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Text: Kerber beat American Madison Keys 6-3 6-3 to claim her third win of the week.
Cibulkova had required the German to win in straight sets to progress from the White Group, having earlier beaten Romania's Simona Halep 6-3 7-6 (7-5).
Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova had already qualified from the Red Group.
Kuznetsova, w... | World number one Angelique Kerber and Slovakia's seventh seed Dominika Cibulkova secured semi-final places at the WTA Finals as both players won their final group matches in Singapore. |
Text: The town of Palm Beach, where Mr Trump's retreat is located, tweeted a traffic alert on Monday morning about the 4ft by 4ft (1.2m) road cavity.
City officials tweeted that the hole had formed "directly in front of Mar-a-Lago" and was close to a newly installed water main.
City construction crews were to carry out... | A sinkhole has opened at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago golf resort in Florida. |
Text: The four-year Lincoln Castle Revealed project draws to a close on 1 April 2015, when the castle re-opens.
It includes a high-security underground vault, where an original copy of the Magna Carta will be displayed alongside the Charter of the Forest.
Lincolnshire County Council hopes the new vault will attract mor... | Lincoln Castle is to close its gates for more than three months while a £22m project to build a new vault for the Magna Carta is completed. |
Text: The Premier League club are proposing to sell the Melwood facility in West Derby, where the first team has trained since the 1950s.
The project - a joint enterprise between the club and Knowsley Council - will move training to the Kirkby site.
If the redevelopment is approved, it could be completed by 2019.
Andy ... | Liverpool Football Club are planning to move their training ground as part of a £50m project to redevelop their academy site. |
Text: Julia Gillard was visiting the assembly in Cardiff Bay as part of a campaign to get more women into public life.
Currently 25 of the 60 AMs are women, but in 2006 there were 31.
Ms Gillard said she hoped to see a day when the gender balance in parliaments around the world improved to a point where it was no longe... | The Welsh-born former prime minister of Australia has urged Welsh politics to strive for gender equality to make sure it fields its "best team". |
Text: People could face up to five years in prison if found guilty.
The bill was drafted in part as a response to the phrase "Polish death camps" which often appears in the foreign media as a shortcut term.
In such cases, the state could pursue civil action and claim compensation.
The bill would make it illegal to say ... | The government of Poland plans to introduce a law making it a crime to imply the country bears any responsibility for atrocities carried out on Polish soil by Nazi Germany. |
Text: Akgul, 25, beat his 28-year-old opponent 3-1 to add to his world titles from 2014 and 2015.
Turkish wrestlers had already won two silver medals and two bronzes at Rio 2016.
Akgul, a 2015 European Games champion, was ninth in the -120kg event at London 2012.
Earlier, Ibrahim Saidau of Belarus and Georgian Geno Pet... | Taha Akgul won Turkey's first gold of the Rio Olympics by beating Iran's Komeil Ghasemi in the men's -125kg freestyle final. |
Text: Bruce Cordwell, 20, of no fixed address, admitted sexually grooming her through social media in November 2015.
Cordwell had nothing to do with the 15-year-old's death at the hands of Stephen Beadman.
In July, Beadman was jailed for 35 years, while his friend Luke Harlow was given a 12-year-sentence for grooming a... | A man has pleaded guilty to attempting to meet schoolgirl Kayleigh Haywood for sex days before her rape and murder. |
Text: Graham, 31, suffered a head injury 14 minutes into Canterbury Bulldogs' 16-10 victory over Canberra in the NRL.
However, a spokesman confirmed Graham is expected to begin training with England later this week.
The former St Helens player is England's most-capped current international, having played 33 Tests for E... | England prop James Graham is expected to be fit to face Samoa on Saturday despite suffering concussion. |
Text: The animal took off from the visiting Circus Royale before being photographed on Bagot Rd, a six-lane thoroughfare.
It was soon captured on the ninth green of a nearby golf course.
Police said it was fortunate that no motorists had been hurt. But they also saw a funny side, writing on social media that "it wasn't... | A camel that escaped from a circus has led police on a chase through peak-hour traffic on one of the busiest roads in Darwin, Australia. |
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Cyclist Andy Rolfe posted the video on social media showing the bus, in Denbighshire for the Tour of Britain, narrowly missing him while overtaking.
Sky said the driving was "unacceptable" and that drivers will be "reminded of their responsibilities".
"Encouraging pe... | Team Sky have apologised to an amateur cyclist after their team bus almost knocked him over in Wales. |
Text: A Tornado GR4, from RAF Marham, and two US F-15s, based at RAF Lakenheath, came within 300ft of one another on 26 May.
The Tornado pilot told the UK Airprox Board, which investigates near-misses, he thought the risk of crashing near Downham Market was "very high".
The board has told the bases to "review their co-... | An RAF bomber and two US fighter jets involved in a near-miss over Norfolk were hampered by a communication mix-up, a report has revealed. |
Text: The deployment follows a shoot-out between two vigilante groups on Tuesday in which 11 people were killed.
