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The Bury-born rider went into the 17.9km time trial leading by 19 seconds from BMC's Richie Porte after victory on Saturday.
But Orica-Scott rider Richie Porte took 40 seconds out of Yates in Lausanne, to clinch the overall title by 21 seconds.
Team Sky's Chris Froome, who fell out of contention on Saturday, finished 1... | Britain's Simon Yates had to settle for second place overall in the Tour de Romandie after Sunday's final stage. | 39763157 |
The 49-year-old was knocked down by a number 16 Lothian Bus at the junction of Princes Street and Fredrick Street just after 13:30.
The bus was travelling to Leith when it was involved in the accident. The man is being treated at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
Police Scotland said Fredrick Street was closed for just under ... | A man has been taken to hospital with minor head injuries after being hit by a bus in Edinburgh city centre. | 38511604 |
They found that sugary proteins on the surface of some healthy gut bacteria train the immune system to fend off the malaria parasite.
Tests, in the journal Cell, showed the same sugary protein could be used in a vaccine to immunise mice against malaria.
It may explain why some people never catch malaria.
There is a vas... | Friendly bacteria in the human gut can trigger a natural immune response against malaria, say researchers. | 30337215 |
The House of Representatives Ways and Means backed the bill, followed by the Energy and Commerce Committee, moving it to a full chamber vote.
Republicans, who control both chambers of Congress, hope to pass their replacement for Obamacare by mid-April.
But it faces resistance from Democrats, hospitals and even some Rep... | The Republican healthcare bill has cleared two key congressional committees, despite concerns that the plan's impact on the budget is unclear. | 39221087 |
Amma Asante's A United Kingdom, about a British woman falling in love with an African king, stars British actors Rosamund Pike and David Oyelowo.
Festival director Clare Stewart said her selection better reflects society at a time the film business is seen as being too white and male.
The industry needs to be "mindful ... | The BFI London Film Festival will launch later with a film directed by a black woman opening it for the first time. | 37561235 |
The Commons Communities Committee criticised the funding model for the right-to-buy scheme, which will see housing associations reimbursed for selling homes to tenants at discounts.
MPs say it should be paid for directly rather than via council house sales.
Ministers say it will help create a million new homeowners by ... | The way the government intends to pay for its plans to allow social tenants in England to buy their homes is "extremely questionable", MPs say. | 35534463 |
Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe told the BBC's Andrew Marr "you can only make so many efficiency savings" before front-line services are affected.
Sir Bernard, who retires at the end of the month, said public service spending had been hit since 2008.
A Home Office Spokesman said: "The Metropolitan Police Service remains the bes... | The outgoing Met Police Commissioner has warned against further cuts to police budgets and officer numbers. | 38873655 |
Conservative Sir Malcolm Rifkind and Labour's Jack Straw both say they have broken no rules.
Reporters for the Daily Telegraph and Channel 4's Dispatches posed as staff of a fake Chinese firm.
The MPs have referred themselves to Parliament's standards watchdog.
Labour leader Ed Miliband has written to the prime minist... | Two former foreign secretaries have been suspended from their parliamentary parties after being secretly filmed apparently offering their services to a private company for cash. | 31589202 |
His name is John McFarlane, the man who took over as chairman of Barclays earlier this year and, from 17 July, will also be the bank's chief executive.
Mr McFarlane will ostensibly use his position to lead the hunt for a new chief executive following the defenestration of Antony Jenkins - also known as "The Saint".
But... | In terms of power, there is now one man in charge of Barclays. | 33441683 |
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The 23-year-old Spaniard, who had failed to reach a final in the 23 tournaments since she won the French Open last year, defeated five-time champion Williams 7-5 6-0.
Muguruza was beaten by the American's sister Serena in the 2015 final.
"I didn't want to lose this time be... | Garbine Muguruza said it was "amazing" to beat "role model" Venus Williams to win her first Wimbledon final. | 40620632 |
St Patrick's Primary School from Drumgreenagh, near Rathfriland, was taking part in the ITV talent show when there was an issue with their music.
Music teacher Patricia McCaughey said the legendary Geordie presenting duo "came to the rescue".
It meant the choir could start again, without any further glitches.
The 39 ch... | Ant and Dec stepped in to rescue a primary school choir from County Down after a technical hitch on Britain's Got Talent. | 40091949 |
Jamie Lee Sharp, 25, took the keys during a house raid in Gloucester along with James Honeywell, 26.
In the video he is seen revving the engine and boasting to friends on the phone about "his new car".
At Gloucester Crown Court, Sharp, of Gloucester, was jailed for four years and disqualified from driving.
Honeywell wa... | A burglar who stole a Porsche and filmed himself boasting behind the wheel before crashing it into a wall has been jailed. | 34981858 |
Labour had argued that the move was necessary to "restore public trust" in politics following a cash for access scandal.
But the government said the motion was "unclear" and more about creating headlines than providing a solution.
