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Text: The shirts are printed with an image of Airdrie fan Mark Allison, who died of pancreatic cancer in June.
All 100 shirts were sold in 35 minutes on Saturday morning.
"There were lots of disappointed people but they understood the situation," said commercial manager Douglas Allsop.
The Scottish League One side woul... | Airdrieonians have sold out of replica shirts after the club's supporters' trust became the first fans' group in the world to be the main sponsor of their own team's kit. |
Text: Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union backed the proposed agreement by 10-1.
The dispute centred on whether the train driver instead of the guard should open the doors of new trains, due to come into service next year.
Under the deal, agreed in principle last month, the driver will open them but... | Workers on ScotRail have voted to accept a deal to settle a dispute over the role of guards on trains. |
Text: The former Melbourne Tigers assistant will work with fellow countryman Daryl Corletto, who has signed a two-year extension as Raiders player-coach.
White will also manage the British Basketball League side's academy.
"Daryl and myself share many values - we are dedicated to the pursuit of excellence and the commi... | Plymouth Raiders have appointed Australian Jonathan White as their new head coach on a two-year contract. |
Text: The 45-year-old "used abusive and/or insulting language" towards an official at the end of their League One defeat by Gillingham on 11 March.
Alexander has accepted the standard penalty, which includes a £1,000 fine.
Scunthorpe, who are fourth, conceded three late penalties in the match to lose after they had hel... | Scunthorpe United boss Graham Alexander will serve a one-match touchline ban after admitting a Football Association misconduct charge. |
Text: Travis Hackett, 13, joined the players on the pitch and then watched the Foxes beat Sunderland 2-0.
The teenager from San Diego has said the club's Premier League triumph helped him through his treatment.
The visit to Leicester was organised by aUS charity the Craig Willinger Fund that arranges football trips for... | An American teenager who beat leukaemia has fulfilled a lifelong dream by leading out Leicester City as a mascot. |
Text: Michael Davies, 71, from Blaina, was staying at a hotel with his wife Pat when he disappeared on 26 May.
Footage shows him walking in the Sandown area at about 00:45 BST the next day and he had a torch.
Specialist officers from Hampshire Constabulary are searching reed beds near Sandown and Yaverland seafront.
Th... | CCTV footage has been released of the last known movements of a man from Blaenau Gwent who went missing while on holiday on the Isle of Wight. |
Text: Profits last year were £2.55bn. The bank also set aside a further £850m to compensate customers - including further claims for mis-sold payment protection insurance.
The results come less than a month after the bank's new chairman John McFarlane sacked Antony Jenkins.
In total, Barclays has now set aside £6bn to... | Barclays bank has reported a 25% rise in statutory pre-tax profits to £3.14bn for the six months to the end of June. |
Text: Catalin Mihail Avram, 35, of Whitehouse Avenue, Oldham, was arrested on Wednesday morning.
He was charged with running a brothel at Panama Apartments on Green Street in violation of an 1895 Jersey law.
Magistrate Bridget Shaw said there was no benefit to Jersey to keep Avram in the island.
Avram appeared at Jerse... | A man from Greater Manchester has been bound over to leave Jersey for three years after admitting running a brothel. |
Text: The dig is taking place this week during a planned phase of replanting in Carpet Gardens, in Eastbourne, East Sussex, to ensure minimum disturbance.
Based on material recovered in the 19th Century, archaeologists have likened the site to Fishbourne Roman Palace and Pulborough's Roman Villa.
Evidence of a large Ro... | Archaeologists hoping to find the remains of a Roman villa are to excavate seafront gardens. |
Text: Mohammed Rehman, 26, is accused of possessing a document likely to be used in an act of terrorism.
He will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court to face the charge on Friday.
Both West Midlands and South East Counter Terrorism Units are working on Rehman's prosecution.
West Midlands Police said: "The charge is... | A prisoner has been charged with a terror offence after handwritten documents were allegedly found in his cell at Belmarsh high security prison. |
Text: Researchers from seven UK universities are working on clothes to enable people with mobility problems to move easily and unaided.
The team will work on "smart" trousers and socks which could help vulnerable people avoid falls and climb stairs.
One of the researchers is Dr Arjan Buis from Strathclyde University.
H... | A team of university researchers are developing a range of robotic clothes to help disabled and elderly people live more independent lives. |
Text: The Family Library provides lending services, resources to the Isle of Man's primary schools and a mobile service in rural parts of the island.
A spokeswoman said it would "cease to exist" if the funds were not raised.
A previous donor had offered to match-fund any donations up to £125,000.
The charity took contr... | A Manx charity which supports a "vital and magical place" for child learning and a "lifeline" book delivery service for the elderly will close if it does not raise £250,000 by 31 July. |
Text: Mr Trump officially unveiled his Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeenshire last week.
The course opened to the public on Sunday morning, with rounds available on a "pay-per-play" basis.
