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Sajjad Mesih and his wife Shama, who was pregnant, were killed last year after claims burnt pages of the Koran were found near their mud brick house.
They were attacked and put in the brick kiln where they worked as labourers.
Local media reports that three men had stirred up a crowd of 400.
The charge sheet produced by the Pakistan anti-terrorism court says the accused - three clerics - were involved in persistent provocative speech against the couple, according to local media.
Thirty-two suspects are said still to be at large.
Summonses have also been issued for witnesses to come forward.
Following rumours that burnt pages of the Koran had been found, angry members of the village told the impoverished couple to convert to Islam to repent against their alleged sin, or face the consequences for committing blasphemy.
Witnesses told the BBC when they tried to leave they were locked in a room at the kiln and told they must pay duties first.
The next day hundreds of people converged on the kiln. They were dragged out, attacked with bricks and shovels and later laid on the brick oven to be burnt alive.
The case raised fears among Christians, who form a minority in the Muslim country where blasphemy laws are controversial and attacks against Christians are common.
Protests were staged demanding justice. | Pakistan has charged 106 people with murder after a Christian couple was beaten and burnt to death by a mob in Punjab province over blasphemy allegations. | 1.735305 | 2 |
Chris Nelson, 24, who was from the Midlothian area, was last seen early on Sunday 15 November.
He had been in the city with his fiancée Stephanie Kollross to visit their friend.
Search crews using sonar equipment found his body in an area around the Oudeschans canal. His family have been informed.
He was last seen by Ms Kollross after he decided to go for a walk early in the morning after complaining he could not get to sleep.
His family, who had received a text message from him about an hour before his disappearance, later travelled to Amsterdam to join the search for him and made an emotional appeal on Dutch TV.
A Facebook appeal was also launched to try to trace him but on Wednesday a message was posted saying his body had been identified.
It read: "It is with the deepest, saddest regret that I have to inform you all that the body pulled from the Amsterdam canal. Is that of Chris Nelson.
"Chris's family would again like to thank everyone for their support but would appreciate some privacy at this time." | The body of a Scottish man missing in Amsterdam has been recovered from a canal in the city by divers. | 0.68316 | 1 |
Lance Corporal Trimaan "Harry" Dhillon stalked Alice Ruggles before fatally attacking her last October.
Her parents Sue Hills and Clive Ruggles described the moment two Northumbria Police officers knocked on their door.
Prof Ruggles said: "And then they said to us Alice has been killed. And we looked at each other and said 'It's Harry'. We knew, we knew even then."
The trial at Newcastle Crown Court heard Dhillon had become obsessed with the 24-year-old and had stalked her.
Dr Hills told of her guilt about trying to reassure her daughter on the phone two days before.
She said: "And I sort of reassured her that was ok, the police knew what was going on and that it would be all right and if she just ignored him he would ignore her.
"And I only put the phone down for 10 minutes and Emma (daughter) rang and said 'You cannot tell that to her, he's going to kill her. You have got to do something'.
"And I thought she was over-reacting so I just said 'don't be silly'.
"And so of course as soon as I saw the police I knew that's that what it was.
"And I felt such a sense of guilt for having first of all told Alice not to worry and secondly told Emma not to be silly when actually if I hadn't said that Alice might still be alive."
Prof Ruggles said he didn't think any of them, including his daughter, realised how serious the situation was despite the signs.
Her parents have set up the Alice Ruggles Trust and they said they were hoping to use that and their daughter's "vibrant personality" to make other people aware of the dangers of stalking.
They said they wanted her to be remembered for that and as "smiling and laughing and making some sort of cheeky comment."
Dhillon, 26, denied murder but was found guilty and sentenced to a minimum of 22 years. | The parents of a woman murdered by her ex-boyfriend have said they knew immediately he was responsible. | 0.814287 | 1 |
The body has not been formally identified but it is believed to be the 84-year-old farmer driving a ute swept away by floodwaters on Wednesday.
Heavy rains have closed roads, damaged properties, and flooded creeks and rivers across the country's southeast.
Multimillion-dollar repairs have begun as Australians brace for more wild weather conditions next week.
Residents at Charlton, a central Victorian town on the Avoca River, were told the floodwaters were due to peak overnight on Friday.
"It's anticipated there will be minimal numbers of homes or other properties impacted beyond those that have already been impacted," Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said.
"This is a really tough and proud community."
Meanwhile, the local Australian Rules football team is chasing premiership victory on Saturday after finishing runner-up in the last three grand finals.
The team are confident they will be able to make the 40km trip south to the away game in St Arnaud. | Australian police have recovered a body from a dam in western Victoria where riverbanks overflowed after heavy rain. | 1.217007 | 1 |
Yep, it's the traditional mid-season shutdown in Formula 1 as drivers and team personnel down tools for a month to enjoy a well-earned rest.
For some, it's about spending time with the family. For others, it is about road tripping across the United States or cuddling tigers.
Can you work out who the driver is by their holiday activity alone? Take our quiz to find out.
This content will not work on your device, please check Javascript and cookies are enabled or update your browser | Time to get the deckchair out, Fernando Alonso, because it's the summer holidays. | 0.892467 | 1 |
David Ellam, 52, was attacked as he walked his Yorkshire terrier, Rolo, near his home in Sheepridge, Huddersfield, last August.
At Leeds Crown Court, Aaron Joseph, 29, denied being the owner of a dog that caused injury while dangerously out of control in a public place.
Mr Joseph was released on bail and a trial date has been set for 5 February.
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Judge Peter Collier QC, the Recorder of Leeds, said he hoped the trial date could be brought forward.
Police were called to Riddings Road on 15 August, and Mr Ellam was taken to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary where he was later pronounced dead.
Mr Joseph, of Riddings Road, pleaded guilty to possessing a quantity of cannabis on the same day. | A man has denied being the owner of a dog which attacked and fatally injured a neighbour. | 0.782763 | 1 |
It was revealed last month that Jamie Cooper-Hohn would receive a payout of £337m, before the details were known of the exact size of Sir Chris's fortune.
In Friday's detailed ruling, it emerged he had assets worth about £1bn.
US-born Mrs Cooper-Hohn, 49, had argued she was entitled to half their assets.
Sir Chris, 48, offered a quarter, arguing that he had made a special contribution to their wealth throughout their marriage.
Mrs Justice Roberts settled between the two arguments, accepting that Sir Chris was the "generating force" behind their financial success.
His "exceptional" business acumen and "financial genius" justified not splitting his assets equally, the judge said.
The sum is thought to be the biggest of its kind made by a judge in England. The couple separated following 17 years of marriage.
Sir Chris, the son of a car mechanic and a legal secretary, graduated from Southampton University before making his fortune as a hedge fund manager.
The couple set up the Children's Investment Fund Foundation, known as CIFF, which works to transform the lives of poor and vulnerable children in developing countries.
The pair, who have four children including triplets, have reportedly given away about £1bn.
This is not the first high-profile divorce case to result in a large payout.
The late Russian oligarch, Boris Berezovsky, featured in a multimillion-pound case three years ago when it was reported that his former wife Galina Besharova had agreed to accept between £165m and £220m as part of a settlement. | A judge has decided the American wife of London financier Sir Chris Hohn will get a third of his wealth - not half - in a further ruling on their High Court divorce case. | 1.102723 | 1 |
Edinburgh routes to and from Milngavie and Helensburgh were disrupted due to fire damage on the line on Wednesday 18 January.
Some trains were cancelled the following day and others were started or terminated in Airdrie or Bathgate.
The 14-year-old will be reported to the children's reporter.
A ScotRail Alliance spokesman said: "This incident needlessly disrupted the travel plans of thousands of customers during one of our busiest periods.
"We always support the British Transport Police in its inquiries and efforts to bring those responsible for crime on the railway to justice." | A West Lothian schoolboy has been charged with wilful fire-raising following damage on a railway line near Blackridge station. | 0.813302 | 1 |
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The BBC's Chris Foxx explains what it is and how you can protect yourself. | Phishing remains one of the most common ways that cybercriminals get hold of your personal details. | 0.734445 | 1 |
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said it had particular concerns over outpatient records and surgical practices at the Eastbourne District General Hospital (EDGH)
CQC inspectors reported that safety and leadership was also inadequate.
The East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust said it was developing an action plan to tackle issues raised during September's inspection.
Lib Dem MP for Eastbourne Stephen Lloyd said the inadequate rating opened the possibility the trust may be taken into special measures.
Inspectors said caring was "largely good", however a staff survey in 2013 had found low staff morale and high levels of sickness, they reported.
They said: "We saw challenges with staffing in some areas. We saw poor management of medicines in a number of areas and practices that our clinical experts deemed unsafe."
The CQC found many clinics were running without patient records and were using temporary sets of notes, while health records were "in a poor state of repair".
Inspectors praised clinical leadership in the intensive therapy unit (ITU) and infection control procedures, highlighting low levels of MRSA and C. difficile.
But, the watchdog said, the hospital must ensure the management of medicines is done in accordance with national guidelines.
"Inappropriate staff behaviour toward patients, relatives and staff" should also be identified and addressed, it said.
Trust chief executive Darren Grayson said: "We are incredibly disappointed to receive the inadequate rating from the CQC, although we welcome the feedback from their inspection.
"Improvements have already been made since they inspected last September.
"The reports reflect the journey we are on as an organisation and the immense changes we have made over recent years."
Mr Lloyd said: "Eastbourne deserves a properly-led, fully-functioning DGH. This CQC report has emphatically shown that we have neither at this time." | A Sussex hospital has been branded "inadequate" by the health watchdog. | 1.302136 | 1 |
The 35-year-old made his debut for the Headingley side in 1999 and has made 363 appearances for the club.
His current deal runs to the end of the 2017 campaign.
"I've given it a lot of thought and God willing if the body is right and the team wants me then I will have a go again," he told BBC Radio Leeds.
"If you look at the stats in the last two or three years, I have played some of the best rugby I have ever played. Just because I am a certain age doesn't faze me one single bit."
The former England international added: "The crux of it is that it is not about Jamie Jones-Buchanan, it's about Leeds Rhinos.
"I will do whatever is best for the team whether that is play or be on the sidelines and let someone new come in and take on the mantle.
"We're not footballers and we don't earn millions of pounds. When I finish playing I need to think about what I want to do next in terms of employment."
Jones-Buchanan has won six Grand Finals and one Challenge Cup with the Rhinos | Leeds Rhinos forward Jamie Jones-Buchanan is hoping to remain with the club next year, taking him into a 20th season with the club. | 0.915694 | 1 |
The 2009 report analyses "high value targeting" in a number of conflicts - the assassination of senior insurgents.
It said the Taliban's ability to replace lost leaders has hampered the effectiveness of coalition operations against its leadership.
The CIA would not comment on the leaked documents.
The report, which Wikileaks describes as "pro-assassination", looks at the pros and cons of "high value targeting" (HVT) programmes.
As well as examining recent actions in Iraq and Afghanistan, the report assesses British action in Northern Ireland, Sri Lankan operations against Tamil Tigers and French efforts during the Algerian civil war, among others.
Benefits of HVT operations, according to the report, include "eroding insurgent effectiveness, weakening insurgent will and reducing the level of insurgent support".
Potential negatives include "strengthening an armed group's bond with the population" and "radicalising an insurgent group's remaining leaders".
On Afghanistan, the report said that targeting senior Taliban figures has been constrained by problems connecting it to broader Afghan and Nato efforts against the organisation.
It also says the Taliban has "good succession planning and bench strength, especially at the middle levels".
Since the report was written, President Obama has increased drone strikes in north-west Pakistan, targeting Taliban and al-Qaeda leaders.
There have also been several strikes in Yemen. | The removal of senior Taliban leaders has had little impact on the organisation, a CIA report released by Wikileaks has said. | 2.07499 | 2 |
The northbound carriageway between junction 5 at Droitwich and 4a at Bromsgrove was due to reopen at 06:00 GMT following overnight works.
But there was difficulty removing the gantry from the carriageway as the available equipment could not lift it.
It reopened at around 16:20, but Highways England said "long delays" remained at that stage.
The troublesome gantry was moved at about 15:50.
Frank Bird, emergency planning officer with Highways England, said they thought they had "covered all the bases".
"There were no indications at all on the previous gantries that we'd dropped this week overnight - all went well, all resulted in the motorway reopening quite early in the morning. It was this last gantry that just caught us out."
Some drivers told BBC Hereford and Worcester they had been stuck on the M5 for up to four hours, while others took to social media to vent their anger over the congestion.
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Brad Hayward tweeted: "Thank you @HighwaysEngland for a well managed closure of #M5. 3hrs stationary and now missed hospital appt."
Chris Newman also criticised the agency: "@HighwaysEngland #getagrip will you now be issuing water to those who have been stuck between M5 6-5 Northbound for 4 hours?
One motorist, @capasphil, tried placating other fraught drivers by offering free hugs - even identifying the car he was in for those who wanted to take up his offer.
Another Twitter user, Emily Baker, wrote: "I hope whoever is responsible for the #M5 traffic is made to sit through it."
Highways England advised northbound motorists to exit at junction 5 and follow diversions.
Operations manager Sioux Hine said: "We can understand the frustration this has caused and it's frustrating for us too. We always try to carefully plan our overnight work to avoid this kind of disruption and we'd like to apologise for the inconvenience.
"Sometimes, things happen which no one can foresee."
