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Text: The listed building on Roseangle has been empty since a fire in 1998. The council had previously imposed a repair notice as it is in a conservation area.
However, the authority said no work had been done at the 1830s building since.
Councillors on the city development committee will be asked to approve the purcha... | Dundee City Council is considering enforcing a compulsory purchase order on a fire-damaged property near the city centre. |
Text: Forecasters said Arthur had almost strengthened to a hurricane on Wednesday and could threaten parts of North Carolina in the coming days.
It is currently off the coast of Florida, with high winds and rain.
Hotel owners in affected areas have already reported cancellations.
Tropical Storm Arthur is forecast to gr... | US government forecasters have issued a hurricane warning along parts of the east coast, as the season's first named tropical storm threatens to soak Fourth of July celebrations for millions. |
Text: John Concannon, 71, has dementia and hearing difficulties and went missing on Tuesday 10 November.
He was last seen getting off a bus in the Lenamore Road area of Derry.
His brother, Michael, said the family "are worried sick", adding: "We have been searching Derry and Donegal and no joy."
Family and friends ha... | Hundreds of people have been searching on both sides of the Irish border for a Londonderry pensioner missing for two weeks. |
Text: The group, whose titles include The Scotsman and The Yorkshire Post, said revenues for the year to 31 December fell 6%.
It followed a period of "difficult trading" after the EU referendum, when revenue dropped 5%.
However, overall revenue rose 1% during the final three months of the year.
The Edinburgh-based publ... | Publisher Johnston Press has posted a fall in full-year revenues, as "Brexit-related uncertainties" outweighed a slight recovery in year-end sales. |
Text: Peterhead joined Stirling on six points following a 3-0 success over Elgin City.
Edinburgh City slumped to their second straight loss as Ben Stirling's first-half winner earned Cowdenbeath a 1-0 victory.
Annan Athletic were beaten again, losing 2-1 to Clyde, while Montrose and Stenhousemuir drew 1-1.
After claimi... | Early Scottish League Two pace-setters Stirling Albion made it two wins from two by defeating Berwick Rangers 4-0. |
Text: Centre Alex Dunbar, one of the heroes in the victory over Australia in Sydney, will return home on Sunday to begin his summer holiday early.
Back-row Magnus Bradbury, who came off the bench against Italy in Singapore, has also been given a break.
Lewis Carmichael will return to his loan club, Western Force in Per... | Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has streamlined his squad for Saturday's Test with Fiji in Suva. |
Text: About 400 health physics monitors, who carry out manual radiation checks on staff and equipment, staged their second stoppage in a month.
The GMB union claims management have reneged on a pay rise deal.
A spokesman for Sellafield said the action, which began at 08:30 BST and ended at 12:30, did not impact on the ... | Hundreds of staff at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in Cumbria have taken part in strike action. |
Text: England defender John Stones cost City £47.5m when they signed him from Everton in August and he is one of five English players in City's squad.
Guardiola says City are hopeful of instead promoting young English players from the academy.
"I would like to have English players, believe me, but they are so expensive... | Manager Pep Guardiola says he would like more English players at Manchester City, but has bemoaned their cost. |
Text: It said net profits for the financial year to the end of March were likely to come in at 17bn yen (£150m) rather than 35bn yen.
Nintendo says that the surge in the value of the Japanese currency has shrunk the yen value of overseas earnings.
The company makes about three-quarters of its total sales overseas.
The... | Video game giant Nintendo has halved its full-year profit forecast, blaming slow sales and the strong yen. |
Text: Nora Al-Daher, whose husband is the foreign minister of Oman, tried to sue the casino in July after losing £2m in one night.
Cheques she handed over were not honoured and she later claimed the casino had a duty of care and should have stopped her from gambling.
But a High Court judge rejected her claims and backe... | London's Ritz casino has won a £1m battle against a wealthy gambling addict who had failed to pay her debt. |
Text: The hosts looked to be favourites at the halfway stage after Gloucestershire struggled for momentum after being put in, despite 40 from Ian Cockbain.
Daniel Bell-Drummond's rapid 25 got Kent's reply off to a flying start.
But Tom Smith (3-28) ripped out the middle order to leave Kent 71-5 and they fell short afte... | Gloucestershire produced a brilliant display in the field as they defended 138-9 to beat Kent by eight runs in the T20 Blast at Canterbury. |
Text: The 22-year-old, who initially joined the Bianconeri on a season-long loan in August, was snapped up for $10.9m on a four-year deal, according to the Serie A champions.
"The fee could rise by an additional €1 million, depending on whether he meets "performance-related targets," the club added.
Lemina, who has mad... | Italian giants Juventus have signed Gabon midfielder Mario Lemina on a permanent deal from Olympique Marseille. |
Text: UKIP's Nicholas McQueen and John Foster from the Green Party told BBC London 94.9, the current system was "totally anti-democratic".
