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Witnesses said the attackers targeted a hotel in the town before escaping the scene.
Five wounded people were taken to hospital, according to the Kenyan Red Cross.
Kenya has suffered a series of attacks since its troops moved into southern Somalia to combat Islamist al-Shabab militants in 2011.
Police confirmed that an... | At least eight people have been killed in an attack by a group of armed men in the eastern Kenyan town of Garissa. | 22203939 |
Edward Huxley, 70, of Cookham, Berkshire, had denied two counts of indecent assault in a trial at Mold Crown Court which began in April.
Four other men have already been convicted and another has been cleared. The jury has now retired for the day as it considers verdicts on a seventh man.
Boys were assaulted at sex par... | A fifth man has been found guilty of historical sexual abuse in Wrexham during the 1980s. | 33323090 |
Ellis, who played Bert Lynch in the 1960s police drama, died three years ago aged 82.
The footbridge bearing his name was unveiled as the latest part of the £40m Connswater Community Greenway project.
An estimated 500 people attended the ceremony, during which a family-owned recording of Ellis singing the Z Cars theme... | A new bridge dedicated to the late Z Cars actor James Ellis has opened close to his home in east Belfast. | 39208237 |
Thomas Orchard, 32, who had schizophrenia, died in October 2012 after being arrested in Exeter.
The official record of the incident was falsified, Bristol Crown Court heard.
Civilian detention officer Simon Tansley claims to have been bitten by Mr Orchard but that "simply did not happen", said prosecutor Mark Heywood.
... | Police staff facing charges of killing a man with mental health problems have been accused of lying about the dangers he posed. | 35670096 |
Brook, who had surgery on a broken right eye socket eight months ago, never fully recovered from his left eye swelling midway through the bout.
The Sheffield fighter was put down in the 10th when Spence ruthlessly went to work on the eye but, roared on by home support, rallied bravely.
He would last just one more round... | Kell Brook was stopped by Errol Spence Jr as he lost the IBF world welterweight title in dramatic fashion at Bramall Lane. | 40071749 |
Manchester City trio Sergio Aguero, Kevin De Bruyne and Yaya Toure are among five Premier League players nominated for the top prize.
Last year's winner Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid and Barcelona's Lionel Messi are the favourites to win world football's best player award..
But Wales forward Gareth Bale is the only ... | The 23-man shortlist for the 2015 Ballon d'Or award for the world's best footballer has been announced, and there's only one Brit on there. | 34584266 |
His Pansodan Gallery, which opened in 2008, is on one of the Yangon's busiest streets and as well as tourists, locals also flock there in ever greater numbers these days.
"This is the time for recovery from the stigma of the last 40 years of censorship," he says.
"For the artists, there is now more chance to earn an in... | Leaving a half empty cup of tea on the table of his popular art studio in downtown Yangon, Aung Soe Min manoeuvres around a group of chatty local artists to greet a foreign couple, interested in purchasing paintings by local artists. | 34476284 |
A poor display in the fencing cost her as she lost out to overall winner, Germany's Lena Schoneborn.
Murray, 25, could only win 12 of her 35 bouts in the fencing in Berlin.
The Briton was joint fastest in the swimming pool and rode a near-perfect round in the show-jumping.
But because of her fencing score she started t... | Britain's Samantha Murray failed to retain her world title and missed out on automatic qualification for Rio 2016 after finishing fifth at the Modern Pentathlon World Championships. | 33393805 |
Officials at the city's airport confirmed a plane carrying Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi had landed on Tuesday.
A government source told the Reuters news agency Mr Hadi would spend the festival of Eid al-Adha in Aden before flying to New York to address the UN.
He fled Aden in late March as Houthi rebels advanced on the city,... | Yemen's president has returned to the southern city of Aden after six months in exile, his office says. | 34323078 |
The Community union, the biggest in Tata, announced its result of a ballot on industrial action on Friday.
The dispute is over proposed changes to pensions which could see employees retiring at 65 instead of 60.
GMB and Ucatt members also voted to strike. Unite members are still voting.
Unite is balloting until next Fr... | Tata Steel workers across the UK have voted by almost 9-1 to go on strike in a row over pensions, which would be the first national strike in the steel industry in 30 years. | 32934139 |
Tajamul Islam won the sub-junior World Kickboxing Championship in Italy in November.
She has been winning local championships since last year, and now aspires to participate in the Olympics.
Photographer Abid Bhat chronicles the life and times of the troubled region's newest heroine.
Tajamul comes from a village in Ban... | A nine-year-old girl has created history in Indian-administered Kashmir. | 38143228 |
The court said taxpayers who had opted out of getting an Aadhaar (foundation) number should not be forced to get one.
It added that people's tax identification cards, which do not need biometrics, would continue to be legal even if they are not linked to Aadhaar.
The court said the government must do more to allay data... | India's top court has ruled that a controversial biometric-based personal identification number will not be mandatory to file tax returns yet. | 40213566 |
The jostling molecules of liquid bump the particles to and fro in an effect called Brownian motion.
Now a chemical engineer and an artist have joined forces to turn this random molecular dance into music.
