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The independent Commission for a Sustainable London 2012 said recycling and regeneration had been a success.
But it said much more could be done to minimise the impact of future Olympic Games on people and the planet.
Commission chairman Shaun McCarthy said London had set high standards for future Olympic host cities t... | London 2012 has been the greenest Olympics ever, the commission set up to monitor the environmental impact of the Games has announced. | 19220847 |
The social networking website agreed to the request by Keith Davies, who suspected the culprit was trying to undermine him with ridicule.
The unofficial account - @KeithDaviesAM - makes several references to spending time gardening and tea drinking.
Mr Davies, who is 70, believes whoever is behind it was trying to dep... | Twitter has frozen a fake account set up in the name of a newly-elected Labour member of the Welsh assembly. | 13654368 |
The Democracy Now! reporter said she would surrender to authorities on Monday in response to the charge.
District Judge John Grinsteiner will decide whether there is sufficient evidence to support the riot charge.
Ms Goodman filmed the crackdown on protesters by authorities last month.
"I wasn't trespassing, I wasn't e... | US journalist Amy Goodman is facing charges of participating in a "riot" after filming Native American-led protests over an oil pipeline in North Dakota. | 37676332 |
The Health Foundation review of official NHS data between 2011-12 and 2016-17 found longer waits for cancer, A&E and routine operations.
Last year the NHS missed all three targets for the first time in its history - and researchers warned it could get worse before it improves.
But the Conservatives said investment was ... | Hospitals waiting times in England have deteriorated markedly in the past five years, an analysis shows. | 39882296 |
The Sons had the best chance of the first half when Gregor Buchanan shot meekly at Pars goalkeeper Sean Murdoch.
That miss proved costly when Dunfermline's Rhys McCabe and David Hopkirk struck in the final 10 minutes.
With a poorer goal difference than St Mirren, the loss leaves Dumbarton second-bottom with three games... | Dumbarton's Scottish Championship survival hopes were dealt a blow after two late goals condemned them to a home defeat by Dunfermline. | 39536759 |
Two Jack Carty penalties put Connacht 6-0 ahead but two Niko Matawalu tries and a Stuart Hogg score helped the visitors lead 19-6 at the interval.
An Aly Muldowney try helped Connacht cut the lead to 19-13 but Carty's third penalty miss hindered the home side.
Adam Ashe's 68th-minute score secured Glasgow's bonus point... | Glasgow moved back to the top of the Pro12 table as they dented Connacht's European qualification hopes in Galway. | 32455517 |
The Lothians MSP has previously criticised UK leader Jeremy Corbyn, and has faced criticism from left-wing members of her own party.
She insisted she was leaving the party in a much better state than she had found it.
But she said a new leader was needed with "fresh energy, drive and a new mandate".
Ms Dugdale said she... | Kezia Dugdale has resigned as leader of Scottish Labour, saying it is time to "pass on the baton" to someone else. | 41082916 |
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Yarnold, 28, completed her first run in 52.29 seconds, just 0.02secs outside the medal places, but had fallen to 13th after her second run.
However, the second run times will now not count towards the final standings.
Fellow Briton Laura Deas, 28, had moved up to a provisi... | Olympic skeleton champion Lizzy Yarnold sits fourth at the World Championships after the second run was cancelled because of heavy snow. | 39081238 |
The dismissal of one set of charges against the British activist was confirmed by Thailand's Supreme Court last week.
However, he was convicted in September on two other counts under sweeping criminal defamation and computer crimes laws and was given a three-year suspended prison sentence. He also faces civil complaint... | British labour rights campaigner Andy Hall has left Thailand after a three-and-a-half year legal battle with a pineapple processing company accused, in a report he contributed to, of abusing its workforce. | 37896421 |
Some 2,000 from north Wales took part in the start of the peace pilgrimage, which saw women across Britain converge on London's Hyde Park.
The original march in north Wales left from Penygroes in May 1926, heading first to nearby Caernarfon.
The march around Caernarfon coincides with the United Nations' International D... | A march and rally has been held in Gwynedd to mark a peace campaign led by woman following World War One. | 37429991 |
Jurors found Ralph Clarke from Erdington, Birmingham, guilty of 21 counts of abusing two girls in the 1970s and 80s.
He admitted nine charges relating to a young boy part-way through his trial at Birmingham Crown Court.
Clarke told police he was "immune to feelings", the court heard.
See the latest updates and reaction... | A 101-year-old man - thought to be the oldest person convicted in British legal history - has been found guilty of historical child sex offences. | 38343295 |
The 46-year-old's deal, which was set to expire in 2017, now covers the World Cup and Ashes in England in 2019.
"I love the job, but it's a job you can't do forever," said Lehmann, who was appointed in 2013.
Under Lehmann, Australia won the 2015 World Cup and are currently top of the Test and one-day rankings.
They tra... | Australia coach Darren Lehmann has extended his contract until October 2019, but said he does not expect to continue beyond then. | 36939428 |
Margaret Paterson spent almost £500,000 on designer goods and was found with more than £200,000 in cash in her West End home.
