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Four primary schools will reopen to pupils on Monday.
About 3,000 pupils displaced in the school buildings crisis will not be able to return to their own schools until after the summer holidays.
An independent inquiry into the school closures will be held after the summer.
Four primary schools, Pirniehall, St David's, ... | Edinburgh Council said 1,000 more pupils are returning to schools affected by structural faults after repairs were completed a week early. | 36542156 |
Every year on the 25 August his mind fills up with vivid memories of a night as a teenager which he was lucky to survive.
And memories return of all the friends he lost in a fateful minute and a half.
As a 16-year-old, he joined the Merchant Navy and found himself a place as a deck cadet aboard the Anglo-Saxon Petroleu... | This evening won't be like any other for Tom Carruthers. | 28887259 |
A review in last Friday's New York Times of How to Get Away With Murder was criticised on social media.
In it Rhimes was labelled "an angry black woman".
The paper has since issued an apology, with the paper's public editor calling the piece "astonishingly tone-deaf and out of touch".
The description of the show's prod... | She's the writer behind some of the biggest shows on TV, but a critique of Shona Rhimes' latest series has been called "racist" and "offensive". | 29324076 |
The comments, made at Prime Minister's Questions, come after Tory MP Anne McIntosh was deselected last week.
Mr Miliband said Mr Cameron was "going backwards" and "failing women".
The prime minister said he had a "good record" of helping women but was determined to do more.
During a lively session in the House of Commo... | Labour leader Ed Miliband has accused David Cameron of running the government "like the old boys' network" by "failing" to improve gender equality in the Conservative Party. | 26052427 |
19 June 2016 Last updated at 15:10 BST
Major Peake said his final goodbyes to the ISS, and joined two crewmates in the Soyuz capsule that carried them all back to Earth.
A super fast descent and a bumpy landing finally brought him home.
Martin's been looking at what happened, and how Tim's feeling now. | On Saturday, Tim Peake finished his six-month mission on the International Space Station, and landed back on Earth. | 36571622 |
The disruption is set to continue into Monday as the west London airport said it would reduce its capacity by 10%, about 130 fewer flights.
Many passengers complained about a lack of information from the authorities.
All flights from London City Airport were suspended after the airport closed its runway on Sunday morni... | Passengers at Heathrow Airport have faced further delays with at least 300 flights, more than a fifth, cancelled as more snow fell in London. | 21106718 |
Local authorities want to construct a children's playground there, while the military wish to build a graveyard.
The two sides have tussled over control of the land - and on Wednesday the military erected a wall around the site, surprising local authorities.
Bin Laden was killed in a US raid on his compound at the site... | A row has erupted over what to do with the land in Pakistan's Abbottabad city where former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden lived and was killed. | 36866209 |
Eyewitnesses said two women were hit when the panel fell on the 07:45 BST Southern service from Tattenham Corner to Victoria.
Katie Burkes, 28, said she suffered bruising and whiplash when the panel fell on to her shoulder. Southern said no injuries were reported.
Southern has apologised and said a full investigation h... | A ceiling panel has fallen on top of passengers on board a London-bound train, Southern Rail has confirmed. | 37117172 |
Listen again to the extended interview with Willo Flood on BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound podcast from Tuesday, 24 January.
The slight midfielder is now in his fourth spell at the club. It's the place he's always been content. That's why he'd rank restoring United's top-flight status this season as his "biggest achiev... | Dundee United and Willo Flood share a bond that's rare in modern-day football. | 38739791 |
The move brings the number of permanent staff at the Dunfermline centre to more than 640.
Amazon said it expected that number to rise to 750 as the facility continued to expand its operations.
The firm has committed to opening more UK warehouses over the next two years, creating another 2,000 permanent roles.
Amazon di... | A total of 300 temporary workers have been given permanent roles at Amazon's distribution centre in Fife, the company has announced. | 21125740 |
Nottinghamshire's Fiona Thornewill, 49, will join an American climber for the ascent of El Capitan mountain in Yosemite, California.
Her climbing partner American Hans Florine holds the record for the fastest ascent of the mountain.
The pair will make the climb on 8 September to raise money for the British Mountaineeri... | A record-breaking UK explorer who has already trekked to the North and South Poles is taking on a new challenge. | 33946600 |
The video shows a man, thought to be in his 40s, giving chase and pushing the woman to the ground after being asked to wait, police said.
She managed to pull herself out of the road in Sidney Street, Whitechapel, east London.
The woman was shaken but not seriously hurt, the Met Police said.
Anyone with information abou... | Helmet camera footage showing a cyclist being pushed into the path of traffic after she asked a man not to cross the road in front of her has been released. | 34051926 |
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 90.74 points lower at 18313.77.
The wider S&P 500 index fell 13.81 points to 2157.03, while the Nasdaq dropped 46.46 to 5137.73.
