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Text: Birmingham, winners in 2012, knocked out holders Arsenal on Sunday in the last eight, while Chelsea beat fellow top-flight side Sunderland.
Current league champions Man City, who have never reached an FA Cup final, earned a late win at Bristol City.
Both semi-finals are scheduled to take place on Monday, 17 April... | Manchester City Women will host Liverpool Ladies in the Women's FA Cup semi-finals, while Chelsea are to visit Birmingham City. |
Text: The 57-year-old assisted Allan Johnston at Queen of the South before both moved to the Ayrshire outfit last summer.
Their debut season was at times a struggle, but they guided Killie to Scottish Premiership safety.
"Sandy's wealth of experience was an important factor in the club pulling clear of the relegation p... | Kilmarnock have confirmed that Sandy Clark has stepped down from his role as the club's assistant manager. |
Text: The vehicle was reportedly carrying government employees from nearby areas to the city.
At least 25 others have been injured, Pakistani media say.
A senior police official quoted by Reuters news agency said explosives were apparently planted inside the vehicle.
About 40 people were inside the bus at the moment of... | At least 15 people have been killed after a bomb exploded in a bus in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, reports say. |
Text: A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 16 and 23 September. Send your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk or our Instagram at #bbcscotlandpics.
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Text: Buildings were "vibrating" as waves battered the coastline in Torcross on Saturday and a huge crack appeared along sea defences.
A stretch of sea wall collapsed on Friday and a main road was closed.
It is likely the A379 will be shut for about six weeks as repair work gets underway.
Stuart Jacob, Licensee at the ... | Homes and businesses were evacuated after a crack appeared in damaged sea defences in a Devon village. |
Text: Like-for-like sales rose by 1.9% - much stronger than the 0.3% growth analysts had been expecting.
Debenhams said online sales rose 12.1%, due to increased consumer confidence in its ability to deliver goods on time.
It said sales over the Christmas week hit a record.
Shares in Debenhams soared following the trad... | Debenhams has reported higher than expected sales in the 19 weeks to 9 January, boosted by strong Christmas trading and growth in online shopping. |
Text: Derek Laidlaw, 70, was attacked after confronting a man near the wall of his partner's house in Failsworth, Oldham.
Mr Laidlaw suffered severe bruising to his face and head during the incident at about 22:45 BST on 2 July.
Stephen Anthony Glynn, from Massey Avenue, Failsworth, is due to appear before magistrates ... | A 46-year-old has been charged with assaulting a pensioner who had asked a man to stop urinating in the street. |
Text: Midfielder Nikola Trujic, 25, said the assault happened after his side were eliminated in qualifying on 6 July.
The world players' union Fifpro has asked Uefa to open disciplinary proceedings against Vojvodina and their opponents Ruzomberok of Slovakia.
Vojvodina lost the second leg of the tie 2-0 to exit 3-2 on ... | A player from Serbian club FK Vojvodina has alleged he was attacked in the changing room by his own fans following a Europa League tie in Slovakia. |
Text: Speaking to Sky News in Sleaford on Monday, Mr Farage could be seen standing in front of a UKIP poster with a letter 'n' in the word Hykeham.
Mr Farage was visiting the constituency in support of UKIP candidate Victoria Ayling.
The by-election takes place on Thursday.
Mr Farage seemed unaware of the error as he s... | Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage offered his support in the Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election in front of a misspelt party poster. |
Text: Mr Justice Maguire held the administration to be in breach of a requirement imposed under decade-old legislation.
The challenge was mounted by Irish language group Conradh na Gaeilge.
The body issued judicial review proceedings over a failure to comply with a St Andrews Agreement pledge.
Mr Justice Maguire said: ... | The Stormont Executive has failed in its legal duty to adopt an Irish language strategy, a High Court judge ruled on Friday. |
Text: The UK's only snowsports music festival was held at the weekend.
Groove CairnGorm, which made its debut in 2016, has been set up along the lines of continental snowsports music festivals Snowbombing and Snowboxx.
It is held in partnership with CairnGorm Mountain ski centre and Badaguish Outdoor Centre near Aviemo... | All pictures copyrighted. |
Text: Mr Villarreal acknowledged he had attended a party with other senior politicians.
In the video, they are seen dancing and embracing younger women apparently hired as escorts.
The party has not yet announced who will replace him as whip.
"I have taken the decision to renew the leadership and deputy leadership of t... | Mexico's conservative National Action Party (PAN) party has replaced Luis Alberto Villareal as its congressional leader after a video emerged showing him allegedly dancing with escorts. |
Text: The number was 100 fewer than the year before.
The law on abortion is much stricter in Northern Ireland than in the rest of the UK.
It is only permitted if a woman's life is at risk, or there is a permanent or serious risk to her mental or physical health.
