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The London 2012 gold medallist beat Darleys Perez in April to become Linares' mandatory challenger.
"I've worked from Olympic champion to the number one spot in the WBA and WBC rankings, and I feel now is the time to take my chance," said Campbell, 29.
Linares, 31, has beaten Briton Anthony Crolla in his past two fight... | Luke Campbell will challenge for a world title for the first time when he meets WBA lightweight champion Jorge Linares in Los Angeles on 23 September. | 40746060 |
Charlie Carver and girlfriend Kala Brown have been missing from Anderson, South Carolina, since 31 August.
The next day, Mr Carver's account announced he was now married to Ms Brown and other updates have since been posted.
Some think the account has been hacked.
Updates have included images of comic-book characters su... | Friends and relatives of a missing American man are concerned because his Facebook page has become active, but they have not seen him for more than a month. | 37680063 |
Planning officials have recommended that the south planning applications committee approves both applications.
The West Link has been proposed as a way of easing travel across Inverness. The new road is opposed by a local campaign.
Campaigners say the West Link will lead to the loss of green space.
The other project in... | Highland Council has sought full planning permission for its Inverness West Link and permission in principle for associated projects. | 26853601 |
Cycling Moo Kay was one of 60 decorated cows that made up last summer's Surrey Hills Cow Parade.
It was taken in August from its plinth at the top of Box Hill, near Dorking, which formed part of the London 2012 Olympics cycling road race course.
The sculpture was found at a property in Newdigate by police. A man in his... | A fibreglass sculpture of a cow stolen from a beauty spot just before a charity auction has been found. | 38588862 |
Fernando Forestieri fired in from 20 yards after playing a one-two with Barry Bannan to put the Owls ahead.
Kevin McDonald headed a corner powerfully over the bar for Fulham, while both Gary Hooper and Forestieri had chances to make it 2-0.
Fulham turned up the pressure and equalised when Malone slammed home at the bac... | Scott Malone scored a dramatic late equaliser as Fulham earned a point against Sheffield Wednesday. | 37958639 |
Robert Fidler, who built the house at Salfords in the Surrey greenbelt, was ordered to tear it down or face jail.
After losing a High Court fight to save his home, he began demolition in March.
Reigate council said it was monitoring the situation but added the High Court order required demolition to be complete by 6 Ju... | A farmer who built a mock-Tudor castle without planning permission has dismantled more of the structure. | 36112962 |
Scarlets' Williams, 24, is out of the competition because of a foot injury he suffered in the defeat to Australia.
Forwards coach Robin McBryde said Wales' coaching team were deliberating over who to call-up ahead of Saturday's quarter-final against South Africa.
"There's a discussion on who the best candidate would be... | Wales are still considering who to bring into their World Cup squad as a replacement back instead of Liam Williams. | 34507627 |
More than 40 college students used his original writings to show what life was like in 1930s Port Talbot through the eyes of a global icon.
They learned about Burton's rags to riches story, and how he had to sell manure to afford to go to the cinema.
The project received £34,000 National Lottery funding and the film w... | A film based on the diary entries of the late Welsh actor Richard Burton will get its premiere on Tuesday. | 40415305 |
The authorities in Shanghai, where four deaths were recorded, have closed three poultry markets and banned the import of all live birds into the city.
China has now identified 16 domestic cases of the H7N9 virus.
The World Health Organization says there is no evidence yet that the virus is being transmitted between hum... | China is stepping up its efforts to contain the spread of a new strain of bird flu which has killed six people in the country. | 22049974 |
I am a pilot, and I understand the role of new equipment allied with old stuff that, in my life at least, still has a role to play in life.
I have a Sharp VHS recorder purchased in 1999 in my drawing room, and an Aiwa hi-fi stack system, all still going strong.
I have cassettes from when I was a child in the 80s.
I am ... | It might have been the general consensus that the floppy disk, which was big in the 1980s, had had its day - but after the US government's revelation that the technology remains in use at the Pentagon, enthusiasts wonder whether there is still a place for old tech in today's hi-tech world? | 36388265 |
Down detector, a website that monitors internet failures, reported thousands of cases including parts of Scotland, London, Birmingham and Sheffield.
It began trending on social media with customers reporting issues.
BT confirmed that there had been problems but said most were fixed. It said there was no evidence of a h... | BT's broadband network appears to be coming back online after suffering nationwide problems in the UK. | 35472198 |
John Buwalda and Jan Polak were found guilty of plotting to smuggle the Class A drugs using a light aircraft following a trial at the Old Bailey.
They were arrested near Rochester Airport in Kent shortly after flying from the Netherlands on 30 June.
Both will be sentenced in February and were told to expect long jail t... | A trouserless Dutch pilot arrested in a hotel toilet has been convicted along with his accomplice of smuggling cocaine worth £2.4m into the UK. | 38407737 |
Ruth Cadbury, Catherine West and Andy Slaughter had supported Chuka Umunna's amendment to the Queen's Speech.
Staying in the single market is not Labour policy and Mr Corbyn had ordered his MPs to abstain - 50 rebelled.
