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Text: The victim was threatened with a knife near RAF Marham in Norfolk on 20 July.
Attempts were also made to pull him into a car but he managed to fight the men off, headbutting one of them.
Norfolk Police has released the images a week on from the attack. The force says it is possible the suspects were part of a "la... | Police investigating the attempted abduction of an RAF serviceman have released e-fits of the men they suspect were involved. |
Text: It is understood the man was Gerard Mulligan, from Lisburn, County Antrim, and that he took his own life at the high security jail on Saturday evening.
Mr Mulligan had been on remand charged with murdering his father, Gerald Mulligan, at his home in Limehurst Way, Lisburn, in September.
The PSNI, coroner and Pris... | A 44-year-old man has died in custody at Maghaberry Prison, County Antrim. |
Text: People lighting up in bars, restaurants or hotels now face being fined $60 (£41) or jailed for up to two months.
And smokers must be at least 50 metres away from public spaces, such as schools, hospitals and taxi ranks.
The new laws also ban the sale of electronic cigarettes and flavoured tobacco for water pipes... | Tough new laws on smoking and tobacco sales have come into force in Uganda. |
Text: Electricity North West made a U-turn four days after saying it had set up a team to handle possible claims.
The firm said 55,500 customers in Lancaster and 13,000 in Cumbria were affected when an electricity substation flooded.
The energy firm has received 22,000 applications for goodwill payments.
Electricity No... | An energy firm has said people whose homes lost power in Lancashire and Cumbria during Storm Desmond will not be compensated. |
Text: Dale lost 1-0 to the relegation-threatened Shrews, leaving them ninth in League One, six points adrift of the play-offs with four games left.
Hill's team have now won just five of their 20 away games this season, compared to 12 of 19 at Spotland.
"The players have got to prove to me and the supporters that they c... | Rochdale boss Keith Hill has accused his side of having a "losing mentality" after being beaten by Shrewsbury. |
Text: In September, police found 21 packages containing parts of women's clitorises, as well as surgical equipment, in a freezer owned by Peter Frederiksen, 63.
Weeks later, his wife, the state's main witness, was shot dead in Lesotho.
Prosecutor Amanda Bester told a bail hearing that Mr Frederiksen's wife, Anna Matsel... | A Danish man accused in South Africa of mutilating women's genitals says he had no role in the murder of his wife. |
Text: Gary Reilly attacked Paul McCarroll, 49, in the street in Parkhead, Glasgow, in February last year.
Reilly's partner Lorna Holland - the mother of the victim's child - told a jury how she tried to keep him alive after he had been struck.
The killer was sentenced to at least 19 years after being convicted of murde... | A man who stabbed his girlfriend's ex-partner to death following a "stupid" row has been jailed for life. |
Text: A lack of investment may threaten Africa's development, say backers of the Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA).
To address this the AESA will provide an estimated $100m (£65m) for Africa-focused research.
It is also hoped that African governments will invest 1% of GDP in scientific w... | A new fund has been launched for African science, amid concerns that research is too Western-focused. |
Text: The singer topped the music royalty body Phonographic Performance Ltd's (PPL) chart, which is based on TV and radio airplay, adverts and plays in venues like pubs and clubs.
He beat Taylor Swift and 2013's most-played act Olly Murs to the top spot.
Mark Ronson's Uptown Funk was the most-played song of the year, a... | Ed Sheeran has been revealed as the most-played pop act in the UK in 2015. |
Text: Two men, aged 31 and 47, were arrested in Birmingham city centre on suspicion of causing violent disorder following the match.
A 16-year-old boy was also arrested in connection with a public order offence.
Two people were taken to hospital with head injuries following the match.
West Midlands Police said that whi... | Three men arrested in connection with disorder following Saturday's derby match between Birmingham City and Wolverhampton Wanderers have been released on bail. |
Text: Asos reported pre-tax profits of £18m for the six months to 28 February, down from £20.1m a year earlier.
However, the firm said it was confident of hitting its full-year profit target
Retail sales grew 17%, after currency fluctuations were removed, to £536m. Asos also said that sales in the UK were up 27%.
The f... | Online fashion retailer Asos has reported a 10% fall in first half profits as an investment programme and price cuts took their toll. |
Text: Basildon, which declared its result early on, set the trend for the region, with 68.6% backing a Brexit.
Across the 47 council areas of the eastern region 1,880,367 have voted leave and 1,448,616 remain.
Just five areas in the east - Norwich, Cambridge and St Albans among them - voted to remain. The other 42 vote... | The east of England has overwhelmingly voted in favour of Britain leaving the EU. |
Text: The former energy secretary and Welsh secretary died at the city's St Richard's Hospice.
Lord Walker was MP for Worcester from 1961 to 1992. His son Robin won the seat for the Tories last month.
