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Raj reached 6,028 runs by scoring 69 in India's World Cup group-game defeat by Australia at Bristol on Wednesday.
The 34-year-old passed former England captain Charlotte Edwards' tally of 5,992.
Raj, who made her debut in 1999, was playing her 183rd ODI and averages 51.52. She has also played 10 Tests and 63 Twenty20s.
"I don't think Mitahli Raj gets the credit she deserves at times," Edwards, who retired in May 2016 after playing 191 ODIs, told BBC Test Match Special.
"She is a quality player. The big hitters get the plaudits, but to average over 50 in ODI cricket is an outstanding achievement."
Defeat for India means the winner of their final group game against New Zealand will qualify for the last four - Australia have qualified along with England and South Africa.
South Africa wicketkeeper Trisha Chetty claimed her 134th dismissal - also a record in women's ODIs - in their victory against Sri Lanka at Taunton. | India captain Mithali Raj has become the leading run-scorer in women's one-day international cricket. | 1.064989 | 1 |
Their applications were accepted at the league's AGM on Tuesday.
Reigning champions Cradley Heath have been approved to defend their title after switching their home meetings from Wolverhampton to Birmingham.
"It's going to be a very competitive season," said National League co-ordinator Peter Morrish.
The Brummies had been in speedway's top division - the Elite League - until folding in July.
"I'm delighted for every single Birmingham Speedway supporter because this day now means we are officially back in league racing at Perry Barr Stadium," said Brummies owner Tony Mole.
Eastbourne decided to drop out of speedway's Elite League for financial reasons.
"It was case of dropping down or losing our licence," explained chairman Martin Dugard.
"The team we are going to base ourselves on is a team that can go and win. I think it will be a lot more exciting speedway than we have had in the past." | Birmingham Brummies, Eastbourne Eagles and Rye House Raiders will compete in the National League - British speedway's third tier - next season. | 0.801535 | 1 |
The video clearly shows the car number plate, but it was a hire vehicle and Nottinghamshire Police said it cannot prove who was driving.
Instead, a man who was eligible to drive the car has been fined £150 for failing to provide driver details.
In a statement, the force said it was "disappointed" with the outcome.
The incident happened on 15 November 2014 but the victim has now posted the video online to highlight what he feels is a lack of justice.
"At the time there was an ongoing criminal investigation and I didn't want any footage that I released online to hamper that investigation," he said.
Updates on this story and more from Nottinghamshire
"It's left me feeling surprised at the injustice and the ability for criminals to get away with crimes so easily, especially those perpetrated against cyclists, and it's left the wider cycling community feeling totally betrayed.
"It would never put me off cycling but it has made me very annoyed at the fact that cyclists are being let down time and time again when it comes to justice."
He said he needed four months to recover from his injuries, with a further month of physiotherapy, having suffered a severe back injury and internal haemorrhaging.
The video shows the Volvo being driven behind the cyclist around a roundabout in Nottingham city centre.
The car follows the cyclist from a distance, but then suddenly accelerates and shunts the bicycle.
The camera falls to the ground and the cyclist can be heard groaning and breathing heavily.
Nottinghamshire Police said it had investigated the incident thoroughly.
"While we share the victim's disappointment at the outcome, we feel the investigating police officer made every effort to ensure that the occupants of the car were found and brought before the courts," the force said in a statement. | Police say there is not enough evidence to prosecute a hit-and-run driver who accelerated into a cyclist - despite the incident being captured on video. | 1.121077 | 1 |
Part of London Road South, Lowestoft, was cordoned off following the attack shortly before 08:30 BST.
The woman, who has not been named, was taken to hospital for treatment.
A 38-year-old man was arrested at 10:35 after a search involving a police helicopter. Police said the substance was believed to have been of a "corrosive nature".
A Suffolk Police spokesman said: "The area will need to remain cordoned off in order to professionally clear the area of the liquid." | A woman in her 20s suffered injuries to her face and neck when a "corrosive" liquid was thrown at her. | 0.645296 | 1 |
The Weeping Window was part of an installation displayed at the Tower of London in 2014 to mark British and Commonwealth deaths in the war.
It goes on public display at Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd, on Tuesday for six weeks as part of a UK-wide tour.
The castle is home to the Royal Welch Fusiliers museum.
The regiment fought throughout the war, including at the Battle of the Somme in 1916, and included a number of poets including David Jones, Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves and Hedd Wyn.
The event, which is free for the public to view, sees a cascade of poppies flowing from the wall of the castle to the ground.
It will also be accompanied by an exhibition entitled Remembrance for Peace, featuring Wales' Book of Remembrance from World War One.
The exhibition is staged by 14-18 NOW, the UK-wide arts programme marking the war's anniversary across the four years.
Executive producer Nigel Hinds said: "Caernarfon Castle is a poignant and fitting place for the poppy sculpture Weeping Window to be presented as part of its tour of the UK.
"It is particularly fitting that the poppies will be at the castle over the centenary of the last weeks of the Battle of the Somme, in which the Royal Welch Fusiliers played such an important role."
Julie James AM, deputy minister for skills, said: "The loss suffered by those affected by the First World War was felt for generations, and this exhibition offers an important opportunity to remember and commemorate all those lost." | A sculpture consisting of thousands of ceramic red poppies marking the 100th anniversary of World War One has gone on show at its first location in Wales. | 2.321224 | 2 |
That includes AR-15 rifles and other semiautomatic weapons, which were only being sold at a third of the 4,600 Walmart stores in the US.
A company spokesman said the decision to stop selling the guns "wasn't political."
Walmart shops carrying the guns will remove them before the store starts selling autumn merchandise.
"It's similar to what we do with any product. Being what it is, it gets a little more attention, but it's the same process for any product," said spokesman Kory Lundberg.
The company has not released specific sales numbers for the guns it is taking off the shelves, but said it will increase its stock of shotguns and other more popular rifles.
Walmart shareholders have pushed the company to re-think its selling of guns with high-capacity magazines.
Semi-automatic AR-15 rifles were used in the Sandy Hook massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, and the movie theatre shooting in Aurora, Colorado.
In 2006 the company decreased the number of stores selling guns, but does not plan on stopping gun sales completely, Mr Lundberg said. | US retailer Walmart has announced it will stop selling certain military-grade guns due to low sales. | 1.397682 | 1 |
Carwyn Jones will meet Theresa May in London on Monday as part of talks between the leaders of each part of the United Kingdom.
Mr Jones told BBC Wales Sunday Politics programme the re-introduction of tariffs was a red line to any deal.
The UK government department in charge of Brexit said it wanted the "best deal for Britain".
A Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) spokeswoman said this would include allowing UK companies to trade with the single market in goods and services.
The prime minister has previously said she wants the Welsh Government to be fully engaged in talks.
Ahead of Monday's meeting Mr Jones told BBC Wales companies based in Wales should not have any financial barriers to dealing with the European market.
He said Theresa May's negotiating position with EU leaders would be more difficult if she didn't have the support of every part of the UK.
He previously warned of the "real dangers" Welsh firms could face tariff barriers post-Brexit and raised the issue with Mrs May during her visit to Cardiff Bay in July.
Mr Jones also reiterated that there needed to be changes to the free movement of people from the EU after the June vote.
He said doctors, nurses and company directors must not be prevented from coming to work in Wales, and did not rule out a work permit system.
A DExEU spokeswoman said: "The government is determined that the interests of all parts of the United Kingdom will be taken into account as we negotiate our exit from the European Union.
"We will continue to work closely with the devolved administrations ahead of the negotiations." | The first minister will not support any Brexit deal if it means trade tariffs on goods produced in Wales. | 1.408726 | 1 |
The birds are nesting on a chimney at Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens near Great Yarmouth and are involved in mating rituals, experts say.
The white stork breeds in continental Europe, migrating to Africa in winter.
The last record of storks breeding in Britain was at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, in 1416.
Source: RSPB
Ken Sims, director of the wildlife gardens said: "We gave the storks a helping hand by building a structure for their nest on the hall's front chimney.
"But they turned their back on our handiwork and have built their own nest on one of the rear stacks."
He said he thought the female stork was on the point of laying and they had been watching them mate.
"The beaks are used like clappers and they throw their heads back," he said.
"They greet each other with lots of clicking and clacking."
The nesting birds are part of the collection at the wildlife gardens and director Ken Sims said they had been trying to get storks to nest for many years.
"We've kept them for a number of years but they have been pinion birds [flight feathers on one wing have been removed} and have occasionally bred on the ground.
"But to have them free-flying and nesting as they would do in the wild is very rare." | A pair of white storks nesting in Norfolk could be the first in the UK to breed from a traditional nest for nearly 600 years. | 2.882108 | 3 |
In an unexpected move, Greece's culture minister said the country would pursue a "diplomatic and political" approach to retrieving the sculptures instead.
In doing so, the country has rejected the advice of barrister Amal Clooney, who had urged Greece to take Britain to the International Criminal Court.
The Marbles were taken from Greece's Parthenon by Lord Elgin 200 years ago.
Greece insists the Parthenon Sculptures - as they are properly known - were taken illegally and has pursued a high-profile campaign in recent years for their return, latterly with the help of Mrs Clooney.
Mrs Clooney reportedly submitted a 150-page report to the Greek government this week urging it to formally request the repatriation of the marbles and take Britain to the International Criminal Court if it refused.
But Greece's culture minister Nikos Xydakis told the country's Mega TV: "One cannot go to court over whatever issue. Besides, in international courts the outcome is uncertain".
He said he believed attitudes to the future of the Marbles were slowly changing and would favour Greece in a diplomatic approach.
For 30 years, Athens has been locked in a bitter dispute over its demand for the marbles to be returned.
The British Museum recently turned down a proposal by UNESCO, the UN cultural agency, to mediate in the dispute. Mr Xydakis condemned the refusal, accusing Britain of "negativism" and a "lack of respect".
In December, the museum loaned one of the marbles for the first time to Russia for a display in St Petersburg's State Hermitage Museum.
The Greek Prime Minister at the time, Antonis Samaras, said the museum's decision was "an affront" to the Greek people. | Greece has ruled out taking legal action against the UK to reclaim the Elgin Marbles from the British Museum. | 2.127293 | 2 |
The activist shareholder's partner and chief operating officer, Bradley Singer, will become a non-executive director with immediate effect.
ValueAct owns a 10.8% stake in Rolls-Royce, which has issued a string of profit warnings in recent months.
The fund had been pressing the company for a seat on the board.
Profits at the world's second-largest maker of aircraft engines are set to halve this year after falling by 16% for 2015 on difficult trading in its civil aerospace unit. The company's marine engine business was also hit by declining demand from oil and gas customers.
Ian Davis, Rolls-Royce chairman, said Mr Singer had experience of public companies during "periods of change, growth and significant financial outperformance, particularly in the US where Rolls-Royce has important business interests and a significant shareholder base".
He added: "This appointment will not trigger a particular strategic review. There are no changes to our plan to maintain the broad structure of the company."
ValueAct usually makes about three to four new investments a year and has a reported $3.3bn (£2.2bn) stake in Microsoft.
It says it took significant stakes in companies it believed were "fundamentally undervalued" for a variety of reasons.
"These conditions can often result in fundamentally 'good' businesses that are available at depressed valuations," ValueAct said.
Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell, said Rolls-Royce had "embraced ValueAct," and that the appointment gave the investor a "voice in how the company implements its turnaround plan".
"From the company's perspective there's no public friction, from the investors' perspective they're being listened to," he added.
"That's the way in which they prefer to work. Although the activists have a reputation for being a bit rough and tumble, they would prefer to work behind the scenes and be suggestivist rather than activist."
Shares in Rolls-Royce have fallen by 27% over the past 12 months and were down 1.2% at 675p in morning trading in London.
Founded in 1884, Rolls-Royce was separated from the luxury car brand of the same name in the 1970s when it was under state ownership before becoming one of the UK's most prominent engineering companies. | Aerospace giant Rolls-Royce has given a board seat to a representative of its biggest shareholder, ValueAct Capital. | 1.116666 | 1 |
The former Welsh Guardsman was on board the RFA Sir Galahad when it came under fire in the 1982 conflict, killing 22 of his platoon.
He told the Radio Times he had "no hate for the pilot".
The ex-soldier was talking ahead of the BBC Two documentary he is presenting on the Imperial War Museums.
"Our countries were at war. Having spoken to him, he didn't know there were as many people on the ship as there were," he told the magazine.
"Unlike terrorists, this guy wore his country's uniform and he was very good at his job - he should have been, the RAF trained him."
Mr Weston said he had met the pilot since the conflict and "we remain good friends".
He described events on the day at Bluff Cove as "a catalogue of disasters".
"We shouldn't have been on the Sir Galahad when it was bombed," he added.
He said the commanding officer Lt Col John Rickett had been desperate to get his troops off the ship before it and the RFA Sir Tristram were bombed by Argentine aircraft, killing more than 50 service personnel and injuring 150.
"Things just went wrong. I have spoken to him about it a couple of times and it's hard to see a grown man you like and respect with tears in his eyes. He lost people," said Mr Weston.
"The reality was that he had no control of the situation."
But the ex-soldier, who was made a CBE last year, said he did not want to be defined by the conflict.
"People can't and shouldn't still be expressing sympathy 35 years on. It's what you do with your life after that counts," he said.
He said that when people stare at him he does not notice as much as he used to, adding: "I'm not as self-conscious about my appearance as I was. I think that's something that comes with age." | Falklands veteran Simon Weston has said he remains friends with the Argentine fighter pilot who bombed his ship, leaving him with life-changing burns. | 1.558241 | 2 |
The study, published by the London School of Economics, looked at schools in four English cities and found test scores increased by more than 6% in those which banned phones.
Low-achieving and low-income students improved the most, researchers claim.
More than 90% of British teenagers own a mobile phone.
Report authors Louis-Philippe Beland and Richard Murphy say despite the benefits of new mobile technology phones cause distractions, reduce productivity and are detrimental to learning.
"We found that not only did student achievement improve, but also that low-achieving and low income students gained the most," the economists said.
"We found the impact of banning phones for these students was equivalent to an additional hour a week in school, or to increasing the school year by five days."
The report surveyed the test scores of secondary schools in Birmingham, Leicester, London and Manchester before and after phone bans were introduced.
Since April 2007, teachers have had the legal right to confiscate items from pupils but there is no UK government policy about mobile phone use in England with individual schools making their own policy.
In March, New York mayor Bill De Blasio lifted a 10-year ban on phones on school premises saying it would reduce inequality.
But the report authors disagree.
