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Stephen McColgan, 52, had just finished dropping off pupils from Bridge of Weir Primary when he was stopped by police.
He had 72 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath. The limit is 22.
McColgan admitted drink-driving. He was given a community payback order, told to carry out 300 hours unpaid work and banned from driving for three years.
At Paisley Sheriff Court, Sheriff Robert Fife imposed the order after hearing that McColgan was a first offender who was now receiving treatment for his problem with alcohol.
But the sheriff warned the 52-year-old that he could could still be jailed if he breached the terms of the order.
The sheriff described the incident as "very serious" and told McColgan he had put "young lives at risk".
He added: "I expect a positive [progress] report every time you come to court, otherwise I'll just revoke the [Community Payback] Order and send you to prison."
Following his guilty plea at a hearing last year, McColgan was sacked from his position with bus firm Gibson Direct.
He had picked up the children in Bridge of Weir at about 15:00 on 9 September last year, dropping them off along his route before being stopped by police in Prieston Road a short time later.
After testing positive for alcohol, McColgan was held in police custody for three nights and later pleaded guilty to drink-driving at Paisley Sheriff Court.
Sentence was deferred, with McColgan returning to the court on Wednesday morning to hear what sentence would be imposed.
Following the incident in September, Bridge of Weir Primary School head teacher Carol Vallance wrote to parents, saying that she had contacted police after concerns about the driver were raised.
The letter said: "At the time it was brought to my attention that the bus driver may have been drinking.
"I immediately reported my concerns to the bus company and our community police officer who contacted traffic police." | A bus driver who took primary school pupils home while more than three-and-a-half times the drink-drive limit has been spared a jail term. | 1.0159 | 1 |
The Romanian has only played three times this season, and has not started a game since April 2015.
The 23-year-old joined Wednesday on a three-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee from Bulgarian side CSKA Sofia in February 2015.
The Owls currently sit seventh in the Championship table, one point outside the play-off places.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Sheffield Wednesday striker Sergiu Bus has joined Italian side US Salernitana on loan until the end of the season. | 0.435995 | 0 |
Danny Phillips was captaining for King's Lynn Young Stars at Mildenhall when he crashed coming off a bend, going underneath the air fence and colliding with the back barrier.
The 20-year-old was taken away by air ambulance as King's Lynn lost the meeting 63-27.
Mildenhall said they took an impromptu collection for the Air Ambulance after the crash, which raised £645. | A speedway rider had broken his back and femur in a race on Sunday. | 0.373272 | 0 |
Two crews are attending the blaze at Glenloughan Road.
A spokeswoman for the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) said the fire was not threatening homes or property in the area. | Firefighters are dealing with a large gorse fire in hills near Kilkeel, County Down. | 0.323718 | 0 |
27 January 2016 Last updated at 07:44 GMT
Having a shower on Earth is pretty straightforward, with gravity making sure that the water falls in a straight line.
But in space, that water would float all over the place. So astronauts have to adapt.
Tim and his fellow astronauts use wet towels to keep clean.
Tim posted the video, saying that he misses being able to take a shower.
He wrote: "I already miss my shower at home, but this gets the job done." | Tim Peake has shared a video showing how to take a 'space shower'. | 2.140306 | 2 |
The 29-year-old man suffered serious head injuries in the collision with a purple Mazda on the B9016 Keith to Buckie road, near Aultmore, shortly after 20:00 on Sunday.
He was flown to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary for treatment.
The road was closed for several hours for accident investigators to examine the scene. It later reopened.
Sgt Jon Barron of Police Scotland said: "Detailed enquiries are under way in order to establish the full circumstances of this serious collision.
"I would like to take this opportunity to urge any potential witnesses to come forward and speak to us."
"In particular, the enquiry team are interested in speaking to anyone who witnessed the actual collision and anyone who saw either of the vehicles prior to the incident or who may have been driving in the immediate area around the time."
Meanwhile, a motorcyclist suffered what were described as potentially life-changing injuries when he hit a signpost on the A92 near Stonehaven on Sunday morning.
Another male motorcyclist was airlifted to hospital following an accident on the A93 near Ballater on Sunday afternoon.
And on Saturday, a man was taken to hospital by air ambulance following a crash involving a car and a motor home on the A97 Huntly to Rhynie road. | A motorcyclist was airlifted to hospital after being badly hurt in a crash in Moray. | 0.774312 | 1 |
It will prevent light aircraft flying over the area below 10,000 ft (3,048 m) between the 3-5 September.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) imposed the restriction following a request from police.
The ban will not affect emergency services, or commercial flights travelling to and from Cardiff and Bristol airports.
In an advisory sent out to pilots, the CAA said the restriction was part of the security operation being put in place to protect heads of state, including President Barack Obama, who are attending.
Unauthorised aircraft will not be able to fly over the area from Newport, Cardiff and the Gwent valleys, to Ross-On-Wye, Bristol and Minehead.
Flights which breach the ban will be intercepted by police air support. | A no-fly zone has been put in place for parts of south Wales and Bristol during the three-days of the Nato summit. | 1.74858 | 2 |
The 7.1 quake struck 169km (105 miles) north-east of Gisborne on Friday morning local time.
Authorities asked people in the Tolaga Bay area to leave their homes.
Some damage to property has been reported, but no injuries.
The quake caused a tsunami but it has had no noticeable impact, an emergency worker told New Zealand radio.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii tweeted that only a 21cm (8in) wave had been measured.
Local civil defence officials said it was now safe for Gisborne residents to return, but advised them to stay away from beaches, streams and estuaries, saying the tsunami threat had not entirely lifted.
Residents were told to head for high ground or far inland if they felt another strong quake.
The quake occurred at 04:37 local time (16:37 GMT) at a depth of 19km (12 miles), US monitors say, and was followed by a series of large aftershocks.
Residents across North Island said they felt shaking and rattling as the quake struck but there were no immediate reports of serious damage.
In 2011, the city of Christchurch on South Island was devastated by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that left 185 people dead.
Each year more than 15,000 earthquakes are recorded in New Zealand, but only about 150 are large enough to be felt. | Residents of a small community on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island have been told they can return to their homes, after a severe earthquake at sea sparked a tsunami warning. | 2.062859 | 2 |
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It has been signed by the former world marathon champion and a number of other athletes, agents and promoters.
They believe the money belongs to sportsmen and women "whose earnings were reduced by cheating athletes".
Russia is suspended from international athletics because of widespread cheating and corruption.
It hopes to get the ban lifted in time for the 2016 Olympics, which begin in Rio de Janeiro on 5 August.
The online petition, which went live on Tuesday, had attracted 149 signatures by 14:00 GMT on Thursday.
Among them are marathon world record holder Radcliffe, Olympic heptathlon bronze medallist Kelly Sotherton, London Marathon chief executive Nick Bitel and Berlin Marathon race director Mark Milde.
Kenya's Edna Kiplagat, the 2011 and 2013 world marathon champion and Germany's Irina Mikitenko, who won the London Marathon in 2008, have also signed it.
"It's an extremely good idea," Bitel told the BBC's World Service. "There are many, many athletes around the world who've been affected.
"To try to leave it up to individual athletes and individual events to sue the Russian athletes who doped, that is just not practical."
Russia's Liliya Shobukhova won the London Marathon in 2010 and claimed a hat-trick of Chicago titles before being stripped of those victories for doping irregularities.
Bitel says he is determined to recover the money Shobukhova won by winning in London.
"Our intention is that someone who cheats shouldn't get away with it, but we have started the process and will pursue her so far as we can," he said. | Paula Radcliffe is backing a petition that wants Russia's athletes banned from competition until money won by their drug cheats since 2009 is repaid. | 1.412758 | 1 |
Two Matt Green headers, from free-kicks by Mal Benning and Chris Clements, put the Stags in control, but the game turned when the hosts had Jamie McGuire sent off in first-half injury-time.
Substitute Ricky Holmes scored from the penalty spot to make it 2-1 after James Collins went down in the box.
And a close-range John Marquis strike following a corner earned a point.
Northampton, who remain 13 points clear at the top of the table following Oxford's draw with Cambridge, could have won it late on but substitute Sam Hoskins shot over when well placed.
The Stags move up a place to 13th, but are eight points off the play-off spots with seven games to play. | Leaders Northampton stretched their unbeaten League Two run to 17 games as they hit back to deny 10-man Mansfield. | 0.585125 | 1 |
The 26-year-old joined Leeds from Swedish side Kalmar in June 2016 and scored three goals in 21 appearances.
Rovers have been given permission to play Antonsson in the EFL Cup, EFL Trophy and FA Cup this season.
The Swede will be in contention to make his Rovers debut when they take on Doncaster Rovers in their League One fixture on Saturday.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Blackburn Rovers have signed forward Marcus Antonsson from Championship side Leeds United on a season-long loan. | 0.822027 | 1 |
Lucy Commins, 16, was in a Mercedes driven by Ross Clark, 38, of Kent when it was hit by one of two racing cars.
The crash happened in Ansty Road, Walsgrave on Sowe, in February 2014.
In June, Clark was found guilty of causing death by careless driving and convicted of failing to provide a blood specimen while under the influence of drink.
He was also disqualified from driving for four years at his sentencing at Warwick Crown Court.
West Midlands Police said Clark, of London Road, Sevenoaks, had met Miss Commins and a friend at a pub and had taken them to get cigarettes from a nearby petrol station.
Reece Jones and Sean Sparkes, who were sentenced in November, were street racing when Clark pulled into their path.
A Ford Fiesta swerved to avoid the silver Mercedes but a VW Golf ploughed into the side of it, causing Lucy's death and serious injury to her friend.
Clark was also badly injured.
Sparkes, 33, of Nuneaton Road, Bulkington, was jailed for six years and six months and Jones, 24, of Attoxhall Road, Coventry, was sentenced to eight years and nine months over the crash.
Ms Commins' family said in a statement: "The people responsible have not only taken Lucy's life, they have taken the life from our whole family. We are left serving a life sentence."
Speaking after the sentencing, Sgt Adam Green said: "Reece Jones, Sean Sparkes and Ross Clark will have to live with their actions, as will Lucy's family. Throughout the court appearances Lucy's family have been commended by the judge for the dignity shown in such difficult circumstances." | A man has been jailed for seven years for his part in the death of a teenage girl in a car crash near Coventry. | 1.110474 | 1 |
Judge Aaron Persky has been heavily criticised for giving student Brock Turner six months for assaulting an unconscious woman last year.
Two other petitions have reached 115,000 and 175,000 signatures each.
The petitions have no legal force but organisers hope they will increase pressure on politicians to act.
Mr Persky, a Superior Court judge in Santa Clara County, California, has reportedly received death threats in the wake of the case.
The jail sentence he handed down to Turner has been widely criticised as too lenient. Prosecutors had called for six years.
Turner was seen by two other students sexually assaulting his victim, now 23, behind an outdoor rubbish bin.
He tried to flee the scene but was caught and later admitted to the assault in court.
Rights activists and members of the general public have accused Mr Persky of being influenced by Turner's upbringing in a wealthy, white family, and his achievements as a college swimmer.
The petition, posted on Change.org, says that Mr Persky had "failed to send the message that sexual assault is against the law regardless of social class, race, gender or other factors".
The judge said in his remarks that he was concerned about the "severe impact" a longer sentence would have on Turner's life.
Turner's father was also criticised after issuing a statement to the court saying his son was paying a steep price for only "20 minutes of action".
Turner, who was a promising swimmer expected to compete for the US at Olympic level, has been banned for life by USA Swimming, the governing body for professional swimming in the US.
The victim, who has not been named by the press, read an impact statement in court which was later read by millions.
US Vice-President Joe Biden, who is involved in a campaign against campus assaults, wrote her an open letter praising her for her courage and saying he was "filled with furious anger" at the course of events.
The cast of the TV show Girls have also made a video backing the woman and other victims of sexual assault. | More than a million people have signed a petition calling for the judge in the controversial Stanford University sexual assault case to be sacked. | 1.148247 | 1 |
The coverage map is based on data provided by mobile operators as well as Ofcom's own testing of signal strengths around the UK.
The webpage has gathered data about the quality of voice calls as well as 3G and 4G data.
The watchdog said it was seeking feedback to fine tune the map to make it more accurate.
"Access to reliable mobile phone coverage used to be a 'nice to have'," said Steve Unger, Ofcom's chief technology officer in a statement. "Now it's essential to many people's lives."
The map-based system can be searched via postcodes, or visitors to the page can simply zoom in to a location.
Coverage strength is given for both indoors and outdoors. In addition, the map provides information about geographic features, such as valleys or hills, that might mean signal strengths are lower than expected.
Ofcom said the coverage the map showed might not be the same as that seen on operators' websites because it amalgamated data from phone firms - each one of which used slightly different methods of measuring signal strength.
If a phone was being used in a busy area this might also affect a person's experience as congestion might limit data rates to an individual handset.
Ofcom added signal strength and available services can be changed by the handset that someone uses.
If people were getting very a different service to that seen on the map, Ofcom said people should provide feedback so the data can be updated. | Ofcom has created an online tool that lets people see what kind of mobile coverage they should be getting. | 2.250054 | 2 |
One child was hurt by her father and a second drowned in the bath after concerns were not properly dealt with by Sunderland City Council, serious case reviews have found.
