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Text: Uhuru Kenyatta added that Kenya was "20 times more wonderful" than Israel, but "all we ever do is complain".
Kenyans were also abusers, and promoted tribalism, he said, in an address to Kenyans living in Israel.
Mr Kenyatta has been accused of failing to do enough to curb corruption and of stirring up ethnic viol... | Kenyans are "experienced in stealing and perpetuating other crimes", the president has said, during a state visit to Israel. |
Text: After an opening home win over London, Antrim drew against other promotion contenders Carlow at Dr Cullen Park two weeks ago.
Kildare had to battle to beat Armagh 1-18 to 1-15 in their opener but they earned an impressive 1-16 to 0-14 win over Westmeath last time out.
Westmeath are Armagh's opposition at Mullinga... | Antrim hurlers face a crucial Division Two A encounter on Sunday against table toppers Kildare at Cushendall. |
Text: Horizon Nuclear Power said the deal with Exelon Generation would help it become a "world class nuclear operator".
Exelon operates carbon-free nuclear plants in the US with 13 facilities in Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland and New Jersey.
Horizon estimates Wylfa Newydd near Cemaes will take nine years to... | The company behind a proposed nuclear power plant on Anglesey has joined forces with a US firm to help progress. |
Text: Betfred, owned by billionaire Fred Done, will buy 322 shops and Stan James the other 37 for a total of £55.5m.
Competition regulators ruled in July that Ladbrokes and Coral must sell 350-400 shops for their merger to be cleared.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will now assess the shop deals.
Jim Mulle... | Ladbrokes and Coral have agreed to sell 359 shops to rival betting firms in what they say is the "last significant hurdle" for their £2.7bn merger. |
Text: Elizabeth Campbell was chosen as the new leader by Kensington and Chelsea Conservative group on Monday.
Nicholas Paget-Brown resigned on 30 June following continued criticism of the council's handling of the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
The Justice 4 Grenfell group said it had "no confidence in the leadership".
Sue Ca... | A group representing the survivors of Grenfell Tower has said it does not matter who is the new leader of Kensington and Chelsea Council. |
Text: The body, discovered about 10 miles off the south-west coast of the island, was reported by the coastguard to police on Wednesday at about 13:45 BST.
Dorset Police said it was working with Hampshire force to investigate if the body is that of Hugh Cox, 61.
He was last seen leaving home for work in Poole in 20 Jun... | The death of a man whose body was found in the sea off the Isle of Wight is not being treated as suspicious. |
Text: The Great War in Portraits will run at the central London gallery from 27 February until 15 June, 2014.
The exhibition will include two films made about the Battle of the Somme from different sides of the lines.
It will also feature portraits of Sir Winston Churchill and war poets Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sasso... | The centenary of World War I is to be marked in a National Portrait Gallery show of paintings, films and sculptures inspired by the conflict. |
Text: That's a line from Naomi Alderman's book The Power, the only novel to appear on this year's longlist for the Orwell Book Prize for political writing.
It imagines a world in which almost every woman suddenly develops the ability to electrocute people at will - "from a tiny tingle all the way to full electro-death"... | "She throws her head back and pushes her chest forward and lets go a huge blast right into the centre of his body." |
Text: The 11th annual Screenplay Film Festival gets under way in Shetland on Friday.
More than 80 screenings and events are scheduled over the course of the 10-day programme, organisers have announced.
Nighy and MacKay will take part in question and answer sessions during their visit.
Nighy will take questions followin... | Popular actors Bill Nighy and George MacKay will be among special guests attending this year's run of the UK's most northerly film festival. |
Text: The decision was taken by the Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) executive committee on Friday, after Finke lost popularity with the public.
"People have rejected him," Fecafoot President Tombi A Roko Sidiki said.
"His style of play had become stereotyped, lacking inspiration for the players selected and wit... | Cameroon coach Volke Finke has been dismissed from the job. |
Text: Two rangers were hurt during the battle in West Pokot county, said officials from Kenya's Wildlife Service (KWS).
They said 50kg (110lb) of elephant tusks and AK-47 rifles were recovered.
Kenya has recently taken a more aggressive stance against poaching as it combats a surge in demand for ivory from Asia, despit... | Wildlife rangers have shot dead five suspected ivory poachers during a gun battle in western Kenya. |
Text: Linda Norgrove, from Lewis, had been working in Afghanistan when she was seized by rebels in September 2010.
She was killed during a rescue attempt by US special forces the following month.
The Linda Norgrove Foundation has so far helped to establish a new school in Kabul in Afghanistan.
It has also awarded unive... | A charity set up in memory of a Scots aid worker killed in an attempt to free her from kidnappers five years ago has raised £1m for good causes so far. |
Text: But he said he was "not worried" about scaremongering accusations.
And he predicted Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn - criticised for not taking a more prominent role so far - would be involved in "major events" to come.