MPs sided with the government to defeat the Labour motion by 287 to 219. The government'... | The House of Commons has defeated Labour's call for a ban on MPs holding paid directorships or consultancies. | 31624695 |
A formal announcement is expected later, the Financial Times said.
Weetabix - made in the UK since 1932 - has been widely reported as being up for sale by its Chinese owner Bright Food, which bought a 60% stake in 2012.
Bright's acquisition was the largest by a Chinese firm at the time, but it is believed to have strug... | UK cereal company Weetabix is expected to be sold to US firm Post Holdings for $1.8bn (£1.4m), reports say. | 39625715 |
Lewis Kirk, 19, from Bannockburn, was driving a car which was involved in a head-on collision on the town's Falkirk Road on 3 April 2015.
As a result, a female passenger in his car suffered a serious leg injury which resulted in amputation.
Kirk was convicted of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and was disqu... | A man who caused a crash which led to a woman having her leg amputated has been jailed for four years. | 37446788 |
The report from the Royal Commission said the engineer who designed the Canterbury Television (CTV) building was working "beyond his competence".
His overseer took a hands-off approach and did not review structural details of the project, it found.
Prime Minister John Key described the report as "grim" reading.
'Little... | A building that collapsed in New Zealand's Christchurch earthquake, killing 115, was badly designed and should not have been approved. | 20661984 |
Dennehy, 31, murdered three men in Cambridgeshire and tried to kill two others in Herefordshire last year.
At Cambridge Crown Court, Gary Stretch, 47, was found guilty of one count of attempted murder and three counts of preventing the lawful burial of a body.
Leslie Layton, 37, was found guilty of perverting the cours... | Two men have been found guilty of helping triple killer Joanna Dennehy during her 12-day spree of violence. | 26124076 |
Analysis of the results of 1.3 million young people over a three-year period found 75% had been given overly optimistic predictions by schools.
But nearly one in 10 (9%) did better than predicted, the study, published by the University and College Union, says.
University admissions service Ucas said the 16% related to ... | Only 16% of university applicants achieve the grades their teachers predict, research suggests. | 38223432 |
Bob Smith, 73, looked after the Rams' Baseball Ground from 1964-84.
Although the pitch was known for being wet and muddy, Mr Smith said it was all part of Clough's plan.
Mr Smith, who said he and Clough grew "quite close", has been given the award by the Institute of Groundsmanship.
"He could trust me," said Mr Smith.
... | A former groundsman who worked under Brian Clough at Derby County, on a pitch considered one of the worst in the country, has been given a lifetime achievement award. | 34807761 |
Kieran Hawkshaw, of Murrells Court, Norwich, also pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm when he appeared at Norwich Crown Court.
A 26-year-old woman was attacked as she walked home from the city along Drayton Road on Sunday 6 September. She suffered facial injuries.
Hawkshaw was remanded in custody a... | A 25-year-old man has admitted the attempted rape of a woman in Norfolk. | 34359699 |
A tractor was seen depositing the dirt outside the building, in Morledge, Derbyshire, at 07:10 GMT on 17 January.
Charles Hirons, 49, of Nottingham Road, Draycott, was later arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.
He is due to appear at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court on 5 April. | A man has been charged with criminal damage after several tonnes of muck was spread across the steps of Derby Crown Court. | 39342492 |
This, however, was not about what is happening on the shores of Mediterranean countries, but to do with the thousands of people fleeing in another direction from the fighting in Yemen, and landing on the Horn of Africa.
The United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR, estimates that since Yemen's conflict began in March, some... | "Refugees and migrants", a recent report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) noted, "arrive after many hours at sea often traumatised and exhausted, with little or no personal belonging, and in urgent need of food, water and emergency healthcare." | 34645877 |
The jet came down on farmland in Cambridgeshire, with the alarm raised at 10:30 BST.
The Hornet aircraft, which had taken off from RAF Lakenheath but was not connected to the base, crashed four miles from RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk.
The pilot was the only crew member, police said. The aircraft was part of a fleet of si... | A US Marine Corps pilot has died in an F-18 jet crash, close to an RAF base. | 34593948 |
The bank uprated Indonesian shares one notch to "neutral".
Emerging-market volatility in the wake of Donald Trump's US election win had now subsided, it said.
In November last year, the bank took its assessment down two levels from "overweight" to "underweight".
In response, the Indonesian government stopped doing busi... | US investment bank JP Morgan Chase has upgraded its view of the Indonesian stock market, partially reversing a previous downgrade that prompted an angry reaction from the government. | 38639591 |
There are claims it leaves pensioners in limbo and some forced to sell their homes if they need to be looked after.
Health Minister Mark Drakeford was considering a range of policy options, including a cap on the cost of care.
But he said a UK government decision to delay a cap in England left him without the money to ... | A decision on reducing the cost of care for elderly people has been shelved, with the Welsh government blaming delays at Westminster. | 34797062 |
As two Americans shouldering their guns make their way through the African bush, the emphasis is on relishing the risk and talking up the danger.
"It's not a game. These are big powerful cats. They wouldn't think anything of taking out a human."
