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The 12-time Grand Slam winner parted company with his entire coaching team earlier in May.
Former world number one Agassi will be with Djokovic in Paris for the French Open, which starts on 28 May.
The news was confirmed after German Zverev, 20, stunned Djokovic 6-4 6-3 to win in Rome.
In the women's event, Ukraine's E... | World number two Novak Djokovic said Andre Agassi will be his new coach after the Serb lost in the Italian Open final to Alexander Zverev. | 39991312 |
The hospital is at risk of losing its A&E and maternity services in a planned shake-up of Dorset's health services.
Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) wants one hospital to specialise in emergency care for the county and its preferred site is at Bournemouth.
Borough of Poole councillors voted in favour of suppor... | Councillors have voted unanimously to fight the proposed closure of Poole Hospital's emergency care department. | 40428230 |
Witnesses saw Wanpen Inyai jumping into a pond at Samut Prakarn Crocodile Farm and Zoo on Friday, reported The Bangkok Post. Staff failed to rescue her.
Police said they were told by family members that Ms Wanpen appeared depressed prior to her death.
Thai tourist attractions are said to often have lax safety rules.
Th... | A 65-year-old woman from Bangkok has killed herself by jumping into a pit of crocodiles at a reptile farm near the capital, police say. | 29218557 |
The attack took place near the town of Mayadin in eastern Syria.
Abdurakhmon Uzbeki, who was believed to be from Uzbekistan, is said by the Americans to be a close associate of the IS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
The US says he played a key role in an attack on a night club in Istanbul on New Year's Eve which killed 3... | US troops have targeted and killed a leading member of the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in a commando raid in Syria, military officials say. | 39673142 |
The video, posted on Facebook by Linzi Marie Cake Supplies and Confectionary in Leighton Buzzard , shows a family of four stealing about £25 worth of goods.
It was viewed 114,000 times and got 2,500 shares.
Ms Marie said a man returned, "gave a lot of excuses" about why it happened and then paid for the goods.
The sho... | A shoplifter has returned to a sweet shop to pay for what was taken after CCTV footage of the theft was shared online. | 37427897 |
California's most important politician has ordered a 25 per cent reduction in the water being used in town and cities.
The American state has had a lot of dry weather and snow in the mountains is at its lowest levels.
It means water supplies from the melting snow will be lower than normal over next few months so Califo... | Drought is so bad in California, in America, that restrictions on the amount of water people can use have been introduced for the first time in the state's history. | 32162506 |
Visitors to the free event have been told to check social media before visiting on Sunday evening.
The organiser, Artichoke, and the Met Police sent tweets on Saturday asking people to come on Sunday instead.
It is the first time the festival of lights, featuring installations from 30 artists, has been held in London.
... | Installations were temporarily switched off and Kings Cross Station was evacuated due to overcrowding at the Lumiere London Festival on Saturday. | 35337571 |
Dr Linda Katehi admitted that UC Davis, California, brought in a company "specialising in what is known as search engine optimisation".
But she denied that the institution had sought to "rewrite history".
Dr Katehi has faced calls to resign over the 2011 incident and its fallout.
Earlier this month, the Sacramento Bee ... | The chancellor of a university has apologised over the hiring of a PR firm that promised to bury online search results about the pepper spraying of peaceful protesters. | 36102959 |
Paramedics were called to John "Goldfinger" Palmer's Essex home to reports of a cardiac arrest on 24 June.
But a post-mortem examination on 30 June revealed the 64-year-old convicted conman had been shot in the chest.
Essex Police has referred itself to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
The force sai... | A week-long delay in realising a notorious criminal had been murdered has left police with a "challenging" crime scene, a senior detective said. | 33361180 |
The 46-year-old was arrested on Tuesday after drugs including heroin valued at ??6,000 and cannabis resin were sent via post to his home address in Ramsey.
Officers said ??2241.22 in cash was also seized during the operation which involved the police dog section.
The man will appear at Douglas courthouse later. | A man from Ramsey has been charged with a number of serious drug offences, Isle of Man police have said. | 29341172 |
There have been suggestions the International Olympic Committee may award both the 2024 and 2028 Games in September.
"2024 is now or never for us," co-chair Tony Estanguet told BBC Sport.
The LA 2024 committee later issued a statement saying their bid represents "the right city at this critical time".
The American city... | Paris and Los Angeles say they are only interested in hosting the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics - and not the 2028 Games. | 39343954 |
Northcliffe House, in Meadow Road, Derby, has been empty since the Derby Telegraph relocated to new premises nearer the city centre in 2014.
The application is by Al-Khair Foundation, a Muslim charity which already has a school in Croydon.
The plans, for a nursery, primary and secondary school, will now be considered b... | Plans have been submitted to convert a former newspaper building into a school. | 39014669 |
The England international, 23, left Swansea to join Newcastle for £12m.
"I won't go into it but I felt a little bit hard done by to be fair down there," Shelvey said.