The project, called Scale Structure Synthesis, was developed for the University of Sheffield's Festival of the Mind... | The random dance of tiny particles bouncing around in liquid has been turned into a unique sound display. | 19647038 |
The driver was not injured and it is believed a second lorry was involved but did not stop, West Mercia Police said.
The A41 at Shakeford, near Hinstock, was closed earlier.
The owners of the house have spent the past year renovating the Grade II listed building but decided not to stay there on Tuesday night.
They are ... | A lorry has smashed into the side of a house becoming embedded in the brickwork and blocking a road. | 36902025 |
Benjamin King died after being starved of oxygen before birth. Tamara Podemski was due to have a Caesarean the night before his birth but was sent home.
His father, actor Jamie King, said they heard "altered accounts, deflection and diversion" at the inquest.
The Avon Coroner has contacted police after claims witness s... | Claims hospital evidence given at the inquest of a new born baby was tampered with are being examined by police. | 38644412 |
The Swans have set an asking price of £50m for the midfielder after rejecting a £40m bid from Leicester.
Sigurdsson has three years left on his contract but, having sold Jack Cork to Burnley, Clement says he cannot guarantee the Icelandic playmaker will remain at the Liberty Stadium.
"I've made it very clear I want him... | Swansea boss Paul Clement admits the "business side to football" means the club may have to sell Gylfi Sigurdsson. | 40590000 |
Banks such as Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) are increasingly using chatbots to answer customer queries.
The report examined the views of 600 bankers and other experts.
Many, perhaps ironically, felt that AI would help banks create a more human-like customer experience.
"The big paradox here is that people think technolo... | Artificial intelligence will be the main way that banks interact with their customers within the next three years, a report from consultancy Accenture has suggested. | 39419727 |
Jamie King offered to walk the girl home before the attack in Aberdeen in October 2013.
King, who was aged 17 at the time, then grabbed hold of the girl and took her bag and mobile phone before raping her.
He had denied the charges but was found guilty by a jury at the High Court in Edinburgh.
The court head the incide... | A teenage rapist who attacked a 14-year-old girl after she had been drinking has been told he faces a lengthy prison sentence. | 34682692 |
It will house two of Flint's GP practices, as well as dental services and occupational therapists.
The centre will replace services previously provided by sites including Borough Grove Clinic and Flint Hospital, which campaigners fought to save.
Health Minister Mark Drakeford said it would bring "health and social serv... | Funding of £5m has been announced for a new health centre in Flintshire. | 35593770 |
Abdul Rahman Mustafa Mohammed, also known as Abu Alaa al-Afari, was at a mosque near Tal Afar that was targeted, spokesman Brig-Gen Tahsin Ibrahim said.
There was no immediate confirmation from the US military or on IS media.
In recent weeks, there were unconfirmed reports that Afari had taken temporary charge of IS op... | The second-in-command of Islamic State (IS) has been killed in a US-led coalition air strike in northern Iraq, the Iraqi ministry of defence says. | 32726646 |
The company said the ads would also be less taxing on the handsets' processors, meaning their batteries should last longer.
The technique is based on work it has already done to make news publishers' articles load more quickly.
But it is still in development, and one expert said Google still had questions to answer.
Th... | Google says it has found a way to make adverts load faster on web pages viewed on smartphones and tablets. | 36844717 |
The Rome club will also have to close three sections of the Stadio Olimpico ground for their next two Serie A home games.
The match was stopped for three minutes in the second half after some fans aimed racist chants at Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly.
League leaders Napoli won 2-0.
Senegal international Koulibaly, 2... | Lazio have been fined 50,000 euros (£38,250) after their match against Napoli on Wednesday was temporarily halted following racist chants. | 35496954 |
The chancellor is expected to pledge almost £7bn to make housebuilding a priority.
The news boosted all firms in the sector, with shares in Taylor Wimpey, Persimmon and Barratt Developments all up by more than 5%.
By late morning, the FTSE 100 was up 59.42 points at 6,336.65.
"Shares in housebuilders have burst out of... | Shares in housebuilders drove the FTSE 100 higher on the news that the government is to announce new money to build more homes. | 34919450 |
It has urged hillwalkers not already versed in the use of a map and compass to learn the skill.
The council's warning comes ahead of the busy summer walking season.
MCofS said there was a recent incident where a couple had to be rescued from a situation they could have got out of themselves with a map and compass.
Heat... | The Mountaineering Council of Scotland has asked people not to rely on smartphones and GPS devices as navigation tools in the hills. | 32726241 |
These five new notifications complement Top Stories, which already send out breaking sport news and reaction to more than 400,000 subscribers.
The notifications are easy to add - head to the My Notifications section of the menu and then choose the topics you are interested in.
You can also add score notifications for y... | In the BBC Sport app you can now set notifications for football, cricket, tennis, golf and formula 1 news - ensuring you never miss any of the biggest stories from your favourite sports. | 15561688 |
Kvesic, 20, replaced Exeter's Tom Johnson in the squad, who suffered suspected ligament damage in Saturday's 29-20 defeat against Leinster.
