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Text: The 21-year-old has made seven Posh appearances in all competitions since joining on loan until January.
"We'd love him here until beyond, never mind the end of the season and to be one of our players," said McCann.
"But Tottenham think highly of him - he's been on the bench for their first team in the Premier Le... | Peterborough United manager Grant McCann has said he would want to sign on-loan Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Luke McGee on a longer deal. |
Text: Smith, who was contracted to Wigan until 2018, came through Saints' academy but left for Salford in 2011 in search of regular first-team games.
The 29-year-old joined Wigan a year later and won two Grand Finals and a Challenge Cup with the Warriors.
"I am thrilled and honoured to be back at my hometown team," Smi... | St Helens have re-signed scrum-half Matty Smith from Super League champions Wigan Warriors on a three-year deal. |
Text: Will you be going to the beach or the park?
Or maybe staying in your garden to read a book, play a fun sport or have a picnic?
Perhaps you are going to see family or friends or chilling inside because it's too hot outdoors!
Whatever you're planning on doing this weekend, be sure to let us know!
You must ask your ... | Lots of places across the UK are set for some super sunny weather this weekend - what are you planning to do to make the most of it? |
Text: Police said Rashan Jermaine Charles was followed on foot after officers tried to stop a car in Kingsland Road, Hackney, at 01:45 BST on Saturday.
He then tried to swallow an object but died later in hospital.
Following a vigil outside Stoke Newington police station, some people threw bottles and sticks at police ... | Campaigners blocked a road during a vigil for a man who died after a police chase in east London. |
Text: The UKIP leader told a public meeting in Rochester he believed the BBC should not be privatised but retained as a public service broadcaster.
His proposal would mean the current fee of £145.50 would be reduced to £48.50.
Some of the other parties have set out their plans for the licence fee in their manifestos,... | The BBC should be "cut back to the bone" and the licence fee reduced by two thirds, according to Nigel Farage. |
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Summary: | Party leaders are touring the UK on the last day of campaigning before voters go to the polls on Thursday. |
Text: The 34-year-old was released by AFC Wimbledon shortly after scoring a penalty in their fourth-tier play-off final victory over Plymouth in May.
He asked managers to "hit me up on WhatsApp" in his post-match interview.
Gareth Ainsworth is the boss to have heeded the call for the 16-stone man, who has 143 career le... | Iconic striker Adebayo Akinfenwa - also known as 'The Beast' - has joined League Two side Wycombe Wanderers on a one-year contract. |
Text: Emergency services were called to Station Road near the junction with Howard Park Corner at 05:47 BST.
The woman, 30, who was driving an Audi A4, had head injuries and was taken to hospital in Stevenage.
The crash caused major damage to the brickwork and glass front of the Ifix Computing store on Station Road. Fo... | A woman has been severely injured when a car hit a shop front in Letchworth. |
Text: One official told the AFP news agency that the launch might be "for a satellite or a space vehicle".
But nothing indicated it would be for a ballistic missile, the official added.
It comes as the UN Security Council discusses imposing fresh sanctions against North Korea after it conducted a fourth nuclear test on... | North Korea may be preparing a rocket launch, US officials say, citing increased activity around the Sohae Satellite Launching Station. |
Text: The stock sagged almost 5% after IBM reported a bigger-than-expected 2.6% fall in revenue for the three months to March.
It was the 20th consecutive quarter that revenues for "Big Blue" had declined.
The fall dragged the Dow Jones down 0.6% to 20,404 points at the close - its lowest level since February.
The broa... | Poor quarterly results at IBM turned the company into the biggest loser on the Dow Jones on Wednesday. |
Text: Quiros led by seven shots after six holes of his final round but a poor finish saw him end in a tie with the South African on 14 under par.
Quiros, 34, had lost his Tour card and dropped to 703 in the world rankings after a dramatic slump in form.
Michael Hoey carded a closing 72 to finish in joint 11th on eight ... | Spaniard Alvaro Quiros defeated Zander Lombard at the second play-off hole to win the Rocco Forte Open in Sicily and regain his European Tour card. |
Text: It touched down at Titanic Belfast this morning, and will tour Northern Ireland over the next two days.
It is hoped the helicopter will come into service by March. Decisions are yet to be made about staffing and a permanent base for the helicopter.
Northern Ireland was previously the only area in the UK without a... | The new air ambulance for Northern Ireland has arrived in Belfast. |
Text: Coleman, 27, is said to have suffered minor injuries after members of the public broke into the changing room.
Nottinghamshire Police are investigating the incident which occurred after the day's last race.
Two men and one woman were arrested on suspicion of assault and damage, and another woman for obstructing p... | Police said four people were arrested after an altercation at Southwell racecourse in which jump jockey Aidan Coleman was allegedly punched. |
Text: Nine people aged between 18 and 53 were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to supply - or intent to supply - Class A drugs in Reading.
