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Text: He was taken ill on Tuesday while visiting the country to support his daughter Tracey, who is the England netball coach, during the World Cup.
England Netball confirmed the 65-year-old died in hospital in Sydney on Friday evening local time.
Mr Neville was a former commercial director of Bury Football Club.
The L... | Neville Neville, the father of former England and Manchester United footballers Gary and Phil, has died in Australia. |
Text: More than a dozen suspected Islamists, believed to have trained in Syria and Libya, were arrested, it adds.
Most of those killed by an Islamic State (IS) militant in the earlier attack were British tourists.
Tunisia is the biggest exporter of jihadis, with at least 3,000 of its nationals fighting in Iraq and Syri... | Police in Tunisia have foiled a new plot to attack the beach resort of Sousse, where 38 people were killed in June, the interior ministry says. |
Text: Burke, who also appeared in The Musketeers, will play private detective Cormoran Strike in the BBC One adaptation. He described the character as "complex" and "larger than life".
Shooting on the seven hour-long dramas will begin in London in the autumn.
Rowling has written three novels about the war veteran-turne... | JK Rowling has said she is "thrilled" that War & Peace actor Tom Burke will star in a TV series based on the crime novels she wrote as Robert Galbraith. |
Text: Constable Kerr, 25, was killed by a booby-trap car bomb in Omagh on 2 April 2011. The attack was carried out by dissident republicans.
A 27-year-old man has been arrested in Omagh and a 40-year-old man was brought into police custody from prison.
They are being questioned under the Terrorism Act in connection wit... | Police investigating the murder of Constable Ronan Kerr six years ago have arrested two men. |
Text: Gary Higgins, 47, and James Dunn, 34, were convicted in 2006 of shooting Clinton Bailey in the car park of a Coventry pub in April 2005.
The Court of Appeal said there had been a "serious" and "regrettable" failure to disclose information which could have helped their defence at trial.
Three other men were also j... | Two men jailed for a gangland murder have been cleared on appeal after spending more than a decade in jail. |
Text: Most recently Burnley's sporting director, McParland, 56, was previously chief scout at Liverpool and worked with Raheem Sterling and Jordan Ibe.
He also had a spell as Brentford director of football when Rangers boss Mark Warburton was at Griffin Park.
The Ibrox side are currently top of the Scottish Championshi... | Rangers have appointed Frank McParland as their new head of recruitment. |
Text: The unnamed captain collapsed and was taken to hospital after the verdict.
Homosexuality is not a crime for civilians, but the South Korea's military law bans homosexual activity by army personnel.
Human rights groups have accused the armed forces of conducting a "witch hunt" to root out homosexuality.
The captai... | A South Korean military court has given an army captain a suspended six-month prison sentence for having sex with another male soldier. |
Text: The area, that involves the counties of Caithness and Sutherland, is short of eight consultants at its local hospital and also needs to find more GPs.
Frank Stephen, of Thurso's Riverbank Medical Practice Patient Participation Group, told of the public concerns.
Health Secretary Shona Robison said she was confide... | A review of NHS Highland's performance has heard public fears that care in the far north is 'on brink of meltdown'. |
Text: US investment firm Cerberus bought the entire portfolio from Nama for more than £1bn last April.
The Irish News revealed that Verbatim Communications worked for Tughans, the legal firm involved in the Nama affair.
The company is run by Gareth Robinson.
It organised an event about Tughans' association with Queen'... | The public relations firm run by the son of First Minister Peter Robinson says it has not been involved in any way in the controversial sale of National Asset Management Agency's (Nama) Northern Ireland properties. |
Text: Supporters of the charity were urged by a former patient to send donations and festive greetings to the pilot, doctor and paramedic on a bauble-shaped card.
Nearly 600 cards now adorn a Christmas tree at its Marden base, in Kent, after the appeal was launched by Liz James.
The charity, which is celebrating its 25... | A Christmas baubles campaign has raised more than £17,000 for the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance Trust. |
Text: Power is not expected to be restored before 17:00 BST.
Adrian Doyle, from the Odyssey Trust, said the failure happened at about 02:30 BST and specialist contractors are working on the problem.
He said: "We would ask any groups who are booked to attend W5 this morning not to travel as the building will not be able... | The Odyssey complex in Belfast will be closed on Monday because of a "major power failure". |
Text: Last year, a court allowed a terminally ill man the right to end his own life with the help of a doctor but he died before the ruling was made.
The latest ruling overturns that decision.
It means that Archbishop Desmond Tutu's wish to have the option of an assisted death will now be illegal.
Mr Tutu has been livi... | South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled it is unlawful for patients with terminal illnesses to choose how they die. |
Text: Forward Paea, 31, returns having spent two years with the club after joining from cross-city rivals Hull KR in 2014.
