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"Positive Train Control" is a digital system that allows trains to communicate with each other and can automatically stop or slow the train if danger is detected.
"We feel that had such a system been installed on this section of track, this accident would not have occurred," said accident investigator Robert Sumwalt of... | The investigation into the cause of a fatal train derailment in the US city of Philadelphia this week has already yielded its first conclusion: it could have been prevented with technology. | 32742437 |
North Cumbria University Hospital NHS Trust was one of 11 highlighted in a report made in the wake of the Mid Staffordshire scandal in 2013.
NHS Improvement said it had achieved "major improvements in the services it offers patients".
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) warned there is still "work to do".
Health official... | A Cumbrian hospital trust placed into special measures following a review into high death rates is to come out of the failure regime after four years. | 39423978 |
Her speech to DUP election candidates contained 16 references to Gerry Adams.
Sinn Féin's new northern leader Michelle O'Neill, who was hardly mentioned at all, "was installed by Gerry Adams and she will be instructed by Gerry Adams" said Mrs Foster.
Gerry Adams, she said, "is no longer in the shadows, he is front and ... | Arlene Foster bagged a crocodile this week but it was another big beast that was really in her sights. | 38892198 |
Arsenal blew the title race wide open as Danny Welbeck scored a last-gasp header to beat leaders Leicester, while Tottenham kept up their challenge by earning a late victory over Manchester City.
Manchester United's task of reaching the top four is getting more and more difficult after losing to Sunderland, while Newca... | The top four faced off in the Premier League this weekend and it did not disappoint. | 35574734 |
In Iowa on day one of a rural Midwest bus tour, he said he would put forward the blueprint when Congress returned in September.
As President Obama spoke, his would-be 2012 Republican challengers blamed him for the flagging American economy.
With US unemployment jammed at just above 9%, jobs could well remain a major is... | US President Barack Obama has promised a "very specific" plan next month to improve the flagging US economy. | 14538679 |
Residents have had to boil water for more than three weeks after a parasite was discovered at a treatment works.
Customers in North Blackpool, Cleveleys and Fleetwood are the latest to be given the all clear from water firm United Utilities.
Some 300,000 homes were initially affected, two thirds of which can now use wa... | Advice to boil tap water before drinking it has been lifted in 26,000 more homes in Lancashire. | 34127143 |
The EU Withdrawal Bill is set to be passed after peers voted by 273 votes to 135 not to challenge the Commons again over the rights of EU nationals.
Labour says it will not continue its opposition, including over the issue of a vote on the final Brexit deal.
This came as MPs voted overwhelmingly to overturn the Lords a... | The Brexit bill is in its final parliamentary stages, with the House of Lords on the verge of backing down and backing the landmark legislation. | 39249721 |
It was taken from the top of the monument honouring poet William Henry Ogilvie some time between 27 July and 24 August.
The cairn is situated next to the B711 in the Horn Hill area between the villages of Roberton and Ashkirk.
Police said they were keen to return the "distinctive item" to its "rightful place".
"I'd urg... | A bronze book has been stolen from the top of a memorial cairn between two Borders villages. | 37305534 |
Milford Haven Coastguard launched the search at 19:40 GMT on Thursday after a couple reported seeing the man enter the sea at Aberavon Sands, Port Talbot.
A man later contacted police saying he saw the search operation and thought it might be for him.
Coastguards described it as a false alarm with "good intent". | A coastal search involving lifeboats and a rescue helicopter for a man seen entering the sea in Neath Port Talbot was a false alarm, coastguards say. | 34804305 |
After kick-off was delayed when Hull were caught in traffic on the M62, Wigan struggled to contain the visitors as Steve Michaels, Albert Kelly, Jake Connor and Jamie Shaul scores put Hull 22-0 up after 41 minutes.
Liam Forsyth was the first to respond for Wigan with a 53rd minute try.
Three further late tries almost s... | Hull FC inflicted a dramatic first defeat on Wigan Warriors to replace them at top of the Super League table. | 39342509 |
The 22-year-old has made 50 league starts for Brighton, having come through the club's youth system.
He has previously had loan spells at Oxford United and Milton Keynes Dons.
The terms of the loan deal stipulate that he will not be able to play against Brighton when they face Rotherham on 16 August and 7 March.
Forste... | Rotherham United have signed former England Under-21 midfielder Jake Forster-Caskey on a season-long loan from Championship rivals Brighton. | 36844481 |
Tim Passmore appeared before the Home Affairs select committee and was questioned about his £1.7m budget.
Keith Vaz MP, committee chairman, suggested there had been almost a doubling of costs since the change from the old Suffolk Police Authority.
Mr Passmore said that was incorrect and the costs had actually gone down... | Suffolk's new police and crime commissioner has defended the costs of his office to MPs. | 22541085 |
4 January 2017 Last updated at 16:51 GMT
Yassar Yaqub, 28, from Huddersfield, was shot when police stopped a car near junction 24 of the M62 motorway on Monday evening.
