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Nine others were rescued in the incident at Lake Tekapo, a popular tourist destination.
Those rescued are suffering from hypothermia and some have been taken to hospital, police said in a statement.
All of the group were wearing life jackets.
The identities of the victims have not been released but local media has repo... | Two foreign tourists have died while kayaking on a lake in New Zealand's South Island after being hit by strong winds that tipped them into the cold water. | 34359150 |
Already the country's leading run scorer, Jennings reached 200 with his 31st boundary off the final ball of the day as Durham closed on 393-9.
Surrey-bound Scott Borthwick was Durham's next highest scorer with 38.
South African Jennings, whose career-best 221 not out came against Yorkshire in June, gave just one chance... | Keaton Jennings' second double century of the summer helped Durham bat all day against Surrey at Chester-le-Street. | 37318177 |
A victim-support group, called Anadir, estimates that thousands of babies were stolen over decades.
Many were taken away from parents with left-wing sympathies and given to other families.
But the group says some babies were stolen after Franco's death in 1975.
Enrique Vila, lawyer for the victims' group bringing the c... | More than 260 alleged victims of a baby-trafficking network in Spain begun under the dictator General Francisco Franco have started legal action demanding an investigation. | 12302629 |
Paul Morris was remanded in custody at Walsall Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.
He is accused of possessing a shotgun without a certificate as well as five charges relating to ammunition.
The 47-year-old, of Station Street, Bloxwich, was arrested on Friday in an operation that led to the evacuation of two nearby homes an... | A man charged with possessing a shotgun and military-style ammunition has appeared in court. | 25015791 |
Houses and businesses in Mytholmroyd had to be evacuated when the River Calder bursts its banks on 26 December.
Environment secretary Elizabeth Truss made the promise of new defences while visiting the area earlier.
Work could start as early as the summer and a plan for the whole Calder Valley will go to Parliament in ... | New flood defences will be built in parts of West Yorkshire devastated by the Christmas floods, it has been announced. | 35430517 |
Peter Ripley, 60, was last seen in the Swordale Road area of Bonar Bridge at about 21:00 on Sunday.
Police said they were concerned for Mr Ripley because he had gone missing without his daily medication.
The body is yet to be identified and Mr Ripley's next of kin have been notified of the discovery.
Coastguard helicop... | A body has been found during the search for a 60-year-old man who has been missing from his home since Sunday. | 37095620 |
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It's the world's third least affordable place to buy. And with most people preferring to live in the capital cities, prices there have risen by more than a third in the past five years.
Charities are now offering buyers financial help to purchase their first home.
Phil Mercer re... | Getting on the property ladder can be tough for home buyers the world over, but in Australia the property dream is slipping away for many. | 37161655 |
Environment Minister Rafael Pacchiano said that the dolphins would be deployed to locate and herd vaquitas into a marine refuge.
Mexico also permanently banned fishing nets blamed for the vaquitas' decline.
Scientists estimate that fewer than 40 of the mammals are still alive in their habitat, in the Gulf of California... | Mexico's government says it plans to use dolphins trained by the US Navy to try to save the world's most endangered marine species, the vaquita porpoise. | 40466607 |
Bell-Drummond, whose previous deal had been set to expire at the end of the season, has scored 4,268 runs in first-class cricket an average of 35.86.
Details of the length of the 23-year-old England Lions international's new deal have not been disclosed.
"It's an exciting time for the club and I want to contribute to s... | Kent batsman Daniel Bell-Drummond has signed a contract extension with the County Championship Division Two club. | 40568095 |
Brown returned to the fold for the 3-0 defeat away to England in November, but has yet to confirm if he will still be available for the return in June.
Lennon believes Scotland can come out on top in the World Cup qualifier and would love to see Brown feature.
"The team needs him and the country needs him," Lennon told... | Neil Lennon hopes Scott Brown makes himself available for Scotland's match against England - a game the Hibernian boss is convinced the Scots can win. | 39417808 |
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is expected to open a formal inquiry within the next several days, the Wall Street Journal said.
The FTC is looking at whether Google manipulates its search results to steer users to its own sites and services.
Google has not commented on the matter.
Google's competitors argue that th... | US federal regulators are preparing to issue court orders to Google and other companies as part of a probe into practices in Google's search engine business, US media report. | 13899197 |
Llandysul's Awel Deg shut in May 2014 with 40 staff made redundant after issues were raised.
Plans to turn it into a dementia care unit were unveiled in July 2015.
The local authority's cabinet has looked at options for the site and supported creating an integrated health and social care hub.
This would see a 24-hour b... | A home closed over care standard concerns could reopen as a mental health and dementia centre after Ceredigion council supported the move. | 38612955 |
Disney Life will feature many of the company's films, music, books and television programmes in a single app.
However films from its Star Wars and Marvel franchises will be absent at launch.
The service will mount a challenge to rival services like Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and Now TV.
One analyst said content creato... | Disney is to launch its own subscription-based video streaming service in the UK. | 34603062 |
The 28-year-old, whose previous deal expired in the summer of 2018, has made 26 appearances for the club this season.
