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Text: Police said two cars were involved in the collision at about 11:30 on Sunday on the Buckie to Cullen road near the Findochty junction.
The driver of one of the vehicles was fatally injured in the crash. The driver and passenger in the other car have been taken to hospital.
The road is expected to be closed for so... | A 77-year-old man has died and two people have been injured in a crash on the A98 in Moray. |
Text: Aftab Ahmed denied making threats to kill but was found guilty at Newcastle Magistrates' Court.
The court heard the threat occurred during a phone conversation with David Robinson-Young on 21 April.
Ahmed, 45, and of Winchcombe Place, Newcastle, was handed a 12 month community order.
He was also ordered to carry ... | A "Walter Mitty-like" man who threatened to behead a UKIP election candidate in Newcastle has been handed a community order. |
Text: As part of the BBC's coverage, leader Nicola Sturgeon will take part in a half-hour webcast in which she will answer the public's questions.
This is your opportunity to quiz her on the issues that matter to you.
If you have something to ask, email newsonlinescotland@bbc.co.ukand put "webchat questions" in the mes... | The Scottish National Party will be holding its annual conference in Glasgow this week. |
Text: A criminal investigation would now begin into the crash of the Airbus A320, Egypt's civil aviation ministry said in a statement.
Flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo plunged into the sea on 19 May killing all 66 people on board.
The cause of the crash has remained unclear.
No distress call was made beforehand but the... | Traces of explosives have been found on victims of the EgyptAir plane crash over the Mediterranean in May, investigators say. |
Text: The Northern Ireland venue replaces existing number one New Jersey's Pine Valley, which drops to third, with Augusta National ranked second.
Cypress Point in California, Royal Dornoch in Scotland and Royal Melbourne in Australia complete the top six.
St Andrews and Muirfield are ranked seventh and eighth with Por... | Royal County Down has been voted the world's top golf course in the annual rankings of US magazine Golf Digest. |
Text: The calls played a recorded message that urged people to back his campaign to be Labour's candidate.
Information Commissioner Christopher Graham said the same rules apply to canvassing for votes as apply "to offering a discount on double glazing".
People getting Mr Lammy's calls had not given permission to receiv... | Labour MP David Lammy has been fined £5,000 for instigating 35,629 nuisance calls urging people to back his failed bid to be London Mayor. |
Text: Business advisors Grant Thornton said there were "signs of some glimmers of light at the end of the tunnel".
An increased focus on technology and innovation was also said to be key for bringing about a gradual turnaround.
Diana Penny, head of travel, tourism and leisure at Grant Thornton, said it had been a diffi... | A rising oil price means 2017 can be approached with "cautious optimism" by Aberdeen's hospitality sector, it has been claimed. |
Text: Nicky Wroe, Graham Cummins, Ryan Croasdale, Chris Beardsley and Alex Nicholson will also be departing.
Decisions over the futures of Iain Hume and Shane Cansdell-Sherriff will be made after the League Two play-off final on 26 May.
Hume is on loan at Fleetwood, while Cansdell-Sherriff is with Burton.
Squads evolve... | Preston North End have released six players, including former captain John Mousinho, following their failure to win promotion from League One. |
Text: Lewis Siddall, 24, from Skellow, was found dead in his bed the day after he was hit by Blue Horrobin in the VDKA bar, Doncaster, in 2015.
A post-mortem examination revealed he died as a result of head injuries.
Horrobin, 23, of Askern, Doncaster, was jailed at Sheffield Crown Court after being found guilty of man... | A man who killed a PE teacher with a single "haymaker" punch in an "unprovoked" attack has been jailed for 11 years. |
Text: Gateshead goalkeeper Sam Russell made saves from Alex Simmons and Jack Muldoon before Luke Waterfall headed in eight minutes before half-time.
The Tynesiders equalised on 78 minutes when substitute Danny Johnson ran onto a long ball to slot past Paul Farman.
The Imps almost won the game at the death when Alan Pow... | Lincoln City ended a three-match losing streak with a 1-1 draw at home to Gateshead in the National League. |
Text: The animal strayed on to Kidderminster Road in Bewdley and was spotted in a residential area on Sunday evening, police said.
One witness said it was chasing someone before it was stopped.
Police said the animal's owner assisted in locating it but because of its agitated state and being in a built up area, the bul... | A bull has been shot dead after escaping from its farm and roaming around a Worcestershire town. |
Text: Terence McNaughton, Dominic McKinley, Neal Peden and Gary O'Kane have stepped in following the recent resignation of PJ O'Mullan.
Their first game will be in the Christy Ring Cup against Kildare on 23 April.
"They are stepping in on an interim basis and the situation will be reviewed after the Christy Ring," said... | Four former county players are to take charge of the Antrim hurling squad on a short-term basis. |
Text: The new wooden bridge over the River Lyd at Upper Forge near Lydney has been built by Forest of Dean Ramblers.
