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The Scottish Widows Women and Pensions Report indicated women were saving an average of ??720 a year less than men for their retirement.
The difference reported last year was ??617.
The new gap means a 30-year-old woman could be ??27,600 worse off than her male counterpart, if she retired at 65.
The report claimed wome... | The gap between the amount men and women in Scotland are saving for retirement has grown to a record high, according to an annual survey. | 20015793 |
The 84-year-old, at the F1 helm for 40 years, wants the assessments quashed, and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) held to an earlier April 2008 agreement.
The new figure is believed to cover the period from the tax year ended 5 April 1996 to tax year ending 5 April 2006.
Mr Ecclestone's lawyers have applied for permission... | Formula 1 tycoon Bernie Ecclestone has gone to court to challenge the basis of assessments that have left him facing a UK tax claim of more than £1bn. | 32837656 |
Oasis guitarist Gallagher joined Blur singer Albarn and his bandmate Graham Coxon at a Teenage Cancer Trust gig at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Paul Weller completed the supergroup, who performed Blur's 1999 track Tender.
Oasis and Blur were famously engaged in a feud in the mid-1990s as the biggest bands of the Br... | Former Britpop rivals Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn have buried the hatchet and performed together at a charity concert. | 21916688 |
The game was as good as over by half-time as two goals from Smith and another from Steven Doris saw the hosts leading 3-0 at the interval.
Smith completed his treble less than a minute into the second half with a brilliant 25-yard strike before Lewis McLear made it 5-0.
Sean Dickson and Doris again rounded off a misera... | Darren Smith scored a hat-trick as Stirling brought Montrose's good recent run to a shuddering halt. | 35390161 |
The bomb, thought to weigh around 500lb, was unearthed at a building site near the junction of Temple Street with Old Bethnal Green Road.
Residents living within a 100m hazard zone have been told to stay away for 24 hours while specialists investigate the device.
The Ministry of Defence said bomb disposal experts were ... | An unexploded World War Two bomb has been found in Bethnal Green, prompting an evacuation of 130 people. | 33851081 |
Ford and his fellow 10 Owen Farrell, who will play alongside him at inside centre against Scotland, have been working with Wilkinson at England's training headquarters in the build-up to Saturday's Six Nations opener.
"To have someone like him come in and add something a little bit different for us as 10s has been bril... | England fly-half George Ford has praised the impact of Jonny Wilkinson after the World Cup winner put on training sessions for the team. | 35504410 |
Simmonds, a four-time Paralympic champion, took her S6 400m freestyle best to five minutes 18.69 seconds.
And Northern Ireland's Firth clocked 2:03.70 in the S14 200m freestyle, beating the 2:04.44 she set last year.
With one day of competition to go, 21 GB swimmers have achieved the qualification times for Rio.
Simmon... | Ellie Simmonds and Bethany Firth broke their own world records as they secured more Rio qualification standards at the British Para-swimming trials. | 36145009 |
After Charlie Hodgson's early penalty put Sarries ahead, Marcus Watson scored two converted tries to put the visitors 14-3 up at half-time.
A brace of tries from Jackson Wray put the hosts back in front before Maro Itoje's score secured victory.
Newcastle secured their top-flight status for next season despite defeat, ... | Saracens guaranteed top spot in the Premiership with a comeback win at home to Newcastle Falcons. | 36143233 |
Mae'r gystadleuaeth sydd yn cael ei chynnal bob dwy flynedd ar gyfer cantorion sydd ar ddechrau eu gyrfa, a rhwng 18 a 32 oed.
Mae'n cael ei ystyried yn un o gystadlaethau operatig pwysicaf y byd, ac mae'n digwydd yn Neuadd Dewi Sant, Caerdydd.
Pump sydd wedi cyrraedd y rownd derfynol eleni.
Mae dwy gantores o Brydain ... | Bydd cantorion ar draws y byd yn cael gwybod eu ffawd yn ddiweddarach wrth i enillydd cystadleuaeth BBC Canwr y Byd gael ei gyhoeddi. | 40303210 |
The undefeated Manchester fighter, 26, earned the WBO title by a technical knockout against Jose Zepeda in July.
And he stopped Magdaleno, 28, after catching him with a pounding left hook.
Earlier, Liverpool's Liam Smith earned his first WBO light-middleweight title after defeating American John Thompson with a seventh... | Britain's Terry Flanagan defended his WBO lightweight crown in stunning fashion by knocking out America's Diego Magdaleno in the second round. | 34497989 |
The pro-independence Yes Scotland campaign had said Saturday would be the "biggest day of national campaigning" Scotland has ever seen.
The Better Together campaign claimed there would be "a thousand events all across Scotland today".
Supporters of both sides argued that the momentum was with them.
The latest poll of ... | Thousands of supporters of both sides in the Scottish referendum debate took to the streets on the final weekend before the vote. | 29190306 |
The 47-year-old ex-Livingston, Wycombe Wanderers, Colchester United, Norwich City, Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers began his seventh job in management on Saturday with a 0-0 draw at Preston.
"There's a great adrenaline rush about all this," Lambert told BBC Sport.
