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Text: In the six months to June, net income fell by 11% from a year earlier to 1.07bn yuan (£123m; $160m), its weakest first-half profit since 2012.
An economic slowdown has hit consumer spending in China and beers sales were also dampened by unfavourable weather including severe flooding.
Tsingtao also faced rising c... | Tsingtao Brewery, China's second-biggest beer maker, has reported a sharp fall in profits. |
Text: The workers are stuck in the lamp room, buried under tonnes of rubble which fell after a building collapsed into the mine on Friday.
The rescue team says they have got a response to tapping sounds that they made from above.
This had given the mine owners "immense hope" that the workers are still alive.
Africa Liv... | There are signs that the three people trapped in a South African gold mine following an accident last week are still alive, rescuers say. |
Text: Helena Happell, 41, and her co-accused Mary Hawthorn, 32, allegedly attempted to kill Lorretta Happell on Friday.
The incident is said to have taken place at a property on Great Western Road, Glasgow.
Both women appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court where they made no plea or declaration and were remanded in custody.... | A woman has appeared in court charged with attempting to murder her mother with the help of another woman. |
Text: The first service set out on Saturday from the the capital Phnom Penh for the tourist areas of the south-west coast.
The service, which will run only on weekends, had a VIP on board - the veteran Prime Minister, Hun Sen.
"The train and railway were almost totally destroyed by war more than 40 years ago," he wrote... | Cambodia has restarted passenger train services on one route after a gap of some 14 years. |
Text: Lib Dem MP Mark Williams will now introduce a bill to devolve the power.
He said it was time Wales was given the say that Scotland gained over St Andrew's Day nearly a decade ago.
"It should be within the spirit of the devolution settlement that Wales, like Scotland and Northern Ireland, has the same powers to de... | MPs have backed a call to allow the assembly to make St David's Day a national holiday in Wales. |
Text: Local police inspector Hemant Nimbalkar said the arrests were made after several video clips were shared online showing women being attacked by men.
Police initially played down reports of sex attacks, saying they had received no official complaints.
But after viewing CCTV police officials admitted there was "cre... | At least six people have been arrested over the sexual molestation of women during New Year's Eve celebrations in the Indian city of Bangalore. |
Text: Officers found a 40-year-old man and the child with serious injuries at Whitecross, near Polruan, at 11:45 BST.
The man was treated by medics but died at the scene and the young girl was flown to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth with internal injuries.
Police are not looking for anyone else in connection with the i... | A man has died and a young girl has been airlifted to hospital following an incident in a Cornwall hamlet. |
Text: The Rams conceded an injury-time equaliser at Pride Park on Tuesday, meaning they have won just once in eight games and are 10 points adrift of the Championship play-off places.
"We failed to keep the ball and were just lumping it forward," McClaren told BBC Radio Derby.
"We didn't manage the game very well. We h... | Manager Steve McClaren says poor game management was the reason for Derby's failure to beat Preston North End. |
Text: Toure, 33, is in the final six months of his contract at the Etihad and is free to speak with other clubs.
But Toure said: "My focus is on City. The future is there because for now the league is not finished."
The Ivorian was recalled into the first team in November after a three-month exile following comments by... | Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has said he will not negotiate deals with potential suitors in January as he focuses on his club's title challenge. |
Text: Lincolnshire Police officers are working with the RSPCA to find the attacker of a swan with a piece of wood on Brayford Pool in Lincoln.
RSPCA officer Charlotte Childs said she had also received reports of people kicking ducks against a wall in Lincoln city centre.
Anyone with information about the attacks should... | Animal welfare officers are stepping up patrols around Lincoln after reports of attacks on ducks and swans. |
Text: The league's top spenders were Chelsea, on £16.8m. Premier League champions Manchester City spent £12.8m - £1.5m less than runners-up Liverpool.
Manchester United spent just short of £8m, almost double their previous year's spending with agents of £4.3m.
Louis van Gaal's side spent the most on transfer fees by an... | Premier League clubs paid a record £115m to agents in the 12 months to the end of September 2014. |
Text: The traditional sweets, made from flour, ghee and sugar, are often consumed at celebrations and festivals.
The significance of the weight of the sweet is as yet unknown.
The sweet was unveiled as part of a function by a sanitation company which is celebrating Mr Modi's birthday as "Swachhta Diwas" (Cleanliness Da... | India's tourism minister Mahesh Sharma has unveiled a 375kg (826lb) laddoo to celebrate Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday. |
Text: Kathleen Connochie, now a 76-year-old great grandmother, was 16 when she took part in 1955.
Her trainer was Fort William butcher Duncan MacIntyre, who was a former race winner and veteran sportsman who lost an eye playing shinty.
Prizes handed out at the Ben Nevis Race include one dedicated to her.
