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The transfer took place on Sunday.
Rights groups had raised concerns that some 200 Sri Lankans may have been handed over, including Tamils who say they face persecution at home.
The government has not commented on other possible cases, but says everyone was subject to "enhanced screening" to ensure compliance with Aust... | Australia has confirmed it has returned 41 asylum seekers to the Sri Lankan authorities at sea. | 28189316 |
The McDonnell Douglas MD-83 ploughed into a printing works and residential buildings before bursting into flames.
Rescue workers, who worked through the night, are still searching for bodies.
Everyone on board the aircraft died. There were also casualties on the ground, but it is not yet known how many people were kill... | Three days of mourning have begun in Nigeria for more than 150 people killed when their plane crashed in the main city of Lagos. | 18320758 |
Wada's compliance review committee meets in Montreal on Tuesday and is expected to recommend the East African country is declared non-compliant.
The organisation's board is then expected to approve the move on 12 May.
As revealed by BBC Sport, Kenya failed to meet a deadline on 11 February to pass a law establishing a... | Kenya is set to miss another World Anti-Doping Agency deadline, moving it closer to a possible Rio Olympics ban. | 35964938 |
The announcement from the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) comes in the run-up to crucial local elections in August - and in the aftermath of violent protests in the northern province of Limpopo in which more than 20 schools were torched.
"As the SABC, we are very clear that we are going to cover protests ... | South Africa's public broadcaster has come under fire for its decision to ban the broadcast of footage showing the "destruction of property" during violent protests. | 36433396 |
Michael McFeat, from Abernethy, was said to have been held after posting a picture of Kyrgyz co-workers queuing for a "chuchuk" horsemeat sausage.
He deleted the post and apologised for its caption.
The BBC's Central Asian service said he was being deported because of wrong documentation and not for his joke.
It said, ... | A Scottish mine worker who compared Kyrgyzstan's national dish to a horse's genitalia on Facebook is to be deported from the country. | 35220941 |
Bradley Moore, who was in his 40s, died in hospital after an attack in Warrington Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, on Wednesday night.
All four defendants, aged between 12 and 17, appeared at Manchester Crown Court.
The 12-year-old was remanded into local authority accommodation.
His co-accused were placed in youth detention... | Four boys, including a 12-year-old, have appeared in court charged with murdering a man who was injured outside a McDonald's branch. | 36939181 |
The Shanghai Composite closed down 1% at 3,747.90, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index rose 0.2% to 24,900.89.
Mainland Chinese equities had hit a seven-year high during the day as investors bet on more monetary easing.
Sentiment was also boosted after Beijing announced plans to prop up its struggling property market.
Po... | Markets in China ended mixed following a volatile trading session on Tuesday in spite of moves by the government to boost its economy. | 32126537 |
A total of 94 companies have applied for more than £32m from ACW's revenue-funded pot from 2016.
They include 26 companies who do not currently receive annual funding.
A review is under way to establish which organisations will receive regular funding from ACW in future.
The last investment review took place in 2010.
T... | A street dance collective and a Welsh language opera company are among organisations hoping to secure funding from the Arts Council of Wales (ACW). | 33139812 |
McGovern, a two-time European Cup winner with the Reds, has been named as advisor to owner Fawaz Al Hasawi.
He joined Forest after manager Billy Davies was sacked on Monday.
"There are a number of names, which have included Hoddle, Zola and Mackay," McGovern told BBC Radio Nottingham.
I never interfered with the manage... | Gianfranco Zola, Glenn Hoddle and Malky Mackay are all being considered for the vacant managerial job at Nottingham Forest, according to new club ambassador John McGovern. | 26741740 |
The medal is awarded for excellence in poetry and will be presented to Allnutt by the Queen in 2017.
Allnutt, 67, from Esh Winning in County Durham, was recommended by the Poetry Medal Committee on the basis of her entire body of work.
Poet Laureate Dame Carol Ann Duffy said she "has the power to comfort and to astonis... | Gillian Allnutt is to be awarded The Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry 2017, Buckingham Palace has announced. | 38393218 |
Layla Moran won the Oxfordshire seat from Nicola Blackwood by 816 votes - 26,252 to 25,440 - with an almost 15% swing away from the Tories.
Ms Moran said the result showed that Theresa May did not have the "blank cheque" she wanted when the election was called.
None of the county's other five seats changed hands.
The L... | The Liberal Democrats have overturned a Conservative majority of almost 10,000 votes to win Oxford West and Abingdon. | 40211291 |
The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has agreed to contribute £53m from the City Deal.
Bristol City Council plans to fund the remaining £38m which will be recouped from operator rental and other incomes.
The 12,000 capacity indoor venue will be located in the heart of the Temple Quarter Enterprise Zon... | Plans for a £91m entertainment arena in Bristol have taken a major step forward with the approval of more than half of the funding needed for the project. | 26075213 |
Jack Foster, known as Derek, from Long Bennington, disappeared after a hospital appointment on 23 December.
