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Text: Jennie Gray, 36, is serving a 42-month prison term for child cruelty. She had also admitted perverting the course of justice.
Her partner Ben Butler was convicted of murdering Ellie in June and jailed for life, with a minimum term of 23 years.
The Court of Appeal confirmed Gray had made a "late application" to ap... | The mother of murdered six-year-old Ellie Butler has launched an appeal against her conviction. |
Text: 19 November 2015 Last updated at 10:34 GMT
But despite her incredible talent, she was badly bullied at school.
As part of national Anti-Bullying week Sarah shared her story with Newsround's Martin.
Press play to see her full interview and hear her top tips on how to overcome bullying.
On 19 November Newsround are... | Dame Sarah Storey has won more medals than any other female Paralympic athlete in history. |
Text: Gomez, 37, shot a final round 62 to finish level with the 35-year-old American on 20 under par before both players parred the first play-off hole.
However, a birdie on the second extra hole gave Gomez the title.
"I'm really, really happy. I felt good all week long and was able to put on a great round," the Argent... | Argentina's Fabian Gomez won his second US PGA Tour title as he beat Brandt Snedeker in a play-off to win the Sony Open in Hawaii. |
Text: Bees, butterflies and birds returned to remote mountaintops in the Seychelles only six months after exotic plants were removed.
Taking out exotic plants seems to make native plants more accessible to pollinators, say scientists.
Plants have been moved around the world for centuries, meaning native and exotic plan... | Removing invasive exotic plants from natural areas can act as a boost for wildlife, a study suggests. |
Text: The 26-year-old France defender is free to resume his career after a doping case against him was dismissed by Uefa.
Sakho also was sent home from the club's pre-season tour of the USA following allegations of indiscipline.
He has been told that he is not currently part of Liverpool's first-team plans by manager J... | Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho has turned down moves to West Brom and Stoke City after being told he can leave on loan. |
Text: Estyn said by the end of primary school, many pupils in Wales have developed a good understanding of basic concepts such as gravity and magnetism.
Nearly all understand the importance of undertaking investigations carefully.
But the report said primary schools need to reduce the achievement gap between pupils eli... | Primary schools need to make sure science lessons challenge all pupils, a report from the watchdog has said. |
Text: Only she and left-winger Jeremy Corbyn offered "an alternative" to Labour of the last five or eight years, she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
She refused to make any recommendation to Labour members for a second preference vote, saying she would "fight to the end" to lead the party.
She has dismissed calls t... | Labour leadership hopeful Liz Kendall says she can win the contest, despite coming last in a recent YouGov poll. |
Text: The "very ornate" urn was discovered at 02:00 on Sunday 30 April.
Police in Edinburgh posted a message on their Facebook page on Tuesday to say the urn had been claimed.
It said: "Good news folks! As a result of your help in sharing our wee appeal to find the owner of an urn, a man has come forward to claim the i... | The owner of a small velvet box containing an urn full of ashes which was found in an Edinburgh taxi has come forward. |
Text: The authorities had claimed the schools were being used as fronts for Boko Haram training camps.
Amnesty International says some were as young as five years old.
The release comes after pressure from the human rights group which argued the children were detained without being charged of a crime.
In December 2014,... | Cameroon has started to release some of the 84 children detained for more than six months after a raid on Koranic schools. |
Text: The Grade II listed York Theatre Royal closed in March 2015 and had planned to resume performances last December.
That date had to be put back after the foundations of the medieval St Leonard's Hospital were found intact beneath the main main auditorium.
The York Conservation Trust, which owns the theatre, said t... | A theatre which saw a £6m redevelopment delayed by archaeological work is to reopen to the public. |
Text: French artist Philippe Parreno's new work - Anywhen - is the latest large-scale commission in the museum's Turbine Hall.
He describes the work as an ever-changing experience "that plays with time and space".
A shoal of helium-filled fish float about the cavernous space to a surreal soundtrack from overhead speake... | Visitors to Tate Modern over the next six months might feel like they have stepped into a giant aquarium. |
Text: Ex-Scotland and Hearts youth player Andrew Shaw was locked up after a court heard how his life had spiralled out of control after leaving the army.
The 28-year-old, from Perth, admitted stealing televisions, a fishing rod, sat-navs and almost £2,000 in cash.
He was told by a sheriff he had started life as a "ver... | A former Scotland U-16s football player has been jailed for two years after carrying out a six-month crime spree to fund his drug habit. |
Text: The former WBO Featherweight Champion was sentenced to four years in prison by a court in Malaga in 2012.
A European arrest warrant was issued by the Spanish authorities after claims he left before starting the sentence.
Earlier this year a Scottish sheriff ruled the 37-year-old, from Cambuslang, South Lanarkshir... | Former boxer Scott Harrison has lost a legal bid to avoid extradition to Spain over assault charges. |
Text: A statement from the US Treasury named Mr Kim as directly responsible for violations in his country.