Shares of carmakers weighed on the US market after July vehicle sales came in below analysts expectations, sending shares of Ford and General Motors dow... | (Close): Wall Street markets fell on Tuesday with indexes registering some of their biggest losses in a month. | 36954933 |
You may not have heard of it, but you're likely to have used it. Twilio is a platform that enables developers to incorporate phone calls and text messages into their apps.
To give one example, when you sign-up to messaging app WhatsApp and need to verify your number - the text you get with the verification code will ha... | On Thursday Twilio will float on the New York Stock Exchange. | 36603833 |
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) said only those under 40 who had not previously been treated for a drink problem would be eligible.
Severe alcohol-associated hepatitis patients would account for 1% of all liver transplants each year.
One in five liver transplants currently performed in the UK is alcohol-related.
Trans... | People with a severe alcohol-related liver disease will be eligible for liver transplants for the first time in the UK under a pilot scheme. | 26884058 |
The Pole was beaten 6-4 3-6 7-6 (7-4) by Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova at the Aegon International.
"It's a tough one," said Radwanska, the 2008 champion. "I had some chances. I didn't use the break points I had."
It was a good match, I just didn't take the chances when I had them... I'm pretty angry
Denmark's Carol... | Top seed Agnieszka Radwanska made an early exit for the third year running at Eastbourne. | 27873218 |
Debbie Masters, who was 37, died in hospital after the crash in Battle, east Sussex, on Sunday.
A family statement said she was "a loving wife and mother, who was adored by her husband and will be missed forever".
Her children suffered shock and minor injuries and their father was taken to hospital with a serious head ... | Tributes have been paid to a mother of three who died after a car ploughed into her as she walked with her family. | 39346120 |
The Manchester United legends hit the headlines before Christmas when they allowed homeless people who had set up camp in the former Manchester Stock Exchange - which Giggs and Neville are turning into a boutique hotel - to remain in the building until February when work there was set to begin.
Those renovations are no... | What happened to the squatters who were allowed to stay in a building owned by former footballers Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs? | 35473249 |
It will be largest inward investment ever in the UK. France's EDF and CGN, a Chinese nuclear consortium, will build the plant, and possibly two more.
The first will be built at Hinkley Point on the Somerset coast, and is expected to open by 2025 at a cost of about £25bn including financing. EDF says the cost in today's... | David Cameron and President Xi Jingping have signed a deal agreeing to Chinese investment in a new nuclear power station in Somerset. | 34585219 |
After England came back to win 3-2 in Germany on 26 March 2016, Butland, who had started the game to win his fourth cap that night, became a forgotten man.
And having been replaced by Fraser Forster at half-time that night in Berlin, he has not played since.
"This season's been a complete washout," Butland told BBC Rad... | Stoke City goalkeeper Jack Butland says he is fully motivated to return before the end of this season after a year out with an ankle injury. | 39353601 |
Stuart has made 20 appearances in all competitions for Richmond this season, scoring three tries.
The 25-year-old left Harlequins in 2014, having played three Premiership games for the club.
Meanwhile, scrum-half Sam Egerton, 25, has left the Falcons to focus on a career in law.
Former England Sevens player Egerton mad... | Newcastle Falcons have signed former Harlequins scrum-half Sam Stuart from Championship side Richmond in a deal starting from next season. | 39491903 |
It follows months of speculation over whether Brown would be granted visas because of his domestic violence conviction.
The statement from promoter Ticketek did not give a reason for the cancellation.
It said Brown was "positive" the One Hell of a Nite tour, due to start next week, would take place at a later date.
"Mr... | US singer Chris Brown's tour of Australia and New Zealand has been cancelled, promoters have confirmed. | 34980489 |
The British Medical Association's Dr Chaand Nagpaul said GP services were already at breaking point.
He will tell a conference that pledges to recruit 5,000 GPs in England would "fail dismally" as doctors were fleeing the profession.
The Department of Health said it was an "overly negative, pessimistic view".
During th... | David Cameron needs to "get real" and ditch his "surreal obsession" with opening GP surgeries seven days a week, a senior GPs' representative says. | 32810368 |
Vaughan Gething is expected to face tough questions about NHS Wales' readiness for winter pressures.
More than a quarter of people turning up to A&E do not need to be there, it will be claimed by a committee of AMs.
The Welsh Government insists the NHS will be "robust and resilient".
Mr Gething will be questioned by th... | Not enough staff or hospital beds to meet demand and rising delays in discharging patients are just some of the concerns being put to the health secretary later. | 37976393 |
Former Gills defender Pennock, 45, will be joined by Welling United boss Jamie Day and Bromley assistant manager Steve Lovell as first-team coaches.
The trio have been placed in charge until the end of the season.
"A change was necessary to ensure the club achieves the best possible position," said chairman Paul Scally... | League One side Gillingham have named former Forest Green Rovers boss Ady Pennock as their new head coach, after sacking Justin Edinburgh on Tuesday. | 38513512 |
Rossi, who raced in F1 for Marussia last year, came through from 11th on the grid to claim an unlikely win.
