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Rovers' first half dominance was rewarded by James Coppinger's superb free-kick, but Andy Williams and Tommy Rowe both missed good chances.
The pair made amends soon after the restart when they combined well for Williams to double the lead.
The introduction of Ryan Jackson and Rhys Healey added impetus to County, but t... | Doncaster moved into second place in League Two with a comfortable win over Newport County. | 37325448 |
The stage door collapsed on Fisherman's Friends vocalist Trevor Grills and Paul McMullen at Guildford's G Live venue in 2013.
Shropshire-based Express Hi-Fold Doors Ltd was found guilty of a health and safety breach at Guildford Crown Court.
Director David Naylor, 57, was cleared of manslaughter by gross negligence.
Th... | A company has been fined £30,000 following the deaths of a shanty group singer and the band's promoter after a two-tonne steel door fell on them. | 37874366 |
Cornelly United will not let spectators inside its Meadow Street home ground following claims fans have failed to stay behind barriers on the pitch.
The club says it has been fined by the South Wales Alliance Premier Division in six out of eight games.
Club chairman Bryon Power said the club was not aware of such incid... | A football club in Bridgend has asked its fans to stay away from all future matches. | 34591994 |
They also spoke to members of the emergency services who attended the Bataclan in 2015 and Nice last year.
The royal couple's official two-day visit to the French capital began on Friday.
They visited the Musee d'Orsay and will later watch the Six Nations rugby match between France and Wales.
Prince William and Catheri... | The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have met survivors of recent French terror attacks during a visit to the military hospital Les Invalides in Paris. | 39314462 |
Residents have stayed indoors and shops and schools have closed.
The Ivorian special forces, who report directly to the president's office, have accused their commanders of stealing part of their salaries.
It comes a month after regular soldiers staged a mutiny over pay and conditions.
"Gunfire began earlier in the spe... | An elite unit of soldiers in Ivory Coast has mutinied, firing into the air at their base in the south-eastern town Adiake, near the border with Ghana. | 38898825 |
The Drovers Inn in Gussage All Saints, near Cranborne, closed in November 2014 and was later sold but the buyer's plan to turn it into homes was refused.
Villagers who fought to get the pub listed as a community asset took possession of the keys last Friday.
The Gussage Community Benefit Society hope to reopen it in la... | Campaigners hoping to reopen a Dorset village pub have bought the building and say refurbishment is under way. | 35841023 |
The disease may end up wiping out all vulnerable species, with zoos and gene banks the only conservation option, they warn.
A fungal infection introduced to northern Europe several years ago behaves as a "perfect storm", say experts.
It persists in the environment and may be spread by newts and birds.
The fungus, known... | Urgent action is needed to protect wild salamanders in Europe from a deadly infection, say scientists. | 39642462 |
The 2m-high (6ft 6ins) human figure will be at Clavell Tower, Kimmeridge, from May for a year.
The statue will be one of five around the UK to mark the 50th anniversary of the Landmark Trust in 2015.
Historian Caroline Stanford said it will be Gormley's only solo exhibition in the UK next year and other locations were ... | An Antony Gormley statue described as a "robotic Angel of the North" will be installed on a cliff top in Dorset. | 29829467 |
The raids in the Liberton, Gilmerton and Craigmillar areas were part of Operation Amyloid, a huge operation targeting organised crime.
Police said 22 residential properties were targeted, involving more than 170 officers.
A kilo of heroin worth £100,000 was recovered at a house in Niddrie.
Further dealer quantities of... | Twenty one people have been charged with various offences following a series of early morning raids in Edinburgh by Police Scotland. | 34687470 |
It was founded in 1905 when the Ulster Unionist Council was formed.
In 1921, Ulster Unionists formed the government of Northern Ireland after the island of Ireland was partitioned, and they held power until 1972.
That year, the Stormont parliament was brought to an end by Westminster and direct rule from London was int... | The Ulster Unionist Party draws its support from the unionist community, the vast majority of whom are Protestant. | 31924754 |
The gap between education establishments which are doing well and those that are not is still too wide, the watchdog said.
Altogether inspectors looked at 178 primary schools and 33 secondary schools in 2015-16, as well as two further education colleges, workplace learning places, special schools and pupil referral uni... | Estyn's annual report is a wide-ranging review of how schools, further education colleges and other places of learning are performing, following a year of inspections. | 38718657 |
Mr Kengeter bought around 4.5m euros (£3.85m) of stock in his own company just over two months before the German exchange announced merger talks with the London Stock Exchange.
Deutsche Boerse said the December 2015 purchase was related to its remuneration programme.
"The accusations are groundless," Deutsche Boerse's... | German prosecutors are investigating Deutsche Boerse boss Carsten Kengeter over possible insider trading. | 38840988 |
The man was taking part in a "routine" activity at the time, the Department of Defence said. It did not give details of the incident.