He was Environment Secretary and Trade and Industry Secretary under Edward Heath, and Energy Secretary and Welsh Secret... | Conservative peer Lord Peter Walker of Worcester has died from cancer at the age of 78. |
Text: John and Shirley Thomas from Sketty have no idea how the 12ft (3.6m) tall flower arrived on their lawn as they never planted it.
After some research they found it was an echium pininana - native to the heat of the Canary Islands.
"It absolutely towers over every other plant in the garden," said Mr Thomas, "you co... | A Swansea couple returned from their two week holiday to find a giant flower had shot up in their front garden. |
Text: Franqui Francisco Flores de Freitas and Efrain Antonio Campo Flores are accused of conspiring to smuggle 800kg of cocaine into the United States..
The two men are due to appear before a federal judge in New York on Thursday.
Venezuela has not commented on the reported arrests which follow on from an airspace viol... | Two nephews of Venezuela's first lady have been arrested in Haiti and taken to the US to face drug trafficking charges, US media reports say. |
Text: The leader of the House of Commons, Chris Grayling, has made it abundantly clear that the chances of him voting to stay in the EU are about the same as the chances of David Cameron inviting Jeremy Corbyn along the next time he and Samantha pop down to Cornwall.
Grayling is careful to say that he supports the prim... | Forget last week's carefully constructed instructions from Number 10, the private disagreements in the cabinet over Europe have now gone public. |
Text: Evans will defend his WBO European title in Belfast against Stephen Ormond on Saturday, 17 June.
Listed ninth by the WBO on their world rankings list, Evans is keen to test himself against Flanagan.
"I dream of a crack at 'Turbo'," Evans said. "We've sparred loads of good rounds and Terry knows... I'd give him a ... | Welsh boxer Craig Evans is targeting a shot at world WBO lightweight Terry Flanagan if he wins this weekend. |
Text: The blaze started in the ground-floor kitchen of the Mint Indian tapas bar and restaurant in Perth Road and travelled through the extraction unit.
Staff raised the alarm just before 19:00 on Friday, and diners were taken to safety before the emergency services arrived at the scene.
Four appliances attended and th... | Diners were forced to evacuate an Indian restaurant in Dundee after a fire broke out. |
Text: Police sealed off Cimla Road, Neath, on Thursday morning following its discovery at the bottom of Cimla Hill.
Although it was only 1.5ft (0.5m) wide on the surface, the council said the void below was 20ft (6m) wide and deep.
The repaired road will be resurfaced once the concrete has hardened and is expected to r... | A sinkhole which forced the closure of a main road in Neath Port Talbot has been filled with 64 tonnes of stone and concrete. |
Text: The cards carry the greeting: "Where will you be having Christmas dinner? Basic rooms available with Cheshire Constabulary if you′re naughty not nice!"
They will be hand-delivered to 300 of Cheshire′s most persistent criminals.
Officers will deliver the cards during routine checks on their progress.
Assistant... | Police are sending specially-designed Christmas cards to prolific offenders, featuring an unpalatable-looking festive meal. |
Text: It will be the 44th edition of the biennial team tournament between Europe and the United States of America.
Europe has held the event outside of England on only five other occasions - Muirfield (1973) and Gleneagles (2014) in Scotland, Spain (1997), Republic of Ireland (2006) and Wales (2010).
Europe defend thei... | Italy will host the Ryder Cup for the first time in 2022 at the Marco Simone course in Rome. |
Text: British Land is disposing of the Riverside Retail Park in Coleraine, Lisnagelvin shopping centre in Londonderry and a retail unit in Craigavon which is leased to Tesco.
It is understood that the sales are part of a broader strategy rather than due to a negative view of the Northern Ireland market.
British Land is... | One of the UK's largest property firms is selling the three retail assets it owns in Northern Ireland. |
Text: His girlfriend, who was with him at the time, raised the alarm with the coastguard just after 02:30 BST on Saturday.
The man had fallen down between two boulders and was semi-conscious during the rescue.
He was taken to Antrim Area Hospital with suspected spinal injuries and later discharged.
Paddy McLaughlin fro... | A man who was fishing at Glenarm marina in County Antrim overnight has been rescued after falling on the wet rocks. |
Text: Ian Lucas and other politicians have started talks with rail operators about extending the Shrewsbury to London service to include Wrexham General, Chirk and Gobowen, Shropshire.
Virgin Trains said it was "exploring some initial ideas" with partners.
There is currently one daily train direct to London from Wrexha... | Hopes for more direct train services from Wrexham to London are a step closer, according to the Wrexham MP. |
Text: Police said the woman was asleep when the suspect entered her home on Pantmawr Road, Rhiwbina, and tried to forcibly remove rings from her fingers at about 01:00 GMT on Saturday.
He then waited for her to use her chair lift to get downstairs where he demanded money.
