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David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said the UK needed "comprehensive and comprehensible" intrusive powers rules.
Existing legislation was "fragmented" and "obscure", he said in a 300-page report.
Ministers want new laws to help police and agencies monitor online threats.
But critics h... | Clear new laws are needed to cover security services' powers to monitor online activity, the UK's terror watchdog has said. | 33092894 |
Clutching umbrellas, adopted as a protest symbol, they observed 87 seconds of silence - a reference to the 87 times police fired tear gas on protesters.
The rally will see key protest leaders address the crowd later.
Activists are calling for full democracy in Hong Kong.
The rally is being held at the Admiralty protest... | Thousands of people in Hong Kong have turned up for a rally outside the city's government headquarters to mark one month of protests. | 29797987 |
M&S rose 1.1% after its latest trading update, which said underlying sales of clothing and homewares fell 0.4% in the past quarter.
But the retailer said it was on track to meet its planned increase in profit margins.
The FTSE 100 index was down 3.50 points at 6,532.18.
The market had fallen 0.8% on Monday as investors... | (Open): The London market opened flat, but shares in Marks and Spencer opened higher despite the retailer reporting a dip in non-food sales. | 33422560 |
Stephenie Tait, 29, from the city, died when she was hit by the out-of-control council vehicle on 22 December.
A private mass led by Canon Peter McBride was held at Saint Thomas the Apostle Church in Riddrie, Glasgow.
Six people were killed and 10 more injured when the lorry ploughed into pedestrians in the city's Quee... | About 800 people have attended a funeral service for a teacher who died in the Glasgow bin lorry crash. | 30680593 |
The former England manager has not received any money since June and said earlier this month he was "getting close to the limit" of his patience.
The Italian is the highest-paid international coach, earning almost twice that of England's Roy Hodgson.
"We have no money to pay Capello's salary," Sergei Stepashin, a membe... | The Russian Football Union (RFS) has admitted that it cannot afford to pay coach Fabio Capello's £7m salary. | 30018551 |
The club, now in the Premier League, acted after the 21 were given football banning orders ranging from four to 10 years at a court hearing on Monday.
The fight happened after Burnley's Championship match against Sheffield Wednesday at Turf Moor in January 2014.
Nineteen fans were given jail terms of between five and 2... | Burnley have handed out life bans to 21 fans who took part in a mass brawl with rival supporters after a match. | 32492858 |
Stratfor's websitehas been down since it was apparently hit by the hacker group Anonymous on Christmas Eve.
The company's chairman used Facebook to apologise to customers but warned against posting messages of support.
The hackers said they would use stolen credit card details to donate "over a million dollars" (£638,... | Victims of a hack attack on a US-based security think tank have been warned against speaking out for fears they could be targeted again. | 16338680 |
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The star of BBC Three sitcoms Crims and Josh kicks off his Elis in Euroland campaign with an ode to Darren Barnard and Bobby Gould's sartorial expertise.
Elis In Euroland will be a series of comedy video shorts on the BBC Wales Sport Facebook page during Euro 2016.
Follow ... | Comedian and actor Elis James is so excited that Wales are finally in a major tournament after 58 years of heartache that the devoted supporter will give us a daily fans' eye-view as the action unfolds at Euro 2016. | 36396135 |
The 34-year-old, who cannot be named, is charged under the Child Abduction Act 1984 with taking two children out of the UK from Heathrow Airport on 10 October.
Appearing at Leeds Crown Court via videolink, the woman was remanded in custody. No formal pleas were entered.
At the short hearing, a further court appearance ... | A woman from Bradford accused of trying to take her children to Syria has been warned she may be jailed. | 34649591 |
The 23-year-old off-break bowler and right-handed batsman ended the season in fine style, scoring a career-high 99 against Hampshire.
He also took three wickets in each of his final three innings as Durham ended the season in fourth place in the County Championship Division One.
Pringle follows former England all-round... | Durham have extended the contract of all-rounder Ryan Pringle. | 34627222 |
The ex-DJ, a friend of paedophile broadcaster Jimmy Savile, was convicted last week of a series of rapes and indecent assaults.
Teret, 73, from Altrincham, Greater Manchester, abused girls aged between 12 and 15 during the 1960s and 1970s.
He will be sentenced on Thursday. Police are now expected to formally investigat... | Four more women have contacted officers claiming they were sexually abused by Ray Teret, police have said. | 30423119 |
A review by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health said no "definitive explanation" was found for an increase in mortality rates at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
There were 13 unexplained deaths between January 2015 and July 2016.
The hospital said neonatal intensive care remained suspended.
The review r... | Staffing at a neonatal unit that reported a "higher than usual" number of baby deaths was "inadequate", a report said. | 38901317 |
So when, at the CES Technology show in Las Vegas earlier this month, I had a secret assignation in a hotel room with a robot dubbed as a family assistant, I was pretty excited.