Members of the group raised £4,500 to pay for its construction by selling copies of a book of guided walks.
It has also been made a Public Right of Way after it was discovered the well-trodden route had... | A new footbridge over a Forest of Dean river is to be officially opened later, five years after an unsafe 350-year-old stone bridge was closed. |
Text: Experts said it does not mean Tian Tian is pregnant because the process is "extremely complex".
In March the female giant panda was artificially inseminated.
Edinburgh Zoo acquired the pandas on loan from China in 2011 and previous attempts to mate the pair have failed. They are the first giant pandas to live in ... | Edinburgh Zoo has warned people "not to get too excited" after tests revealed their giant panda has conceived. |
Text: The Humber coastguard said it received multiple 999 calls reporting that a man had come off the craft near South Shields Pier on Saturday afternoon.
The Tynemouth RNLI inshore lifeboat arrived at the scene and recovered him from the water but he was pronounced dead.
A crew on a training exercise responded to the ... | A man has died after getting into difficulties on a water bike in the sea off the South Tyneside coast. |
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Summary: | Manager Chris Coleman insists Wales are Euro 2016 underdogs in Pool B alongside England, Russia and Saturday's opponents Slovakia. |
Text: Forwards David Clarkson, 29, and Paul Heffernan, 33 and defender Kyle Benedictus, 23, will not be offered new contracts.
The club had already released midfield duo Iain Davidson and Jamie Reid.
Englishman Hemmings, 23, is currently with Barnsley after previous spells with Rangers and Cowdenbeath.
He will join Pau... | Dundee have secured striker Kane Hemmings on a pre-contract agreement as the club has confirmed more players will be leaving Dens Park. |
Text: Sean Owen, from Basildon, Essex, had checked with his service provider O2 he had the correct package before he left for Turkey.
However, he received a message saying he owed a total of £20,799 while on his second day away.
O2 has apologised for the error and said the unbilled charges would be removed from Mr Owen... | A UK holidaymaker was mistakenly issued with a five-figure mobile phone bill within 24-hours of travelling abroad. |
Text: Imam Abdul Aziz has been accused of threatening protesters outside the Red Mosque.
The cleric said the charge against him was insignificant.
Last week, Taliban fighters attacked the school in Peshawar, killing 152 people, including 133 children.
Mr Aziz said that the authorities should focus on arresting people a... | A judge in Pakistan has issued an arrest warrant for a cleric at a radical mosque in Islamabad who has refused to condemn the massacre of children at an army-run school. |
Text: Evans, 53, agreed personal terms but a statement on the Latics' website said he would not sign a contract as he has "other offers in the pipeline".
The Scot left Leeds in May after seven months in charge, and has previously had stints in charge at Rotherham, Crawley and Boston United.
Oldham finished 17th in Leag... | Former Leeds United boss Steve Evans has rejected an offer to become the new manager of Oldham Athletic. |
Text: Defeat by Brighton ended a run of back-to-back wins that had given Wigan hope of survival and leaves them five points adrift in the relegation zone.
Barrow says he was frustrated with the Seagulls' first goal in the loss.
"That's where we are with the points," Barrow told BBC Radio Manchester.
"It's as simple as ... | Wigan Athletic need to win every game if they are to escape relegation to the Championship, a cause not helped by Monday's 2-1 "Sunday league" defeat by Brighton, says boss Graham Barrow. |
Text: A small blast hit a public toilet on 23 November as the shrine opened for a festival. There were no injuries.
The suspect, 27, is alleged to have gone to Korea after the incident, but was arrested on his return to Japan.
The shrine is dedicated to Japan's war dead including some convicted war criminals.
The souls... | Japanese police have arrested a South Korean man suspected of bombing Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni shrine, local media said. |
Text: Claire Neal, 37, of Chasedale Crescent, Blyth, pleaded not guilty to a charge of being the owner of a dog that was dangerously out of control.
Three of the children were taken to hospital after the incident in Blyth on Wednesday.
Ms Neal was remanded in custody by magistrates in Newcastle and will next appear at ... | A woman has appeared in court after 11 children were bitten by a Staffordshire bull terrier in a playground. |
Text: The 33-year-old was not in Chris Coleman's squad for the opening World Cup qualifier against Moldova in September.
The Nottingham Forest midfielder won 42 caps after making his Wales debut against the United States in 2003, scoring once.
"Vaughny sat down with me when he got back from France and explained he was ... | Wales midfielder David Vaughan has retired from international football. |
Text: It happened on Thursday at a property in Dunluce Avenue, off the Lisburn Road.
The men, both aged 22, are also charged with aggravated burglary and stealing.
They are due to appear at Belfast Magistrates Court on Monday.
Summary: | Two men are to appear in court charged with attempted murder following a stabbing attack that left a 33-year-old man seriously injured in south Belfast. |
Text: Lebanon and Israel are officially at war and have no diplomatic relations.