The army has suspended all training exercises involving combat brigades while it reviews safety procedures, officials said.
It is the second death of an Australian soldier in training si... | An Australian soldier has died during a training exercise in the Northern Territory. | 39866484 |
A group game between hosts India and Pakistan had already been moved from Dharamsala to Kolkata over security concerns, but the Pakistan government wanted further guarantees.
There has not been a Test series between the two fierce rivals since 2007 because of political tension.
Pakistan are due to play against a qualif... | Pakistan will take part in the World Twenty20 after receiving security assurances from the Indian government. | 35786022 |
Malware called Dridex harvested victims' online banking details so the attackers could siphon off funds.
The NCA said it was working with the FBI and other authorities to limit the malware's usefulness to criminals and one man had already been arrested.
One expert told the BBC the attackers had been particularly cunnin... | The UK's National Crime Agency is hunting cyber-attackers who stole more than £20m from British bank accounts. | 34527439 |
My first thought is that we really do live in a golden age of macroeconomic commentary. This is the sort of argument that used to play out slowly in academic journals and behind closed doors in seminars, today though anyone with an interest can read along in real time.
The question at stake is the issue of "secular sta... | Over the last few days I've been reading a blog debate between former US Treasury secretary Larry Summers, former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman. | 32163541 |
I stumbled on three themes.
One was the fury of Ed Miliband and his close circle with the prime minister - at what they saw as a cynical and short-termist attempt to turn English unease at the fiscal privileges going to Scotland into new voting procedures in the Commons that would favour the Tories.
A senior Labour off... | It did not feature much on the conference platform, but in the hurly burly of Labour's conference in Manchester the so-called English question loomed large - or what impact the planned, if vague, new constitutional settlement for Scotland should have on the way England is governed (and Wales and Northern Ireland too). | 29343927 |
He told Scrum V Wales should give Davies' attacking abilities preference over fellow Osprey Dan Biggar at 10.
Davies said: "I would start with Sam Davies. You know what Biggar does and if it's a problem you put him on."
"It's all about creating opportunities and taking opportunities and that's the problem we've had," h... | Sam Davies should start at fly-half in Wales' Six Nations opener against Italy, according to former captain Jonathan Davies. | 38791978 |
Tuesday marks the 40th anniversary of the IRA bombings in which nine people were killed.
The Sinn Fein minister said the deaths and injuries were wrong and should not have happened.
He said they should motivate "everyone in our society to ensure such terrible tragedies never happen again".
"Today marks the anniversary ... | The Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, Martin McGuinness, has said the Claudy bombings of 1972 were "indefensible and appalling". | 19059190 |
The station will be used to fill Reading Buses' fleet of 34 gas-run buses, as well as 113 taxis which are going to switch to part gas.
Transport minister Baroness Kramer opened the station and announced £360,000 of government funding towards a hybrid gas taxi programme.
She said the town's commitment to using renewable... | A £1m environmentally-friendly gas station has opened in Reading to power public transport in the town. | 29109909 |
The 08:13 (07:13 GMT) and the 09:13 (08:13 GMT) Paris to London services were delayed by 20 and 30 minutes respectively.
Passengers were evacuated into the main hall at Paris Gare du Nord as a precaution and police were called.
A Eurostar spokeswoman said train services from the station then returned to normal. | Two Eurostar trains were delayed on Sunday morning after a passenger tried to take a World War Two shell on board. | 37815314 |
The Justice 4 Michael Ross group has launched a website which alleges police lost a diary belonging to the victim.
Michael Ross was convicted in 2008 of murdering Bangladeshi waiter Shamsuddin Mahmood in a restaurant in Kirkwall.
Police Scotland declined to comment on the website's claims.
In 2014, Ross failed in a bid... | A group campaigning for the release of a man jailed for the murder of a waiter in Orkney in 1994 is claiming a vital piece of evidence was misplaced by police who investigated the case. | 35908700 |
Manager Chris Coleman has hinted he is ready to field Bale in Stockholm, despite the concern of him picking up an injury ahead of the tournament.
Chester wants to see Bale go head-to-head with reported Man United target, Sweden star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
"To have the ability of both of them on the same pitch, it ... | Defender James Chester is hopeful that Gareth Bale can play his part in Wales' final warm-up game before the Euros. | 36417994 |
The new movie is to be directed by Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, the men behind the hugely successful Lego movie.
The charismatic criminal turned Rebellion hero returns in Star Wars' next instalment: The Force Awakens this Christmas.
Actor Harrison Ford last played Solo in 1983's Return of the Jedi.
No details or c... | A Star Wars spin-off film will tell the back story of space smuggler Han Solo, Disney has announced. | 33439026 |
United Utilities said it has to close an existing badly-damaged sewer and create a new 130m stretch of sewer on Mancunian Way.
Manchester City Council said it is trying to minimise the disruption.
The second hole opened last month near to work fixing a road collapse caused by heavy rainfall in August.
