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Text: He is the second act announced for the festival, which was under threat of being cancelled.
The 71-year-old singer will be closing the festival, with Arcade Fire playing on the Saturday night. Previous headliners at the festival include Queen and The Who.
The four-day festival at Seaclose Park, Newport will run f... | Sir Rod Stewart has been revealed as the Sunday night headliner for the Isle of Wight Festival next year. |
Text: North Wales, Powys and Ceredigion could be affected by the latest band of weather to hit the country.
The Met Office has issued a yellow "be aware" warning which is in place until Tuesday. There have been reports of fallen trees affecting roads.
One lane in each direction on the M48 Severn Bridge has been closed ... | Gusts of up to 70mph (112km/h) could cause travel disruption, power cuts and damage, forecasters have warned. |
Text: Bates hit 119 not out off 72 balls, surpassing the previous highest score of 91 by Dane van Niekerk for Loughborough against Surrey in 2016.
Vipers' 180-2 was also the highest team total in the tournament's history.
Lightning were 134 all out in reply, Bates adding to her earlier hundred by taking 3-15 with the b... | New Zealand's Suzie Bates scored the first century in Women's Super League history in Southern Vipers' win over Loughborough Lightning at Derby. |
Text: Opener Lauren Winfield is the only player in the current squad for the upcoming T20 series in South Africa not to be chosen in the 15-strong party.
Brunt, 30, will miss the T20s in South Africa after suffering a back spasm in the one-day international series.
Her replacement, left-arm seamer Natasha Farrant, is c... | Fast bowler Katherine Brunt has been named in England's Women's World Twenty20 squad, despite a back injury. |
Text: The 12-bed Bicester Community Hospital has facilities including a first aid unit and x-ray and physiotherapy suites.
In September the opening was delayed to rectify problems.
Chief operating officer at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Yvonne Taylor said it offered a "modern and safe environment" for patients.
L... | A £5m community hospital has opened its doors to patients 18 months after building began on the site. |
Text: Military courts were first set up as a response to the 2015 attack on a military-run school by the Pakistani Taliban that killed 134 children.
The courts, which try civilians charged with terrorism offences, had a two-year mandate that expired on 7 January.
The legislation still needs Senate approval before it ca... | Pakistan's lower house has passed legislation to reinstate secret military courts, despite criticism from human rights activists. |
Text: The RAF Scampton Airshow is to be held over a weekend in September 2017, organisers said.
An annual show at RAF Waddington was axed in 2015 by the Ministry of Defence.
Andy Armstrong, chief executive of the new organising company, said it would take place on the weekend of September 9-10.
In February, the RAF Cha... | An airshow axed over "security concerns" is to be staged at the home of the Red Arrows. |
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The 23-year-old Barcelona forward was shown a red card for clashing with Colombia players following Brazil's 1-0 defeat in their most recent group game.
He was initially banned for one game, ruling him out of the final group match with Venezuela on Sunday.
But the So... | Brazil striker Neymar will miss the rest of the Copa America after being suspended for four games. |
Text: Mayor of Weymouth and Portland, Councillor Richard Kosior, will now have to use a his own car, or hire a taxi or limousine and driver, depending on the type of engagement he attends.
It comes after former mayor Christine James chose not to use the service and instead opted for her own transport.
The annual cost o... | A Dorset mayor's car and chauffeur have been scrapped in a bid to save the council money. |
Text: In an experiment using photographs of male human faces, scientists from the University of Sussex showed that domestic horses "responded negatively" to angry expressions.
The scientists say domestication may have enabled horses to adapt to and interpret human behaviour.
The findings are published in the journal Bi... | Horses are able to discriminate between happy and angry human facial expressions, according to research. |
Text: The 22-year-old England C international has left his hometown club after agreeing a three-year deal.
Berry scored 14 goals in 47 games last season as Cambridge won promotion back into the Football League.
"I heard of interest a few weeks ago and I'm delighted it's gone through. I think I can step up and I'm excit... | Barnsley have signed midfielder Luke Berry from League Two club Cambridge United for an undisclosed fee. |
Text: The authority has emailed all of its workers offering to pay their way through an 18-month diploma course at the University of Aberdeen.
They would do this while continuing in their existing job.
The council has a severe shortage of primary teachers, which has already seen it offer incentives in past years.
Summa... | Aberdeen City Council is offering to pay the tuition fees of staff who want to become primary school teachers in a bid to tackle a shortage. |
Text: Shea came through the north London club's academy, but left the Gunners last summer after failing to make a senior appearance.
The 23-year-old, who had a loan spell at Dagenham in 2011, spent last season with Ryman League Premier Division side Harrow Borough.
The Dons have not disclosed the length of Shea's contr... | League Two side AFC Wimbledon have signed former Arsenal goalkeeper James Shea on a free transfer. |
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Thompson, 24, took the title in a time of 10.71 seconds, just 0.01 seconds outside her personal best.