The incident happened as the Lebanon team sat on the bus waiting to head to the Maracana stadium, before demanding the Israeli athletes must not board.
Israel's athletes insisted on doing so, but the two teams were eventually taken to the ... | Lebanese athletes refused to share a bus with the Israel team to get to Friday's Rio Olympic Games opening ceremony, members of both teams said. |
Text: The fund - more than $17m (£13.5m ) - was set up after Yahoo provided information about political dissidents to the Chinese government.
It appointed a high-profile political activist, Harry Wu, to administer the funds.
The lawsuit alleges that Mr Wu, who died last year, used the money for other purposes.
Mr Wu r... | Yahoo is facing a lawsuit alleging that the firm mismanaged funds set aside to help jailed Chinese dissidents. |
Text: That was the verdict of George Osborne's former advisor, Rupert Harrison, as it became clear that the Conservatives are likely to need Democratic Unionist Party support to form a government.
But what price could the DUP extract?
One demand could be that EU funds, that will be lost as a result of Brexit, are repla... | "There are going to be some shiny new motorways, schools and hospitals in Northern Ireland." |
Text: The Centre for Deaf People, a charity, sold its premises to pay off a pension deficit.
Trustee Sandra Smith said deaf people in Bristol "needed a new base".
Plans for the new centre include recruiting a fundraiser, a book keeper and setting up a website.
The original centre was established in 1962 and became a fo... | Deaf people in Bristol who are upset because they had to sell their social club building have started a campaign for a new one. |
Text: Police said the incident happened at about 23:20 on Saturday in Maxton Crescent in Wishaw.
The man was approached by four men as he stood outside his house. They assaulted him then stole some electrical items from his home and fled.
Detectives have appealed for witnesses.
The man was taken to Wishaw General Hospi... | A 40-year-old man is being treated for a serious head injury after being attacked by a group of men outside his home in North Lanarkshire. |
Text: He was being tried for a counter-insurgency plan that killed more than 1,700 members of the Ixil indigenous group in 1982.
Judge Carol Patricia Flores said she was following a directive from the country's Supreme Court.
Mr Rios Montt, who ruled Guatemala between 1982-1983, denies the charges.
Judge Flores ordered... | A judge in Guatemala has suspended the trial of former military ruler Efrain Rios Montt. |
Text: Penarol fan Hernan Fioritto, 21, and two others were hit by rival Nacional supporters, who wanted to steal their club scarves.
The men attacked were celebrating the club's 125th anniversary in the southern town of Santa Lucia.
Fifteen men are being held in prison.
They are now being accused of homicide, El Clarin... | Football matches across Uruguay have been suspended this weekend, after the death of a fan who was shot by rival supporters in September, the country's football association says. |
Text: The bird known as George was found by a member of the public in Cheltenham's Pitville Park on Tuesday morning.
It was taken to Vale Wildlife Hospital, where the bolt - which was lodged in its left eye - was removed.
Caroline Gould, from the wildlife hospital, said: "He's certainly lost his eye and we don't know w... | A swan said to be "very well known" in its town could die from a crossbow shot to the head, a vet has warned. |
Text: The 30-year-old former Sunderland striker is having a medical with the Championship side.
Gyan scored 10 Premier League goals for the Black Cats during a two-year spell from 2010, before moving to Al-Ain in the United Arab Emirates.
He joined Shanghai in 2015 and - at the time - became one of the highest-paid foo... | Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan is set to join Reading on a season loan from Chinese side Shanghai SIPG. |
Text: A spokesman said there would be a small indoor event in September, but no large-scale street event.
The annual carnival, which is a celebration of the city's Afro-Caribbean culture, dates to the 1960s and normally takes place in July.
It is one of the biggest of its kind in Europe, with tens of thousands of peopl... | Bristol's St Pauls street carnival has been cancelled, due to "ongoing challenges" faced by organisers. |
Text: The clashes followed a match between the al-Ahly and al-Masry clubs in February of that year, and left 74 football fans dead.
The riots - Egypt's worst-ever football disaster - began after a top-league game at the stadium.
The case, and earlier sentencing, fuelled tensions and bouts of violence.
The verdict came ... | An Egyptian court has upheld death sentences for 11 men over their involvement in deadly football stadium violence in 2012 in Port Said. |
Text: The Manx Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA) took in the joey after she was found abandoned on a road in the north of the island.
The MSPCA's Jenny Corran said: "She died in my arms late on Tuesday night- she hadn't been 100% all day."
The joey, given the name Josie, had been starting to gain... | An orphaned wallaby on the Isle of Man has died in her keeper's arms, despite being hand reared around the clock, an animal welfare organisation has said. |
Text: Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has approved the new package of funding.
It will run the trial programme in conjunction with the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre.
The project has been set up to help small businesses to commercialise new innovative products for the fish farming industry.
Public agency... | A £1m initiative to boost innovation in aquaculture in the Highlands and Islands has been given the go-ahead. |
Text: Current captain Chris Robshaw led England through their disastrous World Cup campaign, as they failed to progress beyond the group stages.