Fatal foetal abnormalities, rape and incest are not circu... | More than 700 women from Northern Ireland travelled to England for an abortion last year, according to UK Department of Health figures. |
Text: Move over, former US President Andrew Jackson. Voters of an online poll have chosen famous abolitionist Harriet Tubman to replace him on the $20 bill.
A grassroots campaign is pushing the US Department of the Treasury to put a woman on American currency.
It comes before the 100th anniversary of a constitutional a... | Could Americans soon be calling their $20 bills "Tubmans?" |
Text: The former Ivory Coast Under-20 and Under-23 international initially arrived at Huish Park on a short-term deal in November 2015.
Zoko, 32, then extended his deal in January until the end of the season.
"You do not win games without scoring goals and Francois played a crucial part in our relegation battle last se... | Yeovil Town striker Francois Zoko has signed a new one-year contract with the League Two club. |
Text: Campaigners from Plane Stupid, a group opposed to expansion at Heathrow, parked a van across both lanes of the tunnel and locked themselves to it.
The Met says they and their vehicles have been removed.
Traffic is still affected and passengers are advised to allow extra time to get to Heathrow.
Updates on this st... | Five environmental activists have been arrested after blocking a traffic tunnel at Heathrow in protest at plans for a third runway. |
Text: She takes over from Christy Burke following a voting pact between Sinn Féin, Labour, the Green Party and most of the independents.
Sinn Féin became the biggest party on the city council after last year's local elections
The role puts the party centre stage for the 1916 centenary celebrations.
Cllr Ní Dhálaigh was... | Dublin has its first Sinn Féin Lord Mayor with the election of Críona Ní Dhálaigh. |
Text: Amar Atwal was in a collision in Hollyhedge Road, West Bromwich on 27 May, along with two relatives, a 12-year-old boy and a 44-year-old woman.
They remain seriously ill in hospital with multiple injuries.
The Atwal family, from Great Barr, said they were "devastated" by Amar's death, but had donated his organs i... | A 12-year-old boy has died days after being injured in a two-car crash. |
Text: The Syrian pilot ejected before the crash, in southern Turkey. He has some spinal fractures but is not in a critical condition, reports say.
It is unclear what caused the crash.
An Islamist group which is fighting Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said the plane had been shot down, but the Syrian government has n... | The pilot of a Syrian military aircraft that crashed near the border between Syria and Turkey has been found alive and taken to a hospital, officials say. |
Text: Sandra Weir, 40, is accused of killing her neighbour Mary Logie, 82. Both women lived in Green Gates in Leven.
The pensioner was found dead in her home on 5 January.
Ms Weir appeared on petition at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court and made no plea or declaration to five charges. She was fully committed for trial.
She init... | A woman accused of murdering a Fife grandmother is now also facing charges of theft and attempting to pervert the course of justice. |
Text: Sanaa Shahid and her four-year-old son were accosted by solicitor Alexander MacKinnon as they travelled on the Glasgow-bound service from London.
The Virgin Trains guard challenged MacKinnon and eventually removed him from the train.
MacKinnon admitted the racially aggravated offence at Carlisle Magistrates Court... | A woman has praised a guard who came to her aid after she and her young son were racially abused on a train. |
Text: A decline in the consumer discretionary sector and interest-rate sensitive stocks outweighed gains in healthcare names.
The Dow Jones fell 29.65 points to 18,169.68, with Verizon the top riser in the Dow, up 1.9%.
The wider S&P 500 index edged down 6.39 points to 2,133.04, while the Nasdaq index fell 34.29 points... | (Close): Stocks on Wall Street closed lower after a choppy session. |
Text: Drum lines were set up along seven Western Australian beaches as part of a trial between January and April. Fifty of the biggest sharks were destroyed.
Authorities said the cull was necessary after six people were killed in shark attacks.
No great white sharks, to whom most of the attacks were attributed, were ca... | More than 170 sharks have been caught on lines under a controversial cull policy in Western Australia. |
Text: O'Sullivan, 40, who returned from an eight-month break with a 5-1 win in the first qualifying round, had a break of 126 and runs of 51 and 64 to go 2-1 up.
Carrington, 25, levelled and then went 4-2 ahead with breaks of 72 and 87.
World number six O'Sullivan made a 94 in frame seven but Carrington sealed victory ... | Former world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was beaten in the second qualifying round of the German Masters, losing 5-3 to world number 62 Stuart Carrington. |
Text: Just a fraction shorter than the Shard, the 73-storey tower could be the second highest column in the capital.
At 309.6m, the skyscraper will be 80m taller than the nearby Cheesegrater, which stands at 224m, and will dwarf the 180m-high Gherkin.
It will have a public square at its base, a free public viewing gall... | Plans for the City of London's tallest tower, One Undershaft, have been unveiled. |
Text: Scot Murray and his new men's doubles partner won 6-3 7-6 (8-6).
