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Construction of the mosque, on Boultham Park Road, officially began earlier.
Chairman of the Islamic Association Tanweer Ahmed, said the facility which he described as "long overdue", would promote the true message of Islam.
He said non-Muslims were also very welcome to visit.
Mr Ahmed said: "It has been 10 years since the project began - we've been through good times, bad times, disappointment, but the day has finally come."
He said the mosque would "engage more actively" with men, women and particularly with the younger generation of Muslims.
The building will provide facilities to pray, a library, funeral preparation room, and space for community activities.
Local Muslims have been worshipping at a small former Baptist church since 1981, and holding Friday prayers at the Grandstand Community Centre.
Mr Ahmed said larger premises were needed because the Muslim population of Lincoln had "grown rapidly" and there was a "strong feeling we needed our own place which we could use anytime we wanted."
There were plans to build a mosque on the site of the former St Matthew's Church, close to the current site. However, it was destroyed by fire in 2008.
The building on Boultham Park Road is due to open next year. | Work is under way on Lincoln's first purpose-built mosque, which Muslim leaders say will help bring local communities together. | 1.403686 | 1 |
Vladimir Bukovsky, 73, of Gilbert Road, Cambridge, denies 11 charges and was on trial at Cambridge Crown Court.
But after two days of evidence, Mr Bukovsky was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital with pneumonia.
The jury in the case has been discharged and the case adjourned until 19 January for review. | The trial of a Russian dissident accused of possessing hundreds of indecent photographs of children has been halted. | -0.058415 | 0 |
The women are said to have targeted widows and young girls, promising them marriage to Boko Haram members.
The militant group now has a female wing, the military says.
Boko Haram seems to be trying to get women to play a more active role in its insurgency, the BBC's Will Ross reports from Abuja.
Last month, a female suicide bomber died when she tried to attack a barracks in Gombe State - the first case of its kind in Nigeria.
The bomb detonated as she was being searched at a security checkpoint. One soldier was also killed.
Women have also been among those detained in mass arrests in cities like Maiduguri in northern Nigeria, a region where Boko Haram enjoys a measure of support.
The Nigerian military said the three women it had arrested were members of an intelligence cell.
One of them was said to be the widow of a Boko Haram militant.
The Islamist group is still holding more than 200 schoolgirls it captured in April in the town of Chibok in Borno state.
Boko Haram is demanding the release of its fighters and their relatives in exchange for the girls. The government has rejected this.
Who are Boko Haram?
Who are Boko Haram?
Profile: Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau
Why Nigeria has not defeated Boko Haram | Three women have been arrested in Nigeria for recruiting female members for the Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, the country's military says. | 1.382844 | 1 |
The Telegraph claims to have footage from August of Allardyce meeting men claiming to represent a Far East firm where he appears to say third-party ownership rules can be avoided.
The 61-year-old has yet to respond to the allegations, while the FA has asked to see the paper's filmed recordings.
Third-party ownership of players was banned by the FA in 2008.
During the meeting with the businessmen, who were undercover reporters, it is alleged Allardyce said it was "not a problem" to bypass the rules and he knew of agents who were "doing it all the time".
It is alleged by the paper that a deal was struck with the England boss worth £400,000, which could represent a conflict of interest if he is paid by a company whose footballer clients could benefit from preferential treatment by an international manager.
Third-party ownership, in which investment companies take a stake in the economic rights of players, was described as a form of "slavery" by Michel Platini, the former president of European football's governing body Uefa president.
World football's governing body Fifa banned the practice in May last year.
Allardyce attended the meeting with the fictitious businessmen in London along with his agent, Mark Curtis, and his financial adviser, Shane Moloney.
During the meeting he said Enner Valencia had been under a third-party ownership agreement when he signed the Ecuador forward for £12m for West Ham from Mexican club Pachuca in 2014, but that the third-party ownership ended on the transfer and the Hammers acquired the player "whole".
Curtis and Moloney have not yet responded to the allegations.
Allardyce is due to name his squad on Sunday for the forthcoming World Cup qualifiers, including his first Wembley match in charge against Malta on 8 October (17:00 BST kick-off). | The Football Association is investigating allegations England manager Sam Allardyce used his role to negotiate a £400,000 deal and offer advice on how to "get around" rules on player transfers. | 1.29584 | 1 |
The Global Advisors Bitcoin Investment Fund (GABI) has been certified by the Jersey Financial Services Commission to run from 1 August.
Daniel Masters said Jersey's regulatory system meant major investors, such as pension and insurance companies, could invest in Bitcoin for the first time.
The fund will not be open to investments from the general public.
Global Advisors is a Jersey-based hedge fund company which usually specialises in commodities such as metals and oil.
Bitcoin was founded in 2009 although nobody knows by whom.
Each Bitcoin, like other forms of crypto-currencies, is simply a long string of computer code protected by a personal key which provides ownership and security.
All Bitcoins in circulation and their transactions histories are recorded in a giant ledger known as the blockchain. This prevents Bitcoins from being spent twice.
No middleman is required to verify the transaction so they are quick, secure and cheap to use.
Are crypto-currencies the future of money?
Mr Masters said investors would have to conform to the same security checks as those undertaken with mainstream financial products.
"For institutions there are no options right now," he said.
"This is institutional strength and it's an absolute world first."
Island leaders want Jersey to become a global centre for digital currencies and Bitcoin payments are already accepted by some local businesses.
There have been issues around the digital currency, including a lack of regulation and concerns over potential for money laundering and other illegal activity.
In October 2013 the FBI shut down online marketplace Silk Road, which traded in drugs and other illegal goods and took payments using "crypto-currencies".
"There is an anonymity associated with Bitcoin... but any cash or any Bitcoin coming into or out of our fund has to be fully identified under KYC (Know Your Customer) procedures, so there will be no dictators or criminals sending us money," said Mr Masters. | A regulated Bitcoin investment fund overcomes anonymity concerns about the virtual currency, says its director. | 1.646869 | 2 |
Though imposing, the 3.7m (12ft) cephalopod was much smaller than the 13m they can grow to.
It spent several hours in the harbour and was filmed by local divers on Christmas Eve.
Mitsuhiro Fuwa, a curator at the local Uozu Aquarium, told the BBC there had been more than a dozen giant squid sightings in the last year.
Giant squid are more often seen trapped in fishing nets than swimming near the surface.
Professional underwater cameraman Takayoshi Kojima told the BBC he rushed to the harbour from nearby Toyama city when a manager at the marina called him.
He helped guide the squid to a deeper part of the marina, near the exit to the sea, where it disappeared.
Mr Kojima said he did not know whether the squid made it to open waters but said it did not look like it would survive long.
Mr Fuwa said that although the squid showed some signs of energy - squirting ink and trying to wrap its legs around the divers - it did not look very healthy, with its body pointing downwards and its legs up.
Mr Kojima said that with a rise in sea temperature, giant squid have moved north to waters off Toyama, from where they swim up from deeper waters during the winter season.
He added that most sightings happen between December and January.
Toyama is about 300km (186 miles) west of Tokyo. | Giant squid prefer the deep sea, so it was a rare treat for onlookers in Toyama Bay harbour when one swam in. | 2.216102 | 2 |
Joshua Parsons, 22, and James Fairbairn, 25, had denied their actions of February 2015 were racist in nature.
Their co-accused, fellow Chelsea fans Richard Barklie, a 52-year-old former policeman, and William Simpson, 27, were tried in absentia.
They were also ordered to pay the victim 10,000 euros in compensation.
Souleymane Sylla was targeted at Richelieu-Drouot station as football fans made their way to a Champions League match between Paris Saint Germain and Chelsea.
The hearing at the Palais de Justice saw a video recorded by a passenger of fans pushing him off the Metro train.
Supporters can be heard chanting "we are racist, we are racist and that's the way we like it".
The AFP agency reported that after giving evidence Parsons apologised to Mr Sylla, a Frenchman of Mauritanian origin, but denied there was any racist aspect to what had happened.
Turning to Mr Sylla in court, Parsons said: "I am very sorry to Mr Sylla, but I was not racist in any way."
Parsons, Fairbairn and Barklie have already been banned from football stadiums in Britain. | Four Chelsea fans accused of aggravated violence against a black man on the Paris Metro have been given suspended one-year sentences by a French court. | 1.289468 | 1 |
The women had been rescued from their pimps and are being given shelter and protection at an apartment run by a Catholic charity in Italy's capital.
The pontiff chatted to the women, some trafficked from Africa and elsewhere in Europe, for more than an hour.
The 79-year-old cleric has repeatedly described human trafficking as a "crime against humanity".
The Pope sat down with the women, including seven Nigerians, six Romanians and four Albanians, and listened to their stories of forced prostitution, the Vatican said.
The other three in the group came from Italy, Tunisia and the Ukraine.
They were all aged about 30 and had "suffered serious physical abuse" and now lived under protection, the Vatican said.
Promising women jobs, traffickers bring them to Italy and other western European countries but then force them into prostitution.
Pope Francis encouraged the former sex workers "to be strong" as they started their new lives with the help of the Pope John XXIII Community.
The unannounced visit to the prostitutes came under what the Vatican terms the Pope's "Fridays of Mercy", focusing on communities that have experienced suffering. | Pope Francis has surprised 20 former prostitutes by popping in for a visit at their safe house in Rome. | 1.431816 | 1 |
Reverend Barry Trayhorn told an employment tribunal he had read the verses at HMP Littlehey in Cambridgeshire in 2014.
He was told complaints were made by gay prisoners and alleges he was unfairly dismissed.
His case against the secretary of state for justice continues.
Mr Trayhorn, 51, an ordained Pentecostal Christian minister from Sandy in Bedfordshire, had been working as a gardening supervisor at the prison at Perry near St Neots.
He had been invited to lead the worship at services once a week from 2012.
He told the tribunal in Bedford, he "often focused on Christian teachings about sin and repentance".
He confirmed the Bible passage in question was 1 Corinthians Chapter 6 Verses 9-11 which includes the lines "neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor coveters, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the Kingdom of God" and he read it on 31 May 2014.
Mr Trayhorn said he heard later that a gay prisoner had complained or was upset and there was "some sort of campaign" to remove him from chapel services.
"But I fear and do not believe it is right to alter the Christian faith so as to tailor it to any modern view of sexual ethics," he told the hearing.
He said he was told he could no longer volunteer at chapel services, complaints were then also made about his gardening work and he was told to attend a disciplinary hearing in a letter which said he had made a "homophobic statement".
He was signed off work in August 2014 with stress and resigned in November saying he had been harassed because of his Christian faith and it was impossible for him to return to work. | A prison minister felt "compelled" to resign after a row about "homophobic" Bible verses which he read from during services for inmates. | 0.8879 | 1 |
Chief executive Véronique Laury said the aim was to "leverage the scale of the business by becoming a single, unified company".
Details of the "ONE Kingfisher" plan came ahead of an investor day.
Investors reacted negatively to the move, sending Kingfisher shares down 6.1% to 324p in afternoon trading.
The slide made it the biggest faller on the FTSE 100 on Monday.
The retailer, which also owns Screwfix as well as Castorama in France, will face more competition following the sale of Homebase to Wesfarmers.
The Australian company plans to rebrand the DIY chain as Bunnings and revamp stores.
Ms Laury said improving Kingfisher's digital capability was one of its priorities.
Clive Black, head of research at Shore Capital, said: "It looks like Kingfisher is coming to terms with the realities of the limitations of large shops, so a focus upon the digital age. We think shareholders will welcome the focus on digital over stores and the return of cash, albeit the exceptional costs are substantial."
Independent retail analyst Nick Bubb said that the plan's goals would involve costs of up to £800m.
"The benefits aren't as clear-cut as you might think, although the news that Kingfisher also intend to return about £600m of capital to shareholders over the next three years (via share buybacks) will provide some comfort," he said.
Investec analyst Kate Calvert said the potential returns for shareholders outlined in the plan did not outweigh the risks involved.
"There are a lot of moving parts and no guarantee that all the costs will fall out and the profits come through," she said.
Kingfisher also said Rakhi Parekh, a former Amazon UK executive, had been appointed a non-executive director.
Ms Laury said Ms Parekh's extensive experience in digital and multichannel retailing would be vital to the company's plans.
Kingfisher said in November that profit for the 13 weeks to 1 November fell 11.8% to £225m, with total sales down 3.6%.
In France, sales slid by 9.3%, but the poor performance was partially offset by a 4.8% rise in the UK. | Kingfisher, which owns B&Q, has announced a push to increase annual pre-tax profits by £500m within five years and return £600m to shareholders. | 1.059446 | 1 |
Beckie Allen, from Grimsby, found the replica ammonite shell at the base of a fence post in Scunthorpe's High Street East.
The objects were hidden by artist Luke Jerram for his installation Treasure City, with clues placed in paintings at the 2021 arts centre.
Mrs Allen said her husband and two daughters helped to solve the mystery.
The art centre said she was "the first to spot secret dots" in a white painting in the gallery.
Mrs Allen then followed the clue and found the golden shell hidden outside Italian restaurant San Pietro.
"I spotted something that looked a lot like discarded litter at the base of a fence across the road from San Pietro," said Mrs Allen.
She said her daughters "did the honours and opened up the velvet bag to reveal the final piece of treasure".
The event, which is part of an art exhibition at the centre, started on 18 February.
All five objects are replicas of pieces at North Lincolnshire Museum and were made from gold worth £1,000, but could be worth much more.
People had to study five paintings and solve the code within them to find and keep the artefacts.
The fourth item, the golden train, was found by a family from Grimsby in Scunthorpe's Central Park on 24 February. | The last of five gold artefacts hidden in Scunthorpe as part of an artistic treasure hunt has been discovered. | 1.877443 | 2 |
The champions are five points ahead of the Blues while the final five rounds of matches will also determine the European play-off places.
At the other end of the table there's the fight to avoid relegation.
Warrenpoint sit bottom and occupy the automatic relegation place with Carrick Rangers in the play-off position.