If Kvesic wins his first England cap, he would be the first Worcester player to do so since Matt Mullan in 2010.
My next step is just that I want to push on and try and get a cap i... | Worcester Warriors flanker Matt Kvesic says his call-up to England's Six Nations training squad was unexpected. | 21142268 |
Clevedon Hospital was due to be replaced with a new hospital building at Millcross but was scrapped in 2012 by North Somerset Primary Care Trust.
Candidates have also debated how GP shortages can be tackled and the merging of social care with the NHS.
The debate was broadcast on BBC Bristol on Tuesday evening featuring... | Resurrecting plans for a new hospital in Clevedon has been backed by Somerset North constituency candidates. | 32511155 |
In 2003, the FA pulled all funding from a major review of its child protection policies, three years early.
An evaluation of the project later suggested some FA staff had also been bullied into not talking.
The FA said it could not comment due to a new review into sex abuse.
It has instructed independent leading counse... | The Football Association scrapped a flagship project meant to ensure children were being protected from sexual abuse, the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme has learned. | 38145061 |
The inquiry will have statutory powers and a new panel, Home Secretary Theresa May told the House of Commons.
Mrs May said she was determined to "expose despicable crimes".
Since the original child abuse inquiry was set up last July, two chairwomen have resigned amid concerns over their links with the establishment.
Mr... | New Zealand High Court judge Lowell Goddard has been named as the head of a new inquiry into historical child sex abuse in England and Wales. | 31130805 |
Some 171 countries inked the deal today, a record number for a new international treaty.
About 15 nations, mainly small island states, had already ratified the agreement.
But dozens of other countries were required to take this second step before the pact came into force.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said: "Paris w... | Amid hope and hype, delegates have finished signing the Paris climate agreement at UN headquarters in New York. | 36108194 |
The commemoration was organised by the Royal British Legion.
It took place on the same day that the centenary of the Irish rebellion was marked with ceremonies in Dublin, Belfast and other towns and cities.
After a parade in Greyabbey, a wreath was laid on the grave of Sandy McClelland, of the Royal Irish Rifles.
The r... | A service of remembrance for 116 British soldiers who died in the 1916 Easter Rising has been held in the County Down village of Greyabbey. | 35908564 |
Geological surveys have found an "unacceptable risk" that the ground below the Pinner Wood School, in Pinner, north-west London, could become unstable, Harrow Council said.
Pupils of the primary school have been told they will not be able to return to the site until further notice.
But it is also possible they will nev... | A junior school is facing an uncertain future after a chalk mine was discovered beneath it. | 39371411 |
The group, Core Issues, was ordered to pay £100,000 in legal costs after the High Court rejected its case.
It was trying to challenge a Transport for London (TfL) ban of its posters, which read "Not Gay! Ex-Gay, Post-Gay and Proud. Get over it!".
Core Issues vowed to continue fighting.
The 2012 campaign was a response ... | A Christian group has failed in a bid to overturn a decision to ban its bus adverts, which suggested gay people could be helped to change their sexuality. | 33080916 |
New Vale boss Bruno Ribeiro has several more foreign transfer targets in mind.
Knops, a 28-year-old centre-back, is due to be followed to the Potteries on Wednesday by two more foreign signings from French side Monaco.
"It is important to me to come and play for a manager who wants to play football," said Knops.
"That ... | Port Vale have made their first summer signing by bringing in Dutch defender Kjell Knops from Eerste Divisie side MVV Maastricht on a two-year deal. | 36655734 |
Willett fired eight birdies and a bogey in a seven-par-under 65 at the K Club.
McIlroy posted a 67 as he bids to improve his recent poor form at his home tournament, which has seen him miss three straight cuts at the event.
England's Callum Shinkwin and Jaco Van Zyl lie a shot behind McIlroy, with Soren Kjeldsen, Ross ... | Masters champion Danny Willett leads Rory McIlroy by two shots after the first round of the Irish Open. | 36335977 |
The new crest was supposed to be revealed on Boxing Day, and the club had put posters up around Manchester, teasing fans with clues of what the design would entail.
But their big reveal has now been ruined after the Intellectual Property Office published it on its website. Three days early.
Gone is the golden eagle, th... | Manchester City fans got an early Christmas present when the club's new badge appeared to be leaked by a government office. | 35175829 |
Terry Hill, from Bridgend, was involved in a collision on the A4233 near Wattstown, Porth, at 22:00 BST on Thursday.
The 45-year-old was described as "a pillar" to his family and the community through his involvement as a rugby coach and with a brass band.
A man, 40, from Ferndale, was arrested on suspicion of dangerou... | Tributes have been paid to a man who died in a crash in Rhondda Cynon Taff. | 36567125 |
Rosemary Butler makes the call in her submission to the Silk Commission examining whether further powers should be devolved to Wales.
She said an increase in AMs would be part of a "strong and clear constitutional settlement for the assembly and the people of Wales".
The UK government will decide what to include in a G... | The Welsh assembly's presiding officer has called for the number of AMs to be increased from 60 to 80. | 21623849 |
With the game reduced to 32 overs per side, Quinton de Kock led the way for the tourists, smashing seven sixes in his 104 from 78 balls before retiring.