Tony Griffiths, a... | A new sewer needs to be dug under one of Manchester's busiest roads as part of repairs on two holes which have opened in two months. | 34447899 |
James Tainsh's bosses set up the hidden camera after the women complained bottles they had left on their desks "smelled funny".
A court heard that the conduct had been going on for some time before Tainsh was apprehended.
A sheriff told the 64-year-old his behaviour was "absolutely disgusting".
Tainsh, of Braehead, Sti... | A man caught on CCTV urinating into two female work colleagues' water bottles has been ordered to pay them £1,500 compensation. | 38168327 |
The two Paris sides announced their intention to merge from next season in a joint statement released on Monday.
Stade Francais host Racing 92 in the Top 14 on 29 April.
"There is a desire to build a side that can maybe be better than any other club in Europe," said Richard Pool-Jones.
The former Stade player confirmed... | Contracts at a new club formed by the merger of French sides Racing 92 and Stade Francais are "up for grabs" when the rivals play each other next month, according to Stade's deputy chairman. | 39260828 |
With rampant unemployment, some are promising jobs and others cash hand-outs as they appeal for votes.
Given his record, winning this election ought to be easy for incumbent Hassan Rouhani - but his re-election is by no means a certainty.
Mr Rouhani managed to strike an historic deal in 2015 with world powers over Iran... | As polling day draws closer in Iran, the state of the economy has become the key battleground for the six candidates running for president. | 39821565 |
The 34-year-old from Lambeth was arrested on Thursday and has been bailed until a date in December.
The Met said women should "remain vigilant" when travelling at night.
Police are appealing for information over a series of attacks, including one on a 26-year-old woman sexually assaulted on her doorstep.
Officers first... | A man has been bailed after his arrest following eight sexual assaults within three weeks in south London. | 34687646 |
The Spaniard was clarifying comments he made to former F1 driver Mark Webber, who has retired after three years in the World Endurance Championship.
He said to Webber: "I will ask you many things when I join your adventure."
Alonso later said Le Mans was an "attractive challenge" but added: "The first thing I want to d... | McLaren's Fernando Alonso says he is "100% committed" to staying in Formula 1 and winning a third world title. | 38096370 |
He told NBC's Today programme a free media was needed to call those in power to account.
President Donald Trump has feuded with some media groups since taking office, calling negative news coverage "fake".
Mr Bush also said that the question of any links between associates of Donald Trump and the Russian government "do... | Former US President George W Bush has said a free press is "indispensable to democracy" during a rare TV interview. | 39107315 |
The 27-year-old was one over for the tournament after a final-round 70, with Joost Luiten a shot behind and Sergio Garcia finishing on three over.
Tournament host Garcia produced the best round of the final day with 67 but missed from 10 feet for an eagle on the 17th and bogeyed the last.
"It's great, I'm so happy with... | England's Andrew Johnston won his first European Tour title with victory by one shot at the Spanish Open in Valderrama. | 36067663 |
Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Patricia Gallan said officers would "go forward" to confront gunmen in a marauding attack.
She was speaking after an exercise to test the way armed officers would deal with an incident in a shopping centre.
This routine training was arranged before the Paris attacks.
The firea... | Firearms officers might have to "walk over casualties" in the event of a Paris-style UK attack to deal with the threat, a senior officer has said. | 34979910 |
The Passenger Name Record (PNR) system will allow access to passenger information including names, contact details and credit cards.
Details would be collected from European carrier flights entering or leaving the EU - as well as from those between member countries.
Security concerns were raised following the 13 Novemb... | The EU has agreed on a system to share airline passenger details in a bid to improve counter-terrorism efforts. | 35010807 |
Woods, who won the last of his three Opens at Royal Liverpool in 2006, had surgery in March for a back injury that "made it difficult to get out of bed".
But despite playing only one tournament since then, the 14-time major champion said there was only one acceptable result at Hoylake this week.
"First," said the Ameri... | Tiger Woods insists winning is his only goal at this week's Open Championship despite another injury-hit season. | 28313388 |
In 2012 a tribunal ruled that the club's use of Employee Benefit Trusts, which provided tax-free loans, was not illegal.
Lawyers acting for HMRC told the court it was being asked to endorse a "fantastically silly proposition".
The challenge concerns the company which ran Rangers until 2012.
HM Revenue and Customs maint... | Three senior judges have begun hearing a legal challenge to the original outcome of the so-called Rangers "big tax case". | 33429290 |
Joe Howlett succeeded in rescuing the whale, only to be struck by it moments later as it flipped into the water.
He was a lobster fisherman by trade and a founder of the whale rescue group on Campobello Island, New Brunswick.
Friends told the Canadian Press he had saved some two dozen whales over 15 years.
Mackie Green... | A Canadian man has been killed during a rescue operation after he cut an endangered whale free from tangled fishing lines. | 40579766 |
The trees, which have been in the field in Dunnington for seven years, were systematically attacked, causing £20,000 of damage, police said.