I love a cute robot and Jibo, brainchild of MIT professor and social roboticist Cynthia Breazeal, has been beguiling investors and press alike ... | I, like many other busy, working parents, secretly crave for someone to help out with the household chores - from persuading children to do their homework, constantly picking up an assortment of footwear from the floor, emptying the dishwasher....the list goes on. | 35259124 |
She is one of many Brazilian women who, in the last few months, have decided to interrupt their in-vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures because they worry about being infected by the Zika virus while pregnant.
"My husband and I have been doing IVF for seven years with no success," Ms Coutinho explains.
"My latest attem... | "I don't have much time left to be a mother, but I'm really afraid" architect Ana Paula Coutinho, 47, says. | 35428133 |
Mr Kalam served as India's 11th president from 2002 to 2007 and was popularly known as "Missile Man" after pioneering the country's military missile programme.
He died on Monday after collapsing as he delivered a scientific lecture.
India has declared seven days of national mourning. The former professor's body will be... | Former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam has died at the age of 83. | 33682651 |
The county's Crop Circle Information and Coordination Centre (CICC) said they had only seen 25 so far this year - 15 fewer than usual for the period.
A decline in the man-made act and a late harvest have both been blamed.
Charles Mallet, from the centre, said he wished amateur crop circlers would quit because they were... | Crop circle appearances in Wiltshire have dropped by almost half in a year, according to researchers. | 23545622 |
Thousands in Dunblane, near Stirling, stayed up into the early hours to watch the 25-year-old bag the historic victory.
Murray beat Serbia's Novak Djokovic in a thrilling five-set match.
At the Dunblane Hotel almost 100 people erupted into mass celebration and chanted "There's only one Andy Murray" when the final ball ... | The home town of grand slam champion Andy Murray was in ecstatic mood after his win at the US Open. | 19555032 |
Kirkdijk, 21, has played in the Champions League for Twente as well as winning domestic honours with the Eredivisie Women side.
The defender has scored five goals in 88 games for the Dutch club.
"I was really impressed at the club's vision for the future," Kerkdijk told the club website.
"I believe this is the best pla... | Netherlands international Danique Kerkdijk will join Bristol City Women from FC Twente following next month's European Championships. | 40296269 |
The figures come at a challenging time for luxury brands in the key Asia-Pacific region, including China.
Third-quarter sales at Hermes rose by 7.9% on a like-for-like basis, ahead of forecasts, helped by demand for leather goods and ready-to-wear fashion.
Meanwhile, UK luxury brand Burberry reported a better-than-expe... | Luxury brands Hermes and Burberry have issued financial results that have beaten analysts' expectations. | 34797242 |
Police Scotland said it had taken action over names posted on Twitter in relation to the rape of a jogger near the Speedway Racetrack on Tuesday 25 April.
An E-fit image of the suspect has been issued.
Police returned to the attack site, one week later, on Tuesday.
Detectives stopped 90 vehicles to ask drivers if they ... | Police are warning against people posting names on social media of men they think are the Armadale rapist as they fear it could put them in danger. | 39792555 |
FanDuel, which was founded in Edinburgh in 2009, has entered a merger agreement with DraftKings.
The transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval, is expected to close in the second half of next year.
FanDuel has offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow but moved its headquarters to New York several years ago.
DraftKin... | A Scottish tech firm which became a major player in the US fantasy sports market is to merge with its biggest rival. | 38029671 |
It is a subject which had attracted more questions than answers - hundreds were submitted to the BBC.
On Monday the government released a 15-page document outlining some of the detail of their plans.
BBC Reality Check has pored through the details and returned to your questions with some answers.
Yes, Irish citizens re... | Over a year after the referendum in which Britain voted to leave the European Union, Theresa May has sought to clarify plans regarding the future of EU citizens living in the UK. | 40409525 |
The victims are thought to have been conducting a search inside the building when its roof collapsed.
Earlier, they had managed to lead to safety more than 100 workers at the warehouse where plastic materials and gas canisters were stored.
A search is continuing at the site in Golyanovo, north-east Moscow.
There are su... | Russian rescuers in Moscow have found the bodies of eight firefighters in the remains of a large warehouse that was engulfed by fire late on Thursday. | 37449897 |
The prime minister also told the BBC some people did not pay tax in Britain "who damn well should".
If the Conservatives fall short of an overall majority at the general election, he will feel he has "not succeeded", he said.
The prime minister said his party "came close" last time.
In an interview with BBC Newsnight p... | David Cameron says accusations the Conservatives are "the party of the rich" make him "more angry than almost anything else". | 32325930 |
Ranjit Power, owner of the Ramada Park Hall Hotel & Spa in Wolverhampton, was reported missing on 14 May after he failed to return home.
His family fear he has been kidnapped or killed, the Express & Star has reported.
The Foreign Office said it was liaising with authorities. West Midlands Police said it was investigat... | A hotel owner from the West Midlands has disappeared after arriving in India on a business trip. | 32809741 |
Transport NI is in charge of the work, and have had their budget cut from around £40m to £12.8m.
The document, circulated among senior managers and seen by The BBC's Nolan Show, outlines how they are going to cope with the limited amount of money for day-to-day maintenance spend.
