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The award-winning interactive project recreates part of Eniac - the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer.
The massive machine built from 18,000 valves and 1,500 relays first ran a program in February 1946.
The exhibit was created at the Heinz Nixdorf Museum Forum (HNF) in Germany.
The award was set up in 2012 t... | An exhibit that demonstrates what it was like to programme one of the first computers has won the Tony Sale award for best computer conservation project. | 38026006 |
Until now, the app had focused on offering singles a way to find dates.
Its chief told the BBC that the move marked the "first step that we're taking to make Tinder more social and a little broader when it comes to the types of connections we want to enable".
But one expert said Tinder Social might be seen as a group s... | Tinder is launching a new feature that allows groups of friends to discover each other and meet up. | 36855163 |
Danish police also closed a motorway between the two countries when some asylum seekers began walking north after being forced off a train.
They say their destination is Sweden.
As the EU struggles with a major migrant crisis, the European Commission has proposed that 120,000 additional asylum seekers should be shared ... | Denmark has suspended all rail links with Germany after police stopped hundreds of migrants at the border. | 34203366 |
Michael Fallon said the talks aimed to find ways of heading off any "miscalculation or accident".
Russia has not crossed into UK airspace but has flown close to the boundary.
Last month Typhoon jets were scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth to intercept two Russian planes over the Atlantic.
The Russian Tu-160 Blackjack bombe... | British military officials have held talks with their counterparts in Moscow over "incursions" of Russian aircraft around the UK, the defence secretary has said. | 35076794 |
Macauley Bonne gave the U's a 69th-minute lead, but the Spireites, who played more than 70 minutes with 10 men, soon equalised with a penalty.
"Teams are vulnerable after they've scored. Our game management has got to be a lot better," said Keen, whose side are winless in 17 league games.
"But mentally it's a tough pla... | Colchester need better game management after drawing 1-1 with Chesterfield, according to boss Kevin Keen. | 35594445 |
The occupation lasted more than three years, ending with Japan's unconditional surrender on 15 August 1945.
Ahead of the 70th anniversary of that day, Mr Lam will join a group of elderly demonstrators demanding compensation for an obscure relic of the war: cash notes called military yen that became worthless when the J... | Lam Yinbun was only 14 years old when the Imperial Japanese Army defeated British forces defending colonial Hong Kong in 1941. | 33906603 |
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras failed to reach a deal with Greece's lenders, then a meeting of European finance ministers broke up without progress.
The Athens government faces default if it fails to make a €1.6bn (£1.1bn) IMF debt repayment by Tuesday.
As EU leaders met in Brussels, Germany's Angela Merkel warned that ... | Greece and its international creditors remain in deadlock over its debt crisis despite a series of top-level meetings. | 33265923 |
Andrew Reilly, 29, made no attempt to avert the head-on collision with a car in which Audrey Thom was a passenger.
Mrs Thom's daughter Louise could not avoid Reilly's van, heading directly at her on her side of the road.
Reilly was also banned from driving for eight years and ordered to resit a driving test.
He previou... | A Dundee van driver who caused the death of a woman after overtaking when approaching a blind crest in the road has been jailed for four years. | 39587954 |
Eleanor Payne and Samantha Lake, 19, and Daniel Greenwood, 22 died when their tour bus skidded and overturned near Nelspruit, Mpumalanga.
They were among a group of students and teachers from Brooksby Melton College in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.
After the hearing their families said the condition of the bus as an ... | A bus crash which killed three students on a trip to South Africa in 2010 was an accident, a coroner has recorded. | 32435099 |
It will be two weekends of enforced abstinence for followers of top-flight teams before they are back in action for the Scottish Cup fourth round on 21/22 January.
So how are the 12 clubs spending the break?
After a week off, a few are heading for sunnier climes to recharge the batteries and regroup for the second half... | The festive season is over and for supporters of Scottish Premiership clubs it's cold turkey time - otherwise known as the winter shutdown. | 38537031 |
The pair, who were both in their 40s, were found dead at the property in O' Neill's Place, Cobh, at about 15:30 local time on Sunday.
A woman in her early 20s was found seriously injured in the house, and was taken to Cork University Hospital.
A police spokesman said the scene has been cordoned off for an examination.
... | Police are investigating the sudden deaths of a man and a woman whose bodies were found at a house in County Cork in the Republic of Ireland. | 30618547 |
Moira Anderson disappeared on a trip to her local shop in Coatbridge during a blizzard in February of that year, just weeks before her 12th birthday.
Her disappearance is now being treated as murder.
The court petition seeks permission to open a grave at the Old Monkland cemetery in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire.
It is thoug... | The family of a schoolgirl who disappeared in 1957 have launched a legal bid to open a grave where they believe she was buried. | 20341221 |
If some sectors of the Cypriot economy - finance, construction, real estate, retailing - must inevitably shrink, what other parts could take up the slack?
