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The Scottish government claimed the new system would lead to faster, more locally-available care.
Greater use would also be made of "e-consultations" to avoid unnecessary referrals to hospital consultants.
GPs have given a cautious welcome to the proposals but said more staff would be required to make them work.
Health... | More patients will be seen by community health workers instead of hospital doctors under a planned shake-up of the outpatient system. | 38131808 |
Avon lady Louise Houghton and neighbour Lisa Quinton were both bitten on the legs during two separate incidents at the house in Isfryn Road, Meliden.
Donna Whitelam, 41, had pleaded guilty to having a dog dangerously out of control and causing injury.
Llandudno magistrates banned her from keeping dogs for two years.
Wh... | Five bulldogs involved in attacks on two women as they called at the owners' house in Prestatyn must be destroyed, a court has ordered. | 38513760 |
Dame Lowell Goddard, who resigned last month, said in a memo to MPs that the inquiry needed overhauling.
She said the inquiry should focus less on the past and more on current standards of child protection.
New chairwoman Alexis Jay said its terms of reference would remain but an internal review of it would be held.
La... | The independent inquiry into child sex abuse is too big, bureaucratic and lacking in adequate systems, its former chairwoman has said. | 37287620 |
Gulam Chowdhury, 24, from Barking, was convicted of murdering Mohammed Yasser Afzal at the Old Bailey.
Mr Afzal, from Forest Gate, was killed outside a cab office in Broadway, Stratford, in March 2014.
Police said Chowdhury, of Heenan Close, had plotted to kill Mr Afzal because of a row over a woman they had both been ... | A man has been found guilty of stabbing a minicab dispatcher to death in east London. | 32419309 |
He announced his departure in May after 25 years with the team, which included leading Tom Daley to a world title.
Plymouth has produced Sarah Barrow and Brooke Graddon, but Tonia Couch is now the only senior GB diver based there.
"The city of Plymouth is a massive proponent of diving and it always has been," Banks tol... | Former Great Britain coach Andy Banks says diving has a "bright future" in Plymouth despite leaving to take a role with the Australian team. | 40668264 |
Trials, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, suggest the drug can slow damage to the brain in two forms of MS.
Ocrelizumab is the first drug shown to work in the primary progressive form of the disease.
The drug is being reviewed for use in the US and Europe.
MS is caused by a rogue immune system mistaking... | A drug that alters the immune system has been described as "big news" and a "landmark" in treating multiple sclerosis, doctors and charities say. | 38392548 |
They studied more than 25,000 male and female employees who underwent routine health checks at their workplace.
Employees who drank a moderate amount of coffee - three to five cups a day - were less likely to have early signs of heart disease on their medical scans.
The findings reopen the debate about whether coffee i... | Drinking a few cups of coffee a day may help people avoid clogged arteries - a known risk factor for heart disease - Korean researchers believe. | 31690358 |
The 18-year-old Forest academy graduate signed his first professional deal with his parent club last season.
He impressed on loan with National League Wrexham earlier this season, scoring five goals in 21 appearances.
"Gerry brings an added physicality to our forward line," Cambridge United manager Shaun Derry said.
Fi... | Nottingham Forest striker Gerry McDonagh has agreed to join League Two side Cambridge United on loan until the end of the season. | 38704942 |
The Daily Mail said former World War Two pilot Kenneth Tyrer, 90, died at the weekend, two days after being attacked at Yeovil District Hospital.
His son Bill said: "Somebody has to be accountable for his death."
Yeovil Hospital said in a statement it was "working closely with the police and coroner's office following ... | Police are investigating the death of a man who was reportedly attacked by another patient on a hospital ward. | 33179952 |
Lawand Hamadamin and his family left northern Iraq after reports the so-called Islamic State was ordering disabled children to be killed by lethal injection.
The family spent a year living in a tent in a camp in Dunkirk before leaving for the UK.
Lawand is now learning sign language at the Royal School for the Deaf in ... | The family of a deaf six-year-old boy who fled Iraq to avoid being killed said his school has saved his life. | 37484026 |
During talks with Italian counterpart Matteo Renzi, the UK PM suggested she favoured bespoke arrangements rather than replicating those used by others.
"I think we should develop the model that suits the UK and EU," she said.
Mr Renzi said the EU vote was sad but he hoped "some good would come of it".
During a press co... | Theresa May has said she retains an "open mind" about the UK's trading relationships after Brexit amid reports some cabinet colleagues want the UK to pull out of the EU's customs union. | 36906748 |
Eaton, 27, scored 9,045 points to break his own world record and win gold at the World Championships in Beijing.
Dibaba, 24, set a new 1500m world record of three minutes 50.07 seconds and also winning 1500m gold and 5,000m bronze at the Worlds in August.
The annual awards dinner in Monaco was cancelled because of the ... | American Ashton Eaton and Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia won the IAAF's athlete of the year awards for 2015. | 34944288 |
Four other people who had been detained have been released, he added.
