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Text: Cook, 31, was spoken to by the England and Wales Cricket Board after he wore a helmet that contravened new rules in last week's win over Gloucestershire.
His helmet in that match, in which Cook made 105, had an adjustable grille and a large gap between peak and grille.
But, after making the switch, Cook was caugh... | England captain Alastair Cook complied with new helmet regulations in Essex's match against Sussex, but lasted only five balls as he was dismissed for one. |
Text: Birkenhead man Barry O'Reilly, 37, died after an incident at Claremont Farm on Clatterbridge Old Road in Spital, Wirral, on 15 May.
Christopher Davies, 28, of Town Lane, Higher Bebington, pleaded not guilty via videolink at Liverpool Crown Court.
He was further remanded in custody to await trial on 7 November.
Me... | A man charged with murder following an alleged fight at a fishing lake in Merseyside has pleaded not guilty. |
Text: Konta, the British number one, beat Colombia's Mariana Duque-Marino 6-3 6-3, while Watson saw off Japan's Misaki Doi 6-4 6-7 (0-7) 6-3.
Australian Open semi-finalist Konta will play either Belgian Yanina Wickmayer or Johanna Larsson of Sweden.
Watson, who has fallen to 84th in the world, faces either Hungarian Ti... | British duo Johanna Konta and Heather Watson are through to the second round of the Monterrey Open in Mexico. |
Text: There had been local opposition and a petition launched to oppose the loss of the area as part of wider changes.
The local authority had initially accepted the historic site would move outside Hawick ward boundaries.
However, it has now decided to oppose the move in its submission to the Local Government Boundary... | Scottish Borders Council is to "tweak" its submission to the boundary commission to include the famous battle site at Hornshole in a Hawick ward. |
Text: The 31-year-old has made 160 appearances for Sale since joining the club from Saracens in 2009.
"I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at the club and was delighted to be offered a new deal," he said.
Seymour is the third Sale player to commit his future to the club recently, with winger Will Addison and centre Mark ... | Sale Sharks flanker David Seymour has signed a new two-year deal with the Premiership club. |
Text: Machinery and equipment makers climbed after strong results from Deere, but technology companies fell after HP gave a weak profit forecast.
Stocks opened mostly lower, but soon began moving upwards on hopes that the US economy is continuing to strengthen.
The Dow ended 0.3% up at 19,083 points, and the S&P 500 ro... | (Close): There were more records broken on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones and S&P 500 indexes edging to new highs. |
Text: An estimated 201,003 fans attended the Scottsdale event, taking the week's total crowd to 535,035.
Five-time major winner Mickelson is five shots adrift of leader Danny Lee, who is 13 under after carding a 67.
Japan's Hideki Matsuyama (68) and Rickie Fowler (70) of the United States are tied second on 10-under.
I... | The largest crowd in golf history saw Phil Mickelson shoot a six-under-par 65 to move into contention after the third round of the Phoenix Open. |
Text: A record number of sales took place in March, as buyers tried to beat last month's Stamp Duty deadline.
That has resulted in an 11.5% rise in rental properties being listed in April, according to data from the website Rightmove.
Some towns, like Worcester, have seen rental listings surge by nearly 50% .
Even in L... | Landlords who scrambled to buy homes earlier this year are beginning to rent them out, providing tenants with a flood of properties, research suggests. |
Text: That is what a senior News Corporation executive said to me in explanation for why James Murdoch has quit as chairman of News International, the UK operations of the Murdochs' News Corporation.
What he meant is that Rupert Murdoch, with the launch of The Sun on Sunday, is showing that he is back overseeing the gr... | "You don't need more than one Murdoch in charge". |
Text: The centre-back, 28, missed Saturday's pre-season friendly defeat by Championship club Burton Albion after falling awkwardly in training.
Shawcross has missed games through back injury over the past two seasons.
"Naturally we were worried at first, but it's nothing to do with his old injury," Bowen said.
"When he... | Stoke City captain Ryan Shawcross' latest back injury is not serious and unconnected to last season's problems, according to assistant boss Mark Bowen. |
Text: However, Mr Draghi said inflation should start rising before the year is out and pick up further in 2017.
Speaking at the bank's monthly press conference, Mr Draghi warned that risks to economic growth remain "tilted to the downside".
He called on European governments to act "more decisively" to boost growth.
"In... | Eurozone inflation could turn negative again this year, European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi has warned, as the bank kept interest rates unchanged. |
Text: Parts of Upper Street, Charlton Place, Camden Passage and Colebrooke Row near the Angel Islington were all closed.
The fire brigade said the water was 2m (6.5ft) deep in basement properties on Charlton Place.
Thames Water has apologised and said it would take several days to fix the pipe. London Fire Brigade said... | About 100 people were evacuated from their flooded homes after a water main burst in north London. |
Text: The visitors trailed following Alistair Love's close-range finish from Michael Dunlop's pass.
