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Text: Previous winters featured frequent snowfalls, freezing temperatures and months-long coverings of deep snow.
SAIS teams recorded cascades of loose, dry snow called sluffs also rime ice and plenty of avalanches.
But this winter snow has had to compete with rain and warmer weather.
Between December and mid-April, SA... | The latest Sportscotland Avalanche Information Services season has seen SAIS teams encounter a mixed bag of conditions in Scotland's hills. |
Text: They had travelled for three days from the vast Sambisa forest where they were rescued, according to the army.
The group arrived in trucks and jeeps at a school converted into the camp in the city of Yola.
Earlier, the military said another 234 women and children had been rescued.
It said that operation took plac... | A group of nearly 300 women and girls, who the Nigerian army says were freed from Boko Haram militants earlier this week, have been taken to a refugee camp in north-eastern Nigeria. |
Text: Victor Willoughby, who tested positive for the disease only on Saturday, is the 11th doctor in the country to die in the current outbreak.
His death has been described as "a big loss to the medical profession".
Ebola has killed more than 7,300 people this year in West Africa, World Health Organization figures sho... | One of Sierra Leone's top doctors died from Ebola hours after the arrival in the country of an experimental drug that could have been used to save him. |
Text: Colbert, 49, is host of Comedy Central's acclaimed late-night satire programme The Colbert Report.
Letterman, 66, said last week he was retiring after 21 years hosting the CBS show and 11 years on NBC's Late Night.
On his show, Colbert plays a satirical version of himself to mock right-wing pundits. He has sugges... | Stephen Colbert will succeed Late Show host David Letterman upon his retirement next year, CBS has said. |
Text: The plan envisages the eviction of thousands of villagers around Hambantota port, 240km (150 miles) south-east of the capital Colombo.
Police used tear gas as the protest delayed a ceremony being attended by Prime Minister Ranil Wickeremesinghe.
Opponents say the area is being turned into what they call a Chinese... | Several people have been injured in southern Sri Lanka during a protest against allowing China to build a port and industrial zone. |
Text: It came after a right-wing group threatened to attack cinemas screening his latest movie starring Pakistani actor Fawad Khan.
Anti-Pakistan sentiment has grown after a militant attack killed 18 soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir last month.
Social media is divided over Johar's statement and what it says abou... | A statement by popular Bollywood director Karan Johar promising not to work with Pakistani actors in the future has gone viral in India. |
Text: Gold and silver for Turkey in the final race - the men's seniors - put them just ahead of Britain, who were helped to team gold by Callum Hawkins' bronze.
Steph Twell's earlier sixth saw Britain win team silver in the women's race.
Britain won team gold in the women's under-20 and under-23 races, and bronze in th... | Great Britain finished second at the European Cross Country Championships as they narrowly missed out on topping the medal table for a 14th year in a row. |
Text: This comes after ex-president Wolfgang Niersbach resigned in November after claims he knew about and assisted in the making of payments to secure votes.
Niersbach denies the allegations.
A new president will be elected on 15 April with treasurer Reinhard Grindel favourite to take over.
Sandrock, who served as gen... | Helmut Sandrock has resigned as German football federation general secretary, a week before the release of a report into alleged dubious payments to Fifa surrounding the 2006 World Cup bid. |
Text: 27 August 2015 Last updated at 14:25 BST
Bolt ran 19.56 to claim the title beating Gatlin into second place.
It means he completes the 100m and 200m double for the second consecutive championships having beaten Gatlin in the 100 metre final on Sunday.
The bronze medal went to South Africa's Anaso Jobodwana, with ... | Usain Bolt completed a golden double at the World Athletics Championships by winning the 200 metres, ahead of big rival Justin Gatlin. |
Text: The contract includes all seven BP-operated platforms in the area, as well as the Shah Deniz gas development project off the coast of Azerbaijan.
The agreement extends an existing £33m five-year deal by up to three years.
Under the contract, the Aberdeen-based firm will provide personnel, materials, equipment and... | Cranes and lifting specialist EnerMech has won a contract extension worth up to £19m from BP for projects in the Caspian Sea. |
Text: Figures up to the 31 December 2016 show 83.8% of patients started treatment within 18 weeks - a fall from 87.1% in December 2015.
The Scottish government's waiting time target is for 90% of patients to start treatment within that timeframe.
Opposition parties have criticised the government for the missed targets.... | There has been a further decline in the number of NHS patients who begin treatment 18 weeks after referral, figures have shown. |
Text: The four-year deal that Cork signed in July 2011 expires in the summer.
Koeman revealed to BBC Radio Solent in December he had recommended to the board that 25-year-old Cork should be offered a new deal.
"The board of the club is talking to him and his agent," Koeman told BBC South Today. "We've offered him a con... | Southampton manager Ronald Koeman says the club have offered midfielder Jack Cork are new contract. |
Text: Lewis Milne's pass set Greig Spence clear, and he slotted the game's only goal before the break.