Ten other top North Korean officials have also been blacklisted. There has been no response yet from the North Korean government.
The measures freeze any property the individuals have in the US and prevent US citi... | The US has sanctioned North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for the first time, accusing him of human rights abuses. |
Text: Police previously said both victims, aged 22 and 23, were hurt in a "targeted attack" in Langlands Road, in the Govan area, on Monday 11 July.
They were treated in hospital for non life-threatening injuries.
Officers said a 22-year-old man had been arrested and detained. He is expected to appear at Glasgow Sherif... | A man has been arrested in connection with a shooting incident in Glasgow in which two other men were injured. |
Text: Staff at the Sea Life centre in Oberhausen said they were devastated to learn that he had passed away during the night.
Paul made his name by successfully choosing a mussel from one of two boxes bearing the flags of competing nations.
Octopuses rarely live beyond two years so his death was not unexpected.
Paul ba... | Paul the octopus, an unlikely star of the 2010 World Cup who predicted the outcome of eight matches, has died at an aquarium in Germany. |
Text: The debate will feature candidates in the Banff and Buchan constituency.
Questions for the panel can be sent to NorthEastDebate@bbc.co.uk.
Contact details should also be provided.
Summary: | Questions are being sought for a BBC Radio Scotland studio debate in the build-up to the general election in June. |
Text: Sarah Khatri was targeted by two men after parking outside St Columba Church in Chantry Road, Moseley, Birmingham at about 09:45 GMT on 27 March.
The men tried to pull her out of the car before she was threatened with the blade and her Kia was stolen, police said.
West Midlands Police said an investigation has be... | A woman had a knife held to her neck and her car stolen in a violent car-jacking. |
Text: A wall collapsed on to Ian Hambridge, a 15-year-old Leeds fan, during the trouble at St Andrews on 11 May 1985.
His death was overshadowed by the Bradford City fire on the same day.
Vic Hambridge said his son was a "happy-go-lucky lad" attending his first football match.
"There was a weakness in the wall where al... | The father of a teenage fan fatally injured 30 years ago during fighting between Birmingham City and Leeds United fans has said safety at grounds has come "a very long way" since then. |
Text: During a three-week experiment in November visitors to Holborn station were asked not to walk on escalators between 08:30 and 09:30 GMT.
Queuing was reduced and 30% more people used the escalators during the trial.
A new six-month trial starting on 18 April will have one of four escalators as always standing only... | A standing-only trial on escalators at a London Underground station is to be extended after an initial test resulted in improved passenger flow. |
Text: The NCA said it was prompted by issues found with warrants in two cases that went before the courts, Operations Heterodon and Enderby.
Chris McKeogh, NCA deputy director, told the BBC the collapsed trials had been due to "incompetence".
It will review all warrants, production orders and account monitoring orders.... | The National Crime Agency (NCA) has launched an internal inquiry into the way warrants are applied for following the collapse of major court trials. |
Text: Madge Allen, of Stanways Private Hire in Mold, found the adult corn snake under her seat after dropping three passengers off at Flint train station.
The 67-year-old said it had escaped from one of the passengers' bags.
"I have been a taxi driver for 28 years and have driven cats and dogs but never a snake. That's... | A taxi driver from Flintshire has described her shock after discovering a hidden passenger in her cab - a 4ft (1.2m) snake. |
Text: Anheddau Cyf, which supports adults for Gwynedd, Anglesey, Denbighshire and Conwy councils, has a budget shortfall.
It is because the costs of implementing the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage have not been met by the commissioning councils.
Anheddau said it was disappointed union Unison had lodged ... | A row has broken out over a social care provider's plans to sack its 300 staff and make them reapply for their jobs. |
Text: The Spanish champions have scored 11 goals in their past two matches, conceding once, and beat Celta Vigo 5-0 on Saturday.
But will that stellar form be enough for them to make Champions League history?
This content will not work on your device, please check Javascript and cookies are enabled or update your brows... | Barcelona were swept aside 4-0 by Paris St-Germain in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie, but coach Luis Enrique believes his side can "score six" and overturn the deficit. |
Text: Pearse Jordan was shot in the back by an RUC officer as he ran from a stolen car he was driving on the Falls Road.
The controversial killing has been claimed by some as evidence of a so-called shoot to kill policy.
However, on Monday Mr Justice Horner said he did not accept that there was any evidence that the of... | A coroner has said it is impossible to reach conclusions about the killing of an IRA man in west Belfast in 1992. |
Text: The huge, slow-moving typhoon hit land on the island of Luzon on Sunday morning.
Alexander Pama, head of the government's main disaster agency, said 10,000 people had been moved from their homes in north-eastern Luzon.