On Tuesday, protesters carrying banners with slogans including "stop the killings" brought traffic to a halt on Leeds Road in Bradford.
Police said the... | A patrol car was damaged during a protest sparked by the fatal shooting of a man during a police operation on the M62 motorway. | 38512457 |
She told BBC Radio 4's Farming Today "we have to accept" the process could help production and livestock health.
Her brother, the Prince of Wales, has previously warned GM crops could cause an environmental disaster.
But Princess Anne said: "To say we mustn't go there 'just in case' is probably not a practical argument... | Princess Anne has said genetically-modified crops have important benefits for providing food and she would be open to growing them on her own land. | 39329933 |
It relates to allegations of misconduct when he was in charge of the country's tax collection service a decade ago.
Mr Gordhan has said the allegations are wholly unfounded and are politically motivated.
The summons requires him to appear in court on 2 November, which is after his budget policy statement due later this... | South Africa's Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan, has received a summons to appear in court on charges of fraud. | 37616496 |
Police had to use cutting equipment after revellers barricaded themselves into the granite structure, which houses a lift shaft, on New Year's Eve.
"In an emergency it would have been impossible to get out or launch a rescue," Newcastle City Council's Nick Kemp said.
Officers are still attempting to trace the event org... | An illegal rave inside a tower of the Tyne Bridge put "hundreds of people in grave danger", a councillor has said. | 38517999 |
Firefighters rescued 65 people from Grenfell Tower in north Kensington, after they were called at 00:54 BST.
Witnesses said people were trapped in the tower block, and that some jumped from windows in an effort to escape.
Theresa May said there would be a full investigation and "if there are any lessons to be learned t... | Twelve people have died in a west London tower block fire and the number of deaths is expected to rise, police have said. | 40280169 |
The 27-year-old, capped twice by Sweden, has not appeared for the Hornets since suffering a cruciate knee ligament injury in March last year.
In total, he has made 100 appearances for Watford since joining from Udinese, initially on loan.
Meanwhile, Watford have extended the contract of 19-year-old striker Alex Jakubia... | Watford defender Joel Ekstrand will leave at the end of his contract after four years at Vicarage Road. | 36444555 |
The county have confirmed the South African batsman will lead the county for a third consecutive season.
"The way he led the side, the respect he has, is really important" said Glamorgan chief Hugh Morris.
And batsman Colin Ingram is due to make a first-class comeback shortly after 11 months' absence from the longer fo... | Jacques Rudolph will continue as captain of Glamorgan in 2017 despite disappointing form in 2016. | 38676656 |
The visitors went ahead when Kieran Charnock was first to the rebound after Danny Hurst saved Chris Holroyd's shot.
Adam Boyes hit the crossbar for Barrow before Richie Baker curled in a free-kick to to level the scores.
John Paul Kissock hit the bar as Macclesfield pushed for a winner, while Kieran Murtagh also went c... | Barrow and Macclesfield will have to replay for the right to host Championship side Cardiff in the FA Cup third round. | 20682259 |
18 April 2017 Last updated at 16:06 BST
The search giant said it had spent two years developing the new version of the app, which features video content from the BBC and other partners. | Google has refreshed its Earth app and website, adding detailed 3D imagery and new "tours" that give people a guided look at exotic locations. | 39629250 |
A team of three male candidates was selected last month which had resulted in the former agriculture minister being left off the ticket.
Ms Gildernew is the former MP for the constituency.
In December, Ms Gildernew was selected to run alongside sitting MLA Sean Lynch and local councillor John Feely.
However, earlier th... | Michelle Gildernew is to run as a fourth candidate for Sinn Féin in Fermanagh and South Tyrone in this year's assembly election. | 35616605 |
Experts from the University of Lincoln found that people warmed to a robot if it made mistakes and showed human-like emotions, such as boredom.
For the tests, robots were programmed to make errors, and the reactions of human participants were monitored.
The findings could affect future robot design, said researchers.
D... | Robots that display human-like vulnerabilities may get on better with people than ones programmed to be too perfect, researchers suggest. | 34515609 |
The £153m loss for the six months to the end of June compares with a £1.43bn profit a year ago.
Restructuring costs almost tripled to £1.5bn amid efforts by chief executive Ross McEwan to cut staff and refocus the bank on the UK.
The lender set aside £1.3bn for lawsuits and customer recompense.
Another £459m was earmar... | Royal Bank of Scotland has reported a half-year loss after setting aside more money for repaying customers and potential legal settlements. | 33714228 |
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Viliame Mata and Damien Hoyland crossed early in the first half for the hosts, with Blair Kinghorn and Duncan Weir kicking penalties.