Premiership post-split fixtures (all 15:00 BST unless stated)
Saturday, 9 April
Section A
Cliftonville v Glenavon
Coleraine v Glentoran
Crusaders v Linfield
Section B
Dungannon Swifts v Ballymena Utd
Portadown v Ballinamallard Utd
Warrenpoint Town v Carrick Rangers
Saturday, 16 April
Section A
Glenavon v Crusaders
Linfield v Coleraine
Cliftonville v Glentoran
Section B
Portadown v Dungannon Swifts
Carrick Rangers v Ballymena Utd
Ballinamallard Utd v Warrenpoint Town
Tuesday 19 April - 19:45 kick-off
Section A
Cliftonville v Crusaders
Glentoran v Linfield
Glenavon v Coleraine
Section B
Dungannon Swifts v Ballinamallard Utd
Warrenpoint Town v Ballymena Utd
Carrick Rangers v Portadown
Saturday, 23 April
Section A
Crusaders v Coleraine
Linfield v Cliftonville
Glentoran v Glenavon
Section B
Dungannon Swifts v Carrick Rangers
Ballymena Utd v Ballinamallard Utd
Warrenpoint Town v Portadown
Saturday, 30 April
Section A
Glentoran v Crusaders
Glenavon v Linfield
Coleraine v Cliftonville
Section B
Warrenpoint Town v Dungannon Swifts
Ballymena Utd v Portadown
Carrick Rangers v Ballinamallard Utd | The post-split Premiership games were confirmed on Tuesday with leaders Crusaders starting against title rivals Linfield at Seaview on 9 April. | 0.883488 | 1 |
Steve Easton, from Surrey, was overcome by a sneezing fit and "a very uncomfortable sensation" before he felt something make its way into his left nostril and slowly unfurl itself.
After he retrieved it, Mr Easton was unable to work out what it was until he phoned his mother, Pat.
She knew instantly it was a rubber sucker lost more than 40 years ago.
Mr Easton was at home in Camberley playing a game on the internet when it happened.
"It was a very strange sensation so I retrieved it to examine it," he said.
The rubber sucker became an object of curiosity that he carried around with him because people were so interested, but has since been thrown out.
Mr Easton said he had grown up being able to smell and blow his nose and added: "It doesn't feel any different. Nothing has changed as far as I'm concerned."
"It's the length of time," he said. "I'm not the first person this has happened to, but 43 years - it's quite out there isn't it?"
Mrs Easton, 77, who lives in Buckinghamshire, had taken Steve to hospital at the age of seven or eight, suspecting he had swallowed the sucker from the dart.
She said she had worried about it for years and was just glad it was out.
"I don't know what he did - you know what children are - whether he put it in his mouth, but he swallowed it.
"I was really worried so I took him to hospital and they X-rayed him and checked everything and they couldn't find it."
She said she had never known whether he had got rid of it naturally or whether it was still inside him.
"All these years later, it suddenly shot out," she said. | A 51-year-old man been reunited with part of a toy dart that he played with as a child - after he sneezed it out. | 1.359435 | 1 |
Ecologists found more than one in 20 households in the town have fed red kites, helping to boost their numbers.
A new study will look into how their feeding patterns have subsequently changed.
Prof Mark Fellowes said: "Red kites owe both their decline and resurgence to humans."
After centuries of being hunted, only a handful of pairs survived by the 1930s, but red kites have enjoyed a resurgence since a successful reintroduction programme began in 1989.
There are now thought to be around 2,700 breeding pairs across the country.
Research in Reading which began in 2011, found the equivalent of more than 4,300 households put food out for the birds.
The next study will examine people's attitudes to the birds and how the birds' feeding patterns have changed.
There is a debate in conservation circles about whether urban feeding should be encouraged.
Prof Fellowes said: "A little extra human interaction should not do them too much harm, if done sensibly,
"People regularly feed robins, blue tits and blackbirds in their gardens, and their input is crucial in helping birds to survive the harsher winter months in particular. Red kites may benefit in a similar way." | The impact of people feeding rare birds of prey in Reading is to be investigated by experts at its university. | 3.315254 | 3 |
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) is the world's longest continually running film festival.
It began 70 years ago in 1947 and has welcomed hundreds of stars and directors down the decades.
The festival, which this year will run from 21 June to 2 July, has now launched its ed film fest memories project.
It wants the public to upload their own personal memories of the festival to www.edfilmfestmemories.org.uk.
EIFF deputy artistic director Diane Henderson said: "We are delighted to be celebrating our longstanding heritage and amazing achievements with the world through ed film fest memories and celebrating the 70th anniversary of a festival that is very dear to people's hearts."
The festival began as the International Festival of Documentary Films in 1947 and was opened by John Grierson and H Forsyth Hardy. | . | 0.934289 | 1 |
The festive installation, in Leicester, was widely mocked when it was erected last week, with baffled locals poking fun at the "abysmal" effort.
Some suggested workmen had forgotten to finish it, while others wondered if decorations had been stolen.
The council explained the tinsel it had ordered was "actually really thick", and had bent the tree's branches.
They have now started decorating it again, without the tinsel.
Daniel O'Donovan, who photographed the tree on Sunday, said it was "embarrassing" and described it as "five baubles and half a tree of tinsel".
"The tree has always been a bit abysmal but I was expecting more this year seeing how much of a focus there has been on the city," he said.
"With everything great that's happened in Leicester - Richard III, Leicester City FC's victory, boasting the best Diwali celebrations in the UK - you'd expect something a little more special."
City centre director Sarah Harrison said it's a "long, complicated job" to make the city look "beautifully festive".
"They've obviously put the tinsel on the top of the tree first and realised the branches were being bent out of place," she said.
The council is now considering whether or not to use the tinsel at all.
"We've got hundreds and hundreds of multicoloured LED tea lights this year which are all new, so we are going to put those on first," said Ms Harrison.
"We are going to put the baubles on, and then we are going to take a view as to whether the tinsel has got a place on the tree or not."
The tree was also mocked on social media.
One person tweeted: "Well done Leicester for forgetting to finish the tree? I presume in the past, bits got stolen."
The city's Christmas lights are being switched on at 18:30 GMT on 17 November by the Lord Mayor. | "Heavy tinsel" has been blamed after a city centre Christmas tree's decorations were left "half-finished". | 1.307335 | 1 |
Change Step, based in Colwyn Bay, Conwy county, said 29 workers would lose their jobs following an unsuccessful bid for further funding.
The charity said it was still "determined to carry on".
The Ministry of Defence, which awarded the charity £995,918 in 2013, said it could apply for further funding "in the coming months and years".
About 1,000 veterans and their families have been supported by the charity's team of veteran peer mentors, dealing with mental health issues, loneliness, welfare or addiction problems.
Nikki Hester, of Cwmbran, Torfaen, served as a nurse in the first Gulf War in 1991 and suffers from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
She said: "I wouldn't be here now if it wasn't for them. I am really worried.
"It makes an enormous difference to know the peer mentors have been through what I've been through. I feel so good after they've been to see me. It makes me feel human.
"It is the only charity in Wales doing this kind of work. It will be a huge blow to Wales in so many ways."
Director Geraint Jones said Change Step was talking to its partners and stakeholders about the way forward.
"The project was initially funded by the Armed Forces Covenant fund, which redistributed the proceeds from fines paid by UK banks," he said.
"That funding has now come to an end and, despite exhaustive efforts on our part, we have not been able to secure the additional finance we need to continue our work in its present form.
"We are determined to carry on one way or another and are overwhelmed by the goodwill and support we have been shown by our friends and colleagues."
An MoD spokesman said it could not comment on individual cases but added: "Decisions on grants are made by a national panel and there is further opportunity to apply for funding in the coming months and years." | A Welsh veterans' charity, awarded almost £1m three years ago, has announced it has run out of funds. | 1.420721 | 1 |
Paul Bartlett used the mask to carry out three raids in as many days on shops in Sutton Coldfield in October 2015, West Midlands Police said.
On his arrest on 12 October, officers found cut-up trousers matching the material of the mask.
Bartlett admitted robbery and was jailed for 13 years after it emerged he had committed 78 previous offences.
Among those offences were 45 thefts, police said.
The raids, where cash, cigarettes and alcohol was taken, happened at One Stop and Select & Save in the town.
The 47-year-old, from Kemble Drive, Castle Vale, Birmingham, claimed in police interviews that complications during his birth meant he had a bad memory.
However, he told officers he remembered he did not take part in the robberies.
A search of the home of his accomplice, Adam Breen, 26, of Bovingdon Road, Castle Vale, uncovered a distinctive baseball cap, identical to one worn during the attacks, as well as a red-handled knife and a haul of cigarettes.
Breen was found guilty at Birmingham Crown Court and handed a prison term of five years and two months on Monday.
Insp Tom Hadley said: "These serious, violent offences left several staff members and witnesses traumatised.
"We're pleased the long jail sentences imposed reflect the seriousness of the offences." | A robber fashioned a balaclava out of trousers but was rumbled when police found a one-legged pair at his house. | 1.161461 | 1 |
Lynette Tweedale was caught walking in a Bedford cemetery with her dog off the lead, but there were no mandatory signs saying this was not allowed.
Bedford Council said there were "clear signs" but photographs refute this.
The TaxPayers' Alliance called the council's actions a "tremendous over-reaction".
Ms Tweedale was walking with her 11-year-old schnauzer by her side, when a park warden told her to put the animal on the lead.
She did as he asked but was told she would still be fined £50.
Ms Tweedale told BBC Three Counties Radio: "He said 'I'm going to have to give you a fixed penalty fine... you're meant to have a dog on a lead and there's a big sign at the entrance'."
They returned to the entrance where no sign could be seen and where the warden took a photo to prove this.
Ms Tweedale also took a photo of her own, but said the council had told her if she refuses to pay she will be taken to court and have a criminal record.
The council has since put up a Dog Control Order sign at the site.
When the orders were brought in by the borough in 2013, the council said there was a "legal requirement" that, where practicable, signs must be put up informing the public of the order and permanent signs should be erected.
A council spokesman said: "Signs clearly indicate that dog owners should keep their dogs on a lead."
It said it could not comment further in case it prejudiced any future legal proceedings.
Andy Sylvester from the TaxPayers' Alliance said the authority had to work out "if this is the best use of their cash".
"If you break by-laws you have to be held accountable for them... but this seems like a tremendous over-reaction," he said. | A council has been accused of "over-reacting" by threatening court action against a dog owner for refusing to pay a £50 fine. | 1.274531 | 1 |
Rovers took the lead early on when Keanu Marsh-Brown changed the pace of a steady build-up, cut inside and shot clinically past Lee Worgan.
The hosts went 2-0 up five minutes short of the hour mark, but it was thanks to a large slice of luck as Dale Bennett's dangerous low cross was turned into his own net by a pressurised Kevin Lokko.
Maidstone emphasised their increased resilience of late by fighting back unexpectedly. Harry Phipps pulled one back on 61 minutes, despite determined attempts to block, and Joe Pigott then levelled with a close-range finish.
Dover's defeat to Torquay, though, means they cannot catch Forest Green for a top-five spot.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Forest Green Rovers 2, Maidstone United 2.
Second Half ends, Forest Green Rovers 2, Maidstone United 2.
Magnus Okuonghae (Maidstone United) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Forest Green Rovers 2, Maidstone United 2. Joe Pigott (Maidstone United).
Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Shamir Mullings replaces Christian Doidge.
Substitution, Maidstone United. Jack Richards replaces Jack Paxman.
Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Omar Bugiel replaces Keanu Marsh-Brown.
Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Sam Wedgbury replaces Drissa Traoré.
Goal! Forest Green Rovers 2, Maidstone United 1. Harry Phipps (Maidstone United).
Own Goal by Kevin Lokko, Maidstone United. Forest Green Rovers 2, Maidstone United 0.
Second Half begins Forest Green Rovers 1, Maidstone United 0.
First Half ends, Forest Green Rovers 1, Maidstone United 0.
Goal! Forest Green Rovers 1, Maidstone United 0. Keanu Marsh-Brown (Forest Green Rovers).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up. | Forest Green confirmed their place in the National League play-offs, despite being held to a draw by Maidstone. | 0.809224 | 1 |
21 November 2014 Last updated at 10:46 GMT
Norma Peace lives with her husband in the Yorkshire village of Sutton-in-Craven.
Although she has often been abroad to ski, she was inspired by her grandson Sam to give snowboarding a try.
She took up her new hobby in April and now totally loves it.
She told BBC Sport reporter Nick Hope she would recommend "anyone, of any age" to give snowboarding a go. | Meet the 75-year-old super-gran who has taken up the extreme sport snowboarding. | 0.567113 | 1 |
Edited footage that has been shared on social media appears to show a man attacking another man, said to be from Bristol Hunt Saboteurs.
The altercation is said to have happened in Castlemorton, Worcestershire, on Wednesday afternoon.
Ledbury Hunt said the apparent attacker was not part of its organisation. Police are investigating.
West Mercia Police said it was "aware" of the footage, but no arrests had been made.
Bristol Hunt Saboteurs said the attack happened after hounds from the hunt had chased a fox into a badger sett.
They say they intervened to save the fox and were attacked by a hunt employee.
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West Mercia Police says it has had no direct complaint from Bristol Hunt Saboteurs. The force says it only became aware of the footage when members of the public contacted it.
Ledbury Hunt says it is carrying out an "internal investigation" into what happened. It said a person seen throwing a punch in the film was not connected with it in any way, and it was the Hunt itself which alerted police to the incident.
The BBC has approached Bristol Hunt Saboteurs for a comment. | Hunt saboteurs allege that one of their protestors was attacked by a member of Herefordshire's Ledbury Hunt. | 0.986117 | 1 |
Kaleb Amponsah stabbed Ade Afariogun twice in the stomach in front of three of the victim's friends in Plaistow Park, Newham, on 29 January.
The 27-year-old was attacked after getting into a scuffle with Amponsah, the Old Bailey heard.
The 18-year-old, of Robertson Road, Canning Town, had claimed he acted in self-defence but was found guilty.
Prosecutor Oliver Glasgow QC said Amponsah had "cycled past Ade Afariogun on several occasions and... stared angrily at him" before the pair got into an argument.
He then produced a large knife and stabbed Mr Afariogun in the stomach, leaving the victim with a 12cm (5in) wound in his abdomen.
The victim was taken to Royal London Hospital but died on 1 February.
Amponsah fled following the attack, leaving his bike and mobile phone in the park.
Police said the items were used to retrieve the teenager's DNA and he was arrested on 5 February.
