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The group had climbed into trees before contractors cleared the route.
They had denied all charges against them and faced trial in Hastings. Verdicts were given by Brighton magistrates earlier.
Before the hearing, defendant Tom Druitt, of Osmond Road, Hove, said their actions were justified.
The group, who call themsel... | Six protesters who staged treetop protests in their campaign against the Bexhill Hastings Link Road have been found not guilty of trespassing. | 26546274 |
Sir Peter Mansfield led a team in the 1970s that developed Magnetic Resonance Imaging, one of the most important breakthroughs in modern medicine.
The son of a gas fitter, he left school at the age of 15 before embarking on a career at the University of Nottingham.
Vice-chancellor Professor Sir David Greenaway said his... | A Nobel laureate who failed his school exams before going on to pioneer body scanning technology has died aged 83. | 38919614 |
East Fife climbed three places to third after a 1-0 win over Albion Rovers.
Brechin City sit fourth following their goalless draw with Stranraer.
Bottom side Stenhousemuir stayed in the hunt for a relegation play-off, beating ninth-placed Peterhead to close the gap on their opponents to two points, while Alloa Athletic... | Scottish League One champions Livingston extended their winning run to seven games with 4-0 thumping of Queen's Park at Almondvale. | 39678586 |
Cockerill, sacked as Leicester Tigers last month, is working as a consultant with Toulon in the French Top 14.
The former England hooker has signed a two-year deal with Scottish Rugby.
Edinburgh Rugby managing director Jonny Petrie said: "We want to emulate and surpass where Glasgow have been over the last few years."
... | Richard Cockerill has been appointed Edinburgh head coach for next season, with the Pro12 club hailing the appointment as a statement of intent. | 39026584 |
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Manchester's Fury, 27, caused a big upset by outpointing 40-year-old Klitschko in Dusseldorf last November.
The rematch for Fury's WBA and WBO heavyweight titles will take place at the Manchester Arena on 9 July.
"Shame on you, you let a fat man beat you," said the undefea... | Tyson Fury has mocked Wladimir Klitschko, telling him he was beaten by "a fat man" in their first encounter. | 36152683 |
Clare Louise Smith, 38, from Marlow, Buckinghamshire, was in a Vauxhall Corsa with her daughter on 26 July when it collided with a Nissan Qashqai.
It happened on the A308 near Maidenhead in Berkshire. They were both taken to hospital, but Ms Smith died five days later.
Her daughter, nine, was badly injured but has sinc... | The family of a woman who died after a car crash have said they are "devastated". | 40831179 |
The 95-year-old, who was a Welsh language campaigner, performer and historian of Welsh folk music, died after a short illness.
His funeral took place in the village of Cwmystwyth in Ceredigion, where he had lived since the 1970s.
Figures from the music and television industries, and politicians attended.
Originally fro... | Hundreds of mourners have attended the funeral of the former head of BBC Wales' light entertainment, Dr Meredydd Evans. | 31647322 |
In October and November, it recorded a 30% year-on-year increase in refrigerated container volumes.
Last month alone, it handled a record 1,400 refrigerated containers, known as reefers.
The bulk were being used for the export of Scottish potato seed to countries such as Egypt, Turkey and Morocco.
Owner Forth Ports sai... | The Port of Grangemouth has said it is on track for a record-breaking quarter, helped by a "bumper" potato seed season. | 38185088 |
The dean of Christ Church said the student has been banned from future events and must apologise in writing.
The event was held in December 2016 and the college emailed students about the incident on Wednesday, which it called "deeply regrettable".
Speaking to the Cherwell university newspaper the student said the cost... | An Oxford University college has taken action against a student who wore a Ku Klux Klan hood to a party. | 40335023 |
The crowds mingle in the sunshine, kids queue for ice-cream, adults for fish and chips; young Asian women in saris or headscarves enjoy the fairground rides and shirtless men with dogs on chains watch performers on temporary stages.
It is a tradition that dates back to Oldham's days of industrial greatness. Before Worl... | At Oldham's annual end-of-summer carnival you see the town's 20th-Century history in flesh and blood. | 37449630 |
Although the crisis is easing, schools remain closed, weddings are discouraged and football matches are not allowed.
Here, some Sierra Leoneans explain how the outbreak is still affecting their daily lives.
Alice Mansaray lost her sister to Ebola. Her father also contracted the disease but survived. Her family home has... | Sierra Leone has recorded more deaths than any other country in the current Ebola outbreak. | 32114263 |
The county hosted a members' forum on Wednesday to present details on the proposed eight-team competition, which could start as early as 2018.
"There's a lot more work to do, but the direction of travel is now confirmed," Bransgrove told BBC Radio Solent.
The ECB board will meet at the end of October to hold a vote on ... | Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove believes support from the county's members for a new city-based T20 competition is "overwhelming". | 37643634 |
That was the question posed by a BBC reader, following a report on how children struggle to cope online.
There is plenty of information about how to deal with cyberbullies, but far less about what to do if you find out that your own child is the source.