North Yorkshire Police said the owners of Market Garden on Eastfield Lane were "devastated" by the "cruel and malicious act".
The incident happened between 11:00 GMT on Tuesday a... | Vandals have destroyed more than 1,000 Christmas trees being grown for sale near York. | 30359468 |
It said the majority of the incidents on Saturday were located in the Southern Command Area (36%).
Most involved rubbish and bonfires. There were a number of calls about tyres that had been set alight.
Twenty-five of the incidents were bonfire-related with NIFRS crews only having to take action seven times. | The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) attended 113 incidents at Halloween, which it says is a slight increase on last year. | 34692615 |
Platini is said to have had assurances of support from his own confederation, Asia, South America, plus North and Central America and the Caribbean.
It is thought 60-year-old Platini has yet to decide if he will stand.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter said on 2 June he would stand down and on Monday will announce plans for ... | Uefa boss Michel Platini has been asked by a majority of world football chiefs to stand for the Fifa presidency. | 33592242 |
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The flyweight, 34, said she was determined to change people's perception of her sport.
Adams told BBC Sport she had already changed promoter Frank Warren's mind.
"He said seeing me compete in the Games, he wanted to sign me as a professional," she said. "Hopefully I can ch... | Two-time Olympic champion Nicola Adams says she does not mind objections to women boxing - as long as they are allowed to achieve their dreams. | 39131531 |
Full-back Bolton, 22, leaves the Shaymen less than a week after winning the FA Trophy at Wembley, and is reunited with former boss Neil Aspin.
The England C international call-up, who can play right or centre-back, spent two full seasons at the Shay.
"I think he is good enough to play in the Football League," Aspin sai... | Gateshead have signed defender James Bolton on a three-year deal after his stint with FC Halifax Town finished at the end of the season. | 36398917 |
Mr Abadi had previously been nominated prime minister by Shia parties, instead of the incumbent Nouri Maliki.
But Mr Maliki said Mr Abadi's nomination was a "violation of the constitution". Mr Maliki has made it clear he wants a third term in office.
US President Barack Obama is due to give a statement on the issue at ... | Iraq's president has asked the deputy speaker of parliament, Haider al-Abadi, to form a new government. | 28739975 |
Credit card use for purchases in shops has been highlighted by the British Bankers' Association (BBA) as the key to rising borrowing on cards.
There were 168 million purchases on credit cards in July - the first full month since the Brexit vote.
This was higher than in June and the average of the previous six months.
H... | The UK is a nation of shoppers unfazed by the EU referendum result when spending on plastic, says a trade body representing the major banks. | 37173229 |
The country's Privacy Protection Commission (CPP) also accused Facebook of tracking the browsing habits of non-users, as well as its own members.
The action follows criticism of Facebook by the same body in May.
Facebook said it was surprised that the CPP had taken the "theatrical action" because it was due to meet the... | Facebook is being taken to court by the Belgian privacy commissioner over claims it tracks people across the web. | 33149889 |
It has taken a 112bn yen ($1bn; £780m) charge, citing "an acceleration of market decline".
The rise of online streaming services has hit demand for traditional media such as DVDs and blue-ray discs.
Sony's movie division has also struggled, with recent flops including an all-female Ghostbusters sequel.
Sony had warned... | Sony has taken a hefty writedown on the value of its movie business as the unit suffers from falling DVD and home entertainment sales. | 38793254 |
A sample was taken as a precaution because the patient has a history of travel in west Africa, where almost all of the recent deaths have occurred.
Dr Marion Lyons, PHW director of health protection, had already said it was "unlikely" the patient had the disease.
The virus has killed more than 6,800 people this year bu... | A patient at Morriston Hospital in Swansea has tested negative for Ebola, Public Health Wales has said. | 30538422 |
Geraldine Newman, 51, daughter Shannon, 11 and son Shane, six, were found on Tuesday in Allerton Bywater.
The children's father, Paul Newman, 42, from Normanton, was found dead on cliffs on Anglesey the same day.
West Yorkshire Police said the case was "shocking" and are not looking for anyone else over the deaths.
A p... | A woman found dead in a house near Leeds died of head injuries while her two children were stabbed to death, tests have shown. | 35487183 |
They have accused the government of favouring arable farming and want similar levels of subsidy payments as their English and Welsh counterparts.
Hill farms in England and Wales receive up to almost 13 times more per hectare.
The government said payments for crofting overall would go up from £20m to £33m by 2019.
But D... | A group of Sutherland crofters have appealed to the Scottish government to introduce a "fairer" subsidy system for hill farmers. | 34277913 |
The Office for National Statistics said clothing sales were 1.6% down on April's level, the biggest fall since September 2014.
Economists had expected retail sales to be flat in May after sales in April were boosted by unusually warm weather.
