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Despite a slowdown in recovery, firms have taken on extra staff in recent months.
The Ulster Bank survey monitors a panel of firms to give a monthly snapshot of the local economy.
It said the rate of growth in new orders remained "very weak".
The strength of the pound against the euro "is an issue affecting demand," th... | Northern Ireland's private sector saw a "marginal" increase in business activity in March, ending a three-month sequence of decline, according to a survey. | 32254321 |
Challenges facing broadcasters include unreliable power supplies, poor funding and low advertising revenues. There are dozens of radio stations, most of them privately owned.
A national public broadcaster, the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC), was formed in 2010 by a merger of the former state-run broadcast... | Media freedom in Sierra Leone has its limits; media rights monitors say high-level corruption is a taboo topic, with officials using libel laws to target errant journalists. | 14094381 |
Water quality warnings have been issued on beaches in the county because of the problems, South West Water said.
It said intense rainfall leads to run-off from fields and towns combining and affect bathing water quality.
Andy Cummins, Surfers Against Sewage (Sas), said the drainage infrastructure needed to be upgraded.... | Raw sewage is being pumped into the sea around Devon and Cornwall after heavy rain overwhelmed drainage systems, water bosses have admitted. | 36956165 |
The unfortunate creature did not survive the encounter with a high-voltage transformer at the site near Geneva in Switzerland.
The LHC was running when a "severe electrical perturbation" occurred in the early hours of Friday morning.
A spokesman for Cern said that the weasel did not get into the tunnels, just the elect... | The Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator at Cern is offline after a short circuit - caused by a weasel. | 36173247 |
The communities, equality and local government committee said the cash was crucial to continue making "high quality content for Wales".
AMs examining the potential impact on Wales of BBC charter renewal negotiations said the BBC had fallen short of its obligations in Wales.
BBC Wales said it was looking at the recommen... | An assembly inquiry has backed calls for the BBC to invest an extra £30m in Welsh services. | 35698547 |
After a 22-hour journey to Baikonur in Kazakhstan, we had a 4am start. We were escorted into the cosmodrome, a collection of scruffy, space buildings in the desert.
Then the hangar door opened, revealing the huge, red booster rockets looming in dark.
The sun started to rise, and it was like a curtain had lifted, showin... | I have been a camerawoman for 10 years, but the chance to film a rocket going into space was a once in a lifetime opportunity. | 24880761 |
One of the first numbers out showed Japan's jobless rate rose slightly to 3.3% in February, up from 3.2% in January, despite labour demand remaining at the highest level in two decades.
The unemployment rate had been expected to remain unchanged at 3.2%.
The Nikkei later recovered slightly to be down 0.4% to 17,074.77 ... | Japan's Nikkei 225 opened 0.8% lower on Tuesday following a raft of official data that dented investor sentiment. | 35914480 |
It follows new legislation introduced on 2 March in England and Wales.
But statistics for the four Welsh forces are varied - with one force arresting 34 people and figures suggesting another force had yet to make any arrests.
The figures were obtained by the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) in a Freedom Of Informa... | More than 50 arrests have been made for drug-driving in Wales, new figures have revealed. | 33106054 |
The two-vehicle collision happened on Bryansford Road, at its junction with the Kinnahalla Road, at about 18:00 BST on Monday evening.
Mr Lively, a local farmer, was 60 years old.
The road is expected to remain closed for some time. Traffic diversions are in place via Castlewellan Road. | The man who died after a crash involving a tractor near Hilltown in County Down was Patrick Gerald Lively, police have confirmed. | 37089642 |
His latest film, Logan, sees the mutant superhero in a way we've never seen him before - older, more grizzled and working as a limo driver to support a frail Professor Charles Xavier.
It's a very different take on the comic book character we've been used to seeing the actor play across eight films, but the star says he... | After 17 years playing Wolverine in the X-Men movies, Hugh Jackman is hanging up his claws. | 39126307 |
Incoming White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer confirmed the pair met to discuss vaccines and immunisations.
However, a spokeswoman for Mr Trump, Hope Hicks, told Reuters that "no decisions have been made at this time".
Mr Kennedy has long contended that some vaccines may cause autism, a claim that has been widely de... | Robert F Kennedy Jr, a leading voice in the anti-vaccine movement, says President-elect Donald Trump has asked him to chair a study on vaccine safety. | 38577861 |
The Iceland midfielder scored a superb equaliser at Old Trafford to maintain Swans hopes of avoiding relegation.
Swansea are third from bottom, two points behind Hull City with three matches remaining.
"It was nice to get something out of the game and it gives us something to build on now going into the next three game... | Swansea City can survive in the Premier League after a 1-1 draw with Manchester United, says Gylfi Sigurdsson. | 39764942 |
The Grammy award winner will receive her prize during a ceremony in June.
The organisation's chairman, Jimmy Webb, said Midler "captivated the world" with her "stylish presentation and unmistakable voice".
Previous recipients of the award include Dick Clark, Neil Diamond and Tony Bennett.
