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At least two members of the board were planning to travel but owner Vincent Tan has instructed them not to and they are said to support his position.
Wigan owner Dave Whelan was fined £50,000 for making racist comments about Jewish and Chinese people and served a six-week ban from football.
Wigan declined to comment on... | Cardiff City's board members will boycott Tuesday's Championship game at Wigan in protest at what they allege to be a club owned and managed by racists. | 31599718 |
One of our producers, James Oliver, is a member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and the Belfast office where he works has investigated big data leaks in the past.
The Luxembourg leaks that Panorama investigated with French TV in 2012 contained 28,000 documents. And the HSBC files tha... | Nobody in the Panorama team had ever seen anything quite like it. | 35985685 |
Starting this summer, GCSE grades A* to G will be phased out in favour of grades numbered from nine to one.
However, around 70% of more than 400 parents and pupils surveyed by Ofqual did not understand the system.
"It is really important we explain the basics, like the fact that nine is the highest grade," said Chief R... | There is widespread confusion about England's new GCSE grading system, says the exams regulator Ofqual. | 38610802 |
This was the reasoning used to defend the playing of events in apartheid South Africa or to attack the tit-for-tat US and Russian Olympic boycotts of the 1980s.
It was, of course, a notion naive in the extreme. The trivial pursuits of sport go hand in hand with the serious business of government all over the world, and... | They used to argue that sport and politics should not mix. | 35342963 |
The previously unseen letter was apparently written by Chinese Olympic medallist Wang Junxia in 1995, but only published in state media this week.
Wang still holds two world records.
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said it was aware of the letter and is trying to confirm if it was genuine.... | The body that governs world athletics has said it is investigating a letter alleging historic state-backed doping in the sport in China. | 35499442 |
Emas responded to 71.6% of Red 1 calls and 70.2% of Red 2 calls in 2014/15 - missing the 75% target.
Red 1 calls involve life-threatening injuries, while Red 2 calls include serious breathing difficulties.
Emas chief executive Sue Noyes said the service was improving and had hit the 75% target in April and May.
It also... | East Midlands Ambulance Service (Emas) has failed to hit targets to reach the highest priority calls for a fifth year running. | 33147375 |
Connor Jennings slotted Wrexham ahead with an early penalty after Scott Doe brought Kayden Jackson down in the box.
Jackson almost added to the hosts' lead but hit the side netting after rounding Boreham Wood keeper James Russell.
Defeat leaves Boreham Wood just one point above of the relegation zone in 19th.
Gary Mill... | Wrexham boosted their National League play-off hopes with a fourth win in five games while adding to Boreham Wood's relegation worries. | 35733594 |
Samia Shahid, 28, from Bradford, died while visiting relatives in the country in July.
Her first husband Chaudhry Muhammad Shakeel is accused of her murder. The court in Jhelum indicated a higher court could yet hear his bail request.
Meanwhile, Ms Shahid's second husband, Syed Mukhtar Kazam, wants the case moved.
The ... | The ex-husband of an alleged "honour killing" victim has been refused bail by a Pakistani court. | 38583837 |
Baby and adult ashes were mixed together at the crematorium and given back to relatives of the adult.
The parents of infants were told there were no ashes.
Aberdeen City Council's insurers are already dealing with claims, and a deadline for any more has been set for 1 February.
BBC Scotland revealed in 2013 that no ash... | Families affected by the baby ashes scandal at Aberdeen's Hazlehead Crematorium have been given a deadline for lodging compensation claims. | 38294305 |
8 February 2016 Last updated at 17:49 GMT
Cheryl James, 18, from Llangollen, Denbighshire, was found shot dead at Deepcut barracks in November 1995.
The BBC looks back at the case. | A new inquest has opened into the death of a soldier at an army base in Surrey 20 years ago. | 35527670 |
Every spell of heavy and persistent rain sparks worried looks at the fast-flowing waters of the River Nith.
For those who grew up in the town, it has been added to the lengthy list of things which have "aye been".
Efforts to tackle the issue - in their latest guise at least - can be traced back the best part of 30 year... | For the good people of Dumfries, flooding on the Whitesands has joined death and taxes in the old adage about the world's only certainties. | 40431565 |
The 21-year-old French striker had been training with city rivals Hibernian after leaving Albion this month.
He had joined Stirling on amateur terms in November after exiting French fourth-tier outfit Dieppe.
"I enjoyed my time at Stirling Albion," he told Hearts' website. "I had good moments with them."
Bikey added: "... | Dylan Bikey has signed for Hearts and thanked Stirling Albion for helping him win a contract after nine goals in nine games for the Scottish League Two club. | 38775449 |
The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has reported a sizeable fall in demand for loans during April.
Mortgages worth £18.4bn were advanced during the month, an 11% drop on the figure for March, it said.
However, monthly mortgage lending figures tend to be volatile, and activity often drops in the spring.