It comes after former mayor Lutfur Rahman was removed from office after being found guilty of election fraud.
Ten candidates are standing for the position of Mayor of Tower Hamlets.... | Two candidates standing in mayoral elections in east London are hoping to get elected to the position so they can abolish the post. |
Text: The deal was reached after Thai Defence Minister Yuthasak Sasiprapha met his Cambodian counterpart, Tea Banh, in Phnom Penh.
A territorial dispute over a patch of land around the temple has sparked deadly clashes between the two nations.
In April, fighting left 18 people dead and tens of thousands displaced.
The ... | Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to withdraw their troops from a disputed border area near the ancient temple of Preah Vihear. |
Text: Ekrem Dumanli, editor-in-chief of Zaman, was among eight suspects freed after being held on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government.
Four others, including a TV station boss, have been kept in custody.
It comes as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cracks down on supporters of Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen... | A court in Istanbul has released a leading Turkish newspaper editor arrested during raids on media offices at the weekend. |
Text: Darren Fletcher was given the role as deputy at the start of the season, but the Scot has been restricted to just 49 minutes since the end of August.
Carrick, 33, has returned from an ankle injury to start all six games in United's current winning run.
"I have three captains," said Van Gaal. "You have a sequence:... | Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has made midfielder Michael Carrick his new vice-captain. |
Text: The made-to-order mouthguards are also said to contain gold and diamonds.
"My career's gone on 19 years and I've been able to preserve my smile," he told TMZ website.
The 38-year-old, nicknamed 'Money', is renowned for his ostentatious behaviour and stands to earn £122m from the eagerly-awaited bout on 2 May.
How... | Floyd Mayweather could wear a $25,000 (£16,800) mouthguard stuffed with $100 notes for his world welterweight fight with Manny Pacquiao. |
Text: Storm Abigail will mainly impact Scotland but parts of the north and west coast of Ireland are being hit with heavy rain and strong winds.
The storm is bringing colder air, so after a recent mild spell Friday is likely to be quite chilly.
Abigail will move away, but ex-hurricane Kate will hit on Saturday bringin... | The first storm to be officially named by the Met Office is bringing gusts in excess of 60mph to Northern Ireland. |
Text: There have been no shortage of heroes and villains down the years wearing shirts of both nations.
But can you pick out the players we have silhouetted in our England v Scotland quiz?
Summary: | England v Scotland - the oldest fixture in international football, first played in 1872. |
Text: Officers said Taiyah Peebles was with friends near Herne Bay station in Kent shortly before 23:00 BST on Tuesday.
The teenager was injured between then and 07:00 on Wednesday, when she was confirmed dead by emergency crews.
She is believed to have been electrocuted, but Detective Chief Inspector Paul Langley from... | A 16-year-old girl has been found dead on the tracks at a railway station. |
Text: It was first discovered and described by a local archaeologist Christian Maclagan in the 1870s.
Attitudes towards women at the time meant her academic paper on the broch was only accepted after it was transcribed by a man.
A new dig is planned at the site after initial excavations last year.
Maclagan's discovery ... | Archaeologists believe they have found part of the remains of an Iron Age roundhouse, known as a broch, in Stirling. |
Text: The 19-year-old came through the Rams' youth ranks and made his first-team debut against Carlisle in the EFL Cup earlier this season.
England Under-20 international Lowe made his first Championship start in the 2-0 win at Cardiff on Tuesday.
"I really hope that this is just the start and I know that I still have ... | Derby County left-back Max Lowe has signed a new contract with the club until the summer of 2020. |
Text: The Swans have struggled this term but lifted themselves off the bottom of the Premier League with a 3-0 win against Sunderland on Saturday.
Bradley's side face West Brom and Middlesbrough in their next two games.
"We still feel we can use it [January] to improve our squad and discussions need to continue," Bradl... | Swansea City boss Bob Bradley says he has had "consistent" talks with the club's owners about how to improve his squad in the January transfer window. |
Text: Wheeler died on 30 December in a care home in Prestbury, Cheshire, after a long illness.
He created the popular ITV game show Winner Takes All, which was hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck between 1975 and 1986.
Wheeler, who provided the voiceover during the Tarbuck era, hosted the show himself from 1987-88.
He also appeare... | The broadcaster Geoffrey Wheeler, best known for presenting Songs of Praise and quiz show Top of the Form, has died aged 83, his son has confirmed. |
Text: Mohammed Miah, 37, of Poplar, was told he must serve at least 18 years for killing baby Rifat.
A post-mortem examination of Rifat's body found 38 rib fractures, eight leg fractures and a broken spine.