Tuesday's raids at 12 addresses were targeted at individuals suspected of supplying drugs in the town and taking part in activity "across county lines".
Thames Valley Police said... | Class A drugs and a machete were seized after more than 100 police officers carried out dawn raids. |
Text: Zakaria Bulham, of south-west London, has been charged with the murder of Darlene Horton, 64, and the attempted murder of five other people.
Two women and three men were injured in the attack on Wednesday.
The Metropolitan Police have said Mr Bulham - a Norwegian national of Somali origin - will appear at Westmin... | A 19-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a US tourist in a knife attack in London's Russell Square. |
Text: 4 July 2016 Last updated at 20:37 BST
He was speaking to BBC Newsnight's Adam Parsons in his first interview since the collapse of BHS.
Mr Chappell bought BHS in 2015 for £1. He took a total of £2.6m out of the company, including a £600,000 salary. The business collapsed this year with the loss of up to 11,000... | The former owner of BHS, Dominic Chappell, has defended the money he took out of the company as a "drip in the ocean". |
Text: Officers named the murder victim as Hidir Aksakal, who was known as Cetin.
His remains were found at Hollow Ponds in Epping Forest on 9 September, but police said his body may have been there for several weeks.
Officers said Mr Aksakal had a "criminal history" which they were exploring as one line of inquiry.
The... | A 53-year-old man whose decomposing body was found wrapped in plastic in a woodland beauty spot in north-east London had been shot dead. |
Text: The Department for Communities and Local Government said about 37,080 new homes were started in the last quarter of 2015, up 23% on the previous year.
Completions were up by 22% to 37,230.
Ministers said they had "got the country building again" but housing charity Shelter said the increase was "not good enough".... | There have been sharp increases in the number of new homes being started and finished in England compared with a year ago, according to new figures. |
Text: Another six were injured when the avalanche hit close to Valfrejus, not far from the Italian border.
French President Francois Hollande has expressed "the nation's solidarity" over the deaths.
Only days earlier, two school pupils and a Ukrainian tourist died in another avalanche in the French Alps.
The soldiers k... | French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is to visit the site of an avalanche in the Alps that killed five French Foreign Legionnaires. |
Text: A petition with nearly half a million signatures demanding tougher penalties has been delivered to Westminster.
It calls for a register of people convicted of seriously ill-treating animals and a ban on keeping pets.
Four teenagers received five-year bans for breaking Chunky's leg and neck and setting him on fire... | Almost 500,000 people are demanding a life ban on animal abusers in the wake of the plight of Chunky, the Chihuahua who was tortured and left for dead. |
Text: The World War Two Mustang "Miss Velma" was taking part in the Flying Legends show at Duxford when it ran into difficulties on Sunday afternoon.
Cambridgeshire Police closed part of the M11 at Duxford while it dealt with the incident.
The pilot managed to land the aircraft upright in the field and was unharmed.
Fo... | A vintage aircraft pilot had to make an emergency landing in a field close to the M11 motorway after a suspected engine failure during an air show. |
Text: The club claimed Suffolk Police "unlawfully" charged for keeping order on the streets around the ground.
But the High Court said police were entitled to recover costs for officers in Portman Road and Sir Alf Ramsey Way.
The High Court has now found that officers charged for policing too large an area.
Mr Justice ... | Ipswich Town Football Club has won the latest round in a battle over the cost of policing matches. |
Text: 5 live's chief boxing correspondent Mike Costello will be at ringside at the MGM Grand.
You can also follow the build-up and action via the BBC Sport website online commentary from 02:00 BST.
Undefeated Mayweather is defending his WBA and WBC welterweight titles, while Pacquiao holds the WBO equivalent.
The fight... | BBC Radio 5 live will broadcast live commentary of the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight from Las Vegas, starting at 03.30 BST on Sunday. |
Text: Croxteth Hall's owner Liverpool City Council announced in November it was looking for interested parties to take over the Grade II listed building.
The tourist attraction is costing more than £1m a year to run, which the local authority says it cannot afford.
More than 40 organisations came forward and the counc... | A trust is to be set up to run a Merseyside stately home and country park, it has been confirmed. |
Text: Sarah Fox's son Aaron, died aged 16.
Ms Fox said it was "horrendous" watching her son "self destruct" and said she believes a secure unit could have saved his life.
She said she felt powerless and was told Aaron had to want to quit drugs to get all the help he needed.
"There was nothing we could do, it had to be ... | The mother of a teenager who took his own life following a battle with drugs has called for a secure children's mental health unit for Northern Ireland. |
Text: 25 February 2016 Last updated at 20:55 GMT
Monti Shortt said the return of her dog, called Gog, "saved her life" and she praised the police and public for helping her find her pet.
