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Text: Hastings was due to play a full campaign for the Division Two side.
But the 31-year-old tore his patella tendon while playing for Australian side Victoria in the Sheffield Shield.
"Hopefully he will make an impact in the second half of the season should the operation go well," director of cricket Steve Rhodes sai... | Worcestershire are hoping to sign a new overseas player for the first half of next season after Australia all-rounder John Hastings suffered a knee injury. |
Text: The restrictions have been put in place around a house and garden in Inverkip as part of an investigation into the disappearance of Margaret Fleming.
The 36-year-old was reported missing from the house by her two carers on 28 October. The last independent sighting of her was on 17 December 1999.
Media organisatio... | Drones have been banned from flying over a property at the centre of a high profile missing persons inquiry. |
Text: 18 February 2015 Last updated at 16:21 GMT
The war in Syria has been going on for almost four years now, and around ten million people have had to flee their homes.
The children we spoke to from Syria are just some of the refugees who had to leave their homes to avoid the fighting, and now go to a school in the J... | British kids from a school in Bury, in the north-west of England, sent in their questions for a group of Syrian children who have escaped the conflict in their home country. |
Text: The warship's hull has been constantly sprayed with water and wax chemicals since it was raised from the seabed.
Work to remove 100 tons of water from the hull could take up to five years.
The hull will be kept in a "hot box" chamber but visitors to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard will be able to view it through win... | Jets used to spray the hull of Henry VIII's flagship the Mary Rose have been switched off for the first time in almost 30 years. |
Text: Organisers said paper folding skills, accuracy and athleticism were all judged during the competition in Burnham-On-Sea on Sunday.
Entrants had to create their own paper planes from a single sheet of paper.
The high street was turned into a makeshift runway for the event. The winner, Syed Hassan, from Surrey, thr... | More than 1,000 people took part in the inaugural World Paper Aeroplane Championship in a Somerset town. |
Text: Durham began the day on 162-5 and lost Ryan Pringle to the fifth ball of the day, England bowler Jake Ball (3-70) clattering his stumps with a yorker.
Stuart Poynter was bowled by Harry Gurney before rain forced an early lunch for Jennings and Mark Wood.
Rain never relented and play was called off at 17:15 BST, l... | Durham's Keaton Jennings ended day three 82 not out as rain halted Nottinghamshire's momentum. |
Text: The teenager was found unconscious by police officers at an address in Pierson Street, Newark, just after midnight on Sunday.
Ambulance crews tried to resuscitate her but she died shortly after arriving at Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham.
A 23-year-old man had been arrested and remains in custody.
Summary: | A man has been arrested over the death of a 16-year-old girl in Nottinghamshire. |
Text: Maguire fired a stunning six-under-par round to lie seven shots off the lead in a tie for 22nd place on three under.
The Cavan woman carded seven birdies and a solitary bogey to make up ground after her disappointing opening 74.
Northern Ireland's Meadow is joint 38th on one over to improve dramatically on her fi... | Ireland women's golfers Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow shot much improved rounds of 65 and 66 respectively on day two of their competition in Rio. |
Text: Kayode, 23, made his debut for Nigeria in a 1-1 draw with Senegal in London last month, and hopes Gernot Rohr was impressed with his game-changing appearance as a second-half substitute.
"It was nice to finally get a chance to complete my international appearances for Nigeria under coach Rohr," Olanrewaju told BB... | Austria Vienna's Olanrewaju Kayode, Nigeria's highest scoring striker in Europe this season with 17 goals, hopes his rich vein of form will bring him more international caps. |
Text: William Wright told the Ballymena Guardian newspaper: "I am totally in favour of getting out."
He is a director of the Wrights Group which turns over almost £300m a year and employs more than 1,500 people.
Chief executives of other major local employers, such as Norbrook and Moy Park, support staying in the EU.
... | The founder of bus-maker Wrightbus has become the first major business figure in Northern Ireland to support a UK exit from the European Union (EU). |
Text: Private rental prices increased by 2.3% in the year to September, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
This was a faster rate than the change in the cost of living as recorded by inflation - which was 1% over the same period.
The rising level of rents was driven by the South East of England.
Typical ren... | The cost of renting a home in Britain rose faster than the overall cost of living in the past year, official figures indicate. |
Text: The Trussell Trust estimates more than 7,000 people needed help in the third week of December.
The trust, which runs the biggest network of food banks in the UK, said it had seen a sharp increase on previous years.
It claimed food bank use had grown by 17% in the past six months.
Ewan Gurr, Scotland network manag... | A record number of people in Scotland used food banks over the Christmas week, according to a charity which runs them. |
Text: A judge overturned Clarence Moses-EL's rape and assault conviction, saying he would likely be found innocent if the case went to trial again.
He was first charged in 1988, despite the fact that the victim named someone else when originally asked who assaulted her.
