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Text: The visitors took the lead when Tommy Rowe converted Gary McSheffrey's corner after six minutes.
The Spireites levelled through Gboly Ariyibi's finish after Remi Matthews parried Jay O'Shea's effort.
Doncaster, who are five points adrift of safety with three games to play, had chances to win the game through Andy... | Doncaster's League One survival hopes were dented by a 1-1 draw with fellow strugglers Chesterfield. |
Text: Bahmani Ahmadi, 22, is awaiting sentencing after admitting 18 charges, including sexual assault and grooming.
Northumbria Police said he was arrested and released without charge in 2012 after complaints he had sex with a 15-year-old-girl from a care home.
The force said he had subsequently been convicted of the o... | A "dangerous" sex offender convicted of a string of child sex crimes was questioned and released by police more than two years earlier, it has emerged. |
Text: The 20-year-old joined Rovers from Bolton in June, and has made seven appearances for the League Two side in all competitions.
He came through the Lincoln City academy and played three times in the Championship for Wanderers last season.
Garrett joins an Eastleigh side which have lost their last three National Le... | Eastleigh have signed Doncaster Rovers left-back Tyler Garrett on a month-long loan deal, starting from 27 December. |
Text: The agreement will see more than £2m invested in eight key races, while annual prize money will increase.
Glorious Goodwood, the main event, will become the Qatar Goodwood Festival.
"Our partnership with Qatar will make an enormous contribution to horseracing in the UK," said course owner, Lord March.
The inaugur... | Goodwood racecourse has signed a historic 10-year sponsorship deal with Qatar, the biggest single deal in British horse racing. |
Text: Net profit for the three months to the end of September was $168m (£106m), down from $2.5bn a year earlier. Total revenue was $21.4bn.
The huge drop in profits was due to a previously announced $5.3bn mortgage-related settlement with the Department of Justice and other federal agencies.
Most areas of the busines... | Bank of America has reported a big drop in profits due to a multi-billion dollar settlement with US authorities. |
Text: The East Kilbride-based five-a-side football company saw group sales increase by 1.3% to £33.4m in the 12 months to the end of December.
The firm said its performance had been aided by a modernisation programme, which included upgrading 136 pitches.
Last year Goals launched a new strategic plan following a major... | Goals Soccer Centres has said it has "turned the corner" following a strong second half to its financial year. |
Text: The 23-year-old returns to the Riverside Stadium, where he spent the 2014-15 season on loan from the Blues.
He began this season on loan at Burnley but was recalled by Chelsea on Saturday, having made six Premier League appearances without scoring.
It was his sixth loan spell away from Stamford Bridge.
The deal i... | Middlesbrough have signed Chelsea forward Patrick Bamford for about £5.5m on a four-and-a-half-year deal. |
Text: The 16-year-old found the 500g (1lb) gold bar at a depth of about 2m (6.5ft) while swimming near the shore of Bavaria's Koenigssee lake last August.
She handed it into police, who were unable to find the owner.
It is still not clear how the bar ended up in the lake.
A six-month investigation could not identify th... | A teenage girl in Germany will be allowed to keep a bar of gold worth €16,000 ($18,000; £11,500) found in a lake after the owner could not be identified, police said. |
Text: The 22-year-old, from Bartley Green, died in hospital after the attack in Woodgate Gardens at 22:50 BST.
Police said they have arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of murder and have been given more time to question a 16-year-old boy about the death.
A 21-year-old man, arrested on suspicion of murder, has bee... | Police have named a man who died after being stabbed in Birmingham on Monday as Alexander Phillip Leonard. |
Text: The 32-year-old - who earned his 50th cap during the World Cup - returned to his first club in 2013 after spells with Gloucester and Sale.
Dundee-born Dickinson said it was "an easy decision", adding: "It was my first club, I feel at home here."
Lock Ben Toolis has signed a new two-year deal until the end of 2017... | Scotland loose-head prop Alasdair Dickinson has signed a three-year contract extension at Edinburgh, running until the summer of 2019. |
Text: The woman, from Swanage, was a front seat passenger in a Ford Fiesta that crashed with a Hyundai on the A352 at Hethfelton Hollow, in Stokeford, near Wool, at 14:15 BST on Sunday.
Both drivers also suffered "serious injuries" and a second passenger in the Fiesta was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition.
... | An 86-year-old woman has died in a head-on crash in Dorset. |
Text: Groves split with Fitzpatrick following defeat in his third world title fight in September, against Badou Jack.
McGuigan - son of former world champion Barry - trains IBF super-bantamweight champion Carl Frampton and recently worked with David Haye on his comeback.
Groves' first fight with McGuigan will be agains... | George Groves has appointed Shane McGuigan as his new trainer after parting company with Paddy Fitzpatrick. |
Text: James Brokenshire was appointed by the Prime Minister Theresa May after she took over from David Cameron last week.
