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Text: Both players have agreed three-year contracts with the Championship side.
Coleman, 20, made 34 appearances in all competitions for the League One Latics last season.
Former Croatia Under-21 international Paurevic, 24, played under Town boss David Wagner at Borussia Dortmund II before joining Russian club Ufa.
Fin... | Huddersfield Town have signed Oldham goalkeeper Joel Coleman and FC Ufa midfielder Ivan Paurevic for undisclosed fees. |
Text: The footage shows two officers confronting Alfred Olango before one of them shoots him dead in a car park in the San Diego suburb of El Cajon.
The police said the man, a Ugandan refugee, had been behaving erratically at the time.
But his mother said he was having a mental breakdown and needed help.
The shooting o... | A California police department has released two videos of the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man outside a shopping centre on Tuesday. |
Text: The game was part of the four-day European Champions Cup, a club competition being played in the eastern German town of Zwickau.
About 60 fans from the Istanbul-based clubs Besiktas and Galatasaray were involved.
They began attacking each other with knives and baseball bats.
Police in Saxony say none of the injur... | A brawl at a wheelchair basketball match in Germany between rival Turkish supporters left seven fans needing treatment in hospital, police say. |
Text: Police were considering charging Sheikh Khalid Hamad Al-Thani with reckless driving and other offences before he - and his cars - disappeared.
The Thani family rule Qatar, but it is unclear whether Sheikh Al-Thani is part of the Arab state's royal family.
A video shows his yellow Ferrari racing a white Porsche do... | A Qatari sheikh has abruptly left the US after his yellow Ferrari was caught on camera racing through Beverly Hills. |
Text: From June, the force will only accept items believed to be associated with crime, such as guns and knives.
The public have been told to use social media to reunite items with owners as it will not be a police matter anymore.
Police commissioner Ann Barnes said the force could no longer do all the things it had tr... | Kent Police is to stop dealing with lost property, blaming cuts to police funding and staff numbers, and has told people to use social media instead. |
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22 January 2015 Last updated at 14:57 GMT
But what does quantitative easing mean? And why is this taking place now? BBC News explains - in 70 seconds.
Video produced by Mohamed Madi and Tom Donkin.
Summary: | The European Central Bank has announced it will embark on a massive programme of quantitative easing worth more than €1tn and aimed at stimulating the Eurozone economy. |
Text: The midfielder, who had received an approach from Scottish Premiership rivals Inverness Caledonian Thistle, had initially rejected a new deal.
But Thistle have announced that Bannigan has now extended his stay.
The 23-year-old came through the youth ranks at Firhill and played 28 times last season.
Bannigan was o... | Stuart Bannigan has signed a new two-year contract with Partick Thistle less than two weeks after the Glasgow club announced he had exited Firhill. |
Text: The crash happened on Friday on the A4260 near Banbury, between Adderbury and Deddington.
The man's Ford Fiesta was in a collision with a Scania tipper lorry. Another car was also involved in the crash.
Thames Valley Police said the man was from Banbury and his next of kin had been informed.
The road was closed f... | A 20-year-old man has been killed in a crash with a lorry on a road in Oxfordshire. |
Text: "Mr and Mrs Swan", described as "big friends of the community", have made national headlines for holding up the traffic as they waddled through the Cornish resort of Perranporth.
However, she was killed last week and now he has been hurt in a new attack.
Witnesses said blood could be seen "all over" the stricken ... | The surviving half of a couple of "celebrity" swans has been attacked by dogs, only a week after his mate was savaged and put down. |
Text: Emergency services were called to reports of a boy in difficulty in a dock near Mermaid Quay at 13:45 BST.
He was taken to the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff but his injuries are not known.
South Wales Police and Cardiff council warned about the dangers of swimming in the water.
On Friday, Insp Tony Willia... | A teenager remains in a critical condition in hospital after being pulled from the water in Cardiff Bay on Friday. |
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Couch and Toulson were in contention for bronze but came up 16.74 points short of third-placed Canada.
Malaysia claimed silver and North Korea finished above GB in fourth.
Before the event there was confusion about the colour of the water in the pool, which had turne... | British divers Tonia Couch and Lois Toulson finished fifth in the synchronised 10m platform at Rio 2016 as China took gold for the fifth successive Olympics. |
Text: Steve Trewhella, who made the discovery along a 200m-stretch (640ft) of Chesil Beach, said many had been cut along their back bones.
The conservationist and wildlife photographer described it as "a disgrace" and has blamed anglers.
Weymouth angler Mark Mockridge said sometimes they are thrown back but they later ... | Forty dead catsharks, commonly known as dogfish, have been found "dumped" on a beach in Dorset. |
Text: In April it emerged that a council-owned car park was set to be sold and used for older people's accommodation.
Last year the Shoreline Housing Partnership, which owned six nearby high rise blocks, made a decision to demolish the buildings, moving hundreds of people out.