They say grass verges will only be cut ... | The BBC has seen a leaked document that outlines the road maintenance and repairs that will not take place because of budget cuts. | 33206568 |
The 35-year-old built on January's Australian Open win and his March Indian Wells success with a convincing 6-3 6-4 win over the Spaniard.
The pair shared 10 break points in the opening set, with Federer the only man to take one to crucially move 5-3 up.
He exuded control throughout, breaking at 4-4 in the second and s... | Roger Federer overcame long-term rival Rafael Nadal to win the Miami Open for the third time and continue his remarkable start to the season. | 39473877 |
The celebrated US playwright would also have had cause to celebrate the fact that his work remains as popular as ever.
Since June 2014, London's West End has hosted revivals of three of his most celebrated plays - The Crucible, A View from the Bridge and Death of a Salesman.
This year too, The Hook - a previously unper... | Had he not died in 2005, Arthur Miller would not only have celebrated his 100th birthday on 17 October this year. | 34538558 |
Kirsty Parker died after her Vauxhall Zafira collided with a Peugeot 207 on the A698 near Denholm on 11 February.
Her three youngest children, who were also in the car, sustained non-life threatening injuries. They have all since been discharged from hospital.
Ms Parker's family said they were still trying to come to t... | The family of a mother-of-four who died in a crash in the Scottish Borders earlier this month have paid tribute to "a much-loved mum". | 35678303 |
The price of a barrel rose following reports of a fall in US crude stocks.
Bank shares also rose amid increased expectation of an interest rate rise.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 112.58 points at 18,281.03, the S&P 500 index was 9.24 points higher at 2,159.73 while the tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 26.36 points ... | (Close): US stocks ended the day higher on Wednesday, with energy shares the big gainers as the oil price hit a near four month high. | 37566470 |
Dwight Beare, 27, from Melbourne, Australia, was killed in the crash near to the 16th milestone on the TT course on the Isle of Man.
Mr Beare suffered fatal spine and back injuries on the west of the island on 4 June at about 14:10 BST.
A verdict of misadventure was recorded by Coroner John Needham at Douglas Court Hou... | A TT racer died after being thrown from his sidecar when he hit the side of a road, an inquest has heard. | 37851594 |
A YouGov survey of 1,000 women for BBC Radio 5 live's Emma Barnett programme found 52% had, but only 27% had told their boss period pain was responsible.
Of the 52%, nearly a third had taken at least a day's sick leave as a result. And one doctor has suggested employers should offer "menstrual leave".
Nine out of 10 of... | Most women workers have experienced period pain that affects their ability to work, a survey suggests. | 37438767 |
It had ordered a review of the plane after battery problems grounded the entire fleet last year.
The FAA said some of Boeing's suppliers did not follow industry standards for inspection that include training and testing requirement for inspectors.
But it said "effective processes" had been implemented to correct issues... | The design and manufacture of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner is safe, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said. | 26640958 |
Derbyshire police said the Roads Policing Unit pulled over the motorist on the A52 in Borrowash in the early hours of Friday.
The driver failed a breath test, drugs wipe and was also found in possession of cannabis and cocaine in an act described as "utter stupidity".
The driver was bailed while blood tests are carried... | A driver "sipping JD and coke" was caught travelling at 90mph (145km/h) on an A-road through a village. | 38421331 |
Kalavati Mistry, from Leicester, married Jewish-born Miriam Jefferson, from Texas, in a Hindu ceremony at the weekend.
Ms Mistry said many priests told her they were not allowed to marry them.
Female priest Chanda Vyas eventually stepped in to carry out the ceremony in Leicester.
Live updates form the East Midlands
Ms ... | A Hindu and Jewish lesbian couple have held a traditional wedding ceremony after finally finding a priest to officiate. | 40961343 |
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The naturalist said children - even in urban areas - are naturally drawn to the world around them.
BBC London's Sarah Harris reports. | Sir David Attenborough has opened the Woodberry Wetlands nature reserve in east London. | 36179536 |
Parent company Sahaviriya Steel Industries (SSI) said it expected "zero recovery" from the Redcar operation.
The Teesside furnaces and coke ovens were closed with a loss of 2,200 jobs in October.
Its liquidation meant SSI recorded an overall third quarter loss of 33,122m baht (£600m).
Group Chief Executive Mr. Win Viri... | The Thai owner of the Redcar steelworks has said that it lost almost 29bn baht ($800m, £530m) from the liquidation of the Teesside plant. | 34847164 |
On the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Iain Duncan Smith suggested that many "smart people" overlooked the importance of effective shelf-stacking.
A geology graduate recently won a legal victory over the back-to-work scheme.
But Mr Duncan Smith warned against assuming that geology was more important than supermarket work.
Geol... | The work and pensions secretary has criticised people "who think they're too good" to stack supermarket shelves on back-to-work government schemes. | 21490542 |
The man, who is in his 20s, was arrested in connection with the incident in Bessbrook, County Armagh.
Police went to a house in Charlemont Square East on Sunday night after an altercation involving several people.