Tourism is one obvious candidate, and a handy export earner for a country that in 2012 collectively spent more than 6% more than it earned. The sector already accoun... | Thinking about the future is hard for many of those struggling with the crisis in Cyprus - yet it is essential to consider how an economic recovery could be engineered, and whether this would be best done within or outside the eurozone. | 22002153 |
The Tucson Roadrunners said captain Craig Cunningham had suffered a "medical emergency" before Saturday's home match against the Manitoba Moose.
The 26-year-old was treated by medical staff on the ice before being taken to hospital. The game was postponed.
The Roadrunners also called off their games on Tuesday and Wedn... | A professional ice hockey player is in a critical but stable condition after collapsing on the ice, moments before a game in the American Hockey League. | 38080949 |
Official figures show 74 outbreaks have been reported in England in the past week, with most in care homes.
Meanwhile, doctors at Southampton General Hospital have warned the virus has mutated to avoid the immunity provided by the flu jab.
Public Health England said the jab would still offer "some protection" and was t... | Flu is circulating at its highest level for three years, amid concerns the vaccine may be less effective. | 30731680 |
Paul Terrington, who is also the head of accountancy firm PWC, said there was a stark contrast with the other devolved regions of the UK.
He was speaking on the BBC's Inside Business programme.
The crisis was sparked by the murder of a former IRA man last month and the impasse over welfare reform.
Unionist ministers ha... | The political breakdown at Stormont has led to a growing sense of fatigue in the business community, the head of the NI Institute of Directors has said. | 34238554 |
In the UK the products affected include funsize Mars and Milky Way bars and boxes of Celebrations.
In the Netherlands Mars and Snickers bars were also affected.
It comes after a customer in Germany found bits of plastic in a Snickers bar in January. The plastic was traced back to the Mars factory in the southern town o... | Chocolate maker Mars has ordered a recall of chocolate products in 55 countries. | 35642075 |
Staff at the national carrier Pakistan International Airlines were protesting against privatisation plans.
Officers responded with tear gas, water cannon and batons. At least three other people were injured.
Police denied having opened fire on protesters, who broke through the cargo gate.
The two who died were workers ... | Pakistani security forces and protesters have clashed at Karachi airport, leaving at least two people dead, officials say. | 35472351 |
Powell's grandfather is among a number of private investors who are trying to raise enough money to seal her a seat.
Caterham went into administration in October and the administrators recently launched a 'crowd-funding' project.
"If I got to race in free practice for Caterham that would be amazing," ex-Formula 3 drive... | British female driver Alice Powell is hopeful of making her debut at a Formula 1 weekend with Caterham at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix later this month. | 30020798 |
Arbroath took the lead when Greg Rutherford broke free and found Josh Skelly inside the area.
Substitute Sergio Cecilia found the corner just after the hour mark to open a two-goal lead.
Linn latched onto a Ramsay through-ball as Arbroath coasted to victory. | Bobby Linn's 10th goal of the season helped leave East Stirlingshire marooned to the bottom of League Two after they went down at home to Arbroath. | 35390413 |
The disgraced drugs cheat will join ex-England footballer Geoff Thomas for the hilly stages on 16 and 17 July.
Cancer survivor Thomas and a team of amateurs are aiming to raise £1m for Cure Leukaemia by cycling each stage a day before the official peloton.
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"We know Lance's... | Lance Armstrong will go ahead with controversial plans to ride part of the Tour de France route for charity. | 33290896 |
For as long as she can remember she has had a tourist visa for the US, a document Mexicans require if they want to visit their northern neighbours.
Ms Siller used her visa regularly to go on shopping trips and on weekend visits to see family living in Arizona, Las Vegas and New York.
However, last Monday, she went to t... | Alma Siller Contreras is a 59-year old Mexican woman who lives in Hermosillo, a town two-and-a-half hours south of the US border. | 38847324 |
Teams have been asked not to use the 'soft' tyre for more than 15 laps and the 'medium' for no more than 35 laps.
Governing body the FIA is refusing to order the teams to follow the advice.
But if any teams goes beyond the limit and hit problems they could be brought before the stewards and asked why they ran their car... | Pirelli has asked Formula 1 teams to limit running on the tyres in Sunday's Indian Grand Prix on safety grounds. | 24690717 |
The victim, 65-year-old Nargess Sadjady, from West London, told the BBC that she was tricked into transferring £12,000 from her bank account.
The recording - of three separate calls - was broadcast on Moneybox on Radio 4.
The BBC understands one suspect has been arrested and interviewed, although no charges have yet b... | Detectives investigating a suspected telephone fraud - a recording of which was broadcast by BBC News on Saturday - have made an arrest. | 34179725 |
Mohammed Iqbal Hussain, 23, from Castle Road, Walsall, in the West Midlands, has been charged with four counts of funding terrorism under the Terrorism Act 2000.
Mohamed Suyaubur Rohaman, aged 32, of the same address, has been charged with one count of funding terrorism.
Both men will appear before Westminster Magistra... | Two men arrested on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offences have been charged. | 35349072 |
Patrick Lamb, 28, disappeared after a night out in Bar Chocolate on Friday 12 December. He had booked into a hotel in St Michael's Road but did not return.