Peterhead pushed for a leveller, but it was Cowdenbeath who came closest to the next goal when Spence hit a post.
The visitors are two points above Forfar Athletic and Brechin City in ninth and tenth spots, respective... | Cowdenbeath moved off the foot of League One with a surprise win at second-placed Peterhead, meaning Dunfermline Athletic sealed the title. |
Text: The prize, launched in 2000, is awarded annually to an African writer of a short story published in English.
The winning story, set in the Eastern Cape, explores how traditional beliefs are used to tackle schizophrenia.
The judges said it was a "gracefully narrated" tale that left the reader "full of sympathy and... | The South African writer and filmmaker, Lidudumalingani, has won the prestigious Caine Prize for his short story, Memories We Lost. |
Text: However, read the small print, and this doesn't mean your rail fare will stay the same. As the Tories go on to explain, prices are allowed to rise - but only in line with inflation.
And it's not the measure of inflation that you may be used to. Regulated rail fares are pegged to inflation measured by the retail p... | The Conservatives say they will "freeze" rail fares in England for the whole of the next parliament. |
Text: A UN Relief and Works Agency (Unrwa) spokesman said at least six cases of the disease had been confirmed.
Yarmouk is the scene of a major humanitarian crisis.
It has come under bombardment from government forces since 2012, but conditions worsened in April when Islamic State (IS) militants attacked.
The 18,000 pe... | There is an outbreak of typhoid in the besieged Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk in the south of the Syrian capital Damascus, the UN has warned. |
Text: Many Ballater homes and businesses were badly affected when the River Dee burst its banks in December as Storm Frank battered Scotland.
The venture - aimed at training young people in the kitchen and attracting visitors - is named the Rothesay Rooms.
Prince Charles is known as the Duke of Rothesay in Scotland.
Th... | Prince Charles has officially opened his own restaurant and gift shop in an Aberdeenshire village which was badly hit by floods. |
Text: Ms Kirkpatrick, 74, denies two counts of indecent assault and one count of gross indecency with a person under 16.
According to a report by Australia's Herald Sun, the alleged incident took place in the 1980s and involved a 13-year-old girl.
The actress told the Herald Sun that she will fight to clear her name.
"... | Australian actress Maggie Kirkpatrick, who starred in 1980s soap Prisoner Cell Block H and later Home and Away, has been charged with child sex offences. |
Text: The crash on Sunday involved a Honda motorbike and a Ford Focus near Benhall roundabout, in Cheltenham.
An off-duty paramedic and off-duty police officer gave the 26-year-old biker, from Bishops Cleeve, first aid before emergency services arrived but he was confirmed dead at the scene.
A driver of a third black v... | A motorcyclist died when he was involved in a collision with a car. |
Text: The married airman in his late 20s was out running near RAF Marham in Norfolk on 20 July when he was ambushed by two men, but he managed to escape.
E-fits of the suspects led to some callers putting names to the faces.
Police said they were now following up these leads.
The airman, who has not been identified, sa... | Police investigating the attempted kidnap of an RAF airman by two men have had 30 calls after the case featured on BBC Crimewatch on Monday. |
Text: 26 Mai 2017 Diweddarwyd 22:06 BST
Cafodd y cyfarfod ei drefnu er mwyn trafod sut i ddelio â'r problemau.
Yn ôl trigolion dyw hi ddim yn beth dieithr i weld defnyddwyr cyffuriau yn ddiymadferth ac hefyd maent yn honni fod ymladd ar y strydoedd.
Dyma adroddiad Dafydd Gwynn.
Summary: | Roedd cannoedd mewn cyfarfod cyhoeddus ym Methesda nos Wener er mwyn lleisio eu pryderon ynglŷn â'r cynnydd, y maent yn deimlo, sydd wedi bod yn yr ymddygiad gwrth-gymdeithasol yn y dre. |
Text: During Prime Minister's Questions, he also confirmed the current arrangements were the subject of an urgent review.
Lorry fires led to the closure of the Channel Tunnel on 17 January, affecting passengers and hundreds of hauliers.
The tunnel reopened but power supply issues caused more delays and Operation Stack ... | David Cameron says lessons need to be learnt after a fire and power problems at Eurotunnel led to days of delays on the main routes to the Channel ports. |
Text: Ray Cole, from Deal, Kent, was detained with his Moroccan partner by police who approached the pair at a bus stop in Marrakech last month, his family said.
His son Adrian Cole said the retired magazine publisher, 69, was jailed for four months on Thursday.
Dover and Deal MP Charlie Elphicke warned travellers that... | A campaign has been launched to free a British man who was jailed for "homosexual acts" in Morocco. |
Text: Obesity among US children ages two to five dropped to 8.4% in 2011-2012 from 13.9%, the survey found.
Scientists have not identified an exact cause but say a decrease in sugary beverage consumption may contribute.
Childhood obesity has been shown to increase risk of obesity, cancer, heart disease and stroke later... | The obesity rate among young US children has fallen by 43% since 2003-2004, the first broad decline in years, a new national study has found. |
Text: The wealthy Malaysian couple were given a decree nisi at a hearing in the Central Family Court, London.
