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13 March 2015 Last updated at 19:40 GMT
The organisation Walk Free in 2014 ranked Mauritania at the top of its Global Slavery Index, saying slaves constitute a higher proportion of the population than elsewhere. It says more than 150,000 people are enslaved in Mauritan... | In this week's episode of satire series What's Up Africa, Ikenna Azuike asks: Is it possible to end the slavery mind-set in Mauritania? |
Text: The marines are accused of shooting the two fishermen dead in February after allegedly mistaking them for pirates.
Italy has recalled its ambassador for consultations. It says the incident took place in international waters and that the men should be tried in Italy.
The marines were guarding an Italian oil tanker... | Indian police have charged two Italian marines with the murder of two Indian fishermen. |
Text: The bells, which date back to the 14th Century, were removed from St George's in Woolhope in January after cracks were discovered in them.
The aim was to get them restored by 23 April - St George's Day.
So far, £30,000 has been raised but the cost is likely to be much more, the church said.
Bell ringer Barbara ... | A Herefordshire parish is facing a race against time to restore the bells of its Norman church tower in time for St George's Day. |
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Willis, 26, won six matches last year to qualify before losing to seven-time champion Roger Federer on Centre Court in the second round.
Now ranked 387th in the world, he must win three matches to qualify.
Martin, the world number 146, beat top-15 player Lucas Pouill... | Britain's Marcus Willis will play Slovakian Andrej Martin on Monday in the first qualification round for the Wimbledon main draw in Roehampton. |
Text: Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said the woman suffered "minor injuries" in the attack which took place in a Manchester park on Saturday afternoon.
The force said the 25 year-old woman was jogging in Fog Lane Park in Didsbury when a man assaulted her.
A force spokesman said extra patrols are now operating in the ... | A woman out jogging had her head banged repeatedly against a tree by a man who tried to strangle her with the wire from her headphones, police have said. |
Text: Harry-James Kirkham, from Kingstanding, Birmingham, was struck outside a police station in Erdington on 18 March.
He died in hospital the following day.
The male officer who was driving the car was on a routine patrol and was not responding to an emergency call, police said.
The IPCC said its investigation would ... | The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating the death of a 15-year-old boy who was hit by a police car. |
Text: Daniel Pike, 28, spent two years building the hut near Watford, but was removed from it earlier this month.
He said his hut at Merry Hill Wood has now been flattened by the Woodland Trust, which owns the land.
The trust said it is required to safeguard the area and had offered Mr Pike advice about moving on.
For ... | A hermit who lived in a woodland mud hut for four years says his eviction has forced him to go home to live with his mother. |
Text: The new legislation bans fishing freshwater pink dolphins and declares the species a national treasure.
At a ceremony along the shores of the Ibare river, President Morales called on the armed forces to protect the habitats of the pink dolphins
The species is threatened by erosion, pollution and logging in the Am... | Bolivian President Evo Morales has enacted a law aimed at protecting a unique species of dolphins that live in the country's Amazon rivers. |
Text: Outside the court in the capital Buenos Aires, she told supporters she was being persecuted.
The judge is looking into why the Central Bank decided to sell dollars at an artificially low price in the months before she left office.
He has ten days to decide whether to charge her.
He says the move cost the state bi... | The former Argentine President, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, has refused to testify at a court hearing into fraud allegations. |
Text: Stuart Hendry was jailed for 20 years after Exeter Crown Court heard his victim had suffered psychological harm.
Judge Graham Cottle said his behaviour was "incomprehensible to ordinary decent people."
Hendry, 59, from Torrington in Devon, pretended to be gay to hide his sexual interest in the girl, the court hea... | A former soldier convicted of raping a seven-year-old girl told a Devon court she bullied him into giving her "sex education lessons". |
Text: They finished the competition in Rio with 147 medals in Rio - 27 more than they won in London.
It is also the first time since 1988 that Great Britain has won more than 50 gold medals at a Paralympics.
The team's target - set by UK Sport - was 121 medals, which has been achieved.
ParalympicsGB finished third in t... | ParalympicsGB are celebrating after bettering their performance at their home Games in London four years ago. |
Text: Sattelmaier played 21 games for Stuttgart Kickers in the German third tier last season.
The 28-year-old has previously played for Regensburg, Heidenheim, and Bayern Munich's second team.
He is the second goalkeeper to join Bradford this summer, after Colin Doyle was signed from Blackpool for £1.
Find all the late... | Bradford have signed German goalkeeper Rouven Sattelmaier on a one-year contract after a trial period with the League One club. |
Text: The accident happened at an unmanned level crossing near the town of Bijnor.
The wagon was carrying people returning from a ceremony at a Hindu temple.
There are nearly 15,000 unmanned crossings on Indian railways and hundreds of people are killed on these crossings every year.
