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"He's a good man," said Mr Trump, the soon-to-be 45th president, of his predecessor.
But that compliment belied years of clashes between the two men. Mr Trump has referred to Mr Obama as the "worst president" in the country's history and led a challenge to the legitimacy of his presidency by questioning where he was bo... | President Barack Obama took the first step in passing the presidential baton to his successor Donald Trump after the two spoke for more than an hour in what was meant to be a brief meeting. | 37942260 |
But Taylor Swift has hit back at claims she only writes songs about her ex-boyfriends.
"No-one says that about Ed Sheeran. No-one says that about Bruno Mars," she said in an interview with Australian radio station 2DayFM.
"Frankly, that is a very sexist angle to take."
The 24-year-old added: "I have a really strict per... | Out Of The Woods is rumoured to be about Harry Styles, Dear John about John Mayer, and I Knew You Were Trouble about Jake Gyllenhaal. | 29685510 |
Two other men appeared at Belfast Magistrate's Court along with him.
In court were Mr Duffy, 46, of Forest Lane, Lurgan, Henry Fitzsimons, 45, of no fixed abode, and 52-year-old Alex McCrory of Sliabh Dubh View, Belfast.
The latter two are charged with trying to murder members of the PSNI on Belfast's Crumlin Road on 5... | Prominent County Armagh republican Colin Duffy has appeared in court charged with IRA membership and conspiracy to murder. | 25412344 |
The new feature works on Apple's iPhones and iPads.
The Android version of the app remains restricted to wi-fi connections for the time being, but the BBC said a web version of the software would support 3G streams soon.
The BBC said it had worked closely with network operators, but analysts fear it could put their sys... | An update to the BBC's iPlayer app allows it to stream video over all of the UK's 3G mobile networks. | 16144444 |
The girl remains in a critical condition after a suspected hit-and-run incident in Grange Lane, Stourbridge, West Midlands on Thursday.
Adnan Ajram, 24, from Careless Green, Lye, will appear at Wolverhampton Crown Court on 14 March.
He is charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving and failing to stop.
He ... | A man has appeared in court after a 15-year-old girl was left with serious injuries after being hit by a car. | 35152382 |
Forwards Ashley Chambers and Ashley Hemmings and defender Josh Passley, who all made over 30 appearances this season, are among those leaving.
Goalkeeper Liam O'Brien and defenders Jack Connors, Clevid Dikamona, Justin Hoyte and Ian Gayle will also depart.
Midfielders Matt Richards and Zavon Hines and striker Ade Yusuf... | Dagenham & Redbridge manager John Still has released 11 players following their relegation from League Two. | 36323914 |
In its latest report on the subject, the CBI accepts there are problems with EU membership but that these are greatly outweighed by the benefits.
It says most of its members want to stay within the 28-country bloc.
Those on the other side of the hotly contested issue say the UK would be better served through a more dis... | Leaving the European Union would have "serious downsides" for Britain, business lobby group the CBI says. | 34588558 |
The atmosphere was a little flat, with the warm-up speakers struggling to provoke much return volume from a crowd that contained more than a few dozing heads.
It was in stark contrast to an open-air rally in Delhi a few days earlier for Mr Gandhi's main challenger, Narendra Modi, where supporters chanted his name with ... | "We've come to see the helicopter," said two friends matter-of-factly as they waited for Rahul Gandhi to arrive at a political rally in Ghaziabad, near Delhi, this weekend. | 26815061 |
Teachers marched from Llandrindod High School to county hall holding banners and chanting.
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) said the strike was on behalf of children "whose right to a good education is being undermined."
Powys council's cabinet member for schools, Arwel Jones said he was disappointed by the union's... | About 200 people have taken part in strike action in Powys in protest over "excessive workload and cuts". | 36101907 |
Mohammed Ashrafi is accused of conning 18 people in Leicester who had personal problems, illnesses or financial difficulties.
Leicester Crown Court heard he told his victims they would win a lottery draw last March.
Mr Ashrafi, who worked from a house in Babingley Drive, Leicester, denies 15 counts of fraud and one of ... | An astrologer and faith healer was a conman who made £650,000 preying on the vulnerable, a court heard. | 31011564 |
The combined business is expected to generate $16bn in annual revenue.
Newell Rubbermaid chief executive Michael Polk said the purchase created "incredible potential to grow and create value".
The deal should create savings of $500m in the first four years.
Shares of Newell Rubbermaid, which owns dozens of consumer bra... | Consumer products company Newell Rubbermaid said it would buy competitor Jarden, the owner of brands including Breville and Sunbeam, for $15.4bn (£10bn). | 35098302 |
Mr Obama would be "out there" campaigning after the primaries are over, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough told NBC's Meet the Press.
Polls appear to favour Hillary Clinton for the nomination.
Vermont senator Bernie Sanders is also in the running.
The other remaining contender for the Democratic Party nominatio... | President Barack Obama will not publicly back any presidential candidate before the Democratic Party has chosen who is to lead its battle to retain the White House in November. | 35276042 |
Councillors at the Green-led authority voted to extend the scheme, which was introduced in the city centre in April, at a meeting on Tuesday.