The Philippines is still recovering from Super Typhoon Haiyan, which devastated the country in ... | Thousands of people were forced to flee their homes as Typhoon Koppu swept into the northern Philippines in Southeast Asia. |
Text: The 28-year-old striker has been on the bench for the past two matches with new signing Gabriel Jesus favoured.
Guardiola has reiterated his desire to keep the Argentina forward.
But asked if he feared Aguero might leave in the summer, Guardiola said: "At the end of the season I don't know. I know how difficult i... | Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is uncertain whether Sergio Aguero will remain at the club after this season. |
Text: Lecturer Martyn Lee, 54, of Meriden, was arrested at Coventry University in February 2014.
He admitted six counts of making and distributing indecent images of children.
Sophie Nightingale, 23, from Stafford, pleaded guilty to four charges of possessing and distributing indecent images of children.
They included ... | A former university lecturer and student have pleaded guilty to child pornography charges. |
Text: Two women in their 20s reported being followed in Maida Vale by a teen who tried to engage them in conversation before inappropriately touching them.
The first assault happened on 1 June on Kilburn Park Road while the second was on 17 June on nearby Saltram Crescent. Both occurred at about 22:00 BST.
Police belie... | A 13-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of carrying out two sex assaults in west London. |
Text: The Bluebirds are 12th in the table but 17 points off a place in the top six after their goalless draw with Wigan.
After struggling early in the season, Cardiff have steadily moved up the table following Warnock's appointment.
"We need a few more goals, we need a few more options off the bench," Warnock told BBC ... | Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock says reaching next season's Championship play-offs would be a "massive achievement" with their budget. |
Text: A total of 314,264 fans soaked up the atmosphere as Real Madrid from Spain beat Italy's Juventus 4-1 on 3 June.
The council said the footfall outstripped the previous record of 270,421, when Wales beat France 16-9 at the Six Nations in 2012.
Cllr Russell Goodway said the final had put Cardiff on the "world stage"... | A record-breaking number of visitors came to Cardiff for the Uefa Champions League final, the city council has said. |
Text: Yorkshire-based charity One Nation UK has been taking medicines, clothing and food to war-ravaged parts of the country for several years.
For the first time it is collecting hijabs, which it says helps women to socialise and access public services.
Volunteers in Leicester said they had been particularly successfu... | Thousands of headscarves or hijabs have been collected for women in Syria. |
Text: The 33-year-old sustained the injury in the 42-9 defeat by Montpellier in the European Challenge Cup last weekend.
"Thanks to Mike Hayton for fixing my finger. He did a great job. On to rehab now," the uncapped Englishman tweeted.
Dickson, who moved to the Twickenham Stoop from Bedford Blues in 2009, has scored o... | Harlequins scrum-half Karl Dickson will be out for up to 10 weeks after having surgery on a hand injury. |
Text: Firefighters have been tackling the blaze at Skip-It containers in North Quay Road, Newhaven, since Friday.
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said they believed the burning rubbish had been extinguished but were checking for signs of smouldering.
Crews will remain at the depot for another 24 hours.
Most of the ... | Fire crews believe they have finally extinguished 200 tonnes of rubbish that was alight for six days, sending smoke hundreds of feet into the air. |
Text: Quamari Serunkuma-Barnes was attacked in Doyle Gardens just before 15:30 GMT on Monday as other children made their way home from school.
The suspect, who is also 15 but cannot be named, was due to appear at Willesden Youth Court on Friday.
A post-mortem examination gave the cause of death as a haemorrhage and a ... | A teenager has been charged with murder after a 15-year-old boy was stabbed near his school in north-west London. |
Text: The arrests came after Pakistan supplied information to the Afghan government.
Afghan officials denied reports that the five had been handed over to Pakistan, saying they would be questioned in Afghanistan first.
Taliban gunmen killed at least 150 people, mostly children, in the attack.
An Afghan security officia... | Five men suspected of involvement in last month's massacre at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, have been arrested across the border in Afghanistan. |
Text: Stirling-based Ramoyle Developments is behind the project at the former Burgh Yard in Galashiels.
It is hoped a planning application for the proposals can now be submitted before the end of this year.
Council leader David Parker said he was delighted the development had now come a "step closer" on the site which ... | Scottish Borders Council has completed the sale of land for a new hotel, restaurant and housing scheme. |
Text: Jason Dockrill is serving a life sentence for raping and killing 23-year-old Suvi Aronen near Wanstead Common, east London, in March 2003.
In May, the 46 year old admitted rape and two counts of indecent assault against another woman in November 2001.
He was sentenced to nine years for rape and five years for eac... | A man has been sentenced for the "terrifying" rape of a woman carried out two years before he bludgeoned a Finnish student to death. |
Text: In June, 17 men were sentenced for the sexual abuse of the vulnerable girl, which started when she was 12.
