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Text: Mark Riley, 43, of Heath, Cardiff, died after the collision on Crwys Road, Cathays, at 10:00 BST on Thursday.
In a statement, his family said the plasterer was the "life and soul of the party" who had been expecting the birth of his fourth child and he was due to get married next year.
South Wales Police has aske... | An expectant father has died after his motorcycle was involved in a crash with a car in Cardiff. |
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16 October 2014 Last updated at 17:56 BST
Meanwhile, the European Union is to examine whether exit screening at West African airports is effective.
And the BBC launches an Ebola public health information service on WhatsApp, aimed at users of the service in West Africa... | The World Health Organization says it is focusing on 15 African countries in its efforts to stop the spread of Ebola. |
Text: The U's lost 2-1 in Sunday's EFL Trophy final to Coventry City, their second Wembley defeat in successive years.
Oxford go into Wednesday's home game with third-placed Fleetwood seven points outside the play-off places.
"It's a tall order for us now, with only six games to go," 41-year-old Appleton told BBC Sport... | Oxford United manager Michael Appleton has challenged his side to bounce back from another Wembley disappointment by reaching the League One play-offs. |
Text: He admitted a charge after television cameras showed him punching West Brom player Claudio Yacob in the stomach.
Alli, 20, contested the standard three-match penalty as "clearly excessive", but that claim was rejected, said the Football Association.
He tweeted: "Gutted my season is over. Shouldn't have reacted li... | Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli will miss the rest of the season after being banned for three games for violent conduct. |
Text: Simpson was with the Robins from the age of six, but did not make a first-team appearance.
The 18-year-old is Forest Green's 10th signing since winning promotion from the National League.
"He's box to box, he's good on the ball, so he should be a good addition to the squad," Rovers boss Mark Cooper told the club ... | Forest Green Rovers have signed former Swindon Town midfielder Jordan Simpson on a two-year contract. |
Text: Daw penderfyniad Mr Law yn dilyn ymddiswyddiad y prif weithredwr, Don Bircham a chyfarwyddwr y clwb, Barry Horne gyda'r clwb yn 15 safle yn y Gyngres.
Mae Ymddiriedolaeth y cefnogwyr yn berchen ar 100% o'r clwb ond dywedodd Law ei fod yn parhau i gefnogi "delfryd yr Ymddiriedolaeth ond rwyf yn dechrau meddwl tybe... | Mae llywydd Ymddiriedolaeth Cefnogwyr clwb pêl-droed Wrecsam, Bryn Law, wedi camu i lawr ac wedi cwestiynu perchnogaeth y cefnogwyr o'r clwb. |
Text: Matthew Williams killed Cerys Yemm, 22, at the Sirhowy Arms Hotel in Argoed, two weeks after his release from jail.
Williams, 34, also died after being Tasered by police.
PC Alison Perry, who visited him in prison, said he did not want to engage with any help available to him.
The officer told the inquest in Newp... | A man who killed a woman at a hostel in Caerphilly county told officers he intended to leave prison as a "free man without any involvement from police and probation", an inquest has heard. |
Text: The 26-year-old clocked 42.335 seconds - beating Fan Kexin's 42.504 - in her quarter-final, but then fell in the closing stages of the final.
The Scot took 500m gold in the opening event of World Cup series in Calgary.
The Livingston-born skater won a silver medal and three bronzes at this year's World Championsh... | British speed skater Elise Christie broke the 500m world record at the second World Cup event of the season in Salt Lake City. |
Text: The emergency services were called to tackle flames on the 371 bus on High Street, Kingston, at about 09:00 GMT.
The driver was treated at the scene by crews from the London Ambulance Service for the effects of breathing in smoke before being taken to hospital
No passengers needed treatment. Local properties were... | Fire crews have tackled a blaze on a bus in south-west London. |
Text: Twenty-two people were killed and 64 injured after suicide bomber Salman Abedi detonated a homemade device at Manchester Arena on Monday.
Among those killed was 14-year-old schoolgirl Eilidh MacLeod from Barra.
The silence at 11:00 was observed by people across the country, who stopped for a minute of contemplati... | A minute's silence has been held across Scotland to remember the victims of the Manchester attack. |
Text: Ollie disappeared in July 2013 while his owners were abroad on holiday.
The Bailey family started searching for their pet but were beginning to lose hope as the months passed.
However, a cat found in St Fergus - about five miles from where he went missing - has been confirmed as Ollie thanks to a microchip.
Owner... | A pet cat feared dead after escaping from kennels in Aberdeenshire almost three years ago has been reunited with his owners. |
Text: Work on the Pontio centre at Bangor University began in 2012 and it opened last year after a delay which cost £1m.
The university said it was also liaising with contractors over concerns about holes in the roof.
