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Champions Leicester travel to Chelsea to kick off the action on a Saturday on which leaders Manchester City face fifth-placed Everton and there is a London derby between Crystal Palace and West Ham.
The biggest game of this round of fixtures, however, comes on Monday as Liverpool take on Manchester United.
Here are som... | Premier League football returns after the international break with a mouthwatering line-up. | 37663057 |
The Right Reverend Robert Paterson, 67, has served the Diocese of Sodor and Man since 2008, as well as holding a seat on the island's Legislative Council.
He told Manx Radio his decision to retire on 11 November was motivated "purely by age".
Sodor and Man is the smallest diocese in the Church of England, overseeing 45... | The Bishop of Sodor and Man says he will retire later this year. | 36865907 |
The firm said it was "urgently investigating illegal and unauthorised access to the personal data of some of its customers".
The firm said it began contacting borrowers on Saturday and was offering support through a dedicated phone line.
The information stolen includes names, addresses, phone numbers, bank account numb... | The payday loan firm Wonga has suffered a data breach which may have affected up to 245,000 customers in the UK. | 39544762 |
The World Bank recently announced that it would invest $4m (£2.8m) into Sierra Leone's fishing industry, a sector that provides employment for about 230,000 people.
Photographer Olivia Acland spent the day with Pepper, a fisherman who sets out from the port of Tombo. | All photographs © Olivia Acland. | 35765270 |
Doctors suspect the 51-year-old athlete succumbed to an unusual, but severe form of an infection called Weil's disease or leptospirosis.
It's likely that Holmes, who had been involved in coaching over the past two years after returning to the sport, caught the disease from contact with dirty river water.
How worried sh... | Rowers are still reeling from the news of the death of Great Britain's double Olympic champion rower Andy Holmes MBE. | 11625889 |
Cushendall's McManus picked up the injury in Antrim's game against Tipperary on 29 January.
"I'm definitely going to miss two or three games," said McManus at the Allianz Hurling League launch.
The Saffrons open their Division 2A campaign against London on Sunday.
McManus also expects to be ruled out of Antrim's second... | Antrim's hopes of Hurling League promotion have suffered a blow after star forward Neil McManus sustained a broken cheekbone which is likely to rule him out for at least three games. | 38912353 |
Skye Events for All (Seall) is based at the isle's Gaelic college, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig.
It has secured £55,000 from the National Lottery through Creative Scotland's Open Project Fund.
Seall runs Fèis an Eilein, the two-month Skye Festival which takes place this year between 4 July and 25 August.
At the end of October,... | An organisation that promotes live performing arts on the Isle of Skye has been awarded key funding towards its work this year. | 39302618 |
Matthew Gordon and Peter Wood were sentenced at Bristol Crown Court to seven and a-half years and five years three months, respectively.
They were told the lorry had "truly serious faults" that were "obvious to anyone".
Mitzi Steady, four, Robert Parker, 59, Philip Allen, 52, and Stephen Vaughan, 34, died in the crash ... | A haulage boss and a mechanic have been jailed following a 2015 tipper truck crash that killed four people in Bath. | 38774080 |
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) crews had missiles and fireworks thrown at them as they attended incidents.
One firefighter was hit by a stone in Bingham, Edinburgh, as his crew helped tackle a rubbish fire.
In Greenock, firefighters were forced to withdraw after they were attacked with missiles. The fire servi... | Bonfire Night was "marred" by a number of attacks on firefighters across Scotland, the fire service has said. | 37888161 |
A Eurogroup statement said Greece had broken off negotiations over a new bailout deal "unilaterally".
Late on Friday, Greek PM Alexis Tsipras called a surprise referendum for 5 July over the terms of any new deal.
Greece has to pay €1.6bn (£1.1bn) to the IMF on 30 June. Without new funds, there are fears Greece may lea... | Eurozone finance ministers have rejected a Greek request to extend a bailout programme beyond 30 June. | 33300543 |
The 36-year-old from Wrexham is due to appear before Flintshire magistrates on Thursday.
He is charged with an attempted robbery at a McColls minimarket on Rhosnesni Lane and an attempted robbery at a Spar supermarket in Gresford, both on Sunday.
He is also accused of a burglary at a property. | A man has been charged with two attempted robberies at shops in Wrexham. | 38988031 |
The Senate passed a bill to rename the square on Friday, but it still needs congress and presidential approval.
Foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said the bill violated accepted norms of international relations.
Liu, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was jailed for subversion in 2009.
He won the Nobel in 2010 for his fig... | Beijing has urged the US to veto a move to rename the street outside China's embassy in Washington after jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo, calling it a "political farce". | 35593008 |
Aqsa Mahmood, 20, was reported missing by her family in November 2013.
A Twitter account under the name Umm Layth, believed to be Ms Mahmood, said: "Follow the examples of your brothers from Woolwich, Texas and Boston.
"If you cannot make it to the battlefield then bring the battlefield to yourself."
The post was made ... | A young woman from Glasgow has travelled to Syria and has been promoting terrorism back home via her Twitter account, it is understood. | 29029954 |
Since the floods, the Environment Agency has dredged five miles (8km) of the rivers Parrett and Tone.
