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Text: Adam Cunnington fired Bromley into the lead after just 20 seconds of the match, catching Maidstone's rearguard out with an immediate surge up field.
From there Maidstone toiled, with Dan Sweeney heading just over, and soon after the break they found themselves 2-0 down.
George Porter took advantage of Maidstone's... | Bromley got back to winning ways with a 2-0 victory over Maidstone after seeing their five-match unbeaten run ended last time out. |
Text: The country has two rival governments - one in Tripoli, another in the east.
But there is growing concern that the Islamic State group (IS), with a stronghold in the city of Sirte, is profiting from the instability.
US Secretary of State John Kerry is among those at the talks pushing the rival groups to implement... | Talks are under way in Italy in the hope of getting Libya's rival factions to establish a unity government and bring a halt to months of chaos. |
Text: Spieth, the Masters and US Open champion in 2015, mixed four birdies with a bogey and a double bogey for a one-under-par 69 on Friday, moving to eight under par overall.
One shot behind him is countryman Troy Merritt, who shot a two-under-par 68.
But Rory McIlroy's struggles continued with five bogeys and two bir... | American Jordan Spieth leads by one shot after the second round of the Travelers Championship in Connecticut. |
Text: An incident was reported to have happened during the early hours of Sunday.
Police Scotland said a 26-year-old man had been charged.
He was expected to appear in court on Tuesday, but the Crown Office said the accused did not appear in court and was liberated from custody.
A spokesperson said: "The case against h... | A man charged in connection with an alleged serious sexual assault in Aberdeen's Union Terrace Gardens has been freed from custody. |
Text: Police were called to an incident at the Shettleston Juniors football ground in Shettleston Road at about 00:35.
A 21st birthday party function had been held at the club earlier.
Four men were taken to hospital. One of them, aged 24, died a short time after admission. The death is being treated as "suspicious".
T... | A man has died and three others have been injured after a disturbance outside a football ground in the east end of Glasgow. |
Text: The 19-year-old winger, who can play on the left or right, made his only appearance for Liverpool in the FA Cup third round against Exeter in January.
Kent spent part of last season on loan at League One club Coventry City.
"He is fearless, loves to take on his man and get balls into the box," Barnsley boss Paul ... | Liverpool and England Under-20 midfielder Ryan Kent has joined Championship club Barnsley on a season-long loan deal. |
Text: Despite a reduction in the number of assaults at HMP Werrington, compared to 2013, inspectors were still concerned about the number of violent incidents.
Their report said living conditions and education had improved and the number of self-harm incidents had reduced.
The institution can hold up to 160 boys, aged ... | Levels of violence at a young offenders' institution in Staffordshire are still too high, with many inmates feeling unsafe, inspectors say. |
Text: The TV chef posed with a police poster at Norwich City Football Club, where she is a director.
As reported in the East Anglian Daily Times, she was approached by a fan who said Ms Smith promised to "keep Corrie in her prayers."
Mr Mckeague, 23, based at RAF Honington in Suffolk, disappeared after a night out in B... | Delia Smith has shown her support for the campaign to find missing RAF serviceman Corrie Mckeague. |
Text: The group is alleged to have convinced Chinese families to deposit money in bank accounts by pretending to be police officers.
Authorities said 13 call centres were discovered and dismantled in Madrid, Barcelona and Alicante.
More than 600 officers took part.
"We are talking about thousands of Chinese citizens, m... | Police in Spain have arrested more than 200 Chinese nationals in a €16m ($17m, £13m) fraud investigation involving call centres run from luxury Spanish villas, officials say. |
Text: The value of the deal was not disclosed, but could be worth tens of millions of dollars, experts said.
Pitchfork is known for its independent voice in the music scene and promoting alternative artists.
Condé Nast, publisher of Vogue and Wired, wants to capitalise on the music site's young, growing audience.
Annou... | US media giant Condé Nast has bought Pitchfork Media, operator of a popular independent music site. |
Text: The 24-year-old played 17 games for the Latics during a loan spell which ended recently and has now agreed a three-and-a-half-year contract.
Dutchman Wildschut joined Boro from Den Haag in September 2014, but was unable to win a regular first-team place.
"He's not the finished article yet, but his potential is hu... | Wigan Athletic have signed winger Yanic Wildschut from Middlesbrough for an undisclosed fee. |
Text: If you have a picture you would like to share, please see below the images for details on how to submit yours.
If you have a picture you'd like to share, email us at england@bbc.co.uk, post it on Facebook or tweet it to @BBCEngland. You can also find us on Instagram - use #englandsbigpicture to share an image the... | Each day we feature a photograph sent in from across England - the gallery will grow during the week. |
Text: Alan Crickmore was jailed for eight years in 2013 after stealing more than £2m from clients at his Cheltenham law practice over a period of 12 years.