However, Swansea interim manager Alan Curtis responded: "I don't see any criticism that he can direct towards the club."
Shelvey added that things had be... | Newcastle United midfielder Jonjo Shelvey has hit out at fans of former club Swansea City, who he feels "jumped on his back." | 35325356 |
"The first sign we will see of it, is that the price of butter rises very sharply," Peder Tuborgh, chief executive of the farmer-owned firm told the BBC.
There was insufficient milk being supplied by farmers to make the products, he said.
The National Farmers' Union dubbed his comments "scaremongering".
Arla Foods is a... | The UK could be facing a butter and cream shortage this Christmas, the boss of dairy giant Arla has warned. | 40506573 |
Ex-England captain Vaughan says the demands of the job, coupled with England's good form, make it unlikely Bell can ever get back in the squad.
Bell, 33, has replaced Varun Chopra as captain of the county side but still harbours England ambitions.
"I really don't see how Ian Bell at this stage of his career will get ba... | Ian Bell's Test career is probably over following his decision to captain Warwickshire, Michael Vaughan believes. | 35378727 |
Stephen Hunt, 38, died in July 2013 after taking a wrong turning inside the smoke-filled rooms of Paul's Hair World in Oldham Street, Manchester.
He was among 60 firefighters called to the fire in the Northern Quarter area.
The jury spent 30 minutes at the shop and examined the rear doors where the inquest has heard tw... | An inquest jury has visited the shop where a firefighter died while trying to put out a severe blaze. | 35968751 |
She met State Duma (lower house) Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin and his deputy Pyotr Tolstoy.
German officials have warned that Russia could try to influence voting in September's general election.
The AfD campaigns against what it calls the "Islamisation" of Germany.
Firebrand nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky - a fierce c... | The head of the right-wing nationalist Alternative for Germany (AfD), Frauke Petry, has held talks in Moscow with MPs close to President Vladimir Putin and with Russian ultra-nationalists. | 39037936 |
Republican President-elect Mr Trump won the election by winning a majority of the electoral college votes, and he will be inaugurated in January.
But with votes still being counted, two weeks on, the Cook Political Report has his tally at 62.2m and hers at 64.2m.
It is the fifth time the winner of the popular vote has ... | Hillary Clinton's lead over Donald Trump in the popular count of the US presidential election has increased to two million votes. | 38087150 |
Adrian Goldsmith, 49, is alleged to have killed Jill Goldsmith, 49, at the house they shared in Wootton Hall Park, Northampton, on Thursday.
Appearing at Northampton Crown Court via a video link from Bedford Prison, Mr Goldsmith was remanded in custody to enter a plea in July.
A post-mortem examination revealed Mrs Gol... | A Northamptonshire police constable has appeared in court accused of murdering his wife. | 32131460 |
Scotsman Ridgers, 26, has been released by Orlando City B, the Major League Soccer side's second string.
Stuckmann joined Thistle in September after leaving Doncaster Rovers and the 35-year-old played five times for the Scottish Premiership club.
But first-choice Tomas Cerny has returned from injury.
Stuckmann, who pre... | Partick Thistle have signed former Hearts and St Mirren goalkeeper Mark Ridgers after Thorsten Stuckmann came to the end of his contract at Firhill. | 38501403 |
Trading standards officers in Salford confiscated 90 of the two-wheeled devices following concerns the chargers did not comply with British standards.
The boards have been sent for further examination, Salford City Council said.
The electronic devices are named after the floating hoverboards seen in the 1989 movie Back... | Self-balancing "hoverboards" worth £20,000 have been seized from a wholesaler in Greater Manchester amid safety concerns. | 34766465 |
He shared his memories of working with the US star on Neil Simon's play, Laughter on the 23rd Floor.
"He was a joy to work with. I found out on the TV last night after coming back from a gathering and saw that Gene had died. It was a real blow… you obviously read about people you've worked with [who have died] but t... | Renowned British theatre director Roger Haines, currently directing Michael Crawford in the West End in The Go-Between, directed the late Gene Wilder during his only British stage run in the 1990s. | 37218722 |
Simon Wells, 44, from Kent, was the sole occupant of the Cherokee plane when it came down about half a mile off Winchelsea, East Sussex, on 6 August.
Sussex Police said the aircraft, which was largely intact, had been found on the sea floor.
Mr Wells's body was found inside, the force said.
Police said the aircraft was... | The body of a pilot who went missing after his light aircraft crashed into the sea off the south coast has been found, police have said. | 37112003 |
Only 150 of the bronze commemorative "coins" will be struck at Llantrisant site in Rhondda Cynon Taf, with all 57 Newport schools also being given one each as a memento.
One side features a map of Wales, the other side has the Nato summit logo.
It is not officially a coin as it does not have the Queen's head on it, so ... | The Royal Mint has created a limited edition piece for world leaders at September's Nato summit in Newport. | 28765019 |
The puppies were sitting in their own urine and faeces, about 230 metres (750 ft) from the RSPCA's Bryn-Y-Maen centre, in Upper Colwyn Bay.