The BBC took advice from experts and a mother who found out her d... | Parents worry about their children being bullied online, but what if it is your child who is doing the bullying? | 38529437 |
A team at King's College London and the Natural History Museum found only 5% of adults had gum disease in the Roman, and certainly pre-toothbrush, era.
Modern day smoking and type 2 diabetes are blamed for a figure of nearly one in three today.
But ancient Britain was certainly not a golden age of gleaming gnashers.
Th... | People living in Roman Britain had healthier gums than their modern-day descendants, a feat of archaeological dentistry shows. | 29739388 |
In September last year, Pog tore down an iron gate in owner Kathy Thomson's garden before heading into Ipswich for a 90-minute jaunt.
Suffolk Police were called in again on Saturday night after the pig was seen roaming in a residential area near the Brickmakers Arms in Ipswich.
Officers managed to track down Pog and re... | A 30-stone pig that hit the headlines when it broke free from its home to roam the streets has escaped again. | 39171868 |
"The economy has been deflated by 30% because of Ebola," Sierra Leone's Agriculture Minister Joseph Sam Sesay told the BBC.
He said President Ernest Bai Koroma revealed this staggering and depressing news to ministers at a special cabinet meeting. "The agricultural sector is the most impacted in terms of Ebola because ... | With more than 1,300 reported deaths from Ebola in West Africa, the virus continues to be an urgent health crisis, but it is also having a devastating impact on the economies of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. | 28865434 |
Councillors will be told next week that £1.7m has already been spent.
A large proportion of the money is being spent on repairing and refurbishing 22 flood-damaged council houses in the Ballater area.
Replacing a collapsed section of the A93, near Crathie, cost £300,000. | The cost of the clear-up in Aberdeenshire in the aftermath of Storm Frank is expected to be £7.6m. | 35658989 |
Jesus Murillo Karam said his team had interviewed 99 people including members of the criminal gang whom he alleges murdered the students.
Correspondents say it is the first time he has declared all the students dead.
Parents reacted angrily, saying that without proof, they would continue to believe their children were ... | Mexico's attorney general says he can prove what happened to 43 students who disappeared in the southern state of Guerrero in September. | 31013491 |
High rental housing costs mean an estimated 3.8 million workers - one in eight - are in poverty, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF).
It said in-work poverty was up by 1.1 million since 2010-11, and 55% of those in poverty were in working families.
People with less than 60% of median income are classified... | Poverty among people who are working has risen despite a recovery in the UK economy, a study has suggested. | 38219881 |
The auction also included photographs of the Krays and the orders of service from their funerals.
One of the paintings sold for £2,000 and individual letters, mainly from Reggie Kray, sold for between £10 and £50 each.
The items were collected by Laurie O'Leary, who grew up with the Krays and wrote a book about their l... | A collection of letters and paintings by the Kray twins have sold for around £10,000 at a Herefordshire auction. | 18261313 |
In the very first game, between FC Ufa and Spartak Moscow, Ufa's Ghanaian striker Emmanuel Frimpong (pictured above)was sent off for making an offensive gesture to the Spartak fans - triggered, Frimpong says, because he was being "racially abused for the game that I love".
"I'm going to serve a sentence for being abuse... | It was a new season but a similar story when it came to racism in Russian football last weekend. | 33612899 |
The Marine Conservation Society said the apparent increases "can no longer be ignored", and called for more research to understand what it means.
Most sightings in 2014 were in south west and south England, it said.
There were also about 30 reports of the potentially deadly Portuguese man-of-war in Devon and Cornwall i... | "Massive" barrel jellyfish have been spotted in record numbers in UK waters for a second consecutive year, a leading marine charity has said. | 33988083 |
The 43-year-old has been photographed protesting against all sorts of issues over the past few years. On Thursday, BuzzFeed India published a piece asking who the man was and what drove him.
Paramjeet Singh Pumma said he began agitating early in life.
Mr Pumma said he was introduced to the world of protests by his fath... | A Sikh man, described on social media as "the most outraged man of India", has told BBC Hindi's Parul Agrawal about his life as the "face of street protests in Delhi". | 33179930 |
The three men and two women were stopped by an officer on the A47 near Norwich on Sunday.
A message posted by the Norfolk and Suffolk Roads Policing team on Twitter said: "Crazy speeds over 150mph and undertakes on A47 are mad risks."
Norfolk Police said the bikers were reported for traffic offences and are likely to f... | Five motorcyclists who were on their way to a track day were caught riding at speeds of up to 155mph. | 40853738 |
Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have given fingerprints to authenticate signatures on the petition.
Referendum co-ordinator Vicente Bello said the number of signatures had "clearly exceeded the minimum needed".
The process must now be validated by electoral officials.
If that step is passed, a second petition must... | Venezuelan opposition leaders say they have validated enough signatures on a petition to move to the next stage in a process to remove President Nicolas Maduro in a recall referendum. | 36628283 |
Jeremy Corbyn urged voters to "send a message" to David Cameron but appeared to back away from earlier claims that Labour would not lose seats in England, saying predictions "are not that important".