But Pontio directors said they had a successful first 12 months and they were confident they could bui... | A £50m arts and innovation centre in Gwynedd has sold more than 76,000 tickets in its first year. |
Text: Glasgow's Queen Street Station handles 20 million passengers a year but this is predicted to grow to 28 million passengers by 2030.
The work will see the main entrance at George Square replaced by a huge glass facade. Platforms will also be extended to accommodate longer trains.
The redevelopment is expected to b... | Network Rail has invited tenders for the £112m contract to rebuild Scotland's third busiest rail station. |
Text: UN human rights officials have expressed concern over the planned executions, urging Jakarta to put an end to "unjust" capital punishment.
The inmates have not been officially named but they are known to include citizens of Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Pakistan and India.
They will be executed at Nusakambangan prison islan... | Indonesia has confirmed it will execute 14 people on death row for drug crimes in the coming days. |
Text: Shares in Poundland rose 2% after having surged 24% on Monday on takeover speculation.
The UK retailer told its investors to take no action as there was no certainty an offer would be made.
Under UK takeover rules, Steinhoff has until 13 July to announce a firm intention to bid for Poundland.
Steinhoff, which own... | Poundland could face a takeover bid after South African company Steinhoff said it was considering making an offer for the UK discount retailer. |
Text: The 30-year-old was due to defend his title against Jonathan Barros in Las Vegas in January but the fight was called off at 24 hours notice.
Argentinean Barros was not able to meet the medical requirements of the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
Selby will now face Spaniard Gago at London's O2 Arena, on the unde... | Wales' IBF featherweight world champion Lee Selby will fight Andoni Gago in a non-title bout on 4 March. |
Text: Police said he was attacked by another man in the Templemore Avenue area shortly before 02:30 GMT on Sunday.
They said he had been "taken to hospital for treatment to his injuries".
Police have appealed for information.
Summary: | A man has been taken to hospital after he was assaulted in east Belfast. |
Text: The 48-year-old Belgian has previously worked alongside Riga at Standard Liege and French club Metz.
Jeunechamps was on the touchline as the Addicks beat Rotherham 4-1 in the Championship on Saturday.
Wim De Corte and Jason Euell both remain as first-team coaches - posts they held under interim coach Karel Fraeye... | Charlton Athletic head coach Jose Riga has appointed Jose Jeunechamps as his assistant at The Valley. |
Text: Aleena Kauser was walking with her mother when she was hit by a car travelling at more than 60mph (96km/h) in a 30mph zone.
Adil Manir, 20, admitted causing death by dangerous driving while Mohsen Saddique, 23, was found guilty after a trial at Burnley Crown Court.
The pair were given four-year sentences.
Aleena ... | Two "reckless" street racers who caused the death of a nine-year-old girl have been jailed. |
Text: The Australian newspaper reported fresh rumours that US private equity giant KKR had a bid that could be "almost ready" for consideration.
It would be one of the biggest deal in Australia's corporate history, the newspaper said.
The news comes amid turbulent times for the supermarket chain.
Woolworths' media team... | Shares in Australia's biggest supermarket chain Woolworths have risen as much as 5% in Sydney on media reports of a possible takeover. |
Text: The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has said Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Cambridgeshire "requires improvement" after a second inspection in January.
That month the hospital was put in special measures and rated "inadequate" based on CQC visits made in September.
Private firm Circle, which handed back management to t... | Standards at the first privately-run NHS hospital are still not "good enough", the health watchdog has said. |
Text: Pamela Hudson, 75, suffered injuries to her face, body and arms caused, her family believes, by a rodent at the council-run home Glen Lodge, in York.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has called for the investigation after seeing graphic pictures in the Sun newspaper.
But after its own inquiry, City of York Council sa... | An inquiry has been ordered by the government over claims a woman suffered up to 50 rat bites at her care home. |
Text: A passenger posted to Translink's Facebook page after seeing Paul Doyle stop his bus to give the man a winter coat.
The post has been seen by more than 65,000 people and has been shared more than 3,700 times.
Michael Dornan of Unite union said: "He put a fiver and milk and bread in the bag with the coat and gave ... | A bus driver has become a local hero after a story of how he helped a homeless man has gone viral online. |
Text: Yale Howarth, 15, was found at his Chirk home after staff at Ysgol Dinas Bran, Llangollen, quizzed him about a sexual encounter with another pupil.
An inquest said the teen was probably suffering from "extreme anxiety".
Mark Howarth, Yale's father, said schools should give better protection and support to pupils.... | Schools need to look again at how they tackle sensitive issues with pupils, says the family of a Denbighshire teenager who hanged himself. |
Text: About 200 pupils and staff at Teign School in Kingsteignton contracted latent TB, the form of the disease is not infectious.
Ten more people went on to develop the more serious, active form of TB.
Public Health England (PHE) said screening would take place sooner if there was another outbreak.
