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Mariusz Krezolek, 36, was discovered in his cell by guards at about 08:30 GMT on 27 January at Full Sutton prison.
He was given a life sentence in 2013 after being convicted of murdering step-son Daniel Pelka in Coventry.
Daniel's mother, Magdalena Luczak, who was also found guilty of his murder, was found hanged in he... | The man convicted of murdering a four-year-old boy who was subjected to "incomprehensible brutality" has been found dead in jail. | 35443416 |
Dersalloch wind farm, located on Dersalloch Hill, between Straiton and Dalmellington, has 23 turbines with a capacity of 69MW of electricity.
It is first of eight onshore wind farm projects, worth more than £650m, being delivered by ScottishPower Renewables.
They will have a combined total of 221 turbines, capable of ... | A new wind farm that is capable of powering more than 40,000 homes has officially opened in South Ayrshire. | 38143591 |
Hubert Cadenne de Lannoy, 36, from Newtown, Powys, was manager of the town's Dyfed Steels when he diverted business to his Agri Steels operation.
de Lannoy pleaded guilty to fraud at Mold Crown Court.
He had a 16-month jail sentence suspended for 18 months, was ordered to carry out 180 hours unpaid work and pay £23,000... | A company boss "siphoned off" £23,000 worth of orders from his employer to his own firm, a court heard. | 35757415 |
The firm reported a $13.6bn (£8.9bn) profit, with revenue up 27% to $58bn.
Sales in greater China leapt 71% to $16.8bn, outpacing those in the US for the first time, and helping to drive the sharp profit rise.
Apple also said it would ramp up its share-buying programme, returning $200bn to investors, up from $130bn.
T... | Technology giant Apple sold 61.1 million iPhones in the first three months of 2015, driving profit up 33% from a year earlier. | 32490926 |
Eastleigh, which has been a Liberal Democrat seat since 1994, was won by Tory Mims Davies. They also took the Lib Dems' seat in Portsmouth South.
Tory Royston Smith beat Labour's Rowenna Davis in Southampton Itchen.
Gerald Vernon-Jackson, who stood in Portsmouth South, lost to Conservative Flick Drummond.
He said: "Of ... | The Conservatives hold all but one seat in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight after making gains from Labour and the Liberal Democrats. | 32639376 |
Costello leaves the Irish Pro12 side a day after Johan Erasmus was appointed Munster director or rugby as part of a shake-up at the province.
He takes over as Green and Whites head coach following Martin Haag's appointment as England Under-20 boss.
"I've enjoyed a good time at Munster and felt it was time to get experi... | Munster assistant coach Ian Costello has been named boss of Championship side Nottingham on a two-year deal. | 36130798 |
James Calveley Evans, 33, of Maes Pennant, in Mostyn, has been suspended from his job a police constable.
An application for bail was refused at Flintshire Magistrates' Court.
The case was sent to Mold Crown Court where he will appear for a preliminary hearing on 10 April.
Mr Evans is charged with possessing 11 indecen... | A serving North Wales Police officer has been remanded in custody on charges of possessing indecent images of children, and attempting to groom a girl aged 12 for sexual purposes. | 32167253 |
Another man arrested, Monir Ahmed Alaaj, was also on a wanted list, Belgian prosecutors said.
Three members of a family accused of harbouring Abdeslam have also been detained.
French President Francois Hollande said he expected Abdeslam to be extradited to France "as rapidly as possible".
The raid in the district of Mo... | Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam has been wounded and arrested in a dramatic raid in Brussels after four months on the run. | 35846954 |
hDaniela Musca slapped the woman twice in the face at Collamere Nursing Home in Lostwithiel, Cornwall in January 2014, a Nursing and Midwidery Council panel heard.
Ms Musca, 47, claimed the woman had hit her in the face beforehand.
But the panel agreed her response had been "excessive" and ordered her to be removed fro... | A nurse who assaulted a 90-year-old dementia sufferer in a care home has been struck off. | 36130954 |
Mr Barakat died of his wounds in hospital after the bombing in the suburb of Heliopolis, a government spokesman told the BBC.
State media said that at least eight others were also hurt in the attack.
Mr Barakat has sent thousands of Islamists for trial since the overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi in 2013.
Hundreds o... | Egypt's public prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, has been killed in a bomb attack on his car in Cairo, officials say. | 33308518 |
The 52-year-old was assistant to Sir Alex Ferguson for five years until the Scot's retirement in 2013.
Phelan, who won three Premier League titles and the Champions League during his time as Ferguson's assistant, made 194 appearances in four years as a player with the Canaries.
He was also assistant to Gary Megson at N... | Norwich City have appointed former Manchester United assistant manager Mike Phelan as first-team coach. | 30127648 |
Lord Browne told the BBC business was losing the trust of ordinary people.
His latest book sets out how businesses fail to engage with environmental, social and political issues, a failure he thinks could destroy them.
And he said labelling these issues as "corporate social responsibility", or CSR, had allowed companie... | The former head of BP has said that the relationship between business and society is becoming "dangerous". | 34197646 |
Mr Abe told the Wall Street Journal there were "concerns that China was trying to change the status quo by force, rather than by the rule of law".