A knife and the clothing worn by Amponsah during the attack were found in his bedroom.
Det Sgt Perry Benton said Mr Afariogun was "killed for reasons that we have been unable to ascertain".
"He was well loved by his family and friends, who miss him very much," he said. | A teenage drug dealer has been jailed for 22 years for murdering a man in an east London park. | 0.976411 | 1 |
Italian President Sergio Mattarella commuted Robert Seldon Lady's sentence from nine years to seven. He also cancelled a three-year sentence handed to another American, Betnie Medero.
The two, neither of whom are in Italy, were convicted over the kidnap from Milan of a Muslim cleric, Abu Omar.
They were among 26 people convicted in their absence of the 2003 crime.
Omar, whose real name is Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, was taken from a Milan street by members of the CIA and Italian security forces.
He was allegedly then transferred between US military bases in Italy and Germany before being flown to Egypt and tortured.
He was held there for four years without a trial.
Italian prosecutors requested that those indicted over the rendition be extradited from the US to Italy to face charges, but the Italian justice ministry refused to issue the request to the US.
Seldon Lady was detained in Panama in July 2013 but was later released and travelled immediately to the US.
Italy convicted Omar in 2013 in his absence of "criminal association for the purposes of international terrorism" and sentenced him to six years in prison.
A statement from Mr Mattarella's office said that in reducing the sentences, the president took into consideration US President Barack Obama's decision to end the practice of extraordinary renditions.
The statement said that Italy and the EU consider the practice of rendition - taking suspects from foreign soil without permission - "incompatible with the fundamental principles of a state of law".
Commenting on the decision, Gauri van Gulik of Amnesty International said "the right thing to do would be to insist on extraditing them to Italy".
In 2013, President Mattarella's predecessor also cited Mr Obama's decision to end extraordinary rendition when he pardoned a US Air Force colonel, Giorgio Napolitano, the only military defendant among the Americans in the case.
Niccolo Pollari, Italy's former intelligence chief, who resigned over the affair, was convicted at a retrial in February 2013 and sentenced to 10 years in prison. He insisted he knew nothing about the kidnapping. | Italy has reduced the sentence of a former CIA station chief convicted in his absence of extraordinary rendition. | 1.719345 | 2 |
Yn gynharach ddydd Llun fe roddodd y clwb o'r Almaen ganiatâd i Paul Clement, 44 oed, i siarad ag Abertawe.
Cafodd Clement gyfweliad am y swydd ym mis Hydref cyn i Bob Bradley afael yn yr awennau yn dilyn ymadawiad y prif hyfforddwr Francesco Guidolin.
Paul Clement felly fydd trydydd rheolwr Abertawe y tymor hwn. Y disgwyl yw y bydd e'n bresennol yn y gêm rhwng Crystal Palace a'r Elyrch yn Selhurst Park nos Fawrth.
Tan fis Chwefror 2016 roedd Mr Clement yn rheoli tîm Derby County a chyn hynny bu'n rheolwr cynorthwyol ar dimau Chelsea a Real Madrid.
Mae'r Elyrch wedi colli eu pedair gêm ddiwethaf gan gynnwys yr un ddydd Sadwrn adref yn erbyn Bournemouth.
. | Mae Paul Clement, rheolwr cynorthwyol Bayern Munich, wedi cytuno ar gytundeb dwy flynedd a hanner i reoli'r Elyrch. | 0.43682 | 0 |
The Welsh language broadcaster wants to move to a new site, known as Yr Egin.
But the developer, the University of Wales Trinity St David, is asking the Welsh Government to give up to £6m.
However, the broadcaster insisted that taxpayers' cash would not be used to fund the move.
Carwyn Jones told AMs he remained supportive of the relocation idea, and a decision on whether to provide public funding would be made "soon".
He was asked about the project during a hearing of the Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister, held in Carmarthen on Friday.
Mr Jones said: "I remember when this was discussed with me, the reason Carmarthen was chosen was because there would be no cost to the public purse.
"Now, of course, the situation has changed.
"I have to say I made the case for the Amman Valley, because I thought it was important to go to an area where the language was under severe pressure.
"But the answer was 'Carmarthen is there, the site is there, it's not going to cost anything'.
"It's changed."
In October, Economy Secretary Ken Skates told AMs it was "disappointing" a funding gap had appeared, but the university denied this was the case.
But a briefing paper sent by the university to the Welsh Government a month earlier stated public investment was needed for the project to "eliminate the financial viability gap".
Some campaigners have called for the move to be scrapped, and for S4C to move instead to Caernarfon.
Responding to the comments by the first minister, S4C said it was wrong to confuse the issues of relocating to Carmarthen, and the costs of the new building.
"S4C has never asked the Welsh Government for finance to fund the move - it will be cost neutral to S4C over a 20 year period," said a spokesperson for the broadcaster.
The university also stressed that its request for funding was not for the S4C move - but rather was an application "for creating infrastructure to support companies, economic and new cultural opportunities". | S4C promised there would be no cost to the taxpayer as a result of its planned move from Cardiff to Carmarthen, the first minister has said. | 1.205714 | 1 |
Lynne Plaxton received a penalty notice from Hull City Council after one of its new cameras caught her entering the bus lane on Anlaby Road in west Hull last week.
She avoided a £60 penalty as fines will only start to be issued from August.
Mrs Plaxton said she should not have been sent the letter.
"You can clearly see in the photograph I've pulled across for an ambulance," she said.
"I just thought that you had to pull across and give way to an emergency service and I've just automatically done that, which obviously I won't be doing again."
She claimed that when she talked to the council an officer told her she should have remained where she was and allowed the ambulance to use the bus lane.
The Highway Code states that when approached by an emergency vehicle drivers should "consider the route of such a vehicle and take appropriate action to let it pass, while complying with all traffic signs".
In a statement Hull City Council said: "Where a motorist has taken evasive action to get out of the way of an emergency vehicle, this would clearly constitute mitigating circumstances, as was the case in this instance."
Bus lane cameras were installed at a number of sites across Hull on 14 July.
The council is operating a two-week grace period during which drivers will be issued with warning letters but not fined.
Penalties of £60 per offence will start from 1 August. | A Hull woman said she was upset after receiving a warning letter for driving into a bus lane to let an ambulance on an emergency call pass. | 0.909049 | 1 |
Stuart Bates, 43 and his son Fraser, seven, died after being struck on the A4119 at Talbot Green on 6 December.
The inquest for the pair, from Llanishen in Cardiff, was opened during a hearing in Aberdare.
Coroner Andrew Barkley adjourned the case until 10 March when a pre-inquest review will take place.
The court heard the pair were crossing the road when they were struck by an Alfa Romeo.
Mr Bates was taken to the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, with pathologist Anthony Davidson telling the hearing the cause of death was "multiple blunt injuries".
Fraser was taken to Bristol Children's Hospital, where he died from a "devastating traumatic brain injury".
The driver of the car was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and bailed until 7 February.
On Saturday, mother and wife Anna-Louise Bates described the two as "vivacious and funny" during a balloon launch.
Hundreds of people attended the event, releasing a balloon in their memory. | An inquest into the deaths of a father and son who were hit by a car in Rhondda Cynon Taff has been opened and adjourned. | 0.780352 | 1 |
Media watchdog chief Sharon White said the corporation is "not doing as good a job as it should be" in these areas.
"There is a gap there and it is a gap I would like to see closed over time," she told the Financial Times.
A BBC spokesman said: "We don't think any broadcaster does better in representing older women than the BBC."
Ms White was basing her comments on Ofcom research into diversity in public service broadcasting (PSB).
"Ofcom are clear that the research they are referring to is for all PSBs (public service broadcasters) not just the BBC, but despite that we're always happy to debate what we do on screen," the BBC said.
"We're proud of the fact that the BBC of today has a huge range of women presenters across TV and radio including Mary Berry, Carol Klein, Anne Robinson, Felicity Kendal, Joan Bakewell, Jenni Murray, Mary Beard, Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon, Julia Somerville and Kirsty Wark."
Ms White also said that communities in regions other than England felt they were not always well represented.
She told the Financial Times: "We have done an awful lot of research, talking to people in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and they do not feel the stories being told sufficiently reflect their stories.
She added: "All the research we have done broadly shows that people think the BBC is doing a good job. But it is falling short on those stories that reflect all of the nation and its communities."
In April, the BBC pledged that women will make up half of the BBC workforce on screen, on air and in leadership roles by 2020.
The BBC will be regulated by Ofcom from next year, the first time an independent organisation has governed the corporation, replacing the internal BBC Trust.
The BBC is currently regulated by the trust, its executive board and Ofcom.
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram at bbcnewsents, or if you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | The BBC is "falling short" on serving older women and minority communities, the head of Ofcom has said. | 1.306991 | 1 |
Lidiya Tsekova secured work at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge after an "unknown person" did a phone interview in her place.
She had already been rejected for a job over concerns about her English after a previous face-to-face interview.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) decided she was not fit to practise.
The council's conduct and competence committee heard Ms Tsekova was told in February 2014 that her English skills were not good enough for her to work at Addenbrooke's.
She had come to the interview with a friend, who had done most of the talking, with Ms Tsekova only answering "yes" or "no".
When she failed to get the job, she was told to reapply when her English had improved.
But when she later applied for another position on the dialysis ward, someone else who was fluent in English did the phone interview. Ms Tsekova was given the job as staff believed it was her on the phone.
It was only when she turned up for an induction and for her first day at work that staff realised she could not speak English.
On her first day, a senior clinical nurse had to mime actions to Ms Tsekova about taking off her apron and gloves as she did not understand the spoken instructions.
Concerns were reported to HR, and Ms Tsekova later refused to do a language assessment when asked to do so by the NMC.
She was dismissed for gross misconduct.
The committee found Ms Tsekova did not have the necessary knowledge of the English language to practise safely. | A Bulgarian woman who was hired to work in a hospital despite not understanding any English has been suspended from practising as a nurse. | 1.486016 | 1 |
The display featuring thousands of pieces was created by Laurence Teague, of Redditch, Worcestershire, who died last year aged 74.
It is yet to be decided when the removal process can start.
The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway plans to exhibit part of the display in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire.
Updates on this story and more from Worcestershire
A spokesperson for the heritage railway added because of the size of the display, which runs 32ft by 11ft, (9.7m by 3.3m) it would not be able to display the entire works due to the likelihood of damage occurring in the removal process.
The model collection is currently in the loft of Mr Teague's house. His widow Gail said he had shown an interest in railways since the 1940s.
"Any form of locomotion interested Laurence. He started the collection before he even knew me. It was a passion he had all his life."
She added: "He wasn't allowed to put up the railway display in the loft until I knew he was up there doing the rooms in the house first. It took him a year to do up every room in the house; and he spent half a year doing up his railway display."
Mr Teague, founder of Teague's Television in Redditch, donated the display in his will to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.
Mrs Teague said her late husband would have wanted people to enjoy the display, but added she would be upset when the railway collection was taken from the loft.
"His humour is up there. His personality is up there. It's so much of him," she said. | An intricate model train set that took an enthusiast more than 60 years to put together in his attic is to be exhibited by rail enthusiasts. | 1.645942 | 2 |
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Yusf Pirot said he wanted to show people that "not all Muslims are terrorists".
Another video of a blindfolded Muslim man asking for hugs in the aftermath of the Paris attacks has also gone viral. | A video of a blindfolded Muslim teenager in Nottingham giving out free hugs has attracted millions of views on social media. | 0.471467 | 0 |
Smith, 34, lost WBO title bouts with Arthur Abraham in 2014 and 2015, and trainer Joe Gallagher said Saturday's fight was a "last roll of the dice".
The Briton has now been beaten seven times in his 45 professional fights.
The three judges in Wetzlar, Germany, each ruled the fight 119-108 in Zeuge's favour.
It was Zeuge's third defence since he won the WBA title from Italian Gioavanni de Carolis in November 2016.
In a largely one-sided contest, Smith was given a count by the referee in the closing seconds of the final round despite appearing to slip.
"Is it the end at world level for him? 100%. Is there another level he wants to compete at? That is one for Paul Smith," promoter Eddie Hearn said on Sky Sports.
"We talked about last-chance saloon before the fight, he left it much too late. I think he will be kicking himself for that.
"He had a good spell in the third round when he wobbled Zeuge, and he did in the 11th and 12th rounds too. We would have liked to see that earlier, but it's easy for us to say. Zeuge was very good and countered well." | Paul Smith lost a third attempt to win a world title as Tyron Zeuge retained his WBA world super-middleweight belt with a unanimous points decision. | 0.773584 | 1 |
The Scottish Ambulance Service was called to Glasgow Airport just before 13:00 on Monday.
It was confirmed that a passenger was taken to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley. Details of their condition have not been released.
The flight was Aer Lingus 3833 operated by Stobart Air - formerly Aer Arann. | A flight from Glasgow to Cork in the Republic of Ireland had to return to Scotland after a passenger on board suffered a medical emergency. | 0.735861 | 1 |
The man's bike was struck by a lorry at 17:15, near a petrol station north of the roundabout junction with the A830.
They warned drivers to expect delays in the area as there are no local diversions.
Officers said at 21:00 on Thursday they expected the road to be closed "for some time" while the emergency services dealt with the aftermath. | A cyclist has been killed in a crash on the A82 road to the north of Fort William. | 0.446076 | 0 |
The meeting may not be the strangest thing that has come out of the Trump transition process. (That honour has to go to the Naked Cowboy's appearance in a Trump Tower elevator last week.)
It is, however, an unusual development.
Ivanka Trump appears serious about taking on climate change as one of her "signature issues" - and anyone who has her ear also has a direct line to her father.
Mr Gore assuredly made his best case for continuing Barack Obama's efforts to address climate change. But will it make a difference?
Mr Trump has been stocking his administration with conservative ideologues, and many of the possible names for his environmental posts are sceptical of current policy.
If Ms Trump pushes the issue and Mr Gore continues his "extremely interesting conversation" with the president, however, this could become a test of how willing President Trump is to cross party orthodoxy.
A free-agent president - beholden to neither party and willing to strike deals according to his own fancy - may be exactly what his voters wanted and what Washington insiders fear. | Anyone who had Donald Trump sitting down with former Vice-President Al Gore among their post-election predictions, please raise your hand. | 1.259003 | 1 |
Eisner and his Tornante investment group are in exclusive negotiations to pay £5.67m for 100% of the club.