Wayne Parnell (61) and JP Duminy (68) also feasted on the county attack as the tourists made 289-4.
Sussex were never in the hunt after slumping to 30-3, finishing on ... | South Africa thrashed Sussex by 66 runs at Hove in the rain-affected first game of their lengthy tour of England, which runs until early August. | 39983879 |
The answer lies in the folds of a multi-dimensional conflict in which the aims of various parties are often at odds with each other.
At one level, an increasingly aggressive insurgency rages across Afghanistan, preventing the government in Kabul and its international allies from stabilising the country.
At another, muc... | Pakistan has freed its highest-ranking Taliban captive, Mullah Baradar - but where does he go from here? | 24172000 |
Capt Eric "Winkle" Brown, 95, the last surviving pilot to have flown the first British jet, the Gloster E28/39, unveiled a plaque to mark the occasion.
The museum's collection of aircraft has been in storage since 2000 when the main hangar was demolished.
Volunteers campaigned and raised money to get the collection bac... | Gloucestershire's new Jet Age Museum has been officially opened 14 years after the old museum closed. | 27344303 |
HP acquired the WebOS operating system when it bought veteran gadget maker Palm in 2011 for $1.2bn (£789m).
Financial details of the deal have not been disclosed but HP is not thought to have recouped much of the money it paid for Palm.
LG said the WebOS code would be used to power its next-generation smart TV technol... | Electronics giant HP is selling off the code, staff and technology involved in its WebOS software to Korean firm LG. | 21587666 |
London's FTSE 100 index closed down 4.6% at 5,898.87, with major markets in France and Germany down by 5.5% and 4.96% respectively.
In total, £73.75bn was wiped off the FTSE 100 as a result of Monday's falls.
Wall Street's Dow Jones initially fell 6%, but recovered to trade just 0.8% lower.
At one point it fell below ... | Stock markets across the world have fallen sharply as fears of a Chinese economic slowdown continue to haunt investors. | 34038147 |
NHS Lothian announced last week that the children's ward at St John's Hospital in Livingston is to close to inpatients for six weeks.
Shona Robison told BBC Scotland there was "no easy solution" to the difficulty of filling paediatric posts.
But she said no other hospital wards had been brought to her attention.
The de... | Recruitment work is continuing after a staff shortage led to the partial closure of a children's ward, the health secretary has said. | 33403634 |
After winning the title for the first time since 1936 in November 2015, Great Britain's defence ended in semi-final defeat by Argentina in September.
Britain's Andy Murray could face world number three Milos Raonic in a repeat of his Wimbledon win earlier this year.
Defeat for Great Britain would mean they have to cont... | Great Britain's Davis Cup first-round tie in Canada will be held in Ottawa's TD Place Arena from 3-5 February. | 38008190 |
All 108 seats in the new assembly have now been filled after the final count in Upper Bann on Saturday.
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Arlene Foster said she is looking forward to the start of government negotiations.
The DUP remains the largest party at Stormont.
As it happened: Northern Ireland Assembly elect... | Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness has said that talks on shaping a programme for government must build on progress already achieved in Northern Ireland. | 36239671 |
Media speculation has claimed Allardyce is set to leave, with Marseille boss Marcelo Bielsa among those reportedly lined up to replace him.
"I don't know I am going to be here next season," admitted Allardyce.
"But when you're contracted to a club, you do the job. One of those roles is to plan for next season"
In May, ... | Manager Sam Allardyce says he is planning for next season with West Ham despite his contract at Upton Park expiring in the summer. | 32252154 |
Thomas Young was worried about Connor Ripley's return to Middlesbrough so he wrote to the club offering his services in goal.
Latics chairman Simon Corney replied by inviting Thomas to try out before their match against Rochdale on Saturday.
He said it was his "dream come true" to have a go in goal.
Oldham's goalkeeper... | A five-year-old Oldham Athletic fan who offered to take over when the club's goalkeeper finished his loan spell has been given a "trial". | 39683804 |
Its latest estimate of the cumulative number of cases since the start of the outbreak in March now stands at 7,780 in Sierra Leone and 7,719 in Liberia.
In Guinea, the figure is 2,283. The virus has killed more than 6,300 people in the three West African countries.
Just over half the reported deaths have been in Liberi... | Sierra Leone has overtaken neighbouring Liberia as the country with the highest number of Ebola cases, the latest World Health Organization figures suggest. | 30387906 |
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Having scored eight minutes into Saturday's 1-0 home win over Augsburg, Muller performed a series of helicopter whirls before launching himself into a jump as he punched the air.
He landed awkwardly, and was clearly in pain as his team-mates ran to join in.
Hamburg coach M... | Hamburg winger Nicolai Muller will miss the next seven months after he ruptured a knee ligament in celebrating a goal. | 40993430 |
The council would invest £1m each year for a period of five years - with match funding from the Scottish government and Edinburgh's Festivals.
One of the aims of the fund is to extend the tourism season in winter and late spring.