Relations between China and Japan have been strained over recent years.
China said on Saturday that if Japan shot down Chinese drones, this would be considered "an act of wa... | Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says other countries want Japan to adopt a more assertive leadership role in Asia to counter the growing power of China. | 24684683 |
The engineers, in their 20s, were believed to have been working on a communications box in Wolverhampton just before midday.
One was airlifted to hospital with "critical" head injuries. The second suffered facial and arm injuries.
Police said two people in a Citroen Picasso fled the scene after the incident.
Anyone who... | A 16-year-old was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after two telecoms engineers were hit by a car. | 33600699 |
Speaking in New York at her induction into the Irish America Hall of Fame, she said she was accepting the honour "on behalf of all the remarkable women that I met and admired in Northern Ireland".
She described sitting at a table in Belfast with women from both sides of the conflict and watching as they discovered how ... | Former US secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton has praised the role of women in cementing the Northern Ireland peace process. | 31918813 |
Feghouli, who is out of contract at the end of the season, has not featured for Valencia since coming on as a substitute during their 2-1 win over Sevilla on 10 April.
He returned to first-team training on Wednesday, but was omitted from their squad for the game against Getafe.
I do not know if he [Sofiane Feghouli] wi... | Sofiane Feghouli's Valencia career hangs in the balance despite the club lifting the Algerian winger's suspension amid reports he refused to take part in a warm-down after his team's league match two weeks ago. | 36125221 |
They say the higher incidence is linked to increased risk factors, including head injuries and infections such as pork tapeworm and river blindness.
And more than 60% of sufferers in those countries receive no appropriate treatment, they say in the Lancet.
A Lancet editorial said epilepsy had to be a global health prio... | Epilepsy is twice as common in low and middle-income countries as it is in the developed world, according to an international team of researchers. | 19746452 |
St Helens star Steve Prescott had five transplants during 32 hours of experimental operations three weeks before his death in November 2013.
His widow, Linzi, met Claire Place, from Colchester, whose life has been saved by similar surgery.
Mr Prescott died aged 39 from a rare form of abdominal cancer.
He played for St ... | A terminally ill rugby player allowed doctors to carry out pioneering surgery on him shortly before his death in an attempt to help others, his widow said. | 34243510 |
It has no free elements (after a 30-day trial) and a £20 monthly subscription fee.
It's big because it's the first artist-owned streaming service with Jay Z and 15 other stars all having a stake.
But how much of a game changer is it really?
Last June, there was a big turning point in the way music is charted in the UK,... | Big names in the world of music made it known that they wanted a change when they all stood on stage on Monday and announced the relaunch of streaming service Tidal. | 32129457 |
The 24-year-old is expected to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Wednesday. An 18-year-old man has already appeared in court in connection with the incident.
It follows an attack on a 37-year-old man on the evening of 1 October.
He was seriously injured and remains in hospital.
Det Ch Insp Gary Boyd said: "The inves... | A second man has been arrested and charged by police investigating an attempted murder in the West Pilton area of Edinburgh. | 29525107 |
The Korean Central Broadcasting Station (KCBS) carried a short unscheduled report on the impeachment ruling at 0445 GMT, within two hours of the court announcing its verdict.
As a point of comparison, North Korean media's first direct mention of Donald Trump winning the US presidential election came after 11 days, in a... | North Korea's state radio, which often takes days to report on foreign news, has been quick off the mark in reporting the South Korean constitutional court's ruling that upholds President Park Geun-hye's impeachment. | 39227627 |
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Speaking to delegates gathered in Perth, the MSP insisted: "The Labour Party I lead will never betray its values so easily.
"It will never turn its back on the idea that together we’re stronger.
"That we can achieve far more working in partnership than we can alone."
Ms Dugd... | Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said the party she leads would "never support independence". | 39091742 |
Pyotr Pavlensky was sentenced to a year and four months for his February 2014 protest on a St Petersburg bridge.
He will not serve it because of legal delays during the "vandalism" case.
But he remains in custody because he set fire to the main doors of the FSB secret police headquarters last November.
He is well known... | A Moscow court has convicted a Russian artist and political activist for a tyre-burning protest in support of the Ukrainian Maidan democracy movement. | 36331770 |
Brown was Jim Jefferies' assistant at Rugby Park between 2002 and 2010.
Killie won a relegation play-off final against Falkirk to retain their place in the top flight last season.
"The way they're going, whether it's this season, next season or the season after, Kilmarnock are going to get relegated," Brown said.
In th... | Kilmarnock face the threat of relegation and the financial dangers of the drop to the Championship, according to former coach Billy Brown. | 38739670 |
Morrison, on loan at QPR from West Ham, scored both goals to secure his team's 2-0 win at Birmingham.
The 21-year-old spent last season on loan at St Andrew's under Clark, who is disappointed that Morrison looks unlikely to make Roy Hodgson's England's World Cup squad.
"He is the best footballer since Paul Gascoigne," ... | Ravel Morrison is the best footballer since Paul Gascoigne, according to Birmingham manager Lee Clark. | 26498968 |
Police Scotland said the crash happened at about 12:30 on Broomielaw, near to the junction with Brown Street.