A serious case review found that between 2009 and 2011 opportunities were missed because there was not an "effective system" in place.
The report said services in the area had improved due to the case.
More ... | Police and social workers failed to protect a child from systematic sexual abuse by a group of men, a report into a case in Halifax has found. |
Text: Anastasia James, 37, smoked the drug before the crash in January 2014, Leicester Crown Court was told.
Daughter Destiny James-Keeling, 14, and Megan Marchant, 18, died when Mrs James's vehicle came off the M1 in Leicestershire and smashed into a tree.
Mrs James denies all charges.
A jury heard Mrs James had been ... | A mother killed her daughter and another teenage passenger after crashing off a motorway at 70mph while under the influence of cannabis, a court has heard. |
Text: The company said like-for-like sales grew by 4% in the year to April, although trading in southern Europe continued to perform badly.
It said it expected underlying profits before tax to be at the top end of market expectations of £75-85m.
Sales fell 8% in Italy, Greece and Turkey, where economic growth has been... | Dixons Retail, the owner of Currys and PC World, has reported growth in sales in the last 12 months. |
Text: Scotland's makar Jackie Kay, comedian Alexei Sayle and Charlatans singer Tim Burgess are also in the line-up.
Organisers have said the festival would "explore the power of the mind to imagine a better world".
The EIBF runs from 13 August to 29 August.
More than 800 writers, poets, illustrators, politicians, journ... | Rebus author Ian Rankin and Hollywood actor Alan Cumming are among the well-known names set to take part in the 2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival (EIBF). |
Text: He replaces Phil Blake and is making the switch from New Zealand along with new head coach Aaron Mauger.
Coaches Geordan Murphy and Richard Blaze have extended their contracts, with all four signing three-year deals.
"Aaron knows Scott very well and comes very highly recommended as a coach," Cockerill told the cl... | Leicester Tigers director of rugby Richard Cockerill has confirmed that Scott Hansen will join the club as a defence coach this summer. |
Text: Separate factions within the shareholder group are understood to be unable to agree whether to accept an improved offer to settle claims they were misled about the strength of the bank's finances when asked to pump in more money in 2008, months before RBS nearly collapsed.
Judge Robert Hildyard adjourned the case... | Lawyers representing 9,000 Royal Bank of Scotland shareholders have been granted another adjournment in a court case that was meant to start on Monday and has already been delayed twice. |
Text: The Parma-based Pro12 club are now under the control of the Italian Rugby Federation which announced 54-year-old Bradley's appointment on Monday.
Former Italy players Carlo Orlandi and Alessandro Troncon will be on the Irish man's coaching staff.
Bradley, who won 40 Ireland caps, began his coaching career with th... | Former Ireland scrum-half Michael Bradley has been named head coach of Italian side Zebre. |
Text: The 1,929 punishments for failed drug tests were an increase of 14% on the previous year, when 1,693 doping offences were carried out.
Wada says increased focus on investigations, intelligence gathering and whistleblowing are behind the rise.
"Recent events have shown investigative work is becoming ever more impo... | More than 1,900 athletes were sanctioned for doping in 2015, new World Anti-Doping Agency figures show. |
Text: The 19-year-old scored 14 times last season even though 25 of his 36 appearances were as a substitute.
New manager Pep Guardiola has rewarded him with a long-term deal on much improved terms.
"Kelechi is a natural goalscorer. I knew about him before, but I've been really impressed with him since I arrived," Guard... | Manchester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho has signed a two-year contract extension with the club. |
Text: Letters from the EA to their parents were not delivered as planned on Saturday 20 May.
The authority said the letters would now be sent by recorded delivery on Tuesday.
"We are currently investigating the cause of the delay," an EA spokesperson said.
The EA also apologised to parents who could not contact a helpl... | The Education Authority (EA) has apologised after a number of P7 pupils were not told that they had not been placed in a post-primary school. |
Text: Scotland, Wales and the north-west of England all had the wettest December in more than a century.
A UK mean temperature of 8C (46F) broke records too and would have felt more like a day in April or May.
The Met Office said storms Desmond, Eva and, most recently, Frank were behind the record rainfall, while a hum... | Long-standing weather records have been smashed by a stormy, yet warm December, the Met Office's early figures suggest. |
Text: Eyewitnesses said members of the Shiv Sena beat up unmarried couples on the city's promenade as police watched.
The incident has caused outrage, prompting politicians to protest in the state assembly on Thursday.
A police inspector has been suspended and six other officers have been transferred out of Kerala sta... | Seven Indian policemen have been punished for allowing far-right Hindu nationalists to attack young couples in the southern city of Cochin. |
Text: Robert Davies, 50, of Swansea, worked for Cyrenians Cymru when he committed the offence between June 2008 and November 2014.