Mr Brokenshire will be working alongside a Northern Ireland Executive which is deeply divided over the UK's plan to leave the European Union.
He said last week that Northern Ireland's interests need... | The new secretary of state will visit Northern Ireland today for the first time since taking up the role. |
Text: Local media said the men were Chinese nationals. If convicted, they could face life in prison.
The Australian Defence Force seized the 50m (165ft) vessel off the coast of Tasmania nine days ago.
Tasmania Police on Wednesday estimated the drugs had a street value of A$60m (£36m; $44m).
Assistant Commissioner Glen... | Ten men have been charged with drug smuggling after a boat allegedly carrying 186kg (410lb) of cocaine was intercepted off Australia's coast. |
Text: Stornoway Coastguard received a mayday call at 23:41 on Friday alerting them to the boat in distress.
The yacht had two adults and four children on board and the occupiers feared it was sinking.
Coastguard teams launched an air and sea mission to get to the aid of the boat, which was stranded near Calve Island, s... | Six people have been rescued from a yacht after it ran aground in the Sound of Mull. |
Text: The first assault happened on Durnsford Road in Middlesbrough on Wednesday after the man asked the 29-year-old for the time.
He then followed her onto Carisbrooke Avenue, which joins the first road, and sexually assaulted her again.
She was shaken but was unharmed, Cleveland Police said. They are appealing for wi... | A woman was sexually assaulted twice in one evening by the same man, police said. |
Text: Bob Gunnell said Ali's doctors hoped to discharge him soon.
He added that "the Ali family continues to request privacy and appreciates all of the prayers and well wishes".
The 72-year-old former three-time heavyweight champion, who has Parkinson's disease, was taken to hospital on Saturday.
Mr Gunnell provided no... | The condition of boxing legend Muhammad Ali has "vastly improved" since he was taken to hospital with a mild case of pneumonia, his spokesman has said. |
Text: The Brazil international was speaking after scoring twice on his home debut for PSG in a 6-2 win over Toulouse.
"I spent four beautiful years there and parted happy," said the 25-year-old. "But with them [the board], no.
"For me, they are not the people who should be there, for the direction of Barca. Barca deser... | Neymar has criticised the directors of his former club Barcelona, who he left to join Paris St-Germain for a world record £200m earlier this month. |
Text: The information was received by Radio Scotland's Beattie programme during coverage of the 12th anniversary of the killing.
The case remains unsolved, but police continue to actively investigate the shooting of the father-of-two.
Mr Wilson, 30, was shot at his home on 28 November 2004.
He later died in hospital.
D... | Police Scotland is investigating information passed to it by BBC Scotland in connection with the murder of Nairn banker Alistair Wilson. |
Text: The 20-year-old, who is the younger brother of Cornish-born Fiji internationals Josh and Sam, left the Pro12 side in the summer and had been playing for hometown side Camborne.
"Joel just wants to try and challenge himself a bit more," said Redruth head coach Marek Churcher.
"He wants to progress and get another ... | National Two South side Redruth have signed former Ospreys fly-half Joel Matavesi. |
Text: Premiership
Aberdeen 2-0 Hearts
Inverness CT 1-1 Ross County
Kilmarnock 1-1 Partick Thistle
Motherwell 1-2 St Johnstone
Rangers 4-0 Hamilton Academical
Championship
Dunfermline Athletic 0-1 Ayr United
Falkirk 0-1 Greenock Morton
Hibernian 2-2 Dumbarton
Queen of the South 0-2 St Mirren
Raith Rovers 2-1 Dundee Unit... | Match reports from the weekend's Scottish Premiership and Championship games. |
Text: The Bafta-winning BBC show about life at a London vicarage, ended its third series in April last year.
"It seemed to be finished," Jupp told Radio Times.
"Although I thought the same after series two. I would be very surprised if there was more. I don't see it."
Hollander, who co-wrote the series, said in April 2... | Rev star and comic Miles Jupp has said he does not envisage a return of the popular TV comedy Rev, in which he starred with Tom Hollander and Olivia Colman. |
Text: GMB shop stewards unanimously voted for industrial action in protest at the removal of bank holidays from contracts and changes to flexi-time working.
The changes include six public holidays being replaced with annual leave days.
GMB Scotland will ballot members working for the council over the next month with a ... | A strike by Glasgow City Council staff over changes to public holiday entitlement has moved a step closer. |
Text: Officers were called to a shooting in Lordship Lane, Wood Green, in the north of the city at about 17:45 BST.
An air ambulance crew treated the man at the scene but he was declared dead at about 19:00 BST. The woman has been taken to a hospital in east London.
No arrests have been made and Lordship Lane has been ... | A man has died and a woman is in a critical condition after a double-shooting during rush-hour in London. |
Text: Matt McKeown, 52, from Plymouth, rode the trolley on Saturday at Santa Pod Raceway in Bedfordshire.
Mr McKeown, who runs Plymouth Karting, stabilised the trolley by using go-kart wheels. The existing record is 42mph (67km/h).