"The results suggest that low achieving students are more likely to be distracted by the presence of mobile phones while high achievers can focus in the classroom regardless of the mobile phone policy," the study says.
"Schools could significantly reduce the education gap by prohibiting mobile phone use, and so by allowing phones, New York may unintentionally increase the inequalities of outcomes." | Banning mobile phones from schools has the effect of giving pupils an extra week's education over the course of an academic year, researchers say. | 2.814767 | 3 |
The Minster dismissed its 30 volunteer bell-ringers in October, citing "safeguarding issues".
It said the bell-ringer concerned was deemed to pose an "ongoing risk" and could not be reinstated.
The ringing team was dismissed after refusing to accept the decision.
It also said efforts to recruit replacements from other areas had been thwarted by "intimidation".
The Chapter said it had taken action against the individual following a police investigation into allegations of indecent assault against young girls.
No charges were brought against the individual and an application for a Sexual Risk Order was refused by magistrates in December 2015.
However, following detailed risk assessment the Chapter said it "felt that the person presented an ongoing risk and that the potential severity of the risk meant that they could not be reinstated".
But, it said the decision was not accepted by the bell-ringers and as a result of their "reluctance to recognise the Minster's concerns" the team was disbanded.
The Chapter said its "strong preference had been to remain silent on these matters to protect the privacy of those affected" but that given ongoing interest it had felt it "necessary" to issue a statement.
It also said that it has struggled to recruit replacement bell ringers since the dismissal.
"Bell-ringing leaders from other parts of the county and country have been in contact to explore options for ringing in the next few days and months," it said.
"We have also been approached by individuals keen to help and who are supportive of the action Chapter has taken.
"However, we have learned that many of these kind people have been subjected to intimidation on social media and in the local press.
"At least one member of the clergy who has offered to help has been threatened with legal action." | York Minster's bell-ringing team was sacked due to a row over one of its members being accused of indecent assault, The Church of England has said. | 1.158174 | 1 |
The service, announced by Estonian state-owned airline Nordic Aviation, will run three times a week between 28 May and 3 October.
It will be operated in co-operation with Adria Airways.
Edinburgh Airport said the new service, which will use CRJ-900 jets, will be Scotland's only direct flight to Estonia.
The airport's chief executive, Gordon Dewar, said: "This announcement is yet further confirmation of Edinburgh Airport's position as the leader for business and tourism connectivity between Scotland and international destinations."
Nordic Aviation board member Erik Sakkov added: "Edinburgh's rich historical heritage makes it perfect for Estonian holidaymakers who will enjoy a unique combination of ancient Scottish and modern European culture." | A new air route is to be launched between Edinburgh and Tallinn in Estonia. | 1.286505 | 1 |
The ban has been in force since 1998, when a Nepalese domestic worker who had been abused in Kuwait, committed suicide, creating a national scandal.
Authorities barred women from travelling to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
But many continue to travel to these countries to escape Nepal's poverty.
Campaigners say most travel via India to avoid detection.
"Before they can recruit workers, employers will have to assure us they will provide insurance, accommodation, security and a basic wage," news agency AFP quoted employment ministry spokesman Purnachandra Bhattarai as saying.
The guarantees would be monitored by Nepalese embassies, who would be responsible for defining a minimum wage for each country, Mr Bhattarai added.
An estimated two million poor women from countries such as Indonesia, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Nepal work in the wealthy Gulf countries.
Many often face mistreatment and abuse at the hand of their employers.
Campaign group Human Rights Watch says that many domestic workers are denied food or medical care and sometimes detained against their will. They have few avenues to make complaints or obtain shelter.
The group says that in 2009 domestic workers in Kuwait filed over 10,000 complaints about their treatment with their embassies.
The Kuwaiti government, however, denies any widespread abuse is taking place. | Nepal's employment ministry has lifted a ban on the country's women going to Gulf countries to work and introduced new rules designed to protect them. | 2.280704 | 2 |
The US engineering firm employs about 2,000 people across its County Antrim plants at Larne, west Belfast and Monkstown.
Caterpillar staff were told on Wednesday about the restructuring of its electric power division.
The company said the job losses are across staff and agency positions.
In a statement, the firm said the move was to "better align its organisational structure, resulting in a more efficient and competitive business model".
Jobs are also being lost at Caterpillar plants in Illinois and Georgia.
Davy Thompson, regional co-ordinating officer for the Unite union, said it was "yet another blow to our manufacturing sector". | Thirty-five jobs are to go at the Northern Ireland operations of Caterpillar, the company has said. | 1.068752 | 1 |
After resuming on 163-4, still only 73 runs in front, the hosts' initial job was simply to save the game.
Captain Ryan ten Doeschate's 109 helped to do that before Napier took over.
He hit 124, only his seventh first-class century, including three late sixes in one over, as Essex declared on 470-8 before hands were shaken.
David Masters was still there at the end on 47, while Tom Westley earlier weighed in with 44.
Essex's haul of 11 points from the match takes them back to the top of Division Two by one point from Kent, while Sussex, although still unbeaten in 10 games, are in sixth, now 41 points off top spot. | Colchester-born Graham Napier made an emotional century on his farewell appearance at Castle Park as Essex batted out the day to draw with Sussex. | 0.603147 | 1 |
The cause of death was announced by the office of the medical examiner after Scott's body was discovered in her flat by her assistant on Monday.
Police earlier said there was no sign of foul play and no note was found.
Scott's long-term boyfriend, Sir Mick Jagger, postponed forthcoming Rolling Stones tour dates in Australia and New Zealand after her death was announced.
Sir Mick earlier said he failed "to understand how my lover and best friend could end her life in this tragic way".
He said they had spent "many wonderful years together".
On Wednesday, Jagger's bandmates also expressed their shock at the news of Scott's death.
Drummer Charlie Watts said supporting Jagger was the band's priority.
"Needless to say we are all completely shocked but our first thought is to support Mick at this awful time," he said.
"We intend to come back to Australia and New Zealand as soon as it proves possible."
Keith Richards said "no-one saw this coming" and that Jagger had "always been my soul brother and we love him".
"We're thick as thieves and we're all feeling for the man," he added.
Ronnie Wood said: "This is such terrible news and right now the important thing is that we are all pulling together to offer Mick our support and help him through this sad time.
"Without a doubt we intend to be back out on that stage as soon as we can."
Tributes have poured in for Scott, 49, with fans including supermodel Naomi Campbell, Vogue editor Anna Wintour and singer Madonna eulogising the fashion designer.
Wintour described Scott as "a total perfectionist... always unbelievably generous, gracious, kind and so much fun."
Scott was found in her Manhattan apartment by her assistant at 10:00 local time (14:00 GMT) on Monday.
She had sent her assistant a text message 90 minutes earlier asking her to come to the apartment, without specifying the reason why, the Associated Press news agency reported.
It has since emerged that the fashion label founded by Scott had been heavily in debt. | The death of fashion designer L'Wren Scott has been ruled suicide by hanging, New York City authorities say. | 0.803765 | 1 |
The Dutch Supreme Court ruling follows an agreement by the country's authorities to send the convicted cyber-bully to Canada.
Aydin C faces trial on charges related to Amanda Todd's online harassment.
He was sentenced last month in the Netherlands to 11 years for internet fraud and blackmail.
Hurdles remain before Aydin C - who is identified only by his first name because of Dutch privacy rules - can be extradited.
It is not clear when extradition might take place.
Under Dutch law the country's justice minister must personally approve the request before it can be carried out.
Amanda posted her story on YouTube in 2012, where she described the harassment she suffered after a man she met online threatened to publish a photo of her breasts on the internet.
Her video was watched millions of times and sparked a global debate about cyber-bullying.
She took her own life a few weeks later in her British Columbia home.
The Dutch suspect was convicted in the Netherlands in March of blackmailing dozens of young people around the world into performing sex acts in front of web cams.
His victims were from countries as far away as Britain, Canada, Norway and the US.
The cyber-bully was arrested in January 2014.
He faces additional cyber-bullying charges in Canada related to making and distributing child pornography, extortion and harassment. | A Dutchman has lost his appeal against extradition for his alleged role in the cyber-bullying case of a 15-year-old Canadian girl who took her own life. | 1.442111 | 1 |
Saturday's initial match was abandoned amid torrential rain after 60 minutes.
Clarke called charges for new tickets for the match "absolutely disgraceful".
"It hurts me because it is my club and it's upsetting to hear somebody talk about the club in that way," Williams responded, speaking to BBC Wiltshire.
"It saddens me to hear the words but I imagine the words are born out of emotion and out of defence for Bristol Rovers and the fans.
"I look at it from a Swindon point of view and Darrell will look at it from a Rovers point of view. That's healthy. He is concerned for his own fans, quite rightly.
"I understand the enormous cost involved in staging an event and, no matter if the game is finished or not, we have a huge bill to cover."
Fans reacted angrily on social media to the news that refunds would not be offered for Saturday's game, and adult tickets for the rearranged meeting will cost £19 to 25.
In a statement on Wednesday, Swindon chairman Lee Power stood by his club's decision over the tickets.
"While we understand supporters' frustration, what happened on Saturday afternoon was an act of God and beyond the club's control," Power said.
Rovers have offered returning away fans free coach travel to the County Ground for the League One encounter. | Swindon Town head coach Luke Williams says he is "saddened" by Bristol Rovers boss Darrell Clarke's criticism of Swindon's ticket charges for their rearranged league game on 20 September. | 0.920401 | 1 |
An exhibition about Mullaghmore, Co Sligo is being held in Romsey, near the Mountbattens' Broadlands Estate.
May Burns from Mullaghmore said: "The majority of people were very ashamed. It's a good time to heal old wounds."
The towns' connection dates back to the 19th Century when Mullaghmore was part of the Broadlands Estate.
Lord Mountbatten, who was 79 when he was assassinated by the IRA, was a regular holiday visitor to the Co Sligo fishing village.
He was the Queen's cousin and his grandson, Lord Brabourne, is one of Prince William's godfathers.
An earlier Broadlands owner, Prime Minister Lord Palmerston, built Mullaghmore's harbour in 1820.
Residents of the town, many of whom clearly remember the events of 1979, have visited Romsey to stage an exhibition about their village's history.
John McKeon said: "We need to forge relationships and there are a lot of things shared by both communities."
They will also carry out more research into the history of the harbour at the University of Southampton's Broadlands Archive.
Romsey historian Phoebe Merrick, who has visited Mullaghmore, said: "I was very struck by how much they minded their harbour being used for that dreadful assassination - it still sears their souls." | Residents of the Irish village where Lord Louis Mountbatten was killed by an IRA bomb in 1979 are forging links with the Hampshire town where he lived. | 1.692893 | 2 |
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The British Darts Organisation (BDO) world champion will line-up at The Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton.
Mitchell, 45, has been drawn alongside Peter Wright, Dave Chisnall and Mervyn King at the Civic Hall from Saturday.
"I fancied Phil's group when I saw the draw, just for the chance to play against him," he told BBC Radio Solent.
Mitchell will be one of eight representatives from the BDO, with former Lakeside champions Martin Adams and Andy Fordham also making their first appearances at the event.
The Grand Slam is the only major televised tournament in which players from the two rival organisations participate.
"It will be a challenge," said the landscape gardener from Bransgore in the New Forest. "It's a tough group and there's no easy games in there.
"It really is a tough tournament to go to as a BDO player, with the guys from the PDC having so many more television opportunities than we do.
"We really are the novices, but in the past we've done really well and got off to a good start."
Mitchell hopes to get through his group to set up a meeting with defending champion Taylor, who takes on 2014 World Masters winner Martin Phillips, Austria's Rowby-John Rodriguez and England's Robbie Green.
"I'm just going to try to enjoy it," he added. "I'm really looking forward to going up against the boys from the PDC." | Scott Mitchell has revealed he would have loved to have drawn Phil Taylor in his first test against players from the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). | 0.828758 | 1 |
Iain Provan, 64, Elizabeth Allan, 63, and Len Stern, 71, died at a stage near Coldstream.
The event has not been held on closed public roads since then and was cancelled this year due to low entries.
A Crown Office spokesman said the investigation into the incident was continuing.
Petition organisers claim the rally generates about £3.5m for the Scottish Borders economy and enjoys "substantial support" from Scottish Borders Council, local politicians and the general public.
They said that it was "in the public interest" that the rally should return to closed public roads in 2017.
"Two years with no conclusion has made it difficult to guarantee the future of one of the UK's biggest sporting events," they added.
A revised event was held in 2015 on tracks in Kielder Forest in Northumberland, after starting in Kelso.
However, low entries forced the cancellation of similar plans earlier this year.
A spokesman for the Crown Office confirmed that it was still investigating the events of more than two years ago.
"The investigation, under the direction of the Crown's health and safety division and the Scottish Fatalities Investigation Unit (SFIU), into the tragic events at the rally in 2014 continues," he said.
"The families will continue to be kept updated in relation to any significant developments."
Scottish Borders Council withdrew permission for the event to take place on closed public roads while investigations were ongoing.
It would be up to the local authority to decide whether or not it could return.
A council spokesperson said: "Scottish Borders Council continues to liaise with the rally organisers.
"Once the ongoing investigation has concluded we will meet with them and hopefully start working towards preparing for the event to be held on closed public roads at the earliest opportunity - bearing in mind the planning timescales required for such an event." | A petition is calling for a conclusion to the inquiry into three deaths at the Jim Clark Rally in 2014 so the event can return to its traditional format. | 1.140484 | 1 |
Battle Abbey, in East Sussex, widely accepted as the site of one of the most famous events in British history, is the focus for a weekend of events.
The battle, between William of Normandy and Anglo-Saxon King Harold II, ended in the latter's death.
Thousands of soldiers were killed on 14 October 1066.
The dead will be commemorated at a service later at Battle Church in Hastings.
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A group of "warriors" recreating the 300-mile march made by King Harold to the battle site arrived during the morning.
They left York last month, travelling on foot and horseback and living in Saxon-style camps along the way.
Re-enactor Nigel Amos said: "In 300 miles we have seen some great countryside, met an awful lot of fantastic people and engaged with school groups.
"And we have got a feeling of what it would have felt like to have come that distance on that fateful march.
"This is a tribute to King Harold and all of the warriors of 1066 because they are what made this country."
King Harold defeated a Viking army at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in East Yorkshire, on 25 September, 1066, before travelling south to face the Normans.
On 14 October, he fought and was killed at the Battle of Hastings.
Duke William then seized the English throne.
Roy Porter, from English Heritage, described the final battle as a "cataclysmic" event.