Discounts of 20% have been offered to residents of Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.
Mr Trump was piped onto the 18-hole course,... | Members of the public have teed off at US tycoon Donald Trump's multi-million pound golf resort for the first time. |
Text: Ann Bird from East Preston completed 10 laps of a 28ft (8.55m) circuit in 26.93 seconds.
Australian Peter Dimmers is now the official world champion with a time of 23.12 seconds.
More than 100 people competed in the final round of the championship on Saturday in Goring-By-Sea.
Most were from East and West Sussex,... | A woman from West Sussex has taken second place in the Scalextric World Championships after the final event of 2014 took place in Worthing. |
Text: The Kent captain put on a superb batting display, hitting 20 fours and four sixes in his 181-ball innings to move Kent's lead from 95 to 426 runs.
He was well supported by Sean Dickson (89) and Darren Stevens (71 not out) as the away side scored at over four runs per over to set up the chance of a win.
Bad light ... | Sam Northeast smashed an unbeaten 173 to put Kent in a strong position versus Sussex before bad light stopped play. |
Text: Fifteen were cancelled on Monday and a further 18 on Tuesday, Dr Edwin Borman, medical director at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, said.
He has apologised to patients but said they were dealing with an "unprecedented number" of ill people.
He urged people to think carefully about where they seek treatm... | More than 30 operations have been cancelled at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital because of an increase in emergency patients. |
Text: Joshua Stimpson, 25, of Wouldham High Street, Rochester, appeared before magistrates in Medway.
Molly McLaren died in the dockside area of Maritime Way, Chatham, from injuries "consistent with a stabbing" on Thursday, Kent Police said.
Ms McLaren, who was in her 20s, and Mr Stimpson were known to each other.
The ... | A man has been charged with murder after a woman was stabbed to death in a car park. |
Text: David Pountney fears a "wiping out" of musical life at the grassroots.
Some councils have cut their support for subsidised school music lessons, while youth orchestras and choirs have also faced a funding squeeze.
Council leaders said they were looking at how to run future services in a "dire" financial climate.
... | It could take 15 years before the impact of cuts to music education services are felt, warns the Welsh National Opera's chief executive. |
Text: Four people were injured in the panic, at Dalston Kingsland station, north London, at about 07:10 GMT.
The pack, part of a workman's drill, was dealt with by fire crews. The station had to be evacuated.
Passenger Robert Kabali, 25, said: "Everybody was shouting 'run, run' and I thought I was running for my life."... | A smoking battery pack caused a rush-hour "crush" on a commuter train as passengers scrambled for the exit. |
Text: Officers discovered 41kg of the Class A drug on Wednesday following a search of a refrigerated container that had arrived at the port from Belgium.
Head of Border Force Scotland, Murdo MacMillan, said it had been "extremely intricate concealment".
He said the drugs were hidden within the housings of an evaporator... | Cocaine with an estimated street value of about £2.6m has been seized at Grangemouth Docks, Border Force officers have said. |
Text: Manitoba New Democrats (NDP) had been in power since 1999 and a Conservative takeover in the province has not happened in more than a decade.
Brian Pallister will become the province's premier, ousting the New Democrats' Greg Selinger.
The Manitoba results are the latest in a string of setbacks for the NDP.
Natio... | The Progressive Conservatives have defeated the New Democratic Party in Manitoba, winning in a landslide election. |
Text: Appearing at Bradford Crown Court, the Sunderland winger also denied two charges of sexual activity with a girl aged under 16.
The 28-year-old from Castle Eden, County Durham, who has 12 England caps, was arrested in March 2015.
His case is due to be formally opened on Friday.
Kate Blackwell QC for the prosecutio... | Sunderland footballer Adam Johnson has pleaded guilty to one count of sexual activity with a child and one charge of grooming. |
Text: Bemerton St John near Salisbury closed five years ago when the heating broke and there was no money to fix it.
Now the aim is to reopen it as a church and community building.
Rector of Bemerton, Simon Woodley, said £50,000 had been raised in the past fortnight but another £40,000-£50,000 was needed before the end... | A Wiltshire vicar has said he remains "confident" that a church in his parish can be saved, despite needing to raise a further £40,000. |
Text: in the fifth round and face Albion Rovers at Ibrox for a place in the semi-finals.
And McCoist believes that Aberdeen, having knocked out holders Celtic, are the likely winners in May.
"Some bookies might have us as favourites - as is their right - but I wouldn't go that far," said McCoist.
Aberdeen, having knock... | Ally McCoist has cooled suggestions Rangers are favourites to win the Scottish Cup. |
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You would often see squirrels in parks, woods and even in your back garden - but the red ones were rare.
Red squirrels have been under threat for years, battling against other animals for food and territory.
They've also faced t... | For years the number of red squirrels was so low they were almost extinct - but now the reds are back on the rise. |
Text: But he was seemingly unaware that satirical US show Veep had used a strikingly similar phrase to mock the emptiness of modern politics.