Allowing for s... | The UK housing market appears to be 'moving sideways' mortgage lenders have said, as latest figures show a drop in borrowing. | 40043431 |
The US-based organisation said the Trump administration was a "firm reminder" that it needed to adapt.
The organisation archives 300 million websites every week, but said it was preparing for "a web that may face greater restrictions".
But it has admitted that storing a copy in Canada would cost "millions".
The Interne... | The Internet Archive, which stores copies of billions of websites, says it will keep a back-up in Canada following Donald Trump's US election victory. | 38157530 |
Police Scotland is among a number of UK forces investigating allegations.
John Swinney told BBC Scotland he would not extend the Scottish government's inquiry to include football clubs but said that the SFA should consider a review.
The SFA said it was "open minded" to an independent inquiry.
A spokesman for the govern... | Scotland's deputy first minister has said the Scottish Football Association (SFA) should set up an independent inquiry into historical child abuse. | 38281185 |
James Morton, 24, had met Hannah Pearson on 23 July 2016 and she went to his house in Newark, Nottinghamshire.
He told the trial at Nottingham Crown Court he had been giving her a massage and she had agreed to him putting pressure on her neck.
Morton, who denied murder, saying he had no reason to want Ms Pearson dead, ... | A man has been cleared of murdering a 16-year-old girl but found guilty of her manslaughter. | 40660951 |
The 23-year-old suffered a fourth head injury in five months while playing for Saints against Wasps in March and has not played since on medical advice.
Wales coach Warren Gatland has said he is "hugely worried" about North taking another blow to the head this season.
"It's looking positive. I am symptom-free at the mo... | Wales and Northampton wing George North says he is "symptom-free" as he recovers from concussion. | 32701545 |
It also emerged the cause of his death on 22 July in east London has still not been determined.
Opening the inquest, senior coroner for Inner North London Mary Hassell said the full inquest would be held in front of a jury next June.
Mr Charles, 20, died after being apprehended by police in Dalston.
She added the inque... | The family of Rashan Charles have been told they will have to wait until next year for a full inquest into his death to be conducted. | 40949216 |
Nearly 500,000 council and housing association homes were sold under the policy, which was introduced by Margaret Thatcher's government in 1980.
It allowed tenants in social housing to buy their homes at discounted rates.
MSPs voted to scrap the measure in 2014 following concerns that it had contributed to an acute sho... | The end of the Right to Buy scheme in Scotland after 30 years has been welcomed by housing bodies. | 36923471 |
It shows that the bearer has been internationally certified to guide tourists on mountains all around the world.
It was awarded to the 32-year old Ecuadorean on Friday, making her the first female mountain guide in Latin America to be officially certified by the International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations ... | It is just a little metal pin, but for Juliana García its significance is as great as the tallest mountain. | 39478329 |
The 21-year-old made his Gunners breakthrough in 2012 but after struggling to command a regular berth and having a loan spell with West Brom, joined Werder Bremen last summer.
An impressive season including 11 goals from 27 games brought him to the attention of the Bundesliga champions.
"It is a great honour to be part... | Bayern Munich have signed former Arsenal winger Serge Gnabry on a three-year deal. | 40238952 |
Four Yemenis and three other suspects including a Malaysian and an Indonesian were arrested ahead of Saudi King Salman's arrival in Kuala Lumpur.
The monarch is currently touring Asia with 25 princes in his entourage.
Saudi Arabia has been leading a military coalition against the Houthi insurgent group in Yemen for the... | Malaysian police say they have foiled a planned attack on Arab royals by suspected militants from Yemen. | 39193173 |
The hosts of MSNBC Morning Joe said they were warned a tabloid would run a negative story on them unless they said sorry for their coverage of Mr Trump.
Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough said Mr Trump's tweets were "vicious" and "frightening".
The president called them "low IQ crazy Mika" and "Psycho Joe" on Thursday... | Two TV presenters attacked on Twitter by President Donald Trump have accused him of lying and suggested the White House tried to blackmail them. | 40458145 |
The 79-year-old had just alighted from the single decker bus on the A255 Ramsgate Road, in Broadstairs, when he apparently stumbled as it pulled away.
He was pronounced dead at the scene after witnesses reported seeing him trapped under the vehicle. Kent Police said he lived locally.
Anyone who saw the incident, which ... | An elderly man has died after falling into the path of a bus in Kent. | 36178019 |
The 24-year-old fast bowler has been told that he must now require surgery.
Milne was signed in January to cover the second half of the T20 Blast qualifying group campaign, while Pakistan's Wahab Riaz was then brought in to cover the first seven matches.
But Riaz now joins up with Pakistan for the Test series with Engl... | New Zealand international Adam Milne is to miss his scheduled seven-match T20 Blast stint with Essex following an elbow injury. | 36562732 |
Barnaby Joyce, the deputy prime minister, said the only way to get rid of the "bottom-dwelling, mudsucking" fish was to unleash herpes on it.
The A$15m ($11m; £8m) eradication program, dubbed "Carpageddon" by the government, aims to rid the Murray-Darling Basin of carp.
