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Text: "I intend to defend my integrity and my image as an athlete but also the values I have defended all my career," the Spaniard, 29, said in a statement.
Last month, former Minister for Health and Sport Bachelot said Nadal's seven-month absence in 2012 was "probably due to a positive doping test".
He says he had ten... | World number five Rafael Nadal has filed a lawsuit against former French government minister Roselyne Bachelot, who accused him of doping. |
Text: The Serbia Under-19 international curled home a 25-yard free-kick after seven minutes for the visitors.
Wes Baynes saw his free-kick brilliantly saved as George Horan also headed narrowly wide for the hosts.
A Meleg penalty put FK Vojvodina 2-0 up, before Michael Wilde's consolation effort in Rhyl.
Connah's Quay ... | A double from Dejan Meleg ended Gap Connah's Quay's Europa League hopes and sent FK Vojvodina into the third qualifying round 3-1 on aggregate. |
Text: Vernon, 32, had been without a club since being released by League One side Shrewsbury Town in May.
He scored three goals in 44 games for Shrewsbury after joining in 2014 following his release by Aberdeen.
The Mariners will be the eighth club for Vernon, who won the Scottish League Cup with the Dons in 2014.
Find... | League Two side Grimsby have signed striker Scott Vernon on a two-year contract following a successful trial spell at the club. |
Text: Allen, 25, has 18 months left on his current deal and says he is playing for his Anfield future.
Liverpool recently rejected an enquiry from Swansea City about re-signing their former midfielder on loan.
"I'm not sure he's going to get a bigger club than Liverpool, so why leave?" Houghton said.
"I think you've go... | Wales international Joe Allen should stay and fight for his place at Liverpool, former Reds midfielder Ray Houghton says. |
Text: In a statement, the singer said: "I would prefer my fans to hear completed versions of some of the songs instead of the incomplete tracks that are circulating.
She added: "Please consider these six songs as an early Christmas gift."
Rebel Heart is due out next year.
The decision to release the songs much earlier ... | Madonna has surprised fans by releasing six tracks from her new album after songs were leaked online. |
Text: Yr Ysgwrn, near Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd, houses the bard's National Eisteddfod chair, posthumously awarded at the annual Welsh cultural festival in 1917.
He died in action at Passchendaele, Belgium, six weeks before the festival.
Snowdonia National Park Authority said Yr Ysgwrn had inspired several of his most well-... | Plans to preserve the home of World War One poet Hedd Wyn and turn it into a heritage centre go on show on Saturday. |
Text: It follows the recent arrests of seven of the organisation's officials on charges of corruption, which means being dishonest in a position of power.
So who are Fifa and what do they do?
Fifa stands for (in French) Fédération Internationale de Football Association - or the International Federation of Association... | Sepp Blatter, the head of Fifa has announced he will be resigning. |
Text: Darren Topp has been appointed to lead the business, which counts the Duchess of Cambridge among its customers.
It also provided Theresa May with her signature leopard print kitten heels on her first day in Downing Street.
Mr Topp endured a difficult time at BHS as the department store disappeared from the High S... | The former boss of collapsed retailer BHS will take over as chief executive of fashion chain LK Bennett. |
Text: The 27-year-old's Eastern side were crowned Hong Kong Premier League champions courtesy of a 2-1 win over South China on Friday.
Chan, who took over from Yeung Ching-kwong in December with Eastern one point clear at the top of the table, has lost only once in 15 matches.
Eastern won the title - their first in 21 ... | Chan Yuen-ting has become the first woman to lead a professional men's football team to a top-flight title. |
Text: Government accountants are concerned about a lavish James Bond-themed party thrown for Sweden's spy agency, Sapo.
Sweden's Dagens Nyheter (DN) news website says the party for 1,000 Sapo staff in June last year featured casino tables, a gala dinner and big band.
But questions are being asked about the bill: 5.3m k... | Agent 007's expense account was not an issue when he had to save the world, but Sweden's would-be James Bonds are not in the same league. |
Text: The Glovers had the better of the first-half chances, as Wanderers keeper Ryan Allsop was forced into saves by Connor Roberts and Leroy Lita.
Wycombe improved after the break, Marcus Bean testing keeper Artur Krysiak with a volley from distance.
Aaron Pierre then had a header cleared off the line for the hosts, a... | Wycombe's hopes of a place in the League Two play-offs suffered a setback with a goalless draw against Yeovil. |
Text: They include some birds, mammals, insects and fish.
But the report also finds more positive trends for other species.
The State of Nature report 2016 assesses the health of Northern Ireland's habitats and species. It has been published to coincide with Environment Week.
A series of events is being held to raise a... | One-in-five species studied for a nature report is at risk of extinction in Ireland. |
Text: Morrow, 16, and her British team-mates earned a comprehensive 57-38 win over China in Rio on Tuesday evening.