Rovers' Spas Georgiev was off target from a similar distance and Peterhead goalkeeper Graeme Smith denied Love and Andy Barrowman.
Scott Ross headed off target for the visitors but McAllister converted following Scott Mc... | Rory McAllister's stoppage-time penalty secured a draw for Peterhead against Albion Rovers in Scottish League One. |
Text: The 27-year-old Durham fast bowler took 1-22 on his return from ankle surgery as Worcestershire, chasing 416, were bowled out for 345.
Hampshire batsman James Vince scored 125 as South reached 344-5 to beat the United Arab Emirates by five wickets.
The first of three North v South one-day matches takes place on F... | England's Mark Wood took his first wicket after a six-month lay-off as North beat Worcestershire by 71 runs in the North-South warm-ups in Dubai. |
Text: Eurocom, in Mackworth, has designed a series of games including ones featuring James Bond, Harry Potter and the Olympic Games.
A spokesman said a number of projects had fallen through forcing it to make the redundancies.
The firm said it hoped to retain 50 employees and restructure the business.
A statement from ... | A Derbyshire computer games company is shedding 150 jobs from its 200-strong workforce after a steep decline in sales. |
Text: It will be the Romanian's only grass-court tournament before Wimbledon after she missed the Aegon Classic in Birmingham with an ankle injury.
The 25-year-old won the Madrid Open and reached the French Open final during the clay-court season.
Seven of the top 10 women's players will appear at Eastbourne, including... | World number two Simona Halep has accepted a wildcard to appear at Eastbourne for the first time. |
Text: It is part of a collection of "sustainable garments" which will be showcased at the event.
Students at the School of Textiles and Design in Galashiels have produced a wide range of items.
The fashion show is at Abbotsford House, the Borders home of Sir Walter Scott, on 5 June.
As well as the sustainable items, it... | An outfit made of a fabric produced from bananas and waste plastic is to feature at Heriot-Watt University's graduate fashion show. |
Text: Network Rail said the closure between Oxenholme and Windermere would mean "short-term pain for long-term gain."
Spokesman Simon Evans said work across the network costing £33m was taking place nationwide.
While engineers renew the track, bus services will be in place between Glasgow and Carlisle, and Carlisle an... | Travellers face disruption this weekend as a 10-mile (16km) Lake District rail route is shut for repairs. |
Text: The sale follows the restitution of the painting to its subject's heirs.
Painted in 1902, the portrait of 19-year-old Gertrud Loew was left behind when Loew, fearing Nazi persecution, left Vienna for the US in 1939.
The portrait came to be acquired by Gustav Ucicky, a film-maker who made propaganda for the Nazis.... | A portrait of a young Jewish woman by the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt is expected to fetch up to £18m when it is auctioned in London later this month. |
Text: The 31-year-old was stabbed during a clash in which shots were also fired in Greenwich, south-east London, in the early hours of Saturday.
One attacker had a gun while the other had a knife.
Mr Pearce from Bromley, south-east London, managed to make his way to a nearby house to ask for help but he died at the sce... | A man stabbed to death by armed men riding on a moped has been named as Danny Pearce. |
Text: The 20-year-old, who is Irish qualified, comes in as competition for Paddy Jackson and fills the void left by the retirement of Ian Humphreys.
"He has undoubted potential, an array of skills and line-breaking ability," said Ulster director of rugby Les Kiss.
Meanwhile, Ulster academy fly-half Johnny McPhillips ha... | Ulster have boosted their fly-half options by signing former England U18 international Brett Herron from Bath. |
Text: Povetkin, 36, tested positive for "low concentrations" of meldonium in April.
On Sunday, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman confirmed on Twitter that the fight would not take place as scheduled on 21 May in Moscow.
The World Anti-Doping Agency said in September it was adding meldonium to its banned list from 1 Janua... | This month's WBC heavyweight title fight between American champion Deontay Wilder and Russia's Alexander Povetkin has been called off. |
Text: The 43-year-old world number 20 beat Rhys Clark 6-1 to set up a second-round meeting with Ken Doherty on Saturday.
Davis, who turned professional in 1991, said: "I would love to win a ranking tournament before I retire.
"But if I don't it will be because I haven't been good enough. I don't feel under pressure."
S... | Mark Davis is not putting pressure on himself to win a first ranking event title after cruising to the second round of the UK Championship. |
Text: A World Cup winner with Italy in 2006, Toni has scored 156 Serie A goals in 343 games - for eight different clubs.
He became the oldest player - at 38 - to win the Serie A golden boot, finishing joint top with Mauro Icardi last season on 22 goals.
Toni also had a spell in Germany and was the Bundesliga's top scor... | Verona striker Luca Toni will retire from playing after Sunday's home game against former club Juventus. |
Text: The body of Nicholas Williams was found by neighbours at his home on Bottom Boat Road, Stanley, on Thursday.