A number of southbound lanes were also shut for long periods but have now reopened. | Motorists have faced long delays after a section of the M5 closed because of an overhead gantry blocking the road. | 1.062127 | 1 |
Eli Cox's mother Katherine Cox, 33, and her boyfriend Danny Shepherd, 25, both deny causing or allowing his death in Kent in April last year.
Mr Shepherd said he saw Eli gasping and gave him adult CPR compressions which he now knew was wrong.
But he told Maidstone Crown Court he was "just trying to save him".
The court had previously heard the baby had 28 fractures and a post-mortem found his death was caused by an injury to his head.
Mr Shepherd said Eli had been grizzly and unwell so he took him upstairs to bed.
He said he laid Eli down in his cot and put a dummy in his mouth, before he popped out of the room for less than a minute.
But he said when he returned, Eli was gasping and changing colour.
"I thought at that point he had something in his throat," he told the court.
Asked by defence barrister Nadine Radford what he did next, Mr Shepherd said he panicked and shouted to mother-of-nine Ms Cox to call an ambulance.
He said he could see Eli was "changing colour".
"I picked him up. He was on my arm at first. I started patting his back. I couldn't tell you how hard," he said.
And he said the other children and Ms Cox came into the room and "everyone was screaming".
Mr Shepherd said: "I put him on the bed and then gave him mouth to mouth. You could see his belly going up but it was staying up, not going down."
Ms Radford put it to Mr Shepherd that the prosecution claimed he lost his temper and either hit Eli's head on a toy or shook him violently.
When asked if he had shaken Eli, Mr Shepherd said: "I couldn't tell you. I was in shock and panicking."
He added: "Personally, I don't think I did."
Later, Mr Shepherd clarified he definitely did not shake the baby.
Ms Radford asked if he had any reason to hurt Eli, and Mr Shepherd replied: "None at all."
The trial continues. | A 25-year-old man accused with his girlfriend of causing the death of a five-month-old baby boy has told a jury he had no reason to hurt him. | 0.740956 | 1 |
A batch was printed with incorrect numbers which would invalidate the vote, Durham County Council said.
New voting packs will be delivered to affected residents in Sherburn, Barnard Castle, Willington, Hunwick, Ferryhill and Sherburn.
They should be used instead of - or, if already posted, as well as - the original papers, a spokesman said.
Only the second, correct, set of papers would be recorded, he said.
Acting returning officer Colette Longbottom said: "There are only around 265 postal ballot packs believed to be affected and anyone who has been sent one of these packs will receive a new one with a letter advising them to use the replacement.
"No other packs have been affected." | Postal voters in parts of County Durham could have to vote twice after a printing error on ballot papers. | 1.153454 | 1 |
The men died when a 15ft wall of concrete and scrap metal fell on them as they worked on Thursday at Hawkeswood Metal in Nechells.
The editor of the Birmingham Mail, which started the fund, said the response had been "overwhelming".
Police said the site remains closed and post mortem examinations would take place on Monday.
Donations have been flooding in from across the country for the men, who were Spanish citizens originally from Gambia.
All the bodies were recovered from the rubble by Friday.
Mr Reeves said: "No money can ever fill the void left by a loved one, especially in a tragedy of this sort.
"But at least if the families are freed from the concerns of paying for funerals, travel for family members, and all the other immediate financial worries that get in the way of grieving, then it is worthwhile to raise some money to help.
"The response is overwhelming, and as well as the financial support, we hope this sends a message to the families that Birmingham cares about them and feels their pain."
The men have been named locally as Bangaly Dukureh, Ousman Jabbie, Alimamo Jammeh, Mohammed Jangana and Saibo Sillah. All are believed to married with children.
Relatives have said they want the bodies recovered for burial as soon as possible, in accordance with Muslim custom.
A sixth man, who escaped with a broken leg, is also a Spanish citizen of Gambian heritage.
Detectives have said they have a "reasonable idea" about what happened.
Hawkeswood Metal Recycling Ltd, which employs about 50 people, was established more than 40 years ago and says it deals with more than 500,000 tonnes of scrap metal each year at its Nechells site.
In 2012 it was fined £50,000 when a worker got his arm trapped in machinery. It also pleaded guilty at Birmingham Crown Court to a breach of health and safety law.
The plant was also the scene of a major fire in February this year, as 700 tonnes of scrap metal went up in flames. | A fund to raise money for the families of the five Birmingham wall collapse victims has passed £20,000. | 1.515593 | 2 |
16 January 2017 Last updated at 13:56 GMT
Moments after she accepted the nomination, Sinn Féin refused to put forward an individual for deputy first minister.
When nominating Mrs Foster, DUP MLA Maurice Morrow said no one would dictate who led the DUP and that in last year's assembly elections she received "the highest personal vote of any member of this house". | Stormont faces collapse despite the DUP's Arlene Foster accepting her party's nomination as first minister. | 0.804258 | 1 |
The 19-year-old's total score of 485.55 saw him finish behind Russia's Viktor Minibaev, who won silver with 493.25, and Frenchman Benjamin Auffret, who secured gold with 511.75.
Lee's compatriot Matthew Dixon finished sixth with 430.80,
Britain finished third in the medal table, behind hosts Ukraine and Russia.
Louis Toulson, 17, won individual 10m gold, before taking her second with Lee in the mixed 10m synchronised, while Ruby Bower and Phoebe Banks won gold in the women's 10m synchronised.
Noah Williams and Dixon took bronze in the men's 10m synchronised, while Freddie Woodward and James Heatly also won bronze in the men's 3m synchronised. | Matt Lee won bronze in the men's platform to take Great Britain's medal tally up to six on the final day of the European Diving Championships in Kiev. | 0.822273 | 1 |
The man, who cannot be named, told Merthyr Crown Court the incidents took place at the Trealaw Clinic in Pentre, Rhondda Cynon Taff, in 2011.
Dr Brian Harris, 77, worked for the NHS and in a private practice in Cardiff for 40 years.
He denies 13 counts of sexual assault, indecent assault and rape against five men between 1991 and 2011.
The jury of seven women and five men was shown a police interview with one of his alleged victims.
Breaking down in tears, the 49-year-old support worker said he felt he could not talk about the alleged assaults at the time.
He said: "Who would listen? I hadn't been well - the biggest thing was, would I be believed?"
The man was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder and also suffered from depression.
He said Dr Harris quizzed him about his physical and sexual relationship with a man he was in a relationship with.
On one occasion, which he described as "bizarre", he said Dr Harris took him into a room they did not normally use and showed him how to do press-ups.
Another time, he said the doctor instructed him to undress so he could examine him and then touched him.
"I was very uneasy," he said. "I remember thinking, 'please don't touch me'."
Eventually he reported the behaviour to another member of the mental health team.
The trial continues. | A man has told a court how he was sexually assaulted by his psychiatrist during consultations. | 0.936697 | 1 |
Gen Lloyd Austin, head of US Central Command, said the withdrawal was a precondition for US-led air strikes, which began on Wednesday night.
The Iraqi military then launched a final push to drive IS from the city.
Iraq had asked the US-led coalition to mount air strikes on militants in Tikrit after the offensive stalled.
Gen Austin told the US Senate Armed Services Committee about 4,000 Iraqi army and federal police personnel were now carrying out "clearing operations" in Tikrit.
He said the operation to retake Tikrit had stalled partly because ground forces were not being properly controlled by the Iraqi government.
He added that the campaign had also lacked a coherent plan for ground movements.
The US had insisted on a better plan and the pullback of the militia as preconditions for its involvement, he said.
"Once those conditions were met - which included Shia militia not being involved - then we were able to proceed," he told lawmakers.
The operation to retake the city, about 160km (100 miles) north of Baghdad, began earlier this month with more than 20,000 soldiers, police and Shia militiamen from the Popular Mobilisation (Hashid Shaabi).
Tikrit was the hometown of the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
The city fell to IS last June and its recapture is considered a key step towards driving the jihadist group from Iraq's second city of Mosul, to the north. | A US general says Iranian-backed Shia militia in Iraq are no longer leading the operation to recapture Tikrit from Islamic State (IS) militants. | 1.433479 | 1 |
CY Leung added he would review the way Hong Kong authorities are informed if a citizen breaks Chinese law.
One of the five, Lam Wing-kee, now back in Hong Kong, says he considered ending his life while he was detained.
Many believe the booksellers were detained because they sold gossipy books about China's leaders.
One of the men, Gui Minhai, is still in custody.
1. Lui Bo, general manager. Went missing: Shenzhen, 15 October 2015 Returned: March 2016
2. Cheung Jiping, business manager. Went missing: Dongguan, 15 October Returned: March 2016
3. Gui Minhai, co-owner. Went missing: Thailand, 17 October Still missing
4. Lam Wing-kee, manager. Went missing: Shenzhen, 23 October Returned: June 2016
5. Lee Po, shareholder. Went missing: 30 December - he says from the mainland, Mr Lam says it was from Hong Kong Returned: March 2016
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The chief executive said he believed there was "room for review and possibly improvement" in the system of notifications designed to let the Hong Kong government know if a person from the city breaks the law in China.
His comments reflect the fact that the Hong Kong authorities were not initially informed of the booksellers' arrest and detention.
Mr Lam was arrested while visiting the Chinese city of Shenzhen in October last year. He says he was taken, blindfolded, to the eastern city of Ningbo, where he was held until March.
In March, when three of his colleagues were released and returned to Hong Kong, Mr Lam was transferred to a room in the city of Shaoguan in Guangdong province, where he said he enjoyed more freedom.
He returned to Hong Kong last week, and he claims the Chinese authorities were expecting him to return to China with details of his customers, something he does not now plan to do. | Hong Kong's chief executive says he will take up the alleged kidnapping of five booksellers with the central Chinese government in Beijing. | 1.418029 | 1 |
Cooke won the first of GB's gold medals at Beijing in 2008, but since then Lizzie Armitstead has taken over as team leader.
That means Cooke could have to sacrifice gold to Armitstead, with whom she has had differences in the past.
But Cooke said recently: "I know deep down what it takes to win races."
In an interview recorded for Wales at the Olympics, Cooke, who is now based in Switzerland, added: "I have proven through my experience and my results what I'm capable of."
Cooke and Armitstead's relationship was strained at the 2011 World Championships in Copenhagen.
They were in the same GB women's team, with Armitstead the leader.
The team looked well-placed to contend for the title until a crash late in the race separated Armitstead from Cooke up ahead.
They have differing recollections of subsequent events, which saw Cooke set off for the line only to finish fourth, with Armitstead coming home seventh.
Matters came to a head when Armitstead told Cycling Weekly magazine of a furious row once the team had crossed the line, adding: "I've never seen her [Nicole] work for a team-mate. It was a unanimous decision that Nicole didn't do her job properly."
But Cooke says that the pair have now smoothed over their differences ahead of the Olympic road race in London on 29 July.
"Lizzie and I have spoken about what happened in the race [2011 World Championships], what's happened since. I have forgiven for what she did and how she reacted," insisted Cooke.
"And I think in a way it did highlight why we were under-performing as a team.
"We realised that if we went into the London Olympics like we went into the last World Championships we would probably under-perform again." | Welsh cyclist Nicole Cooke is in the UK for Sunday's Olympic road race with team orders likely to hinder her chances of another gold medal. | 0.923105 | 1 |
A man was reported to have attacked the girl off Rother View Road in Canklow at about 08:30 GMT.
He has been described as aged about 40, white with a slight tan, spiked blonde hair and a clean shaven face.
The man is said to be between 5ft 7in and 5ft 9in tall and wearing black jogging bottoms and a grey hooded jumper.
Additional police patrols will be present in the area over the next couple of days to reassure the local community, South Yorkshire Police said. | A 15-year-old girl has been raped in woodland in Rotherham, prompting a police investigation. | 0.279321 | 0 |
The 44-year-old Dutchman "intentionally insulted" King Willem-Alexander, accusing him of being a murderer, thief and rapist, the Dutch judiciary said.
He was convicted of breaking seldom-used royal defamation laws.
A Dutch political party has proposed scrapping the laws and the king has pledged to accept the outcome of any debate on the issue.
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The court in Overijssel suspended 16 days of the sentence and the man will not spend any more time in jail, having already spent 14 days in preventative custody last year.
He was found to have doctored images of executions online to include the king's face in place of those of the actual victims, the judiciary said.
"This behaviour is unacceptable in our society and demands that a penalty be imposed on the suspect," it said in a statement.
The Dutch D66 political party is campaigning to abolish the lese majeste law, which was last used in 2014 after an activist shouted obscene slogans about the royal family during a protest.
Prosecutors initially charged the protester but reversed the decision after the move was condemned as an attack on freedom of speech.
The Netherlands' lese majeste law dates from 1881 and carries sentences of up to five years jail or a fine of 20,000 euros ($22,200; £16,700).
In total 18 prosecutions were brought under the law between 2000 and 2012, half of which resulted in convictions, Dutch TV reported. | A court in the Netherlands has sentenced a man to 30 days in jail for insulting the king on Facebook. | 1.65262 | 2 |
Parts of Suffragette, which is expected to star Meryl Streep as the women's votes campaigner Emmeline Pankhurst, are to be filmed in the building.
The Administration Select Committee has granted permission.
Its chairman Sir Alan Haselhurst said he had been persuaded by the film's subject matter and the need to raise money for the upkeep of Parliament.