He was arrested in December 2014 and, two months later, the charity was forced to declare itself insolvent and went into administration.
Davies admitted one count of fraud at Cardiff Crown ... | The former head of a Swansea homeless charity has admitted forging invoices for £1.3m into his own bank account. |
Text: The move - a first in the US - is a setback for the companies, which have sought to avoid regulations that apply to traditional taxi services.
Companies such as Uber say their drivers are independent contractors and do not pay for their health benefits, fuel or vehicle upkeep.
The companies have vowed to challeng... | Seattle has passed a measure allowing drivers of smartphone-based taxi services such as Uber to join a union. |
Text: The value of the transaction has not been disclosed.
Last month, Aberdeen agreed to buy a US hedge fund investor as part of a drive to strengthen its alternative product offering.
And in May it acquired a private equity firm with bases in the US and Hong Kong.
The AEC team will be based in Aberdeen's London offic... | Aberdeen Asset Management has continued on the acquisition trail by buying London-based specialist investment manager Advance Emerging Capital (AEC). |
Text: The event, the biggest on the boccia calendar outside of the Paralympics, will run between 9 and 19 August at the Exhibition Centre Liverpool.
Britain's David Smith, who won gold at the Rio 2016 Paralympics and is a two-time individual world champion, will be one of the 192 competitors.
"I'm so excited that the W... | Liverpool has been named as the host of the 2018 Boccia World Championships in August next year. |
Text: Councillor Gerald Vernon-Jackson was leader of Portsmouth City Council when six men from the city left to fight with Islamic State last year.
But he said those returning should only get credit if they provide information.
Academic Joseph Carter, from Kings College London, said he was aware of UK fighters having a... | A call has been made for British Muslims who have gone to fight in Syria to be encouraged to come home in return for reduced jail sentences. |
Text: The amount that families have to spend - after tax and benefits are taken into account - fell by 2% in the first quarter of 2017, compared to 2016.
The ONS said that was the biggest decline for more than five years.
It added that the main reason for the fall was the rise in inflation, which hit 2.3% in the year t... | Real household disposable incomes in the UK are falling at their steepest rate since 2011, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said. |
Text: The heavenly host of four will patrol the streets of Leamington Spa to direct motorists to spaces, help with change and even add 20p to the meter if a car is about to go over its allocated time.
Equipped with trumpets, they have said they will also blow their horns if they spot a traffic warden approaching.
The a... | A flock of "parking angels" has been recruited by traders to help shoppers avoid fines while Christmas shopping. |
Text: A report for Cardiff council has warned it could find its contribution to a so-called City Deal to be "unaffordable".
The City Deal plans, announced earlier this year, require money from UK and Welsh ministers, Cardiff council and other local authorities in the area.
Cardiff council said it had to "consider all t... | A deal to provide hundreds of millions of pounds of funding for building and transport projects in Cardiff and the surrounding areas could be in doubt. |
Text: O2 said about 10% of its 22 million customers had suffered an intermittent service since 12:00 GMT on Friday.
The operator said the technical fault was fixed on Friday evening and the network has since been restored.
O2 said they were working to discover what caused the glitch, but it was not the same fault that ... | A fault affecting millions of customers on O2's mobile network has been fixed, the operator has confirmed. |
Text: A hand-coloured etching of an American white pelican by John James Audubon sold for $173,000 (£116,000) - three times more than was expected, according to auction house Bonhams.
A granite games table from the home she shared in Los Angeles with Humphrey Bogart sold for $26,250 (£17,665).
Bacall died in August at ... | A two-day auction of art, jewellery, furniture and clothing owned by the late actress Lauren Bacall has fetched $3.64m (£2.45m) in New York. |
Text: The 36-year-old batter helped the team to a domestic double in 2016, and won a total of 10 trophies with the county.
Kent chief executive Jamie Clifford described Edwards as "the cornerstone of the game" for women and girls.
"Her playing record is of course extraordinary, but it will be captaincy - leading Kent t... | Former England captain Charlotte Edwards is to leave Kent after 16 seasons with the women's side. |
Text: Qari Enayatullah joined the peace process in 2008, district governor Haji Abdul Shokor Qudosi told the BBC.
It is not known what job he did at Bagram or how long he had been there. He was among Afghan labourers reporting for duty when he detonated his vest injuring 17 other people.
The Taliban claimed Saturday's ... | A suicide bomber who killed four people inside the largest US military base in Afghanistan was a former Taliban member working there, the BBC has learned. |
Text: Police said he was approached by two men as he walked into Argyle Street station at about 22:35 on Thursday.
The attackers took his jacket from him and seriously assaulted him, leaving him with facial injuries.