"To get it over the line and guarantee myself coming here for the next couple of years is really good," he said.
Clayton was named player of the season last campaign by the club's official supporters' c... | Midfielder Adam Clayton has signed a contract extension to commit to Middlesbrough until 2021. | 39128129 |
Milo Yiannopoulos has been invited to Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys in Canterbury, Kent, next week.
The National Union of Teachers complained he was guilty of hate speech and should not be given a platform.
Mr Yiannopoulos said people who are offended by his views do not have the right to prevent them being hea... | An editor with the conservative website Breitbart who was banned from Twitter in a row over racism has defended his right to speak at his former school. | 38006442 |
The authorities say they believe a disgruntled missing soldier was behind the killings.
A government statement said the deaths were not an attempted coup or connected to the drugs trade.
The victims included eight soldiers and three civilians, two of them Spanish nationals.
The Spaniards were working on repairs at a hi... | Police in the Cape Verde islands off north-west Africa say they have found the bodies of 11 people, including eight soldiers, at a military barracks. | 36145731 |
US Secretary of State John Kerry has been in Cairo meeting Egypt's foreign minister and the UN secretary general.
Five Palestinians were killed in the West Bank on Friday, while one Israeli soldier was killed in northern Gaza.
Activists called for a "day of rage" over the deaths of 800 Palestinians in Gaza. Israel has ... | Efforts to secure a ceasefire between Israel and the militant Hamas movement are intensifying as more people have been killed in the 18-day conflict. | 28478792 |
The killing was one of the deadliest targeted attacks in Colombia in years.
Police say the suspects belong to a criminal gang whose leader was arrested last month and who ordered the attack from behind bars.
They said the motive could be revenge for his recent capture or a deadly message to businessmen who have refused... | Colombian security forces have arrested three men they suspect of shooting dead 10 farm workers last week. | 20350949 |
We asked a group of women who are working in the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) how the world might be compared to now, if more women were present in these male-dominated industries.
Now in its eighth year, the annual celebration of women working in Stem is named after the woman regarded as... | From gender-neutral bots to period-friendly healthcare trackers, cars with more storage and clothes with bigger pockets - the world could be a very different place if there were more women working in tech. | 37605943 |
In a series of raids, police arrested 8,900 suspects involved in everything from net fraud to online pornography.
China said the raids were carried out in an effort to "purify the network environment".
The raids also shut down a fake PR operation that threatened to post bad reviews of products and services unless it wa... | Chinese police have broken up more than 700 gangs who were using the web for criminal ends. | 19961878 |
The prime minister is launching a further 18 of the state-funded schools, set up by academy trusts, community groups, parents and teachers.
Mr Cameron said this would deliver "innovative and exciting schools".
But the National Union of Teachers said the government was "playing politics" with the demand for school place... | David Cameron is announcing the latest wave of free schools in England, as a step towards his manifesto pledge of 500 more over the next five years. | 34116085 |
The 7 May performance of The Vote at the Donmar Warehouse in London will be broadcast live on the More4 channel.
Described as "a real-time play for theatre and television", it is the latest work by playwright James Graham.
Graham previously wrote Privacy, about internet security, for the Donmar and political drama This... | A new play set on the night of the 2015 UK general election is to be shown on television on election night itself. | 29877717 |
A statement issued by the US-based group late on Tuesday said: "Our hearts are broken by this turn of events".
It was not immediately clear why the registration was revoked.
Since 2012, Mercy Corps has conducted from Turkey one of the largest aid operations in Syria, assisting up to half a million civilians each month.... | The aid organisation Mercy Corps says Turkey has revoked its registration, forcing it to stop operations that help hundreds of thousands of Syrians. | 39205675 |
Councillors have approved plans for a community-owned "mutual" that would be commissioned by Devon County Council to run the service on its behalf.
In February, the authority approved £46m of cuts for 2015-16 after a drop in government funding.
But union Unison warned that job posts and libraries could still close.
And... | Devon's entire library service is to be turned into an independent organisation in a bid to save £1.5m over the next two years. | 31846907 |
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service said its officers were called to Special Ops Desert Storm on Borough Road, St Helens at about 17:00 BST.
A spokesman said six crews were at the site and that two people who had been seen entering the building had not yet been found.
The centre's Facebook page states that it closed in ... | Two people have been reported missing after a "significant" blaze at a former paintball centre. | 40481933 |
The number one seed, 46, beat Dutchman Noppert 7-3 at Lakeside.
Durrant had never won the competition before, reaching the semi-finals in 2015 and the last eight a year later.
"It's the biggest achievement by a country mile, it's up there with my wedding day and the birth of my daughter," Durrant told BBC Tees.
"That w... | Middlesbrough's Glen Durrant says Sunday's BDO World Championship success against Danny Noppert is in the top three moments of his life. | 38639069 |
The Conservative received 45% of the first preference votes.
He was elected after the second preference votes were counted, when no candidates received more than 50% of first preference votes.
