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Cormack, a former chief executive of Aberdeen, sold his software company for £630m last year.
"I can offer both financial support and my time to the club," Cormack told the Aberdeen website.
"I look forward to attracting American investment and strategic partnerships [to] help AFC maximise its potential."
Cormack will ... | Aberdeen's new major shareholder Dave Cormack says he will offer "financial support" to help the Scottish Premiership club to "kick-on". | 40262391 |
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood made his remarks after it was confirmed that a government scheme to fund musical instruments for bands cost £98,000 more than initially envisaged.
The Department for Communities (DFC) minister Paul Givan announced the resumption of the grant scheme to fund instruments for bands in July.
£200,... | The chair of the assembly's communities committee has said it is a "disgrace" that extra money has been found for bands while an Irish language bursary scheme has been cut. | 38513338 |
The competition, known as the Worlds, has drawn 230 bands from 16 nations, including Canada, the US, Oman, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa.
Heats got under way at Glasgow Green on Friday. The winners of the 2015 event will be announced on Sunday.
The competition is the culmination of the week-long Piping Live f... | Thousands of pipers and drummers have gathered in Glasgow for the beginning of the World Pipe Band Championship. | 33932943 |
The move had been considered by the cross-party Smith Commission on further devolution.
But it was not included in the commission's final report, or in the subsequent Scotland Bill.
The SNP, Lib Dems, Scottish Greens and Conservatives have all previously backed the devolution of abortion law, but it has been opposed by... | The Scottish Parliament is to be given control over abortion laws, the UK government has confirmed. | 34527208 |
Administrators from FRP Advisory have laid off all 17 staff at Inverness-based Roy Homes Ltd and sister company Roy Homes Timber Frame Ltd.
Roy Homes started trading in 1979 and offered a full design-to-build service for self-build timber homes.
Roy Timber Frame was founded in 2011 and supplied timber frame kits.
The c... | One of the largest suppliers of bespoke homes in the north of Scotland has ceased trading after getting into financial difficulties. | 38732390 |
The disagreement is over how Uber's drivers are hired by the company.
Uber considers them contractors: they work when they want, for as long as they want. Drivers must pay for their cars, fuel, maintenance - everything.
The alternative - and the one successfully argued in the case - is that Uber drivers should actually... | This week a judge decided that a legal case involving ex-Uber drivers could become a joint action - which simply means lots of people who have the same grievance can get together and sue at once. | 34150643 |
Wright believes 33-year-old Bravo, who has replaced England's Joe Hart at City, should have been punished for a second-half challenge on Wayne Rooney.
"It's is a penalty. His studs are up," Wright told Match of the Day.
"He jumps in off the ground. He is out of control of his body. It is reckless. It wasn't given and h... | Manchester City keeper Claudio Bravo was "lucky" not to give away a penalty in the 2-1 win against Manchester United, says Ian Wright. | 37330360 |
Nolan took over on 12 January and, after a win and a draw from his four games, the Magpies are only above the danger zone by one place and one point.
But with 17 matches remaining, Nolan told BBC Radio Nottingham he is confident they will stay up.
"Are we in a relegation scrap already? I don't think so," said Nolan, 34... | Notts County's seemingly precarious position in the bottom three of League Two does not mean they face a battle for survival, says manager Kevin Nolan. | 38929180 |
These words have appeared more in Paris in recent days on signs, walls and the Eiffel Tower, marking people's resilience after the attacks of a week ago today.
People have been going back to work, and going out to bars and restaurants.
Here, Parisians describe the night of the attacks and how they have been trying to r... | Fluctuat nec mergitur - that is the Latin motto on the coat of arms of Paris meaning, 'Buffeted (by waves) but not sunk.' | 34872247 |
Stuart Lawrence has complained to the Metropolitan Police (Met) over an incident on 16 November.
He also alleges a pattern of behaviour against him by officers.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) will oversee the investigation, conducted by the Met.
In 1993, Stephen Lawrence was stabbed to death in a r... | The police watchdog will supervise an investigation into a complaint by Stephen Lawrence's brother that officers stopped and searched him because he was black. | 20978774 |
The 26-year-old held dual passports with New Zealand and Irish citizenship.
When she went missing on 7 July, her parents John Mather and Kathryn Gilkison made the long journey from Auckland to London to search for their daughter.
After she was confirmed to have died on the Piccadilly Line Tube train, they said in a sta... | The only New Zealander to die in the London bombings, Shelley Mather had been living in the capital for three years. | 11989640 |
18 September 2016 Last updated at 15:54 BST
Her wins at the Paralympics in Brazil add to the two golds she won in the London 2012 Paralympics.
She's been chatting to Martin about the success she's had in Rio. | Hannah Cockroft has been nicknamed 'Hurricane Hannah', and with three gold medals in Rio, it's pretty clear why. | 37401980 |
The BBC has learnt, however, that Baroness Thatcher eventually called her Tory predecessor "one of Britain's greatest prime ministers".