The chief of Bijnor police HN Singh... | At least nine people have been killed and 18 others injured when a tractor pulling a wagon loaded with people was hit by a train in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, police said. |
Text: Ospreys top Pool 2 ahead of Exeter and Clermont Auvergne, although the French side have played only one game.
Clermont beat Ospreys 34-29 on Sunday, but the Welsh region's two bonus points made it a successful trip.
"It's an interesting group, we can't afford to get carried away," Jones said.
"The kick-in to see ... | Ospreys must keep their feet on the ground after gaining six points in their opening two European Champions Cup games, captain Alun Wyn Jones says. |
Text: Newcastle University student Ed Farmer, from Leicestershire, was taken to hospital in a life-threatening condition on Tuesday last week.
The 20-year-old, who was studying economics, died in the city's Royal Victoria Infirmary the following day.
Friends posted tributes on social media sites, saying he lit up their... | Tributes have been paid to a student who died after drinking "excessive amounts of alcohol". |
Text: The 33-year-old was released by Wolves in May having made just six appearances last season in an injury-hit year.
His signing follows a brief trial period with The U's on their pre-season trip to Portugal earlier this month.
"It's an exciting place to be, a good club heading in the right direction," he told BBC R... | Oxford United have signed former Newcastle United and Wolves defender Mike Williamson on a one-year deal. |
Text: Staff at The Christie found the anonymous note on Sunday on a machine where the tray had been left full of paid-for snacks.
The donor said they hoped the "random act of kindness" would "brighten up someone's day".
Nurse Emma Widdowson said: "It made me feel so happy I was beaming all day."
"Who doesn't want chocc... | A note was left on a vending machine at a cancer hospital in Manchester asking people to help themselves to free treats. |
Text: The Light Blues men's crew, who include four Americans and an Austrian, are 11.8kg (26lb) heavier than their rivals at 706kg (1,556lb).
Cambridge will attempt to end a three-year winless streak in the race, which will be broadcast live on the BBC.
Their women's crew weighed in heaviest for the fourth year in a ro... | Cambridge will have the heavier crew for both the men's and women's Boat Races against Oxford on 27 March. |
Text: Mr Johnstone, 21, died after suffering two chest wounds in an attack by Nico Donnelly outside a tower block in Sandyhills, Glasgow in January.
At the High Court in Glasgow, 23 year-old Donnelly was ordered to serve a minimum of 20 years.
Mr Johnstone's mother and cousin were killed in a Glasgow flat in an unrelat... | A man has been jailed for the murder of Jamie Johnstone, who was the third member of his family to be killed. |
Text: The unidentified gunman was shot dead by police after roaming the streets with a rifle and a revolver in broad daylight on Saturday.
Officials have released few details but accounts by friends and witnesses suggest the victims were not connected.
The dead include two women relaxing outside an addiction recovery c... | Police are saying little about why a man killed three people at random on the streets of Colorado Springs. |
Text: Jukes, 39, made 32 appearances for Leigh as a player between 1995 and 1998, and has been an assistant coach at the Championship club since 2009.
Rowley left Centurions on Thursday, 10 days before the start of the new season, citing personal reasons.
"This is not a difficult appointment or one that needed much con... | Leigh Centurions have appointed Neil Jukes as their new head coach following the resignation of Paul Rowley. |
Text: Chris Coleman's side are four points behind both group leaders Serbia and second-placed Republic of Ireland with five World Cup qualifiers remaining.
Wales will be without Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale for Sunday's game in Belgrade due to suspension.
"We have shown in the past in big games we can go and win mat... | Defender Chris Gunter says Wales are more than capable of winning against the odds in Serbia. |
Text: St James' Park and West Ham United's ground were raided in April by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) as part of an inquiry into suspected tax fraud.
The club applied for permission to seek a judicial review of the search-and-seize order HMRC had obtained.
A judge said it was "arguable" on several grounds the search ... | The seizure of documents from Newcastle United by tax officials may have been unlawful, a judge has said. |
Text: 1 June 2017 Last updated at 12:56 BST
Although kids aren't able to vote, the decisions made in the election will have a big impact on the lives of all children across the country.
But with so many different political parties competing with each other, we're giving you the lowdown on the main ones.
Find out all yo... | There's a general election coming up on 8 June, when adults will vote to decide who will run the UK. |
Text: The 25-year-old from Dundee is only the third professional boxer to die in the UK from apparently fight-related injuries in the past 21 years.
St Andrew's Sporting Club confirmed Towell's death in a tweet on Saturday morning.
Other tributes have been paid to the fighter on social media including an emotional pos... | Many tributes have been paid to boxer Mike Towell who has died in hospital after being seriously injured in a bout on Thursday. |
Text: Jonathan Baines of Prestwich, Manchester, handed himself into police the day after the offence in Rhyl.