However it found that nine out of 10 houses in Northmoor and Saltmoor would have avoided being severely flooded if dredging had been carried out earlier.
It also said the 10-week closure of the A361 would have been gre... | Dredging on the Somerset Levels would have significantly reduced the number of houses submerged underwater in the 2013-14 floods, a report has found. | 33854141 |
Dutchman Frank de Boer, 47, has been named as Allardyce's successor as manager, signing a three-year contract.
The Eagles finished 14th in the Premier League last season after Allardyce joined in December and bought in four new players the following month.
"We can't do that every year, we need to be smarter than that,"... | Crystal Palace "bought" their way out of trouble last season by appointing Sam Allardyce and spending in January, says chairman Steve Parish. | 40411580 |
The Next Day is the 66-year-old's first number one since 1993's Black Tie White Noise.
The album sold 94,000 copies this week, according to the Official Chart Company, outselling the number two album from Bon Jovi two to one.
Justin Timberlake remains at the top of the singles chart with Mirrors.
The announcement that ... | David Bowie's first album in a decade has become the fastest-selling of the year, hitting the number one spot in its first week. | 21821327 |
The two chased down and bit a man accused of stabbing one of his former colleagues on the roadside in what police describe as a "revenge attack".
Locals were then able to catch the man, identified as R Raghunath.
The victim is currently receiving treatment for abdominal injuries.
Police say Mr Raghunath attacked the wo... | Two street dogs in the south Indian city of Chennai (Madras) have become the unlikely heroes of a stabbing incident after helping apprehend the perpetrator. | 39377105 |
The animals were seized from the house near Royston, Hertfordshire, on Tuesday morning.
Police said neighbours had contacted them with concerns for the welfare of the dogs. The RSPCA could not comment on the conditions inside the house as an investigation is under way.
Officers said the owners were co-operating with th... | Thirty-eight dogs have been rescued from a semi-detached house during a raid by police and the RSPCA. | 35821044 |
The Malaysian businessman holds the shares in QPR Holdings Limited, the Championship club's parent company, through Total Soccer Growth Sdn Bhd.
Co-chairman Tony Fernandes' company QPR Asia Sdn Bhd has reduced its shareholding from 69% to 55%.
Sea Dream Ltd's shareholding, which represents the Mittal family, has reduce... | Queens Park Rangers co-chairman Ruben Gnanalingam has increased his shareholding in the club to 33%. | 36489917 |
The two-year pay deal, which is well above inflation, will rise to 2.75% next year.
The UK's inflation rate stood at 0.3% in May, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index.
However, the unions said the deal, which covers the largest number of workers in the industry, is increasingly "unfit for purpose".
Unions GMB, Ucat... | Unions have struck a pay deal that will see 400,000 construction workers receive a pay rise of 2.5% this year. | 36601583 |
Of the academic papers being presented, several offer insight which complements the startling finding, published on Tuesday by the Institute of Fiscal Studies, about the lower pay rates for mothers returning to work.
This also reflects the move towards behavioural economics and away from quantitative modelling as an ob... | I haven't made it to Geneva and the congress this week of the European Economic Association, but I've been following its proceedings at a distance, and on your behalf. | 37172466 |
He was seen entering a toilet cubicle with a woman at Christchurch Airport and will miss the Rugby Championship match against South Africa in Durban.
All Blacks head coach Steve Hansen said Smith is "bitterly disappointed in his behaviour".
Hansen added the 27-year-old scrum-half "feels he has let the team, his family ... | New Zealand scrum-half Aaron Smith has been dropped for one game for breaching the All Blacks' standards of behaviour. | 37567785 |
Investigators are now interviewing hospital staff who cared for Liberian Thomas Duncan, who died in Dallas, said Tom Frieden, of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
A woman who treated Duncan has been diagnosed with Ebola, and has been identified by US media as Nina Pham.
The outbreak has killed more than 4,000 peop... | Ebola could infect more US health workers, a senior official leading the effort to contain the virus has said. | 29599382 |
Lawyers for Mr Zimmerman, 29, argued he acted in self-defence and with justifiable use of deadly force in the death of Trayvon Martin.
The jury retired on Friday to consider its verdict on charges of either second-degree murder or manslaughter.
The case sparked a fierce debate about racial profiling in the US.
Spontane... | George Zimmerman, the Florida neighbourhood watchman who shot dead an unarmed black 17-year-old male last year, has been found not guilty. | 23304198 |
Declan Murray, 44, from Main Street in Strabane, crashed into an oncoming car driven by a 60-year-old child minder who had two children in her vehicle.
Twelve days beforehand a consultant neurologist told him never to get behind the wheel of a vehicle again.
He diagnosed Murray as an epileptic who had numerous seizures... | A epileptic man who ignored medical advice never to drive again, was told on Wednesday he would be jailed for critically injuring a woman in a crash. | 36323554 |
The US president sent congratulations to both laureates, adding: "Music brings people together in an increasingly interconnected world.
"It helps bridge differences, lift hearts and challenge assumptions."