His wife Rebeka Nazmin, 32, was cleared of murder but found guilty of allowing the death of her baby and causing ... | A father who tried to blame an autistic boy for killing his 13-week-old son has been jailed for murder. |
Text: Nick Harrington, who sat on Warwick District Council, has apologised for causing "considerable offence to both members of the traveller community and to those of Irish heritage".
He also apologised to athlete Christine Ohuruogu for an "ill-judged" comment he made last year on Facebook.
He has already quit as a ma... | A Conservative councillor who wrote a racist tweet during the Eurovision Song Contest has resigned. |
Text: The European Space Agency has released a photo of the lost Philae probe, which successfully landed on a moving comet in 2014 as part of the Rosetta mission.
Scientists lost contact with it earlier this year, so the team are very happy to be able to see that it is still there.
This was because the probe had a pret... | The Philae lander has been found! |
Text: The 29-year-old broke his leg in Saints' pre-season game against Widnes, ruling him out for the campaign start.
Smith ended a four-season stint at Wigan to rejoin St Helens for 2017.
"It's a shame," McDermott told BBC Sport. "For us, Saints and the competition, we want the best players."
He added: "I've taken the... | Leeds Rhinos head coach Brian McDermott says injury to St Helens half-back Matty Smith has denied fans the chance to see a top player in action for Thursday's 2017 Super League opener. |
Text: The ONS blamed part of the fall on maintenance in a major oil field.
Compared with a year ago, total production output is estimated to have increased by 1.5%.
Output from the manufacturing sector increased by 0.2% in June, following a 0.6% drop in May.
UK manufacturers have struggled this year due to weak demand ... | UK industrial output fell 0.4% in June following a drop in oil, gas and mining production, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). |
Text: The two bands were announced by festival organisers on Twitter. Stereophonics tweeted: "Huge festival news! We'll be co-headlining Friday."
Queen, with singer Adam Lambert, have already been announced as the headline act on Sunday night.
The Welsh band Stereophonics played the festival in 2004 and 2009 and Faithl... | Stereophonics and Faithless are to co-headline the Isle of Wight Festival next year. |
Text: Carl Habrel loves his commute to work.
The 48-year-old paddle boards from his home in Banavie to his work in Fort William.
The operations manager for the School of Adventure Studies at West Highland College UHI takes less than an hour to make the journey on Loch Linnhe.
He says: "I have been a paddle boarder for ... | All images are copyrighted. |
Text: The former international hooker says England have improved since their 28-25 loss against Wales in September.
"I think there's more of an edge about them, without doubt," said McBryde.
"They look far more comfortable in expressing themselves."
Asked if Wales would need to improve over their World Cup performance,... | Wales will have to be "quite a bit" better than they were last year's World Cup if they are to beat England at Twickenham, according to forwards coach Robin McBryde. |
Text: Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said the mother and brother of Hassan Asif would be granted visas to Australia.
Mr Asif was studying architecture at a university in Melbourne when he was diagnosed with terminal skin cancer in July.
His case attracted wide media attention after he made an emotional plea to see h... | A decision to deny a dying Pakistani student's family a visa to visit Australia has been overturned. |
Text: BBC Sport will have live coverage of all the races across the season on BBC Radio 5 live, BBC Radio 5 live sports extra, plus live digital coverage on the BBC Sport website and mobile app - including audience interaction, expert analysis, debate, voting, features, interviews and video content.
All times BST. Time... | The 2017 Formula 1 season continues with the Azerbaijan Grand Prix from Friday 23 to Sunday 25 June. |
Text: The Gills started the stronger of the two teams, but it was Southend's Anthony Wordsworth who opened the scoring with an opportunistic finish.
Jack Payne spurned a fine chance to double the Shrimpers' lead, smashing the ball into the side-netting.
And Luke Norris made them pay, levelling for Gillingham from close... | Promotion hopefuls Southend and Gillingham had to settle for a point each at Roots Hall in League One. |
Text: The patent, belonging to a firm called eDekka, related to "methods of storing information" which included the use of labels - but the judge said this could apply to routine activities.
The US patent system allows companies to acquire the rights to inventions and demand money for their use, without making products... | A judge in East Texas has wiped out 168 patent cases relating to a single patent and filed by the same company. |
Text: Emergency services were called to the canal, off Stone Row Way, behind the Parkgate shopping park, at about 19:00 BST on Thursday after reports of a child going into the water.
His body was found four hours later. South Yorkshire Police said: "The circumstances are under investigation".
The boy's family have been... | The body of an 11-year-old boy has been recovered from a canal in Rotherham. |
Text: The Taliban overran the city last month and controlled it for three days, before being pushed out of key areas.
The offensive was the first time the Taliban had taken a city since being ousted from power in 2001.