Shoreline now say the new development is "... | Plans to build accommodation for older people in Grimsby have been abandoned because of a lack of funding. |
Text: Banton joined Crawley in May 2016 after being released by Notts County, before joining Scottish Premiership side Partick Thistle on loan in January.
The 24-year-old failed to make an appearance for the Jags after suffering an injury in training.
"Jason is an exciting and very talented player who can be a match wi... | National League side Woking have signed winger Jason Banton following his release by League Two side Crawley. |
Text: Cressing Road has been the club's home from its Essex League days, but they have wanted a new ground since 2004.
They hoped to be part of the proposed Panfield Lane development, but Harding says this seems to have collapsed.
"If we don't get some form of support from Braintree Council soon, we'll find the club go... | Braintree Town chairman Lee Harding says the club need council help over a new stadium, or risk future problems. |
Text: Scott Hamilton, 44, is said to have collided with Peter Wills' motorised wheelchair on 3 December 2014 on Sheriffmuir Road, Dunblane.
It is alleged that as a result, Mr Wills was so severely injured that he died.
Mr Hamilton, from Bonnybridge, denies causing his death by dangerous driving.
The charge also accuses... | The trial has begun of a bin lorry driver accused of causing the death of an 80-year-old wheelchair user by dangerous driving. |
Text: Their work will be taken by an extra 3,300 lower paid "shift leaders", increasing staff numbers by 1,600.
The retailer said the deputy managers would be offered the new roles, redundancy payments or be redeployed.
It comes on top of 1,000 job cuts announced by Tesco in January as part of a plan to cut the number ... | Tesco plans to replace 1,700 deputy managers in its chain of Express convenience stores. |
Text: The woman, 26, was critically wounded and two bystanders also seriously hurt in the shooting at Unterföhring S-Bahn station, police said.
Police shot and lightly wounded the gunman, who is now in custody. Police said it was not a terrorist incident.
A major police operation is under way in the northern suburb of... | A German policewoman was shot in the head when a man grabbed a police gun at a suburban station in Munich. |
Text: The first incident took place on Saughton Road North on Monday, when a man attempted to rob a teenage girl of her phone.
The second occurred on Saughton Mains Terrace on Tuesday, when an elderly woman was assaulted and robbed of her handbag.
He was due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday.
Summary: | A 25-year-old man has been charged in connection with a robbery and an attempted robbery in Edinburgh. |
Text: The council plans to charge diesel car owners 50% extra to park in and around Marylebone from 3 April.
The council said its F-zone parking charge would apply to visitors to Marylebone but resident permits would remain unchanged.
Diesel car owners will pay an extra £2.45 per hour for a maximum stay of up to four ... | Westminster is to become the first London borough to levy an additional charge on drivers of diesel cars. |
Text: Tony Bland, then 18, was left severely brain damaged after the 1989 tragedy and died nearly four years later.
Former Ch Supt David Duckenfield faces 95 charges of manslaughter by gross negligence over the other deaths.
He cannot be charged over Mr Bland's death as too much time had passed.
In a statement, his fam... | The family of the 96th Hillsborough victim have said they are "hugely disappointed" nobody will be prosecuted over his death - but that "justice has been achieved" following the inquests. |
Text: The University Campus Milton Keynes (UCMK) will be based at Saxon Court on Avebury Boulevard and focus on engineering and technology courses.
The campus will occupy half of the middle floor of a three-storey former council building.
It is due to open in September with an application to change the layout going bef... | Plans for a new £25m university campus in Milton Keynes have been announced by the University of Bedfordshire. |
Text: Five Guatemalan migrants were injured in the blast, two of them seriously.
They told officials that they had been abducted a week ago.
Central American migrants trying to reach the US are frequently targeted by Mexican criminal gangs which force them to join their ranks.
Others are killed if their families cannot... | Dozens of migrants in the northern Mexican city of Reynosa managed to escape when a gas explosion ripped through the house where a gang was holding them captive. |
Text: Among them are Mike Delany and Michael Young in the halves, while Ally Hogg comes in at number eight.
Gloucester make four changes, with Billy Twelvetrees taking over from the injured Billy Burns in the halves.
Mark Atkinson comes into the centres, while in the pack Motu Matu'u plays hooker and John Afoa at tight... | Full-back Alex Tait will make his 200th appearance for Newcastle Falcons, who make eight changes from their defeat against Harlequins. |
Text: A civilian police employee was "callously murdered" at close range as he left work and had been deliberately targeted, state police commissioner Andrew Scipione said.
The gunman, who was killed by police fire, is yet to be identified.
Commissioner Scipione declined to speculate on a motive for the attack.
The inc... | Two people have been killed in a shooting outside New South Wales state police headquarters in western Sydney, Australian police say. |
Text: Ms Lagarde, 58, has been questioned about her role in awarding compensation to businessman Bernard Tapie in 2008. She denies any wrongdoing.
Ms Lagarde was France's minister of finance at the time of the award.