They were playing only their second tournament together after Murray ended his partnership with John Peers.
The pair won two matches on Friday to reach the final against India's Bopanna and Romanian Mergea because of a weather delay.
The tournament ... | Britain's Jamie Murray and Brazil's Bruno Soares won the Apia International in Sydney with a straight-set victory over Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea. |
Text: Edwin Mee, 46, of Glasgow, had denied targetting cadets while working at Croydon's Mitcham Barracks in 2010 and 2011.
In total, the father-of-five was convicted of 16 offences against nine victims.
He was remanded in custody and will be sentenced on 12 June.
On Tuesday, Mee was convicted at Southwark Crown Court ... | An Army recruitment sergeant who used his power to "control" young female recruits has been found guilty of three further sex assaults. |
Text: Hull are 17th in the Premier League, a place and two-points above the Swans with six games still to play.
Ricketts says Hull's momentum began they day they beat Swansea in March, who have since slumped
"Up until then, since [manager] Paul Clement came in, they were fantastic," Ricketts told BBC Wales Sport.
He co... | Former Swansea City and Hull City defender Sam Ricketts says the Welsh club are favourites to be relegated of the two this season. |
Text: Seventeen French newsrooms will be involved in the CrossCheck project, with a focus on the French elections.
The news agencies involved include French daily Le Monde, BuzzFeed News and Agence France-Presse.
Germany and the US have already agreed measures with Facebook to help tackle the issue.
The news organisati... | French journalists are teaming up with Facebook and Google to create a new fact-checking service aimed at tackling the rise of "fake news". |
Text: Kiernan was sent off in the 3-2 defeat of St Johnstone on 1 March for a tackle on striker Graham Cummins.
After the Ibrox club lodged an appeal, the 26-year-old was allowed to play in Saturday's 6-0 Scottish Cup quarter-final win over Hamilton Academical.
But the claim of wrongful dismissal for serious foul play ... | Defender Rob Kiernan will miss Rangers' next two games, starting with Sunday's meeting with Celtic, after losing an appeal against a red card. |
Text: It has previously been illegal in the UK to rip songs from a CD to a digital player or transfer eBooks, music, films and games from one device to another.
But people will still not be allowed to share the copies with others.
Business Secretary Vince Cable said the move was "not only common sense but good business... | Making digital copies of music, films and other copyrighted material for personal use is to be made legal for the first time under government plans. |
Text: Met Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said the activity would be led by Portuguese police with the involvement of British officers.
Madeleine was three years old when she went missing from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal in May 2007.
Scotland Yard launched a fresh investigation last July.
Mr... | Police investigating Madeleine McCann's disappearance say "a substantial phase of operational activity" will begin within weeks. |
Text: Rahm, 22, has made a major impact since turning professional after enjoying a distinguished career as an amateur.
The Spaniard has moved up to 13 in the world rankings in the wake of a win at the Farmers Insurance Open in January, followed by four more top-10 finishes in consecutive PGA Tour tournaments.
Rahm wil... | New Spanish golfing sensation Jon Rahm is set to play at the Irish Open in Portstewart from 6-9 July. |
Text: The hospital is cancelling about 15 planned operations a day to deal with the problem.
Bosses have apologised to patients affected and appealed for staff to work overtime.
"Derriford Hospital is extremely busy, operating on red alert," Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust said.
Read more on this story as it develops thro... | Plymouth's Derriford Hospital has opened 41 extra beds in a bid to cope after declaring it was on "red alert" because of patient demand. |
Text: From 1 April, the £6bn health and social care budget will be managed by councils and health groups as part of an extension of devolved powers.
The Greater Manchester Strategic Partnership will now make decisions on how to target specific health issues.
Integrating health and social care services will ease the pre... | Greater Manchester has become the first English region to gain control of its health spending. |
Text: Summer Grant, seven, from Norwich, died in Harlow, Essex, on 26 March.
Her family said the messages of support they received had been "overwhelming" and thanked the public for donations.
On Saturday, a two-minute silence will be held at the gates of Harlow Town Park, where Summer was injured, and her favourite so... | A candlelit vigil is to be held for a girl who was fatally injured when a bouncy castle blew away as she played on it. |
Text: The men were arrested across south Birmingham and at an address in Liverpool, West Midlands Police said.
They have been charged with conspiracy to supply class A drugs and are due before Birmingham magistrates later.
The raids are part of an operation between police and the Prison Service targeting the supply of ... | Four people have been charged by police investigating an alleged drugs ring in Liverpool and Birmingham. |
Text: The 29-year-old, who can also play right-back, scored one goal in 23 appearances after joining the Devon club from Kidderminster in November.
"He's an athlete that can play anywhere and I'm delighted to have him back on board," said manager Kevin Nicholson.