Britain's victory sets up a semi-final against the USA on Thursday afternoon.
The British are aiming to clinch the country's first ever women's wheelchair basketball Paralympics medal.
Britain's win over ... | Ballymena teenager Katie Morrow remains on course for a Paralympics medal after helping Great Britain reach the women's wheelchair basketball team semi-finals. |
Text: Output fell by 0.9% in June compared with May.
Between April and June it fell by 0.7% compared with the first three months of the year.
The release mainly covers the period in the run up to the referendum, which was held on 23 June.
An influential survey released last week, the Markit/CIPS purchasing managers' in... | UK construction output has fallen in June but there is "little anecdotal evidence" to suggest that the referendum has had an impact, the Office for National Statistics says. |
Text: The city and county councils have jointly commissioned the £30,000 study in a bid to reduce air pollution.
If agreed, the zone could be introduced from 2020, starting small and expanding as technology develops.
The city centre has been a low emission zone since 2014, requiring all local bus services to use low-e... | A study looking into banning all petrol and diesel vehicles from the centre of Oxford has been launched. |
Text: The former Oasis star will be joined by electronic music band Hot Chip and former Brit Award winners Bastille, the organisers have revealed.
David Bowie Reimagined is also set to perform songs spanning the iconic singer's career.
The festival in the Italianate village of Portmeirion will mark its fifth birthday i... | Noel Gallagher has been named as one of the headline acts for this year's Festival No.6 in Gwynedd. |
Text: Downing Street said the award was in recognition of his service as an MP and, before that, in local government.
Mr Pickles was the major casualty of David Cameron's post-election reshuffle, leaving his post as Communities Secretary - a job he held throughout the coalition government.
The former leader of Bradford... | Ex-Conservative Cabinet minister Eric Pickles is to be given a knighthood. |
Text: The 27-year-old left the Blues to play for French Top 14 side Toulon in 2014 and is out of contract in the summer.
Halfpenny said he was "weighing up his options" after Toulon beat Scarlets in the European Champions Cup on Sunday.
"We've been in conversation with Leigh's representatives for some time now," Hollan... | Cardiff Blues have offered full-back Leigh Halfpenny a deal to bring him back to Wales, the Welsh region's chief executive Richard Holland says. |
Text: The privilege was granted in 1989 to all who worked on a computer for more than five hours a day.
However, Reform Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, speaking on Greek TV, said the custom "belonged to another era",
The decision comes as part of the government's reform of the public sector in a bid to meet bailout terms... | The Greek authorities have scrapped six days of extra holiday awarded to civil servants for using computers, as part of its austerity drive. |
Text: Thousands of football fans were watching a live relay of Juventus' Champions League final against Real Madrid in Cardiff when a bang was heard and rumours of an explosion spread.
At least seven people, including a seven-year-old child, were seriously hurt, local media say.
Real defeated Juventus 4-1.
It is the 12... | About 1,500 people were injured in the Italian city of Turin after a firecracker provoked a stampede on Saturday night, police say. |
Text: Police said the boys, who are all aged 16 or younger, suffered significant adverse effects from consuming the "potent" pills.
The first was admitted to Borders General Hospital in Melrose suffering from severe sedation on Tuesday.
Over subsequent days, another seven boys have been treated.
Police have issued a dr... | Eight teenagers have been treated in hospital after apparently taking an unidentified pink tablet. |
Text: One in two women and one in five men over the age of 50 suffer such fractures, says the National Osteoporosis Society.
Usually, no symptoms precede the first fracture, often caused by a minor fall.
And the charity found a fifth of female patients surveyed had not been diagnosed with the condition until they had h... | Bone fractures caused by osteoporosis occur once every two minutes in the UK among the over-50s, figures reveal. |
Text: The United Party for National Development alleges the poll on 11 August was rigged and wants a recount.
Mr Lungu was due to be sworn in next Tuesday after securing 50.35% of the vote, avoiding a second round.
But according to Zambia's constitution, any inauguration has to be delayed until the Constitutional Court... | The main opposition party in Zambia has filed a court petition against the re-election of President Edgar Lungu. |
Text: It followed problems on previous trips with reports of people on the tracks.
The force said it had dealt with only eight people on its tour of the Borders Railway and the Fife Circle.
Four were found on the line between South Gyle and Dalmeny stations at about 20:15 on Sunday and a further four near Glenrothes a ... | British Transport Police have praised the public for heeding safety warnings about trespassing on the line during the Flying Scotsman's visit. |
Text: Hannah Bladon, 20, was attacked as she was travelling on a light rail train near the Old City, in Israel, on Good Friday.
Jamil Tamimi, 57, faces a charge of intentional murder over the attack on the University of Birmingham student.