They are believed to be three to four months old, and had been left with a saucepan and plastic bowl of water.
The charity said they "appeared healthy" but were nervous after their... | Two puppies were found abandoned tethered to breeze blocks in a Conwy county lay-by, the RSPCA has said. | 40497166 |
Defending champions the USA took their first win in race six on Saturday but were again easily distanced on Sunday.
The Kiwis, who dominated as they won both of the day's races, can seal overall victory in the best-of-13 series on Monday.
The final is a repeat of the last time the trophy was contested in 2013, when USA... | New Zealand are one win from the America's Cup title after taking a 6-1 lead over USA. | 40400633 |
Baghdadi has been appointed caliph by the jihadist group, which has seized large swathes of Iraq and Syria.
The video appears to have been filmed on Friday during a sermon at the al-Nouri Mosque in Mosul, northern Iraq.
It surfaced on Saturday amid reports that he had been killed or wounded in an Iraqi air raid.
It was... | Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Islamist militant group Isis, has called on Muslims to obey him, in his first video sermon. | 28177848 |
Super-fan Oskar Pycroft, who has cerebral palsy, was handed the award at a star-studded ceremony on Sunday.
Last year, fans of the club and rivals Bristol Rovers helped raise £57,000 to pay for Oskar's surgery.
Oskar, who has never missed a home game, said winning was "just amazing".
In January, Oskar, whose bedroom i... | A Bristol City-obsessed eight-year-old - who led the team out onto the pitch after an operation to help him walk - has been named Football League supporter of the year. | 36069975 |
Hassan Mohammed, from Camberwell in south London, was stabbed twice in York Road, Southend, on 7 July.
A post-mortem examination showed he died from blood loss from stab wounds.
Tajwar Alam, 18, of Sleaford Road in Tottenham, has been charged with his murder and possessing a bladed instrument. He will appear before Sou... | A student has been charged with murdering a 24-year-old man who was stabbed in Essex. | 28281968 |
Andrew Thompson, from Kennington, was attacked in Atlantic Road in Brixton at 12:50 BST on Friday.
The 30-year-old was taken to a south London hospital but died soon after. A post-mortem examination found he died from a stab wound to the chest.
The man who has been charged with murder will appear at Hendon Magistrates'... | A 45-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a man who was stabbed to death in a south-west London street. | 40991537 |
Daventry District Council in Northamptonshire introduced the measures in December 2015.
It said owners should have to prove how they would clean up after their dogs to cut down on the problem of fouling.
The Dogs Trust said it questioned whether the policy was "effective" or "practical".
A council spokesman said while ... | Not a single fine has been issued by a council which made it an offence for dog owners to leave home without a poo bag, it has emerged. | 38593889 |
In doing so, Nottingham's Froch retained his IBF and WBA super-middleweight titles and erased the controversy of their first encounter.
Froch, 36, won in Manchester last November via a controversial ninth-round stoppage - but there was no room for debate this time.
Having built a lead in an often cagey fight, Froch flo... | Carl Froch knocked George Groves out with a huge right hand in the eighth round of their rematch, in front of a British-record 80,000 fans at Wembley Stadium. | 27653629 |
It comes as a senior police officer said teams should look to use professional fundraisers to help meet the cost of any rise in call-outs.
Gareth Pritchard, deputy chief constable of North Wales Police, said adventure tourism and missing people searches will increase demands on them.
Wales has 13 mountain, lowland and ... | A search team for Anglesey is being created in a bid to ease pressure on neighbouring mountain rescue teams. | 34620890 |
A legal loophole means that you cannot be arrested for possession until the new legislation is passed.
It does not affect existing laws regarding the supply, possession or the sale of older, more established drugs such as heroin or cocaine, just newer ones.
The Irish minister for health is introducing emergency legisla... | Ireland has accidentally legalised ecstasy, crystal meth and ketamine. | 31822842 |
On a sandy stretch of waste ground a few miles outside Tripoli, a small crowd of militiamen gather almost excitedly around a large yellow earthmover. The digger is excavating a huge hole in the ground.
From the pile of earth at the side of the hole a few bones are sticking out. Bones that are immediately recognisable a... | As the Libyan authorities try to secure the extradition of the former head of intelligence, Abdullah al-Senussi, the BBC has been told that there could still be as many as 8,000 missing or disappeared people in the country, from both sides of the conflict, as the BBC's Wyre Davies reports from Tripoli. | 17429113 |
He was talking after helping his side avoid relegation from the Championship.
The 24-year-old is keen to play for the Leopards despite rejecting the chance to go with them to the Africa Cup of Nations in January to concentrate on his club career.
"I was born in Congo so that's where I want to play," he told the BBC Spo... | Nottingham Forest striker Britt Assombalonga has reiterated his desire to play international football for DR Congo. | 39897828 |
Kevin Rooney had 33 previous convictions and was on bail when he attacked Rosina Sutherland in her Edinburgh home in October 2011.