Ballistic tests showed all of those killed had fired their weapons in the two-hour gun battle in La Ruana.
The two groups of vigilantes were set up to fight the local drug cartel, but have since become bitte... | More than 400 federal police officers and soldiers have been sent to a town in Mexico's western Michoacan state. |
Text: The accident happened at a remote location near the central Macedonian city of Veles on Thursday night.
Local media said migrants often used the rail track as a guide while heading north after landing in Greece.
EU leaders have agreed plans to curb an influx of migrants as many cross the Mediterranean aboard over... | At least 14 migrants were killed when they were hit by a train on a well-trodden route across Macedonia to Western Europe, according to police. |
Text: Jordon Mutch and George Evans will compete for midfield spots with Joey van den Berg and John Swift.
Newcastle boss Rafael Benitez is confident striker Dwight Gayle is over his hamstring injury.
The Spaniard has no fresh injury problems, with only long-term absentees Isaac Hayden (ankle) and Rolando Aarons unavai... | Reading winger Garath McCleary (knee and abdomen) is in contention to return after missing the win against Wolves. |
Text: The Brazilian won on Easy Touch, Dashing Dart, Mr Stunning, Victor Emperor, Cool And Neat, Beat The Clock, Mighty Maverick and Prawn Baba.
Moreira rode in 10 of the 11 races on the card.
"The feeling I have now is something special," he told the South China Morning Post. "Today has to share the top spot as my bes... | Jockey Joao Moreira has broken a record in Hong Kong by riding eight winners on a single card at Sha Tin. |
Text: The 55-year-old vegetarian had planned to perform at Reykjavik's Harpa concert hall but axed the date, saying it declined to observe his stipulation.
"I love Iceland and I have waited a long time to return," the former Smiths frontman told the True To You fan site.
"But I shall leave the Harpa Concert Hall to the... | Morrissey has cancelled a concert in Iceland after the venue refused not to sell meat on the night of the gig. |
Text: The plan for the state-owned giant would be one of Japan's largest public share sales in more than 30 years.
The share sale is aimed at boosting Japan's economy and stock markets.
The country's economy shrank in the second quarter of the year - a setback for the government's reform policy.
"We are hopeful it will... | Japan Post is seeking to raise as much as 1.39tn yen ($11.5bn, £7.4bn) in a stock market listing that would be one of the world's biggest this year. |
Text: The Toulouse flanker, 34, scored six tries in 80 caps and led the national side a record 56 times, including to the 2011 World Cup final.
His final game was the 2015 World Cup quarter-final thrashing by New Zealand.
"We arrived at the same conclusions," he told L'Equipe of his conversation with Noves. "That is wh... | France captain Thierry Dusautoir has retired from international rugby after talking to new head coach Guy Noves. |
Text: Suarez, signed from Liverpool for £75m this summer, is serving a four-month ban for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during the World Cup.
He was banned on 26 June but the incident took place on 24 June, meaning he should be available at the Bernabeu.
The second El Clasico of the season is set for 22 March... | Luis Suarez could make his Barcelona debut against rivals Real Madrid, with the first El Clasico of the season set for the weekend of Sunday, 26 October. |
Text: Mr McKay, who was 36, was shot dead at his home on Longlands Road on 25 October.
Requiem mass was held at St Gerard's church on the Antrim Road for Mr McKay on Friday.
Fr Gerry Cassidy said Mr McKay had died "in the early summer of his life".
He said sympathy and prayers were also with the family of David Black w... | The funeral for Danny McKay who was murdered at his home in Newtownabbey, County Antrim, last week, has taken place. |
Text: Environment Minister Rafael Pacchiano said that the dolphins would be deployed to locate and herd vaquitas into a marine refuge.
Mexico also permanently banned fishing nets blamed for the vaquitas' decline.
Scientists estimate that fewer than 40 of the mammals are still alive in their habitat, in the Gulf of Cali... | Mexico's government says it plans to use dolphins trained by the US Navy to try to save the world's most endangered marine species, the vaquita porpoise. |
Text: The Italian, 26, scored 15 goals in the French Ligue 1 last season as Nice finished third to reach the qualifying rounds of the Champions League.
Balotelli signed on free transfer from Liverpool in August 2016, two years after a £16m move to Anfield.
The ex-Manchester City striker has also scored 13 goals in 33 a... | Nice striker Mario Balotelli has signed a new one-year contract with the club. |
Text: In total £4m will go to 6,700 customers who were charged an "unreasonable" amount between 2003 and 2009.
The finance was provided by two firms, HFC and John Lewis Financial Services, who are now both owned by HSBC.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said only a small number were actually customers of John Lewi... | HSBC has agreed to compensate thousands of shoppers who bought goods on credit, but were overcharged when they fell behind with payments. |
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Willis, 26, and Clarke, 18, had beaten 2016 champions Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut in the second round.