He told BBC Radio 4: "This is a test case to some extent. We are putting our toe in the water.
"Nobody is disadvantaged. It is taking place in a way that absolutely does not affect the normal operation of Parliament, and if it helps the bottom line, then I would have thought the public would say, 'You are being prudent.'"
Commercial filming has not been allowed inside Parliament in the past, with movie-makers forced to find alternative locations.
When Streep played Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady in 2011, Manchester Town Hall doubled for parts of the Palace of Westminster.
Suffragette will tell the story of Pankhurst, who frequently led protests around Westminster.
She was imprisoned for the first time in February 1908 when she attempted to enter the House of Commons.
Later that year, she was jailed again after being found guilty of inciting a rush on the House of Commons.
The film of her struggle is also expected to star Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Romola Garai and Ben Whishaw. | Permission has been granted for a major film to be shot inside the Houses of Parliament for the first time. | 1.521421 | 2 |
Robert Norman, 54, is charged with misconduct in a public office while working at Belmarsh, a top-security prison in south-east London.
He was allegedly paid more than £10,000 for 40 tips to reporter Stephen Moyes between 30 April 2006 and 1 May 2011.
Mr Norman, of Swanscombe, Kent, denies the charge against him.
Opening the case at the Old Bailey, prosecutor Julian Christopher QC said Mr Norman was an "extremely experienced" prison officer and a member of the Prison Officers Association, acting as union representative to colleagues.
The court heard Mr Norman first phoned the Daily Mirror in 2006 and gave Mr Moyes a story about staff cuts at the prison, for which he was paid £400.
The exclusive story described Belmarsh as a "terror prison" and ran alongside a photograph of one of its most notorious prisoners, radical preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri, the court heard.
As the relationship developed, it became a "two-way affair" and Mr Norman carried on dealing with Mr Moyes when the journalist moved to the News of the World, the court heard.
Mr Christopher said: "Sometimes Robert Norman would approach Stephen Moyes with something he thought would be of interest, at other times Stephen Moyes would approach Robert Norman for inside information about a topic in which he was interested, or for confirmation which he would not be able to get for free from the official channels at the Ministry of Justice press office.
"Effectively, Robert Norman became the journalist's paid mole within HMP Belmarsh."
The court heard that when Mr Norman was arrested in 2013 he maintained he had acted in the public interest as a whistleblower.
Cheques for the stories were made out to Mr Norman's son Daniel and the money was then transferred into Mr Norman's account, showing he was "worried about the trouble he would get into" if found out, Mr Christopher said.
The trial continues. | A prison officer became the "paid mole" of a reporter working at the Daily Mirror and News of the World over five years, a court has heard. | 1.141985 | 1 |
The loose-head has featured 12 times for Force in Super Rugby, having joined them from Western Province in 2014.
Van Wyk, 25, moves to Saints following the departure of Ethan Waller to Premiership rivals Worcester Warriors.
"He's a strong scrummager and still relatively young for a front row forward," Saints director of rugby Jim Mallinder told the club website.
"We believe that Francois has plenty of potential to continue improving and are pleased that he will be joining us at Franklin's Gardens next season."
Northampton had already signed fellow prop Jamal Ford-Robinson for the upcoming season, alongside Rob Horne, Cobus Reinach, Piers Francis and Mitch Eadie. | Northampton Saints have signed prop Francois van Wyk for the 2017-18 season from Super Rugby side Western Force. | 0.660007 | 1 |
The court case is being heard behind closed doors but Peter Madsen's explanation of what happened was released after a request from the defence and prosecution.
Ms Wall was last seen on Mr Madsen's submarine on the night of 10 August.
The search for her body continues.
In a statement, Copenhagen police also said that maritime authorities had determined the route the submarine travelled in Koge Bay and the Oresund strait before sinking.
Mr Madsen, 46, claims that he left her body somewhere in Koge Bay, south of Copenhagen, the police said. A search effort involving divers, helicopters and ships has been under way along the identified route since Friday.
The Danish inventor has been charged with negligent manslaughter. The police say they cannot release any more information at this time.
Peter Madsen's lawyer, Betina Hald Engmark, said her client had not admitted any wrongdoing. She said he had given evidence to the police during preliminary questioning and "information from this" had now emerged.
"My client has not confessed to anything, my client still pleads not guilty to the charges against him," she said.
Ms Wall, a 30-year-old journalist who wrote for several international publications, was first reported missing by her boyfriend after she failed to return from what should have been a short trip on the UC3 Nautilus submarine.
She had been researching a feature about Mr Madsen and his 40-tonne submarine, which at one stage was the largest privately-made vessel of its kind.
Police believe the submarine was deliberately sunk by Mr Madsen, who was rescued before being arrested.
Mr Madsen initially said he dropped Ms Wall off after dark on 10 August, close to where they had met earlier. But police later said he had given them a new account of events, which was not made public at the time. | A Danish inventor charged over the death of Swedish journalist Kim Wall has said she died in an accident on his submarine and he "buried" her at sea, Copenhagen police say. | 1.902689 | 2 |
"I did not slap him," El Hadary said. "I grabbed him by the shirt and threw a jersey in his face."
The 44-year-old, who became the oldest player at an Africa Cup of Nations last month, was left out of the Cairo club's 1-0 defeat by Al Ahly on Thursday.
Wadi Degla president Maged Samy has suggested he will transfer El Hadary.
Samy wrote on his Facebook page: "Available for transfer to the MLS (the US Major League Soccer) or Scandinavian leagues - veteran 44-years able to play two more years at top level."
El Hadary said he later received a call from Samy, who told him that he could resume training after Thursday's game, but did not dismiss the possibility of a transfer.
The veteran goalkeeper narrowly failed to add fifth Nations Cup title to his collection in February as Egypt were beaten 2-1 in the final by Cameroon. | Egypt goalkeeper Essam El Hadary has denied slapping Wadi Degla team-mate Khaled Walid but could be forced out of the club after the incident. | 0.674304 | 1 |
It is a first ATP quarter-final for Edmund, 20, who next plays world number six Tomas Berdych.
Yorkshireman Edmund, ranked 102nd in the world, is projected to better his career-high ranking of 99th when the new standings are released next week.
He is joined in the quarter-finals by world number one Novak Djokovic.
The Serb beat Fernando Verdasco 6-2 6-2, while world number five Rafael Nadal progressed with a 6-3 6-2 win over Robin Haase. | British number three Kyle Edmund beat Spain's Daniel Munoz de la Nava 5-7 6-3 7-6 (7-3) to reach the last eight of the Qatar Open. | 0.693962 | 1 |
Former ambulance driver Michael Kearns, 46, cut up an ambulance on its way to hospital in Chelmsford, Essex.
He pulled his car in front of the vehicle and then hit the driver, the city's crown court heard.
Kearns denied dangerous driving and assault, but was found guilty and given a nine-month suspended sentence.
Judge Patricia Lynch banned Kearns from driving for a year.
She also ordered Kearns, of Broomfield, Chelmsford, to complete unpaid community work.
The court heard he struck a glancing blow and his victim was not badly hurt.
Tom Nicholson Pratt, mitigating for Kearns, said he had suffered from post-traumatic stress after being attacked several times while working as an ambulance driver.
"He only threw one punch which connected - the driver referred to it glancing off his cheek," he said.
Kearns cared for his sick mother and worked as a driver transporting organs for transplant, he said.
Prosecutor Alex Sutter-Green told the court there was an elderly patient in the back of the vehicle and a paramedic travelling in the ambulance witnessed the attack.
"The defendant got out, opened the door and punched the victim," he said.
The court heard Kearns had a previous assault conviction following a similar incident in 2013.
Judge Lynch said: "You have led an otherwise good and industrious life.
"The post-traumatic stress from your previous work helps explain why an otherwise sensible and sane person commits offences such as this.
"It is a very serious matter and it is just not acceptable." | An organ transplant driver said to have post-traumatic stress after being assaulted at work launched a road rage attack on an ambulance driver. | 0.977433 | 1 |
The death watch beetles are eating away at 900-year-old Hay Castle, and work to tackle the problem is beginning as part of a planned restoration of the site.
Last week conservationists discovered there was current activity by the beetles in the castle's timbers.
The castle was built in the late 12th Century by the powerful Norman Lord William de Braose.
It was formerly owned by Richard Booth, the man credited with transforming the fortunes of the town of Hay by making it a worldwide name for second-hand books, but in 2011 it was taken over the Hay Castle trust.
Managing director Nancy Lavin Albert told BBC Wales: "Any ancient timber conservationist would not be totally shocked to find evidence of death watch beetles in a structure of this age.
"We knew there was evidence of death watch beetles [in 2011] because we could see the very distinctive flight holes of the death watch beetle which are quite large."
After monitoring the timbers, they discovered current activity by the beetles, but are not sure yet of the extent of the problem.
She added: "It's very hard to treat chemically. The main thing we can do .... is to keep the timbers dry."
The trust has received £0.5m in development funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund and are applying for £5m in total to transform the castle, conserving its medieval and Jacobean buildings and creating a new centre for arts and culture. | Tiny beetles are threatening to do what centuries of siege and war failed to do to a Powys castle: bring it down. | 2.461426 | 2 |
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The Lionesses beat Serbia 7-0 away on Tuesday, but had been told before the match that victory would not guarantee qualification for July's tournament.
However, it emerged on Wednesday that England's win assured them one of the six best runners-up slots and a place in the finals in the Netherlands.
"It is a bit curious. We were confident ourselves," said coach Mark Sampson.
"We did the maths and were clear that we would be going to Holland next year, but of course you have to wait for the official governing body to give you the go-ahead.
"It was nice to get that eventually this morning. With the players all together at the airport, we had a little celebration. Not on the pitch - but at Heathrow."
England captain Steph Houghton told BBC Radio 5 live: "We would have liked to have known last night, but now we can concentrate on next summer."
England will take part in an expanded 16-team tournament with hosts Netherlands, holders Germany, France, Norway, Spain and Switzerland also certain to be there.
Scotland are one of seven teams assured of at least a runners-up finish in the qualifying groups, but who may yet face a two-legged play-off to make sure of their place.
England coach Sampson says that he hopes his side can eclipse their third-placed finish at last year's World Cup.
"The target has got to be to go a little bit further. We want to be a nightmare for whichever team we face and try to come back with the trophy," he added. | England women have qualified for Euro 2017 without kicking a ball after an administrative error. | 0.811132 | 1 |
In one part of the Golden State, prices hit $5.69 a gallon (£0.91 per litre), $1.20 more than the California average.
The situation has been magnified by pollution limits requiring a special fuel blend during the summer.
Officials insisted California was not running out of petrol, and one refinery has already resumed production.
The refinery had gone offline because of a power cut, exacerbating the supply problems.
"People may not find gas at a price that they like and there may be some stations where they used to get it that they can't, but our analysis says there is enough gasoline to meet demand," Alison Roberts, a spokeswoman with the California Energy Commission (CEC), told Reuters news agency.
Fuel price spikes particularly affect the state's independent petrol station operators, who pay a higher price for their supplies than some national chains.
Some have closed down their pumps rather than cut into profit margins. Costco, a giant discount store chain that sells large volumes of petrol, closed 14 of its 40 Los Angeles-area stations. Five were expected to reopen on Friday.
As prices increased over the past week, the California Independent Oil Marketers Association requested a waiver from the state's air board requesting to use the so-called winter-blend before the scheduled 1 November switchover.
A spokesman for the California Air Resources Board said there was no timeline for the decision.
Petrol prices are still relatively high around the US, averaging $3.79 a gallon, 39 cents higher than this time last year, according to the American Automobile Association.
But several disruptions have pushed California's average fuel price past Hawaii, which usually has nation's most expensive petrol. As of Friday, the state's average was $4.49 per gallon.
A fire at a Chevron refinery in Richmond on 6 August, one of the region's largest, has left it producing at a reduced capacity.
A pipeline that moves crude to Northern California was also shut down and two plants closed for preventative maintenance.
An Exxon Mobil refinery in Torrance had a power failure, disrupting production for several days, but has since resumed normal operations. | A sharp rise in fuel prices in California linked to state supply shortages has forced some petrol stations to close temporarily. | 1.832175 | 2 |
With further applicants due for assessment next month, it could be the largest intake for 10 years.
The Kirk expects hundreds of ministers to retire in the next 10 years.
"We're no different to other professions facing up to retirement challenges, like GPs and teachers" said Rev Neil Glover.
Rev Glover, the convener of the Church's Ministries Council, said that although the Church had been "slow to get to grips with the scale of the problem", it was now a "top priority".
"We currently have just over 800 ministers, and more than 400 of them are aged 55 or over," he said.
"Ministers tend to work a bit beyond the normal pension age, but we now need to recruit 30 new trainees every year.
"With around 10 ministers usually returning to parish ministry or joining us each year we will be able to continue serving our parishes."
Louise Purden and her father Rev John McPake are at the opposite ends of ministry.
Louise, 39, has just been accepted as a trainee while her 67-year-old father has come out of retirement to work part-time as an associate minister at Edinburgh's Gorgie Dalry Parish Church.
Ms Purden said she had never come under any pressure from her father to follow in his footsteps but she recently started feeling "butterflies in her tummy" the more she thought about becoming a minister.
"I have worked for the Church for many years doing various things - youth and children's work - and people have often said to me in the past "have you ever thought about being a minister?", to which I very quickly replied "no, it is not for me".