Connochie Silv... | Saturday's Ben Nevis Race marks 60 years since the first woman completed the challenging run up and down Britain's highest mountain. |
Text: It was the second of three main risings by supporters of King James VII of Scotland and II of England and his heirs.
UHI, the National Trust for Scotland and Saltire Society will hold events during August, September and October.
They will be held at Culloden Battlefield, the site of the Jacobites' defeat in April... | Events are to be held to mark the 300th anniversary of the 1715 Jacobite Rising. |
Text: Firefighters were called to a blaze, now stretching over six miles (10km), near Nant Ddu Lodge hotel, north of Merthyr Tydfil, at 16:00 BST.
Meanwhile, about 20 firefighters are at the scene of a mountain fire at Cwm Cadlan, Penderyn, near Aberdare.
Crews from Aberdare and Tonypandy are using leaf blowers, beater... | Fire crews are tackling a series of grass and gorse fires across south Wales. |
Text: The 27-year-old has scored 10 tries in 19 Super League appearances this term for the struggling Dragons.
The England international said: "I am delighted to have signed for the Rhinos and can't wait to get started when I join up with the boys at the end of the season.
"Leeds is a big club and a club that is always... | Leeds Rhinos have signed Catalans Dragons half-back Richie Myler on a three-year deal, starting next season. |
Text: The veteran presenter underwent a procedure on an abdominal aortic aneurysm last month.
The Christmas Day show is set to be recorded next week, but a BBC statement said it was too soon for Sir Bruce "to have made a full recovery".
"Due to the long studio hours, he is unable to host the show, but will still play a... | Sir Bruce Forsyth has pulled out of hosting the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special for health reasons. |
Text: Enda Dolan, 18, from County Tyrone, was in his first term at Queen's University when he was struck by a van on Belfast's Malone Road in October 2014.
David Stewart, 31, of Gray's Park Avenue, admitted a series of charges linked to the teenager's death.
He was sentenced to seven years - three-and-a-half years in p... | A drunk driver who knocked down and killed a student has had his sentenced increased by one year. |
Text: Mr Rouhani and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi spoke at Rome's Capitoline Museum after Italian firms signed business deals with Iran.
But several nudes there were hidden to avoid offending the Iranian president.
Italy also chose not to serve wine at official meals, a gesture France, where Mr Rouhani travels n... | Italian hospitality for the visiting Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has stretched to covering up nude statues. |
Text: Jason Buchan, 35, and David Stead, 47, have been missing since their boat capsized close to the village of East Wemyss in Fife on 10 August.
A third man, Birrell Stewart, 30, was dead when he was picked up from the sea. A formal identification of the body is still to take place.
Another body was found on the shor... | The families of two missing fishermen have been told a body has been found by police on the Fife shoreline. |
Text: The siblings, then aged 10 and 11, carried out the "sadistic" attack in Edlington, near Doncaster, in 2009.
Now aged 18 and 19, the brothers were granted lifelong anonymity by High Court judge Sir Geoffrey Vos.
Outlining his reasons for making the order he said he felt the brothers were "equally committed to reha... | One of two teenage brothers who tortured two boys in South Yorkshire told a judge he was now "the opposite of that person who did the crimes". |
Text: Anita Hyam said she is in constant pain and sleeps sitting up due to the bag and tube left behind unnecessarily.
Ms Hyam revealed she has suffered two hernias as a result and now needs "15 pills to get through the day".
The Royal Sussex County Hospital has apologised for the "unacceptable" delay, blaming "insuffi... | A bowel cancer survivor has spoken of her distress after a two year delay in removing a stoma bag from her abdomen. |
Text: The 28-year-old was appointed as Alastair Cook's replacement on Saturday, following England's recent 5-2 series defeat against Sri Lanka.
The Middlesex batsman said: "I thought I better give him a ring and he said 'we'd like to offer you the captaincy'.
"I was delighted to be asked. Being offered the captaincy is... | Eoin Morgan says he had "20 missed calls" from national selector James Whitaker, who was trying to offer him the role of England one-day captain. |
Text: Umotong made her international debut in March last year, but did not feature for Nigeria after being named in their squad for the 2015 World Cup in Canada.
The 21-year-old has scored 25 goals in 20 Premier League Southern Division appearances for Portsmouth this season.
"Ini is a striker who possesses both power ... | Women's Super League Two side Oxford United have signed Nigeria striker Ini Umotong from Portsmouth. |
Text: Cavan had led for most of the match but McManus was played through to score the game's only goal on 59 minutes.
However, Cavan almost snatched a replay with the last kick of the match but Ryan Connolly's shot smacked off an upright in stoppage time.
Monaghan will play Down in the semi-finals on Saturday, 24 June.... | A second-half strike by Conor McManus proved the difference as Monaghan beat Cavan 1-15 to 0-15 in the Ulster Championship quarter-finals. |
Text: It marks the biggest cable audience for a non-sports programme in the US, according to television viewing figures tracking company Nielsen.
