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The rock fall happened on the East Cliff section of West Bay on Dorset's Jurassic Coast on Tuesday evening.
No-one was hurt but coastguards and police urged people to stay away from the top and bottom of the cliff.
In 2012, tourist Charlotte Blackman died at nearby Hive Beach when she was buried under a rock fall.
A sp... | Sightseers have been seen clambering over rocks where a section of cliff collapsed, despite warnings from emergency services to stay away. | 37104847 |
The Jags had been accused of listing an ineligible player by naming Callum Murray as a substitute in last week's game against Formartine United.
But the league's management committee decided no action would be taken against the club.
However, it also decided that its rules would be reworded.
Murray, who did not play in... | Highland League title challengers Buckie Thistle have avoided a points deduction that would have cost them the chance to win the title on Saturday. | 39664640 |
Northern Ireland Water (NIW) had to shut down five hydrants in the New Lodge and North Queen St areas on Saturday evening because of vandalism.
NIW received about 20 reports from residents who had lost water supply.
It appealed to the community and public representatives to stop children and young people from damaging ... | The water supply in part of north Belfast has been disrupted after vandals damaged fire hydrants in the area for a second time in seven days. | 40397433 |
This week's statement by Iain McNicol, general secretary of the Labour Party, was blunt: "There is no place for abuse of any kind in the party," he declared. "There is simply too much of it taking place and it needs to stop."
Politics involves debate and sometimes it gets heated; but when a party has to restrain the di... | Can this summer's Labour leadership contest unite the party's warring factions? | 36898391 |
When Mrs May took over as prime minister last summer she inherited a Commons majority of 12. That was the Conservatives' margin of victory in the 2015 general election.
When you factor in Sinn Fein MPs, who don't take up their seats, deputy speakers who as a rule don't vote, and changes to the make-up of the Commons ov... | Prime Minister Theresa May faces a battle to get Brexit through Parliament - but votes from non-Conservative MPs who support leaving the EU should help her swing it. | 39228792 |
The chief veterinary officer for Wales confirmed the H5N8 infections in a back yard in Pontyberem on Tuesday - after the birds had been culled.
It is the same strain of the virus found in an infected wild duck in Llanelli and turkeys in Lincolnshire.
A 3km (1.8 mile) protection zone and 10km (6.2 mile) surveillance zon... | Chickens and ducks have been found with avian flu at a property in Carmarthenshire. | 38500195 |
The female attacker made off with the bag on the footpath between Crimon Place at St Mary's Cathedral and Huntly Street on Monday at about 15:00.
The assailant was described as white, in her mid-20s, 5ft 3in to 5ft 6in tall, and slim.
She had red/ginger hair tied back in a ponytail and spoke with a local accent.
She wa... | A 75-year-old woman was pulled to the ground when a robber grabbed her bag in Aberdeen city centre. | 38906808 |
Aldred joined Blackpool from Accrington on an initial loan deal in February 2015 and went on to make 103 appearances for the club.
The 26-year-old featured in 52 games last season as Blackpool won promotion from League Two.
"He's strong, physical and a leader and a great communicator both on and off the pitch," manager... | Bury have signed defender Tom Aldred on a two-year contract after he turned down a new deal with Blackpool. | 40527062 |
He warned of their "apocalyptic, end-of-days strategic vision", argued that they pose "an imminent threat to every interest we have, whether it's in Iraq or anywhere else", and depicted them as "beyond anything that we've seen". Is this reckless threat inflation, or is Mr Hagel correct?
The US has faced a variety of ef... | US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has used a remarkable set of words to describe the militants of Islamic State (IS). | 28896348 |
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16 August 2015 Last updated at 08:53 BST
An emergency rescue helicopter lifted him to safety from the storm drain he was sheltering in as flames burned all around him.
Pilots had to fly through thick smoke to swoop in and pick him up.
Captain Scott Dettorre, from Ventura Cou... | A driver in California has had a very lucky escape after his truck crashed off a road and fell 100m down a ravine, before starting a bush fire. | 33947857 |
Damian O'Hagan, 60, of Homestall Road in Norris Green, Liverpool, was jailed for 18 months after admitting VAT fraud at Liverpool Crown Court.
Checks by HM Revenue and Customs found O'Hagan had kept more than £90,000 of VAT which he had charged a client.
O'Hagan attempted to cover up his crime by trying to become VAT-r... | A tax cheat who fled to Spain before returning home to watch his beloved Everton play was arrested at the stadium turnstiles, a court has heard. | 35423606 |
Teenager Charlotte Brown cleared 3.5m and was joined on the podium in Austin by her guide dog Vador.
Brown developed cataracts at 16 weeks and had artificial lenses inserted, but her vision began to worsen aged 11 and she is now blind with only a "jigsaw puzzle" of light and dark shades.
"This story really wasn't about... | A blind pole vaulter has realised her dream by winning a bronze medal in the Texas state high school championships. | 32769608 |
Energy ministers from Opec, the oil exporters' group, are meeting at their headquarters in Vienna to do something about it.
They will be joined by delegates from some oil suppliers outside the group.