West Yorkshire Police said a post-mortem examination revealed he died on Wednesday evening as a result of multiple stab wounds.
A 33-year-old man from the Rotherham area has been arrested and is being ques... | A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a 27-year-old in Wakefield. |
Text: Ex-Soviet army officer Dmitri Kovtun will appear by video-link after he was granted "core participant status" by inquiry chairman, Sir Robert Owen.
Mr Litvinenko died of radioactive poisoning on 23 November 2006.
Mr Kovtun and Andrei Lugovoi are suspected of murdering him but both deny involvement and remain in R... | One of the key suspects in the killing of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko is to give evidence at the inquiry into his death, it has been confirmed. |
Text: He was best known for his 1972 hit Me and Mrs Jones, which won a Grammy award and reached number one in the US.
A statement on his website said he died on Sunday of a "serious medical condition". The NME music magazine has reported that this was pancreatic cancer.
Mr Paul, who was born as Paul Williams in Philade... | The American soul singer Billy Paul has died at the age of 81. |
Text: A woman in her 20s suffered facial injuries after being hit with a hammer in the Enfield Parade area at about 22:45 BST on Saturday night.
The 35-year-old woman has also been charged with possession of an offensive weapon with intent to commit an indictable offence.
She is due to appear at Belfast Magistrates' Co... | A 35-year-old woman has been charged with attempted murder after a hammer attack in north Belfast. |
Text: Archaeologist Neil Holbrook said the "massive structure" was found beneath the redundant jail's exercise yard.
He said the "huge tower keep" was built in the early 12th Century and would have been a "major landscape feature".
The prison shut in March 2013 and was bought by City and Country Group, which is running... | A "huge" Norman castle wall has been discovered during the redevelopment of the former Gloucester prison. |
Text: The 10-year-old grey sustained the injury when he fell at the third fence.
"You all know what the game is like. It tests us, and it is one of those things," said Henderson.
It happened on the same day the Henderson-trained Sprinter Sacre - winner of nine Group One races - was retired after a tendon injury.
Simons... | The Nicky Henderson-trained Simonsig was put down after he broke a leg during the Shloer Chase at Cheltenham on Sunday. |
Text: The 21-year-old triumphed by two shots on 18 under from compatriot Zander Lombard (71) with both securing a place at July's Open at Royal Troon.
Porteous hit every green in regulation, birdieing the eighth, 14th and 18th.
Londoner Anthony Wall, the highest-ranked of four players tied for third, also booked his Op... | South Africa's Haydn Porteous won his first European Tour event after a bogey-free three-under-par final round of 69 saw him claim the Joburg Open. |
Text: The government said it was not satisfied that the sale of the Lochinver farm would be of substantial benefit to the country, which is a key requirement for a big land purchase.
The surprise move comes after the body that oversees bids for sensitive assets in New Zealand had approved the sale.
There have been grow... | New Zealand's government has blocked the $56m (£36m) purchase of a local farm by Chinese firm Shanghai Pengxin. |
Text: The deal between the two firms should have been completed earlier this year but it was delayed by a hold-up in regulatory approvals.
The sale will see the end of production of mobile phones by Nokia.
"Today we welcome the Nokia devices and services business to our family," said Microsoft chief executive Satya Nad... | Microsoft has completed its purchase of Nokia's mobile phone business for 5.44bn euros ($7.5bn; £4.5bn). |
Text: The City regulator is warning people aged over 55 to be cautious over unsolicited callers putting on pressure to sign up to a "special deal".
Scammers often praised victims for being "knowledgeable investors", the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said.
A survey suggested a lack of confidence in spotting scams am... | Con-artists are using flattery to encourage older people to part with an average of £32,000 for unauthorised and fraudulent investments. |
Text: The rock tumbled on to the line near Stroud, Gloucestershire, on Monday.
The cutting has safety netting in place but Network Rail said it was not built "to stop anything of this size".
The company will now examine whether "more resilient measures" are needed, but said it was too early to say if it was a "close ca... | A boulder fell on to a railway line in an area of "known disturbance" where some minor rock falls occurred "from time to time", it has been revealed. |
Text: Two men suffered serious head and face injuries in an incident on Monday on a footpath between Millgate Road and Westwood Crescent in the town.
A 25-year-old man is expected to appear at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Monday.
One of the injured men, aged 26, was being treated in hospital in East Kilbride. The other, a... | A man has been arrested in connection with a shooting in Hamilton in South Lanarkshire. |
Text: The fire service said it was proposing to cut four full-time posts from the current 27 positions.
Area manager Owen Hayward said it was hoped the cuts would not be compulsory and a consultation was under way.