Faraimo, 27, played for the USA at the 2013 World Cup and began his NRL career the following year with Parramatta.
"They're two quality additions," head coach Lee Radford said.
Challenge Cup holder... | Hull FC have signed prop Mickey Paea and winger Bureta Faraimo for 2018 on two-year deals from National Rugby League (NRL) sides Newcastle Knights and New Zealand Warriors respectively. |
Text: The 30-year-old had been at Kenilworth Road since 2012 and had been the longest-serving player in the League Two club's squad.
The former Forest Green Rovers and Swindon Town man made 128 league starts for the Hatters.
He is available for Stevenage's League Cup trip to Millwall on Tuesday.
Luton boss Nathan Jones... | Stevenage have signed Luton Town midfielder Jonathan Smith after the Hatters agreed to cancel his contract by mutual consent. |
Text: In her first new year message as prime minister, Mrs May called for unity following June's "divisive" vote, ahead of negotiations on the UK's exit from the EU.
She said: "If 2016 was the year you voted for that change, this is the year we start to make it happen."
Mrs May also quoted MP Jo Cox, who was killed a w... | This year's EU referendum "laid bare some further divisions in our country", Theresa May has said. |
Text: The 59-year-old was due to play the title role in Linda but pulled out shortly before it opened.
"I didn't want to let down the audience, the theatre, playwright or the actors," she told the Radio Times.
She said being unable to sleep felt like "a gorilla sitting on [her] chest" and had left her "in a void".
The ... | Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall has spoken about the chronic insomnia that forced her to withdraw from a play at London's Royal Court last year. |
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Work to widen the seven-mile section of the A453 between the M1 junction 24 in Leicestershire and the A52 in Nottinghamshire has been going on for a year.
So far a total of 409 people have worked on the project and 60% of those... | A £150m project to widen the congested A453 in the East Midlands has boosted the region's economy, officials say. |
Text: The 25-year-old was competing indoors for the first time since he set a personal best of 6.49 seconds in winning 60m gold in Poland last March.
Kilty was representing Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the four nations meeting at the Emirates Arena.
Germany won the meet ahead of France with GB & NI third and S... | World indoor champion Richard Kilty was disqualified for a false start in the 60m final on his indoor comeback at the Glasgow International Match. |
Text: James Hurley, 54, took part in an armed robbery in Hemel Hempstead, during which PC Frank Mason was shot.
He pleaded guilty to robbery but denied murder and told the appeal court he was intimidated into keeping quiet by Charles McGhee, who pulled the trigger.
Hurley said he now feels safe to try to clear his name... | A man convicted of murdering an off-duty policeman in 1988 has told London's Appeal Court he was stopped from giving evidence in his defence. |
Text: Campaigners have also organised a Save Our Swimming gala taking place later at the Fairfax Street sport centre - home to the Olympic-size pool.
Coventry City Council is proposing closing it and building a new leisure centre with a 25m pool and water park.
The authority said it was currently reviewing the response... | More than 6,000 people have signed a petition to save the only 50m swimming pool in the Midlands. |
Text: 6 September 2016 Last updated at 06:40 BST
His side beat Slovakia 1-0 on Sunday in England's first World Cup qualifier in their FIFA 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign.
But do you know who else applied for the top job? Well, Naz has the answer...
And watch out for a surprise visit from big man Sam himself...
Summ... | We all know Sam Allardyce is the new England boss. |
Text: A Twitter mix-up resulted in Kellie Hughes, 42, from Whalley, failing to reach Lancashire County Council (LCC).
Ms Hughes instead tweeted photos of her drains to LCCC, along with an angry message saying: "This is a disgrace!"
The defending Twenty20 champions then jokingly promised to send some of their players to... | A woman who tried to contact her local authority about blocked drains accidentally sent the complaint to Lancashire County Cricket Club (LCCC). |
Text: The FAW made a post-tax profit of £891,000 for the year ending 30 June, 2016.
Turnover for the year was £21m, an increase of £10.5m (102%) on the previous year.
The financial year included the Euro 2016 finals in France, up to and including the round of 16.
The quarter-finals and semi-finals of the competition oc... | The Football Association of Wales will re-invest the profit it made in 2015-16 to improve facilities, says chief executive Jonathan Ford. |
Text: Jack Glenn, 23, was wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt, dark tracksuit bottoms and blue trainers when he entered the water from the Foyle Bridge.
The Glenn family have been liaising with the Foyle Search and Rescue team and the PSNI.
Searches were held on Saturday along both sides of the River Foyle.
A candlelit vi... | Hundreds of people have been searching for a Londonderry man who went into the River Foyle on Thursday. |
Text: The OECD researches economics for the 30 nations that make up its membership.
