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Belgian police are meanwhile raiding six properties in and around Brussels, linked to suspected Paris attackers Bilal Hadfi and Salah Abdeslam.
It remains unclear whether the suspected organiser of the attacks was killed in Wednesday's raid in Paris.
Friday's attacks killed 129 people. | French PM Manuel Valls has warned that France could face chemical or biological attack from terror groups, as MPs debate extending the state of emergency after the Paris attacks. | 34866820 |
Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) began inspecting hospitals in 2012.
It was part of a new programme of inspections designed to encourage improvement and share good practice.
But the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said its review of 35 inspections suggested there had been a failure to improve the quality of elderly... | An analysis of inspections of hospitals which are caring for the elderly has suggested the current inspection regime has not driven up standards. | 31836272 |
Barry Beavis, 47, of Chelmsford, Essex, claimed an £85 charge for breaching a two-hour limit in the town in April 2013 was "unfair and disproportionate".
The Court of Appeal dismissed Mr Beavis's claim against management company ParkingEye.
He appealed to the Supreme Court, but judges there have also rejected his case.... | A chip shop owner has lost his Supreme Court battle over parking charges. | 34721126 |
Speaking on a visit to Germany, Premier Li Keqiang said fighting climate change was in China's own interest.
China was counting on other countries to follow its example, Mr Li said.
US President Donald Trump is due to announce his decision on the 2015 Paris agreement later. Some reports in the US suggest he will withdr... | China will honour its commitments on climate change, its premier has said, as the US appears poised to pull out of a key deal. | 40118690 |
The renovation in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre aims to reinforce and conserve the structure.
Rivalry between the three denominations that run the church has delayed work.
But clerics from the Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Armenian churches have put aside their differences, recognising the need to begin repairs... | A team of experts has begun restoring the ancient tomb in Jerusalem where Christians believe Jesus was buried, in the first such works for 200 years. | 36464410 |
Natural Resources Wales statistics reveal the way almost half of Welsh councils collect recycling means it can get contaminated and cannot be sold on.
The Welsh Government urged those councils to adopt a stricter method of collection.
It wants to see 64% of municipal rubbish recycled by 2020.
Wales currently leads the ... | One in every seven tonnes of recycling in some Welsh council areas is rejected and ends up in incinerators or landfill, figures show. | 38000367 |
High-speed services between London, the West of England and Wales were affected last week after Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) members walked out.
First Great Western (FGW) said it made a "substantially revised offer" but a sticking point remained - it wants drivers to have control over doors.
RMT is yet to comment... | Train operators say they have failed to agree with transport workers on the finer points of a deal following a 48-hour strike. | 33535992 |
A white wedding car brought Ms Sears to the back of Dunblane Cathedral, out of sight of the media and well-wishers.
The couple, both 27, exchanged vows at the 12th Century cathedral before making their way to a small reception for family members and close friends.
Hundreds of the world's media captured the event which ... | Tennis star Andy Murray has married his long-term girlfriend Kim Sears in a ceremony in his hometown. | 32252206 |
The extraordinary payment is just the latest twist in a legal case that has led to investigations into allegations of police corruption and a cover-up of key evidence.
Both Scotland Yard and the Crown Prosecution Service deny any wrongdoing.
Former solicitor Bhadresh Gohil was expecting to be released from prison on ba... | A convicted money launderer, linked to the high-profile prosecution of Nigerian politician James Ibori, has received £20,000 from the Crown Prosecution Service after claims he was wrongly deprived of his liberty. | 36861538 |
Dave Thornley, from Peel, photographed the Northern Lights from Ballaugh beach on Monday.
The Aurora Borealis are best seen from the Northern latitudes like Norway, Alaska, Iceland and northern Scotland.
Mr Thornley said: "To see something this intense so far south is extremely rare. This is the first time I have manag... | The Aurora Borealis has been photographed by a stargazer on the west coast of the Isle of Man. | 19886141 |
The executive will now terminate the contract on 14 July as it originally planned.
The Housing Executive said in April it was ending the £8m contract after a probe into Red Sky's work practices.
At the start of July, Mr McCausland asked the executive to extend the contract past the initial deadline.
However, on Thursd... | The housing minister has failed in his attempt to stop the Housing Executive ending its controversial contract with maintenance company Red Sky. | 14070054 |
Max Branning said: "You killed Lucy" not "Who killed Lucy?" at the end of EastEnders on Tuesday night.
Parts of each episode are live this week with a full show live on Friday to celebrate 30 years of the BBC One soap.
But there was some confusion online about what Jake Wood's character Max Branning said to Abi Brannin... | Spoiler warning: Don't read on if you don't want to know what happened in Tuesday night's episode. | 31517373 |
But every now and then, one minute can actually last for 61 seconds.
This is called a leap second, and we've used them since 1972, to help make sure the time on our watches matches how the Earth is rotating.