"Aman was a valuable asset for us last season and is a f... | Torquay United midfielder Aman Verma has agreed terms on a new contract with the National League side. |
Text: The figure includes £22m worth of agricultural loans in Northern Ireland.
It is part of a wider disposal of problem debt on both sides of the border, but most of the loans are in the Irish Republic.
It is understood the loans were bought by US private equity firm Cerberus.
The bank said the sell-off would strengt... | Ulster Bank has sold distressed loans in Northern Ireland with a value of £261m. |
Text: Andrew Timblin, 60, of Stockport, Greater Manchester, was found guilty of committing 11 offences including rape, sexual assault and actual bodily harm.
Police said he "brutally attacked" his first victim when she was 17 and the abuse continued for six years.
In 2014, he raped a girl of 14 three times "to satisfy ... | A "depraved" rapist who repeatedly attacked two teenage girls has been jailed for 21 years. |
Text: Media watchdog Ofcom said TV-owning households dropped by 300,000 between the end of 2012 and the end of 2013, from 26.33 million to 26.02 million.
Nearly one million of the homes without a TV set do have internet access.
Ofcom said this indicated a trend towards using other devices to watch catch-up programmes o... | The number of UK homes owning a TV set has fallen for the first time, as more people watch programmes on their laptops, tablets and smartphones. |
Text: A Seat Leon crashed head on with a Peugeot 406 just after midnight on Common Road, Funtington.
The 42-year-old man from Fishbourne, who was driving the Seat, died at the scene, while the Peugeot driver, 67, from Chichester was taken to hospital.
He is being treated for serious injuries and is in a serious but sta... | A driver has died and another was seriously injured in a crash near Chichester. |
Text: Two groups are believed to have been involved in an altercation outside Moo Bar on Russell Street at about 01:00 BST.
A man in his 20s was assaulted and taken to hospital but died from his injuries, Warwickshire Police said.
Two 30-year-old men from Birmingham have been arrested on suspicion of murder.
The force ... | A man has died after suffering serious head injuries in an alleged assault in Leamington Spa. |
Text: Ronald Barret was seriously injured when his Honda 1300 left the road at 15:30 on Saturday near Glenamour Farm.
He was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow for treatment but died on Monday morning.
Police Scotland said investigations into the cause of the crash were still ongoing.
Summary: | Police have identified a 74-year-old motorcyclist from Lancaster who died in hospital following a crash on the A712 north of Newton Stewart. |
Text: Adrianne Landsman, 56, of Edgware, north London, was charged with child neglect at LL Camps of Borehamwood.
Larry Lewis, 55, of Borehamwood, faced one charge of perverting the course of justice.
The prosecution at St Albans Crown Court said it was discontinuing the case against the pair.
The case will continue ag... | Two people accused of offences related to allegations of abuse at a US-style children's camp in Hertfordshire have had the case against them dropped. |
Text: Latest figures show 23% of looked after children achieved the equivalent of five good grade GCSEs in English or Welsh and in maths in 2016.
That is up from 17% the year before.
Last year, the Welsh Government embarked on a three-year plan to raise ambitions and attainments for the children in care.
Education Secr... | There has been an improvement in the GCSE results of children growing up in care. |
Text: Lesley Smith and young winners Hannah Faith Jackson and Henry Memmott all hail from Strathaven in South Lanarkshire.
The coincidence was only discovered when Lesley, 45, revealed her win on town's community Facebook page.
"There's no connection between us at all," she said.
"I only realised after they announced t... | Three budding photographers from the same Scottish town have scooped top prizes in the UK Landscape Photographer of the Year awards. |
Text: Free the Nipple is a US campaign to change laws around breastfeeding in public and female toplessness.
In the picture, posted on Instagram ahead of her appearance at the Golden Globes, Lena has nipple shields on.
The social networking site has a "no nudity" policy, which the star seems to have got around by weari... | Lena Dunham has supported the Free the Nipple campaign by sharing a topless photo of herself - with her nipples covered. |
Text: Craig Stormey, 30, was arrested on 29 November last year in the town of Neustift, in the Tyrol province, where he had been attending an army camp.
Stormey, from Colchester Garrison, admitted entering the girl's unlocked family home while drunk and raping her, a court spokesman in Innsbruck said.
An MoD spokesman ... | A British soldier has been sentenced to nine years in prison for raping a six-year-old girl in Austria. |
Text: Two lorries, two vans and a car crashed on the westbound carriageway of the M55 at junction 3, Kirkham, Lancashire, at about 08:45 BST, closing the motorway.
A 53-year-old man from Chorley was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 34-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of death by dangerous driving. Police are ... | A van driver has died in a motorway crash involving five vehicles near to an exit slip road. |
Text: The FA has contacted Akinfenwa and Cambridge for their observations of events during the League Two match.
Cambridgeshire Police previously confirmed its officers are also investigating the alleged incident.
