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Ysgol Newydd Margam will accommodate 1,455 pupils aged three to 16 and replace Dyffryn Comprehensive and Groes Primary schools on the Dyffryn Upper School site.
Neath Port Talbot council has been given £19m of the total project cost of £37m.
Ms Williams said it would improve accessibility and regenerate the site.
The m... | Funding for a new £37m school in Neath Port Talbot has been approved by Education Secretary Kirsty Williams. | 38083012 |
A new study says that if the extra green leaves prompted by rising CO2 levels were laid in a carpet, it would cover twice the continental USA.
Climate sceptics argue the findings show that the extra CO2 is actually benefiting the planet.
But the researchers say the fertilisation effect diminishes over time.
They warn t... | Carbon dioxide emissions from industrial society have driven a huge growth in trees and other plants. | 36130346 |
The Super Puma 225 came down near the island of Turoey, near Bergen, while it was returning from an oil field.
Iain Stuart 41, from Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire, was one of 13 people who died in the crash last April.
The helicopter crashed after the main rotor detached. Part of the gearbox has been found in the sea.
It ... | Investigators probing a fatal helicopter crash off Norway last year have found what they describe as a "vital" missing part. | 39208668 |
Setting out for the first time detailed plans to deal with the camp, Mr Hollande said migrants would be given up to four months to seek asylum.
He has faced criticism over the squalid conditions in Calais, which he acknowledged were "unacceptable".
His comments came as other EU leaders met in Vienna to discuss the cris... | French President Francois Hollande has said he intends to close the "Jungle" camp in Calais and move 9,000 migrants to reception centres across France. | 37462767 |
The 35-year-old won 12 major trophies and captained the Rhinos for 13 years before switching codes last November.
Sinfield has announced he will retire after Yorkshire Carnegie's Championship play-off campaign.
"I'm more than interested in doing something with Kev. He has a wealth of knowledge both on and off the field... | Kevin Sinfield can have a job at Leeds Rhinos when he retires as a player, says head coach Brian McDermott. | 36170177 |
The Imps won the National League title on Saturday, eight years after Burton began their ascent up the Football League.
"I think it's realistic [to reach the Championship]," Cooke told BBC Radio Lincolnshire.
"I don't see why we can't do that, as long as you put good foundations down."
The 2-1 victory over Macclesfield... | Lincoln City are capable of emulating Burton Albion's run from non-league to the Championship, according to managing director Kevin Cooke. | 39693591 |
In a letter to the environment secretary, it said there were tensions between some groups on the Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime.
The organisation meets to discuss wildlife crime strategies.
The committee also said gaps exist in Police Scotland's understanding of the full extent of wildlife crime.
The Par... | An "alarming distrust" exists between organisations tackling wildlife crime, according to the Scottish Parliament's environment committee. | 39386739 |
Felicia Sanders, whose son Tywanza died in the 17 June 2015 massacre, said Dylann Roof, 22, was welcomed by the bible study class before opening fire.
She said she initially mistook the shooting inside the Charleston church for an electrical fault with a lift.
If jurors find him guilty, they will decide if he should be... | The man accused of murdering nine black people in a South Carolina church last year is "evil, evil, evil", a tearful survivor said as the trial began. | 38239886 |
Evidence gathered by the group suggests up to six people from the Shura and Qayyarah sub-districts were shot dead after being detained on suspicion of having ties to so-called Islamic State.
There was no immediate comment on the allegations from the Iraqi authorities.
Pro-government forces launched an offensive to reta... | Men dressed in Iraqi federal police uniforms are reported to have tortured and killed residents of villages south of Mosul, Amnesty International says. | 37930402 |
They can do so by replying to tweets containing a link to an Amazon product with #amazoncart in the US and #amazonbasket in the UK.
Users will still need to go to Amazon to pay and complete the purchase.
The move comes as firms are looking at ways to use social media platforms as tools to attract customers.
"Ultimately... | Online retailer Amazon has announced a partnership with Twitter that allows users to add products to their shopping carts by tweeting a special hashtag. | 27289401 |
"It's very hard on the children," said one mother, whose partner was jailed for 21 months when their son was two.
The charity says the rules, which apply in England and Wales, are cruel and it wants them scrapped.
The Ministry of Justice says it has a "dedicated strategy to help strengthen family ties".
Barnardo's poin... | Children whose fathers are in jail are being punished by rules which limit visits if prisoners do not behave well enough, says Barnardo's. | 41000496 |
That sparked a sharp sell-off in mining and commodities shares.
The FTSE 100 closed 0.92% lower at 6,125 points. Miners, which had rallied on Monday, were hit, with Glencore down 18% and Anglo American down 15%.
Burberry shares were the main FTSE 100 riser on news that a mystery investor had amassed almost 5% of the st... | (Close): The FTSE 100 fell for the second session in a row, hit by overnight figures showing a 25% fall in Chinese exports last month. | 35752685 |
All insurers have been ordered to include the previous year's premium in renewal notices, under regulations that began in April.