The latest leap second came at the very end of 2016. The year was in fact a second longer than you might have ex... | As you know, usually a minute lasts for 60 seconds. | 38346859 |
The National Audit Office investigated a surge in claims for loans and grants, many from Romanian students.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has already stopped recruitment at 23 colleges.
Margaret Hodge, who chairs the Public Accounts Committee, said such funding should not go for "private gain".
She... | The public spending watchdog has warned of a lack of funding controls for overseas students at private colleges, with £5m paid to ineligible students. | 30277346 |
The bill proposes cutting the salaries of lawmakers who fail to attend congressional sessions.
But when it was due to be discussed on Tuesday, so many Senators were absent there was no quorum.
A new session has been scheduled for Thursday.
The Senator who proposed the bill, Alfredo Rangel, said that he hoped lawmakers ... | A bill aiming to punish chronic absenteeism in Colombia's Congress is to get a second chance after it failed to make it past the first hurdle because not enough lawmakers showed up. | 36546686 |
The 35-year-old will sing during the interval at the grand final on Saturday.
Eurovision bosses made clear his performance would be in a non-competitive role.
It is the first time in the history of the contest that an artist of global stature has taken to the stage to perform independently.
In a statement, Sven Stojano... | Justin Timberlake has said he'll be performing at this year's Eurovision Song contest in Stockholm, Sweden. | 36246778 |
The External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee said ensuring free trade with the single market was "of crucial importance".
It called for the Welsh Government to have a "direct role" in negotiations.
But the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday the Welsh Assembly does not have to be consulted over triggering Brexi... | The Welsh economy faces "significant risks" if EU trading barriers are imposed post-Brexit, it has been claimed. | 38765334 |
News of the deal sent the Brent crude price down $1.15 to $56.70 a barrel, while US crude fell $1.05 to $51.15.
Later, Brent crude was down 33 cents - or 0.6% - while US crude was up 27 cents, or 0.5%.
The lifting of sanctions is expected to see a surge in Iran's oil output.
Iran could increase its oil exports by up to... | Oil price reaction has muted after the commodity initially fell by more than $1 a barrel following a deal with Iran on limiting nuclear activity in return for lifting economic sanctions. | 33518131 |
These beautiful pictures are the first ever taken of a wild lioness nursing a cub from a different species - an extremely rare event.
The pair were spotted by Joop Van Der Linde, a guest at Ndutu Safari Lodge in Tanzania's Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
The scene is the Serengeti; the attentive mother, five-year-old Nos... | A baby leopard can't change his spots, but this lioness doesn't seem to mind. | 40603065 |
The world number 25 faces world number one Mark Selby in the quarter-finals of this season's event after beating Luca Brecel 6-4 in the last 16.
"I got thumped 6-0 by the greatest player to ever play the game. It was a learning curve," Selt told BBC Sport.
"I was a rabbit in the headlights but I feel I am a far better ... | Matt Selt says his humiliating loss to Ronnie O'Sullivan in last season's UK Championship has improved him. | 34994581 |
The sculpture, by Welsh artist Cerith Wyn Evans, is the latest artwork to go on show at Tate Britain.
The vast maze of neon tubes is one of the most challenging commissions ever to be installed in the neo-classical Duveen Galleries.
"It's an extremely ambitious neon drawing in space that gradually unfolds over time," s... | It is made from almost two kilometres of spiralling neon light and has been described as a "drawing in space" and a "celestial map". | 39406291 |
The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) will study the planet's atmosphere, and drop a demonstration lander on to the surface to gain knowhow for a rover mission touchdown in 2019.
Engineers at Thales Alenia Space (TAS) in Cannes, France, have led the construction of the spacecraft.
Russia, Europe's partner on the project, will ha... | The satellite Europe will be sending to Mars early next year is about to undergo its final test programme. | 32164075 |
Taking place on the same day as the London Marathon, the city's own 26.2-mile challenge has attracted 10,000 participants and is the biggest running event in the city's history.
Runners set off from Palmerston Park at 09:00 BST, passing The Bargate and the QE2 Anchor, going through St Mary's Stadium, and finishing at t... | Southampton has hosted its first full marathon in more than 30 years. | 39684446 |
Speaking one week after the shooting of a police worker in an apparent terror attack, Mr Turnbull also said anyone preaching hatred or intolerance was undermining the country.
Police accountant Curtis Cheng was gunned down in Sydney Parramatta's suburb last Friday.
His killer, 15-year-old Farhad Jabar, was shot dead by... | PM Malcolm Turnbull has called on all Australians to respect the country's values, or feel free to leave. | 34483521 |
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A new survey of the reef shows that the latest damage is mainly in the middle section. Last year, the northern parts were badly hit.
But how does coral become bleached? Watch Whitney's report. | Two-thirds of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia has now been devastated by severe coral bleaching, according to scientists. | 39559114 |
The 22-year-old centre-back has signed a four-year contract with the Seagulls.