Wycombe won Saturday's game 2-1 through a 95th-minute goal from Aaron Pierre.
Akinfenwa, 34, reported the ... | The Football Association is investigating alleged racist abuse towards Wycombe Wanderers striker Adebayo Akinfenwa during his side's match at Cambridge United on Saturday. |
Text: Luiz Carlos da Rocha - nicknamed "White Head" - is believed to be the leader of a massive cocaine empire in South America.
Federal police said sentences handed down to Rocha amount to more than 50 years of prison time.
Police said he was "a criminal who lived discreetly and in the shadows".
The drug kingpin had b... | Brazilian police have captured a notorious drug kingpin who used plastic surgery to evade capture for almost 30 years. |
Text: After landing at La Paz airport, the pontiff spoke of the need to protect the most vulnerable in society from the impact of capitalism.
He was greeted by President Evo Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous leader, who gave Francis a ritual pouch with coca - a sacred leaf in the Andes.
The Pope flew in from Ecuador.... | Pope Francis is visiting Bolivia, the second leg of his tour of Latin America's three poorest countries. |
Text: It will drop a clause banning traders signed up to its Marketplace platform from offering products elsewhere for less.
The change will come into force across the EU from Friday.
As a result, the inquiries in the UK into whether the policy was anti-competitive are expected to be closed.
The Office of Fair Trading ... | Online retailer Amazon is to alter its pricing policy for third-party traders amid investigations in the UK and Germany. |
Text: The man had climbed over a railing on the Bosphorus bridge linking Europe with Asia and was threatening to kill himself.
Mr Erdogan's motorcade was crossing the bridge at the time.
Television pictures showed Mr Erdogan's staff asking the sobbing man to talk to the president. After a few moments, he was escorted t... | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talked a man out of jumping off a bridge in Istanbul, his office says. |
Text: Known as Chespirito (Little Shakespeare), the Mexican's work delighted children over four decades.
His characters included El Chapulin Colorado, the inspiration behind The Simpsons' Bumblebee Man.
Gomez Bolanos, who died at home in the resort of Cancun, appeared in several movies and plays. His live shows played ... | One of Latin America's most beloved comic actors, Roberto Gomez Bolanos, has died at the age of 85. |
Text: RLC will be the first tenant of Global Point Business Park, Invest NI's largest industrial development site.
The company makes components for some of the best-known names in the aerospace sector, including Martin Baker and Rolls-Royce.
RLC, which is based in the Isle of Man, already employs more than 250 people a... | An aerospace engineering firm is to create 80 jobs at a new factory in Newtownabbey, County Antrim. |
Text: Visitors to Telkomsel's site on Friday morning were greeted by a profanity-laden message criticising the company.
The perpetrator also replaced the text that shows under Telkomsel's name and description in search engines, with an explicit message.
Telkomsel said it was repairing the site and investigating the inc... | The website of the largest telecoms provider in Indonesia has been defaced with an offensive post. |
Text: Ings, 22, is out of contract at Turf Moor and will move to Anfield on 1 July, subject to a medical.
"It's a no-brainer. He looks a threat and the lad's got great potential," Aldridge, a Liverpool title winner in 1988, told BBC Radio 5 live.
But he added: "We need a really big marquee signing."
England Under-21 in... | Liverpool need to sign a "finished article" striker this summer as well as buying Burnley's Danny Ings, according to former Reds forward John Aldridge. |
Text: Louise Kerton, 24, from Broadstairs, was last seen on 30 July 2001 when she went to Aachen station to catch a train to Belgium, on her way back to the UK.
Despite extensive investigations in both the UK and Germany, she has not been seen or heard from since.
Her father Philip Kerton, from New Ash Green, said the ... | Police in Germany have closed the file on a nurse from Kent who went missing in the country 10 years ago. |
Text: Lance Corporal Jonathan McKinlay, of Gloucestershire-based 1st Battalion The Rifles, was killed by small arms fire on Wednesday.
L/Cpl McKinlay, 33, from Darlington, was based at Check Point Chaabak in the Nahr-e-Saraj South district of Helmand.
A total of 381 British troops have been killed in Afghanistan since ... | A British soldier who was shot dead while on patrol in Afghanistan has been named by the Ministry of Defence. |
Text: The rapper says the strict anti-narcotics laws introduced in the 1980s unfairly targeted minorities.
In the four-minute video, he also argues that "young men like me who hustled became the sole villain, and drug addicts lack moral fortitude".
Jay Z, who was born Shawn Carter, has frequently rapped about his past ... | Jay Z has declared the decades-long US war on drugs an "epic fail", in a short film he wrote and narrated. |
Text: Berwickshire Housing Association had applied to build 60 houses, including 15 affordable homes, on land south of Earlsmeadow at Duns.