The woman was taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Hospital staff said she was in serious condition.
Eyewitnesses said the incident had taken place in the bus lane near Atlantic Quay. The bus windscreen was smashe... | A 28-year-old woman has been seriously injured after being hit by a bus in Glasgow city centre. | 36091299 |
Leaders lined up to warn that: "If the euro fails, then Europe fails."
Now, in a brief passage of time, everything has changed.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the migrant crisis "will challenge us far more than Greece and the stability of the euro".
In Europe, the largest numbers of refugees is on the move since ... | For much of the past five years, Europe has been on edge; the crisis in the eurozone was seen as threatening the entire European project. | 34115570 |
When COP President Laurent Fabius smacked down his gavel on December 12, it signalled that agreement had been reached at the UN climate conference in Paris on one of the world's most intractable environmental and economic problems.
After years of onerous, cantankerous and often tedious talks, somehow all 196 participan... | Do you remember the day we saved the world? | 36088904 |
A small earth tremor was felt in the Blackpool area at about 0330 BST, it said.
Lancashire Police said calls had been received from several people who said their properties were shaking.
A BGS spokesman said the 2.2 magnitude tremor was thought to have centred on Poulton-le-Fylde. No damage or injuries have been report... | There has been a small earthquake on the Lancashire coast, the British Geological Survey (BGS) has confirmed. | 12930915 |
The plans by broadcasters feature two debates with seven parties, including UKIP, SNP, Plaid Cymru and the Greens.
Earlier, four parties with Northern Ireland MPs said they would be willing to take part.
DUP leader Peter Robinson said he would write to the BBC and ITV to ask why his party has not been included, in spit... | New proposals for TV election debates do not include parties from Northern Ireland, it has been confirmed. | 30949900 |
The figure shows there is a hit-and-run crash every two hours in the city.
Last year 11 people died, 287 were left with serious injuries and 4,647 with slight injuries, in what has been labelled a hit-and-run "epidemic".
Statistics obtained by the Green Party in London show the number of hit-and-run casualties in the c... | Nearly 5,000 people were injured or killed in hit-and-run crashes in London last year, according to new data. | 38063443 |
Warner/Chappell acquired the copyright - which was originally filed in 1935 - in 1988.
But judge George King ruled that the original copyright was only granted for specific arrangements of the music, not the song itself.
The tune was composed by two Kentucky sisters in 1893.
Mildred and Patty Hill called their version ... | The company collecting royalties for Happy Birthday To You does not hold a valid copyright to the song, a US federal judge has ruled. | 34332853 |
The biennial women's match-play event between Europe and United States was last held in Scotland in 2000.
This year's tournament, held in Germany last month, was won 14½-13½ by the American team.
Gleneagles hosted Europe's successful defence of the Ryder Cup last year and the course was chosen ahead of Bro Hof Slott in... | The 2019 Solheim Cup will be held at Gleneagles, the Ladies European Tour has announced. | 34670084 |
The collision, involving a low loader vehicle, happened on Mullaghduff Road as the policeman was investigating the theft of a cash machine near Newry.
Police said the lorry was driven at speed directly at the officer and he was pinned between it and a police vehicle. The lorry left the scene.
Police are treating the in... | An on-duty police officer has been seriously injured in a hit-and-run incident in Cullyhanna, County Armagh. | 34750228 |
The 22-year-old Sussex fast bowler, who had been tipped to play for England, died in Scotland in January.
Earlier a willow tree was planted in his memory and a minute's silence held.
He was found dead at a private property after celebrating New Year with friends. The cause of his death remains unexplained.
After the ce... | A ceremony dedicated to the life of cricketer Matthew Hobden has taken place at the County Ground in Hove. | 36066604 |
Bedene, ranked 58 in the world, lost 6-4 6-3 on grass to the second seed.
It was the 26-year-old Briton's second serve which let him down, winning just 42% of points, while Tomic clinically took three of his four break points.
Tomic, the world number 23, will play defending champion Nicolas Mahut in the quarter-finals ... | British number two Aljaz Bedene has been beaten in straight sets by Bernard Tomic in the second round of the Ricoh Open in the Netherlands. | 36482973 |
Warrington and two other authorities drew up a bid in 2015, but the town's Labour councillors rejected it in 2016.
Council leader Terry O'Neill said it was "the best we can get on the table" after the Labour-led authority approved joining the scheme.
Warrington North MP Helen Jones warned it may "come back to haunt" th... | A plan for a devolution deal in Cheshire will be put to the public after Warrington councillors agreed to join the bid. | 38969899 |
Simonstone Hall in the Yorkshire Dales shared a picture of the plaque, donated by a hotel guest, on Facebook.
"Here lies the BBC career of Jeremy Clarkson who had a fracas on this spot, 4 March 2015," reads the plaque. "The rest is legend."
Clarkson was suspended, then dropped, by the BBC following the incident.