In Veep, a US presidential hopeful uses the phrase "continuity with change".
The show's creators said they were shocked at the coincidence.
Veep centres on a fictional US vice pr... | "Continuity and change" was how Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull chose to describe his relationship to the policies of former leader Tony Abbott on Monday. |
Text: It is a full-time operation producing organic beef and sheep.
But on Fridays, the family offers an innovative service. They take social care clients from the Western Trust who help out on the farm.
Michael Power, Noel Stewart and Kerry Maguire do all the jobs that need doing.
They feed the cattle and sheep, they'... | Malachy and Miriam Dolan farm 120 acres near Garrison in County Fermanagh. |
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The ball finds its way into the crowd after bouncing off a line judge's chair during Jamie Murray and John Peers' doubles semi-final win over Jonathan Erlich and Philipp Petzschner.
Summary: | Former England football captain David Beckham shows he's equally skilled with his hands after a tennis ball flies into the royal box, much to the delight of the Court One crowd. |
Text: 6 May 2016 Last updated at 03:28 BST
He says he is worried about the UK's sovereignty within the EU, but would be concerned about trade if the UK left.
My Decision is a series of films by BBC Newsnight in which a number of well-known figures explain how they plan to vote, and the thinking behind their decision.
W... | Scottish entrepreneur and philanthropist Sir Tom Hunter is still undecided how he will vote in the EU referendum. |
Text: Three vehicles with nine occupants were riding off-road when one rolled off a path in New Radnor at about 02:30 GMT on Saturday, the fire service said.
A rescue involving the fire service, mountain rescue, ambulance service and a rescue helicopter was launched.
Brecon Mountain Rescue Team (MRT) said the men were ... | Three men have been taken to hospital with spinal injuries after a 4x4 vehicle tumbled 60 metres (200ft) down a gully in Powys. |
Text: Dylan has taken on Pembrokeshire's Clarbeston Road stop and will file reports on problems and give improvement suggestions.
He developed a passion for trains while travelling on the railway with his dad Chris Allman to Swansea and Tenby.
The adoption scheme, run by Arriva Trains Wales, sees people appointed to ch... | A 10-year-old train enthusiast has become the youngest person in Wales to adopt a railway station. |
Text: Murray, 30, floored Martinez in the eighth round and also had his rival on the canvas in the 10th, although the referee ruled the latter was a slip.
Martinez, 38 rallied late on in Buenos Aires and won the bout 115-112 on the cards of all three judges.
It is Murray's first defeat and he will come again. If Birmin... | British middleweight Martin Murray knocked down WBC champion Sergio Martinez before losing to the Argentine on a unanimous points decision. |
Text: Three of the worst speeders were caught on the A5 in north Wales, while the other was on the M4 in south Wales, the Institute of Advanced Motorists said.
It said the 136mph driver broke the 60mph limit in Conwy by 76mph and was one of the worst cases in Britain.
The IAM had asked the Welsh forces for their worst ... | Four people were caught driving at speeds of over 120mph on roads in Wales last year - with one topping 136mph, a road safety charity has revealed. |
Text: Noisy or messy eaters, alongside moaning, were among the top complaints of 1,000 office workers asked to name their biggest workplace irritations.
The survey, commissioned by electronics giant Samsung, suggests distractions caused by colleagues led to workers losing 22 minutes each day on average.
However, worker... | If your colleague munching loudly on their lunch is driving you mad then you're not alone. |
Text: Manchester City midfielder Toure, who suffered racist abuse at CSKA Moscow last season, was speaking as Fifa launched a system where match observers will monitor discrimination incidents.
"I have been in the situation where there have been monkey chants and it's difficult to deal with that," he said.
"When you he... | Yaya Toure says racist abuse has the power to "break" players and wants to see tougher sanctions brought in. |
Text: In an eagerly-awaited showdown between two unbeaten fighters, Smith floored Fielding within the first 30 seconds.
When Fielding was felled for a third time, referee Phil Edwards stopped the bout at the Echo Arena.
Smith is the fourth brother from his family to hold a British title, an unprecedented feat.
The 25-y... | Callum Smith stopped Rocky Fielding in the first round to claim the vacant British super-middleweight title in the all-Liverpool contest in the city. |
Text: Faheem Akhtar, 35, from Glasgow, admitted being concerned in supplying the drug in April last year.
Dumfries Sheriff Court heard how police found the drugs in the car, along with almost £20,000 and €5,000 in the roof lining.
Sheriff Brian Mohan deferred sentence for a month for background reports.
The court heard... | A court has heard how a tip-off to police led to the seizure of cocaine with a street value of up to £68,000 in a car on the A74(M) near Ecclefechan. |
Text: Researchers scanned the brains of a group of young children aged around 4 and 5 years old - and found differences in how parts of their brains work.
