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The by-elections in Copeland and Stoke-on-Trent Central have left politics a little clearer than before.
Labour may no longer need to fear the UK Independence Party in its heartlands, but Theresa May and her Conservatives look like they need fear no-one.
Brexit worked for the Tories in Copeland, alongside doubts about ... | Like yesterday's storms, the campaign circus - the big name politicians - have moved on. | 39084738 |
The winners will top World Cup Group A and earn a comparatively easier course to the final than the losers, who will face South Africa in the quarter-final.
Gatland has made six changes to the team that beat Fiji 23-13 last time out for Saturday's encounter at Twickenham.
"You win this group and potentially your road t... | Coach Warren Gatland says Wales are "desperate to beat" Australia. | 34481032 |
Jayce Robinson and Reubyn Ash made fourth-round exits - the midway point in the event - while Luke Dillon fell at round three.
The event in France is the first world championships since the sport was announced for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
A record number of countries have taken part with first-timers such as Senegal an... | England's surfers were cursing their luck as their last men were eliminated at the World Surfing Games in Biarritz. | 40072238 |
Planning permission for the Wentworth Street car park was granted by Ryedale District Council in 2012.
The Fitzwilliam Estate (Malton) won a judicial review against the decision in 2015 which quashed the planning consent.
The council's leader, Linda Cowling, said the authority would now consider what to do with the sit... | Proposals to build a supermarket on a council-owned car park in Malton, North Yorkshire are being dropped. | 35293689 |
The three main Westminster parties' pledged more devolution to Scotland days before it rejected independence.
Commons Leader William Hague said a balanced settlement for England, Wales and Northern Ireland was vital.
Cardiff West Labour MP Kevin Brennan warned English Votes on English issues would be "part of a slipper... | Welsh MPs have taken part in a House of Commons debate on devolution and UK-wide constitutional change after the Scottish referendum. | 29617753 |
Councillors decided against an increase, which could have been up to 3%. However, householders who live in properties in Band E to H will still face a rise after MSPs agreed changes.
It means a Band H property will go up by £553.68.
Council leader Jenny Laing said not increasing council tax was vital in a time of econo... | Aberdeen will not have an across the board council tax rise. | 39053421 |
Greg Moffat, 22, from Airdrie, attacked the 23-year-old woman at a flat in the North Lanarkshire town in the early hours of 16 March 2014.
The High Court in Glasgow heard he told his victim he was sorry but later claimed to police that they had been involved in a consensual sex act.
Judge Lord Armstrong placed Moffat o... | A man has been convicted of raping a woman while she was asleep. | 33551743 |
Labour won 56 fewer seats than the Tories but defied expectations and deprived Theresa May of her majority.
Caerphilly MP Wayne David said: "If there's another election I say bring it on and let's get behind Jeremy Corbyn".
Aberavon MP Stephen Kinnock said he would be "honoured" to take a front bench job if it was offe... | Two of Jeremy Corbyn's most prominent Welsh Labour critics have urged the party's MPs to get behind their leader following his election performance. | 40239384 |
Chinese authorities have described the success as a major breakthrough.
Methane hydrates, also called "flammable ice", hold vast reserves of natural gas.
Many countries including the US and Japan are working on how to tap those reserves, but mining and extracting are extremely difficult.
The catchy phrase describes a ... | China has for the first time extracted gas from an ice-like substance under the South China Sea considered key to future global energy supply. | 39971667 |
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24 July 2015 Last updated at 12:03 BST
But only 15% of them are women.
Satya Vadlamani is running her own manufacturing plant near the city of Pune, Murli Krishna Pharma. The BBC went to meet her.
Produced by Kinjal Pandya-Wagh | India is the third largest producer of medicines in the world, an industry that employs nearly 50 million people. | 33651725 |
The 30-year-old spent the last five years with the Bantams but turned down a new contract.
He made 183 league appearances for the Valley Parade side, helping them win promotion to League One and reach the League Cup final in 2013.
McArdle told the club website: "I've met the manager for a chat and his objectives are si... | Scunthorpe United have signed Bradford City defender Rory McArdle on a three-year deal. | 40358888 |
The singer and bass guitarist sued David Gilmour and Nick Mason in 1986, in an attempt to prevent them from using the name, claiming the group was "a spent force creatively."
Speaking to the BBC's HARDtalk programme, Waters conceded: "I was wrong! Of course I was. Who cares?"
He also revealed he was working on his firs... | Roger Waters has said he regrets taking legal action against his former bandmates Pink Floyd in the 1980s. | 24157591 |
The women with atrial fibrillation (AF) were almost twice as likely to have fatal heart disease and strokes.
Women may respond less well to AF drugs or are being diagnosed later than men.
"One possibility is that women with AF are undertreated relative to men," Connor Emdin and colleagues, at the University of Oxford, ... | Having an irregular heartbeat poses a greater health risk to women than men, a review of 30 studies, involving more than four million patients, suggests. | 35347559 |
The charges relate to alleged "historical" incidents, police in the Australian state of Victoria said on Thursday.