PC Mark Harrington, of British Transport Police, said they believe the incident was completely unprovok... | A man has received hospital treatment after he was attacked at railway station in Glasgow. |
Text: About 20ft (6m) of lead drain pipework was stolen from the Black Barge Beach side of Portland Castle in Dorset.
It is unclear when the offenders struck as the theft was only discovered on Friday evening, police said.
English Heritage, which manages the attraction, said the seaside fort was built in the early 1540... | A castle dating back to King Henry VIII's reign has been targeted by thieves. |
Text: The west London side, who face Reading on Saturday, are two places above the Championship drop zone after winning just three of their last 20 matches.
But Jokanovic, who took over in December, told BBC Radio London: "I am sure we are not going to be relegated.
"I am not making any calculation about points needed ... | Manager Slavisa Jokanovic is convinced struggling Fulham will stay up. |
Text: Tai Le, 21, and Duc Nguyen, 36, originally from Vietnam, but with an address at Church Street in Portadown, both face six charges.
They include being concerned in the supply of a class B controlled drug and cultivating cannabis.
They are also accused of having a class B drug with intent to supply and dishonestly ... | Two men have appeared in court over the seizure of cannabis plants worth up to a £1m in Portadown on Wednesday. |
Text: The crash happened on Mountain Road near Trimsaran in Carmarthenshire just before 23:20 BST.
One boy is at Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen, and the other was taken to Cardiff's University Hospital Wales.
The road remains closed while investigations are carried out. Police have seized a second vehicle which was p... | Two 17-year-old boys suffered serious injuries when the car they were travelling in crashed on Sunday night. |
Text: The 35-year-old is Millers boss Kenny Jackett's first signing since taking over the Championship's bottom club on 21 October, replacing Alan Stubbs.
He has also played for Russian side Lokomotiv Moscow, French club Lille and on loan at Bristol City last season.
League One Bolton Wanderers revealed he was training... | Rotherham United have signed unattached former West Bromwich Albion and Stoke City striker Peter Odemwingie on a short-term deal until January 2017. |
Text: Shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham, Bury South MP Ivan Lewis and interim mayor Tony Lloyd are on the shortlist.
Voting by local party members closed on Friday. The election is set to take place in May.
The deal for the elected mayor, which will include control of transport, social care, housing and police budgets... | Labour will announce its candidate for Greater Manchester's first mayoral election later. |
Text: Members of the Unison and ATL unions were due to strike for three days from Tuesday as part of a protest over proposals to impose new contracts.
The new deals would pay them only during term time - resulting in cuts of up to 23%.
Talks are being held between the unions and Durham County Council in a bid to resolv... | Teaching assistants in County Durham have called off their latest round of industrial action. |
Text: Witnesses say the armed man ran away after abusing the woman for about 30 minutes, and robbing other passengers.
The crime has shocked the country, becoming a topic of discussion on social media.
The rape of a tourist in late March had already raised concerns about security ahead of the football World Cup next ye... | Police in Brazil are looking for a man who raped a woman on a moving Rio de Janeiro bus. |
Text: Serco, which operates the service, said it would use the disruption caused by Network Rail work to trial Oban as a potential new destination.
Fort William is the last stop for the train on the West Highland Line.
Passengers will be bussed there from Oban on the weekends of 12-14, 19-21 and 26-28 February.
Peter S... | The west coast's Caledonian Sleeper will travel between London and Oban, instead of Fort William, in February due to planned engineering works. |
Text: James Newman started work on the "Megaprocessor", which is 33ft (10m) wide and 6ft (2m) high, in 2012.
It does the job of a chip-sized microprocessor and Mr Newman has spent £40,000 ($53,000) creating it.
It contains 40,000 transistors, 10,000 LED lights and it weighs around half a tonne (500kg). So far, he has ... | A man has finished building an enormous computer in the sitting room of his bungalow in Cambridge. |
Text: Ricardo Rodrigues-Fortes-Gomes, 19, was found guilty at Manchester Crown Court of two counts of rape and will be initially detained in a young offenders' institute.
He attacked her at the top of stairs leading to a canal path in Manchester city centre at about 07:00 on 23 July as she shouted: "Stop, it's not righ... | A rapist who ignored his 18-year-old victim's screams as he attacked her has been detained for six years. |
Text: Michael O'Neill's side beat Norway 2-0 in their most recent match, a World Cup 2018 qualifier that moved them second behind Germany in Group C.
Wales dropped one place to 13th, England stay in 14th, while Scotland moved up eight spots to 59th.
Brazil went top for the first time in seven years, replacing Argentina... | Northern Ireland have climbed nine places up to joint 26th in Fifa's world rankings, level with the Republic of Ireland, who fell by two places. |
Text: About 30 people took part in a protest at Rossington, near Doncaster, over noise and flies which they claim are linked to recycling firm Morris Metals.