His deputy Tom Watson said he was disappointed with Mr Umunna for trying to "divide" Labour MPs with... | Three Labour frontbenchers have been sacked for defying Jeremy Corbyn and backing a call for the UK to stay in the single market after Brexit. | 40451301 |
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The Middlesex bowler, who missed the Pakistan series with injury, took 4-34.
The home side's only resistance came from opener Stephen Clarke, who carried his bat for an unbeaten 53.
England were 64-0 in reply when bad light stopped play, as they prepare for the first Test ... | Steven Finn took four wickets on the first day of England's tour match against South Africa A who were all out for 136 in Pietermaritzburg. | 35145117 |
The Dons face a 336-mile round trip to play Rugby Park on Sunday 19 February, with the game starting at 13:00.
No train services from Aberdeen run early enough for fans to get to Kilmarnock on time.
They have also questioned why Dundee against Rangers on the same day was given a later kick-off.
"The considerable Aberde... | Aberdeen have contacted the SPFL to express their "disappointment" at the rearranged kick-off time for their live TV clash with Kilmarnock. | 38349184 |
Michael Beaumont, a successful aircraft engineer, inherited the title from his grandmother, the Dame de Sark, Sibyl Hathaway, in 1974.
Lt Col Reg Guille, President of Chief Pleas, said the news came as a shock and he would be missed.
His son, Maj Christopher Beaumont, has inherited the title from his father and will be... | "A reformer" and a "quiet man" is how the Seigneur of Sark has been described after his death on Sunday. | 36701363 |
MP Marton Gyongyosi, deputy group leader of Jobbik, spoke during a parliamentary session on Monday.
The government responded by saying it condemned "to the greatest possible degree" Mr Gyongyosi's statement.
Jobbik has 47 seats in the 386-seat parliament - the third-largest group.
Jobbik, an opposition party purporting... | The Hungarian government has condemned comments by a leading nationalist MP, who said officials of Jewish origin should be listed because they might be a "national security risk". | 20510648 |
The specimen, almost 5ft (1.5m) long and weighing 50lb (22.6kg), was put on show at Swansea Market at the weekend.
Fish-stall owner Adrian Coakley-Greene said: "It is a real giant beast. We tied it from a girder on the roof because it was so big."
The halibut was bought by Morgan's Hotel in the city to serve up to cust... | A Swansea hotel has snapped up a giant halibut caught by British fishermen off the coast of Norway. | 34569012 |
The authorities said Yassin Salhi, 35, had killed himself.
He was being held in Fleury-Merogis prison, south Paris.
Prosecutors regarded Salhi as a militant Islamist, but the delivery driver maintained that he was motivated by a grudge against his employer.
Salhi had been placed in solitary confinement pending his tria... | A French terror suspect who decapitated his boss and tried to blow up a gas plant in June, has been found dead in prison near Paris. | 35166691 |
Alexa-Marie Quinn had 66 injuries including a bruise from her stomach to her ankles when she died in March 2014, St Albans Crown Court heard.
Carl Wheatley, 31, from Hatfield, Hertfordshire, admitted manslaughter but the jury rejected his plea of not guilty to murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
He will... | A man has been found guilty of murdering his four-year-old daughter by beating her to death. | 32722052 |
Roedd y Sarjant Jethro Christie, 43 oed, yn cael ei gyhuddo o ddal braich Jason Pritchard gyda'r fath rym, nes iddo dorri pont ei ysgwydd.
Ond daeth y panel ym mhencadlys yr heddlu ym Mae Colwyn i'r casgliad nad oedd wedi defnyddio grym afresymol na gormodol.
Wrth gyhoeddi casgliadau'r panel, dywedodd y cadeirydd, Ian ... | Mae heddwas gyda Heddlu Gogledd Cymru wedi ei gael yn ddieuog o gamymddygiad difrifol a defnyddio grym gormodol wrth ddelio â charcharor yn ei ofal. | 39657243 |
Standing under the shade of a towering windmill at what was once one of the most productive sugar plantations in the West Indies, it is not hard to imagine the legion of imperious Englishmen at its helm.
But while an abundance of documentation scrupulously records the details of the industry which helped build the Brit... | History, they say, is written by the victors. | 35633344 |
The man who will be representing Britain's interests abroad is Boris Johnson. Yes, that Boris Johnson, the tousle-haired, barrel-bellied engineer of the UK's exit from the EU.
It's an appointment that's been treated with some shock around the world - not least because he has been less than diplomatic about other countr... | In case you have just emerged from a desert island or a long sleep: the UK has a new prime minister, Theresa May, who in turn has appointed a new foreign secretary. | 36792746 |
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Uncompetitive in Singapore last weekend, Mercedes were imperious as Hamilton stroked to victory and Nico Rosberg fought back to finish second.
The German fell back after being forced wide by Hamilton as the team-mates battled in the first two corners.
The manner with which... | Mercedes returned to the front of Formula 1 as Lewis Hamilton dominated the Japanese Grand Prix to put a stranglehold on the title race. | 34372636 |
In some tests devised by a team of researchers, the commercial quantum computer has performed no faster than a standard desktop machine.