A report to councillors said the proposed site was an overgrown field, sometimes used by dog walkers.
It said that while it might be suitable for development in future it could be ... | Councillors have rejected plans for a housing development on the edge of a Borders town. |
Text: The former Leicester City trainee, 29, was Vale's longest-serving player, with 56 goals from 332 appearances in over eight seasons at the club.
He netted eight goals in 44 games this season, his second-best scoring return.
Dodds is Town manager Micky Mellon's third summer signing, following Gary Deegan and Oliver... | Port Vale attacking midfielder Louis Dodds has turned down the offer of a new deal to join League One rivals Shrewsbury Town on a two-year contract. |
Text: Officials said Cecafa had sought Kenya's approval after original hosts Sudan withdrew from staging the annual tournament earlier this year, citing financial constraints.
"Kenya have told us that they are not ready to host the championships which was scheduled to kick-off in late November to early December," Cecaf... | The Confederation of East and Central Africa Football Associations is looking for a new host for this year's Senior Challenge Cup after Kenya backed out. |
Text: Yn wreiddiol roedd y coleg wedi dweud y gallai 170 gael eu diswyddo yn orfodol, ond mae'r brifysgol yn dweud fod cynllun diswyddo gwirfoddol ac arbedion eraill wedi lleihau'r nifer o bobl fydd yn gorfod gadael.
Yn ôl datganiad gan y coleg, "mae rhagolygon ariannol diweddar, sy'n cymryd i ystyriaeth newidiadau pel... | Mae Prifysgol Bangor yn paratoi i ddiswyddo 115 o staff wrth iddyn nhw geisio gwneud arbedion o £8.5m. |
Text: Tai Cantref said in a statement its chief executive Lynne Sacale had left the organisation after 10 years with the company.
It rents more than 1,400 homes in Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Powys.
When the inquiry was announced last August, Tai Cantref said it was fully compliant with regulations.
... | The head of a housing association under scrutiny from the Welsh government has left her post. |
Text: The 28-year-old England international has made 193 appearances for Quins since joining them from Leeds in 2006.
"The re-signing process was done very quickly as there was never any doubt in my mind to go anywhere else," the scrum-half told the club website.
"Harlequins is a club that I love; I'm very proud and ho... | Harlequins captain Danny Care has signed a new contract with the Premiership club. |
Text: The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 129.71 points, or 0.73%, to 17,804.87
The wider S&P 500 jumped 12.03 points, to 2,083.25, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 36.88 points, to 4,837.21.
Last week, markets were mostly lower as investors fretted over the consequences of this week's EU referendum vote.
Goldman S... | (Close): US share markets closed solidly higher, led by strong gains in banking shares and following jumps on European and Asian markets. |
Text: Officials say Mr Modi's office received dozens of mail bags containing nail clippings and hair in the past week.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar says Mr Modi hurt the pride of Biharis by casting aspersions on him.
Last month Mr Modi said Mr Kumar's move to sever electoral ties meant something was wrong with his... | Tens of thousands of people from Bihar in eastern India have sent DNA samples to PM Narendra Modi, accusing him of insulting people from the state. |
Text: The £1.8m scheme would restore the link between the Arch of Remembrance and the park's historic gates, both designed by British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens.
Sir Peter Soulsby, the city's mayor, said the Grade I-listed arch and gates are of "national significance".
The revamp should be ready to mark the centenary... | Work to create a new tree-lined processional route to a war memorial in Victoria Park could begin in 2016, Leicester City Council has said. |
Text: In 2015, an independent expert panel advised that morbidly obese people who have no other clinical risks would benefit from the flu vaccine.
Wales' chief medical officer has now written to doctors telling them they can offer the flu vaccine free of charge to those people.
It is hoped the move will reduce winter p... | A free flu jab is to be offered to the most overweight people in Wales from this autumn. |
Text: In a video, Lakeisha Holloway describes finishing school and working at a good job after being raised by an alcoholic mother and living on the streets.
Police said she had struggled since the 2012 video and was living in her car with her daughter before the crash.
One woman was killed in the crash and more than 3... | A woman charged in a deadly hit-and-run crash in Las Vegas was once praised for overcoming a rough childhood and homelessness, it has emerged. |
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Peaty, who also claimed mixed relay gold earlier in the week, won gold in Tuesday's 100m final and added the 50m title as he came home in 26.66 seconds.
Ross Murdoch, who won 200m breaststroke gold on Thursday, claimed the bronze.
Earlier, Fran Halsall defended her 5... | Great Britain's Adam Peaty secured a European breaststroke double with victory in the 50m final. |
Text: Turkey's Dogan news agency said Kurdish rebel group the PKK was responsible.
The victims were said to be taking part in an anti-PKK military operation in the city of Nusaybin, which has been under curfew since mid-March.
Authorities say the PKK has dug trenches and put up barricades around Nusaybin.