Mr Joyce's spirited rant was met with laughter i... | The Australian politician who declared war on Johnny Depp's dogs has a new enemy - the European carp. | 36189409 |
The barriers appeared overnight and now a number of bridges in London have what the Metropolitan Police is calling "increased security measures".
The Met has reviewed all 33 of the capital's bridges and, as a result, it quickly began installing protective barriers.
A spokesman told me: "Since the night of Sunday, 4 Jun... | It happened quickly, just over 24 hours after the atrocious attack at London Bridge. | 40165169 |
Sattar Beheshti, 35, was arrested by Iranian police on charges of "actions against national security on social networks and Facebook."
His exact whereabouts and the manner of his death are unclear. Mr Beheshti's family say police told them to pick up his body on Wednesday.
Iranian authorities have offered no official c... | The death of an Iranian blogger has been reported by his family a week after he was taken into custody. | 20259533 |
Stanley Burgon, 56, was found badly hurt at his home in the town's Rydal Street on 18 November 2016.
A 43-year-old is due in court on 29 March charged with Mr Burgon's murder, Cleveland Police said.
A force spokesman said a 32-year-old woman who had been previously arrested on suspicion of assault, had been released wi... | A man has been charged with the murder of another man in Hartlepool. | 39425030 |
Hayes has recovered ahead of schedule from a hamstring injury picked up in the defeat to Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 15 February.
"He's been training the last few days. He's trained brilliantly as well," McInnes said.
"He looks ready to go and I'm delighted to have him back."
The Dons can move within one point of P... | Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes is "delighted" that Jonny Hayes has recovered from injury and is fit to face Partick Thistle on Tuesday. | 35748344 |
The family of Ella Tomlinson, 14, of Leominster, had to raise £140,000 for the trip and operation.
Her father Steve said: "She's already been signed off, which is great news. I'm proud to bits of her."
Ella's family made the decision to travel for the surgery after St George's hospitals trust, in south London, put the ... | A Herefordshire teenager is flying home after a major operation to fix a severe curvature in her spine. | 39377503 |
It said limits had been repeatedly exceeded in 16 areas including London, Birmingham, Leeds, and Glasgow.
Germany, France, Spain and Italy were also served with warnings over nitrogen dioxide levels.
The commission said if countries did not take action within two months it could take the matter to the European Court of... | The European Commission has sent a "final warning" to the UK over breaches of air pollution limits. | 38980510 |
Many of the requests, for industries from hotels to security, were made during the US election campaign.
President Trump, who already owns about 70 trademarks in China, has pledged not to strike new foreign business deals while in office.
Critics have warned the approvals could breach the US Constitution.
The Associate... | China has given US President Donald Trump the chance to expand his brand, after approving dozens of applications to register the Trump trademark. | 39204032 |
The alert, the highest possible warning level, was issued late Monday and will last until midday on Thursday.
Limits have been placed on car use and some factories have been ordered to stop operations.
It comes as China, the world's worst polluter, takes part in talks on carbon emissions in Paris.
It is the first time ... | Schools in Beijing are closed and outdoor construction halted as the Chinese capital's first ever pollution "red alert" came into effect. | 35026363 |
A few, though, imprint themselves heavily on your consciousness, and on history.
2014 was just such a year. Its events jolted us out of our lazy assurance that things will carry on pretty much as usual.
Here are some of them.
On the night of 21 February the violent clashes in Ukraine between the pro-Russian government... | Years are like city crowds: for the most part they push their way past you in the street without leaving any real impression. | 30573988 |
Demba Ba's goal early in the second half settled the quarter-final replay at Stamford Bridge and sets up a meeting with Manchester City at Wembley.
Benitez said: "The priority for us is to finish in the top four but in a top side you have to keep in every competition and try to win it."
He added: "The race for the top ... | Chelsea interim manager Rafael Benitez insists a place in the Premier League's top four remains the priority, despite reaching an FA Cup semi-final with victory over Manchester United. | 21996183 |
Only this isn't Ashley Grimes, the former Manchester United and Republic of Ireland full-back, who is now 60 but the way. Although this Ashley Grimes did start his career in the Old Trafford academy, the 30-year-old forward who has signed for Edinburgh City has had a less illustrious career in places like Rochdale and,... | Derek Riordan, fellow former Scotland forwards David Goodwillie and Craig Beattie, now Ashley Grimes joins the famous names to have looked to resurrect or prolong their careers in Scottish League Two. | 40606058 |
The 71-year-old rhythm and blues and jazz artist - real name Clive Powell - will have a star added to Believe Square at Leigh Town Hall later.
He is the third recipient following Leigh Centurions rugby league team and rugby league great Alex Murphy.
Fame is also playing a gig at Leigh Sports Village for Leigh Centurion... | Sixties pop legend Georgie Fame is being honoured by his home town in Greater Manchester. | 32931942 |
It happened at about 01:00 BST between junction 8 southbound for the M50 and junction 9 for Tewkesbury.
