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It comes after Fulham boss Slavisa Jokanovic dismissed reports that the striker would be released early, saying the club is "not a train station".
Jokanovic said Martin, 28, "made himself unavailable" for Friday's abandoned game at Reading
"If there is any possibility of getting him back, that would be great," McClaren... | Derby manager Steve McClaren has said he wants Chris Martin to return early from his season-long loan with Fulham. | 38480749 |
The claim: Grammar schools work, but they under-represent the poorest children.
Reality Check verdict: Pupils at grammar schools perform well. Children overall in areas with grammar schools perform less well than in non-selective areas, except for the richest children. Poorer children are less likely than wealthier chi... | Sean Worth from the think-tank Policy Exchange, who was formerly a special adviser to David Cameron, has told BBC News: "The evidence shows that grammar schools do work, but they under-represent the poorest children." | 37310541 |
Five Daughters looked at the family relationships and lifestyles of the five victims of Steve Wright, who was convicted of their murders in 2008.
The three-part programme won the Drama Serial award.
Philippa Lowthorpe, director, said: "We would like to dedicate this award to the women who lost their lives."
The judges ... | A BBC drama about the 2006 murders of five women who worked as prostitutes in Ipswich has won a Royal Television Society award. | 12760218 |
Joshua, 27, will defend his IBF heavyweight title against Ukraine's Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley stadium on 29 April, with the vacant WBA title also on the line.
If he beats Klitschko, 40, he would be missing the WBC and WBO titles.
"You have to unify the division to gain that respect," said Joshua.
"This [beating Kli... | Britain's Anthony Joshua believes he will not be recognised as the world's leading heavyweight until he unifies the four divisions. | 38998813 |
The US firm added that the device would not be fully waterproof as first advertised, just "splash-proof".
Many people who had pre-ordered the wristband had complained on social media about the firm's failure to explain the delay fully until now.
The delay has lost the firm sales to rivals such as Fitbit and Misfit.
"Wh... | Jawbone has said that it will begin deliveries of its top-end UP3 fitness tracker from 20 April, four months later than originally promised. | 32245216 |
In Europe and America, this is one in five people. And since they are less likely to be in work, their poverty rate is about twice as high.
So technologies that could help disabled people contribute more in the workplace - and improve their quality of life - are surely welcome.
And it also makes good business sense.
If... | Worldwide, around a billion people have a disability, says the World Health Organisation. | 35427933 |
Luaty Beirao was sentenced by a court in the capital, Luanda, along with 16 other activists who were given jail terms of between two and eight years.
Amnesty International said they had been sentenced by a "kangaroo court".
The 17 were arrested in June after discussing a book about non-violent resistance at their book ... | A prominent Angolan rapper has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for planning a rebellion against President Jose Eduardo dos Santos. | 35912505 |
The 22-year-old has made only three appearances for the Premiership outfit since his summer switch from Hearts.
Saints manager Tommy Wright said: "He won't just be going for the sake of it, we want the right team for him.
"He's very much part of the squad here but he's not been able to get into the team and we both fee... | St Johnstone defender Brad McKay has joined Dunfermline Athletic on loan for the remainder of the season. | 35266895 |
A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere in the world this week. | Images courtesy of AFP, EPA, Getty Images and Reuters | 39290412 |
A federal appeals court panel ruled that it could use so-called affirmative action as a way of promoting diversity.
Last year, the US Supreme Court sent the issue back to lower courts for further review.
In a 2-1 ruling, the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the case of a white student denied a place at the Aust... | The University of Texas has won a court battle to continue to use race as a factor in selecting undergraduates. | 28322290 |
Gray wants to coach Scotland one day but is looking at other options.
"Scotland's got itself sorted out at the moment," said Gray, who worked under the Springboks' then-head coach Heyneke Meyer at the World Cup.
"All the coaches are in place. I think one more would muddy the waters slightly."
Gray, who helped South Afr... | South Africa coach Richie Gray admits he has a "big decision" make over his future but has ruled out an immediate return to his native Scotland. | 35145575 |
Vasilijy Apilats, 61, of Crewe, admitted he took the painting from Chester Cathedral but said he bought it for £135 from two men he believed were cathedral officials.
Chester Crown Court heard The Raising of Lazarus painting is estimated to be worth £2,000 and was probably made between 1870 and 1880.
Mr Apilats denies ... | A man stole a cathedral's 19th Century Greek icon and left a cheap Christmas toy in its place, a court has heard. | 38161078 |
Washington said Mr Trump saw India as a "true friend and partner in addressing challenges around the world".
"The two discussed opportunities to strengthen the partnership between the US and India in broad areas such as the economy and defence," it said.
The White House said it looked forward to welcoming Mr Modi later... | US President Donald Trump has invited India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the United States after a phone call between the two leaders. | 38740090 |
Four-time champion Sebastian Vettel said the sport would be "ignorant and stupid" not to use the device.
Fernando Alonso said it would have helped in "many of the fatal accidents" in motor racing in the past 15 years.