"This is a new record although it's not official," he said.
The self-confessed "mad man"... | A Devon man claims to have set a new record by "riding" a jet engine-propelled shopping trolley at 44mph (70km/h) on a race track. |
Text: Among several arrests was Gregorio Gigliotti, the operation's alleged kingpin and who ran the "Cucino A Modo Mio" (I Cook My Way) restaurant.
Also detained were 13 Italian men with links to organised crime, in the southern Italian region of Calabria.
The region is the base of the `Ndrangheta crime syndicate, whic... | US and Italian agents have dismantled a cocaine trafficking network run from a New York pizzeria, police have said. |
Text: Groceries and toiletries were among the items taken from ReadiFood warehouse, run by Faith Christian Group, on Boulton Road in Reading, Berkshire.
A generator, which the charity used to power its street kitchen, was also stolen.
Thames Valley Police said it was investigating the burglary and has appealed for witn... | A charity has described its upset after hundreds of pounds worth of goods were stolen from a food bank. |
Text: Like-for-like sales grew 6.4% in the final three months of the year, and were up 4.2% in the year as a whole.
The Newcastle-based baker added full-year results were set to be "slightly ahead" of its previous expectations.
However, Greggs added that rising costs this year were likely to have a "modest impact" on p... | High Street baker Greggs has reported "strong" Christmas sales, with takeaway food, mince pies and its Festive Bake pie proving popular. |
Text: The 23-year-old will join the Tynecastle club on a two-year deal on 1 July after his Rovers contract ends.
Stockton, who came through the youth ranks at Tranmere, spent half of last season on loan at Morecambe.
He scored 18 goals last term, including eight in Rovers' final 11 matches as they eventually lost in th... | Hearts have signed striker Cole Stockton on a pre-contract from Tranmere Rovers. |
Text: The 20-year-old starred in the recent series defeat by England, taking 13 wickets in a victory in the final Test, and has 24 in six Tests in total.
Durham head coach Jon Lewis said he was exploring options to cover Australia all-rounder John Hastings.
Hastings, 30, is likely to be called up for the World T20 in M... | Durham have enquired about the availability of South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada for part of the 2016 season, reports BBC Newcastle. |
Text: Neil Roberts, 60, from Ballabeg was found dead at the house on Queen's Street, Castletown on 1 December 2013.
The footage shown at Douglas courthouse showed Mr Roberts' body on the living room floor as well as bloodstains on walls, floors, doors and fireplace.
Ian Anderson, 46 and from Castletown, denies murder.
... | A jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering a gardener in the Isle of Man has been shown video footage of the alleged crime scene. |
Text: Jane Tweddle-Taylor, from Blackpool, was a receptionist at South Shore Academy School in the seaside town.
Ms Tweddle-Taylor had been waiting with her friend, who survived along with her children.
Jane Bailey, principal of South Shore Academy, said she was a "truly wonderful friend and colleague".
"As our recepti... | A 51-year-old woman confirmed as one of the victims of the Manchester terror attack was killed as she waited for her friend's children. |
Text: Kirsty Maxwell from Livingston, West Lothian died on Saturday in Benidorm.
Adam Maxwell also thanked her friends for raising more than £30,000 to bring her body home.
A British man was arrested over her death, but later released by Spanish authorities.
Mrs Maxwell's body is understood to have been found near the ... | The husband of a woman who died following a hen party in Spain has described her as his best friend and said he will never stop missing her. |
Text: The man wrote a message on the gantry in what appeared to be some kind of protest, after he climbed up at about midday on Sunday.
He was arrested for causing a public nuisance when he eventually came down shortly after 16:00 BST on Monday.
Leicestershire Police said negotiators talked him down.
Part of the man's ... | Thousands of motorists using the M1 have been disrupted by a man who camped on an information board gantry for more than 24 hours. |
Text: Firefighters and police were called to the Claire House children's hospice store in Bromborough, Wirral, at about 03:40 GMT.
A passer-by had seen smoke pouring from a broken window and dialled 999.
No one was injured but the building was badly damaged in what Merseyside Police are treating as a deliberately-start... | A charity shop has been gutted in an arson attack in Merseyside. |
Text: The 19-year-old came through the club's academy and made his first-team debut at the start of last season.
Tongue has taken 30 County Championship wickets in 2017 at an average of 24.26.
"We are absolutely delighted to be securing the services of one of our best young players," said director of cricket Steve Rhod... | Teenage paceman Josh Tongue has signed a new four-year contract with Worcestershire, keeping him at New Road until the end of the 2021 season. |
Text: A New York appeals court unanimously rejected every Argentine argument against the payout.
The decision is the latest twist in the long-running legal saga.
Argentina refuses to pay anything to investors who declined to participate in a previous debt reduction deal involving most of the nation's lenders.
