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The 76-carat Archduke Joseph diamond, described as internally flawless, comes from India's famous Golconda mines.
The diamond was sold to an anonymous bidder by the Christie's auction house in Geneva.
The price was well above the $15m (£9m) pre-sale estimate, and was far in excess of the $6.5m (£4m) it reached when it was last sold in 1993.
"It is a world record for a Golconda diamond and a world record price per carat for a colourless diamond," Francois Curiel, director of the international jewellery department at Christie's, told reporters.
"The market is not on the best form at the moment. The sale tonight was almost flabbergasting."
The diamond's seller, American jeweller Black, Starr & Frost, said they thought it would be "going to a museum", Reuters news agency reports.
Christie's specialist, Jean Marc Lunel, said the Archduke Joseph is prized because it boasts the highest quality of shape, colour and clarity that can be found in a diamond.
And it has an illustrious history.
The diamond came from the ancient Golconda mines, where the famous Koh-i-Noor and blue Hope Diamond originated.
It was named after Archduke Joseph August of Austria, a prince of the Hungarian line of the Habsburgs, who reportedly deposited it in a bank vault in 1933.
"Three years later it was sold to a European banker, and kept in France, locked away in a safe deposit box, where fortunately it remained undiscovered during World War II," the auction house said.
Decades later it surfaced at auction in 1961 and again at Christie's in November 1993. | One of the world's most admired diamonds has been sold at auction for more than 20m Swiss francs ($21m;£13m). | 2.347721 | 2 |
Mr Paterson is best known for his work on Truly Madly Deeply, The Witches and Auf Wiedersehen Pet.
Earlier this year, he performed on stage with Brian Cox in Waiting for Godot as part of the 50th anniversary of Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum.
Channel 4 News' Dorothy Byrne and prop master David Balfour will also receive outstanding contribution awards.
The awards ceremony will take pace in Glasgow on Sunday, 15 November
Mr Paterson, who has been honoured for his work in film and television, said: "It was tremendous and entirely unexpected to be told I was to receive such a prestigious award.
"I'm delighted and looking forward to a wonderful evening - thank you so much to Bafta Scotland for such an incredible honour."
The Glasgow-born actor, who appeared in the Oscar winning film The Killing Fields, will next star in a Dad's Army movie.
Ms Byrne, who will receive an outstanding contribution to broadcasting award, has worked as a commissioning editor for Dispatches and has overseen Unreported World and Channel 4 News.
She said: "To be honoured in my homeland means a great deal to me. Some of the UK's best television has come out of Scotland where there is a vibrant creative sector which I believe has even more to offer.
"I am very proud that Bafta Scotland, which plays a key role, should have chosen to give this to me."
Mr Balfour has been awarded the outstanding contribution to craft award. He has created props for many Hollywood films including Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Maleficent and a new Jungle Book movie.
He said: "I was over the moon to hear I was to receive the outstanding contribution to craft award at this year's British Academy Scotland Awards.
"Having worked with some of the very best talent in Scotland on TV and film, it's incredible that this evening will shine a light on the amazing talent we have on our doorstep. I can't wait for what is no doubt going to be a fantastic evening with my fellow Scots." | Actor Bill Paterson is to be given a Bafta Scotland outstanding contribution accolade. | 0.988344 | 1 |
The red kites at Gannochy made off with pants and socks from a nearby wild swimming spot.
RSPB officials made the discovery when they went to ring and record the kites' four new chicks.
The estate's gamekeeper Dave Clement said it was the second year in a row that the birds had taken garments from swimmers.
Mr Clement, a member of the Angus Glens Moorland Group, said it appeared that the kites had become more discerning in their choice of undergarments.
He said: "The licences ringer who went up the tree to the nest said there were Armani pants and another brand, as well as socks, which they must have pinched off the swimmers at the local gorge.
"It seems they will take anything to line the nest, then lay the eggs on top, and someone must have gone home minus some underwear.
"It is clearly working because the nest is very successful.
"Last year there were two chicks, now it's four, and there is clearly plenty of food for them on the estate." | Birds of prey on an Angus Glens estate have been stealing swimmers' underwear to line their nest. | 1.456003 | 1 |
She said Franklin Nieves, who fled the country, had abandoned his post.
Luisa Ortega Diaz also denied that officials had been pressured to provide false evidence at Mr Lopez's trial.
On Friday, Mr Nieves posted a video on the internet in which he apologised for his role in what he called a political show trial.
In the video, he said he had left Venezuela to escape pressure from the government.
Mr Nieves urged fellow prosecutors and judges to join him in expressing their discontent.
"Complete farce"
In a television interview, Ms Ortega Diaz rejected the former prosecutor's accusations.
"At the state prosecutors' office we don't pressure anyone," she said.
She added that Mr Nieves had given in to "pressures from foreign and domestic elements", but was not specific.
Ms Ortega also rejected that the allegations by Mr Nieves were grounds for overturning the verdict in Mr Lopez's trial.
He was sentenced last month to nearly 14 years in prison on charges of inciting violence during anti-government protests in 2014.
Mr Lopez's wife, Lilian Tintori, repeated her call for his release on Monday.
"It is clear that the case was manipulated, a complete farce," she told a rally in the city of Maracaibo. | Venezuela's attorney general says she has sacked a prosecutor who criticised the conviction and imprisonment of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez. | 1.044997 | 1 |
4 April 2017 Last updated at 14:25 BST
Ollie Gardiner, from Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, was diagnosed in May 2015 and went through 10 cycles of chemotherapy and 34 sessions of radiotherapy before the cancer came back in September 2016.
Doctors said the tumour was "incurable", but the family decided to try and raise money to pay for a new type of treatment.
So far £425,000 has been raised, but the family still needs £15,000 to reach their target.
Ollie and his father, Peter Gardiner, spoke to BBC Three Counties Radio about the fundraising and pioneering treatment.
Peter said: "We're being treated in London on an outpatient basis, which is wonderful because Ollie can be with his friends and can go to school. Maintaining some normality is so important in cancer treatment.
"Friends, family, the wider community and people we don't even know are giving up masses of their free time just to help us, it's an incredible feeling.
"The support has been absolutely fantastic."
Speaking of the treatment he began in October last year, Ollie said: "It's been tough, but it's OK." | More than £400,000 has been raised for a 12-year-old boy who is undergoing pioneering treatment for a brain tumour. | 1.468389 | 1 |
The 38-year-old seamer took the first five wickets to reduce the visitors to 48-5, before Ben Cox (63) and George Rhodes (59) shared a stand of 94.
They were eventually all out for 230, losing their last four wickets for 30.
England Test captain Alastair Cook closed on 43, with Tom Westley 58 not out, as Essex reached stumps on 111-1.
Masters' seven-wicket haul added up to the second-best bowling figures of his career, bettered only by his 8-10 against Leicestershire at Southend in 2011.
Essex fast bowler David Masters told BBC Radio Essex:
"I'm getting a bit older now and can't play as many games, so when I am playing I'm generally fresh. They've looked after me well this year. I've played when they've needed me to play and hopefully I don't disappoint.
"My body takes a bit more of a battering now and it takes me a bit more time to recover. But I still love playing, I love bowling.
"It's quite a docile wicket actually. The shine came off the new-ball and it started to swing and I got the ball in the right areas. That can happen sometimes."
Worcestershire assistant coach Matt Mason told BBC Hereford & Worcester:
"We probably lacked a bit of application with the bat, particularly early on with some soft dismissals in there. And that last session was probably the poorest we have had as a bowling unit this year, so not an ideal day.
"When you win the toss and bat first you want to post 400, let's be honest. It looked a good surface and if we'd applied ourselves better you could bat and get some good partnerships.
"I wouldn't want to detract anything from Masters' spell. He did what he's done for his whole career - he put the ball on the spot and nagged away. He is very disciplined, but I don't think we were very good in defence." | David Masters took 7-52 to put Division Two leaders Essex in a strong position against Worcestershire on the opening day at Chelmsford. | 0.853783 | 1 |
Centre-back Venancio, 24, has captained Vitoria for the past three seasons, making 134 appearances in total for the Portuguese Primeira Liga side.
The former Portugal Under-21 international impressed during a pre-season friendly between the two teams.
"I think my game is suited to England - I'm aggressive and I like to play my football at the same time," he said.
Venancio is Wednesday's third summer signing, following the arrivals of striker Jordan Rhodes and midfielder George Boyd.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Sheffield Wednesday have signed defender Frederico Venancio on a season-long loan from Vitoria Setubal. | 0.627155 | 1 |
The French quartet of Philippe Rozier, Kevin Staut, Roger Yves Bost and Penelope Leprevost gave France their second equestrian title in Rio after team success in eventing.
The United States were second and Germany third after they beat Canada in a jump-off for bronze.
Defending champions Great Britain failed to reach the final.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | France's show jumpers won Olympic gold in the equestrian team event at the Rio Games. | 0.846266 | 1 |
Two shots were fired at the man, who was on a bicycle outside St Edmund's RC Primary School and Nursery in Springhill, Birmingham.
The man later fled and the school was locked "to maintain the safety of everyone", said police.
A staff member's car was damaged but no-one was hurt. Police said the shooting appeared to be targeted.
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Officers were at the school on Thursday to reassure people.
"It is not believed that the school or any of the children or staff were the target of the attack.
"We are still searching for the victim, who is also thought not to have been injured, and the offender who made off in the vehicle," said West Midlands Police.
Det Insp Richard Marsh said a number of people were outside the school at the time and he urged them to contact the force.
"We are still trying to identify the vehicle and the public could have crucial information to assist our enquiries," he said.
"We appreciate this will have caused some shock in the community, but we believe this was a targeted incident unconnected to the school.
"We are still trying the establish the full circumstances behind what happened and we need the victim to come forward, along with the help of witnesses in the area at the time." | A man ran into a primary school to escape shots being fired from a car outside the building. | 0.793485 | 1 |
Tori, an orangutan from a zoo in Solo in central Java, has been smoking cigarettes thrown into her cage for a decade.
She was moved along with her male companion, Didik. Both are now on the island within the zoo, keepers said.
She started smoking by mimicking humans, they said.
Tori would reportedly pick up butts that were still lit, hold them between her fingers and begin puffing.
Didik, on the other hand, would stamp on the butts to put them out, local media reports said.
"A common problem for zoos in Indonesia are naughty visitors," zoo director Lilik Kristianto was quoted as saying in the Jakarta Globe newspaper.
"Although there are sign prohibiting them from giving food or cigarettes to the animals, they keep on doing it."
Tori is one of four endangered orangutans at the Taru Jurug Zoo. | Zookeepers in Indonesia have moved a smoking orangutan away from visitors to a small island to help her quit the habit. | 2.074788 | 2 |
Samsung has been in a legal battle with Apple for years with each accusing the other of patent infringements.
In May, the South Korean firm lost a previous appeal, which ruled that it did infringe on some of Apple's design patents from the iPhone models.
The patents mostly refer to overall appearance, design and user interface.
Samsung had sought the backing of Google, Facebook and Ebay to argue their case that the verdict placed too much focus on minor design elements compared with the overall complexity of a smartphone.
The amount of the compensation that the South Korean technology giant will have to pay will still need to be decided by court.
The decision comes on the same day that Samsung unveiled its latest flagship phones, hoping to turn around its fortunes after a string of disappointing quarterly results. | A US appeals court will not reconsider an earlier decision finding that Samsung violated Apple patents. | 1.059797 | 1 |
The 23-year-old, who made her senior international debut in 2012, featured at last year's World Cup in Canada.
The former league winner with ADO Den Haag scored 15 goals in 94 appearances for Ajax since joining them in 2012.
"I was looking for a new challenge and I'm delighted to get the chance to play for such a big club," Middag told the Women's Super League leaders' website.
"It's a bonus to be playing in the Champions League and I'm really looking forward to playing at the highest level against clubs from France and Germany." | Manchester City Women have signed Netherlands midfielder Tessel Middag from Eredivisie Women's side Ajax. | 0.785964 | 1 |
Rebekah Vardy tweeted she was gassed and "caged" before England's match in Marseille on Saturday.
There were clashes in the streets and later some Russia fans appeared to rush at England supporters in the stadium.
Mrs Vardy said what she got caught up in was "horrific" and said the treatment of fans was "shocking".
"That has to be up there with the worst experience EVER at an away game! Teargassed for no reason, caged and treated like animals! Shocking!" she said.
Replying to a message from TV presenter Piers Morgan she said French authorities "closed the gates so the fans couldn't get through then teargassed us."
An investigation by tournament organisers Uefa is now under way with the Russia Football Union facing possible charges for crowd disturbances, racist behaviour, and setting off fireworks.
At least one England fan remains in a critical condition and 20 others have been hurt in the southern French city after a third bout of violence.
Tear gas and water cannon were used to break up fist fights and bottle-throwing between England and Russia supporters and French locals in Marseille's Old Port before England's opening game of the tournament.
At a news conference called late on Saturday, FA spokesman Mark Whittle called for England supporters to "act in a respectful manner".
"The FA is very disappointed about the terrible scenes of disorder and of course condemns such behaviour," he said.
"It is now in the hands of the relevant authorities to identify those involved in trouble and deal with them appropriately and quickly." | The wife of England and Leicester striker Jamie Vardy has described being tear-gassed as violence flared before England's Euro 2016 tie with Russia. | 1.02457 | 1 |
The trio recorded Look Into Your Heart at Abbey Road studios, with Sir Mick on backing vocals and Wood on guitar.
It was produced by Pink Floyd's Nick Mason and will raise funds for Save the Children's Nepal Earthquake appeal.
The single also features a choir of 100 of the charity's supporters, who won the opportunity in a charity auction.
"The terrible events in Nepal show just how vulnerable our fellow man can be in the face of nature," said lead vocalist Knight.
"My hope is that the proceeds of this song will go some way to help raise urgently needed funds to repair homes and restore lives."
Wood said he was "delighted" to be able to help with the Nepal Appeal by featuring on the single, which is available to download on iTunes.