Lewis Hamilton said it "doesn't look good" but he "definitely doesn't argue against it".
The three-tim... | Leading Formula 1 drivers have backed the decision to introduce the controversial 'halo' head protection system next season. | 40744447 |
The club will sport the Perth-based ambulance charity's helicopter logo on their shorts.
Chairman Steve Brown said the move was to help "put something back into the wider community".
The club will also offer SCAA the use of facilities at McDiarmid Park, and hold collections at key matches.
Team captain Dave Mackay said... | St Johnstone FC is to carry the logo of Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance on the club's kits in the coming season. | 33425578 |
Forensic evidence linking Jay Jay Kirton, 24, to the crime was found on the steering wheel and gear stick.
He and Richard Cameron, 30, had previously admitted the robbery using knives at DSG Stores, in Bankhead Road, in June last year.
Cameron was jailed for three years and six months.
Kirkton also pleaded guilty to st... | An Aberdeen armed robber who left his DNA and fingerprints on the getaway vehicle has been jailed for four years and two months. | 39046825 |
The possibility raised by the firm's chief regulatory officer was the latest warning from a financial firm since the UK voted to leave the European Union.
Currently, UK-based companies can conduct business throughout Europe, but could lose that right.
However, Deutsche Bank has said it is committed to the City of Londo... | Deutsche Bank is considering moving as many as 4,000 jobs out of the UK as a result of Brexit - nearly half the firm's current workforce. | 39727360 |
The Aberdeenshire-based company said the rising cost of cream and sugar had put pressure on margins.
However, it added it still expected growth to come from the expansion of existing products and the addition of new ice cream flavours.
The warning came as it announced its results for the year to 31 May 2016.
Turnover r... | Ice cream-maker Mackie's of Scotland has warned that a significant increase in the cost of ingredients could hit profits this year. | 39103305 |
It is being recommended that the Woodhill House headquarters in Aberdeen and Gordon House in Inverurie are relocated to a brand new headquarters at Harlaw Park in Inverurie.
The aim is smaller, more flexible and cheaper offices.
Aberdeenshire is the only local authority authority in Scotland to have its headquarters ou... | Plans to merge two of Aberdeenshire Council's main offices are to go before councillors next week. | 38678084 |
The Markit/CIPS Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for the sector rose to 53.5 last month from 52.3 in April. A figure above 50 indicates expansion.
More than a third of firms said they had suffered from the uncertainty over the EU referendum, Markit said.
It added the economy was likely to grow by 0.2% in the second qua... | Activity in the UK's dominant service sector picked up last month, according to a closely-watched survey, but growth remained "subdued". | 36443171 |
The 26-year-old, who is the brother of Manchester United striker Wayne, arrived at the West Yorkshire club in February, scoring one goal in seven appearances.
Rooney has also had previous spells playing in the United States with New York Red Bulls and Orlando City.
"He has a desire to help improve us as a club," said m... | Attacking midfielder John Rooney will join Guiseley on a permanent basis after his loan spell from Wrexham. | 39928256 |
The comedian and actor said he was joking when he told a journalist he wouldn't be partaking in any nibbles during the baking contests.
"No-one likes a tubby gut," the Sunday Times reported.
But Fielding tweeted that he had actually joked: "No-one likes a tubby goth."
The Mighty Boosh star added: "I love cake."
In The ... | Great British Bake Off host Noel Fielding has responded to reports that he would not be eating any cake on the Channel 4 show. | 40854022 |
New cars and light vans will have the system as standard from 31 March 2018.
The eCall device will alert rescue services automatically, using the existing 112 emergency number.
Basic data will be sent only when an accident occurs. The technology was first proposed in 2012, but legislation was delayed amid privacy conce... | The European Parliament has voted for an EU-wide emergency alert system dubbed eCall to help ambulance crews get to road accidents faster. | 32495058 |
Cairnshill Methodist Church, off the Saintfield Road in Castlereagh, was broken into on Thursday night. The exact time of the attack is unclear.
A number of separate blazes were started and damage was caused to the interior of the building as a result.
Methodist superintendant, Rev Ruth Patterson said she could not und... | A church has been damaged in an arson attack in south Belfast. | 36059677 |
Some 24,000 children in 267 schools took the NI Numeracy Assessment (NINA) and NI Literacy Assessment (NILA) tests in 2016/17.
However, 17,000 pupils who took last autumn's maths tests initially received lower scores than they achieved.
The Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) apologised "unre... | The Education Minister Peter Weir has ended computer based tests in maths and English for primary school pupils. | 38657054 |
2 October 2014 Last updated at 10:50 BST
Sounds crazy but scientists from the US space agency NASA have been studying satellite images and say they've spotted a huge rectangular feature buried beneath the surface.
The 2,500km-wide structure is thought to be the remains of ancient valleys that later became filled with l... | An exciting new discovery's been made on the Moon. | 29454955 |
Rodgers was linked with the Swans after being sacked by Liverpool in October.
"There were talks with Brendan, and with one or two other people, but that is just us doing our jobs and seeing where we go with that," Jenkins said.