Magnus Bradbury raced home after the break, but debutant Aaron Cairns grabbed an opportunist try for Ulster.
Fellow replacement Jacob Stock... | Edinburgh bounced back from last Friday's shock defeat by Zebre with a fine 28-17 victory over Ulster. | 37861405 |
The robot is going to map the movement of deep waters that play a critical role in regulating Earth's climate.
Boaty carries the name that a public poll had suggested be given to the UK's future £200m polar research vessel.
The government felt this would be inappropriate and directed the humorous moniker go on a subme... | The yellow submarine named Boaty McBoatface is set to leave for Antarctica this week on its first science expedition. | 39232973 |
The police and ambulance service were called to All Saints DLR station in East India Dock Road shortly after midnight.
The man, aged in his 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Metropolitan Police have launched a murder investigation. A spokesman said he may have been the victim of an assault. No arrests have bee... | A man has died after being "assaulted" in the early hours in east London. | 37437468 |
Although he died in exile the Fenian leader, who fought for Irish independence, was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin.
The commemoration is the first in the Republic's 1916 centenary events.
Fifteen hundred members of the public who applied for tickets attended.
Members of the diplomatic corps, including from the... | The Irish president, prime minister and government ministers have taken part in the state centenary commemoration of the death of republican Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa. | 33746159 |
The 48-year-old man was struck by the black cab while walking on Clyde Street at about 00:45 on Sunday.
Emergency services attended and the man was taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary before being transferred to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
Police have asked anyone who was in the area at the time and who has i... | A man is being treated for a serious head injury after being hit by a taxi in Glasgow city centre. | 37285577 |
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Afridi told BBC South Today he is staying away from his national side as they "give youngsters a chance".
He said: "I've told the selectors it's fine to keep me away and to see where the youngsters are standing."
The 36-year-old all-rounder will play his first game for Ham... | Hampshire T20 signing Shahid Afridi says he would be available for Pakistan's tour of England this summer if required by his country. | 36377943 |
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It's the first country in the world to hold a vote on the issue.
Up until now two men or two women were not allowed to marry each other but now that's changed.
Almost two million people voted, with 62% voting yes.
But lots of people disa... | People living in the Republic of Ireland have voted in favour of same sex marriage. | 32864958 |
Many countries and international charities have offered aid to Nepal to deal with the disaster.
Seventeen people have killed on Mount Everest by avalanches - the mountain's worst-ever disaster.
Officials fear that the death toll could rise as the desperate search for survivors continues.
The 7.8 magnitude quake struck ... | Rescue efforts in Nepal are intensifying after more than 1,800 people were killed in the country's worst earthquake in more than 80 years. | 32470731 |
Childcare and early years researcher David Dallimore of Bangor University wants an overhaul of education provision for three to four-year-olds.
He told BBC's Eye on Wales: "It's one of the things we haven't done well in Wales is have a long-term vision for our early years services."
The Welsh government said it can con... | Young children's education in Wales is "a dog's dinner", an academic has said. | 33481639 |
And yet that is what many boardrooms from Berlin to Baden Wurttemberg will be doing this morning, however discreetly, after Jeremy Corbyn outperformed expectations and ate into the Conservative Party's majority.
The reason for this embrace, simply, is the single market.
Initially, there had been little-to-no interest i... | It's a strange day when German business leaders - hardly known for their Bolshevism - are tentatively raising their glasses to toast a favourable election result for a left-wing, pro-borrowing, high-spending candidate. | 40221152 |
The figure was 189% higher than last year's annual loss of A$935m.
Revenue was 20% lower than in 2014, which Santos said reflected sharply lower oil prices during the period.
In 2015, Brent crude prices fell more than 45% and are now trading at about $34 a barrel.
Santos' operations and assets include pipeline gas and ... | Australia's struggling oil and gas giant Santos has reported a loss of A$2.7bn ($1.9bn; £1.3bn) for the 12 months to December. | 35610234 |
He also said the Justice Department acted unlawfully by failing to provide sufficient resources to examine alleged flaws in a murder investigation.
It followed a legal challenge by the family of murder victim Patrick Murphy.
They were told the Police Ombudsman's inquiry was not expected to be completed until 2025.
Mr M... | Systemic government underfunding is impeding attempts to investigate complaints against police in a reasonable time, a judge has ruled. | 39381983 |
Tom Hayes, who worked for UBS and Citigroup, told a fellow trader: "Just give the cash desk a Mars bar and they'll set wherever you want."
Mr Hayes is the first person to face a jury trial for manipulating the key interest rate, used to set trillions of pounds of investments.
He denies eight counts of conspiracy to def... | A court has heard that manipulating Libor rates was so commonplace an offer of a Mars bar could get it changed. | 33448210 |
The basic machine is capable of pricking a finger but is programmed not to do so every time it can.