The Derby County fan had been taking part in an exchange programme at the Hebrew... | A Palestinian man has been charged with the murder of a British student who was stabbed to death in Jerusalem. |
Text: The object, believed to be a quadcopter, came within 25m (82ft) of the AT72 coming in to land at Southend airport on 30 May.
A recently-issued report by the UK Airprox Board said the risk of collision was assessed as "high".
Police were contacted but the drone's operator could not be found.
The report said the pl... | A drone came close to colliding with a passenger plane when it was "deliberately" flown close to the aircraft, a report has said. |
Text: The design work for the centre, at Ddole Road in Llandrindod Wells, is complete and the council is looking to appoint a construction company.
The unit will be able to house thousands of records, with documents dating from 1318 to the present day.
The work is due to be completed next summer, to open early autumn.
... | Plans for a £1.7m archives and modern records centre are nearly complete following funding approval from Powys council. |
Text: The University of Melbourne's Dr Ronelle Welton examined hospital admissions data and coronial records.
From 2000 to 2013, horses were responsible for 74 deaths.
Bees and other stinging insects were the next most dangerous, causing 27 deaths, followed by snakes, which also claimed 27 lives but landed fewer people... | Horses killed more people in Australia in recent years than all venomous animals combined, research has shown. |
Text: 20 February 2016 Last updated at 14:14 GMT
The rocket, called 'Unity', is the latest version of the Virgin Galactic Spaceship.
It will carry six passengers, and is designed to travel nearly 100 kilometres up into space.
700 people have already signed up for a trip, even though it's not yet been announced when the... | A new rocket that will be the first ever to take tourists up into space, has been unveiled in California, USA. |
Text: Production rose by 5.4% in January and February - the worst since 2008.
China is trying to refocus its economy from investment and export-led growth to consumer spending.
UK finance minister George Osborne said China's slowdown is one of a "dangerous cocktail of risks" hampering recovery from the 2008 financial c... | China's industrial output has slowed to its weakest growth since the financial crisis, prompting concerns over the global recovery. |
Text: Argyle average two points per game on the road, the best in League Two, despite having the furthest to travel.
On Tuesday the Devon club wore their away kit in a home match at Home Park, but were beaten 3-0 by Blackpool.
"We're probably too open at home in some games, against opponents our fans feel we should bea... | Plymouth manager Derek Adams has called on his side to put in "away performances" at home, after losing three of their past four at Home Park. |
Text: And in his quest to do so Mr Abe, who won a return to office as Japan's prime minister in December, has launched one of the most aggressive policy moves in Japan's history.
Such has been the scale of his plan, that observers have even named it after him, calling it "Abenomics".
It is based on three key pillars - ... | Shinzo Abe has a mission - that of reviving the Japanese economy, which has been stagnant for two decades. |
Text: Simon Donohoe netted for Wexford but impressive finishing from Sean Quigley and Tomas Corrigan gave the Erne side a 0-10 to 1-6 lead at half-time.
Fermanagh's Richard O'Callaghan was black-carded but the visitors surged clear midway through the second half at Wexford Park to secure victory.
Corrigan added six sec... | Fermanagh have progressed to the All-Ireland qualifiers second round thanks to a 0-19 to 1-11 win over Wexford. |
Text: Under takeover rules, AB InBev has until 14 October to make a firm offer.
The New York Post is reporting that SAB's management is "leaning towards fighting" the expected offer.
Its shares closed down 3.8% in London, but that is a small proportion of the amount they have risen since AB InBev's interest was reveale... | Brewer SABMiller's shares have fallen after reports that it is likely to reject an offer from rival Anheuser-Busch InBev. |
Text: Emergency services had to help bring the flood under control and prevent it spilling into underground car parks.
Those responsible said they belonged to the militant group the Regional Action Committee of Winemakers (Crav), France 3 reported.
Crav has been alarmed by cheap imports and has claimed previous attacks... | A protest group has cracked open vats of wine in a southern French town, sending thousands of litres into the streets, local media have reported. |
Text: Police were inundated with reports of people having their windows smashed and tyres slashed in Leicester and villages in the Wreake Valley.
Detectives, who said nothing was stolen from the vehicles, have appealed for more people to report Monday's damage.
The men, aged 18, 19, 20, 21 and 23, were arrested on susp... | Five men have been arrested after 67 vehicles were vandalised in one morning across Leicestershire. |
Text: The 30-year-old was held in the city's Piccadilly Gardens on Friday evening, Greater Manchester Police said.
He was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and possession of cannabis.
GMP said officers dealt with about 600 incidents on Friday night as thousands celebrated the festive season in what has come to b... | A man was arrested after a police car was daubed in graffiti in Manchester city centre. |
Text: A 32-year-old man was arrested after he spent the night in Worting Road Cemetery and was found with the ceramic image in his possession.