August 2014 Former ... | Health experts who worked to contain a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in a Devon school say pupils could have been screened more quickly. |
Text: 3 December 2014 Last updated at 15:17 GMT
The bomb exploded as the convoy travelled along the road near the airport in Mogadishu, police said.
A second blast targeted African Union (AU) troops about 25km (15 miles) from the city, but details are sketchy, a BBC reporter says.
Al-Shabab, linked to al-Qaeda, has oft... | At least four people have been killed in a car bomb blast next to a UN convoy in Somalia's capital, police say. |
Text: Starwood will renovate and run three hotels in the Cuban capital, Havana.
A spokesman for the company said they would be making a "multimillion-dollar investment to bring the hotels up to our standards".
The news comes on the eve of President Obama's visit to the island - the first by a US president in almost 90 ... | US hotel company Starwood has become the first American firm to agree a deal with the Cuban authorities since the revolution of 1959. |
Text: Alexander McDonald, 27, who also sexually assaulted Catherine McDonald, 57, admitted manslaughter but denied murder.
Police found his mother's body at their home in Somerset after arresting him for crashing her car in Devon.
The trial at Exeter Crown Court heard that McDonald was high on cocaine and alcohol befor... | A man has been found guilty of murdering his mother by strangling her with a power cord and stabbing her. |
Text: Bosses have decided to keep Northfield Leisure Centre's pools in Birmingham shut ahead of a planned £8m redevelopment.
It is the second pool in the city to test positive for the parasite Cryptosporidium.
The gym will remain open to the public until 22 July, when the centre will close for refurbishment.
Cocks Moo... | A swimming pool that was shut after the discovery of a sickness and diarrhoea bug will not reopen until 2018. |
Text: They will dine at Kensington Palace after joining the Queen for lunch at Windsor Castle - the day after her 90th birthday celebrations.
The president will also stage a press conference with David Cameron.
His UK stay is part of a tour including Saudi Arabia and Germany.
"Their Royal Highnesses are very much looki... | The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry will host a dinner for US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama on Friday, Kensington Palace has said. |
Text: Vueling will operate direct flights three times a week from Scotland's capital to Rome Fiumicino, Paris Orly and Alicante.
Fiumicino and Orly are new routes for Edinburgh Airport, with Vueling flying to both from 29 March next year.
Its flights to Alicante will start from 16 June next year.
Gordon Dewar, chief ex... | Three new regular passenger flights to major European destinations have been confirmed at Edinburgh Airport. |
Text: Shauna Hoare told the court Nathan Matthews also stabbed himself with a fork in anger, dragged her by the hair across a bed and made her beg for food.
But Ms Hoare told Bristol Crown Court there had been both "good times and bad times" in their relationship.
Ms Hoare and Mr Matthews deny murder and conspiring to... | The man accused of murdering Becky Watts once "strangled" his girlfriend leaving her "panicked and scared", the trial has been told. |
Text: Officials say this will be the first time a sitting president has been questioned by prosecutors.
Ms Park is accused of allowing her friend, Choi Soon-sil, to manipulate power from behind the scenes.
Hundreds of thousands rallied on Saturday to demand her resignation.
South Korean news agency Yonhap quoted offici... | South Korean prosecutors are set to question President Park Geun-hye over allegations of political corruption in a scandal that has engulfed her presidency. |
Text: Bretton Hall is a Grade II*-listed building in the park and housed an arts college before it closed in 2007.
Planning permission was granted in 2014 to convert the hall into a hotel and spa with conferencing facilities.
Kay Mellor, John Godber and Reece Shearsmith attended the college before going on to their art... | Demolition is under way of college buildings in Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) to make way for a hotel and spa complex. |
Text: The dispersal order in place in The Stow area of Harlow means officers can force anybody suspected of anti-social behaviour to leave.
Arek Jozwik, 39, died after an unprovoked attack in The Stow last Saturday night.
The dispersal order will now remain in place until Monday night.
LIVE: For more on this and other ... | Police investigating a man's murder have been granted an extension for a special dispersal zone around the crime scene. |
Text: Captaincy trio George Pinner, Ian Sloan and Phil Roper will lead the side following their appointments.
Former skipper Barry Middleton will add to his 379 international appearances.
The hosts play Argentina in their Pool B opener on 18 June, with China, South Korea and Malaysia making up the group.
The World Leag... | England men's team have announced an 18-strong squad for the Hockey World League semi-finals, a World Cup qualification event starting in London on 15 June. |
Text: Such a reaction will be prompted by Harry's suggestion that the Windsors aren't exactly falling over each other to fill what his mother once called "the top job", when it becomes vacant.
The Queen's heirs, he implies, will take on a position of enormous privilege because they have to, not because they want to.
An... | This is an interview that will generate some sympathy - a prince still struggling with the death of his mother - and raise some eyebrows. |
Text: Three women aged between 60 and 82 were hit by bullets and bullet fragments after two officers fired at the man.