The 24-year-old was running 33rd and last at one stage but took a gamble on strategy before running out of fuel just moments after the chequered flag.
"I've no idea how we pulled that off," the Andretti Autosport... | American Alexander Rossi won the 100th Indianapolis 500 on Sunday to become the first driver to win the race on his debut since 2001. | 36410469 |
Dzeko's first-time shot, followed by a header, helped them return to second.
Milan pulled one back through Mario Pasalic's header but Stephan El Shaarawy restored Roma's two-goal cushion against his former club.
Daniele De Rossi added the fourth from the penalty spot after Gabriel Paletta was sent off for fouling Moham... | Former Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko became the first Roma player to score 27 goals in a Serie A season since 1935 as they beat AC Milan. | 39765667 |
6 November 2014 Last updated at 10:36 GMT
Known as Ak Saray (White Palace), it was built on a forested hilltop on the edge of the capital Ankara, on more than 150,000 sq m (1.6m sq ft) of land.
BBC News takes a quick look inside.
Video produced by Michael Hirst, with photographs from AP, AFP, Reuters and Getty Images | A controversial new 1,000-room palace built for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will cost about £385m ($615m) - nearly twice the previous estimate, Turkish officials say. | 29932148 |
Researchers from Queen's University have created a liquid which they say releases more of its fragrance when it comes into contact with moisture.
The perfume is made up of a raw fragrance that scientists 'tagged' on to an odourless ionic liquid, which is salt in the form of liquid.
It has been designed by Queen's Ionic... | Belfast scientists claim to have developed a perfume that smells better the more the wearer sweats. | 32148584 |
After setting the tourists 445 to win, England took the six wickets required on the final day to bowl the tourists out for 178 and end a 10-match winless run.
Moeen Ali claimed his first Test-match five-wicket haul to finish with 6-67, while James Anderson picked up 2-24.
The result levels the five-match series at 1-1 ... | England ended a year-long wait for a Test win by wrapping up a 266-run victory over India in the third Test at Southampton. | 28586510 |
A police spokesperson identified the suspect as the same man who stabbed three people at the parade in 2005.
Yishai Schlissel, an ultra-Orthodox Jew, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for that attack and was released from prison three weeks ago.
Two of the injured are in a serious condition, medics said.
The attacker... | Israeli police have arrested a man after six people were wounded in a stabbing at the Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem. | 33726634 |
The company's Daydream Labs has been experimenting with ways to deter people from making others feel unsafe or uncomfortable.
One demo for the HTC Vive encouraged respect among poker players by representing them with avatars of dogs.
The experiments have been designed to discourage behaviour that may distress others.
I... | Google is exploring ways to prevent players harassing each other in virtual reality. | 37035400 |
The unnamed saw mill firm had promised to build a new production line for cutting timber.
But the body said the company had not met a deadline to do this by March.
The 10-year deal which was criticised by auditors will now end as a result, it told BBC Wales.
Nick Ramsay, chairman of public accounts committee, said it w... | A company that was given a £39m deal to buy timber from Natural Resources Wales - which no other firm was allowed to bid for - has failed to meet a key part of the agreement. | 39461566 |
It says broadcast earnings of £1.9bn accounted for more than half of the top flight clubs' total revenues.
A new domestic TV deal which kicked in last year means overall revenues continue to grow strongly, it added.
For a third straight season, clubs' combined operating profits exceeded £500m, but wages rose 12% to £2.... | Buoyant Uefa TV income helped Premier League clubs' revenues rise 9% to a record £3.6bn in the 2015-16 season, according to analysis from Deloitte. | 40555593 |
Becoming Henry Moore will mark the opening of the redeveloped Studio & Gardens in Hertfordshire, as well as the 40th anniversary of his foundation, created to support artists.
The exhibition focuses on works from his formative years, from 1914 to 1930.
It also includes exhibits from artists who influenced the sculptor.... | A new exhibition of the works of sculptor Henry Moore has been put together following a £7m revamp of his former home. | 39567540 |
Darren Osborne, 47, from Cardiff, was arrested after worshippers appeared to be targeted by a man driving a van near Finsbury Park Mosque early on Monday.
He is being held on suspicion of attempted murder and alleged terror offences.
His family said he had been "troubled for a long time" but denied he was racist.
On Tu... | Neighbours of a man being held after the Finsbury Park attack in London have spoken of their shock at his arrest. | 40343432 |
This year's headline acts include The Temperance Movement and Reverend & The Makers.
The event on 25 and 26 September will also feature The Damned, Skipinnish, Skerryvore, Little Mammoths and The Supernaturals.
Ullapool Pipe Band will also be making its traditional appearance at the music festival. | Ullapool's Loopallu music festival has sold out for an 11th year in a row. | 34225116 |
Adam Gallagher stripped to his boxer shorts and doused himself with oil so he was too slippery for security staff to get hold of.
Gallagher told a court he had not wanted to be moved to HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow.