On the agenda: whether to extend the oil production curbs agreed last year that are due to expire next month.
There is w... | Crude oil is too cheap for the taste of many producers. | 40014636 |
It hopes the move will lead to gathering more evidence, changing the behaviour of offenders and prevent an increase in violence at a scene.
The cameras should allow more time on the beat and reduce paperwork, while they can also be used to investigate complaints against officers.
It would be one of the largest body cam... | South Wales Police has become the last Welsh force to introduce body cameras. | 39949232 |
Wiser heads are advising new members to enjoy the relative quiet while they can, on the expectation that Brexit hostilities will commence when they return in September, and the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill is debated.
They expect long sittings, knife-edge votes, ambushes and guerrilla warfare at every turn.
The cha... | It's the final four days of Parliament before the summer recess, with not all that much to occupy honourable members and noble lords, although Labour have succeeded in engineering an emergency debate to complain about the way the Commons has been managed, since the election. | 40612129 |
The game was organised after Thursday's scheduled match at Bready was called off without a ball being bowled.
The match in Belfast did get underway, with Cecelia Joyce and debutant Meg Kendal making a positive start before play was halted.
The pair shared an unbeaten opening stand of 68 runs in 18 overs.
Joyce hit five... | Ireland and Bangladesh were thwarted by the weather again on Friday when their rearranged one-day international at Shaw's Bridge had to be abandoned. | 37323355 |
At this year's Moscow International Security Conference, the official theme is fighting terrorism.
But there is an unofficial theme, too - blaming the West.
A string of Russian military figures and experts have accused the US and Nato of causing global insecurity and waging an "information war" against Moscow.
"Terrori... | A conference often has an official theme or issue that features in all the panel discussions and debates. | 36158695 |
Troon is the only club on the Open rota to have a male-only membership policy.
A majority is needed to remove the ban, with the club reporting in June that "over three quarters of the members" supported admitting female members.
Muirfield still has a ban on female members and has been told by the governing body they ca... | Royal Troon, the host of the 2016 Open Championship, will vote on allowing women members on Friday. | 36679403 |
Warwick Medical School is leading the trial after concerns adrenaline, used to restart the heart, could cause brain damage and even death.
West Midlands Ambulance Service said the work could ultimately save "hundreds of patients".
The trial, involving some 8,000 patients, will start in the autumn.
It will see ambulance... | A study that will see some of its patients suffering cardiac arrest given a dummy drug has been backed by West Midlands Ambulance Service. | 28790742 |
The building is to close for a two-year refurbishment after being taken over by the Willow Tea Rooms Trust in 2014.
The Willow Tea Rooms inside, however, is a separate business and will not re-open there when the revamp is complete.
Its owner, Anne Mulhern, confirmed she would be recreating the Tea Rooms, which she has... | Glasgow's Willow Tea Rooms is to leave its Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed building in Sauchiehall Street. | 36478526 |
She had posted a screengrab of a message she received which featured images mocking her 14-year-old son, Harvey, who is blind.
The man, 19, from Newick, near Lewes, was arrested on suspicion of racially or religiously aggravated harassment, alarm or distress.
He has been released on bail until 25 February, Sussex Polic... | A man has been arrested after offensive messages were posted on Twitter about TV star Katie Price's disabled son. | 38838645 |
The crash happened at the junction of Evesham Road and Luddington Road at about 15:50 BST.
West Midlands Ambulance Service said crews arrived to find the car upside down and partially submerged in a brook.
It took about 40 minutes to free the woman, in her 70s, who escaped with only minor injuries.
She was taken to War... | A motorist has been rescued after her car crashed over a bridge and plunged into a brook in Stratford-upon-Avon. | 32242995 |
David Drury said the car, which had been parked on a zebra crossing, mounted the pavement, lifting him on to the bonnet.
Police said no-one had been arrested, despite the warden's body-worn camera capturing images of the attacker.
Mr Drury has been off work injured since the hit-and-run on the Isle of Sheppey on 8 July... | A traffic warden was mown down by a motorist who had just been given a parking ticket. | 37222854 |
A gunman opened fire in Reina nightclub at about 01:30 local time (22:30 GMT), as revellers marked the new year.
Suleyman Soylu said efforts were continuing to find the attacker, who was believed to have acted alone.
At least 69 people were being treated in hospital, the minister added. Four were said to be in a seriou... | At least 39 people, including at least 15 foreigners, have been killed in an attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey's interior minister says. | 38481521 |
The Welsh team issued a statement confirming that Michu had "completed a medical earlier today and will now link up with Rafa Benitez's side".
The Spain forward, 28, did not travel to the USA for Swansea's pre-season tour because of the talks with Napoli.
The president of the Italian side, Aurelio de Laurentiis, tweete... | Swansea City striker Michu has joined Napoli on a season-long loan with an agreed option to buy. | 28354598 |
Mr Weir was speaking during a visit to an Irish language school, his first ministerial visit since taking up office last week.
He met staff and pupils at Coláiste Feirste in west Belfast on Thursday morning.