"It's still heart-attack material but it's what I've d... | New Wolves boss Paul Lambert says being a football manager is "heart-attack material" - but he still gets the same adrenaline rush from the game he loves. | 38039322 |
Overall, the FTSE 100 was up 18.67 points or 0.30% at 6,164.72.
Shares in mining firms were among the gainers, with Rio Tinto adding 1.67%, while Anglo American was up 1.69%.
Among the fallers was paper and packaging firm Mondi, which dropped 2.5% after Russian authorities announced an anti-trust investigation into one... | (Close): London's top shares recovered from initial falls and were in positive territory by close on Monday. | 35958316 |
Richard Keen QC is stepping down from his position as chairman of the Scottish Conservative Party to become the new Advocate General for Scotland.
He was previously dean of the Faculty of Advocates.
Mr Keen said it would be a "great honour" to support the UK government at a "crucial point" as new legislation brings fur... | One of Scotland's leading lawyers has been appointed as the UK government's most senior adviser on Scots law. | 32929673 |
Kurtis Guthrie's first-half brace put the visitors in control, his first coming from a redirected Brett Williams' shot before a close-range second just before half-time.
Pierre Joseph-Dubois halved Bromley's deficit from six yards out.
Despite Paul Rogers sending' off, Holland rescued a point for Bromley when he headed... | Jack Holland scored an injury-time equaliser for Bromley to dent Forest Green Rovers' automatic promotion bid. | 35859412 |
Players forfeited matches and played with little preparation after taking 36 hours to get to the event.
Callum Evans, Daniel O'Connell and Chloe Thomas were all hoping to pick up qualification points for Team Wales.
"I wouldn't say it's a blow but an opportunity missed," said Jenkins.
The players were caught up in the ... | Coach Ryan Jenkins hopes Wales table tennis players can still impress Commonwealth Games qualifying selectors after travel problems affected their World Championship participation. | 40098863 |
Emergency services were called to Brassknocker Hill, in Monkton Combe, on the B3108 at its junction with the A36 Warminster Road at 11:30 BST.
Two of those on board suffered multiple fractures and had to be freed by firefighters. Seven had minor injuries.
All remaining dates of the band's European tour have been cancel... | Two people on a tour bus used by the US band Baroness were badly injured when the vehicle fell 30ft (10m) from a viaduct near Bath. | 19267414 |
The PM said 22,000 such offenders had been deported since 2010, but that "too many obstacles" hampered the process - including human rights legislation.
But shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said "tough talk" from the government was simply "not enough".
A report found the number of foreign prisoners in the UK had gon... | David Cameron has said the "buck stops with me" when it comes to deporting foreign criminals from the UK. | 29726764 |
Daniel Barker, 25, from Barrow, stabbed his victim four times in the head and twice in the back on 12 October last year.
He admitted wounding with intent and was jailed at Preston Crown Court.
Cumbria Police said the victim was lucky to survive but has been left with permanent scarring.
Barker, who was also ordered to ... | A man who repeatedly stabbed another man in the street with scissors has been jailed for 10 years and nine months. | 40499852 |
Ashwin Daudia, 50, of Lyme Road, Leicester, will appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court on Thursday accused of killing Kiran Daudia.
Mrs Daudia, 46, was discovered by a member of the public on Tuesday morning in Cromer Street, Leicester.
In a statement, her family said she was a "much-loved mum, daughter, sister and au... | A man has been charged with murder after the body of a woman was found in a suitcase in an alleyway. | 38673314 |
Good Morning Britain launched on Monday, with exclusives from Paul O'Grady and One Direction.
The presenters sat at a glass table, rather than Daybreak's sofa, mirroring the style of US TV's morning shows .
Daily Telegraph writer Michael Hogan gave the show three stars out of five, saying: "BBC Breakfast might just hav... | Critics and viewers have delivered their verdict on ITV's latest breakfast programme, fronted by Susanna Reid. | 27184998 |
The Welsh government has commissioned the study to improve the commercial performance of historical and culturally important places.
It is expected to report back to ministers by the end of March.
Baroness Jenny Randerson, who is leading the review, said Wales needed a more unified image of its heritage.
The Welsh Libe... | A review of heritage attractions will help Wales compete with the other UK nations, the peer who is chairing it has said. | 35384726 |
One - Junaid Hussain of Birmingham - left the UK while on bail pending investigation for violent disorder.
The other, Abu Aziz from Luton, has been convicted in his absence of an attack on a member of the public.
Aziz is an associate of Anjem Choudary, the high-profile former leader of a group banned under terrorism la... | Two men who were under criminal investigation have absconded from the UK intending to join jihadists in Syria, the BBC has learned. | 27911081 |
The promotion hopefuls were out of the traps early as Craig Robson headed in an excellent Luke Guttridge corner after 11 minutes.
Jordan Maguire-Drew made it 2-0 with a fine individual goal, dribbling into the box and curling past Michael Poke.
Fejiri Okenabirhie increased the lead from the penalty spot before half-tim... | Dagenham and Redbridge notched a fourth win in their first five National League games, comfortably seeing off Woking 3-1 at the Kingfield Stadium. | 37067926 |
The 25-year-old has scored 13 tries in 65 appearances for Trinity since joining in 2015 from Hull FC.
