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A Wada independent commission revealed a state-sponsored doping programme in Russian athletics in November.
Athletes have called for Wada to widen its investigation to other countries and sports.
To do this, Reedie said Wada would need help to increase its current budget, which is approximately $26m (£18m).
"If full-bl... | Sponsors and broadcasters should help fund the fight against doping, says World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) president Sir Craig Reedie. | 35818042 |
Tony Hughes took the title of Worthing International Birdman after flying just over 106m (347ft) at the two-day event in West Sussex.
The annual contest involves people throwing themselves off the town's pier in machines and various costumes.
Mr Hughes was raising money for the Wiltshire Air Ambulance and won £10,000 ... | A former world hang-gliding champion has claimed the top prize for launching himself from the end of Worthing Pier. | 33954206 |
Warren Gatland's team scored tries through scrum-half Gareth Davies and hooker Scott Baldwin, with 13 points from fly-half Dan Biggar's boot, but missed a bonus point.
But Fiji struck back after the break with Vereniki Goneva rounding off a stunning 60-yard move.
Fiji paid for small mistakes, with Ben Volavola missing ... | Wales took a huge step closer to the World Cup quarter-finals by beating Fiji in a breathless Pool A clash. | 34395319 |
China-based company Mobike is bringing 1,000 bikes to Manchester and Salford as part of plans to expand into European cities.
The scheme features an accompanying app which uses GPS technology to show riders where the nearest available bike can be found.
It will be launched on 29 June and is backed by both councils.
Gre... | A bicycle-hire scheme - similar to London's "Boris Bikes" - is to be launched in Greater Manchester. | 40248066 |
Ofcom said they had received "a handful" of complaints about the act, which saw Mr Starr swallow a lightbulb among other items.
Some viewers were concerned that it would encourage children to try dangerous behaviour.
An Ofcom spokesman said they were investigating the complaints.
Mr Starr - also known as The Regurgitat... | Complaints about Britain's Got Talent are being looked at by the media watchdog after viewers raised concerns about glass swallower Stevie Starr. | 10212687 |
Police were called to an address in Porcher Way shortly after 16:00 BST on Friday.
A 66-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder.
The woman has since been bailed but Lincolnshire Police have been granted extra time to question the man. Police appealed for witnesses. | A murder investigation is under way after a man's body was recovered from a house in Boston. | 36758130 |
His wife Claire went into labour several hours before kick-off, but Cushing chose to be on the sidelines as Man City won 1-0 after extra time.
After the win he said he did not know if his daughter had been born yet.
But Cushing had time to collect the silverware and get back for the birth.
Victory completed a domestic ... | Manchester City Women boss Nick Cushing made it back in time for the birth of his third child on Sunday after overseeing his side's Continental Cup final win over Birmingham. | 37541097 |
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Neymar, 25, joined the French club for 222m euros (£200m).
Bartomeu says the money will be spent with "prudence, rigour and serenity".
Liverpool's Philippe Coutinho, Borussia Dortmund's Ousmane Dembele and PSG's Julian Draxler have been linked with moves to the Nou Camp.
N... | Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has said "no player is bigger than Barca" - four days after they sold Brazil forward Neymar to Paris St-Germain for a world record fee. | 40850009 |
The massive event has been organised by influential spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar to celebrate the 35th anniversary of his Art of Living Foundation.
But the decision to hold it on the floodplains of Delhi's main river has angered environmentalists, and led to a large fine for the festival's organisers.
The BBC'... | A three-day cultural festival, expected to attract 3.5 million visitors and a host of local and international dignitaries, is due to begin in Delhi on Friday. | 35770615 |
Heath, on his 32nd birthday, and 31-year-old Schofield won their semi-final in 31.899 seconds to qualify for their second Olympic final in a row.
"We had a really good, solid run-out," said Heath, who partnered Schofield to bronze in the event at London 2012.
Britain's Rachel Cawthorn failed to reach the final of the K... | Great Britain's Liam Heath and Jon Schofield qualified fastest for the Olympic 200m kayak sprint final. | 37111962 |
The 5-2 winner, ridden by James Doyle for trainer Richard Hannon, triumphed as favourite Churchill finished fourth.
That was the day's second win for Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin team, after Ribchester took the Queen Anne Stakes, with Sound And Silence successful in the concluding Windsor Castle Stakes.
Meanwhile, filly... | Barney Roy won the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot as Godolphin celebrated an opening-day treble. | 40341125 |
Prosecutor Francois Molins said he is thought to have travelled to Paris from Dubai on a tourist visa last month.
Police are trying to establish if the man acted alone or under instructions, he added.
The machete-wielding attacker was critically injured after he was shot by French soldiers in a bid to stop him.
One of ... | French authorities say they believe the man who tried to attack the Louvre museum in the capital Paris on Friday was a 29-year-old Egyptian man. | 38863431 |
A banjo, accordion, double bass, violin, guitar, trumpet, mandolin, drums, marching drums, a mini piano, a saw and a broom are all used in creating their distinctive sound.