A body, which police believe to be the 83-year-old, was found on a verge of the A1 near the turn-off for Foston and Allingham on Tuesday.
Police said the death is not being treated as suspicious.
Mr Foster's next... | A body found at the side of a road in Lincolnshire is believed to be a pensioner who has been missing since before Christmas. | 30716435 |
Officials say the falcons were brought from Qatar by a member of its royal family without proper documentation.
They say another 22 birds have been handed back to the Qataris.
Members of Gulf royal families routinely bring in falcons for hunting birds and other animals in Pakistan, with government sanction.
The Qatari ... | Custom officials in the Pakistani city of Karachi have released 52 falcons that they say were unlawfully transported into the country. | 15834458 |
The man, in his 30s and from the Midlands, was part of a group of three who were climbing down the Crib Goch ridge when the incident happened at about 11:00 BST.
Llanberis mountain rescue said they were called at 13:00 when the other two raised the alarm.
It is believed the group had turned back because of heavy snow.
... | A man died after falling while walking on a Snowdonia peak on Saturday, a mountain rescue group has said. | 36009972 |
Cheikhou Kouyate scored the only goal at London Stadium, as the Hammers ended a run of five straight defeats.
West Ham are 14th with six games left and midfielder Noble says one more win should secure their top-flight status.
"We haven't been good enough for a couple of months, but this should release the pressure," he... | West Ham captain Mark Noble has called the win over Swansea their "biggest in a few years", as his team moved eight points clear of the relegation places. | 39541990 |
Six young stoats have been taken into care by an animal welfare charity after being found next to their dead mother.
The animals, which are thought to be five to six weeks old, were discovered on a road in North Kessock, near Inverness, late last month.
They are being cared for at the Scottish SPCA's National Wildlife ... | All images are copyrighted. | 40185335 |
Rovers travel to Adams Park seventh in the table a week after being taken over over by the Jordanian Al-Qadi family.
"This season they've done us twice convincingly, Darrell Clarke has done a good job," said Ainsworth.
"I know he's under pressure because it's a big club, they're expected to be around the top and they'v... | Wycombe boss Gareth Ainsworth says he "feels for" Bristol Rovers boss Darrell Clarke before the two meet on Saturday. | 35668633 |
Jacqueline Gold has been honoured for her services to entrepreneurship, women in business and social enterprise.
She has described how she set out to empower women in the bedroom and now supports women in the boardroom.
Ann Summers has 140 stores across the UK and Republic of Ireland - the Surrey businesswoman's person... | The woman who turned the Ann Summers family business into a major lingerie and sex toys chain has been made a CBE. | 35200234 |
The album of black and white photographs was handed to staff at Birmingham Coach Station.
Staff at National Express believe the couple may have married at St Clements Church at Neyland, Pembrokeshire, on 7 August 1965.
But they added Patricia Cavanagh and Brian Lewis may have married at a Manchester church with the sam... | A coach company is trying to reunite a wedding album with its owners - ahead of their 51st anniversary. | 36917296 |
ThyssenKrupp Woodhead Ltd, on Kirkstall Road, was under 4ft (1.2m) of water and suffered severe damage following the Boxing Day floods in December.
The company said it had been unable to reopen, with the risk of future floods leaving the site "permanently exposed".
It employs 93 people, with a staff consultation under ... | A flood-hit coil spring factory in Leeds is set to close, putting more than 90 jobs at risk. | 35744975 |
However, in the same week, ICM registered a five point drop in Conservative support compared with their poll one week earlier.
I still find it difficult to discern any significant change in the polls that points to an emerging decisive lead by any party.
This Sunday, Opinium registered a one point Conservative lead, 34... | Some excitement was provoked by several polls published over the past week - from Opinium, Survation and Ashcroft - suggesting four point Conservative leads. | 32470839 |
Callum Camps' well-taken early strike from 12 yards was cancelled out two minutes later by Millwall striker Aiden O'Brien's close-range finish.
It was Gregory who doubled the Lions' tally to give them the lead before the break, coolly slotting his penalty down the middle on his 100th appearance.
Keith Hill's men improv... | Ian Henderson's late penalty saw Rochdale beat 10-man Millwall 3-2 win at The Den. | 37394515 |
Tierney captained the team and scored a stunning long-range goal in Tuesday's 5-0 Scottish League Cup rout of Kilmarnock - a game in which he was deployed at centre-back.
The 20-year-old has also featured at right-back for Scotland.
"He can play wherever. He's a top player," said Kennedy.
"He still has improvement in h... | Celtic defender Kieran Tierney is "up there with the top left-backs" in Britain at the moment, says the club's first-team coach John Kennedy. | 40889350 |
Reigning champions New Zealand will go into the tournament well clear at the top of the international rankings and favourites to retain their title.