She then identified him and said Mr Moses-EL's fa... | A US man who says he was wrongly accused of attacking a woman has walked free after 28 years in jail. |
Text: Jehoshua Gross, 27, from London, travelled 60 miles to Llandudno, Conwy after his car had been severely damaged in a crash.
He did not stop because he observed the Sabbath from sunset on Fridays, Llandudno magistrates were told.
He pleaded guilty and was banned from driving for 15 months and fined £415.
The pros... | A devout Jewish man drove dangerously on four major roads so he could reach his destination before sundown, a court has heard. |
Text: Leanne and Stuart Mcsherry got married at the Norton House Hotel on Friday.
She told BBC Radio Scotland's Call Kaye programme that both she and her brother had not wanted to miss the first episode of the new series.
Star Ford Kiernan - who plays Jack - said he had "laughed out loud" when he saw the story in the n... | A bride from Dumfries has been explaining why she halted her wedding reception in Edinburgh to let everyone attending watch the sitcom Still Game. |
Text: Photographs and film footage of the national park will then be showcased online.
Spokesman Andrew Mitchell said he was "intrigued" to see how people had recorded their experiences.
Mr Mitchell said the material would complement the park's library, which includes photographs depicting school visits and bicycle rac... | Visitors to Northumberland National Park are being invited to mark its 60th anniversary by sharing their memories. |
Text: The animal was spotted under a seat in a promenade shelter, in Redcar, on Sunday, where it was thought to have taken refuge from rough seas.
As people arrived, it began to move away, leading to fears it could end up on a nearby road.
The crew moved it to safety and called a marine expert, who released it at the g... | A volunteer lifeboat crew, training on a Teesside beach, ended up offering a helping hand to a stranded baby seal. |
Text: About 10,000 people have had to leave their homes because of damage from Cyclone Enawo.
Power supplies are also down in some areas, according to local media.
The emergency services are warning of the threat of flooding, including in the capital, Antananarivo, although the storm has now diminished in strength.
Wea... | Five people are now known to have died in Madagascar from a cyclone that made landfall in the north-east of the island on Tuesday, officials say. |
Text: It followed two cases at Dumfries Sheriff Court where both drivers involved claimed they had consumed just one pint.
Sheriff Scott Pattison fined them £450 each and banned them from driving for a year.
"That's the lesson in Scotland," he told them. "Just one drink can put you over, it's as tight as that."
Donald... | A sheriff has warned motorists that one drink can put them over the legal limit in Scotland after issuing driving bans. |
Text: Councillors backed proposals for the scheme on a plot owned by The Church Commissioners in Grovebury Road, Leighton Buzzard, last year.
Protesters said the church "should not be making money from destroying our precious town centre".
A Church Commissioners' spokesman said they took their obligations seriously.
Th... | Campaigners against plans to build an out-of-town retail park on Church of England-owned land have been protesting outside Westminster Abbey. |
Text: Police divers recovered the bodies of Damien Little and his two sons from Port Lincoln's Boston Bay on Monday.
Local media said Little, believed to be in his 30s, posted a long suicide note to social media that was later deleted.
Members of the "tight-knit" Port Lincoln community have built a memorial of flowers ... | A South Australian community is in mourning after a popular young father drove off a jetty at high speed with his two children in the car. |
Text: At least 24 people died in the blast, with more than 70 injured.
The attack hit the Eid Gah clothes market in the town of Parachinar, in the Kurram tribal agency, near the Afghan border.
Most people in Parachinar, which has a history of violence between Shia and Sunni Muslims, are from the Shia minority.
Previous... | Funerals have been held for some of the victims of a bomb attack in a crowded market in northwest Pakistan on Sunday. |
Text: Storms Desmond, Eva, Frank and Gertrude all caused major issues in the area, as did poor weather on 27 January.
A report to councillors said nearly 400 repair jobs eligible for support under the Bellwin Scheme had been identified.
Their cost is likely to exceed £3.5m. Scottish Borders Council is bidding for a fur... | The latest estimate of the cost of repairing the damage caused by severe winter weather in the Borders has said it could exceed £3.5m. |
Text: Dustin Diamond, 37, is charged with felony reckless endangerment and two misdemeanours.
His lawyer, Thomas Alberti, said there were no witnesses who said they saw the actor stab the man but a judge ruled there was enough evidence for a trial.
The stabbing is said to have happened in a bar in Port Washington, Wisc... | The actor who played Screech in US TV show Saved by the Bell has been ordered to go on trial over the stabbing of a man at a bar on Christmas Day. |
Text: They will compete for the 108 seats across 18 constituencies on 5 May.
The figure is up on the same election five years ago, when 218 candidates were in the race.
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is fielding the most candidates, with 44, while Sinn Féin will run 39.