The authority said it did not "shy away from the criticisms".
In July, Ofsted found "serious and widespread" failings in the care of vulnerable children in Sunderland.
In 2014, Baby Penny fell and drowned in the bath. A coroner found her death was accidental.
The council's children's services department did not respond quickly or adequately to concerns raised by health professionals about the child's welfare, one review found.
In a separate case, Baby N was injured and the baby's father was later convicted of neglect and ill treatment.
A serious case review found information had not been shared properly by Sunderland children's services and other agencies about the potential risk to the child.
Sunderland safeguarding children board chairman Colin Morris said the council accepted there were "lessons to be learned for all the agencies involved".
"Both reviews found practices - such as failing to follow procedures, poor information sharing and too much focus on the parents rather than the children on the part of professionals - that were not up to the standard the Safeguarding Board would expect.
"There were also times when agencies did not work together effectively."
A number of other serious case reviews in the last two years have raised concerns about the performance of the city's services for vulnerable children.
The 2015 Ofsted report rated the city council as "inadequate" across a range of services including child protection, adoption, and children in care.
The government said a commissioner for children's services would be appointed to ensure improvements and the council has pledged a "root and branch overhaul" of its structure. | Failures by a council may have contributed to the death of one baby and the injury of another. | 1.18135 | 1 |
The Rochdale MP said he had sought help from a psychiatrist because hearing victims' accounts had taken its toll on his mental health.
In an interview with Becky Milligan for BBC Radio 4's The World at One, he said it had also affected his marriage.
Mr Danczuk has been at the forefront of campaigning on child abuse allegations.
He previously investigated allegations against former MP Cyril Smith, and has pressed the Home Office for action in relation to other historical abuse cases.
"I would say I have been suffering from depression to the point where I have decided to seek help for that," he said, revealing that he had experienced suicidal thoughts at times.
He said he was "getting angry at stuff I shouldn't be getting angry at, fairly mundane things" and becoming "aggressive - not violently aggressive - but getting angry about things".
Mr Danczuk, who has been an MP since 2010, said he was "perhaps drinking a bit too much", particularly after his meetings with abuse victims.
He said Parliament offered a regular "MOT" with a doctor who had referred him to a psychiatrist, who had given him "permission" to step back from the work, he said.
Mr Danczuk, who recently separated from his wife, said he was "in no doubt" it had take its toll on his marriage.
"It's not conducive to a happy relationship, is it," he said.
Asked about the effect of MPs' work on their mental health, he said there was an expectation to be "tough" in politics, adding: "I do not think that's such a virtue in this day and age." | Labour MP Simon Danczuk says he is stepping back from his campaigning work on child sexual abuse to seek help for depression. | 1.170816 | 1 |
At least 352 people have been killed by the infection in the space of three months, and more than 6,400 cases have been reported, mostly in the north.
Doctors are now monitoring outbreaks in 12 of Nigeria's 36 states.
The health ministry blames the spread of the disease on heavy seasonal rains and the scarcity of clean water and proper sanitation.
In a statement, it said "epidemiological evidence indicates that the entire country is at risk".
The outbreak has also killed more than 200 people in neighbouring Cameroon.
Cholera, a water-borne disease, causes diarrhoea and severe dehydration and can lead to death if not detected and properly treated.
The infection is highly contagious yet easily preventable with clean water and sanitation.
The BBC's Caroline Duffield in Lagos says medical care in Nigeria is generally poor.
In many places access to toilets is rare and open-air sewers can easily flood, she says. | Health authorities in Nigeria are warning that the entire country is threatened by a cholera outbreak. | 2.69385 | 3 |
Former Scottish Secretary Lord Lang of Monkton, who is chairing the inquiry, said devolution had significantly changed the way the UK was governed.
But the Conservative peer said the process had not been undertaken in a coherent or considered way.
The inquiry will seek to identify what binds the constituent parts of the UK and the ways in which it might be strengthened and reinforced.
Lord Lang, who was the Tory MP in south west Scotland in the 1980 and 90s and a cabinet minister in John Major's government, is chairman of the House of Lords Constitution Committee.
He said: "Since 1998, devolution has significantly changed the way the United Kingdom is governed, and there are proposals for the further devolution of power both to nations within the UK and to English cities and regions in the very near future.
"We are concerned, however, that this process has not been undertaken in a coherent or considered way; the devolution of powers to each nation has been considered separately with little or no reflection on the impact on the Union as a whole."
He added: "Our inquiry will span a broad range of constitutional issues and will give witnesses the opportunity to put their views on record on an issue that will profoundly affect the whole of the UK. I would encourage interested parties to send us their evidence by 2 October." | The House of Lords has begun an inquiry into the Union and devolution. | 1.753995 | 2 |
Elisa Bianco said she had just months to live and Sally Retallack funded a £2,500 final trip for the 22-year-old, London's Appeal Court heard.
Bianco, of Station Road, Fowey, Cornwall, was jailed for 32 months at Truro Crown Court in December 2015 after she admitted stalking.
Appeal Court judges cut the sentence to 28 months.
Bianco met Mrs Retallack, 49, while a 16-year-old student at Cornwall College in St Austell.
She told Mrs Retallack she had been given three months to live.
Mrs Retallack ended up taking Bianco into her family home and cooked and cared for her, the court heard.
She discovered her deceit but Appeal Court judges said Bianco's fantasies had taken a "truly devastating" toll on Mrs Retallack, who had moved abroad to "try to rebuild her life".
The appeal judges said Bianco's sentence failed to reflect her guilty plea, deep remorse, and the steps Bianco has taken to find and hold down a job. | A student who faked terminal cancer to con a former lecturer has had her prison sentence cut. | 0.88691 | 1 |
Pre-tax profits for the year to 31 March fell 5% to £394.8m as it was hit by weak wholesale trading in the US.
However, tourists attracted by the low pound helped to drive an "exceptional" performance in the UK.
The results are the last before Christopher Bailey stands down as the company's chief executive.
Mr Bailey will continue in his role as chief creative officer, but Marco Gobbetti will take over as chief executive in July.
"2017 was a year of transition for Burberry in a fast changing luxury market," Mr Bailey said.
"The actions we have taken to lay the foundations for future growth are yielding early benefits and I remain confident that these will build over time."
Burberry - best known for its trench coats and distinctive check pattern - has been revamping its product line and online store, as well as cutting costs.
In addition, it said earlier this year that it was going to stop developing its fragrance and beauty products in-house and franchise the business to US cosmetics group Coty.
Burberry said it had cut costs by £20m in the past year, and was on target to achieve a further £50m of savings in 2018 and at least £100m by 2019.
Earlier this month, it announced it was relocating 300 jobs from its London offices to West Yorkshire as part of the cost-saving measures.
Revenues for the past year were £2.8bn, down 2% when adjusted for currency fluctuations. Burberry said a key revenue driver was its new DK88 handbag, which was attracting younger buyers.
Steve Clayton, manager of the HL Select UK Shares fund, which holds shares in Burberry said: "Despite all the difficulties of the last few years, cash flow has held up throughout, underlining the attractions of the stock.
"Cash flow was strong, with Burberry generating £465m of free cash flow during the year, allowing it to buy back £100m of shares and still see net cash balances rise £149m to £809m." | British fashion brand Burberry has reported a fall in annual profits amid a "challenging" trading environment, particularly in the US and Hong Kong. | 1.065695 | 1 |
The authority said in February it would give the umbrella body one year notice and terminate its membership in 2015.
Councillors reversed their stance after hearing Cosla had issued a revised constitution which highlights that there is no hierarchy between members.
Several others councils remain set to quit amid a row over government cash and tensions about power within Cosla.
Aberdeen, Glasgow, Renfrewshire and South Lanarkshire Councils have all indicated they plan to leave Cosla next year.
Inverclyde's council leader, Councillor Stephen McCabe, said: "We raised our concerns earlier this year and Cosla has responded to those.
"Our notice to quit was a requirement of our membership but we made clear at the time that the door was open for the council to return.
"We have decided to do that and the council will confirm that we will remain a member of the organisation."
Inverclyde's annual membership fees to Cosla are £60,000. | Inverclyde Council has reversed a decision to leave Cosla - the body representing Scottish local government. | 1.0516 | 1 |
The Royal Tank Regiment soldier died on Thursday after being injured at Castlemartin Range on Wednesday.
Three seriously injured soldiers have been taken to hospital in Swansea, Cardiff and Birmingham.
Minister for People and Veterans, Tobias Ellwood, said the soldier died with his family "by his bedside".
BBC Wales understands the soldier died at Morriston Hospital.
One injured soldier is in Morriston Hospital, Swansea, another at University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, and the third was airlifted to a hospital in Birmingham.
The MoD, Dyfed-Powys Police and the Health and Safety Executive are investigating the incident.
Mr Ellwood said: "It is with deep sadness that I can confirm the death of a soldier from the Royal Tank Regiment who died as a result of injuries sustained in an incident at Castlemartin Range.
"His next of kin were by his bedside and we will be respecting their privacy before further details are released.
"Three other soldiers have also been wounded and our thoughts remain with the friends and families of all those involved.
"The safety of our personnel is our absolute priority and a full investigation is underway to understand the details of this tragic incident."
The Army's website says the regiment is "preparing for a live fire exercise at Castlemartin in Wales" which was scheduled to take place at the range between Monday and Friday.
The range, opened by the War Office in 1938, covers 5,900 acres on the south Pembrokeshire coast.
In May 2012, Ranger Michael Maguire died during a live firing exercise at the training base. An inquest later found he was unlawfully killed.
The 1st and 2nd Royal Tank Regiments merged in August 2014 to form The Royal Tank Regiment, which is based in Tidworth, Wiltshire. | A soldier has been killed and three others injured after an incident involving a tank at a Ministry of Defence base in Pembrokeshire. | 1.045918 | 1 |
The court said he had a right to freedom of expression, enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights.
Lithuanian authorities had barred Henrikas Jankovskis from going online to apply for a law course, citing security concerns.
But the court ruled they had not provided sufficient reasons for a ban.
It pointed out that the websites Jankovskis had wanted to visit were all government-run.
The right of access to the internet has gone before the ECHR before.
In January 2016, it said that governments were not allowed to stop a person receiving information but that did not mean there was a general obligation to provide prisoners with access to the internet or specific websites.
European governments widely limit prisoners' access to specific websites on security grounds.
In the latest case, the court agreed that the Lithuanian prisoner should be allowed on to websites that featured learning and study programmes because they were relevant to his aim to further his education.
It said that Lithuania had violated Article 10 of the human rights convention, and that interfering in his right to receive that specific information "cannot be regarded as having been necessary in a democratic society".
"Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers.
The exercise of these freedoms, since it carries with it duties and responsibilities, may be subject to such formalities, conditions, restrictions or penalties as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society, in the interests of national security, territorial integrity or public safety, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, for the protection of the reputation or rights of others, for preventing the disclosure of information received in confidence, or for maintaining the authority and impartiality of the judiciary." | A Lithuanian man in jail was unjustly denied access to the internet by authorities, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found. | 2.535066 | 3 |
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The Glassboys, who play at seventh-tier level in the Northern Premier League, put out National League South Whitehawk 3-0 in Monday's first-round replay.
"It's an amazing achievement," long-serving Hackett, 54, told BBC WM.
"We're the most successful club in the country at the level we compete at."
Former Shrewsbury, Aberdeen, Stoke, West Bromwich Albion, Peterborough and Chester winger Hackett has been in charge of his home-town club since 2004.
Stourbridge had never got beyond the qualifying rounds until 2009 and it was a record that Hackett, who made the fifth round as a Shrewsbury player in 1984, was keen to put right.
They have now got to at least the first round five times in eight seasons.
"You don't get lucky," he said. "We've got good players who can handle the big occasion. We really love the FA Cup and the players keep responding.
"We comprehensively deserved to beat Whitehawk. We didn't get lucky. It was an amazing night, a packed house and we've turned up and performed.
"The travelling support we took to Brighton for the first game was tremendous too."
Now they face Northampton Town, whose manager Rob Page was in the crowd at The War Memorial Athletic Ground to watch the meeting of his side's potential second-round opponents.
"They're flying high in League One," added Hackett. "Although we caused an upset on Monday, we know we're going to have to cause an even bigger upset to beat them.
"But anything can happen in the FA Cup. We've got a boxer's chance of landing a big slug." | Stourbridge manager Gary Hackett has touted his side as non-league football's new FA Cup kings after reaching the second round for the fourth time in six seasons. | 0.849201 | 1 |
The law provides for jail terms for libel or sedition. Journalists are regularly arrested on "flimsy and superficial" charges, says Freedom House.
State-run Radio Gambia broadcasts tightly-controlled news, which is relayed by private radio stations. Radio France Internationale is available on FM in Banjul.
The government operates the only national TV station.
There were 272,000 internet users by July 2014 (InternetLiveStats.com). Many news websites and blogs are based overseas and some are run by exiled journalists, says Freedom House.
The authorities block websites that are critical of the government. | A "pervasive climate of fear" forces most journalists to practice self-censorship or flee the country, says Reporters Without Borders (RSF). | 1.807971 | 2 |
The exhibition in Los Angeles, titled Bowie Unseen, brings together images taken by celebrity photographer Markus Klinko.
