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Katherine Jackson and his three children say AEG Live should be held liable for Jackson's death in 2009.
The promoters say they did no wrong and could not have foreseen Jackson's death on the eve of his comeback tour.
Millions of dollars are at stake in the trial, which could last up to 90 days.
Brian Panish, who repre... | A lawyer for Michael Jackson's mother says the pop star's promoters failed properly to vet the doctor convicted of causing his death from a drug overdose, as a wrongful death lawsuit opens. | 22341901 |
It is believed Andre Murphy, who was known as Nick, was hit while fixing a flat tyre on his horse trailer at about 04:10 GMT at junction 28 on Monday.
The stud farmer, 56, from County Wexford in Ireland, was on his way to deliver horses at the time.
A man, 45, arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving... | A man killed in a crash which led to 11-mile tailbacks on the M4 around Newport has been named. | 35101535 |
Morsi is already serving a 20-year prison term for ordering the arrest and torture of protesters while in power.
Egypt's religious authorities will now have to give their opinion before the sentence can be carried out.
Morsi's supporters from his Muslim Brotherhood movement have described the charges against him as "fa... | An Egyptian court has pronounced death sentences on ousted president Mohammed Morsi and more than 100 other people over a mass prison break in 2011. | 32763215 |
Singer and songwriter Karine Polwart kicks off proceedings at the Easterbrook Hall in Dumfries on 26 May.
A wide range of theatre, music and comedy performances will follow throughout the region.
Billed as Scotland's largest rural performing arts festival, it runs until 4 June.
Among the events being highlighted by org... | Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival has launched the programme for this year's event which it says is its "most ambitious to date". | 39267993 |
This afternoon, while denying the Withdrawal Bill is a power grab, promising that MPs will have a say on any issue they want, David Davis dangled possible solutions to one of Brexit's very specific issues - and also, to one of the most fundamental problems of all.
In recent days there have been rumblings of a rebellion... | Along with the now titled European Union (Withdrawal) Bill - the Great Repeal Bill is gone and forgotten - it seems that ministers are starting, even if ever so slowly, to show a bit of leg on where they might budge in the Brexit negotiations. | 40602276 |
The BBC can reveal that one of the men had been part of a police investigation into the widespread theft of money from pensioners.
Another fled the UK while on licence following a conviction for conspiracy to rape, while a teenager from London told his IS recruiters he worked in a hospital helping doctors carry out ope... | More details have been emerging about British recruits to so-called Islamic State (IS) who travelled in 2013-14 to fight jihad in Syria and Iraq. | 35807618 |
20 August 2017 Last updated at 12:40 BST
The fun event is to promote the Winter Olympic Games in the country next year.
Around three thousand people had a go on the slide, including 23-year-old Lee who said: "I am having so much fun. It's very nice to come and play at a place not far from my home. I wish this kind of e... | Thousands of people in Seoul in South Korea have been having fun on a 300 metre long water slide. | 40991556 |
Northampton Borough Council maintains it sold the Sekhemka figurine to help fund a £14m extension to its museum and art gallery.
The council has refused a BBC Freedom of Information request for its pre-sale legal advice.
It has now emerged lawyers flagged up a number of risks before the sale.
The 4,000-year-old statue,... | A council that pocketed £8m by selling an ancient Egyptian statue had been warned by lawyers not to sell it for "financial motives", it has emerged. | 37338390 |
Gobi the dog had joined Dion Leonard on a 250km (155 mile) run across the Gobi desert in June.
They became inseparable before the dog suddenly went missing.
They were reunited in August and Gobi finally joined Mr Leonard in flying back to Scotland on Tuesday.
The story of Dion and Gobi first captured hearts when news s... | An ultra-marathon runner has finally been able to return to Edinburgh with a dog who "adopted" him during a race in China. | 38522419 |
The international 400m runner from York was part of Great Britain's gold-medal-winning relay team at the European Indoor Championships in 2013.
The 28-year-old has recently divided his time between running and filming but has now announced he is leaving the athletics track for good.
He will take up a place on an acting... | Athlete Richard Buck has announced he is retiring from athletics to pursue a career as an actor. | 33498986 |
John Murphy, 52, failed to arrive at work after leaving his home in the Dennistoun area at 07:00 on 12 May.
At a police news conference, his son, also called John, said: "Our family is not the same without him and we just want him to come home."
Mr Murphy is about 5ft 8in tall, of medium build, with short brown hair, w... | The family of a missing Glasgow man have appealed for help to trace him, six months after his disappearance. | 34797896 |
China, ranked eighth in the world, twice took the lead through Meiyu Lang and Mengling Zhong.
Ireland, seven below their opponents in the rankings, levelled firstly with a Chloe Watkins penalty stroke and then a solo goal by Roisin Upton.
The Chinese netted three without reply to clinch victory over the Irish who play ... | Ireland have been beaten 5-2 by China in their second match of the Berlin Four Nations Cup. | 40306125 |
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The 25-year-old Algeria international, signed from French side Le Havre for just £400,000 in January 2014, has been a sensation this season, scoring 15 league goals, including the winner against Watford on Saturday.