For the eurozone, its leading indicator of economic activity rose in January and also turned positive for Britain.
The United States and Japan also continued to show signs of a pick-up.
"The United States and Japan continue to drive the... | The eurozone is showing "tentative" signs of recovery, according to the latest report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). |
Text: An inspection of Swinfen Hall prison near Lichfield, Staffordshire found almost all areas have deteriorated and the prison is "not safe enough".
The report also found inmates at the prison and young offenders institution were not having daily showers.
A spokesperson for the prison said the problems reflected "ope... | Inmates are living in cells without glass in the windows in conditions described as "squalid". |
Text: John Hinckley Jr shot the president, who survived, and three others outside the Hilton Hotel in Washington in 1981.
Mr Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity but was sent for treatment to a Washington hospital.
Currently, he spends 17 days per month at his mother's home in the nearby state of Virgini... | A lawyer for the man who shot President Ronald Reagan has told a court his client should be permanently released from his mental health hospital. |
Text: Republicans have been highly critical of President Barack Obama over the deteriorating relationship with Israel.
Mr Boehner's visit will take place in April, weeks after a clear election victory for Mr Netanyahu's Likud party.
During the campaign, Mr Netanyahu vowed not to allow the establishment of a Palestinian... | US House Speaker John Boehner plans to visit Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in Israel. |
Text: Khartoum will play in the Confederation Cup next year after finishing fourth in the Sudan Premier League this year.
Domestically, Appiah's challenge will be to break the dominance of Al Merreikh and Al Hilal, who between them have won every league title since 1970 except in 1992.
Appiah left his job in charge of ... | Former Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah has taken over at Sudanese club SC Khartoum on a two-year contract. |
Text: Alicja Dworakowska, 29, was reported missing from her home in Beeston in Leeds on Tuesday.
West Yorkshire Police issued an urgent appeal following the disappearance of the heavily-pregnant mother and young girl.
The force thanked the public and media for their assistance in locating them.
Summary: | Police searching for a pregnant Polish woman and her five-year-old daughter say the pair have been found safe and well. |
Text: Richard Cole, 30, from Dursley in Gloucestershire, went missing during a night out in the Thorbeckeplein area of the city on 25 January.
His body was recovered from the water a week later.
Detectives investigating his death arrested a 23 year old man and have taken him into custody for questioning.
Police previou... | Dutch police have arrested a man on suspicion of stealing the wallet of a British man whose body was found in a canal in Amsterdam. |
Text: Alan Tissington, 49, from Windmill Avenue in St Albans was arrested on 17 September last year, following the police operation.
Bomb disposal teams were called to the scene and nearby homes evacuated after police found the cache of weapons.
Mr Tissington has been bailed and will appear before magistrates next mont... | A man whose house was raided and a number of World War One and Two artefacts and munitions seized has been charged with 14 firearms offences. |
Text: Smith's team-mate, England all-rounder Ben Stokes, contributed 21 in their 187-3.
Stokes' compatriot Jos Buttler top scored for Mumbai and hit three sixes in a quick-fire 38 off 19 balls.
But their 184-8 was overtaken with a ball to go by Smith and MS Dhoni (12).
Summary: | Australia captain Steve Smith hit an unbeaten 84 to guide Rising Pune Supergiants to a seven-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. |
Text: New Mills, who play in the eighth-tier Northern Premier League Division One North, had lost all of their league and cup games this season.
But on Tuesday night the Derbyshire club drew 2-2 with Witton Albion to earn their first point of the campaign.
"I just hope it can be a springboard for the rest of the season... | A non-league team dubbed "the worst in the country" have ended a 26-game losing streak. |
Text: The national park authority served a notice for the St David's Hotel, Harlech, to be pulled down.
The body said it has been inundated with complaints over the state of the Gwynedd venue which closed in 2008.
In 2014, permission was granted for it to be replaced by a 130-bed hotel, but owner Aitchison Associates d... | A derelict hotel deemed "unsightly" in Snowdonia could be razed to the ground. |
Text: A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week:
Summary: | Images courtesy of AFP, EPA, Reuters |
Text: The health and social services scrutiny panel said working conditions and staff contracts at Jersey General Hospital should improve.
Chairman, Deputy Richard Renouf, said higher salaries would help attract more doctors and nurses to the island.
Health Minister, Senator Andrew Green, said he would consider the rep... | Recruitment of medical staff in Jersey is being hampered by the high cost of living on the island, a report has said. |
Text: The car, which appears to be connected to one of the turbines, was designed by Carlo Roberts and Stefan Fulcher in a field in Eye, Suffolk.
Mr Roberts admitted to being "obsessed with aerial views" and said "the idea of a turbine powering a car seemed very interesting".