Goldson, who came through the Shropshire club's youth system, played 120 times for Shrewsbury after being given his first-team debut by then Town boss Graham Turner in February 2011.
"We are delighted to bring someone with Connor's ability a... | Brighton & Hove Albion have signed defender Connor Goldson from Shrewsbury Town for an undisclosed fee. | 33994006 |
Many bookshops remained open all night to cope with demand. Several hundred snapped up copies at midnight at Foyles bookstore in London.
The book is set 20 years after the events of Lee's 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
"We had a buzzy evening with the queue starting to form at 10pm," said mar... | The much-anticipated new novel by Harper Lee, Go Set a Watchman, has gone on sale around the world. | 33510168 |
In her first broadcast interview since resigning, Ms Lamont said the scale of the party's election defeat was worse than anyone "possibly imagined".
The party must now elect a leader "for the long haul" to recover, she said.
Ms Lamont also praised the SNP and its leader Nicola Sturgeon for running a campaign that "got ... | Former Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont has said there can be "no quick fix" and her party must analyse its election mauling if it is to survive. | 32970424 |
The University of Aberdeen team said conceptions within six months were less likely to result in another miscarriage or preterm birth.
Previous advice had urged women to wait at least six months before trying to conceive following a miscarriage.
However, the team behind the study said the latest results were categorica... | Women are more likely to have a successful pregnancy if they conceive sooner after a miscarriage rather than waiting, researchers have found. | 38144027 |
Piazon, 21, joined Chelsea in January 2012 from Sao Paulo and has since had loan spells at Malaga, Vitesse Arnhem and Eintracht Frankfurt.
The Brazilian has featured twice in the Capital One Cup and made one appearance in the Premier League.
"Lucas is a very talented attacking player who can create chances and score go... | Reading have signed Chelsea forward Lucas Piazon on a season-long loan. | 34109361 |
Four days of talks have been scheduled after discussions on Monday. Union officials said there was "scope to make progress".
If the sides fail to reach a deal, a strike on Saturday is set to go ahead.
Hundreds of thousands of people have already been disrupted by six days of strikes by bus drivers in September.
Strikes... | Bus strikes in Dublin scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday have been suspended to allow for negotiations aimed at resolving the pay dispute. | 37476125 |
*The list will be updated with further fixtures and events as they are confirmed; dates and venues are subject to change.
22-31: World Para Alpine Skiing Championships, Tarvisio, Italy
25-28: Australian Open Wheelchair Tennis tournament, Melbourne
1-8: Para Snowboard World Championships, Big White, Canada
15-20: IWAS W... | BBC Sport picks out the key sporting events of 2017. | 20271169 |
Joseph Clancy said the model would be used to train agents to protect the real complex.
The request came as Mr Clancy testified before Congress on Tuesday about the agency's recent security lapses.
Construction would cost $8m (£5.4m) and take place at an existing training facility in the suburbs of Washington, the New... | The director of the US Secret Service has asked Congress for money to build a detailed model of the White House. | 31926290 |
Four of the banks - JPMorgan, Barclays, Citigroup and RBS - have agreed to plead guilty to US criminal charges.
The fifth, UBS, will plead guilty to rigging benchmark interest rates.
Barclays was fined the most, $2.4bn, as it did not join other banks in November to settle investigations by UK, US and Swiss regulators.
... | Five of the world's largest banks are to pay fines totalling $5.7bn (£3.6bn) for charges including manipulating the foreign exchange market. | 32817114 |
The memo - obtained by The Times and seen by the BBC - warns Whitehall is working on 500 Brexit-related projects and could need 30,000 extra staff.
However, there is still no common exit strategy "because of divisions within the cabinet", the leaked document adds.
A government spokesman said it "didn't recognise" the c... | The government has no overall Brexit plan and a negotiating strategy may not be agreed by the cabinet for six months, a leaked memo has suggested. | 37983948 |
You can see highlights of Manchester United v Liverpool on Match of the Day 2 at 22:00 GMT on Sunday on BBC Two and the BBC Sport website.
Jose Mourinho's side will be full of confidence too. They are on a nine game-winning run, look strong and powerful and all their big players have been performing very well for the l... | Sunday's game at Old Trafford is arguably more important for Manchester United because, if they beat Liverpool, their momentum grows and the gap between them and the top four gets even smaller. | 38559535 |
Martin Hughes, 51, was injured in Woodhouse Park near to the Robinswood Road Metrolink stop in Wythenshawe at about 07:00 GMT.
He was treated at the scene by the ambulance service but died a short time later.
An investigation is under way to establish the circumstances. Metrolink services to Manchester Airport were sus... | A cyclist has died following a crash with a tram in Manchester. | 35588775 |
OHB System of Bremen and SSTL of Guildford have so far produced all of the fully operational satellites in the constellation.
This latest batch - assuming no launch failures - would take Galileo to the status of a full network with spares.
The deal will be done here at the Paris Air Show.