Thirty-eight tourists were killed when a gunman opened fire on a beach. Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Thirty of the victims were British, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said.
"We can say with a high degree of confidence t... | Eight suspects, including a woman, remain in custody on suspicion of being directly linked to Friday's deadly attack on holidaymakers in the Tunisian resort of Sousse, a minister has said. | 33360497 |
Pompey returned to winning ways with a 2-0 victory against Accrington on Saturday, to stay in the play-offs.
"We're always talking about the run of games ahead," Stevens told BBC Radio Solent. "We've all got to come together as a team, and as a club, and push on."
Portsmouth are four points from third-placed Carlisle, ... | Portsmouth defender Enda Stevens believes it is "now or never" for his side's push towards the automatic promotion places in League Two. | 38957409 |
The social housing body has been reassuring tenants after concerns about cladding emerged in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower tragedy in London.
NIHE confirmed cladding was used during the refurbishment of Eithne House and Cuchulainn House in the New Lodge area.
Whincroft House and Carnet House in east Belfast are c... | Cladding systems used on four blocks of high-rise flats in Belfast have been "rigorously tested" according to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive. | 40301349 |
St Ninian's Parish Church in Newtownabbey is expected to close in a few months' time.
The church, which has stood on the Whitewell Road for 51 years, has a columbarium underneath the building for urns containing the cremated remains of parishioners.
Rev Elaine O'Brien said changing demographics in the area meant the ch... | A church that is closing down has issued an appeal for anyone whose loved ones' cremated remains are kept there to come forward. | 31028670 |
Marleny Olivo threw the fruit at the president while he was driving a bus through the central state of Aragua.
It had a message on it, in which she pleaded for his help.
Mr Maduro displayed the mango with her telephone number on it during a live television show afterwards. He said he had agreed to her request for a fla... | A Venezuelan woman has had her wish for a flat granted by President Nicolas Maduro after she made her point by hitting him on the head with a mango. | 32460509 |
The seven-part series, to be shown later this year, will aim to highlight recent scientific discoveries.
Filming innovations include suction cameras fitted to the backs of orcas.
"I am truly thrilled to be joining this new exploration of the underwater worlds which cover most of our planet, yet are still its least know... | Sir David Attenborough will present the sequel to 2001's The Blue Planet, the BBC has announced. | 39022239 |
About 250 people are believed to have made the journey from Wales to the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, near where the incident happened on Thursday.
Saleem Kidwai, of the Muslim Council of Wales (MCW), said members had difficultly contacting groups in Mecca.
He added there is no alarm that a group from Cardiff has ... | One Welsh group taking part in the Hajj pilgrimage when a stampede killed at least 717 people is yet to make contact, a Muslim leader has said. | 34355879 |
The 25-year-old began his career at Exeter Chiefs and spent two seasons on dual-registration at the Brickfields before joining permanently in 2014.
When Albion were relegated from the Championship he left to join their Cornish rivals last summer.
"I had a good season at Redruth but feel I have some unfinished business ... | Plymouth Albion have re-signed front-row Tom Cowan-Dickie after a season at National Two South side Redruth. | 36747729 |
With most votes counted, Five Star's Virginia Raggi took about 36%, ahead of Roberto Giachetti of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) on 25%.
The two will now go into a run-off vote on 19 June.
PD candidates came top in Milan and Turin but also face run-off votes.
"The wind is changing, this is the moment," Ms Raggi,... | The anti-establishment Five Star Movement has a strong lead in the Rome mayoral race - a blow to Italy's centre-left Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in municipal elections. | 36458501 |
They say he was inspired by the Islamic State (IS) group.
Officers say the attacker repeatedly stabbed a 59-year-old man in a suburban park and then tried to stab a policeman.
A large knife has been seized from the accused, who will appear in court later on Sunday.
The victim, who was reportedly walking his dog in the... | Police in Australia have charged a 22-year-old man with committing a terrorist act and attempted murder in southwest Sydney. | 37331672 |
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The sale, which equates to around 2% of the club's shares, is expected to conclude next Tuesday.
It will take the ratio of shares, which have limited voting rights, floated on the US Stock Market to just above 20%.
Manchester United will not receive any proceeds from the sale.
The value is based on Wednesday's share pr... | Manchester United's American owners are set to earn about $72.89m (£56.04m) by selling more of their shares in the club on the New York Stock Exchange. | 40883043 |
The counsel general criticised the decision to close ten law courts across Wales in a speech at Cardiff University's school of law on Thursday.
"The rule of law is meaningless if there is no access to justice," he said.
The Ministry of Justice said access to justice "is not about proximity to a court".
Ten courts inclu... | UK government cuts to justice threaten human rights, Labour AM Mick Antoniw has said. | 36798663 |
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Hogg, who scored two tries in the win, says the Scots are confident they can beat any opponent in next year's Six Nations Championship.
"We believe we can win every single game," he said.