The Pompey Supporters Trust (PST), which controls 48% of the club's current ownership structure, has set out the deal in a 48-page document.
Portsmouth recently secured automatic promotion from League Two.
California-based Eisner, 75, will present his offer in person at a town hall-style meeting on Thursday, and also aims to invest an additional £10m in equity should the deal go through.
The current ownership structure helped bring Portsmouth out of administration in 2013.
Eisner's 70-day exclusivity period runs until 1 June and existing club shareholders will have the final say on accepting any offer.
The PST are set to recommend to its shareholder members an "all cash now" acquisition option, giving them a full return on their original £1,000 investment per share.
Under Eisner's proposals, there would no longer be room for three PST members on the club's nine-strong board.
They would sit instead on a newly-created heritage board to protect matters such as the club's name, colours, badge and moving its home ground more than 15 miles from Portsmouth city centre.
"The PST board believes that the best long-term future for the club is for the PST to retain some ownership," a statement said.
"Tornante have agreed a heritage share can be issued, which will be put in place as a means by which certain identified issues can be protected and vetoes exercised by the PST.
"The decision is for each community shareholder based on their assessment of the offer."
Eisner, who is previously understood to have shown an interest in buying Championship club Reading, is also a former president of Paramount Pictures as well as an early investor in Netflix. | Supporters and shareholders of Portsmouth have been presented with the terms of a takeover offer from ex-Walt Disney chief executive Michael Eisner. | 0.720054 | 1 |
Training sessions, which replicated conditions after heavy rain, were held at the National Water Sports Centre, in Holme Pierrepoint, over four years.
The Fire Brigades Union claimed the water was a known public health risk.
Nottinghamshire County Council, who runs the centre, confirmed almost £90,000 has been paid in compensation without accepting liability.
The firefighters flood training sessions took place between 2008 and 2012.
More than 60 members swallowed water believed to be infected with harmful pathogens and bacteria, during training, which the union claimed led to diarrhoea and sickness.
The claims have been made against the county council and a number of fire brigades.
Tam McFarlane, of the fire union, said: "Despite the overwhelming numbers of attendees becoming sick, and the expert evidence obtained, brigades continued to put my colleagues at risk of illness."
The firefighters have received compensation of up to £10,000 each.
Derek Higton, service director for the county council, said: "The council has recently settled 54 claims, without accepting liability, brought against it by fire service trades unions relating to stomach upsets allegedly caused by use of the National Water Sports Centre by Fire Services for submerged water training for firefighters."
The centre is not currently used for such training. | Firefighters who were taken ill after training at a Nottinghamshire water centre have been awarded compensation. | 1.896892 | 2 |
John Duns Scotus was born in the town of Duns around 1266.
A series of events kicks off with a talk in its Volunteer Hall on Saturday followed by a walk on Sunday and an library exhibition opening on Monday.
Dr Philip Tonner, head of philosophy at Hutchesons' Grammar School, said Duns Scotus remained a significant figure.
He said he was considered by some to be a precursor of other major philosophers such as Rene Descartes and Immanuel Kant.
The festival hopes to bring the importance of his works to a new audience.
"One of the problems, of course, is that medieval philosophy became seen to be something associated with very esoteric problems about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin and so on," said Dr Tonner.
"This is a very unfair depiction of what medieval philosophers were trying to do.
"It is one of those unfortunate accidents of history that it has become associated with Duns Scotus who in many ways is certainly one of Scotland's most important philosophers and one who is still making headlines in both theology and philosophy." | A festival is under way in the Borders to mark the 750th anniversary of the birth of one of Scotland's most important philosophers. | 2.736551 | 3 |
The 24-year-old won back-to-back Championship titles with Leigh after joining them from Castleford in 2012 and scored 133 tries in 125 games.
The Giants had two bids for Brierley turned down in February.
"It is great to finally have my future sorted after a difficult few weeks," he told the club website.
"To be honest the last few weeks have probably been the toughest time of my career, it has not been a nice time, just not knowing where you are going to be for the rest of the season is daunting, especially because I have a young family now.
"I know there is no guarantee I am going to play, I have just got to work hard and earn a spot in the right way and that is by training hard and getting the respect of my peers and the management team." | Huddersfield Giants have signed half-back Ryan Brierley from Championship side Leigh Centurions on a four-and-a-half-year contract. | 0.619872 | 1 |
The Welsh Government asked Carno Station Action Group and the community council to consult with residents on two potential locations.
One of the sites is the original station closed in 1963 as part of the Beeching cuts to Britain's railways.
The old station then became a part of the Laura Ashley site in Carno.
The village lies on the Cambrian line between Aberystwyth and Shrewsbury.
A campaign to re-open Carno station started in 2002.
In 2011 Mid Wales Transportation, a group working with the Welsh Government, said there was a strong case for future investment in the station after carrying out an out an appraisal.
The site could be developed into a tourist information centre centre and a Laura Ashley museum if plans are given the go-ahead.
Action Group chairman, Jeremy Barnes said the week-long consultation ended on 22 March and the results would be processed before being passed on to the Welsh government.
He added: "We have talked to the Welsh government about the possibility of the new station including a tourist information centre, cafe, an office for the community council's clerk and a small museum dedicated to Laura Ashley should the existing site be chosen."
"Carno is a growing village with a population of about 750 and this proposed development will create employment and allow residents affordable access to work further afield."
"It is located on the longest stretch of railway without an intermediate station in the whole of Wales, the 22 miles between Caersws and Machynlleth.
"There is a strong consensus that the capital asset of the railway line passing through the village is being wasted as long as the trains pass through without stopping."
The consultation followed a meeting between the action group and Transport Minister Edwina Hart last October.
Fashion designer Laura Ashley had strong links with Carno for nearly a quarter of a century before her death in 1985.
Carno was the original Welsh base of the Laura Ashley company when she moved with her husband Bernard from Kent in 1961.
She is buried in a churchyard in the village.
Laura Ashley's former headquarters in Carno, where many of her products were manufactured, closed in 2004. | Residents of a mid Wales village have voted on proposals to install a new train station in the area. | 1.809551 | 2 |
The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims Remains (ICLVR) is carrying out the work in Oristown in relation to one of those kidnapped and murdered by the IRA, Joe Lynskey.
Mr Lynskey, a former Cistercian monk from west Belfast, who later joined the IRA, went missing in 1972.
The body of IRA victim Brendan Megraw was found in Oristown last month.
His remains were found in a drainage ditch on Oristown bog, near Kells, by contractors called in to prepare the site for forensic excavations.
DNA tests positively identified the remains as those of Mr Megraw.
Mr Megraw was 23 when he was abducted from Twinbrook in Belfast in 1978, and murdered by the IRA.
He had recently been married and was awaiting the birth of his daughter.
His kidnappers had drugged his wife, Marie, in their home as they waited for his return, and as they took him away they warned her not to worry or contact police.
Separate searches have also taken place on bogland a few miles away from where Mr Megraw was buried in County Meath for the remains of Kevin McKee and Seamus Wright, both of whom were abducted by the IRA in October 1972.
It is also suspected Mr Lynskey, from the Beechmount area, was also buried somewhere in the region.
The news about the mapping emerged on Thursday, as commissioners Sir Ken Bloomfield and Frank Murray and families of the Disappeared gathered to make an appeal for more information on the six outstanding cases.
Mr Murray said the Commission was "now starting preliminary work at a very early stage" in relation to Mr Lynskey.
"We are information led," he added. "We do not carry out speculative searches.
"But where we have information that is judged to be credible we will act on it.
"Like Ken I completely understand the frustration of the families who have had to endure this pain for too many years.
"But as the recovery of Brendan shows, original information that did not produce a positive result is not necessarily wrong: it needs to be refined.
"And that is why it is important to join the families to appeal for more information on the six outstanding cases." | The organisation set up to find those known as the Disappeared is mapping a bog in County Meath. | 1.643923 | 2 |
Coastguard rescue teams were called out at about 18:30 on Thursday to assist a woman with a severe leg injury.
The walkers - all from the Essex area - were on "inaccessible and rough" terrain near Dunskey Castle with winds gusting up to 70mph.
The injured woman was airlifted to hospital while her three companions also needed treatment for hypothermia.
Coastguard teams from Portpatrick, Stranraer, Drummore and Ballantrae were sent to the incident along with the Scottish Ambulance Service and the coastguard rescue helicopter based at Prestwick.
They moved the injured woman to a safe position to be airlifted to hospital.
The coastguard urged anyone planning a coastal walk to check weather conditions and make sure they were well equipped.
They also advised people to tell someone their planned route and what time they expected to get back.
Anyone getting into trouble should call 999 immediately and ask for the coastguard. | Four people have been taken to hospital after getting into trouble on a coastal walk in Galloway. | 1.317286 | 1 |
Greater Manchester Police detained 15 men and three women in the operation, which involved more than 200 officers.
Search warrants were executed at 22 properties in Eccles and Pendleton. Those arrested were held on suspicion of supplying drugs across Salford.
The raids were planned before the shooting of a seven-year-old boy in Eccles on Thursday, police said.
Detectives believe that attack was linked to feuds between rival gangs.
During the drugs raids, searches uncovered a cannabis farm, cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, cannabis, a stolen motorbike and cash.
Supt Mark Kenny thanked the public for coming forward with information to help the investigation, but added: "There is still more to do and, as with any fight against organised crime groups embedded in our communities, we need residents to come to us with information so we can put a stop to this criminality." | Eighteen people have been arrested and a "substantial amount" of Class A drugs seized in organised crime raids. | 0.912405 | 1 |
The 32-year-old right winger arrives after a season in the Asia League with Japanese club Tohoku Free Blades, where he was the competition's top scorer.
Pope has also played in the American Hockey League, Denmark and Italy.
"Pope is a power forward and wins battles all over the ice," said Devils player-coach Andrew Lord.
"He can score, make plays or grind it out in the corners. I see him as a real complete player.
"He led the league he was playing in last season in scoring and has been a top scorer wherever he goes. I expect him to bring that offensive ability to the Elite League this season."
Pope will also be studying at Cardiff Met's School of Management while playing for the Devils.
After four pre-season games, the club's first competitive game of the season will be their Champions League tie away to Swiss team HC Davos on 24 August.
They will also face Bili Tygri Liberec of the Czech Republic and Sweden's Vaxjo Lakers in Group E. | Elite League champions Cardiff Devils have strengthened their squad for next season by signing Canadian forward Matt Pope on a one-year deal. | 1.014451 | 1 |
The pound jumped by 0.85%, or more than one euro cent, to €1.4072, although against the dollar the pound was down 0.26% at $1.5783.
On the stock market, the FTSE 100 was 16.93 points higher at 6,842.60, adding to the sharp gains seen on Monday.
However, the FTSE was lagging gains elsewhere, with Germany's Dax and France's Cac 40 both up more than 1%.
Shares in business supplies distributor Bunzl dropped 1.6% - the biggest faller in the FTSE 100 - after it said organic revenue growth had slowed in the first half of its financial year.
Bunzl also announced it had bought four businesses in the US, Colombia, Canada and France.
However, the most eye-catching move was in the FTSE 250, where shares in Ladbrokes jumped 16% after it said it was in merger talks with Gala Coral. | (Noon): The pound hit a four-week high against the euro as the single currency weakened on Tuesday. | 1.072808 | 1 |
Reckitt said it was considering "all options" for the unit, which includes French's mustard and sauce products.
The Sunday Times reported that the company was mulling a sale to help fund its takeover of US baby food maker, Mead Johnson, for $16.6bn (£13.2bn).
Reckitt products include Cillit Bang cleaning goods and painkiller Nurofen.
Reckitt said French's Food was a "truly fantastic business with great brands", but was non-core.
"We have therefore decided to initiate a strategic review of food where we will explore all options."
Shares in Reckitt rose 11p to £72.97 in morning trading and are up 9% over the past 12 months.
The food division, which had sales worth more than £400m last year, could be worth about £2.4bn.
On Friday, Reckitt said it would cut the pay of chief executive Rakesh Kapoor to £14.6m from £25.5m in 2015.
Earlier this year, some shareholders had suggested that Mr Kapoor had pursued the Mead Johnson tie-up to ensure he hit lucrative bonus targets.
Mr Kapoor said the deal was in line with company strategy and would generate £200m of cost savings after three years - although it would not generate a return for about five years. | Consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser has confirmed it is beginning a strategic review of its food business, which could lead to it being sold off. | 0.893919 | 1 |
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He pledged to maintain the previous government's target of keeping the fiscal deficit to 4.1% of gross domestic product.
Defence was one of the few areas to see a significant growth in spending with a 12% rise to nearly $40bn (£23bn).
BBC Business Reporter Shilpa Kannan reports from Delhi. | India's finance minister Arun Jaitley declared that India "cannot spend beyond its means" when presenting the new government's first budget. | 0.800472 | 1 |
The Scots held New Zealand to an 18-18 draw in the recent Four Nations, becoming the first side from outside the top three to avoid defeat by the Kiwis, Australia or England since 1990.
Australia usurp New Zealand as world number one after hammering their rivals 34-8 in the Four Nations final.
England stay third, with Ireland eighth and Wales ninth.
USA and Canada, who have been jointly awarded the 2025 World Cup, appear in the top 12 nations for the first time at 10th and 12th respectively. | Scotland have risen five places to an all-time high of fourth in the rugby league world rankings. | 0.94564 | 1 |
Ahead of Saturday's Club MTV concert at Singleton Park, Swansea, Drug Aid Cymru said you could "take it for granted" that some people would take drugs.
Ifor Glyn, from the charity, said: "Very often the danger is that someone takes drugs and they don't know what's in those drugs."
MTV said it operated a zero-tolerance policy on drugs and underage drinking.
Drug Aid Cymru said substances should be tested on site to make sure they are not harmful before being handed back to the user.
The call comes after dozens of young people attending an MTV concert in Londonderry were treated in hospital for assault or drug and alcohol-related conditions.
Mr Glyn said: "In festivals like this and bigger festivals like Glastonbury... Take it for granted that people will be taking drugs, so how are we going to react to that?