CCTV captured a number of images of Mr Lamb, who was last sighted on Fairmeadow at about 00:20 GMT on 13 December.
His family said he sometimes "wandered" after hav... | The family of a man who went missing in Maidstone in December say they fear he may not still be alive. | 30707108 |
The 25-year-old from Cornwall left it late to finish third alongside her guide Nicole Walters.
"At one point we didn't think we were going to do it, but we managed to get it on the line," Reid told BBC Sport.
"I'd love to go to Tokyo - it's one of my favourite places in the world and I think I'm young enough to compete... | Melissa Reid says she plans on competing at the 2020 Paralympics after winning a bronze medal in the PT5 Para-triathlon in Rio. | 37337491 |
A number of families in Castlefin have also moved out of their homes.
Patients have been moved from the Castelfin surgery to its sister surgery in Lifford.
Dr Martin Coin, the GP for both surgeries, said Storm Desmond "has caused havoc". "We are dealing with an extra 200 patients now in Lifford because of the closure,"... | A health centre in County Donegal will be closed for months after recent flooding in the area, its GP has said. | 35059275 |
Reprieve says police and prison officers in the state systematically torture and abuse government opponents.
NI-CO was awarded a £900,000 foreign office contract last year to help reform Bahrain's security forces.
It says the assistance it provides is in line with recommendations from the UN and a Bahrain Commission of... | An international human rights group has called on a company owned by Invest NI to immediately suspend a contract to train security forces in Bahrain. | 37497940 |
Gerard Quinn, 24, was assaulted at Milldale Crescent in Currynierin on Saturday night. He was taken to Altnagelvin hospital but later died.
On Monday, police were granted an extra 24 hours to question a 16-year-old boy in connection with the murder.
Paul Sharkey ran out with towels as Mr Quinn was slumped by a wall.
"I... | A neighbour of a man murdered in Londonderry at the weekend has described how he tried in vain to save his life. | 36356393 |
The world number 14, who claimed her first WTA Tour title in California on Sunday, won in 67 minutes.
Konta, 25, will face Kristina Kucova, 26, for a place in the semi-finals, after the Slovak beat Montreal-born Eugenie Bouchard 3-6 6-4 6-3.
World number six Venus Williams lost to fellow American Madison Keys.
Williams... | British number one Johanna Konta reached the Rogers Cup quarter-finals with a 6-3 6-2 win over American Varvara Lepchenko in Montreal. | 36921629 |
The first minister said she was ready to hold talks with David Cameron to resolve the fiscal framework impasse.
Ms Sturgeon said she was hopeful a deal could be done, but warned she would not "sign up to a systematic cut to Scotland's budget".
Scottish Secretary David Mundell is to appear before MSPs later.
The UK and ... | The Treasury has tabled a fresh offer in a bid to break the deadlock over a financial deal for new devolved powers, Nicola Sturgeon has told MSPs. | 35635289 |
Albert Newton met the women on an adult services website and on three occasions arranged to meet them before raping or attempted to rape them.
The 32-year-old, found guilty at Nottingham Crown Court in August, was sentenced to 19 years in prison.
Police called Newton, of Woodgate, Loughborough, a "sexual predator" and ... | A man has been jailed after befriending women online and then subjecting them to "nasty sexual attacks". | 34873799 |
The department of telecom told internet service providers not to disable URLs that "do not have child pornographic content", the PTI agency reported.
The government denied charges of moral policing, saying it wanted to prevent children from accessing the sites.
In July, the Supreme Court criticised the government's ina... | India will restore free access to 857 pornographic websites, following widespread outrage over the move. | 33783539 |
Kim Davis, an elected official, has said that her Christian faith should exempt her from signing the licences.
She was released from jail on Tuesday the under the condition she not interfere with her deputies as they issue licences.
The US Supreme Court declared gay marriage legal in June.
According to her lawyers, Ms ... | The Kentucky clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue gay marriage licenses has said she "needs time to rest" before she returns to work. | 34202936 |
Glynne's track Hold My Hand sold almost 5,000 copies more than Jealous by Jonas, a former member of Disney Channel trio The Jonas Brothers.
The Voice UK winner Stevie McCrorie only made it to number six.
His cover of Adam Levine's Lost Stars had been leading the midweek chart.
However McCrorie, who won the BBC One tale... | US rockers All Time Low have topped the UK album chart for the first time, while Jess Glynne has denied Nick Jonas a UK number one for his debut solo single in her third week at the top. | 32276606 |
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Cardoza floored Conlan in the eighth round but the Belfast man recovered to earn a 19th straight professional win.
Conlan won the vacant WBC Silver Super-Flyweight title on a split decision.
Twice Olympic bronze medallist Paddy Barnes made it two wins from two pro fights w... | Jamie Conlan stayed on course for a world title eliminator with a battling points win over Yader Cardoza at the Waterfront Hall on Friday night. | 39238418 |
The guided missile destroyer USS John S McCain was sailing east of Singapore and preparing to stop in the port when the collision with the Liberian-flagged vessel occurred.