He disconnected her telephone, meaning she had ... | A 97-year-old woman has been robbed in her home in Cardiff. |
Text: The Committee on Standards in Public Life was prompted to meet after former Chancellor George Osborne was made editor of the London Evening Standard.
Lord Bew, who chairs the committee, told the Sunday Times it was not "personal" but it "raises the issue".
Mr Osborne also faces criticism for not getting Cabinet O... | The rules on MPs taking second jobs are to be discussed by a parliamentary committee on Thursday. |
Text: Officers were called to ground adjacent to Rashilee Avenue, near Park Mains High School, at about 05:40.
A Police Scotland spokesman said the death was being treated as unexplained.
Inquiries are under way to identify the man and a post mortem examination was due to be carried out.
Summary: | A police investigation is under way after a man's body was discovered in Erskine in Renfrewshire. |
Text: Westbound traffic will be diverted via the A48 Southern Distributor Road between M4 junctions 24 and 28.
The carriageway, through the Brynglas Tunnels between junction 25A and junction 26, closed at 20:00 BST on Saturday to reopen at 06:00 on Monday.
The tunnels are closed during the night occasionally as enginee... | A stretch of the westbound M4 motorway has been shut in Newport from Saturday evening until Monday morning as the Brynglas tunnels upgrade continues. |
Text: Matt Harrold scored Crawley's first, however Luke Summerfield equalised with a penalty when Lewis Alessandra's run was stopped by Jon Ashton.
The visitors went ahead through Liam McAlinden's low shot, but Michael Coulson's curling 15-yard strike found the top corner to make it 2-2.
Crawley remain 16th in League T... | York City twice come from behind to earn a draw against Crawley Town but remain seven points adrift of safety. |
Text: The Met Police and British Transport Police said they worked together to monitor the protest at St Pancras International Station between 17:00 and 20:30 BST.
The demonstrators held placards reading "borders kill" and "no-one is illegal".
One person was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer.
MEP and... | Protesters threw fake blood during a rush hour demonstration in support of migrants and refugees at one of London's busiest railway stations. |
Text: The man's body was found in a park next to Bridge Road in St Austell just after 05:00 GMT.
Officers said the three arrested men, aged 24, 22 and 21, were being held in police custody.
A forensic examination is taking place on the unnamed man and a major crime unit is at the scene. Nearby Edgecombe Road has been c... | Three men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after the discovery of a body in a park in Cornwall. |
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The paper's Dublin-based owners, Independent News and Media Limited (INM), said the move is down to the closure of its printing operation within the Royal Avenue premises.
BBC News NI's business correspondent Julian O'Neill repo... | The Belfast Telegraph is to cut up to 89 jobs and sell its famous 19th Century office building in Belfast city centre. |
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Wildlife presenter Iolo Williams has been to the island for the BBC2 Autumnwatch programme on Thursday to help some of the birds trapped in the debris, which ends up floating on the sea's surface.
The island is home to 40,000 g... | A litter problem around Grassholm Island off the Pembrokeshire coast is the centre of a welfare mission to free seabirds entangled in it. |
Text: Appleton faces being without forward Ryan Taylor, 27, for at least six weeks after he picked up a groin injury against Bristol Rovers on Sunday.
"Ryan's struggling, he's seen a specialist and it could keep him sidelined anywhere above six weeks," Appleton told BBC Radio Oxford.
Oxford, third in League Two, travel... | Oxford United manager Michael Appleton is on the hunt for a new striker before the January transfer window closes. |
Text: Gun battles started early on Thursday morning in Jalalabad after a "multi-pronged" attack by insurgents.
Police said they shot dead seven attackers, all of them wearing suicide bomb vests.
The attack comes after the Taliban vowed to disrupt the run-up to presidential elections in the country on 5 April.
"Ten poli... | Taliban fighters have killed at least 10 policemen in an attack on a city in eastern Afghanistan. |
Text: David Clark, 55, died in hospital in October 2014, almost a month after the accident at a property in Brighton.
Michael Holland, owner of a renovation company, and Grant Oakes, the site foreman, deny manslaughter.
Andrew Cooper told Lewes Crown Court his friend Mr Clark fell silently when a board cracked beneath ... | A carpenter has described to a court the moment his friend and co-worker was involved in a fatal fall at a building site. |
Text: IT services firm Atos was contracted in 2012 to design, build and operate the 'Get me there' scheme.
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) said it was "clear that Atos cannot deliver" the system and ended the deal.
Smart ticketing was introduced in October on Metrolink, but only to those with concessionary trav... | Greater Manchester's transport body has terminated its contract with the company responsible for rolling out a smart ticketing system after delays. |
Text: The 25-year-old Quebec native scored 13 goals for the Devils last season and made 33 assists in 66 games, helping them clinch the Elite League title.