The council said the limit had brought a fall in traffic speed on 74% of roads.
The new areas include parts of East Brighton and West Hove, and outside the Royal Sussex County Ho... | A 20mph speed limit is to be extended to nine more areas in Brighton and Hove. | 26445897 |
The files show that all too often Agent Fifi, as she was known, was able to get them to "spill the beans".
The agent, real name Marie Chilver, was employed to test out trainee agents in Britain before they were sent to occupied Europe in World War Two.
Her file is one of thousands released by the National Archives in L... | Wartime records have revealed the existence of a female secret agent whose job was to see if other agents could keep their mouths shut. | 29231936 |
One of two aircraft carrying the suspects arrived in the state of Connecticut in the early hours of Saturday. The other is bound for New York state.
Abu Hamza is thought to be on the second plane.
The men were deported after UK High Court judges dismissed a final appeal.
They said the five men, Abu Hamza, Babar Ahmad, ... | Five terror suspects, including the radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, are on their way to face charges in the US after extradition from the UK. | 19853903 |
It comes as Washington is continuing to evaluate last week's overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi by the army.
US massive military aid to Cairo would have to be cut by law if the removal of the Islamist leader is determined by Washington to have been a coup.
The Muslim Brotherhood, which backs Mr Morsi, is demanding h... | The US is going ahead with plans to deliver four F-16 fighter jets to Egypt despite the political unrest in the country, senior American officials say. | 23265632 |
The education review also wants to establish at least one Welsh medium secondary school in the county.
It is understood that the report compiled by Price Waterhouse Cooper would put 97 jobs at risk.
The review will be considered by the council's cabinet on 27 January.
"The review provides us with clear evidence that we... | Three Powys secondary schools should be shut and the number of sixth-forms in the county cut to just six, according to a report being considered by the authority. | 30924896 |
Net profit came in at $13.1bn (£8.7bn), unchanged from a year earlier due in part to higher costs associated with new product launches.
Revenue was up 18% at $54.5bn, thanks to record sales of iPhones and iPads, the company said.
But Apple shares fell in after-hours trading, as sales of the iPhone in particular disapp... | Computing giant Apple has reported flat profits and record revenues that still fell short of market expectations. | 21172259 |
The 25-year-old former Plymouth forward plays in the fifth tier for Camborne but has been an integral part of Cornwall's County Championship success.
"He's the full package," Dawe told BBC Radio Cornwall. "He's extremely skilful, knowledgeable and fit but most of all he puts his head where it hurts.
"If I was given the... | Cornwall head coach Graham Dawe says Fiji back row Sam Matavesi has the attributes to be a Premiership player. | 39977068 |
The Italian, 25, spent last season on loan at AC Milan but has now returned to Liverpool for pre-season training.
The former Manchester City striker has scored four goals for the Reds since joining the club in 2014.
"He's not at the stage of his career where he should be battling with four or five players for one or tw... | Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has told striker Mario Balotelli to find a new club. | 36782924 |
Families spent the night in a school hall after the 500lb bomb was found in the basement of a building site in Bethnal Green on Monday afternoon.
An exclusion zone was extended to 200m (650ft), resulting in more people being evacuated, Tower Hamlets Council said.
Bomb disposal experts are still at the scene, the Minist... | Experts are continuing their work to try to defuse an unexploded World War Two bomb which prompted the evacuation of 150 people in east London. | 33857616 |
Shane Long's early strike for the Republic was cancelled out by an Igor Bugaev equaliser, but two James McClean goals secured a second successive win.
"We played excellently in the first half. We should have maybe been two or three in front," said O'Neill.
"The goal knocked us back for a while but we came around in the... | Republic of Ireland played with "a bit of panache" during Sunday's 3-1 World Cup qualifying victory in Moldova, said manager Martin O'Neill. | 37603934 |
David Sell, from East Kilbride, appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court, charged with abduction, assault to severe injury and danger of life.
He made no plea or declaration and was remanded in custody.
The victim, 45, was attacked at his home in Barnsley, shot in the legs and abandoned in East Kilbride on 13 March.
Emergenc... | A man has appeared in court charged with the abduction and assault of a man who was dumped in Scotland, more than 250 miles from his home in Yorkshire. | 35160192 |
They had travelled for three days from the vast Sambisa forest where they were rescued, according to the army.
The group arrived in trucks and jeeps at a school converted into the camp in the city of Yola.
Earlier, the military said another 234 women and children had been rescued.
It said that operation took place on T... | A group of nearly 300 women and girls, who the Nigerian army says were freed from Boko Haram militants earlier this week, have been taken to a refugee camp in north-eastern Nigeria. | 32570835 |
The annual report of Dundee Parish Church for 1915, written by the Reverend Mr Ferguson, says: "Of all the black days that 1915 brought us, the blackest was that day in September when the news came that practically all the officers and a great number of the men of the 4th Black Watch, Dundee's own, were either killed, ... | The tragic losses of Loos, the largest British battle of 1915, were felt throughout every village and town in Scotland but for Dundee it was its "darkest hour". | 34289582 |
David Lander, of Montrose, was caught on CCTV at Wagley's bar in Exchange Street and Sizzlers in Guild Street at the end of November.