Police have not been able to locate the grave it belongs to and said the theft would "undoubtedly" have "caused tremendous distress" to the family.
Releasing the photo of the ba... | The family of a baby whose photograph was stolen from a grave in Basingstoke is being sought by police. |
Text: Angus Carpenter, 62, has played the Scottish instrument in Liverpool city centre for more than 30 years, usually dressed in kilt and piper's regalia.
Liverpool Crown Court heard he gave the impression he was collecting for charity three times in 2015.
He denied three charges of fraud and told the court he was bus... | A bagpiping busker used a Hillsborough charity banner to dupe big-hearted Scousers into handing over money, a court has heard. |
Text: Inspectors said some pupils' progress at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School (QEGS) in Blackburn was poor, not least in Key Stage 2 and the sixth form.
QEGS changed from a private fee-paying school to a free school in 2014, bringing it under Ofsted regulation.
However, inspectors highlighted effective leadership, wh... | A 500-year-old former private school has been told it "requires improvement" after its first Ofsted inspection. |
Text: The 28-year-old has taken 32 wickets in all formats so far this season.
"Toby is an outstanding cricketer who has become one of the leading domestic players in the country," managing director of cricket Angus Fraser said.
"There are very few, if any, better bowlers than him who are yet to play international crick... | Middlesex pace bowler Toby Roland-Jones has signed a new deal with the club, which will keep him at Lord's until the end of the 2019 season. |
Text: 'The Meet' will be held on 21 July 2018 and involve running, jumping, hurdles and relay events.
The US topped the medal table at August's World Championships, with Britain in sixth place.
"We have a great sporting rivalry and look forward to seeing which nation comes out strongest," said Adam Gemili.
The British ... | Britain's best athletes will take on their US counterparts in a new two-hour competition at the London Stadium next year. |
Text: The Great British Public Toilet Map has charted the number of publicly accessible toilets across the UK to coincide with World Toilet day.
Flintshire came bottom of the survey, along with five other councils.
Critics argued this is a "public health issue," but the council said it promotes toilets in places like l... | There are just four public toilets in Flintshire, a survey has revealed - one for roughly every 38,000 residents. |
Text: A warning was issued last month after the government installed a new FA president.
The suspension means that Sudan's three clubs in continental tournaments have been disqualified by the Confederation of African Football.
Al Hilal and Al Merreikh have been barred from the Champions League and Al Hilal Obeid from t... | Football's world governing body Fifa has banned Sudan because of government interference in the sport. |
Text: The Tiger Moth came down east of Compton Abbas Airfield near Shaftesbury at 09.28 BST, police said.
The pilot, aged 64 from Blandford, and the passenger, aged 67, from Shaftesbury, were killed in the crash.
Dorset Police identified the plane as a Tiger Moth and the Air Accident Investigation Branch has sent a tea... | Two people have died in a light aircraft crash near an airfield in Dorset. |
Text: Wales winger George North will not play again this month on the advice of a neurologist after suffering four head injuries in the last five months.
Owens suggests tackling technique and head protection are areas to explore.
"It is a contact game and unfortunately some serious injuries happen," said Owens, who has... | Rugby union referee Nigel Owens says the sport must "do everything" it can to limit serious injuries. |
Text: The episodes are believed to have been uploaded to file-sharing sites across the net after US media firm Netflix refused to pay a ransom.
The shows were due to be released officially from 9 June onwards.
The hacker who stole the episodes said they had also managed to steal series from other broadcasters including... | A malicious hacker has reportedly released 10 episodes of the new series of TV show 'Orange is the New Black'. |
Text: The blaze started at the detached building in Drivers End in Codicote, near Welwyn, during the morning.
There was another fire at the building 20 years ago, after which fire-proof foil was placed under the thatch, which is protecting the main building.
More than 15 fire engines and support vehicles were called to... | A major fire has been burning in the thatched roof of a large property in Hertfordshire. |
Text: Extremely dry conditions mean the weeds pile up each day outside a row of homes at Wangaratta, in Victoria's northeast.
Frustrated residents are forced to clear out the weeds for several hours every day, with piles of hairy panic at times reaching roof height.
A nearby farmer is being blamed for failing to tend t... | A fast-growing tumbleweed called "hairy panic" is clogging up homes in a small Australian town. |
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The site is believed to contain thousands of copies of a video game called ET The Extra-Terrestrial.
A company called Atari made the game in 1982 but it was a flop and is famously thought of as one of the worst video games ever m... | A massive video game burial site has been discovered in New Mexico, USA. |
Text: Burglars broke into the ATM next to the Express store in St Mary's Street, Southampton, on Sunday afternoon.
They entered through the store's roof, police said, and would have needed to make several trips.