"I've come to report a crime I've done," he told Rhyl police station.
Baines was told he would serve seven years in prison, but when released would be on an extended period of licence for five years.
Caernarfon... | A 27-year-old man has been jailed for 12 years after pleading guilty to the rape of a young girl in Denbighshire last month. |
Text: Hannah Blythyn, the Labour AM for Delyn, made her comments as an exhibition celebrating historical LGBT figures opens at the Senedd.
She said while growing up in north Wales 20 years ago, she had had few people she could identify with.
"I'm grateful to those who put their head above the parapet," she added.
Some ... | One of three gay politicians elected to the Welsh Assembly last year has spoken of the importance of having role models for LGBT people in Wales. |
Text: The incident happened near Church Avenue at The Cat and Cage pub on Thursday.
It is believed the two men were in a car when they were shot.
RTÉ says there are reports that a car has been burnt out and police are investigating.
Summary: | One man has died and another has been injured following a shooting in Drumcondra in north Dublin. |
Text: The Russians were suspended following the second McLaren report which alleged "a state-sponsored doping programme" in the country.
The IBSF said there was currently insufficient evidence to continue with the provisional suspension.
Further investigations will be carried out by the International Olympic Committee ... | The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) has lifted the provisional suspension of four Russian skeleton athletes, including Sochi gold medallist Alexander Tretiakov and bronze medallist Elena Nikitina. |
Text: The 23-year-old has scored 12 tries in nine Super League appearances after an ankle injury ruled him out of the start of the season.
"He's got a significant ligament strain and that's a big blow to our team because he's been a revelation," coach Rick Stone told BBC Radio Leeds.
"He's really sparked our team in th... | Huddersfield Giants will be without full-back Jake Mamo for up to six weeks because of a foot injury. |
Text: Sinn Féin, the SDLP, Ulster Unionists, Alliance and Green Party all spoke at the launch of the local campaign for the UK to remain in the EU.
The Stronger In campaign said Northern Ireland is a net beneficiary of EU funds.
It warned there are no guarantees the UK government would replace that money in the event ... | A cross-party groups of MLAs has warned that leaving the EU would damage the Northern Ireland economy. |
Text: AGO Outsourcing said the jobs were part of a £40m five-year investment and demonstrated the Scottish jobs market remained in "good shape".
Ninety roles will be created in the company's sales division from the end of the month.
An additional 380 jobs in customer service, financial services and social media will be... | A call centre company has announced it is creating almost 500 new jobs in East Kilbride. |
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Williams signed a permanent deal on Wednesday, having won six of his ten League One games since being given the job on an interim basis in December.
The 35-year-old joined the Robins as first-team coach in 2013, but has no previous managerial experience.
"I'm really ... | New Swindon head coach Luke Williams says he was surprised to be given a five-year contract with the Robins. |
Text: Senior official Devesh Kumar told BBC Hindi that three bodies had been discovered from the Beas river in Kullu valley where the incident happened,
The surge was a result of water being released from an upstream dam, he said.
The students had reportedly left a bus to take photographs when the surge occurred.
The i... | A search has resumed for some 24 students who have been swept away by a sudden surge of water in India's Himachal Pradesh state, officials say. |
Text: Sales have fallen by from £699m in 2010 to an estimated £654m in 2015, according to figures from consumer analysts Mintel.
In comparison, sales of fruit and herbal teas have increased.
Food analyst Emma Clifford said traditional tea was being held back by an "uninspiring image".
From 2012 to 2014, sales of fruit ... | Traditional tea sales in the UK have dropped by 6% over the past five years as consumers switch to herbal and fruit teas, new research has shown. |
Text: The Equality and Human Rights Commission in Wales accused the UK government of a "communication failure" to let women know their pension age would increase in line with men at 65.
In 2011, the government brought the deadline forward from 2020 to 2018.
It said letters were sent to the women advising the changes.
T... | The way changes to the state pension age were made has been criticised, with thousands of women claiming they were given "little or no notice". |
Text: The Gunners overcame Hull to win the FA Cup last term and beat Manchester City 3-0 in the Community Shield on Sunday.
Wenger says the trophies have instilled a "confidence" that Arsenal can carry into the first game of the campaign at home to Crystal Palace on Saturday.
He said: "It has taken a little bit the wei... | Arsenal head into the new season relieved of pressure having ended their nine-year wait for a trophy, says manager Arsene Wenger. |
Text: The report, for NHS England, looked at the collapse of an out-sourcing contract to deliver adult community services in Cambridgeshire.
UnitingCare, which was owned by two local NHS Trusts, ended in December.
The report also questioned the ability of clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to handle large contracts.