The group was shot at by a man wearing a balaclava and riding a quad bike. The injured man has been taken to hospital.
Morris Metals said it had taken action to r... | A man protesting about flies in a South Yorkshire village has been shot in the eye with a paintball gun. |
Text: The owner of the handbag, a Taiwanese art collector, was stuck in traffic in a tunnel when the thieves smashed her car window.
It was not clear whether it was a targeted attack or if the thieves simply got lucky.
The 1.3km (0.8 mile) long Landy Tunnel is notorious for smash-and-grab thefts.
Some reports suggested... | French police are searching for three thieves who stole a handbag containing five million euros (£3.6m; $5.4m) worth of jewels in a daring Paris raid. |
Text: Spencer Bell, 71, from Bushey, Hertfordshire, went to the aid of Alan Trethewey, 67, who had fallen on to the M1 near Watford on 30 January.
Both men were then hit by an oncoming car.
Mr Bell's family previously described him as "the most loving, funny and generous person".
The hearing regarding Mr Bell's death h... | A "selfless" man was hit and killed by a car as he tried to help a former postal worker who had fallen off a motorway bridge, an inquest heard. |
Text: Kirsty Parker, 34, from Denholm, died after her Vauxhall Zafira was in collision with a Peugeot 207 on the A698 near Denholm on Thursday afternoon.
Her sons, aged 18 months, nine and 12 were in the car at the time.
The 26-year-old male driver of the Peugeot was treated for "non life threatening injuries".
Ms Park... | Police have appealed for anyone who helped at the scene of a fatal crash in the Borders to come forward. |
Text: The 22-year-old has not played a first-team game for Chelsea in his four and a half years with the club following his move from Nottingham Forest.
Bamford has had loan spells with MK Dons, Derby, Middlesbrough, Crystal Palace and Norwich.
Speaking after Saturday's 3-0 Premier League defeat at Stamford Bridge, Cla... | Burnley have signed Chelsea striker Patrick Bamford on a season-long loan. |
Text: The Scot told BBC Radio Nottingham he was not interested in signing former Reading and Leicester defender Mills, who is out of contract in the summer.
Freedman worked with the 28-year-old when he was Bolton manager.
"Matt Mills is a very easy story; he is a free transfer and I have worked with him before. But it'... | Nottingham Forest boss Dougie Freedman has ruled out a move for Bolton Wanderers centre-half Matt Mills. |
Text: Protesters angry at cuts to free travel for the elderly staged a demonstration at Sheffield station in June 2014.
Following an investigation, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said four officers had cases to answer for misconduct.
It said a fifth officer had a case to answer for gross misconduct... | Five police officers are facing misconduct hearings over their handling of a demonstration by pensioners at a South Yorkshire train station. |
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Smith, who has muscular dystrophy, was named in the final squad for the tournament alongside Northern Thunder team-mate Edward Common.
While Common, 22, has seven caps, Smith is yet to make his international debut.
"It's time for the next step," he told BBC Look Nort... | Northumberland's Sam Smith will achieve his childhood ambition at only 17 years old if he features for England's powerchair football team at July's World Cup in Kissamee, Florida. |
Text: You've probably even sung it in the shower. If not, where have you been?
Frozen's signature ballad has helped the film's soundtrack outsell every other album released in 2014 so far and includes a range of different songs sung by members of the cast.
It includes the instrumental score written for the film by comp... | At some point this year you've heard the song Let It Go performed by Idina Menzel. |
Text: A number of neighbourhood teams have relocated into nearby local community bases with "lower running costs".
The new sites, which are based in the "heart of the community", are "better value for money", the force said.
The buildings up for sale include Market Street and Pilgrim Street in Newcastle, which were rep... | Northumbria Police has put eight of its former stations up for sale after carrying out a review of its estate. |
Text: Werner Hoyer told Sueddeutsche Zeitung that the EIB gave loans to the German carmaker for things like the development of low emissions engines.
He said they could be recalled in the wake of VW's emissions cheating.
The paper reported that about €1.8bn (£1.3bn) of those loans are still outstanding.
Mr Hoyer is ... | The European Investment Bank (EIB) could recall loans it gave to Volkswagen, its president told a German newspaper. |
Text: Amanda Young is accused of administering a lethal dose of the drug to Joshua Gafney, 22, at his home in February 2012.
Bristol Crown Court was told Mr Gafney had been given 14 times the amount of clozapine needed to treat him.
Ms Young, 40, from Yeovil, denies manslaughter by gross negligence. Her trial is expect... | A nurse killed a patient with a "massive overdose" of an anti-psychotic drug, a court has heard. |
Text: The left-arm seamer, 21, named in the England one-day and T20 squads to play Pakistan in November, joins Hampshire on a two-year contract next season.