The fire service said improved control room technology meant there was a reduction in control room staff ... | Four posts at the North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service control room look set to be axed as part of measures to save £2.5m by 2015. |
Text: Tara O'Reilly says her mother, Jackie Baker, 59, who has motor neurone disease, wants to die with dignity.
An online appeal has attracted money from 83 anonymous donors.
Assisting a suicide or suicide attempt is a criminal offence and Ms O'Reilly confirmed Dyfed-Powys Police had given her a warning.
Ms O'Reilly s... | A hairdresser from Llanelli trying to raise money to send her mother to die at Switzerland's Dignitas clinic has received more than £3,000 in donations. |
Text: The force confirmed a formal complaint was received in relation to the incident in Camden, north London, on Friday.
One officer was filmed striking a car windscreen when the driver refused to get out of the vehicle.
The driver, stopped in a case of mistaken identity, was not arrested.
A Met Police statement relea... | Two Met Police officers have been placed on restricted duties after social media footage appeared to show a member of the force attacking a car. |
Text: Sgt Mike Friday who works in Hayle and St Ives will start an office job in Camborne in January, but locals said he was "integral" to their community.
He thanked people for their support but said he "always knew" he could be deployed elsewhere.
Devon and Cornwall Police said his "expertise" would be vital to the c... | More than 1,300 people have signed a petition to stop a police sergeant being taken off the beat in Cornwall. |
Text: Work to move the irradiated uranium, a material used in the making of fuel for nuclear power stations, from Dounreay to Sellafield started in December 2012.
Dounreay, an experimental nuclear power complex in Caithness, is being demolished and the site cleaned up.
A further 33 tonnes of material still inside the D... | The transfer of 11 tonnes of nuclear material from Scotland to England for reprocessing has been completed. |
Text: The music company Warner/Chappell had claimed the rights to the song but earlier this year a judge ruled that the lyrics could be used without the need to pay royalties.
A group of artists and filmmakers had sought to claim back the money collected by the firm over the years.
The terms of the agreement have not b... | A legal dispute over copyright fees for the song Happy Birthday To You has been settled out of court. |
Text: Dr Rod Thornton was suspended after he claimed the university told "lies" after Rizwaan Sabir's arrest in 2008.
In a joint statement, the university and Dr Thornton said an article by the academic, published on a website, contained a number of inaccuracies.
He also apologised for any offence and distress caused t... | A University of Nottingham lecturer who criticised the arrest of a student under the Terrorism Act has left his job "by mutual agreement". |
Text: New York Times sports reporter Ben Shpigel was writing an article about the logistics of bringing the NFL team over and obtained the shipping list.
It recorded 350 rolls of toilet paper along with other items such as cereal.
Mr Shpigel told the BBC the toilet rolls were ordered for the players' use in the hotel a... | The New York Jets shipped their own toilet paper to London for their clash with the Miami Dolphins, as they were warned British paper was "very thin". |
Text: He was at the motor racing circuit for the media preview of the Silverstone Classic festival which takes place in July this year, where he will mark the 40th anniversary of his father winning the F1 championship in 1976.
Freddie Hunt was greeted in the pit lane by former motor sport commentator Murray Walker (lef... | Freddie Hunt, son of motor racing legend James, got behind the wheel of his father's Formula 1 World Championship winning car at Silverstone this week. |
Text: Revenue rose by 21% to £1.2bn, while pre-tax profit fell by more than 80% on the same period last year to £500,000.
Menzies attributed the fall largely to costs linked to an acquisition and an unsuccessful attempt to sell its distribution business to DX Group.
That deal fell through on Monday after the two firms ... | Logistics and airport services group John Menzies has reported a sharp fall in first-half profits, despite boosting revenues over the period. |
Text: The Edinburgh-based partnership had revenue of £53.3m in the year to July, up 4% on the previous year.
Profits slipped by 3% to £22.6m, a figure which represents a 40% profit margin.
It is claimed this resulted from "a significant pause in activity and client instructions".
Philip Rodney, the chairman of the le... | Burness Paull, one of Scotland's leading legal firms, has reported a fall in profit as a result of the Brexit referendum vote. |
Text: Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb said the Tories had delivered rising employment and income tax cuts.
He claimed they were the "true party of Wales", saying Labour "always put Scotland first".
The campaign was launched in Gower, one of the Conservatives' target seats for the election on 7 May.
Since winning eight We... | The Conservatives have defended their record in power at the launch of their general election campaign in Wales. |
Text: The party will make a "clear pledge" not to increase the tax, which it says "hits pensioners and the poorest hardest", if it wins the election.
Labour has repeatedly claimed the Conservatives would have to increase VAT due to the scale of spending cuts planned for after the general election.
The Tories said Labou... | Labour's general election manifesto will contain a pledge not to raise VAT, shadow chancellor Ed Balls will say. |
Text: The incident happened in the Milltimber Brae area of the ongoing construction at about 11:00.
Emergency crews were called out following reports that the man had become trapped.