"What the... | Argentina has been told again it must pay back more than $1.3bn (£830m) to a group of investors - 11 years after its record debt default. |
Text: 11 January 2015 Last updated at 09:14 GMT
The animals are being targeted by poachers who want them for their meat and antlers, which can be sold for thousands of pounds.
But now police say new day and night time patrols are helping to keep the deer safe.
Watch Hayley's report to find out more about what is being ... | Special patrols have been set up on Exmoor, Devon, to protect wild red deer. |
Text: Police took the security measure after shots were heard near the seat of the US Congress.
Police also investigated a suspicious package, thought to be the gunman's suitcase, on the lower west terrace of the Capitol building.
Congress is not in session so there were few lawmakers about.
However, the annual Cherry ... | The US Capitol in Washington DC was in lockdown for nearly two hours after a gunman shot himself outside the building on Saturday afternoon. |
Text: Lawrence Ripple robbed a Kansas City bank, last September, and then waited in the lobby until police came.
He told investigators he would rather go to jail than live at home, and now faces up to 20 years.
His wife accompanied him to court, but has not commented, reported the Kansas City Star.
Mr Ripple handed the... | A 70-year-old man from Kansas has pleaded guilty to a bank robbery on Tuesday, saying he did it to escape from his wife. |
Text: The hosts were seeking revenge after their FAI Cup exit last Sunday but Dundalk struck four first-half goals to ease to victory at Maginn Park.
Robbie Benson lifted the ball over keeper Gerard Doherty for the opener before David McMillan drilled home.
Benson netted from close range and John Mountney steered in th... | Derry went down to a second 4-0 defeat by Dundalk in a week as the Candystripes were outclassed again by the Premier Division champions. |
Text: The consortium is led by MMG Limited and includes China's Citic Metal.
The acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals but all parties expect the deal to be done by the end of September.
Analysts expect Glencore to use the proceeds from the sale to reduce its debt.
The mine is expected to produce more than 450... | A Chinese consortium is buying Glencore Xstrata's copper mine in Peru in a $6bn (£3.6bn) all-cash deal, marking one of China's largest mining acquisitions. |
Text: Called Starting Blocks, the programme employs a cross-curricular approach for children aged five-14 with activities for PE, maths and literacy, all linked to athletics disciplines.
The initiative also includes reduced ticket prices for schools for the Para Worlds, with 90,000 already taken up.
The World Para Athl... | The organisers of the London 2017 World Athletics and Para Athletics Championships have created a range of free resources for UK schools to help children get active and excited about this summer's biggest sporting event. |
Text: Jason McCue, from East Kilbride, was found injured in John Hastie Park, Strathaven, on Tuesday afternoon. He died while being treated by paramedics.
On Thursday, a 50-year-old man appeared in court charged with murdering Mr McCue.
A 27-year-old man is currently in police custody and is expected to appear at Hamil... | A second man has been arrested over the death of a 43-year-old man at a park in South Lanarkshire. |
Text: Stores will close in Arizona, Kansas, New York, Utah, and Missouri.
Macy's operates 840 stores in 45 US states under the Macy's and Bloomingdale's names and has approximately 175,000 employees.
The retailer also said holiday sales rose 4.3% compared to the same period last year. But it lowered its forecast for 20... | Retailer Macy's said it will cut 2,500 jobs and shut five stores as part of a reorganisation plan. |
Text: Paul Smith, 54, from Devon, admitted sharing images showing serious abuse of boys with other men for up to 15 years.
He was also ordered to sign the sex offenders register for 10 years and was subjected to a a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for 10 years.
Police seized devices from his home and office, a court heard... | A children's charity manager who shared child abuse images with other paedophiles has been given an 18-month suspended jail sentence. |
Text: Walls, hoardings, shop shutters and camper vans will be painted live by artists from South America and Europe throughout the weekend.
Upfest, which began in 2008, is centred on Bedminster's North Street.
Some murals will remain until the next Upfest, including huge paintings on the Tobacco Factory venue and the R... | Hundreds of international artists have been in Bristol to take part in an "urban paint festival". |
Text: Sanford Wallace, who is known as the "Spam King", surrendered to FBI agents in California.
Prosecutors allege he developed a program that breached Facebook spam filters and lured users to submit their account details.
Mr Wallace denies the charges, which carry prison sentences of up to 10 years.
He has been relea... | A US man charged with sending more than 27 million spam messages to Facebook users has turned himself in. |
Text: Indian officials brought Sonu, 13, to Delhi from Dhaka on Thursday after a Bangladeshi court allowed him to fly back home.
On Tuesday, Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj confirmed his DNA had matched with his mother Mumtaz Begum.
Ms Swaraj added that Sonu had been kidnapped from the Indian capital.
Two women, ... | An Indian boy found in Bangladesh six years after going missing from Delhi, has been reunited with his family, India's foreign ministry has said. |
Text: The Shanghai Composite was up 4.19% in afternoon trade at 4,806.76.