He made his T20 and ODI England debuts in the recent series against Australia.
"It's a move to try to better myself and get the most out of the ability I've been g... | Reece Topley says his decision to leave Essex and join Hampshire is "a career move to try and better myself". |
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Falcons have also conceded an average of 40 points per game, including last weekend's 41-3 defeat by Exeter Chiefs.
Inferior points' difference leaves Newcastle bottom, below London Irish who are also yet to record a victory.
"I don't feel it at all, I just don't lik... | Director of rugby Dean Richards says he does not feel any pressure, despite Newcastle Falcons failing to win any of their opening three Premiership games. |
Text: Prosecutors said suspects used fake passports to trick administrators into allowing people other than legitimate test takers to sit the exams.
The scheme took place between 2011 and 2015 mostly in western Pennsylvania, authorities said.
Those charged could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
The defendant... | The US Department of Justice has charged 15 Chinese nationals with developing a scheme to have imposters take university entrance exams. |
Text: The 23-year-old Arsenal player last played for the national side in a Euro 2016 qualifier in October 2015, scoring in a 3-0 victory over Lithuania.
But he missed the finals in France through injury and was not selected for Sam Allardyce's only game in charge.
"It was a wake-up call," said Oxlade-Chamberlain. "To ... | Being dropped from the England squad provided a "kick up the backside", says midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. |
Text: Pembrokeshire council spends almost £120,000 a year loaning out cars.
Since the revelation over Bryn Parry-Jones's car, the authority has confirmed its scheme allows 21 chief officers to claim lease car hire fees as part of their contracts.
A council committee has now supported a motion to review the scheme.
Coun... | A review will be held into a council's management car lease scheme following a row over its former chief executive's £90,000 Porsche. |
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It's after our big food survey showed more than half of kids don't eat any vegetables on a daily basis and one out of three have junk food more than three times a week.
We asked if you've ever wondered what the best and worst thi... | All this week Newsround is looking at food, and how you can eat more healthily. |
Text: Urdd Gobaith Cymru, a Welsh-speaking organisation, needs to attract more interest from those who do not speak the language, according to Sioned Hughes.
She thinks the Urdd is "very good" at connecting with the people who know about it.
But, she added, a "better connection" is needed with non-Welsh speakers.
This ... | A Welsh youth movement must do more to widen its appeal, its new chief executive has said. |
Text: The 36-year-old also accused the French second division club of "total amateurism" and a "lack of respect".
The Portuguese added: "For any leader in an organisation who is responsible for a team, it's unacceptable."
Costa was the highest-profile female manager to be put in charge of a men's team in European footb... | Helena Costa said she quit her job as Clermont coach because she found out players were hired without her consent. |
Text: His Glasgow Warriors and international team-mate Fraser Brown is expected to be missing for around eight weeks.
The 26-year-old hooker has had an operation on a foot injury.
Warriors head coach Gregor Townsend said: "We wish Henry and Fraser all the best with their rehab and we look forward to welcoming them back... | Scrum-half Henry Pyrgos has been ruled out for about four months after having surgery on a wrist that he damaged while on World Cup duty with Scotland. |
Text: Aaron McMahon was beaten in the Clandeboye Road area of the town in November.
The men, aged 28 and 26, face a number of charges, including attempted grievous bodily harm with intent. One of them is accused of possessing an offensive weapon.
The men are due to appear at Newtownards Magistrates Court in March.
Summ... | Two men have been charged in connection with a hammer attack on a Bangor community worker. |
Text: That result allowed Alloa to leapfrog Airdrie into second courtesy of their 2-0 triumph at Queen's Park, while East Fife moved into fourth spot with a 3-2 home victory against Brechin.
Stranraer and Peterhead served up a 3-3 cracker at Stair Park but they remain ninth and eighth respectively.
Stenhousemuir are st... | League One leaders Livingston extended their advantage at the summit to 12 points with a 4-0 win at Airdrieonians. |
Text: The 29-year-old, from Cardiff, was collecting the MBE she was awarded in the New Year Honours list.
Mills won gold at the Rio 2016 games with Saskia Clark in the women's 470 class.
She said Princess Anne asked her "if I had had any luck finding a new partner" following her crewmate's retirement.
Cyclists Laura an... | Olympic sailor Hannah Mills was among a host of Olympians who were honoured at Buckingham Palace in London on Tuesday. |
Text: There have been 221,000 tweets that included the term "Kim Kardashian" or "Kim K", both of which were trending on Twitter worldwide.
So on this International Women's Day, is Kim's decision an indication of women's freedom or is it simply demeaning?
The veteran actress and singer Bette Midler condemned Kim with th... | The reality TV star, Kim Kardashian West has posted nude selfies on her social media accounts with the hashtag #liberated, prompting much reaction on social media. |
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