Dame Evelyn said she "never imagined" she would win the award, considered to be music's version of the Nobel prize... | Scottish percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie and country star Emmylou Harris were praised by Barack Obama as they received the 2015 Polar Music Prize. | 33077203 |
England's Florentyna Parker and Sophie Walker, along with Scotland's Gemma Dryburgh, are a stroke off the lead.
Nordqvist, ranked 10th in the world, carded six birdies and one bogey on a windy day at Club de Golf Terramar.
"I know I grew up in Sweden, but I've been in the heat for so long now that I don't do very well ... | Anna Nordqvist took the first-round lead as she shot a five-under-par 66 in the Mediterranean Ladies Open. | 39662535 |
A post-mortem examination of the woman's body, found at a house in Curlew Place, St Neots, concluded she died from "multiple cuts to the neck".
Armed officers forced entry after being contacted by an ambulance crew and found a woman in her 30s, police said.
Timothy Allen, 40, from Curlew Place, is due to appear at Pete... | A man has been charged with murder after a woman was found dead in Cambridgeshire on Saturday. | 34122766 |
Paul Briggs, 43, of Merseyside, suffered a brain injury in a crash in July 2015.
Lindsey Briggs told Manchester Court of Protection he would not have wanted to live and would have been "horrified knowing his daughter was scared of him".
Doctors are opposing the application.
Mr Briggs, a Gulf War veteran, suffered a ble... | The wife of a police officer left in a coma after a crash has asked a court to withdraw his life-support treatment as he would have seen living as "hell". | 38135063 |
The promotion-chasing League One side side have brought in the former England Under-19 captain on an initial two-month youth loan.
Morris, 19, who started the campaign in the Midlands on loan at Coventry City, previously worked with Saddlers boss Sean O'Driscoll while on England duty.
"I've worked with Sean before. He'... | Walsall have signed teenage midfielder Bryn Morris on loan from Championship club Middlesbrough. | 35429620 |
Christopher Hannah crashed into Sophie Brannan and two others in Glasgow's Maryhill area on 14 November last year.
At Glasgow Sheriff Court, he was handed a 245 day sentence after admitting the reset of two guitars and an electronic book in March last year.
He will not spend extra time in jail as the sentence will run ... | A man who is serving more than 12 years in jail for killing a schoolgirl in a drug-fuelled hit-and-run crash has been sentenced for handling stolen goods. | 33107851 |
Lynne Freeman, 46, was found seriously injured outside a house in Maple Crescent, Redcar, on Wednesday evening.
Minutes later, police received reports that Jodie Betteridge, 30, was being attacked in nearby Byland Close.
Cleveland Police said magistrates had granted an extension to question a 34-year-old man who was ar... | Two women killed in separate Teesside attacks just minutes apart have been named by police. | 35899752 |
A Commons committee said the government had been "too reliant" on the World Health Organisation (WHO) system, which declared an emergency in August 2014.
Instead it should have listened to other groups that were warning about Ebola months earlier, the report said.
But the government said its "swift and effective action... | The UK government should have paid more attention to warnings about Ebola before a formal emergency was declared, a group of MPs has said in a report. | 35349081 |
Thousands still exist but the rise of the digital age means old-school analogue photo booths are few and far between.
But new high-tech versions have become the latest "must have" for anyone organising a wedding, party or other event.
They are digital, portable, print photos in seconds and cost around £500 to hire for... | For decades, photo booths sat in shops and department stores - used by many to get passport photos done, or by groups of teenagers cramming into the tight space for a fun photo. | 37257205 |
The missing person poster, with a new photograph of Allan Bryant, was released to mark three months since he was last seen.
The poster also asks people to check again, and to keep checking, sheds, garages and outdoor buildings.
Mr Bryant, 24, was last seen outside the Styx nightclub in Glenrothes on 3 November 2013.
Ch... | Police have issued a poster appealing for information on a missing Fife man, who disappeared in November. | 26038835 |
The three-day international event is the final stage of the world rally championships and sees 160 competitors taking on the forest stage.
Entrants include Elfyn Evans, 25, from Dolgellau, son of former British rally champion Gwyndaf Evans.
Thousands attended a firework launch in Eirias Park Stadium, Colwyn Bay, on Thu... | The Wales Rally GB is under way around north and mid Wales. | 30049466 |
Lemou Ange Lauric Lebato, known to family and friends as Lauric Lebato, was found stabbed in Albion Street at about 04:00 GMT on Saturday.
Police said they think the 22-year-old from London had been at a flat party in the street before the attack.
His father Tagbeu Lebato, urged anyone who knew anything about his death... | The father of a man killed in a Leicester city centre street attack has appealed for help to catch his killer. | 38954045 |
Saraiva, 22, joins from Ryman League Premier Division side Merstham and has agreed a one-year deal.
Jones, who can play in defence or midfield, scored five goals in 43 league appearances for the Surrey club in 2015-16.