The registered sex offender had been released from prison the year before.
The review said until the murder, efforts to manage Rooney by authorities had been reasonably effective.
A signifi... | A review into the rape and murder of a 74-year-old woman by a known sex offender has concluded the attack could not have been reasonably predicted. | 27782448 |
The brawl broke out at about 23:00 BST on Thursday in the Jourdain Road area of Blackbird Leys.
Police officers found a man in his late 20s with serious injuries at the scene, and he later died in hospital. His next of kin have been informed.
Three men and a teenager were arrested on Saturday, and another man was taken... | Five people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man died following a fight in Oxford. | 40151249 |
Four-year-old Mylee Weetman, from Doncaster, died in 2013 after surgery at the children's cardiac unit at Leeds General Infirmary (LGI).
Mylee had been diagnosed with a congenital heart defect and was starved of oxygen during surgery, the inquest in Wakefield had heard.
Coroner David Hinchliff recorded a narrative verd... | A child died after a "rare but recognised complication" of heart surgery, a coroner has ruled. | 33691266 |
The alleged fraud relates to management of the £285m prison escorting contract with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).
Serco found evidence prisoners had been recorded as having been delivered ready for court when they were not, it said.
The firm said it will repay profits on the contract for transfers in London and East ... | The government has called in police to investigate claims of fraud involving the prisoner transfers contract held by security firm Serco. | 23868222 |
The call-outs on the York to Harrogate line over the past 12 months were followed by the tractor crash at a farm level crossing on Thursday.
In the past three years 20 unmanned crossings in North Yorkshire have closed, 162 remain open.
This includes the Knaresborough crossing where the tractor driver suffered minor inj... | Transport police have been called to 30 incidents at crossings on the same rail line where a train hit a tractor. | 32777852 |
Flying high above farmland, photographer Josh Smith captures colours and patterns not usually associated with rural Australia. | Photographs by Josh Smith | 38888453 |
Stanford, 61, was convicted on 13 of the 14 charges.
He had pleaded not guilty to defrauding some 30,000 investors with bogus investments through his Stanford International Bank in Antigua to fund a lavish lifestyle.
He faces a sentence of up to 20 years in prison for the most serious charge.
However, the judge will ha... | Financier and cricket mogul Allen Stanford has been found guilty by a court in Houston, Texas, of running a $7bn Ponzi scheme. | 17274724 |
The party has come within a seat of drawing level with the DUP, which came into the election with 10 more seats.
There were a number of electoral surprises - the most dramatic was the announcement by Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt that he was to resign.
Sinn Féin and the DUP have three weeks to establish a govern... | The Democratic Unionist Party has been narrowly returned as the biggest party but Sinn Féin was the biggest winner in the NI Assembly election. | 39159423 |
It is estimated there are only 400 ploughshare tortoises left in the wild in Madagascar.
They are sought after as exotic pets and because of their high domed shells.
The Jersey vet flew to Singapore Zoo and engraved identifying codes on to tortoise shells to reduce their value on the black market.
At the Tattoo the Tor... | An expert from Jersey's Durrell Wildlife Park has been helping protect critically endangered tortoises from smugglers by marking their shells. | 25434898 |
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West Indies - against all odds - completed a fourth-innings run-chase by scoring 322-5 to beat England and level the three-match series at 1-1.
It was a very flawed Test match in that I cannot recall ever seeing a side win after dropping seven catches, but I don't want to ... | What a truly remarkable Test match we witnessed at Headingley. | 41089966 |
Workers at the Dow Corning factory in Barry have been told about the potential impact on the site because of a restructuring of the company.
About 630 people work at the plant, and a 45-day consultation will begin soon.
The company stressed, however, that the decision has "absolutely nothing to do with Brexit".
Dow Che... | About 115 jobs are under threat at a chemical plant in the Vale of Glamorgan. | 36660238 |
The five-storey Centre for Student Life would be built in front of the students' union on Park Place.
The university said it would be at "the heart of the campus" and include a welcome-point for students and the public, a 550-seat lecture theatre, study space and retail outlets.
Subject to planning approval, the buildi... | Plans for a new building have been unveiled by Cardiff University as part of a multi-million pound investment. | 36953305 |
Liverpool-born Jean Alexander, who played the sharp-tongued Ogden from 1964 to 1987, died last week aged 90.
Andrew Lancel, who trod the Street's cobbles between 2010 to 2012, called for a statue to be erected of Ms Alexander in Southport, her home town.
Mr Lancel described her as "the most iconic soap character of all... | A statue should be built of the actress who played legendary Coronation Street character Hilda Ogden, another former star of the ITV soap has said. | 37716841 |
US President Barack Obama said the package, discovered on a UPS cargo plane en route to America from Yemen, was addressed to a Chicago synagogue.
Home Secretary Theresa May said tests were ongoing, but it was "not yet clear that it was a viable explosive device".