The allegations were made by more than one person, said Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Shane Patton.
Cardinal Pell has consistently and vehemently denied any wrongdoing.
The Vatican treasurer, who is ... | Australia's most senior Catholic figure, Cardinal George Pell, has been charged with sex offences. | 40439489 |
Ross Williams, of Llanteg, near Tenby, received both his driving and pilots licences less than two months after his birthday.
He spent 45 hours in the air flying a Cessna 150 and had to pass a medical exam, written tests and a flight test.
"I've wanted to fly ever since I can remember," he said.
"I could have stayed on... | A 17-year-old from Pembrokeshire has become one of Britain's youngest aeroplane pilots, just three days after passing his driving test. | 37095500 |
The BBC spoke to nuclear and defence experts Ankit Panda, James Acton and Bruce Bennett about the latest test.
At this stage, not a lot. The United States Geological Survey did say it generated seismic waves equivalent to a 5.1 magnitude earthquake, although analysts at the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (C... | North Korea says it has carried out an underground test of a hydrogen bomb, a more powerful weapon than the atomic bombs it has tested before. | 35240193 |
After dark, a community building that was under construction was engulfed in flames.
Earlier, dozens of people were seen confronting police, and 15 officers were injured.
The governor of Maryland declared a state of emergency, calling in the national guard as clashes intensified.
African American Freddie Gray, 25, died... | A curfew has been declared in the US city of Baltimore amid violent protests over the death of a black man fatally injured in police custody. | 32490250 |
Graphene, one-atom-thick sheets of carbon, can carry electric charges far faster than currently used materials.
But it has proven difficult to make it behave as a semiconductor like silicon, or to attach "contacts" to the sheets.
A study in Nature Communications
solves those problems by cooking up graphene from a mate... | The hope for the "miracle material" graphene to fulfil its promise in electronics has received a boost - by changing the recipe when cooking it. | 18868848 |
An initial accord ending more than 50 years of conflict was struck in late September, but rejected by Colombians in a vote.
Days later Mr Santos was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, which he said gave a "tremendous push" for a new deal.
He is in the Norwegian capital Oslo and will collect the prize on Saturday.
None of h... | Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has said his Nobel Peace Prize came "like a gift from heaven" in his bid to forge an agreement with Farc rebels. | 38266017 |
The man had climbed a 20-metre-high (65ft) crane at a construction site, and police were called to the scene.
Ifzal Zaffar, who is of Pakistani descent, duly climbed up too and addressed him in their shared language.
The man agreed to come down, and was taken to hospital.
Constable Zaffer, who also speaks fluent Canton... | A 20-year-old Hong Kong policeman has swept to fame online after he talked a suicidal Pakistani man out of killing himself - in fluent Urdu. | 39272061 |
The 20-year-old has made 49 appearances for the U's since coming through their youth ranks.
But he has only played six times this season and has been allowed to leave for regular football.
"They've been winning a lot of games recently and scoring a lot of goals, so hopefully I can help," said Szmodics. | Colchester United midfielder Sammie Szmodics has joined National League side Braintree Town on an initial one-month loan deal. | 34682472 |
The World Health Organization said there was a high risk the vaccine-derived virus could spread.
The strain of polio involved comes from areas with poor vaccine coverage.
A similar outbreak, linked to low immunisation rates, was confirmed last week in Syria.
"WHO assesses the risk of further national spread of these st... | Two outbreaks of polio have been identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in a blow to the goal of wiping out the disease from the world. | 40272863 |
The free school, planned for September 2017, will use staff and educational expertise from Highgate, where pupils pay £18,705 per year.
Spurs will be the school's main financial sponsor and provide premises.
Highgate's head teacher says it will allow the school to offer an education to poorer families "on our doorstep... | Tottenham Hotspur Football Club and a leading private school, Highgate School, are proposing a state sixth form in north London. | 36276590 |
Reuters news agency says the firm built special software last year to comply with a classified request.
"Yahoo is a law abiding company, and complies with the laws of the United States," the tech firm said in a statement provided to the BBC.
The allegation comes less than a fortnight after Yahoo said hackers had stolen... | Yahoo secretly scanned millions of its users' email accounts on behalf of the US government, according to a report. | 37551415 |
Police said the 36-year-old man forced his way into the house in Esperance, Western Australia, around lunchtime on Friday.
He fell asleep after drinking the resident's "quite expensive" champagne, officers said.
The owner returned home and allegedly found the thief in her bed.
"She used her great initiative and crept o... | A man has been charged by Australian police after allegedly breaking into a home, drinking the owner's champagne then falling asleep in her bed. | 40785646 |
It said the weakening had come "amid increasing financial turbulence and falling asset prices".
The IMF's report comes before the meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Shanghai later this week.