The 23-year-old man, who allegedly approached officers with the knife, was also injured.
An independent team will now investigate the circumstances surrounding Thursday's incident.
Police were called t... | Four people have been injured when police opened fire on a man holding a knife at a busy shopping centre in Sydney, Australia. |
Text: The 23-year-old unseeded Scot was beaten 16-21 21-16 21-15 in 70 minutes by the Canadian sixth seed.
Li has now won all four of their meetings, including the 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medal match.
Gilmour can be heartened by a good run of form in which she has climbed back into the world's top 40 following her... | Kirsty Gilmour lost to her old rival Michelle Li in the semi-final of the US Open in Anaheim on Saturday night. |
Text: 6 March 2016 Last updated at 12:20 GMT
Lots of them have fled their home countries, such as Syria and Iraq, because of wars there.
Many of them are hoping to reach other European countries like Germany.
However, the authorities in control of the border in Greece are only allowing a small number of people to cross... | Thousands of child refugees are waiting in Greece near to the border with Macedonia. |
Text: The Pensions Regulator said the club did not put eligible workers into the government's workplace pension scheme, which started in October 2012.
It warned that employers who remain non-compliant could face being taken to court.
The club has been contacted for comment.
On Thursday, the regulator published a list o... | Newport County AFC has been fined £4,500 for failing to enrol staff in a pension scheme. |
Text: American television company, HBO have commissioned a third series to be recorded and produced in various locations throughout the region.
The series will be shot in the Paint Hall film studio and the new sound stages in Belfast.
Various locations in Northern Ireland will also be used, including the Linen Mill Fil... | Award-winning television series, Game of Thrones will be returning to Northern Ireland. |
Text: The Swedish furniture giant has spent £4m to improve junctions and access to a new store planned for Pincents Lane Retail Park in Reading.
Construction is now set to begin immediately on the site.
A church minister in Calcot asked what Ikea would do for residents to compensate for the "disruption they are going t... | Ikea will open in Reading in summer 2016, creating 350 new jobs, a letter sent to Calcot residents has revealed. |
Text: The Labour leader said he wanted more people like Dan Jarvis, the ex-army officer who entered Parliament in 2011.
Mr Miliband also said he hoped to appeal to business people to represent Labour at the next election.
"I think Parliament is too middle class and doesn't have that diversity it needs," he told the Hou... | Ed Miliband has said he wants to recruit more prospective MPs who have served in the armed forces to help make Parliament "more diverse". |
Text: The 31-tonne Dassault Mirage IVA has been donated to the Yorkshire Air Museum, at Elvington near York, by the French government.
It is the only Mirage IV aircraft to be given to an independent museum and the only one outside France.
The 77ft-long (23m) plane is travelling 527 miles (848km) by road and sea and is ... | A French Cold War nuclear bomber has begun a four-day journey to its new home at an English air museum. |
Text: Nine on-the-spot fines were issued for littering, cycling on footpaths and people not wearing seatbelts in cars.
Four lorry drivers were formally warned about faults and three scooters were taken off the road.
On Wednesday night, officers also carried out liquor licence checks and an anti-social behaviour patrol ... | Guernsey Police has hailed a high-profile crackdown on offences in the north of the island a success. |
Text: 14 October 2016 Last updated at 14:31 BST
The BBC is providing live coverage of the Scottish National Party conference in Glasgow.
You will be able to watch online from 14:40 to 16:40; and on Saturday from 14:00 to 16:00, when Conference 2016: Scottish National Party will also be shown on BBC Two Scotland.
You ca... | This live event has finished. |
Text: Emergency services were called to the site in North Ayrshire on Sunday night after the man was found on a crane.
It is understood he was an employee who was there to do repair work. He did not fall from the crane.
Police Scotland said a post-mortem examination would be held to establish the exact cause of the man... | Police have launched an investigation after a 23-year-old man was found dead at Hunterston coal terminal. |
Text: Writing on his True to You fan website, the star said he had been going through security checks on his way to board a flight to London when it happened.
Airport officials have insisted they were following normal procedure.
Morrissey said he was accompanied by two British Airways staff who assured him that "a comp... | British singer Morrissey has claimed he was sexually assaulted by a security officer at San Francisco International Airport, who he says "groped" him. |
Text: One report suggests people were lining up for food at the time of the blast.
The camp houses people fleeing unrest in the tribal districts bordering Afghanistan, where many Taliban- and al-Qaeda-linked militants shelter.
But police say the camp is also used as a hideout by some militants. No group has said it car... | At least 15 people have been killed and 30 hurt after a car bombing at the Jalozai refugee camp near the Pakistani city of Peshawar, officials say. |
Text: South Wales Police has appealed for information after six graves in Ferndale were pushed over and broken.
PC Steve Davies said the "mindless act" had been committed by someone with "no concern for the emotional impact their behaviour will have on the families".