The police are still investigating the theft.
Summary: | A Yorkshire terrier who created a social media sensation when it was stolen from a buggy in Leicester has been returned to its owner. |
Text: The collision, involving two cars, happened on the Shrivenham Bypass, near Swindon, at about 23:15 BST on Sunday.
Four people in a Citroen Saxo, aged in their 20s and thought to be from Northampton, were declared dead at the scene, police said.
The occupants of a Mercedes, including a three-year-old boy, were inj... | Two men and two women have been killed and a toddler injured in a head-on car crash in Oxfordshire. |
Text: The five-storey building for Bicester, costing £6.6m, comes as part of a town centre regeneration project.
Plans for the centre include a new library, hotel and retail outlets, as well as office space and a restaurant.
The submitted plans come after an exhibition in January and feedback from the public. They will... | Plans for a multi-million pound community centre in north Oxfordshire have been submitted. |
Text: The bank plans to close investment banking operations in several Asia Pacific countries,
The changes are the first big move by Barclays' new chief executive, James "Jes" Staley, to cut costs.
The move is part of Barclays' strategy to focus more narrowly on geographical areas where it sees the most growth, in part... | Barclays is to cut about 1,200 jobs, most of them in its investment banking business in Asia. |
Text: Experts are expected to visit the site in the next few days to examine the sea mammal to see if they can establish why it died.
Summary: | A dead porpoise has been washed ashore in the harbour at Rhyl, coastguards say. |
Text: Someone Cares, based in North Shields, offers help to male victims of childhood rape, sexual assault and abuse in its Male Voices Heard project.
The service said the number of men seeking help has risen by 200% in a year.
The project is one of 53 in the region to receive support from the £2.8m fund.
Someone Cares... | A support service for victims of male rape has been awarded £204,000 by the Big Lottery Fund. |
Text: Torrential downpours caused rivers to burst their banks in Yorkshire, Lancashire and Greater Manchester, leaving homes and businesses wrecked and infrastructure damaged.
Summary: | Flooding continues to disrupt many parts of the north of England. |
Text: The study of more than 120,000 people suggested red meat increased the risk of death from cancer and heart problems.
Substituting red meat with fish, chicken or nuts lowered the risks, the authors said.
The British Heart Foundation said red meat could still be eaten as part of a balanced diet.
The researchers ana... | A diet high in red meat can shorten life expectancy, according to researchers at Harvard Medical School. |
Text: The Right Reverend Rachel Treweek, who is the most senior woman bishop in the Church of England, will enter the upper chamber on 26 October.
She said she would be seeking to bring a voice of transformation to the House.
Bishop Rachel was officially installed at a Gloucester Cathedral service on 19 September.
Duri... | The Bishop of Gloucester is to become the first female bishop to take up a seat in the House of Lords, it has been confirmed. |
Text: James Attfield, 33, was knifed to death by the then 15-year-old James Fairweather in Colchester in 2014.
Fairweather, who went on to murder 31-year-old Saudi Arabian student Nahid Almanea three months later, is now serving a double life prison sentence.
Julie Finch, 53, told the BBC how, after the trauma of her s... | The mother of a man murdered by a Yorkshire Ripper-obsessed teen has told how she lost her job during the trial. |
Text: The agreement was signed in Ottawa during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Canada.
The $280m (£188m) deal is for the supply of uranium concentrate over the next five years.
Canada banned the trade of nuclear materials with India in 1976.
The uranium is to be sourced from the northern Saskatchewan m... | Canada has announced that it will supply uranium to India, boosting India's plan to increase its nuclear capacity to meet growing energy demand. |
Text: The 26-year-old all-rounder accepted he breached the International Cricket Council's code of conduct after being edged to the boundary by Shai Hope.
Stokes' "inappropriate comment" was heard through the stump microphone.
He had one demerit point added to his disciplinary record, and is now just one point away fro... | Ben Stokes has been reprimanded for using "obscene, offensive or insulting" language during day two of England's Test match against West Indies. |
Text: The Palestinian Authority's Al-Hayat-al-Jadida also denied that the drawing - of a robed figure standing over the Earth - represented the Prophet.
Most Muslims view any depictions of the Prophet as forbidden - and offensive.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered an inquiry into the publication... | An official Palestinian newspaper has apologised to its readers for publishing a drawing that is alleged to have depicted the Prophet Muhammad. |
Text: Police Scotland confirmed that the vessel recovered the body of a man on Sunday morning.
Formal identification has not yet taken place, but the family of Craig Reid, who went overboard from a boat off Orkney in April, have been made aware.