In a confiscation hearing at Southwark Crown Court, judge Anthony Leonard QC ordered him to pay pack £992,679.
The money will now be used to help compensate the fam... | A former Gloucestershire coroner has been ordered to pay back almost £1m he stole from his clients, some of whom had died. |
Text: Thirty-nine fans died when people were crushed against a wall that then collapsed at the ground in Brussels before the 1985 European Cup final between Liverpool and Juventus.
The disaster unfolded after a surge by Liverpool fans drove supporters of the Italian club towards the wall.
Memorial events have taken pla... | Ceremonies have been held to mark the 30th anniversary of the Heysel football stadium disaster. |
Text: The entire North Downs Way, a 153-mile trek from Farnham to Canterbury and the White Cliffs of Dover, can now be viewed online.
The trails cover some 2,500 miles in England and Wales.
Rangers and volunteers will eventually film every mile using Google Trekker equipment - a backpack fitted with a cluster of 15 len... | The first of 15 National Trails being made available on Google Street View has gone live. |
Text: 25 April 2017 Last updated at 10:51 BST
Station F cost 250m euros (£212m) to renovate and its central section will be able to seat more than 3,000 entrepreneurs.
The site will open later in 2017.
BBC Click finds out more.
See more at Click's website and @BBCClick
Summary: | A former railway station in Paris is being turned into the world's largest incubator for tech start-ups. |
Text: Wales forwards' coach Robyn McBryde is in charge as Rob Howley joins Warren Gatland on the British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand.
Cardiff Blues' Danny Wilson and Matt Sherratt, plus Scarlets backs coach Stephen Jones join McBryde in June.
"I didn't feel it was the right time for me," said Tandy.
"We're hope... | Steve Tandy says Ospreys duties and family commitments led to him rejecting the chance to join Wales on their June tour games against Tonga and Samoa. |
Text: Craig Walker admitted engaging in sexual activity with a 15-year-old boy in May 2014 while he was his tutor.
Paisley Sheriff Court heard the boy had previously been a pupil at a school in the town where Walker worked.
He was convicted of sexually assaulting the other teenager between 2006 and 2013. The court hear... | A 41-year-old maths teacher has been jailed for two years for sex attacks on two teenagers. |
Text: The 22-year-old had made 14 appearances for the League Two side this season before injuring himself against Newport County on 8 October.
Scans showed Kinsella needed surgery, which he has already undergone.
"It's a tough blow for him but a tough blow for us. He had been doing well and gave us that balance from th... | Colchester United defender Lewis Kinsella will be out for three months after having an ankle operation. |
Text: Gareth Steenson could have won the game for the hosts with a difficult, touchline conversion, but it went wide.
Matthew Scott, Charlie Sharples and Ben Morgan's tries had given Gloucester hope of a second win of the season.
But Chiefs - who crossed through Thomas Waldrom and Ian Whitten in the first half - battle... | Damian Welch's late try for Exeter Chiefs denied Gloucester victory in the Premiership at Sandy Park. |
Text: The animal welfare charity was alerted when the animal was discovered in a car park in Aberfeldy on 17 July.
The male otter, who has been named Ripple, is now being rehabilitated at the Scottish SPCA's National Wildlife Rescue Centre in Fishcross.
Centre manager Colin Seddon said: "We think Ripple's holt may have... | The Scottish SPCA is caring for a three-week old otter cub found orphaned following severe flooding. |
Text: Adams became the first female boxer to win an Olympic gold medal when she triumphed at London 2012.
The 33-year-old from Yorkshire won the flyweight title again in Rio this year, the first British boxer to defend an Olympic crown for 92 years.
Asked about her future, she told the BBC: "If I was to go professional... | Double Olympic champion Nicola Adams says she has held talks over a move to the professional ranks. |
Text: Anthony Jordan, 44, denied all the offences, which took place in Wishaw and Motherwell between 2003 and 2014.
The High Court in Glasgow heard the abuse began when the girls were aged 12 or 13 and took place while their mothers were at bingo or out shopping.
Jordan was jailed for 13 years and placed on the sex off... | A man has been jailed for raping a teenage girl almost daily for four years, the attempted rape another girl and abuse of a third. |
Text: The US company wants to use the money to expand to more cities and invest in new products and payment solutions.
The decision comes after the firm in June said it wanted to invest the same amount in China, also to expand to more cities in the country.
Earlier in the year, Uber was banned in India after rape accus... | The taxi booking service Uber has said it will invest $1bn (£0.64m) to expand its business in India. |
Text: Forest Green face Tranmere at Wembley, a year after losing to Grimsby in last year's final, with Vince certain his side will eventually be promoted.
"It's just a question of when. If it doesn't happen this Sunday, we'll have another shot next year.