Lander admitted the crimes at Aberdeen Sheriff Court. He was estimated to have taken about £160 in total.
The court heard he had lost his bus ticket home.
Sheriff Donald Ferguson told L... | A man who was filmed stealing two charity tins from a pub and a takeaway in Aberdeen has been jailed for five months. | 35110841 |
Eden Gardens in Kolkata was the ground where India pulled off the mother of all comebacks to defeat Steve Waugh's Australia in 2001 after following on. Until Sunday, they were unbeaten at the ground since 1999 and had won their last two Tests at the venue by an innings.
And yet here they were, being taken apart in thei... | At the scene of one of India's greatest triumphs came one of their most damaging defeats. | 20656680 |
Phelan, 54, took over as caretaker manager following Steve Bruce's departure in the summer, becoming a permanent appointment in October.
But with City in the relegation zone, picking up three points from their last nine games, the club announced they had "parted company" with Phelan.
Hull said they were already searchi... | Premier League strugglers Hull City have sacked head coach Mike Phelan. | 38503364 |
Despite huge growth in UK venison sales, supply of wild and farmed meat has not kept up with consumer demand.
That has led to imports from as far afield as New Zealand to fill the gap.
Ministers said they were supportive of the industry and that farmers were entitled to apply for payments via the Common Agricultural Po... | Scotland could lose out on a multi-million pound business if more is not done to encourage deer farming, according to the industry. | 37375077 |
Attahullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the provincial governor of Wardak, said the attackers targeted three passing vehicles, including a bus.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack south-west of the capital Kabul, which happened after midnight.
Taliban militants are believed to be active in many parts... | Gunmen have opened fire on a major road in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 13 people, local officials say. | 32028567 |
Trees for Life began the project in March when it released 33 red squirrels from Forres and Strathspey around Shieldaig in Wester Ross.
The Findhorn-based charity is now preparing to introduce 70 reds near Kinlochewe and Plockton.
The sites currently have no squirrels, Trees for Life said.
The charity, which is doing t... | Seventy red squirrels are to be trapped and then relocated to woodland in the north west Highlands as part of a scheme to boost numbers of the animals. | 37835177 |
Thousands of venues had failed to adapt their premises, with a fifth of shops excluding wheelchair users, a survey found.
There are 12 million people in Britain with disabilities, with an estimated spending power of £200bn.
Businesses are "missing a trick" and must do better, ministers said.
Accessibility information p... | Access for disabled people on the High Street in Britain is "shocking", according to a government audit of more than 30,000 shops and restaurants. | 30342957 |
It wants doctors to identify people living in homes that are too cold, and and local authorities to provide insulation and heating services.
NICE says many deaths each winter in England and Wales are preventable.
Age UK called the recommendations very positive.
A consultation process on the NICE guidance runs until 25 ... | Guidance on how to reduce deaths and illnesses among elderly people during the winter has been drawn up by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). | 27813826 |
The questions are pointed. Indeed, those from Labour's Kezia Dugdale once more resemble a test paper in that she asks the FM, successively, what has happened to the uptake of....
a) modern languages
b) Chinese
c) and Gaelic.
Hint: the figures, according to Ms Dugdale, are not good. Ms Sturgeon stresses the importance a... | In the Holyrood chamber, Nicola Sturgeon is facing questions about the impact of her government's spending on health, education and the rest. | 33013218 |
Vaughan, a BBC Test Match Special summariser, said he will "not accept any attack on my honesty or integrity".
In his autobiography, Trott questioned if Vaughan "had an agenda" when criticising his return from the tour, in order to improve the England chances of players represented by sports management company ISM.
Tro... | Former England captain Michael Vaughan has disputed claims made by batsman Jonathan Trott that he had a "conflict of interest" when criticising Trott's decision to leave the 2013 Ashes tour. | 37436404 |
Past outbreaks have devastated great ape populations, particularly gorillas, where the virus is estimated to have wiped out a third of the primates.
A scientific team now says that wild gorillas could be vaccinated to protect the critically endangered animals from further losses.
However some conservationists warn that... | A small trial suggests that a vaccine against Ebola could protect gorillas and chimps from the deadly disease. | 39229625 |
Mr Jedrzejewski, who lived in the city, was found on Keene Street, Lliswerry, at around 23:00 GMT on Thursday.
He was taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital, where he later died.
Two men aged 18 and a 17-year-old boy were arrested on Friday and a 43-year-old man was arrested on Saturday.
All four were arrested on suspicion ... | A 41-year-old man who died after being found unconscious on a street in Newport has been named by police as Jan Jedrzejewski. | 38623731 |
Former care workers Colwyn Baker, 71, David Hennessy, 74, and Nigel Putman, 62, abused youngsters at the now-closed Swaylands School in Penshurst, Kent, between 1963 and 1979.
