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The result is a boost for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who has sent the union chief a message of congratulations.
Mr McCluskey's chief rival Gerard Coyne - seen as the anti-Corbyn candidate - was beaten by nearly 6,000 votes.
He said Unite, which is Labour's biggest donor, had to change and claimed he faced attempts by... | Len McCluskey has been re-elected as Unite's general secretary following a bitter leadership battle. | 39670708 |
Darren Cunningham, 39, who has waived his right to anonymity, said he was "happy" Tony and Julie Wadsworth were found guilty.
The couple presented on both BBC WM in Birmingham and BBC Radio Leicester.
They were each jailed for five years for sex offences against under-age boys between 1992 and 1996.
Julie Wadsworth, 60... | A man who testified in court against two ex-BBC radio presenters who sexually assaulted him says it was a "daunting" experience. | 40404493 |
The refund agreement settles long-standing complaints over in-app purchases made by children without their parents' consent.
Apple will also be required to change its billing procedures to make sure customers have given consent before they are charged for in-app purchases.
The company said it had settled rather than ta... | Apple will refund customers at least $32.5m (£19.9m) after a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). | 25748292 |
Ross Taggart, 31, denies murdering Carol Anne Taggart between 21 December last year and 11 January this year.
He is alleged to have repeatedly struck her on the head "by means unknown" and compressed her throat.
He is then alleged to have hidden her body under a caravan in Pettycur Bay, Kinghorn.
Mr Taggart is accused ... | A man accused of murdering his mother and concealing her body under a caravan in Fife was "her blue-eyed boy", a court has heard. | 34809478 |
Jeremy Corbyn had claimed text messages showed ministers were prepared to offer a "sweetheart deal" to the council to avoid a referendum on the rise.
But Mr Javid insisted there was "no memorandum of understanding" between the government and the council.
And Surrey County Council said "no deal" had been offered.
The La... | Surrey County Council's decision not to raise council tax by up to 15% "was theirs alone", Local Government Secretary Sajid Javid has said. | 38920416 |
He was released from Long Lartin prison, in Worcestershire. He has spent most of the last 10 years in custody.
A UK court approved his appeal against deportation after deciding witness evidence obtained by torture might be used at trial in Jordan.
The government believes the wrong legal test was applied and is to appea... | Muslim cleric Abu Qatada has been freed on bail after a UK court ruled he might not get a fair trial if deported to Jordan to face terrorism charges. | 20308585 |
The channel will cover subjects including music, performance, art, literature and cinema from 1 October.
Poet and musician Kate Tempest will lead an evening dedicated to National Poetry Day as part of the season.
Other highlights will include a documentary fronted by Alan Bennett, which will follow the author to iconic... | BBC Two is to dedicate its Saturday night schedules to the arts during the autumn, the corporation has said. | 37287955 |
Glenn Murray put the Seagulls in front from the penalty spot after Kalvin Phillips was sent off for handling on the line midway through the first half.
Despite dominating, the hosts only sealed victory with Tomer Hemed's late penalty after Lewis Dunk was fouled.
Leeds defended resolutely but rarely troubled the divisio... | Brighton moved top of the Championship and extended their unbeaten league run to 14 games with a win against 10-man Leeds United at the Amex Stadium. | 38178469 |
Dolores Kelly was speaking after the former SDLP leader Mark Durkan said the party leadership needs to change in time for next year's assembly election.
Ms Kelly said voters had expressed concerns during the Westminster election campaign trail.
Alasdair McDonnell has made it clear he does not intend to stand down.
"I h... | Voters across Northern Ireland have expressed concerns about the leader of the SDLP Alasdair McDonnell, according to the party's deputy leader. | 32760476 |
Mr Snyder, a Republican, has rejected claims of inefficiency as thousands of people were left without safe tap water and at risk of lead poisoning.
He has described the crisis as a "massive error of bureaucracy".
Meanwhile, seven families have filed a lawsuit against authorities.
The city's water became contaminated wh... | Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has stood firm after Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders called for his resignation over the Flint water crisis. | 35747877 |
Fletcher was taken to hospital after being hit by a shot from Birmingham Bears' Sam Hain at Edgbaston.
"It is probably a good thing I did not lift my head up, it could've been a lot worse," said the 28-year-old, who is now out of hospital.
"I got away with it and the doctors said I dodged a bullet."
Nottingham-born Fle... | Notts Outlaws bowler Luke Fletcher says he was "lucky" to escape serious injury after being hit on the head during a T20 Blast match on Saturday. | 40563762 |
In Bournemouth, owners gathered on the promenade on Sunday morning before riding from Boscombe Pier to Sandbanks.
The electric tricycles were launched by entrepreneur Sir Clive Sinclair on 10 January 1985 at Alexandra Palace in London.
Enthusiasts also gathered at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, Hampshire, on Sa... | Sinclair C5 enthusiasts have been celebrating the 30th anniversary of the vehicle's launch. | 30750342 |
Sunil ÂTripathi, 22, was identified by a forensic dental exam, but his cause of death has not been determined.