But he said the incident was not typical of the area... | "Mindless" vandals have damaged headstones at a cemetery in Rhondda Cynon Taff. |
Text: A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 4 and 11 November. Send your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk or our Instagram at #bbcscotlandpics.
Summary: | All pictures are copyrighted. |
Text: The England forward got 36% of the vote from 290 journalists, ahead of team-mates Riyad Mahrez and N'Golo Kante.
Vardy, 29, has scored 22 Premier League goals this season, including netting in a league record 11 games in a row.
The Foxes need two more points to guarantee their first top-flight title and will win ... | Leicester striker Jamie Vardy has been chosen as the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year. |
Text: 6 May 2015 Last updated at 16:54 BST
Sharks are the most successful predators of the ocean, and there are over 500 species of them.
The new series, splendidly named Shark, was filmed in 32 locations across 17 countries.
Rachel Butler is one of the producers who worked on the programme.
She has spent the last thre... | A new BBC documentary series all about sharks starts on BBC One on Thursday. |
Text: The Briton, named in reports as former Hertfordshire accountant Simon Carley-Pocock, 58, was living in Alcoutim, on the Algarve, when he was killed.
Police issued a statement saying the arrested suspect was in possession of the victim's car and other items.
It added the man was arrested on suspicion of murder and... | A 20-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murdering a British man in Portugal had been driving the victim's vehicle, police have revealed. |
Text: The 29-year-old was found guilty of the "cynical and calculated plot" following a trial at Perth Sheriff Court.
The child's father was told his former partner had had an abortion, and that the baby in question had been supplied by a fictional surrogate mother.
The woman's 35-year-old friend were also jailed for t... | A mother who duped her former partner into thinking she had an abortion in order to give his child to her gay friend has been jailed for three years. |
Text: City signed Dorrans on loan in February, after which the 27-year-old Scotsman scored three times in 18 appearances to help the Canaries secure promotion to the Premier League.
The Scotland international was signed in July 2008 by then boss Tony Mowbray from Livingston for just £150,000.
He went on to make 189 app... | Norwich City have signed West Bromwich Albion midfielder Graham Dorrans for an undisclosed fee on a two-year deal. |
Text: Four people were taken to hospital after what appears to have been a stabbing incident on Kennelsfort Road in Palmerstown.
Two people were taken to Tallaght Hospital, while two others were brought to Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown.
One man is said to be in a serious condition.
A man has been arrested and is be... | Police want to interview as many as 70 people in connection with an attack in County Dublin. |
Text: The foxhound was running toward oncoming traffic between the Llanfairfechan roundabout and the Conwy tunnel in the early hours of Monday.
The force said officers could not bring the dog under control and the "only safe option" was to destroy it.
Ch Insp Darren Wareing said they "did not take this decision lightly... | A dog has died after being deliberately run down by police on the A55 in Conwy, North Wales Police has confirmed. |
Text: Mr Lewis has been AM for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney since the first assembly elections in 1999.
On Friday, he said that "nothing is forever" and he wanted to spend more time with his family.
A former teacher, he took over as education minister following the resignation of Leighton Andrews in 2013.
He had previous... | Education Minister Huw Lewis has announced he will stand down from the assembly at May's election. |
Text: Robert Hinz, of Bournemouth, said he tried to help three-month-old Julian, who had suffered fatal head injuries.
The baby died at Southampton General Hospital on 9 April 2016, Winchester Crown Court heard.
Mr Hinz, 34, of Carysfort Road, denies murder and three counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
... | A man accused of murdering his baby son, who died after being "thrown or swung into something hard", did nothing to hurt him, a court heard. |
Text: IPhones account for about half of all stolen handsets and can be sold on for up to £250, according to the Met's gangs taskforce in Lambeth.
The unit, which aims to tackle street robbery within minutes of it taking place, said offenders were traced three or four times out of 10.
On Tuesday the Met launched a camp... | Some 314 mobile phones are stolen on London's streets every day, according to the Metropolitan Police. |
Text: Jemma Skelding, 12, is the youngest person to deliver the address, which is the parliament's first item of business of the week in the chamber.
Miss Skelding said she was pleased be at Holyrood ahead of next week's Deaf Awareness Week.
She told MSPs her parents and an older sister were also deaf.
Miss Skelding sh... | A profoundly deaf Falkirk High School pupil has delivered the Scottish Parliament's Time for Reflection in sign language. |
Text: Henry Bolton's daughter Victoria was born in a Southeastern train carriage at London's St Pancras station at about 17:00 BST on Sunday.
Paramedics sealed off the platform after his wife Tatiana Smurova-Bolton, 41, went into labour during the journey into the capital.