Klinko created the cover for Bowie's 2002 album Heathen and directed the music video for his 2013 song Valentine's Day.
The photographer described working with Bowie as one of his "best experiences".
Bowie Unseen includes pictures of the singer taken during the photo shoot for Heathen, as well as images of Bowie with wolves, which Klinko created for a 2002 GQ magazine cover.
Earlier this year, the photographer wrote an article for GQ about the photoshoot, where he explained that Bowie and the wolves had not been in the same studio.
At the launch of the exhibition on Thursday, Klinko said: "Working with David was one of the best experiences because he knows exactly what he wants. If he gives you the job it's because he wants your input."
Klinko met the singer on a photoshoot for his wife Iman, who he had previously worked with "dozens of times".
"The reason we have so many shots that are unseen is because once we did the cover for Heathen - which took several hours and which he very precisely had mapped out in his head - he then turned very playful and allowed me to have fun.
"Some of the images I cherish the most are when there's this element of improvisation. Not since since the death of John Lennon has the death of a music celebrity moved so many millions of people."
Klinko most recently worked with Iman in June 2015 for Italy's Vanity Fair for her 60th birthday, during the musician's 18-month cancer battle.
"They were definitely very private about that," the photographer said. "It was not discussed at all."
A portion of proceeds from sales of prints from the exhibition in Los Angeles will be donated to a cancer charity.
Bowie Unseen at Mr MusicHead Gallery in Hollywood runs until 15 June. | Previously unseen photographs of David Bowie have gone on display following his death from cancer in January. | 1.248731 | 1 |
Damian Niepieklo, 22, only arrived in the UK the day before he hit Alan Cronin and had been making deliveries in Birmingham and south Wales.
Mr Cronin, 60, from Chester, was killed instantly on 11 June on the A483.
Niepieklo, from Poland, was jailed after admitting causing death by careless driving and banned from driving in the UK for two years.
Mold Crown Court heard Mr Cronin, a coach for the Chester Triathlon Club, was riding a brightly-coloured bike, wearing bright clothing and had been seen by other drivers.
Niepieklo stopped briefly and then drove off, leaving Mr Cronin, of Guilden Sutton, in the road.
Speaking through an interpreter, Niepieklo told the judge he was really sorry and could only imagine what Mr Cronin's family was going through.
Judge Rhys Rowlands said: "But in my judgement, and in that of all right thinking people, to drive away from an accident such as this after you had just hit a cyclist is a pretty dreadful thing for you to have done." | A van driver has been jailed for 12 months for killing a triathlon coach who was riding his bike in Wrexham. | 0.962029 | 1 |
Protesters gathered on Queen Street at 13:00 BST for the event organised by the Cardiff's People Assembly,
It follows a similar rally two days after the general election, which saw singer Charlotte Church launch an attack on the Conservative party.
Church joined the march for the second week running.
Warning against a "Tory ideology of greed and money", Saturday's protest was also supported on Twitter by Welsh actor Michael Sheen.
Police estimated over 500 people were at the event, whilst organisers put the figure closer to 1,000.
The Conservative Party has been asked to comment on the march.
Organiser Jamie Insole said: "I am thrilled that Michael has chosen to support this event.
"With 74% of new Welsh jobs below the living wage, the weeping sore of the bedroom tax and communities confronting record cuts, we need a grass roots movement to push back."
Fellow organiser Adam Johannes said: "In 1945, Britain was bankrupt, in debt, with a higher deficit than now and yet the government built half-a-million council houses, founded the NHS, launched the welfare state.
"We do not accept a government that less than quarter of people actually voted for can take that away from us."
Parents Bob and Emma Gwinnett-Davies joined the rally after what they called a "devastating general election result".
Speaking to BBC Wales, Mrs Gwinnet-Davies said she was concerned about her son's future concerning the NHS and free healthcare.
She added they were "not happy about the changing face of this country and the cuts that are happening".
Although at the forefront of the previous march, Ms Church chose a less prominent role on Saturday and decided to stay among the crowds.
At the first march the mother of two addressed around 200 campaigners on Queen Street and carried a placard which read she was "mad as hell".
Welsh Conservatives leader Andrew RT Davies hit back at Ms Church's comments, calling them "unfortunate and unbecoming", and describing her as "champagne socialist". | Hundreds of people have marched through Cardiff city centre to protest against budget and austerity cuts. | 1.201999 | 1 |
The actress, who played Hermione in the film series, went to see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child earlier this week.
Writing on Facebook on Thursday, Watson said: "I came in with no idea what to expect and it was amazing.
"Having seen it, I felt more connected to Hermione and the stories than I have since Deathly Hallows came out, which was such a gift."
She added: "Some things about the play were, I think, possibly even more beautiful than the films."
Watson met with the cast and crew after the performances of the two-part play - including Noma Dumezweni, the actress who plays Hermione in the show.
The 26-year-old said she felt like she was "meeting her older self" as she embraced Dumezweni.
"The cast and crew welcomed me like I was family and Noma was everything I could ever hope she would be. She's wonderful," Watson wrote.
Watson signed off her post with the hashtag #KeepTheSecrets - a reference to author JK Rowling's plea to fans not to post spoilers from the play's plot on social media.
The play is currently in the previews stage and officially opens on 30 July.
Watson is taking a year off from acting, but will soon be seen in Disney's live action version of Beauty And The Beast, which is due for release next year.
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or email [email protected]. | Emma Watson has praised the new Harry Potter play, which has just opened in London's West End. | 0.891785 | 1 |
It follows a stampede last year in which more than 750 people are believed to have died, with 900 injured.
The bracelets will contain personal and medical information to help authorities care for and identify people, according to the Saudi Press Agency.
Nearly 1,000 new surveillance cameras have also been installed.
The ID bracelets will contain crucial information such as passport numbers and addresses but will also offer information to worshippers, such as timings of prayers and a multi-lingual help desk to guide non-Arabic speakers around the event.
They will be water-resistant and connected to GPS. The information can be accessed by employees of the ministry, and security and services bodies via a smartphone.
Cameras have been installed at Mecca's Grand Mosque and will be linked to control rooms staffed by special forces monitoring pilgrim movements for the event scheduled for August, according to Saudi newspapers.
2015 was the deadliest year for the pilgrimage in 25 years.
The tragedy led Saudi's King Salman to promise improvement in the level of organisation and led to a souring of the already-strained relationship with neighbouring Iran.
Iran, which lost 400 of its citizens in the crush, has criticised Saudi Arabia's preparedness and said that it will not send pilgrims to this year's gathering.
The annual pilgrimage to Mecca is attended by more than two million Muslims from around the world and has long been something of a safety nightmare.
Over the years the Saudi authorities have spent billions of dollars on improving transport and other infrastructure. | Saudi Arabia is to issue electronic bracelets to pilgrims travelling to Mecca for this year's Hajj, the world's largest Islamic gathering. | 1.733105 | 2 |
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18 January 2015 Last updated at 18:43 GMT
Businesses and homes have faced disruption because of an industrial dispute over pensions between Northern Ireland Water and trade unions.
Workers are refusing to respond to emergencies outside normal working hours.
BBC News NI's Kevin Sharkey spent the day in Tyrone. | More than 1,300 customers in counties Tyrone and Londonderry are still without running water. | 0.718031 | 1 |
It is the Cookstown-based firm's first student scheme in the Irish capital.
The project will be built on a site in the Summerhill area, in the north inner city.
It will be built under a 'forward funding' arrangement with Threesixty Developments, a major investor in student housing.
Forward funding means the investor, in this case Threesixty Developments, funds the construction and then buys the completed scheme.
McAleer and Rushe is already working with Threesixty Developments on student housing schemes in Southampton and Portsmouth.
The Cookstown company is also due to build almost 1,000 student accommodation places for Queen's University in Belfast. | The County Tyrone property and construction firm, McAleer and Rushe, is to develop a 374-bedroom student housing scheme in Dublin. | 0.707675 | 1 |
The 21-year-old, who moved to the Terriers from Oldham Athletic last summer, has played 10 first-team games and kept five clean sheets.
"Joel has shown what a capable young goalkeeper he is," head coach David Wagner said.
"He performed very well every time he came into the team."
Coleman played 45 appearances for Oldham before moving to the John Smith's Stadium for an undisclosed fee. | Goalkeeper Joel Coleman has extended his stay at Huddersfield Town until the summer of 2019, after signing improved contract terms. | 0.566759 | 1 |
Born Fabiola de Mora y Aragon in Madrid, she was the widow of King Baudouin and reigned as queen consort from 1960 until his death in 1993.
A royal statement said she died at the Stuyvenberg Castle in Brussels.
The Spanish-born dowager queen was recently at the centre of a row over her annual allowance, after she was accused of avoiding a national inheritance tax.
Prime Minister Charles Michel said all Belgians would remember "a great woman who will forever be part of the history of our country", while Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said the nation would now mourn her passing.
"A page in our country's history has turned," Mr Reynders told Belgium's RTL television.
"Their majesties the king and queen and members of the royal family announce with very great sadness the death of Her Majesty Queen Fabiola this evening at Stuyvenberg Castle in Brussels," a statement from the royal palace of King Philippe said on Friday.
The government is now expected to meet on Saturday to finalise state funeral arrangements.
The Spanish-born royal married the popular King Baudouin in 1960 to become Belgium's fifth queen.
A devout Catholic, she withdrew from the public eye after the sudden death of her husband in 1993 on holiday in Spain.
The couple did not have any children, and the crown was passed to Fabiola's brother-in-law Albert, who abdicated in 2013 in favour of his son Crown Prince Philippe.
In the past month, it was reported that the former queen, who used a wheelchair, had appeared increasingly frail and had limited her public appearances.
In her final years, the row over her allowance caused a national outrage. A private foundation she set up in 2012 was widely seen as a way to avoid paying Belgium's 70% inheritance tax.
Following the scandal the foundation was disbanded, and the dowager's annual allowance was reduced by around 1.4 million euros ($1.8m; £1.14m) to about 900,000 euros. | Belgium's former queen Fabiola has died aged 86, the royal palace has said. | 1.723007 | 2 |
Connor McDonald died in October after he fell into the sea at Dymchurch.
Christine Freedman, assistant coroner for Central and South East Kent, sitting at Folkestone Magistrates' Court, also said the cause of death was immersion.
Connor was pulled from the sea by a passer-by but died later.
Paul Ketley, principal at Furley Park Primary School in Ashford, described the schoolboy as a "popular and fun" member of the school community and a talented sportsman.
He said Connor had touched the lives and hearts of all those who knew him. | The death of a nine-year-old boy who was swept out to sea near his home in Kent was an accident, a coroner has said. | 0.956981 | 1 |
The Sport Ireland chief's comments follow the death of Portuguese fighter Joao Carvalho after a contest in Dublin last weekend.
Treacy said Sport Ireland will put forward safety guidelines for MMA.
"If they are not followed, I don't think there is any place for it in Ireland," Treacy told RTE Radio.
Currently MMA is not regulated by Sport Ireland, the overall umbrella group which funds and has overall responsibility for sport in the Republic of Ireland.
Irish Sports Minister Michael Ring has now asked Sport Ireland to bring forward guidelines for the extreme sport which has become increasingly popular in the country following the success of Dubliner Conor McGregor.
"The situation with the MMA in the country is that there isn't a national organisation. It's made up of promoters and individuals," the Sport Ireland chief told RTE's Morning Ireland programme.
"We sat down with them about two years ago. We said that they needed to form a corporate body in some way if they wanted to be recognised as a sport.
"I believe they have rules and regulations with regard to having doctors in place and what have you but the sport is an extreme element of sport. There is danger there."
Following Carvalho's death, Treacy believes that MMA promoters and organisers should think long and hard before opting to put on more events in Ireland.
"You look at the events of last weekend. There is, I suppose, some history in terms of brain haemorrhages and what have you in the sport.
"I would think any promoter putting on events in Ireland at the moment, they would want to be looking at it very, very carefully and making sure they have the rules and regulations and that the safety of their players and athletes is paramount."
Carvalho, 28, was taken to hospital after being beaten in a fight at the National Stadium in Dublin by Laois man Charlie Ward on Saturday night.
Despite undergoing emergency brain surgery, Carvalho died on Monday. | Sport Ireland chief executive John Treacy says mixed martial arts will have to accept proper regulation for it to continue in the country. | 1.468808 | 1 |
Heavy rainfall in Glasgow recently has left the playing surface waterlogged.
Murrayfield played host to the first leg on Sunday, with Edinburgh emerging as 23-11 winners.
The news will come as a boost to Edinburgh, who have not won away to Glasgow in 12 years.
Glasgow Warriors managing director Nathan Bombrys told the club's website: "We're disappointed that the game cannot go ahead at Scotstoun as originally planned and all efforts were made to get the game on.
"However, after unprecedented rainfall over the last couple of days we wanted to make an early decision to help our supporters make appropriate plans and ensure the game went ahead this weekend.
"We investigated a number of options, however BT Murrayfield was the only stadium which allowed us to play the game on the same day and time, with a large enough capacity.
"It's not an ideal situation going back to Edinburgh, but we need to get the game played and we'll do everything we can to make this a Glasgow home game.