Fisherman Mr Reid, 25, of Inverness, fell overboard from the Apollo about ... | A fishing boat has recovered a body from the sea 25 miles northwest of Orkney. |
Text: The statistics are measured using the Northern Ireland Composite Economic Index (NICEI), which is roughly equivalent to Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
They are the most up-to-date figures for the economy.
The quarterly expansion of 0.4% was in line with UK GDP growth in the same period.
Compared to quarter one in ... | The Northern Ireland economy grew by 0.4% in the first quarter of 2016 according to official figures. |
Text: 14 March 2016 Last updated at 14:53 GMT
Demis Hassabis spoke to the BBC's Seoul Correspondent Steve Evans after the fourth match between his AlphaGo program and South Korea's Lee Se-Dol.
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Summary: | The chief of Google's DeepMind artificial intelligence division has said he is "very pleased" despite his software experiencing its first loss to one of the world's leading Go players. |
Text: The 21-year-old recently returned to United after making 29 appearances on loan at League One club Barnsley.
Pearson also featured in 22 games in a loan spell with the Tykes last season.
"We see him as energetic, box-to-box, likes a tackle and coming from Manchester United he is decent on the ball," manager Simon... | Championship side Preston North End have signed Manchester United midfielder Ben Pearson until 2018 for an undisclosed fee. |
Text: In one operation, 17 bodies were found on three boats. Another 217 people who were on board were rescued.
The coastguard said distress calls were made from 17 different boats on Friday.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says at least 1,826 people have died trying to cross the Mediterranean so far... | Italy helped rescue a total of more than 3,300 migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean on Friday, the country's coastguard has said. |
Text: Kent County Council's study of NHS figures said 4,509 days were lost in December to patients who were medically fit but whose transfer was delayed.
In the same month for the previous year, 2,331 days were lost, the figures showed.
One factor was a rise in fragile and elderly patients in A&E, said Kent county coun... | The time spent by patients bed-blocking hospitals in Kent has almost doubled in a year, according to a new report. |
Text: The tie at the Bernabeu on Tuesday has been classified as "high risk" and security will be "reinforced", the Madrid city government said on Friday.
Uefa ordered security at European games to be increased after the attack on the Borussia Dortmund team bus on 11 April.
Atletico will have 4,000 supporters at Real's ... | More than 2,000 security officers will be on duty for Real Madrid's Champions League semi-final first leg with neighbours Atletico Madrid. |
Text: Terrence Davies, 54, of North Cornelly, Bridgend, made £277,000 in 14 months by dumping waste on his nearby land.
He was jailed for two-and-a-half years after admitting four charges of operating without consent.
Judge Neil Bidder also ordered him to pay £23,517 within six months or face an extra 14 months behin... | A landowner who changed a village's landscape by creating "large hills" of rubbish 100ft (30m) high has been jailed at Cardiff Crown Court. |
Text: Work started in December 2014 which has seen departments cut from six to four and the number of heads of service reduced to 14 from 18.
The council said that had delivered more than £500,000-a-year in savings.
Another restructure is ongoing in a bid to save more than £1.5m-a-year but the final number of managemen... | Dumfries and Galloway Council hopes to save more than £2m-a-year with an overhaul of its management structure. |
Text: The image, which was daubed onto a London shop 15 years ago, was chosen above the likes of Constable's Hay Wain and Jack Vettriano's Singing Butler.
Some 2,000 people chose their favourite artwork from a shortlist of 20 works drawn up by arts editors and writers.
The Fighting Temeraire, by JMW Turner, and Antony ... | Banksy's mural of a girl letting go of a heart-shaped balloon has been voted the nation's favourite artwork. |
Text: Two Palestinian survivors told the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) that the boat had been intentionally sunk by traffickers.
They said the boat had left Damietta in Egypt in early September.
The IOM says that more than 2,500 people are now believed to have drowned in the Mediterranean this year.
Ne... | About 500 migrants are feared dead after their ship was rammed by another boat near Malta last week, a migration body said. |
Text: Llandaff Society said the character of the area "will be very difficult to sustain" as the sale has been agreed on the condition Taylor Wimpey gets permission to build up to 500 homes.
The broadcaster plans to move to a new centre by Cardiff Central rail station.
The sale of the current sites will help fund the n... | Concerns have been raised by plans to develop hundreds of homes on the site of BBC Wales' Cardiff headquarters. |
Text: The Pirates Of The Caribbean star arrived for the launch of the Laurus Trust at Cheadle Hulme High School in Greater Manchester.
The trust aims to get students to explore and enjoy drama.
Bloom said: "Studying the art of performance changed my life forever, opening the door to the career I love."
The workshops we... | Hollywood star Orlando Bloom inspired young actors when he took part in a series of drama workshops at a Manchester school. |
Text: The prescriptions could provide free visits to national parks or gardening sessions at National Trust properties, for example.