"It changed English society, changed the way in which English politics worked, changes in architecture, the introduction of castles, the language we speak today is a result of 1066, that mixture of Old English and French," he said.
Home Secretary and local MP Amber Rudd, along with the mayor of Falaise in Normandy, Eric Mace, will be among dignitaries from both sides of the English Channel marking the anniversary.
The annual re-enactment of the battle, taking place at Battle Abbey on Saturday and Sunday, is a sell-out English Heritage said.
Meanwhile, a bust of William the Conqueror was unveiled at Berkhamsted Castle in Hertfordshire, where English leaders surrendered to the king in 1066.
1066 and the Norman Conquest | Thousands of people, including 2,000 re-enactors dressed in costume, are marking the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. | 2.796685 | 3 |
While answering questions put to him by Reddit users, the actor revealed he "did have a healing of cancer" and was still dealing with a swollen tongue.
"Because I don't sound my normal self yet people think I may still be under the weather," the 57-year-old wrote.
Speculation over Kilmer's health grew last year after Michael Douglas said he was "dealing with" throat cancer.
The former Batman actor responded at the time by saying Douglas was "misinformed".
"He was probably trying to help me cause press probably asked where I was these days," Kilmer wrote while taking part in a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) last week.
Writing on Facebook last year, Kilmer said his only recent contact with Douglas had been to seek advice over a lump in his throat.
Known for his roles in such films as Heat, The Doors and Tombstone, Kilmer worked with Douglas on 1996 film The Ghost and the Darkness.
Following Douglas's comments last year, it was reported that Kilmer had been reluctant to seek medical treatment due to his Christian Science faith.
Many Christian Scientists believe that diseases can be healed with prayer, although the Church does not forbid adherents seeking medical aid.
Meanwhile, US actress Shannen Doherty has revealed she is in remission after receiving treatment for breast cancer.
The former star of Beverly Hills, 90210 wrote on Instagram that she felt "blessed" by the "overwhelming" news.
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | Top Gun star Val Kilmer has appeared to confirm he had cancer, after previously claiming he had "no cancer whatsoever". | 0.947066 | 1 |
#Bringbackourgirls became one of the biggest social media campaigns ever.
It got the support of celebrities from the US First Lady, Michelle Obama, to Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai and US chat show host Ellen DeGeneres.
Now that the girl, identified as Amina Ali Nkeki, has been found, people have taken to Twitter again.
Many people welcomed the news, and hoped that the other girls abducted by Boko Haram militants would be found soon. | A huge Twitter campaign for 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria gained momentum after one of them was found two years after her capture. | 1.075186 | 1 |
The Black Cats spent about £20 million during the transfer window bringing in five new players, including midfielder Wahbi Khazri, who scored their third-minute opener against the Red Devils.
"The new players have made this victory," Allardyce told BBC Newcastle.
"Wahbi [Khazri] scored one and made one. Lamine [Kone] scored the winner, and the team could have scored more."
Four of Allardyce's new signings made the starting line-up in the victory - and defender John O'Shea believes their presence can only boost their survival chances.
"I think the impact the new boys have had for us will hopefully increase that competition within the squad," he said.
"I've always said throughout my career that if you have increased competition you're going to get increased performances and ultimately better results."
Sunderland's win continued a recent run of form which has seen them earn 11 points in seven games and leaves them within one point of Newcastle and safety with 12 games remaining.
The Black Cats will next face West Ham away on Saturday, 27 February. | Manager Sam Allardyce has credited Sunderland's January signings for their 2-1 win over Manchester United. | 0.856497 | 1 |
The 18-year-old was injured following a disturbance at about 0450 BST on Sunday in Springburn Road.
Officers trying to trace the vehicle involved and those responsible for the man's injuries, said the incident was being treated as attempted murder.
Part of the road was cordoned off and diversions were in place to allow investigations to be carried out. | A teenager is in a serious condition in hospital after he was "deliberately" hit by a car in Glasgow. | 0.157208 | 0 |
The boat is skippered by Daniel Smith and will sail into Londonderry on Wednesday evening as part of the city's LegenDerry Maritime Festival.
The 3,500 mile leg from New York to Derry was the 12th stage in the 16-series race.
The win puts the Derry crew in second place overall.
Crew members on the Derry-Londonderry-Doire yacht have said they are "excited to meet everyone in Derry".
A nine-day maritime festival, with a race village, summer promenade and sea-faring activities will begin in the city on Saturday.
Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Alderman Hilary McClintock, said the excitement is really building now ahead of the festival.
"The details of the full music line up have now been confirmed and there's much excitement about the week's events.
"The programme covers all genres and brings together an impressive mix of established names and top local artists.
"The atmosphere is going to be incredible."
Up to 100,000 people are expected in the city during the programme of events. | The Derry-Londonderry-Doire yacht has come second in the home leg of the Clipper Round the World yacht race. | 0.879476 | 1 |
Bridget Patricia Mongan from Stanley's Walk appeared at Londonderry Magistrate's Court on Monday.
She has been charged with assaulting her boyfriend, obstructing a police officer and with disorderly behaviour.
The case has been adjourned until 14 April.
The offences are alleged to have been committed in the build up to the incident at John Street on St. Patrick's Day 2014.
The defendant's boyfriend, Martin McLaughlin, 42, from Lisnafin Park in Strabane is charged with disorderly behaviour, obstructing a police officer and with assaulting Ms Mongan, also in John Street on the same day.
Defence solicitor Seamus Quigley told the judge that both defendants denied assaulting one another but they pleaded guilty to obstruction and disorderly behaviour charges.
He said it was a case "which falls into the domestic violence category".
Ms Mongan admits being drunk at the time, but said the two police officers should have left her on the pavement.
They have since been moved from any duties that bring them into direct contact with the public and the Police Ombudsman is investigating the incident. | A 24-year-old woman from Derry, captured on camera being left in a bus lay-by by two police officers, has been charged in connection with the incident. | 0.728491 | 1 |
Exploris in the County Down town of Portaferry was threatened with permanent closure in 2013.
But a rescue package backed by the Northern Ireland Executive and Ards and North Down Borough Council, which owns Exploris, secured its future.
A two-year-old Nile crocodile is among the new attractions at the centre.
New enclosures have been created for fish and other aquatic species at the centre.
The aquarium is also a rescue centre for sick and injured seals and staff care for rescued seal pups until they are strong enough to be released back to sea.
Ann Moreland, the general manager at Exploris, said other major changes had been made to the centre.
"The biggest change will be the inclusion of the fantastic tropical experience," she said.
"The kids will be able to come along and find Dory and Nemo along with many other species from across the world.
An outdoor otter enclosure has also been built.
"We've got two lovely little otters which the kids can get up close and personal to and watch them getting fed," said Ms Moreland.
Exploris opened on the shores of Strangford Lough in 1987 and became a significant tourist draw in the Ards peninsula.
Before its closure in November 2014, it attracted about 100,000 visitors every year.
The firm responsible for one of Belfast's top tourist attractions, the Crumlin Road Gaol, has been appointed by the council to run the aquarium on its behalf.
Environment Minister Michelle McIlveen visited Exploris last week and said she was impressed by the "high quality attraction it has now become". | Northern Ireland's only aquarium has reopened after a £2m refurbishment, having been closed for almost two years. | 1.757393 | 2 |
Blackwell, 25, suffered a bleed on the brain in a loss to Eubank in March and was put in an induced coma.
The offer comes despite Blackwell saying Eubank and his father were "inhuman" in how they reacted to his life-threatening injuries post-fight.
"I ended the guy's career," Eubank Jr told ITV's Good Morning Britain.
"He said everything was OK and that there were no hard feelings, but I've stopped him being able to make a living.
"I wanted to come and see him because I had something for him, and that something is my British title belt."
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Blackwell woke from his coma a week after the fight, which was stopped in the 10th round, without requiring an operation.
Speaking to the Sun on Monday, Blackwell was critical of the Eubanks' decision to hold a news conference while he was still in hospital.
"I was shocked when I first heard the things he had been saying because we had a little talk on social media," added Eubank Jr.
"I believe that the belt is a goodwill gesture - I'm still ready to come and give it to him.
"The guy's a true warrior, regardless of what's been said, the only thing that's important is that he is now OK, he's with his family and he can live a normal life with no restrictions." | British middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr has offered to give his title belt to retired opponent Nick Blackwell as a "goodwill gesture". | 1.100601 | 1 |
The Swans have rejected a £40m offer from Everton for the Iceland midfielder, who they value at £50m, while Leicester have also had a bid turned down this summer.
Sigurdsson did not travel with Swansea for their tour of the United States.
The 27-year-old has since returned to first-team training. | Gylfi Sigurdsson has been left out of Swansea's squad for Saturday's friendly at Birmingham City "due to the current transfer speculation surrounding him". | 0.298308 | 0 |
Blackwell scored 590 points in 34 appearances in his rookie season in the British Basketball League last term.
The 6ft 9in Californian has been offered a new deal by Wolves but is yet to confirm whether he is going to sign.
"We're still talking and we're still very hopeful," James told BBC Hereford and Worcester.
Blackwell joined Wolves last summer after starting his professional basketball career in Chile and helped Worcester to a fourth-placed finish in the BBL in 2015-16, as well as a semi-final spot in the BBL Trophy.
"He did really well in what was effectively his rookie season," James said.
"We're desperate to get him back but it might be difficult to do that. There will certainly be other clubs from other leagues looking at him.
"We've got everything a player could want here in terms of facilities and our salaries probably match up with most teams in the league, so it would be hard to see a player leave here for another club in the BBL."
After seeing his side bow out of the Championship play-offs at the quarter-final stage for the second straight season after defeat by Glasgow Rocks, James is keen to make sure the club keeps improving.
"We've identified some new, quality players and hopefully if the players we want to come back do return, we'll be a tough team," James added.
"We've finished third and fourth in the last few years and now it's about trying to get above that.
"We're a top-four team now but we want to be winning things and challenging for the Championship." | Worcester Wolves might find it "difficult" to keep key forward Perris Blackwell at the club next season, says director of basketball Paul James. | 0.784903 | 1 |
Instead, a full three day civil trial will take place at Leeds High Court from 26 to 28 July.
The decision means no further action will be taken against eight named campaigners and "unnamed people" who stop trees being cut down.
Both parties said they were "very pleased" with the outcome.
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Nether Edge Green Party councillor, Alison Teal, was one of those served with a legal notice in June.
Outside court barrister John Cooper QC for the tree group said: "My clients came here to stop the interim injunctions.
"The important thing for them was to have a full hearing so the important issues for a lot of people who live in Sheffield are articulated, argued, developed and challenged.
"That's what we've got, so we're pleased."
Fourteen protestors were arrested between November and March for preventing tree fellings.
The Crown Prosecution Service dropped charges in March because of insufficient evidence and protestors have continued to prevent fellings by standing under trees.
In June, the council applied to the civil court for an injunction to stop the direct action.
Both parties agreed to return to court for a three-day hearing when a judge will hear each case and decide once and for all.
If the council is successful, the eight protestors plus "unnamed people", will be banned from taking direct action or encouraging others to do the same.
If the tree protestors are successful, tree felling will be halted.
The tree protestors said they were "extremely pleased" by the withdrawal of the temporary injunction.
The group said waiting longer for a full hearing would mean many trees would be felled before they had a chance to put their case.
Paul Billington of Sheffield City Council said it was a "very good result".
"We're really pleased with the outcome today because we get a full trial much earlier than we thought, and we're confident about the outcome.
"We'll continue to do our best with what we believe to be a lawful tree replacement programme.
"No doubt the protestors will try to stop us, but the court will make a decision next week." | Sheffield City Council has agreed to suspend a temporary injunction preventing tree protestors taking direct action to stop felling. | 1.248836 | 1 |
The attackers shot at worshippers in the mosque in the Bogra district during evening prayers, police said.
The incident comes a month after a grenade attack on a Shia shrine in the capital Dhaka killed one and hurt 80.
Bangladesh has seen several violent incidents in recent months, including attacks on foreigners and secular bloggers.
Thursday's gunfire came a day after police said they killed a militant leader named Al Bani, who was a key suspect in the 24 October grenade attack.
Police said that Al Bani headed the military wing of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB), and that he died in an exchange of fire as they tried to arrest him.
The so-called Islamic State group had claimed it carried out the October attack - but the government says IS is not active in Bangladesh, and blamed local militant groups including the JMB.
Bangladesh is predominantly a Sunni Muslim nation, but attacks on Shia Muslims are extremely rare.
Who is behind the Bangladesh killings?
Behind the Bangladesh blogger murders
The country has seen a rise in Islamist attacks on foreigners and bloggers.
An Italian aid worker was killed in September and a Japanese citizen in October.
Both attacks were claimed by IS but the government blamed the killings on local militants.
Last week, gunmen wounded an Italian priest in north-west Dinajpur district. No group said it carried out the attack.
Extremists have carried out a series of high-profile attacks on secular writers, hacking to death four bloggers - one a US citizen - so far this year. | Gunmen have opened fire on a Shia mosque in northern Bangladesh, killing at least one person and injuring three. | 1.389094 | 1 |
Two goals in 108 seconds in the second period proved decisive as they lifted their first piece of silverware since winning the 2006-07 Knockout Cup.
Player-coach Andrew Lord and Chris Culligan were the scorers, and despite the loss of Matthew Myers, Cullen Eddy's reply was only a consolation.
Cardiff netminder Ben Bowns turned away 25 of the 26 shots he faced.
"This is a special group of guys and it was a fantastic performance," said Lord. "I am so pleased for every single one of them, the management, the staff and the fans.
"The fans were superb and they deserve this moment. They have backed us for so long and I am thrilled for them."
The Devils settled the better of the two sides and created the early chances, and Sheffield suffered the blow of losing forward Tomas Petruska to injury in the first period.
Lord gave his side the lead from the slot (21:07) and Culligan shot through a crowd (22:55) to give the Welsh side the edge.
But they were then were dealt an injury setback of their own as Myers suffered a blow to his shoulder.
After treatment throughout the second break, he tried to return for the third period before having to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines.
Sheffield set up a tense finish when Eddy fired through traffic from the blueline (52:38), but Cardiff and Bowns stood firm. | Cardiff Devils beat Sheffield Steelers 2-1 at the Motorpoint Arena to win the Challenge Cup. | 1.027569 | 1 |
The Poppies: Weeping Window installation has adorned the steps of St George's Hall since November and ends on Sunday.
A larger display of the poppies was on show at The Tower of London in 2014.
Created by artists Paul Cummins and Tom Piper, the original artwork marked 100 years since the start of World War One.