Council leader Adam McVey said the plan would protect Edinburgh's position as "the world's... | The City of Edinburgh Council has proposed a new fund to protect the legacy of the city's festivals. | 41049860 |
About 500 people have been accommodated in gymnasiums but the rest, including unaccompanied children as young as 12, have been sleeping outside, NGOs say.
Candidates in the French presidential election have called for changes in migration policy.
Migration has been a key issue in the run-up to the poll on 23 April.
A s... | French authorities have been scrambling to find shelter for 1,500 migrants left homeless after fire destroyed the Grande-Synthe camp near Dunkirk. | 39573736 |
Rodgers, 43, has taken over as Celtic manager while midfielder Barton, 33, has joined newly-promoted Rangers.
"It's a great move for Brendan," said former Tottenham boss Redknapp, 69. "Joey Barton is a leader on the pitch and in the dressing room.
"It's a big pull next year with the Old Firm games again."
"Two of the b... | Harry Redknapp has backed Brendan Rodgers and Joey Barton to be successful after moves to Glasgow this month. | 36408654 |
John Hesp, 64, made it to the final table at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), in Las Vegas, and won $2.6m (£2m) by finishing fourth.
He said was trying to persuade organisers to bring the competition to the resort next year.
Mr Hesp said it was the next item on his bucket list.
Mr Hesp's progress captivated the poker ... | British poker star John Hesp is calling on organisers of the World Series of Poker to bring a leg of the competition to his home town of Bridlington. | 40719569 |
The 27-year-old, who has the option for a third year, was out of contract after three years at Spotland.
Town have offered new deals to captain Nat Knight-Percival, Junior Brown, James Wesolowski and keepers Jayson Leutwiler, Mark Halstead and England Under-18 international Callum Burton.
Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro tops the... | Shrewsbury have made Rochdale defender Oliver Lancashire their first summer signing on an initial two-year deal. | 36350124 |
The cartoons were shown at an event in Texas last month which was attacked by two gunmen. Mr Wilders was a keynote speaker at the event.
Mr Wilders says he will show the cartoons because parliament had refused to exhibit them on its premises.
Depictions of the Prophet Muhammad are offensive to many Muslims.
"Terrorists... | Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders has said he will show cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a TV slot allocated to his party. | 32997038 |
The Williams sisters beat Vesnina and fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova 7-6 (7-1) 4-6 6-2 to reach the semi-finals.
Serena had already beaten Vesnina in the singles semi-finals, while Venus was beaten by Angelique Kerber.
The Americans will meet German Julia Goerges and her Czech partner Karolina Pliskova for a place i... | Serena Williams beat Elena Vesnina for a second time on Thursday to remain on course for a sixth Wimbledon doubles title alongside sister Venus. | 36740205 |
But his whirlwind trip to Belgium was born of necessity. He needs cooperation and support from the European institutions if his renegotiation is to succeed.
European Parliament President Martin Schulz promised a constructive approach if Britain were to vote to remain in the EU. But parts of the proposed UK deal need ch... | David Cameron has - to put it mildly - never been a big fan of Brussels. | 35590362 |
His spokespeople said on Thursday that due to changing laws, more young men will face sexual assault allegations.
Mr Cosby narrowly escaped a prison sentence when a sexual assault trial against him ended in a hung jury.
Prosecutors plan to retry the case. At least 50 other women accuse him of drugging and sexually assa... | Embattled comic Bill Cosby plans to embark on a town hall-style speaking tour to educate young people about sexual assault allegations. | 40376313 |
The ship, with 205 containers on board, is now being searched, Mombasa Police Chief Francis Wanjohi told the BBC.
Elite Kenyan police units, including members of the narcotics squad, launched a surprise raid at midnight local time (21:00 GMT Thursday), sealing off all entrances to the port.
The main entrance to the por... | Kenyan authorities have seized a cargo ship suspected to be carrying drugs at the port of Mombasa, police say. | 34289982 |
Hannah Witheridge, 23, and 24-year-old David Miller were killed in an attack on the island of Koh Tao last month.
Foreign Office minister Hugo Swire told the diplomat there was "concern" about how the investigation had been handled.
Two Burmese workers are said to have confessed to killing the pair, who were discovered... | The Thai charge d'affaires has been summoned to the UK Foreign Office over concerns about the inquiry into the murders of two British tourists. | 29604685 |
Met Police Deputy Commissioner Craig Mackey said 55 people were interviewed about the shredding, but only one said they knew about the claims.
Destruction of files was raised by Mark Ellison QC in his review of the Stephen Lawrence murder investigation.
Mr Mackey said it was "feasible that we may never now know what wa... | The Met Police "may never know" which documents relating to a corruption inquiry may have been shredded, according to the force's deputy head. | 27786043 |
Rogers, 25, recently said he was "stepping away" from football after announcing he was gay, becoming just the third footballer to do so.
"In football it's obviously impossible to come out," Rogers told The Guardian.
"Imagine going to training every day and being in that spotlight? It's been a bit of a circus anyway."
H... | Former Leeds winger Robbie Rogers says remaining in football after publicly declaring your homosexuality is "impossible". | 21974436 |
The Sinn Féin politician was asked to give a statement to the inquest by the family of Seamus Bradley.