But the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said Admiral failed to show exactly what customers had paid.
The company has apologised and will contact affected customers who can cancel without a ... | Tens of thousands of inaccurate insurance renewal notices have been sent to customers of Admiral. | 40300364 |
Lea Ledesma made a series of mistakes which led to Ali Huseyin, 76, being given type AB blood rather than type O at London Heart Hospital.
The 49-year-old confused his details with that of another patient with a similar name, then tried to blame a colleague for her mistake.
She was given an 18-month suspended sentence ... | A nurse whose patient died after she gave him the wrong type of blood has been given a suspended sentence. | 38918459 |
Mr Machar has not been seen since the clashes, which left 300 people dead and threatened to revive a civil war that has killed tens of thousands.
Mr Machar was replaced by Taban Deng Gai, a former peace negotiator.
The replacement was criticised by Mr Machar's supporters - but others in his party are said to have suppo... | South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has removed Riek Machar as first vice president, two weeks after the rival leaders' forces clashed in the capital. | 36886706 |
This year the competition, which happens in Lincolnshire in the UK, was won by a team all the way from New Zealand.
Nick Hornstein and Robbie Hollander travelled across the world to compete and they won gold!
They took part in the Egg Throwing event which sees teams of two people throwing an egg as far as they can with... | We're not yolking there is such a thing as the World Egg-Throwing Championship and as you'd egg-spect it can get pretty messy! | 40445210 |
Beryl Larkin, 72, appealed to the Welsh Government after Flintshire council rejected her application to remain in her caravan on land at Treuddyn near Mold.
A planning inspector has now granted her lifetime consent.
Plans to bulldoze the caravan were called off last year when Mrs Larkin was taken ill.
Mrs Larkin has tw... | A woman has won a 20-year battle to continue living in her "little piece of heaven" in Flintshire. | 37209440 |
The Oban RNLI were called into action following reports that a paraglider was in difficulty in Loch Creran, in Argyll, shortly after 19:00 on Tuesday.
A local fish farm vessel also offered its assistance.
However, the volunteer crew called off the search after realising it was a false alarm. | Helium balloons floating in a sea loch have sparked a lifeboat and coastguard rescue helicopter search operation. | 35820702 |
It has agreed to not call any further industrial action in protest at the introduction of 12-carriage driver-only operated (DOO) rolling stock.
The High Court previously barred Aslef from inducing Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) drivers to take industrial action after a flawed strike ballot.
The union must now pay £250... | The Aslef train drivers' union has dropped its fight against longer trains on Gatwick Express. | 36601301 |
The Leythers became the first Championship club to climb back to the elite level since the old franchise system was scrapped and a "three groups of eight" end-of-season set-up was introduced for 2015.
Their achievement means one of Hull KR, Huddersfield Giants and Salford Red Devils - three of the four top-flight sides... | Leigh's promotion to the Super League has been celebrated as a success for the current Super 8s format. | 37422338 |
In a speech later, he will say today's party would not be able to create the National Health Service.
And he will express his disillusionment with its drift away from voters.
His speech - seen as an effort to get back on the front foot in the contest - comes as a poll suggests Labour is less electable now than under Ed... | Labour has become "frightened of its own shadow" and lacks the courage or capacity for big ideas, leadership hopeful Andy Burnham is to warn. | 33682203 |
They were sold for around $40,000 (£26,000) each after their controversial capture last year.
The sale has raised money to help run the Hwange National Park and also slows the growth of the elephant herd, Zimbabwean officials say.
There are concerns elsewhere in Africa that poaching may lead to elephants becoming enda... | At least 20 elephants from Zimbabwe have arrived in China after being flown there from the capital, Harare. | 33411475 |
Luke Farley, 19, spotted this animal in the back of a Nissan Micra in Abergele, Conwy county on Sunday.
He said: "I'd just been to McDonald's. As we were leaving in the car I looked to my left and saw something moving... then realised it was a sheep.
"I double glanced. I told my mate to stop the car so I could take a p... | Sheep being transported in lorries is a fairly regular sight in rural parts of Wales, but seeing them in a car is not. | 35590980 |
Haroon Aswat, 41, from Batley, West Yorkshire, pleaded guilty to terrorism charges in New York in March.
He admitted conspiring with radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri to set up a camp 15 years ago in Oregon.
District judge Katherine Forrest said Aswat, who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, would be returned t... | A British man who admitted plotting to set up an extremist training camp in the US has been jailed for 20 years. | 34556873 |
Speaking at the CBI Wales annual dinner, Brexit Secretary David Davis called for "cool heads" in a period of uncertainty.
Earlier, he visited hi-tech firm SPTS Technologies in Newport.
He said no Brexit options would be ruled in or out but the UK government would get "the best deal for Britain".
Mr Davis, speaking to 4... | Welsh businesses are being urged to help write a "new and exciting chapter in the country's history" after the UK leaves the European Union. | 38170600 |
A report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons found safety at HMP Wormwood Scrubs had deteriorated since a previous probe raised serious concerns.