Scenes like these, plus rather tamer bird-shooting and fishing footage, ca... | It's a typical example of the kind of footage that has prompted furious reactions from animal lovers. | 40773618 |
Unite members were set to stage three walkouts later this month in a dispute over the closure of a final-salary pension scheme.
The union said it was not recommending the deal to workers at the Oxford, Goodwood near Chichester, Hams Hall and Swindon plants.
BMW said it believed the offer was "fair".
Staff at the sites ... | Planned strikes at BMW car plants have been suspended while members consider a deal. | 39952225 |
Paul Wright, 34, was on holiday in Crete in 2003 when he said he was a passenger in a car which crashed.
He was arrested in March after being convicted in his absence by a Greek court of joyriding and criminal damage.
Mr Wright said he was "really happy" with the CPS's decision.
The father-of-two, from Mold, had faced ... | A Flintshire man who won his fight against extradition to Greece for a crime he said he did not commit has learned the Crown Prosecution Service will not be appealing the decision. | 37910480 |
The announcement was made just hours before she had been due to appear in the first preview performance at the Vaudeville Theatre on Wednesday.
Outhwaite's role of dance teacher Mavis will played this week by Katie Verner.
Richard Harris' comedy is about the seven women and one man who join a weekly tap dancing class.
... | Tamzin Outhwaite has had to temporarily pull out of West End show Stepping Out after fracturing her foot. | 39134599 |
The 40-year-old victim was pushed to the ground and assaulted on Merksworth Way in Paisley, Renfrewshire, at about 02:20 on Sunday.
After the attack, the woman was helped by the residents of a nearby house.
Police said a 38-year-old man had been arrested in connection with the incident. He is expected to appear at Pais... | A man has been arrested after a woman was raped as she walked home in the early hours of Sunday morning. | 38155953 |
At least 50 designer watches were taken during the raid on a jewellery boutique inside the hotel last week.
Officers said staff at the store were threatened with a firearm during the robbery but no shots were fired.
Det Ch Insp Andy Patrick appealed for help in tracing the men responsible for the "particularly alarming... | Dozens of Rolex watches worth more than £500,000 were stolen during an armed robbery at Gleneagles Hotel, police have confirmed. | 40531744 |
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Bowling from the end bearing his name, Anderson claimed 3-6 in 24 balls to reduce the Proteas to 146-6.
They eventually lurched to 220-9, 142 behind.
Jonny Bairstow was earlier out for 99, adding 50 for the 10th wicket with Anderson, as England made 362 in their first inni... | James Anderson took four wickets to give England a firm grip on the final Test against South Africa on day two at Old Trafford. | 40839137 |
It follows the decision by the British Olympic Association to veto the original nomination of Lutalo Muhammad.
"It disappoints me that there seems to be a feeling of a witch-hunt going on," said GB performance director Gary Hall.
"There has been no hidden weighting [in favour of Muhammad] and we have followed the very ... | GB Taekwondo has denied any suggestions of bias after overlooking Aaron Cook for London 2012 selection. | 18293446 |
By the end of the second quarter the hosts trailed 26-24 in Cardiff.
But they took a 42-38 lead into the fourth quarter and increased the margin by a point to win 55-52.
However, the Welsh team remain bottom of the 10-team table, but are now level on points with Team Northumbria while Sirens are fifth. | Celtic Dragons have won their first Superleague game of 2017, fighting back from being eight down in the second quarter against Scottish team Sirens. | 39561513 |
Officials say some people have carried out cremations on the terrace roofs of houses in the city.
Many Indians regard the Ganges as holy and use its bank for cremations.
Hindus believe that if a person is cremated in Varanasi, the deceased will achieve release from sufferings of the cycle of birth and death.
Two of the... | Floods in India's holy city of Varanasi in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh have forced a halt to cremations along the banks of the river Ganges. | 37172083 |
Championship rivals Livingston have themselves added defender Osman Kakay on loan after the 18-year-old signed a new contract with Queens Park Rangers.
The 21-year-old Hippolyte had joined Livi after leaving Southall in 2014.
Mehmet, 23, joined Turkish Super Lig club Kayserispor from West Ham United in 2011.
He impress... | Falkirk have signed forward Myles Hippolyte from Livingston for an undisclosed fee and secured former Kayserispor keeper Deniz Dogan Mehmet. | 35449360 |
The deal values Supercell at around $10.2bn (£6.95bn).
Tencent is buying the stake from Japan's SoftBank Group, which invested in Supercell in 2013.
Founded in 2010, Supercell's other games include Hay Day, Boom Beach and Clash Royale.
Tencent said it will buy 84.3% of Supercell in three stages via a wholly owned cons... | China's biggest gaming and social network company, Tencent Holdings and its partners are to buy a majority stake in the Finnish maker of the Clash of Clans game. | 36583846 |
HM Inspector of Constabulary Wendy Williams said she was "concerned about many aspects" of the force's performance in 2016.