Paterson, 61, ran a brothel and escort service from the New Town with business partner Robert Munro, 61, who was also found guilty of the same charge.
They will be sentenced on 8 July.
Ian Goale... | An Edinburgh woman who made hundreds of thousands of pounds running a national prostitution racket has been found guilty of living off immoral earnings. | 22840767 |
At that time the club's owners were caught in a pincer movement between the green-and-gold fans protest which wanted the US billionaires to sell up, and the Red Knights group of major City figures which was gathering support to launch a takeover bid.
Some five years previously - in 2005 - the Glazer family had taken ov... | "To hate us when the club has been so successful, it's extraordinary," remarked Joel Glazer after Manchester United's emphatic Champions League victory against AC Milan in March 2010. | 32214981 |
Air stewards and passengers assisted at the birth, which took place on a flight from Guinea to Burkina Faso.
The mother and baby, named Kadiju, were taken to hospital when the Boeing 737 safely landed in the Burkina Faso capital of Ouagadougou on Friday.
Both are now reported to be tired but in good health.
"The cabin ... | Cabin crew on a Turkish Airlines flight celebrated the arrival of an extra passenger at 42,000ft (12,800 metres) when a woman gave birth to a baby girl. | 39542828 |
However, while civilian casualties in Afghanistan have reached their highest-recorded level, attacks on tourists are rare.
The fact Afghanistan attracts tourists at all may come as a surprise to some, but a number of companies offer tours to the country where there were more than 11,000 casualties of violence last year... | A Taliban attack on a group of foreign tourists in Afghanistan, that left at least six people wounded, is not the first of its kind in the country. | 36974513 |
Christopher Halliwell, 52, denies killing Becky Godden between 1 January 2003 and 3 April 2008.
Jurors at Bristol Crown Court heard Mr Halliwell was "a regular customer" of Miss Godden, who was a sex worker, and "would pay her money not to work".
He is serving a life sentence for murdering Sian O'Callaghan in 2011.
Mis... | A taxi driver accused of murdering a woman whose body was found "hidden in the middle of nowhere" was "besotted with her", a court has heard. | 37294103 |
King has been in talks with the club over the proposed investment.
"We wish to appoint an equal number of members to the board and have the key say regarding the appointment of the chairperson," King said in a statement.
"We will not invest funds and let the existing board determine how these funds are spent."
King is ... | Dave King remains hopeful his group's proposal to invest £16m in Rangers will be accepted, but they want to help decide how the cash is spent. | 29749325 |
The Mourne County, without an inter-county victory since April 2015, led 0-6 to 0-1 after just 12 minutes.
They only trailed once briefly in the second half and the win sets up a winner-takes-all clash with Armagh on Wednesday night for a semi-final place.
Ethan Rafferty and Anto Duffy goals helped Armagh beat Queen's ... | Newcomer Alan Davidson hit nine points as Down battled to a hard-fought 0-15 to 0-14 Dr McKenna Cup Section A win over Derry at Pairc Esler on Sunday. | 38631050 |
NHS Kernow has been placed under legal directions by NHS England to produce a recovery plan as it is heading for a year-end deficit of £14m.
It had previously had forecast a surplus of £500,000.
NHS Kernow said it had a good financial track record but faced "a number" of pressures.
Clinical commissioning group NHS Kern... | The organisation that commissions health services in Cornwall has been ordered to deal with its financial problems by NHS bosses. | 35113666 |
But for Belfast woman Kim Fenton, that is what she has to deal with on a daily basis.
She was born without legs and with deformed hands after her mother was given an anti-morning sickness drug during her pregnancy.
That drug, Thalidomide, caused babies to be born with limb defects as well as damaged eyes, ears and inte... | Living without hands or legs is a nightmarish thought that few of us have to live out in reality. | 35337949 |
Researchers from the universities of Exeter and Oxford have found crop pests are moving at an average of two miles (3km) a year.
The team said they were heading towards the north and south poles, and were establishing in areas that were once too cold for them to live in.
The research is published in the journal Nature ... | Climate change is helping pests and diseases that attack crops to spread around the world, a study suggests. | 23899019 |
Wales say Harry Jones suffered a seizure in two previous games because of flash photography.
They are scheduled for a fifth-placed play-off game versus Spain on Thursday.
"Harry has been carried off on a stretcher because of photography," Wales manager Mark Andrew Jones said.
Banning flash photography isn't a competiti... | Wales' wheelchair rugby league side are threatening to leave the pitch in their final World Cup match if flash photography takes place after one of their players suffered seizures. | 40734452 |
This is despite criticisms of her past links to a dissident republican group.
Catherine McCartney, whose brother Robert was murdered by the IRA in 2005, is against her election.
She had called it an "appalling abuse of the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament)".
Miss Cahill has admitted to a very brief association with the Rep... | Máiría Cahill, who has accused the IRA of covering up a sexual attack on her by one of its members, is favourite to become an Irish senator in a by-election. | 34778478 |
After an opening stand of 68 with Tammy Beaumont (37), captain Charlotte Edwards batted through the innings for 77 from 61 balls in England's 148-5.