The Scottish Water contractor's injuries were believed to be serious but not life-threatening. An investigation will be carried out.
A Sc... | A worker on the new Aberdeen bypass has suffered what are believed to be serious injuries in an accident. |
Text: He needed to get rid of assets to fend off speculation that the supermarket's debt - which was standing at more than £20bn - was becoming a problem. The South Korean sale goes some way to alleviating the business's balance-sheet strain.
Speculation was growing that without significant sell-offs, Tesco might need ... | It's not quite money down the back of the sofa, but the chief executive of Tesco has been hunting for bits of the business he can sell ever since arriving at the beleaguered supermarket last year. |
Text: Jason Benger, 48, was told he was "a danger to young girls" and given a two-and-a-half year prison term.
Newport Crown Court heard he sent messages to girls he thought were aged 11, 12 and 14.
Benger, from Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent, admitted attempting to incite children in sexual activity.
The court was told Be... | A paedophile has been jailed after posting explicit messages to fake accounts set up by a group targeting sex offenders in south Wales. |
Text: Developer Dandara said it was responding to a change in market conditions, with supply now outstripping demand for offices.
The tower and spire, built in the 1800s, became derelict in the 1970s.
Dandara said it was working with the city council's planning department over the change.
Summary: | Plans to turn Aberdeen's historic Triple Kirks into an office development are being scrapped in favour of a new proposal for student flats. |
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Four viewers from Glasgow got the chance to put questions to SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon.
They tested her on subjects like why the SNP wants more power in Westminster; whether the SNP wants another referendum on Scottish independe... | In the run-up to the General Election on May 7, Newsround viewers have been sending their questions in for each of the main party leaders. |
Text: It relates to the players' reaction to Sunderland being awarded a penalty and captain Fabricio Coloccini issued with a red card in the 3-0 loss.
The Magpies won their appeal against Fabricio Coloccini's red card.
They have asked for the club's sanction to be reassessed due to mitigating circumstances.
Coloccini's... | Newcastle United have accepted a Football Association charge of failing to control their players in Sunday's Wear-Tyne derby defeat at Sunderland. |
Text: The move was announced along with the company's annual results, which show pre-tax profits fell slightly to £1.2bn from last year's £1.26bn.
BSkyB also reported revenues rose by 7%, with strong demand "across the board" for its services.
It said Sky Sports viewing share was at a seven-year high, boosted by the op... | BSkyB is paying £4.9bn to take over Rupert Murdoch's pay TV companies in Germany and Italy. |
Text: The A90 and M90 south of the crossing will be shut and the bridge itself will be open for local access only from 20:00 on Saturday until 06:00 on Monday.
The closed section of road includes the M9 spur.
The diversion route will involve the M9, the Kincardine Bridge and A985.
However, there will still be local acc... | The main road which feeds the Forth Road Bridge from the south is to be closed to all traffic for demolition work to remove a bridge over the A90. |
Text: The 4,605 children between the ages of six and 14 dressed in traditional white dhotis - long loin cloths - came dressed in spectacles, fake moustaches and skull caps and carried bamboo sticks.
They assembled for four hours at Bangalore's Kanteerva Stadium for Guinness adjudicators to count and verify the numbers.... | School children in the southern Indian city of Bangalore have created a world record for "the largest gathering of people dressed as Mohandas Gandhi". |
Text: The bodies and uniforms of the unidentified crewmen were recovered from the wreck in 2002.
The Monitor was part of the first iron-clad warship battle. It sank off North Carolina in 1862 with 16 men aboard.
About 750,000 men died in the Civil War between the northern and southern US states, which lasted from 1861-... | The remains of two sailors who perished aboard US Civil War gunboat USS Monitor have been buried with full military honours at Arlington National Cemetery. |
Text: The £100m Shieldhall Tunnel is being built by Scottish Water to improve water quality in the River Clyde and to tackle flooding.
When finished, the tunnel will be just over three miles (4.8km) long - five times longer than the Clyde Tunnel.
The 1,000 tonne drill being used to make the tunnel has just reached a po... | Construction of the biggest waste water tunnel to be built in Scotland has reached the half-way stage. |
Text: Neighbours called police after becoming concerned for the woman at a property in Putteridge Road, Luton at about 19:30 BST on Wednesday.
Joel Nestor, 39, from Tottenham, London, was arrested and charged on Thursday. He also faces charges of grievous bodily harm, actual bodily harm and criminal damage.
He is expec... | A man has been charged with raping, kidnapping and imprisoning a woman. |
Text: Three grenades were thrown from a vehicle towards shops in Eastleigh, witnesses said.
No group has so far said it carried out the attack.
However, the area has suffered previous attacks that officials have blamed on Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militant group.
Kenya says al-Shabab is trying to destabilise ... | At least one person has been injured in a grenade attack in a predominantly Somali district of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, police say. |
Text: The trade union body says only Ireland and Slovakia have worse "decently paid" entitlements.