The To... | The scene of Jeremy Clarkson's infamous fracas with a BBC Top Gear producer has been commemorated with a plaque at the hotel where the altercation took place. | 34910367 |
Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has been urged to hold talks with leaders of the political groups at the authority.
The Scottish government recently announced a 12.5% cap on rises for those in the hospitality sector in the north east, and office premises in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.
Businesses have expressed concern.
... | Aberdeen councillors have voted to provide £3m of relief to firms hit by business rate rises if the Scottish government matches the pledge. | 39223750 |
The Barcelona forward, who missed the first four games of the campaign with a knee injury, laid on the 24th-minute winner for defender Gabriel Mercado.
Felipe Gutierrez had put Chile ahead before Paris St-Germain winger Angel Di Maria equalised in Santiago.
Argentina, beaten finalists in 2014, are fourth in the 10-team... | Lionel Messi inspired Argentina to a 2-1 win over Chile in South American qualifying for the 2018 World Cup. | 35898290 |
The process to replace Kathryn Stone has been plagued with problems.
Alex Bunting, who lost a leg in an IRA bomb attack, said he would only believe the long wait for an appointment was over "when they announce it on television".
"We do need someone asap, because if we don't get them as soon as possible its going to get... | The Office of the First and Deputy First Minister has been strongly criticised for failing to appoint a victims commissioner a year after the last one left. | 33103122 |
As the year starts and the countdown to Euro 2016 begins, the young talent at Hodgson's disposal was glittering in the Merseyside deluge and brought rich praise from respective managers Roberto Martinez and Tottenham's Mauricio Pochettino.
The £5m Tottenham paid MK Dons to secure a teenager who made his Premier League ... | Everton's draw with Tottenham at Goodison Park may not have brought a winner - but it will have given a warm glow to England manager Roy Hodgson. | 35218462 |
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River Plate defender Ramiro Funes Mori, 24, watched the 2-0 defeat against Manchester City at Goodison Park.
Everton have also had talks with Dynamo Kiev for forward Andriy Yarmolenko yet reports suggest they may now move for Shakhtar Donetsk's Bernard.
"The fact that Rami... | Everton manager Roberto Martinez says he plans to make three new signings before the transfer window closes. | 34036057 |
The deal means it will show all Australia's Test matches, one-day internationals and Twenty20 games.
Delia Bushell, BT TV and BT Sport boss, said they were "delighted" to be adding international cricket to its line-up, and to cover the next Ashes tour.
England won the Ashes series 3-2 this summer against Australia.
The... | Broadcaster BT Sport says it has secured the live rights to the 2017-18 Ashes cricket series as part of a five-year deal with Cricket Australia. | 34038149 |
The remains were discovered in July, by the church warden of Lady St Mary's Church in Wareham.
Dorset Police said carbon dating had established the skull dated from the 15th Century.
The person who left the skull in a bag wrapped in tissue has not been traced. Dorset Police said it had since closed the case.
Vicar Jack... | A human skull discovered on the doorstep of a Dorset church is more than 500 years old, tests have shown. | 30446859 |
Wood, whose last first-class appearance as a bowler was for England against Pakistan in Dubai last October when an ankle injury resurfaced, claimed 3-24 as the hosts were bowled out for 184.
Chris Rushworth also took three wickets while Craig Overton hit a breezy 42.
Durham were then reduced to 154-7 at stumps - traili... | England and Durham fast bowler Mark Wood took three wickets in his first County Championship match of 2016 as 17 wickets fell on day one at Somerset. | 36976458 |
The barrister was appointed to the role of independent reviewer of terrorism legislation on 11 September 2001 - hours before the US attacks.
Lib Dem MP Bob Russell and Conservative MP Roger Gale were both knighted while Labour's Joan Ruddock becomes a dame.
And Baroness Hayman - the first elected Speaker of the House o... | Lib Dem peer Lord Carlile has been made a CBE in the New Year's Honours list for services to national security. | 16365590 |
I wonder whether they had an instrument that measured enormous sighs of relief in Brooklyn, home of the Hillary Clinton campaign, as Joe Biden bade farewell to his presidential ambitions. The mass exhalation of breath of all the Clintonistas must have been quite something.
After her rock-solid and statesmanlike perfor... | The American Geological Survey can do amazing things with those seismographs that go from all calm to a mass of jagged peaks as they confirm earthquake activity. | 34598960 |
Philip Hammond said he could not see why firms should be restricted from recruiting "high level" workers.
The public was not concerned about controls on "computer programmers, brain surgeons, bankers", he said.
The chancellor said voters wanted restrictions on those migrants competing for "entry level jobs".
"I cannot ... | The chancellor has indicated that highly skilled workers may be exempt from the government's planned immigration controls. | 37705852 |
The goal came after Kenny McLean had put Graeme Shinnie clear and the left-back was fouled by Ziggy Gordon.
Rooney converted confidently and later had a header saved.
The Dons were reduced to 10 men for the final few minutes after Ash Taylor went off with a cut eye.
But they held on to extend their best ever start to a... | Adam Rooney's first-half penalty earned Aberdeen a seventh win out of seven as they moved five points clear of Celtic at the top of the Scottish Premiership with victory over Hamilton Academical. | 33783260 |
An EU-UK deal can only be discussed once the exit issues - such as UK payments to the EU budget - are resolved, Mrs Merkel told German MPs.