A small number of GPs already do this.
The LGA says it needs to become universal policy to tackle the nation's obesity crisis.
It's calling on NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups to drive t... | Doctors in England and Wales should offer overweight patients "green space" prescriptions to get them exercising outdoors, says the Local Government Association. |
Text: The temporary Meccano bridge has been built across Belfast's Clarendon Dock.
It was unveiled at a free public event on Saturday.
Representatives from Guinness World Records were on site to confirm it has set a record for the world's largest ever Meccano construction.
The bridge was designed and built by a group o... | Engineering students from Queen's University Belfast have set a new world record with a 100ft footbridge made from Meccano. |
Text: Dechreuodd adroddiadau gyrraedd y gwasanaethau brys brynhawn Sadwrn, fod tiroedd yn llosgi ar fynyddoedd Penrhys yn Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Daeth mwy o adroddiadau nos Sadwrn o danau gwair ym Maesteg, Sir Pen-y-bont, Cwmparc ger Treorci, ac ar Fynydd y Rhiw ym Mhen Llŷn.
Dywedodd Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub De Cymru eu bo... | Mae diffoddwyr tân wedi bod yn ymateb i nifer o danau gwair ar draws Cymru dros y penwythnos. |
Text: The decision comes as the president prepares to unveil a new jobs package in a speech planned for shortly after the Labor Day holiday on 5 September.
High unemployment remains one of the main concerns about the US economy, with the rate standing at 9.1%.
Mr Krueger was previously a Treasury Department economist f... | US President Barack Obama has nominated Alan Krueger, a Princeton University expert on unemployment, as his new chief economist. |
Text: Winning Labour candidate Andy Sawford, claimed services at Kettering General could be downgraded.
The hospital's new 76-bed Foundation Wing will welcome its first patients this weekend.
Hospital management said the review of services was ongoing, but the new unit would improve healthcare provision.
The three-stor... | A £30m wing is set to open at a Northamptonshire hospital where a review of services became an issue at last year's Corby by-election. |
Text: Dolly disappeared from her home in Cowes on the Isle of Wight but turned up in a Poole marina.
She was reunited with owner Debs Murphy-Latham and daughters Natasha, 10, and Annabelle, 7, earlier.
Ms Murphy-Latham said: "It's just so brilliant. She's a real member of our family."
She received a phone call on Satur... | A cat who inadvertently sailed across the sea from the Isle of Wight to Dorset has been reunited with her owners after five weeks away from home. |
Text: Bill and Denise Richard's eight-year-old son was one of three people killed in the explosions in April 2013.
The Richards said an execution sentence "could bring years of appeals and prolong reliving the most painful day of our lives."
Tsarnaev was convicted last week.
The Richards made their plea in a front-page... | The parents of youngest victim in the Boston marathon bombing have called on federal authorities to drop the death penalty as a possible punishment for bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. |
Text: The woman, who is in her 60s, sustained serious injuries after she was trampled on by several cows near Brampton at about 13:40 BST on Monday.
She was taken to hospital in Newcastle with serious pelvis, chest, head and spinal injuries, the Great North Air Ambulance said.
The woman, from Cheshire, is said to be in... | A woman is in a critical condition in hospital after being trampled by cows in Cumbria. |
Text: Ahmed Musse, 32, died in hospital after he was found with leg wounds at Sporhams, Basildon, at about 22:00 BST on 26 August last year.
He was described by his family as "a cherished son, brother, uncle, cousin, fiancé and friend".
The four men will be sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court on 19 April.
They are Hus... | Four men have admitted manslaughter over the death of a man who was found in woodland with stab wounds. |
Text: European Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier
"Time will be short... All in all, there will be less than 18 months to negotiate... Should the UK notify the council by the end of March 2017 as Prime Minister Theresa May said she would, it is safe to say that negotiations could start a few weeks later and an Article 50... | Key quotes from high-profile European and other figures on Britain's EU referendum, as compiled by BBC Monitoring between 1-7 December. |
Text: England Saxons full-back Miller has scored seven tries in 35 appearances since signing from Sale in 2014.
England Under-20s wing Bassett arrived from Bedford in 2013 and has scored 27 points in 21 appearances.
Ireland Under-20s centre Macken is yet to make his first-team debut since signing from Leinster in May 2... | Wasps trio Rob Miller, Josh Bassett and Brendan Macken have signed new, unspecified-length contracts with the Premiership club. |
Text: Two soldiers will ride each bus in the capital, Tegucigalpa, and the second city, San Pedro Sula.
President Porfirio Lobo said the move would free police officers for street patrols in crime-ridden neighbourhoods.
