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At least 90% of final year students at Cardiff, Swansea and Bangor said they were happy with their university experience.
Aberystwyth and Cardiff Metropolitan both scored 83% in the 11th National Student Survey.
Elsewhere, Glyndwr scored 80% while University of South Wales and Trinity St David both had 79% satisfaction.
More than 300,000 people were surveyed at universities and colleges around the UK were asked about a wide range of subjects.
The results shows overall satisfaction has remained steady, and there were particular gains in the areas of learning resources and satisfaction with the students' union.
There have also been improvements in teaching, assessment and feedback, academic support, organisation and management, personal development and NHS practice placements.
In all categories relating to the academic student experience, satisfaction has either improved or stayed the same since 2014.
Dr David Blaney, chief executive of Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, said: "The strong performance of the Welsh HE [higher education] sector reflects the continuing work to enhance the student experience and provide students with an excellent learning environment. | Three Welsh universities are among the top places in the UK for student satisfaction, a new survey shows. | 1.14473 | 1 |
Repairs to a retaining wall outside the Glen Hotel on Yarrow Terrace in Selkirk are expected to last for 10 weeks.
The area has been cordoned off to motorists for safety reasons while negotiations about the wall continued.
A temporary one-way system has been in place since May 2013 while these discussions carried on.
Repairs are now scheduled to start on 16 January.
During the initial stages of the £100,000 works, Yarrow Terrace will be closed to all traffic for a fortnight at the location of the retaining wall.
Councillor Gordon Edgar said: "I am pleased work is finally to begin on the retaining wall on Yarrow Terrace.
"The two-week closure is unfortunately unavoidable due to the nature of the works taking place, but once the repairs have been fully completed Yarrow Terrace will return to a two-way road.
"Once again, can I thank local people for their patience during the negotiations and their co-operation once the works start." | Works to bring to an end a "temporary" one-way system which has been in place for more than three-and-a-half years will start on Monday. | 0.899601 | 1 |
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Bony has agreed a four-and-a-half-year deal at Etihad Stadium through to 2019 and will wear the number 14 shirt.
"It's a great feeling for me, it's a big honour to be here and it's a great challenge," the 26-year-old said.
He joined Swansea for £12m from Vitesse Arnhem in 2013 and was Premier League top scorer in 2014 with 20 goals.
The two clubs agreed the terms of the transfer at the weekend, with £25m cash up front and a further £3m in performance-related add-ons.
The deal makes Bony one of the most expensive African footballers in history.
Bony is on international duty with Ivory Coast at the Africa Cup of Nations and could potentially have to wait until mid-February before he can make his City debut.
"As a player it's always good to be part of one of the biggest clubs in the world and it's a good opportunity for me to be in that situation now - I'm really proud," Bony told Manchester City's website.
"I felt excited to wait for this moment and now it's come, it's fantastic.
"I think it's a great decision for me - Manchester City are in the Champions League. It's a motivation for me to give my maximum to be in that place."
City boss Manuel Pellegrini added: "He is an intelligent footballer who has skill and power. His goals record has been excellent since he came to England.
"He adapted very quickly to the game here and I think he will settle in at City quickly. We now have four top-class strikers and I am looking forward to seeing them work together."
Swansea earlier criticised the Ivory Coast Football Federation for claiming the deal had gone through before either club had announced it.
The Ivory Coast Football Federation said: "Bony has signed with Manchester City this Wednesday, 14 January."
But a Swansea spokesman said the Ivory Coast "have no right to comment".
Swansea later confirmed the deal in a statement that thanked Bony "for his superb service to the club".
Bony scored 25 goals in all competitions in his first season at the Welsh side and has scored nine goals so far this term.
The fee for Bony, who has also scored 11 goals in 32 games for the Ivory Coast, is almost double Swansea's previous record sale of Joe Allen to Liverpool in August 2012. | Manchester City have completed the signing of Swansea City striker Wilfried Bony in a deal that could be worth up to £28m. | 0.91753 | 1 |
Speaking amid tight security at the Vatican, the Pope said: "Let us not allow darkness and fear to distract us and control our hearts."
His message followed a condemnation on Friday of the Brussels terror attacks.
Islamist violence is expected to be a prominent theme of his traditional "Urbi et Orbi" Easter message.
Many pilgrims cancelled their planned trips to Rome in the wake of the violence in Brussels, but St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican was packed when Pope Francis celebrated mass on Saturday evening.
The Pontiff entered a darkened basilica with just a single candle guiding him. As he reached the altar, the basilica's floodlights came on to symbolise the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Delivering his homily, Francis said: "Today is the celebration of our hope. It is so necessary today."
The lengthy vigil service also included a papal baptism for 12 adults hailing from China, South Korea and other countries around the world.
On Sunday morning, Francis will preside over Easter Mass and offer his annual Easter blessing.
On Friday, he denounced the "terrorist acts committed by followers of some religions which profane the name of God and which use the holy name to justify their unprecedented violence".
Meanwhile, Vatican officials distributed sleeping bags to 100 homeless people.
The police presence in the streets around the Vatican has been stepped up this year, as more pilgrims than usual are expected after Francis declared a jubilee year for the Catholic Church, calling it a "Holy Year of Mercy". | Pope Francis preached an Easter message of hope after a grim week in Europe, calling on Christians not to let fear and pessimism "imprison" them. | 1.75514 | 2 |
The government has announced a new national formula for schools to address "inconsistent" funding levels.
The march started at Sandbach School on Crewe Road at 11:00 and ended at Sandbach Cobbles in the town centre.
Organiser Laura Smith said the march allowed Cheshire parents to show their anger at changes they claim will leave their children worse off.
The national funding formula proposals would reduce spending per pupil in Cheshire East to just under £4,200, which is among the lowest in the country.
In the London borough of Westminster schools will receive almost £6,000 per pupil.
The protest in Sandbach follows a similar demonstration staged in Nantwich last month.
One parent of a pupil at Vernon Primary School in Poynton said: "We're protesting against education funding cuts and the proposed national funding formula which is anything but fair."
Heva Simpson said it was "wonderful to see parents coming together to make sure our voice is heard".
In January MPs debated warnings that schools in England faced deep funding problems during which shadow education secretary Labour MP Angela Rayner accused the government of failing in its pledge to protect school spending.
Education Secretary Justine Greening said schools were already receiving record levels of funding.
She told MPs she accepted there were "cost pressures" but that schools had "significant scope for efficiencies".
The Department for Education has said the current system for distributing funds across the country is "unfair" and the new plans will see more than half of England's schools receive a cash boost.
The consultation for the proposals closes on 22 March.
Research by the Education Policy Institute suggests every state school in England will see budget cuts before 2020 even after the proposals are put in place. | Hundreds of parents have taken part in a protest march against what they claim are "unfair" school funding plans. | 1.818626 | 2 |
Tony Tyler called for drone regulations to be put in place before any serious accidents occur.
He said the threat posed by unmanned aerial vehicles is still evolving.
"I am as excited as you are about the prospect of having pizza delivered by a drone," he told a conference in Singapore.
"But we cannot allow [drones] to be a hindrance or safety threat to commercial aviation," said Mr Tyler, director-general of the International Air Transport Association.
"The issue is real. We have plenty of pilot reports of drones where they were not expected, particularly at low altitudes around airports," he added. "There is no denying that there is a real and growing threat to the safety of civilian aircraft [coming from drones].
"We need a sensible approach to regulation and a pragmatic method of enforcement for those who disregard rules and regulations and put others in danger."
Drones were recently involved in four serious near-misses at UK airports, the UK Air Proximity Board said in January.
The board, which investigates near-miss incidents in UK airspace, said a drone had come very close to colliding with a Boeing 737 that had taken off from Stansted airport.
IATA's primary concern is drones flying at low altitudes near airports that could threaten planes taking off or landing, Rob Eagles of Iata said.
Aviation regulators also want to make sure that the radio spectrum used to control the drones does not interfere with air traffic control systems, he said.
In December the US government set up a registration system for Americans who own drones.
Anyone who has a drone must register with the Federal Aviation Administration before the device takes its first flight.
Owners have until Friday to register their details or face being fined.
The move comes after several reported incidents of drones hindering emergency services' efforts in fighting fires and other dangers. | Drones flown by the general public are "a real and growing threat" to civilian aircraft, the head of aviation trade body Iata has warned. | 2.085036 | 2 |
Bielik, 17, who underwent his medical at Arsenal last week, signed for Legia from their Polish rivals Lech Poznan in July and has made six appearances in all competitions this season.
Arsenal say the deal "is subject to the completion of regulatory processes".
The Poland Under-17 international can play in both a holding midfield role and at centre-back.
He said: "I've decided to move to Arsenal and although I cannot be sure of what's to come in the future, I'm going to London to fulfil my dreams.
"I'm grateful to my team-mates and manager Henning Berg for trusting such a young player and giving me a chance to play for the first team. It's mostly thanks to him that I'm able to move to Arsenal."
Berg said: "Krystian is a very talented player, who is going to achieve big success in football in the future."
For each position, select whether you think Arsenal are sorted, or if a player is needed. | Arsenal have signed teenage midfielder Krystian Bielik from Legia Warsaw for a reported £2.4m. | 0.779869 | 1 |
Leslie Douthwaite, 38, from Widnes in Cheshire, died in hospital three days after being restrained outside Murphy's Roadhouse in Paignton on 29 April.
Police had been responding to reports of an altercation between two men and door staff.
Mr Douthwaite's wife, Marianne said he was an "exceptional father".
"Les was... a devoted husband, a loving son and a loyal brother.
"He was so special to all his family and friends... Les inspired and enthused all he knew with his irrepressible zest for life," Mrs Douthwaite said in a tribute.
Three men were arrested on suspicion of affray and have bailed pending further inquiries.
The matter has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission. | A man who died after becoming unconscious while being restrained outside a bar in Devon was a "larger than life gentleman" his wife has said. | 0.661716 | 1 |
The former Derry City player joined the Bannsiders in January but has endured a frustrating time with injuries in recent times.
The 32-year-old is planning to take a couple of weeks before deciding on his future.
"From the fans to the players, Oran (Kearney, manager), the coaching staff and the board, I can't speak highly enough about the club," said Higgins.
Boss Kearney thanked Higgins for his contribution during his time at the club.
"I'd like to thank Ruaidhri for all he did here at Coleraine and wish him well for the future in whatever he decides to do," he said. | Coleraine midfielder Ruaidhri Higgins has been released by the club. | 0.525502 | 1 |
Ten men, who are all serving long sentences for human rights abuses, asked for forgiveness during a special Christmas Mass held inside their jail.
But campaigners said if they were truly repentant, they would reveal where some of their victims were buried.
Some 3,000 Pinochet opponents were killed during the 1970s and 1980s.
The human rights campaigners said the event was a cynical, empty gesture, designed solely so the prisoners - among them a leading member of the DINA, the general's feared secret police - secure an early release from jail.
Some relatives chained themselves to pews at the Cathedral of Santiago to protest against the mass.
Protester Luis Andrade told the BBC: "They've committed crimes for which in other countries they would have given them the lethal injection or the electric chair. They murdered people.
"They shot them, they raped them, they tortured them. My aunt herself was tortured while she was pregnant. So what do they care about us? Did they care about us when they were torturing us?"
But Catholic priest Fernando Montes, who led the service at the top-security Punta Peuco prison on the outskirts of Santiago, said none of the men had asked to be released or to have their sentences reduced - they had simply asked for forgiveness.
He added: "Perhaps, from today, those people who have information about what happened can come forward with it, and in that way help bring about justice?"
Pinochet took control of Chile in a military coup in 1973, declaring himself president the next year.
He ordered many of the purges which saw thousands killed, and many more thousands tortured and driven into exile.
Pinochet stepped down as president in 1990, as commander-in-chief of the army in 1998 and died in 2006.
But the scars of his rule still remain and, four decades on, the bodies of some of the victims have still never been found, Gideon Long reports for BBC News. | Requests for forgiveness have sparked anger in Chile among relatives of people tortured and killed during Augusto Pinochet's 17-year rule. | 2.144357 | 2 |
Sun finally greeted the relay at the Urdd Eisteddfod in Bala, Gwynedd, after rain soaked baton bearers over the weekend in south Wales and Powys.
Thomas, the current 400m Commonwealth Games record holder, handed the baton on to a number of young people.
The baton now heads to Carmarthenshire, visiting Dylan Thomas's writing shed.
The relay is the curtain raiser to the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow which start on 23 July.
On Monday, the baton spent the day at the Urdd Eisteddfod, a touring Welsh language youth festival that attracts around 100,000 visitors each year.
The baton and its bearers - who were chosen for their contribution to their community, Welsh life or sport - were part of the eisteddfod opening ceremony.
They were then cheered and clapped around the Urdd's maes (field) by the watching crowd.
Thomas, who has Olympic, Commonwealth Games and European championship medals to his name, said he was proud and honoured to be a part of the relay.
"I was part of the Olympic Torch Relay and I think the Commonwealth Games this summer is going to be fantastic, and hopefully me being here today can help add a bit of excitement," he said,
BATON RELAY ROUTE IN WALES
•Day four: Laugharne, Carmarthen, Ammanford, Llanelli
•Day five: St David's, Machynlleth
•Day six: Llanberis, Beaumaris, Menai Strait, Caernarfon
•Day seven: Rhyl, Moel Famau, Ruthin, Llandegla
The baton is now heading back south where it will tour around Carmarthenshire on Tuesday.
The relay will start at Dylan Thomas's former writing shed at Laugharne as part of events taking place in 2014 to mark 100 years since the birth of the poet. It will also take in Carmarthen Leisure Centre, Ammanford Leisure Centre, Llanelli and Carmarthen.
The baton arrived at Cardiff Airport on Saturday morning and was greeted in the rain by crowds in Abertillery, Ebbw Vale, Tredegar and Merthyr Tydfil.