The attack co... | Five Turkish soldiers and one special forces police officer have died in a bomb attack in the country's south-eastern Mardin province, reports say. |
Text: McCullum, 33, led New Zealand to the recent World Cup final and will play seven games in this summer's T20 Blast.
"With AB de Villiers, he's in the top two players in the world in Twenty20 at the moment," Brown told BBC WM 95.6.
"Everybody talks about Ian Botham at Somerset and McCullum is in exactly the same vai... | New Birmingham Bears signing Brendon McCullum is one of the two best Twenty20 players in the world, says director of cricket Dougie Brown. |
Text: The suspects allegedly resisted arrest by throwing home-made bombs at the police when they swooped before dawn in the jungle village of Kayamaya.
Two policemen were killed in the area last month while investigating an alleged Islamist training camp.
Poso was notorious for violence between Muslims and Christians a... | Anti-terror police on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi have shot dead one suspected militant and arrested another in the district of Poso, police say. |
Text: MTN was fined for non-compliance with a deadline set by the NCC to disconnect all non-registered sim cards.
The move follows accusations by mobile phone users that the regulator had failed to bring operators to account for poor services to subscribers.
MTN Nigeria says it is studying the letter sent to it by the ... | Telecom giant MTN Nigeria has been fined a record $5.2bn by Nigeria's Communications Commission (NCC). |
Text: The "black alert" at the Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) in Nottingham comes less than a week after plans to cut hundreds of beds were announced.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has urged people to only attend the department in a "real emergency".
A black alert means there are not enough beds to cope with ... | An A&E department has issued its highest alert warning it does not have enough beds for patients. |
Text: The Romano-Gothic St Magnus Cathedral, built from red and yellow sandstone, is of international significance.
The foundations were placed in 1137, and the building - dedicated to Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney - took about 300 years to build.
A team from York-based IIC Technologies has been brought in to carry... | Work to produce a detailed three-dimensional survey of a 12th Century cathedral in Orkney is under way. |
Text: The world's largest sportswear maker said it expects sales to increase by a high single digit percentage and for overall earnings to be in the low teens in the fiscal year ending May 2017.
That was lower than analyst estimates for between 10 and 15% growth.
For the three months to March, Nike posted a profit of $... | Nike shares fell as much as 7% in after-hours trading after it released a weaker-than-expected growth forecast. |
Text: Final negotiations on the treaty are to take place at the UN next month.
The assembly motion urges the government to insist that arms sales not be authorised where there is a substantial risk they will lead to serious human rights violations.
It is being backed by
Amnesty International
and
... | The assembly is debating a motion later calling for the government to press for a human rights-compliant Arms Trade Treaty. |
Text: The birds could not be disturbed because they were nesting at the site at Tain in Easter Ross.
Once the gulls had moved on, the mess they left cost £60,000 to clean up.
Councillor Jamie Stone said he was aware of the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) developing a bird-scaring robot.
He told BBC Alba ... | A councillor has suggested that Highland Council buy a robot to scare away gulls that forced the closure of a sports pitch for nine months last year. |
Text: MPs are set to vote on the Article 50 bill that will pave the way for leaving the EU.
Shadow Welsh secretary Jo Stevens has quit the front benches and intends to defy party leader Jeremy Corbyn's instruction and vote against it.
But Aberavon MP Stephen Kinnock said party members should "suspend our disbelief" and... | A Labour MP who described himself as "a committed pro-European" said he will not vote against triggering Brexit. |
Text: The Japanese car maker has recalled nearly 15 million vehicles fitted with the bags since 2013.
This recall includes 22 models sold in Japan, including the Corolla and Vitz, made between January 2004 and December 2005, as well as vehicles in Italy, Britain and Spain.
The inflators, manufactured by Japan's Takata,... | Toyota is recalling another 1.6 million vehicles equipped with faulty air bags. |
Text: In a message on social media it said a suicide bomber carried out Tuesday's attack, which killed 13 people.
A backpack or belt containing 10kg (22lb) of military explosives was used, Tunisia's interior ministry said.
IS has already claimed two high-profile attacks on the country's tourism industry this year.
The ... | The Islamic State (IS) militant group said it was behind a deadly attack on a bus carrying presidential guards in the Tunisian capital Tunis. |
Text: The Rt Rev Michael Perham announced on Friday he would "step-back" from his duties with immediate effect.
Police confirmed only that a 66-year-old man attended a police station in Gloucester on Tuesday but was not arrested.
The Diocese of Gloucester said it was a police matter and it would not be making any furth... | The Bishop of Gloucester has been interviewed by police investigating two allegations of indecent assault. |
Text: The disturbance followed Hibernian winning the trophy for the first time in 114 years.
Fans spilled on to the pitch after Hibs won 3-2 against Rangers at Hampden on 21 May.