But England head coach Stuart Lancaster says a handful of other teams - including both Wales and Ireland, as well as his own charges - are serious contenders to lift the W... | The 2015 Rugby World Cup starts in less than two weeks, when hosts England play Fiji at Twickenham on 18 September. | 34174579 |
Mr Trump posted an image of a book for the film displaying a six-pointed star.
Critics say his recent tweet targeting Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton featured the Star of David, a symbol of Judaism.
The star included text that read, "Most Corrupt Candidate Ever!" and was placed over Mrs Clinton and a pile of cash.
... | Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has used the Disney film Frozen to defend a tweet condemned as anti-Semitic. | 36737180 |
"They are dictating it as policy... beyond what we have seen before," the UN special envoy told a House of Lords committee on sexual violence in war.
Ex-UK Foreign Secretary William Hague told the committee the use of rape in war should "shame all men" but he said it was possible to combat the problem.
The pair have be... | Islamic State jihadists are using rape as a weapon to terrorise and destroy communities, Angelina Jolie has warned. | 34190436 |
Atkinson, 19, won the historic title in the 50m butterfly by nine hundredths of a second at the British Swimming Championships in Sheffield.
The Loughborough University student said she was "buzzing" to win gold.
Her winning time of 26.81 seconds was outside the consideration time for the World Championships but was a ... | Charlotte Atkinson has become the first Isle of Man-born swimmer to become British champion. | 39652528 |
There are 448 candidates for 110 lower-house seats being contested.
While the opposition is not predicted to win any seats, the government has allowed them to register more easily than in previous votes. It wants to build better relations with the West.
Foreign monitors have been granted access to the vote count.
"We'v... | A parliamentary election is under way in Belarus, but opposition parties not represented in the chamber for 20 years are sceptical of their chances. | 37332969 |
Former Munster and Newcastle player Nagle, 27, will combine playing with his studies at Cambridge University.
He represented the Light Blues in December's Varsity Match at Twickenham, in a team which included Harlequins and Wales centre Jamie Roberts.
Sexton, 23, is the younger brother of Ireland fly-half Johnny and ar... | London Irish have signed second-row forwards Ian Nagle and Jerry Sexton on deals until the end of the season. | 35482631 |
The number will rise to 1.9 million by 2020, according to the Social Market Foundation's (SMF) research.
Currently, the government's national minimum wage is £6.70 per hour, but the National Living Wage for over-25s of £7.20 comes into effect in April.
The government said the increase would help over one million low pa... | More than 1.7m self-employed workers will earn below the new National Living Wage when it comes into force in April, a think tank has warned. | 35857947 |
The EU was heading towards closer integration - a path the UK "will not and should not follow", the leader of the Commons wrote in the Telegraph.
It is being seen as the first sign of a minister preparing to campaign to leave the EU in the UK's referendum.
A government source said Downing Street was "very relaxed" abou... | Remaining within the European Union under the UK's current membership terms would be "disastrous", Conservative minister Chris Grayling has said. | 35308763 |
It's part of the devolution deal that takes decision-making from Westminster to our region, on important issues such as housing and transport.
The metro mayor will represent Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, and Wolverhampton.
Six candidates have been announced and we are inviting you to use th... | On 4 May 2017, voters in the West Midlands will choose their first 'metro mayor'. | 39530037 |
More than 54 pupils at Southbank International School were abused by William Vahey between 2009 and 2013.
The serious case review said its safeguarding policies had failed and teachers did not report their concerns.
The school's board said it continued to provide support to those affected and was addressing the recomme... | An international school in London has been told to do more to safeguard its pupils after a convicted paedophile drugged and abused boys in its care. | 35361939 |
The payout to Andrew Bree forms part of a settlement reached in his compensation claim at the High Court in Belfast.
The 200m breaststroke swimmer, from County Down, represented Ireland at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics.
He was in a road accident on Belfast's Ravenhill Road in October 2010.
Three months after sustaining he... | A swimmer who failed to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics after being injured in a car accident is to receive £25,000 in damages. | 33150309 |
John Cooney, Dave Heffernan, Rory O'Loughlin, Andrew Porter, James Ryan, Rory Scannell, Jacob Stockdale and Kieran Treadwell have been called up.
Schmidt is without 11 players set to tour with the British and Irish Lions.
Injured trio Jamie Heaslip, Rob Kearney and Sean Cronin all miss out along with Andrew Trimble and... | Ireland coach Joe Schmidt has included eight uncapped players in his squad for the three-Test tour of the USA and Japan next month. | 39936800 |
And at busy times, this can mean standing in queues or hanging around for ages waiting for the restaurant bill to arrive.
All that could be about to change.
"Payments are vanishing inside apps," explains Dave Birch, a payments expert at Consult Hyperion. "That's where all the interesting stuff is going on."
Take the St... | Contactless payments may be all the rage these days, but you still have tap your smartphone, smartwatch or card on a terminal of some kind. | 35933801 |
Dr Craig Spencer, who treated Ebola patients while working for the charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), came down with a fever on Thursday, days after his return, officials say.