She added: "There is nothing to suggest that any locatio... | A suspicious package found on a Chicago-bound plane at East Midlands Airport contained explosives. | 11654004 |
Amir Hussain, 61, of Horsham Road, Dorking, was cleared of failing to stop at the scene of a car crash and failing to report the accident in Surrey.
Mountain biker Robert Worrall, 30, from Beare Green, died at the scene of the crash on the A24 in the village at 01:25 GMT on 9 November 2014.
Mr Hussain was acquitted aft... | A motorist has been found not guilty of two driving offences following a crash in which a cyclist died. | 35833214 |
The Mountain Goat, which is based on one of the original chassis from 1895, was delivered to Gwynedd from Derbyshire where it was built.
It follows the Snowdon Lily, a similar carriage which was introduced in 2013.
The Mountain Goat arrived at Llanberis station on Wednesday morning. | A new £150,000 steam carriage has been lifted into place by crane at Snowdon Mountain Railway. | 32304725 |
Some 2,300 people left Qaboun on Sunday following two months of intense air strikes and artillery bombardment.
The evacuations from Qaboun, and from neighbouring Barzeh and Tishrin last week, bring President Bashar al-Assad closer regaining control of the city.
His forces are now expected to focus on the rebel-held dis... | Buses have arrived in northern Syria carrying rebels and their families who were evacuated from a devastated north-eastern district of Damascus. | 39921059 |
The League has been meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh amid a crisis in Yemen and the threat of jihadists who have made major gains in Iraq, Syria and Libya.
However, establishing the make-up and remit of the force could take months, analysts say.
A 10-nation, Saudi-led coalition is currently carrying out air strikes against r... | The heads of Arab League countries meeting in Egypt have agreed to create a joint Arab military force. | 32106939 |
Colin Farmer, 61, was stunned by police following reports of a man walking through Chorley with a samurai sword.
Ch Supt Stuart Williams, of Lancashire Police, said the force had "deep regrets" and had "clearly put this man through a traumatic experience".
Mr Farmer was taken to hospital for treatment and later dischar... | A police force has apologised after an officer used a Taser on a blind man whose white stick was mistaken for a sword. | 19979184 |
Mr Kirby had been seen as a future chief executive of American Airlines, but instead will move straight into his new job at United.
American Airlines is giving him more than $13m (£10m) in severance pay.
United's financial performance has been lagging behind competitors and Mr Kirby's appointment will bring extra expe... | American Airlines president Scott Kirby is moving to rival United Continental to take up the same job. | 37217441 |
This year, the 67th Sapporo Snow Festival features over 250 sculptures, including iconic Asian buildings, carved out of snow and ice.
Organisers hope that over two million people from all over the country and abroad will come to see the sculptures.
The sculptures are lit up at night time with colourful lights.
The Sapp... | Some pretty impressive sculptures made out of snow and ice have been created for an annual winter festival in Northern Japan. | 35506132 |
And when it is in a cutting edge sport like Formula 1, then teams such as Williams Martini have to make sure every penny they spend is put to best inventive use.
The UK-based team's IT director Graeme Hackland says they spend about £100m ($154m) a year in F1, compared with what he says is Mercedes' outlay of £300-350... | When your closest sporting rivals are running a business with an annual team budget worth more than three times your own, then you need to be innovative in sustaining a challenge. | 34528276 |
Walker, son of Reds legend Des, made his Forest debut in March and the 18-year-old scored his first senior goal in the draw against Brentford in April.
Forest's teenage Swedish goalkeeper Tim Erlandsson has also penned a three-year professional contract with the club.
The 18-year-old spent last season in Forest's succe... | Nottingham Forest striker Tyler Walker has signed a new four-year deal with the Championship club. | 32983671 |
Lynne Neagle has expressed worries that young people will be prevented from having access to education and training.
MyTravelPass, which offered a third off bus travel, ended 18-months after it launched.
Labour Economy Secretary Ken Skates said he was hoping to launch a replacement for the pilot scheme.
Ms Neagle said ... | The scrapping of a scheme to give 16-18 year olds discounted travel has prompted concerns from a Labour AM. | 38756039 |
The former pop star, 70, has been charged with six counts of indecent assault, one of unlawful sex with a girl under 13 and one count of administering a drug to obtain sex.
He appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court under his real name, Paul Gadd.
The offences are alleged to have taken place in the late 1970s and ear... | Gary Glitter has appeared in court accused of a series of sex offences against two girls. | 27917993 |
The force, which will be 300 strong, will conduct airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations in the region.
Cameroon and Chad have been targeted by the Islamist militants from northern Nigeria.
Mr Obama said the forces would remain in Cameroon until "no longer needed".
In a notification to Congr... | US President Barack Obama has announced that US armed forces have been deployed to Cameroon to help fight against the Islamist militants Boko Haram. | 34533820 |
The 28-year-old Nigerian striker has been without a club following his release by West Brom in May.
Anichebe played under Black Cats boss David Moyes for seven years at Everton.