The UK initiated the formal procedure to leave the EU on 29 March.
It sets a two-year deadline for completion of the exit negotiations.
EU leaders are to meet on Saturday to adopt ... | German Chancellor Angela Merkel says some British people have "illusions" about discussing the UK's future ties with the EU at the same time as nailing down the UK's Brexit terms. | 39730326 |
Keziah Flux-Edmonds was found lifeless at her home in East Cowes on the Isle of Wight, in June.
Her father, Darren, 44, was found hanged in the loft after sending Keziah's mother a text message vowing to leave her with "just memories".
The inquest concluded that Keziah was unlawfully killed.
Coroner Caroline Sumeray de... | A father drowned his six-year-old daughter in a bath before arranging her body on a bed with the bodies of their pet dogs, an inquest has heard. | 38300378 |
The rape of an elderly nun in West Bengal state last week has sparked outrage in the country.
At the weekend, a Catholic church in Haryana was vandalised and the cross replaced with an idol of a Hindu god.
Critics say Mr Modi's government is not doing enough to stop Hindu zealots targeting minorities.
Correspondents sa... | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed concern over attacks on a nun and a church and demanded "immediate action" against the perpetrators. | 31918414 |
Scientists were surprised by the relatively high concentrations of pollutants like PCBs and PBDEs in deep sea ecosystems.
Used widely during much of the 20th Century, these chemicals were later found to be toxic and to build up in the environment.
The results are published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution.
T... | Chemicals banned in the 1970s have been found in the deepest reaches of the Pacific Ocean, a new study shows. | 38957549 |
British, American, Israeli, Ulster and some loyalist flags as well as poppy wreaths were burned on the bonfire near Lecky Road.
Some bottles and stones were thrown onto the walls. People around the fire also came under attack from some spectators on the walls.
The police moved people from the area, and the disorder end... | There was some disorder at a controversial bonfire in the Bogside area of Londonderry on Tuesday night. | 40943256 |
Azhar Ahmed, 19, of Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire, was charged with sending a grossly offensive communication.
He told Huddersfield Magistrates Court he accepted the message had been "unacceptable" but had denied it was "grossly offensive".
The judge said his comments were "derogatory" and "inflammatory".
The six soldie... | A teenager has been found guilty of posting an offensive Facebook message following the deaths of six British soldiers in Afghanistan. | 19604735 |
Mr Hastert, 73, allegedly withdrew $1.7m (£1.1m; €1.6m) in small amounts to skirt federal reporting rules.
According to the indictment, he agreed to pay $3.5m to an unnamed individual to "conceal his prior misconduct".
He served as a Republican congressman from Illinois for more than 20 years until 2007.
The indictm... | Former US House of Representatives speaker Dennis Hastert has been charged over illegal cash withdrawals to pay hush money to an unnamed individual. | 32926304 |
Mrs May was formally appointed as UK prime minister at Buckingham Palace where she accepted the Queen's invitation to form a new government.
Earlier, her predecessor David Cameron formally stepped down.
Speaking outside 10 Downing Street, Mrs May said the union of the nations of the United Kingdom was very important to... | New Prime Minister Theresa May has said the word unionist is very important to her. | 36789572 |
Friend, who cut his face, was treated in the tunnel before being taken to hospital, where he stayed overnight.
The incident happened as the first half came to an end at the Vitality Stadium.
The start of the second half was delayed by five minutes as Friend was replaced by Dean Treleaven, a qualified referee who was wa... | Fourth official Kevin Friend collapsed and hit his head on a dugout during Tuesday's Premier League game between Bournemouth and Southampton. | 35703158 |
The British PM and US president-elect discussed the need for more countries to commit to spending 2% of national income on defence, Number 10 said.
They also agreed their national security advisers would meet in the US before the end of the year.
And they said they would meet in person "at the earliest possible opportu... | Theresa May and Donald Trump have agreed on the importance of Nato in their second phone conversation since the US election, Downing Street said. | 38151378 |
Culture Secretary Maria Miller told BBC Radio 4: "We feel that marriage is a good thing and we should be supporting more couples to marry."
There would be adequate protection for religious freedoms, she said.
The bill has divided Conservatives, with former Defence Secretary Liam Fox recently describing it as "ill thoug... | Legislation to enable same-sex marriages to take place in England and Wales has been published. | 21194052 |
Raymond Panton, 54, was earlier convicted of possessing two improvised shotguns, without authority at Parkhill Stores, Greens, New Deer.
Ian Robertson, 40, also of New Deer, was acquitted following a trial.
The minimum sentence for possessing prohibited firearms is five years unless there are exceptional circumstances.... | A man who told police he had a home-made gun at his farm in Aberdeenshire has been jailed for two years. | 35533493 |
The ITV soap is due to move from its current home in central Manchester to a new site in Trafford next spring.
English Heritage said the set, which has been used since 1982, was not historic enough to be listed. Listing would restrict how it could be altered.