The PM said a vote for his party would secure services and keep bills down.
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said she was taki... | Party leaders have made a final appeal for votes before Thursday's devolved elections in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and local polls across England. | 36195498 |
The non-league side's manager Steve Tully paid tribute to the 43-year-old, who helped them win the Southern Premier League play-offs last month.
And after a 26-year career on the biggest, and smallest stages, he still has a lot to offer, according to Tully.
"I'm sure he'll be out there playing somewhere because he's go... | Former Fulham and Jamaica striker Barry Hayles has been released by Truro City after his third spell with the club. | 33083482 |
Police said the people had become unwell after eating the homemade cannabis bakes.
Two people were arrested for drugs offences after the incident on the Cushendall Road in the town.
Police said they seized the remaining cookies and a large cannabis cigarette. | Paramedics were called to assist eight people who became ill after eating "special cookies" in Ballymena, County Antrim, on Sunday night. | 38048444 |
Part of its remit will be to deliver on the Conservatives' promise to reduce net migration to "tens of thousands".
In all, 10 taskforces are being created which will be chaired by ministers and track policy implementation progress.
The move echoes Tony Blair's No 10 "Delivery Unit", which was abolished by the coalition... | David Cameron is to take personal charge of an immigration taskforce which has been set up to oversee delivery of policy pledges. | 32967579 |
Many had been expecting the embattled leader to talk about the political unrest which had brought him tantalizingly close to losing his grip on power in the central African nation.
There were also questions about whether the presidential elections would go ahead as scheduled in June. Other than that, questions were bei... | In his first appearance since last week's coup attempt, Burundi's President Nkurunziza focused on the threat he said his country faced from Islamist militant group al-Shabab - a statement that took many by surprise. | 32829183 |
The union flag was lowered at Camp Bastion, while Camp Leatherneck - the adjoining US base - was also handed over to Afghan control.
Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain would never forget those who had died serving their country.
The number of deaths of British troops throughout the conflict stands at 453.
The de... | The last UK base in Afghanistan has been handed over to the control of Afghan security forces, ending British combat operations in the country. | 29776544 |
Self-harm was the biggest health concern for girls aged 11-21, according to the Girlguiding Girls' Attitudes Survey 2015.
Researchers questioned a representative sample of more than 1,500 UK girls and young women aged seven to 21.
The findings "provide a stark warning", said chief executive Julie Bentley.
The figures s... | Parents are too often out of touch with the mental health pressures faced by girls and young women, suggests research. | 34039534 |
Commemorations were led by a national service of remembrance at Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, marking the start of four years of events in Wales.
People were encouraged to switch lights out between 22:00 and 23:00 BST on Monday with candlelit vigils being held.
Britain declared war with Germany at 23:00 BST on 4 Augus... | Lights have been going out across Wales to mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War One. | 28629320 |
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The first was awarded for Johnny Watt's foul on Paul Heatley just before half-time which Coleraine insisted had taken place outside the area.
Referee Raymond Crangle pointed to the spot and sent off defender Watt as he had been booked earlier.
Burns made it 2-0 on 74 minut... | Two debatable Billy Joe Burns penalties gave Premiership leaders Crusaders victory away to Coleraine. | 35451516 |
In February, her party confirmed it received a donation of about £435,000 from pro-union business people.
The DUP said the money from the Constitutional Research Council (CRC) was spent on pro-Brexit advertising.
The Electoral Commission said it is not investigating the donation.
The CRC is chaired by Richard Cook, a f... | Arlene Foster has said a row over a controversial Brexit donation is a "re-heated story" from political opponents to distract from "real issues". | 39970119 |
Derbyshire Police confirmed a murder investigation has been launched after a 38-year-old woman was found injured in Borrowash and later died in hospital.
Thirty minutes later, the man, 44, died in the collision on the southbound carriageway near Trowell services.
Both sides of the M1 have now reopened, Nottinghamshire ... | A man has died in a crash with a lorry on the M1 in an incident that is believed to be linked to the death of a woman in a Derbyshire village. | 38344676 |
Copies of the draft legal advice given by former attorney general Lord Goldsmith was previously kept secret despite calls for it to be published.
The Cabinet Office said it had decided to de-classify now because of the "very exceptional" nature of the inquiry.
There has been long running controversy over whether the wa... | The Iraq inquiry has released details of the legal advice given to Tony Blair prior to the invasion of Iraq after the documents were de-classified. | 10463844 |
The scent, it transpires, is white tea and thyme. And it is coming from a new branch of Lloyds Bank.
"It gives that inviting feel, that welcoming feel," says the building's designer, Sarah Harrison.
"You can smell it on the High Street when the wind's blowing in the right direction."
Lloyds is not the first bank to spo... | Walk through Clapham Junction in South London, and you might catch a whiff of something heady, but rather fragrant. | 38380465 |
Algeria's Belgian coach, George Leekens, had been expected to pick the 27-year-old for the tournament which kicks off on 14 January.