The DUP minister was also shown a new £15.5m extension at the school.
During the visit, he told the BBC that "no... | Education Minister Peter Weir has said he will be a minister for all schools and will not give preferential treatment to one sector over another. | 36432292 |
It will mean £1bn extra for Northern Ireland over the next two years - but may not trigger new funding for Wales.
Carwyn Jones said the deal "kills the idea of fair funding".
But Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said the deal was the sort of positive intervention already made through the two Welsh city deals.
The Welsh Gove... | A deal signed by the Democratic Unionist Party to keep Theresa May in 10 Downing Street is a "straight bung", Wales' first minister has said. | 40406396 |
Owners and creditors of the airline have a plan to cut costs and jobs, but it needed approval from eight trade unions representing pilots and cabin crew in Sweden, Denmark and Norway.
The airline said on Monday afternoon it had reached agreement with the one remaining union that had held out.
SAS wants to cut 6,000 job... | The troubled Scandinavian airline SAS has said it has reached a deal with trade unions needed to avoid bankruptcy, following all-night talks. | 20389271 |
Chasing 290 to win, the visitors were restricted to 237 despite Michael Klinger's 52 and Benny Howell's late strokeplay with 77.
Glamorgan built their innings on a second-wicket century stand between Will Bragg and Jacques Rudolph.
Gloucestershire's seamers struck back before Graham Wagg's 49 hoisted Glamorgan to a wi... | Glamorgan began their one-day Cup campaign with a convincing 52-run victory over champions Gloucestershire. | 36452298 |
When students from Wolfreton School in Hull set out on their school trip to France, none would have thought their classmate Jessica Lawson would not be returning with them.
The 12-year-old, who died while swimming in a lake, is the latest child to die while on a school trip - but such tragedies are rare.
On average, on... | The death of a child while away with a school raises serious concerns about the risks involved with such ventures - just how safe are school trips? | 33634567 |
The tribute will be unveiled on 31 January to mark the 60th anniversary of the flood.
Former Mayor of Mablethorpe and Sutton on Sea Helen Parkhurst helped raised the funds for the memorial as part of her civic engagements in 2010.
The 6ft tall, six tonne Norwegian granite stone will be placed on the seafront.
The flood... | A memorial to 42 victims of the Great Flood in 1953 is being installed in the Lincolnshire resort of Mablethorpe. | 20995461 |
HP said the acquisition would help it to "disrupt and reinvent" the $55bn copier industry, a segment that "hasn't innovated in decades".
It is buying a big printing presence in Asia, as well as Samsung's laser printing technology and patents.
The deal comes days after HP's sister company sold its software business to r... | US computer giant HP has struck a deal to take over Samsung's $1bn (£750m) printer business. | 37337989 |
15 January 2015 Last updated at 08:11 GMT
Snow fell on Tuesday and Wednesday, mostly across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland.
More than 200 schools are closed across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. | Wintry weather is sweeping through parts of the UK and warnings of high winds for much of the west and north are still in place. | 30826758 |
She was also the last of the fabled Mitford sisters, whose doings fascinated - and sometimes scandalised - society in the 1940s.
Deborah had a refreshingly homespun outlook on life, unlike Hitler's acolyte Unity, left-wing polemicist Jessica and Diana - second wife of British fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley.
Nicknamed... | Deborah Devonshire was the astute chatelaine of Chatsworth House for more than half a century. | 12126300 |
Goalkeeper Foderingham, 25, who arrived last summer after being released by Swindon, has committed himself to the Ibrox side until 2019.
Kiernan's new deal takes the 25-year-old up until the summer of 2018.
They join captain Lee Wallace and manager Mark Warburton in extending their contracts with the club. | Rangers duo Wes Foderingham and Rob Kiernan have signed one-year extensions to their contracts with the newly-promoted Scottish Premiership club. | 36839183 |
Treasury chief secretary Danny Alexander revealed the plan to upgrade the section as part of the "biggest investment in roads in 40 years".
While Hull City Council said it was "delighted", one of the city's Labour MPs took a different view.
Diane Johnson, Labour MP for Hull North, said the post-2015 scheme was "jam tom... | A £160m scheme to upgrade the A63 Castle Street in Hull has been announced by the government. | 23083911 |
The County Tyrone teenager has jetted out to Miami after making it through to the next stage of the television show with a stirring performance of Aerosmith's I Don't Want To Miss A Thing.
The 16-year-old singer from Gortin wowed a crowd of 5,000 people at Wembley Arena on Sunday night to seal a spot in judge Kelly Row... | The headmaster at X Factor starlet Janet Devlin's school has spoken of his pride at her achievements in the competition. | 15060286 |
Dumfries and Galloway Council turned down the five-turbine Blackwood project east of Auldgirth in May this year.
An appeal was lodged by Force 9 Energy Partners and EDF Energy Renewables against that decision.
They argued the council's approach had been "unbalanced" but the Scottish government said the appeal was out o... | An attempt to overturn the rejection of a wind farm has failed - because the appeal was lodged too late. | 37213926 |
The 26-year-old was struck on the northbound carriageway of the A4067 at Morriston, near Wychtree roundabout and the overhead pedestrian footbridge.