"If you're going into it with a different mentality than that, you're obviously going... | Full-back Stuart Hogg says Scotland "fear no-one" after finishing their trio of autumn internationals with a 43-16 thumping of Georgia. | 38116730 |
"The matter has caused a lot of frustration and confusion, for which I apologise," he said in a TV address.
He said he would abide by a court ruling that he must repay government money spent on upgrading his rural home with a swimming pool and amphitheatre.
The case was brought by the opposition, which urged him to sta... | President Jacob Zuma has apologised to South Africans in an effort to end a long-running scandal over improper state spending at his private home. | 35943941 |
"We were coming to the completion of our second record and the main story on the news one day was the fact HMV had gone bust," says singer Frankie Francis.
"At the time, a couple of local record shops had gone bust as well. We thought 'We've got this record coming out, but there might not actually be anywhere to sell i... | When indie band Frankie and the Heartstrings released their second album this summer, they were so alarmed by the lack of record shops in which to sell it that they decided to open their own. | 24437766 |
Jeff Mitchell, who is looking for a publisher, has spent the past 20 years working with ex-offenders and addicts to get them off the streets and back to work.
The book includes experiences from "hundreds" of the long-term unemployed people he has worked with.
Mr Mitchell runs social enterprise Clean Slate. Its clients ... | A guide to help the "hopeless, feckless and workshy" find a job has been written by a social entrepreneur in Bath. | 35323420 |
Net income rose to $5.43bn (£3.76bn) in the three months to the end of December against $4.93bn a year earlier.
The bank cut costs by 7.4% to $14.26bn in the quarter. Legal expenses fell by almost 50% to $644m from $1.1bn.
Salaries fell 2.4% to $6.69bn as the bank shed around 7,000 staff to 234,598, from 241,359 a yea... | US banking giant JP Morgan Chase has reported better-than-expected fourth quarter profits thanks to lower legal expenses and better cost control. | 35315192 |
The new owners have undertaken a review and feel there are "areas of duplication" and are, so far, unable to find alternative roles for 14 people.
Concerns about the future of Dee Valley's 166 workers were raised before February's takeover.
Severn Trent are "in consultation" with workers over possible redundancies.
Nor... | More than a dozen workers at the Wrexham-based Dee Valley Water company face losing their jobs after its £84m takeover by Severn Trent. | 39558447 |
The method is often used by private companies that want to use the expertise of "friendly" hackers to find holes in their systems.
It came after the US defence secretary backed strong encryption amid the FBI's phone unlocking row with Apple.
Ash Carter called on tech firms and the US government to work together.
The US... | The Pentagon has invited external experts to hack into its systems in the first such test of its cybersecurity measures. | 35706988 |
At the close on Tuesday the FTSE 100 was down by 0.53%, at 6753.8.
Bank giant HSBC fell 1% after announcing plans to cut 25,000 jobs globally, which includes 8,000 in the UK.
Winners included Reed Elsevier, Mondi, BT Group, and Intu Properties.
Miners led the fallers, with Anglo American and Rio Tinto down by 2% and 1.... | (Close): London's benchmark index of blue-chip stocks declined with investors unimpressed by news of vast job cuts at HSBC. | 33060626 |
Racing, the 2016 runners-up, had been winless in this year's campaign but led through tries from Xavier Chauveau, Marc Andreu and Gerbrandt Grobler.
A penalty try and Andreu's second after the break, along with nine points from the boot of Dan Carter, consigned the Tigers to a fourth consecutive defeat.
Leicester's Eur... | Leicester's hopes of reaching the Champions Cup quarter-finals ended with an error-strewn loss at Racing 92. | 38577186 |
Bavuma scored 113 in a total of 354-5 after South Africa were put in to bat, with Quinton de Kock contributing 82.
Ireland were bowled out for a 148 in reply, with Kevin O'Brien scoring 41 and Paul Stirling 40. JP Duminy was the pick of the bowlers with 4-16.
Ireland will face Australia at the same venue on Tuesday.
So... | Temba Bavuma made a century on his one-day international debut as Ireland lost to South Africa by 206 runs at Willowmoore Park in Benoni on Sunday. | 37454360 |
Townsend, 24, was an unused substitute in Monday's win over Aston Villa and was pictured pushing and arguing with Gardiner on the pitch after the game.
"He did not train with the group. He is not available to be selected," Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino said.
"It's because of Monday. If you behave the wrong way you alw... | Tottenham's Andros Townsend has been left out of Thursday's Europa League tie with Anderlecht after clashing with Spurs fitness coach Nathan Gardiner. | 34725197 |
Brushes, a folding travelling palette and a pocket paint-book caked with watercolour will be on show at Petworth House in West Sussex from Saturday.
Oil and watercolour paintings, along with personal possessions including a ring and gold watch, can also be seen.
Four costumes from the film, Mr Turner, also form part of... | Painting materials once owned by JMW Turner form part of a new exhibition inspired by Mike Leigh's recent film on the master British landscape artist. | 30718675 |
Dr Mark Harrison will not be able to practise as a doctor for up 18 months pending a review.