Her father entered the ministry at Edinburgh's Liberton Northfield in his mid-40s , and said he is "very encouraged and pleased" with his daughter's decision.
"In a way I am not surprised but I never asked her if she was interested in becoming a minister - I just felt that if it was right, God would lead her forward in that direction." | The Church of Scotland is welcoming its largest number of trainee ministers in five years, with 27 new candidates accepted for training so far this year. | 0.983903 | 1 |
The Bluebirds are seven points adrift of the Championship play-off places and have been placed under a transfer embargo.
Slade has insisted he is still the man to lead the club but Dalman says his position is under scrutiny.
"He knows the pressures; he's done this job before," Dalman said.
"Russell knows the score. I talk to him on a regular basis and he knows what's ahead.
"He has been here for a while with us and of course his position comes under scrutiny, it always has been. To say it never has been would not be true.
"The jury's out on every single one of us every time we have to deliver something."
Cardiff have been placed under a transfer embargo by the Football League following a breach of Financial Fair Play rules.
The Bluebirds have become the fourth Championship club currently under a transfer embargo, joining Bolton, Fulham and Nottingham Forest.
The embargo will be in place for the rest of the January transfer window.
Slade confirmed he had spoken with club owner Vincent Tan but said there would be no talks over a new contract for him this month.
The former Leyton Orient manager says Tan is still as committed as ever to the club and denied suggestions the Malaysian's scaling-back of club finances showed a lack of backing.
"You see bigger clubs building castles and thinking the investment they put in will give them a great chance, but it doesn't guarantee it," Slade said.
"You've got to cut your cloth accordingly. There are rules in place."
Slade continued: "You can't just go spending £5m here or there. Whatever we do it will have to be under financial constraints." | Cardiff City chairman Mehmet Dalman says the "jury is still out" on manager Russell Slade. | 0.798946 | 1 |
Former Irish League top scorer Gormley suffered the injury during a reserve team game against Norwich City last week and will have surgery next week.
Gormley, 25, starred in pre-season but struggled for form when Posh's League One season started.
The forward won back-to-back Irish Premiership titles with Cliftonville.
Gormley, 25, moved to London Road in June after scoring 40 goals in Northern Ireland for Cliftonville in 2014-15.
He was named the Northern Ireland Football Writers' Player of the Year in 2014. | Peterborough United striker Joe Gormley could be sidelined for up to a year after snapping the cruciate ligaments in his left knee. | 0.639794 | 1 |
Novellino won one point from his four games and leaves with Palermo in the Serie A drop zone with six games left.
He lost his last match 3-0 to Lazio.
Ballardini returns for a second spell this season after being sacked in January and this is the second time this campaign Zamparini has re-appointed a manager he had fired.
Zamparini also re-hired Giuseppe Iachini in February, having sacked him in November, but the 75-year-old says even if the club go down, Ballardini's job will be safe.
"For the first time it's in the contract that he'll stay if we stay up," he said.
"And he's prepared to remain even if we go down to Serie B, which is fine with me. I'll fight over a lot of things with him but not football."
Palermo's game against Lazio on Sunday was halted twice because of crowd trouble, while visiting midfielder Antonio Candreva narrowly avoided an exploding flare.
Seats and flares were thrown on to the pitch by Palermo fans and play was halted temporarily once in each half. | Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini has made an eighth coaching change of the season by firing Walter Novellino, with Davide Ballardini his replacement. | 0.854331 | 1 |
Tory MP Andrew Rosindell raised a query about the shadow work and pensions secretary, saying people must be "put in positions they can handle".
Ms Reeves said via Twitter that his words implied a "Tory women problem".
Downing Street has dismissed suggestions that pregnant MPs should not be given cabinet jobs.
Ms Reeves has said she plans to take maternity leave within weeks of the general election on 7 May, and is due to have her second child on 15 June.
She told the Daily Mail: "I'm having a child and I shall be on maternity leave for the early weeks and months of the next government.
"The first thing I would do is abolish the bedroom tax. That's something I can do really quickly. My baby's due in June and I want to cancel the bedroom tax before I go on maternity leave."
The government rejects the term "bedroom tax" used by Labour and other critics for the policy under which social tenants who are deemed to have more bedrooms than they need are subject to a cut in housing benefit.
When asked about the prime minister's views on whether women should serve in the cabinet while pregnant, Mr Cameron's official spokesman said: "Why on earth not?"
But Mr Rosindell, the MP for Romford, told the paper: "I don't want to say someone who is having a baby is not eligible to be a cabinet minister, but I certainly think perhaps the demands of that particular job will require someone to give it their full attention.
"I don't expect Rachel Reeves to be in the cabinet after the election because I expect the Conservatives to win, but clearly people need to be put in the positions they can handle."
Ms Reeves later responded via Twitter to Mr Rosindell's comments, saying: "300,000 women a yr take maternity leave but @AndrewRosindell thinks can't do big job & be a mum. Tory women problem?"
Mr Cameron's official spokesman also said the prime minister regarded maternity leave entitlements as "universal", adding: "It is entirely a matter for individual families to take the decisions that they think are right for them, and the government's job is to support them in those decisions they take." | Labour frontbencher Rachel Reeves has rejected suggestions that she would not be able to give a top government job her "full attention", while pregnant. | 1.158312 | 1 |
The 65-year-old victim, who has not yet been formally identified, was discovered at a property in Cottage Walk on Tuesday afternoon.
His death was originally treated as unexplained and officers have said he may have died up to four weeks ago.
A post-mortem examination on Friday afternoon revealed he died from stab wounds.
Officers were called to the address after a member of the public raised concerns about the man's welfare, West Midlands Police said.
Det Insp Ian Iliffe said the victim was known to be alive on 5 May and appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
"It is possible that he may have been dead for up to four weeks but we are currently in the process of establishing the circumstances," he said. | A murder investigation has been opened three days after a man's body was found at an address in West Bromwich. | 0.77626 | 1 |
The resort cities of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee have suffered the majority of the damage.
More than four dozen people have been injured by the fire, and hundreds of buildings burned to their foundations.
Authorities say the fire is about 10% contained and "could still rear its head".
Over 14,000 people have been evacuated, and schools across the region have been closed.
As the flames die down in some areas, other risks to firefighters are becoming a greater threat, Gatlinburg's fire chief says.
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"A new challenge that the weather is creating for us after the fire is we are experiencing some small mudslides and rock slides because there's no longer that foliage that's holding everything together," Chief Greg Miller said at a press conference.
Police raised the death toll to seven on Wednesday afternoon after discovering three more bodies.
They did not provide any details regarding the circumstances of the deaths.
Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters told reporters: "We certainly want to pray for those families, the folks involved in the fatalities. We continue to try to identity them. We haven't been able to yet."
Officials in Gatlinburg hope to allow residents to return to the town on Friday, but for now the mandatory evacuation order remains in place.
Gatlinburg Mayor Mike Werner called for tourists to support the area by coming to visit the region which includes the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and draws more than 11 million people annually.
"We're going to be OK - that's our message - we're going to be OK," said Mayor Werner, who lost his own home and business in the blaze.
"If you really want to do something for Gatlinburg ... come back and visit us."
Dollywood, the resort owned by country music star Dolly Parton in the mountain town of Pigeon Forge, was largely spared, though the flames licked its doorstep.
There is a rain system currently moving through the area, but officials fear that not enough will fall to stem the spread of the fire, which has already burned for several weeks due to drought conditions.
In other parts of the US South, severe thunderstorms and tornados have led to five deaths and dozens of injuries. | The death toll from the wildfires raging in several southern US states has risen to seven as search-and-rescue operations continue. | 1.44501 | 1 |
Samuel Garner, 17, died on 1 May after being hit by a stolen BMW on Welford Road, Leicester, three days before his 18th birthday.
The Leicester City fan had spent the afternoon watching his side's 1-1 draw with Manchester United.
Reece Webster will appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.
Mr Webster, of Wensley Rise, has also been charged with driving while disqualified, failing to stop after a road accident, having no insurance, handling stolen goods and possession of cannabis.
An 18-year-old man arrested in connection with the crash has been released on bail.
Mr Garner sustained serious injuries following the collision with the stolen vehicle and died at the scene.
The vehicle was stolen from Blaby, Leicestershire, on 29 April, Leicestershire Police said.
It was found burned out on 2 May on College Road, Whetstone.
During an emotional appeal for information on Thursday, Samuel's parents, Scott and Tracie, said the family had been due to go to Prague to celebrate his birthday.
One of his Samuel's friends described how she tried to pull him away from the BMW.
A teenage girl also suffered injuries, but these were described as minor. | A 19-year-old man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a boy was killed in a hit-and-run crash. | 0.767458 | 1 |
The 21-year-old from Scotland raced to victory in 28.67 seconds to take 0.26 seconds off the mark set by American Jessica Galli five years ago.
There was another world record in the women's club throw F51 as American Rachael Morrison recorded 23.17 metres.
The world silver medallist eclipsed Britain's Jo Butterfield's record set in Rio last year by 36cm.
Find out how to get into disability sport with our special guide. | British wheelchair racer Sammi Kinghorn has set a new world record in the 200m T53 at the Arizona Grand Prix. | 0.618769 | 1 |
27 March 2015 Last updated at 15:46 GMT
It's after our big food survey, which showed more than half of kids don't eat any vegetables on a daily basis.
The latest figures also show one in three kids in the UK is overweight or obese.
One of the big things being blamed for that is the amount of sugar we're eating - sometimes without even realising.
Ricky's been looking into the hidden sugar in our food... | All this week Newsround is looking at food - how it affects us and how we can eat more healthily. | 2.069245 | 2 |
12 March 2017 Last updated at 14:58 GMT
It's a Hindu spring festival that came from India but is now celebrated all over the world.
Holi is also known as the "festival of colours" or the "festival of love".
Watch Martin's video guide to it, including why people throw coloured powder at each other! | Millions of people around the world are celebrating Holi at the moment. | 1.757758 | 2 |
Brett this week told BBC Scotland he hoped to have a future with Cowdenbeath but would accept their decision.
And the 24-year-old has now been dismissed by the Central Park club.
This week Brett was also banned by the Scottish FA for four matches, with a further four suspended, for offensive posts on Twitter.
Brett was initially suspended by Cowden as a result of the betting offences, which came to light after the SFA looked at his Twitter account over the alleged offensive tweets.
It was found that he had placed 2,787 bets, with eight of those against his own team, and five of those involving matches in which he played. Players in Scotland are not allowed to bet on any football matches.
Brett had faced a traumatic few years in his personal life, with his 22-year-old wife having died of cancer in January 2015, four months after their daughter Mollie, who was born prematurely, had died.
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Cowdenbeath revealed a club hearing over the betting offences had determined the player was guilty of gross misconduct, and said it was with a "very heavy heart" that the board decided to dismiss the player.
A statement read: "The board's duty was clear. A player betting on his own team to lose, often in matches in which he was playing, is not a situation Cowdenbeath FC could accept or excuse. Simply put, no Cowdenbeath FC player committing such an act could remain in the employ of the club.
"The board of Cowdenbeath FC therefore has today conveyed to Dean its decision is that he is dismissed and his employment has been terminated without notice. We believe this decision to be one that any reasonable employer would make and that it is both fair and reasonable in the circumstances."
The club also revealed that the SFA had found Brett guilty of making "comments upon a social networking site, namely Twitter, that were of a discriminatory, and offensive nature, based upon sexual orientation as well as comments that were otherwise of an offensive nature," resulting in the ban. | Cowdenbeath defender Dean Brett has been sacked by the League Two club after admitting betting against his own team. | 0.877392 | 1 |
Mr Ramos, 40, was shot along with his partner Wenjian Liu, 32, in Brooklyn.
New York's police chief says they were "targeted for their uniform".
The gunman - who subsequently killed himself - had posted anti-police messages online, amid continuing tensions over police tactics.
Mr Ramos's funeral will take place in Queens on Saturday.
Friends and colleagues paid tribute to Mr Ramos at the wake on Friday. "He was this beam of light," said Elizabeth Vidal, who had known Mr Ramos for more than a decade.
Captain Sergio Centa, Mr Ramos's commander, told the Associated Press news agency that Mr Ramos had been studying to be a pastor.
"He had Bible study books in his locker, which is rare for a police officer, but that goes to show you the type of man he was,'' he said.
Thousands of police officers from around the country are expected to join US Vice-President Joe Biden for the funeral service.
The gunman, named as 28-year-old Ismaaiyl Brinsley, had a history of mental instability, according to police.
After the shooting in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area, Brinsley ran into a subway station where he killed himself.
Before shooting them, Brinsley suggested on social media that he was planning to kill police in retaliation for the death of Eric Garner, a black man who died when white officers tried to arrest him for selling single cigarettes in New York.
A grand jury decided not to indict an officer over his death.
Last month, another grand jury also cleared a white officer in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old, in Ferguson, Missouri.
Both grand jury decisions triggered nationwide protests. | Hundreds of people have gathered in New York for the wake of Rafael Ramos, one of two police officers who were shot and killed while sitting in their patrol car. | 1.443425 | 1 |
The group of 11 were trapped between floors two and three at the Riverside car park on Boxing Day after watching The Force Awakens at the cinema.
Martin Burge, who posted pictures of the incident on Twitter, said the fire brigade freed them after 45 minutes.
"It began to get pretty hot", he said.