It said China's slowdown was adding to global economic growth concerns.
China's economy, the second-b... | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said the global economy has weakened further and warned it was "highly vulnerable to adverse shocks". | 35656895 |
The legal amendment would give it a "significantly enhanced" role in regulating the lucrative market.
London currently processes most of the trade in this financial sector, providing thousands of jobs.
The ECB's proposal comes shortly after the European Commission published a draft law to give it the power to move euro... | The European Central Bank has put forward a proposal to boost its oversight over euro clearing. | 40379193 |
Senegal were eliminated on penalties by Cameroon on Saturday as they contested their first quarter-final in 11 years.
"It is very difficult to understand why Senegalese football cannot win when you see the generation we had in the past and now," Augustin Senghor told BBC Sport.
"It is a very great equation for us."
Sen... | The president of Senegal's football association says he's baffled by the country's continuing failure to win a maiden Africa Cup of Nations title. | 38790111 |
She will be the eighth female bishop to be announced by the Church of England.
The Bishop of Sherborne works in the Diocese of Salisbury and mainly has responsibility for parishes in Dorset.
Archdeacon Gorham said it had been "a real privilege" to serve the church in Buckinghamshire and work in the Diocese of Oxford. T... | The Archdeacon of Buckingham, the Venerable Karen Gorham, is to be the new Bishop of Sherborne. | 34932618 |
The Giants took the lead when Jermaine McGillvary touched down but the visitors fought back through Junior Sa'u's try and six points from O'Brien.
Alex Mellor went over twice for the Giants but O'Brien scored twice himself to keep the visitors in control.
Ukuma Ta'ai slid over for Huddersfield before Josh Jones powered... | Gareth O'Brien scored 22 points to help Salford beat Huddersfield for their first Super League win of the season. | 38971240 |
Fourteen civilians died after the army opened fire on a civil rights march in Londonderry in 1972.
A judicial review application by seven ex-soldiers who could face questioning is set to be heard next week.
Lawyers for the soldiers have said the murder probe is politically motivated.
The Police Service of Northern Irel... | Police in Northern Ireland have given a commitment not to arrest any more former soldiers over the Bloody Sunday killings until a legal bid to stop the murder investigation has been heard. | 34796989 |
Mishan al-Onzi is hanging out with a group of his teenage friends. They are from the north of the country next to Iraq, where Islamic State (IS) controls large swathes of territory.
Mishan tells me that a friend from home has gone to Syria to join IS.
"Those from a lower class, who don't have any awareness, those are t... | Just outside Riyadh, the dunes fill up at weekends with pleasure seekers, staking out picnic spots safe from the four-wheel drive vehicles that churn up sand as they race through the desert. | 32092309 |
Comic Enterprises had argued that 20th Century Fox's production had breached its trademark rights to the phrase The Glee Club.
A High Court judge ruled in the UK company's favour but said it had not been damaged.
The owner of the comedy and music venue chain, Mark Tughan, said he felt vindicated by the ruling.
Speaking... | A comedy club chain has won a "David and Goliath" legal battle against the makers of US television show Glee. | 26085095 |
Reid, 29, sank five birdies and also eagled the fifth to move to 15 under overall after the third round.
United States' Angel Yin and Australia's Su-Hyun Oh are tied for second on 13 under.
England's Holly Clyburn shot a 72 to move to 11 under and compatriot Florentyna Parker is a stroke behind.
Find out how to get int... | England's Melissa Reid carded a six-under-par 67 to take a two-shot lead going into the final round of the Oates Vic Open in Victoria, Australia. | 38942336 |
British number one Andy Murray will lead the team against Belgium in Ghent.
Smith says he should have made up his mind "by the weekend" over Edmund, 20, or Ward, 28.
"I chew the fat with certain people at length over it," Smith told BBC Radio 5 live.
Edmund, ranked 99 in the world, won the Buenos Aires Challenger clay-... | Great Britain Davis Cup captain Leon Smith says he has "a lot to think about" over whether to pick James Ward or Kyle Edmund as the second singles player for next week's final. | 34875227 |
UN envoy Martin Kobler described the deal as historic, saying Libya had "turned a page" in efforts to achieve reconciliation and stability.
However, the heads of the rival parliaments failed to sign the deal because of major disagreements.
Armed groups which control much of Libya were not part of the talks.
Libya has b... | Libya's rival politicians have signed a UN-brokered deal to form a unity government in a nation split by more than four years of conflict. | 35121414 |
Many experts had thought that a rise in Bank Rate would come soon though, as the economy picked up, and that mortgage and savings rates would rise in its wake.
Now, received wisdom has changed, and sharply.
On Wednesday, the Bank, in its quarterly inflation review, surprised some observers by forecasting that inflation... | Mortgage and savings rates have been at rock bottom levels for more than five years, ever since the Bank of England cut its Bank Rate to just 0.5%. | 30052201 |
The Department for Education wants English schools to use the reading system, which requires children to blend common sounds into words.