It is the latest development in a legal battle which has seen the two spend around £5m in disputing how money should be split.
Ms Chai claims Dr Khoo is worth at least £440m, something he denies.
Judge Stephe... | A divorce has been granted to Laura Ashley boss Khoo Kay Peng and his estranged wife, former beauty queen Pauline Chai. |
Text: Almost 7,000 people are employed by Tata Steel across Wales, including more than 4,000 in Port Talbot.
Unions fear the merger would be "high risk" and could lead to job josses.
Tata Steel said it continued to be in "constructive discussions" with the German company about a potential merger.
Talks about a possible... | Tata Steel is continuing talks with its rival ThyssenKrupp about a potential merger despite fears it could lead to job losses. |
Text: The fund was set up in the wake of the suicide bomb attack at Manchester Arena which killed 22 people and injured 64.
"It is right that we present a unified response to this tragedy," said Ed Woodward, United's executive chairman.
"We have been humbled by the strength and solidarity shown by Manchester," said Cit... | Manchester City and Manchester United have jointly pledged £1m to an emergency fund set up to support the victims of Monday's attack in the city. |
Text: The apparently unremarkable painting was found hanging in Holy Trinity in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, in 2006 and identified as Quentin Metsys' Christ Blessing.
Given to the church in 1940 by a couple from the nearby village of Holt, the small oil was sold for about £1.5m.
The church has now reopened after the y... | A church has undergone a £2m refit thanks to the discovery of a long-lost Flemish masterpiece in a side-aisle. |
Text: Dereck Harrison, 22, was captured in the state of Wyoming hours after his father Flint, 55, gave himself up.
They are said to have tied the woman and her teenage daughters up in a basement in a suburb of Salt Lake City on Tuesday.
However the alleged victims broke free after a fight involving a baseball bat.
The ... | A father and son accused of kidnapping a woman and her four daughters in the US state of Utah have been taken into custody, police said. |
Text: A hundred protesters broke down a fence and invaded a boardroom, forcing the executives to flee.
Five of the 15 have gone on trial near Paris accused of organised violence and the rest of damaging property.
Protesters outside the court at Bobigny called for the charges to be dismissed.
The 5 October meeting at Ai... | Fifteen Air France current and ex-employees have gone on trial almost a year after two company executives had their shirts torn off as a meeting on job cuts descended into chaos. |
Text: The Australian said he can "feel" the "long-seated rivalry" towards England as they prepare to face Ireland at Twickenham on Saturday (16:50 GMT).
It is Jones' first home match after away wins over Scotland and Italy.
"Maybe Clive Woodward summed it up best when he said everyone hates England - that's true," Jone... | England can use the "hatred" from their Six Nations rivals as an extra motivating factor, says head coach Eddie Jones. |
Text: Adams replaces Lucas Alcaraz, who was sacked on Monday after a 3-1 home defeat by Valencia that leaves them 19th in La Liga.
The 50-year-old had been working at the Spanish club since November and is vice president of the company owned by Granada's club president.
His first game will be at home to Celta Vigo on S... | Former England and Arsenal captain Tony Adams has been appointed head coach of Granada until the end of the season. |
Text: It was in December 1954 that Dr Murray successfully transplanted a kidney between identical twins for the first time.
His work paved the way for tens of thousands of other successful human organ transplants.
Dr Murray died at the same Boston Hospital where he had performed the ground-breaking surgery.
He had lear... | Dr Joseph Murray, who won the Nobel prize for his pioneering work in human organ transplants, has died aged 93. |
Text: It became tangled in anti-pigeon netting on the Lloyds Bank building in Cornhill earlier.
Three fire engines were sent and a firefighter on an aerial platform managed to help set the bird free.
The bird, which had been feasting on a pigeon also trapped in the nets, then flew across the square to watch the drama f... | Crowds gathered to cheer firefighters attempting to rescue a bird of prey trapped in the centre of Ipswich. |
Text: On Tuesday, a 34-year-old former kick boxer from Londonderry was jailed for 16 months after an incident which left a man with serious head injuries.
Ch Insp Alan Hutton told the BBC that the number of deaths is alarming.
"That figure does not even include the people who have been injured as a result of an attack ... | Twenty-three people have died in Northern Ireland from "one-punch attacks" since 2004, police have said. |
Text: 4 February 2016 Last updated at 17:45 GMT
The Meem cable is designed to make a copy of your phone contacts, photos and more every time you plug it in to charge.
The company's chief executive Kelly Sumner told the BBC's Chris Foxx some people didn't trust the cloud services smartphone manufacturers provide.
Summar... | A phone charging cable that backs up your data as you top up your battery has been produced by a British firm. |
Text: Integrated Care 24 (IC24), which handles non-emergency 111 and out-of-hours GP calls in Norfolk and Wisbech, was criticised in an interim report.
