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Temperatures in the states have risen as high as 45C and customary April rains have been delayed.
State officials have said however, that the state was not suffering from a heatwave as there was no "abnormality" in temperature for this time of year.
Over 2,000 people are estimated to have died in a heatwave that swept ... | At least 80 people have died of heatstroke in the south Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. | 35994662 |
Archaeologists believe the bones, exposed by storms in a cliff at Harlyn bay near Padstow, could be those of a young iron age or bronze age woman.
Once they have been radiocarbon dated it is hoped they will go on show at the Royal Cornwall Museum.
Archaeologist Andy Jones said there had been a lot of Bronze and Iron Ag... | Efforts are under way to identify ancient human remains found on a Cornish beach. | 26621146 |
The former Tottenham and Aston Villa boss repeatedly swore at referee Mark Brown at half-time during a 1-0 defeat at Bury on 11 February.
Sherwood, 48, has already served the ban, while he was also fined £2,000.
On Monday, the FA published the written reasons for Sherwood's suspension.
It includes a report from Brown, ... | Swindon Town director of football Tim Sherwood was given a two-match stadium ban because of a foul-mouthed rant at a referee, the Football Association says. | 39334610 |
Don Thompson, president of the Jersey Fishermen's Association, said quotas meant some boats were out of the water for three months of the year.
The European Union (EU) has published new quotas for 2015 onwards, which include a ban on discarding certain species.
Marine officer Greg Morel says local fishermen are bound b... | Jersey fishermen are to meet with ministers to propose alternatives to the current quota system. | 30471249 |
The Welsh Government has urged social landlords to test if they have aluminium composite material (ACM), which has come under scrutiny since the fire at the London high rise.
Swansea Council is having cladding from four high-rise blocks examined.
The three other blocks and their owners have not been identified.
Ministe... | Samples of the same type of cladding used on Grenfell Tower is being tested from seven social housing tower blocks in Wales, the BBC understands. | 40459838 |
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying formally acknowledged that every eligible citizen should be able to cast a vote for the city's next leader.
But he also said that mainstream Hong Kong society agreed with Beijing on how electoral reform should proceed.
This drew fire from activists who said he had misrepresented public o... | Hong Kong has kick-started a political reform process by submitting a report to Beijing about the prospect of universal suffrage in the territory. | 28310374 |
Craig Ison, 52, suffered serious leg and arm injuries during the attack off Evans Head early on Friday.
Geoff Hill, a friend of Mr Ison who saw the incident, told local media it was "like watching a Mick Fanning replay".
Earlier this month, Australian three-time world champion surfer Mick Fanning escaped unharmed after... | An Australian surfer has punched a shark which attacked him off the north coast of New South Wales, say police. | 33729227 |
Human rights groups have called on the college - an arms-length body of the Home Office - to disclose the type of specialist training provided but it has not done so.
The college said all the training it provides "meets the highest international human rights standards".
The Home Office declined to comment.
Maya Foa, of... | More than 250 officers from Saudi Arabia have been given specialist training by the College of Policing in recent years, the BBC has learned. | 35261385 |
The 40-year-old, who is based near Malpas in Cheshire, fell from her mount Topwood Beau and was airlifted to Bristol's Southmead Hospital.
British Eventing (BE) said she suffered a traumatic brain injury in the fall on 6 May.
In a further update on Monday, BE said she is now recovering at home.
She spent more than a we... | British rider Emily Gilruth has left hospital after she was seriously injured in a fall at the Badminton Horse Trials. | 40166472 |
Five people were immediately killed by the leak on Sunday, while another five died later in hospital, said local authorities in a post on Weibo.
Officials are investigating the cause.
China has tightened industrial safety regulations following a chemical blast in Tianjin that killed 140 people.
Local authorities named ... | A gas leak at a stainless steel factory in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong has killed 10 people and poisoned seven others, authorities said. | 34960883 |
The Daily Telegraph carried a front page story about Amy and her friend Ashleigh, who declared they had no desire to get jobs.
They were branded a new breed of "dole bludger", sparking a media debate about NEETs, young people "not in employment, education or training".
The treasurer had vowed to personally look into th... | A Sydney teenager portrayed as the face of youth unemployment in Australia has revealed she fabricated her story. | 37426644 |
Reid, 22, competed for Northern Ireland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and now wants to switch international allegiance from GB to Ireland.
Despite starting the transfer process a year ago, it has yet to be completed.
Reid's letter asks Lord Coe to help push through his transfer so he can race in London.
The Bath-based... | Sprinter Leon Reid has written an open letter to IAAF president Lord Coe in a last-ditch attempt to be cleared to run for Ireland at the World Championships. | 40691884 |
Juve led within five minutes thanks to Paulo Dybala's brilliant first-time strike from 20 yards.
It was 2-0 after 16 minutes when top scorer Gonzalo Higuain prodded in Juan Cuadrado's right-wing cross.
Higuain also had a goal ruled out for offside but it mattered little as Juve exerted their authority.