But Durham University researcher Andrew Davis says those already starting to read are likely to be put off.
The DfE insists synthetic phonics is the best way to teach reading.
The tea... | The interests of able readers are being threatened by an insistence primary school pupils are taught to read using phonics, an academic has said. | 25917646 |
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The 19-year-old pounced twice in six first-half minutes after Ryan Christie's opener, and completed his treble after the break.
On-loan Celtic player Christie bagged a second on the stroke of half-time.
The midfielder's goal came after Jonny Hayes finished a sumptuous atta... | Teenager Scott Wright scored a hat-trick as Aberdeen ended their Scottish Premiership campaign by thumping Partick Thistle. | 39911909 |
Immigration New Zealand (INZ) said its website received 56,300 visits in a 24 hour period, an increase of almost 2,500%. The site has a daily average of 2,300 visits.
Canada's immigration website also received a high amount of traffic on Wednesday, causing it to crash.
Donald Trump secured a surprise victory in the pre... | New Zealand's immigration website has said it saw a surge in traffic, as the results of the US election came in. | 37932921 |
Mr Doherty has represented West Tyrone as an abstentionist MP for the past 16 years.
The party has selected Barry McElduff, a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, to stand in the 8 June poll.
Sinn Féin has four MPs but they do not take their seats in the House of Commons, in protest against British rule in Northern... | Sinn Féin's Pat Doherty has confirmed he will not be standing as a candidate in the upcoming general election. | 39800591 |
The TV presenter confirmed the news on Twitter on Monday night.
She wrote: "I'm sooo happy to tell you all - we've just had a baby boy! Chester William Baldwin made a grand entrance at 8lbs 12. He's just perfect. X"
Chester is the 33-year-old's third child with husband Dan Baldwin after daughter Belle and son Harry.
St... | Holly Willoughby has given birth to her third child, a boy named Chester. | 29421712 |
The raid took place early on Wednesday after the tribesmen repelled an attack near Qayyarah, a town about 60km (37 miles) south of IS-held city of Mosul.
It is not clear whether Iraqi or US-led coalition aircraft, which are flying sorties in the area, were responsible.
Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, has been under ... | At least 20 pro-government Sunni tribal fighters have been killed in an air strike in Iraq after being mistaken for Islamic State militants, sources say. | 37566771 |
Pte Cheryl James, 18, from Llangollen, Denbighshire, was found with a bullet wound to her head in Surrey in 1995.
At a pre-inquest review at Woking Coroner's Court, her father said he was "disappointed" with the MoD.
Pte James was one of four soldiers who died at the barracks between 1995 and 2002 amid claims of bullyi... | The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has failed to submit documents before a promised deadline in the case of a soldier who died at Deepcut Barracks. | 35094961 |
Unite members are taking part in a continuous overtime and on-call ban.
It coincides with a series of staggered periods of strike action, which the union said would have an impact on naval operations until 15 June.
Babcock Marine said it was "disappointed and perplexed by Unite's actions".
Unite said the strikes would ... | Civilian staff at the Faslane and Coulport naval bases have begun a series of strikes in a dispute with Babcock Marine over workers' rights. | 39370443 |
Smith, 61, quit his role as head coach on Tuesday after 10 months in the job, despite signing a new deal in October.
His former assistant Stuart Dickens has been put in charge of the team for Friday's game against St Helens.
"By his manner you could tell this wasn't a decision that was going to get changed," Carter tol... | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats chairman Michael Carter has admitted he had a "frosty" relationship with former coach Brian Smith. | 35765467 |
Student Ninorta Bahno, 26, fled the civil war in Syria more than three years ago.
The Syrian Christian was crowned wine queen in the city of Trier, western Germany, in the Moselle wine region near the border with Luxembourg.
She said that she hoped the prize would encourage integration.
"I want to show that Germany is ... | A Syrian refugee has been crowned "queen" of one of Germany's top wine-making regions, the first asylum seeker to receive such an accolade. | 36974346 |
The elderly pair, who have not been formally identified, were killed after their car came off the road and fell into Hooe Lake in Plymouth on Thursday.
About 60 people attended the service in Hooe near the spot where the crash happened.
The chairman of the residents association said the turnout showed the community's "... | A memorial service has been held for a man and woman who died when their car plunged into an estuary. | 37209804 |
The spacecraft - model numbers five and six - went up on a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana.
Galileo is now finally moving towards full deployment after years of delay.
The European Space Agency, which is building the system on behalf of the EU, expects to have a 26-satellite constellation in orbit by 2017.
To that end,... | Europe has launched the next two satellites in the Galileo network - its version of the American Global Positioning System (GPS). | 28860851 |
The 44-year-old was promoted to the role on Wednesday after cricket manager and former player Robinson was appointed England women's head coach.
Davis made his Sussex debut as a player in 2001 before becoming second-team coach and later assistant coach.