The earthquake on 25 April is now known to have killed more than 7,500 people and has injured more than 14,500.
More than 4,000 aid workers from around the world have been helping with relief and rescue operations. | Rolling Stones stars Sir Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood have joined Beverley Knight on a charity single in aid of victims of the Nepal earthquake. | 1.207714 | 1 |
Its funding, by revenue from phone voting in shows like Strictly Come Dancing and The Voice, has significantly diminished.
"More and more people are voting for free with a touch of the button," said BBC Arts Director Jonty Claypole.
Since it was set up in 2003 the fund has distributed £5m in grants to emerging talent.
Launching as the Fame Academy Bursary, it supported more than 1200 individuals in the performing arts.
Beneficiaries have included global singing sensation Adele, composer Mark Simpson and the Bristol Old Vic.
"I owe the start of my career to this incredible charity - devastating times," tweeted Irish actor Fra Fee, who starred in the big screen adaptation of Les Miserables.
Before it closes, the fund will award £156,100 split between 17 alumni.
Claypole insisted that, despite the closure, "the BBC's commitment to the arts and nurturing talent remains as strong as ever." | The BBC Performing Arts Fund will close after 13 years in March next year, it has been announced. | 1.478052 | 1 |
The forward, who also played for Gosport Borough, Nottingham Forest, Ipswich and Tonbridge, scored 158 Football League goals for The Royals.
His 39 goals in the 1951/52 Division Three (South) campaign remains a Reading club record.
Blackman twice scored five goals in a single game for Reading. He worked as a post-office telephone engineer in Portsmouth during his retirement. | Reading's record goalscorer Ronnie Blackman has died, aged 90. | 0.950784 | 1 |
Families spent the night in a school hall after the 500lb bomb was found in the basement of a building site on Temple Street, in Bethnal Green, on Monday afternoon.
A 200m (650ft) exclusion zone was set up around the device.
Residents have been told they can now return to their homes.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the German WW2 air delivered bomb could have caused "mass destruction" if it had detonated.
A spokesman said a bomb disposal team from the Royal Logistics Corps, 621 Squadron and 11 EOD Regiment assisted the emergency services.
The bomb, which was found by contractors, was thought to have been dropped over the capital during German bombing raids in the early 1940s, but did not detonate, said the London Fire Brigade (LFB).
An Army spokesman thanked residents for their patience.
The spokesman said: "We understand the disruption this has caused but be reassured my team has been working tirelessly through the night in order to minimise the inconvenience to everyone involved.
"The bomb has been in the ground for more than 70 years but unlike a fine wine does not improve with age. It is potentially more dangerous today than the day it was made."
The bomb was located in the cellar of a three-storey building, which had severely restricted access. The military had to dig around the device to neutralise the fuse using a chemical process called immunisation, the MoD said.
The military, London Fire Brigade and the Met Police helped remove the bomb at about 14:10 BST.
Beds, food, drinks, and wash bags were provided to about 150 evacuated residents at the Bethnal Green Academy on Monday evening, which was used as a rest centre.
John Biggs, the mayor of Tower Hamlets, said: "Many thanks to the emergency services who worked tirelessly with us to make the area safe as soon as possible."
Last night, residents took to Twitter to share their experiences.
Rachel Walker wrote: "WWII bomb in #BethnalGreen has resurrected Blitz Spirit."
Several roads were closed and police warned of "significant traffic disruption" into the morning rush hour.
Two other unexploded bombs were discovered and safely removed from sites in London earlier this year - one in Bermondsey in March and another in Wembley in May. | An unexploded World War Two bomb that prompted the evacuation of 700 people in east London has been made safe and removed by the military. | 2.011028 | 2 |
The producer of single malt brands Old Pulteney, Balblair and Speyburn has increased its maturation capacity by 20% in order to serve markets such as India, Kazakhstan and Poland.
The Airdrie-based firm has also built 12 new warehouses, raising total capacity to 600,000 casks of whisky.
It has also boosted production capacity at its Speyburn distillery in Moray.
The distillery is now capable of producing 4.2 million litres of whisky per year.
Funding for the investment programme was provided by Bank of Scotland.
Inver House, which employs 204 people across its six sites in Scotland, currently exports mainly to Europe, the USA, Africa and the Far East.
Last year, it entered the Indian market by launching its major single malt brands and super premium Caorunn Gin.
Managing director Graham Stevenson said: "Our brands performed well in 2015, growing and laying the foundations in many new international markets.
"We anticipate further opportunities and this growth will be underpinned in the coming years by the increased capacity, in terms of production and maturation storage, created as part of our investment programme.
"Looking at India as an example, we have had very positive feedback so far since our brands launched in the country where we conducted a programme of master class events in the cities of Delhi, Puni, and Mumbai.
"We are also about to launch in the travel retail sector, which is key to growth for imported brands in this marketplace, due to the very high import taxes businesses have to pay to get into the domestic market."
Bank of Scotland relationship director Mark Hull said: "Whisky exports remain buoyant, at over £4bn annually, despite various uncertainties, and remains the UK's second strongest contributor to national trade performance.
"The long-term view for Scotch whisky remains the same, despite some global challenging dynamics in key global powers such as Russia." | Inver House Distillers is taking on new international markets after completing a £10m investment programme. | 1.065794 | 1 |
The sport was one of five to lose its funding, despite Great Britain winning its first Olympic badminton medal since 2004 at Rio 2016.
The appeal by Badminton England is likely to be heard in early February.
"We've had to make some tough decisions around investment for the Tokyo cycle," said a UK Sport statement.
"This is not a reflection on the progress or commitment of any of the sports or athletes affected, it's just a matter of us having to prioritise available resources towards those with the strongest medal potential as we focus on our aspirational goal to deliver more medals and medallists at Tokyo 2020."
Archery, fencing, weightlifting and wheelchair rugby also lost their funding, but unlike badminton, none of those sports achieved a medal for Team GB in Brazil this summer.
Badminton England chief executive Adrian Christy said he was "staggered" by the "incomprehensible" decision to remove the sport's funding.
Marcus Ellis, who won bronze alongside Chris Langridge in Rio, added that the decision would give young players "no chance at all" of making a career in the sport
Former Sports Minister & new BOA chair Sir Hugh Robertson told BBC Sport he had "enormous sympathy for a sport like badminton", but that the "balance (of UK Sport strategy) broadly speaking is right".
A total of £345m will be invested in 31 Olympic and Paralympic sports - £2m less than the record £347m allocated for the Rio Games.
As a result, UK Sport has set Team GB a target of winning 51-85 Olympic medals, and 115-162 Paralympic medals in Tokyo.
Britain enjoyed unprecedented success at Rio 2016, with the Olympics yielding 67 medals and the Paralympics 147. | Badminton England has formally appealed against UK Sport's decision to end financial backing ahead of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. | 1.594689 | 2 |
All 81 of the sculptures were sold for Wallace & Gromit's Grand Appeal, which is raising £3.5m for an expansion of Bristol Royal Hospital for Children.
One lot, Gromit Lightyear, designed by animation studio Pixar and based on the Toy Story character, sold for £65,000.
Nick Park, who created the Gromit character, said he was "stunned" by how much had been raised.
"I couldn't wait to see the Pixar Gromit Lightyear go because obviously that was a top runner," Mr Park said.
"It just kept going up. When the first few started climbing I started tingling. It was double the target.
"It is obviously for the children's hospital, everyone has been so generous, the people in the room, on the internet and the artists," he added.
Bidders packed into a specially erected pavilion at Bristol's Cribbs Causeway shopping centre, with almost 2,000 more taking part in the action online.
One of the unsuccessful bidders was five-year-old Thom Clarke from Fishponds.
He wrote a letter to the "Gromit keepers" to say he had visited all of the statues over the summer and Blossom was his favourite.
"I have £11.57 saved up and I would like to bid my money on Blossom please.
"I hope I win," he said.
The Grand Appeal hopes to fund state-of-the-art equipment, family facilities and child-friendly artwork to complement a £31m investment by the NHS.
Last month a pre-auction show of the Gromit sculptures, called The Greatest Dog Show On Earth, drew crowds of about 22,000.
They had previously been displayed around the city during the summer and quickly became a popular tourist attraction.
While the majority of the sculptures were based around Bristol, there were others at London Paddington station, Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire, Cheddar Gorge in Somerset and Hawkesbury Upton, South Gloucestershire.
The trail attracted visitors from numerous countries across Europe, the Americas and Asia. | More than £2.3m has been raised for charity as dozens of Gromit statues were auctioned in Bristol. | 1.204622 | 1 |
The 27-year-old, injured in training on Monday, will be replaced in the squad by fellow off-spinner Laura Marsh.
Hazell's place in the side for Tuesday's game with India went to left-arm spinner Rebecca Grundy.
"This is obviously very disappointing news for Danielle," said England head coach Mark Robinson.
"She was an important component of the attack, especially given her excellent current form and the conditions here in India, but we are fortunate to have such a talented and experienced replacement in Laura."
Durham-born Hazell is second in the International Cricket Council's rankings for bowlers in women's Twenty20 internationals, behind England pace bowler Anya Shrubsole.
Kent's Marsh, 29, has played 58 Twenty20 internationals for England, including the World Twenty20 success in 2009.
Although she was left out of England's squad for the recent series in South Africa, she has played T20 cricket for Sydney Sixers and Otago this winter.
She will join the squad in time for Sunday's game with Pakistan in Chennai. | England spinner Danielle Hazell has been ruled out of the rest of the Women's World Twenty20 with a calf muscle strain. | 0.869244 | 1 |
Massive quantities of fireworks go up in smoke during the festival.
On Wednesday night, the levels of PM10 particulates, which are very hazardous to health, rose to 2,000 micrograms per cubic metre, reports said.
The WHO recommends a maximum of 50 micrograms per cubic metre.
Ahead of the festival, the government in Delhi had appealed to residents to stay away from fireworks.
The Times of India reported that the air quality in the Indian capital "deteriorated drastically" on Wednesday evening "breaching all safety standards by several times".
The newspaper said that PM10 levels in many parts of the city had crossed 1,000 micrograms per cubic metre, with Delhi's most polluted area Anand Vihar, recording a high of 2,000 micrograms per cubic metre.
In stark contrast to Beijing where levels of PM10 (particulate matter up to 10 micrometres in size) decreased by about 40% between 2000 and 2013, Delhi's PM10 levels have gone up by about 47% from 2000 to 2011.
Levels of sulphur dioxide, which can lead to a spike in asthma, bronchitis and bronchiolitis, were also found to be very high in many areas.
A World Health Organization (WHO) survey in 2014 found that 13 of the most polluted 20 cities in the world were in India. Delhi was the most polluted city in the world, the survey added.
Air pollution is also a leading cause of premature death in India, with about 620,000 people dying every year from pollution-related diseases, says the WHO.
Apart from fireworks on Diwali, Delhi's pollution in winter is aggravated by a drop in temperature which leads to the city's poor burning rubbish at night to stay warm.
Agricultural waste is also set on fire across thousands of hectares around Delhi to clear cropland, which burns for days on end. | Pollution soared to hazardous levels in Delhi on the night of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, reaching 40 times the limit recommended by the World Health Organisation, reports say. | 2.747087 | 3 |
The Aldi store in Prestatyn was targeted at about 1941 GMT on Monday by two men, who escaped with cash.
A search of the area by helicopter and by the North Wales Police dog section failed to find anything.
Anyone with information is asked to contact 101 if in Wales, 0845 6071001 (Welsh language) or 0845 6071002 (English).
Police said one of the men remained by the store's door while the other pushed a member of staff and took cash from the till.
The first offender is between 5ft 8ins (173cm) and 5ft 10 ins (178cm) tall and slim, was wearing a hooded top and had his face covered.
The second man was slim and was believed to have been wearing a hooded top, had his socks tucked over his tracksuit bottoms and was wearing black trainers. | Police have appealed for information after a robbery at a Denbighshire supermarket. | 1.093818 | 1 |
Marie Black, 34, from Norwich, denies a total of 26 allegations of abuse including child rape.
She has been on trial at Norwich Crown Court for two months with five other women and four men from Norwich and Romford who deny sexual abuse charges.
The defence cases began on Tuesday with Ms Black's barrister declining to offer any defence evidence on her behalf.
Sarah Elliott, QC, defending Ms Black, said: "I do not seek to put any further evidence before the jury as part of her case."
Judge Nicholas Coleman said the jury may take inference from that decision not to call Ms Black to give evidence.
Another defendant Jason Adams, 44, a former cleaner at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, denied all sexual offences against five children.
But he has admitted four charges of cruelty and ill-treatment. including injuring a child.
"I neglected the children. I ill-treated them. I completely acted in the wrong way, frightened them," he told the court.
He blamed his actions on working nights, tiredness and temper.
The jury has previously heard criticism of social workers and foster carers in the way the children's allegations were recorded.
The defendants are Marie Black, 34, from Norwich; Michael Rogers, 53, from Romford, Carol Stadler, 59, Anthony Stadler, 63, Nicola Collins, 36, Andrew Collins, 52, Judith Fuller, 32, Denise Barnes, 34, Kathleen Adams, 84, and Jason Adams, 43, all from Norwich.
All deny all the charges they face.
The trial continues. | A woman alleged to be at the centre of a paedophile sex ring has refused to provide evidence in her defence. | 0.546669 | 1 |
The city of Hamburg had rejected Juergen Roemer's plea to be put in a more favourable tax category.
But that decision may amount to sex discrimination, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled.
Mr Roemer claimed he was entitled to 302 euros (£265) a month more.
The judges said that under German law same-sex partnerships - called "registered life partnerships" - are now comparable to marriage.
Mr Roemer had worked for the Hamburg city authorities for 40 years. He retired in 1990 and in October 2001 told his former employer that he had established a registered life partnership with his male partner.
Mr Roemer had been living with his companion since 1969 and German same-sex partnerships were given legal status in February 2001.
While many European states recognise homosexual civil unions, only Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Sweden, Norway and Iceland legally acknowledge same-sex marriage.