Anti-EU minister Chris Grayling, meanwhile, criticised "over-the-top claims" about the dangers of ... | Labour's pro-EU campaign leader Alan Johnson says he worries his side does not have "simple phrases" to counter "soundbites" from opponents. |
Text: Rwanda is reported to have armed and trained refugees to fight on behalf of the Burundian opposition.
The Rwandan government has denied the allegations.
Burundi has been hit by civil conflict since President Pierre Nkurunziza decided to stand for a third term.
Has African Union let down Burundi?
Burundi on the br... | The US has raised concerns with Rwandan officials over reports suggesting it is involved in "destabilising activities" in neighbouring Burundi, officials have said. |
Text: Frances Cappuccini, a 30-year-old primary school teacher, died at Tunbridge Wells Hospital in 2012.
Dr Errol Cornish, 67, of Bromley, south-east London, faced a charge of manslaughter by gross negligence at the Old Bailey.
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust denied corporate manslaughter.
Mr Cornish, of Holmb... | A doctor has pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of a woman who died giving birth to her second son by emergency Caesarean. |
Text: A statement from the palace on Sunday said he was undergoing tests at the Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok but did not say when he was likely to return to his home in the coastal city of Hua Hin.
The 87-year-old monarch has been in poor health for some years.
He is revered by Thais and is often seen as an arbiter in t... | Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej has gone back into hospital, only a few weeks after being discharged. |
Text: The body was found after a hotel maid noticed blood near the bed.
Two hotel guests had complained of a smell in their room the previous day but continued to stay the night.
Police said that the victim, identified as 28-year-old Amphon Kongsong, had been dead for three or four days.
"The hotel's cleaner found a ve... | Two teenage boys have been arrested in Thailand for allegedly killing a transgender woman and hiding her body inside a bed frame in a hotel room in the seaside town of Pattaya. |
Text: O'Sullivan capitalised on some sloppy play from the Welshman to reach the semi-finals at the York Barbican.
"It's probably the worst I've seen him play when I've played him and he's still hammered me 6-2," said Williams.
England's O'Sullivan will now face Hong Kong's Marco Fu, who came from 5-2 down to beat Wales... | Mark Williams has described Ronnie O'Sullivan's performance in their UK Championships quarter-final as "dreadful", despite being beaten 6-2. |
Text: Gunn joins up with fellow England players Becky Grundy and Amy Jones, to play in the One-Day Cup and for the Birmingham Bears in T20 matches.
The 29-year-old will turn out for Yorkshire Diamonds when the new Women's Super League starts on 30 July.
"Warwickshire have made good progress in the women's game. They ha... | Warwickshire have signed England all-rounder Jenny Gunn from Nottinghamshire for the 2016 domestic season. |
Text: The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) analysed footage from the non-fatal shooting of Nathaniel Brophy, 34, in Clapham on 21 August.
It said the positioning of the cameras on officers' bodies obscured and impacted the quality of the footage.
The Met said it was testing different locations as part of... | Body cameras worn by armed Met Police officers are "unfit-for-purpose" and should be replaced, the police watchdog has said. |
Text: The main opposition party has announced that people can now follow Mr Gandhi's political activities on @OfficeOfRG.
The account sent out its first two tweets on Thursday and managed to attract more than 22,000 followers.
Mr Gandhi, 44, is from the Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty that has dominated Indian politics ... | The office of Congress party vice president Rahul Gandhi has finally started a Twitter account to give updates on his official programmes and events. |
Text: Russell Bentley from Kent, who now lives in Beddgelert, Gwynedd, won the race in a time of 02:35:05. The women's race was won by Joanne Nelson of Darwen Dashers in a record time of 03:03:53.
The race, now in its 34th year, got under way at 10:30 BST near Llanberis, Gwynedd, and circled the foothills of Snowdon.
M... | A race record of 2,200 runners took part in Saturday's Snowdonia Marathon. |
Text: Several panels fell to the ground at about 16:30 BST above Platforms 1 and 2.
Eye witnesses said "gallons of water" fell on people standing on a platform when the panels collapsed.
The main concourse was later also sealed off over fears other parts of the roof could collapse.
BBC North West Tonight reporter Peter... | Two people suffered minor head injuries when part of the roof collapsed at Manchester's Victoria Station because of heavy rain. |
Text: Thomas has been a regular at the six-stage race based around Adelaide and has been supporting Richie Porte over recent seasons.
But with Australian Porte no longer with Team Sky, this could be an early chance for Thomas to lead the team.
Rowe will be riding for a second time in preparation for the Classics season... | Welsh cyclists Geraint Thomas and Luke Rowe will start 2016 by returning to Australia's Tour Down Under on 19 January. |
Text: Police were called to an address in Cromwell Avenue in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, at 10:10 BST and found the body of a 44-year-old man and the girl.