A wide-ranging search and rescue operation is under way.
It is the second collision involving a US Navy ship in recent months.
It was reported befo... | Ten US Navy sailors are missing and five have been injured after a US destroyer and an oil tanker collided near Singapore, the Navy says. | 40995829 |
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Heavyweight world champion Fury fights Klitschko again on 9 July, having beaten the Ukrainian in November.
"I'm not accepted in Britain because I'm a Gypsy and that will never change," said Fury, 27.
The WBA and WBO title-holder added: "The Klitschko fight will be my last ... | Tyson Fury says he will move to the United States after his rematch with Wladimir Klitschko, because he believes he is not accepted in Britain. | 36155972 |
It said the device, discovered at the property in Ardanlee on Wednesday, was "designed to kill or injure".
A number of residents, who had to leave their homes following the discovery, have now been allowed to return.
The bomb exploded as Army technical officers tried to defuse it. No one was injured in the blast.
The P... | A Londonderry security alert has ended after the PSNI confirmed that a device found outside a police officer's house in Londonderry was an under-car bomb. | 39072608 |
Saints have used the stadium in Europe and domestically in recent years, and will play their Premiership game against Saracens on April 16 there.
But White, who will replace Tony Hewitt in the summer, says this will be the last "for the foreseeable future".
He added that the club would "never say never" about moving fu... | Northampton Saints will not play any "regular season" matches at Stadium:MK next season, says the Premiership club's chairman-elect John White. | 39143956 |
Police were called to Goswell Street, Wavertree, at 22:50 BST on Tuesday following reports that fire had damaged the front door of a house.
It had been caused by an explosive device and a second device was found outside the property, police said.
The Army's explosives disposal team removed the device and the road remai... | A Liverpool street has been closed after two improvised explosive devices were found outside a home. | 34335671 |
Mr Aswat from Batley, West Yorkshire, is accused of conspiring with radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri to establish a camp 15 years ago.
Thought to be aged 45, paranoid schizophrenic Mr Aswat was extradited to the US last year to stand trial.
He faces up to 20 years in prison and will be sentenced on 31 July.
Mr ... | British terror suspect Haroon Aswat has pleaded guilty in New York to charges of plotting to set up a terrorist training camp in Oregon. | 32124991 |
In a statement, the region made clear they intend to seek new ownership and investment. Joint-owners Newport RFC would also transfer their shares.
"This is an important decision that will enable a new chapter to be written," said CEO Stuart Davies.
The Dragons are the only Welsh region partially owned by the WRU.
A WRU... | Newport Gwent Dragons are seeking new investment under plans that would see the WRU relinquish their 50% stake in the region. | 35973882 |
But despite his relative youth, the Bhutanese king was not thrown in at the deep end when he came to the throne in November 2008.
His father Jigme Singye Wangchuck - who himself acceded to the throne when aged only 16 - took great pains to ensure that his son was prepared to take over before his abdication in December ... | Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, 31, is one of the youngest monarchs in the world. | 15287281 |
Speaking in the Polish capital Warsaw, Mr Trump urged Russia to "join the community of responsible nations".
The Kremlin rejected his comments.
The US leader has travelled to Hamburg for the G20 summit, where he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time.
He also faces differences with other leaders,... | US President Donald Trump has called on Russia to stop "destabilising" Ukraine and other countries and end support for "hostile regimes" such as those in Syria and Iran. | 40522296 |
The march started at 13:00 BST at Clerkenwell Green and has reached Trafalgar Square.
The union Unite said trade unionists, pensioners, students and political bodies had come together.
Rail Maritime and Transport union leader Bob Crow died aged 52 on 11 March; Mr Benn died three days later.
The former cabinet minister ... | A march and rally are being held in central London to mark May Day and commemorate the socialist stalwarts Tony Benn and Bob Crow. | 27234574 |
Heavy rainfall has left some roads impassable and fields saturated.
Water levels at Lough Neagh are at a 30-year-high after recent heavy rain, causing damage to businesses on its shores.
Michelle O'Neill took part in an urgent meeting with the environment and regional development ministers to discuss the response to th... | The agriculture minister has said agencies are working together to help those affected by flooding. | 35249717 |
Christian Kern made the pledge at the launch of a 10-year economic plan focussing on job creation.
"These eastern European countries are exporting their joblessness to Austria," the Social Democrat said.
He was speaking in Wels, run by the far-right Freedom Party (FPOe).
Fears over immigration and unemployment have put... | Austria's centre-left chancellor has said he will ask the EU to let local employers hire Austrians before other EU citizens, unless there are no suitable candidates. | 38591640 |
It sounds like a fantasy story from a classic adventure novel, but this was the reality for the Robertson family from Staffordshire while on a voyage around the world during the 1970s.
When they were rescued by a Japanese fishing boat, 40 years ago this month, their story made global headlines.
