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Text: Mr Aikman was diagnosed with MND at the age of 29, and has been raising funds for research into the degenerative condition for two years.
His Gordon's Fightback campaign has won support from all of Scotland's political leaders.
He said had "never dreamed" of raising so much "life-changing" money.
The former gymna... | Scottish motor neurone disease campaigner Gordon Aikman has celebrated hitting his fundraising target of £500,000. |
Text: Oswald Wong, 33, pretended to be a General Medical Council (GMC) member to land the role in Merthyr Tydfil.
He was offered a post administering drug trials to volunteers and treating reactions to the medication - despite not having any medical qualifications to work in Britain.
Wong admitted fraud and was jailed ... | A doctor has been jailed for lying on his CV to get a £55,000-a-year job at a medical research centre. |
Text: On-court microphones apparently picked up the Australian, 20, making a lewd suggestion about Wawrinka's girlfriend.
"There is no need for this kind of behaviour," said the Swiss, 30, who withdrew from the match through injury.
"I really hope the ATP will take major action against him this time."
Speaking on court... | French Open champion Stan Wawrinka has urged the governing body of men's tennis to act on "unacceptable" comments made by Nick Kyrgios about his girlfriend in their Rogers Cup tie. |
Text: Shoppers on Nottingham's Market Street spotted the square sign which urged people to "enjoy a second cup of tea in the morning".
Nottingham City Council said it will issue a warning to the company rather than fine it for the "graffiti".
Ikea claimed approval is not required for "this type of marketing activity".
... | Swedish furniture giant Ikea has escaped with a warning after drawing an advert extolling the virtues of tea on a pavement in Nottingham. |
Text: Nicola Nuttall, 47, from Pendle, Lancashire, was stripped of her record by Guinness World Records officials despite smashing the mark by 29 minutes.
Undeterred, she hopped on to her broom again in London with a longer skirt.
She finished with a time of 03:26:13 - five minutes quicker than last year.
Record offici... | A woman has broken the world marathon record for the "fastest witch" - a year after being disqualified because her skirt was too short. |
Text: The concert at the Excelsior Stadium - the home of Airdrieonians FC - will take place on 24 June next year.
Securing a date on the Wonderful Crazy Night tour was hailed as "a major coup" for the club, stadium and town.
Sir Elton is not a stranger to touring across Scotland, having played Kilmarnock in 2005, Inver... | Pop superstar Sir Elton John has lined up a gig in Airdrie as part of a four-date UK tour. |
Text: The man, who was in his 60s, was discovered at the farm on Wednesday, but the details have only just emerged.
His remains were removed to Our Lady's Hospital in Navan, where a post mortem examination is expected to take place.
The Health and Safety Authority is investigating the incident.
Summary: | A man has been killed after becoming trapped by machinery on his farm in County Meath. |
Text: She was on Lost Valley Buttress with other climbers on Monday when she fell.
Police Scotland was alerted to the incident at about 13:45 and members of Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team climbed to the scene of the accident.
The team helped the woman down to an area where she could be safely airlifted by a coastguard he... | A climber has been rescued after being injured in a 70ft (21m) fall in Glen Coe. |
Text: The 38-year-old, who has won the County Championship five times with Yorkshire and Notts, has taken 736 first-class wickets in his career.
"In any sport it's about winning and success - and right throughout my career I feel I've had my fair share," he told the club website.
Yorkshire could win a third successive ... | Former England seam bowler Ryan Sidebottom has agreed a new one-year contract with Yorkshire. |
Text: The Wasps man, 24, suffered a fractured fibula while grappling with lock Maro Itoje at the training camp in Brighton.
It was England's final training session before head coach Eddie Jones names his squad to face South Africa, Fiji, Argentina and Australia.
The uncapped Jones had hoped to replace the injured James... | Flanker Sam Jones is set to miss England's autumn Tests after breaking his leg in a judo session in training. |
Text: Police said they stopped the man on the hard shoulder of the motorway near Watford, at 13:12 GMT on Sunday.
"The M25 is not Hertfordshire's new velodrome," they wrote on Twitter.
The man was reported for illegally cycling on the motorway. One person who read the tweet described the cyclist as a "noodle".
The High... | A cyclist had to be escorted off the M25 and told the road, one of the busiest in the country, was not a "velodrome". |
Text: American Dirrell claimed the interim IBF super-middleweight title after Venezuela's Uzcategui was disqualified in the eighth round for punching after the bell at the MGM National Harbour.
Lawson Jr then entered the ring and sucker-punched Uzcategui.
"I'm sorry for what my coach has done," said Dirrell, 33.
Dirrel... | Andre Dirrell has apologised after his uncle and coach Leon Lawson Jr punched his opponent Jose Uzcategui after their fight in Oxon Hill, near Washington DC. |
Text: But with Kroenke showing no interest, the bid has in effect been rejected, though Usmanov is yet to receive written confirmation.