Mahrez's journey to this point has been far from straight... | Riyad Mahrez has been one of the inspirations behind Leicester's unexpected but widely welcomed Premier League title challenge. | 35688719 |
David Thomas, from Leedstown, presented the 23.2kg (51.1lbs) vegetable at this year's National Giant Vegetable Championships.
Mr Thomas said he was "very proud" of the "beach ball" sized cabbage.
The previous record, set in 1925 by Mr R Straw of Staveley, Derbyshire, weighed in at 19.05kg (42lbs).
Growing the huge vege... | A man from Cornwall has broken a world record that has stood for more than 90 years - by growing the heaviest red cabbage. | 37462646 |
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The 24-year-old was charged with committing "an act of simulation" to earn his side a penalty in Sunday's 2-2 draw with Celtic.
The fixed suspension was two games and Ross County have chosen not to challenge the decision.
Schalk will miss the Premiership games against Inve... | Ross County striker Alex Schalk has accepted a two-game suspension for diving from the Scottish Football Association's compliance officer. | 39646717 |
Raymond Fuller, 88, from Poole, joined the Royal Navy as a 17 year old in 1943 and served on HMS Illustrious.
The carrier's aircraft attacked targets in Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies and took part in the Battle of Okinawa.
Mr Fuller's pilgrimage in the new year is being funded by the Big Lottery Fund's Heroes Ret... | A World War Two veteran from Dorset is to visit the Kranji memorial in Singapore to remember those who lost their lives in the Far East. | 30625329 |
Following the ceremony in April, Jeremy Pemberton had his permission to work as a priest in Nottinghamshire revoked.
This led to the offer of a chaplaincy with the NHS being withdrawn - although he is still holds a licence and has a similar job in Lincolnshire.
The church, which does not accept gay marriage, said each ... | The Church of England has said it will not intervene in the case of the first gay British clergyman to marry. | 28638850 |
The 20-year-old came through the Tigers' youth system but was out of contract this summer.
He played 20 games during second half of last season on loan at Accrington Stanley where he scored once.
"They are a really ambitious club and the facilities are second to none. I'm very ambitious and I want to come here and impr... | League One side Fleetwood Town have signed Hull City defender Harvey Rodgers on a three-year contract. | 40261250 |
Amaju Pinnick believes the African game can only benefit, even if the tournament may suffer early on.
"At the beginning, you will see some problems but later it will start building up to the quality people know it for," the Nigerian told BBC Sport.
"Trust me - it is not going to reduce the quality."
Last week, Caf chos... | The Africa Cup of Nations will not suffer in quality after its expansion to 24 teams, says a top Confederation of African Football (Caf) official. | 40719847 |
Peter Thornton QC will include the recommendation in his annual report.
Shadow home secretary Andy Burnham called for a "Hillsborough Law", after the families' 27-year campaign.
The government said funding support was available "in the most important cases" and more than £1.5bn was spent on legal aid last year.
In Apri... | Bereaved families should be given legal aid at inquests in which police or public bodies are involved, the chief coroner for England and Wales said. | 36888755 |
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Leicester's maiden top-flight title was a huge surprise last season but the Italian, 64, insisted his team has a "strong foundation".
"Last season we made something which is hard to repeat but I want the maximum," Ranieri said.
Leicester face Manchester United in the Commu... | Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri has told his team "forget what we achieved - I want more" before their Premier League title defence begins. | 36992014 |
The university confirmed in 2007 it was considering quitting the Crichton site due to £800,000-a-year losses.
Undergraduate admissions were abandoned but a funding package allowed that decision to be reversed a year later.
Figures now show a student headcount of more than 340 from a level of just 110 at the time it was... | Student numbers on the University of Glasgow's Dumfries campus have more than trebled in the 10 years since fears surfaced it could close for good. | 38638227 |
Dean Murphy, 18, was stopped by the two plain-clothed officers in Cheshunt High Street last September.
St Albans Crown Court heard Murphy stabbed one in the arm and the other across his hands as he tried to flee.
Murphy, of Caledonian Road in Islington, London, admitted a weapons, assault and wounding charge.
The court... | A teenager who stabbed two policemen in a bid to escape questioning has been sentenced to more than six years in a young offenders' institution. | 39332220 |
The Guardian claims that Jeremy Wright QC will step in over the case raised by the Iraqi army's former chief of staff.
The newspaper says it has seen legal papers showing General Abdul-Wahid Shannan ar-Ribat wants to prosecute the former Labour prime minister for the crime of "aggression".
But it says a court ruled in ... | The attorney general hopes to block a private prosecution against Tony Blair over the Iraq war, a report says. | 39620469 |
The dispute is over who pays for a separate electrification of railway lines in the south Wales valleys.
Welsh Secretary David Jones said documents proved the Welsh government agreed to pay for the valley lines upgrade.
But the First Minister said the UK government should foot the bill.