Hampshire Constabulary said she was taken to St Mary's Hospital, where she died a short time later.
The bodies of two dogs were also found at the address, following ... | A six-year-old girl has died after being found unconscious in a house where the body of a man was also found. |
Text: His only previous spell as a coach was at AC Milan, whom he left in June 2014 after five months in charge.
However Seedorf, 40, was linked with roles at Newcastle and QPR last year.
He became the first player to win the Champions League with three clubs - Ajax, Real Madrid and Milan - and made more than 400 appea... | Former Netherlands midfielder Clarence Seedorf has been named head coach at Chinese second-tier club Shenzhen FC. |
Text: 4 April 2017 Last updated at 06:59 BST
At 14, Amelia is brilliant at goalball and dreams of becoming a star of the game in the future.
She has been talent-spotted by the GB team and has been given the chance to go to a talent camp, taking her on the path to possible sporting stardom.
Goalball has just been given ... | Goalball is a Paralympic sport, designed for people who can't see. |
Text: A prison service spokesman said the injuries were "minor" and that he had been returned to prison after Saturday's incident.
Pistorius denied he had tried to kill himself, the spokesman said.
Last month, prosecutors said his six-year jail sentence for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013 was too lenie... | Jailed South African Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has received treatment in hospital for wrist injuries. |
Text: Tana Shane saw Jesus Deniz stranded without fuel on the side of the road on Wednesday near her home.
But when she returned to help with her husband and daughter, Mr Deniz robbed and shot them, killing the couple and wounding their daughter, police said.
Mr Deniz shot them after the daughter laughed at him, police... | An 18-year-old man has been arrested after police say he shot and killed two people who stopped to help him along a road in a Montana Indian reservation. |
Text: It caps a remarkable turnaround for the iPhone maker, whose shares were once worth as little as $3.19 in 1997, when it faced the possibility of bankruptcy.
Apple is now worth $460bn.
The company's revival under Steve Jobs, who died last year, came about first in computers and then the iPod music player, which was... | Shares in technology giant Apple have crossed $500 (£317) a share for the first time. |
Text: 2 September 2016 Last updated at 08:04 BST
It was a four day blaze, which swept through Britain's capital, destroying large parts of it.
But where did it start? How much was destroyed? And how many were left homeless?
We have everything you need to know.
Summary: | It's been 350 years since the Great Fire of London started. |
Text: GL Assessment, who provide the tests, said it was investigating the "possible breach of security" in Plymouth, Devon.
Some pupils sitting the English exam later told their parents they had already seen the paper, it is alleged.
GL Assessment said "extensive security measures" were in place to prevent exam papers ... | An investigation has been launched following claims some schoolchildren had already seen an 11-plus exam paper before taking the test. |
Text: Carmarthen Road is the main route into the city centre from junction 47 of the M4 and some parts of it has a 40mph limit.
But Swansea council has acted in a bid to cut the number of accidents and fatalities.
As well as reducing the speed, cameras will also be installed at junctions.
Summary: | A major road in Swansea will have its speed limit set to 30mph for its entire length following more than 100 accidents over three years. |
Text: Mr Bongo criticised the European Union mission observing Gabon's election after questions were raised over his narrow victory.
He also accused opposition leader Jean Ping of a "massive fraud".
"If we want to address the anomalies, we must be clear, balanced and address any anomalies," he said.
"Some of the EU obs... | Gabon President Ali Bongo has accused international observers who highlighted anomalies in the country's contested presidential election of bias. |
Text: They were deregistered by the firm following a regionwide review.
Now new services have been registered for Hawick, Peebles and Selkirk along "similar routes" to those previously operated.
Perryman's Buses will run services in Hawick town centre, Bannerfield to Galashiels and a school bus between Oxton, Lauder an... | New bus services have been secured for a number of Borders routes which have been cut by operators First Group. |
Text: A protest and meeting have previously been held in Crickhowell, Powys, against a proposal to turn The Corn Exchange pub into a convenience store.
On Saturday afternoon, shop owners are covering their windows with cardboard.
Baker Steve Askew said they wanted to show what their high street could look like if shops... | Shopkeepers in a town opposed to plans for a convenience store are boarding up their windows to show what the high street may look like if it goes ahead. |
Text: The 22-year-old has signed a two-year contract to play under England coach Wayne Bennett in Queensland.
The back-rower will see out the rest of his current contract with the Wolves before heading to Australia.
"I have spoken to Brisbane a few times and thought now was the time as I feel ready to do it," Savelio s... | Warrington forward Andre Savelio is to move to the National Rugby League after agreeing to join Brisbane Broncos from the 2018 season. |
Text: Olaf Cunitz, the city's head of planning, said the soldiers were believed to be from Napoleon's Grand Army retreating from Russia in 1813.
He said they had probably died from battle wounds or from typhus.