... | An official report into the collapse of a £725m NHS contract has called a pause on all similar contracts until a review is completed "as a matter of urgency". |
Text: The Woodland Trust is looking for trees grown from acorns gathered at the site of the Battle of Verdun, which began 100 years ago.
The plan is to grow acorns from those oaks into a second generation of "Verdun oaks" at a planned centenary wood in Surrey.
Project manager Philippa Borrill said the trees would be pl... | A search is under way to locate oak trees planted in England as memorials to soldiers killed in World War One. |
Text: Sarah Cooke was principal of Foxhole Academy in Cornwall, where Peter Cooke worked as a handyman.
He was arrested after being caught by neighbours watching porn and masturbating in his garden.
Mrs Cooke resigned at the time of his arrest and said a "misapprehension" was to blame for any oversight.
As well as fail... | A head teacher failed to tell employers her husband was being investigated for outraging public decency, a disciplinary panel has heard. |
Text: Competitors aged between 14 and 19 are hiking distances of up to 55 miles (89km) visiting 10 nominated tors over two days.
They left Okehampton Camp at 07:00 BST, with the first teams expected to cross the finish line on Sunday morning.
Most of the teams are from schools and youth groups from across the South Wes... | Almost 2,500 teenagers are taking part in the famous Ten Tors challenge on Dartmoor. |
Text: Dragged down by the Mers virus and weak exports, GDP in the second quarter grew just 0.3% in the second quarter compared with 0.8% in the first.
Further bad news came from South Korean car giant Hyundai, which reported a 24% drop in net profit after overseas sales were weaker than expected.
Sales to China, which ... | South Korea's Kospi index closed flat at 2,065.04 after the economy recorded its weakest expansion in six years. |
Text: The 37-year-old was arrested at an address in the Burngreave area on Friday.
The offence relates the rape of the teenager in Sheffield between 2009 and 2010.
South Yorkshire Police said the man had been released pending further inquiries.
Summary: | A man arrested in Sheffield on suspicion of raping a 15-year-old girl six years ago has been bailed by police. |
Text: Yang Gang was party secretary in the autonomous region's capital, Urumqi, from 1999 to 2006.
The Beijing court heard he took 13.79m yuan ($2.10m; £1.5m) in bribes to help others to win promotions and contracts.
Yang was formally accused of corruption last year, after an investigation that began in 2013.
The cour... | A former Communist Party chief in China's Xinjiang region has been jailed for 12 years for corruption, state media report. |
Text: The region is now expected to grow by 5.8% this year and 6% in 2016, revised down from March's forecast of 6.3% for both years.
The bank said China's slowing growth would affect demand in Asian economies.
It expects the world's second largest economy to grow by 6.8% this year, below the government's forecast of 7... | The Asian Development Bank has lowered its growth forecasts for Asia's developing economies on the back of slowing growth in both China and India. |
Text: The 90 second advert by Cancer Research UK and Channel 4 showed the removal of bowel polyps which, if left untreated, can develop into cancer.
Patient Philip McSparron from Barry wanted to show the procedure was not nothing to be frightened of.
The live advert aired at about 15:25 GMT and was to be repeated at 21... | A grandfather from Vale of Glamorgan has appeared in a broadcasting first after undergoing a colonoscopy in a live TV advert. |
Text: The country produces more than 90% of these valuable commodities, which are used to produce electronic items such as mobile phones.
A row has blown up surrounding their availability, with relations between China and Japan at its centre.
The US and the EU asked Beijing to clarify its policy on mineral exports afte... | China has said it will not use exports of so-called rare earth minerals as a diplomatic bargaining tool. |
Text: Tony, 35, played in the Black and Whites side that won the Challenge Cup in 2005 and also had spells in with Castleford and Wakefield.
He took on the general manager role with the club before the 2014 season.
Tony told the club website: "It will be really difficult to leave a club and its loyal supporters that ha... | Hull FC general manager Motu Tony is to leave the Super League club at the end of the season to return to New Zealand. |
Text: Modern Rome - Campo Vaccino sold in five minutes with six bidders battling for the work which has only come up for sale once before, Sotheby's said.
The previous record was the £20.5m paid in 2006 for Venice painting Giudecca, La Donna della Salute and San Giorgio.
Modern Rome, which had an estimate of £12m-£18m,... | An 1839 Turner masterpiece of a view of Rome has sold for £29.7m in London, breaking the artist's auction record. |
Text: They said soldiers who may have witnessed the students' disappearance last September could only be questioned via a written questionnaire.
The team from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights chose not to do this.
It also said security videos containing evidence may have been destroyed.
Mexico's interior m... | Regional rights activists investigating the case of 43 missing students in Mexico say they have been unable to interview military personnel. |
Text: Marie Logie's body was found in her first-floor flat in Green Gates, Leven, at 20:00 on Tuesday. She had last been seen alive at 08:00 that day.