However, their run ended with a 6-3 6-4 7-6 (7-3) loss to Marach and Pavic.
In the men's singles tournament last year, Willis battled through the qualif... | Brtain's Marcus Willis and Jay Clarke were knocked out of the men's doubles, losing in the last 16 to Austria's Oliver Marach and Croatia's Mate Pavic. |
Text: It ended a six-game winless run and was just the second time they had scored more than once since November.
"Hopefully now we can start looking the other way and climbing," Hodges told BBC Radio Cornwall.
"But it's only one win, it's not been enough, we've had a poor December, but it's the first win of the year s... | Truro City manager Lee Hodges hopes his side's 3-2 win over Oxford City can start a winning run for his side. |
Text: The US Department of Justice said Andrew Otto Boggs and Justin Gray Liverman were part of the "Crackas With Attitude" group blamed for the attacks.
Email accounts of the CIA's director, the chief of National Intelligence and many others, were hit by the group.
It also stole and published details of 29,000 FBI and... | Two Americans have been arrested and charged for allegedly helping to hack high-ranking US government officials. |
Text: Two men and two women were in the plane which came down in a field near Churchinford shortly before midday.
They were heading from the Surrey area towards Dunkeswell Aerodrome, in east Devon, which is five miles (8km) from the crash site.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has been informed and is depl... | Four people have been killed in a crash involving a six-seater light aircraft in Somerset. |
Text: The South Africa international, 24, last month announced he was returning to his homeland to become a commercial director.
Racing now say they are launching proceedings and the player will have to "answer in court".
Utility back Goosen was voted the Top 14's player of the year last season after helping Racing to ... | Racing 92 are taking legal action against Johan Goosen after the player quit the French club to change career. |
Text: A senior North Korean diplomat said dialogue with the Trump administration was possible following a meeting with ex-US government officials in Norway.
Earlier this month US President Donald Trump said he would be "honoured" to meet Kim Jong-un.
The comments follow months of rising tensions over North Korea's ball... | North Korea has said it will hold talks with the US "if the conditions were right", South Korean media reports. |
Text: In a statement, the Brazilian foreign ministry said the navy and other agencies had been informed, and help was offered to Ecuador and Peru.
Last month, an estimated 11,480 barrels of oil leaked from a damaged pipeline into the River Coca in Ecuador.
The spill has already reached the Peruvian Amazon region of Lor... | Brazil is "on alert" over an oil spill that originated in Ecuador and is travelling downstream towards the Brazilian Amazon. |
Text: Stokes arrived on loan from Celtic in January and has scored two goals in 11 appearances, with his partnership with Jason Cummings failing to fire.
"You've got Anthony Stokes and all the hoo-ha with bringing him in and he's just not produced," McManus said.
"I don't think Stokes' attitude at times has been great.... | Anthony Stokes has failed to produce the goods during his loan spell at Hibernian, according to former Easter Road striker Tam McManus. |
Text: Created in 2006, the work depicts a group of armed officers about to be tricked by a boy on one side and Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz on the other.
The "imposing object" has remained unseen since its only showing at Banksy's debut US exhibition.
Estimated to fetch between £200,000 and £300,000, it was sold for £... | A SWAT van spray painted by street artist Banksy has fetched more then £218,000 at auction. |
Text: The 57-year-old man was dragged into inadequately guarded machinery in the paint shop at the Lode Lane, Solihull, site in June 2013, it said.
He punctured both lungs, broke 10 ribs and was in an induced coma in intensive care for 12 days, HSE said.
It added JLR was fined for safety breaches after pleading guilty.... | Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has been fined £40,000 after a worker suffered life-threatening crush injuries, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said. |
Text: 1 December 2015 Last updated at 00:39 GMT
The deal cuts tariffs on many Australian exports, but in return Chinese companies and workers will get greater access to Australia.
Phil Mercer reports from Sydney.
Watch more reports on Asia Business Report's website
Summary: | Australians are weighing up the pros and cons of a free trade agreement with its largest trading partner, China. |
Text: Hundreds of demonstrators angry at the high cost of hosting the Games protested and riot police used tar gas and pepper spray to disperse the crowd.
Images on news websites showed at least one policeman appearing to fire a projectile directly at a protester.
The Olympic torch arrived in Rio de Janeiro by boat aft... | Chaotic scenes marred the arrival of the Olympic torch in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. |
Text: Government statisticians said the total poultry flock fell by 11% over the past year, to just over 13 million.
The broiler sector was hit hardest, with numbers falling by 27% to 5.7 million birds.
The number of broilers is now the lowest on record.
The fall was partially offset by a 7% increase in layers and a 7%... | The number of chickens in Scotland has fallen sharply following the closure of several large poultry producers late last year, according to the latest agricultural census. |
Text: The Football Association charged both Rangers and the Whites following a clash between the two clubs' coaching staff and a melee involving players.