By contrast, May was cooler than normal. | UK retail sales rose by 0.2% in May, a slowdown from a rise of 0.9% in April, after shoppers bought fewer clothes. | 33181792 |
The tennis star made the announcement in the form of a poem.
She said he took her to Rome, where they first met, to propose to her - and she said yes.
It caps off a year in which Ms Williams won her seventh Wimbledon singles title and 22nd Grand Slam singles title, but dropped to world number two ranking.
All you need ... | Serena Williams has used the social media platform Reddit to announce that she is engaged to its co-founder, Alexis Ohanian. | 38464603 |
Now Miranda Hart is making her West End theatre debut in the musical Annie.
The Call the Midwife star, who will play orphanage owner Miss Hannigan, described it as "a dream role" that she never thought would become a reality.
"But here we are and I have a newly found musical theatre-esque spring in my step," she said.
... | She's best known for falling over and breaking "the fourth wall" on her BBC One sitcom. | 38991843 |
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) said Willie Kimani's death was a "dark day for the rule of law in Kenya".
Kenya's police have often been accused of brutality and they have been blamed for a series of extrajudicial killings.
The police chief has ordered the arrest of three police officers suspected of being involved in h... | The body of a Kenyan lawyer who was representing a client making a complaint against the police has been found. | 36682639 |
They were struck near the junction of Kenton Road and Claremont Avenue in Brent, at 19:40 BST on Friday.
The boy and his 59-year-old grandfather were taken to hospital with the child in a life-threatening condition. The man's injuries were not critical.
A 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing seriou... | A two-year-old boy is critical after he was hit by a car when out walking with his grandfather in north-west London. | 37203930 |
It had said the Dadaab camp, home to more than 300,000 Somalis, should shut down by the end of this month.
But Kenya now says it has suspended the repatriation to allow more time for consultation and funding.
Rights groups had expressed alarm over the initial deadline for closing the camps and called on Kenya to roll b... | Kenya's government has extended by six month the deadline to close the world's largest refugee camp. | 38002076 |
It follows three days of industrial action by CalMac staff last week which culminated in a 24-hour strike.
The Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) has sent out strike ballot papers to about 100 of its members who work for CalMac.
CalMac managing director Martin Dorchester said he was "extremely disappointed" ... | RMT union members working for Caledonian MacBrayne and Argyll Ferries are to hold a second strike on 10 July. | 33382401 |
William MacKenzie was part of a masked gang that targeted security guards as they delivered cash to an ATM at a Spar store in Drumgelloch, Airdrie.
He was identified from CCTV footage and jailed for seven years in 2011.
The Scottish Prison Service said MacKenzie's family had been told that he died at Addiewell Prison i... | A 50-year-old man who wielded a machete during a £40,000 armed robbery in North Lanarkshire in 2009 has died in prison. | 32750276 |
A raft of big deals this year include the £2.3bn tie-up between Ladbrokes and Gala Coral in July, a £6bn merger of Betfair and Paddy Power in August, and GVC's £1.1bn ($1.5bn) acquisition of Bwin.party in September.
Analysts say a "mergers and acquisitions frenzy" is sweeping the UK.
In fact, in the year to August, the... | The UK gambling industry is betting on a wave of mergers and acquisitions to secure a more profitable future. | 34266879 |
Jack Letts, 20, from Oxford, has been labelled "Jihadi Jack" by some newspapers, which reported he left the UK to join the group when he was 18.
His parents John and Sally Letts said their son wanted to travel to Syria for humanitarian reasons.
And on his Facebook page Jack Letts also said the reports were false.
Speak... | The family of a British man who reportedly travelled to Iraq to join the so-called Islamic State group said the claims were "completely false". | 35403219 |
Police also arrested 52 people across Wales under new drug-driving offences, which came into force in March.
Police carried out more than 12,000 breath tests during the June campaign.
In north Wales, a 36-year-old woman from Holywell, Flintshire was arrested after a reading of 125 micrograms, more than three times the ... | More than 300 people have tested positive for drink-driving in a month-long crackdown by Wales' four police forces. | 33708502 |
He was the political "never never" man who became Northern Ireland's first minister.
Ian Paisley ended up leading a power-sharing executive at Stormont - although he had supported the strike to bring one down 30 years earlier.
From firebrand preacher, he moved on to earn the nickname of "chuckle brother" alongside depu... | A selection of letters and drawings has cast a light on former first minster and DUP leader Ian Paisley's time in prison. | 36395744 |
Furnish Kennels in Fivemiletown claims to be the largest licensed dog breeding establishment in the UK.
A BBC Scotland investigation into the lucrative world of dog trading filmed hundreds of breeding bitches in battery-farmed conditions.
The firm's solicitor said the premises are run in accordance with the law.
The pr... | Secretly filmed footage of a County Tyrone dog breeding firm shows "barbaric" scenes, a senior Scottish government vet has said. | 32308177 |
Talks are under way with Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss about a series of 90-minute films based on Bram Stoker's novel about the Transylvanian vampire.