The jail had "levels of Dickensian squalor", the Prison Reform Trust said.
The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) said the prison had "moved forward" since the inspection.... | A London jail is rat-infested and overcrowded, with some prisoners too frightened to leave their cells, inspectors have said. | 36016173 |
The 52-year-old steered the Basque team to 12th spot last season after taking charge on 10 November 2014.
But La Real are only outside the relegation zone on goal difference and Friday's 2-0 defeat at Las Palmas was their fourth in five league games.
A Sociedad statement said they had decided to terminate Moyes's contr... | David Moyes has been sacked as manager of La Liga strugglers Real Sociedad a day short of his one-year anniversary at the Spanish club. | 34756773 |
Star Randel-Hanson killed Derick Marney, 70, at a flat in Vernon Terrace, Brighton, in May 2015.
He broke down and confessed to the murder 10 days later he went to tarot reader Jayne Braiden on Brighton seafront.
She alerted police but was told it was a "non-emergency" so she waited an hour with the killer for an offic... | A killer confessed to his housemate's murder during a tarot card reading as the devil card was dealt. | 36399935 |
But Thursday's rate of 1% down against the dollar was a smaller margin than the shock cuts earlier in the week.
The bank had on Tuesday announced it would start setting the daily rate based partly on the previous day's trading, bringing the yuan closer to a free-floating currency.
The move triggered concerns over a cur... | China has set the guiding rate for its yuan currency lower for a third consecutive day. | 33900274 |
Satoru Umeta, 24, was convicted of assaulting Rina Kawaei and Anna Iriyama, now both 19, along with a male staff member.
All three were seriously injured after Umeta lunged forward to slash them with a saw fitted with box cutter blades.
AKB48 holds the Guinness Record for being the world's largest pop group.
"The fear ... | A man has been sentenced to six years in jail for attacking two members of popular Japanese girl band AKB48 with a saw at a fan event last year. | 31372548 |
Until last week, no artist had ever had more than four top 10 hits at the same time - but Sheeran smashed that record to pieces, putting nine songs from his new album, Divide, into the top.
The main reason for his success is streaming. Tracks from his album were played 110 million times last week on Spotify, Apple Musi... | Even Ed Sheeran thinks there's something wrong with the singles chart. | 39265093 |
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said women taking some medicines, and remedies containing St John's Wort are affected.
These women should take a double dose of the contraceptive pill, it said.
An information sheet gives more advice.
Levonorgestrel is a hormonal type of emergency contraception wh... | Women taking an emergency contraceptive pill containing levonorgestrel are being advised to check the ingredients of other medicines they are taking because they could stop the pill working. | 37375388 |
The Pretoria High Court says Mr Bashir must stay until it rules on Monday on whether he should be handed over to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
President Bashir is in Johannesburg for an African Union (AU) summit.
He is accused of committing war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide during the Darfur co... | A South African court has issued an interim order stopping Sudan's leader Omar al-Bashir, who faces war crimes charges, from leaving the country. | 33125728 |
Noel Lee, whose firm Monster helped launch Beats by Dre in 2008, says his company was betrayed and its technology "pirated".
He alleges he "lost millions" after Dre and Iovine "improperly took control" of Beats through a "sham" transaction.
After severing ties with Monster, Beats was purchased by Apple for $3 billion (... | Dr Dre and Jimmy Iovine are being sued by a former business partner who co-designed their Beats headphone range. | 30707297 |
A bout of gastroenteritis left the Edinburgh club with "few fit players", with the game rescheduled for 12 April.
Aberdeen, 12 points ahead of third-placed Hearts, visit Tynecastle on Friday evening.
"The players are over the illness and they're ready to go," head coach Robbie Neilson told BBC Scotland.
"They've taken ... | All of the Hearts players struck by the illness that led to the postponement of Tuesday's match in Inverness have reported for Thursday's training. | 35984162 |
Its US owners say the internet has made nudity outdated, and pornographic magazines are no longer so commercially viable, the New York Times reports.
Playboy's circulation has dropped from 5.6 million in the 1970s to the current 800,000, official figures show.
However, the magazine will still feature women in provocati... | Playboy magazine is to stop publishing images of naked women as part of its redesign, it has emerged. | 34511999 |
Sykes had won Saturday's first race and made it two from two after heading home Kawasaki team-mate Rea by just over two seconds in race two on Sunday.
Current world champion Rea, third on Saturday, pushed Sykes all the way but could not force a passing move.
Northern Ireland's Rea leads Sykes by 56 points in the 2016 t... | Tom Sykes sealed his second win of the UK round of the World Superbikes at Donington Park to close the gap on leader Jonathan Rea to 56 points. | 36406760 |
On Wednesday, Newsround will be lucky enough to chat to Jack Laugher and Chris Mears, who won gold in the 3m synchronised diving, as well as a silver individual medal for Jack.