Police and paramedics attended. Two people were pronounced dead at the scene.
The M5 is closed between J8 and J9 southbound, and officers are advising motorists to avoid the area.
A diversion has been put in place to... | Two people died and a third person was seriously hurt in an accident involving at least four vehicles on the M5. | 35481541 |
Now, 12 months on, the party finds itself in a much stronger position and with an effective majority after Dafydd Elis-Thomas said he would back the Welsh Government after leaving Plaid and sitting as an independent assembly member.
And though Labour lost more than 100 seats in the Welsh local elections, the losses wer... | A year ago, Labour found themselves clinging to power in the assembly after reaching a deal with Plaid Cymru. | 40614497 |
Douglas Tompkins, who died in December, was one of the founders of the outdoor clothing brand The North Face.
His widow, Kristine McDivitt Tompkins, said she had formally offered 400,000 hectares of land in the Patagonia region to be made into national parks.
The negotiations are expected to take two years.
A globe-tro... | Talks have begun between Chile and the widow of an American billionaire over the donation of a vast nature reserve in southern Chile. | 35393932 |
The Premier League club also failed to take notice of a written warning sent three weeks before the final breach.
City were fined £35,000 last month but the written reasons have now been released.
A first-team player missed a test on 1 September 2016 because the hotel address provided was no longer correct.
In addition... | Manchester City broke the Football Association's anti-doping rules three times in less than five months, the governing body has said. | 39383967 |
The five-time Grand Slam champion has not played since retiring with a thigh problem from her second-round match at the Italian Open on 16 May.
The Russian, 30, is hoping to return at the end of July, by which time the grass court season will have ended.
She returned in April after a 15-month doping ban and had a wildc... | Maria Sharapova will be unable to compete in Wimbledon qualifying at Roehampton because of injury. | 40231544 |
The measure backed by the House of Representatives also makes it illegal to form gay groups or organisations.
The bill - which was adopted by the Senate in 2011 - is now expected to be sent to President Goodluck Jonathan to be signed into law.
It is already illegal to have gay sex in Nigeria, and homosexuals say they o... | Nigerian lawmakers have approved a bill banning same-sex marriage, setting jail terms of up to 14 years for offenders. | 22722789 |
A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 20 and 27 January. Send your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk or our Instagram at #bbcscotlandpics | All pictures are copyrighted. | 38771106 |
Javier Hernandez scored twice for Leverkusen but two Daniele De Rossi strikes before half-time made it 2-2.
Miralem Pjanic placed a low free-kick to give the Italians the lead, before Iago Falque converted for 4-2.
But Kevin Kampl curled in from range and with four minutes to spare, Admir Mehmedi tapped in a dramatic l... | Roma threw away a two-goal lead late on to draw a thriller with Bayer Leverkusen and leave themselves bottom of Champions League Group E. | 34589437 |
The suspect threatened the assistant at the BP service station on Broomfield Road at 11:55 on Saturday, 30 July.
The man demanded cash, but ran away with the juice when chased by the 53-year-old male assistant.
Officers are also investigating a robbery at a city bookmakers on Friday afternoon, where a man of a similar ... | A robber armed with what appeared to be a gun was chased from a Glasgow petrol station with only some cans of juice. | 36937287 |
It has the Tories on 41%, up one point from April, and Labour on 35%, up five.
Smaller parties have seen their ratings slide, with Plaid Cymru down two points to 11%, the Liberal Democrats down one to 7% and UKIP on 4%, down two.
Prof Roger Scully of Cardiff University said the Tory threat to Labour's long-standing dom... | The Conservatives remain out in front in Wales despite a Labour recovery, a new ITV Wales election poll suggests. | 39844093 |
The European Scrutiny Committee said ministers had refused to schedule debates on issues such as free movement and the EU's Budget.
It also said BBC coverage of EU matters should be "improved substantially".
The government said the number of EU debates had doubled since 2009-10, while the BBC said its coverage was "ext... | The government's "failure" to let MPs debate EU legislation is "deplorable", a Parliamentary committee says. | 32045290 |
Midlothian-based QikServe's Waiter in your Pocket app is being rolled out at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
It follows a successful pilot scheme at the end of last year.
The rollout is in partnership with HMSHost International, which offers food and drink services to travellers at more than 100 airports worldwide.
The dea... | The Scottish developer of a mobile ordering and payment service for the hospitality industry has won a major international deal. | 32217465 |
Michael Preston, 20, of Durban Road, Grimsby, was found guilty following a trial at Sheffield Crown Court.
Preston stabbed Dean Southwick, 29, in Churchill Way, Grimsby, on 9 October. Mr Southwick later died in Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital.
He also stabbed and seriously injured 18-year-old Charlie Day in the same ... | A man has been jailed for life for murder and attempted murder for a knife attack which left a man dead. | 35846452 |
Should the engines have a so-called "defeat device", this could widen the number of vehicles affected.
VW has been embroiled in a scandal over emissions test rigging on its EA 189 engines.