"I have a lot of good friends here and everyone knows that I know the manager really well. He brought me through as a young player and was a b... | Sunderland have signed free agent Victor Anichebe on a deal until the end of the season. | 37262370 |
A Mass will be celebrated at noon at St John's Roman Catholic Church in Caol, near his Fort William home.
The Mass will be led by Father Roddy McAuley, who has described Mr Kennedy as "a much loved and respected parishioner".
There is also to be a memorial service at the University of Glasgow on 18 June and another in ... | The funeral of former Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy will take place on Friday, his family has said. | 33056557 |
Police say Martha Young Williams and Jean Young Haley lost their footing in the driveway of Ms Haley's house in the town of Barrington on Friday.
They were found by a neighbour on Saturday morning and taken to hospital, where they were pronounced dead.
The siblings' family said the women had lived with charm, kindness ... | Ninety-seven-year-old twins have died in freezing temperatures after falling over outside one of their homes in the US state of Rhode Island. | 39186876 |
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Autism can affect the way you live your life and see the world around you.
It's not a disease or an illness, but a condition you're born with.
Alex says he finds it difficult to cope in busy environments and can get upset if there are too many people or if it's too noisy.
He's bee... | A ten-year-old boy with autism is starring in a new film about what it's like to have the condition. | 35949807 |
Under takeover rules, AB InBev has until 14 October to make a firm offer.
The New York Post is reporting that SAB's management is "leaning towards fighting" the expected offer.
Its shares closed down 3.8% in London, but that is a small proportion of the amount they have risen since AB InBev's interest was revealed on 1... | Brewer SABMiller's shares have fallen after reports that it is likely to reject an offer from rival Anheuser-Busch InBev. | 34451936 |
Death rates fell from 2.3 million during its peak in 2005 to 1.6 million last year, says UNAIDS.
The number of new HIV infections fell by a third since 2001 to 2.3 million.
Among children, the drop was even steeper. In 2001 there were more than half a million new infections. By 2012 the figure had halved to just over a... | The number of HIV infections and Aids-related deaths has fallen dramatically, according to a UN report. | 24208972 |
Last year's Premiership play-off finalists are ninth in the table, 14 points below the top four.
But last weekend's 17-12 victory over local rivals Gloucester was their third in four matches.
"The momentum that will give us will be huge. There is plenty for us to play for. There are no dead rubbers," England lock Attwo... | Bath lock Dave Attwood says the "tide has turned" for the club as they prepare to face Saracens on Friday. | 35926097 |
The letter, signed by hundreds of staff and students, was prompted by previous comments made by the historian.
In response, the university said it had taken down the video earlier than it had planned to.
Starkey has refused to comment on the allegations of racism.
Starkey, who attended Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, t... | An open letter has led to the removal by Cambridge University of an online video featuring David Starkey after a row over racism. | 34870335 |
But the Argyle boss, who has led his club to next Monday's League Two play-off final, says any move to a structure that has five divisions made up of 20 teams must be looked at carefully.
"There's no doubt from a coaching point of view having 38 games rather than 46 is beneficial to a manager," he said.
"But it's not b... | Plymouth Argyle manager Derek Adams says plans to expand the Football League will be beneficial for managers. | 36359260 |
Kompany, 29, made his comeback from a calf problem against Sunderland on Boxing Day but went off with a similar injury nine minutes later.
"He's the first one who is very worried about his situation," said Pellegrini.
"That is why he is going everywhere to ask different specialists what is the reason."
City's key defen... | Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany is "worried" by his current injury problems, says the club's manager Manuel Pellegrini. | 35329754 |
Boris Johnson, who had been due to travel on Monday, said the situation had changed "fundamentally" and his priority was to build international support for a ceasefire.
He said the UK called on Russia to do everything possible to bring about a "political settlement in Syria".
"We deplore Russia's continued defence of t... | The UK foreign secretary has called off a visit to Moscow in the wake of the Syrian chemical weapons attack. | 39537442 |
Rhodri Colwyn Philipps, 50, the 4th Viscount St Davids, wrote the message four days after Ms Miller won a Brexit legal challenge against the government in November of last year.
Lord St Davids denies three charges of making malicious communications.
He told Westminster Magistrates' Court the posts were not "menacing".
... | Businesswoman Gina Miller has said she felt "violated" after an aristocrat wrote a Facebook post offering a bounty for her to be run over. | 40556872 |
The 34-year-old Scot shot a level-par 70 to remain on two under overall, nine shots behind leader Jordan Spieth and in a tie for 11th place.
"I said to myself, 'let's just dig in and try to play like a champion down the back nine'," he told BBC Scotland.
"The last two birdies helped. I deserved that. It was very scorea... | Two birdies in the last two holes of his third round at Royal Birkdale left Richie Ramsay in buoyant mood ahead of the final day at The Open. | 40692017 |
Allen, 22, tore a hamstring after scoring a try hat-trick while winning his fourth Wales cap in their 2015 World Cup win over Uruguay in September.