One of the G4S security team moving him was so frightened he fainted.
Gallagher also later damaged the G4S s... | A convicted murderer covered himself in baby oil in a bid to stop officers transferring him from Perth Prison, a court heard. | 36033907 |
Paul Clark, 51, of Surrey, was charged with conspiracy and serious organised crime. He made no plea or declaration and was released on bail.
Former Rangers owner Craig Whyte, ex-chief executive Charles Green and David Whitehouse, a joint administrator with Mr Clark, faced similar charges.
They were also released on bai... | A fourth man has appeared in court over the alleged fraudulent acquisition of Rangers' assets in 2012. | 34138604 |
After winning the first set, the Serb approached the chair, saying: "Someone is smoking weed, I can smell it, I'm getting dizzy."
Djokovic later told reporters: "You can't believe how bad it was.
"Whoever it is, I hope he doesn't come back tomorrow. He's probably on the seventh sky somewhere."
Djokovic said he had also... | World number one Novak Djokovic complained to the umpire that he could smell cannabis on court during his Rogers Cup win over Jeremy Chardy. | 33951245 |
However, Britain's Khan said his speed and movement would win the day.
Britain's Khan, 29, is jumping two weight classes to challenge Mexico's Alvarez, although the match has been made at a catch-weight of 155lb.
"I'm going to hit Canelo and he's probably not going to feel it, but skill is going to win it," said Khan.
... | Amir Khan has admitted he lacks the power to hurt Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez in their WBC middleweight title fight in Las Vegas on Saturday. | 36209510 |
The group has had nine albums in the UK top 25 since its formation in 1993.
Also added to the festival have been Public Service Broadcasting, rapper Tiggs Da Author, singer-songwriter Gavin James and the band Skippinish.
Acts already confirmed for the festival taking place from 4-6 August near Beauly include headliners... | Rock band Super Furry Animals have been added to the line-up for this summer's Belladrum Tartan Heart music festival. | 36482487 |
TfL spent £85m paying off Bombardier, the firm originally appointed for the work, whose contract was a "disaster for London", an assembly report said.
It means District, Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City lines upgrades are not due to be complete until 2023.
TfL said work was now "well under way" and it had ta... | Four Tube line upgrades will be five years late and £886m over budget after "gross mismanagement" by Transport for London, the London Assembly says. | 35802274 |
Now chair of the Edge Foundation, Mr Baker says young people must be taught the skills for jobs of the future.
He warned that many white collar and professional jobs will be under threat from artificial intelligence.
"Jobs are being lost in professions we used to regard as careers for life."
Lord Baker has produced a r... | Schools should put a greater emphasis on teaching digital technology - as millions of jobs could be swept away by automation, says former education secretary Lord Kenneth Baker. | 36248787 |
Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway, will also feature Hollywood stories.
The 42-year-old frequently treads the boards - he appeared in a 1998 revival of Oklahoma! at London's National Theatre, and won a Tony award for his role in 2004's for The Boy From Oz.
He will perform at the Broadhurst Theater from 25 October to 20 De... | X-Men star Hugh Jackman is to perform a one-man Broadway show, singing songs from musicals with the backing of an 18-piece orchestra. | 14911093 |
Last month, the Liberal Democrats walked out of the SNP-led coalition that had run the local authority since 2012.
Following days of talks, the council's Independent group has taken steps to form a new administration.
The matter will be debated by councillors and be the subject of a vote at a special meeting on Thursda... | Independent councillors at Highland Council expect to formally set up a new ruling administration next week. | 33034238 |
But for a Galician, they are an expensive, tasty treat and their high price implies a high risk for the men and women who prise them off the rocks, on this Spanish region's beautiful, but often inhospitable and ragged coastline.
Now, the barnacle-collectors or percebeiros, as they are known in Galician, say stocks of t... | To the less-adventurous foreign diner visiting Spain, gooseneck barnacles are a slimy, salty, unappealing snack. | 24896788 |
Tigers, having trailed at the break, edged a see-sawing game with the only points of the second half coming from Webster's burst and Luke Gale's goal.
Andy Lynch and Webster had given the Tigers a 12-0 lead inside 13 minutes.
Joel Moon, Kallum Watkins and Tom Briscoe all crossed in reply, but Liam Sutcliffe's two misse... | Jake Webster's late try helped Castleford end a three-game losing streak with a thrilling victory against West Yorkshire rivals Leeds. | 35873934 |
Princess Mako, 25, will lose her title and leave the cloistered imperial household to live with her husband in the outside world.
She will receive a one-off payment, after which the couple will be expected to provide for themselves. She will vote and pay tax, shop and do her own chores. If the couple have children, the... | When the Japanese emperor's granddaughter marries law firm employee Kei Komuro next year, her life will undergo a dramatic change. | 39961749 |
Michail Antonio's first-half goal, his fifth in 15 starts for the club, proved the difference.
The forward weaved into the box and struck low into the bottom corner of Vito Mannone's goal.