"We're working on a travel plan and we will communicate directly with all our supporters who have bought a ticket for this match.
"We would encourage supporters to make the trip to Edinburgh and get behind the team, for what is an extremely important fixture."
All tickets purchased for the match at Scotstoun will be valid for the game at Murrayfield. | The second leg of the 1872 Cup between Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh will be staged at Murrayfield after the pitch at Scotstoun was deemed unplayable, BBC Scotland has learned. | 0.876167 | 1 |
The presenter, who also now works for ITV, is a director of the Women in Football network.
Oatley, originally from Codsall, near Wolverhampton, made her commentating debut on the BBC's flagship football highlights programme in 2007.
She receives the honour for services to broadcasting and diversity in sport.
Oatley, who directs the network which works to support women involved in football, said the honour was the "last thing I expected".
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She said: "I couldn't even tell my mum... I never expected to receive one myself.
"When I was growing up in Wolverhampton, there was no suggestion of working in the game. Nobody suggested it."
Oatley said she was proud to see how far the women's game had come in the past decade.
Musician Goldie, real name Clifford Price, has also been appointed MBE, for his contribution to the music, TV and film industry and his work with a number of charities.
He was raised in the care system and grew up around the West Midlands, spending a large part of his youth in the Heath Town neighbourhood of Wolverhampton.
Goldie said: "From where I've come from, I look back at everything, all these people that influenced my life as a kid growing up in a really bad environment, it just makes it all worthwhile in terms of the recognition."
The musician, who made his name with his record Timeless, has appeared in several TV shows and movies, including roles in James Bond's The World Is Not Enough, as well as having a recurring role in EastEnders as Angel Hudson. | Jacqui Oatley, the first female commentator to appear on the BBC's Match of the Day, has been appointed MBE in the New Year Honours list. | 0.944829 | 1 |
The US private equity firm KPS Capital Partners bought the brands when their Irish parent company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2009.
Since then, the company's fortunes have steadily improved.
Fiskars said the deal will allow the company to extend its portfolio of garden and home goods.
Kari Kauniskangas, chief executive, said: "Through the acquisition we will create a strong presence for the Fiskars Living business in the US, and further enhance Fiskars' market position in Europe and Asia-Pacific. Fiskars will now have a balanced portfolio of businesses."
Fiskars shares rose 6% in Helsinki.
Michael Psaros, a managing partner at KPS, said: "We are thrilled to sell WWRD to Fiskars, a company with its own 365-year history, which understands WWRD is not just a company or a group of iconic brands, but also possesses a unique legacy and a heritage." | Finnish home and garden firm Fiskars has paid $437m (£280m) to buy Waterford Wedgwood Royal Doulton, the china and glass company. | 0.699966 | 1 |
Daniel Smith, 31, from St Issey, was found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving at Truro Crown Court.
Sabrina Bellman, 28, from Hampshire, died on Boxing Day 2015 after the car she was in collided head-on with Smith's car at Washaway, Cornwall.
Her husband, mother-in-law and two-year-old daughter were injured.
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The court heard Smith was doing at least 57mph on a road with a 50mph speed limit, and was on the wrong side of the road.
Mrs Bellman was in a car being driven by her mother-in-law.
They were on their way back to a holiday lodge near St Tudy, having watched a pantomime in Exeter, when the crash happened.
Sentencing, Judge Robert Linford said: "It was not safe for you to travel at that speed.
"The death of Sabrina Bellman was caused by one thing; you driving too fast."
Smith had previously admitted causing death by careless driving.
He was also found guilty of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, and sentenced to 18 months for each offence, to run concurrently.
Speaking outside court, Mrs Bellman's husband, Dominic, said: "Sabrina was the most beautiful, kind, loving person I've ever met.
"I'm now going back home to my four-year-old daughter to try and put our lives back together, the lives that Daniel Smith tore apart.
"I hope this verdict sends a message to the public to not drive dangerously."
During the trial, Smith, a divorced father-of-two who works as a youth worker, said what happened would "stay with him forever".
"I wish it was me that died in the crash and not her. I am so terribly sorry for what happened," he said. | A driver who caused the death of a young mother after a Christmas pantomime has been jailed for four years. | 0.844807 | 1 |
13 October 2015 Last updated at 17:07 BST
As well as learning more about Tim Peake's mission to the International Space Station, Destination Space aims to get people interested in all the different jobs involved in space exploration.
Some of the jobs include an engineer, who helps to build rockets and other space equipment, or a scientist who looks at the research sent back from space.
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I would definitely be an astronaut because astronauts have the opportunity to see the wonders of the solar system which I find very lucky.
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I would like to be an engineer on the ground because I would like to be an engineer in the future.
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Haveron quit Carrick in May after keeping them in the Premiership and he replaces Alan Kernaghan following his resignation last month.
His first match in charge is against rivals Linfield on Saturday.
The Nixon brothers, who would have managed together at the Oval, are former Glentoran players.
The club made their decision to appoint Haveron after the trio were interviewed on Tuesday night.
Former Coleraine and Ballymena United player Haveron left Carrick after a controversial end to last season.
Rangers avoided relegation by finishing 10th but the club was later charged for failing to implement Haveron's touchline ban against Dungannnon.
It could have resulted in Carrick losing three points and being relegated but the Irish FA decided not to apply any sanction following a hearing.
The Nixons are now at Championship club H&W Welders.
Colin, who made a record 792 appearances for Glentoran, works with the Welders U20 side while Alan is first-team coach.
Glentoran have made a poor start to the season and lie 10th in the Premiership standings while Kernaghan stepped down after a shock League Cup defeat by Annagh United. | Gary Haveron is the new manager of Glentoran after the Premiership club selected the former Carrick boss ahead of Colin Nixon and his brother Alan. | 0.982954 | 1 |
9 December 2015 Last updated at 14:33 GMT
Ben had been hoping to spend Christmas with his brother and sister, who's coming home from University.
But now his family have lost food, clothes, toys, furniture and their Christmas tree after they were all ruined by the floods.
'It's not nice' Ben said when he saw the damage for the first time. Everything is 'just ruined.'
He saw all the food that had floated out of the cupboards and had been thrown about 'just like it's junk.'
He took Newsround reporter Naz with him when he went back for the first time since he was rescued.
He and his family had to jump from a first floor window to get into a boat to take them to safety.
He is upset that his family will have to stay with relatives now.
Their home could take months to dry out properly before repairs can start. | A 12 year old boy says he's devastated to see how much damage gallons of dirty, smelly flood water has done to his family's home. | 1.287832 | 1 |
A friend of the 61-year-old raised the alarm after she sunk in mud while walking close to Beaulieu Road near Lyndhurst shortly before midday.
Fire crews from Fareham successfully got her out.
A South Central Ambulance Service spokesman said she was treated for the effects of cold but was otherwise unhurt. | A woman has been rescued after getting trapped up to her waist in mud in the New Forest. | 0.767658 | 1 |
The 32-year-old back-rower has made 28 appearances for the Perpignan-based side after joining from South Sydney.
He will make his final home Super League appearance for the Dragons at the Stade Gilbert Brutus against Castleford on Saturday.
Stewart previously spent 12 seasons with Manly Sea Eagles. | Catalans Dragons have released former Australia international forward Glenn Stewart just one year into his three-year contract for family reasons. | 0.497893 | 0 |
After a positive start, Japan's Nikkei 225 finished down 1.36% to 15,836.36, ending two days of gains.
Some of the country's big exporters held back the index, including Toyota which shed 2.8%.
Overnight falls in oil prices also weighed on investor sentiment. Brent crude fell 3.4% and US crude fell 2.1%.
In China, markets were divided, with the Shanghai Composite finishing up 1.08% to 2,867.34 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed down 1.03% at 18,924.57 in afternoon trade.
Australia's ASX 200 index closed down 0.57% to 4,882.1 points amid the country's busy earning season.
Woodside Petroleum, Australia's largest independent oil and gas company, posted a 99% fall in profits for the 12 months to December, sending its shares down 7%.
Meanwhile, the largest franchisee for the Domino's Pizza brand outside the US - Domino's Australia - posted a more than 55% rise in profits for the six months to December. The firm also announced its second profit upgrade since December. Its Sydney-listed shares rose more than 10% on the news and finished the day up 6%.
South Korea's Kospi index finished the day in negative territory, down 0.23% to 1,883.94 points. | Shares in Asia were mixed on Wednesday following rallies across several markets earlier in the week and despite gains on Wall Street. | 0.974103 | 1 |
The assaults took place in Beccles, Suffolk, and in the Hales and Thetford areas of Norfolk between 1999 and 2003.
Rodney Scott, 72, of Firfield Close, Beccles, had already pleaded guilty to eight counts of indecent assault at Ipswich Crown Court.
He was given a prison sentence of six years and eight months.
Det Con Kate Bond said: "The victim has to be commended for her courage in coming forward and reporting the incidents to us, and she wanted to say that she has been overwhelmed by the support offered to her by the team and the belief that they have shown in her.
"The result at court today has exceeded her expectations." | A pensioner has been jailed for repeatedly sexually assaulting a girl under 16. | 0.369252 | 0 |
The powerful centre recorded her double in the opening 28 minutes to underline the superiority of England's start.
Wales rallied as Alisha Butchers pounced on a charge down and Robyn Wilkins intercepted for another try.
But Amber Reed kicked 10 points to maintain England's quest for a first Six Nations title since 2012.
England travel to second-placed France, who lost 10-8 to Wales last month, for their final match on Friday evening in Vannes, eyeing both the title and the Grand Slam.
"At times we made it a little bit tricky for ourselves but the character of this group continues to show, they keep evolving," England coach Scott Bernard said.
Have you added the new Top Story alerts in the BBC Sport app? Simply head to the menu in the app - and don't forget you can also add alerts for the Six Nations, cricket scores, your football team and more. | Ceri Large scored two first-half tries as England made it four wins from four in the Women's Six Nations with a 20-13 win over Wales at Twickenham Stoop. | 0.827979 | 1 |
Construction expert Barry Woodman said the same arrangement was in place if the motorway came in under budget.
He told the Newport hearing it would be a "50/50 split" between the Welsh Government and construction firms.
The Welsh Government wants to build a six-lane motorway south of Newport as the M4 is "not fit for purpose".
Until the deal is approved, companies involved are being paid an hourly rate, Mr Woodman said.
If the scheme gets the go-ahead, a budget figure will be set.
Mr Woodman also said the project presented "a real opportunity for training and development of apprentices".
The inquiry is due to last five months and will examine the plan and alternatives as the Welsh Government wants to relieve congestion on the current M4 around the Brynglas tunnels. | Any overspend on the proposed £1.1bn M4 relief road around Newport would be split between public and private bodies, an inquiry heard on Friday. | 1.187385 | 1 |
The discovery was made by renowned Indian biologist Sathyabhama Das Biju and a team of scientists, in the jungles of north-eastern India.
It is hoped the frogs might now be found across a wide area, from China to Thailand.
Studies of the frog have also led scientists to reclassify it as an entirely new genus.
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The golf ball-sized frog lives in tree holes up to 6m (19ft) above ground, which may have helped it stay undiscovered.
Although other scientists have suggested it may have gone unnoticed simply because there are so few scientists working in the remote region.
The height at which they live is not their only quirk, with females laying their fertilised eggs in tree holes filled with water, only to return after the tadpoles hatch, to feed them with unfertilised eggs.
Unlike most frogs, adults also eat vegetation rather than insects and larvae.
The newly uncovered frogs were first found by accident in 2007, during a search for other animals.
Mr Biju, of the University of Delhi, is known as The Frog Man in India, for discovering 89 of the country's 350 or so frog species.
"We heard a full musical orchestra coming from the tree tops. It was magical. Of course we had to investigate," Mr Biju said.
Using DNA analysis, Mr Biju and his colleagues have now identified the frogs as part of a new genus, meaning it has a new name.
It has changed from Polypedates jerdonii - named after Thomas Jerdon, the British zoologist that collected the previously only known specimens in 1870 - to Frankixalus jerdonii, after herpetologist Franky Bossuyt - Mr Biju's adviser when he studied at Vrije Universiteit in Brussels, Belgium.
Although the frogs have since been found in significant numbers, they are far from safe, Mr Biju warned, with tropical forests being cut down at alarming rates to make way for agriculture and human settlements. | An extraordinary tree frog thought to have died out more than a century ago has been rediscovered in India. | 3.37089 | 3 |
Nikki Sinclaire was expelled by UKIP leader Nigel Farage for refusing to sit with the party's allies Liga Nord in the European Parliament.
She claimed some members of the Italian party were "homophobic".
A default judgement was made in her favour by Exeter Employment Tribunal after UKIP, which denies the allegations, failed to lodge a defence.
The party blamed an administrative error and said it had filed an application for the judgement to be set aside.
It hopes to have the case thrown out before a hearing on 29 December to award compensation.
The default judgement, in which Mr Farage and UKIP MEP Godfrey Bloom were named as respondents, said: "The claim of sexual discrimination is well founded."
West Midlands MEP Miss Sinclaire, who is openly lesbian, claims she was called "queer" by Mr Bloom in a hallway in the European Parliament building in Strasbourg.
The claim is firmly denied by Mr Bloom and is being investigated.