We'll also be speaking with Bryony Page, who impressed judges to win a silver in the trampolining.
And we need your questions for them!
Thanks ... | Great Britain's great athletes have now arrived back in the country - and everyone wants to speak to them! | 37165186 |
Among the 100 buildings affected are the Joe Louis sports arena, the courthouse and Wayne State University.
Power went at 10.30am but was restored to some of the buildings by the afternoon, said DTE Energy company, promising more coming back later.
A cause for the power outage has yet to be determined.
A murder trial w... | Dozens of municipal buildings, including fire departments and schools, in the US city of Detroit lost power for hours on Tuesday. | 30297643 |
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The two astronauts are fixing an electrical box that regulates voltage from one of the station's solar arrays. It needs to be fixed to get the space station running back on full power.
The repair involves manoeuvring a spare box weighing 90kg (200lbs) out along the truss that spa... | Five things you need to know about Friday's spacewalk: | 35322257 |
"At this stage, based on the evidence gathered, no formal action will be taken,'' said a statement by New South Wales police.
Photographer Kristi Miller complained to police about an incident outside a cinema on 23 August, saying she thought Gibson was "going to punch me".
The actor's publicist said the star was "satis... | Mel Gibson will not be charged over allegations that he pushed and verbally abused a female photographer in Sydney. | 34138071 |
He was one of eight people detained by police in connection with alleged offences in and around the stadium.
The man has been charged under the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications Act.
Police said they were also aware of an alleged racially motivated incident and inquiries were ongoing.
It is... | A 23-year-old man has been arrested after a fan ran on to the pitch to confront Celtic captain Scott Brown during the Old Firm match at Ibrox. | 39757662 |
The government said on Sunday that Dinh La Thang, 57, was no longer part of the top decision-making Politburo.
Mr Thang's alleged misconduct was first leaked on social media last year.
His sacking comes amid a wider crackdown on PetroVietnam, the country's largest enterprise.
It is extremely uncommon for a Politburo m... | A top Vietnamese official has been sacked for "violations" while running national oil and gas firm PetroVietnam, in a rare public censure by the ruling Communist Party. | 39840943 |
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We'll be hearing honest, heart warming accounts from young people as they share their innermost feelings in the pursuit of being #BodyPositive. And in doing so we hope you feel like you can share your story too.
Nikki is 18. She's at university studying to be a mental heal... | BodyPositive will be following the journey of people just like us in our series of real life stories. | 35410035 |
Ledson, 19, made one senior appearance for the Toffees in the Europa League against FK Krasnodar in 2014 and has been capped by England Under-19s.
He spent the second half of last season on loan at Cambridge United.
"To move away from Everton is a massive step, but I've got to do what's right," Ledson told BBC Radio Ox... | Oxford United have signed Everton midfielder Ryan Ledson on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee. | 37184484 |
The 30-year-old, who has an English grandmother, joins another New Zealand-born back, Bristol's Jason Woodward, in attending the Brighton camp.
Also invited are prop Jamal Ford-Robinson and Worcester's Nick Schonert, Jack Singleton and Will Spencer.
No players involved in the Premiership play-offs will travel to Bright... | Gloucester's New Zealand-born scrum-half Willi Heinz has been selected in a 26-man squad for a three-day England training camp which starts on Tuesday. | 39917336 |
John Grainger, 33, was shot before his headless body was found in Wellington Street, Stockport, on 26 January. His head was found by firefighters.
At Manchester Crown Court, Joseph Jenkins, 30, who denied murder, was ordered to serve a minimum of 32 years.
Anthony Jenkins, 34, pleaded guilty and must serve a minimum of... | Two Stockport brothers have been given life sentences for shooting dead a man, decapitating him and setting his body on fire. | 19046332 |
Sainsbury's was the most recent one to report falling sales.
And because big warehouse supermarkets are less profitable than they were - indeed, they're becoming something of a burden - its out-of-town real estate has been written down in value, registering a loss.
With its latest results, Sainsbury's has offered an in... | Britain's supermarkets continue to feel the pain from having to adapt to our changing behaviour. | 32612934 |
However, businesses should make the most of new international opportunities, Prince Andrew said.
He added that he is "as much in the dark as anyone else" about Brexit.
It's highly unusual for members of the Royal Family to comment publicly on contentious political issues and Prince Andrew is the first senior member of ... | UK businesses face several years of uncertainty and upheaval due to Brexit, the Duke of York has told the BBC. | 40296649 |
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This is the BBC's exciting new campaign. Together we'll be inspiring and empowering each other to feel as happy, healthy and confident as we can.
We want to know what makes YOU #BodyPositive. We asked a few well known faces for their ideas and we took to the streets to fin... | Welcome to the launch of #BodyPositive. | 35280462 |
Rhys Williams went over to put Broncos ahead, but Jermaine McGillvary and Leroy Cudjoe crossed before half-time to make it 10-4 at the break.
Danny Brough set up the next three Giants tries, Cudjoe, Joe Wardle and Michael Lawrence all touching down.