Two men carrying large blue bags were seen running across the rooftop at about 14:40 BST. They fled the scen... | Raiders stole £86,000 from a cash machine attached to a Tesco branch while the shop was open. |
Text: You can watch the cross country on BBC Red Button, Connected TVs and the BBC Sport website and app, plus highlights on BBC Two on Sunday 3 September.
Oliver Townend, Nicola Wilson and Tina Cook, part of GB's European gold medal winning team, will all be at Burghley, as will fellow Britons Piggy French and Gemma T... | BBC Sport will have live coverage of the Burghley Horse Trials on Saturday, 2 September. |
Text: Unsubstantiated allegations say Russia has embarrassing information about him.
Without referring to the stories, the president-elect tweeted: "FAKE NEWS - A TOTAL POLITICAL WITCH HUNT!"
Mr Trump is due to hold a news conference on Wednesday, nine days before he takes office.
It was meant to be about his attempts ... | Donald Trump has decried as a "political witch hunt" US media reports that Russian intelligence agencies have obtained personally compromising material related to him. |
Text: Magistrates ruled that Jon Platt had no case to answer as, overall, his daughter had attended school regularly.
Campaigners say the case could redefine the way the law is applied in England.
People have taken to social media to comment on the result of the case.
Joe Niinemae suggested parents of children with po... | The news that a father has won a High Court ruling for taking his child on holiday during term-time has led to a huge response on social media. |
Text: Rafik Yousef, who was born in Iraq, had previously been jailed for involvement in a plot to kill Iraq's former prime minister Iyad Allawi in Berlin in 2004.
The policewoman, 44, was also shot in the exchange. Her condition is described as serious but stable.
Officials said Yousef should have been wearing an elect... | Police in Berlin have shot dead an Islamist who stabbed and seriously injured a policewoman. |
Text: News site TorrentFreak found some sites had uploaded videos that did not show up on YouTube, but could be viewed on third-party websites.
The exploit allows a website to host its video library for free, using Google's server space and bandwidth.
YouTube told the BBC its policies "prohibit sexually explicit conten... | Adult video websites appear to be exploiting a YouTube loophole to host explicit material on the platform. |
Text: FanDuel had to stop operating in the state in November after regulators ruled fantasy sports firms' activities amounted to illegal gambling.
The company also faced legal hurdles in a number of other states.
FanDuel later warned it may not be able to continue as a going concern due to legal obstacles in the US.
Ho... | A Scottish tech firm is to resume its daily fantasy sports operations in New York, after a bill legalising the activity was signed into law. |
Text: Many of the 260,000 population were left homeless after winds reaching 185mph (300km/h) ravaged the island nation last month.
The International Development Committee (IDC) will donate £25,000 to UNICEF and £10,000 to Oxfam.
During the category five cyclone, 96% of food crops were destroyed.
The Committee is also ... | The Isle of Man has pledged £35,000 to provide emergency disaster relief to the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu in the aftermath of Cyclone Pam. |
Text: About 150,000 people are expected to attend the annual fireworks display on the banks of the River Thames.
Clouds of apple and cherry mist and peach snow will be released into the air and people will also get scratch 'n' sniff programmes and fruit sweets.
The mayor said it was among the world's "most dazzling fir... | Revellers celebrating the New Year in central London will be able to "taste" the atmosphere with flavoured mist, "snow" and confetti released. |
Text: The 39-year-old did not play for the Dons after signing from Hearts in a predominately coaching capacity last summer, but impressed on trial.
Manager David Hopkin told Livingston's website: "I have been chasing Neil for close to two months now.
"He will be fantastic for us, of that I have no doubt."
Alexander, wh... | Former Scotland goalkeeper Neil Alexander has returned to Livingston for a second spell after being released by Aberdeen. |
Text: Laurence (Larry) and Martina Hayes from County Westmeath were among 38 people killed when a gunman opened fire at a beach resort in Sousse last Friday.
The other Irish victim was mother-of-two Lorna Carty, from County Meath. She will be buried on Saturday.
A minute's silence is being held across the UK at noon to... | The funeral for two of the three Irish victims of last Friday's terror attack in Tunisia is due to take place later. |
Text: Trojan Electronics Ltd, which works in manufacturing, repair and e-commerce, is bringing its existing seven sites under one roof in Swansea.
Part of the money has come from the Welsh government, with the remainder from the Santander group.
Trojan said the move would help safeguard an existing 110 jobs.
Summary: | A Swansea electronics company is to move to new premises and create 118 jobs by 2018 after securing £2.5m in funding, it has announced. |
Text: At about 02:20 BST on Sunday, it was reported that shots had been fired at the windows of an unoccupied house in the Fort View area.
Police said a red Honda Accord car, believed to have been involved in the incident, was found burnt out on the Lisnevenagh Road, a short time later.