Musically speaking, comparisons could be made to Zach Condon's Beirut, but that would be omitting Three Beards' desire to play music influenced by ... | With eight members and a smorgasbord of instruments, Three Beards are not your typical Suffolk band. | 12973062 |
A group of five entered the studio at the building in central London at around 19:30 GMT on Friday.
The BBC News Channel was using the studio at the time, but the intruders were not seen on air.
It is understood the intruders left of their own accord. A BBC spokeswoman said no one was hurt.
The spokeswoman said: "We ta... | The BBC is investigating after several people gained unauthorised access to one of its studios during a live broadcast at Broadcasting House. | 39161954 |
Zoe Morgan, 21, and Lee Simmons, 33, were found stabbed near Cardiff's Queen Street store on 28 September, 2016.
Andrew Saunders, 21, of no fixed abode, researched methods of killing in the days before the attack.
He previously admitted their murders at Cardiff Crown Court.
The court heard Saunders was jealous of the c... | A man who murdered his ex-girlfriend and her new partner outside the Matalan store where they worked has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 23 years. | 39115877 |
The incident happened on the A939, south of the Lecht Ski Centre, at about 12:40.
The woman was flown to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in a Coastguard helicopter.
It is understood her injuries were not serious. | A 60-year-old woman has been airlifted to hospital after her car plunged hundreds of feet down a gully near an Aberdeenshire ski centre. | 39772547 |
But it has recommended that a second round run-off should go ahead as planned on 17 January.
The people of Haiti are choosing a president to succeed Michel Martelly.
Mr Martelly postponed the run-off vote that was due to be held on 27 December after street protests against fraud in the first round turned violent.
Presi... | A commission investigating disputed presidential and legislative elections in Haiti says the October vote was "stained by irregularities". | 35219168 |
Stephen Timms said the 18 new MPs who were among the 48 rebels should focus on supporting the party.
The Commons backed the Welfare Reform and Work Bill by 308 to 124 votes.
Former Labour home secretary David Blunkett said the party was suffering post-election "emotional trauma".
The SNP said it was "disgraceful" that ... | Labour MPs who defied the leadership over the government's Welfare Bill have undermined the party's attempts to regain power, its work and pensions spokesman says. | 33608826 |
German police have so far rejected as speculation the reports that the controller turned off an automatic safety system shortly before the crash.
But unnamed sources have told German media that a human signalling error may have led to the two passenger trains colliding on a single track on Tuesday.
Controllers ensure t... | A signal controller is at the heart of the German investigation into a Bavarian train disaster which claimed 10 lives, media reports say. | 35539089 |
Molly-Mae Wotherspoon was attacked by an American pit bull named Bruiser at a house in Daventry, Northamptonshire, in October 2014.
Mother Claire Riley, 23, admitted owning a dangerously out of control dog and grandmother Susan Aucott, 55, admitted being in charge of one.
Both were sentenced at Northampton Crown Court ... | The mother and grandmother of a six-month-old baby girl mauled to death by the family dog have been jailed. | 37371852 |
The plea for clarity was contained in a letter sent to Scottish Secretary David Mundell from Holyrood's devolution committee convener Bruce Crawford.
It highlighted that an agreement on the fiscal framework was likely to be delayed until "at least December".
Earlier this week, MPs voted in the House of Commons to back ... | A cross-party committee of MSPs believes the Scotland Bill cannot be given the go-ahead until the funding package linked to it is fully known. | 34801258 |
The striker left the Leeds training base in Cornwall earlier this week to hold talks with the Canaries.
He joined United from Livingston in 2008 and scored 41 goals in 191 games.
"He is a player I have admired for a number of years now and he's at a good age at 24," Norwich manager Chris Hughton told the club website.
... | Norwich City have signed Leeds United captain Robert Snodgrass for an undisclosed fee, handing the 24-year-old a three-year deal. | 18986870 |
Collins, 18, who becomes the second signing of the January window for Scott Sellars' Wolves Under-21 squad, moves to Molineux for an undisclosed fee.
The Wales Under-19 international has scored three goals for Newport, for whom he has made the majority of his 22 appearances from the bench.
Collins was wanted by another... | Wolves have completed a deal to sign teenage striker Aaron Collins from League Two side Newport County. | 35381591 |
Team boss Toto Wolff said the search would start on Monday, with a decision expected by the end of 2016.
"It is a huge loss because we had the quickest driver set-up over the last three years," Lauda told Sportsweek.
"I need a driver for the first test in February when the new car is ready."
He added: "We have to train... | Mercedes' non-executive chairman Niki Lauda wants to "give a Christmas present" to a driver after the shock retirement of world champion Nico Rosberg on Friday. | 38199637 |
It tied for the most nominations with black comedy The Lobster and period drama Brooklyn, with all three contenders for the best film award.
Its veteran stars Sir Tom Courtenay and Charlotte Rampling also received nods for best actor and best actress.