"It's part of the long-term vision for the club," the 55-year-old... | Owner Dale Vince believes Forest Green Rovers are destined for the Football League - even if they lose Sunday's National League promotion final. |
Text: The Group A opener is followed by games against Bangladesh and the Netherlands as the Irish aim to secure top spot and a place in the Super 10 stage.
"You always get a thrill playing in a major tournament," said O'Brien.
"We haven't seen much of Oman but they are going to be up for it and hoping to take a couple ... | Ireland all-rounder Kevin O'Brien is looking forward to getting their World Twenty20 campaign started against Oman in Dharamsala on Wednesday. |
Text: Green's Mill, in Sneinton, Nottingham, had to stop operating last year when two of the sails were discovered to be rotten.
Specialist millwrights built two sails and restored the other two ready for hanging on Monday.
However, after the setback, staff said work would recommence on 23 March.
Green's Windmill tweet... | The sails on a 208-year-old windmill will not be hung until next week after a crane broke down during restoration work. |
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The 23-year-old from Ayrshire has the muscle-wasting condition Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and has been a wheelchair-user since he was nine.
But having made his Paralympic debut in London in 2012, he has gone on to win European bronze and World silver in the BC3 pair... | Boccia player Scott McCowan knows that the sport has made a massive difference to his life. |
Text: Standard practice is for surgeons to judge the position of the hip by eye and currently about 70% of replacements are correctly positioned.
A study of 229 patients across Scotland between 2008 and 2012 suggests that accuracy increases to more than 90% when surgeons use detailed 3D imaging.
The study was conducted... | Computer-guided surgery achieves more accurate results in hip replacement operations, a new study has suggested. |
Text: 14 June 2017 Last updated at 13:45 BST
Hundreds of pelicans there have been seriously poorly due to a poisonous algae that has been growing far too quickly in the waters where they live.
While small amounts of this algae are fine, the pelicans have big appetites and too much of the green stuff makes them so ill t... | Poorly pelicans have been released into the wild, after being helped back to health in California, America. |
Text: Rajput, 54, is reported to have beaten ex-Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf and former South Africa opener Herschelle Gibbs to the position.
He was manager of the India side that won the 2007 World Twenty20 title and had a stint in charge of Mumbai Indians well as India's Under-19 and A sides.
Inzamam, 46, quit th... | Afghanistan have named ex-India batsman Lalchand Rajput as Inzamam-ul-Haq's successor as national team coach. |
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Nominations for the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2015 award have now closed.
The winner will be revealed during this year's BBC Sports Personality of the Year, which will come from Belfast's SSE Arena on Sunday, 20 December.
Last year's winner was gymnast... | Which young sports star has captured your imagination and impressed you the most this year? |
Text: The seafront line opened in 1865 to provide a link from the railway station to the quay and Channel Island ferries.
The last regular service ran in 1987 but the line was used for special occasions until 1999.
Andy Spreadbury believes re-launching the line would also help with parking problems in the town during t... | A former Dorset seaside train line worker has launched a campaign to return the service through Weymouth in a bid to boost tourism. |
Text: The 19-year-old woman was assaulted on a track in Stoney Lane, Watlington, at 11:30 BST on Tuesday.
Christian Perera, from Samphire Road, Oxford, pleaded guilty to two charges of rape and one of sexual assault.
At a plea and case management hearing at Oxford Crown Court he pleaded not guilty to one kidnap charge,... | A 31-year-old man has pleaded guilty to raping and sexually assaulting a teenager in rural Oxfordshire. |
Text: Paul McCready, a 31-year-old father of two from north Belfast, died in hospital from injuries sustained in the attack in Donegall Street on Sunday.
Police believe he was involved in a row in the Northern Whig pub, which then continued out onto the street.
The 30-year-old man questioned about the attack was arrest... | A man arrested by police investigating the murder of a man outside a Belfast pub at the weekend has been released, pending a report to prosecutors. |
Text: In a statement, Bowie remembered him as "a wonderful musician" who had been "a major inspiration for whichever band he was working with".
His death was announced by rock band Uriah Heep, who called him "a world-class bass player".
Bolder, who joined the band in 1976, stopped playing with them a few months ago due... | Trevor Bolder, bassist in David Bowie's 1970s backing band Spiders From Mars, has died from cancer at the age of 62. |
Text: Police said they were called to a house on Frederick Avenue in Carlow town at about 13:30 local time.
It followed a report of a man being stabbed.
RTÉ said the victim was seriously injured when he was found and was later pronounced dead.
Summary: | A man in his 20s has been arrested after a 46-year-old man died following a stabbing in County Carlow in the Republic of Ireland. |
Text: Traditionally, Irish leaders attend to present the US president with a bowl of shamrock during the 17 March festival.