The General Medical Council (GMC) will decide whether he will face a fitness to practise panel.
Botox can normally only be prescribed by doctors or designated professionals.
If Dr Harrison faces a panel he will be assessed by t... | A Harley street doctor exposed in a BBC London investigation encouraging nurses to order potentially dangerous Botox drugs in one person's name for use on another has been suspended. | 18978293 |
Dwight Gayle is set to be available despite a recent hamstring problem but DeAndre Yedlin is out with a similar injury.
Tottenham full-back Kieran Trippier suffered minor ligament damage last weekend and will miss out, along with Georges-Kevin Nkoudou.
Danny Rose and Erik Lamela are still sidelined by long-term injurie... | Winger Jacob Murphy and defenders Javier Manquillo and Florian Lejeune could make their debuts for Newcastle. | 40841359 |
Ryu, 26, whose 16-under-par 126 is also a 36-hole record at the tournament, is bidding for her second LPGA title this year and fourth of her career.
The South Korean claimed an impressive bogey-free round with 10 birdies.
She has a comfortable five-shot lead over Thailand's Moriya Jutanugarn and American Stacy Lewis.
B... | Ryu So-yeon carded a tournament-record 10-under-par 61 to take a five-stroke lead heading into the final round of the NW Arkansas Championship. | 40396301 |
Moffat, who also oversees Doctor Who, was honoured with the special award for outstanding writing.
Accepting the award, he told the London ceremony: "Write what you love. I've never loved anything as much as Doctor Who and Sherlock."
However he and Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss lost out to ITV1's Appropriate Adult fo... | Sherlock creator Steven Moffat has been handed the top prize at this year's Writers' Guild Awards. | 20338163 |
Swansea council noise abatement officials spent more than 12 months investigating the "wailing sounds", which - once a month - start before dawn and go on into the early morning.
Their inquiries led them to the Vale Europe nickel refinery in Clydach.
The refinery said it was drills of their emergency evacuation procedu... | The source of a mystery siren which has been waking some Swansea residents for more than two years has been traced to a chemical factory six miles away. | 38530426 |
Humberside Police said the incident happened in Anlaby at around midnight.
The gang assaulted the 44-year-old man as he removed the takings from his car and then threatened his 43-year-old wife with a paving stone before taking her handbag.
The man suffered minor injuries, which did not require hospital treatment, | A gang of four masked men have attacked a man and his wife outside their East Yorkshire home before stealing the takings from his business. | 34560195 |
The manner of Vettel's win, the second in three races so far this season for the Ferrari man, could force them into picking a number one driver, and asking the other to play back-up to his title bid.
That is what eventually happened in Bahrain, when Mercedes finally - just before half-distance - grasped the nettle and ... | In the wake of Sebastian Vettel's victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix, Mercedes are facing a decision they hoped they would never have to make. | 39616983 |
Bruce Adamson said the view that it was acceptable for a parent or carer "to assault a child for the purpose of physical punishment" was "untenable in international human rights terms".
A consultation is under way on a Green MSP's proposals to ban parents from smacking their children.
The Scottish government has said i... | Scotland's new children's commissioner has criticised the country's attitude towards smacking. | 40618330 |
The 25-year-old has started all ten of the region's competitive fixtures this season, scoring four Pro12 tries.
The region confirmed on Tuesday that Davies, who made 23 appearances last season, had broken a bone in his foot.
He will miss all of Scarlets' remaining European Champions Cup Pool three games as well as the ... | Scarlets flanker James Davies has been ruled out for up to 12 weeks with a foot injury suffered in the closing stages of their Pro12 win over Zebre. | 34972831 |
Both sides spurned plenty of good openings, before the former Dagenham winger struck decisively in the closing seconds.
Nicky Bailey headed over after five minutes for the visitors and Matt Tubbs fired wide following a scramble from a corner.
George Porter missed two good chances for the hosts in the closing stages of ... | Louis Dennis fired a stoppage-time winner as Bromley beat Sutton United 1-0 in the National League. | 38361265 |
The memorial for those who died in the Normandy campaign will be unveiled in the French region on the 75th anniversary of D-Day in 2019.
It will have the names of the estimated 21,000 members of the British armed forces and Merchant Navy who died, as well as those from other nations.
The government's contribution comes... | Britons killed in the D-Day landings are to be remembered at a memorial the government is giving £20m towards. | 39171006 |
Ali Mohammed Baqir al-Nimr was 17 when he was arrested for taking part in anti-government protests in 2011.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has urged Mr Cameron to directly intervene.
The PM said the government had raised the case but also defended the UK's relationship with Saudi Arabia saying it was important for nationa... | David Cameron has said he will "look to see if there is an opportunity" to intervene personally on behalf of a protester on death row in Saudi Arabia. | 34460675 |
The 31-year-old caused the defending champion all sorts of trouble throughout the fight in Germany.
Smith, the British champion, worked hard throughout, setting the tempo from the start.