"Gleason was a major part of our success last season and we are very pleased to get him back for another year," said Devils coach Andrew Lord.
"He just controls the... | Cardiff Devils defenceman Gleason Fournier has re-signed for next season. |
Text: The move was a "serious breach of Iraqi sovereignty" Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's office said in a statement.
About 150 Turkish soldiers have been deployed near in the town of Bashiqa to train Iraqi Kurdish forces, earlier reports said.
Mosul has been under the control of the Islamic State (IS) group since la... | The Iraqi government has demanded that Turkey withdraw troops it sent to an area near the northern city of Mosul. |
Text: Meet Singh Kapoor, 40, was found dead in a shipping container at Tilbury docks in Essex in August last year.
Stephen McLaughlin, Timothy Murphy, Martin McGlinchey and Taha Sharif have all pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to facilitate illegal entry into the UK.
Jurors heard the migrants were found distressed and ... | Four men accused of attempting to smuggle 35 immigrants into the UK in a shipping container treated human beings as "freight", a court has heard. |
Text: Horace Williams, 36, died of a single stab wound in Cape Hill, Smethwick, on Saturday afternoon.
Douane Brown, 39, of Bickington Road, Birmingham, is due before Sandwell Magistrates' Court accused of Mr Williams' murder.
Mr Brown has also been charged with possession of a knife in public, said West Midlands Polic... | A man has been charged with murdering another man who was stabbed to death at an internet cafe. |
Text: Hassan Omer, 31 from Poplar in east London, was shot at a private function at Avalon club on 26 December.
A post-mortem examination found he died from multiple gun shot wounds.
Danny Walker, 32, and Gavin Allen, 30, are wanted by police. The Met said it was possible that Mr Allen may have travelled abroad.
Anyone... | Two men are being hunted by police in connection with the shooting dead of a man in a nightclub in London's West End on Boxing Day. |
Text: The UK government has applied for the county's new potatoes and the "Ayrshire earlies" brand to be granted Protected Geographical Indicator (PGI) status by Brussels.
The proposal was put forward by a growers' group based in Girvan.
If successful, Ayrshire new potatoes would join more than 70 UK food and drink pro... | Ayrshire new potatoes are in line to have their identity protected under European law. |
Text: Cohen Quad on Walton Street was due to be completed on 11 August.
Exeter College booked the Jury's Inn for 86 students when it became clear Cohen Quad would not be ready by 6 October.
It said it was "deeply frustrated by the delay" in the "complex" project. Contractors Alison Brooks Architects declined to comment... | Nearly 90 Oxford University students are living in a hotel after work on a new halls of residence overran. |
Text: Speaking to BBC Wales, Mr Bryant said someone with "resilience" was needed after the party's election defeat.
"She has that strength of personality that I think we're going to need in these next few years as we try to rebuild the party," he said.
His support for Cooper comes after Ed Miliband stepped down and spa... | Rhondda MP Chris Bryant has declared his support for Yvette Cooper to become the next leader of the Labour party. |
Text: An air and sea search was launched when the 11m (36ft) scalloper JMT failed to return to Plymouth on Thursday night.
The dead man's next of kin have been informed and the search for a second crew member was called off at 17:30.
Wreckage from the vessel was found by coastguards near the Eddystone lighthouse off Pl... | The body of a fisherman has been recovered by rescue crews searching for a missing fishing boat off the south Devon coast. |
Text: The 65-acre (26 hectares) former BP Transit site will provide accommodation for around 900 students as well as academic space, a shop and cafes.
The university hopes the campus will contribute £3bn to the regional economy over the next 10 years.
Further development work has been scheduled to continue until 2020.
... | Swansea University's £450m Bay Campus will open its doors to the first intake of students on 18 September, the university has confirmed. |
Text: Officers were acting in cooperation with the Romanian police and Europol. The raids took place on Friday.
One man has been arrested in connection with brothel keeping and serious and organised crime. He is expected to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Monday.
Another man is the subject of a report to the procura... | Police in the Glasgow area have raided four properties as part of an investigation into human trafficking. |
Text: A government spokesman said Mrs Merkel still had confidence in Thomas de Maiziere after he said Syrians would be treated differently in the future.
Her government was forced to clarify there had been no change in policy.
It has faced strong criticism over the thousands of refugees arriving.
Germany says it expect... | German Chancellor Angela Merkel has backed her beleaguered interior minister following a row over restricting the asylum rights of refugees from Syria. |
Text: Alice Burch from the New Forest started on 1 October and passed the finish line in Southampton on Sunday.
The mother-of-one is raising money for a charity which provides veterinary care to working animals in Africa and the Middle East.
