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The dinner, his eighth, was a chance for the US president to make fun of himself, his colleagues and opponents.
As in previous years, Donald Trump was a regular target, but the favourite for the Republican presidential nomination was not present.
Mr Obama's dramatic exit, featuring a mic drop, gained a standing ovation... | Democrats and Republicans alike were the target of jokes by President Obama in his last White House Correspondents' dinner before leaving office. | 36181308 |
It is clear from the graph above that net migration (numbers coming to the UK minus numbers leaving) has increased since the late 1990s.
These are figures on long-term international migration from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) going back to when they started being collected in 1964.
Long-term migrants are on... | UKIP leader Nigel Farage says that levels of migration to the UK should be returned to what he calls the "normal" levels we saw between 1990 and 1997. | 32162123 |
Flanker Wood, 29, is in pre-season training after neck surgery forced him to miss England's tour to Australia.
He has played 129 times since joining in 2010 and replaces scrum-half Dickson, 31, after one year as skipper.
"Lee did a great job and the first thing for me was to congratulate him on that, but to do the job ... | Tom Wood has replaced fellow England international Lee Dickson as captain of Premiership side Northampton Saints. | 36541888 |
East Sussex NHS Trust said the stick had been left by a member of staff near a trust building.
The information was not password protected.
The trust said it took data security "extremely seriously" and the loss was an "isolated incident".
Simon Keen, who was one of the patients whose data was on the stick, said: "They ... | More than 3,000 patients have been sent a letter of apology by the NHS after a computer memory stick containing their personal information was found by a member of the public. | 33401806 |
Speaking after he co-chaired a meeting of 10 leaders at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Malta, the PM said agreements had been made to counter online extremist "propaganda".
Corruption was a "cancer at the heart of so many problems we face", he added.
Meanwhile, the Queen has visited the spot where Geor... | Commonwealth countries must lead the fight against extremism, corruption and climate change, David Cameron has said. | 34953782 |
Michael Shenton gave England the lead after being set up by Daryl Clark's first touch of the game, before Isaac Liu barged himself over for Samoa.
Daniel Vidot put the Islanders ahead after scoring in the corner, but Kallum Watkins restored England's advantage.
Wigan's Liam Farrell and Joel Tomkins and brother Sam all ... | England narrowly held on for victory against Samoa in a pulsating Four Nations encounter in Brisbane. | 29700895 |
The visitors led 12-6 at the break through tries from Steve Michaels and Frank Pritchard, either side of a Michael Dobson score for Salford.
Second-half tries from Mason Caton-Brown, Niall Evalds and Rob Lui then put Salford ahead with 10 minutes left.
However, scores from Chris Green, Marc Sneyd and Mahe Fonua ensured... | Super League leaders Hull FC will head into the Super 8s on the back of a hard-fought win at Salford Red Devils. | 36834852 |
Steve Green from talent agency Artists International Management Inc confirmed to the BBC that he died at his home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Tuesday.
"He was one of my first acts, he was a terrific person and you don't find that in this business very often," said Green. "He was truly a standout."
Sledge had surgery ... | US soul singer Percy Sledge, famed for his song When a Man Loves a Woman, has died aged 74. | 32301435 |
Aged 19 at the time back in late 2010, and still living with his mum and dad in Somerset, Mr Nash had developed a website called Little Gossip, where schoolchildren could anonymously post news of interest to their fellow pupils.
Mr Nash, now 25, says he had the best of intentions, but things very quickly went wrong.
Th... | Ted Nash realised that his gossip website had somewhat backfired when a media scrum descended upon his parents' home in rural south-west England. | 36255780 |
Ince raced clear in the 91st minute to lob advancing keeper Tomasz Kuszczak, a result that keeps Derby within seven points of the Championship play-offs.
Derby led after three minutes when Jacob Butterfield's shot bounced in off the luckless Kuszczak's back.
Blues levelled after 69 minutes through Che Adams, but the Ra... | Tom Ince scored an injury-time winner at St Andrew's as Derby County manager Gary Rowett earned victory on his first return to former club Birmingham City. | 39462803 |
As expected, the unexpected frontrunner, standing centre stage at the Ronald Reagan presidential library, was attacked from all sides. But that's exactly how the pugnacious non-politician likes it.
Best moment: He insists he's not "braggadocious" (see his would-be Secret Service codename below), but even Donald Trump m... | After a combative, three-hour debate among the top Republican candidates vying for the presidential nomination, who were the winners and losers? | 34262696 |
The singer has opened up about the repercussions of the 2009 incident in an interview with Vanity Fair.
Pictures of her bruised face surfaced after the assault in Brown's car.
Asked about becoming "a poster child for victims of domestic abuse", she said she felt forced to relive the "very serious" incident by the media... | Pop star Rihanna says she feels she has been "punished over and over" by the attention surrounding her assault at the hands of ex-boyfriend Chris Brown. | 34463146 |
23 October 2015 Last updated at 18:50 BST
Able Seaman Albert McKenzie took part in the Zeebrugge raid on 23 April 1918.