Public buses in Honduras are frequently attacked by gangs who rob passengers and extort money from d... | The government of Honduras has begun deploying soldiers to protect public buses as part of a campaign to reduce soaring levels of violent crime. |
Text: Gen Sergio Arellano Stark was the commander of the infamous "Caravan of Death", responsible for the killing of at least 75 political prisoners.
The army unit took opponents of Gen Pinochet's regime from jails and executed them by firing squad.
The squad spent two months flying between Santiago and the north of Ch... | The Chilean general who led an army death squad in the aftermath of the 1973 military coup has died aged 94. |
Text: Kenneth Dickie, 64, died in hospital a week after being found with a serious head injury at the Rockley Park site in Poole in May.
Jamie Mitchell, 34 of Apple Close in Poole, pleaded guilty to common assault and intent to pervert the course of justice, but denied manslaughter.
His trial at Winchester Crown Court ... | A man has appeared in court charged in connection with the death of a man at a Dorset holiday park. |
Text: Wendy Fawell, 50, from Otley, was killed when a bomb was detonated outside the Manchester Arena as an Ariana Grande concert was ending.
Ms Fawell travelled to the event on 22 May with friend Caroline Davis Osborne and their children.
The mother-of-two was last seen in the foyer area shortly before the blast.
More... | The funeral of a former primary school worker who died in the Manchester terror attack has taken place in West Yorkshire. |
Text: The new national programme will be launched this spring, with the aim of helping 20,000 people this year.
Patients will be offered 13 sessions focusing on exercise, education and lifestyle changes.
GPs are being asked to identify the people who would benefit the most from the programme.
This will be done through ... | People in England at risk of type-2 diabetes are to be offered healthy-lifestyle support by the NHS to help them prevent the condition developing. |
Text: General Athanase Kararuza and his wife died instantly, while their daughter was injured. No group has said it was behind the attack in the capital.
More than 400 people have been killed in unrest since President Pierre Nkurunziza said he would run for a third term last April.
A string of high-ranking army officia... | A security advisor to Burundi's vice-president has been shot dead while dropping off his daughter at school. |
Text: Cornwall Council members gave the council leader John Pollard a mandate to sign off an agreement with the government.
Cornwall would be the first county to get devolved powers as announced by the chancellor in the Budget.
The details of the deal have not been made public under instructions from ministers, said Mr... | Devolution powers for Cornwall are said to be a step closer after councillors approved plans in a private meeting. |
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Britain, who lost 4-1 to Belgium in their opener, led inside two minutes when David Condon slotted in from close range after a goalmouth scramble.
Kane Russell's stunning strike and another goal from Hayden Phillips turned the game in the Kiwis' favour.
GB skipper Ba... | Great Britain's men are still searching for their opening Rio 2016 win after drawing 2-2 against New Zealand. |
Text: Images released by Derbyshire police show a man's leg in flames at the blaze at Oxygen Freejumping, in Derby, early on Friday 9 June.
Officers said they were concerned for the man's safety, as he may have burns.
David Stalker, from Oxygen Freejumping Ltd, said the trampolines were destroyed in the fire, and the b... | A man seen on CCTV with his leg on fire at the scene of a trampoline park arson attack is being sought by police. |
Text: The allegations, which date from the 1970s onwards, relate to Knowl View School in Rochdale where the Liberal Democrat MP was chairman of governors.
Police said four more people had come forward but could not confirm if any complaints related to the politician.
The school closed down in 1992.
Greater Manchester P... | Seven former pupils at a residential school linked to the late Sir Cyril Smith have alleged they were sexually and physically abused by "at least 11" people, police have confirmed. |
Text: The Netherlands defence ministry identified the man as a 26-year-old air force sergeant. It said he had been suspended from service and his access to military intelligence revoked.
Authorities are investigating radicalisation in the Dutch military.
The Dutch air force is currently operating in Jordan, taking part... | A serving member of the Dutch air force is suspected to have travelled to Syria to join the Islamic State group. |
Text: Eric Bolling, a long-time host at the network, allegedly sent the messages on separate occasions several years ago.
His lawyer described the claims as "untrue and terribly unfair". Fox News said an investigation was under way.
It is the third high-profile harassment case to hit the conservative cable news outlet ... | US television network Fox News has suspended one of its presenters after he was accused of sending lewd photographs to three female co-workers. |
Text: The Fove headset lets users focus on specific areas of a scene and aim computer game weapons using just their eyes.
The device reached its crowdfunding target back in May, just 72 hours after its campaign was launched.
Fove said it would use the extra investment from Samsung Ventures to add extra functionality to... | The world's first eye-tracking virtual reality headset has secured investment from Samsung Ventures. |
Text: There was not enough thought about vehicles reflecting routes and a "one size fits all" approach was wrong, the cabinet member for refuse told BBC WM.