Commenting on the tribunal ruling, Miss Sinclaire, who now sits as an independent, said: "I am extremely pleased with the tribunal's decision.
"The treatment I received from UKIP is a sad indictment of how politics in the UK has not kept up in the 21st Century."
In a statement, UKIP said the date for filling a response to Ms Sinclaire's action was "regrettably missed" due to "a simple administrative error".
A party spokesman: "The respondents have now filed an application to set aside the judgement.
"The respondents have always intended to defend this case vigorously and the application is accompanied by a robust response challenging almost every aspect of her case, including the tribunal's jurisdiction." | A lesbian MEP has won a claim for sex discrimination against her former colleagues in UKIP. | 1.200144 | 1 |
Artists Anthea Hamilton, Michael Dean, Helen Marten and Josephine Pryde are all in the running for the honour.
The prestigious prize is awarded to a British artist, under the age of 50, considered to have put on the best exhibition of the last 12 months.
Its stated aim is to "promote public debate around new developments in contemporary art".
The awards ceremony will take place at Tate Britain, and will be broadcast live on the BBC.
Hamilton has been included for her work that focuses on fetishism, while sculptor Dean was chosen for pieces made from salvaged materials.
Painter and sculptor Marten's art is described as "slippery and elusive" and Pryde's work shows a fascination between art and photography.
Marten won the first Hepworth Prize for Sculpture recently, and pledged to share the £30,000 award with her fellow nominees.
The jury is chaired by Alex Farquharson, director of Tate Britain.
Last year's prize was won by design collective Assemble for a regeneration scheme for derelict houses in Liverpool.
The ceremony will be broadcast live on the BBC News Channel from 21:30 and BBC World and will be available online later.
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | The winner of the £25,000 Turner Prize is to be announced at a ceremony in London later. | 1.094162 | 1 |
Emergency services were called to the scene on Royston Road, Glasgow, at about 13:15. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
It is believed the car involved belonged to the woman who died.
A police spokeswoman said a report would be submitted to the procurator fiscal and inquiries were continuing to establish the circumstances surrounding the woman's death. | A 58-year-old woman has died after she became trapped between a wall and car. | 0.415982 | 0 |
Saints won 13 trophies under Harrison, who has left after five and a half years in charge to join Hartlepool.
Ruscoe, 39, is in interim charge along with Steve Evans following Harrison's departure.
"He's won so many [trophies] and he's done such a good job, how do you go and follow that now?" Ruscoe said.
"Me and Steve want to give it our best and the lads will as well. They've been great in the last few days as we've taken over."
Saints begin their preparations for the Champions League qualifiers with a friendly against an Anglesey Island Games XI on Tuesday, 6 June.
Club owner Mike Harris hopes Ruscoe and Evans will be permanent replacements, but says one of them must complete their coaching qualifications.
Former club captain Ruscoe, who joined Saints as a player in 2001 and holds a Uefa A coaching licence, wants the job on a permanent basis.
"I've been in football full-time for over 20 years so it's something I want to do for the rest of my career," Ruscoe told BBC Radio Shropshire. | Interim manager Scott Ruscoe says Craig Harrison will be a hard act to follow at Welsh Premier League champions New Saints. | 0.863236 | 1 |
The 24-year-old Dane will partner Frenchman Romain Grosjean in 2017.
Magnussen had wanted to stay with Renault for 2017 but decided to accept Haas's offer after the French team delayed its driver choice.
"We feel that pairing Kevin with Romain will help us develop our new car and continue our growth," team founder and chairman Gene Haas said on Friday.
Magnussen will be heading into his third full season in F1 in 2017.
He raced for McLaren in 2014, scoring a second place on his debut in Australia, but was demoted to reserve driver in 2015, when two-time champion Fernando Alonso joined the team to partner Jenson Button.
McLaren dropped Magnussen at the end of 2015 but Renault rescued his career on the eve of this season after their contract with Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado collapsed as a result of unpaid sponsorship money.
Magnussen has been Renault's most successful driver in a difficult season for the company following their takeover of the Lotus team last December.
He has scored seven points compared to team-mate Jolyon Palmer's one and has out-qualified the Briton 12-7 in the 19 races so far.
But a couple of heavy crashes and the occasional less-convincing weekend left the team uncertain over whether to continue with him.
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Renault did offer to take up their option on Magnussen for one further year, BBC Sport understands, but he preferred the security of a longer-term deal with a team that is more committed to him.
Haas, who have close links with Ferrari, have done a solid job in their debut season and lie eighth in the constructors' championship.
Their best result was a fifth place for Grosjean in Bahrain.
Following Magnussen's decision to leave Renault, the team confirmed it was retaining Palmer for their second seat alongside German Nico Hulkenberg, who signed for the team last month.
Palmer had previously been considered an outside bet and more likely to join Force India. | Renault driver Kevin Magnussen has joined the US-based Haas team in place of Mexican Esteban Gutierrez. | 0.953918 | 1 |
A disciplinary hearing will take place on Wednesday and Ashton, 28, faces a minimum 12-week ban if found guilty.
The incident happened in the first half of Saracens' European Champions Cup victory at Allianz Park on Saturday.
Ashton was recalled to the England squad by new head coach Eddie Jones last week.
The most recent of Ashton's 39 international caps came against New Zealand in June 2014.
England's Six Nations campaign starts on 6 February against Scotland and ends in France on 19 March. | Saracens and England wing Chris Ashton could miss the Six Nations after being cited for allegedly making contact with the eyes of Ulster's Luke Marshall. | 0.563526 | 1 |
Edinho is a retired footballer who played goalkeeper for Pele's old club, Santos, in the 1990s.
He was first arrested in 2005 and has served a sentence for drug trafficking offences and links with a notorious drug dealer in the city of Santos.
He admits he had a drug problem but denies the trafficking charges.
The ruling was issued by a judge in the nearby coastal city of Praia Grande, in Sao Paulo state.
Brazilian media have not been able to contact Edinho, whose real name is Edson Cholbi do Nascimento, but they say he is expected to appeal.
Edinho, 43, works as a goalkeeping coach at Santos.
Pele, or Edson Arantes do Nascimento, played all his professional career in Brazil for Santos.
Playing for Brazil, he won the World Cup in 1958, 1962 and 1970 and was acclaimed as the greatest footballer of his generation.
He retired in 1974, but made a comeback a year later for New York Cosmos.
Edinho is Pele's third son from his first marriage. He was five when Pele was signed to play for Cosmos and the family moved to New York.
When he returned to Brazil he decided to pursue a career in professional football - as a goalkeeper, much to his father's surprise.
He was Santos' goalkeeper in 1995 when the team reached the Brazilian league final, losing the title to Botafogo.
His detention and alleged involvement with drug gangs took most people in Brazil by surprise.
Pele, now 73, went to visit his son several times in jail.
"God willing, justice will be done. There is not a shred of evidence against my son," he said in 2006.
Edinho said that his father was his idol.
Four other people have also been convicted for many laundering, including a man accused of controlling much of the drug trafficking in the region - Ronaldo Duarte Barsotti, known as Naldinho. | The son of the Brazilian football legend Pele has been sentenced to 33 years in jail for laundering money raised from drug trafficking. | 1.235931 | 1 |
The 4,500-year-old wooden maul, or mallet, used by Egyptian craftsmen, had been stored in the wardrobe in Derbyshire to protect it from sunlight.
It was originally discovered during World War Two in a cave near Cairo by a relative of the owner.
Auctioneer Charles Hanson said "the tool would almost certainly have helped with the building of important ancient temples of the day".
The item, which goes to auction in October, has a pre-sale estimate of £2,000-£3,000.
Mr Hanson, manager of Hansons Auctioneers, said the maul had been used but was in "remarkable condition".
The relative of the vendor, who wanted to remain anonymous, had been camped in a cave in the Mokattam Hills, near Cairo, and discovered the artefact while digging.
Mr Hanson said: "To hold something which is twice as old as Christianity and to close your eyes and think back to the Ancient Egyptian civilization, and the time of the Pharaohs, is quite remarkable."
Almost 5,000 years ago, a series of small settlements along the River Nile were unified into one kingdom, dominating the Mediterranean for much of the following 3,000 years.
At 4,500 years old, the mallet dates to about the same time as the Pyramids at Giza, pictured, built in the fourth dynasty from 2575 to 2465BC, although they are about 10 miles (17km) away.
In 30BC, the last Pharaohs Cleopatra and her son Caesarion died and Egypt became part of the Roman Empire. | An Ancient Egyptian tool has been found in a wardrobe. | 3.072252 | 3 |
Rita King was killed at De La Mer House in Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, on Monday morning.
Police confirmed that Ms King was related to the man arrested on suspicion of murder.
A post-mortem examination is due to take place. Detectives said they had found a revolver at the home.
Earlier, the home's manager described how she confronted a man carrying a gun and convinced him to hand over the weapon.
When armed police arrived, staff said they had already taken a weapon off a man in his 80s and locked it away.
Julie Curtis, who has run the residential home for two years, told the BBC on Monday she had seen a man walking towards her with a gun.
She said: "I put my left arm around him and put his right arm between him and the gun and said 'please, please give me the gun', and he let go."
Mrs Curtis said at first she had not realised the gun was real or whether anybody had been injured.
The manager said her staff had been "brilliant" and had been "staying calm and speaking to the residents who live here".
She said: "Under the circumstances, everyone is coping very well."
Det Ch Insp Simon Werrett, of Essex Police, said: "At this stage we are not looking for anyone else in connection with the investigation and our inquiries are ongoing." | An 86-year-old man is still being questioned over the death of an 81-year-old woman who was shot at a care home where they were both residents. | 1.024581 | 1 |
The nine-year-old is in foal to 2012 Derby winner Camelot and had not raced since last year's Aintree Hurdle win.
Annie Power, ridden by Ruby Walsh, became the first mare in 22 years to win the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham.
She fell at the last when leading in the Mares Hurdle a year earlier, denying a Walsh-Mullins four-timer which would have cost bookmakers £40m.
Mullins told the Racing Post: "She retires with an outstanding record, winning all but two of her 17 races.
"She was a very special racemare and gave us many memorable days."
BBC racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght
Annie Power, named after an Irish patriot, flew the flag for Irish racing and for female horses in spectacular style.
The tributes will of course start with her Champion Hurdle success when positively slamming My Tent Or Yours and Nichols Canyon.
But the image that'll last longest in my mind will be 'that fall', at the last, when sure to win the 2015 Mares Hurdle at Cheltenham.
In my mind's eye, it all happens in slow motion, a never-to-forgotten tumble that instantly saved the betting industry a massive pay-out at the start of the Festival - with three days still to go. | The 2016 Champion Hurdle winner Annie Power has been retired, says trainer Willie Mullins. | 1.122298 | 1 |
The crash happened at Bethania Street in Maesteg, Bridgend county, just after 17:00 GMT on Tuesday.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. South Wales Police said the driver of a black Renault Clio had been arrested.
The woman's family have been informed about her death.
Police said the road was closed for about four-and-a-half hours after the crash. | A person has been arrested after an elderly woman died after being knocked over as she crossed the road. | 0.582354 | 1 |
The US bank employs about 2,000 people in the city working across technology, operations, legal & compliance.
James Bardrick told the BBC: "There is no fundamental reason why Belfast's attractions to us should change as a result of Brexit.
"I don't see that standing in the way of either what we've got in Belfast or our plans to continue developing."
When the UK leaves the single market, some financial services jobs will have to relocate to the EU for regulatory reasons.
Earlier this year, HSBC said it was preparing to move 1,000 staff from London to Paris.
The Swiss bank UBS also said "about 1,000" of its 5,000 London jobs could be hit by Brexit.
The jobs being moved are likely to mainly involve "front office" workers selling products into the EU and some support staff. | The Head of Citigroup in the UK has given a reassurance about the future of the bank's operation in Belfast. | 1.046916 | 1 |
The roof of the double decker was ripped off in the crash on Portland Road in South Norwood.
Police said there were seven passengers sitting on the top deck of the number 197 bus when it crashed at about 21:15 BST on Saturday.
The four people hurt are not believed to have sustained life-threatening injuries.
The road was closed and traffic diversions are in place. | Four people have been taken to hospital after a bus crashed into a railway bridge in south-east London. | 0.494099 | 0 |
The victim was targeted as she walked along Balmoral Road in Dumfries at about 14:50 on New Year's Day.
The cyclist snatched the woman's handbag, knocking her to the ground, before cycling off.
The woman was taken to Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary where she was treated for fractures to her arm.
Officers have been reviewing CCTV footage of the area and have appealed for information.
Det Sgt Colin McKinstry said: "Targeting an elderly woman as she walks along the street is a despicable act and it's imperative we trace the person responsible.
"We know from our inquiries carried out so far that several people stopped to assist the lady and I am appealing to them and anyone else who was in the vicinity at the time of the incident to contact us.
"The information you provide could prove vital in helping us trace the person responsible and holding them to account for their cowardly act."
The suspect was riding a dark bike and was dressed in dark clothing with a hood up. It is not known whether they were male or female. | A 78-year-old woman suffered a broken arm after being knocked to the ground in a "despicable" and "cowardly" act by a robber on a bike. | 0.997712 | 1 |
But Lindsey Bell, who was then the girlfriend of one of the defendants, Gareth McKinney, said what happened had become "more than a fight".