Emergency services were called to the scene at 03:05 GMT on Saturday and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the Ford Transit van involved was uninjure... | A man has died after being hit by a van in Swansea. | 35182356 |
The Met Office has warned of gusts of up to 80mph in coastal areas.
Highways England said there was an increased risk of lorries, caravans and motorbikes "being blown over".
The weather has already led to some ferry disruption. Some Friday evening services have been cancelled and other services will not run on Monday.
... | Ferry services have been cancelled because of severe weather warnings for the south and west of England as Storm Imogen approaches. | 35516407 |
The 13th seed trailed 5-2 in the first set but reeled off five straight games on her way to a 7-5 7-5 win.
She will face world number one Serena Williams, who later beat 23rd seed Timea Bacsinszky, in Saturday's final.
"It is a dream come true. I cannot believe it," said Safarova after converting a third match point.
"... | Lucie Safarova fought back to beat Serbia's Ana Ivanovic and become the first Czech woman to reach the French Open final in 34 years. | 33013064 |
The poorly-reviewed buddy movie, which stars Reese Witherspoon and Modern Family's Sofia Vergara, made $13.3m (£8.6m) to take second place.
The Avengers sequel has now taken $313m (£203m) in just 10 days in the US.
It is the joint second fastest film to pass $300m, tying with The Dark Knight.
The first film in the Aven... | Avengers: Age of Ultron has topped the US and Canada box office for a second weekend, taking $77m (£50m) - more than five times the earnings of its closest rival, action comedy Hot Pursuit. | 32688163 |
The statue would be designed by Paul Kidby who illustrated many of the book covers for the Discworld books of Sir Terry, who lived locally.
Mr Kidby said: "It would be beneficial for Salisbury to have a permanent sculpture of Terry because he had such a big influence on popular culture."
The hope is to install the stat... | Plans for a life-sized bronze statue of Sir Terry Pratchett for Salisbury have been backed by the city council. | 35523353 |
As I wrote over Easter, the £8bn identified by Mr Stevens last autumn as part of his proposed solution to a looming NHS funding gap had generated a mixed response from the leading parties.
Now it has fuelled a heated series of exchanges dominating the campaign debate.
To recap - Simon Stevens and other NHS leaders in E... | It's another sign of the power of the head of NHS England Simon Stevens in shaping the political debate over health. | 32269023 |
The tourists play a Western Australia XI in a two-day match in Perth from 4 November, followed by a day-night match of four days against a Cricket Australia (CA) XI, from 8 November.
They take on another CA XI over four days in Townsville from 15 November.
The Ashes series starts in Brisbane on 23 November at 00:00 BST... | England will play three warm-up games in Australia before this year's Ashes series gets under way in November. | 40043031 |
Poppy Widdison, four, from Grimsby, died from a cardiac arrest in June 2013 at Sheffield Children's Hospital.
Her mother Michala Pyke, 37, and Ms Pyke's ex-partner John Rytting, 40, both deny child cruelty.
Opening the case against them at Hull Crown Court, prosecutors said Poppy had ingested a variety of drugs for up ... | A mother fed her daughter sedatives in order to spend time with her boyfriend, a court has been told. | 38149291 |
Speaking at CIA headquarters, he said some officers acted beyond their authority but most did their duty.
A scathing Senate report two days earlier said "brutal" methods like waterboarding were ineffective.
Senator Dianne Feinstein, whose committee produced the report, said torture should now be banned by law.
In his c... | CIA Director John Brennan has defended the agency's post-9/11 interrogation methods but admitted some techniques were "harsh" and "abhorrent". | 30437804 |
A Scottish FA disciplinary tribunal found that the striker was guilty of "not acting in the best interests of association football".
The 25-year-old was last week admonished by a sheriff after confessing to the incident in court.
The singing about the former Hearts player took place in March 2014.
The incident happened... | Celtic's Leigh Griffiths has been given a suspended two-match ban and fined £2,500 after admitting singing an offensive song about Rudi Skacel. | 34396170 |
The two men were taken off a plane, bound for the US, for questioning late on Wednesday and released hours later.
Two teammates - Ryan Lochte and James Feigen - were barred from leaving the country, but Lochte had already left.
Police have queried their accounts of a robbery they reported in Rio on Sunday.
The four swi... | The Brazilian authorities have stopped US swimmers Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger from boarding a flight at Rio de Janeiro airport, the US Olympic Committee has confirmed. | 37114383 |
The coverage map is based on data provided by mobile operators as well as Ofcom's own testing of signal strengths around the UK.
The webpage has gathered data about the quality of voice calls as well as 3G and 4G data.
The watchdog said it was seeking feedback to fine tune the map to make it more accurate.
"Access to r... | Ofcom has created an online tool that lets people see what kind of mobile coverage they should be getting. | 33906048 |
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Johnny McNicholl crossed early into his Scarlets debut, and Werner Kruger extended the hosts' lead.