No scripts have been written and the Count has yet to be cast. According to the Radio Times, though, the series is likely to air in 2019.
Moffat's wife Sue Vertue will p... | The brains behind the BBC's Sherlock series are to make a new version of Dracula, the corporation has confirmed. | 40347479 |
President John Atta Mills turned on the valve at an offshore platform.
A consortium led by UK-based Tullow Oil hopes to produce 55,000 barrels per day, increasing to 120,000 barrels in six months.
Ghana, one of Africa's most stable countries, is expected to earn $400m (??254m) in the first year.
Wearing safety gear and... | The West African nation of Ghana has begun to pump its first commercial oil after the discovery of the offshore Jubilee Field three years ago. | 11996983 |
The directors of the Scottish Championship side have already said they will oppose the move.
Supporters group the Queens Trust secured the backing of Dumfries and Galloway Council in order to get the issue discussed.
However, it would need to gain significant support from other shareholders for the bid to succeed.
The ... | A bid by fans for a seat on the board of Queen of the South is to be debated at the club's annual general meeting. | 39003166 |
The former stray, believed to be about five months old, was scavenging in a neighbour's bin in Bedworth when he got his head stuck in the metal can.
Felix bears an uncanny resemblance to the cartoon moggy used to advertise the cat food of the same name.
But vets had to rescue him from his metal mishap, stuck head first... | A hungry cat called Felix was rescued from a Whiskas tin in a calamitous mash-up of cat food brands. | 34779998 |
circa 2500 BC - Palau's first inhabitants - thought to have come from present-day eastern Indonesia - settle in the islands. The early Palauans develop complex social systems, practice fishing and farming.
English captain Henry Wilson's vessel, 'Antelope', was shipwrecked on one of the islands of Palau in 1783
1783 - E... | A chronology of key events | 15446663 |
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McDermott, 51, led the club to promotion last season, but four successive Premier League defeats have left them four points adrift of safety.
A Reading statement said: "The search for a successor starts immediately. It is hoped a new manager will be in place as soon as pos... | Premier League strugglers Reading have confirmed the departure of manager Brian McDermott. | 21748762 |
Rumford, 39, was top of the leaderboard for all three strokeplay rounds and had a bye into round two for Sunday's six-hole knockout matchplay format.
He saw off Hideto Tanihara, Wade Ormsby and Adam Bland to reach the final, where a fine finish gave him a 2&1 win.
Australian Bland beat compatriot Jason Scrivener to cla... | Australian Brett Rumford captured the inaugural World Super 6 title with victory over 17-year-old Thai Phachara Khongwatmai in his native Perth. | 39019962 |
The gruelling 26.2-mile race has taken place in the capital every year since 1981.
This year around 40,000 runners are expected to set off from the starting line, including this lot hoping to break some weird world records.
We want your good luck messages for the runners taking part!
To Diana and George, keep on runnin... | The 37th London Marathon is taking place on Sunday, 23 April, with thousands of runners joining in to raise money for charity. | 39667105 |
"At this stage we can confirm there are dead and wounded on all sides, and hostages," Lt Col Diarran Kone said.
Ukraine's foreign ministry says one of its nationals is being held hostage.
Residents told the BBC that before the attack, gunmen on motorbikes warned people via loudhailers to go indoors.
Sevare has an air f... | Soldiers in Mali have surrounded a hotel in the central town of Sevare where suspected Islamist militants are holding at least one foreign hostage, a defence spokesman has told the BBC. | 33817733 |
Pole-starter Crutchlow, 30, held off title leader Marc Marquez and Valentino Rossi on the final lap.
Andrea Iannone had threatened to take a podium place but crashed on his Ducati with five laps remaining.
Earlier, the race was red-flagged and restarted after a first-lap crash involving Loris Baz and Pol Espargaro.
Cru... | Britain's Cal Crutchlow finished second in a dramatic British MotoGP at Silverstone as Spain's Maverick Vinales dominated to take his first-ever win. | 37270578 |
The bout had been scheduled to take place in Manchester on 9 July.
Undefeated Fury, 27, posted on Instagram that he had been forced to cancel the fight after injuring himself while running in the Lake District.
"They've said it's not broken but it's badly sprained and to keep off it for six to seven weeks," he said.
Pe... | British world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has postponed next month's rematch with Wladimir Klitschko after injuring an ankle in training. | 36624767 |
In his first interview since taking over at the bank in December, Mr Staley said that the core bank was performing well, but there was a lot of work to do "simplifying" the structure of the bank and improving conduct.
That restructuring will cost money, he said, and will lead to the dividend being cut for investors by ... | The chief executive of Barclays has told me that the bank needs to regain the trust of the public as he announced that profits had more than than halved in the final three months of 2015. | 35693947 |
Charles Mellor, 57, disappeared a week ago while fishing near the former Carnation factory.