Members of a university rowing team found the body on Tuesday evening, a month after Tripathi went missing.
He has been described as the other victim of the bombings after he was wrongly identified a suspect.... | The body of a man found in a Rhode Island river is a student mistakenly identified as one of the Boston bombers, medical officials confirm. | 22297568 |
Bruce Tasker and Joel Fearon finished fourth, with Germany taking gold and silver and Switzerland the bronze.
It was Tasker's first major global competition as a pilot and he said: "I'm pinching myself.
"The result was far, far better than I could ever have imagined and I'm absolutely over the moon."
Nicola Minichiello... | Great Britain missed out on their first medal in a men's bobsleigh World Championships for 50 years by just 0.20 seconds in Igls, Austria. | 35573002 |
Charlotte Speddy, 17, from Bethesda, Gwynedd, was born with malformed ribs and a severely curved spine which left her struggling to breathe.
In 2001, she flew to Texas with her parents, Angela and Stephen, where doctors fitted metal ribs and carried out operations to straighten her spine.
But Charlotte died on Tuesday ... | A teenager who travelled to the United States as a child for pioneering spine surgery, has died. | 33984695 |
Crolla - unanimously outpointed when the pair met in September - was rarely able to get close enough to his opponent to cause damage and was dropped by a stinging Linares uppercut in the seventh round.
Though he responded admirably, roared on by around 15,000 in the arena, Crolla always looked at the mercy of Linares' ... | Anthony Crolla was outclassed in his bid to regain the WBA lightweight title as talented Venezuelan Jorge Linares produced a superb display at Manchester Arena. | 39395519 |
The three-day summit at Uluru coincides with the 50th anniversary of a vote that allowed indigenous Australians to be included on a national census.
Australia does not mention Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in its constitution.
The summit aims to reach consensus on the best method of recognition.
More th... | Hundreds of indigenous leaders have gathered in central Australia for a historic summit on formally recognising the country's first inhabitants. | 39996262 |
On Saturday, tens of thousands of people demonstrated across the Republic of Ireland against water charges.
The controversial austerity measure is a key part of the government's plan to pay back the international financial bailout the state had to seek in 2010.
On Sunday night, Drogheda mayor Kevin Callan resigned from... | Irish Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney has said there is no question of Irish Water being abolished. | 29880055 |
Plaid Cymru MP Jonathan Edwards said that Longhua had abandoned a deal with FieldMaster Tractors in Betws, near Ammanford, which promised 40 jobs.
He blamed the UK government's "dithering" over Wales' future relationship with the EU single market.
Wales Office Minister Mr Bebb denied the charge but said he was disappoi... | A Chinese company has scrapped plans to invest in Carmarthenshire due to Brexit uncertainty, MPs have been told. | 38157499 |
About half of union members voted, with 74% of those backing industrial action in the dispute over rest breaks.
Thomas Cook Airlines said plans were in place to make sure customers would still be able to go on holiday in the event of strikes.
The British airline flies more than six million passengers a year to the US, ... | Thomas Cook cabin crew voted in favour of a strike in a row over health and safety, the Unite union has said. | 36381827 |
The trouble was sparked by the arrest of a man whose wife was told by police on Thursday to remove an Islamic face-covering veil, banned in public.
He has been accused of trying to strangle the officer.
Up to 300 people attacked a police station in Trappes on Friday night where the man was being held.
One leading Musli... | Crowds of youths have thrown stones at French police and set fire to cars in a second night of disturbances in the Paris suburb of Trappes. | 23395770 |
Yingluck Shinawatra was speaking at the opening of the Cites conservation meeting taking place in Bangkok,
The legal market in Thailand is said to be fuelling high levels of poaching across Africa.
Critics say that there is a lack of clarity and detail regarding the proposed changes to the law.
There are about 6,500 el... | Thailand's prime minister says she will amend her country's laws to ban the legal trade in ivory. | 21646863 |
The Swede hit six birdies, including three in his first four holes, in a seven-under-par round of 64 at Golf Club Milano in Monza.
England's Chris Wood is six shots off the pace after a two-under-par 69.
Wood is one of seven members of Europe's Ryder Club team playing at the event at Parco Reale di Monza.
The Ryder Cup... | Defending champion Rikard Karlberg leads home favourite Francesco Molinari by one shot after the first round of a rain-affected Italian Open at Monza. | 37382224 |
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said some providers may be breaching consumer laws.
It will look into complaints that prices can go up after a customer has taken out a contract - or that the amount of data storage can be changed.
Earlier this year the ONS reported that 40% of UK adults now use cloud storage... | An investigation is to be launched into whether internet users are being charged unfairly when they use cloud storage services. | 34967346 |
Midfielder Barton helped Burnley to the Championship title this season and an instant return to England's top flight.
"I'm gutted that Joey has gone," said Wales striker Vokes, who scored 15 league goals for the Clarets this season.
"I was a bit surprised too because he was a big part of the squad and a key figure for ... | Sam Vokes has admitted to surprise that Joey Barton gave up another shot at the Premier League to join Rangers. | 36394321 |
A mass dance warm-up took place at Saundersfoot before the swimmers braved the sea, cheered on by thousands of spectators.