Compatriot Fraser-Pryce, 29, who was attempting to become the first woman to win three successive golds in the event, finished third in 10.86.
USA's Tori Bowie won t... | Jamaica's Elaine Thompson won the women's 100m at the Rio Olympics as two-time champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce had to settle for bronze. |
Text: Voting began at 07:00 BST and ended at 22:00.
Foyle was the first local constituency to declare a result, with 78.3% voting to Remain in the European Union out of a 57% turnout.
The outcome of the Northern Ireland poll will be announced at the Titanic centre in Belfast.
The ballot paper asked voters: "Should the ... | The polls have closed in the EU referendum in Northern Ireland with counting under way. |
Text: The Tynemouth RNLI lifeboat went to the aid of the Spirit of the Tyne at 23:30 GMT as it made its final crossing between North and South Shields.
Three passengers and two crew were rescued by the Port of Tyne pilot boat before the ferry, manned only by the captain, was blown into a riverbank.
The lifeboat then to... | Passengers on the cross-Tyne ferry had to be rescued as its engine failed and it was carried off in a "howling gale". |
Text: In May, Indian food safety authorities banned the production and sale of the product after claims they contained dangerously high levels of lead.
That ban was later overturned in the Bombay High Court in August.
As well as lost sales, the impact of the scare saw Nestle cut its global growth forecast for 2015.
Sal... | Swiss consumer giant Nestle has said it plans to resume sales in its Maggi noodles in November, after a food scare saw them taken off shelves. |
Text: The Friends of Wem Pool charity have been given a 20-year lease to run the pool using funds from the town council.
Volunteers have been working for two years to refurbish the pool and gym, which they will run as a community facility.
The group stepped in in 2012 when a leisure company said it no longer wanted to ... | A Shropshire swimming pool saved from closure by a group of volunteers has been officially reopened. |
Text: The 22-year-old broke a club record with 12 consecutive home clean sheets last season.
"The offers have been derisory to say the least, the enquiries have not, but we haven't had concrete bids from those conversations," Brown told BBC Essex.
"We have from QPR but it was insignificant. It was knocked back in no un... | Southend United manager Phil Brown says offers made for goalkeeper Daniel Bentley have been "derisory". |
Text: The 24-year-old right-back, who has 16 caps for the Black Stars, has signed a three-year contract with Augsburg.
Augsburg managing director Stefan Reuter told the club's website: "Daniel is a young, talented player who has already gained match practice at various clubs in Europe.
"But we are sure that his develop... | Ghana defender Daniel Opare has joined German Bundesliga side Augsburg from Portuguese club Porto. |
Text: Weymouth and Portland Borough Council is looking at stopping deckchair passes for residents over the age of 60.
The deckchairs have been free of charge for the past 30 years to those holding a pass which proves they live within the borough.
The council said scrapping the free chairs that line The Esplanade could ... | People are being asked for their views on scrapping free seaside seats for the over 60s in Weymouth. |
Text: About 1.5% of Wiltshire Police officers are black, which the force described as a "disappointing position" to be in.
Sgt Ronnie Lungu, 40, was promoted from constable rank after a tribunal found he had been discriminated against.
The force said opportunities to promote minority officers from within were "quite li... | A police officer who took Wiltshire Police to a racism tribunal is the only black officer to be promoted within the force in the past five years. |
Text: The 20-year-old withdrew after facing 23 balls and will undergo a scan.
"Hameed has retired hurt with Lancashire 17-0," the Red Rose outfit posted on social media.
Hameed made his England debut in India last year and scored 219 runs in three Tests before a finger injury forced him out of the final match of the se... | England opener Haseeb Hameed retired hurt with a hand injury during his maiden first-class outing of the season for Lancashire against Cambridge MCCU. |
Text: The billionaire, dubbed Wall Street's "Bond King", sued Pimco after his abrupt departure from the firm in 2014.
Pimco, the world's largest bond fund, has agreed to pay Mr Gross in what both sides called an "amicable" settlement.
"Pimco has always been family to me, and, like any family, sometimes there are disagr... | Star trader Bill Gross has ended a "family disagreement" with his former firm Pimco, in a settlement worth an estimated $81m (£65m). |
Text: A banner proclaiming "Manchester remembers" marked the loss of life after the bombing on 22 May.
Thousands of people attended the event, which also honoured the work of the emergency services after the attack.
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said it was a chance to celebrate the city's "incredible spirit".
... | Twenty-two children holding balloons have led the annual Manchester Day parade in a commemoration of the 22 victims of the Manchester attack. |
Text: Jones met Ford at Bath's training base on Friday to talk about their England contingent and the pair earned a recommendation from their club boss.