Police said she was the victim of a "brutal and horrendous attack" and had sustained head injuries.
Her family paid tribute to the "beloved mother, grandmother and frien... | An 82-year-old woman found murdered in her Fife home was beaten to death with a rolling pin, BBC Scotland understands. |
Text: Two others were arrested on Tuesday as part of the same investigation, launched after nine people were stopped on the Turkey-Syria border on 1 April.
The four are aged between 22 and 47 and are all from Rochdale, Greater Manchester Police said.
Waheed Ahmed, 21, a Labour councillor's son, was one of the men arres... | Four more people have been arrested at Manchester Airport on suspicion of terrorism, police have said. |
Text: John Mead, 76, of Timbrills Avenue, Sabden, was convicted by a jury of four counts of indecent assault involving three boys under the age of 14.
Preston Crown Court heard he committed the offences in the 1970s when he taught at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School (QEGS), Blackburn, Lancashire.
QEGS said it was glad ... | A former grammar school teacher has been jailed for three years for historical child sex offences. |
Text: Proposals to build new stands and turnstiles at the ground were submitted to the council in April by Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Leeds Rhinos.
The rugby club wants to sell its land in Tingley and Weetwood to housing developers to fund the project.
Leeds-born Mellor, who wrote ITV's Band of Gold, said it was... | TV writer Kay Mellor has objected to plans to sell off greenbelt land in Leeds to fund a £40m expansion of Headingley Stadium. |
Text: Stephen Port, 41, is accused of four murders and seven rapes, which he denies.
The Old Bailey heard police found 83 home-made sex videos on Mr Port's mobile phone.
Prosecutors said six recordings show him engaged in sexual activity with the a man who appears to be unconscious.
Det Sgt Mick McInerney, who presente... | Jurors in the trial of an alleged serial killer have been shown home-made videos which appear to show him raping an unconscious man. |
Text: After opting to field first, Northants enjoyed an early breakthrough when in-form Paul Horton was trapped lbw.
However Dexter (98) and Angus Robson (56) steadied the innings with a 143-run partnership that was broken eventually by Olly Stone.
Leicestershire then lost Mark Pettini just before the close but Niall O... | Neil Dexter fell just two runs short of a century as Leicestershire's batsmen prospered against Northamptonshire. |
Text: 15 November 2015 Last updated at 13:56 GMT
The former England captain had organised a Unicef charity match at Old Trafford in Manchester.
Before kick-off the crowd stood silent to pay tribute to those who lost their lives.
Beckham who was playing in the match, along with his son Brooklyn, said it was the right th... | David Beckham has paid tribute to the victims of the Paris attacks. |
Text: Ian Lycett, a wildlife lover from Wolverhampton, is estate warden on the Calf of Man - a tiny and rugged island off the Isle of Man in the Irish sea.
Along with a ornithology warden the island has a population of two.
In severe weather the bird observatory can be cut off for weeks at a time with supplies needing ... | This man has one of the most remote jobs in the British Isles. |
Text: The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 90.74 points lower at 18313.77.
The wider S&P 500 index fell 13.81 points to 2157.03, while the Nasdaq dropped 46.46 to 5137.73.
Shares of carmakers weighed on the US market after July vehicle sales came in below analysts expectations, sending shares of Ford and General Moto... | (Close): Wall Street markets fell on Tuesday with indexes registering some of their biggest losses in a month. |
Text: AuroraWatch UK provides information on the likelihood of the aurora borealis for the UK, including Scotland, one of the best places for viewing it.
The aurora is caused by the interaction of solar wind - a stream of charged particles escaping the Sun - and Earth's magnetic field and atmosphere.
Heavy rain has aff... | Systems used for alerting people to the possibility of the Northern Lights have been affected by Storm Desmond. |
Text: Half of the money is to be designated for police to work side-by-side with public health officials.
Fifteen states on the east coast will be targeted.
The move comes in response to a sharp increase in the number of heroin cases in the US over the last decade.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC... | The US government is launching a $5m (£3.2m) initiative to combat the use and trafficking of heroin, with a focus on prioritising treatment rather than punishment. |
Text: Friday's winning numbers were 01, 21, 26, 40 and 50 and the winning Lucky Star numbers were 02 and 04.
The winner matched all seven numbers to scoop £61,102,443 - the fourth, and biggest, jackpot win in the UK in 2016.
Euromillions began in 2004 and the biggest prize in UK history is the £161m won by North Ayrshi... | A ticket bought in the UK has won the £61.1m jackpot in the Euromillions draw, the National Lottery says. |
Text: Suren Sivananthan, 32, was found dead near the Co-op in St Leger Drive in Great Linford, Milton Keynes, at 04:00 GMT on Saturday.