Baker was sentenced to 20 years in prison for 20 offences.
Hennessy was jailed for 12 years for six offences and Putman sentenced to three years... | Three men have been jailed for 28 indecent assaults against boys at a school for vulnerable children. | 32904796 |
Last August, the Mission Impossible actor ordered lobster and chicken tikka masala when he and eight companions visited the Veer Dhara in St Albans.
A friend settled the bill after the restaurant told Cruise it did not accept American Express.
A video about his curry night has been entered into the inaugural St Albans ... | Hollywood star Tom Cruise's visit to a Hertfordshire curry house has been turned into a film. | 21491574 |
Yet, considering Brazil's need to strengthen its flagging economy and trade relationship with the US, this diplomatic setback will soon pass, as these conditions will motivate President Rousseff to restore their diplomatic ties.
The situation is also an opportunity for Ms Rousseff to revive her domestic political popul... | Amidst recent allegations that the US National Security Agency (NSA) spied on Brazil, many view the decision by Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday to postpone her visit to the US as a setback to US-Brazilian diplomatic relations. | 24159352 |
Creative Skillset Cymru, based in Cardiff, works in areas such as film, television, radio, fashion, animation, games and advertising.
The organisation, which has managed a number of Welsh Government projects, said "difficult decisions" on resources had to be made.
Creative Skillset will also close its Scotland and Nort... | A body that helps develop skills and talent for the creative industries is to close its office in Wales. | 35894283 |
The 500kg (1,100lb) device was found in Portsmouth Harbour by a barge carrying out dredging works on Thursday.
The Gunwharf Quays retail complex had to be evacuated while the German bomb was safely dealt with.
The Royal Navy towed it into open waters about 1.5 miles (2.4km) east of the Isle of Wight, where it was blown... | A World War Two bomb found on the seabed off Hampshire has been blown up in a controlled explosion. | 37517285 |
Many plants produce caffeine, primarily as a naturally bitter deterrent against plant-devouring insects, like caterpillars.
But an experiment with caffeinated nectar has now shown bees are attracted to and even "drugged" by the compound.
The research is published in the journal Current Biology.
Prof Francis Ratnieks fr... | A morning caffeine dose is something that so many of us find irresistible, and according to research, foraging bees seek a similar buzz. | 34532636 |
Striker Leigh Griffiths held up a shirt with RIP Kieran and the number 13 on it after scoring against Aberdeen.
The goal came in the 13th minute of the game as supporters prepared to stage a minute's applause for Kieran McDade.
Celtic fan Kieran collapsed while on the pitch at Dunbeth Football Club in Coatbridge on 18 ... | Celtic players and fans have paid tribute to a 13-year-old boy who died after collapsing during a football training session. | 37204783 |
The venues have teams responsible for identifying the animals and sending them back to their natural habitat, says Tania Braga, responsible for Sustainability in Rio 2016.
"Around 25% of Rio has original forests," she told BBC Brasil.
"We don't want to hide the animals, we want to show that we can live side by side. It... | Alligators, sloths, capybaras and snakes are some of the unexpected visitors showing up at Olympic venues built in areas surrounded by lagoons and vegetation. | 36985481 |
Peter Thompson, from Bournemouth, began his challenge on 1 April in St Petersburg and finished in Dublin on Sunday.
The 32-year-old has raised almost £18,000 for mental health charities Livability Holton Lee and Mind.
He said travelling between countries had been a logistical nightmare.
Mr Thompson said he hoped his c... | A charity fundraiser has achieved his goal of running 44 marathons on consecutive days - one in each of 44 countries. | 39920649 |
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The election, which happens on 7 May this year, will allow adults vote to vote for who they think should be in charge for the next five years.
And in the build up to the big vote Newsround is interviewing the leaders of some of the mai... | Ahead of the General Election Newsround is putting kids' questions to the different politicians hoping to run the country. | 32301907 |
17 November 2016 Last updated at 09:19 GMT
He asked for governments around the world to act quickly to help save vulnerable animals from being poached.
The illegal hunting of animals is driving many species to the edge of extinction.
Prince William said that endangered animals are still being killed in "horrifying numb... | Prince William has given an important speech at a big wildlife conference in Vietnam, in Asia. | 38011134 |
Never before has anyone seen mummy hair, muscles and bone in such detail.
Each mummy was put into a special CT scanner (an X-ray machine) to investigate the mummies layer by layer, building up a 3D picture of each one.
The study's revealed many details about who these people were, how they lived and how they died.
By p... | The British Museum has carried out scans on eight Egyptian mummies, revealing amazing details about the people inside the caskets. | 27484425 |
Eleven care workers are to be sentenced later for the maltreatment and neglect of five patients at Winterbourne View.
A BBC investigation also found evidence of alleged abuse against former patient Ben Pullar.
