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The African Progress Panel listed its criticism in a report on Friday.
Australia has one of the world's highest carbon emissions per capita, and recently replaced its carbon tax and emissions trading schemes with a reduction fund in a controversial move.
Canberra said in response it was taking "significant action" on c... | An panel led by former UN chief Kofi Annan has called Australia a climate change "free rider" for not doing enough to curb carbon emissions. | 33017594 |
Police were called to a house in Taff's Well at about 11:45 BST on Monday and arrested a 22-year-old-man.
South Wales Police said there were a large number of officers in the area investigating and it is not looking for anyone else.
An appeal has been made for witnesses. | A woman in her 50s is in hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries after an incident in Rhondda Cynon Taff. | 40257540 |
At least 250,000 people have been trapped there almost continuously since pro-government forces encircled the area in July. Conditions are said to be appalling, with destruction on a massive scale.
Readers told us they wanted to know why people were still living there, so we put the question to residents through Facebo... | A pause by Russia in carrying out air strikes on rebel-held eastern Aleppo has brought a brief respite for civilians and fighters under siege in the Syrian city. | 37779478 |
Plymouth Crown Court heard the victims, from the Czech Republic, slept in garages while the defendants pocketed their wages and benefits.
The victims were described as "malnourished and unkempt".
Five defendants deny conspiracy to traffic for the purpose of exploitation.
The defendants are:
Malcolm Galloway, prosecutin... | Vulnerable eastern Europeans trafficked to Plymouth were ordered to cut grass with a kitchen knife and clean a car with a rag, a court has heard. | 32304037 |
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The 62-year-old is going public about his condition to raise awareness about dementia.
"If I can help others talk more openly about dementia then that will be something positive," said Calderwood.
"I can have a moan, as many of my players would say, but I've had a wonderfu... | Former Aberdeen and Dunfermline manager Jimmy Calderwood has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease. | 40949594 |
Rosa Zambonini was elected to represent the Wishaw ward on North Lanarkshire Council, replacing SNP colleague Marion Fellows.
In Falkirk, Paul Garner held a seat in Denny and Banknock ward for the SNP.
The Labour candidate in the by-election was suspended pending an investigation over sectarian comments he was said to ... | The SNP has won by-elections in Falkirk and North Lanarkshire sparked by former councillors becoming MPs. | 33928117 |
Estimated to be over 100 years old, the matriarch's official name was J2.
She was the focal point of a recent BBC documentary that followed biologists' study of her clan of orcas, an effort to unravel an evolutionary mystery.
Studying female orcas, which live long beyond their reproductive years, has revealed insights ... | The world's oldest known killer whale, affectionately known as Granny, is missing and presumed dead, researchers say. | 38496164 |
The 29-year-old scored four goals for Mick McCarthy's side in the Championship last term.
The Jersey-born forward enjoyed two fruitful spells playing for Bournemouth either side of a three-year stint with Bristol City.
"I don't see this as a drop down, I see it as an opportunity to push on and hopefully get promoted ag... | Portsmouth have signed Ipswich Town striker Brett Pitman on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee. | 40594817 |
The 24-year-old will miss next weekend's Premier League game against Crystal Palace, with Chris Smalling already out of that fixture after he was sent off against City.
Asked how long the Argentine will be out for, United boss Louis van Gaal said: "We will have to wait and see."
Rojo joins fellow defender Phil Jones (s... | Manchester United defender Marcos Rojo suffered a dislocated shoulder in Sunday's 1-0 defeat by Manchester City. | 29873143 |
Sexwale, who confirmed his candidacy two days before the deadline for registrations, is the third African candidate to declare his bid to replace the outgoing Sepp Blatter.
Former Nigeria international Segun Odegbami has also declared an interest, as has Musa Bility, the head of Liberia's Football Association.
"He is S... | South African businessman and former political prisoner Tokyo Sexwale is to run for the presidency of world football's governing body Fifa, a spokesman said on Saturday. | 34629857 |
Ridwaan Shaikh, 22, hit Bradley Cresswell, 21, after they had been to Hydeout Nightclub in Watford on 17 September.
Shaikh was jailed for nine years for manslaughter on Thursday.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is now probing Mr Creswell's contact with Hertfordshire Police shortly before he was kill... | A police officer is under investigation after a man was punched and killed during a night out. | 39979527 |
28 April 2014 Last updated at 16:23 BST
The Stafford Tower at Aston University was built in the 1970s.
Engineers said it was one of the most challenging demolition jobs they had ever done, because the next building was just six metres away.
How was the building demolished?
Experts have been working since September to d... | A big tower block has been demolished in Birmingham to make way for a new park. | 27188903 |
The FTSE 100 closed the day just 5 points lower at 6184.58 after swinging between losses and gains.
Mining company Antofagasta was the biggest loser, falling 3.6% to 495.7p, while peers Anglo American and Centrica also dropped.