The toddler was taken from the house after apparently suffering serious head injuries. She remains critic... | Police investigating an alleged assault that left a two-year-old girl critically injured have been granted a further 24 hours to question a man. | 29716946 |
The army, which removed Mr Morsi and detained him in response to widespread unrest, has said it will allowed peaceful protests.
Adly Mahmud Mansour, the top judge of the constitutional court, is now Egypt's interim leader and has promised that elections will take place soon.
The African Union has announced it will susp... | Supporters of Egypt's ousted president are gathering for protests in the capital to demand his reinstatement. | 23192472 |
The 14-seat shelters, a result of a partnership with nearby brewery Gambrinus, now offers players and staff warmed leather seats.
"These are quite unique and I dare to say there is no other club with them," said general manager Adolf Sadek.
The benches required two tonnes of metal and 300 square metres of aluminium.
Th... | Czech side Viktoria Plzen have unveiled new novelty dugouts in the shape of giant beer cans at their Doosan Arena. | 40750293 |
It is believed to have been one of those fired at HMS Royal Oak by a German U-boat in 1939.
A total of 833 men were killed in the naval disaster.
The seven metre (22ft) long torpedo was found lying in 35m (114ft) of water during a routine sonar seabed survey in February.
Royal Navy divers carried out two controlled ex... | Royal Navy bomb disposal experts have detonated a World War Two torpedo found in Scapa Flow in Orkney. | 35981770 |
Selling bread and beans was all very well, but the real growth was to be found in tempting shoppers with other products.
Swimsuits, barbecue kit, microwaves, Halloween costumes - the merchandise became more and more exotic.
Going to the supermarket became an endurance event as trolleys became bigger, to hold flat scree... | For decades supermarkets just got bigger and bigger. | 32385042 |
England sealed an impressive eight-wicket win over the tourists inside three days at Edgbaston on Friday.
It extended a run of alternating between wins and defeats to seven games - the longest such sequence in Tests.
"We are playing very well at the moment but the challenge is to play like that two games in a row," sai... | England head coach Trevor Bayliss has challenged his side to perform consistently after they took a 2-1 lead over Australia in the Ashes. | 33745929 |
The fire in the Uphaar hall on 13 June 1997 also wounded more than 100 people.
A court in 2007 had found Gopal Ansal and his brother Sushil guilty of causing death due to negligence.
The Supreme Court fined them 300m rupees ($4m;£3.5m) in November 2015, but India's main investigation agency appealed against the "lenie... | The owner of a cinema hall in the Indian capital Delhi has been sentenced to one year in prison in connection with a fire which killed 59 people. | 38916162 |
Virgin Trains applied to Network Rail and the Department of Transport to run two trains a day direct from Shrewsbury to London Euston.
A previous service to the capital, operated by a different company, ceased in 2011 owing to low passenger numbers.
Network Rail rejected the bid because of fears over "punctuality". Vir... | A bid to run twice daily train services from Shropshire to London has been turned down. | 22860158 |
England came third at the 1999 and 2011 tournaments and fourth at the 2003 and 2007 competition.
They also finished fourth at the 2014 Commonwealth Games but lost by just a point to both World Cup holders Australia and runners-up New Zealand.
"We're competing so strong," Housby, 20, told BBC Newcastle.
"We're going out... | Manchester Thunder shooter Helen Housby says England have the "best chance in a long time" to win next month's 2015 Netball World Cup in Sydney, Australia. | 33432065 |
Marking the 10th anniversary at a conference in the capital Belgrade, President Boris Tadic said Serbia was closer to joining the European Union.
But commemorations of the event, in which crowds backed by a bulldozer stormed parliament, were muted.
There was little sign of any public gathering in Belgrade.
Both the EU ... | Serbia's leader has said the ousting of Slobodan Milosevic 10 years ago marked the establishment of the Balkan country's democracy. | 11478533 |
The protesters, among them Calais mayor Natacha Bouchart, are demanding the closure of the "Jungle" migrant camp, saying it undermines the town.
More than 7,000 people now live there, in squalid conditions. Many of them try to jump on lorries to reach Britain.
The blockade of the A16 road was lifted in the evening.
Eur... | A blockade of lorries in conjunction with a human chain on the roads around the French port of Calais has caused severe disruption. | 37273020 |
The initial allocation of 25,000 has been increased to 29,058 for the games against Poland, Ukraine and Germany.
An extra 816 tickets are available for the game against Poland on 12 June.
An additional 1,726 fans will be able to attend the Ukraine game on 16 June with the total for the Germany game on 21 June jumping f... | Northern Ireland have received an extra 4,058 tickets for Euro 2016, bringing the total for their three fixtures group in France to more than 29,000. | 35420903 |
Robert Kerr, 39, inflicted 76 wounds on 39-year-old Xin Xin Liu at their home in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire.
He admitted culpable homicide on the grounds of diminished responsibility at an earlier hearing.
Judge Lord Boyd ordered he be detained in the high security psychiatric unit at Carstairs, Lanarkshire.