The Ulster Unionist Party has 33 candidates... | A total of 276 candidates will stand in next month's Northern Ireland Assembly election. |
Text: Mohammed Chernarli, 31, of Mary Hill Road, Glasgow, and Mehdi Esmalpoor, 39, of Farm Drive, Rawmarsh, were sentenced to ten years in jail for drugs offences at Sheffield Crown Court on Wednesday.
Nehdi Tajabidi, 32, of no fixed address, was jailed for seven years.
The lab was in a property in Rotherham and police... | Three men convicted of running a 'crystal meth' laboratory from a bathroom failed to attend court for sentencing |
Text: The victim tumbled from Striding Edge, on Helvellyn, near Ambleside, just after midday, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team said.
The four-hour rescue involved 20 rescue team members. The Coastguard helicopter was scrambled and the woman was eventually flown to hospital.
Rescuers said she suffered head, chest and abd... | A woman has suffered serious injuries after plunging 30ft (9m) down a mountain in the Lake District. |
Text: Shed Simove called the app Shinder and said he built it to find himself a partner.
However, when he tried to trademark it, a Notice of Threatened Opposition was filed to the Intellectual Property Office by dating giant Tinder.
He also received a letter from lawyers representing the elevator firm Schindler.
Schind... | Tinder has filed a legal objection to a dating platform created by a British man on which he is the only male date. |
Text: Robert Gordon, 47, from Kilmarnock, was critically injured at Stanwix Park Holiday Centre in Silloth, Cumbria, on 12 March.
The men, aged 24 and 47 and both from Silloth, were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter.
Cumbria Police said the death has been passed to the coroner.
The fight, that happened between 01:4... | Two men have been released with no further action after a man died in hospital following a fight at a holiday park. |
Text: Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller will not have his five-year mandate as Catholicism's chief theologian renewed.
The German's departure will open the way for his "meek" second-in-command to take the role.
The 69-year-old was named as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith by Pope Benedict in 2012.
Po... | Pope Francis has decided to replace a conservative cardinal who openly questioned the pontiff's attempts to create a more inclusive church. |
Text: Will this date become the "I was there moment" of the season?
Was this the day that people finally started to believe that Leicester can actually win the Premier League title?
It all started with Riyad Mahrez winning a free-kick on the edge of Manchester City's area and then...
German defender Robert Huth flicks ... | Etihad Stadium, 6 February 2016. |
Text: Zimbabwean national Patrick Gwatidzo raped his first victim, who was 21, at a flat in Glasgow on 8 September 2010. He raped a 25-year-old woman at another flat in the city on 7 December 2014.
A jury rejected Gwatidzo's claims that the victims had made up lies about him.
Sentence was deferred and he was remanded h... | A man who was convicted of raping two women while they slept has been described by a judge as an "opportunist sexual predator". |
Text: Plume Labs has fitted the birds with tiny backpacks which monitor nitrogen dioxide, ozone and volatile compounds.
Until Wednesday people can tweet their location to @PigeonAir and can find out how much pollution is registered in their area.
It is also possible to view the pigeons' flight movements on a live map.
... | A technology company has released ten pigeons wearing lightweight sensors to monitor pollution in London. |
Text: Retired Glos police supt John Bennett, who led the investigation, said ITV's Appropriate Adult "glossed over facts".
Mr Bennett also said the drama gave "undeserved" kudos to Janet Leach, the appropriate adult assigned to the case.
A spokesman for ITV said it had not tried to "whitewash" the Leach character and t... | A TV drama based on the murders committed by serial killer Fred West has been criticised as "inaccurate and sensationalist". |
Text: In 2013, Habib Chaudhry was charged in absentia for his role in the scam.
The New York resident has now been arrested after four years on the run, said the US Department of Justice.
It added that, so far, 19 other people have been arrested for their part in the criminal scheme.
The credit card fraud ring was brok... | A man sought for his part in a massive credit card fraud ring, which is believed to have cost businesses and financial institutions more than $200m (£160m), has been arrested in the US. |
Text: With all votes counted in the first congressional district, Mr Ryan had 84.1% of the vote with his rival Paul Nehlen trailing on 15.9%.
The contest made headlines when Donald Trump initially backed Mr Nehlen.
The Republican presidential nominee refused for three days to back the House speaker, and praised Mr Nehl... | US House speaker Paul Ryan comfortably overcame a Republican primary challenge in the state of Wisconsin on Tuesday. |
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Jones, 29, collapsed by the side of the pitch during Sunday's League 1 game at London Skolars and was later pronounced dead of a suspected cardiac arrest.
Donations for Jones's wife, Lizzie, and their five-month-old twins have already passed £70,000.
The Rugby Footba... | Keighley chairman Gary Fawcett hopes a fund set up for the family of the late Danny Jones will eventually top £1m. |
Text: Armed officers were called to Earl Street, Maidstone, at about 23:15 BST on Sunday following reports that a man was in possession of a firearm.
The junction of Sheals Crescent and Loose Road was closed while police spent about two hours looking for the suspect.