In the annual PEEL report, Ms Williams said she had been in "regular contact" with the chief constable in view of her findings
Dyfed-Powys Police said it had already begun to make changes.
PEEL as... | Dyfed-Powys Police requires improvement in three key areas, an annual assessment has concluded. | 39578021 |
Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29, has been named as a suspect by the Montreal police, who have taken over the case.
A blood-soaked package containing a human foot was delivered to the offices of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative Party on Tuesday.
The second package, containing a hand, was found by police on Tuesday n... | Canadian police are searching for a porn actor wanted in connection with two packages of human limbs in Ottawa and a headless torso in Montreal. | 18274060 |
A military source was quoted as saying the troops had taken up new defensive positions in the Sahl al-Ghab plain.
It lies just to the east of the coastal mountains where Mr Assad's ancestral village of Qardaha is located.
The rebel advance is the latest in a series of setbacks for the president.
Last month, he acknowle... | Syrian rebels are reported to have forced government troops to retreat to the edge of the north-western region that is the heartland of President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect. | 33866433 |
Andrew Ferguson, 35, attacked his victim in the complex at Dundee's Ninewells Hospital in 2000 before going on to rape another woman years later.
A jury convicted him of eight offences including rape, attempted rape, indecent assault and assault against three victims between 2000 and 2014.
Ferguson had denied the charg... | A Fife man has been found guilty of raping a woman at a Dundee hospital's nurses' residence. | 38417430 |
The 27-year-old from Lowestoft dislocated his shoulder against Ruslan Schelev in Germany in July 2015.
"I've had two years of hellacious rehab," Ogogo told BBC Radio Suffolk. "It's been heartbreaking at times.
"I 100% believe I'm going to get what I want out of boxing," he continued. "And that's to become a world champ... | British middleweight Anthony Ogogo says he believes he can fulfil his ambition of becoming world champion after nearly a year out from boxing. | 36311879 |
"Let us end the process of having people with bigoted religious views treating women as second class citizens," he told Labour MPs
"I think you should all take the pledge - no more segregated meetings," he added.
It follows reports of Labour meetings where Asian men and women have been separated along gender lines.
A L... | David Cameron has called on Labour to end "segregated" party meetings, at Prime Minister's Questions. | 35765255 |
Noor Salman, widow of Omar Mateen, is accused of obstruction of justice and aiding and abetting his material support to the so-called Islamic State.
A California federal judge said Ms Salman is not a flight risk or a danger to public safety.
But she agreed to hold the decision for two days as prosecutors appeal.
The Ju... | A judge's decision to grant bail for the wife of a man who killed 49 people at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, pending her trial, has sparked outrage. | 39134949 |
And chancellor George Osborne said it was "another major step forward" for the UK as the western hub of Chinese finance.
But what does it actually mean? And what will change as a result of the deal? We answer five key questions.
It's how financial instruments such as shares, bonds and currencies are often traded. A cl... | The Bank of England has hailed the appointment of The China Construction Bank as a renminbi clearing house in London as an "important milestone" in the progress toward greater cross-border use of the currency. | 27907429 |
The local authority had abandoned plans for the rise after the Scottish government made it clear it would lose far more money than it had anticipated.
Moray's ruling independent/Conservative administration had argued a rise would help avoid cuts in services.
Councillors backed the budget proposals which included raisin... | Moray Council - which had proposed increasing council tax by 18% - has set its budget for the coming year. | 35589237 |
The jet, carrying 359 people, ran into trouble after taking off from the Gold Coast at 22:20 (12:20 GMT) on Monday.
Passengers reported hearing loud noises and seeing sparks coming from an engine before the flight landed safely in Brisbane an hour later.
"Two bird remains were found on the runway," the airline said.
On... | An AirAsia X flight bound for Kuala Lumpur has been forced turn back to Australia after a suspected bird strike left passengers shaken. | 40476927 |
Robert Dobinson, 33, from Faringdon, was found at a mooring area near Bridge Street in Abingdon in October.
He was taken to hospital but died from his injuries.
Natasha Elderfield, 41, of no fixed address, was remanded in custody after a plea hearing at Oxford Crown Court. She will stand trial at the same court on 7 Ap... | A woman has denied murdering a man who was stabbed to death in an Oxfordshire town. | 30810079 |
Roedd cynlluniau i agor ysgol eglwysig wedi achosi ffrae yn lleol, gyda nifer yn galw am ddynodi'r ysgol fel un cymunedol.
Mae'r gwaith yn parhau i adeiladu'r campws newydd gwerth £10m i blant 3-19 oed ar safle presennol Ysgol y Berwyn.
Ddydd Mawrth, fe wnaeth cabinet y cyngor bleidleisio'n unfrydol dros dynnu'r statws... | Ni fydd ysgol newydd yn Y Bala yn cael ei ddynodi'n ysgol Eglwys yng Nghymru yn dilyn penderfyniad gan gabinet Cyngor Gwynedd. | 40419169 |
The animals hunt with clicks and buzzes - detecting the echoes from their prey.