OHB, as prime contractor, will... | The contract will be signed on Thursday giving a German-UK consortium the go-ahead to build another eight satellites for Galileo - Europe's version of GPS. | 40336549 |
Kevin Bollaert is accused of running so-called revenge porn website UGotPosted and changemyreputation.com, a second site which offered to remove the images for about $300 (£176) each.
He faces identity theft charges as UGotPosted included victims' locations, names and links to Facebook profiles.
The 27-year-old has pl... | There is enough evidence for a man accused of running a website showing thousands of images of naked women without their consent to be put on trial, a San Diego judge has ruled. | 27884429 |
Donoghue has written the script for the stage version, which will premiere at the Theatre Royal Stratford East next May.
The story of Room is told through the eyes of a five-year-old boy who is being held captive with his mother.
A film adaption was released earlier this year and earned Brie Larson an Oscar for best ac... | A stage adaption of Emma Donoghue's best-selling novel Room is to open in London next year. | 38097252 |
Actor Bill Nighy was among the guests on the red carpet for the showing of Their Finest at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama on Tuesday.
Set in the early 1940s, it tells the story of filmmakers trying to make a patriotic film about Dunkirk, to boost British morale during the Blitz.
The film was shot extensivel... | A wartime romantic comedy filmed in Wales has had its premiere in Cardiff. | 39615818 |
It reported £740m in annual adjusted operating profit before transformation costs, up 6% from a year earlier.
Revenues in the year to 29 March were barely changed at £9.4bn.
UK parcel volumes grew by 3%, although revenues from its parcels business rose by just 1%. Letter volumes fell by 4%, with revenues from letters... | Royal Mail has reported an increase in full-year profits, with cost cuts helping the company in a "challenging" market. | 32822755 |
In a ceremony at the main British base at Camp Bastion, the union flag was lowered and the camp was handed over to the Afghans who will be left behind to look after their own security in what has been one of the hardest provinces to tame.
Bastion was once the largest British military base in the world - a sea of tents,... | After 13 years, eight of them involving bloody fighting in Helmand, Britain's war in Afghanistan is finally over. | 29744972 |
Defence technology company QinetiQ has signed a contract to use Llanbedr, near Harlech, Gwynedd, for drone tests.
Llanbedr Airfield Estates (LAE) said its 2,300m runway can handle larger drones than Aberporth, Ceredigion.
The base employed 130 people before it closed in 2004 and currently has limited use for private la... | A deal for drones to be tested at a former RAF base in Snowdonia will bring new jobs to the area from next year, the firm running the site says. | 24226287 |
The Shots assaulted the visitors' goal early on and Lee Worgan had to repel efforts from Shamir Fenelon and Matt McClure (twice) inside the first 10 minutes.
The stopper was in action again midway through the first half, saving twice in quick succession from Jake Gallagher and Iffy Allen.
After the interval, Alex Flish... | Substitute Bernard Mensah grabbed a late winner to give Aldershot a 1-0 victory over Maidstone at the Recreation Ground. | 36949606 |
The American's final-day 65 saw him finish 27 under par to set the record at 253 strokes, while England's Justin Rose was second on 20 under, a shot ahead of American Jordan Spieth.
It was the fourth successive day Thomas, 23, entered the record books in Honolulu.
The world number eight said: "It's been an unbelievable... | Justin Thomas set a new record for the lowest 72-hole score in PGA Tour history as he won the Hawaii Open. | 38634341 |
The two fighters had announced the "super fight" for 23 April on Twitter at the end of February, with the United Arab Emirates expected to be the venue.
But Aram told ESPN: "It's kaddish for the UAE deal. It's dead.
"I'm talking about another proposal for another fight, not Khan. Khan won't be Manny's next opponent."
T... | Britain's Amir Khan will not fight WBO world welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao next month, the Filipino's promoter, Bob Arum, has revealed. | 39203065 |
It will receive the majority of passengers flying into the UK, while rail services are also braced for an influx of fans.
About 170,000 people are expected to make the trip to Cardiff to watch Real Madrid take on Juventus on Saturday.
Cardiff Airport's air traffic service said the operation was unprecedented.
About 100... | An extra 24,000 passengers will pass through Cardiff Airport in 24 hours this weekend as fans arrive for the Champions League final. | 40103733 |
Brendon Constant, 87, of Richmond Road, Wisbech, is charged with murdering Jean Constant, 86, on August 22 last year.
Mrs Constant's body was found after police investigated reports of concern relating to Poppyfields care home in Chapman Way, Eynesbury.
A post-mortem examination concluded Mrs Constant died from plastic... | A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his wife. | 39500851 |
Under the proposals, Leicester Central and Kibworth fire stations would close to make up a shortfall of £3m.
Eleven fire engines would also go and be replaced by three tactical response vehicles.
The Fire Brigades Union said the closures would have serious safety implications for the public.