It was created with the landowner's permiss... | Artists have created an image of a giant electric car in a field of wind turbines. |
Text: Edward Archer, using a stolen gun, fired at least 11 shots at Jesse Hartnett in Philadelphia.
Despite being shot, Mr Hartnett left his vehicle and was able to return fire, striking the gunman three times.
Mr Archer was arrested within minutes and later confessed to police he did it for Islam, officers told report... | A man who shot and wounded a policeman at point blank range as he sat in his patrol car was inspired by Islamic State militants, police said. |
Text: Traws Link Cymru will film the 56-mile (90km) route between the two rail stations, with a camera on a microlight aircraft, to make a promotional video.
A report for ministers on reopening the line, which shut in 1965, is due to be published in the autumn and could lead to a feasibility study.
Traws Link Cymru hop... | A group seeking to reopen a rail line between Aberystwyth and Carmarthen is taking its campaign to the skies. |
Text: His comments came as the bank's latest Report on Jobs found a slower rise in the number of staff placed in permanent jobs by recruitment consultancies.
The number of temporary staff placed in employment increased in November.
But the report also found the rate of growth easing to its slowest pace since April.
The... | The Scottish economy appears to be "growing but slowing", according to Bank of Scotland chief economist Donald MacRae. |
Text: World swimming's governing body Fina opted not to impose a ban on the 25-year-old, who tested positive to low levels of a masking agent in 2013.
Palmer chose to miss the World Championships in Russia in July while Fina investigated the offence.
"I sincerely hope that this process is now over," the Australian said... | Former Olympic champion Kylie Palmer is clear to compete at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro after receiving a warning for a doping violation. |
Text: Strachan is expected to have talks about his future next week after Friday's 3-0 loss to England left the Scots in fifth place in Group F.
"Is there someone out there who could make us better? I don't believe there is," said former captain Souness.
"I think Gordon is getting the most from a very modest group."
Wi... | Graeme Souness has backed Gordon Strachan to continue as Scotland manager despite a poor start to the World Cup qualifying campaign. |
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Fourth place could provide European football if one of the Premiership's top three win the Scottish Cup.
But their 0-0 draw at Kilmarnock leaves Hearts 10 points behind Rangers and four behind fourth-placed St Johnstone, who both have a game in hand.
"Fourth place is... | Hearts full-back Liam Smith says a Europa League qualifying spot should be the "bare minimum" requirement for the Tynecastle club. |
Text: Doctor Claire Sheppey was rescued by firefighters from her burning second-floor flat on Crowland Terrace in Islington early on Wednesday morning but died later in hospital.
Dr Sheppey was a consultant paediatric anaesthetist at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel.
Tributes paid to her came from as far afield... | A doctor who treated victims of the 7 July bombings in 2005 has died after a fire in her flat in north London. |
Text: The women, aged 44 and 49, were injured in the car park at Withington Community Hospital at 14:05 GMT, Greater Manchester Police said.
The 89-year-old man who was driving the car has been arrested on suspicion of causing death and serious injury by dangerous driving.
The man remains in custody, police said.
A pol... | Two women have died after a car hit pedestrians outside a hospital in south Manchester. |
Text: Town and Country Kiddies Nursery in Market Rasen was reportedly told its children were not learning about people who were "different to themselves".
The nursery was downgraded from "outstanding" to "good" by Ofsted.
The owner said the area was not very diverse and she felt that Ofsted had "unrealistic expectation... | Ofsted has withdrawn a report which allegedly criticised a nursery in rural Lincolnshire for failing to teach toddlers about cultural diversity. |
Text: Wildlife groups said trawlers fishing illegally had not used devices to stop turtles getting entangled in nets.
Experts say such a large number of turtles has not been found dead on the southern Indian coast for 10 years.
Olive ridleys are endangered in India. They are one of five species of marine turtle to mate... | More than 900 olive ridley turtles have been found dead along the coast of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, conservationists say. |
Text: Second-placed Tottenham will aim to close the gap to leaders Leicester to five points when they host Bournemouth.
Both Sunderland and Newcastle are in the relegation zone after Norwich's win at West Brom on Saturday, with the Black Cats going to St James' Park one point above the 19th-placed Magpies.
Manchester U... | The Tyne-Wear and Manchester derbies feature among four Premier League games on Sunday with huge importance for the top and bottom of the table. |
Text: In particular, the prime minister has promised to give English MPs a greater say over legislation that affects England. He made clear this would cover the same issues over which Scotland will have greater control - tax, spending and welfare. And the changes will be agreed at the same pace with draft legislation b... | The Downing Street constitutional declaration - as it will become known - marks the start of what potentially could be massive constitutional change. |
Text: "Gerard Depardieu was very insistent," Thierry Fremaux told the Associated Press.
"He really wanted us to show it."
Fremaux had initially turned down United Passions, but eventually agreed to an open-air public screening on the beach.