Around 1 in 10 people in the UK has dyslexia, which can affect the way a person sees, hears and understands words and letters. It's quite common, but nobody really k... | Scientists in America are claiming a big breakthrough: they say they can see signs of dyslexia in young children, using brain scans. |
Text: The teenager was crossing Barrhead Road, near its junction with Croookston Road, when the accident happened at about 18:40 on Thursday.
He is currently being treated for serious injuries at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
The 41-year-old driver of the Ford Fiesta involved was uninjured.
Police have appea... | A 15-year-old boy is in a critical condition in hospital after being struck by a car in the Crookston area of Glasgow. |
Text: 3 June 2016 Last updated at 13:34 BST
With the help of a melting ice cream, Ikenna carries out his own social experiment to prove the US president made the right choice.
Summary: | Satirist Ikenna Azuike from What's Up Africa explains how Ghana is helping ease of one of President Barack Obama's biggest policy headaches, by hosting two former Guantanamo Bay detainees. |
Text: Cundy, 19, made his full debut for the U's in the Football League Trophy last season in a 2-0 victory at Dagenham and Redbridge.
He was on loan at neighbours Oxford City earlier this season in the National League South.
The centre-back has trained with the Sandgrounders and is in the squad for the trip to Barrow ... | Oxford United have loaned defender Robbie Cundy to National League side Southport on a one-month youth deal. |
Text: The adviser will work independently of ministers to provide a different perspective on policy and legislation.
They will also work with victims, survivors and service providers to develop policy and services.
Public Services Minister Leighton Andrews said: "It is an example of how Wales is leading the way in tack... | Wales' first national adviser to tackle violence against women is being recruited by the Welsh government. |
Text: Their intervention is seen as an attempt to defuse escalating tensions between rival communities in Nigeria.
However, a pro-secessionist group says it will press ahead with its campaign.
Security forces have killed at least 150 people since August 2015 to quell pro-independence protests, Amnesty International say... | Powerful Igbo leaders in Nigeria have rejected calls for the breakaway state of Biafra to be created for their ethnic group in the south-east. |
Text: The first refugees arrived in the town on 9 December last year, and since then 11 refugees have settled in Ceredigion.
The mural, which was unveiled at Ysgol Gymraeg Aberystwyth, includes messages from pupils and members of the public.
It was a special collaboration between Oxfam Cymru, the artist Valériane Lebl... | A mural including messages welcoming refugees from Syria who arrived in Aberystwyth one year ago has been unveiled for the first time. |
Text: Theresa Villiers was speaking at the launch of the 20-page NI Conservative election manifesto.
It is called Strong Leadership, A Clear Economic Plan, and A Brighter, More Secure Future for Northern Ireland.
In the foreword, David Cameron said he was fully committed to Northern Ireland and keeping the UK together.... | The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has dismissed criticism that many of the Conservative Party candidates are "blow-ins". |
Text: Bottles, glasses and chairs were thrown as Nottingham Forest and Notts County fans clashed in the city's The Major Oak pub on 19 March 2016.
Jake Bramley, 28, and Ryan Wales, 21, were among 10 men who pleaded guilty in July to affray. No-one else was hurt.
Sentencing Judge Gregory Dickinson said the brawl, which ... | A man has been jailed and another has been detained after an arranged fight between two sets of football fans. |
Text: Eve Phillipson, who is 15-months-old, needs round the clock care for a lung condition.
The family needs a home able to house her medical equipment before she can leave hospital.
Social housing provider St Leger Homes said it was working with the family to find a suitable property.
More on this and other South Yor... | A family from Doncaster says they have been forced to live apart due to the lack of a suitable house for their seriously-ill daughter. |
Text: The set of 15 bells at St Mary Magdalene Church in Taunton swing unpredictably because of their height.
All but one will be recast and set lower down the tower so they are easier to ring - with the new bells expected to be in place by October.
The 300 year-old carillon has broken so this will also be replaced.
Th... | A set of church bells that are difficult to ring because they were set too high up are to peal for the final time before they are replaced. |
Text: Centre Corey Baldwin crossed twice for Wales either side of Botham's first-half touchdown.
Joe Goodchild scored to put Wales 28-13 up at the break, before Scotland rallied with a try by Ben Eynon.
Botham was sin-binned but Ben Jones' late penalty took his own points tally to 11 as Wales held on for victory.
Summa... | James Botham, the grandson of England cricket legend Sir Ian, scored on his Wales Under-18 debut as they beat Scotland 31-30 in Swansea. |
Text: Sand sculptors Remy and Paul Hoggard are using 80 tonnes of sand to create a scene of the barons and King John.
They will take two weeks to carve the sculpture in the grounds of the castle.
"It is going to be so highly detailed that people are not going to believe it's sand - they are going to be blown away," Mr ... | A giant sand sculpture is being created at Lincoln Castle as part of the celebrations of the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta. |
Text: They said they received reports of the incident on the A2 at Holywood, on Thursday morning.