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index was up 1.06% at 27,711.15.
Official numbers from the mainland showed activity in some of China's big factories had increased slightly in May, in line with expectations.
The country's official purchasing managers'... | Shares in China led gains across much of Asia after a survey indicated that activity in China's major factories had picked up in May. |
Text: The Avalanche network was used to target online bank customers with phishing and spam emails, it adds.
More than a million emails were sent per week with malicious files or links. When users opened them, their infected computers became part of the network.
Five people have been arrested, but Europol has not said ... | One of the world's biggest networks of hijacked computers has been dismantled after a four-year investigation, the EU law enforcement agency Europol says. |
Text: It said that dissidents targeted an army vehicle with an improvised explosive device.
Four other soldiers were wounded.
The attack has been condemned by President Juan Manuel Santos, who last year won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the peace agreement.
The deal ended half a century of conflict but renegade... | Members of the left-wing Colombian Farc rebel group opposed to last year's historic peace agreement have killed a soldier in an attack in the south-east of the country, the army has said. |
Text: Organisers said around 75,000 people came to the parade in Digbeth and maintained their event is the third biggest in the world.
It is the first time the city council has not contributed to the event due to cuts.
The new leader of the council said funding may be reinstated in future.
Parade organiser Annie Tighe ... | St Patrick's Day celebrations in Birmingham have gone ahead with flying colours despite no funding from the council. |
Text: Heather Ilott, 52, from Great Munden, was rejected aged 17 by her mother and left out of her will.
She won £50,000 after a district judge concluded she had been "unreasonably" excluded by mother Melita Jackson, who left her estate to animal charities.
She then appealed to get more money but Mrs Justice Parker dis... | A mother of five from Hertfordshire has lost her latest battle to get a larger share of a £486,000 inheritance. |
Text: The British PM and US president-elect discussed the need for more countries to commit to spending 2% of national income on defence, Number 10 said.
They also agreed their national security advisers would meet in the US before the end of the year.
And they said they would meet in person "at the earliest possible o... | Theresa May and Donald Trump have agreed on the importance of Nato in their second phone conversation since the US election, Downing Street said. |
Text: They are accused of targeting very young girls, reportedly associating them with supernatural protection.
Those detained include the group's alleged leader, Frederic Batumike, who is a provincial deputy.
Most of DR Congo has recovered from nearly a decade of war but rebel violence continues in eastern areas.
Just... | The authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have arrested 75 suspected militiamen for murder and rape in the province of South Kivu. |
Text: The former Aberconwy assembly member beat independent Goronwy Edwards by one vote, but no one party has a big enough majority to secure overall control.
Mr Jones said he wanted to involve all the political groups on the council in the running of the authority.
He said the aftermath of the election was about "spen... | Conwy council has elected Plaid Cymru's Gareth Jones as its leader. |
Text: The Care Quality Commission visited the hospital in June and said "people did not always experience care, treatment and support that met their needs".
It follows a similarly damning report in May when it was told to raise quality and safety to higher standards.
The hospital's director of nursing Clare Culpin said... | Kettering General Hospital is still failing to provide a good standard of patient care, inspectors have said. |
Text: Top Gamble, the 11-10 favourite, made most of the running to continue trainer Kerry Lee's tremendous season.
He pulled clear under Richard Johnson to win by 10 lengths as his superior fitness showed.
"This horse loves really soft ground and stays very well," said Johnson afterwards.
"You thought conditions were s... | Last year's Queen Mother Champion Chase winner Dodging Bullets lost out to Top Gamble on his return to the track in the Betfair Exchange Chase at Newbury. |
Text: Councillors agreed a proposal to switch control rooms when its contract with Surrey Fire and Rescue ends in 2017.
Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue is already in a partnership with Hampshire's fire service, with the two organisations sharing a chief officer.
Under the latest plans, 999 calls would be answered in Winc... | Calls to Isle of Wight's fire service, currently dealt with in Surrey, are to be handed over to a control room in Hampshire from next year. |
Text: Bala Chinda, 25, denies murdering 36-year-old Nkechi - also known as Jessica - McGraa at a flat in Union Terrace in Aberdeen in February.
Mr Chinda faces a separate accusation of attempting to defeat the ends of justice.
It is claimed he stole two phones and disposed of them, as well as a handset he is said to ha... | A man is to stand trial charged with the rape and murder of a woman. |
Text: Moira Anderson vanished aged 11 during a trip to the shops in Coatbridge.
Bus driver and convicted child rapist Alexander Gartshore, who died in 2006, has been linked to her disappearance, which police are treating as murder.
On Thursday, a sheriff granted a request from Moira's relatives to open a grave at the O... | Police are to exhume a family grave in the search for the body of a schoolgirl who disappeared in 1957. |
Text: The executive of Aslef said industrial action has been suspended until a ballot of members is known.
It is recommending that a revised package offered by the company is accepted.