Mr Macpherson received a total of 68,622 first and second preferences compared to his nearest challenger Labour's Kevin Small.... | Angus Macpherson has been re-elected to the role of Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire and Swindon. | 35995573 |
Firefighters believe the fire started accidentally just before 24:00 GMT in the spare bedroom of her semi-detached bungalow at Iniscarn Court.
Gemma McDaid became aware there was something wrong when her lights flickered in the kitchen as the fire was affecting the electrics.
A man who was passing by helped her to safe... | A woman in her 70s has said she is lucky to be alive after a fire at her home on Monday night in Londonderry. | 41009238 |
4 February 2016 Last updated at 12:03 GMT
Michael Davison and his wife spent six weeks living at a Premier Inn after their home in Mytholmroyd was flooded on Boxing Day.
They were told it would be up to nine months before they could return home, but a housing association has found a bungalow in Halifax for the couple.
... | A flood-hit cancer patient who feared he would die in a hotel while waiting to be moved into a new home, has been found a place to live in West Yorkshire. | 35493097 |
The record of 12.4C (54F) is the highest average annual temperature since records began in 1947.
Senior Met Officer Martin Crozier said the winter was behind the high.
He said: "We had a pretty warm spring, the summer was okay, but August was actually a bit below normal temperature."
Mr Crozier said: "The new record is... | The "very mild, stormy winter" at the start of 2014 has led to Guernsey's warmest year on record, according to the island's Met Office. | 30643098 |
The 46-year-old was attacked at about 01:00 on Friday in his house in Hoddom Court in Ecclefechan. The two men who assaulted him escaped with cash.
Their victim sustained minor injuries but was released after treatment at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary.
Police have been carrying out door-to-door inquiries in the... | A man has been assaulted and robbed in an overnight raid on his home in Dumfries and Galloway. | 38945214 |
The China Women's Film Festival plans to write an open letter, signed by at least 50 celebrities, to major Chinese film producers and cinema companies.
The letter will call on them to use the so-called "Bechdel Test" when producing movies.
To "pass" the test, a film must have at last two female characters.
It must also... | A film festival in China is calling for more female representation in cinema and plans to lobby the country's film industry to improve the situation. | 37430145 |
Headguards were first introduced into competition in 1984 but will be removed again for October's World Amateur Boxing Championships in Kazakhstan.
The decision was based on two separate studies which put forward evidence that the removal will decrease concussions.
Women and male boxers below senior level will continue... | The International Amateur Boxing Association has confirmed that headguards will be removed from men's amateur boxing but not for women. | 21833073 |
A total of £4.1bn will be divided between Wales' 22 local councils, a cash increase of £3.8m on 2016-17.
Gwynedd sees the largest increase at 0.9%, but ten councils will see a cut.
Worst hit are Blaenau Gwent, Merthyr Tydfil, Powys, Torfaen and Wrexham, who face the maximum reduction of 0.5%.
Once inflation is taken in... | Many local councils will see their first increase in Welsh Government funding since 2013-14 under plans set out by Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford. | 37690800 |
The approach, tested across Europe, uses lasers and a drug made from deep sea bacteria to eliminate tumours, but without causing severe side effects.
Trials on 413 men - published in The Lancet Oncology - showed nearly half of them had no remaining trace of cancer.
Lifelong impotence and incontinence are often the pric... | Surgeons have described a new treatment for early stage prostate cancer as "truly transformative". | 38304076 |
Gayle, 25, moved to St James Park for a reported fee of about £10m, swapping the Premier League for the Championship in the process.
Former Real Madrid and Liverpool boss Benitez opted to stay at Newcastle despite relegation last season.
"He is a great manager and has great experience," Gayle told BBC Newcastle.
"There... | Rafael Benitez's aura as a manager helped to convince striker Dwight Gayle to drop a division and join Newcastle United from Crystal Palace. | 36735640 |
In his police testimony, Lukasz Herba said he got involved with the group behind the alleged kidnap near Milan because he had leukaemia.
Ms Ayling's lawyer Francesco Pesce has said the 20-year-old was told she would be sold in the Middle East "for sex".
Ms Ayling was allegedly held by a group called Black Death for fiv... | The alleged captor of British model Chloe Ayling held her because he needed to raise money for cancer treatment, Italian police documents have revealed. | 40862148 |
Sandra Danevska, 38, from Hammersmith, west London, accused the man of rape, stabbings and acid attacks.
She also subjected two women he later dated to "a traumatic online campaign".
Danevska, a nanny, used 60 fake names to implicate her ex-lover in a string of crimes, so officers visited his home 42 times, the Metropo... | A stalker who filed more than 100 bogus reports to police in a vendetta against her ex-boyfriend has been jailed for five years, police in London have said. | 37202346 |
The gold was seized by a bailiff on behalf of the miners at the main airport in the capital on 7 October.
But London-listed Avocet Mining,says it needs the smelted gold back to raise money for the workers' settlement.
The dispute at Inata mine dates back to 2014 and the sacking of 317 workers.