Battles fought near Frankfurt in 1813 claimed 15,000 lives, Mr Cunitz added.
The skeletons were found in the ... | Construction work in the German city of Frankfurt has unearthed the skeletons of 200 French soldiers from the army of Napoleon Bonaparte, experts say. |
Text: Carney, 28, was suspended for eight games by the Rugby Football League on 2 May after being found guilty of racially abusing Toronto Wolfpack player Ryan Bailey.
The player leaves by mutual consent following an internal investigation.
Meanwhile, Salford have signed 25-year-old Ireland forward James Hasson from Au... | Hull Kingston Rovers have signed winger Justin Carney from Salford Red Devils until the end of the 2018 season. |
Text: O'Sullivan and Bingham will discover their opponents following the conclusion of this week's Gibraltar Open.
The Ladbrokes Players Championship features the top 16 players on this season's one-year ranking list.
The tournament runs from 6-12 March.
World champion Mark Selby, Judd Trump, Barry Hawkins, Ding Junhui... | Five-time World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan and Welsh Open champion Stuart Bingham will be in action on the opening evening of the Players Championship in Llandudno. |
Text: The 28-year-old has most recently been playing at the Rio 2016 Olympics, helping Argentina to a sixth-placed finish in the rugby sevens.
He was also capped by the Argentina XV side once in 2008.
"He was part of an impressive squad at the Olympics. He has the fitness levels to go straight into the Premiership," sa... | Northampton Saints have signed Argentina centre Juan Pablo Estelles from Atletico del Rosario. |
Text: Wada's compliance review committee meets in Montreal on Tuesday and is expected to recommend the East African country is declared non-compliant.
The organisation's board is then expected to approve the move on 12 May.
As revealed by BBC Sport, Kenya failed to meet a deadline on 11 February to pass a law establis... | Kenya is set to miss another World Anti-Doping Agency deadline, moving it closer to a possible Rio Olympics ban. |
Text: The Home Affairs select committee found five of the 22 Welsh councils had taken a total of 78 refugees by March.
The government has a target of settling 20,000 Syrians in the UK by 2020.
The Welsh Local Government Association said 100 more had settled in Wales since the figures were calculated.
The five Welsh loc... | A Welsh councils' body has defended the help local authorities have given to Syrian refugees after a UK parliamentary committee said many were not doing enough. |
Text: Fordfield House Nursery in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, which caters for under fives, notified Ofsted an "incident" took place in December and "apologised unreservedly" to parents.
The child was found and returned by someone from a nearby riding stables.
Ofsted confirmed a "serious incident" occurred but has not expla... | A young child was left behind in woodland by nursery school staff at the end of a walk, the BBC understands. |
Text: The collapse killed four workers - one body has been recovered - and injured five others.
Thames Valley Police say 20,000 tonnes of material remain, but the recovery operation was progressing to schedule.
The plant was set for demolition when it collapsed on 23 February.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), tog... | A 40m (131ft) pile of rubble has been cleared from the collapsed Didcot power station site but finding the three missing men will take time, police have said. |
Text: The Office for National Statistics said industrial output contracted by 0.4% compared with December, when it fell by 0.9%.
Manufacturing was responsible for the decline, particularly the "highly erratic" pharmaceuticals sector, where output tumbled by 13.5%.
Construction fell by 0.4% in January, down from previou... | Activity in the UK's industrial and construction sectors slowed in January, new figures show. |
Text: Nathan Rhodes, 23, from Southam, Ryan Case, 25, from Stockton, and Emily Jennings, 27, from Warwick, were in a Citroen Saxo which crashed in Leamington Spa early on Saturday.
It happened on the A425 Radford Road near Willes Road.
A 21-year-old man was seriously injured and has been receiving care at University Ho... | Police have named three people who died when a car hit a tree and a wall in Warwickshire. |
Text: The 28-year-old joined City at the age of seven and signed a professional contract with the club, but he did not make a senior appearance for them.
Manchester-born Clayton will face his former side when Boro host City in their FA Cup quarter-final on Saturday.
"City shaped the way I play football. Without them, I... | Middlesbrough midfielder Adam Clayton says his time at Manchester City has shaped his career. |
Text: It happened on the Keady Road in Armagh shortly before 16:50 GMT.
The woman, who was a passenger in the van, was taken to Craigavon Area Hospital by ambulance. She was later transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.
The road was closed between Ballyards Road and Ennislare Road but has since reopened.... | A man has died and a woman has been seriously injured after a tree fell on a van in County Armagh. |
Text: Jeremy Pemberton can no longer work as a priest in Nottinghamshire and has been blocked from taking a job as a hospital chaplain in the county.
Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell challenged the archbishop over the case as he arrived at Southwell Minster.
However, Dr John Sentamu said he could not comment due ... | The Archbishop of York has been challenged over "discrimination" against a gay clergyman who married his same-sex partner. |
Text: In June, legislation which made it a crime to pay for sex came into effect.