"It is good to get my future sorted for the next two years," Arundel told Wakefield's official website.
Head coach Chris Chester added: "It gives us some really good competition in the outside backs and the contract is... | Wakefield Trinity centre Joe Arundel has signed a new two-year contract with the Super League side. | 40061939 |
The Portuguese was sent to the stands in his side's defeat by Aston Villa on Saturday after complaining about defender Vincent Sasso's red card.
Wednesday are sixth in the Championship, but have won just one of their last five games.
Carvalhal has not been given a touchline ban for the offence. | Sheffield Wednesday boss Carlos Carvalhal has admitted an improper conduct charge and has been fined £2,000 by the Football Association. | 39259909 |
Manannán Mac Lir, which is made out of fibre glass and stainless steel, was stolen last week from Binevenagh Mountain near Limavady in County Londonderry.
Limavady police have asked the public to look out for "a well-known 6ft tall striking local male with an athletic build," which seems normal enough.
Suspicions may b... | The theft of a six-foot sculpture statue of a Celtic sea god, that has prompted a campaign for its safe return, has now led to a 'missing persons appeal' by police. | 31003091 |
In a recording obtained by the paper, a voice similar to Mr Trump's purporting to be a media representative advocates for the billionaire businessman.
Reporters would hear from the "spokesman", John Miller or John Baron, when asking to interview Mr Trump.
Mr Trump denied the story to the Today Show on Friday.
"No, I do... | Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump masqueraded as a spokesman for himself in the 1990s, the Washington Post reports. | 36289239 |
The A$715m ($524m; £347m) offer, made in December, was described as too low and opportunistic.
Ferrovial first attempted to buy the company in late 2014 but abandoned the bid after failing to get support from Broadspectrum's board.
Shares in Broadspectrum closed 1.2% lower on Thursday.
Broadspectrum, which last Septem... | Australia offshore detention centre operator Broadspectrum has rejected a second hostile takeover bid from Spanish infrastructure firm Ferrovial. | 35379179 |
One of the migrants, Meet Singh Kapoor, died in the overnight crossing from Belgium to Tilbury Docks last August.
Taha Sharif, 38, of High Cross Road, Tottenham, was convicted following a seven-week trial at Basildon Crown Court.
The jury is yet to reach a verdict on three other defendants, who are all from Northern Ir... | A man has been found guilty of attempting to smuggle 35 Afghan Sikhs into the UK in a shipping container. | 33608042 |
Williams, 18, led with just 10 seconds remaining, but a ferocious late attack by opponent Mengyu Zhang saw the Chinese fighter win 31-22.
Longobardi-Radford, who has previously competed for Spain, lost 24-10 to Yu-Jen Huang.
"I just didn't get my tactics right," he told BBC Sport.
Victory in the quarter-finals would ha... | Britain's Lauren Williams and Peter Longobardi-Radford missed out on medals after losing in the World Championships quarter-finals in South Korea. | 40402874 |
The football club wants to stop people watching and filming sessions at the Reds' Melwood Drive complex.
Liverpool City Council backed the club's proposals to install 4.5m (15ft) high retractable screens which would be closed during first-team training.
The club said the screens - which will be retracted at all other t... | Liverpool's plans to build high screens around their training ground have been approved by the city council. | 32393459 |
Frederic Chatillon, whose company Riwal ran communications for the far right Front National (FN) party's election campaigns in 2012, said all his transactions were legitimate.
About €316,000 ($360,000; £250,000) was moved from Riwal in 2012 through Hong Kong, Singapore, the British Virgin Islands and Panama, Le Mond... | A French businessman named in leaked files from a Panama law firm has denied deliberately funnelling money offshore. | 35971643 |
The hospice ambulance driver died and his passenger was badly injured on the A688 in County Durham. Nearby, a collapsed roof crushed a dozen cars.
Further north, in Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway, several hundred homes are without power, says Scottish Power.
Worst-hit are southern and central parts of Scotland, Nor... | A motorist has been killed by a falling tree as fierce winds from the tail-end of Hurricane Katia batter the UK. | 14883670 |
Mata called for high profile players to sign up to the cause in the same week Neymar signed for Paris St-Germain for a world record £200m (222m euro).
Bayern Munich's Hummels said: "This is a chance for football to improve our world, and I wanted to be part of it."
The defender, 28, joined the German champions in May 2... | Germany's World Cup winner Mats Hummels is the first player to join Manchester United's Juan Mata in pledging to donate 1% of his wages to charity. | 40958871 |
Hahn powered through to win the T38 100m as she did earlier in the 200m.
Georgie Hermitage added T37 100m gold to the first place result she claimed after winning the 400m and Aled Davies claimed shot put gold.
Jonathan Broom-Edwards also did well and took silver in the T44 high jump.
Sophie Hahn worked hard for her vi... | Sophie Hahn, Aled Davies and Georgie Hermitage claimed their second gold medals taking Team GB's tally to a whopping 35 medals. | 40697066 |
In an attempt to make Ashley less of a nuisance, Rangers announced on Friday that they intend to repay the £5m loan the Newcastle United owner gave to the chronic old board at Ibrox.