Midler launched her music care... | Veteran singer Bette Midler is to receive the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award at the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York. | 17302078 |
DreamWorks is behind a series of animated hit films including Shrek and Kung Fu Panda.
The deal will put Comcast in direct competition with Disney.
"DreamWorks will help us grow our film, television, theme parks and consumer products businesses for years to come," said Steve Burke, chief executive of NBCUniversal.
Shar... | Comcast has announced its NBCUniversal unit will buy DreamWorks Animation for $3.8bn (£2.6bn) in cash. | 36157734 |
David Sterling has done so because of the failure to pass a budget for the new financial year.
Mr Sterling will use emergency powers to release cash and resources to departments until a new budget is in place.
He said that while the procedures can keep cash flowing to public services it is "not a substitute for a budge... | A senior civil servant has taken control of Stormont's finances. | 39424785 |
League One and Two clubs must play a certain number of "first-team" players in the competition.
The Hatters' team for the game included eight players under the age of 21.
"If anyone wants to fine us for that group of youngsters, I'll pay the fine myself, because it would be an absolute disgrace," he told the club websi... | Manager Nathan Jones says he will pay any fine Luton Town may have incurred for making 11 changes for Tuesday's EFL Trophy 2-0 win over West Brom. | 37561406 |
The Eurogroup agreed to a series of measures, which include waiving an interest rate increase which was due to take place next year.
Other measures will also lighten the burden, without cutting the overall debt pile.
But ministers did not sign-off a second review of Greece's bailout programme, which could unlock furthe... | Greece has won some relief from its debt burden following the latest talks with eurozone finance ministers. | 38215635 |
The company said that the closure was because of "significant losses" and that "income from ticket sales" did not cover the costs of running the route.
It said no jobs would be lost, with all permanent staff being given different roles in the company.
It also said that the Larne to Cairnryan route will continue to oper... | The ferry route between Larne and Troon is to close with immediate effect, P&O Ferries has said. | 35301329 |
Mike Garwood's business lost £25,000 last month when thieves reversed a stolen Land Rover into his agriculture store in Alton to steal chainsaws.
He wants more support for police to tackle rural crime after the gang escaped despite an alarm going off.
The Hampshire force said it was investigating.
Mr Garwood, who also... | A businessman has claimed there is "mob rule" in parts of rural Hampshire after he was targeted by ram-raiders twice in the past 18 months. | 33646147 |
Wayne Ingold, 57, was not the intended victim of the attack, which happened outside his home in Witham, Essex, in August 2014.
Aarron Isaac, 19, of Elverson Road, Lewisham, and a 16-year-old boy from London - who cannot be named because of his age - had denied any involvement.
But a jury at Chelmsford Crown Court convi... | Two teenagers have been found guilty of a "sickening" acid attack which left a man with horrific burns. | 34474682 |
O'Neil, who can also play in midfield, made 49 appearances for the Spireites after signing from West Brom in August 2015.
The 23-year-old has played in 17 League One games this season, scoring twice.
"He is a Cambridge boy returning home and is a fantastic fit for us," said U's manager Shaun Derry.
Find all the latest ... | League Two side Cambridge have signed Chesterfield defender Liam O'Neil for an undisclosed fee on a three-and-a-half-year contract. | 38811824 |
Host Richard Keys and pundit Andy Gray commented on Ms Massey's appointment for the game between Wolves and Liverpool on Saturday.
Believing their microphones were off, the pair agreed female officials "don't know the offside rule".
In a statement, Sky said the two men had apologised for the comments.
The Football Asso... | Sky Sports has said off-air remarks made by two football presenters about female assistant referee Sian Massey were "not acceptable". | 12263398 |
Leganes goalkeeper Iago Herrerin complained that Bakambu handled the ball for the winner in the 92nd minute.
"It was a handball that everyone saw," Herrerin told beIN Sports. "It was impossible not to see it."
Leganes sit just above the relegation zone, while Villarreal stay fifth.
Bakambu had put Villarreal ahead on 6... | DR Congo striker Cedric Bakambu helped Villarreal to move back to within eight points of the Spanish La Liga top four with a controversial stoppage-time winner to deny Leganes. | 39686387 |
The rhetoric is full of foreboding and menace. A Delhi newspaper says China is warning that the stand-off "could escalate into full-scale conflict". Another echoes a similar sentiment, saying "China stiffens face-off posture".
In Beijing, the state-run media has begun reminding India of its defeat in the 1962 war over ... | If you browse through the latest headlines about the now month-long border stand-off between India and China, you might think the Asian rivals are teetering on the brink of an armed conflict. | 40653053 |
Some have paid large sums for treatment to give them more time with their children.
A chemotherapy drug called Kadcyla (or TDM1) costs £90,000 per patient and could give extra years of quality life.
It is not provided on the NHS in Wales, but a meeting will be held next month where recommendations about its future ava... | There are hundreds of women in Wales, many of them mothers, living with terminal secondary breast cancer. | 33858489 |
The engineered Mediterranean fruit flies possess a gene that prevents female flies from reaching adulthood.