He could face Newport Gwent Dragons at Rodney Parade on Sunday, 27 December.
Failing that Allen would be back on New Years Day when Blues host Scarlets in the Welsh capital... | Cardiff Blues expect Wales centre Cory Allen to return from injury during their festive Pro12 Welsh derbies. | 35046580 |
The contest is open to members of the 14 unions which back Labour, if they pay a political levy to the party and had registered as affiliated supporters before 12 January.
So which unions back challenger Owen Smith and which support the incumbent Jeremy Corbyn - which have not declared a preference?
Train drivers' unio... | As well as Labour members, those in trade unions affiliated to the party will be able to vote in the party's leadership race. | 37158099 |
The upcoming Star Wars film is the most high profile movie franchise to hold open auditions for lead roles.
The filmmakers hosted open auditions in the US and UK as well as accepting online applications, which Top Gear is also doing.
While most of the the lead roles went to established actors, professional free-runner... | With the news that the BBC is holding open auditions to find new co-hosts for Chris Evans on Top Gear we take a look at a selection of previous high profile open auditions and how the winners fared. | 33200887 |
Liu Xiaobo, a Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has spent years in prison for calling for political change in his country. For more than half of his marriage to Liu Xia he has been imprisoned, and now he is dying of cancer. The BBC's Celia Hatton looks back at how the couple's love survived.
They fought... | . | 40544415 |
Dyfed-Powys Police was called to Cwrt Henri, Dryslwyn, at about 13:50 GMT on Saturday.
The force said the fire was not being treated as suspicious but the incident is being jointly investigated with Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service.
No further details were given about the cause or the age of the male victim b... | A person has died following a house fire in Carmarthenshire. | 37974228 |
Apiarist Murray McGregor, the owner of Denrosa Apiaries in Blairgowrie, pled guilty to administering "unauthorised veterinary medicinal products".
The 61-year-old has produced honey for both the Balmoral Estate and Prince Charles' Duchy Estate.
He admitted committing the breach between July 2009 and October 2010.
Durin... | A Royal beekeeper has admitted giving a banned drug to his honey bees in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the UK. | 38662509 |
Surrey Police said bottles were thrown and two people were injured, one of them an officer, in the disturbance near the main music stage at 18:15 BST.
The police officer had a tooth knocked out and was taken to hospital for treatment for facial injuries. He was later discharged.
An 18-year-old man was treated for head ... | Eleven people were arrested during a fracas at Epsom Downs racecourse after Saturday's Derby. | 36455014 |
The blasts occurred in Bujumbura's central business district, and reports suggest at least four people were injured.
Burundi has been in crisis since April 2015 when President Pierre Nkurunziza ran for a controversial third term.
This led to ongoing violence and fears that Burundi is sliding into ethnic conflict.
The B... | Three grenade explosions have rocked the capital of the troubled central African nation of Burundi. | 35482177 |
Speaking at the funeral of Samir Qantar in Beirut, executive council chief Hashem Safieddine warned Israel that it would "pay the price of its crime".
Israel has welcomed his death, but not confirmed it was responsible.
Qantar spent almost 30 years in prison in Israel for murder, but was released in 2008 in an exchange... | Lebanon's Hezbollah movement has vowed that Israel will be held to account for the killing of one of its leading figures in an air strike in Syria. | 35154410 |
Mr Usuga - who leads the Urabenos criminal gang - is still at large.
His cousin, Arley Usuga Torres, known as Zero Seven or Cop Killer, was arrested at a farm in north-western Colombia.
He is accused of killing more than 20 police officers and is wanted in the United States for drug trafficking.
At least eight other pe... | Colombian police have arrested two relatives and several alleged associates of a prominent gang leader, Dario Antonio Usuga - known as Otoniel. | 25372864 |
Richard Colburn waited in vain in his pyjamas for four hours for the bus to return after the unscheduled stop at a Walmart in North Dakota.
His bandmates discovered he was gone only after driving 500 miles.
The band, who formed in Glasgow in 1996, are currently touring North America.
The band had been travelling from M... | The drummer with indie group Belle and Sebastian has been reunited with his band after accidentally being left behind at a US supermarket car park. | 40960413 |
The 45-year-old woman and her son were flown back to Nigeria in January.
Last month, an immigration court said Theresa May had not considered the "best interests" of the boy, five.
Meanwhile, a chartered flight that would have returned 59 asylum seekers to Afghanistan was aborted after a last-minute court order.
An app... | The home secretary must return an asylum seeker and her son to the UK just months after ordering their removal, the Court of Appeal has ruled. | 32420348 |
Gen Karake, 54, was arrested at Heathrow Airport on Saturday, and remanded in custody ahead of a court hearing on Thursday.
He is accused of ordering massacres while head of military intelligence in the wake of the 1994 Rwanda genocide.
Louise Mushikiwabo, Rwanda's foreign minister called the arrest "an outrage".