It's a u-turn, of course; a major one, but a logical one.
Dave King, the Rangers chairman, said previously that the club had no need to r... | To Rangers people, Mike Ashley must seem akin to a character in a horror movie, a vengeful bogey man who's there and then not there, who's everywhere and nowhere. | 34947593 |
Judge Hernan Cristoso said the activists had been arrested and sent to torture centres in Santiago. They were never seen alive again.
Many of the agents are already serving prison sentences for other cases.
During General Pinochet's rule, from 1973 to 1990, some 3,000 people died or disappeared in Chile.
Thousands of p... | A judge in Chile has sentenced 106 intelligence officers for the kidnapping and murder of 16 leftist activists in 1974 and 1975. | 40141123 |
Wales and Iceland have excelled in the competition despite this being the first time they have qualified.
Wales face Portugal on Wednesday in the semi-final, while hosts France eliminated Iceland in the last eight.
"I think there will be a boom in those countries and we will see more kids there playing football," said ... | The decision to expand the European Championships from 16 to 24 teams has been "very positive", tournament director Martin Kallen has said. | 36714679 |
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The pair's 10m synchro success and Ed Ling's bronze in the trap shooting took Britain's tally to four and put them 10th in the medal table.
Britain's men missed out on a team gymnastics bronze, while the women's rugby sevens team also came fourth.
Hosts Brazil celebrated t... | Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow produced a great final dive to win one of two Olympic bronze medals for Great Britain on day three in Rio. | 37016458 |
Its plane, yet to go into development, would carry 150 people on journeys of less than 300 miles.
Wright Electric said by removing the need for jet fuel, the price of travel could drop dramatically.
British low-cost airline Easyjet has expressed its interest in the technology.
"Easyjet has had discussions with Wright E... | A new start-up says it intends to offer an electric-powered commercial flight from London to Paris in 10 years. | 39350054 |
In November officials clamped down on any contact with the head or neck area.
Young's comments came after Wasps debutant Kurtley Beale was shown a yellow card in their European Champions Cup win against Connacht on Sunday.
"Player welfare is huge and we are 100% behind that," he told BBC Radio 5 live. "But we have to d... | The officiating of high tackles in rugby is starting to become "a bit of a joke", says Wasps boss Dai Young. | 38286626 |
The 26-year-old scored in the Nations Cup final with a powerful header, helping his side to beat Egypt 2-1.
Nkoulou has made 74 appearances for the Indomitable Lions and is a former captain of the team.
"After winning the Africa Cup of Nations, I have a sense of having accomplished my duty for country," he told the Foo... | Africa Cup of Nations-winning Cameroon defender Nicolas Nkoulou is taking a break from international football. | 39130448 |
The 'Poppies: Weeping Window' installation is at St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall until June to remember 100 years since the Battle of Jutland.
More than 6,000 British personnel and 2,500 Germans died in the battle in the North Sea in 1916. Most of the British ships were stationed at Scapa Flow.
The sculpture was create... | A display of thousands of ceramic poppies has been installed in Orkney as part of war commemorations. | 36113556 |
The 24-year-old hit 11 fours as he shared a 73-run fourth-wicket partnership with Hamish Marshall (51).
Marshall departed after being caught well by Jesse Ryder attempting to drive Jamie Porter, whose four wickets restricted the away side to just 262.
In reply, Liam Nowell trapped Nick Browne for one but England captai... | Gareth Roderick hit an unbeaten 88 as Gloucestershire and Essex shared an even first day at the County Ground. | 35960757 |
Matthew, who won the Women's British Open in 2009, features at the ANA Inspiration at Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, California.
The Scot was impressed with the low scoring in the Kia Classic, which was won by Lee Mi-rim on 13 under par - eight shots ahead of Matthew.
"Women's golf is on the up, without a d... | Catriona Matthew says "everyone's upping their game" as the major season begins on Thursday. | 39433869 |
Save Sekhmeka Group Egypt said the statue of a court official was a symbol of its ancient civilisation, and "belongs to the Egyptian people".
The group wants the Egyptian government to step in and claim the statue.
Spencer Compton, the second Marquis of Northampton, acquired the figure during a trip to Egypt in 1850.
T... | A campaign group in Egypt has joined the fight over the £15.76m sale of a 4,000-year-old statue by Northampton Borough Council. | 33686636 |
Wilson has been told he can leave Old Trafford on loan by boss Jose Mourinho.
He spent most of last season with Brighton, scoring five goals in 27 appearances for the Championship club.
Derby hope the opportunity of regular first-team football will appeal to the 20-year-old, who featured twice for United last season.
T... | Championship clubs Derby County and Fulham are among those to have asked about taking Manchester United striker James Wilson on loan. | 37118045 |
Olive Cooke was one of the UK's longest-serving poppy sellers and had collected money in Bristol for the Royal British Legion for 76 years.
Media coverage of her death focussed on suggestions she had been overwhelmed by junk mail from charities.
But Jessica Dunne said Mrs Cooke was "not a victim".