The ... | A lecturer who killed his wife after wrongly believing he was not the father of their children is to be detained in the State Hospital indefinitely. | 38817742 |
For the fourth quarter it expects profits of $1.6bn to $1.9bn, less than half the $4.2bn it made a year ago.
It expects full year profits of $10.4bn to $10.7bn, below its $10.8bn guidance.
The oil firm has issued the preliminary results to enable investors to have up-to-date information on its performance ahead of the ... | Royal Dutch Shell has reported a sharp drop in profits just a week before shareholders vote on its planned takeover of smaller rival BG Group. | 35359219 |
Jim Wilson was speaking on the BBC's Five Live after unionists lost their majority in the Northern Ireland Assembly in Thursday's election.
He said unionists and nationalists were now at "level pegging" in Stormont.
He added the result was an "eye-opener" for unionism and he said they should consider uniting around a s... | Northern Ireland has too many unionist parties and splitting votes among them has damaged their cause, a high-profile loyalist community worker has said. | 39171924 |
Pyotr Pavlensky, 29, reportedly sat for an hour and a half on the square on Sunday afternoon, with a nail driven through his genitals into the ground.
The St Petersburg performer had faced a custodial sentence of 15 days but was freed on Monday.
Pavlensky said his "Fixation" act was a metaphor for apathy in Russia.
Cri... | A performance artist has been detained in Moscow after stripping naked and nailing his scrotum to the cobblestones of Red Square in a protest. | 24896784 |
The right-back, 23, joined the League Two club in 2015 after a loan spell from Middlesbrough and his contract was set to expire in the summer.
Manager Keith Curle said: "David is a great lad but, with the additions we've made to the squad, he hasn't been able to get the game time he needs."
Atkinson had been on loan at... | Carlisle United and David Atkinson have parted company by mutual consent. | 38677156 |
An incident was alleged to have happened in the Walker Road and Grampian Lane area of Torry in the early hours of Saturday 30 July.
Police Scotland said inquires were now complete and they were no longer looking for anyone.
Members of the public were thanked for their assistance. | Police investigating a claim of a serious sexual assault on a 20-year-old woman in Aberdeen have now said no crime was committed. | 36987493 |
Khadija Shah, 25, has been held in custody with her daughter, aged four, and her five-year-old son.
She says she had been on holiday in Pakistan with relatives and had no idea what was in the cases.
The BBC's Orla Guerin said if Miss Shah was convicted she could face the death penalty.
Miss Shah, who has not been forma... | A pregnant woman from Birmingham has appeared in court in Pakistan after being arrested last month with heroin worth £3.2m in several suitcases. | 18456931 |
The 21-year-old carded a one-under 69 to win his second major of 2015 by one shot on five under after Dustin Johnson three-putted the last from 12 feet.
South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen sank six birdies in his last seven holes in a 67 to tie with Johnson for second.
World number one Rory McIlroy (66) briefly threatened ... | USA's Jordan Spieth added the US Open title to his Masters victory after a thrilling climax at the much-criticised Chambers Bay. | 33220115 |
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The victory helped United stay seven points clear at the top of the table.
Ferguson said: "Some of our defending after [our lead was halved] was a bit erratic and even desperate at times.
"But we managed to get through it. The name of the game is winning. There are moments... | Boss Sir Alex Ferguson admitted his relief after Manchester United withstood a late Liverpool rally to beat their Premier League rivals 2-1. | 21005500 |
Defending his handling of the economy ahead of a vote to approve his Budget, the chancellor said Treasury talks with departments had often been "robust".
But where mistakes were made he was ready "to listen and learn", he added.
Labour said Mr Osborne would have to raid the welfare budget further or "ditch" his self-im... | George Osborne has told MPs he was "sorry" Iain Duncan Smith resigned and was "proud" of their work together. | 35868436 |
The militants said he had been replaced but did not name his successor. A statement reiterated support for Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar.
It emerged last week that Shahidullah Shahid and five other Pakistan Taliban (TTP) commanders had defected to IS which controls parts of Iraq and Syria.
Analysts say IS poses a c... | Pakistan Taliban spokesman Shahidullah Shahid has been sacked after pledging allegiance to Islamic State (IS). | 29640242 |
A group of five men and women were walking on Middle Meadow Walk from Forest Road at about 05:15 on Tuesday.
One of the group was approached from behind by an unknown man who assaulted him.
The suspect was described as white, 25 to 30, with a medium to stocky build and shaved head.
He was wearing a light tweed-style ja... | A 19-year-old man was left with serious facial injuries after an "unprovoked attack" in the Meadows area of Edinburgh, police have said. | 34134620 |
But students from Queen's University in Belfast have taken inspiration from J.K Rowling's literary series by setting up a novel sports society.
They play Quidditch - a magical sport played on flying broomsticks in the book and film series.
It was first adapted for muggles (or non-wizards) in 2005 by students at a unive... | Northern Ireland may be better known for its backdrop to Game of Thrones than the magic of Harry Potter. | 38968666 |
The National Association of Mayors asked the federal government to offer added security to mayors "at risk".
On Saturday, the mayor of the town of Pungabarato in southern Guerrero state was shot dead only hours after a mayor in southern Chiapas had been killed.