BBC London reporter Sarah Harris reports. | A statue has been unveiled in honour of the first London sailor to collect the Victoria Cross from King George V. | 34618290 |
Mike Hopkins, 56, who returned home safely on Saturday, had reached Camp 1 when the 7.8 magnitude tremor struck.
It sparked a devastating avalanche on a section of the mountain he had been due to climb.
"A day in a different place and it could have been us, sometimes that's how luck goes" he said.
Mr Hopkins was with w... | A climber from Cardiff who survived the Nepal earthquake while 23,000ft up Mount Everest has said he is lucky to be alive. | 32681846 |
Cyhoeddodd Llywodraeth Cymru ddydd Gwener mai yn Nhrefforest fyddai pencadlys Awdurdod Cyllid Cymru.
Ond dywedodd Llyr Gruffydd AC ei bod hi'n "gywilyddus" y bydd yr adran "ddim ond ychydig filltiroedd" o Gaerdydd.
Roedd galw am leoli'r corff yn y gogledd yn sgil penderfyniad y Gwasanaeth Cyllid a Thollau i gau swyddfe... | Mae aelod cynulliad wedi cyhuddo'r llywodraeth o "anwybyddu'r gogledd" yn sgil penderfyniad i leoli corff trethi newydd yn Rhondda Cynon Taf. | 38859811 |
It is the story of a wily political operator, backing the right political horses and shifting allegiances when expedient.
Given slightly different circumstances, according to one observer, it could have seen Ibori in the presidential villa rather than a British jail cell.
Ibori's defence in the face of allegations had ... | The story of how James Ibori went from convicted thief in London in the 1990s, to become governor of a wealthy oil-producing Nigerian state and then to a British prison is a remarkable one. | 17184075 |
Elected just after the industrial unrest of the "Winter of Discontent", she embarked on a tough reform programme with the top priorities of tackling inflation and the unions.
She presided over a shift from centralised, state-controlled institutions to privatisation and economic reform.
But her policies divided the coun... | Margaret Thatcher's premiership was a time of immense social and economic change. | 22070491 |
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Stokes, in his 21st Test, resumed on 74 and raced to 200 in 163 balls to beat Ian Botham's 220-ball record.
Jonny Bairstow (150) struck his maiden Test century and shared in a stand of 399, a sixth-wicket world record.
Stokes made 258 as England added 312 within 39 overs a... | Ben Stokes hit the fastest double century for England, the second fastest in history, on day two of the second Test with South Africa in Cape Town. | 35216886 |
The area bridges the planned transport hub on Great Victoria Street and nearby hotel developments.
The council has said it could become a pleasant, family friendly area and is asking people what they think of the plan in a public consultation exercise.
The design includes a central or green space that could be used as ... | Blackstaff Square in the centre of Belfast could be revitalised in new plans for the historic Linen Quarter. | 35609896 |
Around ??200,000 worth of watches were stolen in the raid on Guest and Philips Jewellers on 6 August.
Humberside Police said four men and two women were arrested on Friday with the assistance of both South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire Police.
The force said the suspects had been released on police bail. | Six people have been arrested by police investigating an armed robbery at a jewellery shop in Beverley, East Yorkshire. | 23758461 |
It's the sort of thud made in the 1980s by doomed reports promising a "paperless office". Anyone who remembers that much-mocked slogan might well shrug off this latest idea as overheated punditry.
Or perhaps they should think again, as the world's first completely paperless public library is scheduled to open this summ... | The phrase "bookless libraries" arrives with a dull, oxymoronic thud, enough to get the blood of any bibliophile boiling. | 22160990 |
Dr Mohammad Haq, 74, of Parkstone Avenue, Hornchurch, east London, was found guilty at St Albans Crown Court last month of five offences of indecent assault on four women.
The offences took place at surgeries in Hatfield in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Judge Andrew Bright said he had abused the "total trust" of his victi... | A doctor who groped women during unnecessary clinical examinations in Hertfordshire 40 years ago has been jailed for 18 months. | 36127427 |
A Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) report found "multiple failings in care and treatment" at Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital.
The baby's mother complained about his care, after a medical device that relieves pressure on the brain was fitted shortly after he was born.
NHS Grampian said it apologised unreserv... | NHS Grampian has apologised after a 10-month-old baby died following serious failings in his care in Aberdeen. | 40353063 |
The 30-year-old spent last season on loan with Nottingham Forest, making 21 appearances and scoring two goals.
O'Grady also had a month-long spell with Sheffield United under current Brewers boss Nigel Clough from mid-November 2014.
"I want to contribute to the challenge. It's an exciting one," O'Grady said.
"I was wit... | Striker Chris O'Grady has joined Championship newcomers Burton Albion on a season-long loan from fellow second-tier side Brighton & Hove Albion. | 36815453 |
Munster lead the way with six players as Jaco Taute, Rory Scannell, Tyler Bleyendaal, Dave Kilcoyne, John Ryan and Billy Holland all included.
The pack includes Leinster pair Dan Leavy and Jack Conan plus Scarlets duo Ken Owens and James Davies.
