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Zaid Salei, 22 and of Hale, Greater Manchester, died after losing control of his BMW in Kingsway, Parrs Wood, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
He was taken to hospital where he later died from his injuries, said Greater Manchester Police, who have appealed for any witnesses to contact them.
"Heaven now has the ... | The family of a man who was killed when his car left the road and smashed into a bus stop have paid tribute. | 34473462 |
The rate dropped to 9.1% last month, from a downwardly revised 9.2% in May.
Separately, inflation remained unchanged in July at 1.3%, according to a preliminary estimate from Eurostat, the European Union's statistics office.
However, core inflation, which excludes food, alcohol and energy prices, rose to 1.2% from 1.1%... | The unemployment rate in the eurozone has fallen to its lowest since February 2009, according to the latest official figures. | 40774654 |
The commissioners for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland said child poverty was "unacceptably high".
In a report to the United Nations, they said government austerity measures had failed to protect the most disadvantaged and vulnerable groups.
Ministers said relative poverty was at the lowest level since the... | Children and their families should be "protected from welfare cuts" - which have contributed to child poverty - the four UK children's commissioners say. | 33339621 |
Officers said the 63-year-old victim suffered bruising to his face after he was "shoulder barged" in the road.
The video was shot on Thursday evening, after the opening day of the Grand National Festival, police said.
The 34-year-old suspect, from Formby, Merseyside, has been bailed.
In the mobile phone footage, which ... | A man has been questioned over an alleged assault after a video emerged online of an Aintree racegoer appearing to deliberately knock a man to the ground. | 32274915 |
The 77-year-old magician has returned home from hospital after receiving the terminal diagnosis two weeks ago.
Doctors do not know how much time he has left and he cannot be treated, his son Martin Daniels has said.
McGee said she and her husband had had no idea how people felt, describing their support as "truly amazi... | Debbie McGee has thanked fans for their "wonderful messages" after her husband Paul Daniels was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour. | 35746477 |
BBC Sport has learned the Crystal Palace midfielder has a hamstring injury, and could be a doubt for the home game against Israel in Sunday.
Wales are already without Liverpool midfielder Joe Allen, West Brom defender James Chester and Nottingham Forest's David Vaughan.
Wolverhampton Wanderers' Dave Edwards is likely t... | Joe Ledley will miss Wales' crucial Euro 2016 qualifying match with Cyprus. | 34145336 |
Mohanna Abdhou was shot in Malvern Road, Kilburn, on Friday night and died at the scene.
Post-mortem tests gave the cause of death as a single gunshot wound.
Police believe the 20-year-old, known as Montana, was standing with a group when they were approached by "two males" on bicycles who fired "a number of shots at t... | A woman shot dead by two cyclists near a playground in north London has been identified by police. | 40079394 |
Mr Sweeney is one of life's enthusiasts. He has been walking the lanes and paths of Lodge Hill since the 1970s, hat on head, binoculars in hand.
For all the talk of immigration in this by-election campaign, protecting the rights of one migrant is commanding rather a lot of attention.
Not a person. But a bird.
Around 80... | Ferret about in the long grass and the woods on the Hoo Peninsula shortly after dawn, and there is a good chance you might bump into Owen Sweeney. | 30018567 |
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David Burdett, from Gorleston, Norfolk, started taking lessons after being inspired by Strictly Come Dancing and the film Billy Elliot.
"I felt like I needed to do something. It's hard, but fun. I'm going to keep going forward and se... | A butcher who decided to take up ballet on his 45th birthday says his love for it has "snowballed" ever since. | 29802694 |
Mamuka Gorgodze's converted try helped Georgia to a 10-3 half-time lead in their Pool C match at Kingsholm.
Giorgi Tkhilaishvili scored in the corner for Georgia's second try after the break, but Fetu'u Vainikolo's converted try gave Tonga hope.
Georgia held firm despite playing the last eight minutes with 14 men with ... | Georgia started their World Cup campaign with a hard-fought win over Tonga in Gloucester. | 34302591 |
The 24-year-old made his return against Newcastle Under-21s earlier this month after breaking his fibula in August.
Before Monday, his last goals were for his country as Roy Hodgson's side beat Slovenia 3-2 in June.
Wilshere featured in five of England's first six qualifying fixtures for this summer's European Champion... | Arsenal and England midfielder Jack Wilshere scored his first goal for 10 months as the Gunners' Under-21 team lost 2-1 to West Brom on Monday. | 36078739 |
Farmer Alan Collins, who has lost 33 lambs in a week, believes the foxes are being dumped on the moors by animal welfare groups.
He says those observed were not scared of lights or vehicles. Eight were shot in one field in one night.
The RSPCA said it did not put foxes on the moors and said there was no evidence of oth... | Urban foxes are being blamed for a string of attacks on newborn lambs in the middle of Exmoor. | 35918274 |
Four lanes of traffic will be reduced to two while repairs to the Bromley Heath Viaduct on the Avon Ring Road take place, starting in the summer.
