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The UK government is consulting on plans to cut the tolls by more than half to £3 for cars in 2018 after the bridges return to public ownership.
Labour MP Jessica Morden said the tolls were an "unfair tax" on commuters and businesses in her Newport East seat.
Transport Minister John Hayes said a balance should be struc... | Calls for the Severn Bridge tolls to be scrapped have been made in the House of Commons as MPs debate their future. | 38815110 |
William John Brynley Powell, 90, of Abergwesyn, died following a two-vehicle crash on the A483 near Llandovery, Powys, at 15:55 BST on Saturday.
A woman driver was also killed in a crash on the A477 Broadmoor to Redberth road, Pembrokeshire, at 13:40 BST.
Later, a driver died in a collision on the M4 between Bridgend a... | Three people have died and another has been seriously injured in separate road collisions across Wales. | 28730836 |
Kingfisher has confirmed to the market that the €275m (£200m) deal, first announced last year, would not proceed.
The company already owns the Castorama chain in France and the deal depended on regulatory approval.
It emerged last week that some Mr Bricolage shareholders opposed the deal.
Shares in Kingfisher rose 3.1%... | The owner of B&Q has abandoned its planned purchase of French DIY chain Mr Bricolage. | 32113696 |
Midfielder Joel Byrom, 30, has joined on an undisclosed length contract after being released by Northampton Town
Goalkeeper Jake Kean has joined on loan from Championship side Sheffield Wednesday, with the 25-year-old staying at Field Mill until the summer.
Twenty-year-old Sheffield United midfielder Ben Whiteman has a... | Mansfield Town manager Steve Evans has made three additions to his side as the January transfer window opens. | 38480111 |
Mai Ahmad Fatty said financial experts were trying to evaluate the exact loss.
Luxury cars and other items were seen being loaded on to a Chadian cargo plane on the night Mr Jammeh left the country.
Mr Jammeh flew into exile on Saturday, ending his 22 years in power.
He had refused to accept election results but finall... | More than $11m (£8.8m) is missing from The Gambia's state coffers following the departure of long-time leader Yahya Jammeh, an adviser to President Adama Barrow has said. | 38714007 |
Congestion, which began to build up on major routes on Friday afternoon, has increased steadily and is expected to ease late on Saturday afternoon.
This weekend is traditionally one of the busiest of the year with some 16 million cars expected on the roads.
The weather for the bank holiday is set to be a mix of sunshin... | Drivers have been held in long traffic delays as the bank holiday getaway peaks, motoring organisations say. | 11118885 |
Party leader Peter Robinson revealed on Saturday that DUP officers unanimously decided to expel her for allegedly bringing the party into disrepute.
The decision followed her public criticism of the selection of Emma Pengelly as an MLA for South Belfast.
Ms Patterson told the BBC she stands over her criticism of the pa... | Belfast councillor Ruth Patterson has said she will not appeal her expulsion from the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). | 34896065 |
A spokesman for the former X-Factor star said he was told to "completely change" his set 24 hours before the Rio 2016 homecoming party.
Management said it was decided he would quit the show as a result.
Manchester City Council said Murs' absence was the first time an artist had pulled out of one of its events.
Imposter... | Olly Murs cancelled his Olympic and Paralympic parade show performance in Manchester after being told to change his set, his management has claimed. | 37694397 |
Now they are being discussed worldwide as California's latest billionaires.
The internet is alive with the news that Mr Koum, 37, and Mr Acton, 42, have sold WhatsApp to Facebook for $19bn (£11.4bn).
In fact, before founding WhatsApp, both men were actually turned down for jobs at Facebook.
This is an irony that has no... | Until 24 hours ago, WhatsApp founder Jan Koum and his business partner Brian Acton were relatively unknown outside Silicon Valley tech circles. | 26271963 |
The handful of chances created by the home side were spurned but mostly they were frustrated by the visitors.
Captain Scott Brown returned to the starting XI and was typically dynamic until a late knock left him hobbling.
Celtic rarely fail to score and Kilmarnock rarely keep clean sheets but expectations were overturn... | Premiership leaders Celtic dropped points and potentially suffered an injury setback as they failed to break down a resolute Kilmarnock side. | 34818122 |
Ian Bell led the way with 65 not out and Joe Root chipped in with an unbeaten 38 as the hosts chased down 121 in 32.1 overs to win with ease on the afternoon of the third day.
Australia's last three wickets had added 97 runs as they were bowled out for 265 to leave England a testing target, with Steven Finn completing ... | England completed a crushing eight-wicket victory over Australia to take a 2-1 Ashes series lead at a jubilant Edgbaston. | 33734800 |
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After Joshua knocked out Eric Molina on Saturday, it was announced that ex-heavyweight king Klitschko is next.
The record of 90,000 was set by light-heavyweights Len Harvey and Jock McAvoy at White City Stadium in 1939.