Pembrokeshire-born adventurer Tori James, the first Welsh woman to climb Mount Everest, was on hand to start the swim.
Now in its 32rd year, the event has raised more than £500,000 for charity.
Hi... | More than 1,500 swimmers in fancy dress have welcomed in the New Year at an annual swim in Pembrokeshire. | 35209752 |
She also believes that plans to phase out coal fired power plants and replace them by stations run on gas would leave the UK dependent on imported gas.
The plans were part of a major policy speech on Wednesday by the Energy Secretary Amber Rudd.
Coal currently accounts for around 30% of UK power generation.
But in her ... | Consumers could be exposed to soaring energy prices under new Government plans, says Dorothy Thompson, boss of coal-fired power generator Drax. | 34864601 |
This dormitory town of 120,000 people on the northern edge of Barcelona is sharply divided over the 9 November vote on breaking away.
Historically it was a summer retreat for rich people in the city, just across the River Besos. You can still see some of their mansions among the concrete apartment blocks.
But Santa Col... | Catalonia's dream of independence from Spain collides with some harsh realities on the streets of Santa Coloma. | 29948865 |
The B-52 swooped over an air base close to the North-South border.
Pyongyang said it detonated an underground device earlier this week to widespread condemnation, but experts remain sceptical about the claim.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said the test was an act of self-defence to prevent nuclear war with the US.
"I... | The US has flown a B-52 bomber over South Korea in a show of force after North Korea said it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. | 35275029 |
He pledged to tackle extremist ideology and "the failures of integration" which he said had led to hundreds of Britons joining Islamic State (IS) militants.
Among a number of proposals, the PM promised to allow parents to have their children's passports cancelled if they feared they were at risk.
He also pledged to loo... | David Cameron has set out the government's strategy to defeat the "poison" of Islamist extremism. | 33590305 |
He will now start forming a minority government, after the Queen's approval.
But in a fiery Senedd session, Plaid leader Leanne Wood said her party would vote against Labour again if needed, accusing it of "bullying" behaviour.
UKIP's Neil Hamilton also sparked a row calling her and Lib Dem Kirsty Williams Mr Jones's "... | Welsh Labour leader Carwyn Jones has been reappointed as first minister after a deal with Plaid Cymru ended a week of deadlock in Cardiff Bay. | 36312517 |
The bomber detonated the explosives at the end of a football match, wounding more than 60 others, according to police and medical sources.
Iskandariya is a mainly Shia town 40km (25 miles) south of the capital, Baghdad.
So-called Islamic State (IS) said it carried out the attack.
IS, a mainly Sunni group which controls... | At least 29 people have been killed in a suicide attack in a crowded park in the Iraqi city of Iskandariya, officials have said. | 35901358 |
The document describes itself as the EU's "initial offer" in negotiations over the transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP).
It includes the wording that UK ministers have said will protect the NHS from privatisation.
Anti-TTIP campaigners say a specific exemption for the NHS is still needed.
The 103-page ... | A leaked draft of what the European Union wants excluded from a new trade deal with the United States has been obtained by the BBC. | 31631461 |
Off-duty fireman Alan Brown, 46, fell into an outside basement area of Bert's Bar in William Street on 4 April 2014.
At Edinburgh Sheriff Court, Maclay Inns pleaded guilty under the Health and Safety at Work Act.
It admitted failing to ensure staff were aware of the importance of a gate in the railings being padlocked.... | A firm has been fined £100,000 over the death of a man who fell into a basement at one of its Edinburgh pubs because a gate was not padlocked. | 35720408 |
The singer left the stage at the end of her Rebel Heart tour concert on Sunday.
When she returned for an encore of Holiday, Madonna was forced to lead a crowd singalong after finding the power off and floor lights on.
Posting on Instagram, Madonna said: "We don't stop till its over Glasgow! Don't try to silence the Que... | Pop star Madonna has issued a rebuke after the power was cut during her encore at Glasgow's Hydro venue. | 35152546 |
Beidou now offered location, timing and navigation data to China and surrounding areas,announced the project's spokesman Ran Cheng.
China has been working on the system since 2000 to provide an alternative to the US government-run Global Positioning System (GPS).
The move should make China's military less dependent on ... | China's satellite navigation system has become operational, according to an official. | 16337648 |
The Obama administration was criticised for lax security and a slow response to the 2012 attacks on a US compound, in the report by House Republicans.
But they found no new evidence of wrongdoing by ex-Secretary of State and White House hopeful Hillary Clinton.
The issue has long haunted her on the campaign trail.
Isla... | The US military failed to protect four Americans who died in attacks on a US compound in the Libyan city of Benghazi, says a Congressional report. | 36655420 |
Number 10 confirmed the comment by a government lawyer in the High Court represented the "government's view".
The vote would take place after negotiations have taken place and with Brexit already triggered using Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.
Campaigners have been calling for a vote before Article 50 is triggered.