The ECJ ruling on Tuesday may give legal weight to similar claims in other EU countries.
The judges said individuals could claim against a local authority for the right to equal treatment under EU law, even if national law contained no provision relevant to their case. | The EU's top court has ruled that a retired German man in a same-sex civil partnership should enjoy the same tax status as a married man when his pension is calculated. | 2.061867 | 2 |
Harvey, 32, joined the club as first-team coach in 2008 and replaced Tony Gervaise as manager in February 2010.
She guided Arsenal to three consecutive league titles, two Continental Cups and one FA Women's Cup.
"I've had a wonderful four-and-a-half years and would like to thank everyone at the club for the fantastic support," she told the club's website.
"A special thanks must go to (general manager) Vic Akers for giving me the opportunity to manage this special club.
"It was always going to be a huge challenge taking over from such a legendary figure in the women's game but I've learnt so much from Vic and can't thank him enough for all that he's done for me." | Arsenal Ladies manager Laura Harvey will leave in January to take over at American side Seattle Reign. | 0.687916 | 1 |
It was found at North Queen Street on Tuesday morning and was declared a "viable device".
The police have now launched an attempted murder investigation.
Det Ch Insp Peter Montgomery said it was "lucky" that no officers or members of the public were hurt.
"This incident also caused massive inconvenience, disruption and upset for the local community of north Belfast," he said.
During the operation, a number of families had to leave their homes and several roads in the area were closed.
Police have said they want to speak to the driver of a white van that was seen in North Queen Street just before midnight on Monday 8 August.
Det Ch Insp Montgomery added: "I am appealing for anyone who noticed any activity in the North Queen Street area, close to Spamount Street, between Monday evening and Tuesday morning." | A pipe bomb that was discovered in north Belfast on Tuesday was most likely thrown at a passing PSNI vehicle the night before, police have said. | 0.658666 | 1 |
Lieutenant Peter Coughlin assaulted the woman after inviting her back to his room while he was stationed in Oman.
The 34-year-old, now based at Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, was convicted of assault by penetration after a court martial trial at Portsmouth Naval Base.
He has been ordered to sign the sex offenders register.
The attack happened on 20 March 2015, when Coughlin was based at Musannah airbase near Muscat.
Judge advocate Robert Hill said the officer had acted in an "episode of pure madness" and was "clutching at straws" by believing his victim was attracted to him.
The trial heard the defendant and victim had been drinking at a hotel before returning to the airbase.
Coughlin, a training officer for 814 Naval Air Squadron, suggested watching a film in his room but the woman fell asleep on his single bed.
In a video shown to the court, the victim said: "I felt physically sick, I couldn't really understand what had just occurred, I just burst into tears. I went to have a shower, I tried to process it, I should never, never have gone into his cabin."
Sentencing Coughlin for an offence of sexual assault by penetration with his fingers, Judge Hill said: "In an episode of pure madness you failed to resist the temptation. She trusted you completely."
He added: "It would be remiss of me if I didn't pay respect to the position of your wife, also a serving officer. The court commends her strength of character, resilience and fortitude." | A married Royal Navy officer has been jailed for two and a half years for sexually assaulting a woman who fell asleep on his bed after a night out. | 0.617587 | 1 |
DCH says it has been reviewing its services after the government announced a 1% rent cut for social housing in England over four years.
A spokeswoman for the association said it was reviewing staffing and there could be up to 40 redundancies.
She said it would have to save up to £4.5m a year.
The spokeswoman said this was between 2.6% and 3.4% of the association's annual income.
"The consultations will consider changes to 85 roles and we anticipate that around 40 staff may be made redundant. Our focus now is on minimising redundancies."
She said it was not possible to go into more detail on what the budget cut would mean for services at the moment.
The national Housing Association Federation said the 1% rent cut could see the whole sector lose up to £3.9bn per year.
A spokesman said: "Housing associations are the most successful public-private partnerships in history and have created their business plans based on the current rental formula.
"Housing associations want to work with the Government to meet its housing ambitions, but this policy will make it much harder for them to do so."
A spokesman for the Department for Communities and Local Government said: "Social housing rent has risen by 20% since 2010, more than double the increase in the private sector.
"Lowering social rents will help protect social tenants from rising housing costs, while ensuring fairness for taxpayers." | Dozens of jobs could go at one of the largest housing associations in the South West due to planned rent cuts, according to the association. | 1.296702 | 1 |
Froome finished alongside his general classification rivals, two minutes 56 seconds behind De la Cruz.
The Spaniard is not expected to challenge in the overall standings but won the 164.5km stage by 27 seconds ahead of Belgian Dries Devenyns.
He overtakes Colombian Nairo Quintana, who took the red jersey on Saturday.
Froome is aiming to become the first man in 38 years to win the Vuelta and Tour de France in the same season.
He finished alongside Quintana and second-placed Alejandro Valverde, both of Movistar, as well as three-time champion Alberto Contador after they did not challenge De la Cruz for the stage win.
1. David de la Cruz (Spa/Etixx-Quick-Step) 3hrs 47mins 56secs
2. Dries Devenyns (Bel/IAM Cycling) +27secs
3. Moreno Moser (Ita/Cannondale) +33secs
4. Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa/Astana) +51secs
5. Mathias Frank (Swi/IAM Cycling) same time
6. Alexandre Geniez (Fra/FDJ) +53secs
7. Bartosz Huzarski (Pol/BORA) +58secs
8. Thomas De Gendt (Bel/Lotto) +1min 04secs
9. Pello Bilbao (Spa/Caja Rural) same time
10. Dylan Teuns (Bel/BMC Racing) +1min 10secs
1. David de la Cruz (Spa/Etix-Quick Step) 33hrs 46mins 24secs
2. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) +22secs
3. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Movistar) +41secs
4. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) +49secs
5. Esteban Chaves (Col/Orica Bike Exchange) +1min 19secs
6. Leopold Konig (Cze/Team Sky) +1min 38secs
7. Alberto Contador (Spa/Tinkoff) +2mins 01sec
8. Darwin Atapuma (Col/BMC) +2mins 06secs
9. Gianluca Brambilla (Ita/Etixx-Quick Step) +2mins 07secs
10. Samuel Sanchez (Spa/BMC) +2mins 08secs | Britain's Chris Froome slipped to fourth in the Vuelta a Espana standings as Spain's David de la Cruz won stage nine and took the leader's red jersey. | 0.962437 | 1 |
Leanne Wood said if Plaid wins power in Thursday's election ministers could call a public vote if the UK government refused to negotiate on devolution.
Plaid wants new powers that include policing, income taxes and reforms to the way the Welsh government is funded.
UK ministers' have delayed their further devolution proposals until the summer, after criticism of the plans.
In February, the previous Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb promised "significant changes" to the draft Wales Bill, after claims it was confusing and would leave Welsh ministers with fewer powers.
Plaid Cymru's manifesto states that within days of winning power its ministers would begin urgent talks with the UK government seeking "immediate progress" on implementing constitutional changes.
Speaking on the BBC Radio Wales Good Morning Wales programme, Ms Wood said: "We have a whole raft of things that are yet to be implemented that have got cross-party agreement.
"If people vote for a Plaid Cymru government next Thursday than they will be voting for a mandate for us to implement all of those policies and recommendations, from the Silk Commission and so on, that have already been agreed cross-party.
"The point is that if the UK government refused to consider to negotiate with us - we've got an unwritten constitution [and] all constitutional changes are done by negotiation.
"And we reserve the right to hold a referendum on the principle of making sure that we get the powers we need in this country."
Plaid's manifesto says independence "remains our long-term aspiration" but it can only be achieved "stage by stage".
The last devolution referendum was held in Wales in 2011, in which 63.5% of voters backed giving the assembly direct law-making powers, 14 years after the referendum that established the institution. | Plaid Cymru Welsh ministers could call a referendum on further assembly powers, the party's leader has said. | 1.76805 | 2 |
5 February 2016 Last updated at 15:27 GMT
This year the festival features over 200 sculptures including iconic Asian buildings carved out of snow and ice.
A ten metre tall model of a high speed train is also one of the big attractions.
Organisers hope over two million people will visit from all over the country, and abroad, to see the sculptures. | A snow and ice festival in Northern Japan saw some pretty impressive sculptures made out of the cold stuff. | 1.291287 | 1 |
Newsgathering can be difficult and the communications infrastructure is poor.
Radio is the most popular medium. Scores of private stations, some with foreign funding, have sprung up. There is a national state-run network, and each of South Sudan's 10 states has its own radio station.
The Catholic Church and Internews, a US-based media development organisation, are key players in the radio scene. The BBC World Service broadcasts to Juba on 90 FM (Arabic) and 88.2 FM (English).
Though expensive for many locals, newspapers rank second to radio in popularity. Most publish in English and are printed in Uganda or Kenya.
State TV has little competition. The development of TV is hindered by poverty and a limited electricity and telecoms infrastructure.
Media freedom is fragile. Armed groups, weak legal institutions and political pressures undermine free reporting. Journalists risk arrest over reports that criticise the government and the ruling party.
There have been reported seizures of newspapers, or disruption of their distribution, by the authorities.
Web access is limited to the main towns. Diaspora members are the most active social network users. | South Sudan's media face immense logistical, economic, social and political challenges. | 2.646108 | 3 |
A murder investigation was launched after one man, now known as Dennis Kelly, 59, of Slough was found with fatal stab wounds in Lower Cippenham Lane on Friday.
A second man, who was taken to hospital with life-threatening stab wounds, died on Sunday evening.
The second man is yet to be formally identified. Police said they do not believe anyone else was involved.
A post mortem into the second death is due to take place on Thursday.
Det Ch Insp Ailsa Kent: "At this stage of the investigation no arrests have been made.
"I understand that this incident will have caused concern but I can reassure the community that although no arrests have been made, I believe the only two people involved were the two men who have sadly died." | A man has died in hospital following a stabbing in Slough. | 0.668975 | 1 |
Yvonne Kershaw, a 64-year-old grandmother from Petworth in West Sussex, landed the Virgin Atlantic flight from Cancun in Mexico.
Mrs Kershaw joined the airline in 1990 and was granted command of the Boeing 747 aircraft three years later.
She said it had taken passengers a few years to get used to seeing a woman coming out of the flight deck.
"I suppose normally they would expect to see a silver-haired fox flying the aeroplane in command," she added.
"Breaking down those barriers wasn't easy but nobody ever said it would be.
"What you need is passion about your job, determination and skill."
Mrs Kershaw learned to fly at the age of 19 and after flying small aircraft around Europe and north Africa she gained her commercial pilot's licence and flew executive jets.
When she joined Virgin Atlantic its fleet included only four 747s.
"It's such an iconic aeroplane and it's what I wanted to fly. For decades it was the largest aircraft in the world and the most loved by everybody," she said.
Mrs Kershaw has captained more than 2,000 flights with more than 18,000 flying hours in the jumbos.
She said she was "slightly tearful" after landing her final flight and would miss the role "enormously".
"With long-haul it's not a job, it's a way of life, because you spend so much time away from home with crew. They become part of your extended family." | The UK's first woman jumbo jet pilot has retired after landing at Gatwick Airport for the last time. | 1.488611 | 1 |
Some 100 firefighters were called out to the building in Bellegrove Road, Welling, where the first floor collapsed.
The fire spread throughout the building and the roof caught alight, London Fire Brigade (LFB) said. Crews were called at 09:25 BST and the fire was under control four hours later.
Firefighters remain at the scene dampening down.
Bellegrove Road should be be fully reopened by 19:00, said the Met Police.
Seven people left the building before the brigade arrived and there were no reports of any injuries.
Martin Freeman, from the London Fire Brigade, said: "Staff at the pub had a lucky escape as they heard the smoke alarm sound, left the pub and alerted the brigade."
He said had the firefighters not had an early warning "there could have been a very different outcome". | A fire has severely damaged a Wetherspoon pub in south London. | 1.056665 | 1 |
The 21-year-old Spurs youth product has had five loan spells during his career, including a two-game stint at Wigan earlier this season.
In total, he has scored nine goals in 42 career league appearances.
He joins the League One promotion hopefuls on a three-and-a-half-year deal after the sale of top goalscorer Conor Washington to QPR on Tuesday.
"He is a sought-after player, we are not the only club at the top of our league that have been after him," said Posh boss Graham Westley.
"I am delighted that he has decided that we are the place he wants to join."
"I think he wants to try to become the next Conor Washington, the next Craig Mackail-Smith, the next Britt Assombalonga and he has all the talent and attributes to fulfil that."
Meanwhile, defender Miles Addison, 27, has left Posh at the end of his short-term contract after playing three games for Westley's side.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Peterborough have signed striker Shaquile Coulthirst from Tottenham for an undisclosed fee. | 0.761229 | 1 |
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Officials expect 18,000 patients to miss appointments in Jersey this year, 17% fewer than the 21,000 missed in 2012. There are no earlier figures.
The missed appointments still represent 7% of the 255,000 total.
Assistant health minister John Refault said the reminders, introduced in July 2012, were likely to be having an effect.
The figures relate to all appointments provided by the health and social services department, although most of those are at Jersey General Hospital.
Health officials say each missed appointment can cost £100, equivalent to £1.8m this year.
Constable Refault said that was still too high.
He said many patients have initial consultations in Jersey but then have private treatment in the UK and fail to inform the health department.
He said: "It's not cost effective to have highly qualified professionals sitting around twiddling their thumbs." | Text reminders have cut the number of patients missing States medical appointments, figures suggest. | 1.382572 | 1 |
The official Trump-branded item was presented to Mr Turnbull during a visit to a Coptic Orthodox church in Sydney.
His relationship with Mr Trump became a talking point after the US president was reported to have abruptly ended a phone call between the two in January.
Mr Turnbull later disputed this and the pair are said to have repaired ties.
The Australian prime minister appeared to see the funny side after he was handed the silk necktie by Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Coptic Orthodox Bishop Daniel on Sunday.