Italian Guidolin took over in January and has agreed a deal to stay until the end of the 201... | Swansea held talks with ex-boss Brendan Rodgers before Francesco Guidolin signed a two-year extension to remain in charge, says chairman Huw Jenkins. | 36271662 |
It comes after a tumultuous nine days for his organisation, amid claims of "systemic and deep-rooted" corruption.
Seven Fifa officials were held in a dawn raid last week in Zurich as they gathered for a congress which saw Mr Blatter re-elected for a fifth term.
Four days later, Mr Blatter announced he would step down e... | Outgoing Fifa president Sepp Blatter says he is moving forward with a "comprehensive programme of reform" for world football's governing body. | 33013805 |
They warned criminals could easily exploit the Laserwash car washes, making their doors close too early or their roller arms crush the tops of cars.
They also claimed the manufacturer PDQ ignored warnings about the risks for two years.
PDQ said it was urgently investigating the issues.
Laserwash installations can be re... | Researchers say they have found a way to hack an internet-enabled carwash and make it "attack" users. | 40754403 |
New analysis from the Office for National Statistics showed they came after six London boroughs, plus Milton Keynes and Berkshire.
The 2015 measure of Gross Value Added (GVA) showed Edinburgh growing at 4.5%, the fastest pace of any UK city other than Belfast.
GVA is a calculation of economic output similar to Gross Do... | Edinburgh and north east Scotland have been named among the top 10 most affluent parts of the United Kingdom. | 38345269 |
The facility at Riverside, Haverfordwest, will also house a coffee shop, tourist information office and a gallery.
It is part of a £3.4m scheme to regenerate the Pembrokeshire town.
It has been funded by the Welsh Government, the county council and the Wolfson Foundation charity and is due to open in spring next year.... | Work has started to transform a former Pembrokeshire indoor market into a library. | 38690571 |
The Australian sheep was found wandering alone near Australia's capital a month ago.
His coat was dangerously big and he needed a life-saving shave.
Five shearers volunteered to help, including champion sheep shearer Ian Elkins.
Together the team removed 41.1 kilograms (90.6 pounds) of wool.
Ian said it was one of the ... | Chris the sheep has set a Guinness World Record for having the most wool shaved in a single sitting. | 34401952 |
Price, one of Europe's victorious 2002 Ryder Cup side, started the day three strokes behind American Clark Dennis.
But the 50-year-old made five birdies over the first six holes and finished on 14-under-par, one shot ahead of Thailand's Thaworn Wiritchant.
"I'm a little light on Senior titles, so it's nice to get one,"... | Welshman Phillip Price overturned a three-shot deficit on the final day to win his first European Senior Tour title, the WINSTONgolf Senior Open. | 40624424 |
The variable speed limit camera system was set up five years ago.
It originally aimed to keep traffic moving between junctions 24 at the Coldra and 28 at Tredegar Park.
But in July the Welsh Government confirmed it would target those who "flouted" the limits and GoSafe, who will lead it, said the move was not about pro... | Prosecutions against drivers who break the variable speed limit on the M4 around Newport will begin "imminently". | 37320568 |
The company bought an 11.5% stake in Iconix, which owns the Umbro and Lee Cooper brands, and 2.3% of Dick's Sporting Goods which has more than 500 stores in the US.
It said the deals were designed to "build relationships with key suppliers and brands".
Retail analyst Bryan Roberts said the move was a typical "speculati... | Discount retailer Sports Direct has taken stakes in two US sports firms. | 35300194 |
25 November 2015 Last updated at 09:43 GMT
Her journey has been a long and remarkable one.
At two years old, she arrived in north London from her native Dominica with her parents and 11 siblings. She rose to become the UK's first ever female attorney general and chief legal advisor.
As one of the 100 women chosen by B... | Baroness Patricia Scotland has been a leading figure in reforming laws in the UK which have helped to reduce domestic violence by 64%. | 34912320 |
The list is being used to investigate possible tax evasion by Greece's elite.
It was taken from HSBC bank and handed to the then French Finance Minister, Christine Lagarde.
Pasok said Mr Papaconstantinou "handled the list in the worst possible way".
Mr Papaconstantinou, who introduced Greece's first austerity programme... | The Greek socialist party, Pasok, has expelled the former Finance Minister, George Papaconstantinou, over allegations he deleted the names of relatives from a list of Greeks who held Swiss bank accounts. | 20862037 |
The British Heart Foundation said the figure was 100,000 more than had been thought and could be even higher.
It said there was now a better grasp of the prevalence of inherited conditions.
A child of someone with an inherited heart condition can have a 50% chance of inheriting it themselves.
The charity warned that th... | An estimated 620,000 people in the UK have a faulty gene that puts them at risk of developing coronary heart disease or sudden death, and most are unaware, a charity has warned. | 38809532 |
Martynas Kupstys and Andrus Giedraitis had denied the murder of Ivans Zdanovics, 24, who died in a house fire in Etherington Street, Gainsborough.