"It will definitely be 80,000 but we will ask for per... | Anthony Joshua's fight against Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley Stadium on 29 April could match the all-time British attendance record. | 38280012 |
Danny Johnson went close for the hosts by hitting a post with a speculative strike from 20 yards early on, before Eastleigh - who beat League One side Swindon 3-1 in midweek to reach the second round of the FA Cup - took control.
Scott Wilson got the Spitfires up and running by rising highest to head home a corner afte... | Gateshead fought back from 2-0 down to salvage a 2-2 National League draw with Eastleigh at Gateshead International Stadium. | 37960048 |
27 March 2015 Last updated at 15:46 GMT
It's after our big food survey, which showed more than half of kids don't eat any vegetables on a daily basis.
The latest figures also show one in three kids in the UK is overweight or obese.
One of the big things being blamed for that is the amount of sugar we're eating - someti... | All this week Newsround is looking at food - how it affects us and how we can eat more healthily. | 32053178 |
Taking their name from the Irish word for family, the band consisted of Ciarán, Pól and Moya Brennan and their twin uncles Noel and Pádraig Duggan.
They achieved mainstream success in the 1980s with the themes to TV shows Harry's Game and Robin of Sherwood.
Duggan, who played guitar and mandolin, died in a Dublin hospi... | Pádraig Duggan, one of the founding members of Irish folk group Clannad, has died aged 67. | 37022580 |
The Zambians will take a narrow advantage into the second leg, with the South Africans securing what could prove to be a crucial away goal.
On Friday, Zamalek took a big step towards the final with a 4-0 win over Wydad Casablanca in Alexandria - a result which ended John Toshack's reign as coach of the Moroccan club.
I... | Zesco United of Zambia beat Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa 2-1 in Ndola on Saturday in the first leg of their African Champions League semi-final. | 37397579 |
Every day, thousands visit the shrine and return with gifts when they believe their wishes have been granted.
Street vendors outside sell garlands and wooden elephants to be presented as offerings.
The best known of a number of Hindu shrines in the vicinity, the Erawan was built in 1956 to ward off bad luck from a hote... | The Erawan Hindu shrine is a major landmark in the very centre of the Thai capital, Bangkok - for people coming from East Asia and China in particular, as well as locals. | 33964384 |
Three people, including the pilot, jumped to safety before the plane crashed and are currently in hospital.
Witnesses said the aircraft appeared to run into engine trouble before it came down.
Jamijarvi airport is one the most popular in the country for leisure and training flights.
The skydivers were all residents of ... | Eight skydivers have been killed after their plane crashed near the town of Jamijarvi in Finland. | 27099638 |
Where does the UK belong in the world?
Is the strongest bond with major European economies like France and Germany? Or is there a stronger connection with the United States, with its free market instincts and English-speaking culture?
Or maybe we should be looking across the North Sea.
Because it's surprising how often... | The UK has been caught in a long tug-of-war about its identity, which will only become more intense as the EU referendum approaches. | 35374822 |
The Christian Democrat who led two governments in the 1970s passed away at his home in Edegem, near Antwerp.
In the 1979 European election, he won 983,000 votes, still a record for any election in Belgium.
The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, paid tribute to him as a "great European".
In the E... | Former Belgian Prime Minister Leo Tindemans, whose record support at the first European elections earned him the nickname "Mr Europe", has died aged 92. | 30608091 |
Levine, 72, will step down in May at the end of the current 2015-16 season.
The Met said Levine had in recent years "struggled with the effects of Parkinson's disease, making it increasingly difficult for him to conduct a full schedule of Met performances".
A successor will be announced in "a couple of months".
Levine,... | James Levine, the music director at New York's Metropolitan Opera for 40 years, is to retire for health reasons. | 36052677 |
The Public Administration Committee said an absence of national strategy was leading to "mistakes" such as those following the recent Budget.
The aims set out in the coalition agreement were "too meaningless to serve any useful purpose", it added.
But the government said it had "a very clear objective to bring down the... | A lack of strategic thinking is leading to a "patch and mend" approach to policy-making, a group of MPs has said. | 17817741 |
But South African Ryan McLaren then limited the damage by the end of the day as he hit an unbeaten 84 to help Hampshire recover from 87-7 to 189-8.
Bad light interrupted an impressive fightback, forcing an early close.
But left-armer Barker's 5-44 - this season's first five-wicket haul - has given the Bears the upper h... | Keith Barker took five wickets before lunch on the opening day of the County Championship to put Warwickshire on top against Hampshire at Southampton. | 35960601 |
Essex have been in talks for a number of years regarding the stadium, home of football club West Ham from August.
"The objective is to play cricket there in 2018, probably play two or three home T20 games in a two-week period," Bowden told BBC Essex.
"There may also be an England women's or even men's game or some invi... | Essex hope to host T20 cricket matches in the Olympic Stadium in 2018, says chief executive Derek Bowden. | 36764000 |
The disabled woman was kept in a house in Northern Ireland for eight years.