When released into the environment, they mate with wild members of the same species and pass on the gene to their offspring, which die before they can cause damage to crops.
The flies have been produced by the Br... | Australia will carry out trials of a genetically modified insect to see if it can control a destructive crop pest. | 34910903 |
Ryan McInally, 30, of Monikie in Angus, committed the offence at a house in the Borders between December 2013 and January 2014.
At Selkirk Sheriff Court, he was ordered to carry out 200 hours unpaid work.
He also had his name put on the sex offenders register for three years.
He was supported in court by his partner wh... | A former Borders secondary school teacher who admitted breaching a position of trust by having sex with a female pupil has been sentenced. | 34769610 |
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We would like you or any of your female friends or family who experience harassment between Friday 2 December and Sunday 4 December to share your story with us.
We only need a brief description of the incident and the city where it happened. Tweet it using the hashtag #mappingh... | The BBC's 100 Women team want to map street harassment around the world - can you help? | 38173896 |
The basic principle behind this is the need for due impartiality of political coverage, as set out in the agreement accompanying the BBC Charter.
But there is also a legal dimension which applies to everyone - not just the BBC or broadcasters.
The restrictions on coverage last from 00:30 BST to 22:00 BST on polling day... | Strict rules mean the BBC, like other broadcasters, is not allowed to report details of campaigning while the polls are open. | 36599900 |
"Our calling is not just within the walls of the congregation," he said. "We are part of the life and community in which our congregation resides."
On Wednesday evening, Mr Pinckney was shot dead among those he had pledged to serve - one of nine victims of a gun attack on the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal ... | A church pastor and a state senator, Clementa Pinckney spoke of his politics as an extension of his religious mission, as another way of serving the people around him. | 33185559 |
Gaming International bought the club in December, with chairman Clarke Osborne keen to buy the freehold of the ground.
"They've got to show with their actions, not just words, they're in it for the real reasons," Nicholson said.
"I think they need to come out and build a relationship with the fans because rumours are a... | Torquay United boss Kevin Nicholson has called on the club's owners to be "more transparent" and quash speculation about their motives at Plainmoor. | 39448924 |
The flag caused alarm when it went up briefly on the Palais de la Prefecture on Monday, according to reports.
It was also displayed on Tuesday during the filming of an adaptation of Joseph Joffo's memoirs, A Bag of Marbles.
SS chief Alois Brunner used the Hotel Excelsior in Nice to co-ordinate his round up of Jews for ... | French officials have sought to reassure people in Nice after a film crew hung a huge Nazi banner on a government building. | 34390525 |
Don Leisure Ltd said administrators had been called in to manage the assets of Aberystwyth's Royal Pier.
Managing director Andrew Deakin said last year's tidal storms and the resulting loss of business could be to blame.
He said: "A number of options are being considered, ranging from a restructuring to a possible sale... | The future of the first pier to open in Wales could be under threat, according to the managing company. | 32063379 |
Ali, who died in June, won gold at Rome 1960 before becoming a three-time heavyweight champion in the paid ranks.
"I had to think a lot about the triple but I wanted to follow in the footsteps of my hero," Adams told BBC Breakfast.
The 34-year-old Leeds fighter faces Argentina's Virginia Noemi Carcamo.
Adams, who has b... | Double gold medallist Nicola Adams wants to emulate Muhammad Ali's route from Olympic glory to world titles as she prepares to make her professional debut in Manchester on Saturday. | 39491117 |
Burton is 11.5 penalties clear on Nobilis 18, meaning he can be two fences down in Sunday's showjumping and still triumph.
Townend is 29.6 penalties off the pace on Samuel Thomas II.
New Zealanders Tim Price and Andrew Nicholson are 2.3 penalties apart in second and third.
Yorkshire's Townend, the 2009 champion, had be... | Australian Chris Burton took pole position at the Burghley Horse Trials, with Oliver Townend the leading Briton in 10th after the cross-country event. | 37269023 |
Sarah, 29, whose identity is being protected, spoke out as police confirmed her ordeal in December 2015 is now being linked to a rape near Derby.
An 18-year-old woman was raped in Darley Abbey in September 2015 by a man fitting the same description.
Detectives believe there could be other victims who have yet to come f... | A woman has described how she fought off a sex attacker who detectives now believe raped another woman. | 38315332 |
Carl Pask's death was initially referred to the coroner after his body was found in his flat in Evington, Leicester, on 10 March.
Leicestershire Police said it took a 46-year-old man into custody on Sunday on suspicion of Mr Pask's murder.
The suspected cause of his death has not been released.
Det Insp Martin Smalley ... | A 46-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the "unexplained" death of another man more than a month ago. | 36077833 |
These include hundreds of additional park and ride spaces, extra trains and a better queuing system at Cardiff Central station.
Supporters had complained about problems at the three matches staged at the city's Millennium Stadium so far.