Brough and Aaron Murphy added further tries late on as Broncos stayed ... | Huddersfield Giants came from behind to beat London Broncos and move second in the Qualifers table. | 37252104 |
Sports scientist Dr Sherylle Calder has been brought in by England head coach Eddie Jones as the team's visual awareness coach.
Asked if rugby players use mobile phones too much, she told BBC Radio 5 live: "Yes they do, we all do don't we?
"And elite players more than others because they have more spare time."
Dr Calde... | England rugby union players have been asked to cut down their use of mobile phones and warned their ability to concentrate has "deteriorated". | 38723795 |
Mariner Street car park, near the train station, will be cleared and replaced with a 725-bedroom student block, complete with nightclub, gym, office space, bars, restaurants and shops.
The 22 storey tower would be the second tallest building in Swansea, next to Meridian Quay.
Construction is expected to start later thi... | A £50m tower which would house hundreds of student flats in Swansea city centre has been approved. | 36467625 |
On 4 May councillors will face the electorate, with all 1,254 seats up for grabs in Wales' 22 county and county borough councils.
Will Labour's low UK poll ratings mean the party will take a big hit in seats here? And will the politics of Brexit hurt - or benefit - the parties?
Labour is the party with the most seats i... | A year after the assembly elections and the EU referendum, Wales returns to the polls again in the first ballot box test for the parties since the Brexit vote. | 39453647 |
Archie Lloyd was celebrating the end of his A-Level exams when he was struck by a club promoter after an angry exchange.
The Harrow pupil fell against the curb outside the Cloud Nine venue in Malia.
Coroner Grahame Short ruled the attack was a "deliberate and intentional act" proven "beyond all reasonable doubt".
Recor... | A schoolboy who died after a "10-second" attack outside a Greek nightclub was unlawfully killed, an inquest has found. | 36085468 |
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Tries from James Cronin and Ronan O'Mahony put Munster ahead, but Wales scrum-half Gareth Davies scored a scintillating try before half-time.
Munster's Tyler Bleyendaal and Wales back Rhys Patchell traded penalties, before replacement Ian Keatley kicked Munster into a 10-p... | Three-time champions Munster made a winning start to their Pro12 season with a hard-fought win at Scarlets. | 37220023 |
People spend longer inhaling the delightful aroma of a bouquet of roses than the foul stench of rotting fish.
The results of tests on 36 children, in the journal Current Biology, showed that there appeared to be no such difference in children with autism.
The National Autistic Society said smell could eventually become... | The way children sniff different aromas could form the basis of a test for autism, suggest researchers in Israel. | 33362472 |
Mrs Haley, the daughter of Indian immigrants, was a vocal critic of the property mogul on the campaign trail.
The 44-year-old governor later voted for Mr Trump, lamenting that she was "not a fan" of either candidate.
But she appears to have mended relations with the president-elect, whom she is meeting in New York.
Nik... | South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has been picked by President-elect Donald Trump to be US envoy to the United Nations. | 38017449 |
The musician, from Dumfries, made his first appearance in 2014 with an estimated fortune of £30m.
The latest figures put his wealth at £95m which puts him at 27th position on the music millionaires top 50.
The list is topped by Sir Paul McCartney and his wife Nancy Shevell with a joint fortune of £760m.
Ian Coxon, who ... | Scottish DJ Calvin Harris has seen his wealth more than treble in the last two years according to the Sunday Times Rich List. | 36100958 |
Claire Nagle, 38, was found unconscious at her mother's Derbyshire home after her son Nathan Paton, 22, was discovered nearby covered in blood.
Mrs Nagle's estranged husband Vincent, 44, died when he was hit by a lorry on the M1 about half an hour later.
Inquests into the deaths were adjourned at South Derbyshire Coron... | A woman whose murder was connected with her husband's death and a violent attack on her son died from "pressure on her neck" an inquest heard. | 38384920 |
Huddersfield Giants player Ronan Costello, 17, died on 14 June, three days after being injured during an under-19s game against Salford.
Mr Costello's family said they were "comforted that he has gone on to help five other people live their lives and survive".
His funeral was held on Friday.
More on this and other West... | A rugby league player who died after being injured in a game has had his organs donated to five people, his family has revealed. | 36642881 |
Michael Kearns, 48, died outside Sailor's nightclub in Fore Street, Newquay, in April 2013.
Prosecutors told Truro Crown Court the four had taken Mr Kearns to the ground after he assaulted a man in the club.
Lewis Bowns, 26, Richard Favetta, 30, Ian Harold, 46, and Graham Luty, 35, all denied manslaughter.
The court he... | A man died after four nightclub doormen held him face down on the pavement until he could not breathe, a court heard. | 29520464 |
9 April 2014 Last updated at 09:49 BST
When the two men called each other a 'muppet' and a 'dunce' - lots of you told us what you thought.
Today, the Prime Minister David Cameron and Leader of the Opposition Ed Miliband face each other in the House of Commons for the first time since then.