The drivers have taken strike action in the row over pay and conditions, such as the length of shifts.
Summary: | Leaders of the train drivers' union have urged acceptance of a deal which would end a dispute over pay and conditions at Arriva Trains Wales. |
Text: Volunteers carrying out a study of aquatic invertebrates discovered the creatures at Low Barns Nature Reserve near Witton-le-Wear.
Durham Wildlife Trust said the Ranatra linearis is common in south and central Britain but very rare in the north.
Reserve officer Mark Dinning said: "This was an exciting find, proof... | One of the UK's most northerly water stick insect colonies has been found at a County Durham nature reserve. |
Text: Lawrence Soper was being hunted over sex offences allegedly carried out when he was abbot of Catholic Ealing Abbey in London from 1991 to 2000.
He was arrested in 2010 and bailed, but failed to return to a London police station in March 2011.
A European Arrest Warrant was issued for him in 2012.
Police in Kosovo'... | A British former Catholic priest wanted over child sex abuse allegations has been arrested in Kosovo, local police sources say. |
Text: Russia's Ramonov, the 2014 world champion, took just two minutes five seconds to beat Azerbaijan's Asgarov in Sunday's final.
Ramonov, 25, scored 11 unanswered points as he won the title.
Uzbekistan's Ikhtiyor Navruzov and Italy's Frank Chamizo Marquez took bronzes.
Find out how to get into wrestling with our spe... | Soslan Ramonov won -65kg freestyle Olympic wrestling gold with an emphatic victory over London 2012 champion Toghrul Asgarov. |
Text: It was shut on 12 September for a £10m upgrade to make the infrastructure ready for electric trains.
This was part of the wider £2.8bn scheme to electrify the main line from London to south Wales.
Three teams of 200 engineers have worked around the clock, 24 hours a day, to complete the work.
This included instal... | The Severn Tunnel has reopened after closing for six weeks for rail electrification works. |
Text: According to prosecutors he was playing the computer game on his mobile phone and made a signalling error, then dialled the wrong emergency number.
He has admitted that version of events, German media report.
Two commuter trains collided on a single-track stretch near Bad Aibling.
Eighty-five passengers suffered ... | A German train controller has been arrested over the February rail crash that killed 11 people in Bavaria, as prosecutors suspect he was distracted by a computer game at the time. |
Text: The woman was walking along a path in Merksworth Way at about 02:20 on Sunday when a man pushed her to the ground before raping her.
After the attack, she managed to get help from the residents of a nearby house.
Her attacker was described as male, white, 5ft 7in tall, well-built, with dark spiky hair. He is beli... | A 40-year-old woman has been raped in Paisley in a "terrifying attack". |
Text: Soft toys Woody Bear and Ronnie the Raccoon are familiar to thousands of families who visit Pleasurewood Hills in Lowestoft, Suffolk, every year.
They were removed from the park's gift shop at about 14:35 BST on Wednesday.
The characters were created specially for the park's opening in 1983 and carry "sentimental... | Staff at a leisure park are appealing for the safe return of two beloved mascots that have been stolen from a display. |
Text: Is that true?
It depends on what you consider to be a major economy. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) reckoned in January that the UK grew by 2.6% in 2014.
That is indeed faster than other countries in the G7 advanced economies, including the USA (2.4%), Canada (2.4%), Japan (0.1%), France (0.4%), Germany (1... | In their letter to the Daily Telegraph, a group of business leaders pledging support for a Conservative government say: "Britain grew faster than any other major economy last year". |
Text: The woman sustained leg and head injuries in the incident on the A12 just south of Chelmsford, at 01:30 GMT.
A 41-year-old man from Sevenoaks, Kent, has been arrested on suspicion of drinking and driving and causing grievous bodily harm.
The southbound carriageway was closed between junctions 16 and 15 until 07:0... | A woman is in a critical condition after she was hit by a car on a dual carriageway in Essex. |
Text: The 25-year-old lost 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-3) in two hours three minutes to the world number 134 in Washington.
Watson, who wasted set points of her own in the first set, saved two match points before Tig took the tie-break to win her first match since March.
Tig will face Monica Niculescu or Nao Hibino in round two.
... | British number two Heather Watson was knocked out the Citi Open in the first round with a straight-set defeat by Romania's Patricia Maria Tig. |
Text: Joyce, 30, who won gold at the European Games this year, beat Ali Demirezen of Turkey on points in the 91kg+ division.
He faces French fighter Tony Yoka in the semi-finals, an opponent he beat at the European Games earlier this summer.
Muhammad Ali lost to Elvin Mamishzade, Joe Cordina lost to Robson Conceicao an... | Great Britain's Joe Joyce secured a place in the semi-finals but his three team-mates all suffered defeat at the AIBA World Boxing Championships. |
Text: Online payments were introduced on the crossing in November when the toll booths were scrapped.
The AA said early teething problems had persisted and complaints from drivers paying online were not being resolved quickly enough.