"I gave him a couple of names such as Henry Thomas and Nick Auterac in particular," Ford told BBC Points West.
"We exchanged numbers and he's keen to build up a good r... | Bath head coach Mike Ford has revealed he recommended prop duo Henry Thomas and Nick Auterac to new England boss Eddie Jones at a recent meeting. |
Text: Police said a gang of masked and armed men entered the house on Norglen Parade, Turf Lodge, just after 18:15 GMT.
The victims, understood to be married couple, were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The BBC understands the couple were attempting to protect their son from paramilitaries.
Ch Ins... | A man and a woman, both in their 50s, have been shot in the legs at a house in west Belfast. |
Text: The centre-back, 29, appeared to be in tears after turning his left ankle after half-time at White Hart Lane.
"We need to wait for tomorrow and Monday to assess him better. It looks bad," said Pochettino.
"He is disappointed and in a very difficult period but we will push him to recover quickly to try to help him... | Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino is concerned defender Jan Vertonghen sustained a "bad" injury in the 4-0 Premier League win over West Brom. |
Text: Iram Shahzad, 32, admitted two charges at St Albans Crown Court after Spencer Bell was killed as he tried to help a man who had fallen from a bridge.
Mr Bell, 71, died instantly when he was struck by Shahzad's car, in January last year.
Shahzad was sentenced to 14 months imprisonment, suspended for two years.
The... | A woman who killed a Good Samaritan when she struck him in her car on the M1 motorway has admitted causing death by careless driving. |
Text: It happened at about 07:15 GMT close to Halfway Road.
A woman was taken to hospital following the collision. Police said her injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.
The road was closed in both directions for much of the day, but has since reopened.
Summary: | A 55-year-old man has died following a two-vehicle crash on the A1 near Dromore, County Down. |
Text: The party claimed the draft Wales Bill would see Westminster "clawing back" powers from the assembly.
Plaid said its three MPs would vote against the bill in the Commons while its AMs would reject any related measure in the Senedd.
Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb has said he thought the bill as it stood kept too ma... | Plaid Cymru has said it will vote against UK government plans for further devolution unless they are changed. |
Text: The much-travelled 34-year-old former West Bromwich Albion, MK Dons, Leicester City and Birmingham City winger has been rewarded for helping to keep the Brewers at second-tier level.
"When I signed, everyone said we were going to get relegated but we didn't. That's a massive achievement," he said.
"We have a grea... | Burton Albion veteran Lloyd Dyer has signed a new one-year contract with the Championship club. |
Text: 21 April 2016 Last updated at 17:31 BST
The Foxes have just four games left to play - and could be guaranteed the title in their next two matches.
That's getting these kids in Leicester super excited.
Children in Leicester have been telling us why they think the Foxes deserve to win the Premier League.
Summary: | Can Leicester become kings of the Premier League? |
Text: They bought debts from the bank, and other Espirito Santo companies, and repackaged them as investments for branch customers.
Following complaints, BES was made to refund the customers, contributing to a record £2.8bn half-year loss.
BES was eventually split into a "good bank" and a "bad bank" on 3 August.
Accor... | Three companies implicated in the downfall of the Portuguese bank, Banco Espirito Santo (BES), are registered in Jersey. |
Text: The 15-year-old, from Measham, Leicestershire, had chatted with a man on Facebook for two weeks before she was killed in 2015.
The five-minute video, made by police, was shown to 35,000 school pupils in September.
The film, called Kayleigh's Love Story, was made available online this week.
More on this story and ... | Thirty-five children have come forward fearing they have been groomed online following a film about the life of murdered schoolgirl Kayleigh Haywood. |
Text: John Shearer, 29, from Fauldhouse, West Lothian, admitted at Inverness Sheriff Court to driving dangerously on the A96 Inverness to Nairn road at Gollanfield.
The offence happened at about midnight on 7 December last year.
Defending Robert Sheridan admitted that his client had an appalling record for road traffic... | A man who drove at speeds of more than 105mph while being followed by police has been fined £2,500 and banned from driving for five years. |
Text: The news came as members of the 28-nation Nato alliance pledged to reverse declining trends in defence budgets at a summit in Wales.
The Prince of Wales' future had been in question since the 2010 defence review.
Work on the carrier, which began in 2011, is due to be completed in 2017.
Final assembly of the carri... | The Royal Navy's second new aircraft carrier, the Prince of Wales, is to be brought into service rather than sold off or mothballed, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced. |
Text: As well as speaking to Emma Watson, who plays Belle, we'll be interviewing the actors who play a range of household items that are living in the Beast's enchanted castle!
That got us wondering - if you had to turn into a household item in your home, what would you be and why?
Send us your photos and videos here.
... | Newsround is heading to the premiere of the new live action movie of Beauty and the Beast. |
Text: 8 March 2016 Last updated at 09:19 GMT
Silja Bara Omarsdottir, an adjunct professor from the University of Iceland, said women tend to wait for their turn to speak, but men do not have these qualms.