But Abraham put in a strong last round and two judges gave it 117-111 and the third 119-109.
Afterwards Smith described the scoring a... | Liverpool boxer Paul Smith put in the performance of his career but lost out on points to Germany's Arthur Abraham in their WBO super-middleweight bout. | 29379645 |
Children can spend months in care waiting for adoptive parents to be found, according to ministers.
Councils should join forces to match children and families far quicker, said children's minister Edward Timpson.
The Local Government Association (LGA) said councils were already working together on adoption.
Ministers b... | Councils in England could be forced to merge their services to speed up adoption rates, under measures included in next week's Queen's Speech. | 32849563 |
Grimsby's Central Library and Immingham Library have security between 16:30 and 19:45 BST, said Lincs Inspire.
Groups of 15 to 20 youths are meeting at the libraries and causing "nuisance and disturbance to regular users", the charity also said in a report.
The security measures are to be reviewed by 21 April, the char... | Two libraries have hired security staff after "unprecedented levels of disruption" by young people, according to the charity that runs them. | 39501756 |
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The 25-year-old had been on a season-long loan from the Rhinos but will now join Cas on a four-and-a-half-year contract on 1 July.
He has scored four tries in 17 Super League games for the league leaders.
"It says a bit about us that we have been able to attract him. He's ... | Castleford Tigers have signed Leeds Rhinos and England international full-back Zak Hardaker for £150,000. | 40418387 |
Suspected drug dealer Kevin Nunes, 20, was killed in Staffordshire in 2002.
Five men jailed for murder had their convictions overturned due to concerns over evidence available to the defence.
Fourteen officers in total have now been told by the CPS they will not face charges over the handling of the case.
Among the off... | Nine police officers, including two chief constables, will face no criminal charges over the investigation into the death of a man who was shot in an "execution-style" killing. | 30118916 |
More than 100 fans were involved in city centre violence ahead of Manchester United's game against Sheffield United on 9 January 2016.
Bottles were thrown at officers amid the scuffles, but no-one was injured, Greater Manchester Police said.
Those taken to court were banned from games for three to five years.
The disor... | Twelve Manchester United supporters have been handed football banning orders following disorder before an FA Cup fixture. | 38805300 |
Here is the latest situation on the roads, trains and ferries.
M20 in Kent is closed coast-bound between Junction 8 (A20 Maidstone Services) and Junction 9 (A20, Ashford North) because of Operation Stack Phase 2. Non-commercial traffic is being diverted on to the A20 and lorries will be directed back on to the M20 to b... | A strike, which forced the suspension of Channel Tunnel services and led hundreds of migrants to try to board UK-bound lorries, is now over, but some travel delays continue. | 33247036 |
Suffolk firefighters brought the body out shortly before 11:00 BST on Wednesday.
The emergency services were alerted by reports that a body had been seen in the water close to Patterson Road.
Suffolk Police have not said whether the death is being considered suspicious but emergency services are still at the scene. | The body of a man has been pulled from the water at Neptune Marina in Ipswich. | 36539530 |
Shock Treatment, originally filmed in 1981, was a satire of celebrity, with Rocky Horror characters Brad and Janet trapped in a sinister TV game show.
It was a commercial disaster - The Washington Post called it "ludicrous" - and it never gained a general release.
O'Brien has reworked the story for its stage debut, whi... | Richard O'Brien is to turn his flop sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show into a stage production in London. | 30232106 |
Al Bangura, 27, who played in the Premier League for Watford, was 14 when his parents told him to become the leader of the secret society his late father had headed in Sierra Leone. He refused.
"I said I didn't think this was something I wanted to get involved with. I want to play football and I'm going to school so I ... | A former footballer who was brought to the UK as a child and forced into male prostitution, is now working with the Premier League to raise awareness of the growing number of teenage players being tricked into leaving Africa for Europe. | 34849619 |
In a message on the company's website, Mr Blankfein said: "Fortunately, my form of lymphoma is highly curable and my doctors' and my own expectation is that I will be cured."
He plans to work as usual over the next few months while he undergoes chemotherapy.
But Mr Blankfein plans to reduce his travelling over the peri... | Goldman Sachs chief executive Lloyd Blankfein has announced that he has lymphoma. | 34324011 |
As the country moves away from nuclear, the builders of coal-fired power stations are moving into action.
When Chancellor Merkel announced the closure of all the country's 17 nuclear reactors by 2022, there were loud cheers from environmentalists.
But less well heard were the cheers from the coal industry.
The organisa... | Is Germany's Green Revolution about to turn black with coal dust? | 19168574 |
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Scotland ran in five tries in the 41-31 win, with brothers Jonny and Richie Gray, Stuart Hogg, Sean Maitland and Tommy Seymour all crossing.
Cotter said: "I really enjoyed watching the players play for each other against Argentina.