Op... | Downing Street has said it is "very likely" MPs will be able to vote on the final Brexit agreement reached between the UK and the European Union. | 37691270 |
It is believed flammable material was thrown through the front window of Michelle Mulherin's office in Ballina shortly after 19:00 GMT on Tuesday.
The office sustained minimal smoke damage as a result of the blaze.
The street has been closed to traffic and an examination is being carried out in the building.
In a state... | Irish police have launched an investigation after a fire broke out at the constituency office of a Fine Gael TD in County Mayo. | 31012832 |
The house, at Derry Street in the County Armagh town, was attacked shortly after midnight.
A number of shots were fired, damaging the front door and a front window.
Police said a motive for the attack had yet to be established and appealed for anyone with any information to contact them. | A 61-year-old man has escaped injury in a gun attack on a house in Lurgan in the early hours of Wednesday. | 32313951 |
The police said most of the 90 people were arrested for protesting in a non-designated area in the city of Gouda.
While surveys show most Dutch people do not want to change the tradition, Black Pete is increasingly viewed as an outdated stereotype.
The Dutch version of the St Nicholas legend depicts him arriving by boa... | Dutch police have arrested dozens of people during a protest over Black Pete, a controversial black-faced sidekick to the local St Nicholas. | 30069240 |
It would be a record-breaking Games for Team GB in Pyeongchang if they win more than the four medals they have taken home on two occasions, in 1924 and 2014.
UK Sport has doubled its investment in Olympic winter sports from £13.5m for the four-year cycle to the 2014 Sochi Games to £27.9m for the South Korea event.
And ... | Great Britain should be excited about its medal chances at the 2018 Winter Olympics, according to chef de mission Mike Hay. | 38868480 |
On Wednesday, 14 people were charged by US authorities for racketeering, fraud and money laundering. Seven of them were top Fifa officials.
Fifa's president Sepp Blatter, who is not among those charged, has been under pressure to resign. He is seeking a fifth term as president, although is being challenged by Prince Al... | As members of football's governing body, Fifa, vote for their new president, the organisation remains mired in crisis following the launch of joint criminal investigations earlier this week. | 32913375 |
It's being seen as a financial windfall for the government and also being described as an unqualified success at tackling the country's long-standing underground economy or black money problem.
Cash transactions are a way of life in India. They could involve simple purchases on the street, or large-scale ones involving... | Earlier this month, the Indian government announced that tens of thousands of people had taken advantage of a tax evasion amnesty scheme to declare more than $9.5bn (£7.3bn) in undisclosed incomes and assets. | 37640399 |
7 May 2015 Last updated at 19:28 BST
It is one of five commissioned around the UK by The Landmark Trust, to mark the charity's 50th birthday.
The iron sculpture weighs 1,543lbs (700kg) and is the only one that has been placed in a village, the other four have been positioned by the coast.
Sir Antony said the sculpture ... | A new sculpture by the artist and sculptor Sir Antony Gormley has been unveiled on a Warwickshire canal. | 32631681 |
A so-called "Brexit" would disrupt established trading relationships and cause "major challenges" for both the UK and the rest of Europe, it said.
The IMF said the referendum had already created uncertainty for investors and a vote to exit would only heighten this.
Vote Leave said the IMF had been "consistently wrong" ... | The UK's exit from the European Union could cause "severe regional and global damage", the International Monetary Fund has warned in its latest outlook. | 36024492 |
The show, which was a hit 2003 film starring Jack Black, is about a wannabe rock star who poses as a teacher, forming a band with his students to enter a music contest.
The Guardian said the musical had "lost its mojo" and was "innocuous".
The Hollywood Reporter, however, described it as a "crowd-pleaser".
"In terms of... | Broadway musical School of Rock, written by Downton Abbey's Julian Fellowes with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, has opened to mixed reviews. | 35026887 |
It wants to tap in to demand in the country, which is set to overtake the US to become the world's biggest aviation market within the next decade.
Based in the central eastern city of Zhengzhou, the airline will be run in partnership with the Everbright Group.
AirAsia already has operations in Malaysia, Thailand, Indon... | Budget airline AirAsia has signed a joint venture agreement to set up a new low-cost carrier in China. | 39918697 |
Marvin Rees pledged to rid the city of sexual entertainment venues if he is elected, arguing they could "feed into" wider inequality.
But stripper Esme Worrell branded the idea "short-sighted" and "patronising".
Mr Rees said he would work with the council's licensing committee.
He was criticised after he announced the ... | A Labour mayoral candidate has defended his promise to try to ban strip clubs from Bristol - after a social media backlash from women working in the industry. | 35800643 |
Since first attending in 1947, she's been an enthusiastic participant in the biggest flat-racing week of the year, as a racehorse owner and breeder and simply as a fan of the sport, arriving amid the famous pomp and circumstance of the horse-drawn carriage procession down the course.
Over 60-plus years, the Royal silks... | There's probably no 90th birthday present the Queen would rather receive than success in a race at her beloved Royal Ascot. | 36507206 |
The 18-year-old's fee could rise to £31m, depending on his performance. An initial £27m offer was rejected in May.