Thames Valley Police said Gnanachandran Balachandran, 37, had been charged with murder alongside Kiroraj Yogarajah, 30.
The men will appear at Milton Keynes Magistrates' Court along wi... | Two men and a teenage boy have been charged with murder after the body of a Canadian man was found in a car park. |
Text: George Clarke from east Belfast has been puzzled for more than a year by a scene in a film which appears to show a woman talking on a mobile phone.
The unusual thing is that the movie was made by Charlie Chaplin in 1928 - long before mobile phones were invented.
In the eight days since George posted the clip on Y... | A Belfast film-maker has posted a video on the internet showing what he says could be evidence of time travelling. |
Text: The horse, trained by Mouse Morris and owned by Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary, was paraded through the streets of Mullingar, County Westmeath, on Sunday.
The 33-1 shot won the Aintree race on Saturday and returned to Ireland on an overnight ferry.
Traffic was stopped as the horse made his way up Mullingar's main s... | Hundreds of people have turned out to greet Grand National-winning horse Rule The World on his return to the Republic of Ireland. |
Text: London's main share index was just 0.47% higher at 6,728.99.
Insurance firm Admiral Group, was one of the top risers, gaining nearly 3%, after UBS upgraded its rating on the firm to "buy" from "neutral".
Mining firms were the biggest losers, led by Anglo American which fell 4.82% after it lowered its full year ta... | (Close): The FTSE 100 was little changed at close, with shares in miners holding back the index. |
Text: The IAAF said the 16 had met the "exceptional eligibility criteria" required to compete.
It added it had received more than 150 applications from Russian athletes to compete as neutrals this year and 39 had been approved, while others still remain under review.
Russia's athletics federation remains banned from in... | Sixteen more Russian athletes have been cleared to compete as neutrals by world athletics' governing body. |
Text: The building society said that house prices were up by 0.6% compared with the previous month, bringing the cost of the average home to £205,846.
Both the monthly and annual rise are greater than in January, but the Nationwide does not expect house prices to rocket.
It said the outlook for the market was uncertain... | UK house prices accelerated in February with property values rising by 4.5% in a year, the Nationwide has said. |
Text: Hector the donkey was dumped outside an animal welfare centre in Luxor, Egypt, and had not walked for four months.
His new foot was made using spare parts of a prosthetic leg donated to Legs4Africa, a Leicestershire-based charity.
It usually donates prosthetics to human amputees in Africa, but Hector is the first... | An abandoned donkey missing one of his feet is walking again thanks to a human prosthetic leg donated from the UK. |
Text: Smriti Mandhana top-scored with 73 not out after India chose to bat first and finished with 147-4 after 20 overs.
Kim Garth took three wickets for Ireland, who replied with 118-9 with Cath Dalton top-scoring with 37.
Ireland's first game in the tournament is against New Zealand on 18 March with Australia, South A... | India beat Ireland by 29 runs in a Women's World Twenty20 warm-up match in Bangalore on Thursday. |
Text: An article in the New York Times on Wednesday said the hacking incident had occurred against LoopPay's network in March.
LoopPay, acquired by Samsung in February, developed the payment system used to run Samsung Pay - a competitor to Apple Pay.
Samsung said user data was not at risk.
In August, the Korean electro... | Samsung Electronics has said its mobile payment system is safe after a hacking attack against its US-based subsidiary LoopPay. |
Text: German Shepherd Nero, six, jumped over railings in Watford which, unknown to his handler, had a 12ft (3.5m) drop on the other side.
The dog "landed badly", police said, breaking his neck in two places.
Officers said Nero, who was "injured doing what he loved, servicing his community and tracking down baddies", wa... | A police dog has broken his neck in two places after falling from a height while chasing suspected thieves. |
Text: Oliver Blume told German newspaper Westfalen-Blatt that people wanted "to drive a Porsche by oneself".
He added that Porsche did not need to team up with any tech firms.
Analysts Boston Consulting Group predict that by 2025, 13% of cars will have autonomous features.
Porsche does, however, intend to launch electr... | Porsche has no plans to develop driverless cars, unlike most other carmakers who are embracing the autonomous driving revolution, its chief executive has said. |
Text: The 39-year-old skipped Great Britain to silver at Sochi 2014 and was disappointed to be overlooked for next year's Winter Games in South Korea.
Murdoch is a two-time world champion with Scotland and won three European titles.
"After the announcement regarding Pyeongchang I had to think about what would come next... | Olympic medallist David Murdoch is retiring from competition to take up a coaching role at British Curling. |
Text: The three-bedroom suburban property housed a menagerie including chickens, turkeys, ducks, parrots, fish, mice and rats.
It also contained dozens of cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs and ferrets.
Four animals died in the kitchen of the property in Seafield Road and a person was treated for smoke inhalation.