He is the first Ebola case diagnosed in New York, and the fourth in the US.
Meanwhile, one million doses of an Ebola vaccine will be produc... | A New York doctor who recently returned from Ebola-hit Guinea in West Africa has tested positive for the disease. | 29751495 |
Dutch specialists will join colleagues from the UK to try and establish who started the fires in areas of special scientific interest in May.
They will concentrate on fires at Slieve Beagh near Clogher, Mullaghcarn near Gortin and Moninea Bog, Teemore.
They were among 983 gorse fires in Northern Ireland in May.
More th... | International experts are helping to try and find out who started wildfires in Northern Ireland which devastated key protected areas earlier this year. | 40355307 |
Two men in their 20s entered a convenience store in Brixton and one of them, armed with a pellet gun, shot at a 44-year-old man behind the counter.
Some of the pellets lodged in the victim's eyes and face.
The second man stole the cash register and they both ran off. Met Police have released CCTV footage of the "viciou... | Surgeons are trying to save the sight of a shop worker who was shot in the face during a robbery in south London. | 34710039 |
The 30-year-old spent the second half of last season on loan to Motherwell after falling out of favour at their Scottish Premiership rivals.
He could be followed out of Hearts by fellow midfielder Billy King.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle have held talks about a potential loan deal for the 22-year-old who ended last sea... | Midfielder Morgaro Gomis has left Hearts to join Malaysian Super League club Kelantan. | 36767601 |
Craven scored twice along with Chris Bridge to put Widnes 18-12 up at half-time, with Danny Tickle and Ben Crooks replying for the hosts.
Sam Brooks' try and a Tom Gilmore drop goal gave the Vikings control before Crooks' second and a Sam Hopkins touchdown dragged Leigh within a point.
Craven's third and Charley Runcim... | Danny Craven's hat-trick helped Widnes to their first Super League win of 2017 as they overcame a spirited Leigh side. | 39421490 |
Jamie Ferguson, 21, was arrested by Spanish police following alleged threatening behaviour towards cabin crew on the 13 July Jet2.com flight.
The crew had to give statements to police which led to a two-hour delay to the return flight.
Jet2.com also had to pay extra ground handling, airport and security charges.
Phil W... | An airline passenger has been billed for £2,716 for costs incurred due to his behaviour on a flight to Ibiza from Glasgow. | 33934259 |
The Glasgow-based firm, which assembles generators at a plant in Dumbarton, also said revenue for the first six months was down 12% to £661m.
Reasons for the slump include the weaker state of the North American energy industry and refining markets. Revenue in that sector was down 20%.
The firm has also had costs associ... | Temporary power suppler Aggreko has reported a 31% drop in profits to £61m as part of its half-year figures. | 36963568 |
A number of people were reported to be using weapons in an attack on the Andersonstown Road at about 18:15 GMT.
Three men were injured and are in a stable condition in hospital.
One eyewitness said hurling sticks and hammers were being used as weapons.
The arrested men are also suspected of possession of an offensive w... | Two men have been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm with intent after a confrontation in west Belfast. | 35806430 |
The report by Cardiff Business School warns of "implications for community representation" and says higher workloads could deter people from standing for election.
Ministers have said that reorganisation plans will mean fewer councillors.
A Welsh government spokeswoman said "effective community governance" is being con... | Cutting councillor numbers when local authorities are merged could damage democracy, an independent review says. | 30817582 |
The 2m-high Transit Elevated Bus (TEB) straddles the cars below, allowing them to pass through.
Powered by electricity, the bus is able to carry up to 300 passengers in its 72ft (21m) long and 25ft wide body.
A video of a mini-model of the vehicle caused great excitement when it was released in May.
The trial run was c... | It may look like something from the future, but China's long-awaited "straddling bus" ran its inaugural test in Hebei province this week. | 36961433 |
As the fog rolled in across the track, he suddenly realised how he could fix the nascent air-cooling system he'd been working on, using water as a condensing surface.
This sudden moment of inspiration led to the invention of modern air-conditioning, a fortune for its inventor, and the foundation of a multi-billion doll... | Standing on the station platform, waiting for the Philadelphia train one night in the summer of 1902, Willis Carrier was about to have his 'eureka moment'. | 11706476 |
The Dark Blues won the race, held over 2,000m on a straight course, by four lengths in five minutes and 50 seconds.
From 2015, the event will be staged on the same day and course, along the River Thames, as the men's competition, which this year takes place on 6 April.
The Women's Boat Race was first staged in 1927 and... | Oxford beat Cambridge for the sixth time in seven years to win the final Women's Boat Race at Henley-on-Thames. | 26812001 |
He died at the scene of the collision, which involved his car and a Ford van close to the White Bull pub on Preston Road between Longridge and Grimsargh at about 16:45 BST on Tuesday.