It is now looking into older versions of EA 288 engines, although versions sold in Europe are not affected.
In September, Volkswage... | Volkswagen says it is looking into more of its diesel engines to see whether they also contain software used to manipulate emissions test data. | 34601593 |
PC Michael Woodburn told the High Court in Glasgow that Steven Jackson made the confession at his home in Montrose and later at a police station.
Mr Jackson, 40, is on trial along with 29-year-old Michelle Higgins for murdering and dismembering Kimberley MacKenzie on 27 October last year.
They both deny the charges aga... | A man told a police officer that he killed a woman and chopped her up, a court has heard. | 38224179 |
The pair, aged 34 and 36, lost their jobs after admitting gross misconduct and being found guilty of a breach of integrity by police chiefs.
The constables were dismissed without notice after the misconduct hearing on Thursday.
They were not named by the Metropolitan Police.
Downing Street police officer PC James Addis... | Two police officers from Scotland Yard's Diplomatic Protection unit have been sacked for sending obscene images from their mobile phones. | 30563264 |
The 25-year-old arrives at Vicarage Road from Italian club Udinese, which is also owned by the Pozzo family.
Ighalo spent most of the last two seasons playing in Spain for Granada on loan, scoring seven goals in 44 games.
He is the ninth new recruit by Watford this summer, following Heurelho Gomes, Gabriel Tamas, Lloyd... | Watford have signed Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo on a season-long loan. | 28554780 |
Some of the organisation's key personnel have links to the UDA.
Speaking on Sunday Politics, Emma Little Pengelly, an architect of the fund, said she was satisfied a robust process of checks was carried out.
BBC NI's Spotlight programme last week examined the control the UDA exerted in some loyalist communities.
It als... | The chair of the assembly's finance committee has defended the allocation of almost £2m of social investment funding to Charter NI. | 37602440 |
The group had been negotiating the acquisition of a 60% share, but the new figure was confirmed at a delayed media conference on Friday.
Levien said funds would be made available for players, but investment would be "reasoned and measured".
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"We're not looking to make a spl... | American businessman Jason Levien says his consortium has bought a 68% controlling stake in Swansea City. | 36864075 |
The wax model belongs to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge and is of Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury.
It is one of two masks in the museum's Treasured Possessions exhibition, 80% of which is taken from its vaults.
Death masks were "standard practice" for "eminent individuals", but co-curator Dr Victoria Avery said... | A "rare" 18th Century death mask, with eyebrows and eyelashes made from hair, is to go on display for the first time. | 31966218 |
Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne completed only 40 laps - just 11 more than team-mate Fernando Alonso on Monday.
With a quarter of pre-season testing gone, McLaren have completed 69 slow laps. Mercedes have done more than 300.
Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari was fastest on Tuesday, from Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes and Max Verstappen's... | McLaren have suffered a dire start to pre-season testing, with a second consecutive day hit by major problems with Honda's new engine. | 39121254 |
3 November 2015 Last updated at 10:52 GMT
On Monday 2nd November , the current crew marked 15 years of men and women living on board.
Chris Hadfield is one of its most famous astronauts and he's been talking about the most amazing time he had on board.
The Canadian became well known after releasing songs on his guitar ... | The International Space Station is roughly the size of a football pitch, and it orbits Earth every 90 minutes at a distance of 250 miles. | 34710741 |
But for Eleanor Brown, it was a reality. It didn't just happen once, but four times.
Eleanor went into labour nine weeks prematurely with her twins.
Arriving at the Ulster Hospital just outside Belfast, where she had been for all her pre-natal care, she was told there were not enough intensive care incubators for both ... | It is a pregnant woman's worst nightmare - being told you will have to move hospital during labour. | 33787749 |
The London 2012 bronze medallist led throughout to win in 7:08.31 minutes.
Campbell, who has become the first Northern Ireland athlete to compete in four Olympic Games, goes through to the quarter-finals on Tuesday.
Fellow Coleraine man Peter Chambers races in the lightweight fours first round later on Saturday.
Clare ... | Coleraine rower Alan Campbell made a winning start in his Olympic Games bid with a comfortable single sculls heat victory in Rio on Saturday. | 36989032 |
Lassie, known officially as Lowes Female 15 or LF 15, hatched three chicks at the Dunkeld reserve last summer.
She returned there on 18 March, two weeks earlier than expected.
Lassie took over from long-term resident "Lady", who reared 50 chicks at the site.
She was joined by her mate a week after her arrival and their... | A young female osprey known as "Lassie" has laid her third, and likely final, egg of the season at the Loch of the Lowes nature reserve. | 36081242 |
Mr Bainimarama, a former coup leader who was elected last year in Fiji's first elections in eight years, said it was "time to dispense with the colonial symbols".
The Commonwealth Pacific nation gained independence from Britain in 1970.
New Zealand, which also has the symbol on its flag, will hold a referendum on wheth... | Fiji is to remove the UK's union jack from its flag, Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has announced. | 31107194 |
A court in the south-western Antalya province gave Rifat Cetin a suspended one-year jail sentence and stripped him of parental custody rights.