Three other English Premier League stars have been named, including the Leicester duo of Riyad Mahrez and Islam Slimani as well as Watford's Adlene Guedioura.
Another midfielder, Nabil Be... | West Ham attacking midfielder Sofiane Feghouli was a surprise omission as Algeria announced their final squad of 23 for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. | 38479829 |
The 44-year-old suspect was questioned by detectives following his arrest in Paisley, Renfrewshire, on Friday.
The arrest came after an email was sent to the account of the Wallasey MP.
A spokeswoman for Merseyside Police said: "The man has been bailed pending further inquiries."
Ms Eagle, 55, pulled out of Labour's le... | A man arrested in Scotland on suspicion of making threats to kill in an email to Labour MP Angela Eagle has been bailed. | 36841809 |
In modern times, the international credit markets could be seen as the confused multitude.
On Tuesday, attempts by Spanish Economy Minister Luis De Guindos to rally German, French and Italian counterparts to openly back a plan to speed up the implementation of plans agreed at the last EU summit to reduce Spain's borrow... | The great enemy of virtue - that is how 17th century philosopher Sir Thomas Browne described the multitude, or "one great beast", when confused. | 19044341 |
One popular enquiry service - 118 118 - recently increased its prices to a minimum of £8.98.
But Ofcom says some firms charge even more than that - up to £10.50 a call.
In a previous enquiry the watchdog decided against imposing a stipulated price cap on such charges, but it could now review that decision.
Under the cu... | Telecoms regulator Ofcom says it is "very concerned" about the rising cost of calling directory enquiries and plans to examine the situation. | 39842723 |
The work will include provision for longer trains and capacity for the station to handle increased passenger numbers.
Scottish ministers have signed a Transport and Works Scotland (Taws) order to allow the "major facelift" to go ahead.
Work at the station will cost more than £100m and should be completed by 2019.
Trans... | A major redevelopment of Glasgow's Queen Street Station has been given formal approval. | 39456300 |
Mr Abbott said contact was at an "official level", however an EU spokeswoman said she was unaware of it.
Europe has recently seen a sharp increase in deaths among migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean.
Mr Abbott has said Europe should follow the Australian example and stop boats before they reach European wate... | Australia's PM Tony Abbott says there has been "contact" between Australia and European officials over the Mediterranean migrant crisis. | 32579537 |
Xiaoyu Wang, whose girlfriend publicly proposed to her at their graduation ceremony, was refused her diploma.
The Guangdong University of Foreign Studies reportedly told the couple their act had "violated regulations".
Ms Wang has since received her diploma, but said the couple were told to "keep our homosexuality to o... | More than 75,000 people have signed a petition by an international LGBT group calling on a Chinese university to apologise to two lesbian students. | 36921331 |
Corrie Mckeague, 23, was last seen since in Bury St Edmunds in September.
Police called off the landfill search near Cambridge on Friday.
His mother Nicola Urquhart said she was "beyond devastated". A petition calling for Suffolk Police to continue the search has more that 9,000 signatures.
The RAF serviceman from Dunf... | The mother of missing airman Corrie Mckeague says she is considering taking out an injunction to stop police filling in the landfill site where she believes her son's body is. | 40691756 |
The discovery was made by a dog walker on 17 December near West Calder but it has taken some time to establish the nature of what was found.
Further work is being carried out in an attempt to identify the person who died.
Officers said the death is being treated as unexplained and a report will be sent to the procurato... | Police have confirmed that human remains have been found in woods in West Lothian. | 35171255 |
Miguel Angel Lopez Velasco, who wrote about politics and crime, was killed in his house in the port city of Veracruz.
Authorities have not yet determined a motive for the murders, which they condemned as a "cowardly" attack.
Rights groups rank Mexico as one of the most dangerous countries in the Americas for journalist... | A Mexican journalist has been shot dead, along with his wife and 21-year-old son, by gunmen who burst into his home. | 13853748 |
The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) wants abortion to be legalised in cases of rape, incest or "serious malformation" of a foetus.
Such cases are not grounds for a legal termination in Northern Ireland, where the law differs from Great Britain.
The High Court judicial review will take submissions from ... | A legal challenge to Northern Ireland's abortion law is due to begin at the High Court in Belfast later. | 33122115 |
Joyce Morgan, 74, has helped generations of children cross the road at Roch Community School since 1973, while helping out as a dinner lady.
Mrs Morgan, who lives a short distance away from the Pembrokeshire school, said: "I've really enjoyed my time there and I'm going to miss everyone."
A special concert is being hel... | One of Wales' longest-serving lollipop ladies will be hanging up her stick for the last time this week. | 36822837 |
The Harry Fry-trained nine-year-old just beat Cheltenham winner Nichols Canyon in a tight finish.
Unowhatimeanharry, ridden by Cork jockey Noel Fehily, had won eight races in a row before Cheltenham.