A South Gloucestershire Council report projects queues back to the Dramway roundabout beyond Emersons Green, almost three miles (4.8 km) away.
Traffic is also predicted to qu... | Roadworks on a ring road around Bristol are predicted to cause tailbacks of up to three miles for up to a year. | 38650414 |
Emergency services were called to a house in Falmouth just after 08:00 BST.
The woman was taken by air ambulance to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, where her condition was described as "stable".
Devon and Cornwall Police said a 77-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm, and was bein... | A woman in her 70s has been airlifted to hospital after being injured in a knife attack. | 37270190 |
Stephen Greenhalgh said the cuts would make it difficult to maintain frontline officer numbers.
He said the annual cuts to the grant from the Home Office would make things very hard to manage by 2020.
The force has said it expected to have to make cuts of £800m to its £3.5bn budget over the next four years.
This is com... | There will be "drastic cuts" to the Metropolitan Police budget over the next few years, the mayor's deputy for policing has admitted. | 30696052 |
Stafford Hospital, which was renamed County Hospital, was at the centre of a £6m public inquiry into care failings.
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham would not give an exact time scale, saying he didn't want to make promises that "can't be delivered".
Overnight closures at the hospital began in 2011.
Consultant-led... | Labour has promised to reintroduce a "full range of services" at Stafford's hospital if it wins the general election, but have not said by when. | 32606856 |
The FTSE 100 closed down 28.9 points, or 0.5%, at 6,342.28.
Some weak trade figures from China put pressure on mining shares, with Glencore falling 2.6% and Anglo American down 1.8%.
Royal Mail shares fell 4.2% to 452.5p, after the government sold its final stake in the company.
The government said it had raised £591.1... | Mining shares pulled the FTSE 100 lower, while Royal Mail shares dropped after the government sold its remaining stake in the company. | 34514916 |
Other than the high price, the transaction appeared fairly straight-forward. There's a seller, an (anonymous) buyer and an auctioneer to conduct proceedings.
But the opaque nature of the art world means trophy sales, such as the one last night in New York, are rarely that simple.
The auction houses are desperate for to... | So Picasso's Women of Algiers (version O) has been sold for a record-breaking sum - going for $160m (£102.6m) at Christie's in New York. | 32705457 |
The announcement was expected after a referendum approved constitutional changes to allow him to run for three further terms and could potentially see him to stay in power until 2034.
Mr Kagame said Rwandans had made clear they wanted him to lead the country after 2017, and he could only accept.
He has dominated Rwanda... | Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has confirmed that he will seek re-election for a third term in 2017. | 35209186 |
The move is due to the ongoing pressure on the hospital's accident and emergency department.
A senior manager at the South Eastern Health Trust told the BBC they are short of at least 35 beds.
The trust said it was "necessary to reduce the number of elective inpatients being admitted".
The director of hospital services... | The Ulster Hospital in Dundonald has postponed about 30 routine operations a week as a result of a shortage of beds. | 21029092 |
The report, based on the testimony of migrants walking through from Bulgaria into Serbia, cites numerous cases of alleged police beatings and extortion.
Many migrants opt to travel through the Balkans, afraid of the sea-crossing from Turkey to the Greek islands.
The Bulgarian government has not yet responded to the all... | The Bulgarian authorities have been accused of brutality towards migrants in a new report sponsored by the British charity Oxfam. | 34805487 |
Irvine will compete for Aqua Blue Sport in 2017, along with team leader Lars Petter Nordhaug and fellow Irishmen Matt Brammeier and Conor Dunne.
Irvine, 31, retired from the sport after failing to qualify for the Rio Olympics but has had a change of heart.
"It took a really special offer to coax me out of retirement," ... | Former world track champion Martyn Irvine has come out of retirement to sign for Ireland's first Professional Continental cycling team. | 37539474 |
The test, which looks for exhaled chemicals linked to tumour activity, was able to identify a majority of patients with the disease.
The British Journal of Surgery reported an overall accuracy of 76%.
However, another scientist said it was unlikely a fully functioning and reliable breath-test would be available soon fo... | Scientists say they have developed a breath-test that can accurately tell if a person has bowel cancer. | 20599238 |
The incident happened at about 16:00 in Oldtown Road in the city's Hilton area.
Police Scotland said officers had increased patrols in the area to reassure the public, and has appealed for information about the attack.
The injured man was taken to Raigmore Hospital for treatment to his head. | A man was injured in an assault by another man outside a block of flats in Inverness on Saturday afternoon. | 28925294 |
The proposal, by Preseli Pembrokeshire AM Paul Davies, would see health boards and councils specify what services they need to deliver and would expand upon the Welsh Government's autism strategy.
A vote on the Autism Act for Wales will be be put to AMs on on Wednesday.
But there are fears it could put Wales off course... | There is hope a renewed attempt to get a bill covering autism treatment will get the support it needs to become law. | 40221734 |
Women were recruited from China by a Chinese gang that promised them jobs as au pairs or masseuses in Austria.