Richardt Strauss cut the deficit but Leinster had Barry Daly sent off for a high tackle on Aled Thomas.
Will Boyde and Ryan Elias put Scarlets into what looked to be a comfo... | Scarlets ran in five tries to move into the Pro12 top four as they survived a scare to beat league leaders Leinster. | 38076305 |
The 32-year-old led his side at the recent Asia Cup where they performed poorly, losing to Bangladesh.
He has been struggling with a knee injury but hopes to return for selection for their first group-stage match on 17 March.
Test captain Angelo Mathews will take over Malinga's role.
The announcement came hours after S... | Lasith Malinga has stepped down as captain of defending champions Sri Lanka before Tuesday's start of the World Twenty20. | 35751635 |
Francois Trinh-Duc starts at fly-half and Scott Spedding at full-back in the side named by head coach Guy Noves.
Wesley Fofana, usually a centre, comes in on the wing, while Gael Fickou is at centre for the game in Edinburgh.
Yoann Maestri is promoted from the bench to start at lock, while Yacouba Camara replaces the i... | France have made six changes to face Scotland in Sunday's Six Nations match at Murrayfield. | 35787960 |
Saturday's loss at Reading left Wolves one point above the relegation zone.
But Lambert told BBC WM: "I won't let this place feel negative or down.
"The players are in the same mindset," said Lambert, 47, who won the European Cup with Borussia Dortmund in 1997 then did his coaching badges in Germany.
"I played in Germa... | Wolves head coach Paul Lambert says that the strong mindset he still possesses from his time in Germany can help to inspire the Championship club in their bid to escape relegation. | 39130687 |
Soares, 26, joined the Potters in 2008 but made just eight first-team starts in four years with the club.
Ebanks-Landell, 19, is yet to feature for the first team at Molineux. He links up with who is also on loan at Bury.
Both players go into the squad to
Bury will be looking to extend their unbeaten sequence in all c... | Bury have signed former Stoke City midfielder Tom Soares on non-contract terms and teenage defender Ethan Ebanks-Landell on loan from Wolves. | 20266195 |
Other mail order companies were also found giving out the wrong information about their refund policies.
A customer returning goods within seven working days is entitled to a full refund and the initial delivery charge, under the Distance Selling Regulations.
Next told the BBC it would change its policy from the start ... | Next has been breaking consumer law by failing to refund delivery charges on goods bought online but then returned, a BBC investigation has found. | 10560466 |
The ward at the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, where the patients were treated, has been closed to new admissions as a precaution.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC) said one of the patients who died had significant underlying health issues.
The other had been discharged but later died in another hospital.
A ... | A respiratory virus which affected seven patients at Scotland's largest cancer hospital was a contributory factor in two deaths, it has emerged. | 35113043 |
Offensive songs were heard during Liverpool's 2-0 win at Anfield in the first leg of their last-16 tie.
Ninety-six Liverpool fans died as a result of a crush at Hillsborough in an FA Cup semi-final between the Reds and Nottingham Forest in 1989.
United said the chants "have no place in the game".
"It has always been th... | Manchester United have criticised the fans who sang chants about the Hillsborough disaster during Thursday's Europa League defeat at Liverpool. | 35783235 |
In a televised address, Abdel Malek al-Houthi accused President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and other leaders of putting their interests ahead of the Yemeni people.
Earlier, Houthi rebels shelled the president's home in Sanaa and seized control of the presidential palace.
The UN Security Council condemned the attack and voi... | The leader of Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen has said that the country is at a critical and defining moment. | 30910295 |
Saints parted company with club legend Cunningham on Monday after 24 years as a player and then coach.
The 40-year-old ex-hooker had been in charge for just over two years.
His assistants Long and Lolesi, as well as Under-19s coach Traynor, were placed in temporary charge of the side.
"There is a lot of emotion within ... | St Helens have told BBC Radio Merseyside that Sean Long, Jamahl Lolesi and Derek Traynor could remain in charge for the rest of 2017 as they look for Keiron Cunningham's successor. | 39577247 |
It may also prove crucial for Richie Foran's future as manager with his position under increasing scrutiny in and outside the club.
Defeat may not be fatal as they could remain four points adrift of 11th place, should Hamilton Academical lose at Dundee and slip below Well.
However, with five post-split games to come an... | Inverness Caledonian Thistle's Premiership trip to face Motherwell on Saturday is critical in their quest to escape relegation. | 39583049 |
Jamie Spendiff's attack on Craig Logie, who was out with friends on a stag night, was captured on CCTV.
Spendiff took part in a further assault on other men with co-accused Shaun McCarthy after killing the married 36-year-old last August.
McCarthy was sentenced to 250 hours of unpaid work and a weekend curfew.
In CCTV ... | A man who danced around his victim after delivering a fatal blow during a street attack in Stirling has been jailed for 32 months. | 36785399 |
England will play against the Republic of Ireland in a friendly on 7 June.
UK police are taking action because of a "deterioration in fan behaviour" during England's last four away games.