The Financial Times reported Usmanov made the offer last month, and that Kroenke has yet to formally respond.
Metal magnate Usmanov owns 30% of Arsenal's shares.
He is, though, not par... | Uzbek-born Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov has made a £1bn bid to wrest control of Arsenal from majority shareholder Stan Kroenke. |
Text: East of England Ambulance Service bosses must also take more responsibility and be "accountable for their actions", their report said.
Among 25 recommendations, it also said the process of handing over patients to hospitals is not "sufficiently robust".
The ambulance service said it would review the findings of t... | Sickness levels are too high among ambulance staff in the east of England, inspectors have said. |
Text: The 19-year-old is yet to make his debut for the Clarets, but has scored 16 goals in 16 appearances for the club's development side.
He is the second Burnley player to join the struggling League Two side on loan this month after defender Luke Hendrie made the move last week.
Both players could make their debuts a... | York City have signed Burnley striker Ntumba Massanka on a loan deal until the end of the season. |
Text: He was went off early in City's Champions League semi-final second-leg defeat by Real Madrid on Wednesday.
City boss Manuel Pellegrini said the defender would undergo surgery and may be out "for a long time".
Kompany, who has had five injuries this season, playing just 22 matches out of a possible 58, said it was... | Belgium and Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany will miss Euro 2016 with a groin injury. |
Text: The 22 volumes imagine a scenario in which an alien virus spread across the Earth after World War Two.
Most humans are wiped out, some are left deformed and 1% gain superpowers, which they may use for good or evil.
The TV rights have been bought by Universal Cable Productions, which was behind shows like Psych an... | Author George RR Martin's epic science fiction story series Wild Cards is to be developed for TV following the success of Game of Thrones. |
Text: Britain initially qualified only one ride for the event in Pontal, Rio.
The 30-year-old Welshman's inclusion comes after several competitors from other nations suffered crashes in the road race on Saturday and withdrew.
"I'm looking forward to racing again on Wednesday," said Thomas, who also crashed but is fit t... | Geraint Thomas will represent Great Britain in the Olympic Games time trial alongside three-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome on Wednesday. |
Text: Eighty non-Welsh speaking participants were taught Welsh words before either a period of wake or sleep.
Those who slept showed an increased ability to learn the words, and the effect was greatest in those who placed personal value on the language.
This suggests that memories perceived as important undergo prefere... | A study has found that during sleep, the experiences you care about are more likely to enter your long-term memory. |
Text: The visitors led early in the second period through a Agustina Habif goal but Hannah Martin levelled for England soon after.
Martina Cavallero put Argentina back in front before Magdalena Fernandez made it 3-1 for the team ranked third in the world.
Delfina Merino and Eugenia Trinchinetti scored to put the result... | England's women suffered a 5-1 home defeat by Argentina in an international match at the Olympic Park in London. |
Text: A service was being held in Wrexham on Friday evening when a 49-year-old was arrested for public order offences.
The vigil was being held on Llwyn Isaf in the town.
Bomber Salman Abedi killed 22 people when he blew himself up as the victims left an Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena on Monday.
Nine men... | A man has been arrested for disrupting a vigil to the victims of the Manchester suicide bombing. |
Text: Yang Xiuzhu is accused of embezzling more than $40m (£26m) when working as a public official.
Ms Yang, 70, was detained in the United States in 2014 after she tried to enter the country using a fake Dutch passport.
She is a high-profile target in Chinese President Xi Jinping's crackdown on corruption.
Ms Yang ha... | A woman who Beijing named as its most-wanted economic fugitive has returned to China after 13 years on the run. |
Text: The man was seen by members of the public being hit by a car on Mansfield Road in Nottingham on Wednesday evening.
He went into a nearby coffee shop but later left the scene without contacting police.
A police spokesman said they want to speak to him about the incident.
The man appeared to have sustained facial i... | Police have appealed to the victim of a suspected hit-and-run crash to contact them. |
Text: The 29-year-old netted twice to guide Maidenhead to a first victory in non-league's top tier as they beat Hartlepool United 2-1 on Saturday.
Tarpey scored 45 goals to set a National League South record last season as Maidenhead won the title.
"A few people were saying 'could he make the step up?' but I think I'm ... | Maidenhead United striker Dave Tarpey believes he has the ability to be a prolific scorer in the National League. |
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Potters boss Mark Hughes confirmed Berahino, who joined the Potters in January, had served an eight-week suspension when he was at West Brom.
His comments follow newspaper reports Berahino was banned after failing an out-of-competition drugs test.