It defines decently paid as two-thirds of a woman's salary or more than £840 a month.
The government said the UK's maternity system was one of the most generous in the world and most mothers could take up to 39 weeks of g... | Statutory maternity pay for UK mothers is among the worst in Europe, according to an analysis by the TUC. |
Text: Transgender people and those of ambiguous sex will be able to list their gender as indeterminate, which will be shown on passports as an X.
People whose gender was different from that of their birth were previously required to have reassignment surgery before they could change their passport to their preferred se... | Australians have been given a third choice when describing their gender on passport applications, under new guidelines aimed at removing discrimination. |
Text: The Rochdale MP said he had sought help from a psychiatrist because hearing victims' accounts had taken its toll on his mental health.
In an interview with Becky Milligan for BBC Radio 4's The World at One, he said it had also affected his marriage.
Mr Danczuk has been at the forefront of campaigning on child abu... | Labour MP Simon Danczuk says he is stepping back from his campaigning work on child sexual abuse to seek help for depression. |
Text: Sentencing Dr Hugh McGoldrick of Crossgar Road East, Crossgar, the judge told him: "You have shown no remorse for what you did."
In April, the 59-year old admitted two charges of falsifying drug trials on patients with sleeping disorders.
The offences took place at his Pound Lane GP practice in Downpatrick.
Downp... | A County Down doctor, who falsified clinical trials, has been jailed for nine months and fined £10,000. |
Text: 27 March 2016 Last updated at 13:19 BST
Events took place on Sunday to mark the commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising.
Summary: | The 1916 Proclamation of Irish Independence is read by Captain Peter Kelleher from the 27th Infantry Battalion outside the GPO in O'Connell Street. |
Text: Many people expressed alarm on social media when the "Breaking News" logo flashed up 11 times during the show.
BBC News at Six and Ten editor Paul Royall said a "technical systems crash" caused the four-minute delay.
Edwards later tweeted a photo of a can of beer, saying he was "going to enjoy this little beauty"... | A technical fault temporarily halted the BBC News at Ten, leaving presenter Huw Edwards sitting in silence in the studio. |
Text: Perth, Paisley, Stoke-on-Trent, Sunderland, Coventry and Hereford had already put themselves up for the accolade when they declared their interest last year.
Five more are now added: Warrington, Portsmouth, Wells, Swansea and the smallest city in Britain, St Davids.
The chosen place will succeed Hull, which is th... | Eleven towns and cities have now put their names forward to become UK City of Culture in 2021. |
Text: A 22-year-old man died in hospital after being discovered in Canonsleigh Road at about 06:20 BST on Sunday.
Police said a 19-year-old man from Leicester was being questioned. A 21-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
Det Ch Insp Martin Smalley said they were "working to establis... | A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder over a fatal stabbing in a residential car park in Leicester. |
Text: The suspect, Brayan Jimenez, had been on the run since last month, when the US issued an arrest warrant for 16 Latin American football officials.
He was detained at a block of flats in the capital, Guatemala City.
His lawyer said he would not fight the extradition request.
"He will prove his innocence in the cour... | Police in Guatemala have arrested a former head of the country's football federation as part of a major US corruption investigation into the sport's world governing body, Fifa. |
Text: 8 April 2016 Last updated at 15:42 BST
The Star Wars spin off doesn't follow on from the latest film, but goes back to explain the background of the story.
The film is due to be released in December.
BBC entertainment reporter Colin Paterson tells us what's in store.
Summary: | The trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has been released. |
Text: It is made from left over pieces of tech and is based on tracking equipment used in warehouses.
Making up the tracker is a specially designed computer chip and aerial - which has been created to be thinner and lighter than those used to track bigger insects.
Around 50 have been made so far and the idea is to use ... | A tiny new tracker designed to monitor bee behaviour is being tested by experts in London. |
Text: The hotel chain said the investment programme would bring 150 jobs and 10 apprenticeships.
Two of the new hotels, located off the Royal Mile on New Market Street, will open at the end of this month.
The third, which will be in York Place in the New Town, is scheduled to open in late spring.
The new sites will tak... | Premier Inn has announced it is investing £35m in opening three new hotels and revamping two others in Edinburgh. |
Text: Hull City Council confirmed it had missed out on the Ministry of Defence shortlist for the decommissioned ship.
The vessel would have been docked next to aquarium The Deep, for Hull's City of Culture celebrations in 2017.
The 20,000-tonne carrier has been retired from the Royal Navy after 32 years of service.
Lab... | Hull has lost out in its bid to turn aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious into a tourist attraction on the city's waterfront. |
Text: The offensive began at dawn on Sunday, backed by air strikes from the US-led coalition battling IS.
Kurdish and Iraqi government forces have been encircling Mosul ahead of an offensive to take the city itself.
Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, has been under IS control since June 2014.
The militants reportedly r... | Kurdish forces in Iraq say they have captured several villages near Mosul from the self-styled Islamic State (IS) group, the last major city the militants hold in the country. |
Text: Skygazers should be able to spot it from 7.08am (British Summer Time) when the moon is on the exact opposite side of the Earth as the sun.
But will the moon actually be pink?
Newsround has everything you need to know.
In many cultures, including Native American tribes, people named the full moons throughout the y... | The full moon in April - known as the Pink Moon - will rise this week on Tuesday 11 April. |
Text: He said the attack had been intended to damage Egypt's tourism industry and relations with Russia.
Russia has already said a bomb caused the crash in which 224 people died.
Mr Sisi had previously dismissed as "propaganda" a claim by jihadists that they brought the plane down.
The Airbus 321 operated by Russian ai... | Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has officially acknowledged for the first time that the crash of a Russian airliner in the Sinai peninsula last October was a result of "terrorism". |
Text: The 34-year-old from Sheffield earned a commanding 3-0 win over German Simon Rosner in the final.
Matthew beat the world number nine 11-4, 11-9, 11-7 to become the first man since Ramy Ashour in 2013 to win three consecutive tournaments.
"It's just amazing to win this title for a fifth time and I'm going to enjoy... | Nick Matthew won a record fifth Canary Wharf Classic championship - his third consecutive PSA World Tour title. |
Text: The 24-year-old made 42 appearances for the Dons last season.
He is the fourth player to join the Championship-bound Blades this summer after Ched Evans, Nathan Thomas and Enda Stevens.
Baldock told the Yorkshire club's website: "I'm absolutely delighted to have signed and committed my future to this impressive c... | Sheffield United have signed MK Dons defender George Baldock for an undisclosed fee on a three-year deal. |
Text: The 30-year-old, whose mugshot went viral when it was released, was arrested last June in a gang crackdown.
He pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm and has been jailed for 27 months and ordered to take part in a substance abuse programme.
Meeks became an online sensation when his photo generated 95,000 likes.
"... | Jeremy Meeks, the man known as the 'hot criminal', has been sentenced to more than two years in prison on a gun charge. |
Text: Much of the discussion will centre on how to deal with a ban on discarding unwanted fish back into the sea.
This will come into force in January for species such as herring and mackerel, and a year later for cod and haddock.
Agreements have already been reached on quota levels.
Scottish Fisheries Secretary Richar... | Fisheries ministers from across the EU are gathering in Brussels to begin to thrash out the rules under which the industry will operate next year. |
Text: The study, led by Hull University, blames parasites, overcrowding and conditioning of cockles after spawning.
The Welsh government launched the inquiry after a series of mortalities in the Burry Inlet which have damaged the shellfish industry since 2002.
Environment Agency Wales says a management plan will be dra... | A three-year investigation into cockle deaths off Gower in south-west Wales concluded pollution was not to blame. |
Text: The Aberdeenshire-based company announced it had raised £19m in the fourth round of its Equity for Punks crowdfunding scheme.
BrewDog launched the round a year ago in order to expand its business.
It has yet to say whether the shortfall will have an impact on its growth plans, which include expanding its brewery ... | Craft brewer and bar operator BrewDog has fallen well short of a £25m target it set for its latest funding round. |
Text: The piece, Benefits Supervisor Resting, was one of four portraits Freud made of the ample-figured Sue Tilley.
Another, Benefits Supervisor Sleeping, sold for $33.6m (£21.2m) in 2008.
Freud, a grandson of the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and one of Britain's most highly regarded artists, died in 2011 at the age of ... | A life-sized nude by Lucian Freud has been sold at auction in New York for $56.2m (£35.6m), setting a new record for the late British painter. |
Text: The Crown Princess returned for the first of five visits to Belfast this year on Friday to confirm the 2011 cruise season was under way.
More than 950ft in length, it has nine different restaurants and eateries on board, as well as a spa and fitness centre, three theatres and a film screen.
It brought more than 4... | Thirty-three cruise ships are scheduled to bring in more than 58,000 passengers and crew to Belfast over the summer months. |
Text: Karina Vetrano, 30, was killed while running out alone near her home in Queens in August last year.
Investigators were unable to find even close matches on DNA found under Ms Vetrano's fingernails, thought to have been obtained as she fought back.
But a review of 911 calls made that night led police to Chanel Lew... | Police in New York City say DNA samples found on the body of a female jogger led them to the suspect in her killing. |
Text: The 18-year-old made his only first-class appearance to date against Glamorgan in May, making 26 and 22.
Taylor is a member of the England Under-19 squad for the winter tour of Sri Lanka.
He told the club website: "Hopefully the next two years can be successful for the team and myself."