Other workers at the mine... | Miners in Burkina Faso have seized 43kg (94lb) of gold worth about $1.7m (£1.4m), a firm says, and are refusing to return it until they get a pay-off. | 38149816 |
Wiltshire firm Eat Square started making "square pies" earlier this year.
But the phrase is a registered trademark of London-based Square Pie, which has taken action to protect its intellectual property rights.
Alex Joll, from Eat Square, said: "We have to stop calling them square pies, so from now on they're just pies... | A company which makes square-shaped pies has been told it cannot call them "square" by a rival pie maker. | 34451698 |
The Esk District Salmon Fishery Board said giving Usan Salmon Fisheries an additional 14 days to catch fish was "recklessly irresponsible".
It has described the move as making "no sense at all" in terms of conservation.
A government spokeswoman said there was no evidence the extension would have a detrimental impact on... | A fishery board has condemned the Scottish government's decision to extend the season for the country's biggest wild salmon netting company. | 19254448 |
Seven people have been infected with the disease so far in South Korea, said the country's health ministry.
Chinese officials said they had traced the son of a patient who had refused voluntary quarantine.
Cases of the virus, for which there is no known cure, have been confirmed in more than 20 countries.
Two new cases... | Concern is growing in South Korea over the spread of the Mers virus after a man defied quarantine to travel to China. | 32919416 |
Ben Mee is another doubt with a badly-bruised shin but Stephen Ward and George Boyd should both recover in time from knee problems.
West Brom remain without Hal Robson-Kanu and Matt Phillips, who are both still nursing hamstring injuries.
Youngsters Jonathan Leko and Sam Field could feature at Turf Moor.
Alistair Mann:... | Burnley defender Michael Keane could miss his first league game of the season on Saturday because of an unspecified injury. | 39754028 |
The Super League leaders came back from 10-0 down to defeat Warrington Wolves.
A victory parade started at the KCOM Stadium in Hull, before travelling through the city and greeting fans at Queens Gardens for a party.
Hull's previous Challenge Cup win was over Leeds in Cardiff in 2005, while Wembley was being rebuilt.
F... | Thousands of people welcomed home Challenge Cup winners Hull FC back to the city after their win in Saturday's final at Wembley. | 37212918 |
David Cameron told the G7 summit in Japan that the UK was ready to take an "active leadership role" in helping Libya deal with trafficking.
The UK currently has one survey vessel, HMS Enterprise, operating in the area.
For the UK to send another warship, the EU will need to extend the mandate of its current naval opera... | The UK is set to send a second Royal Navy ship to the Mediterranean to help tackle people trafficking and arms smuggling in Libya, officials say. | 36394597 |
Nearly 9,000 Americans who died during World War Two are remembered at the Cambridge American Cemetery.
Staff located 3,000 photographs of former servicemen ahead of a public appeal in February.
Cemetery associate Tracey Haylock said the photographs help visitors realise how "really young most of them were".
The cemete... | A public appeal by a US military cemetery to "put a face" to each man, woman and child it commemorates has unearthed 1,000 photographs. | 40025743 |
Rosberg, the world championship leader, failed to do a single lap as his car suffered a water leak.
Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo was second, 0.391 seconds off Hamilton and 0.235secs ahead of team-mate Max Verstappen.
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen were next, with McLaren's Fernando Alonso in a surprise si... | Lewis Hamilton set the pace in second practice at the British Grand Prix as team-mate Nico Rosberg hit trouble. | 36746837 |
Sully Island, just off the Vale of Glamorgan coast near Penarth, boasts 14.5 acres (six hectares), including a Viking-era hill fort and a shipwreck.
It was first put up for sale in May 2009 but its seven-figure asking price failed to find a buyer.
It also failed to sell at auction last year with a £150,000 guide price,... | An island yards from the south Wales shore that was for sale of £1.25m has gone back on the market for £95,000. | 14109160 |
The Channel Tunnel operator has asked to be reimbursed more than £22m (29m euros). It made a pre-tax profit of £89m (115m euros) in 2015.
It faced serious disruption from migrants trying to cross the Channel.
Revealing its annual results, the company said there had been no disruption to services since October.
Spokesma... | Eurotunnel is seeking millions of pounds in compensation from the UK and French governments because of revenue lost during the Calais migrant crisis. | 35604990 |
"Granny-sitter wanted" the advert on a website reads. "Seeking a big-hearted soul with caring experience and a musical talent to help look after Margaret, 93, who has a love of crosswords, baking and singing old drinking songs."
Ross Elder, 40, and his partner Sofie, 32, posted the unusual advert in the hope of finding... | A London couple have been inundated with responses to their advert looking for help caring for their elderly grandmother in return for free accommodation in the capital. | 37523401 |
Moments after Mr Trump was sworn in as the 45th president on Friday, he delivered a thundering speech in which he promised to improve the lives of millions of Americans.