New head coach Eddie Jones says he intends to speak with Robshaw, but is yet to decide who his captain will be.
"I know it sounds Martin Johnson-like but Joe Launchbury could ... | Wasps lock Joe Launchbury has the "X factor" to be the next England captain, says World Cup winner Matt Dawson. |
Text: Carey, 19, a product of coach Robert Croft's local club Pontarddulais, claimed 3-37 in 10 overs.
Northamptonshire's top order paid the penalty for some risky shots as Carey bowled a full length.
Loan debutant Laurie Evans and David Murphy added 70 for the fifth wicket to salvage the visitors' day.
Both teams are ... | Teenage seamer Lukas Carey made a dream debut for Glamorgan as injury-hit Northamptonshire struggled between the showers on day one in Swansea. |
Text: Thompson, 36, was Buddies captain last season but missed much of the campaign due to injury, with St Mirren relegated to the Scottish Championship.
He joined the Paisley club in 2011 following spells at Dundee United, Rangers, Cardiff City and Burnley.
And Thompson, who won 16 Scotland caps between 2002 and 2004,... | Striker Steven Thompson has signed a new one-year contract with St Mirren. |
Text: Japan's hi-tech toilets famously include features such as lid and seat controls, flush strength, front and back bidets, and air drying,
Different manufacturers all use their own pictograms for each function.
But the Japan Sanitary Equipment Industry Association says this confuses foreign tourists.
The organisatio... | Japanese toilets are set to become easier to use, after manufacturers agreed to standardise the symbols on the control panels. |
Text: A glossy ibis was spotted at the ruined Ormiclate Castle on South Uist in the Outer Hebrides on Saturday.
The bird has the body of a curlew and the legs of a flamingo and gets its name from the iridescent sheen on its wings.
It has become a regular winter visitor to the south of England, with young birds appearin... | A bird more commonly seen in southern Europe and Africa has made a rare appearance in Scotland. |
Text: North Wales Police said the teenager was in a vehicle at the Ship Inn in the village when officers were called just after midnight on Sunday.
Officers said that the victim was local to the area.
Four people have been arrested, and forensic investigations are ongoing. Police said the family of the young man had be... | An 18-year-old man has been shot dead in a pub car park in Llanbedrog, near Pwllheli, Gwynedd. |
Text: Trollope succeeded Russell Slade as Bluebirds boss in May and had been working with Wales since July 2015.
He is expected to be replaced in the Welsh set-up by predecessor Kit Symons.
Having been Wales manager Chris Coleman's number two since 2012, Symons left in June 2015 to take charge of Fulham, but the 45-yea... | Paul Trollope has left Wales' coaching staff to concentrate on his role as Cardiff City's head coach. |
Text: Staff at Morton Hall, in Swinderby, Lincolnshire, had to find a "place of safety" when about 30 men reportedly refused to go into their rooms.
The disorder was eventually brought under control on Saturday evening.
A Home Office spokesman said there were no reported injuries to staff or detainees.
Earlier, officer... | The Home Office is investigating a disturbance at an immigration removal centre which began following the death of a detainee. |
Text: Mr Chavez said a lesion he had removed from his pelvic region earlier this week was malignant.
In a televised messaged recorded in Cuba, where he is being treated, Mr Chavez said the tumour had not spread.
The news comes just seven months before presidential elections in Venezuela, in which Mr Chavez has promised... | Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he has had a recurrence of the cancer he was treated for last year. |
Text: Southgate, 46, was in charge for four games as interim manager and is the only candidate.
Ex-England striker Chris Sutton criticised the FA and said it was a "slap across the face" for Southgate.
But Bevington said: "Personally, I don't think it is overcomplicating it."
England Under-21 coach Southgate was interv... | The Football Association's process to appoint the next England manager has been defended by former FA executive Adrian Bevington after Gareth Southgate had a three-hour interview on Monday. |
Text: It claims that the government has failed in its duty to implement an Irish language strategy.
The group said the Irish language community felt "hugely disappointed and frustrated".
Conradh president Cóilín Ó Cearbhaill said a strategy for Irish had been published in January 2015.
It followed consultation carried ... | Irish language campaign group, Conradh na Gaeilge, is to challenge the Northern Ireland Executive in court. |
Text: Christina was attacked on a bus on Birmingham's Hagley Road as she travelled to Leasowes High School in Halesowen in March.
Pupils at the schools she had attended found different ways of dealing with their grief, including fundraising and tributes on social media.
Pupils at two Catholic primary schools, one of wh... | The murder of 16-year-old Christina Edkins, stabbed while on her way to school in the West Midlands, shocked her friends and acquaintances. |
Text: The versatile O'Connor spent his entire career at Griffin Park, making 501 appearances for the Bees.
The popular 33-year-old was given a coaching role last year when he also signed what proved to be his final contract as a player.