"At the beginning I said 'Out of the question', because the film lack[ed] the q... | The director of the Cannes Film Festival has revealed he only agreed to show a vanity film about the history of football body Fifa after being personally lobbied by its French star. |
Text: He will serve life in jail without the possibility of parole.
The defence team had argued that the former neuroscience graduate student, now 27, was insane at the time.
The jury agreed with prosecutors that Holmes, though mentally ill, was responsible for his actions. But it was not unanimous on the death penalty... | A jury in the US state of Colorado has spared gunman James Holmes the death penalty for killing 12 people at a screening of a Batman film in 2012. |
Text: Probate fees had been due to rise from £155 or £215 to up to £20,000 for some estates in England and Wales from May.
The Ministry of Justice said there was now not enough time for the legislation - dubbed a "stealth death tax" by critics - to go through Parliament.
A senior Conservative declined to say if the sch... | Controversial plans to raise the legal fees payable after death are to be scrapped ahead of the general election. |
Text: The 27-year-old, who scored 49 goals in 200 league appearances for Monaco, passed a medical to become Marseille's first summer signing.
He has spent the majority of his career with Monaco, but had a brief spell on loan at Nice in 2015-2016.
Germain, whose father Bruno played for Marseille, scored 10 goals and add... | Marseille have signed Monaco forward Valere Germain on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee. |
Text: Mr Rotheram, 55, who was elected as the first city region mayor last week, was first elected MP for Walton in 2010.
Labour's NEC will now select a Walton candidate, who must be nominated to stand by 16:00 BST on Thursday.
Mr Rotheram criticised the party's decision not to give his local party a say in picking his... | Newly-elected Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram has confirmed he will not seek re-election as Labour MP for the Liverpool Walton seat. |
Text: The Belfast featherweight lost his WBA belt in January's defeat by Leo Santa Cruz and a third fight this summer between the pair has been ruled out.
"It needs to be a big fight and that's what it will be," said Frampton.
"It doesn't need to be a world title fight but I can't fight a mug - it needs to be a credibl... | Carl Frampton says he will not take on a "mug" as an announcement nears for a fight in Belfast in July or August. |
Text: The demonstration was organised by two major labour unions, the CGT and CTA, who united against the president's cuts to spending and public sector jobs.
The unions say that 100,000 workers have lost their jobs in the public and private sectors since President Macri came to power.
But the president argues that tou... | Thousands of Argentines have staged a noisy protest against job cuts imposed under President Mauricio Macri's economic reforms. |
Text: The man was walking along Union Street close to the "four corners" at about 23:25 on Wednesday when he was attacked.
Police Scotland said the suspect then headed off towards Argyle Street where he may have got into a taxi.
Officers believe the attacker had a three-wheel shopping trolley or support frame with him ... | A 26-year-old man is being treated in hospital after being seriously assaulted in Glasgow city centre. |
Text: The world number one, who lost for the first time in 45 televised matches in Manchester on 23 March, thrashed Dave Chisnall 7-1 to stay top of the table.
Fellow Dutchman Van Barneveld won his fourth straight game, overcoming an unhappy James Wade 7-2 in Cardiff.
There were also wins for Phil Taylor, Gary Anderson... | Michael van Gerwen bounced back from his record-ending loss to Raymond van Barneveld last time out with a convincing win in the Premier League. |
Text: It happened at a fast food outlet on Doric Way at about 01:10 BST on Sunday.
Two masked men, one carrying a hammer and one with a suspected gun, entered through the back door and threatened staff before escaping with cash.
A 33-year-old man was arrested a short time later. He was subsequently released on police b... | A man has been arrested after an armed robbery in Larne, County Antrim. |
Text: Richard Perry, 43, was with a colleague covering roof lights with vinyl at Whiteghyll Plastics in Bradford when he fell to the department below in 2014.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said there were no precautions in place to prevent them from falling through "fragile roof material".
At Bradford Crown Cou... | A company has been fined £120,000 after a worker plunged 18ft (5.5m) to his death through a roof light. |
Text: Several famous writers were among his fans, including Philip Roth and Joseph Heller, but he never converted critical acclaim into commercial success.
A former US fighter pilot, he flew in the Korean War alongside future astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who became the second man to walk on the moon.
He died on Friday at a g... | American author James Salter, who was often dubbed the "greatest writer you've never read," has died aged 90. |
Text: The sides drew 2-2 on Boxing Day but Glenavon have been punished for fielding a suspended player, David Elebert, in the match at Shamrock Park.
Under Irish FA rules, the match has now been recorded as a 3-0 win for the Ports with Glenavon also fined £350.