Local officials are often targeted by criminal gangs in Me... | Mayors in Mexico have demanded they be given extra protection after two of their number were killed in separate incidents on Saturday. | 36882204 |
Ian Bailey is suing the Irish State for wrongful arrest over the killing of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.
The 57-year-old claimed he was victimised in custody.
He said he was given a black and tan shirt to wear, suggesting a reference to British auxiliary forces dispatched to Ireland during the War of Independence.
"It w... | A former journalist has told a court he was a suspect in the murder of a French filmmaker because he was English. | 30055206 |
Popular anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny won the most votes in the three-day online poll.
Some 81,801 voters took part in the internet poll, electoral committee head Leonid Volkov said.
A total of 45 seats on the Coordinating Committee for the anti-Putin foes were contested by more than 200 candidates.
Mr Nava... | Voters opposed to Russia's President Vladimir Putin have chosen a new opposition leadership to fight for election reform. | 20037209 |
The 26-year-old midfielder, who was out of contract in the summer, has switched Championship clubs after agreeing a four-and-a-half-year deal.
Forest rejected an offer from Midlands rivals Derby County earlier this month.
Lansbury, signed from Arsenal in 2012, has hit six goals in 19 games this term, including a late e... | Aston Villa have signed Nottingham Forest captain Henri Lansbury for a fee believed to be in excess of £2.75m. | 38678348 |
Kieran Brooks, 14, from Newton Abbot, died on Thursday morning at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
He had been in a coma following the accident in the resort of Chatel on 23 February.
The Torquay Boys' Grammar School pupil was injured when his equipment became trapped in a chair lift.
His fellow pupils have been in... | Police are investigating the death of a teenage boy from south Devon after he was injured on a school ski trip in France. | 12783644 |
I tell them I have no crystal ball and that I see the same poll results as they do.
But what I do say is that whenever I turn up with a camera to ask people how they're going to vote, there are an awful lot of over fifties wanting to talk about leaving.
This may be a reflection that those supporting a Brexit may be mor... | Everyone keeps asking me which way the EU referendum is going to go. | 36493196 |
Prime Minister Tony Abbott said it seemed they were trying to join "terror" groups in the Middle East.
They were stopped at Sydney International airport earlier this month.
It is a crime in Australia to fight for or assist militants on either side of the conflicts in the Middle East.
Mr Abbott said on Thursday the inci... | Australian authorities have stopped seven young Australians from leaving the country, fearing they planned to fight in the Middle East. | 33998238 |
The 23-year-old joins the Tangerines after leaving South African Premiership side Free State Stars in June.
"I'm very happy and feeling good. It's my first time in England and I'm happy to sign for Blackpool," said Mafoumbi.
The deal to sign Mafoumbi, who has 12 caps for Congo, remains subject to international clearanc... | Blackpool have signed Congo international goalkeeper Christoffer Mafoumbi on a two-year deal with the option of a further 12 months. | 40672055 |
"No job is big or small. Some may think what they do is insignificant, but I have found my destiny. It is to make wigs," says Mr Kumar.
"It's my very small contribution towards giving people, who are facing a grave illness, some hope and dignity," he adds.
Born in a farming family, Mr Kumar ran away from home at a youn... | Marishetty Kumar, a wig-maker based in the southern Indian city of Bangalore, is helping cancer patients to live a life of dignity, writes the BBC's Shilpa Kannan. | 35932050 |
The incident happened at about 18:45 on Saturday about 100m from the harbour at St Abbs.
The woman was pulled from the water unconscious and given oxygen and then taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
The RNLI announced last month it intends to shut the station with cover being provided from nearby Eyemouth.
The rescue ca... | A lifeboat crew at a closure-threatened station has been called out to rescue a diver in distress from the waters off the Borders coast. | 32957712 |
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The 23-year-old Scot won her first senior medals in the 1500m and 3,000m in Belgrade at the weekend.
"We went for the double to see how the legs coped with a lot of rounds in a short period," Muir told the BBC.
"Hopefully, come London, I'll double up and do the 1500m and t... | Briton Laura Muir's double gold at the European Indoor Championships has convinced her to race in both the 1500m and 5,000m at the World Championships in London this summer. | 39178573 |
On Friday, a judge in Lille acquitted Dominique Strauss-Kahn of the charge of aggravated pimping.
The 66-year-old former head of the IMF had denied claims he procured prostitutes to attend sex parties in France, Belgium and the US.
The man once tipped as a future president of France admitted being a swinger who enjoys ... | Have French attitudes to privacy and the sex lives of their politicians changed in light of "l'affaire DSK"? | 33084503 |
The victim, 45, was attacked by men at his home in Barnsley and shot in the legs and abandoned in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, on 13 March.
The arrest follows a large-scale cross-border investigation.
The arrested man is expected to appear at Hamilton Sheriff Court later.
The victim was allegedly attacked at his h... | A 48-year-old man has been arrested over the alleged abduction and shooting of another man who was dumped in Scotland, more than 250 miles from his home in Yorkshire. | 35152548 |
City of London Police detectives believe 680 people made purchases from a UK-based eBay account found to be selling counterfeit airbags and covers.