If conversations between genders were more balanced, then women's voices could be properly heard, she added.
For mo... | A political scientist has suggested that for at least one day a year men should not be allowed to talk in a meeting unless a woman has expressed her opinion first. |
Text: The policy was introduced last year after several cases of violent prisoners absconding from open prisons.
But judges decided in April that such bans were inconsistent with the then justice secretary's parole directions.
The Ministry of Justice has now successfully challenged the ruling.
Chris Grayling had announ... | A High Court decision that it was unlawful for the government to ban inmates with a history of absconding from being transferred to open prisons has been overturned. |
Text: Carwyn Jones told BBC Wales the north-west needed "rural solutions" instead.
The north Wales metro would include trams, upgraded railway stations and better bus services, Labour says.
In February, Mr Jones told the Daily Post newspaper the network would be running by around 2035.
Labour's assembly election manife... | Labour's plan for a north Wales metro transport system excludes Anglesey, Gwynedd and Conwy because it is an "urban concept" for heavily populated areas, the first minister has said. |
Text: They relate to betting patterns on a match between Port Talbot and Rhyl on 9 April 2016.
The fixture in question saw Port Talbot lose 5-0 to already relegated Rhyl - who had not won in 17 previous matches.
Seven men and three women were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and are all in police custody.... | Ten people have been arrested amid allegations of match fixing in a Welsh Premier League match. |
Text: 16 August 2015 Last updated at 11:18 BST
Both are areas where volcanoes are active but they are very different types. Volcano Holuhraun in Iceland has been erupting for three months and has created a boiling lake of lava.
Dougal Jerram is a Volcanologist, and CBBC Fierce Earth presenter, and has recently been to ... | There have been two major volcanic eruptions in Hawaii and Iceland in the last couple of weeks. |
Text: The man was diving for scallops between the islands of Stronsay and Eday when he failed to return to his boat on time.
The alarm was raised just after 14:00 and shipping in the area was asked to assist in the search.
The offshore support vessel Olympic Challenger - which was in the area - located the man and took... | A diver has been rescued from the sea off Orkney after a brief search operation. |
Text: The roof caved in at the reception area of the Charlotte Maxeke state hospital as construction work was under way to seal a leak, officials say.
At least five people have been treated for minor injuries, including patients.
Rain had hampered rescue work at the hospital, one of the country's biggest.
One worker to... | South African rescue workers have managed to evacuate everyone trapped under rubble after the roof of a major Johannesburg hospital collapsed on Thursday. |
Text: The Austrian hit a three-under-par 69 to take a three-stroke lead over South African Dylan Frittelli into Sunday.
Fisher also carded a 69 to lie alongside American David Lipsky and South Africa's George Coetzee and Dean Burmester on 11 under.
Finland's Mikko Korhonen had a hole-in-one at the 16th.
Summary: | England's Ross Fisher is tied third going into the final round of the Shenzhen International, four shots behind leader Bernd Wiesberger. |
Text: He was identified as "the man in the hat", seen on CCTV moments before the explosions at Brussels airport in March.
Prosecutors say he may not be handed over for some time, as he is being investigated in Belgium too.
Mohamed Bakkali, another suspect in the Paris attacks, will also be extradited.
The Belgian judge... | A Belgian court has approved the extradition to France of Mohamed Abrini, a key suspect in both the Paris and Brussels attacks. |
Text: The 32-year-old first played for Notts in 2014 but missed all of last season - the first of a two-year deal - with a stress fracture in his back.
Moores told BBC Radio Nottingham: "We realise there is real concern over his injury, but we have done due diligence.
"We have kept in touch with Pete and have monitored... | Nottinghamshire head coach Peter Moores says he is anxious about the availability of Australia's Peter Siddle because of his back injury. |
Text: A spokesman said the sponsor, which has not been named, received the threat on 5 January.
The League One club pulled out of an attempt to sign the former Wales international a few days later.
Greater Manchester Police said a formal complaint had been made, which officers were investigating.
Evans, 26, was release... | A sponsor of Oldham Athletic received a "threat to damage" while the club was working on a deal to sign convicted rapist Ched Evans, police have said. |
Text: He entered the shop carrying a bag at about 17:30 BST on Friday.
The man produced a handgun before demanding money and cigarettes off staff.
He then ran off along Prince William Way in the direction of McKeens Green.
Summary: | A man armed with a semi-automatic handgun has robbed a supermarket in Carrickfergus, County Antrim. |
Text: The grave containing the bodies of men, women and children was uncovered on the north-eastern edge of the city.
Some had been beheaded while others had been shot, a military source told AFP.
He said they were officers, soldiers, members of pro-regime militia and their relatives.