This study showed them switching from a narrow to a wide beam of sound - "like adjusting a flashlight" - as they homed in on a fish.
Researchers think that other whales and dolphins may use the same technique to trap a fish in their beam of... | Researchers in Denmark have revealed how porpoises finely adjust the beams of sound they use to hunt. | 32043822 |
The deal values the merged company at $130bn (£103bn) and is expected to lead to cost savings of $3bn.
The EC's approval is dependent on DuPont and Dow selling off some parts of their businesses to satisfy competition concerns.
The eventual plan is to split the merged company, DowDuPont, into three independent firms.
... | The European Commission has given the go-ahead to the merger of US chemical giants Dow Chemical and DuPont. | 39402892 |
Tarik Hassane, 22, of west London, will serve a minimum of 21 years after admitting conspiracy to murder and preparation of acts of terrorism.
Suhaib Majeed, 22, of west London, was convicted of the same charges and will serve a minimum of 20 years.
Two other men who provided a gun were also imprisoned for firearms off... | Two British students have been jailed for life for plotting to kill police or soldiers in a shooting inspired by so-called Islamic State. | 36115697 |
It's been more than two years since the "vigilante" murder of Iranian-born Bijan Ebrahimi on a Bristol estate but for his sisters Manisha, Mojgan and Ladan, there has been no closure.
The man who beat their younger brother to death and burnt his body, Lee James, was convicted of murder in 2013 and is serving a life sen... | As a PC and a PCSO are convicted of misconduct in a public office, over the way they responded to murder victim Bijan Ebrahimi's cries for help, his sisters tell the BBC about the "unimaginably painful" two years since his death and their anger at the way he was treated. | 35115114 |
Words that question honesty, such as "lying" or "misleading", appear most often on the list.
Describing The Queen as a "parasite" and "Mrs Windsor" was also overruled.
Among the "unparliamentary" words used to describe other AMs were "bumbling idiot", "rent-a-gob", "hypocrites", "pathetic" and "political vermin".
BBC W... | More than 50 words and phrases have been ruled unacceptable when used in the Welsh Assembly chamber, according to a list obtained by the BBC. | 36025798 |
That was up from 5.5% in August, and 5.2% in July. It brings the average house price to £286,000.
However, the rise is still much lower than a year previously, when prices were rising by more than 12%.
The Halifax has previously said that house prices rose by 8.6% over the same period, while Nationwide said the rise wa... | House prices rose by 6.1% in the year to September 2015, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). | 34842248 |
The body of David West, 70, who ran the HeyJo club in Mayfair, was discovered at an address in Ormond Yard behind Jermyn Street on Friday evening.
His son, also called David West, 44, of Jermyn Street, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Monday charged with murder.
A post-mortem examination gave the cause ... | The son of a nightclub owner has been charged with his father's murder after he was found stabbed in central London. | 30467705 |
The champions established a four-goal lead, with Mikael Lustig and Leigh Griffiths both scoring headers in the opening half.
Stuart Armstrong then struck twice after the interval to cap another impressive display.
Celtic will be concerned, though, by late slackness that allowed Ryan Christie and Dani Lopez to score.
Th... | Celtic's commanding performance was enough to dismantle the resolve of Inverness Caledonian Thistle. | 33832093 |
It is the first time in 20 years that the Gunners, who finished fifth in the Premier League last season, have started a season in Europe's second-tier competition.
Everton are in the same group as Lyon, who host the final on 16 May 2018.
The Toffees will also face Italian Serie A side Atalanta and Apollon Limassol of C... | Arsenal have been drawn in the same group as BATE Borisov, Cologne and Red Star Belgrade in the Europa League. | 41048090 |
On the second day of their tour, Charles and Camilla laid a wreath at a memorial in Trenton, Ontario, alongside a handwritten note by the prince.
In total 158 people from Canada died in the conflict which started in 2001.
The royal couple also met veterans and serving members of the armed forces.
The couple took part i... | The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have honoured Canadian soldiers who died while fighting in Afghanistan. | 40464491 |
At Zhang's 36th birthday party, Wang Feng sent her a white drone carrying a diamond ring before getting on one knee to ask her to marry him.
She said "yes" amid tears and applause from a crowd of onlookers at the event.
Zhang is best known for her role in the hit martial arts film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
The da... | Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi is to wed after her musician boyfriend used a drone to propose to her, Chinese media report. | 31267169 |
The Lloyds Bank Business in Britain report's confidence index rose to 24% - double the level immediately following the EU referendum last year.
The index is a measure of expected sales, orders and profits.
A separate survey by the British Chambers of Commerce forecast weak economic growth for the next few years.
The Ll... | Business confidence has jumped to an 18-month high, but companies are having trouble recruiting skilled workers, according to a survey. | 40400214 |
Svein Arne Hansen said the 800m runner, who has served a two-year drugs ban, is welcome at the European Championships, which start in Amsterdam on Wednesday.
"With her brave statements and brave actions, she's really going out there to protect our sport," said Hansen.