She was reported missing, but when she apparently called Suffolk Police to say she was fine, they stopped searching.
PCC Tim Passmore said "lessons must be learned" and he would discuss with the chief constable why further inquiries were not ca... | Suffolk's police and crime commissioner has said he is determined to "get to the bottom" of how a missing woman from the county ended up as a "sex slave". | 39513888 |
5 November 2015 Last updated at 00:47 GMT
But the majority of Myanmar's population still lives in rural areas, which have recently been affected by devastating floods.
The BBC's Karishma Vaswani has been to rural Yangon to talk to the man who runs Unilever in the area. | Since the West lifted sanctions on Myanmar three years ago, the economy has seen the region's strongest growth at 8.3%. | 34727828 |
Greg Moffat, 22, had previously been found guilty of carrying out the attack on his 23-year-old victim at a flat in Airdrie.
The rape took place in the early hours of 16 March last year.
The victim was part of a group who had gone back to the flat following a night out at a local club. She went to sleep, but was awoken... | A man who raped a sleeping woman after sneaking into bed beside her has been jailed for four years. | 34007974 |
Mishcon de Reya, lawyers acting for a group of business people and academics, said it would be unlawful for a prime minister to trigger Article 50 without a full debate and vote in Parliament.
It comes after the UK voted to leave the EU in the 23 June referendum.
Number 10 said Parliament should "have a role" in decidi... | A law firm is taking action to ensure the formal process for the UK leaving the EU is not started without an act of Parliament. | 36700350 |
It's after the singer travelled without approval for a concert and failed to complete community service on time - he's required to perform work such as graffiti removal.
The 25-year-old star has been on probation since 2009 for attacking his then-girlfriend, Rihanna.
Judge James Brandlin allowed Brown to remain free un... | A judge has revoked Chris Brown's probation, but hasn't sent him back to prison. | 30845556 |
Roedd Jan Jedrzejewski yn byw yn yr ardal ac fe gafodd ei ddarganfod yn anymwybodol ar Heol Keene yn y ddinas am tua 23:00 ar 12 Ionawr.
Cafodd ei gludo i Ysbyty Brenhinol Gwent ond bu farw yn ddiweddarach.
Dywedodd Heddlu Gwent bod un llanc 17 oed, dau ddyn 18 ac un 43, oll wedi eu cyhuddo o lofruddiaeth.
Mi fydd y pe... | Mae pedwar dyn wedi cael eu cyhuddo o lofruddio dyn 41 oed yng Nghasnewydd. | 38645248 |
Cheung Jiping and Lui Bo had been released from police custody in southern China last week.
But a close friend told the BBC they were in Hong Kong for only a few hours before going back to China as part of their bail conditions.
Both men have confessed to trading in illegal books in China.
Their supporters believe the ... | Two Hong Kong booksellers caught up in a criminal investigation in China have returned to the mainland after a brief stay in the territory, a friend says. | 35781842 |
Sixth-placed Quins are five points adrift of the play-off places, with three games of the regular season remaining.
"If we are going to be in the top four, we have to win this weekend, full stop," O'Shea told BBC Radio 5 live.
"This is do or die for us in the league."
Opponents Saracens won the Premiership last season ... | Harlequins director of rugby Conor O'Shea says his side's Premiership season hinges on Saturday's clash with league leaders Saracens at Wembley. | 36036878 |
Free movement of people - alongside free movement of goods, services and capital - is one of the four founding principles of the European Union. It gives all citizens of EU countries the right to travel, live and work wherever they wish within the EU.
But in response to public concerns in Britain about the impact of im... | Why does free movement of people - one of the founding principles of the European Union - look set to become so important in the debate about whether Britain should remain in the EU? | 33655318 |
The £783m vessel, which came into Southampton earlier, is 361m (1,187ft) long and can carry 6,780 passengers.
It features 20 restaurants, 23 swimming pools and took more than two-and-a-half years to construct.
The 70m (230ft) high cruise ship had its first trial in March when it was guided out to sea from the port of ... | The world's largest cruise ship, Harmony of the Seas, has arrived in the UK. | 36304174 |
Georgie Hermitage added 400m gold to her 100m title as she stormed to T37 victory in a new world mark of 1.00.43.
Elsewhere team-mate Hollie Arnold won F46 javelin gold with a 43.01m world record on her final throw.
Wales' Rob Davies clinched class one table tennis gold as he overcame South Korea's Young Dae Joo by thr... | Great Britain won three gold medals and set two world records on a successful morning at the Rio Paralympics. | 37350442 |
Medics said women and children were among those who died in Wahijah, a village near the Red Sea port of Mocha.
The Saudi-led coalition, which began an air campaign in March to defeat the Houthi rebel movement, denied it was responsible for the attack.
However, witnesses said warplanes targeted the celebration and Yemen... | At least 38 people are reported to have been killed in an air strike on a wedding party in south-western Yemen. | 34382405 |
Hundreds more are due to be removed later this week, but the migrants are arriving in Greece faster than they can be sent back.