Both clubs admitted two breaches of FA rules at an independent hearing.
R's coach Marc Bircham and Fulham medical manager Marco Cesarini have each been fined £2,000 f... | Queens Park Rangers and Fulham have been fined £40,000 and £36,000 respectively for incidents during the west London derby on 21 January. |
Text: Orton from Leicester was murdered in 1967 by his partner Kenneth Halliwell.
What the Butler Saw was written the year he died and challenged people's attitudes towards homosexuality, at a time when it was still illegal.
Now open at the Curve Theatre, Leonie Orton-Barnett said his plays were still important today.
... | The sister of playwright Joe Orton says he "would have loved" having one of his most famous plays staged in his hometown 50 years after he died. |
Text: An annual report by the Scottish government showed Scotland accounted for only 4% of private business R&D spending in the UK during 2011.
The total was £689m - a real terms increase of £54m on 2010.
The increase of 8.5% was less than half of Scotland's population share.
At the same time, R&D spending by higher ed... | Business investment in research and development (R&D) in Scotland has continued to lag well behind that in the rest of the UK, according to new figures. |
Text: At least 215 people were killed in Langtang, a popular trekking site, when the quake triggered an avalanche that submerged the village.
The International Astronomical Union has now named a 9.8km (six mile) wide crater on Mars as Langtang.
The researcher behind the move, Tjalling de Haas, said it was "a tribute" t... | A crater on Mars has been named after one of the villages worst hit by the 2015 earthquake in Nepal. |
Text: Elizabeth Manley faces 30 misconduct charges between 2013 and 2015 when she was at Lumsden Primary, Aberdeenshire.
They include allegations she threatened a parent and acted aggressively towards staff.
Mrs Manley is expected to be struck from the register by her own consent during a hearing at the General Teachin... | A former primary school head teacher accused of a string of misconduct allegations faces being struck off. |
Text: The map of Cornwall was discovered in the private collection of a historian who died in June.
Mapmaker George Withiell created it in 1690 to keep track of the new town of Falmouth, which was rapidly expanding.
It was last on public display in the 1880s and will be made available to the public by the county's reco... | An important map which was lost for generations has been found more than 300 years after it was drawn. |
Text: Riise, his country's most capped player and a member of Liverpool's 2005 Champions League-winning side, cancelled his contract at Norwegian side Aalesund with immediate effect.
"My inner, secret goal was to play football at the Norwegian top level until I was 40," he said on his blog.
"It's not going to happen. I... | Former Liverpool and Norway defender John Arne Riise has retired aged 35. |
Text: The firm said proposals to close its Oldbury site was part of a strategy to improve service and reduce costs to ensure competitive prices.
Customers now increasingly prefer to contact British Gas online, the company said.
The GMB union said the firm "sees staff as pawns to be sacrificed when it suits".
Read more ... | British Gas is planning to close an office and call centre in the Midlands with the loss of more than 680 jobs. |
Text: Conwy council's planning committee said on Wednesday it was minded to grant conditional permission for substantial demolition of Colwyn Bay pier.
But listed building consent will still be needed from Welsh ministers.
Meanwhile, a legal fight between former owner Steve Hunt and the council is continuing, with both... | Plans to demolish a north Wales pier have moved a step closer following a decision by councillors. |
Text: The 33-year-old former Leeds United, Sheffield United and Sunderland man was restricted to seven league appearances last season because of injury.
He told the club website: 'I'm really happy to sign a new contract here and I'm glad that it has all been sorted now.
"We've got good players here so I believe we can ... | Bradford City defender Matt Kilgallon has signed a new one-year deal. |
Text: She told parliament said she would be doing her job when Alex Salmond, who is standing down as first minister and SNP leader, was "long gone".
Her comments came during the first first minister's questions since the Scottish referendum "No" vote.
Mr Salmond said he had read claims that there were several "anointed... | Johann Lamont has insisted she will remain Scottish Labour leader, despite claims her position was under threat. |
Text: Uncapped open-side Davies, 25, is the younger brother of Wales and British and Irish Lions centre Jonathan Davies.
Pivac said: "He has been spoken to I believe, who by I'm not too sure".
Sevens is included in the Olympics for the first time this year - with rugby having last appeared at the 1924 Games in Paris.
D... | Scarlets coach Wayne Pivac says flanker James Davies has been approached to play in the sevens for Team GB at the Rio Olympics. |
Text: Andy Logins, 56, of Stiles Road in Arnold, was charged as part of inquiries into historical child abuse at children's homes in the county.
The offences allegedly took place in 1984 against three victims at Beechwood children's home, where he was a registered social worker.
Mr Logins is due to appear before Nottin... | A man has been charged with several sex offences including raping two girls at a children's home in Nottinghamshire. |
Text: He was the first player to sign for the club in 2011 and has made over 160 appearances, scoring nine goals.
"There is no doubt this is the right time for someone else to take on the challenge and drive the team and club forward," he told the club website.