Ayshah has been reporting fro... | Many of you got in touch to tell us you weren't pleased when two of the country's most important politicians called each other names last week in parliament. | 26954008 |
Richard Broughton died in hospital on 30 April, two days after being knocked down by a car in Barnsley.
Kayne Reece Jones, also known as Reece Thompson, of Christchurch Road, Rotherham, appeared at Sheffield Magistrates Court charged with murder.
He was remanded in to custody to appear at the city's crown court on Wedn... | A man has appeared in court charged with murdering a man who was hit by a car after an "altercation". | 39849270 |
The man's body was discovered at the flat in Glen Crescent, Stevenston, at about 10:50 on Saturday. Police are treating his death as unexplained.
They are looking at possible links to an attempted murder a short time later.
Two men, aged 30 and 52, were found seriously injured at a property on Misk Knowes at about 15:1... | Police are investigating whether the death of a 36-year-old man at a flat in North Ayrshire is linked to the attempted murder of two other men. | 37609816 |
But Welsh results are now the same as England as a whole and better than most of its regions.
Top A* and A passes were up slightly (0.2%) to 19.4% and better than northern and midland English regions.
Education Secretary Kirsty Williams said it was "another strong performance".
Teaching unions have warned comparing Wel... | The GCSE A* to C pass rate has stayed at 66.6% in Wales for the third year running. | 37173969 |
Mike Rose, 54, lost the gold band when it slipped from his finger into waves while surfing as Caswell Bay, Swansea.
Despite trawling the coastline with a metal detector, he gave up on finding the heirloom given to him by his dad.
But after he offered a £100 reward, Mr Rose received an email from a beach-walker who foun... | A treasured ring that was lost in the sea was returned to its owner five months later after being washed up on a beach. | 35744476 |
Fitch warned India's growth potential "will gradually deteriorate if further structural reforms are not hastened".
It also added that the government had made little progress on reducing its deficit.
The downgrade comes just days after Standard & Poor's warned that India could lose its investment grade status.
"India al... | Ratings agency Fitch has cut its outlook for the Indian economy to negative, saying the country's growth faces "heightened risks". | 18501201 |
Ali Haider Gilani was rescued in a joint Afghan-US special forces operation on Tuesday.
He was abducted three years ago while campaigning for elections, reportedly by al-Qaeda-linked militants.
He thanked the Afghan security forces for "their sacrifice for someone from another country".
"That shows the efforts of the A... | The kidnapped son of Pakistan's ex-Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has returned home to Pakistan, after three years in captivity. | 36265175 |
Warning buoys have been placed alongside the scaffold-like structure which has emerged following erosion at Hordle Beach, near Lymington.
New Forest District Council said the "difficult and costly" work to remove the metalwork is due to be carried out during low tides in August.
It said people should avoid swimming in ... | Jagged metalwork, laid to thwart a Nazi invasion during World War Two, has been exposed on a Hampshire beach. | 33554774 |
The world number 35 rattled the jaw of the pocket against Anthony McGill in the fourth frame of their final qualifying round to level at 2-2.
The miss cost him an £8,500 bonus, plus the £1,000 highest break prize.
He also missed the black on 140 against Neil Robertson in the third round of the UK Championship in Decemb... | Thailand's Thepchaiya Un-Nooh missed the final black of a 147 attempt for the second time this season during World Championship qualifying. | 36028297 |
In 2012, hardworking couple Helen and Tim found themselves at the centre of a debt nightmare that would end up costing them their home.
After a long period of sick leave, which coincided with her mother's death, Helen had to quit her well-paid job at a local hospital.
Almost simultaneously, Tim's income, from his windo... | As Bank of England figures show personal debt rising to levels seen at the time of the financial crash, a couple tells how their spiralling debts had extreme consequences. | 38460917 |
Now a pretty Nepali vegetable seller has shot to fame as the internet's new darling.
Kusum Shrestha, 18, was photographed carrying vegetables at a local market.
When the photographer posted the shots online, the hashtags #Tarkariwali and #Sabjiwali - "vegetable seller" - quickly started trending on social media as admi... | A few weeks ago, social media made an overnight star of blue-eyed Pakistani tea-seller Arshad Khan. | 37887942 |
Former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers pointed out the spending plan double-counts $2tr (£1.5tr).
But White House budget director Mick Mulvaney told reporters: "We stand by the numbers."
Unveiled on Tuesday, the budget proposes deep cuts to welfare programmes.
Mr Summers, also formerly chief economist of the World... | The White House has denied the president's budget proposal contains an "egregious" maths error. | 40023720 |
These include concerns over a shortage of doctors and other health staff.
The leaked risk register was drawn up by the Department of Health, and sets out a series of possible problems.
The Department of Health said the government was tackling an "unacceptable variation" in standards in care across the week.
The governm... | A confidential review of government plans for a seven-day NHS in England has identified 13 risks, according to the Guardian and Channel 4 News. | 37161480 |
Located just north of Felixstowe, it is, however, home to Katy Sealy, one of just three athletes who will represent Belize at the Rio Olympics.