She said at the end: "It was really hard because it was so windy. It's been go... | A woman has completed what is thought to be a new world record after running 60 marathons in 60 consecutive days. |
Text: Yasuo Yamamoto, 40, was protesting over the Japanese government's nuclear energy policy. He turned himself in late on Friday, police said.
No-one was hurt. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was out of the country.
The drone landing triggered a security alert and raised fears of extremists using drones to carry out attack... | A man who flew a drone carrying radioactive sand on to the roof of the Japanese prime minister's office has been arrested, Tokyo police say. |
Text: The 20-year-old captained the Swansea Under-23s side who won the Premier League 2 title last season and reached the EFL Trophy quarter-finals before losing to eventual winners Coventry.
He is the second new defender brought in by Glovers boss Darren Way, who has made seven summer signings in total.
"I'm excited t... | Swansea City defender Keston Davies has signed for League Two side Yeovil Town on a season's loan. |
Text: The proposed Mynydd y Gwair development is on common land so the inquiry will decide whether the land can be exchanged and used to generate energy.
There have already been two previous inquiries into the proposals for 16 turbines.
Swansea council granted planning permission to RWE Innogy UK for the wind farm in 2... | An inquiry has been held into whether or not a wind farm can be built at a beauty spot in Swansea. |
Text: Defender Vincent Sasso starts a three-game suspension, but Tom Lees could return after missing nine games with a knee injury.
Reading hope to have defenders Liam Moore (hamstring) and Paul McShane (back) available after injury.
Midfielders Liam Kelly and Jordon Mutch are both doubts with hamstring problems and Ti... | Sheffield Wednesday striker Fernando Forestieri is likely to remain sidelined by a knee injury. |
Text: Leeds accepted a bid from Everton for the 22-year-old on Thursday.
"Sam Byram has come into training today (Friday). His advisors are having a chat with Everton, but just because they're talking it doesn't mean it's done," Evans told BBC Radio Leeds.
"If it doesn't look like being finished I expect to be able to ... | Leeds United head coach Steve Evans remains hopeful that he will be able to select full-back Sam Byram for Saturday's game at Sheffield Wednesday. |
Text: The Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association (SSTA) said an indicative ballot showed the majority of its 8,000 members supported taking action.
Last week, Scotland's largest teaching union, the EIS, said its secondary school members would go on a partial work to rule.
The Scottish government said it was committed... | A second teaching union is to ballot its members on taking industrial action over their workload. |
Text: Witnesses reported hearing a "massive crash" outside London Bridge's outpatient hospital in Emblem House, Tooley Street at about 09:25 BST.
The woman, thought to be in her 20s, suffered a non-life-threatening head injury, the Met Police said.
London Bridge Hospital has been contacted for a comment but has yet to ... | A woman has suffered head injuries after she was hit by a window which fell five storeys during high winds. |
Text: Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo were convicted of the murders in a Thai court and sentenced to death in December.
The bodies of David Miller, 24, from Jersey and Hannah Witheridge, 23, from Norfolk, were found on a beach on Koh Tao in September 2014.
Seven Thai lawyers and a team of international advisors are working to exo... | Two Burmese men convicted of murdering two British travellers on a Thai beach have lodged appeals. |
Text: Armitage, who previously lectured in creative writing at the university, was made an honorary doctor of letters.
He said: "This is a special day and it is an honour to join all the students graduating. I'm proud to be awarded this honorary degree."
He is one of 10 people to be honoured including boxer Nicola Adam... | Poet Simon Armitage has spoken of his pride at being awarded an honorary degree by the University of Leeds. |
Text: It was seized by the government when her husband, Ferdinand Marcos, was overthrown in 1986.
The jewellery has been valued at more than $21m (£14.5m).
The authorities are rushing to sell the jewels in case the couple's son, Ferdinand Marcos Junior, becomes vice-president in elections in May.
Officials fear he wou... | A huge collection of jewellery that once belonged to the former first lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos, is to be sold at auction. |
Text: Military sources quoted in Turkish state-run media said the air and artillery strikes took place on Sunday within 10km (six miles) of the border.
They said the militants were killed as they prepared to fire rockets.
On Monday, Turkey reportedly detained seven suspected IS members including one described as an IS ... | The Turkish army and US-led coalition forces are reported to have attacked Islamic State (IS) targets in northern Syria, killing 27 militants. |
Text: The sale would end over three decades of company-owned stores on the island where it has 20,000 employees.
McDonald's said it would search for "suitable candidates" to become its developmental licensee.
The world's largest fast-food chain has struggled to hold on to customers amid stiff competition.
Chief executi... | US fast-food giant McDonald's said it would sell all of its 413 stores in Taiwan to a franchise operator as part of a plan to turn around the retailer. |
Text: Left-arm-seamer Liddle, 31, had been at Hove since 2006 and was a regular in one-day cricket.
Zaidi, 34, made seven appearances in the County Championship this summer, scoring 354 runs and taking 11 wickets.