Also on Tuesday, a rocket allegedly launched by the Taliban killed two people in southern Ghazni prov... | The Afghan Taliban say that they have withdrawn from the strategic city of Kunduz after having "achieved their objectives". |
Text: Robert Norman, 54, was found guilty of committing misconduct in a public office while working at Belmarsh, home to a number of high-profile prisoners.
He was paid more than £10,000 for 40 tips to reporter Stephen Moyes between 2006 and 2011, the Old Bailey heard.
Norman of Swanscombe, Kent said he was highlighti... | A former prison officer has been jailed for 20 months for selling stories to a reporter working at the Daily Mirror and News of the World. |
Text: The seed is from a pumpkin which weighed 2,323lbs (1,054kg) - believed to be a world record.
Ipswich-based seed company Thompson & Morgan won the auction which took place at the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth World Conference held in Hampshire.
Paul Hansord, a company director, said: "Getting hold of this seed is the... | A British firm has paid £1,250 for a single seed at auction. |
Text: Gayle was speaking to journalist Mel McLaughlin during a Big Bash League match in Hobart on Monday and said the following: "To see your eyes for the first time is nice. Hopefully we can have a drink afterwards. Don't blush baby."
The remarks were widely condemned as sexist, but Gayle apologised afterwards. Howeve... | West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle's "inappropriate" comments to an Australian female reporter have cost him A$10,000 and have sparked plenty of reaction on social media. |
Text: 30 January 2017 Last updated at 08:57 GMT
Freerunning or parkour has been made an official sport in the UK.
That could mean more of you doing it in your PE lessons - or it might even be in the Olympics one day.
But what exactly is it? Ayshah went to meet kids who already do it to find out more.
Summary: | You might have seen it online, in the movies or watched someone doing it in the park. |
Text: Ryan Johnston blasted past keeper Johnny Montgomery for the only goal of the first half as the Down champions built up a 1-8 to 0-4 interval lead.
Maghery were dealt a huge blow when Aidan Forker got a straight red.
Ceilum Doherty netted twice after the break with sub JJ McLaughlin getting the other goal as Kilco... | Kilcoo powered their way into the Ulster Club Football final with a four-goal demolition job on Maghery. |
Text: With a rucksack on his chest and wearing a surgical mask, the man was shot dead by officers while trying to escape after carrying out the attack.
One person suffered a "superficial" hatchet wound and three people were treated for exposure to pepper spray.
The man was later named as a 29-year-old local, Vincente D... | A man brandishing an axe and pepper spray has been killed by police after attacking people in a cinema in suburban Nashville, Tennessee. |
Text: The 29-year-old has not featured in this year's Six Nations, and the last of his 18 Test caps came last summer.
"I spoke to the England staff a couple of times. They're happy with how I'm playing - they think I'm playing very well," he told BBC Radio Northampton.
"For reasons that they have, they've gone for Ben ... | Northampton Saints scrum-half Lee Dickson believes he is in the thoughts of England head coach Stuart Lancaster. |
Text: The club are hoping to obtain a cricket-style ''super-sopper'' after Saturday's home game with Barnet was abandoned at half-time because of a water-logged pitch.
Newport manager Warren Feeney revealed the matter is being discussed.
"It cannot keep happening," said Feeney.
"Obviously with Rodney Parade we are tena... | Newport County may seek help from Glamorgan cricket club as they look to overcome their Rodney Parade pitch problems. |
Text: A photographer has captured a stunning image of a halo that could be seen around the moon on Thursday night.
Called a 22-degree halo, the large rings of light can be seen in certain conditions around the moon, and also the sun.
Calum MacLean took his image in a field near Inverness.
Haloes are caused by "poorly o... | Image copyrighted. |
Text: Luton Crown Court was told Sri Lankan Gnanachandran Balachandran, 38, kept Suren Sivananthan captive for 12 hours before beating him to death.
He snatched his "rival" from a Milton Keynes shopping centre, it was heard.
Mr Balachandran is in court with two men and a teenager he is said to have enlisted to help him... | A jealous husband whose wife was planning to divorce him murdered the new man in her life, a jury heard. |
Text: The Progressive increased new mortgage lending by 18% in 2012 to £125m.
It said this was driven by increased activity in the market and competitive mortgage deals.
The building society made a pre-tax profit of £3.1m in 2012, down from £3.3m in 2011.
The figures for mortgage lending tally with other evidence of in... | Northern Ireland-based building society The Progressive said low interest rates helped it boost its mortgage lending last year. |
Text: Wayne Bell, from Castleford, West Yorkshire, is alleged to have used Twitter and Russian social media site VK to post racially abusive and neo-Nazi material.
The 36-year-old appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court earlier on two counts of stirring up racial hatred.