The post-apocalyptic horror, which stars British actor Andrew Lincoln, held the previous record of 16.1m for its fourth season debut last year.
The end of the series also set... | The fifth series opener of US drama The Walking Dead has been watched by 17.3m people, breaking cable viewing records. |
Text: Drivers dropping passengers off at the airport will now have to pay £2 for a stay of up to 10 minutes.
A new pick-up and drop-off point opposite the main terminal building has been opened with the old area at Caledonian Way West closing.
The airport said the new facility was the final stage of a wider scheme of w... | A new drop-off charge at Glasgow Airport has come into force. |
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Two goals from Harry Martin and one from David Ames gave the hosts a 3-0 lead at half-time.
Malaysia pulled one back through Faizal Saari's strike but Phil Roper's drilled shot secured the win for the hosts.
Victory books England's place at December's World League Fi... | England won bronze at the World League Semi-Final with a comfortable 4-1 win over Malaysia in London. |
Text: Kay Church, of Hannah More Infants' School in Nailsea, north Somerset, wrote to parents addressing the matter of "toilet etiquette" in a newsletter.
Mrs Church told the Bristol Post the "unacceptable behaviour" was "not at all representative" of the school.
However, she confirmed there had only been one such inci... | Parents have been told by a school head teacher to warn their children against urinating in the playground. |
Text: Belgium striker Benteke received a red card 25 minutes from the end of Villa's 2-1 Premier League defeat on Sunday for pushing a hand into Ryan Mason's face.
"You cannot condone what he did, but it is not like he threw a Mike Tyson punch," Lambert told BBC Sport.
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"My... | Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert thinks his daughter could have thrown a harder punch than the push which resulted in Christian Benteke being sent off against Tottenham. |
Text: The Office for National Statistics said clothing sales were 1.6% down on April's level, the biggest fall since September 2014.
Economists had expected retail sales to be flat in May after sales in April were boosted by unusually warm weather.
By contrast, May was cooler than normal.
Summary: | UK retail sales rose by 0.2% in May, a slowdown from a rise of 0.9% in April, after shoppers bought fewer clothes. |
Text: London needs a "comprehensive plan to bring its air within legal limits" as soon as possible, Ms Berry said.
The Green Camden councillor plans to introduce a higher congestion charge for "all but the cleanest vehicles".
Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith and Labour hopeful Sadiq Khan have both vowed to tackle a... | Green Party mayoral candidate Sian Berry has said pollution from vehicles is "comparable" to deadly smogs created by coal fires 60 years ago. |
Text: Carbisdale Castle, near Ardgay in Sutherland, is owned by the Scottish Youth Hostel Association (SYHA).
It stopped running the property five years ago and a deal to sell it to a developer fell through this month.
Selling agents Savills have put the category B listed 40-bedroom castle on the market for offers over... | A former stately home said to be haunted by a ghost called Betty has been put back up for sale after a plan to turn into a hotel was abandoned. |
Text: The figure is up from the average of 91.9% recorded in March, but below the 98% national standard set in 2007.
The Scottish government said it wanted to see all A&Es reach a target milestone of 95% by September 2014.
Health Secretary Alex Neil said his plan to reduce waiting was continuing with a further £6.8m i... | Almost 95% of accident and emergency patients in Scotland are being treated within four hours of waiting, according to newly-released figures. |
Text: A Lancashire Police spokesman said no formal identification has been made but the body is believed to be Louis Simpson who was missing since Sunday.
Louis had not been seen since a blaze broke in the barn storing straw at Fairhurst Hall, Parbold.
The body was found in the barn on Monday evening and a post-mortem ... | Police searching for a 14-year-old boy missing since a fire at a barn have found a body in the building. |
Text: The council wants to convert the Riverside market in Haverfordwest into a library, gallery and cafe.
Pembrokeshire council has received a £285,000 grant from the Welsh Government towards the £3.4m scheme.
The planning committee voted to give the head of planning the power to approve the plans after the consultati... | Plans to transform an indoor market into a county library for Pembrokeshire were backed on Tuesday. |
Text: The video has already had thousands of views and original fans of the channel, Lonelygirl15, have expressed surprise.
The show, in the form of a confessional vlog by a teenage girl, launched in 2005 and was later revealed to have been scripted.
It attracted millions of viewers, even after the staging was announce... | A YouTube vlog-style series, which was said to be one of the first examples of viral video, has had new material uploaded for the first time since 2009. |
Text: The 20-year-old from Seaforde clocked 2:03.70 at the British Para-swimming trials for Rio in Glasgow.
Firth, a 2012 London Paralympics gold medallist, had already achieved the 100m breaststroke and 100m backstroke qualifying times at the trials.
She will compete in the 200m Individual Medley on Wednesday.