Kupstys, 26, admitted starting several fires at the house but denied intending to kill Mr Zdanovics or cause him serious harm.
Giedraitis claimed he was not at the house whe... | Two men, one of whom was released from prison by mistake while on remand, have been convicted of murder. | 32306555 |
But now, with the 5,000-1 outsiders crowned with two games to spare, bookies have turned their attention to Lineker's pants - and they reckon they'll be blue.
The former England striker and Match of the Day presenter tweeted in December that he'd present the programme in his underwear if the Foxes won the Premier Leagu... | When Gary Lineker said he'd present Match of the Day in his underwear if his former team Leicester City won the Premier League, he can't have really thought he'd need to honour that pledge. | 36192189 |
Union representatives met ScotRail management, Transport Minister Derek MacKay, and Transport Scotland officials over the issue.
The RMT said about 40% of the ScotRail fleet should be fitted with controlled emission tanks by April 2016.
The remainder are due to be fully fitted by December 2017.
RMT General Secretary Mi... | The date for the elimination of trains dumping sewage on Scotland's rail tracks has been brought forward after a campaign, the RMT union has said. | 33303715 |
Hayley Pointon was shot at a house in Hinckley, Leicestershire, as she visited her on-off boyfriend Nigel Barwell, in February 2013.
Leicester Crown Court had heard that the 30-year-old Coventry woman was shot by two masked gunmen.
Aaron Power and Aaron Newman, both of Coventry, are due to be sentenced on Monday.
The e... | Two men who shot dead a mother-of-two by mistake have been found guilty of her murder. | 33738679 |
Commissioner of City of London police Adrian Leppard said police figures provided only a "small prism of the harm" to communities.
Victim-based surveys offer more insight into offending levels, he said.
But Chief Constable Jeff Farrar, national policing lead on crime statistics, said there was "a purpose" to gathering ... | Crime figures compiled by police are "dead in the water", one of Britain's most senior police officers has said. | 33060416 |
7 May 2016 Last updated at 20:03 BST
Their leader, Arlene Foster, will continue as first minister. The final count in Upper Bann ended on Saturday afternoon.
The DUP has 38 seats, while Sinn Féin has 28, the Ulster Unionists 16, SDLP 12 and the Alliance Party eight.
Our political correspondent Gareth Gordon reports. | The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) remains the largest in Northern Ireland after all 108 seats in the assembly were filled. | 36239096 |
People can now dial 111 rather than the previous 11-digit number to receive medical advice.
In the past, callers paid the price of a local call from a landline but mobile users often faced much higher charges.
The change brings Scotland into line with England, which has been using the 111 number since February.
The NH... | A new freephone number has been introduced for the NHS 24 non-emergency helpline in Scotland. | 27198513 |
Potters striker Jones headed the hosts in front from Oussama Assaidi's early cross for his fifth goal of the season.
Adam then found the net after the break from 25 yards with his left foot.
Substitute David Nugent headed in from Marcin Wasilewski's cross to give Leicester hope but Stoke held on.
When: Sunday, 5 Januar... | Kenwyne Jones's header and a stunning Charlie Adam strike sent Premier League Stoke into the FA Cup fourth round at the expense of Championship leaders Leicester. | 25531726 |
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service was called to the fire in Glenmor Road, Llanelli, at about 22:45 BST on Saturday.
It broke out on the ground floor of a building and two crews attended.
The extent of the damage is not known. | Firefighters have tackled a blaze in an empty flat in Carmarthenshire. | 33951876 |
Two people were arrested and 11 were injured in protests outside the Turkish ambassador's residence amid President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit.
Video footage of the clash on Tuesday showed men in suits charging past police to kick and punch protesters.
Police called the violence a "brutal attack on peaceful protesters... | The US has made a complaint to Turkey after violence erupted between protesters and Turkish security personnel in Washington, DC. | 39956699 |
But what does the referendum mean for the EU, for Ukraine's future relationship with the 28-member bloc, and Dutch democracy?
BBC correspondents report from The Hague, Kiev and Brussels.
The Dutch have delivered a resounding no, with caveats.
The referendum was ostensibly about Ukraine - but the No campaigners weren't ... | Dutch voters have rejected an EU trade deal with Ukraine, but on a low turnout and on an agreement that few people will have read. | 35984821 |
President Dilma Rousseff is fighting for her political survival in the midst of an unprecedented corruption scandal, centred on the state owned oil giant Petrobras. Her woes are exacerbated by an economic downturn that threatens to undermine some of the social and economic progress of the last decade.
For months, frust... | In cities across Brazil on Sunday, thousands of anti-government protesters again took to the streets to demonstrate against corruption and impunity. | 33955154 |
Nato estimates for 2016 show that only five alliance members - the US, UK, Greece, Poland and Estonia - will spend a minimum of 2% of national output (GDP) on defence, which is the target.
Germany's defence spending of €37bn in 2017 will be 1.2% of GDP.