The awards, relaunched after a three-year break, will take place at ... | Marital saga 45 Years has been shortlisted for three Evening Standard British Film Awards. | 35302268 |
As Livi drew 2-2 away to Alloa, who started the day in second, the Diamonds overwhelmed Peterhead 4-1.
It means Livi have a 10-point lead over the Lanarkshire outfit.
Brechin City were held 2-2 at home by Stenhousemuir, the same scoreline as Queen's Park hosting East Fife, while Albion Rovers beat Stranraer 3-0.
Stranr... | Airdrieonians took advantage of a draw between leaders Livingston and Alloa Athletic to move into second spot in the Scottish Championship. | 38870533 |
The firm, which is in the midst of being taken over by US telecoms giant AT&T, owns Warner Brothers film studios, the cable TV channels HBO, the Cartoon Network and CNN.
Revenues rose 9% to $7.2bn (£5.8bn) in the three months to the end of September, with net income of $1.47bn.
AT&T is paying $85.4bn for the firm.
Tim... | Superhero film Suicide Squad and higher fees from pay TV providers helped drive higher-than-expected quarterly profit and sales at Time Warner. | 37847409 |
He was a judge on Australia's version of The X Factor between 2010 and 2012.
The announcement was made in a ceremony at the Sydney Opera House on Thursday morning.
Australia was given a special entry to the 60th edition of the competition, to be held in Vienna, Austria.
Sebastian has since had eight top ten albums and ... | Guy Sebastian has been chosen to represent Australia at its debut Eurovision Song Contest in May. | 31746020 |
The Rt Rev Philip North's consecration was led by the Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu at York Minster.
However, in a break from tradition, some parts of the service were overseen by the Bishop of Chichester.
Dr Sentamu said he had not led those parts of the service to "demonstrate respect" for the new bishop's views... | A service to consecrate the new Bishop of Burnley that was changed to take into account his opposition to female bishops has taken place. | 31085569 |
Yu Shaolei, an editor at Southern Metropolis Daily, posted a resignation note online, saying he could no longer follow the Communist Party line.
He also uploaded a message wishing those responsible for censoring his social media account well.
Chinese media outlets are subject to censorship, with government control tigh... | A top journalist at a Chinese newspaper says he is resigning because of the authorities' control over the media. | 35915056 |
The National Child Abuse Investigation unit was unveiled by Police Scotland Chief Constable Stephen House and Education Minister Angela Constance.
The unit, based in Livingston, will help local divisions investigate child sexual abuse.
It will investigate both current and historical allegations, as well as online child... | A national task force aimed at tackling child sex abuse in Scotland has been formally launched. | 32366727 |
Wrth gofnodi rheithfarn naratif dywedodd y crwner nad oedd tystiolaeth o fwlio yn achos Nyah James o ardal Blaenymaes, fu farw ym mis Chwefror.
Cyn y cwest roedd teulu'r ferch, oedd yn ddisgybl yn Ysgol Bishop Gore, Abertawe wedi dweud eu bod o'r farn bod bwlio wedi bod yn ffactor.
Dywedodd y Ditectif Gwnstabl Paul Har... | Mae crwner wedi penderfynu fod merch 14 oed o Abertawe wedi marw ar ôl gorddos o boenladdwyr, ond nad oedd yna ddigon o dystiolaeth i brofi ei bod wedi bwriadu lladd ei hun. | 40369464 |
This landlocked country in central Africa has a harsh climate, suffering both drought and flooding - food shortages are common.
Its people have endured decades of corruption, civil unrest and mass influxes of refugees from neighbouring states like Sudan and Nigeria.
Chad is a potent symbol of what work is still needed ... | On every global measure of poverty, health or economic development, Chad is near the bottom. | 33333094 |
They were injured at the World Cup and have not played for Dragons since.
Jones said back three player Amos and centre Morgan are close to fully fit.
"I'm sure they'll be keen to get a few games under their belt before that [the Six Nations] so we'll see them soon," he said.
"They feel fine and it's a question of getti... | Newport Gwent Dragons head coach Kingsley Jones is confident Hallam Amos and Tyler Morgan will recover from injury in time to bid for Wales Six Nations places. | 35172022 |
The 46-year-old will sign a four-year contract it is reported will earn him between £1.5m and £2m per year.
Southgate, who had a four-game stint as interim manager following Sam Allardyce's departure, was interviewed last week by a five-person panel.
The decision to appoint the former England Under-21 coach as permanen... | Gareth Southgate will be confirmed as permanent England manager on Wednesday. | 38152861 |
The UK honours system is overseen by the Cabinet Office Honours and Appointments Secretariat.
The Foreign Office has responsibility for the Diplomatic Service and Overseas List which recognises service overseas, or service in the UK with a substantial international component.
UK nationals or citizens from the 15 Common... | British honours are awarded on merit, for exceptional achievement or service. | 11990088 |
Pint or cigarette (sometimes both) in hand, the UK Independence Party leader attacks today's politicians for being mechanical and overly on-message.
Like regulars throughout the nation's boozers, he states his opinions without much recourse to political correctness.