PSNI Ards wrote on Facebook: "Already this morning we had a reports of a male jumping out in front of traffic on the A2, Holywood. Can you guess why?
"I don't care how rare the Pokemon is, it's not worth your life."
On Sa... | A man jumped out in front of traffic on a road in County Down, while playing Pokemon Go, police have said. |
Text: The man, 30, was drinking at a hostel before he and three other backpackers decided to jump, police said.
He plunged about 10m into the river and briefly resurfaced before disappearing beneath the water.
His companions, who decided not to jump, alerted authorities who launched a water and aerial search.
The man h... | A missing British man is feared drowned after he jumped off a bridge in the Australian city of Brisbane "for a bit of fun". |
Text: More than two million people have watched it on Facebook and Instagram in the two days since it was published.
In the upbeat video, Ana-Alecia Ayala dances with her "chemo buddy" Danielle Andrus in a Texas hospital, while still connected to her intravenous lines.
The pair smile and laugh while performing the inte... | A video of a cancer patient dancing in defiance of her condition while still in her hospital ward has gone viral. |
Text: The University of Bath's "Derhill Terrace" accommodation sign went missing in 2005.
A note sent with it thanked the university "for the loan", said it had been well looked after, and was signed by "A sorry former sign thief".
The 3ft-long sign will now be replaced on the wall of the accommodation block.
The note ... | A sign stolen by a student has been returned anonymously more than a decade after it was taken. |
Text: The 18-year-old has agreed a three-year deal at Tannadice, having scored 13 goals in 59 appearances for the League Two side.
"He has versatility but it's his attacking threat which really caught my eye," said manager Jackie McNamara.
"Having watched his progress closely I'm convinced that he'll prove to be an exc... | Dundee United have signed midfielder Blair Spittal from Queen's Park. |
Text: The South Korea international midfielder looked unhappy and did not shake Guidolin's hand when he was replaced in the second half.
"This is not a good attitude. I have to speak with him," said Guidolin.
A week earlier the manager apologised to Neil Taylor after he was substituted in their 2-2 draw with Chelsea.
A... | Swansea City manager Francesco Guidolin says Ki Sung-yueng's "attitude" was "not good" when he was substituted in their 1-0 defeat at Southampton. |
Text: All parties were invited to join, but Labour declined. The cabinet includes four Plaid members, five Tories and an independent.
Council leader Gareth Jones, a former Plaid AM, said he would lead an "ongoing, open administration based on inclusivity and transparency".
Plaid's Leanne Wood said the party was yet to ... | A cabinet of Plaid Cymru, Conservative and independent councillors has been appointed in Conwy. |
Text: The challenge was brought by Elizabeth Morrison.
Her son Michael, his partner Evelyn Baird and their child Michelle were among 10 people killed in the IRA attack.
A judge has refused permission for a judicial review of the scheme.
It resulted in more than 180 republican paramilitary suspects being sent letters as... | A woman who lost three members of her family in the 1993 Shankill Road bomb atrocity in Belfast has failed in a legal bid to challenge the government's On the Runs scheme. |
Text: Ex-technical director Shane Sutton was found to have used sexist language towards Varnish, but was cleared of eight of nine allegations against him.
Varnish is entitled to see her records under the Data Protection Act.
The 26-year-old has requested access to Sutton's text messages and British Cycling's report int... | Track cyclist Jess Varnish has demanded British Cycling release her personal data after she was subject to sexism at the organisation. |
Text: The 30-year-old was the only man to play every minute of the Rams' extra-time FA Cup defeat by Leicester and Saturday's 3-3 draw with Bristol City.
McClaren was unhappy his rested regulars did not match Keogh's display as they had to come from 3-0 down against the Robins.
"I thought Richard was magnificent," McCl... | Derby boss Steve McClaren wants the rest of his squad to learn from the example set by captain Richard Keogh. |
Text: Niall Morgan returns in goal, while Justin McMahon, Padraig Hampsey, Johnny Munroe and Mattie Donnelly come into the defence.
Up front, there are call-ups for Conor Meyler, Mark Bradley, Cahir McCullagh and Ronan O'Neill.
Tyrone are bidding for their sixth successive title in a repeat of last year's final at Pair... | Tyrone manager Mickey Harte has made nine changes to his team for Saturday's Dr McKenna Cup final against Derry. |
Text: Kate Stone, 44, from Cambridge, was injured by the animal near Fort William at about 02:30 on Monday.
She was treated by paramedics before being taken to Fort William's Belford hospital, and later transferred by air to the Southern General in Glasgow.
She has been put into an induced coma for a week and her condi... | A woman who was seriously injured when she was gored by a stag in the Highlands has undergone an operation to try to repair her windpipe. |
Text: Opus Energy, which supplies gas and electricity to businesses, is officially opening offices in the Capital Quarter on Monday, where it has 19 staff at present.