He was also charged with three counts of poss... | An alleged neo-Nazi has appeared in court accused of encouraging race hate. |
Text: Andres Pastrana of Colombia and Jorge Quiroga of Bolivia were not allowed to visit opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez and former mayor, Daniel Ceballos.
Both prisoners started a hunger strike around a week ago.
State officials said the ex-presidents were part of an hostile campaign against the country.
President Ni... | Venezuela has blocked two ex-presidents from visiting opposition leaders jailed on charges of inciting violence against the government. |
Text: Police were called to reports a woman at a property in Peckmill Green had been shot by one of two men on a motorbike at about 18:10 GMT.
She was taken to hospital for a leg injury consistent with a firearm discharge, police said. Her injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
Police believe it was a targete... | A 73-year-old woman has been shot in a doorway in Liverpool. |
Text: Officials expect 18,000 patients to miss appointments in Jersey this year, 17% fewer than the 21,000 missed in 2012. There are no earlier figures.
The missed appointments still represent 7% of the 255,000 total.
Assistant health minister John Refault said the reminders, introduced in July 2012, were likely to be ... | Text reminders have cut the number of patients missing States medical appointments, figures suggest. |
Text: The offender stole a quantity of cash from Ladbrokes in Basingstoke Road on Saturday night.
No-one was injured but police have appealed for information.
The man was white, in his mid-20s to mid-30s, and about 6ft (1.82m) tall. He wore a black and white hooded top with a yellow cap.
Summary: | Police are hunting a man, thought to be carrying a gun, who threatened staff and a customer in a raid on a bookmaker's in Reading. |
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It follows complaints from a victim's family who did not know his killer had been released from prison until they came across him in the street.
David Heasley said his brother's killer was released from prison without the fam... | There have been calls for victims of violence in Northern Ireland to be notified automatically when the perpetrator is released from jail. |
Text: Shane Tunney, 24, from Stockton, suffered severe head injuries during the assault on Norton High Street on 27 June last year and later died.
The 17-year-old, who cannot be named, was spotted on CCTV with the six other defendants running after Mr Tunney.
But he told Teesside Crown Court he took no part in the fata... | One of seven teenagers accused of murdering a Teesside man has told a court he was there, but played no part in the attack. |
Text: The giraffe-like animal has three horns on top of its head. One is much bigger than the rest.
The animal has been given the scientific name Xenokeryx amidalae, meaning strange horn of Amidala.
The scientist naming the animal thought it looked a lot like the Star Wars Queen Amidala.
Xenokeryx was a herbivore so ... | Fossils of a mammal that looks like something out of the Star Wars films have been found in Spain. |
Text: Chantelle Connelly, 27, has lost her income endorsing products on Instagram since the attack, Newcastle Magistrates' Court heard.
She had denied the assault but was convicted of grievous bodily harm after a trial.
She was also given a 12-month community order and 200 hours of unpaid work.
The court heard how Conn... | A former Geordie Shore star has been ordered to pay £2,500 to a woman she punched outside a nightclub in a jealous rage. |
Text: Mr Kimishima has been a managing director at the firm since June 2013, and joined in 2000.
The company said several new appointments were part of a "large-scale revision" of Nintendo's organisational structure.
The changes will come into effect on Wednesday.
Mr Kimishima was a managing director of the company in ... | Long-serving Nintendo executive Tatsumi Kimishima will be appointed president of the firm following the death in July of Satoru Iwata. |
Text: The figures, from the Office for National Statistics, showed a 29% year-on-year increase in sex crimes in 2015.
The number of rapes was 34,741 and other sexual offences was 68,873, bringing the total to 103,614.
The ONS said the rise reflected better recording and "a greater willingness of victims to come forward... | The number of sexual offences recorded by police in England and Wales in a year has risen to more than 100,000 for the first time, data has shown. |
Text: A huge survey by the United Nations looked at people's health, family lives and jobs, amongst other things, to measure how happy they are.
According the the results, the top ten happiest countries are Denmark, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, Finland, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Australia and Sweden. Ameri... | If you're looking for smiley, happy people then Denmark might be the right place to look - it's been named the happiest place in the whole world. |
Text: They argue that there should be greater public acceptance of same-sex relationships.
Some 133 Tory MPs voted against plans to allow same sex marriage earlier.
Fifteen Labour MPs, four Lib Dems, eight Democratic Unionist and an independent were also against the move.
The rainbow flag was designed by Gilbert Baker ... | Francis Maude and Nick Clegg have agreed to demonstrate the government's commitment to equality by allowing the rainbow flag to fly from the Cabinet Office during Pride week. |
Text: Mr Barakat died of his wounds in hospital after the bombing in the suburb of Heliopolis, a government spokesman told the BBC.
State media said that at least eight others were also hurt in the attack.
Mr Barakat has sent thousands of Islamists for trial since the overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi in 2013.