The Weeping Window display was installed in Liverpool just before Remembrance Sunday and had attracted 301,500 visitors by the end of 2015.
The Liverpool Welsh Choral Union will sing at the site at 14:00 GMT on Sunday, before the exhibition is closed with a performance from a bugler from the Band of the Duke of Lancaster at about 16:45.
Councillor Wendy Simon, assistant mayor and cabinet member for culture, tourism and events, said: "These poppies will have been part of the city's fabric for 72 days and the reaction to the stunning work has been overwhelming to say the least.
"We bid to host the poppies six months ago as St George's Hall would be the perfect venue for the installation with its World War One connections, and as with all our events, we knew that as usual, the people of Liverpool would come out in their thousands to show support for the thought-provoking piece of work.
"But we didn't expect the response we've had, and it makes me massively proud to know so many people have taken the time to visit." | Thousands are expected to visit a display of ceramic poppies during the exhibit's last weekend in Liverpool. | 1.602893 | 2 |
22 October 2015 Last updated at 12:07 BST
The star doesn't stand a chance as the incredible gravitational pull from deep within the black hole sucks it apart.
Some broken up parts of the star are whipped outwards at super high speeds, like food in a kitchen blender, whilst the rest of the star is sucked into the black hole causing a flare.
What is a black hole?
A black hole is a dying star that has collapsed inward from its own weight.
The pull of gravity from its centre becomes so strong that even light can't escape, which is why it looks black. | An animation from Nasa shows what would happen the moment a star gets too close to a black hole in space. | 3.226436 | 3 |
St Helens' Livesey, 21, started slowly against Krygyzstan's Kseniia Beldiagina but, with 90 seconds to go, executed a big throw for waza-ari and saw it out.
It was her second Grand Prix medal after -57kg bronze in Zagreb last year.
"I felt rusty and slow but I'm really pleased," said Livesey, who will fight in this month's European Championships.
"Returning from injury is really hard because you doubt yourself, thinking you're not as good as you were but it's really great to be back on the podium."
On Saturday, Livesey's sister Amy (-63kg) fights for Britain, as do junior world number one Lubjana Piovesana (-63kg), Gemma Howell (-70kg) and Ebony Drysdale-Daley (-70kg). | Britain's Bekky Livesey won a bronze medal at the Antalya Grand Prix in her second competition since a six-month knee injury lay-off. | 0.99129 | 1 |
First Lady Rosario Murillo is already widely seen as sharing power with her husband.
She is one among a growing number of spouses in the region who have run for office after their other half held the top job.
Below we take a look at 10 power couples in world politics throughout the decades. | Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has named his wife as his running mate as he seeks re-election for a third term in November. | 0.814191 | 1 |
The England Knights player made his Tigers debut as a 16-year-old in 2008, and went on to make 44 first-team appearances for them, scoring 16 tries.
"I'm looking forward to a new challenge and something a bit different," Arundel told Hull's club website.
"I'm really excited and also a little nervous as it's a big club and that will put a bit more pressure on me."
Hull FC's director of rugby Shaun McRae added: "We have said since day one that we're trying to build a culture and winning mentality at this club, one that isn't only about now but also about the future.
"That's why we're looking at players of Joe's calibre that are not just showing immense promise now but look to have ever greater years ahead of them in their career, not just with Hull FC but England too." | Hull FC have signed 20-year-old centre Joe Arundel from Castleford Tigers on a four-year contract from 2013. | 0.887876 | 1 |
The results showed 58% of adults were still classified as overweight or obese, and 22% were obese.
Health Minister Mark Drakeford warned lifestyle choices were too often damaging people's health and placing a huge burden on the NHS.
The survey showed a continued decline in the proportion of people in Wales who smoke to 20%.
Helen Birtwhistle, director of the Welsh NHS Confederation, said the figures showed a "significant number of us are either overweight or obese and are not taking part in enough physical activity".
Other findings in the 2014 survey of 14,000 adults and 3,000 children, include:
Mr Drakeford said the Welsh government had a responsibility to create the right conditions in which people could live full and healthy lives, but everyone also had a duty to look after ourselves.
"The NHS is there to help us in our time of need but with that comes a responsibility to use its resources wisely," he said.
Dr Ruth Hussey, Chief Medical Officer for Wales, said: "While I take encouragement in the gradual improvement seen in our nation's health, the reality is that too many of us are still drinking too much, eating too much and not being active enough." | More than half of adults in Wales are still overweight or obese, according to the latest Welsh Health Survey. | 2.304162 | 2 |
Mr Philippe, 48, was arrested after appearing as a guest on a radio programme in Port-au-Prince last week.
He was flown to the US to face the long-standing charges.
Dozens of his supporters attended the hearing in Miami, demanding his release. Mr Philippe was recently elected to his country's senate,
"We are here to support Senator Guy Philippe. We all feel like he is innocent," said Haitian Senator Evince Francois.
"We are here to let him know we stand up behind him. We think this is all politics," he told the Associated Press news agency.
Until last week, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) listed Mr Philippe as a wanted man on charges of conspiracy to import cocaine and money laundering
His arrest, on 5 January, came days before he was due to be sworn in as a senator, which would have given him some immunity from prosecution.
Campaign group Human Rights Watch has accused him of overseeing extra-judicial killings.
Mr Philippe, Haiti's former police chief, denies any wrongdoing.
He took part in the 2004 rebellion that removed President Jean Bertrand Aristide from power.
The new Haitian Senate, elected in November, was sworn in on Monday, with new president Jovenel Moise due to take office on 7 February.
Haiti has been led by interim President Jocelerme Privert since February 2016 when Michel Martelly stepped down at the end of his term. | A Haitian former coup leader, Guy Philippe, has pleaded not guilty in a US court to drug trafficking and money laundering charges. | 1.205698 | 1 |
The character is facing two charges - attempted murder and wounding with intent - after she stabbed her husband Rob in a long-running domestic abuse storyline.
The soap's editor, Sean O'Connor, promised "both a shocking and deeply moving trial".
It will run over next week's episodes, hearing the evidence from both sides.
The trial will bring to a climax the controversial three-year storyline that saw Rob's (played by Timothy Watson) controlling and abusive behaviour towards Helen (Louiza Patikas) escalate, which culminated in her stabbing him in April.
The rural soap will portray the prosecution as hoping to paint a picture of Helen as an unstable and volatile perpetrator and the defence likely to argue that she acted in self-defence, driven by months of abuse and the need to protect her child.
Both Helen and Rob are set to testify, with Helen's best friend Kirsty, her mother Pat, her five-year-old son Henry, Rob's mother Ursula and PC Harrison Burns among the witnesses.
The plot has gripped listeners, with many backing Helen's actions, tweeting their shock and sympathy for her plight.
"Working with charities and legal advisors, we've been telling Helen's story as realistically as possible over hundreds of episodes, in all its detail and horror, and it's a kind of realism that only radio drama can achieve," O'Connor said.
According to Refuge and Women's Aid, in the month of February as the storyline intensified, there was a 17% increase in calls to the National Domestic Violence Helpline.
The storyline also prompted the Helen Titchener Fund - set up by a listener to raise money for domestic violence charity Refuge - which has raised more than £130,000 to date.
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or if you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | The week-long trial of The Archers' Helen Titchener will begin on the BBC Radio 4 soap this Sunday. | 0.920645 | 1 |
Wildlife tour operator Basking Shark Scotland said more than 700 sightings were made by its staff and the public between April and October.
The bulk of the sightings of the massive fish were made off the isles of Mull, Coll and Tiree.
Oban-based Basking Shark Scotland also recorded more than 1,000 cetaceans, including whales and dolphins.
Rarer marine life such as sunfish and a leatherback turtle were also spotted.
Basking Shark Scotland, which has released a film of some of the creatures encountered this year, said 2015 had been its best year for sharks.
In 2013 it recorded 172 basking sharks and 250 last year.
Basking sharks are the world's second biggest fish - the whale shark is the largest - and can grow to 11m (36ft) and weigh up to seven tonnes.
They have no teeth and feed on microscopic plankton by opening wide their huge mouths.
Every summer the sharks gather in large numbers around small islands off Scotland's west coast where they are sought out by scientists and wildlife watchers.
Large numbers of marine animals off Scotland's west coast were also recorded this year by the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust.
It documented its highest ever number of young minke whales.
Twenty-eight juveniles were counted this year, three times the average compared with previous years. | Hundreds of basking sharks were recorded in the sea around the Inner Hebrides earlier this year. | 2.724253 | 3 |
Events planned include a musical relay along the 73-mile length of Hadrian's Wall and a live concert in Crumlin Road Gaol, a former prison in Belfast.
The day culminates in a gala concert from Glasgow's City Halls.
Jamie Cullum, Deacon Blue and Lulu will be among the performers at the event.
Events in Cardiff include an attempt to set a new world record for the greatest distance between singers of a duet.
Accompanied by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, classical singer Shan Cothi in Cardiff will sing the Welsh hymn Calon Lan with Andres Evans, a member of the Welsh community in Patagonia.
Events and performances will be broadcast across the BBC, with BBC One's The One Show broadcasting live from the Music Day event in Glasgow.
BBC Music director Bob Shennan said the day was "a unique opportunity for people to celebrate music and musical talent, whether attending one of the many events taking place or tuning in at home".
Highlights in each location include:
The Hadrian's Wall of Sound event will see hundreds of local musicians travel the length of the wall using various modes of transport and a baton passed from performer to performer.
Friday will also see the fifth and final BBC Music Day Unsung Hero named on Steve Wright's Radio 2 show and performances and appearances from the event's starry line-up of ambassadors.
The BBC Music initiative officially launched in October 2014 with an all-star reworking of the Beach Boys' God Only Knows. | Manic Street Preachers, Craig Charles and Sir James Galway are among those involved in BBC Music Day, a nationwide celebration of music taking place in more than 10 UK towns and cities. | 1.178673 | 1 |
Its new owners have hired professional treasure hunters to comb through the rubble in the hope of finding items belonging to the former leader of the Medellin cartel.
The pink mansion in Miami beach was seized by the US government in 1987.
Escobar, who was one of the world's richest men at the time of his death, was killed by Colombian police in 1993.
Christian de Berdouare and his wife Jennifer Valoppi said they were unaware of its history when they bought the four-bedroom mansion from a private owner in 2014.
Escobar bought the mansion in 1980 and had it for seven years before it was seized by the US authorities.
The new owners said Escobar never lived there but had visited the property on occasion.
They have hired a team to search for stashes of drugs, money or jewellery, which they suspect may have been hidden inside the mansion or its garden, as was the custom of members of the Medellin cartel.
Ms Valoppi said the workers had found a buried safe but that it was stolen before they could open it.
"It was in the ground under some marble and was discovered by some of our workers, but before we even had a chance to remove it, it was stolen, so we've been working with police on that," she said.
Mr de Berdouare, who paid just under $10m (£7m) for the mansion, said he was "very excited to see the house of the devil disappearing right before our eyes".
"This was the biggest criminal in the history of the world. I would like to be associated with something more uplifting, but nevertheless it's part of the city," he added.
He said that he believed Escobar bought the mansion in a residential neighbourhood in order "to conduct illicit trade". He plans to build a new mansion on the site.
Miami was a key entry point for drugs flooding in from South America in the 1980s and many drug lords had mansions and luxury apartments in the city.
The Miami mansion was built in 1948 and has direct access to Biscayne Bay and views of the Miami skyline. | Demolition work has started on a Florida mansion once owned by Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. | 1.644728 | 2 |
The 22-year-old lost 21-12, 21-18 to title holder and double world champion Carolina Marin of Spain.
"It's very satisfying to win silver," said Gilmour.
"Caro is the same age but has a lot more experience at the top level. It's building blocks but we'll get there one day."
It was Scotland's first ever medal at the Championships, which date back to 1968.
"Today's a day for celebrating and tomorrow we'll feel the lull but at least I will wake up and say 'yeh, I've got a silver medal at the European Championships' which is pretty cool," continued Gilmour.
"It will be an evaluation day of a decent match, not perhaps my best but certainly not my worst by any means.
"I will learn from anyone who is world class standard. Every game you go on is a learning curve." | Kirsty Gilmour has won silver after finishing runner-up in the women's singles final at the 25th European Championships in La Roche sur Yon. | 0.721209 | 1 |
But the Scottish government said that for the inquiry to reach clear conclusions and recommendations it must focus on a set remit and time frame.
Survivors' organisations are demanding a rethink - even though the government says this would delay the process.
Victims have said the Education Secretary who announced the inquiry must act quickly to widen the remit.
The Labour party said the inquiry - which was announced by the Scottish government a year ago - would not be able to investigate many cases of abuse, unlike similar investigations in other countries.
It also called for a compensation scheme to be set up to help victims.
Alan Draper of the In Care Survivors' group said: "The government have discretion to change the remit so that's why we're seeking an urgent meeting with the education secretary - to attempt to get her to change the remit."
So far the inquiry has not taken any evidence, but already there are calls for major changes to be made in how it will operate.
Abuse carried out in boarding schools will be investigated; other cases, in parishes, in day schools, or youth organisations will not.
Andi Lavery, an abuse survivor who is now the spokesman for the White Flowers Alba group, said: "The feeling is it's a cover-up.
"The same paedophile priests abused children in primary schools and in boarding schools and in residential homes but the children who were abused by the same paedophiles are not covered - it was the child they harmed not the institution."
In the Scottish Parliament, Labour have been meeting survivors, and are calling for more to be done to help them while the inquiry goes on.
Graeme Pearson MSP, Labour's justice spokesman, said: "I have written to the cabinet secretary to indicate that the survivors seek redress and seek psychological support and other agency support too.
"The sooner that's delivered the better."
Survivors in Scotland point to the inquiry in Northern Ireland which has a wider remit - and also offers victims financial redress in some cases.
David Shaw, whose abuse will be examined by the inquiry, said: "There's still no redress. There's still no help or financial assistance for anything for the victims." | Pressure is mounting on the government to widen the scope of the inquiry into historical child abuse allegations. | 1.158912 | 1 |
Shares in the Canadian firm, which has been investigated over its business and accounting practices, sank 14% in pre-market trading.
Valeant posted a loss of $373.7m for the first three months of 2016, against a profit of $97.7m a year earlier.
The company's new chief executive Joseph Papa said it had been a "difficult" period for the company.
It now expects full-year earnings per share of $6.60-$7, compared with its previous estimate of $8.50-$9.50.
"The first quarter's results reflect, in part, the impact of significant disruption this organisation has faced over the past nine months," said Mr Papa, in a statement.