Mr Trump first mentioned the invitation in November, when Mr Kenny phoned to congratulate him on his election win.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer has now given an update on plans for the ... | A St Patrick's Day invitation from US President Donald Trump to Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Enda Kenny has been confirmed by the White House. |
Text: Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union are due to take 14 days of action in a long-running row over the role of conductors.
The first walkout is due to start next week, threatening fresh disruption to Southern's services.
The company set a deadline of noon on Thursday for the union to accept its ... | Fresh talks aimed at averting a series of strikes on the Southern rail network are being held. |
Text: The two never signed a treaty after the end of World War Two because of a dispute over four islands.
Mr Abe told reporters that both leaders recognised that the lack of such a document for 70 years was "abnormal".
Since taking office in 2012 Mr Abe has tried to improve relations with Moscow.
The former Soviet Uni... | Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called for talks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin so that the two countries can negotiate a peace treaty. |
Text: The RSPCA was alerted to the harbour seal on rocks at the bottom of a 60m (200ft) cliff at Ravenscar on Tuesday.
The team, helped by staff from Scarborough Sea Life Sanctuary, managed to pin the bull seal down and cut the plastic ring off his neck.
Lyndsey Crawford-Darwell, curator of the sanctuary, said it was "... | A seal spotted with a flying ring stuck around its neck has been rescued off the coast of North Yorkshire. |
Text: David Harvey, 50, approached women, usually as they walked alone, in the Grange, Buckstone and Oxgangs.
He was wearing women's tights and had a balaclava on his head each time he struck between April 2014 and June 2015.
Harvey was found guilty of various sexual offences and breaches of the peace at Edinburgh Sher... | A man has been jailed for 21 months for 10 incidents of indecent exposure in Edinburgh. |
Text: The 26-year-old ex-Yeovil man has been a Lions player since 2014, but was one of seven to be released after the League One play-off final loss.
He made 39 appearances for Neil Harris' side last season and has signed a two-year deal at Stadium:MK.
Upson becomes Karl Robinson's first summer signing as he prepares f... | League One-bound MK Dons will sign midfielder Ed Upson on 1 July when his contract with Millwall expires. |
Text: The ex-Sheffield United player was jailed for five years in 2012 after being found guilty of raping a woman, 19, at a hotel near Rhyl, Denbighshire.
Evans, 27, was released in 2014 after serving half of his sentence.
The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) referred the conviction after his lawyers lodged fres... | Footballer Ched Evans is to have his rape conviction appeal heard on 22 March, it has been confirmed. |
Text: The Scottish government wants to end the three-year limit on bringing a civil actions in such cases.
The Limitation (Childhood Abuse) (Scotland) Bill has passed its first legislative hurdle at Holyrood.
The justice committee previously heard that the cost of compensation could total at least £200m.
An independent... | MSPs have unanimously backed the general principles of a bill to scrap the time bar on survivors of childhood sexual abuse suing for damages. |
Text: Forward Goodship, 21, scored once in 10 appearances on loan at League Two side Yeovil Town last campaign.
Midfielder Matthews, 19, has yet to play a first-team match for the Premier League side.
The pair join a side currently 21st in the National League table after seven matches.
Find all the latest football tran... | AFC Bournemouth youngsters Brandon Goodship and Sam Matthews have joined National League side Braintree Town on long-term loans. |
Text: 21 July 2016 Last updated at 08:00 BST
Over the past forty years whales, dolphins and harbour porpoises have been monitored all around the coast.
Sea Watch hope to improve the protection of whales and dolphins around Britain and Ireland by keeping track of them and teaching people about the threats they face.
So ... | Scientists from the Sea Watch Foundation want to get you guys, and grown ups, out and about around the UK learning more about marine mammals. |
Text: Angus Robson, James Sykes, Rob Sayer and Clint McKay all signed new deals with the Division Two side this week.
McDonald told BBC Radio Leicester: "Not many guys are in the peak of their careers yet, that's the exciting part.
"This week, to me, is the pivotal moment in the club going forward with these guys signi... | Leicestershire head coach Andrew McDonald says this week has been a "pivotal moment" after four players committed their futures to the club. |
Text: Baldwin has made 19 appearances for the League One side in all competitions this season.
The 23-year-old ruptured a ligament in the same knee in November 2014, making his return more than 12 months later.
Peterborough, who are sixth in the League One table, drew 2-2 with League Two side Notts County in the FA Cup... | Peterborough defender Jack Baldwin will have surgery on a knee injury and be out for up to eight weeks. |
Text: Gen Joseph Dunford, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, made the comments while visiting China.
He was responding to remarks by a top Trump aide ruling out military action over North Korea's nuclear programme.