Stepanova, 30, has also been cleared to run as a ne... | Russian doping whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova has been described as a "symbol" for clean competitors by the president of European Athletics. | 36718261 |
The Liberal Democrats said ending pay cuts for public sector workers would be a "red line" in any coalition talks.
The Conservatives said they aim to "keep more money in people's pockets" and Labour said voters on the doorstep have been calling for a "fair deal".
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said Westminster "cannot ... | The main political parties in Wales are back on the campaign trail with four days to go to the general election. | 32572649 |
The change indicates an attack is highly likely, not imminently expected.
Soldiers deployed to support the police will be stood down on Monday night, at the close of the bank holiday weekend.
Earlier on Saturday, police evacuated an area of Moss Side in the city, in a search linked to Monday's bomb attack at the Manche... | The UK terrorism threat level has been reduced from critical to severe, Prime Minister Theresa May has said. | 40069959 |
Midfielder James McCarthy (hamstring) and keeper Maarten Stekelenburg (dead leg) are still out, while new signing Ademola Lookman is cup-tied.
Leicester's Islam Slimani, Riyad Mahrez and Daniel Amartey are also missing because of Africa Cup of Nations duty.
Wilfred Ndidi is available to make his debut after his £15m mo... | Everton are without Senegal midfielder Idrissa Gueye for Saturday's FA Cup third-round tie against Leicester as he has left for the Africa Cup of Nations. | 38474504 |
The consulate, and annexes in New York and Washington, must close by Saturday.
The US state department's move follows Moscow's reduction of US diplomatic staff in Russia last month.
That in turn followed new US sanctions on Russia over Crimea and alleged election interference, which led to the expulsion of 35 Russian d... | Russia has been ordered to close its San Francisco consulate and two trade missions in response to "unwarranted" Russian action, the US has said. | 41115352 |
The blaze broke out at a home on Llangwm estate, near Penplas, in Penlan, just after midnight on Monday.
The house was initially too unsafe to search, but the body of the woman who died - named locally as Linda Merron - has now been moved out of the property.
A man and woman were taken to the city's Morriston Hospital ... | A body has been recovered after a fire at a house in Swansea. | 32014421 |
China's Liang led for most of the match, winning the seventh frame on a respotted black to go 5-2 ahead.
Trump hit back, and with the score at 7-6, both players looked nervy and missed shots, but it was the Chinese player who clinched a crucial frame.
Despite missing more chances, Liang held his composure to beat the E... | Liang Wenbo won his first ranking title by beating Judd Trump 9-6 in the English Open final in Manchester. | 37673232 |
Durham Miners' Association general secretary Dave Hopper accused them of treachery towards their party leader.
Durham City MP Roberta Blackman-Woods, who resigned from Labour's front bench on Monday, rents an office in the association's headquarters.
She has been approached for comment.
Labour MPs voted 172-40 to pass ... | Labour MPs who have resigned from the shadow cabinet and voted against Jeremy Corbyn have been told they are not welcome on the platform at the Durham Miners' Gala. | 36673319 |
Pat the Peacock arrived in Thimbleby, near Northallerton in North Yorkshire two years ago, but has not been seen since 6 September.
Online complaints from visitors to a cottage in the village said the bird's noise "spoiled the holiday".
One villager told the BBC's Jeremy Vine show: "I know who killed the blooming thing... | A peacock that vanished from a village after online complaints about it being too noisy is thought to have been shot. | 37555000 |
There are close-up images, and then there are the ones taken by Muhammad Roem, an amateur Indonesian photographer.
From dancing frogs to cheeky geckos, there is little that escapes 28-year-old Mr Roem's camera.
The full-time nurse started photography only three years ago as a part time hobby.
Now the Batam-based photog... | Pictures courtesy of Muhammad Roem. | 38388182 |
The 25-year-old French rider, who was second in the British MX1 championship, was preparing for the race in Cassel.
Lenoir was reportedly airlifted to hospital in Lille following the crash.
"The Honda Racing Family are sad to hear of the tragic loss of Steven Lenoir following a crash in Cassel," said 24MX Lucas Oil Hon... | Former British motocross champion Steven Lenoir has died after a crash during qualifying in France on Monday. | 40163065 |
The report published on Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association studied 202 deceased players - 111 of them from the NFL.
All but one former National Football League player were found to have chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
The study is the largest of its kind yet conducted, its authors say.
T... | A study of American football players' brains has found that 99% of professional NFL athletes tested had a disease associated with head injuries. | 40718990 |
It said Daniel was "invisible" at times and none of the professionals he came into contact with ever questioned him about what was happening in his life.
A number of the bodies cited in the review have responded to its findings.
Mr Lock said there were a number of features of Daniel's case which made it very unusual.
"... | A serious case review has found that opportunities were missed to help four-year-old Daniel Pelka, who was murdered by his mother and her partner in Coventry. | 24122639 |
Isleworth Crown Court heard Samson Haile spoke to the woman, 26, in a sexual way and touched her even though she asked to be let out of the cab
The same night Haile asked another female passenger to have sex with him. The woman, an off-duty police officer, linked the incidents.