US President-elect Donald Trump says Nato allies are over-relian... | Germany plans to boost defence spending by nearly €2bn (£1.7bn; $2.1bn) this year - but it will remain far short of the Nato target. | 38675522 |
The exquisite specimen is a type of amour-plated nodosaurid ankylosaur.
It was camouflaged which suggests that, despite its tank-like appearance, it hid to avoid predation.
That such a large creature needed camouflage indicates the presence of even larger, keen-eyed meat-eating theropod dinosaurs.
A new species of dino... | A new species of mega-herbivore dinosaur discovered in Alberta, Canada, preserves incredible details of its skin, scales and spines. | 40815935 |
Khalid Mir, 39, swore and threw drink over passengers and crew on the flight in November. He was restrained after ignoring the pilot's warnings.
He spat in the face of a steward who came to give him a drink.
Mir, of Havelock Road, Saltley, Birmingham, admitted being drunk on an aircraft and failing to obey the pilot.
... | A drunk plane passenger had to be tied to a seat with a mask over his mouth during a flight from Dubai to Birmingham, magistrates heard. | 38922438 |
The National Education Workforce Survey suggested that more than 88% of teachers asked said they did not think they could handle their workload in agreed hours.
Plaid Cymru said it was a "damning reflection" on the Welsh Government; the Conservatives called it "alarming".
But the government said only 14% of the workfor... | One in three teachers quizzed in a national survey have said they are thinking of quitting. | 39507299 |
Struan Stevenson predicted that markets will decline sharply as competition from outside the EU expands.
NFU Scotland said it was an "extremist" view but that it still had to be taken on board.
UK environment secretary Michael Gove has insisted that leaving the EU would be an "opportunity" for farmers.
Writing to The H... | A former Tory MEP has said Brexit will lead to "certain meltdown" in rural Scotland with cheap food imports pushing farmers out of business. | 40579964 |
The doors on the Western Hangar on Pembroke Dock's dockyard were kept firmly locked during the spring of 1979, with workers sworn to secrecy.
They were building the Millennium Falcon, the iconic spaceship in the Star Wars film The Empire Strikes Back.
The town is now celebrating its links with the "fastest hunk of junk... | A Pembrokeshire town's "best kept secret" is the subject of a new community arts film. | 38031540 |
The owner of The Scotsman, Johnston Press, has announced that it's in the mood for selling assets.
A trading update on Tuesday said: "A number of brands have been identified that are not part of [the company's] long-term future, as they fall outside its selected markets, do not match the audience focus, or do not offer... | The long-running decline of Scotland's national newspapers could be about to turn a page. | 35359246 |
The 2016 Masters champion is 16 under after a third-round 67, three shots clear of American David Lipsky and four ahead of France's Alexander Levy.
However, Willett, 29, says a three-shot overnight lead may not be enough to secure victory in Kuala Lumpar.
"I'm not sure what will win it to be honest, it depends on if we... | England's Danny Willett leads by three shots going into the final round of the Maybank Championship on Sunday. | 38942369 |
Fraudsters are abusing "call clearing" systems that keep a line open even if the person being called has hung up.
The system was first brought in to make it easy to transfer calls to extensions in homes.
But hi-tech thieves are abusing the lengthy delays to trick people into thinking they are talking to a bank or the p... | Rising fraud has prompted UK phone operators to tweak their networks to remove features exploited by criminals. | 26559554 |
As of 3 June, 2012 active-duty suicides reached 154, compared with 130 in the same period last year, the Pentagon confirmed to the BBC.
The number far exceeds US combat deaths for the same period.
"We are deeply concerned about suicide in the military," a Pentagon spokeswoman said, adding it was "one of the most urgen... | Suicide in the US military has sharply increased this year, hitting a rate of almost one death per day, figures show. | 18371377 |
The LDP, which enjoyed almost 50 years of unbroken rule until 2009, is projected to have an overall majority in the new parliament.
Mr Abe has already served a Japan's Prime Minister between 2006 and 2007.
He campaigned on a pledge to end 20 years of economic stagnation and to direct a more assertive foreign policy at ... | The conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Shinzo Abe has won the Japanese election, exit polls predict. | 20745165 |
HIV mutates in order to survive the onslaught of a patient's immune system.
However, some patients develop highly effective antibodies that can neutralise huge swathes of HIV mutants.
A North Carolina team analysed the arms race between body and virus, published in the journal Nature, and has shown how these antibodies... | The body's own "training manual" for attacking HIV has been recorded by US scientists and it is hoped it can be used to design vaccines. | 22002455 |
Dozens of Catholic priests are believed to have been complicit in the killings of some 800,000 people by Hutu extremists in 1994.
Several massacres were carried out in churches where people sought sanctuary.
The Vatican has, until now, maintained that the Church as an institution bore no responsibility.
On Monday, Pope... | Pope Francis has asked for "God's forgiveness" for the "sins and failings" of the Roman Catholic Church at the time of the Rwandan genocide. | 39331338 |
Rigg joined the Craven Cottage side at the start of 2015 following a two-year spell with the Football Association.
He previously worked at Manchester City and QPR as a technical director.