More than 220 reached the Greek islands on Monday alone, according to the UN.
An increase in asylum claims has also reduced those eligible for deportation.
Under the EU deal with Turkey, migra... | Greece paused deportations of migrants to Turkey on Tuesday, a day after the first boats took back 202 people under a controversial EU plan to cut off a migrant route to Europe. | 35967351 |
In a breathtaking final few moments that produced two goals, two red cards and a missed penalty, the home side emerged victorious to leave Gills down in 20th spot after suffering a fourth successive loss.
The visitors, who had trailed 2-0 after 10 minutes, had looked to have snatched a valuable point when Josh Wright s... | Dean Lewington's last-minute winner saw MK Dons claim a dramatic victory as struggling Gillingham slipped to within two points of the League One relegation places. | 39389348 |
Planning permission for the anaerobic digester at Tully Quarry near Ballymena has already been granted.
It will take 40,000 tonnes of poultry litter a year, generating biogas and producing a fertiliser.
The total cost of the project is £23m. Most of the rest of the money is coming from private finance.
It is the second... | Stormont is to loan more than £7m in public money towards the cost of a plant to deal with waste from Northern Ireland's poultry industry. | 36577281 |
Red Bull are pushing to use Mercedes engines having lost confidence in their current supplier Renault.
Asked if supplying Red Bull was a good idea, Hamilton said: "If we are serious about winning the world championship, probably not.
"Red Bull are a great team, but it's like giving Ferrari our engines."
Hamilton added:... | Lewis Hamilton has expressed his opposition to the idea of his Mercedes team supplying Red Bull with engines in the future. | 34147218 |
The 24-year-old joined Rangers aged 18 after starting out at Tamworth, and has also had spells at Cowdenbeath and Barnsley.
Hemmings scored 28 goals in 44 games in all competitions for the Scottish Premiership side.
"He is the proven goalscorer that we've talked about and he enjoyed a fantastic season," said boss Micha... | Oxford United have signed Dundee striker Kane Hemmings for an undisclosed fee on a three-year deal. | 36908217 |
The international trade secretary said the issue of whether the current UK ban on chlorine-washed poultry would be lifted was "a detail of the very end stage of one sector" of future talks.
The EU bans imports on health grounds but free market groups want a rethink.
Downing Street said any trade deal must work for both... | Liam Fox has downplayed talk that a future US-UK trade deal after Brexit could be threatened by disagreements over chlorinated chicken imports. | 40703368 |
Fred Morrad, 83, lived in Luton during the war, where his father was an aircraft inspector at the Percival Aircraft Company, based at the airport.
On 30 August 1940 at 16:50 BST, 51 bombs fell on the Vauxhall factory in about one minute, killing 39 people.
Mr Morrad recalled how a friend's father died in the attack.
"M... | On the 75th anniversary of the World War Two bombing of Luton's Vauxhall factory, a Norfolk man has told the BBC about watching the attack as a boy. | 34083126 |
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Westley's final game in charge was Boro's League Two play-off semi-final defeat by Southend and his contact at Broadhall Way ends on 31 May.
It is 49-year-old Sheringham's first managerial job, having been West Ham attacking coach under manager Sam Allardyce for the last 1... | Stevenage have appointed former England striker Teddy Sheringham as manager to replace the outgoing Graham Westley. | 32832999 |
Greg Clarke was talking to the Culture, Media and Sport committee in Westminster following the departure of Sam Allardyce as England boss.
Coventry City's future is unclear, with a deal allowing it to play at the Ricoh Arena due to expire next season.
Thousands of people have signed a petition urging owners Sisu to sel... | The chairman of the Football Association has branded the situation at Coventry City "a very sad case". | 37681840 |
His family said a "small, private ceremony" on Wednesday was attended by "family and close friends".
In the statement, they thanked his fans for "their many messages of love and support" following the funeral, thought to have been held in London.
Michael died of natural causes at his home in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshi... | George Michael's funeral has taken place, three months after his sudden death at the age of 53. | 39434127 |
The boy reportedly got into difficulties while swimming with friends at Greenbooth Reservoir in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.
Police were called to the moorland beauty spot on Monday. An underwater search team examined the area and later discovered the boy's body.
His details have not been released and police said they... | A 16-year-old boy has drowned in a reservoir. | 40336890 |
New York City, the franchise team of English side Manchester City where Wright-Phillips started his career, took the lead through Thomas McNamara.
Wright-Phillips equalised for the visitors just after the break before Chris Duvall put them in front.
Matt Miazga secured the win for the Red Bulls, who won May's inaugural... | Bradley Wright-Phillips scored for New York Red Bulls as they beat derby rivals New York City FC 3-1 in Major League Soccer. | 33307799 |
Jay Wilde, 59, who farms in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, sent 63 cattle to a Norfolk rescue centre as he could no longer bear to send them to be killed.
Mr Wilde, a vegetarian for 25 years, grew up herding cows and took over the family farm when his father died.