Mr Bolton cut the umbilical cord while the bab... | The wife of a vanquished police and crime commissioner candidate has given birth to a girl on a high-speed train. |
Text: A broken-down trawler with six fishermen onboard was towed to Lochinver in Sutherland by Lochinver RNLI on Wednesday night.
Earlier on Wednesday, Kyle of Lochalsh RNLI went to the aid of a man stuck on his small boat in rough conditions in Glenelg Bay.
A Met Office warning of high winds is in place until 13:00 on... | RNLI lifeboat crews have been involved in a number of call-outs in stormy conditions off Scotland's west coast. |
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The 21-year-old scored 523.85 points to finish behind China's Cao Yuan, who ended on 547.60, with Germany's Patrick Hausding taking bronze (498.90).
Laugher's silver was GB's 50th medal at Rio 2016 and third in the diving pool.
He and Chris Mears won the 3m synchro, ... | Great Britain's Jack Laugher won Olympic silver in the men's individual 3m springboard final, six days after claiming synchronised gold. |
Text: A survey showed tourism businesses in Wales saw a 32% rise in visitors during the May half term compared to in 2016.
In June Cardiff hosted the UEFA Champions League Finals and on Sunday about 10,000 cyclists will take part in the Velothon.
Mr Skates said a "summer of sporting legends" was boosting the industry,
... | Major sporting events have boosted Welsh tourism ahead of the summer holidays, Economy Secretary Ken Skates has said. |
Text: The 13th annual Christmas Day Dip at Felixstowe in Suffolk saw people charge into the water at about 10:00 GMT.
Many wore festive-themed fancy dress in the event, which raises money for the St Elizabeth Hospice.
Those taking part in the swim, off Sea Road in the town, were cheered on by a small crowd of onlookers... | Hundreds of people braved the North Sea to take part in a charity Christmas Day swim. |
Text: The Kookaburras, ranked second in the world, took the lead in Malaysia through Trent Mitton before Mark Gleghorne levelled for GB.
A Matt Dawson penalty was enough to win it for Australia, who remain top of the six-team table.
GB are three points behind, but a win against New Zealand on Friday could put them into... | Great Britain suffered their first defeat in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup when they lost 2-1 to Australia. |
Text: Mr Ashley responded after being summoned to appear in Parliament and warned he could be held in contempt.
He also urged MPs to attend his firm's Derbyshire headquarters - an invitation they declined.
The Commons business committee said it was "disappointed" about Mr Ashley's refusal to attend.
"It is telling that... | Sports Direct's Mike Ashley has branded MPs "a joke" and confirmed he will not give evidence in Parliament about how his workers are treated. |
Text: Passenger Warren Becker told local media that jewellery and $1,800 (£1,300) in cash was stolen from his bag while he slept on a flight from Johannesburg to Hong Kong last month.
SAA says there is a suspicion that a crime syndicate is targeting the route.
Three such thefts occurred over as many weeks in December,... | South African Airways (SAA) has blacklisted a passenger amid reports that gangs of thieves are operating 30,000 feet in the air on its flights. |
Text: Bolt is carrying a hamstring problem, but said that was not to blame for his modest time of 10.09 seconds.
"It was just a bad race. It wasn't a bothering pain so I can't blame it on that," the 26-year-old said.
Bailey-Cole, one of Bolt's training partners, was given the same time.
Bolt, the triple Olympic champio... | Six-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt won his first 100m of the season in a photo finish, beating fellow Jamaican Kemar Bailey-Cole at the Cayman Invitational. |
Text: The visit, from 21-23 June, involved 51 junior school students.
It was called off "in light of recent events, and in the interest of the health and safety of children and staff," the school's statement said.
Eight people were killed when three men drove into pedestrians on London Bridge before stabbing victims on... | St Louise's Comprehensive College in Belfast has cancelled a planned school trip to London in the wake of last weekend's attack in the city. |
Text: Demonstrators protesting against rising electricity prices in the town of Linden said police had fired bullets and tear gas into the crowd.
During the clashes, several buildings were burned and the governing PPPC party said its offices were damaged.
Protesters say rampant poverty makes it impossible for them to p... | Guyana's President Donald Ramotar says there will be an investigation into the deaths of at least three people during clashes between police and protesters. |
Text: McKerr, 18, has represented South Africa at Under-19 level but holds a British passport.
Pillans, 24, joins from the Dolphins and will play for the county under an ancestral visa.
"Following the retirements of Chris Tremlett, Tim Linley and David Balcombe we needed to add to our resources," said director of crick... | Surrey have signed South African fast bowlers Conor McKerr and Mathew Pillans on three-year deals. |
Text: Police, ferry companies and charities are among more than 40 organisations involved in what they claim is the first project of its kind in the UK.
A checklist of warning signs will be handed to passengers at Holyhead port on Friday to raise public awareness.