Highways England said the vast majority of payments were processed accurately.
The AA ... | Some drivers using the Dartford Crossing between Kent and Essex are being charged twice due to glitches with the payment system, the AA said. |
Text: The Wales Bill promises new powers for Wales over energy, elections and more.
But peers warned the bill could lead to "repeated" referrals to the Supreme Court of laws made in the Senedd.
The UK government's Wales Office has been approached for comment.
In a report, peers sitting on the delegated powers and regul... | A new law that will change how devolution works in Wales could "sow the seeds" of discord between the Welsh and UK governments, a House of Lords committee has warned. |
Text: Ball team manager Weldon Davies' first game was the test against Australia in 1966 - outside half legend Barry John's debut.
His last was Saturday's 67-14 victory over Italy at the Principality Stadium.
Mr Davies, 75, of Bedwas, Caerphilly, organised ball girls and boys for matches and only missed one home game d... | After 206 international matches spanning 50 years, one of Welsh rugby's longest-serving volunteers has retired. |
Text: Jacqueline Ralph found the note in a copy of Silas Marner, by George Eliot, which she purchased in the Cinema Bookshop in Hay-on-Wye.
Ms Ralph, from Lichfield, Staffordshire, told the Hereford Times she was "amazed" by the find.
Experts said the letter was probably a generic copy that was sent to the writer's fan... | A woman has found a letter by popular children's author Enid Blyton in a book that cost £1. |
Text: Nathan Blissett headed in Dan Butler's corner to give the hosts an early lead and Iffy Allen sealed the points on the counter attack in the final minute.
Torquay, who were 12 points adrift of safety in February, are up to 18th thanks to back-to-back wins.
Chester lie one point above them in 17th and have won just... | Torquay United moved three points clear of the National League relegation zone with victory at home to Chester. |
Text: The 26-year-old defender was out of contract at the County Ground this month after spending his entire career at the Wiltshire club.
He is understood to have turned down a new deal to stay with Swindon following their relegation from League One last season.
Thompson is primarily a full-back, but can also play cen... | League One side Portsmouth have signed Swindon Town captain Nathan Thompson on a two-year contract. |
Text: Simon Lee Bell, 22, was taken to hospital after an incident in Dillwyn Street, Llanelli, on Friday and has since died.
Two men, aged 30 and 52, have been arrested and are in custody.
A Dyfed-Powys Police spokeswoman said: "Police are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident."
Mr Bell's family h... | A murder investigation has been launched after a man died following an assault in a Carmarthenshire town. |
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United are 2-1 down to the Danish side going into Thursday's last-32 second leg, having already been knocked out of the Champions League.
Asked what he wanted from his team, Van Gaal replied: "Desire, hunger. A lot of times I use the word 'horny'."
Europa League succ... | Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has told his players to be "horny" after demanding more passion for the Europa League clash with FC Midtylland. |
Text: The Irish Republic came second, then Australia, New Zealand and the UK.
The survey suggested more people were likely to perform charitable acts this year compared with 2010, but less likely to give money.
The CAF said the "global economic crisis" was the likely reason for the slight fall in charitable donations.
... | The US has been rated as the world's most charitable country in 2011 by the Charities Aid Foundation's (CAF) World Giving Index, up from fifth in 2010. |
Text: Traffic in both directions is being diverted to the M4 Second Severn Crossing.
The closure, until 22:00 BST on Sunday, is to allow for routine maintenance work on the bridge.
The Grade I-listed bridge, which originally carried the M4 until the Second Severn Crossing opened in 1996, carries about 17,000 vehi... | The M48 Severn Bridge is closed all weekend for maintenance work. |
Text: Hamza Choudhury, who has played 13 Championship games for Burton this season, got the opener from the spot.
Spanish striker Raul Uche and Romanian Alex Pascanu scored the other goals for City.
"Some of our football was really good and really brave, especially through the middle of the park," Cassidy said.
Find ou... | Jersey boss Martin Cassidy says he is "really proud" of his side despite their 3-0 friendly defeat by Leicester Under-23s at Springfield on Wednesday. |
Text: Network Rail has warned some residents in Bedminster and Ashton Vale that it will be carrying out 12 hours of piling work from 3:00 GMT on Christmas day.
Local resident Kirsty Stephens, said: "It's absolutely disgusting - they're not considering anybody really."
Network Rail apologised but told residents with "no... | Residents kept awake by building work on the new Bristol Metrobus have been told work will continue over Christmas. |
Text: Olds, 73, was given the Academy of American Poets' prestigious Wallace Stevens Award for "proven mastery in the art of poetry".
It comes three years after she received the Pulitzer for Stag's Leap, a sequence of poems about a divorce.
Ex-Pulitzer winner and former US poet laureate Natasha Trethewey was awarded $2... | Pulitzer Prize-winning US poet Sharon Olds has been given a $100,000 (£75,000) lifetime achievement award. |
Text: President Putin announced that Russia would build a series of nuclear plants in India over the next two decades.