The surprise revelation is contained in Archive Hour: The Heath Enigma on BBC Radio 4, a programme marking the 100th anniversary of Heath's birth.
Margaret Thatcher was Education Secre... | Edward Heath's bitter 25-year feud with Margaret Thatcher, known as "the incredible sulk" is the stuff of political legend. | 36745875 |
A statement issued by the Revolutionary Movement in Syria said the coalition had failed to represent the Syrian revolution.
The criticism comes amid Russian and US efforts to arrange a peace conference on Syria in June.
An emergency UN debate on Syria was being held in Geneva on Wednesday.
Guide to the Syrian oppositio... | Rebels on the ground in Syria have launched a blistering attack on the Syrian opposition coalition outside the country. | 22698358 |
Downing Street said the Amstrad founder would be touring the country, championing enterprise and encouraging firms to take on more apprentices.
Lord Sugar previously held a similar role under Gordon Brown's Labour government.
Last year he said he was quitting Labour because of his "disillusionment" with the party.
The ... | Apprentice star Lord Sugar has been appointed as the government's enterprise tsar. | 36376161 |
The IKO Creative Prosthetic System won the Grand Prix award at digital technology summit Netexplo.
Lego attachments, including a remote-control digger, fit on to the battery-powered arm and 3D-printed socket.
Creator Carlos Arturo Torres, a former intern at Lego's Future Lab research department, hopes to secure investm... | A prosthetic arm that allows children to design their own Lego accessories has won an innovation award in Paris. | 35549905 |
The incident happened last month at the St Paul's Out of School Club, which is held at St Paul's Church.
Speaking to the York Press, the unnamed woman said her daughter had been left traumatised by the episode.
The club said it was working with Ofsted in its investigation.
Read more about this story and more from acros... | Ofsted is investigating after a mother claimed her five-year-old daughter was accidentally locked for two hours in a church crypt while attending an after-school club in York. | 39368240 |
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Kane will be making his first appearance for his country since 4 September 2016 because of injury.
England's last permanent captain was Wayne Rooney, who has been left out of the squad.
"I wanted to give him that boost," said England boss Gareth Southgate. "He was pretty c... | Tottenham striker Harry Kane will captain England against Scotland in Saturday's World Cup qualifier at Hampden Park. | 40229304 |
The unions ASLEF and RMT have ramped up their action to short of a strike, and drivers are not taking out trains they say have not had proper safety checks.
London Underground (LU) has countered that and said the trains are being prepared safely, in some cases by managers.
It said it would send home any driver who refu... | The current Tube strike dispute over 24-hour working, staffing and pay and conditions has taken a turn for the worse. | 33691379 |
Paul Willis, UK managing director, said that cars fitted with the 1.6L diesel engine would need the physical remedy.
Those with the larger 2L engine would only need a software fix, he told the Commons Transport select committee.
Mr Willis apologised "sincerely and unreservedly" for letting down customers.
"Volkswagen h... | About 400,000 Volkswagen cars in the UK will need fuel injectors altered as well as a software fix, its UK boss said. | 34505593 |
If successful, the bid could have saved the 27-year-old about £1m.
A tax tribunal judge rejected Grint's appeal against an HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) block on him using a change in accounting dates to avoid the 50% tax rate introduced in 2010-11.
His accountants had tried to move eight months of income into the 2009... | Actor Rupert Grint has failed in an attempt to shield some of his Harry Potter income from a higher tax rate. | 37032319 |
The anniversary on 8 May marks 70 years since the end of World War II in Europe.
The service will be held on 10 May, the last of three days of events.
There will also be a two-minute silence at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, and the lighting of more than 100 beacons around the country.
The silence, to be held at 15:00 BST ... | The Queen will attend a service at Westminster Abbey next month, commemorating the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day. | 32172664 |
The alleged scheme - in which tickets were reportedly being sold for many times their face value - could have netted of 10m reals (£2.4m; $3.1m), police say.
The arrest of Olympic Council of Ireland president Pat Hickey made headlines around the world.
The former judo international has denied any wrongdoing in relatio... | The performance of the Republic of Ireland's athletes at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics has been overshadowed by allegations of illegal ticket sales involving senior Irish Olympic officials. | 37156930 |
The program works by tracking variations in the shape of a subject's mouth and jaw, and then searching a pronunciation dictionary to find alternative words that match the moves.
The firm says it can "literally put plausible words" into a person's mouth.
But for now, the examples it has produced are of limited use.
A vi... | Disney has developed software that automatically redubs video clips with new words that fit the speaker's lip movements. | 32416031 |
The event in June saw the area's roads gridlocked with many people stuck in their vehicles for up to 12 hours.
A report by Mendip District Council said the "overwhelming issue" was there was nowhere to park campervans when site access became problematic.
Organisers blamed heavy rain prior to the event for the disruptio... | Traffic management around the site of the 2016 Glastonbury Festival "fell short of acceptable standards", a council report has found. | 38377828 |
The 23-year-old Connacht player featured in Ireland's opening two Six Nations matches, in Scotland and Italy, but has been sidelined since.