The National Autistic Society said the case should be "fully investigated" but police said they would not reop... | An autism group has called for a new investigation after allegations a patient lost two teeth when he was punched at a private Bristol hospital. | 20040935 |
Mohammud Modibbo was unable to go to school as a child because he worked as a trader, travelling around the country.
He decided to enter primary school in his mid-80s and had recently begun secondary school in the northern city of Kano.
His teacher, Abdulkarim Ibrahim, said Mr Modibbo was "easy-going and jovial".
"Duri... | A man believed to be the oldest school pupil in Nigeria has died at the age of 94, his family says. | 34211092 |
A survey of 198 employers in the UK indicated, for graduates, being good at communicating, a team player, confident and analytical were all more important than having technical knowledge.
But this changed after two years in the job, when firms said knowledge was increasingly important.
The Confederation of British Indu... | Employers prefer "soft" skills rather than technical knowledge in graduates they are recruiting, a study suggests. | 28560758 |
Rick Jones, from Catford, set off from London Bridge on 23 April and danced his way through Essex and Suffolk before arriving in Norwich on Friday.
He completed the trip despite being stopped by police and enduring pain from stinging nettles and blisters.
He will officially finish his dance on 6 May at St John Madderma... | A man has accomplished a 100-mile (160km) morris dance from London to Norwich recreating a journey undertaken by William Shakespeare's clown in 1600. | 32556930 |
The Garden City Mall, one of the biggest shopping centres in the city, has also been evacuated.
One of the men refused to be searched by security guards and was overpowered in a scuffle, a witness said.
In 2013, al-Shabab gunmen killed 67 shoppers at the city's Westgate mall.
Police spokesman George Kinoti told the BBC... | Three men have been arrested at a shopping centre in Kenya's capital with a suspected explosive device, which has since been detonated in a controlled explosion, police say. | 34189248 |
The area, near the border with Bangladesh, has been sealed off by security forces since attacks on border posts left nine police officers dead.
Access to about 50,000 vulnerable people is restricted, the UN says.
Rakhine has seen long-running tensions between Buddhists and the mostly Muslim Rohingya minority.
Since the... | Human rights groups have called on the government in Myanmar to ensure aid can reach the northern part of restive Rakhine state. | 37727066 |
Officials results, announced after 93% of votes had been counted, gave Mr Tusk's Civic Platform party enough seats to continue in coalition.
The centre-right Civic Platform took 39% of the vote, against 30% for its conservative challenger, the Law and Justice Party.
The leader of Law and Justice, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, ha... | Prime Minister Donald Tusk has become the first Polish leader to be re-elected since the end of communism. | 15230750 |
Bomb disposal experts had been called in to take the device away.
Earlier, the departure hall that serves most European destinations had been evacuated as a precautionary measure following the discovery of the 500kg German bomb during construction work.
Several flights were cancelled and dozens delayed.
The bomb was un... | A suspected World War II bomb found at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport has been safely detonated, allowing normal operations to resume. | 19408265 |
"Reviens Leon! (Come back, Leon!)," shouts his portly wife. "I've got the same at home."
Today the catchphrase "Reviens Leon!" has been commandeered for a very different campaign: to lure back to France the thousands of tech whizz-kids who spent the last decade fleeing abroad.
In an open letter in Le Monde, the heads o... | A popular French TV advert for pasta sauce from the 1980s showed a jolly rustic fellow chasing after a train that was laden with all sorts of lovely food. | 34243967 |
These numbers are hardly revelatory. We've seen them from Scotland before against France and England and Ireland and Wales and pretty much everybody else you care to mention.
We've seen Scotland hold on to the ball for an age in games like this. For a decade and more we've seen them batter their way from halfway, acros... | From the time the scrum was set to the moment Stuart Hogg's footwork got him over the French line for Scotland's opening try, the ball went through the hands of 13 different Scottish players in 14 phases that lasted one minute and 48 seconds. | 35801457 |
Owen Smith said there was a "widespread view" among MPs that there should only be one challenger, but that he was not sure how they should be chosen.
He suggested the party's deputy leader, MPs or executive committee could choose between him and Angela Eagle.
Mr Smith postponed the formal launch of his campaign after t... | One of the two MPs hoping to replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader says only one challenger should appear on the final ballot. | 36799983 |
The Saudis see growing Iranian influence everywhere - to the north in Iraq and Syria, to the east in its own country and in Bahrain, and now pointedly to the south in Yemen.
But this view belies the complexities of Yemeni domestic politics, overemphasises the role of Iran, and is unlikely to lead to anything approachin... | Sunni power Saudi Arabia has - deliberately or otherwise - projected the fighting in Yemen as a proxy war with regional Shia rival Iran, though this is a dangerous mischaracterisation of the conflict. | 32622680 |
The Antrim player moved into a 3-1 lead at the Motorpoint Arena on Thursday but Englishman Hawkins fought back to win the next two frames.
Allen prevailed in the deciding frame and the world number nine will meet Michael White on Friday night.
The Welsh player beat former John Higgins 4-1 in the fourth round.