Twenty-four of the victims were ci... | Syrian troops have found a mass grave containing about 40 bodies in the city of Palmyra following its recapture from the Islamic State (IS) group, state news agency Sana reports. |
Text: Emergency services were alerted to an incident at Poulnasherry Bay at about 03:25 local time on Sunday, when four people working on oyster beds got into difficulty.
Valentia Coastguard said they were using tractors and trailers and got cut off from shore when the tide came in.
A boat rescued three of the people.
... | A search and rescue operation is taking place off the coast of Kilrush in County Clare, for a missing oyster fisherman. |
Text: Susan Finney, 39, from Coedpoeth, Wrexham, said she earned less than she actually did, and failed to declare she had a partner.
Finney pleaded guilty to making false representations and was given an eight-month suspended jail term.
Mold Crown Court heard it was the fourth time in eight years she had appeared for ... | A woman claimed £19,000 benefits for two non-existent children and for a real child who was not eligible. |
Text: A disciplinary tribunal found Dr Adam Osborne's behaviour "profoundly unacceptable" and ruled his fitness to practise had been impaired.
Dr Osborne, the brother of Chancellor George Osborne, started the relationship with the woman in 2011.
The tribunal chairman said his actions were not "easily remediable".
Dr Ni... | A psychiatrist faces being struck off from the medical profession after he had a two-year affair with his "vulnerable" patient. |
Text: The 25-year-old picked up the Marc-Vivien Foe trophy after finishing ahead of Algeria's Ryad Boudebouz (Montpellier) and Cameroon's Nations Cup winning captain Benjamin Moukandjo (Lorient).
The annual award is named in honour of Cameroon international Foe who died after collapsing on the pitch in 2003.
Seri is th... | Ivory Coast and Nice midfielder Jean Michael Seri has been named best African player in France's Ligue 1. |
Text: But it left interest rates unchanged.
The main US share indexes fell from earlier peaks with the Dow Jones still closing at record high up 96.49 points or 0.45% at 21,709.92.
The wider S&P 500 closed up 0.69 points or 0.03% at 2,477.82 while the tech-focused Nasdaq index ended 10.57 points or 0.16% ahead at 6,422... | The Federal Reserve signalled it could be ready to start unwinding its stimulus programme sooner than previously expected. |
Text: Child protection and rent arrears documents - showing names, addresses, and confidential information - were found on the Gauden Estate, Clapham.
Campaigners say the find could include files missing from a historical sexual abuse investigation, which they believe was "covered up".
Lambeth Council has moved the fil... | Hundreds of sensitive documents have been found in an unlocked London estate storage unit, the BBC has learned. |
Text: The move comes in a frontbench reshuffle following Malcolm Turnbull's conservative coalition's recent close-run election victory.
France won Australia's largest-ever defence contract in April beating rival bids from Japan and Germany.
The new defence industry minister, Christopher Pyne, will oversee the A$50bn (â... | Australia's prime minister has created a new ministerial position to deliver a major submarine fleet project. |
Text: Lauri Love, 30, of Stradishall in Suffolk, faces charges in the US of hacking into agencies including the US Army, Nasa and the US Federal Reserve.
The Met Police executed an extradition warrant, on behalf of the US, at his house on Ash Walk on Wednesday.
He appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court and was bail... | A British man accused of hacking into US government computer networks has been re-arrested by police in the UK. |
Text: Google said advertising sales for the first three months of 2015 were $15.5bn, an 11% increase from the same period a year earlier.
Total revenue also increased by 12% to $17.3bn, but like other US firms, the company was hurt by the strong dollar.
Shares in the firm rose more than 3% in trading after markets had ... | US technology giant Google reported a 4% increase in profits to $3.59bn (£2.38bn), as strong advertising sales helped boost the firm's bottom line. |
Text: Saturday night's concert in the eastern city of Olavarria turned dangerous after the crowd rushed towards the stage at the end of the performance.
Organisers said over 250,000 fans attended the concert by popular performer Indio Solari and his band - many more than initially expected.
The local mayor said the sit... | Two people have died, and several have been hurt, in a crush at a large open-air rock concert in Argentina. |
Text: The Inverness Whisky and Gin Festival has taken place over four days in the Highland capital.
Held at Bogbain, a 19th Century farm on the edge of Inverness, the event also involved fringe events in the city.
The festival, which ended on Saturday night, featured tasting sessions of rare malts, live music and cooke... | All images are copyrighted. |
Text: The midfielder injured a hamstring while playing for Arsenal in their opening-day Premier League defeat by Liverpool on 14 August.
He missed Wales' recent draws with Austria and Georgia as well as September's win over Moldova.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says the 25-year-old will miss "one or two" more games.