Dillane has had a successful operation and now faces a race to be fit.
Ireland take on the USA on 10 June before Tests against Japan on 17 June and 24 June.
It is a trip where boss... | Ireland lock Ultan Dillane could miss the tour to Japan in June after being ruled out for the rest of the season with a shoulder injury. | 39345121 |
That's how JP Fitzgerald described his feelings after checking his balance and finding financial rewards for helping his boss win the Tour Championship and with it the lucrative FedEx Cup last September.
Fitzgerald earned around $1.5m (£1.2m) that week. He performs an invaluable role - but remember he is a caddie not a... | On the day Arnold Palmer passed away, Rory McIlroy collected such riches in prize money that the knock-on effect was a "tsunami" of cash tumbling into the bank account of his caddie. | 39259006 |
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City - without needing to be anywhere near their best against the team that took the title race to its final day last season - were already cruising with a two-goal lead when Aguero made his 69th-minute entrance as a substitute for the limping Edin Dzeko.
In the space of t... | If Manchester City wanted to send an ominous message that it will take something special to remove their status as Premier League champions, Sergio Aguero took 23 seconds to deliver it. | 28932512 |
The reforms, which include increasing the number of women on the FA's board, will now go forward to the FA's annual general meeting on 18 May.
The proposals require a 75% majority to be adopted.
Heather Rabbatts is the only woman who sits on the FA board of 12 and chairman Greg Clarke had threatened to quit if the prop... | Proposals that would boost diversity at the Football Association have been unanimously approved by the FA council. | 39481801 |
Chief Inspector of Schools Sir Michael Wilshaw says there is a serious and growing threat to the safety of children.
Inspectors have found three unregistered schools operating in Birmingham in recent weeks.
The government says it is taking robust steps against unregistered schools.
Analysis: From BBC education editor B... | Ofsted is to set up a taskforce of inspectors to seek out unregistered schools that are operating outside the law in England. | 35070984 |
The National Crime Agency (NCA) worked with forces across Europe to tackle servers used by the Ramnit "botnet", which could be used to access sensitive information.
The botnet spread malware that would give criminals control of users' computers, leaving them vulnerable.
Officers have urged people to check whether their... | A network of computers that has spread malware to millions of machines has been shut down, police have said. | 31622306 |
The 7.8-magnitude quake struck more than a week ago and has claimed more than 5,000 lives.
Shaun Moody is one of six South Wales Fire and Rescue Service officers who are out there working in a UK team of 67 rescuers.
He told BBC Radio Wales some areas have suffered "total devastation".
The rescuers have been working on... | A firefighter said he has been humbled by the resilience of people in areas of Nepal where villages were wiped out by a devastating earthquake. | 32583458 |
The barrier is made of sand banks and water trenches.
It was announced last summer after 38 people were killed on a beach by a gunman said to have trained in Libya.
Tunisia's defence minister said the second phase of the project would involve installing electronic equipment with the help of Germany and the US.
Security... | Tunisia says it has completed the first part of a 200km (125-mile) barrier along its border with Libya, designed to deter terrorism. | 35515229 |
They say that jointly with the FBI they questioned the boy in Pittsburgh, who "confessed having committed the acts". Media reports say he is 14 years old.
The attack had "no terrorist motives" and was not related to the bombings.
Thirty-two people died when suicide bombers attacked Zaventem airport and a metro station ... | A US minor has admitted being behind a failed cyber attack on Brussels airport just hours after last year's bombings in Belgium's capital, prosecutors say. | 38924387 |
Future Inns issued Michelle Brown a £250 charge, accusing her of causing a "strong smell" in her room that meant it could not be used for 24 hours.
A spokesman for Ms Brown denied the allegation of drug use.
He said the smell was caused by the AM smoking a strong tobacco product in the non-smoking room.
"It was an abs... | A UKIP AM has denied an accusation by a Cardiff Bay hotel that she smoked "recreational drugs" in her bedroom there. | 38756037 |
The garden, in the grounds of Mortonhall crematorium, is expected to be completed by November this year.
Parents were asked to choose between four different designs.
The walled garden design emerged as the favourite, although the pond originally proposed will be replaced with a stone water feature due to safety fears.
... | A circular walled garden with a water feature is being proposed as a memorial to infants at the heart of the Mortonhall baby ashes scandal. | 32917456 |
Roberto Calderoli, from the anti-immigration Northern League, told a rally that the success of Integration Minister Cecile Kyenge encouraged "illegal immigrants" to come to Italy.
Ms Kyenge is an Italian citizen born in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
It is the latest in a series of rows over racism in Italy.
"I love... | An Italian senator has been pressured into apologising after he said the country's first black cabinet minister reminded him of an orangutan. | 23310837 |
United secured their Premier League status on the final day of the season.
"John Carver rang me and told me the club weren't going to offer me a new deal," Taylor told Sky Sports News.
"Then he asked me to pass the phone to Jonas, which was unbelievable."