Mr Bradley, an IRA man, was shot dead by a soldier during the Army's Operation Motorman.
The inquest heard that Mr McGuinness will co-operate fully.
The two-week review will look into some of the most controversial k... | Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has agreed to appear before a legacy inquest to give evidence about the IRA's activities in Londonderry in 1972. | 35351961 |
That is despite Education Minister John O'Dowd's decision that all exam boards operating in Northern Ireland must give their results using the letters A* to G.
The two largest English exam boards - AQA and OCR - said they would not offer a separate alphabetical grade system.
As a result, both decided not to offer any m... | Some school pupils in Northern Ireland will receive GCSE results in the form of numbers, the BBC has learned. | 35365275 |
A black Vauxhall Corsa and a blue Toyota truck were involved in the collision on the A947 just north of Fyvie at about 07:20.
The 17-year-old driver of the Corsa was airlifted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary while the 27-year-old Toyota driver was taken to the same hospital by road.
Police Scotland want to trace witnesses ... | Two men have been seriously injured in a crash in Aberdeenshire. | 39217135 |
Early Hitchcox and Zak Hardaker tries saw Tigers lead 14-0, but Lucas Albert, Tony Gigot and Fouad Yaha responded to put Catalans 18-16 up at the break.
Greg Minikin edged Tigers ahead, only for Kevin Larroyer and Mike McMeeken to then be sin-binned in quick succession.
Hitchcox's second helped seal the win after Catal... | Jy Hitchcox scored two tries as Super League leaders Castleford overcome Catalans, despite temporarily being down to 11 men in the second half. | 40644782 |
On the face of it there is more than a hint of irony about the Government's insistence in the name of local democracy on a leadership model that has been rejected by Coventry's voters and by Birmingham's, twice.
Our one Midlands city which has tried it, Stoke-on-Trent, went on to scrap the role after just seven bitterl... | There are now just six months to go until a new-style 'Metro Mayor' is elected to lead three million Midlanders in the region's 'core' conurbation stretching from Wolverhampton to Coventry and including Britain's second biggest city, Birmingham. | 37839482 |
Martin Cameron, from Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, struck Margaret Mackell in the town's Glasgow Road in May 2013.
Mrs Mackell died in hospital from heart failure two months later but medics said the crash "potentially contributed indirectly" to her death.
Sentence on 58-year-old Cameron was deferred and his bail con... | A driver who knocked down an 80-year-old woman after failing to stop at a red light has admitted causing her death by careless driving. | 36558817 |
Police said seven secondary pupils had been reported after the incidents in Turriff, Alford, Inverurie, Elgin, Buckie and Keith in the past month.
No-one was injured.
Directors of education at Moray and Aberdeenshire councils have written to parents about what is being done.
All the incidents have happened since the de... | Police have been called to incidents in six secondary schools in Aberdeenshire and Moray recently where knives have been recovered, it has been revealed. | 35063450 |
Volker Treier, deputy chief executive of the organisation, told the BBC that German business is "astonished" that the UK is planning a referendum over its EU membership.
Prime Minister David Cameron is due to meet Angela Merkel in Berlin on Friday.
Mr Treier said the German Chancellor should not offer concessions.
He i... | Germany's Chambers of Commerce and Industry has warned that a UK exit from the European Union (EU) would be "disastrous" for Britain and Germany. | 32925350 |
The Etixx-Quick Step rider followed up Saturday's stage win with another imperious display to power home in a sprint finish.
Kittel won by three bike lengths from Team Sky's Elia Viviani and fellow Italian Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek).
Overnight leader Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) is second, nine seconds down.
Kittel has now... | Germany's Marcel Kittel has claimed the leader's pink jersey in the Giro d'Italia with victory in the third stage in Arnhem. | 36242566 |
Kane Robinson and Richard Graham used the Dancing Jesus site to share music, often before its official release.
The website allowed members to post tens of thousands of illegal links to music which they had uploaded.
Robinson, 26, of North Shields, was sentenced to 32 months, while Graham, 22, from Leicestershire, was ... | Two men have been jailed for illegally distributing music through an online music forum. | 29993498 |
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Azhar, dropped twice, made 139 before being caught at first slip off Chris Woakes to the final ball of the day.
He shared a second-wicket stand of 181 with recalled opener Sami Aslam, who was run out by James Vince for 82.
Pakistan's success looked unlikely when Mohammad H... | England were made to toil by a century from Azhar Ali as Pakistan dominated day two of the third Test at Edgbaston. | 36980718 |
She had picked up the chair for free in Edinburgh before the books were published, and then had hand-painted them.
The chair has messages written from JK Rowling, including: "O, you may not find me pretty but don't judge on what you see" and "I wrote Harry Potter while sitting on this chair".
The chair also comes with ... | The chair that Harry Potter author JK Rowling sat on while writing the first two books has sold in the US for around £280,000. | 35984325 |
O'Connor faces his fellow Leicester man in the first round, which starts in York on Tuesday, 24 November.
"I really wanted to play Mark," O'Connor, 20, told BBC Radio Leicester.