Shares in the supermarket Sainsbury's finished 1.2% higher after it moved closer to acquirin... | (Close): Falls in mining company shares held back gains on the FTSE 100 following a choppy day of trading. | 35860360 |
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Robertson stormed into a 4-0 interval lead and continued to pounce on errors to claim a 6-0 victory.
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The world number three told BBC Sport: "I nicked a few frames and played well at the business end of frames."
World number 29... | Australia's Neil Robertson whitewashed world number one Mark Selby to set up a UK Championship final against Liang Wenbo at York's Barbican on Sunday. | 35016400 |
Distinctive shrapnel damage to the plane points to a fragmentation weapon - such as a BUK - downing the plane.
The Kremlin had previously suggested that the missile was from a Ukrainian fighter jet.
Pro-Russian rebels have denied any possession of a BUK.
However, photographs and videos cast doubt on the claim by the Kr... | Russians were operating a BUK missile launcher seen in the area where the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet MH17 was shot down, eyewitnesses have told Panorama. | 29109398 |
Barron and his mother Melania, Mr Trump's third wife, are expected to leave Trump Tower in New York after the end of the current school year.
He will go to St Andrew's Episcopal School in Maryland, where tuition costs almost $40,000 (£31,000) per year.
There had been questions about when the First Family would move to... | Barron Trump, US President Donald Trump's 11-year-old son, will attend a school outside Washington when he moves into the White House this summer. | 39925391 |
In 2009 Marchbank found out that her mother, Sue Miles, had cancer. Marchbank recalls that her mother was "amazingly optimistic" and reassuring about the outcome, but by by April the following year the cancer was confirmed as terminal.
"While I was trying to come to terms with the fact she was dying, I decided I wanted... | Celine Marchbank is a documentary photographer whose latest work is very personal, and yet one that will resonate with many of us. | 35801833 |
Nearly 25,000 signatures - 10% of Cardiff voters - are needed to trigger a Yes/No referendum on the issue.
Cardiff North Tory MP Craig Williams and former Labour council cabinet member Ashley Govier are among those backing the plan.
There are 18 elected mayors in England with more to come, but none in Wales.
Mr William... | A directly elected mayor for Cardiff could help the city compete on the global stage, campaigners claim, as they launch a petition on the idea. | 35552913 |
Posts condemning "disgraceful" local TV coverage of the two blasts on 12 August have been removed from Sina Weibo, China's Twitter-like micro-blogging platform, as have posts suggesting that local authorities restricted international media reporting on the incident.
So far, at least 50 people have been confirmed dead, ... | Authorities in China have over the past 24 hours silenced social media users who have criticised the coverage of the Tianjin explosions. | 33908168 |
The league's current pre-season transfer window is set to break records in the wake of Oscar's £60m move to Shanghai SIPG from Chelsea and Shanghai Shenhua's £40m capture of Carlos Tevez.
The Argentina striker has reportedly signed a deal worth £310,000 a week.
A spokesperson for China's General Administration of Sport... | China's chief sports governing body has announced plans to cap the big spending of Chinese Super League clubs. | 38524429 |
Demanding US "respect" amid public outrage in Mexico, President Pena Nieto pulled out of a scheduled 31 January meeting with Mr Trump hours after the US president tweeted it would be "better to cancel" the encounter if Mexico did not want to pay for the wall.
Trump's insistence on Mexico footing the bill for the wall h... | US real estate tycoon turned President Donald Trump triggered a diplomatic crisis with southern neighbour and major trading partner Mexico on 25 January by signing an executive order to build a border wall even as envoys of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto were in Washington to try to negotiate. | 38765434 |
"I'm sorry, I don't want to see him," he said he told a chaplain at the time.
The raid on 28 January was the first such operation authorised by Mr Trump.
Bill Owens, whose son William "Ryan" Owens was killed, told the Miami Herald that "the government owes my son an investigation".
"Why at this time did there have to b... | The father of a US Navy Seal killed in a raid on a suspected al-Qaeda compound in Yemen last month has said that he refused to meet US President Donald Trump when his son's body arrived home. | 39099680 |
Demolition of the Oceana building on Kingsway is taking place but a digital village is due to go there instead as part of the Swansea Bay City Deal.
The authority has now turned to the car park on nearby Oxford Street which is likely to be the new location.
It needs a new base as the civic centre on the seafront will m... | Plans to turn the site of Swansea's biggest nightclub into a new home for the city's council have been scrapped. | 39009302 |
The hat, made from beaver fur, was found wedged inside the attic fireplace in a Georgian farmhouse in South Derbyshire.
Experts explained these hats were "lucky items" placed in chimney breasts as far back as the 16th Century to "ward off evil spirits".
The hat is expected to fetch between £40 and £60 in the sale next ... | A 200-year-old top hat is set to go under the hammer after being discovered in a fireplace. | 35243823 |
A couple in their 20s from Northern Ireland drowned while on honeymoon in South Africa.
John and Lynette Rodgers, from Holywood in County Down, were found on a beach at Plettenberg Bay in the Western Cape.