PSNI chief Inspector Natalie Wil... | A number of shots have been fired at a house on the outskirts of Ballymena, County Antrim. |
Text: Jacqui Thompson was arrested in 2011 for filming a Carmarthenshire council meeting and sued Mark James for libel.
He counter-sued for posts made on her blog and received £25,000 in damages.
Carmarthen County Court imposed a suspended possession order on Thursday where her Llanwrda house will be sold if she does n... | A blogger who launched a "campaign of harassment" against a council chief executive faces losing her house if she fails to pay £25,000 damages to him. |
Text: His mother agreed for relatives of her ex-boyfriend to become her son's guardians when she gave birth aged 17.
The man who the boy now looks on as his father is currently serving a lengthy prison sentence for drugs trafficking, the High Court heard.
Two of the man's sons have also been jailed for drug dealing.
Th... | A judge has ordered an investigation into whether a six-year-old living with the family of convicted drug dealers should be returned to his mother. |
Text: Bridgford Hall, in West Bridgford, has been offered as a 125 year lease by its owners Rushcliffe Borough Council.
It currently houses the register office but the council said it was open to all offers.
Deadline for businesses to express an interest in running the venue ended on Friday and a public consultation on... | A Grade II listed Nottinghamshire wedding venue is facing an uncertain future as its lease is put up for sale. |
Text: The photo, which labels the school "the place of sleeping teachers", has been shared widely on social media.
Willenhall E-ACT Academy was rated "inadequate" in an Ofsted report in March and teachers have been striking over management throughout July.
The academy said the teacher in the photo is from an external a... | An agency teacher has been photographed supposedly asleep at a school where pupils threw food at Ofsted inspectors. |
Text: Gwynedd gang boss Paul Williams, 40, was jailed for 19 years at Caernarfon Crown Court on Wednesday with others sentenced on Thursday and Friday.
He used a secret phone while in prison to maintain control, the court heard.
North Wales Police said they monitored thousands of calls on over 100 mobile phones to crac... | One of the "biggest criminal enterprises" ever seen in north Wales has been dismantled with 29 members of a drugs gang sentenced by a judge. |
Text: "There was no major change in him the day after we lost 7-1 at Norwich to when we won 3-1 at Aston Villa," the Wales international said.
"He's never massively high or massively down, he just creates a constant message and as a player, that's great."
Third-placed Reading face Gunter's ex-club Nottingham Forest on ... | Reading defender Chris Gunter believes Jaap Stam's consistent approach in management has helped to maintain their Championship play-off push. |
Text: The programme was filmed in a reconstruction of a 1700s township at the Highland Folk Museum in Newtonmore.
The museum's Outlander Day on 5 September will hold demonstrations of weaving, cooking and wood turning as well as talks about the period.
There will also be a reconstruction of a British Army red coats' ca... | A museum where scenes for the Outlander TV series were shot is to hold its first day dedicated to the show and the books it is based on. |
Text: The breastfeeding stations would include breast pumps for expressing milk and fridges.
The bill also states that employers must give time for women to breastfeed.
Rachel Nyamai, the MP who proposed the bill, said it will help women work and at the same time improve children's health.
Africa Live: BBC news updates... | Kenya's parliament has approved a bill which would force companies to set aside special breastfeeding areas for employees with children. |
Text: Alibaba is the world's largest online marketplace while Suning is a China-wide chain of electronics stores.
Alibaba's shares rose more than 2% overnight on Wall Street while stocks in Shenzhen-listed Suning surged to the maximum 10% limit on Tuesday.
The firms plan to link their online and offline models, so cust... | Alibaba and Suning stocks jumped on news the Chinese online giant will take a major stake in the offline retailer. |
Text: The leather shoes were found in rubbish pits along with some pottery and bottles, the National Trust said.
Further pieces of leather were recovered, and experts believe this shows the Quarry Bank gardener had moonlighted as a cobbler.
The Upper Gardens project reopens next month.
Initially it was thought the shoe... | Archaeologists working on restoring the Upper Gardens at Quarry Bank in Styal, Cheshire have found children's shoes buried in the dirt. |
Text: Muhammadu Buhari swept to a historic election victory in March 2015, becoming the first opposition candidate to win a Nigerian presidential poll.
A former military ruler, Mr Buhari defeated incumbent Goodluck Jonathan by three million votes.
Mr Jonathan's People's Democratic Party had dominated Nigerian politics ... | President: Muhammadu Buhari |
Text: The six remaining high-rise blocks will be brought down in a one-off demolition.
Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) said a single blowdown would be less disruptive to local residents.
An earlier plan to demolish five of the buildings as part of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in 2014 was abandoned followin... | The last of Glasgow's Red Road flats will be blown up by controlled explosion later this year. |
Text: Caroline Wilcock grew up by an asbestos plant in Bowburn, County Durham.