A 29-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of posse... | A man has been arrested on suspicion of having a gun in a Kent town centre. |
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9 October 2014 Last updated at 08:10 BST
BBC Midlands Today's Kevin Reide reports that fans of both Wasps and Coventry City Football Club have been angered by the move.
Summary: | Top-flight rugby union could begin at Coventry's Ricoh Arena as early as December, following Wasps' deal to buy the city council's stake in the stadium. |
Text: But it said was still committed to bringing another 15,000 refugees from Syria by the end of February.
It had previously promised to take in 25,000 by the year's end.
Unaccompanied men will be excluded from the resettlement programme but officials said this had nothing to do with national security concerns.
Prime... | The Canadian government says it will resettle only 10,000 Syrian refugees by the end of this year - less than half the number it promised earlier. |
Text: Cecil Henry Hight, 22, was brought down by German bombers during a combat mission off Portland on 15 August 1940.
He bailed out of the plane and deployed his parachute, but it failed to open.
The memorial has been placed at the crash site where the fighter came down on the corner of Leven Avenue and Walsford Road... | A memorial to a RAF pilot who died when his Spitfire was shot down during World War Two has been unveiled in Bournemouth, Dorset. |
Text: George Low, from Dartford, was attacked by two men and stabbed in the neck in the early hours of Sunday while out in the resort of Ayia Napa.
His friend, who is also 22, was stabbed four times in the back. He is expected to make a full recovery.
Tributes have been paid on social media with Niamh Rose writing: "Re... | A 22-year-old man from Kent has been stabbed to death in Cyprus. |
Text: The Labour Force Survey indicates that unemployment fell by 0.7% over the year to 5.6%.
This is the lowest unemployment rate in Northern Ireland since 2009.
The claimant count has now fallen by 29,600 since the most recent peak in February 2013.
Economy Minister Simon Hamilton said: "I am greatly encouraged by th... | The number of people claiming unemployment benefits in Northern Ireland fell by 800 in August to 35,100 according to the latest statistics. |
Text: The eight-month-old ginger tabby climbed into a box of luxury linens bound for the UK from Alexandria.
When the container arrived at Felixstowe, Sinbad was loaded onto a lorry and was eventually delivered to a business in Herefordshire.
The RSPCA said it was a "miracle" he had survived the 16-day journey to Moret... | A stowaway kitten nicknamed Sinbad has survived an "epic" 2,000-mile voyage inside an Egyptian shipping container. |
Text: Police were called to Vernon Road in Handsworth Wood, at around 02:00 BST.
A 27-year-old man was treated by the ambulance service for serious injuries and was taken to hospital where his condition is described as critical but stable, a statement said.
Det Insp Richard Marsh said an attempted murder investigation ... | A man was left in a critical condition after being shot in a "targeted attack" in Birmingham. |
Text: There were few chances, with Mark Beck going closest for the Welsh side with a long-range shot and Braintree's Kenny Davis blasting an attempt over.
Miles grabbed the only goal, firing home from 25 yards in the 74th minute.
Wrexham's hopes all but ended when Mark Carrington was sent off for a second caution late ... | Braintree climbed up to 11th place in the National League and level on points with Wrexham thanks to a free-kick winner from substitute Taylor Miles. |
Text: North Wales Bowls Centre, Prestatyn, closed earlier this year when Clwyd Leisure Ltd went into administration.
But it was refurbished over the summer and Denbighshire council has announced it will reopen and run it from October.
Councillor Huw Jones said the revamped eight green centre said there was a great deal... | A Denbighshire bowls centre shutdown after the trust running it ran out of money will reopen. |
Text: InfraStrata has planning permission to drill onshore at California Quarry near Swanage to a well offshore 2,000 metres (6,600ft) beneath the seabed.
Its licence states an exploration well must be drilled by February 2016.
The firm said the extension was needed as it had been unable to complete its analysis on the... | A firm that plans to drill for oil and gas on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset is seeking an extension to its drilling licence. |
Text: Adrian James used a mechanical digger to bury the container and he also dug a tunnel from his house to his garden.
Cannabis worth up to £86,000 was seized from the container and house in Hungerhill Road, St Ann's, Nottingham.
The 43-year-old was jailed for three years on 29 January and police now hope to confisc... | Police hope to seize thousands of pounds from a man who grew cannabis in a freight shipping container buried in his back garden. |
Text: The hosts could have taken the lead when Andy Little advanced on goal, but his effort went wide from close range.
Leitch-Smith needed two attempts to put Vale ahead, with his initial header from Byron Moore's cross saved by Colin Doyle before bundling home the rebound.
Goalkeeper Jak Alnwick ensured maximum point... | AJ Leitch-Smith scored the only goal of the game as Port Vale overcame League One strugglers Blackpool. |
Text: Jack Letts, 20, from Oxford, has been labelled "Jihadi Jack" by some newspapers, which reported he left the UK to join the group when he was 18.