Fellow all-rounder Piolet, 27, played five times in white-ball cricket but has now retired from cricket to... | Chris Liddle, Steffan Piolet and Ashar Zaidi have left Sussex following the end of the season. |
Text: The 31-year-old, who was the Cards' captain, made 276 appearances and scored three times for the Surrey club after joining them in 2009.
Wood manager Luke Garrard told the club website: "Mark is a natural born leader.
"He's a quality signing, he is versatile and he will give us real know-how in the middle of the ... | Boreham Wood have signed defensive midfielder Mark Ricketts from National League rivals Woking. |
Text: Chris Williamson lost to Conservative Amanda Solloway in 2010 but won with a majority of over 2,000 votes this time around.
Elsewhere in the county, the Tories took North East Derbyshire after more than 80 years of Labour.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin retained Derbyshire Dales and Labour's Margaret Beck... | Labour has re-taken Derby North from the Tories after losing it at the last election by just 41 votes. |
Text: It comes as a setback to the country's effort to eradicate the deadly disease.
Sierra Leone was celebrating last week when it discharged its last known Ebola patient from hospital.
News of the new case means the country is no longer Ebola-free. High-risk contacts of the woman have been identified, isolated and wi... | A woman who recently died in northern Sierra Leone has tested positive for Ebola. |
Text: Cricket Australia confirmed delays to the new 60,000-capacity stadium will mean the match from 14-18 December will revert to the city's traditional venue.
The five-Test Ashes series starts in Brisbane on 23 November, with Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney also hosting.
"It's good now we have some certainty," said CA... | Perth's new stadium will not be finished in time for the third Ashes Test between England and Australia, with the Waca set to host instead. |
Text: Father-of-two Adrian O'Kane was on a stag do in Magaluf at the weekend.
He was returning to his hotel in the early hours of Sunday when he was hit by a driver whom the local council said tested positive at the scene.
Mr O'Kane, from Birmingham, did not have travel insurance, say friends fundraising to bring his b... | Relatives of a Birmingham man who died after being run over by a driver on drink and drugs in Majorca say they are desperate to return him home. |
Text: The Saturday night show was given a darker edge in the second series.
The announcement comes after the BBC said it would not be re-commissioning its Bafta award-winning BBC Three series In The Flesh because of budgets.
The second half of series two is due to air soon.
In a statement the BBC said: "The final seven... | The BBC says it will not be re-commissioning a third series of Atlantis because the corporation says it needs to "keep increasing the range of BBC One drama". |
Text: The £365m Pen-y-Cymoedd farm is being built between Neath and Aberdare by Swedish developers Vattenfall.
The company said the breakthrough was "one of the biggest boosts this decade to delivering Wales' green energy targets".
The 250 megawatt, 76-turbine scheme is set for completion early in 2017.
Lesley Griffit... | Wales' largest onshore wind farm has generated electricity for the first time. |
Text: The 36-year old was reported missing on 17 March after his dog Max was linked to an incident in which three sheep were killed.
A member of the public reported seeing a man matching Jason's description near the Abriachan woodlands car park, on the Great Glen Way, on Sunday.
A jacket found near to where the dog was... | A possible sighting of missing Hampshire man Jason Gates is being investigated by police. |
Text: The 16-year-old from Plymouth, who can not be named for legal reasons, admitted three offences relating to cyber attacks on SeaWorld in Florida and Devon and Cornwall Police.
He had denied two charges of sending bomb hoaxes in 2015 but was found guilty in July.
He was given a two year rehabilitation order at Plym... | A boy who tweeted bomb hoaxes to US airlines and launched cyber attacks has been spared a jail term. |
Text: Mr Armstrong, who turned 82 on Sunday, had surgery to relieve four blocked coronary arteries.
As commander of the Apollo 11 mission, Mr Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the Moon on 20 July 1969.
In a statement, Nasa administrator Charles Bolden wished the "true American hero" a quick recovery.
"Neil'... | Former US astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the Moon, is recovering after undergoing heart bypass surgery on Tuesday. |
Text: The 22 tube assemblies will require 150 workers at Rosyth in Fife and Bristol.
The contract is part of the common missile compartment (CMC) project for the UK Successor and US Ohio Class replacement submarine programmes.
The work will get under way towards the end of this year.
It is expected to complete in the e... | Defence contractor Babcock International has secured an £80m order to make part of the missile launch silos for the next generation of Royal Navy nuclear-armed submarines. |
Text: Horologist David Mitchell, who has maintained and wound the city's clocks for nearly 50 years, finishes next month.
Instead of replacing him, the council has decided to automate the clock in future in a bid to save money.
The work, approved by Cadw, takes place on Monday and Tuesday.