Mr Turnbull's famously difficult first phone call with Mr Trump was the result of a discussion between the two leaders over a refugee resettlement agreement, which was initially made by former US President Barack Obama.
Mr Trump was said to have become irritated and broke off what was supposed to be an hour-long call after 25 minutes, later tweeting that the refugee deal was "dumb".
Earlier this month diplomatic officials were forced to brush off footage leaked to the media in which Mr Turnbull was accused of poking fun at Mr Trump with an impersonation that he said had received "mixed reviews".
"Everyone says politicians are too serious, too scripted. You gotta lighten up right? It's Australia," Mr Turnbull said. | Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been left somewhat bemused after receiving a pink tie emblazoned with the words "Donald Trump". | 1.244349 | 1 |
Sam Kanizay, 16, found his feet and ankles covered in blood after soaking his legs in Melbourne's Brighton Beach on Saturday evening.
Jarrod Kanizay said his son arrived home with what "looked like a war injury" and that his legs would not stop bleeding.
The family are seeking expert opinion to identify the flesh-eating bugs.
Marine biologists have said they were likely to have been sea fleas, tiny scavenging marine animals.
WARNING: This article contains a close up image of the injury.
After a tiring football game on Saturday evening, the 16-year-old decided to soak his legs in the cold bay near his home.
Speaking to the BBC's World Update radio show, Sam described feeling pins and needles in his legs after standing waist-deep in dark cold water for about half an hour.
After shaking off what he thought was sand coated around his ankles, he walked across the beach before looking down and realising that his feet were "covered in blood".
"It bled for ages, and it's still seeping blood now," he said.
"It looked like a war injury... like a grenade attack. It was really bloody," his father told BBC News.
"We got him in the shower but as soon as we did that the blood kept re-appearing," said Mr Kanizay.
"It wasn't clotting at all. It just kept bleeding and bleeding."
After two local hospitals could not identify the cause of the multiple pin-prick injuries, the Melbourne father decided to investigate and went back to the beach.
"I collected these strange creatures from the same spot last night by trapping them in a net and standing in the water myself," he said.
"We got thousands of these little mite-type bugs and they've been sent on to experts."
Mr Kanizay said he hoped the sandy-coloured mites would not scar his son, and he is expected to make a full recovery.
"We are just waiting on the experts to tell us what they are and how they behave and why this happened."
Marine biologist Dr Genefor Walker-Smith, who saw some of the samples, told Australia's Herald Sun newspaper that the bugs were probably lysianassid amphipods, or sea fleas.
"It's possible he disturbed a feeding group but they are generally not out there waiting to attack like piranhas," she said.
Experts have said such cases are very rare and that there is no reason for alarm. | An Australian teenager is recovering in hospital after being bitten by multiple "mite-sized sea critters". | 1.904044 | 2 |
It was the steepest profit rise of the three big US banks that reported quarterly results on Friday.
Profits at Wells Fargo increased 5% to $5.8bn, but revenue was flat.
Citigroup reported a 3% fall in profits to $3.9bn as higher taxes and costs took their toll. The bank also made greater provision for bad loans.
The banks largely performed better than investors had expected, but shares fell on lagging revenue in key trading units.
Wells Fargo, which has been working to move past a scandal tied to fake accounts, fell 1.1%.
JP Morgan dropped 0.9% and Citigroup declined 0.5%.
JP Morgan reported total net revenues of $26.4bn for the second quarter of the year, a 4.7% increase from the same period a year earlier.
Revenues were helped by an 8% increase in interest income, which the bank said was driven by the impact of rising US interest rates as well as growth in the number of loans.
"The US consumer remains healthy," said JP Morgan chief executive, Jamie Dimon.
"Loans and deposits continue to grow strongly and card sales and merchant processing volumes were up double digits."
US banks had been expected to benefit from the recent increases in interest rates. The US Federal Reserve's target range for its key rate is now between 1% and 1.25%, whereas a year earlier it was between 0.25% and 0.5%.
Mr Dimon said the decline in revenue at its trading division reflected "lower volatility and client activity". A year earlier trading revenues had been boosted by the increased volatility generated by the UK's vote to leave the EU.
Citigroup reported $17.9bn in revenue, up 2% year-on year.
Chief executive Michael Corbat said the bank's retail division and investment banking business had strong quarters.
Wells Fargo saw a decline in car loans, after it implemented tighter lending standards. | US banking giant JP Morgan Chase has reported a 13% rise in second quarter profits to $7bn (£5.4bn), lifted by strong growth of loans and deposits. | 1.349836 | 1 |
It follows an inquest in June into the death of David Knight, who took his own life when on home leave in St Austell while being treated in Somerset.
Dr Emma Carlyon has warned of future deaths unless the sending of vulnerable patients miles from home ends.
NHS England said it was considering the report's recommendations.
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The inquest jury said Mr Knight's suicide was contributed to by inadequate risk assessment and support while he was on leave from a private mental health unit in Weston Super Mare, Cygnet Hospital Kewstoke.
He died in May 2015 of multiple injuries after being hit by a train on a viaduct near St Austell.
Mr Knight was being treated for paranoid schizophrenia at Cygnet Hospital because there were no acute psychiatric inpatient beds available in Cornwall.
The jury also found his significant cannabis use and repeated failure to engage with Cornwall's mental health services since 2007 contributed to his death.
Ms Carlyon has called on Mr Hunt in her report to "review the provision of mental health beds in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly to avoid the continual routine requirement for 'out of county' placements".
She added: "I considered that you should be a aware of the matter raised at inquest with a view to preventing future deaths."
An NHS England spokesperson said: "Our heart goes out to the family at this difficult time.
"Our expectation is that all local health systems will end the practice of sending patients far away from home for treatment by 2021 at the latest, and expect to see significant progress on this over the coming year." | A coroner has written to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt calling for a review of acute mental health beds in Cornwall. | 1.806253 | 2 |
Corrie Mckeague, based at RAF Honington in Suffolk, disappeared after a night out in Bury St Edmunds on 23 September.
The gunner was last spotted on CCTV at 03:24 BST walking alone, but Nicola Urquhart said there was "not one image" of him leaving the town on foot.
She said: "I don't think Corrie is dead yet - I know people will be thinking 'something's happened' [but] I don't."
It was thought Mr Mckeague, 23, who was out with RAF colleagues on 23 September, stopped for a nap in a doorway before setting off to walk the nine miles (15km) back to his base early the following morning.
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Mrs Urquhart, of Dunfermline, Fife, said Suffolk Police has looked at "loads more CCTV" and "he is not seen leaving the area".
She said: "They are quite certain, on foot, that he can't be seen leaving. Somebody can't just disappear.
"He could have got into a vehicle, but not his own - his own was still parked up the road."
Mrs Urquhart said: "If somebody has hurt him, if something's happened accidentally, are they just going to keep on putting us through this turmoil?
"As a mother, I don't care if the police don't speak to you, but tell me where he is."
Police said they did not believe Mr Mckeague still had his mobile phone after data showed it moved to Barton Mills, matching the route of a bin lorry.
The phone has not been used since it was pinpointed to the location, which is about 10 miles (16km) from Bury.
Mrs Urquhart, who is a police family liaison officer, said her job could be both "a curse and a blessing" as she dealt with her son's disappearance.
"It's truly horrific some days, because I'm a police officer and I understand - and then other days it's such a help," she said. | The mother of an airman who went missing 13 days ago believes her son is still alive. | 0.954994 | 1 |
The Englishman, 28, has received a five-year exemption, taking him through to the end of the 2020-21 season.
Willett won by three shots at Augusta to claim his first career major following a dramatic collapse from world number one Jordan Spieth.
Willett was also awarded 600 FedExCup points for his Masters win to move up to 27th in the standings before this week's Valero Texas Open. | Masters winner Danny Willett has joined the PGA Tour. | 0.585429 | 1 |
Yasmine Elder was allegedly able to overpower Darrius Ellis, 26, and force him on to his back before pouring the substance down his throat.
The incident occurred at 01:45 on Monday while the couple were arguing inside a parked van, say investigators.
Police officers found Mr Ellis lying in the street hours later.
He was brought to hospital where he died of "complications from forcible administration of a caustic substance", according to medical examiners.
Relatives told the Chicago Tribune that he has a five-year-old son.
Ms Elder was arrested on Monday evening. | A 24-year-old Chicago woman has been charged with murder after forcing her boyfriend to drink bleach during a fight, investigators say. | 0.369096 | 0 |
Mada Masr said Mr Bahgat, 37, was questioned by military intelligence for nine hours and could be charged with publishing false information.
Amnesty International said the arrest was "yet another nail in the coffin" of freedom of expression in Egypt.
Tens of thousands are thought to have been jailed since the army overthrew President Mohammed Morsi in 2013.
The Mada Masr report said Mr Bahgat had received a summons from military intelligence on Thursday, and attended its headquarters on Sunday morning.
He was not allowed to take his phone or be accompanied by a lawyer to the interrogation, it added.
Mr Bahgat told the website he could be charged with "publishing inaccurate and false information that harms national interests". No charges have yet been brought.
He is currently being held at the military prosecutor's office, Mada Masr said.
The Amnesty statement said the arrest showed the Egyptian authorities were continuing their "ferocious onslaught against independent journalism and civil society".
"The arrest of Hossam Bahgat today is yet another nail in the coffin for freedom of expression in Egypt," it quoted Middle East and North Africa Programme Director Philip Luther as saying.
"He is being detained and questioned by the military prosecutor for peacefully exercising his right to freedom of expression and must be immediately and unconditionally released.
"Any charges brought against him must be dropped."
Hossam Bahgat is the founder of human rights group Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights.
Since 2014 he has published a series of investigative reports on Mada Masr, including the conviction in August of a group of military officers for plotting a coup with the banned Muslim Brotherhood. | Egyptian investigative journalist and rights activist Hossam Bahgat has been arrested, a website he works for says. | 1.49513 | 1 |
Visitors have been coming on board to view archive footage, including some of Northern Ireland's maritime past, from years gone by.
But it is after dark that the ship's sails turn into silver screens.
Footage and films are projected on to them as night falls, and the masts are lit up with lights.
It is all part of Celluloid Sail, a project curated by the organisation Compass Presents in partnership with the British Film Institute's Britain on Film archive.
The films shown on board were chosen specifically with Belfast in mind, said Celluloid Sail producer Tara Sachdeva.
"This year of Britain on Film concentrates on archive filmed around our coasts," she said.
"Some of the content we found was about an old prawn festival, for example, which was an unusual celebration.
"Then there is other footage about the industry and history of the maritime area here."
She added: "In the daytime people can see that under deck, and then at night from about 21:00 they view from the harbour.
"We've got beautiful lights that pick out the sails and the rigging, and then we're going to be projecting on to some of the ship's sails."
Aside from what is being shown on board, the Kaskelot itself has an interesting story to tell, according to the ship's manager Jessica Atkinson.
"She's a bit of a mongrel, like all the best ships," she said jokingly.
"She was built in 1948 in Denmark out of pure oak for the Royal Greenland Trading Company.
"She was trading up that coast for quite a few years and was then a fisheries support boat in the Faroes - since then she's been used for a lot of film and movie work."
The Kaskelot has previously been featured in the BBC series Poldark, as well as films including Shackleton and The Three Musketeers.
It is in Belfast until 18 June, with the Celluloid Sail event takes place later on Thursday.
Access on board is free apart from a ticketed showing of the Hollywood film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, which is showing on Thursday night.
After its stay in the city, the Kaskelot sails across the Irish Sea to Liverpool. | It is a stunning three-masted tall ship but, for part of its short stay in Belfast, the Kaskelot doubles up as an outdoor cinema. | 1.727158 | 2 |
Angus Carpenter, 62, from Liverpool, was found guilty of fraud after a trial at Liverpool Crown Court in December.
He played with a Hillsborough Justice Campaign banner on his bagpipes on 14 April 2015, the day before the 26th anniversary of the disaster.
The judge said it was "a careful calculation" on the charity and date.
Recorder Michael Smith said it was a "mean-spirited offence" where Carpenter, who has played in the city centre for more than 30 years, deliberately misled the public.
During the trial, Kenneth Derbyshire, chairman of the Hillsborough Justice Campaign, said he gave Carpenter permission to design and display a banner featuring the eternal flame and the word justice.
Carpenter, who denied the charge and was cleared of two others, maintained he was busker and the banner was simply a tribute.
On sentencing, the judge told him: "While you might think you have done nothing wrong, the people of Liverpool might think differently."
Ninety-six people died following a crush at Hillsborough on 15 April 1989.
In April, an inquest jury concluded the fans were unlawfully killed. | A bagpipe-playing busker who duped people into thinking he was collecting for a Hillsborough charity has been jailed for four months. | 1.501579 | 2 |
The committee's clerk asked whether members required the use of a mini-bus to get to a meeting with the Irish parliament's Public Accounts Committee.
Sinn Féin's Máirtín Ó Muilleoir said he would prefer to catch the train.
Ulster Unionist Leslie Cree thought the members should travel together in a bus to save money.
Warming to the idea, Mr Ó Muilleoir asked if Mr Cree knew "any good songs" to sing on the bus.
The DUP's Jim Wells suggested they sing "the Sash". | Members of the assembly's finance committee have been discussing suitable songs to sing on a bus trip to Dublin. | 1.281442 | 1 |
A total of 100 homes were cleared after the fire broke out after 04:15 GMT with 10 fire engines called to the scene.
Fire crews later had to withdraw as part of the Cardwell Street building collapsed in the intense heat.
The heat could be felt more than 1,600ft (500m) away after the fire broke out on the top floor of the mill.
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The four-storey building, called Maple Mill, was hit by fire three months ago.
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service confirmed it would be investigating the cause of the blaze.
The fire service declared the blaze as a "major incident".
Witnesses saw flames leap up to 200ft (60m) and said the front of the building had collapsed.
The fire service's area manager Warren Pickstone said: "Tyres are also involved in the fire so it's emitting a thick acrid smoke."
There are not thought to be any casualties but local residents have been advised to keep their doors and windows closed.