He inspires affection and respect among those who agr... | Nigel Farage revels in being "the man in the pub", the political outsider who, to adopt an old beer-advertising slogan, "reaches the parts other politicians cannot reach". | 26823817 |
The centres, sometimes run by private firms, vet GP referrals and decide if patients should receive hospital care.
The British Medical Association (BMA) called them "inefficient" and a "block between the GP and patient treatment".
NHS Clinical Commissioners said "in many cases" the centres "provide a useful and effecti... | NHS patients face "dangerous" treatment delays due to a 10-fold increase in "crude, expensive" referral management centres, doctors have warned. | 38372332 |
Xolile Mngeni, who was convicted of killing Mrs Dewani while she was on honeymoon in 2010, had been serving a life sentence for her murder.
His death comes amid the trial in Cape Town of Briton Shrien Dewani, who denies arranging his wife's murder.
Mngeni died in the hospital section of Cape Town prison, officials said... | A man jailed for the murder of Anni Dewani has died in prison, South Africa's correctional services department has said. | 29676084 |
For the Joe called upon to get the drinks, was Joe Gilmore from the north of city who made his name at London's Savoy Hotel.
He poured drinks for Charlie Chaplin - who left his wife at the door as he had a sup.
Joan Crawford loved whiskey sours, Ernest Hemmingway liked punch, Laurel and Hardy romped through the menu.
W... | When Frank Sinatra croons: "Set 'em up Joe" in One for My Baby, the words set a few hearts a-flutter in Belfast. | 35399125 |
Hamilton rarely led Vettel by more than two seconds in a tense battle until a late safety car added further jeopardy.
As all the drivers pitted, Ferrari put the fastest ultra-soft tyres on Vettel while Mercedes put Hamilton on softs.
But after fending off an attack by the German on the restart, Hamilton took back contr... | Lewis Hamilton cut his championship deficit to Sebastian Vettel to just seven points with a closely fought victory in the Belgian Grand Prix. | 41062280 |
The 23-year-old lost the first set but came back to defeat her 30-year-old Belgian opponent 3-6 6-2 6-3.
Flipkens threatened a revival in the deciding set, forcing two break points as Watson served for the match.
But the British number two and world number 84 held her nerve to add the title to the Japan Open in 2012 an... | Britain's Heather Watson claimed her third WTA title by beating Kirsten Flipkens to win the Monterrey Open. | 35741713 |
The youngsters were inches from tragedy - only saved by the quick-thinking 21-year-old's decision to hide them under her long skirt.
As Horrett Campbell was detained by a judge indefinitely in a mental hospital five months later, a tearful Ms Potts told the BBC she could never forgive him for inflicting the injuries on... | It is 20 years since a machete-wielding attacker stormed into St Luke's Infant School in Wolverhampton, slashing at young children and nursery nurse Lisa Potts. | 36670689 |
Ateeq Latif, from Middlesbrough, was found guilty a day after the jury at Teesside Crown Court found taxi driver Shakil Munir, 32, guilty of charges involving girls aged 13 and 14.
A third man, Sakib Ahmed, 19, pleaded guilty to exploiting five victims. The men, all from Middlesbrough, were "loosely connected", the cou... | A 17-year-old boy has been found guilty of grooming and sexually exploiting teenage girls on Teesside. | 25240792 |
Brookes will be joined by fellow Australian David Johnson, with both riders using the all-new SG6 in both the Superbike and Senior TT.
The bike is undergoing development in the hands of two-time TT winner Steve Plater.
Brookes said: "I couldn't ride at the TT over the last two years and I've been desperate to get back ... | Australian racer Josh Brookes is to return to race at the Isle of Man TT with Norton, after a two-year absence . | 38663022 |
This year's event featured a tribute to 30-year-old Inverness DJ Ross Lyall, who had type one diabetes and died in March after five days in intensive care at Raigmore Hospital.
Acts at Groove included a DJ set by Leftfield.
Photographer James Roberts captured some of the scenes during the weekend's festival. | Dance music festival Groove Loch Ness was held on Saturday. | 37154407 |
The luge, which translates as 'sled', sees competitors travelling feet-first down an icy track at up to 85mph - with only a helmet for protection.
The competitor lies on a pod made of moulded fibreglass, designed to match the contours of the slider.
The pod sits on two metal runners called steels which curve upwards. T... | Luge is a relatively new form of one of the oldest winter activities in the world. | 23239066 |
The outbreak started in the Ode-Irele town, Ondo state, and spread rapidly.
The disease - characterised by blurred vision, headache and loss of consciousness - killed the victims within 24 hours of falling ill.
Local health officials and World Health Organization experts are now in the town to try to identify the disea... | A "mysterious" disease has killed at least 18 people in the past several days in south-western Nigeria, local officials say. | 32365830 |
While much of our focus has been on the court, with the odd dash to Murray Mound to see what the punters have to say, it hasn't gone unnoticed that there are some Scots also working behind the scenes at SW19.