Defender Taylor, 30, spent six years at St James' Park, while mi... | Ryan Taylor was told he was being released by Newcastle in a phone call from John Carver, who then asked the player to pass the phone to team-mate Jonas Gutierrez so the Magpies boss could tell him he was going as well. | 32969743 |
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is one of 13 novels longlisted for the prize.
Two British Smiths, Ali and Zadie, also make the cut, as do first-time novelists Emily Fridlund, Fiona Mozley and George Saunders.
The longlist includes four US writers, one year on from the prize going to its first American recipient.
They ... | Arundhati Roy's long-awaited second novel has made the longlist for the Man Booker Prize - 20 years after winning the award with her first. | 40727121 |
Yet that world was imagined not by a contemporary writer but by the Edwardian author Edward Morgan Forster.
Best known for his novels about class and hypocrisy - Howards End, A Room With A View and A Passage To India - The Machine Stops was Forster's only foray into science fiction.
Published in 1909, it tells the stor... | The futuristic world portrayed in The Machine Stops is an eerily familiar one - people mostly communicate with each other via screens, the rarity of face-to-face interaction has rendered it awkward, and knowledge and ideas are only shared by a system that links every home. | 36289890 |
Most of the injured suffered from minor burns, police said, though two passengers were said to have been seriously hurt by flying debris.
Initial reports suggested that a fuel leak was to blame.
Water taxis ply the canals around Bangkok and are a popular form of transport in the traffic-choked city.
Video of the incide... | At least 58 people were injured in Thailand's capital Bangkok after the engine on a water taxi exploded as it pulled into a pier. | 35734943 |
Cpl Anne-Marie Ellement was bullied for two years after accusing two colleagues of rape. She took her life in 2011.
Her mother, Alexandra Barritt, said: "I don't want to feel like she's died in vain and she's wasted her life."
She now wants her daughter to feature on the posters, which the Army says it will consider wh... | A poster campaign aimed at tackling harassment in the Army has been welcomed by the mother of a soldier who killed herself after being bullied. | 38172530 |
Trevor Gray was sacked by Nottinghamshire Police after he was handed an eight year jail term in May 2012 for attacking a woman in her home.
But the conviction was quashed and he was cleared at a retrial in February.
A Police Appeals Tribunal board has now directed that Mr Gray, who had 25 years experience, be reinstate... | A detective sergeant who was wrongly convicted of rape has won his appeal to return to work. | 26974735 |
A total of 4,062 people - the most in the history of the Midland League - saw the newly-formed club beat Dunkirk 4-1.
"The crowd are going to help us win this league," said 20-year-old Birch.
"I've never played in front of so many. It was surreal. The hype for this game was massive."
Formed in the aftermath of Hereford... | After a record crowd of more than 4,000 watched Hereford FC win their first ever league game at Edgar Street on Saturday, midfielder Aaron Birch says the fans are the key to any success. | 33849147 |
A Dutch court rejected attempts by a group of shareholders to force a special shareholder meeting aimed at ousting the company's chairman.
Antony Burgmans is seen as the main obstacle to the PPG takeover bid.
Hedge fund Elliott Advisors, which brought the case to court, has urged Akzo to "engage" with PPG.
But The Ente... | Dulux paint owner Akzo Nobel has scored a court victory in its battle to fight off an unwanted takeover offer from US rival PPG Industries. | 40088380 |
Figures from the British Phonographic Industry show UK acts gained 13.3% of worldwide sales in 2012, up from 12.6% the previous year.
Big selling albums from Adele, One Direction and Ed Sheeran contributed to the total.
The BPI confirmed Adele's 21 was the biggest selling album in the world for the second year running.... | British artists have achieved their highest ever share of global album sales. | 22792244 |
Led by Matt Prior, Joe Root and Graeme Swann on the second day, they posted a decent score on a tough wicket and then their bowlers took charge.
The way James Anderson bowled was quite brilliant and I cannot think of a better England bowler in my time than the Lancashire paceman.
He is taking wickets in conditions that... | England have seized the initiative in the fourth Test by being more positive and assertive than India. | 20726442 |
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Rosberg, 31, who retired five days after his triumph, said a "base respect" from their teenage karting days prevented a fatal falling-out.
"We had a few nice conversations since my retirement. There were some kind words from him," he told BBC Sport.
"Who knows, in the futu... | World champion Nico Rosberg says that he and rival Lewis Hamilton can "have a laugh together" despite the team-mates' intense battle for the title. | 38310503 |
The Spaniard was appointed last Thursday just three days after being sacked by Granada.
He has signed a two-year contract with the Algeria Football Federation (FAF) and is expected to reach the last four of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
"We haven't come here to impose our way of doing things. We want to integrate our... | Lucas Alcaraz has been outlining his vision as Algeria coach at his first public appearance since being named. | 39641022 |
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The journey is very dangerous: criminal gangs organise the crossings illegally, which means there's no-one checking that conditions are safe.
People are packed very tightly into small boats, which leak and often sink.