But his parents have dismissed the claims as "false" and said he travelled to the region for humanitarian reasons.
Police confirmed Mr Letts had been under investigation... | A British man who reportedly travelled to Iraq to join the so-called Islamic State group is being investigated by UK authorities. |
Text: Burglars entered Tevez's house on the outskirts of Buenos Aires on Sunday while the striker was in the Uruguayan city of Carmelo.
Police said Tevez did not report the burglary and therefore little is known about what was taken.
Tevez and his bride have since left for Mexico on their honeymoon.
Police said they ha... | The home of Argentine footballer Carlos Tevez, 32, was broken into while the Boca Juniors player was in neighbouring Uruguay getting married. |
Text: Notts were always up against it after being bowled out for 185 on home soil.
Australian batsman Pete Handscomb then aided Root - who finished unbeaten on 75 - as the Tykes got home on 191-3, with more than 17 overs to spare.
It was a second group defeat in as many games for Notts after losing to Worcestershire at... | England captain Joe Root hit a six off younger brother Billy to win the match as Yorkshire began their One-Day Cup campaign by beating Nottinghamshire. |
Text: Watson, 25, has scored 14 tries in 29 games for Falcons, and was in the Great Britain Sevens team which won a silver medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016.
Ben Harris, 27, made one appearance for Wasps earlier this season after joining on a short-term loan deal.
Antonio Harris, 21, has scored seven tries in 18 games ... | Wasps have signed winger Marcus Watson and prop Ben Harris from Newcastle, along with Nottingham hooker Antonio Harris, for the 2017-18 season. |
Text: The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, attacked Vincent Uzomah, 50 at Dixons Kings Academy on 11 June.
Mr Uzomah, who was stabbed in the stomach with a knife, is stable in hospital.
The boy denied attempted murder but admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent when he appeared at Bradford Cro... | A fourteen-year-old boy has admitted stabbing a supply teacher in a classroom in Bradford. |
Text: 7 January 2016 Last updated at 03:06 GMT
It predicts economic activity will grow by 2.9% in 2016 - a reduction from its June forecast of 3.3%.
In East Asia and the Pacific, growth is expected to slow to 6.3%, largely due to the sputtering Chinese economy.
But South Asia is a bright spot, expected to grow at 7.3% ... | The World Bank's latest look at the year ahead suggests that global growth may continue to limp along. |
Text: Ice Factor Group will operate the indoor complex planned for Middlehaven, Middlesbrough.
The project got the go-ahead from councillors last week.
Ice Factor Group owns Snow Factor Braehead near Glasgow and Ice Factor Kinlochleven, the world's largest indoor ice climbing centre.
Running the Middlesbrough complex w... | The operator of two indoor winter sports sites in Scotland has won a contract to run a new £30m snowsports centre in England. |
Text: Clandon Park House near Guildford, which housed a collection of furniture, porcelain and textiles, was reduced to a charred shell during the blaze.
A fire report said it was most likely the result of a faulty connection in the electrical distribution board.
The National Trust said a full review of fire prevention... | A fire that destroyed an 18th Century mansion started accidentally and was probably caused by an electrical fault, investigators have said. |
Text: The 18-year-old has featured once as a late substitute in a League Cup tie for the Scottish champions and signed a three-and-a-half year deal in October.
Thistle have also recruited versatile attacker Antonio German on a contract until the end of the season.
German, 24, began his career with Queens Park Rangers a... | Partick Thistle have signed Celtic forward Aidan Nesbitt on loan for the remainder of the season. |
Text: The rights group said its event in Bangalore on Saturday aimed "to seek justice for human rights violations" in Indian-administered Kashmir.
But a right-wing student group said the event was "anti-national" and filed a complaint on Monday.
In February, two students were arrested in Delhi on sedition charges.
"A c... | Police in India have registered a sedition case against Amnesty India after some people allegedly raised "anti-India" slogans at its event. |
Text: It comes as Prime Minister David Cameron prepares to outline UK government plans to accept more families fleeing Syria.
Local authorities in Wales have said they are willing to "play their part" but asked for help to meet the costs.
The Welsh government has said the UK government should pay as the matter is not d... | First Minister Carwyn Jones will hold a Wales summit on the refugee crisis next week, the Welsh government has said. |
Text: Ledley, 29, broke his leg on 7 May and has been ruled out of the FA Cup Final, a game he might have started.
"He would have been in the frame for this game, so it is terrible shame to miss him," Pardew confirmed.
Wales manager Chris Coleman said: "Joe will be given until the very last minute before we make a deci... | Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew has not ruled out Joe Ledley recovering from his broken leg in time to play for Wales at the European Championships. |
Text: North Kessock-based Charlie Phillips has spent years observing and photographing the mammals along the firth's Highland and Moray coastlines.
Many of the dolphins can be easily identified by the WDC field officer and others who work for the charity.