Massimiliano All... | Italian champions Juventus reasserted their control over the Serie A title race thanks to a comfortable victory over top-four rivals Lazio in Turin. | 38640566 |
Analysis of strains from 2012 shows the parts of the pertussis bacterium that the vaccine primes the immune system to recognise are changing.
It may have "serious consequences" in future outbreaks, UK researchers state in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.
But experts stressed the vaccine remains highly effective in p... | Whooping cough may be evolving to outsmart the currently used vaccine, say researchers. | 30551093 |
The annual rate of house price growth was 4.7% in May, down from 4.9% in April and 5.7% in March.
In May alone, house prices rose by 0.2%, the same as the previous month.
The Nationwide said one factor was that many people had rushed to buy houses in March because of stamp duty changes that took effect on 1 April.
Furt... | The annual rate of UK house price growth cooled further in May, after slowing the previous month, according to the Nationwide building society. | 36423856 |
The 41-year-old was shot and stabbed to death in Birstall, West Yorkshire on 16 June.
Her killer Thomas Mair, 53, was jailed for life in November after being found guilty.
In her first in-depth interview since her older sister was killed, Kim Leadbeater said it was a "whole new reality we have to adjust to".
She said: ... | The sister of MP Jo Cox has spoken of the effect her murder has had on their family. | 39107576 |
The service - which started in May - provided Dundee with its only international air link.
Last month, the airline said it was temporarily rerouting the service, with passengers being taken by bus to Edinburgh Airport.
Flybe said the decision to suspend the flights was made because current radar coverage was not good ... | The airline Flybe is to suspend its Dundee to Amsterdam flights from next month. | 38414067 |
Ricky Miller's deflected goal had drawn an improved Dover level on aggregate.
But Keanu Marsh-Brown's curler for Forest Green, who sacked manager Ady Pennock on 27 April, sent them through.
Mark Cooper was at the New Lawn to watch Forest Green after resigning as Notts County boss earlier on Saturday and BBC Radio Notti... | Forest Green Rovers reached the National League promotion final with a 2-1 aggregate win over Dover Athletic. | 36176651 |
Mr Cameron said he will meet them, but only after a fresh investigation into her disappearance has concluded.
Two-year-old Katrice vanished in 1981 from a supermarket at a British military base in Paderborn, Germany, where her father was stationed.
Royal Military Police are conducting a new inquiry into the 33-year-old... | The father of missing girl Katrice Lee said he had no faith in David Cameron's "wishy-washy" promise to meet her family. | 30922044 |
"We created opportunities but we didn't finish them off," he told BBC Sport after Scotland's 15-9 loss to England.
"We can do better than that, we know we can, if we cut down some basic errors and become more accurate.
"That game was there to be won, that is the cold, hard fact. If we get in a similar situation, we hav... | Scotland coach Vern Cotter insists there is "a lot more to come" from his team despite an eighth straight Six Nations defeat since 2014. | 35514090 |
She has lost her job as shadow police minister and is now the shadow deputy minister for public works.
But is this demotion enough to limit the damage to the DA's reputation?
The DA has long been seen by many South Africans as a party mainly for white people, and this was the moment for its first black leader Mmusi Mam... | South African opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) politician Dianne Kohler Barnard has been demoted after sharing a Facebook post which praised apartheid President PW Botha. | 34443820 |
The cache includes lithographs, portraits, a watercolour and sketches created between 1900 and 1932.
Pierre and Danielle Le Guennec say they were given the art, worth 80m euro (£50m) by Picasso's second wife.
The Picasso estate says their account is "ridiculous" and is suing them for illegal possession of the works
Pic... | Pablo Picasso's former electrician and his wife go on trial today in Paris, accused of having stolen 271 pieces of the artist's work. | 31358495 |
People who practised a basic movement to music showed "increased structural connectivity" between the regions of the brain that process sound and control movement.
The University of Edinburgh research showed brain wiring enables cells to communicate with each other.
The findings have been published in the medical journ... | Using music to learn a physical task develops an important part of the brain, according to a new study. | 40518447 |
Ann Allan said the disappearance of 28-year-old Samuel Townsley had left a "gaping void" in their family's heart.
The last confirmed sighting of him was at Union Street in Glasgow at about 09:30 on Wednesday 19 October 2016.
Mrs Allan said she was praying for his safe return and assured him that he was not in any troub... | A woman has made an emotional appeal for information about the fate of her brother, who has not been seen for four months. | 39051200 |
Rory McAllister fired the hosts ahead but recent Forfar signing Steven Craig soon levelled with a left-foot effort.
Andy Ryan pounced on a Graeme Smith error to put Forfar in front and Peterhead then had Steven Noble sent off for violent conduct.
However, Shane Sutherland equalised before the break and, in the second h... | Peterhead came from behind to beat Forfar Athletic in Scottish League One. | 35510925 |
Debutant Srisurat, 21, set an Olympic record in the snatch with 110kg, before lifting 130kg in the clean and jerk.
Compatriot Pimsiri Sirikaew took silver (combined 232kg), with Chinese Taipei's Kuo Hsing-chun claiming bronze (231kg).