"Cows have good memories and a range of emotions. They form rel... | A vegetarian farmer has given his herd of cows to an animal sanctuary to protect them from the slaughterhouse. | 40253429 |
House at Maghera, three miles from Newcastle, won the Liam McCormack Prize at the Royal Society of Ulster Architects (RSUA) awards in Belfast on Thursday night.
The award is presented to the entry that best demonstrates design excellence in all its attributes.
The house is home to a couple and their three children.
It ... | A house in County Down has scooped the award for Northern Ireland's building of the year. | 36396418 |
Terry Wright has announced his retirement after 30 years with the island's prison service.
He joined as a prison officer in 1983 after a career in the Royal Marine Commandos and was appointed governor in 1998.
David Matthews, the deputy governor, is due to take over as governor from 21 March.
He has been serving as the... | Guernsey Prison will get a new governor due to the retirement of the current post holder. | 21193951 |
Peter Stuart, 75, was stabbed to death last June. The body of Sylvia Stuart, 69, has never been found.
Christy Paxman said her father told her an unknown man approached him in his garden in Weybread, Suffolk.
The defendant, named by prosecutors as Ali Qazimaj, denies murder and claims he is a victim of mistaken identit... | A woman whose parents were allegedly murdered told a jury that a mystery man accosted her father in his garden a week before he died. | 38911309 |
But unconvinced backbench Conservative MPs want the element of compulsion to be dropped before giving it their approval.
Mrs Morgan was pressed by MPs on whether good and outstanding schools would be forced to become academies.
The education secretary said she would not "leave the job half done".
The government's White... | Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has defended her plans for all schools in England to be required to become academies. | 36133065 |
The company said it needed fewer staff now that it has completed the move to a new contact handling system.
A source said it was confident that it would achieve the target through a voluntary redundancy scheme.
The job cuts are from a customer service workforce of 1,800, spread across five sites, three of them in Glasg... | ScottishPower is shedding 200 jobs from its customer service departments in Scotland and southern England. | 38270332 |
Founded in the 80s, the company sold hardware and software to thousands of companies, and during the dot.com boom it was bringing in $5bn (£3.4bn) in revenue each quarter. But then the bubble burst, and the firm went into a catastrophic downward spiral.
Its share price plummeted and, in 2010, the scraps of Sun Microsy... | Sun Microsystems was a Silicon Valley giant. | 36136545 |
In a TV special to mark her upcoming 80th birthday, the Welsh singer said she had quickly returned to performing "after a week of being alone".
"I walked on the stage and I opened my mouth to sing Goldfinger," she said. "Nothing came out."
Samantha Novak, 21, was found face down in the River Avon, near the Clifton susp... | Dame Shirley Bassey has revealed that her daughter's death 30 years ago left her unable to sing for six months. | 38404461 |
She succeeds former secretary general Jerome Valcke, who was banned from football-related activity for 12 years.
Samoura, 54, spent 21 years working for the United Nations and will start at football's governing body in June.
"It is essential Fifa incorporates fresh perspectives as we continue to restore and rebuild our... | Senegal's Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura has been appointed as Fifa's first female secretary general. | 36289757 |
In an academic paper, he said central banks could "sacrifice some political independence" without undermining their ability to do their job.
"We need a more nuanced approach to central bank independence in this brave new world," he added.
A former top Bank official said Mr Balls had raised "an important issue".
Andrew ... | Former shadow chancellor Ed Balls has called for the Bank of England's independence to be curbed in response to growing "popular discontent". | 38010222 |
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The victory gave Hungary's Danuta Kozak a fifth Olympic gold medal and her third at Rio 2016.
Germany claimed silver, finishing 0.901 seconds adrift, with third-placed Belarus 2.426secs behind the winners.
GB's four of Rachel Cawthorn, Louisa Gurski, Rebii Simon and Jess W... | Hungary successfully defended their women's kayak four 500m Olympic crown, with Great Britain's quartet finishing seventh. | 36691340 |
Trish Vickers had terminal cancer and had put out an appeal to have Grannifer's Legacy printed.
The 64-year-old lost her sight 11 years ago and wrote the book by hand, but 26 pages were blank as she did not realise her pen ran out of ink.
A local firm was able to publish the book within two weeks, but the Charmouth res... | A blind author whose dying wish was to have her book published passed away the day it came off the presses. | 39242550 |
The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) has received records of 2,732 animals over that period.
Seals were the most common animal seen, with many spotted around London's Canary Wharf, probably because many people spot them from its skyscrapers.
In addition, the public reported 444 porpoises and dolphins on the river, an... | Ten years of public sightings show that large marine mammals are regularly found in the River Thames. | 33996020 |
The crackdown is aimed at making sure essential services such as water, energy, transport and health firms are safeguarded against hacking attempts.
Firms will also be required to show they have a strategy to cover power failures and environmental disasters.