It means Portadown are now nine points behind one-from-bot... | The Premiership's bottom club Portadown have been handed a two-point boost following a disciplinary case against their Mid-Ulster rivals Glenavon. |
Text: The village was hit by floods in December and January.
Workers will build 700m of earth bunds, ditches and culverts to divert floodwater into the Afon Ogwen river.
Traffic in Tal-y-Bont will be diverted during parts of the project, funded by the Welsh Government, but a temporary road will be built for public tran... | Work has begun on a scheme to prevent flooding in Tal-y-Bont, near Bangor, and a stretch of the A55. |
Text: Jonathon Porritt regularly visited Belfast during his time as chair of the Sustainable Development Commission.
He said that while there had been a justifiable focus on the political process, things needed to change.
"There's no excuse any longer for relegating the environment to a second-division issue," he said.... | Northern Ireland can no longer use its troubled past as an excuse for failings over the environment, according to one of the UK's foremost environmentalists. |
Text: The sides last met in 2005 when a scoreless draw in Dublin denied the Republic a World Cup play-off spot.
Switzerland, ranked 14th in the world and coached by Vladimir Petkovic, have qualified for the Euro 2016 finals.
Martin O'Neill's team will aim to join them in France when they take on Bosnia-Herzegovina in a... | Republic of Ireland will play Switzerland in a friendly at the Aviva Stadium on 25 March next year. |
Text: The Royal Tank Regiment soldier died on Thursday after being injured at Castlemartin Range on Wednesday.
Three seriously injured soldiers have been taken to hospital in Swansea, Cardiff and Birmingham.
Minister for People and Veterans, Tobias Ellwood, said the soldier died with his family "by his bedside".
BBC Wa... | A soldier has been killed and three others injured after an incident involving a tank at a Ministry of Defence base in Pembrokeshire. |
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Don't worry - you won't be alone.
Sailing can sound strange to the uninitiated, but BBC Breakfast's Lorna Gordon has been to find out what the difference is between three Olympic-class boats.
If you want to find out more about getting into sailing, take a look at our... | Don't know your 470s from your 49ers? |
Text: Mr Barra announced his decision to leave China on Monday.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said the pair agreed that "virtual and augmented reality will be the next major computing platform".
Mr Barra will replace Brendan Iribe, who stepped down as chief executive of the Oculus VR division in December.
He previou... | Facebook has hired Hugo Barra to lead its development of virtual reality products, following his departure from Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi. |
Text: The Greyfriars Green tunnel on Coventry's ring road will close to traffic at 17:00 GMT on 30 May and be turned into a 5,000-capacity club.
The Motofest event will follow the official opening of the tunnel, part of the £59m Friargate development.
After a night of DJs and other entertainment, the tunnel will reope... | A road tunnel is to be transformed into a nightclub as part of a motoring festival. |
Text: It happened at about 03:00 GMT at Trowell services near junction 25 to Nottingham and Derby.
The service station and at least one lane remained shut for most of the morning but fully reopened later.
Traffic was diverted through Nottingham, causing problems on the bus network during rush-hour.
Updates on this stor... | The M1 was closed northbound in Nottinghamshire after a fire on a lorry carrying 1,000 crates of pre-packed food. |
Text: Meopham School - for boys and girls - has outlined plans to consult parents on converting to a mixed-sex grammar by 2018.
Pupils would gain entry by sitting the Meopham selection test, The Swale Academies Trust has said.
The trust has stressed the consultation plans are in their earliest stages.
Theresa May's pla... | A non-selective school in Kent is believed to be the first to outline plans to become a grammar school after Theresa May outlined education changes. |
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They have won more than half of the seats in parliament, with some votes still being counted.
All attention is now on Downing Street where David Cameron will now live for the next five years, along with Larry the act too!
Ricky has ... | David Cameron's party, the Conservatives, have won the general election meaning he will stay as Prime Minister. |
Text: With persistent rain falling, umpires Stephen Gale and Peter Hartley decided to abandon play at 15:10 BST.
Hampshire were 173-4 overnight, requiring 82 to avoid an innings loss.
They remain bottom of Division One, 14 points behind Surrey with a game in hand, while Somerset stay sixth - but only three points off s... | Somerset had to settle for their seventh draw in eight Championship games this season after the final day against Hampshire was washed out. |
Text: The 29-year-old jumped from 12th to ninth when he won the green jacket.
Since finishing second in September's Italian Open, Willett has missed the cut in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and tied 68th in the Turkish Airlines Open on Sunday.
"To be honest, I don't really want to be out there playing golf," he... | England's Danny Willett has dropped out of the world rankings top 10 for the first time since winning the Masters at Augusta in April. |
Text: Military club Horseed beat police team Heegan FC 2-1 in the General Da'ud Cup final.
Somali Football Federation president Abdiqani Said Arab described the live coverage as "a breakthrough".