Srisurat served a two-year ban from May 2011 after testing positive for the banned an... | Thai Sukanya Srisurat lifted a combined 240kg to win Olympic weightlifting gold in the women's -58kg category three years after serving a doping ban. | 36686050 |
The other two were being treated for hypothermia after being missing overnight on the Southern Uplands.
Bobby Thomson, 64, George Crosbie, 73, and 74-year-old Jeffrey Stewart had failed to return from a walk in the hills at Durisdeer on Tuesday.
The men were found on Wednesday afternoon and taken by helicopter to Dumfr... | One of the three hillwalkers in their 60s and 70s rescued in Dumfries and Galloway has died, police have said. | 35598915 |
The incident happened on Monday on Union Street beside the Summer Street junction at about 11:35.
Three people were injured but not seriously.
Police Scotland said an 18-year-old man who was driving a Volkswagen Polo involved in the incident was due at Aberdeen Sheriff Court at a later date. | A teenage car driver has been charged after a collision led to a bus hitting scaffolding in Aberdeen, injuring three people. | 38743490 |
"Rosa PV" (as she is described in the media) died alone, choking on fumes from a fire started by one of the candles she used for light in her flat in the city of Reus, south of Barcelona, early last Monday.
It emerged that her electricity had been cut off for non-payment of bills. Rosa's solitary plight caused proteste... | Spain's economy may be recovering, but the recent deaths of a 12-year-old girl and an 81-year-old woman in house fires are reminders of the hardship that millions of households still face in the country's deep-rooted crisis. | 38024374 |
Dover realistically needed to win to have any chance of overhauling Aldershot for the final play-off position and sit three points adrift with a goal difference inferior by six, with just a game to go.
The hosts enjoyed the better of the opening exchanges but Oliver Norburn opened the scoring for the visitors in the 31... | Dover's National League play-off hopes suffered a major blow after they were held to a draw at home by Macclesfield. | 39625853 |
Canada edged a fiercely competitive first half thanks to Lori Josephson's sniping finish.
The 2014 runners-up were made to toil by their dogged opponents but secured victory with Magali Harvey's late penalty and try.
A second defeat from two pool matches means Wales now aim for the play-offs to decide fifth to eighth p... | Wales' hopes of reaching the Women's Rugby World Cup semi-finals are over after losing to Canada. | 40910432 |
Elizabeth Kennedy was not allowed to return to her permanent job after she took a five-year career break.
The tribunal found the commission had indirectly broken sex discrimination laws, albeit unintentionally.
It said the commission's actions were "grossly unfair" and the injury to Ms Kennedy's feelings "significant"... | A solicitor has been awarded £8,000 after she won a sex discrimination case against her employer, the Equality Commission. | 31439871 |
Slough council has issued a warning to residents after six "substantial" trees were felled in Upton Court Park.
The authority said a chainsaw had been used and the damage was not caused by "some kids mucking about".
Police should be called if anyone is seen felling trees in the park, a council spokesperson said.
The sp... | A "mystery person" is believed to be posing as a local authority tree surgeon to cut down a town's mature oaks and willows, a council has said. | 40788421 |
The medium-pacer claimed 3-32 as the visitors reached stumps on 186-9, 260 behind Middlesex's first-innings' 446.
They added 109 to their overnight 337-4 after losing Sam Robson early for 159.
Adam Lyth (37) and 18-year-old Harry Brook (38) put on 64 in reply but Yorkshire then collapsed despite skipper Gary Ballance's... | Ryan Higgins marked his first-class debut for Middlesex with three wickets to leave Yorkshire in trouble on the second day at Lord's. | 40335904 |
Only one team will be promoted from Division Two this summer to reduce the number of top-tier teams in 2017.
A top division of eight teams will be introduced, down from nine, with 10 counties in the second.
"It makes things more difficult in the short term," Morris said.
"But we've got a slightly stronger squad this ye... | Glamorgan chief executive Hugh Morris insists the county are capable of promotion to Division One of the County Championship despite only the top team going up. | 35823208 |
"I just hate how quick they are," he grimaces.
The lock is describing, with comical anguish and the beginnings of a blush, his darkest fear. No, not the mighty Springboks pack, with whom he may do battle in Scotland's World Cup pool.
Not missing selection for the global showpiece, kicking off in September. Not even a r... | Grant Gilchrist grins sheepishly as his gargantuan frame squirms and shudders atop the dining chair that barely contains it. | 33658578 |
A Muslim cleric told those attending the Orlando event that Muslims stood united with them against "the ideology of hatred, death and destruction".
Similar gatherings have been held in countries including France, Australia, the UK and Germany.
The attack on Orlando's Pulse nightclub left 49 people dead and dozens wound... | Vigils have been held in Orlando, Florida, and around the world for the victims of Sunday's deadly gun attack on a gay nightclub. | 36524095 |
Patel, 22, left the prison in Surat city on Friday morning.
He led huge caste protests in 2015, demanding quotas in government jobs for the Patel community.