She said: "I know the... | The granddaughter of a 92-year-old poppy seller who was found dead in the Avon Gorge said she wanted her remembered as a "fun-loving person". | 32829875 |
And if he was breaking the rules, then speaker and party colleague Mitchel McLaughlin played the tough headmaster.
He could not deliver 100 lines but he delivered a dressing down for not dressing up and breaking the assembly's dress code.
"You are well aware that it (the code) applies to you," he told Mr Flanagan.
He w... | No tie and the top two buttons undone - Sinn Fein's Phil Flanagan had a look of the rebellious schoolboy about him in the Northern Ireland Assembly earlier this week. | 34390202 |
The customised white Kangoo was presented to the pontiff by French carmaker Renault.
Benedict XVI has been dubbed "the green pope" for his environmental concerns.
Since he became Pope, the Vatican has installed photovoltaic cells in its main auditorium and joined a project to offset carbon dioxide emissions.
The city s... | Pope Benedict XVI has been presented with an electric car to use within the grounds of the Vatican and his summer home of Castel Gandolfo. | 19508637 |
The results of the high-stakes primary school leaving exam, which students sit aged 12, came out last week.
The test determines a child's path in the competitive school system and has become a source of stress for many.
But a call for people to share stories to show how exams don't need to decide your future has sparke... | Singaporeans have been sharing their exam results and current careers, in an effort to fight stigma over "mediocre" scores. | 38126966 |
Sir Harry Burns has also warned that pregnant women should be taking the vitamin to protect against bone disease and other illnesses.
He has written to health professionals about the risk of vitamin D deficiency.
The letter said all pregnant and breastfeeding women should take a daily supplement containing 10 microgram... | Scotland's chief medical officer has said children aged six months to five years should be taking daily vitamin D drops. | 16870565 |
The two leaders raised the possible exchange in a phone call on Monday.
Army volunteer Nadiya Savchenko, seen as a national hero in Ukraine, was jailed by a Russian court last month.
A court in Ukraine then jailed two alleged Russian special forces soldiers for several crimes including terrorism.
Yevgeny Yerofeyev and ... | Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has said he has agreed with Russian President Vladimir Putin on a mechanism to swap a high-profile Ukrainian prisoner for two Russians. | 36083936 |
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Defending champions England open their campaign against Spain, hosts Ireland meet Australia, while Wales face a tough game against the Black Ferns of New Zealand.
You can listen to selected commentaries on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra and online, plus follow live text com... | Follow live coverage of the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup across BBC Radio 5 live sports extra, the BBC Sport website and app from Wednesday, 9 August. | 40852627 |
The body of PC Gordon Semple, 59, was found in a flat at the Peabody Estate, in Southwark Street, on Thursday - a week after he went missing.
Stefano Brizzi, 49, appeared via videolink at Bromley Magistrates' Court. No indication of plea was given.
He was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on 13 April.
Mr ... | A man has appeared in court accused of the murder of a police officer whose decomposed remains were found in a south London flat. | 36014066 |
Villa have signed goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini, midfielder Aaron Tshibola and defender Tommy Elphick since being relegated from the Premier League.
"We're certainly looking for a striker," Di Matteo told BBC WM 95.6.
"And maybe some more attacking players, depending on how the next few weeks go and which players are go... | Aston Villa boss Roberto Di Matteo says he wants to sign another striker ahead of the Championship season but must trim his squad first. | 36835751 |
According to the senior military official, the operation to recapture the northern city will probably take place in April or May.
Iraq's second largest city is currently being held by 1,000 to 2,000 IS militants, the official added.
Mosul was home to more than a million people before it fell to IS last June.
The unname... | A joint Iraqi-Kurdish military force of up to 25,000 fighters is being prepared to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from Islamic State (IS), a US official says. | 31543415 |
Thistle hope to have Nitriansky, 26, in Saturday's squad to face Hibernian.
He has turned out for five clubs in his homeland, including Slavia Prague, and also played in Italy with Avellino.
Defenders Niall Keown and Jordan Turnbull, midfielder Blair Spittal and goalkeeper Jamie Sneddon have also joined the Jags for th... | Czech defender Milan Nitriansky has joined Partick Thistle on a deal until the end of the season, subject to international clearance. | 40826229 |
The 39-year-old has been in charge of the U's since replacing Richard Money in November 2015 but will miss the next 10 days of pre-season training.
Joe Dunne, Derry's assistant, and first-team coach Mick Halsall will take charge in his absence for the club's next four pre-season friendlies.
Derry's Cambridge side just ... | Cambridge United have confirmed head coach Shaun Derry is to undergo a "small routine medical procedure". | 40555677 |
Ibrahim Halawa, 21, the son of Ireland's most senior Muslim cleric, was arrested during anti-government protests in Cairo in August 2013.
A cross-party group of TDs met Ibrahim Halawa in prison in Egypt.
The delegation was led by the Dail Speaker (ceann comhairle) Seán Ó Fearghaíl.
Speaking to RTÉ News from Egypt, Mr Ó... | The speaker of the Irish parliament has said a Dublin man held in prison in Egypt is in "very good spirits", but is frustrated by his situation. | 38578318 |
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The win and results in France mean Cardiff Blues go to Stade Francais for a European Champions Cup semi-final play-off on 19 or 20 May.