The firm already employs 750 people in Northampton and Oxford.
The company said there was the possibility of future expansion in addition to the 100 prom... | An energy firm has promised to create 100 jobs in Cardiff over the next year as it opens a new base in south Wales. |
Text: Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue will be alerted by the council's 24-hour Telecare service in a pilot scheme to support residents in the Cotswolds.
John Beard, from the fire service, said it was "great" to help "plug a gap in social care" in rural areas.
Gloucestershire County Council said it would help to "delive... | Gloucestershire firefighters are to answer emergency calls from isolated and vulnerable people via special sensors installed in their homes. |
Text: Parts of the Kent coast are expected to be the worst-affected, the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has forecast.
Defra advice is for people with lung and heart problems and older people to reduce or avoid strenuous physical activity, particularly outdoors.
Asthmatics may need to use thei... | Air pollution may be high in south-east England as a flow of air brings Saharan dust from north Africa. |
Text: College friends Morgan Ruig and Evan Shay, both 28, told Australian media they pretended to be national players to get into the game.
News sites around the world, including the BBC, picked this.
But it has since emerged they most likely simply joined an organised tour, which included a golf tournament.
"We were ... | The story of two Australians who conned their way into a North Korean golf tournament by posing as world-class players has been widely reported. |
Text: The 23-year-old New Zealand-born second row joined the Pro12 club in October on a short-term deal until this summer and says the fans helped him feel at home.
"I have to pinch myself when the supporters chant my name," Alainu'uese said in a club statement.
"I've never had that before and that gets me going and ke... | Lock Brian Alainu'uese has agreed a two-year contract extension with Glasgow Warriors until May 2019. |
Text: Pressure group Stonewall put the authority in first place in its 2014 Education Equality Index.
It also praised the council's work with local charity the Allsorts Youth Project.
The charity delivers anti-homophobic bullying sessions in secondary and primary schools.
Richard Chamberlain is the assistant head teach... | The top local authority in the country for tackling homophobic bullying in schools has been named as Brighton and Hove City Council. |
Text: This year's seven-strong shortlist includes Too Naked for the Nazis, Soviet Bus Stops and Reading from Behind: A Cultural History of the Anus.
The winner of the Diagram Prize is decided by public vote.
Previous winners include How to Poo on a Date and Goblin-proofing One's Chicken Coop.
Reading the Liver: Papyrol... | Transvestite Vampire Biker Nuns from Outer Space is among the contenders for a prize given annually to the year's oddest book title. |
Text: Henry Huggins, 48, was attacked near his flat in Luton, on 8 August 2013.
His injuries were so severe that he remained in a coma until his death on 10 June 2015.
Stuart Docherty, 42, of Townley, Luton, originally admitted grievous bodily harm in 2014. Following Mr Huggins' death, Docherty was tried and found guil... | An inmate serving 12 years in jail for assault has been sentenced to life in prison following his victim's death. |
Text: Lori Berenson, now 46, was found guilty of helping the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) in 1996 and given a 20-year prison sentence.
She was released on parole in 2010 but was barred from leaving Peru for good until her sentence expired.
Berenson said she would travel to New York City to see her family.
... | An American woman who was jailed in Peru 20 years ago for aiding left-wing guerrillas is leaving Peru and returning to the United States. |
Text: The move comes days after the Farc began a month-long unilateral ceasefire in a bid to accelerate peace talks.
President Santos said his order only applied to camps outside urban areas which did not pose a threat to the local population.
Peace talks have been taking place in Cuba since 2012.
However, the process ... | Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has ordered government forces to suspend air strikes against camps belonging to Farc rebels. |
Text: The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it had decided not to refer the tie-up to an in-depth investigation.
The decision paves the way for the deal's completion in August.
The merger will create Europe's second-biggest fund manager, with £670bn under management.
The enlarged company, to be called Stand... | Britain's competition watchdog has given the green light to the £11bn merger of Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management. |
Text: Sheffield sisters Beth Anderson, 24 and Isobel Squire, 19, and Christian Sloan, 25, from Kent died in the Da Lat area of Lam Dong province on Friday.
Adventure tour operator Dalat Passion has been suspended and a tour guide has been questioned by the police.
Local authorities said the tourists were taken on an un... | Vietnamese authorities have suspended the tour firm that guided three British tourists found dead near waterfalls in the South East Asian country. |
Text: The bird became entangled in the twine which was stuck on a nest in a remote area above Staylittle, near Llanbrynmair, in Powys.
A rope rescue team cut it free.
RSPCA inspector Phil Lewis said: "The twine was attached to the bird's leg which restricted movement. The bird's mate had been coming back and forth feed... | A raven entangled in baling twine has been rescued from a 60ft (18m) cliff face in mid Wales. |
Text: The body of the 45-year-old was found inside a house in Kyle Court at about 02:00.