Carwyn Jones insisted that minis... | An escalating row over funding is threatening to delay a major upgrade of the Great Western main line between Swansea and London. | 26676140 |
The striker was booked twice for simulation in Thursday's 0-0 draw with Hamilton Academical at Tannadice.
But his appeal will not be heard until next Thursday, meaning the 25-year-old will not be suspended on Sunday.
Murray appeared to be fouled in the penalty box by Scott McMann before falling with 13 minutes remainin... | Simon Murray is free to play in the Premiership play-off final second leg after Dundee United appealed against his second yellow card in the first. | 40053822 |
But why aren't the pumpkins?
It's all down to our long, wet summer, which has led to a case of soggy bottoms, according to one farmer.
Alan Lockhart, from Newry, County Down, says his normally plentiful pumpkin crop has this year fallen victim to poor weather over July and August.
Pumpkins are mainly made up of water -... | Halloween is coming, the evenings are growing shorter and the leaves are turning orange. | 34657618 |
Two men were captured on CCTV footage taking the items out of Goulds Garden Centre, Weymouth, on 10 December.
Police said they had since been recovered and a 26-year-old man from Wimborne had been arrested and bailed.
It is hoped the raffle will raise more than £1,000 for Cancer Research and child bereavement charity ... | Charity prizes including a giant teddy bear which were stolen from a Dorset garden centre have been returned in time for its Christmas Eve raffle. | 30596778 |
The government had been looking at either closing the Tornado bases of RAF Lossiemouth in Moray or RAF Marham in Norfolk.
Tornado operations were to be relocated to the base remaining open.
But the government has decided to keep both operational.
But RAF Leuchars will close and become an army base, with its Typhoons le... | The Tornado base at RAF Marham in Norfolk threatened with closure under the government's defence review will stay open, it has been announced. | 14189327 |
6 January 2016 Last updated at 17:27 GMT
She told the BBC they keys to her house were taken at gunpoint and then the contents looted. | Ya Ammuna, who says she is 100 year old, is one of the oldest residents of the Dalori camp in northern Nigeria for those who have survived attacks by Islamist group Boko Haram. | 35241614 |
Maybe it's just coincidence.
First, the UK government announces that it will impose a levy on sugar-laden soft drinks, giving manufacturers a couple of years to adjust.
Then, those manufacturers suddenly spring into action, cutting sugar content in response, they claim, to "changing consumer tastes".
We respond to our ... | A year after the Treasury put plans in place to tax sugar-rich soft drinks, including Irn Bru and Coca-Cola, it's having a faster hit than expected - or than manufacturers admit. | 39429121 |
The Briton, keirin gold medallist from London 2012, was beaten by 33-1 chance Jordaura as she rode Royal Etiquette over one mile and two furlongs.
The 34-year-old's racecourse debut came in a charity event at Newbury in July.
She aims to ride in the Foxhunter Chase at the 2016 Cheltenham Festival.
She retired from cycl... | Olympic cycling champion Victoria Pendleton finished second on her competitive debut as a jockey in the Betfair Novice Flat Amateur Riders' Handicap at Ripon. | 34109738 |
Crystalla Dean, 52, was last seen by her daughter at her home in Longsdale Crescent, Oban, at about 20:00 on Thursday.
She was reported missing the next day after failing to return.
Ms Dean is described as being about 5ft 1in tall, of slim build and has curly dyed-blue hair.
Police said she may have been wearing a red ... | A large-scale search, involving mountain rescue and coastguard teams, is being carried out in Argyll for a missing woman. | 38351985 |
In the past few days, his forces and their allies have begun offensives clearly aimed, initially at least, at regaining ground they lost to an alliance of non-Islamic State (IS) rebels since early this year.
The main areas currently in the sights of the regime and its allies are the Sahl al-Ghab, a large plain between ... | Since the Russians waded in with air and missile strikes, and Iran stepped up its support on the ground directly and through Shia militias from around the region, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's battered and under-manned army clearly has a new spring in its step. | 34508356 |
And while Mercury's Barcelona describes an alluring "jewel in the sun", a footballing conquest in this city can also be viewed in that light.
Victory is not something that comes to many visitors to the theatrical Camp Nou, something Celtic are hunting when they tread a now familiar track to the home of the star-studded... | Freddie Mercury sang "I had this perfect dream" in his operatic soundtrack to the 1992 Olympic Games. | 37338587 |
The strike followed a dispute with pilots over plans to expand the group's budget subsidiary Transavia.
The airline's pilot strike, which was the longest in 20 years, offset the benefits of lower fuel prices.
Earnings fell €266m (£172m) to €1.598bn, with the September's strike costing it €495m in lost revenue.
Air Fran... | Air France-KLM is planning to speed up cost cuts and reduce investment after it reported a drop in full-year profits following last year's pilots' strike. | 31530243 |
William Allright, three, had been helping his father sweep the backyard of their home in Great Yarmouth when he picked up the syringe.
His father Stephen believes drug users who use a nearby alley dumped it there.