Co-ordinator Jim Coy said the aim was to make Wales "ho... | Modern-day slavery can be tackled if people spot the warning signs, according to a new campaign against human trafficking in north Wales. |
Text: Kike scored 16 goals in 75 appearances for Boro after joining from Real Murcia in July 2014.
The 26-year-old featured in 24 games for Aitor Karanka's side this season, but has scored only once since August.
Middlesbrough, who signed striker Jordan Rhodes and Enrique Sola in January, are second in the table, one p... | Middlesbrough striker Kike has left the Championship club to join Spanish side Eibar for an undisclosed fee. |
Text: Sarah Papachristophorou, 47, from Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield, admitted three drug-related offences and a theft charge at Birmingham Crown Court.
She said she had taken £1,000 from the man while supplying him with three Class C drugs over two years.
She was granted unconditional bail ahead of sentencing on 24 Aug... | A nurse who was sacked by a Birmingham hospital has pleaded guilty to supplying Class C drugs to a 77-year-old man. |
Text: Under the new rules, the fund will be allowed to invest up to 30% of its net assets in domestically-listed shares.
China's main pension fund holds 3.5tn yuan ($548bn; £349bn), Xinhua said.
The move is the latest attempt by the Chinese government to arrest the slide in the country's stock market.
The fund will be... | China plans to let its main state pension fund invest in the stock market for the first time, the country's official news agency, Xinhua, has reported. |
Text: The 20-year-old, from Bitterne, Southampton, was a rear-seat passenger when the Vauxhall Corsa crashed on the eastbound carriageway, between Fareham and Portsmouth, on 26 June.
The driver, 20, suffered serious injuries but has since been discharged from hospital.
A front-seat passenger, 19, who sustained a head i... | A man has died a week after the car he was travelling in crashed and overturned on the M27 in Hampshire. |
Text: Kieren Church, 30, and of no fixed address, was tackled by a security guard in Trowbridge's Shires shopping centre car park on Thursday.
He suffered serious injury and died of a cardiac arrest, police said. A 20-year-old man, arrested on suspicion of manslaughter was bailed until May.
Mr Church's family said he w... | An alleged shoplifter who died when he fell on bottles he had been concealing has been named by police. |
Text: The rebel group is led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a veteran of Afghan conflicts in recent decades and one of the country's most notorious militants.
There are hopes the deal will lead to a peace agreement with the Hezb-e-Islami.
The group has been linked to al-Qaeda and is accused of widespread civil rights abuses. ... | Afghanistan's government has signed a draft peace agreement with the Hezb-e-Islami militant group. |
Text: The 32-year-old needed to make the top two in the K1 200m final of the Duisburg stage of the Sprint World Cup but finished fifth.
The Wiltshire athlete said: "The two most important races of the last four years - the Worlds last year and today - were probably my worst.
"I can't explain why. I'm not going to dwell... | London 2012 canoeing gold medallist Ed McKeever has failed to qualify for this summer's Rio Olympics. |
Text: The Plas Parciau care home in Old Colwyn, the Plas Isaf Residential Home in Rhos on Sea, and Colwyn Bay's Furze Mount have all closed.
Mario Kreft said: "We are saddened but unfortunately not surprised by the closures."
The Welsh Government said they were committed to social care.
Mr Kreft said: "At a time of esc... | Urgent action is needed following the closure of three care homes in Conwy County, the chair of Care Forum Wales has said. |
Text: The phone had been given to the offender from Llangefni, Anglesey, as part of a project to reintegrate criminals into the community.
When the error emerged in 2014, it was found he had been given a contract SIM rather than a pay-as-you-go.
A criminal investigation was launched but no charges were brought.
The inq... | North Wales Police paid a bill of £45,000 run up by a burglar while he was on bail after he was given a mobile phone by the force. |
Text: 7 March 2016 Last updated at 08:04 GMT
The colourful light show could be seen in Scotland and Northern Ireland, but was also spotted as far south as Anglesey and Oxfordshire.
The Northern lights happen when electrically-charged particles from the Sun enter the Earth's atmosphere, and then burn up creating the lig... | Beautiful displays of the Aurora Borealis - known as the Northern Lights - have been seen across parts of the UK. |
Text: The merger, between the City of Bath College and Norton Radstock College, will bring together more than 3,000 full time and 1,000 part time students.
Norton Radstock College was given the poor rating after Ofsted said leaders had not carried out suggested improvements "with sufficient urgency".
Bath College will ... | Two Somerset colleges have merged after one of them received an inadequate Ofsted rating. |
Text: The former Liverpool assistant manager was promoted to first-team boss at Mestalla Stadium in March, initially until the end of the season.
The 53-year-old had taken over after former England defender Gary Neville was sacked following four months in charge.
Ayestaran guided his former side to 12th place in La Lig... | Pako Ayestaran has been appointed as Valencia coach on a two-year contract. |
Text: The Super League club are continuing an investigation, and chairman Michael Carter declined to comment on whether the hooker has been suspended.