On Sunday it visited several places in Rhondda Cynon Taf, before heading to Llandrindod Wells in Powys in the evening.
The baton will travel 731 miles (1,176km) in Wales over seven days visiting sights including the summit of Snowdon.
The baton tradition started before the 1958 Cardiff Games and has taken place in some form before every Games since. | Former Olympic athlete Iwan Thomas was greeted by cheering crowds as he carried the Queen's baton at a youth festival during its third day in Wales. | 1.079722 | 1 |
The 15-year-old was held on suspicion of racially aggravated harassment at the FA Cup game between Carlisle United and Everton on 31 January.
Officers told him on Wednesday no further action would be taken.
Two men aged 18 and 19 remain on bail for the same alleged offence.
Everton won the fourth round tie 3-0. | A teenager arrested for allegedly making racist remarks at a football match will face no further action, Cumbria Police have said. | 0.205458 | 0 |
The actor is due to star in a fifth Indiana Jones film, which will be released in 2019.
Ford told the BBC: "I've always thought there was an opportunity to do another. But I didn't want to do it without Steven [Spielberg].
"And I didn't want to do it without a really good script. And happily we're working on both.
"Steven is developing a script now that I think we're going to be very happy with," he said of Spielberg, who is directing the film.
Spielberg directed the four previous Indiana Jones films, which were all produced by Star Wars creator George Lucas.
Ford first appeared as Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark, released in 1981.
He then starred in three subsequent films, most recently in 2008's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Ford was speaking to the BBC ahead of the DVD release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the film in which he reprised his role as Han Solo.
When asked whether Han Solo, who is killed in the film, could return in some form to future movies in the franchise, Ford replied: "Anything is possible in space.
"I wanted Han Solo to sacrifice himself for the good of the other characters to bring some gravitas to the story."
Speaking about his involvement in the film, Ford said: "I was very pleased to have the opportunity to work with the other characters, to work on a script that I had real confidence in, with actors that were a dream to work with, with a director that had a very sure and generous hand, and it was altogether a pleasure."
But Ford said he does not feel an emotional connection to the characters he plays.
"I hope I bring an emotional understanding of the characters and something the audience will recognise," he said.
"I want the audience to experience the character, not to feel that they know him but to be involved in seeing what happens to him."
Star Wars: The Force Awakens became the UK's biggest film of 2015 after just 16 days of release, with takings of £94.06m. | Harrison Ford has said he did not want to star in a new Indiana Jones film without director Steven Spielberg. | 1.114094 | 1 |
The six-year-old won four races at Group One level, including the King George VI Stakes at Ascot and the Coronation Cup at Epsom.
He was trained first by Luca Cumani and more recently by Roger Varian.
Varian said he was "very grateful to Postponed for proving such a willing and talented ally".
BBC racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght
As well as being amongst Flat racing's major talents, Postponed was also central to one of its most surprising controversies.
Soon after success in a thrilling King George in 2015, the horse was switched - for many, inexplicably - from trainer Luca Cumani by owner Sheikh Obaid al Maktoum.
Still ridden by jockey Andrea Atzeni, with whom the horse won all his major prizes, he continued to thrive with new trainer Roger Varian in the spring and summer of 2016, but had no more wins after York in August.
Varian has called him "magnificent" and there's no argument with that. | One of Flat racing's most successful horses, Postponed, has been retired after suffering a stress fracture to one of his legs. | 1.001093 | 1 |
The council's education and children scrutiny committee met on Monday to endorse the closure of Llangennech Infant and Llangennech Junior schools next year.
A new Welsh-medium community primary school would be built in their place.
Carmarthenshire council said the move would ensure "bilingualism is increased" in the area.
Campaigners argue the proposal is taking away parents' choice, as pupils at both schools are currently able to learn in English and Welsh.
A petition to the council said the move would have a "massive impact" on children in the community who seek an English-medium education.
The new Llangennech Community Primary School includes nursery provision and would be built on the existing sites of the current infant and junior schools.
The council's executive will discuss the proposals on 20 June and decide whether to publish a statutory notice. | Plans to close two Carmarthenshire schools and replace them with a Welsh-language school have been backed. | 1.214248 | 1 |
The foreign ministry said they had yet to receive a formal word from Tehran but if confirmed, the offer would be "unprecedented and positive".
Argentina blames Iran for the 18 July attack, which killed 85 people.
The Iranian government, which denies any involvement, has said it is ready to help solve the case.
Monday marks 17 years since the Israeli-Argentine Mutual Association (Amia) building was destroyed by a car bomb.
It was one of two attacks targeting Argentina's 200,000-strong Jewish community in the 1990s.
The 1992 bombing of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires that left 29 dead also remains unsolved.
Argentina has said it will publish a report into the attacks in the coming days.
Reacting to Iran's offer, the Argentine foreign ministry said it hoped to receive an official communication from its Iranian counterpart.
"But if confirmed this would be an unprecedented and positive overture from the authorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Amia case, " a ministry statement said.
The Iranian foreign ministry said at the weekend it was "ready for a constructive dialogue and to co-operate with the Argentine government to shed all possible light" on the Amia case.
A statement published by the state news agency, Irna, condemned the attack and sent its sympathies to the victims.
But it also said Argentine prosecutors had unfairly accused Iranian citizens.
Iran's current Defence Minister, Gen Ahmad Vahidi, is wanted by Argentina for allegedly masterminding the Amia bombing.
Since 2007, Interpol has had a red notice in place for Gen Vahidi, informing its 187 member countries that Argentina is seeking his arrest.
At the time of the attack, Gen Vahidi was the commander of a special unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guard known as the Quds Force. | Argentina has welcomed a reported offer from Iran to assist in the investigation of the 1994 bombing of a Jewish centre in Buenos Aires. | 1.465225 | 1 |
The move was prompted by "institutional abuse" at a mental health ward in Denbighshire's Glan Clwyd Hospital.
Betsi Cadwaladr health board's chairman said it has "new energy" and could be out of special measures next year.
The Welsh Government said positive progress has been made but more improvements are required.
Health secretary Vaughan Gething said: "It's clear that the health board still faces challenges and has a lot of work to do before it can come out of special measures.
"I have been impressed by the commitment shown and the positive attitude and efforts of staff to meet the challenges they face and deliver the improvements needed.
"I said last October that it would take some time for the health board to deliver the required improvements, but the signs of progress are encouraging."
The decision to place the health board in special measures saw its former chief executive stand down and a new management team put in place.
The board's chairman Peter Higson said he believed progress was being made.
"Special measures seems to have unlocked quite a lot of energy among staff. Staff really want to make the board work and want to see the improvements themselves," he said.
Priorities
Mr Higson said priorities for the board were tackling waiting times for patients and balancing the health board's books.
The board ended the financial year with a £20m overspend on its budget of £1.2bn.
"We did end the year with quite a significant number of people waiting longer than they should do, particularly in orthopaedics.
"We've got to tackle those, we've got to look at our underlying financial position." | The health board for north Wales has said it still needs to tackle waiting time issues and overspending, a year after being placed in special measures. | 1.126149 | 1 |
The former Wales defender, 41, told BBC Wales Sport that financial problems at the club means he could no longer continue in his position.
"Over the last two or three months I've had to compromise myself because of the financial situation and it's made me unhappy," he said.
Coleman joined the second tier club on a one-year deal in May and will leave them in fourth position in the league.
He applied for the Wales manager's job in 2010 and is likely to be one of those considered for the post as Gary Speed's successor, but he stressed the timing of his departure from Larissa was "purely coincidental".
"My decision to break my contract here has nothing to do with Wales at the moment," he said.
"Of course I'll be linked with [the Wales job]. Even if I was to stay with Larissa I would have been linked with it anyway."
Coleman's final game in charge was a 1-0 home win on Sunday, which kept Larissa two points adrift of the top spot.
But he said the lack of funds at the club, a result of the financial crisis in Greece, hindered him from working as he wished.
"The president has had to cut the budget by almost half so a lot of our players and staff haven't been paid for months and months and months," he said.
"It's not a situation I want to be involved in if I'm honest with you.
"But I'm leaving I think with a bit of dignity. I had a fantastic ovation from the supporters yesterday [Sunday] in our home game, which we won 1-0. They understand my reasons."
Coleman's first managerial experience abroad also ended acrimoniously when he resigned from Real Sociedad after less than six months in charge.
But he says the latest set-back to his career will not deter him from working abroad again.
"The experience is great, so are the different cultures," he said. "As a coach you're asked different questions tactically because things are done differently.
"So you learn a lot and you have to learn quickly. I've enjoyed the experience here [in Greece] definitely."
Former Wales captain Coleman started his managerial career at Fulham in 2003 before moving to Real Sociedad in 2007.
His last job before going to Greece was at Coventry City, where he was sacked in May 2010 after the Sky Blues came close to relegation during his two seasons in charge. | Chris Coleman has resigned as manager of Greek side Larissa this week. | 0.976586 | 1 |
Three UN agencies warned that a famine could develop in southern Unity State, where fighting has prevented deliveries of humanitarian aid.
Two years of civil war have left nearly 4m people - particularly young children - facing severe hunger, the UN said.
Both the government and rebel forces have accused each other of breaching a peace agreement signed in August.
The conflict has left a third of the country's population is in crisis, up 80% since last year, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), children's agency Unicef and the World Food Programme (WFP) said in a joint statement.
"People are on the edge of a catastrophe that can be prevented," said WFP chief Joyce Luma.
Fighting has disrupted harvests, food and fuel prices have risen and some displaced families are being forced to survive on a single daily meal of fish and water lilies.
An official famine has not yet been declared, but almost a million people are described as living in a "catastrophic" situation, the highest level of food emergency under the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), which classifies hunger on a scale of one to five.
Under the IPC, a famine is declared when 20% of the population are deemed to be in a catastrophic situation.
Families have been "extraordinary" in trying to sustain their children but have now exhausted all their coping mechanisms, said Jonathan Veitch, head of Unicef in South Sudan.
"Agencies can support, but only if we have unrestricted access. If we do not, many children may die," Mr Veitch said.
The civil war began in December 2013, when President Salva Kiir accused his former deputy Riek Machar of planning a coup, setting off a cycle of retaliatory killings that has split the country along ethnic lines.
Both sides are accused of perpetrating ethnic massacres, recruiting and killing children and carrying out widespread rape, torture and forced displacement of populations to force out their opponents. | At least 30,000 people are facing starvation in South Sudan, the UN has said. | 2.400356 | 2 |
Mr Immelt will leave on 31 December and will be replaced by John Flannery.
In keeping with the company's tradition, Mr Flannery has been promoted from within GE where he was most recently in charge of healthcare.
Speculation about Mr Immelt's future had grown recently following reports of a clash with a major investor.
Trian Fund Management had raised concerns with GE about the company missing financial targets over a number of quarters.
GE has agreed to cut $2bn worth of costs and to align executive bonuses with cuts and profit goals.
Documents filed earlier this year showed that Mr Immelt's remuneration had fallen as a result of missing targets.
He was paid a total $27.5m for 2015, down 35% from the previous year's total of $32.9m.
Mr Flannery, 55, who described Mr Immelt as "one of the greatest business leaders of our time", has been with GE since 1987 and has worked all over the world including India and Argentina.
GE said the leadership announcements were the result of a succession plan that has been run by the GE board of directors since 2011.
In addition, chief financial officer Jeff Bornstein has been promoted to vice chairman of GE. | General Electric (GE) has announced that Jeff Immelt will retire from the US industrial giant after 16 years as chairman and chief executive. | 0.641382 | 1 |
Three men were hurt in the "targeted attack" in Cardowan, near Glasgow, when vehicles were set alight and a village street left resembling a "war zone".
Detectives now believe an incident an hour earlier, in which men in two other vehicles tried to block in a Ford Transit van, could be connected.
The van was later stolen and used in Sunday's Cardowan attack.
Det Insp David Reilly said: "What we know now is that around 12:30 on Sunday 5 June 2016, a 46-year-old man was driving his silver Transit van on Cumbernauld Road, Riddrie, when two cars, a blue BMW X6 4x4 and a white saloon car, each with three male occupants, tried to block him in.
"He managed to turn his vehicle around and speed off north along Cumbernauld Road over the motorway and towards Gartloch Road in Ruchazie where he lost the two other cars who had been pursuing him."
The van was later stolen from a street in Ruchazie.
The 46-year-old was one of the three men later attacked in Cardowan when his van was used to ram another Ford Transit van before its occupants were assaulted.
Det Inp Reilly added: "I am pretty sure, especially at this time of day and the fact that the van, which had ladders on the roof, crossed over on to the wrong side of Cumbernauld Road to get away, that someone would have either have had to swerve to avoid the van or would have at least seen the incident happen.
"If you did, then please contact police.
"The BMW and its owner have since been traced and inquiries are continuing in that regard, however, we still need information about the white saloon car." | Police have said an attack on three men in North Lanarkshire may be linked to an earlier road rage incident. | 1.02011 | 1 |
More than 80 officers from HM Revenue & Customs searched three homes and five businesses in Manchester, Merseyside Cheshire and London.
Cash, computers and documents were seized during Thursday's operation.
Those arrested are suspected of laundering money using offshore accounts and companies.
They have been released on bail.
Andrew Sackey, deputy director of HMRC's fraud investigation service, said: "We will act against those suspected of hiding money offshore.
"Businesses committing tax fraud steal from the public purse and have an unfair advantage over honest competitors." | Six people have been arrested in connection with a suspected £15m tax fraud involving restaurants and wholesalers around England. | 0.758217 | 1 |
The incident happened at about 22:45 on Monday on the A713 Castle Douglas to Ayr road just north of Parton.
A Daf lorry, part of a convoy heading to the Brockloch wind farm at Carsphairn, left the roadway.
Police have now said the route could be closed until Friday to allow for the recovery of the vehicle. | A road in southern Scotland looks set to be shut for days after an accident involving a lorry towing part of a wind turbine. | 0.191398 | 0 |
Dating from the 1980s, the 150 fighting turtles, still in their original packaging, caused "turtle mania", said auctioneer Tim Weeks.