Police Scotland said a total of 86 arrests have been made to date as part of an ongoing investigation.
The pitch invasion delayed the present... | Police have issued pictures of 12 more football fans they want to trace in connection with disorder at the Scottish Cup Final. |
Text: The fire started as people in the city are trying to cope with two days of heavy rain, which has left many homeless and without power.
The flooding hampered the rescue efforts, the BBC's Sammy Darko reports from Accra.
There are fears that the death toll could rise as the search for bodies continues.
It is though... | More than 90 people have died in a fire at a petrol station in Ghana's capital, Accra, the fire service says. |
Text: The raids in the Liberton, Gilmerton and Craigmillar areas were part of Operation Amyloid, a huge operation targeting organised crime.
Police said 22 residential properties were targeted, involving more than 170 officers.
A kilo of heroin worth £100,000 was recovered at a house in Niddrie.
Further dealer quantit... | Twenty one people have been charged with various offences following a series of early morning raids in Edinburgh by Police Scotland. |
Text: League One Carlisle dominated the first half as Sean O'Hanlon's header hit the post, before Lewis Guy forced Wood keeper James Russell into a great stop.
But after the break, home forward David Moli, on loan from Wolves, saw a strike squeeze just inches wide of the post.
Graeme Montgomery also shot wide for the W... | Conference South Boreham Wood earned an FA Cup first-round replay at Carlisle after battling to a goalless draw. |
Text: The home side took the lead when Tom Hopper swept in a shot following a left-wing cross from Conor Townsend.
Doncaster struggled to break down a solid home defence and went further behind when centre-back David Mirfin headed in a Jim O'Brien corner.
The defeat leaves Rovers two points above the relegation zone.
M... | Doncaster's League One relegation concerns increased as they were beaten by Scunthorpe to suffer a seventh defeat in eight games. |
Text: Police said a brawl broke out among a number of people in a takeaway and spilled out on to Westgate at about 05:00 GMT.
A 38-year-old man from Bradford was punched in the face and hit his head on the road. He is being treated at Leeds General Infirmary.
Four men in their 20s have been arrested and are being quest... | A man is in hospital with "life-threatening injuries" after a fight in the centre of Wakefield. |
Text: Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, 40, set the record after conquering the treacherous K2, her husband said.
"She is over the moon," he said on Mrs Kaltenbrunner's website.
Mrs Kaltenbrunner, a nurse, is only the third woman to reach all 14 highest summits, but the first two climbers used supplemental oxygen.
"SUMMIT!!! At ... | An Austrian has become the first woman to reach all 14 Himalayan summits above 8,000m (26,000 ft) without using bottled oxygen. |
Text: West Midlands Fire Service was alerted to the fire on Stafford Street, Willenhall, at about 08:15 GMT on Saturday.
Roads were closed while the fire was extinguished, and residents were advised to keep doors and windows shut due to large amounts of smoke.
Nobody is believed to have been injured in the fire, a spok... | Twelve crews of firefighters dealt with a blaze at a derelict factory in the West Midlands. |
Text: It commemorates the moment the guns fell silent at the end of the first world war on the 11 November 1918.
Silence fell at 11:00 GMT to remember servicemen and women killed in battle.
Wreath-laying events have been taking place at war memorials across Northern Ireland.
Belfast Lord Mayor Brian Kingston said it wa... | A two-minute silence has been observed across Northern Ireland and Britain for Armistice Day. |
Text: A suicide bomb exploded near the national intelligence headquarters on Sunday morning. The sound of heavy gunfire was reported from the area.
Government officials say that they have "foiled the attack" and four militants are dead.
The militants have vowed to intensify attacks during the Muslim fasting month of Ra... | The Somali jihadist group al-Shabab has launched a major attack in the country's capital Mogadishu. |
Text: Dyfed-Powys Police was called to an address in the Milford Haven area at 10:08 GMT on Tuesday.
In a statement, Milford Haven School said pupils and staff had been "devastated by the terrible news" and counselling was being provided.
Police said the death was not being treated as suspicious.
Summary: | The sudden death of a 14-year-old Pembrokeshire schoolgirl is being investigated by police. |
Text: 4 June 2014 Last updated at 14:16 BST
One hundred and forty six soldiers lost their lives in the battle in 1944.
The victory was a strategic success allowing the allies to continue their advance on Germany.
Carwyn Jones reports.
Summary: | There will be special celebrations in Amsterdam later marking 70 years since Welsh troops liberated the Dutch city of 's-Hertogenbosch. |
Text: The body of 48-year-old Michelle Wright was found at a house on Nether Shire Lane, Shiregreen, on Saturday.
A spokesperson for South Yorkshire Police said detectives are awaiting the result of a post-mortem examination.
A 47-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder has been released on bail pending further en... | A woman found dead at a house in Sheffield has been named by police. |
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