The team set random maths problems for the D-Wave Two machine and a regular computer with an optimised algorithm.
Google and Nasa share a D-Wave unit at a space agency facility in Cal... | A new academic study has raised doubts about the performance of a commercial quantum computer in certain circumstances. | 25787226 |
The club have confirmed they have made an approach to "utilise space in the Olympic Stadium".
The pair are the fourth party to launch a bid.
West Ham United confirmed they were one of the candidates last Friday, which was the deadline day for applications.
Essex said in a statement: "We can confirm that the University ... | Essex County Cricket Club, together with the University of East London, have applied for the right to become tenants of the Olympic Stadium after London 2012, BBC Essex has learned. | 17562300 |
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The Everton striker was asked by England boss Gareth Southgate to be involved against Malta and Slovakia.
"Every time I was selected was a real privilege but I believe now is the time to bow out," said the 31-year-old.
The former Manchester United captain scored 53 times i... | England's all-time leading goalscorer Wayne Rooney has retired from international football after turning down the chance to be part of the squad for next month's World Cup qualifiers. | 41027204 |
So-called biogas has become controversial in recent years, with claims that land is being turned over to fuel production rather than food.
But dairy farmer Richard Clothier insists there is huge untapped potential in natural waste.
"For us, the muck is now as important as the milk," Mr Clothier said.
He is the third ge... | A dairy farm which converts manure into methane gas has increased production so fast it is now making enough gas for 6,000 homes. | 35482839 |
The blaze started at the disused building on the corner of Littleton Street and Bradgate Street, Leicester shortly after 03:00 GMT.
The building suffered a large amount of structural damage but an attached chimney remained unaffected and stable.
Matthew Cane, from Leicestershire Fire and Rescue, said the building had b... | A derelict building in Leicester has been gutted by a fire which started in the early hours of Thursday. | 30427614 |
Crown Ocean Capital (COC) succeeded in removing five directors, including chief executive Kevin Hart, at a general meeting earlier this week.
However, a resolution to oust chairman Billy Allan was narrowly defeated.
COC has requested another meeting of shareholders to vote on Mr Allan's removal.
In a stock market annou... | A rebel shareholder has launched a fresh attempt to oust the chairman of Edinburgh-based oil and gas explorer Bowleven. | 39306624 |
Eight men are on trial charged in connection with the sexual abuse of three girls between 1999 and 2003.
The men, who are accused of rape, indecent assault and other offences, deny the charges.
Jurors at Sheffield Crown Court has been hearing police interviews with the woman who is now in her twenties.
One woman, who s... | A gun was held to the head of a 13-year-old sexual abuse victim as a "warning" against speaking out, a court has heard. | 37412629 |
The report by Manchester City Council's chief executive said EU funding up to 2020 "would no longer be forthcoming".
Sir Howard Bernstein's briefing note was sent to council leaders on 30 June, a week after the Brexit vote.
HM Treasury said there would be "no immediate change" to EU programmes including the "Northern P... | Greater Manchester is set to miss out on £320m after the UK voted to leave the European Union (EU), a report leaked to the BBC has warned. | 36766769 |
The 27 mile (43km) route created by the Canal and River Trust involved improving access to the River Soar and adding platforms for boats.
The £12,000 project was funded mostly by donations from the public.
The route starts at Trent Lock, near Long Eaton, in Derbyshire, and passes through Loughborough and Leicester to ... | A canoe trail has opened to encourage paddlers on to Leicestershire's waterways. | 32915775 |
He was quoted by the official news agency Shana, following a meeting in Tehran.
Venezuela and Qatar, which are part of the agreement, met to broker a deal with both Iran and Iraq.
Earlier, Iraq's oil ministry had said it was in favour of capping production.
Mr Zanganeh said: "We look forward to the beginning of co-oper... | Iran's oil minister, Bijan Zanganeh, has welcomed the Saudi-Russian deal to keep a ceiling on oil output, but has not committed to limiting Iran's production. | 35593628 |
Leaked Source said email addresses, user names and passwords for more than 1.9 million people had been stolen in the attack.
The passwords had been weakly protected by extra security measures, it said, and would be easy to crack.
The hack was revealed just as Dota 2's global tournament, The International, gets under wa... | The official chat forum for Valve's Dota 2 game has been hit by a hack attack, a security company reports. | 37045352 |
Right-arm seamer Abbott, 29, returns to the county he played for as an overseas signing in 2014 on a four-year deal.
Rossouw, 27, can open or bat lower down the order and has joined Hampshire on a three-year deal.
A tearful Abbott announced his international retirement after South Africa's victory in the second Test ag... | South Africa pair Kyle Abbott and Rilee Rossouw have quit international cricket to sign Kolpak deals with Hampshire. | 38517892 |
James Anderson took 5-16 and Stuart Broad 4-21 to dismiss the tourists for 91 on the second day at Headingley.
England had extended their overnight 171-5 to 298 all out, with Jonny Bairstow completing a fine second Test century before holing out for 140.
Broad claimed early two wickets and Anderson returned late on to ... | England have a stranglehold on the first Test after forcing Sri Lanka to follow on 207 runs in arrears. | 36345916 |
Phillip Chard, 44, from Lympstone, Exmouth, was convicted of rape and one count of sexual activity with a child.