"Anything Stoke ask... | West Brom boss Tony Pulis says he does not "give a damn" about Saido Berahino's future because the Stoke City striker is no longer his problem. |
Text: The Newcastle United owner has rejected a claim that he owes investment banker Jeffrey Blue £14m for work he did to boost the sports retail chain's share price.
Mr Blue claims he was offered a £15m incentive during a night of heavy drinking in 2013, but only got £1m.
Lawyers for Mr Ashley told the court Mr Blue w... | Billionaire Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley is a "power-drinking, money-making machine", the High Court heard. |
Text: It is believed to be with a calf and was last seen in Start Bay near Slapton.
Crowds have been drawn to the area, but a police spokesman said: "Please do not go anywhere near it on a boat".
The area is being patrolled by a fisheries vessel. Anyone caught harassing the whale could be prosecuted.
The Sea Watch Foun... | Police are asking people not to get too close to a humpback whale spotted off the south Devon coast. |
Text: Konta, ranked 21 places higher at 27 in the world, won 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-4) after two hours and four minutes.
She is joined in the last eight by fellow Briton Heather Watson, who beat Slovenia's Polona Hercog 6-2 6-3.
Naomi Broady also won again, reaching round three of the Malaysian Open by beating CHina's Yang Z... | British number one Johanna Konta saw off Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer in two hard-fought sets to reach the quarter-finals of the Monterrey Open in Mexico. |
Text: The incident happened in the Clovenstone Road area of Wester Hailes at about 21:00 on 3 February.
The girl was hit on the back of the head while she was walking along the path and woke up in the wood.
Police have appealed for information about the incident, which was only recently reported.
It is believed she was... | An investigation is under way after a 14-year-old girl was seriously sexually assaulted in a wood off a path in Edinburgh. |
Text: 5 January 2015 Last updated at 18:41 GMT
Barry Lyttle, 33, from Ballycastle, is accused of punching his brother Patrick, 31, after a disagreement.
His younger brother suffered a serious head injury and is now on life-support in Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital.
BBC News NI's Andy West reports.
Summary: | A man from Northern Ireland accused of critically injuring his brother with a single punch while he was on holiday in Sydney has been released on bail. |
Text: The 25-year-old, who claimed her first WTA Tour title in California on Sunday, won in 74 minutes.
The world number 14 will play American Varvara Lepchenko in the next round.
Lepchenko, 30, beat Britain's Naomi Broady in round two, having re-entered as a lucky loser after Garbine Muguruza withdrew with illness.
Ge... | British number one Johanna Konta reached the third round of the Rogers Cup with a 7-5 6-1 win over American qualifier Vania King in Montreal. |
Text: Members of the National Union of Students (NUS-USI) are holding their annual conference in Templepatrick, County Antrim, on Tuesday.
Ahead of the conference, the NUS president Rebecca Hall said continued budget cuts would create a "lost generation" of students in the future.
She also called on the government to l... | Students in Northern Ireland are calling on the government to put an end to higher and further education cuts. |
Text: Public Health England (PHE) told the Bristol Post it was investigating the diagnosis at Boardmasters festival in Newquay, Cornwall.
The teenager is a student at St Brendan's Sixth Form College in Bristol.
Festival organisers said he had been unwell in the days before the event.
The student's college has had two c... | Festival-goers in close contact with an 18-year-old who became critically ill with meningitis have been given antibiotics. |
Text: Currently one in 4 children in Wales are overweight or obese when they start school.
The 10 Steps to a Healthy Weight outlines positive actions to help prevent the problem.
Public Health Wales said it wants every child who is born in Wales to get to their fifth birthday at a healthy weight.
The advice focuses on ... | Health officials in Wales have launched a 10-step checklist to tackle childhood obesity. |
Text: Until last night. The Islington North MP was the "star turn" (apart from The Hennessys) at the traditional reception for Welsh delegates here in Brighton.
Mr Corbyn got a very warm reception from delegates, who liked what he had to say.
"England has a lot to learn from Wales," he said, praising the way the Welsh... | In 32 years as an MP, "Welsh Night" at the Labour conference has England has never intruded on Jeremy Corbyn's schedule. |
Text: The ban was imposed by Australia's National Rugby League in November 2016.
Barba, 27, recently left French rugby union club Toulon, who he joined in a controversial code switch in February.
The Rugby Football League says the NRL's sanction will apply, but clarity is needed to determine if the ban is applicable ou... | St Helens have signed full-back Ben Barba, but are "seeking further and final clarification" about whether he must serve a 12-match drugs suspension. |
Text: Liverpool City Council confirmed it is holding discussions with two parties to manage St Luke's Church, which was severely damaged in a 1941 air raid.
It is understood the organisations behind the proposals are based in the city, following speculation that a company in Manchester was involved.