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U2 frontman Bono says he fears that he may never play guitar again following a bike accide... | As 2015 draws to a close, we take a look back at the most read stories of the year written by the BBC News NI team. | 35093441 |
Wilfried Bony steered in the opener, pouncing on a rebound off the post.
Kelechi Iheanacho turned in Raheem Sterling's cross for the first of four goals in the final 10 minutes.
Kevin de Bruyne raced past the Hull defence to poke in and then clipped in a delightful free-kick, before Andrew Robertson dinked the Champion... | Manchester City reached the League Cup semi-finals for the fourth time in seven seasons by easing past Hull City. | 34907256 |
Manager Mark Warburton said: "He is seeing a specialist today in London to get a more detailed report.
"There is no surgery required, which is most pleasing.
"Hopefully he will be back for the end of the season, but there is a possibility he won't. It depends how his recovery progresses."
Waghorn's injury has led to Wa... | Top scorer Martyn Waghorn could miss the rest of the season with the knee injury the Rangers striker picked up in midweek against Kilmarnock. | 35606940 |
In a match reduced to 20-overs-a-side after heavy rain, England won by 39 runs under the Duckworth/Lewis method on Peter Moores's return as head coach.
Cook said: "It probably wasn't fit to play, if you are being totally honest.
"But just in a one-off game, with not so much riding on it, I think it was the right decisi... | England had to negotiate "borderline conditions" to beat Scotland in a rain-hit one-day international in Aberdeen, according to captain Alastair Cook. | 27353392 |
The Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat leaders also said they would work to boost Scottish Parliament responsibility for social security.
Johann Lamont, Ruth Davidson and Willie Rennie made the joint declaration.
Scottish ministers argue the nation needs full independence to realise its potential.
Each of the pa... | Scotland's main opposition party leaders have jointly pledged to increase Holyrood fiscal powers in the event of a vote against independence. | 27868030 |
Lying 16th after the three disciplines to be held on day one, the Newtownards cyclist went on to take 14th in the 1km time trial and 18th in the Flying Lap.
The Northern Ireland man finished eighth in the points race to end the event with 70 points overall.
Young Colombian sprint sensation Fernando Gaviria won the clas... | Martyn Irvine ended in a disappointing 17th place in the omnium class at the World Track Championships in Paris. | 31585919 |
Members of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) said its members had been subjected to increased threats and abuse since a programme of ticket office closures started.
The result of the vote is due at the end of November threatening strikes in the run up to Christmas.
An LU spokesman said it does tolerate ... | Hundreds of London Underground (LU) workers are to be balloted over strike action in a row about safety. | 37985033 |
Schneiderlin, 24, has been linked to Tottenham but Saints chairman Ralph Krueger has said he is not for sale.
The French midfielder wrote on Twitter: "Six years of an amazing journey #saintsfc destroyed in one hour!"
Koeman said: "He is a player of Southampton and will continue to be."
Southampton have already sold fiv... | Southampton manager Ronald Koeman has reiterated Morgan Schneiderlin will not be leaving the club and has warned the midfielder of his conduct following his midweek outburst on Twitter. | 28604107 |
Andrew Keenan, 28, of Bewicke Road, Wallsend, was found at his home before being taken to hospital in Cramlington, Northumberland.
His death is being treated as "unexplained", but police said he may have been attacked in Gladstone Street on 31 July.
Martyn Richard Burke, 27, of Bewicke Road, Wallsend has been charged w... | A man has been charged with murder after another man died in hospital. | 37584222 |
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will elect the winner at a vote in Lima, Peru, in September 2017.
Toronto mayor John Tory announced on Monday that the Canadian city had decided not to bid for the Games, citing other priorities.
The IOC changed the rules in August to ensure every city bidding for the 2024 Olym... | Los Angeles, Hamburg, Rome, Budapest and Paris will compete to host the 2024 summer Olympic Games. | 34266181 |
Peoples Liberation Army soldiers entered India on 11 August and left on 15 August, the Press Trust of India quoted defence sources as saying.
India's foreign ministry played down the report. Beijing is yet to comment.
The neighbours, who fought a brief war in 1962, dispute several Himalayan border areas.
Earlier in Apr... | A contingent of Chinese troops entered the north-eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh last week and camped there for four days, media reports say. | 23790860 |
The ban has been in force since 1998, when a Nepalese domestic worker who had been abused in Kuwait, committed suicide, creating a national scandal.
Authorities barred women from travelling to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
But many continue to travel to these countries to escape Nepal's pove... | Nepal's employment ministry has lifted a ban on the country's women going to Gulf countries to work and introduced new rules designed to protect them. | 11955863 |
He argued that people needed to be shaped by governments into nations - and was unapologetic about the steps he took to do this.
Transcript of an emotional press conference on 9 August 1965, after Malaysia voted to expel Singapore
"For me it is a moment of anguish because all my life... I have believed in merger and th... | Lee Kuan Yew was the statesman who turned Singapore from a port city into a global financial powerhouse. | 31582842 |
Three men were arrested by police in County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland on Thursday morning.
A fourth man, a 27-year-old, was detained by the PSNI on Thursday night.