"I learnt a lot from Mark Robinson, but my coaching style will cer... | New Sussex head coach Mark Davis says his style will be markedly different from that of predecessor Mark Robinson. | 34793214 |
21 June 2016 Last updated at 14:01 BST
It's the app that really kickstarted the selfie craze, but has recently faced user backlash over changes to both its logo and the algorithm that is used to decide the order images are displayed.
Co-founder and chief executive Kevin Systrom sat down with our North America technolog... | Image-sharing network Instagram has announced it now has 500 million active users - with 300 million logging on at least once a day. | 36586018 |
The animals, which at first glance resemble worms, live in forest soil and are most closely related to an African group of caecilians.
The females incubate their young for several months without eating.
Writing in the Royal Society journal Proceedings B, the scientists say the animals may be threatened by population gr... | A new family of caecilians, the most enigmatic branch of the amphibians, has been discovered in northeastern India. | 17100578 |
The report highlighted that payday lending had fallen by 68% from 2013.
In 2013, the Archbishop of Canterbury told online lender Wonga that the Church would try to force it out of business by helping credit unions.
But it emerged that the Church of England had indirectly invested £75,000 in the company.
The Church ann... | A "sea change in public and political opinion" about payday lenders has brought falls in use of these loans, a Church taskforce has concluded. | 35530882 |
Five-year-old Sumatran tiger Melati gave birth to the cub on 22 September after a six-minute labour.
The pregnancy, which lasted about 15 weeks, was kept secret by zookeepers who are "over the moon" about the cub.
It was born six months after the opening of the "tiger territory", designed to encourage the endangered su... | Hidden cameras have captured the moment London Zoo's first tiger cub for 17 years was born. | 24355271 |
MP Clive Betts has suggested the change as a "pragmatic" way of making different factions in the party "work together", denying it is an attempt to "hobble" Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.
Appointments have been the leader's responsibility since 2011 when the elections system was scrapped.
Labour's ruling National Executiv... | Labour MPs are to vote on Tuesday on a proposal to allow them to elect members of the shadow cabinet. | 37281441 |
Karl-Thomas Neumann said in a video message that the outlook for the second half of 2016 was going to be "anything but easy".
Despite reporting a global second quarter profit of $2.9bn (£2.1bn) in the period between April and June, a 157% rise from last year, Opel's parent company GM said it would cut costs across Eur... | The head of Opel has described the UK's decision to leave the European Union as "not a good omen" for General Motors in Europe. | 36859263 |
He has said about a third of Kent Police time is now spent dealing with cases involving mental health when it is not necessarily the right response.
A report said there had been a steady increase in detentions since November.
It said if the trend continued, 2016-17 would see the highest numbers since monitoring began.
... | Unprecedented levels of detentions under the Mental Health Act in Kent have led police and crime commissioner (PCC) Matthew Scott to set up a review. | 36952141 |
VisitScotland will follow it up with promotional activity in Germany early next year.
It said the route - officially opened by the Queen last week - had received coverage by media worldwide.
It hopes it can "breathe new life" into the economies of Midlothian and the Borders and help Scotland as a whole.
Mike Cantlay, w... | Tourism chiefs are planning a marketing campaign in America as they look to exploit the "great buzz" created by the new Borders to Edinburgh railway. | 34244981 |
Van Gerwen won the last three legs to beat the Belgian, having recovered from a back problem which ruled him out of round five in Exeter and the UK Open.
Peter Wright went top of the table with a 7-5 win over James Wade, replacing Phil Taylor, who lost to Adrian Lewis.
Raymond van Barneveld beat fellow Dutchman Jelle K... | Michael van Gerwen marked his return from injury with a 7-5 Premier League win over Kim Huybrechts in Glasgow. | 39192150 |
Paramedics called the teams to Afan Forest Park, Neath Port Talbot, where the man had a suspected arm fracture.
Western Beacons, Central Beacons and Brecon mountain rescue teams and the Search and Rescue Dog Association South Wales took part in a three hour rescue.
The man was stretchered to an ambulance and taken to P... | Four rescue teams were called to reach a mountain biker injured on a trail in "appalling" weather. | 14850225 |
The 31-year-old becomes a non-executive director of the players' union.
PCA chief executive David Leatherdale said: "Isa has a vast knowledge of the game from a men's and women's perspective.
"With our international women players now full members of the PCA, Isa will bring real insight to the PCA board."
Guha was a Wom... | Former England seamer Isa Guha has become the first woman to be appointed to the board of the Professional Cricketers' Association. | 39570566 |
25 October 2016 Last updated at 14:21 BST
Mr Johnson, who campaigned against the proposal while running for mayor of London, said there could eventually be a "clamour" for a fourth runway.
But he predicted that there was little chance of the third runway being built in the first place.