Mr Reben has nicknamed it "The First Law" after a set of rules devised by sci-fi author Isaac Asimov.
He said he hoped it would further debate about Artificial Intelligence.
"The real concern about AI is that it gets out... | A robot that can decide whether or not to inflict pain has been built by roboticist and artist Alexander Reben from the University of Berkeley, California. | 36517340 |
Govanhill Baths has been awarded £500,000 for repair and refurbishment work by new heritage body Historic Environment Scotland (HES).
Last month, the site was awarded £1.2m in initial support by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
The venue, which closed in 2001 despite a local campaign to save it, reopened in 2013 as a c... | Plans to restore and reopen a historic Glasgow municipal bath house have been given a further financial boost. | 34566224 |
Mr Obama was joined at Arlington National Cemetery by former President Bill Clinton.
The 50th anniversary of Kennedy's assassination is on Friday.
Earlier, Mr Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest US civilian honour, to Mr Clinton and other prominent Americans.
Among this year's recipients were e... | President Barack Obama has laid a wreath at the grave of John F Kennedy as part of a day of events honouring the assassinated president. | 25023829 |
The collision happened on a stretch of the A63, also known as the Great North Road, at South Milford, on Thursday evening.
A local man was pronounced dead at the scene, while a man and two boys were taken to Leeds General Infirmary with serious injuries.
A third boy suffered minor injuries. They were all travelling in ... | A man has died and five people injured in a crash between a horse and cart and a van. | 33830042 |
The Seahawks duly won the game 43-8, which means about 1,000 customers will now get their orders free.
Nicknamed Mattress Mack, Jim McIngvale is well-known for his attention-grabbing ploys.
Though substantial, the loss amounts to only 6% of Mr McIngvale's annual income. He says it is good marketing.
Mr McIngvale ran th... | A US furniture store owner is set to lose $7m (£4.2m) after promising a full refund to customers if the Seahawks beat Broncos in Sunday's Super Bowl. | 26030725 |
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The England international, 29, has been strongly linked with a loan move to Goodison Park after being told by City boss Pep Guardiola he is free to leave.
"Everybody will see what Everton's squad is when the transfer window ends next week," said Koeman.
"Everybody is tryin... | Everton manager Ronald Koeman says he has "no interest" in signing goalkeeper Joe Hart from Manchester City. | 37187885 |
All traffic including buses and cars will be banned from the office and shopping district as part of the government's plans to tackle air pollution and congestion in the city.
Park and ride cycle services will be offered to visitors to the area.
Tens of thousands of people visit Connaught Place every day.
The area is p... | The iconic Connaught Place area in the Indian capital, Delhi, will be a no-vehicle zone for three months beginning February, officials say. | 38527140 |
Nearly half of the 78 health and care leaders surveyed by the Nuffield Trust felt the status quo would not remain because of the squeeze on funding.
The think tank warned of a "funding crisis this year or next" and that patient care could start to suffer.
The government called this an "unrealistic picture", but Labour ... | Fears are being raised that the NHS in England will no longer be free at the point of use within 10 years. | 28235850 |
Oxford University's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit was researching lions including Cecil, which was shot dead in Zimbabwe.
Dallas Safari Club which "absolutely" supports sustainable trophy hunting but "abhors poaching", donated $20,000.
Prof David Macdonald said: "We simply do our work."
"There is no risk of any d... | A professor has said there is "no risk of any donor affecting results" after it emerged a project tracking Cecil the lion was funded by a pro-hunting group. | 33782249 |
It will see a series of hydro-electric generators placed on the Gala Water in Galashiels.
The people behind the project said it was an "exciting revival" of the use of the river from the times of the old textile mills.
It will initially create 150kW of power although it is hoped that could rise to up to 400kW in the lo... | A project to harness the power of a Borders river to generate energy has secured more than £1.5m in funding. | 37896082 |
The storm hit the eastern coast early on Saturday and is now moving across the island.
It is ripping up trees and tearing down billboards, and triggered a landslide in at least one village.
About two million households have been left without electricity and four people have died.
Rail services and flights have been can... | Powerful Typhoon Soudelor is battering the island nation Taiwan, off the coast of China, with strong winds and heavy rain. | 33833415 |
According to new data, up to 57% of all Amazonian trees may already fit the criteria of being globally threatened.
If confirmed, the estimates would raise the number of threatened plant species on Earth by almost a quarter.
Forest cover in the Amazon has been shrinking for decades, but little is known about the impact ... | More than half of all tree species in the Amazon face extinction, warn international scientists. | 34880656 |
The covers of the new range of maps, called OS Explorer Outdoor Leisure, feature photographs of the area taken by members of the public who submitted their pictures as part of the OS Photofit competition.
The competition received more that 10,000 entries and the chosen pictures will start to appear on the maps in early... | In the coming months, the Ordnance Survey (OS) is to replace all 607 of its paper maps with new versions that include a mobile download that will record the user's route. | 32960657 |
The department's spokesman would not give any details of what happened but confirmed one of the officers received medical treatment for her injuries.