A... | Aaron Ramsey is set to return for Wales in their 2018 World Cup qualifier at home against Serbia on 12 November. |
Text: Downing Street said it would consider the letter from Shakira Damous, from Devon, who said her grandfather was the only present she wanted for Christmas.
Disabled Abdulkarim Damous, 76, is living in a park in Turkey after fleeing the civil war in Syria.
The family home in Idlib was taken over by the so-called Isl... | A 10-year-old girl has written to the prime minister pleading for her refugee grandfather to be allowed to come to England for Christmas. |
Text: Natural Resources Wales (NRW) said plans for the non-hazardous waste landfill earmarked for Parry's Quarry, near Alltami, could cause "significant odour" and "potentially contaminate groundwater".
An application for an environmental permit was also rejected last year.
Planning permission to open the site to landf... | An application for an environmental permit to run a landfill site at a Flintshire quarry has been rejected. |
Text: Francesco Schettino had handed himself in to the Rebibbia prison in Rome after the verdict, his lawyer said.
Schettino was sentenced in 2015 after a court found him guilty of manslaughter, causing a maritime accident and abandoning ship.
The cruise ship capsized after hitting rocks off the Tuscan island of Giglio... | Italy's highest court has upheld the 16-year jail sentence given to the captain of the Costa Concordia, which capsized in 2012 killing 32 people. |
Text: Norway's Consumer Council (NCC) said Fitbit, Jawbone, Garmin and Mio had broken local laws governing the handling of consumer data.
It said all four gathered too much data, did not say who saw it and failed to say how long it would be kept.
The complaint has been lodged with Norway's data protection authority.
Th... | Norway's consumer watchdog has filed a formal complaint about the privacy policies of four fitness wristband companies. |
Text: Street's wife says he died on 27 February at a hospital in Las Vegas after a short illness.
He sang with Temptations members Otis Williams and Melvin Franklin in the 1950s but didn't join the group until 1971.
As part of the group, Street had number of hits including the Grammy award-winning song, Papa Was a Roll... | Motown vocalist Richard Street, a member of the Temptations for 25 years, has died aged 70. |
Text: The vandals painted the words "We broke your hearts" in thick black letters on the "lenses" of the glasses.
The stainless steel installation, which is titled Perceiving Freedom, has caused controversy in South Africa.
Critics accuse the artist of seeking to benefit from the anti-apartheid icon's legacy and say th... | A sculpture of a pair of spectacles, inspired by Nelson Mandela, has been defaced by vandals in Cape Town. |
Text: It follows an increase in pressure at Middlesbrough's James Cook University Hospital - with up to 350 visitors a day, as opposed to an average of 300.
Some had only minor complaints such as coughs or colds - one had a paper cut.
People are being asked to look at other options, such as a walk-in centre, or a local... | Health bosses on Teesside have urged people not to attend the accident and emergency department unless it is really necessary. |
Text: Speaking in Brussels, he warned that the EU would not compromise on its insistence that freedom of movement will be a condition for Britain's access to the single market.
Mr Tusk will chair meetings of EU leaders negotiating Britain's exit from the 28-member bloc.
In a 52%-48% vote in June's referendum Britain de... | Britain's only real alternative to a "hard Brexit" is "no Brexit", European Council President Donald Tusk has said. |
Text: The 28-year-old American became only the second player in history to average a triple-double for an entire season.
He took the award over Houston Rockets guard James Harden and San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard.
Golden State forward Draymond Green was named the best defensive player after winning the NBA ti... | Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook has been named the NBA's Most Valuable Player of the 2016-17 season. |
Text: Matthew, 46, carded a four-under 68 that included six birdies and two bogeys at Rancho Mirage in California.
Ai Miyazato of Japan and Spain's Azahara Munoz share the lead on five under, one ahead of the Solheim Cup star, Shiho Oyama and Lee-Anne Pace.
England's Charley Hull is three behind, alongside Michelle Wie... | Scotland's Catriona Matthew is one shot off the lead after the opening round of the ANA Inspiration, the first women's major of the year. |
Text: The man allegedly behind the plot, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, is thought to have had links to people in Birmingham, the Wall Street Journal said.
The BBC's Frank Gardner said it was plausible there was social media contact with people in the UK.
West Midlands Police said it was working with counter-terrorism forces.
Ass... | The ringleader of last month's Paris terror attacks, which killed 130 people, is believed to have connections with the UK, it has been reported. |
Text: Gloucestershire looked in trouble at 157-5 before the pair came together.
But Marshall made 123 and fellow New Zealander Noema-Barnett struck 84 as the hosts finished on 336-5.
England's Moeen Ali (0-32), playing his first game for Worcestershire in 2016, failed to pick up a wicket.
Summary: | Hamish Marshall and Kieran Noema-Barnett shared an unbroken sixth-wicket stand of 179 to put Gloucestershire in a strong position on the first day against Worcestershire at Bristol. |
Text: DF Concerts repaid the money after confirming in November that the Strathallan Castle event would not take place this year.