He was arrested after footage appeared to show him telling supporters to "kill policemen rather than commit suicide". He said the video was doctored.
The Gujarat H... | Firebrand young Indian caste leader Hardik Patel, who was arrested and charged with sedition, has been freed after nearly nine months in jail. | 36801991 |
The French authorities' "failure" to provide adequate staffing for increased checks at the Port of Dover was the "primary cause" of delays of up to 14 hours this weekend, it said.
The firm said it would talk to British and French authorities to ensure there is "no repetition of this disruption".
Delays have eased but s... | The delays experienced by motorists going to Dover "must never be allowed to happen again", P&O Ferries has said. | 36886727 |
The Bath Rock building was removed for repair after suffering severe damage in early January.
The decision to rebuild the shelter followed a meeting between Ceredigion council and the heritage body, Cadw.
The work will use as much of the original timber as possible, and is likely to start before the end of May.
Part of... | A Grade II-listed seafront shelter is to be rebuilt after being badly damaged by the winter storms that battered Aberystwyth promenade. | 26471776 |
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Kevin Scott, from Lincoln, and the UK Monowheel Team broke the previous record of 57mph (91.7km/h) set by Kerry McClean in the US in 2001.
The record, included in the 2017 Guinness World Records book, was set at Elvington Airfield, near York, in 2015.
Mr Scott said recording a... | A man has made it into the record books for the fastest monowheel motorcycle ride after reaching a top speed of 61.2mph (98.5km/h). | 37307743 |
Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman, both 33, were living in Edmonton, Canada and had driven down to Mexico for a surfing trip.
Their families say they will be going to Mexico amid media reports that two unidentified bodies were found inside a burnt-out van resembling theirs.
A family statement said they hold "deep fears" but ... | Fears are growing for two Australian surfers travelling through Mexico who have been missing since 20 November. | 34960439 |
Currently third in the world football federation's ranking of top international teams after Spain and Germany, it is also only one step away from qualifying for the 2014 World Cup.
But for many Colombians, the team which still captures their hearts is not the current one, but that captained by Carlos "El Pibe" (The Kid... | Colombia's national football is going through one of its best moments. | 23587401 |
The prime minister said it was "shocking" to know people abroad were still being "threatened, tortured - even killed" because of their faith.
Labour's Mr Miliband wrote that people in the UK "must do everything we can" to condemn oppression, highlighting the plight of Christians in Syria and Iraq.
Lib Dem leader Nick C... | David Cameron and Ed Miliband have highlighted the persecution of Christians in their Easter messages. | 32188127 |
Honnir i Mohammed Ali Ege, 41 oed, orchymyn dau ddyn i ladd dyn oherwydd ffrae am arian, ond aeth y ddau i'r cyfeiriad anghywir a llofruddio llanc 17 oed.
Cafodd Ben Hope a Jason Richards eu carcharu am oes am drywanu Aamir Siddiqi i farwolaeth wrth iddo agor y drws i'r ddau yng Nghaerdydd yn 2010.
Wedi'r llofruddiaeth... | Mae dyn yr honnir iddo orchymyn lladd dyn yng Nghaerdydd - arweiniodd at farwolaeth myfyriwr - wedi dianc o ofal yr heddlu yn India. | 39619906 |
Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd plan to send a "mother ship" to transport satellites beyond Earth's orbit.
It is being called a "new model of low-cost, high-value, space exploration".
The SSTL-GES Lunar Pathfinder team wants the project to appeal to organisations worldwide, inclu... | A British partnership has announced plans for low-cost lunar missions and space exploration. | 36774579 |
The 2012 Olympic gold medallist, 25, wore down his opponent with some heavy punching, putting the 37-year-old on the canvas three times in the third.
Joshua said: "Expectations were high and Jason was an awkward opponent."
Later at Newcastle's Metro Radio Arena, Anthony Nelson won the vacant Commonwealth super-flyweigh... | Unbeaten English heavyweight Anthony Joshua stopped Jason Gavern in round three to record an 11th successive victory since turning professional. | 32084629 |
The S&P 500 index shed 1.65 points to close at 2,400.67, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 2.40 points to 20,979.54.
But the tech-heavy Nasdaq hit 6,169.87, after firms such as Etsy made gains.
Shares of the online marketplace rose 22%, after two investment firms revealed stakes in the online retailer.
Stoc... | Tech stocks closed higher, amid mixed US markets, as investors digested company results and a disappointing report on homebuilding. | 39939181 |
SDLP MLA Nichola Mallon has also urged NI Water to put a more robust system in place to prevent tampering with hydrants.
Ligoniel and New Lodge are among the areas that have been affected.
NI Water said some staff had come under threat as they tried to close hydrants.
It stressed that fire hydrant abuse was illegal and... | Young people have been warned that vandalism of fire hydrants is not "harmless fun", with disruption being caused to water supplies over four days in north Belfast. | 40365493 |
It says some of its existing maps may underestimate the risks to coastal communities.
It is updating its National Flood Risk Assessment which informs members of the public and local authorities about the likelihood of flooding.