He won at 4-1, while runner-up Nichols Canyon was 7-4 favourite and the 9-1 shot Footpad came third.
"Cheltenham was not... | Unowhatimeanharry bounced back from his Cheltenham defeat by winning the Champion Stayers' Hurdle on day three of the Punchestown Festival. | 39739524 |
Kendal College already operates an animal rescue and rehabilitation centre within its teaching department.
Animal care students can now spend a third year at the University of Cumbria to gain a full degree in British animal management and wildlife rehabilitation.
If there are enough applicants, the course could start i... | What is thought to be the UK's first degree-level course solely for caring for and rehabilitating native wildlife is due to launch in Cumbria. | 41024219 |
The 20-year-old starts at full-back, while older brothers Beauden and Scott are at fly-half and on the bench.
Ngani Laumape earns his first start at 12, Israel Dagg plays on the right wing and Julian Savea returns on the left.
Captain and number eight Kieran Read will win his 100th cap, with the three-Test series level... | Jordie Barrett will make his first start for the All Blacks in the decisive third and final Test against the Lions at Eden Park on Saturday. | 40513663 |
Prosecutor Francois Molins said Adel Kermiche, 19, was twice arrested last year trying to reach Syria.
Kermiche and a fellow attacker stormed the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, a suburb of Rouen, during morning Mass.
They slit the throat of the elderly priest before being killed by police.
One of four people taken... | One of the men suspected of killing a priest at a church in northern France was being monitored by police and was wearing a surveillance tag at the time of the attack, officials say. | 36900233 |
Tara O'Reilly says her mother, who has motor neurone disease, wants to die with dignity.
She said she wants to help her mother Jackie Baker choose the time and method of her death.
Assisting a suicide or suicide attempt is a criminal offence and Dyfed-Powys Police said it was aware of the case and is looking into the f... | A hairdresser from Llanelli is trying to raise money to send her mother to die at Switzerland's Dignitas clinic. | 33543896 |
Demonstrations began in the northern Kasserine region after a man was electrocuted while protesting at being rejected for a government job.
In the town of Feriana, a policeman died after his car was overturned.
Unemployment has worsened since the 2011 revolution, when President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was ousted.
The r... | Protests over youth unemployment have spread to several towns and cities in Tunisia, leading to the death of a policeman in clashes on Thursday. | 35377580 |
It is understood he was fixing a digger in the Aghadulla Road in Dromore on Wednesday afternoon when the incident happened.
The Health and Safety Executive has said it is investigating.
It said its thoughts "are with the family at this most difficult time". | A man has died following an accident on a farm in Dromore, County Tyrone. | 35063933 |
The man, who was arrested in Newry, was later released pending a report to the Public Prosecution Service.
On Friday, police confirmed to the Kingsmills inquest that the palm print belonged to the 59-year-old.
Previously, they had said only that the arrest was "in connection" with the print.
In May, police announced th... | A palm print found on a van used in the murders of 10 Protestant workmen is believed to belong to a man arrested last month, an inquest has heard. | 37319453 |
Scottish ministers are also considering extending such a restriction to trusts and partnerships, as part of proposed "radical" land reforms.
The government said Scotland's land should benefit "the many, not the few".
But landowners said they now faced the threat of being forced to sell off land, under the proposals.
Fi... | Companies would not be allowed to own land in Scotland unless they are registered within the European Union, under government proposals. | 30297930 |
Lynne Braund, 54, from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, was left with critical injuries following an assault in Glanmor Crescent on 4 August.
South Wales Police said she later died at Morriston Hospital, Swansea.
A man, 63, from Penarth, is due to appear at Cardiff Magistrates' Court on 2 September.
Police said Ms Braund's fa... | A man has been charged with murder after a woman who was taken to hospital with severe burns died. | 37234973 |
Cafodd Elsie Scully Hicks, oedd wedi ei mabwysiadu, ei darganfod yn farw ar 29 Mai y llynedd.
Mae disgwyl i Matthew Scully Hicks wynebu achos llys ym mis Mehefin.
Roedd cyfyngiadau yn eu lle er mwyn atal y wasg rhag cyhoeddi enw'r diffynnydd ond cafodd y rhain eu disodli yn dilyn cais gan y cyfryngau.
Cafodd Mr Hicks e... | Mae dyn 31 oed wedi pledio yn ddieuog yn Llys y Goron Caerdydd i gyhuddiad o lofruddio ei ferch 18 mis oed. | 39076645 |
According to prosecutors he was playing the computer game on his mobile phone and made a signalling error, then dialled the wrong emergency number.
He has admitted that version of events, German media report.
Two commuter trains collided on a single-track stretch near Bad Aibling.
Eighty-five passengers suffered injuri... | A German train controller has been arrested over the February rail crash that killed 11 people in Bavaria, as prosecutors suspect he was distracted by a computer game at the time. | 36025951 |
More than 50 venture capitalists have sent a letter expressing concerns about proposals to allow internet service providers (ISPs) to charge for prioritised network access.
It comes a day after 100 technology companies signed a similar letter.