"It was fantastic, as was our ability to ... | Scotland head coach Vern Cotter has opted for the same starting line-up that beat Argentina for Saturday's autumn Test against New Zealand. | 30040390 |
Britain has the highest self-harm rate in Europe and the number of young girls harming themselves has doubled in the last few years.
Becci and Sarah are two young women who have stopped cutting and now bear the scars of their previous mental health breakdowns.
They face judgment every day from strangers who spot their ... | Do you have a question about living with the scars of self-harm? | 38142735 |
The move paves the way for casino resort developments that also include hotels and shopping centres.
International gaming firms including Wynn Resorts, MGM Resorts and Caesars have expressed an interest in running businesses in Japan.
Casino operators are keen to find new markets, especially those in close proximity to... | Japan's parliament has passed a long-awaited law to legalise casinos. | 38324976 |
Intan Olivia Marbun was severely burned after an attacker threw petrol bombs at a group of small children playing outside the church on Sunday.
Three other children were injured.
Police arrested a suspect after he was captured by local people following the attack.
The attacker has been identified as a militant linked t... | A two-year-old girl has died from injuries she sustained in an attack at a church on the island of Borneo in Indonesia. | 37972356 |
The organisers of the event, near Beauly, said it was believed that it would be the first time the Welsh star had performed in the Highlands.
Jones, who has sold more than 100 million records since the 1960s, will appear on the main stage on 8 August.
Razorlight, Billy Bragg and Frightened Rabbit are among the other ac... | Singer and judge on The Voice, Tom Jones, is to perform at this summer's Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival. | 26746888 |
Most of the casualties were caused by two strikes in quick succession on an industrial area, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
One opposition activist network said more than 80 people had died.
Syrian government and US-led coalition aircraft frequently bomb Raqqa, which IS has made into a stron... | At least 36 civilians have been killed in air strikes by Syrian government warplanes on the Islamic State-held northern city of Raqqa, activists say. | 30191431 |
Stornoway rower Niall Iain Macdonald was forced to abandon his attempt after suffering a damaged back and cut head.
He contacted a control centre at Falmouth in Cornwall by satellite phone to say he had got into difficulties.
US Coast Guard sent a vessel to rescue him about 50 miles off the coast and he has now been ta... | A Scottish rower trying to row single-handed across the Atlantic from New York to the Western Isles has been badly injured. | 27847290 |
Jack Moran, 85, from Crosby believes a misunderstanding led to his eviction from the Royal Caribbean ship and is demanding an apology.
He was celebrating his diamond wedding with his wife Anne and family in May when their cruise was cut short.
Royal Caribbean said its first priority is "the best interests of guests."
M... | A cruise line passenger who threatened to 'jump ship' at the next port after complaining about his cabin was removed for being a security risk. | 33411159 |
The tug Asterix had been moving the chemical tanker Donizetti off a berth at the Fawley marine terminal in March 2015 when it was pulled over sideways.
It capsized, trapping the coxswain in the wheelhouse, who was rescued by a colleague shortly before it sank.
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) found there... | A report into how a tug boat came to capsize in Southampton Water has pointed to inadequacies in training. | 36273483 |
After coming out of a near three-year, deep-space hibernation in January, the satellite now has sufficient power to check out its science payload.
The spacecraft is currently about 675 million km from Earth, and continues to close in on its comet quarry.
Rosetta should arrive at the icy body in early August, when it wi... | The Rosetta probe has started turning on its instruments. | 26683763 |
Lee was expecting to do a 5km run in Rochester in the US state of New York.
She turned up at the start line as the half marathon runners were setting off. So she joined them, thinking she'd arrived late for her shorter race.
"About the fourth mile, I asked a woman I was running with how long it was - and she said it wa... | A 12-year-old girl has accidentally completed a half marathon after joining the wrong race. | 36150655 |
Sir Paul joins the likes of Bob Dylan and Sir Paul McCartney in becoming an officer of the Légion d'honneur, or Legion of Honour.
French Ambassador to the UK, Sylvie Bermann, presented him with a medal at a ceremony in London.
The Nottingham-born designer said he was "thrilled".
"It feels very special because I've had... | British designer Paul Smith has been awarded one of the highest honours in France in recognition of his career-long ties with the country. | 35441558 |
After a two-and-a-half-hour delay, Adam Milne scored 51 on his Kent debut and put on 79 with Adam Rouse (35).
Rouse was last man to go when he hooked Steven Mullaney (2-44) to Samit Patel as the visitors were all out for 265.
Notts, needing 75 to win, were about to begin their reply as rain returned and the game was ca... | Division Two leaders Nottinghamshire had to settle for a draw after resilience from the Kent tail and bad weather denied them victory. | 40439011 |
The actor will play the main character Newt Scamander a 'magizoologist' who lived in New York, 70 years before Harry's story begins, and will follow his adventures as he looks for magical creatures.
The new film is based on the short book written by J K Rowling, and it will also be the first film she has helped to writ... | Eddie Redmayne has been confirmed as the lead role in the new Harry Potter spin-off film, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. | 32976329 |
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, 50, is due to appear at a court in Panchkula, Haryana state, on Friday to hear the verdict in a case involving the rape of two women.