The Environment Agency grades coastal areas at risk of flooding from very low to high.
Envir... | The Environment Agency is reviewing the flood risk around the English coastline from high waves. | 30013195 |
Beren and Lúthien has been described as a "very personal story" that the Oxford professor thought up after returning from the Battle of the Somme.
It was edited by his son Christopher Tolkien and contains versions of a tale that became part of The Silmarillion.
The book features illustrations by Alan Lee, who won an Ac... | A new book by Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien is going on sale - 100 years after it was first conceived. | 40109396 |
Details have been revealed of how prisoners took over four wings of the jail last month, causing £2m of damage.
The injured prisoner was put in front of a gate, but each time a squad tried to get him, prisoners became more aggressive, a councillor said.
About 500 inmates - a third of the jail's population - have been ... | HMP Birmingham inmates built bonfires, pelted staff with missiles and paint and used an injured prisoner as "bait" during a 12-hour riot, it has emerged. | 38597394 |
Polworth, 21, came through the youth ranks at Inverness and made his Scotland Under-21 debut this year.
This season, Polworth has scored five times for John Hughes' side, including a double against Hamilton Academical in December.
He has made over 70 appearances for the Scottish Premiership club. | Inverness Caledonian Thistle have agreed a three-year contract extension with midfielder Liam Polworth, tying him to the club until 2019. | 36164560 |
Jason McCue, from East Kilbride, was seriously injured in John Hastie Park, Strathaven, on Tuesday. He was treated by paramedics but died at the scene.
Police Scotland previously said they were treating the 43-year-old's death as murder.
The 50-year-old who has been detained in police custody is expected to appear in c... | A 50-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a man in a South Lanarkshire park. | 40593957 |
Mark Doggrell, 45, has been charged with recklessly causing grievous bodily harm, the BBC has learned.
The offence relates to a woman who suffered seven broken ribs and a collapsed lung during a Blackmore and Sparkford Vale Hunt meeting.
He will appear in court at a date yet to be fixed.
The hunt has said the collision... | A rider who was previously told he would not face prosecution after his horse trampled a hunt saboteur now faces criminal charges. | 33389074 |
It's a region dominated by Labour - and that's unlikely to change.
The party's dominance in some seats is likely to be boosted further by the declining fortunes of the Liberal Democrats.
While Nick Clegg's party was pushing Labour hard in the City of Durham and the Newcastle seats last time, their ambitions are more li... | The North East and Cumbria might not have many closely-contested constituencies - but the ones it has could play a crucial role in deciding the outcome of the 2015 General Election. | 32088621 |
Jewish groups called Friday's event "disgusting", saying it was "insulting to the memories" of Holocaust victims.
Jobbik leader Gabor Vona insisted his party did not want to "provoke anyone, including the Jewish community".
The party, which purports to protect Hungarian values and interests, is the third largest in par... | Hungary's far-right Jobbik party has sparked criticism after holding a political rally inside a former synagogue in the town of Esztergom. | 26201010 |
Steven Emerson issued an apology for his "terrible error" made on Fox News.
Mr Emerson, who founded a group called The Investigative Project on Terrorism, was giving his perspective on the terror attacks in France.
Birmingham Children's Hospital said it hoped Mr Emerson had learned "what a fantastic city Birmingham is.... | An American commentator who called Birmingham a "Muslim-only city" where non-Muslims "don't go" has donated £500 to the city's children's hospital. | 30795167 |
The writer told Radio 4 she would like to see what the response would had been had the roles been reversed.
"I want to see two things - one, a white teenager shot in the back by a cop running away," she told Front Row.
"Or a white man stands in a doorway, tries to pick out his key and is shot 44 times by police," said ... | Award-winning author Toni Morrison has condemned the killing of several black men by white police officers in the US. | 32400348 |
The codes could have been used to seek payouts had the scam not been detected.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said no personal taxpayer data had been compromised or disclosed by its systems.
It added it was monitoring use of its web application for any further signs of fraudulent activity.
The agency said the attac... | The US government's tax collection agency has said attackers fooled its computers into generating more than 100,000 tax return Pin codes. | 35543578 |
In June, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled that Apple infringed a patent of rival Samsung.
President Barack Obama's trade representative has now vetoed that decision because of its "effect on competitive conditions in the US economy".
Such a veto is a relatively rare event.
The patent related to 3G wire... | A ban on sales of older models of Apple's iPad and iPhone in the US has been overturned by the Obama administration. | 23566422 |
They say their qualifications - or cards - are often no longer being accepted to allow them onto sites in the Republic of Ireland.
Brendan Crealey, who runs courses for builders in Portadown, feels Northern Ireland firms are being disadvantaged.
He called for "mutual recognition sorted out at political level".
Workers ... | Northern Ireland construction workers are calling for political intervention to solve a cross-border problem involving health and safety training. | 38392777 |
Dan Sweeney got the hosts off to the perfect start after curling a shot past Scott Brown to put the Stones in front inside the first five minutes.