Jack Rodwell had the ball in the net for Sunderland in the second half but he handled it in the build-up.
Substitute Rodwell also s... | West Ham extended their unbeaten home run to 13 games with a win over Sunderland, who missed the opportunity to climb out of the relegation zone. | 35619707 |
Patients queued in corridors because of a lack of cubicles in the department and there were not enough staff to care for them, a report said.
The Care Quality Commission said its layout made it difficult to keep an eye on patients, which "posed unacceptable risks to patient and staff safety".
The trust said improvement... | Safety in the A&E department at Swindon's Great Western Hospital has been rated "inadequate" by inspectors. | 35342989 |
It culminated with the Doctor finding out that recurring character Missy was a female incarnation of his arch-enemy the Master.
But some viewers found the plotline, about death and cremation, disturbing and complained to the BBC.
The BBC's officially responded and has defended the episode.
The BBC said: "Doctor Who is ... | Doctor Who's most recent episode was the first in the two part finale of the latest series. | 29908743 |
Newcastle winger Rolando Aarons, Arsenal's Isaac Hayden, currently on loan at Hull, and Swansea midfielder Matt Grimes, on loan at Blackburn, have all been included for next week's game.
"It's an opportunity for new players," Southgate said.
"But also a lot of work for us to do to get the harmony within the group."
Eng... | England Under-21s manager Gareth Southgate has handed three players a debut call up ahead of their European Championship qualifier in Switzerland. | 35833138 |
The athlete, named locally as Paul Gallihawk, was reported missing when he failed to finish the first part of the race at Leybourne Lakes in Maidstone, Kent.
A police helicopter and boats were used in the search for the missing 34-year-old who is from the Maidstone area.
The search has resumed with a team of specialist... | The search for a man who went missing during the swimming leg of a triathlon race on Saturday has resumed. | 34102107 |
The Supreme Court of Arkansas has also granted an emergency stay of execution for one of two inmates scheduled to die on Monday.
In an unprecedented move, the state had planned to put seven prisoners to death over an 11-day period.
Lawyers said the state was acting unconstitutionally and recklessly.
Pulaski County Circ... | A judge has blocked Arkansas from using one of three lethal injection drugs the US state planned to use in a series of executions next week. | 39604357 |
The Crown Office said new legislation would allow it to hold such a hearing for the first time.
The fatal accident inquiry will be held in the Lothian and Borders sheriffdom.
It will consider the deaths of Joy Robson at the Snowman Rally in 2013 and Iain Provan, Elizabeth Allan and Len Stern at the Jim Clark Rally in 2... | A joint fatal accident inquiry is to be held into the deaths of four people at the Snowman Rally in Inverness and Jim Clark Rally near Coldstream. | 38168566 |
When things get to the stage where performances and results appear inevitable, you know there is a serious problem and that problem has to be sorted out.
This should not detract from India - they are one of the best one-day teams around at the moment and have shown England the standard you have to attain to have any ch... | England's mauling by India in the fourth one-day international at Edgbaston should be a watershed moment for the team. | 29036574 |
It's the second time that a dog has managed to take the top spot in the competition after Ashleigh Butler and her dog Pudsey won the show in 2012.
"I can't believe that we've just won Britain's Got Talent," Jules told the BBC. "Super, amazing, amazing."
They will perform in this year's Royal Variety Performance and tak... | Dog trainer Jules O'Dwyer and her dog Matisse have won Britain's Got Talent 2015. | 32956382 |
Could a move to the Far East be on the cards for the England captain?
Have a go at our quiz and see how other club legends left when their time was up.
This content will not work on your device, please check Javascript and cookies are enabled or update your browser | He's Manchester United's record goalscorer and has spent 13 years at Old Trafford but it looks like this could be Wayne Rooney's last season at the club. | 39063583 |
Former ambulance driver Michael Kearns, 46, cut up an ambulance on its way to hospital in Chelmsford, Essex.
He pulled his car in front of the vehicle and then hit the driver, the city's crown court heard.
Kearns denied dangerous driving and assault, but was found guilty and given a nine-month suspended sentence.
Judge... | An organ transplant driver said to have post-traumatic stress after being assaulted at work launched a road rage attack on an ambulance driver. | 35662983 |
The blast targeted a vehicle carrying members of the Central Reserve Police Force in the Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh state, reports said.
Officials say the death toll is likely to increase.
The Maoists say they are fighting for communist rule and greater rights for tribal people and the rural poor.
Their insurge... | At least seven paramilitary policemen have been killed in a landmine blast allegedly triggered by Maoist rebels in central India, officials say. | 35926555 |
The incident happened on Broomhouse Street North at about 18:15 on Wednesday.
Detectives said there was a disturbance involving a group of men, some inside the vehicle and some on the road.
One man was seen to pursue a small black car and hit it with a pole or similar object, causing some damage.