However, Nick Rushton, who... | Leicestershire Fire and Rescue has announced plans to close two fire stations and make about 90 redundancies in a bid to save money. | 34267626 |
Fly infestation from the centre on Slack Lane, Derby, is thought to be caused by 5,000 tones of rubbish awaiting clearance.
Shows Waste Management said the waste will be moved by 7 July - the deadline given by the agency.
The government body has begun a criminal investigation.
The fly infestation, which has been ongoin... | Residents plagued by flies from a recycling centre said they hope to take legal action against the Environment Agency and the site operator. | 36473388 |
The picture shows a sunlit portion of the planet, together with three of its big moons - Io, Europa and Ganymede.
The fourth major satellite - Callisto - is out of view.
Juno is currently moving away from Jupiter on a large arc, but will sweep back in during August, enabling its "JunoCam" to take even better images.
At... | The American space agency's new Juno mission to Jupiter has returned its first imagery since going into orbit around the gas giant last week. | 36780756 |
The Smithsonian National Museum of American History had run a campaign to save its pair of the famous shoes from deterioration and discolouration.
The slippers are one of the most viewed items at the Washington DC museum.
But age has taken its toll and they have turned from a sparkling red to a dull brown.
Officials at... | A pair of red slippers worn by Dorothy in 1939 film The Wizard of Oz film will be preserved thanks to a $300,000 (£246,000) Kickstarter campaign. | 37754079 |
In a city with mainly unpainted brick houses, many of them unfinished, architect Freddy Mamani's brightly coloured ostentatious mansions are leaving a very colourful mark in the otherwise dull cityscape.
They are dubbed cholets, a mixture of the word chalet (large house) and chola (indigenous woman).
"El Alto is charac... | High on the Bolivian plateau in the city of El Alto, a new architectural phenomenon is becoming quite the rage. | 34479377 |
A spokesperson of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told the BBC that the agency was conducting searches in the southern city of Chennai (Madras).
The CBI is probing investment clearances given to a firm during Mr Chidambaram's tenure.
He said the government was using the raids to try to "silence his voice".
In... | India's top investigative agency has raided the homes of ex-finance minister P Chidambaram and his son in connection with a financial misconduct probe. | 39932186 |
The newspaper reported that police obtained at least two dozen court-approved surveillance warrants in 2016.
Those warrants allowed them to know who journalist Patrick Lagace called and texted and gave them access to his location through the phone's GPS.
Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre called the spying "worrisome" and "u... | Montreal police spied on a La Presse journalist for months to try to learn who his sources were, the newspaper reported on Monday. | 37826856 |
Standing more than 132m (433 ft) high, the building south of John Lewis will be home to around 450 students.
It will be taller than Swansea's Meridian Tower, which is the current highest at 107m (351ft).
Council planners approved the move on Wednesday and the building is due to be completed in summer 2018.
It will have... | A 42-storey student accommodation will be Wales' tallest building after Cardiff council planners gave it the go-ahead. | 35766959 |
The 26-year-old Glendronach single malt whisky was bottled in 2012 to mark the opening of Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeenshire.
Experts believe the lot will go for a four-figure sum, with an estimate of £2,500 on the bottle.
It is being sold at McTear's Auctioneers in Glasgow on 13 January.
McTear's whisky e... | A rare bottle of whisky signed by Donald Trump is going up for sale in Scotland a week before before his inauguration as US president. | 38519441 |
Maybe they shouldn't be - the economy is in good shape and the Conservatives had incumbency advantage.
But when I travelled back from the prime minster's last rally with a group of exhausted Conservative campaign officials it was clear that 290 seats was a hoped-for target.
No one talked about anything over 300 seats, ... | One thing is rock-solid true: the Conservatives who worked on this campaign are as surprised by the result as the pollsters, pundits, politicians and general population. | 32661502 |
The 39-year-old, from Cardiff, has endured several rounds of punishing IVF, two ectopic pregnancies resulting in surgery, and she is still no closer to finding out the cause of the problem.
Here, in her own words, she talks about the couple's devastating losses, how attending a memorial service for one of their lost ba... | Jen Bickel and her husband Andrew are no strangers to heartache, having suffered 10 miscarriages in as many years. | 40276951 |
Here's what we know now:
What it is: The single market aims to make it easy for EU nations to trade with one another. It allows free movement of goods, workers, services and capital around the EU, without any tariffs, pretty much as if it was all one country. While it remains in the EU, the UK is a full member of the s... | With her Brexit speech, Theresa May has for the first time revealed some key details about her approach to negotiations with the EU. | 38641207 |
He said the measures, imposed on individuals and key economic sectors, were "not fatal, but naturally damage our ongoing work," Interfax reported.
Thousands of Russians gathered for celebrations outside the Kremlin.
The future of the sanctions is set to be discussed by EU leaders this week.