Banned England fans will have to sign in at a police station on match day, in addition to the usual requirement of surrendering thei... | England football fans who have been banned from matches face additional enforcement measures to stop them going to next week's game in Dublin. | 32888242 |
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Kyrgios, 20, won 5-7 7-5 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 to secure a place in round four - the stage at which he beat Rafael Nadal in 2014.
The 26th seed hit 34 aces and 61 winners as he gained revenge for last year's quarter-final defeat by Raonic.
"I don't fear anyone," said Kyrgios, who ... | Australia's Nick Kyrgios won the battle of the big servers against Canadian seventh seed Milos Raonic at Wimbledon. | 33385088 |
The Madonna del Silenzio (Madonna of Silence), created in 1538, is part of the Cavendish-Bentinck family's Portland Collection.
The gallery, on the family's Welbeck Estate near Sherwood Forest, also has works by Van Dyck and George Stubbs.
A pearl earring worn by Charles I at his execution has also gone on show.
The cu... | A Michelangelo work that has not been shown in public for 50 years has gone on permanent display at the new Harley Gallery in Nottinghamshire. | 35830877 |
Little Angels Nursery in Calne closed down in September, a month after a man and a woman were arrested and bailed by detectives.
The pair have now been released without charge and the investigation has concluded, police said.
The nursery opened in 2009 and had been previously rated as good by Ofsted.
A spokesman for th... | A police inquiry into alleged sexual abuse at a children's nursery in Wiltshire has been dropped after a five-month investigation. | 30436830 |
The relay team had to call off previous attempts in May and July because of bad weather.
The charity swimmers tried to complete the swim last year but had to abandon it about 24 miles (38km) into the 60-mile (96km) crossing.
They hope to take advantage of a spell of fine weather and struck out from Village Bay on Hirta... | Seven swimmers have started their third attempt this year to swim between St Kilda and the Isle of Harris. | 33960789 |
Lawyer Gloria Allred, who represents Judy Huth, said her client would seek a second deposition - giving out-of-court evidence - of Mr Cosby on Thursday.
Ms Allred added that a judge would decide in December if either testimony could be made public.
Mr Cosby, 78, has previously said Ms Huth's claims are "absolutely fals... | Bill Cosby testified under oath for several hours on Friday in response to a civil case brought by a woman who accused him of sexually abusing her. | 34503863 |
Barby Dashwood-Morris admitted renovating the 600-year-old property while chairman of Wealden District Council's planning committee.
Brighton Magistrates Court heard the work was a "substantial erosion" of history.
Her former partner and co-defendant, Alan Proudfoot, was also fined £48,000.
The changes to her Hellingly... | A former council planning boss has been fined £75,000 for making illegal and irreversible changes to her Grade II-listed home. | 39793404 |
Barker defied illness to help GB take bronze in the team pursuit at the recent Track World Cup in Colombia.
The 21-year-old, a World and European team pursuit champion, says they will have to be at their best to break the record.
"What we're really hoping for is the world record," Barker said.
"What the world record is... | Welsh cyclist Elinor Barker has targeted a world record if Great Britain women's pursuit team qualify for Rio 2016. | 34741574 |
25 February 2016 Last updated at 12:41 GMT
The drone carried a box of bread and milk and reached its destination 500 metres away in about four minutes.
In another test flight, the drone successfully delivered boiled eggs without any of the shells cracking.
The drone flew 30 metres away from people, to ensure it wasn't ... | Japan have carried out a test exercise, using a drone to deliver food to elderly people living in rural areas. | 35658301 |
His assistant Brian Atkinson wasn't there either because he was best man.
It may look like poor planning from the Quakers manager, but the date of the wedding was arranged two years ago, when his team were in a different division.
Gray, 45, said the club asked Halifax to reschedule the game "but with all due respect, t... | Darlington boss Martin Gray missed his side's game at Halifax on New Year's Day - because he was getting married. | 38485008 |
Tracey Crouch had been talking about the savings some claimants would have to make because of cuts to tax credits.
She told the Spectator that in certain cases some people had not realised "you have to sometimes go without to make ends meet".
Labour criticised her remarks, saying they were offensive to working people.
... | A sports minister has apologised for suggesting some of her constituents struggling to make ends meet should give up things such as subscription TV. | 34800719 |
IBM, which wanted to avoid the cost of upgrading the unit's technology, said it would now focus on cloud computing, mobile and big data analytics.
IBM will take a $4.7bn charge in the third quarter as a result of the sale.
The sale came as IBM announced a 17% drop in third quarter profit,
IBM said it made $3.5bn profit... | IBM is to pay $1.5bn (£930m) in cash to offload its loss-making chip manufacturing division to Abu Dhabi owned GlobalFoundries. | 29689344 |
The task force investigating the hoard says the piece belongs to the family of a Paris art dealer.
Femme Assise [Seated Woman] was in the Munich apartment of Cornelius Gurlitt, who died last month aged 81.
It is one of more than 1,000 Gurlitt pieces under investigation.
"Even though it could not be documented with abso... | A Matisse painting found among a huge trove of art amassed by the son of a Nazi art dealer is the first painting to be confirmed as looted. | 27810363 |
Another praised his "fine" portrayal of the Roman soldier whose inability to compromise results in tragedy.