The country is recovering from decades of conflict. Islamist group al-Shabab, which orders footballers to wear trousers, sti... | A Somali football match has been broadcast live on local television for the first time. |
Text: Matthew, 33, came through 11-5 11-5 11-5 to extend his winning run over fellow Yorkshireman Willstrop to 16 matches and seven years.
The final was watched by Laura Massaro, who became in 15 years on Sunday.
Matthew won his third world title in Manchester last November.
"I said to Laura she was going to inspire m... | World squash champion Nick Matthew beat long-time rival and defending champion James Willstrop to win the Canary Wharf Classic in London for the fourth time. |
Text: The money from Sustrans Scotland will support a number of initiatives in Dumfries and Dalbeattie.
It will be backed by funding from Dumfries and Galloway Council, making the total investment nearly £670,000.
Tom Bishop of Sustrans said the aim of the projects was to "improve the safety and ease" of pupils getting... | A funding package of nearly £300,000 has been announced to improve school walking and cycling links in Dumfries and Galloway. |
Text: Sagar Sarwar and his wife, Meherun Runi, both in their late 30s, were stabbed to death at their apartment early on Saturday.
Their bodies were found by their five-year-old son, who then called relatives living nearby, police said.
The motive for the killings was not known and it was unclear if the deaths were rel... | Two well-known Bangladeshi television journalists have been killed in the capital, Dhaka. |
Text: Her retirement was announced by Attorney General Eric Holder.
The move follows a justice department report last month alleging that drug agents attended parties with prostitutes, some funded by local drug cartels, in a foreign country.
The DEA said the incidents had happened in Colombia.
Correspondents say Ms Leo... | US Drug Enforcement Administration director Michele Leonhart is to step down following allegations that agents attended sex parties funded by cartels. |
Text: The 31-year-old came to Brazil as the most decorated Olympian in history and has now won 23 medals at five Games.
But how does the American's tally compare to current Olympic countries?
A selected all-time medal table shows Phelps in joint 35th position, ahead of the likes of India, which has a population of over... | Michael Phelps now has 19 Olympic gold medals to his name after helping the United States clinch the men's 4x100m freestyle relay title on day two in Rio. |
Text: Swansea were knocked out of the League Cup on Tuesday at Hull, while they drew 0-0 with Everton and lost at Watford in the Premier League prior to that.
But midfielder Sigurdsson says the blip is a temporary one that Swansea can put right at Southampton on Saturday.
"You get that kind of run sometimes... but we'r... | Gylfi Sigurdsson says there is no concern in the Swansea team despite going three matches without a win. |
Text: The conceptual holiday home in Wrabness, Essex, which is yet to be finished, has been built at the end of a narrow cul-de-sac.
Residents say motorists have flocked to the area and caused traffic problems on narrow roads near the site.
Essex Highways has agreed to carry out works to relieve the situation.
One resi... | A house designed by Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry has attracted so many sightseers that roads leading to it are being redesigned. |
Text: Woodseats Medical Practice wants to open the centre on the site of the existing Woodseats Library on Chesterfield Road.
Sheffield City Council said if plans were approved the building would include a new library to replace the current facility.
A public consultation on the plans will until 6 March.
Mazher Iqbal, ... | Plans for a new "community hub", featuring a library, medical centre and pharmacy, have been revealed. |
Text: It will rent up to 300 prison places from the Dutch, who already lease some of their extra capacity to Belgium.
Under the agreement, prisoners will be guarded by Dutch wardens, but the director will be Norwegian.
Norway has a current jail capacity shortage despite relatively low incarceration rates.
The nation is... | Norway plans to export its prisoners to jails in the Netherlands to ease overcrowding and carry out urgent maintenance work, the government says. |
Text: Michael Gurney, of Croft near Skegness, was given a transfusion on Wednesday at Boston Pilgrim Hospital but the tube, called a canula, was left in his arm.
His wife Cynthia called the hospital but was told to contact her GP to remove it.
A hospital spokesman apologised and said an investigation was under way.
Mr ... | A 79-year-old cancer patient at a Lincolnshire hospital was sent home with a blood transfusion tube still attached to his arm. |
Text: George Allen, 36, was hit as he picked his son and daughter up from school in Lisburn last week.
He remains in a critical condition in hospital but is now "the most stable he has been" since the incident.
His son Geordie, five, and daughter Georgia, seven, were also injured but have been released from hospital.
T... | A man who was left critically ill after being struck by lightning in County Antrim has "has fought hard and continues to fight", his wife has said. |
Text: Bailey, 16, was stabbed during a fight with a fellow pupil at Cults Academy.
The schoolboy's killer is serving nine years for culpable homicide.