The animals are known by names including Zephyr and Yoda.
Among ... | The Moray Firth's bottlenose dolphins have been documented hunting and playing in a series of images by a Whale and Dolphin Conservation officer. |
Text: Members of the Unite union stopped work from 10:45 until 15:37 BST on Friday. Further stoppages are also planned.
The union claims restructuring plans are threatening the jobs of more than 120 staff.
The council, which said plans will modernise the service and save £5m a year, said it is working to address misse... | Refuse workers in Birmingham have been on strike in a dispute over job losses. |
Text: Earlier this month, F-22 Raptor jets were deployed to the UK for training.
On Tuesday, they were seen flying the so-called Machynlleth Loop - known for low-level training - attracting aviation enthusiasts and photographers.
It was the first time Raptor pilots had flown the loop. They were anticipated to fly again... | The world's most advanced jet fighters from the US Air Force have taken to the skies in mid Wales. |
Text: The new installation will commemorate 40 soldiers from Tidworth, Wiltshire, who have died in battle since 1914.
Chris Franklin, town mayor, said the memorial committee's decision to "omit the names" seemed to be "purely based on it being too much of a risk".
But committee member Daz Stephenson said it wants the t... | A new war memorial will have no names inscribed on it in case errors are included. |
Text: The 26-year-old has signed a four-year deal at The Hawthorns.
The Wales international played 156 league games for Hull, who were relegated from the Premier League in May.
Baggies boss Tony Pulis said: "James did very well for Hull City. I've had a good chat with him and he's the type of player I like."
Fellow Pre... | West Bromwich Albion have signed Hull City defender James Chester for a fee of £8m. |
Text: They first responded at 09:20 BST after a vessel's engine failed en route to Barrow in Cumbria with three sailors on board.
In a second rescue, they were called to help after the battery on a RIB-type vessel failed near Laxey Bay.
According to the RNLI, the sailor was rescued and the boat towed back to Douglas ha... | The Douglas lifeboat crew was called out twice in a day on Sunday, the RNLI have confirmed. |
Text: Katy Kouasseu, formerly of Aldridge, West Midlands, said it was her husband's right as a parent to attend the funeral of their son George.
Hundreds of people have signed a petition to support the case of Charly Kouasseu, who never met his son.
The Home Office said the ban had been issued "automatically".
Updates ... | A man from Cameroon has been denied a visa to attend his baby son's funeral in the UK, after an arrest nine years ago for travelling with false papers. |
Text: It said the slowdown in Northern Ireland reflects a "Brexit effect" from lower levels of business investment and a squeeze on consumer spending.
It considered a wide range of scenarios for the UK's future outside the EU.
It said a worst-case scenario of a "poorly managed" Brexit, combined with a squeeze in real i... | Economic growth will slow to 1.1% this year compared to 1.5% in 2016, a report from Ulster University has forecast. |
Text: Stephen Bollard, 25, had been freed early from prison for a similar offence when he raided a newsagent and grocery shop in Cockenzie, East Lothian.
The court was told the shopkeeper, Mohammad Ramzan was shaken but physically unharmed by the incident, in which Bollard brandished a screwdriver.
Bollard's lawyer sai... | A man has been jailed for more than three years for a robbery in which he took a single £10 note. |
Text: The previous record, $525m (£352m), was set by Jurassic World in June.
The seventh instalment of the nearly 40-year-old space saga opened with a record-breaking $248m (£167m) in the US and Canada.
JJ Abrams' film has also achieved the largest four-day weekend total in British and Irish cinemas with £34m.
That sum... | Star Wars: The Force Awakens has smashed the record for the biggest box office debut weekend globally, with ticket sales of $529m (£355m). |
Text: Shares in Bouygues jumped more than 13% in Paris trading after the bid was announced.
A deal between the two would create France's largest mobile phone operator.
However, the government has already expressed concerns, with Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron saying further consolidation in the sector was "currently ... | French telecoms giant Numericable-SFR has made a €10bn ($11.4bn; £7.2bn) offer for rival Bouygues Telecom. |
Text: The 24-year-old South African wing scored Dragons' only try against the Italian team, who had conceded eight against Ospreys a week earlier.
"A win's a win and any fan base should be happy with that," said Howard.
"We would like the supporters just to support us and not scrutinise everything we do."
Dragons face ... | Pat Howard has called on Newport Gwent Dragons fans to get behind the team following their negative reaction to the scrappy 11-6 win over Zebre. |
Text: Iffley Open House began squatting in an unused Italian restaurant in Summertown in April, but a court order means the group must leave by 7 April.
Members previously occupied a vacant car showroom in Iffley - owned by Wadham College - for two months.
Anyone still in the property on South Parade could be arrested ... | A homeless group which occupied two Oxford University buildings will be evicted from a third property. |
Text: Parent company Sahaviriya Steel Industries (SSI) said it expected "zero recovery" from the Redcar operation.