Two FCC commissioners are now calling for the 15 May vote to be delayed.
The... | Pressure is mounting on the US Federal Communications Commission to delay or abandon plans to change the rules that govern how internet traffic is treated. | 27340567 |
An investigation into the deaths is ongoing, after "serious failures" were found in Lancashire County Council's child care services.
The report said it was "too soon" to establish if the children's unrelated deaths could have been prevented.
The council said it was addressing the concerns "quickly and effectively".
The... | Three children died during an inspection into a council's "inadequate" children's services, an Ofsted report has revealed. | 34943166 |
The Socialist Party of Great Britain, which has 300 members, has cash reserves of £452,250 and property worth £900,000, its latest accounts say.
The party, which was founded in 1904 - making it one of the oldest in the UK - is based in Clapham High Street.
It bought the South London shop premises in 1951 for about £3,0... | A tiny socialist party which believes in the abolition of money is sitting on a £1.3m cash and property pile, it has emerged. | 33478400 |
The United States beat Europe 17-11 at Hazeltine this month to win the Ryder Cup for the first time since 2008.
England's Westwood, 43, was one of Clarke's three wildcard picks but lost all three matches he was involved in.
"I was a captain's pick and I would have liked to have performed well for him," Westwood said.
W... | Lee Westwood feels he let down Europe captain Darren Clarke "a little bit" by failing to claim a point at the Ryder Cup. | 37638141 |
You might think those directions are a little bit vague but they actually turned out to be perfect.
On any other day, I am sure, there would not have been the same hubbub around Tweedbank station.
But this was the official opening of the Borders Railway and the Queen was coming to town in a steam train.
So, having take... | "Just head to the top of the hill and then follow the noise." | 34201917 |
Not the chocolate type, but that bit of code, often amusing, inserted secretly by a developer in to a bit of software.
The 1997 Microsoft Word hid a pinball game. Excel 97 concealed a flight simulator.
Or go outside Earls Court tube station on Google Street View, find the police box, and tap the up arrow. You'll find y... | This Easter, spare a thought for the inventor of the Easter egg. | 32079749 |
Netflix has revived the show with four new episodes.
Writing in The Sun, Joanne Kavanagh said watching Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life was "like walking back into a giant warm comforting hug."
She added: "Fans will squeal at the nostalgia that is packed into the new reboot."
In the Radio Times, Eleanor Bley Griffiths... | Fans of Gilmore Girls are gorging on the first new episodes of the US drama for nine years - and the early reviews are broadly positive. | 38103246 |
A private jet carrying Jerome Valcke, Fifa's secretary general, should have completed its journey to Moscow.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter's loyal lieutenant was due there to help Russia mark 1,000 days until the start of its World Cup in 2018.
Instead, at some stage on its journey across Eastern Europe, the plane turned... | Air traffic controllers observed a curious sight on their screens on Thursday. | 34292322 |
An inquiry was started after the seven-month-old died at a house on Melrosegate, York, on 3 November.
North Yorkshire Police and Sheffield City Council have asked anyone who has ordered a bed from Magical Dream Beds Ltd since then to contact them.
Sheffield-based firm Playtime Beds Ltd was served a cease and desist ord... | A second safety warning has been issued by trading standards and police investigating the death of a baby. | 38844404 |
The B-listed Lowood Bridge over the River Tweed is to close between 09:00 and 16:00 from Monday to Friday.
Motorists travelling between Galashiels and Melrose on the B6374 road will have to divert via the Melrose bypass.
It will allow the first phase of a £640,000 repairs programme to get under way later this year wit... | A 250-year-old Borders bridge near Melrose is to shut for five days for checks ahead of major repairs. | 40606069 |
The man was a passenger in a silver Vauxhall Vectra that left the road near Eddleston at about 06:50.
The 35-year-old male driver is also in hospital with a "serious but non-life threatening injury" to his neck.
Police said a number of people had stopped at the scene to help and officers have appealed for them to get i... | A 27-year-old man is in a critical condition after a crash on the A703 in the Scottish Borders on Saturday. | 39620443 |
The local authority said the move would mean a rise of less than 60p per week for more than eight out of 10 households in the city.
The proposal will be put before councillors at a budget meeting on 23 February.
The SNP administration said the budget proposals would have "no impact on frontline services."
The administr... | Dundee City Council has announced its proposal to increase council tax by 2.5% this year. | 38982808 |
The 23-year-old, who has signed a three-and-a-half-year contract, began his career at Sparta Prague and moved to FK Mlada Boleslav last summer.
He has scored six goals in 16 outings this season and is available to face Brentford on Friday.
"He's a skilful and technical player," manager Chris Hughton told the club websi... | Brighton have signed Czech Republic forward Jiri Skalak from FK Mlada Boleslav for an undisclosed fee. | 35466927 |
Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team and a Maritime and Coastguard Agency helicopter went to the scene after the alarm was raised at 15:30 on Sunday.