The council, which ... | Two proposals have been shortlisted to run Liverpool's bombed out church. |
Text: Phelan had been in temporary charge since Steve Bruce's departure in the summer, with the club currently 15th in the Premier League table.
A good start saw the 54-year-old named manager of the month for August.
In September, Phelan revealed he was offered the job on a full-time basis but there had since been no c... | Hull City have appointed caretaker manager Mike Phelan as their new head coach. |
Text: The 21-year-old, who joined United for £36m in 2015, has started 12 Premier League games this season.
And the France forward was left out of the match-day squad for last Sunday's 2-0 win over Chelsea.
"I go in the direction of the players, they have to also come in my direction," said the Portuguese.
"The same wa... | Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has urged striker Anthony Martial to "give me things that I like" if he wants to feature in the first team. |
Text: Vicky McClure played Lol in the Channel 4 drama This is England '86.
Ms McClure, who has only recently left her office job, beat Anna Maxwell Martin, Natalie Press and Juliet Stevenson to the award.
She said: "There was always a chance [of winning] but never in a million years did I expect that to happen."
"This ... | An actress from Nottingham said she felt "numb" with shock after winning a Bafta for best actress. |
Text: Shirley Oaks Survivors Association said the inquiry's new chair, Prof Alexis Jay, may have a potential conflict of interest as a former social worker.
The group represents 600 people who allege they were abused in south London children's homes.
The national inquiry is made up of 13 separate investigations.
Claims... | A campaign group involved in the public inquiry into historic allegations of child sexual abuse says it may withdraw from the process. |
Text: Eleanor Cardwell, Jodie Gibson, Natalie Haythornthwaite, Laura Malcolm and Kadeen Corbin join 10 players added to the programme at Loughborough in June.
Talks remain ongoing with players currently in the ANZ Championship, with five more contracts still to be signed.
"It's a good environment to be in," Manchester ... | England Netball have signed a further five players on full-time contracts ahead of next month's Quad Series. |
Text: Sandie Bowen, 53, was murdered by Michael Bowen in 1997 - he never revealed where he hid her body.
Her remains were discovered at Wentwood Reservoir, near Newport, on 2 February.
After talks with the Crown Prosecution Service, Gwent Police said no further action would be taken against Bowen, who was jailed for li... | No further action will be taken against a man who murdered his wife after her body was found 20 years after she died. |
Text: The decision by the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee comes five years after the record low level was first introduced.
It is the first rate decision since the bank amended its "forward guidance" policy that linked borrowing rates to unemployment figures.
Rates are unlikely to rise before the spring of 2015, analy... | UK interest rates have been held at 0.5% for another month, the Bank of England has said. |
Text: The Athletic Stores building on Queen Street has been bought by a joint venture between Welsh firm Watkin Jones and Holywood's Lacuna Developments.
They are converting the former Belfast Metropolitan College building at College Square East into student flats.
The development will represent an investment of around... | A Victorian warehouse in Belfast city centre that had been threatened with demolition is now set to be converted into student accommodation. |
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United beat Crystal Palace at Wembley in May to win their first silverware since 2013.
However, the club released a team photo in which only the Community Shield - new manager Jose Mourinho's first success in the role - on display.
The FA Cup Twitter account posted a... | The FA Cup's Twitter account is 'feeling sad' after Manchester United failed to feature the famous trophy in their team photo. |
Text: Normally the stuff of science fiction in Star Trek or Star Wars, physicists at the university used an ultrasound array to exert force on an object and pull it towards the energy source.
They say it is the first time such a beam has been used to move anything bigger than microscopic targets.
The technology could b... | Scientists at Dundee University have created a working "tractor beam". |
Text: The animals were reported missing from their enclosure at Symbio Wildlife Park, south of Sydney, on Saturday morning.
A baby marmoset and a female, Sophia, were found alive on Sunday, but a male, Gomez, remains missing.
Pygmy marmosets - the world's smallest monkey species - command up to A$5000 (£3000, $3700) o... | Three rare pygmy marmosets have been stolen from a wildlife park in Australia. |
Text: A period of silence, is an answer many chief executives would give with a smile and a roll of the eyes.
Many businesses crave nothing more than consistency and certainty, so they can get on with running their companies with no nasty, political surprises.
In an election campaign that is a pretty forlorn hope, give... | I am often asked what the business community wants from politicians. |
Text: Josh Meekings, 24, denied causing offences aggravated by sexual orientation prejudice in an Inverness street on 20 December 2015.
He was arrested by police officers who heard the defender's alleged remark to an unidentified man.
Sentence had been deferred on Meekings for six months for good behaviour.
He was give... | An Inverness Caledonian Thistle footballer has been given an absolute discharge at Inverness Sheriff Court following a city centre incident. |
Text: Concerns over the shortfall at Taunton's Musgrove Park Hospital were raised by regulator Monitor, following a waiting times investigation.