During the Exeter Crown Court trial, retired High Court Judge Lady Butler-Sloss gave evidence on behalf of Chard.
Judge Erik Salomonsen jailed him for seven years for the rape and one year concurrently for t... | A man who raped a girl of 13 has been jailed for seven years. | 34260194 |
But as the official report of their debate shows, they were somewhat in the dark about what this would mean for the future overall size of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
The politicians exchanged estimates that varied from a 75-strong chamber to one with 90 legislators.
The day after the debate we got a bit more certai... | Earlier this week, MLAs passed legislation that will reduce their numbers to five per constituency. | 35660078 |
Samuel Tweed, from Mark Street in Newtownards, County Down, is now 73 years old.
He escaped from custody at Belfast Magistrates' Court in May 1974 where he had been facing firearms charges.
He had been arrested in connection with the discovery of a weapons cache in the city the previous month, April 1974.
The haul incl... | A pensioner who escaped from a court more than 40 years ago has appeared back in court where he pleaded guilty to the escape and possessing weapons. | 33082177 |
Plantlife is calling for better management of grassy verges to preserve a wealth of different flowering plants.
It says road margins are a haven for wild plants that have been lost from the countryside.
Some wild plants, such as wood calamint and fen ragwort, are now found naturally only on road verges.
The charity say... | Roadside verges are becoming the last refuge for some of the the rarest wild flowers and plants in the UK, according to a conservation charity. | 39670191 |
They are hunting for Moroccan-born Younes Abouyaaqoub, named by Spanish media as the suspected driver.
A man previously reported as the key suspect, Moussa Oukabir, 17, was one of five men killed by police after a later attack in Cambrils, west of Barcelona.
Police say the suspects had been planning more sophisticated ... | The driver in Thursday's van attack that killed 13 people in a tourist area of Barcelona may still be alive and on the run, Spanish police say. | 40982926 |
Faith Mitambo said two buildings at her home in Liwale town had been set alight and that other houses targeted belonged to members of the ruling CCM party.
The trouble began after payouts being made to farmers for their crop were less than the price agreed last year.
More police have been deployed to the region to stop... | About 20 houses have been burnt down in riots by cashew nut farmers and other protesters in southern Tanzania, the local MP has told the BBC. | 22282599 |
A picture of Brandon Green in the car went viral and was shared all over the world.
He had accidentally locked the car from the inside after his mother Kirsty left the keys in the boot while unloading her shopping.
Fourteen month-old Brandon and his mum went to Bude fire station in Cornwall to thank the firefighters.
M... | A toddler who locked himself inside his mother's car has been reunited with the firefighters who rescued him. | 39935386 |
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Celtic's 2-0 win over Hearts ensured the champions finished with 34 wins and four draws from their 38 games.
Having already beaten Aberdeen to win the League Cup, they face the Dons in next Saturday's Scottish Cup final.
"If we bring our A-game, the treble will be the last... | Leigh Griffiths says a domestic treble will be "the last piece of the puzzle" for Celtic after they completed an unbeaten Scottish Premiership campaign. | 39991691 |
Late at night, in a wealthy neighbourhood of Istanbul, women lean out of their apartment windows to clang their pots and pans as loudly as they can.
They wave Turkish flags and show their support for the demonstrators who've taken on the police, and taken over Taksim Square and Gezi Park. The clangs are joined by the b... | As Turkey experiences the most widespread protests for years, the BBC's James Reynolds assesses the mood on the streets of Istanbul. | 22749271 |
The 1994-95 Premier League champions were relegated on goal difference despite a 3-1 victory at Brentford.
Venky's released a statement on Monday saying they are "deeply hurt", adding: "We share the same feelings as our supporters."
Meanwhile, director of football and operations Paul Senior has resigned.
Senior had onl... | Blackburn owners Venky's have given manager Tony Mowbray their "full support" despite the club's relegation to League One on Sunday. | 39844146 |
Peter Keeley-Pannett, 71, from Brighton, used a webcam to meet boys as young as 13 in chatrooms.
He had pleaded guilty at Guildford Crown Court to making indecent images of children over a two-year period.
Judge Robert Fraser sentenced Keeley-Pannett to 32 months in prison and ordered him to remain on the sex offenders... | A church deacon who admitted encouraging a boy to expose himself on a webcam has been jailed. | 34872630 |
The labour market data showed that unemployment fell by 26,000 between April and June to stand at 143,000.
The Scottish unemployment rate is now 5.2%, which is above the rate of 4.9% for the UK as a whole.
Employment in Scotland increased by 51,000 over the same period, and now stands at 2,629,000.
This was the highest... | Unemployment in Scotland has fallen, with the number of people in employment rising by a record level, according to the latest figures. | 37104372 |
Sgt Elor Azaria, 19, shot Abdul Fatah al-Sharif in the head while the 21-year-old was apparently incapacitated in Hebron, in the West Bank, in March.
The soldier denies violating the Israeli military's rules of engagement without operational justification.