"This has been a difficult period for Valeant and its stakeholders, and while there are some challenges to work through in certain business operations in 2016, such as our US dermatology unit, the majority of our businesses are performing according to expectations."
Sales at Valeant's dermatology business sank 43% to $228.6m in the first quarter.
Mr Papa took over from Valeant's previous head, Michael Pearson, in May.
Last week, it emerged that Mr Pearson would receive $9m (£6.2m) in severance payments along with thousands of dollars in consulting fees.
Valeant came in for criticism for buying older drugs and raising the prices without investing in research and development of new drugs.
Earlier this year, the company's financial results for 2015 were delayed while Valeant's board looked into its accounting practices.
"We have made progress toward stabilising the organisation over the past few months, and we expect to file our financial results in a timely manner going forward," Mr Papa said.
Shares in the company have fallen by nearly 90% over the past year. | Embattled drugmaker Valeant has reported a first-quarter loss and cut its full-year profit forecast. | 0.802519 | 1 |
The Japanese firm expects a full-year loss as a result of the legal charges.
The loss will be its first since the company listed on the Nikkei in 1949.
Takeda is still defending the drug, however, saying the claims made were "without merit", and it has not admitted liability.
The company said the settlement would "reduce financial uncertainties for the company".
In a statement, the firm said: "Takeda's decision to settle does not change the company's continued commitment to Actos.
"Actos continues to be available as a treatment option in the US, Japan and other countries".
"Takeda stands behind the substantial data that confirm a positive benefit/risk profile for Actos, which includes more than 14 years of clinical and patient experience with the product."
The settlement fund requires 95% of litigants, or those with claims against Takeda, to join the accord. However, some former Actos users may still oppose the deal.
Takeda's settlement is one of the largest lawsuits in the US based on a drug's side effects.
The legal challenges began in 2011 after the US Food and Drug Administration warned that patients using Actos for more than a year could face an increased risk of bladder cancer.
The Osaka-based company has since been hit with more than 8,000 lawsuits in the US over claims it hid Actos' cancer risks.
The firm has also gone to trial at least nine times since 2013.
Last year, a US court ordered Takeda and its former partner Eli Lilly to pay a record $9bn to a former Actos user who claims the drug caused his bladder cancer.
The punitive damages were later reduced to $37m by the court's judge.
Actos used to account for up to a third of Takeda's revenues and has generated more than $16bn in sales for the company since its release in 1999.
However, the drug's patent has since expired and Takeda is struggling to maintain sales in the face of generic copies created by rival Ranbaxy. | Asia's biggest drugmaker Takeda has agreed to pay $2.4bn (£1.6bn) to settle thousands of lawsuits in the US alleging it hid cancer risks related to its top-selling diabetes drug Actos. | 1.182518 | 1 |
Health Protection Agency data showed 33 per 100,000 people in England visited their GP about flu last week. Up from 27 per 100,000 the week before.
Also, a higher proportion of calls to NHS Direct were about flu.
Flu symptoms include a sudden fever, a cough with a sore throat, and aching muscles and joints.
Prof John Watson, from the HPA, said: "Over the Christmas period we have seen a slight rise in flu activity across several of our indicators in line with the trend we expect to see at this time of year.
"However, the latest data should be interpreted with caution due to GP practices being closed on the bank holidays which may have impacted on GP consultation rates.
"It is vital that those who are most 'at risk' from flu make sure they receive their vaccination as this is the most effective way of preventing them from becoming ill with the virus."
At risk groups include the over-65s, pregnant women, people with weakened immune systems and other health conditions.
There was also a rise in cases of the winter vomiting bug, norovirus, in the last week of 2012.
The combination of the festive period and a large number of norovirus cases has led to call for more people to donate blood due to a shortage of supply.
A Department of Health spokesperson said: "The NHS is experienced in dealing with the extra pressure the winter period can bring every year and is coping well so far this winter.
"To try to reduce the spread of flu and other winter bugs, we have launched the 'Catch It. Bin It. Kill It' campaign.
"It reminds us that we can all play a part in limiting the spread of flu by washing our hands and throwing away used tissues to prevent the spread of viruses." | There was a slight rise in cases of flu over Christmas, however, the real number may be higher as many doctor's surgeries closed on bank holidays. | 2.714135 | 3 |
It repeats the party's accusation that the DUP "acted in bad faith" during talks between the two parties on welfare reform implementation.
Sinn Féin said it had made it clear it wanted to provide full protection for current and future benefits claimants.
The DUP said there "wasn't the money in December and there is not the money in March" for what Sinn Féin wanted.
"There's no point in pretending we can find £286m to meet Sinn Féin's belated demands on this and demands they did not ask to be included in the agreement," the DUP's Sammy Wilson said.
Mr Wilson said either Sinn Fein accepted that and let the executive operate within its budget, "or I think the only other consequence is that the government in Westminster accepts that this is not an issue that is going to be resolved by the Northern Ireland Assembly and takes welfare back and the whole benefits system back".
He added: "We have in black and white what was agreed in the Stormont House Agreement and then Stormont Castle and nowhere in that document does it mention that there would be future payments covered."
The Sinn Féin dossier includes a paper from the DUP's Mervyn Storey.
The paper says that providing a system for future claimants would be too complex to achieve within the timescales set out in the Stormont House Agreement.
The social development minister has said he is therefore proposing a scheme to cover "existing claimants only".
The Sinn Féin dossier says the £564m cost for a benefit top-up scheme contained in the Stormont Castle Agreement on welfare was described as "indicative" and therefore, is not definitive.
"The protection of existing and future claimants was the basis on which Sinn Féin endorsed the Welfare Bill," the party's Conor Murphy said.
"However, three weeks ago the DUP then attempted to roll back from the commitments made in the Stormont House Agreement by attempting to limit protections to existing claimants only.
"This is a clear example of DUP bad faith as these documents plainly demonstrate." | Sinn Féin has released a 25-page dossier to explain why it withdrew support from the welfare reform bill. | 1.339299 | 1 |
The woman left home at about 11:30 BST for a walk before Christmas lunch when she was pushed to the ground by a man in Meyrick Park Crescent, Bournemouth.
He wrenched her handbag from her grasp and left her lying on the pavement.
Passers-by found the woman, who had to spend Christmas Day in hospital with a fractured wrist.
The woman's purse and bank cards were recovered but "a little over £20 in cash was missing", police said.
She told officers she walked past a white man sitting on a low wall outside a guest house moments before the attack.
He is described as in his 20s, of average height and slim. He had dark hair and was wearing dark clothing. | An 83-year-old woman was mugged for £20 in a "callous and violent attack" as she went for a walk on Christmas Day morning, police have said. | 1.13992 | 1 |
Lewis Siddall, 24, from Skellow, was found dead in his bed the day after he was hit by Blue Horrobin in the VDKA bar, Doncaster, in 2015.
A post-mortem examination revealed he died as a result of head injuries.
Horrobin, 23, of Askern, Doncaster, was jailed at Sheffield Crown Court after being found guilty of manslaughter.
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Mr Siddall, who worked at Copley Junior School, in Sprotbrough, had been socialising with friends on 11 August.
CCTV footage from the VDKA bar showed Horrobin barge into a friend of Mr Siddall's several times before attacking the teacher.
Horrobin - who claimed during his trial he was acting in self-defence - was then seen stepping back to launch the fatal punch at Mr Siddall, who sustained a fractured skull and ruptured arteries in his head.
Following the attack, Mr Siddall went home complaining of a pain in his head and went to bed at 00:30 GMT. He was found dead at 05:00.
The court heard that after suffering an injury like this, "it would be normal for the victim to carry on walking and talking".
Jailing Horrobin, Mr Justice Holgate said: "I am sure that Lewis Siddall did nothing whatsoever to give you any reason to think that he was being intimidating or aggressive.
"This was a completely unprovoked assault on an innocent member of the public enjoying himself with friends in the town centre."
The judge said shortly after the attack, Horrobin was captured on CCTV "bragging" and re-enacting the punch with a friend in a nearby car park.
Horrobin was jailed for eight years with an extension period of three years. | A man who killed a PE teacher with a single "haymaker" punch in an "unprovoked" attack has been jailed for 11 years. | 0.998743 | 1 |
Newton Stewart Football Club's 3G pitch was funded by Dumfries and Galloway Council and Sportscotland.
However the "all-weather" surface has been dogged by flooding problems, which forced the cancellation one South of Scotland league game.
Councillors have been asked to approve almost £12,000 worth of drainage works.
In a report, Wigtown Area Committee has been told that there was just one incidence of standing water during its first 12 months, when the contractor which laid the surface was responsible for maintenance.
That agreement ended in October last year, leaving the local authority responsible for the upkeep of the pitch at Blairmount.
Within weeks, Newton Stewart FC cancelled a game due to a waterlogged pitch. It flooded again in February and March.
The report said the drainage system has been found to be at fault.
"It was clear from examination of all components that the problem lay in the carpet infill and the rate at which water was percolating through this," it added.
It asks councillors to approve a series of measures to rectify the problem. | A £500,000 synthetic football pitch needs thousands of pounds worth of remedial action, less than 18 months after it was laid. | 1.117149 | 1 |
Dr Tamika Cross, an obstetrician-gynaecologist, said a Delta Air Lines crew member told her: "Oh no sweetie, put your hand down, we are looking for actual physicians."
Her Facebook post about her treatment has been shared more than 35,000 times.
Delta has said it will investigate the incident.
"I'm sure many of my fellow young, corporate America working women of colour can all understand my frustration when I say I'm sick of being disrespected," wrote Dr Cross, a resident physician at the University of Texas Health Science Centre in Houston.
On a flight from Detroit to Houston, Dr Cross said, a man sitting two rows away from her became unresponsive and needed emergency care.
She said she had tried to offer assistance but a flight attendant, who did not believe she was a doctor, rejected her repeated calls to help the patient.
"I tried to inform her that I was a physician but I was continually cut off by condescending remarks," she wrote.
"They paged: 'Any physician on board please press your button.' I stare at her as I go to press my button.
"She [attendant] said: 'Oh wow you're an actual physician?' I reply: 'Yes.'
"She said: 'Let me see your credentials. What type of doctor are you? Where do you work? Why were you in Detroit?'"
According to Dr Cross, she was eventually passed over for a white male passenger who said he was a doctor.
She ended her post by saying the attendant had later apologised and offered her sky miles - which she refused.
The Artemis Medical Society, an advocacy group for women doctors of colour, has written a letter to the CEO of Delta Air Lines, Ed Bastian, asking him to "investigate and determine if racial and gender bias by crew of Flight 945 led to rejecting the response and offer by Dr Cross to provide emergency medical care to your passenger".
The New York Daily News quoted a Delta Air Lines spokeswoman as saying: "Discrimination of any kind is never acceptable.
"We've been in contact with Dr Cross and one of our senior leaders is reaching out to assure her that we're completing a full investigation." | A black doctor was left frustrated after her credentials were questioned when she tried to help a patient on an internal US flight. | 1.259373 | 1 |
James Meyer, 53, confessed to stealing 22 unfinished pieces and selling them to a New York gallery.
"I am truly devastated that I destroyed the close relationship that I had with the man who was my mentor, employer and friend," he said in court in New York.
Meyer was ordered to pay restitution of $13.5m (£8.9m) to Johns and others.
Johns, 84, is best known for sculptures and paintings of the American flag, including one that sold at auction last year for a record $36m (£23.7m).
Meyer was an assistant in Johns' Connecticut studio for 25 years, from the age of 21.
In August 2014, he pleaded guilty to one count of interstate transportation of stolen property and admitted moving artworks from the studio to an art gallery in Manhattan between 2006 and 2012.
"I took for granted and betrayed someone who will forever have great meaning in my life. For that, I have profound remorse,'' Meyer told the courtroom.
Johns had asked Meyer to destroy some of the works, and had not given any authorisation for them to be sold.
Meyer - who arranged to have around 40 pieces sold through a New York gallery - told the unidentified gallery owner the incomplete works had been personal gifts from Johns, and provided fake documentation.
He also created fake inventory numbers and pages in a ledger book of registered Johns artwork to further assure the gallery owner the works were authorised.
Meyer received approximately $4m (£2.6m) from the sale of the artworks by the gallery. In court on Thursday, Meyer was ordered to forfeit the amount he made from the sales, as well as paying the $13.5m (£8.9m) to compensate the artist and four unidentified buyers.
Prosecutors said one buyer who agreed to return the artworks to Johns had spent over $7m (£4.6m) on them.
After his arrest in August 2013, Meyer cooperated with the government and helped recover stolen works from the buyers, prosecutors said. He also turned over 41 additional works that investigators did not know about. | A former assistant to US artist Jasper Johns has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after admitting he stole artworks from Johns' studio. | 1.261733 | 1 |
The local authority has said it could increase Council Tax by 2.5% - adding an extra £28.50 to a Band 'D' property - to generate £3m.
The council's funding is being reduced by 4.54%, compared with a national average reduction of 4.8%.
The council said it "may result in a reduction in employee numbers".
The authority has said it hoped to delay recruitment to currently vacant posts and help avoid compulsory redundancies.
Councillors will meet to set their budget on Thursday 9 February.
It comes after the council said it had received the third lowest funding settlement from the Scottish government, which was £7.4m less than in 2016.
Aberdeenshire has been allocated £394m in revenue and £30.7m towards capital expenditure.
It said that together with income from Council Tax, non-domestic rates and other charges, the council was expected to set a budget to deliver local services worth £540m and continue its ambitious capital programme of building new schools, leisure centres and roads projects.
Among the savings being considered alongside a council tax rise are a review of the school transport network, streamlining waste collection routes and less frequent cleaning of bus shelters. | Aberdeenshire Council has warned it needs to make more than £24m of budget savings which could see a 2.5% council tax rise. | 1.577099 | 2 |
James, 28, started both Wales' opening Six Nations matches against Ireland and Scotland but failed to score in either.
He has been replaced by fellow Cardiff Blues wing Alex Cuthbert for Friday's match against France.
"He [James] knows himself he's down on sharpness and a bit of conditioning," said Gatland.
"With Tom at the moment we just feel it's an opportunity for him to get back and play some more stuff with the Blues.
"There's a big step up from regional rugby to international rugby.
"From Tom's point of view, the injury he had that kept him out of the World Cup, he's been managed back by the Blues."
Former Exeter Chief player James' appearance against Ireland on the opening weekend of the Six Nations was his first for Wales since 2010.
Cuthbert established himself as a first-team fixture for Wales, winning 40 caps and scoring 15 tries.
He lost his place to James after a poor run of form which included a failure to score a try during five matches at the 2015 World Cup.