Tensions have flared between the US and North Korea after Pyongyang made advances in its missile t... | A military response to North Korea would be "horrific" but remains an option, the top military adviser to US President Donald Trump says. |
Text: Drogba and Lampard were team-mates at Chelsea from 2004 to 2012, winning three Premier League titles together.
"I will be happy to see him," Drogba said. "I think he still belongs to us.
"He is a Chelsea player, for what he did. For me, he is part of the history of the club."
Chelsea's record goalscorer Lampard, ... | Chelsea striker Didier Drogba says he is eager to be reunited with his former "partner in crime" Frank Lampard when the Blues take on Manchester City on Sunday. |
Text: The bill says early termination is no longer a right, and would only be allowed in cases of rape or when the mother's health is at risk.
The current law gives women the right to abortion up to the 14th week of pregnancy, rising to 22 weeks in case of foetal deformities.
Pro-choice groups have pledged to stage pro... | The Spanish government has backed a proposal for a tougher abortion law. |
Text: The Empowering Young People programme will support young people across Northern Ireland.
It will help include, young carers, young people with a learning disability and young people who face barriers to education, training or employment.
Grants of between £100,000 and £600,000 are available.
They money will go to... | Projects that support young people to cope with challenges in their lives are to benefit from a £50m grant from the Big Lottery Fund. |
Text: The animal was wearing a leash and collar and appeared to be tame, police in Conroe near Houston said.
Animal control officers captured the animal and police are seeking its owner.
If the tiger and its owner live in Conroe, the animal will no longer be able to live there as a result of this incident, police said.... | A young female tiger has been found roaming around a residential neighbourhood in a Texas town. |
Text: Officers are searching land in Poleglass, after receiving a report of a suspicious object in the area.
A section of Brians Well Road was shut shortly before 18:10 GMT. There are no reports of homes being evacuated.
A PSNI tweet said nothing had been found so far and asked for local residents' "continued patience"... | A security alert on the outskirts of west Belfast is likely to continue overnight and into Sunday morning, police have said. |
Text: The 81-year-old was held in April after police linked him to a conspiracy to murder the son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Mr Rehman, a UK and Bangladeshi national, has been granted bail for three months.
His supporters describe his arrest as politically motivated.
Mr Rehman was the editor of Jai Jai Din, a mas... | The Supreme Court of Bangladesh has ordered the release on bail of magazine editor Shafik Rehman following his arrest on suspicion of sedition. |
Text: Some called it baffling, others labelled the chat insane and one said it'll give you a headache.
With that in mind we've created a quick quiz to see if you can figure out which quotes came from Will's offspring and which ones were from other famous faces.
The answers are at the bottom of the page - no cheating.
1... | Willow and Jaden Smith have given what can only be described as a confusing interview to T Magazine. |
Text: Highways England said the thefts, linked to electronic signs on the M5, M6 and M42, cost it ??400,000.
Michael Jensen, Jamie Thompson and Michael Thorpe-Farrell pleaded guilty to joint enterprise theft and joint enterprise criminal damage at Birmingham Crown Court.
They stole more than 1.2 miles (2 km) of cable b... | Three men have been jailed after cables were stolen from motorways across the West Midlands. |
Text: Four people died in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, on Friday, with two men dying the following day in Leeds and Normanton in West Yorkshire.
Recent testing on recovered drugs found traces of the strong prescription painkiller fentanyl.
Police said it was too early to connect the deaths to fentanyl, but warned drug us... | A spate of drug-related deaths has prompted a warning about contaminated heroin in Yorkshire and Teesside. |
Text: The shooting took place at a home in the Falcarragh Drive area at about 22:15 BST on Thursday.
The shots passed through the front door and embedded in the stairs. Four adults aged between 18 and 50 were in the house at the time, including a mother and her son. No one was injured.
Police say a motive has not yet b... | Two shots have been fired at a house in west Belfast. |
Text: The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) also held 16 private bank workers for the "mega scam".
The suspects stole "tonnes of defaced naira notes", which were meant to be destroyed, it said on its website.
Newly-installed Nigerian President Muhammudu Buhari has pledged to make tackling corruption a pri... | Nigeria's anti-corruption agency has arrested six senior central bank officials over an alleged $33m (£21m) currency fraud. |
Text: Darpa, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has awarded computing giant IBM a $3.5m (£2.1m) contract to work on its Vanishing Programmable Resources (VAPR) project.
It is looking to develop a class of "transient" electronics that can be destroyed by remote control.
The kit could be used in combat zo... | The US military is funding a project to develop electronics that can self-destruct like the secret messages in the Mission Impossible TV show. |
Text: The pioneering delicacy was launched from Roby Mill, Wigan, at about 11:30 GMT ahead of the World Pie Eating Championship next week.
The aim is to see if its journey up to 100,000ft (30km) changes the molecular structure of the pie making it quicker to eat.