Rigg worked closely with Fulham's scouting team, but the Whites said his departure would not affect their plans for the January tran... | Mike Rigg has left his position as chief football officer at Fulham after agreeing to "cordially part ways" with the Championship club. | 38419284 |
David Dimbleby will host the programmes in which Mr Corbyn and Mrs May, the Conservative leader, will face audience questions consecutively on 2 June.
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon and Lib Dem Tim Farron will appear on 4 June.
There will also be a live debate featuring senior figures from seven parties on BBC One on 31 Ma... | The BBC has unveiled details of its election programmes - with Theresa May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn set to take part in Question Time specials. | 39845685 |
Then you spot the magpie, its beak aiming for their heads with laser-like precision.
However, this is not a scene from classic horror film The Birds, but the wedding of Phillip and Sara Maria in New South Wales, Australia, who just happened to annoy some very angry birds with their choice of picture location.
Photograp... | At first glance, it is the perfect image of newlywed bliss: the husband and wife pressing their heads together, enjoying a moment of idyllic calm. | 37616152 |
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The American has won the Masters and US Open this year and remains on course to become the first golfer to complete a calendar Grand Slam of all four majors.
The 21-year-old's odds of winning a first Open shortened when defending champion Rory McIlroy withdrew injured.
"I ... | Tournament favourite Jordan Spieth says he fears no-one at the 144th Open Championship, which gets under way at St Andrews on Thursday. | 33536853 |
PRS Media, trading as Purus Digital and based in Dale, was fined £140,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
The information it used to send texts was taken from its own competition website where people had to agree to marketing as a condition of entering.
The action was prompted by complaints from members... | A Pembrokeshire company which flouted data regulations by sending over four million spam texts has been fined. | 39447946 |
The victim was reportedly made to believe that she was in debt to the clairvoyant and could repay that debt only by becoming a sex worker.
Tokyo's District Court heard the woman was sometimes forced to live on the equivalent of $1 a day.
The fortune teller reportedly pocketed nearly 90m yen ($785,000; £639,000).
The v... | A fortune teller in Japan has been ordered to pay $850,000 (£691,000) in damages to a female client she had forced into prostitution, reports say. | 38689513 |
Bale made his return for club side Real Madrid in their 2-0 win over Espanyol as a 71st minute substitute and scored within 12 minutes of his return.
The 27-year old has been out since suffering the injury on 22 November.
"He's now confident he'll be in the team and ready to fight for his place," Roberts told BBC Radio... | Wales assistant Osian Roberts says Gareth Bale is looking forward to playing against Ireland on 24 March after recovering from ankle surgery. | 39015921 |
Shot in spectacular locations, directed by an Oscar-winner and shown before screenings of Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Black Angel had it all. Then the film was lost.
Black Angel is an Arthurian tale of a knight who rescues a princess while he is returning home from the Crusades.
Shot in Scotland on ... | Black Angel, a short film shown in the cinemas before the 1980 Star Wars feature The Empire Strikes Back, disappeared for decades and was believed to have been lost before it re-emerged in 2012. | 25781629 |
The 40-year-old is tied ninth at Baltusrol on four-under par after two rounds, five shots behind American leaders Jimmy Walker and Robert Streb.
Donaldson hit the winning shot for Europe in 2014 at Gleneagles and hopes to play this September at Hazeltine.
"Of course the Ryder Cup is at the back of my mind," he said.
"I... | Welsh golfer Jamie Donaldson says the chance of being a captain's pick for the Ryder Cup is helping inspire his efforts at the US PGA Championship. | 36932425 |
One of photographer John Sanderson's earliest memories was family road trips to Pennsylvania from his home in Manhattan, New York.
While on one of these trips, 13-year-old Sanderson discovered the delight of taking pictures when shooting the Strasburg Rail Road and its historic steam engine.
Returning to the subject of... | Photographs by John Sanderson. | 40341771 |
Both forwards missed last Saturday's 32-8 defeat by Australia.
But Gethin Jenkins retains the captaincy in a team showing six changes with Liam Williams back on the wing and Leigh Halfpenny retained at full-back.
Tomas Francis comes in at tight-head with Gareth Davies at scrum-half for the injured Rhys Webb.
Harlequins... | Sam Warburton and Alun Wyn Jones return to the Wales team for Saturday's game against Argentina, with centre Jamie Roberts dropped to the bench. | 37932002 |
The former News of the World editor also received a message of support from Tony Blair, the Old Bailey heard.
Mrs Brooks told the court she had felt "sick" when the Guardian published the story in July 2011.
The 45-year-old denies four charges including conspiracy to hack phones and to commit misconduct in public offic... | Rebekah Brooks has revealed she received death threats after it was reported that murdered Milly Dowler's mobile phone had been hacked. | 26431028 |
The Spaniard beat Maarten Stekelenburg with an impudent flick from Erik Pieters' searching left-wing cross.
Dusan Tadic fired narrowly over for Southampton, who created few clear chances, before Stoke saw Ibrahim Afellay's shot cleared off the line.