A day later, throngs of women, men and children streamed into the same area where he made that pledge, in order to take a stand for gender and racial ... | For such a divisive figure, Donald Trump managed to unify hundreds of thousands of Americans at the Women's March on Washington. | 38707986 |
The 27-year-old was due to have a medical, and was seen attending a hospital in the city on Saturday morning.
"There's no smoke without fire and there's been a lot of smoke," said Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers at his club's media conference on Friday.
"Scott's a player I know well. I'd hope to sign a player before the... | Aston Villa winger Scott Sinclair has arrived in Glasgow to complete his proposed move to Celtic. | 36990019 |
It is studying a specific design of headscarf which would cover the head and neck but not the face.
Currently, officers who wish to wear a religious head covering must seek the approval of a senior officer.
Police Scotland is committed to encouraging more black and Asian recruits to apply to join the force.
The Metropo... | Police Scotland is preparing to introduce a hijab as an optional part of its uniform to encourage Muslim women to join the force. | 36468441 |
Terri Spragg, 35, of Bettesworth Road, Ryde, Isle of Wight, was found guilty of seven counts of sexual activity with a child under 16 in December.
She originally received a 15-month sentence, suspended for two years.
The Court of Appeal has now jailed her for three years.
Solicitor General Robert Buckland QC MP describ... | A former dinner lady who was spared prison after being found guilty of sexual activity with a child has now been jailed after her original sentence was overturned. | 39230846 |
World number 13 Scott shot a level-par 70 in blustery conditions at the PGA National to finish nine under.
Garcia was level after 10 holes, but bogeys at the 16th and 17th cost him.
It was 35-year-old Scott's 12th PGA Tour victory and his first using a conventional putter since the 2010 Singapore Open.
Northern Ireland... | Australia's Adam Scott ended a two-year PGA Tour title drought by winning the Honda Classic by a shot from Sergio Garcia at Palm Beach Gardens. | 35683843 |
Rutherford has a long jump runway and pit at his home in Woburn Sands near Milton Keynes.
"I think I will actually have an exceptionally good field of jumpers, better than a Diamond League meeting to be honest," he said.
He said Australian long jumper Mitchell Watt was among the interested parties.
Rutherford, who won ... | Olympic champion Greg Rutherford is planning to host a long jump competition for some of the world's top athletes - in his back garden. | 36341940 |
Since then the tide of opinion has turned. Astronomers have shown that Earth may be just one of myriad habitable worlds.
Meanwhile biologists have shed light on how life might have originated here, and therefore on other planets too.
Far from being unique, many now regard Earth as an ordinary lump of space rock and bel... | For Greek philosophers like Aristotle, Earth lay at the centre of a small universe and the idea of alien life was unthinkable. | 16068809 |
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He was speaking following an incident involving at least 40 dissident republican inmates at the jail.
On Tuesday, a bomb alert near led to the cancellation of all visits | Inmates at Maghaberry Prison must accept their part in lowering tensions and ending intimidation of jail staff, Justice Minister David Ford has said. | 31111566 |
The visitors declared their first innings on 150-1 before the start of play with the captains eyeing a result.
Harry Finch (74 not out) and Luke Wells (44 not out) scored quickly as Sussex declared on 142-1, a lead of 320.
Gloucestershire were toiling at 88-5 but Taylor (69 not out) and Noema-Barnett (37 not out) saw o... | An unbeaten 95-run partnership between Jack Taylor and Kieran Noema-Barnett guided Gloucestershire to a draw against Sussex at Hove in Division Two. | 40439032 |
He joined the League Two side from Sligo Rovers last year on an initial 18-month deal and has started every league game this season.
The 27-year-old started his career at Galway and moved to Sheffield United in 2011, but did not make a first-team appearance for the Blades.
"I'm very pleased to get this sorted early" h... | Full-back Seamus Conneely has extended his contract with Accrington Stanley until 2018. | 35495372 |
The nearby Bluestone resorts has submitted plans to restore Blackpool Mill in Martletwy, Pembrokeshire.
A public consultation was launched on Monday on the proposal, which includes a milling experience, Victorian tea room and narrow gauge steam railway.
Bluestone said, if approved, it could create 60 jobs and open in s... | A Grade II*-listed 19th Century flour mill could be turned into a Victorian-themed attraction. | 37453620 |
The pair, aged 16 and 20, are understood to have been stabbed in the neck in Saughton Mains Park after leaving a house party.
The attack happened at about 20:40 on Friday after they got into an argument with a third man who was passing by.
Police are also investigating an unrelated stabbing of two teenagers in the Uddi... | Police are investigating a knife attack on a teenage boy and another man by a passer-by in Edinburgh. | 38351505 |
The bug arises because of the way WhatsApp encrypts the messages sent via its service.
Security expert Thomas Boelter found that eavesdropping was possible when circumstances called for encryption keys to be reissued.
Mr Boelter told WhatsApp owner Facebook about the issue in April 2016 but it said it was not working o... | Some messages sent through WhatsApp can be intercepted and read thanks to a bug in the app, suggests research. | 38609854 |
More than 30 firefighters were sent to W&S Recycling, on the Nuffield Industrial Estate in Poole, at about 15:45 BST.