Meanwhile, Cardiff Bus workers will go on strike for 48 hours from midnight Wednes... | Rugby World Cup organisers have announced Cardiff transport improvements after complaints. | 34405067 |
The man in his 30s was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital on Monday afternoon after the stabbing in Windmill Road, Headington.
A 27-year-old man, thought to be known to the victim, was arrested at the scene.
Police are treating it as an isolated incident. The victim's next of kin have been informed.
Det Insp Dave Hub... | A murder investigation has been launched after the victim of a stabbing died in hospital. | 38972070 |
The blueprint will increase defence spending by $54bn (£43bn) but seeks to recoup that sum through deep cuts elsewhere, including to foreign aid.
Mr Trump's plan leaves large welfare programmes untouched, despite Republican calls for reform.
The president has consulted government agencies about his plans and will pres... | US President Donald Trump is seeking to boost defence spending by 10% in his proposed budget plan for 2018. | 39108194 |
The motion was passed with 70 votes in favour and 22 votes against it.
It followed a new political agreement struck on Tuesday between Stomont's two largest parties, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Féin.
However, other parties criticised the motion and voted against handing welfare powers back to Westminst... | The Northern Ireland Assembly has voted in favour of a motion to allow MPs at Westminster to implement changes to the welfare system in Northern Ireland. | 34853112 |
Riyad Mahrez steered in Islam Slimani's knockdown from close range five minutes before half-time time as the Premier League champions left their domestic struggles behind to remain firmly on course to top Group G.
Leicester's win was not without its anxious moments, with former Cardiff City striker Andreas Cornelius he... | Leicester City stand one victory away from qualification for the Champions League knockout phase after beating Copenhagen at the King Power Stadium to make it three wins from three in their group. | 37671855 |
Gordon Ross, 67, from Glasgow, had degenerative Parkinson's disease and was concerned anyone who helped him end his life would face prosecution.
Mr Ross died in January from pneumonia and other medical issues..
Judges at the Court of Session in Edinburgh said criminal law in Scotland on assisted suicide was clear.
They... | Judges have rejected a legal bid to force Scotland's senior law officer to publish guidance over prosecution in cases of assisted suicide. | 35613366 |
Thomas Anthony Carlin, 43, attempted to arrest Lord Justice Gillen last month while representing himself against his bank in a house repossession case.
On Monday, he failed to secure leave to challenge his conviction for contempt.
Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan ruled he had not established arguable legal grounds ... | A policeman who was jailed for trying to arrest a senior judge in a Belfast court has been denied leave to appeal his case at the Supreme Court. | 35634757 |
Students from Seaview Primary and St Patrick's primary in North Belfast were invited to join the Fishing for Schools project in Dromore.
The initiative was launched by Angling First and got 2,000 students out of the classroom last year.
Offering a positive form of recreation, it discourages children from becoming invol... | A cross-community shared education scheme is taking children out of the city to practise their angling skills. | 39221769 |
In her first Easter message as PM, she said "opportunities" would arise from Brexit and emphasised the UK's "shared ambitions and above all shared values".
She said people should feel "confident" about Christianity's role in society and free to speak about their faith.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the Easter messag... | Theresa May has spoken of a "sense of people coming together" following the UK's vote to leave the EU. | 39607056 |
The families of the students, who have not been seen since September 2014, had demanded that Tomas Zeron resign.
No reason was given for him standing down on Wednesday.
Families have disputed the government's official version of events, which said the students were killed and incinerated at a dump site.
The government ... | The head of Mexico's criminal investigation agency, charged with looking into the disappearance of 43 college students, has resigned. | 37370189 |
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Daniel Sturridge saw his penalty saved by substitute keeper Lee Bumyoung as GB lost the shoot-out 5-4 in Cardiff.
Ji Dong-won had earlier given South Korea a deserved lead with a long-range strike before GB were awarded two first-half spot kicks.
"It is an impossible situa... | Great Britain were knocked out in the quarter-finals of the Olympic football tournament by South Korea after losing a dramatic penalty shoot-out. | 18911955 |
The team of scientists - led by the University of Aberdeen and Cornell University in America - believe the subspecies of the European common vole was brought over by farmers.
They say it is found nowhere else on the UK mainland or islands.
The Belgium findings are described by the research team as a "totally unexpected... | The "mysterious" Orkney vole is likely to have originated from Belgium 5,100 years ago, researchers have said. | 23942934 |
Writing in Derry Now, Fr Paddy O'Kane explained that he got the idea while on holiday in Texas.
While there, the parish priest at Holy Family Church in Ballymagroarty went to Mass in various local churches, he wrote.
These gave him a "different perspective of the liturgy", he added.
He said he had found the "short, sha... | A Londonderry priest has made the decision to cut his sermons down to five minutes, to hold his congregation's attention. | 40338127 |
Mull Otter Group and animal welfare charity the Scottish SPCA have been involved in caring for them.
One of the otters, called Gribun, was found making crying sounds on a doorstep of a house on Mull. Rush was discovered alone on the Western Isles.