It is believed this is the first pie to be launched into... | A meat and potato pie has been sent "into space" attached to a weather balloon. |
Text: The Volkswagen was stopped by officers in the early hours of Friday morning after it was spotted on a wet and unlit stretch of the M56 near Manchester Airport.
The children were aged 20 months and six months, Altrincham Today reported.
The driver is accused of speeding, driving without due care and attention and ... | A car with a toddler and baby on board has been clocked at 122mph on a Greater Manchester motorway, police said. |
Text: The data, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, also showed the jobless rate held at its seven-and-a-half year low of 5%.
The jobs stats showed that the construction, food services and retail sectors all saw healthy job increases.
The robust figures could now pave the way for the first US interest rate rise in clo... | US jobs growth remained solid in November as the economy added 211,000 jobs, slightly above expectations. |
Text: The 21-year-old Nigerian, who can play at right-back or centre-back, played for the Spanish giants' B team last season.
Ekpolo spent 11 years in the La Liga side's youth system and has been on trial at Highbury Stadium for the past two weeks.
He was named in the League One club's starting line-up for their FA Cup... | Fleetwood Town have signed former Barcelona youngster Godswill Ekpolo. |
Text: The very Rev Dr Houston McKelvey will lead the Canons of St Anne's Cathedral on to Donegall Street for the annual event.
Dean McKelvey said, "It is probably going to be the toughest sit-out yet both economically and weather-wise."
The appeal raises money for various charities in Northern Ireland as well as Christ... | Belfast's Black Santa is expected to begin his annual Christmas sit-out for charity on Thursday. |
Text: A member of the public alerted the emergency services at about 08:00 to the man, who was lying on a pavement on Southside Road.
Police officers and an ambulance crew went to the scene and found that the man had died.
Police Scotland said his death did not appear to be suspicious and officers were trying to trace ... | Police have begun an investigation into a man's death outside a house in the Crown area of Inverness. |
Text: 17 November 2016 Last updated at 15:14 GMT
John Burton, Simon Loveland and Thomas Tibbs were all jailed at Wolverhampton Crown Court earlier this month.
Footage from the incident, which took place in March, shows the bus driving through red lights and on the wrong side of the road.
The three men were involved in ... | Police have released dash cam footage of a bus stolen by three men from a West Midlands depot. |
Text: Richard Burton, 49, of Barton Cottages, Huntsham, near Tiverton in Devon, denied six charges of indecent assault.
He was found guilty of four of the offences by Exeter Crown Court and sentenced to three and a half years in prison.
During the week-long trial the jury heard how one of the girls developed a crush on... | A businessman has been jailed for sexually abusing two schoolgirls more than 20 years ago. |
Text: Sukhraj Singh Atwal has gone on trial for the murder of Satnam Singh, 74 - the father of his mother's ex-husband - in Derby in July 2015.
The prosecution at Nottingham Crown Court alleged he repeatedly stamped and jumped on Mr Singh.
The 29-year-old, of Pear Tree Crescent, Derby, denies murder.
Mr Singh had been ... | An elderly man found dead near a Sikh temple had been beaten so badly police believed he had been hit by a car, a court heard. |
Text: It comes ahead of ba' day in Jedburgh on Thursday when the Uppies and Doonies do battle in the town.
It is just one of a number of Borders towns where such contests are staged.
The exhibition, Fraternity: Fellowship of the Ba', is at Jedburgh Royal British Legion from Wednesday until Saturday.
The ba' games - whi... | A new exhibition is examining the story of the historic Borders ba' games and their links with a similar handball game in France. |
Text: The union rejected a pay-increase offer of 2.5% on Wednesday.
Finlay Spratt called the offer "a disgrace".
Prison officers are not legally permitted to strike and the Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) has urged the POA to reconsider the pay offer.
Acting NIPS Director General Phil Wragg said: "The overall pa... | The Northern Ireland chairman of the Prison Officer's Association (POA) has confirmed that its members are being balloted on potential strike action. |
Text: Nine bus passengers and a soldier were shot dead after coming "face-to-face" with heavily armed militants in Zigague, they add.
The son of a local chief was kidnapped in the attack, local media reports.
Boko Haram, based in north-eastern Nigeria, has intensified cross-border raids into Cameroon in recent weeks.
I... | Militants with suspected ties to Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram have killed 10 people in a raid on a remote village in north Cameroon, police say. |
Text: Kent Fire and Rescue said crews were sent to the Eton Road entrance of the derelict amusement arcade, which is currently being renovated.
The fire was in the roof space of the two storey building, but had already been extinguished before they arrived.