He has now been installed as Brentford's development squad coach, assisting Under-2... | Brentford stalwart Kevin O'Connor has retired from playing and will take up a new backroom role at the club. |
Text: Warnings were issued about conditions across the mid-west, where temperatures were set to fall below -34C.
The storm, which passed over Canada's Maritime provinces early on Thursday, was blamed for at least 12 deaths.
It dumped nearly 2ft (0.6m) of snow on Chicago, bringing the typically bustling city to a frozen... | Americans and Canadians are recovering from a monster winter storm that crippled air and road transport, closed schools and destroyed buildings. |
Text: The sports lawyer has accepted an offer from new Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis to take up the position at the City Ground.
In the letter, Randall said: "We know that the necessary infrastructure is not in place to take the club forward.
"It is clear to any outsider the club has not been run as it should have."... | Incoming Nottingham Forest chairman Nicholas Randall has described the current state of the club as "not fit for purpose" in an open letter to fans. |
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2001 - Malmo to Ajax - £5m
2004 - Ajax to Juventus - £12m
2006: Juventus to Inter Milan - £20m
2009: Inter Milan to Barcelona - £56.5m
2011 - Barcelona to AC Milan - £24m (after joining on loan in 2010)
2012 - AC Milan to PSG - £15.7m
The Sweden striker, 30, has sign... | Paris St-Germain have completed the signing of Zlatan Ibrahimovic from AC Milan for a reported £15.7m. |
Text: Arthur Collins, 24, is charged with 14 counts of wounding with intent and one of throwing corrosive fluid on a person.
Twenty people were hurt - including two each blinded in one eye - when they were doused with a substance at the Mangle E8 club in Hackney on 17 April.
A man aged 21 has also been charged.
Andre P... | The boyfriend of The Only Way Is Essex star Ferne McCann has been charged with 15 offences following an alleged nightclub acid attack. |
Text: Michael O'Leary said air passenger duty (APD) was to blame for a reduction of flight routes.
"I think it's inevitable overtime that the Glasgow and Liverpool services will migrate to Aldergrove," he said.
The comments were made during an announcement of 11 new routes for Belfast International.
On Monday, details ... | The chief executive of Ryanair has said that the company's remaining services at City of Derry Airport will probably move to Belfast. |
Text: And yet the net effect here in the Midlands, with its famous clusters of 'marginal' seats is that the Conservatives have one more seat than they did before and Labour have one fewer.
Our famous 'swing seats' simply didn't swing.
But it is by changing so little that our part of the country has changed so much, hel... | It's certainly been an epic drama. |
Text: A weakened dollar helped boost commodity prices, which in turn boosted mining shares. Glencore jumped 3.4% and Anglo American rose 2.7%
That helped the FTSE 100 to a 2.2% gain, leaving it at 6,894.
One big event for traders was the release of the US employment report for August, which showed that 151,000 jobs wer... | (Close): The FTSE 100 surged into the weekend helped by favourable economic data and strong mining shares. |
Text: The four-year-old female horse was attacked on grazing land at North Barn Farm in Cowley near Cheltenham overnight on Thursday.
Gloucestershire Police said the animal "suffered incredibly" as a result of its injuries and was put to sleep.
It is appealing for anyone who has any information to contact the force.
Su... | A horse has died after being shot in the head in a "brutal and unprecedented" attack at a farm in Gloucestershire. |
Text: Bill Milward "turned up the ball" for the second day of Royal Shrovetide Football in his hometown of Ashbourne, Derbyshire.
The game has been played almost every year since at least the 17th Century.
The match ended in a 1-1 draw after the Down'Ards goaled the ball late on Wednesday evening.
Mr Milward said: "I d... | A D-Day veteran who started an ancient game of football on his 100th birthday has said it was one of the best days of his life. |
Text: Renata Antczak, 49, was last seen near her home in Hull after dropping her daughter off at school on 25 April.
Her dentist husband Majid Mustafa, 47, of Beamsley Way, is accused of conspiracy to administer a noxious substance to Mrs Antczak.
Mr Mustafa and Robert Lipinski, 45, of Emerald Grove, are also charged w... | The husband of a missing woman has appeared in court to face charges. |
Text: Aymeric Sarrazin, 31, continued to rape the drunk woman after she woke up in her Meadowbank flat and told him "no".
His victim was left with a bite mark and was bleeding after the assault on 25 July 2015.
Sarrazin claimed the sex was consensual but was found guilty by majority verdict at the High Court in Glasgow... | A man who raped a sleeping 20-year-old woman after a night out in Edinburgh has been jailed for six years. |
Text: The fibreglass cow, painted with Surrey Hills cycling scenes, was taken from its plinth at the top of Box Hill, near Dorking on Thursday.
The sculpture is one of 60 decorated cows installed as part of this summer's Surrey Hills Cow Parade.
It was painted by artist Charles Rowbotham.