In a statement, the IMF executive board said it was confident Ms Lagarde could continue to lead the org... | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed confidence in its leader Christine Lagarde, despite her being investigated for negligence in France. |
Text: Grzegorz Beyer, 40, died two days after he was assaulted by a "number of people" near a water fountain in the early hours of Monday.
The two men, aged 27 and 29 and both Polish nationals, are being held in custody at Gablecross Police Station, police said.
Both have been arrested on suspicion of murder and attemp... | Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was fatally assaulted in Swindon town centre. |
Text: But Victorino Chua, 49, told a jury at Manchester Crown Court the suggestion was untrue.
The Filipino father-of-two denies murdering three patients and poisoning 18 others at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport, in June and July of 2011.
Earlier this week a 13-page handwritten letter was read to the court.
Peter ... | A letter from a nurse accused of poisoning and murdering patients that said he was going "straight to hell" was admitting guilt, a court has heard. |
Text: Sheeran will be seen singing with children in Liberia in a film to be shown on the BBC charity fundraising programme on 24 March.
The chart-topper said: "I'll never forget the kids I met on this trip. When we sang together.
"They were in such high spirits despite everything they'd been through."
Many of the child... | Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran and Professor Stephen Hawking are among the stars lining up to promote this year's Red Nose Day. |
Text: The 1.1kg (2.4lb) chunk of whale vomit, known as ambergris and used mainly in perfume, sold to a phone bidder in France on Friday - exceeding the estimated price of up to £7,000.
Auctioneer Adam Partridge said he was "elated" at the sale, in Macclesfield.
"Somebody brought this smelly waxy rugby ball-shaped lump ... | Ambergris found by a dog walker on an Anglesey beach has sold at auction for £11,000. |
Text: The young animal was found by chance at the Cromarty Firth by a couple who had got lost trying to drive to a dolphin-watching spot at the Moray Firth.
Scientists and conservationists were unsure the animal would survive the injury after it was refloated.
The images were taken from the shores of the Cromarty and M... | New images of a dolphin that was badly sunburned while stranded out of water on mudflats for 24 hours in May show that its injury is healing. |
Text: The broadcaster, who presents the Victoria Derbyshire Show on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel, revealed the diagnosis on Twitter and said she would be having a mastectomy.
Derbyshire, 46, said she planned to work on the programme "as much as possible during treatment".
She also praised family, friends, the NHS a... | The BBC journalist and presenter Victoria Derbyshire has been diagnosed with breast cancer. |
Text: Sope Peters drowned in October 2013, Luke Pearce died in May 2014 and Euan Coulthard was found dead in January. All had been out drinking.
Measures, including the provision of late-night taxis and student wardens have since been introduced.
Now fire chiefs are targeting 16 to 30-year-olds in a week-long campaign.... | A campaign highlighting water safety is being hosted in Durham following the deaths of three university students in the River Wear in 18 months. |
Text: The tweet read: "I confronted a Muslim woman yesterday in Croydon. I asked her to explain Brussels. She said 'Nothing to do with me'. A mealy mouthed reply."
Matthew Doyle, 46, was arrested on Wednesday night in Croydon.
He has since been taken to a south London hospital after he "expressed concerns for his healt... | A man has been arrested on suspicion of inciting racial hatred after allegedly posting a tweet in response to the Brussels attacks. |
Text: The 18-year-old from Norfolk, who is one of BBC Sport's Paralympic Ones to Watch for 2016, lost 6-3 6-3 to world number one Stephane Houdet of France.
Hewett beat world number three Nicolas Peifer of France to reach the decider.
The teenager, who is set to move up from his current ranking of 14, could make his Pa... | British wheelchair tennis player Alfie Hewett missed out in his first ITF 1 Series singles final, beaten in the Gauteng Open in South Africa. |
Text: Vice-captain Matthew, 47, was only brought into the side to replace the injured Suzann Pettersen on Thursday.
And now she will partner Karine Icher against the United States' Stacy Lewis and Gerina Piller on Friday.
English duo Charley Hull and Mel Reid face Cristie Kerr and Lexi Thompson in the opening match.
Eu... | Scotland's Catriona Matthew has been named in Europe's final foursomes pairing for the first day of the 2017 Solheim Cup. |
Text: Iranian media quoted Adm Afshin Rezayee Haddad as saying the deployment was a response to US vessels in the Gulf.
The fleet consists of a destroyer and a helicopter-carrying supply ship.
It began its voyage last month and entered the Atlantic though South African waters, the IRNA news agency quoted the admiral as... | Iranian warships in the Atlantic Ocean are to sail close to US maritime borders for the first time, a senior naval commander has said. |
Text: The virus, rabbit viral haemorrhagic disease variation RVHD-2, had previously been detected elsewhere in the UK.
It can be potentially fatal to the animals.
Vets, including surgeries in Inverness, are encouraging people to have their pets vaccinated.