Summary: | England Under-19 all-rounder Callum Taylor has signed a new Essex contract to keep him with the county until the end of the 2017 season. |
Text: The firm told a judicial review it did not accept the discharge of final treated effluent had degraded the quality of Llyn Padarn at Llanberis.
Anglers claim water quality threatens the future of the Arctic char fish.
A High Court judge reserved judgement in the case at Caernarfon on Wednesday.
The judicial revie... | More than £4.5m is to be spent at a water treatment works near a Snowdonia lake to improve the quality of water returned to the environment, Welsh Water has said. |
Text: The Swans have rejected a £40m offer from Everton for the Iceland midfielder, who they value at £50m, while Leicester have also had a bid turned down this summer.
Sigurdsson did not travel with Swansea for their tour of the United States.
The 27-year-old has since returned to first-team training.
Summary: | Gylfi Sigurdsson has been left out of Swansea's squad for Saturday's friendly at Birmingham City "due to the current transfer speculation surrounding him". |
Text: Over the year the company launched 52 new routes, which helped boost passenger numbers by 5.9%.
The rise came despite terrorist attacks in Paris in November and in Brussels in March, which made travellers cautious.
Flybe's chief executive, Saad Hammad, said lower oil prices had saved the company about £11m.
Group... | The regional airline Flybe has announced pre-tax annual profits of £2.7m compared with a loss of £35.6m the previous year. |
Text: The group is upset with how they "have been treated" and how "the World Cup qualifying project has been managed".
It added: "We cannot carry on in an atmosphere damaged by the directors."
Venezuela, the only South American team not to reach a World Cup finals, are bottom of their qualifying group for 2018 with ze... | West Brom striker Salomon Rondon is among 15 Venezuela players who have threatened to quit unless their federation's (FVF) directors resign. |
Text: 16 Air Assault Brigade, based in Colchester, Essex, honoured 58 of its soldiers killed during operations between 2002 and 2014.
Twenty-seven of them were from East Anglia, an Army spokesman said.
About 1,000 service personnel took part in the parade at Colchester Garrison.
The parade, which was attended by soldie... | British soldiers who died during operations in Afghanistan have been remembered during a parade marking the end of a brigade's involvement in the conflict. |
Text: The dictionary's publisher, Oxford University Press, has appealed for ideas from users of the parenting website Mumsnet.
It said it would like to hear about "brand new words and new senses of familiar words".
Suggestions from parents on Mumsnet include "hangry", "defleated", and "whinese".
Fi Mooring, senior edit... | Parents have been asked to suggest new parenting terms for the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). |
Text: Samsung shares fell as much as 5.5% in early trade in Seoul to a four-month low of 1,438,000 South Korean won.
JPMorgan said weak demand for Samsung's flagship phone, the Galaxy S4, from Europe was likely to impact earnings.
It said it now expects S4 shipments this year to be 20 to 30% lower than its previous for... | Shares in Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest smartphone maker, fell the most in nine months after JPMorgan Chase cut its profit estimates. |
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Cavendish is not guaranteed his place but Wiggins told BBC Radio 5 live he is "the right man to ride the omnium".
Wiggins added: "I think Mark will be in Rio and I want him there.
"The Olympics is the one that it's really about for him. Once he gets given the green l... | Sir Bradley Wiggins says Mark Cavendish will make Great Britain's track team for the Olympic Games in August. |
Text: Pure Wafer held a consultation period to help about 130 workers after making the decision not to rebuild the Llansamlet factory in May.
The company switched its production of silicon wafers for computer chips to a sister site in the United States.
Pure Wafer said the decision not to rebuild after the fire in Dece... | Sixty staff who lost their jobs after a fire wrecked a Swansea factory have been found work elsewhere, said bosses. |
Text: Three other people were injured, one seriously, in the incident which happened between Arbroath an Montrose, near the Maryton junction.
The collision, at about 12:00, involved a car, a pick-up truck and a security van.
Police said the pensioner, who was driving a red Volkswagen Golf, died from his injuries at the... | A 79-year-old man has been killed in a three-vehicle collision on the A92 in Angus. |
Text: She is accused of taking part in a customs agency bribery scheme.
Prosecutors now say they have enough evidence to open an investigation against President Otto Perez Molina, who also denies wrongdoing.
The scandal has outraged Guatemalans, who live in one of the poorest and most violent countries in Latin America... | The former vice-president of Guatemala, Roxana Baldetti, has been arrested on corruption charges three months after she was forced to leave office. |
Text: Police were called and arrested Jule Niles after she confronted executive Dick Law and her son's agent.
No charges ensued but she has been subsequently issued with a warning.
Maitland-Niles, 17, has been at the club since he was nine and made his senior debut this season.
The teenager, who still lives at home, is... | Arsenal have banned the mother of young player Ainsley Maitland-Niles after she was involved in a training-ground dispute and threatened to withdraw the winger from an under-21 match. |
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