Northern Ireland is the first part of the UK to ban the payment for sexual services.
Police said the man was arrested last month during a raid on a suspected brothel but would not give any further details.
Details of the arrest came to li... | A man has been arrested by police under the new offence of paying for sex in Northern Ireland. |
Text: 26 November 2013 Last updated at 07:51 GMT
The cheeky Prince was joking around in his first interview ahead of his trek to the South Pole.
He and his team are preparing for a charity mission, which will see him trek 12 miles a day in temperatures as low as minus 45 degrees Celsius, to raise money and awareness fo... | Prince Harry says his big brother Prince William is jealous of him! |
Text: The blade was seen by 1.1m people in 10 weeks after it was installed in Queen Victoria Square in January.
A planning application has now been submitted to put the 250ft-long (75m) blade on show in the grounds of the Hull factory that made it.
Siemens Gamesa said the blade would be seen "by as many people as possi... | A permanent location has been proposed for a wind turbine blade that formed a temporary art installation for Hull's city of culture celebrations. |
Text: The woman had been working in the anaesthesia and intensive care unit at a hospital in the small coastal town of Piombino in Tuscany.
The patients were killed in 2014 and 2015 with a drug administered by drip or injection, Italian media say.
Police are said to have monitored the suspect for several months.
Accord... | A registered nurse has been arrested in Italy on suspicion of murdering 13 patients, in a case described as "the killer on the ward", police say. |
Text: The Metropolitan Police said the 33-year-old had also been charged with the rape, attempted murder and kidnap of a woman in her 20s.
Another man, 28, has been charged with the kidnap of both women.
The teenager's body was found at an address in Coombe Lane West, in Kingston Upon Thames, on Wednesday night, three ... | A man has been charged with the kidnap, rape and murder of a 19-year-old woman. |
Text: The £500,000 crossing, near Norden Station, completes the upgrade of the Swanage Railway to link to the main line to Wareham, Dorset.
It was officially opened by High Sheriff of Dorset Sir Philip Williams.
Swanage Railway Trust chairman Gavin Johns said it had been a "hugely complex infrastructure project".
The ... | A level crossing allowing passenger trains to run between a heritage line and the mainline network for the first time in 40 years has been opened. |
Text: Reading Borough Council said it had written to Network Rail and Great Western Railway (GWR) demanding action following complaints from residents.
People in Cardiff Road had complained of trains parked in sidings with engines idling.
GWR has previously said the introduction of electric trains in 2019 will reduce t... | Noise and air pollution from a new rail depot in Reading could prompt legal action, it has been warned. |
Text: The towers, dubbed "Swan Heights", have been recommended for refusal by officers at Reading Borough Council.
Developers Lochailort's plans propose 352 apartments of varying sizes along with office, retail and leisure space.
Members of the council's planning committee are set to debate the application on 29 April.... | Three town centre skyscrapers on a former car dealership would appear "alien" and "foreboding" to the area, council planning officers have said. |
Text: Pilot Nick Jefferies and Scott Penlington, both from Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, died at the scene at Cwmbach, Builth Wells.
Mr Jefferies was described as an adventure seeker "fuelled by his love for life".
Mr Penlington's family said they had been "overwhelmed by the hundreds of tributes" in his memory.
The Indepen... | Families have paid tribute to the two men who died when a small plane crashed in Powys on Sunday. |
Text: SABMiller employs 523 at its base at Woking, Surrey and 51 in London.
The deal, agreed last year, will create the world's biggest beer firm, producing about 30% of the world's beer.
It has already been approved by both companies' boards but is still to be voted on by shareholders.
Budweiser brewer AB InBev has al... | Brewing giant AB InBev plans to cut up to 575 UK jobs at rival SABMiller, according to details of its £79bn takeover. |
Text: Kerry, 45, led Great Britain women to bronze at London 2012.
He was appointed performance director that year, overseeing Rio 2016 qualification for the men's and women's teams, but will now focus on coaching.
"My passion is coaching and that is the fundamental basis for me making this decision," he said.
"My coac... | Danny Kerry has been named permanent head coach of the Great Britain and England women's hockey teams until the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. |
Text: The latest figures from the UK house price index (UK HPI) showed prices jumped by 2.7% from May.
Edinburgh had the largest increase over the last year, where the average price increased by 11.7% to £240,978.
This compares with a UK average of £213,927, which rose by 8.7% year-on-year and is up by 1% from May.
The... | Average house prices in Scotland have risen to £143,282 in the year to June, an increase of 4.6%. |
Text: Lee has been suspended since October 2012 and denies allegations which relate to tournaments in 2008 and 2009.
The 38-year-old is defending himself at the independent tribunal against match-fixing claims centred on seven games.