Hiddleston, The Guardian's review goes on, "conveys the hero's complexity" as well as his "reckless impetuosity".
Sam Mendes and Sir Nicholas Hytner were among Tuesday's first night audience at London's Donmar Wa... | Thor star Tom Hiddleston gives a "powerhouse performance" in a new London production of Shakespeare's Coriolanus, according to one critic. | 25427984 |
Nato "must remain the cornerstone of our defence and the defence of Europe", he said, ahead of informal talks with EU defence ministers in Bratislava.
Sir Michael said the UK was not alone in opposing a common EU defence policy.
European Parliament President Martin Schulz has said the UK would not have a veto over clos... | The UK will oppose any attempts to create an EU army because it could "undermine" the role of Nato, Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has said. | 37482942 |
The announcement comes hours ahead of President-elect Nicolas Maduro's inauguration.
Opposition leader Henrique Capriles has challenged Mr Maduro's narrow victory, calling for a vote-by-vote recount.
The decision to audit all the paper receipts of electronic votes is seen as a major concession to the opposition.
The el... | Venezuela's electoral body has announced it will carry out a full audit on all the votes cast in Sunday's disputed presidential poll. | 22215387 |
The 18-year-old scored twice in 12 appearances for the Bees, but was out of contract with the League Two club.
He was offered a new Barnet deal so Posh must pay compensation for the player, currently with the squad at their pre-season camp in Portugal.
Meanwhile, captain Chris Forrester, 23, has signed a new long-term ... | League One side Peterborough United have signed Barnet striker Matty Stevens on a three-year deal. | 36683376 |
The region experienced a brief period of independence in the 1940s but China regained control after the Communists took power in 1949.
It is home to the Turkic-speaking Muslim Uighur minority who make up about 8 million of the province's 19 million people.
Rich in natural resources, economic development in the region h... | China's largest province Xinjiang is bordered by eight countries including the former Soviet Central Asian republics, Mongolia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. | 16860974 |
Officials have already issued warnings about jellyfish in Mediterranean coastal waters for France and Italy.
But local marine biologists said this year's increase was "no different" from other years and that the blooms consisted of non-stinging species.
They added that they were monitoring the situation very closely.
A... | The UK Foreign Office has updated its travel advice for Greece, warning that jellyfish blooms have been reported and for people to heed local advice. | 23243759 |
The man was found by the emergency services outside a house in Green Acres, Gamlingay at 05:33 GMT.
He was taken taken to hospital with 50% burns.
Fire officers said there was a failure in the supply which went directly to the kitchen hob. They said the blast caused "catastrophic damage".
Follow the latest updates on t... | A pensioner has suffered severe burns when a suspected gas explosion blew doors and windows off his house after he switched on a kitchen light. | 35176321 |
People have been told they will have to travel to Flint after the office shuts on Friday.
The jobseekers found out when they overheard staff being told.
PeoplePlus said "rising employment" was responsible, and it would continue to pay for jobseekers' travel.
The company offers support and training to people looking for... | Up to 100 jobseekers in Rhyl face a round trip of more than 40 miles to attend mandatory job search appointments, following the closure of the local PeoplePlus office. | 36436878 |
To outside eyes, the rise of Donald Trump especially looks like the ultimate "Only in America" story, but many of his compatriots wish it was a "Not in America" phenomenon.
Just ask Jerry Springer, who recently told the Financial Times that the Republican race is too crazy even for his own show, a programme known for i... | As the world looks on askance at the freakishness of the US presidential election, it is worth bearing in mind that a large number of Americans feel much the same sense of unease. | 35933156 |
The Loons were comfortable 4-1 winners while Clyde won 2-0 at Elgin City.
Berwick Rangers leapfrogged Arbroath into third thanks to a 2-0 victory at Cowdenbeath as Arbroath grabbed a late 1-1 draw against Annan Athletic.
And Montrose beat bottom side Edinburgh City 1-0 to go eighth and leave City on one point - four po... | Forfar Athletic maintained their five-point lead at the top of Scottish League Two by beating Stirling Albion as second-placed Clyde also won. | 37398350 |
A former British protectorate which became self-governing in 1965, the territory is now in free association with New Zealand.
Its economy centres on tourism; the territory's natural assets include fine beaches and volcanic mountains.
Named after Captain Cook, who explored them in 1773, the islands were once autonomous,... | The 15 volcanic islands and coral atolls of the Cook Islands are scattered over 770,000 square miles of the South Pacific, between American Samoa to the west and French Polynesia to the east. | 16495238 |
One of the army generals involved in the plan to seize power while the president was in Tanzania has admitted defeat.
The crisis follows weeks of protests against the president, mainly in the capital, Bujumbura.
The trouble began in April when it was announced that President Nkurunziza would run for a third term.
Prote... | An attempt to overthrow Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza has ended in failure. | 32730682 |
Addressing the Conservative Political Action Congress (CPAC), he vowed to always put American citizens first and build a "great, great border wall".