He has developed immensely during his time at Southampton and has all the attributes to become a top player
The left-back has agreed a four-year contract with United, with an option to extend for a further... | England defender Luke Shaw has joined Manchester United from Southampton for £27m, making him one of the world's most expensive teenagers. | 28048866 |
In December, it was announced that half of Glasgow's 16 jobcentres would shut to save money and to reflect a rise in the use of online and phone services.
The Department for Work and Pensions said it expected affected employees to move to other sites, adding that any redundancies would be "very small".
Scottish Employa... | The UK government is planning to close a further 16 jobcentres in Scotland. | 38759960 |
All 42 Scottish Professional Football League clubs will vote on 23 April on a motion from Hibs, their Edinburgh rivals, Hearts and Motherwell.
The three clubs want to halve the amount of Premiership play-off gate receipts going to the league.
League bosses have recommended that the clubs vote against the proposal.
Moth... | Hibernian insist that they are not involved in a "cash grab" with a proposal to change the rules over the distribution of play-off funds. | 32319194 |
The 45-year-old mother-of-two suffered a punctured lung and permanent damage to her sight following the crash on the Firth of Forth last summer.
The woman had been part of an organised trip to the Isle of May seabird haven.
She was crushed after being seated on an inflatable tube on the boat, used when passenger number... | Marine accident investigators have issued new safety instructions after a woman was seriously injured in a collision between two inflatable boats. | 39962552 |
General Sir Adrian Bradshaw told the BBC that the West needed "a grand strategy" to counter these threats.
He said much of Russia's aggressive behaviour was about Mr Putin "protecting his own political power".
Russian officials have repeatedly denied cyber hacking accusations.
General Bradshaw, who next month steps dow... | Britain's most senior Nato commander has called on the alliance to step up efforts against Russian cyber attacks, propaganda and political agitation - to keep President Putin in check. | 39151192 |
Vishal Chopra, an accountant from Glasgow, is believed to have been on the Indonesian island to attend a family wedding.
He reportedly died after getting into difficulty while swimming offshore.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said: "We are supporting the family of a British national who has died in Bali, and have ... | A 42-year-old man from Scotland has died after a swimming accident on Bali. | 36683487 |
The world-famous locomotive Flying Scotsman was joined by an HST and InterCity 225 from Virgin Trains' fleet, and one of its new Azuma trains.
They lined up on the East Coast Main Line at Tollerton, North Yorkshire, at 06:00 BST before travelling to York.
Hundreds of people lined the route to witness the unique event.
... | Four trains from different eras have travelled side by side in a special event celebrating the past, present and future of Britain's railways. | 39684092 |
The 25-year-old was 4-0 down in the opening set, but won the final 12 games to deflate Zhang in front of her home fans.
Konta also recorded a straight-set win over Zhang at the Wuhan Open last week.
She will play American eighth seed Madison Keys in the semi-finals.
The victory also increases the chances of Konta quali... | British number one Johanna Konta recovered from losing her first two service games to sweep to a 6-4 6-0 win over China's world number 36 Zhang Shuai in the China Open quarter-finals. | 37588732 |
Tigers were knocked out of the European Champions Cup earlier this month, and are fifth in the Premiership.
They have lost all three games under head coach Aaron Mauger since sacking director of rugby Richard Cockerill on 2 January.
"We could have left that decision until the end of the season, but we didn't because we... | Leicester Tigers chief executive Simon Cohen says the club can win trophies this year despite recent poor form. | 38748821 |
Thousands of women with terminal breast cancer are being denied extra time with their loved ones due to the high cost of new drugs, it said.
The charity called on drugs firms and government to make medicines more accessible.
Drugs firms said more drugs needed NHS approval.
NICE, the National Institute for Health and Ca... | A fund to pay for cancer drugs that are not available on the NHS "papers over" deeper drugs pricing issues, according to charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer. | 29805717 |
Goxhill was the first RAF site handed to the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in 1942. The station was used by the Americans as a training base.
The site's watch office was later acquired by the Military Aviation Museum in 2003, before being taken down brick by brick and shipped to Virginia Beach.
It is due to ope... | An RAF building which was dismantled and moved to the US is to reopen after it was rebuilt in Virginia. | 39935976 |
The Bafta-winning star, known for his roles in Alien and The Elephant Man, had been treated for pancreatic cancer in 2015.
Sir John's wife said he had brought "joy and magic" and it would be a "strange world without him".
He recently starred as Father Richard McSorley in Jackie, the biopic of President John F Kennedy's... | Sir John Hurt's wife, Anwen, has led tributes to the veteran actor after he died at the age of 77. | 38778145 |
Sheryll Murray says she was branded a witch on social media, and somebody urinated on her office door during the recent general election campaign.
Swastikas were also carved into a promotional poster in her home constituency of South East Cornwall.
She says the police are investigating the attacks.
Raising the issue du... | Social media users should be subjected to the same regulations as the press during election campaigns, a Conservative MP has said. | 40435353 |
The chair of the Public Accounts Committee, Margaret Hodge, said whistleblowers had told her that Google had sold advertising within the UK and invoiced customers in the UK.