Connacht's Tiernan O'Halloran, Glasgow wing Tommy Seymour and Edinburgh's ... | Ulster's Ruan Pienaar and Charles Piutau have been named in the Pro12's team of the season. | 39817069 |
Meopham School - for boys and girls - has outlined plans to consult parents on converting to a mixed-sex grammar by 2018.
Pupils would gain entry by sitting the Meopham selection test, The Swale Academies Trust has said.
The trust has stressed the consultation plans are in their earliest stages.
Theresa May's plans for... | A non-selective school in Kent is believed to be the first to outline plans to become a grammar school after Theresa May outlined education changes. | 37384819 |
Eric Schneiderman said independent reviews of such cases would "restore trust" in the justice system.
Meanwhile, the family of an Ohio boy, 12, killed by police last month have called for the officer to face trial.
Protests against police killings of unarmed black men continued on Sunday, but turned violent in Californ... | New York's attorney general has asked the governor for the power to investigate and prosecute local police killings of unarmed civilians. | 30383920 |
Simeon Denny had admitted using cannabis and drinking alcohol before the crash last August.
He drove through a red light at 60mph, hitting Carol Jones as she drove to work at the town's police station.
The 29-year-old was jailed at York Crown Court for five years, nine months. He was also banned from driving for six an... | A man has been jailed for more than five years for causing the death of a woman in a crash in Harrogate. | 40830739 |
The violence on the southern island left three members of the security forces dead, officials say.
Mindanao is home to a number of Muslim rebel groups seeking more autonomy.
Mr Duterte made the announcement during a visit to Russia, which he was forced to cut short.
Martial law allows the use of the military to enforce... | Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has declared martial law for 60 days on the island of Mindanao, after clashes between the army and militants linked to so-called Islamic State (IS). | 40022529 |
The blaze broke out at the former North Wales Hospital, Denbigh, at 03:00 BST on Friday.
About 40 firefighters battled it overnight, with the roof collapsing.
North Wales fire service said it was working with police to investigate rumours children were seen climbing on the roof prior to the blaze.
A Denbighshire counci... | Part of a fire-ravaged Grade II-listed former hospital will need to be demolished because of the damage caused, Denbighshire council has said. | 40129769 |
Matilda Rusby's family posted pictures on social media of her clearing rubbish, prompting North Tyneside Council to increase the number of bins and warning signs on its streets.
Now residents have come out in force to join her campaign.
Householder Ali Conway said it was often "the children who need to give us a wake u... | A three-year-old girl has persuaded her community to carry out a mass litter pick. | 36237106 |
Councils have received 308 applications for street closures in June - 100 more than for Prince William's marriage to Kate Middleton last year.
Rhondda Cynon Taf council received the most in Wales with 58 applications.
Cardiff council received over 40 applications, while Merthyr Tydfil was the only council to receive no... | The number of Diamond Jubilee street parties in Wales is set to exceed those which celebrated the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. | 18010304 |
Lee Nutley, who featured in the second series, was pronounced dead at the property in Kingston Road, Stockton.
Police said there were no suspicious circumstances and a file was being prepared for the coroner.
Critics said the show stigmatised the poor and in 2014 residents worried it would portray the town in a bad lig... | A man who appeared on the Channel 4 show Benefits Street has been found dead in a house on the road where the programme was filmed. | 37622187 |
McDermott first met Pardew, who was then in charge of Reading, watching a reserve fixture at Brentford's Griffin Park in 1999.
Pardew later approached McDermott to join Reading as the club's chief scout and under-17 manager in 2000, a few days after McDermott lost his job as manager of non-league outfit Woking.
Media p... | Reading manager Brian McDermott says he has Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew to thank for kickstarting his coaching career - before the two go head-to-head in an FA Cup quarter-final on Friday. | 35763672 |
The Australian-born second-row, 24, is still waiting to add to his single cap - won against Italy in 2015.
Brothers Jonny and Richie Gray have established a strong partnership, with former captain Grant Gilchrist and Tim Swinson also in the selection mix.
"The second row is quite difficult to crack," Toolis acknowledge... | Edinburgh lock Ben Toolis believes Scotland's squad depth is the best he's seen as he tries to force his way into the match-day 23 for the Six Nations. | 38720577 |
The five-time Olympian also predicts Team GB will collect at least five medals at Rio 2016 after a successful World Championships in Russia.
"Peaty will win the 100m breaststroke. I'll be surprised if he's beaten," said Foster.
GB had nine podiums at the Worlds to finish fourth in the medals table.
After a disappointin... | Adam Peaty will become the first British man to win Olympic swimming gold for 28 years, says six-time world champion Mark Foster. | 33843176 |
Just three MHKs opposed the 2015/16 spending plan, described by Treasury Minister Eddie Teare ass the "most adventurous" in recent years.
Plans to abolish income tax for minimum wage workers on the Isle of Man were announced on Tuesday.
Liberal Vannin leader Kate Beecroft, who voted against, said the government is stil... | The Manx parliament has approved the island's budget for the next financial year. | 31517997 |
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Benitez was unveiled as the club's new manager on Friday, hours after Steve McClaren was sacked.