Olwyn Roy, from Tullibody, is one. She has been working at the championship for 30 years, mostly as a line judg... | Andy Murray, his brother Jamie, Colin Fleming, Jocelyn Rae, Gordon Reid - just a few of the Scots players who have appeared at this year's Wimbledon championships. | 33477046 |
The collapse killed four workers - one body has been recovered - and injured five others.
Thames Valley Police say 20,000 tonnes of material remain, but the recovery operation was progressing to schedule.
The plant was set for demolition when it collapsed on 23 February.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), together ... | A 40m (131ft) pile of rubble has been cleared from the collapsed Didcot power station site but finding the three missing men will take time, police have said. | 36090368 |
The full-back, 18, suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in England U21s' 3-0 win over Kazakhstan.
Gomez had made five Premier League appearances since joining the Reds in a £3.5m move from Charlton in June.
He was replaced with 10 minutes remaining of England's European Championship qualifying victory at Coven... | Liverpool defender Joe Gomez looks set to miss the rest of the season after suffering a serious knee injury. | 34534378 |
The agreement was announced at a regional conference in the Pakistani capital Islamabad.
Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said the foreign secretaries of both countries would meet to set an agenda for meetings on "peace and security".
Talks are to include Kashmir, the spark for two of the rivals' wars since indepe... | India and Pakistan have agreed to resume high-level peace talks which stalled in 2012. | 35055498 |
But amid all the pomp and ceremony of this, the first Olympics behind the Iron Curtain, there was one thing Brezhnev failed to mention in his welcome speech: just a few years earlier, he had seriously considered ditching the whole project.
In 1975, General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party Brezhnev had written to... | It was July 1980 and in the packed Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, the Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev declared the Summer Olympic Games open. | 26062757 |
The boy's aunt, uncle and their five children will arrive in Vancouver on Monday.
Alan, 3, died with his mother and brother trying to reach Greece.
The family is just a few of the tens of thousands of people that the Canadian government has promised to resettle.
They are being sponsored by Alan's aunt, Tima, who has be... | Family members of Syrian boy Alan Kurdi, whose drowning off the coast of Turkey triggered an international outcry, are expected to arrive in Canada as refugees. | 35190676 |
The video was posted on a Dutch porn website earlier this year.
Dutch authorities said the pornographic film was offensive but there was no longer a law in the Netherlands against blasphemy.
The priest at Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, Fr Jan van Noorwegen, said he was unhappy with their decision.
Another church offic... | Prosecutors have rejected a complaint from a church in the Dutch city of Tilburg after two actors were filmed having sex in the confessional box. | 40934331 |
Belle Vue Nursing Home was judged to be "inadequate" by the health watchdog, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) after an unannounced inspection in May.
It was ordered to improve but, after further complaints, was visited again in June and found to be "inadequate".
If it does not improve steps will be taken to close it d... | A Middlesbrough care home has been placed in special measures over concerns its residents had suffered from neglect. | 36717432 |
Sharbat Gula now lives with her five-year-old son and three daughters in Kabul, where she says she wants to live a normal life after years of tragedy and hardship.
Her portrait as a 10-year-old became an iconic image of Afghan refugees fleeing war.
The only time she has spoken to the media before now, her family says, ... | An Afghan woman made famous by a 1985 National Geographic cover has spoken exclusively to the BBC of her hope for a new beginning, after being deported from Pakistan. | 38640487 |
The French fizz has been included as one of the items in the basket of goods used to calculate the Consumer Price Index (CPI), a measure of inflation.
Contents are updated every five years to keep pace with shopping trends.
After falling out of the basket in 2012, champagne was popped back in for 2017 by the Central St... | Champagne is making a comeback in the Republic of Ireland, a decade after the bubble burst in spectacular style for its Celtic Tiger economy. | 39040774 |
Adam Bogdan dropped a corner with the very first touch of his league debut, allowing Nathan Ake to stab the home side ahead after just three minutes.
Odion Ighalo doubled the lead, firing in off the post from a tight angle.
And the Nigerian sealed a deserved victory with his 12th of the season, nodding in from Valon Be... | Watford profited from Liverpool's calamitous opening at Vicarage Road to continue their remarkable rise with a fourth consecutive Premier League win. | 35086289 |
The rails, which would have been part of the city's first network in the early 20th Century, are set to be removed later.
The city council have offered the tracks to Crich Tramway Village, in Derbyshire, home of the National Tramway Museum.
The museum's curator, Laura Waters, said it was a wonderful discovery.
She said... | Tram tracks dating back about 100 years have been uncovered during work near to Nottingham's railway station. | 37134775 |
Together with Gerry Adams, he was the main republican architect of the move towards a political solution to Northern Ireland's problems.
His life followed an extraordinary trajectory between violence and politics, moving from being a senior commander in the IRA to helping broker talks that eventually led to the peace n... | Martin McGuinness was the IRA leader who became a peace negotiator - a committed Irish republican who ended up shaking hands with the Queen. | 38640430 |
Sajid Javid told the Commons that the government was working very hard to find a buyer for the South Wales plant, which is being sold by Tata Steel.