Now living in London, she said: "I feel I had a responsibility to the community I grew up in to pursue my claim."
Cape Intermediate Holdings Plc - previously known as The Cape Asbestos Company - settled out of court.
Miss Wilcock's claim sta... | A woman who has terminal cancer after making asbestos "snowballs" with dust from a local factory as a child has received a "substantial" payment from its parent company. |
Text: The Manchester United midfielder's management company put the matter into the hands of their German-based lawyers earlier this week.
The dolls, named 'World War II Army Supply Duty - Bastian', are made in China by Dragon in Dream.
The company told German paper Bild any resemblance was "purely coincidental".
"We d... | Bastian Schweinsteiger is considering taking legal action against a Hong Kong company making Nazi dolls that bear a striking resemblance to him. |
Text: Francis McCabe Jr sustained injuries to his face and chest in the explosion on Corliss Road, close to his home, on 25 February.
At the time, it was reported that he was trying to remove a poster from a lamp post when the bomb detonated.
The poster claimed another person was a security forces informer or "tout".
T... | A man who was seriously injured in a booby-trap bomb in Crossmaglen, County Armagh, in February has been blinded in one eye as a result of the explosion. |
Text: The incident happened in Burren Meadows in Newcastle at about 03:30 GMT.
The house was occupied at the time and damage was caused to a window in the property and a car.
Police said they were trying to establish a motive for the shooting and have appealed for information.
Summary: | Two shots have been fired at a house in County Down. |
Text: The 28-year-old Welshman saw the verdict of three judges go in Chicago-based Polish fighter Fonfara's favour.
Cleverly suffered a broken nose in the WBC International light heavyweight title bout, which both men saw as a step towards bigger things.
Promoter Eddie Hearn said: "On the way to hospital. Broken nose a... | Nathan Cleverly's bid to earn a world title fight took a blow after a points defeat by Andrzej Fonfara in Chicago. |
Text: The Sauchiehall Street building was taken over by the Willow Tea Rooms Trust in 2014 and is being refurbished.
The Willow Tea Rooms inside was a separate business and had to relocate.
Its owner, Anne Mulhern, chose to recreate the Tea Rooms, which she has run since 1983, inside the nearby Watt Brothers store.
The... | Glasgow's Willow Tea Rooms has reopened at Watt brothers department store after leaving its former home in a Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed building. |
Text: Ray Roberts, from Margate, Kent, was a passenger in the twin-seat aircraft as part of the celebrations at Biggin Hill Airport.
The airport played a pivotal role in the Battle of Britain when it served as one of the principal fighter bases.
Fellow centenarians Lily Osborne and Trudy Baxter flew behind in a Learjet... | A 100-year-old former RAF pilot has flown in a Spitfire to mark the centenary of a famous wartime airbase. |
Text: Figures from the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery showed the unit at University Hospital of Wales (UHW) had a survival rate of 98.67%.
It was placed with Southampton and Papworth as the three best-performing.
The figures, from April 2011 to March 2014, suggest Morriston Hospital, Swansea, was ranked sixth out o... | A cardiac unit in a Cardiff hospital has been rated among the best in the UK for surgery survival rates. |
Text: John Norwood was cleared of the attempted murder of Lance Sergeant James Warnock.
The jury at Winchester Crown Court is still considering alternative charges of wounding with intent and attempting to wound with intent.
L/Sgt Warnock suffered wounds to his shoulder, hands and wrist after being allegedly attacked b... | An Army sergeant has been found not guilty of trying to kill a fellow soldier with a machete. |
Text: Assistant manager Gary Waddock, head of player recruitment Andy Melville and first-team coach Paul Hardyman have also left their positions at the club.
Dan Butler, Ben Chorley, Tom Craddock, Joe Devera, Danny East, Wes Fogden, Nicky Shorey, Bradley Tarbuck and Ryan Taylor are leaving the League Two side.
Midfield... | Portsmouth have released nine players, but defender Adam Webster has been offered a new deal at Fratton Park. |
Text: Seattle Police Department has revealed a suspect was captured after the BMW was traced and the car maker locked its doors remotely.
The man was found asleep in the BMW 5 Series, parked in an alley with the engine running.
The car was taken after a key fob was mistakenly left inside it.
Technology installed in the... | An alleged car thief was arrested after he was remotely locked inside a stolen vehicle. |
Text: The double Olympic champion defended his World Championships 5,000m and 10,000m titles in Beijing in August.
His involvement next March in Wales would be a major coup for the event, which will be held over the same course as this Sunday's Cardiff Half-Marathon.
"We've got a really good dialogue with Mo Farah," sa... | Organisers of the 2016 World Half-Marathon Championships in Cardiff are in talks with Mo Farah to participate. |
Text: Steven Smeaton was found dead in the city's Forester Street early on 7 September. He is thought to have fallen from a window of a top-floor flat.