Ayshah met Mohamm... | Each year thousands of people, many of them children, attempt to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe, trying to escape poverty and war in their home countries. | 32444010 |
The tender farewell on the concourse of Liverpool Street station had become a routine end to their journey together from their home in Billericay, Essex.
But on 7 July it was the last time June Taylor saw her 24-year-old daughter, who died moments later on a Circle Line Tube train near Aldgate station.
Mrs Taylor, 57, ... | As they always did when they parted, Carrie Taylor kissed her mother goodbye, walked away and turned to wave and smile. | 11746846 |
Martin Paterson fired the visitors ahead but Lars Gerson hit the bar before Aurelien Joachim levelled with a deflected shot before the break.
Stefano Bensi's low shot put Luxembourg ahead, although Gareth McAuley headed in just minutes later to make it 2-2.
Mathias Janisch secured the shock win three minutes from time ... | Northern Ireland suffered embarrassment as Luxembourg clinched only their fourth win in a World Cup qualifier. | 24007945 |
The man who began his career as a priest in 1950s Hampshire went on to lead the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales and to don the red hat of a cardinal.
A traditionalist who opposed birth control and abortion, he preached that Christians must be more outspoken about their faith.
But he was heavily criticised wh... | Cormac Murphy-O'Connor served in holy orders for more than six decades. | 41003717 |
Vice-Minister of Hospitals Luis López has been appointed to take over, according to state media.
The ministry's report showed the number of women dying in childbirth had risen by 65%, while child deaths were up 30%.
The national figures were released after almost two years without official data.
They also showed a jum... | Venezuela has sacked Health Minister Antonieta Caporale after her department released statistics revealing a large jump in infant and maternal mortality. | 39896048 |
Derek Main stabbed Andrew Main, 57, in the neck before telling a 999 operator that his father had "gone awol" and started hitting himself.
Main, 37, was originally charged with murder but prosecutors accepted his plea of culpable homicide on the basis of diminished responsibility.
He was returned to the State Hospital ... | A man has admitted killing his father by attacking him in his Stenhousemuir home with a pair of scissors. | 35926222 |
Now they have a complete picture of the missing face of one of nature's most bizarre animals called a Hallucigenia.
It lived 500 million years ago, but all the fossils that have been found so far appeared to be without heads.
Now new specimens unearthed from the Burgess Shale in Canada.
They have revealed its strange ... | It looks weird and a little bit like a centipede but for many years scientists didn't know what this tiny sea creature actually looked like. | 33273005 |
Steve Thomas warned there is a danger the council elections could become "a very large opinion poll" ahead of the Westminster vote.
Parties said they would be trying to make the difference between the two sets of polls clear to voters.
The local polls take place on 4 May.
Prime Minister Theresa May recently announced h... | The general election campaign is "crowding out" Thursday's local elections, according to the chief executive of the Welsh Local Government Association. | 39747767 |
The software giant posted a $4.7bn (£3.8bn) profit for the three months to September.
Chief executive Satya Nadella has focused on building Microsoft's expertise in cloud-based services amid slowing PC sales.
Shares rose 6% to $60.73 in after-hours trading.
The previous high was $59.97 in December 1999, close to the p... | Microsoft's focus on cloud computing has helped it deliver better-than-expected quarterly profits, sending its shares to an all-time high. | 37724557 |
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The Gunners are close to signing Elneny from FC Basel and Wenger believes all clubs in the top flight will be active.
"We hope to have things done this week. I'm optimistic," said Wenger.
Ex-Arsenal striker Benik Afobe's move from Wolves to Bournemouth for about £10m is th... | Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is hopeful of concluding the transfer of midfielder Mohamed Elneny this week and predicts one of the busiest January transfer windows in the Premier League. | 35280259 |
The 24-year-old Grenada international was out of contract at Wycombe, for whom he made 149 appearances after joining from Brentford in 2014.
He was offered a new deal at Adams Park and had recently been on trial with Championship side Bristol City.
"He is a strong and powerful centre-back and is improving all the time,... | Northampton Town have signed former Wycombe Wanderers centre-back Aaron Pierre on a three-year deal. | 40680845 |
Thieves carried out the raid at the Royal Bank of Scotland's Langholm branch on 11 November.
Ch Supt Gary Ritchie said he hoped to be able to issue an update on the investigation "very soon".
He also moved to reassure the public over policing levels across Dumfries and Galloway.
"The policing provision I think for the ... | Police have said they are following a "very positive line of inquiry" after a cash machine was blown open in a south of Scotland bank. | 38156164 |
Miles Frost collapsed while out jogging near the family's home in Oxfordshire on Sunday.
His godfather, Michael Rosenberg, said the family were left "totally in shock" by his sudden death.
Friends said the financial investor had appeared "in wonderful form" in recent weeks and there had been no indication of any health... | The eldest son of the late presenter and broadcaster Sir David Frost has died at the age of 31. | 33605859 |
The Sun on Sunday said information had now been published outside England and Wales and was available online.
Desmond Browne QC, who is representing the man, said lifting the injunction would be "devastating" to his client.