They were put up for sale at Wessex Auction Rooms in Wiltshire by a former toy shop owner from County Mayo.
The humanoid fighting turtles caused a worldwide sensation when they were adapted for television in 1987.
Named after the Renaissance painters Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphael, the series coined the word "cowabunga" and sparked a fad for terrapins as pets.
When the craze took-off in the late 1980s, Mr Weeks said the shop owner had managed to get some of the "very first" heroes direct from the US.
"He was the only person to get the original run of these turtle figures in the whole country and he said he made an absolute killing through them," the auctioneer said.
"However, after a couple of months, the big chains in Ireland started to sell them and he put his remaining stock up in the attic."
With lots including "Muckman" - described as being scarcer as "no mums or dads bought it in the 80s" - Mr Weeks said the auction room had been "filled with turtle fans".
"It's been absolutely fantastic, they've all sold and at prices I didn't think were possible," he said.
"Having them in their original packaging does help, but even if they're loose you can still get good money for them."
The turtles had been expected to fetch about £4,000, but the lots eventually sold for a total of £5,200 at the auction house near Chippenham. | A collection of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that lay in an attic for 35 years has sold for more than £5,000. | 2.120569 | 2 |
Mirza Himayat Baig, who belonged to a banned militant group, will now serve a life sentence for possessing explosives.
The high court in Mumbai (Bombay) cleared him of all other charges.
The blast targeted the bakery when it was full of tourists and students, killing 17 people and wounding 64.
Five foreigners were among the dead.
Baig had appealed against the death sentence, delivered by a trial court in Pune in April 2013.
On Thursday, the Bombay High Court cleared him of more serious charges of murder and conspiracy.
The defence had maintained that he was not in Pune when the explosion happened on 13 February 2010.
He was arrested the following September after investigators found a cache of explosives at his home in Latur in Maharashtra.
The prosecution had said the blast was planned at a meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where Baig, a resident of Maharashtra state, was given bomb-making training.
The German Bakery is located near the Osho Ashram, a mystic centre popular with visitors to Pune.
Reports said an unattended package exploded when a waiter in the restaurant attempted to open it.
The bombing was the first major strike of its kind in India since the deadly Mumbai attacks of 2008. | An Indian court has set aside the death penalty for a man found guilty of plotting a blast at a German bakery in the western city of Pune in 2010. | 1.558674 | 2 |
A total of 44,826 units were sold, an increase of just over 2.5% on the same period last year.
The UK as a whole saw the number of cars sold rise by 6% to 492,774, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
March is typically a strong month for car registrations, as it is when new number plates are released.
Scottish Motor Trade Association chief executive Douglas Robertson said: "We are very pleased to see another record month for Scottish new car registrations.
"Though the increase is small, it is close to what we expected.
"Whilst fleet and business sales have increased over the last 12 months, the Scottish market remains consumer-driven and we have little doubt that the availability of PCPs and other finance options continues to drive the market."
Top Scottish sellers in March
1. Vauxhall Corsa 3,095
2 Ford Fiesta 2,471
3. Ford Focus 1,294
5. Renault Clio 1,240
5. Vauxhall Mokka 1,179
Source: SMMT
The biggest-selling car last month was the Vauxhall Corsa, followed by the Ford Fiesta and Ford Focus.
Commenting on the figures, Euan Murray of Barclays Corporate Banking said: "The UK and Scottish motor trade's winning streak continued last month in record style, with new car sales lifted by March's all-important plate change and strong demand for fleet vehicles.
"The question on everyone's mind is how long this phenomenal run can continue and whether April will be able to drive home another record month." | Scotland's motor trade has reported another record month for new car registrations. | 1.068943 | 1 |
Anti-fracking protestors set up camp at Upton, near Chester, in April 2014 to prevent testing by energy company IGas.
The protestors were evicted last week after they were served with a court order to leave in November.
The zoo has said the site may be home to great crested newts, whose habitats are protected by European law.
Energy firm IGas said it was "fully aware" of its responsibility to protect wildlife.
A Chester Zoo spokesman said: "We have made representations to IGas, Cheshire West and Chester Council and Natural England with regard to safeguarding the great crested newt.
"It is a European Protected Species which we believe may be present on the land on Duttons Lane, Upton.
"We have also written to IGas to request assurances that there will be no adverse impact on the boreholes used for some of Chester Zoo's water supplies."
Nine people were arrested during the operation to remove the group of anti-fracking protesters from the proposed test drilling site. | Chester Zoo has called for reassurances that a species of newt will be protected if test drilling for gas takes place in their habitat. | 2.275583 | 2 |
Palmer, 21, has featured in all four of Burton's matches so far this season and has made a total of 110 appearances for the Championship club.
"He's certainly a big part of our plans," boss Nigel Clough told BBC Radio Derby.
"He was one of those we thought might actually find it better in the Championship with better players around him and a bit more time on the ball."
Palmer, who made his first-team debut for Burton in 2012, was not a first-team regular last season and spent part of the second half of the campaign on loan at Oldham.
"It's been a big turnaround for him. He's only young as well - he's 21 and there's plenty of time," Clough added.
"He's probably our most comfortable player on the ball. He gets moves started up and can play anywhere in midfield.
"He has to be better on the defensive side, but he did some work in the gym in the summer and we've seen the (physical) difference." | Burton Albion midfielder Matty Palmer has signed a new two-year contract. | 0.888772 | 1 |
The 114,500-tonne ship ran aground on rocks off the Italian island of Giglio on 13 January, with more than 4,200 people on board.
The number of people known to have died in the disaster stands at 17, with another 15 still unaccounted for.
Bad weather has already delayed searches and fuel pumping operations.
Dutch salvage company Smit had begun to remove the more than 2,300 tonnes of fuel on Friday, but says it now hopes to begin work next week, amid fears the fuel could leak and damage the vulnerable coastline.
Franco Gabrielli, head of Italy's civil protection agency, said the first goal of the recovery mission had been to find survivors.
"Now we have a single, big goal, and that is that this does not translate into an environmental disaster."
He said it would take up to two months for salvage companies to respond to a call for tenders from the ship's owners, Costa Corciere.
"Taking into account the constraints that weather and sea conditions may impose, it will take seven to 10 months to remove the wreck," he told the Ansa news agency.
"We already knew that this was a very long, drawn out case but I think it's important that everyone is very aware that it will have a very significant timeframe."
Experts monitoring the ship's stability on the rocks said it had shifted 3.5cm overnight on Sunday because of high winds and waves.
That forced divers to suspend their searches of the ship on Sunday morning amid safety concerns.
But Mr Gabrielli said searches for the missing passengers and crew would resume quickly, citing "the moral imperative to return the bodies to their families", AFP news agency reports.
The captain of the Costa Concordia, Francesco Schettino, is under house arrest in his home town of Meta di Sorrento, near Naples, while his actions are investigated.
He is accused of multiple manslaughter, causing a shipwreck, and abandoning ship before all passengers were evacuated. He denies the allegations. | The operation to recover the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia could take up to 10 months, Italy's top rescue official has said. | 1.735929 | 2 |
The show was part of an economic event, "Make in India", designed to encourage foreign investment.
Video from the scene, in an enclosure on Chowpatty Beach, showed the fire blazing under a stage as dancers up above continued their act.
VIPs including the state chief minister had to wave at them to stop.
Reports say the blaze, caused by a short circuit, was brought under control and no-one was hurt. | Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan were among those who had to be evacuated when a big fire broke out at a lavish cultural show in Mumbai. | 0.658002 | 1 |
Neighbours attempted to save 29-year-old Samantha Thomas from the blaze on Shakespeare Road, Cwmbran, on 19 May.
She and fiance David Fields were sleeping in the lounge when they were woken by the bang and he managed to escape.
Senior coroner for Gwent David Bowen concluded her death was accidental. | A woman died in a flat fire after a fridge freezer in the lounge exploded and was turned into a "Bunsen burner", an inquest heard. | 0.066273 | 0 |
The workers - who deliver and collect cash from post office branches - will walk out on 23 December, Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve and 2 January, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said.
The action follows a one-day stoppage last week.
The Post Office said that all branches will remain open despite the strikes.
The CWU warned it also planned to ballot staff working in Crown Post Offices for industrial action next month.
The dispute centres on the 1,500 employees working in the Post Office's admin and supply chain, who the CWU says have been threatened with 28% job losses.
"We will continue with our plans for further industrial action until the Post Office removes the very real threat of compulsory redundancies from negotiations.
"There are no circumstances under which we would accept compulsory redundancies of workers in the Admin and Supply Chain," said CWU Deputy General Secretary Dave Ward.
In response, Keith Rann, the Post Office's head of supply chain, said the plan for further strike action was "irresponsible and misguided".
"We must make changes to reduce our reliance on public money and sustain our business, and we cannot meet their unrealistic demands for the taxpayer to pay for the continuous employment of people who we cannot find a role for within our business," he added.
The Post Office said it is offering the supply team and the administration team a "fair and affordable pay offer" of a 6% increase over three years. | A group of Post Office staff plan a series of strikes over Christmas in a dispute over pay and jobs. | 1.064174 | 1 |
Once complete, Atlantic Shed will provide an extra 7,200 sq m (668,000 sq ft) metres of storage for the port, mainly for the steel industry.
Associated British Ports said the investment meant the site would be able to meet the increasing demands of its customers.
It said the development would support the future growth of the port. | Work has started on a £2.7m project to redevelop part of the Port of Newport to increase cargo volumes. | 1.058435 | 1 |
We already know Bridesmaids director Paul Feig is rebooting the franchise, with Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy leading a female-fronted cast.
But the director of the original movie has suggested it will only be the start of a whole new franchise.
Ivan Reitman has told Deadline.com that he wants to "expand the Ghostbusters universe".
According to him, that will include "different films, TV shows, merchandise... all things that are part of modern filmed entertainment".
Nothing is confirmed but Channing Tatum is one of the names rumoured to be up for a role.
Paul Feig's Ghostbusters reboot is due out in 2016 with Saturday Night Live's Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon joining Wiig and McCarthy.
Now, Sony Pictures, along with Reitman and original star Dan Aykroyd, are thought to be setting up a Ghost Corps production company which would oversee the output.
Reitman suggests that the Russo Brothers, who directed Captain America: The Winter Soldier, would direct what would then be a fourth Ghostbusters film.
The writer would be Drew Pearce, who wrote Iron Man 3 and Mission Impossible 5.
Quoted by film website Deadline, Reitman said: "Paul Feig's film will be the first version of that. He's got four of the funniest women in the world, and there will be other surprises to come.
"Drew (Pearce) will start writing and the hope is to be ready for the Russo Brothers' next window next summer to shoot, with the movie coming out the following year. It's just the beginning of what I hope will be a lot of wonderful movies."
If Ghostbusters does go down that route, then it would be similar to the way Marvel has set out a whole schedule of interconnecting films.
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | You wait more than 15 years for a new Ghostbusters film, and then two come along at the same time. | 1.173966 | 1 |
The 29-year-old, who joined from Luton Town in June 2015, has signed a new two-year deal, having made 35 appearances this season.
He told the club website: "I wasn't interested in leaving to go anywhere else. I love the club.
"It's just a great place to be. I'm hoping we don't fight relegation like the last two seasons and have a good go at this (next) season."
Meanwhile, Shrewsbury manager Paul Hurst believes former Middlesbrough defender Bryn Morris has a bright future in the game.
The 21-year-old, who signed a short-term contract in January, has been offered a new deal by the club.
Hurst said: "He found it hard initially but he know what that's all about now. At the age he is at I feel he is one we can progress further and he can get better.
"I believe he can go on and have a good career. Whether that is here or not, I guess we will find out." | Shrewsbury Town have extended the contract of midfielder Shaun Whalley. | 0.707875 | 1 |
2 February 2017 Last updated at 13:04 GMT
The accusation, made at FMQs, followed confirmation of a budget deal between the SNP-led Holyrood administration and the Scottish Greens.
It is likely to include a £6 a week rise for the top 10% income rate payers in Scotland.
Ms Davidson believed Ms Sturgeon needed to start listening to the country's business leaders whom she said were warning that higher taxes were not the way to economic prosperity. | Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has told First Minister Nicola Sturgeon that she is about to make Scotland the highest taxed part of the UK. | 0.850816 | 1 |
Some 42 captives were freed on Monday morning, following mediation by the Assyrian Church, activists said.
One Assyrian group said IS had demanded an $18m (£13m) ransom.
Children, women and elderly people were among those seized when IS militants raided 12 villages along the Khabur river, near Tal Tamr, last February.
The assault prompted thousands of other Assyrians to flee their homes. Those abducted have been released in groups over the past 12 months.
The Sweden-based Assyrian Human Rights Network and the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 42 captives, mostly women and children, were freed on Monday, while the Assyrian Federation of Sweden put the total at 43.
Younan Talia of the Assyrian Democratic Organisation told the Associated Press that IS had demanded a ransom of $18m for them, but that the figure was later lowered following negotiations.
An unnamed Syrian Christian figure separately told AP: "We paid large amounts of money, millions of dollars, but not $18m. We paid less than half the amount."
The fate of five Assyrians who went missing last year was still unknown, he added.
IS has a history of targeting religious minorities, and it has told Christians living in territory under its control to either convert to Islam, pay a special tax, or face death.
It is estimated that up to 40,000 Assyrians lived in Syria, alongside about 1.2 million members of other Christian denominations, before 2011, when the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began. | Islamic State (IS) militants have released the last of more than 200 Assyrian Christians they kidnapped in north-eastern Syria a year ago. | 1.838586 | 2 |
Fire crews called to the scene had to remove the roof of the woman's car to free her.
The incident happened at 14:00 on the A6105 just outside Duns.