Hospital finance director David Hobdey said steps would be taken to minimise the deficit for 2015/16 but it was "very unlikely" it will be eradicated.
However, he said the def... | Bosses at a Somerset hospital say they will do their "utmost" to avoid a predicted budget deficit of £8m. |
Text: 22 August 2016 Last updated at 07:55 BST
Det Con Colin Ward, from the modern slavery unit at Greater Manchester Police, says trafficking is "happening more than ever".
On a journey around the city, he explained to BBC reporter Mat Trewern that slaves could be found in car wash services, the construction industry ... | The Salvation Army says it has seen nearly a fivefold rise in the number of slavery victims it has helped in England and Wales since 2012. |
Text: The Olympic gymnast crashed into a barrier after successfully completing her jump.
After just two weeks, several stars have already ended up in hospital after competing on the Channel 4 show.
Some fans have even taken to social media to ask for the show to be cancelled because they say too many people are getting... | Beth Tweddle has pulled out of the reality show The Jump, after crashing during a practice. |
Text: The gallery said it had been involved in discussions about acquiring some items from her wardrobe.
But it said it only collected items of "outstanding aesthetic or technical quality" and no formal offer was made.
More than 300 items will now be sold at auction next month instead. Lady Thatcher died two and a half... | The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has turned down the chance to exhibit former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's clothes. |
Text: The British Geological Survey (BGS) said the tremor was felt at Poulton-le-Fylde in the early hours of Friday.
It was a 1.5 magnitude earthquake of intensity level three, recorded at a depth of 2.7km (1.7 miles). No damage or injuries have been reported.
On 1 April, the Blackpool area was hit by 2.2 magnitude tre... | The Fylde coast in Lancashire has experienced its second earthquake in two months. |
Text: The actress was 19 when she was cast opposite Brando in Bernardo Bertolucci's controversial 1972 film.
It saw her play a young Parisian who embarks on a sexually charged relationship with his middle-aged American businessman.
The film was banned in several countries due to its explicit content.
Born in 1952 in Pa... | French actress Maria Schneider, best known for playing Marlon Brando's lover in Last Tango in Paris, has died in Paris aged 58 after a long illness. |
Text: Jel Singh Nagra's shop had no name for five years after he said Sainsbury's complained, The Northern Echo reported.
He has now put up a new sign naming his store Morrisinghs, in a bid to put his village of West Allotment, North Tyneside, "on the map".
A spokesman for Morrisons said the supermarket "did not mind".... | A shopkeeper who claimed he was threatened with legal action after calling his shop Singhsbury's has changed its name to Morrisinghs. |
Text: The legislation is designed to give members of the public the right to access information which is held by public authorities.
A government spokesman said it would be phased in, starting with two departments.
Chief Minister Allan Bell said it marked a "significant enhancement of democracy" in the Isle of Man.
FOI... | Freedom of Information (FOI) requests can now be made on the Isle of Man, 11 years after the United Kingdom. |
Text: Beckenbauer had been provisionally banned for "failing to co-operate" with Fifa's inquiry into the bidding processes for 2018 and 2022 World Cups, won by Russia and Qatar respectively.
The 70-year-old was one of 22 men who voted to decide the tournament hosts.
Fifa says he did not co-operate during an in-person i... | Germany's World Cup-winning captain and coach Franz Beckenbauer has been warned and fined by Fifa's ethics committee. |
Text: Unite's members at factories in Norfolk, Suffolk and Nottinghamshire had been asked to vote on a possible walk out over a 3.5% pay offer.
The union had wanted 5.2%, the current rate of inflation, but has decided to "reluctantly" accept the pay deal.
Of those who voted, 179 said no to industrial action and 135 sai... | Workers at British Sugar in the East of England have accepted a pay offer after a union ballot revealed insufficient support for strike action. |
Text: Deputy chairman Charles Rolls almost doubled the number of shares he intended to sell following "significant" demand from investors.
He sold 4.5 million shares at £16.25 each, but retains an 11.2% stake.
The tonic water group has seen its share price rise more than 900% since it floated in late 2014.
This year al... | One of the co-founders of upmarket mixer drinks maker Fever-Tree has netted £73m after selling a 3.9% stake in the company. |
Text: Leonard, who was born Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, had four Top 40 UK albums with the band from the late 1960s.
He recently returned to his home town with his long-term partner Mary.
Friend Kevin Allen, who directed the film Twin Town, said: "Deke was a true gentlemen of acid rock and he had a fantastic presence on... | The guitarist for Welsh progressive rock band Man, Deke Leonard, has died at the age of 72. |
Text: The move affects 27 professors across the university's five schools.
A spokesman for the university said it was creating a new role with new criteria.