Police say the victims had to pay up to €10,000 (£8,600;$10,750) for Austrian entry visas and were forced to hand over their passports.
They were kept under constant watch and their earnings were confiscate... | Austrian police have arrested seven Chinese and Austrian suspects for forcing at least 150 Chinese women to work as prostitutes in brothels. | 37978371 |
Christy Norman, 70, from Poole, Dorset, told a court she dialled 999 and performed CPR while everyone else fled.
The English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP), which supported her, said she was only a cleaner working two days a week at the brothel in Bournemouth.
Norman denied assisting in the brothel's management but wa... | A woman who tried to save a man's life at a brothel has been found guilty of helping to run the establishment. | 40725673 |
Macsen Oatway from Neath has LAD1, a condition which affects his immune system and is so rare only 400 people in the world have it.
He spent weeks at a specialist isolation unit known as a "bubble" in Newcastle.
Only doctors, nurses and his parents were allowed in.
He received a series of blood transfusions, chemothera... | A three-year-old boy with a rare condition who had to live in a "bubble" to prevent infections during his treatment has started school. | 39811984 |
The vehicle, with Bertrand Piccard at the controls, left Mandalay in Myanmar (Burma) just after 21:00 GMT on Sunday, and is heading for Chongqing in China.
The intention is to make a brief stop there, and then try to reach Nanjing on the east coast of the country.
This would set up Solar Impulse for the first of its bi... | Solar Impulse, the fuel-free aeroplane, is up in the air again on the fifth leg of its round-the-world flight. | 32110747 |
Sources in Whitehall told the BBC that expansion at Heathrow is the clear front runner.
However, the prime minister has made it clear she wants to hear the wide-ranging opinions of colleagues.
The BBC has been told the Cabinet will discuss the issue tomorrow but no final decision is expected.
It will then be left to th... | Theresa May is to allow a short pause on whether to give the go-ahead to a new runway at Heathrow so that Cabinet ministers can express their views. | 37678115 |
Bletchley Park Post Office said new management at the Buckinghamshire museum had decided it was no longer "core to the codebreaking story".
It became a post office in 1947 and was the museum's first gift shop when it opened to the public in 1994, issuing limited edition stamps.
A museum spokeswoman said it would close ... | The former undercover mailroom for World War Two codebreakers that later became a post office is to close. | 31871027 |
More than 100,000 of you picked your England team for the 2018 World Cup qualification campaign and captain Wayne Rooney, goalkeeper Joe Hart and centre-back Gary Cahill do not make the starting XI.
But it is worse for Raheem Sterling, who is not among the 23 most popular players selected from the 64 available.
Instead... | Sorry Wayne, Joe, Gary and Raheem, but the BBC Sport audience have spoken - and you might not find this pretty reading… | 36681995 |
The pair have been linked with other clubs and, with 18 months remaining on their Arsenal contracts, are in talks with the Gunners about new deals.
"Eighteen months is quite long in football. These players have 18 months, they will be staying 18 months and, hopefully, much longer," said Wenger.
"I don't believe that it... | Arsenal will do the "maximum" they can to keep key forwards Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil in north London, says Gunners boss Arsene Wenger. | 38248319 |
Mane missed a penalty in the quarter-final shoot-out loss to Cameroon.
"It was sad what happened," Diao told BBC Sport. "Maybe we expected more but he hasn't got that maturity yet.
"Probably after one or two more years with his club Liverpool, he will be a lot stronger and able to take the Senegal team on his shoulders... | Senegal striker Sadio Mane was not ready to take on responsibility for the team at the Africa Cup of Nations, says former Teranga Lion Salif Diao. | 38802530 |
Tina Thomas, 47, Charlene Wilson, 31, Samora Roberts, 33, who was known as Black Dee in the Channel 4 show, and Ian Wright, 39, were charged after raids in Birmingham in June 2013.
The four, from James Turner Street, Winson Green, deny charges of conspiracy to supply drugs.
Two other men also deny charges relating to t... | Four residents of TV's Benefits Street ran a drugs operation, a jury in Birmingham has been told. | 32611317 |
About 500 cattle have been released to graze on Minchinhampton, Selsley and Rodborough commons, near Stroud, in an annual event known as marking day.
Two types of collar are being trialled. If successful, all the animals will be fitted with them later in the year.
In the past two years, 17 cows have been hit by cars.
F... | A pilot project to fit cows released on to commons in Gloucestershire with reflective collars, to try to stop them being hit by cars, has begun. | 32711171 |
Saudi authorities put the death toll from last month's crush near Mecca at 769, but foreign media and officials put the figure at more than 1,000.
The club said it wished to extend "sincere condolences" to the player.
Stoke said it would provide Diouf with "all the support he needs at this extremely difficult time".