The woman, who has not been named, also suffered injuries to her arms and legs. | A woman has been taken to hospital with suspected spinal injuries following a one-vehicle crash in the Borders. | 0.172529 | 0 |
WalesVote16.com asks users questions and ranks the parties by how closely their policies match the answers.
Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre created it in the run up to the 5 May vote.
Prof Roger Scully, of the centre, said it would be a "fun way" for people to see where they stood.
He said it was "strictly an academic project" and "not affiliated with any political party or movement".
Prof Scully told BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning programme: "We're absolutely not telling people how to vote, that's not our job.
"But we are trying to help people maybe see how they stand in relation to the parties overall." | An online app which matches voters with the political party closest to their views has been launched ahead of the assembly elections. | 1.631234 | 2 |
Lyndsey Shipstone left her husband, Yasser Alromisse, to start a new life with their seven-year-old daughter, Mary, in Northiam, East Sussex.
But he tracked them down to their safe house last year and shot Mary twice in the head before taking his own life.
Ms Shipstone said more should be done to protect victims of domestic abuse.
She told BBC South East Today she had not known of her husband's history before the tragic events of 11 September last year.
"I would have liked to have known that he had been previously abusive to other partners... I like to think if he had been stopped sooner things might have been different," she said.
The results of a serious case review into the events surrounding the fatal shooting of Mary are expected to be released at the end of the year.
It is being carried out by East Sussex Local Safeguarding Children Board to find out whether mistakes were made, and what lessons can be learned.
Ms Shipstone said it was not clear how her estranged husband had found out where she and Mary were living.
They had been moved to Northiam for their own safety after she had been the victim of domestic violence at the hands of Alromisse.
"Information about us wasn't joined up and left us vulnerable," she said.
Ms Shipstone said she would like to see the authorities change their approach to the crime, and to give greater protection to victims.
"We still have this mentality that if you relocate a victim, then everything's going to be fine, and that's not true.
"Actually you're more at risk when you leave a perpetrator then actually when you're living with them.
"So we were always at risk from him - it was just trying to get other people to see that."
Ms Shipstone, who is expecting a baby in November with her fiance, Jason, said she was still taking one day at a time as the first anniversary of Mary's death approached.
"She'll live in my heart until the day I die, and even though the pain of losing her every day is unbearable, I still feel incredibly close to her.
"I love to remember her every day. So that keeps me going," she said. | The mother of a girl shot dead by her father says she would not have had a relationship with him if she had known he had a history of domestic violence. | 1.24861 | 1 |
Residents were evacuated from surrounding buildings after the vehicle crashed into the mid-terrace shop on Station Road, Harrow at 03:30 BST.
Police said they had searched local hospitals to find the driver and a passenger who are believed to have fled the scene.
The shop and car were destroyed in the blaze but nobody was reported injured.
Eight fire engines and 58 firefighters took nearly three hours to put out the blaze, which also damaged offices on the first floor of the building.
Station Road has been closed for police to investigate the crash. No arrests have yet been made. | Police are searching for the driver of a car that smashed into a shop and burst into flames in north-west London. | 0.591449 | 1 |
Click on the links below for Saturday's Scottish match reports.
Scottish Championship
Alloa Athletic 0-1 St Mirren
Falkirk 1-2 Livingston
Greenock Morton 0-1 Raith Rovers
Rangers 4-3 Queen of the South
Scottish League One
Airdrieonians 1-1 Albion Rovers
Ayr United 2-1 Stranraer
Dunfermline Athletic 3-1 Brechin City
Peterhead 0-1 Cowdenbeath
Stenhousemuir 2-1 Forfar Athletic
Scottish League Two
Berwick Rangers 2-0 Elgin City
Clyde 1-2 Arbroath
East Fife 1-1 Queen's Park
Montrose 0-5 Annan Athletic
Stirling Albion 3-0 East Stirlingshire | Rangers have moved to within two wins of winning the Scottish Championship title while Dunfermline have secured promotion by winning League One. | 0.738972 | 1 |
Denise Pikka Thiem disappeared while walking along the route in northern Spain in April.
A police search resumed in Leon province on Thursday, and a body was found a day later.
Police told Reuters that a 39-year-old Spanish man, who lives near where the body was discovered, has been arrested.
Ms Thiem, who was 40 when she disappeared and would have turned 41 in August, last sent a message to a friend on 4 April.
She said she was near the town of Astorga, some 250km (155 miles) from the end of the trail in Santiago de Compostela.
Earlier this week, Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy wrote to her parents in Phoenix, Arizona, saying he "understands the pain of a family that does not know where their daughter is".
The route is very popular with pilgrims, with at least 215,880 reaching Santiago, city officials say (in Spanish). | Police in Spain say they have found the body of an American woman who went missing on the Camino de Santiago pilgrim trail. | 1.517191 | 2 |
About 40 Texel hogs with either a red or orange shoulder and white faces were taken from the land at Awhirk near Stranraer.
The sheep - estimated to be worth £3,000 - are thought to have been taken between 30 September and 25 October.
PC Elinor Sneddon asked for anyone with information about the incident to contact police.
"We want to hear from anyone who may have seen anything suspicious in the area around the B7042 road between Portpatrick and Sandhead over this period, or indeed any other rural location in the Stranraer area," she said.
"A vehicle must have been used and we are keen to hear about any suspicious vehicle movements over this time." | Dozens of sheep worth thousands of pounds in total have been stolen from fields on a farm in southern Scotland. | 1.138669 | 1 |
A UN panel will now try to determine if the Syrian government was responsible, as the US has alleged.
The attack on Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province was the most deadly in Syria in more than three years.
It prompted a retaliatory US missile strike against a Syrian air base.
The fact-finding mission for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which is based in The Hague, concluded that, after interviewing witnesses and examining samples, "a large number of people, some of whom died, were exposed to Sarin or a Sarin-like substance".
"It is the conclusion of the FFM (fact-finding mission) that such a release can only be determined as the use of Sarin, as a chemical weapon," a summary said.
The new report has been circulated among OPCW members but has not been made public.
A joint UN and OPCW investigation will now investigate who was to blame for the attack.
US President Donald Trump ordered a cruise missile strike on Shayrat air base after US officials concluded that the facility was where a Syrian Air Force jet had been armed with a Sarin-filled bomb.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has previously said that the incident was fabricated. | A fact-finding mission by chemical weapons watchdog the OPCW has concluded that the banned nerve agent Sarin was used in an attack in northern Syria in April that killed dozens of people. | 1.980144 | 2 |
Owner Outail Touzar was not present, and BBC Wiltshire understands the petition was lodged by LED Synergy.
LED Synergy are creditors and owner Jeremy Harewood is part of a consortium bidding to take control of the club.
The two parties had been at the High Court on 4 September regarding the ownership, but the case was adjourned.
"This is a group of business people who have tried everything in their power to regain control of the football club," consortium head Paul Smith told BBC Wiltshire.
"We didn't feel we were going anywhere, there was enormous pressure from certain creditors, companies that were threatening to wind the club up.
"We took the decision collectively in co-operating with a number of creditors to take action and take it to the High Court. We feel it was in the best interests of the football club."
It has been a difficult four months for Salisbury since Touzar and Mark Winter took ownership, as the latter went on to take legal action to overturn the Moroccan's 98% stake ownership.
On the field the club has been thrown out of the Football Conference and are currently without membership of any division. | Salisbury City has been placed in administration at the High Court after an application through creditors was granted by Mr Justice Birss. | 0.853015 | 1 |
Permanent Secretary Sir Derek Jones has held the job since October 2012.
He emailed staff to say he would leave after ensuring that "a new first minister and cabinet hit the ground running".
The Welsh Government said arrangements for the appointment of a successor would be finalised "in due course".
In the email, Sir Derek said: "Although we'll continue to be busy, I hope the next few weeks will give us all the opportunity to find time for a bit of reflection on the huge amount that's been achieved and what we can do to prepare for the all-consuming early months of the new Assembly term."
He added: "But, before that begins, I wanted to let you know about my own personal plans, which are to step down from the role of Permanent Secretary at the end of the year.
"By that time we will have helped a new First Minister and Cabinet to hit the ground running and the new Programme for Government will be well under way.
"There will also be sufficient time for a competition to appoint my successor.
"You will hear more from me about all this in the coming months." | The head of the Welsh civil service has announced he will stand down from the role at the end of the year. | 0.699419 | 1 |
Nearly every bollard in Callander has been given a woolly makeover to mark the town's Winter Fest.
The most popular covers have been knitted in the style of Olaf the snowman, from Disney movie favourite Frozen.
They were created by women from the town's Meet and Make and Creative in Callander groups.
Among them was 52-year-old Deborah O'Hara.
She said the women, known as "yarn-bombers", had first knitted bollard covers as part of the town's Summer Fest and they had proven extremely popular.
"People just love them. Visitors to the town have been stopping to get photographs of them," she said.
"I have been watching them from the shop where I work. It's very funny to see people's faces.
"There has of course been the odd joke and innuendo about them, but mostly people just love them."
Visitors will be able to admire the covers from Thursday until Tuesday next week. | The appearance of woolly bollards in a Trossachs town has proved a major hit with visitors. | 1.132483 | 1 |
The latest world rankings published on Tuesday saw Northern Ireland move up to 10th and inside the necessary top-12 position for Gold Coast qualification.
Victory in the recent Quad Series in Lisburn against Barbados, Singapore and the Republic of Ireland helped ensure Northern Ireland's qualification.
Scotland also squeezed in as 12th qualifiers as Trinidad missed out.
Qualification confirmation came as a great relief to the Northern Ireland players with captain Caroline O'Hanlon admitting they had had an "incredibly nervous wait".
"There was great euphoria after beating Barbados in the Quad Series final and at least we knew we'd done all we could by winning that tournament but nobody was counting chickens," said the Armagh woman.
"We weren't just sure how the maths would work out when everything was factored in so hearing we've made it is a massive relief and breaking into the top 10 is the icing on the cake.
"The Commonwealths are the pinnacle for any netballer and after such a memorable experience at Glasgow 2014 we're delighted to be heading to Gold Coast next April." | Northern Ireland's netball team have qualified for next year's Commonwealth Games in Australia. | 0.882342 | 1 |
Seven people were killed when a tram derailed in south London on Wednesday, 9 November with 51 taken to hospital, eight of who were said to be suffering "serious or life-threatening" injuries.
Pardew said some of the victims' families would be at Palace's home game against Manchester City on Saturday.
"The terrible events in Croydon had a massive impact on us," he added.
Some Palace supporters were among those who lost their lives and Pardew said the club had contributed to a fund to help the victims of the incident and their families.
"We as a club made a contribution to the fund, of course," the 55-year-old said.
"We also lost a fan to a train accident a couple of weeks before. Just awful. As a club we have to show we are with them and do all we can."
The family of 19-year-old Dane Chinnery, who died in the crash, have asked Palace fans at the game against Manchester City on Saturday to join them in a minute's applause.
The club have also announced they will be holding a minute's silence prior to the game.
Pardew said: "It is such a difficult thing. How can we get across the emotion they are feeling, it is such a personal thing.
"We as a club are fully behind them and want to help them as best we can. We have an important role to help the fans." | Crystal Palace will support those affected by the Croydon tram crash "in any way we can", says boss Alan Pardew. | 0.980533 | 1 |
Ciaran Williamson was playing in Glasgow's Craigton Cemetery when the stone fell on him on 26 May 2015.
A preliminary hearing was told there were recorded interviews with the children who were with Ciaran.
Transcripts of these will be presented to the inquiry, which is due to start at Glasgow Sheriff Court in November.
A final preliminary hearing was set for next month before the inquiry is due to start. | Friends of an eight-year-old boy who was killed by a falling gravestone will not have to come to court to give evidence at a fatal accident inquiry. | 0.277258 | 0 |
Leslie Sedibe, former South African Football Association chief executive, has been banned from football-related activities for five years.
He has also been fined Swiss Francs 20,000 (£14,100).
Two former Safa referees' chiefs, Steve Goddard and Adeel Carelse, have each received two-year bans.
The sanctions relate to the proceedings against Lindile Kika, who last October was banned from all football-related activity for six years. Kika denied being involved in match-fixing.
Fifa found the officials guilty of infringements of its code of ethics relating to general rules of conduct, loyalty and duty of disclosure.
All bans come into force immediately.
The South African FA said it welcomed the sanctions.
"We are glad this matter has ultimately reached this stage since Safa reported the matter to Fifa almost four years ago," said Poobalan Govindasamy, chairman of the Safa ethics committee.
"It had dragged on too long for our liking and was starting to have an impact on us as an association and our valued stakeholders.
"At Safa we have a zero-tolerance policy for any corrupt activity which impacts negatively on this beautiful game and for that reason we welcome strong measures against any individual who is found guilty of such offenses." | Three South African football officials have been banned by Fifa following an investigation into international friendlies prior to the 2010 World Cup. | 1.270879 | 1 |
The coffin of Lt Alexander Prokhorenko was draped in a Russian flag and had a solemn military escort when it arrived back in Moscow.
Hundreds attended the funeral in Gorodki, central Russia. His old school and a street are being named after him.
He died during fighting near Palmyra.
Prokhorenko did not surrender to IS militants who had surrounded him, the Russian military says. Instead, he called in Russian aircraft to bomb the militants - and he died too, on 17 March.
Friday was a day of mourning in Russia's central Orenburg region in his honour, with flags lowered on public buildings. A street in the city of Orenburg will bear his name.
He was posthumously awarded the Hero of Russia medal by President Vladimir Putin.
Russia has made the world-renowned ancient site of Palmyra a symbol of its campaign in Syria.
IS jihadists smashed many precious sculptures there before Syrian government troops, backed by Russian air power, pushed them out on 27 March.
IS claimed that it killed five Russian troops near Palmyra - but the Russian military did not confirm that figure. Russia has said little about its ground operations in Syria, instead giving much coverage to its air strikes.