Gudrun Ravetz, president of the British Veterinary Association,... | Owners of pet rabbits have been urged to protect them against a contagious virus that has spread to Scotland. |
Text: Andrew Brown, 61, of Montague Road, Peterborough, claimed the material had been planted on his computer by a burglar.
However, a court was told, forensic analysis of Brown's devices uncovered a total of 718 indecent images - which pre-dated the October 2015 break-in.
Brown will be sentenced next month.
Brown, who... | A former school governor has been found guilty of possessing hundreds of indecent images of children - some as young as three. |
Text: Conner Marshall, 18, from Barry, died four days after he was attacked at a Porthcawl caravan park in March 2015.
David Braddon, 26, of Caerphilly, who was being monitored at the time, was jailed for life for his murder.
Mr Marshall's family had appealed for the full report to be made public.
They received a summa... | A report into whether a man under supervision could have been stopped from going on to kill a teenager in a case of mistaken identity has been made public. |
Text: The boy, who lived in Peterborough, was at his grandparents house in Gosberton Risegate, near Spalding, when he fell in the family pond on Sunday.
He was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham but later died, a coroner's officer in South Lincolnshire confirmed.
An inquest is expected to be opened and a... | A 19-month-old toddler has died three days after falling into a garden pond in Lincolnshire. |
Text: Mr Gross is suing for at least $200m (£140m) he claims he lost after being forced to leave Pimco in 2014.
The bond manager alleges that executives at his former firm plotted to oust him and spilt his bonus.
A judge ruled there was enough evidence to proceed pointing to a "series of alleged oral promises [and] as... | Investor Bill Gross can move forward with a lawsuit against his former company, Pimco, a judge has ruled. |
Text: The League Two club have 19 players under contract for next season, in addition to four academy graduates.
They also have six players, including Christian Ribeiro and Alex Nicholls, who are yet to be offered new deals.
"You've got to compromise in some areas and that's not being disrespectful to some players," Ti... | Exeter City manager Paul Tisdale says his budget dictates he cannot "buy the best of everything" in the transfer market this summer. |
Text: Fujitsu currently handles information and communication technology services for the local authority.
The council's resources committee has agreed that IT firm WIPRO should be the preferred bidder for the new contract.
Highland Council expects to formally award the contract in mid-September.
The contract includes ... | Highland Council is set to award WIPRO Holdings UK Ltd a contract to look after its technology, including a roll-out of tablet computers to schools. |
Text: They were left on Friday near Broadwood Road, Bestwood, in an old fence preservative container with a piece of wood on top.
RSPCA inspector Dave McAdam said they were kept in cramped conditions with no access to food and water and could have been attacked by foxes or cats.
"It is saddening that owners feel the ne... | Five chickens were found squeezed into a bucket and abandoned in an alleyway. |
Text: Smith's unbeaten 100 from 168 balls helped Australia reach 465-6 and take a 22-run first-innings lead after lunch.
But play came to an early end because of rain just two balls after Smith, 27, brought up his fourth century of 2016.
Usman Khawaja only added two runs to his overnight 95 but Peter Handscomb made a s... | Captain Steve Smith struck his 17th Test century as Australia overtook Pakistan's total on a rain-hit fourth day of the second Test in Melbourne. |
Text: Stuart Beavon put League One's bottom club in front after being played through by Callum Reilly, before George Thomas made it 2-0 inside 19 minutes.
Adebayo Akinfenwa pulled one back on 55 minutes, but City held on defiantly.
Meanwhile, Luton Town beat League Two rivals Yeovil Town 5-2 in their rearranged quarter... | Coventry City are back at Wembley for the first time in 30 years after reaching the EFL Trophy final with a 2-1 win over Wycombe Wanderers. |
Text: Representatives from the League One side inspected the pitch on the morning of Saturday's scheduled match and deemed it "not suitable to play on".
National League Eastleigh said recent work to re-lay the pitch had been completed to the required standard.
Chief executive Mark Jewell said the game would have gone a... | Eastleigh were left "very, very disappointed' after AFC Wimbledon cancelled their pre-season friendly. |
Text: Officers got reports of a Peugeot 206 being driven erratically in Coleraine around 20:00 BST last night.
They saw the vehicle on the Cromore Road in the town and began a pursuit. The car crashed on the Millburn Road a short time later.
Five people were taken to hospital, and two men, aged 26 and 23, and two women... | Four people have been arrested after a car crashed as it was being followed by police in County Antrim. |
Text: The League One club are searching for a successor to Michael Appleton, who joined Leicester City as assistant.
"Most importantly, we have got to try to make the right decision," Eales said of the managerial vacancy.
"If this had happened a month earlier, it would have made recruitment of players so much simpler."... | Oxford United owner Darryl Eales has acknowledged the club will largely have to put player recruitment on hold until a new manager has been appointed. |
Text: Robinson, who has directed at the National Theatre in London and Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre, will take up the role in June.
He said it would be a "privilege" to lead such a "unique and vital place".