Fire c... | More than 100 pets, including iguanas, a chameleon and 11 tortoises, were rescued by firefighters from a house fire in Southampton. |
Text: 18 November 2015 Last updated at 08:33 GMT
They hope the design will make them cheaper and more versatile.
The robots are a combination of multiple, foldable joints and the aim is to help make a more flexible form of robot.
This means that unlike other robots, "robogamis" do not need to be built with a clear func... | Scientists in Switzerland are developing a form of robot that resembles origami. |
Text: The 22-year-old has been accused of refusing to leave his W South Beach hotel room after an alleged altercation with staff and police on Wednesday.
Witnesses claim Tomic was asked to turn down his music following complaints from other residents.
The Miami Beach Police account of the arrest said he "pointed his fi... | Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic has been charged with resisting arrest and trespassing by Miami Beach Police. |
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Reds midfielder Ryan Catney sustained a broken leg and was shown a red card following a first-half tackle before Michael Carvill scored for the Crues.
Mark Stafford and Andrew Waterworth netted for Linfield while Glenavon beat Portadown 2-1 in the mid-Ulster derby.
C... | Premiership leaders Crusaders beat 10-man Cliftonville 1-0 to stay seven points ahead of title challengers Linfield who beat Ballymena United 2-0. |
Text: The alleged incident happened when the England forward, 27, was driving home from training at about midday on Wednesday.
Carroll is believed to have driven away from his pursuers and headed back to the club's Rush Green training ground.
A West Ham spokesperson confirmed that police were handling the incident.
It ... | Police are investigating claims West Ham striker Andy Carroll was threatened and chased by armed motorcyclists. |
Text: Long-time assistant Dave Kemp has also arrived at The Hawthorns as joint-assistant head coach with Jewell.
Tuesday's appointments come a day after Rob Kelly, Keith Downing and Dean Kiely all left the club.
"Jewelly is someone I have known for a long time. When I thought about what I wanted for this post, he fitte... | New West Brom boss Tony Pulis has added former Wigan, Derby and Bradford boss Paul Jewell to his backroom team. |
Text: Mentoring, CV advice, interview training and on-job support will be offered to 6,000 people aged over 25.
The programme could be extended to help 1,500 younger adults handle education, training or work.
Public Health Minister Rebecca Evans said work can help people overcome such issues, although "the issues thems... | People recovering from substance misuse and mental health problems will be helped to find work in a £7.2m scheme. |
Text: By the end of trading, the FTSE 100 was up 68.97 points or 1.13% at 6,199.43.
Mining firms dominated the leaders' board, with Glencore rising 11.9%, Anglo American up 11.1% and BHP Billiton 9.1% higher.
The mining sector has been helped by a rally in the price of metals, with the copper price on track for its big... | (Close): Mining companies helped pull the London market higher as the recent rally in commodity prices continued. |
Text: The charity said it was a growing problem across the South East, with more than 9,500 horses rescued last year in Kent, Sussex and Surrey.
The organisation took 22,000 calls about neglected horses in England and Wales, in what it has described as a national crisis.
It has now started an urgent appeal to find home... | The RSPCA was alerted to more horses in distress in Kent than anywhere else in England last year, it has revealed. |
Text: The money will "future-proof" the St Albans Bridge in Treherbert and Brook Street footbridge, Ystrad Rhondda.
It follows £53m being spent on roads and highways over the past five years, with another £26.5m earmarked for the next three years.
The local authority said roads had been "severely damaged" by freezing c... | About £3.5m will be spent on helping two bridges in Rhondda Cynon Taff cope with the winter elements. |
Text: 8 July 2016 Last updated at 22:24 BST
These are some excerpts of the recorded conversation when Marcus promises the victim, Hannah Casey, that the money will be returned.
She never received the money, and Marcus, 52, of Ashfield Avenue in Bushey, was subsequently jailed for four and a half years after admitting f... | A victim of rogue lettings agent Martin Marcus confronted him after he failed to return her deposit. |
Text: The 25-year-old joined Eibar in January on an 18-month deal, but the Bees have ended it six months early.
He has made 51 appearances for the west London club since arriving from Celta Vigo in August 2014 and is contracted to them until the end of the 2017-18 season.
Jota will return in time for their FA Cup tie a... | Championship side Brentford have recalled midfielder Jota from a loan spell with Spanish La Liga club Eibar. |
Text: He won the prize for his World Cup strike against Uruguay in 2014.
He beat Stephanie Roche and Robin van Persie who were also nominated for the award.
Rodriguez was a player for Monaco at the time he scored his winning goal.
He went on to become the top scorer in the World Cup and joined Real Madrid after the tou... | Colombia footballer James Rodriguez has won the Fifa goal of the year award. |
Text: The RNLI wants to replace Burry Port's aging boathouse and bring both lifeboats under one roof.