The cause of the fire was accidental, the fire service said. D... | Firefighters were called to a small blaze at the Dreamland theme park in Margate, just weeks before it reopens. |
Text: He said he'd decided to hold the briefing when he watched the news last night and was moved, as he put it, to go out and correct the "complete untruths" of the Outers, to ram home again his belief that they're making untrustworthy assertions about a nirvana outside the EU, while it's left to him and his panoply o... | At a hastily arranged press conference on a beautiful, if sweltering London rooftop, David Cameron made his familiar arguments about the economic risks of leaving with the added force of some powerful interventions overnight. |
Text: The 26-year-old joined the Terriers from Dynamo Dresden in July 2016 and made 40 appearances in 2016-17.
Boss David Wagner said: "I think everyone can see how big an influence he is in the dressing room and how good of a character he is for the team."
The Terriers start their inaugural Premier League campaign at ... | Huddersfield defender Michael Hefele has signed a deal to keep him at the club until the end of next season. |
Text: Phillip Chard, 44, from Lympstone, Exmouth, was convicted of rape and one count of sexual activity with a child.
During the Exeter Crown Court trial, retired High Court Judge Lady Butler-Sloss gave evidence on behalf of Chard.
Judge Erik Salomonsen jailed him for seven years for the rape and one year concurrently... | A man who raped a girl of 13 has been jailed for seven years. |
Text: It happened at a roundabout between Marlowes and Combe Street in Hemel Hempstead on Thursday night shortly before 22:30 GMT.
Hertfordshire Police said the man, who is in his 40s, was working on the manhole when he was hit by a small white Kia type car.
Officers believe the car was then driven along Leighton Buzza... | A workman had his arm amputated in hospital after he was knocked down a manhole by a car which failed to stop. |
Text: The train was travelling between the country's mains cities, Douala and Yaounde, when it came off the tracks.
The train was overcrowded because a bridge on the road connecting the two cities had collapsed after heavy rain.
Witnesses say carriages were added to accommodate extra passengers. An investigation into t... | The number of people killed in a train crash in Cameroon on Friday has risen to 70, with another 600 injured. |
Text: Welcombe Hills and Clopton Park Nature Reserve was the former home of the Clopton family, friends of Shakespeare.
The money will be spent on a series of audio trails to help visitors understand the reserve's connections with the Bard.
The project will involve volunteers creating boards and audio, which can be dow... | A nature reserve said to have inspired William Shakespeare has received £40,900 from the Heritage Lottery Fund. |
Text: Edwin Mee, 46, used his power to "abuse and bully" nine young women who were based in Croydon. One of them was aged 15, Southwark Crown Court heard.
The Glasgow-born officer, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, was convicted of 16 offences.
The judge said Mee's actions had been "demeaning" and "distressing".
The ... | An army recruitment sergeant has been jailed for 11 and a half years for raping and assaulting female cadets at Mitcham Barracks in south London. |
Text: In China, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed up 2% at 22,888.17.
Earlier, the benchmark Shanghai Composite closed up 2.32% at 3,338.07.
Analysts said that investors were hoping for new stimulus moves after disappointing economic data from China this week.
"There seem to be considerable expectations of further eco... | Shares in mainland China and Hong Kong rose sharply in Thursday trade on hopes that Beijing will introduce new stimulus measures to boost the country's slowing economy. |
Text: Capita took on the national contract from the NHS for delivering patients' records, when people move from one GP to another, in March.
The survey of 78 GP practices shows 9,009 records have been missing for more than two months.
But, Capita said it did not "recognise these claims".
"[However] we know there have b... | More than 9,000 patients' records in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex have gone missing since a private firm took on transferring files, a BBC survey shows. |
Text: The R&A and United States Golf Association said in a joint statement that they are "concerned" about the development of the equipment.
Its use by players is already limited, but the sport's rule-makers have said they will "address the matter further in the coming months".
"Success should depend on the judgement, ... | Golf's governing bodies are reviewing the use of green-reading devices. |
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The Jaguar F-PACE was driven by British stunt driver Terry Grant, who faced forces stronger than six times gravity and more than a space shuttle pilot.
Guinness World Records said the car successfully completed a 19.08-metre-... | A new Jaguar car has performed the biggest 360 degree loop, in Frankfurt, Germany. |
Text: It has called on Highland Council to block the construction in Glen Etive.
Mobile operator EE wants to put up the 10m mast beside the road running through the glen near the southern end of Buachaille Etive Mor.
The body representing mountain users said EE's proposal would leave some views in the area "utterly ord... | Plans to erect a phone mast in one of Scotland's most iconic glens have been sharply criticised by Mountaineering Scotland. |
Text: A 49-year-old man was walking his dog with a friend when another dog attacked his pet in Bruntsfield Links in Edinburgh on Wednesday morning.
In the row that followed, the victim was grappled to the ground and pelted with a plastic dog ball thrower.