The 22-year-old moved to Kingfield from Yeovil summer 2014 after a loan spell and has penned a new on... | National League club Woking have signed midfielder Fabio Saraiva, while Joey Jones has signed a new contract. | 36436718 |
He is under arrest in Hungary, accused of assisting in the murder of 15,700 Jews during World War II. He denies the allegations.
In 1944 he was serving in the Nazi police in Kosice, now in Slovakia.
The Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Center says Mr Csatary oversaw deportations of Jews to the Auschwitz death camp.
The in... | Hungarian prosecutors have charged a 98-year-old man, Laszlo Csatary, with participation in Nazi war crimes. | 22949611 |
Daytime temperatures as low as -15C are expected, although forecasters say with wind chill it could feel like -29C.
The coldest NFL game in terms of air temperature was 1967's 'Ice Bowl' between Green Bay and Dallas, which at kick off was -25C (-44C wind chill).
"It is going to be brutally cold," AccuWeather's John Fee... | Fans are braced for one of the coldest NFL games in history this weekend when the Minnesota Vikings host the Seattle Seahawks in an NFC Wild Card game. | 35267398 |
It is a bright, moonlit night, pregnant with the promise of a frosty winter. The landscape is etched with silhouettes of hills and trees. Now more than a dozen men, looking like ghostly apparitions, complete the picture.
"Any information about vehicles in the neighbourhood?" barks Nawal Kishore Sharma, who is inspectin... | The men leap out of the darkness at a fork in a lonely village crossroad well past midnight. | 34634892 |
Jack Susianta drowned after jumping into Regents Canal in Walthamstow Marshes in July 2015.
The 17-year-old had suffered a psychotic episode and escaped through a window from his home in Hackney.
Acting Insp James Reynolds told an inquest police had to carry out an assessment before taking action.
This would take into ... | An inspector in charge of police trying to help a teenager who drowned in a canal has said he was right not to ask officers to go into the water. | 36100089 |
The Irish side overcame punishing jetlag and bitter cold in Siberia with two AJ MacGinty penalties giving the visitors a 6-0 lead at half-time.
Tries from Niyi Adeolokun, John Muldoon and Darragh Leader saw Connacht pull clear before Andrei Polivanov's try.
Rory Parata clinched the bonus point before Polivanov complete... | Connacht earned a bonus-point Challenge Cup against Enisei-STM, who made history by being the first Russian team to take part in European competition. | 34812304 |
Connie Yates posted the image on Facebook with the message "a picture speaks a thousand words".
Specialists in London say the 10-month old should be moved to palliative care but his parents want to take him to the US to undergo a trial treatment.
The European Court of Human Rights is currently considering the case.
Jud... | The mother of Charlie Gard has shared a photo of her son with his eyes open as she waits to find out if his life-support will be switched off. | 40246370 |
The body has yet to be identified and a post mortem will be carried out to determine the cause of death.
The man's body was discovered by volunteers searching for missing Newtownabbey man Dean McIlwaine.
Mr McIlwaine was last seen in the Carnmoney Road area of Newtownabbey in County Antrim on Thursday 13 July.
PSNI Sup... | The body of a man has been found at Cavehill in north Belfast, police have confirmed. | 40693482 |
John Grotzinger, the mission's chief scientist, says he expects this to happen very shortly.
The robot, which is investigating a deep crater on the planet, drilled into what appears to be a mudstone.
Some of the grey powder produced in the process should now be sitting in the stem of the tool, and must be moved to the ... | Nasa's Curiosity Mars rover has still to ingest the rock sample it picked up a week ago. | 21482599 |
Steven Abberley, from south London, threw glass marbles at a security screen and swore at politicians, calling them liars, a court heard.
He told Westminster Magistrates' Court he felt his life was "wasting away".
Judge Quentin Purdy said his "antics" were an inappropriate way to express his political views.
He told 28... | A protester who threw marbles at MPs in the House of Commons during Prime Minister's Questions has been given a suspended jail sentence. | 32165051 |
Two of his goals were long-range efforts and coach Dunga said Coutinho had seized his chance.
"He's been acquiring more trust and belief in himself and taking more risks. That's what we wanted," he said.
"We've been encouraging Coutinho during training to be the player he is in Liverpool and he did that for us."
Find o... | Liverpool playmaker Philippe Coutinho scored his first international hat-trick as Brazil thumped Haiti 7-1 in Group B of the Copa America. | 36486889 |
The Irish News' front page shows a cartoon of Prime Minister Theresa May up a ladder and shaking the "money tree" with DUP leader Arlene Foster gleefully collecting the cash in her dress.
The paper says that if political talks at Stormont fail to agree a return to power sharing, the DUP and Conservatives will administe... | All of Northern Ireland's morning papers have the same story on their front pages this morning - the £1bn funding for Northern Ireland following the DUP deal with the Tories to support a Conservative minority government. | 40414485 |
During BBC Wales' televised leaders debate Labour's Owen Smith challenged Plaid leader Leanne Wood over whether she would "let a Tory government in by the back door".
But she responded that Labour's "time was up on taking people for granted".
On Friday Ed Miliband had ruled out doing a deal with Plaid.