The Teesside furnaces and coke ovens were closed with a loss of 2,200 jobs in October.
Its liquidation meant SSI recorded an overall third quarter loss of 33,122m baht (£600m).
Group Chief Executive Mr. Wi... | The Thai owner of the Redcar steelworks has said that it lost almost 29bn baht ($800m, £530m) from the liquidation of the Teesside plant. |
Text: A photo of Marcel Zech's tattoo was taken at a swimming pool in Oranienburg, near Berlin, last month.
Mr Zech is a member of the far-right National Democratic Party who sits on the council in the district of Barnim in eastern Germany.
He was handed a six-month suspended sentence at a court in Oranienburg.
Prosecu... | A German politician has been found guilty of incitement to hatred after he was pictured with a tattoo of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. |
Text: After a 22-hour journey to Baikonur in Kazakhstan, we had a 4am start. We were escorted into the cosmodrome, a collection of scruffy, space buildings in the desert.
Then the hangar door opened, revealing the huge, red booster rockets looming in dark.
The sun started to rise, and it was like a curtain had lifted, ... | I have been a camerawoman for 10 years, but the chance to film a rocket going into space was a once in a lifetime opportunity. |
Text: Defender Craig Dawson fouled Wilfried Bony on the edge of the area, but Gareth McAuley was shown the red card.
Last month Sunderland's Wes Brown was sent off against Manchester United, a dismissal later overturned by the Football Association on appeal.
West Brom manager Tony Pulis spoke with Swarbrick at half-tim... | Referee Neil Swarbrick appeared to send off the wrong player in the second minute of Manchester City's 3-0 Premier League win against West Brom. |
Text: The 26-year-old 6ft 4in summer arrival from Blackburn scored his 20th header in two years to help Villa beat Bournemouth 1-0 on Saturday.
"I don't think our centre-backs are too happy defending against him every day in training," said Sherwood.
"He is very accurate with his heading and his hold-up play is very go... | Aston Villa striker Rudy Gestede has shown he is "more than just a battering ram", says his boss Tim Sherwood. |
Text: Crane, 20, became the first overseas player to represent the Australian state side since Imran Khan in 1985.
He followed it up with an impressive couple of displays in the North v South series in UAE as the South won 3-0.
"It's a very different pressure being an overseas player in Australia than a local one that'... | Hampshire leg-spinner Mason Crane admitted he was "extremely proud" to play Sheffield Shield cricket for New South Wales during an eventful winter. |
Text: In an internal memo, a male software engineer argued the lack of women in top tech jobs was due to biological differences between men and women.
"We need to stop assuming that gender gaps imply sexism," he wrote in the piece which was widely criticised.
But the author said he had received "many personal messages ... | A Google employee's opinion criticising the firm's diversity initiatives is causing a furore at the firm. |
Text: The man and woman were arrested after the child was taken to hospital from Rochdale with multiple injuries on Tuesday and later died.
The man has been charged with murder. The woman has been charged with causing or allowing the death of a child.
Both have been remanded in custody to appear at Manchester and Salf... | Two people have been charged over the death of an eight-month-old baby boy in Greater Manchester. |
Text: One car driver, a man in his early 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene. The other, an 82-year-old man, had to be freed from his car and admitted to hospital.
The lorry driver was uninjured in the incident.
The crash occurred on Shipston Road, between Alderminster and Stratford-upon-Avon, at 14:00 GMT on 1 Decem... | A man has died after two cars and a lorry were involved in a crash in Warwickshire. |
Text: The party's leader at Westminster, Angus Robertson, told the Commons it was believed the material would then be flown to the US.
He raised the issue with Chancellor George Osborne, who was standing in for David Cameron at Prime Minister's Questions.
Mr Osborne said established procedures were in place for moving ... | The SNP has raised concerns over reports that nuclear material from the Dounreay nuclear power station in Caithness is being transported to Wick Airport. |
Text: Accident and emergency and maternity services at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch could be moved to hospitals in Worcester or Birmingham.
It is part of plans by Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust to save £50m.
The 32-page report has been produced by Redditch Borough and Bromsgrove and Stratford-on-Avon di... | Cutting services from a Worcestershire hospital will put some of the most vulnerable people in the county at risk, a joint council report has said. |
Text: In a televised address, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said US aims in the region were "180 degrees opposed to Iran's".
Mr Khamenei accused the US of reneging on the West's nuclear deal with Iran and said trusting them was a "mistake".
The "Great Satan" [US] and "evil" Britain were using "pretexts" like human rights abus... | Iran's Supreme Leader has said Tehran will not co-operate with the US and UK on regional issues. |
Text: Mowbray's side beat Aston Villa 1-0 to boost their hopes of survival but Huddersfield lost 2-0 at 10-man Birmingham, also fighting relegation.