Officers are urging an... | Police are trying to trace a man who chased after a car in Edinburgh and struck the vehicle with a pole. | 35119003 |
The Right Reverend Steven Croft will leave his role as the Bishop of Sheffield to take up his new position.
Dr Croft will be the most senior clergyman in the Church of England for Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.
The Diocese faced "an extended vacancy" after votes in May last year failed to produce a candida... | A new Bishop of Oxford has been announced two years after the post became vacant. | 36023758 |
The 1984 IRA bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton, during the October Conservative Party conference, killed five people and injured 31 others.
Four months earlier, Mrs Thatcher got Cabinet approval for a series of secret meetings with the Irish government.
However, she was reluctant to approve their continuation afte... | The attempt to murder Margaret Thatcher in Brighton nearly led to the collapse of secret Northern Ireland peace talks, according to newly released documents. | 25576164 |
Hull City Council confirmed it had missed out on the Ministry of Defence shortlist for the decommissioned ship.
The vessel would have been docked next to aquarium The Deep, for Hull's City of Culture celebrations in 2017.
The 20,000-tonne carrier has been retired from the Royal Navy after 32 years of service.
Labour le... | Hull has lost out in its bid to turn aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious into a tourist attraction on the city's waterfront. | 29827378 |
The Hay Festival has agreed to continue funding part of the library's operating costs following a county council review of 11 branch libraries.
The council said revised budget savings meant it now had until the end of the December to agree the library's future.
One option is to move it into a new school from next Janua... | Hay-on-Wye Library in the Powys town made famous for its literature festival has been given a "stay of execution", according to campaigners. | 39930723 |
Carneiro is suing Chelsea for constructive dismissal and breach of contract, and there is a separate but connected legal claim against Mourinho for alleged discrimination.
Ahead of a first hearing on 6 January, Chelsea filed their defence before the midnight deadline on Thursday.
Mourinho was sacked by the Premier Leag... | Former Chelsea doctor Eva Carneiro is to continue her legal case against Chelsea and ex-manager Jose Mourinho. | 35137002 |
Set in New York, the play tells the story of a novelist on the brink of success while his wife struggles with addiction and mental illness.
Double Oscar-nominee Malkovich has already directed versions of the play in Paris and Mexico City.
This English-language production marks his London directorial debut.
Malkovich sa... | John Malkovich is to direct the UK premiere of Zach Helm's play Good Canary at the Rose Theatre, Kingston, this autumn. | 35500735 |
This time Kanye and Zane talked fashion, music, family and 'that' moment at this year's Grammys.
The College Dropout star got emotional when talking about his former fashion design teacher, Louise Wilson, who died last year.
West had to temporarily stop the interview, saying she was "the greatest fashion instructor of ... | It's been 18 months since their last headline-grabbing interview. | 31653113 |
29 March 2017 Last updated at 15:05 BST
The Labour leader was responding to the prime minister's Commons statement as the UK government formally triggered the Article 50 process to leave the EU. | Theresa May is taking the UK in a "reckless and damaging" direction over Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn has said. | 39431043 |
Some 3,000 people have left the north-western villages of Foah and Kefraya, which have been surrounded by rebels.
Meanwhile, buses have moved dozens of others from Zabadani, near Damascus, under siege by pro-government forces.
Security has been tight after Saturday's attack near Aleppo.
The evacuations resumed early on... | Evacuations from two government-held areas of Syria have resumed, monitors and reports say, days after an attack on a convoy carrying evacuees killed 126 people, many of them children. | 39640055 |
It was the fourth night of unrest in Schilderswijk, triggered by the death of a Caribbean man in police custody.
Police say most of those detained were teenagers, who were given a fine before being released.
A night-time curfew was imposed, but protesters threw stones and fireworks at police.
Mitch Henriquez, 42, from ... | Police in the Netherlands have detained about 200 people in The Hague after rioting in a mainly immigrant area of the city. | 33378702 |
The British Transport Police were called out to the incident at about 03:00 on Thursday.
Officers met the train in Carlisle and arrested a 21-year-old man on suspicion of fire raising and theft.
The BTP said he was being transferred back to a base in Scotland to be dealt with under Scots Law.
London-based officers met ... | A man has been arrested in connection with a small fire on board a Caledonian sleeper train reported as it was travelling through Lockerbie station. | 38769065 |
The person is one of seven to be rejected by the House of Lords Appointments Commission.
The commission does not reveal the names of those who were put forward or its reasons for turning them down.
But it has been revealed that the DUP declined to nominate a substitute when asked to do so.
In response to speculation th... | A Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) nominee for a peerage has been blocked by a parliamentary watchdog. | 34090583 |
As a young man he fished for sharks and spent up to three months at sea on a single trip. But now the 50-year-old says the waters are the most dangerous he has ever experienced.
"We're scared of going out without protection," he says, standing on his 30m wooden boat in the busy fishing port of Tanmen.
"A big boat like ... | Wang Chun Li knows the dangers of the South China Sea better than most. | 21008639 |
Andrew Hayes, 37, was discovered on Lyndhurst Road in Burnley at 19:40 BST on Wednesday.