Parts of Punjab and Haryana have been placed in lockdown and mobile internet services suspended in some areas.
Thousands of police and paramilitary forces have b... | Tens of thousands of supporters of an Indian guru accused of rape have flocked to the north of the country ahead of his arrival at court. | 41043233 |
The mainland's benchmark Shanghai Composite was down 1.1% to 2,930.23 points after a volatile open earlier.
The index had already fallen about 16% this week, sending shockwaves through global markets.
The dramatic losses and volatility in China has shattered investor confidence and led to sharp falls in Asia and the US... | Chinese shares continued to lose ground despite the central bank's latest effort to reassure traders. | 34059482 |
And 410 educational establishments had their licences to sponsor international students revoked in the same period.
The Home Office said it was cracking down on immigration abuse.
But the National Union of Students said international students were being "scapegoated" in order to meet targets on net migration.
The Home ... | More than 30,000 non-EU students a year have had their visas curtailed by the Home Office in the past three years, figures obtained by BBC News show. | 36054748 |
Guy Hedger, 61, died in the early hours of 30 April after intruders reportedly broke into his home in Ashley, near Ringwood, and opened fire with a shotgun.
Helen Cooper, 40, from Poole, has been charged with assisting an offender.
She was remanded in custody by Poole magistrates earlier.
She is due to appear at Winche... | A woman has been charged as part of the investigation into the death of a businessman shot at his home in Dorset. | 40725670 |
It was the biggest monthly rise since January 2010 and left the average UK house price at £164,729.
It means prices are only 0.7% lower than a year ago, despite the recession and continued mortgage rationing.
However, the society's chief economist, Robert Gardner, warned that "we should never read too much into one mo... | House prices jumped a "surprising" 1.3% in August, the Nationwide building society has said. | 19426318 |
The language can now appear on official documents, although Arabic will remain the language of government.
A two-term limit on the presidency was lifted in 2008 to allow Abdelaziz Bouteflika to run for a third term.
The limit is part of a package of constitutional reforms that authorities say will strengthen democracy.... | Algerian MPs have passed a package of reforms that include reinstating a limit on presidential terms and giving the Berber language official status. | 35515769 |
There are many imports from the United States that have really taken off over here but it would be fair to say that the idea of electing a mayor to take control of big chunks of local life is not one of them.
There are 353 local councils across England and, as we come to the end of 2015, just 16 are now run by a direct... | It is now 16 years since the concept of an American-style city boss breathing a fresh "can-do" attitude into our sleepy town and city halls was first offered in England. | 34982729 |
The Bluebirds struck twice just before half-time. First, Liam Hughes's header was adjudged to have crossed the line, despite the valiant attempts of Jordan Maguire-Drew to clear.
Byron Harrison then tapped in his 15th goal of the season on the break.
The sides exchanged quick goals after the break. Richie Bennett volle... | Barrow took their astounding unbeaten run to 20 matches in all competitions with a significant win at promotion rivals Dagenham. | 38036430 |
Monkey experiments showed low status alters the immune system in a way that raises the risk of heart disease, diabetes and mental health problems.
One expert said the findings were "terrifically applicable" to people.
The findings, in Science, had nothing to do with the unhealthy behaviours that are more common in poor... | Simply being at the bottom of the social heap directly alters the body in ways that can damage health, a study at Duke University in the US suggests. | 38092146 |
John Hunt said Thomas Orchard, who had schizophrenia, was "trying to bite and spit" at officers during his arrest in Exeter city centre, as he verbally abused passers-by.
Mr Orchard's mother Alison previously told the court he was never aggressive.
Three officers deny manslaughter charges.
Custody Sgt Jan Kingshott, 44... | A man who died after being restrained by police was threatening to "kill" officers during his arrest, a shop owner has told a court. | 35323605 |
Madagascar's government chartered a plane to evacuate her and 85 other women.
The youngest of her four children, whom she left behind when he was six years old, played a key role in her evacuation, tracking her down via a welfare agency that rescues "slave maids", she says.
Ms Baholiarisoa says she was trapped in "a li... | Forced to work as a "slave maid" for wealthy families in Lebanon for 15 years, Abeline Baholiarisoa - a 59-year-old woman from Madagascar - finally achieved her freedom in March. | 14507719 |
The 22-year-old finished last season as the top scorer in his homeland, netting 27 goals in his first campaign in the Eredivisie.
AZ wanted 20m euros (£16.15m) for Janssen but De Telegraaf reported Spurs had only offered 14m (£11.31m).
"The difference between the offer and the price we demand was too big," said AZ tech... | Dutch top-flight club AZ Alkmaar have rejected a bid from Tottenham for Netherlands striker Vincent Janssen. | 36621343 |
He was commenting in a tweet to news at the weekend that he is unlikely to be given a visa to perform in Australia because of his domestic abuse record.