"I don't think they would have stayed up if it had remained the same, but Benitez has given them a big opportunity," Shearer said.
Newcastle are 19th, one point from safety, bu... | The appointment of Rafael Benitez is a "great coup" which gives Newcastle a chance of staying in the Premier League, says club legend Alan Shearer. | 35789174 |
Courtney Boyle and Philip Tron, 32, had travelled from Gateshead to attend the Ariana Grande concert on Monday.
A statement from Miss Boyle's mother, released by Greater Manchester Police, described the Leeds Beckett University student as "her rock".
Mr Tron's family said he had been a "fun-loving and energetic soul".
... | Tributes have been paid to a 19-year-old girl and her mother's partner who have been confirmed as victims of the Manchester terror attack. | 40042450 |
His 74-year-old wife has been released from hospital.
Emergency services were called to Murdiston Avenue just before 06:00. The house has been completely demolished.
Robert Cunningham was airlifted to Glasgow Royal Infirmary while his wife Marianne was taken by ambulance to Forth Valley Royal Hospital.
Nine houses in M... | A 77-year-old man remains in a stable condition in hospital in Glasgow after a gas explosion at his home in Callander. | 21964686 |
Karen Buckley, 24, had been at Sanctuary nightclub on Dumbarton Road from about 23.45 on Saturday night.
At 01:00 she told friends she was going to the toilet but did not return or take her jacket.
She was then seen on CCTV talking to a man outside the club, before leaving and walking towards Church Street.
Police say ... | Police have appealed for information in relation to a student who disappeared from a Glasgow nightclub after telling friends she was going to the toilet. | 32289197 |
The main polling stations opened at the Syrian embassies in Beirut and Amman on Wednesday.
The UN says 2.8 million Syrian refugees have fled to neighbouring countries.
President Bashar al-Assad is widely expected to win a third seven-year term in office in the 3 June election, which has been branded a farce by the West... | Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan are being given the chance to vote early in the presidential election due to be held next week. | 27599868 |
Max Schrems alleges that the way the social network monitors its members' activity on and off the site puts it in breach of EU laws.
As part of the claim, he also alleges that the company co-operated with Prism, a US surveillance scheme.
Facebook has previously denied knowing about Prism before it was mentioned in leak... | A data privacy campaigner has signed up 25,000 people to a "class action lawsuit" being taken against Facebook. | 28677667 |
It is giving loyalty points to hackers for every short-lived attack they mount against a small number of websites.
Points are logged on a scoreboard and can be cashed in for free access to other hacking tools.
All the targeted websites are run by organisations that oppose Turkey's government.
Security firm Forcepoint d... | A Turkish hacking group has turned web attacks into a game by rewarding people who successfully hit designated targets. | 38262907 |
Analysis from the CIES Football Observatory says the 23-year-old England international is worth £23.5m.
Its data suggests Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande paid £18.43m too much when they spent £31m on Atletico Madrid striker Jackson Martinez.
Bournemouth are said to have overspent on £7m Norwich striker Lewis Grabban.... | Newcastle's £12m purchase of Swansea midfielder Jonjo Shelvey was the best-value signing of the January transfer window, according to a study. | 35526983 |
Rashford, 18, who is in the 26-man provisional squad for Euro 2016, will play in the warm-up against Australia at the Stadium of Light on Friday.
Barnes - who was 19 when he won the first of 79 England caps in 1983 - also warned of the dangers of putting too much pressure on young players.
"You have to be very careful,... | Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford can "play with no fear" on his England debut, says former winger John Barnes. | 36395392 |
Ward 2A has been out of bounds to new admissions and to visitors since the end of last month after patients fell ill to the vomiting bug.
Another ward that was closed at the end of February, 7C, has been reopened following a deep clean.
Wards 6C and 2C were shut at the weekend because of the virus but were opened again... | A single ward at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness now remains closed because of an outbreak of norovirus. | 35754183 |
Johanna Powell, from Cardiff, was reported missing on Saturday.
The 37-year-old, a BBC Wales picture editor, was on a tourist boat on the Mekong River near Pak Beng.
Her brother-in-law Dean Price said the family was told she was asleep when the boat hit a rock in rapids causing it to tip, take on water and capsize.
Ms ... | A body has been found in the search for a missing woman who vanished after a boat capsized on a river trip in Laos, south-east Asia. | 32288012 |
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Bogdana Sadovaia opened the scoring for Russia and after Leah Wilkinson levelled, Sadovaia hit the winner.
Earlier in the day Wales' men won promotion to the top tier of European hockey by beating France 4-3 in their semi-final in Glasgow.
The win sent Wales' men into thei... | Wales' hopes of reaching the top tier of women's hockey were ended as they lost to Russia in the EuroHockey Championships semi-final in Cardiff. | 40895147 |
The FTSE 100 ended the day's trading up 15.02 points, or 0.21%, at 7,290.49.
Mining giant Anglo American led the list of gainers, rising 3.8%, while retailer Dixons Carphone gained 3.6%.