Th... | The mother of Stoke City footballer Mame Diouf is understood to have died in a stampede during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. | 34457150 |
The exhibition features a series of black and white photos of Leeds city centre in the 1950s.
Wallis, a childhood friend of actor Peter O'Toole, began his career as a press photographer for the Yorkshire Evening Post.
The exhibition, 'Ralph Wallis: Is this seat taken?' runs until 20 April.
Wallis, 83, who now lives in ... | A display of work by photographer Ralph Wallis has opened as part of Leeds College of Art's 170th anniversary celebrations. | 35899020 |
Family members had to move away an army of waiting reporters so Rubi Ibarra Garcia could attend a Mass in La Joya community, central Mexico.
She was celebrating her 15th birthday - a traditional coming-of-age party in Mexico known as "quinceanera".
About 1.2 million people had earlier vowed to attend the party.
However... | Thousands of people have attended a girl's birthday party in Mexico, after her parent's video invitation to "everyone" went viral on social media. | 38440618 |
The 18-year-old had the second-highest score and the fourth-best batting average of any player at this summer's World Twenty20 Global Qualifer.
"My big ambition is to really cement a place in the side in the second team for Sussex," he said.
"With a few good performances hopefully I'll be knocking on the door of that S... | Jersey's Jonty Jenner says he is hopeful that he can push towards the Sussex first team. | 34982457 |
The unrest broke out when a goal was awarded to Guinea Bissau after 81 minutes, with Kenya's players arguing the ball had not crossed the line.
Play was halted for 30 minutes as Kenya fans threw missiles at the Guinea Bissau bench and the fourth official.
Kenya, who were beaten 1-0 in Nairobi, could face sanctions.
The... | A riot stopped play in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Sunday as fans threw missiles and police fired tear gas into the stands. | 35904467 |
There are many who are unable to forgive or forget his defection to UKIP on the eve of the Tory conference two and a half years ago.
The dramatic scenes then when Nigel Farage unveiled him in front of a roaring UKIP crowd was in marked contrast to Thursday's events in Cardiff Bay when it was done with as little fanfare... | With his softly spoken professorial exterior, it is easy to forget quite how divisive a figure Mark Reckless is in the Conservative party. | 39525277 |
The Culham Centre for Fusion Energy near Oxford is largely funded by the EU and dozens of its scientists come from outside the UK.
Since the vote for Brexit, many at the centre have become "extremely nervous" amid uncertainty about future financing and freedom of movement.
Five researchers have already returned to cont... | A question mark hangs over a world-leading laboratory that has pioneered research into fusion for nearly 40 years. | 37777729 |
A gunman was shot dead in Paris on Thursday after killing a policeman.
Ms Le Pen has pledged to expel radical Islamists and restore border checks.
Another frontrunner, Emmanuel Macron, stressed that France must not panic, because that would play into the terrorists' hands.
The late-night attack on the capital's famous ... | The far-right presidential candidate in France, Marine Le Pen, has condemned what she calls security lapses, as the nation prepares to vote in the shadow of a terror attack. | 39665143 |
Madala Washington, 25, from south-east London, died at HMP Coldingley at Bisley, in Surrey, last April.
King Jahzeel Lewis, 24, from Sutton, south London, denied murder and said he had only punched the victim.
Guildford Crown Court heard Mr Washington was stabbed with a homemade knife by a third party.
Jurors were told... | A prisoner accused of stabbing a fellow inmate in the heart in a row over a mobile phone has been cleared of murder. | 38829657 |
By changing a "few percent", Apple app makers should be able to run code on Windows 10 mobile devices, it said.
And many Android apps should run with no changes.
Experts said the move was an "imperfect solution" to Microsoft's problems persuading people to use Windows mobile.
For iOS, Microsoft has unveiled an initiati... | Microsoft is releasing software tools that make it easier to run popular Apple and Android apps on Windows mobile devices. | 32531268 |
Figures also suggest Welsh is now a minority language in two heartlands, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion.
It has been thought that migration trends and education might lead to an increase in speakers in less traditional Welsh-speaking areas.
But the census suggests otherwise, with just two areas, Monmouthshire and Cardi... | The number of people who speak Welsh has fallen in the past 10 years, according to the 2011 census. | 20677528 |
The Scottish SPCA and the University of Glasgow have published a paper which suggests music affects dogs' behaviour.
Researchers played a variety of music to dogs at a rehoming centre in Dumbarton and assessed physiological and behavioural changes.
Prof Neil Evans said the most positive behaviour changes were seen when... | Dogs appear to prefer reggae and soft rock over other genres of music, according to researchers. | 38757761 |
Leeds United made a formal approach to speak to Clarke on Tuesday about taking over at Elland Road, but the Memorial Stadium club turned down the request.
That prompted Rovers to offer Clarke, 38, an improved deal at the club, which has secured back-to-back promotions.
Rovers say Clarke's new deal will see him become t... | Bristol Rovers manager Darrell Clarke has agreed a new three-year contract to stay at the promoted League Two club. | 36397564 |
And cats, it turns out, even have chemical warfare in their anti-mouse arsenal - contained in their urine.