Residents raised £1,000 to put up gates but the council removed them saying the alley was a right of way.... | A toddler from a Norfolk seaside resort is facing six months of medical tests after a used hypodermic syringe needle became embedded in his finger. | 34163028 |
This was India's first conviction for cyber-stalking since cyber-laws came into existence in 2000.
In March 2009, Prabhu had sent a series of emails from an anonymous address to a colleague who had earlier rejected his proposal.
"I would go to a movie, and then get an anonymous email saying, How was the movie, you enjo... | When a Mumbai court recently sent Yogesh Prabhu, 36, an executive in a private company, to jail for three months, it was a tiny landmark. | 33532706 |
The 25-year-old has not played since surgery on a dislocated shoulder he suffered in the Six Nations in March and he is now out with a groin injury.
Last week Toulon president Mourad Boudjellal said the player's contract could be terminated on medical grounds.
But it is understood that the rift has now been healed afte... | Leigh Halfpenny's future at Toulon appears to have been resolved following a meeting between the Wales full-back's representative and club officials. | 29293428 |
Officials killed the bear on Thursday after tests confirmed it had eaten part of the man's body and hid the rest.
It is not normal behaviour for bears to feed on humans, park officials said.
"If a bear consumes an individual, it's not allowed to remain in the population," park spokeswoman Amy Bartlett said. "It's not a... | Yellowstone National Park rangers have put down a grizzly bear that killed a hiker and ate part of his body. | 33942095 |
The festive installation, in Leicester, was widely mocked when it was erected last week, with baffled locals poking fun at the "abysmal" effort.
Some suggested workmen had forgotten to finish it, while others wondered if decorations had been stolen.
The council explained the tinsel it had ordered was "actually really t... | "Heavy tinsel" has been blamed after a city centre Christmas tree's decorations were left "half-finished". | 37941905 |
Last season's British & Irish Cup runners-up sold its assets for £1.5m in November to see out the campaign.
They came fifth in the second tier last term, but captain James Freeman and Gary Graham have now left.
"The biggest expense we have is the playing squad, so we have taken money out of that," Morgan told BBC Jerse... | Jersey Reds chairman Mark Morgan says the Championship side has had to lose a "significant chunk" of its playing budget to cut costs. | 40694619 |
In her BBC Radio Wales Patrick Hannan lecture, Prof Laura McAllister highlighted a "limited respect" for Wales in centres of power at a UK level.
She urges Wales to be a more confident country with "more confident leadership".
Click here to listen to the lecture live and replay after broadcast
Speaking at the Hay Liter... | Powerful positions in Welsh life are a "closed shop" to women, according to one of Wales' leading academics. | 32892869 |
The sperm whale was found at about 07:30 GMT at Hunstanton on Thursday. Rescuers kept the bull comfortable and hoped it would refloat when the tide came in, but it died at about 20:00.
Scientist Rob Deaville said it had "died fairly quickly" and there would have been little chance of saving it.
His team examined the wh... | The death of a whale that became stranded on a Norfolk beach was "probably the best outcome" for the creature's welfare, an expert has said. | 35500062 |
A state TV announcer said that North Korea had successfully placed a satellite in orbit.
It appears the rocket was fired from a base in the north-west and passed over Japan's southern Okinawa islands.
The launch was condemned by Japan, South Korea and the US, who have requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security C... | North Korea has fired a long-range rocket, which critics say is a test of banned missile technology. | 35515207 |
An inquest found Mary Muldowney, 57, probably would have survived if she had been transferred for surgery more quickly.
Doctors in Surrey had asked for an immediate transfer last July, but several units had no beds available.
Her son, Sean, said the family did not want the same thing to happen to another patient.
Ms Mu... | The family of a woman who died of a brain haemorrhage after an intensive care delay has begun legal action. | 39081544 |
Kurdi's body washed up in Turkey after the boat carrying his family capsized.
The photograph of Ai Wewei recreating the boy's lifeless pose was taken on the Greek island of Lesbos, where the artist has set up a studio.
It is for an exhibition at the India Art Fair, the Washington Post reports.
The black and white image... | Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has recreated the image of drowned Syrian toddler Alan Kurdi that provoked fierce debate last year about the plight of refugees. | 35457936 |
The battalion spent its tour of duty in Helmand Province and were deployed to the Upper Gereshk Valley.
Commanding Officer Rob Howieson said the parade was done as a "thank you" for support soldiers received from the city and the Highlands during the tour.
Lt Col Howieson said it had been a challenging six months. | Troops from the 1st Battalion Scots Guards have paraded in Inverness to mark the soldiers' return to the UK following six months in Afghanistan. | 22716289 |
The parade will set off from the fire station to the war memorial ahead of a wreath-laying ceremony, as reported by EverythingEppingForest.co.uk
The idea for the unofficial walk came after Essex Police said they could not afford to send officers to help.
The Royal British Legion's Epping secretary described the move to... | A social media campaign is under way promoting an "unofficial" walk of Remembrance in Epping. | 34747102 |
The Caribbean nation is a major tourist destination. This, coupled with free-trade zones, has become the country's major employer and key sources of revenue, replacing dependence on sugar, coffee and other exports.