The incident, which was caught on video, has divided opinion in... | The trial of an Israeli soldier charged with manslaughter after killing a wounded Palestinian attacker has opened at a military court in Jaffa. | 36246866 |
The tech-heavy Nasdaq index finished at a record high - up 0.48% to 5,574.12 points - which was its sixth record close of the year.
The S&P 500 gained 0.18% to 2,274.64, after financial stocks on the index jumped by an average of 0.5%.
The Dow Jones was mainly flat, though, down by 0.03% at 19,885.73.
JP Morgan posted ... | (Close) US stocks mainly ended higher on Friday, as trading on Wall Street was boosted by strong quarterly earnings from several major US banks. | 38611896 |
The former Ireland international, 35, has spent the last 16 years at Welford Road and had said that he planned to end his playing career this summer.
Murphy made his Tigers debut on 14 Nov 1997 against Rotherham and has appeared in four Heineken Cup finals and seven Premiership finals.
Full-back Murphy said it was the ... | Leicester Tigers captain Geordan Murphy has confirmed he will retire at the end of the season. | 22439314 |
"They destroyed us," he says. "I'm not going to lie. They smashed us. We got pumped. Getting done by 60 points hurts big-time. It's an experience I don't ever want to feel again. A thing like that sits in you. It's like a rot. It's a rot in the pit of your stomach. You move on to the next game, but you never really fo... | Gordon Reid is not the type to, as he puts it, "prance around" the reality of what happened at Twickenham last Saturday. | 39285435 |
Glasgow City Council passed measures in 2010 that effectively capped the number of Orange parades allowed.
It was reported that Gordon Matheson had told the Orange Order the policy was wrong and would be looked at again.
Asked by BBC Scotland what pre-election promises he made on the issue, Mr Matheson replied: "Absolu... | The leader of Scotland's largest council has denied making "promises" to the Orange Order before the recent local government elections. | 18503968 |
Forty-two people, most of them survivors of the Nazi Holocaust, were murdered on 4 July 1946 in Kielce, 150km (93 miles) south of Warsaw.
The massacre was carried out by communist police, soldiers and a mob.
It prompted thousands of Poland's Jewish Holocaust survivors to leave.
The pogrom began because of false claims ... | Polish President Andrzej Duda has marked the 70th anniversary of a notorious post-war massacre of Jews by saying there is no place for anti-Semitism in today's Poland. | 36707976 |
The band's 1963 gig advert was expected to fetch between £400 to £800 as part of a collection of Sixties memorabilia auctioned off by the artist.
Hopkin, 67, from Pontardawe, Swansea, was one of the first acts signed by The Beatles' Apple Records label.
The singer, who had a UK number one single Those Were The Days in ... | A rare Beatles poster owned by singer Mary Hopkin has been sold at auction for £28,000. | 40027075 |
The two candidates clashed over a claim that hackers tied to the Russian state were trying to influence the election.
Two days earlier, on Friday, the US director of national intelligence had pointed the finger at the highest levels of the Russian state for intrusions.
Critics of Russia have argued that any role would ... | Amidst all the heat of the presidential debate on Sunday night, hackers surfaced for a brief moment. | 37605992 |
The Labour leader told the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) that the election would be "the people versus the powerful".
And he pledged to repeal the Trade Union Act as part of his campaign to "stand for the many, not the few".
Nicola Sturgeon, the SNP leader and Scottish first minister, also addressed the confere... | Jeremy Corbyn has urged Scottish voters to help Labour oust the "vicious" Tories from government. | 39686377 |
A two-week trial will see a sergeant and a constable from West Midlands Police working alongside officers from the Guardia Civil.
They will spend the first week in Magaluf in Majorca and the second in San Antonio, Ibiza.
The project is being paid for by the Foreign Office.
Police from France, Germany, Italy, Portugal a... | British police are to be sent to party destinations Ibiza and Magaluf to help Spanish police deal with victims and offenders from the UK. | 33809243 |
7 November 2016 Last updated at 16:47 GMT
The front-runners for the job are Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
Becoming president is no easy job and the candidates have been campaigning for many months.
But what if you were to get the job? We asked children in the US what they would do if they were in the hottest seat i... | It is voting day in the US as the world waits to see who will be the next President. | 37896239 |
Their blue and white Elude suit is said to make divers much less visible to sharks by drawing on research into the way they see their prey.
A separate design - the Diverter - has black and white stripes to signal that a surfer is not good to eat.
The project follows a wave of shark attacks in Western Australia.
Sharks ... | Two Australian businessmen backed by a university research project have launched what they claim to be the first shark-repellent wetsuits. | 23357682 |
Dr Frank Atherton, Chief Medical Officer for Wales, said a new system of organ donation in Wales has increased public awareness.
He argued that could ultimately result in more donors and transplants.
New annual UK figures from the NHS showed nearly a quarter more patients living in Wales have had transplants.
Altogethe... | Wales is "leading the way" in efforts to increase the number of lives being saved by organ transplants, according to the Welsh Government's top doctor. | 37230686 |
Labour retained majorities in Newcastle, Sunderland, Gateshead and North and South Tyneside.