The sculpture was bought on be... | A cow sculpture has been stolen from a beauty spot which formed part of the London 2012 Olympics cycling road race course. |
Text: Games company ImmersiveMinds spent more than 125 hours and used more than three million virtual bricks on the 1:1 scale map of the islands.
St Kilda lies about 40 miles (64km) west of North Uist, the nearest inhabited place to the archipelago.
The last islanders left the main island of Hirta in 1930 after life th... | Scotland's remote St Kilda archipelago has been digitally recreated in video game Minecraft. |
Text: The 21-year-old admitted offering money to another player to underperform at an ITF Futures F1 tournament in his home country in November 2015.
The fellow player reported the approach to the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU), which carried out an investigation.
Chetty is currently ranked 1,857th in the world, with a ca... | South African Joshua Chetty has been banned for life from professional tennis after being found guilty of match-fixing offences. |
Text: 16 November 2015 Last updated at 14:34 GMT
The sport began eight years ago in Italy and is growing across the UK.
There are seven different combat styles.
Paul Dunsford from Bristol was named the first ever UK champion.
Summary: | Star Wars fans have been battling it out to be crowned the national lightsaber combat champion. |
Text: The Victims Support Programme, worth £18.7m and European Union's PEACE IV programme worth a further €17.6m (£14.9m), have opened together.
The Victims and Survivors Service (VSS) has invited organisations which work with or represent victims and survivors to apply for the funding.
The aim is to make the process s... | A fresh funding package worth more than £30m has opened for victims and survivors of the Troubles. |
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Kelly was always well placed on the 9-4 shot, trained by her stepfather Nick Williams and owned by her mother Jane.
"I'm delighted to do it on this horse. He showed what he is worth today," the 22-year-old told Channel 4.
"This has been a long time in the planning an... | Lizzie Kelly has become the first female jockey to win a Grade One jumps race in Britain after guiding Tea for Two to victory in the Kauto Star Novice Chase at Kempton. |
Text: Kayleigh, 15, and from Measham, Leicestershire, was found in a field near Ibstock five days after she disappeared in November.
Stephen Beadman, 28, appeared at Leicester Crown Court via video link.
No plea was entered and Mr Beadman, of George Avenue, Ibstock, was remanded in custody ahead of trial in June, accus... | A date has been set for the trial of the man charged with the rape and murder of Kayleigh Haywood. |
Text: The 20-year-old full-back has agreed a two-year contract with the Seagulls.
Hornby-Forbes, who scored two goals in 21 appearances for Fleetwood last season, will initially join the Championship club's development squad.
"We are looking forward helping him to develop so he can challenge for a place in the first te... | Brighton & Hove Albion have signed defender Tyler Hornby-Forbes from Fleetwood Town for an undisclosed fee. |
Text: They held signs and chanted slogans for Kader, 23, an LGBT activist, whose burned body was discovered in a forest after she went missing.
According to one report, opposition MPs were among those who attended the rare protest by LGBT activists.
Police with water cannon were on duty nearby, AFP news agency said.
Ms... | Scores of Turks have taken part in a peaceful protest in central Istanbul calling for justice over the murder of a transgender woman, Hande Kader. |
Text: The airport said the move was "not entirely unexpected."
There had been a commitment by International Airlines Group (IAG) to free up Gatwick slots used for Belfast and Dublin services as part of its takeover of the Irish carrier.
Ryanair is among the other airlines hoping to step in.
Any new Ryanair service woul... | Aer Lingus is to end flights between George Best Belfast City Airport and London Gatwick from March next year. |
Text: The seamer, 34, has not played since August because of a stress fracture.
He was not included for the two-Test series in Bangladesh, which starts on Thursday. The opening Test in India begins on 9 November.
England captain Alastair Cook said: "He might be ready to do some training, but won't be ready for the firs... | England's leading wicket-taker James Anderson will miss the first Test in India next month as he continues his recovery from a shoulder injury. |
Text: A woman in her 30s died at the scene in Bridge Street on Saturday afternoon. She has not yet been named.
Another pedestrian, a man in his 40s, who suffered serious pelvic injuries remains in hospital in London.
The injured driver of the Land Rover Defender, a man in his 40s, remains in the Royal Surrey County Hos... | Two men remain in hospital after a crash in which a Land Rover mounted a pavement and hit pedestrians in Guildford. |
Text: The musical event, in its 15th year, took place at the Titanic Slipways in front of about 11,000 people on Saturday evening.
Both Northern Irish and international acts were performing alongside the Ulster Orchestra.
The artists included soprano Lesley Garrett, Broadway performer John Owen-Jones and Londonderry pi... | Thousands of people attended the BBC Proms in the Park in Belfast. |
Text: Alnwick, 29, played 84 league games for Posh but was released on Wednesday.
Ameobi, 24, has made 67 appearances for Newcastle, while Henry, 27, has featured in over 100 games for Wolves.