The government has given Mr Johns... | UK Foreign Secretary and long-time opponent of Heathrow expansion Boris Johnson says that while New York is known as the "city of skyscrapers" and Paris the "city of light", London risks becoming the "city of planes" if the third runway goes ahead. | 37765652 |
England slipped to 80-5 while conceding a first-innings deficit of 200 in the second Test in Visakhapatnam, then lost their last eight wickets for 66 runs on the final day as India won by 246 runs.
"You want batsmen to play to their strengths," said Ramprakash.
"Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, they like to play ... | England will take a "proactive" approach when the third Test against India begins in Mohali on Saturday, says batting coach Mark Ramprakash. | 38086975 |
By the time he retired in 1999 - having won six Grand Slams, an Olympic Gold, and 49 titles, he had amassed winnings of £25m - and possibly an equal figure in sponsorship deals.
So why didn't he simply retire into a life of luxury, rather than spending his time and energy building up Brand Becker?
"For a couple of yea... | When Boris Becker won his first Wimbledon title in 1985 he picked up a cheque for £130,000 ($200,000). | 18508070 |
Canon said the sensor is sensitive enough to read lettering on the side of an aircraft 18km (11.1 miles) away.
However, it added, the gadget was unlikely to find its way into domestic cameras or smartphones.
Instead, the ultra-high-resolution sensor could find a role in surveillance systems or other specialised applica... | Electronics company Canon has developed a 250 megapixel sensor for use in digital cameras. | 34173423 |
Ellie Butler was killed by Ben Butler in the family's Sutton home in 2013, 11 months after she returned to his care.
Senior Coroner Selena Lynch said her "preliminary view" was there were issues that needed to be investigated.
But she stressed she would only make a final decision after receiving submissions and reading... | The way social services handled the case of a six-year-old girl who was murdered by her father should be investigated, a coroner has said. | 36917772 |
The Farc said in a statement that the lives of sick prisoners were at risk because medical attention was poor.
The left-wing rebel group has been engaged in peace talks with the government for the past three years.
The talks have progressed well and both sides are expecting to sign a peace agreement by 23 March 2016 to... | Colombia's Farc rebel group has urged the government to release 81 of its jailed fighters on health grounds. | 34829321 |
Emergency Relief Co-ordinator Stephen O'Brien said the figure had jumped from 486,700 to 974,080 in six months.
People were being "isolated, starved, bombed and denied medical attention and humanitarian assistance in order to force them to submit or flee," he said.
Mr O'Brien noted that the "deliberate tactic of cruelt... | The number of people living under siege in Syria has doubled this year to almost one million, the UN says. | 38056872 |
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England were beaten 31-28 by South Africa, who held off a second-half comeback at Twickenham on Saturday.
The defeat followed a 24-21 loss against New Zealand last weekend.
"When you've got a team which has still got some development to do, we'll not panic, lose our nerve,... | England head coach Stuart Lancaster says his team will not panic despite falling to a fifth successive defeat for the first time since 2006. | 30069764 |
The UK has increased its contribution to the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) to £300m, which sends funding to 59 of the poorest countries.
But the biggest increase has been in promises in increased spending from developing countries.
Julia Gillard, chairwoman of the GPE, said this was "an enormous step forward f... | An international summit on supporting education in developing countries has received pledges worth £16.8bn. | 28041451 |
South Oxfordshire District Council premises near Wallingford were engulfed by flames in the early hours of Thursday morning.
A thatched cottage and a funeral parlour were also set on fire.
Police have been given an extension until Friday evening to question a 47-year-old man on suspicion of arson.
At its peak, 27 crews... | Roughly 85% of council offices targeted in a suspected arson attack have been damaged, with the planning department "completely destroyed". | 30845487 |
The 62-year-old was reported missing from his St Cyrus home after last speaking to his family in Dundee on 14 July.
Mr Leslie's body was found on Saturday morning.
Police Scotland said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death and that Mr Leslie's family would not be issuing a statement.
Insp Megan H... | Police have confirmed that a body discovered in a village near Montrose is missing man Graeme Leslie. | 40730333 |
Rates are the property taxes paid by households and businesses.
Currently, charity shops are exempt but an official consultation has questioned whether that exemption should continue.
Robin Osterley, chief executive of the Charity Retail Association, said the imposition of full rates would cost the charity sector up to... | A coalition of charities has urged Northern Ireland's finance minister to reject a proposal that charity shops should begin paying rates. | 35588911 |
He said he had to decide whether the rental contract was a bribe and a crime had been committed.
There are long waiting lists for flats in Stockholm and reports suggested the minister had special treatment.
One of Sweden's most outspoken figures, Ms Wallstrom has been at the centre of spats with Israel and Morocco.
She... | Sweden's anti-corruption prosecutor has launched an investigation into a union flat in Stockholm rented by Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom. | 35351232 |
Any deal must include a strong relationship with the EU and the exact same benefits the UK has from the single market, Sir Keir Starmer said.
The UK should "honour our obligations" regarding any "divorce bill", he added.