Researchers found that when very young mice were exposed to a chemical in cat urine, they were less likely to avoid the scent of cats later in life.
The findings were presented at the Society for Experimental Biol... | Cat v mouse: it is probably the most famous predator-prey pairing, enshrined in idioms and a well-known cartoon. | 33380669 |
Django Unchained actress Daniele Watts had initially claimed police actions last September were racially motivated.
Watts was handcuffed and briefly detained during the incident, after LA Police responded to a call about "indecent exposure".
Prosecutors made a deal to drop charges of committing a lewd act in public.
Wa... | An actress investigated by police after a report she had sex in a car in public must apologise to officers, after admitting disturbing the peace. | 32593793 |
The funding will support skills, talent development and projects which connect with Scotland's diverse communities.
The Scottish government has allocated the cash through the Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund in 2017/18.
The first of the projects will be Talent Lab, part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival's progr... | A £2.3m investment is being made in Scottish talent as part of the 70th anniversary of Edinburgh festivals. | 39143350 |
Caroline Glachan, 14, was found dead on the banks of the River Leven in Dunbartonshire on 25 August 1996, about a mile from her home in Renton.
Her killer has never been found, and Police Scotland reopened an investigation into the case a year ago.
Detectives have said they are certain the answer to her murder lies in ... | Police reinvestigating the murder of a schoolgirl 21 years ago have made a further appeal for information. | 41035417 |
The Department for Transport (DfT) figures cover arrivals into 11 major cities during weekday peak times.
The figures show the Govia Thameslink service between Bedford and Brighton was the most crowded in 2015.
On a typical autumn weekday, 581,400 passengers arrived into London during the morning peak, up 3.2% since 20... | Rail services into and out of London made up six of the top 10 most overcrowded services in England and Wales last year, official figures show. | 36913645 |
The Metropolitan Police service said a 54-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of actual bodily harm following the incident at a convenience store in Camden.
Mr Joyce released a statement confirming that he had spoken to police at the store on Friday 17 October.
The matter has been referred to the Crown Prosecut... | Falkirk MP Eric Joyce has been arrested after "clashing" with a teenager in a London shop. | 29805022 |
Dexter Blackstock put Forest ahead when he broke into the area before Danny Graham chipped over Dorus de Vries before half-time.
Both teams remain nine points clear of third bottom MK Dons, who drew 0-0 at Sheffield Wednesday, and have a vastly inferior goal difference.
Forest are 18 goals clear of MK Dons with Blackbu... | Nottingham Forest and Blackburn Rovers all but secured their Championship safety after sharing a draw. | 36021247 |
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service's (GMFRS) plan to sack 1017 staff was "appalling".
GMFRS has to make £14m of cuts and said shift changes which would save £10m were the only way to do so.
It said it had no intention of making people redundant.
The service said letters had be... | Every firefighter in Greater Manchester will be sacked and only those agreeing to a new 12-hour shift rota will be reinstated, a union has claimed. | 37408975 |
The world's seven major industrialised powers also suspended preparations for the G8 summit in Sochi in June.
Meanwhile, European Union foreign ministers are due to meet in emergency session in Brussels.
The moves come as Russian military forces continue to strengthen their grip on the Crimean peninsula.
By Mark LowenB... | Russia's G8 partners have condemned Moscow's military build-up in Ukraine amid fresh diplomatic efforts to avert a dangerous escalation of the crisis. | 26412914 |
Members of the Justice for Mark Duggan campaign walked from Broadwater Farm estate to Tottenham police station, where a vigil was held.
Mr Duggan, 29, was shot and killed by police who were trying to arrest him in north London on 4 August 2011.
The Met said at the time they suspected he was in possession of a firearm.
... | Demonstrators have marched through London five years on from the fatal shooting by police of Mark Duggan, that led to riots across the country. | 36996466 |
In February, Badminton was among seven Olympic sports to lose funding despite Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis winning doubles bronze at Rio 2016.
"We are working through an unprecedented financial situation as a consequence of the recent funding decisions," Badminton England performance director Jon Austin said.
The S... | Badminton England has withdrawn from May's World Mixed Team Championships citing government funding cuts. | 39495928 |
In a statement she said her father's status as honorary president of the party "does not mean he can take the Front National hostage".
Last week she condemned her father for repeating his claim that the Nazi gas chambers were "a detail of history".
She is widely expected to run for president in 2017.
In the statement (... | The head of France's far-right Front National, Marine Le Pen, has said she will move to stop her father Jean-Marie from standing in polls later this year. | 32217288 |
Four large floodgates rose out of the water creating a temporary sea barrier.
Once completed, 78 mobile flood barriers will be raised from the seabed to shut off the lagoon in the event of rising sea levels and winter storms.