Democratic Unionist Party MLA Edwin Poots has claimed one of the officers was scalded when a kettle of hot water fell during a struggle with an inmate.
He said the jail w... | Four prison officers have been injured during "an incident involving a prisoner" at Maghaberry jail on Sunday, the Department of Justice has said. | 35461242 |
High fees and limited funding are increasingly squeezing talented graduates out of postgraduate study, it says in a report.
The current postgraduate funding scheme is "breathtakingly inadequate" and needs overhaul, say the report authors.
The government welcomed the report "as a useful contribution to the debate".
Post... | Postgraduate education in the UK is like an exclusive golf club, where only the wealthy need apply, claims the liberal think-tank, Centre Forum. | 22695606 |
He helped his team to 2-0 victory against the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday, shutting out 37 shots on goal.
But Anderson had not been expected to play in that National Hockey League (NHL) game in Edmonton at all.
He was supposed to be on personal leave to be with his wife, Nicholle, who was recently diagnosed with cancer, ... | By all accounts, it was a great game for Ottawa Senators goalie Craig Anderson. | 37767691 |
This marks a first for the 91-year-old former president Bush, who had endorsed Republicans in the past five elections.
Republican politicians are struggling to define their support, or lack thereof, for Donald Trump.
Mr Trump's remaining opponents dropped out earlier this week leaving him as the presumptive Republican ... | Former US presidents George H W Bush and George W Bush will not endorse Donald Trump's candidacy for president, aides have told local media. | 36214738 |
Welsh Premier League Aberystwyth Town, Rhyl, Cardiff Met and Cefn Druids were all humbled by lower league opposition.
Prestatyn thrashed Aberystwyth Town 5-1, 10-man Caernarfon Town beat Rhyl 3-2, Guilsfield beat Cardiff Met 4-2 while Llanfair sunk Cefn Druids 4-1.
Meanwhile, reigning Welsh Cup holders The New Saints b... | Cymru Alliance sides Prestatyn Town, Caernarfon Town, Guilsfield and Llanfair United all earned shock Welsh Cup wins to reach the quarter-finals. | 38786043 |
The Saffrons face Carlow in the Division Two A final at Newry in what will be a high-pressure occasion.
The sides already met in the round-robin section of Division Two A when the game ended in a 2-15 to 0-21 draw.
Antrim's confidence for Sunday's final is unlikely to have been boosted by last weekend's defeat by Westm... | Antrim hurlers aim to end an awful two years for the caman game in the county by earning promotion back to Division One B of the League on Saturday. | 39460885 |
They say it is the unfortunate but unintended consequence of what have otherwise been very successful efforts to improve air quality.
It turns out the filters put on vehicle exhausts to remove fine particulate material have also unbalanced the chemistry behind ozone formation.
Chemical reactions that would normally rem... | Scientists think they have identified one key reason why ground-level ozone remains stubbornly high in Europe. | 20563591 |
After 18 years of planning the Awel Aman Tawe wind farm is to be connected to the National Grid on Friday.
A pair of 330ft (100m) turbines will produce enough electricity to power 2,500 homes.
Over their lifetime, they are expected to generate about £3m and it is hoped the profits will be spent in the local community.
... | Wales' largest community energy project is due to go live for the first time in Swansea. | 38328334 |
The primate travelled in a Pishgam rocket, which reached an altitude of some 120km (75 miles) for a sub-orbital flight before "returning its shipment intact", the defence ministry said.
Iranian state TV showed images of the monkey, which was strapped into a harness, being taken to the rocket.
Western nations have expre... | Iran says it has successfully sent a monkey into space. | 21230691 |
The incident happened on the A8003 near Tighnabruaich in Argyll and Bute just before midday on Tuesday.
The man had called 999, but had been unable to tell them his exact location.
Following a search of the area, emergency services discovered the car with the man trapped inside.
He was initially taken to the Cowal Comm... | An 81-year-old man was rescued from his overturned car after it left the road and plunged down an embankment onto the edge of a cliff. | 40105558 |
STV News Tonight will be broadcast on a renamed STV2 channel every week night at 19:00 from Glasgow.
It will use STV's resources from across Scotland backed up by ITV's international and UK news teams.
The broadcaster said it would be the first time all news coverage relevant to Scottish viewers would be brought togeth... | STV is to launch a news programme combining Scottish, UK and international coverage. | 37428346 |
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Somerset are "still interested" in bringing back 36-year-old Gayle, despite his £4,900 fine for asking a reporter on a date during an interview.
The West Indies batsman was disciplined for "inappropriate conduct".