The government will trigger Article 50 on Wednesday, kick-starting talks aimed at agreeing a Brexit... | Labour will not support any Brexit deal negotiated by the government unless it meets the party's "six tests", the shadow Brexit secretary has said. | 39398049 |
He replaces fellow Welshman Tony Pulis, who left Stoke by mutual consent last week after seven years in charge at the Britannia Stadium.
Former Manchester City manager Hughes, 49, has been out of work since leaving QPR last November.
He endured a difficult time during his 11-month spell at Loftus Road, winning only eig... | Mark Hughes has been appointed Stoke City manager, six months after being sacked by QPR. | 22686204 |
Journalists from across the media signed an open letter raising concerns about the way FoI requests are handled.
Neil Findlay led members' business on the topic at Holyrood, decrying a "systematic avoidance of scrutiny and accountability from the highest level".
Joe Fitzpatrick, for the Scottish government, said Scotla... | MSPs have called for a "wholescale review" of the Scottish government's freedom of information (FoI) practices. | 40266087 |
Guy Taylor had been last seen in the Westburn Road area of the city on Sunday night.
Police Scotland said he was found "safe and well" in the Bridge of Don area of Aberdeen.
The media and members of the public were thanked for their assistance. | Police have traced a 14-year-old boy who was reported missing in Aberdeen. | 34768651 |
Yn ôl y Gweinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol ac Iechyd Cyhoeddus, Rebecca Evans, mae'r penderfyniad i wahardd y cadeirydd Dr Paul Thomas a'i ddirpwy Adele Baumgardt yn un "niwtral".
Ond mae'r gweinidog wedi codi gwaharddiad yn erbyn bwrdd rheoli'r corff a phenodi Lawrence Conway'n gadeirydd dros dro.
Dywedodd Ms Evans f... | Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi gwahardd cadeirydd ac is-gadeirydd Chwareon Cymru tra bod ymchwiliad i gwynion yn erbyn y ddau yn cael ei gwblhau. | 38973702 |
Galloway, 21, has made 21 appearances for the Toffees since joining from MK Dons and also played five games for West Bromwich Albion on loan last term.
The Zimbabwe-born England Under-19 international can play centre-half or left-back.
He is new manager Simon Grayson's first signing for the Black Cats, following his mo... | Everton have loaned defender Brendan Galloway to Championship newcomers Sunderland on a season-long deal. | 40507878 |
Global same-restaurant sales at the fast food giant grew 5%.
McDonald's extended US breakfasts beyond 10:30am in October, saying it was customers' number one request.
The company, working to turnaround its business under chief executive Steve Easterbrook, said the breakfast change helped US sales grow 5.7%.
Fourth-quar... | McDonald's sales were better than expected in the fourth quarter, helped by the launch of all-day breakfasts in the US. | 35401415 |
The special flight will be the first in a series arriving in the UK over the next few weeks.
Hundreds more vulnerable Syrians will be transported to UK airports in the coming months.
The refugees will be settled in homes across the UK with the help of local authorities which have pledged their support.
The Home Office ... | The first UK charter flight of Syrian refugees will arrive in Glasgow on Tuesday. | 34815218 |
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The bird was a hen harrier called Annie, she was found in April after a huge search involving the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and the police.
The RSPB carried out an examination on the bird, which revealed it had ... | An investigation is underway after the discovery of the body of a rare bird of prey in south-west Scotland. | 33890995 |
The research by Wrap Cymru found recycling targets could be reached nine years early if just half of all food and dry waste was recycled.
Wales recycled 56% of waste in 2014/15 and aims to recycle 70% by 2025.
Environment secretary Lesley Griffiths said changes in people's habits could have "enormous environmental" ben... | A quarter of household waste in Wales is made up of food and another quarter of material that could be recycled, a study has found. | 36525867 |
For years the powers-that-be behind American Football tried to hide it, but it became too serious. The more it was studied, the taller the pile of evidence became.
To succeed in a game where brute force is part of the DNA, you must throw in all your body can manage. And for decades of American Football, that meant your... | Many sports are dangerous, but few are dangerous by design. | 35426092 |
A damning independent report said the issues at University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, affect staff at all levels.
It also found "authoritarian" managers and a "significant risk of harm to patients" in how the unit was run.
Cardiff and Vale health board said it fully accepted the findings and recommendations.
It has se... | The emergency unit at Wales' biggest hospital has a "culture of bullying, harassment and inappropriate behaviour", an inquiry has found. | 33349545 |
Changes will include an end to major government reforms being introduced during the academic year, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said.
The pledge follows the biggest survey of teachers undertaken in 10 years.
The National Union of Teachers said the measures were "simply insuffici... | "Unnecessary and unproductive" teacher workload will be reduced with a series of "decisive measures" to be introduced in England, ministers have announced. | 31164580 |
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Zambia, Sudan, and Nigeria have all held polls in 2015.