Ms Wood has said... | Labour and Plaid Cymru have clashed on whether the two parties could work together if next week's election results in a hung parliament. | 32561332 |
He is up against Adrian Lester, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kenneth Branagh and Kenneth Cranham for best actor.
Productions of Gypsy and Kinky Boots lead the nominations with eight and seven nominations respectively.
The Olivier Awards, which celebrate their 40th anniversary this year, will be held at London's Royal Opera Ho... | Mark Rylance has been nominated for an Olivier theatre award, just hours after winning his first Oscar. | 35687094 |
League One's bottom club are 13 points adrift of safety with six games to play, starting with Wednesday's trip to leaders Sheffield United.
"We know the reality of it," Robins told BBC Sport after Sunday's 2-1 win.
"Results didn't go our way on Saturday, but we'll keep fighting."
Robins, who returned for a second spell... | Manager Mark Robins says Coventry's Checkatrade Trophy final victory over Oxford at Wembley was a "phenomenal" way to show the football world that the Sky Blues are "alive and kicking". | 39474248 |
The technical issues meant students were left waiting for news about potential offers, putting some at risk of losing offers at other universities.
A spokesperson for the university said it had been making personal calls to try to resolve individual situations.
It apologised on Twitter to those "experiencing delays get... | The University of Bristol has admitted it had problems with its telephone system which left some students not knowing if they had secured a place. | 33946480 |
The operation, which took place on Monday at a government hospital in the capital, Tehran, was said to be "routine".
An announcement about the surgery ahead of the procedure was unprecedented, as the Ayatollah's health is traditionally a confidential subject.
The 75-year-old cleric has led Iran since 1989 and is its to... | Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is recovering from prostate surgery, state media say. | 29107924 |
Luis Muriel scored the only goal with a penalty, after Gabriel Paletta fouled Fabio Quagliarella.
Gerard Deulofeu, on loan from Everton, hit the post in the second half for Milan and substitute Gianluca Lapadula had a shot saved by Emiliano Viviano.
Milan ended the match with 10 men after Argentine midfielder Jose Sosa... | AC Milan suffered their fourth successive defeat in all competitions as they lost at home to Sampdoria. | 38875120 |
The firm has asked the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) if it can begin flight testing drones for home delivery, pick-up and warehouse tasks.
Walmart is the world's largest retailer by revenue and follows in the steps of Amazon, which is already testing drones for this purpose.
It has emerged that Walmart is alrea... | Retail giant Walmart, which owns Asda in the UK, has applied for permission to test delivery drones in the US. | 34647798 |
At the end of the day, the FTSE 100 was down 51.75 points at 6,365.27. Among the mining firms, Anglo American fell 5.7% and Antofagasta was down 4%.
Shire rose 6.9% after the drug firm reported positive results for its dry-eye disease drug Lifitegrast.
Shire is trying to get the drug approved by US regulators.
Shares i... | (Close): Mining shares fell, dragging the market lower, but Shire shares jumped after it reported encouraging results for a new treatment. | 34645969 |
The charity, led by Camila Batmanghelidjh, closed last month days after it received a £3m public grant.
The money was given to the charity despite advice it "was not likely to be value for money", the NAO said.
It said it would investigate the grounds for awarding money and how grants were monitored.
The NAO - which i... | The awarding of public money to the now-defunct charity Kids Company is to be investigated by spending watchdog the National Audit Office. | 34281923 |
The 80-year-old nine-time major winner holed out on the seventh to claim the 31st ace of his illustrious career.
English debutant Andy Sullivan and Americans Rickie Fowler, Zach Johnson and Webb Simpson were among the others to shoot a hole-in-one.
Jimmy Walker, who won with a record eight-under 19, also carded an ace.... | Gary Player was one of a record nine players to shoot a hole-in-one during the Par 3 Contest - the annual pre-Masters competition at Augusta. | 35983629 |
The allegations were made to South Wales Police and have been passed to another force, the BBC understands.
Mr Abse, a gay rights champion and ex-Labour MP, died in 2008, aged 91.
Last year, police said they were investigating allegations Mr Thomas - a Labour MP and ex-Commons Speaker who died in 1997 - abused a boy, a... | Police investigating historical child abuse allegations have been handed new claims relating to late Labour MP Leo Abse and ex-speaker George Thomas. | 32009589 |
The 26-year-old joined Rangers in January 2016 from Doncaster and went on to make 44 appearances, half of which came in the Scottish Premiership.
"Harry brings a quality going forward that we need a little bit more of," said assistant manager Neil Cox.
"His goalscoring record is good, he's played at a higher level and ... | AFC Wimbledon have signed Rangers midfielder Harry Forrester on a season-long loan deal. | 41026193 |
Keith Brymer Jones, an internationally-acclaimed ceramics expert, is behind a new factory to be based in part of the old pottery works.
The site in Elenora Street has been largely unused since the company went into administration in 2008.
Mr Brymer Jones said the move will create 50 jobs.
The main range of production w... | One of the stars of BBC's Great Pottery Throwdown is to open a ceramics firm inside Stoke-on-Trent's derelict Spode factory. | 40568421 |
There have been heavy clashes there since Wednesday, after Islamic State (IS) gunmen attacked the district.