West Indies' earlier win over India had meant group leaders England would have risked elimination on net run-rate had Pakistan won in 18.1 overs or less.
But Pakistan were... | England moved into the Women's World Twenty20 semi-finals with an easy 68-run victory over Pakistan in Chennai. | 35907535 |
Mark Lloyd, of Ynysybwl, Rhondda Cynon Taff, claimed £6,551.80 in Personal Independence Payments, saying a slipped disc in his back left him in agony.
At the same time, the 33-year-old competed in races, climbed Africa's highest peak, went wing-walking and skied in the Alps.
He was convicted of a fraud charge at Merth... | A benefits cheat who said he could not walk more than 50 metres climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and won a triathlon. | 40667991 |
Lincolnshire County Council started to reduce street lighting from April to save £1.77m of its annual budget.
A Lincoln resident said it was a "flawed policy from the start" causing people "anxiety and worry".
Councillor Richard Davies, said the reversal meant "there may be less potholes filled or cuts elsewhere".
See... | About 15,000 street lights will stay on for an extra two hours after a council u-turn over criticism of a money-saving decision to turn them off at 22:00. | 36478369 |
Chasing Namibia's 146-9, the Irish sneaked home with two balls to spare, helped by Gary Wilson's unbeaten 38 and two late Andy McBrine boundaries.
Earlier, Louis van der Westhuizen struck 50 for the Namibians with fellow opener Stephan Baard contributing 32.
They put on 81 for the first wicket in 8.4 overs as a big tot... | Ireland kept alive their hopes at the inaugural Desert T20 tournament as they beat Namibia by five wickets in a close contest in Abu Dhabi. | 38651844 |
The couple duetted on Drunk In Love, an explicit ballad that drew complaints from viewers when they performed it at last month's Grammy Awards.
They shared a lingering hug as the song ended, leaving Beyonce to finish the remainder of her two-hour set solo.
The Mrs Carter Show was last year's second highest-earning tour... | Beyonce was joined on stage by husband Jay-Z as she took her Mrs Carter world tour to London for the second time. | 26383976 |
It comes after an inquest at West London Coroner's Court heard details of how they died.
William Graham, 51, died from gunshot wounds to his pelvis while his wife Lisa Graham, 50, died from gunshot wounds to her chest.
James and Ann McQuire, aged 66 and 63, were both fatally shot in the chest.
The bodies of Mr and Mrs ... | The bodies of the four Scottish holidaymakers killed in the Tunisia terror attack have been released to their families. | 33396183 |
Nicola Sturgeon said the move by Xilinx Inc would create 12 new jobs and protect 30 existing roles.
The venture is being supported by a £1m research and development grant through Scottish Enterprise.
Ms Sturgeon made the announcement as she prepared to visit the US to promote trade and investment.
Xilinx Scotland will... | A US technology firm is to invest £3.8m in its specialist research centre in Edinburgh, Scotland's first minister has announced. | 39472104 |
The claim was made towards the end of a Standards Commission hearing into the conduct of seven councillors.
The lawyer representing five Labour councillors said that her clients were not determined to publish propaganda.
The solicitor for the Commission said it was his view the code of conduct had been breached.
The th... | A letter sent to Aberdeen council tax payers was not designed to influence voting in the Scottish independence referendum, it has been claimed. | 32333737 |
Ex-deputy prime minister Mr Clegg confirmed he would defend his Sheffield Hallam seat for the Liberal Democrats, while Mr Miliband is to run for Labour in Doncaster North.
Prime Minister Theresa May called for a general election on 8 June, which has been backed by the House of Commons.
Mr Clegg called her announcement ... | Former party leaders Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband have both announced they are to stand for re-election. | 39641902 |
The 46-year-old has since been in support roles at Milton Keynes Dons, Notts County, Blackpool and Genk.
"I'd have say that, in terms of my overall attributes, I've definitely improved over that period with a bit of experience," Rae told BBC Scotland.
"It is obviously a big challenge and I do enjoy a challenge."
Rae si... | New St Mirren manager Alex Rae believes he is better prepared for the role than when he led Dundee to the runners-up spot in the First Division in 2007. | 35138504 |
Durham PCC Ron Hogg said introducing the facilities, often referred to as "shooting galleries", would help take drugs off the streets and reduce crime.
Home Office minister Norman Baker said the government was examining drugs strategies in other countries.
Related pilot projects have taken place in Brighton, Darlington... | Drug addicts should have access to "consumption rooms" where they could inject prescribed heroin legally, a police and crime commissioner believes. | 24730381 |
Gay rights campaigners Stonewall launched the initiative, Right Behind Gay Footballers, which is backed by a leading chain of bookmakers.
It is incongruous to run a campaign aiming to change football culture whilst using language which reinforces the very stereotypes and caricatures that, in the long term, ensure that ... | An anti-homophobia group urging players to wear rainbow boot laces this weekend has been criticised for using messages which rely on "sexualised innuendo and stereotypes about gay men". | 24149109 |
Dame Eileen conceived the idea for the original series, which ran from 1971-75, with fellow actress Jean Marsh.