Watch Focus on Africa on BBC World News and partner stations across Africa every Friday from 17:30 GMT.
What's Up Africa is a BBC and RNW co-production.
For more African news from th... | Satirist Ikenna Azuike of What's Up Africa looks at how elections in African countries compare with the recent UK general election. | 32653738 |
When a survey* indicates that one in five in England has suffered physical abuse and nearly two-thirds experience verbal abuse on a regular basis, why would you want to put yourself in harm's way?
More importantly, who would want to do such a job?
Here, four referees under 30 - a schoolteacher, an anti-social behaviour... | You've got to be a sucker for punishment to be a football referee, haven't you? | 35028580 |
Traditionally, theatres and music venues issue two tickets to every attending critic, so they can bring a friend or colleague to shows.
But the National Theatre website now states that, from August, critics will have to purchase any extra tickets.
The company said the move would allow them to offer more seats to critic... | The National Theatre is to introduce a policy banning critics from bringing so-called "plus ones" to performances. | 36330669 |
Thousands took to the streets of the capital Skopje demanding the resignation of President Gjorge Ivanov.
Some smashed windows and set fire to furniture at his offices.
On Tuesday Mr Ivanov gave 56 government and opposition figures, including former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, a blanket amnesty.
The scandal began w... | Protesters enraged by the Macedonian president's pardoning of top political figures involved in a wire-tapping scandal have ransacked his office. | 36041381 |
At least seven civilians died when mortars struck the home of a Bedouin family in the village of Negah Shabana, near the border with the Gaza Strip.
It is not clear whether the shells were fired by the militants or troops.
In recent weeks, Egypt's military has stepped up its operation against Islamists in the region.
I... | Ten people have been killed in overnight fighting between Islamist militants and soldiers in the north of Egypt's Sinai peninsula, officials say. | 30111902 |
The Crumlin rider underwent surgery to have the arm amputated this week.
A statement released by Thompson's family explained that trauma suffered as a result of the crash had been causing major problems since the crash.
"The forearm was suffering from muscle wastage and other problems with blood supply," the statement ... | Northern Ireland motorcyclist Stephen Thompson has lost an arm as a result of injuries sustained in an accident at the North West 200 road races in May. | 33642854 |
The money will be available for councils and housing associations to improve homes, as well as creating jobs and training opportunities.
There is a five year target for bringing 200,000 social homes up to quality and safety standards.
But Plaid Cymru said there was no "additional money" in the announcement.
Improvement... | More than £100m is to be spent on improving Wales' stock of social housing, the Welsh government has announced. | 32781462 |
Rock music was found to be particularly distracting for men.
The study, from Imperial College and the Royal College of Music, played music into headphones while people tried to play the Operation board game.
The research teams have been examining how music can alter performance.
Families might have arguments about whet... | Women are less likely to have their concentration disrupted by listening to music, says a study examining whether music impairs or enhances the ability to focus on a task. | 38289080 |
The 31-year-old from Bridgend was crushed by a mechanism on the HGV which was parked on Faraday Road, Plymouth.
Police were called to the incident at around 10:15 GMT on Thursday and the casualty was taken to Derriford Hospital, where he remains in a critical condition.
Devon and Cornwall Police have appealed for witne... | A man has been left with potentially life-threatening injuries after being crushed while unloading a lorry. | 35263118 |
Greater Manchester Police apologised after a report highlighted failures "at individual and force level" into its dealings with victims from 2008-2010.
Police chiefs were "distracted" by achieving targets on burglary and other crime, the review said.
However, no officers will face any misconduct proceedings, GMP said.
... | Sex abuse of children in Rochdale needed more thorough investigation, rather than officers examining victims' credibility, police have admitted. | 31857066 |
Mr Izzard was walking with thousands of March for Europe demonstrators along Whitehall on Saturday when his hat was taken.
The comedian gave chase in high heels and retrieved his headwear with the help of police.
David Czerwonko, 26, of Clitherow Road, Brentford, has been charged with theft.
He was bailed until 19 Sept... | A man has been charged with theft after comedian Eddie Izzard had his pink beret snatched during a pro-Europe rally in London. | 37270275 |
Swiss attorney Cornel Borbely has succeeded Michael Garcia, who quit in protest in December.
Garcia was unhappy at how Fifa officials handled his investigation into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
Borbely said: "I don't take any orders at all from Fifa, none whatsoever."
The 36-year-old, who was G... | Fifa's new independent ethics chief says "nobody will interfere" with his task of keeping corruption out of football's world governing body. | 31759300 |
The 2010 world champion from Wrexham, 32, was part of the lightweight men's four that missed out on gold by less than a second four years ago.
Bartley is part of the Team GB quad that competes in the men's lightweight four heats on Saturday.
"To get on the podium in our event at the moment is very tough," he said.
"The... | Olympic silver medallist Chris Bartley says it will be harder to get on the podium at Rio 2016 than it was at London 2012. | 36990705 |
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