The Aberdeen Chief Officers Group said in a statement: "We understand the interest in the content of the review but we are bound by data protection laws and respect the ... | A heavily-redacted report into the killing of Aberdeen schoolboy Bailey Gwynne has been published. |
Text: Officers recovered 77.5kg of the Class A controlled drug after they stopped a number of vehicles on the M6 motorway in Staffordshire on Friday.
The seven men, who include two from the Netherlands and one from Poland, have been charged with conspiracy to import heroin.
They will appear before Manchester Magistrate... | Seven men have been charged after the recovery of heroin with a street value of £8.5m. |
Text: Germany's Federal Criminal Police says it is aware of the "phenomenon" of invoice fraud by care providers from the former Soviet Union, reports say.
MP Stephan Mayer described it as "organised crime on a grand scale".
Experts and health insurers are demanding more checks and controls within the German care indust... | Russian fraudsters are costing the German healthcare system at least €1bn ($1.1bn; £796m) a year, according to an investigation by German media. |
Text: Luis Suarez put the holders ahead with a run from the halfway line before a cool finish.
Lionel Messi doubled the lead when his fierce effort from outside the area went in off the post.
But Antoine Griezmann gave Atletico hope for next Tuesday's second leg at the Nou Camp with a 59th-minute close-range header.
Al... | Barcelona beat Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final tie at the Vicente Calderon. |
Text: The island side have lost the services of key players Abbie Hazley, Sophie Holmes and Georgia Hickey.
They are preparing to open their second campaign in the division at home to Telstars on Sunday, 2 October.
"Missing those three major players, we'll probably look to try and consolidate and give more girls court ... | Team Jets face a season of consolidation in Premier League Two, according to head coach Linda Andrews. |
Text: The Sydney-born 25-year-old made 14 Premiership appearances for relegated Welsh this season, having signed from Brumbies in July 2014.
McCaffrey has previously had spells with Brumbies' Super Rugby rivals Waratahs and Western Force.
"He is an athletic, ball-playing back-rower with the ability to play in a few pos... | Leicester Tigers have signed back-rower Lachlan McCaffrey from London Welsh. |
Text: The government's health arm has bought the former GlaxoSmithKlein site in Harlow for £25m as its major centre.
This heralds the transfer of 2,745 jobs from other parts of the country, many from Porton Down in Wiltshire, by 2024.
Plans for the move were announced in September 2015 bringing a protest from Salisbury... | The purchase of a former pharmaceutical research site by Public Health England will bring "thousands of jobs" to Essex, an MP claims. |
Text: The fashion company - seen as an indicator of the health of the retail sector - also said profits would be higher than expected.
That was better than previous guidance from the UK's second-largest clothing retailer, which has more than 500 stores in the UK and Irish Republic.
In late morning trade on Tuesday, sha... | High Street clothing retailer Next has said full-price sales rose by 3.5% in the half year to 25 July. |
Text: In August, the Nigerian military said it might have killed Abubakar Shekau during a shoot-out.
In the video a man believed to be Mr Shekau said the world "should know that he could not die except by the will of Allah".
Other previous reports of his death later proved to be unfounded.
Boko Haram, which is fighting... | A video has been released in Nigeria purportedly showing the leader of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram alive. |
Text: Zoe Carter-Owen of Westfield Close, Backwell pleaded guilty by post and did not appear during the hearing at North Somerset Magistrates Court.
She was caught using the badge in June 2016, issued to her grandfather who died at the end of July 2014.
North Somerset Council has seized more than 100 badges over the pa... | A woman who used her grandfather's disabled parking "blue badge" for nearly two years after he died has been fined. |
Text: The operation was focused on bribery and rigging of contracts in the crematorium and archaeology business in favour of the Zagaria clan.
One of those arrested was Naples' top archaeology official while another was an ex-mayor of Pompeii, reports said.
A construction entrepreneur was alleged to head the corruption... | Police in Naples have arrested 69 people, including political figures and businessmen, in raids targeting Naples' notorious Casalesi cartel. |
Text: Mrs Danczuk, who found fame posting "selfies" on Twitter, was hoping to be chosen to stand for Labour in the marginal Bury North constituency.
But the party has instead chosen James Frith to stand for the seat, currently held by Conservative David Nuttall.
Mrs Danczuk has tweeted her support for Mr Frith and said... | Karen Danczuk has failed in her bid to be selected as a candidate to become an MP at the general election on 8 June. |
Text: The Facebook message from survivor Joe Smith, now 35, has been shared more than 100,000 times since Wednesday afternoon.
Mr Smith, from Kirkby, saw himself on the shoulders of his rescuer while watching a BBC Two documentary.
He said he is following up "one potential strong lead" to find the man who helped him.
H... | An appeal to find a "hero" who helped pull an eight-year-old boy from the crush at Hillsborough has gone viral. |
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