The theatre's chief executive, Mathew Russell, said Robinson had a "proven track record" and a "firm commi... | Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre has appointed Paul Robinson as its new artistic director. |
Text: Russell Burgess from Abersychan believes the council thought he had two household waste bins, so destroyed one. His home CCTV system filmed the moment it was thrown into a bin wagon.
Other residents claim their bins have also been destroyed.
In a statement, Torfaen council said: "Any household putting out more th... | A man has criticised Torfaen council for destroying his wheelie bin. |
Text: Konta, the world number 10, was in impressive form as she beat the Canadian in one hour and eight minutes.
The first set was tied at 2-2 before Konta reeled off seven games in a row on the way to victory.
She will now play world number three Agnieszka Radwanska, who beat Barbora Strycova 6-1 6-2, in Friday's fina... | British number one Johanna Konta reached the final of the Sydney International with a 6-2 6-2 win over Eugenie Bouchard. |
Text: Dr Sandy Saunders, who was badly burnt in a RAF crash in 1945, died on Sunday.
The 94-year-old, from Leicestershire, along with other wounded veterans were given experimental skin grafts - they were dubbed the Guinea Pig Club.
In September, he flew for the final time in a Tiger Moth plane - the same type of aircr... | One of the last surviving members of a group of World War Two pilots who underwent pioneering plastic surgery has died from cancer. |
Text: Each December, meteors appear to radiate from a point near the star Castor, in the constellation Gemini.
In early morning hours, that is located westward and overhead in the northern hemisphere and nearer the horizon in the southern hemisphere.
Many sky watchers saw dozens of "shooting stars" per hour, made easie... | The annual Geminids meteor shower peaked overnight into Friday morning. |
Text: Temi Fagbenle, recently drafted by WNBA team the Minnesota Lynx, returns after missing the past four qualifiers because of US college commitments.
A defeat in Lucca almost certainly eliminates GB, who qualified for the previous three European finals but are ranked third in their qualifying group.
They are also aw... | Great Britain's women are at full strength for Saturday's crucial Eurobasket 2017 qualifier in Italy. |
Text: The 28-year-old midfielder follows defenders Aaron Hughes and Lennard Sowah in joining Ian Cathro's side in the January transfer window.
Martin started his career at Monaco and has played in England and Switzerland.
"I hope to have a lot of success with this club," Martin told the Hearts website.
"The facilities ... | Frenchman Malaury Martin has signed for Hearts on a three-and-a-half-year deal following his departure from Norwegian club Lillestrom. |
Text: The 21-year-old academy graduate has made 45 league appearances for the Elland Road side.
He told the club website: "I joined the club when I was 14 and grew up in Leeds, so to sign a contract extension is an honour."
Leeds start the Championship season with a trip to Bolton on Sunday.
Summary: | Leeds United midfielder Kalvin Phillips has signed a contract extension to keep him at the club until the end of the 2020-21 season. |
Text: Cook left the Spireites on Tuesday having guided them to the League One play-offs, where they lost to Preston.
Saunders, 50, ended the season in interim charge of Crawley but was unable to prevent them from being relegated to League Two.
The ex-Wales international previously managed Wrexham, Doncaster and Wolves.... | Chesterfield have appointed Dean Saunders as their new manager on a two-year contract following Paul Cook's departure for Portsmouth. |
Text: It will be installed around the St Nicholas Circle roundabout.
City mayor, Sir Peter Soulsby, said the disruption to roads was not ideal but the work was about reconnecting the city.
Eric Ludlow, from Leicester Cycling Campaign Group, said navigating the roundabout was a "high risk endeavour".
"Not many people [c... | Motorists in Leicester have been told to expect 12 weeks of delays as work starts on a new cycle lane in the city centre. |
Text: Bakelants told a Belgian newspaper he would carry a "pack of condoms, because you never know where those podium chicks have been hanging out".
The women present gifts, flowers and coloured jerseys at the end of stages.
This year's Tour de France gets under way on Saturday, starting in the German city of Düsseldo... | Belgian cyclist Jan Bakelants has said sorry for a comment about the women who stand on the podium at the end of each stage of the Tour de France. |
Text: Sitting members of the House of Representatives met fellow MPs who have so far boycotted sessions.
The parliament was elected in July but has been hampered by an upsurge in political violence across the country.
Oil-rich Libya has been plagued by instability since the overthrow of Col Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
Mil... | Representatives from rival factions in Libya's new parliament have held UN-brokered talks for the first time in the western oasis town of Ghadames. |
Text: Training sessions, which replicated conditions after heavy rain, were held at the National Water Sports Centre, in Holme Pierrepoint, over four years.
The Fire Brigades Union claimed the water was a known public health risk.
Nottinghamshire County Council, who runs the centre, confirmed almost £90,000 has been p... | Firefighters who were taken ill after training at a Nottinghamshire water centre have been awarded compensation. |
Text: 1 March 2016 Last updated at 11:47 GMT
Twenty-nine people, including a woman pregnant with twins, were killed in the Real IRA attack in the County Tyrone town.