Sport Resolutions UK is hearing the case, which could lead to a lengthy ban for Lee if... | Former world number five Stephen Lee's match-fixing tribunal has concluded in Bristol, with Adam Lewis QC reserving judgement in the case to a later date. |
Text: They say they are holding two men, after earlier detaining several others for questioning.
The incident caused outrage in India and led to street protests in many cities across the country.
Six alleged attackers were caught on CCTV as they burgled the convent before the 74-year-old woman was raped.
The images, fr... | Police investigating the rape of an elderly nun in the Indian state of West Bengal have made their first arrests, more than 12 days after the crime. |
Text: The £1.1bn six-lane motorway aims to relieve congestion on the motorway between Magor and Castleton.
But the Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales (CPRW) has accused the Welsh Government of failing to protect the character of the landscape.
The Welsh Government has set out mitigation works for the scheme.
In... | Plans to build an M4 relief road would cause "major" damage to nationally important historical landscapes in Wales, conservationists have said. |
Text: Two boys, aged 16 and 14, were arrested over the blaze at the Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden on Saturday.
The 14-year-old has been bailed and the 16-year-old was released with no further action.
The Metropolitan Police said the investigation was ongoing but "there is nothing to suggest at this stage that this is a... | A suspected arson at a mosque complex in south London is not believed to be a hate crime, police have said. |
Text: He is charged with adopting "aggressive behaviour" and using "offensive, abusing, and/or insulting language" towards a match official and a steward.
The 59-year-old has until next Tuesday to respond and a principal hearing date has been set for 1 December.
Well lost the game 2-0 but were controversially denied a ... | Motherwell manager Mark McGhee has been issued with a Scottish FA notice of complaint over his conduct during the Premiership loss to Dundee this month. |
Text: Jack Harrington discovered the bottle on Silver Bay beach in February 2015 while dog walking with his parents.
Researchers believe the bottle came from a Xiamen University student.
The story has been featured on the front pages of Chinese newspapers, and a journalist is trying to arrange for the pair to visit.
"I... | An 11-year-old boy who found a Chinese message in a bottle on an Anglesey beach could be flown to China to help trace its origins. |
Text: Bangor University experts said the findings suggested Welsh speakers might be less inclined to discuss their health or they may have a better support network and seek help later.
The study has been highlighted during Dementia Awareness Week.
There are about 45,000 people living with dementia in Wales.
Dementia st... | First language Welsh speakers were diagnosed with dementia about three years later than those who spoke only English, a study has shown. |
Text: The abductors freed four other children after "profiling" their parents, police said, apparently referring to the fact that they were not regarded as wealthy.
The men came through a swampy forest bordering the state-run Model College school, and cut a hole in the fence to enter, police said.
Schools in Lagos have... | Nigerian police are searching for six children abducted from their school on the outskirts of the main city, Lagos. |
Text: Robert Borba told local media he reacted when he heard a woman scream that someone was trying to steal her bicycle from a bike rack outside a Walmart store in Eagle Point.
Mr Borba said he got his horse out of its trailer and cornered the suspect before lassoing him around the legs.
He added that he used a rope e... | A rancher in the US state of Oregon has used his lassoing skills to nab a would-be thief, police say. |
Text: The site, in Newbold-on-Stour, is earmarked for a housing development.
A geophysical survey led to an initial dig in 2016, but archaeologists have been "excited" to discover what was originally thought to be a burial mound is in fact a ritual gathering place.
Unlike Stonehenge, the site in Newbold consists only o... | A prehistoric henge, dating back almost 6,000 years, has been uncovered on farmland in Warwickshire. |
Text: TS Queen Mary, one of the oldest Clyde-built steamers, arrived at Greenock on Sunday afternoon after being towed from the Port of Tilbury in Essex.
The 250ft ship has been languishing at the docks for years after falling into disrepair.
A charity backed by Robbie Coltrane is raising funds to restore the ship and ... | A 1930s steam ship that gave its name to the ocean liner Queen Mary has returned to the Clyde. |
Text: Glasgow City Marketing Bureau, which was set up eight years ago to promote the city, said the milestone had been reached after 27% growth last year.
It said conventions business worth £153m had been secured in 2012/13.
About 2,200 conferences have been staged in Glasgow since 2005. Visiting delegates now account ... | Conference-related business tourism has been worth £1bn to Glasgow's economy since 2005, it has been claimed. |
Text: The Aspar Ducati rider from Toomebridge was unable to make up significant ground in the hot conditions in Italy after qualifying 16th.
After finishing lap one in 15th spot, Laverty, 30, moved up to 14th after Alex Lowes slid off but that was as high as the Northern Irishman got.
Dani Pedrosa earned his first win ... | Eugene Laverty finished 14th in Sunday's San Marino MotoGP in Misano. |
Text: The 28-year-old victim was standing with his girlfriend in Duke Street, near its junction with Fleming Street, when the assault happened on Thursday.