A 25-year-old man from Longridge was held on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and possession of a Class A drug, Lancashir... | A driver has been arrested after the death of an 80-year-old man in a crash. | 36724010 |
The 20-year-old scored once in nine appearances on loan with the Blues during the second half of last season, his only goal coming on his debut in a 3-0 victory over Altrincham.
"We are delighted that Danny wanted to return to Chester," manager Jon McCarthy told the club website.
"He will increase competition within th... | Wigan Athletic winger Danny O'Brien has rejoined National League side Chester on loan until the end of the campaign. | 38804231 |
Some said it could give her a stronger mandate in Brexit talks with the EU, but others warned it would distract from other issues.
There was also concern it would spark further volatility on share and currency markets.
On the financial markets, the pound jumped on the news, but shares fell.
The FTSE 100 was down more t... | British business groups have given a mixed response to the Prime Minister's sudden call for a general election. | 39628290 |
Organisers wanted more than 500 people to join in the effort at Glyndwr University's sports centre.
Sasha Kenney was behind the move as she tried to get into the Guinness Book of Records for a second time after hula hooping the London Marathon course.
The attempt was part of the Wrexham Fitness Festival, which encourag... | A bid to break the world record for the largest ever hula hoop workout was attempted in Wrexham on Saturday. | 34432751 |
"He really believed he was talking to the people we said we were," said Vladimir Krasnov, known as "Vovan".
Sir Elton praised Mr Putin, having earlier criticised his "isolating and prejudiced" attitude.
But the Kremlin firmly denied the president had contacted the singer and hinted the call could have been a hoax.
Vova... | A Russian prank caller has said he and a colleague tricked Sir Elton John into thinking President Vladimir Putin had called him to discuss gay rights. | 34272547 |
"Another important step in clearing up the mess left by the financial crisis," he tweeted at just after 7am.
The government had just announced that £13bn of former Northern Rock mortgages had been sold to the US investment firm Cerberus.
TSB announced shortly afterwards that it had bought £3.4bn of those mortgages from... | Certainly, George Osborne was very happy on Twitter this morning. | 34806376 |
Jonathan Wright, who owns Clearwell Caves in the Forest of Dean, wants to recruit a team of young people to learn from the area's miners directly.
He has been awarded Heritage Lottery Funding but has to go through an 18-month development period first.
He said: "A lot of these miners are very elderly people and it worri... | A scheme to train up a new generation of Gloucestershire ochre miners, could be jeopardised by funding delays. | 34525946 |
It follows claims that her mobile phone and millions of French calls have been monitored by the US National Security Agency (NSA).
Mrs Merkel said once seeds of mistrust had been sown, it made co-operation on intelligence more difficult.
The row over alleged spying continues to overshadow an EU summit in Brussels.
On T... | France and Germany want to hold talks with the US by the end of the year to settle a row over spying, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said. | 24665554 |
Just across the border, the German city of Aachen and the Dutch city of Maastricht have announced they are considering taking legal action. They want to force Belgium to shut the reactors down.
Belgium has two nuclear plants at Doel, near the port of Antwerp, and at Tihange near Liege. They have a total of seven reacto... | Belgium's neighbours have expressed alarm at its plans to extend the life of 40-year-old nuclear reactors, seen by critics as dangerous. | 35469932 |
Thursday's yuan guidance rate was set 1% lower, a smaller margin than the shock cuts earlier in the week.
The midpoint is a guiding rate set by the government, from which trade can rise or fall 2% during the day.
The Shanghai Composite index closed up 1.8% at 3,954.56, with hopes that the lower yuan will help exports.
... | Asian stock markets were trading mostly higher, despite the value of China's yuan falling for a third consecutive day. | 33899735 |
In 2013 and 2014 Edwina Hart decided to support Kancoat despite being told it had a "weak" business plan.
Sir Alistair Graham said possible jobs for her constituents led to the potential conflict.
Welsh Government said the support was "consistent with the ministerial code".
It said this was because the company was base... | An ex-minister had a potential conflict of interest when she approved £3.4m of support for a Swansea firm which later went bust, a former watchdog on standards in public life has claimed. | 37168134 |
The discovery was made in undergrowth at the Tesco Extra store in North Harbour at about 11:00 GMT.
A Hampshire spokeswoman said a cordon was in place to protect the area.
"At this current time we are unable to confirm any further details as investigations are at a very early stage," she added.
Police said a post-morte... | Human remains have been found next to a supermarket petrol station in Portsmouth. | 35767251 |
The carmaker is investing £800m at its headquarters in Crewe to develop and build the sports utility vehicle (SUV), which will compete with cars like the Range Rover.
Bentley's owner, Volkswagen, considered making the car in Bratislava, Slovakia, where it already builds SUVs.
The British government lobbied to keep the... | Bentley says the development of a luxury car will result in 1,000 new jobs in the UK. | 23416214 |
Many more support staff and journalists covering the club were among the 71 who died in the crash outside Medellin.
A minute's silence was held at matches in England and Scotland on Saturday.