Allen hit... | Mark Allen held his nerve in a final frame decider to beat Barry Hawkins 4-3 and progress to the Welsh Open quarter-finals in Cardiff. | 35608786 |
Writer and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge will appear in the two-week run at the Soho Theatre in December.
Tickets for the 13 performances sold out within about 10 minutes of going on sale on Friday, the theatre said.
Fleabag was born when Waller-Bridge performed a series of short plays at the theatre before taking the char... | Fleabag, the hit BBC comedy that started life as a one-woman theatre show, is returning to the London stage. | 37583902 |
The five pedestrians were hit by a Mercedes on Bromley Road in Bellingham just before 08:30 GMT.
A 35-year-old woman and another 25-year-old man initially described as being in a critical condition are now stable, as are two men aged 36 and 45.
The driver of the car was arrested on suspicion of drink driving.
He was al... | A 25-year-old man is in a critical condition and four others are injured after a car crashed in to them in south-east London, police have said. | 39095841 |
Find out how you can submit your images and videos below.
If you have a picture you'd like to share, email us at england@bbc.co.uk, post it on Facebook or tweet it to @BBCEngland. You can also find us on Instagram - use #englandsbigpicture to share an image there. You can also see a recent archive of pictures on our En... | Each day we feature a photograph sent in from across England. | 38554843 |
The charity says that in the year to March there was a 14% increase in the numbers getting into financial difficulty, as a result of having to pay the money back.
But HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has denied that people are being harassed to repay what they owe.
The overpayments happen when people's income rises unexpe... | There has been a sharp rise in debt problems caused by tax credit overpayments, Citizens Advice has said. | 27633444 |
Strontian Community School Building Limited proposes replacing a mid-1970s primary school building with a new one on another site in Strontian.
The group has received £50,825 from the Scottish Land Fund to buy a plot next to Ardnamurchan High School.
The rest of the funding needed to pay for the school is to come from... | A community in the west Highlands has secured funding for its plan to build its own primary school. | 38303561 |
About 8% of the UK population living in private households acted as informal carers last year, Department of Work and Pensions figures show.
The ONS calculates that it would cost £56.9bn to replace these unpaid carers with paid workers.
Both sexes spent more time on unpaid care in 2015 than in 2000, it says.
The ONS li... | Unpaid carers save the UK economy almost £60bn a year, suggests a new analysis of official figures by the Office of National Statistics. | 40560827 |
Division One's bottom side declared on 548-6 to lead by 478 runs, after Lancashire reached 70-1 at stumps.
Resuming 99 not out, opener Smith got to his hundred with a four off the first ball of day two and went on to his second first-class double century.
Ryan McLaren added 81 not out as Hampshire dominated for a secon... | Stand-in captain Will Smith's career-best 210 helped Hampshire post a huge first-innings total against Lancashire. | 36987725 |
Earlier this year a review by Prof Graham Donaldson suggested wide-ranging changes.
They include more lessons on computer programming and more cooperation between primary and secondary schools.
Mr Lewis told BBC Wales the reforms would take up to eight years to introduce.
It would be the biggest shake-up to education s... | A review into what is taught in schools in Wales will be implemented in full, Education Minister Huw Lewis has confirmed. | 33087859 |
HMS Dauntless is the largest destroyer ever built for the Royal Navy, made from nearly 3,000 tonnes of steel. Its wide hull helps to support its two massive radar.
This Type 45 destroyer is radically different in design from earlier warships. The sleek, angled lines means it appears no larger than a fishing boat on ano... | It is one of the Royal Navy's most advanced and powerful warships, now on its way to the other side of the world; destination - the Falkland Islands. | 17908679 |
8 January 2016 Last updated at 09:07 GMT
The Carbon Trust has warned that when trees are left to decompose, they produce gas which is bad for the environment.
Instead, some trees are recycled by being turned into wood chippings or compost.
Martin's been to a waste centre in Greater Manchester, to see how it's done. | It's easy to forget about your tree after Christmas is over, but with thousands of people throwing their trees away at once, the way they are disposed of can make a big difference. | 35253322 |
But while we wait for that to resolve itself - the former prime minister's daughter Carol is reported to be in talks with museum bosses - we decided to take a look at some of her most memorable fashion moments.
Lady Thatcher (then Margaret Roberts) working as a research chemist in 1950. She is reputed to have helped in... | The Victoria and Albert Museum is at the centre of a row over whether it should exhibit Lady Thatcher's dresses and handbags. | 34745074 |
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He's been showing off his moves in Tahiti and dropped into the BBC's studio in Los Angeles to tell us more. | Australian stunt biker Robbie Maddison has found a way to surf on his motorbike. | 33770261 |
The 36-year-old left Manchester City last summer and joined Espanyol, before starting his second spell at Malaga in January.
His final game - if selected - will be Sunday's home match against Real Madrid, who could win La Liga.