They were approached by another man and woman at about 17:00 when the woman attacked the man with a bladed weapon.
The victim was treated for cuts to his head and b... | Police are attempting to trace a woman who slashed a man in a Glasgow street. |
Text: Delfin Lorenzana said President Rodrigo Duterte would honour plans for the US to build barracks, warehouses and runways in at least three locations.
The move comes despite comments from Mr Duterte last year in which he said he wanted US troops to leave his country.
Under a defence pact, the US has troops at five ... | The US will upgrade and expand its facilities on Philippine military bases this year, the Philippine defence minister has announced. |
Text: More than half of the applications - 30 - were made in Cardiff, some of which are for other non-related events.
Eight local authorities received no requests from residents.
In 2011, there were 200 requests for road closures so locals could celebrate the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
While the Que... | There will be about 60 street parties in Wales as people celebrate the Queen's 90th birthday on the weekend of 10 June. |
Text: The University of Warwick team put 55 elite players into medical MRI scanners and, to their surprise, found many had egg-shaped right hips while their left joints were the usual ball shape.
Whether golfing causes the deformity or not is unclear, they say in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
Almost a fifth o... | Professional golfers are likely to have oddly shaped hip joints, researchers have discovered. |
Text: The monarch, who cut a severe figure in black in later life, wore the delicate cream garments in the 1840s, when she was in her 20s.
The stockings, which have Queen Victoria's initials embroidered in red, were sold for £220.
Newcastle auctioneer Anderson & Garland had estimated they would go for £150.
A spokesman... | A pair of Queen Victoria's silk stockings - which contain just one small ladder despite being 170 years old - have gone under the hammer. |
Text: They say they are investigating an incident in which a traffic policeman was injured by a driver who ignored an order to stop.
Mr Durov denies involvement.
Russian authorities have recently cracked down on websites which provide a forum for opposition debate.
They have passed laws making it easier to close sites ... | Police in St Petersburg have carried out searches on the home and offices of Pavel Durov, the 28-year-old founder of VKontakte, Russia's most popular social networking site. |
Text: Eighty-nine music fans were killed and more than 100 injured when gunmen fired into the crowd during a concert by US band Eagles of Death Metal.
"Our thoughts are with the victims, the injured and their loved ones," the venue wrote on Twitter.
It also thanked people for the support it had received since the attac... | The owners of the Bataclan concert hall in Paris have said they have "no words" to express their sorrow following Friday's attacks. |
Text: The company said it "regretfully decided to make way for a new sponsor" in order to work on new global projects.
Baileys will still sponsor this year's award but the prize will search for a new commercial partner from 2018.
Syl Saller, chief marketing officer at Diageo, which owns Baileys, said: "It has been an h... | Baileys is to withdraw its sponsorship of the Women's Prize for Fiction. |
Text: The Patterdale Mountain Rescue team was called out after she suffered head and neck injuries while walking on St Sunday Crag, Ullswater, on Saturday.
She was treated at the scene before being flown by Great North Air Ambulance to the major trauma centre at the Royal Preston Hospital.
The condition of the woman, f... | A 70-year-old woman had to be airlifted to hospital after she was seriously hurt in a fall in the Lake District. |
Text: The 32-year-old former BDO world champion from Denbigh won 4-0, and was never in trouble.
He faces Alan Norris for a quarter-final place on Wednesday, 30 December.
"I settled in ahead of him and pinching the second set clinched it for me, it was a long way back for him then and I didn't have to do anything specia... | Wales' Mark Webster dominated England's World No 11 Terry Jenkins to reach the last 16 of the PDC World Championship. |
Text: Pedestrian Richie Bratin, 51, died after being hit by a car on Richard Kelly Drive, Walton in Liverpool on Friday.
John McGee, of Outer Forum, Norris Green, has also been charged with failing to stop after a road accident.
The 27-year-old is due to appear at Liverpool and Knowsley Adult Remand Court later.
A 21-y... | A man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a man died in an alleged hit-and-run crash. |
Text: It is designed for production lines that require a gentle touch such as manufacturing circuit boards and chips.
Sawyer is lighter than Baxter but like its predecessor will work safely alongside humans who can teach it to perform simple tasks.
The robot will sell in the United States, China, Japan and Europe.
Firs... | Rethink Robotics, the firm behind the Baxter manufacturing robot, has released a one-armed version, called Sawyer, capable of more dexterous work. |
Text: The crash, involving a Stagecoach 585 service and an Isuzu 4x4, took place north of Ardrossan at 14:15 on Monday.
The 48-year-old driver of the Isuzu and the 36-year-old bus driver are "serious but stable" in Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
Four bus passengers, two men and two women, are also in ho... | A 45-year-old female bus passenger died in a crash on the A78 in North Ayrshire which has left six people in hospital, it has emerged. |
Text: The firm's Australian copper mine in Cobar, New South Wales, and its Lomas Bayas copper mine in the Atacama desert in Chile are for sale.