He has insisted his images, comparing Mr Erdogan with the grotesque-looking Gollum in 2014, were harmless.
Gollum appears in JRR Tolkien's trilogy as "a small, slimy creature".
... | A Turkish man has been found guilty of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for depicting him as the Gollum character from the Lord of the Rings. | 36610000 |
But is it safe?
Despite the rise of public cloud platforms offered by the likes of Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, less than 10% of the world's data is currently stored in the cloud.
So what's holding many companies back?
Technology of Business explores the issue of cloud security.
Building your ... | Cloud computing - storing data and applications remotely rather than on your own premises - can cut IT costs dramatically and speed up your operations. | 36151754 |
South Wales Police is appealing for witnesses following the crash at about 10:25 GMT on Saturday in Merthyr Dyfan Road, Barry.
The driver of a Mercedes Sprinter suffered fatal injuries.
The carriageway was closed for about four hours while police conducted initial investigations. | A van driver has died following a crash in the Vale of Glamorgan. | 34890135 |
"To Big Sam the Christmas card is not big enough," he said. "I really enjoy writing a message to a good guy."
It will have to be posted rather than hand-delivered now. Mourinho was sacked on Thursday, two days before Sam Allardyce's Sunderland side take on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
Mourinho has time for Post Office q... | Earlier this week then-Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was asked about his Christmas card list. | 35133049 |
They frequently carried out guerrilla-style protests to raise awareness about their cause.
For one protest they wore wedding dresses splattered in red paint to symbolise the plight of abused women.
In another they called on the government to provide more female public toilets.
They thought they knew how to avoid proble... | They are a group of feminists who are dedicated to campaigning against sexual abuse and domestic violence. | 32166443 |
British Medical Association GP leader Dr Chaand Nagpaul said doctors were having to rush patients to keep up.
And he said this could be potentially dangerous in terms of identifying cancer and getting medicines right.
But ministers in England responded by promising they would invest in services to address the concerns.... | Pressures on GPs in England and Wales are so great they feel they are failing patients and potentially providing unsafe care, doctors leaders say. | 35479749 |
The quotation is attributed to Albert Einstein but after a torrid few days on the Korean peninsula, it's one for Chinese leaders to ponder.
China is simply in the wrong place on North Korea. It is allowing Kim Jong-un's nuclear ambitions to undermine Chinese national interest.
There are complex reasons for this includi... | "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results." | 39663663 |
Fe ddaeth y cyhoeddiad brynhawn dydd Iau fod Mr Reckless, sy'n AC rhanbarthol dros Ddwyrain De Cymru, yn ymuno â grŵp y Ceidwadwyr ym Mae Caerdydd yn dilyn trafodaethau gydag arweinydd y Ceidwadwyr yng Nghymru, Andrew RT Davies.
Ond er na fydd Mr Reckless yn ailymuno â'r blaid Geidwadol yn swyddogol, fe fydd yn eistedd... | Mae'r Aelod Cynulliad Mark Reckless wedi gadael UKIP er mwyn ymuno â grŵp y Ceidwadwyr yn y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol. | 39515124 |
Ms Krishnan had tweeted, "Careful before sharing #SelfieWithDaughter with #LameDuckPM. He has a record of stalking daughters."
Mr Modi had, in his monthly radio address to the nation, asked people to send in selfies with their daughters.
He is fronting a movement to save and educate girl children in the country.
The ta... | Leading Indian activist Kavitha Krishnan has become the target of internet ire after a disparaging tweet against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | 33307548 |
Dywedodd y Cynghorydd Peter Fox bod angen i'r sir "gwrdd â'r her" o fod yn lle poblogaidd i fyw.
Mae disgwyl i dollau Pont Hafren gael eu haneru yn 2018 ac mae prisiau tai yn y sir wedi bod yn cynyddu wrth i bobl o Fryste brynu tai yno.
Dywedodd Mr Fox wrth y BBC bod hyn yn gyfle enfawr i bobl a busnesau sir Fynwy.
Ond... | Mae'n bosib y bydd straen ychwanegol ar y farchnad dai ac isadeiledd yn Sir Fynwy os bydd tollau Pontydd Hafren yn gostwng meddai arweinydd y cyngor. | 38622507 |
The body of Karina Batista, 40, was discovered at a property in Kensington Park, Easton at about 10:20 GMT on Monday.
Murder detectives are asking for information to trace the movements of a red Peugeot 107.
A 36-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in police custody.
A post-mortem examinat... | A woman thought to have been murdered at a house in Bristol has been named by police. | 38984841 |
Siobhan Chamberlain saved a fourth-minute spot-kick from Kirsty Linnett after Sophie Ingle handled.
Van De Sanden then beat Blues keeper Sophie Baggaley to a cross-field ball and bundled in the game's only goal.