Firth w... | Northern Ireland's Bethany Firth has broken her own 200m freestyle world record to qualify in a third discipline for the Paralympics in Rio this summer. |
Text: Halifax beat seventh-tier side Nantwich Town 6-4 on aggregate to secure a first trip to Wembley in the club's history.
Jordan Burrow scored both goals as they drew Saturday's semi-final second leg 2-2 in front of 3,009 fans at The Shay.
Padraig Amond scored both of Grimsby's goals as they beat Bognor Regis 2-1 in... | National League rivals Halifax and Grimsby will contest the FA Trophy final at Wembley on Sunday, 22 May. |
Text: The 31-year-old, whose current deal was set to expire at the end of this season, scored in Saturday's 3-2 Premier League win at Chelsea.
"It's just great to be part of a club like this at the minute," he said.
Republic of Ireland international Ward, who joined Burnley from Wolves in 2014, made 37 appearances in t... | Burnley defender Stephen Ward has signed a new contract until 2019, with the option of a further 12 months. |
Text: He has been charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition with intention to endanger life and possession of an article with a blade on school premises.
Police arrested the boy after being called to Higham Lane School in Nuneaton on Tuesday.
The boy, from Nuneaton, will appear at Warwickshire Magistrates' Co... | A teenage boy has been charged after a shotgun and ammunition were seized at a Warwickshire school. |
Text: By blocking traffic, Israel hopes to limit activists' ability to knock out official sites.
In addition, government workers are being instructed to be wary of email messages from beyond the nation's borders.
The precautions are expected to be in place over the weekend.
The measures involve filtering traffic so onl... | Fears of a cyber-attack by Palestinian activists have led Israel to block international data from reaching government sites. |
Text: PC David Cockle last month admitted theft and keeping the proceeds of the sale of coins found in a Norfolk field.
A misconduct hearing was told Cockle had agreed to a 50:50 split with the farmer of anything valuable he found.
Norfolk Chief Constable Simon Bailey, who dismissed Cockle, said it "was one of the gros... | A policeman who found £15,000 of gold coins with his metal detector has been sacked for cheating the landowner out of a share of the treasure. |
Text: Cameroon are in the final despite West Brom's Nyom and Liverpool's Matip being among eight players to refuse call-ups.
"I don't understand people turning down their country," former Senegal striker Diouf told BBC World Service.
"And like the legend Bob Marley always said 'if you don't know where you come from, yo... | Cameroon pair Joel Matip and Allan Nyom will regret missing the Africa Cup of Nations and should have listened to Bob Marley, according to El Hadji Diouf. |
Text: Crowdfunding is a way of raising money through lots of small investments from a large number of people, not necessarily professional investors.
The tennis star's investments are with firms Oppo Ice Cream, Commuter Club, Landbay, We Are Colony, and Readbug.
The world number two, who teamed up with Seedrs last June... | Andy Murray has made his first investments of 2016 in start-up firms, through crowdfunding platform Seedrs. |
Text: Kenney Bui, 17, suffered internal bleeding during a game on Friday night and spent the weekend in hospital.
Susan Enfield, the head of the school district, called the event "a devastating loss" on Monday.
Bui is the fourth US high school football player to die in the last month, raising questions about the safety... | A Seattle teenager has died of injuries that he suffered while playing for his school's American football team. |
Text: "Islam is demonic" was sprayed on the walls of the Islamic Society of Wales Mosque, Victoria Road and Jamie Mosque on Stow Hill was also vandalised.
Mubarak Ali, secretary of the Victoria Road mosque, said the congregations were "disgusted by this wicked behaviour".
Gwent Police is investigating.
Summary: | Two mosques in Newport have been targeted with anti-Islamic graffiti. |
Text: Eike Batista had an estimated worth of more than $35bn (£27bn) five years ago, but lost most of it as his empire collapsed.
He is accused of bribery and hiding illegal funds offshore, but denies any wrongdoing.
He was arrested in January.
Mr Batista's lawyers argued that he had been put in prison merely to placa... | A Brazilian oil and mining magnate, who was once one of the richest men in the world, has left a notorious prison in Rio de Janeiro for house arrest ahead of a corruption trial. |
Text: Wales' rugby coaches
Wales' rugby captains
Wales' results archive
Welsh Rugby and its National Heroes
Celtic rugby archive
Anglo-Welsh Cup archive
Welsh league rugby archive
WRU Challenge Cup archive
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Championship legends - Gareth Edwards
Shane Williams - Millennium Man
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Wal... | Stats and history of rugby in Wales |
Text: The density of airborne particles was several times above World Health Organisation recommended limits.
Visibility was reduced to below 50m (160ft) in parts of the city, reports said.
Local media have linked the pollution to the city switching on its public heating system for winter.