The famous Russian conductor Valery Gergiev staged a televised classical concert in Palmyra's Roman amphitheatre on Thursday. | A Russian special forces officer killed in Syria after calling in an air strike against so-called Islamic State (IS) militants has been buried as a national hero in his home village. | 2.054628 | 2 |
The marathon runner crossed the line in second place with his arms above his head in solidarity with Oromo activists who are staging protests in Ethiopia.
He repeated the gesture later at a press conference, saying his life would be in danger if he returned home.
The government has been accused of brutally cracking down on protesters.
The country's Information Minister Getachew Reda told the BBC at the time that he had nothing to fear and would be welcomed home as a hero.
But speaking after the race, Mr Feyisa said he might be killed if he returned.
"If not kill me, they will put me in prison. I have not decided yet, but maybe I will move to another country."
His family later said that he wanted to seek asylum in the US.
A funding campaign, which has now reached its $150,000 (£113,000) target, was set up to help pay his legal fees and support his family back home in Ethiopia.
Mr Feyisa is from Oromia, home to most of Ethiopia's 35 million Oromo people, the country's largest ethnic group.
The region has been hit by a wave of anti-government protests since November last year as people complain about social and political marginalisation.
US-based rights group Human Rights Watch has said that more than 400 people have been killed by security forces during the demonstrations.
The government disputes the figure and has said that it welcomes dialogue and peaceful protests to sort out issues that people may have.
The information minister has acknowledged that there have been some killings but has said that in the main the security forces conducted themselves "in a very professional and responsible manner".
He put the killings down to "a few bad apples". | Ethiopian Olympian Feyisa Lilesa, who said he wanted to seek asylum after making an anti-government gesture in Rio, has arrived in the US. | 1.596078 | 2 |
The 39-year-old is in his second year as Saints boss after spending his entire playing career at the club before joining the coaching staff.
His side, who finished fourth, travel to Warrington in the Super League play-off semi-finals on Thursday.
"I don't get anxious, I wouldn't know what the emotion is," the former hooker told BBC Radio Merseyside.
"When I was a player I just used to get angry and that was to just so I could get out and play and have an influence on a game.
"Sometimes I was anxious last year, a little bit and worried about things - but this year I don't have any anxiety towards games."
The former Wales international added: "I'm a lot more relaxed with games and that's come with experience and that belief in the squad that they can go out and do a good job.
"I know as a club, me as a coach and my players are desperate to get out there on Thursday and it can't come quick enough." | St Helens head coach Keiron Cunningham says he is a much more relaxed coach compared to his first season in charge. | 0.844413 | 1 |
The 28-year-old man is in Hull Royal Infirmary after a violent incident at a house in Hainton Avenue, Grimsby on Friday, said Humberside Police.
The two local men, aged 32 and 24, are currently being questioned in police custody.
A cordon was erected on Hainton Avenue while a forensic examination was carried out. | A man has been wounded and hospitalised and two other men arrested on suspicion of assault. | 0.159618 | 0 |
Mason, 25, who has won one cap for England, has signed a three-year deal.
The fee for Keane, 23 is also undisclosed, but reported to be £1m.
The Tigers' previous record signing was the £10m they paid Italian side Palermo for striker Abel Hernandez on deadline day in September 2014.
Keane, who has also signed a three-year deal, worked alongside Tigers caretaker boss Mike Phelan when he was assistant manager at Old Trafford.
Cardiff goalkeeper David Marshall, 31, became the club's first summer signing earlier on Tuesday when he joined for a fee that could rise to £5m.
Mason told the club website: "I'm delighted and excited to be here.
"I can't wait to get started and I see this as a massive opportunity for me."
Keane has been on loan at Wigan Athletic, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield Wednesday and Preston North End - where he scored twice in 22 appearances last season.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Hull City have signed Tottenham midfielder Ryan Mason for a club-record, undisclosed fee, and bought Manchester United striker Will Keane. | 0.788498 | 1 |
The three judges scored the fight 117-111, 115-113, 115-113 to the 29-year-old Australian at Lang Park.
"That's the decision of the judges. I respect that," said 38-year-old Pacquiao.
The Filipino, an eight-weight world champion, has now lost four of his past nine fights.
Horn, 29, was aggressive from the opening bell, although Pacquiao's left jabs scored points in the early stages.
Horn, who has now won 17 and drawn one of his 18 bouts, caused Pacquiao problems during the middle rounds and cut him above both eyes.
The veteran fought back with a brilliant counter-attack in the ninth round, only for Horn to win the 10th.
Both fighters tired in the final two rounds, with Horn's good work in the opening stages proving enough for a famous win.
Horn, nicknamed 'The Hornet', grew up in Brisbane and first walked into a boxing club 11 years ago to learn self-defence.
While studying for his degree, he reached the quarter-finals of the London 2012 Olympics, turned professional soon after and made his debut in 2013.
Horn, who until recently taught students at Pallara State School in Brisbane, won prize money sometimes as low as A$2,000 (£1,100).
Reports claim he won a guaranteed $500,000 (£383,832) from his fight against Pacquiao.
This content will not work on your device, please check Javascript and cookies are enabled or update your browser | Former schoolteacher Jeff Horn stunned champion Manny Pacquiao to win the WBO world welterweight title with a unanimous points decision in Brisbane. | 1.110672 | 1 |
The writer, who has been based in Scotland since 1993, won the prize for The Book of Strange New Things.
The novel tells the story of a Christian pastor sent to a colonised planet to carry out missionary work among aliens.
Faber previously won the Saltire First Book of the Year award in 2000 for his debut novel Under The Skin.
That book was adapted into a critically-acclaimed feature film in 2013, directed by Jonathan Glazer and starring Scarlett Johansson.
His 2002 novel The Crimson Petal and the White was dramatised as a four-part BBC television series in 2011, starring Romola Garai and Richard E Grant.
Commenting on his win, Faber said: "When I emigrated from Australia to a remote part of Scotland in 1993, I never expected that it would be the beginning rather than the end of my literary career.
"I'm so moved and grateful that this honour has been bestowed on my work. You've made an alien feel very welcome."
The Saltire Society Literary Awards celebrate "literary and academic excellence" across seven categories, with the winners of individual book categories going forward to be considered for the Saltire Book of the Year award.
The Book of Strange New Things has also won the 2015 Saltire Society Scottish Fiction Book of the Year, beating competition from a shortlist that included the latest works from Irvine Welsh, Kate Atkinson and Gaelic language writer Norma Nicleoid.
The winners in other categories were:
Faber collected both awards and a cash prize of £8,000 at a ceremony at the Central Hall in Edinburgh on Thursday. | Dutch-born author Michel Faber has been named as the winner of this year's Saltire Book of the Year award. | 1.057878 | 1 |
31 January 2017 Last updated at 17:20 GMT
Here Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek Finance Minister, argues that it’s time for a “New Deal” – including a universal basic income.
Viewsnight will cover a broad range of views across a host of subjects. More throughout the week. To watch them all, head over to BBC Newsnight on Facebook and on YouTube | Viewsnight is BBC Newsnight's new place for ideas and opinion. | 0.977833 | 1 |
The Manchester Evening News reported it related to a councillor who admitted making indecent images of children.
Mike Owen and two senior officers have been suspended following an external review of the case, a spokeswoman said.
Council leader Rishi Shori said the suspensions would allow the three to "focus on responding" to the case.
He said they were "a neutral act".
The council had commissioned the review by childcare expert Malcolm Newsam after it "received allegations that there were failures to act appropriately in following safeguarding procedures in respect of an individual case," he added.
Deputy chief executive Pat Jones-Greenhalgh will replace Mr Owen until the council's own investigation is concluded, the authority's spokeswoman said. | Bury Council's chief executive has been suspended over claims he and others failed to follow procedures in their handling of a safeguarding case. | 0.464266 | 0 |
The footage shows two officers confronting Alfred Olango before one of them shoots him dead in a car park in the San Diego suburb of El Cajon.
The police said the man, a Ugandan refugee, had been behaving erratically at the time.
But his mother said he was having a mental breakdown and needed help.
The shooting of Mr Olango led to violent protests in El Cajon.
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Police said they shot the 38-year-old when he pulled an object that turned out to be an e-cigarette from his pocket and pointed it at a police officer.
One of the videos of the incident was recorded by a surveillance camera mounted at the window of a drive-through restaurant, while another came from the mobile phone of a bystander.
In the second video, which lasts less than 20 seconds, a woman can be heard shouting: "Officer don't shoot him!" before at least four shots ring out and she screams.
El Cajon police chief Jeff Davis said Mr Olango died after one officer fired an electronic stun gun and another officer simultaneously fired his firearm several times. | A California police department has released two videos of the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man outside a shopping centre on Tuesday. | 1.127313 | 1 |
Mr Jones, who left frontline politics four years ago, beat three other candidates to the nomination.
Ynys Mon is seen as a three way fight between Plaid, Labour, who hold the seat, and the Conservatives.
Mr Jones was the constituency's MP from 1987 to 2001 and its assembly member between 1999 and 2013.
He was also Wales' deputy first minister for four years, in a Labour-Plaid coalition Welsh Government formed in 2007.
Mr Jones stood down from the assembly in 2013 to lead the Menai Business Park.
Ynys Mon has been held by Labour's Albert Owen since 2001, and he now has a majority of 229.
Mr Owen, who is standing again, told BBC Wales: "It's a matter for them who they choose.
"Plaid Cymru say they want to take the island back, I say I want to take Ynys Mon forward".
The Conservatives, who represented the seat from 1979 to 1987, are yet to choose a candidate.
A Tory spokesman said: "The choice facing voters in Wales is clear. It is between Theresa May and the Conservative Team providing strong and stable leadership for the UK, or a coalition of chaos led by Jeremy Corbyn that will put the future of our nation at risk."
The Liberal Democrats said the party was in the process of selecting its candidate for the seat and hoped to make an announcement next week.
UKIP will announce its candidate on Thursday.
A party spokesman said: "Anglesey voted to leave the European Union.
"By Ynys Mon electing a UKIP MP, they would have a representative that would fight on their behalf and look after their interests specifically."
A full list of candidates will be available after nominations close on 11 May. | Former Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones has been chosen as the party's general election candidate in its top target seat of Ynys Mon. | 1.139334 | 1 |
Resuming on 47-0 and needing another 200 for victory, the visitors were all out for 185 as Ajmal Shahzad took 5-46.
The winning margin would have been even wider had it not been for a last-wicket stand of 51 between wicketkeeper Ben Cox (48 not out) and Charlie Morris.
Steve Rhodes' side made 100 in their second innings against Yorkshire in the opening Championship game loss.
Worcestershire's batting troubles this time around were triggered by Australian seamer Steve Magoffin when he removed captain Daryl Mitchell lbw for 21.
Seven balls later, former Nottinghamshire fast bowler Shahzad sent Richard Oliver's stumps flying and then dismissed Alex Gidman and Tom Kohler-Cadmore in the space of three deliveries.
The wickets continued to tumble as Alexei Kervezee and Tom Fell were both trapped lbw and Gareth Andrew was bowled by Shahzad as the visitors reached lunch on 127-7.
After the interval, Jack Shantry became the fifth leg-before victim of the innings to Magoffin and Shahzad soon had his fifth wicket when Sachithra Senanayake edged behind.
The visitors had lost nine wickets for just 77 runs and although Cox and Morris delayed the inevitable, spinner Luke Wells eventually wrapped up the win when he enticed Morris to edge to slip.
Sussex captain Ed Joyce:
"It was a fantastic performance. At the start of the day they were slight favourites but we got Daryl Mitchell, who is a massive wicket, early and then we stuck at it.
"Shahzad bowled fantastically. He got it to swing conventionally and then reverse and was aggressive on a pitch that didn't do much, although it was a bit up and down in bounce.
"It's good to get two wins on the board even though there are still areas we can be better in.
"We were a bit careless with our first-innings batting, we should have got more runs and made the last day a bit easier and I'm frustrated with the number of catches we dropped."
Worcestershire director of cricket Steve Rhodes:
"It was a fantastic effort by the team but sadly we failed to carry it through today.
"An hour's cricket probably cost us the game. We lost a cluster of wickets but we can't afford to keep doing that and have to address it.
"We're an inexperienced side and have to learn from these situations and improve." | Worcestershire suffered another second-innings batting collapse as they fell to a 61-run defeat against Sussex. | 0.905508 | 1 |
The 28-year-old's nine-year-old daughter was also threatened by a member of the gang, who had a knife.
The burglary happened at their home in the Turf Hill area at about 05:30 BST on Wednesday, Greater Manchester Police said.
The three balaclava-wearing men stole cash, jewellery and a mobile phone before fleeing.
The offender carrying the gun, said to be a small silver metal handgun, was described as Asian, slim and aged between 20 and 30.
The man with the knife was black, between 30 and 40, of a medium build and with bloodshot eyes.
It is believed they were met by three other men outside the property.
Police are now appealing for anyone with information to contact them.
Det Con Rich Shelton said: "This gang targeted a mum and her young daughter, even stooping as low as to hold a gun to the head of a woman who was clearly heavily pregnant and absolutely terrified.
"Thankfully they were not physically injured and the unborn baby not harmed but the emotional trauma they have suffered is immeasurable." | A heavily pregnant woman had a gun pressed to her head when masked burglars broke into her Rochdale home. | 0.723275 | 1 |
Cosmetic lenses are available to buy on the internet, in novelty stores or at market stalls, close to Hallowe'en.
Trading standards officers said the law stated that lenses should be sold with an optician or medic present.
Youngsters buying the lenses may wish to recreate the look of the Twilight films and Vampire Diaries TV show.
Cosmetic lenses are used to change the colour of the eye, and are also known as plano or zero-powered lenses.
Trading standards officers and health experts say young people are known to share them, leading to an increased risk of corneal ulcers and infections.
Alistair Bridge, director of strategy at the General Optical Council said: "Opticians make sure that contact lenses fit properly and that wearers receive expert advice on how to wear and store them safely.