He has bruising and swelling to his knuckles but was not serious... | A man was beaten with a plastic dog toy when a fight between two dogs in an Edinburgh Park escalated to include their owners. |
Text: The 25-year-old forward put the hosts ahead at the County Ground on the stroke of half-time, tapping in following a swift counter-attack.
With 20 remaining the Robins doubled their lead as Obika was sent clear by Fabien Robert and calmly slotted home.
Doncaster midfielder Richard Chaplow was then sent off for two... | Jon Obika scored twice as Swindon Town defeated relegation-threatened Doncaster Rovers to win their fourth consecutive league game. |
Text: Thirty others were injured in the raid, which involved rockets and a truck bomb.
A local militia that signed a peace deal with the government last year blamed Islamist militants for the attack, Reuters news agency reports.
The UN is trying to restore peace to the north, which was overrun in 2012 by jihadists and ... | Five UN peacekeepers have been killed in a mortar attack on their base in Kidal in northern Mali. |
Text: The 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named because of his age, was sentenced at Norwich Youth Court.
The communications firm suffered the data breach in 2015, when email addresses and bank details were taken.
The court previously heard he had used hacking tool software to identify vulnerabilities on target websites... | A teenager who admitted seven hacking offences connected to the TalkTalk data breach has been given a rehabilitation order and had his iPhone taken off him. |
Text: The victim was Marie Kide, 66, a local politician in the town of Trollhattan, western Sweden, her party said in a statement.
Rakhmat Akilov, a 39-year-old Uzbek national, has confessed to a "terrorist crime" over the attack on 7 April.
Authorities have not named a motive and no extremist group has claimed respons... | A fifth person has died following a lorry attack at a shopping area in Stockholm, according to authorities. |
Text: Midfielder Pogba, 23, rejoined United on Tuesday for a world-record £89m.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and Liverpool counterpart Jurgen Klopp were outspoken about his valuation.
"Sometimes in football, things happen and the club breaks the record, but this is only possible at clubs like Manchester United," Mouri... | Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho says rival managers spoke out about the cost of Paul Pogba because their clubs are not big enough to do such a deal. |
Text: Shane Richardson, who was from the Brownstown West/Rectory area of the County Armagh town, died on Tuesday.
The Craigavon Senior High School year 12 student was due to get his GCSE results this week.
In a statement, Principal Paula Downing said specialist support had been made available to help pupils "come to te... | A post-mortem examination is to be carried out after a 16-year-old boy died suddenly in Portadown. |
Text: The 33-year-old, who was most recently at Newcastle, quit rugby in May but has joined Andy Robinson's side to cover Marc Jones who has a knee injury.
Jones could be out for up to three months after sustaining the knock in a pre-season match.
Hawkins, a Premiership winner with Leicester in 2013, became a special c... | Former Newcastle hooker Rob Hawkins has come out of retirement to join Bristol on a short-term deal. |
Text: They flew back to the UK from Rio last week, with Davies picking up a silver medal and Joyce losing out in the bronze medal match.
Signs have gone up in their home towns of Bancyfelin in Carmarthenshire and St Davids in Pembrokeshire congratulating them on their achievements.
Davies' sign was made by Llanelli rug... | Team GB rugby sevens stars James Davies and Jasmine Joyce have received a hero's welcome home. |
Text: 7 December 2015 Last updated at 11:47 GMT
Water flowed over the top of the white limestone rocks of Malham Cove on Sunday, briefly making it England's highest unbroken waterfall.
Footage of the occurrence, filmed by Stuart Gledhill, has been seen online more than 100,000 times.
Mr Gledhill, from Malham, said: "Th... | Heavy rain and flooding caused water to tumble down the most famous cliff in the Yorkshire Dales for "the first time in living memory". |
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United played with 10 men for more than an hour in Sunday's 1-0 loss to West Brom at The Hawthorns.
Mata had never previously been sent off in the Premier League, but was booked twice in the space of three minutes.
"The referee has to know the person who makes the ta... | Juan Mata's character should have been taken into account by referee Mike Dean before he sent off the midfielder, says Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal. |
Text: Services between North Berwick/Dunbar and Edinburgh are expected to be affected until 19:00.
Replacement buses have been arranged between North Berwick/Drem/Prestonpans and Edinburgh.
Passengers travelling with CrossCountry, East Coast and ScotRail are affected. CrossCountry services to Edinburgh are terminating ... | Rail services between East Lothian and Edinburgh have been disrupted after an overhead wire problem at Dunbar. |
Text: Horst Walther Overdick - known as "the Tiger" - was arrested at a property he owns outside Guatemala City.
He is accused of being a crucial ally of Mexico's notorious Zetas cartel, which has increased its influence in Guatemala in recent years.
President Otto Perez Molina described his arrest as "extremely import... | Guatemalan police have captured one of the country's most-wanted drug traffickers, the authorities say. |
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