But the 25-year-old has scored four tries in his last seven appearances for the Blues to reclaim his international berth.
"It's an opportunity for Alex," said Gatland.
"We don't think he's far away from getting back to some form and some confidence."
A hamstring injury to Tyler Morgan has added to Wales' concerns at centre, having already lost Cory Allen for the rest of the season to an ankle injury.
But Gatland is does not believe they need to call up any replacements yet.
"Tyler has been a little bit unfortunate. We're hoping that's going to clear up with time," he said.
"We've spoken about potentially bringing in another centre, but at the moment we feel we've got enough cover." | Wales wing Tom James must work on his sharpness and conditioning to reclaim his starting place, says head coach Warren Gatland. | 0.962469 | 1 |
Fire crews called to a property in Montpelier Road just before midnight found part of the stone balcony and its iron railing missing.
Some of those injured had fallen into a basement below.
A Sussex Police spokesman said there were no suspicious circumstances. Building control officials have been examining the scene. | Four people were injured, two of them seriously, after a balcony they were standing on collapsed in Brighton. | 0.469417 | 0 |
Ali al-Emadi expected spending to continue at that level for three to four years as new stadiums, motorways, rail links and hospitals are built.
More than $200bn (£160bn) will be spent in total by the gas-rich emirate.
But Mr Emadi denied that the plans would make the 2022 tournament the most expensive World Cup yet.
The 2014 World Cup in Brazil is reported to have cost $11bn (£8.8bn) to host, while Russia increased government spending on the 2018 World Cup by $321m to $10.7bn.
Brazil struggled to get many of its stadiums ready, but Mr Emadi told reporters in Doha on Tuesday that Qatar had already awarded 90% of the contracts for 2022 projects and that two-thirds would be delivered within the next 24 months.
"We are giving ourselves a good chance to deliver things on time," he added. "We don't want to be in a place where we start painting when people are coming to the country."
In order to achieve this, contractors have brought in hundreds of thousands of migrant workers, mainly from South Asian nations, who human rights groups say have been exploited and forced to work under dangerous conditions.
Qatar's government has denied the workers are exploited and in December it implemented reforms designed to improve the rights of the migrant workers.
Mr Emadi said the money for the World Cup projects had been protected from cuts to the national budget caused by low oil and gas prices.
Last year, Qatar had an estimated budget deficit of more than $12.8bn, and the 2017 budget has a projected deficit of $7.8bn.
The pressure on the state finances is now easing because of higher oil prices, and Mr Emadi said Qatar might not need to issue international bonds this year. | Qatar is spending almost $500m (£400m) a week on major infrastructure projects as it prepares for the 2022 Fifa World Cup, its finance minister has said. | 1.520339 | 2 |
Dominic Jackson, 35, was reported overdue on Sunday night after going on a weekend trip from Portsoy.
His flatmate raised the alarm at about 22:00 when he failed to his return to his home in Fettercairn.
Sister Ellie told BBC Scotland from Australia that their father and brother had joined the search and that they were praying he would be found safe.
She said: "Unfortunately he's not experienced, he's new to kayaking.
"But he's not new to adventure - he's fit and active and likes to challenge himself.
"Everyone is very worried. We have got a lot of people praying for him. We just have to hope he's stuck at the bottom of a cliff."
The family also thanked those who have been searching.
Several lifeboat crews, a coastguard helicopter, police and coastguard teams have been involved.
He is believed to have travelled to Portsoy on Friday evening and set off in his kayak on Saturday morning.
Mr Jackson's green VW Transporter - which he was camping in for the weekend - has been found in the area.
His kayak is described as multi-coloured with a blend of purple, black and whites.
Coastguard teams were stood down during the night but resumed searching on Monday.
Insp Ewan Strachan said: "I know that volunteers have been out assisting on foot with ongoing searches, and I would like to thank them for their help at this difficult time.
"Through inquiries carried out this afternoon, the last confirmed sighting we have of Mr Jackson is on Saturday morning between 10.30am and 11am where he asked some local people where the best kayaking spot might be.
"A vast area has already been searched on both land and water - stretching from Buckie to Fraserburgh - and our efforts will continue.
"Our officers are being supported by the Coastguard, RNLI, and diving team, including use of a fixed-wing aircraft. Strong gales are expected across the Grampian coastline tonight, and we will deploy our resources accordingly.
"I would urge anyone with information, no matter how insignificant they think it might be, to contact Police on 101." | Relatives have joined a major air, land and sea search for a kayaker missing off the Aberdeenshire coast. | 1.184623 | 1 |
Shy Keenan, who founded the The Phoenix Chief Advocates Consultancy, received 415 tweets between October 2012 and March 2013.
Penelope Mellor, 52, of Coven Mill Close, Coven, Wolverhampton, was convicted of aggravated stalking at Chelmsford Crown Court.
She is due to be sentenced in April.
The prosecution said Mellor also sent material to Ms Keenan's associates and posted material online "which was considered unacceptable as criticism and personal in nature".
Simon Newell, senior prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service, said Mellor sent publicly-visible comments which were "insulting and abusive" to Ms Keenan's Twitter account.
She also emailed Ms Keenan's book publisher and literary agent, and sent messages to The Sun newspaper, for which she wrote a regular column.
"Ms Keenan was concerned private information about her family was being put into the public domain by Ms Mellor and threatening their safety, in particular, that it might be used by other people with grudges against her," he said.
Despite being warned by police about her behaviour, Mr Newell said, Mellor continued to send emails and mount attacks via Twitter. | A woman has been found guilty of stalking an anti-child abuse campaigner by "bombarding" her with hundreds of abusive messages on Twitter. | 0.64134 | 1 |
Student Ninorta Bahno, 26, fled the civil war in Syria more than three years ago.
The Syrian Christian was crowned wine queen in the city of Trier, western Germany, in the Moselle wine region near the border with Luxembourg.
She said that she hoped the prize would encourage integration.
"I want to show that Germany is a welcoming country and that the Germans are very hospitable and work towards integrating refugees quickly and successfully," said Ms Bahno, quoted by Deutsche Welle.
"As a refugee, it's very difficult to integrate into a new place at the beginning."
Last year, Germany received more than one million migrants, many of them fleeing the war in Syria.
Ms Bahno will spend the next year representing winemakers from around Trier at festivals and events.
She said that other refugees she had spoken to were "very happy" about her new title.
Ms Bahno said she had taken a crash course on local wine-making and that her favourite variety was a sweet Riesling.
The tradition of German wine queens dates back to the 1930s.
Every September, the wine queens from German's 13 wine regions compete for the title of German Wine Queen. | A Syrian refugee has been crowned "queen" of one of Germany's top wine-making regions, the first asylum seeker to receive such an accolade. | 2.452064 | 2 |
The man, from Aberdeen, was charged after "suspicious incidents" in the Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Montrose areas.
A report has been submitted to the procurator fiscal.
Sgt Andy Peerless, of Police Scotland, said: "The information provided to us from the public was vital." | A 46-year-old man has been charged after a police appeal about someone asking women for a piggyback while they were out running. | 0.291255 | 0 |
The current Glenavon squad will face a Derry team made up mainly of former team-mates of the Donegal man.
Those players are expected to include the likes of Barry Molloy, Ciaran Martyn and Ruaidhri Higgins.
Farren recently underwent a third operation on a brain tumour.
On Friday, Farren's family released a statement appealing for financial help to help raise around £25,000 which will enable the former footballer to undertake treatment at a specialist cancer centre in Germany.
In his most recent operation, surgeons removed over 80% of Farren's tumour but the 33-year-old's speech and mobility have been affected.
A biopsy after the surgery indicated that the tumour was highly aggressive.
On Friday night, Farren's former Derry City team-mate and current Republic of Ireland international James McClean was reported to have pledged £1,000 for the fund.
Greencastle native Farren was named the League of Ireland players' player of the year in 2005 and went on to become Derry's record goal-scorer in 2012 before joining Glenavon in 2013.
He was initially diagnosed with a benign brain tumour in December 2008 but continued to play on for Derry City until October 2009.
After undergoing surgery, Farren returned to Derry City colours in the summer of the 2011 and broke the club's scoring record a year later shortly before signing for Glenavon.
Farren was named the Irish League's player of the month in April 2013 but had to stop playing later that year in order to undergo more surgery.
Glenavon manager Gary Hamilton has appealed for fans to support Thursday's match.
"I'm sure all the good people around the club will come out and support Mark in this very serious situation in his life," said the Glenavon boss. | Glenavon will face a Derry City XI at Mourneview Park on Thursday night in a game being held to raise funds to enable former footballer Mark Farren to receive cancer treatment in Germany. | 0.796036 | 1 |
The 29-year-old met with brother and Bristol back Luke when he visited their team hotel the night before the match, which the West Country side won 24-23.
Sale suspended Arscott on 4 January and carried out an internal investigation.
Arscott said he was "extremely disappointed", but would assist the RFU with their own ongoing investigation.
The issue came to light on Tuesday when it was revealed Sale had complained to the Rugby Football Union that Arscott had released confidential details.
However, Bristol boss Mark Tainton insisted "nothing of any sporting value" had been passed on to his coaches.
"This has been a very difficult time for myself and my family and I will consult with my advisors before considering my next steps," Arscott said in a statement.
"In the meantime, I will cooperate fully and willingly with the ongoing RFU investigation and will not be making further comment until this has been concluded."
Sale, who have lost their past 10 matches in all competitions, said they would be making no further comment on Arscott's dismissal "in accordance with the club's disciplinary procedure".
Arscott, who can also play full-back, spent three years at Bristol between 2007 and 2010 before joining Sale from London Welsh in 2013.
He suffered a serious knee injury in March last year that kept him out for eight months. | Sale winger Tom Arscott has been sacked after he allegedly leaked confidential team information to Bristol before their Premiership game on 1 January. | 0.862653 | 1 |
Kerry Dixon is said to have knocked the man, who allegedly called him "fatso", off a bar stool before assaulting him.
Mr Dixon, 53, denies causing actual bodily harm at a pub in Dunstable last May, saying he acted in self defence.
Luton Crown Court heard the former Chelsea player earned £400 a week at the height of his career.
Mr Dixon's barrister Mark Wyeth QC asked his client how much he was earning "in the week in 1984 when you scored that famous goal at Highbury?"
The goal - in a 1-1 draw against Arsenal on the first day of the 1984-85 season after Chelsea had been promoted back into the top division - is regarded as one of Mr Dixon's best, and clips of it are often shown on TV and the internet.
Mr Dixon said football had not made him a rich man, but "could have done if I had used my money more wisely".
The court was shown CCTV footage of the attack at The Nags Head in Dunstable taken at 00:40 BST on 15 May 2014.
In the footage, Mr Dixon is seen punching 38-year-old father-of-two Ben Scoble in the face, sending him to the ground.
Mr Dixon told the court he was aware of Mr Scoble having an empty glass in his hand as they had a confrontation, after Mr Scoble had allegedly been "disrespectful".
"He was posing a threat to me as far as I was concerned. I have been glassed in the face before," Mr Dixon told the court.
Asked by his barrister if he had kicked Mr Scoble in the face, he replied "Never," saying "I would never do that."
The trial continues. | An ex-England footballer accused of punching and kicking a pub drinker said he feared the man was going to glass him in the face, a court has heard. | 0.722251 | 1 |
Bayern have been charged with the throwing of objects after their supporters delayed play by launching rolls of paper onto the pitch.
The visiting fans were protesting over ticket prices.
Arsenal also face charges after a supporter invaded the field during their crushing 5-1 second-leg defeat.
Bayern Munich fans held up a banner which read "without fans football is not worth a penny", having made a similar protest in a Champions League group match at Arsenal last season.
Disciplinary proceedings have also been opened against Napoli following their 6-2 aggregate loss to Real Madrid at the Stadio San Paolo on Tuesday.
The Italian club have four charges against them; the use of a laser pointer, blocking stairways, throwing of objects and setting off fireworks.
All cases will be dealt with by Uefa on 23 March. | Arsenal and Bayern Munich have been charged by Uefa following the behaviour of their fans in Tuesday's Champions League last-16 tie at the Emirates. | 0.974446 | 1 |
It is understood the charge is in connection with the discovery of a viable explosive device in the Millbank Park area of north Belfast on 15 August 2009.
Police say the man is expected to appear before Belfast Magistrates' Court on Tuesday 16 August. | A 36-year-old man has been charged with possessing explosives with intent to endanger life or cause serious injury to property. | 0.221737 | 0 |
The trawler Alberta had been converted to work as a mine sweeper when it was hit by one of the weapons it was dragging behind it, on 14 April 1916.
The boat went down in 22m (72.1ft) of water 35 miles north east of Grimsby.
The family of a man who died on the boat want to lay a wreath at the spot.
The Humber Vikings British Sub Aqua Divers who found the Alberta are part of the Shipwrecks of the River Humber project, which had been given £176,500 by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to map all the lost fishing boats during the 1914-18 conflict.
The Alberta crew included Percy Horn, from Grimsby, who was aged 26 when the boat went down.
Grandson Mark Richardson, 50, also of Grimsby said: "It's brought some closure for my own dad, Dennis Richardson, who is now 80.
"He always thought the Alberta was sunk much closer to the Humber and he was amazed to discover it was so far out in the North Sea.
"He would love to be able to go out with divers and perhaps lay a wreath on the sea above where the wreck of the Alberta lies.
"It would mean a lot to him.
"We know about the trenches and the zeppelins from World War One, but it seems the Grimsby trawlers and their lost crews have been forgotten." | The wreck of a trawler that sank during World War One has been found by divers searching for Humber fishing boats lost during the conflict. | 2.474329 | 2 |
Kevin O'Brien's 40 and 39 from Paul Stirling helped Ireland post 160-6 and, despite some late Amjad Javed (47*) hitting, the UAE fell well short.
The crucial Irish partnership proved to be the 53 runs put on by O'Brien and Gary Wilson (26) for the fourth wicket.
Three early wickets from Boyd Rankin helped reduce the UAE to 21-5.
Leg-spinner Jacob Mulder claimed two dismissals as the hosts limped to 77-7 with O'Brien and Craig Young also taking wickets.
A late surge by skipper Javed, who clubbed three of his five sixes in the final over off Stirling, made the result appear much closer than it was.
The Irish total included eight sixes, having failed to clear the ropes in their two previous games in the tournament.
O'Brien was delighted with Ireland's victory after what he described as a "very good all-round team performance".
"It's always good to peak at right time in a tournament like this to follow up Tuesday's win over Namibia," added the Irish all-rounder.