The city suffers flooding on a yearly basis. In 1966, 80% of the city was flooded by high tide... | Barriers designed to protect the Italian city of Venice from flooding during high tides have been successfully tested for the first time. | 24509476 |
Among those who will take part in the 28 February ceremony are Benicio Del Toro, Whoopi Goldberg and Kevin Hart.
"Each of these artists brings a wonderfully distinctive element to the Oscars stage," said Oscars producers David Hill and Reginald Hudlin.
The Oscars has been overshadowed by a row about the lack of diversi... | The Academy Awards has announced a diverse group of presenters and performers for this year's Oscars. | 35435266 |
The 32-year-old woman was attacked on 25 April near Armadale racetrack.
Martial artist group, Krav Maga, will run a free self defence event on 14 June at Stirling University, with donations for Rape Crisis Scotland.
There are 100 places with organisers saying another event could be held if it is over subscribed.
It is ... | A group of Scottish championship runners has set up a self defence workshop after a jogger was raped near a speedway track in West Lothian. | 39846094 |
Pimco said it had formed a five-strong group of "world-renowned experts on economic and political issues".
The other members include former US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, and Jean-Claude Trichet, former president of the European Central Bank.
A spokesman for Mr Brown said he was taking on "a minor advisory r... | Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has taken up a role on an advisory panel at a global investment management firm. | 35035718 |
The session will be held exactly two weeks before voters go to the polls.
Nicola Sturgeon will face questions from both Scottish Labour deputy leader Kezia Dugdale and Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson.
Ms Sturgeon's SNP has been the focus of sustained attacks from both Labour and the Conservatives in recent d... | General election issues are likely to be high on the agenda as MSPs meet for the first First Minister's Questions since the Easter recess. | 32422554 |
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Roberto di Martino says their names have appeared in evidence seized from gamblers suspected of fixing matches.
They include two players who have been ranked in the world's top 20.
So far, only Potito Starace and Daniele Bracciali, two Italians, have been investigated and ... | More than two dozen top tennis players should be investigated for possible links to betting rings, according to an Italian prosecutor. | 35808571 |
Glenn Ford, 64, had been on death row since August 1988.
He had been found guilty of killing 56-year-old Isadore Rozeman, a jeweller for whom Mr Ford occasionally worked.
US media reports say that he is one of the longest-serving death row inmates in modern US history to be exonerated.
Mr Ford had always denied killing... | A man who spent more than 25 years on death row in the US state of Louisiana has walked free from prison after his murder conviction for the 1983 killing of a jeweller was overturned. | 26540604 |
Paul Mason, 54, from Ipswich, used to weigh 70 stone (440kg) but has lost about 45 stone (285kg).
He is currently in New York recuperating after a nine-hour operation there to remove the loose skin.
Asked by BBC Radio Suffolk about the removal of so much tissue, he said: "I just think 'good riddance'."
About half of th... | A man once dubbed the world's fattest has had between three and four stone (22 to 27kg) of skin removed. | 32712665 |
The world's most valuable company has extended its mobile wallet service Apple Pay to the UK, making it the first country outside the US to get the facility.
The scheme has the potential to further enrich the tech giant. But, of course, it's far from being the first to try to popularise a digital wallet, and other riva... | For those who find carrying around and safeguarding their credit and debit cards a hassle, a hi-tech, easier-to-use alternative is at hand - or so Apple would have us believe. | 33489066 |
The National Sperm Bank said it was unable to fund further donor recruitment, having successfully only taken on seven men.
It was set up in October 2014 with a government grant to tackle the shortage of donors, particularly at NHS clinics.
The Department of Health say the NSB's demise will not affect people's access to... | The UK's first national sperm bank has stopped recruiting donors less than two years after its launch, it has emerged. | 37786576 |
Kiwi Gatland said "half a dozen players are in contention" to lead the squad, which will be named on 19 April.
"The captaincy is a great honour, but whoever the captain is there'll be no guarantee he plays," said Gatland.
However, one of his Lions predecessors, Sir Clive Woodward, believes the captain must be a "certai... | The British and Irish Lions captain will not be assured of a starting place on this summer's tour of New Zealand, says head coach Warren Gatland. | 39320918 |
Northumbrian Water already generates electricity from waste through advanced anaerobic digestion (AAD) at Howdon in Tyneside and Bran Sands at Tees Port.
Now it is finishing an £8m purification plant at Howdon, which will produce biomethane suitable for the gas grid.
The firm said the plant could produce enough gas to... | A North East water company will soon start producing gas from sewage to feed into the grid. | 32688831 |
The 25-year-old arrives from Leyton Orient, having spent time on loan at Ross County last season.
He made 16 appearances for the Staggies, including the League Cup final victory over Hibernian at Hampden in March.
Woods will provide competition for recent arrival Remi Matthews, who is on a season-long loan at New Dougl... | Hamilton Academical have signed up goalkeeper Gary Woods. | 36910491 |
He apologised to the Commons for a "statistical error" in a new formula which assesses population size and other data to calculate funding.