"Yes, discuss with everyone as they go in the problems with drugs. But in some festivals, what they do is they let people in... and give them the opportunity to have their drugs tested."
Mr Glyn said problems often arose when people unknowingly took a high-strength drug.
He added: "Very often the danger is that someone takes drugs and they don't know what's in those drugs. It can be much stronger, they can be things which cause more damage than expected.
"So it's important that you can give that information to people who are likely to take drugs."
An MTV spokesman said: "We are working with the City and Council of Swansea to co-produce Club MTV under license to ensure the safety of all music fans attending.
"The event organisers operate a zero-tolerance policy on drugs and underage alcohol consumption."
Swansea council said: "The safety and wellbeing of people in attendance at any of our events will always be of paramount importance." | A charity has said concert-goers should be allowed to take drugs, providing they have been tested for safety. | 1.867445 | 2 |
They say more than 100 rallies have taken place across the country to oppose moves to tighten restrictions on gun ownership.
Protesters say the moves breach their constitutional right to bear arms.
The rallies follow the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut in December, which left 20 children and six teachers dead.
That prompted calls for restrictions on gun use and a strong backlash from those who oppose them.
President Barack Obama wants a ban on assault weapons and wider background checks on people buying guns.
"I do not oppose all tightening of gun restriction laws," says Dustin Stockton, one of the organisers of Saturday's protests.
"But what we will never accept is the government coming into our homes and demanding to know exactly what kind of weaponry we have for our natural right of self-preservation."
At one of the protests, in Maryland near Washington, about 100 people gathered.
Many wore T-shirts showing a rattlesnake and the words: "Don't tread on me!"
The symbol has been adopted by the conservative Tea Party movement, which organised this show of opposition, the BBC's Ben Wright in Washington reports.
In Sarasota, Florida, the Herald-Tribune news site estimated more than 50 people had attended.
"It's one of my rights - one I'd die for," it quoted Terry Childers as saying.
Others carried placards showing their support - including one with a picture of an assault rifle, reading: "Come and take it."
The protests follow a week of calls for tighter gun laws.
Some states have demanded mandatory liability insurance for gun owners.
On Thursday, Vice-President Joe Biden gave a speech not far from Newtown, Connecticut, where last year's deadly school shooting took place.
He said there was a "moral price to be paid" for inaction over gun control laws and criticised politicians "more concerned about your political survival" than the safety of America's children.
While President Obama takes his campaign for the assault weapon ban and universal background checks to America's cities, his opponents are mobilising, our correspondent says.
He adds that both camps are now fighting to capture public opinion and persuade politicians in Congress to back them. | Gun rights activists in the US have held a "day of resistance" against planned reforms of firearm laws. | 1.682299 | 2 |
Spending via contactless within the older age group has more than doubled in the last year, it said.
The largest growth in the use of the cards has occurred in Manchester, Glasgow, Cardiff and Edinburgh.
Separate figures showed that total spending on contactless cards hit £1.5bn for the first time in March.
The Barclaycard data suggests the number of silver surfers using "touch and go" payments increased by 116% over the last 12 months.
Previously over-60s had not been that enthusiastic about using them, but the figures show they are now catching up with other age groups.
The card company said that ease of use was a big driver amongst the older population.
"Especially for older pensioners, who don't need to tap their numbers in," said a spokesperson.
Elsewhere, there is increasing demand for contactless payments from retailers themselves, Barclaycard said.
Discount stores were the sector with the biggest increase, up more than 400%. Gift card shops, petrol stations and pubs also saw significant rises.
Some charities are also experimenting with using portable terminals to collect donations on the street, according to the UK Cards Association.
While Londoners are still the biggest users of contactless cards - thanks largely to the transport network - many residents of provincial cities visiting the capital have seen how easy they are to use, Barclaycard said.
One in seven of all card transactions are now contactless, according to figures from the UK Cards Association.
Spending has also risen as a result of the limit being raised from £20 to £30 in September last year.
However some big retailers, such as John Lewis, still do not accept contactless payments.
The John Lewis Partnership card - which can be used anywhere - does not allow customers to make contactless payments. | Britons over the age of 60 are the fastest growing group of people taking to contactless card payments, according to Barclaycard. | 1.538578 | 2 |
Wilson was injured during Stoke City's FA Cup match against Crystal Palace and it could make the 28-year-old a doubt for the Euro 2016 finals in France.
"Marc looks like he has got a bad injury," said Stoke boss Mark Hughes.
"The physio thinks he's got medial ligament damage so he is going to be out for a period of maybe 10-12 weeks."
Stoke expect to have a clearer idea on the extent of the injury on Monday.
Hughes added: "Marc is down at the moment, which you would expect.
"He is looking forward to the European Championship which is what he wants to be involved in at the end of the season.
"I am not sure if this injury will make him a doubt for that, we hope not." | Republic of Ireland defender Marc Wilson is expected to be out of action for around three months after sustaining a knee injury on Saturday. | 0.82614 | 1 |
The authority says it needs to save £45m over the next three years due to government cuts.
The city's Moorways swimming pool will have to shut in March if the proposed budget is approved, the leader of the Labour-run council Ranjit Banwait said.
He described the cuts as "tragic".
The proposals will go to consultation before any final decisions are made.
Mr Banwait said the authority needed to make savings of £19m next year along with an additional 90 redundancies.
"It is a budget that no Labour party would be proud of," Mr Banwait said, adding: "We could see potentially (a total of) 200 job losses - we are in a very tragic position.
"The government has swagger about it - we will see another five years of horrendous cuts."
Plans to replace the 33m Moorways pool with a bigger 50m pool have been put on hold.
Mr Banwait said the annual festive lights in the city at Christmas and Diwali, as well as the Darley Park concert, would not go ahead next year unless outside funding was secured.
The budget proposals would also scrap funding for "neighbourhood management" which allows councillors to spend a total of about £1m a year on community projects in their own wards.
The council's deputy Conservative leader, Matthew Holmes, said: "Labour are proposing to totally decimate the ability of councillors and local people to make improvements in their area and support community groups and activities."
Council UKIP leader, Alan Graves, said the party was disappointed the council had failed to cut councillor allowances which are worth a total of £600,000 a year.
Council tax is also expected to rise by 4% in each of the next three years. | Ninety job losses and "horrendous" cuts to council services including homelessness support and festive lights are being forced on Derby City Council, its leader says. | 0.970417 | 1 |
It is the third confirmed diagnosis of the H5N8 strain of avian flu in Lincolnshire in about four weeks.
Some of the birds at the undisclosed premises in Lincolnshire have died. The rest are due to be culled.
Defra said an investigation was "under way to determine the source of the infection".
A 1.8-mile (3km) protection zone and a six-mile (10km) surveillance area have been set up around the turkey rearing farm to reduce the risk of the disease spreading.
An outbreak of the virus in a flock of about 6,000 turkeys at Low Farm, in Fulstow, near Louth, was "unlikely to be directly linked to the previous case" at the nearby Austen Fen Farm, Defra had said.
All restrictions were removed around Austen Fen Farm on 18 January but still remain at Low Farm while an inquiry there continues.
This latest case in Boston comes two days after bird flu was found in pheasants that were being bred at a farm in Wyre, Lancashire.
The same strain has been discovered in birds in Settle, North Yorkshire, a swannery in Dorset and flocks in Carmarthenshire, south west Wales.
In December, the government introduced an avian influenza prevention zone, which lasts until 28 February, to help protect poultry and captive birds from avian flu after the strain was found in 14 European countries including Germany and France. | Bird flu has been confirmed in a flock of 19,500 turkeys at a farm in Boston, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said. | 2.319262 | 2 |
The party's acting leader Harriet Harman said the government's rhetoric was "liberated from reality".
She said her party would give "serious consideration" to some measures and be a "different kind of opposition".
She accused the Tories of "ducking" out of a decision on expanding airport capacity and said apprenticeship numbers were "stagnating".
Mr Osborne's first Budget of the Conservative government included a freeze on working-age benefits for four years, a pledge to spend 2% of GDP on defence and a four-year cap on public-sector pay rises.
He also introduced a new National Living Wage which would rise to £9 an hour by 2020.
In her response, Ms Harman said she would resist the temptation to "oppose everything the government does".
She said Labour supported measures including lowering the welfare cap and would have made cuts to unprotected departments had it been in power.
In a reference to the cheering on the Conservative benches when the living wage was announced, she said: "Clearly what honourable members do not understand is that even with the higher national wage that he's announced it will not be enough for a family to live on because of the cuts in tax credits."
She also criticised the government for delaying the electrification of the railway line between Manchester and Leeds, saying: "The great Northern Powerhouse is starting to look like the great Northern power cut."
Labour would support the raising of the 40p tax threshold and the lifting of the personal allowance but would study the detail of both measures, she added.
Speaking to BBC News, shadow chancellor Chris Leslie questioned whether the measures prioritised by the chancellor would boost productivity.
He said "manifesto promise after manifesto promise" was being "thrown out" by the Conservatives.
"They won an election in some respects on a false prospectus," he added. | Working families will still suffer despite George Osborne's Budget pledge of a National Living Wage, Labour says. | 1.233293 | 1 |
Police launched a murder inquiry after the body of 40-year-old Malcolm McLaren was discovered at his flat in the town's Clark Street, at about 10:25, on Thursday 29 September.
Officers stopped and interviewed people in Clark Street on Wednesday in a bid to generate leads.
The 45-year-old is expected to appear at Airdrie Sheriff Court on Monday. | A 45-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a man in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, last week. | 0.257986 | 0 |
The 33-year-old has scored eight league goals this season and joins fellow striker Sam Hoskins on the injury list.
League One side Northampton are nine points clear of Saturday's opponents, bottom of the table Coventry City.
"We hope to get bodies in before the weekend. We need reinforcements and we need them urgently," manager Justin Edinburgh told BBC Radio Northampton. | Northampton Town striker Alex Revell has been ruled out for between four and six weeks with a calf injury. | 0.470345 | 0 |
The report will be discussed by Dumfries and Galloway Council's planning, housing and environment committee next week.
The paper took four review teams of 20 staff in total to draw up.
It includes a range of saving levels ranging from 5% to 20% and detailed lists of how they could be achieved.
The report states that the south of Scotland authority is facing "unprecedented reductions in its financial resources".
It then goes on to outline how planning and environment services could take their share of that burden.
The largest single section of the report runs to nearly 300 pages on its own.
Councillors have until Wednesday afternoon to try to digest its contents and then agree their spending priorities in time for the budget-setting process next spring. | A single agenda item in 42 separate sections running to more than 700 pages is to go before councillors trying to make savings. | 1.25464 | 1 |
Charli XCX, Ella Eyre and Lianne La Havas will appear alongside The Chemical Brothers and Underworld.
Other festivals have been criticised for the lack of women on their bills.
Last week, music blog Crack in the Road posted images of edited posters removing all the names of male performers.
The rather blank-looking page was shared on social media, with the bills at Reading and Leeds, Download and T in the Park also a focus for criticism.
Neneh Cherry, Andreya Triana and Radio 1 DJ B.Traits are among other female acts to be announced by Bestival.
Organiser Rob da Bank said: "There are shed-loads of amazing people making some startlingly good music at the moment and look, lots of them are female."
This year's Bestival theme is Summer of Love.
It takes place at Robin Hill Country Park on the Isle of Wight between 10 and 13 September, with 25 stages on offer.
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | Bestival has revealed an all-female line-up in its second wave of announcements for this year's Isle of Wight event. | 0.940875 | 1 |
Simona Necidova's late winner saw the Czechs finish second in Group B.
Defeat leaves winless Wales third with two points from three games and they will now play a fifth-and-sixth-place play-off against Hungary in Paralimni on Wednesday.
Poland, who drew 1-1 with Wales on Friday, topped Group B thanks to a 1-0 win over bottom side Finland.
Wales women line-up: O'Sullivan, Rowe, Harding (Chivers, 23), Ladd, Ingle (c), Dykes, James, Green (Hinchcliffe, 88), Fishlock, Ward (Estcourt, 62), Lawrence. | Wales women's hopes of reaching the Cyprus Cup final were ended by a 1-0 loss to the Czech Republic on Monday. | 0.62124 | 1 |
Experts at the Dutch museum studied photos of the drawings ahead of a press conference unveiling a new book showcasing the sketches.
The museum's researchers "were of the opinion that these could not be attributed to Vincent Van Gogh".
Publisher Le Seuil said "their authenticity is well established".
Written by art historian Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov, who specialises in Van Gogh, the book is titled Vincent Van Gogh, the Fog of Arles: The Rediscovered Sketchbook.
The book claims the ink drawings were created in the accounts book of a hotel Van Gogh was staying at in the French city of Arles in 1888.
Amsterdam's Van Gogh museum said in a statement that its experts had also examined some of the original drawings.
The 56 high-resolution photographs "did not change their minds", they added.
The Van Gogh Museum's director, Axel Ruger, said they had told the book's publisher about the museum's opinion on the sketches.
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Ruger said of Ms Welsh-Ovcharov: "That's her opinion. She has some experience and knowledge as well. We may have to agree to disagree."
Ms Welsh-Ovcharov has created a number of exhibitions on Van Gogh, including one at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris.
Researchers from the Van Gogh museum - widely accepted as the world's authorities on the artist - concluded that the style of the drawings were uncharacteristic of his work during the period and were unrefined, "clumsy" and "monotonous".
The team said another telling point was that the drawings in the sketchbook were executed in brownish ink, and this type of ink has never been found in Van Gogh's drawings from the period in question.
Experts also felt the artist was not very familiar with the places depicted, which was unlike Van Gogh. The Van Gogh Museum holds the largest collection of drawings by the artist.
But the book's editor, Bernard Comment, stood by the authenticity of the sketches, saying that the Van Gogh Museum had been wrong before and had dismissed work that was later proved to be his.
Le Seuil claimed the accounts book was found in the archives of the Cafe de la Gare in Arles where Van Gogh produced a prodigious amount of work over his year-long stay there.
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or if you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | A series of previously unpublished sketches claimed to be by Vincent Van Gogh are imitations, the Van Gogh Museum has said. | 2.388294 | 2 |
Fewer than half of the women over 70 who were questioned could name a symptom, apart from a lump.