The 28-year-old was arrested in October following a "significant struggle" in Leigh which left an officer involved with a broken wrist.
He has been re-bailed until 10 Ma... | Wakefield's Scott Moore has been re-bailed after his arrest on suspicion of assaulting a police officer and theft. |
Text: Stephen Flynn triumphed in Kincorth, Nigg and Cove to replace Callum McCaig, who is now the SNP MP for Aberdeen South.
And Neil Copland won the Hilton, Woodside and Stockethill vote, taking over from Kirsty Blackman, the SNP Aberdeen North MP.
Turnout in both wards was just over 25%.
Summary: | The SNP has won two Aberdeen City Council by-elections following the election of councillors as MPs. |
Text: The A31 Magherafelt bypass was officially opened by Infrastructure Minister Chris Hazzard.
The four-mile route loops round the town, carrying traffic from the west towards the main roads for Derry and Belfast.
That traffic previously had to pass through Magherafelt, often with lengthy delays.
About 25,000 vehicle... | A £35m road scheme, which will take 7,000 cars a day out of a busy town, has opened weeks ahead of schedule. |
Text: Jordan Thompson missed numerous first-half chances for the hosts, while Brian Gilmour's effort amounted to nothing.
Paddy Boyle provided Moore with the perfect cross on the stroke of half-time, though, and the Motherwell loanee tucked home his ninth of the season.
Ayr stopper Greg Fleming denied Jamie Bain a leve... | Craig Moore claimed a first-half winner as Ayr United strengthened their hold on third place in League One with a narrow victory over Airdrieonians. |
Text: In one case the man approached a girl of 13 and asked for her phone number and tried to give her £10 before kissing her and running away.
Four incidents have taken place over the past six weeks, all in the Stoke and Earlsdon areas of the city.
Police described the man as aged about 20 and Asian or Eastern Europe... | A man who has been roaming round Coventry sexually assaulting women and children after offering them money is being sought by police. |
Text: Four men were cleared of raping a 20-year-old woman at a college ball in Gloucestershire.
After the trial collapsed, Det Con Ben Lewis was criticised by the judge for getting too close to the complainant.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission will analyse Gloucestershire Police's handling of the case.
The ... | A detective who failed to disclose "game-changing" evidence contributing to the collapse of a rape trial is to be investigated along with his force. |
Text: The League Against Cruel Sports said the find raised serious questions about the animal's treatment.
It was found in a building on the Buckminster Estate, on the Leicestershire/Lincolnshire border.
The estate - a member of whose staff was filmed visiting the fox - said it had done nothing wrong.
Darryl Cunnington... | An animal welfare charity said it released a captive fox from a private outbuilding, hours before the Belvoir Hunt was due to meet nearby. |
Text: The £4.5m Get Out Get Active programme will concentrate on "fun and inclusive activities" over three years.
Statistics show disabled people to be the least active group in the UK.
"For many of those we are trying to attract, these opportunities have been out of reach or unappealing," said EFDS chief executive Bar... | A programme to encourage more disabled and non-disabled people to enjoy being active together has been introduced by a consortium of partners. |
Text: Doxa Gikanji gave DR Congo the lead after just 10 minutes of the game at a packed Amohoro stadium in Kigali.
Rwanda equalised 12 minutes after half-time with a goal from Ernest Sugira.
Padou Bompunga found the winner in the second period of extra-time and it means DR Congo will face either Zambia or Guinea in Wed... | DR Congo needed extra-time to overcome hosts Rwanda 2-1 in the quarter-finals of the African Nations Championship (CHAN). |
Text: Joan Daws, 64, died in hospital five days after she was pinned to the elevator at The Laleham care home in Herne Bay, Kent in October 2013.
An inquest into her death heard she was moving a chair used to weigh patients when she became trapped.
Her son, Simon Daws, said: "She went to work one day and didn't come ba... | The death of a care home worker who was crushed in a lift could have been avoided if a safety sensor had been put in place, an inquest jury has found. |
Text: Guy Tomlinson, 37, of Norfolk Walk, Leicester, was driving a Peugeot 206 when it collided with a tipper truck in Leicester on 9 March.
David Anger and Christopher Needham, who were both passengers in the car, died at the scene, on Fosse Road South.
At Leicester Crown Court Tomlinson admitted six driving offences.... | A man has pleaded guilty to causing the death of two men in a crash during a pursuit by an unmarked police car. |
Text: Twenty-two people were killed and 59 injured in a suicide attack at Manchester Arena on Monday night at an Ariana Grande concert.
The mother of Jayden Parkinson said she was unhappy her daughter's image had been posted alongside images of other people alleged to be missing.
Jayden, 17, was strangled by her ex-boy... | A photo of a girl murdered in 2013 has been circulated in a fake list of those missing after the Manchester explosion. |
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