Hund... | Egypt's public prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, has been killed in a bomb attack on his car in Cairo, officials say. |
Text: The Indomitable Lions move from 12th to third in Africa behind top-ranked side Egypt, who they beat 2-1 in Sunday's Nations Cup final.
Egypt occupy the summit for the first time in over six years, and now sit 25th in the world - up from 37th.
Nations Cup quarter-finalists Senegal, the top African side last month,... | Africa Cup of Nations winners Cameroon have risen 29 places to sit 33rd in the latest Fifa world rankings. |
Text: Honeyman, 21, initially joined the Tynesiders in October and has since made three league appearances, scoring once against Boreham Wood.
Gateshead will have the Prudhoe-born player eligible for selection in the FA Trophy, which begins in December.
He made his Black Cats debut in last season's FA Cup defeat by Lea... | Sunderland midfielder George Honeyman has extended his stay at National League side Gateshead until 2 January. |
Text: Newcastle City Council refused planning permission to the development near Kenton School in September 2014.
McDonald's had launched an appeal but has now withdrawn it after the council changed its planning policy.
Hundreds opposed the restaurant saying it would encourage children from the school to eat unhealthil... | Fast-food chain McDonald's has dropped its appeal against a decision to reject plans for a new restaurant in Newcastle. |
Text: Bristolian Tavare 26, has signed until the end of the 2019 season, while South African Van Buuren, also 26, has signed until the end of the 2018 campaign.
"It's great to see both players committed to the club for the long term," said head coach Richard Dawson.
"Will and Graeme are still developing their skills an... | Batsman Will Tavare and all-rounder Graeme van Buuren have extended their contracts with Gloucestershire. |
Text: Hebe de Bonafini, 88, has been charged with misusing public funds allocated to a social housing project.
The programme, created by former President Cristina Fernández, was managed by Mrs De Bonafini's foundation, a world-famous collective of mothers looking for children who disappeared during the dictatorship.
S... | A judge in Argentina has indicted the head of human rights organisation the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo. |
Text: KL1 200m winner Chippington and KL2 200m champion Wiggs added to their Paralympic and World titles.
Young took gold in the men's VL3 200m event.
Britain's Rachel Cawthorn won Canoe Sprint European Championships bronze in the women's K1 1,000m event at the same venue earlier on Saturday.
Wiggs beat compatriot Char... | Jeanette Chippington, Emma Wiggs and Jonathan Young won golds at the Para-canoe European Championships as Britain took seven medals in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. |
Text: The 23-year-old, who joined Leeds aged nine, is out of contract this summer.
However, as he is under 24, any club he signs for would have to pay Leeds a fee related to his development.
Pulis said: "A tribunal could put an extraordinary amount of money on it and you're stuck with it. It's a risk that, at this mome... | West Brom will end their interest in Leeds defender Charlie Taylor if an agreement over compensation cannot be reached, manager Tony Pulis insists. |
Text: Chapman has yet to make a senior appearance for Boro, but was a regular in their under-19 team's Uefa Youth League matches last season.
The 18-year-old ended last term on loan at Barnsley, playing 14 games to help them earn promotion from League One.
"He is a highly-rated wide player with plenty of ability," Blad... | League One side Sheffield United have signed Middlesbrough winger Harry Chapman on a season-long loan deal. |
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Toth, 33, moved past the Australian in the latter stages of a race which world record-holder Yohann Diniz led for more than 30km.
Japan's Hirooki Arai took bronze, while Ireland's former world champion Rob Heffernan was sixth.
Britain's Dominic King was disqualified ... | World champion Matej Toth of Slovakia beat London 2012 gold medallist Jared Tallent into second place to win the 50km walk in Rio. |
Text: Mr Hart, 40, from Bishopthorpe, York, suffered fatal injuries when the vehicles collided on the B1224 at Rufforth at about 13:00 GMT on Monday.
The drivers of the van and car were taken to hospital for treatment suffering from shock.
Mr Hart had been riding a Ducati 900M bike. A post mortem examination found he d... | A motorcyclist who died after he crashed with a van and a car in York has been named as David Hart. |
Text: Scotland's Rural College analysed silage samples from beef herds and flocks of sheep, and found "disturbingly low levels of protein".
Researchers said this "could cause stock to slowly starve, even though they might look full".
They urged farmers to have their silage tested, and to supplement feed.
The Scottish A... | Farming leaders have warned that cattle and sheep in Scotland are at risk of slowly starving to death due to poor quality silage. |
Text: Race Council Cymru, who conducted the survey, said people feared not being believed or taken seriously.
It concluded police need to do more to reach ethnic groups in rural areas.