The couple who live in the house are both PSNI officers and were at home at the time. Police said the attack was a "clear attempt to murder" office... | Four men are still being questioned by police after a bomb was found under a PSNI officer's car outside his house in Eglinton, near Londonderry. | 33195776 |
Here some people share their stories of feeling isolated and alone in modern society.
"I used to run my own business, I had shops - cafes, chip shops and even a toffee shop in the war when I was very young. I was used to seeing lots of people every day and having lots of conversations all the time.
I love company and m... | Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said it is a source of "national shame" that as many as 800,000 people in England are "chronically lonely". | 24582782 |
Those with more than 250 employees will be forced to reveal their pay gap.
The regulations will affect about 8,000 employers across the UK.
They will need to start calculating the pay gap from April 2017 - 12 months ahead of the first tables being published.
Latest figures suggest that women in the UK still earn on ave... | Companies that fail to address pay differences between male and female employees will be highlighted in new league tables under plans announced on Friday. | 35553573 |
Party leaders addressed policies to protect jobs and pensioners during a day of campaigning around Scotland.
Nicola Sturgeon visited the Ferguson Marine shipyard in Port Glasgow, promising to intervene where necessary to protect Scottish industry.
Touring the shipyard alongside campaign director John Swinney, the SNP l... | Scotland's political leaders have campaigned on pensions and productivity, with three weeks to go until the Holyrood election. | 36044993 |
The fly-half, 28, has joined up with the English Premiership side following Wales' exit from the World Cup.
Priestland, who has won 40 caps for Wales, signed for Bath this year after 10 years playing for Scarlets and made his debut in Saturday's loss at Wasps.
"We want Rhys with us and he's going to take a break from i... | Rhys Priestland will take an 18-month break from playing for Wales, according to his Bath coach Mike Ford. | 34627560 |
The money will be used for research into hydrogen-based renewable energy technologies.
Known as the Gencomm project, it will involve a partnership with other educational institutions and companies in Ireland, France, Germany and Belgium.
Funding is from the Interreg North-West Europe programme.
It supports cross-border... | Belfast Metropolitan College has been awarded more than £8m in research funding from an EU cross-border scheme. | 40781994 |
The bonds will pay a fixed gross rate of interest of 6.50% a year until 2022. Interest will be paid semi-annually.
The minimum initial investment is £2,000, and the bonds can be bought and sold in multiples of £100 after that.
Wasps plays in the Aviva Premiership at the 32,600-seater Ricoh Arena in Coventry, after movi... | Leading English rugby union club Wasps is launching a seven-year bond as it looks to raise between £25m and £35m. | 32451338 |
David McDermott, aged 42, from Ormskirk, Lancashire, was detained earlier in Ghana's capital, Accra.
He is suspected of being a part of a Liverpool-based group accused of trying to smuggle cocaine in a container of frozen Argentinean beef at Tilbury Docks in 2013.
Extradition proceedings start next week, said the Natio... | The last member of a gang wanted for allegedly trying to smuggle 400kg of cocaine into the UK has been arrested. | 35788633 |
20 October 2015 Last updated at 23:38 BST
Fans were told singer Liam Payne had taken ill and could not perform.
Audience member Sarah Stevenson recorded the cancellation announcement on her mobile phone and published the video on her YouTube account. | One Direction fans booed with anger and disappointment as the pop band cancelled their Belfast concert at the last minute on Tuesday night. | 34588954 |
The scheme for a station at Saughall Massie was rejected at Wirral Council's planning meeting by seven votes to six.
The site would have covered the West Kirby and Upton areas after stations there were earmarked for closure.
Conservative councillor Chris Blakeley, who campaigned against the proposal, said Thursday's de... | A plan to build a new fire station on green belt land in Wirral has been rejected by councillors. | 38341750 |
Gildart's two first-half tries helped the hosts lead 10-2 at half-time.
Anthony Gelling went over for Wigan's third try, but successive scores from Salford's Junior Sa'u and Josh Griffin reduced the deficit to six points.
The visitors then drew level thanks to Ben Murdoch-Masila's try, before Dom Manfredi won it for Wi... | Oliver Gildart grabbed two tries as Wigan scored late to beat Salford, who staged a spirited second-half comeback. | 35642429 |
The court was responding to litigation seeking daily hearings in a long-running case about the disputed site in the northern town of Ayodhya.
Hindu mobs destroyed a 16th Century mosque at the site in 1992, sparking riots that killed nearly 2,000 people.
Hindus want a temple to be built at the site, while Muslims want a... | India's Supreme Court has advised Hindus and Muslim to settle a bitter dispute over a controversial religious site through negotiations. | 39336500 |
It has issued a yellow "be aware" warning for southern and central Scotland and for parts of the Highlands and Aberdeenshire.
The warning covers from 04:00 to midday on Tuesday and follows snow and freezing temperatures that affected some areas at the weekend and Monday.