She did not appear in the original, but was in the cast when the BBC revived the show for a new version last year.
However Dame Eileen, who played Lady Holland, is reportedly unhappy with the direction the ne... | Actress Dame Eileen Atkins has decided not to appear in the next series of Upstairs Downstairs, the TV period drama she helped to create. | 14606953 |
Sawyers, 24, who has been linked with ex-Walsall boss Dean Smith's Brentford, now has a three-year deal on the table.
Sam Mantom, 24, Anthony Forde, 22, and Jason Demetriou, 28, have been offered two-year deals.
One-year deals have been offered to Craig MacGillivray, Paul Downing, Amadou Bakayoko, Andy Taylor, Milan La... | Walsall midfielder Romaine Sawyers is one of 12 Saddlers players offered a new contract by the League One club. | 36342917 |
The once reclusive head of the Revolutionary Guards' elite Quds Force has emerged from a lifetime in the shadows directing covert operations abroad, to achieve almost celebrity status in Iran.
The man who, until a couple of years ago most Iranians would not have recognised on the street, is now the subject of documenta... | Switch on the television in Iran these days and it won't be long before you see General Qasem Soleimani. | 27883162 |
The Men B vaccine will be given to babies at two months, four months and 12 months old.
The scheme, which has been delayed by cost disputes, is the first national and publicly-funded programme against the deadly infection in the world.
Meningitis charities said the move would "save lives" straight away.
From August, an... | All newborn babies in England and Scotland are to be offered a vaccine to combat meningitis B from September, the government has announced. | 33200775 |
Maidstone's Stuart Lewis carried the main goal threat in a low-key first half, but was denied in the 13th minute by Myles Weston's well-judged tackle and in the 38th by a superb save from Nathan Ashmore.
It was Ebbsfleet who broke the deadlock in the 66th minute, though, when Luke Coulson cut in from the left and fired... | Ebbsfleet won their opening home game following promotion to the National League as Maidstone United finished with 10 men. | 40786071 |
The Hoegh Osaka was run aground after listing at 50 degrees on 3 January.
The 51,000-tonne vessel was eventually righted and towed back to Southampton. The vehicles onboard, worth £60m, have been removed over the past two weeks.
It set sail on Tuesday afternoon under its own power and arrived in Falmouth, Cornwall, at... | The cargo ship that was stranded in the Solent for 19 days has arrived in Falmouth from Southampton to undergo repairs. | 31406802 |
Lokko joined League Two club Stevenage from Maidstone for an undisclosed fee on 2 August.
The 21-year-old former Norwich, Colchester and Welling man played in 41 National League games last season, scoring four goals.
Dagenham start the new National League season at home to Barrow on Saturday. | National League side Dagenham & Redbridge have signed Stevenage defender Kevin Lokko on a season-long loan deal. | 40827245 |
Players from the top eight tiers of the English game are banned from betting on the sport under new rules which came into force on Friday.
"We are really proud of the integrity of the game in this country and it is really important people trust... what is happening on the pitch," said Horne.
"We want to keep our messag... | New rules which prevent players and coaches from betting on any worldwide footballing activity will help in the fight against match-fixing, says Football Association general secretary Alex Horne. | 28599142 |
Economist Dr Graham Gudgin was giving evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.
He said studies done so far suggest the impacts on the UK economy would be in the range of plus or minus 2% of GDP.
He described that impact as "pretty small" and "within the margin of error."
Dr Gudgin, a former adviser to David ... | A UK exit from the European Union would not have "much effect" on the Northern Ireland economy, a Cambridge academic has told a Westminster inquiry. | 35480567 |
This week he takes on Charlotte Green, the former Radio 4 newsreader, who made her debut reading out the classified football results on BBC Radio 5 live and the World Service on Saturday.
Green says it was a pleasant surprise when she was asked to take over from James Alexander Gordon.
Media playback is not supported o... | BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season. | 24281521 |
Aaron Burns flicked in to put the Blues ahead but David Armstrong headed in the equaliser on the restart before he was sent off for two yellows on 55 minutes.
Linfield capitalised on the dismissal and Waterworth fired home twice before heading in to complete his hat-trick.
Adam Sally added the fifth as the Blues stay t... | Andrew Waterworth bagged a treble as Premiership leaders Linfield maintained their 100% start to the season against 10-man Dungannon at Windsor Park. | 33948015 |
The 20-year-old, who had spells with Rangers and Coventry City, had felt short of breath near the end of the season with the League One Pars.
"The best would be that it's just an illness I have picked up and hopefully I get a quick recovery," he said.
"The worst case is that I'll maybe be a few years out of football."
... | Former Scotland youth defender Stuart Urquhart is facing an uncertain future having been diagnosed with a heart problem after leaving Dunfermline. | 33494286 |
The shortfall stems from a requirement to maintain existing teacher levels.
It comes after the council's Labour administration dropped savings plans to cut 37 teaching posts.