The government health agency, Public Health England, which organised the survey, said that older women were also more likely to delay going to their GP.
About one in three women diagnosed with breast cancer each year are aged 70 or over.
A campaign by Public Health England, called Be Clear on Cancer, is urging older women to visit their doctor if they notice breast changes, such as a lump or a change to the nipple, skin or the shape of the breast.
Jenny Harries of Public Health England said: "We want women 70 and over to be aware of their breasts and to recognise any changes, report any new symptoms and just remember that you're not past it when it comes to breast cancer."
Figures show that about 9,500 women die every year from breast cancer and over half of these women (5,400) are aged over 70.
Sara Hiom, Cancer Research's director of early diagnosis, said: "This campaign highlights two important facts that aren't well known - that breast cancer isn't just about lumps, and that older women are most at risk."
"We hope these latest Be Clear on Cancer adverts will encourage women, especially older ones, to tell their GP about any unusual or persistent changes to their breasts, be that a lump, or something else like discharge, or a change to the skin or nipple.
"An early diagnosis, regardless of age, usually makes breast cancer more treatable," she added.
The survey from Public Health England questioned 731 women aged over 40 in England.
When asked to name symptoms of breast cancer, only 48% of women over 70 could name a symptom other than a lump.
Women aged under 50 and over 70 are not included in the national breast screening programme, but a trial is investigating the merits of extending screening to women aged 47-49 and 71-73.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in England, with about 41,000 women diagnosed each year. | Many older women are unaware of some of the early warning signs of breast cancer, according to a survey. | 2.547806 | 3 |
The Sporting Reminiscences Group, thought to be the first of its kind, is a partnership between The Alzheimer's Society and Alfreton Town FC.
It is hoped the project will help those with short-term memory problems.
John Glasby, of Alfreton Town, said he wanted other football clubs to host similar activities.
Mr Glasby, who is the club's community scheme chairman, said: "We're hoping with the help of The Alzheimer's Society we will become the first dementia-friendly football club in the whole country.
"I know the league authority that we play in at the moment are interested in our project because if it's successful they would be interested in rolling it out at other football clubs. Maybe even Premier League clubs will begin to take an interest."
Ronald Wade, of the The Alzheimer's Society, said the sessions could make a difference to patients.
He said: "Because of the age of some of our users, the sporting activities that a lot of them did is very much part of their early memories.
"It's the perfect format for people to engage in conversation, to support each other because they all share similar memories."
Wayne, who is one of the people taking part in the project, was 42 when he was diagnosed with dementia.
Lesley, his wife, said recalling memories of Nottingham Forest and Brian Clough at the group had been helping him.
She said: "Wayne was diagnosed pretty young and quite a few of the groups aren't applicable to him... but he loves football; it just seemed to be the right thing for him. It's fantastic." | A new dementia support group which uses sporting memorabilia like football programmes to help tap into long-term memories has been set up in Derbyshire. | 1.344524 | 1 |
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At no time should you endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe any laws collecting any kind of media. | Each day we feature a photograph sent in from across England. | 0.845275 | 1 |
The request for money, made to the cardinal in charge of St Peter's Basilica, was refused, Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said.
The letter was among several that went missing from Vatican archives in 1997.
Il Messaggero newspaper said a former Vatican employee had demanded a ransom of €100,000 (£72,000) for the letter.
It said the letter had been written entirely in Michelangelo's hand and signed by him.
This was rare, as the artist normally dictated letters to assistants, writing only his signature, Il Messaggero reported. Other details of the documents have not been disclosed.
It is not clear why the Vatican had not previously made public the theft, which was reported for the first time by the newspaper.
Police are now investigating the case.
The documents were stolen from the archive of the department that is responsible for the upkeep of St Peter's.
Michelangelo, who lived from 1475 to 1564, helped design the basilica, which was only completed in 1626.
He also painted the ceiling and the altar wall of the adjoining Sistine Chapel. | The Vatican says it has received a ransom demand for the return of a stolen letter by Renaissance artist Michelangelo. | 2.164091 | 2 |
Sakena Yacoobi who has worked to rebuild education from the disruption of war, received the prize in the Gulf state of Qatar.
Her organisation, Afghan Institute of Learning, supported underground schools when the Taliban were in power.
Dr Yacoobi said the prize came at a time when people in Afghanistan were "suffering and feel hopeless".
Receiving the $500,000 prize (£324,000), Dr Yacoobi said: "It is particularly meaningful because this is such a crucial time in Afghanistan.
"My people live in terror and poverty."
The award was made by Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, chair of the Qatar Foundation, at the beginning of the annual WISE international education conference.
She said that Dr Yacoobi had been a "tireless advocate for the right to education" despite the "most adverse conditions of war and occupation".
"From refugee camps to secret night schools, and often at great personal risk, she established a network of organisations that provide general education as well as public health education."
The conference was also addressed by US First Lady Michelle Obama, who called for greater efforts to promote girls' right to education, and for equal respect.
"Solving our girls' education is definitely about resources but it is also about attitudes and beliefs," she said.
"It's about whether parents think their daughters are as worthy of an education as their sons. It's about whether our societies cling to outdated laws and traditions that oppress and exclude women.'' | An Afghan girls' education campaigner has won the annual Wise Prize for achievement in education. | 2.329871 | 2 |
Selby fights Louis Norman for the vacant British flyweight title on Saturday, 14 May in Cardiff.
"If Selby is as good as I think he could be, he'll be fighting for a world title before 10 fights," said McGuigan.
"That's how good he is. I really think Andrew Selby is one of the most talented kids in the world."
McGuigan is promoting the bill at Cardiff's new Ice Arena on which Lee Haskins defends his IBF world bantamweight title against Ivan Morales.
Selby made a dazzling start to his professional career, beating Tanzanian Haji Juma in Newport on October, 2015.
Leicestershire's Norman, 22, has been beaten once in 13 bouts, against Charlie Edwards for the English flyweight title on the night Anthony Joshua won the Commonwealth heavyweight title.
"You might say that Andrew Selby is expected to win and they're going to say 'well how long will this guy last?'," McGuigan told Sport Wales.
"But Louis Norman's a very tough kid, went the distance with Chris Edwards for the English title and is a very good fighter.
"He's determined to win. He's young and ambitious."
McGuigan believes Andrew Selby has been rejuvenated since turning professional after being part of the British Lionhearts' amateur set-up based in Sheffield.
"He's won a world silver, two European gold medals. He's competed at the highest level for a long time," said McGuigan.
"I think he lost a little bit of his ambition in the amateurs.
"Now that he's turned professional, now that he's fighting for a British title in his fifth fight - which is a record for a Welsh fighter - he's really motivated.
"In sparring he's turning bigger, stronger guys on their head - he's very, very talented. Very special."
Watch Sport Wales on iPlayer | Former world featherweight champion Barry McGuigan says Wales' Andrew Selby is "one of the best talents" he has ever seen. | 0.979688 | 1 |
The new joint owners of The Pankhurst Centre museum, in Manchester, hope to raise £2m-£3m to refurbish the centre, which is only open once a week.
Former owner The Pankhurst Trust has merged with domestic violence charity Manchester Women's Aid.
Mrs Pankhurst, who was born in 1858, was the founder of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU).
Gail Heath, chief executive of Manchester Women's Aid, which has been renting rooms in the centre since 2012, said it would need up to £3m to update, and an appeal campaign was being planned to raise this capital.
The museum in Nelson Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock, is currently only open on a Thursday, but Ms Heath said the goal was to have it open every day.
"We hope to secure the resources to open the museum on many more days to attract children and young people to hear about their history and the history of the fight for the rights of women," she said.
Centre manager Rachel Lappin said the centre nearly closed in 1979 when Manchester Royal Infirmary wanted to demolish it during building work at the hospital complex.
It was saved from the bulldozer by a campaign from women's organisations and the formation of The Pankhurst Trust in 1984.
""It really needs renovation and restoration work as there hasn't been any work done on the site for 30 years," she said.
The centre is preparing an application to the National Lottery for heritage capital funding in the next 18 months. It will also apply to other donors and crowd-funding to cover running costs. | Plans have been revealed to transform a museum based in the house of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst. | 1.994017 | 2 |
Igor Kornelyuk died in hospital after the attack near Metalist while a colleague, sound engineer Anton Voloshin, was reported missing.
Meanwhile, a major pipeline in Ukraine carrying gas from Russia to the rest of Europe was hit by a blast.
However, European and Russian companies said gas exports were not affected.
The explosion hit the Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod Pipeline, also known as the Trans-Siberian Pipeline, in Ukraine's north-east. No one was reported injured by the blast.
It is not immediately clear what caused the blast. According to AFP news agency, Ukraine's state emergencies service said it appeared to have been the result of a puncture or loss of pressure.
However, the energy ministry said it could have been an "attempted terrorist attack", Reuters reported.
Ukraine's gas transport monopoly, a Slovak gas transit firm, and sources at Russian gas producer Gazprom, all told reporters that the transit of gas to Europe would not be affected.
Gas was being delivered through a parallel pipeline, a Gazprom source said.
Meanwhile, Moscow condemned the killing of journalist Igor Kornelyuk, describing it as a "crime of Ukrainian forces".
Italian photojournalist Andrea Rocchelli and prominent Russian human rights activist Andrey Mironov, who was accompanying him, were killed by mortar fire in eastern Ukraine last month.
Hundreds of lives have been lost in fighting in Ukraine's Luhansk and Donetsk provinces, where pro-Russian rebels are battling government forces after declaring independence just over a month ago.
Reports of three civilians killed overnight by a bombardment near the rebel-held town of Sloviansk, in Donetsk region, could not be verified independently. | A Russian state TV journalist has been killed in a mortar attack near a village outside the east Ukrainian city of Luhansk, Russian media report. | 1.526178 | 2 |
Taylor was taken to University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire on Friday after falling ill during a training session.
Ex-Chelsea development squad manager Adi Viveash has been appointed as acting assistant manager, helping boss Mark Robins while Taylor recuperates.
"The club wishes Steve all the best for a full and speedy recovery," Coventry City said in a statement. | Coventry assistant manager Steve Taylor is "recovering well at home" after being treated for a bleed on the brain. | 0.27594 | 0 |
Cristiano is now just one award behind Barcelona's Lionel Messi, who took the Ballon for the fifth time last year.
Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann finished third.
Ronaldo helped Real Madrid to win the Champions League last season and scored three goals for Portugal who went on to win Euro 2016.
The 31-year-old has won the Ballon d'Or in 2008, 2013, 2014 and 2016.
"I never thought in my mind that I would win the Golden Ball four times. I am pleased. I feel so proud and happy," said Ronaldo. | Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has won the world famous Ballon d'Or footballer award for a fourth time. | 0.817174 | 1 |
Mr Hamilton said there was a need for "complete openness and transparency" around the scheme and the naming of those who had benefited.
However, he said he was also mindful that he could only do so in "accordance with his legal obligations".
Some biomass boiler owners are opposed to their names being made public.
This is due to the negative publicity some businesses received after details of their biomass installations were made public.
Mr Hamilton said: "Last month, my department wrote to all of those participating in the non-domestic RHI scheme indicating my desire to publish recipients details.
"The department is currently analysing the responses received and are following a clear process as required under section 10 of the 1998 Data Protection Act.
"The process will balance the competing interests of transparency and the right to privacy and protection in accordance with the law.
"I anticipate that the process will be concluded by the beginning of next week and it would be my intention to publish RHI recipient details on Wednesday 25 January."
The RHI scheme was flawed from the start offering overgenerous subsidies over 20 years.
A spike in applications in autumn 2015 led to an over commitment that could cost the Northern Ireland taxpayers up to £490m over 20 years.
The handling of the scandal has become a major political row that led to fresh Assembly elections being called by Secretary of State James Brokenshire. | The Economy Minister, Simon Hamilton, has said his department will publish a list of businesses benefitting from the RHI scheme next week. | 1.267488 | 1 |
The event, which is part of a four-night celebration, will be hosted by Ant and Dec on 15 in May on the private grounds of Windsor Castle.
Previously announced performers include Kylie Minogue, Andrea Bocelli, Katherine Jenkins and Jess Glynne.
Ant and Dec said they were "honoured to be hosting the special celebration".
"This spectacular evening will bring together some of the best known names in the entertainment world who will perform with 900 horses and 1,500 participants to mark this very special birthday", they said.
Dame Shirley, 79, has sung before the monarch on several occasions including for the Royal Variety Performance and during The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace in 2012.
Take That star Barlow, 45, was chosen to compose the Queen's official Diamond Jubilee single, Sing, with Andrew Lloyd Webber.
He performed the song with the Military Wives at The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert.
The celebration will tell the story of the Queen's life, from her birth in 1926 to her coronation in 1953, and the whole of her reign.
The event will be broadcast by ITV on 15 May. | Dame Shirley Bassey and Gary Barlow will join the line-up of stars performing at the Queen's 90th birthday celebrations. | 1.14383 | 1 |
They were alerted after a 14-year-old boy was abused by a De La Salle brother at Rubane House.
The details were revealed at the Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) Inquiry.
A total of 13 Northern Ireland institutions are being investigated.
On Thursday, the inquiry heard that the order removed the perpetrator from the home and he was eventually expelled from the order.
An investigation by the De La Salle Irish headquarters deemed the incident "extremely grave" and concluded that the brother "would never again be allowed to have any contact with boys in any school".
In a letter to Rome, seeking the brother's dispensation from the order, he was described as having engaged in "grave immoral actions with a number of young boys".
The 1964 letter also described him as "a positive danger to young boys".
The inquiry also heard that details of the abuse were known at police headquarters in Belfast, but the brother was not prosecuted as he had moved to the Republic of Ireland.
A Ministry of Home Affairs letter from the time, read to the inquiry, concluded that "all concerned believed these were isolated incidents".
Another departmental letter, linked to the incident, was marked "secret" and in the Northern Ireland Public Records Office, it was labelled "closed to public".
In an opening submission on behalf of the De La Salle order, the brothers again publicly accepted and said they deeply regretted that boys in their care were abused.
The statement said: "They wish to offer their sincere and unreserved apology to all of those whom they failed to protect.
"The brothers recognise the sense of betrayal that the victims have experienced and the violation of trust caused by certain brothers within the order.
"They recognise that there have been failures to protect the victims."