"My sister was with me and we pushed the [alarm] button but no-one answered.
"We then held it down and no-one answered again so we started knocking and waving.
"My sister then wrote "help" in condensation in the window and we finally flagged someone down outside.
"It wasn't as dramatic as in the movies. Quite surprisingly, everyone was very calm and rather bemused."
The 23-year-old from Attleborough said they communicated with people outside by writing in their phones to try and get help.
First reported in the Eastern Daily Press, the fire brigade was called by security at 17:45 GMT and the group was released after about 45 minutes.
Mr Burge said it would not put him off using lifts in future, but added "maybe if I'm parked on just the second floor I'll get the stairs next time".
The BBC has contacted car park operator Riverside Entertainment for comment. | Star Wars fans failed to use the force when they became stuck in a lift in Norwich but did manage to summon assistance by writing "help" in a steamed-up window. | 0.878986 | 1 |
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue helped 26 Easingwold School pupils off the vehicle when it became stranded near Newton-on-Ouse just after 08:00 GMT.
None of the children was injured in the incident.
North Yorkshire County Council said the bus driver went through a road closure sign and it would be investigating.
In a statement it said the route taken by the bus, operated by Stephenson's of Easingwold, had been closed due to flooding.
The bus operator apologised and said it was carrying out a detailed investigation.
"We put road closure signs out during flooding for a very good reason - to keep people safe," said Councillor Don Mackenzie.
"It is not possible to tell how deep the water is on flooded roads and drivers can quickly find themselves in trouble, along with their passengers."
Dave Stephenson, from the bus operator, said: "We have yet to interview the driver but obviously as soon as we speak to him we will know more about what's happened.
"We express our sincere apologies to the children who were on the service this morning as well as to their families for this unfortunate incident."
North Yorkshire Police said they would be investigating how the bus became stranded on the eight-mile (12km) journey to the school.
Head teacher Phil Benaiges said: "A number of students were brought into school but most went home with their parents to get warm and dry.
"Some were upset and all were cold and wet."
River levels remain high following flooding over the Christmas and New Year period and around 15 roads across North Yorkshire remain closed.
The fire service and police said it was essential motorists did not attempt to drive through flood water.
Further heavy rainfall on Monday virtually cut off the seaside town of Whitby where the fire service had to rescue two people from a car which became trapped by flood water. | A bus carrying almost 30 school children became stuck in flood water near York after the driver allegedly ignored a road closure sign. | 1.460331 | 1 |
The 28-year-old Englishman, who tied for 37th at last week's US Open, opened at Gut Laerchenhof with a two-over-par 74 that contained two double bogeys.
Three birdies in a second-round 70 left him level par, a shot outside the cut.
Kiradech Aphibarnrat shot seven birdies and an eagle in an eight-under-par second-round 64 to share the lead with Raphael Jacquelin and Henrik Stenson.
We've launched a new BBC Sport newsletter, bringing all the best stories, features and video right to your inbox. You can sign up here. | Masters champion Danny Willett missed the halfway cut at the BMW International in Germany. | 0.627723 | 1 |
Brian Croxton, 77, died in hospital after the incident outside the Brass Band Club in Royton, Oldham, on the night of 8 December.
The 23-year-old is also accused of failing to stop and failing to report a collision.
She was released on bail, police said.
Paying tribute to Mr Croxton, his family said he was president of the club for more than 10 years and "his life revolved" around it.
Sgt Lee Westhead, of Greater Manchester Police, said: "We made an arrest yesterday in the Royton area and have also seized a car for forensic examination.
"The investigation is still very much ongoing and my team is still keen to speak to people who were on Sandy Lane on the night of the collision, or anyone with any information." | A woman was arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving after a former brass band club president died in a suspected hit-and-run crash. | 0.777402 | 1 |
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Esposito won with 1,372 points ahead of France's Elodie Clouvel (1,356) and Poland's Oktawia Nowacka (1,349).
Kate French was GB's highest-placed finisher in sixth place with 1,331.
Team-mate Samantha Murray, the silver medallist at London 2012, was ninth with a score of 1,321.
Find out how to get into modern pentathlon with our special guide.
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The match at the Caledonian Stadium will now be played on Tuesday, 12 April, with a 19:45 BST kick-off.
Up to 12 Hearts players have been suffering from gastroenteritis and an under-20s match was cancelled to provide cover.
Head coach Robbie Neilson was concerned about the bug spreading.
"Players had been away on Scotland Under-21 duty and a couple of the guys from other teams had had it," he told BBC Scotland.
"They came back here, John Souttar had it and it looks like it has spread from there and all five of them that went away last week with the 21s were down with it and a few other guys as well.
"The worry is that it then spreads even further through the club and possibly even up to Inverness with the Inverness players.
"So, the doctor's made the decision we're going to have to close this place down for two days, get it cleared out and hopefully by the time we come back in on Thursday be ready to go.
"If we finally get up there next Tuesday, that'll be the third attempt to get the game played and we're desperate to get it done. It's three journeys, three hotels paid for, three bus journeys paid for so it's been an expensive trip this time."
The Scottish Professional Football League said in a statement Hearts applied for the postponement as the majority of their first-team squad were affected by injuries or illness and they had only one fit goalkeeper over the age of 16.
It added: "The Heart of Midlothian FC doctor has provided written evidence to the SPFL of the injuries and sickness of all those affected and has also advised of the potential for further infection, both of other squad members and of players and staff of Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC.
"In these exceptional circumstances, the SPFL has agreed to the postponement request."
Hearts are scheduled to play Aberdeen at Tyencastle on Friday evening.
"It's important that we get Friday's game done and then try and get the game done next Tuesday because it's an important period for everyone, not just ourselves but the other teams as well trying to get into the top six," added Neilson. | Inverness Caledonian Thistle's Scottish Premiership match against Hearts on Tuesday is off because a virus left the away side with "few fit players". | 0.923958 | 1 |
That was half a million fewer than the audience for the launch of the previous series in January this year.
Yet the ratings were up on the launch of last summer's show, which debuted in August 2015 with a 2.2 million average.
Christopher Biggins, former glamour model Sam Fox and ex-EastEnders actor Ricky Norwood are among the latest edition's 15 celebrity housemates.
Others include reality show personalities Saira Khan, Marnie Simpson and Katie Waissel, from The Apprentice, Geordie Shore and The X Factor respectively.
Celebrity Big Brother was beaten in its 21:00 BST timeslot on Thursday by both Hugh's War on Waste on BBC One and The Investigator: A British Crime Story on ITV.
The former attracted an average audience of 3.6 million, while the latter drew an average viewership of 2.5 million.
Celebrity Big Brother's peak audience came around the 22:00 mark, when 2.5 million viewers were watching the show.
The ratings are only provisional overnight figures - final numbers including viewers who recorded programmes and watched them later will be released in seven days.
All figures mentioned include +1 timeshift viewing.
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram at bbcnewsents, or email [email protected]. | The launch of Channel 5's latest series of Celebrity Big Brother was watched by an average 2.3 million viewers. | 1.131609 | 1 |
The cyclists will cover about 118 miles (190km) from Carlisle to Kendal during the second stage on 5 September.
They will travel along the repaired A591 at Dunmail Raise and cross the temporary structure at Pooley Bridge.
The county was hard hit by the floods in December and tourism bosses hope the race will showcase its recovery.
The cyclists will also face the steep climb from Ambleside known as "the Struggle", as well as visiting Grasmere, Windermere and Bowness.
In recent years the Tour of Britain has added millions of pounds to Cumbria's economy, with last year's contribution bringing in an estimated £1.5m.
Councillor Keith Little, Cumbria County Council cabinet member for highways and transport, said: "Few can forget the images of devastation to the county's roads and bridges last winter, so I'm particularly pleased the route will take in many of our communities affected by the floods and includes many of the repaired roads and bridges.
"The Tour of Britain gives us a golden opportunity to show a worldwide television audience that Cumbria is very much open for business and bouncing back."
Mick Bennett, Tour of Britain race director, said: "[This] ...will be a great opportunity for the people of Cumbria to showcase their county and the beautiful scenery, while at the same time providing a stern test for the riders in what will be a challenging stage.
"The route has been designed to take in many of the communities affected by the flooding, while at the same time incorporating iconic climbs like The Struggle, so we can't wait to see the Cumbrian crowds lining the route." | The Tour of Britain route through Cumbria will pass through some of the areas worst hit by the winter's storms, it has been revealed. | 1.281517 | 1 |
The company is investing £15m and the Welsh Government £5m.
The work will take place at GE Aviation's Nantgarw site which already employs 1,400 people, with extra jobs likely to come.
The announcement follows First Minister Carwyn Jones' meeting with US company executives in Washington DC.
The funding will be used to equip the Nantgarw facility and improve the skills of the workforce over the next five years to ensure it is ready to maintain the GE9X fleet when it begins service with Boeing.
"This is a great day for Wales and particularly for our communities across the Valleys", said GE Aviation Wales managing director La-Chun Lindsay.
"More than 85% of our employees are from the surrounding area and are thus firmly rooted in our local community.
"I'm so pleased that securing the GE9X means that future generations will have the chance to fulfil their dreams of working at GE Aviation Wales and will have the same fantastic opportunities that have existed throughout the site's proud history."
Carwyn Jones said: "I am delighted Welsh Government is supporting this very significant investment in one of our flagship operations.
"GE Aviation Wales is one of the largest aircraft engine maintenance facilities in the world and today's announcement ensures it will maintain its position as the global centre of excellence for wide bodied jet engines that will now also include GE's latest engine, the GE9X."
The news was also welcomed by Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns, who said the investment underlined Wales' reputation as a leader in aviation technology, adding: "Once again, the skill of the Welsh workforce has proven a world beater." | Wales has been chosen by GE Aviation to provide maintenance and repair for the world's largest and most fuel efficient jet engine, the GE9X. | 1.057106 | 1 |
The pair came together on 160-4 and enjoyed a fifth-wicket stand of 359, beating the 312 made by Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes against Pakistan in 2015.
Shakib also passed Tamim's score of 206 from that game, a Tigers Test record.
Mushfiqur was caught behind for 159 and Shakib bowled for 217 as the tourists closed on 542-7 in Wellington.
Shakib, dropped on four on Thursday, hit 31 fours in his 276-ball innings - only the third time a Bangladesh player had made a Test double century - but did not initially realise he had beaten Tamim's record.
"I thought his score was 214 but when I ran that single and saw Tamim was clapping, I thought OK - the highest," he said.
Shakib and Mushfiqur's partnership was also the fourth highest fifth-wicket stand by anyone in Test history, the fourth highest for any wicket against the Kiwis, and the third highest in the Basin Reserve's 87 years as a Test venue.
Bangladesh have never won a Test against New Zealand, after three draws and eight losses in their previous 11 matches - having beaten England for the first time in October.
This game is the first of a two-Test series. | Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim shared Bangladesh's highest partnership in international cricket on day two of the first Test against New Zealand. | 0.99193 | 1 |
Rohith Vemula, a PhD student, killed himself inside the campus of Hyderabad Central University last month.
He was one of five Dalit, formerly known as untouchables, students who were protesting against their expulsion from the university's housing facility.
Mr Vemula's friends have blamed the university's top officials and a federal minister for his death.
The BBC Hindi's Imran Qureshi says the protesting students decided to return to classes after arriving at a "conditional agreement" with the newly appointed vice-chancellor of the university.
The university has already revoked the suspension of the four other Dalit students following the uproar over Mr Vemula's death.
The university was shut on 18 January after Mr Vemula, a research scholar, took his own life.
Mr Vemula's friends want action to be taken against the university's senior officials as well as federal minister Bandaru Dattatreya, who is accused of pressurising university officials to take action against the Dalit students.
Students across India have held protests over the incident.
Mr Vemula and the four other students faced allegations last year that they attacked a member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) - the student wing of India's ruling BJP. They all denied the charge.
The university cleared them in an initial inquiry, but reversed its decision in December.
The five Dalit students were subsequently barred from using the university's housing and other facilities, reports say, prompting their supporters to allege they had been subject to a "social boycott". | A university in south India has reopened after protests over the death of a Dalit student forced it to shut. | 1.706856 | 2 |
They say the robbers armed with hacksaws targeted the resting places of the emperor's parents and grandparents in the north-western Shaanxi province.
Damaged coffins were found and relics taken from the tombs, reports say.
The officials say they also discovered a 30m (99ft) tunnel leading into the mausoleum.
Some reports suggest the grave robbers were so well-equipped they laid electricity cables along the tunnel and installed fans to pump air into the tombs.
The raided mausoleum lies in the ancient Chinese capital of Xian, where China's earliest leaders are buried.
Nearby is the resting place of Emperor Qin, who after a series of punishing wars unified the country in 221BC.
Most famously his mausoleum is guarded by the terracotta warriors which are believed to protect the emperor in the afterlife.
The robbery was discovered last month by guards but it has only now been reported, apparently because of the sensitivity of the site. | Nine people have been arrested after robbing the ancestral tombs of China's first Emperor Qin Shihuang, Chinese officials say. | 2.405839 | 2 |
The BfV said a hacker group thought to work for the Russian state had attacked Germany's parliament in 2015.
This week it emerged that hackers linked to the same group had also targeted the Christian Democratic Union party of Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Russia has yet to respond publicly to the accusations made by the BfV.