ITV is selling the former Granada plot and the set's future ... | An application to give listed status to the Coronation Street set, which would help secure its future when it is vacated next year, has been refused. | 18398827 |
Hamilton, 31, is in the running for the award, along with Lionel Messi, Usain Bolt, Novak Djokovic, Jordan Spieth and basketball player Stephen Curry.
There are six British nominations for the awards, voted for by sports media.
Heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill, the GB Davis Cup team, swimmer Adam Peaty, mountain cyclist ... | Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has been nominated for the title of Laureus World Sportsman of the Year. | 35706859 |
American Roberts, 28, who won 4x400m relay gold in Rio, tested positive for probenecid on 24 March.
He later told the US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) he had contaminated the substance from his girlfriend.
An arbitrator found in his favour, ruling the athlete was "without fault."
Although he was cleared at the hearing on ... | Olympic gold medallist Gil Roberts has been cleared of failing a drugs test, after it was found that he ingested a banned substance by kissing his girlfriend. | 40613013 |
The organisers warned runners to expect slight or moderate smog, but the US embassy in Beijing said air quality early on Sunday was "hazardous".
One resident in the city told the BBC that the air smelt like burnt coal.
Estimates said that pollution soared above the maximum recommended World Health Organization levels.
... | Thousands of runners have taken part in the 34th Beijing International Marathon, many wearing face masks amid concerns about pollution. | 29679782 |
But Oskar Groening, known as the bookkeeper of Auschwitz, denied helping to facilitate the murders of 300,000 people at the death camp.
The court heard of his "indoctrinated obedience" which he said prevented him from "registering the atrocities".
He faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
The charges against the ... | The former SS guard being tried for accessory to murder has admitted that he helped Auschwitz function by sorting cash and valuables seized from Jews. | 33350682 |
In a Q+A session held at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, the 31-year-old said the button would be a way for people to express empathy.
He said Facebook was "very close" to having it ready for user testing.
A "dislike" button has been constantly requested by some users since the introduction of the no... | Facebook is to add a "dislike" button to its social network, founder Mark Zuckerberg has said. | 34264624 |
It is not clear why Khan was detained, or for how long.
In 2012, Indians reacted angrily after Khan was detained for 90 minutes at the White Plains airport near New York.
And in 2009 Shah was detained for two hours at Newark airport and released after India's embassy intervened.
Khan, who flew into Los Angeles on Frida... | Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan has taken to Twitter to express his disappointment at being "detained" by US authorities at Los Angeles International Airport. | 37055993 |
John Martindale, 84, was a patient at Glan Clwyd Hospital's Tawel Fan ward, now at the centre of a damning report.
John Stewart said it has been "distressing" to look back at his father-in-law's care there.
Mr Martindale, who had dementia, died in October 2013, days after being transferred to another unit.
"It's very d... | The son-in-law of an elderly patient said his family have "suffered" knowing the treatment he received at a Denbighshire mental health ward. | 32928425 |
Their answers may surprise. They may even shock you...
The 24-year-old from Bridgend won discus gold at London 2012 and has become world champion twice in the shot put and discus since. Born without a fibula in his right leg, he is also a double European gold medallist and won silver at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Exc... | Five British hopefuls have spoken candidly to BBC Sport about their hopes and dreams for the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. | 35255001 |
The victory sees Derry move eight points clear of Rovers in the battle to clinch the top-three finish which would ensure Europa League qualification.
Aaron McEneff fired home a 64th-minute piledriver and Barry McNamee netted a measured finish in added time.
Derry have beaten Rovers in all three league meetings between ... | Third-placed Derry City enhanced their hopes of securing European football by beating Shamrock Rovers 2-0 to make it four straight league wins in a row. | 40817227 |
The award handed out by Building Design magazine for a development judged to be the UK's worst designed was given to Lincoln Plaza near Canary Wharf.
The building was a "brain-numbing jumble of discordant shapes, patterns, materials and colours", it said.
A Poole church extension and Sheffield University block made the... | A 31-storey luxury residential tower block in London's Docklands called "jarring, unsettling and shambolic" by critics has won the 2016 Carbuncle Cup. | 37294090 |
It comes amid a storm in Silicon Valley over the number of women employed in the tech industry.
Experts agree that the world faces a digital skills shortage and that a more even gender balance is crucial.
One industry body worried that too few boys were also choosing the subject.
"Today's announcement that nearly 7,600... | A worrying statistic for the tech industry was revealed in freshly-released A-level data - only 9.8% of those completing a computing course were girls. | 40960427 |
Michael Bugg, 39, was last seen leaving the Southbank bar, next to the River Trent in Nottingham, in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Officers said the father-of-one could "potentially" have fallen in the water.
Friends said his disappearance was out of character and his young daughter had been asking after him.
Mr B... | Police are searching an area near a river for a man who went missing after celebrating his friend's 40th birthday. | 37166999 |
Officers seized weapons and explosives at the scene, the state prosecutor told Reuters news agency.
Militants refused to surrender and then blew themselves up when police arrived at the building, local media report.
At least 33 people were killed last month in a bomb attack in N'Djamena.