European Council President D... | On the anniversary of Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged the harm caused by Western sanctions. | 31945962 |
The Northern Irishman was in last place following the first round at Dundonald in Ayrshire after three closing double bogeys saw him card an eight-over 80.
Clarke pulled out of the Scottish event on Friday morning but indicated that his withdrawal was precautionary.
The 2011 Open champion, 48, hasn't made a cut on the ... | Past champion Darren Clarke expects to play in The Open at Royal Birkdale next week despite pulling out of the Scottish Open because of a knee injury. | 40605685 |
More than 20 pinball machines have been set up at the Olive Tree pub in Cwmbran, Gwent.
Other arcade and console games will also be available to play at the event, on Saturday and Sunday.
Organiser Dave Wilcox told BBC Radio Wales competitors will have the chance to win themselves a position on the World Pinball Champ... | About 100 retro gaming enthusiasts are expected to gather in south Wales to compete in the Welsh Pinball Cup. | 39744953 |
Sir Kenneth will also take charge behind the camera while The Martian director Ridley Scott will co-produce.
He last appeared in and directed spy thriller Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.
Hercule Poirot has most famously been played on film by Peter Ustinov and, on British television, David Suchet became synonymous with the ... | Sir Kenneth Branagh is to play Agatha Christie's Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot in a new film version of Murder on the Orient Express. | 34901080 |
He quit last week when DUP leader Arlene Foster refused to stand aside as first minister while a botched energy scheme was investigated.
Because they hold a joint office, the resignation automatically put the DUP leader out of her job.
Elections must be called if the positions are vacant for seven days.
During Assembly... | An election in Northern Ireland looks inevitable after Sinn Féin refused to nominate a deputy first minister to replace Martin McGuinness. | 38630403 |
The Potters have yet to add any new faces to manager Mark Hughes' squad for next season.
Coates says negotiations over potential targets has been "messy" because of the tournament in France, but is expecting some clarity soon.
"I'm sure things will start to move in the next few weeks," the 78-year-old told BBC Radio St... | Stoke City chairman Peter Coates hopes the club can soon confirm some new signings now Euro 2016 is over. | 36783708 |
Named under privacy laws as Michael P, 40, he admitted making a signalling error and then dialling the wrong emergency number.
His lawyer said he also admitted playing on his mobile at the time.
Michael P told survivors that he was aware he had "burdened himself with huge guilt".
"I would like you to know that my thoug... | A German train controller has admitted two errors that prompted two trains to collide head-on in Bavaria with the loss of 12 lives. | 37936198 |
The former Sweden international, 35, was released in June after he not being offered a new contract.
He has been recovering from knee surgery at United's training ground.
Mourinho said: "If the decision is to stay and wait until December - he can't be back until them - why not wait? We are speaking and changing ideas."... | Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho said it is "possible" that out-of-contract striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic could sign a new deal. | 40615718 |
David Ellis, 41, attacked 59-year-old Alec Warburton in July at a house in Sketty, Swansea Crown Court was told.
After returning to the city from Dolwyddelan in Conwy, he fled to Ireland where he was arrested.
Ellis has admitted manslaughter but denies murder. The trial is expected to last up to three weeks.
The court ... | A man murdered his landlord with a hammer in Swansea before travelling to north Wales and dumping his body in a disused quarry, a court has heard. | 36479535 |
The event was due to take place in Nice in southern France on 14-18 September but did not happen due to security fears after July's lorry attack in the city, which killed 85 people.
Brittany, in north-west France, is also being considered.
Yorkshire hosted the Grand Depart for the Tour de France in 2014.
Organisers of ... | Representatives from Yorkshire are in talks with the European Road Cycling Union to host the recently cancelled European Road Cycling Championships. | 37037837 |
He received almost 59% of votes cast, meaning there is no need for a run-off as he won more than 55%.
His main challenger, ex-military ruler Julius Maada Bio, took 38% of the ballots in Saturday's peaceful poll.
It was the third election since the 1991-2002 civil war, which killed more than 50,000 people.
International... | Sierra Leone's incumbent President Ernest Bai Koroma has won the presidential election, the election commission has said. | 20472962 |
About 1,500 chickens were killed when the lorry crashed on the M62 earlier this month.
Louise Fields and Emma Billington, from the nearby Dogs 4 Rescue, helped rescue some 3,000 surviving birds - and were still finding hens this week.
The pair have now started the "Justice for Hens" campaign.
The Facebook group aims "t... | Two women who rescued thousands of chickens from a motorway lorry accident have started a campaign urging people to become vegetarian. | 27594379 |
It's been an amazing Games for Team GB, who finished second in the medal table after the US.
It might be hard to chose, but we wanted to know your best moment from the Rio Olympics.
Was it the moment Laura Trott won her fourth gold medal in cycling to become Great Britain's most successful female Olympian?
Or Usain Bol... | The Olympic Games finished in style last night with a huge closing ceremony in Rio. | 37141406 |
The Arclight, a cheap, solar-powered ophthalmoscope, was designed by researchers at St Andrews University.