Mandy van den Berg saw red for bringing down Melissa Lawley in the 70th minute, but Freda Ayisi missed from ... | Shanice Van De Sanden's first goal in English football helped Liverpool Ladies win with 10 players as Birmingham City missed two penalties. | 35887725 |
in the fifth round and face Albion Rovers at Ibrox for a place in the semi-finals.
And McCoist believes that Aberdeen, having knocked out holders Celtic, are the likely winners in May.
"Some bookies might have us as favourites - as is their right - but I wouldn't go that far," said McCoist.
Aberdeen, having knocked the... | Ally McCoist has cooled suggestions Rangers are favourites to win the Scottish Cup. | 26122710 |
Singh, a high-profile prisoner on death row for more than 21 years, was attacked by inmates armed with bricks in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail on Friday.
He is in intensive care with severe head injuries.
Singh was convicted of spying and carrying out four bomb attacks that killed 14 people in Pakistan in 1990.
His family ... | Indian officials and relatives have visited Sarabjit Singh, who is in a coma in Pakistan where he has been held since his conviction for spying. | 22334273 |
Keen's side beat play-off chasing Bradford 2-1 for a first league win since his December appointment.
"It's a long-overdue win. I kept saying that performances had been good and tonight the result went with the performance," Keen told BBC Essex.
"It makes it even better the fact we went 1-0 down and the lads showed a l... | Colchester ending a 19-game League One winless run was "long-overdue" given recent displays, says boss Kevin Keen. | 35705648 |
Benny Collins, 40, a physiotherapist at Morriston Hospital's A&E department, was pulled from the sea at Three Cliffs Bay on Tuesday afternoon.
He was flown to hospital where colleagues tried in vain to save him.
His wife Mel said: "Benny was such a kind and lovely man and was loved by everyone who knew him."
The couple... | The wife of a man who died after getting into difficulty while in the sea off Gower has described him as a "wonderful husband". | 33721900 |
Mr Tusk said a vote to leave the EU would boost anti-European forces.
"As a historian I fear Brexit could be the beginning of the destruction of not only the EU but also Western political civilisation in its entirety," he told the German newspaper Bild.
UKIP MP Douglas Carswell said the Remain campaign was "falling apa... | European Council president Donald Tusk has warned that a UK vote to leave the EU could threaten "Western political civilisation". | 36515680 |
The FTSE 100 closed down 1.3% at 6,104.11 points.
The Fed made it clear that worries about the global economy had influenced its decision to keep rates on hold.
"The outlook abroad appears to have become less certain," said Fed chair Janet Yellen, following the decision.
Commodities shares were among the biggest faller... | (Close): Shares in London and elsewhere fell following the Federal Reserve's decision not to raise rates, as concerns about the health of the global economy are renewed. | 34287762 |
They are the second party to announce that they will not join the DUP and Sinn Féin in the Stormont executive.
Last week the UUP said they would do the same.
Earlier, the First and Deputy First Minister accused the SDLP of being "dishonest" during Stormont's programme for government negotiations.
It followed Mr Eastwo... | SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has announced that the party will go into opposition in Northern Ireland. | 36337431 |
Peter Morgan, who wrote 2006 film The Queen and recent stage play The Audience, will write the script with director Stephen Daldry also involved.
Dame Helen Mirren is not currently attached to star in the series.
Netflix is already home to successful US dramas such as House of Cards, which helped launch the service in ... | Online subscription service Netflix is set to order its first original British drama The Crown, a £100m series inspired by the life of the Queen. | 27539739 |
At least 31 people died in the crash, with the death toll expected to rise. But there were 15 survivors pulled from the half-submerged wreckage.
The BBC takes a look at the stories of some of those survivors.
Taiwanese couple Lin Mingwei and Jiang Yuying were travelling on the plane with their two-year-old son, Lin Riy... | Fifty-eight people were on board the TransAsia Airways plane that crashed into a river in the Taiwanese capital, Taipei, on Wednesday. | 31144422 |
The celebrated novelist is the author of books including The Handmaid's Tale, Cat's Eye and The Blind Assassin.
British composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, master of the Queen's Music, has also been honoured.
The membership of the academy, founded in 1898, comprises writers, musicians, artist and architects.
Other memb... | Canadian writer Margaret Atwood has been named a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. | 32621680 |
Lauri Love, 31, who has Asperger's syndrome, is accused of hacking into the FBI, the US central bank and the country's missile defence agency.
Mr Love, from Stradishall, Suffolk, has previously said he feared he would die in a US prison if he was extradited.
A judge at Westminster Magistrates' Court made the extraditio... | An autistic man suspected of hacking into US government computer systems is to be extradited from Britain to face trial, a court has ruled. | 37385201 |
And by comparing 250 samples removed in surgery with the patients' subsequent progress, they have identified some types that are more likely to recur.
Until now, there has been no reliable way to know which patients have the more aggressive cancers requiring the most urgent and intensive therapy.