A 34-year-old man was arrested in Blandford Forum, Dorset, and is being questioned by officers.
Police have warned the airbags could pose a danger to drivers and passengers... | A man has been arrested by police as part of a major operation into the sale of fake car airbags. | 35602996 |
Workington Town's Derwent Park joins other illustrious host venues such as Liverpool's Anfield and the London Stadium, now home to West Ham.
BBC Sport explains how this west Cumbrian town came to be included, and why league is so prevalent in that part of the world.
The origins of rugby league are key to its popularity... | Amidst the expansion plans made for the Four Nations, with games staged in Coventry and London, there is one heartland area - Cumbria - whose commitment to the sport of rugby league has been rewarded. | 37924477 |
Stocks had tumbled on Friday in the wake of the UK's vote to leave the EU.
However, Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 remains on track to reverse those losses. The index closed up 0.1% at 15,575.92.
The gains came despite fresh data showing May's industrial output falling at the fastest rate in three months.
The slowdown ha... | Japanese shares have seen their fourth consecutive day of gains, as global stock markets continue to stabilise following the UK's referendum vote. | 36669888 |
Ms Sturgeon told BBC Scotland she had spoken to the prime minister after his Conservative Party secured an overall majority at Westminster.
She said Scotland had "voted for change" and her party's 56 MPs would ensure its voice was heard.
Mr Cameron has reiterated his pledge to devolve further powers to Scotland.
The SN... | SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has warned David Cameron that it cannot be "business as usual" in Scotland after her party's historic election success. | 32668247 |
Some officers have been asked to travel more than 200 miles on short-term attachments because of the crisis.
Thirty-two officers are being sent to maximum security Woodhill prison, in Milton Keynes, the documents show.
The Ministry of Justice insisted "most prisons are appropriately staffed".
It said a recent rise in t... | Nearly 250 prison officers are being bussed across the country to fill gaps at other jails because staff shortages are so acute this Christmas, according to leaked documents. | 30539056 |
Peterhead goalkeeper Fraser Hobday saved early efforts from Alan Cook and Mark Gilhaney, while at the other end Colin McCabe denied James Stevenson, James Redman and Nicky Riley.
However, Rory McAllister diverted Cook's corner into his own net.
And Jamie McCormack's thunderous strike ensured Stenhousemuir moved above S... | Stenhousemuir beat fellow strugglers Peterhead to lift themselves off the foot of the Scottish League One table. | 38361370 |
Ajit Singh Singhvi was originally placed second in the awards list of Rajasthan University in 1969.
But he contested the result, saying he deserved first place.
Mr Singhvi received his medal on Thursday after a protracted legal battle and delays by the university.
The retired civil servant told BBC Hindi that he was el... | An 81-year-old Indian man has finally been awarded a prestigious gold medal for coming top in law exams which he sat nearly 50 years ago. | 36607558 |
The Ogiek were entitled to live on their ancestral land and the government should not have tried to evict them, a pan-African court ruled.
Campaigners hailed the ruling as a huge victory for indigenous communities.
The government had argued that the hunter-gatherers needed to be evicted to protect the indigenous forest... | Hunter-gatherers in Kenya have won an eight-year court battle against the government's plan to evict them from their ancestral land in the Mau Forest. | 40060521 |
The Medway University Technical College will be open to students in Gravesham, Maidstone, Medway, Tonbridge and Mailling and Swale in September 2015.
Students at the school will have access to the Medway campus of the University of Greenwich Mid Kent college.
The school is part of a regeneration project at Chatham Dock... | Planning permission has been granted for a £10m Medway secondary school specialising in construction and engineering. | 28384182 |
The 94 passengers and six crew on board flight BA6234 disembarked safely.
The Boeing 737-400 plane - owned and operated by South African franchise Comair - had flown to OR Tambo International Airport from Port Elizabeth on Monday.
South African authorities are investigating what caused the incident.
Emergency services ... | Emergency crews were called to help a British Airways franchise flight after its landing gear collapsed soon after touching down in Johannesburg. | 34639853 |
The wedding occurs in the third book of the A Song of Ice and Fire series and the third season of the TV show.
He says: "I couldn't write it when I got to it. I skipped over it - I finished the entire rest of the book with a hole in it."
Major characters die at the wedding of Edmure Tully and Roslin Frey, in one of the... | Game of Thrones author George RR Martin says writing the Red Wedding was the hardest thing he's ever done. | 30631794 |
Luiz Carlos da Rocha - nicknamed "White Head" - is believed to be the leader of a massive cocaine empire in South America.
Federal police said sentences handed down to Rocha amount to more than 50 years of prison time.
Police said he was "a criminal who lived discreetly and in the shadows".
The drug kingpin had been li... | Brazilian police have captured a notorious drug kingpin who used plastic surgery to evade capture for almost 30 years. | 40469706 |
The image, which was daubed onto a London shop 15 years ago, was chosen above the likes of Constable's Hay Wain and Jack Vettriano's Singing Butler.