It was given a £150,000 grant after the festival was forced to move from Balado in Kinross in 2015.
DF Concerts announced a three-day festival to be held in Glasgow in July in place of T in ... | T in the Park organisers have paid back £50,000 of a Scottish government grant awarded to help the festival relocate. |
Text: The competition currently features the 12 English Premiership clubs and the four Welsh regions.
But changes to rugby's calendar post-2019 would offer English rugby bosses the chance to invite Currie Cup teams into the developmental tournament.
The prospective competition would run during the international windows... | Premiership Rugby is investigating the possibility of introducing South African teams into the Anglo-Welsh Cup. |
Text: Nick Davies, a boat skipper with Gairloch-based Hebridean Whale Cruises, said he had witnessed the behaviour over the last five weeks.
He took his pictures off Tuimpan Head in Lewis.
Mr Davies said there had also been sightings of minke whales and hundreds of dolphins off Lewis and near Skye.
He added that the vi... | Humpback whales have been photographed breaching off the north east coast of Lewis in the Western Isles. |
Text: The 23-year-old admitted the Football Association charge and was also fined £700 and was warned about his conduct.
Manager Adam Murray said the club "did not, in any way, condone" the incident.
But he said Yussuf was guided by stewards and Argyle substitutes because the toilets were a fair distance away.
"We are ... | Mansfield Town's Adi Yussuf has been banned for five matches for urinating at the back of the stand while warming up during the League Two game against Plymouth Argyle last month. |
Text: The Foreign Affairs Committee said the service, which translates and analyses international news, is a "key source of information" for the Foreign Office.
A £4m shortfall means BBC Monitoring faces losing 40% of its staff in the UK and 20% abroad.
The Foreign Office said it "has confidence" in the current system ... | The government should restore its funding of BBC Monitoring, MPs have said. |
Text: Police had initially asked for help to trace Farrah Fadli, 29, McKenzie Scullion, 10, and Eva Kerr, 4.
They had been missing since about 11:00 on Wednesday, and officers were concerned for their welfare.
At about 19:15 on Friday Ms Fadli, who lives in Ayr and is also known as Farrah Gillespie, left the children w... | Police are continuing to search for a young mother after her children were dropped off at a friend's house. |
Text: Thomas Killen, 32, of North Lawn Court, Exeter, appeared before Plymouth Magistrates' Court via a videolink.
He was remanded in custody and is due to appear at Exeter Crown Court on Wednesday.
He is charged with the murder of 30-year-old James Woodhouse who was found at a bedsit in Okehampton Road on Monday 21 No... | A second man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a man whose body was found in a wheelie bin. |
Text: A woman was forced out of her red car on the Pinehill Road at about 11:00 GMT on Saturday.
Police said two males approached the woman and she was told to get out of the vehicle after the driver's window was smashed.
The car was later found burnt out in Manor Park in Lurgan, County Armagh.
A 14-year-old boy and a ... | A 14-year-old boy and a 21-year-old man have been arrested in connection with a vehicle hijacking in Dunmurry on the outskirts of Belfast. |
Text: Victoria McRae donned a plastic crown and popped the question before surprising the prince with a kiss at a Sydney Opera House event.
He responded with a coy smile and told his admirer that he would have to think about it.
Prince Harry has spent the last month with army units in Perth and Sydney.
It is not the fi... | Thousands have bid Prince Harry farewell as his Australian army secondment ends - including a woman who asked him to marry her. |
Text: The Seattle Aquarium in the US state of Washington said the sea otter Mishka started having trouble breathing when wildfires moved closer to the aquarium.
A veterinarian diagnosed Mishka with asthma after determining she was struggling to breathe by listening to her chest and taking her blood work.
Now Mishka is ... | A wheezy sea otter in Seattle has been diagnosed with asthma and is receiving a breathing boost from an inhaler. |
Text: The Nationwide Association of Blood Bikes last year responded to 39,000 requests for help from the NHS.
Volunteers work at night and at weekends delivering blood, samples, medical notes, donor breast milk or medical equipment between hospitals.
Northumbria branch chairman Peter Robertson said the service was "inv... | A charity which helps deliver blood and urgent medical supplies to hospitals needs more volunteers, it says. |
Text: It comes days after Italy's civil protection agency said it had found remains that could belong to the last two missing victims of the disaster.
All the remains have been sent for DNA testing.
The cruise ship ran aground and partially sank off Giglio island last year with the loss of 32 lives.
It was raised uprig... | Divers scouring the site of the Costa Concordia wreck off the coast of Italy have recovered what could be more human remains, officials say. |
Text: North was knocked out as Saints beat Wasps 52-30, the fourth time he has taken a blow to the head this season.
Northampton say the 22-year-old is being assessed and the club "will not be making any further statement yet".