At Caerphilly the hosts' Carl Meyer scored off Angus O'Brien's cross-kick.
But Blues hit back with tries by Matthew Morgan and Willis Hal... | Cardiff Blues took seventh place in the Pro12 as they ground out victory in an uninspiring encounter with Welsh strugglers Newport Gwent Dragons. | 39818230 |
Duffy, 31, moved to Meadow Lane last summer and made 47 appearances for Kevin Nolan's side.
The central defender scored four goals - his highest tally in a season - as Notts finished 16th in League Two, 10 points above the relegation zone.
Notts have not disclosed the length of the contract for Duffy, who is a former W... | Notts County defender Richard Duffy has agreed a new contract with the League Two side. | 40263894 |
Counter terror police chiefs said the leak undermined their investigation and victims' and witnesses' confidence.
A Whitehall source added: "We are furious. This is completely unacceptable."
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said he had raised the leaks with the US ambassador.
Earlier UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd s... | The UK government and police have reacted with anger after a US newspaper published photos apparently showing the scene of the Manchester bomb attack. | 40038630 |
With 24 million followers, Christianity is India's third-largest religion. Christians comprise 2.3% of the country's population. | Millions of Indians are celebrating Christmas throughout the country. | 35173783 |
The plan would see a giant man-made lagoon generating power to run 120,000 homes for 120 years.
Talks will focus on the amount of subsidy the scheme will get from a guaranteed price for its power.
In December, Energy Secretary Ed Davey announced "in-depth discussions" on the project had started.
Following confirmation ... | Chancellor George Osborne has said negotiations are opening on a £1bn tidal lagoon scheme in Swansea, in his Budget speech in the House of Commons. | 31927779 |
The Team BMW driver from Portadown finished second in the wet race three, coming home behind Honda's Shedden.
Turkington was later awarded the victory, the first for Team BMW, ahead of Adam Morgan and Ash Sutton.
Aiden Moffat, who collected his maiden win, and Tom Ingram were the other race winners in an eventful day.
... | Colin Turkington was moved up from second to first place at Donington Park after Gordon Shedden was disqualified for failing a ride height test. | 39617227 |
He will serve as the government's senior politician and as the president of the Policy and Resources Committee.
He was voted in by 20 votes to 19 ahead of Deputy Peter Ferbrache, with one spoilt paper.
It follows a 20-20 tie in the second and third round of voting. Further ties could have led to the drawing of lots.
De... | Former treasury minister Gavin St Pier has been elected first president in the new States of Guernsey structure after a close vote. | 36168498 |
Hodgson will have most of his squad for France firmly fixed in his mind - and domestic form and match fitness will be the key factors in any late changes to his plans before the official announcement on 12 May.
Which England players can count on a place at Euro 2016? Who are the men still fighting for places? And who c... | England's defeat by the Netherlands at Wembley on Tuesday was the last international before manager Roy Hodgson names his squad for Euro 2016 this summer. | 35919874 |
Net income for the three months to September fell to 1.2tn won ($1.1bn; £713m), a drop of 25% compared with the same period last year.
That was lower than forecasts - which were for around 1.5tn won.
Hyundai's numbers were hurt by a fall in sales in China and weaker than expected sales in the US - its two biggest mar... | South Korea's biggest carmaker, Hyundai Motors, has seen its quarterly profit fall to its lowest level in five years. | 34600610 |
Author Santa Montefiore posted a series of tweets thanking people for their support following Ms Palmer-Tomkinson's death at the age of 45.
She was found dead at her flat in South Kensington last week.
Ms Montefiore said a coroner found Ms Palmer-Tomkinson had died of "natural causes" and "did not have a brain tumour".... | Socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson died "peacefully in her sleep" from a perforated ulcer, her sister said. | 38983931 |
Men
100m: James Dasaolu, Reece Prescod, CJ Ujah
200m: Zharnel Hughes, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Danny Talbot
400m: Dwayne Cowan, Matt Hudson-Smith, Martyn Rooney
800m: Elliot Giles, Kyle Langford, Guy Learmonth
1500m: Josh Kerr, Chris O'Hare, Jake Wightman
5,000m: Andrew Butchart, Mo Farah, Marc Scott
10,000m: Mo Farah... | The Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the World Championships in London from 4-13 August. | 40716173 |
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the Norwegian authorities have allowed flights to resume if operators meet new safety conditions.
A crash involving the helicopter off the coast of Norway killed 13 people, including Iain Stewart from Aberdeenshire, in April 2016.
The Unite Union has expressed concern about the... | Super Puma 225 helicopters, which were grounded after a fatal crash in Norway, are to fly over the North Sea again. | 40538083 |
However, the row now seems to be over after Snoop said "sorry".
Iggy says she has accepted his apology and wants to move on and "focus on the positive".
In one message he wrote: "Say *****! You ******* with the wrong ******. Your ****** better check you before I do, you ******* *****, yeah, ******* ****!"