"If Somerset decided he was remorseful and wanted to sign h... | Somerset captain and England bowler Anya Shrubsole says she would have "no problem" with the club wanting to re-sign Chris Gayle. | 35246118 |
The inquest heard that Liam Moore and Carly Lovett, 24, said they loved each other before he began CPR on her.
Ms Lovett, from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, was among 38 people killed in the attack in Sousse in 2015.
The inquest also heard from other survivors, including those who described coming face-to-face with gunma... | The fiance of a woman killed in the Tunisia terror attack has told an inquest how he tried to save her life. | 38846102 |
And that's its conclusion taking an "optimistic" view. The pessimistic conclusion from the report is £1,700 per household.
Where has that come from? The CEP is predicting 1.3% to 2.6% fall in GDP, which is the value of everything produced in the economy, currently about £1.8tn a year. Take 1.3% of that and divide by th... | The UK leaving the European Union would knock £850 off the average UK household's income, according to a report from the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) at the London School of Economics. | 35843953 |
The late singer's new album The Wonder Of You has beaten competition from Lady Gaga and Michael Buble to become his 13th album to top the chart.
Before now, Elvis and Madonna were tied record holders with 12 number one albums each to their names.
His ex-wife Priscilla Presley told the Official Charts Company he would h... | Elvis Presley has broken the record for the most number one albums by a solo artist. | 37802306 |
The largest increase was in London, where rents rose by 3.8% in the year to the end of June, according to The Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Excluding London, rents rose by 1.7%.
The figures - which are classified as experimental by the ONS - show rents went up by 2.1% in Scotland, and 0.8% in Wales.
Over the sa... | Rents paid to private landlords in Britain went up by an average of 2.5% over the last year, the fastest rise for two-and-a-half years, figures show. | 33732843 |
Paramedics battled for about 30 minutes to try to save the 48-year-old after he became unresponsive following the incident in Telford in Shropshire.
His family said on Friday that they do not know "why such force was used" by police in the early hours of 15 August.
Two officers are under investigation. The service was ... | Mourners gathered for the funeral of ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson, who died after being shot with a Taser by police. | 38031099 |
Candidates standing in Northumbria Constabulary are listed below.
Candidates are listed alphabetically by surname. BBC News App users: tap here to see the candidates.
More information is available on the Choose my PCC website. | Elections for police and crime commissioners will be held in the 41 police force areas of England and Wales on 5 May 2016. | 35991208 |
John O'Dowd aims to encourage up to 500 teachers over the age of 55 to retire with early access to their full pension.
The "Investing in the Teaching Workforce" scheme will offer the deal as long as schools replace the member of staff with a newly qualified teacher, or one who has graduated within the past three years.... | The education minister is to spend more than £33m on a scheme to replace older teaching staff with newly qualified teachers. | 35132146 |
Salvatore Meloni, 74, locally known as "Doddore" had been serving a prison sentence since April for tax offences.
The condition of his health deteriorated late last month, according to Italian media reports.
The former truck driver had reportedly fallen into a coma days before his death.
In September 2008, Mr Meloni de... | A prominent Sardinian independence activist has died in hospital in the island's capital Cagliari following a two-month hunger strike. | 40504884 |
The 31-year-old lock or back-rower has not played since April 2015, when he was injured against Cardiff Blues.
He said on social media a "gruelling" 13 months involving six operations has led to another.
"It's hard to take that I require the first op all over again #7 #devastated," Coombs wrote on Twitter. | Newport Gwent Dragons and Wales forward Andrew Coombs said he was "devastated" to be told he needs a seventh knee operation. | 36188680 |
The former world champions are facing their worst ever season after failing to register a single point so far in 2017 after a series of engine failures.
Brown said engine upgrades promised for Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix were not ready and the team is "near our limit".
"Honda's working very hard but they seem a bit lo... | McLaren have "serious concerns" over whether they can win the world championship with engine partner Honda, says executive director Zak Brown. | 40196307 |
It has a history of colonial control spanning centuries.
Located south of the Italian island of Sicily between Europe and North Africa, it has been occupied by Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs and latterly France and Britain.
Independence from Britain was achieved in 1964, after the Maltese people were awarded the Ge... | The Maltese archipelago includes the islands of Malta, Gozo, Comino, Comminotto and Filfla. | 17597837 |
Shane Walford, 38, was detained by Spanish police on Saturday.
He was jailed in 2010 for the manslaughter of Paul Gibbons while on leave from the army.
Mr Gibbons, a father of two, was attacked as he celebrated his birthday on the dancefloor at Millsy's bar in Coventry in October 2009.
Walford had been jailed for four-... | A "most wanted" fugitive who killed an off-duty fireman with a single punch in Coventry has been arrested in the Canary Islands. | 32007803 |
Here are some of the key revelations from the US indictment against them.
They are more reminiscent of a mob film rather than the beautiful game: wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering conspiracy, money laundering and obstruction of justice charges.