A emergency "rest centre" has been set up by Oldham Council in the nearby Honeywell Centre for those residents evacuated from their homes.
Eyewitness Sarah Jones told the BBC: "I was woken by two loud bangs that I thought were gunshots but they were explosions."
BBC Radio Manchester presenter Mike Sweeney, who was at the scene, said: "It has lit up the whole sky.
"It is just an incredible sight - like movie special effects.
"You can see it from miles away." | Hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes as 80 firefighters tackle a huge fire at a former paper mill in Oldham. | 1.384807 | 1 |
Jordi Amat's own goal came before the rain, strong winds and lightning forced the players off in Virginia.
Substitute Anthony Grant put the game beyond doubt as Swans boss Francesco Guidolin made sweeping changes to his starting line-up.
Swansea beat Charlotte Independence 4-0 in their first tour game.
New Swans defender Mike van der Hoorn made his debut after joining from Ajax at Charlotte.
Guidolin was unconcerned with the outcome and praised his players for their "hard work".
He said: "It's normal in pre-season to have performances which are up and down.
"I think the players have worked very, very hard in this period and in this game as well.
"It was an good test for us because it is important at this stage to get used to the rhythm of games again.
"I am not worried about the results."
Charlotte Independence 0-4 Swansea City
Richmond Kickers 2-0 Swansea City
Bristol Rovers, Saturday, 23 July 15:00 BST (Memorial Stadium)
Swindon Town, Wednesday, 27 July BST 19:45 BST (County Ground)
Wolverhampton Wanderers, Saturday, 30 July 15:00 BST (Molineux)
Stade Rennais, Saturday, 6 August 15:00 BST (Liberty Stadium)
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Swansea City lost the second and final game of their pre-season United States trip in a match disrupted for 95 minutes by a storm. | 0.829729 | 1 |
David Jack, 19, Bryan McCabe, 45, Steven Gordon, 28, and Alexander Lanni, 22, ran onto the Hampden Park pitch after Hibs played Rangers on 21 May.
At Glasgow Sheriff Court, Jack, of Edinburgh, also admitted pushed Rangers player Andy Halliday.
And Gordon, also of Edinburgh, pleaded guilty to kicking an unknown man while he was on the ground.
Each of the men either ran towards or approached Rangers fans and gesticulated in a threatening or aggressive manner or behaved aggressively.
They were among hundreds of fans who spilled on to the pitch after the full time whistle at the match which Hibs won 3-2.
It led to scenes of disorder among a small number of supporters which "appalled" the Scottish Football Association.
In court, Gordon was fined £566 and given an 18-month football banning order.
McCabe, also from Edinburgh, was given the same length of order and a £400 fine.
Sentence was deferred on Jack, from Edinburgh, until next month for a social work report and on Lanni, from Livingston, to call alongside his trial in December for allegedly assaulting a man at Hampden, which he denies.
Three other football fans denied charges of running on to the pitch after the game.
George Henderson, 49, from Penilee, is alleged to have behaved in an aggressive manner towards opposition fans and challenge an opposing fan to fight and attempt to punch them.
Robert Barr, 19, from Kilbirnie, denies entering the field and approaching rival fans, brandishing a chair and behaving in a threatening manner as well as assaulting a man by kicking him on the body.
Robert Smith, 24, from Glasgow, is also accused of entering the field, behaving in an aggressive manner, approaching opposing fans and waving his arm in the air, and assaulting someone by kicking them on the body.
Sheriff Kenneth Hogg granted bail for each of them and Barr and Lanni have special conditions not to attend any football matches until the outcome of their cases. | Four Hibs fans have admitted their part in a pitch invasion at the end of the Scottish Cup final. | 0.962775 | 1 |
Ingram, 31, did not play Championship cricket for Glamorgan in 2016 because of the injury, suffered in the warm-up for the opening game of the season.
The left-hander was Glamorgan's player of the year in limited-overs cricket despite an injury-hit season.
He was out for just four in the Warriors' T20 victory over Dolphins.
The former Somerset left-hand batsman is not scheduled to play any four day cricket until January 2017, with the South African fixture list concentrating on limited-overs games until then.
Ingram said before the operation that he hoped to play the longer format of the game again in both the UK and South Africa. | Glamorgan batsman Colin Ingram has made his comeback in a T20 match for his South African side Warriors, following knee surgery in August 2016. | 0.535773 | 1 |
The 41-year-old died at a property on Doreen Avenue in Kingsbury just before 03:00 BST on Sunday.
Police said his next of kin have been told, but formal identification has not yet taken place. A post-mortem examination has not yet been held.
A 38-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and was taken to a north London police station where he remains in custody. | A man has been stabbed to death in north-west London. | 0.325045 | 0 |
The 15ft (4.5m) statue of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared near the city hall.
The artist, Itay Zalait, said the statue - nicknamed "King Bibi" - was partly inspired by the idol-like status of Mr Netanyahu among some Israelis.
Officials said the statue was erected without permission and must be removed.
It took Mr Zalait two months to sculpt the statue, before he placed it on a white pedestal in Rabin Square overnight.
Passers-by reacted to the guerrilla artwork with a mix of amusement and disapproval, with many stopping to take selfies.
The golden statue was toppled by a spectator close to the lunchtime deadline for its removal, though it was unclear if it was intentional.
Mr Zalait then removed his artwork in one piece.
In Judeo-Christian cultures, a golden statue is sometimes seen as a reference to the story of the golden calf, an idol worshipped by the Israelites in a story from the Book of Exodus.
Such statues have also been associated with autocratic leaders such as that of Chairman Mao in China or Turkmenistan's Saparmurat Niyazov.
"Many people in Israel refer to Benjamin Netanyahu as 'King Bibi', so it was only natural to put the king on the square of the kings, the previous name of Rabin Square,'' Mr Zalait told the AP news agency.
"I just want to ask the question like to see if it's going to make some change in the people's mind."
In a post on Facebook, Culture Minister Miri Regev said the artist was "disconnected" and his "only golden calf is the hatred of Netanyahu". | Commuters in Tel Aviv awoke to the unusual sight of a towering golden statue of the Israeli leader on Tuesday morning. | 1.966725 | 2 |
The Spectacles glasses were previously available only from pop-up vending machines in US cities.
The rollout comes ahead of Snap's initial public offering on the stock market.
One industry analyst said the move would help sustain interest in the company, which could be "helpful" for its IPO.
"The way they sold them to start with was an incredible way of creating a buzz around a new product, especially among the engaged Snapchat audience," said Ben Wood, of the CCS Insight consultancy.
"The exclusivity associated with Spectacles made them bigger than if they had just been put up for sale on a website.
"But it has also given them opportunity to ramp up volume and refine the product, before launching a bigger distribution online with more confidence."
Mr Wood said the product was part of Snap's move to expand beyond being a messaging app company.
It is facing tough competition from Facebook, which has replicated some key Snapchat features in its Instagram and Messenger apps.
"If the Spectacles are successful, it will help position Snap as a camera company, which is a key pillar of their business," said Mr Wood.
"They're perceived as a fun product, which helps resonate that Snap is trying to offer something different to Facebook. It adds diversity to its business."
Snap is seeking a valuation of up to $22bn (£17.5bn), despite making losses. | Snap - the company behind Snapchat - has put its video-recording sunglasses on sale online in the US. | 1.249852 | 1 |
19 January 2017 Last updated at 19:49 GMT
"If I speak to Trump’s team, Trump's close advisers and even to President-elect Trump himself, none of them think Trump would have won unless Brexit had happened," he told BBC Newsnight. | Nigel Farage says Donald Trump and his team credit the UK's Brexit vote for his victory in the US presidential election. | 0.753143 | 1 |
Daniel Mitchell-Monroe, 37, was fatally stabbed after trying to stop Joram Bakumanya from harassing his niece in Market Pavement, Basildon, in June.
Bakumanya, 22, fled and was later arrested and charged with murder.
He was convicted following a week-long trial at Chelmsford Crown Court, and will be sentenced in the New Year.
Mr Mitchell-Monroe's family described him as their "hero", and said his death had left them "devastated".
"He truly was one in a million, a very special person who forever will be loved and missed," his sister Dionne Martin said.
The court heard Mr Mitchell-Monroe had been out shopping in Basildon with his niece and had been to get a haircut, leaving his niece to wait for him.
She had been approached by Bakumanya of no fixed address, and when she rejected his advances he became aggressive and abusive.
When her uncle arrived, the two men got into an altercation, and Bakumanya stabbed him three times in the chest with a large kitchen knife.
Following the verdict, Det Insp Al Pitcher from Essex Police said: "My thoughts are very much with Daniel's family, who have been left devastated by Bakumanya's needless act of violence." | A man has been convicted of murder for a "needless act of violence" in which he stabbed an uncle trying to protect his niece from unwanted attention. | 0.965262 | 1 |
The Gambian, 27, joined the Terriers in August and scored three goals in 15 appearances, with his last goal coming in Saturday's 2-0 win at Bolton.
Town boss David Wagner told the club website: "We have many alternatives in this position; an overload.
"I would like to thank 'Muzza' for his hard work at Huddersfield." | Huddersfield Town have ended Middlesbrough winger Mustapha Carayol's season-long loan deal after four months. | 0.251616 | 0 |
Bob Pooler, chief instructor with Shropshire Aero Club, said he received a call from the actor, who was keen to rent an aircraft while he was filming the new Star Wars movie.
He said the actor had wanted to bring one of his own planes to Britain, but ran out of time before filming started.
Mr Pooler said the call, from Ford himself, came "out of the blue".
He said he delivered a plane from Sleap Airfield, near Wem, to Denham, close to Pinewood Studios on Sunday.
"I checked Harrison out, flew around the patch with him and made sure he was legal to fly and that's it.
"We talked about Star Wars among other movies."
Mr Pooler, who is also a dealer for Husky light aircraft, said he had first been contacted by the manufacturer's factory a few months ago.
"To rent the aeroplanes from Sleap you have to become a member and Harrison paid his membership dues until the end of the year," Mr Pooler said.
"I asked him, 'can we make you a temporary member of the aero club?' and he said 'I don't want to be a temporary member, I want to be a lifetime member'.
"I proposed that to the committee at the aero club and of course, without hesitation they said let's make him a lifetime member.
"He's got an open invitation to visit us at any time.
"He's also invited me to visit his place in California.
"I think he's got his own mini air force of about 11 aeroplanes."
It is not the first time Ford has been connected with the county.
In 2004 he travelled along the Shropshire Union canal after attending the Llangollen International Eisteddfod in North Wales with wife Calista Flockhart. | Hollywood actor Harrison Ford has become the latest member of a Shropshire flying club. | 1.158841 | 1 |
9 September 2016 Last updated at 12:55 BST
It hopes to get samples from an asteroid, a small rocky body flying around the Sun, and bring them back for scientists to study.
The mission is the first time Nasa has sent a craft to make contact with an asteroid.
They've chosen one which is fairly near to Earth called Bennu but it is still really far away.
The mission will take seven years in total and it's not expected back until September 2023.
But how on Earth - well, in space! - is it going to do it? | A spacecraft called Osiris-Rex has blasted off from Florida in the US on a Nasa mission to make a connection with an asteroid. | 3.113036 | 3 |
Les Price, from Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent, has been told he is not ill enough for weight-loss surgery.
To qualify on the NHS, a person must have a body mass index of more than 35 and a serious health condition which could be improved if they lost weight.
Mr Price, 45, said he cannot complete simple tasks without help.
"It's hard," he told BBC Radio Wales.
"When I have a shower I need my partner to help me wash... and if I need creams put on, then drying and dressing."
Mr Price began to put on weight after losing his wife less than a year after they married.
"It sort of knocked me for six, I didn't want to do nothing," he said.
"It was just takeaways for a good six months. It really hit me hard, so I did overindulge a lot then."
Mr Price also had an accident at work which left him temporarily immobile and unable to exercise, which also caused weight gain.
He told BBC's Jason Mohammad programme his weight attracts attention when he goes out.
"Mentally every time you go out, it's like you're looking at people to see how they are reacting to seeing you.
"Little kids say it how it is, 'oh mam, look at that fat man'."
In a bid to get help, Mr Price met Dr Nadim Haboubi, who runs the only NHS-funded weight management clinic in Wales.
He was initially told he was a "prime example" for a gastric band, but because he does not suffer from a chronic illness which would be improved by weight loss, such as heart disease or diabetes, he does not qualify for the surgery.
"Every time I'm put forward I'm told 'sorry, you're not ill enough'," he said.
Mr Price said he was not "pinning hopes" on the surgery, but accepts his life could be shortened by his weight and has been having injections to reduce his appetite.
He appeared in a Channel 5 documentary about obesity called Fat Chance of Work.
"If I was able to get the operation, I would love to be able to get myself fit enough to go back to work," he said.
"I would love to get back into life and get on living." | A man whose weight ballooned from 23 stone to 35 following the death of his wife has told of his struggles to obtain the treatment he feels he needs. | 1.450821 | 1 |
Announcing charges after 20 months of Operation Delego, senior US officials said some 600 users of a site known as "Dreamboard" had been investigated.
Attorney General Eric Holder said some images on the site showed the abuse of infants and young children.
The US has 43 of those charged in custody, with nine held overseas.
The 20 others charged as part of the US probe remain at large, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said, and are known only by their internet pseudonyms.
Ms Napolitano described the amount of pornographic material seized as equivalent to 16,000 DVDs.
Authorities have arrested people in 13 other countries: Canada, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, Hungary, Kenya, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Qatar, Serbia, Sweden and Switzerland.
Members of Dreamboard traded graphic images and videos of adults molesting children aged 12 and under, often violently, the US Department of Justice said.
Collectively the members of the site created a massive private library of images of child sexual abuse.
"The members of this criminal network shared a demented dream to create the pre-eminent online community for the promotion of child sexual exploitation," Mr Holder said.
"But for the children they victimised, this was nothing short of a nightmare."