The UN said that nearly 100 people escaped on Sunday. A Palestinian official said that some 300 families had managed to flee on Saturday.
Up to 18,000 refugees are still trapped inside the camp as intense fightin... | Civilians have fled fighting in the Palestinian refugee camp Yarmouk in Damascus, officials say. | 32189636 |
Paint has been part of the Windows operating system since its release in 1985 and is known for its simplicity and basic artistic results.
Paint's successor, Paint 3D, will still be available.
The list was issued as part of the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, which rolls out in the autumn.
Microsoft says that features ... | Microsoft's graphics program Paint has been included in a list of Windows 10 features that will be either removed or no longer developed. | 40705466 |
Brian McKandie was found beaten to death with a "heavy weapon" in his home in Rothienorman on Saturday 12 March.
Officers stopped the vehicles in the Rothienorman area on Friday, two weeks since the 67-year-old was last seen alive.
Police said they had received "potential fresh lines of inquiry".
Mr McKandie was attack... | Police investigating the murder of a man in Aberdeenshire stopped more than 700 vehicles in an effort to find his killer. | 35912569 |
Identified attacker Anis Amri, a Tunisian, was shot dead by Italian police on 23 December in the city of Milan after a Europe-wide manhunt.
So-called Islamic State (IS) has said one of its "soldiers" carried out the attack on Breitscheidplatz Christmas market, without offering evidence.
German police had initially deta... | A lorry smashed into a crowded Christmas market in central Berlin on 19 December, killing 12 people and injuring 49, leaving 18 in a critical condition. | 38377428 |
Now worm bites can be added to the list.
That's right. London-born Norwegian Kurt Maflin was left stunned by an unusual problem during the World Open ranking event in China.
World Open scores and results
"I woke up on Monday and had this bite on my right thumb, it was a bit swollen," he told World Snooker. "I thought i... | From lost cues to broken tips, questionable food to even more questionable venues - life for a touring snooker player can be a testing one. | 36906762 |
The Toffees, also without a Premier League win since 26 December, went ahead through Aaron Lennon's low shot.
A Barkley strike and Tom Cleverley free-kick were tipped on to the frame of the goal, while Newcastle's Jonjo Shelvey headed against his own bar.
Barkley chipped his second spot-kick down the middle, after he w... | Ross Barkley scored two late penalties as Everton beat Newcastle to record a first home league win since November. | 35416325 |
Thomas Hodgson, 42, from Walsall, West Midlands, was a "passionate man who lived his life enjoying outdoor pursuits", his family said.
The father of two went missing while visiting Brixham on 11 September.
His body was found by an angler on Saturday morning at Breakwater beach in Brixham.
His family said: "Tom had just... | A yachtsman whose body was found washed up off the Devon coast was about to start work as a paramedic in the county, it has emerged. | 37401902 |
Universities UK head Professor Steve Smith wrote to vice-chancellors saying this week's Browne Review set out figures that "confirm our worst fears".
He says they signal a £3.2bn or 79% cut from teaching and £1bn from research in next week's Spending Review.
The government said it could not comment.
This is because the... | Universities in England face funding cuts of £4.2bn in the coming Spending Review, an e-mail leaked to the BBC News website suggests. | 11550619 |
There are a few provisos to be taken into consideration when reflecting on the attack.
The first is that, regrettably, much of what we claim to know about what's going on in the peninsula is based on speculation. The north of the peninsula, in contrast to the south where the tourist resorts are located, is very difficu... | Although the full facts of the so-called "Islamic State" assault on the Egyptian army in Sinai this week are not yet known, it is clear that this was the most brutal attack so far. | 33369705 |
Taib Fassi Fihri met Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi and said Morocco wants to re-join the AU without any preconditions.
Morocco claims Western Sahara as part of its territory, much of which it has occupied since 1975.
But the AU recognises Western Sahara as an independent state.
Africa Live: More on this a... | Morocco has sent a special envoy to lobby African leaders to rejoin the African Union 32 years after it left in a row over Western Sahara. | 36807906 |
New York City, managed by Patrick Vieira, took an early lead when David Villa prodded home from six yards.
Ashley Cole - another ex-England international - lined up alongside Gerrard for LA Galaxy.
The victory for Lampard's side extends their lead in the Eastern Conference.
They are four points clear of Toronto, while ... | Frank Lampard's New York City FC beat Steven Gerrard's LA Galaxy 1-0 in the first meeting of the former England midfielders since their moves to the United States. | 37142561 |
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The pair traded blows over 18 holes on day three, as Stenson carded a three-under-par 68 for 12 under overall, one shot clear of Mickelson, who shot 70.
American Bill Haas is six shots off the lead after a 69, one clear of England's Andrew Johnston, who posted 70.
Rory McI... | Sweden's Henrik Stenson leads American Phil Mickelson by one stroke heading into the final round of the Open Championship at Royal Troon. | 36814964 |
BBC Sport takes a look at the quirkiest and more interesting statistics from the weekend.
After 29 goals were registered across Saturday's six games, stats fans were purring in anticipation at the prospect of a record-breaking weekend of goal action.