PM2.5 levels, used to measure... | Smog has choked China's northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, forcing schools and highways to shut and disrupting flights on Monday. |
Text: One of the company's reservoirs burst earlier this month, flooding dozens of homes in the south-eastern state of Minas Gerais.
Eleven people were killed and 12 are missing presumed dead.
Emergency work to try to avoid another breach will begin immediately and will last up to 90 days, the company said.
The company... | Brazilian mining company Samarco says two dams it uses to hold waste water from iron production are damaged and at risk of collapsing. |
Text: Firefighters and paramedics were called to Fredrick Road in Gorleston, Norfolk, at 11:00 GMT amid reports of the blast.
A man in his 50s and a woman in her 40s were treated for burns to their arms, upper bodies and face.
Three fire engines and a search and rescue team were called to the scene. An investigation is... | Part of a house collapsed after a suspected gas explosion that left two people with serious burns. |
Text: His ashes arrived from Ciudad Juarez, the border city where he grew up, and were taken to the capital's Palace of Fine Arts.
Ten of thousands are expected to visit the palace in the next few days.
A prolific singer and composer, Juan Gabriel combined Mexican genres such as mariachi, ranchero and norteno music.
Se... | Fans have lined the streets of Mexico City to pay their last respects to legendary singer Juan Gabriel who died last week at the age of 66. |
Text: Zoran Zaev, head of the opposition Social Democrats, said Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski had also spied on journalists and religious leaders.
Mr Gruevski has accused Mr Zaev of trying to blackmail him.
Macedonia is a candidate for EU and Nato membership. It went to the brink of civil war in 2001.
The violence was... | Macedonia's government has been accused of operating an illegal wire-tapping programme targeting 20,000 people, including opposition politicians. |
Text: They said people who got rid of their drugs would not get into trouble.
The plea follows the deaths of two 17-year-olds at the festival campsite in separate incidents.
Police Scotland said the deaths were not suspicious. Officers are looking into the possibility that they were drug-related.
The 17-year-olds, name... | T in the Park organisers are urging anyone with drugs at the festival to dump them in special bins around the site. |
Text: Kaulsom Uddin, 17, said her father Kausar Uddin was wrongly imprisoned during a pilgrimage to Mecca in February.
She now fears his case is in danger of being forgotten.
A spokesman for the foreign office said it was providing assistance following an arrest in Saudi Arabia in February.
He added: "We will remain in... | The daughter of an Edinburgh man imprisoned in Saudi Arabia has accused the Foreign Office of not doing enough to help secure his release. |
Text: The student was found with the makeshift weapon last Friday and officers from West Midlands Police are investigating.
It follows a similar report that saw a 12-year-old boy cautioned at another Birmingham school on 11 November.
"These appear to be isolated offences," said Insp Beth Bridges.
"I want to reassure pe... | A highlighter pen with a pencil sharpener blade attached to it was confiscated from a boy at a Birmingham school, police have said. |
Text: The 22 year-old defender, who captained Boro's under-21 side but never played a first-team game, had been on loan at Kilmarnock this season where he made 10 league and cup appearances.
Burn is League One Rovers' fourth signing in the January transfer window.
"Jonny is another highly rated young, hungry, defender ... | Middlesbrough's Jonny Burn has joined Bristol Rovers on a permanent deal. |
Text: The surfer had lost his board and swam out further than usual in an area popular with surfers.
Thurso lifeboat crew picked him up after he seeing that he was struggling to swim back to shore with his board in a heavy swell and wintry conditions.
He was checked over by an ambulance crew at Scrabster Harbour.
Summa... | A lifeboat crew went to the aid of a surfer after he got into difficulty returning to shore while surfing off Thurso on Thursday. |
Text: He scored 17 goals in 43 league games for Woking in 2016-17 but was a free agent after leaving the National League side at the end of the season.
Ugwu, 24, told the club website: "There was interest from other clubs as well but Chesterfield stood out."
Manager Gary Caldwell added: "I have been very impressed with... | Chesterfield have agreed a deal to sign striker Gozie Ugwu on a two-year contract, subject to a medical. |
Text: Spider-Man: Coming of Age, Spider-Man: Greatness Awaits, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: Suspended.
Late last week the film studio registered over a dozen website names relating to variations of the different subtitles.
The domains currently all redirect to the main Sony Pictures website.
The new film is d... | Sony Pictures appears to be considering at least four different titles for its forthcoming Spider-Man reboot. |
Text: Dorothy Leyden's body was found in April 1971, hours after she had been to a concert at the Golden Garter nightclub in Wythenshawe, Manchester.
The 17-year-old's body was discovered on waste ground in Collyhurst, but her killer has never been traced.
The new leads emerged following a BBC Crimewatch appeal.