Council leader Rob Stewart th... | Work to fit Swansea's Guildhall clock with automatic winding mechanisms is being carried out before its official keeper retires. |
Text: The woman, surnamed Zhao, visited the drive-through Beijing Badaling Wildlife World in July with her family.
CCTV footage showed her leaving her car and shortly after being attacked by a tiger. Her mother tried to help but was mauled to death by other tigers.
Ms Zhao, 32, says the park bore "undeniable responsibi... | A woman whose mother was killed by tigers at a Chinese wildlife park has had her lawsuit against the park accepted by a court. |
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She has been running marathons for "30-odd years" and took part in the first London Marathon in 1981.
"At that time I was a long-distance walker and thought I can cover that because I could do 20 miles in a day, so that's what made me apply and get a place - and it w... | At 88 years old, Iva Barr is the oldest competitor taking part in this year's London Marathon. |
Text: Ms Alaoui was taken to hospital but suffered a heart attack, human rights group Amnesty International said.
She was carrying out work "focusing on women's rights" for the group.
The assault at a hotel in the capital, Ouagadougou, was claimed by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
In a statement. Amnesty said ... | French-Moroccan photographer Leila Alaoui has died from injuries sustained in the Burkina Faso hotel attack, taking the death toll to 30. |
Text: A 220-acre reserve will be created around Solihull's Elmdon Park by the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust - thought to be the first of its kind in the UK.
The animals are under threat nationally because of a loss of hedgerows and habitats, the trust said.
Hedgehog numbers are to be closely monitored in the area, while ... | A huge hedgehog conservation zone is to be set up in a park - aimed at boosting their chances to forage and meet mates. |
Text: The heavily fortified barracks in Forkhill was a regular target for attacks.
It was sold by the Ministry of Defence to the Northern Ireland Executive and passed on to the local council.
It is now being developed as a community garden.
The tree planting is part of a wider project called the Peace Forest Ireland in... | A thousand trees are being planted at a former south Armagh security base as a memorial to those killed in the Troubles. |
Text: Bonmarche said colder weather had weighed on sales of spring stock and warned that consumer confidence "does not appear buoyant" in the UK.
Boss Beth Butterwick said it was "cautious" about the rest of the year.
It comes after M&S reported a fall in clothing sales and Next warned 2016 could be the toughest year s... | Women's fashion chain Bonmarche's shares fell sharply in early trading after becoming the latest retailer to warn that conditions are "challenging". |
Text: Gytis Griskevicius denies attacking and drowning Marina Erte, 33, in the bath at her flat in Boston on 20 May 2016.
Lincoln Crown Court had previously heard he was motivated by jealousy as Ms Erte was in a new relationship.
Mr Griskevicius, 32, of St Ann's Lane, Boston, is accused of murdering Ms Erte just hours ... | A man and his estranged wife had sex shortly before her death but were "too drunk too finish", a court has heard. |
Text: Connor Allen-Howe had an archive of material showing underage victims performing sex acts.
Some were asked to drink their own urine while others were made to take part in sexual activity with siblings and dogs, Chelmsford Crown Court heard.
Sentencing him to eight years, judge Emma Peters said the 21-year-old had... | A former youth politician who posed as a teenage girl on Skype to groom boys as young as 12 has been jailed. |
Text: The Pirates have impressed in the Championship, winning three and drawing one of their opening six games.
"It's not just the trophy, it's putting on that shirt and that performance," joint-head coach Cattle said.
"It's progression and another opportunity for us to build," Cattle added to BBC Radio Cornwall.
Cattl... | Cornish Pirates coach Gavin Cattle says the club's British and Irish Cup tie at Connacht is another chance for his side to continue to improve |
Text: The Italian capital joins Boston, Hamburg and Paris as cities expected to submit bids to host the Games.
"We want these Games to be an opportunity for growth and investment for the whole country," said bid president Luca di Montezemolo.
A deadline of 15 September has been set by the International Olympic Committe... | Rome's bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games has been endorsed by the Italian Olympic Committee. |
Text: The 25-year-old joined the Addicks from Swindon Town in June 2016 and scored seven goals in 28 appearances.
Ex-Manchester United trainee Ajose has had two previous loan spells with his hometown club, in 2010-11 and 2013.
"I sat down with him and he said this was something he wanted, so I told him I wasn't going t... | Bury have signed striker Nicky Ajose on a season-long loan deal from fellow League One club Charlton Athletic. |
Text: BBC and ITV asked to make a programme about life in Cardiff Bay in the run up to the 2016 assembly election.
Presiding officer Rosemary Butler said it was a "fantastic opportunity" but Labour said the request came at "very short notice" and could be disruptive.
Earlier this year the assembly refused a James Bond ... | A behind-the-scenes documentary about the national assembly will not go ahead after Labour objected to it. |
Text: An interior ministry statement said it would take legal measures against anyone proven to have been "negligent".