Gen K... | Rwanda's intelligence chief Karenzi Karake, who is wanted in Spain for war crimes, has been arrested in London. | 33230130 |
Police said they were called to the incident at John Hastie Park in Strathaven at about 13:30.
An ambulance and a paramedic response unit were also sent to the scene.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said officers were still in attendance and inquires were continuing. She added: "A post-mortem examination will be carried ... | A man has been murdered in an attack at a park in South Lanarkshire. | 40572598 |
The visitors have now won six of their seven west Wales Boxing Day clashes against the Llanelli-based team.
John Barclay and Aled Davies went over for the home side's tries with Hanno Dirksen and Alun Wyn Jones replying before the break.
Dan Biggar converted Eli Walker's try to give Ospreys victory.
The home side's rol... | Ospreys edged a dramatic and pulsating Welsh Pro12 derby as Scarlets fly-half Steven Shingler missed a last-minute penalty that would have won the game. | 34988882 |
The 26-year-old missed Friday's 2-1 win over Australia having sustained a calf problem during Liverpool's Europa League final loss to Sevilla.
Southampton full-back Ryan Bertrand sat out the early session as he received treatment on a knock.
Centre-back Gary Cahill recovered from a hip problem to train with the squad.
... | Striker Daniel Sturridge returned to training with England on Monday, on the eve of the final 23-man squad announcement for Euro 2016. | 36411422 |
Adam Owens, 17, was discovered on Monday, lying on grass outside a house in Bristol Park in the Westwinds estate, Newtownards.
He was taken to hospital by ambulance but pronounced dead a short time later.
His parents said the drugs transformed him "from a happy intelligent young man into a suicidal teenager".
His fathe... | The parents of a teenager from County Down who was found dead have called for a ban on "legal high" drugs. | 32300946 |
Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, he said to MPs "we have all been guilty" of leading campaigns against them in the past.
But he said the focus should be on "ensuring everyone is connected to the information super highway".
His comments prompted speculation a law change could be in next week's Budget.
The issue w... | David Cameron has vowed to change the law so more mobile phone masts can be built to boost broadband and tackle "not spots", especially in rural areas. | 35765256 |
The Cardiff South and Penarth MP quit after Jeremy Corbyn sacked the party's Europe spokesman Pat McFadden.
Mr Doughty said his colleague was dismissed for his views on Islamic extremism and the Paris terror attacks.
He said national security should transcend "personal score-settling".
Announcing his resignation live o... | Shadow foreign office minister Stephen Doughty has resigned from the front bench accusing the Labour leader's office of telling "lies" about the shadow cabinet reshuffle. | 35242618 |
Worst-hit is Rendell School in Loughborough, serving an area which is among the poorest 30% in England.
Almost two-thirds of pupils are from minority ethnic backgrounds.
It is a successful school, rated good by Ofsted, which aims high academically, promotes sport and keeps class sizes small
But from September next year... | Leicestershire schools are among the lowest funded in England - and yet almost half of them will lose under the new formula. | 39051613 |
Some parents in Strabane said the closure of Melvin Sports Complex meant their children are missing out.
Derry City and Strabane District Council had said that it needed to ensure appropriate supervision before any changes to opening hours.
On Thursday, the council voted to carry out a report into the cost of Sunday op... | A report is to be carried out into the feasibility of opening a £2.2m play park in County Tyrone, on Sundays. | 33474700 |
Carmarthenshire-born Gareth Hughes, who died in 1965, later gave up his A-list Hollwood life to be a church minister to a tribe of native Americans.
Kelvin Guy, a relative on his Hughes' grandmother's side, unveiled a blue plaque at 38 Princess St, Llanelli, where Hughes was living, aged six.
It comes 10 years after a ... | A plaque honouring a silent-era Welsh film star-turned-missionary has been unveiled at a house where he was a boy. | 11041219 |
African grocers, dozens of hairdressers, and music and video stores line the streets of Matonge in Brussels.
There is a Matonge in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa too. When Belgium was the colonial power, the Congolese who came to Brussels created a marketplace a little bit like home - although Mato... | Tensions between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo are being played out among the diaspora communities - and perhaps nowhere more so than in one district of the Belgian capital. | 21204861 |
The bailout totalled £3.8m, funds that ensured the county was able to manage debts.
Among the sanctions were relegation to Division Two, and points deductions across all three formats of the game.
"We have to send a message about precedent," Harrison told BBC TMS.
"It's not something that's going to be an attractive so... | Durham's penalties for taking financial aid from the England and Wales Cricket Board are a "deterrent" to other counties in a similar situation, says ECB chief executive Tom Harrison. | 37744773 |
The test saw Facebook "manipulate" news feeds to control which emotional expressions the users were exposed to.
The research was done in collaboration with two US universities to gauge if "exposure to emotions led people to change their own posting behaviours".
Facebook said there was "no unnecessary collection of peop... | Facebook is facing criticism after it emerged it had conducted a psychology experiment on nearly 700,000 users without their knowledge. | 28051930 |
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