"They will also offer important advice such as not to sleep in contact lenses and to never share or swap lenses, which can spread eye disease."
Leon Livermore, Chartered Trading Standards Institute chief executive, said: "Cosmetic contact lenses are often made and distributed on a one size fits all basis and not tailored to the wearer's needs which can increase the risk of eye health issues."
"We would advise against buying products like these online or from retailers as without professional supervision there are more likely to be health concerns for the individual." | Fans of the Twilight film series have been warned that they could be putting their sight at risk by sharing cosmetic contact lenses bought online. | 2.040623 | 2 |
The Met Office, which keeps track of the weather here, has decided to give storms boys and girls names in the same way as they do in America.
They asked the public to suggest names for big storms and picked a list that also includes Imogen, Jake, Katie and Mary.
But why do they need names and how are they decided? Here's Newsround's guide.
The Met Office hopes that naming big storms will mean people are more aware of them and how dangerous they can be.
They think that it will be easier to follow the progress of a storm on the TV, radio, or on social media, if it has a name.
Derrick Ryall, from the Met Office, said: "We have seen how naming storms elsewhere in the world raises awareness of severe weather before it strikes."
Not all storms will be big enough to get names - only those expected to cause significant damage.
The UK storms will take it in turns to be girls' or boys' names.
In America and other parts of the world, big storms and hurricanes already have names. Strangely, research shows that hurricanes with female names are more likely to hurt more people than those with males names.
Scientists think that's because people find female names less threatening.
They will be taken from the list in alphabetical order.
There is a name for each letter of the alphabet, excluding Q, U, X, Y and Z. That's the same naming convention used in America.
The full list of names chosen for future selection are: Abigail, Barney, Clodagh, Desmond, Eva, Frank, Gertrude, Henry, Imogen, Jake, Katie, Lawrence, Mary, Nigel, Orla, Phil, Rhonda, Steve, Tegan, Vernon and Wendy. | Abigail, Eva, Frank and Gertrude are some of the 21 names that have been chosen to be given to storms in the UK and Ireland in the future. | 3.261273 | 3 |
Amnesty International, Liberty and Privacy International filed a legal complaint with the court today.
The scale of the surveillance carried out by GCHQ has been revealed by US whistleblower Edward Snowden.
A similar legal challenge mounted in the UK last year saw judges rule that the spying did not breach human rights.
"The UK government's surveillance practices have been allowed to continue unabated and on an unprecedented scale, with major consequences for people's privacy and freedom of expression," said Nick Williams, legal counsel for Amnesty in a statement.
The three organisations claim that the surveillance carried out by GCHQ breaches the European Convention on Human Rights that enshrines certain freedoms in law.
The surveillance carried out by GCHQ has been subject to a series of legal challenges since National Security Agency documents provided by Edward Snowden started to appear in the media.
In December, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal that oversees the work of the intelligence services ruled that GCHQ's spying did not violate Britons' human rights and was a legitimate way to gather intelligence.
In February, a separate ruling by the IPT found that the spy agency's surveillance programme was unlawful because the processes governing how GCHQ gathered and shared information were not public enough.
Amnesty acknowledged these rulings in its statement but said the "secretive" nature of IPT hearings meant there was little transparency about the way GCHQ was being policed. This, it said, undermined the faith people had in official oversight of the agency.
Information that had come to light in the last 12 months showed, said Amnesty, that there were flaws in the oversight system. One revelation concerned arrangements GCHQ has with its US counterparts to get at data it would be difficult for the UK agency to get permission to acquire.
There were also loopholes in UK laws governing surveillance being exploited by GCHQ to expand its spying abilities, it said. | Rights groups have asked the European Court of Human Rights to rule on the legality of the UK's large-scale surveillance regime. | 1.874856 | 2 |
The Hrossey was heading into Kirkwall in fog at about 22:00 on 3 July when passengers described the ship making what appeared to be an emergency manoeuvre to avoid another ship.
It was believed to have been the anchored Coastguard tug Herakles.
Serco Northlink Ferries has now said the ferry had "manoeuvred to ensure a safe passing distance".
This was said to have "caused the ferry to list more than normal". | A ferry had to take action to ensure it avoided a possible collision before docking in Orkney. | 1.310507 | 1 |
Successive governments have failed to set strategic priorities, the report from Olympic Delivery Authority chairman Sir John Armitt found.
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls urged the government to implement the report as quickly as possible.
But Treasury minister David Gauke said Labour had scored a "massive own goal".
Major infrastructure projects "are often controversial and politicians are rarely in office long enough to see the electoral dividends of major investment programmes", the report said.
Problems surrounding the planning and implementing of schemes had affected energy policy, airport capacity, road and rail schemes and water projects, it added.
The report went on: "The Office for National Statistics, for example, forecasts UK population will grow to over 73 million people by 2035.
"However, there is little evidence that governments are planning for the infrastructure we will need by then to support another 10 million people."
It called for the creation of an independent National Infrastructure Commission, appointed by government and opposition parties, to identify the UK's long-term infrastructure needs and monitor the plans developed by governments to meet them.
Sir John said: "We have the Victorian pioneers to thank for the infrastructure that has underpinned the quality of life for our generation.
"It is up to us to lay the ground for the next pioneers who will create the innovative systems and services that will serve future generations."
Mr Balls added: "This excellent report sets out a clear blueprint for how we can better identify, plan and deliver our infrastructure needs.
"The Olympics showed what can be done when there is cross-party consensus and a sense of national purpose.
"Now we need that same drive and spirit to plan ahead for the next 30 years and the needs of future generations."
But Treasury minister David Gauke said: "This is a massive own goal from Ed Balls."
The report was "an epitaph to Labour's failure over 13 years to address the infrastructure challenges Britain faces", he argued.
Mr Gauke concluded: "This government is clearing up the mess, creating an economy for hardworking people by investing in the biggest programme of infrastructure development since the Victorian era." | An independent commission should be set up "to end decades of drift and delay on major infrastructure decisions", a Labour-commissioned report has said. | 1.697527 | 2 |
The letter, sent by various schools in England, says the tests do not assess what makes pupils "special and unique".
One, from Willesborough Junior School in Ashford, states: "The people who create these tests... do not know your laughter can brighten the darkest day."
The key stage two tests taking place this week assess maths, reading, spelling, punctuation and grammar.
It is widely claimed this year's Sats are more rigorous and led to some parents taking their children out of school in protest last week.
Headteacher Jennie King said the tests were "stressful" for children.
Ms King, whose letter was shared by 4,500 people on Facebook, said: "Not every child is going to be academic, there will be dancers, musicians and footballers.
"I firmly believe a child needs a good grounding in academic subjects, but the tests aren't the be-all and end-all. They are stressful for children.
"Children need to be outside riding their bikes, socialising and doing things that open them up culturally."
The letters to children have become increasingly popular with school headteachers. The idea is believed to have originated in the USA.
In 2014, Barrowford school in Nelson, Lancashire, sent out a similar letter. A year later the school was rated "inadequate" by Ofsted, with inspectors noting staff expectation of pupils' attainment was "not high enough".
A Department for Education spokesman said: "These tests should not be a cause of stress for pupils ‎- they simply help teachers make sure young children are learning to read, write and add up well.
"The truth is if they don't master literacy and numeracy early on, they risk being held behind and struggling for the rest of their lives - we are determined to prevent this by helping every child reach their full potential." | An inspiring letter sent out to pupils by several schools ahead of upcoming Sats tests has gone viral. | 2.371966 | 2 |
Jibril Faris dragged friend Tony Chiem, nine, and his sister Karen, eight, from the living room at the St Mary's Drive property and dialled 999 on Friday.
All three were taken outside the house by Tony's mother, who was also inside.
West Yorkshire Fire Service commended Jibril's "quick-thinking actions" and issued safety advice on using the toy.
Jibril described the moment he saw the hoverboard burst into flames while it was charging.
"So much smoke started coming out. Then all of a sudden it went boom and exploded," the teenager said.
"My first instinct was to get out the door so I grabbed Karen because she's the youngest and I shouted 'Tony come on', so I grabbed them and I took them out."
Tony, whose family are now living with friends, said all his possessions had been obliterated.
"Everything in there was a good memory to me... now it's just burnt, all gone," the nine-year-old said.
The fire service said the teenager took the two children to an upstairs bedroom from where he called emergency services and followed instructions to stop smoke entering the room.
Mark Helliwell, from the fire service, said: "The teenager's quick-thinking actions are certainly commendable and he later said that he remembered the fire service advice given in his school talk in Year 5."
He said the fire "quickly took hold of the sofa and spread rapidly throughout the living room".
The fire service said it was difficult to confirm the exact cause of the fire, but it was "likely that lithium batteries in the hoverboard overheated and exploded or ignited". | A 13-year-old boy has been praised by firefighters after saving two young children from a house fire in Bradford when a hoverboard exploded. | 1.372454 | 1 |
Jawad Fairooz and Matar Matar were detained in May after resigning from parliament in protest at the handling of the protests.
Mr Matar told the BBC they had been tortured in prison.
They were prosecuted in a security court on charges of taking part in illegal protests and defaming the country.
It is not clear if they still face trial in a civilian court.
Civilian courts took over jurisdiction after King Hamad Bin Issa Al Khalifa lifted a state of emergency in June.
Mr Matar told the BBC he believed his arrest had been intended to put a pressure on his al-Wifaq party.
"At some stages we were tortured," he said. "In one of the cases we were beaten."
Human rights lawyer Mohamed al-Tajir was also released.
He was detained in April having defended people arrested during the Saudi-backed suppression of protests in March.
Correspondents say their release appears to be an attempt at defusing tensions in the country, a key US ally in the region that hosts the US Navy's 5th Fleet.
Bahrain's King Hamad Bin Issa Al Khalifa recently accepted a series of reforms drawn up by a government-backed committee created to address grievances that emerged during the protests.
The kingdom's Shia community makes up about 70% of the population but many say they are discriminated against by the minority Sunni monarchy. | Bahrain has freed two former Shia opposition MPs arrested in the wake of widespread anti-government protests. | 1.534285 | 2 |
The puppy was due to fly from Nova Scotia on Wednesday to stay with family in Newfoundland, but landed in Ontario.
On arrival, flight staff took Cooper outside to relieve himself, but he slipped off his lead and escaped.
His owner, who was due to travel to Jamaica for a wedding, said on Friday she was "grateful" for his return.
The golden labradoodle was supposed to board a WestJet flight from Halifax on Wednesday bound for Deer Lake, but was placed on a plane destined for Hamilton, a city more than 2,000 km (1,200 miles) away.
"I got a call saying they had put my dog on the wrong flight to a totally different province," Cooper's owner, Terri Pittman, said.
On hearing the news, Ms Pittman took a flight to Hamilton, where she was joined by "thousands" of members of the public in the search for Cooper.
He was found wet and hungry on Friday by a group of local residents, CBC news reports.
"Knowing that people were spotting him running in the same area gave me more hope," Ms Pittman told CBC.
"The community of Mount Hope and Hamilton have been amazing," she said earlier, adding that "random people messaged me saying they want to help".
When Ms Pittman was informed by airline staff that Cooper had taken the wrong flight and had escaped, she said it was "one of the worst days of my life".
In a post on Facebook, Ms Pittman said: "This dog is everything to me, and the thought of losing him for good was sickening. To the city of Hamilton, I am overwhelmed."
Coincidentally Deer Lake, where Cooper was supposed to touchdown, is a town situated in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. | A missing labradoodle named Cooper, which sparked a major hunt after boarding the wrong flight in Canada, has been reunited with his owner. | 1.458129 | 1 |
The wedding occurs in the third book of the A Song of Ice and Fire series and the third season of the TV show.
He says: "I couldn't write it when I got to it. I skipped over it - I finished the entire rest of the book with a hole in it."
Major characters die at the wedding of Edmure Tully and Roslin Frey, in one of the most shocking plots of the series.
Speaking to ABC News, Martin admits he struggled killing some of the characters off.
"I knew it was coming but it was very hard to write and was the hardest thing I've ever wrote.
"I went back and made myself write that scene because it was painful to kill these characters I'd created and lived with for so long. "
Viewers who hadn't read the books were shocked with what happens at the wedding, but Martin says he expected it.
"When the book came out we got a tremendous reaction to it. I got angry letters that said 'I'll never read your work again'. The TV show version is 13 years later and I knew, having been through it once already, we would get a similar big reaction."
The Winds of Winter, the upcoming sixth novel of the series doesn't have a release date yet. It's thought there will be seven books in total from the series.
The fifth season of Game of Thrones will air next year but some fans are worried the show will catch up with the books.
It's something Martin is also concerned about.
"The show is definitely catching up with the books. There's no doubt the show is moving faster than I am writing the books.
"There was a certain point a few years ago when I was freaking out about that. My obligation is to finish the books as strongly as I can. I can't speed that process up by wishing it was speeded up."
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | Game of Thrones author George RR Martin says writing the Red Wedding was the hardest thing he's ever done. | 1.324339 | 1 |
Danielle Nicholson and Tania Liddle attacked the man at the Fusehill Street Spar in May last year.
Liddle, 35, hit him while Nicholson, 27, sank her teeth into his arm. A third unidentified person attacked him with a broken bottle.
Judge Peter Davies at Carlisle Crown Court called the attack "disgraceful".
Both Nicholson, of Chatsworth Square, Carlisle, and Liddle, of Heathfield Crescent, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, admitted affray and theft.
The judge said "vulnerable" shopkeepers need to be protected. | Thieves who hit and bit a Carlisle shopkeeper who tried to stop them stealing wine worth £14 have been jailed for 15 months. | 0.552171 | 1 |
The painting was revealed by the veteran broadcaster and naturalist at New Walk Museum, in Leicester.
He grew up in the city and volunteered at the museum as a teenager.
The artist - Bryan Organ - has also painted Sir David's brother Lord Attenborough, Prince Charles and former prime minister Harold Macmillan.