If convicted the defendants could face 20 years in prison... | One US prosecutor described the bribery allegations surrounding senior executives of football's governing body Fifa as "the World Cup of fraud". | 32901646 |
He says there have been 13 disrupted terror plots since 2013.
It's a complex figure because there haven't been 13 specific trials before the courts in which individuals have been shown to be involved in attack planning. That doesn't, however, mean the figure is wrong - far from it.
It's all to do with the difference be... | Assistant commissioner Mark Rowley, of the Metropolitan Police, the UK's most senior counter-terrorism police officer, has used a speech to make a renewed call for public help to counter threats. | 39183003 |
They were among a group of people hit when the attacker ran his car into pedestrians at a tram station.
The 21-year-old driver was shot dead by police as he attempted to flee the scene on foot.
Security has been heightened in the city amid rising tensions between Israelis and Palestinians there.
There were clashes betw... | An Ecuadorean woman who was injured in a Palestinian attack in Jerusalem on Wednesday in which a three-month-old baby girl was also killed has died. | 29778826 |
At Sheffield Crown Court, the accused pleaded not guilty to a range of alleged offences involving 14 girls.
They include rape, abduction and indecent assault and span a timescale between 1990 and 2003.
The defendants were arrested as part of South Yorkshire Police's Operation Clover investigation.
All are due to go on ... | Six men and two women have denied a total of 74 charges in relation to alleged child sexual exploitation in Rotherham. | 34748942 |
A total of 103 players out of the 552 will come from the English top flight, ahead of the German Bundesliga, which will be represented by 57 players.
Spain's La Liga, whose clubs Sevilla and Real Madrid won the 2016 Europa League and Champions League titles, will only have 34 players in France.
A study by Polish site E... | The Premier League will provide nearly 20% of the players at Euro 2016 - more than any other league. | 36425580 |
Police said they were held not because of their veils but for joining an unauthorised protest, and they were later released.
France is the first country in Europe to publicly ban a form of dress some Muslims regard as a religious duty.
Offenders face a fine of 150 euros (£133; $217) and a citizenship course.
People fo... | At least two women have been briefly detained in France while wearing Islamic veils, after a law banning the garment in public came into force. | 13031397 |
Alcohol Focus Scotland said current codes were failing to prevent under-18s from absorbing alcohol messages on TV, online and in the cinema.
The call came as a survey for alcohol concern groups suggested primary school children were more familiar with some beers than biscuit and crisp brands.
Brand recognition of Foste... | Campaigners are calling for action to make sure children are not regularly exposed to alcohol adverts. | 31139528 |
The crowdfunding drive to raise £20,000 for affected workers was set up by heavy metal band Orange Goblin's frontman, Ben Ward.
Within 15 hours, it had already raised £16,500.
A total of 73 people were laid off after administrators were called in to South Lanarkshire-based Team Rock.
The posts were spread between High ... | An online campaign has raised thousands of pounds for staff who lost their jobs this week following the collapse of rock music publisher Team Rock. | 38383969 |
They will review a state ruling which found that officials engaged in "an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander".
A federal court ruled in Wisconsin that Republican lawmakers had violated the US Constitution's equal protection under the law and free speech clauses.
The case will set a legal precedent on the long-time p... | The Supreme Court will soon determine if gerrymandering, where voting districts are re-drawn in order to favour political parties, is legal. | 40332019 |
The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 79.64 points to 17,331.17.
The S&P 500 gained 11.68 points to 2,027.61, while the tech-focused Nasdaq index was up 35.30 at 4,763.97.
Analysts had expected the US central banks to keep its benchmark interest rate between 0.25% and 0.5%.
"Proceeding cautiously will allow us to ve... | (Close): US markets rose on Wednesday, following the decision by the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates unchanged and a statement indicating the rate would only rise twice in 2016. | 35824244 |
The National Day Nurseries Association idea would draw all existing funding streams into one account which parents could then use as they choose.
The body, which represents 20,000 independent nurseries, says the current funding system is too complicated.
The idea could "solve" the childcare issue for the long term, it ... | Politicians are being urged to simplify the way they fund free childcare for pre-school children by creating what is being dubbed a "childcare passport". | 39895004 |
Both sides drove in two runs in the first innings, but Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter then began to dominate as the runs dried up for Texas.
Allen Craig's solo home run in the third put the Cardinals ahead before the Rangers bullpen contrived to walk in two more runs in the fifth.
And the hosts added another run in ... | St Louis Cardinals won baseball's World Series after beating Texas Rangers 6-2 in the decisive seventh game. | 15503547 |
The 18-year-old was part of England's Euro 2016 squad in the summer but was not picked for the World Cup qualifier against Slovakia earlier this month.
He instead played for the under-21s, scoring a hat-trick against Norway.