Court of Appeal judges are considering a legal bid to lift the injunction and will give their de... | Lawyers for a newspaper have argued an injunction preventing the reporting of "well-known" man's alleged extramarital activities should be lifted. | 36056697 |
Jon Taylor fired the visitors ahead early on, before Colchester's George Moncur had a penalty saved by Ben Alnwick following Ricardo Santos' foul on Elliot Lee.
Lee hit the post after the break, but goals from Andrew Fox and Shaquile Coulthirst extended Posh's lead.
Moncur reduced the arrears before Marcus Maddison add... | Peterborough earned a comfortable win at Colchester United to increase the hosts' League One relegation worries. | 36003040 |
Dyfed-Powys Police said the men have been released with no further action following a post-mortem examination on 57-year-old Janice Marjorie Holt.
Ms Holt was found at her home in the Pentop area of Cardigan on Sunday.
Police said her family have been informed and a file will be submitted to the coroner. | Two men who were arrested after the discovery of a woman's body in Ceredigion have been released after her death was found to be non-suspicious. | 30636941 |
Nadja Ensink-Teich blamed "austerity" for mistakes which allowed a mentally ill man to be free to kill her husband.
Dr Jeroen Ensink, 41, was murdered in Islington on 29 December, 2015 when he left home to post cards announcing the birth of his daughter Fleur.
Nigerian student Femi Nandap, 23, admitted carrying out the... | The widow of an academic murdered just metres from his London home has called for an independent investigation into the circumstances leading to his death. | 38449662 |
Ofcom said the state broadcaster's English language outlet had breached several broadcasting licence rules over editorial control of the channel.
Press TV has also failed to pay a £100,000 fine imposed last year.
The channel called the decision "a clear example of censorship". It will be removed from Sky on 20 January... | Iranian news network Press TV has had its licence revoked by the media regulator Ofcom and will no longer be allowed to broadcast in the UK. | 16652356 |
Green Party councillor Gus Hoyt stood down on Monday after it was revealed he used a four-letter expletive in an exchange over a city farm project.
Mr Ferguson said it was a private exchange between two people who knew each other well.
Mr Hoyt will be replaced by Daniella Radice in the council's cabinet.
He had used th... | An assistant mayor who quit his post for swearing on Twitter was "mercilessly taunted", Bristol mayor George Ferguson has said. | 30498251 |
Mr Ó Muilleoir confirmed the news in a statement on Thursday.
He said he had received legal advice over the issue and would make a full statement to the Assembly next week.
DUP leader Arlene Foster welcomed, what she said was, Sinn Féin's "change of heart" over the inquiry issue.
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir said: "It is clear ... | Finance Minister Máirtín Ó Muilleoir has asked officials to take steps to establish a public inquiry into the controversy surrounding the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme. | 38683096 |
West Midlands Police said seven of them were charged with pitch invasion, after Friday's game at The Hawthorns.
They are due to appear before Dudley Magistrates' Court later this month.
A 35-year-old man, from Solihull, was arrested on suspicion of a public order offence and a man from Suffolk, 32, was detained over su... | Nine football fans were arrested during Chelsea's title-winning match against West Brom, police said. | 39907800 |
The facility would be located at the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton.
It is being built by the Macmillan charity and is part funded with a donation from local businessman Sir Robert Ogden.
If planning permission is granted, building work on the new centre could begin this summer, with the project due to be completed... | Plans have been unveiled for a £10m cancer treatment centre at a North Yorkshire hospital. | 38581456 |
Cradling her baby son, Benjamin, Joy Abuh stares intently when she talks about the moment her life changed forever.
"The herdsmen shot my husband as he was riding his motorbike," she told me matter-of-factly. "They then used a machete to hack him to death."
She says his body was found in the bush several days later.
It... | Farms have been built on ancient routes of a semi-nomadic community in Nigeria, causing violence that has already claimed hundreds of lives this year. | 37021044 |
The 34-year-old Swiss, who knocked out Britain's Andy Murray in the semi-final, recorded a 7-6 (7-1) 6-3 win.
Djokovic lost the first set on a tie break, and the 28-year-old Serb then double faulted at break point in his first service game of the second set.
Federer, who will now be the number two seed at the US Open, ... | Roger Federer beat world number one Novak Djokovic to win his seventh Cincinnati Masters title on Sunday. | 34035454 |
The escaped animal was spotted at 05:00 BST on the M5 northbound between junctions 28 and 27 near Cullompton in Devon, Highways England said.
The motorway was closed while the beast was cleared from the road.
Highways England later tweeted: "The errant bullock has been escorted to his home off the motorway. Thank you f... | The M5 motorway was closed for about an hour after a bullock strayed onto the road earlier. | 34578915 |
Stuart Gallear, 51, admitted fatally stabbing his wife Mandy, 42, at their home in Hindley, Wigan in October 2016.
He claimed he did not intend to kill her and lost his self-control after learning the identity of her lover, joiner Mark Prescott.