In 1970, retired merchan... | A family is shipwrecked in the Pacific ocean by a school of killer whales and have to survive in a dinghy for more than a month with hardly any food or drinking water. | 18877090 |
Mark Colborne, 37, of Southampton, was found guilty in September of plotting a mass cyanide attack from his bedroom after a retrial.
Jurors heard he had felt "belittled" for being a ginger, white male.
The Old Bailey heard how Colborne fantasised about assassinating Prince Charles in order for Prince Harry to become ki... | A man who fantasised about "putting a bullet in Prince Charles' head" has been detained indefinitely. | 35123573 |
The GMB said the refusal by a security company to sign a union agreement was against Labour's rules.
It is calling on the party to find an alternative contractor for next month's event to avoid it being "scuppered".
The company, Showsec, said it was "not anti-unions in any way" and Labour sources said they were confide... | Labour's annual conference in Liverpool could be cancelled in a row over security, a trade union has claimed. | 37115848 |
Last August, IS released a video of the killing of James Foley, who went missing in Syria in 2012.
Ms le Pen posted images of his killing, and others, in reply to a journalist who compared her party to IS.
The image of Mr Foley was removed on Thursday morning.
Its removal came several hours after his parents called for... | The parents of an American journalist killed by the so-called Islamic State (IS) have criticised French National Front leader Marine le Pen for tweeting an image of his decapitated body. | 35120156 |
Now, as a 25-year-old she is preparing to captain Bristol Academy in the Champions League, while helping fund the finishing touches for a school in Zambia where she will also spend four months volunteering as part of UK Sport's Ideals programme.
Returning to south-central Africa will mean temporarily hanging up her boo... | Build an orphanage and play football for a living - a young Grace McCatty was thinking big when she was setting goals in life. | 31945848 |
The Thai military has successfully seized power 12 times since 1932, in addition to seven failed attempts.
General Chalermchai Sitthisat said the military would respect the outcome of an upcoming election.
The ruling junta has repeatedly promised to restore civilian rule since toppling the elected government in a coup ... | The chief of Thailand's army has pledged that the military will not stage a coup after the next election. | 38489545 |
The airfield at Latakia in north-western Syria is the focus of the Russian effort.
Several heavy Antonov military transport aircraft have arrived there over recent days and two landing ships carrying vehicles and other equipment have docked at the port of Tartus where Russia maintains a small naval base.
Moscow insists... | Despite Russian denials that anything unusual is going on, the evidence is building of a significant Russian logistical effort in Syria to back the Assad regime. | 34261356 |
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a two-day visit to Iran.
Referring to each other as brothers, the two leaders said no one could stop them strengthening ties.
Mr Ahmadinejad said they would build a "new world order" free of US domination.
Mr Chavez condemned international sanctions... | The presidents of Iran and Venezuela have promised to deepen their "strategic alliance" against US "imperialism". | 11593197 |
Five-year-old Samuel Walker was fatally injured in the hit-and-run collision in Chorlton, Manchester, in February 2003.
Nawnee Mackin, 35, was charged with causing death by dangerous driving after police reopened an investigation in 2012 into the boy's death.
He was jailed for nine years after a trial at Manchester Cro... | A joyrider nicknamed "Monster" who struck and killed a schoolboy in front of his mother has been jailed - more than 10 years after the boy's death. | 34901512 |
The Hornets dominated the match but could not break through a well-organised West Brom defence.
Odion Ighalo had the hosts' best chance but put a diving header wide from six yards.
West Brom could have stolen the points but Saido Berahino missed a clear headed chance five minutes from time.
While Watford remain unbeate... | Watford are still waiting for their first Premier League victory since 2007 after they were held to a goalless draw by West Brom. | 33832131 |
But in recent times Anonymous has got serious. Earlier this month the collective targeted the Ku Klux Klan, publishing online a list of alleged sympathisers of the white supremacist group.
Now they are pursuit of a much bigger prey, so-called Islamic State (IS). In the wake of the Paris attacks, Anonymous launched what... | They are a loose collective of hackers who once appeared to have no greater purpose than having some mischievous anarchic fun. | 34850573 |
A source at Iran's Ports and Maritime Organisation was quoted by the official Iran news agency as saying that the Maersk Tigris "was free to leave".
The Marshall Islands-flagged ship and its crew of 24 were intercepted by Iranian patrol boats on the 28 April.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif said it had be... | Iran has released a container ship it seized in the Strait of Hormuz last week, state media report. | 32621300 |
Olympic champion Adam Peaty and Olympic medallists Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, James Guy, Duncan Scott, Stephen Milne and Chris Walker-Hebborn will be joined by a group of emerging younger swimmers with some making their senior international debut.
Peaty will be seeking to defend his 50m and 100m breaststroke crowns.
(All ... | The BBC has live coverage of the swimming competition at the 2017 World Swimming Championships in Budapest on television, online, mobile, app and Connected TV between 23-30 July. | 40423389 |
The senate voted 59 to 21 in favour of going ahead with the trial against Ms Rousseff, which is likely to be held at the end of this month.
The Senate suspended Ms Rousseff in May over alleged illegal accounting practices.
She says they were common practice under previous administrations.