Jamie Cureton almost equalised moments later for Eastleigh when he burst through on goal but could only blast his effort into the side-netting, in a first half with few chan... | Maidstone ended a four-game losing streak by beating Eastleigh in the National League at the Gallagher Stadium. | 38060211 |
His donation, worth more than US $3000, will help some of the thousands left homeless by Monday's disaster.
Over 400 deaths have been confirmed so far but that total is expected to rise as the mud is cleared.
"Upon witnessing this sad event, I thought it prudent to manifest my patriotism by donating to the flood victim... | Sierra Leone international Khalifa Jabbie has donated food and clothes to victims of the mudslide and flood disaster victims in Freetown. | 40959951 |
Kevin Durant hit a game-high 33 points, while Stephen Curry recorded his first play-off triple-double, with 32 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists.
LeBron James made a record-equalling eighth play-off triple-double.
The Warriors, who welcomed back coach Steve Kerr after missing 11 games through back issues, have now won... | Golden State Warriors took a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals with a dominant 132-113 victory over Cleveland Cavaliers. | 40156419 |
Kyle Benedictus headed home inside eight minutes but it proved a half of few chances thereafter.
The hosts levelled when Dale Hilson rifled home after a good turn, but Craig Barr restored Raith's lead.
Rovers are four points behind third-placed Hibernian, who have two games in hand. | Promotion play-off qualifiers Raith Rovers extended their unbeaten Scottish Championship run to eight games with victory at Queen of the South. | 35949501 |
Conservative Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he did not feel Mr Rudd was qualified, adding that he would not nominate anyone for the role.
Current Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon steps down at the end of the year.
Mr Rudd has responded by releasing letters in which he says Mr Turnbull had originally promised to back... | The Australian government has refused to endorse former Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's bid to become the next United Nations secretary-general. | 36921616 |
The race in Calgary, Canada, was won by team-mate Lizzy Yarnold but Rudman secured enough points to take her first overall title.
The 2006 Winter Olympics silver medallist becomes Britain's second female World Cup champion, after Alex Coomber in 2002.
To me the overall World Cup title is the most prestigious title to w... | Britain's Shelley Rudman is the skeleton World Cup champion after finishing third in the final race of the season. | 16976552 |
It follows concerns that the BCG vaccine would not be available until later this year or early next year.
Health Minister, Leo Varadkar, said problems meant the vaccine, produced in Denmark, was not available.
He blamed production difficulties, delivery delays and sealing problems.
Carysfort Healthcare said it has been... | A healthcare company in the Republic of Ireland said a Canadian firm has offered it 40,000 doses of a vaccine that protects against tuberculosis. | 34021058 |
The Belgian, who owns six clubs in Europe, bought the Addicks in January.
"The team here in Charlton is to make it happen, not me," Duchatelet told BBC London 94.9.
"I will be there in the background as a shareholder and to help a little bit when it is absolutely needed. They shouldn't expect a big daddy who will do ev... | Charlton owner Roland Duchatelet says he will not involve himself heavily in the day-to-day running of the club. | 26288547 |
The move will see some services moved out of hospitals so people can be treated in the community.
It also aims to boost GP recruitment in north Wales where there has been a shortage.
Health Minister Mark Drakeford said the funding would relieve pressure on GPs.
Most of the money - £23m - will go to health boards and Pu... | An extra £34m will be spent on recruiting and training nurses, pharmacists and therapists to work alongside GPs to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions. | 33188536 |
Sales hit $29.1bn for the three months to the end of March, helped by rising sales of its Kindle reading devices and Fire tablet computers.
Both sales and profits were higher than analysts had been expecting and Amazon shares jumped in after hours trading.
The company reported strong growth in customers for its Prime s... | Amazon has reported a profit of $513m (£351m) in its first quarter, helped by a 28% jump in sales. | 36163479 |
Josh Scott-Hill, 11, has been growing his hair for 18 months after seeing a friend lose hers during chemotherapy.
He said he had been "teased and mistaken for a girl".
Josh will give his hair to Little Princess Trust which makes wigs for children, and has also raised more than £1,000 for Maggie's Cancer in Swansea.
"D... | A boy from Llanelli has grown his hair to about 25cm (10in) to make wigs for children who have lost theirs due to cancer treatment and other illnesses. | 40479815 |
I know from personal experience that it is a huge occasion anyway, but having both clubs challenging for the Premier League title at this stage of the season adds an incredible edge.
When I was at Tottenham, the games against Arsenal were my favourites to play in even when there was nowhere near as much at stake.
The s... | Arsenal and Tottenham have met in a few classic cup semi-finals down the years but, in terms of league meetings, Saturday's game is perhaps the biggest north London derby ever. | 35720713 |
He told Newsnight it was "unrealistic" to assume the poll - likely to be held later this year - would be repeated.
Mr Osborne, who described himself as a Eurosceptic, said he was "optimistic" about reaching a deal on EU reforms.