Since the 25-year-old chose to represent the nation of her father's birth, she has become Central American heptathlon champion three times as well as breaking the region's reco... | The tiny Suffolk village of Bawdsey is probably one of the last places you would look for one of Central America's star athletes. | 36893416 |
The Foreign Office confirmed it was in contact with Spanish officials regarding the death of a man believed to be British.
Father-of-three Eifion Gwynne, 41, was an electrician who had played rugby for Aberystwyth and Llandovery.
Sources said he had flown to Estepona in the Costa del Sol to attend the funeral of a fami... | Tributes have been paid to an Aberystwyth rugby player believed to have been killed in a crash in Malaga. | 37744062 |
A new study will also look at creating an express-link between Oxford and Cambridge via Milton Keynes.
The news came as work begins to prevent flooding on a stretch of the A34 between Chilton and the A4130 Milton Interchange.
Nicola Blackwood, MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, described it as "a real breakthrough in tac... | Journeys around Oxford will be improved by up to £50m of investment in the A34, the Department for Transport has said. | 30259265 |
They were advised to agree proposals to set up a "waste transfer facility" on a site at Easter Langlee, near Galashiels.
The council's existing landfill site is due to reach capacity in 2017.
Plans to build a plant which would produce energy from the region's waste were scrapped earlier this year.
From January 2021, la... | Councillors in the Scottish Borders have approved plans to transfer household waste outside the region. | 34072454 |
Wisconsin teenager Joshua Furlano decided to do something about it. As a project for high school, he organised an e-waste drive with a nearby recycling company in his hometown, West Salem, and raised nearly $1,000 (£671) for a local charity.
"Many people don't know what to do with the old electronics. The event preven... | Getting rid of old electronics can be a hassle when you don't know what to do with them. | 32339196 |
McDonnell, 30, who is unbeaten in 18 fights with 16 wins and two draws, aims to emulate his twin brother Jamie, who is the WBA bantamweight champion.
"I've seen my brother become a world champion and I'm ready to become world champion," McDonnell said.
Hull pair Luke Campbell and Tommy Coyle will feature on the underca... | British super-bantamweight Gavin McDonnell will fight Rey Vargas for the vacant WBC world title on 25 February at Hull's Ice Arena. | 38498439 |
Local officials said President Macky Sall had asked Ms Toure to stand down, after less than a year in office.
Ms Toure's Alliance for the Republic (APR) was defeated in key cities, according to preliminary results.
Discontent over economic policies contributed to the party's poor results, correspondents say.
"She was s... | Senegalese Prime Minister Aminata Toure has been sacked after her ruling party's poor results in local elections last Sunday. | 28167389 |
The Dow Jones lost 0.14%, or 29.58 points, to 20924.76 points. The S&P 500 shed 0.29% to 2368.39 while the Nasdaq Composite was 0.26% lower at 5833.93.
Pharma stocks fell after President Donald Trump said that he was planning "a new system" to increase competition in the industry and bring down prices.
Merck and Pfizer... | US markets closed lower after weak performances from pharmaceutical firms and private hospital groups. | 39197665 |
It means "nothing happens" but people often use it reassuringly as in: "Don't worry about it, it's nothing."
When it comes to solving murders, "no pasa nada" is a pretty accurate description.
According to Mexico's statistics institute, 98% of homicides in 2012 went unsolved.
The culture of impunity is frightening.
The ... | "No pasa nada" is a saying you often hear in Mexico. | 33846438 |
The class action lawsuit, involving almost 900 citizens, aims to force the government to cut emissions faster.
The first hearing opened in the Hague on Tuesday.
It is said to be the first time in Europe that citizens have tried to hold a state responsible for alleged inaction on climate change.
It is also believed to b... | Campaigners in the Netherlands are taking the government to court for allegedly failing to protect its citizens from climate change. | 32300214 |
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday that private cars with even and odd numbers plates would be allowed on alternate days from 1 January.
Emergency vehicles like ambulances, police cars, fire engines and taxis have been exempted from the order.
Delhi has been experiencing hazardous levels of pollution in re... | The local government in the Indian capital has announced major restrictions on private cars to curb "alarming levels" of pollution. | 35173863 |
Devon and Cornwall Police said the car was travelling at speed when it hit a wall and six parked vehicles, causing extensive damage.
The man failed a roadside breath test in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Three people were taken to Derriford Hospital in the city just before 05:00 BST, with injuries not thought to b... | A driver has been arrested after a crash involving seven vehicles on a residential street in Plymouth. | 40548011 |
Groups of children have been invited to come up with a design that would be wrapped around the four sides of the cabin on the Nevis Range Gondola.
The competition is being run as part of the Highland Haggis Festival at Spean Bridge, near Fort William.
The festival is to be held on 1 and 2 April.