Former health minister Norman Lamb has said it was "outrageous" the findings had not been formally published.
IC24 said the report would not make sense without added ba... | An NHS call provider has rejected demands to publish a leaked report that revealed "significant" safety risks and that staff had altered records. |
Text: Paul Beattie made a brief appearance in private at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. No plea was made on his behalf and the case was continued for further inquiry.
It follows the death of James Gatti who was found with serious injuries at a house in Guardwell Glen just after 23:00 on Saturday.
He was taken to Edinburgh Ro... | A 45-year old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a 34-year-old man in Edinburgh. |
Text: The plans will see fibre optic broadband delivered to both urban and rural areas.
A total of 125,000 premises in areas including Kilmarnock, Ayr, Prestwick, Dunfermline, Dalgety Bay and Inverkeithing will benefit.
Virgin Media said it was part of its £3bn "Project Lightning" UK expansion
Rural Economy and Connec... | High-speed broadband is to be installed in an additional 360,000 homes and businesses across Scotland by the end of 2019, Virgin Media has announced. |
Text: It falls on the 10th of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar.
It is marked by Muslims with a voluntary day of fasting which commemorates the day Noah left the Ark, and the day that Moses was saved from the Egyptians by God.
For Shia Muslims, Ashura is a solemn day of mourning the martyrdom of H... | The day of Ashura is marked by Muslims as a whole, but for Shia Muslims it is a major religious commemoration of the martyrdom at Karbala of Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. |
Text: The cable will have capacity to carry up to 1,200MW of electricity generated by renewable energy projects in the north of Scotland.
In March another ship, the Siem Ruby, used a subsea boulder clearance plough to create a trench in the Moray Firth.
NKT Victoria will lower cables into the trench before it is backfi... | A ship has arrived at Aberdeen from Sweden to lay more than 70 miles (113km) of high voltage subsea cables from Caithness to the Moray. |
Text: In the final round of matches before England name their squad for the first Test against Pakistan, Ballance, a potential candidate for a spot in the middle order, made an unbeaten 106.
With Alex Lees and Tim Bresnan each scoring 63, Yorkshire closed on 291-5.
Tim Murtagh took 3-61, but Steven Finn bowled 21 wicke... | Gary Ballance scored a timely century on the opening day of Yorkshire's County Championship Division One match against Middlesex at Scarborough. |
Text: At the moment, the country is one of seven in the 28-nation EU without a minimum wage level.
Germany has relied on trade unions and business groups to fix pay instead.
Mrs Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats approved the change as part of a power-sharing deal with the Social Democrats (SPD).
The SPD was in ... | German Chancellor Angela Merkel has approved the country's first minimum wage, at 8.50 euros an hour (£7; $11.75), to start in 2015. |
Text: 9 January 2017 Last updated at 07:04 GMT
Recently, a report about teaching in primary schools was done by an organisation called the TSC, which works with the government and schools in England.
It says: "Homework [in primary schools] should have a clear purpose."
The report explains that if there isn't a clear re... | People have been trying to work out if homework is a good thing or a bad thing for many years. |
Text: With his barrister's training, he was never shy to to take to the airwaves to fight his corner, and could be relied on to help the media out with a comment at short notice.
The North Belfast MLA's retirement points up the extent to which May's Northern Ireland Assembly election will see a new generation of politi... | From having his moustache shaved off for charity to becoming the first nationalist mayor of Belfast, Alban Maginness has been a frequent presence on our TV screens during his 30 years in politics. |
Text: Work to replace a major junction between Birmingham and Wolverhampton will continue until Wednesday 30 March.
A Network Rail spokeswoman said engineers needed the extra days to complete the "big piece of work".
Rail journeys will increase by up to 30 minutes, while replacement coaches between the cities will take... | Major rail works over Easter will continue to cause disruption to some commuters returning to work after the holidays, Network Rail has warned. |
Text: The boy, who was 16 at the time of his arrest last year, faces up to life in jail. Police alleged he tried to obtain a gun and bomb-making instructions.
It was the second time Australian police have intercepted a terror plot targeting the national holiday.
Anzac Day commemorates the first major battle involving A... | A teenager has pleaded guilty to planning a terror attack on Anzac Day in Sydney. |
Text: Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union members have protested against plans to stop extra payments to weekend and bank holiday staff.
National Museum Wales said on Friday the union will now consult members over its offer to compensate weekend staff.
Planned strikes over the next two weeks, including next Tues... | Planned strike action by workers at Wales' national museums over a pay row have been suspended. |
Text: John Edwards, 61, is planning to be buried on Friday in Halifax and to "bring people words of light from the grave", in a bid to reduce the number of addicts' funerals he has to attend.
The Walking Free charity founder works with suicidal addicts and their families.
Mr Edwards is due to stream his incarceration l... | A recovered drug addict and charity worker is to bury himself for several days and broadcast on social media. |
Text: He was accused of hiring foreign mercenaries in an alleged plot against the state, which he denies.