He was taken to the Royal Preston Hospital and died in the early hours of Thursday, Lancashire Police said.
Wayne Bradbury, 29, of no fixed address, is due to appear at Burnley Magistrates' Court later. | A man has been charged with the murder of a man who died after being found in the street with head injuries. | 32518546 |
The boy was the passenger in a car which was in collision with a van on Lough Shore Road at about 13:00 BST on Wednesday.
Police said the 23-year-old driver of the car and the 47-year-old driver of the van have been taken to hospital.
Their injuries are believed to be serious, but not life-threatening.
The boy has been... | An 11-year-old boy is in a critical condition in hospital following a two-vehicle crash in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. | 32155729 |
In total 453 members of parliament voted in favour, while 113 rejected the bailout and 18 abstained.
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble earlier warned MPs that it would be "irresponsible" to oppose the €86bn ($95bn; £61bn) package.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right conservative bloc has been divided over ... | German MPs have voted by a large majority to approve a third bailout deal for Greece. | 33984008 |
This comes after the French health ministry confirmed a second man had contracted the virus in a possible case of human-to-human transmission.
Two more people in Saudi Arabia are also reported to have died from the virus, according to health officials.
NCoV is known to cause pneumonia and sometimes kidney failure.
Worl... | The World Health Organization says it appears likely that the novel coronavirus (NCoV) can be passed between people in close contact. | 22502143 |
Walter, Dennis the Menace and his dog Gnasher, from The Beano, can now be added to PC versions of the game.
Players can make a sausage for Gnasher and use all of Dennis' best pranks, including catapults and stink bombs.
It's part of the Beano's wider plans to expand into digital and its mod has come out of a partnershi... | Minecraft players need to watch out for "softy" Walter and his stinky pants. | 30274723 |
Constant rain made for a game littered with errors at the John Smith's Stadium, with the visitors 2-0 up at the break through Liam Finn's goal.
Danny Brough kicked the Giants level, but Finn restored Wakefield's lead with his second penalty.
Brough then missed a chance to level the scores before Danny Kirmond's convert... | Wakefield moved closer to securing a place in the Super 8s with a scrappy win at struggling Huddersfield Giants. | 36470745 |
Saad al-Hilli and his wife Iqbal, from Claygate, Surrey, her mother Suhaila al-Allaf and French cyclist Sylvain Mollier were shot on 5 September.
The family were on holiday by Lake Annecy when they were attacked.
Zaid al-Hilli, Saad's brother, was arrested at an address in Chessington.
He had previously denied there wa... | A 54-year-old man has been arrested in Surrey in connection with the murder of his brother and three other people in the French Alps. | 23031076 |
At about 20:30 BST on Friday a man was pulled out of his car on the New Lodge Road by two youths who drove off in it.
It was driven a short distance and set alight. Firefighters who came to put the fire out were attacked with bricks, a baseball bat and an iron bar.
One of the firefighters suffered bruising to her arm a... | Two firefighters have been taken to hospital after being attacked by a group of youths in north Belfast. | 34232204 |
After talks in Downing Street, she said she was not prepared to see "Scotland driven off a hard Brexit cliff-edge".
She and the first ministers of Wales and Northern Ireland demanded to be fully consulted on EU negotiations.
But Downing Street said it was vital not to "undermine" the UK's position.
The Scottish and Wel... | First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has warned Theresa May she is not "bluffing" over her promise to hold an independence referendum if Scotland's vote against Brexit is "not respected". | 37747995 |
The five-bedroomed house, Ty Gwyn, was designed to an exact specifications of Dahl's father Harold Dahl in 1907.
The family moved to Radyr in 1918, but Dahl spent the first two years of his life in the Llandaff home.
September 13 marks the 100th anniversary of Roald Dahl's birth, and Cardiff is gearing up for weeks of ... | The Cardiff birthplace of children's author Roald Dahl is on the market - for £1.3m. | 36549126 |
The study, led by Hull University, blames parasites, overcrowding and conditioning of cockles after spawning.
The Welsh government launched the inquiry after a series of mortalities in the Burry Inlet which have damaged the shellfish industry since 2002.
Environment Agency Wales says a management plan will be drawn up ... | A three-year investigation into cockle deaths off Gower in south-west Wales concluded pollution was not to blame. | 16954099 |
Earlier this week, US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said the Fed should "proceed cautiously" before raising interest rates.
Wall Street was also spurred by the comments and saw its second day of gains on Wednesday.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 was up 0.41% to 16,943.48in early Thursday trade.
Tokyo-listed shares in Sh... | Markets in Asia were in positive territory early on Thursday as investors continued to find solace in Fed comments about US interest rates. | 35931690 |
A flock of 6,000 turkeys has been diagnosed with the H5N8 strain of avian flu, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said.
Some of the birds at Low Farm in Fulstow, near Louth, East Lindsey, have died. The rest are due to be culled.