Among options being considered was "the possibility of co-investing with a buyer on commercial terms", he said.
Earlier, Tata announced the sale of its Scunthorpe plant to... | The government would consider co-investing with a private sector partner to help save the Port Talbot steel works, the business secretary has said. | 36015797 |
Net income for the three months to the end of September fell to $468m (£291m) from $3.8bn in the same period of 2011.
Citigroup took a $4.7bn hit from reducing the value of its stake in the Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (MSSB) joint venture, which it is selling.
But the results were still ahead of analysts' expectations ... | Citigroup's three-month profits have dropped after the bank wrote down the value of its stake in a brokerage. | 19946373 |
Northamptonshire County Council was inspected in February 2013 and arrangements for protecting children were found to be "inadequate".
The council has restructured children's services and pledged an extra £12m.
Director Alex Hopkins said he wanted to replace more than 60 agency staff with professionals employed direct... | A children's services department criticised by Ofsted has launched a recruitment drive for experienced social workers. | 25884560 |
The 23-year-old American was two shots behind leader Geoff Ogilvy after three rounds but recovered from three bogeys in four holes to card a three-under 69.
It put him level with Australians Cameron Smith and Ashley Hall at 12 under, with Ogilvy two shots back.
Find out how to get into golf with our special guide.
Hall... | World number five Jordan Spieth won his second Australian Open title, with a play-off victory at Royal Sydney. | 38042813 |
The lunchtime action is supported by four teaching unions, and it comes after 13 months of talks with the Education Authority ended in October.
The unions walked out over an offer of a 1% pay rise for 2016-17, and no pay rise last year.
Education Minister Peter Weir said he was "disappointed" by the action.
"We have to... | Hundreds of teachers at 60 schools across Northern Ireland are forming picket lines to protest against an "insulting" pay offer. | 37898203 |
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If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follo... | Net migration to Britain down 81,000 to 246,000 in year to March 2017, lowest for three years - official estimates | 41036236 |
The home side were set to resume on 223-4, 300 runs ahead, with opener Keaton Jennings on 105 not out.
Rain during the morning meant that a prompt start was impossible.
And umpires Rob Bailey and Nigel Cowley took the decision to abandon play for the day shortly before 14:45 BST after inspecting conditions in the middl... | Durham were denied the chance to press home their advantage against Somerset as bad weather prevented any play on day three at the Riverside. | 36026468 |
The 20-week pilot study is thought to have been the first of its kind in the UK, although similar experiments have been carried out elsewhere.
It used five years worth of historic data, but the idea would be to analyse up-to-date details if it is deployed.
Civil liberty campaigners have voiced concerns.
But Accenture -... | Police in London have tested software designed to identify which gang members are most likely to commit violent crimes. | 29824854 |
Devon and Cornwall Police said the men were hurt when they responded to reports of a man making threats to another resident in Kingsbridge, Devon, at about 17:00 BST.
A 53-year-old man, named locally as Stephen Yabsley, was arrested on suspicion of assault.
Both officers sustained arm injuries and had operations in hos... | Two police officers have been injured - one seriously - in an attack involving "electrical power tools". | 32728531 |
Crosby said the singer-songwriter had suffered a brain aneurysm and faced a long struggle.
"She is home, she is in care, she is recovering," he told Huffington Post. "How much she's going to come back, and when, I don't know."
There has been no official confirmation of Mitchell's condition.
The 71-year-old was found un... | Joni Mitchell is still unable to speak after being found unconscious in her home in March, according to her friend David Crosby. | 33303234 |
He also claimed fixing is not just limited to lower-ranked professionals and is "a secret that everybody knows".
The player, who requested anonymity, said tennis authorities "know who is doing it" but are unwilling to stop it.
The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) said it rejects "any suggestion that evidence of match-fixing... | An ex-tennis player from South America has told the BBC that match-fixing is commonplace and even some elite players are "a little bit dirty in some way". | 35356550 |
Snowdonia National Park Authority has two wardens on the mountain with another on a seasonal contract.
Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team (MRT), which dealt with 202 callouts in 2016 compared to 193 in 2015, said more were needed to give advice to walkers.
The Welsh Government said £400,000 extra had been given to the aut... | A rescue team wants extra cash for more wardens to work on Snowdon after its busiest year on record. | 38321757 |
Denbighshire council is in talks with an unnamed party over the sale of the castle, which is currently run by a trust as a museum and art gallery.
In March the council said would be cutting the trust's annual grant of £144,000 from next year.
The council has been asked to comment.
This led to the trust having to sever... | One of Denbighshire's top tourist attractions, Bodelwyddan Castle, is expected to be sold by the county council. | 40687023 |
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Storm Desmond battered parts of northern England and some areas of Scotland at the weekend, leaving thousands of homes without electricity and forcing emergency services to use boats to get people to safety.