In Cumbria, the Liberal Democrats came out on top in South Lakeland again while the Conservatives took control of Eden Valley for the first time.
On Teesside, control of Redcar and Cleveland Council will be decided by a recount... | Controlling parties largely stood firm in council elections across the North East and Cumbria. | 32660616 |
Greater Maryhill Foodbank had raised a four-figure sum to send 10-year-old Chelsea Sommerville and her family on holiday.
The cash was stolen along with items of clothing and supermarket vouchers.
Glasgow comedian Frankie Boyle and the Scottish government each gave the foodbank £5,000.
Further donations and pledges hav... | Donations of about £15,000 have been made to a Glasgow foodbank after money collected to help a girl injured in a hit-and-run incident was stolen. | 31105300 |
The bomb exploded in a market in the city of Maiduguri, in Borno state.
"The explosive devices were wrapped around her body," a police source told Reuters.
No group has said it carried out the attack. The market is reported to have been targeted twice in a week by female bombers late last year.
Correspondents say that ... | At least 19 people have been killed and several injured by a bomb strapped to a girl reported to be aged about 10 in north-eastern Nigeria, police say. | 30761963 |
The Irish province were hoping to go through as one of the three best pool runners-up but results on the final weekend went against them.
Stade Francais beat Leicester with a bonus point to pass Ulster's tally of 18 and progress to the last eight.
It means there will be no Irish team in the quarter-finals for the first... | Ulster's hopes of securing a place in the quarter-finals of the European Champions Cup were dashed on Sunday. | 35395215 |
They are due hold a vigil outside the MoD later and hand a letter in to Downing Street.
The Ballymurphy families represent 10 people killed in west Belfast as the government introduced internment.
In September, they walked out of a meeting with Secretary of State James Brokenshire.
They had urged him to release funds f... | The families of 10 people shot dead by the Army in west Belfast in 1971 are to start civil proceedings against the Ministry of Defence. | 40007237 |
Fold Housing Association has plans for 244 homes, a community centre and business units on the site.
The development had been opposed by some local residents.
They had objected to the loss of a site that was previously used for employment purposes.
A council spokesman said the decision by the planning committee had bee... | Belfast City Council has granted planning approval for a controversial housing project on the former Visteon factory site in west Belfast. | 35129587 |
The blaze broke out in Wilmslow Road, underneath runway one, at about 18:00 GMT Cheshire Police said.
Photos from the scene show plumes of smoke billowing out of the underpass.
An airport spokeswoman said all flights had been diverted to runway two as a precaution and she believes it will be back to normal soon.
Some p... | A car fire in a road tunnel has led to one of Manchester Airport's runways being closed - causing delays to some flights. | 39122961 |
PC Dave Giboney said moments after Arlindo Furtado stabbed himself in the throat, a colleague discharged his Taser, which missed.
Mr Furtado was later struck twice by Taser shots at his Cardiff home.
The inquest has heard Mr Furtado died from his neck wound, and not as a result of being stunned.
PC Giboney told Aberdar... | A policeman stunned a man who had stabbed himself in the neck because he feared for his colleague's life, an inquest has heard. | 34844750 |
Police and crime commissioner Dr Alan Billings suspended Mr Crompton on 27 April because of concerns about public confidence in the force.
It comes after the Hillsborough inquests concluded there were police failings in the disaster.
Mr Crompton was suspended under Section 38 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibil... | Dismissal proceedings for the suspended South Yorkshire chief constable David Crompton have begun. | 36315181 |
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14 October 2014 Last updated at 17:30 BST
A UN medical worker infected with Ebola has died at a hospital in Germany.
And passengers arriving at the UK's Heathrow airport from Ebola-affected countries are being screened by health officials.
Here is the latest Ebola news for T... | The World Health Organization (WHO) expects the number of people who are infected with Ebola to rise to over 9,000 this week. | 29619563 |
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East awarded Bolton a contentious penalty - scored by Eidur Gudjohnsen - but then showed Trotters midfielder Neil Danns two yellow cards.
Raheem Sterling equalised and Philippe Coutinho scored a stoppage-time winner.
Asked about East, Lennon said: "I thought he was rubbish... | Bolton manager Neil Lennon was furious with referee Roger East's performance as his side lost 2-1 to Liverpool in their FA Cup fourth-round replay. | 31142324 |
Carwyn Jones said delivery of the Regeneration Investment Fund for Wales "fell well below the standards we would expect ... and for that we are sorry".
The public accounts committee said there were weaknesses in the oversight.
A firm which bought 15 sites for £21m had made £19m profit by selling just some of them, it r... | The first minister has apologised to AMs after a report said taxpayers had lost tens of millions of pounds over the sale of publicly-owned land. | 35399951 |
Mark Neale, of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, agreed that the bailout plans in Cyprus underlined the risk of undermining savers' confidence.
But he said the UK's position was entirely different from that of Cyprus.
The first £85,000 of deposits per person, per UK-regulated institution are protected by the ... | The head of the UK's deposit safety net has said he is "emphatic" that savings in the UK are well protected, despite the problems in Cyprus. | 21827739 |
Defender Vincent Sasso starts a three-game suspension, but Tom Lees could return after missing nine games with a knee injury.