Haile, of Lionel Road North, Brentford, w... | An Uber driver has been jailed for eight years for sexually assaulting a woman as he drove through west London. | 34730644 |
The botched RHI scheme is set to cost Northern Ireland taxpayers an extra £490m after it went vastly over budget.
The Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU) met Stormont officials in July 2015 and "warned of an imminent spike in demand" according to documents on its website.
The spike materialised three months later, adding mill... | Farmers warned Stormont of a potential spike in applications for the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme months before it happened, it has emerged. | 38502317 |
The standard fare for a single journeys will be £1 from Wednesday, said an Environment Department spokesman.
It is the "first step" in the move to trial a free bus service for 18 months, agreed as part of the recently approved transport strategy.
The system of charging locals £1 and visitors £2, introduced in May 2013,... | Tourists will no longer be charged twice as much as Guernsey residents to use the bus. | 27766762 |
The farmers died in Mandsaur after shots were fired during their protest to demand loan waivers and better prices for their produce.
Protesters accused the police of opening fire, but officials blamed some "anti-social elements" for the deaths.
State Home Minister Bhupendra Singh said an inquiry had been ordered.
Farme... | A curfew has been imposed in a district of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh following a day of violence in which five farmers died. | 40183366 |
It has issued a severe weather warning for 16 of Wales' 22 counties, up to and including Powys and Ceredigion.
The storms are making their way from north west France across the English Channel and south west England.
The warning said: "Although producing a good deal of lightning, amounts of rain are relatively small at... | Thunderstorms are expected to move across much of south and west Wales overnight bringing localised heavy downpours, according to the Met Office. | 28357526 |
The "mummy" was inside a sarcophagus complete with hieroglyphic adornments, packed in a wooden crate.
But it is unclear whether the bandaged item found by Alexander Kettler in Diepholz, northern Germany, is a genuine relic from ancient Egypt.
Alexander's father Lutz Wolfgang Kettler, a dentist, said he had not X-rayed ... | A 10-year-old German boy has found what appears to be a mummy hidden in a corner of his grandmother's attic. | 23553074 |
Safdar Hussain appeared in private at Dundee Sheriff Court accused of sexually assaulting the woman during a car journey in the city on 18 October.
The 42-year-old, from Perth, made no plea or declaration to a petition charge of rape.
The case was continued for further examination and Mr Hussain was remanded in custody... | A man has appeared in court in Dundee accused of raping a woman in a car. | 34647480 |
The action targeted users of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) cyber-attack tools.
Twelve of the suspects were arrested in the UK as part of an investigation led by the National Crime Agency (NCA).
Authorities across a total of 13 countries made the arrests between 5 and 9 December.
The NCA said that it had targeted... | Thirty four people, including teenagers, have been arrested after an international police operation involving EU and US authorities. | 38302740 |
Alan Mendoza, executive director of think tank the Henry Jackson Society
"The UK is already engaged in air strikes against IS in neighbouring Iraq. But some of the major IS command and control points are located within Syria. For us to take an arbitrary approach when IS itself does not take account of this border when ... | As UK MPs are to vote on whether British armed forces should attack so-called Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria, commentators consider why they are - respectively - for and against air strikes. | 34974297 |
But what exactly was the torch subjected to, given it has to survive our often soggy summers, not to mention
being whizzed on a zip-wire
,
slogging up Snowdon
and braving white-water rapids?
Basildon-based Tecosim Technical Simulation were tasked with exploring how the torch would react to extr... | After stringent tests, the Olympic torch has emerged with its flame alight and been pronounced "weather proof" by Olympic organisers Locog. | 17738920 |
The attack happened at the Old Harrow pub in Main Street, Grenoside, on 26 December.
Police said a 26-year-old man is in hospital in a stable condition with suspected gunshot wounds.
Two men and a woman, who were arrested earlier in the week in connection with the incident, have been released on bail. | Three men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a shooting at a pub in Sheffield. | 35209487 |
Harry Potter And The Cursed Child came about after Sonia Friedman approached author JK Rowling and portrays the orphaned wizard as a parent himself.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, Friedman said she was "very drawn to the notion of Harry as a dad".
She added she was "always looking for stories that might... | The theatre producer behind the hit Harry Potter play has revealed her own childhood experiences of having an absent father helped inspire its story. | 40145811 |
The banana ban has been introduced in Portsoy as it prepares for the Scottish Traditional Boat Festival.
Seafarers regard bananas as bad luck on board boats.
Festival organisers are hoping to ward off any potential misfortune from the event which takes place on 4 and 5 July.
Banana ban signs have been posted, a banana ... | Bananas have been banned from an Aberdeenshire village ahead of a boat festival - as they are believed to bring bad luck. | 33202101 |
Saul Niguez gave the visitors the lead with a stunning strike, picking the ball up on the right before cutting inside and curling a left-footed shot into the top corner.
Antoine Griezmann doubled their advantage from Kevin Gameiro's pass after woeful defending by Leverkusen skipper Omer Toprak.