The issue has caused "a great deal of concern to police forces", he added.
The proposed changes for 2016/17 will now be delayed, Mr Penning said. The Home Office did not say for ho... | Changes to the way government money is allocated to police forces in England and Wales will be delayed, Police Minister Mike Penning has said. | 34770792 |
The Exploris aquarium in Portaferry, County Down, has been open since 1987.
The private firm, Livingstone Leisure, had been in talks to take it over from Ards Council, but pulled out after failing to reach a deal on pensions.
Portaferry Regeneration Ltd said Stormont should assume responsibility for the attraction.
Cou... | One of Northern Ireland's top tourist attractions is facing an uncertain future after a private company that was due to take it over pulled out. | 24140890 |
"Two minutes to get to Nando's," says experienced cycle courier Rafal.
After a brisk ride through Islington in London, he tethers his steed, an electric bike, to a lamp-post outside the branch of the popular chicken eaterie.
After a brief absence, Rafal emerges with a box, consults a map on his smartphone, then rides f... | A new food delivery business is trying to persuade more restaurants to embrace takeaway, by offering them the whole service on a plate. | 32901626 |
They are gathered at Sword Beach in Normandy, one of five landing points for the Allies, where scenes from the 1944 invasion will be recreated.
The Queen earlier laid a wreath at a cemetery in Bayeux during a ceremony attended by about 400 veterans.
The landings were the first stage of the invasion of Nazi-occupied Eur... | Almost 2,000 veterans and world leaders are attending the main commemoration event marking the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in France. | 27737340 |
Speaking at a press conference in Washington, Mr Trump said the White House had quoted a legal commentator who appeared on US TV channel Fox News.
GCHQ rejected allegations made by White House press secretary Sean Spicer, that it spied on Mr Trump, as "nonsense".
Downing Street says it has been assured the US will not ... | Donald Trump has said he did not "make an opinion" over claims the UK's GCHQ spy agency carried out wiretapping on him during the US election campaign. | 39310075 |
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Double Olympic champion Dujardin, on her World Equestrian Games debut, added freestyle gold to her grand prix special title with a score of 92.161%.
"Riding a horse like Valegro gives you so much confidence," said Dujardin, 29.
Meanwhile, British world number one William F... | Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro won their first freestyle dressage world title for Great Britain in France. | 28989150 |
Documents from the Bahamian company registry show Neelie Kroes was a director of Mint Holdings from 2000 to 2009.
The Netherlands politician, an EU commissioner from 2004 to 2014, should have declared all her company directorships.
Her lawyer Oscar Hammerstein said that her declaration of interests was made in good fai... | Leaked documents reveal how a former EU commissioner failed to disclose her interest in an offshore company. | 37434202 |
28 January 2017 Last updated at 11:49 GMT
People celebrate with fireworks, giving gifts of money in red envelopes, eating special food and performing a lion dance.
Martin's been to meet some kids in Manchester getting involved. | Chinese New Year is on 28 January and it's the year of the rooster. | 38775479 |
Darren Carter got the decisive goal in the 109th minute to seal the win.
"To hold a team like Forest Green, who are pushing to get into League Two is a fantastic achievement," Hodges said.
"We looked a totally different team to how we've started the season, and the boys are buying in to everything we're asking them to ... | Truro City boss Lee Hodges says he is proud of his side despite their 1-0 extra time loss to Forest Green Rovers in the first round of the FA Trophy. | 38313131 |
Dauda, 27, a Nigerian with Swedish citizenship, arrives on loan from Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem until the end of the season.
He has previously won league titles with Red Star Belgrade in Serbia and Kalmar in Sweden.
"He's got pace, power, I'm sure he'll score goals," said Robbie Neilson.
The Hearts coach added:. "The fa... | Hearts have signed striker Abiola Dauda on loan after agreeing to sell top-scorer Osman Sow for a fee in excess of £1m to an as yet un-named Chinese club. | 35463763 |
Delwar Hossain and his wife were charged with homicide in December.
The couple arrived at Dhaka magistrates court, and have now been jailed after their plea for bail was rejected.
Although arrests warrants had been issued in December, they had been living freely in Dhaka.
It was not clear why they decided to give thems... | Two owners of a Bangladesh garment factory where 112 workers died in a fire two years ago have turned themselves in to the authorities. | 26106490 |
19 August 2016 Last updated at 16:28 BST
The firm is making films for fans across the world.
The videos, which show tractors making synchronised turns in fields and causing waves on beaches, have so far attracted more than a million views online. | A Ballymena-based start-up is reaping the benefits of an apparent worldwide fascination with tractors. | 37132022 |
Jamar Clark, 24, had been on life support in hospital since the shooting on Sunday morning.
Police say that he was the suspect in an assault case and was interfering with medics who were working on the victim when he was he was shot.
Protesters have camped outside the police station for two days, and blocked a major hi... | A black man shot by police in an incident that sparked large protests in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has died. | 34848250 |
The win put the Dunblane-born Wimbledon champion "a step closer" to becoming world number one, according to The Herald.