Supermarket chain Sainsbury's added 1% after a positive update on its Christmas trading, but its rivals fared less well, with Morriso... | London's benchmark share index continued its record-breaking winning streak on Wednesday, closing at an all-time high for the 10th day in a row. | 38581030 |
The six-inch statue turned out to be an 18th Century Sino-Tibetan sculpture of a Buddhist deity and his consort.
Auctioneer John Nicholson thought it might fetch up to £700 as the Asian art market had recently "softened".
Mr Nicholson described the eventual sale price of the "Buddha bonanza" as "exceptional".
The gilt-... | A small ornament picked up at a car boot sale for £4 by a West Sussex pensioner has fetched £9,500 at auction. | 35037640 |
Shoppers at the central London store said they were asked to leave at about 15:30 GMT after a warning about a blaze in the basement of the building.
They were led to streets behind the shop while the fire brigade investigated.
The shop reopened after about an hour with no noticeable damage to the building.
There were n... | Hundreds of people were evacuated from Topshop's Oxford Street branch amid reports of a fire on the premises. | 35513445 |
The promise was made at the London Family Planning Summit, which was co-hosted by the UK government and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, set up by the Microsoft boss and his wife to improve global healthcare and tackle extreme poverty.
The Prime Minister, David Cameron, said giving women the freedom to choose whe... | Governments and donor groups have pledged to provide access to family planning services to an additional 120 million women in many of the poorest countries by 2020. | 18800502 |
James White, from Southampton, was said to be in "good spirits" following the ordeal.
Astley himself has described the event as "the definition of crazy".
Originally James' brother Jack had started the challenge but had to stop due to internet trolls hacking his live stream on YouTube.
The singer, who had a string of h... | A man has emerged from a charity lock-in where he has spent the weekend listening to 1980s Rick Astley hit Never Gonna Give You Up on repeat. | 34571781 |
BBC News NI understands that the emergency department at Daisy Hill Hospital is being run by locum doctors.
The Southern Health and Social Care Trust has confirmed that the service is vulnerable.
Staff and the public are being briefed by management at the hospital about the potential impact.
The trust said it is facing... | Emergency services at a major hospital in County Down may have to be temporarily suspended due to a shortage of permanent senior medical staff. | 39444492 |
Mohanad Shareef Hammadi, 25, received his sentence hours after Waad Ramadan Alwan was given a lesser sentence.
Co-defendant Alwan, 30, also an Iraqi, received a 40-year sentence after he agreed to co-operate with prosecutors.
The two men were arrested in May 2011 and pleaded guilty last year to conspiring to help al-Qa... | An Iraqi man has been sentenced to life in prison in the US state of Kentucky after pleading guilty to charges related to terrorism. | 21255696 |
Raynes, 29, has signed a two-year deal with a further year's option.
He helped Carlisle reach this season's League Two play-off semi-finals.
The ex-Rotherham, Oxford and Scunthorpe defender, who has made 368 league appearances, is manager David Artell's second signing of the week after striker Jordan Bowery joined the ... | Crewe Alexandra have signed defender Michael Raynes from Carlisle United, following his decision to turn down a new offer at Brunton Park. | 40045046 |
Ministers bought the struggling airport for just £1 from owners Infratil in late 2013 amid fears it could close.
They have so far committed to provide £25.2m in loan funding to the airport.
Audit Scotland said it could take almost a decade before Prestwick would be able to start repaying the money.
In its report, the w... | Scottish government plans to sell Prestwick Airport back to the private sector are viable but it could take "some years" for them to be achieved, a public spending watchdog has said. | 31586195 |
Mark Wilson cancelled out Tom Prydie's penalty to put the visitors ahead while Beli Adulla extended their lead.
Sonatane Takulua kicked his second penalty of the afternoon in the second half before conditions deteriorated.
The game ended after 68 minutes as the pitch deteriorated.
As the game ran for longer than 60 min... | Newcastle Falcons sealed victory against Newport Gwent Dragons in the Anglo-Welsh Cup despite the game being abandoned because of poor playing conditions. | 38731083 |
Corrosion has been found in the building's new heating system.
It means a major repair job has to be completed before it can open to patients.
The delay will be longer than first thought, as workers are employed trying to fix the plumbing problem.
It is understood the damage to the pipes was detected in the hot water h... | The opening of the the new £150m critical care unit at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast is to be delayed further because of a problem with the pipework. | 23512111 |
Joan Price, 59, from Troon, died and another woman was seriously hurt in the crash on the A77 near Ayr on Monday.
The driver of a second vehicle involved in the collision left the scene of the accident near the Holmston roundabout before police arrived.
Officers believe the man and his passenger escaped in a silver Aud... | Police are hunting two men who fled the scene of a fatal road accident in Ayrshire. | 38809921 |
15 November 2015 Last updated at 13:56 GMT
The former England captain had organised a Unicef charity match at Old Trafford in Manchester.
Before kick-off the crowd stood silent to pay tribute to those who lost their lives.
Beckham who was playing in the match, along with his son Brooklyn, said it was the right thing to... | David Beckham has paid tribute to the victims of the Paris attacks. | 34826926 |
Christopher Metcalfe, 70, from Blidworth in Nottinghamshire, was found not guilty of raping a teenage girl.