Alas, three 1-0 wins on Sunday let the side down, before Liverpool's ... | This could be the Premier League's most goal-crazy season, bookings for simulation are taking a dive, Armenia get themselves on the scoresheet and who has waited the longest amount of time between top-flight goals? | 38278497 |
Robert Hannigan, who has held the post of GCHQ director since 2014, said he was stepping down for family reasons.
He said he was proud of his work but that 20 years in public service roles had "demanded a great deal of my ever patient and understanding family".
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Mr Hannigan had "led ... | The head of Britain's electronic surveillance agency GCHQ has resigned. | 38723040 |
MLAs on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) were told the deal got rushed Executive approval in the face of concern about value for money.
United got a three-year deal in August to prevent it axing its Newark to Belfast International Airport flight.
It is the only regular direct link between Northern Ireland and the US... | A £9m rescue package to save United Airlines from ending its daily Belfast-New York air route has been described as "irregular". | 37366264 |
Jack Sen, who is standing in West Lancashire, sent the tweet to Liverpool Wavertree candidate Luciana Berger.
The post reads: "Protect child benefits? If you had it your way you'd send the £ to Poland/ Israel."
UKIP said the comments "in no way reflects the view of the party" or any of their other "dedicated candidate... | The UK Independence Party has suspended a parliamentary candidate over a slur sent to a Jewish Labour candidate from his Twitter account. | 32555535 |
The 21-year-old, who played in all of Bosnia-Hercegovina's matches at the World Cup, has agreed a five-year deal.
He joined Everton's pre-season tour of Thailand last week prior to their friendly with Leicester.
The ex-Stuttgart player is Everton's second summer signing after Gareth Barry moved from Manchester City fol... | Everton have signed Ferencvaros midfielder Muhamed Besic for an undisclosed fee. | 28473169 |
A number of customers have raised concerns about the two-carriage provision on the line.
ScotRail said it had tried to allow for the "novelty factor" of the Edinburgh to Tweedbank route but the level of interest had been "remarkable".
It said it was looking at doubling carriage numbers at some times.
Passengers posting... | ScotRail is adding extra carriages to some Borders Railway services after complaints of passengers being unable to board trains and overcrowding. | 34255933 |
Guy Hedger, 61, was killed in the early hours of 30 April in Ashley, near Ringwood.
A 39-year-old Bournemouth man was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary on Thursday.
Dorset Police said officers were continuing to search a property in the West Howe area of the town.
More on this and other ... | A sixth person arrested over the death of a businessman who was shot dead at his home has been released under investigation. | 39978795 |
Central Madhya Pradesh state has suffered the highest death toll with at least 17 people killed in flood-related incidents, officials said.
And in eastern Bihar state, at least 15,000 people have been evacuated from their homes after a "flood-like situation" in a dozen districts.
Floods are common in India during the m... | Floods across India have killed more than 30 people and displaced thousands. | 37152121 |
Choi Soon-sil is suspected of using her friendship with the president to interfere in state affairs and to solicit business donations for a non-profit fund she controlled.
The allegations have prompted growing calls for President Park to resign.
Her office has announced she will make a public statement on the situation... | A South Korean court has approved an arrest warrant for a long-time friend of President Park Geun-hye. | 37864027 |
Eva Totham, from south-east London, was starved of oxygen at birth in 2007 and has severe cerebral palsy.
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust accepted liability for her serious brain injuries.
The compensation covers Eva's past and future care and loss of earnings after it was ruled she would most likely have ... | A seven-year-old girl whose mind is "trapped in a body" that will not do as she wants has been awarded £10.1m. | 30943477 |
Canadian firm Barrick Gold said it would temporarily suspend production at its Pierina mine following the clash.
The protesters are demanding that the firm provide nearby towns with water.
Pressure group Human Rights Watch has called on Peruvian President Ollanta Humala to stop police from using lethal force against pr... | One person has been killed and at least four injured in clashes between police and protesters at a gold mine in the northern Ancash region of Peru. | 19669760 |
The 20-year-old Rhondda swimmer missed out on 200m breaststroke bronze by 6/100ths of a second in Rio.
But Adlington, who won 400 and 800 freestyle gold medals in 2008, says there's more to come from Tutton.
"I'm sure we'll be seeing her on the podium at World, Commonwealth Games and in Tokyo," she told BBC Wales Sport... | Welsh swimmer Chloe Tutton could be a medallist at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, according to Beijing double gold-medallist Rebecca Adlington. | 37084250 |
The Scot, 22, will join Laura Trott, Elinor Barker, Ciara Horne and Joanna Rowsell-Shand in the British squad.
They had to settle for bronze at this year's World Championships, when Archibald was out injured, but she is confident they can improve on that.
"I have a lot of faith in the training we're doing. It feels pre... | Great Britain's women's team pursuit quartet can retain their Olympic title in Rio, believes Katie Archibald. | 36626848 |
The transaction includes production, development and exploration sites off Denmark, Norway and west of Shetland.
Ineos said the move would make it the biggest private group operating in the North Sea.