Mr Katumbi's lawyer said he had been in hospital since police had fired tear gas during a protest.
Elections are due in November.
Prosecutors allowed him to travel for treatment on condition that he returned to fac... | Moise Katumbi, the opposition presidential hopeful in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has flown to South Africa for medical treatment, his lawyer says, a day after authorities issued an arrest warrant for him. |
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The Wales midfielder limped off after 65 minutes of the with Arsenal visiting Newcastle on Sunday and hosting Cardiff on 1 January.
"It looks [bad], it looks a thigh strain," said Wenger. "The Christmas period is certainly over for him.
"I don't know how long it wil... | Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says Aaron Ramsey will miss his side's remaining festive period fixtures after suffering a thigh strain in the win at West Ham. |
Text: The 27-year-old centre-back started his career at Macclesfield, but also played for Peterborough and had several loan spells before joining Carlisle.
Brisley's loan stint at Leyton Orient in the 2015-16 season saw him play under current Notts boss Kevin Nolan.
"He's a great lad on and off the field. He's a leader... | Notts County have signed defender Shaun Brisley on a two-year contract after his deal with League Two rivals Carlisle United was cancelled. |
Text: Liam Smith played Cullen in on goal and his deflected effort left Rovers keeper Remi Matthews with no chance.
The visitors had the better of the first half with Matthews forced into saves by Danny Philliskirk and Cullen.
Rovers midfielder Tommy Rowe saw a shot come back off the crossbar after the break, but the d... | Mark Cullen's late goal gave Blackpool a precious three points at fellow League One strugglers Doncaster. |
Text: Mauricio Macri was elected with 51.5%, ending the 12-year rule of outgoing president Cristina Kirchner's party.
The long-running dispute over the British overseas territory intensified after Ms Kirchner took power in 2007.
UK Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire said he looked forward to working with the new admini... | The UK government says it hopes Argentina's "bullying" of the Falkland Islands will end now that a new president has been elected. |
Text: A report from British Marine, which represents the leisure, superyacht and small commercial marine industry, said superyacht revenues for the year to April 2016 had reached £605m.
Revenues for the whole sector rose 1.6% to £3.01bn, the first time the £3bn mark has been breached since 2008-2009.
However, the repor... | Sales in the UK's superyacht industry have reached their highest level since the 2008 financial crisis. |
Text: Sean Smith, 19, from Spittal, South Lanarkshire, taunted the West African striker as he took a corner kick at Celtic Park on 20 February.
He admitted committing a racially aggravated breach of the peace after being reported by fellow Celtic fans.
Smith was also banned from attending football matches for five year... | A Celtic fan who made monkey gestures towards Rangers player El Hadji Diouf during an Old Firm game has been jailed for three months. |
Text: The pile-up occurred between junctions nine and 10 northbound in Oxfordshire on 14 February 2015.
Highways England claimed the move would improve driver safety in the area, though the sensor is not expected to be installed until after April 2017.
Edmund King from the AA said he was "disappointed" it was taking "s... | Two years on from a fatal crash involving more than 30 cars on the M40, Highways England has said it will install a fog sensor in the area. |
Text: Dr Michael Kennedy, 52, of St Pegus Road in Peterborough, was arrested in March after police found more than 800,000 images on devices at his home.
He pleaded guilty to seven counts including making indecent images of children and possessing extreme images.
The doctor, who practised at Millfield Medical Centre, w... | A doctor has admitted a string of offences involving indecent images of children and extreme pornographic images involving animals. |
Text: Sally Hague was suspended from Daybrook Dental Practice in 2015 after being recorded not washing her hands or changing gloves between patients.
She worked with Desmond D'Mello, who was struck off after being secretly filmed breaking hygiene rules.
A General Dental Council (GDC) panel on Tuesday heard Mrs Hague's ... | A dental nurse whose boss sparked the "biggest NHS patient recall in history" has been suspended indefinitely. |
Text: Ambulance Service staff alerted police after the 37-year-old man was discovered on Leamington Terrace, near Bruntsfield Place, at about 05:35.
The death is being treated as unexplained and detectives were particularly keen to trace a couple who may have tried to help the man earlier.
They have appealed for anyone... | An investigation is under way after a man's body was found lying on a street in the Bruntsfield area of Edinburgh. |
Text: John McDermott Wilson left HMP Gateside in Greenock, where he is serving a life sentence, on Friday.
He was last seen outside Central Station in Glasgow at about 16:05 that day.
Wilson, 50, is 5ft 5in tall, of medium build, fair complexion, brown, thinning hair, blue eyes and is clean-shaven with a small scar on ... | Police are hunting a murderer who failed to return to prison following unescorted leave. |
Text: South Somerset Council stopped 39 cars, with one in four turning out to have defects, including brake pads that were close to the legal limit.
Council licensing manager Nigel Marsden said spot checks kept "drivers on their toes".