At Derby Crown Court he was also cleared of indecently assaulting a nine-year-old girl at a school and another young girl on his farm.
The jury was discharged after failing to reach verdicts on two other indecent... | A retired teacher has been cleared of sexually assaulting three girls in the 1970s and '80s. | 39507021 |
The unbeaten 24-year-old will face the WBO Intercontinental Champion at the Cardiff Ice Arena on Saturday, 16 July.
Wembley's Corcoran, 25, is unbeaten in 15 professional bouts and beat Danny Butler to claim the vacant WBO Intercontinental title in March.
"To be honest with you, I don't like the man at all," Williams s... | British and Commonwealth super-welterweight champion Liam Williams will defend his titles against Gary Corcoran next month. | 36464798 |
The incident took place on the Belfast Road, Saintfield, at about 17:55 BST on Thursday, and involved a Mini, Mercedes and Mitsubishi Outlander.
The main road between Carryduff and Saintfield remains closed, and police are appealing for witnesses.
Officers want to hear from anyone who may have been driving on the A7 Be... | A woman has died in a three-car crash in County Down. | 40525503 |
The video clip, entitled Winnie Pooh and the Bees, showed a group of teenage girls dancing on stage in stripy leotards, long socks and mini-skirts,
They perform hip-thrusting moves characteristic of twerking.
The Youtube video clip spread fast online, sparking controversy.
Some commentators labelled it "pornographic", ... | Officials in the Russian town of Orenburg have closed down a dance school after a performance of teenage girls "twerking" caused a sensation - and consternation - on the internet. | 32308770 |
The nominated books are divided into five categories: novel, first novel, biography, poetry and children's book.
The category winners will be announced on 4 January, with the overall book of the year revealed on 26 January.
Kate Atkinson, who won the award in 1995 when it was called the Whitbread Prize, is also in the ... | A thriller about an abducted child and a biography of Lewis Carroll's Alice character are among the 20 titles up for this year's Costa Book Awards. | 34854958 |
Sandown Bay Academy has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted because of "ineffective leadership at all levels".
Inspectors said the school's sponsor, Academies Enterprise Trust (AET), also failed to deal effectively with a "debilitating cyber-attack".
Isle of Wight councillors voted in May to ask the government to oust AE... | A troubled secondary school on the Isle of Wight is set to be placed in special measures. | 40491272 |
Gareth Hindmarsh, 34, of Tawney Crescent in the city, was charged on Thursday.
Linda Norcup, 46, was found dead in "suspicious" circumstances on Sunday at her Beckett Avenue home at 13:00 BST, police said.
A Home Office post-mortem examination found she had been strangled. Mr Hindmarsh will appear before magistrates on... | A man has been charged with the murder of a woman in Stoke-on-Trent. | 33371900 |
Eight-month-old Derek was rescued from his mother's pouch after she was hit by a car.
He is being cared for by wombat experts on Flinders Island, between Tasmania and mainland Australia, and will eventually be returned to the wild.
The contest was created by Tourism Tasmania, which promotes the region.
Derek is being l... | An online competition to become the "chief cuddler" of a baby wombat in Tasmania, has made the tiny marsupial an online celebrity. | 35994328 |
The tennis champion said he used to struggle to get out of bed but now relishes early starts so he can spend time with Sophia Olivia.
He told the Chris Evans Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2 that he "always wanted to start a family".
The world number two was back on the practice court ahead of Great Britain's Davis Cup ma... | New father Andy Murray has revealed that his baby daughter is making it easier for him to get up early. | 35697034 |
The SRU wants to be able to sell all, or part of, Pro12 clubs Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby.
The union has called a special general meeting on 28 October when member clubs can vote on a rule change.
In a letter sent to member clubs, the union said it has to be "inventive and innovative".
If a two-thirds majority... | The Scottish Rugby Union is asking members to allow it to put the country's two professional teams up for sale. | 37493141 |
The Japanese computer games firm posted a net loss of 2bn yen ($24.7m; £15.6m) for the six months to 30 September.
This compares with a net profit of 69.5bn yen for the same period in 2009.
Nintendo's sales for the first half of its financial year were down 34% to 363.16bn yen, partly due to lower demand for its Wii c... | Nintendo has reported a half-year loss after being hit by falling sales and the high value of the yen, which lowers its overseas earnings. | 11642428 |
Supporters of IS were helping it with opportunistic attacks and more sophisticated operations, said FireEye.
French TV station TV5 Monde was a high-profile victim early this year, but attackers have hit other media groups.
FireEye said the wide range of targets made it hard to say who was at risk.
"There's a lot of peo... | A growing band of hacktivists is helping Islamic State spread its message by attacking media organisations and websites, a security company suggests. | 32982609 |
The Líofa website was launched in February, as part of a campaign to encourage more people to learn Irish.
However, registered users' names, home addresses, email addresses and other personal information could be accessed through the site's search facility.