Lee Smyth never regained consciousness after the attack in Armagh in June 2010.
The other man charged with the murder is serving soldier Michael Wilson.
Mr Wilson, 23, of Marlacoo Road, Tandragee, County Armagh, is also accused of robbing Mr Smyth of a "simple, cheap" cigarette tin.
Mr McKinney, 24, with an address at Charles Park in Portadown, County Armagh, admits being present when Mr Smyth was attacked, but maintains he was trying, without success, to restrain Mr Wilson.
Lindsey Bell said that Mr Wilson, who is a soldier in the Royal Irish Regiment, had carried on attacking Mr Smyth after he had collapsed unconscious on the ground.
Mr Smyth remained in "virtually a vegetative state" in a nursing home for two years before dying after his life-support machine was switched off.
The court heard that Mr Smyth, who was 30 at the time, had been an injecting heroin user.
His former girlfriend gave evidence about how he had been involved in an argument at a party the evening before.
When they got home, somebody had thrown a garden ornament at their flat. It smashed off the wall.
She said Mr Smyth had been angry and had left the house intent on finding the people involved.
At one point, the police had found him involved in another dispute with a man and had to make him drop a stick he was brandishing before advising him to go home.
The officers said they had intended to speak to him again the next day.
However, a few hours later, the same officers had been called to a location nearby after an early morning dog walker found a man lying unconscious.
The officers said they had found Mr Smyth so covered in blood that he was "unrecognisable", but that they had realised from his clothing and a tattoo that this was the same man they had spoken to earlier.
Opening the prosecution case, a lawyer said: "This is a distressingly familiar story, young men emboldened by drink attack each other for some perceived slight, virtually nothing at all."
But he said this particular attack had been gratuitously violent. He said: "They attacked a man who was prone and defenceless."
The case continues. | The key witness in the trial of two men accused of beating to death an Armagh man, has told Armagh Crown Court it was the victim who started the fight. | 1.017792 | 1 |
Police blamed the attacks on suspected rebels from a faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB).
Reports say one suspected rebel was killed in the gun battle with security forces in Kokrajhar district.
The NDFB wants an independent homeland for the Bodo ethnic group to be carved out of Assam.
Assam police chief Mukesh Sahay told the BBC that the attack took place in a market in Balajan, an area just outside the town of Kokrajhar.
"Many civilians sustained injuries when militants opened indiscriminate fire. They also lobbed grenades," he said.
The banned National Democratic Front of Bodoland is one of many such tribally-based factions in India's remote north-east.
The area where the attack happened already enjoys a degree of autonomy.
But the insurgents want Bodoland to be given full statehood.
There have been years of sectarian and ethnic clashes there and hundreds of thousands remain displaced from their homes.
One gunman was killed by the security forces and troops were pursuing five others who had fled. Several homes and shops were damaged in the attack.
In 2014, NDFB rebels killed at least 62 people in Sonitpur and Kokrajhar.
The Bodos now have an autonomous territorial council which one of their parties, the Bodoland People's Front (BPF), controls.
The council offers considerable local autonomy to more than 3,000 villages that are home to Bodo tribesmen. | Gunmen have opened fire on a busy market place in India's north-eastern state of Assam, killing at least 13 people, officials say. | 1.427691 | 1 |
The visitors took the lead after only three minutes as Nicky Ajose chipped the ball into the area and Lauri Dalla Valle fired past keeper Ben Alnwick.
Peterborough equalised in the 66th minute, ending a goal drought of over eight hours, as Conor Washington turned in Marcus Maddison's parried shot.
The Railwaymen are one point above the relegation zone with three games left.
However, Leyton Orient and Notts County, who are a point behind Crewe, both have a game in hand. | Crewe kept alive their hopes of League One survival as they secured a 1-1 draw away to Peterborough at London Road. | 0.474261 | 0 |
Bob Frost, who represents the North Deal ward on Dover District Council, posted a tweet describing an encounter with the man on Sunday.
In it, he wrote he had told him to "f**k off back to Romania".
Opposition Labour councillors said the message was offensive, but Mr Frost said he was surprised by the response.
The full message, posted from his personal account, read: "Being ex Home Office I feel qualified to offer helpful free immigration advice. Just told local Big Issue seller to f**k off back to Romania."
Other Twitter users condemned the message, which was also reported to the council and local Conservative MP, Charlie Elphicke.
Labour group leader Mike Eddy said the tweet was "disgraceful" and showed Mr Frost was "unfit to represent the town".
"It's offensive, childish and possibly a crime as an incitement to racial hatred," he said.
"It's time for Bob to stand down, unless the local Tory leader thinks this kind of behaviour is acceptable."
Councillor Paul Watkins, the Conservative leader of Dover District Council, said the tweets were "embarrassing" and needed to be investigated.
"I've suspended him on the basis there is public concern and we've had complaints," he said.
In a statement, Mr Frost said: "I am somewhat surprised that the usual suspects, having been so supportive of the principle that Charlie Hebdo can make jokes about the Prophet Mohammed, find quips about EU benefit tourism somehow beyond the pale.
"This is no more likely to incite racial hatred than jokes about Polish plumbers or the German predisposition for reserving sun loungers.
"Labour Party members really should get a life (as well as some electable policies)."
He added that the local elections had seen him increase his share of votes by 18%.
In August 2011, Mr Frost was suspended from the Conservative group after using the phrase "jungle bunnies" in reference to the London riots. | A Conservative councillor has been suspended over an "offensive" four-letter Twitter outburst about a Romanian Big Issue seller. | 0.837282 | 1 |
Pottery fragments and the remains of kilns used for drying grain were among discoveries made at Torvean.
Archaeologists who have been monitoring the building of the West Link displayed some of the items at Lochardil Primary School last week.
The new road is being built for Highland Council to ease traffic flow through Inverness.
The finds include Bronze Age burnt mounds.
The mounds are large piles of burnt waste, often including ashy deposits and stones that have been shattered by heat.
They are usually horseshoe-shaped and found close to streams, and archaeologists say that they are the product of repeated events of burning.
The mounds are connected to the heating up of stones which were then placed in water-filled pits to heat water, possibly for use in cooking, washing wool or even as small saunas. | Prehistoric and Bronze Age finds have been made during work to construct the new Inverness West Link road. | 3.252131 | 3 |
After his opening 66, two immediate birdies moved the 37-year-old to a share of the lead but six bogeys in windy conditions saw him losing ground.
A record nine players share the halfway lead on eight under.
These include first-day leader Welshman Bradley Dredge (72) and English Ryder Cup player Andy Sullivan (68).
Thailand's Kiradech Aphibarnrat, South African duo Thomas Aiken and Jaco Van Zyl, Spanish pair Jorge Campillo and Nacho Elvira, Finland's Mikko Korhonen and South Korea's Jeunghun Wang are also in the leading nine-strong group.
Ireland's Paul Dunne is sharing 10th place, a stroke off the pace, after adding a 70 to his opening 67.
2010 US Open champion McDowell has dropped to 89th in the world rankings, and as it stands, is not in the fields for either the WGC World Match Play in March or the Masters a month later. | Graeme McDowell dropped five off the pace at the Qatar Masters after struggling to a three-over-par 75 in Friday's second round in Doha. | 0.976041 | 1 |
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Stokes was hit for four consecutive sixes in the final overs as West Indies claimed a dramatic win in India.
"This will play a big part in making him a very strong character," said Broad. "You always learn more from making errors than from the good days.
"He's got every attribute to be one of the best cricketers England's had."
Broad has bounced back from adversity himself.
Now the world's top-ranked Test bowler, he was hit for six sixes in an over at the 2007 World T20.
"Most world-class athletes go through tough times and periods where they get it wrong," said Broad.
"Having had a tough period, he knows what that's like and he'll always be hungry to improve."
Marlon Samuels, whose 85 not out from 66 balls laid the foundation for Carlos Brathwaite's winning sixes in the final in Kolkata, criticised Stokes in Sunday's post-match news conference.
The West Indies batsman, who clashed with Stokes on England's 2014 tour of the Caribbean, was fined 30% of his match fee for "using abusive and offensive language" towards the England all-rounder.
"I'm a cricketer who has always tried to play on the edge, live on the edge, and I like to be in a competitive battle," said Broad.
"Ben Stokes is a cricketer like me. He likes to get in a battle, he likes to have a few words, as does Marlon Samuels.
"Once you cross that white line, you shake hands at the end, I think that's personally the end of it."
Broad was left out of the squad for the World Twenty20 but harbours "huge ambitions" to play white-ball cricket, with an eye on the 50-over World Cup in England in 2019.
He admits feeling envious of the atmosphere his England team-mates experienced at the World T20 in India.
"It had razzmatazz, it was great fun, we were lucky that the players put on a show for us as fans," said the former England T20 captain.
"It was testament to the tournament that it had a final like it did. I can't think of a more exciting cricket final to watch, going down to the last over.
"It was probably the best-run tournament I've seen for Twenty20. I was heartbroken and gutted England didn't get over the line, but that's sport and cricket is a lot better off for having a lot of people watch that tournament." | Stuart Broad expects fellow all-rounder Ben Stokes to recover from his World Twenty20 devastation to become one of England's "best ever". | 1.037966 | 1 |
Researcher Jacqueline Cahill Wilson said the stud, found in Walsingham, may have come from a Roman horse harness.
It could have belonged to the troops who were stationed at a Roman town, now Caistor St Edmund, during the Iceni army's uprising in AD61, she said.
The stud is now likely to go on display at the Castle Museum in Norwich.
The stud features a rivet on the back, designed to keep it in place.
It has an outer border around a depiction of Victory, facing right and holding a palm, with two horses.
Ms Cahill Wilson, from the department of archaeology and anthropology at the University of Bristol, said: "It is probably no coincidence that it was found in Walsingham given the role of the Iceni and Boudicca in the uprising in AD61.
"This may in fact have commemorated in some way the suppression of that rebellion."
The stud was declared as treasure by Norfolk coroner Jacqueline Lake.
At the inquest in Norwich, Mrs Lake also declared two gold fragments found at Forncett, near Long Stratton, were treasure.
They could have come from a neck torc or precious bracelet, deliberately broken up and hidden, the inquest heard.
Experts said they dated back to between 50 and 150BC and belonged to someone wealthy from the Iron Age or early Roman periods.
Norwich Castle Museum has expressed an interest in acquiring both of the treasures, the inquest was told.
Source: BBC History | A silver stud found buried in a Norfolk village commemorated the quashing of Queen Boudicca's rebellion, an expert said. | 2.714241 | 3 |
The former West Indies seamer was injured while playing football during the warm-up in a County Championship match against Yorkshire in April.
Edwards, 34, is on crutches following an operation.
"His injury is pretty bad and I think that it would be best to get him right for next season," Hampshire coach Dale Benkenstein told BBC Radio Solent.
Fellow ex-Windies pace bowler Tino Best has joined the county on a short-term deal in Edwards' absence.
Benkenstein admitted the chance of seeing the Barbados duo, both signed as non-overseas players under the Kolpak ruling, sharing the new ball for Hampshire would have to wait.
"You never know, maybe next year," he added. "Fidel is very fit and some people heal quicker than others.
"But, as a fast bowler and with the force he puts through his body, an injury like that might be asking a bit too much from him." | Hampshire fast bowler Fidel Edwards is set to miss the rest of the season after surgery on a broken ankle. | 0.884056 | 1 |
Mohammed Khan, 31, Muserat Khan, 36, and Ateek Khan, 28, all of West Bromwich, targeted them in Oswestry.
Mohammed Khan, of Whitehall Road, was jailed for six years, Muserat Khan, of Greets Green Road, was given five years and nine months and Ateek Khan, of Oak Road, five years and six months. All admitted conspiracy to kidnap.
Zahoor Hussain, 39, of Whitehall Road, was acquitted of the same charge.
The case was heard at Shrewsbury Crown Court on Wednesday. | Three men have been jailed for kidnapping a woman and three children. | 0.438512 | 0 |
Storer will move to St Andrew's on a six-month deal, to start when the transfer window reopens in May.
The 18-year-old will initially feature for Blues' development squad, having previously been part of the club's academy until Under-15 level.
He became a Stevenage scholar in 2014, signing his first contract last year.
Storer has made one first-team appearance for Stevenage, as a late substitute in their 3-0 league defeat at Leyton Orient last August.
Meanwhile, fellow teenager David Popa, also 18, has become the latest Blues academy player to sign professional terms.
The Romanian striker, who has scored three times in seven games on loan at Kettering Town in the Northern Premier League, follows the lead of free-scoring academy striker Ronan Hale in agreeing a new deal.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Birmingham City have signed promising teenage striker Jack Storer from League Two side Stevenage for an undisclosed five-figure fee. | 0.958998 | 1 |
United contacted St Johnstone this week with a view to speaking to 52-year-old Wright about the job but this approach was rejected by the Saints board.
The Tannadice club - bottom of the Premiership - are seeking to replace Jackie McNamara, who left last month.
Dave Bowman took the first team for Saturday's loss to Partick Thistle.
The Tangerines have won only once this season and prop up the table with five points from 10 games.
Former Northern Ireland goalkeeper Wright, who replaced Steve Lomas at McDiarmid Park in 2013, led St Johnstone to Scottish Cup success in his first season in charge.