The University and College Union (UCU) said it was "surprised" by the move, which they said effectively means each professor is at risk of redundancy.
Jon Bryan, f... | All research professors at Teesside University have been told they need to re-apply for their jobs, the BBC has learned. |
Text: Nottingham artist Wolfgang Buttress will represent the UK with his design - the Hive - at the six-month event in Milan, which starts in May 2015.
He said it will "buzz" with the noise of a real bee colony.
A £6m contract to build the structure has been awarded to York-based Stage One and London's RISE.
Visitors ... | The winning design for the UK pavilion at next year's Universal Expo was inspired by the honeybee, its creator has said. |
Text: Mills was later yellow-carded following a second incident five minutes into the second half.
But he had already been cited for an earlier first-half incident involving Saints centre Rory Hutchinson.
Mills, 24, will miss Saturday's trip to Exeter and the home game with Wasps on Sunday, 4 December.
The Rugby Footba... | Worcester Warriors centre Ryan Mills has been given a two-week suspension for a dangerous tackle in last Friday's 18-17 home defeat by Northampton. |
Text: The Welsh Young Persons Discounted Travel Scheme applies to local journeys and longer distance TrawsCymru routes.
The project, costing £15m between now and April 2017, is part of a Labour-Liberal Democrat deal to pass the Welsh government's budget.
The first minister launched the scheme at an event in Corwen, De... | All 16 to 18-year-olds in Wales will be able to save a third off the price of adult bus fares from 1 September, Welsh ministers have announced. |
Text: The visas, allowing international students to stay in Scotland to work after graduating, were dropped in 2012.
The Home Office has said there are "no plans" to bring them back, although Scottish Secretary David Mundell said he would listen to concerns.
All of Holyrood's parties support bringing back the visas.
Th... | MSPs on Holyrood's devolution committee have called on the UK government to bring back post-study visas north of the border. |
Text: The incident happened at around 04:15 at an address in Kenilworth Drive, Liberton. Nobody was hurt.
Officers said they are looking for a man who is described as being white and aged between 18-25. He was wearing a grey hooded top and grey trousers.
Det Insp Stuart Harkness said the nature of the incident was "ser... | Police have issued a description of a man they want to trace after a gun was fired in Edinburgh. |
Text: Video taken inside the Pedrinhas prison in Sao Luis also shows the torture of one inmate at the hands of others - and cases of beheadings.
The district judge who wrote the report said the video was the "most barbarous scene" he had ever witnessed.
Brazil has the world's fourth largest prison population with half ... | Fifty-nine inmates have been killed in a single northern Brazilian prison this year, according to a judicial report. |
Text: 21 June 2015 Last updated at 08:25 BST
Watch these bison in their natural prairie home.
Summary: | The American Prairie Reserve is buying land from cattle farmers, which, combined with public land, creates a vast open area of prairie. |
Text: The coins were stolen from the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh on 2 September.
Police Scotland have now issued photos of the coins and asked anyone who has comes across them to get in touch.
It comes after the force released CCTV images last week of two men officers believe might be able to help with the... | Police investigating the theft of three antique coins from a museum have revealed they are worth about £20,000. |
Text: The New Zealander, 36, retired from playing at the end of the season after becoming Quins' record points scorer in his nine years at The Stoop.
"I am delighted Nick has agreed to the offer to join the Harlequins coaching team," the Premiership side's director of rugby John Kingston said.
"His role will allow him ... | Harlequins have appointed club legend Nick Evans as attack coach. |
Text: Around 900 men are now allowed to leave the Manus Island detention centre during the day.
Australia sends asylum seekers who arrive by boat to the centre under its tough immigration policies.
But PNG's Supreme Court ruled in April that restricting the movements of asylum seekers was unlawful under the country's c... | Asylum seekers held on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea (PNG) are no longer being held in detention, reports say. |
Text: The annual four-week campaign is called 'Drink Safe, Drive Safe, Act Safe'.
A police spokesman said the aim was to drive down Manx drink-drive statistics for the third consecutive year.
In 2012 there were 19 people arrested for drink-driving offences and 16 charged - last year there were 12 arrests and four peopl... | A police crackdown on drivers impaired by drink or drugs over the festive period is to get under way in the Isle of Man this month. |
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D'Agostino, 24, collided with New Zealand's Nikki Hamblin during qualifying in Rio on Tuesday.
Hamblin was left in tears but the pair encouraged each other to continue, despite D'Agostino visibly limping.
The American ran four laps with a torn ACL but will miss Frida... | American runner Abbey D'Agostino ran more than a mile to complete her Olympic 5,000m heat despite tearing her anterior cruciate knee ligament. |
Text: Last Saturday's explosion at the Amuay refinery in the west of the country set oil tanks on fire for days.