He did not drop a set during the tournament in Beijing, where he secured his fifth singles title of 2016 - and the 40th of his career, The Scotsman reports.
Meanwhile The Daily Record brands the "supe... | Photographs of Andy Murray's win at the China Open dominate the front pages of a number of Scotland's front pages. | 37604901 |
North Wales Coastguard was called to help an ambulance crew to get the man off the beach in Trefor.
He was then taken to Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor.
His condition is unknown. | A man has been taken to hospital after being bitten by a fish on the Llyn Peninsula. | 36404578 |
"I stupidly got on my bike this morning and got the sleet right in my face," she winces.
Having dried off and freshened up, she settles down to chat. Marling has a reputation for being a shy, sometimes reluctant interviewee - but LA clearly has rubbed off on her.
She chews gum as we talk, laughing bawdily as she discus... | Laura Marling's latest album was recorded in her adopted home of Los Angeles, so coming back to London to promote it in mid-February has been something of a rude awakening. | 39192946 |
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel set the pace, 0.137 seconds ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen with Vettel's team-mate Kimi Raikkonen third.
Hamilton maintained the advantage over Mercedes team-mate Rosberg he has had all weekend, lapping 0.103secs quicker.
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But their rivals' pa... | Title rivals Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg were only fourth and fifth quickest in final practice at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. | 38116345 |
Bloomsbury's Nigel Newton said GCHQ contacted him in 2005 after it apparently discovered an early copy of The Half Blood-Prince on the internet.
However, after a page was read to an editor, it was determined to be fake.
A spokesperson for GCHQ told the Sunday Times: "We don't comment on our defence against the dark art... | GCHQ, the UK's surveillance agency, intervened to help prevent the sixth Harry Potter instalment leaking online, the book's publisher has said. | 36010426 |
Police said the victim was found with "serious stab wounds" in Castlefields, Oswestry, at about 20:00 GMT on 23 January.
Luke Adam Cross, 22, of Mount View, Sutton Coldfield, was arrested on Wednesday and also faces one count of making threats to kill.
A 19-year-old man from Wrexham remains in police custody.
He has be... | A man has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder following the stabbing of a man in Shropshire. | 35431393 |
Health Minister Mark Drakeford said £2m would be spent to cut waiting times for young people with autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
He said the aim was to ensure "those with highest levels of clinical need are seen in a more timely manner".
An extra £600,000 will tackle diagnosis delays for al... | People with autism are being promised better diagnosis and support in a one-year action plan to improve services. | 32749697 |
Scientists in California found that canines succumbed to the green eyed monster when their owners showed affection to a stuffed dog in tests.
Some experts have argued that jealousy requires complex cognition and is unique to people.
But the authors say their work shows it may also come in a more basic form.
These findi... | Jealousy is not just a human condition according to researchers, as it appears to be hard wired into the brains of dogs as well. | 28446512 |
Ian Bailey is suing the Irish state after being arrested twice over the killing of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.
The 39-year-old producer was found by two neighbours beaten to death on a hillside outside her holiday home in a remote part of west Cork in 1996.
Mr Bailey denies any involvement in her death and was never cha... | A former journalist who claims he was framed for the unsolved murder of a French film-maker in Ireland has said he should not have been made a suspect. | 30009433 |
The Wales international, 26, joined the Potters for £13m in July after four seasons at Anfield.
"Everything's been positive," Allen told BBC Radio Stoke.
"Stoke and Liverpool came to agreement very quickly and it was all very smooth - that's been great because I've had a couple of weeks with the team ahead of the new s... | Midfielder Joe Allen says he does not see his move from Liverpool to Stoke City as a "big drop" in his career. | 37045663 |
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The Black Cats suffered their heaviest Premier League loss, and biggest defeat in 32 years, in the game at St Mary's.
"It's the most embarrassing time I've had on a football pitch. I cannot watch it again," said Poyet, 46.
"I learned a lot about the players - the bad side ... | Sunderland manager Gus Poyet says his side's 8-0 defeat at Southampton is his "most embarrassing" moment in football. | 29678487 |
The starlings have been flying over the town centre during the early evening for a number of weeks.
Stuart Dobson, of Wiltshire Ornithological Society, said starlings gathered where there was "an extra few degrees of warmth".
Resident Kevin Grant said it was "more Hitchcock than Disney".
Mr Grant, who lives near Great ... | The long cold winter is the most likely explanation for thousands of birds flocking over Swindon each evening, according to a bird expert. | 22019078 |
Under new guidelines, fines for drivers caught doing 51mph in a 30mph zone or 101mph on a motorway will start from 150% of weekly income, rather than the previous level of 100%.
The Sentencing Council said it wanted a "clear increase in penalty" as the seriousness of offending increases.
Motoring groups have broadly we... | Tougher punishments for the most serious speeding offences have come into force in England and Wales. | 39686894 |
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