On Tuesday, the murder case against bricklayer Seamus Daly, from Jonesborough, County Armagh, collapsed in court.
Mr Daly, 45, had denying any involvement... | The families of some of the people killed in the 1998 Omagh bomb have said they feel "let down" by the criminal justice system after the collapse of the latest murder case. |
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Fellaini swung an elbow at Huth after the German pulled his hair during Sunday's 1-1 draw at Old Trafford.
The incident was not seen by match officials but caught on video.
Both players, who could be banned for three matches, have until 18:00 BST on Wednesday, 4 May ... | Manchester United midfielder Marouane Fellaini and Leicester defender Robert Huth have been charged with violent conduct by the Football Association after an off-the-ball clash. |
Text: In a statement, the Lord of the Rings director said photos shared by Bilgin Ciftci actually showed the "loveable" Smeagol.
Dr Ciftci faces imprisonment after tweeting photos of Mr Erdogan and the character in similar poses.
The court had asked experts to decide whether Gollum is good or evil.
In a statement made ... | Peter Jackson has waded into a court case in Turkey, which accuses a doctor of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by comparing him to Gollum. |
Text: The ruling means Navinder Sarao, 37, will be sent to the US within 28 days.
He is accused of market manipulation by "spoofing" over a five-year period and of contributing to a 1,000 point fall on the Dow Jones index in New York on 6 May 2010.
He denies 22 charges, which carry sentences of up to 380 years.
Mr Sara... | The UK trader accused of contributing to the 2010 stock market "flash crash" has lost his battle against extradition to the US. |
Text: Leaders from Mali, Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso and Mauritania made the announcement at a summit in Bamako.
Chad's President Idriss Deby said the members of the G5 group were on the "frontline against terrorism".
Their meeting followed an attack last month near the Malian city of Gao which killed nearly 80 people.
T... | Five countries in Africa's Sahel region have agreed to set up a joint counter-terrorism force to tackle the jihadist threat. |
Text: Veterans, most of whom are more than 90 years old, were VIP guests at a civic lunch in Belfast City Hall.
Japan formally surrendered on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September, 1945, bringing an end to the conflict.
Veterans attending the lunch were each given a commemorative medallion as a keepsake.
A... | The 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two has been marked in Belfast. |
Text: Inu has scored two tries in nine games this term for Catalans, who are second in the Super League table.
The 29-year-old joined the club from French rugby union side Stade Francais in June 2015.
"He is a strong player mentally and will come back stronger," head coach Laurent Frayssinous said.
Summary: | Catalans Dragons centre Krisnan Inu will miss the rest of the season after rupturing ligaments in his knee in Saturday's 42-32 win over Salford. |
Text: The 25-year-old midfielder, who has agreed a four-year contract, will join for an undisclosed fee on 10 June.
He has made 32 appearances in the German Bundesliga this season.
"We are delighted that Pascal has opted to sign for us, amid interest from a number of clubs from the Premier League and Europe," said boss... | Brighton & Hove Albion have made their first signing since winning promotion to the Premier League, bringing in Pascal Gross from FC Ingolstadt 04. |
Text: The passport was seized in April, when the girl was stopped at Bristol Airport with a one-way ticket to Turkey.
But officers returned it a few days ago, believing they were not allowed to keep it for longer than two weeks.
High Court judge Mr Justice Hayden said police could have addressed the issue by taking civ... | Police who returned a passport to a Bristol teenager thought to be at risk of travelling to an Islamic State-held area have been rebuked by a judge. |
Text: The codes could have been used to seek payouts had the scam not been detected.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said no personal taxpayer data had been compromised or disclosed by its systems.
It added it was monitoring use of its web application for any further signs of fraudulent activity.
The agency said the... | The US government's tax collection agency has said attackers fooled its computers into generating more than 100,000 tax return Pin codes. |
Text: New admissions to the unit at University Hospital of Wales (UHW) stopped on Thursday because of a "cluster of infections".
Cardiff and Vale Health Board said the babies' conditions were improving.
But microbiologist Prof Hugh Pennington told BBC Radio Wales it is hard to tell where the bug came from.
"Usually the... | Bacterial infections which have closed a neonatal unit in Cardiff after 12 babies tested positive are difficult to treat, an expert has said. |
Text: 6 June 2017 Last updated at 16:41 BST
In the run-up to a general election, MP candidates will make public appearances to talk about their ideas, to try to convince people in their area to vote for them.
So Hacker went on BBC politics programme Newsnight to be interviewed about his ideas.
Watch the video to find o... | Hacker has been finding out what it takes to become a Member of Parliament (MP). |
Text: Dutchman Michael 'Mighty Mike' van Gerwen was playing Australia's Simon 'The Wizard' Whitlock in an invitational tournament at the Etihad Stadium in Melbourne when chaos broke out.