Reading hope to have defenders Liam Moore (hamstring) and Paul McShane (back) available after injury.
Midfielders Liam Kelly and Jordon Mutch are both doubts with hamstring problems and Tiago Il... | Sheffield Wednesday striker Fernando Forestieri is likely to remain sidelined by a knee injury. | 39227094 |
She is visiting Action for Children centres in Torfaen and Caerphilly.
The duchess took over the role of royal patron from the Queen in December.
Sir Tony Hawkhead, the charity's chief executive, said he was "thrilled" to introduce her "to the specialised work we do with families".
The duchess visited Torfaen Multi-dis... | The Duchess of Cambridge has travelled to south Wales in her first official engagement as patron of a children's charity. | 39043903 |
In Japan, the benchmark Nikkei 225 closed down 2.4% at 15,732.82, the sixth session in a row that the index has fallen.
In South Korea, the Kospi index closed down 0.8% at 1,962.74, the lowest close in a month.
US stocks ended lower on Monday after the price of US crude oil fell 3% in New York trade.
The drop extended ... | Many Asian markets fell on Tuesday as the decline in the oil price appeared to weigh on investor sentiment. | 35965817 |
Brothers Daniel and Samuel Sledden mocked Judge Beverley Lunt on Facebook after admitting drug dealing charges.
Daniel, 27, posted within 90 minutes of leaving Burnley Crown Court, while Samuel, 22, made offensive remarks 40 minutes after he left the dock.
Judge Lunt remanded them in custody and ordered a review of the... | Two drug dealers who posted sexually offensive comments about a judge after she gave them suspended jail terms have been remanded in custody. | 35588776 |
The 21-year-old came through the club's youth system and has made a total of 94 appearances for the Addicks since his debut in August 2013.
"It's a good feeling to secure my future," he told the club website.
"I've been here for a very long time and I'm proud to come from this academy. It's my home, I feel part of the ... | Charlton Athletic midfielder Jordan Cousins has signed a new four-year deal with the Championship club. | 33733572 |
Police have been inundated with reports of "clowns" jumping out, chasing people and even carrying "weapons" - and have warned them they could face action.
But the craze has left real clowns feeling frustrated their profession is being portrayed in a negative way.
A World Clown Association executive said the trend was "... | Professional clowns have hit out at pranksters who have been dressing up as "creepy clowns" to intimidate and frighten people across the UK. | 37611993 |
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But the suspensions have been reduced from eight to six years by Fifa's appeals committee.
Both were found guilty of breaches surrounding a £1.3m ($2m) "disloyal payment" to Platini.
They both deny any wrongdoing and have said they will appeal to the Court of Arbitration f... | Outgoing Fifa president Sepp Blatter and suspended Uefa boss Michel Platini have had bans from all football-related activities upheld. | 35655454 |
A 53-year-old man has been released pending a report to the Public Prosecution Service and a 34-year-old man has been released unconditionally.
Mrs O'Hara was the mother of an INLA man who died in the 1981 hunger strike.
Dozens of people in paramilitary-style uniform attended the funeral last July. | Two men arrested on Tuesday in Strabane by police investigating offences linked to the wake and funeral of Peggy O'Hara in Londonderry have been released. | 34981919 |
The bus collided with a car shortly before 16:00 BST on Cotterstock Road, Oundle.
Police said nine children on board the bus were treated by paramedics and taken to hospital. Their injuries are not thought to be life threatening.
The driver of the car was also taken to hospital.
Officers said the road would remain clos... | Nine children have been taken to hospital after a school bus tipped onto its side in a crash in Northamptonshire. | 36799359 |
Her biographer says the writing of Hansberry, who died young in 1965, has plenty of relevance today - including the National's Les Blancs (The Whites), about racial tensions in Africa just as the underpinnings of colonialism are starting to shift.
When A Raisin in the Sun opened at the Ethel Barrymore theatre in New Y... | Lorraine Hansberry is famous for writing a classic piece of modern American drama - A Raisin in the Sun - but she wrote more radical plays too, and London's National Theatre in London is reviving her unfinished, ambitious drama about African politics. | 35907800 |
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The Super 8s format, introduced in 2015, sees the 12-team Super League and Championship split into three mini-leagues after 23 regular-season rounds.
"I'm not a fan of it," ex-Great Britain coach Noble told the Super League Show.
"If you want to build a competition, you've... | The Rugby Football League needs to take "brave steps" and reshuffle the game's structure, says Toronto Wolfpack director of rugby Brian Noble. | 39354954 |
Passengers face disruption between 06:00 BST and 09:00 BST on Irish Rail services on Friday if the negotiations are not successful.
The National Bus and Rail Union (NBRU) and the Services Industrial Professional and Technical Union (SIPTU) were locked in talks with the firm for 13 hours on Wednesday.
Talks resumed at 1... | Talks aimed at halting a planned rail strike in the Republic of Ireland have resumed. | 34596867 |
The UK astronaut has given his first full news conference since touching down on the Kazakh steppe on Saturday.