The chancellor's comments come as Leader of the Commons Chris Grayling said staying in the ... | The UK's EU referendum represents a "once-in-a-lifetime decision", Chancellor George Osborne has said. | 35319146 |
The 27-year-old faced a four-month lay-off if he needed surgery, but a scan has shown the ligament is healing.
"The next big moment is in four weeks when it's scanned and hopefully shows more repair," coach Tony Smith said.
"It's not a four or five-week injury. It's an eight, nine, 10-week injury if it goes well, and s... | Warrington will be without half-back Chris Sandow for two months as he recovers from a hamstring injury picked up in their win at Wigan on 1 April. | 36083284 |
In one religious order, over 40% of church figures were accused of abuse.
Over 4,440 people claim to have been victims between 1980 and 2015, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse was told.
The commission, Australia's highest form of inquiry, is also investigating abuse at non-religious o... | An inquiry examining institutional sex abuse in Australia has heard 7% of the nation's Catholic priests allegedly abused children between 1950 and 2010. | 38877158 |
Robert Jenner, from Eccles in Kent, was found not guilty of all charges after a two-day trial at Maidstone Magistrates' Court.
The court was told his naturism was "perfectly legal".
Mr Jenner had denied 13 charges, two of which were dropped.
The prosecution had alleged he was an exhibitionist and not a naturist.
Witnes... | A naked gardener who was accused of causing alarm and distress by carrying out chores and DIY tasks without his clothes has been cleared of 11 public order offences. | 38896945 |
The anxious process will have seen teenagers visiting university open days and worrying about personal statements on their application forms.
For some of the most competitive courses there are also interviews.
Oxford, keen to demystify its admissions process, has published the type of questions students might face.
"In... | It's the university application season - with the first wave of deadlines, including Oxford and Cambridge, coming this week. | 37618894 |
A motorcyclist suffered broken ribs when the bridge fell on to the London-bound carriageway of the M20 in Kent on 27 August last year.
Alan Austen, 63, of Darlington, Durham, pleaded not guilty to two charges of dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
Maidstone Crown Court set a trial date fo... | A lorry driver has denied dangerous driving charges over the collapse of a pedestrian bridge on to a motorway. | 39566051 |
About 300 whales will be moved with a digger and buried in the sand dunes further up Farewell Spit, South Island.
On Monday, conservation workers pierced the bodies to release gas built up during decomposition, following warnings the carcasses might explode.
It is not clear why the whales continue to arrive on the beac... | New Zealand authorities have said they will move the carcasses of hundreds of whales that died in a mass stranding to an area not open to the public. | 38953165 |
The hosts led 23-0 after a dominant first-half display, with Henry Purdy, Ross Moriarty and Steve McColl all crossing and Billy Burns kicking a conversion and two penalties.
Zebre were later awarded a penalty try which Edoardo Padovani converted.
Padovani also slotted a penalty for the Italian side while Gloucester fai... | European Challenge Cup holders Gloucester got their defence under way with a comfortable victory over Zebre. | 34790672 |
I always felt trying to winkle out eight wickets on a lifeless pitch would be a tough ask, and so it proved, notwithstanding some crazy shots from the West Indies batsmen.
When Jermaine Blackwood got out to one of the worst shots I have ever seen in Test cricket - running down the pitch to Chris Jordan - to leave Engla... | England may have let West Indies escape from the first Test in Antigua with a draw, but they did not do a lot wrong on the final day. | 32361948 |
Jamie Dimon said that Brexit would "be a terrible deal" for the UK economy.
He was speaking alongside Chancellor George Osborne at JP Morgan's base in Bournemouth, where the US bank has 4,000 staff.
Leave campaign spokesman, Steve Baker MP, said it was time for the 'In' campaign to engage in an honest debate.
Mr Dimon ... | JP Morgan may cut up to 4,000 UK jobs if there is a vote to leave the European Union, its chief executive has warned. | 36446023 |
Her children, three-year-old Zach and seven-year-old Emily, were already asleep.
That night someone cut phone lines, then poured petrol through the letterbox and started a fire which roared through the house.
It killed her daughter and left Mrs Salvini and her son with burns and traumatised.
The severed phone lines del... | Twenty years ago, mother-of-two Katie Salvini went to bed after staying up late to watch TV news analysis of Tony Blair's landslide general election victory. | 39777256 |
Tahnie Martin, 29, was hit by a piece of timber in Wolverhampton city centre during Storm Doris in February.
Miss Martin suffered serious head injuries and died at the scene.
A pre-inquest review on Thursday heard the City of Wolverhampton Council is continuing detailed investigations which are due to be completed in J... | Investigations are continuing into the death of a woman struck and killed by debris during high winds, an inquest heard. | 39887038 |
Gabriela Zapata is a top manager at a Chinese building firm which recently won government contracts in Bolivia.
No details of possible charges were given and no comment from Ms Zapata was immediately available.
Opposition media have accused Mr Morales of peddling influence linked to the firm - a claim he denies.
This w... | Bolivian President Evo Morales' former lover has been arrested as part of an investigation into alleged corruption, the interior ministry says. | 35672714 |
The 21-year-old was injured during Saturday's 55-19 win over the USA Eagles in New Jersey.