The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner's (PIRC) investigation will focus on the police's response to an earlier disturbance.
The case was referred to the com... | The police watchdog has launched an investigation following the death of a 33-year-old man in Dundee. |
Text: The ad showed Willis complaining about the speed of his current provider, with a character telling him to "try Sky Broadband, it's totally unlimited".
A voice-over then said the service was £7.50 a month, however on-screen text stated the deal was only for existing Sky TV customers.
The Advertising Standards Auth... | A TV advert for Sky broadband featuring Die Hard star Bruce Willis has been banned for being misleading. |
Text: The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) said only one teacher in 10 of those surveyed supported the proposal.
The new timetable would mean schools finishing earlier on two days a week, though officials say the number of teaching hours would not be reduced.
Dundee City Council said it would "look carefully" at... | Hundreds of secondary school teachers in Dundee are opposed to council plans to introduce a 33-period week, a teaching union has said. |
Text: Conradh na Gaeilge said a strategy was included in the St Andrews Agreement and in the programme for government.
The court was told that more than 10 years later there is still no strategy in place for the Irish language.
A lawyer for the Northern Ireland Executive argued that there was no government inertia nor ... | High Court action is being brought by an Irish language group over what it claims is the executive's failure to adopt an Irish language strategy. |
Text: A lacklustre Murray lost to Canadian world number 129 Vasek Pospisil in the second round at Indian Wells last week.
The 29-year-old Briton, who won in Florida in 2009 and 2013, said: "The focus is on getting ready for the clay-court season. Apologies to the fans, it's one of my favourite tournaments."
The Briton ... | World number one Andy Murray has pulled out of next week's Miami Open because of an injury to his right elbow. |
Text: The German exchange is concerned that the threshold could be hard to reach without its index fund shareholders.
They hold up to 15% of its shares but will not be able to accept the offer until the minimum level of acceptances has already been reached.
The merger has already been backed overwhelmingly by LSE share... | Deutsche Boerse says it is considering lowering the approval threshold for its proposed merger with the London Stock Exchange (LSE) from 75%. |
Text: Calum Gallagher's volley gave the Championship side an early lead in Paisley.
Gallagher then set up Stephen Mallan to drive in the Buddies' second midway through the first half.
Scott Agnew stroked home St Mirren's third before the break and League One Dunfermline fell further behind late on when Mallan crashed i... | St Mirren progressed to the semi-finals of the Scottish Challenge Cup with a comfortable win over Dunfermline. |
Text: Nicknamed John Coe, the male orca can be indentified by a notch on its dorsal fin.
The injury to its tail was spotted during a survey by the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust (HWDT).
The trust said consultations with experts suggested that it was "almost certainly" caused by a shark.
John Coe is one of a small co... | A shark has been suspected of biting a chunk out of the tail fluke of a killer whale well-known to whale and dolphin watchers in Scotland. |
Text: Metrolink tickets are set to rise by an average of 6% next year, with some fares rising by 7.3%.
The Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority said fares had been frozen for the past two years, and trams and track had been improved.
But local MPs Graham Stringer and Tony Lloyd said the rise was "unjustifi... | Transport bosses in Greater Manchester are being urged to reconsider plans to increase tram fares by twice the rate of inflation. |
Text: Local officials said President Macky Sall had asked Ms Toure to stand down, after less than a year in office.
Ms Toure's Alliance for the Republic (APR) was defeated in key cities, according to preliminary results.
Discontent over economic policies contributed to the party's poor results, correspondents say.
"She... | Senegalese Prime Minister Aminata Toure has been sacked after her ruling party's poor results in local elections last Sunday. |
Text: James Richardson's body was found near Forteviot on 12 July.
The Police Investigation and Review Commissioner (Pirc) has launched an inquiry.
Its investigation will focus on the initial police response following a report of concern made about the 29-year-old's welfare.
Mr Richardson, who was from Wishaw, North La... | Police have carried out roadside searches as part of an investigation into the discovery of a missing man's body in Perthshire. |
Text: The accident, on the A140 at Roughton at about 07:25 GMT, was one of 12 police dealt with earlier.
Some of the vehicles collided while others skidded off the road, Norfolk Police said.
The road was closed between the B1436 Thorpe Market Road junction and the White Post Road junction but reopened just after 12:20 ... | A 12-vehicle crash in foggy conditions on an icy road has left one person injured in Norfolk. |
Text: The 25-year-old, who operates mostly at centre-back, had been on trial with the League One side and has featured in a number of pre-season games.
He has also represented the Army in football, playing in May as they beat the RAF and the Royal Navy to retain the Inter Services Football title.
"I have enjoyed my tim... | Bristol Rovers have signed former Hayes & Yeading defender Tom Broadbent on an undisclosed-length deal. |
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