His body was found in The Caul area on Thursday.
Mr Mellor's disappearance on Friday night prompted a major search operation, involving the coastguard and the police underwater unit.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, Nith In... | Police have confirmed that the body of a man pulled from the River Nith in Dumfries is that of a missing fisherman. | 36802093 |
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Former FA chairman David Bernstein said it was time for drastic action against football's world governing body.
"England on its own cannot influence this," he said. "If we tried something like that, we'd be laughed at."
He says a World Cup would be weakened without Europe'... | The English Football Association has been urged to lobby Uefa for a European boycott of the next World Cup - unless Fifa implements meaningful reform. | 30077311 |
The 35-year-old, whose contract expires in the summer, suffered the injury in his first appearance for seven months against Burnley on Saturday.
Czech Republic international Rosicky joined Arsenal in May 2006.
Asked if Rosicky had played his last game for the Gunners, boss Arsene Wenger said: "I hope not but the injury... | Arsenal midfielder Tomas Rosicky has been ruled out for up to three months because of a thigh problem. | 35501709 |
Akhilesh Yadav, 44, was sacked from the Samajwadi Party (SP), after a row over candidate lists for state elections.
His father, party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, made the U-turn after the two met on Friday.
"All misunderstandings are now over", Indian media quoted Akhilesh Yadav's uncle as saying.
Mulayam, a former chie... | The chief minister of India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, has been readmitted to his political party - a day after his father expelled him. | 38479189 |
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Last year Labour's Glenda Jackson won by 42 votes, but this year she is not standing.
A key issue in the area is housing, as many of the borough's wealthier people could be hit by a mansion tax, while others are moving out as they cannot afford to live there.
BBC London's Alice B... | Hampstead and Kilburn is a key marginal seat in north London and the closest three-way seat in the country. | 32495931 |
Dorchester's Grade-I listed Shire Hall was the scene of the significant moment in the history of the trade union movement in the 1800s.
Planning permission for the old courts and cells to be transformed into a £2.9m visitor centre has now been granted by the district council.
A bid for £1.1m of Heritage Lottery Fund (H... | Plans to transform Dorset's Tolpuddle Martyrs trial court building into a tourist attraction have been approved. | 28325442 |
Votes for the 18 September ballot were listed on internet auction site eBay, which has since removed the items.
The Electoral Commission said both the selling and buying of votes was illegal.
One online listing offered buyers a "unique piece of British history".
The Glasgow-based vendor wrote that he was selling his vo... | Police have launched an investigation after a number of people apparently tried to sell their votes in the independence referendum online. | 28968927 |
The Association of British Commuters (ABC) will attend a hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice on 29 June.
The drivers' union, Aslef, is due to begin an overtime ban on the same day.
Leaders of the RMT are due to meet this week to discuss the next move in their long-running disputes with Southern, Merseyrail and North... | A commuters' group has been given a date for a court hearing in its bid for a judicial review of the government's handling of the Southern rail "fiasco". | 40324822 |
This is because the CDF - a fund that will have £340m next year - exists to pay for treatments that would not be bought were cancer subject to normal NHS cost-benefit rules.
Cancer patients are given more support than other patients.
This is seen as a problem for two reasons.
First, basic fairness. Why care more about ... | A lot of people in the NHS hate the Cancer Drugs Fund - the pot of money dedicated to funding expensive cancer drugs for patients in England. | 30974000 |
The £50m stadium and training facilities would be at Kingsford, close to the Aberdeen bypass, near Westhill.
The hearing will take place on Wednesday 13 September at Aberdeen Town House.
It will give people who have written in about the application a chance to speak about it directly to city councillors.
Aberdeen FC sa... | A pre-determination hearing into Aberdeen FC's plans for a new stadium on the outskirts of the city will take place in September. | 40774843 |
The clubs acted after England wing Jonny May used a little-known regulation to leave Gloucester for Leicester for a fixed compensation fee, despite being under contract.
But following talks on Tuesday, the 12 existing Premiership clubs have voted unanimously to amend the stipulation.
The Rugby Players' Association (RPA... | English Premiership clubs have closed a contract loophole which threatened transfer chaos in rugby union. | 40887419 |
Plans to knock down 271 terraced houses in Toxteth and replace them with 154 new homes were blocked by the government last month in order to preserve its "Beatles heritage".
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles vetoed plans as the site includes Ringo Starr's birthplace.
The £15m Welsh Streets project had been recommende... | A decision to halt the demolition of Liverpool's Welsh Streets area has been challenged by the city council. | 31657716 |
This poverty has become an issue in the mid-term election race that pits Mary Landrieu, a Democrat who's already been senator for 18 years, against Republican Congressman Bill Cassidy.