He has also secured two successive top-six finishes for the Perth side and previously managed in his homeland. | St Johnstone boss Tommy Wright is no longer under consideration for the Dundee United manager's job, BBC Scotland has learned. | 0.839878 | 1 |
The firm said the offer would be considered "in the normal manner".
Dollar Financial also operates online lenders Payday Loans and Payday Express, as well as the pawnbroking firm Suttons & Robertsons.
The company has been put up for sale by its American owner following a difficult few years.
A clampdown on payday lending in the UK has led to lower profits, with the firm admitting to tougher trading conditions.
Loan charges were capped by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in January 2015.
Since then the firm has closed hundreds of Money Shop branches, reducing the numbers from more than 600 to 230.
A spokesperson for the company said: "Dollar is aware of current media speculation regarding [the] sale of the business.
"An approach has been made and will be assessed in the normal manner. In the meantime, such discussions are a commonplace of business, and for the moment remain confidential between the parties involved."
Just over a year ago the company was ordered to repay £15.3m to customers who had been over-charged for loans. Dollar Financial UK says that it has now changed the way it operates.
The company, which is currently owned by the US firm DFC Group, is a major sponsor of Wolverhampton Wanderers football club. | Dollar Financial UK, the owner of payday lender The Money Shop, says it has received a bid approach from an unnamed suitor. | 1.024662 | 1 |
Northampton Borough Council said it sold the statue of Sekhemka in 2014 to fund expansion of its museum.
The Museums Association has warned organisations not to dispose of items for financial gain unless it benefits wider collections.
It will mean if a museum wants to sell an item, it can only do so "as a last resort" after exhausting other options.
When it put the statue up for auction, Northampton Borough Council said the cost of insuring it had become too high and the money was needed for a £14m extension to Northampton Museum and Art Gallery.
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey placed a temporary export bar on the limestone statue because it was considered to be the finest example of its kind anywhere in the world.
The Museums Association barred the council from membership for five years over the sale.
It said to gain re-entry, the local authority would have to prove it was following the renewed code of ethics.
Sharon Heal, from the Museums Association, said she believed the council had lost out on potential visitors by selling the statue.
Sekhemka could have been part of an Egypt exhibition featuring collections from provincial museums due to open this week and would have "put Northampton on the map", she said.
Ms Heal believed the statue would be stored until export approval was granted to its new overseas owner, and would never be seen in public again.
The Save Sekhemka Group campaigning to keep the statue in the UK is expected to comment later. | The £15m sale of an ancient Egyptian statue has prompted a change in the code of ethics issued to museums. | 1.67354 | 2 |
Some 2.1 million Audis affected worldwide include 1.42 million in western Europe, with 577,000 in Germany, and almost 13,000 in the US.
Czech-based Skoda said 1.2 million of its cars were involved, but has yet to give a country or model breakdown.
Separately, German prosecutors started a probe against VW's former boss.
Former chief executive Martin Winterkorn will be investigated over "allegations of fraud in the sale of cars with manipulated emissions data," German authorities said on Monday.
The Audi models affected include the A1, A3, A4, A5, A6, TT, Q3 and Q5 models, a spokesman told the Reuters news agency.
VW said last week that 11 million cars within the group could be affected.
The scandal was revealed after the US Environmental Protection Agency found that some diesel cars were fitted with devices that could detect when the engine was being tested and could change the car's performance to improve results.
The German company apologised for breaching consumers' trust, and on Friday announced that Matthias Mueller was replacing Martin Winterkorn as chief executive. Mr Mueller promised a "relentless" investigation to uncover what went wrong.
There were also unconfirmed reports on Monday that senior R&D heads working across the car group had been suspended. Reuters said the suspensions involved staff from the Audi, Porsche and the VW brands.
Meanwhile, Volkswagen shares continued to fall, closing down 7.3%. They are now down about a third since the scandal broke.
The scandal has badly tarnished VW's name, left it exposed to up to $18bn in US fines, and wiped a third off its stock market value in a week.
German authorities have demanded that VW set out a timeline by 7 October on how it will ensure its diesel cars meet national emission standards without using cheat technology.
There were widespread German media reports at the weekend that the government ignored warnings two years ago that VW was using the software. However, on Monday, a government spokesman denied this.
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VW scandal explained | Audi and Skoda say they have a total of 3.3 million cars fitted with the software that allowed parent company Volkswagen to cheat US emissions tests. | 1.41928 | 1 |
The man said he found the metal object floating on a remote river in the municipality of Salinopolis.
The debris has been confirmed as coming from a satellite launched from the Kourou base, in neighbouring French Guiana, last July.
The piece bears the logo of the UK Space Agency and Arianespace - the European satellite company.
A spokeswoman for the UK Space Agency, Julia Short, confirmed that the debris was from the launch of Europe's largest telecommunications satellite last year.
"It is the launch vehicle payload shroud from the Alphasat launch last year. It probably landed in the Atlantic and then floated inland,"
Alphasat, described as Europe's most sophisticated telecommunications satellite, was launched from the Kourou base on 25 July.
Brazilian authorities in northern Para state said they would contact the UK Space Agency and ask them to collect the object.
According to local reports, it took more than 10 people to retrieve the panel from the riverbank.
"It is big, the size of a car," local resident Gilson dos Santos told O Globo.
Residents have been told to report immediately any symptoms of illness, but rescue teams do not believe the wreckage is radioactive.
The local fisherman who came across the unusual catch - 73-year-old Manuel Alves dos Santos - said the authorities initially did not believe him.
"It hit my fishing line and I pushed to the bank of the river to see what it was. It is the first time I see something like that," he told O Liberal newspaper.
The object was found on Saturday night, but according to residents the authorities failed to respond to their initial calls.
Recovery teams only arrived in the area after the finding was reported in the media. | A fisherman in Brazil's Amazon region has found a large piece of debris from a European space launch. | 2.48731 | 2 |
Market Cross Jewellers in Yarm was broken into in November, and the Middlesbrough branch was targeted in January.
The men, aged between 19 and 31, have been charged with conspiracy to commit robbery.
Money, watches and diamonds worth hundreds of thousands of pounds were taken in the raids, police said.
A 24-year-old local man has also been charged with criminal property and drugs offences and another man, also 24 and from the Manchester area, has also been charged with firearms offences.
Four men will appear at Teesside Magistrates' Court and three men will appear at Manchester Magistrates later.
A 24-year-old woman and two men from the Manchester area, aged 20 and 28, remain on bail. | Seven men have been charged in connection with two armed robberies at Teesside jewellery shops. | 0.732842 | 1 |
Daniel Edwards, 22, stabbed Fiona Southwell to death at Grange Farm near Seaton in July.
The jury at Hull Crown Court heard Ms Southwell, 60, replaced him as a stable hand after he was sacked.
Edwards' resentment about losing his job "may have provided him with a motive", said prosecutor David Gordon.
Edwards was sentenced to life with a minimum of 24 years.
The judge said the term would have been longer but his learning difficulties had been taken into account.
More on this and other East Yorkshire stories
The trial heard how Edwards looked after horses at the farm in spring 2016, but was dismissed "in a gentle and understanding way" in May 2016 and replaced by Miss Southwell.
Sentencing him, Judge Jeremy Richardson QC said: "It is plain to me that you were so angry and resentful that you hatched a plan to kill Fiona Southwell.
"You planned to kill her by stabbing her to death - you executed that plan with ferocious determination and brutality."
"The use of some of the language of the Facebook posting you later shared - you let out the demons within you," he added.
The court heard Ms Southwell's body was found in a barn at Grange Farm by her brother.
Mr Gordon said she had died from multiple stab wounds in "a vicious, protracted attack".
Edwards was arrested at his home in King Street, Hornsea, East Yorkshire. Clothing stained with Ms Southwell's blood was recovered from his bedroom.
Her blood was also found on the defendant's ankle and on a kitchen knife found in a hedgerow near the farm, the jury was told.
The court was told Edwards sought to cover up what he had done, discarding the murder weapon and lying first in his police interviews and then during his trial.
Senior Investigating Officer Det Ch Insp Tony Cockerill described the attack as cowardly, adding Fiona Southwell "never stood a chance".
Ms Southwell's family described her as "kind, hard-working and totally honest". | A man has been jailed for life after being convicted of murdering a woman who replaced him as a stable hand on an East Yorkshire farm. | 0.957018 | 1 |
The actor, who is from the state of Kerala, suffered from a heart attack early on Monday, his family said.
Thilakan began his career in the theatre before playing his first role on screen in 1979.
He starred in more than 200 Malayalam films and received a Padma Shree, one of the top civilian honours from the government, in 2009.
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said that Thilakan's death was a "big loss to the world of art".
In his early years, the actor was part of various drama troupes, including the Kerala Peoples' Arts Centre and Kalidasa Kalakendram.
Well known as a character actor, Thilakan's films included Nirmalyam, Ekantham and Keeridam and he acted in several films with top star Mohanlal.
The last movie he starred in was Ustad Hotel.
Thilakan was also a well known voice in radio plays.
The veteran actor was admitted to hospital on 23 August with a cardiac problem. | Leading southern Indian stage and film actor Thilakan has died at the age of 77. | 1.081964 | 1 |
Alix Tichelman pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and drugs charges, which resulted in the 2013 death of Forrest Timothy Hayes.
Tichelman did not seek help for Hayes when he passed out after she injected him with heroin onboard his yacht.
Police say she was a prostitute and the pair had met on several occasions.
The plea on Tuesday came as part of a deal that included a reduced manslaughter charge.
Tichelman's lawyer, Larry Biggam, said he expects his client to serve only three years. She will will receive credit for the time she has already served - nearly a year.
Mr Biggam said that Tichelman agreed to the plea deal in light of the evidence in the case.
Tichelman was seen in a surveillance video gathering her belongings, stepping over Hayes' body, finishing a glass of wine and lowering a blind before leaving the yacht. His body was discovered the next day.
She was arrested eight months later. | A woman has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to giving a Google executive a fatal overdose of heroin in California. | 0.711235 | 1 |
City Quays is an office-led development on the east bank of the Lagan, close to the city centre.
The application states that the nine-storey hotel would be "upper midscale" in terms of market position.
It adds that a new public space, to be known as Waterfront Square, would be created as part of the development.
The first City Quays office has been completed and is largely occupied by the law firm Baker and McKenzie.
Work is beginning on a second office and further applications are due to follow.
The hotel plans will now be considered by Belfast City Council's planning committee. | Belfast Harbour has filed a planning application for a 190-bedroom hotel at the City Quays development. | 0.821017 | 1 |
Clifford Stott, 69, of Rise Road, Skirlaugh, is accused of abusing two boys during the 1970s at Paull Primary School and Sproatley Endowed School.
One alleged victim told Hull Crown Court he was indecently assaulted as he sat on Mr Stott's lap while reading.
Mr Stott, who denies eight sexual offences, is also said to have got into bed with the boy during a school trip.
One of the two alleged victims told the court how Mr Stott would take individual children to a reading corner and sit them on his lap.
He said that during these sessions the teacher indecently assaulted him on more than one occasion.
The witness also said he was made to share a twin bedroom with Mr Stott while away on a school trip.
Asked by prosecutor Patrick Palmer what he thought of the alleged demand, he replied: "I just did what I was told."
Another witness, not an alleged victim but giving evidence to the court, said he too had been made to share a bed with Mr Stott during a school trip, while Mr Stott was head teacher at Sproatley Endowed School.
He said that after he fell ill on the trip he went to ask for help and Mr Stott had taken him back to his bedroom and got in to bed with him.
"I didn't think that at nine years old it was appropriate," he said.
Asked by defence barrister Bernard Gateshill whether he could have been mistaken, the witness said: "No, I told my mother that it had happened."
Mr Stott denies five charges of indecent assault against one child, two charges of indecent assault against a second child and one charge of indecency.
The trial continues. | A former East Yorkshire primary school head teacher abused a boy during reading lessons, a court has heard. | 0.822475 | 1 |
NHS officials said the locum was employed at three hospital trusts between June 2010 and February 2015.
These were Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust.
While emphasising the risk is low, letters offering testing have been sent to the patients identified.
The largest number of affected patients is 223 in Nottingham. There were 120 at Chesterfield and 57 in Cornwall.
Dr Stephen Fowlie, Medical Director in Nottingham, said: "Transmission of the virus between an infected healthcare worker and a patient with an open wound can only occur if health workers themselves have an injury with bleeding when they are delivering patient care.
"There is no evidence this happened to this doctor in any patient contact."
He added that as well as clinic appointments, patients will be offered test results within 24 hours and support and advice from specialists for them and their families.
Officials emphasised HIV could not be passed on by day-to-day contact and while HIV positive staff can work on patients, there were strict conditions in place.
The NHS said it would not name the doctor involved but confirmed they were no longer working for the NHS.
After being referred to the GMC, the doctor had conditions placed on their registration but was suspended earlier this year. An investigation into their actions is under way. | An appeal has gone out to retest 400 patients treated by a doctor who was later diagnosed with HIV. | 1.652517 | 2 |
David Evans, 23, was erecting a wall at the Well Barn Estate in Moulsford, Oxfordshire in 2010 when the block fell off a concrete lintel and crushed him.