It comes after Der Spiegel published an article by a photojournalist who was embedded with the ministry's troops.
Ali Arkady says he took pictures of detainees suspended from ceilings and that others w... | Iraq has opened an inquiry into claims that its forces abused and killed civilians in the battle for Mosul against so-called Islamic State (IS). |
Text: All 129 members will take either an oath or an affirmation in the well of the Holyrood chamber.
The leaders of Holyrood's five political parties will be sworn in first, before the remaining MSPs proceed in alphabetical order.
Once all the MSPs are sworn in, a presiding officer and deputies will be elected, with f... | MSPs are to be sworn in for the fifth session of the Scottish Parliament. |
Text: 20 June 2017 Last updated at 08:02 BST
A van was driven into a crowd of people coming out of a mosque in an area called Finsbury Park in North London.
Several people were hurt, and one man died.
Police say the attacker acted alone, and a man has been arrested.
The prime minister Theresa May has spoken out to say ... | A terrorist attack took place in a place in London on Sunday overnight. |
Text: Indian-American Waris Ahluwalia, who is also a designer, said he was prevented from boarding after he refused to remove his turban in public.
The incident happened during additional security checks before a flight from Mexico City to New York.
Aeromexico said it had complied with security protocols and it regrett... | A Sikh actor has claimed he was barred from boarding an Aeromexico plane because of his turban. |
Text: The University of Wales Trinity Saint David has submitted a planning application to Carmarthenshire council.
The headquarters, Yr Egin, will be built at the university in Carmarthen.
It should house about 25 companies who are expected to contribute more than £11m a year to the local economy and create 98 jobs.
S... | The designs for S4C's new Carmarthenshire headquarters have gone on show at the Eisteddfod in Abergavenny on Tuesday. |
Text: David Lowe, 33, of no fixed address, was given a 12 week suspended sentence after his case was heard at Bolton Magistrates' Court in his absence.
He faced five charges including failing to take the Lurcher to the vets and failing to address its weight loss.
Lowe's defence said he was suffering from depression.
Th... | A man has been banned from keeping animals after being convicted of a series of cruelty charges relating to a severely emaciated dog. |
Text: Mr Hatton, the former deputy leader of Liverpool City Council, was thrown out of Labour in 1986 for belonging to the left-wing Militant faction.
The 67-year-old told ITV Granada he had rejoined the party two days after its general election defeat.
"I just felt I should do something," he said, saying there was now... | Labour's general secretary has objected to a bid by former firebrand councillor Derek Hatton to rejoin the party. |
Text: The deal comes seven months after the collapse of Publicis' bid to boost its US presence via a merger with Omnicom.
Sapient, an internet marketing specialist, made profits of $85.9m on turnover of $1.36bn last year.
Publicis, the world's third largest advertising group, is trying to catch up ground on its bigger ... | French advertising giant Publicis has agreed to buy US-based Sapient for $3.7bn (£2.3bn) in cash. |
Text: A security official told the AP news agency that most of the escapees were facing serious charges.
Another report said a riot had taken place inside the al-Kwafiya prison.
The jailbreak comes a day after the assassination of a prominent political activist triggered protests in the city, although it is not clear w... | About 1,200 inmates have escaped from a jail in the restive Libyan city of Benghazi. |
Text: Local taxi driver unions and politicians have complained that Uber poses unfair competition by not meeting legal standards required for established taxi firms.
According to Uber, 300,000 riders use its app in Denmark and it has around 2,000 drivers.
The service will shut down on 18 April.
In a statement the firm ... | Cab hire firm Uber will withdraw from Denmark in April because of new taxi laws that require drivers to have fare meters and seat sensors. |
Text: Children's inpatient services at Redditch's Alexandra Hospital have been moved to Worcestershire Royal Hospital amid a shortage of junior doctors.
Paramedic Stuart Gardner said he "can't believe" the A&E decision.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals trust said quality of care mattered rather than where people got it.
... | An ambulance service has been told not to take children to a hospital's A&E department - prompting one paramedic to speak out about his fears. |
Text: Rochdale Council has introduced a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) which includes a ban on swearing, skateboarding and begging.
Lara ten Caten, legal officer for human rights group Liberty, accused the council of curbing residents' rights.
But the authority's leader Richard Farnell said the council was tryin... | A council's town centre ban on swearing has been labelled a "staggering misuse of power" by a civil liberties group. |
Text: Mourinho, 53, joined the club in July, and they lie sixth in the Premier League after 17 games.
In October, the Portuguese said that hotel living was "a bit of a disaster", and United struggled for form until a recent improvement in results.
"I know that if one day they bring a new contract, I will sign it," he s... | Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho wants to stay at the club for longer than his three-year contract because he is "loving" his time at Old Trafford. |
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