Some 2,000 people chose their favourite artwork from a shortlist of 20 works drawn up by arts editors and writers.
The Fighting Temeraire, by JMW Turner, and Antony Gormle... | Banksy's mural of a girl letting go of a heart-shaped balloon has been voted the nation's favourite artwork. | 40717821 |
Lt-Gen Ben Hodges was speaking to the BBC's Hardtalk programme during large Nato exercises in north-western Poland.
"The Russians are able to move huge formations and lots of equipment a long distance very fast," he said.
Nato needs to have that speed too, he said. "Three days' notification, we ought to be able to do t... | The commander of US troops in Europe says Nato cannot rapidly deploy large forces to Eastern Europe in the way that Russia can. | 36575180 |
Seamer Stuart Broad and all-rounder Chris Woakes have been left out but Steven Finn has been selected, despite suffering from a side strain.
Dawson, 25, played with the England Lions over the winter.
"I haven't actually seen him play a game," said Bayliss.
"I went to one or two of the Lions practices and saw him in the... | Uncapped all-rounder Liam Dawson has been included in England's squad for the World Twenty20 in India next month, despite head coach Trevor Bayliss never having watched him play. | 35539301 |
The Serb, playing his first clay match of the year after recovering from an elbow injury, won 6-3 3-6 7-5.
The 29-year-old secured the first set before Simon saved four break points in the second to change the game's tempo.
Simon, ranked 32nd, had the chance to serve for the match but Djokovic fought through to reach t... | World number two Novak Djokovic won on his return to the tour as he beat France's Gilles Simon in his opening match of the Monte Carlo Masters. | 39624822 |
Irish President Michael D Higgins made the announcement during a visit to the University of California at Berkeley.
He said an initial grant of $40,000 (36,000 euros) would be used to support the establishment of a new Irish studies programme on campus.
The grant will also be used towards the organisation of events and... | A US university is to establish a new Irish Studies programme that will be part-funded by the Irish government. | 34646190 |
The organisation favours a tunnel, saying it offers the best economic benefits and journey time improvements.
But audience members at a BBC debate said its consultation made it hard to respond favouring the alternative plan.
Highways England said people could comment if they favoured other routes.
Highways England favo... | Opponents of plans to build a Lower Thames Crossing east of Gravesend have called the public consultation invalid - branding it a sales brochure for Highways England's preferred option. | 35786752 |
The semi-professionals won 1-0 in the first leg of their Champions League qualifier in Gibraltar last Tuesday.
"It was a bolt of lightning rather than a massive shock to the world," Rodgers said before Wednesday's return at home.
"Since I came in, the players have been brilliant, first-class, very humble guys, no ego, ... | Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers says he has been "happy" with his players in every match since taking charge, including the shock defeat by Lincoln Red Imps. | 36835496 |
Neon Roberts underwent surgery on a brain tumour on Wednesday against his mother's wishes.
Sally Roberts, 37, wanted a delay until more doctors had been consulted, and does not want him to have radiotherapy because she has future health concerns.
Doctors said Neon's condition would worsen without further treatment.
The... | A seven-year-old boy at the centre of a legal dispute over cancer treatment should be given radiotherapy as soon as possible, a High Court judge has heard. | 20798188 |
BBC Wales has heard claims that one subject, launched 15 years ago, still has no teaching resource in Welsh.
Shadow Education Secretary Llyr Gruffydd said it was "unfair" to rely on teachers to translate material.
The Welsh Government said it was committed to making the "right resources" available.
Chris Evans, head of... | The launch of new GCSE and A Level subjects should be delayed until Welsh language textbooks are available, Plaid Cymru has said. | 37545993 |
"It chimed quite vividly with me because so many of my friends are finding it quite hard to go through that," Piper says. "It seems to be a very common topic at the moment."
Piper plays the title role of Yerma in a modern retelling of Federico Garcia Lorca's 1934 tragedy about a woman whose desperation to become a moth... | Billie Piper says her latest stage role, about a woman desperate to have a child, feels very relevant because it's an issue being faced by many women she knows. | 36858090 |
We met Rebecca in a section of the divided UN compound in Bentiu reserved for ethnic Dinkas and foreigners, and found somewhere quiet and out of sight to speak.
She is 20, visibly pregnant and very nervous describing what happened to her after rebel troops from the rival Nuer community re-took the town last month.
Sexu... | The BBC's Alastair Leithead travels to South Sudan's oil hub of Bentiu to investigate reports of rape and murder in one of the worst-affected areas of the nation's brutal conflict. | 27329787 |
Phillip Potter, 19, and Matthew Gordon, 29, both from Dauntsey in Wiltshire, appeared before Bath magistrates.
Mitzi Steady, four, Stephen Vaughan, 34, Phil Allen, 52, and Robert Parker, 59, all died in the crash last year.
The case will be heard again at Bristol Crown Court for a preliminary hearing on 22 February.
Mi... | Two men have appeared in court to face charges of death by dangerous driving after the tipper truck they were in killed four people. | 35373019 |
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