Digital Minister Matt Hancock said any fines would be a last ... | Firms could face fines of up to £17m or 4% of global turnover if they fail to protect themselves from cyber-attacks, the government has warned. | 40857219 |
World War Two veteran Bill Dudley of Connah's Quay celebrated with a party at the Mold McDonald's restaurant where he works.
The great grandfather started working part-time in customer care nine years ago after becoming bored pottering around the house.
Mr Dudley, who served in the Navy, said: "I still love coming to w... | A fast food chain's oldest employee in Europe has turned 90 and says he has no plans to retire. | 32220985 |
Azhar Ahmed, 19, of Fir Avenue, Ravensthorpe, appeared at Dewsbury Magistrates' Court charged under the Communications Act 2003.
A racially-aggravated public order charge was withdrawn at the hearing and Mr Ahmed denied the new charge.
He was bailed to appear before Huddersfield magistrates on 3 July.
Mr Ahmed is charg... | Protesters gathered outside a court as a teenager was accused of posting an offensive Facebook message about the deaths of six British soldiers. | 17441839 |
That changed earlier this year when she suffered a stroke - it left her paralysed down one side of her body.
Stroke mainly affects people over in their 60s.
However, the most recent NHS figures for England show that more than a 1,000 people under 30 were admitted to hospital in the year 2011/12 because of a stroke.
Now... | Elizabeth Ashmore was like most 20-year-olds, she went clubbing, likes Clean Bandit and loves Greg James. | 30579874 |
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Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson threw for 224 and two touchdowns in a 26-6 victory over the Detroit Lions.
It was the Seahawks's 10th consecutive post-season victory at home.
Earlier in Houston, the Texans overpowered rookie third-choice quarterback Connor Cook to beat ... | The Seattle Seahawks and the Houston Texans progressed from the wildcard round as the NFL play-offs kicked off on Saturday. | 38546426 |
Elections will be held in 34 councils in England and all 22 councils in Wales, and six new regional mayors are being voted in.
A Parliamentary by-election will also take place in the Manchester Gorton constituency.
Elections are also taking place in Scotland, where the registration deadline is midnight on Monday.
Peopl... | People in England and Wales have until midnight to register to vote in council and mayoral elections on 4 May. | 39588426 |
The hull of Shell's Prelude was floated in South Korea.
When fully built, Prelude will be the largest floating facility ever created, weighing more than 600,000 tonnes.
It would be used to help in the production of natural gas from 2017, Shell said, and would operate for 25 years off Australia's north-west coast.
The a... | A floating vessel that is longer than the Empire State Building is high has taken to the water for the first time. | 25213845 |
All kick-off at 15:00 GMT unless stated.
Motherwell v Celtic (12:15)
Hamilton v Partick Thistle
Kilmarnock v Dundee
Rangers v Aberdeen
Ross County v Hearts
St Johnstone v Inverness CT
BBC Radio Scotland will cover all of the action, with text and radio coverage available on the BBC Sport website. | Match previews for the Scottish Premiership, with leaders Celtic at Fir Park in the lunchtime game and Rangers welcoming Aberdeen to Ibrox. | 38187726 |
Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith has been accused of running a "desperate" and "racist" smear campaign against his Labour opponent Sadiq Khan.
Clearly incensed at the accusation - which he rejects - Mr Goldsmith has pushed full steam ahead with his claims that the Labour candidate has given "oxygen to extremists".
... | Elections are rarely chummy affairs - but over the past few days relations between the two leading candidates in London's mayoral race have become distinctly unfriendly. | 36054173 |
Rooney opened the scoring after Jonny Hayes' header put him through on goal, with McGinn arrowing in a brilliant second before half-time.
Rooney doubled his tally from the penalty spot following a Morgyn Neill hand-ball soon after the break.
McGinn completed the rout with a neat finish from outside the box.
It was no s... | Adam Rooney and Niall McGinn scored two goals apiece as Aberdeen eased past League One side Stranraer to reach the Scottish Cup fifth round. | 38620230 |
The order gives the league the means to have computer servers used to power the streams blocked.
Until now, it could only go after individual video streams which were relatively easy to re-establish at different links.
A spokesman said it could now target pirates in a "precise manner".
"For the first time this will ena... | The Premier League has secured a court order to help tackle rights-infringing video streams of football matches via so-called Kodi set-top boxes. | 39206185 |
Although there are legitimate ways of using tax havens, most of what has been going on is about hiding the true owners of money, the origin of the money and avoiding paying tax on the money.
If you are a wealthy business owner in Germany who has decided to evade tax, an international drugs dealer or the head of a bruta... | The revelations in the millions of papers leaked from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca uncovering a suspected money laundering ring run by close associates of Vladimir Putin may leave readers drowning in a sea of confusing terms and phrases. | 35943740 |
His son Sean Ely said the musician died at home in Redmond, Oregon, after a long battle with an illness.
"Because of his religious beliefs, we're not even sure what (the illness) was," he said.