Defra said it was "unlikely to be directly linked to the previ... | Bird flu has been confirmed at a farm in Lincolnshire four weeks after it was found at a nearby unit. | 38648058 |
It briefly saw Robert the Bruce's brother made king of Ireland and featured a 300-ship invasion of Ulster, sieges and battles that marked turning points in Irish history.
Yet the war, which began in 1315, lasted for three years and could easily have been the source material for Game of Thrones, has been largely forgott... | It's been compared to Scotland's Vietnam - a 14th century attempt to unify the Celtic nations, invade Ireland and try to drive the English out of it. | 33913315 |
South African cricket great Jacques Kallis has announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket. The following article first appeared in December 2013 when Kallis retired from Test cricket.
It was equally typical that he marked the occasion with the sort of composed and authoritative century that establ... | It was typical of Jacques Kallis's understated character that he announced his retirement from Test cricket on Christmas Day, guaranteeing minimal fanfare and very little build-up to his final bow. | 28568852 |
The targets were in Hakkari province on the border with Iran and Iraq.
Turkey has seen increasing violence in recent weeks between the military and Kurdish separatists.
The strikes come a day after nine people were killed in a wave of attacks on security forces, some of them in the south-east.
The PKK has said it was b... | Turkey launched a series of overnight air strikes against Kurdish militants, aimed at 17 targets in the south-east, the army says. | 33859991 |
The 1978 space shooter was honoured alongside Sonic the Hedgehog, The Legend of Zelda, The Oregon Trail, Grand Theft Auto III and The Sims.
They join the six inaugural titles from 2015: Doom, Pong, Pac-Man, Super Mario Bros, Tetris and World of Warcraft.
Titles are selected for the US-based museum based on their status... | Space Invaders has been inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame, almost 40 years after its release. | 36226121 |
The so-called 'Glow Run' is scheduled for Derry's Ebrington Square on 21 November, with a number of local charities involved.
But the charities are now withdrawing from the event, having failed to make contact with the organisers, Endurance Junkie.
Another run, organised by the same company, was planned for the Stormon... | A Londonderry mother, whose young daughter almost died from meningitis, has raised concerns about a charity run due to take place in the city in November. | 34613918 |
Runners, some wearing blue Santa outfits in support of Everton, set off from the waterfront for the 5K race.
Organiser BTR Liverpool said it will be a "huge boost" to take the title back from Las Vegas after four years.
Final numbers are being counted but Las Vegas' Santa Dash had fewer than 8,000 people on Saturday, B... | About 8,500 people donned Santa suits at Liverpool's 10th annual Santa Dash - attempting to win the World Santa Challenge for having the most runners. | 30368229 |
Local people say they have been washing down the streets and cleaning their houses constantly, but it will not go away.
It has been like this in Taza since this small town, about 20km (12 miles) south of the city of Kirkuk, was the target of what Iraqi officials say was a chemical weapons attack on 8 March.
A barrage o... | It is the smell that you notice first of all - a bitter mixture of egg and cucumber that hangs in the air, and burns your nose and throat. | 35898990 |
The 28-year-old was taken off on a stretcher during Wales' 27-13 victory over South Africa on 26 November.
It was initially said the British and Irish Lion, who has been capped 60 times by Wales, was set to miss at least the start of the Six Nations.
"It has been confirmed surgery is required. He will not play again un... | Ospreys and Wales flanker Dan Lydiate will miss the rest of the season with anterior cruciate ligament damage. | 38201500 |
A Freedom of Information request revealed 13 breaches of data protection law at the agency's headquarters in 2014.
A director's home address was revealed on the public register following a "mix-up" of documents being scanned.
Case correspondence was also mistakenly scanned onto the register.
A new personnel system also... | Confidential and personal details were sent to the wrong people by staff at Companies House in Cardiff, BBC Wales has learned. | 31441014 |
It will now allow the import of beef from cattle up to 30 months old.
Japan banned US beef imports in 2003 after the outbreak of mad cow disease. It restarted imports in 2006, but only from cattle less than 20 months of age.
US officials said the move was likely to boost US beef exports to Japan by "hundreds of million... | Japan has opened the door for increased imports of beef from the US, as it eased restrictions that have been in place for almost a decade. | 21241041 |
Electoral chairman Mustapha Carayol said voter turnout had been 83%.
Opposition candidates Ousainou Darboe and Hamat Bah took 17% and 11% respectively, he said.
But Mr Darboe called the results "bogus, fraudulent and preposterous" and he urged the international community not to accept them.
"[They] constitute a caprici... | The Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh has won a fourth term in office in Thursday's election, taking 72% of the vote, the election commission has said. | 15897134 |
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Scrum V is every Sunday throughout the rugby season on BBC Two Wales, online or on demand. | Watch Scrum V highlights as defending Pro12 champions Glasgow beat Newport Gwent Dragons at Rodney Parade. | 35683691 |
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