Google had earlier said that UK customers paid Google in Ireland.
"No one in the UK can execute transactions," said Google's head of sales in Nort... | The internet giant Google has been challenged by MPs over the way it reports its income for tax. | 22551401 |
After conceding four in last weekend's loss at Bournemouth, Liverpool shipped two avoidable first-half goals on their way to ceding more ground to Chelsea and Arsenal in the title race.
Adam Lallana's smart low finish had put Liverpool ahead inside five minutes but the visitors were level before the half-hour when goal... | Goals by Dimitri Payet and Michail Antonio exposed Liverpool's defensive frailties again as West Ham climbed out of the Premier League relegation zone with a hard-fought draw at Anfield. | 38199047 |
It is hard to comprehend now but in the 1970s Slade openly ran a helpline for child sex abusers from his parents' home in suburban Bristol.
As he was sentenced at the end of his recent trial, the judge said Slade had "boasted of his involvement" with PIE.
The group campaigned for "children's sexuality", calling on the ... | As 75-year-old paedophile Douglas Slade is jailed for child abuse and rape, the BBC examines his links to notorious 1970s group the Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE), which campaigned to legalise sex with children. | 36602256 |
The killings, in Saihat in Eastern Province on Friday, come two days after the start of Ashura commemorations, a holy occasion for Shia Muslims.
A group claiming links to Islamic State (IS) said it carried out the attack.
The interior ministry said a gunman opened fire at random before police intervened and shot the at... | Five people have been killed and nine wounded in an attack on a Shia gathering hall in eastern Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry says. | 34555014 |
Marian Brown, 17, had just kissed her boyfriend goodnight when she was fatally wounded in the neck.
She was caught up in an exchange of fire between paramilitaries and an Army patrol at Roden Street in June 1972.
A fresh inquest was ordered after questions were raised over the velocity of the bullet that killed her.
He... | The brother of a pregnant teenager shot dead in disputed circumstances in west Belfast 45 years ago has told an inquest she was completely innocent. | 40251725 |
The Times says it has "evidence of an organised drugs culture" similar to the one in Russian athletics.
Earlier this month, Russian swimmer Yuliya Efimova was suspended after testing positive for meldonium.
Russia's athletes are currently banned from international competition.
Fina said it had taken a "particularly rob... | Swimming's world governing body says it is "not aware" of any "concrete evidence of systemic doping" among Russian swimmers, despite allegations made in a newspaper investigation. | 35878819 |
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The recommendations have been made because some children in England as young as five, have decayed, missing and filled teeth.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, say that teeth brushing in school should take place ... | Some primary schools and nurseries in England should supervise children brushing their teeth, say NICE, an organisation that gives guidance on health matters. | 29729697 |
Syal, who is famous for comedy roles on television in Goodness Gracious Me and The Kumars at No.42, becomes a CBE.
One of the pioneers for black footballers in the 1970s, ex-West Bromwich Albion defender Brendon Batson, is among those appointed OBE.
Former chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Matt ... | Wolverhampton-born actress and writer Meera Syal has been recognised in the Queen's New Year Honours. | 30634906 |
Gordon Highlander Alistair Urquhart said the bomb prevented a Japanese plan to massacre Allied PoWs.
He was blown off his feet by the Nagasaki bomb in 1945. That, and the Hiroshima atomic bomb killed up to 250,000 people, but are credited with hastening the end of World War Two.
Aberdeen-born Mr Urquhart, of Broughty F... | A former prisoner-of-war who credited the Nagasaki atomic bomb with saving his life has died at the age of 97. | 37606356 |
Marco Gutierrez was explaining why he supports Donald Trump, a day after the presidential candidate's visit to Mexico.
"My culture is a very dominant culture and it's imposing and it's causing problems," he told MSNBC.
"If you don't do something about it, you're going to have taco trucks on every corner."
His warning l... | The founder of Latinos For Trump has been widely mocked for warning of a future with "taco trucks on every corner" in the US if Hillary Clinton wins the presidential election. | 37255418 |
Burton's film, based on Ransom Riggs' novel, took an estimated $28.5m (£22.1m) over the weekend.
Peter Berg's Deepwater Horizon, about the 2010 oil rig explosion and starring Mark Wahlberg, came in second with $20.6m (£16m).
Chess prodigy tale Queen of Katwe could only manage $2.6m (£2m).
Its release was expanded na... | Tim Burton's film Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children has beaten disaster movie Deepwater Horizon to the top of the US film chart. | 37541715 |
The Golden Jubilee National Hospital in Clydebank is currently the only heart transplant unit in the UK which cannot also offer lung replacement surgery.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said ministers were investigating whether the proposal could go ahead.
The Golden Jubilee is celebrating 25 years since its first heart... | A request from surgeons to be allowed to carry out lung transplants in Scotland for the first time is being considered by the Scottish government. | 38262019 |
A range of other drugs in the same class including ketamine and crystal meth became legal on Tuesday after a court challenge.