"At times the pressure of captaining the club has been the... | Defender Sam Cochrane has given up the captaincy of Guernsey FC. |
Text: Simon Thomas' comments follow fresh questions about the party's leadership.
Speaking at the National Eisteddfod on Anglesey, AM Rhun ap Iorwerth said he would consider succeeding Leanne Wood.
Another of the party's AMs, who did not want to be named, called for a leadership contest claiming Ms Wood had "lost autho... | Plaid Cymru is not performing as well as it could be and needs to "raise its game" in the assembly, one of the party's AMs has said. |
Text: The visitors fell to 14-4 as Mitchell Claydon (3-73) and Darren Stevens (3-60) each struck twice to dismiss the top four batsmen for only nine runs.
However, Marshall and George Hankins (45) helped Gloucestershire rebuild before Calum Haggett bowled Hankins.
The away side closed on 296-9, with Marshall caught off... | Hamish Marshall's century helped Gloucestershire recover after a disastrous top-order collapse on day one against Kent at Canterbury. |
Text: The letter, signed by hundreds of staff and students, was prompted by previous comments made by the historian.
In response, the university said it had taken down the video earlier than it had planned to.
Starkey has refused to comment on the allegations of racism.
Starkey, who attended Fitzwilliam College, Cambri... | An open letter has led to the removal by Cambridge University of an online video featuring David Starkey after a row over racism. |
Text: 23 March 2017 Last updated at 10:34 GMT
Some of the first dinosaurs could have come from the UK.
This is according to new research by Matthew Baron, a scientist from the Natural History Museum.
He suggests that what we know about the evolution of dinosaurs, and where they first came from, might be wrong.
By looki... | A scientist has made an important discovery which could rock the dinosaur world. |
Text: Gary Hoy was sexually abused by two men who were subsequently convicted.
Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan ruled that "the HIA is entitled to proceed along the route mapped by it".
There have been allegations that a paedophile ring at Kincora was linked to the British intelligence services.
Sir Declan said: "T... | A victim of abuse at Kincora Boys' Home has failed in his appeal to overturn a ruling that investigations into the home be conducted by the Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) inquiry. |
Text: There was initial alarm when it was thought the damage was caused by gunfire.
A few of the dozen people on board suffered minor cuts.
The bus was travelling between the Deodoro hockey venue and the main press centre at Barra da Tijuca.
"There was a popping, cracking noise," said a photographer from the UK's Press... | A bus carrying journalists between Olympic venues in Rio de Janeiro has had two windows smashed, after stones were thrown at it on Tuesday evening. |
Text: On Thursday the SECC changed its name to the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) to incorporate the Clyde Auditorium (Armadillo) and The SSE Hydro.
A Network Rail spokesman said it rarely changed station names.
He said such a change could involve spending a six-figure sum.
"Those funds can usually be better spent elsewhe... | Network Rail has indicated that it will not be changing the name of the Exhibition Centre station in Glasgow following a rebrand of the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre. |
Text: It has been accused of holding meetings with other LCD makers in a bid to keep prices of the panels at a high level.
The fine comes just months after Taiwanese firm AU Optronics was found guilty on similar charges.
Toshiba has denied the charges and said it will take necessary legal action to overturn the verdict... | Japanese electronics maker Toshiba has been fined $87m (£55m) for conspiring to fix prices of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels in the US. |
Text: Jordan Georgiou, 22, fled from Colchester General Hospital while being treated for injuries on Friday evening.
Mr Georgiou, from Clacton, is 5ft 6ins tall, with short brown hair and was dressed in a hospital gown.
An 18-year-old man and two women aged 19 and 21, all from Clacton, have been arrested for assisting ... | A man arrested on suspicion of criminal damage, assaulting a police constable and breach of a court order, has escaped from custody at hospital. |
Text: Practicing will take place on Tuesday 9 May and Thursday 11 May, with racing on Thursday evening and Saturday 13 May.
In May, Alastair Seeley broke Robert Dunlop's record for the most wins at the event when he made it 17 wins over the Triangle circuit.
The meeting was overshadowed by the death of Malachi Mitchell... | The North West 200 international road races will retain their mid-May slot for 2017, with the week-long festival taking place from 7-13 May. |
Text: It happened at Castlerock in County Londonderry at about 18:10 BST on Sunday.
Paramedics were called to the scene before Coastguard rescue teams from Coleraine and Ballycastle were able to lift the boy to safety from the rocks.
The boy was treated at the Causeway Hospital before being discharged.
John McPoland of... | A 12-year-old boy has sustained head and leg injuries after falling up to 20ft (6m) off a cliff along Northern Ireland's north coast. |
Text: The householder had reported seeing a spider "the size of her hand" hiding in a downstairs cupboard.
Inspector Nikki Denham was prepared with gloves and nets to trap the spider, but after shining a torch in the cupboard saw it was plastic.