But much larger trials... | Scientists have identified five types of prostate cancer, each with a distinct genetic signature. | 33704917 |
Usman Khawaja top-scored with 174 as the hosts declared on 556-4, before the Kiwis faltered from 102-1 to 157-5.
Johnson removed experienced duo Brendon McCullum and Ross Taylor cheaply to leave the visitors trailing by 399.
Earlier, New Zealand pace bowler Tim Southee was forced off the field with an irritated disc in... | Australia tightened their grip on the first Test as Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc's pace tore into New Zealand on day two in Brisbane. | 34742981 |
The boy was given an overdose of anaesthetic during the operation at Leicester Royal Infirmary in 2011.
His mother said her son's life was "turned upside down" by what happened.
Liability was admitted by University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and an apology was made on its behalf at the High Court in London.
The L... | A teenager who suffered a severe brain injury during an operation to remove his appendix is set to receive a seven-figure sum in damages from the NHS. | 38242567 |
President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi said Egyptians would be airlifted out of Libya, state-run news agency Mena said.
It came as a relative of one of those kidnapped told the BBC the victim's family had "collapsed emotionally".
A number of Egyptian Coptic Christians were kidnapped in two raids in Sirte, Libya, in December an... | Egypt has offered to evacuate its citizens from Libya after Islamic State (IS) released photos which it says show 21 Coptic Egyptians kidnapped there. | 31452875 |
Cardiff council unveiled a map in March showing which zones it hopes to enforce by 2021.
The move aims to improve public safety and encourage more people to walk and cycle.
The initiative has now started in Riverside and Canton, between Llandaff Road and Cowbridge Road East up to the edge of Pontcanna Fields.
But some ... | New 20mph zones have been introduced in parts of Cardiff in a bid to cut speed limits in residential areas. | 40547172 |
Hundreds of officers combed woodland for survivalist Eric Frein, who was on the FBI's most wanted list.
He was finally found at an abandoned airport hangar on Thursday. Prosecutors say he could face the death penalty.
Frein is accused of killing Cpl Bryon Dickson outside a barracks on 12 September and wounding another ... | A man who eluded capture in the forests of Pennsylvania for seven weeks after the fatal shooting of a police officer has been found and arrested. | 29843614 |
Froome crashed with Richie Porte and Bauke Mollema just over one kilometre from the finish on Mont Ventoux.
The defending champion was overtaken by rivals Adam Yates and Nairo Quintana in the melee but race organisers ruled Froome should retain the overall lead.
Thomas de Gendt won stage 12, which had been shortened be... | Britain's Chris Froome was forced to run without a bike following a crash with a motorbike on one of the most iconic climbs of the Tour de France. | 36797558 |
He said he would "shirtfront" Russian President Vladimir Putin over the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines MH17 in Ukraine - 38 Australians were among the 298 dead.
Commonly associated with the rough and tumble of Australian football, Susan Butler, Macquarie's editor, says Mr Abbott has merely revived the term as a po... | The definitive guide to Australian English, the Macquarie Dictionary, is considering changing the meaning of "shirtfront", just weeks after it was used by Prime Minister Tony Abbott. | 30173969 |
The We Love Manchester Emergency Fund, started in the hours after the blast, has been overseen by the British Red Cross and Manchester City Council.
Donations have come from the Manchester Evening News, both Manchester football teams, actor Tom Hardy, the Co-op, and thousands of members of the public.
The council is se... | A fund to support the victims of the Manchester attack has now received more than £5.5m in donations. | 40070518 |
Prosecutors allege the Hamal sailed from Istanbul in Turkey to waters off the coasts of Greece, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Guyana boat between February and April.
The ship is said to have then gone from Tenerife to 100 miles east of Aberdeen.
The case at the High Court in Glasgow was adjourned to October.
Kayacan Da... | Nine men have denied involvement with cocaine - said at the time to be worth £500m - seized from a boat in the North Sea. | 34039694 |
Goalkeeper Michel Vorm could return to the squad but Danny Rose is still absent with a knee injury.
Arsene Wenger has given centre-back Laurent Koscielny a "60% chance" of playing after suffering a knee injury against Leicester.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is fit but Shkodran Mustafi is missing with a thigh problem.
Guy Mo... | Tottenham's Mousa Dembele is a doubt after picking up an ankle injury in the win at Crystal Palace. | 39682885 |
The Cumbrian club said on Twitter that the pitch was "perfectly playable" at 11:00 GMT, but heavy rain had led to the game being called off.
A new date for the game has yet to be agreed. | The National League game between Barrow and Braintree Town has been postponed because of a waterlogged pitch. | 35567796 |
Striker Harrison, 18, joins an experienced squad for the match in Reykjavik on 20 September.
A point for the Scots against the group leaders will seal qualification to the finals in the Netherlands next summer.
However, Signeul's side could qualify for their first major event before then if results elsewhere go their w... | Coach Anna Signeul has given Hibernian Ladies' Abigail Harrison a first call-up to Scotland women's squad for the Euro 2017 qualifier with Iceland. | 37287312 |
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