The new legislation will officially be signed into law on Wednesday afternoon.
It will come into force at midnight meaning many drugs remain legal until then.
Members of the Dail, the main chamb... | The Irish parliament's passed an emergency law that will close a loophole which has left it legal to possess drugs such as ecstasy. | 31833070 |
The 1960s-set drama, based on Philip Roth's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, premiered at the Toronto film festival.
McGregor also stars in the film, alongside Jennifer Connelly and Dakota Fanning.
Speaking to the BBC, McGregor said: "On the one hand it's been the most incredible experience and I would long to do it again... | Ewan McGregor says he has no plans to rush back to directing after making his debut with American Pastoral. | 37331760 |
Chris and Ciara Boucher, from Antrim, told the Victoria Derbyshire Show that their daughter Lucy was taken care of by "brilliant medical teams".
Lucy had a successful kidney transplant last November. The kidney was donated by her father.
3D replicas of Lucy's abdomen and Chris' kidney were made before surgery.
The prin... | The parents of a three-year-old toddler who underwent an innovative kidney transplant that involved 3D printing have said they are "very fortunate". | 35407477 |
Christopher James Wauchope, 40, was arrested following a search of his home at Strabane Road, Castlederg, on Tuesday.
He faces four charges relating to attempted importation and attempted possession with intent to supply.
The defendant will appear in court by video link on 21 April.
The court heard that on 15 March the... | A man has appeared at Strabane Magistrates Court, County Tyrone, after the seizure of an estimated £64,000 worth of herbal cannabis in Belgium. | 35923801 |
Officials say nearly 1,700 people have died in the worst-hit states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, where temperatures rose above 45C (113F).
Clouds have formed over some parts of the two states and weather officials say pre-monsoon showers are likely to provide some relief on Friday.
The monsoon is due to reach Keral... | The massive heatwave sweeping India is starting to ease, with forecasts of rain in some affected states. | 32926172 |
Computer security researchers wrote the code following the discovery of the USB flaw earlier this year.
The pair made the code public in an attempt to force electronics firms to improve defences against attack by USB.
One of the experts who found the flaw said the release was a "stark reminder" of its seriousness.
Deta... | Computer code that can turn almost any device that connects via USB into a cyber-attack platform has been shared online. | 29475566 |
The Shetland Isles recorded the fastest house price growth in the 12 months to the end of January, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
However, the Orkney Isles saw the fourth biggest fall in prices over the same period, the ONS data showed.
UK property prices, on average, rose by 6.2% in the year.
This mean... | House prices in the Scottish isles have witnessed contrasting fortunes in the past year - putting them at extreme ends of UK property price movements. | 39337707 |
Images posted on social media showed burning rubbish and parts of the Moria camp being evacuated.
The unrest came during a visit by the Greek migration minister and a Dutch minister.
The migrants are angry about the detention conditions and an EU deal to return economic migrants to Turkey.
Moria camp was visited by the... | Clashes have broken out between police and stone-throwing migrants at a detention centre on the Greek island of Lesbos, police said. | 36144267 |
Police said the Class A drug was found within a commercial property near a school and a house in the Livingston area.
It was estimated to have a street value of about £24,000.
The men, aged 34 and 23, were due to appear at Livingston Sheriff Court on Monday.
The teenager was also reported to the children's reporter. | A 15-year-old boy has been reported to the procurator fiscal and two men have been charged after half a kilo of cocaine was recovered in West Lothian. | 36496561 |
Przemyslaw Kaluzny is facing a total of 12 charges over a series of alleged incidents at Toys R Us on Sunday.
The 41-year-old is accused of picking up the boy and trying to run out of the shop with him before attacking his 67-year-old grandmother with the bat.
He made no plea or declaration and was remanded in custody.... | A man has appeared in court accused of abducting a six-year-old boy and hitting a woman with a cricket bat in a Dundee toy shop - while naked. | 32216532 |
George Evans, 92, signed up on the advice of a young neighbour who saw him using bricks as weights outside his home in Skewen.
Mr Evans, a widower, has attributed his long life and fitness to never smoking, hardly drinking and good eating.
"My instructor can't get over it. They say I'm marvellous and they don't know ho... | A Swansea pensioner has joined a gym, working out three times a week, in a pledge to reach his 100th birthday. | 34591989 |
Andres Pastrana of Colombia and Jorge Quiroga of Bolivia were not allowed to visit opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez and former mayor, Daniel Ceballos.
Both prisoners started a hunger strike around a week ago.
State officials said the ex-presidents were part of an hostile campaign against the country.
President Nicolas ... | Venezuela has blocked two ex-presidents from visiting opposition leaders jailed on charges of inciting violence against the government. | 32941726 |
The warning has been issued after nine sheep were killed in Afonwen, near Mold, Flintshire, on Monday.
PC Dave Allen, of the force's Rural Crime Unit, said: "This sort of thing is happening all the time now in north Wales."