The cause of the blast is unclear, but officials have pointed to a gas leak.
Critics have accused PDVSA of neglecting maintenance as it funnels oil revenue into social programmes run by President Hugo Chavez... | Venezuela's largest oil refinery has resumed production after a massive blast killed 42 people last week, state oil company PDVSA says. |
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Grael, who returned to sailing and was world champion in the Star class in 2015, has added another focus to his life - a sailing school for state-educated children.
"In the fight for a cause to live for, the project gave me a direction, a true north on my compass," h... | Lars Grael is a two-time Olympic medallist and 20 years ago was one of Brazil's leading sailors, until a freak accident resulted in him losing a leg. |
Text: Global Affairs Canada officials did not say whether that arrest was related to the deaths of a Canadian woman and her American boyfriend.
The bodies of Francesca Matus, 52, and former marine Drew DeVoursney, 36, were recovered on Monday.
They had been missing since 25 April.
Austin Jean, a spokesman for Global Af... | Canada has confirmed a Canadian citizen is in police custody in Belize. |
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Problems with an Air Force tracking radar and poor weather conditions had previously delayed the launch.
The mission will look into how the Sun's fiery surface can affect us on Earth.
Changes in solar wind are thought to affec... | An unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a space weather satellite has successfully launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA, on its third attempt. |
Text: The 26-year-old British number four fell 6-2 5-2 behind against the world number 97.
Evans then won three games in succession, forced a tie break and won the second set to level.
After a rain delay, Nishioka saw out the match in a third-set tie-break, winning in two hours 43 minutes.
Nishioka will face Ukraine's ... | Britain's Dan Evans lost 6-2 6-7 (2-7) 7-6 (7-4) to Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan in the first round at the Atlanta Open. |
Text: The deal involves a section of the King George V sports complex.
The development is part of the multi-million pound Dumfries Learning Town project to overhaul education.
Councillors were being asked to support the lease of a section of common good land to a community company in order to take the scheme forward.
A... | Councillors have endorsed the lease of an area of Dumfries land to a community company to provide a new "learning hub" for the town. |
Text: The board of Energy Assets Group has agreed to recommend a bid by a shell company set up by Alinda Funds.
Other investment funds which currently hold 25% of Energy Asset shares have already committed to support the bid.
It will need the votes from 75% of shareholdings if the deal is to be approved.
The agreement ... | A fast-growing gas metering company based in West Lothian is set to be taken over by an infrastructure investment fund for nearly £200m. |
Text: It is seeking to strengthen its balance sheet by raising up to £82m through an equity placing.
The group, which has bases in London and Aberdeen, has also agreed "improvements" on the terms of its debt facilities.
It said the moves would "significantly improve" its liquidity position.
EnQuest has struggled with ... | Oil firm EnQuest has announced a major financial restructuring move to help it deliver first oil from its Kraken development in the North Sea next year. |
Text: Joyce Mitchell, 52, provided inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat with tools that allowed them to break through the wall of their cell to freedom.
Mitchell sobbed in court on Monday, saying she made a "horrible mistake".
Matt and Sweat escaped on 6 June, sparking a huge three-week manhunt across New York and Verm... | A former jail worker will be behind bars for up to seven years after helping two convicted killers escape from a New York prison. |
Text: She will also be remembered for representing the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest with I Belong, coming second to Luxembourg.
During her career, Kirby had two top 10 hits and three other singles in the top 40.
In a statement, her family said the star passed away on Thursday night after suffering from a short ill... | Singer Kathy Kirby, best known for her cover version of Secret Love in 1963, has died aged 72. |
Text: Mr Jones will visit Beaumaris on Anglesey and Tal-y-Bont near Bangor in Gwynedd on Thursday.
A string of weather warnings have been in place throughout Wales during December.
Speaking ahead of his visit, Mr Jones expressed his "heartfelt gratitude to all those involved in preventative, rescue and recovery work".
... | Two areas of north Wales which were hit by recent flooding will be visited by First Minister Carwyn Jones. |
Text: The former Dundee United midfielder, 28, will be at McDiarmid Park for the rest of the season.
"He's a talented player who I think will add quality to the squad at a crucial time of the season," Saints manager Tommy Wright told the club website.
Meanwhile, the Perth Club have released midfielder Gary McDonald.
Wr... | St Johnstone have signed Danny Swanson on loan from Coventry City, subject to international clearance. |
Text: The Denmark international, 21, has played 161 games for Ajax and scored 32 goals since joining in 2008.
"Everyone has followed the development of Spurs and it's something I want to be part of," said Eriksen.
He became Spurs third signing in 24 hours, following Romanian defender Vlad Chiriches, 23, and Argentina s... | Tottenham have signed midfielder Christian Eriksen from Dutch champions Ajax for £11.5m. |
Text: Students at UWE Bristol, working with the charity Oxfam, have built the urinal which they're testing at the university's grounds.