The Dominican Republic is inhabited mostly by people of mixed European and African origins. Western influ... | Once ruled by Spain, the Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, a former French colony. | 19246340 |
Tharwat Elsha needed three stitches to his face after the assault by a number of men outside the shop in which he works on the Strand Road on Tuesday.
Two men, aged 20 and 41, were arrested and released on police bail pending further enquiries.
Mr Elsha, who has lived in Derry for three years, said he was assaulted wit... | An Egyptian man who was the victim of a racist attack in Londonderry has said he feared for his life. | 32444890 |
The email was sent to the chief executive of the five health trusts by the Department of Health's permanent secretary, Richard Pengelly.
It was sent before the assembly elections in March.
On Monday, a Department of Health spokesperson said Mr Pengelly would respond to the BMA "in due course".
In his original email, th... | The chairman of Northern Ireland's BMA has sought legal advice over an email telling medical staff not to express political opinions on social media. | 39925028 |
Like-for-like retail sales - excluding fuel - were down 0.8% in the 12 weeks to 4 June as food price deflation continued to grip the sector.
In the previous quarter, sales had risen for the first time in two years.
Chief executive Mike Coupe said price pressures meant "the market will remain competitive".
But Mr Coupe ... | Sainsbury's has reported a fall in underlying sales, with the UK's second-largest grocer warning the market remains "challenging". | 36476855 |
The bank said a net 92 full-time staff would be affected, while 154 contractor roles will be lost later this year.
It is understood that most of the posts are technology-related and are based in London.
RBS said it was reducing the size of its back-office support as it moved towards becoming "a simpler, smaller UK-focu... | RBS is shedding nearly 250 posts, as part of an overhaul of its back-office operations. | 39856680 |
Merseyside Police said he was found wounded at the junction of Strathcona Road and Picton Road, Wavertree, just after 01:00 BST.
A 29-year-year-old man arrested in connection with the shooting was later released on police bail.
The injured man is in a "serious but stable condition", police said. | A 27-year-old man has been shot in the chest in a Liverpool street. | 33211026 |
He told the BBC that he was giving a "very clear indication" about who he was likely to appoint to the post.
But he stopped short of officially confirming it would be Mr Balls before the election results were in, because he thought it was "presumptuous".
He added: "I think you can take it from my answer what I'm planni... | Labour leader Ed Miliband has said that Ed Balls "would make an excellent chancellor" should his party win power. | 32388033 |
Zakariya Ashiq, 20, from Coventry, left the UK in November, but was forced to return after failing to cross the border from Jordan into Syria, the Old Bailey was told.
He was arrested at Heathrow airport on his way home on 20 November.
Mr Ashiq denies preparing acts of terrorism.
He has also pleaded not guilty to assis... | A young British Muslim repeatedly tried to join Islamic State in Syria in a bid to achieve his ambition of becoming a martyr, his trial has heard. | 32784321 |
Heather McGowan, 32, will join the A-list star at an event being held at a secret location on Thursday.
Clooney is visiting the city after accepting an invitation from the owner of a sandwich shop.
Social Bite helps the homeless by allowing customers to pay for food and drink on their behalf.
It operates a "suspended" ... | A wedding planner is "absolutely delighted" after winning a charity competition to have lunch with George Clooney when he visits Edinburgh. | 34775819 |
The African Cup of Nations is upon us - and it has a new host after Morocco backed out because of fears over Ebola, with barely two months to go before the January kick-off.
Africa's flagship football tournament will now be held in Equatorial Guinea, which has only ever competed in one Nations Cup before, when it was c... | In our series of letters from African journalists, film-maker and columnist Farai Sevenzo writes that the Ebola outbreak will not spoil the mood at Africa's premiere sports event. | 30214629 |
Zookeepers have been adding different colours of the sparkly stuff, including purple, red and gold to food given to the polar bears.
It doesn't harm the animals, but it allows researchers to identify which sample came from which furry friend.
Tests have been performed on the droppings for two years to track levels of s... | The polar bears at a Winnipeg zoo in Canada are pooping glitter... we know. | 36275780 |
US PGA champion Day struggled on the greens but his two-under 70 moved him to 15 under in Orlando.
Americans Kevin Chappell and playing partner Troy Merritt hit the best scores of the day with 67s to be joint second with Denmark's Henrik Stenson.
Rose is two strokes further back after a one-under 71 in wet conditions.
... | Australia's Jason Day leads by two shots with England's Justin Rose still in contention after three rounds of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. | 35853391 |
The two-year-old will go to the Westacre Montessori School Nursery in Norfolk from January.
A nursery spokesman said: "We are looking forward to welcoming George to our nursery."
The nursery, near King's Lynn, is close to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's home, Anmer Hall.
The BBC's royal correspondent Peter Hunt sai... | The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have announced the nursery Prince George is to attend alongside the release of a new photograph of their family. | 35130232 |
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Current holders Riders are on a 15-game winning run and have won the last 15 meetings between the sides.