BfV head Hans-Georg Maassen said Germany was a perennial target of a hacker gang known as Sofacy/APT 28 that some other experts also believe has close links with the Russian state. This group is believed by security experts to be affiliated with the Pawn Storm group that has been accused of targeting the CDU party.
Sofacy/APT 28 is believed to have been formed in 2004 and has been blamed for a wide range of attacks on both governments and financial institutions.
The attacks on German state organisations and institutions were carried out to gather intelligence data, Mr Maassen said.
He added that his agency had been monitoring the group for years. He said some of its hack attacks on Germany had been ongoing for more than a decade.
The attack on the German parliament sought to install software that would have given the attackers permanent access to computers used by staff and MPs. Other attacks involved gathering data about critical infrastructure such as power plants and other utilities, Mr Maassen said.
"Cyber space is a place of hybrid warfare," he said. "It opens up new operating areas for espionage and sabotage." | Germany's domestic intelligence agency has accused Russia of being behind a series of cyber attacks on German state computer systems. | 1.782111 | 2 |
In an emotional speech after his side's final league game against Leicester on Sunday, the 35-year-old, who was out of contract in the summer, said he wanted to remain at the club.
"Everyone knows I'm Chelsea through and through," said the ex-England skipper.
"I am looking forward to next season under the new manager and hopefully we can make it a successful one."
Chelsea will be managed next season by Italy boss Antonio Conte, who takes over from Guus Hiddink.
Terry has made 703 first-team appearances for the Blues, having started his professional career at Stamford Bridge in 1998.
Chairman Bruce Buck said: "We are delighted John will spend another year at the club.
"He has been the leader of the Chelsea squad throughout the most successful period in our history. He recently reached the 700-appearance mark, which is testament to his professionalism and dedication as well as his undoubted talent."
Terry has won four Premier League titles, five FA Cups, three League Cups, and Champions League and Europa League honours with Chelsea. | Veteran Chelsea defender John Terry has signed a new one-year deal with the Premier League club. | 1.038173 | 1 |
Two entrants made it through to the British awards to be held in Manchester in September.
The public vote winner was urban seafood seller ShrimpWreck, while fried chicken specialist The Buffalo Truck was crowned champion by a panel of top chefs. | More than a dozen food trucks have taken part in the inaugural Scottish Street Food Awards at The Pitt in Edinburgh. | 0.07531 | 0 |
Recent hacks of Sony Pictures and a Pentagon Twitter feed reflect the need for tighter legislation, the president said.
The proposals are due to be sent to Congress immediately.
Previous efforts on cyber security legislation have encountered opposition from civil liberty campaigners.
Mr Obama continues to face privacy concerns, part of the backlash over revelations about the scope of government surveillance and bulk data collection.
But cyber-crime has directly affected millions of consumers.
Mass data breaches have struck US retail outlets, and there are indications the Republican-led congress would support new legislation.
"We've got to stay ahead of those who would do us harm," said President Obama on Tuesday.
"Cyber-threats are an urgent and growing danger."
The president is advocating legislation that would improve the way the government and private sector share information about cyber threats, and would update the legal framework needed to go after cyber criminals.
He has tried to pass more robust legislation on cyber security for years, and is hoping a consensus can be reached with the Republican Party.
Tuesday's announcement comes after the Twitter account of the US military command was suspended on Monday following an attack by hackers claiming to support Islamic State.
In November hackers also released reams of confidential data stolen from Sony Pictures, and in recent years cyber criminals have attacked other US companies such as Home Depot and Target. | US President Barack Obama has unveiled proposals to strengthen cyber security laws following a spate of attacks against high-profile US targets. | 1.831796 | 2 |
The suspect used to work at the home, near Montpellier, a source close to the investigation told AFP news agency.
Prosecutor Christophe Barret said the motive was not clear but it was not linked to "Islamist terrorism".
France remains in a formal state of emergency since a wave of terrorist attacks last year.
The suspect, 47, was arrested near his home, about 10 miles (15km) from Montferrier-sur-Lez, the town where the attack was carried out.
He worked at the home several years ago, and is now unemployed, the source said.
Witnesses said the assailant was armed with a shotgun and a knife when he entered the home on Thursday night.
A nurse raised the alarm after escaping from the home but when police arrived they found the body of the dead woman gagged and tied up outside the building.
The 54-year-old woman, who worked in the home, has not been named.
The home caters for former missionaries with past service in Africa, as well as several nuns.
Residents "are very elderly with an average age of 75 although some are over 90", a local councillor said, adding that many need assistance to walk. | A former soldier, suspected of stabbing a woman to death in a retirement home for former missionaries, has been arrested in France. | 0.878722 | 1 |
The Sinkovics, two-time world champions, overhauled Lithuania in the final 500m to win by 1.11 seconds.
Norway's Olaf Tufte, a two-time gold medallist in the single sculls, and Kjetil Borch finished third.
British duo Jonathan Walton and John Collins, making their Olympic debuts, finished almost 11 seconds adrift of the victors in Rio.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Brothers Martin and Valent Sinkovic won Olympic gold for Croatia in the men's double sculls, with Britain fifth. | 0.828852 | 1 |
Mutual Energy said a cable fault was detected on Saturday.
As a result one of a pair of underwater cables has been disconnected, reducing the interconnector's capacity from 450MW to 250MW.
The interconnector suffered a long running problem between 2010 and 2016.
It was only fixed by laying a new underwater cable.
Mutual Energy said it is not yet clear if the latest problem is as a result of the cable being damaged on the seabed following some kind of strike or if there is some other reason for the fault.
Further investigation is continuing in order to pinpoint the precise location of the fault and to establish the cause of the problem.
The interconnector began operating in 2002.
It ensures cheaper electricity and security of supply between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. | The Moyle electricity interconnector between Northern Ireland and Scotland has suffered a new fault, its operator has said. | 1.883571 | 2 |
Jonathan Forte hit the post for the visitors, who are six points above the bottom four, before Tareiq Holmes-Dennis sent an effort wide.
Oldham keeper Joel Coleman saved a David Worrall shot at the other end.
Main fired home after the hour mark as he latched on to Forte's pass to seal victory for the Latics.
Oldham have a sizeable cushion above the League One relegation places with three games left to play, while Southend remain in 13th place. | Oldham Athletic boosted their hopes of League One survival as Curtis Main's second-half goal sealed a vital three points against Southend United. | 0.357684 | 0 |
31 July 2015 Last updated at 14:24 BST
Lara Clarke has made a life-size chocolate bust of Harry Potter using two kilograms each of flour, butter and sugar and 15 eggs.
All images courtesy of Birthday Mischief Managed. | An award-winning baker from the West Midlands has joined thousands of others to make cakes for JK Rowling's 50th birthday. | 0.782391 | 1 |
The village of Imber was abandoned in 1943 and has been closed to civilians ever since as it is sited on the MoD's training zone on Salisbury Plain.
St Giles Church, the only building left intact in Imber, is normally open to the public for two weeks each August.
This year the MoD has reduced it to three days due to visitors "attempting to access restricted areas".
It was just before Christmas 1943 that Imber villagers were ordered to pack up and leave to provide a training area for American troops preparing for the invasion of Europe during World War Two.
They were never allowed to return and the village vanished off the map.
Since then, up to 50 days of public access is granted each year by the MoD.
But this year it has been "significantly reduced", according to Neil Skelton, custodian of the church, because visitors have been "trespassing in the restricted areas" of the deserted village.
"Last August, we had probably around 4,000 to 5,000 people over the two weeks and at Easter it was manic," he said.
"It's the sheer numbers, we're attracting so many people but if you reduce the number of days, you'll be squeezing more people in to fewer days."
It is feared people are putting their lives at risk by trespassing in to areas where there could be "unexploded ordnance".
A Ministry of Defence spokesman said keeping visitors to Imber village safe was a "top priority".
He said: "Unfortunately we have received numerous reports of members of the public placing themselves and others in danger during previous open days by attempting to access restricted areas.
"Following these reports a risk assessment was carried out which resulted in the decision to reduce public access periods to the village." | Access to a "ghost village" church which was taken over by the military in World War Two is to be restricted. | 2.017629 | 2 |
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Thomas spoke to Farah when he presented him with his medal at the 1999 Mini London Marathon.
Farah, who completed his 'double double' of 5,000m and 10,000m victories at London 2012 and the Rio Games, was also a keen footballer as a child - but was coaxed into running by his PE teacher.
"We were pretty determined to get competitive teams out for the school and it was very obvious that Mo was a very talented runner," Alan Watkinson - who was also Farah's best man - told BBC Breakfast.
"His running style was just effortless. But he was pretty determined to play football so we had to mix them up and make sure he had his fair share of football so we could get him to run."
If you would like to find out how to get into athletics, have a look at our special guide. | Olympic silver medallist Iwan Thomas helped Mo Farah on his way to quadruple Olympic gold with some words of encouragement. | 1.342579 | 1 |
The Welsh government signed a deal with BT in 2012, backed with £205m of public money, to provide broadband to 700,000 homes and businesses where there was no planned commercial rollout.
Auditor General for Wales, Huw Vaughan Thomas, wants the Welsh government to do more to tell people about it.
The Welsh government expect the rollout to be complete by the end of 2016.
The report by Mr Thomas said broadband access was available to just over half of the target number by the end of 2014, but many difficult-to-connect places remain.
It also noted initial weaknesses in the programme and project management by the Welsh government, but said there are now "clear and appropriate arrangements in place". | The rollout of superfast broadband across Wales is making "reasonable progress", the auditor general said. | 1.575308 | 2 |
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Car manufacturers are developing the technology, with the help of £19m government funding.
The BBC's Richard Westcott has a closer look at one of the new designs. | Driverless cars could soon be a regular feature on British roads. | 0.903793 | 1 |
Officers found Jia Li Huang, 63, in a property in Atkinson Road, Urmston, at about 12:30 BST on Monday after being called to reports of an injured woman.
The woman had suffered head injuries and was taken to hospital.
Lorand-Sebastian Zdarcea, 35, of no fixed abode, was remanded in custody on charges of murder and attempted murder by Manchester Magistrates Court.
He is due to appear at Manchester Crown Court on Thursday. | A man has been charged with murder over the death of a man whose body was found by police in Greater Manchester. | 0.223216 | 0 |
Chee Seng Chan, who is originally from Malaysia but now lives in Dublin, appeared at Belfast Magistrates Court.
He is charged with arranging or facilitating the travel of another person, with a view to that person being exploited.
The 51-year-old appeared alongside an interpreter.
He acknowledged that he understood the charge.
Objecting to bail, a detective said he was concerned that Mr Chang had no connections with Northern Ireland and gang members in the Republic of Ireland could help him flee.
He said there was also a fear that Mr Chang may interfere with witnesses or other potential victims or delete potential evidence from the website.
The defence solicitor said the alleged victim, who is believed to be in Taiwan, has not made a signed statement, adding: "Without her, there is no case - this is a weak case."
Police said they have been liaising with Interpol and are unsure when there will be a signed statement from the alleged victim.
The PSNI have seized Mr Chang's passport, driving licence, taxi licence, and car.
The district judge denied bail and Mr Chang was remanded into custody until next month. | A Dublin taxi driver and tour guide suspected of being part of a human trafficking gang was advertising on a website, a court heard on Friday. | 1.080003 | 1 |
The fire at the flat below theirs in Stock Street, Paisley, broke out at about 11:40.
Two men in the ground-floor flat were suffering from the effects of breathing in smoke and were taken to the Royal Alexandra Hospital.
The woman and child were checked by ambulance personnel but did not require further treatment. | A woman and a boy have been rescued by firefighters after their first-floor flat was engulfed in toxic smoke. | 0.616703 | 1 |
Petrol bombs were thrown at officers and an attempt was made to burn down the town hall. Eight arrests were made.
Police say Adama Traore suffered a heart attack on Tuesday after he was detained in the town north of Paris.
But family and friends say he was healthy and was "beaten to death". An autopsy will take place on Thursday.
In 2005 the deaths of two teenagers who were electrocuted after hiding in an electricity substation while attempting to avoid arrest sparked weeks of rioting across the country.
The clashes began on Tuesday night after it emerged that Mr Traore, 24, had died shortly after being arrested.
He was taken into custody after interfering in the arrest of his brother in a case of extortion, a source close to the investigation told AFP news agency.
Local prosecutor Yves Jannier said Adama "fainted during the ride" to the police station and paramedics were unable to revive him.
But his brother Baguy told Le Parisien that when he got out of a different police vehicle at the police station he saw his brother lying on the floor. A police officer with blood on his shirt said Adama was "pretending", his brother said.
"We know it is going to be covered up. We know if things don't burn nothing will come of it, that is how we feel," said Ornel, 24, who took part in the disturbances.
On Tuesday night five riot police officers were injured, nine cars were set ablaze, several public buildings were damaged and one person was arrested.
On Wednesday, a group of protesters gathered in front of the local police station chanting "Justice for Adama". Police responded with CS gas, Le Monde reported.
The unrest continued on Wednesday night, with 15 cars set ablaze.
Mr Traore's death comes ahead of a planned march against police brutality in Paris on Saturday using the slogan Black Lives Matter, a US movement that has become prominent following several high profile killings of black people by police.
Some Black Lives Matter protests have already been held outside the US, including several demonstrations in London earlier this month. | Clashes have taken place for a second night in the French town of Beaumont-sur-Oise following the death of a young black man in police custody. | 1.339196 | 1 |
The new P1 pupils will have teachers across the area seeing double when they begin the new term on Monday.