Snow could fall to depths of 5cm above 200m and ... | Snow and ice could cause some disruption on Scotland's roads on Tuesday, the Met Office has warned. | 34963068 |
The teenage victim was attacked at a bus stop in Cadogan Road, near the seafront, late on Friday.
On Saturday night, venues in the seaside town closed their doors due to thefts and anti-social behaviour.
Norfolk Police said a man in his 30s had been detained in Essex on suspicion of rape.
The force said new evidence me... | A man has been arrested over the rape of a woman in Cromer, with police saying they are looking at links with disorder in the town on Saturday night. | 41003448 |
That's not surprising. Complicated and controversial, cannabis is revealed by recent science to have a dual personality, with a dark side and a more positive one. Radio 4's PM programme is this week running a whole series on cannabis, and the debate surrounding it.
Key to understanding this strange plant are two of the... | Cannabis is bad for you, cannabis is good for you - confused? | 31518546 |
The 29-year-old has scored 21 goals in 73 games for the Saints since joining from Hull for £12m in 2014.
Long played for the Republic of Ireland as they reached the last 16 of Euro 2016, but he failed to score in four appearances.
"I love it here, it's a real family feel, and I feel like I'm a big part of that," Long t... | Southampton striker Shane Long has signed a new four-year deal with the club until the summer of 2020. | 36862307 |
Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne visited the pier to see the destruction first-hand earlier.
On Wednesday, up to 80 firefighters, along with RNLI crews, tackled the blaze on the Grade-II listed pier.
Sussex Police said the fire was not believed to be suspicious.
No-one was injured in the blaze... | Eastbourne is set to get a £2m boost following a fire that left the former arcade on the town's pier a charred shell, Downing Street has said. | 28599167 |
Tory peer Lord Ballyedmond, 70, died in March 2014 when the helicopter came down near the estate he owned in Gillingham, Norfolk.
Pilot Capt Carl Dickerson, 36, co-pilot Capt Lee Hoyle, 45, and foreman Declan Small, 42, also died.
A jury inquest into their deaths has opened in Norwich.
The Agusta Westland AW139 crashed... | One of Northern Ireland's richest men who died in a helicopter crash that killed three others had been warned about fog beforehand, an inquest heard. | 35292292 |
Protesters have gathered in Tunis and other cities across the country calling for the government to resign.
Tunisia's largest trade union has called for a general strike on Friday and Tunisair has cancelled all flights to and from Tunisia for that day.
Mr Brahmi, 58, led the nationalist Movement of the People party.
Pr... | Tunisian opposition party leader Mohamed Brahmi has been shot dead in the capital, Tunis, in the country's second political killing this year. | 23452979 |
Most popular destinations were Spain and the Canary Islands which accounted for 45% of all international air passenger traffic, says a report.
The Welsh government bought the airport in March 2013 for £52m.
A spokesperson said securing new routes had been a "long-term process" and since it purchased the airport, a long... | The number of passengers using Cardiff Airport fell by 38,000 (3.6%) in 2014 to just over one million, figures show. | 32214166 |
The Supreme Court ruled that oil and gas exploration near the community of Clyde River cannot go ahead.
The unanimous decision stated Canada failed in its duty to consult the tiny Inuit hamlet about the impact of seismic testing near their community.
The court heard the case in November.
Wednesday's decision helps clar... | A tiny Inuit hamlet in Canada's northern territory of Nunavut has won a landmark indigenous consultation case in Canada's top court. | 40677578 |
The 27-year-old, the Olympic downhill champion, wanted to enter the men's race at Lake Louise in Canada on 24 November, six days before the women race on the same course.
The FIS ruled "one gender is not entitled to participate in races of the other", but said Vonn can request to be a forerunner, whose job it is to tes... | Lindsey Vonn's request to compete in a men's World Cup downhill ski race has been rejected by the International Ski Federation (FIS). | 19877487 |
2 March 2017 Last updated at 09:30 GMT
Podkin One-Ear by Kieran Larwood won the Best Story prize and David Long's Survivors has been named Best Book with Facts.
Watch Jenny's interview with both authors and Survivors illustrator Kerry Hyndman.
The winners were chosen by more than 400 children from 12 schools across the... | The winners of this year's Blue Peter Book Awards have been telling Newsround how it feels to win. | 39139244 |
Traore, 19, went off in Saturday's 3-1 defeat by Sunderland after providing the assist for Carles Gil's goal.
The Spaniard, who has been asked to play for Mali, joined Villa from Barcelona for £7m in the summer and has made 10 appearances, scoring one goal.
Villa are bottom of the table, 11 points from safety, having w... | Aston Villa winger Adama Traore has been ruled out for up to 10 weeks after breaking a bone in his right foot. | 35251565 |
Connor Brown had a debut to forget for the Lions when he diverted a Kevin Amankwaah cross into his own goal.
The U's built early pressure with Chris Dickson, Roarie Deacon and Dan Wishart wasting good opportunities to open the scoring before Brown's own goal gave them the lead just before the break.