The government has blamed the N... | Five Chadian security officials and six militants have been killed in an explosion during a raid on a weapons cache in the capital N'Djamena, officials say. | 33310745 |
Three teenagers were injured after the female driver's car collided with a tree in Dundee's Camperdown Park on Wednesday evening.
Family and friends on social media had congratulated the 17-year-old on passing her driving test that morning.
A 19-year-old male passenger was also injured in the incident.
The 17-year-old ... | A teenage driver involved in a crash that left a passenger in a critical condition had only passed her driving test hours earlier, it has emerged. | 36497742 |
When Nicola Sturgeon stepped out on to the stage at the leaders' debate last Thursday, she did so as someone many outside Scotland will have known little about.
Scotland's first minister and SNP leader for less than 6 months, she has never held office outside her home country.
Until the resignation of Alex Salmond foll... | Her party is only standing in Scotland and wants to end the union, but what is the view outside Scotland of Nicola Sturgeon? | 32180924 |
Oxford schoolgirl, Martha Fernback, died on 20 July 2013, after swallowing half a gram of 91% pure MDMA powder in the city's Hinksey Park.
Anne-Marie Cockburn has written a book which she hopes will help other parents to talk openly about drugs.
Copies of 5,742 days will be left in public places in Oxford on 19 July.
M... | The mother of a 15-year-old girl who died a year ago after taking ecstasy, is marking her anniversary by trying to warn others about the dangers of drugs. | 28363419 |
Dudu Mazibuko told the BBC that the scheme was intended to "reduce HIV, Aids and unwanted pregnancy" among young girls in the Uthukela district of eastern KwaZulu-Natal province.
Those receiving the bursary would have to provide proof from regular virginity tests, the mayor added.
Rights groups have condemned the move.... | A South African mayor has defended the decision to award scholarships to 16 female university students, which are conditional on them remaining virgins. | 35403501 |
On one hand, there was sheer delight for captain Alastair Cook as he finally ended his century drought with a tough, determined hundred; on the other hand, the tourists finished day one firmly on the back foot, amid despair for Cook's opening partner Jonathan Trott.
I thought Cook batted really well for his 105: he pla... | What a day of contrasting emotions for England in the third Test against West Indies in Barbados. | 32561363 |
Frank Lewis, 18, slit one of the cat's legs to slow it down while he used the pets in a hunting game with his dogs.
Lewis, of Croeserw, near Port Talbot, admitted burglary and killing the cats.
Judge Paul Hopkins told Swansea Crown Court his acts added with his "extreme right-wing views on race and sexuality" meant he ... | A teenager who stole cats from an animal sanctuary to use as "live bait" for his dogs has been sent to a young offenders institute for 30 months. | 38718643 |
Wynn said its net income for the three months to September was $73.8m (£47.6m), compared with $191.4m a year earlier.
Its Macau operations saw a 37.9% decrease in net revenue in the quarter.
A crackdown on luxury spending by the Chinese government has hit the Macau region, the world's largest gaming centre.
The specia... | Profit at the casino and hotel operator Wynn Resorts has fallen after a sharp slowdown at its Macau operations. | 34546689 |
Residents shout insults from their balconies as the convoy stops at the site of one attack.
The prisoners were taken to Karrada to re-enact on camera the crimes to which they had confessed, as part of a weekly programme called In The Grip Of The Law, which is produced by state-run Iraqiya TV in co-operation with the in... | A television crew, a security escort and two convicts make their way through Karrada, a district of Iraq's capital Baghdad that was recently the scene of a series of attacks. | 30796203 |
The Cherries led when Dan Gosling headed in Marc Pugh's cross.
Bournemouth wanted a penalty when Russell Martin held back Charlie Daniels in the area, and Norwich keeper Declan Rudd was fortunate not to be sent off for fouling Benik Afobe.
But Vadis Odjidja brought down Pugh to allow Daniels to score from the spot befo... | Bournemouth easily overcame relegation rivals Norwich City to move five points clear of the bottom three. | 35270691 |
David Cameron announced plans to build discounted homes for first-time buyers under 40 and use public land for homes.
The measures - including a plan announced before the election to extend the Right to Buy scheme to housing association tenants - form part of the Housing Bill.
Inheritance tax on homes worth up to £1m ... | New measures to help people buy and build houses will feature in this week's Budget, the government has said. | 33393642 |
Orica-Scott's Van Vleuten, 34, attacked the lead group in the final 5km to take victory on the Col d'Izoard summit.
Boels-Doemans rider Deignan, 28, was 43 seconds behind, with Italy's Elisa Longo Borghini a further 40 seconds back in third.
The race ends on Saturday with a 22.5km 'chase' in Marseille.
The top riders w... | Britain's Lizzie Deignan finished second as Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten won stage one of the two-day La Course by the Tour de France. | 40667569 |
It is thought someone tried to throw the items over the wall of HMP Bristol but they rebounded and fell into the playground at Bishop Road Primary.
Parents were warned that "illicit items" had been found in a letter from the deputy head.
Bishop Road Primary School told the BBC it did not want to comment.