The new intake means there will be a total of 72 sets of twins at primary schools in Inverclyde.
Education officials were surprised when the number of twins rose to 16 in 2011. The huge increase since then has left them wondering if there is "something in the water". | Schools in Inverclyde are preparing to welcome a record 19 sets of twins. | 0.949805 | 1 |
The 26-year-old France forward had been heavily linked with Manchester United, and said last month there was a "6/10" chance he could move to Old Trafford this summer.
But he agreed to stay at Atletico after the club had a transfer ban upheld.
"The first thing I want to do is apologise to people who misunderstood my statements," Griezmann said.
"Since I have arrived, I have given everything for my club, my colleagues and my coaching staff."
Atletico cannot sign anyone until January after failing in an appeal against a ban imposed in July 2016 for breaching Fifa rules over the signing of youth players.
Griezmann, capped 41 times, scored 26 goals in 2016-17 as Atletico finished third in La Liga behind Real Madrid and Barcelona.
He was named the third best player in the world, behind Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, at the Ballon d'Or ceremony in January.
Griezmann, who played in France's 2-1 defeat by Sweden in World Cup qualifying on Friday, is in the squad to face England in a friendly on Tuesday.
BBC World Service's John Bennett:
For me, the most interesting piece of information about Antoine Griezmann's new contract is the release clause. The club have confirmed that it stays the same, at 100 m euros, that's around £88m.
So despite the fact that 2022 is printed on the contract, this feels very much like the Frenchman will give Atletico Madrid one more year before making the big money move we all expected him to make this summer.
For now though the Atletico fans will be delighted by Griezmann's loyalty. He said it would be a "dirty move" to leave the club in their hour of need and he has kept his word. | Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann has extended his contract by a year, with his new deal expiring in 2022. | 0.930091 | 1 |
The admissions service, Ucas, has released data five days after A-level results, showing more than 463,000 places have been confirmed.
This is a 3% increase on the same point last year - with a 4% increase among women and 2% increase among men.
So far this year, 57,000 more women than men have gained university places.
These updated figures show the level of university admissions, including almost 35,000 students allocated places through the clearing process, up 6% on the same point last year.
In addition to those who have accepted places, a further 63,000 are holding offers. There are another 144,000 applicants who have still to get a place.
The trend is heading towards a record number of students beginning full-time undergraduate courses this autumn.
The admissions figures also show the gender gap will be wider than ever.
Among UK 18-year-olds, 25.1% of men and 34% of women have taken university places.
Compared with this point four years ago, there are almost 6,000 more male students taking up places. But among female students, the number has risen by more than 13,000.
Within the current total of more than 463,000 accepted places, less than a quarter will be for 18-year-old UK men.
As well as 18-year-old women, the remainder of places will be filled by those going after gap years, mature students and international students.
Within the UK, Northern Ireland has the highest levels of 18-year-olds going to university - and women in Northern Ireland are the group most likely to get a place.
Among that age group, 36.9% of women in Northern Ireland have gained university places. This compares with 22% of 18-year-old men in Wales who have so far been accepted. | The number of women gaining places at university is rising twice as quickly as that for men, the latest figures show. | 1.621677 | 2 |
The porcine tribute to the star, dubbed Ed Sheer-Ham, was among 39 sculptures which had formed part of an art trail in Ipswich up for sale.
But the biggest hit of the night was a ceramic-inspired design, Ipswich Blue, which fetched the highest bid of £6,500.
In total, the auction, at Trinity Park in Ipswich, raised £152,550 for the town's St Elizabeth Hospice.
About 300 people attended the event, with others bidding online.
Follow the auction as it happened here
Sheeran, who backed the charity project, said the design was "awesome" and he hoped the model would be a "huge hit".
Other statues which had formed part of the Pigs Gone Wild trail included a tribute to the late David Bowie, which sold for £2,600. | A pig-shaped statue of singer Ed Sheeran has sold for £6,200 at auction. | 1.014342 | 1 |
Nottingham-born Hawkridge helped Lincoln to the National League title this season and also starred as they reached the FA Cup quarter-finals.
Hawkridge, 27, said: "It was a tough decision to leave Lincoln but I feel I have unfinished business here having been released as a kid.
"It's my home city - I'm originally from Top Valley - so I am buzzing."
Manager Kevin Nolan added: "I'm absolutely delighted. We're looking for him to carry on his form from last season, when he showed tremendous confidence and ability.
"He's an exciting player who will hopefully get the fans off their seats."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | League Two Notts County have signed winger Terry Hawkridge from Lincoln City on a two-year contract. | 0.729416 | 1 |
Gordon Anglesea, 78, of Old Colwyn, Conwy county, was charged with five counts of sexual assault and two serious sexual offences in July.
He has since been charged with two indecent assaults and an additional serious sexual offence.
On Tuesday at Llandudno Magistrates' Court, he was bailed to next appear at Mold Crown Court on 20 November.
The offences are alleged to have taken place against four boys aged under 16, between 1979 and 1987.
Mr Anglesea's arrest was part of an inquiry into allegations of historical sexual abuse in the north Wales care system. | An ex-north Wales police chief accused of child sex offences has appeared in court over further charges. | 0.319743 | 0 |
Akin Koc, who has run Anatolian Sky in Solihull for 26 years, said terror attacks had had a "devastating effect" on the company.
He apologised to customers and agents for the disruption to any holidays.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said it was helping about 1,200 holidaymakers following the collapse.
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Turkey tourism: an industry in crisis
About 150 people were abroad when the company stopped trading on 1 July, with a further 460 bookings affecting 1,020 people.
Customers who are yet to travel, but have paid in full for flights and packages, can either go ahead with their holidays as planned or seek refunds, the CAA said.
Mr Koc said he was "very sad" to close the company, and called for more people to support tourism in Turkey.
He said: "It has become impossible to cope and sustain the business, particularly through recent attacks."
Last month a gun and suicide attack on Istanbul's Ataturk airport killed 42 people, including 13 foreign nationals. | A travel firm specialising in holidays to Turkey and Northern Cyprus has ceased trading over "political instability" in its destinations. | 1.560149 | 2 |
Last month, Four Seasons Health Care said it was closing seven of its homes in Northern Ireland.
On Thursday, it said it was in discussions with two care home operators about selling Hamilton Court in Armagh and Garvagh Care Home.
It comes after reaching agreement with two firms earlier this month to sell its homes in Antrim and Ballynahinch.
The prospective purchaser of Hamilton Court is the operator of Sanville Nursing Home in County Tyrone, while the firm interested in buying Garvagh Care Home is also an existing care home operator.
Four Seasons said in a statement that it had "agreed to pause consultation with the unions and employees" about the closure of the two homes.
"While the transaction is progressing the company is suggesting that residents remain at their home if that is where they would like to stay, although it is for residents and families to decide for themselves," a spokesperson said.
"The company is working with the prospective buyers to move the sale process to a speedy conclusion."
It said transfer of ownership was dependent "on a number of steps including signing legal agreements and the (independent health regulator) RQIA transferring registration of the home from Four Seasons to the purchasers". | Prospective buyers have emerged for two more privately-owned residential care homes that were earmarked for closure. | 0.681216 | 1 |
Birmingham City Council wants to cut about a fifth of the "collection squad" after a "woefully inadequate consultation" with unions, Unite said.
Unite members will strike for about five hours on 30 June. There will be two-hour stoppages in July and August.
The council said working arrangements were not cost-effective and it wanted to "get round the table" with unions.
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It has said its current collection method was no longer modern or efficient and alternative employment within the authority would be offered for those affected.
Unite said members voted by 90% for strike action over proposed job cuts and "attempts by council bosses to tear up long standing agreements with the union covering staffing levels and working patterns".
It also said the job losses were the result of an authority overspend rather than a means to offset pressures driven by budget cuts - a specific charge put to the council by the BBC.
Unite regional officer Lynne Shakespeare said: "The council wants to axe 122 waste collection jobs after a woefully inadequate consultation with the unions.
"The process was a sham, bordering on a farce."
Council corporate director for place Jacqui Kennedy said it regretted "disputes have been registered by four unions" and action to disrupt its refuse collection services was planned by Unite.
She said: "We want to get round the table with the unions. But our priority must be Birmingham residents and businesses.
"The current working arrangements are not cost-effective and do not provide citizens with a good service. We know we have to change that, and are determined to do so."
Unite said the two-hour stoppages would be on 3, 11, 19 and 27 July and 4 August and there would be an overtime ban. | Refuse workers are set to strike six times over plans to cut more than 120 waste collection jobs, a union says. | 1.354527 | 1 |
He was best known for his Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, which was composed in 1976 and sold more than a million copies following a 1992 re-release.
The symphony - part of which drew on an inscription scrawled on a Nazi prison wall during World War II - featured vocals from US soprano Dawn Upshaw.
It was often played on radio station Classic FM when it launched in 1992.
Gorecki had been suffering from a prolonged illness, a spokeswoman for Polish Radio's National Symphony Orchestra said.
Monumental style
Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki was born close to the industrial city of Katowice in southern Poland, where he studied music and taught at the city's music academy.
His early works were avant-garde in style, and later influenced by folk music of his native land.
By the 1970s he had developed the monumental style for which he became famous.
He was often at odds with the communist authorities in Poland and withdrew from public life in the 1980s to concentrate on composing.
His Symphony No. 3, which dealt with themes of war and separation in a slow, stark style, became the best-selling record by a contemporary composer.
Gorecki had completed his fourth symphony, the premiere of which was shelved on account of his illness.
Last month he was awarded the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest honour. | Polish composer Henryk Gorecki has died at the age of 76, the country's national orchestra has announced. | 2.19361 | 2 |
Samuel Baxter trapped the officer's leg against a police vehicle after he was stopped from passing through security lines on Twaddell Avenue, Belfast Magistrates Court heard.
The 53-year-old was also found guilty of disorderly behaviour during one of the nightly demonstrations in the area.
Baxter, of Canmore Close, will be sentenced next month.
Police witnesses told the court that one constable suffered a bruised shin in the incident after Baxter repeatedly directed his wheelchair weighing up to 28 stone at them.
Baxter said he was only in the area for family reasons and had no involvement in the protests over a disputed Orange Order parade.
He claimed that he was trying to pass through the police cordon to get his friend who had a blood clot to hospital.
He claimed the officer he was charged with assaulting told him: "Sit down, you're not getting through, OK."
He argued that the constable's flak jacket had caught on his wheelchair's gear stick, causing it to shunt forward about an inch.
A police inspector told the court Baxter was swearing and abusive.
He said the incident was part of attempts to incite a crowd who were filming on their mobile phones.
"This set-up happens on a nightly basis and has done for the past 400-odd nights," he said.
"Things like that are staged to try and rile the crowd up. I was made aware he had come out with a whole crowd round him and their cameras already on."
The inspector said police had been trying to calm the situation.
"We do this protest on a nightly basis. If there was a medical emergency it would have been quite obvious and we would certainly facilitate that," he added.
"When I spoke to this man and gave him numerous chances to tell me what the problem was, he was just extremely verbally abusive and playing to the crowd."
The judge convicted Baxter of both counts of assault on police and disorderly behaviour, and ordered a pre-sentence report to be prepared. | A motorised wheelchair user has been convicted of ramming a policeman during a loyalist protest in north Belfast. | 1.19199 | 1 |
Officers were called at about 23:40 BST on Thursday following reports that a gun had been fired in the Marsh area.
The 24-year-old local man was found injured in Waverley Terrace and was taken to hospital with head injuries, West Yorkshire Police said.
Two men, aged 23 and 22, have been arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.
Det Sup Simon Atkinson said the man's condition was "serious but not considered to be life-threatening".
''At the present time we are treating this incident as a targeted attack," he said.
''We believe the man was shot as he was travelling in a car with two other men on Heaton Road. The suspects are thought to have been in another vehicle when the firearm was discharged.
"The other passengers in the vehicle were not injured in the incident." | A man has been seriously injured in a drive-by shooting in Huddersfield. | 0.729374 | 1 |
In a video released on social media on Friday, he joined his wife, Michelle, and said they wanted ideas for the new presidential centre they will set up in Chicago.
Mr Obama called it a "living, working centre for citizenship".
However, Mrs Obama said their first priority would be to get some sleep.
The project will be based in the couple's old neighbourhood, South Side, but they said it will have projects all over the city, the country and the world.
They called for the public to send in their ideas, hopes, beliefs and inspirations via the website Obama.org.
After eight years in the White House, Mr Obama is handing over to the next US president, Donald Trump, in Friday's inauguration ceremony at the US Capitol in Washington DC.
With his wife, he thanked the public for their support, as the couple found themselves on the cusp of rejoining the world as public citizens. The family are moving to the Washington neighbourhood of Kalorama.
"This will be your presidential centre as much as it is ours," said Mrs Obama.
Mr Obama added that true democracy was a project much bigger than any one person.
In his final press conference on Wednesday, he had confirmed that he would not be running for another public post "anytime soon".
"I want to do some writing. I want to be quiet a little bit and not hear myself talk so darn much. I want to spend precious time with my girls," he said. "Those are my priorities this year."
In interviews, the Democrat had previously said he wanted to help nurture the next generation of his party's leaders - and ideally run an NBA basketball team.