Of the 52 individuals arrested under the US investigation, 13 have pleaded guilty, a justice department statement said, including two bulletin-board administrators in Canada and France.
Operation Delego represents the largest prosecution to date in the US of those who have participated in an "online bulletin board conceived and operated for the sole purpose of promoting child sexual abuse, disseminating child pornography and evading law enforcement", the statement said.
Dreamboard was created in 2008 and shut down in early 2011 when it became evident the US government had launched a probe into the online network.
The charges being handed to members of the website carry sentences ranging from 20 years to life in prison. | The US has charged 72 people it alleges were part of a global child pornography network used to share photos and videos of sexual abuse. | 1.302908 | 1 |
Robert Snajdr says he is "very close to a resolution" with police and the council over the licence of Faces bar in Bridge Street, Northampton.
Northampton Borough Council decided to extend a suspension on the licence for a further 21 days on Friday.
The fight, which involved 50 or 60 people, took place in the early hours of 12 December.
A suspension on the licence of NU Bar, which was also involved in the incident, has been lifted.
The council considered the two licenses separately in a private meeting, with evidence presented by Northamptonshire Police.
The licensing sub-committee decided NU Bar could open with changes to its licensing conditions, including needing to give police 14 days notice of any external promoted event.
Faces will remain closed until further measures can be put in place, the council said.
The suspension remains in place for 21 days, but could be lifted if the conditions are met before then.
The two bars had been closed following the brawl.
Mr Snajdr said discussions were "quite far along".
He said: "We are working to get a resolution to this."
Council leader David Mackintosh said the authority had "acted quickly" following the fight.
He said: "The committee considered a lot of evidence before reaching their conclusions. Faces Bar will remain closed until we are satisfied all proper measures are in place."
Three men have been arrested and bailed over the brawl.
Eight people were taken to hospital following the fight, but have all since been released. | The manager of a bar at the centre of a mass brawl in which six people were stabbed said it is close to re-opening. | 0.817261 | 1 |
Muir, Callum Hawkins and Andrew Butchart all hit the headlines at the weekend with landmark runs.
"We've had world-class athletes before but I don't think that many at one time," she told BBC Scotland.
"We've got so many all competing at the top level of athletics."
With Dame Kelly Holmes' British indoor 1,000m record next in her sights, Muir leads a strong Scottish pack towards this summer's World Championships, which will be held in London.
"When I was younger I was aware of Eilidh [Child] and Lee [McConnell] and obviously Liz [McColgan] and Yvonne [Murray] a while ago," added the the 23-year-old.
"I saw a tweet that we had so many world leads as well, just from Scottish athletes so it's great.
"We're in a really good place just now and I just hope youngsters can look up to us and we'll see even more in the future."
Having just beaten the European 3,000m indoor record, she could take two more records down in her next outing at the British Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham on 18 February.
Holmes' best UK time over 1,000m, set in 2004, is only two seconds outside Maria Mutola's world record.
"I never thought when I was younger that I'd be in the position to be going for a world record, so it's an exciting opportunity," she added.
"It's going to be a great atmosphere, a great crowd, it's a fast track so everything's going for me to get it, I'm in great shape and it's just a matter of what happens on the day really."
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Everything Muir does just now is gearing up for the World Championships, but she also views the European Indoors in Belgrade next month as a chance to achieve another personal first.
"The Olympics and World Championships are always going to be the big competitions where you've got everybody from throughout the world but at the Europeans you've always got a lot of competition as well, there's a lot of fast girls in Europe," she said.
"It's a good middle-ground as it were, it's a great championship and I'm just hoping I can go there and win my first senior medals." | As Laura Muir eyes another British and perhaps even a world record later this month, she believes Scottish athletics is in a stronger position than at any time she can recall. | 1.169499 | 1 |
The annual hand ba' game took place in Jedburgh on Thursday - one of a number of Scottish Borders towns to stage such events on their streets. | All images by Dougie Johnston. | 0.004285 | 0 |
The employers' organisation said growth in the volume of retail sales and orders exceeded expectations.
Sixty percent of firms said volumes were up on a year ago, while 9% said they were down, giving a positive balance of 51%.
And expectations for the year to June were even more optimistic, its survey of 134 businesses found.
"Low inflation, which we expect to remain below 1% for the rest of the year, has given household incomes a much-needed boost and greater spending power," said Rain Newton-Smith, the CBI's director of economics.
"Overall, the outlook is bright for firms on the High Street, but challenges still remain, especially for food retailers, who are still feeling the heat of stiff price competition from new entrants to the sector.
"And investment plans have also taken a hit."
Retailers expect sales volumes to grow again in the year to June, with 63% expecting them to rise and 4% to fall, the CBI said.
Last week, figures from the Office for National Statistics showed that UK retail sales rose by 1.2% in April, the strongest increase since November, after the warm weather encouraged shoppers to buy summer clothes.
Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist at IHS Global Insight, called the CBI's latest findings "a cracking survey" and said it indicated the pace of growth in the UK economy was accelerating.
"It is looking increasingly likely that robust consumer spending will help the UK economy regain momentum in the second quarter after GDP growth moderated to just 0.3% quarter-on-quarter in the first quarter.
"We currently forecast second-quarter GDP growth to improve to 0.7% quarter-on-quarter." | Retail sales are "bounding ahead", with growth accelerating strongly in the year to May, the CBI has said. | 1.202287 | 1 |
Tsai Ing-wen met Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Governor Greg Abbott during her stopover en route to Central America.
But a spokeswoman for President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday neither he nor his team would meet Ms Tsai.
China reacted angrily when Mr Trump spoke to Ms Tsai by telephone late last year, in a major break from the past.
No US president or president-elect had spoken directly to a Taiwanese leader for decades.
In an editorial the Global Times, a state-run tabloid, said Beijing need not feel "grateful" to Mr Trump for not meeting Ms Tsai, because the one-China policy was the foundation of Sino-US ties.
"Sticking to this principle is not a capricious request by China upon US presidents, but an obligation of US presidents to maintain China-US relations... There is no room for bargaining."
Ms Tsai's stopover came as she headed to diplomatic allies Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador.
In a statement Sen Cruz, a senior lawmaker who ran against Mr Trump for the Republican nomination, said the two discussed "arms sales, diplomatic exchanges, and economic relations".
He said lawmakers in Houston had been asked by Chinese diplomats not to meet Ms Tsai but stated: "We will continue to meet with anyone, including the Taiwanese, as we see fit."
Ms Tsai will also stop in San Francisco on her way back from Central America.
Beijing regards Taiwan, which has governed itself for decades, as part of China. It insists that countries with whom it has diplomatic ties do not recognise Taiwan under its one-China policy.
The US recognises Beijing, but is also Taiwan's most important ally and provides Taiwan with sufficient weaponry to defend itself.
Mr Trump's decision to accept Ms Tsai's phone call raised concern in Beijing that he planned to deviate from the policy. | Chinese state media has warned the US against deviating from the one-China policy, hours after the Taiwanese leader stopped briefly in Houston. | 1.619969 | 2 |
On Tuesday, West Midlands Police said counter-terrorism officers had received a tip-off that staff were in danger and were taking it "extremely seriously".
A 31-year-old man arrested in connection with the call has since been eliminated from inquiries.
The force said its assessment was that the call "was not terrorist-related or a credible kidnap threat".
Inquiries into the original call are continuing and West Midlands Police said the man would remain in custody in connection with "immigration matters".
The force had previously urged officers to take extra precautions, including not wearing uniform on the way to or from work.
Staff were first told of the threats on Monday night.
The national security level remains at severe, signifying a terrorist attack is highly likely.
In October the threat level to police officers across the country was raised to "substantial". | A threat to kidnap and murder a serving police officer was "not credible", a force has said. | 0.954947 | 1 |
She had a working dinner with Michel Barnier and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in No 10.
Downing Street said Mrs May reiterated the UK's aim of building a "deep and special partnership" after Brexit.
Reuters quoted a Commission spokeswoman saying they discussed the process of the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
On Saturday, EU leaders meet to agree their key negotiating principles based on draft guidelines issued last month. Official talks will not begin until after the general election on 8 June.
The UK is on course to leave the EU in March 2019, after Mrs May triggered Article 50 last month.
Mr Barnier, a former EU Commissioner, has said Brexit negotiations must be concluded within 18 months to allow for any settlement to be approved by the UK, other EU members and the European Parliament.
The EU wants the terms of the UK's exit to be decided before any discussion of a future trade relationship while Mrs May wants to the two issues to be dealt with simultaneously.
Addressing foreign diplomats in central London on Wednesday, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said the government had a "clear plan" for Brexit.
"Though I have no doubt that the negotiations will be tough and some plaster may fall off the ceiling, I am also sure that Theresa May can pull it off, and usher in a new era of free trade deals," he said.
Amid continued speculation about the size of the so-called "divorce bill" the EU is seeking, former PM David Cameron said he hoped that the two sides would be able to agree a figure early on in the negotiations.
Speaking at a conference in Thailand, he said "of course we accept some liabilities for this membership we've had for 40 years, just as we have a claim on some of the assets that we've paid into".
"And I think we can settle the principles of that and then get on with the nature of the relationship." | Theresa May has met the EU's chief Brexit negotiator for talks in Downing Street in the run-up to a crucial summit of the remaining 27 EU members. | 1.259779 | 1 |
15 January 2016 Last updated at 21:09 GMT
A specialist robot with a high-pressured jet has been imported from The Netherlands for the job in Houghton Regis - the first time it has ever had to be used in East Anglia.
There are still a few days' work left to remove the fat, which has set like concrete over some years, despite the job starting on Monday.
Anglian Water has warned about people pouring fat down the sink, saying blockages cost bill payers £15m a year. | A series of "fatbergs" stuck along a 100m-long (328ft) pipeline in Bedfordshire are being removed by Anglian Water. | 1.303998 | 1 |
Funding has been cut for Queen Street Mill, Helmshore Mills Textile Museum, Museum of Lancashire, Judges' Lodgings and Fleetwood Museum.
Lancashire County Council has now agreed to keep them open until September to allow talks to continue with groups interested in running them.
Green councillor Nick Wilkinson said it was "great news".
He said: "There is really good potential for the future and different ways of working which could generate income."
Cabinet member for environment, planning and cultural services Marcus Johnstone said: "I am pleased to say that we are in active discussions with bodies interested in taking over all five museums, and we will keep the museums open until the end of September to give those discussions the best possible chance of success.
"It may also present an opportunity for other interested parties to come forward."
The authority has to make savings of £65m over the next two years. | A reprieve for five of Lancashire's under-threat museums has been welcomed by a Lancaster councillor. | 1.098981 | 1 |
The 30-year-old had been at the Magpies for 21 years until his contract expired this summer, making 268 appearances for the relegated club.
"Steven Taylor gives us a proven piece that can step into our backline and perform immediately," said Timbers head coach Caleb Porter.
"His experience and leadership will be very important to our team."
He will join the Timbers, who are seventh in the Western Conference, once his international clearance comes through.
Meanwhile, Newcastle goalkeeper Freddie Woodman, 19, has signed a new four-year contract.
The England under-19 international has yet to make a senior appearance for the Championship club, but featured in 12 games on loan at Crawley last season.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Former Newcastle United centre-back Steven Taylor has joined MLS champions Portland Timbers. | 0.924021 | 1 |
The 22-year-old, on loan from Cardiff City, has scored six goals in 18 appearances for County this season.
He said he was aware of the approach before the 0-0 FA Cup second round draw with Argyle.
"I've heard there's been interest as well but it's not for me to be dealing with that so I've left it for someone else to deal with," he said.
"I'm not surprised because if any striker's scoring goals they're going to get interest.
"But it's not down to the player to be dealing with it - it's down to someone else to deal with it for them because all I want to do is concentrate on scoring goals for Newport each week.
"I don't think it has affected me. Once I step over that line everything goes away outside football. Nothing distracts me."
Newport face Plymouth in a replay on 21 December with a trip to face Liverpool in the third round at Anfield awaiting the winners.
Before then, bottom-of-the-table County face Morecambe at Rodney Parade on Saturday in a key League Two match.
"To get out of the bottom is the main thing," added Healey.
"We need to go into Saturday knowing we are going to beat Morecambe, which we should do and crack on from there.
"We're one of the best sides in the league when we get going, so it's just a matter of getting that first win and getting the momentum going." | Newport County striker Rhys Healey has confirmed FA Cup rivals Plymouth Argyle have made an approach for him. | 0.994877 | 1 |
But the 23-year-old will miss the 2017 WSL 1 Spring Series while she finishes her degree in the United States.
Murray, who joined Liverpool from North Carolina in 2015, will return to England for the 2017-18 winter season.
"Satara played a crucial role for us last season," Liverpool Ladies manager Scott Rogers told the club website. | Liverpool Ladies and England Under-23 defender Satara Murray has signed a new, undisclosed-length contract with the Women's Super League One club. | 0.208283 | 0 |
Jago Lawless, 46, was fined £80 for not parking his Hyundai i10 within a bay at Southampton Central station about a week ago.
After receiving the ticket, the naval architect measured the space and said it was "too small for an average-size car".
South West Trains said some spaces at the station would now be repainted.
According to the British Parking Association, there is no legal minimum size for parking bays, but there is a design standard which is 15.7ft (4.8m) in length and 7.8ft (2.4m) in width.
"When I first measured the entrance into the car parking bay, it measured at about 2.4m," Mr Lawless said.
"But because they've angled the parking bar over, the parallel width between the lines is actually only 1.978m wide, which is too small for an average-size car."
Mr Lawless added: "I couldn't believe that, having parked such a small car, that I could not have parked it properly.
"Because they are at an angle, they are too small - they're far too narrow and they're not long enough.
"You have to adjust parking your car to enable you to get in and out of the car."
South West Trains said the spaces at the car park were set up prior to any recommendations on parking bays being issued.
In a statement, it said: "Now this issue has been raised, we will be re-marking the small number of angled spaces in this car park to increase their width."