Yeovil Radio Cabs manager Andrew Rossiter said he was surprised at the number of pro... | Spot checks of taxis in south Somerset have resulted in 10 cars being taken off the road until repairs are made. |
Text: Developers behind the Circuit of Wales (CoW) included the loans from Blaenau Gwent and Monmouthshire councils as part of revised plans.
It would also see the Welsh Government underwrite about half of the cost.
A request to guarantee the entire project in Ebbw Vale was rejected by ministers earlier this year.
The ... | Plans for £90m in loans to help fund a £375m motor racing track in Blaenau Gwent are not guaranteed, two councils have said. |
Text: The Bronze Age items were discovered in Wenvoe, Vale of Glamorgan, in August 2014 and April 2015.
In Llanarmon-yn-Iâl, Denbighshire, an early medieval piece which would have formed part of a gilt bronze or silver brooch was found in August 2014.
Also declared treasure was an early medieval silver ingot found in T... | An early Bronze Age axe and spearheads are among a number of finds which have been declared treasure by a coroner. |
Text: The 23-year-old, who can play anywhere on the left, has scored seven goals in 23 appearances this term since joining on a two-year deal in the summer.
He has helped the U's, managed by former Ipswich defender John McGreal, into the League Two play-off places.
Dickenson had previously scored four in 78 games for G... | Colchester United have rejected a bid for Brennan Dickenson from Championship side Ipswich Town, reports BBC Essex. |
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Flynn secured League Two survival having taken over as caretaker when County were 11 points adrift of safety.
The 36-year-old wants the job on a permanent basis and will have talks with the club's board this week.
"We just need to sort a few things out with him," Fox... | Newport County director Gavin Foxall has said it "would be very difficult" not to appoint Mike Flynn as the club's permanent manager. |
Text: Successful applicants will be granted one of 100 new licences to perform at designated locations on the network.
Only soloists and duos will be allowed to audition to access the 1,800 bookable slots each week shared by the current crop of 250 buskers.
"Busking has become an essential part of London Underground's ... | Auditions to busk at London Underground (LU) stations are being held for the first time in two years. |
Text: The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 174.09 points, or 0.98%, to 17,541.96.
The S&P 500 fell 24.75 points (1.20%) to 2041.91, while the Nasdaq was down 72.35 points (1.47%) at 4,848.37.
Oil prices slid, with Brent crude dropping $0.25 to $39.59 a barrel and US crude, down $0.33 to $37.42.
Worries about global... | (Closed): Wall Street stocks fell on Thursday as investors worried about a stall in global growth and sliding oil prices. |
Text: The 20-year-old broke a metatarsal in the 21st-minute of the Magpies' 2-0 win against League Two side Cheltenham Town in the EFL Cup second round.
The former Bristol City trainee has played five games for Newcastle so far this season, starting twice.
Aarons, who joined from the Robins in 2014, recently signed a n... | Newcastle United winger Rolando Aarons will be out for eight weeks after breaking a bone in his foot. |
Text: Let It Shine saw singers enter a talent competition to win the chance to perform as a group in an upcoming musical featuring Take That songs.
An official spokesperson for The Band musical has told Newsround that reports the boys will just be backing singers in the show are "simply not true."
At the end of Februar... | Reports that the winners of Let It Shine - Five to Five - will not have as big a role in the upcoming musical The Band as many fans of the show had hoped, have been denied by the team behind the musical. |
Text: Compton scored from the spot after Tavhon Campbell was upended by Danny Holmes.
Newport seldom looked like scoring and have now lost four successive games, slipping down to 21st in the table.
They are 12 points above the relegation zone while Yeovil are 19th and 13 points clear of safety.
Newport County manager W... | Jack Compton's first-half penalty was enough for Yeovil Town to move above Newport County in League Two. |
Text: In the first few weeks of 2017, Ms Dugdale split up with her partner of nine years, Louise Riddell.
She was then left mourning the death of Labour activist and motor neurone disease campaigner Gordon Aikman.
Ms Dugdale was speaking at a Daily Record organised fringe event at the Scottish Labour conference in Pert... | Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has spoken about the double heartache of breaking up with her fiancee and losing her best friend. |
Text: The 11-year-old knocked on Lee Kilburn's door in Bolton, Greater Manchester, in July 2014 and ran away as part of a prank with friends.
But the 45-year-old chased her, grabbed her hair and dragged her to the ground before punching her twice in the face.
His one-year jail sentence was overturned at London's Appeal... | A man who punched a girl has been freed from jail because he was "under great stress" as his partner was terminally ill at the time. |
Text: The Welsh region's hopes of winning a fifth Pro12 title suffered a blow as Treviso won 13-5 to seal just their third victory of the entire campaign.
Ospreys' Wales Six Nations stars, including Dan Biggar and Rhys Webb, were rested for the trip to Italy.
"Ultimately when you come away you should produce better per... | Ospreys head coach Steve Tandy says their defeat by Pro12 strugglers Benetton Treviso was a "disaster". |
Text: The shooting happened in the Saqqara area, some 35km (22 miles) south of the capital Cairo.