Greate... | Police investigating the rape and murder of a teenage girl 45 years ago are pursuing two "significant" new leads. |
Text: A statement to the stock exchange on Friday morning said it was facing problems with the conditions attached to a contract in Bangladesh.
It is also facing challenges from the break-down of security in Yemen.
In North America, it has suffered the impact of the slump in the North American shale oil and gas sector.... | Glasgow and Dumbarton power generator Aggreko saw its share price dip sharply after a warning that it's going to under-shoot its profit target. |
Text: He was one of 669 children who escaped the Holocaust on trains from Prague organised by British stockbroker Sir Nicholas Winton.
After a 48-hour journey, the young Alf Dubs was met by his father, who had fled to England the day the Nazis entered Czechoslovakia, at Liverpool Street station in London.
His mother la... | Labour peer Lord Dubs arrived in the UK in 1939 as a six-year-old refugee fleeing the persecution of Jews in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. |
Text: The 23-year-old joined Tigers on trial in February before initially agreeing a deal for the rest of this term.
The former Leeds Rhinos and London Broncos man made his Castleford debut against Huddersfield Giants in May.
"I'm over the moon to sign here for another two years. It's a great place to be," he told Tige... | Castleford Tigers back row Alex Foster has signed an extended contract with the Super League leaders until the end of the 2019 season. |
Text: The letter was sent by the Nantwich Education Partnership group to parents from 16 schools in the county.
The heads claim games such as Grand Theft Auto and Call of Duty contain unsuitable levels of violence.
They warn parents they could be reported for neglect in some cases.
The heads state that playing such gam... | Head teachers in Cheshire have warned parents they will report them to the authorities if they allow their children to play computer games rated for over-18s. |
Text: The four girls said they came up with the new name Little Mix after talking with their mentor Tulisa Contostavlos.
"We decided to change our name to Little Mix as we do not want to cause problems for the charity," they said.
The charity gave a "massive thank you" to supporters who backed its campaign against X Fa... | The X Factor girl group Rhythmix has changed its name following a threat of legal action by a Brighton charity with the same name. |
Text: It follows a campaign for the national flags by Jeremy Burge of Emojipedia and BBC Wales' social media lead Owen Williams in March 2016.
Unicode, the authority on computer text and characters, agreed to add the three flags to the next release of emojis.
Technology companies such as Apple and Google will now be ab... | New emoji flags for Wales, Scotland and England have finally arrived on tablets and smart phones. |
Text: The accident happened in Glenburn Road, East Kilbride, at about 10:30. The vehicle struck a kerb, causing it to tip over.
Emergency services attended but the man died at the scene. There were no other vehicles involved.
A road closure is still in place between Castleglen Road and Glenburn Road.
Summary: | A man has died after a forklift truck he was driving toppled over, trapping him underneath. |
Text: Olly Hicks and George Bullard took 66 days to complete the paddle.
The adventure was to show that Inuit could have made the same journey in kayaks made of sealskin and driftwood in the 17th and early 18th centuries.
Mr Hicks was inspired by a story of what is said to be an Inuit man who came ashore at Belhelvie i... | Two adventurers have kayaked from Greenland to Scotland, a journey of about 1,200 miles (1,931 km). |
Text: Mexico's state oil company, Pemex, said the fire broke out at around lunchtime at its gas facility outside the city of Reynosa, near the border with the United States.
Pemex said 26 workers had died, 22 contractors and four company employees.
The cause of the blaze has not been established, but the company says t... | An explosion followed by a fire at a gas plant in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas has killed 26 people. |
Text: Slutsky, who also manages CSKA Moscow, succeeded Fabio Capello in charge of the national team in August 2015.
Russia finished bottom of Group B at the European Championship with only one point from three games.
In a statement, the Russian Football Union said: "We wish him all the success in his coaching career."
... | Leonid Slutsky has stepped down as head coach of Russia after the 2018 World Cup hosts were knocked out at the group stage of Euro 2016. |
Text: Neil Thomas Douglas boarded a flight on Thursday night and came face-to-face with his lookalike.
Mr Douglas, a photographer from Glasgow, said: "Everyone around us had a laugh, we took a selfie and that was it."
The selfie was posted on Twitter and has been retweeted thousands of times.
The photographer explained... | A man has spoken of the "total weirdness" of encountering his doppelganger on a flight. |
Text: If you don't know what a GIF is - it stands for Graphics Interchange Format - which is a bitmap image.
In terms of sharing videos, it means you can take out a little section of film, usually a funny bit, and make it play over and over again.
A recent example of one was when Kate Middleton was caught rolling her e... | In the world of technology it is quite exciting news that YouTube has added a GIF maker to some of its videos. |
Text: Grimmer, who has had two previous stays at the League One club, is in the final year of his contract at Fulham.
The 22-year-old Scot played seven times on loan in 2014, before helping the club stay in League One last term.