"Playing Neil was brilliant. Unfortunately I lost 6-0 but the crowd and the experience was amazing."
Former pool champion O'Connor is still an... | Joe O'Connor hopes the experience of taking on Neil Robertson at the 2014 UK Championship will help him for the equally daunting challenge of playing world number one Mark Selby this year. | 34782160 |
Donald Trump, in a series of tweets on Thursday, bashed his Republican opponents and the media and defended Confederate Civil War monuments - the cause for which white supremacists and neo-Nazis marched last weekend.
The president appears to be forcing exactly the kind of fight with progressive groups that Mr Bannon, i... | Steve Bannon may be out as a senior White House adviser, but Bannonism - if that's what it can properly be called - is still firmly entrenched in the White House. | 40965827 |
The hosts dominated for much of the game, with Emile Sinclair seeing a shot rebound off both posts for the Lions in the first half.
Elliott Frear had a shot well saved by Dan Atkinson for Rovers, while Sinclair again hit the woodwork after the break.
But Brett Williams secured victory when he fired the ball in off the ... | Promotion-chasing Forest Green Rovers earned a hard-fought win at struggling Guiseley in the National League. | 35295588 |
England bowler Jake Ball (3-63) took the key wickets of skipper Billy Godleman and Wayne Madsen before lunch.
Hutton then took charge and twice had hat-trick balls as Derbyshire were bowled out for 202, despite a 10th-wicket stand of 48 from Alex Hughes (55 not out) and Ben Cotton (32).
Steven Mullaney (35 not out) the... | Brett Hutton took five wickets as Nottinghamshire edged into a strong position on day one at Derbyshire. | 40844922 |
The point is that Greek banks are very close to the absolute limit of how much they can be funded by the European Central Bank and the Bank of Greece - in that around a third of their lending and assets is financed by the respective central and national banks in this way.
If deposit withdrawals continue at the current ... | All over Europe regulators and politicians are preparing in case of failure by eurozone government-head talks that would avert default by the Greek government, and for a probable acceleration of withdrawals from Greek banks, a run in all but name. | 33221030 |
New Pistoia, the toymaker's second biggest shareholder, want to replace Mr Canham with Ian Alexander Anton, non-executive director of Victoria Carpets.
In a statement, the investor group said it felt it was "time for change".
However, the board of Hornby, which makes model railways, Corgi cars and Scalextric, said it w... | Hornby's directors are to fight against a proposal to remove chairman Roger Canham from the company's board. | 39702623 |
Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue will be alerted by the council's 24-hour Telecare service in a pilot scheme to support residents in the Cotswolds.
John Beard, from the fire service, said it was "great" to help "plug a gap in social care" in rural areas.
Gloucestershire County Council said it would help to "deliver savi... | Gloucestershire firefighters are to answer emergency calls from isolated and vulnerable people via special sensors installed in their homes. | 33179924 |
BBC Radio 4 has commissioned a pilot of Where's The F In News, created and presented by Have I Got News For You series producer Jo Bunting.
The station said it would be "an energetic and intelligent female-anchored show" with a "predominantly female panel".
The gender balance on panel shows has been a contentious issue... | The BBC is to launch a topical radio panel show where the host and most of the guests are women. | 40963987 |
He replaces Roberto Di Matteo, who was sacked on Wednesday following a 3-0 Champions League defeat by Juventus.
Benitez, 52, becomes Chelsea's ninth manager since Roman Abramovich became owner in 2003.
But his short-term appointment could pave the way for Abramovich to make a summer approach for ex-Barcelona coach Pep ... | Chelsea have appointed former Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez as interim manager until the end of the season. | 20427966 |
The 24-year-old was walking through South Park in Bootle on Saturday night when he was assaulted and verbally abused by a gang of youths.
He managed to escape and call emergency services, before being taken to hospital.
Merseyside Police said he was receiving treatment for facial injuries and a stab wound.
Detectives f... | A man has been stabbed in what police have described as an unprovoked race hate attack in Merseyside. | 36510681 |
The assessment comes on the heels of new observations at the 500km-wide world made by the Cassini probe.
It has flown through and sampled the waters from a subsurface ocean that is being jetted into space.
Cassini’s chemistry analysis strongly suggests the Enceladean seafloor has hot fluid vents - places that on Eart... | Saturn's ice-crusted moon Enceladus may now be the single best place to go to look for life beyond Earth. | 39592059 |
The 14-year-old dived off the pier at Charlestown, near St Austell in Cornwall on Wednesday.
The emergency services were called at 21:00 BST and she was taken to the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske.
Coastguard teams, the Fowey lifeboat and the South Western Ambulance Service were involved in the response. The girl is... | A girl who dived off a pier and landed on part of the harbour wall has been taken to hospital with spinal injuries. | 33632655 |
The petition was moved by MP Warren Enstch on Thursday.
As long as the violence "continues to be referred to as 'anti-Sikh riots' there can be no closure for the Sikh community", he said in the petition.
Nearly 3,000 Sikhs were killed after the assassination of then PM Indira Gandhi by her two Sikh bodyguards.