The centre will include modern training and changing facilities for the volunteer crew, which will help speed up launches, a workshop and a public viewing area.
It would be sited between the existing lifeboat station a... | Plans have been submitted for a new lifesaving centre in Carmarthenshire. |
Text: The infant was found in a bag wrapped in a towel in the Stechford area of Birmingham in October.
She was named Jade by hospital staff, after the dog that found her, then given a new name and put into foster care.
The woman in her 20s, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will be sentenced on 3 July.
West Midlan... | A woman has pleaded guilty to abandoning her newborn baby girl in a park. |
Text: The IPO is the first this year by a so-called technology "unicorn" - start-ups valued at more than $1bn (£700m).
Twilio's platform that enables developers to incorporate phone calls and text messages into their apps.
Shares were priced at $15 but closed at $28.19, valuing the company at more than $2bn.
Its softw... | Shares in software firm Twilio have soared almost 88% on their first day of trading in New York. |
Text: Eight-year-old Saffie Roussos from Leyland, Lancashire was among 22 people killed at the pop star's concert on 22 May.
A day after what would have been her ninth birthday, Grande tweeted: "Saffie, we're [thinking] of you baby" alongside a birthday cake emoji.
Hundreds of people gathered in Saffie's hometown on Tu... | Ariana Grande has paid tribute to the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena bombing. |
Text: The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has reported a sizeable fall in demand for loans during April.
Mortgages worth £18.4bn were advanced during the month, an 11% drop on the figure for March, it said.
However, monthly mortgage lending figures tend to be volatile, and activity often drops in the spring.
Allowing... | The UK housing market appears to be 'moving sideways' mortgage lenders have said, as latest figures show a drop in borrowing. |
Text: 15 March 2017 Last updated at 22:08 GMT
This report was originally broadcast as part of BBC News School Report.
You can find more School Report stories produced by young people in Northern Ireland here.
Summary: | With homelessness on the rise in Northern Ireland, a group of pupils from Abbey Grammar School in Newry in County Down decided to take action to make a positive impact on their community. |
Text: Councillors also rejected introducing charges for evening parking in Llanelli at a meeting on Thursday.
Instead, members approved a trial in October for two hours free parking in all county council car parks in the town centre.
The decision, by Carmarthenshire's executive board, aims to encourage more footfall in... | Plans to increase parking fees have been scrapped in a Carmarthenshire town. |
Text: The Titanic Suite of Belfast's new £97m visitor attraction dedicated to the doomed liner has started taking bookings ahead of its opening next year.
The visitor attraction, which is due to open in eight months, is in the same spot where the famous ship was built by Harland and Wolff 100 years ago.
From its windo... | A wedding themed on the Titanic might not be thought to be the best of omens for the future, but Northern Ireland tourism chiefs are hoping plenty of young couples will think otherwise. |
Text: The body of a 54-year-old man was found at a flat in Chesham Place by an ambulance crew and police officers at just after 03:30 BST
His death is unexplained, a police spokesman said.
A 60-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is in police custody. The two men are thought to have known each oth... | A man has been arrested after a body was found in a flat in Brighton, Sussex Police said. |
Text: The 46-year-old was placed in an induced coma after the fall in the World Young Horse Championships on 17 October.
British Eventing said on Friday that his condition had improved but he remains in a French hospital.
Fox-Pitt is GB's most successful rider with 20 major championship medals.
"His family remain hugel... | British eventer William Fox-Pitt is out of intensive care following a "head trauma" suffered in a fall nearly two weeks ago. |
Text: The event will take place at the Copper Box Arena in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park from 22-25 February.
It will be the first major table tennis-only event to be held in London since Wembley hosted the 1954 World Championships.
"London is a very special place for the International Table Tennis Federation," said... | England has been awarded the right to host the 2018 Table Tennis Team World Cup, which will be held in London. |
Text: Hereford County Hospital declared an "internal incident" after beds were closed due to sickness and diarrhoea on inpatient wards.
The number of people requiring admission is also up by 16% on the same period last year, the hospital said.
A spokesman said it has postponed some routine operations after the situatio... | A Herefordshire hospital has postponed operations because of high demand at A&E and a sickness outbreak. |
Text: Aiden Connolly stabbed home with four minutes left to secure victory.
The Minstermen had led twice already, with goals from Jon Parkin and Vadaine Oliver cancelled out by Macclesfield pair Rhys Browne and Danny Whitaker.
Earlier on Non-League Finals Day, South Shields beat fellow ninth-tier side Cleethorpes 4-0 t... | York City bounced back from the disappointment of their relegation from National League to beat Macclesfield Town and win the FA Trophy at Wembley. |
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