Chelsea's Brazil defender David Luiz, whose side beat Manchester City 3-1, said: "I give this victory to the people who died."
L... | Premier League players have paid tribute to the victims of Monday's Colombian plane crash that killed 19 members of Brazilian side Chapecoense. | 38196365 |
In a special steel inquiry, MPs pointed to reports that Tata could withdraw the sale of the UK's biggest steelworks until it had clarity on Brexit.
"I'm not going to put out doom and gloom. I am going to be confident on this," Ms Soubry told MPs.
Ministers will do "everything to keep the blast furnaces" open, she said.... | Business Minister Anna Soubry has said she is "confident" Tata Steel's Port Talbot plant can be kept open despite uncertainty after the EU referendum. | 36726978 |
Police appealed for the mother to come forward, saying she may require urgent medical attention.
Officers were at the scene off Edgeway Road in Marston, Oxford, where Thames Valley Police received a report of a dead baby at 09:20 GMT.
The 999 call handler reported that the child's body was found off the path in bushes,... | The body of a baby has been found on a footpath by a member of the public. | 35689266 |
The St David's Day speech was an internet sensation, with mobile phone clips being shared on social media.
He told BBC Wales he was not affiliated to any political party and that "they're all doing terrible jobs on the whole".
Sheen said he would not relish getting involved in party politics.
Asked if he was surprised ... | Actor Michael Sheen says the passion displayed in his recent speech on the NHS was inspired by Aneurin Bevan - and the Tredegar weather. | 31805326 |
Tim Kopra reported a "small amount" of water, but the flight director took the precaution of ending the event early.
The agency is under a ruling to terminate a spacewalk under such circumstances after an incident in 2013, when a European astronaut developed a significant helmet leak.
The astronauts were outside the sp... | Nasa has ended the spacewalk involving UK astronaut Tim Peake after his US colleague reported water in his helmet. | 35328281 |
Salford went six points ahead on three separate occasions, but were pegged back each time by the Vikings.
A Josh Jones try and two Gareth O'Brien penalties stretched Salford's lead to 10 points, before Corey Thompson's score for Widnes set up a tense finish.
However, Caton-Brown dived over with two minutes remaining to... | Mason Caton-Brown's hat-trick of tries gave Salford victory over Widnes in a pulsating Super League contest. | 36774141 |
The former Norfolk county cricket ground at Lakenham in Norwich is being redeveloped for new homes.
The last building to go is its distinctive thatched cricket pavilion and changing room block.
England stars like WG Grace, the Edrich brothers and Clive Radley all played on the ground where cricket matches had been held... | A pavilion from which famous cricketers have stepped out to the crease has been demolished to make way for housing. | 31814864 |
Georgi Yaschuk, 23, of Cambridge Road, Brighton was struck by a Tesco truck when the fight spilled on to Western Road in the early hours of Sunday.
He was found lying in the road by emergency services at 02:40 BST and pronounced dead at the scene.
A 24-year-old man was arrested by Sussex Police on Sunday afternoon.
A ... | A second man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was hit and killed by a lorry following a fight in Brighton. | 36012429 |
The 34-year-old Argentina international made 246 appearances for Tigers, winning four Premiership titles.
He played his last game in November against Harlequins and has been advised to retire because of a back injury.
"I have been extremely proud to represent Leicester and Argentina for so many seasons," Ayerza said.
"... | Leicester Tigers prop Marcos Ayerza has announced his immediate retirement from professional rugby after 11 years with the Premiership club. | 39564614 |
1535 - Indigenous Araucanian people successfully resist first Spanish invasion of Chile.
1541 - Pedro de Valdivia begins Spanish conquest and founds Santiago.
1553 - Araucanians capture and kill Valdivia.
1810 - Junta in Santiago proclaims autonomy for Chile following the overthrow of the king of Spain by Napoleon.
181... | A chronology of key events: | 19356356 |
The initiative would see customers pay a small surcharge which is refunded when the bottle is returned to a shop.
Design options and potential costs will be examined by Zero Waste Scotland, with the findings then being put to a public consultation.
International drinks giant Coca-Cola has already backed the idea.
Envir... | A detailed study into how a deposit-return scheme for bottles and cans would work has been commissioned by the Scottish government. | 40457116 |
He runs the Hook and Cleaver butcher in Ealing, west London.
"At the time trade really did go through the roof, especially with mince products, burgers, sausages, things like that," he says.
Consumers had lost confidence in some supermarket products and favoured local butchers like Mr Dzido who could tell them more abo... | Paul Dzido remembers the weeks after the horsemeat scandal was revealed last year - because business boomed. | 25715666 |
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The National League side, 57 places below their opponents, led through Bobby-Joe Taylor's first-half penalty after Niall Canavan fouled Jamar Loza.
But Camps' deflected stoppage-time 20-yard free-kick prevented an upset.