The HIA inquiry was set up in 2013 to investigate child abuse in residential institutions in Northern Ireland over a 73-year period, up to 1995.
About 200 former residents of Rubane House have made allegations of abuse.
A total of 55 former residents have come forward to the inquiry to allege that they were physically or sexually abused. | The RUC and state agencies knew about sexual abuse at a boys' home in County Down, in 1964, an abuse inquiry has heard. | 1.713709 | 2 |
Eric Casebolt resigned from the police force and his actions were described as "indefensible" by his former boss.
His lawyer, Jane Bishkin, told reporters on Wednesday he was not targeting minorities but he was over-emotional after a traumatic day.
Community leaders in McKinney want criminal charges brought against him.
The video showed the officer throwing a girl in a bikini to the ground, then pulling a gun on other bystanders.
At a press conference on Wednesday his lawyer, Jane Bishkin, said Mr Casebolt is aware that his emotions "got the better of him" during a difficult shift.
He and his family are now in hiding due to death threats.
Before arriving at the pool party Mr Casebolt had responded to a suicide call where a black man shot himself in the head in front of his wife and children.
The suicide occurred "poolside", said Ms Bishkin, and the officer took statements from the family, photographed the body and consoled the man's widow.
Next he responded to a second suicide call where a teenage girl was threatening to jump from the roof of her parents' home.
"The nature of these two suicide calls took an emotional toll on Eric Casebolt," said Ms Bishkin, a lawyer for the Fraternal Order of Police.
When he was called to a community swimming pool after reports of a fight and anti-social behaviour, he was stressed, she said.
But he wasn't targeting minorities and he apologises to all who were offended, she added.
"He also detained a white female, who you do not see on the video," said Ms Bishkin.
At a news conference on Tuesday, McKinney police chief Greg Conley condemned Mr Casebolt's actions and said the other 11 officers who attended did an excellent job.
The girl at the centre of the incident, 14-year-old Dajerria Becton, told the Texan broadcaster KDFW: "Him getting fired isn't enough." | The police officer filmed in a confrontation with black teenagers at a pool party in Texas was acting out of stress, not racism, says his lawyer. | 1.433663 | 1 |
Thomas Ford, who was 15 months old, was on a walk with his father and a sister when he picked a blackberry off a bush.
The boy, who had eaten them before, choked and was taken to hospital, where he died three days later.
His mother Serena Ford, from Stalham, Norfolk, said her family had been going through a "living nightmare" since it happened on 27 September.
"It's like you're in a bubble," she told the BBC. "Everyone else is just getting on with their lives, but we're stuck thinking 'are we going to wake up from it?'"
Mrs Ford, who also has two young daughters, said: "Having the girls has been great support and we've been supporting each other, but now I want to make people aware and if something good can come from this then it can only be a good thing."
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She said her husband Robert was walking their family dogs with Thomas and five-year-old Olivia when they stopped to pick some blackberries.
The 31-year-old nurse, who first told her story to the Eastern Daily Press, said they would often pick them and that Thomas had eaten them in the past without any problems.
This time, however, he began to choke.
Thomas's father could not see anything in his son's mouth.
When Olivia called her mother, she immediately dashed down the road to join them.
By the time she arrived, though, her son was already unconscious.
They tried CPR until the air ambulance arrived, but staff at Cambridge's Addenbrooke's Hospital were unable to save him.
"I didn't think you could choke on a blackberry, as soft as it is," Mrs Ford said. "But there is a potential risk in everything.
"I don't want people to be paranoid, I want children to be children and explore, but parents need to be more mindful of things they wouldn't necessarily think are harmful." | A mother whose toddler choked to death on a blackberry has warned of the dangers of infants eating whole fruit. | 1.407434 | 1 |
Netherlands international Van Aanholt, 26, made 95 appearances for Sunderland after joining them in a £1.5m move from Chelsea in the summer of 2014.
He has agreed a four-and-a-half-year deal and Eagles boss Sam Allardyce said: "He'll help at both ends.
"He was instrumental in Sunderland's fight for survival last year, not just as a full-back but for goals."
Allardyce added: "You like to bring players you've worked with before and hopefully his impact is instant.
"We want him to defend well because we're conceding too many goals."
Sunderland are bottom of the Premier League while Crystal Palace, who play away at Bournemouth on Tuesday evening, are also in the relegation zone in 18th.
In a news conference on Monday, Allardyce also confirmed an interest in signing 29-year-old former Juventus defender Martin Caceres, but dismissed speculation linking him with a move for Arsenal right-back Carl Jenkinson, 24.
Asked about Jenkinson, Allardyce said: "We have other priorities at the moment. Who knows what might happen, but not for now.
"Caceres is one who may appear after the window as he's not attached to a club. Yes, I have an interest.
"We're still hunting for at least two players. We're sitting with as many people as we possibly can."
This site is optimised for modern web browsers, and does not fully support your browser | Crystal Palace have signed Sunderland defender Patrick van Aanholt for a transfer fee that could rise to £14m. | 0.928714 | 1 |
If you're still struggling for a quick and easy answer for your weekend, here are some last minute solutions.
Celebrities arguably have it harder than others.
Knowing that their costume is bound to end up doing the rounds on social media means a bed sheet ghost just isn't going to cut it. The results this year have been pretty impressive.
Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson made the most of having black and white face paint to hand.
Having given his followers a reminder of some of his previous efforts, the comedian tweeted a picture of this year's Wednesday Addams outfit.
The caption below the singer's picture of her costume, which seems to have been taken in a lift, describes her outfit as a "pegacorn".
Yes, that's Katy Perry dressed as a Cheeto.
The Arrow actor and model went for one of the night's most drastic transformations to dress up as Shrek's wife Princess Fiona.
Breaking Bad is bound to be a popular one this year but Guy Ritchie made a pretty convincing Walter White, with his son Rocco as Jessie Pinkman.
Never one to disappoint on Halloween, Simon Pegg went for a zombie vicar tweeting "Happy Halloween!!! Bless you my children."
Kim Kardashian spent the week in the run up to the night posting pictures of her own previous Halloween outfits before uploading a series of pictures of her daughter North West dressed as a skunk.
"My little stinker is waiting to show daddy [Kanye West] her costume," she wrote on Instagram.
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | A good Halloween outfit can be tricky to get right, and often comes right down to the wire. | 0.641976 | 1 |
The 24-year-old played 17 games for the Latics during a loan spell which ended recently and has now agreed a three-and-a-half-year contract.
Dutchman Wildschut joined Boro from Den Haag in September 2014, but was unable to win a regular first-team place.
"He's not the finished article yet, but his potential is huge," said Wigan manager Gary Caldwell.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Wigan Athletic have signed winger Yanic Wildschut from Middlesbrough for an undisclosed fee. | 0.692573 | 1 |
They are among 1,335 senior officers in Wales and England forced to retire since 2010 under a controversial redundancy rule.
An employment tribunal last year ruled that the officers who were made to retire had suffered age discrimination.
Invoking the A19 rule saved more than £66m in wages for 15 forces in Wales and England, the BBC has found.
South Wales Police says there was no other option but to use rule A19 at the time, while North Wales Police and Gwent Police declined to comment as legal proceedings in relation to the issue are ongoing.
Dyfed Powys Police has not used rule A19 since 2010.
BBC News sent requests under the Freedom of Information Act to all 43 forces in England and Wales.
A total of 28 forces said they did not use rule A19.
In February 2014, the London Central Employment Tribunal ruled that 250 officers who were made to retire under A19 had suffered age discrimination. In total, 830 further claims were made after this ruling.
An appeal against that decision is due to be heard over three days at the Employment Appeal Tribunal from 11 March.
Pension lump sums paid to the retired officers in England and Wales topped £157m, according to figures released to the BBC.
Those costs were covered by the national Police Pension Fund Account, not individual police forces.
£13.1m was paid to retiring South Wales Police officers, £3.2m went to officers from North Wales Police and £2.3m was given to Gwent Police officers.
South Wales Police human resources director Mark Milton said: "The force was already undertaking redundancies amongst police staff, we had a recruitment freeze in place and cuts had been made to non-staff budgets.
"There was no alternative; A19 was the last resort to meet the immediate savings targets."
A Home Office spokesman said: "While we acknowledge that the police funding settlement is challenging, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary has found the police are successfully meeting the challenge of balancing their books while protecting the front line and delivering reductions in crime.
"It is for chief officers, working with police and crime commissioners, to take operational decisions about the use of resources, including whether the use of Regulation A19 is appropriate for their force." | Nearly 150 ex-police officers in Wales are seeking compensation after being forced to retire early. | 1.61938 | 2 |
The Futurist theatre, on the resort's seafront, was built in 1921 and still stages concerts, shows and films.
The building is in need of repair and the borough council set up a task group to discuss its future.
Proposals for a trust to run the building are to be considered by Scarborough Borough Council on Friday. The council bought the theatre in 1985.
A £100,000 subsidy was agreed by the council in November 2009, securing its future until at least the end of 2010, but the council said it may not be able to provide any more money.
In December 1963 the Beatles performed at The Futurist and stars who have trodden the boards at the 2,000-seat theatre since include Morecambe and Wise, Shirley Bassey and Ken Dodd. | Plans for the future of a 90-year-old theatre in Scarborough are being considered. | 1.318305 | 1 |
Alonso will miss the season-opening grand prix in Australia on Sunday as a result of the incident in Barcelona.
Flavio Briatore claims the stories originated in Spain.
"Everyone else wrote about it because it was almost funny," said the Italian, admitting that the crash was "very strange".
Briatore said Alonso had "lost some memory" for "two or three days" but insisted the two-time world champion had not suffered long-lasting injury.
"If Fernando had had problems, the doctors would have discovered them," said Briatore.
"If he had passed out briefly, they would have seen. We did hours of tests with the leading specialists in Europe."
In an interview with Sky Italia, Briatore said:
Briatore, who has not been involved directly in F1 since being found guilty of involvement in Renault's attempt to fix the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, said he had seen video of the accident.
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"The impact was not so hard," he said. "He crashes without any reason. We have to see if there was a steering problem."
McLaren have already said they have found no evidence that Alonso's car suffered any kind of mechanical failure following the crash at Turn Three of Spain's Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 22 February, or that there was any irregularity in the energy recovery system.
Briatore described the decision by doctors to advise Alonso to miss the first race in Australia this weekend to avoid the risk of a potentially dangerous second concussion as "logical".
Reacting to speculation that Alonso suffered an electric shock, causing him to crash, Briatore responded: "I hope not.
"But if there was an electrical problem they must say because it could happen to other drivers.
"We have to know what has happened for everybody's peace of mind."
Australian Grand Prix coverage details. | Fernando Alonso's manager says reports the McLaren driver thought he was still a go-kart racer after being knocked out in a testing crash are "nonsense". | 0.981728 | 1 |
The European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill was passed by MPs and peers on Monday.
It allows the prime minister to notify Brussels that the UK is leaving the EU, with a two year process of exit negotiations to follow.
Mrs May says she will trigger the process by the end of the month.
It is unlikely to happen next week to avoid a clash with an informal summit of EU countries.
The meeting will mark the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome, which established the European Economic Community, and in turn became the European Union.
Brexit Secretary David Davis said: "By the end of the month we will invoke Article 50, allowing us to start our negotiations to build a positive new partnership with our friends and neighbours in the European Union, as well as taking a step out into the world as a truly Global Britain." | The Queen has given Royal Assent to the Brexit bill, clearing the way for Theresa May to start talks to leave the European Union. | 1.839284 | 2 |
Alex McDougall, 77, originally from Scotland, died earlier this month at a care home in Nottinghamshire.
Carers invited anyone with connections to the Army or Mr McDougall's football team Glasgow Rangers to attend.
Broxtowe Borough Council said it had been "overwhelmed" by the public support but warned space was limited.
Staff from the Beeston Fields Care Home appealed for mourners on social media over fears the funeral, which took place at Bramcote Crematorium, would only be attended by a limited number of staff.
Deborah King, from the home, said: "It's so nice that people that have been in the military, veterans and those serving, are taking an interest and showing there are kind people out there.
"He would probably be quite overwhelmed by it all."
Andy Harrison, who is with the Royal Engineers, said it was important to honour a former soldier.
He said: "There's countless others from the station [Chetwynd Barracks} who will be going down... we can't allow his passing to go unmarked."
Sarah Teale, reporter, BBC East Midlands Today
It was quite a moving sight.
There was standard bearers from the Royal British Legion, many people in uniform and the Royal Artillery Corps, some from the Chetwynd Barracks and just members of the public.
They didn't want a funeral where he would be all alone.
They brought flowers, they brought wreaths and more importantly brought the numbers.
The borough council said it was "overwhelmed by the public show of respect" but warned that parking space was limited and the small chapel could accommodate just 46 people.
Mr McDougall moved to the county's Chetwynd Barracks, in Nottinghamshire, from Scotland when he joined the Army at the age of 21.
He spent 18 years at the home and died from cancer. | Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of a former soldier who had no known family or friends after a social media appeal. | 1.054858 | 1 |
Previous rules had banned the practice, over what world governing body Fiba said was a safety issue.
The Qatar women's team withdrew from the 2014 Asian Games after being denied permission to wear the hijab - a head covering worn by many Muslim women.
On Thursday, new rules were ratified that will take effect from 1 October.
"The new rule comes as a result of the fact that traditional dress codes in some countries - which called for the head and/or entire body being covered - were incompatible with previous headgear rules," a Fiba statement read.
Fiba began a revision process of its headgear rule in September 2014, with exceptions being granted at national level as part of a two-year testing period.
Earlier that year, football's governing body Fifa officially authorised the wearing of head covers for religious reasons during matches. | Basketball has changed its rules on headgear in a move that will allow players to wear the hijab during matches. | 1.812995 | 2 |
Residents watched in despair as the blaze burned the gilded altar and valuable paintings inside the 16th-century church.
The fire began in the early hours of Friday. The authorities say it was probably caused by a short circuit.
Firefighters said hydrants in the area were not working and were only repaired two hours later.
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The local priest urged residents to try to save the church. They rushed to a nearby river to collect water, but it was too late.
The building is still standing but most of the church's ornate interior has been destroyed, including work by indigenous artist Diego Quispe Tito.