Black plumes of smoke can be seen coming from the site, near a residential area.
Waste recycling has been affected by the blaze but there are no reports of any injuries, the fire service said. Nuffield ... | A large fire has broken out at a recycling firm in Dorset. | 39539221 |
Vassell joined the Latics from Stoke last season and worked with Saddlers coach Dean Holden at Boundary Park.
"I think this will be a really good opportunity and hopefully I can get some game time," the 19-year-old said.
"We've got a lot of young players and a few who are more experienced. I feel I've settled in well."... | Walsall have signed centre-back Theo Vassell from fellow League One side Oldham Athletic on a one-year deal with the option of a further year. | 36747379 |
Almost 2,000 people will lose their jobs when Michelin and JTI Gallaher close within the next two years.
Liam Neeson, who is originally from Ballymena, has lent his voice to the campaign.
A message from the Hollywood actor was played to the crowd on a big screen on Saturday.
He told them "this is the start of the fight... | Hundreds of people have attended a rally in Ballymena calling for investment to bring new jobs to the town. | 35512115 |
The band's ninth album fended off competition from Skepta, who debuts at number two with Konnichiwa.
A Moon Shaped Pool, Radiohead's first album in five years, sold 50,000 copies in the past week, despite only being released on Sunday.
Beyonce's Lemonade slides to number three, while last week's number one - Views By D... | Radiohead have scored their sixth number one album with A Moon Shaped Pool. | 36284815 |
The Dandelion Project said the mayor would be "symbolic" but the election would be a study in democracy.
Marc Winn, founder of the project, said he wants to see if island-wide electronic voting can work.
Chief Minister Jonathan Le Tocq said it was an interesting concept and he was in favour of engaging more people in p... | A community group is to set up an election for an honorary mayor of Guernsey. | 30633852 |
The company said half of the job losses would go through redundancies. Most of the cuts are expected to be in the UK.
However, Centrica said it would also create jobs in growth areas, so the net loss in jobs will be 4,000 from the firm's current total of 37,500.
First half profits at British Gas's residential arm rose ... | Energy firm Centrica has said it will cut 6,000 jobs as it reported a doubling of profits at its British Gas business in the first half of the year. | 33714308 |
All 20 clubs have been busy preparing with £500 million being spent on players so far during the summer transfer window.
Can Jose Mourinho and Chelsea's grip on the crown be released? Can Arsenal finally turn promise into a Premier League title? Can Brendan Rodgers rebuild Liverpool from the wreckage of that 6-1 humili... | The new Premier League season begins this weekend. | 33807632 |
Other names joining the list include Limmy, Irvine Welsh, Ian Rankin and Dr Brooke Magnanti.
The trust has compiled the rundown ahead of next week's Book Week Scotland, which will see more than 450 events taking place across Scotland.
The country's top wordsmith tweeters were picked for followers, interaction and their... | JK Rowling has headed up a list of top writers on Twitter put together by the Scottish Book Trust. | 34847432 |
Yet, despite enjoying their first win in almost a month, Shrewsbury actually plunged back into the League One bottom four on goal difference, as a result of the size of Bury's 5-1 win at home to Peterborough.
Shrewsbury started brightly, skipper Adam El-Abd heading Joe Riley corner over the bar before Louis Dodds cleve... | On-loan Crystal Palace striker Freddie Ladapo marked his home debut by scoring the winner just before half-time as lowly Shrewsbury Town beat high-flying Bradford City. | 38539172 |
The incident was reported to have happened in the Bon Accord Crescent area on Friday.
A report on the man, 20, was sent to the procurator fiscal.
The Crown Office said: "After full and careful consideration of the facts and circumstances of the case, he was liberated from custody pending further inquiries and did not a... | A man charged after a 20-year-old woman was allegedly raped in Aberdeen has been freed. | 37338655 |
Total sales in March were 2.1% down on a year ago, according to the Scottish Retail Consortium-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor.
Adjusted for deflation, measured at 0.8%, overall sales last month declined by 1.3%.
Food sales were up 1.8%, but non-food sales dropped 5.2%.
Experts said the figures had been "heavily distorted" b... | Scottish retailers have reported another "disappointing" month, following a sharp fall in non-food sales. | 39640738 |
The Scot, who also played for Rotherham and Burnley, made 445 appearances for Bristol City, becoming a club legend, before joining Manchester City in 1981.
After making his debut in 1970, Gow helped Bristol City win promotion to the old First Division in 1976.
He scored twice in Manchester City's run to the famous FA C... | Former Bristol City and Manchester City midfielder and Yeovil Town player-boss Gerry Gow has died aged 64 after being diagnosed with cancer this year. | 37607518 |
Joseph Allen, 70, raided Poppy Appeal collection tins to steal £10,000 destined for former servicemen, Amersham Crown Court heard.
He stole the rest of the cash by writing cheques made out to himself.
Allen, of Paterson Road, Aylesbury, admitted four charges of theft and was handed a 16-month sentence.