The unidentified attackers opened fire on a police checkpoint from a motorbike, officials say.
Egypt has seen increased attacks on security forces since the army ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in July 2013.
Most ... | Four Egyptian police have been killed in a drive-by shooting, security officials say. |
Text: Kieron Cadogan and Adam Coombes both threatened as Sutton made a decent start, but their hard work was undone in cruel fashion just before the break.
Shamir Fenelon and the in-demand Idris Kanu created havoc with a searing counter-attack for the Shots, before Nicky Bailey's attempted clearance went in for an own ... | Aldershot overcame Sutton to stay in the National League play-off hunt. |
Text: The officer, known as Vincent, told the court how he infiltrated the group, known as the Three Musketeers.
Naweed Ali, 29, from Sparkhill in Birmingham, is on trial at the Old Bailey accused of preparing terrorism acts along with three other men from the West Midlands.
They were arrested on August 26 after a pipe... | An undercover officer has described how secret agents found a bomb in the car of a convicted terrorist. |
Text: A 14th successive Serie A win kept the champions two points behind leaders Napoli, who they play next week.
On-loan Chelsea winger Cuadrado drove home his third goal of the season after 74 minutes before top scorer Dybala secured the points in the final minute.
Dybala, who also hit a post, curled in his 16th goal... | Juventus extended their winning run to 12 games as second-half goals from Juan Cuadrado and Paulo Dybala secured a 2-0 victory at struggling Frosinone. |
Text: Tea party Republicans Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat concocted a false story that Mr Courser had solicited a male sex worker, to make the story of their affair less credible.
Mr Courser apologised to a disciplinary panel and pleaded for leniency.
The state's House needs a two-thirds majority to expel the politicia... | Two Michigan state lawmakers have been recommended for removal from office after admitting misconduct in covering up an extramarital affair. |
Text: 8 January 2017 Last updated at 12:26 GMT
It's a container in which people put items that are typical of the time. The container is then buried to be discovered sometime in the future.
Builders stumbled across the time capsule after demolishing a church which had been built in the 1800's.
They found old coins, fli... | A time capsule thought to be nearly 120 years old has been discovered in New Jersey America. |
Text: Companies in England and Wales will find out later what their bill is likely to be for the next five years.
London and parts of the south east face the biggest increase, but will also receive the biggest cushion from a planned transitional period.
Firms in the north of England are set to benefit from lower valuat... | Thousands of firms are about to see "the largest change in a generation" to the amount they pay in business rates. |
Text: The IKO Creative Prosthetic System won the Grand Prix award at digital technology summit Netexplo.
Lego attachments, including a remote-control digger, fit on to the battery-powered arm and 3D-printed socket.
Creator Carlos Arturo Torres, a former intern at Lego's Future Lab research department, hopes to secure i... | A prosthetic arm that allows children to design their own Lego accessories has won an innovation award in Paris. |
Text: Adele Bellis was left with permanent "life-changing" scarring, lost an ear and is partially bald after the attack in Lowestoft last August.
She had already suffered a knife attack in the street four months earlier in which she was stabbed in the mouth.
Her former partner, Anthony Riley, 26 is accused of organisin... | A beautician who was doused in acid has told a court she saw smoke coming from her body while standing at a bus stop. |
Text: Chairman Barry O'Brien told the club's Annual General Meeting on Tuesday that an appeal from one councillor could force the matter back to cabinet.
He said it meant that the accounts could not yet be finalised.
Cardiff Council confirmed a councillor has "called in" the cabinet's ruling, as allowed under its const... | Efforts to restructure Glamorgan County Cricket Club's multi-million pound debts have been hit by a last-minute hitch. |
Text: Sunday's event at Rio's Maracana stadium will see Britain's sports stars celebrate their largest ever haul of overseas medals.
Lancashire-based clothing manufacturer Simon Jersey has designed the athletes' red, white and blue outfits.
The quirky costumes are matched with shoes encrusted with flashing bulbs.
The A... | Team GB's athletes have revealed the colourful outfits they will wear for the Olympic Games closing ceremony - complete with illuminated shoes. |
Text: The ducklings were reported stuck down a drain in Great Notley, Essex after trailing their mother across a road on Tuesday afternoon.
The first two were plucked to safety by firefighters but a third could be heard further down the drain.
The RSPCA said he had to be flushed out into a net - an experience which lef... | Three abandoned ducklings had to be rescued from a sewer after falling through the gaps of a drain cover. |
Text: The 26-year-old England international was instrumental as the Foxes won the title by 10 points last season.
His previous deal was due to expire in 2018, and there had been speculation of a move to Tottenham.
Team-mates Riyad Mahrez, Jamie Vardy, Kasper Schmeichel, Wes Morgan and Andy King, and manager Claudio Ran... | Leicester midfielder Danny Drinkwater has signed a new five-year contract with the Premier League champions. |
Text: Sir Roger, now 86, made his run at Oxford's Iffley Road track on 6 May 1954, when he was 25.