Police Scotland said the climber, Keiran Shaw, was airlifted to Belford Hospital in Fort William.
Mr Shaw, who was climbing with another man, died from his injuries. | A 21-year-old climber from Helensburgh, Argyll, has died after falling during a climb on Aonach Mor in Lochaber. | 37540574 |
The city is the latest to bid for the title - Paisley, Coventry, Sunderland and Stoke-on-Trent have already announced their plans.
Milton Keynes and Cardiff are also said to be interested in bidding.
The winning city would host a number of high-profile cultural events and could see a multi-million pound boost to the lo... | Perth's bid to become UK City of Culture in 2021 has been officially launched. | 37123369 |
Pylons will run the cable between Clocaenog Forest and a sub-station in St Asaph.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy gave Scottish Power Manweb the go-ahead after a six-month consultation.
Residents had fought the plan, claiming it would spoil the landscape.
A series of 15m (49ft) high wooden p... | Plans to build a 10-mile overhead cable to connect Denbighshire wind farms to the electricity grid have been approved by the UK government. | 36916926 |
From preparing their favourite dinners, to managing expectations (yours and theirs), experts offer their tips on what parents can do to help in the coming weeks.
Stress, anxiety and late-night cramming can all affect appetite, but parents can help to ensure children maintain a well-balanced diet and aren't missing meal... | Thousands of pupils across England, Northern Ireland and Wales have started their GCSE exams, marking the beginning of what can often be a stressful and anxious time for teenagers and parents alike. | 39921799 |
Striker Mandy Islacker angled just wide with Germany's best effort after half-time in a game of few chances.
Montpellier's Stina Blackstenius had Sweden's best chance, but her low shot from close range was well blocked by Wolfsburg keeper Almuth Schult.
Earlier on Monday in Rotterdam, Italy fell to a 2-1 loss against R... | Holders Germany were held to a goalless draw by a well-organised Sweden side in their opening Women's Euro 2017 Group B game in Breda, Netherlands. | 40636994 |
Richards was part of Wales' squad at Euro 2016, making one substitute appearance, with new Cardiff boss Paul Trollope on the national coaching team.
The 25-year-old Richards joined Fulham in January 2015, having played more than 50 games for Swansea City.
"We're hoping that'll be completed in the very near future," sai... | Wales defender Jazz Richards is on the verge of joining Cardiff City from Fulham with Bluebirds left-back Scott Malone set to move the other way. | 36780146 |
Earlier this month, an online petition asking the government to stop taxing a "bodily function" attracted about 90,000 signatures.
Unlike products such as condoms and sunscreen, pads and tampons attract the 10% Goods and Services tax (GST).
Mr Hockey said he would lobby state and territory governments to exempt them.
H... | Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey is to ask state and territory governments to remove the consumption tax on tampons and other sanitary products. | 32879768 |
The headquarters of the governing NDP party has been set ablaze.
President Hosni Mubarak, facing the biggest challenge to his authority of his 31 years in power, has ordered the army onto the streets of Cairo.
Earlier, it was announced he would make a statement, but he is yet to appear.
BBC security correspondent Frank... | Egypt has extended its curfew to all cities as anti-government demonstrators in Cairo besiege key buildings, including the foreign ministry and the state broadcaster. | 12311007 |
The 20-year-old, who has attracted attention from other Premiership clubs, has become a key player for Oran Kearney's team.
"I wanted to stay and I'm happy that my immediate future will be at Coleraine," said the full-back.
"Finishing third in the league and qualifying for Europe is an added incentive to any player."
I... | Bannsiders defender Lyndon Kane has penned a three-year contract extension with his hometown club. | 39908421 |
More than 70 others were injured as the blast hit the San Pablito fireworks market in Tultepec, about 20 miles (32km) outside the city.
Video from the scene showed a large number of fireworks rocketing into the air as they caught fire.
Dozens of paramedics and police attended the scene. The cause of the explosions is n... | An explosion at a fireworks market outside Mexico City has killed at least 31 people, officials say. | 38387239 |
The Entrepreneurial Spark business accelerator hub, or "hatchery", will offer free office facilities for up to 80 businesses every six months.
Participants will be able to collaborate with support organisations, as well as RBS staff.
The centre is based in what was the executive wing of disgraced former RBS chief execu... | A new entrepreneurial centre has been hatched at Royal Bank of Scotland's global headquarters in Edinburgh. | 35561900 |
The warnings follow a report from early 2016 on the nursing workforce compiled by the Institute for Employment Studies for the Migration Advisory Committee.
The authors cite the ageing workforce, poor planning by government and the risks from Brexit as key problems.
A Department of Health spokesman said that retaining ... | A shortage of nurses in the UK will continue for years to come and could get worse, experts are predicting. | 36729108 |
The measures impose a travel ban and asset freeze on four entities and 14 officials, including the head of North Korea's overseas spying operations.
The council voted unanimously to back the sanctions after weeks of negotiations between the US and China.