Cavendish Masonry Ltd had been found guilty of corporate manslaughter and admitted a health and safety offence.
The Health and Safety Executive said the death was "completely avoidable".
HSE inspector Peter Snelgrove said Cavendish Masonry, based in Maesteg, south Wales, had not properly planned the moving of the heavy limestone with a crane.
"The stone toppled because its shape was such that it was potentially unstable when freestanding, yet nothing was used to fix it in place.
"It needed to be sufficiently restrained before the lifting slings attaching it to the crane were removed."
Cavendish Masonry admitted a breach of the Health and Safety at Work Act and was found guilty of corporate manslaughter following a trial at Oxford Crown Court in May.
The company was fined £150,000 and ordered to pay £87,000 in costs.
Speaking after the conviction, the family of Mr Evans said there had been a "void in their lives" since his death.
"We miss his smile, his infectious laugh and his profoundly honest nature.
"We hope that these lessons are learned and communicated throughout the stonemason and construction industry.
We do not want another family to go through the devastation and uncertainty that we have experienced over the last four years and the pain of loss which will always be with us." | A stonemasonry company whose employee was crushed to death by a two-tonne limestone block has been ordered to pay more than £237,000 in fines and costs. | 1.284531 | 1 |
Pick, 23, was caught with anabolic steroids in his system during an out-of-competition test, and banned for two years in 2015.
He spent time at Huddersfield before joining Rovers in 2013.
"Speaking to Shaun, he is committed to making this a positive experience," head coach Paul Rowley said.
"He wants to take this opportunity with both hands. Our staff did their homework on Shaun - as with all our players - to make sure we got our man with a clear focus on achieving our goals.
"The staff and I look forward to working with this young man, and providing clear and honest guidance, which will see him realise the huge potential he has."
Former Salford forward Luke Menzies has also joined Canadian side Toronto, who will begin their first season in the English League One this year. | Toronto Wolfpack have signed ex-Featherstone Rovers back-rower Shaun Pick, following the completion of a two-year doping ban. | 0.775399 | 1 |
It comes as tennis star Andy Murray prepares to tie the knot with Kim Sears in Dunblane.
The tourism promotion agency said nearly a quarter of weddings held north of the border were between people from outside Scotland.
It said breathtaking scenery, celebrity weddings and welcoming hospitality were the biggest draws for couples.
Among those who have married in Scotland are Madonna and Guy Ritchie (Skibo Castle), Mark Owen (Cawdor Parish Church), Philip Schofield (Ackergill Tower, Caithness) and Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall (Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh).
VisitScotland has estimated that the wedding tourism industry is worth £80m to the Scottish economy.
The agency said market research suggested "tourist weddings" tended to have fewer guests, but people stayed longer at the locations.
It added that Dumfries and Galloway was the most popular area for marriages because of "the popularity and romantic significance" of Gretna Green. In second place was Argyll and Bute.
VisitScotland chairman Mike Cantlay said: "Put simply, Scotland is one of the most beautiful places in the world in which to get married.
"From the splendour and magnificence of our castles and historic homes, to the wild romantic nature of our lochs, mountains, islands and coastlines, there is a uniqueness and magic to having your big day on Scottish soil.
"The impact the wedding industry has on tourism itself is significant, but more than that, it gives us an opportunity to showcase Scotland to guests who may never have made the trip before and turn their time here into a holiday." | VisitScotland has launched a drive to promote Scotland as the place to get married. | 1.380659 | 1 |
Micro-artist Graham Short engraved five notes and put four in circulation sparking a hunt for the valuable notes.
The first was spent by Mr Short in a cafe in Wales in 2016 and found soon after. Each is now worth about £50,000.
The fifth was given to the Jane Austen Centre in Bath which intends to put it on display.
Mr Short presented the £5 in person to the Jane Austen Centre following a minute's silence to mark the bicentenary of her death.
Three of the four notes have been found since they were put into circulation.
One, spent in Scotland, turned up in a Christmas card while another was donated to a good cause by a kind-hearted pensioner.
The fourth £5 note, spent in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, is still missing.
The serial numbers and quotations on the five £5 notes start AM32 885551 to 885554. | A museum dedicated to Jane Austen has been presented with a £5 note featuring a tiny 5mm portrait of the author worth £50,000. | 1.339343 | 1 |
Often described as India's greatest contemporary architect, Mr Correa's eye-catching buildings helped define its post-independence architecture.
Mr Correa was known for his wide-ranging design work, from cultural and civic monuments to modest housing developments.
His influence and style has spread far beyond the subcontinent.
Among his recent last works were Toronto's Ismaili Centre and the Brain Science Centre at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), his alma mater.
Mr Correa was responsible for designing a number of landmark buildings in India, including the Gandhi Memorial in Gujarat, the Bharat Bhavan and Vidhan Bhavan in Bhopal, and the Kala Academy in Goa.
Mr Correa was often critical of the way cities were being planned. "Market forces do not make cities, they destroy them," he said at an awards ceremony.
Here are some of the buildings designed by the much-feted architect:
Tributes have been pouring in for Mr Correa on social media: | Leading Indian architect Charles Correa has died after a brief illness in the western city of Mumbai, aged 84. | 2.020311 | 2 |
The unemployment total fell to 1.67 million in the February-to-April period, down 20,000 from the previous quarter, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
The number of people in work rose by 55,000, with the employment rate remaining at a record high of 74.2%.
Earnings, excluding bonuses, rose by 2.3% compared with last year.
The rise was bigger than analysts had expected, and pay growth in April itself was 2.5%, which the ONS said was partly due to the introduction of the National Living Wage.
The introduction of the new, compulsory National Living Wage of £7.20 an hour for workers aged 25 and above affected 1.8 million workers.
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Earnings including bonuses were 2% higher from year earlier, the ONS said.
The number of people out of work and claiming benefits fell by just 400 in May to 746,100, although April's figure was revised higher by 6,400 as information about those claiming out-of-work benefit under the new system of Universal Credit came in.
Other data from the ONS showed public sector employment rose by 6,000, mainly because of a rise in the number of people employed within the NHS.
However, the number of people now employed in local government has fallen to a record low of 2.2 million.
Private firms have been taking on more staff, with the number employed by private companies up by nearly half a million over the past year to 26 million.
Chris Williamson, chief economist at analysts Markit, said the employment figures were good news, but added that there were risks ahead.
"More recent survey data suggest that employers' demand for staff has cooled in more recent months amid worries about Brexit and a slowing economy, suggesting the good news should be treated with some caution."
There have also been warnings that the new National Living Wage could affect jobs growth. Recruitment firm Manpower recently warned that one third of retailers intended to limit the number of new staff they take on to offset higher wage bills. | The UK unemployment rate has fallen to 5%, the lowest since October 2005, according to official figures. | 1.643167 | 2 |
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He made personal appearances at several screenings at Greenwich Odeon and at the Ritzy Cinema in Brixton on Sunday, said a spokesman.
He tweeted this video with the hashtag #StarWarsDude.
He wrote: “Two unsuspecting Star Wars fans watching the trailer before the movie. Had to interrupt.†| Peckham-born Star Wars actor John Boyega surprised fans at a screening of the film at the O2 in Greenwich. | 0.251355 | 0 |
Chris Masters, 44, was "a picture of health" before he was taken ill while on holiday with wife Yvonne last month.
When he was fit to fly, his insurers said his local NHS did not have a bed.
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust (SATH) said it had been "very busy recently" but had now found a bed for Mr Masters.
More on Chris' story and other news from Shropshire
Mr Masters' family was "desperate" to have him home and suggested he was sent to an intensive therapy unit near his parents' home in Birmingham or anywhere in the UK.
But Mrs Masters said their insurer, MAPFRE Assistance, told her "hospitals outside a patient's catchment area would not consider accepting a patient unless under extreme circumstances."
MAPFRE said its medical team had received information that confirmed Mr Masters was fit to fly and it was working on bed admission in the UK.
Debbie Kadum, chief operating officer at SATH, said: "Our hospitals have been very busy recently and we would like to apologise to this gentleman's family for the delays they have faced in repatriating him.
"We have identified a bed for this gentleman and understand that the repatriation team and hospital staff in Thailand are aiming for him to be transferred to one of our intensive therapy units once a flight is available." | A British tourist recovering after a heart attack in Thailand claimed there was no hospital bed for him to be transferred to back home. | 1.229773 | 1 |
The town's borough council has agreed to negotiate with an unnamed bidder to purchase the site.
The theatre was mothballed by the council in January after it said it could no longer afford to subsidise it.
The developer wants to demolish the theatre and build a roller coaster, botanical gardens and cave-themed attraction on the site.
A second bid for the site, which would have seen the theatre replaced with a restaurant and housing, was rejected by the Conservative-run council.
A third option would have been for the council to demolish the theatre and clear the site itself at an estimated cost of £600,000.
Campaigners who wanted to retain the 1920s-built Futurist as a theatre and cinema said they were disappointed by the decision.
The council acquired the theatre in the 1980s, but decided to redevelop the site after a report said the building was "beyond the point" of refurbishment. | A "magical" cave-themed attraction could replace Scarborough's Futurist Theatre. | 1.075468 | 1 |
Channel 1 was expected to broadcast a recent interview the president granted to the US network PBS.
But it instead aired a year-old interview with the same network. The transmission was halted when staff realised the mistake.
Mostafa Shehata confirmed he was fired.
But he told AFP news agency that it was "illogical" as other people had been involved in the transmission as well, putting it down to "fate".
The broadcast had been timed to link in with the president's current visit to the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
State television's Safaa Hegazy later apologised for the "grave mistake" and said an investigation was under way to identify those responsible. | The head of news at Egyptian state television has been sacked after the channel mistakenly aired an old interview of the country's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi. | 0.807967 | 1 |
Iwan Wyn Lewis of Penygroes, Gwynedd, had been sectioned at Ysbyty Gwynedd after allegedly assaulting his mother.
The 36-year-old was visited by an officer in April 2016 about his bail arrangements, which a doctor said could have added to his distress.
His body was found in the Menai Strait on 2 May.
Mr Lewis was receiving treatment at the hospital's Hergest unit and was later moved to the Cynan ward where he received the visit from the officer.
Speaking at the inquest in Caernarfon on Thursday, consultant psychiatrist Dr Olufemi Adebajo said he was "extremely unhappy" about the visit.
"I don't think the police should be able to come to the ward without special permission," he said.
Asked by coroner Nicola Jones whether the conversation with the officer could have added to Mr Lewis' agitation and distress, Dr Adebajo said: "It's quite possible - even likely".
He said he had known Mr Lewis for more than two years and never considered him to be a suicide risk.
The day before his death, he had asked staff for extra medication because he said he was feeling agitated, but they did not change his dosage because they could see no sign of agitation.
On the evening of 2 May, Mr Lewis told staff he was going to the shop, but 45 minutes later his body was found in the Menai Strait.
The inquest continues. | North Wales Police has been criticised at an inquest for sending an officer to speak to a hospital patient with paranoid schizophrenia. | 0.961022 | 1 |
Gaye Lyons' fight began when she was prevented from being a juror for a trial near Brisbane in 2012.
She argued the Queensland government unlawfully discriminated against her by refusing to provide an interpreter, but the High Court unanimously disagreed.
"Why should the powers that be decide what's right for me," she told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
"Why should they decide what I can and can't do."
"Jury duty was something I really wanted to take part in."
Ms Lyons can lip-read but needs an Australian Sign Language interpreter to communicate.
The court said the law did not permit an interpreter to assist when the jury was in confidential deliberations, which would make her unable to perform her duties as a juror.
The "decision not to include the appellant in a jury panel did not constitute unlawful discrimination in the performance of her functions or the exercise of her powers under Queensland law," the ruling said.
Ms Lyons, 69, rejected concerns raised by lawyers for the government about ensuring the accuracy of translations, noting that interpreters were already allowed in other court proceedings.
Describing the verdict as "disappointing", the Disabled People's Organisations Australia called for Queensland law to be changed to allow deaf people to serve as jurors. | A woman from Queensland has lost her legal battle to become the first deaf juror in Australia. | 1.937836 | 2 |
Selby's loss follows Tuesday's surprise exits of former world champions Ronnie O'Sullivan and Neil Robertson.
Selby struggled for rhythm, managing a top break of 60, while Ford compiled a 112 and booked a meeting with Ali Carter with a composed 84.
Defending champion Judd Trump beat Mark Williams for a second successive year in Llandudno.
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Trump, who beat Williams in last year's quarter-finals, was a 4-1 winner in their first-round match.
He will face reigning world champion Stuart Bingham in the second round on Thursday after Bingham beat David Gilbert 4-1.
The 2005 world champion Shaun Murphy coasted through, whitewashing Wales' Michael White 4-0 and another Welshman Jamie Jones was beaten 4-2 by Englishman Kyren Wilson.
Carter beat Belgium's Luca Brecel 4-1, China's Liang Wenbo won 4-1 against Scot Graeme Dott and Thailand's Thepchaiya Un-Nooh beat Hong Kong's Marco Fu 4-3.
The winner of the tournament will earn £100,000 in prize money. | World number one Mark Selby suffered a shock 4-2 defeat by Tom Ford in the first round of the World Grand Prix. | 1.06453 | 1 |
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