Maidstone's Anthony Acheampong was sent off after th... | Callum Camps scored with the last kick of the game to earn League One Rochdale an FA Cup first-round replay against non-league Maidstone United. | 37813989 |
Mothers in the capital face particular difficulty in finding jobs that enable them to combine work with childcare.
Only 60% of women with dependent children are in work compared with 69% in the rest of the UK.
And nearly half of all 18-24 year-olds and part-time staff are paid less than the London Living Wage (LLW) of ... | Part-time work is growing fast in London, but much of it is poorly paid, according to the London Assembly. | 35493706 |
Pro-democracy protests erupted into a major street campaign on Sunday. Protesters want Beijing to scrap rules allowing it to vet candidates for Hong Kong's top job in the 2017 polls.
Most Chinese language papers in the mainland have criticised the protest, calling it an "illegal assembly". The papers, however, have ref... | Mainland papers condemn the protests in Hong Kong, blaming "radical opposition forces" for stirring up trouble. | 29405747 |
The American top seed won 6-3 6-0 to claim the WTA title for the fifth time.
Williams also gained revenge for against Halep in the group stage.
The 33-year-old, who won her 18th Grand Slam singles title at the US Open in September, will end the year as world number one for the fourth time.
"I had to play more Serena-s... | Serena Williams beat Romania's Simona Halep to win the season-ending WTA Tour Finals for the third year in a row on the event's debut in Singapore. | 29777139 |
Hamilton's Mercedes suffered the same hybrid system failure as at the Chinese GP, which he started from last.
Team-mate Nico Rosberg took pole position and is likely to extend his large 36-point championship lead.
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel was second but has a five-place grid penalty, putting Williams' Valtteri Bottas... | Lewis Hamilton suffered a major blow as an engine problem left him 10th on the grid at the Russian Grand Prix. | 36177489 |
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The previous night in Bangalore, Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli had piled on 211 for Royal Challengers in exactly the same number of deliveries.
Because this is cricket, the contrast served only to underline Cook's particular charms as a batsman. In a fast-forward world he is... | As Alastair Cook closed in on his 10,000th Test run during the first Test against Sri Lanka, his partnership with Alex Hales produced 28 runs off the first 15 overs of the match. | 36378926 |
The piece of performance art encouraged the public to say "He will not divide us" into a camera mounted outside the Museum of the Moving Image in New York.
The Transformers star was arrested after a fracas at the site, which police began manning round the clock.
The actor criticised the museum's decision to shut down t... | An exhibit by actor Shia LaBeouf that lambasted President Donald Trump has been shut down because it had turned into "a flashpoint for violence". | 38937476 |
The house was left hanging from the edge of a 75ft cliff after it was damaged during the bad weather.
It is the second storm to cause severe damage in recent weeks.
Roddy Hickson, 72, and his wife Maureen, 68, had lived in the house for 20 years.
Speaking to the Wexford People newspaper, Mr Hickson said: "It's hard to ... | A couple from Wexford have been forced to leave their home after Storm Imogen. | 35597457 |
His body was recovered by Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team volunteers after the incident on the Pyg track at about 18:30 BST on Monday.
He was taken from the cliff on a stretcher to Llyn Glaslyn lake before being carried off the mountain.
The man is the second person in three days to have died on the Snowdonia mountain r... | A man has died after falling more than 70m on Snowdon. | 40796503 |
The £45m development is proposed for Smithy Wood, by M1 junction 35 between Thorpe Hesley and Chapeltown.
About 150 people took part in the protest outside Sheffield Town Hall on Saturday.
Developers, Extra, say there is "a clear need" to fill a gap in service provision in the area.
Smithy Wood dates to the 1160s. Prot... | A demonstration has taken place over plans to build a motorway service station on ancient woodland in South Yorkshire. | 39315323 |
The 30-year-old Scot, who won the tournament for a second time last year, faces Kazakhstan's world number 134 on Centre Court at 13:00 BST.
Seven-time champion Roger Federer faces Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov in his opening match.
British number one Johanna Konta, seeded sixth, plays Hsieh Su-wei in the first round on... | Britain's Andy Murray will begin the defence of his Wimbledon title against lucky loser Alexander Bublik on Monday. | 40454648 |
Frank Sims will take over from interim boss Dr Lucy Moore in early December.
He is currently chief executive of Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust.
Mr Sims said he brought with him a "commitment to the long-term success" of the trust and hospital and was attracted by the staff's "determination to deli... | A new chief executive has been appointed to the NHS trust that runs Colchester Hospital. | 34085963 |
Llandaff Society said the character of the area "will be very difficult to sustain" as the sale has been agreed on the condition Taylor Wimpey gets permission to build up to 500 homes.
The broadcaster plans to move to a new centre by Cardiff Central rail station.
The sale of the current sites will help fund the new dev... | Concerns have been raised by plans to develop hundreds of homes on the site of BBC Wales' Cardiff headquarters. | 30997185 |
Figures obtained by the BBC show 1,099 forged documents were seized at ports and airports in 2014, the last year for which statistics were available.