Mull Otter Group helped with the release of the pair on west coast islan... | Two otters that were rescued when they were cubs last year have been reintroduced into the wild. | 39052718 |
Southern Water said Brownhill Way, where the fault happened, had now reopened after it flooded between the M271 and the A3057.
The company said homes were left without water or with low pressure because of the burst main.
It said one hotel was still being affected and was being supplied with water by a tanker.
A spokes... | Water has been restored to about 120 homes that were affected by a burst water main in Southampton. | 34665334 |
Specialists from the army attended the scene shortly after police were called at 10:50 GMT.
Onlooker Craig Leech said he saw the military unit place an object in the back of their van and drive away.
A Thames Valley Police spokesman said: "The item was examined and was revealed to be an old fire extinguisher."
Read mor... | A bomb disposal team was called to Newbury Racecourse after builders identified a fire extinguisher as a "suspicious package". | 38934977 |
Tydfil Jenkins, 80, was pronounced dead at the scene after the crash on Bethania Street in Maesteg, just after 17:00 GMT on Tuesday.
The driver of a black Renault Clio was arrested on suspicion of causing death by driving without due care and attention while unfit through drugs and without a licence and insurance.
The ... | A woman who died after being knocked over as she crossed the road in Bridgend county has been named. | 38587795 |
Belfast's Linfield and SP La Fiorita will play in the first qualifying round with the winners taking on Brendan Rodgers' treble winners, who were seeded in the draw in Nyon.
Celtic will play away from home first.
Also entering in the first round are Welsh side The New Saints, who will play Gibraltar's Europa.
Celtic we... | Celtic will play Northern Irish champions Linfield or San Marino's SP La Fiorita in the second qualifying round of the Champions League. | 40318400 |
A promotional photo of tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko showed him looking, according to the Hyperallergic website, "like he'd had a bronzer malfunction".
The company has used dark make-up for Verdi's opera since its first production of Otello in 1891.
But Met general manager Peter Gelb said it "makes sense" to end that prac... | New York's Metropolitan Opera has said it is to break with operatic tradition and not use skin-darkening make-up on the star of its new version of Otello. | 33800713 |
One of the fastest growing online dating companies is Global Personals, based in Windsor, which was set up eight years ago.
It currently employs 100 staff and has 14 websites including Just Widower Dating and Just Divorced Singles which cater for very specific markets.
But 85% of Global Personals' income is from sellin... | With many people looking for a partner preferring to search online than in a bar or club, the web dating business is worth more than £2bn a year worldwide and niche targeting is helping businesses meet customer needs. | 16054422 |
It has been introduced to cater for students with religious beliefs or medical conditions that do not allow drinking.
The move from the Fife institution is thought to be the first time alcohol-free student accommodation has been offered in Scotland.
It will be offered at David Russell Apartments in Fife Park from Septe... | Students who want to live in alcohol-free accommodation are being given the chance at St Andrews University. | 31364421 |
Police said the 55-year-old died when she plunged from the bridge on the M602 near Eccles, Greater Manchester, on 17 April.
A man was seen talking to her on the bridge and her handbag was taken a short time after she fell, said police.
The 27-year-old, from Eccles, is due to appear before Manchester and Salford Magistr... | A man has been charged with stealing a woman's handbag moments after she fell to her death from a motorway bridge. | 33076959 |
Two thirds of the private money needed is committed, mainly from Asian and American financial institutions.
It is conditional on the circuit in Ebbw Vale passing outstanding planning hurdles.
Michael Carrick said he had "positive support" from the local council and community.
He has set a £200m private finance target t... | The man behind plans for the Circuit of Wales motor sport track in Blaenau Gwent says he already has £120m conditionally committed to the project. | 31766561 |
Morgan's side pulled off the second-highest run chase in Twenty20 international history in reply to what appeared an unassailable 229-6.
Chasing 230, Joe Root scored 83 from 43 balls after opener Jason Roy had set the tone, blitzing 43 from 16.
"I felt we had to play out of our skins and we did just that," Morgan said.... | England captain Eoin Morgan says playing with freedom was the key to their stunning World Twenty20 victory over South Africa in Mumbai. | 35844753 |
Uruguayan defender Miguel Britos was shown a first-half red card for a high and reckless challenge on Brighton's Anthony Knockaert, who was lucky to escape injury.
In a game of few clear-cut chances, Brighton came closest to making the breakthrough as they twice hit the post through Knockaert and Tomer Hemed.
But Watfo... | Brighton claimed their first ever Premier League point despite failing to break down 10-man Watford at Vicarage Road. | 40984013 |
Experian identified the group, which only made up 8% of the population, as suffering the biggest rise in ID theft.
There was a 17% rise in victims among this group compared with 2014.
The analysis comes shortly after fraud prevention service Cifas said Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn had become a "hunting ground" for id... | Nearly a quarter of identity fraud victims in the UK last year were tech-savvy mobile and social media users, according to a credit checking service. | 36964435 |
The incident happened at about 05.15 local time on Monday.