The 10-month study, funded by Gwent's police and crime commissioner, looked at ways of working with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (B... | Members of some minority ethnic communities in Gwent Police's area regularly experience hate incidents but do not report them, a study has found. |
Text: Ulster assistant coach Allen Clarke told BBC Sport Northern Ireland the club is aware that Tuohy "is in communication with other options".
"That is going through due process at the moment. It would probably be inaccurate for me to speculate any further," added Clarke.
Tuohy, 31, has played 136 times for Ulster an... | Ireland second row Dan Tuohy is set to move from Ulster to his hometown club Bristol before Christmas. |
Text: Patricia Davies, from Sapcote, Leicestershire, who served in the army between April 1945 and 1948, said she was "living a lie" as a man.
Ms Davies said she knew she was transgender aged three and secretly came out to her late wife in 1987.
"They didn't realise it was something that you could not cure," she said.
... | A 90-year-old World War Two veteran who has come out as transgender said she has always known she was in the "wrong body". |
Text: The prosecution offered no evidence in the case against two senior republicans, Sean Hughes and Padraic Wilson.
No reason was given by the prosecution barrister in court, but it is understood a number of key prosecution witnesses have withdrawn their evidence.
The judge duly acquitted both men.
Mr Hughes and Mr W... | A major IRA membership trial has collapsed at Belfast Crown Court. |
Text: Fire crews were called to Annesley Hall, on Mansfield Road, in Annesley, at about 01:40 BST.
Two of the three floors at the Grade II listed hall were severely damaged in the blaze, Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue said.
The hall was the ancestral home of the Chaworth-Musters family and was visited by the poet Lord... | A fire has damaged a derelict stately home in Nottinghamshire. |
Text: Ryan McInally, 30, of Monikie in Angus, committed the offence at a house in the Borders between December 2013 and January 2014.
At Selkirk Sheriff Court, he was ordered to carry out 200 hours unpaid work.
He also had his name put on the sex offenders register for three years.
He was supported in court by his part... | A former Borders secondary school teacher who admitted breaching a position of trust by having sex with a female pupil has been sentenced. |
Text: Rowett guided Albion to a first win in 17 games when they beat Gillingham, and they drew 0-0 with Crawley on Saturday.
It was only the AFC Wimbledon game where we let ourselves down but we learnt an awful lot from that
Rowett, who took over from Paul Peschisolido in March, told BBC Radio Derby: "It's about gettin... | Burton Albion caretaker manager Gary Rowett wants to prove he deserves the job on a permanent basis by building on his side's two-match unbeaten run. |
Text: Williams believes George North will "probably have a starting place" on the left-wing in Dublin, but feels Hallam Amos and Tom James are contenders to replace Cuthbert on the other flank.
"George is performing well, playing with confidence and scoring tries," Williams said.
"But the other side is very open."
Nort... | Shane Williams has warned Wales' World Cup wing Alex Cuthbert his Six Nations starting place is under threat ahead of their opener in Ireland on February 7. |
Text: The world's second-biggest luxury goods group has been hit by the economic slowdown in Asia and in Europe.
The company said trade had been severely affected by the Paris terror attacks on 13 November in which 130 people died. France accounts for 8% of global sales.
Richemont said that the market in Asia remained ... | Richemont, the owners of Cartier, saw sales fall 4% during the crucial gift-giving October to December months. |
Text: The word "move" has been scratched into the bonnet of the Vauxhall Corsa, which is parked outside owner Peter Maddox's cottage in Arlington Row, Bibury.
Panels on the car have also been scratched and the driver's side window and rear windscreen have been smashed.
Mr Maddox could face a £6,000 repair bill, The Te... | An "ugly" yellow car blamed for ruining tourists' photographs in a picturesque Cotswold village has been targeted by vandals. |
Text: It will take place later, to mark International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.
Computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing kept his sexuality a secret while working at Bletchley Park, GCHQ's forerunner, during World War Two.
His nephew, Sir John Dermot Turing, said he was "delighted" by the ge... | The GCHQ "doughnut" building in Cheltenham is to be lit up in rainbow colours as a symbol of the intelligence agency's commitment to diversity. |
Text: The Giants are now seven points behind leaders Sheffield, with Belfast only having four remaining games.
Mathematically, Belfast still have eight points to play for but their title chances appear to have gone.
Two Joey Martin strikes put Cardiff in control and despite Belfast goals from James Desmarais and Mike F... | Belfast Giants' Elite League title hopes are almost certainly over after Saturday night's 5-2 defeat by Cardiff. |
Text: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board said there had been "several cases" in the last few weeks.
Adders are the only wild venomous snakes found in the UK.
Dr Linda Dykes, of Bangor's Ysbyty Gwynedd emergency department, advised people to keep children and dogs out of sand dunes, stay away from high-risk areas a... | A spate of adder bites has been reported in north Wales, a health board has confirmed. |
Text: It happened on the M2 at Antrim close to the on-slip road at Dunsilly roundabout at about 17:45 BST.
