six times in 19 League One appearances on loan at Barnsley two seasons ago.
He then had 14 games on loan at League Two side Oxford United last season.
El Ouriachi, 20, joined Stoke from Barcelona after rejecting... | Shrewsbury Town have signed winger Moha El Ouriachi and striker George Waring from Premier League side Stoke City, both on a six-month loan. | 37086093 |
Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team said it was one of the biggest joint operations in years, with four teams from England and Scotland involved.
Rescue volunteers had to crawl through 4ft (1.2m) snow drifts to reach the casualties on Windy Gyle.
All the walkers were safely off the hill just after midnight on Monday.
Mem... | Ten walkers have been rescued from deep snow in the Cheviot Hills after members of the group began suffering from hypothermia. | 38956453 |
The Typhoons were launched from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire to identify an "unresponsive civilian aircraft", the RAF said.
Communications were re-established and the aircraft was safely escorted to Cardiff Airport, a spokesman added.
The Challenger 300 jet left the airport at 19:20 GMT, thought to be heading to its o... | Two RAF jets were scrambled to escort a private plane into Cardiff airport after it lost radio contact. | 36001533 |
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecast more government borrowing and reductions in economic growth after the referendum.
Ex-minister Iain Duncan Smith accused the OBR of "utter doom and gloom".
But Mr Chancellor Hammond said it was good to prepare for a "rainy day".
He added that the government was investi... | Chancellor Philip Hammond has called economic forecasts in the Autumn Statement one of a "range of outcomes" after some pro-Brexit MPs criticised them for being too pessimistic. | 38087110 |
However, there is concern about the effects the project could have on marine life.
The project, which is being developed by Gaeletric, is all about generating renewable energy.
The company plans to store compressed air in huge caverns under the Antrim coastline, in the area around Islandmagee.
When the compressed air i... | A project to store compressed air in caves under the County Antrim coastline has been given a huge EU grant. | 34543396 |
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Billy Caldwell was aged just six months when his mother Charlotte was told by a Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children doctor that he would not survive.
BBC Newsline's South West reporter Julian Fowler has the story. | A Castlederg boy who has a severe form of epilepsy has been making huge progress thanks to the support of his local community and a Santa's grotto. | 30595966 |
The 31-year-old spent time on loan with Gateshead earlier this season, making 15 appearances for the Heed.
Penn joined Carlisle from York City in the summer of 2016 but made just two appearances for the club.
The former Cheltenham Town captain joins Izale McLeod and James Jenning in joining Wrexham during January. | Wrexham have signed midfielder Russell Penn until the end of the season after he left Carlisle United by mutual consent on Friday. | 38609197 |
National football association (AFA) chief Armando Perez is to fly to Spain to speak to Atletico Madrid's Diego Simeone and Sevilla's Jorge Sampaoli.
And while in Europe he will sound out Pochettino, 44, Argentina FA sources told broadsheet La Nacion.
Ex-Argentina international Pochettino is contracted by Spurs until 20... | Tottenham's Mauricio Pochettino is to be approached about the vacant Argentina coach's position, according to reports in the country. | 36864651 |
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