The company has been looking recently to expand its upstream arm.
Last month it struck a $250m (£192m) deal with BP to ... | British petrochemicals group Ineos is set to become a major North Sea player after acquiring Danish firm Dong Energy's entire oil and gas business in a deal worth up to $1.3bn (£1bn). | 40027676 |
The resignation was announced by Mayor Ed Lee, who had asked him to quit.
The woman reportedly tried to drive off in a stolen car and ignored calls to stop in the Bayview area of the city.
Mr Suhr and city police have in recent months come under fierce criticism over fatal police shootings of several black suspects.
At... | San Francisco's Police Chief Greg Suhr has stepped down hours after a police officer shot and killed a young black woman. | 36339286 |
The Android store will abandon the low/medium/high maturity classifications it has used until now and switch to a system run by an outside body.
As increasing numbers of youngsters are left alone to play with smartphones and tablets, the move will allow Google to show it takes its responsibilities seriously.
But there ... | Later this week, Google Play will revamp the way it rates apps. | 32882136 |
The appointment follows the departure of Chris Weston, who announced he was leaving British Gas to join Aggreko last May.
Mr Hodges joins British Gas from specialist insurance broker, Towergate.
He will take on his responsibilities from 1 June, and will also join the Centrica board.
Mr Hodges was a senior executive as ... | Centrica has announced the appointment of Mark Hodges as managing director of British Gas ending an 11-month search for a new leader. | 32297778 |
It started at first light when she launched her Merlin helicopter to scan the horizon for the boats filled with migrants. It didn't take long to find them.
As the Royal Navy ship lowered her landing craft to begin rescuing the first three boats filled with migrants, reports were coming in of more on route from Libya.
T... | For HMS Bulwark and her crew, 7 June was "the longest day". | 33043691 |
As the glass flew across the room and straight into the wall, a dozen or so men stopped drinking their tea.
Dr Vinod Sonkar threw money on the counter - enough for the tea he drank and the glass he had smashed - and walked out.
Dr Sonkar's soft voice turns angry as he describes the scene.
For years, he says, he worked ... | Dalits are at the bottom of the Hindu caste system and despite laws to protect them, they still face widespread discrimination in India, writes Natalia Antelava. | 18394914 |
The man was stopped by officers on the A92 between Dundee and Arbroath, near Hatton, at about 20:00 on Saturday.
The 23-year-old has been charged with dangerous driving and a report has been submitted to the procurator fiscal.
Insp Ray Cuthill said the driver had placed himself and other road users in danger.
He said: ... | A motorist caught driving at almost 140mph on a Tayside dual carriageway has been branded as "reckless and irresponsible" by police. | 37213772 |
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Tony Sales, a former online fraudster who now advises businesses on how to protect themselves, shows the BBC's Samantha Poling one of the tricks used by cyber criminals to get hold of information. | BBC Scotland Investigates: Gangsters.com will be broadcast on Wednesday 11 June, at 22:35 on BBC One Scotland, and for a week afterwards on the BBC iPlayer. | 27624448 |
Wesley Lennon, also known as Wesley Barnard, was stabbed during the altercation in Cambrai Crescent in Winton, Eccles, late on Monday night.
The 26-year-old was treated at the scene and taken to hospital where he later died.
Adam Akhtar, of Somerset Road, Eccles, has been remanded in custody to appear at Manchester Mag... | An 18-year old man has been charged with the murder of a man who died after a street fight in Greater Manchester. | 37266808 |
The government-funded Everton in the Community Free School will be run by the club's charity and is expected to open in September 2012.
It will provide education and sports tuition for 120 14 to 19-year-olds.
Its approval was announced in the House of Commons by Education Secretary Michael Gove.
Everton FC chief execut... | Everton Football Club has become the first Premier League club in the country to be granted government permission to open a Free School. | 15729296 |
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Recalled after Pakistan's 330-run defeat at Old Trafford, Sohail, 32, justified the decision to bowl first in seamer-friendly conditions.
Gary Ballance made 70 and Moeen Ali 63 to help England recover from 158-5, Alastair Cook having fallen for 45.
Mohammad Amir took 2-53,... | Sohail Khan marked his first Test for five years with 5-96 as Pakistan bowled England out for 297 on the opening day of the third Test at Edgbaston. | 36965107 |
This has the effect both of depriving children of proper teaching and putting support staff under pressure, the ATL conference was told.
Delegates voted to campaign to limit the amount of cover that support staff are asked to provide.
Instead, schools should use more supply teachers to do the job, says the union.
"I wa... | Too many schools are misusing support staff by making them cover for teachers "for protracted periods", a union's annual conference has heard. | 32133424 |
Philip Bunt accused Steve Double MP of "hypocrisy" towards family values.
Mr Bunt - who helped engineer Mr Double's victory in St Austell and Newquay - said the politician had "misled" voters with his actions.
Mr Double has expressed his "deep regret" over his affair with his aide Sarah Bunt - Mr Bunt's daughter-in-law... | The father-in-law of a woman having an affair with a Tory MP has quit his role in the Conservative Association. | 36491271 |
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