The Potters climb into the top half after their fifth win in seven lea... | Stoke continued their impressive run as Bojan's brilliant finish earned a hard-fought win over Southampton. | 34818142 |
24 July 2016 Last updated at 10:07 BST
Speaking to many of the key players in the campaign on both sides, BBC Newsnight's Nicholas Watt tells the inside story of how the Leave campaign won - and how the Remain camp lost this historic vote.
Read more: Cameron considered last-ditch appeal to Merkel
This film aired as par... | It's one month on from the UK's referendum on EU membership. | 36877788 |
McCarthy's side were beaten 1-0 thanks to Leon Best's goal, their fifth defeat of the season at Portman Road.
"The performance was worse than the result, if that can be possible.
"That was as poor as we've played in a long, long time. If we play like that we've no chance of getting into the play-offs," he told BBC Radi... | Ipswich Town manager Mick McCarthy says he will take a "huge portion" of the blame for a "dreadful" display in the home defeat by strugglers Rotherham. | 35861322 |
Lange will return to the role she played in London during 2000, for which she was nominated for an Olivier Award.
She will play Mary Tyrone, a matriarch addicted to morphine, opposite Irish actor Gabriel Byrne next year.
This is her third appearance in New York's theatre district, said the Roundabout Theatre Company.
T... | Oscar-winning actor Jessica Lange is set to return to New York's Broadway, after a decade, in Eugene O'Neill's play Long Day's Journey Into Night. | 32897043 |
B-Secur has developed a biometric technology that uses an individual's heartbeat pattern, or electrocardiogram (ECG), to authenticate their identity.
The investors are Accelerated Digital Ventures (ADV) and Kernel Capital.
The firm said the money would allow it to "grow significantly" in the next year.
B-Secur said it ... | A Belfast-based cybersecurity firm which uses heartbeats to check identity has raised fresh backing of £3.5m from two investment funds. | 40710543 |
Conservatives Robert Halfon, MP for Harlow, and Thurrock's Jackie Doyle-Price have written to government ministers outlining their concerns.
Chief Superintendant Sean O'Callaghan, of Essex Police, said action had been taken where appropriate.
Harlow and Thurrock councils said they had been doing all they could to deal ... | Illegal traveller sites are not being dealt with effectively by police and councils, according to two MPs. | 29913908 |
A motion at the party's conference in Perth calling for the system not to be renewed was supported by an overwhelming majority.
Both party members and unions voted 70% in favour of the motion.
It means Labour now holds different positions on the issue north and south of the border.
However, UK leader Jeremy Corbyn supp... | Scottish Labour party delegates have backed a vote to scrap the UK's Trident nuclear missile system, which is based at Faslane naval base on the Clyde. | 34687735 |
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Rooney apologised to Southgate and the Football Association after "inappropriate" pictures taken during the squad's downtime following the World Cup qualifying win against Scotland at Wembley last month were made public.
Former boss Fabio Capello introduced a notoriously h... | New England manager Gareth Southgate says he will not introduce a "draconian" disciplinary regime despite the controversy over captain Wayne Rooney's late-night drinking. | 38172446 |
But the win was overshadowed by an injury to full-back Billy Slater who had to leave the field in the second half after aggravating a knee problem.
Morris and Hayne are the fifth and sixth Australians to score four tries in a World Cup game.
Greg Inglis added two tries and Cameron Smith and Cooper Cronk also crossed.
H... | Brett Morris and Jarryd Hayne scored four tries each as Australia reached the Rugby League World Cup last four with an easy victory over the USA. | 24972740 |
Mr Goldberg, 47, husband of Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg, was found lying next to a gym treadmill on Friday at a holiday resort in Mexico.
Mexican authorities have no plans for a criminal investigation.
The officials said Goldberg still had vital signs when he was discovered, but later died at a hospital.
He repo... | The Silicon Valley entrepreneur and SurveyMonkey chief executive Dave Goldberg died of severe head trauma, according to local officials. | 32586657 |
A regulation banning a practice known as "moving under braking" was adopted last year after drivers complained about Red Bull's Max Verstappen.
But governing body the FIA has decided a catch-all rule covering potentially dangerous driving is a better way of policing close-racing incidents.
Each will be treated on its m... | Formula 1 has dropped its so-called "Verstappen rule" aimed at dangerous driving in racing situations. | 39362780 |
The Ferhad Pasha mosque in Banja Luka is seen as a masterpiece of Ottoman architecture. It took 14 years to rebuild, mostly using original stones.
More than a dozen of Banja Luka's mosques were destroyed during the war.
The Bosnian Serb authorities say the re-opening demonstrates their commitment to ethnic tolerance.
T... | Thousands of people have attended the re-opening of a 16th-Century mosque in Bosnia which was destroyed by Serb forces during the war of the 1990s. | 36237014 |
The Welsh county are seeking a new boss after Toby Radford left a year before his contract was due to end.
Watkin, 51, and fellow coach Robert Croft were candidates for the job when Radford was appointed two years ago.