The Home Office declined to provide figures for individual ports.
It said disclosure would prejudice the prevention and detection of crime or the operation of immigration... | The number of forged passports seized at UK borders has reached a five-year high, with nearly 1,100 being confiscated in 2014. | 35959213 |
Albert White, 25, was killed in France after storming an enemy machine gun post in order to save his comrades.
The Liverpool-born sergeant was awarded the Victoria Cross for his "conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty".
A stone has been laid at Liverpool Parish Church, one hundred years after he died in May 1917.
Tom... | A World War One hero who survived the Battle of the Somme has been honoured with a commemorative stone, a century after he was killed. | 39980173 |
The woman had threatened to cancel the group's next trip and not pay for their return tickets if they did not spend up to 3,000 yuan (£319; $483) each.
Officials in south-western Yunnan say she violated national tourism laws.
Since 2013, Chinese tour operators have been banned from enforcing shopping stops and seeking... | A Chinese tour guide who was caught on camera berating tourists for not shopping enough has had her licence revoked after the video went viral. | 32582652 |
Midfielder Brown's goal came in the 51st minute, when he fired the ball home from 12 yards out.
Substitute Ollie Palmer came close to levelling for Orient in the 75th minute only for Ross Etheridge to deny him.
The victory keeps Stanley in fifth, while the O's drop to eighth, one place out of the play-offs. | A Scott Brown goal was enough for Accrington Stanley to overcome Leyton Orient and stay just a point off the automatic League Two promotion spots. | 35839076 |
It was the second of three main risings by supporters of King James VII of Scotland and II of England and his heirs.
UHI, the National Trust for Scotland and Saltire Society will hold events during August, September and October.
They will be held at Culloden Battlefield, the site of the Jacobites' defeat in April 1746.... | Events are to be held to mark the 300th anniversary of the 1715 Jacobite Rising. | 33759301 |
Cuba gay pride calls for equality
The event was organised by President Raul Castro's daughter, Mariela Castro.
Although same-sex marriage remains illegal, dozens of couples took part in symbolic gay weddings presided over by religious leaders from Cuba and the US.
Two years ago, Cuban law banned workplace discriminatio... | More than 1,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Cubans have marched through the streets of Havana to protest against discrimination. | 32679658 |
It follows an inquiry into the arrest of a man who ended up in intensive care after taking legal highs.
The incident happened on 1 December 2014 in Edinburgh.
The investigation found officers should have ensured the man was examined sooner by a healthcare professional.
Commissioner Kate Frame said: "Where there exists ... | Police officers should seek immediate medical attention for prisoners they believe have swallowed drugs, according to a recommendation from the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner. | 32115594 |
Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan had initially been negotiating a deal which would have seen them acquire more than 75% of the shares.
That would effectively have given them complete control, including the power to issue more shares.
The new deal will protect the influence of the Swansea City Supporters' Trust, which will... | American investors in talks about taking over Swansea City want to buy around a 60% stake in the club. | 36049420 |
In an emotional one-minute commercial, the former talk show host spoke about her renowned weight loss struggles, flashing back to videos of her working out over the years.
She asked viewers to join her, saying "let's do this together".
Ms Winfrey bought a 10% stake in the company for $43.2m (£28m) in October.
New York... | Shares of weight loss company Weight Watchers jumped nearly 19% on Wednesday after a television ad featuring Oprah Winfrey was shown in the US. | 35203504 |
This year will be the last Women's Prize for Fiction has the word Baileys attached to it.
The liqueur company, owned by Diageo, said it had "regretfully decided to make way for a new sponsor".
Orange sponsored the award for 17 years up to 2012 before Baileys took over in 2014.
The shifting nature of commercial partners... | It's all change in the world of literary prizes. | 38795639 |
Thomas Conington, 28, appeared in private before Sheriff Kevin Drummond at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday.
He was also charged with an offence under the Explosive Substances Act
His appearance in court follows reports of fire damage to the Edinburgh Central Mosque in Potterrow in the early hours of Sunday, 18 Septem... | A man has been charged with wilful fire-raising aggravated by religious and racial prejudice after a fire at a mosque in Edinburgh. | 37483013 |
Canine entry points to the state-of-the-art Buddh International Circuit have been blocked ahead of the race.
Last year stray dogs roaming free on the circuit during the first practice session caused some embarrassment.
However, plans to install ultrasonic devices to keep dogs away from the track have been dropped.
Offi... | Formula 1 organisers in India say they are determined to ensure that the track near Delhi is completely "dog proof" ahead of Sunday's race. | 20080958 |
His body was discovered on Sunday morning by a member of the public in Crooksling in Tallaght.
Police were called to the scene shortly after 09:00 BST and the area has been sealed off for a forensic examination.
The man is believed to have been in his 30s.
A post-mortem examination will take place on Monday morning. | Irish police have started an investigation after a man was found dead with gunshot wounds in County Dublin. | 36455077 |
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