The man who died was the driver of a car.
Both people were taken to Antrim Area Hospital following the accident. Police have appealed for information.
Summary: | A man has died and a woman is critically ill following a car crash on Sunday. |
Text: Carswell will continue in her role as women's cricket manager at Cricket Scotland.
"Every coach knows when it's time to find a new challenge," said Carswell.
"It's been a bit of a rollercoaster ride and we've had some amazing results. Off the field we've made great strides in the support we can now provide our be... | Scotland women's head coach Kari Carswell has stepped down after five years in charge of the national team. |
Text: The 27-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene after her Peugeot 208 crashed on the A689 at Crosby at about 13:00 GMT on Sunday.
A man and two children were flown to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle.
The Great North Air Ambulance said the man suffered "multiple injuries" while the children had mi... | A driver has died in a crash between two cars near Carlisle. |
Text: The visitors flew out of the blocks and could have taken the lead early on as Bernard Mensah combined well with Nick Arnold, who fired just over.
But Jake Goodman headed Braintree into the lead against the run of play after eight minutes.
Simeon Akinola put the result beyond doubt in the 76th minute, sweeping the... | Braintree secured their first win of the season in the National League with a 2-0 victory over Aldershot. |
Text: "Run toward, don't run away!" was organised after a man tried to strangle a woman, 25, with the wire from her headphones in Fog Lane Park, Didsbury.
Runners set off at 15:00 - the time the victim was attacked.
Organiser Louise Hudson said many people had been shocked by the attack but added "we're not afraid" and... | More than 100 people have taken part in a run at a Manchester park a week after a jogger was attacked. |
Text: It means Monday was the deadliest day for Philippine troops since President Rodrigo Duterte was elected in May.
Abu Sayyaf is one of the smallest and most violent jihadist groups in the southern Philippines.
Its name means "bearer of the sword" and it is notorious for kidnappings and attacking civilians and the a... | At least 12 soldiers from the Philippines have been killed during heavy fighting with Abu Sayyaf militants, the army have said. |
Text: The incident - involving a 28-year-old woman - happened near the bowling club in the Moray town's Cooper Park in the early hours of Sunday.
Officers want to trace four men who were in the area at the time.
They also want to speak to a man who was walking a dog nearby at the time, and a two men who were approached... | Police want to trace several people who may be able to help after a woman was assaulted in an Elgin park. |
Text: Property tycoons the Tchenguiz brothers were arrested in 2011 - but in June the SFO dropped its investigation into Vincent Tchenguiz.
The ending of the inquiry into Kaupthing means it has also ended its investigation into Robert Tchenguiz.
The SFO has apologised to the brothers and admitted mishandling the case.
... | The Serious Fraud Office has ended its investigation into the collapse of Icelandic bank Kaupthing, over which it has been heavily criticised. |
Text: The memorial has a teddy bear looking over the top and features a verse in Welsh about a small, pink star.
Five-year-old April was abducted and killed by Mark Bridger, 47, of Ceinws, Powys, in a sexually motivated attack in October 2012.
He was jailed for life in May 2013.
Visiting the grave, April's mother, Cora... | A headstone marking the grave of murdered schoolgirl April Jones has been put in place more than two years after she was killed. |
Text: The company said 105 non-essential personnel were being moved off the platform as a precaution.
Power was lost at 05:45. The Clair, which had 144 workers on board, was not producing at the time.
Summary: | Oil workers have been taken off BP's Clair platform 46 miles (75km) west of Shetland after a power cut. |
Text: Lima is home to dozens of radio stations and several TV networks.
Radio is an important news source, particularly in rural areas.
The use of criminal defamation charges against journalists is the main threat to media freedom, says Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
Journalists are susceptible to threats and physica... | Privately-owned outlets dominate the media scene, with state media having smaller audiences. |
Text: The bank, the US's second largest, said net income of $2.3bn (£1.34bn) was down from $3.4bn (£1.99bn) a year earlier.
Its finances have been hit recently by huge payments to the authorities to fend off accusations of wrong-doing.
In the past year, its earnings per share have fallen from 32 cents (19p) to 19 cen... | Bank of America has reported a 43% drop in its second-quarter profits after a fall in mortgage revenue and a rise in legal costs. |
Text: Experian identified the group, which only made up 8% of the population, as suffering the biggest rise in ID theft.
There was a 17% rise in victims among this group compared with 2014.
The analysis comes shortly after fraud prevention service Cifas said Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn had become a "hunting ground" ... | Nearly a quarter of identity fraud victims in the UK last year were tech-savvy mobile and social media users, according to a credit checking service. |
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