It is aimed at helping health workers in poorer countries to detect the signs of blindness.
The small device enables healthcare workers to make instant diagnostic decisions.
A study led by the International Centre... | A pocket-sized medical device could help save the sight of millions of people around the world, its inventors have claimed. | 38589176 |
Loteri Cymru will be broadcast on S4C beginning on Friday, 28 April, with a minimum of 20% of proceeds going to grassroots community causes in Wales.
Participants will need to match five of 39 drawn numbers to win the jackpot, with prizes also on offer for tickets matching fewer numbers.
Tickets are £1 and are due to g... | Wales is to get its own televised weekly lottery with a £25,000 jackpot. | 39445364 |
Ryan Christie came closest to a leveller seconds before half-time when his left-foot shot from the edge of the box was tipped over by Silviu Lung Jr.
Constantin Budescu's 24th-minute first-leg strike secured the Romanians an aggregate victory.
And it is they who face West Ham United in the third qualifying round.
Inver... | Inverness Caley Thistle's first European adventure is over after a draw allowed Astra Giurgiu to progress thanks to their 1-0 win in Scotland. | 33612126 |
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The 45-year-old is among those being considered as a replacement for David Moyes after the Black Cats' relegation.
"It just doesn't play a part to be honest," he said before Saturday's game. "There's loads of speculation at this stage of the season."
McInnes would not be d... | Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes says attracting the interest of Sunderland has not been a distraction ahead of the Scottish Cup final against Celtic. | 40062353 |
They were found following a search of a property in Fountainhall, Selkirkshire, last May, by Police Scotland's cyber crime unit.
The images were discovered on a hard drive removed from the house.
At Jedburgh Sheriff Court, Heriot-Watt student Christopher Murdanaigum, 25, admitted the offence.
Procurator fiscal Graham F... | A university student who had about 50,000 indecent images of children on his computer has been put on the sex offenders register. | 31369634 |
Martyn Rogers, 66, from Newport, died of blood poisoning and acute liver failure at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, in July 2012.
Liver specialist Prof David Paul Berry will not face police action after the "avoidable" deaths of eight patients in his care.
His practising restrictions were recently extended t... | The family of a man who died after surgery have received a settlement from the health board. | 33141762 |
The athlete from Portaferry in County Down suffered a recurrence of a problem she has had with her right Achilles.
The 24-year-old said afterwards she felt she had to get off track immediately to see the Irish physio.
The race in Belgrade was won by Laura Muir of Great Britain who broke away from Germany's Konstanze Kl... | Ciara Mageean hopes of a medal at the European Indoor Athletics Championships ended when she failed to finish the 1500m final because of injury. | 39169749 |
The "no parking" lines were discovered on an industrial estate near Truro in Cornwall.
Mark Mitchell, owner of Stylehome, said: "It goes against all common sense to draw lines across the middle of the road."
Cornwall Council said although the lines were "technically correct", it would remove them.
It follows traffic pr... | Business owners have been left astounded after double yellow lines were drawn across the middle of a road. | 37219833 |
He was discovered at a property in New Road at about 10:20 BST on Tuesday.
Detectives initially said the death was being treated as "unexplained".
A post-mortem examination has been carried out, but officers said they are withholding the cause of death until they have the blood test results. | Police investigating the death of a man aged in his 50s in Wrexham said they are awaiting toxicology test findings. | 39642088 |
Martina Anderson made the comments in the European Parliament on Tuesday.
DUP MP Gavin Robinson responded in the House of Commons.
He addressed Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire and called on him to remind Ms Anderson that "it's the Good Friday Agreement that sets the terms for the future of Northern Ireland... | A Sinn Féin MEP who said the prime minister could stick a hard or soft Irish border where the "sun doesn't shine" was dismissed as "belligerent". | 39285479 |
Many of the fairways were lost during the world wars, when bunkers and tees were disappeared under military defences such as pillboxes and trenches.
Some sites were maintained by armed forces personnel in war-time, but fell out of use after the end of the conflicts.
Hundreds of other courses vanished in peace time when... | Scotland has 250 former golf courses, according to the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS). | 29063884 |
The revised business plan was prepared by independent consultants who were appointed by the council in 2014.
The plan foresees an expansion of student numbers to 9,400 by 2025.
This date is five years later than was hoped when the One Plan for Derry's regeneration was launched.
The plan also includes increasing full ti... | A new plan to expand student numbers at the Magee campus in Londonderry to more than 9,000 has been submitted by Derry City and Strabane District Council and Ulster University. | 35379515 |
Instead, the English Football Association came under fire for flouting bid rules.
Less than four hours later, it was all change when the Fifa report was criticised by the man who spent two years investigating claims of corruption on behalf of football's world governing body.
What is the background to this story, who is... | At 09:00 GMT on Thursday, Fifa published a report that cleared Russia and Qatar of any wrongdoing during the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. | 30042309 |
The National League South side do not own their current Treyew Road home and must leave at the end of the season.