Ely's incoherent singing on Louie Louie led the FBI to investigate the famous track on the grounds that it might be obscene.
T... | Jack Ely, lead singer of The Kingsmen, who were best known for 1960s hit Louie Louie, has died at the age of 71. | 32507885 |
Professor John Ashton, outgoing president of the Faculty of Public Health (FPH), said children were neglected by some schools and parents.
He said the state should help stop children being crippled by conditions such as anxiety, anorexia and obesity.
The FPH has released a report calling for mental health improvements.... | Parents should have lessons provided by the government on how to raise their children, Britain's leading public health expert has said. | 36539279 |
David Beckham joined tributes to "an amazing, talented player" who was found dead at home on Sunday. It is understood he was found hanged.
A book of remembrance has been opened at the Football Association of Wales (FAW) offices in Cardiff, and an inquest is due to open on Tuesday.
Wales and Tottenham star Gareth Bale s... | Friends and colleagues say they cannot understand events leading to the death of Wales manager Gary Speed at 42. | 15916756 |
It means the 14 states with bans on same-sex marriage will no longer be able to enforce them.
Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote that the plaintiffs asked "for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right."
The ruling brings to an end more than a decade of bitter legal battles.
Same-sex coup... | The US Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex marriage is a legal right across the United States. | 33290341 |
The US Coast Guard is now searching waters off Hawaii, where his boat was spotted without him onboard.
Mr Guo's support team had lost contact with him at about 07:00 GMT on Tuesday.
The sailor, who was the first Chinese person to sail solo around the world, left San Francisco on 18 October with the aim of reaching Shan... | Chinese sailor Guo Chuan has gone missing while trying to break the record for crossing the Pacific alone. | 37779733 |
The Northern Ireland Survivors and Victims of Institutional Abuse group (Savia) met Catholic primate Cardinal Sean Brady on Monday.
Representatives of the religious orders were also at the Armagh meeting.
Savia are seeking co-operation with the forthcoming abuse inquiry in NI.
The survivors said they would also be look... | A group representing survivors of clerical abuse has been told that a number of religious orders have begun searching their archives for evidence linked to child abuse. | 17341366 |
The Reds have won four and drawn one of their last five league games to go third and five points above Coleraine, who lost 1-0 to Carrick on Saturday.
"They are right in the mix and will come down here full of confidence - it should be a great game," said Kearney.
"But we if we want to be near the top end we have to be... | Coleraine manager Oran Kearney expects a tough test in Friday night's Showgrounds clash against Cliftonville. | 38169225 |
Mr Morrison also announced education savings which will see students pay a greater share of the cost of degrees.
Infrastructure projects, health and housing affordability were also high on the government's agenda.
The main opposition Labor party accused him of using a healthcare levy increase to fund tax cuts for big b... | Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison has unveiled a new budget which includes a surprise rise in taxation for the country's five biggest banks from July. | 39853185 |
The monarch, who cut a severe figure in black in later life, wore the delicate cream garments in the 1840s, when she was in her 20s.
The stockings, which have Queen Victoria's initials embroidered in red, were sold for £220.
Newcastle auctioneer Anderson & Garland had estimated they would go for £150.
A spokesman said ... | A pair of Queen Victoria's silk stockings - which contain just one small ladder despite being 170 years old - have gone under the hammer. | 37013567 |
An anonymous caller had warned New York police that a bomb was inside luggage on board the plane.
Aeroflot spokeswoman Irina Dannenberg said the pilot decided to land the aircraft, and that it landed safely.
A search of the plane and its luggage turned up no explosives, police spokesman Vidir Reynisson told the BBC.
Th... | A Russian Aeroflot flight from New York to Moscow has made an emergency landing in Iceland's Keflavik airport after a bomb threat, but no bomb was found. | 19280453 |
Mr Ruddy, 32, was murdered and secretly buried in 1985 by the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA).
His sister, Anne Morgan, said her life has "completely changed" since investigators discovered human remains near Rouen on Saturday.
Formal identification has yet to take place.
Anne Morgan was the only member of her fa... | The sister of one of the Disappeared victims, Seamus Ruddy, has attended Mass in France to give thanks for those who have helped to find his body. | 39836265 |
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Lukaku, 23, scored twice in a 4-0 win over Hull to help his side go level on points with fifth-placed Arsenal days after turning down a new contract.
The Belgian is the Premier League's leading scorer with 21 goals.
"You need to have hope in life. The fans love Romelu Luka... | Everton will "do the maximum" to keep striker Romelu Lukaku at Goodison Park, manager Ronald Koeman says. | 39317534 |
There is an even greater chance now that we will never know what happened to those 239 people who boarded a flight to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur on 8 March 2014 and then vanished.
The decision to call off the search - which has scoured 120,000sq km (46,332 sq miles) of sea floor in the southern Indian Ocean - was not en... | The deep-water search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been called off, without the plane being found. | 38647775 |
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If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follo... | Iraqi forces and Shia militias reported to have begun counter-attack against Islamic State forces near Ramadi | 32857198 |
There will be auditions held in cities including Milan, Helsinki and New York.