The RSPCA said the woman was "obviously embarrassed".
Ms Denham said the h... | An RSPCA inspector was called out to deal with a tarantula in a house in Hampshire, only to discover it was a child's toy. |
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The 33-year-old won a unanimous points decision to beat France's Sarah Ourahmoune.
Britain have now won 26 golds in Brazil and 63 medals overall, two short of the record 65 won at London 2012.
It is GB's first gold boxing medal in Rio, though super-heavyweight Joe Jo... | Nicola Adams became the first British boxer to retain an Olympic title for 92 years by winning gold in the women's flyweight final at Rio 2016. |
Text: Darlington Association on Disability had claimed Arriva North East drivers failed to stop for wheelchair users.
But a Teesside County Court judge has ruled the firm had "not breached the Equality Act" and chair users were not at "substantial disadvantage".
However, recommendations were made by the judge at Teessi... | A North East bus company has been told to make "adjustments" so that wheelchair users are not unduly disadvantaged when using its buses. |
Text: The girl died after the collision on the A371 between RAF Locking and the Helicopter Museum which happened just before 15:00 BST.
Police closed the road for several hours. It has since reopened.
An Avon and Somerset Police spokesman said: "Our thoughts are with her family at this tragic time." The force appealed ... | A seven-year-old cyclist has died following a crash with a car in North Somerset. |
Text: The Swift Archway Cranford 545 caravan was stolen from a site in Yaxley, Cambridgeshire, on Thursday night.
On Sunday, Davis tweeted: "If you stole our caravan.. please can have we the sentimental items that are of no use to you? Special holiday memories."
Cambridgeshire Police is investigating the theft.
Davis, ... | Star Wars and Harry Potter star Warwick Davis, who took to Twitter to help find his stolen caravan, has said it contained "special holiday memories". |
Text: 23 November 2016 Last updated at 19:55 GMT
Dynamo, Gary and Frosty, the South American animals, attend Millgate School.
Student Keenan said: "When you're angry, you can just come and calm down and feed them, get your emotions out."
Staff said the alpacas have "definitely" had a "noticeable affect" on the pupils.
... | Alpacas are being used to help calm children with behavioural and social difficulties at a Leicester school. |
Text: The fire started at a property in Tower Lane, off Cowbit Road, in Spalding, shortly after midnight.
Lincolnshire Police said the cause of the fire was not yet known, but a joint investigation with the fire service had started.
The force said: "We are not in a position to provide any further details about the dece... | Two people have died in a fire at a house in Lincolnshire, police have said. |
Text: Seahorses are protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites).
But they find ready markets in Vietnam and China, where they are ground up to make supposed aphrodisiacs.
In February 2015 French officials seized some 19,000 seahorses en route from Madagascar to Hong Kong.
Customs at... | French customs officials have seized about 2,000 dead seahorses - a protected species - in parcels from Guinea that were destined for Vietnam. |
Text: The boy, 16, was riding on Brantingham Road, Elloughton, when he was hit from behind and knocked down by a car on Friday night.
Police said an arrest was made after calls from members of the public.
The boy is in critical condition at Hull Royal Infirmary with "life-threatening injuries", police added.
Summary: | A man has been released on police bail after a teenage cyclist suffered life-threatening injuries in a hit-and-run in East Yorkshire. |
Text: Yishai Schlissel, 40, an ultra-Orthodox Jew, said he had been doing God's will when he stabbed his victims.
He managed to infiltrate the parade three weeks after completing a 10-year sentence for a similar attack in 2005.
The court criticised the police, saying they had known the danger Schissel posed but failed ... | An Israeli court has given a life sentence to a man who killed a teenager and wounded five other marchers at last year's Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem. |
Text: US stocks closed up despite mixed economic data - manufacturing activity slowed but construction spending hit a seven-and-a-half year high.
But gains were capped as investors awaited Friday's jobs report for clues on the timing of an interest rate hike.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index closed up 1.4% at 5,239.20 poi... | Most Asian markets headed higher on Tuesday, recovering the previous session's losses after taking a positive lead from Wall Street. |
Text: Delphi Diesel Systems has confirmed it will gradually wind down manufacturing operations at its Sudbury site as a "result of predicted falls in the demand for diesel vehicles".
The US-owned company makes diesel fuel injectors and filters for commercial vehicles at the plant.
The Unite union said it understood the... | An engineering firm is to close a plant in Suffolk with the loss of 520 jobs by mid-2020. |
Text: The 29-year-old batsman had agreed to rejoin the county on a three-year deal after six years with the Bears.
"It was a place I always wished to come back to at some stage during my career," Chopra told the club website.
"Hopefully by using my Division One experience I can help the boys over the line and back into... | Varun Chopra has joined Essex from Warwickshire earlier than expected and will be able to feature in their final two games of 2016. |
Text: Mike Harari, 87, orchestrated missions including the targeting of militants whom Israel held responsible for the massacre of its Olympics team in 1972.