Following a marathon debate th... | The Brazilian Senate has voted to hold an impeachment trial of suspended President Dilma Rousseff, who is accused of breaking the budget law. | 37028096 |
CJCH Solicitors has received £432,000 from the Welsh Government to help set up the new operation, which will be based in Cardiff.
The firm said the new jobs would be in place by 2020.
Economy Secretary Ken Skates said it would "only enhance Wales' standing as a leading authority in IP".
He added the investment would c... | A law firm specialising in intellectual property crime is to open an anti-piracy HQ, creating 71 new jobs. | 39350330 |
Kent's Edenbridge Bonfire Society has previously burned effigies of Cherie Blair, Wayne Rooney and Saddam Hussein.
The society said Ms Hopkins, from Exeter, was picked because she "has come out with silly remarks" in the past year.
A 40ft (12m) high steel-framed model of Ms Hopkins will be burnt on Saturday.
The effigy... | Former TV Apprentice contestant Katie Hopkins has said a bonfire society's choice of her as their latest celebrity guy "is British humour at its best". | 24755600 |
But is this a problem? How much caffeine is it actually safe to drink?
The caffeine content of a cup of coffee depends on how big the cup is, how finely the coffee is ground, how dark the roast, the brewing method used, how much coffee is used to make the drink and the type of coffee bean used.
A cup of instant coffee ... | Large variations in the amount of caffeine present in coffees sold on the high street means our daily caffeine intake may be higher than we think. | 15982904 |
The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), near Machynlleth, was fined £13,000 after admitting 10 food hygiene offences at Llandrindod Wells Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
It followed a routine environmental health inspection in September 2016.
After the hearing, CAT said it had made improvements and its hygiene ra... | Food was contaminated by flies in the "dirty" kitchen of a Powys tourist attraction, a court has heard. | 40373179 |
In a statement released by the MoD, a Royal Marines spokesman said the corporal was a devoted family man.
He added: "Never one to follow the well trodden path, he was confident in his own abilities and was always looking for new challenges."
Cpl Stephens's family had requested his identity not be released until now.
Th... | A Royal Marine who was killed in southern Afghanistan on 1 July has been named by the Ministry of Defence as Cpl Seth Stephens. | 11527041 |
It would scrap the three year limit for bringing civil claims for sexual, physical or mental abuse suffered as a child.
And it means cases from as long ago as 1964 could eventually be heard in court.
But what does this change mean for the victims of child abuse - as well as for some of the organisations which could soo... | A bill which would lead to a significant change in the law for victims of historical child abuse is being drawn up by the Scottish government. | 37366313 |
The brightly coloured 2.4m (8ft) straw bale creations near Ballasalla have attracted scores of onlookers over the weekend raising £1,200.
Designer Neil Taggart said the money will be donated to the Special Care Baby Unit at Noble's hospital.
The yellow characters star in the animated Despicable Me films.
The eye-catchi... | A field full of giant Minions has helped to raise more than £1,000 to help Isle of Man newborns, a fundraising group has said. | 29204251 |
Solomon Bygraves followed 92-year-old Stanley Evans into his block of flats in Soho and pushed him over as he lunged for his wallet.
Southwark Crown Court was shown CCTV footage of Bygraves running away as Mr Evans fell to the ground.
The pensioner remained lying in the entrance to the flats for several minutes after t... | A homeless man who knocked over a frail London pensioner to steal just £5 has been jailed for 30 months. | 32286527 |
But a new campaign group hopes to capitalise on the "disarray" in the opposition's ranks to regain ground.
The organisation, Modern Britain, held a packed fringe event at the party's conference in Birmingham.
One of the panellists, former minister Helen Grant, offered a blunt verdict on her party's record, warning it w... | Despite their best efforts, the Conservatives still lag behind Labour when it comes to attracting black and minority ethnic voters. | 37547632 |
Winkelman stood in the stands as MK Dons directors decided not to sit in the corporate section.
AFC Wimbledon were formed in 2002 by former Wimbledon FC supporters dismayed by the club's move to Milton Keynes.
MK Dons lost 2-0 on their first visit to Kingsmeadow.
AFC Wimbledon did not name their opponents on the front ... | Milton Keynes Dons manager Robbie Neilson says his players "appreciate the support" chairman Pete Winkelman showed them by attending Tuesday's match against AFC Wimbledon. | 39278871 |
Prof Mark Miodownik's Stuff Matters looks at everything from the everyday objects in our home to new wonder materials that will shape our future.
His work beat five other titles covering topics ranging from biomedical innovations to the elements that have changed our world.
The judges decided unanimously to award Prof ... | A book exploring the importance of materials has won the 2014 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. | 29987159 |
The 31-year-old is the Premiership club's first recruit of the summer.
He has played in his homeland and in Greece and Israel before his move to the Swiss top flight in January.
Accies say Tomas is the first player they have paid a fee for since goalkeeper Tomas Cerny arrived from Sigma Olomouc in 2009.