He also promised to focus on "getting bad people out of this country".
Mr Trump was greeted by chants of "USA, USA, USA!" as he addressed the annual forum in Maryland.
"We... | US President Donald Trump has vowed to start building a wall on the Mexican border "soon, way ahead of schedule", in a speech at a conservative event. | 39080356 |
The officers were executing a warrant at a house in Bordesley Green at about midnight, West Midlands Police said.
Three men, aged 21, 27 and 34, are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to possess a controlled drug with intent to supply.
Officers seized a "large quantity" of suspected Class A drugs, police said.
All 1... | Eight police officers and three suspects were taken to hospital after being overcome by an unknown substance during a drug raid in Birmingham. | 19433159 |
They hope the genetic data will offer clues on how to suppress the spread of Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD), which is transmitted via biting.
Since DFTD was first recorded in 1996, populations in some areas are estimated to have declined by up to 90%.
Details of the research have been published in the journal Cell.... | Researchers have sequenced the genome of the killer disease that is driving the remaining wild populations of Tasmanian devils towards extinction. | 17062091 |
The partnership between One Laptop per Child (OLPC) and the East African Community (EAC) aims to deliver 30 million laptops in the region by 2015.
OLPC has also announced a partnership with a UN agency which aims to deliver 500,000 machines in the Middle East.
Both the UN agency and the EAC first need to raise cash for... | The group behind the "$100 laptop" has formed a partnership which it hopes will deliver computers to every primary school child in East Africa. | 10091177 |
Greater Manchester Police said officers were called to reports of a knife attack shortly before 11:00 GMT at a house on Redwood Drive, Bredbury.
A police spokeswoman said officers found a 60-year-old woman with stab wounds who was declared dead at the scene.
A post-mortem examination into her death is due to take place... | A 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found stabbed in Stockport. | 30645007 |
The Senate judiciary committee approved the ban, similar to one that expired in 2004, on a 10-8 party-line vote.
The narrow margin underlines the uphill battle faced by the White House drive for new gun regulations, after a school massacre that killed 26 in December.
Polls show a majority of Americans back a ban on ass... | A sharply split US Senate panel has passed a bill to ban assault weapons, but the measure is viewed as unlikely to go much further in Congress. | 21790376 |
The tie looked done at the break with ruthless first-half finishes from Arnaud Djoum and Sam Nicholson.
Hibs displayed their character and their class thereafter, dominating much of the second half at Tynecastle.
Jason Cummings headed in 12 minutes from time to set up a frenetic finish, before Paul Hanlon slid home the... | A riveting Edinburgh derby ended with Hibs storming back from 2-0 down to earn a Scottish Cup fifth-round replay. | 35453156 |
The composite of the extinct flightless bird was put together from bones collected over a number of decades.
The private collector offering it for sale only lacked part of the skull and one set of claws when he assembled the specimen in the early 2000s.
It is being sold by Summers Place Auctions in West Sussex in Novem... | The first almost complete skeleton of a dodo to come up for sale in nearly a century is to be sold at auction. | 37178288 |
As of March 2016, the number employed by local authorities fell by 170 to fewer than 600 compared to three years earlier - a drop of 23%.
Many of the patrols have not been replaced by cash-strapped councils after crossing assistants retired.
Road safety charity Brake said patrols played a "key role" in keeping children... | The number of school lollipop staff in Wales has fallen by almost a quarter in the past three years, figures show. | 39845795 |
Now imagine for a second you're Donald Trump, and you've just been given that piece of homework. I think the first thing you're going to do is ask for a few extra sheets of paper because, what a summer.
From distant, foggy memory, I also seem to remember that the one other instruction you got from the teacher was to ma... | This week across America, millions of children will be getting ready to go back to school and returning home that evening with their first work assignment - an essay with the title: "What I did on my summer holidays." | 41037024 |
The 60009 Union of South Africa will haul the service between Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank on 10 September, just four days after the new railway opens.
It is one of six remaining LNER Class A4 steam locomotives in the UK, which were built in Doncaster in 1937.
The train will run through the Borders three days a wee... | The first steam trains will travel along the new Borders Railway line in September, ScotRail has confirmed. | 33658814 |
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Konta, who will be seeded for the first time at Wimbledon this year, overcame her Ukrainian opponent 7-6 (7-4) 6-1.
Kvitova won her only previous meeting with Konta, coming through 7-5 6-3 in the US Open last 16 in September.
Top seed Agnieszka Radwanska and former world n... | British number one Johanna Konta has beaten Lesia Tsurenko to set up a last-16 meeting with two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova at Eastbourne. | 36590334 |
The body of the 51-year-old was found in a cesspit at her home in Royston, Hertfordshire, in July.
Her fiancé, Ian Stewart, 56, who denies murder, visited her solicitor in Ms Bailey's place on 11 April, the day she went missing, to discuss the sale.
He claimed she was "too unwell" to attend, St Albans Crown Court was t... | The man accused of murdering author Helen Bailey twice tried to use power of attorney while she was missing in order to sell her flat, a court heard. | 38638088 |
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