The Mossad agent also played a key role in the rescue, by Israeli commandos, of hostages at Entebbe, Uganda, in 1976.
In 1998 he was indicted in Norway for a kill... | One of Israel's best-known spies, who oversaw a string of operations involving the assassination of Palestinian militants abroad, has died. |
Text: The body of 46-year-old Sharon Greenop was found by police in her home in the town on 10 November, after neighbours reportedly complained of a bad smell.
Earlier this week, following a post-mortem examination, police said they were treating her death as "suspicious".
The women were due to appear at Ayr Sheriff Co... | Two women, aged 19 and 38, have been arrested in connection with the death of a woman in Troon in South Ayrshire. |
Text: Coromoto, in the city of Merida in the Venezuelan Andes, is the latest to fall victim to the country's economic woes.
The shop is listed in the Guinness Book of Records for having 863 different exotic-tasting ice creams.
Venezuela has been hit by acute shortages of certain staples, such as milk and toilet paper, ... | A Venezuelan ice-cream shop, popular with tourists for its record-breaking range of flavours, has temporarily closed because of a shortage of milk. |
Text: All 999 fire calls in Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire will be dealt with by Thames Valley Fire Control Service (TVFCS) from Reading.
It replaces individual control rooms in the three counties and will save £1m a year, Oxfordshire County Council said.
The Fire Brigades Union said 40 jobs had been lost i... | A new £5.4m fire control centre covering three counties has gone live. |
Text: 16 June 2017 Last updated at 09:29 BST
It took place on Thursday, with more than 800 live events taking place across the UK.
It was held to celebrate 'the power of music' for all ages.
Jenny went to Portsmouth, where the world record attempt was underway.
Summary: | Schoolchildren in Portsmouth have broken a world record as part of BBC Music Day. |
Text: Murty, who had a spell as interim first-team manager this season, will combine his new role with being head development squad coach.
Lovenkrands played at Ibrox from 2000-06 while Wright had a spell there in the 1990s.
Little came through Rangers' ranks and was most recently at Stirling Albion.
Northern Ireland c... | Rangers have announced Andy Little, Peter Lovenkrands and Stephen Wright will return to Rangers as coaches under head of academy coaching Graeme Murty. |
Text: The woman was walking on Carmuirs Avenue at its junction with Mariner Road when a man walked past her, before turning back and assaulting her.
The incident happened between 17:00 and 17:30 on Friday 27 May.
The man was described as white, in his late 30s, about 5ft 8in tall, of medium build and with short fair ha... | Police in Forth Valley have appealed for witnesses following a "completely unprovoked" assault on a woman in Camelon. |
Text: Thousands had signed up on Facebook to attend Wednesday's event, but fewer than 1% arrived at the meeting point.
Organisers in Santiago claimed that Chileans were tired of watching one of their stars work alone.
Sanchez is yet to sign a new deal with the Gunners and is reportedly set for a move away from the Emir... | A protest in Chile to encourage forward Alexis Sanchez to leave Arsenal, which was supposed to attract 14,000 was only attended by a handful of people. |
Text: David Pearce, from Walsall, was told the news by Chancellor George Osborne, who said the image will be "recognised by millions in the years ahead".
It features the four plants associated with the four nations that make up the UK.
The new coin has the same shape as the old 12-sided threepence piece - not used sinc... | The new £1 coin will feature a drawing by a 15-year-old who has won a competition to design the "tails" side. |
Text: The report will be discussed by Dumfries and Galloway Council's planning, housing and environment committee next week.
The paper took four review teams of 20 staff in total to draw up.
It includes a range of saving levels ranging from 5% to 20% and detailed lists of how they could be achieved.
The report states t... | A single agenda item in 42 separate sections running to more than 700 pages is to go before councillors trying to make savings. |
Text: Three women were attacked between 6 and 10 February in Moseley and Kings Heath, West Midlands Police said.
The teenager, from Sparkhill, appeared at Birmingham Youth Court to admit conspiracy to commit robbery.
He has been remanded in custody and is due to be sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on 27 February.
Se... | A 14-year-old boy has admitted a charge in connection with a series of stun gun attacks on female drivers in Birmingham. |
Text: Hayley Cowan, 22, was banned from keeping animals for life after burying her dog Beau in a garden in Tyldesley, Greater Manchester.
She admitted causing unnecessary suffering when she appeared at Wigan and Leigh Magistrates' Court.
The court heard she told people she had "only buried some toys."
Cowan, of Sale Ro... | A woman who strangled her Staffordshire Bull Terrier to death with its own lead and taped her muzzle has been jailed for four months. |
Text: Thompson, 40, had an arm amputated two months after a crash on Mill Road at the 2015 North West meeting, and had a prosthetic arm fitted in March 2016.
The Crumlin man was previously part of the Bathams Racing team with Rutter, who has won 13 North West 200 races.