But the council said most people who had received wheelie bins for recycled waste said streets were now cleaner and the service was working.
A two-week review of a... | Wagons used to empty recycling wheelie bins in Birmingham are too wide to fit down some streets, the council said. |
Text: The first agreement was narrowly rejected in a referendum last month.
President Juan Manuel Santos says the new proposals are stronger and take into account the changes demanded by opponents of the scheme.
Those opponents, led by former President Alvaro Uribe, say the revised deal is still too lenient on Farc lea... | Colombia's Senate has approved a revised peace accord with the country's largest rebel group, the Farc. |
Text: Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert won the doubles to give France an unassailable 3-0 lead.
Australia went 3-0 up on the Czech Republic and next face the USA, who beat Switzerland - who were missing Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka.
Serbia also progressed on day two as they went 3-0 up on Russia.
Britain lead... | Great Britain's reward should they beat Canada will be a Davis Cup quarter-final against France, who saw off Japan with a day to spare in Tokyo. |
Text: North Wales Police has launched Operation Darwen, a campaign to cut the number of motorcycle-related deaths.
Figures have shown motorcyclists make up just 1% of road traffic but account for 18% of all fatalities.
Last year there were 108 motorcyclists killed or seriously injured on north Wales' roads compared wit... | Bikers visiting beauty spots in north Wales over the Easter weekend have been asked to drive responsibly. |
Text: The match at Hampden Park on 21 May was disrupted when fans invaded the pitch after Hibernian's 3-2 win over Rangers.
Hibernian supporters invaded the pitch and some Rangers fans also made it past stewards before mounted police officers restored order.
Police have so far made 76 arrests as part of the ongoing inv... | Police have released images of 14 suspects they want to trace in connection with the disorder and violence after the Scottish Cup Final. |
Text: The figures show 488 mobile phones and SIM cards were seized at the Lancashire prison - 200 more than any other prison in England and Wales.
The category D open prison, near Preston, houses 562 male prisoners.
Over 1,000 of the 7,451 handsets or SIM cards confiscated across England in 2013 were found in north wes... | More illegal mobile phones were found in Kirkham prison last year than in any other jail, government figures have revealed. |
Text: Jonathan Tieu, 20, and Hossein Nayeri, 37, had fled from the Men's Central Jail in Santa Ana on 22 January.
The men cut through several layers of metal to break free from their dormitory and used a rope made of bed sheets to climb down from the roof.
Another escapee, Bac Duong, 43, surrendered to police in Santa ... | Police in San Francisco have caught two inmates who had been on the run from jail for more than a week. |
Text: Two men aged 21 and 25 have been reported to the procurator fiscal following the incident on the A82 at Friars Bridge.
The injured man was taken to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness where police said his condition was "serious".
Police Scotland have appealed for witnesses.
The emergency services were alerted to the ... | A 36-year-old man has been receiving treatment in hospital to serious injuries after being struck by a car in Inverness in the early hours of Sunday. |
Text: St John's Sports Centre, Malvern Road, will be used rather than the Guildhall, which dates back to 1721.
A new requirement to start counting by 02:00 BST on 8 May and the anticipated turnout "drive the need for more staff" at the venue, said Duncan Sharkey.
The 18th Century building was designed by Thomas White, ... | Worcester's count venue for the general election has been moved due to a lack of space, the returning officer said. |
Text: The artwork at Tintagel Castle, the legendary birthplace of King Arthur, was criticised for "commercialising" the landscape.
English Heritage, which commissioned the piece, said it was unsure whether the damage was "deliberate or natural".
Police are yet to confirm whether they are investigating any complaints of... | A Merlin rock carving, which sparked a row over the "Disneyfication" of an historical site, has been damaged. |
Text: The 40-year-old batsman set a record last year for the most Test wins by a Pakistan skipper.
"Test cricket remains the ultimate test for me and we have tough series coming against England and India," he said.
Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi will quit ODIs after the World Cup to concentrate on T20 cricket.
Misb... | Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq will retire from limited-overs internationals after the World Cup to focus on Test cricket. |
Text: The Rugby Football Union only allows players from overseas clubs to be picked in "exceptional circumstances".
"By not making their best players available they're not giving themselves the best opportunity," Abendanon said.
Reigning European player of the year Abendanon and his predecessor Steffon Armitage of Toul... | England's policy of not selecting foreign-based players is "criminal", says Clermont full-back Nick Abendanon. |
Text: The 27-year-old left for Liverpool in 2012 and joined Stoke in July 2016.
Allen joined Stoke for £13m after the Swans' £8m bid was rejected. Swansea are thought to be prepared to pay up to £20m now for the Wales international.