Bottom club Guisele... | Guiseley remain winless in the National League after they fell to a defeat at Sutton. | 37460003 |
10 February 2016 Last updated at 06:53 GMT
The properties in Bolton have suffered due to drainage problems in nearby land owned by water company United Utilities, and broken culverts under the ground.
The problems first began during the deluge that hit many parts of the region over Christmas.
United Utilities has apolo... | Two homes in Greater Manchester have been flooded 11 times in the space of just over a month. | 35535872 |
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, a Christian, is the first ethnic Chinese to hold the governor's post in the capital of majority Muslim Indonesia.
The demonstrators accuse him of having insulted Islam's holy book, the Koran, and want him to be prosecuted.
Clashes broke out between police and protesters who refused to disperse.
... | Indonesian police have used tear gas and water cannon to subdue protesters as thousands of hard-line Muslims marched against Jakarta's governor. | 37856476 |
The protesters had been blocked by police as they tried to march into the capital, Nay Pyi Taw, on Wednesday, resulting in scuffles.
They were demanding union recognition and for fired workers to be re-hired.
The new government has been discussing amending military-era laws allowing police to clamp down on such protest... | Around 50 factory workers and activists involved in a protest march in Myanmar (also known as Burma) have been charged with rioting, police said. | 36339480 |
Centre-back Cooper, 21, hopes to help the Royals to an FA Cup fifth-round upset against West Brom on Saturday.
"My mum looks for the reviews more than I do, but I try not to get too involved in what people are writing about me," he told BBC Radio Berkshire.
Cooper, who has been with the club since 14, hopes to emulate ... | Reading defender Jake Cooper says his mother pays more attention than he does to reviews of his performances. | 35602881 |
They analysed the light from 200,000 galaxies in 21 wavelengths and found that the energy output of the Universe has nearly halved in two billion years.
This agrees with previous calculations, confirming that the lights are slowly going out right across this spectrum.
The drop is largely due to the falling rate at whic... | A team of astronomers has published a multi-coloured survey of five chunks of space - and offered the best estimate yet of how fast the Universe is fading. | 33846857 |
Pablo Neruda was Chile's greatest poet and died less than two weeks after a military coup in his country in 1973.
His family maintains that he died of advanced prostate cancer, but his body is to be exhumed as part of an inquest into allegations that he was poisoned.
Words from one of his poems have been found at Bay o... | A poem by a Nobel Prize-winning poet at the centre of an investigation into his death has been found carved into rocks at a remote Scottish beach. | 21880808 |
Messenger app Tencent QQ introduced chatbots Baby Q and Little Bing, a penguin and a little girl, in March.
But they have now been removed after social media users shared controversial comments that they said were made by the bots.
Some of the remarks appear to criticise the Communist Party.
One response even referred ... | A popular Chinese messenger app has ditched two experimental chat robots, or "chatbots", which were apparently voicing criticism of the government. | 40815024 |
Set in the fictional Midlands village of Ambridge, it has been recorded in Birmingham since 1950.
The milestone was reached as actors and colleagues gathered on Thursday to pay tribute to Norman Painting, best known for playing Phil Archer since 1950.
The Radio 4 drama was first described as an everyday tale of country... | The world's longest running radio soap opera, The Archers, is celebrating its 60th year. | 10190895 |
Speaking at an event for political reporters, Mr Obama said it was not enough to give "someone a microphone".
Mr Trump, a hotel tycoon who has made waves with a series of controversial remarks, is winning the race to be his party's presidential nominee.
He and the other two Republicans in contention will appear on TV l... | US President Barack Obama has said the media is partly to blame for the rise of Republican Donald Trump as a political force. | 35919186 |
The ringed female KL and an unringed male returned to Bassenthwaite at Easter and produced a trio of eggs in six days, the Lake District Osprey Project said.
Jon Carter from the project said staff were "delighted" the pair had bred again at the site.
Nearly 30 chicks have been raised at the nest since 2001.
Ospreys ret... | A pair of ospreys which have returned to a nest in Cumbria for the fourth year running have produced three eggs. | 36123602 |
14 April 2016 Last updated at 16:40 BST
She will be playing Madison the daughter of one of the show's most famous couples - Scott and Charlene.
Their wedding was seen by more than 20 million people back in 1988.
The show has been on air for more than 30 years.
This is Sarah's first acting role and Ricky went to meet he... | Teenage actress Sarah Ellen has landed a huge role on the Australian soap Neighbours. | 36045267 |
Elliott Johnson died in September 2015 on a railway track in Bedfordshire.
An inquest into his death heard he had made bullying claims against a fellow Conservative activist.
The Conservative Party, which investigated those and other claims, maintains it has shared as much information as possible.
Live: For more on thi... | Police probing the death of a 21-year-old activist say the Conservatives have not shared an internal report into bullying despite repeated requests. | 39705138 |
She told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that being the "highest taxed part" of the UK disadvantaged the country.
Ms Davidson said she believed there was a need for a better immigration system.
The Conservative Party's General Election manifesto pledged to cut net migration to "tens of thousands".