Ulster's Paddy Jackson has joined up with the Irish squad for the matches against Japan on 17 and 24 June.
Carbery had a mixed game against the US, twice having clearance kicks charged down leading to tries for the Eagles.
The Ne... | Leinster fly-half Joey Carbery has been ruled out of Ireland's two Tests in Japan because of an ankle injury. | 40260239 |
Analysis by BBC News has found drug misuse deaths outnumbered road fatalities in three quarters of local authority areas between 2013 and 2015.
The number of people dying of drug misuse has recently reached a record high.
Public Health England (PHE) said it needed to ensure the most vulnerable drug users could access t... | Drug misuse causes 10 times as many deaths as collisions on the roads in parts of England and Wales. | 37374513 |
The 30-year-old has been with the Dingwall club since leaving Partick Thistle in 2008.
But he has not played at all this season and has only made three appearances since December.
Boyd, who started his career with Livingston, becomes Killie boss Lee Clark's 16th signing this summer. | Kilmarnock have signed defender Scott Boyd on a season-long loan from Scottish Premiership rivals Ross County. | 37238692 |
Pope Francis said he would attend an international Catholic conference on marriage in Philadelphia.
He is also expected to address the UN General Assembly in New York and meet President Barack Obama in Washington.
The announcement, at an interreligious conference on family values in the Vatican, was eagerly awaited aft... | The Pope has announced plans to visit the US next September, his first trip there since his election last year. | 30085978 |
The 24-year-old will have an operation next week and it is hoped he will be back for the start of the 2018 season.
New Zealander Quinn joined Essex in December 2015 but is not an overseas player as he has a UK passport.
Quinn has taken 101 first-class wickets at an average of 28.40 and registered career-best figures of... | Essex fast bowler Matt Quinn has been ruled out for the rest of the summer because of a persistent back problem. | 40595007 |
He was paraded before cameras before being bundled into a helicopter to Altiplano prison in central Mexico.
He escaped from there in July through a tunnel dug in the showers.
Guzman was arrested on Friday in the city of Los Mochis in his home state of Sinaloa - which he had come to dominate through the drugs cartel he ... | Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been recaptured and sent back to the maximum-security prison he escaped from six months ago. | 35269411 |
The 23-year-old joined the Bantams on loan last month, with Bradford striker Devante Cole moving to Fleetwood on a permanent deal.
Proctor scored once in two games during his loan spell at Valley Parade.
The Bantams, who face leaders Burton on Saturday, are 10th in League One, three points off the play-offs.
Find all t... | Bradford City have signed striker Jamie Proctor on a deal until the end of the season after Fleetwood cancelled his contract by mutual consent. | 35466884 |
The Saddlers led on 11 minutes when Lalkovic's shot deflected to Bradshaw, who drove low past Ben Williams.
City equalised when Billy Clarke headed down to Lee Evans, whose shot beat Etheridge's dive on 64 minutes.
But Walsall won it nine minutes later as Romaine Sawyers' pass set Lalkovic free to drill low past Willia... | Walsall strikers Tom Bradshaw and Milan Lalkovic were both on target at Bescot to hand Bradford City their first defeat in 11 games. | 34887183 |
Researchers are to set up a company to look at making the burger tastier and cheaper.
The team had a prototype cooked and eaten in London two years ago that cost £215,000 to make.
The head of the new firm set out his plans to BBC News ahead of a symposium on developing the technology.
Peter Verstrate said: "I feel ext... | The Dutch team who have grown the world's first burger in a lab say they hope to have a product on sale in five years. | 34540193 |
The 66-year-old pedestrian was hit by a van near a row of shops in Croydon on Friday evening. He died at the scene.
The van did not stop after the crash, but a 34-year-old man later handed himself in, the Met said.
He has been arrested on suspicion of failing to stop at the scene of an accident and causing death by da... | A man has died after being knocked down in an alleged hit-and-run in south London. | 38865957 |
Police said the crash happened at the junction of Queens Road and Humber Road in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, shortly before 05:00 GMT.
Nobody was injured in the collision and no arrests have been made.
A Nottinghamshire Police spokesman said the circumstances of the crash were still being investigated and witnesses were ... | A cash machine was left badly damaged when a car smashed into it in the early hours. | 39020766 |
The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled in favour of Adam Peaty, Fran Halsall, Jemma Lowe and Chris Walker-Hebborn in their case against swimming world governing body Fina.
The swimmers' world record times in Berlin were not recognised as they were not tested for banned substance EPO.
But a Cas panel says the administ... | Four British swimmers have won their appeal to ratify two world records set at the European Championships in 2014. | 35841800 |
The 61-year-old guided Portugal to their first European title with an extra-time victory over hosts France in Paris earlier this month.
He has coached Portugal since 2014, having previously spent four years in charge of the Greece national team.
Portugal begin their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign on 6 September aga... | Portugal's Euro 2016-winning coach Fernando Santos has signed a new four-year contract. | 36848535 |
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