A police spokeswoman said: "A post mortem examination will take place in due course to establish the exact cause of death, however, police are treating the death as suspicious meantime.
"A report will be sent to the procurator fisc... | Police are treating the death of a man in Cambuslang as suspicious. |
Text: A riding accident left Gail Yeandle needing 24-hour home care which costs more than £5,000 a week.
New funding rules in part of Leicestershire mean she may have to go into residential care if it is 10% cheaper and her condition deteriorates.
Mrs Yeandle said such a move would be "devastating" but NHS bosses sai... | A woman paralysed from the neck down has said she "would not have a life" if forced into residential care. |
Text: His son James will take over the role, while his other son Lachlan will become executive co-chairman.
The 84-year-old Rupert Murdoch will remain as executive chairman at the company and still have the final say in matters.
The company said the matter of succession would be discussed at the next board meeting.
It ... | Rupert Murdoch is preparing to step down as chief executive of 21st Century Fox, sources close to the company say. |
Text: Villagers in Abersoch said they had never seen the buildings take such punishment from the sea.
Fifteen of the huts, some of which have sold for over £100,000, were damaged.
Guy Williams, whose family owns some of them, said: "The sea was just like a battering ram, pounding and pounding the buildings."
He said hi... | Beach huts more than 100 years old have been damaged by the driving wind and high tides that hit a Gwynedd coastal resort over the weekend. |
Text: The tourists play a Western Australia XI in a two-day match in Perth from 4 November, followed by a day-night match of four days against a Cricket Australia (CA) XI, from 8 November.
They take on another CA XI over four days in Townsville from 15 November.
The Ashes series starts in Brisbane on 23 November at 00:... | England will play three warm-up games in Australia before this year's Ashes series gets under way in November. |
Text: UN humanitarian coordinator Jan Egeland said officials had so far only managed to get aid to 160,000 people.
Children in at least three areas were so malnourished they would die if they do not get aid, he said.
Mr Egeland called on all sides to allow humanitarian access.
There had been hopes of an increase in aid... | The UN says it has been able to deliver aid to only a fraction of the one million Syrians it planned to reach this month, calling the situation "horrendously critical" in some areas. |
Text: Formed in 1970, it has sometimes been described as a "soft unionist" party because it believes Northern Ireland should stay in the United Kingdom until its people decide otherwise.
However, the party's principal aim is to urge Northern Ireland to rethink its politics by leaving behind sectarian ties and community... | The Alliance Party is the main cross-community party of Northern Ireland, seeking to attract support from both Protestants and Catholics. |
Text: Strikes in some public services will need the approval of 40% of a union's members to be legal under proposals from Conservative ministers.
Carwyn Jones has written to David Cameron raising objections, saying sectors like health were devolved.
The first minister branded the trade union bill as "socially divisive"... | Plans for the biggest shake-up in trade union law for 30 years should be run past the Welsh assembly, the first minister has told the UK government. |
Text: The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) is contesting wards in five council areas, including 14 seats in Cardiff and five in Swansea.
TUSC spokesman Ross Saunders said it was vital to "build a real opposition to the cuts everywhere in Wales".
Councillors on local health boards should also oppose NHS cut... | A left-wing coalition group launches its manifesto for the Welsh local elections later, demanding councillors fight cuts to budgets for key services. |
Text: Treehugger: Wawona, which showcases the giant sequoia of California, won an immersive storytelling award at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival.
It will go on show for the first time in Wales at Margam Country Park, Port Talbot, from Saturday until 1 July.
The 15-minute experience is for four visitors at a time.
It wa... | A virtual reality experience which allows people to encounter one of the world's most impressive trees is coming to Wales. |
Text: Tailin Lyngdoh, who is from Meghalaya state, was wearing the traditional Khasi tribal dress. She had gone to the Delhi Golf Club with her employer.
The staff asked her to leave because they said she looked "like a maid".
The club said the "incident could have been handled better" and are taking disciplinary actio... | An elite Delhi club has apologised after its staff told a woman who turned up dressed in a traditional north-eastern Indian outfit to leave. |
Text: Cabins on the converted coal barge, moored on the River Thames at Hurst Park, East Molesey, cost £29 a night.
But a fire protection specialist who spent a night on board said it was not sufficiently fire-proofed.
Owner Alistair Trotman said there were many fire safety features on board.
Online home rental servic... | A "slumboat" barge, which rented rooms by the night through Airbnb, was like a "bonfire waiting for a match", a fire safety expert has said. |
Text: Between Wednesday and Friday, officers carried out searches on properties in Dundee, Angus and Perthshire.
Quantities of heroin, cocaine, diazepam and cannabis were recovered, along with about £3,000 in cash.