They hope that if the trial is successful, the technology could be used to provide light for toilets in refugee camps, where electricity is scarce.
Andy Bastable, from Oxfam, says this... | A toilet that uses human wee to generate electricity is being tested in Bristol, to see if the tech could power lights in refugee camps. |
Text: First choice Conor McCorry is suspended after being sent off against Annagh last weekend while back-up keeper Jamie McAtavey has a broken wrist.
Celtic's attempts to arrange a Championship game against Larne to clear McCorry's ban were blocked by the Northern Ireland Football League.
Outfield players Raymond Fitz... | Lurgan Celtic may have to field an outfield player in goals in Saturday's Irish Cup semi-final against Linfield. |
Text: Jane Bell got into difficulty at the Dalmeny Hotel in St Annes, Lancashire, in August 2014.
The hotel's owners have been charged with failing in their duty to ensure the safety of guests and failing to make a risk assessment.
They will face trial at Preston Crown Court in August.
No plea was entered during a brie... | The owners of hotel where a three-year-old girl drowned in a swimming pool are to face trial over alleged health and safety failures. |
Text: The move is part of an investment package worth £170m.
The posts will be created over the next four years in various parts of the business, from food processing to management and financial services.
They will put an additional £10.5m in wages into the NI economy, meaning the salaries average out at £17,000.
Since... | The food firm Moy Park has announced it is creating 628 jobs across its three Northern Ireland sites - in Dungannon, Craigavon and Ballymena. |
Text: Mark Ingram, 32, was last seen in Aberdeen's Mastrick Road on 26 November.
Police Scotland said inquiries suggested he may have gone to Tayside.
Mr Ingram is described as 6ft tall, of average build, with brown, collar-length hair. When last seen, he was wearing a black jacket, a grey hooded jumper, and dark jeans... | An Aberdeen man who has been missing for more than two weeks may have travelled to the Dundee area. |
Text: 11 November 2016 Last updated at 08:26 GMT
There'll be a 'supermoon' visible in the sky over the UK overnight on Sunday 13 November.
The moon will look bigger and brighter than normal.
This happens when there's a full moon and the moon is at a point during its orbit where it is particularly close to Earth.
This w... | Space fans you're in for a treat this weekend. |
Text: 10 December 2015 Last updated at 06:36 GMT
The penguins pair for life and have their chicks - but the number of pairs has dropped from over 30,000 in 2004 to just over 3,000 in 2014.
Nicky Stander, a Penguin Conservationist says: ''There used to be over a million penguins in the 1930's but now the population is d... | The number of African penguins in South Africa and Namibia has dramatically fallen in the past ten years. |
Text: Samia Shahid, 28, a beautician from Bradford, died last month in northern Punjab in what is believed to have been a so-called honour killing.
Ex-husband Chaudhry Muhammad Shakeel was arrested on suspicion of murder.
He has now said he strangled Ms Shahid with a scarf, according to BBC Pakistan correspondent Shaim... | The former husband of a woman allegedly murdered in Pakistan has confessed to killing her, a police source has told the BBC. |
Text: It is hoped the service at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, in Llantrisant, will provide faster diagnosis and shorter stays.
It will be located at the entrance to A&E so care can be brought straight to the patient - easing pressure on the department.
It will be staffed 24 hours a day, daily by doctors and nurses.
De... | An acute medicine centre will open at the front door of a Rhondda Cynon Taff hospital to ease A&E pressures. |
Text: The Freda Cunningham, which worked on the River Tyne from 1972, was taken out of service in 1993 and sold.
Ferry operator Nexus said its fate had remained a mystery until the new owners contacted them.
Since 2006, the vessel, now named Mystic Waters, has been operating between west Cork and Sherkin Island.
Carber... | A forgotten ferry which transported passengers between North Shields and South Shields for more than 20 years has been discovered in Ireland. |
Text: Sears, the coach to world number 17 Ana Ivanovic, fell while watching the Serb play in round three against Madison Keys on Rod Laver Arena on 23 January.
His son-in-law, men's world number two Andy Murray, was playing on a nearby court at the time of the incident.
"I really don't think it's likely my collapse was... | Tennis coach Nigel Sears believes his collapse at the Australian Open was caused "by a bad piece of sushi". |
Text: More than a dozen attackers carrying machetes and axes struck during evening prayers at the mosque in Mwanza district on Thursday, police said.
The police have made three arrests.
The BBC's Sammy Awami in Tanzania says there are fears over the growing threat of Islamist militancy in the country, which has so far ... | Three people have been killed at a mosque in north-west Tanzania in what police have described as a "terrorist-style attack". |
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