The former treas... | A British Legion treasurer who stole more than £26,000 from the charity to pay off debts and fund holidays to Turkey has been jailed. | 34185595 |
A professional conduct panel found Azam Zia, who worked at Icknield High School, Luton, had failed to tell parents about the off-site sessions.
The 37-year-old had also charged pupils between £15 and £20 to attend.
He admitted unacceptable professional conduct and bringing teaching into disrepute.
The conduct panel, wh... | A maths teacher who allowed pupils to settle disputes during out-of-hours wrestling sessions has been banned from teaching. | 40185167 |
Jones became head coach of his native Australia in 2001 and guided them to the World Cup final in 2003.
During this summer's series down under, Jones said the Australian media had an orchestrated campaign against his side.
"There was a lot of vitriol about Australia, his home nation," said Cheika of Jones during the su... | England boss Eddie Jones has tarnished his legacy in Australia because of comments made during the summer, says Wallabies head coach Michael Cheika. | 38131951 |
Yet Brian is not taking pictures of the parade, instead he is making portraits of the veterans themselves, compelling photographs of those who have fought for their country.
"The vast majority of veterans are happy to be photographed once I've explained the project," Brian told me. "After the march past they tend to be... | Eight years ago photographer Brian David Stevens headed to the cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday to take pictures of the war veterans who gathered as part of the commemorations which are held across the UK in honour of those who died in wars and conflicts. | 15672939 |
The teenagers, named locally as Dominic O'Neill, Kyle Warren and Billy Hines, died in Tivetshall Road, near Pulham Market, Norfolk, on Wednesday night.
On Thursday, hundreds of people gathered at Eye airfield to remember them and release lanterns.
"It was an unbelievable night," said Adam Kerry, a friend of Mr O'Neill.... | Friends of three teenage boys killed when the car they were in crashed into trees have gathered to release Chinese lanterns in their memory. | 39526647 |
The local authority's cabinet unanimously has agreed on plans for the future of its seven homes.
One will cater specifically for dementia patients, three will be developed into residential complexes, while there are plans for an integrated health hub.
A report said specialised care demand and costs created "serious cha... | An overhaul of residential care homes will take place in Ceredigion to reduce costs and cut the number of empty beds. | 33688039 |
Talking about "marauders" and "swarms" was an unsubtle way of dismissing their legitimacy, said Francois Crepeau.
European countries should open official channels and their labour markets to migrants because building fences would not stop them coming, he said.
On Monday, a record number of refugees crossed into Hungary... | European leaders should do more to open up and help migrants instead of using language that dismisses their rights, a UN expert on migrant rights has said. | 34049512 |
The car giant expects 23 million to 24 million car sales in China, compared with 24 million last year.
"At best we're saying flat, probably down," Ford's chief financial officer Bob Shanks told the BBC.
If sales do fall, it would be the first time since 1990 that there has been a drop, he added.
Despite the overall pic... | Ford has predicted industry-wide sales will be flat or fall in China this year - the world's biggest car market. | 33695832 |
The project was due to regenerate the town's market and rebuild the Europa Pools leisure centre, with restaurants, a food court and a hotel also proposed.
Wirral Council said it was still negotiating with developers Neptune, but was also talking to other firms.
Council leader Phil Davies said the decision was linked to... | Plans for a £30m redevelopment of Birkenhead town centre have been scrapped. | 37790092 |
The firm went into administration last week, leaving 27,000 customers abroad, and 110,000 with future bookings.
It was not registered with the UK government-backed Atol scheme, which would have compensated them in full.
Instead it had lodged £1.09m with authorities in Mallorca - enough to pay out a few pounds to each c... | Thousands of holidaymakers who booked travel with Low Cost Holidays may get a refund of just £7.78 each, the BBC understands. | 36834408 |
While the Obama administration has sought to avoid or extract itself from big, costly theatres of conflict like Iraq, Afghanistan or Syria, it has invested heavily in the joint counter-terrorism and special operations sphere, to go after what the US calls "high-value targets".
But how effective in the long run are raid... | The twin US commando raids to seize senior al-Qaeda operatives in two different African countries on 5 October show Washington's preference for highly targeted special operations where it believes its mission has a high probability of success. | 24423943 |
The star only changed costume twice, letting her music do the talking in a 12-minute, hit-laden set.
She opened with Woody Guthrie's civil rights anthem This Land Is Your Land, a gentle but pointed rebuke to the Trump administration; which she reinforced by performing Born This Way - her hymn to acceptance and inclusio... | She jumped off the roof of Houston's NRG stadium and bathed in the light of hundreds of drones - but Lady Gaga's Super Bowl show was fairly restrained... by her standards. | 38875699 |
Mr Xi, tipped to become China's next leader, appeared in public on Saturday.
His failure to attend a series of meetings with foreign figures had fuelled feverish speculation over his health and a potential power struggle.