It said the penalty issued to Mr Lawless had also been withdrawn. | A motorist has had a fine for parking over the line of a bay overturned after he proved the spaces were "too small". | 1.450233 | 1 |
Mevlid Jasarevic had committed "a terrorist act", the judge said in sentencing him.
One policeman was injured when Jasarevic fired more than 100 bullets at the building before being shot by a police sniper and arrested.
Jasarevic is thought to have been a member of a group which follows the fundamentalist Wahhabi school of Islam.
Two men accused of helping Jasarevic in the attack, Emrah Fojnica and Munib Ahmetspahic, were acquitted.
All three have been living in the north-eastern village of Gornja Maoca, in a community of Islamists which has been raided several times by police in the recent years.
The US embassy said the building was locked down when the shooting started and no-one inside had been injured.
Judge Branko Peric said that Jasarevic's sentence was the harshest the court had ever pronounced for terrorism and should serve as a warning, the Associated Press reports.
He also expressed concern at the way Islamists in Gornja Maoca refused to recognise the authority of the Bosnian state.
"If there was no Gornja Maoca out of full state control, there probably would have not been Mevlid Jasarevic," he said.
Reports say Jasarevic was motivated by opposition to the impact of US policy on Muslims around the world.
Bakir Izetbegovic, the Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) member of the three-member Bosnian presidency, condemned the shooting at the time as a terrorist attack.
Bosnia's bitter 1992-95 conflict between Muslims, Serbs and Croats ended with the US-brokered Dayton accord. | A man who fired at the US embassy in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo in October 2011 has been jailed for 18 years. | 1.599484 | 2 |
She accepted a deal to avoid the case going to trial after her sports car crashed into a truck on the Pacific Coast Highway last summer.
She pleaded no contest to reckless driving and lying to police. A charge of obstructing an officer was dropped.
The actress, 26, also has to carry out 30 days community service and 18 months of psychological therapy sessions.
She was fined by Superior Court judge James R. Dabney, who gave Lindsay Lohan until a court date on 2 May to enrol in a rehab programme,
The actress arrived nearly an hour late for Monday's court hearing and had her probation extended by two years.
If she sticks to the plea deal, she may be able to avoid 180 days in jail for violating probation in a separate case.
Lindsay Lohan and her lawyer Mark Heller
She was sentenced to four months in jail in 2011 over the theft of a $2,500 gold necklace from a shop in Los Angeles the year before.
Out of court, Lohan has struggled to regain her stature in Hollywood after appearing in films like Freaky Friday and Mean Girls as a teenager in 2003 and 2004.
In 2007 she was arrested twice for driving under the influence and sentenced to several short jail terms and rehab for failing to perform community service and missing counselling sessions.
She missed the premiere of Machete in 2010 because of her court troubles and her acting return in 2012's TV movie Liz & Dick was widely panned by critics and viewers.
Her next project is The Canyons, a film that also features porn actor James Deen.
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter | Lindsay Lohan has been given 90 days in rehab for charges relating to a car crash last June in Los Angeles. | 0.868449 | 1 |
The 43-year-old replaces Eric Black who left for Premier League strugglers Aston Villa last week.
Eaden, who has recently been working with Leicester City's under-21s, played with Millers head coach Neil Redfearn at Barnsley.
"He is good at working with and developing players and that was key to bringing him here," Redfearn said. | Rotherham United have appointed Nicky Eaden as their assistant manager on a two-and-a-half-year deal, | 0.368223 | 0 |
The incident happened on the Whiterock Road at about 15:00 GMT on Friday afternoon.
Police said it was witnessed by people waiting to pick up prescriptions, including children.
The man has been charged with two counts of criminal damage, disorderly behaviour and of assault on police.
He is due to appear at Belfast Magistrates Court on 5 December. | A 34-year-old man has been charged after windows were smashed and a doctor was verbally abused at a west Belfast health centre. | 0.076572 | 0 |
Alexander Donnelly, 60, is serving a 10 year prison sentence after directing others in a £200,000 heroin supply operation.
At a brief confiscation hearing, the High Court in Edinburgh heard that a settlement had been reached.
It was told that Donnelly made £82,000 from his criminal conduct and it made a confiscation order of £52,785.
The figure included £22,970 recovered during a police operation.
Donnelly was previously made the subject of a confiscation order in 1997 which, at the time, was the largest ever made in Scotland.
He was then ordered to hand over £270,000.
The order was made a year after he was jailed for 54 months for heroin dealing.
In 2006 was imprisoned for 10 years for his role in a cocaine gang.
And Donnelly returned to crime in 2011, shortly after being freed from prison.
He later admitted directing serious organised crime during a hearing at the High Court in Glasgow in 2014.
He was made the subject of a reporting order requiring him to inform police of financial details. | A leader of a Glasgow drugs gang has been ordered to hand over £52,000 in earnings from crime. | 0.944187 | 1 |
The man, Muree bin Ali bin Issa al-Asiri, was found in possession of books and talismans, SPA said. He had also admitted adultery with two women, it said.
The execution took place in the southern Najran province, SPA reported.
Human rights groups have repeatedly condemned executions for witchcraft in Saudi Arabia.
Last year, there were reports of at least two people being executed for sorcery.
Mr Asiri was beheaded after his sentence was upheld by the country's highest courts, the Saudi news agency website said.
No details were given of what he was found guilty of beyond the charges of witchcraft and sorcery.
Amnesty International says the country does not formally classify sorcery as a capital offence.
But the BBC's Arab Affairs Editor, Sebastian Usher, says there is a very strong prohibition of some practices from the country's powerful conservative religious leaders.
Some, he explains, have repeatedly called for the strongest possible punishments against anyone suspected of sorcery - whether they are fortune tellers or faith healers.
In 2010, a Lebanese television presenter of a popular fortune-telling programme was arrested while on pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.
Though sentenced to death, after pressure from his government and human rights groups, he was freed by the Saudi Supreme Court, which found that he had not harmed anyone.
More recent cases of death on charges of sorcery include that of a Saudi woman, executed for committing sorcery and witchcraft in December, in the northern province of Jawf, and that of a Sudanese man executed in September, despite calls led by Amnesty International for his release. | A Saudi man has been beheaded on charges of sorcery and witchcraft, the state news agency SPA says. | 1.498628 | 1 |
Having scored just five goals in his first 31 outings this season, 30-year-old Dagnall has netted seven times in his last six League Two appearances.
And Artell is indebted to his role in the five wins in nine games which have lifted Crewe 13 points clear of danger.
"He's a goalscorer, a box player," Artell told BBC Radio Stoke.
"He's a League Two Michael Owen. He didn't score from 25 or 30 yards either.
"Michael Owen scored his goals from nought to eight yards, and Chris's latest two (in Saturday's 2-0 home win over Colchester) were both from nought to eight yards.
"I played against Chris and I didn't like playing against him. I didn't mind when he was playing out wide but, if you can get in the right areas, you'll score goals and he's a good finisher."
Ex-Tranmere, Rochdale, Scunthorpe, Barnsley, Coventry, Leyton Orient and Hibernian striker Dagnall managed only two league goals in his first 27 games for Crewe after being brought in last summer by previous boss Steve Davis.
But, following Ryan Lowe's return to Bury, a switch to a three-man attack alongside George Cooper and on-loan Jordan Bowery has reaped dividends for Dagnall in particular.
After getting his current run going with two goals in the 5-0 home win over Grimsby, he then scored in his next two matches, the last of them as the Alex came back from 2-0 down to draw at Blackpool.
He was sent off early on in the home defeat by Stevenage, but has scored three times in two games after serving a three-match suspension. | Crewe striker Chris Dagnall's timely goalscoring form in recent weeks has led to his boss David Artell comparing him to ex-England striker Michael Owen. | 0.809323 | 1 |
The 13 winning images reveal the diversity of workplaces and professions across the globe.
Founded by two professional photographers from the UK, Photocrowd.com is a global, independent online community for photographers - whether it's their hobby, their job, or somewhere in-between. | The online photography community Photocrowd.com, has announced the winners in its international photo competition on the theme of work places. | 0.325547 | 0 |
Six whales died after washing up on the east coast of England in Skegness and Hunstanton.
The others were found beached in France, Germany and the Netherlands.
Dr Peter Evans, director of the Sea Watch Foundation, dismissed suggestions man-made objects had affected the animals' ability to navigate.
He said: "We've now had 30 animals stranded around the southern part of the North Sea - making it the biggest we've ever had.
"The animals which were first stranded in Holland had quite a lot of a particular species of squid in their stomachs - which they can catch, up in the Norwegian Deep."
He said they "got into danger" after heading south, possibly following shoals of squid.
"What happens, particularly south of Dogger Bank, is that the depths are much shallower than anything they are accustomed to.
"They normally live out in very deep waters, about 3,000 metres deep - south of Dogger Bank it's mainly less than 50 metres - and can be less than 20."
Sperm whales, which normally live off the west coast of Norway, rely on sonar to navigate. They send out sound pulses, which bounce back off distant surfaces. In shallow waters their ability to navigate is affected.
Dr Evans said once the whales had swum south of Dogger Bank there was little chance of them surviving.
He also dismissed speculation man-made objects such as wind turbines interfered with how the mammals navigate.
"I can understand why people look for some human factor that may be causing these strandings, but there is certainly no evidence."
"Whale strandings occurred as far back as the 16th Century," he added.
Experts previously ruled out boat-strike or entanglement, which is a common cause of strandings.
All the whales were thought to have come from the same bachelor pod. | The deaths of 30 sperm whales in the North Sea were probably due to them straying into shallow waters while hunting squid, a marine expert said. | 3.061091 | 3 |
Joe Daniels, 18, of Bargoed, Caerphilly county, died on 9 November after a Seat Ibiza hit a pole on Aberdare Road at about 22:30 GMT on 11 October.
Best friends Rhys Jones, 18, and Ryan Gibbons, 20, also from Bargoed, died at the time.
A 20-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and released on bail.
Mr Daniels's family said in a statement: "We are completely heartbroken and devastated at the loss of Joe at such a young age.
"He was an amazing personality who loved life, his family and his friends. Joe was a much-loved son, brother, grandson, nephew and cousin.
"He will be sorely missed by everyone who knew him. We take comfort knowing that he has been reunited with his 'brothers' Rhys and Ryan." | The family of a teenager who died after a Merthyr Tydfil car crash have said they are "devastated". | 0.674666 | 1 |
Hannah Dorans, who was from Dalkeith, was found dead in a flat in Hutchison Road in the Slateford area on Saturday morning.
Frazer Neil made a brief appearance in private at Edinburgh Sheriff Court before Sheriff Michael O'Grady.
He made no plea and the case was continued for further inquiry. He was remanded in custody.
A statement from Ms Dorans' family said: "Hannah was a much loved daughter, sister and auntie and we are absolutely devastated as a family by her death." | A 23-year-old man has appeared in court charged with murdering a 21-year-old woman in Edinburgh. | 0.136681 | 0 |
Southern tweeted: "Time to get back on track. Tweet @RMTunion & tell them how rail strikes make you feel."
Dozens of passengers immediately responded, but not in the manner rail bosses might have hoped.
Marianne Powell tweeted: "You brought this on yourselves. We, your customers are suffering."
Another passenger, Simon Cox, posted: "I dislike unions but I dislike incompetent management more."
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Months of industrial action by the RMT and high levels of staff sickness have hit Southern's services, which link London with Surrey, Sussex, Kent and Hampshire.
Southern's £2,000 bid to end rail strike
Last month the RMT said workers would stage 14 days of strike action in the long-running dispute over the role of conductors on trains.
The union said it had no alternative but to take action over what it called Southern's "blatant disregard for the safety and security of passengers and staff alike".
Southern's parent company, Govia Thameslink, called the RMT's action "shameful".
Commenting on Southern's message, Another Angry Woman tweeted: "Strongly recommend you read this thread, @SouthernRailUK bc the problems are on you."
The next planned strike announced by the RMT is between 00:01 BST Tuesday 11 October and 23:59 BST Thursday 13 October.
Mick Cash, the general secretary of the RMT, said: "This is a pathetic attempt by the basket case Southern franchise to once again try to blame their front line staff for their own managerial incompetence.
"Southern GTR have wrecked services across the South East. The passengers know that and that is why the commuters themselves are mounting a legal challenge against the company. "
A Southern spokesman said: "Our aim was to get the debate going and to let people know exactly what our very fair and comprehensive offer is and how we are trying to modernise the train service for our passengers, which the RMT leadership is trying to block.
"Thousands of passengers are demanding to know what we are doing to bring this dispute to an end. We felt there was a need to let them know." | A plea from rail company Southern for beleaguered passengers to tell the RMT union how they feel about ongoing strikes appears to have backfired. | 0.982162 | 1 |
Nigel Barwell, 30, admitted conspiracy to produce drugs after detectives uncovered five sites in Coventry where he cultivated the drug.
The production line had the potential to net Barwell, of James Galloway Close, £400,000 a year, West Midlands Police said.
He was jailed for four years and six months at Birmingham Crown Court on Thursday.
Two other men from Coventry were also jailed for their part in the cannabis network.
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Nigel Jones, 22, of Hampshire Close, and Kyle Burton, 25, of Chapel Farm Close, admitted conspiracy to produce class B drugs and were jailed for three years and 11 months, respectively.
Det Con Rory Juss said: "A drugs expert estimated Barwell could have made upwards of £400,000 a year from his network of cannabis factories… and there was evidence in the form of text messages to suggest he was looking to expand his operation.
"Barwell is a career criminal, with a long history of offending, and there is little doubt that his drugs empire would be linked to wider criminality impacting on people across Coventry." | A man has been jailed for producing cannabis on an "industrial scale". | 0.919556 | 1 |
Wiggins triumphed in the men's race in a time of 53 minutes 56 seconds over a 26-mile course around Abergavenny.
The 2012 Tour de France winner, who says he will not be taking part in this year's race, beat Team Sky colleague Geraint Thomas by 68 seconds.
Pooley clocked 30 minutes 18 seconds over a 12.2-mile course to win the women's event.