Croft is viewed as a leading contender to take over Radford's role, which is also being advertised ex... | Glamorgan assistant coach Steve Watkin has revealed he will not be applying for the vacant head coach role. | 35253041 |
The 32-year-old mortgage adviser was caught in the Piccadilly Line Tube blast on 7 July 2005 while on his way to work in the Strand.
He called his mother from King's Cross to let her know he had arrived safely and was about to board the Tube.
He was a member of the Bretton Baptist Church, where he had been a deacon for... | A church deacon from Bretton in Peterborough, James Adams was a man with a tolerance of all faiths. | 11989641 |
It says the allegations relate to 20 people being paid from the EU budget as assistants to the French party's MEPs.
There are doubts whether they do work directly connected to the parliament.
The party leader said she would file a complaint against the parliament's president over the "false accusations".
Ms Le Pen also... | The European Parliament has called in the EU's anti-fraud squad to investigate possible financial irregularities involving Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front (FN). | 31816226 |
A group set up by the health board to examine the future of health care in the area has recommended shutting the homes in Melness and Melvich.
A location has still be to suggested for the new building.
However, it has been recommended that other health services could be relocated to the hub.
NHS Highland and Highland C... | Two care homes in north Sutherland could be closed and the residents moved to a new, single "hub" complex, NHS Highland has said. | 35159572 |
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The Wallabies blew the lethargic hosts off the field in a one-sided first half when tries by Stephen Moore, Reece Hodge and Tevita Kuridrani opened a 20-3 lead.
Bernard Foley's try put the game beyond Wales.
A Welsh flurry, in which Scott Williams scored, was snuffed out w... | Dominant Australia claimed their 12th consecutive win over Wales at a shocked and subdued Principality Stadium. | 37873837 |
Drivers were also checked for drugs during the festive campaign after a change to the law last spring - leading to almost 100 more arrests.
Nearly 23,000 motorists were breathalysed during December.
North Wales Police also revealed it randomly tested its own officers for drink and drugs, with all tests coming back nega... | More than 500 drivers failed drink tests in the Christmas crackdown, Welsh police forces have revealed. | 35412877 |
The US central bank is widely expected to raise rates for the first time since June 2006 later in the day.
Japan's Nikkei 225 closed 2.61% higher at 19,049.91 in one of its biggest daily gains in more than two months.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 closed up 2.42% at 5,028.40 after hitting its lowest level since mid-2013 on T... | Shares in Asia were all in positive territory on Wednesday ahead of the US Federal Reserve's long-awaited interest rate decision. | 35109265 |
The 35-year-old from Glasgow began his impressive round with six successive birdies at Victoria Clube de Golfe, and made just one bogey.
English trio Eddie Pepperell, Matthew Baldwin and Callum Shinkwin are in a group of five at seven under.
Ireland's three-time major winner Padraig Harrington and Scotland's 1999 Open ... | Scotland's Marc Warren opened with an eight-under-par 63 to lead the Portugal Masters in Vilamoura. | 37723330 |
The Scottish government this week warned that it could step in to force football authorities to take action.
It followed the failure of disciplinary action over disorder at last season's Scottish Cup final.
"I have not spoken to anyone in any clubs who have any appetite for it," Gray told BBC Scotland.
"We have raised ... | Hamilton Accies chairman Les Gray thinks there is little chance of Scottish clubs accepting "strict liability" for their fans' behaviour. | 37530941 |
As frightened partygoers looked on, the gang left a scrawled message at the scene, announcing the arrival of a new, breakaway drug cartel called La Familia Michoacana, and walked out as coolly as they had entered.
For many, it represented a shocking new degree of brutality by the country's drug traffickers. It made hea... | In September 2006, gunmen opened the doors of the Sol y Sombra discotheque in Uruapan, in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, and threw five human heads onto the dance floor. | 18063328 |
Sir Malcolm Rifkind said the intelligence committee he chairs would act "without fear or favour", although some MPs want a judge-led inquiry.
It follows a US Senate report which found "brutal" treatment of suspects.
Downing Street has said some material was removed from the report at the UK's request for national secur... | A parliamentary committee is to request the US hands over any material documenting the UK's role in the CIA's post-9/11 interrogation programme. | 30467471 |
Oxford University student Ione Wells, 20, was attacked as she walked home near Camden earlier this month
She said the reaction to her letter, first published in student paper The Cherwell, had "transformed" an "incredibly hurtful" experience.
Ms Wells said she hoped the letter would bring hope to other victims.
A 17-ye... | A woman who wrote an open letter to the man who sexually assaulted her has said the public response has made her feel "positive" about the ordeal. | 32513104 |
Bobby Grant put Fleetwood in front after 34 minutes, taking a pass from David Ball and cutting in from the right before beating keeper Colin Doyle with an angled shot high into the net.
The goal came after former Bradford striker Devante Cole had missed a great chance of scoring against his old club in the 14th minute.... | Third-placed Bradford City maintained their unbeaten start to the season - and ended a run of five successive draws - after coming behind to earn a win over Fleetwood Town at Valley Parade. | 37415236 |
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