The pair - among the top-ranked players on the Professional Darts Corporation circuit - were halted when a boisterous crowd took to t... | Play was stopped at an Australian darts competition when rioting fans in fancy dress brawled and threw chairs. |
Text: The scam involves transferring stolen money through children's bank accounts to hide it from the authorities.
According to The Times, the Met Police wrote to parents warning that pupils were being approached outside school gates and on social media.
Det Ch Insp Gary Miles said the Met wanted to "make parents awar... | Children are being targeted by criminals to act as money mules, police have warned. |
Text: The 10% increase in profit was helped by strong sales of its sport-utility-vehicles.
Despite the better than expected results the carmaker's shares slipped 2%, as investors expressed disappointment in BMW's dividend plan.
The German carmaker will raise its dividend to €3.20 per share from €2.90 from the year befo... | BMW reported a record €6.3bn (£4.8bn) profit in 2015 as sales grew across the company's major markets. |
Text: Hooker Dwyer, 21, joins the Broncos on a one-year loan deal while prop Riley, also 21, moves to the capital on a permanent one-year contract.
Dwyer has made 10 appearances for Warrington this season, while Riley has featured 12 times.
"They will match the culture we are creating here," Broncos head coach Joey Gri... | Relegated London Broncos have signed Warrington Wolves duo Brad Dwyer and Glenn Riley for the 2015 season. |
Text: Her son, who lodged the claim, has been given a 12 month community order.
Arafa Nassib, 48, and Adil Kasim, 18, pleaded guilty at Birmingham Crown Court in May to committing fraud by false representation.
A death certificate issued by a hospital in Tanzania stated Nassib had died from a severe head injury.
See mo... | A woman who faked her own death in Africa in order to claim a £136,000 insurance payout has been jailed for two and a half years. |
Text: The Consolation of Philosophy was most likely published by monks at Kelso Abbey in the 12th century.
The manuscript contains the ideas of Roman philosopher Boethius and was probably published around 1130 to 1150.
Previously it was thought that only religious or legal books were being produced at this time.
The fi... | What is believed to be Scotland's earliest non-religious manuscript has been discovered by a researcher at the University of Glasgow. |
Text: The 12ft (3.7m) horse was drawn through the Dorset county town on a dray cart by two horses before being positioned at Brewery Square.
The sculpture, called Drummer, has been created as a tribute to the last dray horses that worked at the site when it was home to the Eldridge Pope brewery.
Artist Shirley Pace, 81... | Hundreds of people turned out to see a bronze sculpture of a brewery dray horse be paraded through Dorchester. |
Text: The negotiations will be held in the capital of Ecuador, Quito.
The talks follow the success of four years of negotiations with Colombia's largest rebel group, the Farc, which signed a peace accord in December.
President Juan Manuel Santos says he now wants to achieve "complete peace" in Colombia.
The talks are g... | Rebels from Colombia's ELN left-wing group and government negotiators have begun talks seeking to end more than five decades of conflict. |
Text: The pair were found on a small island between Ashaig and Broadford on Saturday after the alarm was raised at about 18:25.
A Kyle of Lochalsh RNLI spokesman said they were said to be cold but uninjured when they were picked up.
The Kyle team, which is made up of volunteers, has rescued 13 people in the area over t... | Two Dutch tourists, a mother and son, have been rescued by lifeboat after they were cut off by the tide in Skye. |
Text: Macy Hogan was discovered in a house on Packett Street in Fenton on Monday, Staffordshire Police said.
Furthers test will be carried out after a post-mortem examination did not reveal a clear cause of death.
Cody-Anne Jackson, 19, from Packett Street, is due to appear at North Staffordshire Justice Centre on Thur... | A teenager has been charged with murder after a two-year-old girl was found dead at house in Stoke-on-Trent. |
Text: California-based Electronics for Imaging paid the workers $1.21 (75p) per hour. They worked 122 hours in a week without overtime pay.
The company said it "unintentionally overlooked" US laws on wages and overtime. California's minimum wage at the time was $8 per hour.
Thousands of Indians work in Silicon Valley a... | US labour authorities have penalised a Silicon Valley company for "grossly underpaying" eight workers from India. |
Text: Last year an Indian court granted Massimiliano Latorre a period of leave in Italy after he had heart surgery.
He was supposed to return to India by Friday, reports said.
Latorre and fellow marine Salvatore Girone are facing murder charges - the two are on bail pending trial.
"Massimiliano Latorre will not return ... | An Italian marine accused of killing two Indian fishermen in 2012 will not return to India to face trial after being allowed home for medical treatment, an Italian senator has said. |
Text: Derby County 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Bristol City
Cardiff City 2-1 Bolton Wanderers
Charlton Athletic 1-3 Brighton and Hove Albion
Fulham 1-3 Nottingham Forest
Huddersfield Town 1-1 Birmingham City
Hull City 2-2 Leeds United
MK Dons 1-4 Brentford
Middlesbrough 0-0 Ipswich Town
Queens Park Ran... | Reports all of Saturday's Championship games, as Derby rescued a point against fellow promotion hopefuls Sheffield Wednesday. |
Text: Paul Alliston, who is also known locally as Paul MacMillan, was last seen swimming for land after the fishing boat went down on Saturday.