Campaigni... | Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson said there were issues around why Scotland appeared to be "uniquely unattractive" to immigrants. | 40044927 |
Organisers said 280 cyclists and 3,500 visitors attended Saturday's Bristol Grand Prix event, which returned to the city following a 30-year absence.
Sunday's Sky Ride Bristol covered a 4.7 mile (7.5km) route. Organisers said 7,500 people took part in the event.
The national Sky Ride event replaced Bristol's Biggest Bi... | Thousands of cyclists and spectators have taken to the streets of Bristol this weekend during two major events. | 33215041 |
The federal court in Boston is expected to be packed for the arraignment of 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
It will be the first time he has been seen in public since his arrest.
He has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction in the 15 April blasts that killed three people, including an eight-year-old boy.
... | Victims of the Boston Marathon bombing will come face-to-face with the young man accused of the attack as he makes his first court appearance later. | 23258240 |
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United are 2-1 down to the Danish side going into Thursday's last-32 second leg, having already been knocked out of the Champions League.
Asked what he wanted from his team, Van Gaal replied: "Desire, hunger. A lot of times I use the word 'horny'."
Europa League success is... | Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has told his players to be "horny" after demanding more passion for the Europa League clash with FC Midtylland. | 35654173 |
The bid was rejected but Lovren said his "head is already at Liverpool".
Saints have seen Rickie Lambert, Adam Lallana and Luke Shaw, plus coach Mauricio Pochettino, leave this summer.
"Look, I'd gladly stay in Southampton if the club had any ambitions, if they kept the key players," Lovren told Croatian paper Sportske... | Southampton centre-back Dejan Lovren says he wants to move to Liverpool, who offered £20m for the 25-year-old Croatia defender earlier this week. | 28183575 |
Nathan Fisher, 24, admitted causing unnecessary suffering to two dogs at Llandudno Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.
Magistrates said they were "appalled" and ordered the second dog be confiscated.
Fisher, of Rhyl - who was given a 12-week suspended jail sentence - said he was "truly sorry" for his actions.
The maintenanc... | A Denbighshire man who starved an Akita dog to death has been banned from keeping pets for 10 years. | 39423277 |
The 19-year-old on-loan striker was treated at his parent club Chelsea after 14 February's loss at Leeds.
Norwich manager Alex Neil will make changes to his side after Saturday's 5-1 thumping at Sheffield Wednesday.
Ryan Bennett, Josh Murphy, Alex Pritchard and Yanic Wildschut may all push for places in the starting si... | Bristol City's top scorer Tammy Abraham could return after a thigh injury as the struggling Championship side host Norwich City at Ashton Gate on Tuesday. | 39111358 |
Something called the dissolution of Parliament is going to take place at midnight on Wednesday, 3 May. But what does that mean?
You may know that there is going to be a general election in the UK on 8 June.
MP stands for member of Parliament
This is when adult voters in the country will vote for who they want to repres... | It's all change at the Houses of Parliament at the moment. | 39780374 |
The official estimate of a 64% home ownership rate was too high, the Resolution Foundation said, as many people shared or owners had lodgers.
It said official figures concentrated on households, rather than people.
The think tank, which lobbies for low-income families, calculated that 51% of families or individuals own... | Home ownership in the UK is overestimated by conventional data, with many more renters than the figures suggest, a think tank has suggested. | 38415213 |
The left foot found by dog-walkers on top of bramble bushes in Weston Park East on 19 February prompted much speculation about its origins.
Police said they were now satisfied no crime had been committed, but they are keen to find out how it got there.
They said they would follow up any new information they receive.
In... | A severed human foot found in a park in Bath earlier this year was probably an anatomical specimen used in teaching, police have said. | 36312825 |
Jones, 33, began his career at Middlesbrough and played 75 times for Boro before joining Liverpool in 2010.
He made 27 appearances in five seasons at Anfield, the last coming in a Premier League win at Burnley in December, and was released in June.
Jones will go into Bradford's squad for Tuesday's home game with Gillin... | League One club Bradford City have signed Australia international and ex-Liverpool goalkeeper Brad Jones on a one-year contract. | 33960893 |
The Metropolitan Police said they may have taken part in violent disorder, during which police officers were attacked and buildings vandalised.
Officers are reviewing hours of CCTV footage as part of their investigations into a series of student protests.
They are asking for the public's help in identifying the suspect... | Police have released images of 14 people they want to question about the violence during the tuition fees protests in London on Thursday. | 11977634 |
The report is published twice a year by the European Central Bank - a key institution responsible for implementing monetary policy across the continental union.
On page 12, nestled among warnings about "weak profitability expectations" and "prospective stress in the investment fund sector", is a rather starkly politica... | The Financial Stability Review isn't bedtime reading for most of us, but among the 143 pages of its latest edition, a short passage of just a few lines has ruffled some feathers. | 36381019 |
Summing up a disability discrimination tribunal, Newcastle's lawyer, Sean Jones QC, said the club "still had respect and affection" for Gutierrez.
But he said there were "holes" in the Argentine's case.