Used by timekeeper WJ Burfitt, the watch was expected to attract bids between £5,000 and £8,000.
A collection of autographs and pictures from four-minute mile athletes, also including Chris Brasher and Chris Chataway, wer... | A stopwatch used to time Roger Bannister's first sub-four-minute mile has sold for £20,000 at auction. |
Text: Samsonite said it would pay $26.74 per share in an all-cash transaction in a move designed to give it access to the premium end of the luggage market.
The deal is expected to bring cost savings in sourcing, logistics, sales and marketing, as well as distribution and product development.
The new company will list ... | The world's biggest luggage maker, Samsonite, has reached a takeover agreement with luxury rival Tumi in a $1.8bn (£1.3bn) deal. |
Text: It also requires children to have an immunisation card to allow them to go to school.
The law will help the government reach its vaccination target, Health Minister Sarah Achieng Opendi told the BBC.
Some parents and members of a religious cult have refused to allow their children vaccinated, she says.
The govern... | Parents who fail to vaccinate their children in Uganda will face six months in jail, according to a new law signed by President Yoweri Museveni. |
Text: The man's name and the circumstances of his abduction in January 2014 remain unknown.
He was handed over to the members of the International Red Cross and the Catholic Church in a remote area of Norte de Santander province.
The ELN is Colombia's second largest group, after the Farc.
Dutch authorities had been inv... | A Dutch citizen has been freed by Colombia's ELN rebel group after more than a year in captivity in the north-east of the country. |
Text: The fire at Little Plumstead Hospital, near Norwich, broke out at 01:45 BST on Sunday.
There were more than 50 firefighters at the scene at the height of the blaze.
Station manager Duncan Ashworth said: "It's a beautiful building, and a very complicated building. All of the internal structures have burnt away."
T... | A former mental health hospital has been destroyed after a large fire ripped through the 19th Century building. |
Text: David Massey, 54, recorded the doctor, whom he had previously made a complaint about, saying: "What can I do to you? I can probably beat you up, I suppose."
After police were called, one officer suggested leaving him "on the Cat and Fiddle" A537 road in Cheshire. Cheshire Police said they "regret" the incident.
M... | A disabled man who secretly recorded verbal abuse by a hospital doctor has received an apology from an NHS trust. |
Text: The 31-year old, who has played 22 ODIs and 10 Twenty20 internationals, holds a UK passport and will play in all forms.
Broom said: "It's a great opportunity for me. I have heard great things about the progress being made at Derbyshire."
Elite performance director Graeme Welch said: "We know we need to strengthen... | Derbyshire have signed New Zealand international batsman Neil Broom on a two-year contract from next season. |
Text: He told the BBC's Andrew Marr Programme, a planned rise in the threshold amounted to a "tax break" for the wealthiest 60,000 families.
In his budget Chancellor George Osborne ended the 40% inheritance tax on family homes worth up to £1m from April 2017.
That was a rise from the current threshold of £650,000.
Mr... | Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says inheritance tax should be "graded" because the current single rate means the "very richest become richer". |
Text: Jesse Richards, originally from Gloucester, died at Cleeve Prior in Evesham, Worcestershire, on 31 July 2009.
Five men were jailed in 2012 over the death of the 40-year-old father-of-three, who lived in Surrey, but his body was never recovered.
West Mercia Police said they believe his remains were taken to Warwic... | The mother of a man who was murdered in a row over a drug debt seven years ago has appealed for help to find his body. |
Text: The blaze broke out at a property in Chorley Road, Hilldale, near Mawdesley, at about 17:35 GMT on Wednesday, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service said.
Fire crews discovered the man, who has not been named but is thought to have been in his 90s.
The cause of the fire and the circumstances of his death are being in... | A man has died following a house fire in Lancashire. |
Text: Williamson capitalised on Frazer Shaw's tame back pass to round O's keeper Alex Cisak and slot the ball home.
The visitors struck again through Williamson's low drive before Orient pulled one back through substitute Armand Gnanduillet's neat finish.
Jimmy Spencer buried Williamson's cross on his debut to seal vic... | Ben Williamson bagged a brace as Cambridge inflicted a first defeat on new Leyton Orient manager Kevin Nolan. |
Text: Ballot Monkeys will be set on campaign buses and written in real-time.
The writers will leave gaps in the script to allow for updates as the campaign hots up.
Miranda star Sarah Hadland also appears as a TV presenter-turned UKIP official and Hugh Dennis as a Tory campaigner.
The creators are Andy Hamilton and Guy... | Death in Paradise star Ben Miller is to play a stressed Liberal Democrat campaigner in a Channel 4 sitcom to be broadcast in the run-up to May's election. |
Text: Around 30,000 suspected diazepam tablets were recovered during the planned searches and two replica firearms were also found.
A 29-year-old woman was arrested in Belfast and a 27-year-old man was arrested in Tempo. They are currently assisting police with their enquiries.
Seven other people will be interviewed at... | Police have arrested two people in a number of searches in connection with the possession of drugs. |
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