The trig... | A petition which seeks to recognise the 1984 anti-Sikh violence in India as "genocide" has been tabled in the Australian parliament. | 20178792 |
Each year people turn out to watch thrill-seekers hurl themselves 200 yards down the 1:2 gradient, chasing wheels of double Gloucester cheese.
This year's race saw a champion cheese-roller from Brockworth equal the all-time record for the most cheeses won.
Chris Anderson won all three men's downhill races which means h... | Thousands of spectators have attended the traditional cheese-rolling races at Cooper's Hill in Gloucestershire. | 40085312 |
No-one has been convicted of the murder of Mrs McAreavey (27), the daughter of Tyrone gaelic football manager Mickey Harte.
She was strangled at a hotel in Mauritius 12 days after her wedding in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Mr McAreavey wants justice for his dead wife.
Before leaving for Mauritius, he told the BBC ... | John McAreavey, whose wife Michaela was murdered on honeymoon in Mauritius six years ago, is returning to the island to make a fresh appeal for information. | 39453544 |
About 7,000 migrants - Rohingya and Bangladeshi Muslims - are stranded in the Andaman Sea. Governments in the region were unwilling to bring them ashore until now, afraid of encouraging more to arrive at a later date.
Under international pressure Malaysia and Indonesia have agreed to give them temporary shelter. The US... | Malaysia and Indonesia will soon be dealing with an influx of migrants, as search and rescue operations get under way. | 32824199 |
In August - the height of the rainy season - an average of 539.9mm falls on Sierra Leone's capital.
So it comes as no surprise that Freetown is a city used to flooding.
But Monday's rain brought with it a disaster which left hundreds dead, and will no doubt be followed by finger-pointing and blame shifting.
Was it simp... | Freetown is a city squeezing itself into the small space between the mountains and the sea, in a country with the highest annual rainfall in Africa. | 40933491 |
One sees Emma Thompson, as Mary Poppins creator PL Travers, arrive in a Hollywood hotel room to find it filled with Disney toys.
She picks up a large stuffed Mickey Mouse and props it in the corner, facing the wall, with the words: "You can stay there until you learn the art of subtlety."
Later we see Walt Disney himse... | Saving Mr Banks, a film about the making of Mary Poppins, contains several scenes you might not expect to see in a Disney film. | 25087275 |
Liverpool's Small Cinema has attracted a "hardcore" of fans to watch the movie a dozen times on Tuesday 2 February - the day depicted in the film.
The 1993 classic stars Bill Murray as TV weatherman Phil Connors, who has to relive the same day over and over.
One spectator said: "It's a really good film. It's well-made ... | It really is Groundhog Day for a group of moviegoers watching a cult comedy film non-stop for 24 hours. | 35473935 |
The National Association of Head Teachers says it fears an extended time of volatility, with students unsure which exams and subjects to take.
The government hopes to make A-levels and GCSEs in England more rigorous.
It wants pupils to achieve the levels met in high-performing countries such as Singapore, Korea and Hon... | Changes to the exam system, which come into force in six months, risk causing significant problems for schools, head teachers are warning. | 31732450 |
The 38-year-old Notts captain, who made 52 international appearances, is to take up the role of director of cricket at Uppingham School in Rutland.
Read has played 677 games for Notts so far, with 1,329 dismissals and 20,776 runs across all forms of the game.
"I feel very content with my career. All good things must co... | Former England wicketkeeper Chris Read will retire at the end of the county season, his 20th with Nottinghamshire. | 39416605 |
The Local Government Association - which represents councils in England and Wales - said some "scam traders" were selling dirty mattresses that had been thrown away.
Others were importing them without the proper safety certificates. The mattresses are then repackaged - often in branded wrapping.
Some sellers pretend a ... | Councils are warning people not to buy mattresses from door-to-door sellers. | 37579587 |
In May last year, the A&E department at Queen's Hospital, Romford, started a six-week trial to divert patients away from the department.
Patients that attended A&E would be seen as soon as they walked into the department by either a consultant or a GP.
"The doctors would review them, and if appropriate they would redir... | Around the UK, trusts are coming up with innovative ways of relieving the pressure on the NHS and improving people's health - in hospitals, in GP surgeries, in care homes and in accident and emergency units. | 38879439 |
Liverpool's Laura Coombs hit the home crossbar in a goalless first half.
In the second period, Royals forward Melissa Fletcher hit the post before Lauren Bruton had a penalty saved by Reds keeper Siobhan Chamberlain.
With five minutes remaining, substitute Zelem headed home as the Royals dropped to second from bottom.
... | Katie Zelem's late goal gave Liverpool Ladies victory over a Reading side still waiting for their first Women's Super League One win of the season. | 37181895 |
She was right. Brexit is a momentous event in the history of Europe and from now on the narrative will be one of disintegration, not integration.
That does not mean that the EU will fall apart, or even that another country will leave, which is highly unlikely in the foreseeable future. But the centrist politicians who ... | A while ago France's National Front (FN) leader Marine Le Pen said that if the UK voted to leave the EU, it would be like the Berlin Wall falling in 1989. | 36619129 |
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