The man, who was struck by a car, later died in hospital.
The driver of the car was not injured. | A 33-year-old man has died following a road collision on the N25 in Castlemartyr, County Cork. | 32579717 |
The Bone Cancer Research Trust (BCRT) spent £3.2m on research, including studies on proton beam therapy, between 2006-2016 and National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) members spent £6.4m.
But in the same period, NCRI members spent £387m on breast cancer research.
BCRT said bone cancer received 1.6% of the amount spen... | A cancer charity has said primary bone cancer is "under-profiled and under-funded". | 38966129 |
Robert Russell, 46, committed much of the sexual abuse while his victims were asleep.
Prosecutor Kath Harper described his conduct as "sexually deviant."
At the High Court in Glasgow, Russell was found guilty of offences which took place in Livingston between 2003 and 2016.
He raped one girl when she was aged between 1... | A man has been convicted of repeatedly raping a 12-year-old girl and sexually abusing her and three others in West Lothian. | 39506639 |
In the only change to the back line, winger O'Mahony replaces Keith Earls who took a knock to the ribs in training this week.
Tommy O'Donnell is selected ahead of Jack O'Donoghue in the back row while James Cronin comes in at loose-head.
Pool leaders Munster have qualified while Racing are out of contention.
They secur... | Munster's top try scorer Ronan O'Mahony comes into the side which will try to secure a home European Champions Cup quarter-final by beating Racing 92. | 38693528 |
Ceredigion councillors said all signs at the new branch should be in Welsh and English.
But the firm said "Foodhall" was a brand name and was not translated anywhere.
M&S removed the planned sign from its original application to allow the store to open but has now lodged a fresh one.
The firm's new application reiterat... | A new Marks and Spencer store has opened in Aberystwyth without its foodhall sign after it refused to provide a Welsh language translation. | 39367129 |
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, 40, set the record after conquering the treacherous K2, her husband said.
"She is over the moon," he said on Mrs Kaltenbrunner's website.
Mrs Kaltenbrunner, a nurse, is only the third woman to reach all 14 highest summits, but the first two climbers used supplemental oxygen.
"SUMMIT!!! At 6:18pm... | An Austrian has become the first woman to reach all 14 Himalayan summits above 8,000m (26,000 ft) without using bottled oxygen. | 14641414 |
They said that the bomber was on foot and targeted a bus carrying the troops.
The Taliban say that they carried out the attack, the first by them in the capital for more than a week.
Kabul's police chief resigned at the end of last month following a surge in attacks by Afghan militants on foreigners in the city.
Presid... | At least six Afghan soldiers have been killed by a suicide bomber on the outskirts of the capital Kabul, police and officials say. | 30426602 |
PC Neil Bevan's behaviour to the woman was described was "abrupt, rude [and] bullying" after the incident on 11 August 2016.
It is alleged he stopped her and took her keys, instructed another officer to move the vehicle, and issued her with a traffic offence report.
The hearing takes place on 7 June.
A Thames Valley Po... | A police constable is facing a misconduct hearing into claims he "bullied" a woman whose car he seized on private land. | 40076318 |
Matthew Bray, 20, hit Lochlan Olden on a pavement in Hopkinstown, Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff, in May.
He admitted causing serious injury by dangerous driving, driving without insurance and failing to stop after an accident at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court.
Bray, of Aberdare, was detained in a young offenders' institut... | A man has been locked up for three years for crashing his quad bike into a seven-year-old boy, causing him to have his leg amputated. | 34066182 |
Plans to transform the stadium into a modern 38,000-seater Gaelic games venue are being probed over safety fears.
Nelson McCausland said the investigation into concerns over emergency exits at the planned new stadium was proving difficult.
He said: "No-one seems to know anything. It's almost like Fawlty Towers, and Man... | The chairman of a Stormont committee has compared the Casement Park stadium controversy to sitcom Fawlty Towers. | 33092687 |
It was supposed to be.
The seat, moulded to include a protruding penis and chest, was designed to highlight sexual harassment experienced by female passengers.
The explanation next to the men-only label read: "It is uncomfortable to sit here, but that is nothing compared to the sexual violence that women suffer on thei... | When a new style of seat suddenly appeared on Mexico City's metro system, it was labelled as inappropriate, uncomfortable, humiliating and embarrassing. | 39449506 |
Renfrewshire Council member Terry Kelly was suspended by Labour in May.
It came after he wrote strongly in defence of former London mayor Ken Livingston, who was suspended from the party for making comments about Hitler.
In a blog posted on Thursday, Mr Kelly said that his suspension from the Labour party had been lift... | A Scottish Labour councillor suspended from the party over a series of posts on his blog about Zionism and Israel has been reinstated. | 36777658 |
The deal, which follows years of negotiations with the estate of the late Lady Mairi Bury, will increase the size of the attraction ten-fold.
It will lead to the opening up of 20 miles of walking trails, as well as the restoration of Georgian buildings.