Demichelis, who can also play in midfield, won 51 caps for Argentina and also played for Riv... | Malaga defender Martin Demichelis will retire at the end of the season. | 39927377 |
The portrait by Oscar Rialubin from the Philippines is called Xyclops.
Martin Samworth, chief executive of CBRE said: "The competition constantly provides us with new perspectives on working environments within cities. This year was no exception and Rialubin's intimate portrait of a watch repairman gives insight into a... | A portrait of a watch repairer has been crowned the winner of this year's CBRE Urban Photographer of the Year competition, beating more than 21,000 entries from 113 countries. | 34548394 |
West Midlands Ambulance Service said it was called to the B4452 between Harbury and Ufton following a crash shortly after 10:00 GMT on Saturday.
On arrival the cyclist was found with "very serious injuries" and an air ambulance was dispatched.
However, the cyclist was later confirmed dead at the scene. The driver was u... | A cyclist has been killed in rural Warwickshire after being involved in a collision with a 4x4 vehicle. | 35625207 |
The US said if confirmed it would be "another provocative step".
International talks over Iran's nuclear programme are due to resume in Kazakhstan next week.
Western powers fear Tehran is seeking weapons technology, but Tehran says it is refining uranium only for peaceful energy purposes.
The Natanz facility, in centra... | Iran has begun installing advanced centrifuge machines for enriching uranium at its nuclear plant at Natanz, says the UN's nuclear watchdog. | 21537206 |
Reports of 19 incidents of birds physically attacking people or taking food were submitted from March to the end of August in Scarborough.
Further avian assaults were reported in Whitby and in Filey.
Scarborough Borough Council has started to record "gull-mugging" incidents to "assess the size of the problem".
The figu... | So-called "gull-muggings" have claimed 22 victims in the seaside towns of North Yorkshire over the last six months, new figures have revealed. | 37243393 |
The Bath teenager finished third in the 100m individual medley with a personal best time of of 59.72 seconds.
Hungarians Katinka Hosszu and Zsuzsanna Jakabos took gold and silver, with Britain's Sophie Smith in fifth.
"I'm really happy because I didn't expect to come here and medal," said O'Connor, who turns 17 on Frid... | Britain's Siobhan-Marie O'Connor won her first senior international medal at the age of 16 with European short course bronze in Chartres, France. | 20482666 |
Two men in a car were reported to have entered a vehicle servicing firm's grounds on the Annvale Road in Keady at about 17:25 BST on Friday.
One of the men got out of the white Hyundai car and fired two shots.
No-one was hurt in the incident but employees were left "very badly shaken", police said.
The car used by the ... | Police are investigating a shooting at a business premises in County Armagh. | 40691665 |
The appointment of Robert Mueller, who headed the FBI for more than a decade, came just over a week after President Donald Trump fired FBI director James Comey - sparking calls for such a move.
But what is a special counsel? And what will he do?
The special counsel was appointed by Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney g... | A special counsel has been appointed to oversee the investigation looking into alleged Russian interference in the US presidential election, and if Trump campaign figures were complicit. | 39961732 |
West Heslerton, near Malton, has gone on the market for a guide price of £20m after being owned by the same family for more than 150 years.
The village has a 21-bedroom mansion, pub, petrol station, playing fields, 43 homes and 2,116 acres of land.
Pub landlady Claire Marshall said: "We've had calls from all the press ... | The sale of a North Yorkshire village has been described as an "end of an era" by its residents. | 35967027 |
Pallets, wood and other items were taken away by Northern Ireland Housing Executive staff and community volunteers at about 06:00 BST on Friday.
Sinn Féin councillor JJ Magee said many residents were supportive of the move.
Concerns had been expressed that the bonfire was too close to blocks of flats and a children's ... | Material gathered for a bonfire in the New Lodge area of north Belfast has been removed from the site. | 40682201 |
Many gay people vote for the party, said the DUP leader.
"This suggestion that every single person who is a homosexual wants to change the definition of marriage is wrong," she said.
"I know plenty of people in that community who don't want to see marriage redefined are quite content to live in partnership."
The first ... | Gay people are welcome in the membership of the DUP, First Minister Arlene Foster has told BBC News NI. | 37800236 |
The 30-year-old was fatally injured on the doorstep of his home in the town near Inverness, 12 years ago.
The father-of-two's killer - a stocky man with a baseball cap - handed him an envelope before shooting him with a German-made handgun. Mr Wilson died later in hospital.
A massive police inquiry was launched but the... | Police Scotland says it remains "absolutely committed" to finding the killer of Nairn banker Alistair Wilson. | 38105346 |
Mark Dias, who worked at the force for seven years from 2006, said he was targeted after challenging alleged misconduct by fellow officers.
He said Asian officers within the force were "seen to be corrupt" and those who complained branded "trouble-makers".
Cleveland Police said it could not comment on any civil proceed... | A former police officer is suing Cleveland Police, claiming he was bullied, discriminated against and put under surveillance. | 36592022 |
A message on Simon Binner's LinkedIn profile read: "I died in Switzerland with Eternal Spirit on 19 Oct 2015 and my funeral was on 13 Nov 2015."