Wendell struck his own c... | Atletico Madrid scored four away goals to take charge of their Champions League last-16 tie against Bayer Leverkusen. | 39030966 |
The Northern Irishman recorded eight birdies in an seven-under 64 to set the pace a week out from the Open.
Swede Kristoffer Broberg and Argentine Ricardo Gonzalez shot 65 as Northern Ireland's Michael Hoey took 66.
Scots Marc Warren and David Drysdale and English duo Luke Donald and Richard Bland were four under, with... | Rory McIlroy broke the course record to lead after the first round of the Scottish Open at Royal Aberdeen. | 28248975 |
But while they want Orcadians to be given a "stronger voice", they do not back full independence for Orkney.
Orkney voted decisively in favour of the UK remaining in the EU in last year's referendum.
It also returned the highest No vote of any council area in the 2014 independence referendum, with 67% voting for Scotla... | Orkney councillors have backed calls for the islands to be given greater control over their own affairs. | 39116112 |
Economy Secretary Ken Skates announced £324,000 of EU and Welsh Government funding for a feasibility study for the South Pembrokeshire Demonstration Zone.
It would allow developers to test wave energy converters able to generate up to 100MW of green electricity.
It is hoped the test will act as a catalyst for a marine ... | Plans for a massive wave-energy generating centre off the west Wales coast have moved a step closer. | 39442975 |
Webber has been linked with a move to Norwich City.
He joined the Terriers in 2015 from Wolves, for whom he was head of recruitment.
Before that he worked in the same position at Premier League outfit Liverpool, and has had spells in the backroom staff at QPR and Wrexham. | Championship side Huddersfield Town have placed head of football operations Stuart Webber on gardening leave after he expressed a wish to leave. | 39450617 |
Ms McKinnell said Labour was heading down an "increasingly negative path" amid "internal conflict" stemming from the recent shadow cabinet reshuffle.
The first shadow cabinet member to quit since Mr Corbyn's reshuffle also cited family reasons and a desire to speak in Parliament outside her legal brief.
She has been re... | Shadow attorney general Catherine McKinnell has resigned from the shadow cabinet, citing concerns over Labour's direction under Jeremy Corbyn. | 35281203 |
The UK government has brought forward a deadline to complete the move to a new voter registration system from December 2016 to this December.
As of May, 70,000 Welsh voters had not been transferred, the commission said.
A UK government spokesman said the claims were "nonsense" and "nobody will lose their right to vote"... | Voters are at risk of being left off the electoral register ahead of next year's assembly election, the Electoral Commission has warned. | 34427924 |
The 31-year-old South African, the world number 50, carded a 67 at Leopard Creek Country Club to reach 11 under.
Englishman Eddie Pepperell recovered from an opening 74 with seven birdies and an eagle in a 65 and he shares sixth place, six strokes off the pace.
But Matt Ford, joint third overnight, had a 74 and is eigh... | Former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel built a five-stroke lead at the halfway stage of the Alfred Dunhill Championship in Malelane, South Africa. | 34950758 |
The Office for National Statistics said it will be ready to make the change to its monthly announcement on price increases by the end of the year.
It would give prominence to a measure called CPIH, which has tended to show the cost of living rising faster.
The Consumer Prices index, or CPI, would be pushed down the pec... | The headline rate of inflation could be replaced by a new figure which better reflects the cost of owning a home. | 35765723 |
Bavuma, 25, became the first black African to score a Test hundred for South Africa as he hit an unbeaten 102 against England in Cape Town.
Hashim Amla scored a double century as the hosts declared on 627-7, with England ending day four 18 runs ahead.
"I'm full of emotion, relief and I'm very satisfied," said Bavuma.
S... | South Africa batsman Temba Bavuma says his historic maiden Test century has justified his place at international level after a tough year. | 35235910 |
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About 30 big trees were knocked down by a big storm called Hurricane Sandy in 2012, making big gaps in the forest.
The gaps became overgrown with weeds, but local residents didn't want big machines and chemicals to clear up the mess.
Instead they've recruited Max, Cinnamon, Unicor... | Four helpful goats are doing their bit for their local park in Brooklyn, USA, by eating their way through some of the mess left by a hurricane. | 40233379 |
Earlier this month, Tracey Tough, 42, who is also known as Tracey Hart and lives in West Lothian, was jailed for a year at Forfar Sheriff Court for contempt of court.
Until now the media has been banned from reporting the case.
The reporting restriction has been lifted following a challenge from BBC Scotland.
Her case ... | A Church of Scotland Minister has been released from prison pending further court action. | 34672797 |
"The conversation around equality and representation has never been stronger," says Ms Baskerville. "In meeting these women I realised that we are a society obsessed with gender and capability.
"These women prove that this is only a small factor in the path to become change makers and that their success is down to dete... | British documentary photographer Alison Baskerville's latest work, on display at the Oxford Festival of the Arts, shows pioneering women of the 21st century who are connected to the area. | 36419022 |
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