Ebanks-Blake, 30, has scored 10 goals in 33 League One games for the Spireites since signin... | Shrewsbury Town have signed Fulham defender Jack Grimmer on a season-long loan and Chesterfield striker Sylvan Ebanks-Blake until January. |
Text: An emergency alert is in place for Northcliffe in the south-west of the state and most residents have been evacuated.
Another huge bushfire is raging further north at Boddington, 120km (74 miles) south-east of Perth.
Wind and dry weather have helped the flames to spread and satellite images show palls of smoke ov... | Hundreds of firefighters in Western Australia are battling to stop an out-of-control bushfire reaching a town. |
Text: Speaking ahead of Friday's G20 meeting, Mr Schaeuble said he would want to negotiate a Brexit deal in which the City of London remains a global financial force.
He said it was not feasible to move all of the City's operations abroad.
To do so would involve a huge upheaval, Mr Schaeuble pointed out.
In a keynote a... | Germany's finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has said it is in the EU's interest to have a strong financial centre in London. |
Text: Managerless Swansea, who are bottom of the Premier League, are set to appoint Bayern Munich assistant boss Clement as their new manager.
The 44-year-old would become the Swans' third manager of the season.
"He's got great credentials as a coach and he comes highly regarded by a few people that have played with hi... | Swansea City defender Neil Taylor says the players would work hard for potential new manager Paul Clement. |
Text: North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust described the shortage of spaces as "stressful and frustrating" for patients and visitors.
It has applied for planning permission for a temporary 140 space car park for staff next to Reiver House.
As part of a reorganisation, the area closest to the main entrance has b... | Plans aimed at relieving parking woes at Carlisle's Cumberland Infirmary have been submitted. |
Text: Zynga, behind the popular Farmville game, has asked for an "application for a preliminary finding of suitability" from the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
It said that the process with Nevada should take up to 18 months, after which it can apply for a gaming licence.
Zynga plans to launch real-money gambling games i... | Games developer Zynga has taken the first step to apply for a gambling licence from the US state of Nevada. |
Text: The new blood cells will be made in bulk from stem cells that normally circulate in the blood.
Around 20 people will be given small quantities of the "lab-blood" as part of safety tests.
NHS Blood and Transplant said it would be a "landmark" moment and could help people with diseases such as sickle cell anaemia.
... | Blood that has been made in a laboratory will be tested by the NHS within two years. |
Text: The fishermen at Cove have been involved in a legal wrangle with Pralhad Kolhe over access since last year.
Large boulders were recently placed across the entrance to the pier, preventing access for vehicles.
Council officials have now written to Mr Kohle.
Mr Kohle's representatives have not yet responded to a BB... | A landowner who placed boulders across the entrance to a small Aberdeen harbour has been told to remove the barriers. |
Text: The train passed a signal near Royal Wootton Bassett in March and ended up across a junction.
A Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) report showed an Automatic Warning System (AWS) brake demand was by-passed by the train's crew.
The report said it was not the only occasion when it had been by-passed.
The dri... | Safety equipment which was turned off allowing a steam train to pass a red signal had been turned off on previous occasions, a report has shown. |
Text: The Scotland international, 32, picked up the injury during the club's training camp in Portugal on Wednesday.
Hull, relegated from the Premier League least season, open their Championship campaign with games against Aston Villa, Burton, Wolves, QPR and Bolton.
"It was a very unfortunate injury," new head coach L... | Hull City goalkeeper David Marshall will miss the start of the new season after suffering ankle ligament damage. |
Text: Keith Heaviside, from Great Ayton, walked up the 320m (1,049ft) Roseberry Topping several days a week for 20 years before he died aged 83.
Friends from the Last of the Summer Wine Group, a walking club, said it was his "calling" to reach the summit through rain, sleet and snow.
Now his family plan to scatter half... | A hiker from North Yorkshire is to have his ashes scattered on a hill he climbed no fewer than 6,100 times. |
Text: Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union at Arriva TrainCare will walk out on 19 May.
The RMT said the company was not prepared to negotiate pay because it was not the recognised union for its employees.
In a statement Arriva TrainCare described the action as "wholly unnecessary".
The firm is based in Cr... | Staff at a train maintenance company are to hold a 24-hour strike in a dispute over pay, a union has said. |
Text: The US National Hurricane Center said Dolores had reached a category four strength, the second highest.
At 09:00GMT it was 515km (320 miles) south of Cabo San Lucas.
Dolores was moving west-northwest, raising hopes that Mexico's Pacific coast would be spared major damage, although swells were already reaching par... | Hurricane Dolores is gaining strength off Mexico's Pacific Coast, meteorologists say. |
Text: The Dow Jones closed up 103 points, or 0.6%, at 17,368.
The wider S&P 500 index gained 9 points, or 0.5%, to 2,021, while the tech-focused Nasdaq index rose 8 points, or 0.4%, to 4,952.