The portrait was commissioned by the City of Leicester Museums Trust and will complement the portrait of Lord Attenborough, the acclaimed actor and film director, which also hangs in New Walk Museum.
More on this and other Leicestershire stories
Sir David said it was "an honour" to sit for Mr Organ.
When asked what he made of the portrait, he said: "I haven't had the chance to have a look at it - I mean, I've only seen it obliquely. As far as I can see, it's very nice.
"It was great fun sitting with Bryan, the only problem was the painting got in the way."
The Attenborough brothers grew up in the city where their father was principal of the then University College Leicester.
Tributes have been paid to Sir David throughout the year since he turned 90 in May. | A portrait of Sir David Attenborough has been unveiled to commemorate his 90th birthday - in a museum where he once volunteered. | 1.501255 | 2 |
Plans for the 670-bed Midland Metropolitan Hospital have been drawn up by Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust for land in Smethwick.
It would replace Sandwell Hospital and City Hospital in Winson Green, it said.
The NHS Trust development agency has approved the business case. It said the final decision would be made by the treasury in the next few months.
Chairman of Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust, Richard Samuda, said he was "pleased at this important milestone".
He said: "In 2006, local people supported the need to change the shape of services here to improve quality... and we are working to open our new facilities in 2018."
The development, which is earmarked for a site off Grove Lane in Smethwick, has the support of Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group, he said. | NHS managers have approved the business case to build a new £380m hospital in the West Midlands. | 1.088972 | 1 |
The 24-year-old has scored 571 runs at an average of 51.90 in 10 appearances in Division Two of the County Championship this season.
The South Africa-born right-hander, who joined Kent in 2015, hit his highest first-class score of 207 not out in the win over Derbyshire in May.
Kent have not disclosed the length of Dickson's new deal. | Kent batsman Sean Dickson has signed a long-term contract extension with the Canterbury-based club. | 0.539069 | 1 |
Under the terms of the deal, Zimbabwe will be able to sell some stockpiles.
It may be able to resume full exports after a review of conditions at the Marange diamond fields in September.
The Kimberley Process suspended the diamond exports in November in response to allegations of atrocities committed by security forces at Marange.
There have been weeks of deadlock over the negotiations and the deal in Russia came only after a Zimbabwean human rights activist was released on bail earlier this week.
Farai Maguwu is accused of providing false information about the diamond trade and was arrested after meeting a representative of the Kimberley Process on 3 June.
His continued detention scuppered attempts to reach a deal on Zimbabwe's diamond exports at a Kimberly Process meeting in Israel last month.
Campaigners said a crisis had been averted by a last-minute deal.
"The ball is now in Zimbabwe's court to make good on its promises and act to end one of the most egregious cases of diamond-related violence for many years," Annie Dunnebacke of Global Witness said in a statement.
"We fervently hope that the governments in the Kimberley Process will, for their part, hold Zimbabwe to its commitments in order to begin to restore the battered integrity of the scheme."
Zimbabwe Mines Minister Obert Mpofu said the country was "ready and willing" to work with the Kimberly Process.
"We know the value of co-operating with the organisation," the Wall Street Journal quotes him as saying.
The army took over the Marange mines in 2008 and has since been accused of committing widespread abuses there - killing some 200 miners and forcing others to work in the mines.
Campaigners say the diamond money is being used to fund President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party.
Zimbabwe's army has denied the allegations.
In February, President Mugabe threatened to leave the Kimberley Process after Zimbabwe was given until June to prove that its mines were properly run.
The Kimberley Process was set up in 2002 after the diamond trade was accused of fuelling several conflicts in Africa.
The diamonds from the Marange field could see the country become one of the world's top six exporters and generate $1.7bn (£1.1bn) a year.
Zimbabwe has accused the West of trying to hold back its economic development. | The body overseeing the trade in "blood diamonds" has agreed that Zimbabwe can resume limited exports from new diamond fields in the east of the country. | 1.697627 | 2 |
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The Irish must beat Bangladesh on Friday to keep their hopes alive after Wednesday's dramatic two-wicket defeat.
"As long as Oman lose a game, to a large extent, it's still going to be in our own hands," said Porterfield.
"We've got to win our next two games and keep an eye on the run rate."
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Chasing 155, Oman openers Zeeshan Maqsood and Khawar Ali added 69 and Aamer Ali's 32 from 17 balls helped steer the minnows to victory in Dharamsala.
Oman needed 14 from the final over but two Max Sorensen no-balls, one of which went for four and another which went for four byes, helped seal a dramatic victory.
Porterfield's decision not to give former England Test player Boyd Rankin his full possible four overs looked questionable as Sorensen was punished at the death after Tim Murtagh had been clubbed for 20 in the 17th over.
The Irish captain defended his decision to hand the late overs to Murtagh and Sorensen and said the slippery ball in the moist conditions may have been a factor in Ireland's implosion.
Relive Oman's historic win with in-play highlights
"A lot of the lads have been there and done in that scenario. Whether the ball was slippery at the end, I'm not sure," added the Ireland captain.
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"We just didn't get it quite right in that last four or five overs."
Opener Porterfield had failed to get off the mark in the first over of Ireland's innings before his 29 helped the Irish reach 154-5.
"We felt that getting over 150 was a decent effort but it didn't prove to be enough," continued Porterfield.
"We've been in this kind of position before when we've lost the first game in qualifiers and then fought back to win 10 games in 11 days.
"A lot of the team have been involved in those campaigns so we will now aim to get back on track on Friday." | Ireland captain William Porterfield said his team's shock World Twenty20 defeat by newcomers Oman was "hard to take" but insisted that they can regroup to progress to the main draw. | 1.003857 | 1 |
The newborn Staffordshire bull terrier cross pups were discovered by children on Chester Road East, Queensferry, in March.
The puppies were taken to the RSPCA's Bryn-y-Maen Animal Centre where they were cared for.
Animal care assistant Abbie Griffith said watching the puppies leave for their new homes was a "bittersweet" moment. | Eight puppies found dumped in a rubbish bin in Flintshire have been rehomed. | 1.067068 | 1 |
Sir Roger, now 86, made his run at Oxford's Iffley Road track on 6 May 1954, when he was 25.
Used by timekeeper WJ Burfitt, the watch was expected to attract bids between £5,000 and £8,000.
A collection of autographs and pictures from four-minute mile athletes, also including Chris Brasher and Chris Chataway, were sold for £420.
The auction was held by Graham Budd Auctions at Sotheby's in London.
There were five timekeepers on the day the four-minute mile barrier was broken.
Charles Hill was the chief timekeeper. His watch was bought by Lord Archer for £8,855 at an auction at Bonham's in 1998 and donated to Oxford University Athletics Club.
Auctioneer Graham Budd did not reveal the identity of the latest successful bidder, but said the Swiss-made watch was from "one of those remarkable, historic moments in British sporting history".
Sir Roger ran the mile in three minutes and fifty-nine seconds.
The Nero Lemania stopwatch was sold with an invoice for repairs to Mr Burfitt.
It also included his personal copy of the programme from the day, signed by Sir Roger.
Sir Roger studied medicine at the University of Oxford and went on to work in research and clinical practice.
He was knighted in 1975 and retired as Master of Pembroke College, University of Oxford, in 1993. | A stopwatch used to time Roger Bannister's first sub-four-minute mile has sold for £20,000 at auction. | 1.765241 | 2 |
Andrew Brown, 61, of Montague Road, Peterborough, had claimed a burglar planted the material on his computer.
Brown, who was chair of governors at Peterborough's King's School before his arrest in 2015, was found guilty of six charges relating to images of children.
He was jailed at Peterborough Crown Court earlier.
Brown was caught after reporting the theft of various devices and phones from his home in October 2015.
More on this story and other news at BBC Local Live: Cambridgeshire
He told officers had received a blackmail letter from the thief saying there were indecent images on the items, and demanding £8,000 for his silence.
Brown denied any knowledge of them, saying the burglar must have placed the images on his devices in order to blackmail him.
However, when police recovered his phones and memory sticks, forensic analysis uncovered more than 700 indecent images, 170 of which were graded category A - the most severe - which pre-dated the break-in.
Brown was charged with a number of offences and was found guilty of three counts of possessing indecent images of a child, two counts of making indecent images of a child and one count of possessing prohibited images of a child.
Det Sgt James Weston, of Cambridgeshire Police, described the case as "complicated" because of Brown's "position of trust... and his denial throughout the investigation regarding the possession of indecent images of children".
He was jailed for two years, placed on the sex offenders' register for 10 years and made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order for 10 years. | A former school governor who had hundreds of indecent images of children, some as young as three, has been jailed for two years. | 0.933701 | 1 |
The 21-year-old centre-back spent the entire 2015-16 season on loan at Cheltenham Town and returned to the Robins for the first half of last term.
His only appearance so far for Reading came as a half-time substitute against Blackburn in May 2016.
"The idea is hopefully that it's with a view to a permanent deal at the end of the loan," said Imps boss Danny Cowley.
"It's something we've been trying to do all window. I'm really delighted to be able to bring Rob into the squad - he's a really gifted centre-half."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Lincoln City have signed defender Rob Dickie from Championship club Reading in a six-month loan deal. | 0.772357 | 1 |
France's Bouhanni crossed the line first at the end of the 213.5km stage to Commentry, the longest of the event.
But the Cofidis rider was ruled to have changed his line in the sprint finish, blocking Matthews who was subsequently handed the victory.
"I would have won if we hadn't touched," said Matthews, 25, who also won the opening Prologue.
Italy's Niccolo Bonifazio was promoted to second place, with Bouhanni demoted to third.
Australian Matthews now holds a 14-second lead over Dutchman Tom Dumoulin.
Team Sky's Geraint Thomas is in fifth place, 19 seconds off the leader, with reigning champion Richie Porte of Australia in 10th.
Wednesday's third stage runs over 165.5km from Cusset and finishes with a climb to the top of Mont Brouilly.
Stage two result:
1. Michael Matthews (Aus/Orica) 5hrs 4mins 26secs
2. Niccolo Bonifazio (Italy/Trek) Same time
3. Nacer Bouhanni (Fra/Cofidis)
4. Alexander Kristoff (Nor/Katusha) +1sec
5. Arnaud Demare (Fra/FDJ)
6. Ben Swift (GB/Team Sky)
7. Andre Greipel (Ge/Lotto)
8. Wouter Wippert (Net/Cannondale)
9. Adrien Petit (Fra/Direct Energie)
10. Jonas Van Genechten (Bel/IAM Cycling)
Selected other:
17. Geraint Thomas (GB/Team Sky)
Overall classification after stage two:
1. Michael Matthews (Aus/Orica) 9hrs 41mins 46secs
2. Tom Dumoulin (Net/Giant) +14secs
3. Patrick Bevin (NZ/Cannondale) +19secs
4. Jon Izagirre (Sp/Movistar)
5. Geraint Thomas (GB/Team Sky)
Selected others:
18. Alberto Contador (Sp/Tinkoff)
19. Simon Yates (GB/Orica) +37secs
21. Ben Swift (GB/Team Sky) +38secs | Race leader Michael Matthews won the second stage of Paris-Nice after Nacer Bouhanni was disqualified. | 0.979791 | 1 |
Govanhill Baths closed in 2001 despite a local campaign to save it. It reopened in 2013 as a community hub, run by Govanhill Baths Community Trust.
The group has secured enough funding to re-open the venue as a swimming and wellbeing centre in late 2018.
The architect's designs for the revamped building will be on public display at the baths from 15:00-20:00.
The open day will feature live music and art installations and volunteer tour guides will show people around the building.
Visitors will also be able to experience a 3D digital tour of the new building, which has been designed by Hall Black Douglas Architects and Alistair Coey Conservation Architects.
The cash is now in place to carry out the renovations work with the main funding coming from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Big Lottery, Historic and Environment Scotland and Glasgow City Council.
A new reception will be formed within the existing ground floor foyer space that will lead directly into a community cafe with access to the garden, facing onto Calder Street.
The learner and ladies pools will be restored and refurbished.
Changing facilities, including family and accessible cubicles, will be added as well as a new Turkish suite featuring both a sauna and steam-room.
The existing first floor slipper baths will be re-developed to create a community gym and activity space, with a number of historic cubicles retained and restored to accommodate private bathing and changing. | Designs have been published showing the planned transformation of a popular Edwardian public bath house in Glasgow. | 1.183246 | 1 |
The chain Di Maggio's is to move into the historic building in St Andrew Square.
The £2m refurbishment will mean it can cater for 200 diners and have two bars.
The building, which was the headquarters until RBS moved to Gogarburn in 2005, is just three doors down from the RBS flagship branch for customers, Dundas House.
The 9,500 sq ft venue will feature the double height former banking hall with neoclassical and art deco original features.
It forms part of The Registers, a development by Chris Stewart Group, which will also have 50 luxury serviced apartments, new shops and offices.
Work is due to start in October 2017.
Tony Conetta, managing director of The Di Maggio's Restaurant Group (DRG), said: "This is an incredibly exciting project for us, in both an iconic building and location.
"The Edinburgh Grand's banking hall is rich in history, both for the capital and Scotland as a whole, and by carefully retaining and restoring the many original features we will bring this heritage to life.
"Our luxury restaurant and bar offering will have a Scottish influence at its heart and will make a significant contribution to Edinburgh's vibrant food and drink scene."
Meanwhile, city centre hotel Courtyard Edinburgh is creating 100 jobs ahead of its opening in December.
Courtyard Edinburgh, from Marriott International, is a contemporary four star hotel next to the Playhouse.
General manager Douglas Winfield has recently made a range of key appointments to start the recruitment drive. | The former headquarters of Royal Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh is to be turned into an Italian restaurant. | 1.078148 | 1 |
It is thought that Vernon Presley changed the finish on the Gibson Dove to black after his son earned a black belt in karate.
Presley gave the guitar to a fan during a concert in North Carolina in 1975.
Auctioneers Julien's also sold John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for The Beatles' Being For The Benefit of Mr Kite! for $354,400 (£244,000).