The under-21s face Kazakhstan on October 6 and Bosnia-Herzegovina five days later in Euro 2017 ... | Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford has been left out by England Under-21s, three days before the next senior squad is named. | 37510227 |
But what gives a tree star quality?
Is it trunk size, moss per square foot, age, ease of climbing, or number of nobbles?
Whatever the criteria it would appear The Holm Oak, Kilbroney Park has that certain je ne sais quoi.
Dubbed 'Old Homer' this leafy leaning Rostrevor lovely has been crowned Northern Ireland 'Tree of ... | It's the time of year when many people are decorating Christmas trees. | 38378064 |
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said inflation as measured by the Consumer Prices Index remained at 2.3%.
The main downward effect on inflation last month came from air fares, which was due to the timing of Easter.
However, the ONS data showed food prices in March were 1.2% higher than last year, the biggest a... | UK inflation held steady last month, as rising prices for food and clothing were offset by lower air fares. | 39564885 |
Foster and Partners will design a building at Central Square with a new bus station, shops, up to 200,000 sq ft (18,581 sq m) of offices and a 200-bed hotel.
The council aims to get 50% of people in the city using public transport.
The firm is also responsible for designing the new BBC Wales headquarters at the square.... | Plans for a transport hub in Cardiff have been revealed as the council announces its preferred architect. | 33286140 |
The two bodies were discovered at a property in Rosefield Street in the city's west end.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said the deaths were being treated as unexplained.
The property has been sealed off by police while officers investigate. | Police are investigating the deaths of a man and woman at a tenement in Dundee. | 38291019 |
Capt Healey, from 1st Battalion, The Royal Welsh, was on patrol in the Nahr-e Saraj region of Helmand province when his vehicle was blown up by a bomb.
His commanding officer described him as "a brilliant Army officer and a truly outstanding individual".
His death brings the number of British service personnel killed i... | A British soldier killed while on patrol in Afghanistan has been named as Capt Stephen James Healey. | 18231281 |
While the pro-government Yeni Safak hailed a "glorious victory"; the opposition-leaning Cumhuriyet called it a "victory of fear". That shows the polarisation at the heart of Turkish society - and it is widely blamed on one man: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
He gambled with a re-run election - and won. But not complet... | Glance at the front pages of the Turkish press and you get a sense of how this country has reacted to the most surprising election result in a decade. | 34704565 |
What happened, why, and who was to blame for a catastrophic failure, that caused misery for tens of thousands of passengers, may cost British Airways over a hundred million pounds and tarnished the image of Britain's aviation flag carrier?
There are LOTS of questions to answer.
Company sources tell me the first questio... | The inquisition has begun. | 40113571 |
South Wales Police traced Kristian Dee Evans back to the crime in Rodney Street, home of a student from Hong Kong, through DNA on the snack.
Items including the 22-year-old victim's packed suitcases containing her clothes and shoes were taken
Evans, 33, from Gorseinon, has been jailed for three years after pleading gui... | A burglar from Swansea was caught after leaving behind a half-eaten piece of beef jerky. | 33905659 |
Blizzard revealed details of the breach in a message posted to its Battle.net account management service.
Players in North America should change their login details for the account management service, said Blizzard.
So far, it said, there was no evidence that credit card numbers and other personal details had been take... | Account details for millions of players have been stolen in a hack attack on Blizzard, the maker of World of Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo. | 19207276 |
The Ladies in White say the decision is to avoid tensions.
The group, founded by wives of jailed dissidents, has long defied a protest ban in Cuba with a weekly march.
Castro died on Friday at the age of 90. Flags are flying at half mast as the country observes nine days of mourning.
From Monday, people will be able to... | Cuba's most prominent dissident group has called off its traditional protest for the first time in 13 years following the death of the country's revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. | 38124302 |
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the measures were to protect some of the 6,000 people at the camp from cold temperatures as winter approaches.
Another 460 police officers are to be deployed there from Thursday, he added.
Numbers at the "New Jungle" camp have swelled in recent months, as the Europe migrant cris... | Women and children at a migrant camp outside the French port city of Calais are to be given heated tents by the end of the week, officials say. | 34600107 |
Three bodies have been recovered so far but officials say the unstable soil is making the search problematic.
It is not clear exactly how many people are underneath the rubble, as the mine was operating illegally.
Crowds gathered at the site in the south-western Cauca department after the incident on Wednesday night.
T... | Rescue workers in Colombia are using large mechanical diggers as they try to find people buried under tonnes of mud at a gold mine. | 27249782 |
Patients wear a headset that projects a life-sized image, firstly of an adult and then of a child.
The new research tested the technology for the first time on patients with a mental health problem.
The project is part of a continuing study at University College London.
The university, which is working in collaboratio... | A new therapy which involves a patient embodying themselves in a virtual reality avatar of a crying child could help with depression, research has suggested. | 35558447 |
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