It was part of Operation Slate, an ongoing intelligence-led initiative to target drug-related crime acro... | Fifteen arrests have been made by police in Tayside as part of a crackdown on drug offences. |
Text: The Mosquito plane was wheeled out of its hangar at The de Havilland Aircraft Museum in London Colney, Hertfordshire, at 14:45 GMT.
Geoffrey de Havilland Jnr, the son of the manufacturer, first flew the plane at that exact time on 25 November 1940.
Museum chairman Alan Brackley said the unveiling was a "wonderful... | A restored prototype of a World War Two plane dubbed the "Wooden Wonder" has been unveiled exactly 75 years after it made its maiden flight. |
Text: 17 October 2016 Last updated at 07:28 BST
Coal waste dumped in huge tips on the mountain above the village started to cascade down, becoming an unstoppable and deadly force.
It crashed into Pant Glas Junior School and houses directly below the tips, causing death and destruction.
Len Haggett, one of the first fir... | Fifty years ago 116 children and 28 adults were killed by a roaring avalanche of coal waste in the mining village of Aberfan. |
Text: The 36-year-old ex-England 10 came out of retirement to join Newcastle Falcons in December on a three-month contract.
He made seven appearances, of which four were starts, and scored 57 points to help Falcons avoid relegation.
Wasps' Nathan Hughes, Charles Piutau and George Smith, and Exeter's Thomas Waldrom comp... | Fly-half Andy Goode is on the Rugby Players' Association player of the year shortlist, despite playing only 344 minutes in the Premiership this season. |
Text: The 32-year-old Northern Ireland international arrives from FC Edmonton, having joined the North American Soccer League outfit in February.
Shiels moved to Dundalk last summer at the end of his four-year spell at Ibrox.
In 2012 he was a League Cup winner with Kilmarnock and was on the short-list for Scotland's pl... | Former Rangers, Hibs and Kilmarnock midfielder Dean Shiels has signed a one-year deal at Dunfermline. |
Text: The story published on 20 January 1853 chronicles the kidnapping and enslavement of a free black man named Solomon Northup.
In the piece Northup's name was misspelled twice, as Northrop and Northrup.
The error was discovered after a digital copy circulated in recent days.
Rebecca Skloot, author of the best-sellin... | The New York Times has published a correction to an article published 161 years ago on the case portrayed in the Oscar-winning film 12 Years a Slave. |
Text: Political parties are using social media platforms more than ever - and much of their output is finely targeted and difficult to track.
We want you to help us get a clear picture of who is sending what to whom.
If you spot an advert or post in your social media feed which looks political then please send us a scr... | BBC Newsnight and BBC Trending and BBC local radio are working together to shed light on the role of social media advertising in this general election. |
Text: The deputy chief of Heliopolis police station Lt Col Amr Farouk was given 10 years in March for involuntary manslaughter and extreme negligence.
The other three officers were given one-year suspended sentences.
The detainees were asphyxiated when tear gas was fired into the back of a vehicle taking them to prison... | An appeals court in Cairo has overturned the conviction of four Egyptian policemen over the deaths of 37 detainees last August. |
Text: Michael Slager, who is white, has been charged with violating the civil rights of Walter Scott, who was unarmed and running away when he was shot.
The state has already brought murder charges over the traffic stop that ended in tragedy in April 2015.
A lawyer for Mr Scott's family said the federal charges were hi... | A former police officer accused of the fatally shooting a black motorist in South Carolina is now facing additional federal charges. |
Text: IBM, which wanted to avoid the cost of upgrading the unit's technology, said it would now focus on cloud computing, mobile and big data analytics.
IBM will take a $4.7bn charge in the third quarter as a result of the sale.
The sale came as IBM announced a 17% drop in third quarter profit,
IBM said it made $3.5bn ... | IBM is to pay $1.5bn (£930m) in cash to offload its loss-making chip manufacturing division to Abu Dhabi owned GlobalFoundries. |
Text: The DB4GT Coupe sold for £3,249,500 in the Bonham's auction at Aston Martin Works in Newport Pagnell.
The car, which retailed for about £4,500 when it was new, had been restored at the works by its last owner.
Bonham's said bidding was rising at increments of £100,000 at a time.
Aston Martin Works said the previo... | An Aston Martin road car has fetched a record price at auction in Buckinghamshire - where it was made in 1960. |
Text: Michael Rogers, 31, suffered "life changing injuries" and was left hospitalised by Logan Usher, 21.
Usher was jailed following a trial at Oxford Crown Court in May after he denied grievous bodily harm.
The police and Crown Prosecution Service are now deciding whether he should face more serious charges.
The assau... | An Oxfordshire man jailed for two and a half years could have his sentence increased after his victim died. |
Text: 29 September 2016 Last updated at 13:37 BST
That is according to a report by the Northern Ireland Association of Social Workers.
Donna Murphy has been a social worker for 20 years and says her job has become increasingly complex.
Summary: | Social workers in Northern Ireland are having to work additional, unpaid hours in order to meet the needs of the public. |
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