A total of 19 singers from 25 countries will be picked for the competition.
Finalists will be announced early in 2015 and will join Welsh representative Celine Forest to compete for a place in the final, held in Cardiff from June 14 to 21.
T... | The search has begun for the next generation of opera singers for BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2015. | 29761522 |
Police said the man who died was Steven Thomas Conlan, 44.
It is understood he was from the area.
Police said the collision happened on Saturday morning on the Mountjoy Road in the village of Killeen. | A 35-year-old man arrested following a road traffic collision near Coalisland, County Tyrone, has been released on police bail pending further enquiries. | 35392816 |
Paul Rowland was speaking after sister title the Daily Post made its Senedd reporter redundant.
Mr Rowland is editor-in-chief of Trinity Mirror South Wales, which also publishes the Western Mail, Echo and South Wales Evening Post.
The Daily Post is not managed by Mr Rowland, and is published by Trinity Mirror North Wal... | The editor-in-chief of Wales Online has said he is "absolutely" committed to covering politics. | 36836011 |
Kasem became a household name in the US after launching the nationally-syndicated show in 1970.
He also voiced cartoon character Shaggy in Scooby-Doo.
He had suffered from Lewy body disease, a form of dementia, and had recently been at the centre of a bitter family court battle over his care.
His death comes days after... | DJ Casey Kasem, best known for hosting US radio show American Top 40, has died at the age of 82, his daughter has said. | 27859559 |
David Clark, 55, died in hospital in October 2014, almost a month after the accident at a property in Brighton.
Michael Holland, owner of a renovation company, and Grant Oakes, the site foreman, deny manslaughter.
Andrew Cooper told Lewes Crown Court his friend Mr Clark fell silently when a board cracked beneath his fe... | A carpenter has described to a court the moment his friend and co-worker was involved in a fatal fall at a building site. | 39954125 |
Radcliffe was named best actor in a play for his role in Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan, which opens on Broadway in April.
Grint took the newcomer of the year award for his West End debut in the revival of Jez Butterworth's Mojo.
The awards, voted for by the public, were handed out at a ceremony at London's... | Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint have both won acting prizes at the WhatsOnStage awards. | 26314125 |
The 24-year-old has agreed a five-year contract with the Premier League club after passing a medical.
Van Dijk joined Celtic in 2013 after three years with Groningen and has won two successive league titles and the Scottish Cup with the Bhoys.
"Moving to the Premier League is the right time for my development," he told... | Southampton have completed a £13m move for Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk from Scottish champions Celtic. | 34115519 |
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The Honest Men became the first team in the cup to use a fourth substitute in extra-time with Michael Rose replacing Nicky Devlin against Queen's Park.
Though defender Rose only came on in the 121st minute at Hampden, he played an important part in Ayr's win.
After a 2-2 d... | Ayr United progressed to the fifth round of the Scottish Cup on Tuesday and made a little piece of history in the tournament in the process. | 38744412 |
Under the NHS Constitution, patients have a right to be seen in 18 weeks.
But there are currently 236,155 on the waiting list who have waited longer than that - a rise of 8.5% in a year, according to official data. Nearly half have waited more than six months.
The government said there could be valid medical or persona... | The number of people facing "long waits" for hospital treatment in England is rising, NHS figures show. | 14111452 |
In a nationally televised address, Mr Duterte named those he was accusing and ordered their security to be withdrawn.
"If you show the slightest violence in the resistance, I will tell the police, 'Shoot them'," he said.
Local media reports say some of those named have been misidentified.
Duterte: 'Punisher' to preside... | Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has accused dozens of current or former politicians, officials and judges of links with illegal drugs and told them to surrender to be investigated. | 37001916 |
Like-for-like sales - which strip out the impact of new stores - rose by 2.3% in the three months to 27 May, boosted by demand for fresh food.
Analysts had expected a rise of 2.2% after Tesco reported an increase of 0.7% in the fourth quarter.
Tesco will face shareholders on Friday who are expected to question a pay de... | Tesco is cementing its recovery in the UK after its first-quarter sales growth beat expectations. | 40299369 |
More than 1,300 people from about 70 Commonwealth countries will compete in the biggest sporting event to be hosted in the Caribbean archipelago.
The Isle of Man Commonwealth Games Association said the team will compete in swimming, cycling and athletics.
The Games, first staged in 2000, will take place from 19-23 July... | A team of eight athletes will represent the Isle of Man at the largest ever Commonwealth Youth Games in the Bahamas, it has been announced. | 39791741 |
Authorities in China have provisionally approved nine more trademarks for the Trump Organization that had previously - and inexplicably - been rejected.
The company now owns the right to use the Chinese version of Mr Trump's name for various products and services.
It comes as the US President fights allegations that hi... | Get ready for Donald Trump-branded socks and beauty salons in China. | 40283830 |
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