It leaves Rovers in the Championship's bottom three on goal difference.
"Maybe he [Wagner] is not aware of the way the British game is played, and the integrity of all the... | Blackburn Rovers boss Tony Mowbray has questioned the decision of Huddersfield manager David Wagner to make 10 changes for the Terriers' defeat by Birmingham. |
Text: The Thinking Schools Academy Trust (TSAT) said Denise Shepherd had been suspended after it received "an allegation from an individual".
TSAT said it could not give details of the allegation for fear of prejudicing its investigation.
It added Ms Shepherd's suspension would not affect pupils' education.
The trust r... | The chief executive of a trust which runs 10 schools in Kent and Hampshire has been suspended pending an investigation into her conduct. |
Text: The Paralympic-style Invictus Games will see servicemen and women take part in sports like wheelchair basketball, indoor rowing and sitting volleyball.
The prince said the competition would recognise the sacrifice made by those who fought for their country.
He has been working to bring the event to the UK after s... | Prince Harry has launched a sporting championship for injured members of the armed forces. |
Text: Ross Allum scored twice in two minutes to give the SPFL newcomers a surprise lead but the Premiership side hit back to prevail 4-2.
Highland League Cove Rangers dished out a 3-0 lesson to Montrose, leapfrogging the League Two side in Group D.
Cowdenbeath picked up their first points of the competition with a 2-0 ... | Hamilton Academical recovered from 2-0 down to avoid an embarrassing League Cup result at Edinburgh City. |
Text: Fergus Wilson, who planned to stand as an independent, was told it was invalid as his papers were not hand delivered to the returning officer, but posted.
Several voters nominating him had also not included their electoral numbers.
Mr Wilson, of Boughton Monchelsea, said he would apply to the High Court for an in... | A millionaire property magnate is taking legal action after his nomination to become Kent's next police and crime commissioner was rejected. |
Text: The 38-year-old retired at the end of last term after helping Leeds Rhinos win the treble, becoming head of rugby at the Lightstream Stadium.
However, injuries have prompted the prop to return as a player.
"Although my family don't quite understand it, this feels like the right decision," Peacock said.
"The time ... | Former England captain Jamie Peacock is coming out of retirement to play for Hull KR for the rest of the season, he has announced. |
Text: The Manx mother of Leo Keefe, who lives in Spain, said she was "in shock" after an anonymous donor contributed tens of thousands of pounds to her son's cause.
The four-year-old has been battling SPNET - an aggressive type of brain cancer - for the last 17 months.
Mrs Keefe has been told proton beam therapy (PBT) ... | A boy with a rare form of cancer could soon fly to the United States for a new form of treatment after a fundraising appeal achieved its £150,000 target. |
Text: Current deputy Stewart Hosie is stepping down from the post at the next party conference later in the year.
Mr Robertson, the MP for Moray, said he was running for the job because he wanted to protect Scotland's place in Europe.
Party sources told the BBC earlier this week that he had the backing of some other SN... | SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson has confirmed he is standing for the party's deputy leadership. |
Text: Gwent Police said two men, aged 19 and 35, died at the scene following the incident on the B4598 in Abergavenny just before 23:00 GMT on Friday.
Two men, aged 20 and 24, have been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and remain in custody.
Jordan's family described their loss as "heartbreak... | One of two men killed in a car crash in Monmouthshire has been named locally as 19-year-old Jordan Bell. |
Text: Mr Juncker, the most senior official in Brussels, said he did not like Brexit because he wanted "to be in the same boat as the British".
"The day will come when the British will re-enter the boat, I hope," he said following an EU summit.
Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage said: "The ship will have sunk by then."
The... | European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said he hopes that the UK will rejoin the European Union at some point in future. |
Text: Saad and Riham Dawabsha and their 18-month-old son, Ali, were killed four months ago in a West Bank attack Palestinians blamed on Jewish settlers.
Israel's prime minister said the video, which shows a reveller stabbing a picture of the toddler, was "shocking".
Its publication comes amid an upsurge in violence in ... | Israeli police are investigating a video of Jewish extremists at a wedding apparently celebrating the death of a Palestinian family in an arson attack. |
Text: The Independent Police Complains Commission (IPCC) said it would examine the use of force by Kent Police officers who arrested Denby Collins.
Mr Collins, 38, was held as a suspected burglar by police called to a house in Gillingham on 15 December.
The IPCC said he was unresponsive and was taken to Medway Maritime... | The actions of police who handcuffed and arrested a man who was unconscious and who remains in a coma nearly six months later are being investigated. |
Text: The authority's base at Aykley Heads in Durham City has been described as "over-sized and inefficient".
Officers suggested a move could create up to 6,000 jobs and put £1m into Durham city's economy.
A cabinet meeting backed proposals to demolish the existing site and build new homes and offices ahead of a furthe... | County councillors in Durham have provisionally approved plans to move to a new £50m headquarters. |
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