Snoop Dogg's ... | We do not know why the feud started, but over the last few days Snoop Dog and Iggy Azalea have been exchanging insults on Twitter and Instagram. | 29642293 |
The incident happened as some 60 workers were changing rail tracks on the line between Calais, France, and Folkestone, UK.
A welder was taken ill in the early hours of Sunday and carbon monoxide poisoning was later diagnosed.
Tunnel traffic was unaffected.
Eighteen other workers have also been taken ill.
They were sent... | Nineteen workers have suffered carbon monoxide poisoning while working overnight in the Channel Tunnel, with one of them in a serious condition, French officials have said. | 25901566 |
The £20m programme was launched last year with underperforming schools getting access to expertise and more resources.
Around two thirds of the schools had improved on last year's GCSE results.
Education Minister Huw Lewis said there had been a "breakthrough" in performance.
"These are some of our most challenged scho... | Most of the 40 secondary schools in Wales which were challenged by ministers to improve have shown progress in their GCSE results. | 33992591 |
Justin Tomlinson, MP for Swindon North, faced calls to resign after he shared a draft report with payday lender Wonga.
Mr Tomlinson, now minister for disabled people at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), said at the time, in 2013, his judgement had "been clouded".
The DWP said he had the confidence of Prime Mi... | A Conservative minister who breached parliamentary rules by leaking a committee report to a payday lender is to keep his job, the BBC understands. | 34591534 |
The items, valued at £15,000-£20,000, were part of a 12-place setting of dining cutlery dating from 1902.
Proceeds from the auction, to be held at Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh next week, will go to The Willow Tea Rooms Trust in Glasgow.
The tea rooms at 217 Sauchiehall Street were taken over by the trust in 2014.
The... | A silver fork and spoon designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh are to be auctioned to help restore tea rooms which he also created. | 37727476 |
The Insolvency Service said that 19,683 people in England and Wales were made insolvent in the third quarter of 2015.
This was up 2.8% on the previous three months, but down 18.5% on the same quarter a year earlier.
Low interest rates have kept a lid on the number of people facing unmanageable debts.
The Insolvency Ser... | The number of people being declared insolvent has risen for the first time in a year, but the total remains lower than much of the past decade. | 34665688 |
The operation was focused on bribery and rigging of contracts in the crematorium and archaeology business in favour of the Zagaria clan.
One of those arrested was Naples' top archaeology official while another was an ex-mayor of Pompeii, reports said.
A construction entrepreneur was alleged to head the corruption netwo... | Police in Naples have arrested 69 people, including political figures and businessmen, in raids targeting Naples' notorious Casalesi cartel. | 39279755 |
Members of the International Red Cross met them at the quayside with water and medical supplies. The survivors will be transferred to centres around Italy.
It is unclear how many people are missing from Wednesday's disaster. Twenty-five bodies have been recovered,
Rescue vessels are continuing to search the area where ... | Hundreds of migrants rescued from a boat that sank off Libya with 600 people on board have arrived on the Italian island of Sicily. | 33810119 |
The 25-year-old has agreed a three-year deal at the Madejski Stadium, subject to receiving international clearance.
"He is a creative player who can play off either side of the pitch," said Reading manager Steve Clarke.
"His style of play should complement the players already here and we look forward to Paolo joining o... | Reading have signed Peru international winger Paolo Hurtado from Portuguese club Pacos de Ferreira. | 33903465 |
Aged just 19, the star has racked up seven hits in the last 14 months, including the tropical pop smash Lush Life, which spent more than a year on the charts.
Along the way, she's collaborated with Tinie Tempah and sung the official anthem of Euro 2016, but the highlight of her year was supporting Beyonce at Wembley St... | In Sweden, she's been a star since she was 10 - but Zara Larsson has her eyes set on global domination. | 39293139 |
Tegwen Roderick from Abercanaid, near Merthyr Tydfil, received "serious but unexplained" injuries at Ysbyty Cwm Cynon in June 2014.
Several arrests were made after her death six months later, but the Crown Prosecution Service said they had "no further interest" in the case.
Mrs Roderick's family expressed concern about... | There will be no further action after a woman, 88, was injured at a Rhondda Cynon Taf hospital and later died. | 35640485 |
The National Trust for Scotland, which owns the islands, is launching the Love Our Islands campaign to support historical conservation and environmental work on the archipelago.
The appeal marks the 30th anniversary of St Kilda's designation as a World Heritage Site.
The islands lie about 40 miles west of Benbecula in ... | A new fundraising appeal is being launched to look after the remote islands of St Kilda. | 36572332 |
Bristol City's Taylor, 19, is an England youth international and joins on loan until the end of the season.
Brown, 25, brother of Blackburn and former Manchester United defender Wes, spent the 2015-16 campaign on loan at the Shakers and was released by Sheffield United on Friday.
Fulham's Burgess is a 21-year-old centr... | Bury have signed defenders Taylor Moore, Reece Brown and Cameron Burgess. | 38534798 |
Peterborough City Hospital's A&E department has seen 40% more patients than usual this week, including a woman who had broken a false finger nail.
A&E should only be used for genuine medical emergencies, the hospital and its clinical commissioning group said.
This does not include a case of the hiccups, they said.