In persistent rain, Wiggins, the London 2012 time-trial gold medallist, denied Thomas and Movistar's Alex Dowsett, who had been chasing a fourth successive title.
Although Team Sky have yet to announce their squad for the Tour de France, which begins in Leeds on 5 July, Wiggins is resigned to not being included.
He said: "This is probably my last British time-trial championship so to win it and perhaps never come back again is a nice way to end it."
Pooley, the 2008 Olympic silver medallist, took her third national title as she finished 39 seconds ahead of Katie Archibald, with Dame Sarah Storey 51 seconds behind in third.
Elinor Barker was fourth, Laura Trott fifth and defending champion Joanna Rowsell sixth.
"It is pretty special to win this," said 31-year-old Pooley, who was riding for VC Norwich.
"I was pleased with the way I rode because I was pretty tired at the end, and that is how you should feel."
Pooley, world champion in 2010, now turns her attention to Sunday's road race in Monmouthshire, in which Lizzie Armitstead will defend her title. | Sir Bradley Wiggins and Emma Pooley won the British time-trial championships in Monmouthshire. | 1.007173 | 1 |
The 28-year-old Kiwi was sent off for the 46th-minute challenge in Sunday's 40-33 loss at the Ricoh Arena.
But having pleaded guilty, Heem was given a delayed two-week suspension which frees him to return on 18 April.
He will miss Worcester's next two games, at Sale on 7 April and at home to Bath on 15 April.
A Rugby Football Union disciplinary panel in Bristol stated that "the actions of Heem were reckless and in part affected by the running line of Wasps number 13 [Alapati Leiua]
"Notwithstanding this, the player accepted his actions merited the award of a red card and the panel, having heard direct evidence from Wasps' Willie Le Roux, found this was a low-end entry point."
Two bonus points from the game took Warriors nine clear of bottom club Bristol, giving Gary Gold's side a lift in their bid to avoid relegation.
Winger Le Roux suffered a suspected concussion following the challenge - and both he and centre Alapati Leiua must now be cleared to play before they are considered for selection for Saturday's European Champions Cup quarter-final against Leinster in Dublin.
"Obviously Willie Le Roux is going through the standard return-to-play protocol," said director of rugby Dai Young. "But Alapati picked up a knock in the last couple of minutes as well. So he's got to go through the protocol as well.
"Both of them are fine, both are two days into the protocol and looking pretty good, but it's a five or six-day standard protocol so it's going to go right until the wire. We're not really going to know properly if they're fit probably until Friday. But it's looking pretty positive."
England flanker James Haskell has a dead leg and a back spasm, but Young expects his recovery to be more straightforward.
"James is still going through some rehab at the minute," he added. "He's limping about out there but he's pretty confident that he'll be OK." | Worcester winger Bryce Heem has been banned for two matches following his aerial tackle on Wasps' South Africa international Willie Le Roux. | 1.181805 | 1 |
The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that the 31-year-old had breached his contract when leaving the Russian club in 2014.
Diarra, now with Marseille, left Lokomotiv after having his salary cut.
"I will accept the situation as I have always done," said the former Chelsea, Arsenal and Portsmouth player.
Diarra, who won the FA Cup in 2007 with Chelsea and then with Portsmouth a year later, was named in France's final 23-man squad for Euro 2016 on Saturday.
Having left Lokomotiv after a year with the club, Diarra was banned for 15 months before signing for Marseille in the summer of 2015.
"It boils down to a 15 month-match suspension (already served), a 15-month-salary suspension (already served), 110,000 euros for the benefit of CAS and a 10 million euro fine," he added on his Twitter account.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | France midfielder Lassana Diarra has been ordered to pay a fine of 10m euros (£7.6m) to his former club Lokomotiv Moscow. | 0.93752 | 1 |
The Pride and Prejudice author played with the cup-and-ball game, also known as bilbocatch, at her home Chawton, Hampshire.
Though she died in 1817 the game remained there and has been passed down through her family ever since.
It is among Austen artefacts going up for auction at Sotherby's on Tuesday.
They include a letter from Austen to her sister Cassandra in 1800, which is expected to fetch between £40,000 and £60,000.
Bilbocatch was a popular domestic game at which Austen is said to have been particularly good.
It consisted of a wooden cup with a handle, with a small ball attached by string. The goal is to get the ball in the cup.
In a letter Austen wrote about how the game was a part of daily life at Chawton House.
She said: "We do not want amusement: bilbocatch, at which [my brother] George is indefatigable; spillikins, paper ships, riddles, conundrums, and cards, with watching the flow and ebb of the river, and now and then a stroll out, keep us well employed."
Her nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh wrote in A Memoir of Jane Austen that she was "successful in everything that she attempted with her fingers".
"Her performances with cup-and-ball were marvellous.
"The one used at Chawton was an easy one, and she has been known to catch it on the point above an hundred times in succession, till her hand was weary."
Austen, who lived most of her life in Hampshire, is one of English literature's most celebrated authors. | A toy played with by Jane Austen more than 200 years ago is expected to fetch between £20,000 and £30,000 at auction. | 2.236063 | 2 |
The 20-page document, called The Common Good, prioritises the protection of public services over austerity.
The party said it wants to invest in energy-efficient social housing to deal with the problems of homelessness and fuel poverty.
It also wants to see the creation of jobs in the construction industry.
Party leader Steven Agnew said: "You can put the market-driven corporate sector first, or you can put a sustainable, equitable democracy first.
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"It's one or the other. But remember, the market-first mentality has crashed the economy, torn up the social contract, and is busy trashing the planet.
"So we're calling for a non-violent, green, grassroots revolution, for democracy, for sustainability, for equality and for the common good."
Green NI policies include: | The Green party in Northern Ireland has launched its general election manifesto. | 1.650854 | 2 |
Lancashire, who were promoted from Division Two in 2015, began day four at Old Trafford needing 86 runs to win.
Jake Ball removed openers Karl Brown and Haseeb Hameed cheaply, reducing the hosts to 27-2 on the final morning.
But Alviro Petersen and Luke Procter saw Lancashire to their target before lunch, securing a win worth 22 points.
Procter, who ended 35 not out, finished the match with a six over deep mid-wicket, as Samit Patel was hit for 19 runs off what proved to be the final over of the contest.
Victory was set up by an excellent bowling performance from Kiwi seamer Neil Wagner, who took 11 wickets on his Lancashire debut.
Notts' defeat was their first of the season, having beaten last summer's Division Two champions Surrey by three wickets at Trent Bridge in their opening Championship match of 2016.
Lancashire captain Steven Croft: "After losing the toss on a pretty good wicket, that was one of the best bowling displays I've been involved with at this club.
"It was a win against a really good side with a lot of international cricketers in it and we didn't scrape over the line as we usually do."
Lancashire director of cricket Ashley Giles: "It was a really disciplined performance with the ball. That's got to be the benchmark, whether Jimmy Anderson's playing or not.
"Neil Wagner has settled in straight away. He'd do anything for the team and clearly would run through a brick wall when he's got the ball in his hand."
Notts director of cricket Mick Newell: "I'm a Liverpool fan. If we had been able to pull it off today, it would have been like (the 2005 Champions League win in) Istanbul or something like that.
"It's been a disappointing game. We've played some poor cricket. We haven't batted well enough in either innings and that's been our undoing.
"Jake Ball's been terrific. He's picked up six wickets in the game. He's got 12 wickets already. That's a fantastic start to the season and he's setting a great example.
"Alex Hales will be available for the next game against Yorkshire and he will play. That's a given." | Lancashire clinched an eight-wicket victory over Nottinghamshire in their first match since returning to Division One of the County Championship. | 0.884006 | 1 |
Pte Cheryl James, from Llangollen, Denbighshire, was found with a bullet wound to her head in Surrey in 1995.
A pre-inquest review at Woking Coroner's Court was told her body was exhumed last month and metallic fragments had been recovered.
A fresh inquest into her death is expected to take place in February.
Pte James was one of four young recruits found dead with gunshot wounds at the barracks between 1995 and 2002.
The open verdict recorded at the original inquest held in December 1995 was quashed by High Court judges last year.
Coroner Judge Brian Barker QC told the pre-inquest review that Pte James' remains were exhumed and then reburied after two pathologists carried out a post-mortem examination.
He said the metallic fragments recovered would be subject to ballistic analysis.
The family of Pte James was present during a short reburial ceremony last month, Judge Barker said.
They had repeatedly called for her body to be exhumed to resolve a dispute over the ballistics evidence.
Alison Foster QC, representing the family, insisted the experts that studied the metallic fragments "ought not to have a significant connection either with the MoD [Ministry of Defence] or indeed a police force and certainly no connection with Surrey Police" owing to a "considerable shadow" over the initial handling of the case.
Of the MoD and Surrey Police, she added: "We make significant criticisms of both."
Judge Barker said "reasonable progress" had been made getting hold of witnesses but urged anyone who had previously given a statement and not been contacted during the inquiry to contact the coroner's court.
At a previous hearing, he said the full inquest would consider whether there were "shortcomings" with the barracks's policies on sexual behaviour, supervision of young females, drugs, alcohol and accommodation.
It is due to begin on 1 February and expected to last for seven weeks.
Surrey Police's request that Pte James' inquest should be heard alongside fresh inquests into the deaths of Privates Sean Benton, Geoff Gray and James Collinson was turned down in May. | The body of an 18-year-old soldier found dead at Deepcut Barracks has been exhumed, ahead of a new inquest into her death. | 0.89083 | 1 |
Several athletes have come under scrutiny after stolen medical records showed they used banned substances for medical reasons under TUE rules.
Briton Froome, 31, said the system is "open to abuse" and must be addressed "urgently" by cycling's governing body, the UCI, and the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada).
"I have never had a 'win at all costs' approach in this regard," the Team Sky rider said in a statement.
"I am not looking to push the boundaries of the rules.
"I believe that this is something that athletes need to take responsibility for themselves, until more stringent protocols can be put in place."
Froome and Sir Bradley Wiggins, a former team-mate at Team Sky, were among the athletes whose medical records were made public by hacking group Fancy Bears.
There is no suggestion any of the athletes named have broken anti-doping rules.
Froome, whose TUEs for prednisolone in May 2013 and April 2014 were revealed, said: "There are athletes who not only abide by the rules that are in place, but also those of fair play.
"I take my position in the sport very seriously and I know that I have to not only abide by the rules but also go above and beyond that to set a good example both morally and ethically."
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Wiggins, Britain's most decorated Olympian and the first British winner of the Tour de France in 2012, has been criticised for the timing of his TUEs, shortly before major races in 2011, 2012 and 2013.
He said he took the anti-inflammatory drug triamcinolone for allergies and respiratory issues, telling the BBC on Sunday that he was not trying to gain an "unfair advantage" from being allowed to use an otherwise banned steroid.
Team Sky boss Sir Dave Brailsford on Monday said the team did not "do not cross the line" over performance-enhancing drugs and that he had complete trust in their doctors.
Media playback is not supported on this device | Tour de France winner Chris Froome says athletes must "take responsibility" and not "push the boundaries of the rules" following criticism of the therapeutic use exemption system. | 1.554291 | 2 |
The ivory weighs 110kg, which is more than a baby elephant, and includes tusks, carved bangles and beads.
It was found last month at Terminal 4 in baggage left abandoned in transit from Angola to Hanover, Germany.
Ivory trading is strictly controlled under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species and a permit is required by EU law.
The global trade in illegal wildlife products is said to be highly profitable.
It was denounced by the Duke of Cambridge on Chinese television in October.
Phil Douglas, the director of Border Force Heathrow, said: "This is one of the largest seizures of its kind made in the UK and it demonstrates the vigilance of our officers.
"The illicit trade in animal products like ivory is a serious contributory factor in the threat of extinction faced by many endangered species and that is why the rules around it are so strict."
Alexander Rhodes, chief executive of the Stop Ivory Group, said: "Ivory represents dead elephants. Seizing illegal shipments of ivory is a grisly but essential business.
"Border Force and the NCA (National Crime Agency) should be congratulated on this major haul."
The world's largest illegal ivory haul was seized in Malaysia in 2012 - it included 1,500 tusks.
The NCA is investigating the Heathrow seizure. | One of the largest hauls of illegal ivory seen in the UK is found at Heathrow Airport. | 2.093184 | 2 |
Stonewall said that, while it had not always agreed with the Church, they were "both on the same side here".
The news was revealed on day one of a three-day meeting of the ruling general synod at Church House, Westminster.
In July, the Archbishop of Canterbury said he would "specifically target" homophobic bullying in Church schools.
The Bishop of Oxford, the Right Reverend John Pritchard, revealed the collaboration on Monday afternoon, in answer to a question from members of the synod.
Stonewall said the Church had initiated discussions earlier in the autumn.
"We've had some interesting initial discussions to try to replicate what some C of E schools are doing, across all Church schools," Stonewall senior education officer Luke Tryl said.
He said the charity had not always agreed with the Church on "legislative issues" - the Church has opposed both the introduction of civil partnerships and same-sex marriage.
Stonewall believes the Church initiated the contact.
"We're aware that the Archbishop may be under pressure from other quarters in the Church not to do this," Mr Tryl added.
Addressing the synod's meeting at the University of York in July, the archbishop said: "The majority of the population rightly detests homophobic behaviour or anything that looks like it and sometimes they look at us and see what they don't like.
"With nearly a million children educated in our schools, we not only must demonstrate a profound commitment to stamp out such stereotyping and bullying, but we must also take action.
"We are therefore developing a programme for use in our schools, taking the best advice we can find anywhere, that specifically targets such bullying."
While the archbishop still supports the Church's formal opposition to active homosexuality, he acknowledged in March that some gay relationships were "just stunning, the quality of the relationship".
He said that, while he did not doubt the Church's policy on same-sex relationships, he was "challenged as to how we respond to it". | The Church of England and gay rights group Stonewall are to work together to tackle homophobic bullying in Church schools, it has been announced. | 1.941531 | 2 |
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