A jury at Manchester Crown Court rejected his account and unanimously foun... | A man has been convicted of murdering his wife in a jealous rage a day after he found out about an alleged affair. | 39532271 |
The fashion event, which attracts about 100,000 visitors, will move from Birmingham's NEC to Liverpool.
It will also move to a new summer date - in July, taking place over three days. It has previously been held in December.
Bosses said the event would be "refreshed to represent a new era and visitor experience".
The h... | The Clothes Show is to relocate to a new home for the first time in its 27-year history. | 37909005 |
Two men, aged 49 and 56, were arrested in Scotland and a 53-year-old man was arrested in England. They will be taken to Northern Ireland for interview.
The body of Lorraine McCausland, a mother-of-two, was found beside a stream in Forthriver on 8 March 1987.
The 23-year-old was last seen alive in a loyalist club at Tyn... | Police investigating the rape and murder of Lorraine McCausland in north Belfast 30 years ago have made three arrests. | 40108340 |
Unlike the rest of the UK, Stormont parties are not required to reveal the sources of their funding.
This is due to concerns about the security of donors.
But the political and security context had "changed significantly" since the last consultation, said Mr Brokenshire.
"Voters in Northern Ireland will also welcome mo... | Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire is writing to political parties in NI asking whether the time is right for "full transparency" of political donations and loans. | 38523154 |
The unnamed patient lost a third of her body weight while living at Murdoch House Care Home in Wokingham.
The woman, in her nineties, who has aphasia, arthritis and osteoporosis, entered the care home in 2010 weighing just under ten stone (61kg).
By 2013, her weight was just six-and-a-half stone (41kg).
The Local Gover... | A council has been criticised after an elderly woman was left "severely" malnourished during her stay in a care home. | 38516429 |
The ruling, which could have UK-wide legal implications, was described as "a victory for children".
Siobhan McLaughlin took the case with the help of the advice charity.
The judge said denying a benefit aimed at easing financial pressure on bereaved families was discrimination.
Ms McLaughlin, from County Antrim, challe... | A High Court ruling that a Northern Ireland mother-of-four, who was never married, is entitled to widowed parent's allowance has been hailed as "groundbreaking" by Citizens Advice. | 35538980 |
Seven civilians, one UN peacekeeper and four soldiers are among the dead, the army says.
UN General Jean Baillaud said it was suspected that the attack was carried out by a Ugandan Islamist group, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
The ADF is based in north-east DR Congo after being pushed out of Uganda.
One local civ... | At least 24 people have died in a town in the east of the Democratic Republic Congo after a rebel attack, the Congolese army says. | 34962412 |
Mr Modi on Sunday said at an election rally that the "infant mortality rate among the scheduled tribe community in Kerala is worse than Somalia".
Twitter users have responded with hashtag #PoMoneModi (Go Off Modi) and Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said Mr Modi's remarks were "baseless".
The state will vote on 16 May.
Mr... | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comparison of southern Kerala state with Somalia has angered politicians and social media users. | 36264001 |
Midfielder Livermore, 25, joined Hull for £8m last June from Tottenham.
"The club has suspended Jake Livermore pending further investigations to be made by the Football Association and our own internal disciplinary procedures," a Hull statement read.
Livermore, who has one England cap, has played 39 times for Hull this... | Hull City midfielder Jake Livermore has been suspended by the Football Association and his club following a positive test for cocaine. | 32755755 |
Sophia Cahill, of Torfaen, said Bowers had hit her in the face, pulled her hair and squeezed her throat.
District Judge Andrew Sweet said the offence, which Bowers had denied, made him eligible for a custodial sentence.
The judge said he had not ordered one because of the long-term impact to Bowers' reputation.
Miss Ca... | Pop singer Dane Bowers has been given a 20-week jail sentence, suspended for 18 months for assaulting his beauty queen ex-girlfriend in a row over glitter. | 34701274 |
Police said a 31-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman were killed when the vehicle went through the parapet of a bridge and fell down a steep slope.
A second man was taken to hospital with serous injuries after the crash in the early hours of Sunday.
The Montrose to Laurencekirk road was closed for several hours while ... | Two people have died after their car crashed on the A937 near Marykirk Bridge. | 40915860 |
The picture, showing Ieshia Evans calmly standing in front of two heavily body-armoured police officers during a #Blacklivesmatter protest in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, went viral at the weekend.
Black Lives Matter protest photo hailed as 'legendary'
Among the most prominent people to share the image on Facebook was Shaun... | The woman at the centre of a frenzy over a recent photograph taken during protests in the US has taken to social media to thank people for support and attribute her actions to God. | 36766799 |
Two girls were struck by a Volkswagen Golf at about 19:15 GMT, officers from Greater Manchester Police said.
The 12-year-old died at the scene and an 11-year-old is in hospital in a critical condition.
Police said the driver of the car did not stop following the crash in Ashton Road and officers were still trying to lo... | A 12-year-old girl has been killed in a New Year's Eve hit-and-run crash in Oldham, police have said. | 38481454 |
In 2013, those aged 38 had the highest average earnings, at ??13.93 an hour, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
But it 1975, it was 29-year-olds who were paid the most at the equivalent of ??7.09 an hour today.