Newsround spoke to two kids who had to climb out of their bedroom wind... | Kids in Cumbria have been explaining how they were rescued from the major floods that have hit the area. | 35027342 |
Milton Keynes Council has estimated the case against Tina Beloveth Powerful will cost around £8,000.
Powerful has been found guilty of fraud, but has failed to turn up for sentencing on three occasions.
Milton Keynes North MP Mark Lancaster said taxpayers should not have to pay for the trial.
The case against Powerful ... | The cost of a trial of a bogus business school owner which has gone to court 11 times is "disproportionately high," according to an MP. | 33761337 |
The blaze erupted in a restaurant at Fleet services on the M3 at 22:30 GMT on Wednesday, leading police to temporarily close the southbound lanes.
Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS) said 100 firefighters were sent to the scene.
Firefighters from Surrey were also called and crews stopped the blaze spreading to oth... | A large fire broke out at a motorway service station, causing part of the carriageway to close | 38325180 |
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The International Cycling Union's (UCI) WorldTour also includes the Grand Tour races of the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a Espana.
Belgian Tom Boonen won the 2016 RideLondon-Surrey Classic on Sunday.
"We are absolutely thrilled by this news," said event directo... | The RideLondon-Surrey Classic has become the first men's race in Britain to achieve elite-level status after being added to the WorldTour calendar. | 36963402 |
Proposals for the project in Duns were lodged with Scottish Borders Council last year.
It has now given planning permission for the £1.65m scheme to proceed.
A £300,000 crowdfunding campaign has been launched to complete the financial package required to take the project forward.
Scottish Borders Council has pledged ... | A museum celebrating the achievements of two-time Formula One world champion Jim Clark has received planning permission. | 39078680 |
The inquiry is currently examining what happened at the Haut de la Garenne children's home in the 1960s and 1970s.
On Wednesday, the panel was shown memos and letters between child care officers about a man accused of assaulting girls from the home.
They allege he sexually abused some children after giving them alcohol... | A girl who made allegations of abuse in the 1970s was nearly prosecuted for being drunk, the Jersey care inquiry has heard. | 30323439 |
It depicted the official budget website with "science" typed into its search field, and the response: "A software error has occurred."
On Twitter, people from the country's scientific community also commented more seriously on the absence of the word "science" in Treasurer Joe Hockey's speech. Others noted the lack of ... | Shortly after Australia's annual government budget was handed down on Tuesday night, an image began circulating, tongue-in-cheek, on social media. | 32747545 |
Paul Briggs, 43, of Wirral, Merseyside, suffered a brain injury in a crash in July 2015.
Lindsey Briggs told Manchester Court of Protection he would not have wanted to live as living without his independence would be "torture".
Doctors at the Walton Centre in Liverpool are opposing the application.
PC Briggs, a Gulf Wa... | An injured police officer whose wife wants medics to end his life support has potential to come out of minimally conscious state, a court heard. | 38152644 |
Public Services Minister Leighton Andrews has said cutting the 22 councils to eight or nine could save £650m over 10 years.
Prof Colin Copus of De Montfort University said 50 years of evidence contradicted the "stubborn, folk-lore" idea that bigger councils cut costs.
He said as councils become less local, trust in the... | Merging Welsh councils into larger authorities could damage local democracy, an academic has claimed. | 35111133 |
Luis Alviarez, 17, was hit in the chest during clashes with police in the western state of Tachira.
At a separate protest in the state, Diego Hérnandez, 33, was also killed.
Near-daily demonstrations began seven weeks ago, demanding early elections and an end to the country's deep economic crisis.
President Maduro has... | Two Venezuelans, including one teenager, were killed on Monday during another day of mass protests against President Nicolas Maduro. | 39931866 |
But in Northern Ireland, it can feel like God is a political player.
A number of our politicians, including ministers, have faith and talk about it.
That makes Northern Ireland different to many other countries in the Western world.
Professor John Brewer from Queen's University in Belfast has researched links between p... | Tony Blair's spin doctor Alastair Campbell once famously said: "We don't do God." | 29654069 |
Research has been carried out and more money is being pumped in to try to finally find out why there has been a year on year decline since 2004.
In the meantime, cockle fishers there are fearing for their futures in what used to be a thriving multi-million pound industry which dates back to Roman times.
The once 24/7 o... | A blame game has been rumbling on for years over why cockles on the Burry Inlet near Llanelli are dying, but there is still no definitive answer. | 40342122 |
The band performed on Wednesday night in Indonesia as news of their bandmate's decision to quit was still breaking around the world.
Harry walked around on stage, head in hands as he started to cry.
A statement released by Zayn Malik on Wednesday said "it's time for me to leave".
It began: "My life with One Direction h... | Harry Styles broke down in tears as One Direction took to the stage without Zayn Malik. | 32062714 |
The plan for six wind turbines at Cam Burn, near Coleraine, was voted down at a council meeting in September.
But now Mark H Durkan has told the council he has decided to approve it.
And the timing means it got planning permission just before an important deadline that affects such developments.