Rotherham's Thorpe, 23, has played 10 matches, but Crystal Palace's Anderson, 21, has yet to play for the club.
He had a two-mo... | Bolton have signed Peterborough keeper Ben Alnwick, wingers Sammy Ameobi and James Henry on loan until January, plus striker Keshi Anderson and defender Tom Thorpe on season-long loan deals. |
Text: Sir Iain Lobban will leave later this year, after six years as director.
The Foreign Office said Sir Iain, 53, was doing "outstanding job" and his departure was "planned".
Officials denied the move was linked to controversy over GCHQ and its US counterpart, the NSA, sparked by disclosures from former US intellige... | The head of GCHQ - Britain's electronic intelligence gathering agency - is to step down, the Foreign Office has said. |
Text: Auction house Tajan said the drawing, one of eight the Renaissance artist made of the martyred Saint Sebastian, was an "extraordinary discovery".
The drawing has been authenticated by an expert from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Tajan claims it is the first "new" da Vinci to be discovered in ... | A previously unknown Leonardo da Vinci sketch has been valued at $15.8m (£12.4m) after being taken to a French auction house by a retired doctor. |
Text: The woman featuring on the sample note's image was substituted for a Caucasian woman after focus groups complained.
The Bank of Canada said its designers had unintentionally created an image representing one ethnic group.
Critics said that the re-design of the note had been racist.
"I apologize to those who were ... | The Bank of Canada has apologised for removing an image of an "Asian-looking" woman from the design of a new $100 bank note. |
Text: Wenger, 67, was charged with verbally abusing and pushing fourth official Anthony Taylor after being sent off in the closing stages of the game.
He had been dismissed for reacting angrily to a 93rd-minute penalty given to Burnley, who trailed 1-0.
Wenger, who later apologised, says he will request a personal FA h... | Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he will accept a Football Association misconduct charge for his behaviour during the 2-1 league win over Burnley. |
Text: The region's two largest economies saw factory activity expand at a slower pace in March, suggesting that their recoveries may be losing momentum.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index ended down 0.4% at 24,399.6, while Japan's Nikkei 225 closed 0.1% lower at 19,734.05.
The Shanghai Composite reversed earlier losses to clo... | Asian markets experience mixed fortunes after surveys indicated weaker manufacturing growth in China and Japan. |
Text: In a letter, they said additional measures to boost travel, trade and investment would benefit both nations.
Mr Trump, who takes office on 20 January, has said he will end a deal under which ties were restored in 2015 unless Havana offers a "better deal".
Cuba hopes to sign 12 agreements with the US before Mr Tru... | More than 100 Cuban business owners have appealed to US President-elect Donald Trump not to reverse a recent thaw in bilateral relations. |
Text: A temporary export bar has been placed on Vue sur L'Estaque et le Chateau d'If, a fixture at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge for three decades.
A UK buyer is being sought to match the £13.5m asking price for the painting, which dates from around 1883 to 1885.
Culture minister Ed Vaizey said he hoped the bar ... | The government has taken steps to stop a masterpiece by 19th Century French artist Paul Cezanne leaving the UK. |
Text: The RNLB Norah Wortley, which was funded by a bequest, is designed so that the impact on the crew is reduced as it crashes through waves.
It is one of four new RNLI lifeboats in Wales, with the others at Porthdinllaen, Moelfre and Mumbles.
"Bringing the new lifeboat home to St Davids for the very first time will ... | A new faster and safer £2.7m RNLI lifeboat is arriving in Pembrokeshire. |
Text: The 40ft yacht had been missing in the North Atlantic when it was found with no sign of its crew in May 2014.
Andrew Bridge, Steve Warren, Paul Goslin and James Male lost their lives.
Douglas Innes is charged with four counts of gross negligence manslaughter and will appear at Southampton Magistrates' Court on 3 ... | The director of the firm that managed the Cheeki Rafiki yacht has been charged with manslaughter after it capsized in 2014, killing its crew. |
Text: The flats are in Poundbury village in Dorset, the architectural project of Prince Charles.
The eight properties are within Strathmore House, which was named after the late Queen Mother's family.
Designed in the neo-classical style, it boasts a central portico and Corinthian columns similar to Buckingham Palace.
S... | A block of luxury flats which locals and newspapers have likened to Buckingham Palace has sold out soon after the building was completed. |
Text: Curtis, 61, is in charge until the end of the campaign after Swansea failed to find a long-term successor to Garry Monk.
Swansea are a point above the drop zone and Curtis says he would not have a problem stepping down.
"I've got no sort of vanity (that I must) be here until the end of the season," he said.
"I'd ... | Alan Curtis says he would be willing to step aside if Swansea City found a new manager before the end of the season. |
Text: The pair meet in the John McEnroe Group at 14:00 GMT, live on BBC Two, online and BBC Radio 5 live sports extra.
Britain's Murray is also aiming to stay ahead of Serb Novak Djokovic in the contest to be the year-end number one.