It comes as a £7.5m project to restore the stately home nears comp... | The National Trust has bought 900 acres of land surrounding the historic Mount Stewart house and gardens in County Down at a cost of £4m. | 30886790 |
Japanese plastic surgeon Katsuya Takasu had promised to reward the team after hearing about their financial difficulties before and during the tournament.
Takasu fulfilled his promise by presenting cheques of $200,000 and $190,000 to coach Samson Siasia and captain John Mikel Obi respectively on behalf of the team.
He... | A benefactor has handed a reward of $390,000 to the Nigerian Olympic football team in Brazil after the West African country won bronze on Saturday. | 37148817 |
The European Medicines Agency gave a positive scientific opinion after assessing its safety and effectiveness.
It represents a 'green light' for the Mosquirix jab, developed by GlaxoSmithKline.
The World Health Organization will consider later this year whether to recommend it for children, among whom trials have yield... | The world's first malaria vaccine has cleared one of the final hurdles prior to being approved for use in Africa. | 33641939 |
Boris Johnson
Vote Leave's big signing - made as the transfer deadline loomed - was a predictable hit with the home fans, showing he had lost none of his sparkle in front of goal. There were blunders, such as his public spat with Barack Obama after he made a dig at the US president's "part-Kenyan" ancestry, and compari... | As the UK votes to leave the European Union, the BBC takes a look at how the key figures on each side of the UK's EU referendum performed. | 36595225 |
Mr Lee denies accepting 30 million won ($27,700; £18,600) in illegal campaign funds from businessman Sung Wan-jong.
A note left by Sung, who died in an apparent suicide earlier this month, listed eight figures he claimed to have bribed, including Mr Lee.
President Park Geun-hye has called for a "thorough investigation... | South Korea's Prime Minister Lee Wan-koo has offered to resign after facing accusations of accepting bribes, just two months into his post. | 32391030 |
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The PSNI has revealed it will be issuing notices to badly parked cars.
Diane Marks explained the safety issues that pavement parking can cause. | A guide dog owner has warned of the dangers of pavement parking, as a campaign is launched to urge NI drivers to consider the needs of those with disabilities. | 38832883 |
Raikkonen lost control and spun at the 160mph Turn Three during the afternoon, hitting the barrier and damaging the front wing and suspension.
He was unhurt but the crash ended Ferrari's running for the day.
Bottas set the pace with a lap of one minute 19.310 seconds, 0.11secs quicker than Williams' Felipe Massa.
Three... | Kimi Raikkonen crashed his Ferrari as Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas set the fastest lap of the winter on the second day of the final pre-season test. | 39205336 |
It's reported he had the idea at 2pm and after a whirl of speculation, and a few changes of venue, tickets went on sale for Koko in Camden at 7pm.
Crowds waited hours in the cold before Kanye eventually took to the stage about 1.20am.
He was joined by Skepta, JME, Novelist, Vic Mensa, Meridian Dan, Raekwon and Cyhi.
Ra... | Kanye West has been joined on stage by an all-star line-up at a secret gig in London. | 31728367 |
Johnston came off during the 250cc session, in which he set the fastest speed, and was taken to hospital.
The Fermanagh rider crashed after exiting the Hairpin Bend.
Derek Sheils was quickest in the Superbike practice for the Dundrod 150 races on Thursday, followed by Conor Cummins and Michael Dunlop.
Dubliner Sheils c... | Last year's treble winner Lee Johnston has been ruled out of the Ulster Grand Prix after suffering a fractured collarbone in a practice crash. | 37038190 |
An investigation was triggered when residents of Ffordd yr Ysgol, Flint, found a female badger dead in a pool of blood on Saturday morning.
A dog - a bull breed lurcher cross - was also discovered abandoned in playing fields near Cornist Park County Primary School with serious injuries.
The RSPCA called the alleged bai... | A badger and a dog were made to "fight until the death" in a suspected baiting in Flintshire, the RSPCA has said. | 33121839 |
Imam Abdul Aziz has been accused of threatening protesters outside the Red Mosque.
The cleric said the charge against him was insignificant.
Last week, Taliban fighters attacked the school in Peshawar, killing 152 people, including 133 children.
Mr Aziz said that the authorities should focus on arresting people accused... | A judge in Pakistan has issued an arrest warrant for a cleric at a radical mosque in Islamabad who has refused to condemn the massacre of children at an army-run school. | 30607078 |
Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Dave Phillips, 50, from Cwmbran, south Wales, had been signed off work sick.
He was given early retirement from Tata Steel later that year, and was left depressed and feeling cut off from the world.
So his wife Angie suggested he return to archery in 2013 and now he is in Rio to compe... | Four years ago he was watching the Olympics from his couch. | 36954877 |
The crash, between junctions five and six of the eastbound carriageway at Tarbock Island, was reported to the emergency services at about 04:20 BST.
A body was found on the carriageway. Merseyside Police said the death is being treated as "unexplained".