Raiders are in transition, searching for their first silverware since winning the competition in 2007.
"Of course they're going to feel the pressure - they know what th... | Plymouth Raiders forward John Barber Jr says they aim to "do the impossible" by defeating heavy favourites Leicester Riders in the BBL Trophy final. | 39295600 |
Tata is selling its entire loss-making UK business and has asked for expressions of interest as part of the sales negotiations process.
Mr Wilkie was one of the main people behind a survival plan that was rejected by the Tata board in India and the UK business was put up for sale.
The steel crisis has been driven by fa... | Tata Steel's Port Talbot chief Stuart Wilkie is to launch a management buyout of the company's operations in the UK. | 36087767 |
The government forecast an iron ore price of $46.70 a tonne by 2018, almost half the current level of $80.
The current price is supported by resurgent demand from China.
But the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science said that demand was unlikely to continue over the coming years.
The department also lowered it... | Shares in Australian mining companies have fallen after the government forecasted a dramatic decline in iron ore prices. | 38551621 |
A consultation launched in October has finished and the firm confirmed it would cut staff numbers by about 25% at its Worksop offices and supply chain.
A spokesman said the changes were being made so it could "react quickly to the fast moving retail environment".
The business faced a "challenging" situation but was "fi... | Up to 170 jobs are to go at high street retailer Wilko's headquarters in Nottinghamshire. | 30805908 |
At the moment, students and examiners have to wear a gown over an outfit known as "sub fusc".
The compulsory clothing includes a dark suit, black shoes, a plain white shirt or blouse with a bow tie, long tie or ribbon.
Oxford University Student Union has called a referendum on the rules.
The result of the online vote w... | Students at Oxford University are voting on whether or not they should continue being forced to wear special clothes to sit their exams. | 32834953 |
Lawro's opponents for this weekend's Premier League fixtures are actors Idris Elba and Richard Madden, who feature in new film 'Bastille Day'.
Elba, also the star of TV shows Luther and The Wire, took the lead in the predictions because former Game of Thrones actor Madden says he is "more of a rugby man".
Media playbac... | BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season. | 36036246 |
Richard Dickenson, 45, of The Crescent, Tingley, started a fire which led to the blast at the bungalow on 28 May.
Dickenson escaped, but was taken to hospital suffering from burns and smoke inhalation. Six properties were evacuated but no-one else was injured.
He appeared at Leeds Crown Court by video link and will be ... | A man who was injured in a gas explosion at his home near Leeds has admitted arson. | 27904015 |
The man was driving a Ford Focus when it was involved in a crash with a Renault Traffic van near to Knowesouth Steading, Jedburgh.
The incident took place on the Kelso to Denholm road at 21:20 on Saturday.
The road was closed for several hours for collision investigations. Police have appealed for witnesses.
Sgt Andy G... | A 24-year-old man has died after a two-car collision on the A698 in the Scottish Borders. | 38043197 |
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Daley, eliminated in the semi-finals of the same event at the Rio Olympics last year, dominated the final throughout.
The 23-year-old won with a score of 590.95, ahead of Olympic champion Chen Aisen of China (585.25). Fellow Briton Matty Lee finished 12th.
Earlier, Daley w... | Britain's Tom Daley claimed his first individual World Championship gold for eight years with a stunning victory in the 10m platform final in Budapest. | 40693172 |
The cuts are mainly due to Shell's takeover of oil and gas exploration firm BG Group and prolonged low oil prices, it said.
Shell has announced more than 10,000 job losses over the past two years.
In February, the firm posted its steepest fall in annual earnings for 13 years.
"Despite the improvements that we have made... | Royal Dutch Shell is to cut at least another 2,200 jobs, with around 475 of those coming from its UK and Ireland oil and gas production business. | 36379173 |
Nadine Aburas, 28, was found at the city's Future Inn on 31 December, 2014.
US national Sammy Almahri, 44, appeared via video link at Newport Crown Court to deny her murder.
He was remanded in custody until a further hearing later this month and a provisional trial date has been set for October. | A man has pleaded not guilty to the murder of a Cardiff woman whose body was found in a hotel room. | 33381346 |
The Phoenix rocket was launched from a new space centre in Semnan in northern Iran.
The US criticised the launch and described it as a provocative action.
It is the fifth launch of a domestically produced satellite since 2009.
Iranian state TV said the launch vehicle could send a 250kg satellite to an altitude of 500 k... | Iran says it has successfully tested a rocket that can deliver satellites into orbit, days after the US imposed new economic sanctions on Tehran over its ballistic missile programme. | 40744613 |
Fifty-nine people were also injured when a lone male attacker detonated an explosive device at the end of a concert by Ariana Grande on Monday.
Commissioner Cressida Dick said the extra officers will be in place "for as long as it is needed".
She condemned the blast in Manchester as "an utterly appalling attack".