Glencore is attempting to reduce $30bn (??19.5bn) of debt created by its 2013 takeover of Xstrata.
Its Hong Kong-listed shares have also fallen some 55% this year.
Trading of t... | Embattled mining giant Glencore said it has started the sales process for two of its copper mines in Australia and Chile. |
Text: The relegated Premier League club officially announced his appointment on Friday, confirming the news that BBC Sport first broke on Thursday.
Di Matteo succeeds Frenchman Remi Garde, who was sacked in March.
The 46-year-old Italian, who won the Champions League and FA Cup with Chelsea in 2012, has also managed We... | New Aston Villa manager Roberto di Matteo says "it's a wonderful honour" to take charge at Villa Park. |
Text: Lewis Grassic Gibbon's classic tale stars Peter Mullan and former model Agyness Deyn as Chris Guthrie.
It was shot on locations in Aberdeenshire last year, as well as New Zealand.
Director Terence Davies shot interior scenes in Luxembourg, the location of one of the film's major backers.
Sunset Song, published in... | A film adaptation of one of Scotland's most loved novels - Sunset Song - is to get its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September. |
Text: The woman, known only as Ms C, was referred to Perth Royal Infirmary by her GP.
The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman said, despite her symptoms, a CT scan was not performed
She was sent home, but collapsed weeks later and died in hospital.
Its report states: "Ms C had reported sudden onset of pain in her head a... | Tayside NHS Board has been ordered to apologise to the husband of a woman who died after doctors failed to provide appropriate treatment for a suspected brain aneurysm. |
Text: Broadcast regulator Ofcom received five complaints after the scenes were shown in a Saturday morning omnibus of the soap on ITV2.
They showed three men paying for sex then following teenager Bethany Platt, played by Lucy Fallon, into a bedroom.
Another character, Shona Ramsey, was also seen being beaten and stamp... | Coronation Street is being investigated for showing child grooming scenes before the watershed. |
Text: Jenkins strengthened her case to be selected with victory in the Gold Coast World Series event.
The 32-year-old will discover this week if she will be nominated as Britain's third female triathlete.
"I'm just being a bit easier on myself and see what happens and enjoy it," she said.
"The last four years have real... | Former double world triathlon champion Helen Jenkins is determined not to put too much pressure on herself as she targets a place at the Rio Olympics. |
Text: Royals captain Paul McShane and team-mate Danny Williams had a visible confrontation during the second half.
"I didn't see it," McDermott said when asked for a view after the game. "But, I do know that these guys want to win."
Reading lost to a late Adam Forshaw goal shortly after Matej Vydra had missed a chance ... | Reading manager Brian McDermott denied seeing two of his players clash with each other during Tuesday's 2-1 defeat at Championship leaders Middlesbrough. |
Text: Its press release included a map of blast impact radiation radiuses around the UK in the event of a nuclear war.
It was labelled as "the worst press release ever", by a Times journalist.
Russell Quirk, from Essex-based online agent eMoov, apologised for any offence, but said it was "completely tongue in cheek".
T... | An estate agent's bid to highlight the best spots for property "outside a nuclear impact zone" has been lambasted as being in poor taste. |
Text: Dolly Evans worked for the Gibb family at The Grove, Ramsey during the 1930s.
A museum spokesman said information was needed for the History in Heels project which aims to shine a light on some of the island's "remarkable women".
Nicola Tooms, Curator at Manx National Heritage, said she hopes the community can he... | The Isle of Man museum has appealed for information about a "below stairs" maid from the 1930s, ahead of the launch of a woman's history project in March. |
Text: The 33-year-old Northern Ireland international, who can also play in defence, made 165 appearances for the Whites between 2007 and 2013.
Baird has featured 16 times since joining the Rams last summer.
"When the opportunity arose I had no doubt in my mind that I wanted to come and be part of this again," he told t... | Fulham have re-signed Derby County midfielder Chris Baird on loan until the end of the season. |
Text: Cooke took the lead following the first event - swimming - before dropping to second after the fencing and third after the riding.
However, in the combined run and shoot discipline he recorded the quickest time to beat Hungarian duo Adam Marosi and Bence Demeter into first.
Cooke's victory gave Great Britain a fi... | British pentathlete Jamie Cooke claimed his third World Cup gold with victory in Hungary on Sunday. |
Text: It is considering imposing an average "anti-dumping" import tariff of 47%, with a decision expected by 5 June.
The EC argues China unfairly subsidises its solar panel firms, putting Europe's manufacturers at a disadvantage.
But some European solar panel makers are warning that such a move would amount to "dangero... | The European Commission is on the verge of a trade war with China over the import of solar panels worth 21bn euros (£18bn) a year. |
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