The gondolas system tra... | Artwork on the theme of Scotland's national dish, the haggis, has been sought for one of the cabins on the UK's only mountain gondola. | 38813758 |
There was an 18% fall in complaints in 2013-14 compared with the previous year, to 123,218, the Consumer Council for Water said.
This was the lowest level since the watchdog was formed in 2005.
However, it said that this momentum could be lost if water companies failed to deliver affordable bills.
Billing and charges s... | Written complaints made by customers to their water providers have fallen for the sixth year in a row in England and Wales, figures from a watchdog show. | 29204297 |
Ahmed Muthana, said 20-year-old Nasser Muthana was not among the 16 jihadists in the Islamic State video.
Mr Muthana, of Butetown, Cardiff, said he had not seen the footage, but was able to confirm it was not his son from images he had seen.
The video announced the murder of US aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig.
The Daily... | The father of a Cardiff man thought to be pictured in a video showing the beheading of Syrian soldiers has denied it is his son. | 30078201 |
Ayew drove into the top corner from inside the area to cancel out Fabricio Coloccini's close-range opener.
Both sides had chances to win in the closing stages, with Newcastle striker Georginio Wijnaldum and Villa's Rudy Gestede having shots saved.
Villa, without a Premier League win since the opening game of the season... | Jordan Ayew's superb second-half goal earned Premier League bottom club Aston Villa a point at Newcastle. | 35078470 |
Hai was born in Hue in 1987, and moved 400 miles south to Vietnam's commercial capital Ho Chi Minh to find work.
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He lives with a brother and sister in a poor part of the city, the dwelling doubling as a workshop. Making clothes conti... | Mass manufacturing has been the engine driving Vietnam's extraordinary growth in recent years and its success has been built on the efforts of millions of workers like Huynh Van Hai. | 23497560 |
In March 1914, in the compact surroundings of the Balmoral Showgrounds in Belfast, the Irish team had home advantage, and in front of a partisan crowd they felt they had every chance of defeating the Welsh.
Such was the demand for tickets that special trains were laid on for day trippers from Dublin.
Those who could af... | With the Six Nations competition under way, we take a look back at the most violent match between Ireland and Wales. | 35506393 |
The civil rights campaigner abandoned his bid for Aras an Uachtarain in July, amid controversy over a clemency letter he wrote to Israeli authorities for his former partner Ezra Nawi, who had been convicted of having sex with a 15-year-old boy.
Last weekend, the Sunday Independent claimed that Mr Norris was about to pu... | His departure from the presidential race was met with widespread dismay from the Irish electorate - but David Norris could be on the verge of a come-back. | 14882512 |
None of the injuries was life-threatening and emergency services were at the scene, the company said in a statement.
There were 128 passengers and 14 crew on board the train when the accident happened just after midnight local time (05:00 GMT).
US Highway 50 has been closed as a result, Reuters reported.
Eight people w... | About 20 people have been injured in the US after an Amtrak train derailed 20 miles (32km) west of Dodge City, Kansas. | 35801244 |
Sir Mike said there were more cost-effective ways of running the service, such as ending the use of what he called "very expensive" agency nurses.
There was "no doubt" the NHS needed more money, he said.
But any injection of funds should be used to transform the way the health service was run.
Sir Mike told BBC Radio 4... | The NHS does not necessarily need more money to improve care, the outgoing chief inspector of hospitals in England, Prof Sir Mike Richards, says. | 40714615 |
Ward was beaten on a split decision by Carlos Andres Mina of Ecuador.
Ward received two public warnings from the referee during the fight, leading to points deductions at the end of the second and third rounds.
David Oliver Joyce and Paddy Barnes had been eliminated, while Michael O'Reilly was banned due to doping offe... | Light-heavyweight Joe Ward has become the latest Irish boxer to be eliminated at the Olympic Games as he lost his second round bout in Rio on Wednesday. | 37045335 |
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Jo Cox was an MP who died after being attacked on 16 June in Birstall in West Yorkshire.
Lisa Nandy, who worked with Jo in Parliament, said that she "spent her whole life sticking up for vulnerable children".
Watch what Lisa had to say here. | The MP Lisa Nandy has spoken to Newsround about Jo Cox's work helping children around the world. | 36563678 |
Christopher McDowell, 18, was found at the base of the 120ft (36m) tall bridge near Llangollen, Denbighshire.
At a hearing in Ruthin on Monday, coroner John Gittins said a post mortem examination gave chest trauma as the provisional cause of death.
Mr McDowell, of Cefn Mawr, Wrexham county, was described as "bright and... | A teenager who fell from Pontcysyllte aqueduct died from chest injuries, an inquest opening has heard. | 36463591 |
He told his trial in Pretoria he had heard noises from the toilet and thought an intruder was coming out.
"Before I knew it, I had fired four shots at the door," he said.
The trial of the athlete, who could face life imprisonment if convicted of murder, was adjourned until Wednesday after he broke down crying.
By Pumza... | South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has described the moment he fired the shots which killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in his home. | 26939443 |
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