The m... | The Metropolitan Police has increased the number of officers on duty in London after the attack at Manchester Arena, which killed 22 people. | 40013337 |
Things do not get easier when a refugee arrives in a new country, possibly thousands of miles from family and friends.
There can be language barriers, a lack of education or employment prospects and many women refugees face the added problem of raising their children in a new landscape, sometimes with very little suppo... | It is hard to imagine having to leave home, drop everything and flee to another country for your own safety - but that is a grim reality that millions of people across the world have faced and more continue to experience. | 38283137 |
The First Minister's Reading Challenge was launched in 2016 in partnership with the Scottish Book Trust, aimed at developing a life-long love of books.
Originally designed for children in primary four to seven, it will now include all primary school pupils.
Nicola Sturgeon said the initiative "has been a fantastic succ... | A challenge encouraging Scottish children to read is being extended to reach an extra 173,000 school pupils. | 39132763 |
Rory Harley Davidson and another man were thrown from the Suzuki bike after it struck a stone dyke on Boig Road, near Nith Bridge, at 06:15 on Monday.
The 23-year-old, from New Cumnock, died at the scene.
The other man, whose name has not been released, remains in a critical but stable condition in Ayr Hospital. Police... | Police have released the name of a man who died after a motorbike crash near New Cumnock in East Ayrshire. | 37235604 |
The veteran action star made his mark on the US TV show by replacing Trump's "You're fired" catchphrase with a more idiosyncratic "You're terminated".
Boy George, Jon Lovitz and Motley Crue singer Vince Neil are among the stars competing to raise money for charities.
Mr Trump retains an executive producer credit on the... | Arnold Schwarzenegger has made his debut as the new star of The Celebrity Apprentice, a role he inherited from US President-elect Donald Trump. | 38495201 |
Two people were killed in weather-related accidents in Oklahoma and three lost their lives in San Marcos, Texas.
Some areas saw up to 10 inches (25cm) of rain over a 24-hour period, with more predicted across the region.
Twelve people, including two children, were reported missing along the Blanco river in Texas, local... | At least five people have died and hundreds of homes have been destroyed in flash flooding in the southern US. | 32867226 |
The second stage of Plasdwr - a 900-acre site bordering Fairwater, St Fagans, Danescourt and Radyr - was approved for land south of Pentrebane Road.
It comes after plans for the first 630 homes bordering Llantrisant Road were given the go-ahead in February.
Redrow Homes said work on the first phase is due to start this... | A £2bn garden city in Cardiff has moved a step closer after plans for a further 290 homes received the green light. | 36543709 |
Galway are struggling this season and sit bottom of the Premier Division while the Candystripes are third after winning four of their five games.
The tie of the rounds sees Shamrock Rovers take on Bohemians in a Dublin derby.
League leaders Cork City visit Limerick, with the matches to be played on the weekend beginnin... | Derry City will start their EA Sports Cup bid with a second-round game at Galway United later this month. | 39503912 |
It was a night when anything that could go wrong did go wrong for the Valiants, who were up against it from the 21st minute when Danny Pugh was dismissed for bringing down Matty Lund as the midfielder raced through on goal.
Dale broke the deadlock in the 34th minute when Lund bundled the ball home from close range afte... | Port Vale's fight for League One survival suffered a setback at Spotland as Rochdale ran out comfortable winners. | 39408441 |
Police were called to Pier Street, Ventnor, on the Isle of Wight, shortly after midnight to reports a 57-year-old man had been assaulted.
Nick Medlin was pronounced dead at the scene. His family said they were "completely devastated".
Two men from the island, aged 31 and 32 have been arrested on suspicion of murder.
A ... | Family and friends have paid tribute to a prison officer killed on a night out in the early hours of Christmas Day. | 38447504 |
"Even a madman in [the Eritrean capital] Asmara would know that this story was not true," an Eritrean official told the BBC.
The hoax was first published online on a Kenyan news site called Crazy Monday.
Some men have commented on Twitter that they are ready to travel to Eritrea to find a new wife.
Crazy Monday, which ... | A satirical story that Eritrean men have been ordered to marry at least two wives, which has been shared across Africa, has upset Eritrean officials. | 35427654 |
Gwent Police said residents on Ruperra Street in Pill are being disrupted through the night by people "looking to buy illegal drugs".
The force added locals are "fearful" after being "intimidated" by visitors "shouting and swearing abuse".
Police are to apply for a three-month anti-social behaviour closure notice
"No-o... | A house in Newport has been boarded up following allegations it is linked to the use of Class A drugs, serious crime and prostitution. | 39571275 |
Tiny cameras and GPS tracking devices were attached to Dad's Cat and her family of feral farm cats as part of a unique scientific study in which a top team of scientists delved into the mind of the domestic cat.
1. Click on links that appear in the video to explore the story in more depth. 2. Return to the main video b... | Experience a cat's eye view of the world as a farm cat, known as Dad's Cat, takes you on a tour of her home and introduces you to the latest additions to her family - newborn kittens. | 29465660 |
BBC News has learned that the vehicle will be go on display in the Science Museum in London in early 2017.