Minister Carál Nί Chuilίn apologised and the site has been shu... | Northern Ireland's culture minister has apologised to users of an Irish language website whose personal details could be publicly accessed online. | 30089750 |
General secretary Russell Hobby says ministers should no longer be allowed to claim school funding is protected.
The Department for Education has said school funding is at record levels.
But the Institute of Fiscal Studies says this claim does not tell the whole story or take account of the impact of cost pressures on ... | The £3bn savings expected of England's schools threaten the stability of the whole education system, says the National Association of Head Teachers. | 39733155 |
It comes after the UN warned that UK government welfare reforms had led to "grave and systematic" violations of disabled people's human rights.
A new report says both the UK and Scottish governments need to take urgent action to allow disabled people to access all their rights.
The UK government said it offered "tailor... | The United Nations has been told more must be done to protect the rights of disabled people in Scotland. | 39255806 |
Speaking exclusively to BBC Click, Prof Kim Heung-Kwang said the country had around 6,000 trained military hackers.
The warning follows last year's Sony Pictures hack - an attack attributed to North Korea.
Korean technology expert Martyn Williams stressed the threat was only "theoretical".
Prof Kim has called for inter... | North Korean hackers are capable of attacks that could destroy critical infrastructure and even kill people, a high-profile defector has warned. | 32925495 |
The Egyptian parliament said the request was interfering in the affairs of the Egyptian judiciary.
Mr Halawa was 17 when he was arrested during a siege at the Al-Fath mosque in Cairo in 2013.
He has been accused, along with more than 400 others, of inciting violence, riot and sabotage.
Mr Halawa's solicitor, Darragh Ma... | Eqypt has objected to calls from the Irish parliament to release Dublin man Ibrahim Halawa. | 37020521 |
Liam Pitchford had four match points in the fourth game against Jun Mizutani, to take the tie to a deciding rubber, but lost 8-11 11-13 11-7 12-10 11-6.
Earlier Mizutani beat Paul Drinkhall 11-8 11-9 11-4 and Pitchford lost 11-5 12-14 11-7 11-13 11-9 to Maharu Yoshimura in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Sam Walker upset Yuya ... | England lost 3-1 to Japan in the World Team Table Tennis Championships semi-finals, but still won a bronze medal. | 35736607 |
The grass-rings that pockmark southern Africa's Namib Desert have perplexed scientists for decades.
A popular theory was that termites engineered the circles in and around the Namib.
But the fairy circles found in Western Australia's remote Pilbara region casts doubt on this explanation.
Stephan Getzin from the Helmhol... | Researchers say the discovery of "fairy circles" in the Australian outback has brought them closer to solving one of nature's mysteries. | 35808551 |
Up to 30,000km (18,600 miles) of wire fences and walls have been built, some in response to 2015's refugee crisis.
Researchers say they can divide threatened species such as deer and bear, as well as increase mortality.
The study points out that many of these "temporary" structures may become permanent and have long-te... | The growth of border fences in Central and Eastern Europe in recent years is a "major threat" to wildlife, according to a new study. | 36598875 |
Anna Swabey, who given three months to live in 2015, died on 16 September. Her funeral took place earlier.
Miss Swabey, 25, from Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, died from brain cancer the day before she was due to marry her fiancé in the Yorkshire Dales.
When setting up the fundraising page, she said she wanted to "mak... | A £100,000 fundraising target created by a blogger for Brain Tumour Research has been met on the day of her funeral. | 37451845 |
Colonies of several hundred ants show consistent differences in the way they behave, just like individual people do.
Certain behaviours go together - for example, a colony that explores more widely for food also tends to respond more aggressively to an intruder.
Such a colony has a more "risk-taking" personality and th... | Ant colonies have their own personalities, which are shaped by the environment, a US study suggests. | 28658268 |
The 22 year-old has signed an 18-month contract just a few days after arriving at Spotland on loan.
He made his Rochdale debut in Saturday's 4-0 FA Cup fourth-round defeat by Championship club Huddersfield Town.
Kitching joined Middlesbrough in July 2013 and played twice for Boro in the EFL Trophy earlier this season.
... | League One Rochdale have signed on-loan defender Mark Kitching on a permanent deal from Middlesbrough. | 38821213 |
The Sunday Times published data from 5,000 athletes, which it says reveals an "extraordinary extent of cheating".
The IAAF, whose data was leaked, stressed the results referred to were not positive tests or proof of doping.
It also rejected the suggestion it had done nothing to act upon data showing "suspicious" result... | Allegations of widespread doping in athletics are "sensationalist and confusing", according to the sport's world governing body. | 33777915 |
The picture, just released by the US space agency, shows a reddish world accompanied by its biggest moon, Charon.
New Horizons is set to barrel past Pluto on 14 July.
It will acquire a mass of data that it will then return to Earth very slowly over the course of the next 16 months.
At the current separation of nearly f... | The New Horizons probe, which is bearing down on Pluto, has captured its first colour image of the distant dwarf planet. | 32311907 |
The annual inflation rate hit 1.1% last month, according to official statistics agency Eurostat, a sharp jump from November's rate of 0.6%.
The rate is the highest since September 2013, when inflation was also 1.1%.