Former Ireland international O'Driscoll said: "There should be no more rugby for George Nort... | Northampton and Wales wing George North should not play again this season, according to former World Rugby medical adviser Dr Barry O'Driscoll. |
Text: If approved, the £15m development of the Jersey company's King Street store and creation of a New Street store could be completed by 2017.
The current store, which covers 17,000 sq ft (1,600 sq m), is due to remain open during the work.
Neville Moore, managing director of the firm which employs 200 people, descri... | Plans to create 20,000 sq ft (1,850 sq m) of retail space in St Helier town centre have been unveiled by de Gruchy. |
Text: The world's second-biggest economy grew by 6.9% in 2015, compared with 7.3% a year earlier.
The numbers mark its slowest growth in a quarter of a century, but that did little to rock investor sentiment.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed up 2% at 19,635.81 points, while the mainland's Shanghai Composite wrapped t... | China's markets cheered the country's latest GDP numbers on Tuesday, which were in line with expectations. |
Text: The NHS Information Services Division analysed the 526 drug deaths in that year, the latest for which full figures are available.
They said 273 children lost a parental figure.
Almost half of females who died a drug-related death had children under 16, compared with about a third of males.
The fifth report from t... | More than a third (36%) of drug-death victims in 2013 were parents or parental figures, according to analysis of official figures. |
Text: The FTSE 100 dropped 1%, while Spain's Ibex fell 3.6% and the Dow Jones in New York closed down 1%.
Markets have been spooked by the rising dependence of Spain's banks, and its entire economy, on emergency ECB loans.
In bond markets, the Spanish government's 10-year cost of borrowing rose back towards 6% - a sign... | Stock markets have fallen in the US and Europe, led by bank shares, as worries over Spain re-emerged. |
Text: The recall covers certain Electra Glide, Ultra Limited, Police Electra Glide, Street Glide, Road Glide and Road King models from 2014 and 2015.
The bikes are being recalled because they could stay in gear due to clutches that won't fully disengage, AP reports.
A rider could lose control of a bike if it was starte... | Harley-Davidson is recalling nearly 46,000 motorcycles in the US due to clutch problems. |
Text: Platini, 57, said he would rather the money was spent on youth football.
"I prefer to put more money into youth football and infrastructure than spend it on technology when there's a goal in a blue moon that hasn't been seen by a referee," he said.
Platini added that he was happy with the five-man referee system,... | Uefa president Michel Platini says goal-line technology is too expensive for use in the Champions League. |
Text: Edinburgh Castle drew most visitors, with 1,568,508 people passing through.
The National Museum of Scotland in the capital was the top free attraction, with 1,567,310 visitors.
The others were Glasgow's Riverside Museum and Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, the Scottish National Gallery and St Giles' Cathedral ... | Seven Scottish tourist attractions recorded more than one million visitors last year, according to new research. |
Text: Plaid MP Jonathan Edwards claimed the draft Wales Bill showed "a lack of vision and ambition for Wales".
He accused Mr Crabb of "a back room Westminster stitch-up" for refusing to publish minutes of the process leading to the St David's Day agreement.
Mr Crabb said the parties had agreed to keep the discussions c... | Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb has rejected a Plaid Cymru request to reveal which political parties restricted further devolution. |
Text: The programme, broadcast on the History channel in the US, is a spin-off from the popular motoring series and not the version shown in the UK starring Matt LeBlanc and Chris Evans.
Presenter Rutlege Wood first announced the news on Facebook - and suggested the show could return on a new channel.
"I'm not saying T... | Top Gear USA has been cancelled, the BBC has confirmed. |
Text: Seamer Querl and off-spinner Taylor have both been reported on two separate occasions within a 12-month period and have undergone independent analysis.
They displayed elbow extensions in excess of the permitted 15 degrees.
The pair are suspended in county cricket until it is proved they have remedied their action... | The England and Wales Cricket Board has suspended Hampshire's Glenn Querl and Gloucestershire's Jack Taylor because of illegal bowling actions. |
Text: The deal marks the end of the long-running takeover battle for one of the largest car rental firms in the US.
The new partners said the deal would lead to "significant growth opportunities" and $160m of cost savings each year.
The deal has been approved unanimously by both boards but is still subject to regulator... | Car hire company Hertz has agreed a deal to buy rival Dollar Thrifty for $2.3bn (£1.5bn). |
Text: Later today, Royal Bank of Scotland is expected to say something broadly similar.
This will be a great relief to their shareholders, especially their biggest shareholder, the Treasury.
Because if these two had been forced to issue new equity, to sell new shares, that money might well have had to come from the sta... | Lloyds has said that following discussions with the banking regulator, the Prudential Regulation Authority, it does not need to sell new shares to boost its capital resources and enhance its ability to absorb future losses. |
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