"On ... | People with broken finger nails and hiccups have contributed to "unprecedented numbers" turning up at a hospital's emergency department. | 35880005 |
Potential hosts will also find it easier and cheaper to bid under the "Olympic Agenda 2020" reforms.
The changes were voted on by the International Olympic Committee during a two-day meeting in Monaco.
The IOC has also agreed to allow future Games to hold events outside the host country or city.
Potential hosts will al... | A 28-sport cap for future summer Olympics has been dropped as part of a 40-point action plan to revamp the sporting showpiece. | 30374234 |
The man, named as Najim Laachraoui, 24, is still on the run. A statement said he had been using false ID and that his DNA had been found in houses used by the suspected jihadist network.
Abdeslam was captured in Brussels on Friday and is still being interrogated.
However, Belgium's federal prosecutor said he was "still... | Belgian prosecutors say that DNA has identified an accomplice of captured Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam. | 35860157 |
The cool spring and damp summer were offset by a very mild end to the year.
Across the UK, 2015 featured in the top 10 wettest years since records began in 1910.
January was unsettled and often windy with some stormy days. On 15 January, a man was killed by a falling tree in County Antrim.
However, there were some col... | It was a year of extremes ... and most of that kind of weather fell in the last two weeks of 2015. | 35220551 |
He said the US military would want to gather intelligence from the missile's flight instead of intercepting it.
Mr Carter's remarks follow President-elect Donald Trump's Twitter comments on North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
Mr Trump had said the North's development of a nuclear missile that could reach the US "won't hap... | US Defence Secretary Ash Carter has said the US would not necessarily shoot down a North Korean missile, if it was not threatening. | 38579435 |
Of the 18-to-24-year-olds surveyed, 28% cited social media as their main news source, compared with 24% for TV.
The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism research also suggests 51% of people with online access use social media as a news source.
This trend and the rising use of mobile phones to access news are u... | Social media has overtaken television as young people's main source of news, according to a report. | 36528256 |
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Spurs are second in the table, two points behind leaders Leicester after coming from behind to beat Swansea 2-1 at White Hart Lane on Sunday.
"Nobody speaks about the title in our dressing room," Pochettino told Sky Sports.
"We believe we can win every game and we'll see w... | Tottenham's players are not talking of winning the Premier League title, says manager Mauricio Pochettino. | 35682186 |
Wada's independent commission examined allegations of doping, cover-ups, and extortion in Russian athletics, which also implicated the IAAF, the sport's world governing body.
It says London 2012 was "sabotaged" by "widespread inaction" against athletes with suspicious doping profiles.
Media playback is not supported on... | Russia should be banned from athletics competition, a World Anti-Doping Agency commission report has recommended. | 34765444 |
Syrian state TV said "several missiles" had hit a transport centre and public building in the Height's Quneitra area.
Earlier rockets landed near a village in northern Israel. There are no reports of injuries in either attack.
Israeli officials blamed the rocket strike on the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad, which deni... | An Israeli aircraft has fired missiles at a building in Syria's Golan Heights in response to a rocket strike on an Israeli village, according to reports. | 34009296 |
Gunmen shot Nisio Gomes in Mato Grosso do Sul and took away his body, which is still missing.
Police only confirmed his murder last week, after finding that a witness who claimed to have seen him alive had been paid to give false evidence.
Mr Gomes, 59, led a Guarani group which had returned to its land after being evi... | Police in Brazil have arrested 18 people in connection with the killing of an indigenous leader last November. | 18918845 |
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His own hopes of a pro boxing career ended at 23 when he was stabbed through the hand by a rival gang member.
But rather than carrying on down the wrong path he has helped others.
Now 41, he provides free classes to hundreds of young people at his Nottingham School of Boxi... | Boxing club founder Marcellus Baz has been named the BBC Get Inspired Unsung Hero award winner at the 2016 Sports Personality of the Year awards. | 38341991 |
But just over two years on, that is exactly what is about to happen.
Fidgety Fingers in Essex, one of many nurseries which says it cannot make government funding rates stretch over 30 hours, will shut on Wednesday.
The government says it has boosted the rates it pays councils to fund the scheme, including Essex County ... | When ministers pledged to double the amount of free childcare for working parents, they never dreamed it could lead to some top nurseries closing. | 40660648 |
Ruairi Corrigan's goal helped Fermanagh lead 1-2 to to 0-1 and while Benny Heron netted for Derry, the Ernemen still led 1-6 to 1-5 at half-time.
However, Cailean O'Boyle's goal helped Derry hit an unanswered 1-3 as they took control early in the second half.
Mark Lynch's fisted third goal put further daylight between ... | Derry fought back from being four points down early on to earn a 3-13 to 1-10 victory over Fermanagh in the Division 2 Football League opener. | 35454157 |
The emergency was declared on 4 November to aid security forces after what the government said was a plot to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen.
Mr Yameen narrowly escaped injury when a blast struck his boat last month.
US investigators said they had not been able to find any evidence that the blast was an assassinat... | The Maldives says it has lifted a 30-day state of emergency early after "important progress" in an inquiry into a blast on the president's boat. | 34776408 |
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