He said work on the first two reactors was now in preparation.
About $7bn (£4.7bn) worth of deals have been signed during Mr Modi's Russia trip, many of them defence related.
However, there has been n... | Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have proclaimed the partnership between their two countries as they signed defence, energy and other deals. |
Text: Carter, who has been given the all-clear from testicular and lung cancer, is now following a strict diet.
"It was only [last week] I went to see my consultant and she said she wants me to see a surgeon and have an operation which I can't afford to do," he said.
"I've been struggling with it, so it's a drastic mea... | Ali Carter has revealed his consultant wants him to have surgery to ease his Crohn's disease, an illness he was first diagnosed with as a teenager. |
Text: Talks were held between the company and unions last week, where it is thought the issues of pensions, production and jobs were discussed.
It is thought a deal could emerge this week.
The future of Tata plants has been in doubt since the UK business was put up for sale in March.
The UK and Welsh governments offere... | Unions are close to agreeing a deal with Tata Steel which would keep the Port Talbot works open along with other UK plants, BBC Wales understands. |
Text: In Morocco, in north west Africa, salt is being used to keep the lights on in the city of Ouarzazate at night time.
Mirrors focus the sun's heat onto special tubes filled with oil.
The heat from the tubes creates steam that then generates power during the day.
The heat from the mirrors is also used to melt the sa... | We put it on our food but did you know salt can also generate electricity? |
Text: Shula Coward was in the foyer after the Ariana Grande concert when Salman Abedi detonated the bomb which killed 22 people on 22 May.
She said she instinctively grabbed her 11-year-old daughter Acacia and her friend and they ran.
"There was a bang, then firecracker noises, lights flashing and smoke... and it went ... | A woman who was caught up in the Manchester Arena attack says she felt like she was in a "war zone". |
Text: Police issued a description of a suspect following the incident in Newhame Road on 17 December.
Officers said the pensioner was left shaken by the incident, but was uninjured.
A report has been submitted to the procurator fiscal and the man is expected to appear at Forfar Sheriff Court on Friday.
Summary: | A 57-year-old man has been charged in connection with the alleged robbery of an 88-year-old woman in Montrose. |
Text: Heidi Hazell, 26, was shot dead as she sat in a car outside her married quarters in the town of Unna Massen, near Dortmund in West Germany.
Her niece Melanie Anan, who has been campaigning for a fresh inquiry, said she had begun her own investigations.
"I was contacted by a number of witnesses who have come forwa... | Authorities in Germany have reopened their investigation into the 1989 IRA murder of a British soldier's wife. |
Text: Clark has not recovered from an ankle injury and is ruled out of England action for a third time in 12 months.
Slater suffered a recurrence of a tricep injury during his side's Premiership final win against Northampton on Saturday.
Sale's Wasps-bound lock Kearnan Myall has been added to the squad.
Clark was ruled... | Northampton flanker Calum Clark and Leicester lock Ed Slater have been ruled out of England's tour to Uruguay and Argentina. |
Text: Holgate Windmill in York reopened in 2012 following a £500,000 restoration project.
The 18th century Grade II-listed building currently produces about 50kg (8st) of flour a week which is sold to restaurants and individuals.
The money raised is used to help maintain the building.
The Holgate Windmill Preservation... | A community group which restored one of the oldest surviving five-sailed windmills in the country is seeking volunteers to train as millers. |
Text: Joe Jordan was at the head of the chamber when it represented businesses during union flag protests in 2012.
Robert Hill was a DUP member of Newtownabbey Borough Council from 2005 but quit the party in November.
In May, he failed to be elected to the Antrim and Newtownabbey council that will form next year.
Mr Jo... | A former president of Belfast Chamber of Commerce and a councillor in County Antrim have joined Ukip. |
Text: Speaking in Moscow, where he met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, he urged those involved to "refrain from using belligerent rhetoric".
Mr Putin said both wanted to see "peaceful, constructive dialogue" between the opposing parties.
Relations between North Korea and the US have plunged in recent weeks.
The two... | Russia's Vladimir Putin has called for the resumption of talks with North Korea as tensions on the peninsula continue to escalate. |
Text: More than 2,000 plants were seized from eight flats in Candia Towers on Jason Street in Everton in June.
The farm was discovered after a passing police officer noticed a strong smell of cannabis from the street outside.
The Vietnamese men admitted cultivating the drug and were each sentenced to three years four m... | Four men who ran a £13m cannabis farm across three floors of a Liverpool tower block have been jailed. |
Text: The blaze caused significant structural damage to the rear of the building and equipment was badly damaged at Cowpen Crematorium in Blyth on 12 March.
Dozens of planned funerals had to be cancelled and rebooked in Newcastle and North Tyneside.
Northumberland County Council said work was now under way to repair th... | Northumberland's only crematorium which was gutted by fire is to remain closed until October. |
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