Ms Landrieu's supporters insist she has done a lot for poor families. Her opponents say it's not enough and she is just a lackey of Pre... | Louisiana is hot, humid and poor - in roughly that order - and all three facts are unmissable. | 29712916 |
These so-called "prohibited" subsidies are considered the most serious form of anti-competitive practice as they require an undertaking from the company in receipt of them to promise not to operate in other jurisdictions.
You can have the money if you promise you won't open plants elsewhere - in this case even in anoth... | In a landmark trade ruling, the World Trade Organization will this afternoon find Boeing has illegally benefitted from billions of dollars from the most anti-competitive type of subsidy. | 38131611 |
The male officer was slashed on the neck, face and hand while attempting to arrest Paul Owens at the Leeds store.
Owens, 36, of no fixed address, admitted wounding with intent to resist arrest, attempted theft and possessing an offensive weapon.
He was jailed for six years and 147 days at Leeds Crown Court.
The HMV sto... | A shoplifter who attacked an off-duty police officer with a knife when he was caught stealing from an HMV during Black Friday has been jailed. | 38654436 |
Guide: Is homework a good idea or not?
That means lessons, assembly, seeing your friends and - for a lot of you - time to do homework again!
While giving homework to pupils in secondary schools is generally seen as a good idea, some don't think that kids in primary schools should have to do it.
For the last 100 years o... | The Christmas holidays are over and it's back to school! | 38383428 |
"I love a sunburnt country," she declared in her timeless poem My Country, and more than a century after those famous words were crafted, parts of Australia have endured another savage summer of heat. Sydney has had its hottest December and January nights on record and there have been new year heatwaves in Queensland, ... | As a homesick teenager in Britain in the early 1900s, the writer Dorothea Mackellar yearned for the "pitiless blue sky" of Australia. | 38805402 |
Labour member Jonny Morris made the gesture in protest after Conservative members voted to end a debate on raising Plymouth City Council tax.
He has also been suspended for three months.
Mr Morris confirmed the penalties which were agreed by the Labour group but declined to comment further.
The gesture - which was caug... | A councillor who performed a Nazi salute during a meeting has been ordered to attend a diversity training course. | 39200671 |
The federal upper house (Bundesrat) took the case to the constitutional court in the western city of Karlsruhe.
The petition argues that the NPD is racist and anti-Semitic, and poses a threat to Germany's democratic order.
A previous attempt to ban the NPD failed in 2003 because the judges dismissed evidence provided b... | Germany's highest court is considering whether to ban the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD). | 35695210 |
The 16-year-old boys were arrested on Wednesday in raids by West Midlands Police, who are investigating attacks in Moseley and Kings Heath in February.
Officers also seized cash, a car key, mobile phones and clothing. They believe the attacks were planned on the messaging service WhatsApp.
The boys have been bailed whi... | Three teenagers have been bailed after they were arrested in connection with a spate of car-jackings in Birmingham. | 39735037 |
Dyfed-Powys Police has arrested a man on suspicion of murder following an incident at Temple Street, Llandrindod Wells, in the early hours of Sunday.
The dead's man family has been informed.
Detectives want to speak to anybody in the area around Temple Street between 23:00 BST on Saturday and 04:15 on Sunday. | Police are investigating the death of a 31-year-old man in Powys. | 33405370 |
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Before the tour party departed for New Zealand, I thought the All Blacks would win comfortably.
But then I considered South Africa and Australia's decline since the last Rugby World Cup, that England and Ireland have both risen in the rankings, that Scotland beat the Walla... | I had so many emotions coming into this game. | 40393152 |
Posh dropped to 16th in the table after losing 3-1 at Bury on Tuesday.
"We've given the fans some massive highs and now we're giving them a ridiculous low," said Westley.
"I hope people understand the reality of the situation. We had a team in November that won six straight and we're sick of talking about it, but we've... | Peterborough manager Graham Westley is confident his side can recover from a run of five League One defeats. | 35707054 |
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Wood is one of 12 English players in the men's world's top 100, a statistic that compares favourably with the equivalent ranking in tennis, in which just four British players feature.
"There are 10 of us that have come through amateur golf and broken into the top 50 in the... | Defending PGA champion Chris Wood says home-grown players deserve more recognition for their achievements. | 40018089 |
The five-stage event, won by Britain's Lizzie Deignan last year, will conclude in the capital on Sunday, 11 June.
Its fourth edition will also include stages in Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire and Derbyshire.
All of the world's top 15 teams will take part in the race, which is a part of... | London will host the 2017 Women's Tour final stage, with the race to open on 7 June in Daventry. | 38979341 |
The move brings Islamophobia in line with anti-Semitic attacks targeting Jewish people, which have been recorded separately for some time.
It comes ahead of the publication of yearly hate crime statistics, which are expected to show further rises.
The Metropolitan Police already records Islamophobic crime.
The governme... | Anti-Muslim hate crimes will be recorded as a separate category by all police forces in England and Wales, the prime minister has said. | 34511274 |
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