One mother tol... | Suspected cannabis and a phone SIM card intended to be smuggled into a prison have been found in the playground of a neighbouring primary school. | 33085305 |
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board has to find £61.4m of savings in this financial year and a further £56.7 million in 2013/14.
In June the health board announced plans to close almost 400 posts.
Its chief executive Adam Cairns said it faced tough choices.
He told the committee that due to the scale of financia... | The boss of one of Wales' largest health boards has appeared before assembly members to explain a decision that has left hundreds of workers at risk of losing their jobs. | 24811641 |
Leeds Crown Court heard James Carragher was jailed for seven years in 1993 and 14 years in 2004 for sex offences.
He denies 50 counts of indecent assault between the 1970s and the 1990s at St William's in Market Weighton, East Riding of Yorkshire.
Two other former staff at the home also went on trial earlier.
The home ... | A convicted sex offender who was a principal at a children's home and school has gone on trial accused of further sex offences against boys. | 34508029 |
The tie-up with Italian eyewear designer Luxottica will create "avant-garde" design according to the fashion firm.
Google hopes it will put Glass at the forefront of the "smart eyewear market".
But many remain sceptical about its future as a mainstream device.
Glass is a piece of wearable technology that includes a thu... | Google is teaming up with the designer firm behind Ray-Ban and Oakley in an attempt to make its wearable technology desirable beyond the "geek" community. | 26730791 |
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Harris told BBC Sport the Australian was "a disgrace" following England's 38-12 Four Nations win over Scotland.
The England coach offered short responses to questions after Saturday's game as well as before the opening defeat to New Zealand last week.
"It was a disgrace la... | England coach Wayne Bennett is not fulfilling his responsibility to help grow the game, says former Great Britain international Iestyn Harris. | 37886383 |
Mumtaz Qadri was guarding Punjab governor Salman Taseer in an Islamabad market in 2011 when he shot Taseer.
Qadri claimed it was his religious duty to kill the governor over his support for liberal reforms to blasphemy law, but was sentenced to death.
The failure of his appeal is a setback for the country's religious e... | Pakistan's Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of a police bodyguard who killed a senior politician over his support for blasphemy law reform. | 34467603 |
Catherine met women prisoners at HMP Send, Woking, who have used the Rehabilitation of Addicted Prisoners Trust (RAPt) programme.
She spoke to Kirsty Lacey, who used the scheme in 2008, and now works for an ex-offenders' charity in Gloucester.
The duchess said she was encouraged by the work at the prison.
"I was remind... | The Duchess of Cambridge has visited a prison for the first time to view the work of a charity that helps inmates overcome drug and alcohol addictions. | 34359318 |
The meeting in Aberystwyth was organised by campaign group Traws Link Cymru which revealed its hopes for a 90 minute service between the two towns.
The line closed in 1965 and at that time the journey took almost three hours, stopping at over 20 stations.
But reinstating the 56-mile line could cost around £650m. The g... | Over 100 people attended a meeting amid hopes a rail link between Aberystwyth and Carmarthen can be reopened. | 30844784 |
Canadian and American researchers said tests had shown that "extraneous sound interfered with participants' performance, making their responses both slower and less accurate".
Some top tennis stars, including Martina Navratilova, regard grunting as unfair, or even as cheating.
Maria Sharapova and Rafael Nadal are among... | The loud grunts of some tennis players can give them a real advantage over opponents, a scientific study says. | 11458669 |
The dusky whaler shark, found at Sydney's Palm Beach, was not considered dangerous because it was a juvenile.
Wildlife handlers caught the 3ft (90cm) shark with a net before returning it to the sea.
It is not known how the shark entered the pool, but locals speculated it may have been washed in by a high tide.
Local wo... | A small shark has been rescued from a beachside pool in Australia after surprising swimmers. | 39427029 |
During the visit to "Le Terrible" submarine off Brittany coast, Mr Macron reportedly took part in a simulated missile launch.
France will be the sole EU nation with nuclear arms after 2019, when the UK is expected to leave the 28-member bloc.
Meanwhile, the new French government easily won its first confidence vote.
Th... | President Emmanuel Macron has spent several hours underwater aboard a nuclear submarine to signal commitment to France's nuclear deterrent. | 40502027 |
Both men landed punches on each other as they rode among a breakaway group of 13 riders on the 160.5km stage from San Martin del Rey Aurelio to La Farrapona.
Alberto Contador won the stage after seeing off Chris Froome on a summit finish to increase his overall lead to 96 seconds over Alejandro Valverde.
Briton Froome ... | Italian Gianluca Brambilla and Russia's Ivan Rovny have been disqualified from the Vuelta a Espana after coming to blows during Monday's 16th stage. | 29116808 |
By midday, the benchmark FTSE 100 share index was 37.05 points higher at 7,177.80.
Barclays was the top riser on the index, up 3%, while insurer Prudential rose 2.5%.
Shares in ITV increased by 2.3% after analysts at Investec lifted their rating on the broadcaster to "buy" from "hold".
Mining stocks were trading lower ... | Financial stocks helped to pull the UK stock market higher, while ITV was boosted by a broker upgrade. | 38852510 |
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