Croatia's Marin Cilic plays Swiss US Open champion Stan Wawrinka in the day's second s... | Andy Murray will try to reach the ATP World Tour Finals semi-finals for the first time in four years when he takes on Japan's Kei Nishikori on Wednesday. |
Text: The 21-year-old has been awarded an MBE for services to diving, along with his diving partner Chris Mears.
Laugher won gold in the men's synchronised 3m springboard with Mears, six days before taking silver in the individual category in Rio.
Paralympic rower Laurence Whiteley and classical singer Iestyn Davies ar... | Olympic champion Jack Laugher is among those in North Yorkshire recognised in the New Year Honours list. |
Text: 4 July 2015 Last updated at 00:09 BST
Steve Wilcox, who ran a crowd-funding campaign to recreate the rubbery keys, told the BBC his team had received what was likely to be the final product.
He said the project had been delayed after the team decided to support Android tablets as well as Apple's iOS devices.
The ... | Fans of the ZX Spectrum's spongy keyboard are one step closer to typing on it again. |
Text: The Prospect union said staff at AMSL - now part of Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (Hial) - had received "inferior terms".
The 48-hour strike will start from midday on 7 April.
Hial said its sites would be open as normal and the staff had been asked to consider a "realistic" pay claim.
The Scottish govern... | Security staff working at Scotland's regional airports have voted in favour of taking industrial action over their terms and conditions, including pay. |
Text: A photo of Ken Farlow, 95, staring at Spitfires through the fence of Gloucestershire Airport became an internet hit in July.
The airport tweeted: "With sadness we report the passing of Ken Farlow yesterday. His story touched hearts."
Mr Farlow, who had bowel cancer, was an electrical engineer in the war and worke... | A terminally ill former World War Two Spitfire engineer whose photograph went viral on social media has died. |
Text: One man suffered minor injuries and another was uninjured when the van they were in overturned on the M6 at junction two northbound.
The road was closed at about 1130 BST after hundreds of cans of lager were spilled across the road.
The link road between the M69 southbound and the M6 northbound, near Coventry, wa... | A van has shed a load of lager on to a motorway in Warwickshire. |
Text: She was walking her dog on a path beside the River Leven in Alexandria when a man grabbed her from behind and pushed her to the ground.
The attack took place at about 00:10 on Tuesday.
The man ran off, leaving his victim injured on the ground. She was taken by ambulance to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley ... | A 49-year-old woman has been indecently assaulted in an early-morning attack. |
Text: The company recently transferred its business to FP MCCann.
Gareth Scott, of the Unite union, said: "A week ago, Unite warned that at least 20 jobs were likely to be lost.
"Unfortunately, we have been shocked at the scale of the impact on workers which is even greater than we initially feared."
Of the 32 redundan... | Thirty-two jobs are being lost at quarrying and construction contractor P Clarke and Sons in Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh. |
Text: Magistrates heard the German shepherd attacked the 73-year-old outside a shop in Much Hadham, Hertfordshire.
Aaron Chalkley, who had taken Saunders' dog from the stables where it was kept in Peggs Lane, was fined £1,500.
The WBO world middleweight title holder admitted failing to display a guard dog warning sign ... | Boxing champion Billy Joe Saunders has been fined after his guard dog bit a pensioner who then needed a skin graft. |
Text: The 95-year-old from the Manchester area, who cannot be named, was given less than £10 a month by her niece's husband, who controlled her finances.
As well as not paying fees, he "failed to explain" to the Court of Protection how he spent £30,000 of her money
As a result, Judge Denzil Lush revoked his power of at... | An elderly woman's unpaid home fees and "stingy" allowance meant she had to wear clothes left behind by recently-deceased residents, a court has heard. |
Text: The 26-year-old had been playing through a problem with his groin before tearing the muscle in the goalless draw at Cambridge on 28 March.
Skarz has appeared in 49 games for the U's in all competitions this season.
"We knew the risk of a rupture happening but we were hoping we could manage the situation," manager... | Oxford United left-back Joe Skarz will miss the rest of the season after suffering a ruptured groin muscle. |
Text: The new owner is the Schivo Group which works in the medical technologies, aerospace and oil and gas sectors.
MPE supplies parts to major aircraft manufacturers Bombardier, Airbus and Boeing.
It employs 133 staff who will continue to be based at the Derry factory.
Schivo said the deal would expand its interests i... | The Londonderry-based aerospace engineering firm Maydown Precision Engineering (MPE) has been sold to a Waterford-based company. |
Text: Elizabeth Edwards, 49, and Katie, 13, were found dead at a house in Dawson Avenue, Spalding, on 15 April.
The teenagers, a boy and a girl who cannot be named because of their age, did not enter pleas at Lincoln Crown Court.
They were remanded into secure accommodation until 5 September while psychiatric reports a... | Two teenagers accused of murdering a mother and daughter have appeared in court. |
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