Pyongyang has defied a UN resolution banning all nuclear and miss... | The UN Security Council has expanded targeted sanctions against North Korea in response to a series of missile tests conducted by Pyongyang this year. | 40141243 |
Samantha Brown, 25, of Tain, was paid £8,307 by Benita and Mark Cutter but did not fall pregnant and later claimed she had lost the child in a car crash.
Inverness Sheriff Court heard she sent the couple, from Hull, a picture of her "dead baby".
Sheriff Margaret Neilson described Brown's actions as "callous, calculate... | A woman who conned a childless couple into believing she was carrying their baby has been jailed for two years. | 35558645 |
Strachan will take time after Sunday's match against Gibraltar to decide if he will renew his contract before the upcoming World Cup qualifying campaign.
The Scottish FA has already indicated a desire for Strachan to remain in post.
"There's two or three people I need to speak to and make sure everything's clear and th... | Gordon Strachan says there is "no time limit" for him to decide on his future as Scotland coach. | 34498204 |
Rohan Beyts, 62, is accusing the company of breaching data protection law by filming her without her permission or notice.
She claims she was filmed by male employees as she urinated in sand dunes while out walking at the Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire a year ago.
Trump International has denied the claims.
Ms Beyts is c... | The lawyer for a woman who is pursuing Trump International for damages has made his closing submission. | 39490803 |
Paul McKay, service director for public protection at Nottinghamshire County Council, said the club does not have a required safety certificate holder.
They are due to host Hull in a friendly on 30 July, with their season starting against Burton at home on 6 August.
"We had an audit and we had to make the decision to r... | The capacity of Nottingham Forest's City Ground has been reduced to zero, 29 days before the new season starts. | 36748743 |
The 74-year-old Welsh singer and The Voice judge, famous for hits like Delilah, It's Not Unusual and Sex Bomb, will take to the stage at Great Tew Park, Oxfordshire in July.
Organiser Hugh Phillimore said: "We had a long, long negotiation with Sir Tom and finally he's coming to join us, so we are very excited about tha... | Sir Tom Jones will headline this year's Cornbury Festival. | 31745880 |
Sheila Hynes suffered massive internal bleeding during what should have been a routine operation at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne.
The 71-year-old great-grandmother never came round from the operation after the mistake caused irreversible damage to her heart.
Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation T... | A woman died after surgeons inserted a heart valve upside down. | 39183998 |
The crown-of-thorns starfish has ravaged Australia's Great Barrier Reef by smothering and eating coral tissue.
Researchers believe the pest could be lured for removal by fabricating the chemicals it uses to attract a mate.
The study unmasks how the species congregates in huge swarms, the Australian and Japanese team sa... | A starfish considered a key threat to international coral reefs could be thwarted by harnessing its own pheromones, scientists say. | 39510686 |
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Sprinter Proud, who won 50m butterfly gold on Monday, took third in the 50m freestyle final in 21.43 seconds.
Guy - part of GB's gold medal-winning 4x200m freestyle relay team on Friday - shared 100m butterfly bronze with Joseph Schooling of Singapore in 50.83.
American Ca... | Ben Proud and James Guy took Britain's medal tally at the World Swimming Championships to six with a bronze apiece in Budapest. | 40765510 |
Ond dywedodd Elin Jones hefyd ei bod hi'n bwysig sicrhau bod y sefydliad yn gallu gwneud ei waith yn effeithiol.
Daw'r sylwadau ar ôl iddi gyhoeddi ei bod yn sefydlu panel o arbenigwyr i ysytyried faint o ACau sydd eu hangen.
Ar hyn o bryd, mae 'na 60 AC, ond bydd y Cynulliad yn cael grymoedd newydd yn ystod y blynyddo... | Mae Llywydd y Cynulliad wedi cydnabod y bydd hi'n dalcen caled dwyn perswâd ar y cyhoedd bod angen mwy o aelodau Cynulliad. | 38867172 |
The male driver was on Glasgow Road at about 19:15 on Tuesday when a snowball broke the windscreen of his car.
The youths involved were aged between 14 and 16-years-old.
Police said the incident was "really dangerous", and appealed for witnesses to come forward. | Police are investigating after a car windscreen was smashed in Stirling by youths throwing snowballs at traffic. | 30811790 |
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC) said a problem with discoloured water at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley emerged earlier this week.
Staff are using bottled water for all activities, including cleaning.
All non-emergency surgery has been postponed on Thursday and Friday. This affects 84 patients.
Scottish Wa... | Dozens of operations have been postponed at a busy Scottish hospital and 999 patients diverted elsewhere following a water supply problem. | 37045460 |
Festuccia, 36, who first joined Wasps at Adams Park in 2013, left last summer after three seasons with the now Coventry-based Premiership club.
He comes in as cover after injuries to Tom Cruse and Academy hooker George Edgson, while Tommy Taylor was named in England's 34-man Six Nations squad.
But Edd Shervington, who ... | Wasps have re-signed Zebre and Italy hooker Carlo Festuccia on a contract until the end of the season. | 38718246 |
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