However, the average masks different wage peaks for men and women.
Last year, wages peaked for me... | Workers' wages peak in their late 30s, official data shows, unlike the mid-1970s when people were paid the most when they were aged in their late 20s. | 28141574 |
Hannah Witheridge, 23, from Norfolk and David Miller, 24, of Jersey, were killed on the island of Koh Tao.
Laura Witheridge said police "bungled" the investigation and had "nothing to tell us". She said she feels frightened after being sent defaced photographs from people in Thailand.
The Thai Embassy and Royal Thai Po... | The sister of a Thai murder victim has criticised the police inquiry into the case and says she got death threats. | 35281820 |
The 34-year-old Nigeria international has failed to score in eight appearances for the Potters this term.
Odemwingie moved to Stoke in January 2014 as part of a player-exchange with Kenwyne Jones going in the opposite direction to Cardiff City.
"I'm looking forward to working with him," Robins head coach Lee Johnson to... | Bristol City have signed striker Peter Odemwingie on loan from Stoke for the remainder of the season. | 35784530 |
A European Parliament motion passed on Wednesday refers to "the absolute need to ensure continuity and stability of the Northern Ireland peace process".
It calls on negotiators "to avoid a hardening of the border".
EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said he would work for arrangements that do not threaten the peace pro... | MEPs have called for "the unique position of and special circumstances" of the island of Ireland to be addressed in any Brexit agreement. | 39504637 |
He withdrew from October's rematch with Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko because of mental health issues.
The 28-year-old fighter is also facing a UK Anti-Doping hearing in November after being charged with the use of a prohibited substance.
In a magazine interview last week, he also revealed he had been taking cocaine to ... | British boxer Tyson Fury has 10 days to convince the WBO not to strip him of his world heavyweight title. | 37612373 |
Cheltenham, without a goal in six hours of football, opened the scoring after 16 minutes when Danny Wright latched onto Billy Waters' flick on and clipped the ball over Jamie Stephens.
The Robins almost doubled their lead immediately after the break when Stephens misjudged Carl Winchester's free-kick and the ball came ... | Barnet scored three times in nine second-half minutes as they came from behind to beat Cheltenham and record a first win under manager Kevin Nugent. | 39312540 |
The station had 2.2 million listeners a week from October to December, having had 2.19 million the previous quarter.
It is the highest listening figure for a digital-only station since Rajar began in 1992.
Overall, BBC Radio 2 had the biggest weekly reach for any UK radio station with 15.47 million listeners, up from 1... | BBC Radio 6 Music is the most listened-to digital-only station in the UK, figures from ratings body Rajar show. | 35482623 |
Thousands of fans spilled onto the pitch after Hibernian beat Rangers 3-2 to win the trophy.
The latest arrests for assaults and disorder at the match were made at addresses in Glasgow, Ayrshire, Edinburgh and Livingston.
Police said they "guarantee" there will be more arrests over the disturbances on the Hampden pitch... | Seven more fans have been arrested over the pitch invasion at May's Scottish Cup Final. | 36796747 |
Police said the men used "bullying tactics" to receive money for gardening work at the pensioners' home in Waverley Crescent, High Bonnybridge.
The men first visited the couple in March, when they received £300 to partly trim a hedge.
They returned at about 13:00 on 26 May and were given a further £300.
Larbert communi... | An elderly couple have been left "ashamed and traumatised" after giving £600 to three bogus callers in a Falkirk village. | 40134852 |
Two video assistant referees will look at goals scored, penalties awarded, red cards and mistaken identities as part of a semi-live trial.
The referee will not be able to review the footage on a pitchside monitor.
Fifa president Gianni Infantino said in April he hoped the 2018 World Cup in Russia would be the first tou... | Video replays will be used for key refereeing decisions during Italy's friendly with Germany on Tuesday. | 37978108 |
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The man was spotted on traffic cameras between junctions 11 and 14 on the clockwise carriageway.
Surrey Police said he was trying to reach the airport at about 06:00 BST on Thursday.
Highways England said the cyclist was "irresponsible and could have caused a serious incident". | An "irresponsible" cyclist caught riding his bike on the M25 motorway in a bid to reach Heathrow Airport has been fined £50. | 35992072 |
The Canadian novelist and poet is well known for her environmental campaigning.
Judges praised Atwood's political activism, and described her as an "exemplary public intellectual".
Atwood will formally receive the award at the British Library on 13 October, where she will also deliver an address.
The judges said she wa... | Margaret Atwood has won this year's Pen Pinter Prize, which celebrates champions of free speech. | 36536701 |
The government had petitioned the constitutional court last year to ban the leftist Unified Progressive Party, which has five members in parliament.
Some UPP members were previously arrested for plotting a rebellion.
The move has sparked concern about freedom of expression and association in South Korea.
The decision w... | South Korea has banned a political party for the first time in decades, with a court ordering a party accused of supporting the North to disband. | 30544469 |
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