They were shelved when the Scottish government made maintaining teacher-pupil ratios a condition of the local government grant settlement.
The ed... | A package of measures is being lined up to address an estimated £606,000 shortfall in the education budget in Dumfries and Galloway. | 32041143 |
Emma Rhys-Jones, the Real Madrid forward's partner, is expected to give birth in Spain around that time.
Wales host Northern Ireland in Cardiff on 24 March and travel to Ukraine four days later.
Bale is set to be named in manager Chris Coleman's squad for both matches in the knowledge new parent duties could affect the... | Gareth Bale could miss Wales' Euro 2016 warm-up game in Ukraine this month for the birth of his second child. | 35817520 |
More than 10,000 candidates are set to get the top grade 9 in each of the three new O-level style GCSE subjects; English, English literature and maths.
The percentage of passes will be kept the same as under the old system, in the interest of fairness.
But some experts say the new exams are the toughest since the late ... | More than half a million GCSE students are receiving their results, amid changes meaning a new numerical grading system and tougher exams in England. | 41023354 |
Wrexham board member Horne, who won 59 international caps, believes a negative result against their rivals could make things "turn for the worse."
Horne said the Dragons' board fully supported Mills, but admitted results have not been satisfactory.
"On the pitch it's been disappointing," Horne told BBC Radio Wales Spor... | Former Wales captain Barry Horne has admitted there is pressure on Wrexham boss Gary Mills ahead of the derby with Chester at the Racecourse on Saturday. | 37443200 |
In a far-ranging interview with the New York Times, the US president-elect was quoted as saying: "I condemn them. I disavow, and I condemn."
He said he did not want to "energise" the group, which includes neo-Nazis, white supremacists and anti-Semites.
One of America's top generals, David Petraeus, has told the BBC he ... | Donald Trump has repudiated the fringe "alt-right" group that celebrated his election win with Nazi salutes. | 38069469 |
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But there's one furry bear that's making the most of the extreme weather.
Giant panda Tian Tian, has been having a great time messing about in the snow at the National Zoo in Washington.
Take a look at this. | The east coast of America has come to a standstill because of a massive snow storm that has lasted all weekend there. | 35394864 |
Their names rhyme, their clothes match - Japanese couple Bon and Pon are putting a smile on the social media world with their perfectly co-ordinated chic outfits and silver hair.
In an Instagram account that screams #lifegoals, the couple, 60 and 61, post demure photos of their everyday life in amazing matching outfits... | Move over Kim Kardashian, there is a new social media star in town - or two, to be precise. | 39193145 |
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has given the Highways Agency 18 months to devise alternative methods to tackle pollution on a 32 mile stretch of the M1 in Derbyshire and South Yorkshire and 2.8 miles of the M3 in Surrey.
If none can be found a 60mph limit could still be imposed at peak times.
But Mr McLoughlin ... | Plans to impose a 60mph speed limit on parts of the M3 and M1 motorways to cut air pollution have been put on hold. | 28210416 |
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The Scot says she is just "starting out" despite a host of recent records.
She aims to win her first major medals at the European Indoor Championships from 3-5 March before switching her attention to her main target this year.
"A home World Championships is big. I saw what... | Laura Muir is relishing the prospect of cementing her status as one of British athletics' new stars at this summer's World Championships in London. | 39023683 |
Scottish judges are currently encouraged to avoid handing out sentences of three months or less.
The Lib Dems say this should be extended to 12 months in a bid to reduce re-offending, save money and cut the prison population.
The Scottish government has been holding consultations on the matter.
A presumption against se... | The Scottish Liberal Democrats are to back a presumption against prison sentences of under a year in their manifesto for the Holyrood election. | 35570060 |
The mammal's body was discovered on Red Rock beach near Dawlish Warren on Thursday morning.
Coastguards had been tracking the 30ft (9.1m) whale as it drifted down the coast, after it was mistaken for an upturned boat.
Initially thought to be a sperm whale, it has since been confirmed as a fin whale by Rob Deaville of t... | A dead whale has washed up on the Devon coastline. | 37504809 |
Officials have sent out letters to 550 clients offering them a blood test.
The studio traded as Blue Voodoo, Sun Tattoo Studio and Flesh Wound at two premises at Commercial Street, Newport, between May 2013 and January 2015.
The warning has been issued by Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.
The people who suffered s... | People who used a piercing and tattoo studio in Newport have been offered precautionary health checks after five customers who had piercings all suffered serious skin infections. | 32607788 |
The attack, which happened on Tuesday at 06:30 local time (04:30 GMT) near Sulz village, is the third stabbing on a European train in a month.
Austrian police say the man, a German national, appeared mentally disturbed.
He resisted arrest but officers used pepper spray and had the help of a 22-year-old bystander. Toget... | A 60-year-old man with a knife has seriously injured two teenagers on a moving train in western Austria. | 37094417 |
Bach had already said he would miss Wednesday's opening ceremony in Rio to attend a funeral.
The International Paralympic Committee "does not see it as a snub", according to director of media Craig Spence.
The opening ceremony starts at 22:15 BST and the Paralympics run for a further 10 days until 18 September.