The Russian Soyuz TMA-19M craft has been refurbished, but is still slightly singed from re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere.
Major Peake told BBC News that he was "absolutely delighted" to hear his spacecraft wou... | The UK has bought the capsule which sent Tim Peake into space and returned him to Earth. | 38169732 |
The 25-year-old did not make an appearance for the Gulls after joining them on a one-year contract in July.
His only match this season was Gibraltar's 4-0 friendly defeat by Euro 2016 champions Portugal.
"I doubt many Conference managers have had an international as their number two keeper," said boss Kevin Nicholson.
... | Gibraltar goalkeeper Jamie Robba has left National League club Torquay United in search of more game-time to cement his place in the national side. | 38769191 |
Tens of thousands of Bangladeshis live in 51 enclaves in India, while Indians live in 111 areas within Bangladesh. The residents lack access to public services.
Under the new agreement, more than 50,000 villagers from both sides will be given the option to choose where they want to live and which nationality they would... | In May, India's parliament approved a key agreement with Bangladesh enabling the two countries to exchange control of areas of land on each other's territory. | 33532702 |
The Hallaton Bottle Kicking contest pits teams from two Leicestershire villages who try to take control of a keg of beer.
The "ferocious rugby scrum" takes five hours to complete and is believed to have started before the Christian era.
A hare pie was also distributed to villagers during the event.
Hallaton's Bottle-Ki... | A "very English and very eccentric" tradition that dates back centuries has attracted thousands of people on Easter Monday. | 27096029 |
The Canaries, who surrendered a 3-1 lead to lose at Newcastle on Wednesday, went ahead at Molineux when Cameron Jerome headed past Carl Ikeme.
Robbie Brady doubled the advantage with a fine curling effort, moments after Nouha Dicko spurned a great chance in his first senior match for 13 months.
Dave Edwards headed a la... | Norwich City moved back up into the Championship's top two with an impressive victory at Wolves. | 37458490 |
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond also said new F-35 Lightning jets would be flying from the base in 2018.
After Mr Hammond's briefing Elizabeth Truss, Conservative MP for South West Norfolk, said the development would boost job opportunities.
It is also the culmination of a long campaign to keep the base open.
Four yea... | RAF Marham in Norfolk is to become the European maintenance hub for the new generation of strike and fighter aircraft deployed around Europe. | 27347336 |
It reported net income of $9.7bn (£6.7bn) compared with $2.8bn the previous year, although that was flattered by a gain of $3.9bn from the revaluation of tax assets in Europe.
Almost all of GM's profits were earned in North America.
Much of that profit growth was due to a 16% rise in sales of SUVs and pick-up trucks i... | Sales of SUVs and pick-up trucks in North America helped General Motors to achieve improved profits last year. | 35481017 |
The eight-week traineeship will help boost people's chances of getting a job and develop their digital skills.
The scheme will include training designed by BBC Academy and is open to unemployed people aged 18 and over.
BBC Cymru Wales, the Welsh Government and the UK Government Department for Work and Pensions are work... | Up to 200 unemployed people across Wales are to be offered the chance to become a BBC Make It Digital trainee. | 33244343 |
The Tigers slipped into the relegation zone with two games to play following a 2-0 defeat by Sunderland last Saturday.
Maguire has a year left on his current deal, but is said to be interesting Tottenham, Everton and Liverpool.
"Obviously every footballer wants to be playing in the Premier League, myself included," sai... | Hull City defender Harry Maguire says he will not enter contract negotiations with the club until the end of the Premier League season. | 39895183 |
The Spaniard, 28, has been linked with a move having been told he is not part of manager Antonio Conte's plans.
Costa did not train on Monday, with both parties understood to be keen to avoid unnecessary distractions.
"It was agreed with the club that he should have an extra few days off," said a statement on the club'... | Striker Diego Costa has been given extra time off by Chelsea, increasing the likelihood of him leaving during the summer transfer window. | 40559168 |
First, let's look at the vote across the UK. The pollsters got one thing, at least, absolutely correct.
For months they have been suggesting that Scotland was the most pro-Remain part of the UK; that Northern Ireland was also pro-Remain, although somewhat less so; and that things looked much closer in both England and ... | How did the EU referendum produce the result it did? | 36625433 |
The "consultation" vote called by Artur Mas was suspended by the Constitutional Court last month after a challenge by the central government.
However, Mr Mas said he could use a different legal framework to proceed.
Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy had earlier welcomed reports that the vote was being called off.
The government... | The head of Spain's Catalonia's region has said a non-binding vote on independence will go ahead on 9 November, in defiance of Madrid. | 29612423 |
The first decapitated swan was found at The Quay on Saturday. The second was found in the same area on Wednesday.
The RSPB charity said it "beggars belief" that anyone could harm the "beautiful and much loved" birds.
Killing swans, which are a protected species, is a crime under the Wildlife and Countryside Act. People... | Two swans have been found beheaded in Exeter. | 38933154 |
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