Peruvian fashion photographer Mario Testino, who is also president of the World Monuments Fund Peru, told the BBC it was a "tragic loss" for the country. He said the cultural ministry had pledged to restore the church.
"The entire roof has been consumed by the fire," said fire chief, Jesus Valdivia.
"Saint sculptures, images, paintings from the Cuzco culture have virtually disappeared, 80 percent of it inside the church."
Cuzco Mayor Carlos Moscoso broke into tears when he saw the extent of the damage.
The church had undergone extensive restoration work between 2008 and 2013.
A local journalist, Javier Farje, said "it's devastating. This church represents the merge of two cultures - European art, mainly the Flemish school of painting, and the Andean school of art."
The city of Cuzco was the capital of the Inca Empire, which was destroyed by the Spanish conquest of most of the Americas. | A fire has ruined the famous church of San Sebastian in the Peruvian colonial city of Cuzco. | 2.676225 | 3 |
The property's extension was built after the 21-month-old from Sheffield went missing in 1991.
South Yorkshire Police said the owners had agreed to officers "dismantling the lower part of the building".
Ben's family believe he was abducted, but police are investigating whether he was accidentally killed.
Speaking at a press conference ahead of the demolition, Det Insp Jon Cousins, of South Yorkshire Police, said: "Early this afternoon I will be dismantling the lower part of the farmhouse including the ground around it... just making sure that I haven't missed any opportunity to get the answers that we require.
"The [Greek] family are clearly upset about what we're doing. They have very kindly agreed to allow us to do that and I am extremely grateful. Clearly it's going to be a very distressing time for them.
"This is where many generations, including the current generation, were born and grew up and we've got to deal with it as sensitively as possible."
Investigators were alerted to the fact the extension was not built in 1991 by a newspaper photograph from the time.
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A team of 19 South Yorkshire Police officers, forensic specialists and an archaeologist are excavating the site where Ben was last seen playing 25 years ago.
The search, now in its ninth day, was prompted by a police tip-off following a television appeal in May.
Ben's sister Leigh-Anna said: "We just feel numb and very empty and the moment.
"We're a family that's lived in hope for 25 years that one day he will walk back through that door and now we're facing the possible reality that he was there all along."
A friend of digger driver Konstantinos Barkas, who had been clearing land with an excavator on the day the toddler went missing, told police the man may have been responsible for Ben's death.
Mr Barkas died of cancer last year. | Police searching for missing toddler Ben Needham on the Greek island of Kos have demolished part of a farmhouse. | 1.183268 | 1 |
Trevor Moore, previously boss of camera firm Jessops - another recent High Street casualty - was among 60 people made redundant from HMV's head offices.
HMV entered administration in January and the closure of 66 stores across the UK was announced on Thursday.
That move puts the jobs of nearly 1,000 staff at risk.
Administrators Deloitte said the latest cuts across the head office network at Eastcastle Street in London, Marlow and Solihull had been "a difficult decision, but a necessary one in restructuring the business".
Deloitte still hopes to sell the business on but it is likely to become a much smaller operation.
HMV currently has 220 stores in the UK, employing about 4,000 staff.
When administrators were called in last month Mr Moore said he was convinced that the music chain could be saved, and that he hoped to remain involved in the business in the future.
He took over as HMV chief executive in August last year, moving from camera retailer Jessops, which also went into administration in January and has ceased trading. | HMV's chief executive has been made redundant by administrators in charge of restructuring the failing music and DVD retailer. | 0.988891 | 1 |
The data showed there were over 382,000 patients waiting longer than the target timeframe in April out of a total of 3.78 million on the waiting list.
Problems also continued to be seen in waiting times for A&E and cancer.
The NHS England figures had been due out on Thursday, but were postponed to avoid being published on polling day.
Clare Marx, president of the Royal College of Surgeons, said she expected the situation to get worse given NHS England said earlier this year it was willing to see waiting times increase so it could prioritise A&E and cancer.
"Too many patients are waiting excessively long," she added.
The figures also showed the four-hour target to be seen in A&E and the 62-day goal for cancer patients to start their treatment were being missed.
NHS Providers chief executive Chris Hopson, said: "These figures show there has been no respite for the NHS. The concerns about the ability of the health service to respond to growing demand - which became so pressing during the winter - are still with us.
"It is clear that trusts are continuing to do all they can. But it is equally clear the situation is unsustainable.
"Despite political uncertainty, we need urgent decisions to ensure the NHS has the capacity to deal with the coming winter, and beyond that, to respond to longer term pressures." | The number of patients in England waiting longer than 18 weeks for routine treatment is the largest since September 2008, official figures show. | 1.704626 | 2 |
Afghan officials confirmed he had left Kabul for Turkey on Friday night.
General Dostum has not been charged with any offence, and the incident is under government investigation.
His spokesman said he had travelled abroad for a medical check-up and would return shortly.
"General Dostum never leaves the country but remains alongside his people during difficult times," the spokesman said.
The vice-president is a former warlord with decades of experience in Afghanistan's turbulent political arena.
He is blamed for some of the worst atrocities in the country's long-running civil war, but joined its national unity government in 2014.
The allegations against him come from Ahmad Eshchi, a former ally, who says he suffered days of severe beatings and sexual abuse at Gen Dostum's command.
He said the vice-president and 10 other men assaulted him while he was forcibly kept at Gen Dostum's residence in November 2016.
The ex-warlord denies the claims and has said that Mr Eshchi was detained by the country's intelligence service.
Afghanistan's Western allies have called for a prompt investigation, but the government has so far failed to question the vice-president.
The delay prompted speculation that he might be forced into exile in Turkey instead.
In 2008 Gen Dostum went to Turkey amid similar allegations that his personal militia had abducted, beaten and sexually assaulted a political rival in Kabul, then fired on police who responded to the incident. | Afghanistan's Vice-President, Abdul Rashid Dostum, has left the country amid claims that he ordered his men to kidnap, beat and rape a political rival last year. | 1.463399 | 1 |
The local authority said it has received complaints about public transport links to Ullapool for onward journey by ferry to Stornoway, Lewis.
It said the grievances were mostly about difficulties getting seats on busy buses and then missing the ferry.
It has begun looking at the possibility of putting on its own service.
Council convener Norman MacDonald said many of those affected were tourists who travel to Inverness to make the journey north west to Ullapool, and then to Stornoway.
He said: "Having travelled a long distance to Inverness they are then stranded there or pay up to £100 for a taxi to Ullapool." | Western Isles Council - Comhairle nan Eilean Siar - is considering running its own bus service between Inverness and Ullapool. | 1.286772 | 1 |
The Team Sky rider, one of race leader Chris Froome's key helpers in the mountains, came off on a descent.
Welshman Thomas, who was second overall at the start of the stage, suffered a broken collarbone after being brought down by Polish rider Rafal Majka.
"I'm just thinking of the devastation of leaving the Tour and another Grand Tour," Thomas told Team Sky's website.
Thomas also crashed out of the Giro d'Italia in May - caused by a police motorbike - on stage nine, when he was Team Sky's race leader.
His absence will be a blow to Froome, who is trying to win a third successive Tour de France and fourth title in five years.
"I crashed at the Giro on stage nine, and it's stage nine again here. I was lying second overall on both days as well. It's just so disappointing." Thomas continued.
"Everyone was nervous, everyone wanted to be at the front and a few people were battling to get between myself, Froomey and the rest of the boys.
"I let Majka in and then he came down right in front of me on a straight bit of road. I had nowhere to go, went over the top of him, and landed on my collarbone.
"Team doctor Jimmy [Juan Mercadel] said he thought it was broken but I got back on the bike and carried on down the descent, but when I got on the flat I knew something was wrong.
"Then the race doctor said exactly the same so I ended up stopping then, went for a scan, and it's broken."
Thomas won stage one of this year's race and wore the leader's yellow jersey until Froome took it after stage five.
The 31-year-old crashed on the damp descent of the Col de la Biche, just under halfway through the mountainous 181.5km stage from Nantua to Chambery.
It was Thomas's fourth crash of the Tour, having also gone down on the second, fourth and eighth stages.
He was not the only rider to crash out with Richie Porte, one of the race favourites, a notable casualty. | Britain's Geraint Thomas has been forced to abandon the Tour de France after crashing on stage nine. | 0.884124 | 1 |
Martin Gallagher, 25, faces a charge under the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act.
Prosecutors claim Gallagher committed the offence at the Parkhead clash on September 10 which Celtic won 5-1.
The charges include the claim that he engaged in behaviour which may be likely to "incite public disorder".
This is said to involve the display of a banner that contained a "threatening and offensive remark".
The charge also states two "inflatable figures" were shown which were "fashioned in a threatening and offensive manner".
Gallagher, from Glasgow's east end, pleaded not guilty when he appeared from custody at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
He was represented by Neal McShane who requested his client was bailed with no special conditions.
The Crown requested that special bail conditions, including not to enter Celtic Park or to attend any regulated football games, were put in place.
Sheriff Alan Findlay granted bail and a trial was set for March next year. | Another Celtic fan has appeared in court charged with displaying an allegedly offensive banner and blow-up figures at last month's Old Firm match. | 0.843382 | 1 |
The private company brought in to clean and cater at hospitals in Cornwall has consistently failed to meet required standards, it has emerged.
The union Unison said the figures showed the £90m contract was "not fit for purpose" and was "set up to fail".
Mitie said the scores do not accurately reflect the service it delivers.
The latest figures reveal Mitie was fined up to 60% of its monthly profit over three months for failures at the Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust.
Sarah Woodward from Unison said: "Mitie came in so low when it was tendered that our worry was it was never fit for purpose."
Figures published by the trust show Mitie had more than 14,000 "service failure points" and 60% of its profit margin deducted in September.
This has jumped from 6,000 service failures in July, and 196 in April.
Service failures include emergency calls not being answered within target times and requests for patient meals or drinks not being delivered on time.
The more points Mitie gets, the more of its profit margin the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust (RCHT) withholds.
A spokesman for RCHT said the scores "reflect the detailed level of scrutiny with which we continue to monitor technical aspects of the contract".
A Mitie spokesman said the company was "working closely with the trust" to deliver high quality services and that it had invested considerably in the contract.
The spokesman said: "The scores don't accurately reflect the service they deliver or the good work that their people carry out every day." | Emergency calls have not been answered and patient requests for drinks and meals have been ignored at a major hospital. | 1.326641 | 1 |
Melvin James, 36, was allowed to leave hospital in February and killed his sister Ann-Marie and himself at the family flat in Wolverhampton in March.
An inquest jury has said there were three missed opportunities.
These included hospital doctors not giving the family a face-to-face handover.
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Mr James was allowed to leave the Royal Edinburgh Hospital after treatment for what doctors suspected was a "drug-induced psychosis".
His mother, Lynette, had told the Oldbury inquest how she told her son "I love you" as he repeatedly stabbed her.
He was subdued using stun grenades and Tasers, but had inflicted multiple stab injuries on himself - one of which was fatal.
His 33-year-old sister, who died from a fatal stab wound to her heart, had 17 knife-related injuries.
The jury found there was a "lack of detail given in communication" between hospital staff and his family, communication had not been documented fully and there was "no follow-up (care) after discharge".
Senior coroner for the Black Country, Zafar Siddique, said he would write to the hospital with a report to prevent future deaths.
He added: "It does raise some concerns about the discharge procedure."
An internal hospital review is ongoing.
The jury heard Mr James spoke of "a clown that could brainwash him" into a choice of "kill or be killed".
Dr Norman Nuttall, consultant psychiatrist at Royal Edinburgh Hospital, said Mr James "appeared to be acutely medically unwell".
The doctor told the jury while he was assessed as a "risk to himself", he was not to others.
Blood tests revealed an opioid, possibly from a psychoactive substance, and his condition was diagnosed as "drug induced".
But Dr Nuttall said his admission may have "represented an exacerbation of an under-lying psychotic illness".
Mr James' condition improved and he was discharged.
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The 31-year-old had a spell with Greek second tier side Athlitikos Omilos Chania earlier this season.
The former England Under-21 international has had spells with Bristol City, Reading, Middlesbrough and Swansea.
He has been named on the Yeovil bench for Saturday's League Two trip to Mansfield Town.
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The horse got stuck in the mud near the River Windrush, close to Willow Farm in Witney, Oxfordshire, at about 08:47 BST on Saturday.
Up to 10 firefighters helped with the rescue operation using specialist animal rescue equipment.
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue said the horse was freed without injury with the assistance of a vet and the owner.
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Mark Drakeford has launched a campaign urging them to take up training places in hospitals and GP practices.
It includes a YouTube video outlining the positives of choosing Wales as "a great place to be".
He also promised "discussion, negotiation and agreement" in dealing with the controversial contracts issue.
It comes following a dispute over a new contract for 50,000 junior doctors in England with the British Medical Association claiming some medics stand to lose up to 15% of their salaries.
The old contract still operates in Wales but ministers will be keeping an eye on what happens in England.
BMA Wales called the Welsh government's commitment to negotiation "the sensible way to achieve consensus and agreement".
In his video message, Mr Drakeford said the Welsh government would take a partnership approach.
"Does it mean we agree all the time on absolutely everything? Of course not," he said.
"But what it does mean is that when there are difficult issues which have to be addressed we do it by getting around the table - and putting that issue in the middle of the table - and making sure we solve that issue in a way that's common to us all.
"That's the way we do things in Wales and that's the way we're going to approach our part of the contract negotiations. We won't be changing anything here in Wales until we know we have a proper way ahead."
Mr Drakeford also points to Wales' record in medical research and a General Medical Council survey which found satisfaction among trainee doctors in Wales was 83% - higher than other parts of the UK.
He lists attributes from the national football team, music, Ashes test cricket and the prospect of extreme sports and recreation in a small country "which really does offer it all".
A medical careers website has also been launched.
Dr Bethan Roberts, chair of the Welsh junior doctors committee at the BMA said Wales was a "strong choice" for junior doctors.
"There are excellent and varied training opportunities and the fact that the junior doctor contract will remain unchanged in Wales adds to the pull factors," she said.
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South Wales Fire and Rescue Service was called to Chepstow Road in Maindee at about 19:00 BST on Monday.
The road was closed while emergency services including paramedics and firefighters dealt with the incident.
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