Find ou... | The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach will not attend any of the Paralympics, says the Games' governing body. | 37301871 |
The review found a "wide consensus" among those with experience of the system that rules could be exploited, also identifying methods of doing so.
It follows claims before the Rio 2016 Paralympics that classifications could be manipulated to boost medal chances.
Yet, there is "no substantive evidence" to suggest widesp... | The classification system for British track and field Para-athletes "could be abused" and is "open to exploitation", according to a UK Athletics review. | 39337576 |
The 30-year-old Wales international has made 78 Premiership appearances for Bath since his 2012 move from Scarlets.
"I've absolutely loved my time with Bath, and will be sad to leave," Day told the club website.
"At this stage in my career, I just felt the time was right for a fresh challenge, and that will certainly b... | Bath second row Dominic Day is to leave the club at the end of the season to join Japanese side Toyota Verblitz. | 36140326 |
The rail operator said the deal with train drivers' union Aslef would ensure that it could run existing Sunday services.
The dispute centred around plans by ScotRail franchise holder Abellio to introduce a seven-day rota for drivers.
About a third of ScotRail's trains were cancelled on Sunday after drivers refused to w... | ScotRail has struck a deal with train drivers in a dispute over pay and conditions. | 33442929 |
But David Mundell said it was inevitable that the government would need to "cut and change its proposals" to win enough support in the Commons.
He highlighted Brexit as an area where it should be possible to build a consensus with other parties.
Mr Mundell was reappointed as Secretary of State for Scotland on Sunday.
H... | The Scottish secretary has insisted it will be "perfectly possible" for the Conservative government to operate despite losing its majority. | 40244709 |
"Inseparable" five-week-old spring lamb Bella and one-year-old Border Collie Blake disappeared from a garden in Perlethorpe, Nottinghamshire, on Monday.
On Wednesday, tracker dogs picked up a scent in nearby woodland, as well as droppings believed to be Bella's.
The search is due to resume later.
It is thought Bella an... | Droppings and a hoofprint have been found in the search for a missing orphaned lamb and her sheepdog "best friend". | 39882545 |
Gardaà (Irish police) were called at 07:00 local time on Saturday. The man was found at the bottom of the cliffs and pronounced dead at the scene.
It is understood he may have been in the area to take part in the extreme sport of base jumping.
It involves jumping from cliffs, mountains, buildings and other high struct... | A man in his 40s has died at the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare. | 39678136 |
Jos Buttler's 73-ball century helped the tourists to 399-9, with Ben Stokes, Alex Hales and Joe Root passing 50.
Quinton de Kock's unbeaten 138 off 96 balls kept the Proteas in contention.
But the loss of wickets at key times halted the home side's momentum before rain ended the game with them on 250-5 to give England ... | England made their second-highest one-day international total to beat South Africa by 39 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method in Bloemfontein. | 35485642 |
He was elected unopposed by delegates at an Alliance Party council meeting held in Bangor, County Down.
He succeeds Naomi Long, who became party leader in October.
Mr Farry said he was "delighted to receive this endorsement from the Alliance membership".
He served as Minister for Employment and Learning in the Stormont... | North Down assembly member Stephen Farry has been elected deputy leader of the Alliance Party. | 38194738 |
"Inevitably there comes a time when all shows should end and Downton is no exception," said the programme's executive producer Gareth Neame.
Created by Julian Fellowes, the show follows an aristocratic family's fortunes from 1912 to the mid-1920s.
Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern have played the Earl and Countess... | The next season of ITV's period drama Downton Abbey will be its last, its makers have announced. | 32074921 |
The drugs recovered in the Seaton Walk area on Thursday had an estimated street value of more than £13,000.
Police Scotland said a "low five-figure" sum of money was also found.
A woman aged 35 and a man aged 36 are expected to appear at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Friday. | Two people have been charged after cocaine worth thousands of pounds was seized in Aberdeen. | 34015060 |
The Hong Kong-based Centre for Food Safety (CFS) announced an embargo on the sea creatures and warned people on Wednesday not to eat them.
The CFS said samples it had collected from the isle had "excessive" cadmium.
Defra said all crabs sold in the UK need to comply with EU regulations on the level of cadmium permitted... | A Chinese authority has banned the importation of brown crabs from Anglesey after claiming they contain a "metallic contaminant". | 34006259 |
New changes for the hosts see opener David Warner rested, stand-in skipper George Bailey suspended for a slow over-rate and Shane Watson injured.
"We haven't gone into depth about the XI they'll have," Bell told BBC Sport.
"If we can concentrate on ourselves and execute our plans we'll be difficult whatever XI Australi... | England's Ian Bell says Australia being without seven of their World Cup squad for Friday's tri-series match in Hobart will not be a distraction. | 30929493 |
The BBC understands at least five branches of the party have nominated Colum Eastwood to stand against him at the party conference in November.
Sources said Mr Eastwood, 32, will spend the weekend deciding what to do but supporters expect him to run for the leadership.