One of the car drivers has been taken to hospital with a minor inj... | A man has been found dead on the M62 in Merseyside following a crash involving six vehicles in the early hours. | 36819191 |
Recorder Jason Dunn-Shaw, of Maidstone Chambers in Kent, is understood to have called one man a "donkey" and others "narrow-minded and bigoted".
He also accused others of commenting "without thinking things through".
Mr Dunn-Shaw told KentOnline - the site where the comments were posted - he was "dismayed" he had been ... | A judge has been sacked for using a pseudonym to post abusive comments on a newspaper website about cases he was involved in. | 39575463 |
Hosts Ireland will be in action along with France, Poland, Ukraine, Italy, Wales, Scotland and Austria.
Hockey Ireland said on Wednesday that the event, Ireland's first since the Olympic Games, will be played in Ulster on 11-19 March.
"Our team will be playing in front of a home crowd, giving them an extra edge," said ... | Stormont and Lisnagarvey are in the running to stage a men's Hockey World League Round 2 tournament next year. | 37634585 |
Presenters such as Victoria Derbyshire and Emily Maitlis signed an open letter to the corporation's director general.
An experienced TV and radio broadcaster, Mrs Austin said she felt "very strongly about" the issue.
She described the pay disparity as "absolutely not good enough in 2017".
The corporation released a lis... | BBC Northern Ireland presenter Wendy Austin has joined more than 40 other high-profile female journalists and presenters calling for the BBC to act on the gender pay gap. | 40706818 |
They look abandoned, but the 25 tonnes of scrap metal are at the heart of a major religious recycling project - the plan is to transform them into the first Catholic church built in Communist Cuba since the 1959 revolution.
The engineer in charge of the project in Santiago de Cuba admits it is ambitious, not only becau... | On a hill behind Cuba's most important Catholic shrine, there is a heap of steel bars lying in the long grass. | 28738730 |
Three schools in the Sandwell area were evacuated and lessons halted at a school in Halesowen after the hoax calls were made on Tuesday.
Calls were made to four schools in the Bristol area during the same morning, Avon and Somerset Police said.
West Midlands Police said officers are working to see if the calls are link... | Bomb hoax calls to schools in Bristol are being investigated to see if there are links to similar calls made in the West Midlands. | 35360851 |
The emergency services were called to Penparc at about 13:00 BST on Sunday.
A Mid and West ambulance service spokeswoman said there were three patients, one of which was airlifted to Morriston Hospital and another taken to Glangwili Hospital.
The extent of their injuries is currently unknown.
Mid and West Wales Fire an... | Three people have been injured at a motorbike scrambling event in Ceredigion. | 39615830 |
The Australian Electoral Study found Australian voters' faith in democracy has plunged to its lowest point since the 1970s.
It also showed record low interest in the 2016 federal election.
But dramatic change is less likely in Australia due to factors including compulsory voting, the authors said.
The survey, conducted... | Australian politics is starting to experience the kind of dissatisfaction seen in the United States and Britain, a major study has found. | 38375687 |
Officers found the torso in the case at a shared house in Peterborough just after 12:30 BST on Friday, after other tenants reported a "pungent smell".
Cambridgeshire Police want to find Lithuanian national Vitautas Jokubauskas, 57.
He had been letting the property in Mayor's Walk, they said.
The body has been removed f... | A woman's body with no arms, legs or head has been found in a suitcase - and murder detectives have named a man they are hunting. | 33034823 |
Ms Sturgeon also said the Scottish government was considering become an active participant in the case.
The ruling means the UK government cannot trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty - beginning formal exit negotiations with the EU - on its own.
It is appealing to the Supreme Court, with a further hearing due next m... | Nicola Sturgeon has welcomed as "hugely significant" a court ruling that parliament must vote before the UK can start the process of leaving the EU. | 37859595 |
Steve Cook's close-range finish set the visitors on their way before Joshua King scored after a defensive mix-up.
Jordan Ayew reduced the deficit with a powerful shot beyond Artur Boruc.
Villa need to win their remaining five games to have any chance of staying up, but could be down before they play at Manchester Unite... | Aston Villa are all but relegated after a defeat by Bournemouth - their eighth in a row - left them 15 points from safety with five games left. | 35949318 |
However, the exact time of mid-summer changes every year.
This year, it falls at 17:38 BST on Sunday.
Due to the earth's tilt, summer solstice in the northern hemisphere is the point at which the sun reaches its highest point in the sky, and shines directly on the Tropic of Cancer which is 23.5 degrees north of the equ... | The summer solstice is the longest day of the year, and in the northern hemisphere it almost always falls on 21 June. | 33150310 |
The south-western city of Stuttgart is home to Daimler - the makers of Mercedes - and Porsche.
Stuttgart's mayor urged residents to use public transport or electric taxis, or to form carpools.
Stuttgart is the first city in Germany to issue an official alarm over levels of polluting particles in the air.
On Monday, lev... | Residents of one of Germany's foremost car manufacturing bases have been asked to leave their vehicles at home after smog breached maximum safe levels. | 35357966 |
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