The higher-than-expected increase brings inflation closer to the European Central Bank's target of just ... | Eurozone inflation has surged to its highest rate in more than three years, driven by increased prices for energy, food, alcohol and tobacco. | 38507368 |
The discovery was made by the BBC's Rip Off Britain, which was investigating food hygiene at branches of several big-name takeaways and coffee shops.
A scientist who examined the results told the programme the presence of the bacteria increased the risk of anyone who consumed the ice becoming ill.
KFC said it was extre... | Bacteria from faeces has been found on ice that was served to an undercover researcher at a KFC restaurant. | 36126788 |
The extent of the damage to the 2,000-year-old Temple of Bel is not clear but local residents have described being shaken by a large explosion.
The reports come a week after IS blew up another temple at the ancient city.
The militants seized control of Palmyra in May, sparking fears for the site.
The world-famous Greco... | The Islamic State (IS) militant group has destroyed part of what's considered the most important temple at the ancient Syrian site of Palmyra, activists and witnesses say. | 34103994 |
Firefighters were called to a communal bin room at Grampian Court shortly before 23:00 on Monday.
In addition to the baby, two men and a woman were taken to hospital. They were not seriously hurt.
A further 17 residents were checked at the scene by paramedics before being allowed to return to their homes.
Police Scotla... | A three-month-old baby boy has been treated for the the effects of breathing in smoke after a wilful fire in an Aberdeen block of flats. | 33059504 |
Julie Beech, the head of of Sunnyfields Primary School in Doncaster, was found to have amended one answer each from eight pupils in the 2014 Year 6 exams.
The school in South Yorkshire was under pressure to improve after an Ofsted report in 2013 found "too few pupils" did well at Key Stage 2.
Ms Beech, 51, can appeal a... | A head teacher who changed answers on pupils' SATs test has been banned from the profession. | 32613765 |
About 40 small plastic gnomes were left on doorsteps overnight in Borrowash and Draycott over the past few weeks, leaving residents puzzled.
The prankster told BBC Derby his campaign was at an end but may resume in the run-up to Christmas.
He said he wanted to be anonymous but was delighted by kind messages posted on h... | The man behind a mystery gnome invasion in two villages in Derbyshire says he did it "to put smiles on faces". | 14290920 |
The British actor, who appears in the clip dressed as a stormtrooper, told critics of his casting to "get used to it" on Instagram.
In the message he also thanked fans "for all the love and support" after the teaser was posted online.
His comments followed some questioning director JJ Abrams for casting a black actor i... | John Boyega has responded to racism after the first teaser for Star Wars: The Force Awakens was posted online. | 30274359 |
Isobel Parker, 23, who was known as Becky, was strangled at her flat in Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, in July 2015.
Factory worker Matthew Smith, of Wood Corner Caravan Park, Maldon, was convicted by a jury at Chelmsford Crown Court on Monday.
Sentencing Smith, Judge Charles Gratwicke said it was "a brutal and merciless ki... | The ex-boyfriend of a pregnant mother of two who killed her with cable ties has jailed for 18 years for her murder. | 35870338 |
Public Notary Claudia do Nascimento Domingues has said the man and two women should be entitled to family rights.
She says there is nothing in law to prevent such an arrangement.
But the move has angered some religious groups, while one lawyer described it as "absurd and totally illegal".
The three individuals, who hav... | A notary in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo has sparked controversy by accepting a civil union between three people. | 19402508 |
Schools were ordered to stay closed and shelters have been set up in the states of Guerrero and Michoacan.
Carlos was downgraded to a tropical storm on Sunday, but meteorologists said it could again reach hurricane-level strength by Tuesday.
Guerrero was badly hit by Tropical Storm Manuel in September 2013, with thousa... | Residents of south-west Mexico are preparing for the arrival of Tropical Storm Carlos. | 33135070 |
However, most see him facing major challenges in reaching out to those who voted for his far-right opponent, Marine Le Pen, or simply abstained.
French papers from the centre-right to the traditional left celebrate Mr Macron's win.
Centre-right Le Figaro's front page plays on the name of his En Marche political movemen... | Leading newspapers in France and across the European Union have expressed relief at the victory of Emmanuel Macron in the French presidential election. | 39844219 |
They will no longer play the Pinkpop Festival in Landgraaf, Netherlands, on Sunday and a show at the AFG Arena in St Gallen, Switzerland, on Monday.
A statement said the full extent of his injuries were yet to be determined.
They are yet to say whether two Wembley shows will go ahead on 19 and 20 June.
The band were tw... | The Foo Fighters have cancelled two gigs after frontman Dave Grohl sustained "at least one fracture" when he fell off the stage during a concert in Gothenburg, Sweden. | 33123723 |
The left- and right-wing blocs, each a collection of five parties struggling for attention, are running head-to-head in one of the closest races in recent memories. And voters will find no large policy differences on which to base a decision.
Foreign policy is rarely mentioned in this election.
Instead, the agenda is a... | The most striking feature about Denmark's general election, to be held on Thursday, is that Danes are unlikely to feel the difference. | 33132172 |
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