He urged dog owners to "take responsibility" of their dogs and encouraged farmers to report atta... | Dog attacks on sheep have become an "everyday occurrence", North Wales Police has said. | 35755219 |
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Victory at Sixfields for the Cobblers, who are 14 points clear at the top with six games remaining, would secure them at least an automatic promotion spot.
But Rovers, whose top scorer with 25 goals in all competitions this term is Taylor, have their own promotion hopes.
"... | Bristol Rovers forward Matt Taylor says they will go to Northampton Town on Saturday looking to "ruin the promotion party" for the League Two leaders. | 35995797 |
The Dons host Apollon on Thursday evening in the first leg of the third qualifying round.
And 20-year-old Reynolds, who has been with Apollon for 10 years, says the Pittodrie men are in for a tough test.
"We have players that can definitely hurt Aberdeen, but we need to take our chances," Reynolds told BBC Scotland.
"W... | Cyprus-based Scot Alastair Reynolds insists his Apollon Limassol side have the quality to trouble Aberdeen in their Europa League tie. | 40693274 |
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Alan Stubbs' side took the lead when Jason Cummings struck midway through the first half.
Rocco Quinn fired in for the Buddies amid claims of offside from the visitors but the goal stood, leaving the sides level at the break.
Lawrence Shankland's shot turned the match in S... | Hibernian ended a run of four straight Scottish Championship defeats but could not force a win against St Mirren. | 35902860 |
Australia's ambassador to Indonesia will return home this week after being recalled and ministerial contact with Indonesia has been suspended.
The government has also not ruled out cutting foreign aid to Indonesia.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced the diplomatic changes after an Indonesian firing squad killed Myura... | Australia is rethinking its relations with Indonesia following the execution of two Australian drug traffickers. | 32509054 |
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Stuart Hogg's long-range penalty put the hosts ahead before Finn Russell finished off heavy pressure to score.
Replacement Matt Scott touched down the second for a 15-0 lead, with Italy's Carlo Canna missing three penalties.
The Azzurri botched two scoring chances before f... | Scotland won a third Six Nations match in the same campaign for the first time since 2006 to send departing coach Vern Cotter out on a high at Murrayfield. | 39297548 |
First Minister Carwyn Jones published an update on a report by Dr Margaret Flynn into one of the owners, Prana Das, on Tuesday.
She concluded Dr Das "should and could" have been prosecuted.
Inquests into the deaths of Stanley Bradford, Megan Downs, Edith Evans, Ronald Jones and others known to the Gwent coroner have be... | Inquests will be held into the deaths of patients at care homes at the heart of an alleged abuse scandal. | 34454033 |
He is one of nine athletes, including six medallists, disqualified by the International Olympic Committee after samples from the 2008 Games were retested.
The 33-year-old has lost the silver he won in the men's freestyle wresting.
Four years ago he was disqualified from London 2012 after winning bronze.
The IOC has bee... | Uzbekistan wrestler Soslan Tigiev has been stripped of an Olympic medal for the second time, for failing a drugs test at the Beijing Games. | 37782154 |
Naomi Long made the claim as she launched the party manifesto.
"Alliance has a real chance to be successful at this election in both East and South Belfast," she said.
"The party was only defeated in East Belfast at the last election thanks to a five-party pact, while we were just 700 votes behind in South Belfast at t... | The Alliance Party has a "real chance" of securing two seats in next week's general election, its leader has said. | 40109321 |
It leaves them two points behind Livi, having played a game more.
Meanwhile, Albion Rovers edged a five-goal thriller with Stranraer at Cliftonhill.
And, at Hampden, Queen's Park were held to a goalless draw by 10-man Peterhead, who remain one point ahead of the seventh-placed Spiders.
Airdrie were awarded a penalty ag... | Brechin City missed the chance to climb above Livingston at the top of Scottish League One as they slipped to a 1-0 defeat against Airdrieonians. | 37963786 |
Belfast was one of six UK cities to host the Sport Relief flagship games, but swimathons and mile-long runs were held in other local towns and cities.
Custom House Square was the starting point for the Belfast Mile - those taking part could walk, jog or run it.
Olympian Dame Mary Peters and boxer Carl Frampton took par... | People in Northern Ireland have been getting active for Sport Relief as a record-breaking £55m was raised for the charity throughout the UK this weekend. | 35857359 |
Stephen Gleeson's superb strike broke the deadlock for the hosts in a game that was struggling to match its hype.
AFC levelled when Jack Midson headed in a rare attack for the visitors, as travelling fans ran on to the pitch.
But Jon Otsemobor's outstretched foot directed the ball over goalkeeper Neil Sullivan's head i... | MK Dons stunned AFC Wimbledon with an injury-time winner to triumph in the first meeting between the sides and book a place in the FA Cup third round. | 20483967 |
At the World Cup two years ago, a semi-final defeat by Japan was followed by a third-place play-off win over Germany as Mark Sampson's Lionesses left Canada on a high. This time, a last-four defeat by hosts the Netherlands left the players in tears.
Euro 2017 was a tournament that promised much for Sampson and his team... | After inspiring plenty of fans, but falling short of their stated goal of winning the European Championship, England are heading home. | 40834024 |
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