In response, Gutierrez's lawyer, Martin Budworth, said Newcastle's witnesses had given "knowingly untrue evidence".
A... | Newcastle have described as "ludicrous" claims by former midfielder Jonas Gutierrez that he was deliberately dropped so the club could release him. | 35925445 |
Volunteers found a pencil caricature hidden on the back of a wooden panel during a project to restore an 1890 carriage to its original splendour.
It showed a man with a high collar, pointed moustache and satisfied smirk.
Bosses at the Midland Railway Trust in Butterley, Derbyshire, speculated a builder decided to tease... | A 19th century "joke" possibly aimed at a Victorian boss has been uncovered during work at a railway museum. | 39643022 |
Playing in only his ninth first-class match, 25-year-old Poysden took five successive wickets, backed by 4-41 from Chris Wright, as the visitors faltered from 100-2 to 242 all out.
Middlesex looked set with Dawid Malan (57) and Nick Compton (33) together.
But, after they went, Stevie Eskinazi's 49 was the only contribu... | Warwickshire leg-spinner Josh Poysden claimed a career-best 5-53 to help bowl out County Championship Division One leaders Middlesex at Edgbaston. | 37219871 |
The Work and Pensions Committee is examining the welfare system's capacity to support self-employed workers in this sector.
Committee chair Frank Field said it was one-sided flexibility.
Some five million people work in the so-called "gig" economy.
They are mostly employed in sectors such as food delivery or taxi drivi... | Bosses from Uber and Deliveroo have told MPs they would have to reduce flexibility and offer less work if they were forced to offer greater employment benefits. | 39051721 |
The move will allow the incumbent, Sir Malcom McKibben, to focus on his role in talks to restore power-sharing.
Sir Malcolm has taken on a central role in the talks after nationalists and republicans questioned the impartiality of NI Secretary James Brokenshire.
Mr Sterling took control of Stormont's finances in March,... | David Sterling has been appointed as the new interim head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service. | 40278366 |
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The Welsh boxer has only fought twice since winning the IBF featherweight title in May 2015, prompting criticism from his British promoter Eddie Hearn.
Selby, 29, defends his IBF featherweight title against Jonathan Victor Barros in Las Vegas on 28 January.
Asked if he wou... | Lee Selby insists he has no regrets about his decision to sign with American promoter Al Haymon. | 38604747 |
But he said he was "not worried" about scaremongering accusations.
And he predicted Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn - criticised for not taking a more prominent role so far - would be involved in "major events" to come.
Anti-EU minister Chris Grayling, meanwhile, criticised "over-the-top claims" about the dangers of leavin... | Labour's pro-EU campaign leader Alan Johnson says he worries his side does not have "simple phrases" to counter "soundbites" from opponents. | 35836463 |
Ruslanas Kukanauza attempted to rape the 14-year-old in Haddington, East Lothian, in 2013.
The 25-year-old, of Haddington, was also found guilty of sexually assaulting three other underage girls.
A judge told Kukanauza he was "bound to impose a sentence of imprisonment" given the nature of the offence.
The first offend... | A man has been jailed for five years for attempting to rape a schoolgirl after buying alcohol for underage drinkers. | 36586803 |
She had plucked the small object from wet sand by the Elbe river near Hamburg and put it in a pocket of her jacket, which she laid on a bench.
Bystanders soon alerted the 41-year-old to the fact her jacket was ablaze.
The stone was actually white phosphorus, which had reacted with the air as it dried.
Police say the tw... | A German woman narrowly escaped injury after picking up an object she believed to be amber but which then spontaneously combusted. | 40839658 |
James Kelly said the "illiberal" law was "flawed on several levels" and had damaged trust between police and football fans.
All four of Holyrood's opposition parties pledged to repeal the act in their election manifestos.
However, the Scottish government insists it has "delivered real improvements" in tackling sectaria... | A Labour MSP has officially lodged proposals to scrap the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act. | 36935900 |
Curtis Allen twice put the Glens ahead but Crusaders levelled twice through a Gavin Whyte penalty and a late goal by former Glens player Richard Clarke.
Linfield are back in second place, Andrew Waterworth (2) and Mark Stafford scoring in a 3-0 win over Carrick.
Fra McCaffrey got both in Ballymena's 2-0 win over bottom... | Crusaders saw their lead at the top of the Premiership reduced to five points as they were held to a 2-2 draw at home to Glentoran. | 38197808 |
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Both the old bridge and the Second Severn Crossing will become publicly owned in 2018 once their original construction costs have been covered.
Campaigners are calling for the tolls to be lowered in the future.
The Department for Transp... | A musical protest has taken place over the cost of crossing the River Severn. | 26401235 |
This is the hole outside Sarah Jenkins' house in Upper Basildon, near Reading which appeared earlier this month and is still growing.
It's been described as one of the biggest sinkholes in the UK.
But what exactly is a sinkhole and how and why do they open up? Sinkholes can take thousands of years to form and usually h... | It's 32ft (10m) wide and 16ft (5m) deep. | 30532117 |
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