Mr Eastwood is the SDLP's youngest MLA and a forme... | The Social Democratic and Labour Party's Alasdair McDonnell looks likely to face a challenge to his leadership. | 34359284 |
Nicolas Maduro assumed the role of acting president on the death of Hugo Chavez in March 2013, and was declared winner of the presidential elections held the following month.
He was named as vice-president in October 2010 by Chavez, who subsequently named him as his preferred successor.
Mr Maduro was elected by a margi... | President: Nicolas Maduro | 19649651 |
The blast hit a market in the Waberi area, while President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was visiting a nearby university.
No group claimed responsibility, but suspicion fell on the Islamist militant group al-Shabab.
"There was chaos and severed dead bodies strewn around the street," said Abdulahi Osman, a witness.
Who are Som... | A car bomb has killed at least 11 people and injured 16 others in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. | 38116817 |
The King's College London team said 181 of the teenagers had autism, but the risk was far higher in identical twins where one twin had autism, as they share the same DNA.
The researchers told JAMA Psychiatry that hundreds of genes were involved.
But they do not rule out environmental factors.
Both twins in each pair ha... | Genetic influences on autism are estimated to be between 74-98%, a Medical Research Council study of 258 twins suggests. | 31713147 |
The doctor, who has not been publicly named and was aged in his thirties, was found at Taunton's Musgrove Park Hospital at about 23:00 BST on Monday.
Police officers investigating the "sudden death" have referred the case to the coroner.
NHS Trust chief executive Dr Sam Barrell said he was looking at whether the medic ... | A junior doctor has died at the hospital where he worked, the hospital's NHS Trust has confirmed. | 40806085 |
Hampshire-born Bath Academy product Spencer, 23, follows the signings of centres Ben Te'o from Leinster and Jackson Willison from Grenoble.
"Will is a hungry young second rower who will add vital competition to the pack," said Warriors director of rugby Dean Ryan.
"We're looking to help him realise his potential here a... | Worcester Warriors have made Bath lock forward Will Spencer their third signing for the 2016-17 season. | 35303607 |
New corners were added to lengthen the Norfolk circuit in 2011, and Australian Josh Brookes produced a record 99.07mph Superbike lap last weekend.
"The new Snetterton 300 layout provides for great racing," series director Stuart Higgs told BBC Radio Norfolk.
"We're now just under a 100mph lap record. It makes us even m... | British Superbikes will return to new-look Snetterton next year in pursuit of the track's first 100mph lap. | 27886328 |
A civil penalty of up to £120 would be claimed through child benefit if the fine is not paid after 28 days. Currently, 40% of fines go unpaid.
David Cameron told BBC Breakfast it was about making sure children get "the great start in life that they need".
Teaching unions said docking child benefit could end up hurting ... | Parents in England who refuse to pay a penalty after their children play truant will have their child benefit docked, the prime minister has said. | 34450882 |
Swiss fourth seed Wawrinka beat the 18-year-old 7-6 (7-4) 6-1 6-7 (2-7) 6-4.
Argentina's Del Potro, winner of the 2009 US Open, saw off France's Stephane Robert 6-1 7-5 6-0.
Del Potro is playing in his first Grand Slam since the 2014 Australian Open after a series of wrist surgeries.
Meanwhile, British number one Andy ... | Former French Open champion Stan Wawrinka defeated American teenager Taylor Fritz at Wimbledon on Tuesday to set up a second-round meeting with Juan Martin del Potro. | 36652154 |
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Born in London, raised in Zimbabwe and educated in the United States, she has caught the attention of fashion enthusiasts around the world.
She has worked with pop star Beyonce and is currently the senior designer for hip-hop artist Nick... | New York-based Farai Simoyi is one of the rising stars of the catwalk with her self-titled clothing line. | 33371048 |
Michail Antonio's first-half header and a Manuel Lanzini penalty had put West Ham 2-1 up and seemingly on course for only a fourth league win of the season, but Kane's late show emphatically turned the contest on its head.
First the England striker turned home from close range after good work down the left by substitut... | Tottenham maintained their unbeaten start to the Premier League season amid high drama as Harry Kane struck twice at the death in a breathless victory over West Ham at White Hart Lane. | 37959870 |
Carr has been widely condemned for taking part in a tax avoidance scheme.
In response to a heckler who called him a "tax dodger", he replied: "I've got to take that, I'm afraid. I've been dishing it out for years."
On taking to the stage at the Stockport Plaza, he said he had had "a busy week" but wanted to perform a n... | Comedian Jimmy Carr has been jokingly heckled at a gig over his tax arrangements but told the crowd he had to take criticism on the chin. | 18548896 |
Faisal Mekdad said there was a schism between Western security officials and politicians who are pressing President Bashar al-Assad to step down.
The growth of jihadist groups among rebels fighting President Assad has caused international concern.
The Syrian opposition says it has "a real dilemma" over the alleged link... | Western intelligence agencies have visited Damascus for talks on combating radical Islamist groups, Syria's deputy foreign minister has told the BBC. | 25738178 |
The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, faces two counts under section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
She will appear before Westminster Magistrates Court on 22 July, the North West Counter Terrorism Unit said.