Thompson still harbours ambitions of making a ret... | Northern Ireland motorcyclist Stephen Thompson is to provide former team-mate Michael Rutter with an R6 Yamaha for the North West 200 and Isle of Man TT. |
Text: The two-year deal with Premier Oil will see the Aberdeen-based firm provide topside operations and maintenance to the Balmoral Floating Production Vessel (FPV) and the Solan installation.
The move secures the future of more than 150 jobs.
Wood Group already delivers fabric maintenance services to Balmoral FPV.
It... | Oil Services company Wood Group has secured a £40m contract to deliver energy services to two North Sea platforms. |
Text: The Pope said the gangsters were effectively "excommunicated" - or banished - in the eyes of the Church.
Earlier, the Pope visited the jailed father of a three-year-old boy who had been killed in an apparent mob hit over an unpaid drug debt.
The Pope has repeatedly spoken out against organised crime and corruptio... | Pope Francis has condemned the mafia's "adoration of evil" at a mass in Calabria, the southern Italian base of the 'Ndrangheta crime syndicate. |
Text: The data, revealed by sources close to the investigation but not yet made public, backs up evidence from the flight recorder of smoke in the cabin.
Recovered wreckage also showed signs of high temperature damage and soot on the jet's front section.
All 66 on board died when flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo crashe... | Pilots of the EgyptAir jet that crashed in the Mediterranean Sea in May battled to extinguish a fire, the cockpit voice recorder reportedly shows. |
Text: The 22-year-old was part of Worcester's academy and has played for the Premiership side's A League team.
Bartlett played for the Pirates in a friendly match last October.
"Bar came down for a time during our last pre-season and impressed with not only his skill set but his attitude to improve and work hard," said... | Cornish Pirates have signed fly-half Bar Bartlett from National One side Loughborough Students. |
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The England international, 34, joined the Black Cats in January 2015, scoring 15 league goals this season before they were relegated to the Championship.
A teenage Defoe spent the 2000-01 season on loan at Bournemouth from West Ham, scoring in 10 successive matches.
... | Sunderland striker Jermain Defoe says his move to Bournemouth is going ahead and he has had a medical with the Premier League side. |
Text: The 26-year-old was Rovers' top scorer last season with 28 goals in all competitions, including two hat-tricks, as they won promotion to League One.
Of the first-team squad, 12 have signed new deals ahead of the 2016-17 season.
"I presume we will hear sooner rather than later. We've still not heard," Hamer told B... | Time is running out for Bristol Rovers striker Matty Taylor to sign a new contract with the club, says chairman Steve Hamer. |
Text: A Daily Telegraph report included a film of Wright apparently accepting money in return for allegedly helping persuade Barnsley to sign players.
Speaking before the 50-year-old's dismissal, Heckingbottom told BBC Radio Sheffield: "We have do things properly.
"We have to speak about it at the right time because it... | Barnsley boss Paul Heckingbottom says his job is to keep the team "strong" after his assistant Tommy Wright was sacked following claims of corruption. |
Text: 14 June 2015 Last updated at 09:24 BST
Titan Arum produced a bud several weeks ago, which has recently been growing at several centimetres a day.
But up until Friday morning it had not been clear if it would produce a leaf, or a flower.
It will be the first time the so-called "corpse flower" has ever blossomed in... | Experts at the Royal Botanic Garden say one of the world's biggest - and smelliest - flowers is about to bloom in Edinburgh. |
Text: Buy-to-let investors face a 3% surcharge on stamp duty from April.
The Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors (Rics) said the number of homes coming onto the market was insufficient to meet demand from landlords aiming to beat the deadline.
Various figures have shown an increase in buy-to-let mortgage lending ... | Surveyors are witnessing a surge of demand from buy-to-let investors which they expect to push up house prices. |
Text: The walls of the Beach Garbage Hotel are covered with detritus deposited by the tide in Europe, waste found at dumps and items bought at flea markets.
German artist Ha Schult built the five-bedroom hotel in the central Plaza de Callao as part of the city's hosting of the International Tourism Fair (Fitur).
Schult... | A hotel made entirely of rubbish has opened in the Spanish capital, Madrid. |
Text: 18 April 2017 Last updated at 10:17 BST
Mays, who played Danny Waldron in 2016's third series, told BBC Radio 5 live's Afternoon Edition he was very pleased with his Bafta TV nomination for the role, adding it was great to be "acknowledged".
The actor said Jed Mercurio's writing on the police drama was the "best"... | Daniel Mays has said he believes Line of Duty will "run and run". |
Text: The 70-year-old, who is in his second spell as president, stood unopposed for the post.
Perez held the position for the first time between 2000 and 2006, a period during which Real signed Luis Figo, David Beckham and Ronaldo.
He returned in 2009, as the club bought Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Karim Benzema and Xabi ... | Florentino Perez will continue as Real Madrid president after being re-elected for the next four years. |
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