Shares in Chevron rose 3% recovering from a drop earlier in the day, while Exxon Mobile also recovered to close up 2%.
"It looks... | (Close): Wall Street ended Monday higher as oil prices finally appeared to be rebounding from their slump. |
Text: Hundreds of firefighters are battling major blazes that were reportedly sparked by lightning over the weekend.
The worst of the blazes are north of the coastal town of Esperance, 720km south-east of Perth.
Strong winds with gusts up to 90km/h (56mph) have hampered efforts to bring the fires under control.
They ar... | Four people have been killed and there are fears for two others caught in bushfires in Western Australia. |
Text: The couple from Essex, aged 58 and 70, were looking after the girl, three, until she was removed by social services, the Echo reported.
The grandfather, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said age was "one of two factors" behind the decision.
Southend Council said age was not the "deciding factor" in its asse... | A grandfather says a council's refusal to allow him and his wife to adopt their own grandchild was partly down to how old they are. |
Text: The event is the first in a new three-year partnership between the EIFF and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
It will take place on Saturday 24 June at the Usher Hall.
The full programme for the festival, which first ran 70 years ago, will not be released until May.
Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark... | A screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark accompanied by a live orchestral performance will be one of the highlights of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF). |
Text: The good Samaritan ensured the match avoided being abandoned after an injury to referee Andy Davies.
Newport used their Twitter account to seek a qualified official after Davies pulled a hamstring.
An appeal was issued over the tannoy at half time and fan Paul Gobbett took over fourth official duties.
The support... | A Newport County fan was plucked from the crowd to act as a fourth official during their EFL Trophy win over Wimbledon. |
Text: The 49-year-old was with another man, aged 24, outside Tannahills on Neilston Road when they became involved in an altercation with two other men.
Police said they believed the older man was attacked with a weapon. He was taken to hospital for treatment to a facial injury.
The 24-year-old man did not require hosp... | Police have appealed for information after a man was injured in an attack outside a pub in Paisley on Boxing Day. |
Text: The move comes 24 hours after Coulibaly accused Egypt's most successful club of treating him "like a slave".
Coulibaly's arrival in England last week prompted the Cairo Red Devils to lodge a complaint with Fifa, saying he was absent without permission.
But Coulibaly, who played for Kilmarnock in Scotland's top fl... | Egyptian club Al Ahly have terminated Souleymane Coulibaly's contract after the Ivory Coast forward's decision to remain in the UK. |
Text: Mr Alda, 81, was made a Doctor of Law at a graduation ceremony in the city's Caird Hall.
He helped found the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University.
Last year Mr Alda supported Dundee University's new £10m forensic science research centre in a video message.
He said: "I feel great, ... | M*A*S*H actor Alan Alda has received an honorary degree from Dundee University for his work promoting the communication of science. |
Text: 28 November 2016 Last updated at 11:23 GMT
It's one of the easiest times to spot baby seals.
However, it's also the time of year that many seal pups are rescued - often because they can't swim properly yet, or because humans wrongly think they are helping them by putting them in the water.
The British coastline i... | Autumn is 'pupping' season for the UK's grey seals, when parent seals give birth to their babies. |
Text: Gill, 29, pleaded guilty of the charge to a Rugby Football Union disciplinary panel and was also fined £500.
Quins hooker Dave Ward and lock James Horwill were cleared of acts contrary to good sportsmanship and striking or punching respectively.
Both are now free to play, while Gill is suspended until 2 February.... | Saracens' Wales prop Rhys Gill has been banned for three weeks for a dangerous tackle on Harlequins centre George Lowe in Saturday's 29-23 defeat. |
Text: The BBC One comedy reached 9.69 million viewers, up from a live Christmas Day audience of 7.61 million.
Call the Midwife was the second most popular show, attracting 9.4 million.
Viewing figures were generally down on last year, with nearly two million fewer people watching the number one rated show than last yea... | Mrs Brown's Boys was the most-watched Christmas Day show, according to consolidated data that includes catch-up viewings. |
Text: Barbiturates and opiates were taken from GP Vets in Worting Road, Basingstoke, overnight on Friday.
Items stolen included a substance used to euthanise animals. A small amount could prove fatal if consumed by a human, Hampshire Police said.
The force warned people who may come across the drugs "not to ingest them... | Police have issued a warning after a large quantity of drugs were stolen from a veterinary surgery in Hampshire. |
Text: Rebecca Williams said she was "so proud" to have been the girlfriend of Cameron Logan, who died in the blaze at the family home in Milngavie.
Hundreds of people attended a funeral service for Mr Logan, who was 23, at Clydebank Crematorium.
His brother Blair Logan, 26, has been charged with his murder, along with ... | The girlfriend of a man who died in a house fire on New Year's Day has described him as "the love of my life". |
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