It had to have approval... | An £18m wind farm, rejected by councillors, has been approved by the environment minister after the decision was reviewed by his department. | 34701448 |
The Sinn Féin MLA's resignation will take effect from 17:00 GMT.
He cited the Democratic Unionist Party's (DUP) conduct over the scandal surrounding the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme as the reason.
He said First Minister Arlene Foster has a "clear conflict of interest" in the scandal.
This breaking news story ... | Martin McGuinness has said he will resign as Northern Ireland's deputy first minister in protest against the handling of a botched heating scheme. | 38561507 |
Harrison, 23, who made his debut against Wales in May, replaces the injured James Haskell in Sydney.
The rest of the England 23 is unchanged with wing Jack Nowell fit to start after passing concussion protocols.
England beat Australia in both Brisbane and Melbourne to secure their first ever series win down under.
Wasp... | Northampton flanker Teimana Harrison will start for England in Saturday's third Test against Australia as Eddie Jones' men aim for a whitewash. | 36603269 |
Blackwell is in an induced coma after a small bleed on his brain was found.
Ex-super-bantamweight Oliver suffered life-threatening head injuries in a European title fight in 1998, aged 22.
"The swollen eye effectively brought the doctor in and the doctor stopped the fight. That probably saved his life," Oliver told BBC... | The swelling over Nick Blackwell's eye that ended his fight with Chris Eubank Jr may have saved his life, according to former boxer Spencer Oliver. | 35924468 |
Security sources say 15 soldiers and two civilians died when gunmen attacked checkpoints around the town of Sheikh Zuweid on Thursday.
Egyptian forces have been fighting a faction affiliated to the Islamic State group, known as Sinai Province.
Dozens of soldiers and civilians have already been killed this year in north... | Militants have reportedly killed 17 people in the north of Egypt's Sinai peninsula, near the Israel-Gaza border. | 32158096 |
Judith Thompson also told a committee of MPs at Westminister that national security should not be used to hide uncomfortable facts.
Ms Thompson was giving evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
She testified about the issues affecting victims of the Troubles.
She also addressed the efforts to secure a polit... | Northern Ireland's victims commissioner has said the government, like others in Northern Ireland, have not been open about their activities in the past. | 36092671 |
Kenichi Phillips, 18, was targeted as he sat in a parked car driven in Birmingham on 17 March.
His brother Kwamae Phillips, who was driving, and passenger Khaleel Johnson, narrowly missed being injured by a second shot, the jury heard.
Disharn Downie, 18, and Dean Silvera, 37, are on trial charged with murder.
Birmingh... | An 18-year-old was shot in the throat and killed because he strayed onto a rival drug dealer's turf, a court heard. | 37513322 |
Sammon struck a late equaliser in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Partick Thistle, his second goal in two games and third since joining from Hearts.
And interim Kilmarnock manager Lee McCulloch said: "If he keeps playing and scoring goals, he should be going away on international duty.
"He's brilliant to work with."
Sammon, w... | On-loan striker Conor Sammon is being backed to earn a Republic of Ireland recall thanks to rediscovering his goalscoring touch with Kilmarnock. | 39323196 |
The body of 88-year-old Janet McKay, who had dementia, was found in Clydebank on 24 September 2015.
The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner was asked to review the handling of the case after it emerged a possible sighting was not passed on.
The Pirc report found "procedural and investigative failings".
It sai... | A report has highlighted "failings" in how police handled the case of a woman who was found dead eight days after she was reported missing. | 40384129 |
The man coerced children in Norway and the Philippines to engage in filmed sex acts.
He was convicted of sending cash to a family in the Philippines so they could arrange for the abuse to take place.
Some of the sex involved children under the age of 14 and was streamed live on the internet. NRK said he abused 62 child... | A court in Norway has sentenced a 66-year-old man to eight years in jail for child sex abuse via Skype. | 38252086 |
Mr Sullivan, 53, was discovered on Abbey Green on Wednesday afternoon and was taken to hospital with serious bruising and internal injuries.
A post mortem proved inconclusive and police say his death is being treated as unexplained.
Three men, aged 44, 60 and 63, have been arrested in connection with his death and rema... | Police have named a man found dead in Bath as Patrick Sullivan. | 35138170 |
The thin layer, hundreds of times less dense than the Earth's, was discovered by the European Space Agency's (Esa) Venus Express craft, researchers report in the journal Icarus.
Until now, ozone layers have only been detected in the atmospheres of Earth and Mars, and the discovery on Venus came as a surprise.
The find ... | Scientists have discovered that Venus has an ozone layer. | 15203281 |
The Swede, 39, shot a steady two-under 68 to record a sixth straight round under par at the East Lake course.
Stenson is one of five players for whom victory would mean he would win the FedEx Cup, and with it a £6.6m bonus.
Masters and US Open champion Spieth is another, and his 66 was the best score of the day.
World ... | Henrik Stenson has a three-stroke lead over American Jordan Spieth after a rain-hit second round of the Tour Championship in Atlanta. | 34365723 |
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