The singer is scheduled to go on tour in Australia in December, and tickets went on sale on Monday.
He was told on Sunday that he had 28 days to appeal against the dec... | US singer Chris Brown says he wants to go to Australia to use his influence as an entertainer to raise awareness about domestic violence. | 34397872 |
Reinhold Hanning, who was 95, was convicted last June but had appealed the judgement.
The presiding judge branded him a "willing and efficient henchman" in the Holocaust.
He was sentenced to serve five years for facilitating the killing of at least 170,000 people.
However, the conviction was not legally binding as appe... | A former SS guard at Auschwitz who was found guilty of helping to commit mass murder has died before he could serve a prison sentence. | 40122610 |
The Scots lost their final match of the campaign 35-25 away to Ireland on Saturday and ended the championship with two wins and three defeats.
Edinburgh front-rower McInally, 25, won his sixth cap in Dublin and believes progress is evident.
"We're happy we've made strides forward," he told BBC Scotland.
"We've improved... | Hooker Stuart McInally acknowledges Scotland have improved during the Six Nations but still have a "long way to go" if they want to win titles. | 35856342 |
The raid on the St Giles News Plus shop - in the St Giles Terrace area - took place at about 07:45.
A man brandishing a weapon demanded money from a shop assistant but fled empty-handed.
Police believe the man may have been in the vicinity of the Co-op on St Boswells Terrace a short time before the alleged incident.
Th... | Police in Dundee are investigating an attempted armed robbery at a local shop. | 37142489 |
Seven Stories, which has recently been awarded the title National Centre For Children's Books, will also be hit.
Some venues may shut or merge, with Seven Stories and the Theatre Royal "particularly vulnerable", the council said. Both said they are not at risk.
The council is cutting services and 1,300 jobs to save £90... | Newcastle City Council is planning to cut all funding to arts organisations in the city, including the Theatre Royal, Northern Stage and Live Theatre. | 20424898 |
In the jittery days that have followed the violent clashes between Lebanon's army and fighters loyal to the radical Sunni preacher Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir, the army has two urgent tasks.
The first is to find Mr Assir, who managed to melt away as soldiers stormed the apartment block he had turned into a fortress in the he... | In the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli, armoured personnel carriers from the national army thunder through the chaotic traffic that chokes the city centre. | 23067765 |
The Dutch non-profit group, Women on Waves, offers free abortion services to women in countries where the procedure is banned.
It takes women in the early stages of pregnancy out to international waters, where the abortion is performed.
Abortion is banned in the predominantly Roman Catholic nation, except to save the m... | The Guatemalan army says it will block the activities of a non-profit "abortion boat" docked on its shores. | 39073367 |
A report by the Conservative peer recommended devolving power to the English regions and setting up a single local growth fund to deal with skills, housing and transport.
Chancellor George Osborne praised Lord Heseltine for having "bold ideas".
Ministers have accepted 81 of the 89 recommendations put forward.
Lord Hese... | The government has announced it will accept most of former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine's plan to stimulate the economy. | 21823566 |
A suspected twister tore through northern Alabama, killing three people, while two people were later confirmed dead in neighbouring Tennessee.
Three children were also critically injured at a 24-hour day care centre.
The National Weather Service reported 27 tornado sightings as the storm swept through eastern Texas, Mi... | Five people are dead at least a dozen injured after tornadoes and severe storms ripped through the US Southeast. | 38160329 |
Conservationists had called for the villa, a cultural heritage site, to be converted into a museum.
But officials said the decision to lease it to McDonald's was made because they needed to cover maintenance costs.
Mr Chiang's grandson and others have voiced their concern over the commercialisation of the site.
McDonal... | The opening of a McDonald's outlet in the home of former Taiwanese leader Chiang Ching-kuo in Hangzhou, China has sparked a controversy. | 34853848 |
The Queen will have the final say as it will be owned by the Crown. The prison at Wrexham Industrial Estate will house 2,000 inmates.
Work began last September on the £250m complex which is due to open in 2017.
A newsletter updating local residents on the construction said the name should embrace the history and cultu... | Schools and community groups have been invited to come up with names for the new-build "super-prison" in Wrexham. | 34010651 |
At least 142 people died when the Indore-Patna Express came off the rails at 03:00 local time on Sunday (21:30 GMT Saturday), near the city of Kanpur.
The railway ministry has listed 180 of the more than 200 people injured.
The cause of the crash is unknown, but some reports point to a fractured rail.
Not all of the vi... | Rescue workers have called off the search for survivors in the wreckage of the train that derailed in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state, according to police. | 38047598 |
A year later, Lima's gay movement is renaming the anniversary as Peru's Stonewall, in reference to the riots in New York in 1969 which gave rise to the global gay rights movement.
But much remains to be done for LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual] people in Peru.
For more than seven years, Crissthian Olivera ... | On 12 February 2011, the Peruvian police beat a group of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people who were kissing in the capital's main square to protest against discrimination. | 16965382 |
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