Other items in the sale included a red neoprene vinyl jacket which Michael Jackson wore for his 1996-97 HIStory world tour, and Elvis Presley's first piano.
The jacket sold for $256,000, over four times the pre-sale estimate, while the piano fetched $140,025 - about $60,000 under what had been predicted.
Lady Gaga's first piano, which had been valued at $100,000, failed to find a buyer, as did Stevie Ray Vaughan's Fender Broadcaster electric guitar, which was estimated at over $400,000. | A guitar that Elvis Presley was given by his father has sold for $334,000 (£230,000) at an auction in New York. | 1.724901 | 2 |
North Ronaldsay Primary School's single classroom will be kept on standby from August as Teigan Scott, 12, moves to secondary in Kirkwall.
Orkney's most northerly island only has a population of about 50 people.
Orkney Islands Council said the school would be brought back into use if more families with young children moved to the island.
The building is also used by community groups.
Island residents have blamed poor transport links for the lack of young families.
Teigan told the BBC she was looking forward to moving on to secondary but worried for the future of her former school.
"I am excited to go up to the bigger school," she said.
"But I have a tiny little drop of sadness because the school will be closing and the island might fall apart."
Councillor Kevin Woodbridge said the population on North Ronaldsay had halved since he arrived in 1977.
He said: "It's very sad but it demonstrates the decline on the island that has led to this.
"When I came here there were 17 people at the school and 127 on the island, now we have 50 to 60 people.
"The quality of life on the island can be improved considerably."
Billy Muir, chairman of the community council, said the loss of the school's only pupil was "a very serious blow for the community and no doubt will have a knock-on effect".
He said: "We need new housing to be built and to get new families in. You want a number of kids in the school, not just one.
"Higher speed broadband is needed too.
"There's no point painting a good picture, we have to be realistic. Hopefully this highlights our problem."
A spokesman for the local authority said: "North Ronaldsay Primary School's single classroom is part of a building housing a range of community facilities.
"The classroom will be kept on standby from August onwards and would be used as a school room again if a family or families with primary-age children move to the island.
"In the meantime, it will remain open for people of all ages in North Ronaldsay to use for a range of learning activities, managed by the local community association.
"This approach to keeping the room actively in use has been developed in discussion between Orkney Islands Council and a number of community groups in North Ronaldsay." | A remote Orkney island primary school is to lose its only pupil, raising fears about its long-term future. | 1.893816 | 2 |
One of them has died amid fears that the highly contagious virus could spread, the official added.
It is not clear why the relatives took the patients away.
Nearly 200 people have died of Ebola in West Africa since an outbreak was first reported in Guinea in March.
There is no cure or vaccine for Ebola - one of the world's deadliest viruses.
But people have a better chance of surviving if it is identified early and they get supportive medical care.
Ebola can kill up to 90% of those infected and is passed on through contact with the fluids of infected people or animals, such as urine, sweat and blood.
Why Ebola is so dangerous
Dr Amara Jambai, the director of disease prevention and control at Sierra Leone's health ministry, told the BBC that staff at the clinic in Koindu town in eastern Sierra Leone had tried to stop the six patients from being removed.
However, the families had been "aggressive" as they took their relatives away, he said.
The BBC's international development correspondent Mark Doyle says while it is unclear why relatives did this, a Sierra Leonean official speculated that it was because they thought their loved ones would die in the clinic or on transfer to a hospital in Kenema, the main city in the region.
Four of the six had already tested positive for Ebola, and one them had died after being removed from the clinic, Dr Jambai said.
The authorities did not know where the others were and were now very concerned they could spread the disease, he added.
Dr Jambai said two people had so far died of Ebola in Sierra Leone, and not four as previously reported.
Guinea has been worst-affected, with 258 suspected and confirmed cases of Ebola, including 174 deaths - 146 of which have been laboratory-confirmed positive.
In Liberia there have been 12 suspected cases, with nine deaths.
A spokesman for the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Geneva said Ebola was often spread when family members, trying to care for a relative, came into contact with infected body fluids.
The WHO says treatment by qualified personnel can sometimes help patients and reduces the risk of outbreaks spreading. | Six people suspected of having the deadly Ebola virus in Sierra Leone have been "aggressively" taken away from a clinic by their relatives, in defiance of medical staff, an official has said. | 2.756725 | 3 |
Sanchez, 28, had a row with team-mates after leaving training mid-session prior to Saturday's loss at Liverpool.
The Chilean was left out of the starting line-up at Anfield but came on in the second half as Arsenal lost 3-1.
"It's not looking good for Arsenal and him. I believe his agent is probably on the phone to people now," said Wright.
In the incident which occurred in training before the visit to the Reds, Sanchez left training mid-session and was confronted by team-mates on their return to the changing room, with one of them having to be held back as tempers flared.
"These things happen. It's when you're united as a team that it doesn't come out," added Wright, speaking on BBC Radio 5 live's 606 programme.
Sanchez has been directly involved in 26 goals in his 26 league games this season, scoring 17 and assisting nine.
He set up Danny Welbeck after coming on at Liverpool as Arsenal made it 2-1, but the Gunners could not prevent a defeat which saw them drop out of the top four places, which provide Champions League qualification.
"It's a shame simply because he is Arsenal's best player. He is a player that Arsenal need desperately to be there," said Wright.
"I'm not sure if money is going to keep him there at the moment because if he's storming out of training and not playing in games... it doesn't seem to be a problem for him when he does come on because he still performs to the best of his ability.
"If I was him, I'd probably want to leave as well because what's happening with Arsenal right now is not what he came to Arsenal for, especially not being in the top four.
"Everything points towards that he's unsettled, he's unhappy and it seems to me like he wants to go." | Former Arsenal striker Ian Wright says he would "probably want to leave" the club if he was in current forward Alexis Sanchez's position. | 0.813416 | 1 |
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 198.09 points or 1.13% at 17,779.52, while the wider S&P 500 index added 24.46 points or 1.18% to 2,090.35.
The tech-focused Nasdaq index rose 65.54 points or 1.3% to 5,095.69.
Shares in Apple rose 4.1% to $119.27 after the tech giant released another strong set of results late on Tuesday.
Strong sales of iPhones helped Apple to report a 22% rise in fourth-quarter revenues to $51.5bn.
Shares in insurance group AIG rose 4.9% after activist investor Carl Icahn wrote an open letter to the company saying it should split itself into three. Mr Icahn also disclosed that he held a "large stake" in AIG. | (Close): US stocks veered downwards, then surged higher after the Federal Reserve held interest rates, but failed to rule out a December rate rise. | 0.808119 | 1 |
Ricardo Hunter, 34 from Coulsdon in south London, was found dead at the private event in Headley, near Epsom on 25 July.
A woman was also shot in the leg and a man suffered minor should injuries.
A 27-year-old man from London is being held on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and possession of an offensive weapon.
A man arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder, and a woman held on suspicion of assisting an offender, have been bailed until September.
Surrey Police said it expected to conclude a detailed examination of the address early next week.
Detectives are appealing for anyone at the party to send them photos or video. | A third arrest has been made after a man was shot dead at a pool party in Surrey. | 0.254377 | 0 |
They are the only survivors after Premiership colt teams were introduced to the competition this season.
Highland League survivors Turriff Utd host Hibernian, whose Championship rivals, Dundee Utd, entertain last season's beaten finalists, Peterhead.
Two other League One sides, Albion Rovers and Brechin City, host St Mirren and Dunfermline Athletic respectively.
Championship teams enter the competition at the third-round stage and three others have home ties, while three more are away from home.
Ayr United, Queen of the South and Falkirk entertain Airdrieonians and Stenhousemuir, both of League One, and League Two's Elgin City respectively.
Dumbarton face a trip south to play Stranraer, whose League One rivals, Queen's Park host Greenock Morton, while Raith Rovers travel to take on Forfar Athletic of League Two.
The 12 winners will be joined by two sides each from the Welsh Premier League and Northern Ireland Football League in the last 16 of the new-style competition.
Four teams each from the Highland League and Lowland League had started the competition, but only Turriff survive after having knocked out Montrose in the second round.
Montrose's League Two rivals, Cowdenbeath, were 2-1 victims of Celtic's youths, one of 12 colt sides who began the competition from top-flight clubs.
North Section:
Alloa Athletic v East Fife
Brechin City v Dunfermline Athletic
Dundee United v Peterhead
Falkirk v Elgin City
Forfar Athletic v Raith Rovers
Turriff United v Hibernian
South Section:
Albion Rovers v St Mirren
Ayr United v Airdrieonians
Livingston v Celtic Under-20s
Queen of the South v Stenhousemuir
Queen's Park v Greenock Morton
Stranraer v Dumbarton
Ties to be played the weekend 3/4 September. | Celtic Under-20s will travel to face League One's Livingston in the third round of the Scottish Challenge Cup. | 0.940535 | 1 |
On Friday, US markets had closed higher for the fourth day running, as stocks continued to recover from the previous week's vote by the UK to leave the EU.
The Dow Jones closed up 0.1% on Friday at 17,949.37.
The broader-based S&P 500 index ended up 0.2% at 2,102.95, while the Nasdaq rose 0.4% to 4,862.57. | US markets are closed on Monday for the Independence Day public holiday. | 0.453756 | 0 |
Double Oscar winner Michael Cimino's body was found at his Los Angeles home on Saturday, Eric Weissmann said.
Cimino, 77, who directed a total of eight films, will be remembered for a career of highs and lows.
While The Deer Hunter has been hailed as one of the best movies in Hollywood history, his next project, Heaven's Gate, was derided as a flop.
Mr Weissmann said Cimino's body was found after friends had been unable to contact him. No cause of death has yet been determined.
The Deer Hunter with its famous Russian roulette scene starred Robert de Niro and Christopher Walken and won five Oscars including the award for the best film in 1979.
It chronicles the lives of a group of friends from a Pennsylvania town and the devastating effect of the Vietnam War, both on those who fought in it and those who stayed at home in small-town America.
"Our work together is something I will always remember. He will be missed," De Niro said in a statement.
Based on the success of The Deer Hunter, Cimino wrote and directed Heaven's Gate, loosely based on the Wyoming Johnson County war of 1889-93.
It was a financial disaster that went four times over budget and a year behind schedule, It nearly bankrupted the United Artists studio.
But the film, starring Christopher Walken and Kris Kristofferson, has more recently been hailed as a masterpiece.
Cimino in his earlier career was an advertising executive who moved into film with the Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges crime caper, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, in 1974.
He also directed Desperate Hours (1990), starring Mickey Rourke and Anthony Hopkins, and the gangster film The Sicilian (1986), adapted from a novel by Godfather author Mario Puzo.
Correspondents say Heaven's Gate led to the demise of director-driven productions in the late 1970s and the imposition of tighter controls on film budgets. | The director of the 1978 Vietnam War film The Deer Hunter has died, his friend and former lawyer has confirmed. | 1.200456 | 1 |
West Mercia Police said a post-mortem examination carried out on Monday was inconclusive and further tests are being carried out.
The body of Ms Sollis, from Bromsgrove, was discovered at a house on Knowle Close, Redditch, early on Sunday.
A 32-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder has been released on police bail until January. | A woman found dead at a house in Worcestershire has been named as 27-year-old Stacey Sollis. | 0.028124 | 0 |
The stations took four gold, three silver and five bronze awards in total.
The gold awards were won by BBC Radio Ulster presenters Stephen Nolan, Seamus McKee, Ralph McLean and The Nolan Show.
The awards ceremony, which was held in Kilkenny on Friday night, was attended by well-known radio presenters from across the island of Ireland.
A tribute to the late Radio Ulster host Gerry Anderson, who died in August after a long illness, received a standing ovation at the event.
His colleague Walter Love, who was inducted into the PPI Radio Awards Hall of Fame last month, received an PPI plaque to mark the prestigious honour.
The awards cap a very successful few months for BBC Radio Ulster, which was named Station Of The Year (One Million Plus) at the Radio Academy Awards in May.
BBC Northern Ireland's Head of Radio, Fergus Keeling, said: "This has been an incredible year for BBC Radio Ulster/Foyle as we remain the most listened to station in Northern Ireland, but it's also a measure of our success that our efforts have been recognised by our peers in this way, firstly at the Radio Academy Awards and now at the PPI Awards.
"I'm enormously proud of the presenters and teams for their success," he added.
The full list of BBC Northern Ireland winners were: | BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio Foyle have won 12 awards between them at the PPI (Phonographic Performance Ireland) Radio Awards 2014. | 0.983394 | 1 |
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust's budget is forecast to rise from £2.8m this year to £46.8m next year.
Health regulator Monitor said it was appointing a financial director after the "biggest deterioration" of any NHS foundation trust in England.
The trust's chief executive said she will take "necessary action".
The probe into the trust, which runs the Royal Preston and Chorley hospitals, found it lacked "both the robust plans and financial management" needed to address a "deepening hole" in its finances.
The 2015-16 deficit represents 12% of its predicted £433.1m income.
Monitor, which has given the trust an action plan, says a new financial improvement director will "hold it to account for making progress".
The regulator is also amending the trust's licence which will see its leadership team changed if it fails to make the changes required.
Paul Chandler, Monitor's regional director said: "The trust urgently needs to improve its financial position."
A trust spokeswoman said a rising number of patients had been placing a bigger strain on its finances as extra beds and staff - including agency workers - were needed to cope with demand.
Cancelled surgery due to a shortage of beds left the trust out of pocket as it had to pay for extra clinics and "outsource" operations to other trusts.
The trust also received less government funding for some specialist services.
Karen Partington, chief executive of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said she was committed to complying with Monitor's actions.
She added: "I'm confident that we'll be able to take the necessary action to demonstrate that we can manage our finances now and for the future." | A health watchdog has said it has "serious concerns" over a Lancashire hospital trust's finances after it predicted a £44m rise in its deficit. | 1.299115 | 1 |
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