He is the first person to fly to space under the UK banner since Helen Sharman in 1991 and made the first spacewalk by a UK astronaut.
During the 186-day mission mission, Maj Peake also remotely steered a rob... | Tim Peake says he would go back into space "in a heartbeat" after his six-month mission to the space station. | 36587252 |
The right-wing extremist had accused the singer of Children Of The Rainbow, Lillebjoern Nilsen, of being a Marxist who sought to brainwash children.
Nilsen led the crowd on Thursday in singing the song on Youngstorget Square, close to the courthouse.
Inside, the trial heard testimony from survivors of the Oslo bomb att... | Some 40,000 people have gathered on an Oslo square to sing a popular peace song which mass killer Anders Behring Breivik condemned at his trial. | 17852176 |
Coming as it did in the middle of a general election campaign, perhaps led to a more intense debate than usual about what a government should be doing to protect its citizens.
Some criticised the speed with which the political parties returned to their campaigns as they outlined their promises on security, amid an atmo... | An atrocity affecting as many people as the Manchester Arena bomb did would have left a nation in shock whenever it happened. | 40163255 |
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 24.72 points to 6,388.71, while the S&P 500 was down 0.24 to 1,917.59.
The Nasdaq composite rose 16.89 points to 4,504.43.
Inflation data showed the core consumer price index went up by a bigger-than-expected 0.3% gain last month, a figure that prompted fears that another intere... | (Close): US markets had a mixed end to the week with energy shares lower but tech share rose. | 35614409 |
Police evacuated the venue on Thursday and also conducted an operation at Manly ferry wharf.
Concerts at the Opera House were cancelled as the usually crowded tourist attraction was emptied out.
The surrounding ferry wharf area was searched, but "nothing of interest" was found, police said.
The boy will face court next... | Australian police have charged a boy, 17, over alleged social media threats that led to the evacuation of the Sydney Opera House last week. | 35348797 |
The homes of nearly 4,700 people in Otodo-Gbame were destroyed by heavy machinery, activists said.
Eyewitnesses told the BBC tear gas and live bullets were fired after residents formed a human chain to stop the houses from being destroyed.
The authorities have not yet commented on the incident.
Amnesty International sa... | An informal settlement in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, has been razed to the ground in defiance of a court order, rights activists say. | 39308701 |
The flotation could give the company a market value of nearly £4bn and push it into the FTSE 100 index of the largest UK-listed firms.
The company says it processes about 31 million transactions a day on mobiles, online and in stores.
Worldpay said it would use the money raised from the flotation to reduce debts.
In 20... | Payment processing company Worldpay has said it plans to raise £890m by listing its shares on the London stock market. | 34289409 |
The tiny devices delivered a cargo of nano-particles into the stomach lining of a mouse.
The research by scientists at the University of California is published in the journal ACS Nano.
Medical applications for micro-machines include the release of drugs into specific locations within the body.
But until now, they have... | In a case of science fiction meeting reality, microscopic "machines" have journeyed inside a living animal for the first time. | 30875102 |
Lowe, 37, and Dagnall, 30, joined the Alex this summer and will be key figures if the club is to challenge for promotion in the forthcoming campaign.
"I've known Daggers since he played at Tranmere with my cousin," Lowe said.
"We're building our partnership and hopefully we can score some goals."
The two Liverpudlians ... | Veteran Crewe Alexandra striker Ryan Lowe says his partnership with Chris Dagnall is working well and they are relishing the chance to unleash it on League Two this season. | 36857476 |
Thistle took the lead when Kevin Nisbet was brought down by Joe Shaughnessy and Steven Lawless scored the penalty.
Ryan Edwards then thumped in an outstanding strike from 20 yards.
Chris Erskine rounded off the win after jinking his way into the box and picking his spot beyond goalkeeper Alan Mannus.
Saints were left t... | Partick Thistle reached the League Cup quarter-finals for the first time since 2014 as they knocked out St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park. | 40829951 |
Jet2 said the group caused problems on a flight from Newcastle to Tenerife on Saturday.
The firm has banned three people for a year and is refusing to fly another three home from the holiday island.
A spokeswoman said the group had been drinking "illicit alcohol", which refers to alcohol bought before they boarded the ... | An airline has banned six "drunken" passengers from its flights after they were rude and aggressive towards staff. | 37429910 |
Channel 4 announced the show's new line-up ahead of its first series since leaving the BBC.
"I could not be more delighted by who will be joining me on the show," said Hollywood, the only holdover from the BBC's version.
Leith said she was "so thrilled to be joining... the biggest show on TV".
"I cannot wait to see wha... | Sandi Toksvig, food writer Prue Leith and comedian Noel Fielding will join Paul Hollywood when The Great British Bake Off returns in the autumn. | 39296513 |
Charles Blackman's oil work Women Lovers features two nude women resting on a bed beside a cat.
Art broker Mossgreen tried to promote it on Facebook, but the social media network rejected it for "advertising adult products or services".
Mossgreen chief executive Paul Summer said the decision was "ridiculous".
"This is ... | Facebook has blocked an Australian auction house from advertising an acclaimed artist's painting depicting nude figures. | 39099726 |
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