One member of the crew, Lachlann Armstrong, was rescued but his colleagues Chris Morrison and Martin Johnstone died.
A large number of people have volunteered to take part in t... | A flotilla of boats is taking part in a search for the skipper of the Louisa, which sank of Mingulay. |
Text: Phillip Weaver, 26, of Amethyst Road, in Hull, appeared at Hull and Holderness Magistrates' Court.
The 51-year-old woman was pushed off her bike before being subjected to a serious sex assault in the Woodhall Street area of the city, Humberside Police said.
Mr Weaver was ordered to appear at Hull Crown Court on 2... | A man has appeared in court charged with two counts of raping a cyclist in Hull during the early hours of Tuesday. |
Text: Sean Gavin, of Charlestown Road, Manchester also stamped on 53-year-old John Terrell's head in July in a "tirade of abuse", police said.
The 28-year-old, who pleaded guilty to murder at an earlier hearing, was told at Manchester Crown Court that he would serve nearly 14 years in prison.
Duncan Thorpe, of Greater ... | A man who punched and kicked another man to death has been jailed for life. |
Text: Arafa Nassib is accused of conspiring with her 18-year-old son Adil Kasim and another man, Yusuf Abdullah, to commit fraud against Scottish Widows.
Ms Nassib is said to have attempted to fake her own death in Zanzibar.
All three appeared at Birmingham Magistrates' Court and were bailed to appear at the city's cro... | A mother allegedly plotted to fake her own death in Africa to claim a £140,000 insurance payout, a court heard. |
Text: The regional party conference in Hertfordshire, at which Mr Corbyn had been scheduled to talk, will still go ahead.
He had planned to talk about foreign policy, the economy and politics.
Mr Corbyn had been due to say that he would take no lectures in patriotism from the Conservatives.
The cancelled speech comes a... | Jeremy Corbyn has cancelled a speech in which he was set to defend his leadership of Labour, in light of the Paris attacks. |
Text: Tony Booth, from Moreton, Wirral, made the iconic signs for the Fab Four and other Merseybeat bands in the 1960s.
He died on Wednesday at Wirral's Arrowe Park Hospital after a battle with cancer, his son Lee Booth said.
In recent years, Mr Booth made replicas of the posters for fans and had written a book about t... | The artist who created posters for The Beatles in Liverpool in the early 1960s has died aged 83. |
Text: The Lilywhites went in 0-8 to 0-7 ahead at the break and it remained close with Antrim forward Ciaran Clarke netting before a goal from Brian Byrne.
Antrim edged in front late on to win it and they only trail leaders Carlow on points difference.
Armagh are still seeking a first league win after a 3-29 to 0-16 def... | Antrim maintained their unbeaten record in Division 2A with a 1-16 to 1-14 victory over Kildare in Cushendall. |
Text: Grace Mugabe, 52, is claiming diplomatic immunity after she was accused of assaulting a model last week.
She had been due to take part in the first ladies' programme at the summit.
The authorities say she remains in South Africa and her request for immunity is under consideration.
Police want to interview Mrs Mug... | The wife of the Zimbabwean leader, Robert Mugabe, has failed to appear at the start of a regional leaders summit in South Africa. |
Text: Vancouver 2010 Olympian Jackson took the first podium of his career by guiding brakemen Stewart Benson, Bruce Tasker and Joel Fearon to a combined time of one minute 50.22 seconds.
It was 0.07 seconds off the gold medal.
The United States team, piloted by Vancouver 2010 Olympic champion Steve Holcomb, took victor... | British bobsleigh pilot John Jackson secured Great Britain's first podium since 1997 by claiming four-man silver at the Lake Placid World Cup. |
Text: Yorkshire Water, which employs about 2,000 people in the region, says the recruitment drive is the firm's biggest to date.
The company said the scheme would help fill a skills gap predicted in the utility sector by 2025, partly caused by an ageing workforce.
Recruitment for the new roles will begin in May.
Accord... | A water company is to recruit 160 apprentices over the next five years, it has been announced. |
Text: Bath and North East Somerset Council is considering a public space protection order for Abbey Church Yard, Kingston Parade and Abbey Green.
The council said the order would "stop unwanted disturbance" in these areas.
There is currently no formal policy on busking in the city as performers follow a voluntary code ... | Buskers in Bath may be banned from using amplifiers in three central locations following more than 100 complaints to the council. |
Text: In March, the Court of Appeal in Belfast ruled that it was up to Stormont's health minister to decide whether a lifetime ban on homosexual blood donations should be lifted.
Now, the man's lawyers are to petition the UK's highest court in London.
In England, Scotland and Wales, men can give blood if they have not ... | A man is taking a legal challenge to a ban on gay men giving blood in Northern Ireland to the UK's Supreme Court. |
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