Gramoz Kurtaj, ... | Hamilton Academical have signed French central defender Xavier Tomas for an undisclosed fee from Swiss club Lausanne-Sport. | 40610659 |
Timothy Smith, 45, from Staffordshire, died on Thursday of a stab wound. He had been found in a car on an industrial estate in Shepshed, Leicestershire.
Four people have been arrested and are being questioned about his murder.
Mr Smith's father Derek, from Oxfordshire, said his son was "kind, thoughtful and caring".
"H... | A man who was found with stab wounds in a crashed car and later died has been identified by police. | 39320239 |
Spending on fighter jets and submarines are partly behind the increase to 5.13 trillion yen (£35.2bn, $43.6bn).
A separate coastguard budget will also be raised sharply.
The plans are part of a 97.5tn yen budget for the financial year starting 1 April 2017.
Japan's parliament must still approve the budget, but if appr... | Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has signed off a record defence budget in the face of territorial disputes with China and North Korea's nuclear and missile threats. | 38400432 |
National Museums Scotland (NMS) and the Public and Commercial Service union (PCS) said they had reached an agreement over weekend pay.
They began talks last month after PCS suspended a series of planned strikes at the National Museum in Edinburgh.
The dispute centred over the removal of a weekend allowance from new mem... | A long-running industrial dispute at the National Museum of Scotland has been resolved. | 36054118 |
Major Leetul Gogoi is accused of tying a local man to a jeep to stop protesters throwing stones at his convoy.
An investigation was ordered after the incident in April, footage of which spread widely online.
The army said the award was not linked to the jeep incident.
"Major Gogoi has been awarded [the] chief of army s... | A military officer accused of using a man as a human shield in Indian-administered Kashmir has won a commendation from the army chief. | 40008876 |
Instead, their banners unveiled this morning claimed that £350m a week of all our money is being channelled to the EU, and if we left, it could be spent on the NHS.
First, the claim itself is not entirely straightforward.
Yes, £350m of UK taxpayers' cash goes to the EU each week.
But much of the money comes back our wa... | On day one, the official Leave campaign in the EU referendum chose to pick up not the issue of immigration, not the issue of sovereignty, not even the old chestnuts of rules and regulations from Brussels that drive some voters mad. | 36060048 |
The woman was walking her dog in Whitstable, Kent, when she was grabbed in an alleyway by a man dressed in black and wearing a hooded top.
She fought off her attacker by punching him in the mouth. Kent Police say they are looking for a suspect with an injured face.
Det Ch Insp Paul Fotheringham, of Kent Police, said: "... | A woman in her 80s punched a robber in the face, causing him to run off. | 29197128 |
When ministers in England last year announced they were going to cap how much hospitals could pay agency staff, they felt they had found a solution to a factor increasingly cited as a cause of the financial problems engulfing the health service.
But the temporary downgrading of Chorley's accident and emergency unit fro... | The problem with central dictats is they can have unintended consequences in an organisation as large as the NHS. | 36044202 |
Republic of Ireland Under-21 goalkeeper McLoughlin, 19, is currently on loan at League Two strugglers Stockport.
Defenders McKeown, 17, and Meekings, 18, have made appearances for the reserves this term.
"It's the worst part of a manager's job, telling young players that we will not be keeping them on," boss Paul Jewel... | Ipswich Town will release youngsters Ian McLoughlin, Rory McKeown and Josh Meekings at the end of the season. | 12985206 |
The 20-year-old, who can play in defence or midfield, began his career as an MK Dons trainee but did not play a senior game for the League One club.
He joins National League Forest Green after loan spells at clubs including Torquay and Dagenham & Redbridge.
"Harry is a big, mobile lad who can play anywhere at across th... | Forest Green Rovers have signed versatile defender Harry Hickford from Milton Keynes Dons on a one-year deal. | 36619919 |
Mr Pu was found guilty by a Beijing court earlier on Tuesday for "inciting ethnic hatred" and "picking quarrels" in social media posts.
The court sentenced him to three years in prison but also said the sentence would be suspended.
He is the latest to be tried in a crackdown on dissidents in China.
Mr Pu was released f... | Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang has been released from detention after receiving a suspended jail sentence. | 35157525 |
The survey of Tory constituency chairmen also indicated a lack of consensus on what the PM's negotiations with EU leaders had achieved.
The programme approached all 330 chairmen in Tory constituencies.
Of the 128 who replied, 54 said they would vote for the UK to leave the EU.
About a quarter, 31, said they would vote ... | Senior grassroots Conservatives are deeply divided over how to vote in the referendum on UK membership of the EU, a survey conducted by BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend has suggested. | 35739314 |
The victim was threatened with a knife near RAF Marham in Norfolk on 20 July.
Attempts were also made to pull him into a car but he managed to fight the men off, headbutting one of them.
Norfolk Police has released the images a week on from the attack. The force says it is possible the suspects were part of a "larger t... | Police investigating the attempted abduction of an RAF serviceman have released e-fits of the men they suspect were involved. | 36906031 |
Irfan Wahid, 16, died in hospital after being attacked in Harehills Lane during the afternoon on 10 February. He died from a single stab wound to the chest.