China is due to hold a party congress next month that will see major changes in the top echelons o... | China's Vice-President Xi Jinping will attend a China-Asean trade event, state media say, after emerging from an unexplained two-week absence. | 19620133 |
In the men's draw, Britain's Australian Open champion, Gordon Reid, has been drawn to face France's Nicolas Peifer.
Norfolk's Alfie Hewett faces Dutchman Joachim Gerard, with the matches scheduled to be played on Thursday.
The third British player in the ladies singles, Louise Hunt, will face Marjolein Buis of the Neth... | US Open champion Jordanne Whiley will face fellow-Brit Lucy Shuker in the quarter-finals of the first wheelchair singles competition at Wimbledon. | 36713299 |
The three-time Oscar nominee has brought the play to the West End after winning critical acclaim for the role on Broadway in New York.
Cooper plays the deformed Merrick by contorting his body rather than using prosthetics.
The Daily Mail's Quentin Letts said Cooper's physical transformation was a "singularly theatrical... | Critics have praised Bradley Cooper's portrayal of Joseph Merrick in The Elephant Man on the London stage. | 32957472 |
Sandra Fluke, whose testimony to lawmakers prompted Limbaugh's outburst, dismissed his latest apology.
On Friday, President Barack Obama called Ms Fluke to offer his support.
The row has stoked an election-year ideological battle over the president's plan to require health insurers to cover contraception.
On Monday, AO... | US radio host Rush Limbaugh has again apologised for calling a law student a "slut" over her views on contraception, as more advertisers deserted his show. | 17266985 |
The theatre has been closed since 26 August while the 30-year-old plywood stage was ripped out and boards that are 10cm thicker put in.
The orchestra pit has been refurbished and new ticket kiosks and 500 low-energy light bulbs have been installed.
Resident company the Birmingham Royal Ballet will give the first perfor... | Birmingham Hippodrome is to reopen after a £1.2m refurbishment which included its stage being replaced. | 19716747 |
Tough to imagine? Not so if you worked for Ghana's Football Association at the 2014 World Cup where their "equipment officer" earned $100,000 (£64,000), according to a government report.
In a 396-page report which investigates the Black Stars' first-round exit in Brazil, payment for a role also defined as "ball boy" is... | Consider a world in which the England kit man is paid as big an appearance fee as Wayne Rooney, Joe Hart or Raheem Sterling. | 33276668 |
Officials said the accused knew that the University of Northern New Jersey did not exist, but they were unaware it was a ruse run by immigration agents.
The defendants acted as brokers for more than 1,000 foreigners who sought to maintain student and work visas, prosecutors said.
Most foreign nationals involved in the ... | Twenty-one people have been arrested after US authorities set up a fake university to expose immigration fraud. | 35974391 |
A "sapeur" poses on Tuesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, Kinshasa, as he marks the 20th anniversary of the death of their movement's founder Stervos Niarcos Ngashie...
La Sape - a cult of appearance - is known for its flamboyant style of dressing. It was meant to defy then-Zaire's ruler Mobutu Sese Se... | A selection of photographs from around the African continent this week: | 31440440 |
The elderly female pedestrian died after the vehicle hit a Halifax branch in Darlington, Durham Police confirmed.
The driver of the bus, a 52-year-old man, has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
The North East Ambulance Service had three crews at the scene, including a hazardous area resp... | A bus has crashed into the front of a bank on a busy high street, killing one person and injuring two others. | 36733182 |
The security protocol is used to encrypt Voice Over Internet Protocol (Voip) calls.
In a blog, University College London researcher Steven Murdoch described vulnerabilities in how such conversations were encrypted.
GCHQ said it did not recognise the findings.
Dr Murdoch did not say that the vulnerability would give dir... | A security researcher has said software developed by the UK intelligence agency GCHQ contains weaknesses making it possible to eavesdrop on phone calls. | 35372545 |
The Dutchman was pegged back at one set each but Jenkins, seeded 16, was unable to convert a 2-0 lead in the vital fourth set as Van Gerwen eased through.
Van Gerwen said: "I am up to the quarter-finals and I feel confident. There is still something in the tank."
Robert Thornton is also in the last eight after beating ... | Michael van Gerwen stayed on course for a successful defence of his PDC World Championship with a 4-1 win over Terry Jenkins to reach the quarter-finals. | 30628500 |
A prosecutor filed a challenge against Aaron Persky, a Superior Court Judge in Santa Clara, California, alleging bias.
The case from which he was removed involved a male nurse accused of sexually assaulting a sedated patient.
Mr Persky came under fire last week when he gave the student a sentence that many regarded as ... | A US judge who faced criticism over his sentencing of a Stanford University student convicted of sexual assault has been removed from a similar case. | 36537296 |
The six-hole team event was introduced to broaden the sport's appeal.
Teams of two players hit tee shots on each hole and, after selecting the best tee shot, the players take alternate shots until the hole is completed.
"I like the sound of it, I like what they're trying to do to make it more exciting," he told BBC Rad... | Welsh golfer Jamie Donaldson says the first Golfsixes event at Centurion Golf Club could offer a new level of excitement to the game. | 39798216 |
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