He has also allegedly joked about getting a job at music-streaming site Spotify, as he was well known for curating and sharing his own playlists. | Barack Obama has asked the public to suggest what he should do once he steps down as president of the United States. | 1.330546 | 1 |
The Belgium striker, 23, joined the Toffees on loan in 2013 before signing for a club-record £28m in July 2014.
After reportedly issuing a transfer request during the summer, Lukaku has gone on to score seven of Everton's 15 Premier League goals this season.
"His potential is greater and higher than Everton as a final destination," Koeman told Belgian newspaper HLN.
"If Romelu was to play at Everton until the end of his career I know he has left something behind," added the Dutchman, 53.
"I gave him confidence and he has himself recognised that it was good for his development to play another year at Everton. What after this season comes, no-one knows."
Everton have indicated they are willing to offer Lukaku a long-term contract that would make him their highest-paid player.
Lukaku, who is under contract until 2019, first joined Everton on loan from Chelsea and has 68 goals for the Merseyside club in 137 appearances.
His 50 goals puts him third on Everton's list of top scorers in the Premier League era, behind Tim Cahill on 56 and Duncan Ferguson on 60.
Lukaku has scored 17 goals at international level and Koeman has drawn comparisons with former Netherlands striker Patrick Kluivert, who he worked with during spells coaching with the national side, at Barcelona and later as manager at PSV.
Kluivert scored 40 goals in 79 games for the Netherlands and is the director of football at Paris St-Germain.
Koeman added: "Kluivert was also a striker who was quite young when he was in the picture and had a fantastic career. Eventually Kluivert played for Barcelona, which could happen with Lukaku.
"I think Lukaku is quite complete. He can hold a ball and be a target man and, because he is tall and physically strong, you can play directly with the long ball." | Romelu Lukaku will need to leave Everton to fulfil his potential, according to manager Ronald Koeman. | 1.104482 | 1 |
South Wales Police said it had worked with Bishop Vaughan School on a "sensitive safeguarding issue involving two pupils" on Wednesday.
The pupils were not at the school at the time of the arrests.
A statement on the school website said the school would not open on Thursday due to the disruption. It will reopen as normal after the Easter break.
A joint police and Swansea council statement said: "Given the confidential nature of the pupil issue, it wouldn't be appropriate for us to comment further at this time." | A Swansea school has been closed following "unusual circumstances" and the arrest of two pupils. | 0.657274 | 1 |
Ten people complained over the episode, which went out live on ITV on 17 May.
In a segment on online harassment Harvey swore when Price asked him what he says to people who are mean to him.
An Ofcom spokesperson said they were investigating the programme because it "included the most offensive language before the watershed".
Fourteen-year-old Harvey has multiple disabilities including Septo-Optim Dysplasia and Ofcom said they had asked ITV for background information about "how they had ensured due care of Harvey" with regards to his welfare.
"We received sufficient assurances for us to decide not to pursue potential issues in this area further," an Ofcom spokesperson said.
The TV watchdog is also investigating episodes of Big Brother and This Morning.
Ofcom is investigating sexual scenes in an episode of Big Brother broadcast on 12 June on Channel 5.
The watchdog received 634 broadcast complaints about the Sunday night episode that went out after 2100 BST.
They are investigating whether sexual scenes in the episode featuring Marco Pierre White Jr and Laura Carter "exceeded generally accepted standards for its time of broadcast".
An episode of This Morning on 25 May this year that featured sex toys is also being looked into.
The programme featured Tracey Cox discussing vibrators and made comments about a website which sells some of the vibrators.
Tracey Cox has her own range of products which can be purchased exclusively via that website.
They are investigating whether "editorial content was distinct from advertising in this programme, and whether products were given undue prominence". | Loose Women is being investigated by media watchdog Ofcom for offensive language over an episode in which Katie Price's disabled son Harvey swore. | 1.042437 | 1 |
Businessman Matthew Chapman, from Louth, Lincolnshire, was the only person on board the privately owned helicopter when it came down on 6 June.
The inquest heard Mr Chapman, 48, had dropped off two passengers shortly before the crash in the Baldwin Valley.
Coroner John Needham said the cause of death had "yet to be established".
The court heard Mr Chapman had set off from Milton Keynes at about 06:00 BST with two passengers on board his Bell Jetranger aircraft.
After travelling to the island, he dropped both of them off at the Creg Ny Baa, a popular viewing area for the annual TT races.
The court also heard that Mr Chapman had intended to refuel at Ronaldsway Airport before returning to the area to watch the races with friends.
But his helicopter came down at about 09:00 BST in a field on a hillside adjacent to the 33rd milestone on the Mountain Road.
Mr Chapman, whose body was found "trapped in wreckage", was pronounced dead at the scene.
A paramedic's report recorded "multiple trauma consistent with a helicopter crash".
Mr Needham said inquiries into the crash were being conducted by inspectors from the UK's Air Accidents Investigations Branch (AAIB).
The inquest has been adjourned to a yet-to-be fixed date. | An inquest into the death of a pilot who died in a helicopter crash on the Isle of Man has been opened and adjourned at Douglas Court House. | 1.17489 | 1 |
"City want to spend millions to buy players to build a team," he said.
"They won the FA Cup but if they only want to do that, they will not be as strong as United. United work on the long term, with young talent."
Asked about criticisms of Manchester by City's Carlos Tevez and Mario Balotelli Cantona said: "I had a great time here and a great time in the city."
During the close season Tevez told an Argentine chat show he would never return to Manchester, while Balotelli has also had his problems with the north-west.
"It depends upon where they come from. If they come from Milan, maybe. Also it depends why they have come," Cantona insisted.
"The most important thing for me was to play for the best club in the world, with the best players in the world.
"I was a professional player. I didn't try to find a city to enjoy it. The greatest time you can have is on the pitch."
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City's multi-million pound squad has been further strengthened this summer by the signings of Sergio Aguero, Gael Clichy and Stefan Savic, with Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri also targeted.
However, last season manager Roberto Martini highlighted a lack of players with first-team potential in the club's academy.
"United are still one of the best clubs in the world," Cantona said. "When a player leaves, you think the club won't win any more. But they still do.
"They have a great history and they work a lot every day so any player can be replaced."
The Frenchman, now 45, is back at Old Trafford in his capacity as director of the New York Cosmos, and will coach the team against United in a testimonial for Paul Scholes on Friday.
"I knew Paul when he was young," said Cantona. "He started here with us. He has been a great player. He could play anywhere, midfield, up front, he could score goals, make them, defend, tackle. He could do anything.
"He is a great player. I am very proud of him. But you can replace any player, especially at a club like Manchester United, with a great manager like [Sir Alex] Ferguson.
"Maybe I will die before Sir Alex. I am sure he will be on the bench forever. It is his life." | Manchester United legend Eric Cantona says Manchester City need to focus on their academy to win major honours. | 0.992801 | 1 |
17 May 2016 Last updated at 07:36 BST
The Foxes have been celebrating becoming top flight footy champions for the first time ever.
It's been an amazing turnaround for the club, who were bottom of the table just over a year ago.
Ayshah went to Leicester to join the celebrations... | Thousands of Leicester fans turned out to see their team's Premier League victory parade in the city. | 0.403675 | 0 |
The Wisconsin family posted the update on a fundraising website, which raised about $22,000 (£13,000) in less than a day for her legal and medical bills.
Her two alleged attackers, classmates Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, have been charged with attempted murder.
They told police they were trying to impress a fictional character called Slenderman, according to officers.
Doctors said the knife had just missed a major artery near her heart.
"Our little girl is a fighter and is making strides of improvement each and every day," her parents wrote on the website, but added they were limiting visitors as she was easily overwhelmed.
"She has been able to walk the halls of the hospital with her dad. No machine, no tubes, just she and her dad. She has been out of bed watching TV in her wheelchair as well."
They are hoping to raise $250,000 in total for legal and medical costs and have asked to keep the girl's name secret.
The victim was reportedly found by a cyclist on Saturday after crawling from the woods with stab wounds to her arms, legs and torso.
Both suspects were later found walking near a local highway, and a knife was found in one of the girls' backpacks, police said.
According to police, the girls planned to stab the classmate during a sleepover but instead decided to commit the crime the next morning in a nearby park.
Following their arrest they told investigators about their belief in paranormal figure Slenderman and their desire to become his "proxies" by killing to demonstrate their loyalty, police said.
They said that after the murder, they intended to walk to Slenderman's mansion, which they believed was situated in Wisconsin's Nicolet National Forest, police said. | The family of a 12-year-old stabbed 19 times says she is able to walk in hospital and making a steady recovery. | 1.402488 | 1 |
A report by the Resolution Foundation says such employees are unfairly losing an average of £200 a year.
It said those most affected are younger workers, many of whom will never benefit from the defined benefit pension schemes being protected.
In 2016, UK firms spent roughly £24bn trying to plug their deficits, it said.
Among the companies ploughing millions of pounds into their pension schemes were BT, Shell, Tesco, Unilever and Royal Bank of Scotland.
The current deficit of all defined benefit schemes in the UK is currently thought to be about £500bn.
The report says older workers, and those already in retirement, have the most to gain when companies top up their pension funds.
Of the 11 million workers still in defined benefit schemes, less than 2% are under 30 and still contributing.
Half the 6,000 schemes in existence are closed to new members, with a further third closed to further contributions.
"This drag on pay has important implications across generations as low - and often younger - earners in affected firms are losing out on pay even when they are not entitled to the pension pots they are plugging," said Matt Whittaker, chief economist at the Resolution Foundation.
"With average earnings still £16 a week below their pre-crisis peak and prospects for a return to strong pay growth looking shaky, it's important that younger and low- paid workers don't take a hit to their pay because of deficit payments to pension schemes that they're not even entitled to." | Workers may be suffering from lower pay as a result of their employers spending millions of pounds to keep their pension schemes afloat. | 1.779771 | 2 |
Ministers say the current police-funding model is "out of date" and have launched a consultation on using a range of factors to decide how much forces in England and Wales receive.
These could include population size and the physical aspects of a force's area.
The justice minister said the plans would make police funding fairer.
The funding consultation will look at how best to replace the Police Allocation Formula (PAF), which has been used for nearly 10 years.
Currently the PAF does not calculate what police forces need individually.
Under the proposals, funding would take into account five features of local areas including:
Under the system, central funding for policing would be divided according to the weighting of each indicator, then allocated to each force depending on their "score" for each of the factors.
The consultation document says the third and fourth elements are "two socio-economic factors that are closely correlated with the patterns of crime seen between different areas over time".
It adds: "The government feels that these two factors are sufficiently representative of the differences between forces.
"They are highly correlated with other demographic and socio-economic factors that were considered."
Justice Minister Mike Penning said the reforms would put police funding "on a long-term, sustainable footing".
He said: "The current model for allocating police funding is complex, opaque and out-of-date. This consultation sets out proposals to deliver a police-funding model for the future which is fair, robust and transparent."
A spokesperson for the Home Office said it wanted to bring in the new formula "as soon as it was appropriate" and was seeking views on what "transitional arrangements" would be needed if it was implemented in the next financial year.
Further work will be carried out to refine the model before it is introduced.
The proposed overhaul comes amid debate over how the police service should be organised in the face of reduced resources from government.
Last month, the National Audit Office warned the government had "insufficient information" on how much further police funding could be cut without "degrading services". | The amount of money police forces receive could be determined by the number of jobless households and bars in an area, under government proposals. | 1.832369 | 2 |
The activist group ILGA-Europe called it "clear progress" that "another European country has dispensed with the shameful practice of sterilisation".
But it regretted that trans people in France will still have to get a court to recognise their gender change.
Laws in Denmark, Malta, Ireland and Norway have gone further, it said.
In those countries, legal gender recognition relies on the principle of "self-determination" - dispensing with medical or judicial requirements.
That principle was also advocated by the Council of Europe - the top European human rights watchdog - in an anti-discrimination resolution last year.
The Council of Europe says transgender people often face discrimination in Europe, in the workplace, housing, health services or in the form of bullying and hate speech.
Gender has to be specified on passports, driving licences and many other essential documents.
Activists estimate there are tens of thousands of transgender people in France, but there are no official figures.
The French law passed on Wednesday gives trans people - adults and minors - the right to change their legal status in court. Previously such a change required proof that the person had been sterilised irreversibly.
Stephanie Nicot, head of the French LGBT Federation, deplored the fact that trans people would still have to go to court. "We're not offenders, and judges have more important things to do!" she said, quoted by Le Figaro (in French).
The UK, Spain and some states in the US also no longer require transgender people to be sterilised before they can get their gender officially changed. | Gay and transgender activists have welcomed a new French law that lets transgender people change their legal status without having to be sterilised. | 2.015069 | 2 |
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The Belarusian won the opening three games before Drinkhall, who saved eight match points, won the fourth 17-15.
He threatened a remarkable comeback with a 11-7 win in the fifth game, but Samsonov won 11-8 in the sixth.
"I let it slip a little bit but I didn't do that much wrong," Drinkhall said.
Drinkhall, 26, became only the third Briton to make the last 16 when he beat Croatia's Andrej Gacina on Monday.
"I believe in myself, I want to win and after winning the fourth set I really found my timing and felt on top of my game," he added.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Britain's Paul Drinkhall narrowly missed out on reaching the Olympic table tennis quarter-finals, beaten 4-2 by Belarusian Vladimir Samsonov. | 0.822685 | 1 |
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