Silver Bow's planning permission runs out on 28 July and Masters is trying to find them a place to play next term.
"I've got to say it is very worrying off-field and it is a distraction," he told BBC Radio ... | Truro City chairman Peter Masters says the developers of the club's proposed new Silver Bow stadium have told him it is "no longer financially viable". | 39354998 |
In a one-year trial from October, performance for less urgent incidents will be assessed by clinical outcomes - the results of the treatment delivered.
The target of responding to 65% of very urgent calls within eight minutes will remain in place but be monitored.
Statistics released on Wednesday showed the service mis... | Targets for ambulance response times in Wales are to be dropped for all but the most life-threatening calls. | 33688060 |
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There are 11 categories - all but one of which has been divided into two groups who will play a round-robin to decide the two finalists.
The female veterans will compete in one group of six in Sheffield.
BBC Sport's Jess Creighton conducted the draws with the assistance of... | The complete draws have been revealed for the FA People's Cup finals day on Sunday 20 March. | 35754614 |
The UK's best chance to see it is on Monday evening; the Moon rose at 16:43 GMT in Edinburgh and 16:44 in London.
To observers, it will appear about 7% larger than normal and about 15% brighter - although the human eye is barely able to discern that difference.
The Moon was closest - only 221,524 miles (356,509km) away... | Skywatchers are enjoying the latest "supermoon", after Earth's satellite made its closest approach since 1948. | 37969538 |
Fees were due to start last Monday, but a delay to install the new system and train staff meant charging had to be postponed.
The council said reintroducing charges was necessary to fund a new ferry and support the service.
But it has angered residents who formed a Facebook group to oppose the charges.
The 38-year-old ... | Foot passengers and cyclists are now being charged to use the so-called floating bridge at Cowes on the Isle of Wight. | 33655488 |
Aviation law currently blocks Sussex Police access to some Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) material relating to the crash, last August.
The force is required to take the transport secretary to court so the material can be released.
A Hawker Hunter plane crashed into spectators watching the airshow from the A2... | Investigators of the Shoreham air crash are to get a bid to access evidence heard at the High Court. | 36725134 |
The number of nose jobs, face lifts and breast implant operations all soared by more than 10% last year.
The biggest boom was in the popularity of liposuction - up by 41%.
Baaps said it was "the most impressive rise in demand" since the start of the recession in 2008.
There were 50,122 cosmetic procedures in 2013 - a r... | There has been a dramatic increase in the popularity of plastic surgery in the UK, according to figures from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (Baaps). | 25986840 |
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Group A - Brazil 0-0 Mexico: In the first match of the second round of group fixtures, Brazil were denied a second successive win by the brilliance of Guillermo Ochoa.
Neymar was denied twice by the Mexico goalkeeper, who also saved from David Luiz and Thiago Silva.
Raul J... | Watch highlights from the second round of group matches at the 2014 Fifa World Cup. | 27952131 |
Akbar went missing on Sunday on the island of Sulawesi, after leaving to harvest palm oil.
In the search for the 25-year-old, police told BBC Indonesian that they had found a huge snake they suspected had swallowed the man.
The reticulated python, reported to be 7m (23ft)-long, was cut open and the man's body was found... | A missing Indonesian man was found dead inside the body of a python, according to local police. | 39427458 |
The child was discovered in a "lifeless" condition outside her home in Bessbrook on Sunday. Police officers who had been in the area gave CPR.
The girl had suffered a fractured skull and remains in a critical condition in hospital.
Darren Eamon Fagan, from Clonavon Avenue, Portadown, denies the charge.
Banbridge Magist... | A 24-year-old man has been remanded in custody charged with the attempted murder of a two-year-old child in County Armagh. | 29730276 |
Glasgow City Council proposed annual parking permits for streets around the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in a bid to safeguard residential spaces.
The annual charge would have been £700 for businesses and £50 for residents.
Despite objections, an inquiry backed the principle but said the annual charges should be... | An independent inquiry has backed plans for parking permits in areas around Scotland's largest hospital. | 37353615 |
The building in Cairo near Tahrir Square was torched in the 2011 uprising that toppled Mubarak.
Demolition workers also began tearing down a nearby office block that was once the centre of state bureaucracy.
Egypt's government approved the move in April and said that the land would be given to the neighbouring Egyptian... | Egypt has begun demolishing the headquarters of the now-dissolved party of former President Hosni Mubarak. | 32952088 |
The claim is made in a British Journal of Psychiatry study.
The published findings suggest that, in most cases, the auditory hallucinations stop with time.
However, children who continue to hear voices could be at risk of mental illness or behavioural disorders.
Researchers carried out psychiatric assessments of almost... | More than one in five Irish children between 11 and 13 have reported hearing voices, a sign some experts believe is a risk factor in mental illness. | 17688609 |
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