Mourners gathered at the Bilal Mosque in Harehills, with a vigil later held near where he was stabbed.
A Facebook page features tributes with one post saying: "Pra... | Hundreds of mourners have attended the funeral of a teenager stabbed to death in a Leeds street. | 38993945 |
City goalkeeper Angus Gunn, 20, saved from Mikel Morino to ensure a 6-5 victory on spot-kicks after a 1-1 draw in Shenzhen's Longgang Stadium.
Dortmund's Christian Pulisic, 17, had equalised in stoppage time to cancel out Sergio Aguero's opener.
It was City's first match in China, after rain caused Monday's game agains... | Pep Guardiola got his first win as Manchester City manager after a penalty shootout win over Borussia Dortmund. | 36915506 |
Willett, who played the final round with new Open champion Zach Johnson, beat his previous best of a tie for 15th at Muirfield in 2013.
Rose recorded his best Open finish as a professional, but picked up just three birdies in a two-under final day 70.
"I needed another gear that I couldn't quite get today," Rose told B... | Englishmen Danny Willett and Justin Rose finished in a four-way tie for sixth at the Open Championship, to end as the top Britons at St Andrews. | 33602873 |
"We've been talking to Robbie about it," Howard Donald told The Sun.
"It might be that if we do a 25th anniversary album, that we do some co-writing or some extra tracks on that."
"In our minds at the moment there's an intention to do some new tracks, a greatest hits [album] and a tour," said bandmate Mark Owen, who sa... | Robbie Williams may rejoin Take That for a 25th anniversary album and tour, the band's members have revealed. | 36604538 |
It is as though time has stood still in the centre.
"Nouvelle Collection '09" one shop window still displays, typical of the pseudo-French sophistication that many Italians are so fond of - but the shop is empty and two naked mannequins now occupy the dark window that, until 6 April 2009 when the earthquake happened, w... | Four years after the earthquake which shattered the Italian city of L'Aquila, there is anger over the pace of recovery. | 22986058 |
He joined the Tangerines at the start of the campaign after their drop from the Championship, but was unable to prevent back-to-back relegations.
McDonald, 51, had already spoken about being unsure of his future after the final-day defeat at Peterborough.
The former West Ham assistant manager won just 13 of his 50 game... | Blackpool have parted company with manager Neil McDonald following their relegation from League One. | 36327629 |
In a televised address, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said US aims in the region were "180 degrees opposed to Iran's".
Mr Khamenei accused the US of reneging on the West's nuclear deal with Iran and said trusting them was a "mistake".
The "Great Satan" [US] and "evil" Britain were using "pretexts" like human rights abuses and... | Iran's Supreme Leader has said Tehran will not co-operate with the US and UK on regional issues. | 36443315 |
IG Doors is building a new 18,000 sq m (193,750 sq ft) manufacturing facility in Oakdale, Caerphilly county.
The company said the development will protect 140 existing jobs and eventually boost its staff to 400.
Work on the development begins on Wednesday and managing director Mark Pulman described it as a "significant... | A company which manufactures doors has announced an expansion which it said will create 260 jobs. | 34913838 |
After opting to field first, Northants enjoyed an early breakthrough when in-form Paul Horton was trapped lbw.
However Dexter (98) and Angus Robson (56) steadied the innings with a 143-run partnership that was broken eventually by Olly Stone.
Leicestershire then lost Mark Pettini just before the close but Niall O'Brien... | Neil Dexter fell just two runs short of a century as Leicestershire's batsmen prospered against Northamptonshire. | 36213704 |
The National Theatre, Southbank Centre, Royal Opera House and Royal Shakespeare Company will lose £2.5m of Arts Council England funding per year between them.
Arts Council chair Sir Nicholas Serota said funding for 2018-2022 would "take more money out of London".
An extra £42.5m per year will be spent outside London, w... | Four of England's biggest arts venues have had their public funding cut to help boost culture in the regions. | 40416005 |
At the time I described the changes as some of the most radical in the history of the Tube.
Almost exactly two years on and we are on the brink of another strike over the same issue.
Back then, further strikes were called off when the late Bob Crow received assurances that: "London Underground had agreed a station-by-s... | On 5 February 2014 there was a strike on the Tube over ticket office closures. | 35501755 |
The firm wants to have a more varied intake of staff and suggests there is no clear link between holding a degree and performance in a job.
This announcement follows a series of financial companies dropping academic requirements for applicants.
Neil Morrison, human resources director, says they want talented staff "reg... | Publisher Penguin Random House says job applicants will no longer be required to have a university degree. | 35343680 |
Bonucci, 30, spent Friday in talks with Milan and will sign a five-year deal subject to passing a medical.
He has won six league titles in seven years with Juve, and signed a contract extension until 2021 last December.
The move comes weeks after Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri said Bonucci would be "leader of the d... | AC Milan have agreed a deal with Juventus to sign Italy defender Leonardo Bonucci for a reported 40m euros (£35.1m). | 40609593 |
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