The charges come after police searched a house in Longsight, Manchester, on 3 April. | A 16-year-old girl from Manchester has been charged with terrorism-related offences. | 33467444 |
Michal Kisiel, 30, was being treated for a head wound at Salisbury District Hospital on Tuesday when he managed to flee from prison guards.
He was arrested on Wednesday evening after he was seen in Nunton, Wiltshire, about 5 miles (8km) away from the site of his escape.
Wiltshire Police said he would be returned to pri... | A prisoner who went on the run has been recaptured after he was spotted by a member of the public. | 40111556 |
Tracy and Pete Akoun had also suffered multiple miscarriages as they tried to conceive a baby.
But now they are celebrating after two daughters arrived within a month of each other, from two different surrogate mothers.
The couple, from Portsmouth, had found the women via social media.
It comes after 47-year-old Mrs Ak... | A couple conned out of hundreds of pounds as they tried to find a surrogate mother have finally become parents. | 39230276 |
Mr Xi will spend three days meeting business and technology leaders in Seattle, before heading to Washington for talks with President Barack Obama.
Cyber security is expected to feature prominently in their discussions, after the US said Chinese spying was putting a strain on bilateral relations.
On Monday Mr Xi denied... | Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Seattle at the start of his first state visit to the US. | 34322054 |
In a blog, Mr Woodford said that November's disappointing trading statement had prompted the move.
He did not disclose the size of the stake but reports suggest that it was worth 2.2% of the company, or £232m.
Rolls, which has issued five profit warnings in two years, said action was being taken improve the business.
... | Star fund manager Neil Woodford has sold his stake in the engineering firm Rolls-Royce, saying he has lost his confidence in the business model. | 35056534 |
Ten-year-old thoroughbred Al Co has been given odds of 25-1 after his shock 40-1 win at the 2014 Scottish Grand National.
His owner, Bangor-on-Dee businessman Frank Lloyd, said he hopes his horse stands a good chance despite his usual jockey suffering a broken leg.
It has been 110 years since a Welsh-trained horse won ... | A champion horse from Wrexham is in with a chance of winning the The Grand National. | 32249530 |
The former Netherlands Under-21 international is now under contract until the end of the 2017-18 season.
Jozefzoon signed from PSV Eindhoven for an undisclosed fee in January on an initial six-month deal.
He made 19 appearances and scored once for the Championship side, who finished 10th in the table despite losing to ... | Brentford have taken up the option to extend winger Florian Jozefzoon's deal for a further year. | 39895275 |
David Anderson QC gave the warning in a report written before he stood down as the UK independent terrorism reviewer.
Officers at Scottish ports told him they had "incomplete and unreliable" information from the ferry companies.
Police Scotland this month launched a campaign urging the public to help defeat terrorism.
... | There is a "real" threat of terrorists crossing from Northern Ireland to Scotland by ferry, one of the UK's leading terrorism experts has said. | 39249081 |
The 38-year-old had been attempting to become the first person to take blood and muscle samples at the summit to investigate the effects of altitude.
But after reaching Camp Two on the mountain, he discovered he had dangerously thick blood that left him at risk of a heart attack or stroke.
"I could have died," he said.... | Welsh adventurer Richard Parks said he was forced to abandon his expedition of Mount Everest after a blood test revealed he was a "ticking time bomb". | 36320804 |
The 18-year-old, who has made three starts in his 11 first-team appearances for Swindon, will go straight into Scott Sellars' Wolves Under-21 squad.
Randall, who signed for Swindon as an academy scholar, made his debut on the final day of the 2013-14 season - the day after his 17th birthday.
Swindon rejected a bid last... | Wolves have signed teenage left winger Will Randall from his home town club Swindon Town for an undisclosed fee. | 35291522 |
The 24-year-old Australian agreed to join the Bulls in October but became a free agent after the club's demise.
He played in the NRL with Canterbury Bulldogs and Gold Coast Titans.
"I have no doubt at all he will have a big contribution in helping us achieve our goals this year," head coach Neil Jukes told the club web... | Super League newcomers Leigh Centurions have signed forward Lachlan Burr from liquidated Bradford Bulls on a one-year contract. | 38682199 |
Born Michael Omari in Croydon, south London, the MC calls himself "a child of grime" who rejected slick US hip-hop for Britain's harder, grittier scene.
At the age of 11 he was winning rap battles at his local youth club, and his charismatic freestyles have earned him a huge following on YouTube.
Championed by Radio 1X... | Unsigned grime artist Stormzy has come third in the BBC's Sound Of 2015 list, which aims to showcase emerging artists for the coming 12 months. | 30657598 |
The Tour will still use urine testing as an anti-doping measure, with blood testing intended to detect substances such as human growth hormone.
Commissioner Jay Monahan said the move would "better substantiate the integrity of golf as a clean sport".
Suspensions due to recreational drug use will also now be reported.
C... | The PGA Tour is to introduce blood testing next season and will align its list of prohibited substances with that of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada). | 40346718 |
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