Former England Test player Rankin returned to the Irish team having missed the Namibia game and O'Brien was delighted at the Tyrone paceman's contribution.
"He makes things difficult for the opposition with his natural length, and those three early wickets meant we were always in control of the game."
Ireland will not know Friday's semi-final opponents until Group B is completed on Thursday with the Netherlands, Scotland and Oman vying for the two qualifying spots.
After losing their Group A opener against Afghanistan on Saturday, the Irish kept their hopes alive by edging out Namibia in a tight contest on Tuesday which set up Wednesday's straight shootout against the hosts for a semi-final place.
The week-long competition aims to give more T20 tournament experience to the eight associate countries involved. | Ireland qualified for the semi-finals of the inaugural Desert T20 tournament by beating hosts United Arab Emirates by 24 runs in Dubai. | 0.881463 | 1 |
However, it will not be marked as a first win over full member opposition as the two-game series was not given full one-day international status.
Chasing 287 from 50 overs, captain Coetzer made 118, adding 201 for the first wicket with Cross (106 not out) as they won with 7.1 overs to spare.
Sussex seam bowler Stuart Whittingham took 3-56 on his Scotland debut.
The teams meet again at the same venue on Tuesday.
"It's a massive step forward for Scottish cricket," Cross told BBC Scotland after making his highest score in international colours.
"It was a convincing victory against a side with plenty of Test match experience. We dominated and ran out comfortable winners."
Coetzer's 118 came from 84 balls, with Cross adding: "Kyle made it look easy. He took all the pressure off me."
Earlier, Dinesh Chandimal top-scored for Sri Lanka on 79, with Chamara Kapugedera reaching 71 from 50 balls and opener Kusal Perera making 57 as the visitors were bowled out for 287.
Alasdair Evans joined Whittingham in taking three wickets, with Chris Sole bagging a brace, while 24-year-old wicketkeeper Cross made it a day to remember with four catches behind the stumps.
Sri Lanka are warming up for the ICC Champions Trophy, taking place in England and Wales from 1-18 June, where they will play India, Pakistan and South Africa in Group B. | Kyle Coetzer and Matthew Cross hit centuries as Scotland beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets at Beckenham in Kent. | 0.929904 | 1 |
The Saudis say they do not know who fired the mortars, or from where.
A small Shia militant group in Iraq, known as the Mukhtar Army, has claimed it carried out the attack, although this cannot be confirmed.
The group said it was a warning to Saudi Arabia to stay out of Iraq's affairs.
The militia's commander, Wathiq al-Batat, told Reuters that the goal of the attack "was to send a warning message to Saudis to tell them that their border stations and patrol are within our range of fire".
The mortars fell in an uninhabited area near Hafr al-Batin in the kingdom's Eastern Province.
The mortar fire comes two days after suicide bombers killed more than 20 people outside the Iranian embassy in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
On Thursday Saudi Arabia advised its citizens to leave Lebanon following those bombs.
The continuing civil war in Syria is fuelling increased tensions between nations in the region.
Saudi Arabia, which is largely Sunni, backs the rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, whereas Shia Iran and Shia militias in Iraq and Lebanon back the president. | Saudi Arabia and Iraq are investigating an incident in which six mortar bombs landed in a remote area of Saudi Arabia near the border with Iraq and Kuwait. | 1.382452 | 1 |
A conference next month at the city's National Waterfront Museum will hear from delegates who have turned around the fortunes of Sydney, Australia, and Antwerp, Belgium.
It is being organised by the Design Commission for Wales in partnership with Swansea council.
One council leader said Swansea must rethink what makes a city successful.
It follows a series of shop closures across the city centre in recent years, followed by the loss of a £1bn project to transform the shopping district, when developers plumped to invest in the out-of-town Parc Tawe instead.
Robert Francis-Davies, Swansea council's cabinet member for enterprise, development and regeneration, said they needed to examine what makes a winning city.
"Shopping is a major part of the city centre offer here, but a lot more needs to be available to generate the footfall our traders need," he said.
"The city centre has to become a place that people want to go - a destination that's both easy to get to and offers a range of events that will create a buzz and attract people."
Initiatives have already begun to try and lure people back into town.
This week retailers have been invited to take to the streets on temporary market stalls in order to drum up passing trade with a variety of themed events.
Last weekend saw the re-launch of the Big Heart of Swansea loyalty card which offers discounts at participating stores within the city centre's Business Improvement District (BID).
According to Russell Greenslade, chief executive of Swansea BID, around 500 shoppers snapped up the offer on its first day.
"The beauty of the loyalty card is that discounts can only be redeemed in-store," he said.
"This helps attract more visitors into the city centre and boosts our traders. It's one of many schemes on which we work closely with Swansea council to benefit our city centre businesses."
But Julie Williamson, who chairs Swansea Bay's Federation of Small Businesses, said the success of the city lay with all businesses - not just the shops.
"Of course we need a healthy retail sector, but what keeps those shops going is the workers from other offices and businesses coming into town every day, and shopping in their lunch breaks and after work. And it's those other businesses which are leaving in increasing numbers." | Swansea is calling in international experts to help regenerate its city centre. | 1.419784 | 1 |
The incident happened on the Andersonstown Road in the west of the city.
It was reported to police shortly before 02:00 BST on Sunday.
Police are appealing for anyone who witnessed the assault to contact them at Woodbourne station on the non-emergency 101 number. | A woman has been taken to hospital after she was reportedly pushed through the glass window of a fast-food takeaway in Belfast. | 0.144241 | 0 |
David Craig Ellis, 41, has admitted killing Alec Warburton, 59, at a house in Sketty, Swansea, but denies murder.
Mr Ellis said he was unemployed when he moved into Mr Warburton's house.
He told Swansea Crown Court when he could not afford his rent one month, Mr Warburton came into his bedroom and suggested they do "things of a sexual nature" instead.
The jury heard Mr Ellis moved into the house in May 2015 after seeing a listing on the website Gumtree.
Mr Ellis said he was claiming Jobseekers Allowance and despite the tenancy agreement stating nobody claiming benefits could rent the room, he moved in and said Mr Warburton was aware of his financial situation.
By June, he could not afford the full month's rent. He offered to help his landlord carry out renovation work on his father's house instead, but he declined.
Two or three days later, Mr Warburton knocked on Mr Ellis's bedroom door and said he was still in arrears, the court was told.
He said Mr Warburton suggested they should do "things of a sexual nature".
Mr Ellis told the court he was "quite shocked" and "repulsed" by the comment.
When asked why he repeatedly hit Mr Warburton on the head with a hammer, Mr Ellis replied: "I don't know, I was angry but I can't say any particular reason why whatsoever. I was angry about my break up and the fact he'd asked for sexual favours."
He said he tried to clean up the blood and "feebly" attempted chest compressions because he could not feel a pulse
Asked why he did not ask for help, he replied: "I panicked - I didn't think anyone would believe me about what happened."
The court heard on 1 August, Mr Ellis drove Mr Warburton's car with his landlord's body in the boot to north Wales.
He dumped the body in the disused Prince Llywelyn slate quarry in Dolwyddelan, Conwy county, which he was familiar with from his childhood.
Mr Ellis returned home before catching a ferry to Northern Ireland and travelling to the Republic of Ireland where he eventually was arrested.
He confessed to the Garda in Ireland where he had dumped Mr Warburton's body.
"I just thought it was the best thing to do for Alec's family," he said.
The trial continues. | A man accused of murdering his landlord was asked to give sexual favours in lieu of rent, a jury has heard. | 0.579625 | 1 |
With a limited number of A-League and under-18 fixtures providing the only opportunity, Ross wants more game time for up-and-coming talent.
"We need to try and get more games," Ross told BBC Hereford & Worcester.
"They work hard but we don't want them in the gym all the time. We want them playing, especially at weekends."
Outside academy and youth matches, the only option to get regular rugby for players not in first-team contention is to send them out on loan.
Warriors currently have five players loaned to other clubs, with two more on dual-registration.
Former Scotland international and London Welsh assistant coach Ross, who has been with the Premiership club since April 2015, says Warriors intend to work hard to get a better environment for its budding stars.
"Somehow we've got to get fixtures for them. You don't want to train all week only to not play at the weekend," Ross said.
"We want to play more and hopefully, over the next couple of years, that will happen."
Matt Cox, Alex Grove, Max Stelling and England full-back Chris Pennell have all graduated from the Warriors' academy into the first team in the past.
More recently, full-back Ben Howard, centre Dean Hammond and second-row Christian Scotland-Williamson have joined them as the Premiership side continue to heavily invest in their academy structure.
Four Worcester players started England's Under-20 Six Nations international against Wales last Friday and two other youth internationals - scrum-half Jamie Shillcock, 17, and flanker Sam Ripper-Smith, 20 - have just signed new contracts at Sixways.
"That can only be good for the future," Ross added.
"We're beginning to get guys coming through and if a player's 50-50 about whether to come here and they see players get given opportunities in the first-team environment at Worcester, it'll encourage them to come." | Worcester Warriors academy backs coach Gordon Ross says more regular, competitive fixtures are needed to help the development of their young players. | 0.915281 | 1 |
Organisers of the event held at Dores on the shores of Loch Ness have confirmed that it will not be taking place.
Last year's festival did not go ahead because a date could not be found that did not clash with the World Cup and the Commonwealth Games.
No details have been released on plans to host RockNess next year.
Before 2014, the event had been held every June since 2006 at Dores, near Inverness.
The three-day festival typically drew more than 30,000 revellers to the area.
It has featured some of the biggest names in UK and international music, including Daft Punk, Fatboy Slim, Steve Aoki, Basement Jaxx and Madness. | RockNess, one of Scotland's largest music festivals, has been cancelled for the second year in a row. | 0.756841 | 1 |
The Sons beat Hibs 3-2 on Saturday, allowing Scottish Championship leaders Rangers to open up a gap of 11 points.
Liam Henderson and Farid El Alagui replied after the hosts had raced into a three-goal lead in Dumbarton.
"No matter who you are, you can't give someone a 3-0 lead and expect to bring it back," Stubbs told BBC Scotland.
"But I've got to say, we gave it a good go.
"We've more or less gifted Dumbarton the three points with the goals we've conceded.
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"I can't fault the players' effort but in the last couple of games we've contributed significantly to our downfall. We're just making silly individual errors and unfortunately right now we're getting punished for them.
"It's lapses in concentration. More often than not you can get away with one but in the last two games we've been punished. We need to have better discipline when we're defending set pieces and stay with our men."
It was a second straight loss for Hibs with Greenock Morton having won 3-0 at Easter Road on Wednesday.
"There will be no concession because mathematically we can still do it," said Stubbs, whose side have 10 league games left.
"But we're obviously making it really difficult for ourselves and making it easier for Rangers.
"We've lost four games all season so there's certainly no monkey on our back but we need to bounce back very quickly.
"We wanted to do it today and it wasn't for the want of trying."
Dumbarton manager Stevie Aitken described the final 15 minutes of the game as "probably the longest I've had in my career as a manager".
Kevin Cawley, Christian Nade and Darren Barr had netted for the hosts in the opening 50 minutes before Hibs' resurgence.
"I was desperate for the final whistle and we had to dig in deep," added Aitken.
"To beat a good Hibs side twice now; I'm delighted we got the win and I think over the piece it was deserved.
"It was tough towards the end. Credit to Hibs, a lot of teams might have flung the towel in at 3-0 but they came at us, scored a couple of good goals and put us under severe pressure." | Hibernian head coach Alan Stubbs lamented how his side "gifted" Dumbarton victory as the Easter Road men's title hopes were dealt a blow. | 0.861555 | 1 |
The comments came after an emergency meeting, but no details were released about what measures may be planned.
Currency investors have been piling into the Swiss franc, which - like gold - is popular in times of trouble because of its relative safety.
This has increased the value of the franc, hurting Swiss exporters.
The US dollar hit a record low of 0.7485 against the franc on Monday, before the greenback recovered slightly to 0.7525.
The Swiss franc remains about 30% stronger against the dollar than a year ago.
Meanwhile, Switzerland's main SMI stock index ended Monday trading down 4%.
The franc also strengthened 0.3% to 1.0917 per euro, despite the European Central Bank said be intervening in the financial markets to help bring stability.
According to the Bloomberg news agency, the franc is higher this year against 16 major currencies.
"The Swiss franc is the gauge of how nervous the market is," said Jane Foley, a foreign exchange strategist at Rabobank International.
In January, Switzerland's Federation of Small and Medium Businesses described the franc's appreciation as a "crisis".
The Swiss central bank has in the past intervened in the currency markets to halt the franc's rise against the euro, but with only limited success.
Last week, the country cut its interest rates in a bid to make its currency less attractive. | The Swiss government has pledged action to reduce the value of the franc, saying that "energetic intervention" was required. | 1.659086 | 2 |
Suzanne Hughes was last seen at about 22:30 BST on the 17 July in Cromer, Norfolk, where she was holidaying with her husband, daughter and grandson.
Her husband Alan claimed it was "out of character" for the 67-year-old, from Solihull, to go missing.
He said he woke at about midnight to discover his wife was not in the house and the front door was open.
Coastguards and a police helicopter have been involved in the search for Mrs Hughes, and Norfolk police said "a large amount" of CCTV footage has been examined. | Police have said they are "increasingly concerned" about a grandmother who seemingly vanished overnight. | 0.594302 | 1 |
Welshman Hughes played 531 top flight games with Manchester United, Chelsea and Southampton.
Wednesday's league game is his 400th as a Premier League manager.
"It's a good thing to stick around for so long is a good thing - some would say it's a bad thing," joked Hughes, who also managed Wales.
"You don't stick around this long at this level unless you understand what's required and what it takes to win games at this level and I think I've proved that over a long period now.
"It's great the support I get from everyone I've been involved with, not least the close coaching group I've got here and the support I've had since I've come here (Stoke).
"That's really vital if you want to be successful as a Premier League manager."
Hughes has also had spells in charge of Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, Fulham and Queens Park Rangers.
The other men who have played and managed in 400 top-flight games are Bobby Robson, Joe Mercer, Joe Smith and Clem Stephenson. | Mark Hughes joins an elite group of men who have played and managed in 400 English top flight games when Stoke City play Southampton on Wednesday. | 0.921459 | 1 |
The driver, initially pulled over for speeding and having no licence plates, evaded capture for 90 minutes.
The fugitives even managed to continue after road spikes deployed by officers destroyed one of their vehicle's tyres.
They were finally halted by the sheep, which blocked the road entirely as they were being moved to new pasture.