He added: "There is nothing that I can say that's positive about MND."
In a YouTube video his wife Debbie Binner said he "strongly" believed he had the right to choose when he... | A man with motor neurone disease (MND) has used a professional networking site to name Monday as the day he will die at a clinic in Switzerland. | 34571125 |
Best known as the karate kicking manservant in the Pink Panther films he was, following his first screen role in 1957, an ever present face on film and television.
Burt Kwouk was born in Manchester on 18 July 1930 because, as he later remarked, "my mother happened to be there".
In fact his parents were on a business tr... | Burt Kwouk was once described as a funnier version of Bruce Lee, yet the majority of the roles he played in a 50-year career were straight ones. | 19884660 |
The former Udinese boss watched his new team beat Watford after his appointment at the Liberty Stadium on Monday.
He will take charge of the Swans for the first time at Everton on Sunday.
"I let them [Udinese] know I would have liked to work at Watford, even in the Championship, but other managers were hired," the 60-y... | Francesco Guidolin says he had hoped to manage Watford - but is happy to now be Swansea City's new head coach. | 35362626 |
The driver jumped the kerb and struck fellow cab drivers who were sitting awaiting their next fares, police said.
According to US media, the driver told police he mistakenly stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake.
The incident, on the eve of the Independence Day holiday in the US, was not believed to be terror... | Ten people have been taken to hospital with injuries of "varying severity" after a taxi drove into people at Boston's Logan airport, police say. | 40488500 |
An estimated 63,000 people now live with the disease.
Approximately 10,000 more people have been living with cancer since 2010, a figure that represents an 18% rise over the last five years.
The increase is due to improvements in survival and detection, and a growing and ageing population.
The number of men with prosta... | A record number of people living in Northern Ireland have been diagnosed with cancer, according to figures released by Macmillan Cancer Support. | 30685793 |
About 2.6 million viewers a night watched the show which came from Minsmere in Suffolk.
The RSPB, which owns the site, reported a 28% leap in visitor numbers for the year.
However, businesses in Suffolk reported a mixed response to the impact of the programme, with many in the area saying they had seen no difference in... | A nature reserve has seen a boost in visitor numbers after it hosted BBC's Springwatch programme this year. | 30282791 |
Sales have been hit by falling tourist numbers because of the strong dollar, and competition from discounters like TJ Maxx and online retailers.
It follows retailer Gap's announcement this week that its sales also fell in the same period.
Macy's revenues fell 7.4%, sending its shares down 10% to a four-year low.
Revenu... | US department store Macy's has seen its income plunge 40% in the first three months of the year and it has slashed profit forecasts for the whole year. | 36266179 |
It is the biggest demolition project ever seen in Russia's capital and the rehousing is to begin later this year.
Opponents say their right to private property has been infringed and fear being moved to remote tower blocks.
The Duma (lower house) backed the law overwhelmingly. The revised text allows residents to vote ... | Russian MPs have passed a controversial law to start demolishing more than 4,500 old Soviet-era apartment blocks in Moscow, despite big protests. | 40274496 |
The creature was first spotted more than a week ago off Start Bay near Slapton.
There have been reports on social media of its return in recent days and some photos now show it spouting water into the air.
It was seen close to shore on Saturday evening and has attracted other species to the area.
Pete Moore from Forest... | A humpback whale has returned to Devon bay and is attracting large numbers of spectators hoping to catch a glimpse. | 39172385 |
Belgian coach Paul Put, who led Burkina Faso to the final of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, is being considered.
Also on the list is German Gernot Rohr, who has been in change of Gabon and Niger as well as Burkina Faso.
The other names are local coach Kanfory Lape Bangoura and French duo Jean Marc Nobilo and Bernard S... | The normalisation committee of the Guinea Football Federation has named a shortlist of five to be the new national team coach. | 36739307 |
Only one body has been found since the plant partially collapsed in February, killing four men.
Efforts to recover the three remaining bodies were halted amid fears of a further collapse.
The men's families had opposed plans to use explosives for the demolition.
Steve Hall, son-in-law of victim Ken Cresswell, previousl... | The final section of Didcot Power Station's boiler house will be demolished on Sunday - despite opposition from families of men killed when it collapsed. | 36803087 |
Michael Pendry, 55, had 658 "filthy images" of children in his cottage in the grounds of Radnor Primary School, Cardiff.
He was caught after sharing the images online with other paedophiles for "sexual gratification".
Judge Huw Rees at Cardiff Crown Court said: "I am taking a risk in you."
Pendry admitted three counts ... | A primary school caretaker who admitted collecting more than 600 indecent images of children has walked free from court. | 30813925 |
Symphonic Brass Wales will join thousands of people in the march past the Kremlin in Moscow during the Victory Day commemorations on Tuesday.
The annual mass parade marks the anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.
The band is thought to be the first non-Russian ensemble to have been invite... | A Welsh brass band is performing in a major World War Two remembrance parade in Russia. | 39854415 |
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