"They made an enquiry, it wasn't a bid... they just asked would we be willing to allow ... | Swansea City have made an enquiry for Stoke City midfielder Joe Allen and been told he is not for sale. |
Text: The Czechs, who beat Alfie Wylie's team 3-0 in June, moved in front at Mourneview Park when a looping cross from Jitka Chlastakova flew in.
Furness levelled in the second half, slotting home from the spot after she was fouled by Petra Bartonova.
Northern Ireland remain fourth in Group 6 with seven points from six... | Northern Ireland forward Rachel Furness equalised with a penalty to secure a 1-1 draw with the Czech Republic in the women's Euro 2017 qualifier. |
Text: The match on 14 January will be the American basketball league's sixth regular-season game in the capital.
Orlando played two pre-season games in London in 2003, while the Raptors played there twice in 2011 as the NBA visited Europe for the first time.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver said: "This underscores our comm... | Orlando Magic and the Toronto Raptors are to play an NBA fixture at London's O2 arena at the start of next year. |
Text: Built on the site of Alfred Barrow School in Duke Street, it will replace "old, inefficient" facilities.
A number of services, including three GP practices, a response base for the North West Ambulance Service and a pharmacy will operate from the centre.
Barrow GP Geoff Jolliffe said he was "delighted" to be crea... | A new £12m primary care centre on the site of a former school in Cumbria has been given the go-ahead. |
Text: The rebel al-Nusra Front said the man conducted the bombing on their behalf. It was one of four attacks carried out in the northern city of Idlib that day.
It is thought to be the first suicide attack by a US citizen in the conflict.
More than 100,000 people have been killed in the battle between forces loyal to ... | A US citizen carried out a suicide bombing against Syrian troops on Sunday, the US state department says. |
Text: As many as 80 people are believed to have fallen ill at council-run Splashes, in Rainham, Kent, on Friday.
The centre was closed on Monday as a precaution while staff deep-cleaned the pool and added extra chlorine to the water.
Medway Council said it did not know if the outbreak was linked to Splashes, which has ... | Dozens of people caught a vomiting bug after swimming at the same leisure centre, it has been claimed. |
Text: Several people were seriously injured in the attack, which took place at a rally for the Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq party.
The attack - claimed by al-Qaeda-linked militants - comes less than a week before Iraqis are due to head to the polls in parliamentary elections.
Iraq has been enduring the worst unrest since it pulle... | At least 31 people have been killed in Iraq as a series of blasts targeted a Shia election rally in Baghdad. |
Text: Boro lost 2-0 at Stoke City in their last league fixture, their 10th in a row without a win, and were also beaten in the FA Cup by Manchester City.
The Teessiders, who are three points behind Crystal Palace in the table, are at home to Manchester United on Sunday.
"We'll never give up," 28-year-old Clayton told B... | Middlesbrough are confident they can retain their Premier League status this season despite dropping into the bottom three, says midfielder Adam Clayton. |
Text: Fire crews were called to Keen's Tackle and Guns, Aberkenfig, at 19:40 GMT.
Due to the presence of shotgun cartridges and other materials, neighbouring properties were evacuated as a precaution and Bridgend Road was closed.
Crews from Bridgend, Ogmore Vale and Pencoed took about 30 minutes to extinguish the fire.... | A road has been closed in Bridgend county after a fire broke out in a gun shop. |
Text: The Northern Lights Academy, in Hartlepool, Teesside, has a TV and sound studio, a computer suite, two dance studios and a 200-seat theatre.
However, the Headland Development Trust which ran it collapsed in 2012.
Hartlepool Borough Council said it is trying to find groups to take on the facility and has spent abo... | A £4.5m government-funded performing arts academy remains unused five years after it opened. |
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The 62-year-old is going public about his condition to raise awareness about dementia.
"If I can help others talk more openly about dementia then that will be something positive," said Calderwood.
"I can have a moan, as many of my players would say, but I've had a wo... | Former Aberdeen and Dunfermline manager Jimmy Calderwood has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease. |
Text: The animals were rehabilitated at a primate centre by East Sussex charity, International Animal Rescue (IAR).
Charity workers monitored their behaviour, health and eating as they returned to their natural, wild state.
The slow lorises were rescued from traders in Western Java last September.
The creatures are bei... | Eight slow lorises that were seized from illegal traders in Indonesia have been nursed back to health and taken to a protected Sumatran rainforest ahead of their release into the wild. |
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Chris Weller, who managed Gravesend and Northfleet Football Club back in the 1990s, keeps his crocodile, called Caesar, in his bungalow in Strood, Kent.
Mr Weller has specially adapted to his home to allow his caiman crocodile - which could grow to 15ft (4.5m) - free acces... | A former football manager has revealed he is sharing his home with a 6ft (1.8m) long crocodile. |
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