In a coincidence, the sheep were reported to be owned by a local police officer from Queenstown.
All four fugitives were arrested. | A flock of sheep has come to the aid of New Zealand police, stopping a car-load of fugitives who had led officers on a high-speed chase across Central Otago. | 0.596668 | 1 |
The 12-bed unit at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children is currently full.
A theatre recovery unit is being converted to increase the number of beds.
The Belfast Trust says the measures are required due to the early onset of seasonal bronchiolitis.
Bronchiolitis is a respiratory condition which affects many infants, but can develop into a serious chest infection.
All paediatric elective surgery was cancelled on Friday, so 14 planned operations had to be postponed.
The Trust said the situation will be reviewed on a daily basis. It has restricted visiting to parents and guardians only.
A seriously ill child who could not be accommodated at the children's hospital in Belfast was transferred to Dublin on Thursday.
It is understood there is also a shortage of beds there.
It is not the first time the theatre recovery unit at the Children's Hospital has been used as an overflow for PICU. It also happened over the Christmas and New Year period last year.
There are currently no plans to transfer children to intensive care beds in England. | A plan has been implemented to cope with an increased demand for paediatric intensive care beds in Northern Ireland. | 1.468966 | 1 |
The board has agreed to improve practices after Sally Doering was unable to let staff at Perth Royal Infirmary know that she was in pain.
The Perthshire 65-year-old's case was taken up by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
NHS Tayside agreed that Mrs Doering's experience was "unacceptable".
Mrs Doering said her family and her advocacy worker asked for a sign language interpreter to be provided when she was taken into hospital suddenly last year, but one was never provided.
She said: "This meant I didn't know what was happening to me.
"I couldn't communicate with staff, I couldn't let anyone know when I was in pain - I couldn't even make choices of what food I wanted.
"I didn't find out what had been wrong with me until I got home and someone was able to explain it to me."
Mrs Doering had received an apology over a similar incident the year before, and another deaf woman complained to the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman over the same hospital's failure to provide an interpreter last year.
NHS Tayside has now entered into an agreement with the EHRC to ensure all deaf patients have their communication needs met in future.
Alastair Pringle, director of the EHRC in Scotland, said: "This agreement is important because this is not the first time NHS Tayside has failed to put reasonable adjustments in place to ensure deaf people have access to the support they require.
"We hope that this agreement, which includes NHS Tayside setting out a number of actions they will take to improve their performance, will now resolve the issue."
NHS Tayside nurse director Dr Margaret McGuire said Mr's Doering's experience was "unacceptable".
She said: "We fell short of the high standards of person-centred care that we expect from all members of staff, but we are determined to learn from this and ensure that we identify and meet individual needs every time." | NHS Tayside has apologised to a deaf woman who spent six days in hospital without being offered a sign language interpreter. | 1.421149 | 1 |
It comes as part of a criminal investigation into her possible use of the server for classified emails.
Mrs Clinton denies doing anything wrong, in a case that has dogged her US Democratic presidential campaign.
Thousands of emails have been released except for those deemed "top secret".
In January, the Department of State said about 2,000 emails contained classified information, including 22 classified as "top secret", its highest level. Hillary Clinton, who served as secretary of state from 2009 to 2013, has since apologised for using a personal email account for official business during that time.
But she has continued to deny that she had broken any government rules or laws, saying none of the material sent via email had been marked classified at the time.
According to the Washington Post, quoting a senior law enforcement official, the FBI is working with Bryan Pagliano, a former 2008 presidential campaign aide who helped set up the server in 2009, in the criminal case.
Brian Fallon, a spokesman for Hillary Clinton, said he was "pleased" Mr Pagliano was cooperating with prosecutors.
The email saga has at times overshadowed Mrs Clinton's 2016 run for the White House. However, she is leading the Democratic race for presidential nominations, after sweeping up seven more states in primary and caucus voting on Super Tuesday this week. | A former US state department employee who set up the email server used by Hillary Clinton when she was secretary of state has been granted immunity, according to US media reports. | 1.773043 | 2 |
Charlie Dunn, from Tamworth, Staffordshire, was pulled from the Blue Lagoon at Bosworth Water Park in Leicestershire on Saturday afternoon.
Step-grandmother Sharon Robinson said he was a "funny and lovely little boy".
A couple, believed to be Charlie's mother Lynsey Dunn and stepfather Paul Smith, have been arrested.
The couple were held on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence shortly after the "tragic incident" and have since been released on bail pending further inquiries.
Ms Robinson has accused Leicestershire Police of showing a "lack of compassion" after the couple were taken into custody on the day of Charlie's death.
She said: "They needed each other that day, they needed to comfort each other.
"They were put in separate police cars, weren't allowed to talk to each other or have any type of consoling each other."
In a statement, Leicestershire Police said: "Our investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death are ongoing.
"We would continue to ask people not to speculate about the incident and the circumstances around the death and leave the authorities to carry out their investigations."
Charlie was airlifted to hospital where he died despite desperate efforts to save him.
Ms Robinson said the family was struggling to understand why a boy who did not like water would have gone back to the lake by himself.
She said her grandson was "very loving and always happy".
"We used to call him the Milkybar Kid because he looked like him.
"He was outstanding on his school report. It's such a shame because he had a lot of future in front of him."
Witness Olivia Quinn said the scene at the water park was "horrific... everyone was in shock, crying and praying for the little boy".
Park owner Nigel Riley described the incident as "dreadful" after the park reopened on Sunday.
In a statement, Bosworth Water Park said on its Facebook page: "We would like to pass on our deepest condolences to all effected by this tragic incident.
"A full investigation will also be carried out by the health and safety executive and we will of course fully co-operate with all investigations."
Source: Bosworth Water Trust website | The family of a five-year-old boy who died in a suspected drowning at a water park have paid tribute to the child they dubbed the "Milkybar Kid". | 1.000237 | 1 |
Last year, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was booed by fans at the opening match of the Confederations Cup - a curtain-raiser for the World Cup.
In an interview with DPA news agency, Fifa head Sepp Blatter expressed concern about social unrest in Brazil.
He said he hoped the event would play a part in calming down the protests.
Protesters took to the streets of many Brazilian cities shortly before the Confederations Cup in June 2013.
They denounced corruption and the perceived high cost of preparations for the World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, which will be hosted by Rio de Janeiro.
Several of the 12 stadiums that will be used in the World Cup are still under construction.
Among the venues still being built is the Arena Corinthians, in Sao Paulo, where the opening match between Brazil and Croatia is due to be played on 12 June.
Mr Blatter, however, played down concerns that the stadiums will not be finished in time for the event.
"Everything with the stadiums will work out. This is not my first World Cup. In the end, all the stadiums will be ready," Mr Blatter told DPA.
Mr Blatter did not elaborate on his decision to scrap the speeches from the opening ceremony.
But last year he came out in the support of Ms Rousseff when she was booed by football fans as she opened the Confederations Cup in Brasilia.
"Friends of Brazilian football, where is the respect and the fair play, please?" intervened Mr Blatter, who then became the target of the protests at the Brazilian capital's brand-new National Stadium.
He told DPA that the World Cup may have a positive impact: "We hope that the World Cup will play a part in calming down the social unrest that we experienced during the Confederations Cup".
It is not clear whether the Brazilian government was involved in the decision to remove Ms Rousseff's speech from the opening ceremony.
Mr Blatter also said that "the human rights situation" will be taken into account when Fifa awards the rights to host World Cups in the future.
The awarding process was criticised when Fifa announced that the 2018 and 2022 World Cups would be hosted by Russia and Qatar respectively. | Football's world governing body, Fifa, has announced that there will be no speeches at the opening ceremony of the World Cup in June. | 1.370307 | 1 |
Emily Price, from Huntingdon in Cambridge, studied maths and physics and was due to do a masters degree in Aberystwyth from September.
She became ill days after being elected to the town's central ward and died on 12 May.
By Tuesday, a fundraising page in Ms Price's memory had already raised more than £3,300.
Her family said they hoped to help disadvantaged students take the same subjects as Ms Price.
Aberystwyth University has opened a memorial book for students to pay their respects, which will stay open until Ms Price's funeral takes place on 2 June at Cambridge Crematorium.
It has also arranged for a bus to take students from Aberystwyth to Cambridge for the funeral - and they are encouraged to wear some yellow or purple, the university colours, to celebrate Ms Price's time there.
Her sister Katie Price said: "We talked to her university and they are also interested in honouring her.
"We're going to create some kind of bursary for future maths and physics students as this was a subject and a university that she was so incredibly passionate about."
She added any extra money raised would go towards a bench outside Ms Price's flat on Aberystwyth seafront "so that other people can enjoy the exact same view as she did".
A fundraising page set up by Ms Price's parents, Natasha and John, and her, sisters Hannah and Katie, reads: "Emily wanted to make a difference in the world and with your help we can continue her legacy." | The family of a newly-elected councillor who died suddenly aged 22 hopes to start a bursary in her memory. | 1.310323 | 1 |
Holyhead coastguard said the man was hit by the caterpillar coaster on the seafront at Barmouth, Gwynedd.
The ambulance service said it was called at about 10:15 BST.
An air ambulance was sent to the scene, but the man was taken to Bronglais General Hospital in Aberystwyth by land ambulance. | A man has been taken to hospital after he was struck by a fairground ride on a north Wales promenade. | 0.426622 | 0 |
The 23-year-old, who joined from Hartlepool in January 2014, has also been named as Posh's new club captain.
Baldwin scored once in 29 appearances in 2016-17 as Peterborough finished 11th in the third tier.
"Jack is a leader, he is determined, has a will to win and I think he will prove to be an excellent skipper," said manager Grant McCann. | Peterborough United defender Jack Baldwin has signed a new two-year contract with the League One side. | 0.31694 | 0 |
It is described by architects Grimshaw "as setting a new standard for the future of aviation".
Plans include the third runway and easy access to the new Crossrail link.
The airport is competing with Gatwick for government permission to expand increasing capacity in the south east.
A decision on an extra runway for Gatwick or Heathrow has been delayed until "at least October".
The new plan was designed by architecture firm Grimshaw, which was chosen from a shortlist of four of the UK's top architects.
Partner at the company Andrew Thomas said: "We look forward to developing a design that provides an authentic and uniquely British sense of place.
"Our concept will deliver an outstanding passenger experience by building upon the airport's rich history."
A video fly-through released by the company shows indoor trees and roofs showing large expanses of sky above check-in areas.
Heathrow boss John Holland-Kaye said: "At a time of uncertainty, a £16bn privately funded infrastructure investment will create jobs and growth across the UK."
But Gatwick Airport has continued to put its case across for a second runway, arguing it would lessen the impact on air and noise pollution.
Chief executive Stewart Wingate said: "The enormous pollution - both noise and air quality - that Heathrow inflicts on hundreds of thousands of people, if not millions - it's this issue that politicians are going to have to grapple with.
"If you look at Gatwick, we have a tiny fraction of the environmental impact of Heathrow, yet you get all of the same economic benefits, all of the same connections to short-haul and long-haul destinations, all at a cheaper price." | New designs for Heathrow Airport which include open green spaces and large expanses of glass have been released as part of its continuing bid for expansion. | 1.827462 | 2 |
Wales voted to leave the EU and yet most politicians called on the public to support the Remain campaign.
For those on the losing side, it was an eye-opening experience.
For the winners, it was vindication they were representing public opinion.
There is an early but growing sense of relief that many of the dire warnings about the economy from those on the Remain side have so far failed to materialise, but all agree it is early days.
Attention is now turning to the negotiations.
First Minister Carwyn Jones and Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns are in agreement the result was a strong message from the public that the free movement of people within the EU has to change.
But the two have different views on the dangers to the Welsh economy related to access to the single market.
The first minister believes no longer having tariff-free trade of goods and services poses major problems to prospects for attracting foreign firms to invest in Wales.
The Welsh secretary is keener to stress the potential opportunities, such as being unshackled of the burden of EU regulations, which he believes has held Wales back.
Mr Cairns believes there has never been a more important time for the UK and Welsh governments to work together.
Many will agree on that now, but I suspect it will be pushed to the limit as the full implications of Brexit are worked through.
The Welsh Government will now have to deal with the potential loss of big chunks of its budgets, particularly in areas including apprenticeships and in-work training.
Chancellor Philip Hammond has given some reassurance that pre-planned EU-funded projects would be honoured, but all eyes will now be on the Autumn Statement, which will be the UK government's first major indication of how the nation's finances are likely to be affected.
In the longer term, the debate will get under way in earnest about how to replace EU structural funding in economically deprived communities such as the south Wales valleys.
It is still one of the most striking features of the referendum result in Wales that the communities which received the most EU funding often voted in the greatest numbers to leave.
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The department store giant was prosecuted following an investigation by south Wales trading standards officers.
Torfaen council teams visited House of Fraser shops in Cwmbran, Cardiff and in Bournemouth in south-west England.
The company said it regretted not meeting its "own high standards".
Newport Magistrates Court was told the issue focused on Christmas items on sale in 2015 labelled with "Was" and "Now" prices.
However, the sale tickets failed to show lower prices offered during the two intervening time periods.
Torfaen council, which brought the prosecution, said that gave shoppers the impression they were getting a better bargain than actually existed.
Fining the firm, District Judge Martin Brown said: "It may seem to some to be a rather trivial affair, but this is a large retailer in whom the public consider they can place their trust.
"This business practice is one that a company of this standing should have been painstakingly guarding against."
Responding to the fine, a spokesperson for House of Fraser said the company accepted "certain charges" brought against it relating to a "small range" of Christmas decorations.
"We are committed to giving our customers great value through price offers and our policy is always to be clear and transparent to ensure that our customers are able to make informed decisions," the retailer's spokesperson said.
"We regret that on this occasion we did not meet our own high standards.
"Although, the charges related to only a very small selection of products, we have taken additional steps to further enhance our procedures going forward."
Torfaen council said the prosecution delivered a clear warning message that its trading standards officers will "crackdown on those who fail to adhere to government guidelines and consumer protection legislation."
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Emergency services were called in St Brides Major at 18:50 GMT following the incident involving a black Fiat 500 and a green Renault.
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service cut one person free and they were taken to the Princess of Wales hospital in Bridgend.
A second casualty managed to escape and was later taken to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff.
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Willie Young said his decision had nothing to do with the general election result.
He added that he had not been put under pressure to step down as secretary.
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3 May 2016 Last updated at 11:52 BST
The aircraft were scrambled from RAF Coningsby, in Lincolnshire, on Monday night and helped guide an Air France plane to a safe landing in Newcastle, the RAF said.
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